WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 13th, 2022 (Ep. 530) 0:00:00.520 --> 0:00:01.000 Bueller. 0:00:02.120 --> 0:00:17.360 Let's play ball ocome in everybody to fantasy pros. 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:19.720 This is leading off, brought to you by bet MGM, 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:22.640 the King of sports Books. It's me Joey Pai Joe 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:26.320 Piezapia with you today, and of course with me with 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.320 you is the Welsh and we're breaking all the baseball 0:00:29.360 --> 0:00:34.000 down from the weekend. A lot to talk about, certainly Welsh. 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:36.479 It's nice to see you, my friend. It's nice to 0:00:36.560 --> 0:00:39.120 have you here on a Monday, and it's nice to 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:41.960 also have a wonderful weekend from Aaron Judge. I gotta 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:45.400 tell you it feels good. The fish were in the 0:00:45.440 --> 0:00:47.920 barrel and I shot him up real good. Well, I 0:00:47.920 --> 0:00:49.760 shot him up real good. Yeah. 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.840 I mean I didn't do the Buckston weekend like I've 0:00:53.880 --> 0:00:55.920 done all the weekends. I was like, now I'm not 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:57.800 gonna do the bucks And weekend. And guess what. It 0:00:57.800 --> 0:00:59.640 wouldn't have put me on the board, but it would 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:01.840 have put me one more homer up. I did get 0:01:01.840 --> 0:01:04.720 one from Flad. When I saw the Judge dual homer, 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:08.680 I was like, ugh, Monday's gonna suck. Monday is gonna 0:01:08.680 --> 0:01:11.920 be brutal, and you get the homer you got the 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.240 Homers and maybe you'll be on the board. We don't know. 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.240 As Mayors said here in the chat, that you guys 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:19.600 can be hanging out with Will Joey p once again 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.319 manipulate the home run leader board to include his name 0:01:22.480 --> 0:01:24.920 that and more on today's leading off that would be 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:27.319 the lead. By the way, what is Mayor talking about? 0:01:27.360 --> 0:01:30.440 Didn't Mayor manipulate the board for an entire week to 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:32.360 bring him on this week? 0:01:32.520 --> 0:01:35.319 It's called politics. This is what happens. You say the 0:01:35.360 --> 0:01:37.640 thing that you know you do, and you accuse your 0:01:37.640 --> 0:01:41.800 opponent of doing it. Look, I'm tied now. And I 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.560 told you that when I came back here on Monday 0:01:44.760 --> 0:01:46.640 that I would be on the leaderboard and Mayor would not. 0:01:46.680 --> 0:01:50.000 And that wasn't a prediction, that was a spoiler. Okay, 0:01:50.480 --> 0:01:54.040 that's right. I told you so called my shot and 0:01:54.240 --> 0:01:57.240 lucky than one. But enough about that. You know I 0:01:57.280 --> 0:02:00.520 am feeling lucky, actually feeling pretty good about it. So yeah, 0:02:00.560 --> 0:02:01.840 So may and I are going to square off in 0:02:01.880 --> 0:02:04.800 a steel cage sometime later this month. So I hope 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.560 the pay per fore you buy numbers are good or. 0:02:06.640 --> 0:02:10.080 I'm just like I'm just looking down at you guys. 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.880 Right now, just waiting to attacked. I need to make 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:13.840 my attack here. 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.200 Very nice, all right, let's get after it. Let's talk 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:20.080 about the weekend of baseball on Monday. As of the 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.519 thirteenth of June, the Yankees and Mets are the first 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.000 two teams to forty wins. It's the first time this 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:28.080 ever happened where the New York Mets since they were 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.880 been around, have actually been in first place with forty 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:35.000 wins along with the Yankees at this point in the season, 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:37.800 the first to forty. So that's that's great. Look, you know, 0:02:38.440 --> 0:02:42.519 New York East Coast is certainly the Northeast especially is 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.480 a big baseball I'm not saying, yeah, it's a bias, 0:02:45.480 --> 0:02:47.480 there's no doubt about it. But I always think baseball 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.400 is better off when the teams in New York are good, 0:02:49.440 --> 0:02:52.120 because then it allows the other market teams to hate them, 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.480 and that's good. You need the villain. It's important. So 0:02:55.160 --> 0:02:57.040 I think this is a good thing for baseball when 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:58.880 the Yankees. It's always a good thing for baseball when 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:00.600 the Yankees are good. When Yankees are I feel like 0:03:00.639 --> 0:03:02.920 it's kind of you need the Yankees to be good. 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:04.880 You want them on that wall. You need on that wall. 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.320 So this is fun. That's a good thing. Wander Franco. 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:09.160 Good news for him. He's set to do with jilty 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.800 drills this weekend. I can't wait this week today. I 0:03:12.800 --> 0:03:14.600 can't wait to watch these. I hope they're on Twitter. 0:03:14.639 --> 0:03:16.760 I know somebody's gonna have you know, him, like doing 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:17.919 high skips or whatever. 0:03:17.960 --> 0:03:19.480 These. I wonder if he's in the best shape of 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.520 his life now, that'd be great. That's like the same 0:03:21.560 --> 0:03:23.600 thing I do. Hope agree, I hope they put on. 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.960 You know, you know, the the agility drills are gonna 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.839 be hilarious. I can't wait to see them. It's gonna 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.480 be like an obstacle course running around Starling Marte two 0:03:30.560 --> 0:03:32.920 hits and there's return to the lineup yesterday along with 0:03:32.960 --> 0:03:34.960 Tywan Walker for the Mets, striking out ten and a 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:39.320 win over the Angels. Speaking of ten, Bulio Urius struck 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:42.560 out ten but a tough luck loss on Sunday. Also 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:45.600 the big news and that Dodger rotation is Walker Bueller 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.360 going to be out for many, many weeks with that 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.880 flexer tendon, which typically Welsh is a precursor to Tommy 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:54.040 John been talking about it all year, talked about it 0:03:54.080 --> 0:03:56.680 in February and March with you. I said, they're not invincible. 0:03:56.880 --> 0:04:00.320 Let's stop anointing the Dodgers. There's certainly a pass way 0:04:00.320 --> 0:04:03.000 you could paint where it was going to be a 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.880 tenuous road for them to get to the world. Here 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.480 it is, and here it is. Here it is. So 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:11.080 if you have Walker Buhler right now, you can't be 0:04:11.680 --> 0:04:14.320 you can't feel good about this because typically this does 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:17.320 not end well. So well, let's let's go through it. 0:04:17.400 --> 0:04:19.600 What do the Dodgers do from here? What do fantasy 0:04:19.640 --> 0:04:20.400 owners do from here? 0:04:20.880 --> 0:04:24.320 Well, the Dodgers, they've got some reinforcements in the minor league. 0:04:24.360 --> 0:04:26.080 I mean, obviously, like we talked about it, the thing 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:28.480 that has saved this team is Tony Gonslin and Tyler 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:31.360 Anderson have played phenomenal. You know, since they've been out. 0:04:31.640 --> 0:04:33.760 You've got Clayton Kershaw back. So it was you know, 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:36.840 you traded one soul for another. Buehler goes, Clayton Kershaw 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:40.040 comes back, and you've got Arias. They've got reinforcements in 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:42.880 the minor leagues in the form of Bobby Miller, who 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:48.360 is a absolute fireball thrower. He's relatively ready. If we 0:04:48.440 --> 0:04:50.000 want to be honest, I think he's in that same 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:54.320 mold of Tony Gonsolin. Or they can take that firepower 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.960 that they have as far. They've got dudes Miguel Vargas 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.880 down there. They've got, like I said, Bob, they've got 0:05:01.040 --> 0:05:04.200 quite a few other really good prospects that they could package. 0:05:04.240 --> 0:05:07.000 Andy Pahas, they could package and make a big move. 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.880 You know, dust It's funny Brian Fouts in the chat 0:05:10.960 --> 0:05:13.560 just brought up dustin May, and dust and May is 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:16.400 really not gonna be anything of consequence for this team, 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:18.200 you know, for the rest of this season. Maybe a 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.240 little bit of bullpen help on the back half of 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:23.159 the year, but they're gonna need So the decision for 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.520 them is do they go minor leaguer do they go 0:05:25.680 --> 0:05:28.520 established pitcher. I think they got to go established pitcher. 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:29.840 I kind of hate being the guy. I feel like 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:31.960 I'm on here every week. I'm like, listen, the trade 0:05:32.000 --> 0:05:34.640 market's got to start up. I'm like some stock person. 0:05:34.640 --> 0:05:37.280 I'm like, it's gonna pick up. It's got to, but 0:05:37.320 --> 0:05:40.279 it has to. I have to imagine no one wants 0:05:40.360 --> 0:05:42.760 to sell. But I can't imagine the Dodgers are gonna 0:05:42.760 --> 0:05:46.800 feel comfortable throwing in a rookie minor league pitcher to 0:05:46.880 --> 0:05:49.560 go with Tyler Anderson and Tony Gonson, who they have 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:51.560 to also feel that they're getting just a little bit 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:54.720 more out of than they could have possibly thought that. 0:05:54.920 --> 0:05:57.000 I think they got to be hyper aggressive because you're right, 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.960 they have not been invincible. They've dropped stupid series here, 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:03.560 and like the Mets, it's now to the Dodgers. I 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:07.400 don't see how these hyper aggressive, big win, ninety hundred 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:10.440 win teams can sit back and be complacent. They've got 0:06:10.480 --> 0:06:13.040 to make moves. And the Dodgers are now without Buehler 0:06:13.160 --> 0:06:16.520 until probably roughly into September or the playoffs, so I 0:06:16.560 --> 0:06:18.840 think they have got to make a trade. But they 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.760 probably don't want unload the system because when Bueller comes 0:06:21.800 --> 0:06:24.200 back and into the playoffs, they still do have Tyler Anderson, 0:06:24.240 --> 0:06:25.680 they still do have Gonsol. I mean, they have a 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.599 lot of guys that they could have rotation problems, but 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:30.760 I think they got to make a move. Fantasy owners 0:06:31.640 --> 0:06:34.000 scour the wire. You're gonna have to scour the wire, 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:36.000 and I think if you're in a ten or twelve 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.640 team league, Joe, you tell me different. I think this 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:42.159 is the time where you get into hyper stream. Hyper 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:43.839 hyper stream, because at the end of the day, you 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:46.919 can make it worse bigger leagues. It's gonna be impossible. 0:06:47.000 --> 0:06:49.200 You know, you're probably gonna have to trade from depth 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:51.280 if you really want to make it, but you're gonna 0:06:51.279 --> 0:06:53.200 probably have to get into hyper stream and see if 0:06:53.240 --> 0:06:55.240 you can make up seventy five percent of it. I 0:06:55.279 --> 0:06:58.800 don't think there's an acquisition waiting out there for you 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:02.440 that's gonna replace Walker Bueler. There's no picture. I mean, 0:07:02.800 --> 0:07:04.920 Max Meyer would be one of those guys we would 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:06.960 sit and wait for to be called up. Grayson Ronbrieguez 0:07:06.960 --> 0:07:07.360 is down. 0:07:07.640 --> 0:07:10.880 I just don't think the guy Myer's around in a 0:07:10.920 --> 0:07:12.760 lot of leagues. A lot of people dropped him after 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:14.360 they picked him up with the injury, so he might 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:15.680 be a guy floating around there, and I think he 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:19.880 will eventually show up. A couple things that were provocative. 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:21.640 I think that you said the first one. You know, 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.120 this is why the A's waited on montass because eventually 0:07:24.200 --> 0:07:28.080 there was going to be a desperate need and good 0:07:28.080 --> 0:07:30.720 on the A's, you know, not just taking whatever deal 0:07:30.760 --> 0:07:33.880 they could get in March or February that they actually 0:07:33.960 --> 0:07:36.320 waited and now it's going to pay off for them 0:07:36.320 --> 0:07:38.400 big time. Somebody's going to blink here in this so 0:07:38.480 --> 0:07:40.320 good job by the A's on that. I don't think 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.400 it's a foregone conclusion. You get Walker Bueler back for 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.720 the playoffs, you get Walker Bueler back period. I just 0:07:44.720 --> 0:07:46.080 want to throw that out there. And the other thing 0:07:46.120 --> 0:07:47.360 I want to throw out there, which I think is 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.720 something that nobody else is talking about. Talked about it 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:52.440 a lot yesterday on the TV show the Tony gonsonine 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.680 innings number and what that looks like. I know he's 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.520 been fantastic, but the highest innings total he ever had 0:07:57.600 --> 0:07:59.040 was in the minor leagues in twenty eighteen to one 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.600 hundred and twenty eight. He has never thrown more than 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:05.240 fifty seven innings in a major league season. That, my friends, 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.559 is happening right now, right right now, he's a fifty seven. 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:12.400 So I don't know how long you can count on him. 0:08:12.440 --> 0:08:16.480 I don't know. I mean, this is Walker Buehler is 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:19.120 worse of an injury for them than Clayton Kershaw, because 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:22.160 Kershaw's almost expected. Kershaw is kind of like the bonus, 0:08:22.240 --> 0:08:24.640 and it's been great that you've been getting Kershaw esque 0:08:24.640 --> 0:08:27.560 performances out of Gonsolin. But at the same time, whilsh 0:08:27.560 --> 0:08:30.040 I'm looking around now and you know Anderson was going 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:31.840 to turn too a pumpkin, like, Yeah, that's a nice starts, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.959 it's fine, but they are in desperation moment they will 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:36.319 have to go be aggressive, I think. 0:08:36.400 --> 0:08:38.240 Yeah, and in a couple things to add to that, 0:08:38.360 --> 0:08:40.600 I think part of that plan long term may have 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:43.240 been that you're getting these amazing innings out of these 0:08:43.280 --> 0:08:45.079 guys that when you get towards the back half of 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.120 the season, it's a great point about innings that they 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.880 probably start stacking these guys together. Tyler Anderson and Tony 0:08:50.880 --> 0:08:53.000 Gonsolin could have become one starter on the back half 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:55.400 of the year to manage innings. A great point that 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:58.240 mayor brings up because I can completely forgot, is Andrew 0:08:58.240 --> 0:08:59.960 Heeney is going to come back. And Andrew heening was 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.960 having an insane start to the season and he will 0:09:02.960 --> 0:09:04.960 be important for them to get back, and it could 0:09:04.960 --> 0:09:08.280 be a justification for them to not be aggressive. But 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.719 then let's bring it back to your point where if 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:14.640 you've got any innings issues with especially with Gonsolin or 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:17.680 with Tyler Anderson, You're still gonna be down a guy. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:20.679 You're still theoretically down a guy, and it's inevitable. And 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:24.560 you have more injury risk in your rotation than any 0:09:24.640 --> 0:09:27.720 other rotation in baseball. Right now, give me a rotation 0:09:28.120 --> 0:09:30.600 that's I mean, maybe you will give me one rotation 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:34.960 that is more injury has more injury prone than the Dodgers. 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.600 Yeah, well the Mets because the two best owners they 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:39.079 have are currently on the eve there. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:40.600 Yeah, I mean, I'm talking about the guys that are there. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:42.520 I mean, you got he's coming off injury. You got 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:43.280 Clayton Kurry. 0:09:43.240 --> 0:09:47.200 But but he needs not dependable. Gonsolin has been great, 0:09:47.280 --> 0:09:51.880 he's not dependable. You can't depend on on Anderson. Urious Look, 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:53.640 this is a great performance. Maybe things are starting to 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:56.400 turn around for him. I think that's that's great, hopeful. 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.080 But I'm telling the Walker Buller injury in well, in 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.559 some ways it's worse than a Mookie Bets injury. It's 0:10:01.600 --> 0:10:03.720 worse than a because it really hurts you. Then in 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:06.160 the playoffs, you know, it's one of those things that 0:10:06.320 --> 0:10:09.120 really hurts you there when you get into those short 0:10:09.160 --> 0:10:11.040 series where you don't have that number one guy and look, 0:10:11.040 --> 0:10:14.440 you haven't been pitching like that anyway, which certainly I 0:10:14.440 --> 0:10:15.920 think him to understand. 0:10:16.000 --> 0:10:16.600 Turn it around. 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:17.880 We hope for it to come back. But this is 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.480 also something people should be aware of too. When you 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:22.040 start to see a great pitcher who doesn't look like himself, 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.199 be very leary because usually there's something going on. Typically 0:10:26.320 --> 0:10:30.319 it's more physical than it is mental or mechanical or 0:10:30.360 --> 0:10:32.280 things like that. Most of the time it's a physical issue, 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:34.040 and sometimes it does rear its head and then the 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:35.400 next thing you know, you go, oh, I wish I'd 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:38.240 gotten out of it. And in readraft League sometimes you gotta, 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:40.560 you know, pick and choose your battles a little bit. 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:44.400 All right, let's go to the rest of the headlines here. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:46.720 Justin Verlander goes seven and a win over the Marlins. 0:10:46.800 --> 0:10:48.760 Very nice outing for him. Josh Hater picked up his 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:53.720 nineteenth save over on the injury wiresl Garcia to undergo 0:10:53.760 --> 0:10:56.599 an MRI today, Michael Kopek same thing, MRI on his 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.440 knee yesterday. Lancelyn is going to be back for the 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.400 White Sox on Monday. He's actually five k or five 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:08.200 and a half on Pamble tonight. This whole show is 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.920 being done from Vormir's. That's where the show is being 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.959 done from. If you get that reference, then we could 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:16.800 be friends. That's right. Chris Bryant is close to returning 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.560 to baseball activity. That's good. So hopefully he can have 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:23.280 some baseball activity, and Wander Franco can have some agility activity, 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.760 and everyone can have some activity. Speaking of activity, can 0:11:26.800 --> 0:11:30.560 we talk about this the athletic Ken Rosenthal and his 0:11:30.559 --> 0:11:33.640 bow tie reporting that Wilson Contreras would make a particular 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:35.720 sense for the Giants at the trade deadline. Now, the 0:11:35.760 --> 0:11:40.240 Giants just this week Welsh set Joey Bart down, The Rays, 0:11:40.640 --> 0:11:43.079 the Padres, the Mets are all floating out there too. 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:45.400 The Padres and the Mets to meet are teams I 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:49.679 think should be super aggressive on Contreras, especially the Padres, 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.240 because I know the Mets have the young catcher at 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:55.439 double Ah's got a thousand ops right now. They're very 0:11:55.520 --> 0:11:58.280 high on him. I get that. But if I can't 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:00.760 see the Giants trading Joey barton trade, I don't still 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.800 see them doing that. But I could see the Padres 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:07.200 needing offense fixing a lot of things at one time here. 0:12:07.240 --> 0:12:09.480 Where do you think this market's going to start to 0:12:09.480 --> 0:12:11.440 heat up for controllers? Do you think it is the Giants. 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.040 Do you think Joey Bart is that piece that gets 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:15.880 it done, because it's going to take a big trade off, it's. 0:12:15.800 --> 0:12:18.040 Joey Bart that makes that done. I think they've got 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:21.079 a kid named Kyle Harrison in the minor leagues who's 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.680 just phenomenal right now. I mean the Giants pitchers in 0:12:23.720 --> 0:12:26.120 general just get it done. But Kyle Harrison, he would 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.160 be the centerpiece of a trade. It probably wouldn't be 0:12:28.160 --> 0:12:30.240 too much more if the Giants were to make it. 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.840 They don't have a ton of ammunition. But they got 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:36.040 Eli Oramos, Marco Luciano, I guess, actually you know what 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:38.040 they do, and Luis Matos. I mean they got a 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.320 lot of younger guys that are lower that they could 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.880 try to make that trade the Padres is funny because 0:12:44.000 --> 0:12:47.440 the Padres have been acquiring catchers like nobody's business for 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:50.439 the last two years. I mean Austin, Nola, they had 0:12:50.480 --> 0:12:52.199 Victor Karantini who they moved. 0:12:52.000 --> 0:12:54.720 Away, Mahia before that too, Mahia before. 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.880 They just have not committed to a guy, and it's 0:12:56.880 --> 0:12:59.640 like this would be like the sixth different catcher they 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:02.079 had head for a time. I'm forgetting the kid, the 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.360 Marlins kid who's there now? I completely am drying. Oh 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:08.880 horey al Farrow. They've got to like maybe this would 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.360 be the guy, but how much acquisition can they truly 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.840 have in the catcher market. I think the Giants would 0:13:13.840 --> 0:13:16.040 make a ton of sense. I'm not so sure about 0:13:16.040 --> 0:13:18.960 the padres in here, but I think he will be 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:22.520 a hot, hot commodity. Maybe even I would be remiss 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:24.720 to say that, like he might be a hotter commodity 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:26.439 than any of the starting pitchers that are out in 0:13:26.480 --> 0:13:29.120 the market, just because I think this can be, you know, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.800 the catcher for a team for quite a few years here. 0:13:32.480 --> 0:13:34.080 The Giants would make a lot of sense. Like I said, 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.959 they've got they've got the minor league assets to move 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:40.280 and you know they're in desperate need. Though. The only 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.720 here's the only caveat. They've got a kid named Patrick 0:13:42.720 --> 0:13:45.280 Bailey in their minor league system who they drafted to 0:13:45.360 --> 0:13:49.080 be the future defensive catcher. Joey bart was. I think 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:52.000 the plan was Patrick Bailey, who's older and could be 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.560 coming up in the near future would be their catcher. 0:13:54.600 --> 0:13:57.880 Catcher and Bart would be the like first base DH 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:01.200 occasional preacher, and Bart's bat has also not worked, so 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:04.200 I'm not sure the team would unload. The Giants are 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.920 pretty stubborn about how they are regardless of the point. 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.760 Contreras's market will heat up soon and I think we'll 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.400 see probably a pretty big trade for it. Padres I 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:15.000 think would be a fantastic spot for him, but I 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:16.960 would lean to the Giants over the Padres. 0:14:17.440 --> 0:14:18.920 I don't think the Mets would be out of that 0:14:18.960 --> 0:14:21.960 deal because I could see, you know, Uncle Stevie get 0:14:22.040 --> 0:14:23.440 going all in. I could. 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:25.920 I just think they need pitching. I think they need 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:28.360 to get in more pitching help with all that the injury. 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.520 Well, I think if you're the Mets, figure you're getting 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:32.840 Sureser into grond back at some point. That's what you're 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:35.960 hoping for, That's what you're expecting. And if you get that, 0:14:36.600 --> 0:14:39.400 then you want to get more offense. You know, you 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.080 want to go with something else is going to help 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:42.520 the ball club. That's what I think, But you know, 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:45.680 it depends on what that price is. But I wouldn't 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:47.240 be surprised if The Yankees got in on this too, 0:14:47.280 --> 0:14:49.520 because I think he I mean the Yankees right now, 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:50.480 will just you know, I. 0:14:50.400 --> 0:14:53.440 Know, I mean, yeah, I know. 0:14:53.440 --> 0:14:57.960 The Yankees big big game changer there now. 0:14:57.960 --> 0:14:59.840 So you know, God, you brought that up because they're 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.920 they're pitching, they've got the depth and the miners, they've 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:06.800 got the starters, they're they're starting offensive players. But Contraras 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:08.760 makes all the sense in the world to the Yankees 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:10.880 for me. The Mets they're kind of like in that 0:15:10.920 --> 0:15:14.800 same vein of like would they invest in a guy 0:15:14.840 --> 0:15:16.760 when they've got a guy sitting in the wings, you know, 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:19.560 and Pat Patrick Bailey isn't Francisco Alvarez like the Mets are. 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.960 But Alvarez is within one year of whether it's this 0:15:23.040 --> 0:15:25.520 year or early next year. Would they really unload to 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:28.120 get Contrari's I don't think Alvarez should hold them back. 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:30.200 I just don't know if they would. The Yankees, though, 0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.880 one hundred percent, would make sense because that would probably 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:35.640 be probably called better games even though but you know, 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:37.640 here's another argument not to go down the rabbit hole. 0:15:37.960 --> 0:15:40.640 Look at how well the pitchers have pitched. Do you 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:44.120 want to take that that catching staff away? What role 0:15:44.200 --> 0:15:47.120 do they play in the success so. 0:15:47.200 --> 0:15:49.640 Well, I guess here's the argument. Counter arguation to that is, 0:15:49.680 --> 0:15:51.280 you know, if you lose, you know, two to one 0:15:51.280 --> 0:15:53.360 in the playoffs, who cares right in the game. You know, 0:15:53.440 --> 0:15:54.400 you gotta. 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:57.080 Have offense too, you know, and and and and and 0:15:57.120 --> 0:16:00.120 I think that the you know, outside a judge, the 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.640 Yankee offense is a little all over the play I 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:06.120 mean like They's tours went on a run, Rizzo went 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:06.600 on a run. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:08.400 Like that's what you always get guys, that going a run. 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.960 But I mean, I don't know Contreras. Catreras is right now. 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:13.320 I think at his peak. And I've always liked the player, 0:16:13.400 --> 0:16:16.120 but I never thought he was a franchise player. I 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.520 still don't, but I think he is really hitting his 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:20.800 peak right now, and I think this is a really 0:16:20.880 --> 0:16:23.440 interesting time to acquire him. Fun facts. There's a lot 0:16:23.480 --> 0:16:26.120 of them today. I know, Welsh los fun facts. Justin 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:28.320 Erlander now has the most wins in Major League Baseball 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:29.840 with eight. He is a year and a half a 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.760 move from Tommy John surgery, and in his first season back, 0:16:32.800 --> 0:16:34.800 he has a one point nine four ERA, a fifth 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:38.560 best in Major League Baseball. Fine once again, Cy young, 0:16:38.800 --> 0:16:43.360 Let's go thirty five point one. That's the miles per 0:16:43.360 --> 0:16:46.800 hour of Frank Schwindel's pitch, which is the slowest known 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:49.640 measured pitch in Major League Baseball ever to get hit 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.720 for a home run on Sunday. So I saw the pitch. 0:16:52.760 --> 0:16:53.480 It was very interesting. 0:16:53.520 --> 0:16:58.360 I very much enjoyed watching that pitch just get absolutely murdered. 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:01.240 It was like softball. It was the the one softball 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:03.240 moment of baseball that I saw like it was a 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:06.639 softball pitch, and it looked exactly how a softball player 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:09.320 would approach trying to hit a home run. It was ridiculous. 0:17:09.359 --> 0:17:09.960 I loved it. 0:17:09.960 --> 0:17:10.760 It was hilarious. 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:13.440 More now, thirty miles an hour is what I say. 0:17:13.480 --> 0:17:14.399 Which more of that. 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.240 I'm all for it, baby, I'm here for it. Speaking 0:17:19.280 --> 0:17:21.800 of a little history, how about today in baseball history, 0:17:21.880 --> 0:17:23.639 let's do a little of that here today, in two 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.960 thousand and three, Roger Clemens, after four unsuccessful tries, finally 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.240 hits a three hundred win club, and everybody rejoices because 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.960 he's such a popular, wonderful, liked player. Everybody loves Roger Clemens. 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.679 Speaking of Roger Clemens, though he is no no stranger, 0:17:38.880 --> 0:17:41.159 to the cy Young Award himself. He has won that 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:44.000 award on several occasions. In fact, he has won it 0:17:44.160 --> 0:17:49.359 one two, three, four five Wait wait, one two, three, four, 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:52.040 five six seven times. I thought it was five, but 0:17:52.080 --> 0:17:55.400 he won it seven times. That's pretty impressive. There's three 0:17:55.440 --> 0:17:57.800 major league teams that still haven't ever had a cy 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:00.000 Young winner. Who are those three major league teams? 0:18:00.000 --> 0:18:00.280 Games? 0:18:00.400 --> 0:18:03.359