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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome back to another episode of the cycle.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, Mike Mayer. I am joined once

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Speaker 1: again by Kelly Kirby the Wonky Penguin, and thank you

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Speaker 1: all for joining us. Kelly, I'm going to jump right

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Speaker 1: into it this week because I saw something earlier today

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Speaker 1: that made me just laugh and fall out of my chair,

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Speaker 1: and it was Yankees manager Aaron Boone being asked about

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Speaker 1: why Jason Domingez not being called up, and his answer

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Speaker 1: was that they felt like Alex Erdugo gives them the

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Speaker 1: best chance to win. And to that, I ask, what

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Speaker 1: say you?

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Speaker 2: I say that I don't. Well, the Cubs are playing

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Speaker 2: the Yankees right now, so I'm fine with this plan

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Speaker 2: for the next three days. But after that, I think

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Speaker 2: that he is that there has to be something going

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Speaker 2: on in that organization, that they are trying to suppress

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Speaker 2: him for some reason, because or else Alex Rdigo has

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Speaker 2: something on Boone. Those are my two Those are my

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Speaker 2: two guesses. What do you have?

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Speaker 1: I don't really get it, you know. I am a

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Speaker 1: Red Sox fan. I did a lot of years of

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Speaker 1: Alex Radugo. I always liked him as a person, as

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Speaker 1: a player, I felt him to be adequate, you know, average, cromulent,

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Speaker 1: you might say, and there's my weekly crimeulent referee. But

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Speaker 1: he's you know, he's not having a great year for them. Normally,

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Speaker 1: when he was at the Red Sox you could count

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Speaker 1: for like a good average and good defense. Like he's

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Speaker 1: not even hitting for average right now. And whereas Jason Dominguez,

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Speaker 1: now that he's healthy, is doing very well and seems

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Speaker 1: like he could be a nice addition to that lineup

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Speaker 1: that could use a nice addition and some energy of

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Speaker 1: someone like the Jason Dominguez. You know, he's hit at

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Speaker 1: every level of the minor league. He's one of the

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Speaker 1: best prospects in baseball. And it's not even like he's

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Speaker 1: someone who's been struggling at Triple A, because in forty

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Speaker 1: one games in Triple A he's betting three thirteen, with

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Speaker 1: seven home runs and fifteen solen bases, strikeout rate below

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Speaker 1: twenty percent, a walk rate of about eight percent, just

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Speaker 1: pretty much everything you want to see from your top prospect.

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Speaker 1: And they've never even really, i mean, they gave him

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Speaker 1: a little bit. What do you get, like a handful

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Speaker 1: of games of twenty twenty three, what does it look

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Speaker 1: like eight games of twenty twenty three and uh oh yeah,

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Speaker 1: he hit four hour runs in eight games, and it's

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Speaker 1: kind of like, what are we waiting for? Why is

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Speaker 1: he not back up? What is going on? And I

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Speaker 1: don't really get it, And fantasy managers who have probably

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Speaker 1: because Jason Mingers was drafted in a lot of leagues

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Speaker 1: this year. Yeah, so a lot of thing.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, I was just gonna say. I actually drafted

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Speaker 2: him so long ago. I mean I think he was

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Speaker 2: like thirteen in this like keeper league, and if you

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Speaker 2: draft them the rookies, then you get to keep them

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Speaker 2: for zero dollars. And last year I included him in

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Speaker 2: a package for a show hee and mostly because I

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Speaker 2: was just starting to think maybe the Yankees were never

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Speaker 2: going to call him up, And now we're to this

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Speaker 2: year where he should absolutely be called up to replace

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Speaker 2: the guy with a two ninety three on base percentage.

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Speaker 2: Even if he's as bad like you said, at least

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Speaker 2: he adds some sort of flare to it. And man

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Speaker 2: would have boost that be for fantasy managers in September

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Speaker 2: just to have that option, because I feel like he's

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Speaker 2: more advanced than a lot of rookie hitters that I

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Speaker 2: would say avoid for the stretch.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. Absolutely. I already got a little, you know, not

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Speaker 1: a large taste, but a little taste last year, and

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Speaker 1: it just it just seems like you need to find

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Speaker 1: out and call him up. And there's no real reason

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Speaker 1: not to call him up. And there are a lot

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Speaker 1: of fantasy managers who have held on this entire season

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Speaker 1: who are just pulling their hair out right now, especially

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Speaker 1: you know, they could use some hitting and maybe they

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Speaker 1: had to pick up Alex Prdugo because they needed hitting

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Speaker 1: so bad and they would love to make that swat. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I just I wanted to start the show with that

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Speaker 1: immediately put in the show sheet and was like, we

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Speaker 1: are leading with this because this is the most Aaron

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Speaker 1: Boone comment and decision in the history of Aaron Boone

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's a long list.

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Speaker 1: So it is a long list. Yeah. Yeah, it's a

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Speaker 1: pretty baffling decision. I don't really get it. I'm sure

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Speaker 1: as someone who does not root for the Yankees. I'm

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Speaker 1: perfectly fine with them not calling them up. But as

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Speaker 1: players play baseball, I don't really get why he's stuck

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Speaker 1: in the minor leagues right now. Okay, so let's get

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Speaker 1: into injuries. And as we mentioned, the last few weeks

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Speaker 1: shortened season, not a whole lot of time left. You're

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Speaker 1: already in the playoffs and a couple of your matchups

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Speaker 1: are our work league. We've been done with the championship

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Speaker 1: for weeks already, because you know, that's just how that

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Speaker 1: league went. That's topic for another day, another show. I

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Speaker 1: famously lost my second championship in a row, not bitter

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Speaker 1: about that at all, hoping to three peat next year.

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Speaker 1: At this point, I don't even want to win the

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Speaker 1: championship next year. I want to make it and lose

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Speaker 1: next year because I want the three peat. Forget the Chiefs.

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Speaker 1: It's about me.

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Speaker 2: Now, it should be all about you.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's a shortened season. We're gonna do this episode

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Speaker 1: and then we're going to do one more championship episode

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Speaker 1: next week, so you got two more episodes of the cycle.

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Speaker 1: But we're talking short term strategy right now, because that

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Speaker 1: is the name of the game. And so let's talk

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Speaker 1: some injuries. We have a few players leaving, a few

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Speaker 1: really big names returning, and that can impact everything that

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Speaker 1: you're doing right now. Probably the most interesting one I

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Speaker 1: wanted to lead off with is Alec Bohm because he

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Speaker 1: just missed his sixth straight game with inflammation in his

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Speaker 1: left hand, not on the IL yet, which is as

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Speaker 1: a fantasy manager, the single most frustrating thing that can

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Speaker 1: happen to you as a player who misses a significant

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Speaker 1: sure if he's going to play today. I don't even

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Speaker 1: know if Philly's played today. I don't look at the schedule.

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Speaker 1: They do. Actually I did look at the schedule. That

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Speaker 1: was a lie. I don't know why I lied right there,

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Speaker 1: but you have to hope he's coming back. But it, man,

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Speaker 1: that's frustrating. Do you have any shares of Alec Bahlm anywhere?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? In my most important league, the home league. Uh oh,

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Speaker 2: or Getty, but I'll get to that. But in that league,

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Speaker 2: and so he's just sitting there and it's an ESPN league.

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Speaker 2: I have three bench spots, and so I've just basically

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Speaker 2: been good up until then. He'd held down that first

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Speaker 2: a bench spot. But I don't know whether to drop him.

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Speaker 2: So that is where I currently sit with him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that that was going to be kind of the

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Speaker 1: question I went with there was like do we drop him?

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Speaker 1: And it's almost like if he goes on the AL,

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Speaker 1: like you said, he's been really good, really good this year.

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Speaker 1: I wasn't sure for fan and see if his value

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Speaker 1: Fernando Tattoos Junior was activated this week. He had been

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Speaker 1: surprising to get off to a slow start after no

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Speaker 1: going in a rehab assignment. A lot of people think that, like,

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Speaker 1: these are professional professional baseball players, you can just hop

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Speaker 1: and you really just need that. Despite you know, the

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Speaker 1: You need those live games. So rant Over, Minie rant Over.

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Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker is hoping to be activated Friday. We've been

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Speaker 1: waiting for this for a long time, but he was

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Speaker 1: also hoping to be activated Wednesday and Thursday, so we'll

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Speaker 2: I have a question about Kyle Tucker. Do Kyle Tucker

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Speaker 2: managers have the like who gets the Grief Award this

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Speaker 2: year for like the ones who just had to have

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Speaker 2: the most grief for the entire season about somebody that

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Speaker 2: a kuny in a couple of leagues, but that's just

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Speaker 2: an injury Tucker. I feel like Tucker managers definitely have

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Speaker 2: they have an argument to win the trophy. We should,

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Speaker 2: We should really hand that out next year, But I

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Speaker 2: just I just feel bad for everyone that's got him

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Speaker 2: because you've obviously held on to him, and you know,

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Speaker 2: it took two months to tell us he fractured his shins.

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Speaker 2: So Friday Saturday, when's he coming back? And do you

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Speaker 2: want to start him when he does? Are very fair questions.

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Speaker 1: What do you think hurts more though, dealing with that

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Speaker 1: all year and just looking at him on your bench,

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Speaker 1: or losing Spencer Strider immediately?

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Speaker 2: Right, No, it's a very sure, That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: I think we should have these arguments in the spring

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Speaker 2: as we reflect, or maybe we can do it next

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Speaker 2: week as we reflect who had it the worst. It's

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Speaker 2: an argument worth having.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we can do that next week. Sure. Throughout the

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Speaker 1: show sheet forget your championship experience, we're looking back or

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Speaker 1: championship advice, we're looking back. No, we can't. We can

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Speaker 1: do that. Yeah, that'll be very That'll be a great

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Speaker 1: way to end the show without Worm on it, because

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Speaker 1: he always liked to do those big picture conversations. So

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Speaker 1: that'll be a nice homage to to Worm, who claims

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Speaker 1: that he listens. You know, I don't know if he

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Speaker 1: just reads the transcript or what he does. But every

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Speaker 1: week when I mentioned him, he's like, you keep saying

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Speaker 1: I don't listen to the show, and I do listen

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Speaker 1: to the show. So we'll see if he's listening this week.

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Speaker 1: Let me know if you are. Worm. Justin Steele to

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Speaker 1: the il with elbow Tend to Night is Justin Steele,

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Speaker 1: friend of Fantasy pros. Fantasy subscriber recently did a mock

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Speaker 1: draft with Welsh and Debro, so we wish our good

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Speaker 1: friend Justin Steele. Well, it seems like he's probably done

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Speaker 1: for the season, given how the Cobs are going. I

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Speaker 1: don't think you should put a picture with elbow Attend

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Speaker 1: the Night is back on the mound and the team

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Speaker 1: that's going nowhere, I assume as a fantasy analyst and

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Speaker 1: as a Cubs fan, you agree.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think Justin Steele is another one. I mean

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Speaker 1: of my recorded instructional videos, that's probably fair. But what

433
00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:30,040
Speaker 1: I did was I looked on the Fantasy pros stats

434
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Speaker 1: page at the players who for the last two weeks,

435
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Speaker 1: who had the best VBR, the highest VBR, and then

436
00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:39,000
Speaker 1: I also looked at now that we're down to like

437
00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,760
Speaker 1: two or three weeks for you know, fantasy, the fantasy

438
00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:46,199
Speaker 1: season is their rest of season projections VBR, and I

439
00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:49,000
Speaker 1: compared the two lists against each other and came up

440
00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,200
Speaker 1: with people or players who were rostered in a round

441
00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,919
Speaker 1: seventy five percent of leagues or lower, and who appeared

442
00:20:55,920 --> 00:20:58,440
Speaker 1: in the top two hundred on both lists. Because when

443
00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,680
Speaker 1: I tried, like the top fifty on both top hundred

444
00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:03,720
Speaker 1: on both lists, not a lot of players there. So

445
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,359
Speaker 1: to get more players to talk about it, I increase

446
00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:07,760
Speaker 1: it to two hundred because I also wanted to make

447
00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:10,560
Speaker 1: it where these players might actually be available in some

448
00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,679
Speaker 1: of your leagus. Some of them probably aren't going to be,

449
00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:14,440
Speaker 1: but there will be some names that we talk about

450
00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,560
Speaker 1: that will be available. And I feel like it's an

451
00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:20,680
Speaker 1: interesting time to look at recent performance, like who's hitting now?

452
00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:22,520
Speaker 1: You know, it doesn't matter what your numbers are from

453
00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:27,399
Speaker 1: since April. Who's hitting now and who's likely to continue hitting?

454
00:21:27,800 --> 00:21:30,960
Speaker 1: And so we'll go through ten names here and I'll

455
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,320
Speaker 1: just toss the name at you and I'll give you

456
00:21:33,359 --> 00:21:35,399
Speaker 1: their two week VBR rank. You know how well they

457
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,480
Speaker 1: performed over the last two weeks and then the rest

458
00:21:37,480 --> 00:21:39,919
Speaker 1: of season VBR rank and you kind of tell me,

459
00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,320
Speaker 1: I guess the way we'll do it is, you know,

460
00:21:44,160 --> 00:21:46,239
Speaker 1: if you had to start this, you know, would you

461
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,880
Speaker 1: start this player in a head to head matchup? Because

462
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,960
Speaker 1: Rodo is maybe a different story. You probably it's a

463
00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,439
Speaker 1: larger roster. You probably are more willing to take a

464
00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,600
Speaker 1: shot there. But if you're in a head to head

465
00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,000
Speaker 1: champions you believe coming up, are you willing to start

466
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:00,679
Speaker 1: this player in your lineup? That all makes sense. You

467
00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,280
Speaker 1: want to keep going, give it a longer intro.

468
00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,680
Speaker 2: I feel like I got it. But if you could

469
00:22:04,720 --> 00:22:06,560
Speaker 2: give me a loom video later, that'd be awesome.

470
00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:10,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll recording this sunstream hert. I'll just I'll clip

471
00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:12,040
Speaker 1: this part and send it back to you and give

472
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Speaker 1: you some homework.

473
00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:13,359
Speaker 2: Perfect.

474
00:22:14,920 --> 00:22:17,719
Speaker 1: So the first play, we're going to talk about Lawrence Butler,

475
00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:20,040
Speaker 1: someone we've talked about recently on the show. One of

476
00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,760
Speaker 1: the hottest hitters in baseball and according to at least

477
00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,800
Speaker 1: Fantasy Value over the last two weeks VBR rank number one,

478
00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:29,800
Speaker 1: so literally the most valuable hitter in baseball over the

479
00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:32,240
Speaker 1: last two weeks, and in his rest of season VBR

480
00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,919
Speaker 1: rank is ninety one, which you could say is you know,

481
00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,040
Speaker 1: you could try to argue is ridiculous based on how

482
00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:40,400
Speaker 1: well he's been hitting right now. But like I said,

483
00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,560
Speaker 1: projections are conservative and more often than not they're accurate,

484
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:47,159
Speaker 1: but in larger sample sizes. And so that's kind of

485
00:22:47,160 --> 00:22:51,280
Speaker 1: where this comes into, because we're talking about smaller sample

486
00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:53,159
Speaker 1: size here. And so he's in the top one hundred

487
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,200
Speaker 1: for both lists. He's rostered at about seventy nine percent,

488
00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,120
Speaker 1: so he's cheating a little bit of that seventy five

489
00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:01,920
Speaker 1: percent number. But he was the inspiration for this because

490
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:05,680
Speaker 1: I looked at current like the last two weeks VBR,

491
00:23:05,760 --> 00:23:09,520
Speaker 1: it's like boom, there's Lawrence Butler still hitting. So I

492
00:23:09,560 --> 00:23:11,720
Speaker 1: assume if we kick this off with an easy one,

493
00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:13,720
Speaker 1: I assume you're starting Lawrence Butler in your head to

494
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:14,520
Speaker 1: head lineups.

495
00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:16,840
Speaker 2: I have him and I am starting him without question.

496
00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:19,720
Speaker 1: All right, that's an easy one. Let's get into a

497
00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,359
Speaker 1: little bit harder one here, although maybe not for you

498
00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 1: because you're a Cubs fan. So p crow Armstrong. Last

499
00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,200
Speaker 1: two weeks of VBR, he's ranked fifth, and the rest

500
00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:30,560
Speaker 1: of the season in VBR rank is two hundred and six,

501
00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 1: so just outside of that two hundred mark. But he's

502
00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,720
Speaker 1: available in almost half a league's fifty percent of leagues,

503
00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:39,720
Speaker 1: so he's someone that the projections don't like as much.

504
00:23:40,040 --> 00:23:42,399
Speaker 1: But he has been literally a top five hitter of

505
00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:44,960
Speaker 1: the last two weeks. Are you starting on one more time?

506
00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:46,440
Speaker 1: Maybe two more times?

507
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 2: So here's the deal on him. I'm in again my

508
00:23:49,800 --> 00:23:52,000
Speaker 2: home league that I would really like to when I

509
00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,439
Speaker 2: have Butler and my opponent has crow Armstrong. So my

510
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,080
Speaker 2: advice to him, if he's listening, is to bench him.

511
00:23:58,480 --> 00:24:00,800
Speaker 2: My advice to literally everyone else is I would just

512
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 2: keep playing him if nothing else. His speed is valuable

513
00:24:05,640 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 2: at this point and head to head, there you go.

514
00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:11,560
Speaker 1: So one more. We're not one more, We're going to

515
00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,679
Speaker 1: do several more, but next one. So this is a

516
00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:17,119
Speaker 1: name that was very popular heading into the season, and

517
00:24:17,119 --> 00:24:18,879
Speaker 1: then not so much during the season, then maybe he

518
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:21,480
Speaker 1: was again, and then now here we are wyat Langford

519
00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,880
Speaker 1: two week VBR nineteen. Rest of the season VBR rank

520
00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 1: one oh eight. His rostership percentages right around seventy percent.

521
00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,000
Speaker 1: Are you starting wyat Langford given the roller coaster season

522
00:24:33,080 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 1: we've been on.

523
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:38,240
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm okay starting him, And again, I think I

524
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 2: feel like most people who drafted him, who were really

525
00:24:41,320 --> 00:24:44,959
Speaker 2: big Wyatt believers, probably still have him. So yeah, if

526
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,639
Speaker 2: you have him, you should you should go ahead and

527
00:24:46,720 --> 00:24:50,320
Speaker 2: start him. The power has shown up, so that's a

528
00:24:50,520 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 2: that's a plus.

529
00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 1: Yeah, it looked like that was going to be a

530
00:24:53,560 --> 00:24:55,359
Speaker 1: really big miss for a while there, but then he

531
00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:57,960
Speaker 1: did finally kind of warm up and look more like

532
00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:01,000
Speaker 1: the player who was being hyped in the off season.

533
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,160
Speaker 1: He'll be an interesting name to talk about heading into

534
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,639
Speaker 1: next year and where he's going to be drafted for sure.

535
00:25:06,440 --> 00:25:10,639
Speaker 1: Number four is a name I've been really not hyping up,

536
00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:13,800
Speaker 1: but excited about and happy to roster over the last

537
00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 1: couple of months. Actually, Mark Fiento's just feels like he's

538
00:25:17,760 --> 00:25:21,919
Speaker 1: been really solid ever since he came up two week VBR.

539
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,080
Speaker 1: Not as high as the other guys fifty nine rest

540
00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,600
Speaker 1: of the season VBR rank in ninety four ROSTERSIP percentage of

541
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,679
Speaker 1: around seventy percent, So he might not be available in

542
00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,440
Speaker 1: your league, but he might be available in some leagues.

543
00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:34,840
Speaker 1: I'm starting Mark Fiantos. Are you there with me?

544
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:35,960
Speaker 2: Yeah? For sure?

545
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 1: Awesome next one.

546
00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,280
Speaker 2: I'm providing hard hitting analysis. By the way, just I

547
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:45,000
Speaker 2: said that power is a plus, and now I'm just saying, yeah,

548
00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,119
Speaker 2: I'll start him, so I'll do better on the next week.

549
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:49,719
Speaker 1: Well, we got ten names to get this, so yes

550
00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:52,600
Speaker 1: or no is you know, yeah, people this time, Y're.

551
00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,639
Speaker 2: Only for the show just to stop talking most of

552
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:57,280
Speaker 2: the time. So I'm doing it. You.

553
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,280
Speaker 1: Well, this is a time of year where people need conviction,

554
00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,600
Speaker 1: they need lineup advice, and so are you starting them

555
00:26:04,680 --> 00:26:07,879
Speaker 1: or not? And some of these when you look at

556
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 1: these roster percentages, you know, you look at around like

557
00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,359
Speaker 1: sixty to seventy percent. You know, the likelihoods are not

558
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:15,959
Speaker 1: available in your league. But we're talking about ten of them,

559
00:26:16,040 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 1: and so in every league there's probably at least four

560
00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,520
Speaker 1: or five of these guys available, So that's really helpful.

561
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,879
Speaker 1: Another top prospect, junior, cameronaro I, was actually surprised as

562
00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,680
Speaker 1: roster percentage wasn't higher. Two week VBR sixty rest of

563
00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: the season VBR seventy two, roster ship percentage only fifty

564
00:26:33,480 --> 00:26:35,399
Speaker 1: six percent. I feel like he needs to be rostered

565
00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,280
Speaker 1: everywhere just because of the potential, even short term potential here.

566
00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: And as you can see, two week VBR top sixty

567
00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:45,840
Speaker 1: still really good. You know, it's not not Lawrence Butler good,

568
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:48,560
Speaker 1: but it's still very good. I assume you're also starting

569
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:52,040
Speaker 1: junior Cameronaro and checking to say he's available in your league.

570
00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 2: Yes, very much so. I think I think that he

571
00:26:55,440 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 2: can provide AUP like multiple category help, and I actually

572
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,840
Speaker 2: enjoyed when they're VBR two week and rest of the

573
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:04,240
Speaker 2: season are a little bit closer. So his being twelve

574
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:07,159
Speaker 2: apart is pretty That's a yeah, go ahead and do

575
00:27:07,200 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 2: that type of guy.

576
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 1: Well that's a great segue because if you like vbrs

577
00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:16,320
Speaker 1: that are very close together, how about identical? How about

578
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,159
Speaker 1: Xavier Edwards two week VBR sixty four, the rest of

579
00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:23,639
Speaker 1: the season VBR sixty four identical? Does that? Does your

580
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:29,240
Speaker 1: VBR matchup theory apply when they're exact? Yeah?

581
00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:31,480
Speaker 2: I mean, isn't that that isn't that perfect. Isn't that

582
00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:36,280
Speaker 2: like the quintessential VBR matchup? But with Edwards, I think

583
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,119
Speaker 2: he's got me. I mean he got me a buye

584
00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 2: in one by one league, so I'm not even paying

585
00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,280
Speaker 2: attention to that league. This week he's been solid. So

586
00:27:44,680 --> 00:27:46,919
Speaker 2: at seventy percent, if you're in the thirty percent, go

587
00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:47,680
Speaker 2: get him.

588
00:27:48,320 --> 00:27:50,639
Speaker 1: Sixty four was high to me for both numbers. When

589
00:27:50,680 --> 00:27:52,840
Speaker 1: I was putting this together, I was surprised that he

590
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: had been that good recently, and probably more surprised that

591
00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,119
Speaker 1: he's projected to be that good going forward. But like

592
00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,639
Speaker 1: you said, that's that's a situation where the production and

593
00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:08,600
Speaker 1: the projections are just in lockstep together. Another name I'm

594
00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: not as high on and haven't been all year, but

595
00:28:10,560 --> 00:28:14,359
Speaker 1: he's been doing better recently Zach Geloff. Two week VBR

596
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:16,919
Speaker 1: eighty one, rest of the season VBR one twenty nine

597
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:18,960
Speaker 1: and only rostered in thirty five percent of the league.

598
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,680
Speaker 1: So he is probably available in your league. He has

599
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:25,280
Speaker 1: been an interesting study this year. He's another one who

600
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,439
Speaker 1: burned a lot of people who drafted him. Are you

601
00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 1: ready to start him down the stretch?

602
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:33,679
Speaker 2: I'm not in a head to head. I feel like

603
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:38,040
Speaker 2: he could single handedly creter your average on his own entirely,

604
00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 2: so the possible power there doesn't equal that out for me,

605
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 2: and I don't think he provides you much else, so

606
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:47,720
Speaker 2: I would I'll leave him on waivers.

607
00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:52,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm right there with you. Another this hitter has

608
00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,480
Speaker 1: been really hot, and I feel like I was high

609
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,240
Speaker 1: on him like two years ago and I've been out

610
00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,960
Speaker 1: ever since then, and he's back now. Jake McCarthy two

611
00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 1: week VBR eighty three and even more interesting rest of

612
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: the season DBR sixty. So he's been doing pretty well

613
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,920
Speaker 1: lately and rest of the season projections think he's going

614
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 1: to do even better going forward. And he has rostered

615
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: in seventy four percent of Yahoo leagues, so he is

616
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,200
Speaker 1: unlike maybe not likely to be available, but you know,

617
00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,280
Speaker 1: twenty five percent of leagues he's still out there. Any

618
00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: interest in Jake McCarthy, Jake the Rake McCarthy.

619
00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:29,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say, like Jake the Speed McCarthy, Yeah,

620
00:29:29,400 --> 00:29:31,200
Speaker 2: I wrote. I remember writing his player note in the

621
00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 2: in the off season, and I wanted to kind of

622
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,600
Speaker 2: say get out on him, like he is not someone

623
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:38,520
Speaker 2: that you really want to look at. But there was

624
00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:41,440
Speaker 2: just enough for doom mean quality, so I roster him

625
00:29:42,160 --> 00:29:46,320
Speaker 2: in both leagues where I'm still like cruising along. So yeah,

626
00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 2: I would get him if you need somebody. He does

627
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,040
Speaker 2: provide some like almost surprising power, like you see that

628
00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,760
Speaker 2: he homered and you're like, oh, hey cool, as long

629
00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:57,320
Speaker 2: as you also stole four bases, like I'm good with you.

630
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,600
Speaker 2: So yeah, he's been great and Arizona that has been hot,

631
00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:02,240
Speaker 2: so I'll take him.

632
00:30:03,040 --> 00:30:08,000
Speaker 1: Yeah. He's almost kind of like the uh, the embodiment

633
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,880
Speaker 1: of the Diamondbacks this season of just like people had

634
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,880
Speaker 1: eye opes. It was very disappointing and like now he's back,

635
00:30:15,240 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 1: just like the Diamondbacks. They're back. Next name two left

636
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:23,680
Speaker 1: is Ego Tovar two week VBR one twenty eight, so

637
00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 1: not as high as some of the others, but the

638
00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: rest of the season VBR fifty. But he is probably

639
00:30:28,720 --> 00:30:32,000
Speaker 1: the least likely to be available on this list, maybe

640
00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: after Lawrence Butler. He's around rostered in about eighty percent

641
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: of leagues. What do you think are you dancing with

642
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 1: Ezeko Tobar in your head to head matchups?

643
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:45,720
Speaker 2: I have him in one of the leagues I have

644
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:46,680
Speaker 2: not enjoyed dancing.

645
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:48,680
Speaker 1: How do you have all of these players How did

646
00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:50,440
Speaker 1: did I just look at your roster when I when

647
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 1: I was doing this, was that what you did?

648
00:30:52,080 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 2: No, I have him in one. He's not been fun

649
00:30:55,160 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 2: to dance with. It doesn't feel like he has much

650
00:30:57,040 --> 00:31:00,200
Speaker 2: rhythm whatsoever. But occasionally he'll do one of those like

651
00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,320
Speaker 2: cool like backflip split dances and you get really lucky.

652
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 2: But at this point, No, I don't argue with VBR

653
00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: very often. I think his rest of season is ridiculously high.

654
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,360
Speaker 2: So if you don't roster him, I would get out.

655
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,160
Speaker 2: I wouldn't bother picking him up, but if you do,

656
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,000
Speaker 2: you may have to just keep going.

657
00:31:19,040 --> 00:31:22,280
Speaker 1: At this point, Yeah, I was surprised by that VBR

658
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: because I feel like I might have dropped him a

659
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,720
Speaker 1: while ago for one reason or another. So I was

660
00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 1: surprised to see the VBR that that high at fifty.

661
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,120
Speaker 1: And then the last one is someone should be rostered everywhere,

662
00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:36,040
Speaker 1: but he's only rostered in about seventy percent of leagues,

663
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:40,320
Speaker 1: so still surprising that he's out there. He's I feel

664
00:31:40,360 --> 00:31:41,960
Speaker 1: like he's unlikely to be available in your league, but

665
00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 1: seventy percent is a surprising number. He had the number

666
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:46,640
Speaker 1: should be in the nineties. James would two week VBR

667
00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 1: eighty six, rest of season VBR eighty five, and I

668
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,200
Speaker 1: just feel like he needs to be rostered and started everywhere.

669
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 1: I just feel like he's that kind of prospect, are

670
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 1: you there?

671
00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I don't roster him anyhere because I don't

672
00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:01,640
Speaker 2: chase rookies. So yes, yeah, if he's out there, you

673
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 2: go get him at this.

674
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:06,640
Speaker 1: Point, all right. I did roster him in our work

675
00:32:06,800 --> 00:32:09,160
Speaker 1: league where I lost in the championship. I don't know

676
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:10,960
Speaker 1: if you knew that, but I lost in the championship.

677
00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 2: I heard that.

678
00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, one bonus one that I thought was really interesting

679
00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:17,800
Speaker 1: as I was as I was going through and I

680
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: literally wrote bonus in the in the sheets, So not

681
00:32:20,120 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: even not even being facetious facetious here, that's stuff we're

682
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,600
Speaker 1: to say, is that Victor Robless. And we've already talked

683
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:29,320
Speaker 1: about him on the show before, but I was still

684
00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:32,600
Speaker 1: surprised when I looked at this. He's still available everywhere,

685
00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,280
Speaker 1: and I don't really know why he's only fifteen percent rostered.

686
00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 1: I feel like I don't want to say that number

687
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 1: should be backwards, like eighty five percent rostered, but it

688
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: should be over fifty and like he's not gonna You know,

689
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,600
Speaker 1: he's got his his worts in his profile, but you

690
00:32:47,640 --> 00:32:51,320
Speaker 1: can't deny the production that he's offering right now since

691
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 1: going to Seattle. He's batting three twelve with four hour

692
00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,720
Speaker 1: runs of twenty three stolen basis since joining the Mariners.

693
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 1: And like, they're so happy. We talked, we joked about

694
00:32:58,600 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: it a coupleks.

695
00:32:59,120 --> 00:32:59,239
Speaker 2: Earl.

696
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,480
Speaker 1: They so happy they extended him. I recently had to

697
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:04,840
Speaker 1: drop Clayton Kershof for him, which is not a transaction

698
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:08,440
Speaker 1: I ever envisioned making. But you know, when you get

699
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:13,800
Speaker 1: to September, strange things happened exactly. And so maybe if

700
00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 1: you're if you're out there and you know the majority

701
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,760
Speaker 1: of the names we just went through, they're not available

702
00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 1: in your league, pick up Victor Rebluss. He's going to

703
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: get stone bases with a solid average, at least for now.

704
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 2: He's one of the ones that kind of fits into

705
00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:29,160
Speaker 2: my completely made up and not at all researched theory

706
00:33:29,200 --> 00:33:32,000
Speaker 2: about that people just ignore the West Coast players, and

707
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 2: particularly like Seattle, where they go out there and they're

708
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:37,480
Speaker 2: doing great and it's just like no one pays any attention.

709
00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 2: So that's a that's what the fifteen percent rushed is

710
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,480
Speaker 2: and if he's continuing to do that, then by all

711
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:47,280
Speaker 2: means drop the greatest player of our generation for him

712
00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:50,320
Speaker 2: as fast as exactly.

713
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 1: I mean, as an East Coast guy, I can tell

714
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,480
Speaker 1: you it's tough for those West Coast games. I remember

715
00:33:56,520 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 1: living in Philly with roommates, and I had a roommate

716
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,120
Speaker 1: who whenever the Philly would go on the West Coast,

717
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:05,120
Speaker 1: he was like, like visibly angry and like annoyed, and

718
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 1: it would, you know, he would like get home from

719
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: work and be like, Okay, we watch the Phillies. What

720
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:09,759
Speaker 1: am I going to do? I'll just go I'll just

721
00:34:09,760 --> 00:34:12,920
Speaker 1: go to bed. So yeah, people like that, they don't

722
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:17,279
Speaker 1: they don't see the West Coast players. All right, enough

723
00:34:17,280 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: of that, so let's get into some pitching. And so

724
00:34:21,239 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: for our last I guess our penultimate segment here, because

725
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,480
Speaker 1: we're still going to do the two start picture competition.

726
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,560
Speaker 1: But let's get in some picture. Streamers. We just talked

727
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 1: about hitters to talking about picking up. Let's get into

728
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:38,279
Speaker 1: some pictures, and I focused on players who are more

729
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:42,319
Speaker 1: likely to be available, and also pitchers who have two

730
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 1: starts coming up, because a lot of these players I

731
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,440
Speaker 1: feel like it might not be worth it if the

732
00:34:47,480 --> 00:34:49,560
Speaker 1: only had one start, But if you're trying to chase

733
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:53,200
Speaker 1: categories and you know, and trying to win matchups, focusing

734
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:55,160
Speaker 1: on pictures who have two starts is probably the best

735
00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 1: way to do that in the best use of your

736
00:34:56,640 --> 00:34:58,440
Speaker 1: roster spots at this point of the season. So I

737
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: do have one pitch year with one start, although it's

738
00:35:01,239 --> 00:35:04,440
Speaker 1: not one I would recommend, and four with two starts

739
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,800
Speaker 1: and so weak. But they are, you know, a varying

740
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:12,480
Speaker 1: production and interest, So I can just toss them at

741
00:35:12,520 --> 00:35:16,480
Speaker 1: you and get your thoughts about the picture, their matchups,

742
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 1: and how interested you are in putting them on your

743
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,880
Speaker 1: roster and going down with the ship. With cade Povich,

744
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:28,320
Speaker 1: so first name Kate Povich. He has two stars this

745
00:35:28,400 --> 00:35:33,120
Speaker 1: week at Boston and versus Detroit, so one not great matchup,

746
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,080
Speaker 1: one solid matchup. His last start though seven and the

747
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:40,959
Speaker 1: third innings five hits, zero runs, zero walks, ten strikeouts,

748
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: but it was against the White Sox, which means it

749
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,919
Speaker 1: doesn't really count. We have seen good Povich and bad

750
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,840
Speaker 1: Povich this year, and I think it makes them a

751
00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,320
Speaker 1: really interesting question. Are you willing to stream cade Povich

752
00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:57,560
Speaker 1: with those two matchups at the Red Sox in Fenway

753
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,640
Speaker 1: Park and then home versus the Tigers.

754
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:05,719
Speaker 2: I would struggle with that. I would struggle with it.

755
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 2: I again in your situation where there's a desperation for

756
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,680
Speaker 2: starting pitching, and maybe, like like those of us who

757
00:36:12,960 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 2: roster Spencer Orghetti, just need pictures now, we just need people.

758
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,160
Speaker 2: We just need pitchers to just keep throwing things. So

759
00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:20,440
Speaker 2: maybe I would be willing to pick him up just

760
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:23,880
Speaker 2: kind of off set, like, Okay, let's just wrack up strikeouts. However,

761
00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,719
Speaker 2: like anytime you're anytime you're running out stats, I think

762
00:36:26,760 --> 00:36:28,359
Speaker 2: instead of the White Sox, we should just be like

763
00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:32,120
Speaker 2: the Chicago perhaps worst great perhaps the great worst team

764
00:36:32,239 --> 00:36:36,320
Speaker 2: of all time, just to remind everyone that ten strikeouts

765
00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:39,319
Speaker 2: against them is is those shouldn't count? Should we have?

766
00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:40,319
Speaker 2: Like he got five?

767
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:44,719
Speaker 1: So yeah, I feel like I'd be more interested in

768
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,759
Speaker 1: this one if that start wasn't Fenway, Like if it was.

769
00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:50,880
Speaker 2: In that's the part that yeah, that's the part that

770
00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 2: I'm like, eh so, because.

771
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:58,200
Speaker 1: While Fenway does tend to take away home runs more

772
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:01,400
Speaker 1: often than not, it is very much an offensive ballpark

773
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,799
Speaker 1: and things can go bad quickly there with that left

774
00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:10,759
Speaker 1: field wall, next one, Ben Lively at those Chicago White

775
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: Sox and then verse the Tampa Bay Rays. But his

776
00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,919
Speaker 1: last two starts he has been very good recently. Last

777
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:20,480
Speaker 1: two starts not so much. Last two starts eight and

778
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:22,799
Speaker 1: a third inning, sixteen hits, tenor and runs, two walks,

779
00:37:22,840 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: six strikeouts. I actually do roster Ben Lively in my

780
00:37:27,080 --> 00:37:30,560
Speaker 1: one league, and I think I'm just gonna ride it

781
00:37:30,560 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 1: because the White Sox matchup, and because he has been,

782
00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 1: you know, very gromulent. You might say he's been very

783
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: like average like to solid like pitching, probably pitching above

784
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:46,400
Speaker 1: reality for him. But he has been solid enough that

785
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,839
Speaker 1: with the White Sox matchup and with me Dannie pitching,

786
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:50,759
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna roll him out there. Are you are you?

787
00:37:50,880 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 1: Are you with me?

788
00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,759
Speaker 2: Yep? Like we talked about less last week, even though

789
00:37:54,800 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 2: your arms don't work, I would still probably throw you

790
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,880
Speaker 2: out against the White Sox. The only thing with him

791
00:37:59,880 --> 00:38:01,359
Speaker 2: to keep in mind is he's not going to strike

792
00:38:01,360 --> 00:38:04,920
Speaker 2: out a ton of people. He's nowhere near striking out

793
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,759
Speaker 2: a batter per inane at this point, so I so like, Yeah,

794
00:38:08,760 --> 00:38:12,200
Speaker 2: I think ratio wise, he'll be a good protector. But

795
00:38:12,520 --> 00:38:15,839
Speaker 2: it's a little Harry I also wanted to interrupt with

796
00:38:15,920 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 2: one special message, which is they let he'll go six innings.

797
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,800
Speaker 2: He threw eighty nine pitches and he struck out seven people. Wow,

798
00:38:22,920 --> 00:38:26,360
Speaker 2: I think hell is a closer is not in the

799
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:27,160
Speaker 2: works at this moment.

800
00:38:27,239 --> 00:38:30,360
Speaker 1: In time, we'll see, We'll see how it goes. We

801
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 1: got time, not fantasy time, but you know, we'll see

802
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,800
Speaker 1: where he is in the playoffs. But they need starting

803
00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 1: pitching too, so he might if they're if that was

804
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:40,719
Speaker 1: the plan to shut him down for a little bit,

805
00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,560
Speaker 1: let him start, maybe that's what they're doing. So how

806
00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:47,520
Speaker 1: about Aaron Savali, who has had a very interesting season,

807
00:38:48,280 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: someone I was high on with the move to the

808
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:53,120
Speaker 1: Rays didn't work out, is already not on the Rays,

809
00:38:53,719 --> 00:38:56,759
Speaker 1: and he is at San Francisco and at Arizona. Is

810
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:00,279
Speaker 1: an up and down year, but recently three point two

811
00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:02,680
Speaker 1: nine ERA in August and for the entire second half

812
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:05,919
Speaker 1: three point eight six RA, so he has been much

813
00:39:05,920 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: worse at other parts of the season. But he's pitching okay,

814
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,880
Speaker 1: similar to Lively. Probably not gonna get a ton of

815
00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:15,759
Speaker 1: strikeouts out of Savali. Any interest in streaming him against

816
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,319
Speaker 1: those those two matchups.

817
00:39:18,560 --> 00:39:22,120
Speaker 2: Not really. I don't like the road matchup for him

818
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,520
Speaker 2: and with Arizona play in the way they are. If

819
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,640
Speaker 2: you I might be willing to start in Matt San

820
00:39:26,640 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: Francisco for that one, if you don't have to lock

821
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 2: him in for a week, but both I would I

822
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:32,719
Speaker 2: would not feel comfortable.

823
00:39:34,719 --> 00:39:37,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, he is someone, So I told you I just

824
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:40,600
Speaker 1: dropped kersh Off for Victor Rebliss. I have another move

825
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:42,360
Speaker 1: I can make where I'm going to add a pitcher

826
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:47,080
Speaker 1: and I don't want to add Povic. I don't want

827
00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 1: to add well, I already have Lively, so Savali, I'm like,

828
00:39:52,880 --> 00:39:54,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if I want to do that one.

829
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:57,160
Speaker 1: And then I am also on the fence about this

830
00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,959
Speaker 1: nixt name, but I'll get your opinion first. Mackenzie gore

831
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,080
Speaker 1: Home versus the Braves and then Home versus the Marlins.

832
00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 1: So one good matchup, one debatable matchup, depending on their health.

833
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 1: Thirty eight percent rostered four point zero five Era and

834
00:40:10,600 --> 00:40:14,160
Speaker 1: e Ra In August. He came out hot and he's

835
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 1: still a young picture. IT'STI only twenty five, and when

836
00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,680
Speaker 1: he came out it was like, oh my god, he

837
00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:21,040
Speaker 1: finally figured it out, and then he struggled big time.

838
00:40:21,280 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: Pendulum swaying completely the other way, and now he's been

839
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:26,680
Speaker 1: like a little bit better, so kind of like settled

840
00:40:26,680 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: in the middle somewhere. I believe you've said in the

841
00:40:29,680 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: past you like a Mackenzie Gore. Do you like him

842
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: enough to start him against these two matchups?

843
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:40,640
Speaker 2: Atlanta has been so hit and miss, So if I

844
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:42,400
Speaker 2: could interview them and find out if they were going

845
00:40:42,480 --> 00:40:44,719
Speaker 2: to try that night, I would be willing to throw him.

846
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:46,600
Speaker 2: I think I would be willing to I think I'd

847
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:48,200
Speaker 2: be willing to throw both of them just because he's

848
00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:52,160
Speaker 2: at home. But uh yeah, and I just wanted to

849
00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,600
Speaker 2: go back to Savalle for one second. His old way

850
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 2: stats this year he has a six point sixty three

851
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:59,600
Speaker 2: ERA on the road so versus a three point three

852
00:40:59,640 --> 00:41:02,800
Speaker 2: at home, So I would really say, don't do that one.

853
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,239
Speaker 2: So Gore, I think, would be my preferred over the two,

854
00:41:05,400 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 2: even with the Atlanta matchup. Miami doesn't scare me at all,

855
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:12,400
Speaker 2: except for Connor Norby, of course my favorite.

856
00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:17,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I did not know that about the away stats.

857
00:41:17,560 --> 00:41:20,280
Speaker 1: I probably feel like at that, but that is helpful

858
00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:23,040
Speaker 1: to know for me probably not picking him up now.

859
00:41:23,719 --> 00:41:26,879
Speaker 1: So the last one is only one start, and it's

860
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: Zach Lttel, who I generally like pitching at the Orioles,

861
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Speaker 1: which I generally do not like, and he is less

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Speaker 1: than fifty percent roster, so he's available in most of

863
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Speaker 1: the league's the majority of leagues. I shouldn't say most majority.

864
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:43,360
Speaker 1: We're getting into linguistics here. Any interest in zach Ltel,

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00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:45,279
Speaker 1: Maybe you pick him up and stash him. Maybe you

866
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:46,799
Speaker 1: pick him up and don't start him this week? Any

867
00:41:46,800 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: interest in it either streaming this week against the Orioles

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Speaker 1: or just stashing it.

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00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,040
Speaker 2: Yep, I'm not streaming him, but I don't think I

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00:41:54,080 --> 00:41:56,239
Speaker 2: would challenge anybody else in my league to pick him

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00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:57,879
Speaker 2: up to stream him against the Oiols, So I think

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Speaker 2: he would be He'll still be there if you have

873
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,960
Speaker 2: like multiple pickups during the week. I would wait on him,

874
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Speaker 2: I think, because I just don't think anyone else is

875
00:42:04,640 --> 00:42:07,279
Speaker 2: going to do it. But I wouldn't start him in Baltimore.

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00:42:08,360 --> 00:42:11,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good roster management tip. My line my

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Speaker 1: league is actually daily transactions, although I think that locks

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00:42:14,640 --> 00:42:17,439
Speaker 1: in the playoffs, so maybe I should be Okay. Yeah,

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00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 1: my thought was more about like not being able to

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00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,080
Speaker 1: pick them up heading into the next week. But I

881
00:42:22,120 --> 00:42:25,719
Speaker 1: think so if you had to pick one name out

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00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:28,680
Speaker 1: of this list of five Kate Povich, Ben Lively, Aaron Savali,

883
00:42:28,760 --> 00:42:31,359
Speaker 1: Mackenzie go or Zach Lytel. I won't make you rank

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00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,360
Speaker 1: him because that would take too long for five names.

885
00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 1: But if you had to pick one name to stream,

886
00:42:35,719 --> 00:42:40,120
Speaker 1: Let's say you're me and you need to stream one picture,

887
00:42:42,480 --> 00:42:45,360
Speaker 1: which one would you pick? I'm not asking you for advice.

888
00:42:45,840 --> 00:42:49,479
Speaker 1: I'm just saying if you were me, well I needed.

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00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 2: It's only five, so I can rank them for you

890
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,959
Speaker 2: two if you want, I would go with. I would

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00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,640
Speaker 2: go Lively, I think, just because of that White Sox matchup.

892
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 2: But if you really want the strikeouts, so for me

893
00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 2: to go Lively, Gore, po Bitch, Savelli, and then Littel

894
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,279
Speaker 2: just because I but I don't like either of those

895
00:43:06,320 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 2: last two.

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00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:11,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, this week, I think I think that's where I'm

897
00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:14,920
Speaker 1: at too, And uh yeah, I think I would. As

898
00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: someone who already rosters Lively, I'm probably leaning Gore unless

899
00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:19,800
Speaker 1: I decide to go with like a reliever or something

900
00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:24,719
Speaker 1: to play it safe. All right, Now for the moment

901
00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 1: everyone's been waiting for, the season long two Star Pitcher

902
00:43:28,760 --> 00:43:33,640
Speaker 1: competition update. It was another win for your boy. Three

903
00:43:33,680 --> 00:43:37,719
Speaker 1: wins in a row for Mike Mayer. Still losing to

904
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 1: Worm slash Kelly on the year, but we're battling back.

905
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,799
Speaker 1: And so this past week I had or two weeks ago,

906
00:43:45,800 --> 00:43:48,600
Speaker 1: I should say I had Bryce Miller one on one

907
00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:51,319
Speaker 1: eleven two Thursy innings six, hits four and runs three

908
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 1: walks fourteen strikeouts. You had Ryan Pepio on one nine

909
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,719
Speaker 1: innx pitch eleven, hits five and runs five walks ten

910
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 1: Out's pretty easy win for me. I would say, I'm

911
00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,520
Speaker 1: sure Worm will come in here with like his crazy

912
00:44:05,560 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 1: math and be like, actually in my league that only

913
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:14,440
Speaker 1: values pictures in certain ways, who will like get losses

914
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 1: but don't get a win. I actually won by like

915
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,960
Speaker 1: fifteen points, so I'm sure he'll come. He've never actually

916
00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:21,839
Speaker 1: shown me that scoring, but he just you know, runs

917
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:23,120
Speaker 1: the numbers out there, so who knows.

918
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,759
Speaker 2: You just have to trust him, Yeah, you.

919
00:44:25,760 --> 00:44:28,240
Speaker 1: Just have to blindly trust him. So the current record

920
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:34,680
Speaker 1: is Me nine, Worm slash Kelly eleven, and based on

921
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 1: how the show's going, I guess we have technically three

922
00:44:37,719 --> 00:44:41,439
Speaker 1: matchups left. We have one that's happening right now. One

923
00:44:41,480 --> 00:44:44,040
Speaker 1: we're gonna make picks for right now, and then one

924
00:44:44,080 --> 00:44:46,120
Speaker 1: more next week, which we will not be around to

925
00:44:46,200 --> 00:44:48,040
Speaker 1: grade because next week will be the final show of

926
00:44:48,080 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 1: the season, but it'll still be on there the official record,

927
00:44:51,719 --> 00:44:54,399
Speaker 1: and you know, I'll give you the weekly reminder that

928
00:44:54,480 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 1: these official records are up for debate because a couple

929
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:03,400
Speaker 1: questionable decisions there the year, But as of now, pending

930
00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:08,360
Speaker 1: the electoral colleges recount, it is Meet with nine warm

931
00:45:08,400 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 1: slash Kelly with eleven, and that's where we are for now.

932
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: And so with that all said and confirmed, who is

933
00:45:16,040 --> 00:45:18,560
Speaker 1: your two star pitcher for this week? Knowing how much

934
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,080
Speaker 1: is on the line with the hot streak I'm at

935
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:21,640
Speaker 1: right now.

936
00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:24,000
Speaker 2: Oh and I feel like I need to just one

937
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 2: more time remind everyone that we're amused all the good pictures.

938
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:30,960
Speaker 2: So I am now just going with what's left. So

939
00:45:31,040 --> 00:45:35,960
Speaker 2: I'm picking Tanner bybe He's going against the worst, perhaps

940
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,279
Speaker 2: the worst team in history, and Tampa Bay, and I

941
00:45:39,320 --> 00:45:41,879
Speaker 2: feel like I feel like everyone plays those two back

942
00:45:41,880 --> 00:45:45,320
Speaker 2: to back, so I've just been kind of chasing them around.

943
00:45:45,400 --> 00:45:48,160
Speaker 2: But so yeah, I'm going with Tanner Biby. Hopefully he

944
00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:49,360
Speaker 2: picks up a couple wins.

945
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:52,200
Speaker 1: You know, we should do next year, especially if it's

946
00:45:52,200 --> 00:45:54,480
Speaker 1: the three of us doing the show together, is we

947
00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:58,800
Speaker 1: should make it really interesting and have it be where

948
00:45:59,600 --> 00:46:02,239
Speaker 1: only one person can use a picture all year, Like

949
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,399
Speaker 1: if if I use Zach Whillier week one, he's done

950
00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:07,439
Speaker 1: for everybody for the rest for the rest of the way.

951
00:46:07,560 --> 00:46:12,320
Speaker 1: So like maybe around this time we're all throwing David

952
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: Festa out there just and you just have to pick

953
00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,200
Speaker 1: what's out there. But that's not the rule for right now.

954
00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,160
Speaker 2: And I still he wasn't terrible, so okay going.

955
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Speaker 1: There was a picture earlier in the year who I'd

956
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,480
Speaker 1: made fun of, and then like later in the year,

957
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: I was like, hey, he sounds so bad, maybe I'll

958
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:34,680
Speaker 1: pick him up. And I have yet to use Paul

959
00:46:34,719 --> 00:46:37,160
Speaker 1: s Keans, and so that's why I'll be using this

960
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 1: week because he matches up against the Marlins and the Royals.

961
00:46:40,520 --> 00:46:42,560
Speaker 1: It's possible I waited too long on Paul Skans because

962
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:44,799
Speaker 1: he might only go five innings and one or both

963
00:46:44,840 --> 00:46:49,200
Speaker 1: of those starts. But when looking at the potential pictures

964
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:51,640
Speaker 1: out there, it seemed like the move to make for me,

965
00:46:53,800 --> 00:46:55,279
Speaker 1: and so I think that's all we got. Do you

966
00:46:55,320 --> 00:46:55,919
Speaker 1: have anything else?

967
00:46:56,800 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 2: No, I'm I bet Byby strikes something guys and Paul Skins.

968
00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 2: I'm just kidding. So no, I have nothing to look

969
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:06,319
Speaker 2: forward to with this matchup, but it could be fun

970
00:47:06,320 --> 00:47:07,040
Speaker 2: to upset you here.

971
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: We'll see I have one three in a row. As

972
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 1: I said there, we're going to do one more show,

973
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 1: So we'll do one more special episode next week to

974
00:47:17,160 --> 00:47:19,759
Speaker 1: kind of close things out for managers heading into their

975
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,520
Speaker 1: championships or heading down to the wire in their roto leagues,

976
00:47:24,120 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 1: and then we'll be back more in the off season,

977
00:47:26,000 --> 00:47:27,440
Speaker 1: but you know, probably take a few weeks off at

978
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 1: the very least. Between the two of us, we've done

979
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:35,319
Speaker 1: about ninety hours a week, ninety hours of work on

980
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:38,520
Speaker 1: football this past week, maybe more combined. You know, if

981
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: you combine them, I think Kelly would argue is ninety

982
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: hours each and so our brains are hurting because it's

983
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:48,839
Speaker 1: a lot of work to do to sports. But I thinks,

984
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: slow down, we are going to We do have plans

985
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Speaker 1: to do more baseball shows in the off season, so

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Speaker 1: we're not going to go completely dark. I know, well,

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Speaker 1: she's going to hop and do some baseball shows and

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Speaker 1: some of other freelance I know Joe Urico wants to

989
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 1: do some stuff in the off season too, so we'll

990
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:06,759
Speaker 1: probably have some stuff in the works, and yeah, we'll

991
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Speaker 1: probably we'll be back sooner than you think, sooner than usual.

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Speaker 1: that's all we have for today. For Kelly Kirby. I

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Speaker 1: am Mike Mayor, and this has been the cycle, and

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