WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 27th, 2022 (Ep. 498) 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:16.800 The balls are bad, Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.640 to Fantasy Pros. This is leading Off, brought to you 0:00:19.640 --> 0:00:22.639 by bet MGM, the King of sports books. It's me, 0:00:22.760 --> 0:00:25.919 Joey p Joe Pizzapia. That is Mike Mayer, and of 0:00:25.960 --> 0:00:28.280 course it's you, the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks. Watching 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.400 on our YouTube channel at Fantasy Pros MLB and listening 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.840 to the podcast wherever you get your pods. And today 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:37.239 we're gonna recrap the stat heroes and the stat zero's. 0:00:37.479 --> 0:00:40.440 We're gonna talk about a draft pick that was very 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:42.240 high not that long ago. In the draft. It looks 0:00:42.240 --> 0:00:44.280 like me you might be pitching an independent league baseball. 0:00:44.320 --> 0:00:47.920 We shall see Chris Bassett's complaining about Baseball's a lot 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:52.199 to unpack today, and yes, I'm still stone cold when 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.640 it comes to home run calls. Mike Mayor, welcome to 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:56.280 the show. It's good to have you back, my friend. 0:00:57.000 --> 0:00:58.960 It's great to be here. You know, we've talked a 0:00:59.000 --> 0:01:01.080 little bit before the show in the comments and everything. 0:01:01.080 --> 0:01:02.800 I've been under the weather for a little while, but 0:01:02.840 --> 0:01:04.720 you know, I'm one of Joe's tough guys, so I'm 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:07.440 going to power through and you know, we'll see, we'll 0:01:07.480 --> 0:01:09.840 see how often I have to use the mute button 0:01:09.880 --> 0:01:11.039 to cough for the show. 0:01:12.360 --> 0:01:14.120 Well, I don't know the over unders at two and 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:16.080 a half, so we'll see if at MGM, if they've 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:17.319 got that, and if you want to bet on that, 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.040 use that promo code leading off, that's where you can. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:22.319 All right, let's kick things off here right at the 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:25.920 top with our headlines, and we're gonna start here with 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:27.840 some good news. We got good news for the headlines, 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.080 which is nice thing for a change. Sometimes we start 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:34.160 with the negative. But Williadamas four for five, two home runs, 0:01:34.200 --> 0:01:37.040 seven ribbies yesterday Mayor. This is one of the three 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:40.280 guys I was trying to choose between. Did not pick Williadamas. 0:01:40.680 --> 0:01:44.000 I'm mad. Mike Trout blasts a two run homer. He 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.959 is on fire to start the year. Patrick Sandobal pitching 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:50.200 that game nine innings, excuse me, nine k's over seven 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.640 Squirrels settings, pardon me. Wilmer Flores continues to be hot, 0:01:53.680 --> 0:01:55.160 three run homer for him in the middle of that 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:58.480 Giant's order, and Carlos Rodin for the Giants strikes out 0:01:58.600 --> 0:02:02.000 nine in a win over the A's Carlos Rodin continues 0:02:02.040 --> 0:02:04.200 to make his pitch for cy Young. It feels like, 0:02:05.440 --> 0:02:07.440 right now, if you were smart, you would at least 0:02:07.600 --> 0:02:09.959 throw a little sprinkle, as they will maybe on the 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.400 Carlos Rodan odds for Cy Young because I feel like 0:02:13.520 --> 0:02:15.919 it's worth it at this point. I understand the risk. 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:17.920 I think we all do, but I think we also 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.040 have to realize the reward is a certain point too, 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.360 as long as he continues to be as dominant as been. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.519 So what do you make personally so far of Rodin's 0:02:25.560 --> 0:02:27.320 continued greatness to start the year. 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.600 Well, I mean, I think not a lot has changed, 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:33.760 right because, like we saw this at the beginning of 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:35.960 last season too, the question is going to be and 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:39.080 it's almost like the Byron Buxton question too, like we've 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.519 seen the ceiling, but how is it going to look 0:02:41.800 --> 0:02:43.639 throughout the rest of the summer? And last year we 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:45.440 saw like his shoulder fell off in the summer and 0:02:45.440 --> 0:02:47.680 then he came back and looked fine in the playoffs. 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:53.280 But you know, the early success isn't what we were 0:02:53.320 --> 0:02:55.440 worried about. We kind of all assumed he could get 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.480 back to that, especially with a little bit of like 0:02:57.520 --> 0:03:01.440 sprinkling in some giants magic on Carlos done, but like, 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:04.640 what where's the longevity? That's you know, it's too early 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:06.680 for the victory lap there because we have to see 0:03:07.160 --> 0:03:07.880 how he holds up. 0:03:08.880 --> 0:03:10.400 Okay, if you had to guess right now, what do 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:12.640 you think is cy young odds are I'm looking at 0:03:12.680 --> 0:03:14.200 Fandel right now. What they are. 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:23.440 Plus? Come on, eighteen plus eighteen hundred lower. 0:03:23.600 --> 0:03:25.720 You're not even close to how low they are right. 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.639 Now, seventeen ninety nine. 0:03:28.760 --> 0:03:32.119 Don't go all prices right on me lower, it's way lower. 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:34.600 Plus twelve hundred five fifty. 0:03:34.920 --> 0:03:37.240 It's five to one already for Carls, we're done. I'm 0:03:37.280 --> 0:03:39.120 telling you, if you want in on this, then that 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.800 you might be right. But what's fascinating is right now 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.360 you got Burns, Sures or Carls were done all five 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:47.720 and a half to one right now, that's your odds 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:49.560 on FanDuel. I can look and see what they are 0:03:49.560 --> 0:03:51.320 a bit at GM's a couple other places. But I 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.680 thought that was just fascinating because I had Fandel up 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:56.240 right now. I clicked over on it. So I'm just 0:03:56.320 --> 0:04:00.200 terrified if actually, if the Shures are odds start to 0:04:00.360 --> 0:04:02.760 fall behind Rodin. That's when we start investing in sures 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:04.040 or I just want to throw that out there. That 0:04:04.080 --> 0:04:05.839 would be the time to do that, for sure. Let's 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.400 get to some more headlines. Let's talk about Anthony Rizzo 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:11.160 first career three home run games. So Anthony Rizzo, that 0:04:11.600 --> 0:04:13.840 left handed bat that the Yankees so desperately need. It 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.039 would have been nice if carlos standing in a home run. 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.240 I would have appreciated that. Eric Hosmer homers and reaches 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:21.720 base four times for the Reds and George Springer, congratulations, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.320 HiT's his two hundredth home run, a two run shot 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.160 in the ninth. So what do you make of Eric 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:30.479 Cosmer or another guy here Mayor that's got a relatively 0:04:30.480 --> 0:04:32.720 good start. Osmer, once upon a time was supposed to 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.160 I feel like be more of the perennial All Star. 0:04:35.320 --> 0:04:37.520 I feel like Cosmer is a nice player. He's got 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:40.520 a really good start this year. Do you take anything 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:42.599 away from the hot April or do you think this 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:44.960 is just a good Hosmer month and then he falls 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:47.880 back to kind of being that barely above league average 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:49.200 type hitter the rest of the season. 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:53.000 The latter this is just a hot Hosmer month that 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:54.839 I'm not really interested. I do have some thoughts on 0:04:54.880 --> 0:04:56.880 Anthony Rizzo's three home runs, though. 0:04:57.400 --> 0:05:00.719 Well please share. I'm with batd breath waiting. 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:07.120 So I like our Kurk Krasmer, I like Anthony Rizzo, 0:05:07.160 --> 0:05:10.040 but like I could not be more unimpressed with those 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:13.480 three home runs last night Byron Buxton hit a home 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:15.440 run like five hundred feet, like a walk off home 0:05:15.520 --> 0:05:17.120 run five hundred feet the other day. I don't know 0:05:17.200 --> 0:05:19.839 that Rizzo's three home runs combined went five hundred feet 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.240 last night. And that joke of a ballpark that just 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:26.880 like popped up and like like that one Yankee Stadium 0:05:26.920 --> 0:05:31.000 is such a there's three three biggest jokes in baseball 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:34.960 right now. Is Angel Hernandez whatever they're doing with the baseballs, 0:05:35.400 --> 0:05:38.960 and then Yankee Stadium. That right field porch in Yankee 0:05:39.040 --> 0:05:41.600 Stadium is so infuriating because even down the line it 0:05:41.680 --> 0:05:43.600 is this three hundred and fourteen feet. I don't even 0:05:43.600 --> 0:05:45.280 know that it's three hundred fourteen feet. I think it's 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:46.480 like two hundred and seventy five feet. 0:05:46.480 --> 0:05:49.480 Though, all right, I see here we got a nice 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.479 note from the Nikingses. I just want to sit at 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:56.200 my kids' baseball games and place MLB wagers, and the 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.400 Niking right now is doing pretty well. He was leading 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:00.040 at the top of the whole run board going in 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:02.520 to last night. But I don't know who had Rizzo. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:04.320 We'll find out later in the show. A couple of 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.719 people I think did some injury notes to get to 0:06:06.839 --> 0:06:10.240 Mandacy left with a knee. He is out today, but 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.440 they are I guess encouraged is the word that they're using. 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.479 So it's not a surprise that he's not in the lineup. 0:06:16.680 --> 0:06:19.680 He's got some knee discomfort. We'll see how things go 0:06:19.760 --> 0:06:23.440 with him. And then also Philadelphia's Bryce Harper, you know, 0:06:23.839 --> 0:06:25.320 was trying to play catch. He's having some problem with 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:27.880 the elbow. It doesn't hurt to hit. He's hitting just fine. 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:30.919 He's hitting the ball everywhere. It's not great, but he 0:06:30.960 --> 0:06:32.640 did have a pretty good hit lot. I mean, I 0:06:32.680 --> 0:06:35.000 watched him taking that back yesterday. It looked great. But 0:06:35.800 --> 0:06:37.920 it seems to be over the top where he's having 0:06:38.000 --> 0:06:40.240 trouble throwing the ball, So I guess, you know, we'll 0:06:40.279 --> 0:06:41.840 keep an eye on that. But it's some things to 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:44.440 certainly keep an eye on and be aware of because 0:06:44.640 --> 0:06:46.400 this is the beauty of the DH in the National League? 0:06:46.440 --> 0:06:49.200 Is hey Arper still in the lineup? You know, miss him? 0:06:49.320 --> 0:06:52.720 Hooray for the designated hitter? See all right, take the story. 0:06:52.560 --> 0:06:54.600 Is there, right, because if they didn't have a DHM, 0:06:54.720 --> 0:06:56.200 he's probably not in the lineup right now. 0:06:56.720 --> 0:06:59.119 You're right, You're one hundred percent right. So it's again 0:06:59.200 --> 0:07:01.120 another good reason and why the DH of the National 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:04.600 League is a good thing. Let's talk about this. Can 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:07.279 we talk about Chris Bassett and his thoughts after the 0:07:07.320 --> 0:07:09.479 game of why so many players are getting hit in 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.680 the head? He said MLB and I'm quoting Chris Bassett. Now, 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.480 MLB has a very big problem with the baseballs. They're bad. 0:07:15.800 --> 0:07:20.240 Everyone knows it. They don't care. So Chris Bassett does 0:07:20.280 --> 0:07:23.640 not care about your feelings, Major League Baseball, Rob Manford, 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:27.240 Chris Bassett doesn't care. So obviously, the guys and the 0:07:27.240 --> 0:07:29.680 pictures know the pictures no more than anybody what the 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:33.200 baseballs are every year. So what do you think you're 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:35.480 gonna take out of this in terms of fantasy, mayor, 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.880 because you know, from a fantasy perspective, we've seen, you know, 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:42.960 a lot of guys getting hit. Getting hit leads to injuries. Potentially, 0:07:43.000 --> 0:07:45.880 it's a little dangerous situation. Also, lack of control leads 0:07:45.920 --> 0:07:47.760 to some guys who don't have a good feel for 0:07:47.800 --> 0:07:49.960 the baseball. Right now, we're struggling a little bit. We 0:07:50.040 --> 0:07:52.640 see Garrett Cole who's got the stuff back on his 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:56.320 jersey now on his pants and he's wiping his hands 0:07:56.320 --> 0:07:58.880 on his pants to get better control and seems to 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.120 be working. So I don't know, this is a tough situation. 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:05.120 Why do the balls change every year? It seems like Mary, 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:06.360 this doesn't make any sense to me. 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:09.679 I mean, that's the great question. And like the fact 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:12.560 that Major League Baseball has just like not only like 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.040 failed to address it, but it's just like pretended that 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:18.000 the issue doesn't exist. Like they went so far as 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.840 to like buy the company that was making the baseballs 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:22.480 just to keep a secret. They're like, we're not changing 0:08:22.520 --> 0:08:24.320 the baseballs, and like, well maybe they changed a little 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.440 bit by accident. And then like you know, they're super 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.280 balls and like this year they're deadened and they're all 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.320 they're slick, and like all these pictures are getting blisters 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.480 and everyone's having trouble with control, like Chris bats It's right, 0:08:32.679 --> 0:08:33.320 this is a joke. 0:08:34.600 --> 0:08:37.120 Yeah, it's a lack of acknowledgment, which is really stunning 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:38.920 at the end of the day, Like that's that's the 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.280 whole thing. It's the lack of acknowledgement. You're right where, 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.680 you know. Not only do they not say anything about it. 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.559 When they're pressed directly, they're like, what baseballs? What do 0:08:46.640 --> 0:08:48.559 you talk? We don't we use baseballs to play this game. 0:08:48.600 --> 0:08:51.160 I have no idea what's going on there, but uh, 0:08:51.600 --> 0:08:54.600 it's someone's gonna get hurt, and it's I hope it 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:57.480 doesn't come to that. But obviously, you know, we've seen 0:08:57.559 --> 0:09:00.000 a lot of guys getting plunked already, and I understand 0:09:00.120 --> 0:09:02.160 that it's still early and guys are still finding their 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.240 control and all these other things. But at the same time, 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.200 I think what Bassett saying needs to be listened to, 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:09.079 and Major League Baseball needs to figure this out. I 0:09:09.160 --> 0:09:10.880 know they're using the human doors and other things, so 0:09:10.880 --> 0:09:13.960 I don't know if that's just affecting the ball, But man, look, 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:16.520 live baseballs are good for baseball. Please? Can we have 0:09:16.559 --> 0:09:19.240 home runs? Can we have baseballs that the pitchers feel 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:20.880 good about and that the hitters feel good about. I 0:09:20.880 --> 0:09:23.920 don't think it's too much to ask for. Also, just 0:09:23.920 --> 0:09:27.040 be right, just be transparent, all right, this is a 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:32.160 fun little note. So Kamar Rocker, remember him, prospect, big 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:35.840 time prospect. The Mets of course drafted him just last year, 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:37.839 right it was it was last year's draft, I believe, 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:43.520 and he decided that he I should say, the medicals 0:09:43.520 --> 0:09:45.760 decided that the Mets really didn't want to be part 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:48.320 of him. And then all went back and forth, and 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.280 now he is going to play in the independent league 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.640 apparently over the next couple of weeks. So if you're 0:09:52.679 --> 0:09:55.760 in a deep dynasty league, do you add Kamar Rocker 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.880 because chances are in playofforms like fan tracks he's available, 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:00.760 would you kind of stashed and see if he gets 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:01.679 signed here this year? 0:10:02.400 --> 0:10:04.960 Yeah, absolutely, depending on like the size of your roster. 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:07.760 I think in a lot of dynasty leagues that you 0:10:07.880 --> 0:10:10.000 might be like prevented from picking him up because he's 0:10:10.000 --> 0:10:12.760 you know, it's tricky because like I know, in like 0:10:12.800 --> 0:10:15.360 my dynasty leagues, you can't pick up rookies before the draft. 0:10:15.360 --> 0:10:18.560 But like he technically was drafted last year. 0:10:18.840 --> 0:10:20.960 I was gonna say he was draft. That's that's an 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.800 interesting little wrinkle because Rocke was drafted last year by 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.080 the Mets, did not sign, so technically he can't go 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.400 back into the draft. Technically he's a free agent, so 0:10:29.440 --> 0:10:31.199 he should be a free agent in your dynasty league's 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:34.439 by that logic, which I know everybody wants to throw 0:10:34.480 --> 0:10:36.199 the logic at. I think it's a sneaky thing. Now, 0:10:36.280 --> 0:10:38.480 keep this in mind. He never had surgery for the elbow. 0:10:38.800 --> 0:10:42.880 It was troublesome, so it's a risk. But if you can, 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.719 might be an interesting stash. Just saying, let's get to 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:49.160 some stat heroes from yesterday. Logan Gilbert, my dude, seven 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.280 k's yesterday five and two thirds went over the Rays. 0:10:52.559 --> 0:10:55.280 His era's point four zero. Right now, that's stunning, and 0:10:55.320 --> 0:10:58.040 he's undefeated three and zero. We mentioned Sandoval's nine k's 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.599 against the Guardians or else for Don nine k's and 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:03.400 six innings. Chris Bassett was tremendous. What an addition he's 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:07.559 been for that mexpvictation despite the balls he's I don't know, 0:11:07.559 --> 0:11:09.480 if I'm Chris Bassett, maybe I keep my mouth shut. 0:11:09.679 --> 0:11:11.880 He nowhere and runs six k's as era is what 0:11:12.040 --> 0:11:14.440 like to something right now? It's crazy. Chris Paddick had 0:11:14.480 --> 0:11:17.520 a good start, no decision six, k's one walk, five 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.280 and two thirds. We've been waiting for Paddock for a 0:11:19.320 --> 0:11:21.439 long time. I know he's on a lot of waiver wires. 0:11:21.520 --> 0:11:22.640 Is he somebody you would pick up? 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:23.360 No? 0:11:24.400 --> 0:11:28.440 Okay, why because he's not too much of a bad 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.120 oh well good? 0:11:31.200 --> 0:11:34.559 I just don't think. I think how much of the. 0:11:33.760 --> 0:11:36.599 Change of scenery mayor or maybe a new voice to 0:11:36.679 --> 0:11:38.880 his head. Maybe he could be because he was good once 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.040 upon a time. Let's not pretend like he's never had 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:42.680 success at major league level, because he has. 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:45.640 He has. I think he's always been a little bit overrated, 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:49.000 and I don't think that his ceiling, like potential ceiling, 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:52.040 is worth the risk for him. I think there's better 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:54.920 players with more's, you know, like strikeout upside. 0:11:56.640 --> 0:12:00.200 All right. Also, Walkie Penguin says that she wrote a 0:12:00.200 --> 0:12:03.200 an update about Kamar Rocker today, which is the first 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.600 time she learned that he is not John Rocker's kid. 0:12:05.720 --> 0:12:08.559 So there, that was a fun time in baseball. That 0:12:08.679 --> 0:12:11.400 John Rocker era was a really fun time in basis. 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.240 Oh my god, talk about batteries being thrown and stuff. 0:12:14.240 --> 0:12:17.320 That that lunatic, What a crazy guy that was. Max 0:12:17.360 --> 0:12:19.600 Freed four k's in a win over the cub six 0:12:19.640 --> 0:12:21.640 innings for him. Daniel Lynch seven k's and a win 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:24.559 over the White Sox eleven shutout innings over the last 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.440 two starts, but allowing six earned runs his first start. 0:12:27.480 --> 0:12:29.440 So Daniel Lynch might be another one of these guys 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.719 floating around the waiver wire with a You know, the 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.599 era's down to three three eight already, but that's a 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.520 guy you might want to pick up if your need 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:41.600 some helping some your pitching staff, potentially. Kevin Gossman nine ks, 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:44.520 six innings for him, Josiah Gray ten k's and a 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:47.280 huge performance there for him, ten k's just five and 0:12:47.320 --> 0:12:50.240 two thirds for the Marlin. Sandy al Contra five k's, 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.719 three walks. Not the best start for him. You don't 0:12:52.760 --> 0:12:54.319 like to see the walks, but still is e race. 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:56.839 It's at one seven eight, and Zach Efflin got w 0:12:57.000 --> 0:12:59.880 over the Rockies. Let's talk about Josiah Gray, mayor another 0:12:59.880 --> 0:13:01.520 one of these young pitchers. He was the guy who 0:13:01.520 --> 0:13:04.600 was acquired in that trade with the Dodgers last year. 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:06.680 I have no shares of Gray. Do you have any 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:08.640 investments in him? And how long do you think he 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.280 can keep this up because you know, the four era 0:13:11.440 --> 0:13:13.160 for rookie is not a terrible number. It's a little 0:13:13.200 --> 0:13:15.960 inflated typically because they tend not to go six seven innings. 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:19.000 So that's the only trick with this. I feel like 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:20.840 it's better in points leagues than it is in rodo 0:13:20.920 --> 0:13:24.680 because of that that tempered innings limits always going to 0:13:24.800 --> 0:13:26.840 inflate artificially. The whip and era. 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:29.520 Yeah, I have a ton of shares. I have him 0:13:29.520 --> 0:13:32.920 in keeper and multiple dynasty leagues. And you mentioned like 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:37.360 Daniel Lynch and then Josiah Gray. I'm way more in 0:13:37.400 --> 0:13:40.800 on Josiah Gray than Daniel Lynch in both keeper and 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.439 redraft for this year. And the innings are gonna be 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.080 a little a little bit of a concern, but I 0:13:45.080 --> 0:13:48.080 think he's gonna be fine innings wise. You know, I 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:49.840 forget how many he threw last year, but he was 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:51.040 you know, he was up at the end of last 0:13:51.120 --> 0:13:54.600 year too, and I had shares then, And I mean, 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:57.480 like you said, he was in the tre Treya Turner deal. 0:13:57.559 --> 0:14:00.480 Like he's you know, he was like a top prospecting 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:04.599 in a really good Dodgers farm system, right, and you 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:07.480 know he's not a Noboddy He's a highly talented guy, 0:14:07.600 --> 0:14:10.240 and you know you're seeing the potential there, and I 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:11.920 think this is the beginning of his potential. You know, 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:14.600 you're seeing the big strikeout numbers, you're seeing some of 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:16.280 the up and down kind of like earned run things. 0:14:16.280 --> 0:14:18.960 But like I'm I'm way in on Josiah Gray and 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.840 I am pretty out on Daniel Lynch. 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:24.040 Okay, there you go out on Lynch, in on Gray, 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:27.240 Mike Mahras. Spoken, ladies and gentlemen, here's some stat hero 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.560 hitters besides Rizzo, Joey Gallo hit a home run first 0:14:30.560 --> 0:14:33.200 of the season. Congratulation Again, everybody hit home runs for 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:36.000 the ach He's except my guy who I picked Gross 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.520 two for four, Anthony Rendon the double, two doubles for 0:14:39.600 --> 0:14:42.560 him by Trout two for three with a bomb, Kyle 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:46.960 Tucker home run three RBI, No kidding, duh, getting real hot. 0:14:47.120 --> 0:14:49.800 Notice that God. People lose their mind for no reason. 0:14:49.840 --> 0:14:51.760 Tommy Eve been over two but did have two steals. 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.920 Max Kepler with a dinger hobby or Bias with a dinger. Also, 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:58.080 Andrew Bennin Tendy two for five, leading the league in 0:14:58.240 --> 0:15:02.800 hitting three eighty nine. Andrew Bennett, Andy look at that also, George, Oh, 0:15:02.800 --> 0:15:04.640 go ahead, Yeah. 0:15:04.040 --> 0:15:06.120 So he's leading the American League and hitting. Do you 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:08.840 know who's leading the league overall and hitting? 0:15:09.760 --> 0:15:12.080 Uh is a jazz Chisholm. He's the answer for everything 0:15:12.160 --> 0:15:12.440 right now. 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.440 I feel like it is not that he's another person 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.840 on this sheet in the hitters section. 0:15:17.040 --> 0:15:19.720 Oh my goodness, who is it? Mike Mayer? 0:15:19.880 --> 0:15:22.640 You tease well, I tease it right beneath him in 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:26.040 the list, Eric Cosmer. Eric Cosmer is leading baseball inting average, 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:27.120 hitting three ninety. 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:32.080 Eric Hosmer hitting three ninety three eighty nine to three ninety. Wow. 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.240 Talk about And I had to pick up Eric Osmer 0:15:34.240 --> 0:15:37.080 because I had an injury in week one. I was like, well, 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:39.240 I guess I got to kick up Eric Hosmer. He's 0:15:39.240 --> 0:15:41.600 the only guy out there that's even got a starting job. 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:45.280 So I've been pleased. But we want to spoil that, Steven. 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.200 He asked me about Hosmer earlier, so I pivoted. 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:50.200 I know it's gonna spoil eventually. 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:50.520 Anyway. 0:15:50.560 --> 0:15:52.440 It's Eric Cosmer. It's just what happens. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.800 And you know, he's a puzzling case because I don't 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.880 know why it spoils, Like I remember watching him as 0:15:58.880 --> 0:16:01.840 a young kid coming up with the Royals and thinking, yeah, 0:16:01.880 --> 0:16:05.040 this guy could you know, be a perennial All star 0:16:05.200 --> 0:16:05.720 type of player. 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:10.320 And he's just never maintained a steady level of excellence. 0:16:10.480 --> 0:16:13.120 There's been peaks and valleys of excellence, but never a 0:16:13.160 --> 0:16:16.720 steady level, which is just odd. Stark factor. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:19.080 He never really found that, never did power stroke. Maybe 0:16:19.120 --> 0:16:21.000 he could just go to Yankee Stadium and he wouldn't 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:22.320 even need to find it. It would just be there. 0:16:22.560 --> 0:16:24.480 That's where we all need to go, is Yankee Stadium 0:16:24.600 --> 0:16:26.800 to find that? All right, here's your stat. Zero's Herman 0:16:26.920 --> 0:16:30.680 Marquez seven runs giving up for earned, Brandon Woodruf four 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:34.520 innings for earned. Not good? Uh, San Martin, who's got 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:36.880 a boy? Talk about like a junkie delivery kind of guy. 0:16:36.880 --> 0:16:40.200 That guy is two k's. It's like a nine earned runs. 0:16:40.400 --> 0:16:42.960 It's like watching I don't know, like a semi professional 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:44.360 guy pitch. I don't know how this guy's in the 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:49.040 big leagues. Jordan Lyles finally happened. Six earned runs. There's 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:51.760 the Jordan Lyles we all knew rear his ugly head. 0:16:52.800 --> 0:16:54.320 I'm not I don't know if he's ugly. He's probably 0:16:54.320 --> 0:16:59.760 a good Jeffer runs have multiple rotation. Was not gonna 0:16:59.840 --> 0:17:03.359 lead the League of the ra forever it was undeniable. 0:17:03.440 --> 0:17:05.720 How here's some hitters though, Matt Chapman over five three 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:08.879 k's the for animal, golden sombrero, Oh for four with 0:17:08.920 --> 0:17:11.520 the four k's it in bucks sixty one. Go buy 0:17:11.560 --> 0:17:14.640 fran Milrayes everywhere. It's just a matter of time. Lindor 0:17:14.760 --> 0:17:17.080 Oh for five, big deal. He's been red hot, Connor 0:17:17.200 --> 0:17:20.639 Joe finally got an after being red hot two. Carlos 0:17:20.720 --> 0:17:23.120 Korea cold star for him, Oh for four to three 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:25.639 k's batting a buck seventy nine. I don't want to 0:17:25.640 --> 0:17:30.000 buy Korea. Here's why new City, big contract. I tend 0:17:30.000 --> 0:17:32.280 to stay away from those guys in year one. What 0:17:32.359 --> 0:17:34.640 are your thoughts on Korea? Is he somebody you would 0:17:34.640 --> 0:17:37.119 go after an attack on principle of the slow start 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:39.920 or stay away fromhim because of the track record we've 0:17:39.920 --> 0:17:42.200 seen with these guys in new places signing big deals 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:43.680 struggling typically in year one. 0:17:44.680 --> 0:17:46.160 Doesn't he have an opt out? I think he can 0:17:46.160 --> 0:17:47.480 opt out and like go right. 0:17:47.320 --> 0:17:49.080 He's gonna opt out in the middle of this show. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.240 He's allowed to opt out of his contract. It's crazy, 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:53.000 some kind of crazy opt out. I don't thin. Is 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:54.040 it one year or two? 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:55.760 I think I think it might be one year. 0:17:57.640 --> 0:18:00.239 I have to well, you better get I'll tell you what. 0:18:00.280 --> 0:18:02.680 If it's one year opt out, I'll buy him low. 0:18:02.880 --> 0:18:06.440 If it's two years, I'll wait. That's my answer. What's yours? 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.240 Yeah? I mean the you know, the COPA answer is 0:18:09.240 --> 0:18:11.640 like what's the price. You know, I'm interested because if 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:14.040 you know, if someone's really given up that I'm interested 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:18.480