WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 23rd, 2023 (Ep. 697) 0:00:05.880 --> 0:00:09.200 Welcome in everybody, Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is leading Off 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:11.680 Live broughdy By Prize Picks. Sign up for prize picks 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:13.760 with that promo, go leading off. It is me, Joey 0:00:13.800 --> 0:00:16.880 Pa Joe Bizabia. That of course is the welshit. It's you. 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:20.120 It's a fun Friday, The Peanuts, the Cracker Jacks are here. 0:00:20.200 --> 0:00:22.840 Welsh is still on a high after all the college 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:25.600 baseball drama last night. Well, so how'd that go for you? 0:00:26.120 --> 0:00:28.840 Oh? It's awesome if you guys didn't watch one of 0:00:29.080 --> 0:00:31.320 Not to be like hyperbolic about it, but like one 0:00:31.400 --> 0:00:33.839 of the best college baseball games, maybe one of the 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:37.800 best baseball games I watched in sometime. LSU Wake Forest 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:41.120 two of the top picks, Rit Louder and Freakin' Paul's schemes. 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:45.440 They went eleven into eleven innings, no score. So that 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:49.120 could sound boring, but the pitching matchup was awesome. May 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:51.800 or may not have bet the LSU minus one and 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:55.520 a half Tommy White Tommy Tanks with a walk off 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:58.400 two run shot to send LSU to the College World 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.480 Series up against Florida with another one that literally you 0:01:01.560 --> 0:01:04.480 have got the top three picks that are gonna be 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.440 playing in the final College World Series here, White, Langford, 0:01:09.120 --> 0:01:11.720 Dylan Cruz, and Paul Skeins. So if you're into the 0:01:11.800 --> 0:01:14.600 draft at all, go and check it out. It was 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:16.119 awesome and made. 0:01:16.000 --> 0:01:20.280 Some making of drafts and made money. That's the important part. Uh, 0:01:20.440 --> 0:01:22.880 we got a big dynasty. Well, it's more of a 0:01:22.959 --> 0:01:26.440 keeper league question fourteen keepers from Richard Silva, Josh Young 0:01:26.600 --> 0:01:29.640 and Matos for EDLC. Which side of the trade you 0:01:29.680 --> 0:01:34.240 want to be on? Cruz or Matos and Young? That's 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:35.240 a it's a lot. 0:01:35.959 --> 0:01:38.720 Yeah, I mean I would go with Ellie uh pretty 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.600 like handedly here. But it's a great I mean Josh 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.119 Young even in some of the struggles and I feel 0:01:44.120 --> 0:01:46.360 like we've been talking about Josh Young. Oh he's been struggling, 0:01:46.520 --> 0:01:48.480 he said in the two ninety five over last month. 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.840 Still he's still getting his homers in even though Gunner's 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:53.400 kind of taken some of that award away from him. 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:57.320 Matos really solid as well. I worry about his counting stats. 0:01:57.320 --> 0:02:00.880 That's a pretty easy Ellie Daily side for me. 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:02.960 I think I go with Elie two. I was want 0:02:03.000 --> 0:02:04.680 the best player in the deal. But that's a good haul, 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:06.480 Like if you're looking at your roster, you just don't 0:02:06.520 --> 0:02:09.040 have a lot and Ellie's that one piece and you 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:10.600 just will need more bodies. I get it, But a 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:12.840 fourteen team league, I want the best player. Those are 0:02:12.840 --> 0:02:15.000 the guys that really make an impact. You got questions, 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:17.560 We've got answers, drop them in the chat, of course 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:20.040 to you. We're happy to take them from you. We've 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.120 got a fun Friday plan. We're gonna talk about the 0:02:22.120 --> 0:02:25.040 headlines first. So let's start with Joe Ryan throwing the 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:28.799 first complete shutout in five years for the Twinkies, unbelievable 0:02:28.880 --> 0:02:31.519 nine k's three hitter. He is now eight and five 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.200 a two nine eight ERA. Should we be talking about 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:36.720 Joe Ryan as a cy young candidate? Bore Welsh? 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:39.400 Absolutely, what are the odds look like? What are the 0:02:39.400 --> 0:02:41.040 odds in the al right now? I'd love to know 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:45.160 because two four to four expected ERA, which is top 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:48.800 three percent of the league. His walk rate insanely low, 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.560 top three percent of the league. Or you know that 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.640 one of the best. A twenty seven percent K percentage, 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:58.280 which is solid, you know, decently up there. He's limiting 0:02:58.320 --> 0:03:01.560 barrel percentage down to a career low four and a 0:03:01.560 --> 0:03:05.920 half percent, which is nuts. He has been awesome. The 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:10.240 split finger sweeper addition to the fastball have been everything 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:12.679 that we were kind of built up for. And overall, 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.600 I've I'm in. I'm been in on Joe Ryan kind 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:16.280 of since day one. 0:03:16.360 --> 0:03:20.480 Joe plus sixteen hundred on FanDuel right now, the leader, 0:03:20.560 --> 0:03:22.560 if you could believe, is actually franber Valdez a plus 0:03:22.600 --> 0:03:25.919 two sixty. Then Garrett Cole at three ninety, Sean McClanahan 0:03:25.960 --> 0:03:27.919 a plus four eighty. You at the back issue last night. 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:30.359 We'll get to that in a second, then Gossman, Castillo 0:03:30.440 --> 0:03:34.160 Otani and then Joe Ryan. So it's you know, Castillo, 0:03:34.200 --> 0:03:36.200 Otani and wrote Joe Ryan are all on the plus 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:39.880 twelve hundred to sixteen hundred range. So interesting there, But 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.480 keep an eye on the Joe Ryan. He's been very 0:03:42.480 --> 0:03:45.280 steady all year, and I think that's that's the you know, 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.880 you have these pictures who have these big moments, big starts, 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.400 big runs, big months, but it's got to be a 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:52.360 consistency and at the end of the year, you know, 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:54.280 you look up consistently and you see Joe Ryan there, 0:03:54.320 --> 0:03:55.720 and you see the twins in the playoffs. It's going 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.000 to mean something. Can he leap for these guys? I 0:03:58.040 --> 0:04:00.600 don't know. I don't think so because there's still a 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.320 fair amount of competition, But he definitely should be something 0:04:03.360 --> 0:04:05.200 that somebody I think that we should talk about more. 0:04:05.240 --> 0:04:07.360 And plus sixteen hundred feels like a pretty big number. 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:09.600 I mean, dude's got one hundred k's, he's gonna have 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:12.560 over two hundred k's. He's got to sell three era 0:04:12.880 --> 0:04:15.680 right now, and if he keeps creeping closer to his 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.400 expected he's gonna put himself in that race sooner or later. 0:04:18.560 --> 0:04:20.839 Now does he cash? I don't know. This is probably 0:04:20.839 --> 0:04:25.080 a quintessential Joey futures. Make the bet where the site 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.120 that allows you to cash out and then you can 0:04:27.160 --> 0:04:29.160 maybe cash out at some point, right, Joey. 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:32.760 Futures, Joey Futures, how you doing? By the way, speaking 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:34.640 of the twins, we insulted Byron Bucks and he hit 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:38.599 two home runs and look here's my face before. Here's 0:04:38.600 --> 0:04:42.880 my face before on YouTube again, fancy pros MLB. You 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.719 can subscribe to you can see my face. Here's my 0:04:44.760 --> 0:04:48.479 face before Byron Bucks h at the home runs. Here's my 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:52.479 face after Byron Bucks hit home runs? Don't care, same face, 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:56.000 slap it. Yeah, it doesn't matter to me. This is 0:04:56.200 --> 0:04:58.560 you know what sell them. That's it. There's your there's 0:04:58.600 --> 0:05:00.799 your moment in time. Get of him now period. 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:03.440 He's getting cut in leagues. Just throwing it out there. 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.039 Yeah, he is getting cut. Somebody has making a drop 0:05:06.080 --> 0:05:07.440 in a ten team league. Would you do that? 0:05:08.279 --> 0:05:11.040 I mean, I think you can sure, I agree, Yeah, 0:05:11.080 --> 0:05:12.800 I think you can't. I'm not saying again, I'm not 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.680 say you can't. I said my piece. But you know, 0:05:15.839 --> 0:05:19.200 the talent of Byron Buxton is still there, and he 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:21.640 showed off even if he can't play in the outfield 0:05:21.640 --> 0:05:23.080 at all. I mean, we knew he was going to 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:24.640 d h by the way. We knew like the whole 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:27.240 season that was like the plan. Now he just can't 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:29.520 at all, and how he's only going to hit if 0:05:29.520 --> 0:05:32.680 the bat gets going, watch out the problem. There hasn't 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.120 been a moment this year where the batscott going. That's 0:05:35.160 --> 0:05:35.800 the issue. 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.200 Now it's done, it's over, you know, speaking of cy 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:41.000 Young's too. With the National League. You look right now, 0:05:41.000 --> 0:05:44.000 you know the number two is Clayton kersh plus four fifty. 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:45.799 Yeah, Gallon's one, right. 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.800 Gallon is one at plus one ninety Wheelers three a 0:05:48.839 --> 0:05:51.359 plus seven hundred. Right now Stryder has bounced back to 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:53.400 plus fifteen hundred, So now's the time. If you didn't 0:05:53.400 --> 0:05:55.600 get Strider at a good number, this is your opportunity to 0:05:55.600 --> 0:05:59.000 get Strider at a better number. But talked, I went 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.720 on a big rant. I want to say it was 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:03.159 early May about Kershaw, right when he was having that 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:07.679 incredible stretch, which is Kershaw's holding this Dodger rotation together 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:10.680 single handedly. He is the most public figure of all 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.159 these guys in the National League and the media presence wise. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:16.160 It's a good narrative because you don't know how many 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:19.000 more seasons Kershaw's going to pitch. He had twenty two 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:20.960 starts two years in a row. If he has a 0:06:21.000 --> 0:06:22.960 full year. This is starting to feel very much like 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:26.440 the Verlander of twenty twenty two, where you just you know, 0:06:26.480 --> 0:06:30.359 it's that good, feeling, good narrative. Everybody loves Clayton Kershaw 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.039 kind of thing. This is a good number at four 0:06:33.040 --> 0:06:35.000 and a half. If you haven't already, this is the 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:35.760 time to get in there. 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.360 I'm telling you, yeah, I think I agree with that, 0:06:38.560 --> 0:06:40.479 Like I think it's a wide open race. Well, what 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:41.960 did you say the Strider one was? 0:06:41.960 --> 0:06:43.920 Was it? The Strider on was up the plus fifteen 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:44.760 hundred right now? 0:06:45.000 --> 0:06:48.520 Fifteen honey on fd Yeah, yeah. 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:49.719 I mean I go to get back in the Strider 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:50.240 business too. 0:06:50.279 --> 0:06:52.240 If I'm going to get back in the Strider business 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:56.720 one thousand percent, the Kershaw one is interesting because as 0:06:56.760 --> 0:07:00.200 long as the d the dreaded ILDL doesn't hit it 0:07:00.839 --> 0:07:03.400 and the Dodgers make that push, it's going to be 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:06.200 built all around him, Like you said, that will be 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.720 the big thing. The Diamondbacks have a long ways to go, 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:11.240 even into their bullpen and stuff with Zach Gallen. Zach 0:07:11.280 --> 0:07:14.520 Gallen has kind of tapered, Velo has been down. I 0:07:14.560 --> 0:07:17.040 do think he's tinkering though, to try to be more effective. 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.360 Where Kershaw I think someone in the chat I think 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:21.200 it was Wonky and someone else like he has all 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.000 the storylines. So it's a pretty solid bet at four 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:26.080 to one on Kershaw. But I'm also getting in the 0:07:26.080 --> 0:07:27.080 Strider business again. 0:07:27.560 --> 0:07:31.560 Yeah, absolutely, Faby is trolling me again, dude. It's two 0:07:31.600 --> 0:07:34.680 homers nine hundred and twenty feet and Joey's more negative. Yeah, yeah, 0:07:34.720 --> 0:07:36.560 because this is what he does. Yeah, both for four 0:07:36.680 --> 0:07:39.760 slots here. By the way, are they worth more? Are 0:07:39.760 --> 0:07:42.520 they worth more? Because they should be. No, he's actually 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:45.480 out five times today. Does anybody get a care? No, 0:07:46.080 --> 0:07:49.040 it's well, you'll take over. He's a teaser. I'm not 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:51.520 going to care. By the way, I shout out Nick Rush, 0:07:51.680 --> 0:07:55.119 first time tuning into the live stream, first time, long times. 0:07:55.160 --> 0:07:57.400 We love you NICKI. He's new to the show. He's 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.280 been listening for about a week. Where have you been 0:07:59.320 --> 0:08:00.400 the last few months? Snaky? 0:08:00.480 --> 0:08:03.760 That's what I want to Don't shame him, welcome shaming him. 0:08:03.840 --> 0:08:05.880 Where have you been? He's been doing important things, been 0:08:05.960 --> 0:08:09.160 rostering Byron Buckston. Now he's here, he's free. Uh. We 0:08:09.200 --> 0:08:11.280 did have somebody a while back. I don't think it 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.000 was here. I think it was on IL where someone 0:08:14.080 --> 0:08:18.280 had mentioned like they wanted homers to have more weight 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:22.040 in a points league, and they literally they literally added 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:25.440 points to homers that were over like four hundred, and 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:30.160 they had like percentages. Yeah, that's exactly, that is exactly 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.040 what it is, so they could so technically. 0:08:32.040 --> 0:08:33.480 I just want to point out it could matter. 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.040 Those could matter, those four sixty myself salty. 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:37.839 It's such a good night. We went to the corfege. 0:08:37.880 --> 0:08:40.560 You saw the cure, the cure, they were amazing, Maybe 0:08:40.559 --> 0:08:42.960 because I had the hotel sleep. You know, you sleep 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:46.439 in the hotel, your little you know back, maybe a 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:48.160 little cranky from that, but it was a great night. 0:08:48.160 --> 0:08:50.000 You good by the way. What did you just do there? 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:51.320 I went the cure and you went the. 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.960 Que well queue Q. Yeah, you have to say, it's 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:56.560 get more melancholy, sat. 0:08:58.280 --> 0:09:00.400 All right, Just I didn't know if I said wrong. 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:01.720 I thought I want to talk of a cure. 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.400 I want to talk about Michael Garcia two for four, 0:09:05.280 --> 0:09:08.800 still three bases right now. He's hitting the leadoff spot, 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.280 which is always something to pay attention to. Since then 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:14.760 three seventy nine, four hundred and five seventeen over his 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.200 last seven games. Garcia is probably floating around there quite 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:20.240 a bit. What do you think about this? Moved to 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:21.960 the leadoff spot for him? 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.640 This is a positive spot. I mean, big hard hit 0:09:24.720 --> 0:09:28.560 numbers so far, Beryling isn't quite there. Ten stolen bases 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:32.280 with those homers. He's kind of a sneaky dude. He's 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.320 kind of a sneaky dude, especially with those hard hit 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:36.480 numbers that are coming up right now. Average GV is 0:09:36.520 --> 0:09:40.200 also close to ninety two expected batting average. This is 0:09:40.240 --> 0:09:42.680 one of my favorites. Is right in line with the 0:09:42.720 --> 0:09:45.240 batting average. I mean, and what has this team struggled 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:48.200 with all year. It's just consistent batting average for the Royals. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:51.520 And you know, it's also not a big strikeout guy. 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:53.800 I mean, m J. Melndez has been a disaster with 0:09:53.840 --> 0:09:57.400 that twenty one percent with it almost eight percent walk rate. 0:09:57.440 --> 0:09:59.200 You put him in a leadoff spot or hitting up 0:09:59.280 --> 0:10:01.240 high in the order, He's going to steal bases and 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:05.360 runs probably. You know, I think there's room for twelve. 0:10:05.400 --> 0:10:07.319 I was gonna say, like, this is a deeply guy 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.800 for sure, but I think even in like twelves you 0:10:10.800 --> 0:10:15.959 can consider it because like a semi walking, good batting average, 0:10:16.040 --> 0:10:19.000 low chase rate type of guy who steals bases is 0:10:19.040 --> 0:10:22.640 the quintessential leadoff player. So MIKEL. Garcia is definitely someone 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:24.160 I would be paying attention to. 0:10:25.040 --> 0:10:27.079 Another person to pay attention to moving to the leadoff 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:30.240 spot was Jared Kelnick. I like this for kell and 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:32.360 I think this is a good move for the Mariners. 0:10:32.360 --> 0:10:35.120 Are trying to get a little something something going. Gary 0:10:35.160 --> 0:10:37.640 Sanchez got something going yesterday three for five with a 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:40.760 three run bomb Sanchez on his let's say one two, 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:43.280 this is his third team of the year. Might remember 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:44.200 probably this is the third? 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:45.480 Yeah only three? 0:10:45.559 --> 0:10:47.720 Well see they will get traded in July. Who knows? 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.839 Would that be hilarious if Gary Sanchez, like one of 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.840 these big cogs, had a big returnvery second half run. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:56.040 I can't wait for that. That's a story I'm here for. 0:10:56.200 --> 0:10:59.000 I want to hear it. Let's also talk about now 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.720 everything I touched goes to crap this week. So this 0:11:01.800 --> 0:11:05.720 is my penance for that fiery two weeks where everything 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.360 I touched was gold and everything you know it's gold, 0:11:08.360 --> 0:11:10.679 it's frankensense and Murr. I can only assume Murr is 0:11:10.720 --> 0:11:14.360 the least of them. So everything I touches turns to 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.720 Murr right now. I think that's the way to put it. 0:11:16.720 --> 0:11:22.320 So to me. Uh, the the the parlay of the 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:27.000 of the damn Bay raised yesterday was not good. Kevin 0:11:27.040 --> 0:11:30.680 Cash benched Wander Franco so so much for that. Uh 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:31.520 you had uh. 0:11:33.600 --> 0:11:36.200 By the way, like kind of like a like a dick, 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:38.360 like I don't mean to mean to be so crass here, 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:41.800 but like he not being a good teammate. That's what 0:11:41.840 --> 0:11:43.800 they said, Like, he was very nice about it. 0:11:44.559 --> 0:11:47.600 What does that mean other guys for him striking out? 0:11:47.640 --> 0:11:48.920 Like I wish what does that mean? 0:11:49.200 --> 0:11:51.480 I wish they would have been more specific, because then 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:54.319 what it does is it lets us wander no pun 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:58.520 intended on like what the thing is, because it could 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:01.200 be as simple as he could be blaming other teammates 0:12:01.200 --> 0:12:04.319 for something. He could be pissy towards them about what 0:12:04.440 --> 0:12:07.560 they're doing. He could be throwing big fits. We don't 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.200 know the extent of it. It was enough for Kevin 0:12:10.240 --> 0:12:13.520 Cash a hardo to go and binge in for multiple 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:17.840 games for not, you know, participating at the level that 0:12:17.880 --> 0:12:20.600 they want or acting at that level. We just don't know. 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:22.880 And I think it's one of the worst things in 0:12:22.920 --> 0:12:26.560 baseball is when people give us like little pieces of 0:12:26.600 --> 0:12:28.920 the information. They're like, here's a little part of it. 0:12:28.920 --> 0:12:30.640 We're not gonna show you the whole thing. It's like, no, 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:32.080 and tell us the whole thing, because now we're gonna 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:34.240 sit out here and be like, does wander Franco suck? 0:12:34.559 --> 0:12:35.880 Is he like me? 0:12:36.040 --> 0:12:37.839 Because they signed him for the next fifty. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:41.240 Years burner accounts and he's just like Randy No. 0:12:41.360 --> 0:12:43.679 I mean, look, I don't know what this is. But again, 0:12:43.720 --> 0:12:45.800 if you're not gonna come clean about it, it just feels 0:12:45.800 --> 0:12:49.120 all kind of weird. And what stranger is this is 0:12:49.160 --> 0:12:52.079 what your organization, consensus wise got together and said, let's 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:54.240 extend this guy forever. This is our guy. You know, 0:12:54.320 --> 0:12:56.200 to me, the problem child, how you handle the problem 0:12:56.280 --> 0:12:58.160 child is always the same thing. You make them captain, 0:12:58.640 --> 0:13:00.440 you make them the leader, and then when you put 0:13:00.480 --> 0:13:03.040 on that responsibility on them, you use you know, you 0:13:03.080 --> 0:13:05.240 take that negativity and then it goes on them to 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.200 be more responsible for everybody. Not just Here's what else 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:09.040 and how they feel about that. 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:12.160 Here's what they know about Wander. Wander is a flashy guy, 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:15.040 though before he made it to the majors. I may 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:16.920 or may not know someone who did some stuff with 0:13:17.000 --> 0:13:18.920 him in the miners. And this is. 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:22.880 Feeling very like Casino goodfelas I may or may not 0:13:23.000 --> 0:13:24.199 know a guy who knew a guy. 0:13:24.240 --> 0:13:25.720 I know there might be a guy who knows a guy. 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:29.000 But like even in the miners, he was rolling around 0:13:29.000 --> 0:13:32.000 and like you know, the white, the white like Rolls 0:13:32.120 --> 0:13:35.160 Royces and the Bentley. I mean, like it was it's 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:36.280 about the swag. 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:38.240 He's a swaggy guy. He's a swaggy guy. 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.560 He's a swaggy guy. And I don't know, I don't know, 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:42.600 you know where that goes with it. I think that can. 0:13:42.800 --> 0:13:45.120 But see that's the point that can also rub off 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.679 on like you know, the old hat type of like 0:13:48.000 --> 0:13:51.199 Kevin cut like it might just be simply like flashing 0:13:51.240 --> 0:13:54.080 around jewelry and being on Instagram Live. 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:57.520 Where where's the Rays here at the top of the standings? 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.160 I believe, right, so, Kevin Cash, I mean this is 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.600 if you want to start pointing to why the Rays 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:05.960 can't win the big one, I think this is where 0:14:05.960 --> 0:14:11.240 it is. You know, Wander Franco, no disconnect between all 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:15.040 their analytics and then managing human beings at the end 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:17.360 of the day. Like you can manage the analytics all 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.800 the way up until almost getting a title, but at 0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.240 the end of the day, people win you championships. And 0:14:22.320 --> 0:14:24.560 I know that sounds like a very deep conversation we're 0:14:24.560 --> 0:14:26.560 having today, but you know what, I think it's important 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:28.240 because at the end of the day, that is true. 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:31.200 It's more than just the analytics. It's all those things together, 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:33.760 and it's one thing that the Rays have never been 0:14:33.800 --> 0:14:36.440 able to do successfully. You a call, remember there was 0:14:36.480 --> 0:14:40.160 there were problems with oh god, well that's his name, 0:14:40.240 --> 0:14:43.960 the j J Upton, Upton and Longoria would get into it. 0:14:44.000 --> 0:14:46.560 This person get you know, it's like somebody manage these 0:14:46.600 --> 0:14:50.320 people and stop worrying about all these analytically driven things 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:51.880 all the time, and just you know, you've got to 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:54.240 you got to do both. You gotta walk into gumbalo. 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.840 I I think they are managing the that's the difference. 0:14:56.960 --> 0:14:59.200 I actually think they are managing the person. But you 0:14:59.240 --> 0:15:03.400 know what I do wonder, I wonder if Wander's nickname 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:06.440 El Patron, was actually given to him, or he picked 0:15:06.440 --> 0:15:09.000 it himself. Maybe he got suspended because he gave himself 0:15:09.000 --> 0:15:11.600 the El Patron nickname. Just pointing it out there, Joe, 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.520 that might be suspension worthy giving your own nickname. 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.280 Now not are on these parts. It's encouraged. Actually, all right, 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:23.120 let's do the rookie lookie, Henry Davis, congratulations buddy at 0:15:23.160 --> 0:15:26.920 your first major league home run. Yeah, buddy, I was, Yeah, Buddy, 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.280 I was diving in a little bit more to the 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.000 bow nailor stuff and a little bit more to the 0:15:31.040 --> 0:15:33.960 Henry Davis. Both these guys are very impressive profiles for 0:15:34.120 --> 0:15:36.120 minor league players, and I think everybody should be paying 0:15:36.160 --> 0:15:37.840 close attention to them. They're both on the waiver wire 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.760 video this week. Even if you have catcher and it's 0:15:40.760 --> 0:15:43.440 a good spot, I would be looking at adding these 0:15:43.480 --> 0:15:45.040 guys just for speculation if nothing else. 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:47.560 Ye, Catcher ones pretty close. 0:15:47.680 --> 0:15:49.880 Yeah, I agree. I think they're right. They have They 0:15:49.920 --> 0:15:51.880 both have that opportunity to get there by the end 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.360 of the season, potentially because those guys are gonna start 0:15:54.360 --> 0:15:56.040 to wear down to those other catchers, you know, the 0:15:56.120 --> 0:16:00.360 older guys typically that that Brian McCann syndrome. He was 0:16:00.360 --> 0:16:02.920 always great for three months and then you know, right 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.160 it right in July fourth, it was like see it. 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:08.360 You could watch it was like trade for Mark to 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:13.160 Sera on Sinco Demayo and trade away Brian McCann on 0:16:13.280 --> 0:16:16.840 July fourth. If you did those things because Brian McCann, 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:18.720 I wonder what Big Ride's up to these days. By 0:16:18.760 --> 0:16:21.800 the way, I haven't seen him in a while, don't know. Also, 0:16:22.240 --> 0:16:25.040 injuries again late, you know, kind of stuff here light 0:16:25.160 --> 0:16:28.360 in terms of injuries. Shane McClanahan the back issue. So 0:16:28.440 --> 0:16:30.600 we'll keep an eye on that that's never a good thing. 0:16:30.640 --> 0:16:33.120 Speaking of back issues, Brian Reynolds goes on the I 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:35.640 l with the back issue and Aaron Judge is going 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:39.240 to start light hitting. Now, can we talk about what 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:41.520 light hitting is? Do we know what it's supposed to? 0:16:41.520 --> 0:16:42.120 The heavy hitting? 0:16:43.480 --> 0:16:46.640 It's like those like little skinny bats, maybe off of 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:48.280 a t a little light hitting. 0:16:48.480 --> 0:16:53.120 Like little light hitting. Yeah, is that like like heavy petting? 0:16:53.160 --> 0:16:53.760 The opposite? 0:16:56.640 --> 0:16:57.480 No heavy petting. 0:16:57.520 --> 0:17:01.840 It is Friday, Joe, But it's Friday. It's noon somewhere. Wait, 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.520 it's noon here. Let's continue on here with some more 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:08.720 ups and downs from the night before Brax and Garrott. 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:11.639 Thirteen strikeouts for him. It wasn't against the pirates, but 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:15.200 still thirteen strikeouts. That's impressive. No decision for him though. 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:17.640 Blake Snell another guy who stuck it to me, knife 0:17:17.640 --> 0:17:20.840 in the back. Blake Snell cannot be stopped. Eleven strikeouts 0:17:20.880 --> 0:17:25.080 in six shutout innings. Has there been a better pisser? 0:17:25.240 --> 0:17:28.760 Have there been a better picture the last month than 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:29.400 Blake Sell? 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.000 I was just about to say, I think over the 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:33.080 last like month to six weeks, I want to say 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.879 he's just like the number one guy. This and this 0:17:35.920 --> 0:17:38.879 one eats me the hell up too, because I was 0:17:39.000 --> 0:17:41.639 just way too early. People know, if you watch the 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:44.720 trade videos, like I'm a Snell guy, man, you know 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.080 what I'm saying. I'm a Snell guy, and I went 0:17:47.119 --> 0:17:49.600 in too early and the problem was the bye just 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:53.439 didn't fit when it was. But I also mentioned this 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:57.200 is like what's Snell is the It's a different version, 0:17:57.240 --> 0:17:59.600 but it's similar to like the Schwarber thing where it's like, 0:17:59.640 --> 0:18:02.640 you know, Swarber and June just takes off. Snell will 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:05.720 have these bumps and these readjustments, and one of those 0:18:05.720 --> 0:18:08.879 readjustments has been that change up that everybody complains about. 0:18:08.920 --> 0:18:11.680 He's throwing it at the second highest clip where all 0:18:11.720 --> 0:18:14.040 the pitching guys wanted him to not throw it. And 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:16.800 then look at this. He's out here with a thirty 0:18:16.840 --> 0:18:19.399 percent k rate and he's throwing it almost seventeen percent 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:22.840 of the time, and he has a forty six almost 0:18:22.920 --> 0:18:26.320