WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off August 1st, 2022 (Ep. 564) 0:00:15.160 --> 0:00:18.640 Hello, friends, and welcome in to leading off right here 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:23.880 on Fantasy Pros without Joey P. No Joe piece of Pia. 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:30.680 I do a pretty good trumpet, by the way. It's 0:00:30.760 --> 0:00:33.360 one of the few impressions that I can do. I 0:00:33.400 --> 0:00:36.519 am Chris Welsh. I am your host for the foreseeable future. 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.360 I apologize that you have to you have to live 0:00:39.400 --> 0:00:42.479 on without Joey P. But we will do so because 0:00:42.960 --> 0:00:46.800 joe did actually leave, literally in the craziest, most important 0:00:46.840 --> 0:00:49.320 time of the season, because oh, you know, like this 0:00:49.360 --> 0:00:51.479 is where we're gonna win our fantasy championships, this is 0:00:51.479 --> 0:00:53.400 where people are gonna go and play fantasy football. We 0:00:53.440 --> 0:00:55.120 take advantage of it. And oh, I don't know a 0:00:55.200 --> 0:00:57.160 trade deadline where all the big players and all the 0:00:57.160 --> 0:00:59.680 big news is gonna move on. But I am not 0:00:59.760 --> 0:01:03.080 doing it's solo because today joining me is the athletics 0:01:03.200 --> 0:01:05.640 own Mike Curlin. You can find them on Twitter at 0:01:05.680 --> 0:01:09.800 Mike Underscore Curlin. Sleepy k No more? What's up, Mike? 0:01:09.920 --> 0:01:10.440 What's up? Body? 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.360 What do you mean? No more? I'm still sleeping. 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:15.560 I'm just on podcasts, just leaving it. Man, those are 0:01:15.600 --> 0:01:16.080 good times. 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:16.440 I was. 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:18.280 I had that whole conversation with my wife the other 0:01:18.360 --> 0:01:20.959 day about it's been like three years since I started 0:01:20.959 --> 0:01:23.920 podcasting on my couch on and that's why I fall asleep. 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:26.080 You don't podcast on a couch, don't do that, So 0:01:26.200 --> 0:01:27.440 I recommend obviously. 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.240 It's been one heck of a journey. And thank you 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:31.240 for having me. Man. It's always fun to get on here, 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:32.319 and I'll hang out with you a little bit. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:33.800 It's good to have you. I mean, this is actually 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:36.840 a perfect situation for you as well. You know, Mike 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:39.600 has been known for all of his crazy, big breakdowns. 0:01:39.640 --> 0:01:41.520 We're gonna do a lot of breakdowns into this with 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.680 all of the coverage over at the Athletic also the 0:01:43.720 --> 0:01:47.240 basis loaded podcasts. Do you have anything going rest of season? 0:01:47.280 --> 0:01:49.320 I know the turn is happening. What are you still 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:50.520 doing over at the Athletic right now? 0:01:51.120 --> 0:01:53.720 So I think I might have one more lineup article. 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.840 What I do over the Athletic is it's kind of 0:01:55.840 --> 0:01:57.960 a niche of mind as I drop everything I had 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:01.480 prepared in terms of notes and pen onto the it's 0:02:01.520 --> 0:02:03.720 a I do the whole uh. I do lineup breakdowns. 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:06.680 I look at playing time situations. Who's playing platoons? 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:07.240 I'm really big. 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.359 I'm focusing on those, so it seems like the Giants 0:02:09.360 --> 0:02:11.840 and the Rays really frustrate me. But what I do 0:02:11.960 --> 0:02:14.040 is I do that for the for the athletic, I 0:02:14.080 --> 0:02:16.400 talk about, you know, potential call ups, who's going, who's 0:02:16.400 --> 0:02:18.640 affected in which way and why whenever there's a new 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.959 player added to a team or a new player called 0:02:21.040 --> 0:02:23.160 up and all that. Just always quick to be on 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:25.120 it and try to break it down as to like 0:02:25.160 --> 0:02:27.000 who you might want to look at and deeper formats. 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:29.679 A lot of the times this affects deeper formats and 0:02:29.720 --> 0:02:31.799 then I carry that over and for the Patreon I 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:33.560 do that for them like once a month in season, 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:37.640 and then for my patreon at patreon dot com slash Skplaybook, 0:02:37.800 --> 0:02:39.440 I do like three or four of these write ups 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:43.640 a week, just again team by team, what's happening, who's 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:46.680 hitting well, who's doing poorly? Is there any new platoon forming? 0:02:46.760 --> 0:02:49.320 Is there playing time issues popping up? And it's just 0:02:49.320 --> 0:02:51.840 a constant. It's almost like just daily. It's like a 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.000 daily concept of it's a daily grind. 0:02:54.040 --> 0:02:54.480 It really is. 0:02:54.520 --> 0:02:57.120 Because I've stopped doing it every day because some of 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:57.760 it gets redundant. 0:02:57.800 --> 0:02:58.040 So I do. 0:02:58.120 --> 0:02:59.880 That's why I try to get two three day chunks, 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.359 because you'd be surprised how much changes in a two 0:03:02.360 --> 0:03:04.960 to three day period between injuries. Between this guy's oh 0:03:05.000 --> 0:03:07.080 suddenly he went from starting every day vers lefties to 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:09.160 now he's only started one of three. And these are 0:03:09.200 --> 0:03:11.000 types of things that we keep an eye on and 0:03:11.080 --> 0:03:14.880 really focus on and discuss how this input, how these 0:03:15.080 --> 0:03:17.679 can have this fallout in your fantasy lapse and maybe 0:03:17.680 --> 0:03:19.440 you should make us add to your team or drop 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:21.639 this player, or maybe throw them on your bench stashing 0:03:21.680 --> 0:03:23.480 for a little bit, because this trade inline has been 0:03:23.520 --> 0:03:25.680 a big focus of mine in these write ups because 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:27.680 so much has set the change, and. 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:29.160 We're going to talk a lot about a lot about 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.480 this doctor. Glenn shout out and says, who is even 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:33.960 Joey P I need one of those. I can't be 0:03:34.120 --> 0:03:37.800 like Chrissy Dubbs. That doesn't quite work have the same 0:03:38.200 --> 0:03:41.400 ring to it. And I appreciate Wonky as she says, 0:03:41.440 --> 0:03:43.080 I prefer my host to have hair and shout out 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:47.320 to Wonky too. The pleasant surprise as the football crew 0:03:47.440 --> 0:03:49.960 just completely ditched us and I was ready to go 0:03:50.000 --> 0:03:51.960 full board with some of the show sheet and Wonky 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.280 had a bunch of stuff ready. So I want to 0:03:54.280 --> 0:03:56.840 give a big shout out to Kelly for doing all 0:03:56.840 --> 0:03:59.720 of that, and you will see Wonky on Wednesday for everybody. 0:04:00.040 --> 0:04:02.360 Let's get into all the stuff here for the day, 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:04.760 all of the craziness, because we actually have a weekend 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:09.720 to cover and the trade deadline is thirty hours away 0:04:09.760 --> 0:04:11.840 something like that, twenty eight hours away. But we had 0:04:11.880 --> 0:04:15.320 the one big massive trade and a little bit of 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:17.800 pokey pokey me here, Curly, and you weren't here for 0:04:17.839 --> 0:04:21.120 this obviously, But everybody in the chat should know one 0:04:21.200 --> 0:04:22.839 thing I do get. I do not get to have 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.040 a hat tip of fran miil Reyis, as I have 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:26.800 been reminded about this year, but I do get a 0:04:26.800 --> 0:04:29.479 hat tip about my takes on the trade deadline and 0:04:29.520 --> 0:04:33.120 the Seattle Mariners, because the Mariners made a big trade 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:35.440 over the weekend, and I had been saying Joe kept asking, 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:37.800 oh trade trades, and I kept saying, I think the 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.320 Mariners need to strike first, they need to go. Luis 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:43.120 Castillo was one of those names. I think that was 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:45.280 literally what he asked before we left on Friday, Hey, 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:48.200 who should? Maybe it was Thursday? Who should? Or where 0:04:48.240 --> 0:04:50.159 should Luis Castillo go? I said, I think the Mariners 0:04:50.160 --> 0:04:52.560 make sense. I think they should strike first before the market, 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:55.200 and that is exactly what they did. And they shocked 0:04:55.240 --> 0:04:58.960 a lot of people by moving to wel Vi Marte, 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.560 which is a huge Di Dynasty piece. They also moved 0:05:01.640 --> 0:05:03.640 Edwin a Royo was actually a really big trade. I 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.720 broke it down over on the Prospect one podcast if 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.320 you guys want to hear it for the Reds and 0:05:08.320 --> 0:05:10.599 what the Reds are looking like now. But Carlin, I 0:05:10.600 --> 0:05:13.560 want to ask you Luis Castillo, not a lot of 0:05:13.560 --> 0:05:15.240 wins are actually going to talk about that here in 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:18.440 just a little bit A struggling offense with Cincinnati, the 0:05:18.520 --> 0:05:22.280 stuff is there. Do you see a big fantasy uptick 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.400 now that he is over and he is with the 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:28.480 Seattle Mariners that are fighting and they're in contention, maybe 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:31.520 a better ballpark, some better offense. What type of fantasy 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.400 uptick do you see Luis Castillo as a Mariner? 0:05:33.400 --> 0:05:33.599 Now? 0:05:34.080 --> 0:05:37.440 I think you hit right on. It is first off 0:05:37.440 --> 0:05:37.839 this year. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:42.240 Specifically, oddly enough, over his career from what I saw Castillo, 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:43.920 who's era was actually worse on the road. 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:45.360 I don't know how you manage that one. 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.600 But at the end of the day, better ballpark, better 0:05:48.640 --> 0:05:53.000 team context, more chances for wins, which is a category 0:05:53.080 --> 0:05:55.520 in some fantasy in most fantasy formats, even points leagues 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:57.400 where wins get you like what seven points depend on 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:58.840 your format, five points whatever. 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:00.920 I think it'll really helps all around. 0:06:00.960 --> 0:06:02.600 This year alone, he has like a one and a 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:05.000 half ur difference between his home and road splits too, 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:08.919 So it's there's nothing not to like here, you know everything, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:10.400 it's all arrows pointing up. 0:06:11.320 --> 0:06:14.240 Yeah, and it's it's something that I'm pretty happy about. 0:06:14.279 --> 0:06:16.080 I'm happy with the move, especially if you're a Luis 0:06:16.120 --> 0:06:19.240 Castillo owner. I would, I would feel really good about it. 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:22.080 There's also something you could throw out to say that, like, 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:25.000 if you were to own Luis Castillo, that trade move 0:06:25.040 --> 0:06:28.000 when he hasn't had a start yet really could get 0:06:28.000 --> 0:06:30.640 a solid return in a dynasty if you're not quite 0:06:30.640 --> 0:06:33.440 in it. This is a big boost to his dynasty value. 0:06:33.600 --> 0:06:35.760 Why you hold and you don't move off of talented 0:06:35.760 --> 0:06:38.560 players that might have some weird struggles and I don't know, 0:06:38.680 --> 0:06:41.479 even into redraft, if you're wanting to mix stuff up, 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:44.040 if you're doing really good on the sp side. It's 0:06:44.040 --> 0:06:46.839 something that you can take a look at, and huge 0:06:46.880 --> 0:06:48.960 move for the Mariners. I wonder if they're done. I 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:51.160 kind of don't think they're done. I think there's got 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:53.039 to be something else in the works. It does not 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:55.479 look like it's going to be one Soto. Been reports 0:06:55.480 --> 0:06:58.160 out that the Soda Sweepstakes is down to three teams, 0:06:58.560 --> 0:07:02.720 though I am waiting for the crucial fourth team, mystery team. 0:07:02.960 --> 0:07:06.680 There's always mystery team that has joined in. The current 0:07:06.920 --> 0:07:11.560 sweepstakes participants are the Padres, Cardinals, and Dodgers Corilin I 0:07:11.600 --> 0:07:14.400 have been very vocal about the Padres being the team 0:07:14.440 --> 0:07:17.400 for over a month, even when it wasn't. The Cardinals 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:19.960 seem to kind of maybe have the best mixture that 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:22.320 fits with them, and I think you never count out 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:25.000 the Dodgers. It's something. I actually created a Dodger Soto 0:07:25.160 --> 0:07:30.320 trade on itl Fantasy Baseball the other day. So does 0:07:30.400 --> 0:07:33.200 one Soto get traded in the next twenty four hours 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:34.720 and to whom. 0:07:35.120 --> 0:07:37.320 I can't believe for having this discussion, but I do 0:07:37.440 --> 0:07:40.320 think he gets dealt because I think they're desperate to 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:43.280 move some of these They're trying to offload Corbin with them. 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.240 That contract is horrendous, and I think they're going to 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:50.560 have to offload that contract in order to justify trading 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.160 Soda in the first place, because realistically, Soto is gonna, 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.760 you know, the money it's gonna take to resign them, 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:59.200 the hall that it's gonna take to obtain them. There 0:07:59.280 --> 0:08:02.280 is no such thing as a big enough return I 0:08:02.280 --> 0:08:05.360 think for a jan Soda, because Won Soto is what 0:08:05.400 --> 0:08:07.480 you hope all these prospects even become a third of 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:09.640 you know what I mean. So I think the Padres 0:08:09.720 --> 0:08:13.520 ultimately do have the best chances. And I'll say that 0:08:13.520 --> 0:08:16.360 because they have Abrams and Ruiz, two guys right now 0:08:16.480 --> 0:08:18.960 for some reason are called up and aren't even playing. 0:08:19.040 --> 0:08:20.720 But there's still two of the top prospects in this 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:23.000 in this organization they get thrown up. 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.120 They have the depth to make this move. Not to mention, I'm. 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:27.720 Starting to get the idea that they don't care for 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:30.160 their prospects. I mean, you don't call up Abrams. No 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:32.560 other team in the major leagues would probably call up 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:35.080 Abrams in Ruiz and just to sit them on the 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:37.520 bench or platoon them. But the Padres have and they've 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:40.840 done it in favor of guys like Mazara, guys like Voight, 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.880 gets Dh Hosmer, all these guys. That's like, why are 0:08:43.920 --> 0:08:46.840 these guys getting in the way of these young, potentially 0:08:47.000 --> 0:08:49.360 potential studs or young guys that have all this upside 0:08:49.400 --> 0:08:51.800 that produce at the highest levels of the miners aren't 0:08:51.800 --> 0:08:55.320 even getting a chance to play even somewhat regularly in 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:55.760 the majors. 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:58.120 So it almost makes sense that the way it. 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.480 Appears the Padres view their top prospects would be why 0:09:01.480 --> 0:09:03.440 they would be so willing to ship them off and 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:06.160 include others in this deal to go get a Wan Sodo, 0:09:06.200 --> 0:09:08.680 a guy that is better than a other prospects plus 0:09:08.679 --> 0:09:11.080 will slot right into a need for them and produce 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:12.480 right And though that lineup. 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:15.280 Yeah, funny. A couple funny things. I'm actually undergoing this 0:09:15.360 --> 0:09:18.400 thing I do on my In This League Patreon In 0:09:18.440 --> 0:09:20.360 This League dot com. It's called the p one ADP 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:24.080 mocks and it's designed to create a prospect ADP which 0:09:24.120 --> 0:09:26.319 does not exist. And it's a value chart as well, 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.400 so I think it's really valuable. People want to check 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.120 it out that they're literally being drafted right now. It'll 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.520 be on the Patreon this month. But a funny thing 0:09:33.840 --> 0:09:36.440 just to this point was we found CJ. Abrams was 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.520 actually still in the system. He's the only one that's 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:41.280 in the system because he had met requirements of being 0:09:41.280 --> 0:09:45.720 on the roster but not overpass the at baths marker 0:09:46.000 --> 0:09:48.400 where he lose prospect eligibility. He's the only one of 0:09:48.400 --> 0:09:50.720 all those guys he's been around so long that he 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.480 has been on the roster so much he still has 0:09:52.480 --> 0:09:54.120 not got the at bats that takes him off of 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:58.360 roster qualifications. The value system that they have on him 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.320 and where they have put him and the chances to 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.800 succeed have been really minimal. There was a tweet out 0:10:04.520 --> 0:10:07.120 about ten fifteen minutes ago from MLB Network with a 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.920 hypothetical on Soto, and it's pretty much what we've talked 0:10:09.920 --> 0:10:11.960 about on this show for the last couple of weeks. 0:10:12.120 --> 0:10:17.120 Soto for Abrams, Mackenzie Gore, Robert Hassel, James Wood, who 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:19.920 is their number three prospect, and Jackson Merrill, who a 0:10:20.000 --> 0:10:22.760 side note, James Wood and Jackson Merril are best friends 0:10:23.040 --> 0:10:25.640 and like when Wood was rehabbing, Meryll was also rehabing, 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:27.160 they would like watch each other play out here in 0:10:27.160 --> 0:10:29.840 complex blah blah, blah, it doesn't matter. That's a huge 0:10:29.920 --> 0:10:33.920 prospect Hall. I don't think another team can really necessarily 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.120 compete with that prospect Hall. But the key is going 0:10:36.200 --> 0:10:38.000 to be do they want those major league guys? And 0:10:38.040 --> 0:10:41.080 that's where the Dodgers provide the pitching side, and the 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.640 Cardinals I think provide the hitting side, and guys like 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:46.640 Gorman and Dylan Carlson if they were to be provided, 0:10:46.679 --> 0:10:48.480 if they were to come out there. So it'll be 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.840 really really interesting to see. There's some other trade rumors 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:55.440 going on. Montes is a target for the Padres, Twins, Yankees, 0:10:55.440 --> 0:10:57.600 and Blue Jays. I saw John Hayman report last night 0:10:57.640 --> 0:11:00.600 that the Yankees their sole focus is on Frank Montas. 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:04.160 The Astros are looking at Christian Vasquez in addition to 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:07.360 Wilson Contreras. I have been putting Wilson Contreras on with 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:09.959 the Astros for the last couple of weeks. I think 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.040 maybe pedro Leone would make sense, even though I know 0:11:12.080 --> 0:11:15.800 it's a rental. The Guardians have inquired about Sean Murphy. 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.760 The A's are making him available. They're making all the 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:22.199 guys available, and the Phillies are interested in Ramon Lariano. 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:24.000 So the A's are going to have a complete, just 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.720 decimation of their roster. Do you expect any surprises? Just 0:11:27.760 --> 0:11:29.880 real quick at the trade ladline, do you think we're 0:11:29.880 --> 0:11:32.320 going to see anything nuts and crazy? As someone we 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:36.520 haven't been talking about. My biggest crazy suggestion has been, 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:40.280 if Juan Soto gets traded today on Monday, I expect 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.080 Shohiel Tani to be traded on Tuesday. If it comes 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:45.960 down to the wire, I'm gonna kind of put it 0:11:45.960 --> 0:11:48.000 as a fifty to fifty. But it's just my little 0:11:48.000 --> 0:11:51.400 prediction is if Soto has moved on Monday, Otani has 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:53.400 moved on Tuesday. I don't know if that's that much 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.960 of a shock. But Mike, do you expect any shocks 0:11:56.320 --> 0:11:57.800 in the next thirty hours? 0:11:58.840 --> 0:12:01.280 I think if there's to be one, it's gonna it's 0:12:01.360 --> 0:12:02.600 kind of a cop out because I have a hard 0:12:02.600 --> 0:12:05.080 time giving a true name, but I would I would 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:06.480 think it could be a guy that was signed to 0:12:06.520 --> 0:12:09.760 a deal that people maybe we're surprised the deal happened. 0:12:09.760 --> 0:12:12.160 Like a hobby Baye is habby Baya is for for 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:13.880 the Tigers, a team that doesn't similar they're going to 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.160 be competing in the near future, although maybe they think 0:12:16.160 --> 0:12:18.720 their window might be next year the year after. Maybe 0:12:18.720 --> 0:12:21.199 they realized because they've already talked about pretty much everyone 0:12:21.240 --> 0:12:23.000 being on the table. Maybe Hobby Bias is like one 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:24.720 of those guys that's like, well, you know what, maybe 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.560 this was a mistake. Let's see if we can salvage 0:12:26.559 --> 0:12:28.480 this and see if the team team will take them on. 0:12:29.320 --> 0:12:31.360 Maybe I doubt Chris Bryant. 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.400 But maybe that's the type of thing, like maybe one 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:36.320 of these guys, if Trevor Story was healthy with the 0:12:36.320 --> 0:12:38.520 Red Sox kind of leaning towards being buyers and sellers. 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:41.559 The reports say both, and that they never mentioned Story 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:43.320 being safe. They've mentioned, you know, Bogarts by name, at 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:45.400 least I haven't seen their reports, but they've mentioned Bogart's 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:47.679 by name and others by name, Dev's they are safe. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:49.920 So it's like maybe one of these offseason signings that 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.120 were surprising in the first place, Marcus Stroman, guys that 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:55.480 were on teams that like, okay, this is weird that 0:12:55.520 --> 0:12:58.640 they made these signings become trade bait for these teams 0:12:58.640 --> 0:12:59.520 all of a sudden. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.920 Maybe by goes back to the Mets something to throw. 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.480 Maybe you know, they rEFInd him there, Dan, this is 0:13:04.480 --> 0:13:06.640 actually a good question. Well, the trades trade away a catcher, 0:13:07.000 --> 0:13:09.360 they should. I think Danny Jansen should be someone they're 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:11.760 putting out on the market who would make a ton 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.760 of sense. Bring Gabriel moreno back up to go with 0:13:13.800 --> 0:13:17.760 Ali hndro Kirk. Trade from your strengths as much as 0:13:17.800 --> 0:13:20.160 possible to fix some of those weaknesses. Because the Blue 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:22.120 Jas are not really tied with anybody, So that's actually 0:13:22.120 --> 0:13:24.640 a really good question. I think they should. Finishing up 0:13:24.679 --> 0:13:28.439 the headlines, Aaron Judge continues to be the biggest beast 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:32.120 on the planet. His I was saying this yesterday. His 0:13:32.240 --> 0:13:35.720 stats through July thirty first, our stats for an entire 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:38.160 season that every single player would kill for and we'd 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:40.080 get them all the money in the world. Judge homer 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:42.640 three times over the weekend, now up to forty two, 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.720 which is ten below his career high set in twenty seventeen. 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:47.360 And here is a marker I want to give you 0:13:47.400 --> 0:13:51.680 as well. Aaron Judge has more homers than any single 0:13:51.760 --> 0:13:54.720 person in our home run contest. And we've had the season. 0:13:54.880 --> 0:13:58.040 Every single day of baseball, we have been able to 0:13:58.360 --> 0:14:01.199 make picks on these guys and Aaron Judge has more 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.000 homers in real life than we could just picking players 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:08.960 every single day. That's pretty fun. And then then lastly 0:14:09.040 --> 0:14:10.960 Clay Holmes blew a save, giving up a three run 0:14:10.960 --> 0:14:13.360 homer to South President the ninth as they lost eight 0:14:13.400 --> 0:14:17.040 to six, and my dreams and hopes of Clay Holmes 0:14:17.080 --> 0:14:20.800 being the closer down the drain some injuries. Chris Bryant 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.600 left Saturday's game with foot pain. Curly, I'm out on 0:14:23.680 --> 0:14:26.320 Chris Bryan. I've been saying, I'm pretty far out on 0:14:26.400 --> 0:14:30.480 Chris Bryant. Do you have hopes of salvaging the rest 0:14:30.480 --> 0:14:32.600 of this season for him? Which has just been really 0:14:32.600 --> 0:14:34.760 about a month he's had about a month that worked. 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:36.800 All of his homers I think came in the month 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.080 of July, if I remember correctly. Do you have any 0:14:39.080 --> 0:14:40.440 hopes on the back half of this year? 0:14:41.120 --> 0:14:44.080 I did until I think reports came out that he's 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.240 been dealing with like planter fasciitis over the like of 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.120 late I think since the All Star break or so. 0:14:49.280 --> 0:14:53.240 I remember reading about it yesterday and dealing with that. 0:14:53.520 --> 0:14:55.320 You know how that can be for athletes in general, 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.520 doesn't matter the sport, and that could hinder his progress 0:14:57.560 --> 0:14:59.920 the rest of the year, and I was really hopef 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:01.880 But you know what this reminds me of. It's the 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:04.680 whole Daniel Murphy deal, like twenty nineteen and wherever it 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:06.600 was when Murphy went over to the Rockies, the. 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:08.360 Hype build the hype built up. 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:09.840 It was a similar skill set in terms of being 0:15:09.840 --> 0:15:11.880 like a really solid bat just going to Coors again, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.120 a chance to really exploit course for what it was, 0:15:14.160 --> 0:15:17.440 and injuries derailed them. Age Duriel Murphy obviously not a 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:19.120 direct comp but it was one of those things where 0:15:19.160 --> 0:15:20.800 it's like I bought in preseason. I was like, all right, cool, 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:22.360 I'm gonna jump his adp up. I got him in 0:15:22.360 --> 0:15:24.680 a few spots. I was really happy, and then early 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:26.320 drafts I was even happier. I was like, sweet, I 0:15:26.320 --> 0:15:28.400 got him at the discount. I was happy to take 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:30.280 them near a pick like eighty ish. I think it 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.200 was early on and because just because the skill set, 0:15:33.200 --> 0:15:36.400 But ultimately it's me trying to justify why I took 0:15:36.440 --> 0:15:38.040 him early. Well, at the end of the day, it 0:15:38.080 --> 0:15:40.160 seems like it feels like a busted pick, and I 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:41.120 don't seem much. 0:15:41.160 --> 0:15:43.480 Do you think he's a sell like at all costs 0:15:43.600 --> 0:15:45.400 type of thing, because I think obviously it's a sell, 0:15:45.480 --> 0:15:47.760 but you get trade deadlines happening. I just had a 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.760 trade deadline end in the Scott White League that I 0:15:50.800 --> 0:15:52.560 play in. But some are going to go through. I 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.120 think some standards on a lot of side of like 0:15:54.160 --> 0:15:57.320 August thirteenth, I want to say, right in that range 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.400 is like a general fantasy trade deadline. If you had 0:16:00.400 --> 0:16:02.480 a team poking around want to take a shot, is 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.920 there a low that you wouldn't take on Chris Bryant 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:07.400 at this point. 0:16:07.720 --> 0:16:10.400 I would I'd be willing to. I definitely redraft. I'd 0:16:10.400 --> 0:16:13.000 be looking to sell for sure. Dynasty, I'd actually if 0:16:13.040 --> 0:16:15.320 you're a contender or if your windows next year, I 0:16:15.360 --> 0:16:17.640 think he's a great buy if you can right now, 0:16:17.640 --> 0:16:19.760 because I do think the value is dropping even though 0:16:20.000 --> 0:16:22.960 we know a healthy Chris Bryant can be pretty solid, 0:16:23.000 --> 0:16:24.640 and I do think he'll get right in the offseason, 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:26.520 and you know, Chris Bryant has these moments of like 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:28.960 being injured, playing well, but maybe he'll miss some time 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:30.840 next year or whatever. Dynasty lees, I think he's more 0:16:30.840 --> 0:16:32.640 of a bye redraft. 0:16:32.640 --> 0:16:33.040 That's tough. 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:34.960 I think I would obviously at this point, if someone's 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.520 willing to give me anything that can help my team, 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:40.040 I would probably sell. I'd be willing to sell seventy 0:16:40.040 --> 0:16:41.640 five per cents on the dollar type of deal probably 0:16:41.720 --> 0:16:42.000 right now. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.800 I think so Zark is a trade for Chris Bryant 0:16:44.800 --> 0:16:48.280 threw weeks ago. It wasn't too much better. I really 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:52.000 really do Bobby Witt. The day after Julio Rodriguez was 0:16:52.080 --> 0:16:53.640 hit on the wrist, which I want to point out 0:16:53.640 --> 0:16:56.120 around the hand. Scott Bogman was at that game and 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:59.640 I told him for for handcock rules, he's no longer 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:03.200 around him because he hurt him. The day after, Bobby 0:17:03.240 --> 0:17:05.200 Wit Junior was sidelined after getting hit on the hand 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.280 by a pitch. No xt rays have been done as 0:17:07.320 --> 0:17:09.280 of yet, which is probably a good sign. Not so 0:17:09.280 --> 0:17:12.400 great for Hulia Rodriguez though the X rays were negative. 0:17:12.680 --> 0:17:14.159 He had some swelling and they put him on the 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:16.320 EL so he's on the IL for a tiny bit. 0:17:16.560 --> 0:17:19.600