WEBVTT - TV G.O.A.T, Opening Day, March Madness, and More! 0:00:01.440 --> 0:00:06.240 You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You are 0:00:06.240 --> 0:00:15.080 now about to witness the strength of fantasy knowledge Fantasy 0:00:15.120 --> 0:00:18.200 Sports Radio Network. You are now swooned into the speeds 0:00:18.200 --> 0:00:22.319 and spitting statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up next on that 0:00:22.440 --> 0:00:26.760 safe book on the microphone. You know that I'm one 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:35.159 of the best yet, Martinez, you know what it is. 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:38.440 This is your boy, Dane Martinez. You're listening live to 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.600 the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. I 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:43.720 got my boy Donnie Burns with me on the ones 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.639 in two so hot that we sweat steam and Donnie, 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:50.000 oh my god. It is opening day. Teams are out 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:52.720 in full force. I feel really good. I feel like, 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:55.560 you know, it's getting warm outside. I feel a sense 0:00:55.600 --> 0:00:58.760 of hope, a sense of optimism from my fantasy team 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:02.000 for my real team. A lot of good stuff going on. 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.760 I feel really really good. If you want to holler 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:07.400 at me this hour, you candidate four four eight four 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.360 three six eight seven nine. As usual, we got a 0:01:10.400 --> 0:01:12.039 couple of polls up there for you on the f 0:01:12.160 --> 0:01:14.640 n T s Y Radio Twitter handle. You can also 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:17.280 catch me at spitting speeds. You know what we're gonna do. 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.960 We gonna We're almost at the final four of our 0:01:21.000 --> 0:01:23.960 TV Greatest of All Time tournament. We're gonna change it 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:25.760 up and now that we are in full swing with 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:27.920 the baseball season, we're gonna go around the league a 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:31.600 little bit, give you my plays for tonight and UH 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:34.319 as usual, though, we're gonna get it started with top 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.520 five dead or alive, some news and notes for you 0:01:36.600 --> 0:01:39.000 over the weekend. Let's start with Major League Baseball. As 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:41.120 you know, yes, it is kind of opening day. A 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.800 couple of teams got started yesterday, but I would call 0:01:43.880 --> 0:01:47.840 today opening day in earnest. But um, Roberto Rozuno will 0:01:47.880 --> 0:01:51.040 not be closing for the Toronto Blue Jays right now. 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:53.560 He's gonna go on the d L, the ten day 0:01:53.640 --> 0:01:55.640 d L, not the fifteen day d L. Remember that 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:59.280 Jason Grilly looks like he's gonna start, um first man 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:01.560 out to get saved chances for the Blue Jays. I 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.000 will say this, he just got the loss in a 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:06.880 game against the Baltimore Orioles at their home opener in 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:10.600 Camden Yards a little while ago. Uh. College rold On 0:02:10.880 --> 0:02:13.120 also going to the d L for the Chicago White Sox. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:15.960 He's got a biceps issue. Remember him also on the 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:17.680 ten Day d L. I don't think he's making it 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.959 back when the time is up. I think he's gonna 0:02:21.000 --> 0:02:23.680 probably be out until May. They told you guys about 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:27.440 that a little bit earlier on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:31.840 Um Yadiya Malina signed a three year, sixty million dollar 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.560 extension over the weekend with the St. Louis Cardinals. He 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:39.079 becomes the highest paid catcher in Major League Baseball. UM 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.400 coming off one of his best offensive seasons in a 0:02:41.400 --> 0:02:44.280 little while. You also saw what he does for his pictures. 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.720 You also know what he does for the clubhouse. Remember 0:02:46.720 --> 0:02:48.960 seeing him as a leader for Team Puerto Rico in 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.480 the World Baseball Classic. We go back to New York 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.679 and the Mets. Stephen matts Um has a flex or 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:57.400 tendon strain and he's gonna be shut down for about 0:02:57.440 --> 0:03:00.919 three or four weeks. Uh, not necessarily on the not necessarily, 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:04.600 uh you know, calls for alarm just yet. But Matt 0:03:04.720 --> 0:03:07.080 has been injury riddled. Remember, if he's gonna be on 0:03:07.120 --> 0:03:10.160 your team, you may want to protect that with some 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:13.280 other guys. I wouldn't. I wouldn't invest in Stephen Matt's 0:03:13.320 --> 0:03:17.880 opening day. Some interesting lineups coming out. Okay, And remember 0:03:17.919 --> 0:03:20.359 I've been telling you guys all season, especially in DFS, 0:03:20.600 --> 0:03:23.160 it's about where they are in the lineup. I love say, 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:26.000 for example, that two spot in the lineup Minnesota. The 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.160 Twins had a very interesting lineup. I thought these two 0:03:29.200 --> 0:03:32.440 guys would be flipped. But no, no, no, Um, Brian 0:03:32.480 --> 0:03:35.760 Doesier is leading off for the Twins and playing second 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:38.560 base today, and uh, Brian Buxton is actually in the 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.240 third hole for the Twins. I could see that flipping. 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:43.440 You know, those are of the of the forty home 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.920 runs last year in Buxton with the great speed. But 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:47.440 we shall see you. And And I gotta tell you something, 0:03:47.480 --> 0:03:51.800 watching all these games yesterday and today, are you with me? 0:03:52.040 --> 0:03:55.760 I missed the intentional walk. I missed the intentional walk. Um, 0:03:55.840 --> 0:03:59.280 if you don't realize it just yet, there is no 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.920 more intentional a walk in Major League Baseball this season. 0:04:01.920 --> 0:04:03.880 All the manager has to do is put out a 0:04:03.920 --> 0:04:06.760 little signal and uh, he'll automatically get first base. You 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:09.520 don't actually have to throw the four pitches. And I 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.520 thought that was always interesting because you know, there's still 0:04:11.520 --> 0:04:14.440 the potential for a guy like Vladimir Guerrero to step 0:04:14.440 --> 0:04:17.000 across and rope a double to the right center field. 0:04:17.000 --> 0:04:19.000 But let me know, let me know if you miss 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:21.200 the intentional walk. I also want to go to football 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:23.320 some news and notes there, you know on the fantasy 0:04:23.320 --> 0:04:26.200 freestyle speeds and spitting statistician is always gonna give you 0:04:25.880 --> 0:04:29.680 your football knowledge twelve months a year. The forty Niners 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:32.160 have signed running back Tim high Tower. I think he's 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.599 gonna be the prime candidate to back up Carlos Hide 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.840 in San Francisco. Sorry to Dwan Harris who did have 0:04:37.920 --> 0:04:40.640 that role, but high Tower I believe it's gonna be 0:04:40.640 --> 0:04:44.520 backing up Hide in San Francisco. Case Keenum signs a 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:48.799 one year, two million dollar deal with the Minnesota Vikings. 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:52.520 To me, that is an interesting signal on whether this 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:58.240 organization believes that Teddy Bridgewater will be healthy come this fall. 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:00.400 And it does not look good in my opinion, with 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.599 Teddy Bridgewater. If they're gonna actually make roster moves and 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:05.839 signing Case Keenum. Case Keenum is not a third string quarterback. 0:05:05.880 --> 0:05:07.919 Case Keenum is a backup quarterback, So if they're signing 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:10.800 him to backup quarterback money, to me, that means Teddy 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:15.279 Bridgewater could be in trouble. Adrian Peterson visited the New 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.520 England Patriots today. Um, however, he has left the building 0:05:18.800 --> 0:05:22.800 with no offer in place, no deal in place. They're 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:25.200 saying that there are three to five teams that are 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.920 interested in Adrian Peterson, but I don't know who they are. 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.400 There's another report out of Tampa Bay there from the 0:05:30.440 --> 0:05:32.720 Tampa Bay Time saying that Adrian Peterson is not in 0:05:32.760 --> 0:05:36.359 the Tampa Bay Bucks plans. So who are these teams? 0:05:36.440 --> 0:05:39.640 Remember speeds and spitting statistician. My called shot was, I 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:43.720 believe Adrian Peterson is gonna wind up with the Oakland Raiders. Um, 0:05:43.760 --> 0:05:45.880 at least they were in Oakland for the next couple 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:49.159 of years. UM. In the quarterback market, remember I said 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:54.799 they signed case Keenum, but um, Colin Kaepernick still goes unsigned. 0:05:54.839 --> 0:05:57.280 And I thought something was funny. I found online what 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.640 they're calling a Colin Kaepernick excuse jen a rator. You know, 0:06:00.680 --> 0:06:03.080 I've been talking about it all last week. At this point, 0:06:03.360 --> 0:06:05.120 there's got to be some kind of black ball going on. 0:06:05.160 --> 0:06:07.839 If Geno Smith and now case Keenum can get a deal, 0:06:08.240 --> 0:06:11.919 but uh, you know, your boy Colin Kaepernick cannot. I 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:15.000 think that is very interesting, guys, like Kaepernick, Guys like 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:17.880 r G three, guys like Jake Cutler, guys like Ryan 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.960 Fitzpatrick are all still out there on the running back market. 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:25.160 Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch, Jamal Charles all still out there. 0:06:25.160 --> 0:06:28.280 Have Geno Smith and now Tim Hi Tower can get deals. 0:06:28.600 --> 0:06:30.760 I think this shows you that the NFL is trying 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:34.919 to skew cheaper and skew younger. We don't know what 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.960 kind of contract details these guys are kind of demanding. 0:06:38.279 --> 0:06:40.679 Will they be playing for you know the minimum? Would 0:06:40.839 --> 0:06:44.080 would in fact, you know, would Colin Kaepernick take a 0:06:44.120 --> 0:06:46.400 one year, two million dollar deal like case Keenum did. 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:48.760 That is the piece of information that we don't know. 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:52.040 But I still think it is very very interesting. And 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:55.520 I know it's Major League Baseball and opening Day, but uh, 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.920 that football calendar twelve months a year O t A 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.680 s are beginning for the Buffalo bill and the Los 0:07:00.680 --> 0:07:05.040 Angeles Chargers today. Today is the beginning of off season 0:07:05.120 --> 0:07:08.360 training activities for those two NFL teams, just as the 0:07:08.400 --> 0:07:10.800 baseball season getting started. And I don't know if you 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:15.200 know one more football note. Anybody who saw WrestleMania yesterday? 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:16.920 And I know some guys on this network. I know 0:07:16.960 --> 0:07:20.840 Greg Sussman Susmania, I know Frankie Standfull, Mike Florial, they 0:07:20.840 --> 0:07:23.880 probably did. You might have seen Rob Gronkowski out there 0:07:23.920 --> 0:07:28.200 in WrestleMania. He uh you know, came out there. Uh 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:31.760 body blocks somebody helped another guy win some battle royal. 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:35.760 So I can very much remember during the football season 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:37.880 when I talked about how ron the rousis next move 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:41.160 might be to the w W. I can easily see 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:45.720 Rob Gronkowski in that path as well. All right, let's 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:47.520 keep going. The top five that are alive here on 0:07:47.520 --> 0:07:49.840 the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. As 0:07:49.840 --> 0:07:52.280 I said, I have some polls up there on that 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:55.080 f n T S Y Radio Twitter handles. Let's look 0:07:55.080 --> 0:07:57.560 at them right now. Donnie Burns put him up first. 0:07:57.600 --> 0:08:00.440 One is quite simple. What's your favorite part of hashtag 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:03.720 Opening Day? You know? Um I told I opened the 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.000 show saying how excited I felt. You know, spring has sprung. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:09.400 You know, I feel like no one's gonna beat my 0:08:09.440 --> 0:08:12.280 fantasy baseball team this year. I gotta tell you, playing 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:16.560 this DFS slate today, I'm doing big things. Had Yasmani Grandal, 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:18.840 Who's hit two home runs today, had Jack Peterson who 0:08:18.840 --> 0:08:21.520 had a Grand Slam at steven Strasburg, who got a 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.040 quality start and a win going seven innings. So, uh, 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.080 you may want to listen to your boys speed that 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:28.320 spitting statistician, because I'm giving you everything you need to 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:31.720 win your leagues and win that cash. But as we 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.040 go to opening day, what's your favorite part is it? 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:38.560 You know, the optimism for your team, you know, because 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:41.880 everybody zero and zero, you know, everybody's a playoff contender. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:43.800 And and you know, I feel that because I'm a 0:08:43.800 --> 0:08:47.240 big New York Yankees fan and for the last couple 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:49.000 of years, you know, my team has been out of it, 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.640 you know, pretty much in any real way. As we 0:08:51.720 --> 0:08:54.520 hit summertime, I didn't expect big things. Now with the 0:08:54.520 --> 0:08:57.400 youth movement going on, the Baby Bombers, I feel like, uh, 0:08:57.440 --> 0:08:59.400 I might have a chance. So I feel good optimism. 0:08:59.440 --> 0:09:01.560 I feel like what's rending in the right direction? Or 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.520 is it, like I mentioned before, is it the start 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.600 of spring. You know, you get to start to put 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.520 some of those venture coats, away birds a chirp in 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:12.079 everybody's happy. Everybody just kind of feels better as the 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.280 weather gets nice out. So maybe that's what you feel 0:09:14.360 --> 0:09:17.720 like most about Opening Day? Or is it just straight 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:20.120 up fantasy baseball? And uh, you know, here on the 0:09:20.160 --> 0:09:23.400 Fantasy Sports Radio Network, I can see many of you 0:09:23.480 --> 0:09:26.000 out there pretty much thinking that fantasy baseball might be 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.560 the reason we got that pole up there on the 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:31.000 f n T s Y Radio Twitter handle. Right now, 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.760 we got a very tight three way race Donnie Burns, 0:09:33.760 --> 0:09:35.760 and I will check in on that throughout the show. 0:09:35.800 --> 0:09:36.960 The other question I have, and I want to bring 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:40.079 my boy Donnie Burns in right now as the resident 0:09:40.160 --> 0:09:45.240 Fantasy Freestyle college basketball expert. We define a champion tonight. 0:09:45.240 --> 0:09:47.120 Who do you think will take it home? North Carolina 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.280 or Gonzaga Right now? This pole that's up on the 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:52.680 fn T s Y Radio Twitter handle, it's pretty close 0:09:52.920 --> 0:09:57.040 with fifty percent of you saying that the tar Heels 0:09:57.080 --> 0:09:59.679 of North Carolina will be cutting down the nets and 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:03.079 around midnight tonight. Donnie Burns, I know you've been following 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:05.560 this tournament. I know you're my basketball college basketball go 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:08.760 to guy. I have been saying the entire tournament that 0:10:08.840 --> 0:10:11.000 I believe the best ball is played out on the 0:10:11.080 --> 0:10:13.480 West Coast. So I'm gonna ride with Gonzaga I'm gonna 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:16.520 fade the public a little bit, especially if you know, 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.760 maybe if North Carolina knows how to box out after 0:10:18.880 --> 0:10:21.080 missed free throws, I don't know, did you catch that, 0:10:21.200 --> 0:10:23.440 don and and uh what do you what are you 0:10:23.440 --> 0:10:25.839 thinking about this game tonight? Yes, so I'm leaning. I'm 0:10:25.920 --> 0:10:29.160 leaning more towards you and seeing this matchup. The reason 0:10:29.400 --> 0:10:32.400 for that being if I feel if Justin Jackson and 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.920 Joel Berry can get second chance from Kennedy Meeks getting rebounds, 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:38.800 offensive rebounds, I feel like they can, they can drop 0:10:38.920 --> 0:10:41.640 enough points to lead them to a victory. However, the 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:45.200 Gonzaga big men play very fundamentally sound. They have Carnowski, 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.040 they got Collins. So it's gonna be as close as 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:52.240 this voting on this poll probably is. So you expect 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:57.040 U n see in a fair enough, fair enough so 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.679 we shall see. One other note out of college basketball 0:10:59.720 --> 0:11:02.719 that um I feel, uh, I feel like I want 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:06.600 to share with everybody. Georgetown has hired its new coach, 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:09.880 a new head coach. They fired John Thompson the third 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:11.719 and they're keeping it in the family. And they have 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.920 decided to hire someone who I really wanted to get 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.920 a job for the last five or ten years. I 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.839 thought that, to be quite honest, he was um had 0:11:20.880 --> 0:11:24.319 some prejudice views against him as to not getting interviews, 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.679 and a lot of people think that players who are 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:30.079 big men. You know, you see players who become head coaches, 0:11:30.080 --> 0:11:32.360 they're usually point guards, not a lot of big men. 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:34.640 But I want to give a big time shout out 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:38.920 here on the Fantasy Freestyle to Patrick Ewing. And Patrick 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:43.040 Ewing is the new head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:45.439 so I feel really good about that shout out to him. 0:11:45.440 --> 0:11:47.560 I know he's wanted to get a head coaching job 0:11:47.880 --> 0:11:50.480 for a while. Let's keep it moving. The top five 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:52.280 that are alive here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:55.360 Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Also out of the NFL, I 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.720 thought I found some intriguing quotes and comments by the 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:04.079 owner of the Dallas Cowboys, Mr Jerry Jones. Checked this 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:08.079 out Jerry Jones, and uh, what I also find interesting, Donny, 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.800 is I'm I'm I'm getting this report out of Mike Florio. 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.959 No not the Mike Florio of the Fantasy Sports Radio 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.200 Network who will be coming on next at eight to 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.480 ten with Fantasy First Look, but Mike Florio pro Football Talk. 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.680 He's reporting that Jerry Jones has said he wants to 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:26.560 end marijuana testing in the NFL and he wants to 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:30.719 end player conduct investigations. Now, I think if you if 0:12:30.720 --> 0:12:34.120 you've listened in to Speed and Spitting Statistician during football season, 0:12:34.160 --> 0:12:36.440 you know that I have been on this for a 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:39.200 while that the NFL needs to move away from the 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.720 pain killers. We are. We had the athletic trainer on 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:47.880 a little bit over the playoff season. But um, this 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:50.200 is gonna be collectively bargained, if anything, with the NFL 0:12:50.240 --> 0:12:52.200 p A. But they are saying that they are quote 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:56.000 unquote willing to listen to the medical community. If you remember, 0:12:56.000 --> 0:12:58.360 Speeds has been saying that the NFL has an opportunity 0:12:58.400 --> 0:13:01.400 here with it legal into when the eight States and 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:03.920 with the idea of the pain management for the NFL 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.200 players they have and I they have an opportunity to 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.640 become a leader in this space, and I challenge Mr 0:13:08.679 --> 0:13:11.200 Goodell and the NFL to do just that. It looks 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.760 like Jerry Jones is on the bandwagon as well. However, 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.240 they're saying that they are not going to really look 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:19.880 into change changing their stance on the personal conduct policy 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.200 and those investigations. Roger Goodell is still going to be 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:26.280 you know, investigator, judge, jury and executioner. But I find 0:13:26.280 --> 0:13:30.559 it interesting because maybe why is Jerry Jones mentioning this? 0:13:30.720 --> 0:13:32.840 That is my question And the only thing that I 0:13:32.880 --> 0:13:34.560 can think about is he might be a little bit 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:37.920 worried about his star rookie running back is Zekiel Elliott. 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.719 As you know, um, he has been kind of in 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:44.199 the news um a few times a few times as 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:48.199 it comes to um, you know, his potential DV cases 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.880 and things of that nature. So, uh, maybe Jerry Jones 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:55.000 getting ahead of the game right there. One of the 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.320 topic I want to give you real quickly before we 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:58.960 go to break here on the Fantasy Freestyle and the 0:13:58.960 --> 0:14:02.480 Fantasy Sports Radio Network is that I saw over the 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:05.959 weekend that NBC has declared that the Olympics coming up 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.640 are actually gonna be on live. You know, when I 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:11.480 watch the Olympics, I see that tape delay stuff and done. 0:14:11.600 --> 0:14:13.560 You know, as a millennial, how can you can't go 0:14:13.720 --> 0:14:16.480 these days without knowing what the results are? You know, 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.080 they want to put the prime time sports, the big 0:14:18.120 --> 0:14:20.440 time sports on a prime time in the United States, 0:14:20.640 --> 0:14:22.640 but that's not really working. You know who wins the 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:24.920 track and field, you know who wins the basketball games. 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:26.520 You already know all that, so I think this is 0:14:26.520 --> 0:14:29.720 a good move not to have those tape delays anymore. 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.160 That's your top five dead or alive. Here in the 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:35.440 Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, I'm your boy, 0:14:35.520 --> 0:14:38.680 day Martinez Speed, the Spitting Statistician. When we come back, 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:40.720 what we're gonna do is we're gonna take a spotlight 0:14:40.720 --> 0:14:43.200 on opening Day. We gotta change it up now that 0:14:43.280 --> 0:14:45.200 baseball is in full swing. So we're gonna do a 0:14:45.240 --> 0:14:48.400 segment every day, remember Monday through Friday, now seven eight 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:51.000 p m. On the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, where I 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.200 give you a little bit of a preview, sometimes into 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:56.160 full series, sometimes into the action that has already happened, 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.960 sometimes previewing tonight's slate. We're gonna do a little bit 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.000 of all of that. 're also I didn't get a 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.240 chance to give you on Friday my season award predictions 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:08.360 and my futures predictions to help you win that cash. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:11.280 I'm your boy, Dame Martinez Speeds, the Spitting Statistician. You're 0:15:11.320 --> 0:15:21.720 listening to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:27.560 Oh you know what it is. That is your boy, 0:15:27.600 --> 0:15:31.280 Dame Martinez Speeds the Spitting Statistician. 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Fifty six percent of you guys 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:07.000 are thinking that the tar Heels are gonna cut down 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:09.040 the nets a little bit later on tonight. And then 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:11.440 I'm very intrigued by this. You know, we gotta pull 0:16:11.600 --> 0:16:14.040 question up. What is your favorite part about opening Day? 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.800 The three choices are optimism for your team, the start 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:19.920 of the spring, or the start of fantasy baseball. And 0:16:20.080 --> 0:16:23.120 right now it is literally it is literally a three 0:16:23.160 --> 0:16:27.160 way tie um with just over fifty votes. Between fifty 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.560 and a hundred votes, we've got thirty and thirty four 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:34.400 with the slight edge going to Fantasy baseball. So that 0:16:34.440 --> 0:16:36.640 means you guys want to talk about fantasy and let 0:16:36.640 --> 0:16:38.240 me tell you something. 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But 0:17:26.520 --> 0:17:30.040 before we get into that, I realized that another way 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:31.440 that I can tell you how to win that cash. 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:34.199 I was giving you season total over unders over the 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:39.000 last few weeks when speed spotlighted thirty teams over spring training. 0:17:39.280 --> 0:17:41.000 But one thing I did not give you were my 0:17:41.040 --> 0:17:45.119 actual futures picks for the Major League Baseball season. And 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:47.440 I want to do that right now because I'm telling 0:17:47.480 --> 0:17:49.600 you I got some good ones here. I really, uh, 0:17:49.680 --> 0:17:51.720 I feel good about some of my picks. I was 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:54.840 shocked to see the World Series odds on my World 0:17:54.880 --> 0:17:56.840 Series pick. So I think I'm gonna help you win 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.080 some cash right now. And just so you know, I 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.080 get my odds right there from that good old Sports 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.760 Action app. They they give you the great odds. They 0:18:04.800 --> 0:18:07.240 also do because they give you what the public is picking. 0:18:07.400 --> 0:18:09.439 And you know speeds this fitting statistician. I love to 0:18:09.560 --> 0:18:12.040 fade the public, so I like having that information. You 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:13.640 may want to check that out that Sports Action app. 0:18:13.640 --> 0:18:16.080 It's good stuff. Let me start with the Alcs. Let 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:17.800 me start in the American League. You can get future's 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:21.800 odds to win the Pennant. And I'm fading the Boston 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:25.240 Red Sox. I do not believe in the adjustment for 0:18:25.320 --> 0:18:28.240 Chris Sale. I think David Price is hurt and despite 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.280 his home run a little bit early today, I'm not 0:18:30.359 --> 0:18:34.440 sure about Andrew h Bennet Tandy the number one prospect. However, 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:39.280 I like a repeat Pennant winner um the Cleveland Indians. 0:18:39.320 --> 0:18:42.160 I think Tito Francona. I have faith in him. I 0:18:42.200 --> 0:18:46.119 like this pitching staff between Klueberg, between Carrasco, between Salazar 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:49.320 um So. I like them obviously. You like the bullpen 0:18:49.600 --> 0:18:52.359 with Cody Allen and UH Andrew Miller. They are they 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:55.040 are co favorites at five to two. If you don't 0:18:55.080 --> 0:18:56.840 like that, my second pick is a little off the 0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.280 beaten path. I like the Houston Astros. I like the 0:18:59.320 --> 0:19:02.560 Houston ashe strows because I love that lineup. I love 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:04.600 that lineup. I think they're gonna match. I think Altuve 0:19:05.160 --> 0:19:07.240 has even more groomed to grow. I think koa It 0:19:07.280 --> 0:19:09.639 thinks a step forward this year. I think the addition 0:19:09.680 --> 0:19:12.720 of Carlos Beltrn is huge for them. I kind of 0:19:12.760 --> 0:19:15.520 like the Houston Astros at at UH five to one 0:19:16.040 --> 0:19:19.199 to win the a L in the n O, in 0:19:19.240 --> 0:19:21.800 the NL Okay A lot everyone loves the Cubs as 0:19:21.880 --> 0:19:24.200 huge favorites, and then a lot of people love the Dodgers. 0:19:24.680 --> 0:19:26.879 I'm picking two other teams that are tied up for 0:19:26.960 --> 0:19:29.359 the third choice at six to one. I like the 0:19:29.400 --> 0:19:34.960 Washington Nationals to beat the San Francisco Giants in the NLCS. 0:19:35.160 --> 0:19:37.880 The Gnats and the Giants both at six to one. 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:41.840 I think that's decent value. Um, I am going to 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.680 be looking at number one and two starters, Okay, I 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:46.800 think that you need that. You know, you need that 0:19:46.920 --> 0:19:50.000 Randy Johnson, Kurt Schilling, you need that combination. And I 0:19:50.080 --> 0:19:52.960 really love the combo of Sherzer and Strausburg, and I 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:56.000 really love the combo out west of mad Bum and 0:19:56.040 --> 0:19:59.120 of course Johnny Quato there in San Francisco. So those 0:19:59.160 --> 0:20:01.840