WEBVTT - Leading Off July 5th, 2024 (Ep. 856) 0:00:09.880 --> 0:00:12.680 Joey Pean man with stance and hands fail and Num 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:15.560 Design Crans of Sand Fantasy. 0:00:15.360 --> 0:00:18.680 Talking about diamond dreams chased and players with throwing their 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:22.520 schemes of Welsh breaking it down real sos. 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.439 Howl in the radiohose Go talking Monsters on the base 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:26.440 off Field was. 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:32.080 A Swingers Bets and magic shields fanty Baseball in the nineties. 0:00:33.560 --> 0:00:36.599 Podcast Thirsty Enough that Side. 0:00:38.159 --> 0:00:40.960 Lasting Marks and starts to lie. 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:43.360 Trees. 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.080 A glowing. 0:00:46.640 --> 0:00:48.720 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. 0:00:49.000 --> 0:00:51.240 This is Leading Off Live, brought to you by Bet 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.159 three six five bet five bucks, get one hundred and 0:00:53.200 --> 0:00:56.560 fifty and bonus bets when you do. It's me, Joey 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.920 p that's the Welsh, It's the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks. 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:01.840 Hope everybody had any July fourth. Yeah, I'm waving my 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:10.640 flag America. Yes, and Welsh doing his big famous TV spots. 0:01:10.720 --> 0:01:12.479 Oh somebody else is a. 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.440 TV celebrity Welsh? How long did you spend in hair 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.160 and makeup to be on CBS the other day? 0:01:17.800 --> 0:01:22.200 Longer than I was on CBS? Yes, for sure. There 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:25.440 you go, everybody, But you know it's classic holiday time 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:28.399 and you got to have some backups here, and Welsh 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:29.200 was the backup. 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:31.920 You are not the back You were the one to 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:35.280 one your first round picking my book, buddy. But hopefully 0:01:35.319 --> 0:01:38.280 everybody had nice July fourth. I know everybody's taking some 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:41.440 time this weekend. If you are joining us live, welcome 0:01:41.520 --> 0:01:44.199 to the program. We got a lot to get to today. 0:01:44.280 --> 0:01:48.640 Obviously some injury news. We've got some ups and downs 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:50.880 and a few other things. But let's start with the headlines. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:55.440 Zach Gallon returns against the Dodgers. Mixed bag, three runs, 0:01:55.440 --> 0:01:57.640 four innings against against the Dodgers, so it's always a 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:00.840 trickier start for him. Any takeaway, Welsh from what you 0:02:00.880 --> 0:02:03.280 saw at Zach Gallon yesterday in his return. 0:02:03.240 --> 0:02:07.120 Yeah, well the big note from the diamondback world, but 0:02:07.160 --> 0:02:10.680 really for everybody was the ve Loo hit. He threw 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.240 like I think three of the fastest ball maybe in 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:15.760 his career he's had so far. I know it was 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:19.200 this year. He hit ninety eight and he doesn't do that. 0:02:19.240 --> 0:02:21.360 He was up two and a half miles per hour 0:02:21.400 --> 0:02:24.560 on his fastball. On average, he's been averaging ninety three 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.200 point three. He was up to ninety five point nine. 0:02:27.520 --> 0:02:31.480 That also pushed over to everything cutter mile an hour faster. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.600 His change up and his knuckle curve were up, and 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:36.720 the slider was up almost two freaking miles per hour. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:42.960 That's awesome. The whiffs CSW percentage, maybe not necessarily quite. 0:02:43.040 --> 0:02:47.120 He threw way too many pitches, but a clear sign 0:02:47.160 --> 0:02:51.120 of health he was dealing with. Earlier in the season, 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.360 the health wasn't there. Vello was kind of going up 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.920 and down. So now that he's got that stuff back, 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:58.919 as long as he can find that consistency. I said 0:02:58.919 --> 0:03:01.399 it somewhere, but I think Zac Gallen is a tremendous 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:05.600 buy low right now and slight little thing I'd point out. 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:10.239 I kind of wonder the Diamondbacks if they were to falter, 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.840 and there's been some discussion. There was some writing about 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:17.040 how the Arizona Diamondbacks are not sure if they're going 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.880 to be buyers and there's always the opportunity of sellers 0:03:20.040 --> 0:03:22.799 that they're in. That the Diamondbacks were to falter even 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:24.919 though they just had a nice little series. I think 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:28.679 Zach Gallen could be a person that the Diamondbacks think about. Yeah, 0:03:28.840 --> 0:03:31.680 I really do, because contractually he's gonna need a lot 0:03:31.720 --> 0:03:33.280 of money. I don't know if the Diamondbacks are willing 0:03:33.320 --> 0:03:35.640 to commit to it. Plus, if you got rid of him, 0:03:35.920 --> 0:03:38.640 you would have Meryl, Kelly, Edward of Rodriguez if he 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.840 ever plays again, and Brandon fought at worst, and that 0:03:41.960 --> 0:03:46.480 could be something if they find themselves out completely. I 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:49.120 do think Gallen would be someone on the move either way, 0:03:49.160 --> 0:03:52.400 though from a fantasy perspective, I'm buying Zach Gallen right now, 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.080 rest to season, and I'm buying him pretty hard. 0:03:54.840 --> 0:03:57.440 That's interesting, though, Welf, because the Dodgers would not be 0:03:57.440 --> 0:03:58.840 in that mix because they're not traded them to the 0:03:58.840 --> 0:04:01.960 Dodgers in the division, I think be highly unlikely, But 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.440 that's interesting from the Yankee perspective, a guy like Zach Gallen. Now, 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:09.320 Zach Gallen would not come cheap too. That would require 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:13.960 a substantial amount to move. Again, if I'm the Diamondbacks, 0:04:13.960 --> 0:04:15.800 I want pitching prospects back in that deal. 0:04:16.320 --> 0:04:18.840 I don't. I don't, just more and I don't know. 0:04:18.920 --> 0:04:21.919 You know, after Michael King gets traded last season, like 0:04:21.920 --> 0:04:24.760 they're not trading Heel and they're not doing that, it's 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:27.760 really interesting to Liok. I mean, if I was the Yankees, 0:04:27.800 --> 0:04:30.599 I would trade Heel for Gallen. Because I think Gallen 0:04:30.680 --> 0:04:32.320 is a guy that's already proven he can do it, 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.280 and what next year? What are you going to get 0:04:35.279 --> 0:04:37.799 out of heel one hundred and fifty innings? Maybe Gallen's 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:39.760 a guy that's been there, done that, and has done 0:04:39.760 --> 0:04:41.960 it in the postseason already. If I'm the Yankees, I 0:04:42.000 --> 0:04:44.520 make that trade. I don't know if the Yankees will 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:45.719 in reality, though, Yeah. 0:04:45.560 --> 0:04:48.159 Well it's interesting, is this spurn from uh. I was 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:50.320 on CBS yesterday and I was we were talking about 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:52.880 the Yankees, and we were talking about the Orioles, and 0:04:52.920 --> 0:04:55.760 I started to think about just the landscape and this 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:58.800 article had been in my head from Azy Central, where 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.960 Mike Hazen would the Diamondbacks was saying like, we don't 0:05:02.000 --> 0:05:04.120 know what we are right now. We're gonna know, but 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:06.159 if we are too far out, we're not gonna make that. 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:09.400 Chase Gallen, the contract is going to be so much, 0:05:09.440 --> 0:05:12.240 and I forgive me. I think he has a year 0:05:12.400 --> 0:05:16.000 after this. I think that'll Like I just I could 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.520 envision the Diamondbacks making that move and a team like 0:05:18.760 --> 0:05:22.840 let's say you focus on the Yankees, Clark Schmidt, Will Warren, 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.240 Chase Hampton. They've got pitching prospects. Anyone who's in the 0:05:27.240 --> 0:05:29.840 buying market that has pitching I agree with you. I 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:32.000 think that's where the Diamondbacks would go. Not saying they'll 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:35.359 do it. They just played a hyper competitive, good series 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.479 against the Dodgers, but if there is faltering over the 0:05:38.520 --> 0:05:41.000 next ten days, I think that could be a surprise 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:43.680 name that could jump up in the market. And if 0:05:43.720 --> 0:05:46.159 the Diamondbacks knew, they couldn't trade him. 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:49.400 So he's this year, Next year, he has a whole 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:54.600 year control at arbitration eligibility hit twenty nine, and then 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:58.400 he'll be thirty in twenty twenty six, which is UFA. 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:03.719 So he signed through the twenty twenty sixth season and 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:05.479 then he becomes an unrestricted free agent. 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:07.320 So I mean, that is a lot of control. And 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:09.320 you know, at the end of the day they might 0:06:09.360 --> 0:06:11.599 not do that, but it just it's again it's been in. 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:13.280 If they are sellers. 0:06:13.240 --> 0:06:16.000 This season in a Pennant race, if you're the Yankees, 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:20.800 it's two more years. I don't know, man, that's really 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.320 interesting to think. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.080 You have to how it'd be the house though for 0:06:24.160 --> 0:06:25.880 a guy like that, if they if they were too 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:27.680 But yeah, we're saying this after they just. 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.000 Like they showed the World Series last year too, and. 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.640 Also they just like beat up on the Dodgers a little. 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.440 Bit, did they beat up? They beat up on the Dodgers. 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.479 And also Davis and delas Angeles is beating up on 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.919 every pitcher hecas And by the way, I had it later. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:40.120 In the show. 0:06:40.160 --> 0:06:43.200 But since we're talking about now has over four yesterday, 0:06:43.279 --> 0:06:46.320 another banner day for you are is. By the way, 0:06:46.400 --> 0:06:48.560 Brandon had something to say about your CBS appearance. I 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.480 heard they tried Puppa Joe, but at first he was booked, 0:06:51.640 --> 0:06:54.440 so unfortunately Papa Joe was not available for CBS. 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:56.880 He was on Imagine, he was on ABC. 0:06:57.680 --> 0:06:59.960 Let's get to more headlines. Gunnar Henders and three for 0:07:00.080 --> 0:07:02.000 five with a two run homer. Good day for the Orioles, 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:05.200 who also had Corbyn Burns go out there and strike 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.720 out six, but they came up short at the end 0:07:08.720 --> 0:07:11.720 of the day. So good performances for these two guys, 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:15.840 but not enough there. Castillo starts today, By the way, 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:17.920 a lot of eyes will be on him for the Mariners. 0:07:18.160 --> 0:07:21.520 Nick Pavetta, good day for him, struck out ten, seven 0:07:21.560 --> 0:07:24.760 scoreless innings, but again another no decision there against the Marlins. 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:26.280 Then you get no decision against the Marlins. 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:26.720 Will never know. 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:31.200 The Yankees, though, continue to have struggles in the rotation. 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:35.640 Marcus Stroman five runs in five innings, the Reds sweep 0:07:35.720 --> 0:07:40.280 the Yankees. The team era over the last thirty days 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.480 and the month of June five point five six heading 0:07:43.520 --> 0:07:48.120 into July fourth after yesterday, so Welsh, the Yankees rotation 0:07:48.200 --> 0:07:51.400 has problems, and they've always felt to me like a 0:07:51.400 --> 0:07:55.080 little bit of a Stars and Scrubs sort of situation, 0:07:55.280 --> 0:07:57.520 Like if you're putting together and it's like a it's 0:07:57.520 --> 0:07:59.200 a mean thing to say, but if you're putting together 0:07:59.200 --> 0:08:02.000 one of those classic salary cap teams, you know, stars 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.000 and Scrubs is a great way to go. The Yankees 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.880 kind of feel like that, but when the stars don't perform, 0:08:06.960 --> 0:08:08.800 there's not enough depth to get it done. It kind 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:10.560 of like feels like where the Yankees are right now 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:11.000 a little bit. 0:08:11.320 --> 0:08:13.720 Yeah, kind of. I think they're also in a big funk. 0:08:14.240 --> 0:08:16.760 And this is what I talked about yesterday, because here's 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:18.600 one thing, like everyone's like, should we be worried to 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:21.880 we were? Obviously what just happened was brutal dude. Not 0:08:21.960 --> 0:08:25.040 only they've lost fourteen of their last nineteen, it's the 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.320 first time the Reds have like ever like swept them 0:08:27.320 --> 0:08:29.760 in like thirty forty years whatever, fifty years. I think 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:30.840 in nineteen seventy. 0:08:30.520 --> 0:08:32.760 Six, that was the World Series. 0:08:32.760 --> 0:08:35.760 By the way, Yeah, they have no SERI was that 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:39.280 was the World Series where they because because it's Johnny 0:08:39.280 --> 0:08:42.319 Bench and that was before interly play everybody, that's how long, agoes. 0:08:42.720 --> 0:08:45.600 They haven't won a series for a month, and there 0:08:45.760 --> 0:08:50.640 there's been such losers. They lost the national anthem standoff 0:08:50.920 --> 0:08:53.640 even yesterday too. Did you see that Graham ash crowd. 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:57.120 I was having cocktails and grilling yesterday two Yankees. 0:08:57.400 --> 0:09:00.000 When the national anthem was done. It was the stand 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:03.600 where everyone keeps standing there. They lost that. Graham Ashcraft 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:07.640 beat them there. But my take on it is that 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.640 I actually think it's just they need the slumpbuster right 0:09:10.679 --> 0:09:12.880 now because if you go back, if you look at them, 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:15.560 they're still top five. I think it's like third in 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:20.080 the league in scoring. Their era is still in the 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.400 top ten in baseball. On the year, they've got the 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.600 third highest run differential in the AL and the fifth 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:30.600 in baseball, So they're scoring a crap load of runs still, 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:33.600 and they've got the best record on the road, which 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.000 is crazy. So it's like they've got a lot of positives. 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:38.920 They're in a massively crazy funk where their pitchers aren't 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.720 going five, which is brutal. Their offense it's still putting 0:09:42.800 --> 0:09:46.280 up some runs, but I mean, clearly it's Heel, it's Stroman. 0:09:46.360 --> 0:09:48.240 These guys are not getting it done. I think it 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.840 is a turnaround. But back to what you said, the 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.160 thing that holds them back, I think is hamstrung by 0:09:54.160 --> 0:09:56.840 that money. They don't seem to be willing to take 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:58.959 on any money like in years past. They don't seem 0:09:59.000 --> 0:10:02.600 to have flexibility and wanting to move prospects because of 0:10:02.640 --> 0:10:05.400 that money. And it just I don't think the dynamic 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:07.400 of what they have is great right now. But I 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:09.960 also don't think the world is falling. They still have 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.760 the wild card, they are still one of the dominant teams. 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.360 They just they need a change. And I and that's 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:18.920 the thing with the money that they've got spent. When 0:10:18.920 --> 0:10:23.080 you need that slump busting change, you like bench, this 0:10:23.160 --> 0:10:25.240 guy's going down, We're gonna change. They can't do any 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:25.480 of that. 0:10:25.520 --> 0:10:27.600 They've got all these either day's got hurt. So it's 0:10:27.920 --> 0:10:30.160 like they could do that from within because everyone makes. 0:10:30.400 --> 0:10:33.200 Million dollars or two dollars, and it's just like what 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.679 they don't have anything they can flip around and change. 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.200 And I mean that Trent Grisham play was a prime 0:10:39.240 --> 0:10:42.800 example yesterday too, where boop bop right to center kind 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.120 of plays around with it lazy, they turn into a double. 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.640 It's that type of lazy crap they need to adjust to. 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:49.840 It's a tough situation right now. 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:54.200 But if you are going to slump, this is the 0:10:54.200 --> 0:10:56.480 time of year to do it. July is when you 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.440 want to do it. Going the All Star break, this 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:00.079 is when you struggle. The last thing you want to 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:01.120 do a struggle in September. 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.360 So if you're getting your struggles out now, that's fine. 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.200 But the Yankees need the All Star break maybe more 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.960 than any other contending team, and that's including the Phillies, 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:10.480 who have had a bunch of injuries too, which we'll 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:11.839 get to some of the news on that later in 0:11:11.880 --> 0:11:14.160 the show. Stephen Kwan, by the way, leading the league 0:11:14.200 --> 0:11:15.880 in batting average three for four with a homer. 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.240 You know, a couple of years ago, Stephen Kwan burst onto. 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:21.920 The scene, and he was kind of maligned I think 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.959 unfairly by the fantasy baseball community at large because he. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:26.040 Lacked a lot of power. 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:29.880 But in this era where we are desperate for contact, 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:33.000 desperate for batting average, he gives you speed. He is 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:34.959 put in the ball in play in points leagues. You 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.520 love him, Stephen Kwan. I just want to give him 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:39.360 some love. I just want to give Stephen Kwan some 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.960 love here on the show because that dude is crushing 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.000 it and I was and I had him the year 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:46.080 he came up, and I felt like he was being 0:11:46.120 --> 0:11:47.720 maligned and I am not happy about it. 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:50.199 Were you trying to say Kwan's and his home run era? 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.720 Maybe perhaps you know we used to have bad blood, 0:11:55.200 --> 0:12:01.280 no doubt anymore. We almost like did a harmony there 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:01.800 for a second one. 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:05.680 Yeah, we did, Kyle. I'm with you. Home Ballpark, though, 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.240 has been a big help. Just want to point that out. Uh, 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:10.720 he definitely has had some home runs fly out of 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.920 they've made We've talked about it. They made that adjustment 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.720 to the right field and that's where he hits him. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.920 He's got five homers at home so far, all pull side, 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:22.240 so that has been a benefit to him, and yeah, 0:12:22.280 --> 0:12:23.600 it's just profile is phenomenal. 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.120 One dude, I know he's got it. Look at eight 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:26.560 home runs. 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.280 The Powers developed a little bit, but in this era 0:12:29.360 --> 0:12:32.079 where everybody's swinging a miss and he missed some time 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:34.240 with injury and fifty nine games he has fifty runs scored. 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:35.160 Like, that's a dude. 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.480 That is You want to look at why Cleveland is 0:12:38.480 --> 0:12:40.319 is where they are right now. It's guys like Stephen 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:42.120 Kwan as much as his guys like Cozy Rimroz. I 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:43.960 just want to give that dude some love here on 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.880 the program today, Kyle Tucker justin Verlander. Neither we're gonna 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.080 be ready toil after the All Star break, which isn't 0:12:50.080 --> 0:12:53.720 great for Houston, but again, treading water right now is 0:12:53.720 --> 0:12:56.600 the thing to do, uh for fun. Bobby Miller not 0:12:56.640 --> 0:12:58.640 going to start on Sunday against the Brewers. They said 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:00.760 it's not injury related, so all we can do is 0:13:00.960 --> 0:13:03.880 believe them. It's fun because it's like, well this is fun. 0:13:04.080 --> 0:13:05.840 Here's a nice thing. We thought we were getting another 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:06.640 star from him this week. 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:06.960 We're not. 0:13:07.880 --> 0:13:11.080 But he's okay. But he's gonna pitch on Tuesday. Color 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:13.720 me skeptical. I mentioned Suarez already that was on the 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.200 docket here. But Mike Trout has begun running on a 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:19.479 treadmill and hitting off a tee. So there you go, everybody. 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:22.480 So you could do the same thing that a seven 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.480 year old can do right now running on the treadmill, 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:27.160 but with supervision. Did you say seven of year old? 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.600 You see that stat? Did you see that stat? 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:30.160 I did that. 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:32.400 He hasn't played a fourth of July since twenty nineteen. 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.120 Mike Mayer found that on the Twitter mission. 0:13:34.160 --> 0:13:34.319 Yeah. 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:36.200 Ryan Spader had put that out. He has not played 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:40.640 a fourth or July license two thoy nineteen is crazy. 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.360 It is, well, I mean it's a little less crazy 0:13:42.360 --> 0:13:44.680 because twenty twenty was the COVID year, so everything was 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:46.360 you know, they weren't playing. 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:49.480 But are you sure were they weren't back by July? 0:13:49.800 --> 0:13:49.839 No? 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:52.719 I think they might have been back by July. 0:13:53.480 --> 0:13:53.920 Were they? 0:13:54.080 --> 0:13:55.920 I thought they didn't play until I thought it was 0:13:55.920 --> 0:13:57.800 August September. I thought it was a two month season. 0:13:58.840 --> 0:13:59.440 How about Dames? 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:00.600 Did they play in COVID year? 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:02.960 It was like fifty six or something like that. 0:14:03.000 --> 0:14:05.960 Maybe right, maybe it was Peters and Cracker Jacks. Let 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.439 us know in the chat, when did baseball come back 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.120 in twenty twenty? Somebody go to the Google machine and 0:14:11.160 --> 0:14:14.680 figure that out. In the meantime, we'll have to figure 0:14:14.720 --> 0:14:17.480 this one out. David Festa, that so great in his 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:23.240 two starts. Another failure of a prospect. Twelve runs, sixteen hits, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.800 only eight strike counts and ten innings. So he'll get 0:14:26.800 --> 0:14:30.280 another shot at some point. But David Festa, it was 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:30.880 worth a shot. 0:14:31.120 --> 0:14:31.480 Welsh. 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:35.000 Yet again, the prospects continue to come up and slap 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.760 us in the face, which is what they've done all season. 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:39.840 By the way, July twenty third, so you were right. 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:42.000 That was Jpach just put that in the chest, So July, 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:42.560 thank you too. 0:14:42.680 --> 0:14:42.920 Okay. 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.800 Still still there are four of those five years he 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:48.000 had not played as crazy, Yeah, Festa packing his bags. 0:14:48.400 --> 0:14:51.000 Pitching is really really tough. You've got to hit your 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.760 spots and stuff just wasn't there, and he got banged around. 0:14:53.760 --> 0:14:55.760 I mean, he was so good in that first time 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:58.200 through against the Diamondbacks and then he got hit up 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:01.120 and it's kind of continued. Can't screw around. That's the 0:15:01.160 --> 0:15:03.840 other this other kind of weird space that we're into 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.480 is like you were saying with the Yankees, like, hey, 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.160 if you're going to struggle, this is a time. But 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.320 there's also quite a few teams like you can't mess around. 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:12.200 There's a lot of tea. 0:15:14.080 --> 0:15:15.400 Right now. Losing Bryce Lewis. 0:15:15.880 --> 0:15:17.720 I already put it in the show for Sunday on 0:15:17.760 --> 0:15:21.240 Sports Grid on Sunday Morning show. To me, Byron bucks 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.440 is a huge cell high right now because it's not coincidental. 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:26.600 If Byron bucks In's hot streak came when Royce Lewis 0:15:26.600 --> 0:15:28.680 came back into the lineup, a little line of protection 0:15:28.760 --> 0:15:30.600 goes a long way, and now all of a sudden, 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.240 you're taking him out of that lineup. I'm worried about that, 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:35.440 and I don't know when Royce Lewis is gonna be back, 0:15:35.480 --> 0:15:36.680 Like I am skeptical that. 0:15:36.640 --> 0:15:37.440 It's going to be quick. 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.480 Well, I mean, you benefit when you have a guy 0:15:39.480 --> 0:15:41.400 like Jose Miranda is in there and can have a 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:43.600 five hit day and he can you know, have that 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.640 replacement stuff like that. I'm with all of that. That 0:15:46.760 --> 0:15:49.520 The thing that's crazy I just keep looking at is like, 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.080 you know, the Orioles, they've got flexibility. I think the 0:15:52.120 --> 0:15:56.239 Yankees have some flexibility, but like like I said, the Mariners, 0:15:56.280 --> 0:15:59.440 the Twins, you can't mess around, you can't screw around. 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.280 And these are the teams that I think should be 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:05.600 out there being hyper aggressive. Beat the other big hardcore 0:16:05.640 --> 0:16:08.480 you know, the Yankees and even the Orioles. Beat these 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.960 guys to the punch in the trade deadline. Because the 0:16:11.000 --> 0:16:13.640 Twins have assets. They just brought brooks Lee up. That's 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.520 a prime example. These guys that have good minor league 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.600 systems go out and start making those moves. Another thing 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.760 I I was talking about with the Al East. The 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:24.520 Ale East, by the way, if you look over at 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:29.560 Fangrafts minor league rankings, they have four of the top 0:16:29.760 --> 0:16:35.600 six highest ranked minor leagues four four of the teams Tampa, Boston, 0:16:35.680 --> 0:16:39.480 Baltimore and Yankees. That means they have got bullets in 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.600 that prospect trading gun. So teams like the Mariners and 0:16:42.640 --> 0:16:45.400 teams like the Twins should go out and try to 0:16:45.480 --> 0:16:48.640 get these done before those teams start getting involved. Twins, 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.920 they just can't screw around. The Twins can't screw around, Mariners, 0:16:50.920 --> 0:16:53.400 can't screw around, Go make moves. I don't think they 0:16:53.440 --> 0:16:54.160 should give up. 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:57.240 Just because of the Mariners. The love of God, when 0:16:57.240 --> 0:16:59.000 are they gonna get another bad in that lineup? Ugh, 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.960 I can't even I can't even three up and three 0:17:01.960 --> 0:17:04.960 down Christian Walker, two more homers. I love Christian Walker 0:17:05.000 --> 0:17:07.000 as a season long guy. 0:17:07.359 --> 0:17:08.840 I always feel like you look up. 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:10.479 At the end of the year, you're happy with your 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.520 Christian Walker investment. But there's some peaks and valleys in 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.280 head to heads with Christian Walkers that are really, really tough. 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:18.200 But that's the thing. 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.240 You look at him, and you look at the numbers 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:22.440 the year, you know they're gonna be there, but the 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:23.600 ride is very frustrating. 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:23.959 And that's all. 0:17:23.960 --> 0:17:26.960 The guy only played against the Dodgers in LA. It 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.359 would be the be the greatest player of all time. 0:17:29.520 --> 0:17:31.480 He was the worst player of all time in the 0:17:31.520 --> 0:17:33.719 playoffs and it really hurt the Diamondbacks. But you know, 0:17:33.720 --> 0:17:37.360 to your point, career high guy. Yeah, career high barrel percentage, 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.119 career high hard hit numbers. Right now, expected batting average 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.280 is also the highest in five years. He's just on 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:45.720 a tear, but he's gonna come back down just a 0:17:45.720 --> 0:17:47.080 tiny bit. But it's a good point. It's kind of 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:48.840 like Goldie over the last couple of years, not a 0:17:48.880 --> 0:17:51.360 great like dynasty type of guy, but you want him. 0:17:51.359 --> 0:17:54.080 But now Goldie has been struggling the last two Walker's 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.360 kind of taking over that spot. He's just a you're 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.719 gonna get a hundred RBI and you're gonna get thirty 0:17:58.720 --> 0:18:00.879 plus homers and deal with. 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.440 You're just gonna get There could be two months where 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:10.399 it's like one home run in eight RBI and yeah, yeah. 0:18:10.000 --> 0:18:11.400 That's what it is. 0:18:11.560 --> 0:18:13.159 And buy him every time he's cold, because you know 0:18:13.160 --> 0:18:15.520