WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off September 9th, 2022 (Ep. 592) 0:00:12.480 --> 0:00:14.200 It's time for a little bit of leading off. 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:16.840 Good morning, good afternoon, and maybe good night. 0:00:16.840 --> 0:00:19.400 To listen to the podcast version of it, I am 0:00:19.480 --> 0:00:21.160 your host today, Chris Welsh. 0:00:21.280 --> 0:00:22.520 It's a Chris Chris show. 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:26.520 Yeah, Chris cleig Is. That's horrible. We really need theme 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:28.040 songs here, Clig, that's what we need. 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:30.520 The Chris rot o Clegg. 0:00:30.560 --> 0:00:33.120 You can find him on Twitter catch all the great 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:37.040 stuff from podcasting to articles, to prospect coverage and more. 0:00:37.560 --> 0:00:39.159 You can get all that cool stuff with Chris and 0:00:39.200 --> 0:00:42.200 he's gonna be hanging with me today. We've got some debuts, 0:00:42.280 --> 0:00:44.720 we have some big performances and you know, funny thing, 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:47.280 the very first comment in the chat made me chuckle 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.800 behind the scenes here because dang wrote, I only had 0:00:50.840 --> 0:00:53.720 two guys playing yesterday and they both went over four. 0:00:54.000 --> 0:00:57.840 Those like those low output games always kind of kill 0:00:57.880 --> 0:01:00.080 me a little bit. You know, days where it's like 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.160 you're in the playoffs, you're rocking, and like five teams 0:01:03.240 --> 0:01:05.399 play and you could might only have a handful of 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:07.440 guys going on that day, especially when you have no 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:11.600 starters going and all of your bad hitters are all 0:01:11.680 --> 0:01:13.640 your bad hitters are the ones going, not the good ones, 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.760 and you're sitting here and you're just like, what am 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:17.399 I supposed to do? Cleg, what am I supposed to do? 0:01:18.400 --> 0:01:18.920 That's tough. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.759 Yesterday kind of a tough day all around. So looking 0:01:21.840 --> 0:01:23.720 forward to a good Friday slate though. It's gonna be 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.400 a good one, good weekend hopefully for all the listeners 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:28.040 out there. I know it's playoff time for head to 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:30.800 head leagues, kind of the finals treads for roto leagues 0:01:31.080 --> 0:01:33.040 hitting that peak time, and hey people, some people were 0:01:33.080 --> 0:01:35.039 checking out for fantasy football. So if you're still listening 0:01:35.080 --> 0:01:37.399 to this, props to you. I'm glad you're with us 0:01:37.440 --> 0:01:38.920 and looking forward to the show today. 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:41.840 We're still rocking it TL. This week we were talking 0:01:41.840 --> 0:01:44.440 about some weekend streamers, which weekend streamers are kind of 0:01:44.440 --> 0:01:47.320 tough this weekend. If you're trying to put something out 0:01:47.319 --> 0:01:50.840 there's not a ton I'd say I think Heasley's going today. 0:01:51.040 --> 0:01:53.560 I kind of like him. He went eight last time 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.480 he minutes against the Tigers, didn't strike out a whole bunch, 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:59.440 but went eight. He's been pretty decent. Jordan Lyles is 0:01:59.440 --> 0:02:01.920 scheduled to go Sunday. He was set to be a 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.480 two starter this week but he had that pushed. So 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.480 there's a couple guys out there. There's not a whole 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.120 bunch that you can put together, but it does seem 0:02:10.160 --> 0:02:12.320 like there are some decent two starters next week. If 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:15.079 you're going really really deep, you know, guy like Cole 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:17.440 Reagan's might be a guy. But there are a few 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.400 that you can dig into. But let's talk about what 0:02:19.440 --> 0:02:22.720 went down yesterday. Yo Malcatta, now, Yo Mancatta out to 0:02:22.880 --> 0:02:25.080 I hit dow Homa, hit a couple of Tom Holmas. 0:02:25.320 --> 0:02:27.800 When I get like that, and whenever I said ya Ancotta, 0:02:27.840 --> 0:02:30.640 bagman pointed something out to me that I can be 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:34.480 relatively articulate while also saying things really stupid. But there 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:37.840 are a couple names that turn me into a different person. 0:02:38.000 --> 0:02:40.200 Cal Rally col Rally turns me into a different person 0:02:40.240 --> 0:02:43.120 when I say his name, And Yo Mancotta, Yo Mancotta, now, 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:46.960 Yo Mancatta went five for six yesterday, hit two homers, 0:02:47.280 --> 0:02:51.040 five rbi as the White Sox beat the As fourteen 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:54.240 to two. Dylan Seese was pretty good himself. Moncatta has 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:58.040 been such a distant thought this year, almost a non factor. 0:02:59.320 --> 0:03:02.520 If Moncotta pick it up through the back end of 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.839 this last month, do you think there'd be anything going 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:06.480 into next week or next year for you? 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:08.240 Maybe? 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:11.160 Unfortunately, I have him seen on the bench in a 0:03:11.200 --> 0:03:13.240 twenty team dynasty league and this where you can. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:16.320 Missed that yesterday. So that was happen in place of him? 0:03:16.720 --> 0:03:20.320 About that, because that's how I feel, Yeah, exactly, that's 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.040 how bad he's been this year. Then a twenty team 0:03:22.080 --> 0:03:26.120 I'd even feel he was startable in a full roto lineup. 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:27.880 Thats middle and corner and all that. 0:03:27.960 --> 0:03:30.840 Let me see, I don't know, he's just been so 0:03:31.080 --> 0:03:33.880 bad that it's kind of just been. I had Bregmann 0:03:33.880 --> 0:03:38.080 over him, but then in the middle infield is crazy enough. 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.840 Sorry, corner and field, I had Keston g Heer over him. 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.240 I mean, okay, So that's the big key right there. 0:03:43.280 --> 0:03:45.680 That's kind of the point. Moncotta hit two eleven so 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:48.080 far this year. That was more than twenty percent of 0:03:48.080 --> 0:03:52.640 his homer output in that single game, and it's closing 0:03:52.680 --> 0:03:54.920 in on over it's actually a little bit over ten 0:03:54.960 --> 0:03:57.360 percent of his RBI production. All happened in the one game. 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.880 That's how bad he's been. He's just been trash on 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:02.920 the year. Strike up presentage has been up, doesn't walk anymore. 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:06.600 It's a good outlier, but it's not necessarily anything to 0:04:06.600 --> 0:04:08.320 get excited about. Wouldn't be surprised if he's out on 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:12.720 the wire. Corvid Burns struck out fourteen while throwing eight 0:04:12.720 --> 0:04:15.400 innings of one run ball as they beat up on 0:04:15.440 --> 0:04:18.520 the Giants. It was part of a first on the doubleheader. 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:22.159 You know, not to get Nutty into this, but Corvid 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:25.560 Burns with those big outputs. Dylan Ceese has been solid. 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:29.640 Do you think there's any consensus on what the top 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:33.200 sp looks like for next year? Like number one, number two? 0:04:33.240 --> 0:04:34.880 Even if I gave you top one and two because 0:04:34.920 --> 0:04:36.960 McClanahan with the injury and the kind of little bit 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:40.360 of a falloff to Gram has comeback, there's Verlander. Do 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:42.800 you think there's any consensus of who belongs on the 0:04:42.839 --> 0:04:44.200 top two or do you think it might be a 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:46.000 bigger clump of like five guys. 0:04:46.640 --> 0:04:47.560 It could be a big clump. 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.120 But if de Gram stays healthy the rest of the 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.760 season and pitches well, then I have a hard time 0:04:52.800 --> 0:04:55.360 seeing anybody but him at the top. But I mean 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:58.720 you could like Burns is obviously going through a rough patch, 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:01.440 but yesterday he looked the part again so he could 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.400 find his way back up in there. But I think 0:05:03.400 --> 0:05:05.880 you're right. I think if de Grom's healthy, he's won. 0:05:05.960 --> 0:05:07.640 But then after that's kind of a clump of guys 0:05:07.680 --> 0:05:10.320 that could go any anywhere from like two to six 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:10.760 to seven. 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:11.839 Maybe that's I. 0:05:11.839 --> 0:05:13.560 Think it's going to be interesting. I'm probably going to 0:05:13.640 --> 0:05:15.920 be the guy that wants the end of a tier. 0:05:16.120 --> 0:05:18.000 If I'm going to be targeting, I probably don't want 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:21.279 to start the tier of the pictures. But between Burns 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.680 and you know, you can throw Cole in there, and 0:05:23.920 --> 0:05:27.920 McClanahan and maybe cease de Grom. You can even throw 0:05:28.960 --> 0:05:30.960 o who am I for? I mean, I said Verlander, 0:05:31.000 --> 0:05:33.480 Oh al Contra, even though he's been tapering back a 0:05:33.520 --> 0:05:36.039 little bit, like I'll probably want the back end of 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:40.520 a tier and Spencer Strider him him on top of 0:05:40.560 --> 0:05:42.880 whatever the other guy is is, can it probably be 0:05:42.960 --> 0:05:43.600 my taste? 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.200 kN rose Thal and Evandrelitcha. 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:49.599 The Athletic had reported that there was some expectations of 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:53.120 new rules, but Every Baseball Writer reported probably about ten 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:57.360 minutes ago that the new rule changes have been enacted 0:05:57.480 --> 0:06:00.279 and they will take place in twenty and thirteen all 0:06:00.279 --> 0:06:04.560 the new rules are going to be no shifting. That's 0:06:04.600 --> 0:06:07.000 probably the biggest rule in here. There's there's gonna be 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.560 versions of shifting, but not like we know it. There's 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:11.920 got to be a believe two guys on the one 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.640 side of second base, so it's really going to kind 0:06:14.640 --> 0:06:17.000 of take that away. There's also a pitch clock, which 0:06:17.839 --> 0:06:20.400 Chris and I have both experienced for quite a few 0:06:20.440 --> 0:06:22.680 years here with the minor leagues, and the AFAFL is 0:06:22.720 --> 0:06:25.680 actually the first time that they experimented with it a 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:27.560 couple of years ago, and the Arison a fall league, 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:29.440 we both know that. And then they are going to 0:06:29.480 --> 0:06:33.600 expand the base paths from fifteen to eighteen inches. So 0:06:34.000 --> 0:06:37.120 and he takes on the new rules and what I 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.280 mean really it's this is probably just about the shift 0:06:39.279 --> 0:06:41.040 and what that's going to do to baseball. 0:06:41.440 --> 0:06:43.560 Yeah, so I started doing a little more analysis on 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:46.240 shift last night and just looking at guys who have 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:49.640 struggling babbitts against the shift. And you know, the top 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.040 name that came up was Kyle Tucker running a two 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.640 forty seven babbit against the shift and a four to 0:06:54.760 --> 0:06:58.440 fifty seven babbit against non shifted and he's only he 0:06:58.480 --> 0:07:00.000 gets shifted ninety one percent of the time. 0:07:00.320 --> 0:07:02.320 But another one that popped up that was interesting was 0:07:02.400 --> 0:07:03.240 m J. Melndez. 0:07:03.440 --> 0:07:05.520 He gets shifted about seventy five percent of the time 0:07:05.760 --> 0:07:09.239 two oh three Babbitt against four to eleven Babbo without 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:11.720 the shifts. So there's some fun other fun names on 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.680 this top of this list, like Cody Bellinger. I'm not 0:07:14.720 --> 0:07:16.440 sure you know what even to make of him at 0:07:16.440 --> 0:07:17.040 this point. 0:07:17.440 --> 0:07:19.520 Was not very fun, but I know what you're saying here, Yeah, yeah, 0:07:19.640 --> 0:07:21.920 it'll be kind of probably be the big thing, the 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:24.960 big kind of buzzy article to write this offseason will 0:07:25.000 --> 0:07:27.320 be the players that will benefit from the lack of 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:29.280 a shift, and you just kind of you gave us 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:31.200 a tease to one him. J. Melndez might be one 0:07:31.240 --> 0:07:33.520 of those players that it's not going to show up 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:36.120 on the statuet or anything like that, but they are 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:37.720 going There are going to be players that are going 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:40.600 to benefit from teams not being able to do these 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.880 massive shifts and if the players can take part in it. 0:07:45.000 --> 0:07:49.360 So very interesting stuff, very interesting stuff. The base paths, 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.600 I mean maybe for stealing. You know, it's the little 0:07:52.680 --> 0:07:54.920 quarter inch that's going to help a few guys out 0:07:54.960 --> 0:07:57.680 there and the clock. If anything, the clock is just 0:07:57.800 --> 0:08:00.160 for us to go to games. It just believe me, 0:08:00.440 --> 0:08:02.200 I know, I think I saw you tweet about it 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.720 like it's just a good thing, like it speeds the 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:07.040 games up. I got no issues with it. It is 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:11.559 rough when you get pitchers that don't want to follow 0:08:11.600 --> 0:08:14.240 the rules and then they start getting thrown like you know, 0:08:14.280 --> 0:08:17.360 an extra strike and stuff like that, and they get pissy. 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:20.120 I've definitely seen that as they've adjusted, but they just 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.160 quick the games go quicker. It's not a bad thing, no, 0:08:23.200 --> 0:08:26.240 it's It's been highly enjoyable this year. A two hour 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:28.840 minor league game is fantastic, like get in and out 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:30.720 like and you still see the same amount of baseball. 0:08:30.720 --> 0:08:32.319 It's just a better pace of play. 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:35.480 There's the lack of batter stepping out and adjusting his 0:08:35.600 --> 0:08:38.400 batting gloves every pitch, like you don't see that as 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.320 much now. It's gonna be an adjustment for some Like 0:08:41.640 --> 0:08:43.560 I remember at the AFL last year, we were sitting 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.720 there and Spencer Torklsen was he stepped out of the 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:48.520 box I think it was, and they called him out 0:08:48.559 --> 0:08:51.000 it was a third strike. And I remember Hans Krause 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:55.000 yelling at the umpire. Yeah, Hans Krause yelled at the umpire. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:56.600 Let him hit. This is what we're here to do. 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:57.719 But they struck him out on it. 0:08:57.960 --> 0:09:00.840 I haven't seen any violations this year, but it could 0:09:00.840 --> 0:09:02.560 be an adjustment for at least some of the vets 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.560 that have never experienced it before, so it could be interesting. 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.719 I wish I could find it real quick. It's such 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:12.160 a funny, interesting video. But if you guys want, go 0:09:12.200 --> 0:09:14.640 onto my Twitter. I think you go on like the 0:09:14.679 --> 0:09:17.679 mobile apps, you can do a search and if you 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:20.280 go under mine, probably type in Hans Krause, because I 0:09:20.280 --> 0:09:23.360 don't think I've tweeted about Hans Krause since then. But yeah, 0:09:23.559 --> 0:09:26.560 he's pitching. I'm right dead center. I'm filming it and 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:29.200 Torcosen steps out and they call him out and you 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.360 can literally hear Kraus go just let him hit, just 0:09:32.400 --> 0:09:34.280 like like he didn't want the bat like they all 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:35.880 did not like that. And those are the things that 0:09:35.880 --> 0:09:38.080 they need to kind of figure out. And those are 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.400 potentially a few things you might see. It's gonna get 0:09:40.400 --> 0:09:43.040 a little bit more testy in the majors. Just pointing 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.080 that out lastly, on the headline stuff. Josh Young is 0:09:46.120 --> 0:09:48.280 going to make his major league debut today, at least 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:51.599 that is what is scheduled. Then I'm not gonna have 0:09:51.600 --> 0:09:53.679 any official lineups or anything like that, but I like 0:09:53.720 --> 0:09:56.840 to get your take on Josh Young. We've seen Tristicasis, 0:09:56.920 --> 0:10:00.440 we've seen totally not that Tristicassas is closer to Josh 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:02.440 Young than totally as totally as a big power guy, 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.440 Cosses can put up some batting average. Best of the 0:10:05.520 --> 0:10:09.360 contact hitters is Josh Young had a great power output 0:10:09.400 --> 0:10:11.320 for a short period of time in Triple A. I 0:10:11.320 --> 0:10:13.760 think he hit six in Triple A, has nine total 0:10:13.800 --> 0:10:16.320 in the minors. His batting average dipped pretty greatly though. 0:10:16.440 --> 0:10:18.080 He's only got about one hundred and twenty four at 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.480 bats under his belt over the last year and a 0:10:21.520 --> 0:10:23.480 half due to injury, and he's already making his major 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:26.559 league debut. So what's your take on Josh Young and 0:10:26.640 --> 0:10:29.240 the AGGRESSIVENESSUE would be? You know, if you were sitting 0:10:29.240 --> 0:10:31.600 out for people right now, I think. 0:10:31.440 --> 0:10:34.320 He's definitely worth an ad in a fifteen team for 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:37.480 rest of season. He certainly looks the part. And I 0:10:37.840 --> 0:10:39.840 didn't really know what to expect with him coming back 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:43.600 from a shoulder injury, especially this year. I mean long term, 0:10:43.760 --> 0:10:46.880 really didn't have any concerns about him, but he's come 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.560 back and really looked the part he's hit for the power, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:51.480 which that was kind of the concern, like what kind 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.160 of power output would he have post shoulder surgery. The 0:10:55.160 --> 0:10:58.360 field of hits always been there, good contact skills, and 0:10:58.480 --> 0:11:01.640 I think there's plus power in the tank as well. Obviously, 0:11:01.720 --> 0:11:03.400 it's kind of a mixed bag as to what you 0:11:03.520 --> 0:11:07.200 get every time a prospect comes up, so it's tough 0:11:07.240 --> 0:11:10.600 to say with young, especially coming back from injury, but 0:11:10.920 --> 0:11:12.520 I am willing to take a shot on him. He 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:17.559 makes this Rangers lineup significantly better and he should play 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.760 every single day. I can't imagine him not like who's 0:11:20.840 --> 0:11:24.960 blocking him at third base. So I'm definitely about adding 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.440 him and seeing where it goes at this point. So 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:29.079 there's definitely the upside for him to be a solid contributor. 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:33.400 Yeah, and I'm trying to see if going over it. 0:11:33.559 --> 0:11:38.119 Look, he's projected to hit eight tonight. That's the projection 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:40.880 that I'm seeing on the lineup this according to Fantasy Labs, 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:44.880 and I pull it up they've got Simeon Seeger Lowe, 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:50.679 adoles him, Tavares, Cole Young, and then Josh Young, so 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:52.920 he and hitting, I mean, hitting between Cole Young and 0:11:52.920 --> 0:11:54.839 Bobba Thompson is not the worst thing in the world, 0:11:55.120 --> 0:11:57.719 you know. Lastly, just on that, I just point out 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:01.319 like I was pretty impressed with how he looked athletically, 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:03.240 because I've seen him a whole lot but mainly just 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.040 walking around the backfield with a sling on his arm. 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.160 Looked like he trimmed up. He was faster than I remember. 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.880 He's got a really good path to the ball. It's 0:12:13.080 --> 0:12:16.280 just I personally think he's stuck between trying to become 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.839 a power hitter and continuously being the contact hitter. And 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:22.680 we'll see how that translates tonight. He's not the type 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:24.360 of guy I would project like he's going to hit 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.200 a homer in his first at bat. But I do 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:27.720 think he's going to get a hit tonight. So if 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.200 I would be tempted if there was like a prop 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.000 out there, if it was like one, you know, a half, 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.160 I would probably be tempted to take it. With Josh 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.520 Young getting a hit tonight, but makes his major league debut, 0:12:38.520 --> 0:12:42.000 probably the last of the prospects that we're going to 0:12:42.040 --> 0:12:44.000 really care about getting a call up, and Alec Burlson 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.760 got the call up. Actually didn't even look at see 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:48.880 what his line was. But other than that, I'm not 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:52.320 do you have any expectation of any other prospect that 0:12:52.440 --> 0:12:53.840 might be waiting in the wings we get a call 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:55.040 up on or do you think this is it? 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:57.440 It feels like this is it at this point, And 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:02.280 you've seen most every major prospect that was MLB ready 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:05.400 to get the call So I don't really foresee any 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:09.480 other big names at this point unless something crazy were 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:10.000 to happen. 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.520 But I feel like this is kind of it right now. 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:16.240 Yeah. I'd also point out teams, agents, and players are 0:13:16.280 --> 0:13:18.839 getting pretty set for the Arizona Fall League. I did 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.800 an episode my prospect show, Prospect one, where I did 0:13:21.800 --> 0:13:25.480 the Arizona Fall League predictions, and you know, each team, 0:13:25.559 --> 0:13:27.560 each major league team since out like five to eight 0:13:27.600 --> 0:13:29.880 players to the Arizona Fall League, and I was predicting 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:32.840 who those players are. I have some pretty incredible accuracy. 0:13:32.920 --> 0:13:35.640 Right now, I had only been forced, i'd only been 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:38.440 given a couple players, and then ever since I've done 0:13:38.480 --> 0:13:41.480 that episode, I've had a ton more confirmed that I've 0:13:41.480 --> 0:13:44.920 seen probably about twenty to thirty percent of the AFL rosters. 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:47.560 And my whole point of that is, though, is like 0:13:48.080 --> 0:13:51.240 they're all kind of planning and for some you know, 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:53.520 teams are just not going to consider bringing up players 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:55.439 so they can just you know, throw them to the. 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:58.040 Arizona Fall League. I think some plans may have changed. 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:00.640 And who knows. I thought Josh Young was gonna come 0:14:00.640 --> 0:14:02.839 to the foll League. Maybe he still will. We'll see, 0:14:02.840 --> 0:14:05.560 but that's probably about it. Go Cards also mentioned Burlson 0:14:05.640 --> 0:14:08.280 oh for four with the walk and a strikeout. For 0:14:08.320 --> 0:14:11.800 Burlson in his debut, he also had to run. Nothing exciting. 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:15.160 I know Andrew was excited about him yesterday. Not me, 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:17.640 not as much as I am. But you know, he's 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.240 getting some playing time and that's good. So on the 0:14:19.240 --> 0:14:22.440 injury front, Eric Lower underwent an MRI on his strained 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.320 left elbow on Thursday. He left his start against the 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.760 Rockies on Wednesday. He only went two and two thirds. 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.320 He was diagnosed with a left elbow strain and they 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:34.400 said that they said that there was an encouragement on that. 0:14:34.520 --> 0:14:38.360 So whatever that means, if you're hoping, I've got lower 0:14:38.440 --> 0:14:40.280 available in a couple leagues that I've seen out on 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:41.840 the wire and I haven't picked him up. So that's 0:14:41.840 --> 0:14:44.760 where that sits. The other injury stuff, Yankees vanager Aaron 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:47.600 Boone told reporters that he's unsure if Stanton char Carlos 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:48.160 Stanton is going. 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:49.120 To play today. 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:52.080 They said, we'll see, and he's not sure yet, so 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.440 you're gonna have to wait for official lineups. That really 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.720 sounds like not going to but we'll take a look 0:14:57.760 --> 0:15:00.000 at it. And then probably should have put the Brewers 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:02.960 news together. Crek Council told reporters that Freddy Perrault has 0:15:03.000 --> 0:15:05.000 been placed on the IL so I think that's his 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:09.960 twelve hundredth stent this year and it's been kind of 0:15:09.960 --> 0:15:12.320 a forgetable year. I think for Freddy PERRAULTA had some 0:15:12.360 --> 0:15:15.320 inconsistencies as he gets like to the second third time 0:15:15.360 --> 0:15:18.760 to the order, a couple injuries, probably needing to move on. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.120 This was fun. Wonky put this on. This is the 0:15:22.160 --> 0:15:24.560 other sporting news. I wish I could share this piece 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:28.680 of art. We probably should. It's called the Angels team Leaders. 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.920 Is just show hey Otani and I don't know if 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.640 you're looking at this cleg. As far as batting goes 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:39.240 Otani is the leader in batting average, home runs RBI, 0:15:39.600 --> 0:15:42.000 So he's a triple Crown Angels winner. 0:15:42.320 --> 0:15:44.000 OBP and hits. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:48.560 And as a pitcher he's the winner in wins, era 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:52.520 in strikeouts. I mean, he is a triple Crown winner. 0:15:52.720 --> 0:15:54.880 Is a triple Crown winner on both sides of the 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.480 fall here. But you know it's not the MVP leg Otani. 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.200 He's kind of good, kind of a good. 0:16:00.320 --> 0:16:01.200 Right, right. 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.080 Yeah, And if you want to start a good Twitter fight, 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:06.000 just go post about Judge or Otani being the MVP 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:07.520 and somebody will come around. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.120 I can't even do it anymore. I've talked about it 0:16:10.200 --> 0:16:12.320 so much and we brought it up so much that 0:16:12.400 --> 0:16:14.480 like eyes roll as soon as it happens. So this 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.360 isn't an MVP conversation. I just thought that was interesting 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.080 because you'll definitely have player I mean, who's the last 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:24.040 player you think led their team in average Homer's RBI, 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:25.680 OBP and hits alone. 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:26.960 I mean that's not that often. 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:28.680 That's usually a triple crown thing. What a couple of 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:34.160 years ago for for Miguel Vladdie, maybe. 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.680 Last year, right, Yeah, I would guess. 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:42.720 So this is a fun fact, not a conversation piece. Yeah, 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.320 I just want to know, just want to know. Yeah, there, 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.160 what's thereon Judge? Now we won't do They're in Judge 0:16:47.160 --> 0:16:49.760 one this day in baseball nineteen seventy seven, in the 0:16:49.760 --> 0:16:52.320 second game of a doubleheader in Boston, Tiger's rookie Lou 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.920 Whitaker and Alan Trammel debut together. 0:16:54.960 --> 0:16:56.360 They will hold down the second base and. 0:16:56.360 --> 0:17:01.600 Short short shortstop jobs in Detroit a record nineteen years. 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:05.359 And then Taylor Trammel will follow with every person on 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.119 the planet assuming his name is Trammel, and then he 0:17:08.160 --> 0:17:10.640 will have to correct them until he doesn't care anymore 0:17:10.920 --> 0:17:14.639 that it is Trommel. Let's go over to some stat heroes. 0:17:14.680 --> 0:17:18.359 Chris y'all Mancata, as we mentioned, five for six, two homers, 0:17:18.400 --> 0:17:20.320 five RBIs you know there was a trivia question. I 0:17:20.400 --> 0:17:22.800 decided not to put it on there, but it was 0:17:22.880 --> 0:17:25.320 about the last White Sox player. 0:17:25.040 --> 0:17:26.119 To have six hits. 0:17:26.240 --> 0:17:28.880 I don't know why they chose that because Moncotta had five, 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.560 but assuming he goes six for six and not putting 0:17:31.560 --> 0:17:34.400 it on there, but it was Alex Rios who had 0:17:34.440 --> 0:17:36.280 six hits as the last player for the White Sox. 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:40.440 So Moncatta's performance pretty good in White Sox lareas of recent. 0:17:40.200 --> 0:17:42.040 Alex call four for five with the homer. 0:17:42.200 --> 0:17:44.720 Remy Garcia had a homer, going four for five to 0:17:45.000 --> 0:17:48.680 the hits in Chicago unbelievable. Yatier had two bombs, Miguel 0:17:48.720 --> 0:17:51.480 anu Are had a homer, Seesar Hernandez three for four 0:17:51.840 --> 0:17:55.320 with three three rbi, two runs, Elvis Andres with the homer, 0:17:55.359 --> 0:17:58.159 two RBIs, Brandon Donovan three for three, says Azuki had 0:17:58.200 --> 0:18:00.840 a homer, and Alec Bohm two for four or two rbi. 0:18:01.280 --> 0:18:05.120 Alexandris really has been such a whirlwind of a pickup 0:18:05.160 --> 0:18:06.320 for a lot of teams. I don't know if you 0:18:06.400 --> 0:18:08.280 picked him up anywhere. I've been trying to tout him 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.680 in a couple different spots. He is helping me out 0:18:10.720 --> 0:18:12.160 greatly across a couple leagues. 0:18:13.320 --> 0:18:16.000 Yeah, it's crazy. I really didn't pick him up anywhere. 0:18:16.000 --> 0:18:19.000 I didn't think he would be this relevant, but here 0:18:19.040 --> 0:18:22.280 we are, and he's just been extremely good since he 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:25.520 came over to Chicago and looks like a different player. 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.560 I'm not really sure what happened or what flip switched 0:18:28.600 --> 0:18:32.000