WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 7th, 2023 (Ep. 643) 0:00:07.240 --> 0:00:10.960 Welcome in everybody to betting pros. And no, wait a minute, 0:00:11.200 --> 0:00:14.040 ru's the wrong thing. Welcome into fantasy pros. No, no, 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:17.640 that's the wrong thing. Welcome in everybody to Fantasy pros. 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:20.560 M LB. It is me, Joey p Joe Pi's apia 0:00:20.600 --> 0:00:22.040 with me is the Welsh. We are brought to you 0:00:22.079 --> 0:00:23.920 every single day here on leading off. I don't even 0:00:23.960 --> 0:00:27.040 know show I'm doing half the time. Welsh. It's craziness. 0:00:27.280 --> 0:00:29.280 This has happened to me more than once, by the way, 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:31.280 and we're happy to have all the peanuts of the 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:33.760 cracker Jacks here in the chat Live. We're brought to 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:36.360 you by Prize Picks, which is a fantastic place to 0:00:36.360 --> 0:00:38.400 go make some money and watch some baseball and have 0:00:38.479 --> 0:00:41.519 some fun. The Welsh was watching some baseball last night. 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:45.040 He and Bogman were out at the game last night 0:00:45.040 --> 0:00:47.839 for Arizona. Not the greatest result for the Gore Diamondbacks, 0:00:47.880 --> 0:00:50.040 but Welsh, I used to be at a baseball game. 0:00:50.080 --> 0:00:50.920 I imagine it. 0:00:50.960 --> 0:00:53.280 Was very good. I look, I actually looked a little rough. 0:00:53.320 --> 0:00:55.280 It was a full day. And I told you, I 0:00:55.320 --> 0:00:57.280 got up from this show and I went out to 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.639 downtown Phoenix and Bogman and I went to a nice 0:00:59.640 --> 0:01:02.440 little urban room and hung out, and we spent the 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:04.720 whole day in downtown Phoenix, watched the game. I got 0:01:04.720 --> 0:01:09.200 to watch my home run call happen live on a 0:01:09.240 --> 0:01:12.880 good Thing. And I think I've officially officially figured something 0:01:12.880 --> 0:01:14.320 else out. Bogmin'. 0:01:17.760 --> 0:01:20.440 It's freaky Friday, everybody. That's what we'll have. 0:01:20.480 --> 0:01:24.080 It's freaky Friday. Corbie Carroll sucks. I'm officially done with that. 0:01:24.160 --> 0:01:26.520 Corbie Carroll sucks. I'm out. He's the worst player I've 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:30.600 This is getting changed. I'm changing this for Monday. Maybe 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:33.080 it's a reverse curse. I don't know, but I had 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:35.680 everything going for Carrol last night, had a three to 0:01:35.720 --> 0:01:37.440 zero count, almost had a walk. Couldn't do it. 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:40.679 Remember when Julia Rodriguez sucked in April last year? Do 0:01:40.720 --> 0:01:45.800 we remember that? Can I remind everybody that relaxed, being patient? Everybody, 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:46.600 It's going to be fun. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.560 I'm over it. But Freddie Freeman did get me on 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:52.000 the board. That's all that really matters. We finally got 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:52.880 back into it. 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:56.160 Justin calling you out. Corbyn Carroll's a trash panda. There 0:01:56.200 --> 0:01:58.000 you go. He is not a trash panda. He is 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:01.640 a very good baseball player, very good season by low. 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:03.520 He's gonna be in your trade video next week. I 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:06.720 guarantee it, guarantee I'm gonna I'm gonna be buying him 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:09.040 right now. I was trying to kick the tires on 0:02:09.120 --> 0:02:10.880 him in a league and people are like, I don't 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:13.520 really want to deal Gorbi Carroll's like, okay, okay, Now 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.600 it's the perfect time. This is the calm before the storm. 0:02:16.760 --> 0:02:19.359 Go back and look at Julio Rodriguez April, folks, if 0:02:19.400 --> 0:02:22.440 you forgot, it's a harsh reminder. No home runs. I 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.640 think he hit about like two twenty or something like 0:02:24.639 --> 0:02:26.760 that was terrible. Look, people were saying, now they were 0:02:26.760 --> 0:02:27.799 gonna send him back. 0:02:27.919 --> 0:02:30.400 Go ahead, you have the you have the Julio Yeah, 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:32.799 pulling out, pulling it up right now, very f You 0:02:32.840 --> 0:02:36.000 know what I've continuously done, and I'm obviously the big defender, 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:39.960 and he has killed multiple he has killed multiple bets 0:02:40.000 --> 0:02:40.240 for me. 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:42.920 But the thing that's killing me is the no walks. 0:02:43.120 --> 0:02:45.680 And I can't get over it. I can't get over 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.560 how he will not generate a walk. He got to 0:02:47.720 --> 0:02:50.480 a three ball count last night and then started swinging 0:02:50.639 --> 0:02:52.799 and ended up, grounding out to first. It's just kind 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.760 of continuously what he does. He's just so hyper aggressive. 0:02:55.760 --> 0:03:00.520 All right, So last March April for Julio Rodriguez let 0:03:00.560 --> 0:03:03.520 it go. I just had it and he had Here 0:03:03.560 --> 0:03:06.680 we go. I don't know why this is? Who did 0:03:06.680 --> 0:03:06.960 I who? 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:08.359 Oh the internet works? 0:03:08.360 --> 0:03:10.600 Well, that's no, I don't, I don't. It was a 0:03:10.760 --> 0:03:13.080 bourbon thing I was on twenty twenty three, all right. 0:03:13.160 --> 0:03:18.920 He hit two oh five between March and April. No homers, 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:22.280 seven walks to thirty strikeouts, the second most strikeouts he 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:26.400 ever had in a month. And uh he did, though, 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:30.280 have nine stolen bases, So Cormans fine base to do it, though. 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:33.040 It's fine Wonky Penguin of course, owning the chat as always. 0:03:33.120 --> 0:03:36.160 But don't look at Jerald Jared Kelnick's April No, don't, 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.600 because that's that's a bad thing to do of last year. 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:40.640 Don't look at that at all. But seriously, I mean, 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.760 even Bobby would had a slow start last year. There's 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:44.600 always a lot of expectations of these guys. 0:03:44.680 --> 0:03:45.520 I'm being dramatic. 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:47.600 I'm being dramatic. I know, I know you are, but 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:50.240 I know there's people out there that are already being 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:52.920 very dramatic about Gortman Carroll and going why did we 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:57.119 get so aggressive on Gorman Carroll? Relax, It's April seventh, 0:03:57.320 --> 0:03:59.560 and uh, you know, it's it's good Friday, and a 0:03:59.560 --> 0:04:01.000 lot of people are on a holiday, so a lot, 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:04.040 you know, people are off with the kids doing things, 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.040 they're you know, attending services, doing all these things. So 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:08.840 you can always watch it back on the YouTube channel 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:10.400 if you missed it already. And I know we promised 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:13.200 a video, but even though Welsh cut the video down, 0:04:13.240 --> 0:04:15.160 it's still too large for stream yard. So here's what 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.440 we're gonna do to talk to the powers the base 0:04:17.480 --> 0:04:19.120 if we can get up on the YouTube channel as 0:04:19.160 --> 0:04:22.040 a short, so that'll be a good time, so you 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:25.040 can watch Welsh myself compete at David Busters. It's only 0:04:25.080 --> 0:04:27.200 a two minute video, but it's too big for the 0:04:27.200 --> 0:04:30.279 stream yard here on this, so we'll get that up 0:04:30.320 --> 0:04:32.320 there for you. But I have some fun things today 0:04:32.360 --> 0:04:34.520 for you, because I did promise a fun Friday and 0:04:34.560 --> 0:04:36.760 I don't want to let people hang. So let's get 0:04:36.800 --> 0:04:40.400 to the headlines from yesterday's games. Freddy Freeman powering the 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:43.120 Dodgers pass the Diamondbacks. I was happy because I put 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.280 money on Freddy Freeman at plus four fifteenth did home 0:04:45.360 --> 0:04:47.640 run and guess what was the only other bet I made, 0:04:47.800 --> 0:04:50.000 And it made up for my terrible parlay where Lancelaine 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:51.480 got the crap eat out of him. More on that 0:04:51.520 --> 0:04:54.320 and coming up. Evan Phillips recorded the second save on Thursday. 0:04:54.320 --> 0:04:56.960 Gradorol hasn't been a factor at all. He has not 0:04:57.040 --> 0:04:58.599 pitched well and he has been banged up. 0:04:58.680 --> 0:05:01.120 He said he was banged up last night too. That 0:05:01.240 --> 0:05:03.240 was why Phil Bickford came in the eighth. 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:05.960 Yeah, well you know what. And Phillips looks like he's 0:05:06.000 --> 0:05:08.279 the same guy, which was what we thought initially, and 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:11.160 then we heard some other rumors. Mookie Betts was back 0:05:11.160 --> 0:05:13.320 in the line, so that's good. Orlando Arcia delivers a 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.320 walk off against the Padres in that same game for 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:19.800 the Braves. Spencer Stryder struck out nine guys in that one. 0:05:20.080 --> 0:05:22.960 Pierce Johnson recorded his second save on Thursday for the 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:25.880 Colorado Rockies and Daniel Bard's absence, we don't know what 0:05:26.000 --> 0:05:28.560 he's gonna be back. Fascinating game there with the Rockies 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:33.120 and the Nats. Welsh Josiah Gray and Kyle Freeland just 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:35.160 throwing goose eggs up there. Would you make of that? 0:05:35.560 --> 0:05:37.800 Yeah, we actually had that. That one was out and 0:05:37.839 --> 0:05:39.520 it was on while we were kind of out just 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.880 hanging around downtown because they weren't a ton of games 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.200 on and we were both staring at We actually went 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:48.719 to Guy Fieri's restaurant that was right next to Chase 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.880 and we were sitting there and we're watching and I 0:05:50.960 --> 0:05:53.200 just kept looking over and I was like, why are 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.720 there no runs in this game? Just a greet Cayl 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:58.200 for what's going on? And then we looked and it 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:01.240 was one to nothing, just a lot of bad contact. 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:02.720 This is where Colorado is supposed to do. If there 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:04.640 were a couple, I think jerks of Profile might of 0:06:04.680 --> 0:06:06.279 Rob de Hoomer as well. But yeah, it was a 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.599 wild game. Kyle Freeland actually pitching pretty well, and Josiah 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:13.279 Gray sneaky in some spots. Probably Josiah Gray definitely a 0:06:13.320 --> 0:06:18.000 streamer in appropriate matchups. I think you can actually throw 0:06:18.080 --> 0:06:19.000 him out there, as can you. 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:20.840 Yeah, who would have thought the appropriate MATCHU would be 0:06:20.920 --> 0:06:25.479 in Colorado in the day that did not have my 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.800 BINGO card marked off? That's for sure. Let's continue on 0:06:28.880 --> 0:06:30.600 with some of the other things we had from yesterday 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.760 and headlines. Garrett Whitlock withing eight in double A. So 0:06:33.800 --> 0:06:35.559 he's on his way back. That's great. If he's floating 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:38.200 around your waiver wire, pick him up now, don't wait, 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:41.559 pick him up now. Please listen to me. Vlad Guerrero 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:43.719 Junior had three hits and a homer in the victory 0:06:43.720 --> 0:06:48.279 as well. Plus the most important headline of yesterday, not 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.480 to be buried in the lead is our good friend 0:06:50.560 --> 0:06:54.600 Kelly Kirby, the Wonky Penguin herself, who has been working 0:06:54.640 --> 0:06:57.320 as a freelancer here at Fantasy Pros for the last 0:06:57.360 --> 0:07:00.200 two years. I believe if memory serves will get us 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.120 what freelancer no more. She is now full time with 0:07:03.200 --> 0:07:05.400 us at Fantasy Pros. So I want everybody in the 0:07:05.480 --> 0:07:10.360 chat congratulate the Wonky Penguin. Congratulate Kelly well deserved, one 0:07:10.360 --> 0:07:13.000 of the smartest and hardest working folks out there in 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:16.160 the baseball space, in the you know, Fantasy Pros world. 0:07:16.200 --> 0:07:18.040 We are so happy to have her as part of 0:07:18.080 --> 0:07:21.200 our Fantasy Pros full time family here. So give her 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:23.920 some congrats. Throw some love to the Wonky Penguin. I 0:07:23.960 --> 0:07:24.480 love that the. 0:07:24.840 --> 0:07:28.240 Most recent comment is classic Kelly snark of see if 0:07:28.240 --> 0:07:30.880 you can get Corbyn care for us, for Josiah Gray, everyone. 0:07:31.080 --> 0:07:36.080 I love the key, but that's the brand again, that's 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:37.640 what I'm saying. That's Kelly's. 0:07:39.520 --> 0:07:42.240 And just two years ago the penguin was just a 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:45.640 peanut and a cracker jack. She was just hanging out 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:49.400 the chat watching the baseball. Growns up. She's all growns up, 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.000 and here she is, so fantastic day for us, So 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:55.520 that that made my day yesterday legitimately made my day yesterday. 0:07:55.560 --> 0:07:58.400 I was so happy. What doesn't make people's days? Or injuries? 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:02.160 Michael Harris exiting with that issue. That's never a good thing. 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.320 Bats are never good. Jazz Chisholm expects to play today 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:08.600 against the Mets after that shoulder stinger that he had. 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.200 Speaking of the Mets, Omar Narvaya is going to the IL. 0:08:12.240 --> 0:08:14.880 He's going to miss eight to nine weeks. Welsh, Look, 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:16.880 the Mets have nothing to lose by playing Alvarez. If 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.520 Valvarez out there in your league, and chances are you know, 0:08:19.520 --> 0:08:21.760 I would say around fifty percent he is, If not more, 0:08:22.440 --> 0:08:24.000 I'd have to check what he is right now in 0:08:24.040 --> 0:08:26.920 terms of roster percentage. But there's no reason for the 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.960 Mets not to give him a shot and let him 0:08:30.960 --> 0:08:32.520 get some at bats. You don't bring this guy up 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:33.640 to sit, is what I'm saying. 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:36.040 Oh no, wells, but that's the reason why he wasn't 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:38.720 here before. If they were going to allow him to 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.559 just sit, he would have probably made the opening day roster. 0:08:42.080 --> 0:08:44.559 But no, they wanted him to get run. He's gonna 0:08:44.600 --> 0:08:46.960 get to be one of the guys here and he actually, 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:49.400 you know what's great about this, In a lot of spots, 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:52.000 he doesn't have catcher eligibility right now, so if you 0:08:52.040 --> 0:08:54.040 can get him in these games, we can reacquire. He 0:08:54.160 --> 0:08:56.800 was utilh only, which kept him off a couple spots. 0:08:56.880 --> 0:08:58.679 That's actually why I think he's more available than you 0:08:58.679 --> 0:09:01.720 would expect because of that stupid util only. But yeah, 0:09:01.760 --> 0:09:05.200 no pick up Francisco Alvarez that was going early in 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:07.640 triple A. Even run in a little bit, and as 0:09:07.640 --> 0:09:10.280 long as the catching stuff doesn't get really really awful, 0:09:10.320 --> 0:09:13.080 which at this point, I mean, all the cat what 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.000 are the catchers doing? They's just framing. You know, you 0:09:15.040 --> 0:09:17.079 can't throw anymore, You can't throw any guys out or 0:09:17.080 --> 0:09:19.040 anything like that it's just about framing. So if the 0:09:19.040 --> 0:09:21.120 framing is up there, they don't even need to call 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:24.040 the games, especially in a veteran pitching staff like that. 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:27.600 Out the what Alvarez is required to do is so 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:29.920 much less than a catcher was like ten years ago. 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:33.000 I mean, legit, you barely have to throw because they're stealing, 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:34.679 and you don't have to even call the game. So 0:09:34.840 --> 0:09:38.360 just frame, You're all good. Francisco Alvarez definitely a pickup. 0:09:38.480 --> 0:09:41.960 For Rostered on CBS. I like the U CBS because 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:43.560 a lot more people are paying for it as well. 0:09:43.600 --> 0:09:46.280 Stuff Always think that's a better one to look at. 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:49.600 So I'm also cool little things here From the chat, 0:09:50.200 --> 0:09:52.840 Larry wants to know when the cousin Donnie betting segment 0:09:52.880 --> 0:09:54.960 is making the show. I do want to know that. 0:09:55.040 --> 0:09:56.160 I'm looking forward to that. 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:59.720 I would love to see Donnie just like make a 0:09:59.720 --> 0:10:01.480 bet every day, you know how, like we flip the 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.079 coin for the Homer, just like don just say. 0:10:03.960 --> 0:10:09.200 The bets Donn Arizona. It's legal. You go out there, 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.120 you make a bet. We're gonna whatever your betting on 0:10:11.120 --> 0:10:13.439 that day, We'll put on the shows. The Official slash 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:17.640 Unofficial cousin Donnie Bet of the day. Let's continue on 0:10:17.720 --> 0:10:20.400 with some of the headlines too, and talk about, uh, 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:23.120 some of the ups and downs from yesterday. Lad Guerrero 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:24.840 was certainly in up three for five with a homer, 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.640 two runs and RBI for him Rafaeld Devers, who I 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:29.959 kicked myself, Welsh. I had him in the prize picks. 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:31.600 He was gonna be my home run pick. I kept 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.800 going back and forth. I did not get my home run. Pick. 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:35.120 I should have picked Devors. I wouldn't be. 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:38.040 Obviously right now, think in the same way. I actually Devors. 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.440 I wanted to put in multiple man the prize picks across, 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:41.479 and I didn't. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.960 I here's the here's the fun thing too. How mad 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:45.600 were you that I came back in my first day 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:47.040 I had a home run? Did that really tweak you 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:48.880 because you were on the cold streak yesterday? Oh? 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:51.600 Yeah, all of it. It's insane. You came right out 0:10:51.600 --> 0:10:54.000 the gates with the wander fronto homer. I mean, listen, 0:10:54.280 --> 0:10:56.480 I was in a dilemma. You gotta understand. Last night 0:10:56.760 --> 0:10:59.720 there are forty eight thousand people, twenty of them were 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.160 probably Dodger fans. But I'm sitting on Diamondback fans as 0:11:02.160 --> 0:11:05.960 a Diamondback fan, and I needed one base. I needed 0:11:06.000 --> 0:11:09.280 one hit from Freddy Freeman to cash two different bets, 0:11:09.320 --> 0:11:11.360 because one of my bets yesterday, if you guys followed, 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.240 was total basis Freddy Freeman. I had a fantasy score 0:11:14.440 --> 0:11:16.960 on another pick up thing, and then I had the 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:19.560 home run call. Freddie hits that opposite field of homer, 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:22.240 and I go yes, and then I just kind of 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:24.000 like duck my head, put my arms out. I'm like, 0:11:24.000 --> 0:11:26.440 oh yeah, I'm at Diamondbacks fans here. I was pretty 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.880 stoked to get on the board because you weren't even 0:11:28.920 --> 0:11:30.160 here and you would. 0:11:29.920 --> 0:11:32.920 Already hear it was just a beer today, by the way. 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:38.040 In more misery for Mets fans news, the third up yesterday, 0:11:38.080 --> 0:11:41.839 Michael Confordo with three for four, a homer, three runs, 0:11:41.880 --> 0:11:46.280 three rebies, two walks. Michael Confordo looking really sharp yesterday. 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:48.680 I had real concerns about Canforda going into the year 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.520 because he hadn't played in the whole season he had 0:11:50.520 --> 0:11:53.000 the shoulder injury. This was a big game for him 0:11:53.040 --> 0:11:55.280 early on. We'll see if it continues to carry over. 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.800 The Giants offense just lit up Lance Linn more on 0:11:57.880 --> 0:12:01.280 him in a second, But we kept saying, you know, 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:03.800 why take Jock Peterson where you can wait another two 0:12:03.880 --> 0:12:06.680 rounds and just take Michael Confordo. And so far that 0:12:06.760 --> 0:12:10.120 logic seems to be paying off, because Conforido looks pretty good, 0:12:10.120 --> 0:12:13.560 better than I anticipated him looking at this stage, especially 0:12:13.640 --> 0:12:16.400 in April. I don't know if it maintains, but Confordo, 0:12:16.480 --> 0:12:18.599 another guy welshit. You know, I'm sure in some of 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:20.680 the more shallow leagues is floating out there. Would you 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.640 take a flyer on Confordo getting back to form because 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:25.480 at his peak this was a twenty five to thirty 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:27.800 home run guy, hit a two sixty five batting average type. 0:12:28.000 --> 0:12:30.000 Yeah. No, I mean he can start off awful against 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.600 the Yankees and the Yankee series he was hitless. So 0:12:33.040 --> 0:12:36.440 coming into this Chicago series having two multi hit games, 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:40.120 having some homers in there, absolutely the Giants offense wants 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.680 to get going. And I don't know particularly how great 0:12:42.800 --> 0:12:45.560 the pitching is in the NLST right now when they're 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.360 playing those games. So yeah, Confordo is totally It's not 0:12:48.400 --> 0:12:50.719 even really a speculative ad. He's probably dropped in a 0:12:50.720 --> 0:12:52.920 whole lot of spots of people freaking out after that 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.600 Yankee series, and I'd swip him. 0:12:54.520 --> 0:12:58.720 Up, all right. Some guys maybe that had some bad days. 0:12:58.800 --> 0:13:02.440 Yesterday on Thursday, land Slim had a bad day. I'm 0:13:02.440 --> 0:13:04.319 not worried at all. It was the day game. He 0:13:04.400 --> 0:13:06.079 left a couple of pitches up, all the pitches he 0:13:06.160 --> 0:13:08.160 left up coming out of the yard. I'm not worry. 0:13:08.200 --> 0:13:09.520 He was great in spring. He was due for a 0:13:09.520 --> 0:13:11.640 bad game. If he has two or three, then we'll worry. 0:13:12.000 --> 0:13:14.040 He's the Alray's at nine. He gave up eight earned 0:13:14.120 --> 0:13:16.960 runs yesterday, five k's. After the game, he just said, 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:19.160 I just sucked. Like some days just don't have it. 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:20.679 Some days lead balls up and they go out of 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:24.800 the ballpark. Spencer turnball was a turnstyle five and two thirds, 0:13:24.840 --> 0:13:27.040 five earned for him, one strikeout, gave up a home 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:30.760 run his Thera's at thirteen point five, but all Man 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:35.000 the third down. Blake Snell Welsh all Man three and 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:39.440 two third, six hits, four earned, four walks, only two 0:13:39.520 --> 0:13:44.200 k's eras seven eight, eight. Man, what you're doing? It's 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:45.320 my Blake Snell voice. 0:13:45.320 --> 0:13:51.280 Oh man, okay, yeah, no, man, yeah, knowing a lot today, 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:55.480 well Snell was on my trade four early on in 0:13:55.520 --> 0:13:58.360 the video that I posted. This is not what you 0:13:58.400 --> 0:14:01.280 want to see. But I'm still a couple. I'm still 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:03.680 going to give it just a tiny bit because the 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:06.800 strikeout numbers were crazy. He did not have Andlan was 0:14:06.840 --> 0:14:09.400 also like, it's a really tough matchup. But in that 0:14:09.480 --> 0:14:12.200 first game he had all those swinging misses. He was 0:14:12.240 --> 0:14:16.120 getting strikeouts, but the ineffectiveness with the walks, you're seeing 0:14:16.160 --> 0:14:19.560 it again. I would just point out that last year, 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:22.440 his first two months of the season, and that doesn't help, 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:25.160 especially for the trade video side. Maybe we needed to 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.520 save this from May. He was absolutely lit up four 0:14:28.560 --> 0:14:31.480 eight ERA in May because he was out April and 0:14:31.520 --> 0:14:34.520 a six two ERA in June, but then he proceeded 0:14:34.560 --> 0:14:38.600 to have an under three ERA July on the rest 0:14:38.600 --> 0:14:41.320 of the entire year, so he's definitely a slow starter. 0:14:41.760 --> 0:14:45.920 I wouldn't go crazy freaking out about Blake Snell. If anything, 0:14:45.920 --> 0:14:48.280 I think this opened up more of a buying opportunity 0:14:48.560 --> 0:14:50.400 on the real, real low. But the walks have got 0:14:50.440 --> 0:14:50.760 to stop. 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.840 It's brutal. Justin in the chat, Blake Lively is better 0:14:53.880 --> 0:14:56.600 than Blake's now, I can't disagree. She's hilarious on social 0:14:56.640 --> 0:14:59.000 media by the way, her and her husband Ryan Reynolds 0:14:59.080 --> 0:15:02.240 going at it. Oh yeah, time or so funny. That's 0:15:02.280 --> 0:15:04.400 that's what you that's what you're looking there. Then you're 0:15:04.440 --> 0:15:06.920 looking for that kind of relationship in life. But look 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.960 the Snell stuff. It's the inefficiency with Snell, which is 0:15:10.000 --> 0:15:13.400 why even though you made and a lot of people 0:15:13.400 --> 0:15:15.520 made a lot of good cases for the ADP being 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.320 you know, too low on Snell, I thought it was 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:21.640 deserved because the inefficiencies are always what comes around with him. 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:25.120 When he is efficient, he's a very good pitcher. When 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:29.200 he's not, unfortunately, it's he's becomes a fantasy liability. And 0:15:29.240 --> 0:15:33.040 I think that's something that it's puzzling as to why. 0:15:33.320 --> 0:15:34.680 I don't know if it's a mental thing, if it's 0:15:34.680 --> 0:15:36.760 a mechanical thing, I don't know what that reason is. 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:38.320 And you know, when he's on the West Coast, I 0:15:38.320 --> 0:15:40.200 don't get to see as much Blake Snell. You see 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:42.120 the highlights, you don't really get to watch full games 0:15:42.200 --> 0:15:45.240 very often. So that's just something to you know, keep 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:47.840 in mind that if he has a good run here 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.280 and you're not buying it, then maybe you get out 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:51.320 of the Blake Snell business. 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:53.600 Yeah here was a well maybe yeah maybe. By the way, 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.960 I'm taking a look here too, the swing and Missus 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.640 were way down again because I had I hadn't really 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:03.080 looked into the start slider up fastball. The velos were 0:16:03.160 --> 0:16:06.240 kind of down. It was Yeah, it was just ineffectiveness 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:08.200 and no command. It didn't look like anything else really 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:11.040 really worrisome though. The change up even went down further. 0:16:11.240 --> 0:16:12.840 And I know no one wants them to throw that. 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.280 So yeah, I don't know you could get out of 0:16:15.320 --> 0:16:18.520 the Blake Snell business, but I think it might be 0:16:18.520 --> 0:16:19.360 a little bit too early. 0:16:19.960 --> 0:16:21.680 I remember it is fun Friday. So I got some 0:16:21.720 --> 0:16:23.760 fun stuff lined up here on the show. And Troy 0:16:23.800 --> 0:16:26.440 wants to know where do we post home run calls? Well, Troy, 0:16:26.480 --> 0:16:29.480 you post them Mad Fantasypros dot Com slash chat in 0:16:29.560 --> 0:16:31.800 our discord. That's what you do. So join the discord. 0:16:31.800 --> 0:16:33.720 It's free to joined, and go look for the home 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:35.880 Run channel and then you can get some free stuff. 0:16:36.400 --> 0:16:39.760 We're giving away, giveing away monthly prizes, We're giving away 0:16:39.920 --> 0:16:42.320 an annual prize. Is gonna be so much fun, good things. 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:44.960 Getting the home run contest. It's April you got plenty 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:46.680 of time. Hey, you get one right today you're tied 0:16:46.720 --> 0:16:49.240 with Welsh. This is a fun article. It was on 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:52.360 MLB that I took. It was key trends and takeaways 0:16:52.360 --> 0:16:54.800 from the first week of baseball. I thought this was fun. 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:58.840 Welsh ironically, bab it is up? Who would have thought 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.720 batting average balls and play in the league is up. 0:17:02.160 --> 0:17:04.240 That is a good trend. You know why because the 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:06.320 shift is not what it used to be. So of 0:17:06.320 --> 0:17:09.159 course babbitb is up and that's good for baseball. The 0:17:09.240 --> 0:17:13.320 time of game still low, also good. Here's what was 0:17:13.359 --> 0:17:16.119 interesting to me. A lot of hitters setting personal best 0:17:16.200 --> 0:17:19.480 in exit velocity marks. And some of the names are 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:23.320 not your normal names, like you know it's it's guys 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:25.520 like Jake Berger going one hundred and sixteen and a 0:17:25.560 --> 0:17:30.040 half going, Josh Lowe and one oh nine, Brandon Donovan 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:33.919 one o nine. It begs the question, are we is 0:17:33.960 --> 0:17:36.840 this April or is this the juice ball back? 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.800 Oh man, you undersold it too. Taylor Modern had I 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.520 think the second hardest at one fourteen point eight. 0:17:44.600 --> 0:17:47.720 That tells you, Taylor Matter one fourteen point eight, mos, 0:17:47.720 --> 0:17:48.159 brow are you? 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:52.800 I would never discount that The juice ball is back. 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.080 If you someone said it, I'd be like, Okay, yeah, 0:17:55.119 --> 0:17:58.080 I believe it. If I were to look in a 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:02.040 different direction, I wonder if it's also just the approach 0:18:02.119 --> 0:18:04.600 with pitching, in the fast pitch stuff. I mean, you 0:18:05.200 --> 0:18:08.240 like it's wild when you're especially at a game like 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.040 I was last night, with like how quick you turn 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:11.680 your head one left or right and all of a 0:18:11.680 --> 0:18:14.440