Speaker 1: Welcome in friends too. Leading off right here on Fantasy Pros,
Speaker 1: I am the Welsh. That is the Casey Bubba, and
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Speaker 2: Yep. You know I've got to support the cause. Once
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Speaker 2: I might as well throw on some swag and be
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Speaker 1: I like you, I'm ready to get into all the
Speaker 1: stuff in the things. I had a late night, by
Speaker 1: the way, and we'll kind of start with that. A
Speaker 1: late night because I did a CBS hit which was
Speaker 1: like one or one AM Eastern, and one of the
Speaker 1: pieces about it was about what's going on in the
Speaker 1: NL West, and it's like NL West madness right now,
Speaker 1: so I want to make sure to cover a little
Speaker 1: bit of that. Last night, Dodgers lose to the Orioles.
Speaker 1: Jack Flaherty allows three earned runs over six innings, looked okay,
Speaker 1: and Baltimore was able to take a win where they've
Speaker 1: got Corbin Burns going up today. Brandon Fought allows eight
Speaker 1: earned runs, gets obliterated six or was eight runs six
Speaker 1: were earned, four and two thirds of an inning. Looks bad.
Speaker 1: Started off the game, he did the sandwich thing where
Speaker 1: he gave up like the homer and the first inning
Speaker 1: or whatever to pee Alonzo and then he was like
Speaker 1: three clean and then he just got obliterated into the
Speaker 1: fourth inning. He looked like crap, while San Diego pulls
Speaker 1: it out, which also pulled me out some bets here
Speaker 1: they were. They had two different opportunities of losing. They
Speaker 1: end up, you know, Jackson Merril does his business many
Speaker 1: Machado looks incredible and they pull this out. We have
Speaker 1: apps either with pandemonium in the NL West where this
Speaker 1: isn't the Dodgers Bubba up by you know, eight games
Speaker 1: or anything like this. There's a two and a half
Speaker 1: or three game differential between the Padres, Dodgers and the
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks right now, and all of these guys are just floating,
Speaker 1: and I'm curious, what do you think the difference is
Speaker 1: going to be? What's going to be the deciding factor
Speaker 1: in this division? Like is it you know, someone's got
Speaker 1: to keep pace with the starting pitchers, bullpen offense, and
Speaker 1: how do you think it's going to finish out?
Speaker 2: Well, you got a Padres team whose offense is playing well.
Speaker 2: They might get Tatis back middle of September. You have
Speaker 2: their rotation, might get you Darbish back in a week
Speaker 2: or two. And they made all those straits to sure
Speaker 2: up their bullpen, which is what you want to do
Speaker 2: in the postseason. D Backs offense is one of the
Speaker 2: best in baseball. Dodgers pitching staffs and shambles boohoo. So's
Speaker 2: it's pretty fun watching this division, and I think all
Speaker 2: three make the dance one way or another. But it's
Speaker 2: getting really fun thing. And the Padres are back in
Speaker 2: this The Diamondbacks we thought were lost for dead. You
Speaker 2: obviously follow them closely, and now they're looking like that
Speaker 2: World Series contender all of a sudden. Here it's a
Speaker 2: fun one. And I think the biggest difference is San
Speaker 2: Diego's got the edge and getting you Darvish back. They
Speaker 2: just got Joe Muskrow back, and they have an elite
Speaker 2: bullpen back into the bullpen. That might be huge for them.
Speaker 1: I mean, I also think it's the reinforcements because I
Speaker 1: was looking at this so in all the study, here
Speaker 1: are the crazy thing. So the Dodgers have the best
Speaker 1: ra I believe, or was it you know it was
Speaker 1: bullpen bullpen era in this division. Diamondbacks have the worst
Speaker 1: in this division. Dodgers are also the best representation of
Speaker 1: actual starter era and runs scored per game. Diamondbacks are
Speaker 1: one of the words. I don't know. I think it's
Speaker 1: trending in a weird direction. And they have the reinforcements Dodgers.
Speaker 1: You know, They've still got Yamamoto. Yamamoto looks like I
Speaker 1: believe he's going to be throwing today or no, Well, he.
Speaker 2: Still has to throw at least three more rehab starts.
Speaker 2: They say they want two to three rehab starts. He
Speaker 2: hasn't even his first one, so I think it's like
Speaker 2: a mid September and I think they just one him
Speaker 2: for the postseason. So I don't know how much of
Speaker 2: a reinforcement he'll be well, but I.
Speaker 1: Think that's also like a reinforcement for the playoffs. And
Speaker 1: then you've got Tatisa in theory coming back, Darvish finally
Speaker 1: kind of getting I think he was just throwing the other.
Speaker 1: I mean, so it's like you gotta have all this
Speaker 1: while the Diamondbacks are kind of faltering. Brandon Fott, you know,
Speaker 1: for all of my wrong doesn't look good, did not
Speaker 1: look good. And then Jordan Montgomery ends up going you know, well, no,
Speaker 1: he's been garbage. But then he comes in and.
Speaker 2: Release that that was a horrible managerial decision though I
Speaker 2: had a full time starter bringing him in the middle
Speaker 2: of an inning. That is like just foolish stuff. Bring
Speaker 2: a like bring a bottom end reliever into finishing and
Speaker 2: then bring Joe Moo in to start the next inning.
Speaker 2: Don't bring him in all that. That's a mess.
Speaker 1: Why you guys are killing me in the chat? I
Speaker 1: is this the first time I've worn a backwards hat
Speaker 1: on the show this season? No, I wear it all
Speaker 1: the time. Everyone's like, what's the Welsh meter? Matt's like,
Speaker 1: Welsh looks like he's ready to talk.
Speaker 2: Yes, best bros. Thing, Yes, you know.
Speaker 1: What's so funny about that. The other thing I was
Speaker 1: up late with was I was I was watching I
Speaker 1: was watching a DFS, a football DFS stream last night,
Speaker 1: or my buddy d bro and Justin Steele, who will
Speaker 1: talk about here in a little bit. They were doing
Speaker 1: a thing my buddy Justin Steele, and they all had
Speaker 1: backwards hats, and I was just it was making me
Speaker 1: laugh and I almost text him I was gonna say,
Speaker 1: Colin Cowhard would be very upset with this broadcast right
Speaker 1: now with all these backward hats. So it's just you
Speaker 1: guys are making me laugh with it. But I know
Speaker 1: it's not necessarily fantasy relevant, but I think the inconsistencies
Speaker 1: of the division are really really interesting right now. And
Speaker 1: I guess the only thing I would add to it
Speaker 1: is like I kind of think the Diamondbacks might be
Speaker 1: on the wrong side of this may. Yeah, they're all
Speaker 1: locked in right at this moment for you know, for
Speaker 1: a playoff run, and the Diamondbacks have been the hottest
Speaker 1: offensive team. But I don't know, man, I think the
Speaker 1: I think the Padres are on the positive trend, the
Speaker 1: Dodgers are not going to falter too much, and the
Speaker 1: Diamondbacks have the worst combination. I mean, they have one
Speaker 1: of the six worst era in baseball overall. For I
Speaker 1: think it's just the overall staff, not just the starting pitchers.
Speaker 1: And their bullpen stinks too, So I don't know, it
Speaker 1: was just in my mind, But Brandon fought. He stinks,
Speaker 1: and I'm not really sure is even a trustable, viable
Speaker 1: option maybe against me.
Speaker 2: He's been pretty good this year.
Speaker 1: He's been fine, He's got an over four ERA and everything.
Speaker 1: Right now, I just don't know. At this point, I
Speaker 1: think he's wearing down a little bit. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: I trust him in good matchups and like really really
Speaker 1: good matchups. Nor do I trust any of the Diamondbacks.
Speaker 1: So that's the other thing. They all stink Meryl Kelly Garbage.
Speaker 1: He's at best a streamer right now. Gallon underperforms Edwardo's Okay,
Speaker 1: Ryan Nelson had to replace Jorian Montgomery because he's one
Speaker 1: of the worst pitchers in baseball. So you know, what
Speaker 1: do you say here? One of the best players in baseball.
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about here in just a second.
Speaker 1: I want to remind two things. Well, one of them
Speaker 1: is that if you guys have any questions, put them
Speaker 1: in the chat. I wrote this in the chat. We're
Speaker 1: gonna answer a few of your guys's questions here after
Speaker 1: the opening headline segment. Just a get you guys, Prepp,
Speaker 1: you know, for your playoffs, everything like that, And then
Speaker 1: I completely forget what the oh I have like a
Speaker 1: fun little announcement in here, in just a tiny bit,
Speaker 1: which we've already kind of alluded to in some people. No,
Speaker 1: Jared Duran he went two for four with a solo
Speaker 1: homer on Tuesday. He'sit in two ninety four, three, fifty four, five,
Speaker 1: twenty eight, now has twenty homers, thirty two stolen bases.
Speaker 1: And this was put out there, Bubba. He has joined
Speaker 1: the twenty thirty club, which currently only includes Jose Ramirez,
Speaker 1: Lie de la Cruz and shohe O Tani. Is Jared
Speaker 1: Durana first round pick next year?
Speaker 2: Not yet. He went second round in our early draft,
Speaker 2: like third or fourth pick in the second round, so
Speaker 2: he's close close. It's like they went nineteenth or twentieth overall.
Speaker 2: But I'm not there just yet. With Jared Duran, I
Speaker 2: think there's still so many talented players in the front half.
Speaker 2: But like he'd have to replace Julio Rodriguez or for
Speaker 2: anftute East junior. Is that happening? I don't know, So
Speaker 2: I don't know, Like I get it, twenty thirty is amazing,
Speaker 2: twenty thirty, but would you rather you know you got
Speaker 2: DuRane Churio, you got Duran, Corbyn, Carrol, you got Duran, Like,
Speaker 2: there's a lot of these questions to be had.
Speaker 1: I was looking at I think it was your guys' board.
Speaker 1: Someone shared it last night. It had to have been
Speaker 1: you guys are like, you guys are the only Indo.
Speaker 2: Meet me and bloom We did a recap show in
Speaker 2: the last night, so.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and yeah it must It might have been
Speaker 1: Bloomfield's board that I saw that was on there and
Speaker 1: Corbyn went like sixteen or fifteen.
Speaker 2: He picks ahead of Duran.
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Like, I don't know if that's right.
Speaker 1: Like you loved it. Corbyn hit a homer last night.
Speaker 1: You love to see the power go on. He has
Speaker 1: a legit shot to put up twenty this year, which
Speaker 1: is insane. There's what do you have, like three through
Speaker 1: June or some crap like that. So he's a legit
Speaker 1: shot to go twenty. The stolen bases have completely gone
Speaker 1: by the wayside. He can't hit for average. Jaron Duran
Speaker 1: also has one hundred runs by the way, so it's
Speaker 1: like Jaron Duran is putting up first round numbers. I
Speaker 1: just don't know if he doesn't belong in the conversation.
Speaker 1: You say, Julio Rodriguez, should he go over Julio maybe, Like.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not opposed. I'm just saying, there's like a
Speaker 2: glob kind of at the back of the first early
Speaker 2: second where you could make arguments pros and cons for
Speaker 2: almost all of them. And yeah, I understand, I understand
Speaker 2: the Duran love. I just don't think it'll happen, is
Speaker 2: what I'm thinking.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll it'll get there, Lee asked Gunner or Durana Gunner.
Speaker 2: Gunner was the fourth pick in this draft, and that
Speaker 2: was pretty easy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Gunner's still the guy. But it's just kind
Speaker 1: of an incredible run that he continues to keep going
Speaker 1: on and the numbers are insane. Another great run for
Speaker 1: a guy that'll be second or third round Jackson Serio
Speaker 1: has not slowed down. Hit a two run homer, also
Speaker 1: a stolen base when the Brewers loss here, and this
Speaker 1: is another one of those guys that's like, you know,
Speaker 1: it's funny, it beats I don't know if you're implying
Speaker 1: this like shout out to the glob. There's actually a
Speaker 1: glob I think of great hitters. Yes, this year between
Speaker 1: probably the mid second round to the third run, I
Speaker 1: should say next year, and there's going to be this
Speaker 1: glob and it's going to be the like Carrol's and
Speaker 1: the Duran and then to lower degrees, it's going to
Speaker 1: be the Churios and the James Wood, maryl and Jackson Merrill's. Yeah,
Speaker 1: all those guys are going to be in there. But
Speaker 1: anything on Cheerio right now.
Speaker 2: All I got to say is I was watching that game.
Speaker 2: Churio took out the top left corner of the scoreboard
Speaker 2: with that home run. It was like four hundred and
Speaker 2: sixty four feet off the logan web. And then he
Speaker 2: played great deep, like the kid is so good and
Speaker 2: he's only twenty, Like it's unreal.
Speaker 1: Some pitching stuff out there. Jeffrey Springs tossed five shutout
Speaker 1: innings in a no decision. He ended up giving up
Speaker 1: one hit, walk too, struck out nine. And I really
Speaker 1: also put this on here to say, like, dude, he
Speaker 1: looks like he is back into his vintage self. And
Speaker 1: that's another one of those guys that I do think
Speaker 1: he's going to as the offseason goes on, he will
Speaker 1: start creeping up and up. But I don't know if
Speaker 1: initial ranks are going to be appropriate on where he
Speaker 1: really should be, because if you remember, Jeffrey Springs was
Speaker 1: like what Top twenty twenty five sp like in the
Speaker 1: in the hay, he's going to break out and then
Speaker 1: he got hurt. Maybe he's around that vicinity. But I
Speaker 1: love what we're seeing out of Jeffrey Springs right now,
Speaker 1: and I just think, you know, it's back to vintage
Speaker 1: and this is what you want. Also because he's not
Speaker 1: he's not a big power thrower, you know what I mean. Like,
Speaker 1: he's a guy that really works off of that change
Speaker 1: up and then he's already got that back. It's a
Speaker 1: huge sign for next year, and it's a great sign
Speaker 1: for the rest of this year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely, it's great for the rest of this year. Downside,
Speaker 2: he's only gonna throw seventy nine to eighty pitches. It
Speaker 2: looks like every start, so this year is going to
Speaker 2: be limited, but great going in the next season. Look
Speaker 2: like he's healthy and should be back in that top
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five discussion for sure.
Speaker 1: I will give you one that I am immensely, immensely
Speaker 1: impressed with, and I sat down. You know how this
Speaker 1: goes sometimes we're just like we're all over the place
Speaker 1: with games, and you know where your focus can be
Speaker 1: on certain players. I don't know if I had sat
Speaker 1: down and like give complete focus to Spencer Schwellenbach in
Speaker 1: a game, like you know what I'm saying, like where
Speaker 1: you actually sit down here, Like I'm gonna watch every
Speaker 1: pitch and I'm gonna go seeing an innying go over.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't actually clicking. Isn't that funny? That
Speaker 1: was our change?
Speaker 2: I saw you show your age. You just totally age
Speaker 2: yourself there.
Speaker 1: I don't click anything anymore except my mouth. It would
Speaker 1: just be like click click, click to change over.
Speaker 2: Keep talking about clicks. Let's have some fun with this.
Speaker 1: And but like I'll watch like an inning or something
Speaker 1: like that. But I watched the whole thing, and Spencer
Speaker 1: Schwellenbach has definitely taken another step up. And I know
Speaker 1: everybody you know is paid attention really knows that.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: He ended up striking out eight. I took his strikeout
Speaker 1: total over yesterday. But that combination of the high nineties,
Speaker 1: four seing fastball, the cutter that he can even slide
Speaker 1: a bit, the splitter which has got double action, he'll
Speaker 1: throw it high he'll throw it, like the changeup and
Speaker 1: the curveball. I think I'm going to be wildly high
Speaker 1: on Spincer swelling Bach next year in Dynasty. I want
Speaker 1: to buy him right now, no matter what happens. If
Speaker 1: it gets blown you know what, get blown up in
Speaker 1: one start, give me a discount. I want to buy
Speaker 1: him in Dynasty. I'm moving him way up in my
Speaker 1: Dynasty ranks. And this is one of those dudes like
Speaker 1: I think he could be a top twenty five sp
Speaker 1: next season, like out the Gates, bubb. I might be
Speaker 1: I might be going a little bit too nuts about it,
Speaker 1: but I love the repertoire. I love the fastball, like
Speaker 1: the confidence, massive strikeouts in there. I think I'm gonna
Speaker 1: be one of the high high guys on Swallenbach. I
Speaker 1: don't know where he went in that ten round, if
Speaker 1: he went, but I legit think like this, this is
Speaker 1: gonna be a He's gonna be one of my huge
Speaker 1: breakout guys for next season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he is a tenth rounder, and it's a it's
Speaker 2: a fun conversation because I'm with you. I think he's legit.
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be very very good. Could take
Speaker 2: a step forward. He feels like a good SP two
Speaker 2: SP three in fantasy right now. I don't think he's
Speaker 2: the ace yet of course in that tier, but could
Speaker 2: be very very good, and he'll be like the SP
Speaker 2: three or four in Atlanta, which bodes phenomenally well in
Speaker 2: that question. So I think he's legit. I'm with you,
Speaker 2: and I was very bullish out the gate because minor
Speaker 2: league numbers look like a lot of pitch to contact,
Speaker 2: which scares me at the big league level. And he
Speaker 2: has continued to improve, as you said, and the strikeouts
Speaker 2: have been amazing. So I'm a big fan as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah no, And like, I'm agreeing with you, but I wasn't,
Speaker 1: like I'm fully admitting, like, I wasn't like, oh.
Speaker 2: Love, I was out of him. I told people not
Speaker 2: to pick him up. Oh came up. That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 2: I was not on board because he was a minor
Speaker 2: league wise with like a pitch to contact guy, and
Speaker 2: I didn't want anything to do with that. He's he's
Speaker 2: completely he's completely changed his how he pitches. Basically, it's
Speaker 2: been amazing.
Speaker 1: Yeah No, That's where I'm at. I mean, he's a
Speaker 1: two way player too. The guy was a shortstop, but
Speaker 1: I think he's a bulldog out there. I think his
Speaker 1: stuff is disgusting and nasty, and he's going to get
Speaker 1: better into the offseason. He's just using to be one
Speaker 1: of my favorite players. Also a fun note, I think
Speaker 1: a lot of people saw this, but the Schwellenbach versus
Speaker 1: Simeon Woods Richardson was the longest last name pitcher versus
Speaker 1: pitcher matchup in MLB history. And then I think they said,
Speaker 1: like when you added in the first name, it was
Speaker 1: like forty characters between the two or just some nonsense.
Speaker 1: But Schwellenbach versus Richardson, your biggest name, is ridiculous. I
Speaker 1: actually love those guys with those crazy names too. There's
Speaker 1: a guy on the Rangers who's in the minor leagues.
Speaker 1: I think it was like the longest name in history,
Speaker 1: Like no joke. It was like it was like a horseshoe,
Speaker 1: like it literally went up and it went all the
Speaker 1: way down under the number. The name was so long.
Speaker 1: Und I love Schia. That's a really good one. ONEO Cruz.
Speaker 1: I just want to point this out. He's batting third today,
Speaker 1: I think, playing at this moment, but more importantly, he
Speaker 1: is finally in the outfield. He had been dhing the
Speaker 1: last couple of days. He is starting in center field.
Speaker 1: That's the new transition for him. I also want to
Speaker 1: point out I did this I think on it TL
Speaker 1: but like ONEO Cruz, if you don't pay attention to him,
Speaker 1: is really really good. And he's not beating the expectation
Speaker 1: of the big homers because because here's the deal, everyone
Speaker 1: was like, he's just not going to hit for average.
Speaker 1: The dude, I think is hitting at a two seventy marker. Yes,
Speaker 1: yesterday he hit a double. And what I was telling
Speaker 1: Boggs was what I think is so trippy is if
Speaker 1: you if I would have told you, I'll tell you
Speaker 1: ask you this right now, I would have told you, hey,
Speaker 1: he's going to hit two sixty five next season. If
Speaker 1: I would have told you that in March, what would
Speaker 1: you have said? That stat line is going to look
Speaker 1: like If Oneal Cruz is hitting over to sixty.
Speaker 2: I'm thinking he's a thirty vertical. I think it's the
Speaker 2: thirty thirty guy pretty much.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I told Boggs, I was like, I probably hit
Speaker 1: forty homers. So I think the disappointment has come from
Speaker 1: he actually hasn't tapped into the pot. He's you know, barreling.
Speaker 1: He's hitting hard, he's just not getting the ball I
Speaker 1: guess enough in the air. But like he's hitting for
Speaker 1: great average. He I think he just he stole a
Speaker 1: third base yesterday. So he's going to be a twenty
Speaker 1: twenty guy. Probably not going to be a twenty five
Speaker 1: to twenty five, but with a good batting average. I
Speaker 1: don't know. I felt like people were very indifferent about
Speaker 1: oneo Cruiz. I think he's way better than anyone's giving
Speaker 1: him credit for.
Speaker 2: So he's been great.
Speaker 1: I'm impressed.
Speaker 2: The production's awesome. Part of it it's hurting him is
Speaker 2: in the preseason everyone did the lazy Ellie Daily Cruiz
Speaker 2: versus O'Neil Cruz discussion, and Ellie's just been off the chart.
Speaker 2: O'Neil's been banged up a little bit, so it's kind
Speaker 2: of overshadowed him. But yeah, so Neil's been very, very good.
Speaker 2: The mood of the outfield could be fun too, So
Speaker 2: I'm excited about it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I would talked about that, but I
Speaker 1: also said, like I thought they were different. Ellie was
Speaker 1: going to steal bases, O'Neill's going to hit homers. I'm
Speaker 1: just I'm a little surprised that where the home run
Speaker 1: rate has been, but he just hasn't been getting the
Speaker 1: ball in the air at time. He absolutely crushes it.
Speaker 1: But once he learns to get the ball in the
Speaker 1: air with that batting average, it's going to go. And
Speaker 1: I think that outfield eligibility all but helps. Next year,
Speaker 1: you're gonna be able to put him the middle infield
Speaker 1: and you're going to be able to put him in
Speaker 1: the outfield.
Speaker 2: That's huge. It gonna be the jazzy jazz of the world.
Speaker 2: It's gonna be fun.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but he does get hurt a little bit. And
Speaker 1: then finally in this and we'll answer some questions, my
Speaker 1: boy Justin Steel allowed two and runs of five innings,
Speaker 1: struck out six, was able to get the win. And
Speaker 1: I'm actually more posting this because this is going to
Speaker 1: be super cool because they mentioned it last night on
Speaker 1: a stream on for you guys, it'll be Friday, We're
Speaker 1: gonna be doing a show with Justin Steele, myself, Derek Brown,
Speaker 1: Justin Cubbs, Ace, Justin Steele, and Fantasy Guru Drew. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a football thing. But we're gonna be doing
Speaker 1: a live mock draft live like, we're gonna be doing it,
Speaker 1: and it's gonna be up on the YouTube Fantasy Pros
Speaker 1: YouTube channel, which is gonna be super cool. And we're
Speaker 1: gonna be filling that mock draft on our discord, so
Speaker 1: another cool perk Fantasypros dot Com slash chat. We're gonna
Speaker 1: be hanging out with Justin Steele, so he's striking out
Speaker 1: dudes and gonna be draft and rosters. He's a DFS guy.
Speaker 1: They were doing mad DFS rosters by the way, Bubba.
Speaker 1: He said he's got like a forty best ball share
Speaker 1: on Trade McBride big tight end guy too.
Speaker 2: Hey, and two for two with Trey McBride chairs in
Speaker 2: my fantasy league. So I'm pretty fun that. Hey, I've
Speaker 2: always loved Justin Steele. Now it's making sense.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, nice, Yeah, there you go, so all right, yeah,
Speaker 1: but Justin Steele Welsh Justin Steele x Welsh to Well,
Speaker 1: we're recording it tomorrow, but it'll be on the YouTube channel,
Speaker 1: So I think that'll be pretty fun. Probably won't talk
Speaker 1: a lot of baseball, but maybe we'll do a little
Speaker 1: bit all right, let's answer some questions. We'll burn through
Speaker 1: pistol looking for saves. Jorge Lopez or Podge.
Speaker 2: It's a coin toss. Looks like it's like, I like
Speaker 2: Podge better, but they're both getting their fair share.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I guess Podge is fine by me. Matt says,
Speaker 1: Big Christmas or Jock for the rest.
Speaker 2: Of the week. It's it's Christmas in August everybody. I
Speaker 2: like Jock, but Joan Kinzie's been playing lefties of course
Speaker 2: half the righty's and just been beasting out right.
Speaker 1: Now, Dude, I mentioned this in i TL two. If
Speaker 1: you look at big Christmases like overall or underlying numbers.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he might be the dude, he might be like.
Speaker 1: What Naylor was like two years ago. Because it's like
Speaker 1: nineteen percent barrel rate over fifty percent hard hit rate.
Speaker 1: He gets the ball in the air almost like a
Speaker 1: twenty degree launch angle. He just needs to striking out.
Speaker 2: And that's improving. He might that's improving too. He's getting better.
Speaker 1: Yeah, like he might be a huge breakout for next year.
Speaker 2: Who did you say for this one?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I go in the well. I think they're giving
Speaker 1: him regular playing time. Jock is still you know, he's
Speaker 1: pure platoon. He's a pretty good, pretty damn good platoon.
Speaker 2: Oh it's awesome. Yeah, in a daily league, probably played Jock.
Speaker 2: But I'll take John Kinsey for the week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they don't like to play him A big Christmas Christmas.
Speaker 1: I think I've told this Big Christmas. He's one of
Speaker 1: the I've It's one of the furthest balls I've ever
Speaker 1: seen hit in the backfields. It is at the Rangers Stadium,
Speaker 1: and the Rangers it goes like, here's the field, and
Speaker 1: then they're like, right, here's the facility, Like right behind
Speaker 1: the center field wall is their their workout area, and
Speaker 1: then there's this big net and everything like that, and
Speaker 1: then there's a parking lot to the left. He didn't
Speaker 1: hit I'm sorry he didn't hit the homer, but he
Speaker 1: hit it so far it went over where the netting was.
Speaker 1: It went past the building and went into the parking
Speaker 1: lot and bounced over to the royal side. And I
Speaker 1: know I'm not I'm trying to like give you guys
Speaker 1: the audio version of that. It was stupid. It was
Speaker 1: one of the guy's That guy's power is like five
Speaker 1: hundred home run five hundred feet home run type of power.
Speaker 1: But I think you know that. Michael Impo says he's
Speaker 1: Ulio droppable in a ten team.
Speaker 2: I don't think that's out of the question of possibilities.
Speaker 2: Because there's a ten team lead, the waiver wires should
Speaker 2: be pretty plush with options to string link the week.
Speaker 2: I can move on from Julio right now.
Speaker 1: Yes, I want to look at his numbers over this
Speaker 1: last recent time. I think these questions should it's bad?
Speaker 1: Is it really that bad?
Speaker 2: I mean that team and it's the rest and replacement
Speaker 2: level of talent.
Speaker 1: I was looking at this team. It's crazy. They have
Speaker 1: the number one I mean, I think you guys know this.
Speaker 1: They have the number one ERA in baseball. They also
Speaker 1: I think had like a top ten bullpen ERA, and
Speaker 1: they I believe are like the actual worst as far
Speaker 1: as runs scored per game. There are their bottom three
Speaker 1: in run score. I mean, it is literally the polar opposites.
Speaker 1: How you have the maybe the best rotation in all
Speaker 1: of baseball and you can't put it together with Julio,
Speaker 1: and you know you you go out and get Randy
Speaker 1: or Rose Arena. He is hitting man one sixty seven
Speaker 1: in August right now, he had a two sixty seven
Speaker 1: pre All Star Break average. He's down to one fifty
Speaker 1: six in the second half. I mean, this is the
Speaker 1: type of year in redraft. You could do it if
Speaker 1: there's like a cool alternative that was sitting out there. Yeah, sure,
Speaker 1: one of the you know, one of those dudes that
Speaker 1: we've been talking about that were like, hey, he shouldn't
Speaker 1: be available, you know, like how like Tyler Fitzgerald has been. Dude,
Speaker 1: I got one for you. Would you rather Julio or
Speaker 1: Jake McCarthy.
Speaker 2: I'll think Jake McCarthy right now, easy, I.
Speaker 1: Think yeah, I think it's I think it is Jake.
Speaker 1: All right, let's see what else we got here. JJ
Speaker 1: said that Texas Chicago is Are they replaying their game today?
Speaker 1: You know I would love to know too, because I
Speaker 1: had a little parlay bet yesterday for the Padres to win,
Speaker 1: which they did, and for Texas and Chicago to have
Speaker 1: a nurfe and it got suspended and it's still they
Speaker 1: didn't like cash me out. They were just like holding it.
Speaker 1: They're holding it hostage for I don't know what the hell.
Speaker 1: I don't know what is going on with that game.
Speaker 1: It's restarting to see it on the schedule today.
Speaker 2: It's restarting today and then so it's basically a double
Speaker 2: header since they only through four pitches, but they're going
Speaker 2: to play that game and then start the second one
Speaker 2: right afterwards.
Speaker 1: Okay, I need to see it.
Speaker 2: I needed it was it was a It wasn't a
Speaker 2: I guess it was a suspended game, not a postponed game.
Speaker 1: What's the difference.
Speaker 2: Suspended means they're going to pick up where they left off. Postponed,
Speaker 2: he'd start over there. Four bitch, Garrett Crochet, the White Sox.
Speaker 2: White Sox to this so bad. They threw Crochet, who
Speaker 2: doesn't even throw more than four ratings. He has two
Speaker 2: starts to speak, through four pitches. We probably lost him
Speaker 2: for the rest of the week. It's that's the White
Speaker 2: Sox going full White Sox.
Speaker 1: And by the way, it's actually criminal because I bet
Speaker 1: that because I wanted Crochet versus h what was it
Speaker 1: Ivaldi Orhini or whatever it is. And now and now
Speaker 1: I'm gonna get you know, Dane Dunning versus h Whoeverow.
Speaker 2: You'll still get Heini, but she'll get whoever the White
Speaker 2: Sox through out there, which doesn't matter.
Speaker 1: That's really stupid. By the way, all right, let's even
Speaker 1: get to a couple more here. Amaya or o'happy. Rest
Speaker 1: of season, Amaya has been one of the hottest catchers
Speaker 1: on the wire right now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Maya's on fire. I guess if it's a shallow league,
Speaker 2: go a Maya. If it's deeper, I'd still stick with
Speaker 2: o'happy just because I he's the overall better player. But
Speaker 2: Omaya's been on fire. So if you want to play
Speaker 2: the hot hand for the last four weeks the season,
Speaker 2: go for it.
Speaker 1: If you were desperate, I would. I would go o'happy
Speaker 1: like in a vacuum. But I'm fine with Amya because
Speaker 1: he's been like really hot. This is an interesting one.
Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about Beato in a little bit. Would
Speaker 1: you stream Beato or Arraghetti today? I'm down with both.
Speaker 1: I mean, Aragedtty's scary. He's scary because he's going up
Speaker 1: against Philly, But dude has had a second half three
Speaker 1: and a half the RA so he's been a monster
Speaker 1: and a strikeout guy. Beto's been decent. I'd probably stream both.
Speaker 1: Just know what you're getting into. There's blow up potentials.
Speaker 1: Beato's going up against the Red America. Yeah, yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean that's a little bit scary. Edy the Philly is scared.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I guess it depends on your situation.
Speaker 1: I think they are both. Stream of bull pictures is
Speaker 1: a better way to put.
Speaker 2: It, deeper formats both in play beto better next week.
Speaker 2: Two steps. I'll take Erraghedtty today though. Philadelphia is a
Speaker 2: good offense. But overall, the last thirty days have taken
Speaker 2: a big step back for Sreddy's.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, And then Jack said, what's up boys,
Speaker 1: McCarthy or Jazz. Let's assume it's McCarthy redraft this year.
Speaker 2: McCarthy. Really, I'm guessing it's the rest of seasons. What
Speaker 2: I'm guessing Jazz I don't think is fully healthy. He
Speaker 2: hasn't looked the same since he came back, So give
Speaker 2: me McCarthy.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Jazz on that one. But like, I
Speaker 1: get it, I get it, all right? Was there any
Speaker 1: others that we wanted to hit? Look at us? Oh?
Speaker 1: Can we trust Burns against the Dodgers today?
Speaker 2: I'd prefer other options If you haven't.
Speaker 1: I mean, but like when you when you roster Corvin Burns, Like,
Speaker 1: what else is it that you like? That's your guy,
Speaker 1: that's your number one.
Speaker 2: I don't like you're asking that question. You can't afford
Speaker 2: it is the way other guy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're big man. You can't afford a big man.
Speaker 1: I uh, I probably still put him out there for
Speaker 1: being honest. If I am hugging ratios, though, I would yeah, yeah,
Speaker 1: then I would also probably avoid all right, good questions,
Speaker 1: get you guys prepped into this week for whatever the
Speaker 1: hell you're doing trying to get into the playoffs or
Speaker 1: that you are actually there. Let's go over to a
Speaker 1: little three up and three down. Zeki Tovar three for four,
Speaker 1: two homers for RBI yesterday. Dude, I don't have to
Speaker 1: make of him next year because like he was one
Speaker 1: of the worst plate presents in baseball, the way he
Speaker 1: just whiffs through in the strikeouts. I just I don't know,
Speaker 1: I'm not I don't know about it. But like then
Speaker 1: he puts off these performances to homers for RBI. Where
Speaker 1: did he go in the top ten rounds of your guys' thing?
Speaker 2: Let me check. Let me give me one second here,
Speaker 2: because that name does not stand out.
Speaker 1: So I don't think I bet he didn't know, because
Speaker 1: that would have been like the top one twenty.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no he did not. Oh Tivar did. Tivar did.
Speaker 2: Tvar did because he went like round eight or nine. Okay,
Speaker 2: so there's eight short stops taken in the first three rounds.
Speaker 2: So then and then there was a four or five
Speaker 2: more the rest of the draft.
Speaker 1: That's interesting. That's very interesting. By the way, another one,
Speaker 1: Matt Hers trustable versus the Cubs revenge narrative.
Speaker 2: Absolutely, dj Hurs has been awesome. The underlying metrics are phenomenal.
Speaker 2: He's a guy I want everywhere next year. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Strikeouts, baby, Victor Roblast two for four with two stolen bases.
Speaker 1: He's been about the life of the Mariners offense as
Speaker 1: of recent and Logan Gilbert speaking of six innings ten
Speaker 1: strikeouts gets them in the position every single time. That
Speaker 1: team is absolutely wild. They might have as well. It's
Speaker 1: perceivable that they are gonna have five pitchers that are
Speaker 1: going to go in the top ten rounds next season.
Speaker 1: Because I saw on your guys' draft Brian Wu went there.
Speaker 1: Brian Wu is gonna be a huge breakout candidate for
Speaker 1: next season if he can stay healthy. You got Bryce Miller,
Speaker 1: Logan Gilbert Kirby and Castillo. You're gonna have four. Do
Speaker 1: you think there's ever been an entire rotation five pitchers
Speaker 1: in the first ten rounds?
Speaker 2: No way, No way, And it's gonna happen all draft season.
Speaker 2: Barn and injury like they're that good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and I'm gonna be in on them. Whooh.
Speaker 1: On the down, Rotary Munez Garbage one and one third
Speaker 1: of an inning, six earned runs. Crap, Jared Jones back
Speaker 1: four earned he had five, say, four innings, five earned runs,
Speaker 1: he walked three. Just doesn't look like that Jared Jones
Speaker 1: from the beginning of the year where he was just
Speaker 1: pounding these power fastballs up and no one could get it.
Speaker 1: It's kind of hittable, yep, kind of hitable right now.
Speaker 2: About it's not good. Things looked really good early on,
Speaker 2: and yeah, I'm with you, it's not good. And I
Speaker 2: don't even trust starting these days, so it's tough.
Speaker 1: Look at Walkee too. By the way, Burns is undroppable
Speaker 1: in your ESPN league. Come on, walk, we know what
Speaker 1: the issue that is. ESPN League. What are we doing?
Speaker 1: Also on the down, Taylor Walls zero for four with
Speaker 1: four strikeouts. On the injury market. There are some Diamondback updates.
Speaker 1: I guess I was talking about all the reinforcements that
Speaker 1: the other teams in the NL West are going to get.
Speaker 1: The Diamondbacks are going to get some reinforcements from the
Speaker 1: IL here shortly, I suppose, Unfortunately, it won't be in
Speaker 1: their rotation. Ktel Marte has resumed hitting, which is a
Speaker 1: great sign. The Diamondbacks definitely need him back. Also, Christian
Speaker 1: Walker took batting practice on Tuesday, So both of those
Speaker 1: coming back. That will give a new jolt for the Diamonbacks. Plus,
Speaker 1: I need the Diamondbacks to pick up ten wins to
Speaker 1: the rest of the year to cash my over on
Speaker 1: their hold.
Speaker 2: I like those chances a lot.
Speaker 1: Hitting pretty there, i'veel decent about it. But like I said,
Speaker 1: I've got I got a couple of these bets right
Speaker 1: now where my Ellie one is locked. My Ellie stolen
Speaker 1: base lead the league. We're good, We're good on Ellie.
Speaker 1: But I've got the Diamondback win total. I've got Jackson
Speaker 1: Merril Rookie of the Year, and then I got I
Speaker 1: have on No Cruz over twenty four and a half homer,
Speaker 1: So I need seven homers from now to the end
Speaker 1: of the year, and I don't feel great about that one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but the Jackson Merrill like three out of four
Speaker 2: on those, that's going to pay pretty nice. That's pretty good.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, No, we're gonna have some We're going a
Speaker 1: good cash day on some of the future betting. So
Speaker 1: we'll do some more next season. But we need those
Speaker 1: enforcements and fantasy reinforcements for Christian Walker and could tell
Speaker 1: Marte coming back. Another interesting one that happened in your guys' draft.
Speaker 1: I was actually shocked at how high he did go.
Speaker 1: Jacob de Gram fired two perfect innings on Tuesday in
Speaker 1: the minor league rehab assignment trip a round Rock. So
Speaker 1: he is looking like, you know, they're positioning him to
Speaker 1: get maybe two starts to end the season something like that.
Speaker 1: I think that's what they're looking for. And I believe
Speaker 1: he went in the third round. So if you have him,
Speaker 1: I think I'm relatively comfortable just throwing him right back
Speaker 1: out there. Whatever you know he's going to do for
Speaker 1: this season. If you want that little boost for fantasy
Speaker 1: next season, you're getting really almost no discount. Because this
Speaker 1: version of de Grom, which shouldn't get anything crazy. Is
Speaker 1: already going in the third round of your guys' draft
Speaker 1: you did, which you know in like like more consumer
Speaker 1: type drafts, then maybe that's like the fourth or fifth,
Speaker 1: But that also shows you he's going to creep up.
Speaker 1: So even if he's a fifth round guy, by the
Speaker 1: end of the preseason or the spring training, he's probably
Speaker 1: going to be back into the third round.
Speaker 2: Oh easily, easily, he's going to be a There was
Speaker 2: times he was going in the first and second round
Speaker 2: in the past. So if he shows that he's back
Speaker 2: to being de Gram, he's going early. There's no doubt
Speaker 2: about that.
Speaker 1: I just, I mean, I'm I've always been the biggest
Speaker 1: dummy about de Grom. I'm like, oh, she's the best,
Speaker 1: but that is the truth. It's actually it's similarly my
Speaker 1: Mike Trout argument, where if you give me the player
Speaker 1: that is injury prone and also the production goes away,
Speaker 1: I'll I'll relent and I'll, you know, on my back
Speaker 1: belly like, Okay, I'm wrong, but like that's why. That
Speaker 1: was my argument with Pianowski on this show in the offseason,
Speaker 1: was like his argument was he's gonna get hurt and
Speaker 1: he's not good anymore. And I was like, well, he
Speaker 1: might get hurt, but he is still good. And I
Speaker 1: was technical. I mean, I was right about that, he
Speaker 1: was still good. But then he of course had an
Speaker 1: even worse injury and Pianowski got the win. But that's
Speaker 1: the same thing with de Gram and that was always
Speaker 1: my argument. The problem is when he's out there, he's
Speaker 1: one of the best pitchers in all of baseball. It's
Speaker 1: just are we now are we too far gone that
Speaker 1: you just know, like it's maybe if at best it's
Speaker 1: eighty innings, And that's where I need to come to
Speaker 1: terms with, Like, he's the best pitcher in baseball when
Speaker 1: he is out there, except you might get twelve innings
Speaker 1: or you might get eighty. You're just not going to
Speaker 1: get one hundred and forty.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're not getting the full deal, you kind of.
Speaker 2: I treat it like the kerse Shaw situation. You're gonna
Speaker 2: get eighty to one hundred innings? Are those good enough
Speaker 2: for where you're picking him? It depends.
Speaker 1: It's a tough one, but you can't go on the
Speaker 1: third round if that's no, No, you can't.
Speaker 2: But yeah, that's why I'll never draft him. Personally because
Speaker 2: it's just too rich for my blood. But some people
Speaker 2: might believe it's like, you know, some people said the
Speaker 2: same thing about Tyler Glass now this past year, and
Speaker 2: he's got a career high enditings already. I know he's
Speaker 2: hurt again, but he's already. Yeah, it has already been worth
Speaker 2: all all that draft capital, so you never know. It's
Speaker 2: just it's a tough game because de Grom is that
Speaker 2: good that it might only take like one hundred and
Speaker 2: twenty and he's to pay off a third round price.
Speaker 1: We're gonna have the best debates in the off season
Speaker 1: and Joe with the d Grom stuff, that'll be fun.
Speaker 1: Another guy that will be debating, Sandy Ocontra. Tommy John
Speaker 1: surgery last October, says he would be able to return
Speaker 1: to the Mound before the end of the year if
Speaker 1: the Marlins would let him, which I could be honest
Speaker 1: with you, I actually think they should. You should let
Speaker 1: him get a start in if this is true, just
Speaker 1: like one start on the back end. But I don't
Speaker 1: think they're doing any of it. It's gonna be all
Speaker 1: off season work and we'll get him back. But it
Speaker 1: looks like we're lining up to like be okay back
Speaker 1: with Sandy for next season, which is a huge plus.
Speaker 1: There's another guy. I'd rather have Sandy of course over
Speaker 1: de Grom. But I don't know if they went like
Speaker 1: that in your draft No.
Speaker 2: Nine or ten something like that. I don't know.
Speaker 1: We lost Bubba's audio. Did you come back?
Speaker 2: I don't know why. I just like, oh, there you are,
Speaker 2: there you go streaming art just muted me out of nowhere.
Speaker 2: That was fun. Yeah, So no, didn't like your take.
Speaker 2: Apparently No, Sandy went around nine or ten, so they went.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think that's stupid. I think that's dumb.
Speaker 1: That's ridiculous. The other injuries, the injury stuff, at least
Speaker 1: that's out there. Grayson Rodriguez progressed to playing catch from
Speaker 1: ninety feet that was at Dodger Stadium, and Liam Hendricks
Speaker 1: is on track to return to the Red Sox Bullpen
Speaker 1: here in September.
Speaker 2: So there you go.
Speaker 1: There's some good positive news Forridos. Let's talk about some bets.
Speaker 1: What are we betting? We got it for the best
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Speaker 1: we got going on. Bubba, you are an absolute fireman
Speaker 1: on this show with prop betting. Hit run RBIs are
Speaker 1: Bubba specialty, So please tell us you got some that
Speaker 1: are going to cash today.
Speaker 2: We're going total bases today because hit run RBIs the
Speaker 2: market's gotten way too ridiculous. Yeah, it's gotten bets. We're
Speaker 2: going Total base has got the clean sweep last week,
Speaker 2: so I want to do it again. Here, JJ Blite
Speaker 2: in Great American small Park over one and a half
Speaker 2: at plus one thirty. It should be a lot of
Speaker 2: offense in that game, so give me some JJ Bliday.
Speaker 2: They had no Lawrence Butler options. I was very angry
Speaker 2: on that note.
Speaker 1: I was about to ask you, I know there's gonna
Speaker 1: be a.
Speaker 2: There was no Lawrence Butler options. I was not happy
Speaker 2: on that one. Jackson Merril, it's even money over one
Speaker 2: and a half a plus one hundred. The dude just
Speaker 2: keeps getting it done. Polante on the mound. I don't
Speaker 2: see that slowing down, and I'll go Jackson Cheerio. We'll
Speaker 2: ride the hot hand there over one and a half
Speaker 2: at plus one twenty. Kyle Harrison on the bump for
Speaker 2: the Giants. He's been all or no, and this Brewers
Speaker 2: offense is legit. Tario in at the top of the order,
Speaker 2: so I'll take plus money on an over one and
Speaker 2: a half there as well.
Speaker 1: I like it. Well, I'm gonna betting against a little
Speaker 1: bit in that first inning. Some bets I've got going today.
Speaker 1: I'm actually going as Valdo Bido on the strikeouts. I'm
Speaker 1: going with the over strikeouts. It's four and a half
Speaker 1: right at minus one ten going up against the Reds.
Speaker 1: That is a strike out a bole team, if you will,
Speaker 1: And as of recent I believe Bido has hit this
Speaker 1: marker in six straight I think it's a sixth straight games,
Speaker 1: so this is a pretty fair line. So we're gonna
Speaker 1: go with Bedo over strikeouts. Otherwise, I'm going Nurfe's today
Speaker 1: and I am going with San Francisco and Milwaukee on
Speaker 1: the neurfy. Milwaukee has been I cash this yesterday with
Speaker 1: a different lineup Toby Myers and Logan Web close to
Speaker 1: not getting it with Logan Web yesterday. But Milwaukee's like
Speaker 1: a middle in first run scoring team while San Francisco
Speaker 1: is a lot closer to the bottom. You're right, this
Speaker 1: is gonna like go right away for me immediately, or
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a really good opportunity.
Speaker 1: So it's paying out decent like minus one twenty five
Speaker 1: for a Nurfe at this point. So I like this
Speaker 1: one because I do like the pitching matchup early on
Speaker 1: the other one, we're gonna go Atlanta in Minnesota. Obviously,
Speaker 1: this is a Chris Sale bet. Anytime I can find
Speaker 1: Chrissale Nerfe's that are not minus one fifty, I pay
Speaker 1: attention to them. And obviously the other pitcher is going
Speaker 1: to be important here, and David Festa is one I
Speaker 1: actually think I'm relatively comfortable with. Now these are two
Speaker 1: bigger power house offenses, but I'm betting Sale is my
Speaker 1: lock and then confess to hold down that top end
Speaker 1: of the Braves order. I think they can. Actually, I
Speaker 1: think that Braves lineup is a little bit beat up
Speaker 1: right now. In Festa has been okay, So I'm going
Speaker 1: to go with the Nurfe Atlanta Minnesota. So Beato over strikeouts,
Speaker 1: the San Francisco Milwaukee Nerfy Atlanta Minnesota Nurfy. And then
Speaker 1: Bubba has got over Bladet Merrill and Cherio total Bases.
Speaker 1: And I will also tell you I almost did the
Speaker 1: Merrill total Bases one in here and shout out to
Speaker 1: my boy Dennis Sidler who just did a signing with
Speaker 1: Jackson Merril yesterday. Got some fun stories, got some cool stuff,
Speaker 1: and we're gonna have some more fun Jackson Merrill stuff
Speaker 1: here behind us, and I'm gonna try to pick up
Speaker 1: a thing or two for next year because I want
Speaker 1: to do some more giveaways here and leading off, if
Speaker 1: you guys want some merch, Yeah, some Jackson Merrill. I
Speaker 1: have the best. I'm so excited to share it. I
Speaker 1: can actually ask him if I can even share it on.
Speaker 1: But I have the best thing to share with you.
Speaker 1: Like I my new bit by the way, let me
Speaker 1: see if I can. I think I've shown people this.
Speaker 1: I have one that I'm gonna do a giveaway of soon.
Speaker 1: But my new bit is getting the autographs with like
Speaker 1: special inscriptions. So have you seen this one? This is
Speaker 1: the Cole reagans. You see what that says. It says
Speaker 1: Welsh throw the cutter or throw the cutter Welsh. Nice
Speaker 1: So if you know the bit. So that's Cole Reagan's
Speaker 1: autograph one. I have a Jackson Merrill one and it's
Speaker 1: phenomenal and you guys are going to be so excited
Speaker 1: to see it. Yeah, yeah, that's the way in the
Speaker 1: world or Welsh. And we actually were doing that. Bagman
Speaker 1: and I were talking who will be my best friend
Speaker 1: next year? Because two years ago it was Carol. This
Speaker 1: year it was justin Steele and Meryll. Maybe maybe Meryll
Speaker 1: will be the new best friend for next season. So
Speaker 1: I'm open to best friends. So we're on the lookout
Speaker 1: for my twenty twenty five baseball best friend.
Speaker 2: But there you go.
Speaker 1: Those are our best bets of the day, my friends,
Speaker 1: home run call, let's finish this bad boy out. We're
Speaker 1: giving people extra content today. What are you doing on
Speaker 1: the home run board.
Speaker 2: We're picking on Walker Bueler because he's garbage these days.
Speaker 2: We're going with Anthony Santander finding the cheap seats in
Speaker 2: Chavez Ravine.
Speaker 1: All right, well, I think I inspired you because I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go with Gunner Henderson on this one, so we're
Speaker 1: sticking into that. Do not like the Walker Bueler, not
Speaker 1: into the Walker Buler at all, into the gunner Henderson
Speaker 1: for getting some homer So I like that. And the
Speaker 1: home run board. By the way, I am still not there.
Speaker 1: I think I am. I think I'm still at thirty three.
Speaker 1: I can't believe no one has jumped up Wonkee's at
Speaker 1: thirty Seve still at sixteenth place. Joey is got thirteenth
Speaker 1: place on hold for thirty nine. But we have one
Speaker 1: person that has got fifty one. That is South African G.
Speaker 1: I believe. Yeah, this is the update to board. This
Speaker 1: looks the same as the other day, fifty one for
Speaker 1: South African G. B Trot at forty eight and my
Speaker 1: boy Larry at forty five. So it is I don't know,
Speaker 1: South AFGA G has got a really good hold on this.
Speaker 1: But it's still anybody's game except mine. It is not
Speaker 1: my game. It's just me to try to get on
Speaker 1: the board. There you go, friends, that is it, Bubba,
Speaker 1: love you brother, going to see you next week. Yeah,
Speaker 1: we'll talk. Well, also tell everybody the plan for September.
Speaker 1: We'll do it on Friday. Joe Rico will be back
Speaker 1: on Friday. Get lots of Bubba and Joe in September
Speaker 1: as well. Hopefully you guys have a great week. You
Speaker 1: know where to find us. You can catch us over
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