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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into the cycle. I am Ryan Warmley,

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Speaker 1: joined as always by Mike Meyer. It is a couple

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Speaker 1: of days before the All Star Break, a couple of

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Speaker 2: Draft for the home run derby. We're going to talk

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Speaker 2: about that a bit later, before the actual All.

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Speaker 1: Star Game and before we have a little respite from baseball,

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Speaker 1: so we are.

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Speaker 2: We were kind of joking before the show.

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Speaker 1: It's not quite like senior itis of like, hey, we're

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Speaker 1: a shorter show here as there's just frankly less to

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Speaker 1: look forward to next week because it's the fun exhibition

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Speaker 1: stuff and also the very sad, very boring couple of

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Speaker 1: which is always not super fun. How you feeling heading

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Speaker 1: into the All Star Break? I mean we're past the

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Speaker 1: technical halfway point of the season, but kind of the

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Speaker 1: unofficial halfway points still, least in terms of how a

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Speaker 2: Think about it. How are you feeling heading into the break?

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Speaker 3: I'm feeling good. I'm looking for I always kind of

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Speaker 3: like look forward to the All Star Game and the

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Speaker 3: Horme Run Derby, not because I like them, but because

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Speaker 3: I kind of like taking a few days off is

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Speaker 3: especially as like you know, the football is like starting

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Speaker 3: All Star Game right now.

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's really really feels like the fifth month,

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Speaker 1: in terms of fantasy baseball coverage and spring training and

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Speaker 2: So fantasy draft, yeah, I'm totally yep drafts.

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Speaker 1: I'm totally with you. I'm a big fan of the

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Speaker 1: Home Run Derby. It was always very fun for me.

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Speaker 1: You have friends come over like that one was I

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Speaker 1: never really cared about the All Star Game itself growing up,

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Speaker 1: but the Home Run Derby it was like not like

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Speaker 2: It was it was a very fun night. I'm not

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Speaker 2: sure how I feel about the kind of ever rules

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Speaker 1: Just a quick note for everyone that if you like

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Speaker 2: Let's jump right in here.

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Speaker 1: The first topic you wanted to hit on this week

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Speaker 1: Drew Thorpe and Tobias Myers kind of checking in, you know,

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Speaker 1: and how they've been doing well.

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Speaker 1: Into a listener question that I got, you know, from

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Speaker 1: But what was kind of your your angle with this,

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Speaker 3: Tobias Myers not necessarily as much like Pedigree. I actually

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Speaker 1: I like the idea of Thorpe who I'll start with at,

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Speaker 1: It's I'm really curious to see what's gonna happen with

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Speaker 1: The situation is not going to get better this year

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Speaker 2: Out of the minors. I don't know what his role

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's a good point.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but I do I do like Christian Scott more

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Speaker 1: I wonder how much because he has not had as

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Speaker 1: like Christian Scott is somebody who I don't I believe

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Speaker 1: he has not topped ninety innings in the season.

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Speaker 1: I might be misremembering that, whereas Drew Thorpe through I

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Speaker 1: think it was like one hundred and forty innings last year,

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Speaker 1: you know, at the minor league level, so it's different.

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Speaker 1: But like you know, even with the White Sox being

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Speaker 2: But yeah, like, like I don't he's not something that

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Speaker 3: I feel like if you didn't ask me this on air,

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Speaker 1: His last time out, he just shut down the Orioles

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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's in that you know, Mount rushmore

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Speaker 3: Well, first off, I never make mistakes, So how dare

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Speaker 2: Steel that he's a Fantasy pros fan.

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Speaker 3: Fantasy Pro subscriber, that's right, subscriber. Yes, yeah, Welsh got

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Speaker 1: We got to hook him up with a free subscription.

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Speaker 1: should be paying.

438
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Speaker 3: He's been doing even during the season. He's been doing

439
00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,560
Speaker 3: like late night mock drafts with Debro too. Like I

440
00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,720
Speaker 3: forget who who they're talking to, but they're doing like

441
00:19:09,880 --> 00:19:12,880
Speaker 3: video calls and mock draft and like doing or maybe

442
00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:13,720
Speaker 3: it's not even mock draft.

443
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Speaker 2: Debro is his guy.

444
00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:18,480
Speaker 1: That's his his favorite of the group here, which I

445
00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:19,320
Speaker 1: don't take personally.

446
00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:20,760
Speaker 3: There's got to be one out there.

447
00:19:22,119 --> 00:19:24,639
Speaker 1: When Welch was telling us that that Justin Steele is

448
00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:28,159
Speaker 1: this big fantasy for his fantas subscriber, I didn't expect

449
00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:29,880
Speaker 1: because he was like and he is one guy who's

450
00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:31,679
Speaker 1: his favorite. I didn't expect it to me, but I

451
00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,560
Speaker 1: was hoping it was because my like, longtime best friend

452
00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,720
Speaker 1: in the whole world is a massive, diehard Cubs fan,

453
00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:40,359
Speaker 1: Like I was with him for Game seven, watched him cry,

454
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,120
Speaker 1: and it would have been so cool if I could

455
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:44,960
Speaker 1: tell him that the best picture on his favorite team

456
00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,040
Speaker 1: is a fan of me who is not a Cubs fan.

457
00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:51,000
Speaker 1: But sadly it was Debro, which is a lot more

458
00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:52,359
Speaker 1: understandable than if it was me.

459
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Speaker 2: But yes, that is the best thing about Justin Steele.

460
00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:57,600
Speaker 2: So yeah, Justin Steele.

461
00:19:58,119 --> 00:20:00,840
Speaker 1: Definitely, we're big fans of his because he's a fan

462
00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,040
Speaker 1: of ours, so we appreciate it. But to the question,

463
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Speaker 1: I mean, where are you ranking him rest of season, like,

464
00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:09,320
Speaker 1: and do you think he belongs not in the conversation

465
00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,240
Speaker 1: of the true aces, but of the guys who could

466
00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:14,800
Speaker 1: maybe pick pitch something close to a true race, a

467
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,760
Speaker 1: facsimile of a true race in the second half of

468
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Speaker 1: the season.

469
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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'll pull up my rankings to see where I'm

470
00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:21,720
Speaker 3: going to put him. I think the only real difference

471
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Speaker 3: between him and like some of those other guys is

472
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Speaker 3: he he doesn't have like that dominant fastball, like when

473
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Speaker 3: you think of like a Paul Skins, or you think

474
00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:31,040
Speaker 3: of like a Zach Wheeler, or even like our Corbyn Burns.

475
00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,960
Speaker 3: He doesn't have quite that fastball. He's more of like

476
00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 3: an old not like old school, old school, but like

477
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,399
Speaker 3: he's more of like a pitcher than a thrower. But

478
00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,040
Speaker 3: I mean there's a lot of value in that. And

479
00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:42,159
Speaker 3: right now I have him like in the teens, I

480
00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:43,600
Speaker 3: probably need to move him up. I'll move him up

481
00:20:43,640 --> 00:20:48,640
Speaker 3: right now. I'll put him at like a maybe I'll

482
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Speaker 3: put him at ten SP ten rest of the rest

483
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Speaker 3: of the year, maybe behind some guys Like I have

484
00:20:55,160 --> 00:20:57,000
Speaker 3: him neck and neck with Dylan Ce's. I think he's

485
00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:58,840
Speaker 3: a better pitcher than Dylan SE's, but Dylan SE's is

486
00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:02,359
Speaker 3: probably gonna get a more strikeout. But I think you

487
00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,280
Speaker 3: can make the argument that he's even even more valuable

488
00:21:04,280 --> 00:21:08,000
Speaker 3: in fantasy than until it ceased. But yeah, I'm a

489
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,800
Speaker 3: big fan of his. You know, he's good metrics, he

490
00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,920
Speaker 3: doesn't have that same fastball, doesn't have the same exact

491
00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,000
Speaker 3: swing and miss stuff. But he's also now once he's healthy,

492
00:21:17,200 --> 00:21:18,640
Speaker 3: it doesn't seem like he's ever going to really hurt

493
00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:20,360
Speaker 3: you either, Like he's just an auto star you're gonna

494
00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,680
Speaker 3: go out there. I don't want to say like a

495
00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,800
Speaker 3: late bloomer because he was twenty five when he when

496
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,240
Speaker 3: he kind of like first came up and was solid

497
00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:30,080
Speaker 3: and then it took a year or two and then

498
00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:32,080
Speaker 3: he kind of broke out. But I mean he did

499
00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:34,159
Speaker 3: spend eight years in the minor leagues. Like he he

500
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:36,720
Speaker 3: went into the miners an eighteen year old and then

501
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,840
Speaker 3: didn't debut until, you know, he was twenty five, and

502
00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:41,800
Speaker 3: so he spent a long time in there.

503
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Speaker 2: Not that there's like an twenty nine only twenty nine now.

504
00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:48,119
Speaker 1: He just turned twenty nine yesterday, so it's not like

505
00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,320
Speaker 1: he's you know, in his thirties yet or anything. Yeah,

506
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,840
Speaker 1: maybe like a later bloomer than like an elite prospect

507
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,560
Speaker 1: or something. But yeah, no, I'm a huge chance of

508
00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,280
Speaker 1: steel and I'd be really happy if I had him

509
00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:01,920
Speaker 1: on my team's and he's somebody that I would I

510
00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,760
Speaker 1: would classify as like a bye high, Like if somebody

511
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:07,160
Speaker 1: has him and thinks that they're selling high.

512
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,800
Speaker 2: I'll buy. I mean, I'm not going to overpay.

513
00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,240
Speaker 1: But I'd spend onne on Justin Steele. I think he's

514
00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,560
Speaker 1: going to be really good in the second half of

515
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,240
Speaker 1: the season, and I have him in a couple of spots.

516
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Speaker 2: I wish I had him in more.

517
00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:19,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, I have him in that auction league that we

518
00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:22,520
Speaker 3: always refer back to. I drafted him last year before

519
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 3: you know the Uber breakout for a dollar, which was

520
00:22:25,320 --> 00:22:27,800
Speaker 3: really cheap, and so I was able to then keep

521
00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,360
Speaker 3: him this year for a dollar, and then going into

522
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,000
Speaker 3: next year, I'm we'd have to decide, like, don't want

523
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 3: to keep him one more year at a dollar and

524
00:22:32,400 --> 00:22:35,760
Speaker 3: then cut him, lose or extend him for a year

525
00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:39,840
Speaker 3: which would only be like six bucks, and then two years,

526
00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:44,520
Speaker 3: which which really would be three years, would be ten bucks.

527
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:47,920
Speaker 3: But I mean, even like I had pretty good value.

528
00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:52,119
Speaker 1: I had to decide this last off season if I

529
00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 1: was going to keep Justin Steele with I think it

530
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:59,480
Speaker 1: was like the twentieth round pick or something or year

531
00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,399
Speaker 1: per as with the final pick in the draft, and

532
00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:04,520
Speaker 1: I was like, well, I gotta go upside with Yuri

533
00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:07,199
Speaker 1: and I'll have him for his whole career and you know,

534
00:23:07,359 --> 00:23:10,639
Speaker 1: such value, and I wish I do have Steel in

535
00:23:10,640 --> 00:23:12,640
Speaker 1: that league. I did draft him again, but not at

536
00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:14,080
Speaker 1: the same great value.

537
00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,440
Speaker 3: So I don't like the draft pick keeper value. I

538
00:23:17,440 --> 00:23:18,360
Speaker 3: don't like that setup.

539
00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:20,040
Speaker 2: Why.

540
00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,280
Speaker 3: I don't know, It's just like I feel like it

541
00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,919
Speaker 3: makes it for like a really messy draft. I'd much

542
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,479
Speaker 3: rather just have like dollar amounts and then everyone you know,

543
00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,359
Speaker 3: like it is.

544
00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,119
Speaker 1: That league is great because I have because I have

545
00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 1: been very good with some of these prospects. I have

546
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:40,399
Speaker 1: an extremely cheap gunner Henderson, He's like he's like the

547
00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,359
Speaker 1: twenty seventh rounder. Bobby wit Junior is like a twenty

548
00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:47,000
Speaker 1: fifth rounder, Raphael Devers is like a twenty third rounder.

549
00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,120
Speaker 1: Juan Soto is like a twenty fourth rounder.

550
00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 3: Rounds work? How do they go up? Like, what's what's

551
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:53,920
Speaker 3: the penalty for going forward?

552
00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:55,199
Speaker 2: It goes up one round every year.

553
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,159
Speaker 1: Get all those guys I got when they were But

554
00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:01,560
Speaker 1: you only keep It's not like you keep like twelve

555
00:24:01,560 --> 00:24:02,200
Speaker 1: players or anything.

556
00:24:02,240 --> 00:24:02,960
Speaker 2: You just keep five.

557
00:24:03,040 --> 00:24:06,919
Speaker 1: So I have I have four mega elite keepers. And

558
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,159
Speaker 1: then also Uri Perez, I will not be keeping him

559
00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 1: next year. Maybe I'll keep steal even at whatever whatever

560
00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:16,360
Speaker 1: around I got him in this year. All right, let's

561
00:24:16,359 --> 00:24:20,960
Speaker 1: talk about the All Star Game. It was announced earlier

562
00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 1: today that Paul Skeens will be starting as a rookie

563
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,960
Speaker 1: who's made you know, not that many starts as.

564
00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,160
Speaker 3: A rookie with an innings limit, Like it's gonna fire

565
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:31,720
Speaker 3: a couple off in the All Star Game.

566
00:24:33,119 --> 00:24:36,360
Speaker 2: He's the most fun pitcher to watch in baseball right now.

567
00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:38,560
Speaker 2: I mean, he's he's must see TV.

568
00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:40,679
Speaker 1: I think it's very smart by Major League Baseball to

569
00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,120
Speaker 1: do this. I think it will actually bring in fans

570
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,159
Speaker 1: who are, like, I want to see Paul Skeans go

571
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,680
Speaker 1: up against the example everybody's using is like Gunner Henderson,

572
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,600
Speaker 1: Juan Soto, Aaron Judge. It would not surprise me if

573
00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:53,600
Speaker 1: that is the starting you know, the first three in

574
00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:54,760
Speaker 1: the American League lineup.

575
00:24:56,240 --> 00:24:58,399
Speaker 2: And yeah, that sounds super fun to me. Is watching

576
00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:02,200
Speaker 2: Paul Skeins against the guys he.

577
00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:05,240
Speaker 1: Like may very well be just just be like the

578
00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 1: best pitcher in baseball already and in fact, like I

579
00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: might make, I might make that argument, it might not

580
00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,920
Speaker 1: even be like a hypothetical, like just watching him his

581
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,879
Speaker 1: electric He obviously had his seven no hit innings that

582
00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:19,320
Speaker 1: he came out after throwing ninety nine pitches.

583
00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,040
Speaker 3: Earlier this week another outrage.

584
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:24,280
Speaker 1: I just think he's like a stud and like every

585
00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: as long as he's healthy, Like I.

586
00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:27,639
Speaker 2: Don't know who's who's better than him.

587
00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:29,399
Speaker 3: I think that's fair, Like, and that goes back to

588
00:25:29,440 --> 00:25:31,879
Speaker 3: what we were saying about Justin Steel, like Paul Skins

589
00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:34,720
Speaker 3: does have the dominant fastball. That's he has like dominant

590
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:36,840
Speaker 3: dominant stuff. Like even he's the kind of guy where

591
00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:40,439
Speaker 3: even if he comes out like like if Justin Steele

592
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,520
Speaker 3: comes out and like you know, like the whole his

593
00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:44,440
Speaker 3: the old school term of like you know, he doesn't

594
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:45,840
Speaker 3: like he doesn't have it that day, Like he just

595
00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:48,000
Speaker 3: has to kind of bulldog through his start, his way

596
00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:50,280
Speaker 3: through a start. Justin Steele can do that, he can

597
00:25:50,280 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 3: still pitch around it, but it's gonna be harder for

598
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:55,000
Speaker 3: someone like Justin Steel if he doesn't have one of

599
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:56,880
Speaker 3: his feel for one of his pitches, it's gonna it's

600
00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 3: gonna be harder for him to kind of like pitch

601
00:25:58,520 --> 00:26:02,400
Speaker 3: around that. Volts Kains can just you know, reach back

602
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:04,480
Speaker 3: and throw one hundred miles an hour and just get

603
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,879
Speaker 3: through things that way and I've seen him do it

604
00:26:05,880 --> 00:26:08,000
Speaker 3: this year, Like he had starts where he didn't have

605
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 3: his best pitch and he's like, no, no problem, I'll

606
00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,240
Speaker 3: just lean on my other elite pitches.

607
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: So yeah, can we get Justin steal a splinker?

608
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:18,919
Speaker 2: That's what I'm asking.

609
00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:22,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, I uh, what do you think about the All

610
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:24,800
Speaker 1: Star Game in general? I mean we talked about a

611
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: little bit at the top of the show. Is it

612
00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:28,760
Speaker 1: something that you typically do kind of sit down and

613
00:26:28,920 --> 00:26:33,040
Speaker 1: like to watch every inning of Do you like, is

614
00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:34,919
Speaker 1: it fun for you to see players from your favorite

615
00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,200
Speaker 1: team in there? Like for me, it's it's almost more

616
00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:39,760
Speaker 1: fun just to see that they made the team. Like

617
00:26:39,880 --> 00:26:42,639
Speaker 1: I care a little bit less about what my players

618
00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,240
Speaker 1: actually quite frankly, like I would prefer Corbyn Burns didn't

619
00:26:46,280 --> 00:26:48,679
Speaker 1: pitch in it at all, like I'd rather. There was

620
00:26:48,720 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: some talk about maybe bumping him up because he would

621
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:53,919
Speaker 1: have stayed on regular arrest to Tuesday this week and

622
00:26:53,920 --> 00:26:56,359
Speaker 1: therefore getting a start on Sunday and not being able

623
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:57,920
Speaker 1: to pitch in the All Star Game. I would have

624
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:59,600
Speaker 1: supported that, like I'd much rather se him get a

625
00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,919
Speaker 1: start again the Yankees this weekend than the honor of

626
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:05,880
Speaker 1: starting the All Star Game because it's just an exhibition

627
00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:08,520
Speaker 1: and it doesn't matter. It will be cool if he does,

628
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:11,879
Speaker 1: you know, do that, Like I'm not gonna not enjoy

629
00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:14,000
Speaker 1: watching him in the All Star Game. But it's just

630
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:16,119
Speaker 1: not something I've cared that passionately about.

631
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:20,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, I've given my hot take. I don't know if

632
00:27:20,400 --> 00:27:21,960
Speaker 3: I've given it on air before, but I've given it

633
00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 3: to you. But I want them to go back to

634
00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,840
Speaker 3: when the All Star Game mattered. I wanted to determine

635
00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,320
Speaker 3: home field avantage again. I hate that it's an exhibition game.

636
00:27:31,359 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 3: I want it to matter. I think it was the

637
00:27:32,800 --> 00:27:35,959
Speaker 3: best All Star game when that was a thing, and

638
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:38,119
Speaker 3: that I don't want to be like old man yells

639
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,399
Speaker 3: at cloud here, but like I liked him when there

640
00:27:40,440 --> 00:27:41,800
Speaker 3: was like a little bit of rivalry like in the

641
00:27:41,800 --> 00:27:44,600
Speaker 3: All Star Game and players cared, which I know, like

642
00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,639
Speaker 3: with how contracts I've gone, We're just like never going

643
00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,560
Speaker 3: to see that again in an exhibition game. Like these

644
00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 3: players are worth too much, they're too valuable. The risk

645
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 3: of getting hurt is just not worth it in an

646
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 3: All Star game. But like, who was it years ago?

647
00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:03,040
Speaker 3: Was it was it Pedro Martinez, Alex Rodriguez? Where he

648
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,920
Speaker 3: just like said, like I'm just gonna throw fastballs, like

649
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:06,720
Speaker 3: see if you can hit him. I forget if it

650
00:28:06,720 --> 00:28:08,439
Speaker 3: was Pedro, if there was another picture, but it was

651
00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:09,960
Speaker 3: like it was like a matchup like that. It was like, look,

652
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 3: I'm only gonna throw fastballs, like you know, hit it

653
00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 3: if you can, and he struck him out. I want

654
00:28:15,280 --> 00:28:16,760
Speaker 3: to say it was Pedro, but I don't remember if

655
00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 3: it was actually Pedro or not.

656
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,440
Speaker 1: Some Pedro has had some iconic like All Star moments,

657
00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:24,240
Speaker 1: like mowing down elite hitters. I don't remember if he

658
00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 1: did what you're describing. There are some play like Gunnar

659
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:33,680
Speaker 1: Henderson has a bit of Pete Rose in him, where

660
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: he's just like insanely competitive, like we'll run you over.

661
00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,320
Speaker 1: Like Gunner is a psychopath on the field. Obviously, he

662
00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 1: hasn't played in the All Star Game before, so I'm

663
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,240
Speaker 1: really curious to see if he like is a psychopath

664
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: during this game or if he is like you know,

665
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 1: toning it down and not caring super a lot, because

666
00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:57,280
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. My thing is I think the All

667
00:28:57,320 --> 00:29:01,480
Speaker 1: Star Game either account for home field advantage in the

668
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,880
Speaker 1: World Series or can have fans voting.

669
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,280
Speaker 2: I don't think it can be both. I don't think

670
00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,560
Speaker 2: you can have this like like you.

671
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,440
Speaker 1: Know, popular vote or like it's not a true report,

672
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:16,320
Speaker 1: it's not truly the best team you can put on

673
00:29:16,360 --> 00:29:19,480
Speaker 1: the field. Because the fans are involved, and that's fine,

674
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:23,040
Speaker 1: but you can't do both. You can't say, like, the

675
00:29:23,080 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 1: fans are gonna have this say in what is ultimately

676
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:31,480
Speaker 1: a really meaningful thing in home field advantage in the

677
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:32,240
Speaker 1: World Series.

678
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,640
Speaker 2: Like, I just don't think you can have both.

679
00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 1: So either either keep it as is, or like have

680
00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:41,720
Speaker 1: some committee to determine the all star you know, starters

681
00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 1: and you know, you know, the replacements and all that,

682
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:46,920
Speaker 1: and then it.

683
00:29:46,880 --> 00:29:49,360
Speaker 2: Can count for the World Series. But I don't think it.

684
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,600
Speaker 3: Could be both. Why not to that, I say, why not?

685
00:29:53,920 --> 00:29:58,400
Speaker 1: Because the World Series matters and hopeful advantage matters. And

686
00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,720
Speaker 1: you're like, like the fans could be just like, hey,

687
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 1: we want to see like like if Kansas City had

688
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,960
Speaker 1: some great marketing campaign, it could be like, Okay, it's

689
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:09,360
Speaker 1: just the Royal starting lineup.

690
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,240
Speaker 2: Why should they determine you know, home field advantage?

691
00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 3: Why why should I don't know that like pans floating

692
00:30:15,720 --> 00:30:17,719
Speaker 3: even matters. I don't know that they even account for it.

693
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 3: I think I think they like count for it and

694
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 3: then like at the final Taly, they just put it

695
00:30:20,760 --> 00:30:21,400
Speaker 3: and whoever they want.

696
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 2: You think.

697
00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 1: Sometimes I didn't understand why Clay Holmes was in over

698
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:29,120
Speaker 1: Craig Kimberl.

699
00:30:29,280 --> 00:30:30,080
Speaker 2: That one bothered me.

700
00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 3: Yeah. Also, it looks like I found the story I

701
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,400
Speaker 3: was talking about. It wasn't Pedro, but it was a

702
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 3: Red Sox picture. It was Kurt Chilling. But uh, I

703
00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:40,280
Speaker 3: guess he was at with the Red Sox at the time.

704
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:42,800
Speaker 3: He must have been when the Diamondbacks when he did that,

705
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:44,800
Speaker 3: which makes sense Pedro wouldn't have faced a rout in

706
00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:47,760
Speaker 3: the All Star Game. Yeah.

707
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 2: True, I didn't even think of that part of it. Yeah,

708
00:30:53,280 --> 00:30:54,000
Speaker 2: it's funny.

709
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, No, I mean it's fun I got I. I

710
00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:01,959
Speaker 1: don't know that it needs to determine home field advantage,

711
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,840
Speaker 1: but you know you're allowed to hold that opinion. I

712
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 1: don't hold it against you that you are going out

713
00:31:09,680 --> 00:31:12,920
Speaker 1: on that limb. I guess what do you think about

714
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,560
Speaker 1: the homer on Derby. We're gonna talk about it more later.

715
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:16,880
Speaker 1: Instead of our two start pitcher competition, we're gonna have

716
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:18,360
Speaker 1: a Homer Derby draft.

717
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:20,320
Speaker 2: So don't give me your thoughts.

718
00:31:20,320 --> 00:31:22,680
Speaker 1: On who thinks it's gonna win it, But just in general,

719
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:25,480
Speaker 1: like the rules changes, are you kind of on board

720
00:31:25,680 --> 00:31:28,240
Speaker 1: or are you aware of the rules changes?

721
00:31:28,360 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 3: I'm aware, I wasn't really aware until you know, I

722
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 3: schedule all of our content here at Fantasy Pros and

723
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 3: Betting Pros, and I was setting up some betting content

724
00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:39,600
Speaker 3: for it. And then last year we did like a

725
00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 3: first round matchups article because they were odds for that,

726
00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:44,680
Speaker 3: and I was wondering why there were no odds for

727
00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 3: first round matchups this year. And then it turns out

728
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 3: there are no first round matchups and so that's why.

729
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 3: But that wasn't aware of it until then.

730
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,640
Speaker 1: So that's my favorite part of the rules change. I

731
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,200
Speaker 1: like that it's everybody in the first round and then

732
00:31:58,280 --> 00:31:59,440
Speaker 1: head to head after that.

733
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:04,160
Speaker 2: I'm actually really on board with that setup. I'm really

734
00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 2: torn on the clock plus number of pitches combo.

735
00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: Like I get why they went to the clock instead

736
00:32:12,880 --> 00:32:15,040
Speaker 1: of just you have ten outs because people felt like

737
00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,360
Speaker 1: it dragged, but like I also like felt like it

738
00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:20,360
Speaker 1: kind of breathed right, like it was you're just kind

739
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 1: of out there. You got to really take in these

740
00:32:22,400 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 1: majestic home runs, and it made it crazy special, like

741
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,959
Speaker 1: when Josh Hamilton did his thing. They was special for

742
00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 1: a number of reasons. When Hamilton had his moment in

743
00:32:30,680 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 1: New York, but like seeing him hit like however many

744
00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,600
Speaker 1: in a row, it was was awesome because you could

745
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:40,600
Speaker 1: take in the moment and I get the idea that

746
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:42,840
Speaker 1: like the clock made it fun at the end, is

747
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:44,840
Speaker 1: kind of like hitting these butterser beaters and stuff.

748
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:45,680
Speaker 2: It was very.

749
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,480
Speaker 1: Poorly enforced, Like it was people were always pitching when

750
00:32:48,480 --> 00:32:50,040
Speaker 1: balls were still in the air when they weren't supposed to.

751
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:53,440
Speaker 1: We didn't get to see all these balls land and really.

752
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,000
Speaker 2: Like appreciate the glory.

753
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 1: Of a home run, which is like the coolest thing

754
00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 1: you can do. And then like there's still been special

755
00:33:01,440 --> 00:33:03,360
Speaker 1: moments right like against some of these walk offs, like

756
00:33:03,680 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 1: you know, some of these people who winning in their

757
00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: home stadiums, like Bryce Harper and DC like Todd Frasier

758
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 1: comes to mind, like Adlee last year doing the switch hitter,

759
00:33:12,600 --> 00:33:16,800
Speaker 1: like both sides stuff was like special, but like I

760
00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 1: kind of like I'm kind of torn, I guess, is

761
00:33:19,720 --> 00:33:21,760
Speaker 1: what I'm saying, and I don't know that combining the

762
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:23,600
Speaker 1: two is the right decision.

763
00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:25,640
Speaker 2: I'm also a little confused.

764
00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 1: Because it's like you only get forty pitches and three

765
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,680
Speaker 1: minutes or whatever, but you also can get extra outs,

766
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:35,080
Speaker 1: but if you if there's a time limit m and

767
00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 1: so it's like you get those extra outs if they're

768
00:33:37,320 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 1: under the limit. Like I might have missed that kind

769
00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,600
Speaker 1: of part of it, but it was a little confusing

770
00:33:41,680 --> 00:33:43,440
Speaker 1: to me. Well, how do you feel about like the

771
00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 1: time versus number of pitches versus total outs.

772
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:50,000
Speaker 3: So I'm mostly out on the on the timing of it,

773
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:52,120
Speaker 3: like for the reasons you said, I like it. It

774
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 3: kind of like sped it up, and like you know,

775
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,600
Speaker 3: that's what they're trying to do. They're trying to like

776
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,640
Speaker 3: capture shorter attention spans. But I liked in the past

777
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 3: where kind of had the feeling of like a real

778
00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,239
Speaker 3: baseball game, where like there is no time limit, Like

779
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,760
Speaker 3: you can be down by nine runs in the ninth

780
00:34:05,840 --> 00:34:08,120
Speaker 3: inning and win because there is no clock that that

781
00:34:08,160 --> 00:34:09,840
Speaker 3: can run out. Like if you can hit ten on

782
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:12,600
Speaker 3: runs with the before you get ten outs, you can still

783
00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,439
Speaker 3: win in a situation like that. And so that part

784
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:17,239
Speaker 3: I didn't really like. I think there's better ways to

785
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 3: do it to still keep that like infinity feel to

786
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,320
Speaker 3: it like it can go on forever without like dragging

787
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:25,880
Speaker 3: it out, Like maybe you can't like take more than

788
00:34:25,920 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 3: two pitches in a row or something like that, like

789
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,600
Speaker 3: because that was the old problems that you would just

790
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:32,400
Speaker 3: have guys take five pitches in a row, wait for

791
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 3: the perfect one swing, take five pitches and just like

792
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:37,919
Speaker 3: do that. That was that kind of got boring. But yeah,

793
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 3: like there are times now where like they're pitching so

794
00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:43,279
Speaker 3: fast where like the ball you know, a guy you know,

795
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:47,120
Speaker 3: cracks a ball and you don't even see it. They're

796
00:34:47,160 --> 00:34:48,960
Speaker 3: just like you just like seeing the screen like, oh,

797
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,600
Speaker 3: that one went over the fence, Like we have to

798
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 3: get to the next pitch now, and it's like, come on,

799
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:53,120
Speaker 3: I want to see the whole thing.

800
00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:56,800
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think what I would like is.

801
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:04,040
Speaker 1: Ten outs like in the past, and maybe you say,

802
00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: like maybe it's like you once, maybe you say you

803
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: get eight outs, and then after the eight outs, however

804
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,520
Speaker 1: long that takes, you get thirty seconds for as many

805
00:35:15,560 --> 00:35:17,400
Speaker 1: as you want, because then it's like you kind of

806
00:35:17,440 --> 00:35:19,440
Speaker 1: get that buzzer beating feel at the end, but for

807
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:21,360
Speaker 1: the most part you're getting to kind of take it

808
00:35:21,400 --> 00:35:24,520
Speaker 1: all in the other thing, I would be interested in

809
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:27,920
Speaker 1: is like you get ten outs and you get like,

810
00:35:28,680 --> 00:35:29,279
Speaker 1: let's say, like.

811
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:30,400
Speaker 2: Eighty total pitches.

812
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: Like I think forty pitches is too small honestly for

813
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,319
Speaker 1: a round, Like I don't get why they went to

814
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: that number, and maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I

815
00:35:38,239 --> 00:35:39,240
Speaker 1: think that numbers too small.

816
00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 2: I think something.

817
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: So it's like, so you can't just take indefinitely, like

818
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:46,400
Speaker 1: there is an upper limit, maybe you call it sixty pitches.

819
00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:50,359
Speaker 1: But it's also not like, hey, you're forced to swing

820
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,360
Speaker 1: at garbage if you get a bad pitch, right, Like

821
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,160
Speaker 1: I don't I don't like when too much of the

822
00:35:54,520 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: this is put on the pitcher, Like I want this

823
00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:59,719
Speaker 1: to be about the hitters, not about like, hey, of

824
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:02,439
Speaker 1: those forty pitches, twenty five of them, we're hit able,

825
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:05,640
Speaker 1: And so he only hit fifteen homers, you know, because

826
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:07,000
Speaker 1: he's not gonna eat it every time, Like I don't

827
00:36:07,040 --> 00:36:07,239
Speaker 1: like that.

828
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,400
Speaker 3: Yeah, that also kind of gives like an advantage to

829
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:11,760
Speaker 3: like the guy who has the best, most consistent pitcher,

830
00:36:11,800 --> 00:36:13,800
Speaker 3: And it's like, I don't know, I don't know's there's

831
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 3: always a.

832
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 2: Bit of an advantage with that, But no, I'm totally

833
00:36:18,760 --> 00:36:19,040
Speaker 2: with you.

834
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:21,479
Speaker 1: We're gonna do that draft at the end of the show,

835
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 1: so stick around for that as we get there. We're

836
00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:26,080
Speaker 1: also gonna skip waivers today just because it felt silly

837
00:36:26,120 --> 00:36:28,960
Speaker 1: with We're coming up on several days off anyway, so

838
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 1: we'll kind of reset with some of that stuff next week.

839
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,920
Speaker 1: We're likely gonna do sort of an overall second half

840
00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:37,840
Speaker 1: preview next week and just kind of storylines.

841
00:36:37,880 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 2: We want to pay attention.

842
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: To expectations for the second half, guys who we think

843
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: can be league winners in the second half, so be

844
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:44,839
Speaker 1: sure to check in next week.

845
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 2: Even with the also break, we will be doing a show.

846
00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,200
Speaker 1: It'll probably be a shorter show next week and like

847
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: more of a higher level overview than kind of our

848
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 1: usual specifics, But be on the lookout for that next week,

849
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,160
Speaker 1: probably on Friday of next week. But let's do some

850
00:36:58,160 --> 00:37:00,239
Speaker 1: bi Loo sell high because you can still trade right now,

851
00:37:00,280 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: so we'll kind of quickly go through these and then

852
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: wrap up the show. I'm going to start off with

853
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 1: my favorite by low is Bobby Miller, and this is

854
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 1: specifically in Dynasty leagues. We don't often do Dynasty specific picks,

855
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,399
Speaker 1: but I just wanted to highlight that I know he

856
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,239
Speaker 1: has really struggled this year. He was demoted to the

857
00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:22,279
Speaker 1: minors because of his struggles this year, I wouldn't be

858
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:25,759
Speaker 1: going out and you know, aggressively stashing him in redraft,

859
00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:29,319
Speaker 1: in dynasty formats, in keeper formats. I'm not really worried

860
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: about Bobby Miller at all. He's only twenty five. He

861
00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 1: was very good last year. He still is in a

862
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:39,360
Speaker 1: great organization for developing pitchers, a great organization for getting wins. Again,

863
00:37:39,440 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: Like I am, I know it was has been bad

864
00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: this year. The stuff doesn't look particularly terrible to me.

865
00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: He's starting his fastball a lot more and it's getting

866
00:37:49,160 --> 00:37:52,919
Speaker 1: kind of wrecked. So I hope that when he comes back.

867
00:37:53,120 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 1: I mean, last year he threw it twenty eight point

868
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,080
Speaker 1: nine percent of the time. This year is for Seamer's

869
00:37:57,080 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 1: forty three point five percent of the time. It's like

870
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: pretty significet jump. And like I said, it hasn't been

871
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:06,880
Speaker 1: a particularly effective pitch. I mean, hitters are batting two

872
00:38:06,960 --> 00:38:09,320
Speaker 1: seventy off of it with a five twenty four slugging

873
00:38:09,719 --> 00:38:12,640
Speaker 1: wOBA off That pitch is three eighty five expected woba's

874
00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 1: even higher. Like I'm you know, the the eggs of

875
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,480
Speaker 1: veloci off the pitches is ninety two point two miles

876
00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,600
Speaker 1: per hours. Has not been a particularly strong pitch, so

877
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:22,840
Speaker 1: I would liked an he's throwing at a ton, so

878
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,600
Speaker 1: I would like to see that.

879
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 2: Come down a bit.

880
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:27,200
Speaker 1: But by and large, I'm not worried about the stuff.

881
00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about this scuffling this year. There's also

882
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: been injuries involved this year in Dynasty. If you can

883
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:35,880
Speaker 1: buy low, I am very happy to do. So what

884
00:38:35,920 --> 00:38:37,000
Speaker 1: do you think about Bobby Miller.

885
00:38:37,160 --> 00:38:39,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm a big Bobby Miller fan. I was very

886
00:38:39,560 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 3: high on him coming into this year. So it's been

887
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 3: a pretty disappointing year. But like you said, the injuries

888
00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,240
Speaker 3: have kind of been a factor there. It's it's pretty

889
00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,640
Speaker 3: rare you can say that a guy his expected era

890
00:38:50,880 --> 00:38:54,520
Speaker 3: is a full two runs lower than his RA and

891
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 3: still be disappointed because that expected era is still above six.

892
00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:01,040
Speaker 3: You got to be pretty bad for that for that

893
00:39:01,120 --> 00:39:03,640
Speaker 3: to be the case. Yeah, for all the reasons you said,

894
00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:07,280
Speaker 3: I you know, I'm very bullish on Bobby Miller. Long term,

895
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,440
Speaker 3: I'm not sure what we're going to see this season,

896
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:13,080
Speaker 3: especially with the rumblings that like the Dodgers, despite all

897
00:39:13,120 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 3: their pitching depth, they're kind of like sniffing around the

898
00:39:15,800 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 3: trade market to find like more pitching, even with like

899
00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:22,400
Speaker 3: Bobby Miller still around, Clinton curs are coming back. The

900
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:25,239
Speaker 3: fact that they're still looking for for pitching, you know,

901
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,280
Speaker 3: it kind of tells me that, you know, maybe they're

902
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:29,920
Speaker 3: maybe they're considering this a lost year for Bobby Miller,

903
00:39:29,960 --> 00:39:31,880
Speaker 3: and maybe that's the way to move the way to

904
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:32,400
Speaker 3: view it.

905
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it may very well be, but you know,

906
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:37,839
Speaker 1: it's the cheapest you'll ever be able to acquire him

907
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:41,239
Speaker 1: in Dynasty, I believe. So, you know, I'm happy to

908
00:39:41,280 --> 00:39:43,120
Speaker 1: Builow in any kind of keeper format.

909
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:44,360
Speaker 2: Who's your favorite Bilo?

910
00:39:44,600 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 3: My favorite Bilo is Boba Schett, and it's it's a

911
00:39:48,160 --> 00:39:51,359
Speaker 3: it's a somewhat. I wrote about this one in this

912
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,879
Speaker 3: week's Fantasy Baseball Players to Trade Now on the side

913
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,280
Speaker 3: our Bilow style high featured Pros article that we reference

914
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,680
Speaker 3: pretty much every week. And it's a little bit of

915
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,200
Speaker 3: a unique situation in that, like a lot of times

916
00:40:04,239 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 3: we're talking about players that we're looking at for like

917
00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:11,279
Speaker 3: regression in one way or another. I don't have a

918
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:13,440
Speaker 3: whole lot of reasons to buy low on Boba Schett,

919
00:40:13,480 --> 00:40:15,560
Speaker 3: Like there's not a whole lot in his data saying

920
00:40:15,600 --> 00:40:18,400
Speaker 3: you should. It's just that he's Boba Schett, and I

921
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,160
Speaker 3: think he's better than this, and I think he not

922
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 3: only can you buy low, he might be free right now.

923
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,360
Speaker 3: Like I'm in a couple of leagues where he's been dropped,

924
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:28,720
Speaker 3: one of them with a keeper ramification. So someone dropped

925
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:32,040
Speaker 3: him in a keeper league, and it's not the league.

926
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:34,040
Speaker 3: If I pick him up in this league, I can't

927
00:40:34,080 --> 00:40:37,360
Speaker 3: keep him. You have to draft, you know, players that

928
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:39,720
Speaker 3: you keep, you can't keep free agents. But I already

929
00:40:39,719 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 3: have a waiverclaim in for him because there is a

930
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,920
Speaker 3: chance that he just you know, is better in the

931
00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:47,960
Speaker 3: second half. And what I wrote, like in the article

932
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:49,480
Speaker 3: is that, like I don't have a ton of metrics

933
00:40:49,520 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 3: for you to say like this, this is coming on.

934
00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:53,279
Speaker 3: He's expected batting average is forty points higher, Like he's

935
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:56,120
Speaker 3: batting two twenty one. He's expected about two sixty. That's

936
00:40:56,160 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 3: a little bit closer to his career average of two ninety,

937
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,200
Speaker 3: which you know last year he bat at three. And

938
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:04,800
Speaker 3: sometimes when I know I wrote this in the article,

939
00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:08,120
Speaker 3: sometimes like this, All Star break can just kind of

940
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:10,600
Speaker 3: do magical things. Like you you see players who just

941
00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:13,319
Speaker 3: have incredible first halfs, get to the All Star break

942
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 3: and they're just not that player in the second half anymore.

943
00:41:15,600 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 3: And you see the opposite players who have pretty lousy

944
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,240
Speaker 3: first halfs. They just get that week off, they reset,

945
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,319
Speaker 3: they recollect themselves, and then they come back and they're

946
00:41:24,360 --> 00:41:25,880
Speaker 3: just much better in the second half. I don't know

947
00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:28,520
Speaker 3: if it's gonna happen for Bobashet, but he's almost free

948
00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,160
Speaker 3: right now. And if I can get a short stop,

949
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:33,279
Speaker 3: and granted short stop is a pretty like a deeper

950
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:34,640
Speaker 3: position this year, but like, if I can get a

951
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 3: middle infield or a shortstop who's gonna hit close to

952
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:39,480
Speaker 3: three hundred the rest of the way with a little

953
00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:40,759
Speaker 3: bit of power, a little bit of speed. He has

954
00:41:40,800 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 3: been running more than usual, you know, not a ton,

955
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:45,560
Speaker 3: but he's got five stone bases this year, but he

956
00:41:45,640 --> 00:41:48,320
Speaker 3: only stole five all of last year. But if I

957
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,960
Speaker 3: can get someone like Bobashet from my middle dfield spot

958
00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,480
Speaker 3: or my utility spot, or even just someone I can

959
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 3: you know, stream when when they have a bunch of

960
00:41:56,160 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 3: games against good matchups, Like he's almost free right now,

961
00:41:59,040 --> 00:41:59,960
Speaker 3: So that's why I'm buying a lot.

962
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:04,960
Speaker 1: I think it's a great call. My favorite cell high

963
00:42:05,080 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: is Reese Hines. Obviously, his start to his career has

964
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:13,120
Speaker 1: been super fun. He's eight eight for sixteen excuse me,

965
00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,360
Speaker 1: padding five hundred. He has two home runs, two stolen

966
00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: bases in those sixteen played appearances here to start his career.

967
00:42:21,600 --> 00:42:24,480
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny to look at because it obviously

968
00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,080
Speaker 1: doesn't really matter this few games into his career, but

969
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 1: extremely red on stat cast. Everything is about as max

970
00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:35,160
Speaker 1: out as you'll possibly see four games in. I think

971
00:42:35,160 --> 00:42:36,759
Speaker 1: it's four games, whatever it is, you know, it's not

972
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 1: a lot, And I just think that it's an opportunity

973
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,839
Speaker 1: to say, like, if somebody just wants the next big thing,

974
00:42:42,920 --> 00:42:45,359
Speaker 1: it's also the rare prospect this year who's been really

975
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:47,719
Speaker 1: good right off the bat. We've had so many like

976
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:50,520
Speaker 1: elite prospects that have struggled this season to make the

977
00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,360
Speaker 1: leap that, like seeing somebody do really well is probably

978
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,960
Speaker 1: pretty intoxicating. The power is prodigious, you know, like when

979
00:42:57,000 --> 00:42:59,360
Speaker 1: he hits a home run, he hits a home run.

980
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:01,279
Speaker 1: So it's fun to watch, and that I think, in

981
00:43:01,320 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: my experience, tends to make it a little easier to

982
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:07,560
Speaker 1: trade away guys, because you know, people are so intoxicated

983
00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:09,440
Speaker 1: by the power, and he does have speed as well.

984
00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,280
Speaker 1: He's clearly not gonna hit five hundred. He's not gonna

985
00:43:12,280 --> 00:43:15,520
Speaker 1: have two homers and two steals every sixteen played appearances.

986
00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:18,080
Speaker 1: I just think it's an opportunity to say, like, listen,

987
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,520
Speaker 1: he's kind of the hot thing right now in this

988
00:43:20,600 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 1: awesome start, and people like they want to get in

989
00:43:22,680 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: early on the next big thing. So if you can

990
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: get a much more proven asset from a guy who

991
00:43:27,120 --> 00:43:30,279
Speaker 1: was only the Reds fifteenth ranked prospect this season by

992
00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: MLB Pipeline, for guy who is even with this super

993
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:36,920
Speaker 1: fun start, like his chase rate is over fifty percent,

994
00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 1: his with rates over thirty percent, his strikeout rates over

995
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:43,319
Speaker 1: thirty one percent. He has not walked yet, you know

996
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: in those games like I hit the profile is just

997
00:43:45,840 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: like screaming for Like, he has power for sure, and

998
00:43:49,719 --> 00:43:52,560
Speaker 1: maybe even some speed. But I think the batting average

999
00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 1: is going to crater, and I think I think in

1000
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,560
Speaker 1: a points league, like the strikeouts are going to be

1001
00:43:57,560 --> 00:44:00,480
Speaker 1: a huge problem. And if you, like you said, if

1002
00:44:00,480 --> 00:44:03,759
Speaker 1: you get somebody who's much more reliable and proven, I'm

1003
00:44:03,760 --> 00:44:05,279
Speaker 1: making that trade ten times out of ten.

1004
00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:06,759
Speaker 2: Have you had any early impressions on.

1005
00:44:06,760 --> 00:44:10,279
Speaker 3: High, very impressive so far. But I also would have

1006
00:44:10,320 --> 00:44:12,120
Speaker 3: him as a so high for the reasons you mentioned,

1007
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,680
Speaker 3: and then also you know he's not going to have

1008
00:44:14,719 --> 00:44:17,040
Speaker 3: a long leash on playing time. The Reds have a

1009
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:21,120
Speaker 3: ton of outfielders. They're getting TJ. Friedle back hopefully. You know,

1010
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,480
Speaker 3: he keeps coming back looking good and getting hurt again.

1011
00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:25,040
Speaker 3: You know, I'm dying to have him back on my

1012
00:44:25,280 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 3: and you know I have him in a bunch of

1013
00:44:27,000 --> 00:44:30,120
Speaker 3: dynasty leagues. I'm dying to roster him again, especially because

1014
00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:31,719
Speaker 3: a lot of those are like five outfitter leagues where

1015
00:44:31,719 --> 00:44:35,319
Speaker 3: I really need someone like DJ Friedl. But you know,

1016
00:44:35,360 --> 00:44:37,840
Speaker 3: they have a bunch of outfielders that they're kind of

1017
00:44:37,840 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 3: like rotating in. And so when Friedle's back after the break,

1018
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:45,040
Speaker 3: which he should be, if he struggles at all, he's

1019
00:44:45,040 --> 00:44:47,520
Speaker 3: not going to have a you know, a long leash,

1020
00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 3: and he could be either on the bench or not

1021
00:44:50,560 --> 00:44:53,520
Speaker 3: playing every day, which you know, even if someone is

1022
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:55,920
Speaker 3: playing well, if they're not playing every day, then it's

1023
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 3: it's kind of hard to justify keeping them in your lineup.

1024
00:45:00,640 --> 00:45:01,600
Speaker 2: Who's your cell high?

1025
00:45:02,120 --> 00:45:05,800
Speaker 3: My so high is Jamison Taione. Uh the Orioles Killer.

1026
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 1: Every every Chicago Cub is the Orioles killer this week.

1027
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, and like it's kind of like for that reason

1028
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,720
Speaker 3: I wrote, he's someone I wrote up to in that

1029
00:45:18,719 --> 00:45:21,200
Speaker 3: that recent article, where whereas even with like some of

1030
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,160
Speaker 3: you know, we've been talking all year about kind of

1031
00:45:23,200 --> 00:45:26,120
Speaker 3: the all of the starting pitching that's available, we're seeing

1032
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:27,959
Speaker 3: a little bit of aggression now where we're like hitting

1033
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:29,600
Speaker 3: it starting to catch up a little bit as we

1034
00:45:29,640 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 3: get into the summer. But I think he just kind

1035
00:45:31,840 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 3: of opened up a nice little cell high wind window

1036
00:45:33,760 --> 00:45:35,239
Speaker 3: for you with his win over the Oriols, because not

1037
00:45:35,239 --> 00:45:37,160
Speaker 3: only was it a win over probably the best offensive

1038
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:39,520
Speaker 3: baseball but it also dipped his RA below three. So

1039
00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:41,760
Speaker 3: when you get into those trade discussions, you get to show,

1040
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:43,759
Speaker 3: you know, a picture with a shiny two point nine

1041
00:45:43,760 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 3: to nine array in that offer. You get to see,

1042
00:45:45,719 --> 00:45:47,439
Speaker 3: you know, it's always nice to have a sub three

1043
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 3: ARRA in an offer. But still, he's another guy, you know,

1044
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:53,440
Speaker 3: seventy two strikeouts in eighty seven to third inning. He's like,

1045
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:56,439
Speaker 3: I think he's fine. He's in that cromulent category. He's

1046
00:45:56,480 --> 00:45:58,759
Speaker 3: kind of been in that category his whole career. He's

1047
00:45:58,760 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 3: had an era, like you know, his career era is

1048
00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 3: close to four, and that includes like some a couple

1049
00:46:04,520 --> 00:46:08,240
Speaker 3: of like really good early years with the with the Pirates,

1050
00:46:08,280 --> 00:46:10,200
Speaker 3: and then just kind of been hovering around four his

1051
00:46:10,239 --> 00:46:13,000
Speaker 3: whole career. And that's where a bunch of his expected

1052
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,640
Speaker 3: numbers says the ra should be. And so I just

1053
00:46:15,719 --> 00:46:20,120
Speaker 3: think he's like a very like average cromulent starter that

1054
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:21,839
Speaker 3: if you can sell him for a little bit more,

1055
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 3: like in the article I mentioned, like maybe you can

1056
00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,160
Speaker 3: get like if you want to swap a pitcher for

1057
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:27,840
Speaker 3: a bat, maybe you can get like a Mark Ventos

1058
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:29,680
Speaker 3: or even like an Alec Burleson. I think that's a

1059
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:32,200
Speaker 3: comparable hitter who might do more for you rest of

1060
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 3: season than tyone is going to do for you as

1061
00:46:33,920 --> 00:46:34,320
Speaker 3: a pitcher.

1062
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 2: Let's go to our weekend excitement.

1063
00:46:40,120 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: O's Yankees is every time they play, it's going to

1064
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,440
Speaker 1: be a really important fun series. It's you know, closing

1065
00:46:46,480 --> 00:46:49,040
Speaker 1: out the unofficial first half of the season. Obviously, these

1066
00:46:49,080 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: are two best teams in the AL East, both scuffling.

1067
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:58,400
Speaker 1: I mean obvious, I would say obviously, but I understand

1068
00:46:58,440 --> 00:46:59,520
Speaker 1: why you would disagree.

1069
00:46:59,560 --> 00:47:00,600
Speaker 3: We just took a series from that.

1070
00:47:02,760 --> 00:47:06,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's true, the Orioles obviously the best team in

1071
00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,360
Speaker 1: they at least let's say Yankees, maybe not obviously the

1072
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:09,919
Speaker 1: second best.

1073
00:47:09,920 --> 00:47:12,120
Speaker 3: Can you live with that.

1074
00:47:13,480 --> 00:47:16,839
Speaker 2: Either way? A huge series, so that's an interesting one.

1075
00:47:16,920 --> 00:47:19,960
Speaker 1: We get Kid Povic versus Garrett Cole, which is a

1076
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:21,760
Speaker 1: bit of a mismatch, but we'll see how that goes.

1077
00:47:22,440 --> 00:47:24,600
Speaker 1: And then on Sunday Chris Silver still in Sea is

1078
00:47:24,680 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 1: just a really fun matchup of a couple of starting pitchers.

1079
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,439
Speaker 2: And then also on Sunday, the MLB Draft. I love

1080
00:47:30,480 --> 00:47:31,000
Speaker 2: the draft.

1081
00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:33,120
Speaker 1: I have paid a bit less attention to it this

1082
00:47:33,200 --> 00:47:40,840
Speaker 1: year because the Orioles finally av Yeah, but still like

1083
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 1: a very exciting time for me as a dynasty manager,

1084
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: as somebody who just enjoys drafts in general, Like I

1085
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 1: love you know, it's it's funny. I always would talk

1086
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,960
Speaker 1: about like for the NBA Draft, I know the players

1087
00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 1: really well because I follow college very closely, And for

1088
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: the MLB Draft, I know the teams really well, but

1089
00:47:59,680 --> 00:48:02,440
Speaker 1: I don't follow college as closely. NFL is kind of

1090
00:48:02,440 --> 00:48:05,200
Speaker 1: that nice balance where I know the players and I

1091
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:08,359
Speaker 1: follow the league they're going into closely. So Baseball it's

1092
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,800
Speaker 1: a little different in that I'm not watching the College

1093
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:12,879
Speaker 1: World series, like I'm not that guy. But I listened

1094
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:14,960
Speaker 1: to all the podcasts, I read the articles of the

1095
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:15,520
Speaker 1: mock drafts.

1096
00:48:15,520 --> 00:48:17,719
Speaker 2: I still enjoy. Drafts are just fun.

1097
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:20,839
Speaker 3: In there too. It's not even just not following like

1098
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 3: college like somebody says coming out of high school.

1099
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:23,719
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah.

1100
00:48:23,800 --> 00:48:25,319
Speaker 1: A couple of years ago a kid from my high

1101
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,479
Speaker 1: school was second rounder, which was fun.

1102
00:48:27,600 --> 00:48:29,279
Speaker 2: He hasn't turned into anything, but.

1103
00:48:30,360 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 1: And uh, Jim kallis the you know, well known MLB

1104
00:48:34,920 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 1: prospect guy went to my high school as well. So

1105
00:48:40,080 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: if I was a scout at all, or if I

1106
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:43,920
Speaker 1: was a prospect at all as a player when I

1107
00:48:43,960 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 1: played at Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia, he would

1108
00:48:47,800 --> 00:48:49,640
Speaker 1: have covered me at his alma mater.

1109
00:48:49,719 --> 00:48:51,239
Speaker 2: But sadly I was not that good.

1110
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:53,800
Speaker 1: But yeah, I just love the draft and that Sunday,

1111
00:48:54,200 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 1: the start of it is Sunday. So I'm excited to

1112
00:48:56,600 --> 00:48:59,600
Speaker 1: see what Michael Eyas does because it is the thing

1113
00:48:59,640 --> 00:49:01,439
Speaker 1: he is far the best at and has.

1114
00:49:01,360 --> 00:49:04,719
Speaker 2: Absolutely crushed for the Orioles. So hopefully that continues when

1115
00:49:04,719 --> 00:49:05,719
Speaker 2: they don't have a top five pick.

1116
00:49:05,800 --> 00:49:07,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, it's a little I was gonna say it's

1117
00:49:07,200 --> 00:49:09,480
Speaker 3: a little bit easier to pick in the top five

1118
00:49:09,520 --> 00:49:11,200
Speaker 3: than it is second half of the first round.

1119
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, but people do always say this like he

1120
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 1: has made the right picks, right, Like he took Heston

1121
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:19,560
Speaker 1: Curestat over Austin Martin when nobody else wanted to do that.

1122
00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:23,760
Speaker 1: He took Colton Cowser over Khalil Watson when everybody wanted Watson,

1123
00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:28,120
Speaker 1: and he's made great finds later like people keep talking about, like, oh, well,

1124
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 1: like they tank, so that's why all these good players,

1125
00:49:30,040 --> 00:49:33,080
Speaker 1: Like every team other than one could have drafted Gunner

1126
00:49:33,120 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: Henderson and chose not to do you know the one, No,

1127
00:49:38,120 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 1: the Red Sox.

1128
00:49:38,760 --> 00:49:40,280
Speaker 3: I was the only team that I was gonna.

1129
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 2: Have a pick.

1130
00:49:41,040 --> 00:49:44,759
Speaker 1: Or before Gunner was drafted, every other team had a chance.

1131
00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: You know, Kobe Meyo was a fourth round pick and

1132
00:49:46,719 --> 00:49:49,440
Speaker 1: now he's like the best hitter of the miners according

1133
00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 1: to me. So so yeah, anyways, I think that is

1134
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:54,000
Speaker 1: kind of overblown.

1135
00:49:54,080 --> 00:49:55,360
Speaker 2: But what's your weekend excitement?

1136
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 3: So I want to see Andrew Rabbitts second start of

1137
00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:59,719
Speaker 3: the week. He's my two star pitcher. In his first

1138
00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:02,440
Speaker 3: star it was very good, and so I'm looking to,

1139
00:50:02,640 --> 00:50:05,760
Speaker 3: uh see if I can even up the the series

1140
00:50:05,760 --> 00:50:08,640
Speaker 3: at seven and seven and seven and a two starts.

1141
00:50:08,680 --> 00:50:10,000
Speaker 2: Are you sure he's your two star pitcher?

1142
00:50:10,560 --> 00:50:12,359
Speaker 3: Yeah, right there.

1143
00:50:12,600 --> 00:50:13,759
Speaker 2: I thought you had Nicolodolo.

1144
00:50:14,040 --> 00:50:18,560
Speaker 3: Oh no, I do have Nicolodola. Darn it. He was

1145
00:50:18,560 --> 00:50:20,440
Speaker 3: my waiver pick last week for it because of his

1146
00:50:20,480 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 3: two starts.

1147
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:25,279
Speaker 1: So you actually cleared out last week's You cleared out

1148
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:26,680
Speaker 1: last week's outline before.

1149
00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:30,719
Speaker 2: We noted in our sheet who the picks were.

1150
00:50:31,400 --> 00:50:33,440
Speaker 1: So I had to go back and look at like

1151
00:50:33,440 --> 00:50:35,879
Speaker 1: our old version history of the sheet, and it did

1152
00:50:35,920 --> 00:50:39,839
Speaker 1: say Lodolo in the you know, history version of our

1153
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:42,040
Speaker 1: Google sheet, so I'm assuming that's correct.

1154
00:50:42,120 --> 00:50:44,799
Speaker 3: Oh god, Lodolo did so much worse too. We did

1155
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 3: three and two third innings, four runs. Oh man, all show.

1156
00:50:48,760 --> 00:50:50,720
Speaker 2: Renel Blanco, who was my pick, had a good start.

1157
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,320
Speaker 3: Oh dang it, this is this is terrible. Cancel the

1158
00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:54,000
Speaker 3: rest of the show.

1159
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:58,000
Speaker 2: Are you still excited about edraw Abbitts second start?

1160
00:50:58,120 --> 00:50:59,920
Speaker 3: I guess I mean he was. He was still my

1161
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,680
Speaker 3: waiver pick of the week, So it's it's still looking

1162
00:51:02,719 --> 00:51:04,440
Speaker 3: good for me because I just picked the wrong one

1163
00:51:04,440 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 3: for my two start picture competition. Well, because they're you know,

1164
00:51:08,160 --> 00:51:09,440
Speaker 3: the picture of the same team. They had the two

1165
00:51:09,440 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 3: same matchups. I think it was Rockies. Yeah, it was

1166
00:51:12,200 --> 00:51:15,160
Speaker 3: Rockies on the road and then Marlin's or Rockies at

1167
00:51:15,160 --> 00:51:17,359
Speaker 3: home and then Marlin's at home as well, So they

1168
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 3: both had two really good matchups. That's why I have

1169
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:24,799
Speaker 3: been both last week. So that's disappointing. The wonder I

1170
00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:29,360
Speaker 3: deleted it. I also want to see what you know

1171
00:51:29,360 --> 00:51:32,480
Speaker 3: obviously you mentioned Orioles Yankees, like Louis Heel is going

1172
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:34,960
Speaker 3: to go up against the Orioles. Pretty interested to see

1173
00:51:34,960 --> 00:51:37,640
Speaker 3: what what he looks like because he hasn't looked good

1174
00:51:37,719 --> 00:51:39,479
Speaker 3: and it's this is going to be his final start

1175
00:51:39,480 --> 00:51:41,440
Speaker 3: of the first half. It's going to be it's going

1176
00:51:41,520 --> 00:51:44,319
Speaker 3: to say a lot about how he closes, uh close

1177
00:51:44,440 --> 00:51:46,560
Speaker 3: up the first half of how people feel about him

1178
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,399
Speaker 3: going into the second half. Imagine we might talk about

1179
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,680
Speaker 3: him next week. And then I live down in Georgia

1180
00:51:51,719 --> 00:51:53,799
Speaker 3: now and it's really really hot, mid nineties weather and

1181
00:51:53,840 --> 00:51:55,880
Speaker 3: it's just awful. So I'm just looking forward to just

1182
00:51:55,920 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 3: suffering through more of that.

1183
00:51:59,080 --> 00:52:02,400
Speaker 2: Today it it's in the hundreds, so nice. It is

1184
00:52:02,440 --> 00:52:03,719
Speaker 2: a heat wave this.

1185
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,000
Speaker 1: I played softball last night and it was in the

1186
00:52:07,040 --> 00:52:11,319
Speaker 1: evening and it was like sweltering, sweltering and brutal, and

1187
00:52:11,680 --> 00:52:14,920
Speaker 1: today's even worse, so I will be stuck inside with

1188
00:52:14,960 --> 00:52:17,200
Speaker 1: my dog most of the day. All right, let's wrap

1189
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: things up with our not to start pitcher competition, although

1190
00:52:20,040 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 1: I will give a quick update that the previous finished

1191
00:52:22,640 --> 00:52:24,520
Speaker 1: week you did win.

1192
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:27,480
Speaker 2: It was Scooball. He did much better than Hunter Brown.

1193
00:52:27,920 --> 00:52:31,759
Speaker 1: That was back for matchup thirteen, So the record is

1194
00:52:31,800 --> 00:52:33,640
Speaker 1: currently Worm seven and Mayor six.

1195
00:52:35,640 --> 00:52:37,000
Speaker 2: As far as how our.

1196
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:44,200
Speaker 1: Fill ins did, Kelly and Tuma both one for me

1197
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:48,960
Speaker 1: against you. Bogman and Welsh both won for you against me,

1198
00:52:49,440 --> 00:52:53,120
Speaker 1: So the two of us combined are over our last four.

1199
00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:56,680
Speaker 1: All the guests keep winning, one of us will finally

1200
00:52:56,680 --> 00:53:01,000
Speaker 1: win this week. With Blancover's lobolously. There's no two starts

1201
00:53:01,000 --> 00:53:02,440
Speaker 1: next week, so we are not going to do a

1202
00:53:02,480 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: two start competition. Instead, we will draft home run derby teams.

1203
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:08,800
Speaker 1: We're gonna go back and forth. We're not gonna do

1204
00:53:08,880 --> 00:53:11,840
Speaker 1: any of that silly snake draft like somebody makes the

1205
00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 1: first pick, then the next person makes two, then two.

1206
00:53:14,000 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 2: I think that's ridiculous. It'll just be back and forth.

1207
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:18,480
Speaker 1: Whoever gets the first pick is a little lucky. It's

1208
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:20,280
Speaker 1: not like we really know what we're doing here anyway.

1209
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,560
Speaker 2: It's all for fun. So let's flip a coin.

1210
00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:26,000
Speaker 1: I have a just a Google thing pulled up here,

1211
00:53:26,840 --> 00:53:28,960
Speaker 1: so I'll let you call it and I'll quote unquote

1212
00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 1: flip it, but I'll really just click flip again.

1213
00:53:31,920 --> 00:53:34,399
Speaker 2: All right, So I'm gonna click flip in three two

1214
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 2: one and then you call it. Well, it's quote unquote

1215
00:53:36,280 --> 00:53:40,080
Speaker 2: in the air three two one.

1216
00:53:40,280 --> 00:53:41,680
Speaker 3: Flip tails never fails.

1217
00:53:43,160 --> 00:53:45,360
Speaker 2: It's flipping. It is tails. So do you want to

1218
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:46,160
Speaker 2: go first or second?

1219
00:53:46,239 --> 00:53:46,960
Speaker 3: I will go first.

1220
00:53:48,400 --> 00:53:50,520
Speaker 1: Okay, who is your Oh and by the way, I

1221
00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:52,960
Speaker 1: suppose we should let everybody know who's.

1222
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:54,160
Speaker 2: Actually in the field.

1223
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:59,480
Speaker 1: It's Pete Alonzo, Alec Bohm, at a Last, Garcia, Gunnar Henderson,

1224
00:54:00,000 --> 00:54:03,960
Speaker 1: Oscar Hernandez, Marcelo Zuna, Jose Ramirez, Bobby Witt Junior.

1225
00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:05,320
Speaker 2: Hmmm.

1226
00:54:06,880 --> 00:54:09,160
Speaker 3: So I'm torn here because there's a player I want

1227
00:54:09,200 --> 00:54:13,120
Speaker 3: to pick, but I also would love to pick the

1228
00:54:13,120 --> 00:54:16,239
Speaker 3: player that you want to pick and just really kind

1229
00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 3: of ruin your enjoyment of the of the All Star

1230
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:22,000
Speaker 3: or the Hermone Derby. So I'll go Gunner Henderson with

1231
00:54:22,040 --> 00:54:22,680
Speaker 3: the first pick.

1232
00:54:24,239 --> 00:54:28,040
Speaker 2: First of all, rude. Uh, you didn't even pick the

1233
00:54:28,080 --> 00:54:32,040
Speaker 2: obvious guy just to spike me. That's so rude of you.

1234
00:54:32,080 --> 00:54:33,359
Speaker 3: Which obvious guy.

1235
00:54:35,560 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 1: So, first of all, I would actually have if I

1236
00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:40,439
Speaker 1: was like building out like my big board, Gunner would

1237
00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,880
Speaker 1: actually be third, but I would take him first because

1238
00:54:43,239 --> 00:54:44,839
Speaker 1: of course I have to take the oriol first.

1239
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:45,880
Speaker 2: I think the Oriols never win.

1240
00:54:45,920 --> 00:54:48,279
Speaker 1: They haven't won one since Miguel Tahata, and they've had

1241
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:51,480
Speaker 1: opportunities like Chris Davis was a big slugger, Mark Trumbo,

1242
00:54:51,680 --> 00:54:54,560
Speaker 1: Trey Vncini had like an awesome run when he was,

1243
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:57,080
Speaker 1: you know, back from cancer, was like a really very

1244
00:54:57,080 --> 00:55:00,000
Speaker 1: cool moment. Obviously Adley last year with the switch hitting.

1245
00:55:03,040 --> 00:55:06,400
Speaker 1: But I wanted Gunner because he's the Oriol and.

1246
00:55:06,400 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 2: That's quite roode of you.

1247
00:55:08,040 --> 00:55:10,720
Speaker 1: Well, I'm gonna take the guy who, like weirdly cares

1248
00:55:11,120 --> 00:55:13,960
Speaker 1: so much about the home run derby and has won

1249
00:55:14,040 --> 00:55:15,800
Speaker 1: it before and knows what he's doing.

1250
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,200
Speaker 2: Uh, and that's ped Alonzo.

1251
00:55:17,400 --> 00:55:19,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, he's the which go ahead.

1252
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:23,239
Speaker 1: I mean, I mean he's the clear the clear one

1253
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:29,440
Speaker 1: one setting aside Fandoms because again of just his experience

1254
00:55:29,480 --> 00:55:30,920
Speaker 1: in the event and now it is a little bit

1255
00:55:30,960 --> 00:55:32,880
Speaker 1: of a different event as we talked about. So maybe

1256
00:55:32,960 --> 00:55:36,239
Speaker 1: that doesn't play to his strengths. Will find out, but

1257
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:38,720
Speaker 1: it's what his fifth straight year competing, like Peter Alonzo

1258
00:55:38,760 --> 00:55:42,040
Speaker 1: lives for the home run derby, Like I said, the

1259
00:55:42,080 --> 00:55:45,399
Speaker 1: clear one one if you're setting aside fandoms, So you

1260
00:55:45,440 --> 00:55:47,640
Speaker 1: did get the guy I wanted, but I will take

1261
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,200
Speaker 1: pedal on so and you're.

1262
00:55:49,080 --> 00:55:49,920
Speaker 2: Back on the clock here.

1263
00:55:50,000 --> 00:55:53,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, And he's the odds on favorite and plan as

1264
00:55:53,280 --> 00:55:55,279
Speaker 3: he should. He has the best odds, Gunner Henderson as

1265
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 3: the third best odds, and I'll I guess I'll take

1266
00:55:58,120 --> 00:56:00,320
Speaker 3: the player with the second best odds and Marcello.

1267
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:04,960
Speaker 2: So I don't think it's a terrible pick. Like obviously

1268
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:06,760
Speaker 2: he's had a ton of home runs this year.

1269
00:56:07,800 --> 00:56:12,000
Speaker 1: The player that I actually have second has not hit

1270
00:56:12,040 --> 00:56:14,040
Speaker 1: that many home runs this year, like second on my board.

1271
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:16,239
Speaker 1: And who I'm going to draft here just because he

1272
00:56:16,360 --> 00:56:18,680
Speaker 1: might fall, but I want to make sure I get

1273
00:56:18,719 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 1: him is.

1274
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:20,440
Speaker 2: Bobby Witt Junior.

1275
00:56:21,400 --> 00:56:24,920
Speaker 1: He I think he might have won this contest when

1276
00:56:24,960 --> 00:56:28,040
Speaker 1: they had the high schoolers participate the year he was

1277
00:56:28,040 --> 00:56:30,880
Speaker 1: in high school before he was drafted. He has a

1278
00:56:30,920 --> 00:56:33,320
Speaker 1: swing that he like, he doesn't really swing for the

1279
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 1: defenses quite as much. I mean, he obviously is still

1280
00:56:36,080 --> 00:56:38,360
Speaker 1: a powerful hitter. He's fifteen home runs this year. You know,

1281
00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:40,120
Speaker 1: he can hit bombs. But I think he has a

1282
00:56:40,120 --> 00:56:42,560
Speaker 1: swing that's really well suited to the derby. I think

1283
00:56:42,560 --> 00:56:45,360
Speaker 1: he's like a stronger version of Alex Bregman, where he's

1284
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:47,960
Speaker 1: like the swing is just kind of like very repeatable,

1285
00:56:48,000 --> 00:56:50,360
Speaker 1: smooth and do it you know a bunch, you know,

1286
00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:53,600
Speaker 1: have that endurance throughout the course of the night. And

1287
00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:57,000
Speaker 1: again he's won a contest like this before. So even

1288
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,280
Speaker 1: though he is lower on the list of home runs

1289
00:56:59,280 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 1: this season, I think Wit is a sneaky value pick

1290
00:57:02,200 --> 00:57:04,160
Speaker 1: and I'm very excited to get I wish I had

1291
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:08,040
Speaker 1: gotten Gunner, but the three players I wanted most were Gunner, Alonso,

1292
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:09,320
Speaker 1: and Wit, so I'm happy to get.

1293
00:57:09,160 --> 00:57:09,600
Speaker 2: Two of them.

1294
00:57:09,920 --> 00:57:15,080
Speaker 3: Okay, so I'm looking at the I'm basically doing this

1295
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,880
Speaker 3: draft by looking at betting odds and not to reveal

1296
00:57:18,920 --> 00:57:22,520
Speaker 3: my strategy, but you know, I deviated from that by

1297
00:57:22,880 --> 00:57:25,680
Speaker 3: taking your player first and then looking at betting odds next.

1298
00:57:26,560 --> 00:57:31,400
Speaker 3: And it's interesting in that there are five players that

1299
00:57:31,480 --> 00:57:33,800
Speaker 3: are five point fifty or better and the other three

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00:57:33,840 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 3: are all a thousand or worse. And so there's only

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00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:40,120
Speaker 3: one player left with what Vegas thinks has a real

1302
00:57:40,120 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 3: shot of winning this, and that is at at least Garcia.

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00:57:42,600 --> 00:57:43,480
Speaker 3: So that's who I'll take.

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00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:46,720
Speaker 2: Care Garcia is who I would have taken.

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00:57:46,800 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 1: Also, is just fun to have, like the hometown guy,

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00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:52,480
Speaker 1: Like you always want somebody who's playing in his own

1307
00:57:52,520 --> 00:57:54,440
Speaker 1: home park, and he is the type of guy that

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00:57:54,480 --> 00:57:55,480
Speaker 1: I think could do very well.

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00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:57,640
Speaker 2: That would have been my next pick. I think that's

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00:57:57,640 --> 00:58:01,680
Speaker 2: a smart one. I'm surprised I don't have the odds

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00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:02,240
Speaker 2: pulled up.

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00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:07,040
Speaker 1: I'm surprised that Jose Ramirez his odds are are that

1313
00:58:07,160 --> 00:58:10,240
Speaker 1: much worse than the rest of the group, considering how

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00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:11,280
Speaker 1: many home runs he's hit.

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Speaker 3: This do you want to do? You want to know

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00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:14,160
Speaker 3: the rest of the odds? Are they remaining three? Yeah?

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00:58:14,200 --> 00:58:15,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, I do so.

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00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:18,280
Speaker 3: Peter Lonzo is plus three forty, Marcelo's doing a plus

1319
00:58:18,280 --> 00:58:20,960
Speaker 3: three eighty, Gunner Henderson is plus four seventy five at

1320
00:58:21,000 --> 00:58:23,840
Speaker 3: at least Garcia plus five hundred, Babi Wo Junior is

1321
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:27,760
Speaker 3: plus five fifty. Then there's the gap. Then it's Tioscar

1322
00:58:27,760 --> 00:58:31,680
Speaker 3: Hernandez plus one thousand, then another mini gap, Jose Ramirez

1323
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:35,479
Speaker 3: plus thirteen hundred and then at the very bottom Alec

1324
00:58:35,520 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 3: Boum plus sixteen hundred.

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00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,240
Speaker 1: But yeah, but Bom I think is clearly I mean,

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00:58:40,280 --> 00:58:41,280
Speaker 1: he's gonna be on my team.

1327
00:58:41,280 --> 00:58:44,720
Speaker 2: I assume he's the last pick. I think to me,

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00:58:44,800 --> 00:58:47,200
Speaker 2: it's between Ramirez and and tay Oscar.

1329
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:50,680
Speaker 1: Like I'm somewhat intrigued by going with Taoskar, just like

1330
00:58:51,000 --> 00:58:52,959
Speaker 1: he's the type of guy who, in like a real

1331
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:55,200
Speaker 1: game it can go and get on such a heater

1332
00:58:55,360 --> 00:58:57,680
Speaker 1: that like he just can't miss, and you could see

1333
00:58:57,720 --> 00:59:02,040
Speaker 1: him doing that in this settings. Ramirez like the better player.

1334
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:04,360
Speaker 1: I'm actually really torn.

1335
00:59:04,400 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 2: Between the two of them. Honestly, I think.

1336
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,400
Speaker 1: I will go with I'm gonna go with Jose Ramirez.

1337
00:59:12,440 --> 00:59:15,520
Speaker 1: He's a better player. MLB dot Com actually as him

1338
00:59:15,520 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 1: as the third best chance to win, like just in

1339
00:59:18,160 --> 00:59:20,240
Speaker 1: terms of ranking them. I don't know why the odds

1340
00:59:20,280 --> 00:59:21,720
Speaker 1: are are different.

1341
00:59:22,040 --> 00:59:23,720
Speaker 3: Well, have you seen any of the rankings that MLB

1342
00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:26,880
Speaker 3: has been putting out the last for the last several

1343
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:29,080
Speaker 3: months with their like best players at this position, And

1344
00:59:29,120 --> 00:59:31,880
Speaker 3: it's like, yeah, maybe that's where they pulled this list

1345
00:59:31,880 --> 00:59:32,320
Speaker 3: from too.

1346
00:59:34,200 --> 00:59:34,720
Speaker 2: He did.

1347
00:59:36,040 --> 00:59:39,480
Speaker 1: He has participated in the Derby before in twenty twenty

1348
00:59:39,480 --> 00:59:43,880
Speaker 1: two Jose Ramirez, but he had like an injury that

1349
00:59:43,960 --> 00:59:48,320
Speaker 1: made him bat right handed in the derby and he.

1350
00:59:48,080 --> 00:59:49,600
Speaker 2: This is all knows from MLB dot com.

1351
00:59:49,600 --> 00:59:51,640
Speaker 1: He struggled to advance out of the first round, but

1352
00:59:51,640 --> 00:59:53,960
Speaker 1: he did still hit seventeen homers in that first round.

1353
00:59:54,200 --> 00:59:56,280
Speaker 1: So with this new format, maybe that gets a better

1354
00:59:56,360 --> 00:59:58,680
Speaker 1: chance at advancing. I'm gonna take Jose Ramirez.

1355
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:02,000
Speaker 3: That's what I would have done. I'm tempted to take

1356
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:04,280
Speaker 3: Alec Baum just to be contrarian and just because like

1357
01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:06,720
Speaker 3: it would be such an upset if Alec Boum, if

1358
01:00:06,760 --> 01:00:09,440
Speaker 3: Alec Bohm won this thing. Uh, if you.

1359
01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:11,280
Speaker 2: Want to take Alec Baum, I will not stop you.

1360
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:16,040
Speaker 3: Uh let's do it. Give me Alec Boum, give me

1361
01:00:16,080 --> 01:00:18,160
Speaker 3: the underdog, underdog.

1362
01:00:17,920 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 2: Suckered you into it. Give me the end so that

1363
01:00:20,400 --> 01:00:21,440
Speaker 2: I'll take ta Oscar.

1364
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:25,160
Speaker 1: Uh So again, outside of not getting Gunner, I basically

1365
01:00:25,160 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 1: got the team I wanted. Like like if you if

1366
01:00:28,400 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: it was just we each got to pick four, not

1367
01:00:31,080 --> 01:00:33,160
Speaker 1: in a draft format, and it could be whichever for

1368
01:00:33,320 --> 01:00:35,880
Speaker 1: we wanted. Like if you gave me Gunner instead of

1369
01:00:35,880 --> 01:00:37,720
Speaker 1: ta Oscar, this would be the four I would have taken.

1370
01:00:37,720 --> 01:00:41,120
Speaker 1: I would have taken Alonso with Joseer Ramirez even over Ozuna,

1371
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:45,600
Speaker 1: I think, and Gunner. So outside of you having my guy,

1372
01:00:46,280 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 1: I'm really happy with my draft. I think I think

1373
01:00:48,200 --> 01:00:49,720
Speaker 1: I kind of trounced you.

1374
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:51,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, I don't think Boom was a smart pick.

1375
01:00:52,040 --> 01:00:55,120
Speaker 3: Is just an emotional, scrappy underdog pick.

1376
01:00:56,880 --> 01:00:58,400
Speaker 2: What would you say is the best value here?

1377
01:00:58,640 --> 01:01:01,320
Speaker 1: If we're if the mock draft simulator was grading us,

1378
01:01:01,800 --> 01:01:03,480
Speaker 1: who who would have the better grade here?

1379
01:01:05,000 --> 01:01:05,640
Speaker 2: Bom would be.

1380
01:01:05,560 --> 01:01:08,120
Speaker 3: The reach would be would probably it was, it was definitely.

1381
01:01:07,920 --> 01:01:10,480
Speaker 2: And Gunner would be a reach to based on the.

1382
01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:13,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, you you would get the better grade because I

1383
01:01:13,480 --> 01:01:15,680
Speaker 3: picked I mean, depending on what the rankings you're looking at.

1384
01:01:15,680 --> 01:01:18,480
Speaker 3: But I picked the third player first, so I reached there,

1385
01:01:18,520 --> 01:01:20,240
Speaker 3: and then you got a value by picking the first

1386
01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:25,720
Speaker 3: player second. Then it was pretty even and then yeah,

1387
01:01:25,800 --> 01:01:27,480
Speaker 3: like I took bo you.

1388
01:01:27,440 --> 01:01:29,520
Speaker 2: Know what you got. You gotta get your guys, right,

1389
01:01:29,640 --> 01:01:32,000
Speaker 2: I mean, ADP is a myth. You gotta get your guys.

1390
01:01:32,280 --> 01:01:34,400
Speaker 1: Uh. If if if I was not an Orioles fan,

1391
01:01:34,400 --> 01:01:36,080
Speaker 1: if that was not a part of this at all,

1392
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:40,040
Speaker 1: where would you have right Gunner? Like like Peter Alonzo

1393
01:01:40,080 --> 01:01:42,040
Speaker 1: obviously we agree one one. Who would be your second

1394
01:01:42,120 --> 01:01:45,360
Speaker 1: pick if everything was the same, except for I didn't

1395
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:46,440
Speaker 1: care less about the Orioles?

1396
01:01:46,480 --> 01:01:47,000
Speaker 2: Would it still?

1397
01:01:47,040 --> 01:01:48,760
Speaker 1: Would it have been Gunner just because he's the most

1398
01:01:48,760 --> 01:01:50,640
Speaker 1: time runs the season of anybody in the field, or

1399
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:53,200
Speaker 1: would it have been you know, Azuna or who?

1400
01:01:53,200 --> 01:01:54,720
Speaker 3: I think I still would have gone Ozuna. He's just

1401
01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:57,920
Speaker 3: been like a freak home run hitter recently and I

1402
01:01:57,920 --> 01:01:59,640
Speaker 3: can just see him like he just like feels like

1403
01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:00,960
Speaker 3: the kind of who's gonna win this thing?

1404
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:02,360
Speaker 2: Man?

1405
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:04,960
Speaker 1: So there was a world where I could have gone Gunner,

1406
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:09,080
Speaker 1: or I could have gone Alonso. Then you go a Zuno,

1407
01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:12,360
Speaker 1: then I go Gunner if if you weren't you know,

1408
01:02:13,000 --> 01:02:17,120
Speaker 1: torn by biases trying to hurt me despite being your

1409
01:02:17,120 --> 01:02:18,080
Speaker 1: close personal friend.

1410
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:20,320
Speaker 2: All right, we'll get out of there on that.

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01:02:20,360 --> 01:02:22,240
Speaker 1: A quick recap with the teams, by the way, Alonso

1412
01:02:22,280 --> 01:02:25,840
Speaker 1: wit Jose, Ramirez, Taoskar for me, Gunner, Ozuna at Elise,

1413
01:02:26,040 --> 01:02:28,960
Speaker 1: and Boom for you. So this will just count as

1414
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 1: one win in it. And do we agree that it's

1415
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:33,880
Speaker 1: just whoever wins it? Or do we have like a

1416
01:02:33,920 --> 01:02:36,360
Speaker 1: point system like every round you advance to I just.

1417
01:02:36,320 --> 01:02:39,080
Speaker 3: Think I think the winner. Whoever wins it wins it, right.

1418
01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,480
Speaker 2: Just whoever gets on I'm totally good with that. That's simplest,

1419
01:02:41,480 --> 01:02:41,760
Speaker 2: all right.

1420
01:02:41,760 --> 01:02:45,480
Speaker 1: Whoever whoever's team has the winner gets the point. All right,

1421
01:02:45,520 --> 01:02:47,040
Speaker 1: We'll get out of there on that. I hope everybody

1422
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:49,919
Speaker 1: enjoys the All Star you know, breaking like I said,

1423
01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:52,720
Speaker 1: the respite from the marathon, but also you know, all

1424
01:02:52,760 --> 01:02:53,760
Speaker 1: the festivities and stuff.

1425
01:02:53,800 --> 01:02:54,280
Speaker 2: I'm gonna be.

1426
01:02:54,280 --> 01:02:56,880
Speaker 1: Playing softball both nights with Homer and Derby and the

1427
01:02:56,920 --> 01:02:58,560
Speaker 1: All Star Game, so I'm gonna be recording it and

1428
01:02:59,120 --> 01:03:03,320
Speaker 1: watching the backley. But but yeah, looking forward to it.

1429
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:05,480
Speaker 1: And like I said, we'll be back next week for

1430
01:03:05,800 --> 01:03:07,840
Speaker 1: something of a second half previews. I hope everybody tunes

1431
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:10,400
Speaker 1: in for that. For Mayor, I'm Ryan Warmley. Thank you

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01:03:10,440 --> 01:03:13,880
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01:03:13,920 --> 01:03:16,840
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