WEBVTT - Leading Off May 23rd, 2025 (Ep. 1023) 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:09.039 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:11.560 off live. It is me, Joey p Joe Pizafia with me, 0:00:11.600 --> 0:00:13.520 of course is the Welsh, and it's all of you, 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.800 the Peanuts and the Crackerjacks here on our twitch twitch 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:19.880 dot tv slash Fantasy Pros Live every single day, Monday 0:00:19.920 --> 0:00:25.480 through Friday noon Eastern RVD style. That's right, And of 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:27.760 course you can always watch us video on demand on 0:00:27.800 --> 0:00:30.160 our YouTube channel Fantasy Pros MLB where we have the 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.120 waiver wire video up, the trade video. Everything going on 0:00:33.840 --> 0:00:37.400 right here at your fantasy baseball fingertips and Welsh. It's 0:00:37.440 --> 0:00:40.840 a big day because I was wrong. You were wrong. 0:00:41.440 --> 0:00:45.640 Ronald acunia is back, baby, Holy crap, that happened fast. 0:00:46.000 --> 0:00:48.919 I woke up this morning. I was at an event yesterday. 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:50.879 I really wasn't checking too much. I got up this 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.920 morning to get kind of reacclimated to all the baseball 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.600 comings and goings, and holy cow, Ronald Acunya is back 0:00:57.840 --> 0:00:59.920 and going to be playing for the Braves today. Well, 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:00.760 how do you. 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:03.880 Feel you just showed your sign of how early you 0:01:03.880 --> 0:01:05.880 go to bed or stop paying attention to everything? Because 0:01:05.920 --> 0:01:08.560 this was a yesterday thing. This was a late night 0:01:08.959 --> 0:01:11.240 not even late night. This is an early evening thing 0:01:11.240 --> 0:01:12.240 out here as wes. 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.119 Co graduation family thing to go do. There was also 0:01:15.200 --> 0:01:17.920 a wedding proposal. There was a lot going on last night. 0:01:18.000 --> 0:01:23.920 The wine we're flowing, no no, sir. But we also 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:26.720 with the kids last night caught up on the finale Survivor, 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:28.560 so the rest of the evening was spent that's their 0:01:28.600 --> 0:01:31.480 favorite show. So I was watching that. I watched a 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:33.800 little quick pitch, but I must have missed the Yukunya 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:35.680 news like when I was doing it, and this morning 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:37.479 got up and went, oh, well look at that. Hello, 0:01:37.800 --> 0:01:38.399 it's very good. 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:40.280 I mean, I think you set that over under and 0:01:40.319 --> 0:01:43.000 I did say the under in the June numbers. So 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.240 we're here. As soon as he got to triple A 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:48.040 and started just getting those baseballs out, you knew that 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:49.520 this was gonna happen. You knew it was going to 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.160 be early. I'm not sure I quite thought it was 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:53.920 going to be this early, but it was great. 0:01:54.000 --> 0:01:54.360 It's great. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:56.680 I have a keeper league that I've been waiting for 0:01:56.720 --> 0:01:58.840 a cunia to get back. It's great for fantasy, it's 0:01:58.840 --> 0:02:01.440 going to be great for also the ranks getting him 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:03.960 back up. I love, you know, whenever I'm doing these 0:02:04.000 --> 0:02:07.360 weekly rank adjustments to you know, get the best players 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:10.040 back up there. And really, it's such a weird year 0:02:10.120 --> 0:02:13.120 last year in what he played of just you know, 0:02:13.240 --> 0:02:16.440 figuring out like the you know, the bounce back off 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.079 of the big year, what was going on, some of 0:02:19.120 --> 0:02:20.800 the weird contact and strikeout stuff. 0:02:20.840 --> 0:02:20.920 Like. 0:02:20.960 --> 0:02:23.560 I'm just excited to see this version of Ronald Acuni again. 0:02:23.560 --> 0:02:25.240 But he's back, and it is good for all of 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:26.000 us and the Braves. 0:02:26.000 --> 0:02:27.240 It's good for all of us. It's good for the 0:02:27.280 --> 0:02:30.640 Braves too, the Braves that are really rough April starting 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.880 to play a little better. You've seen Austin Riley, You've 0:02:32.880 --> 0:02:35.600 seen Drake Baldwin kind of be a little injection there. 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.160 I'm not worried about the Striders start yet. I think 0:02:38.160 --> 0:02:39.680 this is the by low window. I thought it was 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.280 weird he didn't have a rehab start again. I just 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.000 think he he has bad numbers against the Nats historically, 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:48.280 and on top of that, it's probably just the feel 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:50.400 for pitching. And I'm hoping that he just gets back 0:02:50.440 --> 0:02:52.760 into his routine and all is well for him going forward. 0:02:52.760 --> 0:02:54.959 But the Braves need a coon. Yeah, and now I 0:02:54.960 --> 0:02:57.760 think the East gets really interesting. The Mets have hit 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:00.000 their first wall after being really good, and of course 0:03:00.040 --> 0:03:02.800 everyone's hyper ventilating still in New York City about it. 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.080 It's gonna be fine. The pitching's been really good for 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:06.960 the Mets. The pitching has been really good for the Phillies. 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:10.680 That Phillies line up just crushing balls everywhere again yesterday, 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.239 Harper and Schwarber are red hot. Lozardo has been a revelation. 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:17.160 So the East is getting really interesting, really fun from 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:21.080 a fantasy perspective. I know everybody keeps talking about all 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:22.720 year while he's not gonna run as much, not going 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.480 to run as much. Okay, we have one hundred games 0:03:25.520 --> 0:03:27.800 left in the season. I'm gonna give you a stolen 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:29.880 based total. Here we go, Here we go. You're ready, 0:03:31.160 --> 0:03:36.240 stolen based total, Rondokunya. One hundred games. Let's go thirty 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:37.640 one and a half over under. 0:03:39.400 --> 0:03:46.280 That's a good number. I am going to go under. Okay, 0:03:46.440 --> 0:03:48.600 I'm gonna go under. I think we're gonna sit at 0:03:48.640 --> 0:03:53.080 like somewhere between twenty and thirty. I could be so 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:56.600 wrong about this. He could be hyper hyper aggressive on 0:03:56.680 --> 0:03:59.240 the bay's path base paths is I mean not stopping. 0:03:59.280 --> 0:04:01.560 But I do think of like you know, when Tatis 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.480 came back and then you know, didn't really run, and 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:06.360 then this year he's like, I just feel healthy, I 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:09.000 feel good. Just don't think he's in that space yet 0:04:09.000 --> 0:04:10.720 where they're gonna want to let him go like that. 0:04:10.760 --> 0:04:12.680 But you know what, they also need to manufacture runs. 0:04:12.840 --> 0:04:16.240 Ozzie Alby's not hitting Matt Olsen doesn't look like Matt 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:19.080 Olson fully, so maybe he does run more. But I'm 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:20.920 gonna take the under thirty one and a half. Are 0:04:20.920 --> 0:04:21.680 you over under? 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:25.320 I think it's a good number I set. That's why 0:04:25.320 --> 0:04:28.039 I was going to try. I think I'm gonna go under. 0:04:28.040 --> 0:04:29.760 I think it's more like twenty nine. I think he 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:32.800 just I think he's right under thirty there, and I 0:04:32.920 --> 0:04:34.560 think there's going to be more steals and people realize 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.080 the people will think hes gonna steal ten bases. I 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:39.240 think are way off base. I really do shout out 0:04:39.240 --> 0:04:43.160 to black buguy O two. Just subscribe with Prime. Remember 0:04:43.200 --> 0:04:46.200 when you subscribe with Prime, what do you get? You 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:47.880 get rid of all those ads and you get to 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.640 hang out with us and access to the home run 0:04:49.640 --> 0:04:51.599 Call Channel, a lot of baseball to get to. I 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.560 seeal the peanuts and cracker jacks. We're gonna get to 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.039 questions today too, so keep dropping your questions. It's a 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.720 fun Friday. Thursday's always alight baseball day. We also have 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:00.440 a fun thing to look at too, from the athletic 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.280 they put out. But let's get to uh to Jose 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:06.119 al Tuove. Two home runs for him yesterday, a really 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:08.880 good day. Certainly we needed that. He is six for 0:05:08.920 --> 0:05:12.720 his last fifteen. Uh so good on Jose Altuve there 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:15.400 and also wasn't the only guy who towo home runs. 0:05:15.400 --> 0:05:17.000 But I want to talk about Nady Evaldi, who we 0:05:17.000 --> 0:05:20.679 were discussing yesterday, being so good. You can't really believe 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:23.839 how good he's been his ERA after yesterday. He got 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:27.719 an unfortunate turn into the stick yesterday against the Yankees, 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.560 but a one point six ERA now after six innings 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:33.120 where he gave up just a run, He's got seventy 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.919 one strikeouts to just nine walks. He's been incredible. Carlos 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.279 Rodan also really good in that game too, not to 0:05:38.320 --> 0:05:40.440 be overlooked. Six scoreless sittings. He had a rough start 0:05:40.440 --> 0:05:43.240 to the season. Rodin now has an ERA of one 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:44.960 point four to seven with a K per nine of 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.800 ten point nine to seven since the middle of April. 0:05:47.839 --> 0:05:49.960 So after that rough April you throw those numbers out. 0:05:50.040 --> 0:05:54.640 Rodan's been brilliant. So Rodan Eovaldi? Who would you rather have? 0:05:54.720 --> 0:05:55.440 Rest of season? 0:05:55.640 --> 0:05:57.880 Man? I just realized as you were doing that, I 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:00.400 had to show it, yeah, that you were gone. I'm 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.920 gonna start looking because I'll give you my initial reaction. 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:06.120 I know my answer. I can't wait to hear yours. 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.200 And I think I'm gonna stick with my initial reaction. 0:06:08.279 --> 0:06:11.479 And it's Carlos Redon and that might be surprising, or 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:13.280 maybe that's where you're at with it. The two eight 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:18.640 era fantastic, The sub one whip with him just speaks volumes. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.360 I am worried about that K percentage. It's a ten percent. 0:06:21.400 --> 0:06:23.880 It hasn't been like that since twenty eighteen. But with 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:26.919 it has come elitd K percentage thirty one percent. I 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:30.040 really do think that this strikeout rate can continue with him, 0:06:30.040 --> 0:06:33.760 where I don't quite buy it with Ivaldi. Ivaldi, though, 0:06:33.760 --> 0:06:36.720 can go deep into games that team has been underperforming, 0:06:36.720 --> 0:06:39.440 which really might might say a lot for him. Moving forward. 0:06:39.480 --> 0:06:43.800 But I just think that Carlos for Redon in that K, 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.080 that K number is just going to carry you through 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.280 the season. And I think you could get if you're 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:50.120 talking about a trade, I think you can get Redon 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.240 maybe and maybe a little bit of a sweetener if 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:55.080 you were trading Evaldi, because I think Ivaldi with you know, 0:06:55.080 --> 0:06:58.080 almost into June, having like a sub two era, people 0:06:58.080 --> 0:06:59.760 are losing their mind. So I think it's a really 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.640 tough one. I guess the value you probably have to 0:07:02.640 --> 0:07:06.000 have Valdi like a couple of notches above Radon, but 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:08.159 I think rest of season I would take him. What 0:07:08.240 --> 0:07:09.280 about you, I would take two. 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:11.600 I would also take Rodond. I would take him as well, 0:07:11.640 --> 0:07:14.400 because I like where the Yankees are at. I think 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.120 as Devin Williams pitch is better too. That's only good 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.480 news for the bullpen. We were well going to get 0:07:19.480 --> 0:07:22.840 into that conversation too, because that's intriguing what's going on there. 0:07:23.040 --> 0:07:25.080 You know, Devin Williams does get that job back. We've 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:27.320 been so untouchable. Do you want to muck around with it? 0:07:27.360 --> 0:07:29.640 I don't know, but I believe more in the Yankee 0:07:29.680 --> 0:07:31.680 offense and the Ranger offense to the range of offense. 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:36.040 Still we're waiting. We're gonna get you know, uh seeger 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.160 back eventually. You hope that Simeon has something this year, 0:07:39.160 --> 0:07:41.480 but man, we are deep into it right now. So 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:45.280 I've just more faith basically in the Yankees. Let's talk 0:07:45.320 --> 0:07:47.640 about our faith in George Kirby. Three and two thirds 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:51.000 innings yesterday, five runs allowed against the astro. So this 0:07:51.120 --> 0:07:54.320 was his first start of twenty twenty five. He hit 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.679 Jeremy Panya in this game. Then he got two scoreless innings, 0:07:57.680 --> 0:08:00.840 but after that things kind of fell apart. So when 0:08:00.840 --> 0:08:02.760 you look at this outing and you step back from it, 0:08:02.840 --> 0:08:06.160 seventy two pitches obviously first one out. Obviously not the normal, 0:08:06.640 --> 0:08:08.880 you know situation here that you would want a guy 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:10.880 to make his debut, because it wasn't at the beginning 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.760 of the season. It was injury. So do you take 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:15.720 too much out of this? Do you take nothing out 0:08:15.760 --> 0:08:18.120 of this? Like where are you at here with Kirby 0:08:18.160 --> 0:08:19.760 after what you saw or maybe he didn't see from 0:08:19.800 --> 0:08:20.440 him yesterday? 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:22.760 I don't Okay, Yeah, there's actually something you didn't see 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:24.680 from him, which I think is actually the interesting part. 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:25.600 I don't know if you. 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.320 Take anything out of it. His velo was where it 0:08:28.360 --> 0:08:30.280 always is, So that's like a I think that's a 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:31.840 big key. I think it's probably like the number one 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.199 thing that you're looking for. You know, Kirby's a big, 0:08:34.320 --> 0:08:36.520 big command guy, so it's like, what are you going 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:38.040 to read out of one start? What are you going 0:08:38.080 --> 0:08:39.800 to read out of his walks being up a little bit. 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.400 But the pitch mix is kind of interesting. One little 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:47.000 caveat I'll give is the designation of pitches. Let's just 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:49.280 throw that out for a second, because you know, sometimes 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.120 sinkers and fastballs they just get designated weirdly or he's 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:54.880 throwing it. Because if you look, it shows he threw 0:08:55.080 --> 0:08:58.199 you know, primarily four seams last year, and then sinkers 0:08:58.200 --> 0:09:00.640 were his second most used pitch. This shows he was 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.559 just all sinkers. Okay, so we singing the ball a 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:06.120 little bit more, not throwing four seams. There's that last 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.960 year's slider was the third most used pitch, but his 0:09:09.080 --> 0:09:12.000 cutter was way up this year, and I excuse me, 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:15.280 I think that was about the designation cutters and sliders 0:09:15.320 --> 0:09:17.760 can be used. So pitch mix looks different there. But 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.600 here's the big one. He didn't throw that split finger 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:22.560 at all, and that was a pitch that he added 0:09:22.640 --> 0:09:24.880 last year to try to up his case and try 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:26.840 to be more of a strikeout pitcher. He didn't throw 0:09:26.880 --> 0:09:30.040 one in that first start. He threws change up. Change up, 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:31.600 He didn't throw it all last year and he threw 0:09:31.679 --> 0:09:34.079 twelve percent of the time. So did he scrap the 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.640 split finger for the change up? What is that going 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.160 to end up doing to the strikeout numbers at the 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.199 end of the day. Don't overreact, but the pitch mix change. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.280 Kirby always does this. He's always weird about the stuff. 0:09:45.400 --> 0:09:47.000 We need to see a couple more of these and 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.240 what is going to be more successful at the end 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:50.840 of the day, because we don't know. He didn't, like 0:09:50.840 --> 0:09:52.760 I said, he didn't throw the change up last year. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.400 So that split finger, which had an almost thirty percent 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.880 with rate last year, is this change up going to 0:09:58.880 --> 0:10:00.960 be better? It wasn't in the first start by the way. 0:10:00.960 --> 0:10:03.679 It got hit three point thirty three batting average against 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.840 with only a sixteen percent wiff rate on it. So 0:10:05.880 --> 0:10:08.200 it wasn't a good pitch in this first start. That 0:10:08.240 --> 0:10:10.920 would be more of my worry than like first start, 0:10:10.920 --> 0:10:12.760 out he just got kind of banged around or whatever. 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.920 Okay, there you go. All right, let's move on here 0:10:16.920 --> 0:10:19.360 and hopefully better things ahead for George Kirby as we look. 0:10:19.640 --> 0:10:21.600 Better days for Christian Yelich two for three with a 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.800 pair of home runs. So we've called him out here 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:25.600 on the show last couple of days. We said the 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:28.280 counting stats were good at the same time, as always 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:30.960 concerns deep down. Look, if you want to sell Christian Yelich, 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.360 this is the time, but still showing you some power. 0:10:34.559 --> 0:10:37.240 It's by like a razor thin margin considering what some 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.360 of the deeper stats look like. But a good day 0:10:39.360 --> 0:10:41.719 for Christian Yelich. Nonetheless, Tan or Bibbey also a good 0:10:41.800 --> 0:10:44.000 day for him turning things around. He needed this in 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:45.719 the worst way. It was a big victory over the 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:49.320 Tigers too, no slouch of a team. Seven innings, three 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.199 five seven r Right now, after all said and done, 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:53.319 a one point two to one whip, forty three strikeouts 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:55.960 to eighteen walks. So the strikeout for nine is still 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:57.600 not where you want it to be. So this is 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:01.360 also your sellaway windows for Bibby if you want. If 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.120 you don't like what you've seen so far, and you 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:05.480 think this is the mirage. This is the start to 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:08.280 sell him off of Breton Doyle, another guy we called 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.120 out yesterday two for three. Boyt, we are magic on 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:12.960 this show. Give us a player you want us to 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.160 call out that sucks for your fantasy team, we will 0:11:15.200 --> 0:11:15.600 fix him. 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.920 I think Michael just did. Michael and the Chat literally 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.559 just called out a bunch of players like you, ell 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:21.280 and Langford. 0:11:23.000 --> 0:11:25.480 Seriously, though, Ellie's killing me in the league too. I 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:27.600 just I need that. Where's that Ellie hot streak? Man? 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:30.760 I need to see it. But Breton Doyle five for 0:11:30.880 --> 0:11:34.240 twelve since the dropping the order to four walks. See, 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:36.000 to me, that's when a guy's getting right. I always 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.520 talk about this. Are you seeing him hit the ball 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:39.640 the opposit field? Are you seeing the walks? You're seeing 0:11:39.640 --> 0:11:42.080 that with Doyle, you're seeing the walks. He's a really 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:46.760 intriguing bilo for me because although Welsh does not necessarily 0:11:46.760 --> 0:11:48.560 call himself a fan of Bretton Doyle, I like Doyle 0:11:48.640 --> 0:11:51.200 last year. I was impressed by what I saw, but 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.600 certainly not what I've seen this year. This is your 0:11:53.600 --> 0:11:55.280 window if you want to try to pluck him away. 0:11:55.440 --> 0:11:57.760 Well, problems, oh, well, I want to say it was 0:11:57.800 --> 0:12:00.599 real quick. You passed it. You say that, but I 0:12:00.640 --> 0:12:02.319 don't know if it was on a trade video or 0:12:02.360 --> 0:12:04.920 the live stream, because you're right. I was a huge 0:12:04.920 --> 0:12:07.960 fader of Brenton Doyle in the draft season. But whatever 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.040 that show was, we just did. I said to buy 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:12.120 on him, even though you can kind of sell guy 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.440 on him that he is so low at the level 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:17.120 where people are just want to get out that you've 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:19.800 got to consider at this point because he still has 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.200 a really good profile. He is a big counting stats player, 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:24.560 and they're going to keep him at the top of 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:26.640 the lineup because it sucks. So this has been a 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.520 by opportunity for Doyle, even though I don't. 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:31.120 Well, they did drop him from that top spot, so. 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:32.559 Yeah, but he can get back to it. 0:12:32.600 --> 0:12:35.520 I mean, Sean m is going to get traded coming 0:12:35.559 --> 0:12:38.520 back too soon, so you know that lineup might be fortified. 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:40.240 I want to shout out, yeah sports too, who just 0:12:40.240 --> 0:12:42.720 subscribe to Today with Prime? So I love this all 0:12:42.760 --> 0:12:45.560 these people, these newbies, let's go, come on, come on 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.679 the waters form. Here's a good question from Frov, which, 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.840 uh ray would you rather have? Rest of season? Todd 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:54.200 Bradley or Ryan Peppio. I'd rather wesh. 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:55.520 I thought he was gonna asked about Robie. 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.120 I was like, well, that's where I thought it was 0:12:57.160 --> 0:12:59.839 going to. I read it when I was reading it, 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:04.600 That's how I read it. And then a second view 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:06.800 I was cleaner with that. I go Pepio with this. 0:13:06.840 --> 0:13:07.880 I just think he's a better picture. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:12.560 I think I want I think I want to say Bradley, 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:16.240 you know, Bradley for six twenty expected is three to five. 0:13:17.600 --> 0:13:19.240 But the I need the keys to come out. I mean, 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.880 Pepio's probably safer. I'd have to look, I'd have to 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.840 go through Pepio stuff. You know what. Let's go with 0:13:23.880 --> 0:13:25.120 Pepio that I love. 0:13:25.200 --> 0:13:27.679 The other thing's more mind. I think Todd Bradley is 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.440 the more exciting arm, but I think it's a picture. 0:13:30.920 --> 0:13:33.200 I like what Pepio does more. I like the way 0:13:33.240 --> 0:13:36.000 he change fan beads. I like the way he is 0:13:36.080 --> 0:13:39.160 commanding the strike zone better. I think it's less volatility. 0:13:39.200 --> 0:13:42.079 I think TODs Bradley has more raw ability, but I'm 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.720 talking like fantasy productivity. I feel more confident in Pepio. 0:13:44.760 --> 0:13:46.240 I think it right now, but I also think the 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:50.640 upside belongs to TODs Bradley, but ten percent great stinks. 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.800 Also his split finger really interesting. You want to kind 0:13:53.800 --> 0:13:55.640 of deaden this thing almost like a change up to 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:58.839 and it's like he's added way more spin and velocity 0:13:58.880 --> 0:14:01.680 on it and it just doesn't look as good. This 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:04.000 year had a thirty three percent wiff rate is twenty 0:14:04.040 --> 0:14:05.920 one this year. Love them to dead that thing out 0:14:05.920 --> 0:14:06.400 a little. 0:14:06.240 --> 0:14:09.439 Bit laser sharp. Is it time to worry about Junior Camonaro? Yeah, 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:11.240 sure you can worry. I mean, I don't want to 0:14:11.240 --> 0:14:13.960 get rid of them right now, but I'm definitely worried. Yeah, 0:14:13.960 --> 0:14:16.040 probably don't think. 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.160 I think there's some worries on it. One of the 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:21.520 things with Cammon Arrow it's interesting is if they just 0:14:21.600 --> 0:14:23.600 released this new informent. I've talked about it like last 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:27.160 three days. But Baseball Savant they've got attack Angle. So 0:14:27.160 --> 0:14:29.360 if you want to like start analyzing. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.160 Are they paying you to talk about attack Angle? No? 0:14:31.240 --> 0:14:34.200 I just I'm super interested love that. No, you remember Max. 0:14:34.320 --> 0:14:36.720 I mentioned this every single show? 0:14:36.880 --> 0:14:39.080 Oh have I I'm upset. I'm obsessed with it. 0:14:39.320 --> 0:14:40.400 You are obsessed with it. 0:14:40.560 --> 0:14:42.240 But one of the things that you really pay attention 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:45.440 to on this the elite elite hitters like Otani and Judge. 0:14:45.520 --> 0:14:48.360 They've got an attack angle of like fifteen degrees, a 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:52.400 fifteen degree attack angle, ten to fifteen, ten to eighteen, 0:14:52.480 --> 0:14:55.200 whatever they say, five to twenty. That's like the key 0:14:55.240 --> 0:14:58.560 spot where you really want to be. Elite. Bat speed 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.600 with a really good attack angle and just a semi 0:15:02.600 --> 0:15:06.320 decent vision creates some incredible things. The problem is Junior 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.160 Cammanaro has the second best bat speed in all of baseball, 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.760 but he has a five degree attack angle, so that 0:15:11.800 --> 0:15:14.120 could be affecting some of the quality of contact. So 0:15:14.200 --> 0:15:16.120 I think that's interesting if you're trying to find like 0:15:16.520 --> 0:15:18.320 a true reason behind it. But like, is it gonna 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:20.480 bounce back? Yeah, I think so. As expected batting average 0:15:20.520 --> 0:15:22.840 is almost thirty points higher, he's still not striking out. 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:25.440 It's just a little bit of a quality contact thing 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.320 gonna pop next year. But I still believe in Camanaro. 0:15:28.600 --> 0:15:30.320 I still believe in the player. But it's okay, you 0:15:30.320 --> 0:15:31.640 can panic. I just don't want you to make a 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.480 bad decision. Cody Nannheim has an interesting one. Doyle got 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:36.800 dropped in my league. Would you drop Taylor Ward for him? 0:15:37.200 --> 0:15:39.200 You know the problem with Ward is those home run totals, right, 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:43.640 want to the thirteen on the air? Fourteenth, yes, fourteen yesterday? Right? Yeah, 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.320 So that's where I struggle. It's just the home run. 0:15:46.400 --> 0:15:50.239 I think overall productivity, Doyle is gonna give you theoretically 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:57.000 better batting average for sure, steals run scored, probably less RBI, 0:15:57.320 --> 0:16:01.560 and probably or maybe comparable. It is Colorado. You never 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:03.960 know if they get going eventually. I don't know. This 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.720 is a tough one. I struggle with this one. I mean, 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:07.400 if he asked me this going into the season, this 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.120 would have been a slam dunk Doyle for me. So 0:16:09.160 --> 0:16:10.680 I guess I want to steal linge Doyle. 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:13.720 Yeah, who is a todd in there? Said you just 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:17.040 can't drop Taylor Ward right now? He's not wrong. I 0:16:17.080 --> 0:16:20.120 mean the profile, the profile looks great. They expect a 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.080 batting average is over two fifty and all of that aside. 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.080 He's hit fourteen homers. He's got fourteen homers, and he's 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:28.520 got some elite traits in there. I don't know if 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.440 you were really chasing stolen bases. I think you could. 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:34.440 Those guys are probably a little bit interchangeable, but I 0:16:34.880 --> 0:16:36.800 don't know how you drop Taylor Ward right now. 0:16:37.400 --> 0:16:40.520 Yeah, I don't know if it's very difficult to do that, 0:16:40.520 --> 0:16:45.200 that's for sure, all right. Uh Like people wondering about 0:16:45.200 --> 0:16:48.360 Max Velocity too, Max loves his attack angles. We all 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.720 know that at Max Vlo could be a Tom Cruise 0:16:51.720 --> 0:16:54.160 type action star instead of adult films. He could be, 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:56.440 but it's not as funny, Chief, it's not as funny. 0:16:56.920 --> 0:16:58.960 Let's get to Jeff Hoffman. Nothing's funny about this. If 0:16:59.000 --> 0:17:01.440 your Blue Jay fan, another blow and say for him, 0:17:01.480 --> 0:17:04.399 theres at six. He's allowed multiple runs in three of 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:09.040 his last eight appearances. We talked about Green anybody else 0:17:09.040 --> 0:17:10.679 you want to talk about, because I don't think the 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:12.399 Blue Jays want to talk about Hoffin right now. He 0:17:12.480 --> 0:17:14.920 is killing you in fantasy and he's killing the Blue 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:16.520 Jays right now, who don't have a lot of room 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:18.560 for error for winning games that are in the palm 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:21.159 of their hand. You can't keep blowing games in the 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.160 ninth inning and keep pace with the Yankees and eventually 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.040 the Red Sox too. I just don't think it can happen. 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:28.359