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Speaker 1: what doing? Alright? Greg? How are you doing? I had
Speaker 1: to sleep last night, so it was weird nights man
Speaker 1: um because I knew I could give a little bit later.
Speaker 1: Actually know NBA record this morning and I was ahead
Speaker 1: of my game. I record them Yestery will courts them
Speaker 1: after this, I was ahead of the game, but for
Speaker 1: whatever reason, I was up a lot last great and
Speaker 1: then I woke up like a half hour before, and
Speaker 1: I really plan the waking up. I had a couple
Speaker 1: of urgent text messages, and then I was up when
Speaker 1: they showered, and I was like, this is gonna be
Speaker 1: a great morning. And then it wasn't terrible morning for Greggy.
Speaker 1: Lots of work. The moment you woke up today, huh,
Speaker 1: I did I did you know. Let's just say it's
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Speaker 1: But regardless, the show goes on and there's a lot
Speaker 1: to talk about from last night, a lot of fantasy
Speaker 1: baseball action and implications from last night. It was an
Speaker 1: interesting night in baseball over all. The Yankees come back
Speaker 1: fell just short, but overall, um, it was an interesting night.
Speaker 1: It was It was a good night of baseball. Great, Yes,
Speaker 1: a lot happened. A lot did happen. We're gonna break
Speaker 1: it all down over the next two hours for you,
Speaker 1: uh tomorrow on the program All Head dr A. We'll
Speaker 1: hit up Brad Ziegler as well for Thursday and actually
Speaker 1: have breaking news. Let's start off right now. Alright, we'll
Speaker 1: start off with breaking news. Let's go. This is per
Speaker 1: Mark Berman, not Mark Berman, who covers The New York
Speaker 1: Next Burman sports director at Fox twenty six. He's in Houston,
Speaker 1: says this Carlos Korea is out three to four weeks
Speaker 1: with a correct rib. That seems like a good place
Speaker 1: to start. Frank, indeed, yes, it is Carlos cream missing
Speaker 1: the next month or so with a craft rib. With
Speaker 1: a cracked rib. You'll get him back a little before
Speaker 1: the All Star break. I would think that sucks at
Speaker 1: that point. They probably no, But you're talking three or
Speaker 1: four weeks. You're talking three to four weeks, and there's
Speaker 1: like two more weeks of action before the All start.
Speaker 1: I guess. I guess it also probably depends like where
Speaker 1: the Houston Astros that are at. If they're dominating like
Speaker 1: they are right now, do they really need him? We'll
Speaker 1: see what happens. Yeah, I mean at least the next
Speaker 1: three or four weeks. We're looking at the late June
Speaker 1: early July maybe for Carlos Korea and I had issues
Speaker 1: with Korea Greg coming into the season. Um, you know,
Speaker 1: because he's been injury prow in the past couple of years. Obviously,
Speaker 1: you know, you can't really predict a cracked rib. Not
Speaker 1: I'll be interested to ask if we have dr or
Speaker 1: Virginia okay, soever we have from inside injuries, I'll be
Speaker 1: interested to ask if there's any possible way that this
Speaker 1: correcked rib is something that had to do with like
Speaker 1: all of his oblique injuries and years past or back injuries.
Speaker 1: Because we always talk about like these compensatory injuries. I
Speaker 1: wonder if this cracked rib will have anything to do
Speaker 1: with injuries that Carl's corea has suffered in the past.
Speaker 1: But ultimately I wasn't on Carl's corea heading into the
Speaker 1: year just because he's missed so much time to pass
Speaker 1: leep the years really really affected his performance, specifically last
Speaker 1: year the year before that it affected him as well. Um.
Speaker 1: To be to be fair, though he was performing quite
Speaker 1: well this year while he was healthy, but it seems
Speaker 1: like he's going to be out out at least the
Speaker 1: next three to four weeks. So big blow for the
Speaker 1: Houston Astros. The Astros getting a taste of what the
Speaker 1: Yankees have gone through all season now losing George Springer
Speaker 1: was out too of a dealing with a setback now
Speaker 1: as well, and Carl's corea out for the next month.
Speaker 1: So it's a it's all hands on deck. It's uh,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get a lot of Alex Bregman still, obviously,
Speaker 1: Michael Brantley, those guys have carried the load all season.
Speaker 1: Greg Hen this effect Kyle Tucker at all? So that's
Speaker 1: the obvious question, right, like, how could this possibly affect
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker? Or you're on Alvarez and I think I
Speaker 1: may have found out how how was that? I want
Speaker 1: to talk you through this. The last time Carlos Correa
Speaker 1: missed a significant period of time, who played shortstop? Alex
Speaker 1: Bregman correct, So Alex Bregman could total speculation on my part. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Alex Bregman moved from the third to short given that
Speaker 1: Alevis Diaz is banged off and he's played we've been
Speaker 1: playing second himself. He could also play short when Alva
Speaker 1: comes back, although we'll see what else he does make
Speaker 1: it back, but Alex Bregman moves to short, got it good? Yeah,
Speaker 1: Julie gary L goes from first to third third base
Speaker 1: every day, so I'll play a third base on Sunday.
Speaker 1: He was correct, correct, but he can't play third. He
Speaker 1: can play third. Everyone could at tempt to play third
Speaker 1: every day opening up first base, you're on Albarews play
Speaker 1: first base. Well that's the hope, right, that's the hope.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I mean, we're gonna get these questions, and
Speaker 1: rightfully so. And I see your logic, Greig. I think
Speaker 1: that can actually make some sense here. But for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: the Astros have been headed in too. You know, call
Speaker 1: either of those guys up, whether it's Kyle Tucker, whether
Speaker 1: it's you're on alvarezs. Kyle Tucker more of an outfielder,
Speaker 1: maybe they could use him as designated hit or something
Speaker 1: like that, but they have been using you're on Alvarez
Speaker 1: Moore at first base. Last night, Tyler White played first
Speaker 1: base for the Houston Astros. Julie Guriel did play third base,
Speaker 1: so you got that part right. And then they had
Speaker 1: Jack Mayfield when they short stop, and I don't know
Speaker 1: what Jack Mayfield. I was looking into the minor league
Speaker 1: numbers just now I want to see all right, so
Speaker 1: you're on. Alvarets has played nine games at first based
Speaker 1: so far this year in the minors, and obviously you
Speaker 1: know what he's done, and then they able to do
Speaker 1: overall speaks for itself. I mean not just uh, I
Speaker 1: mean twenty home runs, three sixty three batting average p s.
Speaker 1: You're don Alvarest is the hottest hitting player in the
Speaker 1: minor leagues right now, and we're all clamoring for him
Speaker 1: to come, but they've been hesitant for whatever reason. I
Speaker 1: think if they if they wanted to make this happen,
Speaker 1: this might be the final straw that they needed Greg
Speaker 1: because now they're without al Twove, now they're without Springer,
Speaker 1: now that without Korea. That's three players that are mainstays
Speaker 1: in their line up there, the core of the Houston Astros.
Speaker 1: Maybe it'll take them losing a couple of games for
Speaker 1: them to really realize, Okay, we we need we need
Speaker 1: a shot in the arm here. We need something maybe
Speaker 1: that leads to it. But I would imagine with all
Speaker 1: these injuries in the near future, we should get one of,
Speaker 1: if not both, Kyle Tucker and you're Don Alvarez. At
Speaker 1: least that's what I'm hoping for, Greg, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: a lot of other people are as well. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think so too, And I'm hoping, uh hoping that we
Speaker 1: get both Alvas both Tucker in the lineup soon for
Speaker 1: Houston as we get towards the omer and fantasy owners
Speaker 1: get towards that playoff push. Good start there, Frank with
Speaker 1: the news on Carlo's corral. Yeah, I'm I'm looking to
Speaker 1: see if Jack Mayfield actually ranked as a prospect for
Speaker 1: the Astros. He doesn't rank in their top thirty on
Speaker 1: MLB dot Com, and he's actually he's been around a while.
Speaker 1: He's a twenty eight year old, so he's bounced around
Speaker 1: a little bit in the minor leagues, and it seems
Speaker 1: like he's a quad a ish player, probably someone that
Speaker 1: Nando di Fino loves deep down. But at two seventy
Speaker 1: career hitter in the minors for Jack Mayfield, he does
Speaker 1: have a season of twenty home runs under his belt
Speaker 1: with ten stile and basses as well that came back
Speaker 1: in seventeen, so seems like a solid player. He's probably
Speaker 1: just like a you know, plug the hole for now,
Speaker 1: but doesn't really offer much upside playing deeper leagues for
Speaker 1: the short term. It seems like he's gonna play shortstop
Speaker 1: until they make a corresponding move, whether it's Kyle Tucker,
Speaker 1: your Don Alvarez, or or whatever it might be, whoever
Speaker 1: it might corresponding move. And so Ryan mc taggard actually
Speaker 1: reported that he's gonna be out four to six weeks.
Speaker 1: So that'll take us to the All Star. That was
Speaker 1: Miles Straw and called up from Triple A. Straw, Yes
Speaker 1: is her prospect, Yes he is. He is their fourteenth
Speaker 1: ranked prospect in the orgmentation. So let's call up everyone
Speaker 1: except Kyle Tucker or you're Don Alvaage. Well, i'll tell
Speaker 1: you what he been up to al right. So in
Speaker 1: Triple A so far this year, in forty six games,
Speaker 1: he's benning two eighty nine with the three sixty nine
Speaker 1: o b P seven p s. Does not hit for
Speaker 1: any power whatsoever. One home run, five doubles, sixteen stolen bases,
Speaker 1: So if he plays every day, he might have some
Speaker 1: sneaky stolen base upside. Greg and looks like he has
Speaker 1: some batting average, he has a hit tool. He has
Speaker 1: a seventy grade on his speed according to MLB dot Com.
Speaker 1: So this is ranked out of eighty guys. Pretty damn fast.
Speaker 1: That's basically what they're saying here. So he's got sixteen
Speaker 1: stolen bases in forty six games. So I just mentioned
Speaker 1: Jack Mayfield. If that's not the answer that they're looking for,
Speaker 1: if we get more consistent playing time out of Miles
Speaker 1: Straw and that is someone who can offer us some
Speaker 1: stolen base upside, Greg Okay, So Miles Straw potentially giving
Speaker 1: us that stolen base upside with whose it with Carlos
Speaker 1: Cray excuse me out for the next four to six
Speaker 1: weeks with a fractured rib. No bueno for Carlos correct
Speaker 1: stole seventy basses last year in the month league, seventy basses,
Speaker 1: the year before that thirty eight. So he's got thirty eight,
Speaker 1: seventy and so far sixteen under his belt. He has
Speaker 1: one sixty seven stolen bases in the minor leagues and
Speaker 1: has been caught stealing forty one. This guy is he's
Speaker 1: known for his hit school, he's known for a speed.
Speaker 1: He's a three oh one career hitter in the minors.
Speaker 1: So no, I just spoke up Jack Mayfield. But this
Speaker 1: guy obviously has a much higher upside for batting everything
Speaker 1: and and some speed here Greg, some stolen basis absolutely okay.
Speaker 1: So last night Houston was able to get a victory
Speaker 1: over the Cubs. Uh not thanks for their pitching which
Speaker 1: was quite bad, but they're hitting which was quite good Hereston.
Speaker 1: In this game nine to six, Corbyn Martin started for Houston.
Speaker 1: He got rocked over his three two thirds innings of work.
Speaker 1: Josh James also got rocked into two and the third innings,
Speaker 1: each allowing three runs each, striking out for each, allowing
Speaker 1: uh several home runs. On the other side for the Cubs,
Speaker 1: John Lester, despite getting a big lead, he could not
Speaker 1: keep that lead. He was up three one, then three two,
Speaker 1: and then blew it open in the fourth, allowing four
Speaker 1: more runs. His line was five and two thirds, seven
Speaker 1: runs alloud eight his three walks, strike, striking out three.
Speaker 1: It was all about the hitters on display here for
Speaker 1: both sides for Houston and Chicago. Will go over to
Speaker 1: Houston as Alex Bregman hit two home runs, his sixteenth
Speaker 1: and seventeenth of the year for the Astros. For the Coves,
Speaker 1: a lot of players went deep and cleanly. One I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about Frank Jason. Heymy, where did his
Speaker 1: eighth home run? Cow? Sure it is night and I'm
Speaker 1: actually right there with you. David Bodie hit to his
Speaker 1: fifth and sixth of the year. But the player that
Speaker 1: I think does bear mentioned he played short stop yesterday
Speaker 1: with Javier Baiez dh ing and that is Addison Russell.
Speaker 1: I know Addison Russell not a good guy. Get it.
Speaker 1: Started off the year suspended due to the domestic violence incident,
Speaker 1: but he is back now and I think it bears
Speaker 1: looking into Addison Russell as a potential fantasy commodity. Again,
Speaker 1: I completely recognize you don't like it, you don't want
Speaker 1: to do it given his background, But from a fantasy
Speaker 1: perspective only, that's all I'm doing here. On the season.
Speaker 1: Thus far, Russell's batting with four home runs, seven runs scored,
Speaker 1: six ubies over eighteen games and fifty three plate appearances.
Speaker 1: His HERD hit rate is close to forty, which I
Speaker 1: think is very good. Um his k K rate is
Speaker 1: down to nineteen ish percent. Bavitt doesn't look to be
Speaker 1: crazy nothing really. My estimation, Frank really seems out of
Speaker 1: the line. What do you think of Addison Russell? Should
Speaker 1: fantasy owners in all leagues consider him? Well? For us?
Speaker 1: And foremost, I just want to piggyback off of what
Speaker 1: you said, and that's why I wanted to bring this up,
Speaker 1: because he has been playing well and and it's worth mentioning.
Speaker 1: But I understand that you know this has happened in
Speaker 1: the past in all different sports. If you have an
Speaker 1: ethical issue with Addison Russell and anything that he's done,
Speaker 1: completely understand not wanting to get involved with it. Greg, Like,
Speaker 1: we're not gonna judge you, obviously, and we're not asking
Speaker 1: you to judge us either for talking about him. But
Speaker 1: we are here to talk about fantasy baseball and he
Speaker 1: is relevant right now what he's doing offensively, so it's
Speaker 1: worth mentioning. Look, if you don't like the guy, I
Speaker 1: get it. But a lot of the points that Greg
Speaker 1: hit on are valid. A hard hit rate so far
Speaker 1: for Addison Russell this year, He's got four home runs
Speaker 1: and only eighteen games. This is a player that has
Speaker 1: a season of twenty one homers and nine five ribbies
Speaker 1: under his belt as a middle infield player. Never a
Speaker 1: guy that's going to hit for good batting average. So
Speaker 1: I think the is a little bit flukey right now, Greg,
Speaker 1: but the strikeout rate has improved, he's lowered it so far, um,
Speaker 1: And I think he's worth mentioning, especially right after the
Speaker 1: fact that we we just went over Carlos Korea's injury.
Speaker 1: Right If you're looking for a middle infielder that can
Speaker 1: give you a little bit of pop and and kind
Speaker 1: of replace something of what Carlos Correa was doing. I
Speaker 1: mean you're talking about like sixty Carlos Correa here, and
Speaker 1: that's what Addison Russell is providing right now. Then I
Speaker 1: do think that it is worth mentioning and and what
Speaker 1: he's doing right now, I think he's better for probably
Speaker 1: better for roto leagues, although the plate discipline isn't terrible. Look,
Speaker 1: if you need a middle infielder, this is what it
Speaker 1: comes down to. He's in a really good lineup with
Speaker 1: the Chicago Cubs. He's playing more recently, and I do
Speaker 1: think that he should be on your radar as someone
Speaker 1: to add. Over the last ten days, Addison Russell, Uh,
Speaker 1: they played every day the Cubs every day over the
Speaker 1: last ten days, They've played Addison Russell has started six
Speaker 1: of those ten games. In the four games that he
Speaker 1: did not start, he received at least two at bats
Speaker 1: in every single one of them. Now, he got zero
Speaker 1: hits in those eight bats, but he did receive two
Speaker 1: at bats. So he came in early enough in the
Speaker 1: and receive two at bats for Chicago. Now he does
Speaker 1: that seventh or eight in this lineup, depending I guess
Speaker 1: right to your left and how the lineup does shake out.
Speaker 1: He's homeward in three of his last four games. I
Speaker 1: think Frank's right. I think if you need a middle infielder,
Speaker 1: I think Addison Russell is fine. There is no speed here.
Speaker 1: You're looking at a guy that has the ability to
Speaker 1: get on base, does have a little bit of power
Speaker 1: from the middle infield spot. If you aren't looking, if
Speaker 1: you did lose a Carlos Correa, Frank and for whatever reason,
Speaker 1: you don't like the numbers, you don't like Addison Russell,
Speaker 1: you want to go in a different direction. Who are
Speaker 1: some other names that fantasy owners can try to grab? Yes,
Speaker 1: how's just talk about the middle infielders in general. And no,
Speaker 1: I mean we're gonna talk about Derek Dietrich obviously, and
Speaker 1: what he's doing right now. And I got a question
Speaker 1: before the show, Derrek Dietrich or Tommy Lostella. No, I
Speaker 1: think those both are fine options. They're more you know,
Speaker 1: second baseman, middle infielders. But if we're just talking about
Speaker 1: shortstops and players who are out there, David Fletcher, I mean,
Speaker 1: we've spoke about this guy for how long now he's
Speaker 1: still only owned four homers, four stow and bases. Good
Speaker 1: batting average doesn't give you a ton of counting stats,
Speaker 1: but he does give you good batting average. Lord as
Speaker 1: Gurriel someone that we mentioned yesterday with Modica. If he's
Speaker 1: out there still only thirty four percent owned on Yahoo.
Speaker 1: Another player that can provide some pop and I think
Speaker 1: better batting average, and Addison Russell as well. You know,
Speaker 1: I had some people asking me over the weekend, Greg,
Speaker 1: why do you like Lord As Guriel. I don't really,
Speaker 1: I don't really get it. You look at what he
Speaker 1: did last year. The guy hit two eighty with eleven
Speaker 1: home runs in only sixty five games. It's pretty impressive.
Speaker 1: So I think he's a guy that can hit, you know,
Speaker 1: close to close its twenty home runs the rest of
Speaker 1: the way, assuming that he sticks in the lineup. You're
Speaker 1: gonna have to wait a little bit. Did Gregorious or
Speaker 1: uh you spoke about him as well yesterday? Uh, and
Speaker 1: then Jose Glesias. I mean, this is just like deeper
Speaker 1: leagues if you just need someone to fill in until
Speaker 1: you get like a d D. Gregorious back well was
Speaker 1: a Glazie has actually played well. Greg three thirteen batting average,
Speaker 1: four home runs as well. So those are a few
Speaker 1: middle infields that you can look at. Put there are
Speaker 1: many only other middle infielder's a plenty. The only other
Speaker 1: name we wanted to mention you adventure been on him.
Speaker 1: That's or Lando or Cia. You mentioned him a lot
Speaker 1: this week, so I want to throw him out there
Speaker 1: as well. Okay, touch a little bit more on Corbyn, Martin,
Speaker 1: dont lesson. When we get back, we'll do that. Well,
Speaker 1: we'll talk more into the astros and the coast. We'll
Speaker 1: go all around the majors here over the next two hours.
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Speaker 1: over Carlos craz injury and potentially replacing him with Addison
Speaker 1: Russell and Frankie, you wanted to get more into John
Speaker 1: Lester uh and Corby Martin two starters from yesterday. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because like a full a month ago, I apologize to
Speaker 1: John Lester and now look at what he's doing. Five
Speaker 1: and two thirds eight hits, seven earned runs, three walks,
Speaker 1: three strikeouts. Greggy, he has allowed nineteen earned runs over
Speaker 1: his last three starts. That's fourteen innings pitched. That's a
Speaker 1: twelve point to one E r A. So I'm here
Speaker 1: to say this, Greg, john Lester owes me an apology. Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: if you're listening out there, John Lester, I apologize because
Speaker 1: I talked badly about you during draft season. I didn't
Speaker 1: think he had anything left in the tank. First five
Speaker 1: six starts you look pretty good. Next three sucked. You
Speaker 1: Owe me an apology. So John Lester, done with you.
Speaker 1: This kid, you probably wouldn't drop him, but he had
Speaker 1: some really tough matchups. But overall, I think this is
Speaker 1: part of what you're gonna get from John Lester. You're
Speaker 1: gonna get some inconsistency. I think you can use them
Speaker 1: in the right matchups. This was not one of the
Speaker 1: right matchups. Corbyn Martin. On the other hand, Greg, he
Speaker 1: hasn't been great. He hasn't great. We had high expectations
Speaker 1: for this guy. He was one of the top prospects
Speaker 1: for the Houston Astros, not the top pitching prospect because
Speaker 1: they have this guy named uh Forest Whitley in the organization.
Speaker 1: Forest Whitley, by the way, has been terrible in the
Speaker 1: minors this year, and I don't know when we're gonna
Speaker 1: get him. Yeah, that could be much longer time. You
Speaker 1: know we're not in the same discussion as Kyle Tucker
Speaker 1: and you're on Avarez when it comes to Forest Whitley.
Speaker 1: But Corporn Martin, Greg He's allowed six home runs over
Speaker 1: his first four starts. He's allowed at least one homer
Speaker 1: in each of his starts. He hasn't gone more than
Speaker 1: five and a third endings pitched in any of those starts.
Speaker 1: In fact, he hasn't gone more than four endings pitched
Speaker 1: in each of his past three starts. I'll throw this
Speaker 1: your way, Greggy. You got the quick trigger finger. Are
Speaker 1: you dropping either one of Corbyn Martin or John Lester? So?
Speaker 1: I am as I am a John Lester Howler. I
Speaker 1: did bention him last night. I took the shot with
Speaker 1: Lucas Leto last week with Houston. Didn't do it last
Speaker 1: night with Lester getting in a moment must start. We'll
Speaker 1: get a Julio in a moment? Um, Am I dropping Lester? Um?
Speaker 1: I'm not against dropping Lester obviously, you know a quick
Speaker 1: triggering hear me. I'm not against dropping him. I'm not
Speaker 1: actively looking to draw him like I am Aaron Sanchez
Speaker 1: at this point on that same team. Um, But I'm
Speaker 1: certainly not holding on off the right players out there.
Speaker 1: The question obviously becomes who do you pick up for him? Right? Like,
Speaker 1: if you give me a name, I can tell you
Speaker 1: if I dropped a Lester for him. I'm looking at
Speaker 1: the most added pictures right now. I can always go
Speaker 1: back to Tyler Molly if you want. Yeah, Yahoo is
Speaker 1: just it's tough to gauge most added in Yahoo because
Speaker 1: it's always just pictures who are pitching that day? Yes?
Speaker 1: Would you rather own Wade Miley over John Lester? Is
Speaker 1: that a fair question? I don't know if he said
Speaker 1: that like rudely or not. I don't know either, trying
Speaker 1: to figure it out like a fair question. He's got
Speaker 1: a three point three to ear a one point one
Speaker 1: six whip forty five trackouts in sixty two and the
Speaker 1: third endings. Bitch, uh, it seems like there might be
Speaker 1: some regression coming for Wade Miley. Greg, but lads on
Speaker 1: Man's when four or five starts, Well, yeah, he got
Speaker 1: the Houston Astro's offense behind. It helps a broken offense now,
Speaker 1: by the way, Greg, it is broken, but it helps.
Speaker 1: It's a free to e r a. His X fit
Speaker 1: is four point four zero. His Sierra is four point five.
Speaker 1: Not as bad as I thought that was going to be.
Speaker 1: I felt like it was gonna sure, but I thought
Speaker 1: like that was gonna be significantly worse. Yeah, his hard
Speaker 1: hit rate is thirty eight and a half percent. I
Speaker 1: think Wade Miley for Lester is like fair. I mean,
Speaker 1: I guess they're like similar pictures at this point. John
Speaker 1: Lester does get more strikeouts, but his underlying numbers are similar.
Speaker 1: I just looked him up, so pick your points. I
Speaker 1: probably just but yeah, they're they're similar. Um, Pabo Lopez,
Speaker 1: he was only picked up because he's facing the Giants today. Uh. Really,
Speaker 1: Griffin Canning one of the most added players, which rather
Speaker 1: own Griffin Canning over John Lester, Gregg, let's see why
Speaker 1: he would be out there. I don't leave be out there,
Speaker 1: but sure would you drop John Lester if there's like
Speaker 1: a two start pitcher available that you want for next
Speaker 1: week or something like that. Ideally not. I think he's
Speaker 1: better than just that guy, to be honest with you,
Speaker 1: So I wouldn't just young for a random two starter.
Speaker 1: So his next start comes on for Zach Davies, who
Speaker 1: has like a two point one A Greg Now I agree,
Speaker 1: with you. My next start, his next start rather comes
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, and that's the make a brake start for him.
Speaker 1: Was his last three stars for Lester all of an
Speaker 1: awful beyond three losses in a row, right, Washington, Philly
Speaker 1: and Houston. Ye all really next, He's not tough matchup
Speaker 1: or it's not an easy matchup, but it's it's Anaheim. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim might trout by the way,
Speaker 1: Greg banged up. He's always banged up. He is where
Speaker 1: he plays. The Angels are not great against left handed pitching.
Speaker 1: So that's that's the bigger break start. That's the make
Speaker 1: a break start for John Lester. But if he's scheduled
Speaker 1: to pitch on to start pitcher, it might be Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's probably a two starter, so you're gonna want to
Speaker 1: keep him around at least for that, yes, and see
Speaker 1: what happens. But overall, I guess what we're getting at here,
Speaker 1: or at least what I'm gathering Greg, is that there's
Speaker 1: not there's not a ton of great starting pictures available
Speaker 1: right now in free agency. Like we've really passed that
Speaker 1: point where you know you had all the all the
Speaker 1: pitching prospects come up, and you know we had um,
Speaker 1: you know all these like Frankie Mantas earlier on the season.
Speaker 1: We haven't had another wave of starting pictures like that
Speaker 1: that need to be like must add type pictures. How
Speaker 1: about Nick, Greg? That your way? What it wasn't terrible?
Speaker 1: It wasn't terrible. Greg was good, he settled down quite well.
Speaker 1: Well not style. Come on, how about this one, Greg,
Speaker 1: mitch Keller, that might be the one. Wait, I see
Speaker 1: news here he's headed to triple A. I'm eighteen hours ago.
Speaker 1: Mitch Keller, It it's a triple A. Well, I thought
Speaker 1: there was a chance he might stick around because now
Speaker 1: they have an injury to Jordan Wiles. Correct so many
Speaker 1: he'll come back up? Would you do that? We dropped
Speaker 1: h On Lester for Mitch Keller. No, man, I get
Speaker 1: the next start, maybe the miners. Nick Pavetta last night,
Speaker 1: I will go there next my man Lucas. But that's fine.
Speaker 1: Pavetta five innings, three history runs, two walk struck out
Speaker 1: six allow those two first inning home runs one of
Speaker 1: Paul gold Street, one of Marcela Uzuna, and that was it.
Speaker 1: No more runs came across the board. So he did
Speaker 1: settle down. Yeah, he settled down. What what does the
Speaker 1: Pavetta start? It was obviously a mixed bag. It was.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is Nick Pavetta style right here. I mean,
Speaker 1: this is exactly who he is. He gets you worried
Speaker 1: earlier on in the start, he gives you two home run,
Speaker 1: gives up two home runs, and you're thinking to yourself, well,
Speaker 1: here you go. Nick Pavetta is at it again, but
Speaker 1: settles down averages over a strike up for any in
Speaker 1: the start, doesn't give you length. That seems to be,
Speaker 1: you know, a defining characteristic of Nick Pavetta nowadays. But
Speaker 1: he goes five and Jack pay his whip one of
Speaker 1: the dot five. You know, three hits, two walks. So
Speaker 1: let's you know, five hits and walks combined over five innings.
Speaker 1: Pitched three earned runs, the two on runs, he gave
Speaker 1: up but six strikeouts, and he settled down nicely. You know,
Speaker 1: his final his final four endings of work, we're scoreless,
Speaker 1: and he was getting a lot of strikeouts as well.
Speaker 1: So I'm cautiously optimistic. I thought it was a step
Speaker 1: in the right direction. Again, I wouldn't have started him
Speaker 1: last night. I wouldn't have started for this two start week.
Speaker 1: But if he comes out of his next start, which
Speaker 1: is against the Dodgers again, allowing like three earned runs
Speaker 1: or less, and I would say Nick Pavetta is probably
Speaker 1: back on our radar. That's someone that you can pitch
Speaker 1: in the right matchup. So that's how I bet right now.
Speaker 1: And I thought it. I thought it was a solid
Speaker 1: step in the right direction. Group. I don't want to
Speaker 1: overplay it too much, but I mean he did some
Speaker 1: he did some good things here. Greg not all bad, No,
Speaker 1: not all bad. It's fine. On the other side, four
Speaker 1: St Louis way now stuck out ten guys over the
Speaker 1: six and things of working, like four runs eight hits,
Speaker 1: uh too, were in bombing the fourth. Riss Harper hit
Speaker 1: a big time double in the third. Those are all
Speaker 1: the runs that scored in the game. Yeah, nothing crazy
Speaker 1: going on in this game outside of that. I mean,
Speaker 1: Wayne Wright not really much to talk about. Ten strike
Speaker 1: out shirt impressive, but he still has a four point
Speaker 1: nine four e r A. Marcelo Zuna hit another home run,
Speaker 1: his fifteenth of the season. He has forty seven r
Speaker 1: b I s. He is batting two thirty one, however,
Speaker 1: so that seems weird for him, because this is a
Speaker 1: guy who typically has always hit for a solid batting average,
Speaker 1: you know, to seventy two eight plus, So I would
Speaker 1: imagine some positive regression to come there for his batting average.
Speaker 1: And I know we've been getting a lot of questions
Speaker 1: about Paul gold Schmidt, but he is getting up there
Speaker 1: in age. He's one year older. We saw this last
Speaker 1: year where he got up to the slow start and
Speaker 1: then just took off. I still think that he has
Speaker 1: the ability to just take off out of nowhere. I'm
Speaker 1: not ultimately all that's scared about a guy like Paul Goldschmidt,
Speaker 1: but he hits his his eleventh home run in this
Speaker 1: one Grede twenty six Ribbies gonna need you mean more
Speaker 1: than that, But I like that. Yeah, yeah, you'd like
Speaker 1: more than that. But it's still really good Cardinals lineup.
Speaker 1: I think as the as the weather starts to heat
Speaker 1: up a little bit more, we'll get even more out
Speaker 1: of Paul goldchmigrade all right, So Paul Goldchard, hopefully we'll
Speaker 1: heat up for fantasy owners in the coming days as
Speaker 1: the weather gets warmer. You mentioned Casa Hernandez. You should
Speaker 1: feel good about that before it is sixth homer of
Speaker 1: the year. Hernandez batted seventh last night. I leave for
Speaker 1: Philadelphia and uh, Caesar is not homeward in two of
Speaker 1: his last three games. He's batting over three ov P
Speaker 1: around three sixty, not really running as much as he
Speaker 1: did last year, which is three steals. What do you
Speaker 1: think of performance as a late He's just rock solid
Speaker 1: and he's you know, really good in points leads two
Speaker 1: because he doesn't strike strike out all that much. He
Speaker 1: has good plate discipline. The walk grade is actually down
Speaker 1: last year thirteen point four percent, this year seven point nine.
Speaker 1: So it seems like he's taking a little bit more
Speaker 1: of an aggressive approach. Last year he would a leadoff
Speaker 1: man for the Phillies, so maybe that was something he
Speaker 1: was consciously doing. All right, let me get on base more,
Speaker 1: let me walk more, let me have the guys behind me. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, do all the damage, drive me in. But
Speaker 1: maybe this year he's taking a little bit more of
Speaker 1: an aggressive approach. It certainly seems like that's what he's doing.
Speaker 1: But he's lowered his strikeout rate eight percent last year
Speaker 1: this year thirteen point nine, which in turn has raised
Speaker 1: the batting average up to three oh three, and that's
Speaker 1: more of the player that we're expecting. She's our Hernandez
Speaker 1: to be six homers, twenty five runs, twenty five ribbies.
Speaker 1: I'd like to see him run more. You know, if
Speaker 1: he could turn out to be a fifteen fifteen player
Speaker 1: with good Counties has in a good batting average, I
Speaker 1: think everybody would sign up for that. And you know,
Speaker 1: he's just he's a quality player. Greg and I think
Speaker 1: last year you saw that in that second half he
Speaker 1: was he was hampered with an injury. I think it
Speaker 1: was something to do with his foot or like a
Speaker 1: lower leg injury. I think that really slowed him down.
Speaker 1: You see that in the batting average last year. But
Speaker 1: now he's bouncing back to the to the player we
Speaker 1: know he could be. So I like these arn Is.
Speaker 1: He's a fine middle infielder. The Lucas Gilio Show ruled
Speaker 1: on last night and we mentioned how on Nick Pavetta
Speaker 1: really jounced back after a tough first inning. Well, the
Speaker 1: same can be said even more so my man Lucas Gilto,
Speaker 1: who over the first four hitters allowed a three run
Speaker 1: bomb who went maryfield. After that, Nada Gelto allowed I
Speaker 1: think one more hit the rest of the way. He
Speaker 1: struck out ten guys walked, one of that came the
Speaker 1: first inning and allowed of the three run ball. He
Speaker 1: went eight innings once again, lower's e r A to
Speaker 1: two point eight five and improved through seven and one
Speaker 1: on the season, circle of trust welcome. It has been
Speaker 1: an awesome, awesome season for Lucas Gilto And like I
Speaker 1: said last week, I'm actively rooting for this kid because
Speaker 1: so many people were writing him off, and you know,
Speaker 1: sometimes it takes years for these prospects to figure it out,
Speaker 1: and you know, there was a lot of expects he
Speaker 1: for him. He was, you know, part of a huge
Speaker 1: trade and you know he was really asked to be
Speaker 1: the leader, the anchor of this pitching staff for the
Speaker 1: Chicago White Sox frankly before he was ready. I mean,
Speaker 1: this was a really young kid. But he's he's starting
Speaker 1: to put it together. Greg fastball changeup combination has been
Speaker 1: lights out for him. He also mixes in a quality slider,
Speaker 1: but it's really been the improvements on that changeup and
Speaker 1: his fastball. His fastball command has been better. He averaged
Speaker 1: ninety five point two miles per hour last night with
Speaker 1: his fastball his change up by the way eighty two
Speaker 1: point six, So we see a twelve thirteen mile per
Speaker 1: hour discrepancy between his changeup and his fastball, which obviously
Speaker 1: is keeping hitters off balance tremendously. He had twenties six
Speaker 1: swinging strice yesterday against the Kansas City Royals career high
Speaker 1: ten strikeouts. He retired after that home run. He retired
Speaker 1: twenty two of the next twenty four batters he faced.
Speaker 1: He's allowed only five walks over his last four starts.
Speaker 1: I think that's tremendous for him as well as a
Speaker 1: guy who you know routinely has been over three walks
Speaker 1: per nine in his career. And he's also struck out
Speaker 1: seven or more in five of his last six. So
Speaker 1: these strikeouts are there, the walks are down, the swinging
Speaker 1: strikes are there, fastball change of combination, is there, mixes
Speaker 1: in the slider. I mean, he's got absolutely everything working
Speaker 1: right now. Greg, I'm buying in. I'm I'm buying in.
Speaker 1: And I put out a poll before the show started.
Speaker 1: I asked which one of these breakout starting pitchers you
Speaker 1: trust most the rest of the way. Geelito, Matthew Boyd,
Speaker 1: Caleb Smith, and Brandon Woodroffe Brendon Woodrof not getting as
Speaker 1: much love as he should. He's not Lucas Glo leading
Speaker 1: with thirty of the vote. Sure there's a little bit
Speaker 1: of reason there, but hey, Matthew Boyd pitch last night.
Speaker 1: He also pitch pretty damn wells fantasy best for however
Speaker 1: from Frankie stand for one of more two last night.
Speaker 1: The one hit, the other one not so much, not
Speaker 1: so much. Yeah, and my under for the for the
Speaker 1: Nationals and the Braves Greg eight and a half final
Speaker 1: score five four. Huh. These guys just know and girls
Speaker 1: if if there are are female odds makers out there,
Speaker 1: I don't want to limit it to these guys. But man,
Speaker 1: looks Gelito, Greg, you said, circle of trust. He's earned
Speaker 1: He's earned it, man, he's earned it. The next start
Speaker 1: for Giolito, the second of the week, comes against who Reggie,
Speaker 1: I got it here, hang on Cleveland, Cleveland beautiful. Yeah, well,
Speaker 1: I believe he's already dominated like twice. On May seven,
Speaker 1: he was in Cleveland. He went seven and a third
Speaker 1: shut out in a struck out eight. It's pretty good.
Speaker 1: And the Cleveland Indians have not been so great against
Speaker 1: right hand pitching so far this year. So anything any
Speaker 1: benching this far this year, Well, if you follow Michael
Speaker 1: Florio's Twitter feed, ramires two hits and two stolen bases.
Speaker 1: Let's hope this is part of the break out. How
Speaker 1: many times have we said that this year for for
Speaker 1: Rosie rameiroors way way too many. But that's why I said,
Speaker 1: you can't bench him in rhoto leagues because he just
Speaker 1: has that ability to exactly you of anywhere from three
Speaker 1: to five bases in a single week. So I wouldn't
Speaker 1: have been him there, but I understood. Look, if you're
Speaker 1: getting frustrated with him in the head to head league.
Speaker 1: We had a long discussion about Josier Mirrors. You go
Speaker 1: back and listen to it yesterday on demand. You can
Speaker 1: watch it on demand. Well, yeah, we had a very
Speaker 1: spirited discussion about Jose and Mirrez and what to do
Speaker 1: with him right now. It's a it's quite the conundrum.
Speaker 1: It's it's been one of the biggest issues of fantasy
Speaker 1: baseball so far this season. The other story last night,
Speaker 1: one of our fantasy best bets forever that didn't go
Speaker 1: our way was between Cincinnati and the Pirates. So we
Speaker 1: have really just one day to thank for that. It
Speaker 1: was Derrick Ddrich d squad. Uh. Two weeks ago, we
Speaker 1: went to our lane up for g s T. I said,
Speaker 1: we only have one player that tennell runs. It was
Speaker 1: a player that we just picked up. It was Derrek Didrich.
Speaker 1: Since then, we we've dropped Derrek Didrich. Oh, Greg, why
Speaker 1: are we so dumb? And he hit three home runs
Speaker 1: last night. He now has seven teen home runs on
Speaker 1: the season. Diedrich led the Reds to an eleven and
Speaker 1: six victory. Jordan Lyles gets hurt in this one. He
Speaker 1: went four nuts, let three hits, three runs, walked too,
Speaker 1: struck out three, allowed one of the Dietrich's home runs,
Speaker 1: while Lucas Sims made his debut seven or third. Is
Speaker 1: a lot of exciting about this kid on Twitter during
Speaker 1: the night seven of the third, six hits, four runs,
Speaker 1: nine strike as. The only runs until allowed was a
Speaker 1: grand slam by the idiot Kevin Newman. You're still holding oude.
Speaker 1: Never forget. Never forget. The reason, Greg says idiot Kevin
Speaker 1: Newman is because we had Jamison Tyone both starting together.
Speaker 1: Actually uh, and this guy Kevin Newman made like three
Speaker 1: errors in one ending and basically just completely messed up
Speaker 1: any opportunity for Jamison Tyne to get anything done earlier
Speaker 1: on in the season. So stupid idiot, that's why. But yeah,
Speaker 1: Lucas Sims, a lot of people were talking about him
Speaker 1: on Twitter last night and like that, ignore the Derrik
Speaker 1: Techricht Park. You worry I'm gonna get to Derrik Dietricht.
Speaker 1: But yeah, this guy was basically fastball curball. There was
Speaker 1: curball thirties seven times last night. Also makes in a
Speaker 1: change up nineteen swinging strikes on a hundred pitches. So
Speaker 1: I do have Do I have a little bit of
Speaker 1: interest a guy like Lucas Sims. I'm gonna pay attention
Speaker 1: to him, and only I might take a stab there already,
Speaker 1: but I fifteen teamers, but I'm on the radar. See
Speaker 1: what happens with Lucas Simms. There's some interesting minor league
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Speaker 1: That's all I got was It was like drop drop,
Speaker 1: and I was like, that's what it was? Are talking about,
Speaker 1: Little John Dropp? That's what I'm doing? Good? All right?
Speaker 1: Do you not hear it? A little bit? All right?
Speaker 1: Kind of um? Little greggy that's what they call you,
Speaker 1: Little greggy, Little Greggy, little Dickie. I was playing making
Speaker 1: a play on little John Gregg and now you're a
Speaker 1: little Greggy, the white guy or little Dickie. Interesting guy,
Speaker 1: Little Dickie, by the what an interesting guy. When it
Speaker 1: comes to Derek Dietrich, also quite interesting guy. Right now, Greg,
Speaker 1: this guy has seventeen home runs and that is a
Speaker 1: career high for him in fifty two games. His previous
Speaker 1: career high was sixteen home runs. That was last year
Speaker 1: in a hundred games. Now, everything that we did for
Speaker 1: Christian yellowsh J t ro Muto, we looked at their
Speaker 1: career numbers in terms of splits on the road versus
Speaker 1: playing in Marlins Park. And if you did that before
Speaker 1: the season, you would have saw that Derrick Dietrich had
Speaker 1: much better career numbers on the road than he did
Speaker 1: in Marlins Park. And rightfully so, it's obviously a man
Speaker 1: at play ballpark that he was hitting in. But he
Speaker 1: gets away from Miami and I saw people talk about
Speaker 1: this on Twitter last night. Well, how could the Miami
Speaker 1: Marlins give up on Derrek Dtrich? Oh my god, Well
Speaker 1: they designated him for assignment last year and twenty nine
Speaker 1: other teams passed on him too, there's a lot. I
Speaker 1: thought the Yankees actually could be interesting in Dtrich never
Speaker 1: made a move them. Yeah, and that might have made
Speaker 1: a little bit of sense here to uh, given the
Speaker 1: way that he is uh pulling the ball, hitting the
Speaker 1: ball in the air, and what he's doing in a
Speaker 1: good hitter's ball park right now and Cincinnati would have
Speaker 1: made some sense. But overall, he's interesting. Fly ball rate
Speaker 1: right now that is a career highest. Previous career high was,
Speaker 1: So he's putting the ball in the air, he's hitting
Speaker 1: the ball hard. You watch those three homers yesterday, just
Speaker 1: barreling it up, making solid contact. You can look at
Speaker 1: the ball as long as you want. Now, Derrick Dtrick,
Speaker 1: I guess you've earned that right. But he has uh
Speaker 1: seventeen home runs. Great. His home run the five ball
Speaker 1: ratio is thirties six point two per cent. That's like
Speaker 1: Christian Yellow second half of the season last year type numbers.
Speaker 1: So I don't know that he's gonna keep that up,
Speaker 1: but it doesn't really matter. I mean, you look at
Speaker 1: the fan grass projections the rest of the way, they
Speaker 1: have him for between fifteen and eighteen home runs for
Speaker 1: the rest of the season. He's already got seventeen. I
Speaker 1: would put him for over thirty home runs as a
Speaker 1: middle infielder. So if he's still out there, I guess
Speaker 1: there's a chance. Look, the reason why we dropped him
Speaker 1: was if you look at his game log from from
Speaker 1: May seventeen to one, there was a four game stretch
Speaker 1: where he sat out three games and he's probably still
Speaker 1: going to sit against left handed pitching. Does that mean
Speaker 1: that he's not valuable for fantasy No, obviously, because he's
Speaker 1: hitting for immense power right now. But he's I would
Speaker 1: say he's better for Rhodo because you don't need him
Speaker 1: to play every day. It's just a matter of what
Speaker 1: he does when he actually does play, which has has
Speaker 1: been tremendous. He's still he's only owned in Yahoo, so
Speaker 1: he might be lurking out there in a little in
Speaker 1: you know, smaller leagues all teamers, maybe some ten teamers,
Speaker 1: but first, second, and outfield eligibility on Yahoo makes him
Speaker 1: even more enticing. He's he's made changes this year, Greg
Speaker 1: and uh, it seems pretty legit. Derry Dietrich getting the
Speaker 1: job done. The question becomes when Scoot Jenette comes back,
Speaker 1: what happens Derrick Ddrick yeah. I mean that's just that's
Speaker 1: another wrinkle question here in the equation that is Derek
Speaker 1: Dietrich and Cincinnati Reds. I almost wonder do they they
Speaker 1: try and make a move? Do they try and do
Speaker 1: I don't know what that move would be because they
Speaker 1: have a Hendyo Suarez at third base, He's not going anywhere.
Speaker 1: Nick Senzel is in the outfield. I mean the outfield
Speaker 1: seems pretty pretty set too. So yeah, what happens, uh,
Speaker 1: what happens with Scooter Jenette comes back? Can he play shortstop?
Speaker 1: Can Derrek Dietrich play shortstop? That might be something that
Speaker 1: we have to start asking ourselves because I don't think
Speaker 1: that Derrick Dietrich is gonna go away. Why should he? Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's doing tremendous things right now, So you know, they
Speaker 1: do have the option. I don't think they would want
Speaker 1: to mess with this though, Greg They can move Nick
Speaker 1: Senzel back into the middle endfield and then put Dietrich
Speaker 1: in the outfield. I don't think that makes a lot
Speaker 1: of sense. It's a possible Scooters doesn't get a job
Speaker 1: Wally Pip Pip right here for Scooters. But Scooter has
Speaker 1: been so good to the past couple of years. Great.
Speaker 1: Did he played short stop? I don't. I don't think
Speaker 1: that he's ever played shorts. Scooter. Maybe maybe he has,
Speaker 1: maybe he can. I'm gonna look into it. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: look into see if if he's ever played any short stop.
Speaker 1: I think he has to be honest with you. He
Speaker 1: has played mm hmm thirteen games in single a ball
Speaker 1: at short stop. Nothing in the majors. Really, he does
Speaker 1: have experience in the outfield as well, the corner outfield positions,
Speaker 1: not centerfield. Last year he played hundred and forty two
Speaker 1: games at second. Yeah, I'm looking at Scooter net has
Speaker 1: played six hundred and thirty four games as a second baseman.
Speaker 1: The most he has any other position is as a
Speaker 1: third baseman with nine Joey Bottom, does he just go away?
Speaker 1: I don't think so, Frank. Look, if the Cincinnati read
Speaker 1: so I want to take a page out of the
Speaker 1: Milwaukee Brewers book and they only want to care about
Speaker 1: offense and the way that their home ballpark is built,
Speaker 1: they probably should take that approach. Just care more about offense.
Speaker 1: And if you want to put your best team on
Speaker 1: the field, your best hitting the lineup on the field,
Speaker 1: then that probably includes either Scooter Jeannette at shortstop or
Speaker 1: Derrick Dietrich at shortstop. I don't think those things work.
Speaker 1: And you Hanio Squarres playing shorts stop way back in
Speaker 1: the day, but he's kind of filled out a little
Speaker 1: bit more. It seems like pretty cemented in at third
Speaker 1: base right now. Yes, maybe they can move Nick Senzels
Speaker 1: back to the infield. I don't think that's gonna happen though,
Speaker 1: so I think, yeah, it's probably gonna be one of
Speaker 1: the one of Dietrich or Scooter Gennette playing shortstop. Jose
Speaker 1: Gleasius is regarded as a really good to fensive shortstop
Speaker 1: and he's over hitting over three only four home runs,
Speaker 1: but he hasn't really done anything to lose his job.
Speaker 1: You know what they say, Greg, the Reds have a
Speaker 1: good problem on their hands here. But regardless, Derrick Teachrich
Speaker 1: needs to be owned because I think, if anything, the
Speaker 1: one person that they're going to figure out how to
Speaker 1: get in there against right handed pitching is going to
Speaker 1: be Derrick teacher and the choice at this point, No,
Speaker 1: they do not. Shame on us, Shane, shame, shame, shame
Speaker 1: there you go, Shame on us from his Derrick teacher thing.
Speaker 1: Jordan Lyles he droppable, Yeah, yeah, Like I would say
Speaker 1: he's more droppable than John Lester. Yeah no, I mean
Speaker 1: he's dealing with an injury and he actually threw to that.
Speaker 1: He puts, he put together, you know, some some solid
Speaker 1: starts in a row, Greg. But yeah, I think he's
Speaker 1: I think he's more droppable than than John lest He
Speaker 1: does have three point zero nine e r A. So
Speaker 1: the numbers are pretty good. Numbers are pretty good here, um.
Speaker 1: I would actually, I would probably try and hold him
Speaker 1: if I'm deciding between Jordan Lyles and John Lester, like
Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna drop Jordan first, Craig, but I would
Speaker 1: look somewhere else, try and find someone else to drop
Speaker 1: before I would drop Jordan Lyles because the numbers overall
Speaker 1: I've been it's been pretty good. Actually, just I don't
Speaker 1: own him anywhere, so I didn't I didn't know how
Speaker 1: well he was playing. But he is three point zero nine.
Speaker 1: You're right, the underlying numbers is not terrible either. There
Speaker 1: you go, Jordan Lyles a strike up or any nine
Speaker 1: case per nine Lester Lyles, I would I would hold
Speaker 1: on to Lester all right. There you go um, well,
Speaker 1: let's go into your uh So. That was the one
Speaker 1: of our fantasy best bets for every Yesterday we got
Speaker 1: it dead wrong. Let's specifically venture and I my second
Speaker 1: one in Frank's first one was mad Boy taking on
Speaker 1: the Orioles and dealing Monday. Strangely, the Tigers were a
Speaker 1: small underdog in this one. Would made no sense at all,
Speaker 1: and Boyd does what BOYD does. Man six innings of
Speaker 1: shout out Baseball, walk eight ks and proved through five
Speaker 1: and four On the year. Del Bundy, on the other side,
Speaker 1: a should pitch well seven innings, quality start, three runs,
Speaker 1: allowed seven hits, eight strikeouts, didn't walk anybody yesterday. Frank,
Speaker 1: by the way, before you before you going say this,
Speaker 1: just one note, take quit what you will. It's just nothing.
Speaker 1: I recognized that it is not one of these weird
Speaker 1: Greg things. The month of May, Dylan Bundy did not
Speaker 1: allow more than three runs in any game that he
Speaker 1: pitched them first, saying I'm about to throw you through
Speaker 1: the studio, right, I'm gonna throw you through this window.
Speaker 1: I'm just noting that you sit here and you crush
Speaker 1: me for liking He's crappy, middling, veterans. What would what
Speaker 1: phrase would you use to describe Dylan Bundy failed top prospect?
Speaker 1: Failed top prospect. I'm sure Andrew Cashner was a prospect
Speaker 1: at some point he was. I can't believe you just
Speaker 1: said that to me. I was on was noted man,
Speaker 1: it's all like that. Dylan Bundy has a two point
Speaker 1: six four ARRA in the month of magg I know,
Speaker 1: I was just explaining that, say, do you think you're
Speaker 1: onto something here? Um about to say he's one of
Speaker 1: these guys that gets a ton of swinging strikes, but
Speaker 1: it doesn't mean anything because results haven't been there. But
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just saying, I just wanted to note
Speaker 1: that it doesn't mean anything swinging strikes. Last night on
Speaker 1: he's got a thirteen point three percent swinging strike rep.
Speaker 1: That's pretty good. I know that. I'm just noting that
Speaker 1: is all right. I mean, I think it's actually it
Speaker 1: was worth noting. I think it's relevant. I think it's
Speaker 1: only fifteen team mix. All right. We got him, we
Speaker 1: got him. He was shocked when he just look at
Speaker 1: these numbers. But don't kill me when I bring up
Speaker 1: Andrew Casher thing. I just gotta look at Andrew Cash's
Speaker 1: numbers two. I know I've seen him after him up,
Speaker 1: you can get into Mattie Boyd. Now all right, well,
Speaker 1: Matt Boyd, he's been awesome. Look six shut out as.
Speaker 1: He's been one of the best breakout starting pitchers this year.
Speaker 1: I mentioned the poll from before the show. I included
Speaker 1: matt Boyd, Lucascilito, Caleb Smith, another one of them, Brandon
Speaker 1: Woodroff has been awesome, Matthew Boyd, Greg a few more
Speaker 1: votes for Matthew Boyd. He now leads the poll thirty
Speaker 1: per cent. Which starting pitcher do you trust the most?
Speaker 1: Moving forward? So people like Matthew Boyd, and rightfully so
Speaker 1: what he's done this year, he's been awesome. Six shoutout
Speaker 1: as yesterday eight strikeouts. He had fourteen swinging strikes. He's uh,
Speaker 1: he's gone down the Patrick Corbin route, Greg, where he
Speaker 1: has up to his slider usage tremendously and that has
Speaker 1: helped his hey per nine. Um, it helps his walks
Speaker 1: per nine. You know two point five y r A
Speaker 1: three point four nine x fIF three point to eight Sierra.
Speaker 1: He's legitimately one of the top twenty five starting pitchers
Speaker 1: in Fantasy baseball right now. His his slider usage Greg
Speaker 1: up to thirty five percent this year, and and a
Speaker 1: slight increase in his in his fastball velocity too. So
Speaker 1: everything Matthew Boyd is doing it seems pretty legit. I
Speaker 1: want to look more into the Steal and Bundy thing.
Speaker 1: Right now, you can talk about whatever else happened is Yeah,
Speaker 1: no worries. Matt Boyd has been really really good all
Speaker 1: season long, and good for everybody that was still on
Speaker 1: him after it last year and the year before. But
Speaker 1: Matt Boyd finally coming together. Obviously the match it was
Speaker 1: good against Baltimore. Maddie Boyd, man, I get the job done.
Speaker 1: That's five. R Eco goodrim In his fourth homer of
Speaker 1: the year for Detroit, well Christian Stewart still his first
Speaker 1: base of the season for Baltimore. It seems like we're
Speaker 1: getting suckered in here, Greg, not Christian Stewart. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: Dwight DJ Stewart by Dylan Bunny. I do want to
Speaker 1: talk about Stewart not getting sucked in. I was just
Speaker 1: noting in the month of May one eight percent hard
Speaker 1: hit rate against forty three point seven percent groundball rate
Speaker 1: compared to a twenty nine percent groundball rate in March
Speaker 1: and April. So that's why we were streaming all our
Speaker 1: hitters are DFS hitters against Dylan Bundy in the month
Speaker 1: of March and April is because get all rate. The
Speaker 1: guy pitches in hand in yards. That's why that's why
Speaker 1: you see the Baltimorials give up as many home runs
Speaker 1: as they did. But yeah, two point six four e
Speaker 1: r a in May, but a four point to nine
Speaker 1: except Greg all right Ale only fifteen team makes He's
Speaker 1: on the radar, not adding him in twelve team leagues.
Speaker 1: But we you know, we've gone through stretches where Dylan
Speaker 1: Bundy is somewhat relevant for fantasy, so that is worth mentioning.
Speaker 1: And then DJ Stewart Craig I wanted to talk a
Speaker 1: little bit about d J Stewart. He's a prospect for
Speaker 1: the Orioles. Not it's like a top ish prospect. He
Speaker 1: is a a top fifteen prospect in the organization, A
Speaker 1: little a little plump outfield prospect here Greg who sneakily
Speaker 1: has some speed, so no tweeting about this yesterday. So
Speaker 1: he's six pounds, he's a he's a bigger he's a
Speaker 1: bigger boy. Sixty five career stolen bases in the minor leagues.
Speaker 1: He has a twenty season under his belt. In the miners.
Speaker 1: He had three hits yesterday, a pace yesterday in the majors.
Speaker 1: In the minors this year he was hitting three sixteen
Speaker 1: with eight homers, four steels and ops. Over a thousand
Speaker 1: Orioles are looking for some kind of young talent to
Speaker 1: help them out, good ballpark to hit in. I have
Speaker 1: some interest in DJ Stewart. Again, he's in the uh,
Speaker 1: the Dylan Bundy realm right now. Well, we'll say fifteen
Speaker 1: team mixed, because you know, five five outfielders. Anyone is relevant.
Speaker 1: As as long as you're playing the outfield and you're breathing,
Speaker 1: you're relevant. Obviously A only not doing it in twelve
Speaker 1: teamers yet. But I'm paying attention. I'm paying attention, Greg.
Speaker 1: This is UH. There's a guy who was hitting very
Speaker 1: well in the miners, has a little bit of pop
Speaker 1: and a little bit of speed. So DJ Stewart someone
Speaker 1: that you should be interested in. Mabe Demetrius Jerome Stewart
Speaker 1: would not have guessed that from me, neither. Our third
Speaker 1: fantasy that's forever Yesterday was the under this one was
Speaker 1: your specifically, uh, Mike Sarroca not pitching. The start was
Speaker 1: Stephen it was Max Freed wrong young bet Pray set
Speaker 1: hang on Max Freed taking on Steven Strasburg and combined
Speaker 1: they only allowed six runs, which would have been fine.
Speaker 1: Kyle Barrackla didn't suck. Yeah, Kyle Barklaw messed this up. Man, Ah,
Speaker 1: that's one. Five to four. Sean doo Little picked up
Speaker 1: his tenth save of the season. Steven Strasburg seven intings,
Speaker 1: five hits, two runs, walked, two struck out eleven or
Speaker 1: Max Freed was great five and two thirds, nine hits,
Speaker 1: four runs, walk three, struck out of five. Annoyingly, you
Speaker 1: had three of the runs for Washington all three. Three
Speaker 1: of the four runs four Washington came in that six
Speaker 1: inning cost fantasy owners equality start from Max Freed there,
Speaker 1: which is always the worst. Yeah, Greg, and I think
Speaker 1: it's worth mentioning for Max Freed as great as he
Speaker 1: was in April, and I don't want to take anything
Speaker 1: away from it. I still think that he is pretty
Speaker 1: good picture. He's a fun picture to watch. You know,
Speaker 1: he's got a mid nineties fastball, he's got that big
Speaker 1: hook as well. But Greg in April a two point
Speaker 1: four three e r A over five starts, in May
Speaker 1: a four point one one ear A over six starts
Speaker 1: or Max Freed still thirty strikeouts and thirty and two
Speaker 1: thirds and he's pitched. But you knew some re question
Speaker 1: was gonna hit at some point for Max Freed, and
Speaker 1: we're currently in the midst of that happening. Treggy, there
Speaker 1: are a few things that you need to pray to
Speaker 1: the Fantasy gods for throughout the course of the season
Speaker 1: and even before the season. If you get any shares
Speaker 1: of Steven Strasburg, just stay healthy. Please just stay healthy,
Speaker 1: Steven Stratsberg, because what you're doing right now is phenomenal. Greg.
Speaker 1: The way that he's pitching is like the picture. We
Speaker 1: know he can be a top ten, top twelve ish
Speaker 1: starting pitcher for Fantasy over eleven case per nine two
Speaker 1: point to eight walks per nine, three point one e
Speaker 1: r A A two point an x fit A three
Speaker 1: point one seven in Sierra fourteen and a half percent
Speaker 1: swinging shrike rate. He's changed up the arsenal dis he
Speaker 1: sear Greg, he's completely ditched his slider. He's using his
Speaker 1: curveball more, which is a wipe out curveball. He's learning
Speaker 1: how to pitch more this season with less, and he's
Speaker 1: getting better results. One hour down, one hour ago. We
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