Speaker 1: Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is Leading
Speaker 1: Off Live. It is me, Joey p joe Pisapia with me,
Speaker 1: of course is the Welsh, and it's all of you,
Speaker 1: the Peanuts and the Cracker Jackson on Monday morning. You know,
Speaker 1: I was noticing in that video and the intro video
Speaker 1: for the first time, when we have beards and when
Speaker 1: we don't. Sometimes we have them at the same time,
Speaker 1: sometimes we have them at separate times. But I don't
Speaker 1: ever see us both clean shaven at the same time, Welsh.
Speaker 1: I thought that was a little interesting on the timeline
Speaker 1: of Leading Off.
Speaker 2: Oh that's interesting. I mean, that's more you because like
Speaker 2: I can only go so long until I'm forced to shave,
Speaker 2: so it's it's not often that you are completely clean shaven.
Speaker 2: I think that would be actually very disturbing, if I'm
Speaker 2: being honest, I think it would be a little jarring
Speaker 2: for everybody.
Speaker 1: Thank you. That's why I'm here for both of.
Speaker 2: Us at the same time, not you, not just you, both.
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Speaker 1: And let's start here with the suspension today. That's right,
Speaker 1: Jose Alvarado boo eighty game suspension here. And Alvarado had
Speaker 1: been really good man was he lights out in the
Speaker 1: spring too. It looked like a huge year was coming
Speaker 1: for him in that Philadelphia Phillies bullpen. And now it
Speaker 1: becomes I believe Jordan Romano's job again. I just dropped
Speaker 1: a short video here talking about how Romano over his
Speaker 1: last six innings ten strikeouts nowhere and runs one walk.
Speaker 1: He's been excellent just in time, luckily. But the Phillies
Speaker 1: have a bigger problem now, which is they don't even
Speaker 1: have him for the postseason. As well as the eighty
Speaker 1: game suspension, this is a huge blow to that Phillies
Speaker 1: bullpen because arguably he is the best arm they've got there.
Speaker 2: It's pretty nuts, especially whenever you get any of these
Speaker 2: relievers jumping into this. And I don't know if he's
Speaker 2: starting to get this little cult following, because Josel Verado
Speaker 2: he's like, oh, I love coffee, and everybody was jumping
Speaker 2: to this. They're like, oh, what fun it is? And
Speaker 2: he throws one on one and he's gone. I think
Speaker 2: this might be to the level where the Phillies need
Speaker 2: to potentially look at some more bullpen depth. Probably gonna
Speaker 2: have to wait until near the trade deadline when a
Speaker 2: few more teams are out of it and they can buy.
Speaker 2: Because are they comfortable enough, you know, Strom can get
Speaker 2: by with it. They move Tywan Walker to the bullpen.
Speaker 2: They do have a lot of young guys. That's the
Speaker 2: other interesting thing. I mean, Mick Abel just absolutely was
Speaker 2: filthy this weekend. And that's a guy. You know, if
Speaker 2: they ended up wanting to do anything nuts, you could
Speaker 2: throw him in the rotation. And if you were taking
Speaker 2: a ranger or hell, at this point, Aaron Nola doesn't
Speaker 2: look like he should be in the rotation. You know,
Speaker 2: they could move some pieces around but at the end
Speaker 2: of the day, losing this this seems to thrust Jordan
Speaker 2: Romano back into the role. Might have an offhanded save
Speaker 2: of Walker or Strom, but they might have to go
Speaker 2: get somebody, and it's probably gonna The determination is probably
Speaker 2: going to be if Romano can be consistent over the
Speaker 2: next little bit, if they're not going to go out
Speaker 2: and try to acquire because like you said, it's not
Speaker 2: just the eighty games, it's the playoffs. You know, your
Speaker 2: most dominant reliever is out for the playoffs, and he
Speaker 2: said it was due to some weight loss drug. And
Speaker 2: I will to this day just be amazed that these
Speaker 2: athletes and everybody. Maybe we're giving them too much of
Speaker 2: benefited out, but it's amazing that nobody ever consults the
Speaker 2: place that they work with. If there could be anything
Speaker 2: that could get them poppable, if there's money and the job.
Speaker 1: I age it takes very long. Email, you call somebody, OUF,
Speaker 1: there's gotta be a hot line. Maybe it's along the.
Speaker 2: Lines of like if you go out to the bar
Speaker 2: and you're just like, all right, I've had thirteen drinks,
Speaker 2: maybe I'll call an uber, Like why do these guys
Speaker 2: with all the money in the world not call an
Speaker 2: uber uber black whatever you want call one of those.
Speaker 2: But why also, can't you just call the league be like, hey,
Speaker 2: can I take whatever I'm about, you know, whatever excuse
Speaker 2: I'm about to say. But also that's why because.
Speaker 1: He was on the weight loss drug go way way way,
Speaker 1: go way, go sit and not collect a paycheck for
Speaker 1: eighty games. I think that's the name of it. Anyway,
Speaker 1: I don't know. Well, by the way, not losing his
Speaker 1: rotation spot, that ain't happening. Let's get to Van Rod's question.
Speaker 1: She's got a questionnaire. Who to pick up to replace Lugo,
Speaker 1: Will Warren, Taiwan Walker or Poulante. I'm gonna go with
Speaker 1: Will Warren. He's been pretty solid lately, and the Yankees
Speaker 1: are the Yankees, and they're still at the top of
Speaker 1: this division, so I'm gonna go there. The American League
Speaker 1: is week two. I want to go with Will Warren.
Speaker 1: Where do you want to go?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think and we'll we'll get extra points with
Speaker 2: Van RD for picking a Yankee too, so I'll go
Speaker 2: with all.
Speaker 1: Well, then, right, automatically, I'm still sour about yesterday, So no, no,
Speaker 1: I'm not ready yet. I'm not ready. Although I did
Speaker 1: enjoy Wan Soto tipping his cap on Night one to
Speaker 1: the Yankee crowd for booing the hell out of him.
Speaker 1: I thought that was terrific. Speaking of the Yankees, Cody
Speaker 1: Ballinger three for three with a double and a grand selm.
Speaker 1: That just put the knife in the heart last night, brutal.
Speaker 1: Whatever go Yankee you want. Merril Kelly was terrific. I
Speaker 1: want to talk about Meryl Kelly because he's been really
Speaker 1: solid lately. Also, he had eleven strikeouts and seven innings.
Speaker 1: His era has done a three to two six his
Speaker 1: whip as it won. He's got fifty two strikeouts to
Speaker 1: just fifteen walks and fifty eight innings. What do you
Speaker 1: think of the Meryl Kelly renaissance going on lately.
Speaker 2: Meryl's always been a good spot starter. This was the
Speaker 2: Colorado Rockies, you know, like he gave excuses to our
Speaker 2: boy Jack Lder and having a good start because it's like,
Speaker 2: well it was Colorado. Like Meryl did have an absolutely
Speaker 2: dominant performance against Colorado, sixteen swinging whiffs in this one.
Speaker 2: He changed up his pitch mix too, and that might
Speaker 2: be some of the change something for us to watch.
Speaker 2: He's been forcing change up cutter, and this one he
Speaker 2: went cutter and change up for change up and cutter
Speaker 2: is his top two used pitches, and they had pretty
Speaker 2: high wiff rates, so that might be the ultimate change here.
Speaker 2: I still don't know if I trust him as like
Speaker 2: a long standing starter. Just think great matchups like this
Speaker 2: against Colorado. I'm gonna throw him out there at the
Speaker 2: end of the day. His k's are up a tiny bit,
Speaker 2: He's era looks good, but the expected is over four.
Speaker 2: He's giving up a ton of barreled contact. It's still
Speaker 2: pretty hard. I would tread lightly with Merrill. If you start,
Speaker 2: if you start to feel too confident, that's when I
Speaker 2: think you need to jump ship. That's what I would
Speaker 2: say about Meryl.
Speaker 1: Fair enough. Here's one from Doddler. Louis Robert was dropped
Speaker 1: in my league. TJ friedel or bray you worth dropping?
Speaker 1: I say, freedol.
Speaker 2: Let's say you and not dropping, not dropping a bray you.
Speaker 1: So yeah, exactly, and I would do it ago too.
Speaker 1: We got a lot of news today too. We got
Speaker 1: prospecting of the Welsh coming up. We've got a lot
Speaker 1: of rookie news. We got a recall as well, so
Speaker 1: very exciting things. Is ti Oscar officially back today? I
Speaker 1: have not heard anything about ti Oscar today and I
Speaker 1: just looked and swept everything before the show. So if
Speaker 1: something breaks during the show, we'll let you know. But
Speaker 1: I don't believe as of yet we've gotten that. However,
Speaker 1: more news, Jack Lighter's up to two two good starts
Speaker 1: in a row, seven innings. No decision, but I'm going
Speaker 1: to give him the good start. There was a good day,
Speaker 1: three hits, seven innings, three runs, so that's quality. Let's
Speaker 1: go seven innings. Very impressive. That's two four more to
Speaker 1: go before he becomes a real boy.
Speaker 2: Yes Welsh, Okay, well, I think just having four good
Speaker 2: starts not in a row for the year is fine,
Speaker 2: but we can keep doing this Tasker is activated today today.
Speaker 2: I do see that coming out of reporters that he'll
Speaker 2: be activated according to Dave Roberts, who will be activated today.
Speaker 2: So very good signs for and you agreed to it.
Speaker 1: Six straight good start so he's at two so this
Speaker 1: is cake. He's only got four more.
Speaker 2: This is gonna be well no, but again the deal
Speaker 2: is like for for you, for me, I said before,
Speaker 2: like I don't think he's a great starter. I think
Speaker 2: he's a serviceable MLB starter and he is like Stacking.
Speaker 1: I don't think I'm not gonna say he's elite. I'm
Speaker 1: not just saying he's going to be a real boy.
Speaker 2: You know what we need?
Speaker 1: Then it's a lighters versions of this and if he
Speaker 1: and if he has a blow up start, it goes
Speaker 1: back to zero. So I have two.
Speaker 2: Different versions of this one and Cali, we might need
Speaker 2: to do AI for this one. Is he is Pinocchio
Speaker 2: with the super long nose, and as his starts get better,
Speaker 2: the nose comes down and we just could have art
Speaker 2: for that.
Speaker 1: Or I thought I thought that would get bigger.
Speaker 2: Well, no, like it gets bigger when he's bad, so
Speaker 2: it's coming down, yeah, I say, Or we do this
Speaker 2: like Major League, and I don't really want to take
Speaker 2: clothing off like they did, but like, you know, maybe
Speaker 2: we could just add clothing on or add his glove on,
Speaker 2: which we add things on. Maybe the Pinocchio one is
Speaker 2: a better I.
Speaker 1: Like the Pinocchio one that was good, so he should
Speaker 1: like a stands at it and left on the high note.
Speaker 1: Royce lewis first homer of the season, so there you go.
Speaker 1: But he almost had another one too, Jackson Cherio ended
Speaker 1: up robbing him. I want to talk about Alexander Canario,
Speaker 1: who won for three against the Phillies yesterday. He's now
Speaker 1: fourteen for forty three, hitting three twenty six with two
Speaker 1: homers six rubies. In May, this was a guy that
Speaker 1: was in the Cubs organization. Then he had a pretty
Speaker 1: good spring with the Mets. They had no room for
Speaker 1: him the forty man roster, so he got cut. Now
Speaker 1: he's in Pittsburgh. It's becoming an everyday player in deeper leagues.
Speaker 1: Is he a guy that you should start to monitor
Speaker 1: or pick up or be paying attention to, because I
Speaker 1: think now in May, that we're sitting here again with
Speaker 1: some of the outfield injuries we've had, Canario becomes at
Speaker 1: least intriguing.
Speaker 2: I think, yeah, I think you should take a look
Speaker 2: at him in like fifteen plus leagues. He's super high barrel,
Speaker 2: hard hit guy, which is phenomenal. He's getting the ball
Speaker 2: in the air great, his strikeouts have come down, he's
Speaker 2: walking like all that stuff looks solid. But kind of
Speaker 2: a primary fastball hitter, which he's absolutely dominating right now.
Speaker 2: I imagine he's gonna the pitch mixed changes are going
Speaker 2: to start to happen a bit, and really low contact
Speaker 2: percentage seventy two percent zone contact percentage. But can he
Speaker 2: be a two to forty hitter? His underlying profile is
Speaker 2: a guy where if he were hitting two forty, he's
Speaker 2: gonna hit twenty plus homers. So he's going to be valuable.
Speaker 2: And here's the other positive. That team is just messy.
Speaker 2: They're a disaster and playing time as the season goes on,
Speaker 2: it's just going to be more and more. Let's see
Speaker 2: what we've got. And Canario looks like a player that
Speaker 2: they're going to want to see a full season out of.
Speaker 2: So I do think there's some value in picking him up.
Speaker 1: Would you trade Ozzie Albi's for Luis Castillo from frov?
Speaker 2: Uh?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm good with that. I think that's fair.
Speaker 2: I think I would. I'm not I'm a super not
Speaker 2: Louis Castillo guy right.
Speaker 1: Now, the big Ozzie guy either.
Speaker 2: If I'm not either one of them, I guess it
Speaker 2: would be maybe dependent on like my need, if I
Speaker 2: like super need rotational depth or something like that, I
Speaker 2: guess I would consider it, but I'd rather have Ozzie instead.
Speaker 1: Zebbi, Jack Lighter, Ryan Weathers rest of season from laser sharp.
Speaker 1: I think I say Jack lighter, I'm gonna surprise people here.
Speaker 2: Are you gonna go lighter?
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go lighter because I think Texas is going
Speaker 1: to be in this thing eventually. Corey Seger at some
Speaker 1: point will come back, probably get hurt again, but he'll
Speaker 1: be back eventually. I don't know. I feel I mean,
Speaker 1: the Zebe start wasn't great already in Ryan Weathers pitches
Speaker 1: on the Marlins, and I think there's limitations there. I
Speaker 1: think it's between Weathers and Lighter for me rest of season,
Speaker 1: But what do you think we wash?
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Weathers on this. I'm gonna go Weathers
Speaker 2: lighter and than Matthew's because I don't know. I don't
Speaker 2: know if Zebby is to have that rotation spot that
Speaker 2: that's the question him infested. Maybe going back and forth,
Speaker 2: weather's been good. So if our one eight era and
Speaker 2: I guess it was only one start, but twenty eight
Speaker 2: percent K percentage low walks. I think all of these
Speaker 2: guys are probably more streamers than anything else. So when
Speaker 2: you're asking that question, I would just kind of line
Speaker 2: it up. And then here's the order. I like, if
Speaker 2: there's a cool matchup, I put one of those guys in.
Speaker 2: I don't know if any of those guys are gonna
Speaker 2: be worth holding on to through struggles though.
Speaker 1: Paul Skin's another tough luck outing for him. One run,
Speaker 1: three hits, eight innings, but again got a loss against
Speaker 1: the Phillies. He had nine strikeouts, one walk, forty percent
Speaker 1: with rate. I mean everything you can ask more, but
Speaker 1: it's just been a little Maybe it's not been the
Speaker 1: best stretch here for him, but the performance has been good.
Speaker 1: Results not always been perfect for him. But speaking of
Speaker 1: the Pirates, we do have a Jostra Damas update. Over
Speaker 1: the weekend, we hear Jared Jones suffer the setback in
Speaker 1: his throwing program. He's gonna meet with the doctors tomorrow
Speaker 1: and he's gonna have the elbow reading examined. A lot
Speaker 1: of rumor circulating that he's gonna have Tommy John Joe
Speaker 1: stra Damas strikes again. I hate seeing it into the
Speaker 1: future sometimes Welsh, but we keep fooling ourselves, always thinking
Speaker 1: it's gonna be okay, everything's gonna be fine. It's like
Speaker 1: that meme with the dog and the room is on fire.
Speaker 1: Whenever we have a picture who's got an elbow issue
Speaker 1: and we all just think it's gonna be fine. It's
Speaker 1: never fine.
Speaker 2: Who could have thought in any world that a guy
Speaker 2: who has i'll tell your issues and is on the
Speaker 2: injured list? Who could only Joe stra Damas could have
Speaker 2: possibly seen this.
Speaker 1: Kept telling everybody was stop wasting draft picks on this guy,
Speaker 1: and people didn't refuse to. They kept taking him. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take a shot on her, or well i'm
Speaker 1: gonna you know, I'm gonna I'm gonna hold a wait
Speaker 1: and see. No, no, it never works out. Well, it's
Speaker 1: always a disaster.
Speaker 2: Every single show's like I saw fifty five thousand scenarios
Speaker 2: and the only one was he would be hurt. Like,
Speaker 2: oh my god, Joe, how did you see it?
Speaker 1: Ow? Yeah, thats exactly I Van Rod's right, that's exactly.
Speaker 1: Everything's fine. Everyone sits there. But it's it's it's this
Speaker 1: cock eyed optimism that everybody has and fanis baseball. We're
Speaker 1: just think everything's gonna be okay. He's oh, oh, he's
Speaker 1: got he's got a problem. He'll figure it out, He'll
Speaker 1: be okay.
Speaker 2: Who's that there's Jared Jones right here.
Speaker 1: There is, there is, there is, Everything's fine, there is.
Speaker 1: He's on fire. See the You should keep that handy
Speaker 1: because that's gonna come in handy throughout the show. Because
Speaker 1: also on fire the Baltimore Orioles who fired their manager
Speaker 1: Brandon Hyde fifteen and twenty eight to start the season.
Speaker 1: Before the firing, So Welsh, this is the third manager
Speaker 1: fired before Memorial Day? Pop quiz, hotshot, And for everybody
Speaker 1: out there in the chat too, when was the last
Speaker 1: time four managers were fired before Memorial Day? It's happened
Speaker 1: in this century. I will tell you that.
Speaker 2: I would have actually said it hasn't happened.
Speaker 1: I don't know. It's this man, it's happened in this
Speaker 1: century recently, Oh I don't know. Well maybe not too
Speaker 1: recently for some people, depending on how old they are.
Speaker 1: But uh, oh okay, drop a year in the chat
Speaker 1: if you want to guess what.
Speaker 2: Year nineteen ninety four?
Speaker 1: No this century?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, two thousand. Well, just as you're
Speaker 2: saying when you said it's.
Speaker 1: The year two thousand, since the year two.
Speaker 2: Thousand, two thousand and six, No, it was not.
Speaker 1: Two thousand and six. See, people saying to twenty twelve
Speaker 1: not so much. But look, here's the thing. It's not
Speaker 1: brand Hyde's fault. I mean, you go into the year
Speaker 1: vault with Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Sigano, Dean Kreamer, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, was also the dean in House Party two.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people forget that that was
Speaker 1: the name of the dean. But I mean, it's not
Speaker 1: Bran Hyde's fault, and firing the manager is not going
Speaker 1: to change anything, so it's gonna be a hot mess
Speaker 1: for the Orioles rest of season. They also let go
Speaker 1: of Kyle Gibson, so I guess that experiment also failed.
Speaker 1: What a shock. Tobias Meyer's more transactions, he was sent
Speaker 1: down a triple A. My boy, Logan Henderson's going nowhere.
Speaker 1: He's going nowhere. Baby. I'm gonna cut a promo every
Speaker 1: time he goes out there and starts, because that's my dude.
Speaker 1: He was great again last week and he ain't going
Speaker 1: no place. He's sticking in that rotation this time. Also
Speaker 1: in the rotation now Hayden Birds is going to replace
Speaker 1: Jordan Hicks. Now bird Song has had two to one
Speaker 1: strikeout to walk ratio era round two three. Sometimes the
Speaker 1: control could be a little erratic. Had a great spring,
Speaker 1: people thought he might make that rotation. So Welsh, what
Speaker 1: do you think of people running to the waiver wire
Speaker 1: to add bird song?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's he tows the must pick up
Speaker 2: line here just because of some of the strikeout potential.
Speaker 2: It is interesting though, because it's like, you know, as
Speaker 2: a starter last year compared to this year as a reliever,
Speaker 2: his k's are down, but his walks are also down.
Speaker 2: But he has got some you know, he's got some
Speaker 2: big whiff stuff. I mean, his slider's got a thirty
Speaker 2: one percent withff rate on it, change up's got a
Speaker 2: forty eight percent whiff rate. He throws both of those
Speaker 2: a significant amount of the time, and his changeup has
Speaker 2: a forty three percent K percentage. So remember with is
Speaker 2: just swinging through that could be on one strike counts,
Speaker 2: but actual K percentage just locking these guys down, You
Speaker 2: know that that is a massive strikeout pitch with a
Speaker 2: fastball that has towed up a little bit. But again,
Speaker 2: now that he is going to be more in the
Speaker 2: starter range, is he going to maintain ninety six? Either way,
Speaker 2: it's a great ballpark. Factor. There's a ton of young
Speaker 2: strikeout potential in Hayden Birdsong era has been great two
Speaker 2: three one in relief expected is up a bit over
Speaker 2: four and the barrels are up. So I would lightly say,
Speaker 2: as you know, we had Sunday where everyone's like, oh
Speaker 2: it's Waivers and blah blah blah. Bird Song you want
Speaker 2: to pick up, but he's not invincible like he might have.
Speaker 2: He might be nothing more than a streamer. Like so really,
Speaker 2: you know, Dodgers, you're not going to want to play him.
Speaker 2: But I think with the strikeout potential alone, i'd pick
Speaker 2: him up. And someone asks whether's over Birdsong, I'd actually
Speaker 2: go bird Song over him. Right now we have a
Speaker 2: bunch of like Wooojia rathers Horton or bird song. That
Speaker 2: one's really really tough. If I want to chase the
Speaker 2: strikeout potential, I'd probably go bird song. But I think
Speaker 2: is going to stay in the rotation.
Speaker 1: But we'll see if he sticks in that rotation or not.
Speaker 1: One more transaction. Colton Wong calls it a career too.
Speaker 1: So Colton Wong never quite I think my potential. People thought,
Speaker 1: of course he's a friend of Welsh Is everybody's a
Speaker 1: friend of weal. No.
Speaker 2: Mary I told that story where all him in complex
Speaker 2: and I was like, hey, Colton's good to see you,
Speaker 2: and he's like, it's not good to see you because wow,
Speaker 2: he didn't want to be no, because he didn't want
Speaker 2: to be there. He laughed about it. He was like,
Speaker 2: I'm in complex league ball. He's like, it's not that
Speaker 2: he just didn't like you. I mean, that's definite possibility.
Speaker 2: He also did say, by the way, he was kind
Speaker 2: of like, I'm retiring because it doesn't seem like there's
Speaker 2: any options, like we could see him in a little bit.
Speaker 2: But yes, Colton Wang, we bid you ado eleven years by.
Speaker 1: The way, Yeah, hey, a good major league career just
Speaker 1: never reached. I think the potential that people I remember
Speaker 1: him in that World Series and he was a rookie, remember,
Speaker 1: and people are like, Oh, this kid's going to be
Speaker 1: the speed stories to steal eighty bases, He's going to
Speaker 1: change the game. And you know what, maybe had the
Speaker 1: rules changes been in there when he was younger, he
Speaker 1: might have had a bigger fantasy impact. I think the
Speaker 1: rules changes hurt players like Colton Wong back in that era.
Speaker 1: I think you can move back to that, you know,
Speaker 1: contact guy. I'm sort the shift killed him on top
Speaker 1: of all the other stuff, you know, the stolen base situation.
Speaker 1: Also more on the San Francisco Giants rotation a little
Speaker 1: bit later in the program. Wanted to give you the
Speaker 1: answer to the question two thousand, two thousand and two
Speaker 1: is the last time that we had so many managers
Speaker 1: get fired before Memorial Day? Phil Garner was fired six
Speaker 1: games into the season for the Detroit Tigers if you
Speaker 1: call that, Davy Lopes of the Brewers, Buddy Bell of
Speaker 1: the Rockies, and then it was the manager in Kansas
Speaker 1: City as well. So it's four guys before Memorial Day.
Speaker 1: So we're close to tying a record.
Speaker 2: So get fired. Who's the guy that gets fired?
Speaker 1: You know what? It's funny. We were playing this game
Speaker 1: on Sunday on the TV show, and I don't know
Speaker 1: if there's another one in season, maybe after the season,
Speaker 1: but I don't think in season right now. I think
Speaker 1: you look at the bottom teams because Ron Washington's not
Speaker 1: going anywhere. The White Sox manager's not getting fired like
Speaker 1: I just yeah, like all the bad teams. I mean,
Speaker 1: the Marlin's gonna make a managerial change. I don't think so.
Speaker 1: The Brewers, even if they missed the playoffs, I an't
Speaker 1: making a managerial change.
Speaker 2: Pat Murphy, Yeah, like I just know so.
Speaker 1: I think this is it, but you never know. Crazy
Speaker 1: things happened. Let's get to the rookie. Lookie Abel was
Speaker 1: able for the Phillies. Yesterday. He had a two five
Speaker 1: three ERA F fifty one strikeouts over forty six things.
Speaker 1: In triple A you struck out nine. Again it was
Speaker 1: the Pirates, but still a great debut from him. Ninety
Speaker 1: seven point three average fastball Welsh. Any comments about Abel.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's a guy. I just don't remember if I
Speaker 2: brought him up yet. I've written about him so far.
Speaker 2: He's had a couple of years. There's a prospect fatiguey
Speaker 2: thing because he was a big time prospect, really leveled
Speaker 2: out and then all of a sudden just started finding
Speaker 2: it this year. Fastball up ninety seven in this last start.
Speaker 2: His curveball had a seventy two percent with rate. Again,
Speaker 2: like you said, it is the Pirates, so like I
Speaker 2: guess tread lightly a little bit, but his curveball was dominant,
Speaker 2: His slider was great, his fastball looked great. He was commanding,
Speaker 2: which was an issue in the miners a bit. This
Speaker 2: is a very very encouraging sign. I fully expect we're
Speaker 2: going to get another start in here soon. But Nickabel
Speaker 2: jumps to the top of the list of those streamy
Speaker 2: type of guys. And really, frankly, if he were to
Speaker 2: be given a rotation spot, you need a couple more
Speaker 2: outings to like really buy in. But he might be
Speaker 2: one of those guys you want to buy because he's
Speaker 2: always had strikeout potential.
Speaker 1: Always Zebbie Matthews has potential, but he's not showing it
Speaker 1: at the major league level. Four runs, three innings for
Speaker 1: him on Sunday, Nick Kurtz another oh for ugh God,
Speaker 1: Now that batting average is at two nineteen, so we
Speaker 1: can't hang our hat on that anymore. Dylan Cruz signs
Speaker 1: of life. Maybe we heard him when we last we
Speaker 1: left you Friday, Dylan Cruz, we were thinking might not
Speaker 1: make it through the weekend. But good performance yesterday, three
Speaker 1: rubies and a dinger over the Orioles. And then John
Speaker 1: Hayman just reported before the show that matt Shaw's on
Speaker 1: his way back. He had two to eighty six and
Speaker 1: triple A with six homers, five steels, so hopefully the
Speaker 1: second time will be the charm for that young prospect.
Speaker 1: And speaking of prospects, it's that time, everybody. It's time
Speaker 1: for prospecting with the Welsh. That's right. It's when we
Speaker 1: take a look at some of the young players in
Speaker 1: minor league baseball, scratching the surface of the big leagues,
Speaker 1: or you need to know for your dynasty league. So Welsh,
Speaker 1: let's kick things off here with Bubba. Watch as we
Speaker 1: always like to do here on the show. Another day
Speaker 1: goes by another Bubba Chandler starting in the minor league.
Speaker 1: Seven strikeouts, two runs, four and a third on Sunday
Speaker 1: and Triple A. Do the Pirates just hate their fans?
Speaker 1: Is that all it is at this point?
Speaker 2: I do think there's an element though, where they're starting
Speaker 2: to look logistically across the board. I mean, you just
Speaker 2: fired your manager, your seasons kind of out. You start
Speaker 2: to you're towing the line. I don't know the dates,
Speaker 2: and it'd probably be helpful if I did, But they
Speaker 2: change of like Super two and having an extra year
Speaker 2: of eligibility. I think that's what we're dealing with right now,
Speaker 2: is we might be dealing with that extra year of control,
Speaker 2: and usually that's around like you know, late ish May,
Speaker 2: and again that.
Speaker 1: Is what I'm seeing right now in twenty twenty five.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, okay, so and if that's the case, listen,
Speaker 2: they don't have a ton to play for. And it
Speaker 2: has to be the case. Frankly, if you look at
Speaker 2: most of the results, I do think there's like a
Speaker 2: few things that still stand out. There are some you know,
Speaker 2: deep counts he gets into, and there's a little bit
Speaker 2: of walk issues. But he's done a really good job
Speaker 2: at the pitch mixes. This past start, he had fifteen
Speaker 2: whiffs on forty one swings, his fastball touch to one hundred,
Speaker 2: he had seven strikeouts. I mean, let's learn this at
Speaker 2: the major league level. But what are the Pirates playing for?
Speaker 2: So that's why when the question comes up, Hey, is
Speaker 2: Bubba Chandler going to be up soon?
Speaker 1: Yeah?
Speaker 2: When I don't know the next start, the next one
Speaker 2: is when he should be up. He should be up tomorrow.
Speaker 2: But I think they're playing the control game right now unfortunately.
Speaker 2: So you know, you've got to come to terms with
Speaker 2: how you are as a fantasy owner. Can you hold him?
Speaker 2: Is he just taking up a bench spot? He will
Speaker 2: be like the most valuable starting pitching prospect once he
Speaker 2: comes up. But also this team does suck, you know,
Speaker 2: and it's like, how different off could he be than
Speaker 2: like maybe a Mick Able with the Phillies, Like the
Speaker 2: line actually might be kind of small, so maybe you could.
Speaker 2: But at this point, if you've invested this long, you
Speaker 2: got to hold on Bubba.
Speaker 1: Marcelo Mayor is starting at second base, so great glove
Speaker 1: at shortstop, but playing some second base. Why because Christian
Speaker 1: Campbell said I'll play first base because I don't want
Speaker 1: to get sent down because I haven't hit a lick
Speaker 1: in the last week and a half. So good for you,
Speaker 1: Christian Campbell. Take them one for the team. It looks
Speaker 1: like Campbell's going to get some work and has been
Speaker 1: working out at first base, and so far, you know,
Speaker 1: Marcella Mayor has been terrific, extriplas, done everything you could
Speaker 1: possibly ask for. He's hit, he's fielded, and it looks
Speaker 1: like he's going to get the opportunity very quickly. And
Speaker 1: that could be great too, because now all of a
Speaker 1: sudden you're talking about a guy who qualifies not only
Speaker 1: a short stop, but eventually it's second base. As well
Speaker 1: in some leagues. So how does that potentially increase his
Speaker 1: value not just this year, but maybe next year as well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I think multiposition eligibility is going to
Speaker 2: be great. Also that they are clearly it. Actually, it's
Speaker 2: pretty trippy to me that they're like, I mean, I
Speaker 2: don't blame them them asking the young guys, but that
Speaker 2: they looked at Marcella or they looked at Roman Anthony
Speaker 2: and they're just like, we won't even consider having him move,
Speaker 2: but we'll have the guy that's in the majors right now,
Speaker 2: and Christian Campbell be the guy that moves, and then
Speaker 2: we'll also move Mayor, but we'll never move Roman Anthony.
Speaker 2: But this is clearly he's the next guy that's going
Speaker 2: to be up. Defensively, Christian Campbell has just been bad
Speaker 2: at second, but also throughout spring, he's played a bunch
Speaker 2: of different spots, and as you kind of mentioned, they said,
Speaker 2: you know, someone asked him, hey, what's your favorite position,
Speaker 2: and he's like, whatever makes the team win, you know,
Speaker 2: the most anti Raphael Devers spot. But Marcella Mayer has
Speaker 2: been pretty good. His average is lacked a little bit.
Speaker 2: He's definitely hit some homers forty seven percent hard hit
Speaker 2: rate in triple A, which is definitely pretty solid. He's
Speaker 2: getting the ball in the air. He's hit a one
Speaker 2: to eleven, so he's showing some good natural raw power
Speaker 2: and he is clearly going to be up. I gotta
Speaker 2: be honest with you, I think he's up this week.
Speaker 2: I think at this point, how much longer are you
Speaker 2: going to do this experiment with Christian Campbell? I think
Speaker 2: you just throw him to the Wolves. This is the
Speaker 2: guy that's played multiple spots on the infield, in the outfield.
Speaker 2: I think by mid this week we're going to see
Speaker 2: Mayor come up, and he's gonte be playing second base
Speaker 2: in the majors, so he's a pickup now.
Speaker 1: Another guy to keep an eye on it. We've touched
Speaker 1: on some of the kids down the farm for the
Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants. He's pitching a triple A. Carson wizen Hunt,
Speaker 1: I know welsch Thattz, the guy that you've been looking
Speaker 1: at as well. He's got a three era a one
Speaker 1: whip again, this is PCL number two, which makes it
Speaker 1: even more spectacular. Fifty two strikeouts, just seven walks over
Speaker 1: fifty one innings. He's the top pitching prospect in the organization.
Speaker 1: Hayden Birdsong is getting that crack right now in that
Speaker 1: rotation because they're moving on from Hicks into the bullpen.
Speaker 1: Hicks start in the bullpen, so it's not too surprising there.
Speaker 1: But if bird Song doesn't pitch well, or there is
Speaker 1: an injury or another underperformer, could we see wizen Hunt
Speaker 1: this season.
Speaker 2: Yes, one hundred percent. And one thing he has going
Speaker 2: for him is he's a lefty and they only have
Speaker 2: one lefty in their rotation, it's Robbie Ray, and they've
Speaker 2: got four writings in there. We've seen some big changes
Speaker 2: out of wizen Hunt too, and the number one has
Speaker 2: been in the form of walks. He has registered stop
Speaker 2: a B amongst stop. It's been just like you know,
Speaker 2: four walk per nine, five walk per nine. It's one
Speaker 2: point two four this year. And he's taken away on
Speaker 2: the strikeouts. But he's become way way more efficient as well.
Speaker 2: Pitch usage or mix has changed just a tiny bit
Speaker 2: this year. He's not throwing a cutter as much. He's
Speaker 2: kind of going heavy sinker slide up and he has
Speaker 2: a world class change up, which is a big strikeout pitch.
Speaker 2: But he has had some big command issues, so it
Speaker 2: looks like he can be a not a frontline starter,
Speaker 2: but he can be in the rotation. That changeup is
Speaker 2: an absolute strikeout with pitch. I've seen him quite a
Speaker 2: bit in the AFL and out here in Arizona that
Speaker 2: I think if Birdsong struggles or honestly, there's some old guys,
Speaker 2: you know, like I don't know, like there could whether
Speaker 2: there's an injury or some other type of change. I mean,
Speaker 2: maybe landing route even doesn't work. Wizen hunts the next
Speaker 2: guy up. That's the main, most important thing. He's the
Speaker 2: next guy up. He's a lefty that helps that rotation
Speaker 2: with strikeout potential. So you should watch him and watch
Speaker 2: the other guys for sure.
Speaker 1: All Right, we've watched Jack cagleone all year at Double A,
Speaker 1: just smack baseballs around three twenty two, three ninety four,
Speaker 1: five point fifty three slash with nine homers, forty three ribbies,
Speaker 1: two steals and a partridge in a pear tree. And
Speaker 1: now on Sunday he got promoted to Triple A. So
Speaker 1: here we go the uh or should I say, one
Speaker 1: of the worst offenses, one of the lowest at the
Speaker 1: out of the barrel in ops right now. Of all
Speaker 1: teams is the Kansasity Royals. They got a little bit
Speaker 1: better recently in May, but Steell Welsh they lack some
Speaker 1: power and protection for Bobby Witt. Will Jack Kaglione be
Speaker 1: that guy? And how soon could that happen?
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is the timeline We've been talking about for
Speaker 2: quite some time because I don't think anyone and no
Speaker 2: one's really known what you do or what they are
Speaker 2: going to do with cagleioon. But we said as he
Speaker 2: has progressed, it started to look more and more like
Speaker 2: there could even be this potential that they bring him
Speaker 2: up from Double A. But what you want to see
Speaker 2: is the move from Triple A. Bam, We've got it.
Speaker 2: He's leaving Double A hitting three twenty two nine homers.
Speaker 2: Here's the most impressive piece of it. Only a twenty
Speaker 2: one percent k percentage. That's huge because he had some
Speaker 2: huge swing and miss issues. He's played right field, he
Speaker 2: can obviously play first, he's a DH. I think this
Speaker 2: move is setting us up to post All Star break
Speaker 2: Jack cagleon coming up to the Major. So especially if
Speaker 2: the are still just kind of locked into this big
Speaker 2: you know, this division is just open right now, and
Speaker 2: if they are locked into it, I really do think
Speaker 2: that they're going to bring him up. They're going to
Speaker 2: try him in the outfield. You know, they might spell
Speaker 2: him penning, what's going on with any Pascuentino at first base.
Speaker 2: Either way, I think his bat is getting into the lineup.
Speaker 2: They're just going to have to figure out the days
Speaker 2: they want Salve to be dh to make sure they're
Speaker 2: comfortable with him defensively. So here's what I watch for.
Speaker 2: Watch for the strikeout rate, watch for him hitting consistently,
Speaker 2: and watch for him playing in the outfield. I think
Speaker 2: the month timeline is around that spot. So what I
Speaker 2: would do is I would pick him up pre all
Speaker 2: start break. I'd pick him up if he's floating out
Speaker 2: there in about three weeks or so, maybe a month
Speaker 2: into mid June, before we start to get the big moves.
Speaker 2: But hey, listen, if he goes and hits four hundred
Speaker 2: in triple A, it might we might be way overshooting it.
Speaker 2: He might be up sooner rather than later. But I
Speaker 2: do believe he'll be up this year.
Speaker 1: Lastly, I want to talk about a guy who's only
Speaker 1: recently come across my sphere in terms of the prospect world.
Speaker 1: Cjkaphus two for four with a two run diner on Sunday.
Speaker 1: He is twenty three years old. He's hitting three seventy
Speaker 1: nine in fifteen games of Triple A with three homers,
Speaker 1: eleven RBIs in a steel Now. The Guardians have not
Speaker 1: gotten a lot out of Carlo Santana, Let's be honest.
Speaker 1: He was kind of that stopgap veteran guy they brought
Speaker 1: back for the thousand of the time to see what
Speaker 1: they could do there. Man Zardo's a bit more of
Speaker 1: a DH. He has struggled to hit for batting average again.
Speaker 1: Could s e each I Cafus be a guy that
Speaker 1: we see sooner than later, because, as you mentioned, that
Speaker 1: division with the Royals and the Tigers and the Guardians
Speaker 1: is really tight. Minnesota Twins just getting a little healthier too.
Speaker 1: They just got Lopez back a few weeks ago, and
Speaker 1: now of course Royce lewis back as well. So could
Speaker 1: we see the Guardians reach down at Triple A and
Speaker 1: bring up some more offense in Cafus.
Speaker 2: I don'itely think it's a possibility. It might be kind
Speaker 2: of crazy for this team if they were to cut
Speaker 2: date on Santana and have two very young players in
Speaker 2: Cafus and Manzardo both be that DH first base spot.
Speaker 2: I think that would make things a little difficult, but
Speaker 2: they are giving him the pushy. They moved him from
Speaker 2: Double A to Triple A within the first month of
Speaker 2: the season. I do think that is very very telling.
Speaker 2: So far in Triple A he's meeting the call again.
Speaker 2: He's hitting three seventy nine in Triple A over fifteen games.
Speaker 2: He's hitting homers. His strikeout rates a little bit up.
Speaker 2: They're going to want to see that come down. But
Speaker 2: he's a left handed hitter who's going to take take
Speaker 2: full advantage of that right sided poll, that little wind
Speaker 2: tunnel that's happened, so you can smash some homers. I
Speaker 2: do think there's an absolute possibility if an injury happens,
Speaker 2: I think we could end up seeing him. But they're
Speaker 2: going to have to feel really comfortable whether it's like
Speaker 2: a defensive side or the bat is ready. Because they've
Speaker 2: got these other guys that can interchange, like Gabriel Arius.
Speaker 2: Could they go and play first base. They keep interchanging
Speaker 2: these type of players, but cafis for them to move
Speaker 2: them to Triple A. They're not moving them to Triple
Speaker 2: A to finish the year there. He definitely is going
Speaker 2: to get a look and offensively he's a sneaky guy.
Speaker 2: Ale only league player or deeper league if he were
Speaker 2: to be called up. I just don't think the timeline
Speaker 2: is like CAGs. You got to wait for him to
Speaker 2: get called up. So put him on a watch list.
Speaker 1: All right, that's prospecting with the Welsh. Make sure you
Speaker 1: go to fancy ros dot com too you see more
Speaker 1: of Welsh's takes on the prospects that could impact your
Speaker 1: fantasy baseball future. Let's get to the three up and
Speaker 1: three down up Max Freed. Very good night for him.
Speaker 1: Eight more strikeouts. Man, that era is just dazzling. I
Speaker 1: know they expected the era is gonna be higher. He's
Speaker 1: gonna come back to earth a little bit. But man,
Speaker 1: what an incredible run Max Freed has been. He has
Speaker 1: saved this rotation. Jeffrey springs back on track, still so
Speaker 1: good to see or run and two hits, six and
Speaker 1: two thirds. Everyone's kicking themselves for dropping him to the
Speaker 1: waiver wire. And cj Abrams three for five with two homers,
Speaker 1: two rubies and three runs scored yesterday and win over
Speaker 1: the oh's the downs. Oh well, so Shane Boss continues
Speaker 1: to just unravel before our eyes. Brian Bao got lit
Speaker 1: up for seven runs, Zach Eflin eight runs on ten hits,
Speaker 1: you know, because the Orioles pitching staff. But I want
Speaker 1: to go to bos for a second too, because that's
Speaker 1: the one I'm getting tons of questions on. Do I
Speaker 1: drop him? Do I keep him? I'm not sure what's
Speaker 1: unraveled here for him. I'm not sure if you look
Speaker 1: in that Baseball Savant page you're going to have the
Speaker 1: crystal ball to see it either. Maybe it's a combination
Speaker 1: of pitch micks, confidence, whatever it might be. But at
Speaker 1: some point here, I don't know how long you can
Speaker 1: keep Ean Symour down in this rotation with Boz keeps
Speaker 1: going out there and getting lit up. Pepio's pitch better.
Speaker 1: We're still waiting on mcclanahead. We don't have a timeframe,
Speaker 1: but I'm worried about Boz's spot in that rotation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I'm not sure if I'm like, I guess
Speaker 2: that's a decent point. He threw me off there because
Speaker 2: it's like my worried about his rotation spot. I'm not
Speaker 2: sure that they're gonna just cut bait after you know,
Speaker 2: four or five bad starts. This is a guy that
Speaker 2: they see as like a big future piece that is
Speaker 2: going to be here for years to come. I think
Speaker 2: they can work out through this for the most part
Speaker 2: at the major league level. But what's interesting now the
Speaker 2: other part of that is like, outside of losing the
Speaker 2: rotation spot, is he going to be serviceable for fantasy?
Speaker 2: I don't know. He cut his slider. I mean he
Speaker 2: threw it twenty one percent of the time last year,
Speaker 2: that was the second most used pitch. It's fourth. He
Speaker 2: only throws it about eight percent of the time, and
Speaker 2: last year it had like a one sixty average against.
Speaker 2: So he's fastball, curveball, change up. That's primarily where he's going.
Speaker 2: The unfortunate part is, you know, two ninety four average
Speaker 2: against fastball, two fifty nine against changeup. But those are
Speaker 2: both overperforming or underperforming. I guess it would be the
Speaker 2: way to say it, because the expected batting average against
Speaker 2: is quite a bit lower, and that's what leads to
Speaker 2: him having an only four expected dra versus the over
Speaker 2: five that he is currently actually running. But the strikeouts
Speaker 2: haven't been there. He's throwing to just a bunch more
Speaker 2: contact right now. Zone contact is up to eighty five percent.
Speaker 2: It was eighty three last year, So the stuff isn't stuffing.
Speaker 2: And I think bos in twelve and ten teen leagues
Speaker 2: can kind of easily be pushed through and you can
Speaker 2: go with there. We've talked about so many guys that
Speaker 2: are like streamers that we don't feel comfortable holding on to.
Speaker 2: I think Boss is in that territory, like there's no
Speaker 2: reason to hold on to it right now. It's really
Speaker 2: really messy. And when there's guys like Able or Chandler
Speaker 2: coming or Merril Kelly with good starts, don't hold on
Speaker 2: to You're gripping for life that he's going to be
Speaker 2: this big ace that doesn't seem like it's going to
Speaker 2: adjust through the rest of this year.
Speaker 1: All right, get to well, First of all, before we
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Speaker 1: There you go. Let's get to the injuries. Uh, some
Speaker 1: good news and some bad news. That's that's what injuries
Speaker 1: are about. Brandon Woodriff. There are bullpen sessions. So he's
Speaker 1: gonna go make two more rehab starts. But love of God,
Speaker 1: can we get Brandon Woodrift to start please? I Uh,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be the year twenty thirty two and Brandon
Speaker 1: Woodroff is still gonna be making rehab.
Speaker 2: Never gonna happen. It's it's gonna you actually should do
Speaker 2: it like a live stream when he actually pitches like
Speaker 2: it'll be incredible.
Speaker 1: I hope I live to see it. That's all I say.
Speaker 1: That's it.
Speaker 2: You can have your next prostate.
Speaker 1: Example, Ksey Miz through a bullpen sessions rehabbing you darvish,
Speaker 1: it's not going to join the rotation during the upcoming
Speaker 1: series against the Blue Jays. So nixt to that. Hunter
Speaker 1: Green through a bullpen session yesterday, All was well there.
Speaker 1: Tyler O'Neal goes to the tendaill with a shoulder impingement.
Speaker 1: Evan Carter wan wanh goes to the tendail retroacting to
Speaker 1: the seventeenth with the right quad strain and spencer strider.
Speaker 1: The good news, I saved the good news for last.
Speaker 1: He was activated. Let's go. Are you excited here? And
Speaker 1: are you surprised he didn't have a rehab start or
Speaker 1: one of Brandon Woodroff's many rehab starts.
Speaker 2: Well, I suppose it, Like you don't hate to see it,
Speaker 2: but some of these guys that are out, if you're
Speaker 2: a for like two weeks, you're just not going to
Speaker 2: see reheb assignments. You're talking about that with Tommy Edmond
Speaker 2: a taoscar is not too in that. If it's like
Speaker 2: a two possibly three weeks. Most of these players just
Speaker 2: hang out at the stadiums. They're good to go. When
Speaker 2: it gets to a month or more, or there's been
Speaker 2: significant time like you know, leading up, like missing part
Speaker 2: of the season, that's when they care about this stuff.
Speaker 2: So no, I'm not really surprised.
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Speaker 1: A speaking of swag, Connor, we got some swag after
Speaker 1: the weekend. Three and one over the weekend, It's time
Speaker 1: for the best Bets of the Day with Joey p
Speaker 1: and the Welsh. Let's start here with the best Bets
Speaker 1: of today with Nick Castellanos. Oh baby, let's go because
Speaker 1: Castianos has a really good track record against Kyle Freeland.
Speaker 2: Free what happened in the world, Well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, actually over the weekend something did. But anyway, Kyle
Speaker 1: Freeland three homers and seventeen at bats, a thousand ops
Speaker 1: in his career, So let's just take it easy and
Speaker 1: let's just bet minus one ten for him to drive
Speaker 1: in a run today and the Phillies expected run total
Speaker 1: is six and a half already, so the Phillies are
Speaker 1: expected to score some runs and Nick Casianos should be
Speaker 1: in a good position to drive some in today. So
Speaker 1: give me Casianos to get an RBI minus one ten.
Speaker 1: Also on the mound today for the Miami Marlins is
Speaker 1: Edward Cabrera, the human gas can, and he, I think,
Speaker 1: is going to give up some total bases to Kyle Tucker.
Speaker 1: Give me two plus total bases at minus one fifteen
Speaker 1: on the FanDuel machine. And then the Tampa Bay Rays
Speaker 1: on the run line. Pepio's on the mound. He's pitched
Speaker 1: really well lately, he has not He's got a quality
Speaker 1: start in four of his last five appearances, but he's winless.
Speaker 1: It's time. It's time to get a win here. Let's go.
Speaker 1: The Astros lineup is defunct right now. They're missing a
Speaker 1: ton of pieces. Still give me the Rays on the
Speaker 1: run line at minus one and a half for plus
Speaker 1: one forty six Welsh, What do you have here for
Speaker 1: the people on a Monday?
Speaker 2: I am all plus moneyed here on Monday, so it
Speaker 2: is nothing but plus money plays. We are going to
Speaker 2: start it off with probably my favorite the day Christopher Sanchez.
Speaker 2: We are alt lining his strikeouts to seven. You can
Speaker 2: maybe even later it. To be honest with you, six
Speaker 2: is like pretty decent minus money. Seven is plus one
Speaker 2: twenty right now, going up against the Colorado Rockies, who
Speaker 2: stink and give up all the strikeouts, one of the
Speaker 2: worst teams in baseball. Give me Chris Sanchez alt line.
Speaker 2: I might even flirt with the eight, to be honest
Speaker 2: with you, but seven for plus money, Yes and thank you.
Speaker 2: He had over seven in his last start. Half of
Speaker 2: his starts this year. Four of his eight starts he
Speaker 2: has had seven or more strikeouts, and he's got the
Speaker 2: Colorado Rockies, so again, yes and thank you. Kansas City
Speaker 2: first five money line. We're gonna be backing Chris Bubach
Speaker 2: going up against the Giants here. Robbie Ray has been
Speaker 2: pretty solid. Bubich has got a one six six era.
Speaker 2: I'm getting plus money for them to have a lead
Speaker 2: early on offense, maybe picking up a little bit, so yes, sir.
Speaker 2: And then Arizona Diamondbacks first five money line. This is
Speaker 2: against the Dodgers, which is very scary. Brendan Fought can
Speaker 2: be very scary with his homers, but Landon Knack is
Speaker 2: on the mound, and the Arizona Diamondbacks offense is also
Speaker 2: pretty scary. So I think we can get one of
Speaker 2: those early good versions of Brandon fot that holds down
Speaker 2: the homers and the runs, and we are going to
Speaker 2: get the Diamondbacks getting to Landonnac quick. It's plus money
Speaker 2: through the first five innings plus one oh five and
Speaker 2: like both of those first fives, if they happen to
Speaker 2: be tied, we push and we move on. So case
Speaker 2: Arizona first five plus money altline, Chris Sanchez strikeouts, bing
Speaker 2: and boom.
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Speaker 1: the home run board because we're over time here today.
Speaker 1: I got no home runs. Pete A. Lonzo was useless
Speaker 1: to me. I got a lot of rage this morning.
Speaker 1: Marty's at the top of twenty after the weekend, George
Speaker 1: and out at nineteen Wonkee Penguins still holding eighteen, Razor
Speaker 1: at seventeen. Welsh not highlighted. I just want you to
Speaker 1: know fairly.
Speaker 2: Razor Ramone is the new He's part of Fantasy pros
Speaker 2: Now he gets highlighted.
Speaker 1: A bad guy. The Welsh at fifteen, still on the board.
Speaker 1: I am not at double digits, Sammy. So it's a
Speaker 1: jersey up for grabs from Pristine Auction. Go to our
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Speaker 1: go pick your home runs. I'm gonna go with Nick
Speaker 1: Cassianos today and you can speculate whatever why. I'm just
Speaker 1: doing it by the numbers. That's it. Just buy the
Speaker 1: numbers Nick Cassianos and you get a pretty good number
Speaker 1: on him too. Vegas is giving me a plus four
Speaker 1: to eighty for him to go yard today, so I
Speaker 1: like that one. Welsh, where are you going for your
Speaker 1: home run call today?
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with Bobby Wit Bobby Witt Junior. There
Speaker 2: is some there's some big wind here today in these
Speaker 2: games we had I think it's like almost twenty mile
Speaker 2: an hour wins coming in in the Cleveland game, there's
Speaker 2: a couple that are just kind of pushing on the outskirts.
Speaker 2: But this is one of those where it's like fifteen
Speaker 2: to seventeen mil an hour wins going out, especially on
Speaker 2: the right handed side. So we're going to tag a
Speaker 2: really good contact hitter in Bobby quit Junior as our
Speaker 2: boy hitting in San Francisco against Robby Ray and that
Speaker 2: home run me a hi, hemmy highlighted. Maybe I can
Speaker 2: get highlighted next show.
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Speaker 1: story of the game goes on for the Welsh. I'm
Speaker 1: Joey P. We'll see you next time. Kids. Thanks for
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