WEBVTT - Leading Off September 18th, 2024 (Ep. 904) 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.520 What's going on? Everybody? Welcome into Leading Off, the Fantasy 0:00:08.560 --> 0:00:12.280 Pros Baseball Podcast. We are presented by Bet three six five. 0:00:12.320 --> 0:00:14.360 If you bet five bucks, get one hundred and fifty 0:00:14.400 --> 0:00:16.920 and bonus bets when you use that promo code leading Off. 0:00:17.040 --> 0:00:19.000 And that is only with our friends over at Bet 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.840 three six five. Guys, it's t minus five shows left 0:00:23.040 --> 0:00:25.799 in the fantasy baseball season. Here at Leading Off, Joel 0:00:25.880 --> 0:00:28.800 Rico joining you. Reunited with Casey Bubba after we had 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:30.680 a little bit of a break on Monday. We had 0:00:30.680 --> 0:00:33.120 Welshie back on the show, but Bubba getting the old 0:00:33.120 --> 0:00:34.800 gang back together for this one. My friend, how you 0:00:34.880 --> 0:00:35.360 doing today? 0:00:36.000 --> 0:00:38.599 Doing great? My friend? Good to be back. Nice. Had 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:41.520 to take a little break on Monday for some stuff. 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.920 Welsh filled in beautifully or I guess he kept his gig. 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.479 I don't know, but it's good to be back in 0:00:46.560 --> 0:00:48.680 action and talking some more baseball with you. For sure. 0:00:49.280 --> 0:00:51.080 Yeah, we're the ones filling in beautifully. He's the one 0:00:51.080 --> 0:00:53.240 who's gone off and done football stuff. It was great 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:55.440 to talk with Welch again. But we're gonna do this. 0:00:55.520 --> 0:00:59.960 I think today Friday, and then I guess next Wednesdays. 0:01:00.120 --> 0:01:02.080 So I think it's three more shows with us. We'll 0:01:02.080 --> 0:01:04.440 see if maybe we pop onto that final show at 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.120 Joan Welsh, But only a couple shows left here in 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:09.319 the season. If you guys haven't done so already, would 0:01:09.319 --> 0:01:12.680 really appreciate you guys subscribe into the show, like comment 0:01:12.760 --> 0:01:15.200 review all that great stuff to really help us out 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.039 here down the stretch. But we are going to be 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:20.480 talking about some headlines breaking down all the injuries. There's 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:23.040 a ton of injuries to go through. But let's start 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.160 off with some positive news, and that's Blake Snell continuing 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:28.640 to look like one of the best pitchers in baseball. 0:01:29.040 --> 0:01:31.920 Dominated the Orioles yesterday six innings of one run ball 0:01:31.959 --> 0:01:35.720 with twelve strikeouts. He has a three eight ERA and 0:01:35.840 --> 0:01:38.759 a one zero eight whip. And the thing that's kind 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:41.120 of crazy with Blake Snell is that he won the 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:44.039 Cy Young last season. But if you dig below the 0:01:44.080 --> 0:01:46.360 surface and you look at some of the expected numbers, 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.960 the ERA estimators, the barrel raids, literally everything is better 0:01:50.040 --> 0:01:53.280 this season than last year. This is probably the best 0:01:53.320 --> 0:01:56.640 version of Blake Snell that we've ever seen. Really, Bubba, 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:58.920 are we gonna do the same thing again next year? 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:00.720 Is he gonna stink in the first half and come 0:02:00.720 --> 0:02:02.480 out in the second. I guess you can't really answer 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:05.400 that question. But going into drafts next season, when you're 0:02:05.480 --> 0:02:08.720 when you're picking Blake Snell as you're starting pitcher two, one, three, 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.400 wherever he ends up going, you're gonna have to probably 0:02:11.440 --> 0:02:13.600 deal with a lot of bad outings. Is that going 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:15.800 to impact where you want to take him or is 0:02:15.840 --> 0:02:17.600 it just we start the season, we hope that he 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:19.400 gets running out of the gate and hope of the best. 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.359 Uh yeah, hope, you hope for the best. I'll keep 0:02:22.400 --> 0:02:25.280 it's simple with that. But you're gonna take him at 0:02:25.280 --> 0:02:26.960 a high ADP if you want him, because that's where 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:29.360 he's going to go. I think Pablo Lopez he had 0:02:29.360 --> 0:02:32.000 the same situation this year. You know, a head to 0:02:32.040 --> 0:02:34.720 head leagues, it could be a frustrating situation. In a 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.760 roto league. Hey, you just want the end stat line, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.720 that's all you care about. And if you just keep 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:41.880 plugging him in there, he's been amazing for you and 0:02:41.919 --> 0:02:44.920 he's helping you win championships probably at this point in time. 0:02:45.040 --> 0:02:47.040 So I'm cool with Snell. And the other thing is 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:51.600 he's he's gonna sign much earlier this year because Boris 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:54.080 He's not gonna let bores. I think he left Bors Actually, 0:02:54.800 --> 0:02:57.560 that issue is not going to be there Snell, and 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:59.760 I know I saw your quote tweet by mister Knight, 0:02:59.800 --> 0:03:03.760 and there were plenty of offers. Last year. Boris played 0:03:03.760 --> 0:03:07.200 his game and lost. That won't happen this year. Snell 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:09.320 will be ready for spring training. Snell will be ready 0:03:09.360 --> 0:03:11.720 to rock and roll barring injury, and I don't think 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:14.040 we'll be worrying about the same situation, at least not 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:15.480 to this magnitude. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.079 I just don't understand Nightingale. The way he phrased it. It 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:19.960 was like he might have sucked last year, but this 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:21.680 year he's going to be great and he's not. He's 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:23.560 not going to lose out on offers like he won 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:25.440 the Cy Young it didn't sign until spring training. I 0:03:25.440 --> 0:03:27.280 think it did have more to do with Boris and 0:03:27.320 --> 0:03:30.480 whatever went on. I know Jordan Montgomery fired him. Blake 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.360 Snell might have as well. I think these guys are 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:34.640 just kind of or not kind of just done with 0:03:34.760 --> 0:03:37.000 the games. I think, like, just get me on a team. 0:03:37.080 --> 0:03:39.720 I want to be ready for spring training and hopefully 0:03:39.760 --> 0:03:42.720 just fire off a full season because we've seen it impact. 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.360 I mean, Snell's obviously picked things up, but Jordan Montgomery 0:03:45.400 --> 0:03:48.160 as a side know like he's been awful. I think 0:03:48.160 --> 0:03:50.120 he had a good start yesterday or the day before. 0:03:50.160 --> 0:03:53.480 I think it was yesterday yesterday pretty solid, but I 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.520 mean that really did impact him. I don't expect Blake 0:03:55.520 --> 0:03:58.840 Snell to go unsign the entire offseason, but this version 0:03:58.880 --> 0:04:01.880 of him right nowatistically might be the best Blake Snell 0:04:02.040 --> 0:04:03.760 we've ever seen. He's not gonna win the cy Young 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:06.760 or anything like that, but just a really fantastic turnaround 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:09.640 after a lot of people probably dropped him earlier on 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:13.560 in the season, He's been fantastic as of late. Shane Boz, 0:04:13.640 --> 0:04:17.039 let's talk about him. I mean he's settled into a 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:19.719 really great groove. Seven innings yesterday against the Red Sox, 0:04:19.760 --> 0:04:22.520 picked up the victory, just tour and run six strikeouts 0:04:22.760 --> 0:04:24.960 over the past month, a two zero three ERA and 0:04:25.000 --> 0:04:27.280 a point seven to four whip. Obviously, it was a 0:04:27.320 --> 0:04:30.320 little shaky at first, but that was kinda to be expected. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.440 I've always believed in the talent of Shane Boz. I 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:36.039 feel like he's probably somewhere in that SP two range. 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:37.960 For next season, but it wouldn't surprise me if he 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.120 finished closer to kind of an SP one. But I'm wondering, bub, 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:44.400 what do you think about, excuse me, Shane Boz's potential 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.120 draft price and where you evaluate him heading into next season. 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.600 Yeah, he's pitching great, as you mentioned right now, it's 0:04:50.640 --> 0:04:54.159 just going to keep increasing his draft value or price 0:04:54.200 --> 0:04:56.960 tag as we get going. He's still an SP two 0:04:57.000 --> 0:05:00.200 for me just because we haven't seen the workload. So 0:05:00.200 --> 0:05:02.240 there's a lot of questions for me to be an 0:05:02.279 --> 0:05:05.000 ACE on my fantasy team. But I think he's got 0:05:05.040 --> 0:05:07.479 the potential to be an ACE at some point in time. 0:05:07.839 --> 0:05:09.200 But we got to see the health, we got to 0:05:09.200 --> 0:05:11.560 see a full season a lot of those type of questions. 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.920 So he's an SP two for me, But he's moving 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:15.680 up the ladder, that's for Darren. Sure. He's been very, 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:16.400 very impressive. 0:05:17.400 --> 0:05:19.920 The just raw stuff numbers the talent that he had 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.159 before the injury. I'm very excited. I know a lot 0:05:23.200 --> 0:05:25.000 of people were kind of fed up with him this season. 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.640 I guess similarly similarly to Blake Snell, not to the 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:29.520 same extent, but people might have cut bait on him 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:32.120 after a couple of rough outings, but if you've used 0:05:32.160 --> 0:05:34.440 him the last month, he's been fantastic, and I feel 0:05:34.480 --> 0:05:37.159 like heading in the next year, he might get pushed 0:05:37.200 --> 0:05:39.960 down a little bit more than he should, just because 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:42.159 there's not a huge sample size this season. Maybe in 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:43.920 the more casual league he can be an SP three, 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:46.880 SP four, but I think in those NFBC leagues, some 0:05:46.920 --> 0:05:48.680 of them he's going to be. He's going to be 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:52.719 a top HUNTERD pick. I think pretty universally in most formats. 0:05:52.720 --> 0:05:54.200 It might not be every single one, but I've been 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.880 very impressed with Shane Boz. Somebody that have not been 0:05:56.960 --> 0:05:58.800 very impressed with just wanted to mention that he has 0:05:58.839 --> 0:06:01.760 still broken. It's Bobby Miller. He lasted just two innings yesterday, 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:04.560 seven hits, four earned runs, just two strikeouts. I think 0:06:04.560 --> 0:06:07.000 it was forty pitches until he actually had a whiff. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.359 Only fifty eight percent of his pitches were strikes. Is 0:06:10.400 --> 0:06:14.080 this Rick and Keel, Alec Manoa, Matt Harvey coming at 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:16.080 us again? Because I was saying it last night. I 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:18.120 was like, this Helox as broken as anybody I've ever seen, 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:20.400 and Everybody's like, no, there's a lot more options of 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:23.640 broken guys. But we're talking about like an eight six 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:27.599 era over sixty innings. He's about his broken as could possibly. 0:06:27.320 --> 0:06:31.400 Be Bubba, He's very broken. The Manoa comp could be interesting. Like, 0:06:31.400 --> 0:06:33.159 I don't want to go that far with Bobby Miller 0:06:33.320 --> 0:06:36.120 just yet. He's had a lot some injury concerns this 0:06:36.200 --> 0:06:38.200 year and some other situations. I don't know if he's 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:42.480 just back to being Bobby Miller yet. But where do 0:06:42.520 --> 0:06:44.120 you trust him? Is the question I've aread heard a 0:06:44.160 --> 0:06:46.680 lot of the smart people are smart people going I'm 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:48.240 gonna buy the dip. I'm gonna buy the dip, And 0:06:48.279 --> 0:06:51.440 I get it, that's a strategy to be had in fantasy. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.200 But what if this is Manoa? What if this is Harvey. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:56.919 That's a situation as well. So he has broken, he 0:06:56.920 --> 0:06:59.400 cannot be rostered right now. I know some people are 0:06:59.440 --> 0:07:02.440 some very smart people are I get it. You need 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:04.560 to move on from Bobby Miller and just you know, 0:07:04.560 --> 0:07:06.280 start planning for twenty twenty five. And I think the 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:07.200 doctors might be two. 0:07:08.520 --> 0:07:10.000 Yeah. I don't know how they can roll him out 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.120 in a playoff game. I don't think they can. No, 0:07:12.360 --> 0:07:14.680 they're not exactly flush for options right now. So it 0:07:14.760 --> 0:07:16.680 might come to a point where they need to, but 0:07:17.640 --> 0:07:19.560 I don't think they can trust him. The thing that's 0:07:19.600 --> 0:07:22.320 crazy is that, like, while his stuff numbers are down, 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.080 they're still like one thirteen stuff plus, still well above 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:28.600 average in that regard. But it just hasn't translated to 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:32.000 success this season. It's been very disappointing. But I feel like, 0:07:32.320 --> 0:07:35.240 you know, if he's going pick where, I mean where 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.080 every start is knocking the price down a little bit, 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:39.760 if he's going at like three hundred and beyond, any 0:07:39.800 --> 0:07:42.320 interest you'd have there and like a late flyer on him. 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:44.800 Oh yeah, no, I see the appeal of the late flyer. 0:07:44.920 --> 0:07:46.800 I get it, and I'd be all about that because 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.200 when you're doing a draft, that's an easy drop. Like 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.400 most of those guys, you draft him past pick two 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:53.920 fifty even you're dropping at some point in the season. 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:56.920 So I'm fine taking a flyer on Bobby Miller late. 0:07:57.280 --> 0:07:58.920 It's just some of the talk I've already heard is 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.680 I don't know for any get him that late is 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:01.200 the problem. 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:05.160 Yeah, I mean, I don't know how people can push 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:07.280 him up so much. But I mean that's like I said, 0:08:07.360 --> 0:08:09.040 the stuff is still there. We know there's a good 0:08:09.160 --> 0:08:11.720 talent track record of you know, minor league play and 0:08:11.760 --> 0:08:14.520 everything like that, so it's going to be a tough one. 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:16.160 But I don't know if he's even going to get 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:18.240 another start this year. Like they should just probably shut 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.200 him down. I don't know that they're doing much good 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:22.760 rolling him out there and getting destroyed every single time out. 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:24.760 The body language is bad, the command is but everything 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:28.080 is bad right now for Bobby Miller. Let's talk Bobachett 0:08:28.160 --> 0:08:30.720 return to the Blue Jays lineup yesterday after being out 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:32.520 since late July with a calf strain. He bat his 0:08:32.600 --> 0:08:35.160 second went two for five with an RBI. It's like 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.760 my worst fears come true here because I wanted to 0:08:37.760 --> 0:08:41.000 get Bobaschett at a disgustingly low price outside of the 0:08:41.040 --> 0:08:43.040 top one hundred picks. He has a hot couple of 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.280 weeks here. You can kind of probably forget about those 0:08:45.320 --> 0:08:47.839 discounts because that's what'll stick in people's minds. Boba sheet 0:08:48.000 --> 0:08:50.640 ended on a ten for twenty streak or something. What 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.000 do you think about bobachhet Baba? What's your interest level 0:08:53.080 --> 0:08:55.319 for next year if you're seeing him available, let's say, 0:08:55.320 --> 0:08:57.280 even in a shallow League right now? Are you starting him? 0:08:57.559 --> 0:08:58.400 What's your analysis? 0:08:58.440 --> 0:09:01.280 Tell you? Yep, I'd pick up. Talked with Ryan on 0:09:01.720 --> 0:09:03.480 Tuesday Night's Bubba and the Blue and this has kind 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.520 of been a like a beer bit I had Bashett 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:08.640 versus Neil Cruz and I'm losing that one. But I've 0:09:08.640 --> 0:09:11.360 always been a Basheck guy. I'm a believer. It's been 0:09:11.440 --> 0:09:13.160 a bad year, that's the nice way to put it 0:09:13.200 --> 0:09:14.880 when it comes to Boba Sheet. But I'm with you. 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.720 He goes two for five last night, I started laughing. 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:19.840 I'm like, he's gonna have a great finish similar to 0:09:19.840 --> 0:09:22.160 what you're saying, and it's going to sting for us 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:25.280 that dropped them this year, saving for the idea of 0:09:25.480 --> 0:09:27.800 picking him next year. So I'm a believer. And if 0:09:27.800 --> 0:09:30.280 he's on your waiver wire, like we talked Trevor story recently, 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:34.680 Boba Sheet meets that that what you're looking for for 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.719 the final stretch run. And there's other middle infield options 0:09:37.800 --> 0:09:40.200 out there right now, like Luisa and Hilcunya and some others. 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.280 But I am a fan of what we got from 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:42.839 Boba Schett. 0:09:43.880 --> 0:09:46.240 I'm just still gonna be a believer based on what 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.040 we've seen the last three plus seasons. This year was 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.440 a tough year. Of course, he's missed half of it 0:09:51.480 --> 0:09:55.319 with injuries. Below the surface, nothing is really like that 0:09:55.320 --> 0:09:58.240 that different. The barrel Raiate is the one that really 0:09:58.280 --> 0:10:01.120 stands out has been cut in half. But it seems 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.120 like he's just really gotten in his own head. The 0:10:03.160 --> 0:10:05.280 team stunk. There was just a lot of bad situations. 0:10:05.320 --> 0:10:07.520 I know that there was some stuff with his dad too, 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.240 and something with his brother, and there was some kind 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:11.560 of controversy, So I don't know how much those kind 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.920 of things factor into it. But the long and short 0:10:13.920 --> 0:10:15.760 of it is that if Boba Scheed is going outside 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:19.400 of the first seven or so rounds next year, I'm 0:10:19.400 --> 0:10:21.400 gonna be hitting draft every single time. And if you're 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.080 still see him out there on waiver wires at this 0:10:23.120 --> 0:10:25.840 point in time, even in shallow leagues, I think that 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.040 he should be added pretty much everywhere. Pete Alonzo, let's 0:10:29.040 --> 0:10:30.839 talk about him. He had a big day yesterday three 0:10:30.880 --> 0:10:33.360 for five with a homer, two runs and five ribbies. 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:35.480 It's been a down year as a whole for him, 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:38.560 but still eighty seven runs, eighty six ribbies, thirty three 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:41.760 homers in a two forty six batting average. I guess 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:45.559 where he ends up going this offseason will probably impact 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.800 draft prices some extent. What's your interest level in pee Alonzo? 0:10:48.920 --> 0:10:51.079 Is he's still a top five first baseman for you, Bubba? 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:52.079 What's your interest? 0:10:53.440 --> 0:10:55.800 Yeah, he's close to top five, like he should be. 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:58.360 If you start penciling it out, he probably will be 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:03.000 like there's there's Vladdie, there's Olsen. First base stinks like 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:08.840 Christian Walker's there. So Alonso probably sits there around top 0:11:08.920 --> 0:11:11.319 five just for the potential of forty plus bombs alone. 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:14.080 That comes in a big, big way. But he's not 0:11:14.160 --> 0:11:16.560 that guaranteed, you know, top two round lock that he 0:11:16.600 --> 0:11:17.080 once was. 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.760 Yeah, I mean I think the location will matter to 0:11:20.800 --> 0:11:23.400 some extent. If he goes to a poorer team, then 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:25.280 maybe you can shave off a few runs in RBI. 0:11:25.480 --> 0:11:27.760 You're not getting steals, you're not getting batting average. I 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.480 feel like he's a little bit of a risky investment 0:11:29.480 --> 0:11:31.439 in the first couple of rounds. I'd probably want to 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:33.480 have him in the third or the fourth if he's 0:11:33.520 --> 0:11:35.200 going to get there. I'm not sure if he gets there, 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:37.679 But if that's the case, then I just won't have 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:40.199 any shares. I think that, you know, I can speculate 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.240 on some later first baseman, whether it's you know, Pasmentino 0:11:43.600 --> 0:11:47.120 or you know, even my mount Castle, like, there's certain 0:11:47.200 --> 0:11:49.959 names later on that I would probably rather spend up 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:52.560 or spend down on. I should say, then spend up 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.040 on up Peet Alonso in the second or third. But 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:56.840 it hasn't been a bad year for him. He's still 0:11:56.840 --> 0:11:59.360 been like a top sixty seventy player, just probably not 0:11:59.400 --> 0:12:02.160 exactly what you expecting on draft day. I want to 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:04.920 mention somebody who's a little more niche, and that's Jesu Sanchez. 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:09.080 I have loved Haezesu Sanchez for really forever. But yesterday 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:10.920 just a massive day, five for five and a bit 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:12.719 of a surprising win over the Dodgers, although maybe not 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.400 that surprising with Bobby Miller on the bump. He scored twice, 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:18.760 he drove in three. He's been really solid this season. 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.640 He has fifty two runs, which is the stinky number 0:12:21.679 --> 0:12:23.439 here playing for the Marlins. You're not gonna you're not 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:25.720 gonna do a ton in that department. But seventeen homers, 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.520 sixty two ribbies, fourteen steals in a two to fifty 0:12:28.520 --> 0:12:30.839 two batting average that goes along with a twelve and 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.359 a half percent barrel rate which is the eighty fifth percentile, 0:12:33.679 --> 0:12:36.000 and a fifty two point one percent hard hit rate 0:12:36.559 --> 0:12:39.240 that's ninety fifth percentile. I feel like Hazu Sanchez is 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:41.160 a change of scenery away from being a top one 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:44.040 hundred type of player. Bubba, what's your thoughts on him 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:45.600 rest of season, which is not a lot of time 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:47.880 left here obviously, and then next year, what's your interest 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:48.959 level going to be for Jesus? 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:51.920 Yeah, big a sus fammin and rostering him a ton. 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.440 It's nice he's facing lefties now as well, he's not 0:12:54.440 --> 0:12:57.280 platooning and in the middle of the order. Four steals 0:12:57.280 --> 0:12:59.080 over the last ten games, which has been great to 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.560 see from Sanchez. I think he can still be okay 0:13:02.640 --> 0:13:05.640 in Miami. Obviously a better ballpark would help, but I 0:13:05.679 --> 0:13:07.960 love him for the rest of the season. The Marlins 0:13:08.000 --> 0:13:12.600 face all right handed Pigionablyeve next week, which'll bode really well. First, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.200 like I said, he still plays for lefties, but we 0:13:14.280 --> 0:13:18.040 want him versus righty's. Let's just be real with the situation. Yet, 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.760 six righties next week and three out of the next four. 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:25.040 Finished this week at righty, so he's got nine righties 0:13:25.080 --> 0:13:27.080 over his last ten games, which is pretty good. And 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:28.920 I like him a loco in the next year. He's 0:13:28.960 --> 0:13:31.680 got that Brian Dayly Cruz vibe that we were looking 0:13:31.679 --> 0:13:34.080 for during the draft season. And I think Sanchez is 0:13:34.080 --> 0:13:36.199 even better than Day of the Cruise, so big hey, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:36.960 sue Sanchez fan. 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:40.120 I hope he gets traded somewhere. I hope he goes 0:13:40.160 --> 0:13:43.240 to a somewhat competent lineup. I don't know that I'm 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:46.199 expecting it, but in Miami, I don't know that anything 0:13:46.280 --> 0:13:48.439 is really nailed down over there. It could happen. I'm 0:13:48.480 --> 0:13:50.720 hoping for it. I was thinking maybe Philadelphia at the deadline. 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.199 That's what I would have really wanted to happen. 0:13:52.280 --> 0:13:53.320 It would have been pretty sweet. 0:13:53.559 --> 0:13:56.760 Oh Man, anywhere but Miami would be preferable. But even 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.000 in Miami it hasn't been so so bad. So somebody 0:13:59.000 --> 0:14:00.199 that's probably not going to get a lot out of 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.560 helium next year, not really hurting you in any category necessarily. 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:05.439 He's somebody that I think can be a big target 0:14:05.440 --> 0:14:09.480 in those specifically slightly deeper five outfielder leagues. Just for fun, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:13.160 Bobby Witch Junior unbelievable stuff. Man. He's the first shortstop 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.960 in major league history to record multiple thirty thirty seasons. 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:20.360 He is twenty four years old. Alex Rodriguez never did this. Now, 0:14:20.400 --> 0:14:23.240 granted he did switch over to third base mid career, 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.640 but this is unbelievable. Like, Bobby wid Junior is on 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:29.120 a full blown Hall of Fame trajectory at this point. 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.040 I think the sky's the limit for him. 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:33.240 Yeah, I'm with you. This is a forty to forty guy. 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.200 So the fact that it's only been thirty thirty so 0:14:35.280 --> 0:14:37.680 far says a lot. Now, the batting average through the 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.720 roof this year, the babyb took a massive jump, so 0:14:40.320 --> 0:14:42.880 we could see regression there. But still, the power is legit, 0:14:42.960 --> 0:14:46.200 the speed is legit. He's awesome. He's that guy. There's 0:14:46.200 --> 0:14:48.280 not a whole lot else besides just giving him his flowers, 0:14:48.320 --> 0:14:51.280 because yeah, dude, the dude's great. He's young, and it's 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:52.720 one of those like we have a bunch of these 0:14:52.720 --> 0:14:55.000 good young players. It's like, just please stay healthy, like 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.040 we want to see for like fifteen more years. Just 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:59.360 stay healthy and we'll be good to go. So I'm 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:00.000 with you on that one. 0:15:00.600 --> 0:15:02.120 I'm more so just put him on the sheet just 0:15:02.120 --> 0:15:04.400 to give him his flowers. There's no start, sit decisions 0:15:04.480 --> 0:15:06.800 or pickups and drops obviously here with Bobby Witt, he 0:15:06.920 --> 0:15:10.080 is unbelievable and it's crazy that he's gonna have a 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:13.200 ten win plus season and he's not gonna win the MVP. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.560 Might be the best non MVP season ever or certainly 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.440 on a short list Pistol who's always active in our 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.160 chats here, Sanchez or Buxton. I think I'm probably going 0:15:23.200 --> 0:15:25.440 Hazu Sanchez. I just don't really trust Buckston. 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:28.000 It is Heyesue Sanchez for sure. 0:15:28.840 --> 0:15:31.840 Yeah. Ian Happ still in the just for fun section. 0:15:31.920 --> 0:15:34.360 Couple homers yesterday, but the really notable one came off 0:15:34.400 --> 0:15:37.920 of Mason Miller. It was one hundred and three point 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:40.280 two miles an hour, and it was the fastest pitch 0:15:40.360 --> 0:15:42.040 hit for a home run in the pitch tracking era, 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:45.720 which goes back sixteen years. Ian Happ, I mean, part 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:46.920 of the reason why I put this on here is 0:15:46.920 --> 0:15:50.040 because it's just a really impressive accomplishment. But Ian Happ 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:52.800 is also putting together a career year twenty five homers, 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:57.000 thirteen steals, eighty six runs, eighty five Ribbies. I feel 0:15:57.000 --> 0:15:59.760 like he's just always somebody that's sitting there pick one hundred, 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.720 one ifty. Nobody really wants to push him up, but 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.960 he always kind of gives you these type of seasons. 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:05.440 This is a little bit better than what we've been 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:10.080 used to, but it's kind of the same general Ian 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:11.880 Half type of season that I feel like people aren't 0:16:11.880 --> 0:16:12.760 appreciating enough. 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:15.960 No. One hundred percent. And the biggest conundrum with Half 0:16:16.040 --> 0:16:18.280 in recent years, it's like every of the year's either 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:19.840 he hits for average or gets for power. He hasn't 0:16:19.840 --> 0:16:21.920 put it all together in a full season, but we 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.240 know the skill set is very good. He's putting it 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.640 together pretty well. Here. He's sitting for an okay average, 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.640 he's not crushing you an average, but all the other 0:16:28.680 --> 0:16:31.280 stats are great. So he's a good five category contributor. 0:16:31.560 --> 0:16:33.080 And that's just who he is. He's a really good 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:37.080 ballplayer in a good Cubbies lineup, and he's finally having 0:16:37.120 --> 0:16:38.400 that big, big season. 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:42.520 I think that he's going to be somebody where I 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.680 mean probably, I'm just I'm starting to speculate on where 0:16:45.720 --> 0:16:47.240 guys are going to go and drafts a lot more, 0:16:47.240 --> 0:16:48.720 and I just don't see him moving up from where 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:50.840 he was last year. I don't see people push him 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:52.640 into the top of a hunter. They'll worry about what 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.520 the Cubs will look like or whatever, and you're getting 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:58.880 that twenty five to fifteen guy discounted again, probably heading 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.520 into next season. I want to mention why at Langford 0:17:01.560 --> 0:17:03.560 In shout out to our buddy Frank Stanfle who tweeted 0:17:03.600 --> 0:17:05.960 this one out yesterday. Over the last thirty five games, 0:17:06.000 --> 0:17:09.080 he's hitting two eighty nine with twenty seven runs, twenty 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.280 two ribies, six homers, and six dolen bases. Where do 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:15.159