1 00:00:00,840 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Hello friends, and welcome in. I'm Chris Welsh, and today 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: here in Fantasy Pros, we're going to be talking about 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: the top ten biggest bus in Fantasy I don't want 4 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:11,959 Speaker 1: to be a hater, and even these players I'm gonna 5 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: give you obviously have got some reason to still draft them, 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:22,160 Speaker 1: but there's concerns underlying stats, injury worries galore, and the ADP. Overall, 7 00:00:22,600 --> 00:00:25,119 Speaker 1: it's a little bit dicey. So don't hate me, but 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: I got ten bus that you're gonna need to pay 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 1: attention to in your drafts if you want to get 10 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,480 Speaker 1: it right. If you also want to get it right, 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: make sure you subscribe to the YouTube channel below, make 12 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: a comment, and if you listen in this video, we're 13 00:00:35,440 --> 00:00:37,440 Speaker 1: going to tell you why and how you're gonna be 14 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:40,280 Speaker 1: able to get a little win just by making a comment. So, 15 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:43,200 Speaker 1: my friends, let's get to it. It's the top ten 16 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:46,599 Speaker 1: biggest bus in fantasy baseball this year. Coming in at 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:50,120 Speaker 1: number ten is Dansby Swanson, shortstop for the Chicago Cubs. 18 00:00:50,280 --> 00:00:52,400 Speaker 1: Cubs fans, don't hate me, but I'm gonna pick on 19 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: your newest acquisition. Swanson's coming off a great year in 20 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 1: Atlanta and a lot of fantasy value, though was propped 21 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: up by those stolen bases with a significant uptick and 22 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: runs in RBI, But now he's off to Chicago with 23 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:05,840 Speaker 1: what you would probably easily say is a worse offense. 24 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: The bat Projection system has him losing eighteen runs and 25 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: five stolen bases. Swanson that he's serviceable two to seventy 26 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 1: seven batting average, but an expected batting average of two 27 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: point fifty seven. This while also running a high babbub 28 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 1: of three forty eight, which was the third highest of 29 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:25,119 Speaker 1: his career. Fun fact, anytime his babeb was under three 30 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:28,880 Speaker 1: p forty eight, his average would sink. This doesn't mean 31 00:01:28,920 --> 00:01:30,679 Speaker 1: he's not going to be valuable, but where he's going 32 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: in drafts is pretty high. Fantasy prose ADP shows dance 33 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: By Swanson going at seventy five overall and even as 34 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 1: high as seventy two overall on CBS. Maybe he is 35 00:01:39,319 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: the end of a tier of good shortstops, but there 36 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 1: are quite a few other players that could be drafted 37 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: behind him, Wander Franco, Tommy Edmund, Andres Jimenez. Dance By 38 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: Swanson can still be a good fantasy contributor, but at 39 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: the cost and the downturn in his potential, I'm confident 40 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 1: in calling him a bust. Coming in at number nine 41 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: is Tyler O'Neil, outfielder for the Saint Louis Cardinals. There's 42 00:01:57,880 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: pretty much only two outcomes that are going to happen 43 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 1: with this. I'm going to be one hundred percent right 44 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:03,920 Speaker 1: or egg on my face. He only had fourteen homers, 45 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,760 Speaker 1: fourteen stolen bases, and he was in the fifties on 46 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 1: runs in RBI. Now most projection systems see him having 47 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: quite a rebound, but he's in a little bit of 48 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:13,359 Speaker 1: a fight for his job in spring training. As a 49 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: matter of fact, they moved him in a fight with 50 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:18,240 Speaker 1: Dylan Carlson for center field. O'Neil last year was in 51 00:02:18,280 --> 00:02:21,560 Speaker 1: the bottom sixteenth percentile in the league and strikeout rate 52 00:02:21,600 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 1: WIF rate was in the bottom twelve percentile in the league. 53 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: And by the way, his hard hit percentage tanked went 54 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: from fifty two percent in twenty twenty one down to 55 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: forty three percent this past year. Exit velocities max average lower. 56 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: He just made a lot worse contact, and he did 57 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: a lot of his damage off of fastballs. He could 58 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 1: not hit breaking balls or off speed pitches. He's a 59 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:44,280 Speaker 1: physical freak, and that's why I say, if he's right, 60 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:46,960 Speaker 1: gotta be wrong because he's going to steal bases, gonna 61 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: hit big homers. But the problem is that consistent contact 62 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,959 Speaker 1: is a major question. A lot of people are giving 63 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,800 Speaker 1: him passes over all of this, especially projection systems. But 64 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 1: I'm not going to when we go look at adp 65 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: at one oh one, he's going out head of Suzuki, 66 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:05,359 Speaker 1: Christian Yelich, Jake McCarthy, even Taylor Ward. I'm gonna pass. 67 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:07,640 Speaker 1: Let somebody else be right or wrong on Tyler O'Neill. 68 00:03:07,680 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 1: It's not gonna be me. Let me ask you something, 69 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: How would you like to unlock your full fantasy draft 70 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:15,519 Speaker 1: potential with our cheat sheet creator at fantasypros dot com 71 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: slash Draft Wizard. You would, of course say goodbye to 72 00:03:18,680 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: endless hours of research. 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The Kansas City 82 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,560 Speaker 1: Royals brought in a role as Chapman. No. Chapman has 83 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: some of his own concerns about getting gigs, but it's 84 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:55,200 Speaker 1: hard to believe that, based on the options that he 85 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: had in free agency, that he would be coming to 86 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:00,560 Speaker 1: the Royals to not close. Why would you pick the Royals. 87 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: It's because you've got a closing gig at least, so 88 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:06,160 Speaker 1: I assume he's going to be given the opportunity to close. 89 00:04:06,440 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: Where Scott Barlow is a very very good reliever, but 90 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: he might be used in some of those higher leverage 91 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,040 Speaker 1: situations in the eighth inning, maybe even getting some saves. 92 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:18,360 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he won't get saves, but even projections 93 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 1: at this point are saying that the best option right 94 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:23,919 Speaker 1: now is twenty saves. That's according to the BAT drafting 95 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:26,480 Speaker 1: closers without assurances are a little bit of a problem, 96 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 1: and you may want to take closers that have guarantees 97 00:04:28,960 --> 00:04:32,160 Speaker 1: early on. I think this is a recipe for a bust, 98 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 1: especially when you're talking about Scott Barlow going inside the 99 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,599 Speaker 1: top one fifty. I'm going to pass and say no thanks, 100 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: and the people that draft him in the top one fifty, 101 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:44,359 Speaker 1: they're gonna feel it. That's a bust. Number seven Milwaukee 102 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:48,039 Speaker 1: Brewers starting pitcher Freddie Peralta. He's always enticing. We know 103 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:51,479 Speaker 1: the strikeout numbers, but fel To under ten k per nine, 104 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: walks over three per nine, hit a three five ERA 105 00:04:55,480 --> 00:04:57,200 Speaker 1: with an x FIP that was around the three to 106 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 1: six range. If you're digging deeper. His sierra was also 107 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: in the relative same range. All of these things aside. 108 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:06,239 Speaker 1: Freddy Pearlta obviously has some electric stuff with big strike 109 00:05:06,279 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: up potential we've seen in the past, but he is 110 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 1: injury prone. Plagued, doesn't really matter. Paralta just never pitches. 111 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,040 Speaker 1: He hasn't pitched more than one hundred and forty four 112 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:17,240 Speaker 1: innings in a season, and he has five of them 113 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 1: under his belt. As a matter of fact, he's only 114 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 1: pitched one hundred in one season. Look at the pitchers 115 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: that are going below him. Jesus Lozardo Joe Ryan, Dustin May, 116 00:05:26,640 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: Lucas Giolito on the bounce back, Chris Sale. All of 117 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: those are smashing yeses for me over Paralta right now, 118 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: because unfortunately he's frail and at the end of the 119 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: day he might be one injury away from hitting the bullpen. 120 00:05:39,120 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: Though he might not be the most expensive player, we 121 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,839 Speaker 1: are going to label him a bust. Number six is 122 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:48,160 Speaker 1: Luis Robert, outfielder for the Chicago White Sox who has 123 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,440 Speaker 1: never played one hundred games in a season. That's right, obviously, 124 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 1: Luise Robert is wildly talented player who's lowered to strike 125 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 1: up percentage all three seasons of his career. He has 126 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: a three hundred season under his belt, which is nice. 127 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: He's hit over two eighty twice, He's stole in some bases, 128 00:06:02,480 --> 00:06:06,119 Speaker 1: he's hitting homers, but he does not stay healthy. Even 129 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,480 Speaker 1: when healthy, the numbers still don't add up. If you 130 00:06:08,480 --> 00:06:10,600 Speaker 1: want to look at the projections for a minute, Let's 131 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: move over to ATC, which has an aggregate system of 132 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 1: all the different projections. In one hundred and twenty six games, 133 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,440 Speaker 1: the projection is twenty homers, fifteen stolen bases with a 134 00:06:18,440 --> 00:06:22,240 Speaker 1: solid batting average. That's his best case scenario with Luis Robert. 135 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 1: We don't have anything for us that can say that 136 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:27,400 Speaker 1: Luis Roberts best case scenario is one hundred and fifty games. 137 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 1: Because we don't get there. You're paying a top fifty costs. 138 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: If he played one hundred and fifty games. Okay, great, 139 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,799 Speaker 1: but he's going like six spots below Randy or ros Arena, 140 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: who has two twenty twenty seasons under his belt. He's 141 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:43,440 Speaker 1: going above Cedric Mullins, Jazz Chisholm, who moved to the outfield. 142 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,640 Speaker 1: No thanks, no thanks, Luise Robert. He's fun, but the 143 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,080 Speaker 1: numbers do not add up. 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Don't want to 153 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 1: wait for the giveaway. Sign up today at fantasypros dot com, 154 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: slash premium and start playing smarter, not harder. Now let's 155 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: get to the top five. Coming in at number five 156 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 1: is Stephen Kwan, outfielder for the Guardians. What you're doing 157 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:36,840 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three is you are chasing Stephen Kwan's 158 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:41,400 Speaker 1: stolen bases from twenty twenty two, still nineteen. Fun fact, 159 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: he's still twenty over his entire minor league career leading 160 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:46,640 Speaker 1: up to this. Now that's not to say that it 161 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: cannot continue. It just seems unlikely that it'll continue. And 162 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,240 Speaker 1: let's say it does. Even he's still an empty homer 163 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: and asset he provides no homers, so at best that 164 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 1: also includes RBI. At best, he's a three category player. 165 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:03,000 Speaker 1: Are those runs elite? No, they're not. So now we're 166 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 1: looking at maybe a two elite category player with the 167 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:09,320 Speaker 1: idea that those stolen bases do continue. Does that equate 168 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 1: to the price. I don't think so. Bat X says 169 00:08:12,320 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: those stolen bases are going to be at thirteen. It's 170 00:08:14,360 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: hard to imagine six homers, thirteen stolen bases with a 171 00:08:17,920 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: solid average, low runs in RBI being worth close to 172 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:25,120 Speaker 1: top one fifty, yet he's going right around one hundred. 173 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 1: He's a great real life player, but not as good 174 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: of a fantasy player. He is a bust. Coming at 175 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,440 Speaker 1: number four is brave starting pitcher Kyle Wright. What he 176 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,719 Speaker 1: did last year for fantasy was phenomenal getting where he 177 00:08:37,920 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 1: got him probably was a league winner, especially when you 178 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: get twenty one wins. But last year you got him 179 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:47,480 Speaker 1: for free. This year right outside the top one hundred. 180 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,679 Speaker 1: Here's something I'm gonna promise you, Kyle Wright will not 181 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: win twenty one games this year, and so much of 182 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: his fantasy value was attached to those wins. He had 183 00:08:56,360 --> 00:08:58,960 Speaker 1: a solid RA three nineteen, but he had an expected 184 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 1: ERA that was closer to four. It was three eight nine. 185 00:09:02,280 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 1: You're paying for last year's price, and if you look 186 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,959 Speaker 1: at the ADPs like we've done, you've got Clayton Kershaw, 187 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: Blake Snell, George Kirby all going after Kyle Wright on 188 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: overall ADP. Thanks, but no thanks. I'm going to pass 189 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: on trying to buy the wins again for Kyle Wright. 190 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,520 Speaker 1: Coming in at number three is Carlos Korea, shortstop for 191 00:09:20,520 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 1: the Minnesota Twins. Hey third times a charm you know, 192 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,040 Speaker 1: like finding a team, signing a contract, getting a physical 193 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:28,240 Speaker 1: to actually go through, and he comes in at number three. 194 00:09:28,240 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: I always liked his game in general, but kind of 195 00:09:31,280 --> 00:09:33,000 Speaker 1: like we've talked about with a few other of these, 196 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: there are injury worries. Two teams could not pass him 197 00:09:37,040 --> 00:09:40,160 Speaker 1: on a physical after signing him to a massive contract. 198 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:43,960 Speaker 1: That is a giant red flag. Plus the numbers don't 199 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: ever really quite twenty two Homers at shortstop is okay, 200 00:09:48,320 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: runs an RBI not that great. He's only had really 201 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: one good year with those running RBI and I was 202 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: in Houston in twenty twenty one. Shortstop also might be 203 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: the deepest position, though I do believe there are some 204 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 1: red flags over it actually is telling me to tell 205 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: you take the shortstops that are higher. One thing that 206 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:10,320 Speaker 1: jumps out to me for this is taking shortstop higher 207 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:12,640 Speaker 1: with less of the risk. There's a reason some of 208 00:10:12,679 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 1: these guys are back here and as tempting is Carlo's Korea. 209 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: Is one thing I am trying to avoid at all 210 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: costs is taking players at the front end of my 211 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 1: draft this year that already have injury concerns. Maybe he's 212 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:29,160 Speaker 1: playing in spring training, but two team doctors had major 213 00:10:29,240 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: concerns about him. I'm going to have the same thing. Unfortunately, 214 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:37,560 Speaker 1: Carlos Korea is bus number three. Coming in at number 215 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: two is another shortstop. Tim Anderson shortstop for the Chicago 216 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 1: White Sox. When he is out there, he's a fantasy 217 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 1: asset when he's out there. Twenty twenty one, he had 218 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:52,440 Speaker 1: seventeen homers, eighteen stolen pass. The next full season before that, 219 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,120 Speaker 1: which was twenty nineteen, eighteen homers, seventeen stolen bases. That's okay, 220 00:10:56,880 --> 00:10:59,640 Speaker 1: you know it's stunk. One hundred and twenty three games. 221 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 1: Eighteen was the last time he had a full season. 222 00:11:02,280 --> 00:11:04,680 Speaker 1: It's been four years since he's played over one hundred 223 00:11:04,720 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 1: and twenty three games. Yes he can steal, Yes he 224 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: can hit. The batting average is really solid. He's just 225 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,160 Speaker 1: not out there and that is my main problem with 226 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 1: him overall. Plus, the Fantasy Pro's ADP shows a little 227 00:11:16,720 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: bit of a lower number. I believe in the eighties 228 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: to nineties, but if you take ESPN off of that, 229 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,680 Speaker 1: you see him going in the seventies in multiple different markets. 230 00:11:25,040 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 1: That's a major concern for a major injury liability that 231 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: people are jumping in on. I can find a home 232 00:11:31,800 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: for Tim Anderson, but what I can't do is find 233 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:37,280 Speaker 1: it at shortstop. I would like Tim Anderson to be 234 00:11:37,280 --> 00:11:39,440 Speaker 1: more of a middle reliever because there's a lot of 235 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,880 Speaker 1: inherent injury risk. And what a player like Carlos career 236 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 1: Tim Anderson actually do for you is they change from 237 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,360 Speaker 1: your draft strategy where you can't take them if you 238 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:49,080 Speaker 1: take an injury risk, or you just have to be 239 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 1: aware of it overall. So as funnest Tim Anderson can be, 240 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 1: I think he's more of a crutch for a lot 241 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:55,480 Speaker 1: of people that don't take the corea as say, oh, 242 00:11:55,480 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: I'll get Tim Anderson, it'll be good for maybe one 243 00:11:58,160 --> 00:12:03,880 Speaker 1: hundred games in it. Number one is Lance McCuller, starting 244 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: pitcher for the Houston Astros. We haven't talked about a 245 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 1: lot of the obvious names here. I tried to go 246 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: a little bit deeper and bigger. If Joe we're here, 247 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: you'd have heard bust In and de Grom. But Lance 248 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: McCullers might be one of the scariest fantasy players overall, 249 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,760 Speaker 1: because we always talk ourselves into it. We already have 250 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 1: information that he is not going to be able to 251 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: break camp with the team and play an opening day. 252 00:12:25,080 --> 00:12:27,960 Speaker 1: There can be exciting stuff, but the walks have gone up, 253 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: the strikeouts have gone down. Mcculler's had a career best 254 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 1: two twenty seven ERA this past year, but an x 255 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 1: FIP of three fifty eight. That's quite a big jump. 256 00:12:39,400 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: This one might not seem as obvious to a lot 257 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,480 Speaker 1: of people, but this one was to me. I feel 258 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:46,120 Speaker 1: like this is the one I least went out on 259 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:49,360 Speaker 1: a limb on to tell you that Lance McCullers is 260 00:12:49,559 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 1: a bust because you're still paying a decently high capital 261 00:12:53,679 --> 00:12:56,040 Speaker 1: for him. When people are trying to get starting pitchers, 262 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 1: he's already hurt. A lot of people are staring at 263 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:01,200 Speaker 1: Jacob deGrom is the biggest concern, but to me, Lance 264 00:13:01,280 --> 00:13:04,680 Speaker 1: mccullors is the biggest bust the twenty twenty three season. 265 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:08,720 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the Fantasy Pros Baseball podcast. Follow 266 00:13:08,800 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: us on Twitter at Fantasy Pros MLB, and subscribe to 267 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 1: our YouTube channel at YouTube dot com slash Fantasy PROSMLB.