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Speaker 1: the Welsh and the Midsummer Classic is upon us. So
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Speaker 1: National League from the Fantasy Nerd point of view, because
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Speaker 1: go find that video as well. Welsh, I'm gonna let
Speaker 1: you start things off here with the National League. We're
Speaker 1: gonna go through. We're gonna find our position players. We're
Speaker 1: gonna find a couple pitchers, a closer as well in
Speaker 1: a DH, and I know some of these names are
Speaker 1: gonna overlap, but we're gonna talk about these guys from
Speaker 1: a fantasy standpoint. So let's take a look at Welsh's
Speaker 1: All Star team for the National League. William Contreras at catcher,
Speaker 1: no doubt about that. One, certainly makes sense. Christian Walker
Speaker 1: at first base, perhaps surprising to some people, Bryce Terang
Speaker 1: at second, Elie Dela Cruz my dude at shortstop, Alec
Speaker 1: Bohm at third, Jackson Merrill, look at you. I love it.
Speaker 1: You snuck him in there. Brian Reynolds, who's been absolutely
Speaker 1: fantastic for the Pirates, Helio Ramos, look at this show.
Speaker 1: A Otani at DH no brainer there, and Chris sale
Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler the two pitchers, with Ryan Helsley over at
Speaker 1: the closer spot. Let's start with the catcher here, William Contreras,
Speaker 1: because Welsh, Contreras was absolutely red hot April May. Then
Speaker 1: he's hit a little bit of a downturn of late,
Speaker 1: which was natural regression. You figure that's coming. Regardless, Contreras
Speaker 1: has been a great addition to this team in the
Speaker 1: last two years. Milwaukee Burwis still find themselves at the
Speaker 1: top of the Central and Welsh the guy was in
Speaker 1: that MVP conversation for a few weeks. He's fallen off.
Speaker 1: So here's a question for you. Can he regain that
Speaker 1: momentum despite the fact that he plays catcher in the
Speaker 1: second half of this season, because we all know the
Speaker 1: wear and tear of that positions a lot.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we can't and he can absolutely. When you look
Speaker 2: at the games played, there are a handful of catchers
Speaker 2: in the league right now that are like eighty plus
Speaker 2: games played, and William Contreras I think is at the
Speaker 2: tip top. I think only Salvador Perez has ended up
Speaker 2: playing more.
Speaker 3: So can he? Yes?
Speaker 2: From a Fantasy perspective on his production, it's actually tougher
Speaker 2: for the NL. I just want to point out because
Speaker 2: one of the things when we're doing these all star
Speaker 2: teams for Fantasy, I think some people be like, you know, okay,
Speaker 2: where's some of the values and whatnot, and it's like, well,
Speaker 2: at catcher there was I think a lot more production
Speaker 2: out of the AL. This was between will Smith and
Speaker 2: William Contrerass for production. Contrara's eleven homers, five stolen bases,
Speaker 2: will Smith had fifteen homers. They had the same amount
Speaker 2: of RBIs at forty five. But William Contrerass leads all
Speaker 2: catchers with runs at sixty five and a better batting average.
Speaker 2: There was just nobody else in the NL that was
Speaker 2: really worthwhile from any type of fantasy perspective to push
Speaker 2: these guys. So value be damned here, William Contreras at
Speaker 2: whatever cost.
Speaker 3: He's the guy is.
Speaker 2: He's been the most valuable catcher. Even though I was
Speaker 2: very like, let's not take catchers super high this year.
Speaker 2: He is the catching All Star, even with will Smith
Speaker 2: having a few more homers.
Speaker 1: Now, I think what people are gonna find interesting they
Speaker 1: put Christian Walker at first base here. Now, technically Christian
Speaker 1: Walker does have more home runs than Bryce Harpert' twenty
Speaker 1: two to twenty one, more RBI sixty six to sixty one.
Speaker 1: Now Harper did miss a little time, but the batting
Speaker 1: as much higher for Bryce Harper and Freddie Freeman has
Speaker 1: a higher batting average as well. Despite having less home runs,
Speaker 1: he does just about the same run scored, more doubles,
Speaker 1: more triples, more hits overall, So how did you end
Speaker 1: up going Christian Walker at first base? Yea Homer?
Speaker 2: Well, okay, yeah, it's a little bit Homer. But again,
Speaker 2: this is think about this. This is a Fantasy All
Speaker 2: Star Game. So I do believe relative where guys were
Speaker 2: drafted comes into some part of the part of the conversation.
Speaker 2: It's not everything. So if you take that and you
Speaker 2: go all right, Bryce Harper has essentially as many runs,
Speaker 2: homer's and RBI as Christian Walker in like sixteen less games.
Speaker 3: That does mean something.
Speaker 2: Except Christian Walker was drafted exponentially later than Bryce Harper.
Speaker 3: Bryce Harper cost you.
Speaker 2: A second round pick, he missed games. His production was amazing.
Speaker 2: Christian Walker was almost free, not like free free, but
Speaker 2: like close to free, like outside right around that top
Speaker 2: one hundred range.
Speaker 3: Of people take him.
Speaker 2: The batting average a little bit stinky, but twenty two
Speaker 2: homers sixty six RBIs fifty eight runs, and guess what,
Speaker 2: They're not going to get him in the real All
Speaker 2: Star Game.
Speaker 3: And that's going to be a shame. We'll get him
Speaker 3: here in the fantasy.
Speaker 1: One, all right, to round out the infield. Elie de
Speaker 1: la Cruz. We know how good he's been. Alec Boehm
Speaker 1: is out there too, But Bryce Terrang is the other
Speaker 1: guy I want to talk about. And I get it
Speaker 1: because this is a guy that's got thirty stolen bases,
Speaker 1: already hitting two seventy seven here as of recording this,
Speaker 1: as we're at the break now, I mocked you and
Speaker 1: tease you about calling you a homer. Yeah, you didn't
Speaker 1: pick to tell Marte for this, and I'm gonna argue
Speaker 1: ka tell Marte's numbers nineteen homers, fifty seven RBI at
Speaker 1: two ninety two, batting average at eight seven seven ops. Also,
Speaker 1: it came out a pretty decent value, I think year
Speaker 1: over year in ADP. I get it. I get Terrang
Speaker 1: with the thirty steals. I understand that, and I think
Speaker 1: it's a fun conversation. One. Look, he's number two overall, right,
Speaker 1: so I get it, Like, I think that's that's fine.
Speaker 1: But at the same time, I snubbed your own Arizona Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1: So Christian Walker and him are gonna have a weird
Speaker 1: time when they get back to the locker room, I feel.
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, I don't disagree, Like this was a really,
Speaker 2: really tough one. And then Kutel kind of went off
Speaker 2: after we submitted these a little bit more. But again,
Speaker 2: I let the tiebreaker of this be the value Kudel
Speaker 2: Marte and him and Turing, we're the only two I
Speaker 2: was deciding between on this. I know Jonathan India said
Speaker 2: a solid season didn't matter. Kuld Tell's homer's runs, RBI's
Speaker 2: batting average, it's all been elite. He's even been stealing some.
Speaker 2: It might be the guy. But again, if we put
Speaker 2: our fantasy hat back on, Bryce Terrang was literally free,
Speaker 2: literally free, not like you know, figuratively. I'm like, hey,
Speaker 2: Christia Walker, anyone could have had him. No, Terrang was
Speaker 2: like free, free, like not even drafted.
Speaker 3: In a lot of spots.
Speaker 2: And what he's doing right now, he's low key putting
Speaker 2: up kind of a rookie season. Corbyn Carroll right now,
Speaker 2: two seventy seven, thirty stolen bases, he's got six homers,
Speaker 2: forty five runs, thirty eight RBI. He's going to finish
Speaker 2: RBI totals won't really matter, but it's going to be
Speaker 2: a lead, elite stolen bases, great batting average, maybe one
Speaker 2: hundred runs and double digit homers. That's kind of borderline
Speaker 2: a top three round player in fantasy at the end
Speaker 2: of the year. And he was literally not drafted in
Speaker 2: some spots on opening Day, So you're right, could telling
Speaker 2: him we're super super hard. Maybe because I put Walker in.
Speaker 2: I was like, let's get let's get a different guy
Speaker 2: in and let's get Terraing.
Speaker 3: And that's what I did.
Speaker 1: Oh, it makes sense. I think it's good that just
Speaker 1: to bring him up and remind everybody just well, good
Speaker 1: of a value he was. Obviously, you know, we don't
Speaker 1: reduce too much analysis at ELI of the carews, and
Speaker 1: we'd like to find maybe just a little bit more consistency.
Speaker 1: That would be nice. And Bowm is very deservant too.
Speaker 1: He's been terrific. He's been kind of an enigma. I
Speaker 1: feel like for the last few years he's had some
Speaker 1: spurts of good play, some moments where he wasn't so good,
Speaker 1: some moments where you wonder, does he have the kind
Speaker 1: of mental toughness to play at the major league level,
Speaker 1: let alone at the you know, Philadelphia major league level,
Speaker 1: because that crowd can be very tough at times. Outfielders
Speaker 1: Brian Reynolds again another guy that's just been fantastic. But
Speaker 1: Ramos and Merril, those are the two guys I want
Speaker 1: to talk about. You were the biggest Jackson Merrill supporter
Speaker 1: that I heard going into the season. You are sounding
Speaker 1: the alarms. You're sitting here now in mid July. The
Speaker 1: stats have been fantastic. You have to be thrilled with
Speaker 1: what you've gotten out of him. Now, the question is,
Speaker 1: as the league adjusts to him, and they will, how
Speaker 1: do you see that second half going for Jackson Merril?
Speaker 1: Can he maintain anywhere close to this pace that he's
Speaker 1: on for the Padres.
Speaker 2: I think the pace is going to be a little
Speaker 2: bit difficult simply because he did stack. We know, like
Speaker 2: he stacked all of that big power output kind of
Speaker 2: in a short period of time. So that'll be interesting.
Speaker 2: I will say what works well in his favor seventeen
Speaker 2: percent K percentage in the first half. I mean, he
Speaker 2: ended up with an almost two eighty average in the
Speaker 2: first half. Babbit numbers kind of low relative we don't
Speaker 2: have like a long term major league look at what
Speaker 2: those numbers are going to look like. So not saying
Speaker 2: he under overperformed, but some of these guys some times
Speaker 2: might run like three thirty Babbage, so that's thirty points lower.
Speaker 2: The negative to it is all that power was kind
Speaker 2: of put in a small little box. He also is
Speaker 2: still not walking. He's around four percent, not just under
Speaker 2: five percent, and that's something that's going to help when
Speaker 2: those bad streaks go on. So you'd love to see
Speaker 2: him walk more. But the lack of strikeouts, the ton
Speaker 2: of content is why he was put there. And I
Speaker 2: will tell you this outfield team, it is tough because
Speaker 2: again you know my whole theme here, when you're looking
Speaker 2: at value to where these guys ended up performing. Christian
Speaker 2: Yelich statistically deserves to be in there. Jerks and profile
Speaker 2: made the real one. He probably deserves to be in
Speaker 2: that conversation. But we were also just littered with injuries
Speaker 2: that took ronald' kunya off. This Ukunya and his production
Speaker 2: would have probably supplanted anything. Corbyn Carroll with the massive,
Speaker 2: massive downfall, you know, if he had had those stolen bases,
Speaker 2: could have supplanted anything. But again you look at this outfield.
Speaker 2: Brian Reynolds was the constant of constant and his production,
Speaker 2: his power output was huge. He's a big second half
Speaker 2: by from guy. He was the constant. But Ramos and Merrill,
Speaker 2: I know, it's weird to put you know, Yellish just
Speaker 2: went ten to twenty in the first half.
Speaker 3: He probably deserves it.
Speaker 2: But again, Ramos, you could have picked up like a
Speaker 2: month ago, and Jackson Merrill was free. So these guys
Speaker 2: all completely free, big massive production. Fourteen homers from Helio
Speaker 2: Ramos in the first half with a great average Jackson.
Speaker 3: Merril, same thing.
Speaker 2: These are all stars in the fantasy realm for your team.
Speaker 2: It's a big win to have these three outfielders.
Speaker 1: I think it also rings true that, you know, with
Speaker 1: Sodo leaving to the American League. Yeah, if you were
Speaker 1: playing an N only leagues this year outfield was kind
Speaker 1: of rough, Like you lost to Kunya, Sodo went to
Speaker 1: the al. You're looking around here, You're trying to find
Speaker 1: Scott h t Tease got hurt, and he was red
Speaker 1: hot when he got hurt too. It's kind of a
Speaker 1: slow meandering start to the season. Then he got red hot,
Speaker 1: then he got hurt. So it's been tough out there
Speaker 1: in those hottlefield streets in the National League. On the
Speaker 1: pitching side, Chris Sale and Zach Wheeler. Both guys sit
Speaker 1: here at the break with two seven zero era a
Speaker 1: sub one whip. Sale has more strikeouts one forty to
Speaker 1: one twenty six. Ironically, Raynald de Lopez is a better
Speaker 1: Era than both of them. So the Braves just continue
Speaker 1: to be unbelievable at finding pitching. I keep going back
Speaker 1: to the same thing, which is, you know, I think
Speaker 1: outside of Schoeyotani, there hasn't been a more important acquisition
Speaker 1: this offseason, even more than Sodo. Because as important as
Speaker 1: Sodo has been to the Yankees, the devastation of losing
Speaker 1: Spencer Strider in that rotation but having Chris Sale basically
Speaker 1: pick up without missing a beat. I'm terrified to think
Speaker 1: about what might have been for the Braves had Akunya
Speaker 1: stayed healthy and had Spencer's striders stayed healthy with the
Speaker 1: way Sales pitched, but alas it wasn't meant to be.
Speaker 1: So Now the question is Chris Sale at one hundred
Speaker 1: and ten innings Zach we are a one hundred and sixteen.
Speaker 1: We don't have any concerns about Wheeler, but we haven't
Speaker 1: seen a complete season from Chris Sale in some time.
Speaker 1: I think if he has a complete season, I think
Speaker 1: now the cy Young is his to lose. Do you
Speaker 1: think that's a hot taker?
Speaker 3: No, No, I don't at all. I think Sale is locked.
Speaker 3: He is locked in.
Speaker 1: I didn't.
Speaker 2: We're going to give him a rest because you're talking about, like,
Speaker 2: you know, one hundred and ten innings and Chris Sale
Speaker 2: and the injury history.
Speaker 3: They're very aware of that.
Speaker 2: That's why he's not starting the All Star Game because
Speaker 2: they wanted him to have a break and they were
Speaker 2: gonna even push this last start out there. But he
Speaker 2: is performing at the elite cy Young level two seventy
Speaker 2: ra and almost it's eleven and a half k per
Speaker 2: nine with a sub two walk per nine.
Speaker 3: It's unreal.
Speaker 2: I do want to make one thing here though. I
Speaker 2: think the mistake I made, especially with this last start,
Speaker 2: what I would have made, you know, had I had
Speaker 2: the thought of it like two days ago, I would
Speaker 2: take Wheeler out for schemes because I still think from
Speaker 2: a fantasy perspective, there's some small concerns with like you know,
Speaker 2: all right, well, how was schen finish out?
Speaker 3: And da da da, But guys starting the All Star.
Speaker 2: Game He's been elite of elite, and if you compare
Speaker 2: him like Wheeler, when you look at his stats, it's
Speaker 2: just it's more valuable than most of the other NL guys.
Speaker 2: You are stacked with great pitchers to choose from on
Speaker 2: your al team, But me, Dylan Seese is kind of
Speaker 2: tapered back a little bit.
Speaker 3: You could maybe argue.
Speaker 1: Great finish though, I mean to the end of the
Speaker 1: first or to end of this All Star break by Seas.
Speaker 1: I respectfully disagree about the Skiens. Skeens is great and
Speaker 1: incredibly entertaining, and it's good for baseball, and he's starting
Speaker 1: the All Star Game and all that stuff. But I
Speaker 1: think the reliability of Zach Wheeler, the fact that we
Speaker 1: looked at so many pitchers this year who haven't returned
Speaker 1: their ADP, but Wheeler actually did, I think I think
Speaker 1: that means something, and I think we should give him
Speaker 1: some respect on that.
Speaker 2: And I think those are those are the three though,
Speaker 2: those are the three. If you were to do it,
Speaker 2: I might I might replace.
Speaker 1: Glass Now in that conversation without a doubt. I mean,
Speaker 1: glass Now has been terrific. I know, you know, the
Speaker 1: injury here has not been great, but you know, he's
Speaker 1: got a sub one whip, he's got a three four
Speaker 1: seventy area a little higher, but one hundred and forty
Speaker 1: three strikeouts, so certainly an embarrassment of riches between all
Speaker 1: of them. Let's take a look at the American League
Speaker 1: All Star Team. Joey PA's version Atlie Rutchman a catcher
Speaker 1: of lad Guerrero at first, Jose al Two at second,
Speaker 1: Jose Ramirez at third, Gunner Henderson at short, Aaron Judge Soto,
Speaker 1: and n Kyle Tucker. Despite the injury, I still think
Speaker 1: he deserves to be there. It sucks that he's missed
Speaker 1: this chunk of time here in the middle of the season.
Speaker 1: We hope that he comes back healthy. Same with Alvarez too,
Speaker 1: a little banged up going into the break, and then
Speaker 1: it's Scooble and Burns. It's been Scoobling Burns his entire
Speaker 1: time at Emmanuel class A as the reliever. So well,
Speaker 1: mine's a little bit chalkier than yours. But I think
Speaker 1: the American League is very clear cut. It's some of
Speaker 1: these spots here, I don't know if you want to
Speaker 1: argue for or against some of these guys. We can
Speaker 1: play that hand which I think is very fun.
Speaker 2: I have one glaring omission good that you have in
Speaker 2: there that I think is tough.
Speaker 1: Glare at me. Who is the glaring admission that you
Speaker 1: want to fight and pound the table for.
Speaker 4: Now?
Speaker 3: The fight is a little bit different.
Speaker 2: But you put Jordan Alvarez in a DH which you know, like,
Speaker 2: I think that makes some sense, except you talk about
Speaker 2: the the glud of riches you've got in the al
Speaker 2: Bobby WIT's not on this team, and Bobby Witt twenty
Speaker 2: two stolen bases, sixteen homers a three twenty three average
Speaker 2: right now, I think it's hard to argue. And I
Speaker 2: would even throw in like a Raphael Devers who has
Speaker 2: twenty three homers.
Speaker 3: In the first half.
Speaker 1: I went positioned by actual position, So I think that's
Speaker 1: that's you know, that was how I took it to mean.
Speaker 1: So as we were doing it, that was my interpretation.
Speaker 1: Welsh's interpretation when we, you know, thought of doing the
Speaker 1: show was to make a little bit more fantasy ADP
Speaker 1: return value. But my problem with Witt was I couldn't
Speaker 1: put him over Kunner Henderson no twenty eight homers, you know,
Speaker 1: and has you know, still stealing bases and you know,
Speaker 1: leading the major leagues and run score. I love Bobby Witt,
Speaker 1: but Alvarez. I mean, look, sixteen sixty three, I get
Speaker 1: the twenty two steals from a fancy respective super important,
Speaker 1: and it's a great argument to have to leave him
Speaker 1: off as kind of crappy. But then am I discounting
Speaker 1: the two ninety six batting average, the nineteen homers and
Speaker 1: fifty two RBI of Alvarez? I don't think that's fair either.
Speaker 1: So it was a rock in a hard place. I
Speaker 1: decided to then go kind of with the the rules basically,
Speaker 1: if you will. But Bobby Witt, here's a question for you.
Speaker 1: Where's Bobby Witt in a keeper dynasty league situation at
Speaker 1: this point? For you? In terms of value? Is he
Speaker 1: top five? Is he top three? Like? How how high
Speaker 1: up the board is Bobby Wit?
Speaker 4: For you?
Speaker 1: Right now?
Speaker 3: He's top three? Right now?
Speaker 2: I think there is there's a difficult clump to deal with.
Speaker 2: You've got Otani. Otani's older, that's I think the most
Speaker 2: difficult clump. But is elite of elite and position list.
Speaker 2: So Tani's there, you still have a Kunya because Akunya
Speaker 2: is young but now and and suffered and struggled a
Speaker 2: little bit before he got hurt, and then now this
Speaker 2: injury again, so those things are battling. And then you're
Speaker 2: inserting into that conversation. You're inserting Bobby Witt, who is
Speaker 2: becoming more and more consistent. That is a ridiculous first
Speaker 2: half line still with those stolen bases and homers and
Speaker 2: the batting average is crazy. Then you're inserting Gunner Henderson
Speaker 2: because Gunner Henderson deserves this maybe to be the number
Speaker 2: one overall guy. And then I think due to age,
Speaker 2: you can't not have Julio still in that conversation. So
Speaker 2: I think all of those guys are the top tier
Speaker 2: clump that I think Dynasty rankers could probably intertwine some
Speaker 2: version of those players, but they all belong there. So
Speaker 2: I guess you could say it's like top five. I
Speaker 2: think Bobby Witt is top three because I think one
Speaker 2: of the biggest keys is what he is showing you
Speaker 2: is he's showing you he's getting better every season. How
Speaker 2: many of these guys are we seeing not get better?
Speaker 2: Corbyn Carroll regressing Julio is going through a thing in
Speaker 2: the first half. He keeps getting better, and I think
Speaker 2: that consistency we want to give extra kudos to so
Speaker 2: he's like top three in that range. Can I see
Speaker 2: your outfielders game? Could you put your team back up
Speaker 2: on the board. I can't, I can't.
Speaker 1: It's Wan Soto, Kyle Tucker, and Aaron Judge. The Judge
Speaker 1: has to be on there. I mean, if only he
Speaker 1: could play the Baltimore Orioles every single day, life would
Speaker 1: be just spectacular. I mean it is absurd his numbers
Speaker 1: against the Oarls, but Soto has to be on there.
Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker. I really went back and forth on the
Speaker 1: Tucker situation because he has missed some time. But who
Speaker 1: you want to Stephen Kuwan in there?
Speaker 4: Like?
Speaker 1: I love Stephen Kwan. The batting average is really high.
Speaker 1: Riley Green is certainly a guy that I did consider.
Speaker 1: Durand Santandero nats.
Speaker 2: But the guy Joe, that's the guy right there, Jared
Speaker 2: Durant is the one that I think I have a
Speaker 2: problem with.
Speaker 3: Ten homers, twenty.
Speaker 2: Two stolen bases, a two eighty three batting average, and
Speaker 2: sixty two runs. Those sixty two runs, that's as much
Speaker 2: as Raphael Devers. That's more than Freddy Freeman has put.
Speaker 1: Up this year. No, but for the Saxon games a quarantine.
Speaker 1: But think about this too. He's got more walks, Kyle Tucker,
Speaker 1: than strikeout. Something you never see, right. So his OBP
Speaker 1: is three ninety five. He's crushing OBP leagues. He's got
Speaker 1: nineteen homers, ten steals in sixty games. Now, I know
Speaker 1: the sixty games is a problem, but if I'm talking
Speaker 1: about who has performed the best and who truly is
Speaker 1: a Fantasy All Star, Kyle Tucker to me was that guy.
Speaker 1: I was struggling though, because Riley Green certainly another guy
Speaker 1: that we loved. I mean, he is certain after a
Speaker 1: little bit of a concern, you know, dip in the
Speaker 1: beginning of April, he's been lights out. He's been great.
Speaker 1: But outfield again, I think overall these leagues where you're
Speaker 1: seeing the you know, five active outfielders and those fifteen
Speaker 1: team leagues, those are rough patches. Nowadays, it has been
Speaker 1: really tough to find anything consistent. If you hope you
Speaker 1: got Brian Reynolds at a good clip, I want to
Speaker 1: talk about the first base too. Al Tuove and Ramiers me,
Speaker 1: those were locks. Gunnar Henderson was a fun conversation with
Speaker 1: him and Bobby Witt, but Vlad Guerrero is the other
Speaker 1: guy too. Where I struggled with this one. I thought
Speaker 1: Josh Naylor deserved some love here. He's got more homers
Speaker 1: than Vlad, but the batting average was far lower, which
Speaker 1: was a little surprising. Two eighty eight for Vlad, two
Speaker 1: forty six for Josh Nayler. Going back and forth, but
Speaker 1: it was kind of a two horse race, and I
Speaker 1: kept going back and forth. Do you think I made
Speaker 1: the wrong decision here because Nailer as seventy RBI? Or
Speaker 1: should I not penalize Vlad because Toronto has kind of
Speaker 1: been lackluster around him?
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's funny.
Speaker 2: This is like the only position where your side is
Speaker 2: not just absolutely stacked, like you have really tough decisions.
Speaker 3: Me personally, I have a hard time putting any guy
Speaker 3: in that's under two fifty.
Speaker 2: So, like, I don't really blame you for going Vlad here.
Speaker 2: Like Vlad, there wasn't a massive discount. There's not a
Speaker 2: value compared to where you took Naylor, Like there is
Speaker 2: a big difference, but the batting average is pretty low
Speaker 2: down there, and Vlad is on the uptick, So I'm
Speaker 2: fine with this.
Speaker 3: Lad.
Speaker 2: One I would have been hard set to put Naylor
Speaker 2: in there as well, all.
Speaker 1: Right, and obviously the pitching side of things schoolble Burns
Speaker 1: and you can't argue they've been absolutely brilliant, both of them.
Speaker 1: The question is who wins the cy young is it
Speaker 1: Burns on the more public Wriles team or schoobl who
Speaker 1: has been right there with him, even better arguably in
Speaker 1: some statistical category. So I have to wait and see
Speaker 1: how everybody finishes and how healthy they are. And of
Speaker 1: course as we look to the rest of the season,
Speaker 1: that means there's gonna be some call ups. Obviously more
Speaker 1: rookies will start to play. We're gonna talk about the
Speaker 1: guys in the futures game what we thought about them. Also,
Speaker 1: the MLB Draft happened this last weekend. We're gonna break
Speaker 1: down those guys. So look for the next video. Go
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