WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off July 31st, 2023 (Ep. 720) 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:09.239 What is up, my friends? What is up? Friendos? And 0:00:09.360 --> 0:00:12.920 welcome into Leading Off Frac. Do you buy prize picks? 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:14.920 See that promo code if you're watching on the YouTube 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.160 down there and now you see it says Leading Off. 0:00:17.280 --> 0:00:19.960 Use that promo code, get a one hundred percent deposit 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.800 match when you use prize picks. Do it today. It 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:29.840 is a new era, new new new world order for life. 0:00:30.480 --> 0:00:34.960 Back in the seat is at least another beautiful bald face. 0:00:35.000 --> 0:00:37.320 It is not Joe, piece of Pia. Joe has left 0:00:37.360 --> 0:00:39.040 us all. I want you to all know this. For 0:00:39.440 --> 0:00:43.040 the Welsh haters are infuriated today because I'm hosting, but 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:45.120 I want you all to know this. I love you. 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:48.760 Joe hates you. Joe doesn't respect you. Joe doesn't love 0:00:48.800 --> 0:00:51.959 any of you. I do, and so does Bubba. That's right, 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:55.200 because we're the new crew. Bubba, what is up, my brother? 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:56.520 What is up? My friend? 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.760 Always a pleasure getting to talk baseball with you and 0:00:58.800 --> 0:01:01.480 then take the place of another great bald man of 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.120 our generation. So as he would, as Joe would say, 0:01:04.160 --> 0:01:06.319 today is a new day for everything that's right. 0:01:06.319 --> 0:01:09.480 And would you look at this? He did make it appearance. 0:01:09.560 --> 0:01:11.240 Joe got in here. Joe is in here. He's that 0:01:11.280 --> 0:01:14.280 I'm here for the last on Hella Cunya breakdown. Joe 0:01:14.280 --> 0:01:15.960 does respect you, by the way, but I did. How 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.440 we see, if you guys don't understand what we have 0:01:18.480 --> 0:01:20.520 to do. You have to bring the other guy down. 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:22.760 We have to bring him down as low as possible 0:01:22.920 --> 0:01:25.399 so Bubba and I can rise to the top. I'm 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:25.959 very glad to. 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.440 Have you w one on one. Joe did appreciate this. 0:01:28.560 --> 0:01:31.520 It's heel work. Yeah, well, it's actually it's kind of 0:01:31.560 --> 0:01:33.600 like an inverse heel work with him into the heel 0:01:33.800 --> 0:01:36.160 exactly turn him into the field. It's like a d X. 0:01:36.440 --> 0:01:39.040 It's more of like it's not vigilante. 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:40.120 What was d X? 0:01:40.400 --> 0:01:43.000 What's that term of? Like you're not the good guy, 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:45.280 you're not the bad guy. Joe probably knows from it, 0:01:45.319 --> 0:01:47.000 you know, like Stone Cold would be the anti hero. 0:01:47.080 --> 0:01:49.040 We're kind of like the anti heroes that are in here. 0:01:49.600 --> 0:01:51.960 Bubba is going to be here for all the shows. 0:01:52.040 --> 0:01:56.280 It's going to be me and Bubba Monday, Wednesday and Fridays. 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:58.200 So you are going to get a bald head with 0:01:58.280 --> 0:02:00.400 you every single day joining me. And we got you 0:02:00.400 --> 0:02:02.520 guys covered. We got you guys covered with all the 0:02:02.560 --> 0:02:05.200 fun and I'm actually I'm working on a few little 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:06.560 things too. I want to make sure that we have 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.200 here so we can, like, you know, call to Joe 0:02:09.240 --> 0:02:10.959 if we need a little like Joe, like a little 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:13.520 hey yo, maybe a little video that's going on there. 0:02:14.040 --> 0:02:17.560 Today's episode, it's gonna be very trade centric, just for 0:02:17.600 --> 0:02:21.240 everybody to know. Tomorrow's a trade deadline. I think it's like. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:23.720 Six six pm Eastern. 0:02:23.800 --> 0:02:26.280 Yeah, it's like, how did they throw a dartboard at 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:26.680 a clock? 0:02:27.360 --> 0:02:29.200 I just don't understand how you pick that one. It's 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:29.600 so late. 0:02:29.760 --> 0:02:31.720 Yeah, it's so weird. I remember, like back in the day, 0:02:31.760 --> 0:02:33.920 it would be like three pm Eastern. It was like 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:36.040 early in the day for us. You're a West Coast 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:37.880 guy with me, so we're West coast guys. It was 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:40.760 much earlier. It's later. So we're a little over twenty 0:02:40.760 --> 0:02:44.440 four hours to the trade deadline. And the weekend got nuts. 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:46.200 So we've got a whole bunch of news that is 0:02:46.400 --> 0:02:48.960 very trade centric. A couple trade rumors are out there, 0:02:49.240 --> 0:02:51.440 and then we've got all the latest and greatest and 0:02:51.520 --> 0:02:54.680 you guys can be very excited too, as I am 0:02:54.720 --> 0:02:58.720 not the greatest DFS. That's not my focus. Joe always 0:02:58.760 --> 0:03:01.880 a phenomenal DFS guy. Well, guess what, Bubba in the 0:03:01.880 --> 0:03:04.120 phenomenal tier. So you guys are going to be covered 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.120 on that front. But we got everything going up for you. 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:09.720 Let's talk about the big trade. The first big one 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:11.440 and the first two are going to be from the 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.760 same team. The Rangers went out and got Max Scherzer. 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:20.080 Rangers acquired Max Scherzer. They sent Luis on hell Akunya 0:03:20.120 --> 0:03:22.640 off to the Mets. There was a bunch of money 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.440 that was exchange hands. I've actually got some funny stories 0:03:25.480 --> 0:03:27.839 with this. But Bubba, what's your take on Max going 0:03:27.840 --> 0:03:30.679 to Texas. Some people think he's washed, some people think 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:32.920 this is a great run. Texas is going all in. 0:03:33.080 --> 0:03:34.920 What do you think about Max with the Rangers. 0:03:35.520 --> 0:03:37.280 I think it's great for Texas going all in. You know, 0:03:37.320 --> 0:03:39.080 you get the Mets to pay for part of the money. 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.080 Obviously you'll talk prospect in a minute. There's a big 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.120 piece to that. But sures you're still fine. The strikeouts 0:03:44.120 --> 0:03:46.280 are there. It's the thing we saw a few years back. 0:03:46.320 --> 0:03:48.880 He still with the home runs in bunches, and that's 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.280 the issue. Assureser but he can still dominate at the 0:03:51.280 --> 0:03:54.200 best times, and you need a rotate. Their rotation needs help. 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:56.040 In Texas, they have one of the best offenses in 0:03:56.080 --> 0:03:58.360 all baseball. So it's a great move to go all in. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:00.000 Why not strike while the irons hot? 0:04:00.480 --> 0:04:02.480 I love this. I think it's a great move too, 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.120 because if you're thinking like long term, the what the 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.560 rotation is going to look like, you know, next year, 0:04:07.680 --> 0:04:10.400 the year and after that. I mean, what Max has 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:15.320 done this trade? Max covers de Grom because Dagram is 0:04:15.360 --> 0:04:17.680 going to be out to what like most likely all 0:04:17.720 --> 0:04:22.160 of next year or I think maybe we discussed maybe year, 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:25.600 Yeah exactly, And the there was a little sticky thing 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:29.039 that happened that maybe the Max trade got like halted 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:31.360 for a second because he needed to agree to pick 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.880 up the option, which is forty three million dollars. 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:35.720 Did did you hear how that whole thing went down? 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:38.919 Like after his start early he was mad about the 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.680 trades the Mets are already making, so he won't to 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:41.440 talk to the front office. 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:44.760 Yeah, after Robertson was like, can you believe, by the way, 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:48.280 David Robertson is the reason Max is range. 0:04:48.200 --> 0:04:51.640 The straw that broke the Campbell's back, like really, David Robertson. 0:04:51.320 --> 0:04:54.000 Like like the Rangers were like's the metsro on the phone? 0:04:54.000 --> 0:04:56.440 They're like, yeah, you get rid of David. The David 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.560 Robertson move got Max pissed, and then then the whole 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.120 thing happened. But like, yeah, this covers that it's a 0:05:03.160 --> 0:05:06.080 ton of money. This is what that is Luisan Helicunya, 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.240 which I'll probably talk about this on ITL but there's 0:05:09.279 --> 0:05:11.440 a funny thing about the whole Luisa on Helicunya thing 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:14.680 because I heard it. I was also on the Rangers 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.280 backfield that morning, Bubba. I was on there and the 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.960 first rumored guy was Sebastian Walcott, who's one of their 0:05:22.000 --> 0:05:26.560 top international prospects. I was there watching Walcott and White Langford, 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.000 who they took for overall play, and then I ended 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:30.760 up going and seeing Barbie. I went and saw the 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.159 Barbie movie. I come out of Barbie and then I 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.000 look at my phone and it's like Sebashia Walcott's getting traded. 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:38.880 And it was such a weird experience. But Luisan Helicuna 0:05:39.120 --> 0:05:42.560 is a great return. Forty two stolen bases so far 0:05:42.640 --> 0:05:46.440 this year, seven homers hitting over three hundred, and you know, 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:50.520 I'll just say I've always been a Luis on Helicunia guy. 0:05:50.560 --> 0:05:53.400 There were so many in the prospect industry that were like, 0:05:53.560 --> 0:05:57.080 he's a nothing burger, he's a gimmick, blah blah blah. 0:05:57.240 --> 0:06:00.920 Back when he wasn't even into like full season ball, 0:06:01.240 --> 0:06:04.240 this team was hitting him three in their lineups. He's 0:06:04.279 --> 0:06:08.559 got great bat speed, good athleticism. I mean, his brother 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:11.640 obviously touts him up. Big stolen bases through the wazoo. 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.280 He can make a ton of contact. In this era 0:06:14.400 --> 0:06:17.200 of baseball, this is a dude that can. I mean, 0:06:17.320 --> 0:06:20.800 he could easily be fifteen thirty. I don't see a 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:23.160 reason why he can't. He could be a number two hitter. 0:06:23.320 --> 0:06:25.200 I wouldn't be shocked if he's a number three hitter. 0:06:25.440 --> 0:06:27.680 It's pretty great return. I mean the team. But the team, 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:30.239 though paid a boatload of money. I think they paid, 0:06:30.279 --> 0:06:33.080 Like was it the Rangers are only paying twenty two 0:06:33.080 --> 0:06:34.080 million dollars total? 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.640 Or I believe they they they sent twenty two I 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:38.880 could be totally wrong either way. 0:06:39.120 --> 0:06:40.200 They basically covered half of it. 0:06:40.200 --> 0:06:43.240 They split the difference in order to get a But 0:06:43.560 --> 0:06:45.200 you know, if they didn't spend send any money. They 0:06:45.279 --> 0:06:48.480 probably got like a third rate, like third basement out 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:50.919 of High A or something, so they had to get something. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.040 Yeah, I mean, like so akun you can get a 0:06:53.040 --> 0:06:55.080 little long in the swing. But I'm telling you it's 0:06:55.160 --> 0:06:58.560 like crazy big bat speed and you've seen the maturation 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.200 this year, and you know he's going wild for stolen bases. 0:07:01.200 --> 0:07:03.560 So you know, you guys that are in here, you 0:07:03.600 --> 0:07:05.359 know this is a kind of wild comp But you 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.640 know what, it's not off. It's not crazy off. The 0:07:07.880 --> 0:07:10.760 Albi's is a good comp to Acunya. Yeah, there's some 0:07:10.880 --> 0:07:12.680 still in the same game. Because Acuna can get into 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:15.440 bad streaks, he can get kind of strikeouty, batting average 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:19.000 can go down. I think Acunya is more stolen base 0:07:19.720 --> 0:07:22.160 over power like where Albi's is a little bit more 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:25.120 power over stolen base. But this is huge. This is 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:27.160 a huge trade for them. They paid a boatload of money, 0:07:27.200 --> 0:07:29.280 but they're going to you know, push those chips in 0:07:29.320 --> 0:07:30.880 with him, and this is a big trade. Now, the 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:35.240 Rangers also were not done. They went out acquired Jordan 0:07:35.320 --> 0:07:39.200 Montgomery and Chris Stratton as a bullpen piece from the Cardinals, 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:42.240 who they then traded Thomas Sagacy to Cole Roby and 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:45.680 John King. And another funny story to Coole Roby was 0:07:45.680 --> 0:07:47.720 throwing a bullpen session when I walked on the field 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:50.400 on Saturday. He wasn't at a minor league affiliate, and 0:07:50.440 --> 0:07:52.000 we and I was with a couple of people, and 0:07:52.040 --> 0:07:54.200 we saw a whole bunch of dudes. We saw a 0:07:54.240 --> 0:07:56.120 whole bunch of guys, and we were wondering what this 0:07:56.200 --> 0:07:58.680 was about. And then we figured out, oh, this must 0:07:58.680 --> 0:08:00.960 have been some scouts that were out watching that session, 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:02.680 watching that throwing session, because there were a lot of 0:08:02.680 --> 0:08:05.200 people out there. So Jordan Montgomery goes to help fill 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:09.880 out this rotation which now looks like Max Montgomery, Evaldi 0:08:09.920 --> 0:08:14.760 when he's healthy, Haney, and Dane Dunning. So Montgomery, do 0:08:14.800 --> 0:08:16.520 you view how big of an upgrade do you view 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:17.520 this with the Rangers for him? 0:08:17.760 --> 0:08:20.920 I think it's tremendous. I've always been a Jordan Montgomery fans. 0:08:20.920 --> 0:08:22.960 I might be biased on this scenario, but you look 0:08:23.000 --> 0:08:24.360 for a guy that's going to give you quality start 0:08:24.360 --> 0:08:26.520 after quality started for quality start, which with that's all 0:08:26.560 --> 0:08:29.200 that offense needs, and he can do that. Strikeouts have 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:31.640 been up since he's joined the Cardinals, at least over 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:34.240 the last year or so. So I'm a big, big 0:08:34.240 --> 0:08:38.600 fan of Jomo going to Texas, Like I almost in 0:08:38.640 --> 0:08:41.160 the grand scheme of things, he might be better overall 0:08:41.280 --> 0:08:42.960 than Sure there sure has got the big game. I 0:08:42.960 --> 0:08:45.280 can dominate, but can also get shelled, where Joemo is 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.040 just that consistent arm you can throw out there every 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:48.840 fifth day and you know it's gonna He's gonna go 0:08:48.880 --> 0:08:51.520 six maybe seven, which helps her bullpen, and he's gonna 0:08:51.520 --> 0:08:53.560 give you a chance to win eighty percent of the time. 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:54.760 So I'm a big fan of that move. 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:56.920 I was looking for this. Bizizikis has said, well, she 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.600 disappointed the Dbacks have been quiet. Oh yeah, oh yeah, 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:01.160 that's going to hear that on the next time. 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:02.720 I can tell you. Did you really have to ask 0:09:02.760 --> 0:09:03.240 about this? 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.559 Is like, Well, one of the reasons I'm gonna bring 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:09.640 it up is like this was a solid return for 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:13.880 Jordan Montgomery. Thomas Agacy who got traded. Uh, he actually 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.320 leads minor league baseball and hits. He is the most 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.480 hits in the minor leagues. I'm not the biggest Thomas 0:09:19.559 --> 0:09:24.120 Agacy guy. Uh, there's fringy power, speed whatever. I think 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.280 it makes a lot of contact. He might be one 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:28.560 of those points league like, you know, doesn't strike out, 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:30.960 maybe he hits at the top of an order. I 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.600 saw somebody, I want to say, maybe it was Jesse 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:35.839 Roach from baseball perspectives, I'm not one hundred percent sure, 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:37.960 but someone had thrown out this comp of maybe like 0:09:37.960 --> 0:09:39.760 a Brendan Donovan, and I was like, Oh, that's kind 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:41.640 of interesting. He's a little bit skinnier, but that might 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:44.000 be sagacy. But I looked at the Jordan Montgomery trade 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:47.440 and I was like, Diebacks couldn't like they didn't offer that, 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.040 they didn't put that out in actually. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:51.440 That I said the same thing about the Giants, like 0:09:51.960 --> 0:09:54.040 I want to get a starting pictured. Montgomery's the top 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:56.640 of my list, and that seemed very doable. 0:09:56.880 --> 0:09:59.040 Yeah, I was pretty I'm and I'm very disappointed. I'm 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.640 like super disappointed that the Diamonbacks haven't done anything because 0:10:01.679 --> 0:10:04.760 all you have are the Rangers and the Dodgers and 0:10:05.040 --> 0:10:07.679 these teams making these moves and they're just sitting there 0:10:07.679 --> 0:10:11.000 because I think this Montgomery move is a solid push up, 0:10:11.200 --> 0:10:12.600 you know. And the Cardinals, I don't know why they 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.840 wanted Segasey when they got Mason Winn and they've got 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:18.679 Tommy Edmond and Nolan Gorman. But it's just more depth, 0:10:18.720 --> 0:10:20.720 and this is a he is a little bit different 0:10:20.760 --> 0:10:22.959 than a decent amount of the crew that they have 0:10:23.200 --> 0:10:25.000 and a lot of big power guys and stuff like that. 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:28.800 Mason Winn is more defense over offense. Sagacy's got a 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:30.960 little bit more offense. But this was just, you know, again, 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:34.840 a solid, solid trade and we can talk about Fred 0:10:35.000 --> 0:10:36.640 was talking about one of the back rooms. We're gonna 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:39.760 talk about overall rumors here in just a second. So 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:44.480 other trade later yesterday Angels acquired CJ. Krohn and Randall 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:48.480 Gritchick and cash considerations from the Rockies for Jake Madden 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:51.040 and Mason Albright. So the only thing to really focus 0:10:51.120 --> 0:10:53.800 on here is kron and Gritchik are both going to 0:10:53.880 --> 0:10:56.880 go into that Angels lineup. Who's absolutely committed to go 0:10:57.040 --> 0:11:00.480 all in. I mean, they are just chips in final table. 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:04.280 Any positive boost that I think getting these guys out 0:11:04.280 --> 0:11:07.160 of Colorado makes me like them a little bit less. 0:11:07.200 --> 0:11:08.840 But if you want to talk about the lineup that 0:11:08.840 --> 0:11:12.040 they're built around, there's a lot of RBI potentials. So 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.000 is this a wash? Is this a plus? Is this 0:11:14.040 --> 0:11:15.559 a negative for Krawn and Gritchick. 0:11:16.040 --> 0:11:18.240 I think it's a plus actually, Honestly, getting out of 0:11:18.240 --> 0:11:20.720 the Cours hangovers in and out of the Colorado, which 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.440 we've seen happen for those guys and just the overall 0:11:23.520 --> 0:11:25.680 team around them, like it's gonna be a big boost, 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.360 especially for guy like Gritchick who was starting to heat 0:11:27.400 --> 0:11:27.720 up too. 0:11:28.040 --> 0:11:29.800 So I like that move with Taylor Ward going out 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:30.320 for the season. 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.839 Yeah, I'm I think I'm really indifferent on Kron. I 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:36.439 think they both might be just washes instead. 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:38.240 Of Yeah, Krawn, I'm not too is what he is 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:39.160 to write about now. 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:41.600 To me, But like you, maybe like Gritchick went from 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.320 maybe like fringy sitting on the wire type of guy 0:11:44.400 --> 0:11:47.120 to like, oh, let's pick him up. Obviously, Taylor Ward 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.440 got injured. We're going to talk about an injuries, but 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:51.120 Taylor Ward looks like he'll be out for the year 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.800 after getting hit in the face, and that's going to 0:11:53.880 --> 0:11:57.640 take him out, and Gritchick is going to be that guy. 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:01.199 So Gritchick kind of moves from probably fringy to yeah, 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.080 let's pick him up in a in a five outfielder, 0:12:04.120 --> 0:12:06.400 twelve team league, so, like Richard just asked this question, 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:08.880 this is easily new bar, he said, Nutbar versus Ritchick. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.839 It's like easily new bar to me. But Gritchick is 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:12.840 in like the next tier. 0:12:13.040 --> 0:12:15.120 I think he's close, but a new bar for sure. 0:12:15.120 --> 0:12:15.480 I'm with you. 0:12:15.559 --> 0:12:16.320 Yeah, Nudy's been. 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.560 Nudy's like he's actually playing really really well at least 0:12:18.600 --> 0:12:20.480 quote unquote healthy. Shocker how that works. 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:23.480 Yeah, this will be one of those annoying ones. I 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:25.920 just get annoyed with people. It's mainly in fantasy football 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:27.719 where they're like, this is my guy, and then the 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:29.600 guy doesn't play for five weeks and then you have 0:12:29.640 --> 0:12:32.000 to think about dropping him, but then they're good the 0:12:32.080 --> 0:12:35.600 final ten and then they're like I told you I won. Like, 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:37.240 that'll be kind of my new bar one because I 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.440 was like the big new bar guy and it's been 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.560 kind of a disappointment and some people dropped him. I 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.360 never did, and now he's really uh, he's picking it 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.840 back up. That's the interesting question. Eric said, Well, is 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.600 Trade Turner the worst performing first round pick this year? 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:52.840 It's close. 0:12:53.000 --> 0:12:55.720 Yeah, if he's not, it's close, But I'd say yes, 0:12:55.760 --> 0:12:56.800 I'd have to go look at ADP. 0:12:57.000 --> 0:13:00.080 But yes, yeah, I mean, I'm just going through the 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:03.360 names in my head. I think that's. 0:13:03.720 --> 0:13:06.040 Really pretty acurate because I took him top three. You 0:13:06.040 --> 0:13:07.199 took him top three, so it's not even just his 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.720 first round pick. You're talking people had one. Some people 0:13:09.760 --> 0:13:13.120 had him one. Dude over imagine that one not mine? 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:17.040 All right? Other trades. The Cardinals also made another trade. 0:13:17.040 --> 0:13:21.080 They trade They got Adam Cloffenstein and uh, sem is 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:27.640 it sem rovers wrote ROBERSI ROBERSI relief picture not even me, 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.320 I don't know. But they got Jordan Hicks Toronto did, 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:34.120 and what that ended up doing was kind of decimating 0:13:34.280 --> 0:13:37.439 Jordan Hicks's closer ability except for the short term because 0:13:37.480 --> 0:13:39.520 Jordan Moano's on the I L so he'll be able 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:42.480 to theoretically get thrown in and get some saves right now, 0:13:42.920 --> 0:13:45.120 but that takes him out of the market once Romano 0:13:45.200 --> 0:13:46.720 comes back. So this is like the fear with all 0:13:46.720 --> 0:13:50.120 the relief pictures is he's now kind of done with that, 0:13:50.280 --> 0:13:53.160 and then it, you know, opens up the cardinal situation, 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:55.320 which who are you betting on on the cardinal situation 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:55.840 right now? 0:13:56.360 --> 0:14:00.040 I've always been a huge Geevanni Diegos fan but he 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:03.880 pitch two innings in Sunday's game, Jojo Romero got to save, 0:14:04.000 --> 0:14:06.200 so that kind of surprised me. I'm still a Givanni guy, 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.000 but you got to at least keep an eye on Jojo. 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.440 Yeah, I think that's a decent one. I'm a little 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:14.319 bit disappointed about the the Hicks one, except in the 0:14:14.320 --> 0:14:16.559 short term. Again, but like count straight. 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:18.760 Maybe Remand's backs worse than we thought. He's been dealing 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.240 with this for a bit, so you never know. 0:14:20.720 --> 0:14:23.960 Maybe. Also you had the Royals who made a small 0:14:24.000 --> 0:14:26.520 little trade with the Braves. Braves got Nicky Lopez for 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.840 some infield depth and they acquired Taylor Hearn. I would 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.800 just also throw out how damning is that for von Grissom. 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:36.080 How damning is that that they went and acquired Nicki Lopez. 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:38.840 I know, like Orlando Arci and stuff, but they have 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:42.600 so little trust in him to be able to come 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:44.760 back up in that backo that they went and traded 0:14:44.800 --> 0:14:46.000 for Nicky Lopez. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.480 Yeah, that was a great point. I didn't even think 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:49.880 about that initially. I was just like, why you get 0:14:50.040 --> 0:14:52.320 nick then you throw that into the mix, it's even worse. 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:55.480 Vomit, dude, A couple of trade rumors that are floating out. 0:14:55.600 --> 0:14:57.960 Jesse Rodgers of ESPN reports at the Cubs are telling 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:02.120 teams that Cody Bellinger will not be traded, that the 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:06.000 Cubs are gonna stick around, They're gonna fight it out 0:15:06.040 --> 0:15:09.680 a little bit, and no Stroman and no Bellinger. So 0:15:10.520 --> 0:15:12.080 I guess that's a relative. 0:15:12.760 --> 0:15:13.120 I don't know. 0:15:13.240 --> 0:15:14.920 Is that a boost in your mind to his value 0:15:14.920 --> 0:15:16.640 to stay and be able to hit in Chicago, where 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:18.360 he's made a lot of these adjustments. I kind of 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:20.440 saw that, like, Eh, it would have been nice if 0:15:20.440 --> 0:15:22.520 he was in a new place like an Angel's or 0:15:22.520 --> 0:15:25.440 something and hitting in a lineup around like super superstars. 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.040 Is it a plus for you for Bellinger's value rest 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:29.600 a season to not have to make the big move. 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:33.640 Yeah, he's comfortable right now, and so I'm pretty happy 0:15:33.640 --> 0:15:36.160 with him staying in Chicago. He's playing way better and 0:15:36.200 --> 0:15:38.760 I even thought he could possibly play, So I'm happy 0:15:38.760 --> 0:15:39.520 with him staying there. 0:15:39.760 --> 0:15:39.920 Yeah. 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.000 I wanted to look here, and I'm gonna assume they 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:44.040 didn't say it. Jessee Rodgers didn't say in the same report, 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:46.640 but I'm gonna assume that has to probably go with 0:15:46.720 --> 0:15:47.520 Stroman as well. 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.320 Yeah, I saw a different report that Stroman's staying too. 0:15:50.320 --> 0:15:52.000 The Cubs are basically staying put. They might make a 0:15:52.040 --> 0:15:53.600 couple of small moves. I think a lot of that 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.440 has to do with watching the Cardinals throw the white 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:57.120 flag out there and going, Okay, it's one last team 0:15:57.120 --> 0:15:57.920 you gotta worry about. 0:15:58.200 --> 0:16:00.000 Well. Also, I mean, I think you're having a multi 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:01.960 teams that are doing the Diamondbacks I think are in 0:16:02.000 --> 0:16:04.000 this play. They might surprise us in the next twenty 0:16:04.000 --> 0:16:07.600 four hours, but it seems like they're losing games at 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:10.200 a pretty rapid clip and they're realizing, oh, we just 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:12.600 have to do something small. Cubs are probably in the 0:16:12.600 --> 0:16:15.640 same boat of doing something small. Bellinger is. Someone just 0:16:15.680 --> 0:16:19.560 said this, Yeah, Walkee was saying Bellinger's x stats are 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.440 so so, so bad. He's one of the anomaly guys, 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:23.960 and I wish I'd been tracking him away. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:24.200 Short. 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:28.160 Yeah, but there's like there's been like four or five 0:16:28.280 --> 0:16:34.640 guys that are so different from what their savant pages show. 0:16:34.920 --> 0:16:37.000 I wish I had been tracking who all these players are, 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:40.960 because you look at bellinger stats, fifteen homers, twelve stolen 0:16:40.960 --> 0:16:44.480 bases in under three hundred at bats, hitting three hundred, 0:16:45.120 --> 0:16:47.920 almost fifty run fifty rbi if you want to combo 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.120 them up, those are great numbers, especially with where the 0:16:51.160 --> 0:16:53.160 trajectory is going. This could be a twenty twenty guy. 0:16:53.560 --> 0:16:55.960 But then you go and look, he is bottom nineteen 0:16:56.000 --> 0:17:00.640 percentile in average ECXI velocity, bottom forty percent allen max. 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:06.320 Hard hit is trash explob Yeah, it's garbage. XBA is 0:17:06.359 --> 0:17:08.520 two sixty six, which is not the word you would 0:17:08.520 --> 0:17:11.639 take a two sixty six Bellinger, except it's fifty points 0:17:11.640 --> 0:17:14.040 lower than where he's at right now. So he's a 0:17:14.119 --> 0:17:17.200 little bit of like an anomaly, and like what side 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.200 do you buy of him? But I guess maybe staying 0:17:19.320 --> 0:17:21.320 is like a good thing. The other one is uh 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.760 Andy Martino of sny dot tv reports of the Mets 0:17:25.080 --> 0:17:27.760 are not in deep talks with any team regarding a 0:17:27.800 --> 0:17:30.240 potential Justin Verlander trade, because I had saw. 0:17:30.119 --> 0:17:31.960 Some I've seen the opposite reports too. 0:17:32.200 --> 0:17:34.440