WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off August 19th, 2022 (Ep. 578) 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:17.959 Leading off starts right now, right here in Fantasy Pros, 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:20.520 brought to you by bet MGM. It's the Chris and 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:22.720 Chris Show. I am Chris Welsh over there. That is 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:26.279 Chris Clegg on Twitter at roto Clegg Cleig. What's up, buddy. 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.160 I can't say Chris or we'll get all tied up. 0:00:28.200 --> 0:00:31.640 And yeah, too many Chris is in the fantasy baseball space, man, 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:33.879 so we gotta go by last names. But yeah, I'm 0:00:33.880 --> 0:00:35.519 glad to be back, looking forward to the show. It's 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:37.640 always good to chat with you, and looking forward to 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:39.879 breaking down everything from yesterday. 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:41.919 Yeah, well except for the top news. We'll break down 0:00:41.960 --> 0:00:44.320 how many What do you think the most common name 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:47.360 is in fantasy baseball for an analyst? Do you think 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:49.239 it's Chris? Do you think I'm trying to think of? 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:52.360 Is it? We don't know a lot of palls. There's 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:55.480 not that many erics we'd have to let's let's break 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:57.720 that down. That's the next stat we need everybody the 0:00:57.760 --> 0:01:00.240 most common name. Maybe it is Chris. I don't I 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:04.200 guess in the prospect world we have me you Chris Blessings, 0:01:04.280 --> 0:01:06.520 So maybe Chris does dominate the prospect world. I don't 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.560 know about the fantasy world, so yes, things will be 0:01:08.600 --> 0:01:12.280 fun to talk about, except probably the top main story 0:01:12.280 --> 0:01:16.199 that just came down, I believe within the last hour praise. 0:01:16.240 --> 0:01:20.720 Marcelo Zuna was arrested on Friday morning, yes, in Georgia 0:01:20.800 --> 0:01:24.240 for driving under the influence. Every time I read this, 0:01:24.360 --> 0:01:26.240 it says nor Cross, but I want to say it's 0:01:26.240 --> 0:01:27.880 like Narcos, so then I'm like, wow, this is a 0:01:27.959 --> 0:01:31.800 much serious injury is an issue. Nor Cross police arrested 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:36.199 Ozuna after failing to maintain his lane. He was booked 0:01:36.200 --> 0:01:39.319 in around uh four thirty in the morning. That's good 0:01:39.400 --> 0:01:43.560 for game time. And as you know, Ozuna is I believe, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:47.360 not even a year out of his domestic violence issue 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:52.080 that he had. There's no actual other information outside of 0:01:52.880 --> 0:01:57.880 he messed up, and I would not expecting to probably 0:01:57.920 --> 0:01:59.480 see a whole bunch of Oza. I mean, maybe I'm 0:01:59.520 --> 0:02:02.280 overblowing it because it's the DUI, but it's two main issues. 0:02:02.280 --> 0:02:06.160 He was arrested. Marcello Zuna probably gonna at least miss 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.920 a little bit of time, if not maybe major you know. 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:12.880 Reactions from the Braves cleg Yeah, I mean, I'm hoping 0:02:12.880 --> 0:02:15.120 they can find a way to avoid this contract after 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.440 you both incidentss. I don't know, you know, legally how 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:22.400 that works, and if you know his parole stuff, there 0:02:22.480 --> 0:02:25.080 was some clauses in there about anything like this. But 0:02:25.440 --> 0:02:27.639 you know, he had already kind of lost his starting 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:31.080 spot at this point where he was just playing really inconsistently. 0:02:31.600 --> 0:02:33.639 He's been bumped out of the order, bumped down the order, 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:37.360 and then completely out and this certainly doesn't help his case. 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.360 You know, if he's wanting to, you know, bump up 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.720 that two fourteen bag average he has going on, I 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:44.120 don't think this is the way to do that. So 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:46.320 I wouldn't be surprised, if you know, even if the 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:48.640 Braves have to eat the money if he gets DFA. 0:02:48.919 --> 0:02:50.840 So it could be interesting, but I don't think we'll 0:02:50.840 --> 0:02:51.680 see it much anymore. 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:54.880 No, And one of the big things that Wonky pointed 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.960 out this is where this was leading to. We have 0:02:58.040 --> 0:03:01.840 to consider with how good Vong Grissom has been, that 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:06.520 this could be the playing time that opens up. Obviously, 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.480 Marcel Azuna, you know you're gonna have outfield, You're gonna 0:03:09.480 --> 0:03:14.240 have potential DH but if Ozuna is out in perpetuity, 0:03:14.720 --> 0:03:18.160 I mean Grissom just was given a spot. There's just 0:03:18.240 --> 0:03:21.839 given an open field here with whatever happens. I mean, 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.120 Orlando Arcia comes back, okay, if Alvis comes back in 0:03:26.200 --> 0:03:28.520 time and both of them okay, But now this is 0:03:28.520 --> 0:03:31.120 another potential spot that they could maybe play Grissom if 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:33.760 they want to run some outfield, DH have him there, 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:38.160 and his success is probably one of those reasons. I mean, 0:03:38.160 --> 0:03:40.440 sometimes these teams get caught. They get caught with like, 0:03:40.440 --> 0:03:42.400 all right, this is a talented player, we need this 0:03:42.440 --> 0:03:44.880 person versus the actions of what they had. Not all 0:03:44.920 --> 0:03:48.720 teams react correctly, but when you have really other good 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.600 players that are sitting in the wings and this could 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:54.120 just create rest of season opportunity, it's even better for Grissom. 0:03:54.880 --> 0:03:58.760 Not that there's any application Craig Clegg, because he's already 0:03:58.800 --> 0:04:02.119 picked up everywhere. If Grissom was not picked up, anywhere 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:06.360 you should run is immediately immediately to go pick him up. 0:04:06.800 --> 0:04:10.320 But he's not anywhere most likely available. So I don't 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.120 know what the actual item is that just if anybody 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.440 owns Grisom, you can probably feel a whole lot better 0:04:14.480 --> 0:04:14.880 about it. 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:16.000 Yeah, I think so. 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.080 And I would also say William Contreras sees more at bats. 0:04:19.080 --> 0:04:22.200 I mean, you know he's dhing some, but you know, 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:24.560 when he's not catching, he may be the everyday DH 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:28.960 at least until Alb's is back and Grisom moves off second. 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:32.039 So I really think it's a bump for William Contreras. 0:04:32.480 --> 0:04:36.600 So he's already been that well, you know will Contraras. 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.159 What's interesting about him is he's one of those guys 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.920 that I'm trying to think of how many are out there, 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:46.400 but like he doesn't have a full time gig yet 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.040 he has been a top ten at his position for 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:52.000 me for half of the season with the performance, regardless 0:04:52.040 --> 0:04:54.279 of having the full time gig or not, his bat 0:04:54.279 --> 0:04:57.440 has been so live that without the full full time 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:59.640 they've still been attempting to give it to him. And 0:04:59.640 --> 0:05:01.400 you're right, this does open up a little bit more 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:04.120 of an opportunity for him. So you know, maybe that's 0:05:04.120 --> 0:05:06.000 how to look at it. Maybe the big arrow actually 0:05:06.120 --> 0:05:10.520 is Contraross with a side arrow of von Grissom, because 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:13.760 they're still scenarios you're building where it might not work 0:05:13.920 --> 0:05:18.520 if wilmcntras is the main DH, and then you do 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:21.120 have Albi's coming back and Grissom is still kind of 0:05:21.120 --> 0:05:23.240 without a spot or a landing spot. If they don't 0:05:23.240 --> 0:05:25.280 want to move him around, then it may be moot. 0:05:25.440 --> 0:05:29.200 But Grislam has been awesome. Ozuna not so awesome, not 0:05:29.320 --> 0:05:34.799 so awesome whatsoever. Zach Gallon is awesome though striking out twelve, 0:05:34.880 --> 0:05:36.680 I think it was someone right at the top here. 0:05:36.880 --> 0:05:40.320 One of the very first comments in Angelo Gallon thirty 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:46.159 five Fantasy points yesterday been phenomenal, twelve strikeouts, had seventeen 0:05:46.520 --> 0:05:49.080 swing and missus led the way against the Giants last night. 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.960 And I'm looking at some of his stat cast stuff 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:56.039 as well. He had a sixty seven percent swing, a 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.320 whiff rate sixty seven percent with rate on his curb, 0:05:59.360 --> 0:06:01.520 his knuckle cur which he threw twenty six percent of 0:06:01.600 --> 0:06:05.040 the time. Fifteen of the twenty six elicited to swing. 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:09.839 Ten of those fifteen were whiffs, which is a bonkers number. 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.360 And he had whiffs. He had a double digit or 0:06:12.440 --> 0:06:15.120 multiple whiffs on every single pitch he threw last night. 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:20.599 Four of the categorized pitches with at least double digit usage. 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.480 Zach Gallen has been a monster cleg and really is 0:06:24.520 --> 0:06:26.920 one of those guys. If it continues on the bad team. 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:29.280 He is going to vault himself up as far as 0:06:29.320 --> 0:06:33.280 how he's valued next season exponentially if this keeps going on. 0:06:34.200 --> 0:06:36.159 Yeah, and I think he hasn't been talked about in 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:37.720 the light that he should be with the type of 0:06:37.800 --> 0:06:39.919 season that he's having. You know, he's right at a 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.279 strikeout in ninny right now. But you know, when you 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.120 look at it, he's been striking out more as of 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:47.440 recent and that's been encouraging to really see him, you know, 0:06:47.440 --> 0:06:50.120 getting to those strikeouts, and obviously you know, this last 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:52.720 start was his most strikeouts that he's had this season. 0:06:52.800 --> 0:06:56.480 So if this trend continues, then I certainly think he's 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.720 going to push his way up boards for redraft next year. 0:07:00.279 --> 0:07:02.960 But I still think he's being a bit undervalued. This 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:05.559 is kind of who we expected him to be, really 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.520 when he came up his rookie season and just dominated, 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.840 and then last year just didn't really go as planned. 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.000 But now he's back and just absolutely dominant. So I 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:17.160 think we can kind of expect Gallon to be this 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:21.320 low threes type era with a solid strikeout rate, not 0:07:21.400 --> 0:07:23.760 the best, not elite. It's not gonna push himself into 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.600 ACE territory, but you know, you have to really like 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:28.880 what you're getting out of Gallon, especially where he drafted 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:29.480 him this season. 0:07:29.640 --> 0:07:32.840 We're kind of getting into like twenty twenty three talk 0:07:33.040 --> 0:07:36.040 territory Bubba who had on yesterday and was talking about 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:40.600 how him and Bloom we're sharing some twenty twenty two 0:07:40.760 --> 0:07:42.400 I think it was like a best ball or whatever 0:07:42.400 --> 0:07:44.800 they were doing for the next year. So you're gonna 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.200 start getting into that territory where ranks are going to 0:07:47.240 --> 0:07:49.600 be floating out there. My next rank update, I'm not 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:52.680 going to do a September redraft rank update because I 0:07:52.720 --> 0:07:54.600 just kind of think that's silly with the final month. 0:07:54.720 --> 0:07:57.440 I'm actually going to focus on early twenty twenty three ranks, 0:07:57.440 --> 0:07:59.679 So that's going to be my September of what I release. 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:04.920 And do you think Gallen is a top fifteen sp 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:07.800 next year or would we go higher to top ten? 0:08:08.840 --> 0:08:11.040 Well? I think he should be, but I think he's 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.720 going to push back close. I'm asking you though, like 0:08:13.800 --> 0:08:16.520 your value on? Oh yeah, yeah, I think that I'd 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.720 have him as a top fifteen guy. He could potentially 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.840 push that top ten, but there's just a lot of 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:22.600 talent up there at the top at this point where 0:08:22.880 --> 0:08:25.160 you know, maybe the strikeouts hind him a bit, but 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.920 right now I valume as top fifteen guy moving forward. 0:08:29.800 --> 0:08:33.120 There was this really fun bet last night that I 0:08:33.120 --> 0:08:35.080 don't know how everybody got it or whatever, but it 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:38.080 was on a promotion on DK and the promotion was 0:08:38.520 --> 0:08:41.760 the Padres were minus three sixty five. You know who's 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.360 going to bet that? And it says, hey, everybody, you 0:08:44.360 --> 0:08:47.200 can bet fifty bucks and we're gonna give you even 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:50.920 money on the Padres. You Darvish going against the dumb 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:55.280 Nationals with Soto playing his team. Doesn't this look fun? 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:56.240 It was. 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:58.200 It is one of those moments that makes you think 0:08:58.240 --> 0:09:00.840 there is somebody that has a time machine travels on 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.480 how they're able to place these things, because yes, there's 0:09:04.480 --> 0:09:06.679 a certain dummy that could not take that even money 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.800 on the Padres. And last night they had the game 0:09:09.880 --> 0:09:12.000 tied up, so I was obviously watching it very intently. 0:09:12.920 --> 0:09:16.920 Darvish gave up two singles to start off the ninth 0:09:16.960 --> 0:09:18.640 inning or eighth inning, Yeah, it was the top of 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.720 the ninth I think it was, and they bring in 0:09:20.800 --> 0:09:24.920 Josh Hater, and Josh Hater allows a pair of inherited 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:27.120 runs to score and recorded a pair of outs on 0:09:27.160 --> 0:09:31.280 Thursday which in this appearance he does not look right, 0:09:31.320 --> 0:09:34.960 could not throw strikes, he walked the bases loaded, which 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:37.920 brought in a run, and then subsequently another run came 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:42.559 in off of a sackfly. Josh Hater has an eight 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:46.880 point one ERA with a over two whip, four walks, 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:51.120 four strikeouts in four appearances with the Padres so far. 0:09:51.360 --> 0:09:53.920 Claig what is wrong with Josh Hater? 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:55.280 I don't know. 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.880 I wish I could pinpoint something, but something started going 0:09:58.920 --> 0:10:02.800 wrong mid July and July thirteenth was really like the downfall, 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:05.640 and since then he has a fifteen point two sixty 0:10:05.800 --> 0:10:09.079 RA a ten to five six FIP, so doesn't look 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:11.400 good there. The walks have just gotten out of control. 0:10:11.760 --> 0:10:14.720 The home runs are out of control. Still striking batters out, 0:10:14.800 --> 0:10:17.560 but doesn't matter when you're walking the amount that you 0:10:17.600 --> 0:10:20.800 are and then allowing those to come in by home run. 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:24.480 So I've struggled to really pinpoint with him what exactly 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.679 is wrong. But there's something totally off with him. 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:30.120 Yeah, I'm glad I made that. He owes me money. 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.520 He owes me money on that one, but luckily I 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:35.360 had a nice other bet put together that we made 0:10:35.360 --> 0:10:37.480 money yesterday, but that was one of those it's supposed 0:10:37.480 --> 0:10:39.240 to be a slam dunk. Those are those slam dunk 0:10:39.280 --> 0:10:43.480 ones and those promotions they get to and so does 0:10:43.559 --> 0:10:48.160 Josh Hater in these situations. Also, he just wasn't throwing 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.959 strikes properly, like he couldn't. He looked like he had 0:10:51.000 --> 0:10:53.200 no feel And as the announcers were talking about, one 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.880 of the things that's happening, he's working behind himself so 0:10:56.000 --> 0:10:59.439 much that the early count stuff is killing him because 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.080 then hitch our hitters are just looking for one pitch, 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:04.480 especially when he's not commanding. They're looking for one thing 0:11:04.559 --> 0:11:06.679 later in the count, and they're taking advantage of it. 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:06.960 You know. 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.080 Hitter's like only one thing against Josh Hater, and it's disgusting. 0:11:10.200 --> 0:11:12.840 It's fastballs, and that's what they do when he can't 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:15.440 command any of his offspeed stuff early on and he 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:18.120 needs to get it right. A couple other little notes here. 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:21.880 Rangers inter manager Tony Beasley said on Thursday that Josh 0:11:21.880 --> 0:11:26.320 Young major league debut is not eminent. He is not 0:11:26.640 --> 0:11:30.120 coming up in the near future, which I actually don't think. 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:31.920 This is a horrible thing. I would just throw out 0:11:31.920 --> 0:11:35.120 that good. At least we get some information. I love information, 0:11:35.200 --> 0:11:36.640 so then I don't have to worry about it. I 0:11:36.640 --> 0:11:39.160 don't have to freak out and be like, all right, 0:11:39.200 --> 0:11:41.280 let's go pick up Josh Young. Let's be crazy. I mean, 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:43.600 I didn't think he was coming up tomorrow. I said, 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.439 let's actually watch, let's maintain, let's see can we get 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.400 him up. I still think September is an opportunity and 0:11:50.440 --> 0:11:52.360 it's and the reason this question is coming up Claig 0:11:52.400 --> 0:11:54.959 is because he's hitting four hundred. He's aating four to 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.360 twenty four in Triple A right now, where he hit 0:11:57.640 --> 0:11:59.400 two forty in the complex, but he's up to three 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:03.200 twenty five on the season. I believe it is, or 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.520 what is the total number here? I'm actually I think 0:12:05.520 --> 0:12:07.920 I'm saying no. Three forty five on the year, where 0:12:07.960 --> 0:12:10.360 he had another homer earlier in the week with a 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:14.240 thousand slug And there is a question we can ask, like, 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.160 what is this doing for him? Being in Triple A 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.400 guy's hitting four hundred, what else is he learning? Maybe 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.440 they've got things we don't know about that he's working on, 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.559 but they say it's not imminent. I don't think that 0:12:24.760 --> 0:12:26.679 means he doesn't come up at all. But I do 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:28.800 think that means you can clear your mind right now 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:31.280 because if the Rangers, I think the Rangers give him 0:12:31.280 --> 0:12:32.959 a couple I don't know if it's a big plan 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.840 for it. Bottom line, the guy needs at bats. He 0:12:35.960 --> 0:12:37.840 will get them in the AFL this year. I have 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.280 zero point zero percent question that he will be in 0:12:41.320 --> 0:12:45.040 the AFL. It's just will they, in your mind give 0:12:45.120 --> 0:12:47.760 Josh Young at bats at the major league level this year, 0:12:47.840 --> 0:12:49.080 knowing the time he's missed. 0:12:49.880 --> 0:12:53.120 Well, I'm conflicted there because you know, part of me thinks, well, 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:56.080 he's more than any We've seen that, and I think 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:57.960 he needs to be challenged at the major league level. 0:12:58.000 --> 0:12:59.960 I mean, we saw him tear up triple A les 0:13:00.040 --> 0:13:02.400 last year. Obviously the injury set him back. I think 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:04.560 he would have been a debut really early in the 0:13:04.600 --> 0:13:09.200 season if not for the injury. But on the flip side, 0:13:09.200 --> 0:13:11.640 the Rangers have nothing to play for, so they have 0:13:11.720 --> 0:13:15.200 real no incentive to bring him up, and he would 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:18.800 obviously make that team better. But right now, you know, 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:22.160 I don't know. Yeah, obviously you want to wait until 0:13:22.400 --> 0:13:25.040 he can at least keep his rookie service clock through 0:13:25.120 --> 0:13:27.960 next year. So at that point, I think that date 0:13:28.200 --> 0:13:32.200 is August twenty third for the service time where he 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.040 could come up and still be rookie eligible next year. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:38.319 So it's possible we see him in September, maybe mid September, 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.440 but I don't really see him have anything left to 0:13:40.440 --> 0:13:41.640 prove at Triple A at this point. 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:44.040 Yeah, and also you got to think about, like I said, 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.200 at bats at bats at bats, so I believe this 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:48.559 is going to be something. This is going to be 0:13:48.600 --> 0:13:51.480 a playoff pick up. So my big advice has been, 0:13:52.040 --> 0:13:54.360 if you want to be ahead of the game, you 0:13:54.360 --> 0:13:55.679 can pick him up. Try to get him up a 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.400 week before. And I think that's right at September, because 0:13:58.440 --> 0:14:00.360 maybe they stick him through through the Triple A season, 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:02.840 which I think goes through like July eighteenth or fifteenth 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:05.480 or something like that, right in that range, and then 0:14:05.520 --> 0:14:07.440 you've got a couple of weeks where I think they 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:09.679 would want to throw him into the majors, and then 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:12.320 he'll come over to AFL which starts October third, which 0:14:12.320 --> 0:14:15.760 I will be covering, and there'd be no reason to 0:14:15.760 --> 0:14:18.360 give him any type of a break in between there, 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:21.920 so he will get me. I have zero percent concern 0:14:22.000 --> 0:14:23.640 or question that he will get at bats. I just 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:25.960 don't know if they'll be big impactful as far as 0:14:26.000 --> 0:14:28.240 like us trying to go and pick up the big 0:14:28.280 --> 0:14:30.840 next player. Keep an eye on it, but at least 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.800 they gave you some information that it's not imminent, so 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:38.320 maybe you can just look elsewhere. Also, the shows off, 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:40.520 Elvis Andrews is signing with a White Sox after being 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:42.960 released by the A's, and there's some weirdness around that 0:14:43.520 --> 0:14:46.760 there without Tim Anderson. Jeff Passen reported this, Elvis Andris 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:50.080 going to the White Sox for whatever value that's actually 0:14:50.160 --> 0:14:52.960 going to be, which is pretty minimal. On the injury front, 0:14:53.320 --> 0:14:55.040 Brandon marsh is going on the ten day IL with 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.160 a bone bruise in his left knee and left ankle. 0:14:57.240 --> 0:15:00.720 Spring Anthony Sinzetela was lifted from Thursdays start as Saint 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.520 Louis due to an apparent left leg injury. And just 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.920 you know, the Cardinals James Paxton is being evaluated for 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:09.280 left lap tightness. We don't ever talk about him. I 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:12.080 kind of forgot he existed. And an MRI and Tyler 0:15:12.120 --> 0:15:14.960 Moley's right shoulder turned up clean, no structural damage and 0:15:14.960 --> 0:15:17.120 it looks like it's not gonna be anything bad clig, 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:22.360 which is beautiful, right, Oh yeah, for sure. Here's a 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.840 fun fact. Yesterday we had a good you know, when 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.440 we're talking bets, we had a good call on Alex 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:29.680 Bregman talking about the total base when I was digging 0:15:29.720 --> 0:15:33.680 in he was not the odds on favorite. But what 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.080 I do every single day, we'll do shortly, is I 0:15:36.120 --> 0:15:38.080 pick the number one on the prop cheat sheet and 0:15:38.120 --> 0:15:40.480 then I take where that could be, whatever type of 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.240 juice up money. Then I go find the positive money. 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.600 And Bregman was a positive money and Bregman had a 0:15:45.680 --> 0:15:49.359 day well. Alex Bregman had two homers and two doubles. 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:52.760 Since nineteen oh one, this has only been done one 0:15:52.880 --> 0:15:57.160 hundred and eighteen times. In comparison, there have been two 0:15:57.280 --> 0:16:01.200 hundred and ninety five cycles in baseball. A wild stat. 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.080 Two homers, two doubles only one hundred and eighteen times 0:16:05.160 --> 0:16:08.440 in baseball since nineteen oh one. That's that's bonkers. 0:16:09.520 --> 0:16:10.160 That's crazy. 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:12.640 It's when you think about it, you think about the 0:16:12.640 --> 0:16:15.800 cycle not happening often, and you read those numbers and 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:18.400 it's like, wow, that's only happened, you know, less than 0:16:18.400 --> 0:16:21.520 half the time. So pretty impressive feet for Bregman. Good 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.360 day for him, for sure, and good to see him 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:24.640 kind of picking it up a bit. 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:26.920 Bregman needs a little bit of a pickup if he's going. 0:16:27.040 --> 0:16:28.720 I mean, I think I said this like last week. 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.400 He's just we know who he is now. I actually 0:16:30.400 --> 0:16:33.040 appreciate Pregman because we know he's like a twenty five 0:16:33.240 --> 0:16:35.720 homer guy, and that's what you should consider him. And 0:16:35.760 --> 0:16:39.360 if you like twenty five homer ninety ninety, you know, 0:16:40.000 --> 0:16:43.520 questionable batting average between two seventy and two ninety third baseman. 0:16:43.880 --> 0:16:45.960 That's solid, but it's not elite. That's just who he's 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:48.520 gonna be. And he has some outputs like this this 0:16:48.600 --> 0:16:51.520 day in Baseball nineteen twenty one, Ty Cobb gets hit 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:55.000 number three thousand of Boston pitcher Elmer Myers. At thirty 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:57.960 four years old, he's the youngest to ever do it. 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.840 I liked that wonky piece here that she put together. 0:17:01.120 --> 0:17:03.280 And then I have a trivia question and I took 0:17:03.320 --> 0:17:06.400 the answer off Cleig, so you can play along on Thursday. 0:17:06.440 --> 0:17:09.639 Albert poolhols it is sixteenth Grand Slam of his career, 0:17:09.840 --> 0:17:13.439 sixteenth of his career tying him for tenth on the 0:17:13.560 --> 0:17:18.800 all time list. Who is MLB's all time leader in 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:21.639 Grand Slams? Do you know? 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:23.240 I don't know. 0:17:23.840 --> 0:17:27.199 I'm gonna guess it's somebody like pretty high up on 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:30.080 the all time home run list, though. 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:36.040 Good guess any guesses, I'll repeat the question. Well, Clig 0:17:36.080 --> 0:17:39.320 thinks on Thursday, Hale say it is sixteenth Grand Slam, 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.439 tying him for tenth on the list. So you know 0:17:41.560 --> 0:17:44.840 sixteen is tenth on the list. Who is the all 0:17:45.119 --> 0:17:49.399 time leader? And this is not something that you're gonna 0:17:49.600 --> 0:17:51.959 be This is not somebody like in the nineteen hundreds 0:17:52.000 --> 0:17:52.399 or whatever. 0:17:54.359 --> 0:17:55.840 Yeah, it's just a more recent player. 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.000 I'm gonna just take a shot at a rod because 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:01.400 I do remember him hitting a good many Grand Slams. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:03.000 So I don't know if he's at the top or not. 0:18:03.119 --> 0:18:04.320 But that's my guess. 0:18:04.400 --> 0:18:08.320 Yep, just Bob dropped it. You dropped it, that's right, 0:18:08.880 --> 0:18:14.399 twenty five career Grand slams. Alex Rodriguez, Bonds would have 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:16.680 bombs would have been my guess. That's what JP and 0:18:16.720 --> 0:18:18.800 Wonkey did. I would have one hundred percent went to 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:23.640 Bonds even first, But no, Alex Rodriguez twenty five Grand Slams. 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:27.680 That is a lot. I think that's yeah. Alex Rodriguez 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:30.440 had more Grand Slams and one pier had career homers. 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:32.280 I think that I think that's a correct stat. I 0:18:32.280 --> 0:18:34.639 don't remember one peer's homers, but I do feel like 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:38.360 we've talked about it this year. Stat heroes Alex Bregman 0:18:38.480 --> 0:18:41.280 four for six, two homers, a stolen base as well 0:18:41.280 --> 0:18:45.359 as a little combole action and six RBI, take four runs. 0:18:45.520 --> 0:18:48.160 Every bet on him paid off. Brian Reynolds, we talked 0:18:48.160 --> 0:18:50.920 about continues to heat up, keeps it going three for four, 0:18:51.000 --> 0:18:53.800 two homers, four RBI. Andrew mccutchon had two bombs as 0:18:53.800 --> 0:18:57.280 well three RBI, three runs, Chas McCormick a homer, five 0:18:57.480 --> 0:19:00.760 RBI twenty one runs. We didn't really mention yesterday the 0:19:00.760 --> 0:19:03.639 Astros put up on the white Sox. Wilson Contreras had 0:19:03.680 --> 0:19:06.399 two homers. Hunter Renfro perfect three for three with a 0:19:06.400 --> 0:19:09.000 home run. Lars Nootbar, but I think we mentioned on 0:19:09.119 --> 0:19:11.200 the DFS stacks to take a look at he was 0:19:11.240 --> 0:19:14.359 two for three with a homer, two RBI. Springer five 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.919 for five, Albert Poohols with that bomb in Yondi Diaz 0:19:17.960 --> 0:19:20.520 two for four, homer three RBIs. On the pitching side, 0:19:20.640 --> 0:19:22.440 we talked about Gallon. He had seven and one third, 0:19:22.520 --> 0:19:25.639 only give up four hits with twelve strikeouts. JD. Brewbaker 0:19:25.920 --> 0:19:29.600 seven and seven, Adam Wainwright seven and seven, you Darvish 0:19:29.680 --> 0:19:33.560 eight and one third, six strikeouts, and Max Fried seven 0:19:33.760 --> 0:19:37.920 with six caves. JD. Brewbakers another one of those guys 0:19:37.920 --> 0:19:41.400 that has just been like sneaky production in the right matchups. Clegg, 0:19:41.880 --> 0:19:44.840 is he one of those like on your eye, get 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.120 him in a rotation of streamable pitchers for the rest 0:19:48.160 --> 0:19:51.880 of the season into the playoffs, because he's definitely been that. Really, 0:19:51.920 --> 0:19:53.760