Speaker 1: What's up, friendoz to welcome in. It is leading off
Speaker 1: right here on Fantasy Pros. I am your host, Chris Wells.
Speaker 1: You could find me on Twitter at is it the
Speaker 1: Welsh and joining me on this wonderful Tuesday. As long
Speaker 1: as you're you know, not on the East coast or
Speaker 1: in Florida and dealing with a hurricane. Everything else in
Speaker 1: the weather is relatively good. It is Casey Bubba Beaty
Speaker 1: in trick on Twitter. Mister Casey Bubba. We are very
Speaker 1: far away from a hurricane. But the shout out to
Speaker 1: all of our listeners and live streamers that are going
Speaker 1: to be dealing with that this week, we are not.
Speaker 1: We are dealing with the sunny skies on the West coast,
Speaker 1: the best.
Speaker 2: Coast, Yeah, the best coast is. We'll take our I'll
Speaker 2: take my earthquakes. We'll take my chances there. But yeah,
Speaker 2: hopefully everyone stays safe out there. It's an interesting one
Speaker 2: seeing it on the news. Looks like it's getting bad.
Speaker 2: It gets better, it gets bad, So stay safe out there.
Speaker 1: My daughter is obsessed. She wants to be a meteorologist.
Speaker 1: She's six years old.
Speaker 2: By the way.
Speaker 1: Her number one thing All kids have iPads now and
Speaker 1: she's obviously got you know, her kid games, rollblocks and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but which she also has is storm
Speaker 1: tracker apps and she asks every day that both my
Speaker 1: kids kind of are always asking like, hey, what happens
Speaker 1: in Arizona. I'm just like, it gets really hot. And
Speaker 1: then I mentioned the only natural thing that we get
Speaker 1: is called a haboob, and then they laugh and I
Speaker 1: have to mention that that is a sandstorm that happens
Speaker 1: because of wins. But their obsession with storms in general,
Speaker 1: from earthquakes to hurricanes and all of that is so
Speaker 1: I have a full on meteorologist at my house giving
Speaker 1: nice updates. But again, shout out to everybody that is
Speaker 1: on the East Coast and dealing with any of that stuff.
Speaker 1: And you know, I didn't see is there going to
Speaker 1: be any effect on any of the games Baseball games?
Speaker 2: Nothing yet, but like Tampa Bay, the Rays, even their postponing,
Speaker 2: are delaying the selling of their wildcard round tickets because
Speaker 2: the games might get pushed back from that. So they're
Speaker 2: kind of just waiting things out and seeing where it goes.
Speaker 2: But as of now, nothing, but I wouldn't be surprised
Speaker 2: if something happens.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, the one of the NFL games. It's
Speaker 1: kind of in a limbo right now. I think it's
Speaker 1: the Bucks game. Is just Bucks Chiefs. It's kind of
Speaker 1: sitting in limbo if it's going to happen. So we'll
Speaker 1: have to see whatever is going to go down on
Speaker 1: the baseball front, the real world front, Bubba, what's going
Speaker 1: on in your world?
Speaker 2: Man?
Speaker 1: What's going down?
Speaker 2: Just just living a dream, living the dream. Baseball season
Speaker 2: is almost over, so grinding away a little bit longer.
Speaker 2: But you know, Bench with Bubba, got a couple articles left.
Speaker 2: It's almost chill down time. Before before you know what,
Speaker 2: we were ramping up again though, So it's all the
Speaker 2: fun stuff.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, I mean always ramping up across the board.
Speaker 1: One thing I am also happy to say, this is
Speaker 1: not the last Bubba episode. We've got Bubba on Thursday,
Speaker 1: so I know this is a final week of leading
Speaker 1: off as everybody, as I have mentioned, and everybody had
Speaker 1: the panic attack and got to their emails to email
Speaker 1: fantasy pros. But it is me and Bubba at least
Speaker 1: for a couple of days today, and we got some
Speaker 1: breakdowns on these final championship runs and a little bit
Speaker 1: of prospect news at least one. At the time here,
Speaker 1: I really thought this was gonna I thought I was
Speaker 1: actually gonna one of two ways. I thought we were
Speaker 1: going to get this guy up, and then I also
Speaker 1: thought we might get him at the AFL, and neither
Speaker 1: is happening. But prospect Greason Rodriguez with the Orioles had
Speaker 1: six strikeouts or five innings on Monday in Triple A Norfolk,
Speaker 1: which is in my mind, really going to lead him
Speaker 1: to breaking camp with a roster spot next year. The
Speaker 1: only thing that might hold him back is injury and
Speaker 1: missed innings, which they could get a little That's why
Speaker 1: I really thought he'd be in the AFL. They could
Speaker 1: get a little bit weird about. But he's at least
Speaker 1: rehabbed back up all the way until this. Now there
Speaker 1: is technically games until Wednesday. That could open up the
Speaker 1: opportunity with this being a Tuesday, that he could get
Speaker 1: one start in the major leagues if they wanted before
Speaker 1: we get to the playoffs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll see, because they're still fighting for the playoffs.
Speaker 2: I believe at least a wild card. Do they want
Speaker 2: to take that risk. We'll see.
Speaker 1: But what would be fascinating though, Bubba is that it
Speaker 1: could line up to like Sunday. It could line up
Speaker 1: to theoretic I don't remember most are all fantasy championships
Speaker 1: in RODO because I don't like to play till.
Speaker 2: The very very end roto to the Wednesday Wednesday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so if you're not going until Sunday head the
Speaker 1: head championships might be just going until Sunday. And if
Speaker 1: that's the case, you might be able to slip. And
Speaker 1: would you be willing to risk a Grayson Rodriguez start
Speaker 1: if he were to be called up? If whether it
Speaker 1: is head to head or it is rodo, are you
Speaker 1: gonna take that risk?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I would. The strikeout appeal is tremendous, Like I would.
Speaker 2: I would take that in a heartbeat, the way Baltimore's
Speaker 2: getting things done. So yeah, give me that one.
Speaker 1: Because I'm looking here as well. Their schedule will be Man,
Speaker 1: you've got the Red Sox for next couple, which isn't
Speaker 1: gonna work. It would line up to either if I'm
Speaker 1: taking guests here the Yankees on Sunday or the Blue
Speaker 1: Jays at home on Monday. So are you gonna play
Speaker 1: Grayson Rodriguez again?
Speaker 2: Yankees? Would I played Brian against the Yankees the other day.
Speaker 2: Outside of Aaron Judge, that team is cold.
Speaker 1: It is pretty cold. Yeah, okay, so there you go.
Speaker 1: Whether it is the Yankees or the or or the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays, that's how it would line up. Not the
Speaker 1: worst of matchups in her division. Yeah, you're you're right.
Speaker 1: I mean, you've had like Kyle, you've seen Kyle Bradish
Speaker 1: has been really good just against I think it's the
Speaker 1: Astros the other day. As they have put together, they've
Speaker 1: strung together a lot of good starts as they continue
Speaker 1: to stack on wins, and there's a real possibility we've
Speaker 1: not heard anything. There's a real possibility that Grayson could
Speaker 1: get the call up, and you guys are going to
Speaker 1: be have to making that decision. And I kind of
Speaker 1: agree with you. The thing that really works in his favor,
Speaker 1: I'd point out as well, is he came up to
Speaker 1: the entire minor leagues with Ali Rutchman, like he trusts
Speaker 1: ad Lea. But he's going to be at his most
Speaker 1: comfortable level. He had said that he thinks Adley is
Speaker 1: the best catcher in the in the world, like he
Speaker 1: is the best, and they've worked together for a couple
Speaker 1: of years now and that type of that type of
Speaker 1: comfortability with a catcher that shows this picture in a
Speaker 1: picture that trusts this catcher. That that's something that I
Speaker 1: can really get down with in a really tight spot
Speaker 1: for you guys in the back end of your playoffs
Speaker 1: and your stuff. Yeah, so I would be on that.
Speaker 2: Real quick before we move on. Since Ronni the oriole
Speaker 2: still did you see that bomb that Henderson hit last night?
Speaker 2: That Gunner hit? Dude, he's oh my, He's surpassing Corbyn
Speaker 2: Carroll for me right now. It's all I have to say.
Speaker 1: You know, that's a really tough one for me because
Speaker 1: I still think Corbyn Carroll, Corbyn Carroll has that Mookie
Speaker 1: bets in him. But boy, I will tell you, Gunner Henderson,
Speaker 1: if the stolen bases were more of a I mean,
Speaker 1: this is what you're gonna get down to, dude, I
Speaker 1: think you're gonna get down to. Do you want the
Speaker 1: more homers or do you want more stolen bases? And
Speaker 1: which side is it going to be gunner stolen bases
Speaker 1: or Carroll's homers? Which one is going to be the
Speaker 1: defining factor for you? And that's what you're gonna have
Speaker 1: to decide. Plus Gunner has positional stuff. We're doing that
Speaker 1: too early. Mockman and I had Gunner locked up, but
Speaker 1: I wanted to wait and see if I could get
Speaker 1: him coming back. And he didn't make it back to
Speaker 1: me in one of these rounds in the middle, and
Speaker 1: he did go after Carrol. I'm not so sure he's
Speaker 1: gonna go after Carol with the end of this season.
Speaker 1: I really there's a possibility he's going to go ahead
Speaker 1: of him, and that might be might be top fifty next.
Speaker 2: Year, very very very possible. I know in the early
Speaker 2: draft I have already done that actually counts Corbyn Carroll
Speaker 2: as a fifteen team. He went I believe in around
Speaker 2: five ish middle round five, and Gunner I don't believe
Speaker 2: without the board yet unless he went like around seven.
Speaker 2: So we'll see, we'll see how that plays out. But yeah,
Speaker 2: I could see the way the season's finishing up, Gunners
Speaker 2: probably gonna pass him up a little bit.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And what is I'm gonna I'm gonna pull this
Speaker 1: up here, because Gunner it was a definite bomb. He's
Speaker 1: showing eye with Comra r and so far he's hitting
Speaker 1: two eighty one with four homers in on twenty five games.
Speaker 1: He's got one stolen base, strike up percentage under twenty
Speaker 1: five percent, walk percentage over ten percent right now, which
Speaker 1: is solid. Your slug is in the fives. He's not
Speaker 1: a three four five guy right now, but still slug
Speaker 1: is in the fives and maintain a two hundred ISO.
Speaker 1: I mean, these are things that you want. Crazy strikeout percentage. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be. He's gonna be next year's Bobby Witt
Speaker 1: Junior as far as the value you know him and
Speaker 1: Carol again, it's gonna be a different world with how
Speaker 1: we're drafting next year with a lot of these rookies
Speaker 1: because so many more are gonna be on the table
Speaker 1: and we know the stakes now that even in drafts
Speaker 1: and like November at first pitch out here in Arizona
Speaker 1: or in you know, December January, I think you're gonna
Speaker 1: see a litany more of rookies than we've ever seen
Speaker 1: before go inside the top one hundred. Agree it's gonna
Speaker 1: be wild, which that'll be a good thing. But yeah,
Speaker 1: Gunner has been phenomenal and might be passing Corban Carroll
Speaker 1: for a lot of people. Would be a good offseason conversation.
Speaker 1: Speaking of another one, of those guys that really is.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'll give the credit. He has had a
Speaker 1: great run on this back month Oneo Cruz four for
Speaker 1: five in an eight to three Monday win against the Reds,
Speaker 1: And let me pull up his numbers because obviously the
Speaker 1: batting average has been you know, the issue. The strikeouts
Speaker 1: have been the issue. But Russ strung together a nice
Speaker 1: little run. So on the year cruises at two twenty
Speaker 1: five with seventeen homers, eight stolen bases, so I think
Speaker 1: a little bit less than everybody was, you know, a
Speaker 1: rookie of the year, you're doing that type of nonsense.
Speaker 1: But in the first half he hit two oh four.
Speaker 1: In the second half so far, which there has been
Speaker 1: more games in the second half, he's hitting around two
Speaker 1: thirty five, which is definitely bumped up everything he's done.
Speaker 1: And in the month of September going into October has
Speaker 1: been his best month, hitting two eighty one. So in
Speaker 1: the back half of the year, he's really putting this together.
Speaker 1: Most homers have come out of this month in September
Speaker 1: than any other month. He's evenly stolen bases throughout the year,
Speaker 1: and if he can be a two fifty hitter, then
Speaker 1: we're then we're getting into real business with ONEO Cruz
Speaker 1: instead of the anointment of evs and all that nonsense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, now, I'm with you. It's been impressive to uh
Speaker 2: to see him adapt a bit, as you said, and
Speaker 2: get a little better at the play because the talent
Speaker 2: we know has always been there's just that swing and
Speaker 2: missus tremendous as well, So it's good to see in
Speaker 2: the I'm with you, Like, it'd be nice to not
Speaker 2: just talk about like the EV's and how fast you
Speaker 2: can throw a baseball, but like, let's talk real stats.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I wanted to.
Speaker 1: I actually think honestly, he's going to be one of
Speaker 1: the more fun players to talk about in the off
Speaker 1: season when we're not doing this live thing and everyone
Speaker 1: you know, and I'm obviously making it a joke and
Speaker 1: stuff like that, but it would be fun to go
Speaker 1: back and look at, like how the entire season worked,
Speaker 1: and that's something that you're looking for. And honestly, though,
Speaker 1: this last month is gonna do something crazy.
Speaker 2: I think that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, next year, like you you end out the year,
Speaker 1: you end out the year hitting two eighty one with
Speaker 1: you know, thirty thirty potential and obviously just a physical freak.
Speaker 1: We've seen what that's done to guys, like Monday. Monday
Speaker 1: was being cut in years and then he would put
Speaker 1: one month together and we go crazy, what do you
Speaker 1: think the general range of cruise is going to be?
Speaker 2: Well, it's fun because I drafted. He didn't go in
Speaker 2: the first seven rounds, even though many thought he would.
Speaker 2: I think he's with this finish. He's probably a top
Speaker 2: seventy pick.
Speaker 1: It's just he's going to be a top five round
Speaker 1: player next year.
Speaker 2: And shortstops so deep, that's the only thing. It's so deep.
Speaker 2: But he's got other eligibility that could tweak things. So yeah,
Speaker 2: he'll be there in that just top of the head,
Speaker 2: probably after the Xander range of shortstops. Something in that
Speaker 2: range would be my guess, but we'll say yeah.
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder, speaking of prospects, fired a complete games shutout
Speaker 1: helped the Braves and eight to zero win over the Nationals.
Speaker 1: What a phenomenal like streaming option for I think someone
Speaker 1: said it in the chat like, hey, congratulations, if you
Speaker 1: had Bryce Elder yesterday, you just won because an absolutely
Speaker 1: out of nowhere performance. That again, hat tip to the Braves.
Speaker 1: Braves are one of those teams you look at when
Speaker 1: anytime their prospects of Kyle Mueller just came up, who's
Speaker 1: had really good stuff. I think maybe still more of
Speaker 1: a reliever, but Mulder, Elder, obviously Strider has made incredible moves,
Speaker 1: potential rookie of the Year. They just when they put
Speaker 1: guys out, we have to listen. And that's teams like
Speaker 1: the Mariners and the Braves. When those pitchers come up,
Speaker 1: we have to pay attention. And maybe the Diamondbacks. I
Speaker 1: throw it as well with how like Ryan and Dre
Speaker 1: Dre Jamison have played. But any thoughts on Elder.
Speaker 2: I like him a lot. He's big time strikeout stuff.
Speaker 2: I've streamed him the last two times least in DFS
Speaker 2: and it's been good to see. Like the biggest thing
Speaker 2: that you said there is teams like the Braves, and
Speaker 2: it kind of goes back to it you said looking
Speaker 2: at drafts coming up this year, is they're not afraid
Speaker 2: to call these guys up. So if you've got some
Speaker 2: prospects in the system, keep an eye on.
Speaker 1: These guys, yeah, and see it'll be interesting to see
Speaker 1: what their rotation looks like. And then just since the
Speaker 1: rest of this stuff is a prospect news just to
Speaker 1: throw this out if he didn't see. Also, Diamondbacks sent
Speaker 1: down Alec Thomas. Alec Thomas had really struggled McCarthy. I think.
Speaker 1: I think it was McCarthy that came off the il
Speaker 1: and the half of the ear. Oh yeah, that's what
Speaker 1: it was breathing. But they're essentially going with Varshow McCarthy
Speaker 1: and Carol with Stone Garrett as a fourth outfielder. So
Speaker 1: it really does leave some questions on what was a
Speaker 1: great start to Alec Thomas. He just kind of fell
Speaker 1: apart and does make me wonder what type of role
Speaker 1: he's going to have early on next year. I imagine it's
Speaker 1: going to be fourth outfielder ish, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: You know, Stone Garrett has played out right, McCarthy has
Speaker 1: clearly played himself into a starting role that in development
Speaker 1: they would send down Thomas in favor of McCarthy at
Speaker 1: this time and not like Stone Garrett. So Alec Thomas,
Speaker 1: obviously you can just move along with dynasty. I would
Speaker 1: continue to hold because he's still an interesting power speed combo,
Speaker 1: but he's not like Carrol. Just because they're both smaller
Speaker 1: dudes doesn't mean that he's like Carrol, so he's still
Speaker 1: a hold, but he's a dicey hold in dynasty right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, putter percent, it's an interesting situation because the way
Speaker 2: he started out and all the high hopes for him,
Speaker 2: and maybe they put Varshow at Ketcher, you're rid of
Speaker 2: Kelly who knows?
Speaker 1: Yeah, they really like Kelly at the end of the day.
Speaker 1: I still I think Varshow is going to be something
Speaker 1: between you know, DH Catcher outfielder. I just think they're
Speaker 1: gonna have this rotation. I think Corvin Carroll is gonna
Speaker 1: be out every day and they're gonna have a rotation
Speaker 1: of guys in the outfield from Varshow to McCarthy to Thomas,
Speaker 1: maybe Stone Garrett. I just don't think they'll move on
Speaker 1: from Kelly because I think he calls it better. He's
Speaker 1: better different splate and I think he calls a better
Speaker 1: game than Varshow does. But you know, luckily for us
Speaker 1: as fantasy, you knows we don't want var Show to
Speaker 1: move off Varshow.
Speaker 2: Yes, I love his eligibility. Keep it coming.
Speaker 1: He's an okay, I mean he's really actually now I
Speaker 1: was about almost gonna say subpar. He's not a subpar
Speaker 1: outfielder because double digit stolen bases and twenty plus homers
Speaker 1: will take every day. But he just is so so
Speaker 1: exponentially less valuable if he doesn't have to catcher eligibility.
Speaker 1: But I don't think there's any going to be changed
Speaker 1: in the future. That's why I really like var Show
Speaker 1: is like, he's just gonna keep catching his games. He's
Speaker 1: gonna get his twenty plus behind the plate every single
Speaker 1: year and keep his eligibility so perfect. Keep him he
Speaker 1: Swarez is expected to be activated from the I L
Speaker 1: and he will be the Mariner's d H coming up today,
Speaker 1: so that's gonna be a positive sign. And the Dodgers
Speaker 1: also activated David Price in news that is not important
Speaker 1: to any of us unless as a holds league and
Speaker 1: you're gonna blow a save. Remember when David Price is good?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I've already had a bulldog. Used to bring
Speaker 2: the park with him all the time too.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Oh god, what astro I think?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I used to like David Price, used to be
Speaker 1: like active on Twitter and all that type.
Speaker 2: Of stuff, and he was Blake Snow before Blake Snow games. Yeah,
Speaker 2: he used to play video games on the big screen
Speaker 2: at the ballpark in Tampa.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and didn't he get like carpal tunnel from playing
Speaker 1: like Call of Duty?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he got the same carpal tunnel Bogman gets.
Speaker 1: Mmmmmm a little different, little different. I do think at
Speaker 1: some point it'd be fun to break down the all
Speaker 1: of the great video game injuries to professional athletes or
Speaker 1: video game effects, like in football, the joke about Kyler
Speaker 1: Murray when Call of Duty comes out, his efficiency drops
Speaker 1: to Joel. I remember Joel Amaya, who himself guitar hero, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: video game injuries.
Speaker 2: He's just strumming the base a little too hard.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we don't hear a lot about that anymore. These guys,
Speaker 1: they've got a better conditioning for their video games, at
Speaker 1: least to hide it from all of us. David Price
Speaker 1: was like the last one I remember. Also on the
Speaker 1: injury front, Juliardriguez is expected to be activated from the
Speaker 1: IL when the ten days are up. So the Mariners
Speaker 1: on the back end here are going to get They're
Speaker 1: getting Johannel back and Julio back here. Short stint stuff,
Speaker 1: which is good for everybody. Here was a fun fact
Speaker 1: in nineteen seventy three, on this day the California Angels
Speaker 1: beat the Minnesota Twins five to four in eleven innings
Speaker 1: as Nolan Ryan struck out sixteen, including number three hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty three of the season, which is a modern
Speaker 1: Major League record. I mean, I get impressed about three hundred.
Speaker 1: Three hundred is an incredible marker for me, which I
Speaker 1: think I did this the other day, so I don't
Speaker 1: need to do it. But I think we're looking like
Speaker 1: who's struck out three hundred in recent history? It's just
Speaker 1: not like it used to be. I mean, I don't
Speaker 1: want to do that, Like things are just not like
Speaker 1: it used to be. It's all worse. It's not. It's
Speaker 1: just the usage of pitchers so much less to get
Speaker 1: guys to strike out. Two hundred and fifty. Two hundred
Speaker 1: and fifty right now feels like three fifty.
Speaker 2: You know, twenty years ago, big time, like two hundred
Speaker 2: feels like three hundred. So yeah, yeah, it's like two hundred.
Speaker 2: Like Wow, it's a great year. Who struck out two hundred?
Speaker 2: I don't think we'll ever see three hundred again. It's crazy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a wild three hundred and eighty three in
Speaker 1: the season. They'll be a guy you know there's there's
Speaker 1: gonna be a team that's gonna have no restraint. Stryder
Speaker 1: kind of reminds me of that guy. I think everyone
Speaker 1: had called for Stryder his innings to come down. It
Speaker 1: feels like one of those guys if they're good to
Speaker 1: go next year, I mean, is he going to push?
Speaker 1: If Strader pushes two hundred plus.
Speaker 2: Innings, then he could get three hundred.
Speaker 1: I think he's a three hundred strikeout pitcher percent.
Speaker 2: And that's why his draft day value is very intriguing.
Speaker 1: I took him in uh in our early mock draft
Speaker 1: that we'll breaking down. I think on Thursday on the
Speaker 1: end this Fantasy Baseball podcast, we probably won't have the
Speaker 1: I don't think the whole thing is going to finish,
Speaker 1: by the way, so I don't think that whole thing
Speaker 1: is going to go, but we will at least get
Speaker 1: like ten rounds or something like that, and those are
Speaker 1: and that's enough and early early mock drafts, I don't
Speaker 1: think you need the whole thing. Over On the stat heroes,
Speaker 1: Rob Refsnyder had a homer, going three for four three
Speaker 1: RBI yesterday. Cedric Mullens two for six with a homer,
Speaker 1: three RBI, Anthony Santander two for six, two bombs.
Speaker 2: Three RB.
Speaker 1: I had a very short slate yesterday. Gunnar Henderson, he
Speaker 1: had that home run. We talked about Marcel Azuna with
Speaker 1: a bomb, Kyle Stowers and the regeneration of the Orioles
Speaker 1: and their offense three for five, two RBI. Matt Olsen
Speaker 1: had a homer, which, by the way, I want to
Speaker 1: point out yesterday. I think there was some confusion on
Speaker 1: the home run board I saw today. I don't know
Speaker 1: if it got fixed. I got to look down here.
Speaker 1: I still don't see it fixed. There's a big question
Speaker 1: mark next to my name. That was my call was
Speaker 1: Austin Riley, so that means I got my home run.
Speaker 1: I had Austin Riley. I had Austin Riley yesterday, with
Speaker 1: Andrew having Michael Harris. Those were the calls yesterday. So
Speaker 1: I don't think the home run board was at least
Speaker 1: none of this Stok's updated. Actually, because now I'm looking
Speaker 1: at it, it shows Austin Rally not hitting a homer,
Speaker 1: but on our stat heroes it does show Oh that's
Speaker 1: Matt Olsen. That's why, Yeah, I'm dumb, that is math.
Speaker 1: It's because I'm a big dumb idiot because it's Matt Olson,
Speaker 1: not Austin Riley. I just put them together. Matt Olsen
Speaker 1: had a Homer, so we just got everybody wrong. Austin Hayes,
Speaker 1: JD Martinez, and Jake Swinsky Homer's you know. Jady Martinez
Speaker 1: I'm fascinated with. By the way, in this mock draft,
Speaker 1: we're like through around ten and he's just he's still
Speaker 1: sitting there. I don't think I like believed how bad
Speaker 1: his season won. It is so bad. Do you have
Speaker 1: any hope that it's gonna change?
Speaker 2: Yes, weirdly enough, because I think he is that good
Speaker 2: and we see him put working in the offseason to
Speaker 2: become a better hitter. It's still kind of sketchy though,
Speaker 2: because the drop off was like tremendous, but he he
Speaker 2: he stayed healthy most of the year, so it's just
Speaker 2: it's got to be like a tweak he can make.
Speaker 1: Let's hope. So let's hope. So because he's either going
Speaker 1: to be the massive, massive deal next year or we
Speaker 1: are all just going to move away because like the
Speaker 1: stats are gross. That name value is going to get
Speaker 1: you when you get past one fifty.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be the Nelson Cruise of this draft. I
Speaker 2: thought it was last year he fell.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you know what, that's actually not a That's not
Speaker 1: a bad comp. That one hundred percent is a pretty
Speaker 1: good comp. Also, Jakeslenski, someone everyone needs to pay attention to,
Speaker 1: quietly having a really good season on the pitcher front,
Speaker 1: Bryce Elder he went nine, struck out six. Kevin Gousman
Speaker 1: struck out seven, over six and one third. I think
Speaker 1: we talked about him in the prop contest which worked out.
Speaker 1: Chase Anderson struck out five, going four for Cincy, and
Speaker 1: Roinsey Contreras he only went four, struck out two, but
Speaker 1: only gave up two hits. Not again four games. Not
Speaker 1: a lot of great pictures there. On the stat zero
Speaker 1: side you had Harrison Bader going oh for four with
Speaker 1: three strikeouts, same as Stanton George Springer oh for five
Speaker 1: with three k's, Dansby Swanson oh for five with three k's.
Speaker 1: And on the picture side, Connor Sibolt gave up four
Speaker 1: earned runs, only went two innings for your stat zero's
Speaker 1: over on the home run calls. So again the board
Speaker 1: is all messed up how I'm looking at it. But
Speaker 1: nothing changed that's for everybody to know. There were four
Speaker 1: is four games slate no one had a home run call.
Speaker 1: Yesterday no one got it. So cat Fox is still
Speaker 1: at the top. And when I say the home run board,
Speaker 1: it's just all kind of mixed up for me, like
Speaker 1: it shows me at the top, but it has like
Speaker 1: a question mark of who I picked. The cat Fox
Speaker 1: had Austin Riley, as did a multitude of other people,
Speaker 1: so I don't quite see the whole thing. But again
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Speaker 1: Do it today and on the prop market. Here I'm
Speaker 1: actually gonna just pull a couple from the top of
Speaker 1: the projected today. The top two are actually very interesting.
Speaker 1: The number one of all of them on the projections
Speaker 1: over Betting Pros Betting Pros the prop cheat sheet, Zach
Speaker 1: Wheeler is projected at six and a half strikeouts today
Speaker 1: against the Cubs. The number is four and a half
Speaker 1: over at sugar House and it is minus one sixty two,
Speaker 1: which is a pretty pretty interesting number. The other k
Speaker 1: prop if I can find it in which I don't see.
Speaker 1: There's actually a lot of Diamondbacks on here. Here's yeah,
Speaker 1: let me pull up another.
Speaker 2: Case while you're doing that, though, just for heads up
Speaker 2: for Wheeler. He's opening and cinder Guard's following. So I
Speaker 2: don't know how deep Wheeler's going.
Speaker 1: And that's got to obviously be part of it. The
Speaker 1: projections may not be putting into They haven't given any
Speaker 1: They haven't given any numbers on that.
Speaker 2: Okay, I haven't seen anything official yet. And as you're looking,
Speaker 2: Lance mccullor's just got scratched for Tuesday night.
Speaker 1: Oh against the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: Luis Carcia is going to make the start.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, I was about to say, Penning what they did.
Speaker 1: I was like, I might get more excited about a
Speaker 1: few of the Diamondbacks, though, I will tell you a
Speaker 1: lot of diamondbacks on this board. If you check out
Speaker 1: the betting Pros board, the other pitcher one number two
Speaker 1: on here is over at DraftKings. It's minus one fifteen.
Speaker 1: It's one hundred green against Pittsburgh under strikeouts, which is
Speaker 1: at seven and a half. He's projected at six. So
Speaker 1: those are a couple of the top strikeout ones. If
Speaker 1: you want to go over on the total base side,
Speaker 1: I'm probably not going to play a lot of home
Speaker 1: er calls or anything like that. William Contreras is number
Speaker 1: one minus one seventy five on DraftKings, but it's just
Speaker 1: for a hit. He's projected at two point four. You've
Speaker 1: also got Oneil Cruz who has been hot minus one
Speaker 1: sixty on bet MGM for one total base. So maybe
Speaker 1: you can put Oniell with even Kyle Schwarber, who is
Speaker 1: minus one eighty five on bet MGM up against the
Speaker 1: Cubs for one total base. Take Schwarber, take on O'Neal Cruz.
Speaker 1: Maybe that'll be put together. And then there are a
Speaker 1: couple diamondbacks. As I mentioned, Dalton varshow one total base,
Speaker 1: Corbyn Carroll one total base, and you've also got Christian
Speaker 1: Walker at one total base over on Caesars. Anything you
Speaker 1: like on this prop market.
Speaker 2: I like that the parlay of the Oneil Cruz Kyle
Speaker 2: Schwarber action there. That could be a really strong one
Speaker 2: because both in phenomenal spots tonight, So I like that
Speaker 2: quite a bit.
Speaker 1: I was trying to look here what the Judge line
Speaker 1: on the home run call is. Let me see if
Speaker 1: I can see it. If it's up on No, it's
Speaker 1: not even up on here on the board, because I
Speaker 1: know there's some home run calls here for for Judge.
Speaker 1: But if you guys want to play that, go and
Speaker 1: check it out. Go over to bettingpros dot com. They
Speaker 1: have the prop cheat sheet. You can see what their
Speaker 1: projections put out. I find it very very handy that
Speaker 1: you guys can go and piece and sift through all
Speaker 1: of this stuff to find yours. Over on the DFS side, Baba,
Speaker 1: what do you got for us? Give us some info
Speaker 1: as far as pictures, maybe stacks. Who are you looking
Speaker 1: for on the DFS slate today?
Speaker 2: I sure could play DK so those that might affect
Speaker 2: you on a fandle. But Robbie Ray could be a
Speaker 2: payout spot for you, but I'm good with saving money tonight.
Speaker 2: Logan Webb's way too Cheap at seventy two hundred bucks,
Speaker 2: got Patrick Sandival at sixty nine as well. Those are
Speaker 2: a couple if you want to roll the dice on
Speaker 2: Kyle Bradish coming off the gym, Boston's bats can be
Speaker 2: picked on, and then when you're stacking things up, I
Speaker 2: always like targeting Paulo Espino, so the Braves will be
Speaker 2: one hundred percent and play again. And I don't mind
Speaker 2: some Astros bats versus Zach Davies will do with my
Speaker 2: two spots to start tonight. But there's a lot of
Speaker 2: interesting ways to go on a very very large main slate.
Speaker 1: I'm very much on that. As a matter of fact,
Speaker 1: my home run call today is picking on those Diamondbacks
Speaker 1: and the very very not great person that Zach Davies
Speaker 1: is that doesn't necessarily translate his personal life and never
Speaker 1: speaking to his wife again is not necessarily what we
Speaker 1: care about in fantasy. But he's also just not a
Speaker 1: great picture, and I like the Astras pouncing on it,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna take Joseel Tuve in this one. I
Speaker 1: like that jose Al Tuova called obviously Joe has got
Speaker 1: Aaron Judge. I see Wonky is picking Mike Trout. Who
Speaker 1: are you gonna take on the home run contest today?
Speaker 2: Well, I'm picking on mister Davies too, doing it for
Speaker 2: his wife because I'm a nice guy like that. But
Speaker 2: I'm going Kyle Tucker. Tucker has been having a great
Speaker 2: finish of the year to some last year all over again.
Speaker 2: So I'm looking for Kyle Tucker to go deep and
Speaker 2: to have a fun one tonight. And I just saw
Speaker 2: a headline the Astros can clench the number one seed
Speaker 2: with a win tonight.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is gonna be critical really interesting about
Speaker 1: the McCuller stuff too, with being able to clench. With
Speaker 1: being able to clinch is an interesting one. One thing
Speaker 1: I would also point out this has been a strategy
Speaker 1: for me. If you are someone that likes to get
Speaker 1: into the bet prop market, and maybe you do use
Speaker 1: a promo coach for the first time, I bet MGM
Speaker 1: is on a pretty good track record of getting and
Speaker 1: paying attention to the home run call market here and
Speaker 1: translating those over into total bases so, like Brian says,
Speaker 1: love the trout versus Kaprillion, I agree. I am not against.
Speaker 1: I think trout total bases today, which is gonna be
Speaker 1: at one and a half, is a great play. I
Speaker 1: think guys like Tucker and Altuve are great plays for
Speaker 1: one and a half total bases. Play some of those
Speaker 1: guys you feel the homers on and play their total
Speaker 1: base number because it's always one and a half. I think,
Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen Judge at two and
Speaker 1: a half. That's just not the standard. They'll just juice
Speaker 1: it down. So you guys can go and take some
Speaker 1: of those home run calls, bet them singularly if you
Speaker 1: can get a good price, which usually on one and
Speaker 1: a half total bases you do get a pretty good price,
Speaker 1: even on the good guys. If not, you know, have
Speaker 1: some fun and you put two together and see if
Speaker 1: you hit it, and then cash cash money.
Speaker 2: What's up?
Speaker 1: What's up with you this week? Obviously you are covering
Speaker 1: football and everything, but what's up on the baseball front?
Speaker 1: For you? On bench with Bubba.
Speaker 2: Bench with Bubba's only coming at you one this week.
Speaker 2: Toby's out of town, so I'm gonna take a breather
Speaker 2: and record with Bloom on Thursday, and then I got
Speaker 2: an article coming out to Thursday or Friday this week,
Speaker 2: and I'm wrapping up the season, so kind of a
Speaker 2: laying low before. I've already got a list of things
Speaker 2: to start doing in October for the next season. So
Speaker 2: we'll be gone for long.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, and then we'll be gone long here because
Speaker 1: I shall be back again on Thursday. Like I said,
Speaker 1: final week, Final week. How are we gonna end this?
Speaker 1: I gotta reconfirm with Joe, But like I said, I
Speaker 1: believe Piece of Pa will be back on Friday. We've
Speaker 1: got Bubba on Thursday coming again. And tomorrow it's the
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Speaker 1: it is the final one here for the Wonky Wednesday,
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