WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 22nd, 2022 (Ep. 495) 0:00:00.560 --> 0:00:18.439 Smooth jazz Let's play Ball. Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:20.560 This is Leading Off. It is me and Joey p 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:23.480 joe Pi's AP and we come to you every single 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:27.080 day here on Fantasy Pros MLB YouTube channel Live so 0:00:27.120 --> 0:00:28.720 you can interact and hang out with us. And of 0:00:28.720 --> 0:00:31.480 course we're coming to you from our sponsor bet MGM. 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.279 Download the app right now and head over and make 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.360 your first bet on us using that promo code leading Off. 0:00:37.400 --> 0:00:40.840 And today the Welsh is celebrating another trip around the Sun. 0:00:40.960 --> 0:00:43.280 It's his birthday, but I feel like it's really my 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:45.879 birthday because I get to spend some quality time with 0:00:45.960 --> 0:00:49.120 my good buddy, our social media director and your friend 0:00:49.520 --> 0:00:52.440 Ryan Warmly. Ryan, it's so great to have you on. 0:00:52.479 --> 0:00:54.960 And you mentioned we've never actually done a show together. 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.560 You kind of you know, are so great. You give 0:00:57.600 --> 0:00:59.960 me a day off during football season from doing a show, 0:01:00.040 --> 0:01:02.400 which I love about you, but we never actually get 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:05.039 to hang out together, so this is nice, so quality 0:01:05.080 --> 0:01:05.920 time for you and me. 0:01:06.240 --> 0:01:06.440 Yeah. 0:01:06.480 --> 0:01:08.720 The first one the baseball shows I did last year 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:11.560 were with Dan Harris. Like you said, in football, I'm 0:01:11.600 --> 0:01:15.839 you're under under under understudy of shorts as the backup host. 0:01:16.680 --> 0:01:18.600 So yeah, I'm really excited to finally get to be 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:21.520 on air with the great, the venerable Joey p. 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:24.480 Well, you know what's awesome is the best job in 0:01:24.520 --> 0:01:27.600 the world is always backup quarterback because everybody likes you more. 0:01:28.000 --> 0:01:29.920 Everybody likes Ryan so much more than me. Like that 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.560 guy is a Ryan host more shows. Joe's a bald moron. 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.760 I mean that. That's definitely most of the YouTube to 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:41.240 be clear. No, also good point. And and also Ryan 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:42.959 dressed up for the occasion today if you could see 0:01:42.959 --> 0:01:46.720 it on our YouTube channel. He's wearing his Orioles Hawaiian shirt, 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:48.920 which is absolutely glorious. So we got to get some 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:50.840 love on that. We've got a lot of baseball to 0:01:50.840 --> 0:01:52.600 get to, got a lot of things going on. We'll 0:01:52.640 --> 0:01:55.200 talk a little Waiver Wire today. Also, we'll plug that 0:01:55.280 --> 0:01:57.960 in here. Let's start with the headlines though, Seattle's ty 0:01:58.040 --> 0:01:59.800 France three hits and a home run and a loss 0:01:59.800 --> 0:02:01.920 to Theers. But nice night for ty France. Saw the 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:05.720 one bomb two. It was a no doubter. Luis Surius 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:09.120 has a quad that is starting the rehab assignment on 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:11.920 on Saturday, so that's good. Jesus Sanchez continues to be 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.640 hot for the Marlins, selling two hits and a homer 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.639 against the Cards. Noah and Aronado having a fantastic month. 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:19.160 He might be Player of the Month at this point. 0:02:19.800 --> 0:02:23.480 Great day for him, three more hits. Pablo Lopez strikes 0:02:23.480 --> 0:02:26.360 out nine in a win over his Cardinals, though. And 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.360 Paul Blackburn, who I told everybody yesterday go play this 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.519 guy in DFS. I hope you did one run, five innings, 0:02:32.560 --> 0:02:35.480 another win. I think this guy should be added everywhere. 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.960 Paul Blackburn. I want to start with him because he 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.799 is rostered and I think like thirty percent of formats 0:02:40.880 --> 0:02:43.839 right now, and although the minor league track record does 0:02:43.880 --> 0:02:48.120 not scream that he has got like sustainability, the increased 0:02:48.120 --> 0:02:50.520 strikeout rate is appealing to me. So Blackburn is one 0:02:50.560 --> 0:02:52.919 of these guys. Because he's an A, he flies under 0:02:52.919 --> 0:02:55.360 the radar. So Ryan, I don't know if you've got 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:57.440 him in any formats, in any leagues, but Blackburn's a 0:02:57.480 --> 0:02:59.400 guy picked up last week off the good start, just 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:01.640 to see and now I think it's gonna cost people 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:03.400 twice or even three times the amount to pick him 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:03.960 up this week. 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:05.840 You know, I don't have him anywhere. 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.800 He is still available obviously in plenty of leagues that 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.079 you know, the opportunity is there if I do want 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:13.799 to decide to go after him. I wouldn't put too 0:03:13.880 --> 0:03:16.960 much stock into yesterday because I mean, first of all, 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:18.400 I can't believe you're starting with me having to talk 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:21.080 about a negative thing with the Orioles, But it was 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.520 going up against one of the worst offenses in baseball, 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:26.480 and offense that has been bad, like whether they're at 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.360 the Camden Yards with the extended fence or not, they've 0:03:29.360 --> 0:03:31.000 not been good this year at all. So I wouldn't 0:03:31.000 --> 0:03:32.519 put too much value in that. But you're right, there's 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:33.919 been other signs throughout the. 0:03:33.840 --> 0:03:34.520 Season so far. 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:36.720 He hasn't gone more than five innings yet in any game, 0:03:37.400 --> 0:03:39.040 so it's not like he's one of these guys going deep. 0:03:39.120 --> 0:03:41.320 But where are those guys anyways? So I like him. 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:41.880 I think he's. 0:03:41.720 --> 0:03:44.720 Totally worth like a speculative pickup, and maybe even more 0:03:44.720 --> 0:03:46.640 than speculative at this point based on what we've seen. 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.880 But I wouldn't put too much stock into like, oh, 0:03:48.880 --> 0:03:51.000 his price is gonna go up just because he did 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.880 pretty well against like probably a bottom three offense. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:59.760 Well you know what, he's doing well and he's healthy 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.400 right now, which it's a good combination of things to 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.040 have because it's pitching injuries all over the place as 0:04:05.040 --> 0:04:07.600 we always see here in baseball, and I think maybe 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:09.080 what we can do is get a good run out 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:10.680 of him and then flip him if he can, in 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.360 a package for somebody better or somebody returning off the 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:16.120 eye out in a few weeks. Some injuries. Yesterday, Luis 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:17.640 Robert did have a couple of hits, but he left 0:04:17.640 --> 0:04:19.400 with a groin injury and without hitting a home run. 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:21.960 So I am sour because he was my pick yesterday 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:24.240 and again another over night for me, I'm pissed off 0:04:24.240 --> 0:04:26.800 about it. I'm not happy. I'm not leaving April with 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:30.039 one home run. That's just unacceptable. John Gray also headed 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:32.719 to the injured list with a mild MCL spraining to 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.440 his left knee. So more to come with that. So 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:39.120 two injuries, the robber one obviously more substantial. We'll keep 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:41.320 an eye on that. More information to come. I want 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:43.039 to play a little. Can we talk about this to 0:04:43.080 --> 0:04:45.400 start with Jazz Chisholm, who's hitting lead off to the 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:48.239 Marlins on Thursday. Now, Chisholm off to a very hot start. 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.839 This was a very divisive player heading into the season, 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.800 twenty four years old. He's slashing two ninety six, three 0:04:53.880 --> 0:04:57.200 forty four with a seven forty one, slugging two homers, 0:04:57.200 --> 0:05:00.559 two doubles, two triples, a partridge in a pear tree RBI, 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:02.680 and of course the one stolen base, which is why 0:05:02.720 --> 0:05:04.920 you drafted him in the first place. So a very 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:07.760 hot start to Chisholm. So, I guess here's my question. 0:05:08.240 --> 0:05:11.200 We all know this is unsustainable. Is this the perfect 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.800 time to flip him for something and an asset that 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:17.040 might be way more sustainable? Or do you think Chisholm's 0:05:17.040 --> 0:05:19.320 gonna have some of these more high points in the 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:22.279 season than we realize. The lows are gonna come, but 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:23.839 this is a high point, and if you can have 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.000 a couple of them, that's gonna make for a really 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:29.120 good overall rotal player. Your thoughts on Chisholm's hot start. 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.839 Yeah, I liked Chishm a lot coming into the season. 0:05:32.520 --> 0:05:35.280 He was one of those guys who, yes, he's up 0:05:35.279 --> 0:05:37.960 and down at times, but I really think of him 0:05:38.000 --> 0:05:40.680 as somebody who when I'm playing fantasy, I'll just say 0:05:40.720 --> 0:05:43.400 sort of like philosophically, I want the guys who are 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.080 gonna be up and down because I want to take 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:46.400 a chance that they're gonna be up for a lot 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:48.839 more than we sort of expected. And he's a guy 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:50.480 that I like, I said, I really loved coming into 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:53.120 the year. His expected batting average based on the batt 0:05:53.120 --> 0:05:56.120 of ball like profile isn't as high as his current 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.799 batting average is, but he has still made a dramatic 0:05:58.880 --> 0:06:01.760 jump in that batterball profile from last year and last 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:03.440 year he had made a jump from the first year. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:06.680 And he's sitting the ball hard on exactly half of 0:06:06.720 --> 0:06:08.520 his at bats. His hard hit rate is fifty percent, 0:06:09.120 --> 0:06:11.919 so I can understand why he's expected slugging would be high. 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:15.120 His WOBBA is pretty high. He's pulling the ball a lot, 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:17.880 like I think of his of his ten or eleven 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:19.760 hits or whatever he has this season, like nine of 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.400 them are are down the line, And frankly, I don't 0:06:23.440 --> 0:06:25.200 care if a player is doing that. You think of 0:06:25.240 --> 0:06:27.720 like the old school baseball thoughts of like, oh, you're 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.320 a good hitter, you use all parts of the field. 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:30.839 You can drive ball at the middle. If you're hitting 0:06:30.839 --> 0:06:32.560 the ball hard. I don't care where it goes. He's 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:33.440 sitting the ball hard. 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:34.440 I really like him. 0:06:34.440 --> 0:06:36.760 And he's also just like electric and so much fun 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.880 to watch and to have on your roster, like I 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:42.960 enjoy watching. Did you see he had the thing with 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:45.440 the umpire where he was like like no, no, no, I 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:47.000 got this, like trying to tell him to get back 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:48.640 in the box next pitch home run. 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:49.640 Like the dude's just fun. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:53.680 Yeah. I like the good energy. I like the entertaining guys. 0:06:53.680 --> 0:06:57.040 Everybody knows that now Doctor Glenn sometimes is entertaining. If 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:59.479 an r Peanuts and cracker Jack gallery, and he said, 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.200 I gave Jazz Chishom a high five. It's spring training. 0:07:02.720 --> 0:07:05.080 That's what this hot start is really all about. And 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:07.479 that's how it started, basically, so doctor Glenn once again 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:10.760 taking credit for things that can't possibly be traced back 0:07:10.800 --> 0:07:12.560 to him. But that's good. I like when the Pienza 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:15.200 cracker Jacks think that they control the universe, because it 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.800 feels like they control the show most days. That's for sure. 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:19.800 I love you, Doc, It's great to see you back 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.000 in the chat today. Garrett Witlock likely to start for 0:07:22.040 --> 0:07:25.160 the Red Sox on Saturday at Tampa. Now some weird 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:28.520 things going on. Rich Hill's on the bereavement list and 0:07:28.600 --> 0:07:31.240 Tanner howckets unvaccinated, so it's like they had to reshuffle 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:34.360 everything around. But this is funny because Garrett Winlock is 0:07:34.400 --> 0:07:36.000 this guy that well Sho and I have been on. 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:38.480 We love him as that potential closer he got to 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.840 save the other night. He started off really good. He's 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.120 got eleven strikeouts and two walks and nine to two 0:07:43.160 --> 0:07:47.280 thirds innings. But it's gonna raise his profile if he 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:50.360 has a really good start and then beg some more questions. 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.640 This is another dude that I feel like, as an asset, 0:07:53.400 --> 0:07:56.680 just add talent to rosters instead of holding onto guys 0:07:56.720 --> 0:07:59.760 that are really just fringe players. Anyway, Witlock is another 0:07:59.800 --> 0:08:01.320 dude that if he's still floating out there, I think 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:02.800 it got to add this week. What do you think? 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.280 Yeah, I mean, definitely talented, and I agree with you fundamentally, 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.840 like ad talent, that's always a good thing. I wouldn't 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:10.800 put too much stock into this first start. I mean, 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.040 has he thrown more than like forty pitches in a 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:14.520 game this season? 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:15.560 I don't think so. 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.400 And just with the way the landscape of pitching right 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:20.560 now across baseball. I certainly wouldn't expect me to go 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.040 deep in the game in his first start. Maybe they 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:24.800 work him up to that down the line, but I 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:26.560 think the better value is, like you said, as a 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.320 potential closer, somebody who can be like a multi inning reliever. 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:30.680 That so like, it's interesting. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:33.079 I'll certainly be paying close attention to it, but I 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:34.720 don't know how much stock I would put in whatever 0:08:34.760 --> 0:08:35.520 the stat line. 0:08:35.320 --> 0:08:36.240 Is on this first start. 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.920 All right, moving on to the next topic here, Bobby Witt. 0:08:39.960 --> 0:08:42.480 Let's talk about him dropped his seventh in the batting 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.480 order for the Royals. Look, I think this is an 0:08:45.480 --> 0:08:47.880 overreaction by the Royals. Maybe they're trying to take more 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:49.920 pressure off of him, but I think it's the opposite effect. 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:51.480 I think what you want to do is you want 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:52.960 to keep the kid at the top of the order 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.840 in front of more lineup protection, not drop him down 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:57.760 in the order. So I think this is stupid by 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:00.240 the Royals and short sighted. The Royals are not going 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:04.080 to win a World Series. There I said it. Spoiler alert, sorry, everybody. 0:09:04.080 --> 0:09:07.680 The Royals aren't winning the Pennant this year. And I 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.760 know it's April and everyone's trying to win games. But 0:09:09.800 --> 0:09:11.680 you've got to get Bobby Wit Junior. Right. I know 0:09:11.720 --> 0:09:15.520 it's been a terrible start. The slash is just abismo 0:09:15.600 --> 0:09:18.880 f thirty one over his first forty played appearances. But 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.520 this is your opportunity because I'm sure there's somebody who 0:09:21.559 --> 0:09:24.120 overpaid for Bobby Wit that's freaking out right now. I 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.040 would kick the tyres on a trade. He's too good 0:09:26.080 --> 0:09:28.800 of a player. He was red hot in spring training. 0:09:29.080 --> 0:09:31.040 This is also the ebb and flow of a baseball player. 0:09:31.080 --> 0:09:32.560 They get red hot and then all of a sudden 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:34.680 they get a cold streak. It just so happens. It's 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.880 cold streak is to start the season. So I would 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.040 be buying everywhere. What do you think about Bobby Wood 0:09:39.080 --> 0:09:42.079 Junior in this change that they've had in the lineup 0:09:42.120 --> 0:09:42.800 where he's hitting. 0:09:42.960 --> 0:09:45.480 Yeah, I really like your point about whoever took him 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:48.120 probably is overly concerned right now. 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:49.520 I'm not. 0:09:49.960 --> 0:09:52.040 I mean it's been two weeks into the season. Every 0:09:52.040 --> 0:09:54.360 player is going to go through a two week stretch 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.360 similar to this. Now, the bad of ball profile, like 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.920 I'm reference four, isn't good. It's not like he's been 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:01.320 getting unlucky and hitting the ball hard, and then it's 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.360 just being right at defenders. He hasn't been hitting the 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.000 ball well, period, so I get it, but it is 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.000 very early to be tinkering. I don't like when you 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:11.160 have a top prospect and you say, okay, like we 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:14.600 believe in you, you're the guy, you're here, end of story, 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:17.160 and then you change it so quickly, like I don't 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.920 know anything about Bobby witz like personality. I've never met him. 0:10:20.040 --> 0:10:22.680 He probably can handle it. I'm sure he's fine, but 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.000 it's just something I don't like. It seems like unnecessary, 0:10:25.160 --> 0:10:28.280 like pressure and stress to just move move young hitters. 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:28.520 Around like that. 0:10:29.000 --> 0:10:31.040 And we see this a lot with young hitters too, 0:10:31.080 --> 0:10:33.880 like Alex Bregman was what over twenty eight to start 0:10:33.920 --> 0:10:35.679 his career. You know, Mike Tratt was bad his first 0:10:35.840 --> 0:10:38.360 summer up in the big league, So like, starting slow 0:10:38.400 --> 0:10:39.640 doesn't necessarily mean he's going to. 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.360 Be bad the rest of the season. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.240 Even he's still they're giving him the green light to 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.600 run a lot if he needs stolen bases. He's playing 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:48.960 very well in the field, so he's going to continue 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:50.600 to get at bats and still be playing. It's not 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:53.080 like I'm worried about them sending him down or anything 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.880 like that. But yeah, to me, it's just a move. 0:10:55.920 --> 0:10:57.440 I don't get I don't I don't think it makes 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:58.800 a lot of sense to move him around, at least 0:10:58.800 --> 0:10:59.760 at this point in the season. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:02.040 Well, if you want to know a little bit more 0:11:02.040 --> 0:11:06.640 about him, he's he's a Gemini born June fourteenth. He's 0:11:06.679 --> 0:11:09.360 from Colleyville, Texas. Now as a Gemini, he has those 0:11:09.360 --> 0:11:11.840 two personalities. So this is the bad hitter. I WoT 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:13.800 the good hitter to show up. See what I did. 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.160 I don't know what it is. I don't know what 0:11:17.240 --> 0:11:20.280 his sending sign is. And it says that he enjoys 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:25.000 photography projects and DIY stuff, and he also enjoys jazz music, 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.040 which you wouldn't think that. 0:11:26.080 --> 0:11:27.920 For it to be clear, when you say he's a Gemini, 0:11:28.080 --> 0:11:29.680 that means nothing. I don't know what a gemini. 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:29.880 I know. 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:31.439 I'm a Leo. I don't know what that means. 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:37.120 Well that we could do a whole astrological show later on. 0:11:37.280 --> 0:11:40.360 It means that it means that the universe cares about you, 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:42.719 and that's what it means, and the stars hopefully will 0:11:42.760 --> 0:11:45.160 align for Bobby Witzee, what I did there? Look at that? 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:46.160 Look how I just bring it all? 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:46.520 All? Right? 0:11:46.559 --> 0:11:48.960 Fun facts tied for some fun facts. I saw this 0:11:49.400 --> 0:11:52.520 tweeting it. It's fun. Through three hundred and fifty career 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:56.680 games Vladimir Guerrero Senior two hundred and eight runs, four 0:11:56.760 --> 0:11:59.559 hundred and four hits, seventy one homers, two hundred and 0:11:59.559 --> 0:12:02.120 twenty one our through three hundred and fifty career games 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:05.480 from Vladimir Guerrero Junior two hundred and fifteen runs, three 0:12:05.559 --> 0:12:08.240 hundred and eighty one hits, seventy six home runs, two 0:12:08.320 --> 0:12:10.440 hundred and twenty one RBI. Now, no one was ever 0:12:10.480 --> 0:12:13.200 gonna confuse these two guys in the field of Laddie 0:12:13.240 --> 0:12:17.360 Senior was incredible arm talent, great right fielder. Vlad not 0:12:17.480 --> 0:12:20.880 so much the defensive genius. But man, it's kind of 0:12:20.880 --> 0:12:25.120 scary how good these guys are. And if this trajectory holds, Man, 0:12:25.200 --> 0:12:26.600 I mean, this is a Hall of fame kind of 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:29.560 career we're seeing for Vlad. I hated that narrative that 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:33.120 was out there earlier this year in draft season about 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.959 you can't take Vlad as a first round pick. I 0:12:36.080 --> 0:12:39.080 sure people say this in Rodo to which I think 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:42.040 you're drunk. Go home. It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.640 Do you know anything about baseball or you just such 0:12:44.640 --> 0:12:46.440 a nerd that you just sit here and look at 0:12:46.640 --> 0:12:49.240 you know, wOBA and Xip all day until your you know, 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:52.000 eyes bleed, Because if you know anything about baseball, this 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:53.560 is a great player, a guy who can win a 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.160 triple crown. That matters in Rodo. I don't care if 0:12:56.160 --> 0:12:58.000 it's in the steel bases. He's gonna hit for a 0:12:58.040 --> 0:13:01.120 high average, dry he's gonna have a four category. This 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.680 is the dumbest narrative I saw out there on Baseball Twitter, 0:13:04.040 --> 0:13:06.560 and Baseball Twitter has a lot of dumb narratives, so 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:09.240 I just wanted to point this out there. Vlad Gerrero Junior. 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:11.560 I have no shares. Wish I had any shares for 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:13.600 you so far this year that you've been able to enjoy. 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:15.040 Yeah, I have only one. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.240 But it was a keeper and it was a league 0:13:17.280 --> 0:13:19.320 that I took like I'm a co owner with a 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:22.160 friend that he had had him earlier, so kind of, 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:25.000 but I can't really take credit for it. I would 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:27.520 have happily taken him in the first round in any 0:13:27.640 --> 0:13:29.520 draft I was in if I had the opportunity, I 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:31.920 don't understand that logic at all, Like, if you're going 0:13:32.000 --> 0:13:33.280 to give me a guy who's not just going to 0:13:33.320 --> 0:13:36.400 be a four category contributor, but a four category stud 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:40.240 I mean all day, I made a bold prediction before 0:13:40.400 --> 0:13:43.480 he made his major league debut that he would have 0:13:43.640 --> 0:13:47.320 a better career than his dad, even taking into account 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:49.440 the fact that he will never come He will never 0:13:49.480 --> 0:13:53.000 sniff the defensive value that Lad Senior broad So he 0:13:53.120 --> 0:13:54.960 has to really out hit his dad for that to 0:13:55.000 --> 0:13:57.040 be true. Right now, he's on the same pace as 0:13:57.040 --> 0:13:59.800 his dad, which is still freaking incredible. It's not quite 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:02.280 out out pacing him yet, but I mean, this is 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:05.079 one of the five best hitters in baseball in my eyes, 0:14:05.080 --> 0:14:06.959 and I think in a lot of eyes, and I 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:08.360 think he should. 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.240 Be a first round pick for the next twelve years, 0:14:10.320 --> 0:14:10.719 like the. 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:13.720 Top five talent. I mean, yeah, I mean his top 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.160 five and first base was exactly a great position this year. 0:14:16.840 --> 0:14:18.200 People are he's in a great. 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:21.080 Mind, Well, I mean there's no what only literally the 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.880 only negative you could possibly come up for with him 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:26.600 is that he doesn't steal bases, which fine, most of 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:28.280 the league doesn't steal bases anymore. 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.920 Give me the uh. I'll give you forty two home 0:14:33.040 --> 0:14:36.040 runs this year for Flatti. You're gonna go over under. 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:40.960 I'll go over, although although the the fence moving back 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:42.920 at Camden Yards is probably gonna hurt him since he 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:44.520 loves hitting at Camden Yards. 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.600 But no, I'm going over. 0:14:46.720 --> 0:14:49.920 And there's not a lot of guys I would say 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.520 that about where I would be as bullish as I am. 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:54.720 But he I mean again, he's a top five talent, 0:14:54.880 --> 0:14:58.400 another guy who's super fun to watch, and he's still 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:00.600 young and like learning the pitch in this league, He's 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:03.600 only going to get better. I can't throw enough cliches 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.440 your way about Vladdie Well. 0:15:06.480 --> 0:15:08.680 I love a good cliche. And yesterday was the show 0:15:08.720 --> 0:15:11.840 where we praised the starting rotation and how good they've been, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.840 how oddly good they've been for the Orioles. 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:15.480 So yeah, I missed that. 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.760 By the way, I missed an Eddie Murray reference in 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.960 the trivia section. I missed talking about the Orioles rotation. 0:15:22.480 --> 0:15:24.640 I mean it was by the way, Bruce Zimmerman is 0:15:24.680 --> 0:15:26.800 a Marilyn native. You said, who is that guy? When 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.880 you're doing that conversation yesterday. He's been pretty good this year. 0:15:29.880 --> 0:15:32.680 I'm just saying, I just I don't want to acknowledge 0:15:32.680 --> 0:15:35.440 anyone who names himself Spencer, and it's got. 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:37.640 An that's harder to defend. 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.480 It's ridiculous, no respect there. Just kidding Spencer. I know 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:43.400 he's a big fan of the show. Let's talk about 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.800 MLB slugging percentages, because Mike Mayor is gonna yell at 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:47.120 me if I don't. He's like, I put this in 0:15:47.120 --> 0:15:48.520 the show sheet. You look at the show sheet. I 0:15:48.560 --> 0:15:50.680 was like, all right, Mayor, I see it. I'm trying 0:15:50.680 --> 0:15:52.800 to get Ryan all set up. It's very high maintenance 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:55.120 this morning, Mayor. I guess that cold medicine is finally 0:15:55.200 --> 0:15:58.080 kicked in for him. Slugging percentages in April over the 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:01.680 last ten years are three ninety one, three ninety five, 0:16:01.720 --> 0:16:03.760 four oh one, three eighty nine, three ninety so kind 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:06.360 of hovering the same spot last few years four five, 0:16:06.400 --> 0:16:08.080 four oh seven, four hundred and four to twenty one, 0:16:08.160 --> 0:16:12.400 three ninety so far three sixty nine. Now, I don't 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:13.720 want to take too much out of this because there's 0:16:13.720 --> 0:16:16.200 been a lot of games in cold weather environments like 0:16:16.520 --> 0:16:21.080 Colorado this time of year. It's cold, Detroit cold. I 0:16:21.120 --> 0:16:24.960 don't know why we insist on opening out away or 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:27.440 or in home stadiums that are cold. I don't know 0:16:27.480 --> 0:16:31.320 why this happens, but there's been some really frigid temperatures 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:33.240 out here. I know there's been worse at times. But 0:16:33.920 --> 0:16:35.280 I'm not making too much out of this. I know 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:36.920 we talk about that dead and ball. I know a 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:38.400 lot of people want to talk about that, that the 0:16:38.400 --> 0:16:40.760 ball has been dead, and to me, like one good 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.400 hot week here from a couple guys. And let's not 0:16:43.440 --> 0:16:46.240 forget people were behind in spring training. It's gonna change 0:16:46.240 --> 0:16:47.840 by the time we get to May. I guarantee you 0:16:47.840 --> 0:16:49.800 that three sixty nine is probably closer to that three 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:52.040 ninety mark. You think that's true or do you think 0:16:52.280 --> 0:16:54.480 that I'm not paying enough attention to what's going on, 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:55.600 which is also possible. 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.640