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Speaker 1: to have work drama, but he'll be back. Don't worry.
Speaker 1: He'll be back again on Wednesday and Thursday this week.
Speaker 1: So the Welsh is not going anywhere. He is fine.
Speaker 1: Everyone's fine. Everything is okay, and Bogman certainly. We had
Speaker 1: a big rain out there of the Tyler McGill game.
Speaker 1: That was a disappointing to me. I want to come
Speaker 1: in today and talk about that. We can't know Alex Cobb.
Speaker 1: So two of our favorite little gimmicks are gone. But
Speaker 1: I guess we should start with Jordan Alvarez. You homeber
Speaker 1: twice in his return from the Houston lineup. So I
Speaker 1: hope you had him back in the lineup, everybody, because
Speaker 1: that was That's the way you come back after an absence.
Speaker 1: Don't you think.
Speaker 2: Bogs just murdered that first one too, I means demolished,
Speaker 2: So yeah, I mean, look, get him back in your lineup.
Speaker 2: I had him in one, so happy to get him
Speaker 2: back and glad for the two bombs. I almost went
Speaker 2: to that game, but the price difference between going to
Speaker 2: the Diamondbacks opening day game and going to the al
Speaker 2: Champs opening day game a little bit different, especially when
Speaker 2: you're you know, not really thinking too far ahead like me,
Speaker 2: and I go to look for tickets and I go, WHOA, Okay,
Speaker 2: maybe I'll catch a game.
Speaker 3: This weekend or something. So couldn't quite afford to go
Speaker 3: to Opening Day for Houston. It was very, very expensive.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I can understand that. I mean, Houston still a big
Speaker 1: time talent team, but man, that first one, You're right,
Speaker 1: Alpha is just absolutely crushed that one. He's such a
Speaker 1: monster too at the place. It's a big dude, imposing presence. Man.
Speaker 1: I love Alvarez. IM glad he's healthy and glad he's back,
Speaker 1: and a very bright young career speak of being back.
Speaker 1: Maybe we've got the special sauce. We kind of called
Speaker 1: out Christian Yelich yesterday on the show, and he hit
Speaker 1: his first home run last night. I guess he's an
Speaker 1: avid listener of leading off. I can only assume like
Speaker 1: many peanuts and cracker Jacks are. But I mean, Bogman,
Speaker 1: I mean, we talked about it yesterday. We're all just
Speaker 1: kind of down on Christian Yelwich. And he goes out
Speaker 1: there hits a Grand Slam for his first home run,
Speaker 1: Brewers get a big victory, Lauer has a good start.
Speaker 1: So your thoughts on Christian Yelwich, is this the beginning
Speaker 1: of a good trend or just a one off for you?
Speaker 3: Read him?
Speaker 2: I mean, if you possibly can, if there's someone in
Speaker 2: your league that is really excited about Christian Yelich after
Speaker 2: this Grand Slam, yeah, I mean it's gonna take more
Speaker 2: than the Grand Slam obviously to get him off your
Speaker 2: roster if you do have him roster. But you know,
Speaker 2: this is a perfect type of cell high guy. You know,
Speaker 2: probably not the exact time to do, with the exact
Speaker 2: moment to do it right now, but wait for him
Speaker 2: to look hot. For a couple of months, trade him
Speaker 2: and then you know, look, anytime a guy's injury prone stuff.
Speaker 3: I tweeted this about Bucks in the other day. No
Speaker 3: one believed me.
Speaker 1: You know that.
Speaker 2: I don't want to I don't want to see Bucks
Speaker 2: and get hurt. I'd rather have the guy play one
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty games and be the first overall pick
Speaker 2: more great players.
Speaker 3: That's what we want.
Speaker 2: So I don't want Yelich to get hurt. But if
Speaker 2: I'm betting on things, you can bet I'm probably gonna
Speaker 2: say that he'll get hurt at some point this year
Speaker 2: and end up on the IL.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I.
Speaker 2: Think if he gets rolling, let's go ahead and see
Speaker 2: see what kind of offers we can get here.
Speaker 1: That's all very good. All right, Let's talk about Wander Franco.
Speaker 1: He was doing the quad issue. He's expected back today,
Speaker 1: so that's exciting. Also, Fernando Tettis junior doing some light
Speaker 1: baseball activities, also very exciting. Today. We're gonna get Ronaldo
Speaker 1: Coune starting his rehab assignment and all everything's coming up Millhouse.
Speaker 1: We're very excited here for all these things. Freddy Freeman
Speaker 1: Homer's against the Atlanta Braves. Now, you know, maybe we
Speaker 1: should have talked about this a little more, you know, yesterday,
Speaker 1: because he is facing the Braves. But the one I
Speaker 1: want to see is the one where he goes to Atlanta.
Speaker 1: That's the one. That's the one like.
Speaker 3: Xavier who lives in Atlanta.
Speaker 2: He says that the Braves are gonna boot Freddie Freeman,
Speaker 2: the Braves fans. I said, no way, he's getting a standing,
Speaker 2: No way he's getting away.
Speaker 1: They're got a standing. Ovation They're not gonna boo Freddy Freeman.
Speaker 1: He's gonna go out there. They're gonna give him a ring.
Speaker 1: Come on, it's gonna be better.
Speaker 2: Houna wasn't there to hug him yesterday after all this
Speaker 2: you know, uh drama that we had before and everything.
Speaker 2: But obviously a good teammate. I mean he saw his
Speaker 2: son go run up to Dan Spy Swanson and give
Speaker 2: him a big hug. Like you know, it's tough to
Speaker 2: not like Freddy. Freddie seems like a genuinely good dude.
Speaker 1: We're fans of Freddie Freeman here on the show. And
Speaker 1: that's not just good alliteration, that's a fact. Uh Mon
Speaker 1: Toss gives up one run over six verst the orioles
Speaker 1: which shadow doubles and homers, So we had somebody join
Speaker 1: the top of the leaderboard on that Machado home run.
Speaker 1: More to speak on that later. Jose Altuve day to
Speaker 1: day with the straying hamstring, keep an eye on that
Speaker 1: because I think there's a good possibility in this contest
Speaker 1: tonight you're gonna see some shuffling of the order with
Speaker 1: Altuve out, which could mean potentially you might get like
Speaker 1: a Pina or somebody like that hitting at the top
Speaker 1: of the order. And DFS wise, he's only like two
Speaker 1: point eight k. We'll talk about him a little later,
Speaker 1: but keep an eye on that. Kind of stinks because
Speaker 1: two of the Bilow second basement where Jonathan India and
Speaker 1: al twove off the slow starts and both are banged
Speaker 1: up right now, so that kind of sucks. And second
Speaker 1: base is kind of frustrating. What mar off to a
Speaker 1: slow start too good to make him a.
Speaker 3: Little cheaper, So maybe get in now if you can.
Speaker 1: It's a good point. Chad Cool shuts down the Phillies
Speaker 1: before leaving with a hip injury there, so I keep
Speaker 1: forgetting that wrong.
Speaker 3: It's col Chad, Come on, it's Cool.
Speaker 1: I'm Cool Chad, Cool Chad. Everybody knows the Cool Chad.
Speaker 1: It's Willie Adamis. All right, let's talk a little prospects
Speaker 1: here for you Dynasty nerds out there. Bogman of course
Speaker 1: as the host of our Dynasty Football podcast. But in
Speaker 1: baseball terms, it's going to bring up some of these
Speaker 1: guys here. I know this is kind of a welshing.
Speaker 1: We'll talk to him about some of these guys later,
Speaker 1: maybe tomorrow. But Jonah Bride Double A for the Oakland
Speaker 1: Athletics off to a great start. He's a catcher. Then
Speaker 1: you've got Mason Martin Indianapolis, Triple A for the Pirates,
Speaker 1: off to hit a four hundred, four hundred nine to
Speaker 1: sixty slash with two dingers. Not a bad start. So
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not like the Pirates have any reason
Speaker 1: to keep anybody hitting down At Triple A. Nolan Gorman,
Speaker 1: who people have been waiting for for a long time
Speaker 1: at Triple A, he's off to a red hot star
Speaker 1: two six home runs bogs, all solo shots, but still
Speaker 1: six home runs four fifty eight five nineteen twelve oh
Speaker 1: eight slash. That's the slash. Twelve ways of slugging boys
Speaker 1: and girls. It's not the ops. What do you make
Speaker 1: of some of these hot starts here for some of
Speaker 1: these young kids.
Speaker 2: You know, it's all I mean, Gorman is like he's
Speaker 2: knocking on the door. I mean he and it's getting louder,
Speaker 2: you know what I mean. He's hit the doorbell a
Speaker 2: couple of times now, bang bang bang bang bang. He's
Speaker 2: gonna be up pretty soon here. Probably as soon as
Speaker 2: an injury happens in that Cardinals lineup, he'll be coming up.
Speaker 2: But it's always interesting to see some of these prospects
Speaker 2: because in terms of developing players, you know, with all
Speaker 2: of the in the Welsh would tell you this too,
Speaker 2: with all these lists that we have, and you know,
Speaker 2: so many experts, there's a lot that changes from year
Speaker 2: to year with a young player, and a little tweak
Speaker 2: in a delivery, a little tweak in a batting stance,
Speaker 2: just doing something new can help someone completely break out.
Speaker 2: So it's always interesting to see these guys perform early
Speaker 2: in the season. But it's a long season, so let's see,
Speaker 2: let's see the roller coaster ride of some of these
Speaker 2: minor league players. It's going to be an interesting one
Speaker 2: for sure.
Speaker 1: The only thing with Gorman Is. It's the same old deal.
Speaker 1: He's got nine strikeouts already too, so in the six games.
Speaker 1: So he's just a strikeout machine. So in points leagues,
Speaker 1: it's like if he's not hitting home run, he better
Speaker 1: like he's off.
Speaker 2: He he is a you know, twenty twenty two MLB player,
Speaker 2: So he hits a lot of dings out of time.
Speaker 3: That's just what it is, right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: But I mean you see a guy like Owen Miller
Speaker 1: come up and he's got good play discipline, and he
Speaker 1: showed it in the minor leagues. Wonder Franco's. I mean,
Speaker 1: then you know there's been guys who've come up here
Speaker 1: and have had, you know, a good situation like that.
Speaker 1: Let's continue on here with some of the other news
Speaker 1: and notes, if you will, stat heroes of the day.
Speaker 1: Cool Chad four k's for him. In that six innings,
Speaker 1: we talked about Montos being good. Shane McClanahan nine k's,
Speaker 1: no walks, one earned run, Eric Lower five k's went
Speaker 1: over the Pirates. Look, I think we just troll the
Speaker 1: Pirates and the Orioles as much as possible here in
Speaker 1: these next few weeks because they're just bad. Sean Maniah,
Speaker 1: thank you for not saying the Diamondbacks, but also the
Speaker 1: Diamondback Well, the Diamonbacks too well. I said that yesterday,
Speaker 1: so I didn't want to keep harping on it, like
Speaker 1: there's just.
Speaker 3: There's by today it's a double header.
Speaker 1: But there's such a divide bogs between the good and
Speaker 1: the bad teams right now in Major League Baseball. It's
Speaker 1: just so clear on a nightly basis, whether it's wagering
Speaker 1: or fantasy or whatever it might be. But Sean Manyah
Speaker 1: six k's two walks for him in that another good start.
Speaker 1: We love Sean Manya going into the game yesterday against
Speaker 1: the Reds and Nick Lodolo on the other side of
Speaker 1: that game lost of the Padres, but he did strike
Speaker 1: out eight guys. Was a much better outing for him
Speaker 1: after that first one, which was shaky. Five innings, three earned.
Speaker 1: The era is very high right now. Don't pay attention
Speaker 1: to that. Pay attention to the strikeouts. Eight k's two
Speaker 1: walks and five innings. That's what I care about. If
Speaker 1: Lodola is still on the waiver wire, I'd add him bogs.
Speaker 1: How about you?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I like Lodolo too, especially for those strikeouts.
Speaker 2: And I mean, just how great is it seeing Sean
Speaker 2: Maniah not on the A's anymore and with a solid organization,
Speaker 2: and hopefully Frankie Montas will be joining him, you know,
Speaker 2: I mean in San Diego would be great, but just
Speaker 2: not on the A's roster would also be great. So
Speaker 2: let's go get this guy some major, major dubs. So
Speaker 2: all right, we talked about out Oh sorry, go ahead, No, No,
Speaker 2: I'm just I'm excited for this selloff for the A's.
Speaker 2: A lot of good players going to different teams. So
Speaker 2: this is true. This is true.
Speaker 1: We talked about Alvarez, Bicchiadaw and Yelich. Then there's Tommy
Speaker 1: fam who finally broke out three for four with a
Speaker 1: home run, and he had been woefully behind. He had
Speaker 1: double in that game too. Horiy Polanco at a home
Speaker 1: run yesterday, two for five for Ribby's. He is priced
Speaker 1: well too. We'll get to him a little later. Cody
Speaker 1: Bellinger another Dinger. Cody b through ten games, two seventy eight,
Speaker 1: batting average, eight sixty six ops, three stolen bases two
Speaker 1: Dingers is Belly back Bogs.
Speaker 2: I'm not gonna say Belly is back, especially I think
Speaker 2: his dingers are off of guys that'll be you know,
Speaker 2: uh in triple A at some point in this this scenes.
Speaker 1: But I mean, that's Baseball two. You're gonna have a
Speaker 1: lot of subpar pitching out there.
Speaker 2: It does not matter when you get them, just that
Speaker 2: you get them. So I'm not gonna say that they
Speaker 2: don't count. They obviously count. But I mean, I think
Speaker 2: the concerns are still there. I think once he hits,
Speaker 2: like if he can go to the end of the
Speaker 2: month hitting over two fifty, I'll say he's back. Even
Speaker 2: if it's only with a couple of homers, I'll say
Speaker 2: he's back because that's that's what we want from him
Speaker 2: at this point. Just don't absolutely tank our batting average
Speaker 2: that that's what we want.
Speaker 3: So the upside is still there.
Speaker 2: Guy's a former MVP, still great player, just has a
Speaker 2: little tweaking going on.
Speaker 3: So let's get it right, Cody.
Speaker 1: So here's a question, and again these were guys who
Speaker 1: were going back to back basically an adp rest of
Speaker 1: the season. Christian Yellicher Cody Bellinger as of May excuse me,
Speaker 1: April nineteenth, Murdy in May in my brain April nineteenth,
Speaker 1: two weeks into the season.
Speaker 2: I wish, yeah, yeah, the Black Book could be wrapped
Speaker 2: up by then.
Speaker 3: I'm gonna still say yelich, all.
Speaker 1: Right, I think that's fair. I probably would mean the
Speaker 1: same way. All right, let's get the stat zeros. Mike
Speaker 1: Mayer thinks he's funny. He put Clayton Kershe on the
Speaker 1: stat zeros because he didn't throw five perfect dinings.
Speaker 3: Loser. He sucks. Shaw sucks.
Speaker 1: Now everybody gets Riady four earned seven k no walks,
Speaker 1: but the four earned in the six hies and five
Speaker 1: innings against a tough Braves lineup as Ozzie Albi's look
Speaker 1: good in that game to Oscar you know, in that
Speaker 1: same game, not so good five earned runs. He gave
Speaker 1: up four walks, Gross rich Hill four in two thirds
Speaker 1: four earned runs. So not a great pitching night for
Speaker 1: those guys. Kiki oh for five Kiki rananaz three ks.
Speaker 1: Jared Walsh, what happened? Box? What happened? All the stats
Speaker 1: were there? Oh for four and three k's. This is
Speaker 1: very depressing because and I'm glad I didn't go along
Speaker 1: with you for the depressing ride. But at the same time,
Speaker 1: I thought this was a lock last night. So we'll
Speaker 1: take the l here. But what happened to Jared Walsh.
Speaker 2: I look, he just didn't look good, you know, And
Speaker 2: that's baseball too, right, seven for eleven, going in oh
Speaker 2: for four.
Speaker 3: With three strikeouts, just a rough day.
Speaker 2: It's all because I switched and picked him for the
Speaker 2: home run contest because they right, Natis got rained out
Speaker 2: and I couldn't have Soto. So that's that is the reasoning,
Speaker 2: and that's that's all it takes, is some little luck
Speaker 2: thing like that.
Speaker 1: Right yeah, if you want to buy Low and Joey Vado,
Speaker 1: this is the time over four to two k's. He
Speaker 1: started off slow last year too, and then he went
Speaker 1: on a crazy run here. Now, granted he doesn't have
Speaker 1: nearly the line of protection that he had last year
Speaker 1: in that lineup with guys like Winker and guys like Castianos.
Speaker 1: It's the only Caveato throw out there but one for
Speaker 1: twenty eight since April tenth. Rest of the for guys
Speaker 1: with two strikeouts Swanson, Hunter, Renfro, another by Low and
Speaker 1: Nick Cassiano. So you can get him Low, that's great,
Speaker 1: But Ren for another guy off to a slow start,
Speaker 1: but I got no worries about him on the home
Speaker 1: run board. I'm gonna try to get this right here.
Speaker 1: G C. Hirsh correctly called many Michaald's home run, so
Speaker 1: now he's up at five, along with lownmower Man four
Speaker 1: point four and up and Adham so that's very good.
Speaker 1: Oxbury Buck who called the Frery Freeman home run yesterday,
Speaker 1: and nine others currently have four home runs, so I'm
Speaker 1: still at one. This is depressing, bods is at one.
Speaker 1: We'll get to our home run calls in a bit,
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Speaker 1: we're not wasn't a great day for the prop bets today.
Speaker 1: I do like Gerrett Cole with the over on the
Speaker 1: strikeouts on DK though he said at six and a half,
Speaker 1: I think we're due for a good Garrett Cole start here.
Speaker 1: I know it's a hobby Replius is on the IL though, Joe.
Speaker 1: That's three strikes missing right there, so yeah, but it's
Speaker 1: another replacement level guy. So right now we haven't projection
Speaker 1: of fantasy pros. At eight point six, you're still getting
Speaker 1: minus money on this, but I still like it anyway.
Speaker 1: Bobby Dawback, who I think with the wind blowing out today,
Speaker 1: he's a good one too. The total base prop for
Speaker 1: him is at point five on DK, where you have
Speaker 1: him at two point two six. Wonder Franco if he's
Speaker 1: back in the lineup for sure. I haven't checked yet
Speaker 1: to be one hundred percent supposed to be, but he's
Speaker 1: at one point five and then Aaron Judge one point
Speaker 1: five on the total basis two. Any of these stick
Speaker 1: out to you or something else that you saw on
Speaker 1: the prop bet Chee Chet, I'm betting pros today.
Speaker 2: No, I mean I like the Aaron Judge call Doll
Speaker 2: back if he if he, you know, I think that's
Speaker 2: a good one too. Garrett Cole, I'm just the wonder.
Speaker 2: Franco One worries me a little bit because he came
Speaker 2: out of the game last night. I know he's expected
Speaker 2: back today. Hopefully he is back. Obviously the lineups aren't
Speaker 2: out quite yet, but as long as he's in that lineup,
Speaker 2: I would bet on Franco.
Speaker 1: All right, let's roll through some of these pictures here
Speaker 1: Bogman on tonight's DFS slate. We've got Nadiavaldi at nine
Speaker 1: to five over on DK, Burns at ten point five.
Speaker 1: Love him in Cash against the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight. You
Speaker 1: got to go there. Framber has been outstanding ten point two.
Speaker 1: Joe Musco, Well, that's the guy to talk about. Musgrove
Speaker 1: just eight point six k over on DK. You look
Speaker 1: at Fandal, he is eleven k. Soever you see a
Speaker 1: variance like that, you take advantage of it. I like
Speaker 1: Musgrove and Cash. I like musk Grove in tournaments tonight,
Speaker 1: all the way Musgrove, I think Robbie Ray will be
Speaker 1: under owned and under rostered over on both sites at
Speaker 1: nine point eight and nine point nine respectively. Coming off
Speaker 1: that downstart, I would look there, but Muskgrove. To me,
Speaker 1: that's the pairing. I want to put musk Grove with
Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns or musk Grove with Robbie Ray. I like that.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna pay up for pitching. We'll get to the
Speaker 1: lineup builders in a second. Then you got Max Freed
Speaker 1: going against Walker Bueller, which to me has four outcomes.
Speaker 1: I mean, both guys could pitch well, it's possible could
Speaker 1: be a one sided game on either side. So for me,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of shine away from this. If I'm picking
Speaker 1: a side, I'm picking Walker Bueller. But overall that's my
Speaker 1: approach tonight to that one.
Speaker 2: The Max Freed one is interesting because when I was
Speaker 2: looking at PVB data, which I'm gonna get to in
Speaker 2: a little bit here, there's a lot of guys that
Speaker 2: have tagged Max Freed on the Dodgers. That that one
Speaker 2: I'm a little shaky about. That's that's all I wanted
Speaker 2: to throw in there.
Speaker 1: Fair enough, fair enough, let's continue on here with some
Speaker 1: of the pictures on FanDuel pricing. Nadia Valdi again, tough
Speaker 1: matchup here against Torontald, but just seven point eight. Corvin
Speaker 1: Burns still expensive ten point eight, but worth it in cash. Sorry,
Speaker 1: just going to continue to harp on that. Joe Musgrove,
Speaker 1: here's your price variants. Musgrove on FanDuel is eleven k
Speaker 1: over a DK eight point six, So big difference there.
Speaker 1: Robbie Ray's about the same. He's nine to nine. Stacks
Speaker 1: of the night. I like Houston, I like Milwaukee, I
Speaker 1: like Boston. That's where I'm going today, Boston against Kakuchi.
Speaker 1: There to some good right handed bats in that lineup.
Speaker 1: That's what I want to see. Some lineup builders before
Speaker 1: we get to the BVP guys. Michael franco Is at
Speaker 1: three point one tonight on DraftKings, Jeremy Panyez just three
Speaker 1: point two again, look for him to move up in
Speaker 1: that lineup potentially. Bobby Wood Junior two point nine, Juree
Speaker 1: Polanco just three to six on DK. He's a lock
Speaker 1: for me tonight on FanDuel. Luke void two nine, Trey
Speaker 1: MANCD two five, Wit, Maryfield two eight. Pania Is two
Speaker 1: point eight. There Colton Wong at the top of the
Speaker 1: order on FanDuel two point five. Good spot for him
Speaker 1: against the righty tonight too. Bobby Dahlback I mentioned before
Speaker 1: two point six he is cheap on FanDuel, Frank Schwindell
Speaker 1: Bogman's Boy at two point eight, and Julli Gurriel two
Speaker 1: point seven. So a lot of value as usual on FanDuel.
Speaker 1: So if you're gonna go up to Burns tonight, you
Speaker 1: got Schwindell in the middle of the order, you got Guriel,
Speaker 1: You've got Trey Mancini, Luke Void. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: power guys in the middle in that two five to
Speaker 1: two eight range. I mean, there's there's no reason you
Speaker 1: can't do Burns tonight. It's very achievable. Box.
Speaker 2: I feel like in the multiverse somewhere, Frank Schwindell and
Speaker 2: I are moving furniture right like that's our job. So
Speaker 2: you know that that is why I'm so connected to him.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean, I'm I'm in for buying Burns
Speaker 2: for sure. You want me to run through some of
Speaker 2: this PVB here, Joey.
Speaker 1: I do. Let's do it. Give me all the batter
Speaker 1: verse picture data that could possibly help us tonight in
Speaker 1: the slate.
Speaker 2: Xander Bogart's hitting five hundred and three for six off
Speaker 2: Cocuchi with two bombs. As you mentioned before, the reason
Speaker 2: why you like Eovaldi is because Cocucci has been great.
Speaker 2: Boba Chet though, five for twelve with a bomb against Evaldi.
Speaker 2: Victor Karantini an interesting one. Not sure if he's gonna
Speaker 2: be in the lineup, but against J. T. Brubaker he's
Speaker 2: four for eight with a bomb and a double. So
Speaker 2: maybe a cheap catcher if you're looking for one. Brian
Speaker 2: Reynolds four for eleven with a double versus Burns. Decent,
Speaker 2: some decent matchups against Chris Archer here been in Tendy
Speaker 2: five for fourteen with a double versus Archer. Carlos Santana
Speaker 2: seven for eighteen with two doubles versus Chris Chris Archer.
Speaker 2: My home run pick today, I'm gonna go PVB again.
Speaker 2: Kyle Tucker four for six with two bombs in a
Speaker 2: double versus Patrick Sandoval.
Speaker 3: So you know, yeah, he's.
Speaker 2: Hitting lower in the lineup than we'd want, but he
Speaker 2: has a very very good track record against Patrick Sandoval.
Speaker 2: Anthony Rendome five for thirteen, with a homer and a
Speaker 2: bomb against ranbra Valdez. Jared Walls four for ten, a
Speaker 2: homer and a double versus ranber Valdez. Of course, I
Speaker 2: am trusting his PV beat less and less as we
Speaker 2: go on here, of course, Jean Segurra four for ten
Speaker 2: or four for nine with two bombs against Kyle Freeland.
Speaker 2: Mustakas four for ten with three homers versus Joe Musgrove
Speaker 2: Joey Vado, who we said is slow. Seven of eighteen,
Speaker 2: two homers and three doubles for Shoe Musgrove, So five
Speaker 2: of the seven hits have gone for extra bases against him.
Speaker 2: And this is kind of the murderers row for Max Freed. Here,
Speaker 2: Max Munsey three for four with a bomb and a
Speaker 2: triple against him, Justin Turner five for ten with a
Speaker 2: homer and at double, and Trey Turner seven for twenty
Speaker 2: one with a homer and a double against Max Freed.
Speaker 2: So a lot of these Dodgers' bats have seen Max
Speaker 2: Freed a decent amount of times and have gotten to him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and Max Freed has not gone off to the start.
Speaker 1: I think a lot of us hope for in Fantasy
Speaker 1: Monkey Penguin says Frank Schwindell. Looks like a middle school
Speaker 1: math teacher. Do you agree with the statement?
Speaker 3: There you go, that's a good one. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: But you take him out of that button up shirt,
Speaker 2: put him in a you know, wool collar T shirt
Speaker 2: and we're moving furniture together for you know, two guys
Speaker 2: in a car or whatever it is, the two guys
Speaker 2: and two guys in a truck. Yeah, the moving company.
Speaker 1: We're going to get to our home run calls of
Speaker 1: the night, but before we do, I want to talk
Speaker 1: about some of the leader boards right now and take
Speaker 1: a look. As I always think this is a good
Speaker 1: thing here, we're a couple weeks into the season looking
Speaker 1: for things that don't make sense right now. One thing
Speaker 1: that you know you're not expecting to see is g
Speaker 1: Man Choi with two home runs, nine walks, nine strikeoutsitting
Speaker 1: four to twenty three. He's got a thirteen forty ops
Speaker 1: that's good for fifth overall Major League Baseball. He's got
Speaker 1: three doubles as well. Now, Choi has been in the
Speaker 1: league for a while, what do you make of this
Speaker 1: week or so for him? That's been very strong, at
Speaker 1: least out of the gates got fifteen runs bad. Excuse me,
Speaker 1: not fifteen eight runs bad a day and pardon me
Speaker 1: in that span with the two dingers. So what do
Speaker 1: you make of this start for g man Choi? Is
Speaker 1: this guy worthy of a corner spot in your twelve
Speaker 1: team mixers right now?
Speaker 3: Probably?
Speaker 2: Not. The thing with Choi is that the you know,
Speaker 2: the Rays are obviously playing match up just every single game.
Speaker 2: That's why you see the positions flip, That's why you
Speaker 2: see the order flip and move all the time. Is
Speaker 2: because they match up and they put Choi in a
Speaker 2: position to succeed.
Speaker 3: And when he gets going.
Speaker 2: I mean that first bomb he hit the other day,
Speaker 2: I was watching it live. It was an absolute no doubt,
Speaker 2: you know. It was just one of those where I
Speaker 2: had the multi games up like six games and I
Speaker 2: was just looking at that when I didn't have the
Speaker 2: sound on it, and as soon as the ball touched about,
Speaker 2: It's like that is way out and it was, you know,
Speaker 2: So they just set him up to succeed. But he
Speaker 2: goes through nice little runs like this at least once
Speaker 2: a year. I've had this, you know, sixteen man al
Speaker 2: league that I ale only and only leagues that we
Speaker 2: do at il for the last four or five seasons.
Speaker 2: So Choy is a guy that I've rostered a couple times,
Speaker 2: and when he gets going, I know my week is
Speaker 2: going to be pretty good. So it's a nice streak,
Speaker 2: but I'm not going to count on it happy much
Speaker 2: much longer.
Speaker 1: All Right. Tommy Edmund has three home runs already this year.
Speaker 1: He had just eleven last season. No stolen bases, ironically,
Speaker 1: which is why you drafted Tommy Edmond for the Steels,
Speaker 1: and you've gotten power out of him instead so far.
Speaker 1: So it's kind of a curious start to the season.
Speaker 1: Does just feel like a blip on the radar to
Speaker 1: you and just a strange anomaly, And if so, for
Speaker 1: those people who don't really believe in Tommy Edmond, this
Speaker 1: is the perfect time to get rid of him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you're selling then, yeah, you sell
Speaker 2: high right now. Obviously, like you said, you wish he'd
Speaker 2: had like a couple sole on bases in there to
Speaker 2: go with his three bombs. But this is I think
Speaker 2: this is a reaction to getting a lower spot in
Speaker 2: the order from Tommy Edmund. He wants to you know,
Speaker 2: earn earn that time. And it's funny to not see
Speaker 2: it seems like so much hate. The last two weeks
Speaker 2: leading up to the draft for most of us, everyone
Speaker 2: started to just hate on Tommy Edmund kind of out
Speaker 2: of nowhere. So it was kind of weird to see.
Speaker 2: I mean, it was correct because they moved him lower
Speaker 2: in the lineup. So if you're gonna, if you're gonna
Speaker 2: try to get off of him, I think now is
Speaker 2: probably the perfect time. If he keeps it up for
Speaker 2: another week and throws in a stolen base, that would
Speaker 2: be even better. But I'm not gonna put my eggs
Speaker 2: into that basket.
Speaker 1: I'll say that No, Nolan Gorman's playing second base of
Speaker 1: triple A hitting bombs every two seconds. Here's a question
Speaker 1: actually from JP thirty four. Owen Miller or CHOI. I
Speaker 1: assume like rest of season, I go Owen Miller. I
Speaker 1: did some deep dive on the stats of his minor
Speaker 1: league career and stuff like that. I think Miller's for real.
Speaker 1: I don't think this is like a fluky kind of player.
Speaker 1: I think he could be a nice contributor to your lineup,
Speaker 1: like nothing special, but just like a nice player. Whereas CHOI,
Speaker 1: you know historically we've seen I would say, he's kind
Speaker 1: of an average at best, you know, so you'll have
Speaker 1: good runs, but really average is almost like you're just
Speaker 1: kind of crossing your fingers forward. You agree with that.
Speaker 2: I absolutely agree with that. I think that's a perfect
Speaker 2: twin answer that question.
Speaker 1: All right, let's talk about some guys who are leading
Speaker 1: the league in strikeouts. Is a little concerning, and I
Speaker 1: don't mean the pitchers. I mean the hitters. Dansby Swanson's
Speaker 1: up to twenty. Aristadi's a keen you know, up to eighteen.
Speaker 1: Joe Adell seventeen strikeouts so far in the year. We
Speaker 1: talked about, Joey Evado struggles. Julio Rodriguez another guy, He's
Speaker 1: got sixteen strikeouts already. So I want to focus on
Speaker 1: Joe Adele. He's in the buck seventy six here, Julio
Speaker 1: Rodriguez a buck twenty five. Some of these guys we
Speaker 1: were very excited about. I know it's April, but I'm
Speaker 1: sure there's a lot of people who are panicking now.
Speaker 1: Joe Adell's showing you a couple of home runs. He's
Speaker 1: had some moments there. But I think if you were
Speaker 1: aggressive on these guys in the last week or two
Speaker 1: before the season. Right now, you're probably not getting that dividend.
Speaker 1: So what is your constitution like for players like this
Speaker 1: that are young and struggling, that you know have huge upside,
Speaker 1: but it's a redraft league. Are you patient with them?
Speaker 1: Are you looking to deal them off? Are you looking
Speaker 1: to just bench them? How do you react to guys
Speaker 1: like Odell and Rodriguez who still continue to scuffle here
Speaker 1: in April.
Speaker 2: Well, I can tell you I'm definitively I'm not trading
Speaker 2: these guys, and it's because you are just absolutely not
Speaker 2: going to get your turn on investment back or anywhere close.
Speaker 2: If you are super annoyed and you have like short
Speaker 2: benches and you can't, you know, sit these guys on
Speaker 2: the bench. Okay, I get it you want to get
Speaker 2: off of them. I understand frustration, but it's too early
Speaker 2: in the season for that. And if you watch like
Speaker 2: there's a mashup of Julio Rodriguez strikeouts because he's been
Speaker 2: struck out you said sixteen times, I believe eleven of
Speaker 2: those are cult both strike threes, and he is getting
Speaker 2: the rookie treatment from a lot of these umpires where
Speaker 2: it's way outside. You gotta protect the two strikes kids,
Speaker 2: you got to swing the bat and they call him out.
Speaker 2: It's ridiculous. He should have been called out on like
Speaker 2: two of those. So I'm really not worried about Julio
Speaker 2: Joe Adell. Yeah, it's a little concerning. There's a little
Speaker 2: less you know, there's more guys to take his job,
Speaker 2: I think.
Speaker 3: So I'm a little worried about him, But.
Speaker 2: I think strikeouts are part of his game and they're
Speaker 2: just not gonna go away. So if he hits a
Speaker 2: couple more homers this week and starts to bring that
Speaker 2: batting average up to somewhere reasonable, you know, maybe over well,
Speaker 2: I mean, if he's hitting over my weight, he'd be
Speaker 2: pretty good. But you know, I'm not. I'm just not
Speaker 2: worried in the first two weeks. It takes me the
Speaker 2: like the first six weeks, so when I start getting worried.
Speaker 2: But you know, with the younger guys, they have a
Speaker 2: shorter leash, so I under it a.
Speaker 1: Shorter lease and they and they tend to press a
Speaker 1: little bit early on too. There's a lot of pressure.
Speaker 1: You know, not everybody comes out of the gate like Gangbusters.
Speaker 1: Before you go to look at some of the pictures here.
Speaker 1: Here's one from Stu. Johnny has a question here, Peanuts
Speaker 1: and the Cracker Jacks drop Hunter Renfro for Trent Grisham.
Speaker 1: Is that a move you'd make? I say no, what
Speaker 1: say you?
Speaker 2: Ooh yeah, I'd probably do that.
Speaker 3: Trent Chrishimers would okay, solid bat.
Speaker 2: I like love Renfro. I like him a lot too.
Speaker 2: I have him roster more than I have Trent Grisham
Speaker 2: roster in spots. But if Grisham's on on the waiver wire,
Speaker 2: that's a guy that I would drop Renfro for.
Speaker 1: Now.
Speaker 2: That's gonna be a ten mini league or something, But yeah,
Speaker 2: I would do that probably.
Speaker 1: All right, let's look at some of the pictures. Now.
Speaker 1: Yesterday it was brought to my attention that we did
Speaker 1: not mention Andrew Heaney's brilliance to start the season on
Speaker 1: our podcast yesterday. So let's mention it. Now. Two games,
Speaker 1: ten innings, I mean, you know, ten innings, but still
Speaker 1: sixteen strikeouts, three walks. He's given up one home run,
Speaker 1: just four hits over those ten evenings. Right now, the
Speaker 1: whip is at point sixty eight. And look, I mean
Speaker 1: it's been really good Andrew. He's been the league a
Speaker 1: long time, and he's shown at times with the Angels
Speaker 1: he had moments where you thought, Okay, this guy's going
Speaker 1: to take that next step. Never did we obviously know
Speaker 1: what happened with the Yankees. Now he's here with the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: So do you buy into what you've seen out of
Speaker 1: Andrew Heeney so far this year? Is it maybe something
Speaker 1: in the water in la or are you maybe looking
Speaker 1: at this and saying, hey, maybe this is this year's
Speaker 1: Carlos Rodon type guy that get got for free and
Speaker 1: he might end up being one of your best pitchers
Speaker 1: in your fantasy league.
Speaker 3: No, man, this is what Andrew Heeney is.
Speaker 2: Andrew Heaney is the Twitter date that was way the
Speaker 2: tender date that was way skinnier in the photos. So
Speaker 2: Andrew Heney was me. You know, I'm using my photos
Speaker 2: from a while back. So, uh, you know that that's
Speaker 2: what Andrew Heeney is. He looks good. As soon as
Speaker 2: you roster him, he will absolutely collapse.
Speaker 3: So no, I have.
Speaker 2: Been I have been tinderswindled by uh Andrew Heany on
Speaker 2: multiple occasions.
Speaker 3: So no, thank you, I'm fine.
Speaker 2: So he's playing right now, and there's definitely is always
Speaker 2: a possibility when a guy switches teams that maybe a
Speaker 2: coaching staff has found something has unlocked the key. I
Speaker 2: mean we saw that Max Muntzi what was a big
Speaker 2: one of those, So you know that is that is
Speaker 2: something that could have happened. But I would absolutely not
Speaker 2: bet on it because I've seen this happen with him before.
Speaker 1: All Right, j full Medal wants to know Heney or
Speaker 1: Zach gallon rest the season, who would rather have? God
Speaker 1: uh pass uh. You know it's tough. I probably would
Speaker 1: say I'll take the shot on Heene and redraft leagues
Speaker 1: just because he plays for the Dodgers and the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1: Rosters that bad like that is a sad roster, Like
Speaker 1: it just hurts my soul when you look at that lineup.
Speaker 3: You know, like Cooper Hummel as the lead off hitter,
Speaker 3: what's your problem?
Speaker 1: No, I don't, I don't, He's no yonah him. Let's
Speaker 1: get to our home run calls of the day. I'm
Speaker 1: going with Xander Bogarts tonight, not just because of the
Speaker 1: VP numbers. I had already picked him before he even
Speaker 1: knew what those were. Like a way that's shaping up
Speaker 1: here against the Lefty Kakuchi tonight, So give me Xander
Speaker 1: Bogart's bosson the go yard Bogs where you calling your
Speaker 1: shot tonight.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go Kyle Tucker, good PVB numbers, and I
Speaker 2: just I think it's about time. So let's get me.
Speaker 2: Let's get me on the board for two. You only
Speaker 2: have one, Joe?
Speaker 3: Is that right?
Speaker 1: I only have one. It's funny like Mayor has selected
Speaker 1: Alex Bregman, who was the other guy was thinking about.
Speaker 1: So now I'm really rooting against Alex Bregman because I
Speaker 1: do not want to.
Speaker 2: Runing against the Astros, because I'm gonna take Tucker and
Speaker 2: I'm I'm only here a couple of days a week, Joe,
Speaker 2: and I'm about.
Speaker 1: To do Yeah. But you can still make a home
Speaker 1: run call every single I know. I know, so can
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