WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 20th, 2022 (Ep. 535) 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:17.439 Manny Machado, No, let's play ball. Welcome and everybody in 0:00:17.440 --> 0:00:19.759 a fantasy Bros. This is leading off, brought to you 0:00:19.800 --> 0:00:22.759 by bet MGM, the King of sports Books. It's me, 0:00:22.880 --> 0:00:25.279 Joey Pa, Joe. Pi's apn with me today, of course 0:00:25.440 --> 0:00:27.920 is the Welsh and it's you, and we're recapping a 0:00:27.960 --> 0:00:30.960 glorious weekend of Major League Baseball and of course, happy 0:00:30.960 --> 0:00:34.199 Father's Day. Hopefully everybody had a lovely weekend. I know 0:00:34.320 --> 0:00:37.680 Welsh was out at the campgrounds shipping some arrows, playing 0:00:37.680 --> 0:00:40.159 a little hawk guy. I hope everybody else out there 0:00:40.159 --> 0:00:41.920 had a lovely Father's Day and you got to spend 0:00:41.920 --> 0:00:44.040 some time with your dads, and if you're a dad, 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:46.600 that you got some time with the kids or some 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.680 time to yourself or a little bit of both and 0:00:48.880 --> 0:00:52.080 enjoyed the weekend. I spent the weekend with my daughter 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.000 coaching football, and we were able to come away with 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:58.480 not one, but two championships in two different leagues. All 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.280 the belts. I am the Roman Reigns of flag football coach. 0:01:01.320 --> 0:01:01.800 You know, Joe. 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:05.520 They always say what role We always question what role 0:01:05.600 --> 0:01:08.320 does a manager a coach really play in the championship? 0:01:08.319 --> 0:01:11.280 What would you say, how much of that championship are 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:12.200 you putting on yourself? 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:12.440 Here? 0:01:12.680 --> 0:01:13.920 Two championships. 0:01:14.080 --> 0:01:16.960 Well, you know, I think when you have kids that 0:01:17.000 --> 0:01:20.240 you're still teaching to play football. I think more than 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.360 you might realize. You know. The funny part is too, 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:25.640 when you're working with the kids. And I got so lucky, man. 0:01:25.680 --> 0:01:27.760 I had a great all girls team this year, and 0:01:27.800 --> 0:01:31.280 I had a fantastic team of the co Ed's where 0:01:31.280 --> 0:01:32.960 my daughter plays. You know, she was the only fourth 0:01:33.000 --> 0:01:34.959 graders all it's third and fourth grade. But we only 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.199 had one other fourth grader and he got hurt. And 0:01:37.280 --> 0:01:39.160 we have been to have just a fast team, and 0:01:39.200 --> 0:01:41.000 we had to play a different kind of game. We 0:01:41.040 --> 0:01:43.720 had to play fast, we had to play defense. And 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.520 guess what defense does win championships? So there you go, 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:49.720 there you have it. I'm just like I said, sometimes 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.280 you get lucky. Sometimes you get kids and you can't 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:54.120 get them to play together or pay attention. And other 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.400 times they listen and they do what they're supposed to 0:01:56.480 --> 0:01:58.480 do and they get excited and play for each other 0:01:58.520 --> 0:01:59.920 and it's a beautiful thing. And it was the best 0:02:00.120 --> 0:02:02.400 Father's Day gift ever because I was so happy for 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.040 those teams. That they got to do what they got 0:02:04.080 --> 0:02:04.400 to do. 0:02:04.360 --> 0:02:06.040 So our congratulation, Belichick. 0:02:06.400 --> 0:02:10.160 That's right. I'm I'm I'm gonna announce, you know, next 0:02:10.240 --> 0:02:13.280 year I'm leaving flag football to go coach at Ohio State. 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.680 So I've just you know, been really just been blessed 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:17.360 with this time in my life. Well we'll see how 0:02:17.360 --> 0:02:20.640 that goes. But anyway, enough flag football. Let's talk about 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:24.160 baseball here, and let's talk about Christian Walker's two home 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:27.160 runs to win on Sunday, Mike Trout hitting his twenty 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:30.560 first home run against Uh. You know, Uh, let me 0:02:30.600 --> 0:02:34.640 tell you, Mike Trout continues to bounce back. You know, 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:35.920 there was a little bit of a lull there. We 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:39.239 had the Trout window where that was like your time 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.040 to buy Trout and it was probably going to shut 0:02:41.120 --> 0:02:43.960 very quickly. That's gone now, you know, he's still in 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.920 this MVP conversation, although I still say it's impossible with 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.200 Otani there. Andrew Heiney uh did come back and pitch 0:02:50.240 --> 0:02:52.440 on Sunday, So getting a little boost there in that 0:02:52.520 --> 0:02:55.839 Dodger rotation. To ask Hernandez who was another big by low. 0:02:55.840 --> 0:02:58.240 We've been talking about Bogwin and I've been talking about him. 0:02:58.240 --> 0:03:00.480 He's still a lineup fielder in DFS. He had to 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.320 go ahead homer for the Yankees. I know. Over the weekend, 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.519 the Yankees finally solved Alec Manola for the first time, 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.160 so that was interesting to see. Ian Anderson combined for 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:09.920 a shutout against the Cubs and Carnassi Oone delivers a 0:03:09.919 --> 0:03:13.600 grand slam. Robbie Grossman, Yes, that Robbie Grossman did something. 0:03:14.000 --> 0:03:16.720 Four Ribbies and a homer. Good for you. Nick Pavetta 0:03:16.760 --> 0:03:18.600 strikes out ten and a win over the Cardinals. More 0:03:18.639 --> 0:03:21.680 on Pavetta later in the show, and with his dad 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:26.600 watching Jackson Winsky three homers in one game, including the walkoff. 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.000 That's a pretty nice moment there, Welsh. Don't you think 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:30.800 on Foday for Jacks Barrow. 0:03:31.120 --> 0:03:32.799 You know, well, I'm gonna throw in another one as well. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:34.440 That didn't get put on this list because it's a 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:39.440 lowly Diamondbacks Jackson Swinsky insane with three homers, whether it 0:03:39.440 --> 0:03:41.520 we just won the three is just such a cool 0:03:41.600 --> 0:03:45.600 dad moment. But also Buddy Kennedy with the Arizona Diamondbacks, 0:03:45.840 --> 0:03:48.720 who just came up the other day, hit his first 0:03:48.760 --> 0:03:52.600 career homer, which was a Grand Slam with his dad 0:03:52.640 --> 0:03:55.640 in the crowd. And Buddy Kennedy's just an interesting story 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.240 because speaking of Mike Trout, he's been famously one of 0:03:58.240 --> 0:04:01.480 those Jersey kids who trained with Mike Trout and built 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:04.200 a relationship with Mike Trout, and that was his big story. 0:04:04.480 --> 0:04:04.960 Comes up. 0:04:05.160 --> 0:04:08.200 We got multiple big homers and big situations with dads, 0:04:08.200 --> 0:04:11.240 which I thought was cool. Buddy Kennedy quills Swinsky insane. 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:14.080 Swinsky also, by the way, a little bit more relevant 0:04:14.320 --> 0:04:15.760 as far as fantasy pickups go. 0:04:15.960 --> 0:04:17.000 He's a guy what I was looking at. 0:04:17.160 --> 0:04:19.880 Of course, Mike Mayer's favorite Father's Day moment was Reee 0:04:19.920 --> 0:04:23.479 Hoskins denying a fan of baseball, running over catching a 0:04:23.520 --> 0:04:26.320 pop up on the first base side, pretending to give 0:04:26.320 --> 0:04:27.800 it to the fan and then turning and throwing it 0:04:27.839 --> 0:04:31.120 back into the infield, and the crowd booed him rightfully. 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:32.400 So now I don't know if you know he was 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:34.480 getting booze from the crowd or he was getting taunted 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:37.000 over there, Who knows what was going on. That's kind 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:38.880 of a jerk move, especially on Father's Day to do. 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:40.920 So how do you rank this? 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:41.599 Uh? 0:04:41.680 --> 0:04:44.560 This Reese Hoskins moment a complete jerk move and awesome 0:04:44.640 --> 0:04:49.560 or could just just jerk move one to Mayor? Where 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:50.160 does this fall? 0:04:50.400 --> 0:04:56.479 Ooh okay from un jerk to mayor jerk phrasing, this 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:59.240 is like a six. I think this is like a 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:02.720 like a six area. I mean, this is pretty appropriate. 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:04.839 Like the one I think about is like the ten 0:05:04.880 --> 0:05:07.320 the Ultimate Mayor. Do you remember that video of that, 0:05:07.640 --> 0:05:10.719 Like that woman who just snags the ball from the 0:05:10.800 --> 0:05:13.200 kid and then just like yeah, yeah it just like 0:05:13.400 --> 0:05:15.760 is like showing it to everybody in the kid's face 0:05:15.760 --> 0:05:17.840 and the kid starts crying and she has no empathy, 0:05:18.040 --> 0:05:18.839 Like that's Mayor. 0:05:19.000 --> 0:05:20.960 Like that's Mayor no empathy. Like if a. 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:25.520 Dad had stolen it from a kid and then everybody 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.279 just stared at him and maybe cheered the dad, like 0:05:27.320 --> 0:05:28.719 that would have been a Mayor moment. 0:05:28.839 --> 0:05:31.000 But this is like a six on the uh on 0:05:31.040 --> 0:05:33.760 the whole real on the Mayor scale exactly. 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:37.560 The jerk store called they're all out of you. All right, 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:39.480 let's get to the injuries, because that's really what everybody 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:42.560 wants to talk about. So first, I didn't think we'd 0:05:42.600 --> 0:05:44.279 be starting with this one. I thought we were starting 0:05:44.320 --> 0:05:46.080 with Mookie Betts. But it's never gonna start with many 0:05:46.160 --> 0:05:48.919 Machado diagnosed with a left ankle sprain. Now, look, this 0:05:49.000 --> 0:05:51.600 can take a while longer than you realize. I think 0:05:51.680 --> 0:05:53.919 everybody's just breathing a sigh of relief that it wasn't 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.159 more than that, because when it happened, it looked like 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:58.560 it could be far, far worse. It could have been 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:00.919 an achilles thing, and could have been in a broken ankle, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:02.279 could have been a lot of things. It wasn't quite 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.440 a Jason Kendall moment. First, base that do. 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:06.000 You ever get that anxiety? 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.840 Oh totally. Do you forget that anxiety? Every time I 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:11.680 see guys coming in fast and doing that leg stretch 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:14.400 at that Oh yeah, Base, I get that every time. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:16.480 I'm like, God, look good and then as soon as 0:06:16.480 --> 0:06:18.960 they pop up, you're just like, what just went out something? 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:21.320 And he slid right over the top of the bag there, 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:23.640 just hit it, you know, hit a trampoline. 0:06:23.760 --> 0:06:25.640 It was like bam bam. Then he just flew over. 0:06:25.680 --> 0:06:28.320 Well, he hit it and slid. It was the slide 0:06:28.360 --> 0:06:31.720 and then he just that was it from there. But look, CJ. 0:06:31.839 --> 0:06:35.840 Abers might get the call up. That's that's apparently what's 0:06:36.040 --> 0:06:39.080 on the docket next. He might be joining the Padres today, 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:40.520 so we'll keep an eye on what's going on there. 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:42.840 That he was pulled from the lineup yesterday and it's 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.000 all butt official that he's going to be back. 0:06:45.200 --> 0:06:47.000 Now here's a question for you. You know, the Padres 0:06:47.040 --> 0:06:50.040 offense has actually been good lately Coroninworth. Although terrible at 0:06:50.040 --> 0:06:51.839 home this year, he's really picked things up of late. 0:06:52.200 --> 0:06:54.240 Luke Void's been on a hot streak. So if you 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.280 are going to be without Machado for any period of time, 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:59.520 you know, it feels like the perfect timing if this 0:06:59.640 --> 0:07:01.680 has to happen. I know they don't have Tattis either, 0:07:01.760 --> 0:07:03.760 that's a lot of pressure. But even Profar at the 0:07:03.760 --> 0:07:06.320 top of that lineup, it's been good lately. I feel 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:08.279 like if they were going to have this happen, this 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:10.680 might be the time for it to happen. And also, 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:13.400 you know, Luke Void's capable of having a run. We've 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:15.360 seen this with the Yankees before. He just gets red 0:07:15.360 --> 0:07:17.480 hot for two weeks and he's about as good as 0:07:17.480 --> 0:07:20.320 anybody could get. I mean he's not, but he can 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.480 be for a period. So do you think the Padres 0:07:22.520 --> 0:07:25.480 offense can sustain here without Machado entitis now for any pero. 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:26.520 Yeah, yeah, I think so. 0:07:26.560 --> 0:07:28.320 I mean I wouldn't call it the perfect time because 0:07:28.320 --> 0:07:30.240 the perfect time would be right as Tatis is back. 0:07:30.280 --> 0:07:35.760 But yeah, pitching has been pretty good outside of Musgrove 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:39.400 going on COVID list. Like you said, I think cronin 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:41.360 Worth to me, is kind of the lynchpin of all 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:44.000 of that, Like they need him to be working. He's 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.080 a catalyst. He's one of those fantasy glue pieces I've 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.360 talked about before, like our Ty France has been that 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.440 like that. He needs to be hitting in some capacity 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.520 to keep going. So yeah, I think so. And also 0:07:55.040 --> 0:07:58.240 what I'm I'm intrigued about, especially c J. Abrams, I'll 0:07:58.240 --> 0:08:01.480 tell you in TGFBI. I've had him on my roster 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:03.720 and I put him in to start this week because 0:08:04.000 --> 0:08:06.640 there's something about this is a really mature hitter who 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.960 obviously can fly around bases. When he got sent back down, 0:08:10.040 --> 0:08:12.800 he just started hitting for power again. There is definitely 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.560 something to be told about these young guys. When you 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:16.520 come up to the majors, you don't have success, you 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:19.280 go back down, you absolutely dominate. 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:21.360 You have a lot of Yeah, you have a lot. 0:08:21.200 --> 0:08:23.160 Of experience you get to work off of, and a 0:08:23.160 --> 0:08:25.400 lot of things you get to change down that I 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:27.360 kind of think this could be one of those huge 0:08:27.400 --> 0:08:30.480 positives where CJ. Abrams comes back and he can take 0:08:30.560 --> 0:08:33.480 all of those experiences in those things he's learned from 0:08:33.760 --> 0:08:35.800 being sent down and going back down to Triple A, 0:08:36.160 --> 0:08:38.440 and he can find some success early on. So I 0:08:38.480 --> 0:08:41.040 think he is somebody that you should tentatively be picking 0:08:41.120 --> 0:08:43.560 up this week if you have not already because of 0:08:43.600 --> 0:08:46.520 that poor start, because they're gonna also have to manufacture, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.679 you might have more running. CJ should be running at 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:53.000 all opportunities. So I'm pretty optimistic about CJ. Abrams in 0:08:53.040 --> 0:08:54.400 this call up time, and he might be one of 0:08:54.400 --> 0:08:56.200 the pieces why this offense keeps going. 0:08:56.520 --> 0:08:58.160 And the pitcher's gonna have to carry them too. I mean, 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:00.280 that's what the Podgers are built on. Anyway. At the 0:09:00.280 --> 0:09:02.120 same time, I still think, and I'll stamp by this, 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:04.679 I've said it weeks now that they should get another bat. 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.000 So if you were playing on doing it anyway, now's 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:08.560 the time. Go out and do it now, do it 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.080 a month earlier, Just be aggressive and go make this 0:09:11.160 --> 0:09:13.720 move now, and just so eventually when you get Tatis 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.480 back and eventually you get Michadle back, then you're in 0:09:16.640 --> 0:09:20.680 even better shape. Mister too. Is it is now the 0:09:20.720 --> 0:09:23.040 time to bet Mchadel for MVP or is it over? 0:09:23.600 --> 0:09:26.520 I don't think it's over, But I wouldn't be betting 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.400 it now if you haven't already. I wouldn't betting it 0:09:29.400 --> 0:09:30.719 because you don't know how he's going to bounce back, 0:09:30.760 --> 0:09:32.120 or how that's going to be, how much time he's 0:09:32.120 --> 0:09:33.719 going to miss, what it's going to look like when 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:35.560 he does come back. Is the timing is good to 0:09:35.640 --> 0:09:37.280 take a little while to get better. Is he favoring 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:38.800 the ankle a little bit? There's a lot of things. 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.120 There's also whenever you have a high ankle sprain or 0:09:41.120 --> 0:09:42.880 any kind of severe ankle sprain. I know because I've 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.040 had more than one in my life. There's also the 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:49.320 ability to re injure it quicker. It's a little bit 0:09:49.360 --> 0:09:52.160 weaker than it was, so you you tend to roll 0:09:52.200 --> 0:09:55.240 it a second time. Typically it's not usually as bad. 0:09:55.280 --> 0:09:58.160 But if you have investments in Machado, you're just leaving 0:09:58.200 --> 0:09:59.480 him alone and hoping for the best. But I don't 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:01.160 think this is the time to invest in him, I don't. 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:02.560 I think you missed that time to invest. 0:10:02.679 --> 0:10:04.680 I think I'm a little bit more pessimistic than you. 0:10:04.760 --> 0:10:06.760 Like, if I'm on a book and I had betmany 0:10:06.800 --> 0:10:08.640 Machado and that they would let me buy. 0:10:08.480 --> 0:10:10.959 Out, I'd buy out. I think I'm not sure why. 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:11.200 I would. 0:10:11.240 --> 0:10:13.760 Definitely is the moment, but I would be buying out 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:16.560 on it. And I think that is kind of gone 0:10:16.640 --> 0:10:19.599 that whole MVP. I mean, Daniel Contra has been incredible. 0:10:19.760 --> 0:10:22.040 I just don't think like this could be quite a 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:24.839 bit and this could be significant enough time. It was 0:10:24.880 --> 0:10:27.320 already a pretty like long shot. I know he had 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.120 been amazing, but it was a pretty long shot for 0:10:29.200 --> 0:10:31.720 him to take that home in the NL. 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.840 I know he was like, oh, he became the number one, right, 0:10:35.040 --> 0:10:36.880 I understand that, but I already range and then I 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.640 think he ended up at three to one by the 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:40.800 time we got close to it. But look, if anything, 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.040 watched the number and if it goes really high, if 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:45.160 it goes to seven over the next couple of weeks 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:47.440 or something like that, I think maybe to do a 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:49.400 small share if you want to, but I would just 0:10:49.440 --> 0:10:52.400 watch it closely. It's probably out. It's tough. I understand 0:10:52.400 --> 0:10:54.520 why you're out. I don't think that's wrong either. Speaking 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:56.160 of out, Mooie Betts is going to be out. He's 0:10:56.160 --> 0:10:58.040 on the ten day il with a cracked rib. Those 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:02.760 are very difficult injuries, yes, very painful injuries. So that 0:11:02.960 --> 0:11:07.360 is you know, look, I sat here in March, I 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.200 sat here in April. I told you the Dodgers are 0:11:09.200 --> 0:11:12.840 not invincible. And how often have we seen these super teams, 0:11:13.360 --> 0:11:16.840 you know, in sports that don't end up winning. You know, 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:20.160 the worst case scenarios can and will happen. And there 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:21.840 was no money to be made on the Dodgers. Now 0:11:21.840 --> 0:11:23.720 in terms of fantasy investment, sure you want to invest 0:11:23.760 --> 0:11:26.400 in this team, I get it, But there they have 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:28.360 had a challenge. This is about a lot of challenge 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:30.920 between the Kershaw injury, between Walker Bueller being hurt, now 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:36.160 the Mookie Bets injury. They're facing more challenges ahead despite 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.400 getting hemiback. You also, you know, don't know what gonsolin 0:11:39.440 --> 0:11:41.839 second half is going to look like. I mean, this 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:45.720 is there's a lot going on there. Muncie Bellinger, all 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.240 the issues that Bellingers had this year. I don't know, 0:11:48.280 --> 0:11:51.080 man Like I feel like the Padres even with these 0:11:51.120 --> 0:11:53.680 injuries are still in a place where they can still 0:11:53.760 --> 0:11:57.360 take home this division. But from a fantasy standpoint, Mookie 0:11:57.360 --> 0:11:59.600 Bets is the guy that you know really gets this 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:02.280 lineup going. He is a huge part of what's going on. 0:12:02.320 --> 0:12:05.120 He is also right at the top of that MVB conversation. 0:12:05.800 --> 0:12:07.360 Now he's gonna take a hit there. And this is 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.640 amazing because if you had gold Schmidt shares, like I did. 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:11.559 I know some people here in the show did. I'm sure, 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.959 uh mister cards did for gold Smith gold Schmidt. Right now, 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.280 you have to be loving life because you ast Pachado 0:12:18.400 --> 0:12:20.640 and Bets in the same weekend. And now, if you 0:12:20.640 --> 0:12:24.040 had Goldmin shares, he is by far the favorite right now. 0:12:24.040 --> 0:12:25.960 In my mind, you've gotta be fee I totally agree. 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.079 You've got to be feeling great. Yeah, I agree with 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:30.240 what you're saying about the Dodgers. I mean, they've still 0:12:30.240 --> 0:12:33.040 got Tree Turner as a table setter. They still got Freddy. 0:12:32.840 --> 0:12:33.440 Freeman in there. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.520 I mean, even with all the injuries, like their offense 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.440 is still kind of a problem. They're piece mailing together. 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:42.760 The rotation left and right, Andrewheny coming back is real positive. 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.640 They're like the here's the thing that happened with them. 0:12:46.040 --> 0:12:50.000 They went from like superhuman, so they're just on par 0:12:50.520 --> 0:12:52.920 with being you know human, that's all that it is. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:54.680 They didn't they weren't one of these teams that was 0:12:54.840 --> 0:12:56.920 like like take the Padres, you take man name Machado 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.960 with Tatis off the Padres. We gotta be honest here, 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:03.000 they don't look great. The Dodgers just took Mookie Betts 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:06.199 off and Walker Buehler and they've still got a really 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:09.080 great rotation and they've got a really great lineup. So 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:11.439 they're just more human. They're more accessible to be able 0:13:11.480 --> 0:13:14.679 to be beat. But all these teams should be more aggressive, 0:13:14.679 --> 0:13:17.839 and it does open up opportunities for some Dodgers out there. 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:20.120 You know, if Chris Taylor can start getting hot again, 0:13:20.240 --> 0:13:23.200 maybe that team is going to give more opportunities in 0:13:23.240 --> 0:13:24.720 the you know, in the miners. This is another thing 0:13:24.760 --> 0:13:27.200 to consider on both sides of the aisle on this 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:31.240 is that superchoos are now over in baseball, so you 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:35.240 could theoretically start expecting that teams are not going to 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.920 be holding anybody back that was close on you know Cruz, 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:41.319 prime example, he got the call in, Yeah, Vinnie Paspentino 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:42.640 could be one of those players to just be on 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:43.280 the lookout for it. 0:13:43.360 --> 0:13:46.480 So here's the current over at bet MGM. You have 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:48.839 Goldschmid at plus one seventy five, but Chato is already 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.760 up to plus five hundred. Alonso went from twelve to 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:54.520 seven over the weekend. He's been red hot to I 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.720 Big Grand Slam this weekend too. I've been saying that 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:58.640 Alonzo really deserves a lot more credit. I feel like 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:00.920 the narrative for Alonzo Surrey to build a little bit 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:04.280 because you have had him be out there without the 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:07.440 two big pictures and they continue to. I mean, he 0:14:07.559 --> 0:14:09.439 is very much the team leader I feel like too, 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.560 especially from the non pictures from the position players. So 0:14:12.840 --> 0:14:15.320 I mean that Alonzo one is a fascinating one. He 0:14:15.320 --> 0:14:18.480 could work himself into this conversation quite a bit. Although 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:20.480 it would be super notxious to have Judge and Pete 0:14:20.480 --> 0:14:23.560 a Lonzo take home the two MVPs in the American 0:14:23.640 --> 0:14:28.000 League National League, but we shall see. Yeah, super East 0:14:28.040 --> 0:14:30.920 Coast bias. Speaking of the East Coast bias, Max Suerz 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:33.680 is going to make a rehab start Tuesday and hopefully 0:14:33.880 --> 0:14:35.640 is going to take them Mount for the Mets on Sunday, 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:37.400 So I just put him back in my lineup on 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.600 all my lineups this week that I had him, and 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:41.400 just say hope for the best on Sunday. Let's go 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:44.520 Eloya Menez is close to resuming his rehab. He got 0:14:44.520 --> 0:14:46.480 it shut down last week because he had some soreness 0:14:46.920 --> 0:14:48.960 in that hamstring. Now it looks like he is ready 0:14:48.960 --> 0:14:50.640 to get back on track of this week fingers crossed. 0:14:50.640 --> 0:14:53.560 And also friend mil rayis with the hamstring returning on Tuesday. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.760 But let's talk about this. You mentioned super too, You 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:59.440 mentioned Anio Cruz. Cruz started slow in Triple A this 0:14:59.520 --> 0:15:01.520 year and he hit just a buck seventy six with 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:04.360 one dinger. Since then, Cruise is slashing two sixty five, 0:15:04.400 --> 0:15:07.160 three sixty seven, five hundred with eight homers and a 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:12.320 one thirty WRC plus. So take us through, mister prospect one, 0:15:12.920 --> 0:15:15.640 the Anio Cruz profile and that those of us who 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:18.640 have him on rosters should expect here in twenty twenty two. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:22.040 Yeah, I mean, Onio Cruz is a they're swing and 0:15:22.080 --> 0:15:25.600 miss in the game, but it is absolute pure raw power. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.280 I mean, tippy top seven whatever they want to call it, 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:31.800 degraded seventy seventy five. It's crazy, crazy raw power. He 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:36.000 just doesn't have crazy decisive back to ball skills. He's 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:39.680 going to strike out some he can steal. He's a 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:41.280 monster six foot seven. 0:15:41.360 --> 0:15:42.400 He was a shortstop. 0:15:42.480 --> 0:15:45.840 This team is obviously long term, not gonna groom him 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:48.320 in that role. It was interesting over the weekend that 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:51.640 situation with I think the COVID issue where Live Paguero 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:53.720 came up to play short stop. The Pirates have been 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:56.080 calling up everybody and their mother. I mean, they're gonna 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:58.640 have an entire new team. I think the roster that 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:03.680 the Pirates in with could in theory only have key 0:16:03.720 --> 0:16:06.320 Brian Hayes, you know, at the end of Bryn Reynolds, 0:16:06.360 --> 0:16:08.000 those two, like those two guys would be the only 0:16:08.040 --> 0:16:10.320 guys that were opening day to end, and it's going 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:12.080 to be the rest ONEO Cruise is a guy you 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:16.720 should pick up. I personally am not insanely optimistic. He 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.200 had bonkers projections off of like three games and some 0:16:20.240 --> 0:16:22.120 triple A ones that I was very critical of. And 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:23.560 I said he'd be one of the bigger bus this 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:24.960 year that people were drafting. 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:28.320 Here we go, but and he hasn't even played a 0:16:28.320 --> 0:16:30.320 game at the big right. 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:32.920 But he's a power speed guy that you should consider. 0:16:33.040 --> 0:16:35.720 But looking at the grand scheme, I'd rather have Abrams. 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:37.880 I'd rather have Riley Green, who was called up this week, 0:16:37.920 --> 0:16:41.000 and Vinnie pas Quentino if he were to get the 0:16:41.000 --> 0:16:42.360 call up in the next week, would be a really 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:47.360 interesting one. I'm exactly, I'm not hyper aggressive on ONeill, 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:49.600 but he's a power speed guy who's going to strike 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:51.600 out a bunch. I think I'll have a poor batting average, 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.200 but he's gonna get home hit homers at like you know, 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:56.200 he had one hundred and twenty. He had the hardest 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.360 hit ball for the Pirates in the stat cast era. 0:16:58.560 --> 0:17:00.920 That's the type of guy that he is. He's volatile, 0:17:01.680 --> 0:17:02.400 you know, sexy. 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:05.040 I feel like we're all burned by the you know, 0:17:05.080 --> 0:17:08.200 the Gregory Polanco's and you know, like the Pittsburgh system 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:12.320 has been underwhelming in terms of the expectations. Austin Meadows 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:14.000 is another guy that I just I always thought was 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:17.440 just hyped over to the moon and not as good 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:20.280 as he where we were told he was going to 0:17:20.320 --> 0:17:22.399 be a couple of good questions here, first with Anyo 0:17:22.440 --> 0:17:24.119 Cruz from the Pians and Cracker Jackson. Does a six 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.360