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Fantasy best friends forever. Frank Standfeld. No, 0:00:51.240 --> 0:00:53.360 Greg sus mean this week. That means I'm not singing. 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:55.360 I can't sing without Greg. I'm not gonna do that 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:57.120 to myself. I'm not gonna do that to people who 0:00:57.120 --> 0:01:02.240 are listening and watching. But Greg Sussman's out. Today's birthday, 0:01:02.360 --> 0:01:04.280 so happy birthday, Greg. Make sure you wish him a 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:08.080 happy birthday on Twitter at Greg Sussman. You heard the 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.080 promo before the start of the show today, so I thought, 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.920 there's no better person that I can get to break 0:01:13.959 --> 0:01:17.319 down the A A F. Then Matt Modica, what's going on? 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:20.959 Mattie moo Hey, what's going on? Frank? Happy birthday too, 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:24.240 Mr Susman, are you are you ready to break down 0:01:24.240 --> 0:01:25.720 the a f That's that's what we're doing for the 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.160 next hour. Sure, whatever you want to do with my 0:01:28.240 --> 0:01:32.000 friend that is Matt Modica. You can follow him on 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.800 Twitter at CTM Baseball. I want to I want to 0:01:34.800 --> 0:01:37.480 give up congratulations to Matt Modica for for joining the 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:42.280 Athletic Fantasy staff. First and foremost, congrats Maddie mo Like 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:44.759 I do for the start of, you know, the past 0:01:44.800 --> 0:01:47.560 couple of weeks of shows, I gotta I gotta ask 0:01:47.600 --> 0:01:50.800 you one very important question. How did you sleep last night? 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.480 Like a baby? Actually actually had some good I usually 0:01:54.480 --> 0:01:56.720 don't sleep well, but last night, for some reason, I 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:00.600 slept like a baby. That's great to hear. Another question. 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:02.600 I mean, look, everyone's dying to know. I'm dying to know. 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.880 You know, everyone remembers Matmodiga from last year, the work 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.160 he did with the Fantasy Sports Network. I was on 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:10.639 Rodo Experts in the morning, he was on the Frenzy. 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:13.080 I'm sorry, Goon Squad. I had to steal Matt Modico 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:17.120 away for today's show with the Fantasy BFS. Matt, how 0:02:17.160 --> 0:02:19.680 many drafts have you done so far? Because I feel 0:02:19.720 --> 0:02:22.000 like usually at this point you have like you have 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.119 like fifty in your back pocket or something like that. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:27.079 I usually do a lot more kind of cut down 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:31.440 so far this year and just been mapping things out, uh, 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:34.560 trying to use uh a d P as a guide. 0:02:34.560 --> 0:02:36.680 You should never use it as a bible, but it 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:38.720 gives you good indications. And I think we'll talk about 0:02:38.760 --> 0:02:42.240 KDS later on in the show. Yeah, KDS people are like, 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:45.960 what the hell is a KDS. That's Kentucky Derby style, 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:50.280 which is basically how picks are determined on the NFBC. 0:02:50.400 --> 0:02:54.480 So we'll get into that specifically. Matt. You, uh, you 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.919 don't play exclusively on NFBC, but i'd imagine you you've 0:02:57.919 --> 0:03:00.520 have You've had a lot of drafts there already. Am 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:04.040 I right? Pretty much? I'm exclusive? Then I do uh 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:07.639 a Dynasty league, uh with the guys from Rod to 0:03:07.680 --> 0:03:10.880 Why I created that. That's really my like one and 0:03:10.960 --> 0:03:13.840 only and I will be doing the tout Wars draft 0:03:13.919 --> 0:03:17.320 and hold this year, so those would be my two, uh, 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:20.839 my two non leagues. Yeah, so today on the show, 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:23.160 we're gonna break down the first round of fantasy baseball. 0:03:23.160 --> 0:03:25.600 I mentioned that last week with Greg that I really 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.080 wanted to do that with you kind of you know, 0:03:28.160 --> 0:03:30.440 go over all right, the top fifteen picks right now 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.799 for those who play in fifteen team roto leagues. Talk 0:03:32.840 --> 0:03:35.560 about Lindor this injury, how far is he's slipping down draft. 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:37.800 I don't know if you had any you know, drafts 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:39.920 over the weekend where you could see kind of where 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.720 Lindora is slipping to. I know that there was an 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:47.120 industry type draft, the BARF League that Justin Mason hosts 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:49.560 out there on the West coast, so we'll get into that. 0:03:49.680 --> 0:03:52.040 I know we have data from there to see where 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:56.360 Francisco Lindor went and where he was drafted. Manumo, I 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.240 told you I was gonna bring this up before the show. 0:03:58.280 --> 0:03:59.800 We were talking a little bit, and this is why 0:03:59.880 --> 0:04:02.080 we need to stick to fantasy. You know. I try 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.280 and play some basketball here and there, try to keep 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.600 my cardio up. That that's that's how I try and 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.200 keep in shape. But now I got like this back injury. 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:13.880 I got like this Clayton Kershaw thing going on where like, honestly, 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:16.359 if Greg was here this week, maybe I'd be putting 0:04:16.360 --> 0:04:18.400 on like the d L or the ile whatever they're 0:04:18.400 --> 0:04:20.400 calling it now, but Greig's not here, so I gotta 0:04:20.440 --> 0:04:23.720 hold it down. Um, I messed on my back playing basketball. Uh. 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:25.240 This is this is why we stick to fantasy and 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.760 we don't play any sports. Matt. Yeah, you're you're too 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:30.360 young to be injured right now during the prime of 0:04:30.400 --> 0:04:32.880 your life. I don't know if I would put it 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.359 that way. I feel a lot older than I am. 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.960 I gotta stop drinking or something. I don't know. I 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:39.080 usually do you know it's sober January where I don't 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:40.520 drink it all. I think one of these years I'm 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.360 just gonna do like a sober year and I'm just 0:04:42.400 --> 0:04:44.640 gonna like, all right, screw it. I'm not drinking at 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.920 all this year. But let's jump into the first round here, Matt. 0:04:48.160 --> 0:04:51.600 Like before we actually look at the ADP of the 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:55.760 first fifteen players being drafted, what's like your initial takeaway 0:04:55.920 --> 0:04:58.520 with the first round of fantasy baseball drafts this season? 0:04:59.320 --> 0:05:01.359 My initial away is I want to be in the 0:05:01.400 --> 0:05:05.120 first half. I obviously want one or two. If I 0:05:05.160 --> 0:05:07.599 have that option, I will take it every time so 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.719 I can get trout or bets Uh, picked three quite 0:05:10.720 --> 0:05:13.599 a few times this year, and I was splitting that 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:17.839 between Lindor and a Kuna. But now both players and 0:05:17.880 --> 0:05:20.520 this is why I like to draft early. Look, there 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:25.240 is risk, but both players have you know, warning signs. 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:29.359 Now Lindora's obviously out for quite some time. Uh, he's 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:33.440 getting knocked down and deserved the show. I don't know how. 0:05:33.880 --> 0:05:36.920 I don't know how severe the calf injuries. It sounds, 0:05:37.160 --> 0:05:39.800 you know, like two months he's gonna be out. So 0:05:40.240 --> 0:05:42.320 that's never a good thing with your first round pick. 0:05:42.800 --> 0:05:45.040 Do you think with a Kuna? And I love him 0:05:45.160 --> 0:05:47.960 and I'm not worried about about the sophomore slump. The 0:05:47.960 --> 0:05:52.320 only thing I'm worried about is if he's bat and 0:05:52.440 --> 0:05:55.640 clean up, how is that going to affect his slowan basis, 0:05:55.720 --> 0:05:57.960 I would love to see him back in the leadoff spot. 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:00.479 I know he wants to be a leadoff hitter and 0:06:00.600 --> 0:06:04.000 so that's something to think about. Yeah, that definitely is. 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.000 And I saw the report when they were you know, 0:06:06.040 --> 0:06:08.119 they were talking to the Braves manager and they said, 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:10.080 you know, as of right now, they have a projected 0:06:10.120 --> 0:06:14.400 starting lineup that has ronaldacun Your batting forth, whereas last year. 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.880 Most of the damage he did on the base pass 0:06:16.880 --> 0:06:19.160 in terms of running and stealing bases, You're absolutely right. 0:06:19.440 --> 0:06:22.120 Uh more so came out of the leadoff spots. So 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:23.840 you know, I think he has the speed, he has 0:06:23.880 --> 0:06:26.839 the potential to steal you know, fifteen and twenty bases. 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:28.680 But if you move them down don the order and 0:06:28.720 --> 0:06:32.080 he's batting clean up, you know, what do you realistically 0:06:32.080 --> 0:06:34.880 project you know, ten to twelve is that a fair projection? 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.760 I mean, I think you do have to cut them significantly. 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.200 I would think something in that range would sound proudy. 0:06:43.160 --> 0:06:45.280 When it comes to Francisco Lindor, I mentioned that, you know, 0:06:45.320 --> 0:06:47.880 there was an industry draft over the weekend he fell 0:06:47.960 --> 0:06:50.440 to the eight spot. Now he's dealing with a calf 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:53.520 injury and is expected to miss seven to nine weeks, 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:57.040 which you know that that kind of puts him right 0:06:57.080 --> 0:07:00.440 around opening day, like he might miss the first weeks. 0:07:00.480 --> 0:07:03.480 But a calf injury, especially one that right away they 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.400 you know, they didn't shy away from it. They basically 0:07:05.440 --> 0:07:07.520 said right away, you know he's gonna be on the 0:07:07.520 --> 0:07:09.840 shelf for seven or nine weeks. You know, that is 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:13.440 eye opening for me because a lot of Francisco. Lindoor's 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:15.920 value the way that it has been this year and 0:07:15.960 --> 0:07:17.880 the way that he was being drafted. You know, before 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:19.880 this injury, he was a top three, top four pick. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.640 I saw him slide to pick eight in this draft. 0:07:23.520 --> 0:07:27.400 If this calf injury as severe as they're letting on you, 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:31.640 I'm not gonna be able to steal t thirty bases here. Matt, Well, 0:07:31.800 --> 0:07:35.040 here's the thing. It happened now. So that's that's the 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.840 that's the positive. That's you know, that's the glass half 0:07:37.840 --> 0:07:40.600 full kind of mentality where you know, I don't know, 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:43.200 maybe he's a quick healer. I mean maybe come opening 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:45.680 Day he's ready. He just needs to get some at 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:48.880 bats and stuff like that. We know in the past 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:52.440 though calf injuries can be really significant for me. It's 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:57.320 gonna drop him down anywhere from say twelve to that 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:01.880 fifteen range because I don't want to not get Lindor, 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:03.680 especially if I'm picking on the turrent, I'm gonna have 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:06.840 a hard time passing on Lindor. And so he misses 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:09.600 only a handful of games, so he's ready for the 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:12.280 stock of the season. You know that, I don't know, 0:08:12.320 --> 0:08:15.400 it's something we have time to monitor if you're draft them. Now, 0:08:16.000 --> 0:08:19.760 to me, there's like he's probably you know, like eleven 0:08:19.840 --> 0:08:23.720 gat people that I'm definitely taking over him. Uh, no questions. Yes, 0:08:23.800 --> 0:08:26.680 this re course in that first round, you really don't 0:08:26.720 --> 0:08:29.400 want to have to worry about anything. So if I'm 0:08:29.440 --> 0:08:32.360 not having to worry about these other stud players, I'll 0:08:32.400 --> 0:08:36.280 take them. But I mean there's a lot of question 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.600 marks on a lot of players, and Lindor you know, 0:08:40.440 --> 0:08:43.520 the thirty home runs. Uh, he's gonna batch you around 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:47.200 to eighty with the possibility. Yeah, I'm sure we'll have 0:08:47.240 --> 0:08:49.760 inside injuries on at some point this week, and I'm 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:53.079 gonna have to ask them about this injury. You know. Typically, 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:55.520 I know that their algorithm is, you know, with lower 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.640 leg injuries, especially something like a calf. I have a feeling, 0:08:58.640 --> 0:09:01.760 this is me speculating right now that they're gonna say 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:03.920 that he's gonna be at a very high risk for 0:09:04.000 --> 0:09:06.680 re injury when it comes to a calf strain, especially 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.640 a guy that we're expecting to steal you know, anywhere 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.959 from to thirty bases. So that's just my take on it. Well, 0:09:11.960 --> 0:09:14.400 we'll find out from inside injuries later on in the week. 0:09:14.960 --> 0:09:17.240 Matt I've been on the record already saying that, and 0:09:17.280 --> 0:09:19.920 I hear what you're saying about drafting in the first round. Look, you, uh, 0:09:19.960 --> 0:09:21.880 in the first half of the first round, you you 0:09:21.880 --> 0:09:24.000 get one of these elite talents. You know, first or 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:26.680 second you're gonna get trout or bets. You know, you 0:09:26.720 --> 0:09:29.640 get one of those five outfielders that are also important. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.280 Uh in rotisserie drafts um and look, you just can't 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:35.080 argue with the talent that's going in the first round. 0:09:35.520 --> 0:09:38.320 I have already said that, I think, and you know, 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:40.200 I'm still doing drafts and I'm still trying to figure 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:41.680 out where i want to be in the first round. 0:09:41.720 --> 0:09:45.800 But if I were picking my draft slot, I think 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:48.920 I would want to be later in the first round 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:53.360 and grab one of these aces to pair with a 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.840 hitter in the second round or fights first. You know, 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:58.880 I think I want to grab one of these legitimate aces, 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.559 one of these starting pitch years in the first two rounds, 0:10:01.840 --> 0:10:06.760 one of you know, Scherzer, de Gram, Chris Sale, Corey Kluber. 0:10:07.120 --> 0:10:09.440 I don't know if you throw Justin Verlander in that mix, 0:10:09.520 --> 0:10:11.760 but I think he's pretty safe for two plus endings 0:10:11.800 --> 0:10:14.840 pitched because to me, I feel like there are more 0:10:15.480 --> 0:10:18.400 first round caliber hitters that are being drafted in the 0:10:18.440 --> 0:10:21.520 second round this year or whatever reason. Look, jose L 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.959 TV was the first round player the past couple of years, 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:26.920 and he returned that value. Now he's going in the 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:29.480 second round. There's a reason. I mean there's you know, 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:32.000 he's coming off an injury played gear. But there's other 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.839 guys as well. There's Paul Goldschmidt. I think Aaron Judge 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:37.640 has first round caliber talent. I think John Carlo Stanton 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.040 has first round caliber talent. Getting all those guys in 0:10:40.040 --> 0:10:42.960 the second round and you can anchor your starting pitching 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:46.400 staff by taking one of those you know, Scherzer, de Gram, 0:10:46.720 --> 0:10:50.040 Chris Sale Cluber types and then kind of you know, 0:10:50.360 --> 0:10:52.840 you're still getting a first round caliber type hitter. In 0:10:52.880 --> 0:10:56.000 my opinion, how do you feel about something like that? No, 0:10:56.160 --> 0:11:00.760 I mean every strategy is you know, if if throw 0:11:00.760 --> 0:11:03.520 it out, it can be well executed. And I can't 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:07.200 argue what you're saying if I'm picking like eleventh or twelfth, 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:12.559 and you know my top ten hitters are off the board. Sometimes, 0:11:12.640 --> 0:11:14.960 I mean it was happening more back in like November 0:11:15.000 --> 0:11:18.720 early December. It hasn't happened recently, although it did happen 0:11:18.760 --> 0:11:21.760 to me in my most recent draft Champions, where I 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.280 got trade Turner out of eleven. Turner is a first 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:26.320 half in the first round, painting for me the other 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.560 He's one of the most secure assets you can acquire. 0:11:29.640 --> 0:11:31.760 All you have to do is stay healthy, and he's 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.520 gonna score a hundred runs. He's gonna stier. Forty bases 0:11:34.760 --> 0:11:39.080 will give you double digit homer's and a solid batting image. 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:40.800 You know, it doesn't have to be three, but if 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:44.559 it's two eighty or around there, that's great. If i'm picking. 0:11:44.920 --> 0:11:47.320 If he's not there, I'm gonna go with the Graham. 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.800 And here's why Chris Sale is the best picture in 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:52.920 baseball in my opinion. But Chris Sale, we saw what 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:56.079 happened to him last year. Uh, we saw the World 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:58.240 Series and all that I know, all the all the 0:11:58.280 --> 0:12:01.640 reports are that there's a restrictions and all that. I 0:12:01.679 --> 0:12:04.280 need to see Chris Sale on the bump. I need 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:08.840 to see him slinging it. Uh. If everything points out 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.160 that he goes out of his first couple of you know, 0:12:12.240 --> 0:12:16.400 warm up sessions or he first spring training game and 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:19.560 he looks fine, then I will reassess because right now 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:22.440 he's he's steel at the end of the first early 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:26.560 second round if you're getting him. But at current date, 0:12:27.000 --> 0:12:29.640 I'm not taking Sale there. I'll take the ground. My 0:12:29.800 --> 0:12:32.520 point with the first half of the draft is I 0:12:32.520 --> 0:12:35.000 can get one of these players that I really want, 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:38.320 and for Garrett Cole is there there's enough pitching for 0:12:38.400 --> 0:12:41.200 me at that spot in the second round or early 0:12:41.280 --> 0:12:42.760 third that I can get at least one of those 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.000 aces if I have the one pick. I mean, I 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.240 love it because I can get Trout or you know, 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.440 one or two we can try to bet and then 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.640 possibly even go double aces. And I really pound that. 0:12:53.679 --> 0:12:55.520 So here's the first round as of right now according 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.280 to the NFBC a DP in the month of February, 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.520 so you know, there's eleven days worth of data here. 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:08.080 Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Jose Ramirez, Max Scherzer, j D Martinez, 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:13.160 Nolan Arronado, Ronald Acuna, Francisco Lindor, Christian Yell, Its Trade Turner, 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:18.520 Jacob Degram, Alex Bregman, Javier Bias, Chris Sale, Jose Altuve, 0:13:20.080 --> 0:13:25.280 Matt Which player in the top fifteen I guess I 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:27.200 don't want to use the word worries you most, but 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.280 who catches your eye most there? Because to me personally, 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:35.720 it's Javier Baiez because you know, look as aggressive as 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:38.280 he has as a swinger as he is. Last year, 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.880 I was completely out on Javier Bias. The guy made 0:13:40.920 --> 0:13:42.719 me look like a fool. Anybody who was out on 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.440 Javier Baiaz last year, he made you look like a fool. 0:13:45.559 --> 0:13:49.240 He was otherworldly. He was amazing to me. I just 0:13:49.240 --> 0:13:52.439 worried so much about the plate discipline, his aggressive approach. 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:54.800 But look, he's you know this is we kind of 0:13:54.800 --> 0:13:57.160 have a sample by now, like this is who he is. 0:13:57.200 --> 0:13:59.680 He's going to be an aggressive swinger. He's gonna swing 0:13:59.679 --> 0:14:02.199 and miss a lot, but when he made contact, he's 0:14:02.200 --> 0:14:04.800 gonna make pretty good contact. And you know his ability 0:14:04.840 --> 0:14:08.280 to hit home runs and steal bases, um, you know, 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:10.560 it's it's pretty enticing. So I get why he's going 0:14:10.600 --> 0:14:13.200 in the first round. But the plate discipline to me 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:16.040 is just really scary. Um, you know, who who is 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.120 someone in this top fifteen in the first round that 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:22.920 that has your attention almost that maybe you're shying away 0:14:22.960 --> 0:14:25.640 from more so than anyone else. Oh, just the real 0:14:25.720 --> 0:14:27.960 quick on biased. I think that's the popular opinion. I'm 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:29.840 kind of what the thing was. Last year, I got 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.000 him at such a price, but he was he was 0:14:32.080 --> 0:14:35.600 priced to be profitable. This year, you're paying he has 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.520 to live up to that. And I don't think it's 0:14:37.520 --> 0:14:39.800 just the batting average risk. I think the stolen bases 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.800 are look at that second half. He was terrible on 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.520 the base pass. I mean he was thrown out several times. 0:14:45.720 --> 0:14:47.840 I forget, if it was like three of tang at 0:14:47.880 --> 0:14:49.880 three stolen bases, he might have been thrown out close 0:14:49.920 --> 0:14:52.800 at ten times something like that. So if the batting 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.520 average goes down, the stelling basis goes down, and you 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.520 guys can't hit thirty home runs, you know you're looking 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:01.560 at a guy who's got the UH infield eligibility all 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.760 over the place. He's a triple front there. But there's 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.440 a lot of you know, there's guys like Aaron Judge 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:10.160 going in the second round, Paul Goldsmith that you're passing 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.640 up over there. The other guy would be another multi 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:18.320 eligible bull UH position player and Alex Bregman. I think 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.440 the kid is a fantastic hitter. He's gonna have a 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:25.000 fantastic career. But you know, news came out a couple 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.160 of weeks back about the elbow and he wanted to 0:15:27.160 --> 0:15:30.640 win a procedure and stuff like that, So that's always 0:15:30.680 --> 0:15:32.920 gonna give you pause. I mean, I think Bragman is 0:15:32.960 --> 0:15:38.200 basically as the mirror skills of Jose Ramirez with less 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.640 stolen bases. But you know, I don't really want to 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.520 have to deal with that right now. I know he 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.600 felt one of my friends were doing with after you 0:15:45.640 --> 0:15:49.280 got him my twenty, and yeah, there, I'm I'm more 0:15:49.320 --> 0:15:52.200 than fine. I can get my whether it's a picture 0:15:52.400 --> 0:15:55.760 or a hitter, stop my foundation and then get somebody 0:15:55.800 --> 0:15:57.960 like Bregman a twenty. I'm a lot more apt to 0:15:57.960 --> 0:16:01.320 do that. Now. We had we had Dr a On 0:16:01.320 --> 0:16:03.560 from Inside Injuries last week to ask him exactly about 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:06.080 that same thing that you brought up, Alex Bregman and 0:16:06.160 --> 0:16:08.640 the and the elbow injury. You know, he had some 0:16:08.720 --> 0:16:12.520 loose bodies um you know, removed from that elbow. But 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.680 Doc was pretty optimistic man. He said, you know, if anything, 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:19.000 this was a proactive pro seizure. Uh and and you 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.440 know he could actually see that his power can get 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:23.720 better from this. So you know you're talking about the 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:25.960 elite contact skills. You know, I think he had something 0:16:26.080 --> 0:16:28.600 like a four point two percent swinging shrike rate last year. 0:16:28.600 --> 0:16:31.240 It was the second best in all of baseball. You know, 0:16:31.280 --> 0:16:33.200 Greg's been doing this thing where he asked me one 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:35.960 word to describe how I feel about a player once 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.320 we get done analyzing said player. And I told him 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:40.440 the word that I have for Alex Bregman is bowing. 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:44.040 What do you think about that? Now, Look, there's there is, 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:45.480 Like I said, there's a lot to lack in this 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:50.960 kid's profile. Uh, he was fantastic hitter in college, and 0:16:51.000 --> 0:16:53.520 I mean everything has led up to him, you know, 0:16:54.080 --> 0:16:57.120 ascending to where he is now. It's just it's just 0:16:57.200 --> 0:16:59.800 something you keep in the back of your mind. I mean, 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:02.960 the the first round is even went Lindor getting injured, 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.639 you still have a stable of studge going off in 0:17:06.640 --> 0:17:10.320 this first round. Absolutely, when we get back, Matt Moodique 0:17:10.359 --> 0:17:12.240 is not going anywhere. Make sure you follow on Twitter 0:17:12.280 --> 0:17:16.080 at CTF and Baseball of the Athletic. We come back, 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:18.680 we're gonna talk about k d s, what the heck 0:17:18.720 --> 0:17:21.199 is that starting pitchers to target this year? All that 0:17:21.280 --> 0:17:24.600 and more. The fantasy best friends forever. Fantasy Sports Radio 0:17:24.640 --> 0:17:33.119 not Daily Rodo dot com. 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Welcome back to the Fantasy Best Friends Forever. 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:46.200 Frank stand will joined by special guests today Matt Modica 0:19:46.240 --> 0:19:49.120 will have a different guest every day this week. Get 0:19:49.200 --> 0:19:52.320 us ready for the fantasy baseball season. Gregson's out this week, 0:19:52.359 --> 0:19:55.119 but it's his birthday. Happy birthday, Greg, he turns fifty 0:19:55.200 --> 0:20:00.119 years old today. For for everyone listening, there you go, 0:20:00.520 --> 0:20:03.680 Greg Susten. What is Greg Susten doing right? Now in Florida. 0:20:04.119 --> 0:20:06.040 I don't know, man, that's a really fruity drink he's 0:20:06.040 --> 0:20:10.359 got in his hand. Uh he also has a blowout. 0:20:10.520 --> 0:20:13.720 I don't know what's going on here in this kid. Hey, birthday, Greg, 0:20:13.760 --> 0:20:19.680 There you go. I think he's counting his gold. Look, 0:20:19.680 --> 0:20:21.440 he's been around a while, and look, fifty years is 0:20:21.480 --> 0:20:23.520 a long time. We're celebrating the life of Greg Sussman 0:20:23.560 --> 0:20:26.240 throughout the week. We'll we'll find out what he's doing 0:20:26.480 --> 0:20:29.000 every single day. I I heard through the grape vine 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.639 that he's going swimming, so maybe we'll get uh, we'll 0:20:32.680 --> 0:20:34.560 get some video footage of Gregg Sustmen out in the 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:38.400 pool in Florida. But nonetheless, happy birthday to Greg. Before 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:41.000 we get back into the fantasy baseball talk, gotta let 0:20:41.000 --> 0:20:43.800 everybody know that the Daily Rodo dot Com partnership with 0:20:43.880 --> 0:20:48.160 Data Golf is back for with all new premium fantasy 0:20:48.200 --> 0:20:51.040 golf and betting tools. Check out the all new lineup 0:20:51.080 --> 0:20:55.119