WEBVTT - The Cycle: Luis Gil, James Wood, Waivers & Rule Changes (Ep. 857) 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:05.160 Hello, everybody, Welcome into the cycle. I am Ryan warmly joined. Bye. 0:00:05.640 --> 0:00:12.319 Guess who's back back again? Mayo's back, Tello friends Mike 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:16.400 Mayer back after his long vacation which immediately followed my 0:00:16.480 --> 0:00:19.160 long vacation, so we didn't do a show together in 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:21.840 all of June. Now Here, first week in July, we 0:00:21.880 --> 0:00:25.000 are back the dynamic duo ourselves. How was your trip, buddy? 0:00:26.320 --> 0:00:28.560 It was great. It was a great June to not 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:31.600 spend it with you, so that was great all around. 0:00:32.240 --> 0:00:34.760 I went to Switzerland, which was a lot of fun. 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.560 I also went to Long Island with two really young 0:00:38.640 --> 0:00:41.080 children on a plane, which was a lot less fun, 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:43.720 of course, But happy to be back and happy to 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:45.120 be back talking baseball. 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:48.400 We weren't totally not in each other's lives, because you 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.160 did call me while I was sitting on the beach 0:00:50.200 --> 0:00:53.760 one day to discuss work related matters for like forty minutes, 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.920 and the rest of my family was like, why are 0:00:55.920 --> 0:00:57.880 you on the phone talking about work when you're sitting 0:00:58.320 --> 0:01:01.240 at the beach. But so we had a nice little 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:03.800 chat there, but no, Yeah, it's been basically a month 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:06.559 a month apart, so we've got a lot to catch 0:01:06.640 --> 0:01:09.319 up on here time baseball quickly though. Also, this is 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:11.080 July fifth, What did you do for the fourth? 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:15.400 I just since we just came off that big trip, 0:01:15.440 --> 0:01:17.920 we just kind of like hung at the house and 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:22.000 you know, barbecued and stuff. And luckily, like I was 0:01:22.040 --> 0:01:25.959 just telling Blaine and Pat, the like neighborhood, like right 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:27.959 around the corner of from mine, like literally walking distance, 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:31.920 they do like a huge professional fireworks setup. So I 0:01:31.920 --> 0:01:34.240 took my almost four year old over there in a 0:01:34.280 --> 0:01:37.560 wagon and watched fireworks and it was a lot of fun. 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.600 I'm not a huge fireworks guy, but you know, when 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:43.039 you have young kids there into fireworks and so it's 0:01:43.080 --> 0:01:45.080 cool to see, like, you know, them experience that. 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:47.640 Yeah, I've always found fireworks to be overrated and to 0:01:47.680 --> 0:01:49.280 each their own. Like, if you really enjoy it, go 0:01:49.280 --> 0:01:50.920 out and do it. I don't have a problem with it. 0:01:51.680 --> 0:01:53.200 I do have a problem with the people in my 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:56.160 neighborhood who were doing it like after midnight, because like 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.040 I do have a dog, and the dog actually did great. 0:01:58.080 --> 0:02:00.600 So my buddy has he's got this house with a 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.480 really nice rooftop right just on the outskirts of the 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.040 city of Denver. So it's a perfect view for fireworks 0:02:06.080 --> 0:02:08.280 over the city. We actually got We watched the Rocky 0:02:08.440 --> 0:02:11.040 you know course Field had some fireworks going on. All 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:13.720 these neighborhoods were doing it. All this city sponsored professional stuff. 0:02:13.760 --> 0:02:15.959 So that was really cool because a lot of times too, 0:02:16.160 --> 0:02:17.960 you can't really do that in Denver because of like 0:02:18.000 --> 0:02:20.359 fire warnings and it's so dry out here. But we've 0:02:20.400 --> 0:02:22.080 gotten enough rain that they were able to do it. 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:24.639 So it was really fun. And my dog did great. 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.040 I brought him. He was up in the rooftop. He 0:02:26.120 --> 0:02:28.120 was anxious at times, for sure. I mean he has 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:29.639 a dog, and there was a lot of loud noises 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:32.239 going on, but relative to what dogs could have been, 0:02:32.480 --> 0:02:34.280 he handled it really well. This this was my first 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.240 Fourth of July with him because I got him mid 0:02:36.320 --> 0:02:38.960 July last year, so this was my first chance to 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:40.520 see how he did. And he did well, so that 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.239 was so that was nice and it's cool to just 0:02:42.280 --> 0:02:44.280 go over and we grilled some I grilled some Omaha 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.920 steaks and we uh, you know, we watched the fireworks. 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:49.400 So it was fun. Like I said, so you're. 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.440 Saying you had a dog on a rooftop with fireworks, 0:02:51.480 --> 0:02:52.440 is that what you're saying. 0:02:52.280 --> 0:02:55.400 We weren't doing fireworks, we were watching fireworks, but yes, yes, 0:02:55.440 --> 0:02:58.600 I had watching fire Well, the roof has like a 0:02:58.600 --> 0:03:00.240 little bit of a railing, so it's not like he 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:01.840 was just gonna be like go run off, and he 0:03:01.919 --> 0:03:04.320 is generally a pretty calm dog, so I kind of 0:03:04.320 --> 0:03:06.080 had faith you be fine. And like I said, there 0:03:06.120 --> 0:03:09.040 was like a little bit of anxiousness, but largely was 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.040 if you think of a typical dog is like, you know, 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.480 eight out of ten nervous with fireworks, he was like 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.640 three or four, like he little but was generally fine. 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:22.639 So while he was a champ. That's enough preamble. Let's 0:03:22.639 --> 0:03:24.680 get into the show here. Quick note for everybody. If 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:26.960 you like this content, the best freeway to show your 0:03:27.000 --> 0:03:29.799 support and encourage more content like this is to leave 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.040 a positive review at fantasypros dot com slash MLB review. 0:03:33.800 --> 0:03:35.440 By the way, before you jump into the round the bases, 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:38.240 did you listen while you were out? Because I did 0:03:38.280 --> 0:03:41.240 listen to most, but not all, of the two shows 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:42.040 you did without me. 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:45.640 Well, I want to lie and say yes, but I 0:03:45.640 --> 0:03:47.360 feel like I'll get caught in a lie because I 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:50.080 did listen to the first episode with Bogman. I have 0:03:50.200 --> 0:03:53.440 not yet listened to the episode with Welsh, but I will. 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.200 I will listen. I just haven't caught up yet. 0:03:55.280 --> 0:03:57.520 The episode of Welsh is way better, so not just skiddy, 0:03:57.520 --> 0:04:01.240 They're both great. You did hear Bogman cheat in the 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:04.200 two start pitcher competition, which we'll we'll get to at 0:04:04.240 --> 0:04:06.680 the end of the show. All right, let's dive in. 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.520 We're gonna start with Louis Hill. And I wasn't sure 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:12.160 how much you wanted to kind of jump into stuff 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:15.560 that's been going on since you have been out or 0:04:16.000 --> 0:04:18.039 kind of what we normally do more recent to this 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:22.120 specific week. But Hill has been bad ever since that 0:04:22.200 --> 0:04:24.520 Oriole start where he gave up seven earned runs in 0:04:24.600 --> 0:04:26.719 an inning and a third, he has not gotten it 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:28.839 back the last three starts an inning and a third, 0:04:29.120 --> 0:04:31.440 four and a third, four innings. He's giving up at 0:04:31.520 --> 0:04:33.960 least four earned runs in each of those. He has 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.640 not struck out more than three batters in any of those. 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:38.720 We had talked a lot in the early part of 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.440 the year. You have been on this train for a while. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.200 Of the innings, you know, count being a problem and 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:44.840 somebody to consider in the back of your mind. It's 0:04:44.880 --> 0:04:46.640 why he was a sell high for you for a 0:04:46.680 --> 0:04:48.240 lot of the first couple of months of the season. 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.240 That window is probably not entirely closed, but it's certainly closing. 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.680 And after these last few starts you think it's fully clear. 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.760 I mean sure there are some leagues whe there's somebody 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:00.400 out there who will look at the season long stats 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:02.560 and say like, hey, everybody's allowed to have a couple 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:04.800 of weeks, you know, off, But it is it is 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.160 very nearly closed, if not all the way closed, at 0:05:07.200 --> 0:05:11.120 the very least. What is your evaluation right now? Are 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.240 you saying he's somebody that like if you had him 0:05:14.240 --> 0:05:15.919 on your team, would you be selling him at any costs? 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.160 Would you be holding would you be considering dropping if 0:05:18.160 --> 0:05:20.040 that you're in a redraft league and saying, listen, I 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:21.520 don't think we're getting anything out of him in the 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:23.359 second half. If it's a shallower roster, what are you 0:05:23.400 --> 0:05:24.280 doing with him right now? 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:27.080 So I actually did, like I think in most leagues, 0:05:27.080 --> 0:05:30.640 you're not dropping him in our company ESPN leagues, which 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:34.240 are you know, pretty shallow rosters. I dropped him in 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:36.400 my league, and I was talking to Kelly who also 0:05:36.480 --> 0:05:39.159 dropped him in her league, so both halfs of our leagues. 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:41.800 Louise Hale is currently a free agent. But that's because 0:05:41.960 --> 0:05:44.040 you know, est pan's a little bit shower of a format. 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.640 We're getting into the playoffs because we do a really 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.640 condensed season to get ready for football. 0:05:50.400 --> 0:05:53.960 Or the playoffs. Already it's it's daily lineus. But you 0:05:54.000 --> 0:05:57.480 have like three total bench spots. There's just there's it's 0:05:57.640 --> 0:06:00.400 very very shallow, and it's a ten team league. Yeah, 0:06:00.440 --> 0:06:01.479 because there's multiple. 0:06:01.200 --> 0:06:04.599 Times I daily transactions in those leagues. I'm always streaming 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:07.600 starters and streaming hitters. I make daily transactions, especially now 0:06:07.600 --> 0:06:09.360 that I'm in the playoffs. But I did I did 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.880 drop him in that in that league. I know I 0:06:13.040 --> 0:06:16.440 started him against the Reds. I was like just rolling 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:19.440 the dice. I wanted the volume. Whereas uh, I think 0:06:19.520 --> 0:06:21.560 Kelly dropped him before that start. I kind of wish 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:23.240 I dropped him before that start. Although it wasn't as 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.960 bad as the previous two starts. I think he's no 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.920 longer a cell high, and I almost think he may 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.080 have completely flipped to maybe being a bilow. 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:33.680 Now I was gonna ask think that is he if 0:06:33.680 --> 0:06:35.520 you can get over on the cheap would you actually 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:37.240 be buying I. 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.160 Think I would because I like I as much as 0:06:39.200 --> 0:06:41.160 I think all season he was like a cell high 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:42.400 and I could come on here and like take a 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:46.000 victory lap. But but I do I do think like 0:06:46.080 --> 0:06:48.720 it's kind of unprecedented, like just how good he was 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:51.920 to like completely fall off. So like the real Louis 0:06:52.000 --> 0:06:53.560 Hale is probably somewhere in the middle, and I think 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:56.320 there's gonna be value there. I do think he's gonna 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.240 need the All Star break to kind of like take 0:06:58.240 --> 0:07:00.320 a break. Like I think a lot of things are 0:07:00.360 --> 0:07:01.719 happening here, their innings are catching up. 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:03.760 I think you think do you think it's fatigue is 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.480 that Do you think it's more fatigue like hey, the 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.599 innings stuff that we've talked about all years catching up 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:11.440 or do you think it's like kind of getting figured 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.600 out a little bit to a degree, Like to what 0:07:13.640 --> 0:07:17.120 do you attribute this mostly because it's probably multiple factors, 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.200 But to what what fact did you mostly attribute this 0:07:19.360 --> 0:07:20.160 kind of falling off? 0:07:21.240 --> 0:07:24.040 I think it's a little bit of everything. Like I, 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:26.120 like I talked about a few weeks ago when I 0:07:26.160 --> 0:07:27.760 was talking about selling high on him, like I had 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.200 concerns about the approach and the fastball usage, and also 0:07:30.320 --> 0:07:32.400 like he is someone who historically has had a pretty 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:33.880 high walk rate, and he was just like walking no 0:07:33.920 --> 0:07:35.760 One all of a sudden, and I kind of thought, like, 0:07:35.800 --> 0:07:38.600 you know, this is probably gonna regress at some point, 0:07:38.640 --> 0:07:42.200 at which at which point, like his you know, there's 0:07:42.240 --> 0:07:43.680 not a lot of room for error there, and so 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.080 I figured some aggression was coming. But also like you 0:07:46.160 --> 0:07:48.480 have to consider the innings because it's not just like, 0:07:49.400 --> 0:07:51.360 you know, he threw a bunch of innings last year 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:53.480 and then you know he's getting to like his innings 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:55.520 kind of threshold. He threw no innings last year, and 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:57.280 the year before he threw four innings. Yeah, and in 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:59.320 twenty twenty one he threw twenty nine innings, and so 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:02.040 he's already up to close to ninety innings now, Like 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.760 this is an unprecedented workload for him as a professional 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.000 pitcher over the last four years, and so you almost 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:11.080 have to consider that fatigue is you know, is a 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:11.640 factor here. 0:08:12.040 --> 0:08:13.800 By the way, we're not talking about him in this 0:08:13.840 --> 0:08:18.040 week's episode, but Garrett Crochet is similar, like the drasticness, 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.440 like the degree to which he is out you know, 0:08:21.560 --> 0:08:24.600 pitching his previous career highs just in terms of workload 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.440 and volume is like really remarkable, and it's it's the 0:08:27.480 --> 0:08:29.120 reason why I don't really want the Orioles to trade 0:08:29.160 --> 0:08:31.120 for Crochet with what he's going to cost, because I 0:08:31.160 --> 0:08:32.880 think that's a trade for twenty twenty five. Like, I 0:08:33.240 --> 0:08:35.040 don't think you can sit there and say he's going 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:37.800 to be, you know, slot in behind Corbyn Burns and 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:40.280 Grace Rodriguez in October. So I talked about that with 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:41.920 Bobman have been a couple of weeks ago, but it's 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.280 a similar thing and we're seeing it not play out 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:46.240 with Crochet yet, we are seeing it play out now 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:49.680 with Heel for whatever it's worth. And I know, you know, 0:08:49.760 --> 0:08:52.680 expected Dra isn't perfect his era on the season in 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:56.439 three forty one Expected Dra three forty five. So it's 0:08:56.480 --> 0:08:59.520 not really you know, there's like, you know, obvious regression 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.760 in either direction coming with that. Now that number was 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.120 a lot lower prior to the last three starts, but. 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:08.680 Right, yeah, it's kind of like this is the regression 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:12.040 that was being predicted. Yeah, the numbers now fantastic. 0:09:11.559 --> 0:09:14.480 And now it's caught up. Yeah. I mean for me, 0:09:14.720 --> 0:09:16.960 I'm probably not training for him, even on the cheap. 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:19.640 I'm probably just trusting that I can find somebody else. 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.400 It like, I would rather pick up somebody off waivers 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.760 and see if somebody's taking a step forward or hold 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:29.800 out for a prospect or whatever, then have somebody on 0:09:29.800 --> 0:09:31.679 my roster. If I have him, I'm gonna be really 0:09:31.720 --> 0:09:34.440 afraid to drop him, and it's it's gonna be one 0:09:34.480 --> 0:09:36.800 of those roster cloggers unless he kind of flips the 0:09:36.800 --> 0:09:41.560 switch back, because I'm gonna be so beholden to his 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:45.320 april and may that even if he's bad, I'm not 0:09:45.320 --> 0:09:47.000 gonna be starting him. But he's just gonna be taking 0:09:47.040 --> 0:09:49.880 up a bench spot. So I maybe it's the cowards 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:52.079 way out, but I don't think I'll be training for him. 0:09:52.600 --> 0:09:54.360 It would have to be really really cheap for me, 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.679 given given the kind of pitching landscape. Even though we're 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:59.240 seeing like hitting come back a little bit now that 0:09:59.240 --> 0:09:59.959 it's getting warmer. 0:10:00.440 --> 0:10:03.760 Yeah, let's go on. Excuse me, then lose my voice 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:08.400 from fourth July. Let's go on to the next topic here, 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:12.920 James Wood. Do we finally have an elite, top high 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:16.000 level hitting prospect who is actually gonna hit the ground 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:20.280 running this year. So far, he's played four games, all 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:22.040 of them against the Mets since he was caught up 0:10:22.040 --> 0:10:24.400 on Monday. He went one for four, zero for three, 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:28.240 two for three, one for three. He has one RBI, 0:10:28.280 --> 0:10:30.120 He's got one run score. He does have a walk 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:32.480 in every game. He's only struck out twice. He's got 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:35.199 a stolen base as well. And you've seen it right, 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.880 Like obviously the numbers, the sample size is small enough 0:10:37.920 --> 0:10:39.800 that the numbers aren't really that relevant, but you've seen 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.599 it with the eye test that this is as advertised. 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.480 He's a big, strong dude, who's gonna hit the ball 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.200 really hard, who's gonna run really fast, who's kind of 0:10:48.240 --> 0:10:51.680 electrifying Washington to a degree. Like the fan I am 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.440 from the DC area, I follow a lot of Nationals fans, 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:56.760 they are talking about him the same way they talked 0:10:56.800 --> 0:10:59.520 about Bryce Harper and Steven Strasburg when they made their 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.800 debuts over a decade ago. Now that comparison is probably 0:11:02.800 --> 0:11:04.439 a bridge too far, because those are two of the 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:07.560 greatest prospects of all time. But that is how people 0:11:07.679 --> 0:11:11.000 in the organization and people in the city are thinking 0:11:11.000 --> 0:11:12.880 about James Wood and how excited they are for him. 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:15.320 Obviously he was a part of their return for want 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:17.800 So too a couple of years ago. But we've seen 0:11:17.880 --> 0:11:20.160 so many guys struggle this year on the on the 0:11:20.240 --> 0:11:23.320 hitting side. You know, Jackson Holliday is the biggest example. 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.480 Jackson Churio is now starting to turn around, But those 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.960 first two months were really brutal. I mean these and 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:31.719 these are not top one hundred prospects. These are top ten, 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:34.600 top five prospects who have not made the transition of 0:11:34.640 --> 0:11:38.400 major league pitching very smoothly, very immediately. This year. There's 0:11:38.400 --> 0:11:40.080 been a lot of talk about how the gap between 0:11:40.080 --> 0:11:42.120 Triple A pitching and major league pitching has never been 0:11:42.120 --> 0:11:46.319 wider than it is now. But James Would through four games, 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.560 very very small sample size, looks like he could be 0:11:49.640 --> 0:11:51.600 the exception and a guy who is a very viable 0:11:51.640 --> 0:11:54.560 fantasy asset here even in redraft. You obviously know what 0:11:54.559 --> 0:11:56.800 he is in dynasty, but even in redraft as a 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.000 rookie making the sleep at the age of twenty one, 0:11:59.040 --> 0:12:00.400 what do you think about what we've seen from him 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:01.800 so far? 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.000 Yeah, so he's someone that in that same league I 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:07.199 picked him up. I dropped fluv seal for James Wood, 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:10.160 So I was kind of surprised he was available, but. 0:12:10.800 --> 0:12:13.080 I was let meanerly and say I had the same 0:12:13.120 --> 0:12:15.520 reaction where I knew in all the leagues I had 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:18.040 that are relevant with keepers and prospects, he was not 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.920 going to be there. And I almost didn't even check 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.080 my leagues that were just regular redraft leagues to see 0:12:24.120 --> 0:12:26.079 if he was available, because there's no way. He's the 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:28.800 most obvious waiver stash. And he was available in two 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.559 of my leagues, and so I was, okay, I'll go 0:12:30.800 --> 0:12:33.240 Like so I just say that to say, go check 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:35.640 if you think somebody might not be available. I mean 0:12:35.880 --> 0:12:37.199 a lot of the names we could talk about on 0:12:37.200 --> 0:12:39.320 the show are not one hundred percent rostered. Even if 0:12:39.320 --> 0:12:41.559 they're ninety five percent roster, you might be in the 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:43.840 five percent where they're not. So it's worth checking because 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.040 I got him in two leagues that I couldn't believe 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:48.080 he was available in. So I was totally with you. 0:12:48.120 --> 0:12:51.439 There, Yeah, And same thing for me. It was, it 0:12:51.559 --> 0:12:53.360 wasn't something where I went in and I was like, 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.440 let me search for James Wood, Like I just went 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:58.120 to go find someone on waivers and I was like, 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.000 whoa James Wood is there Okay, I'll pick him up 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.319 and see what we got. Like, you know, I'm a 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:04.360 little worried about what we've seen with all the other prospects, 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:07.720 you know, this year, but you know, whenever, like there 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:11.120 could be like fifteen like not bus but like prospects 0:13:11.160 --> 0:13:12.600 in a row that just like kind of fall flat. 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:15.520 I'm still gonna roll the dice on number sixteen because 0:13:15.559 --> 0:13:19.079 like there's just always the opportunity in the chance that 0:13:19.280 --> 0:13:21.000 this is a league winner, and so you have to 0:13:21.080 --> 0:13:22.559 kind of roll the dice on that, especially if I'm 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.640 not if I'm like dropping like Ian happ for him, 0:13:24.720 --> 0:13:27.680 like no problem, I'm fine making that move and just. 0:13:27.960 --> 0:13:31.040 And it's important to really differentiate between Again, you're not saying, 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.959 like the fifty sixth ranked prospect in baseball is an auto, 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.280 like no matter what, Like we're talking about a guy 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.439 who was a top three prospect in baseball, and when 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:41.560 thinking about terms of fantasy, like maybe you could argue 0:13:41.559 --> 0:13:44.760 even higher like elite, elite, elite. That's just I'm never 0:13:44.840 --> 0:13:46.079 gonna not take a chance on that. 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.559 Yeah, And like you said, he's got power speed, so 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.960 check check. And this year at TRIPAA he cut down 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.719 on his strikeouts like a big check there. So he's 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.640 someone who's cut down on a strikeouts, he's walking a 0:13:57.679 --> 0:14:00.440 lot more and so that raises his floor. Now obviously 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:02.440 that can just completely flip it on its head at 0:14:02.480 --> 0:14:04.280 the major league level. But you know, if you have 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:05.760 a guy that gets on base and he runs, like, 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:08.960 you're already checking a lot of boxes. And like you said, 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:10.520 like the Nationals. I think we talked about this a 0:14:10.559 --> 0:14:13.280 few weeks ago. It's it's wild to me that the 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.120 Nationals are not worse than they are. I kind of 0:14:15.160 --> 0:14:17.520 don't understand how they're like just like hovering around five 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.080 hundred and like kind of good. 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:21.200 I agree, and like James. 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:22.520 Wood is going to make it even better. And so 0:14:22.760 --> 0:14:25.200 it's you know, he's a really exciting prospect. I'm really 0:14:25.240 --> 0:14:28.480 intrigued by the contact and I'll you know, I'm interested 0:14:28.480 --> 0:14:30.200 to see kind of like how how he adjusts. And 0:14:30.280 --> 0:14:32.360 also one of those other prospects that you didn't mention 0:14:32.480 --> 0:14:34.280 is why at Langford is heating up. Yeah, after he 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:36.440 got off to a really bad start, but now that 0:14:36.520 --> 0:14:38.440 he's back from injury, he's really heating up too. 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:40.960 I didn't mention him because he hit a cycle against 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.760 the Orioles, and I'm still annoyed by it, even though 0:14:43.760 --> 0:14:45.240 the Oriols took three out of four in that series. 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.320 But no, he's he's a good call as well. Would 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.680 you have any just quickly interest in selling high just 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:55.040 something hype and excitement of wood or are you kind 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.200 of holding on him like no matter what, just giving 0:14:57.240 --> 0:14:57.880 the pure ceiling. 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.440 Not in Hebrew Dynasty, obviously I'm not moving him, But 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.200 in Redraft, I'm always interested in selling high. So like 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:09.080 if you want to make me a godfather offer, I'm 0:15:09.080 --> 0:15:10.400 always listening for something like that. 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:12.760 Well, Millie Mays was the say hey kid, you are 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.600 the cell high kid. You are all in on selling high. 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.680 All right, let's go to the next topic here. I 0:15:19.800 --> 0:15:22.400 labeled this one ace who But essentially what I wanted 0:15:22.440 --> 0:15:25.600 to do is ask you who are the actual fantasy 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:28.440 aces this year? Because you've talked a bit about how 0:15:29.040 --> 0:15:31.000 we've seen some of the regression we've been expecting from 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.920 pitching just in the landscape in general. You know, there 0:15:33.960 --> 0:15:36.400 have been a lot of pitchers who have been really 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:38.720 really good, like better than expecting, Like Chris Sale has 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:40.800 been way better than I expected him to be. I 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:42.920 still would feel a little uncomfortable given his age in 0:15:43.040 --> 0:15:45.520 history saying like he's one of the elite, like would 0:15:45.560 --> 0:15:48.920 be a top five starring pitcher drafted by me going forward? Right, 0:15:49.040 --> 0:15:51.920 so you know when trying to be Garret Kroshet another 0:15:51.960 --> 0:15:55.200 good example, somebody who's been elite elite this year, but 0:15:55.320 --> 0:15:56.800 how much do you trust him the second half? So 0:15:56.880 --> 0:15:58.720 when looking ahead to the second half of the season, 0:15:59.000 --> 0:16:01.640 this isn't like a twenty five projection. This is if 0:16:01.680 --> 0:16:03.840 we were redrafting for the rest of the way, how 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:05.920 many guys because it's less than twelve. It's not just 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.400 all the sp ones, it's it's fewer than twelve of 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.960 these these arms you would feel comfortable with. And it's 0:16:10.960 --> 0:16:12.720 a bit of a nebulous term. It's you. You can 0:16:12.800 --> 0:16:15.280 kind of define fantasy ace in different ways, I suppose, 0:16:15.480 --> 0:16:16.920 depending on the person I want to hear, how you 0:16:17.000 --> 0:16:19.040 define it and how many guys you think and who 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.520 they are are actually fantasy aces, no doubt about it. 0:16:22.600 --> 0:16:26.200 You the complete ultimate faith in them the second half 0:16:26.240 --> 0:16:27.400 of the season. Who are they? 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:30.360 Yeah? And I think that's the way you put it 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.160 that makes it interesting is kind of where's the line 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:35.520 and how are we defining Ace? Because I you know, 0:16:35.640 --> 0:16:37.240 like you can make the argument if we're talking like 0:16:37.360 --> 0:16:41.520 Ace Ace like top of the really like top of 0:16:41.600 --> 0:16:43.600 the top, Like I think there's a tier after the 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:46.320 top four, Like I think it's like exactly where schoolble 0:16:46.640 --> 0:16:49.040 burns Glass now and maybe like a drop off. 0:16:49.200 --> 0:16:52.840 So I was gonna say that for me, four is 0:16:52.960 --> 0:16:56.120 the easy part, and then after that, like I would 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:58.040 hear the argument that there's only four and it's those 0:16:58.080 --> 0:17:00.520 are of course the four, But I think there's a 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:02.680 case to be made that there's nobody else that really 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:06.040 fits into this category. I think you could make arguments 0:17:06.080 --> 0:17:08.440 for like again, like I think our expectations for like 0:17:08.720 --> 0:17:10.919 we've talked a lot about Pablo Lopez, you know, as 0:17:10.960 --> 0:17:13.240