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Speaker 1: There was a trade in Major League Baseball, and if
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Speaker 1: they might have a better chance with Craig Bgo producing
Speaker 1: at this point in time. But Welsh, we got a
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Speaker 1: gonna do it inside the show. So if you're watching live,
Speaker 1: you get to see it before anybody, Aren't you lucky? Welsh.
Speaker 1: It's a good days. It's a nice day outside. Is
Speaker 1: it one hundred and ten degrees where you are? Where
Speaker 1: is it?
Speaker 2: Yeah, excessive heat warning. It is nine thirty in the morning.
Speaker 2: Here in Arizona. It is ninety five degrees right now.
Speaker 1: It's seventy five years noon. It's beautiful. I love it.
Speaker 2: I don't. I don't love it, but you know what
Speaker 2: I do love. I love messing with the chat. These
Speaker 2: guys don't know, but I saw it yesterday, Joe. They
Speaker 2: were doing over under bets on me wearing a hat
Speaker 2: because I like to wear the hats to not do
Speaker 2: the hair. So I got the I got them all
Speaker 2: worked up because I'm haired out today we're walking hair.
Speaker 2: We got the nice polo. No one expected it. They
Speaker 2: were making bets on what hat it would be yesterday.
Speaker 2: So you all stay on your toes because I'm watching.
Speaker 1: You never know. That's why you watch the show. You
Speaker 1: just never know what's gonna happen. Paul Skanes, we know
Speaker 1: what's gonna happen there. Strikeouts. We got the over to
Speaker 1: chaneks Gaines recording eight strikeouts six and a third innings
Speaker 1: against the Cards yesterday. Tight game. Two miles on the
Speaker 1: other side, was very good. This was a fun contest.
Speaker 1: Paul Skens continues to look really sharp. You know what
Speaker 1: else I thought was really fun too. I've been seeing
Speaker 1: when he warms up, he warms up with the football,
Speaker 1: just like Nolan Ryan used to do. I love that,
Speaker 1: and I wonder, I wonder is there something about that,
Speaker 1: because if there's one guy you can point to and say,
Speaker 1: you know, he was about as durable as he gets,
Speaker 1: it was Nolan Ryan and that was one of the
Speaker 1: things that I don't remember anybody else doing except him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's you know, I don't see actually
Speaker 2: see a ton of pitchers do it. There's a guy
Speaker 2: just recent mind the Royals, Peyton Wilson, who's a former
Speaker 2: quarterback in high school. I think, big college football prospect,
Speaker 2: and you know, every time I would see him, he's out,
Speaker 2: he's got a football, he's rushing that around. So maybe
Speaker 2: there's something to it. I wanted to ask you something
Speaker 2: on schemes real quick. That performance yesterday. We are continuously
Speaker 2: seeing Skeens, and I really give credit to the catchers.
Speaker 2: Readjust his stuff left and right. Forty two percent usage
Speaker 2: of fastball, the splinker way down. We've seen that be
Speaker 2: as high as forty five percent. Uh, he had a
Speaker 2: bunch of whiffs fourteen, but only a twenty five percent
Speaker 2: with rate based on swings. He's getting a ton of
Speaker 2: swings CSW thirty one. Here's my question, though, next year
Speaker 2: with Paul Skins, will you rank Paul Skeins as a
Speaker 2: top ten starting pitcher because I'm after watching him through
Speaker 2: all these starts, i am just so thoroughly impressed with
Speaker 2: how we've moved away from the what is the shape
Speaker 2: of the fastball? He is so hard to do hit.
Speaker 1: Let's let's do it. Okay, I'm not ranking him ahead
Speaker 1: of Zach Wheeler. I'm not ragging him out of forburn burns.
Speaker 1: I'm not raking him at a glass now er schooble.
Speaker 1: That's four Yamamoto. You want to pu himhet of Yamamoto.
Speaker 2: Let's put him in a bucket. Let's put Yamamoto in
Speaker 2: Skins in a bucket for a second. Let's put them
Speaker 2: in the same bucket. So let let's figure out one
Speaker 2: hundred percents not over, so we have what four?
Speaker 1: We have four spencer off of Tommy John but probably
Speaker 1: not going to start the year on time.
Speaker 2: Possibly normal strider. Yeah, Yeah, that's okay, let's not too sure.
Speaker 2: What about Imanaga?
Speaker 1: I put him ahead at you Monaga because of the
Speaker 1: strikeout right next year? Yeah, Reagan's yeah, definitely, so top ten.
Speaker 2: Garrett Cole, Garrett Cole. Five. Let's say Garrett Cole goes ahead.
Speaker 1: And then if Garrett Cole's in there, that's six. If
Speaker 1: he stays, who is the fifth? I said Strider? I
Speaker 1: feel like put Stryder in there. That's disrespectful to Strider
Speaker 1: to not put him in there. But then you've got Castillo,
Speaker 1: You've got George Kirby, You've got.
Speaker 2: Bucket bucket, Yeah, put on the buckets.
Speaker 1: You might be right. He might be top ten. You know,
Speaker 1: I'm looking.
Speaker 2: He's the top ten because you're not gonna deal next season.
Speaker 1: Although there are any other guys too coming off Tommy
Speaker 1: John to remember or not forget about, and they will
Speaker 1: be much more removed than some other pictures. Sandy al
Speaker 1: Contra and McClanahan. Now, those are two other guys that
Speaker 1: I would put in there too. Now, if you want
Speaker 1: to ahead of him, I can't argue that, but I'm
Speaker 1: curious what the chat thinks there. Would you put Skeins
Speaker 1: ahead of Alcantra and al and the head of Sean McClanahan.
Speaker 1: I don't think I do.
Speaker 2: I like, I think either way, like everyone's bringing up
Speaker 2: interesting like Nola's in there, and I think what you're
Speaker 2: starting to get the bigger maybe, but what you're starting
Speaker 2: to do is I think said, we're starting to put
Speaker 2: Skeens in the same bucket with those guys, so definitives,
Speaker 2: I think we've got seven guys. I know this is
Speaker 2: like kind of an arbitrary is question, but my point is,
Speaker 2: Paul Skeens has been this good, this dominant, this consistent
Speaker 2: with great stuff and a season to work through. I
Speaker 2: don't know if you're gonna be able to go too
Speaker 2: high on Skeens next year, and I don't know if
Speaker 2: people will rank him top ten. I think he's gonna
Speaker 2: be top ten even with the return of Sandy and McClanahan.
Speaker 2: I think it fits. And I'm saying all of this
Speaker 2: because I have just been so thoroughly impressed with how
Speaker 2: the catchers have used him, how he has pitched. He's
Speaker 2: pitched backwards sometimes, and he is just he's gonna He's
Speaker 2: just a tough, tough out. He just mountain strikes left
Speaker 2: and right. He got to eight strikeouts. I think it
Speaker 2: wasn't like seventy pitches. And he keeps doing this. If
Speaker 2: we had no CAP this year, we'd be top ten,
Speaker 2: we'd be well inside the top ten.
Speaker 1: Yeah, look, it's it's certainly food for thought. It's a
Speaker 1: good conversation. Aaron Judge two for four with a home run. Look,
Speaker 1: I mean he's round ten at the very least, So
Speaker 1: I think we can lock that in. Judge two four
Speaker 1: with a dinger. A good game for the Yanks. Stroman
Speaker 1: five and two thirds, scoreless hazels, Wizardo two runs. Trade
Speaker 1: him now, Trade him now before the bad start happens.
Speaker 1: Five and two thirds against the Mets. Julio Rodriguez stole
Speaker 1: two bases yesterday. Corbyn Carrol three for four with a triple.
Speaker 1: How about that is nice?
Speaker 2: Look now for Corbyn Carrol, what's happening?
Speaker 1: Well?
Speaker 2: Corbin Carroll has raised that average up over two hundred. Oh,
Speaker 2: I know, but he has been on a big old
Speaker 2: hit streak. I think I feel comfortable saying that Corby
Speaker 2: Carroll is on the big bounce back. Short term, it's obvious,
Speaker 2: but I think they'll be a big bounce back what
Speaker 2: I'm not sold on is there really might not be
Speaker 2: any power. Like the way he's gonna have to attack
Speaker 2: and approach and he's being pitched. I just don't know
Speaker 2: if he's going to be able to tap into that.
Speaker 2: But he doubles, triples, he's gonna score tons of runs.
Speaker 2: He's gonna move back into the lineup. Hard hit rates
Speaker 2: coming up a little bit, Barrel's coming up. Everything is
Speaker 2: just like starting to come back up. He's hitting the
Speaker 2: ball more consistent. He was around like eighty five average
Speaker 2: ev it's up to eighty seven. This is all great signs.
Speaker 2: It's kind of a bye. I just don't think we're
Speaker 2: gonna get a twenty homer season from Carrol. Probably gonna
Speaker 2: get like a twelve to fourteen if we're lucky. You
Speaker 2: just gotta hope he keeps hitting, gets a stolen bases,
Speaker 2: scores tons of runs. He's at best gonna be a
Speaker 2: fourth or fifth round talent by the end of the year.
Speaker 2: But he is turning it around, and that's a big
Speaker 2: that's a big sign. It's a bye to me, it's
Speaker 2: a bye for Carol on the cheap, cheap.
Speaker 1: Josh noil or with another home or two two for
Speaker 1: five for him. All right, we got some fun stuff here,
Speaker 1: some minor league stuff everybody. So noa way mart Day
Speaker 1: two for five yesterday at Triple A. So we work
Speaker 1: his way back again. He's out there and a lot
Speaker 1: more leagues than you realize, Go Adam. Jordan Walker three
Speaker 1: for five with a solo homer so far since he's
Speaker 1: been sent down to Triple A hitting two seventy three
Speaker 1: with thirteen extra base hits and three steals. Does that
Speaker 1: excite you when it comes to Jordan Walker, you think
Speaker 1: he might be finally figuring it out. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean even when he got sent down, Walker was
Speaker 2: one of those guys that, like I thought, a lot
Speaker 2: of the underlying stuff was still relatively positive. Like the
Speaker 2: hard hit wasn't much different than last year. He was
Speaker 2: barreling the ball way more this year, which was really good.
Speaker 2: He was getting the ball in the air more, hitting
Speaker 2: the ball harder eighty nine point four average ECX of
Speaker 2: velocity last year ninety one point seven. Those were all
Speaker 2: good things. He just wasn't being consistent enough, and he
Speaker 2: really struggled against forcing fastballs, which he did last year.
Speaker 2: So if he's got that fixed, if he comes back up.
Speaker 2: He's gonna be like a top pick up for me
Speaker 2: if he get But that's the thing, no idea. There's
Speaker 2: just too many cooks in the Cardinals kitchen. I don't
Speaker 2: know if they're gonna give him that one hundred confident
Speaker 2: call back up play every single day thing. But if
Speaker 2: they do, I will buy because I think we're training
Speaker 2: in a good direction. He's hitting homers in triple A.
Speaker 2: That's a really good sign.
Speaker 1: By the way, somebody in the chat asked the Rookie
Speaker 1: of the Year National League Gods. Shotto is now plus
Speaker 1: one sixty. So if you invested in when it was
Speaker 1: fourteen to one, we told you made money on it
Speaker 1: already you can cash out if you want. Skin's at
Speaker 1: plus two hundred already right behind him now, just saying
Speaker 1: that got you tight.
Speaker 2: All these pictures that are at the top, pictures win.
Speaker 1: It's the picture to win these awards. They do win
Speaker 1: these awards, Oh they don't.
Speaker 2: Streider was so much better than Michael Harris and Michael Harris.
Speaker 1: I agree, Well that's just stupid. But like it's not
Speaker 1: like pitchers don't win.
Speaker 2: We're gonna have two pictures win it this year. We're
Speaker 2: gonna have even Aga and Luise Heal. Joe, We're gonna
Speaker 2: have two pictures win Rookie of the Year. All right,
Speaker 2: let's look at the Rookie of THEA listening. I just look.
Speaker 2: I tried to poke at you, and.
Speaker 1: You did what I'm looking at.
Speaker 2: I don't know, I see I said I did. I'm
Speaker 2: gonna I'm gonna rerun it real quick, Joe. I said,
Speaker 2: we're gonna have two pictures win Rookie of the Year,
Speaker 2: Imonaga and Luis Heel.
Speaker 1: Can you believe it? So funny? I'm glad. I'm glad
Speaker 1: I ignored you. I'm looking to see how many pitchers
Speaker 1: in the last couple of years have won this award
Speaker 1: because you got it in my craw now you stuck
Speaker 1: it right in there. Let's see in the American League
Speaker 1: the last pitcher to win it. Oh. By the way,
Speaker 1: speaking of pictures, coming back from Tommy John choey Otani,
Speaker 1: you're gonna Putani ahead of Skens.
Speaker 2: Uh yeah, I mean, but again, he's still top ten.
Speaker 2: We're still top ten if we do. But okay, let's
Speaker 2: read down this list to find Michael.
Speaker 1: Former that worked out great, Jeremy Helsen, if Tali Falies,
Speaker 1: Andrew Bailey in the American League, and some guy named
Speaker 1: Justin Verlander was pretty good. He won it back in
Speaker 1: two thousand. Okay, so that's twenty years in the National League.
Speaker 1: In the National League, we had Devin Williams win it.
Speaker 1: He's a reliever, Jacob de Gram, Jose Fernandez. Those are
Speaker 1: two good ones.
Speaker 2: We go. Okay, so twenty years.
Speaker 1: Craig was fifteen actually ten, actually Craig Kimberl another pitcher,
Speaker 1: and some relievers here which is kind of interesting too.
Speaker 1: Don Trell Willis in two thousand and three, and Jason
Speaker 1: Jennings from Colorado. Wow, Jason Jennings.
Speaker 2: Oh, Jason Jenny, that's a blast on the pass. But yeah,
Speaker 2: So my point isn't like they just don't win it often,
Speaker 2: especially when there's options. But we have made this really clear.
Speaker 2: The hitters stink. Langford has to get on that big
Speaker 2: run to take it from here, or he's got to
Speaker 2: get moved to the bullpen or some nonsense that.
Speaker 1: Joe, and you're all gonna hate life. He makes a
Speaker 1: three three hitting starts for the two months for July
Speaker 1: and August, Brett bating three for five with a two
Speaker 1: run dinger yesterday to a triple A. So a lot
Speaker 1: of those guys he double triple A. Just keep an eye.
Speaker 1: I don't believe in baity, but Marte, I definitely do.
Speaker 1: Rookie lookie Carlos Rodriguez made his debut two earned runs
Speaker 1: in three and two thirds, struck out four. Any takeaways
Speaker 1: from rodriguez debut in the Major leaguees.
Speaker 2: Well, cash money, cash cash money.
Speaker 1: Bet.
Speaker 2: I bet, I bet Toronto first five money line, and
Speaker 2: then I also bet them full game. You know, he
Speaker 2: looked better. The big bill on him and the miners
Speaker 2: was just very heavy fastball he ended up throwing. I
Speaker 2: mean it's essentially three different pitch types because he's got
Speaker 2: three different fastballs. He throws a cutter, a sink, great cutter, sinker,
Speaker 2: and a four seam. You're covering all different portions of
Speaker 2: the zone. He did that about sixty seventy percent of
Speaker 2: the time, and then he threw a change up and slider.
Speaker 2: Those were okay. I thought he was okay, he's just
Speaker 2: gonna sit in the zone. He's gonna get banged around.
Speaker 2: I kind of think he might long term be a reliever,
Speaker 2: but you know, he could go the way of a Peralta.
Speaker 2: He looked better than I thought he was going to look,
Speaker 2: because I thought it was going to be a lot
Speaker 2: more hitable fastballs.
Speaker 1: Louis Varlin five scoreless now was against the Rockies, and
Speaker 1: he got sent down today, So there you go. So
Speaker 1: a little spot star for Louis Varlin, but a good one,
Speaker 1: so we'll take what we can get. Connor Norby also
Speaker 1: sent down to Triple A, and he thought of feelings
Speaker 1: about that one.
Speaker 2: Walsh, I mean kind of stinky, kind of sucks to
Speaker 2: see him go.
Speaker 1: He makes a room for Hore Matteo, don't we.
Speaker 2: I mean, come on, Ramona, we gotta get past guy.
Speaker 2: I want the Kobe Mayo. I want the Kobe Mayo
Speaker 2: to be too.
Speaker 1: He's still working his way back. So in the holiday
Speaker 1: Jordan Lawler three for six with a solo homer. Do
Speaker 1: we see Jordan Lawler this year?
Speaker 2: They are working him out at third base in Triple A.
Speaker 2: Right now. There's a lot of local chatter out here
Speaker 2: about how bad Johinneo Suarez is, to the point that
Speaker 2: the big local sports station had to reiterate a move
Speaker 2: that was being made was not Johanneo Sware is being
Speaker 2: gone he plays really good defensively, his bat is bad.
Speaker 2: The Diamondbacks might be setting themselves up for a move
Speaker 2: that is going to have Lawler coming up, maybe in
Speaker 2: the next month or so or post All Star Game,
Speaker 2: And it looked like it looks like Lawler would go
Speaker 2: over to third because you've got Perdomo back, Kevin Newman
Speaker 2: has played well, and Blaze Alexander's trying to work through.
Speaker 2: So I actually think Lawler does have an opportunity. I'm
Speaker 2: kind of pessimistic about his bat, but he absolutely just
Speaker 2: murdered a ball last night, so that's like a really
Speaker 2: good sign. But I think we will see Lawla in
Speaker 2: the near future. I just don't know if it's going
Speaker 2: to be like a what.
Speaker 1: Exciting to Davis and Della Santos. Then, in terms of
Speaker 1: his progress, if Lawler starts playing more third base, like well.
Speaker 2: He's playing in the outfield, he's almost playing like exclusive.
Speaker 2: I think he's kind of moving exclusively into the outfield.
Speaker 2: So this would be Yea Davison Dela Santo's So that
Speaker 2: would be something where it's like you want to play
Speaker 2: him in left field because he's only going to play
Speaker 2: left field. I would have made maybe right because of
Speaker 2: the third base arm.
Speaker 1: Field hard don't you know I learned how to catch.
Speaker 1: I don't know this song, you know that song, that
Speaker 1: song about the right field. No, no, this is a
Speaker 1: real song. It's about this kid in right field who sticks,
Speaker 1: he watches the dandelions grow, and then one time they
Speaker 1: actually hit a ball at him and he actually catches it.
Speaker 1: And then the last verses I play right field, you know,
Speaker 1: and he's all proud of it, you know, instead of the.
Speaker 2: Is this a song not a personal? And personal is
Speaker 2: a song? This is a real He finally caught it
Speaker 2: in right field.
Speaker 1: Infield prospect for the Tigers, Jace Young homer twice yesterday.
Speaker 1: So this is a guy Too's kind of right there.
Speaker 1: Eleven homers this year over at you know, between the
Speaker 1: two levels of minor league ball. Do you think that
Speaker 1: the twenty three year old he's at a top seventy
Speaker 1: five prospect right now on a lot of boards. Do
Speaker 1: you think this guy is somebody people should be adding
Speaker 1: this week or kind of speculating? Never?
Speaker 2: No, well, no, I okay, I don't mean to be
Speaker 2: dismissive about it, like sure like he could forget him called.
Speaker 1: I just want to say it kind of did.
Speaker 2: I'm not a big Jace Young guy. Saw him a
Speaker 2: bunch in the AFL. I really have never loved his
Speaker 2: big approach. It's just got like it's almost his hands
Speaker 2: out really weird, and he does tap into some power.
Speaker 2: I think he's going to be more of a doubles guy,
Speaker 2: some big swing and whift lower in the zone as well.
Speaker 2: But they brought up Justin Henry malloy. I'm not sure
Speaker 2: how aggressive this team wants to be. I mean, Colt
Speaker 2: Keith also has been like really turning it around this
Speaker 2: past month, so you have to find like where are
Speaker 2: they going to put him? Because Colt Keith second base
Speaker 2: and Jase is a little bit better placed as second baseman.
Speaker 2: Torkalsin's been hitting a whole bunch. They probably are gonna
Speaker 2: try torkal Sin before Jace Young, So I think we'll
Speaker 2: see Jason this year. He's not on a stash list
Speaker 2: for me though.
Speaker 1: All right now, I just want you to know I
Speaker 1: found the song. It's a Peter Paul and Mary song,
Speaker 1: but that's not what I remember it from. I remember
Speaker 1: it from many many moons ago on the Pizza Hut commercial.
Speaker 1: I found it would you like to see it, everybody.
Speaker 1: I think that's a big yes from everything.
Speaker 2: A Pizza Hut commercial.
Speaker 1: You know who loves you know who loves Pizza Hut.
Speaker 2: We're gonna get demonetized. But go ahead, I'm not.
Speaker 1: Gonna get demonica. You don't love Pizza Hut. This guy,
Speaker 1: this guy right here like Little Caesars. All right, So
Speaker 1: let's let's take a look at this right here, because
Speaker 1: he loves Little Caesars. All right. Here we go. This
Speaker 1: is the right Field song, and we're gonna play it here.
Speaker 1: It's only a minute long.
Speaker 2: Make it bigger.
Speaker 1: Look at this. It's see hanging out there with all
Speaker 1: his little friends.
Speaker 2: There's Joey, Oh, Joe, it's coming. You guys are about
Speaker 2: the same size too.
Speaker 1: Look at this. My soul is so full. We caught
Speaker 1: the ball.
Speaker 2: You're so happy? Is that cousin Donnie? I saw too? Yeah? Crazy, alright.
Speaker 2: I've never heard of this in my life. I've never
Speaker 2: heard of this in my life.
Speaker 1: There you go, there you go. Look at that playing Joe. Oh, boys,
Speaker 1: look so great, isn't it great? I love it so much.
Speaker 1: It's such a fun. Bid. Oh, it's so fun to
Speaker 1: have all of the guys being celebrating over there in
Speaker 1: the outfield.
Speaker 2: Oh boy, pizza, pizza, you got you you old guys
Speaker 2: in your memory. That's amazing. Hey man, I'm.
Speaker 1: Saying, like, see, Mike knows, see you're there. You go
Speaker 1: look at that. I love it.
Speaker 2: How old are you, Mike, Mike is Mike, Yeah, I've
Speaker 2: never seen that in my life. I don't know what
Speaker 2: I mean. It sounds it seems very like early No, it's.
Speaker 1: Very late in these early nineties. I want to say,
Speaker 1: so we're in there. But the fun part of the
Speaker 1: song Welsh is that it was at one point in time,
Speaker 1: like it's the beginning of the song is they put
Speaker 1: me out there because I stink in right field, and
Speaker 1: then he makes the big catch to win the game.
Speaker 2: And I'm happy for that. Is more like me. When
Speaker 2: I was playing little league, I was pretty good.
Speaker 1: I was an all star. I played high school, I
Speaker 1: was pretty good. Yeah. College scholarship, didn't play but cool?
Speaker 2: College scholarship for baseball? Did you really?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah? But instead I got more for acting. So
Speaker 1: I went instead, and I learned acting instead. The most
Speaker 1: important route at take a hold of a path.
Speaker 2: We need, we need when we do the next big
Speaker 2: pros trip because I don't know when we'll all be
Speaker 2: together again. We've got to do a baseball competition type
Speaker 2: of thing. We got to see.
Speaker 1: Game forever. I want a wiffle ball home run derby
Speaker 1: contest because that is the ultimate equalizer. That is the equalizer.
Speaker 1: All right, it's time, ladies and gentlemen to look ahead
Speaker 1: to the waiver wires. So without further ado, let's get
Speaker 1: you the names that you need on your team for
Speaker 1: this week with the waiver wire. I want to add him,
Speaker 1: Welsh wants to drop him. Who knows how things will go.
Speaker 1: You'll have to tune in, all right. First guy on
Speaker 1: the list is Drew Thorpe. Now, I understand when a
Speaker 1: guy makes a jump from double A sometimes we're not
Speaker 1: super excited about. But he's thirty eight percent rostered right now.
Speaker 1: He was seven to one with a one three five ERA.
Speaker 1: There's nothing left for him to learn in double A. Yeah,
Speaker 1: maybe you can go throw him out there in triple
Speaker 1: A for a few winnings, but what's the point of that.
Speaker 1: He's got sixty innings under his belt. If you're gonna
Speaker 1: give him a hundred and twenty on the air, you
Speaker 1: might as well, take some lumps there with the White Sox,
Speaker 1: and the first start yesterday of his major league career
Speaker 1: was pretty good. He struck out four over five innings. Now,
Speaker 1: the defense did not help him, Welsh, I'm sure you
Speaker 1: saw that too, but that's gonna be what the White
Speaker 1: Socks are gonna be. Path to wins are gonna be tough.
Speaker 1: But can he give you good peripherals? I think he can,
Speaker 1: so if you're in a deeper league. Drew Thorpe roster
Speaker 1: right now about thirty eight percent of leagues is a
Speaker 1: guy that I would still add you're gonna be limited,
Speaker 1: but if you're hurting for pitching right now or in
Speaker 1: the next month or so, I think you're in a
Speaker 1: good spot with him. Alec Burlson, this is a guy
Speaker 1: that was on my list already a few weeks ago,
Speaker 1: and I got to bring him up again, Welsh, because
Speaker 1: ten games in June, he's in two eighty six with
Speaker 1: five extra base hits on the year. He's got a
Speaker 1: two eighty three batting average. He's been very steady with
Speaker 1: the average. He got nine homers, twenty four ribies, twenty
Speaker 1: one scored. This guy's kind of come out of nowhere,
Speaker 1: and he's still only fifty percent roster despite all that productivity.
Speaker 1: So Welsh, any thoughts about Burlson whether or not you
Speaker 1: would be adding him this week, because I think again
Speaker 1: that roster percentage at this point should be higher for him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I like Burlson in points leagues with
Speaker 2: the really low k's and you know, the higher contact rate,
Speaker 2: I think that makes a lot of sense. But you know,
Speaker 2: he's showing some really solid power. He gets opportunities to
Speaker 2: lead off where he's going to you know, going to
Speaker 2: score some runs. And the I mean, he's just not
Speaker 2: a big obp guy. He's not going to get on
Speaker 2: base a whole bunch, which hurts a little bit. But
Speaker 2: one of the lowest k rates in baseball, a two
Speaker 2: eighty seven expected batting average is higher than his actual
Speaker 2: two eighty three. They're dying for offense. Again. The only
Speaker 2: thing I would point out is just like this team
Speaker 2: is a glut of players. When Tommy Edmond comes back,
Speaker 2: Jordan Walker's in the minor, will Victor Scott ever get back.
Speaker 2: It's the only thing that makes it we But Burlson
Speaker 2: has been a guy that has proven to be kind
Speaker 2: of this super util. He could play in the infield.
Speaker 2: He won a gold Glove in the NFILD. He can
Speaker 2: play in the outfield. Like I'm down with Burlson. Berlson
Speaker 2: maybe a tiny tad bit deeper leagues, but he's a
Speaker 2: great player. He's actually one of those players I look
Speaker 2: at as like a streaming hitter. I know everyone talks
Speaker 2: about streaming pitchers, but if you can you can facilitate
Speaker 2: like two or three guys and just burn and churn
Speaker 2: them out. Burson's one of those.
Speaker 1: Yes name for you, ben Zoberist to remember him, just
Speaker 1: kind of played everywhere, just hit the baseball, had a
Speaker 1: little pop, had some good batting average seasons.
Speaker 2: Thank Sober.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so yeah, everybody likes a good ben Zobrist. Down again,
Speaker 1: Hunter Brown's and picking things up, but unfortunately no one's
Speaker 1: picked him up off the waiver wire. He's sixty five
Speaker 1: percent rostered right now, and because of that turnaround, because
Speaker 1: obviously he's not going anywhere in this rotation anytime soon
Speaker 1: with the injuries they had to Christian Xavier. So Hunter
Speaker 1: Brown right now, I think you like what you're seeing.
Speaker 1: Over the last three starts, He'll only give it up
Speaker 1: four earned runs over those three starts. It's a better trend.
Speaker 1: You have the walk rates still a little higher than
Speaker 1: you want it to be. But he's still pretty young.
Speaker 1: I want to give him the benefit of the doubt.
Speaker 1: We talked about him at length. If you missed it yesterday,
Speaker 1: go back and listen to yesterday show because you did
Speaker 1: a break down. Welsh had a whole breakown about Hunter Brown.
Speaker 1: The things he's doing better.
Speaker 2: Now, cut that force, mean's stopping throwing. He's throwing that
Speaker 2: force seemed less, more sinkers and better results.
Speaker 1: No great now, No one's gonna go back and watch yesterday.
Speaker 2: Way to go still go back and listen.
Speaker 1: So go back and listen. There's a lot more than that.
Speaker 1: Welsh took a shirt off.
Speaker 2: It was like Joe does impressions. I had a hat on.
Speaker 2: It's great, it's a great show.
Speaker 1: Max Meyer another guy forty two percent roster I think
Speaker 1: should be added right now. Again, be ahead of the curve.
Speaker 1: You could probably add him for a couple bucks here
Speaker 1: because whenever they announce he's coming back, people are gonna
Speaker 1: spend a lot more available in sixty percent of leagues,
Speaker 1: go do it and Welsh an oldie, but a goodie
Speaker 1: fifty percent rostered right now across the board Clayton Kershaw.
Speaker 1: Kershaw's set to begin a rehab assignment, probably later this
Speaker 1: week or at the beginning of next week, so be
Speaker 1: ahead of things here. Let's only spend a couple bucks
Speaker 1: on Kershaw. Stash him on your roster if you have
Speaker 1: the space, because we all know around the All Star
Speaker 1: break he's gonna be back and he's gonna be pitching
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. They didn't spend all that money on him. Now,
Speaker 1: this could be bad news for Gavin Stone. That could
Speaker 1: be a guy between the Bobby Miller return and the
Speaker 1: Clayton Kershaw returns. Someoney's getting squeezed here, probably gonna be
Speaker 1: Gavin Stone, will be my guess, which isn't deserving but
Speaker 1: doesn't matter. Money talks and Clayton Kershaw's getting paid. So
Speaker 1: old man Kershaw's gonna be back sometime this time next month,
Speaker 1: so i'd be adding him as well. So those are
Speaker 1: the guys again to add the pictures, Clayton Kershaw, Max Meyer,
Speaker 1: Hunter Brown, Andrew Thorpe and a hitter Alec Burlson. Those
Speaker 1: are your waiver wire ads for the week. Welsh, Let's
Speaker 1: get to the next part of the show, the three
Speaker 1: up and three down Will Smith. It's the Dodger edition
Speaker 1: Will Smith three for four with a three run homer,
Speaker 1: James Paxson's six innings there, one run ball against the Rangers,
Speaker 1: and shoey Otani with a two run bomb, three down
Speaker 1: Dame Dunning six runs and three and two thirds. Hector
Speaker 1: Narris Blue another safe boo and Max Fried was just
Speaker 1: kind of mid four runs over five innings. Juan Soto
Speaker 1: on the injury list here, but in a good way.
Speaker 1: He was out playing the field. Did this surprise you Welsh?
Speaker 2: Love it? No? I mean not big surprise obviously, like
Speaker 2: he is way better than we thought. He already got
Speaker 2: into game dhing huge, huge news. But give me Jason
Speaker 2: Domingez or I'll keep crying about it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Logan o'hapi, I had a little grom injury. You know,
Speaker 1: he's okay, he's walking it off. He's gonna rub some
Speaker 1: beer in it. It's gonna be all right. Jack Flaherty
Speaker 1: gonna anti inflammatory injection on Monday, so we'll see how
Speaker 1: that goes. For the back code. I senga Welsh kode
Speaker 1: I Senga is gonna throw a bullpen session today. We'll
Speaker 1: see how that goes. Edwin Diaz is gonna be activated tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Get excited. Taylor Ward left the game early because of
Speaker 1: a lower back issue. Jack Jerks and Profar also left
Speaker 1: the game due to knee soreness. He's been dealing with
Speaker 1: for a while apparently, so could we sell high time
Speaker 1: on him. Bobby Miller made another minor league start on Thursday.
Speaker 1: He's all set to do that. Kyle Tucker has not
Speaker 1: resumed baseball activities yet, hopefully soon. Zach Gallon with a
Speaker 1: hamstring injury. He threw a thirty one pitch bullpen session.
Speaker 1: This is some bad news here, Welch Christian and Karnassian.
Speaker 1: Strand has licked damage in his hand and he might
Speaker 1: have season ending surgery. This would be a huge bummer.
Speaker 2: Welsh, Yeah, yeah, And I think that's where it's heading.
Speaker 2: I will say this though, it's a positive for roster
Speaker 2: construction to understand what the Reds are going to be
Speaker 2: like Noelvie Marte's coming back, What does that look like
Speaker 2: and mean for the roster. It's one less fight for
Speaker 2: these guys to all be playing regularly. So it is
Speaker 2: bad for you, right, But at least we're not sitting.
Speaker 1: Out here's marte Yea, You're one hundred percent right on that,
Speaker 1: Like he would just go in there and become the
Speaker 1: everyday guy.
Speaker 2: Like I don't see first base DH takes away from
Speaker 2: maybe Candelar. I mean, it's just like we don't have
Speaker 2: as much to deal with now. I mean, if Matt
Speaker 2: McClain ever gets healthy, maybe that throws a little bit
Speaker 2: of a wrinkle in but that didn't happen anytime soon.
Speaker 1: You believe he in McLain. I know he kind of
Speaker 1: came out of nowhere last year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like I like Matt McClain. I think I
Speaker 2: never believed the batting average because I watched him for
Speaker 2: two and a half years afl in the miners always
Speaker 2: struggled with consistent batting average, and then all of a
Speaker 2: sudden he was just I hit two ninety all the time.
Speaker 2: But he is a big power. He has huge power.
Speaker 2: He definitely can run. I just thought he was gonna
Speaker 2: be more of a two to fifty guy. But I
Speaker 2: am a believer because he made some huge strides. If anything,
Speaker 2: I was ready to go into this year with McLean
Speaker 2: over Altuve. So yeah, I am. But I don't know
Speaker 2: if I would buy him, like coming back.
Speaker 1: This year and yes, go cards. Alvarez did play for
Speaker 1: the Mets. He got activated yesterday, but he went over
Speaker 1: because he's a Met, and that's what you do.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: J Turel Muto's gonna miss a month because of right
Speaker 1: knee surgery. And Brian Wu was scratched from the start
Speaker 1: yesterday because of forearm issue. So he went from Brian
Speaker 1: woo to Brian oo oo. Yeah, like the opposite, like yeah,
Speaker 1: so uh not good here for Brian Wu Welsh is
Speaker 1: this is this now the sign where the Mariners better
Speaker 1: get a move on because they've been kind of treading water,
Speaker 1: treading water. If Wu goes down, there's Crochet, there's Luis. Robert.
Speaker 1: Put your chips into the middle of the table and
Speaker 1: go make a move. Yes.
Speaker 2: The only problem is the conversation around it right now.
Speaker 2: I don't blame it. I know people have been like,
Speaker 2: oh about this, but the White Sox want more than
Speaker 2: what the Padres traded for Sodo. But like, I think
Speaker 2: Robert has an extra year of eligibility in there as well.
Speaker 2: So if that's the cost for Robert, let's say that
Speaker 2: probably looks like if we were to translate to the Mariners,
Speaker 2: let's just call it Johnny Farmelo and Laz, you know,
Speaker 2: because smart, yeah, or Ty Pete and and and lash.
Speaker 2: But my thing is is, like they traded James Wood
Speaker 2: and Mackenzi, goren c j Abrams, You're gonna at least
Speaker 2: have to do that for Robert. So what you're saying is,
Speaker 2: go get crochet and Robert. I don't know if you
Speaker 2: can get both of them. Maybe they have to go
Speaker 2: and try to go get a crochet, which, by the way,
Speaker 2: a crochet probably costs two of them. So if they
Speaker 2: were to it both, they're gonna have to deplete their
Speaker 2: entire system. But you would have two massive control.
Speaker 1: Two years are more like for a crochet. Well why not, Look, man,
Speaker 1: I rae's your window. Go get it done. You're the Mariners.
Speaker 1: Come on, it's not like you have you don't even
Speaker 1: gotten there ever. Just get there, bro.
Speaker 2: They should go and get one of these guys they.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't you know what I would say too.
Speaker 2: Here's another little side thing. Maybe you say, screw the
Speaker 2: crochet thing because of the cost. Get Eric Fetti. Eric
Speaker 2: Fetti has been good this year. Get a veteran pitcher.
Speaker 2: Get him in the back into the rotation and get.
Speaker 1: Robert, get somebody like that. Do you get him for
Speaker 1: a song?
Speaker 2: Well, I'm saying, go get Robert and Fetti in a
Speaker 2: trade and then let the White Sox go get our
Speaker 2: King's ransom for Crochet somewhere else.
Speaker 1: That's fine too. Let's speaking of ransoms. It's time for
Speaker 1: the best bets of the day. Nice Welsh with Joey
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Speaker 1: a little bit more enthusiastic.
Speaker 2: Well, ransom, you threw me off. You're like, speaking of ransom,
Speaker 2: I threw.
Speaker 1: The I threw up there, you know, talking about money,
Speaker 1: talking about you know stuff. You know. Think you think
Speaker 1: I was talking about the old Mel Gibson movie.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 1: It was.
Speaker 2: It felt very like stick them up. I was like, whoa,
Speaker 2: by the way, we don't want.
Speaker 1: To gambling problem called one hundred gambler or one a
Speaker 1: hundred bets off. In Iowa terms and conditions do apply.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the bets today. Five hundred yesterday and
Speaker 1: not so great. But I love the over today. Total
Speaker 1: runs nine is the number between the Braves and the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Orioles. You got Povic, you got Schwelley, you got
Speaker 1: Schwelly balls on there. I'm go home for Schwelly balls.
Speaker 1: That's what That's what I'm called lollyballs is on the mound. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna get into the bullpens here and
Speaker 1: I think we're gonna go over this run total. So
Speaker 1: give me the over on this one. Sandago once again
Speaker 1: on the run line minus one and a half against
Speaker 1: the A's. It's just a good bet kids. Michael King
Speaker 1: on the mound against the A's too, I like him
Speaker 1: over on the strikeouts to I think it's six and
Speaker 1: a half, but I'm still going over on it too,
Speaker 1: just barely. Gunnar Henderson going back to that game with
Speaker 1: the Braves and the Baltimore Orioles. Give me the over
Speaker 1: on the total basis minus one fourteen for him. Marcelo Zuni,
Speaker 1: give me over point five RBI. I'm giving you four
Speaker 1: bets today, no parlay, so I'll give me the extra bet.
Speaker 1: But the Marcelo Zudo won a plus one forty. Love
Speaker 1: that to drive in a run today again, I'm looking
Speaker 1: for runs in Baltimore, Atlanta, so I'm investing there. Welsh,
Speaker 1: where are you investing today?
Speaker 2: Well, I was two and one yesterday. We'll take it.
Speaker 2: We we'll take it to the bank. And I've got
Speaker 2: a lot of bets that I do like. I will
Speaker 2: give a pseudo parlay. It's not an official play, but
Speaker 2: here are my plays so far. Sonny Gray six and
Speaker 2: a half strikeouts, taking the over minus one twenty five.
Speaker 2: This is a very good matchup. He has hit this,
Speaker 2: I think in two of his last three starts. Pirates
Speaker 2: strikeout numbers have just been a bit higher as of
Speaker 2: recent so I like this for Sunny. Gray would have
Speaker 2: liked it if it was a little bit lower, but I'm
Speaker 2: still taking it. You mentioned San Diego. I'm also on
Speaker 2: the San Diego run line plus one ten. I saw
Speaker 2: it at minus one and a half. A nurfe Chicago
Speaker 2: and Tampa Bay no run first inning, minus one twenty five.
Speaker 2: There's a couple that seemed interesting. Odds are really bad.
Speaker 2: Javier Asad Aaron Savale Cubs are worse as far as
Speaker 2: they're up in like the top ten in no run
Speaker 2: first inning scoring, but they are much worse. They're in
Speaker 2: the bottom half of the league away. So I kind
Speaker 2: of like this one as one of the plays if
Speaker 2: you're looking for a parlay. I don't hate the idea
Speaker 2: of maybe rocking a run line parlay of the twins
Speaker 2: who are about to play and the padres. Put those
Speaker 2: two together, you get almost three to one if you
Speaker 2: take the run lines on both of them. But you
Speaker 2: want to check out all the other plays. People are, hey,
Speaker 2: where's our big money parlay stuff? Go to bettingpros dot
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Speaker 2: our plays. Maybe you can put a couple together if
Speaker 2: you're feeling frisky and want to do some parlays. But
Speaker 2: we got some good straight bets up there for you
Speaker 2: guys to start rocking today and keep that little that
Speaker 2: little notification. I want that little fire still. I got
Speaker 2: that fire symbol on me right now back.
Speaker 1: I had the fire symbol for four days and now
Speaker 1: that's all I want is the fire symbol back. So
Speaker 1: why you're gonna bring some more energy to the clothes
Speaker 1: here for the board yes, those were the best bets
Speaker 1: the day. That was beautiful, Welsh. I really thank you
Speaker 1: almost as much as the right Field song. All right,
Speaker 1: let's let's talk about home run calls. I'm going again
Speaker 1: sticking with the bets here Marcelo is doing. I'm invested,
Speaker 1: so let's just go all in Welsh. Where are you
Speaker 1: going for your home run call for today?
Speaker 2: I completely forgot to even put up well, I'll let you.
Speaker 1: A filibuster here I am at eighteen sixteenth overall here,
Speaker 1: I mean the cluster. I'm still on the wrong side
Speaker 1: of the board. I need one more. Marcello's gonna get
Speaker 1: me two home runs today and I'm back over on
Speaker 1: the other side. Jerry, I'm back on the other side, love,
Speaker 1: and every minute of it. What do you think you found?
Speaker 1: Home run call? You like here? Buddy? You want to
Speaker 1: go Gunner Henderson off the schwelly ball.
Speaker 2: That's exactly where we're going. We're going back to Gunner
Speaker 2: Baby off the swelly balls.
Speaker 1: Yep, all right, so Gunner it is for Welsh, Marcelo
Speaker 1: Zuna for me. So we're all invested in that game.
Speaker 1: So they better be thirteen runs, which means it's probably
Speaker 1: gonna be a two to one game or one nothing.
Speaker 1: That's gonna be what it is. Schwelly balls will go
Speaker 1: seven score less. I thinks it's gonna beautiful. You know
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