WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 6th, 2024 (EP. 830) 0:00:05.480 --> 0:00:08.400 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is Leading 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:10.200 Off Live, brought to you by Bet three six five 0:00:10.200 --> 0:00:12.600 bets five bucks get one hundred and fifteen bonus bets 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:14.720 when you use the promo code leading Off. It is 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:17.360 me Joey p Joe Pie's a p of that of course, 0:00:17.480 --> 0:00:20.640 is the Welsh and it's you, the Peanuts, the Crackerjacks 0:00:20.640 --> 0:00:23.640 hanging out here talking baseball with us. Welsh fun night 0:00:23.720 --> 0:00:27.160 of Baseball. We saw young Paul Sken's take on show 0:00:27.240 --> 0:00:29.840 hal Tani. One got a shot in, the other gut 0:00:29.880 --> 0:00:31.880 a shot in. It was kind of fun to watch. 0:00:31.920 --> 0:00:34.120 I like the Skeens reaction after the home run too. 0:00:34.200 --> 0:00:36.280 Or he was just smiling, going, you got me there 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:39.600 after the the one hundred hundred hundred in a row 0:00:39.880 --> 0:00:42.680 there to Otani. So that was kind of baseball at 0:00:42.680 --> 0:00:45.720 its best last night, an electric moment in Major League Baseball. 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:48.760 I posted somebody like I made the tweet about Skien 0:00:48.960 --> 0:00:52.600 Skeen's bullied Otani like that entire you watched the he 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.600 needed to watch the first inning. I mean, you don't 0:00:55.640 --> 0:00:58.120 see Mookie Betts. I don't mean to be all laughy 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:01.920 about it. He was absurd. See Mookie Betts look off 0:01:02.040 --> 0:01:05.120 and it was behind on one hundred and one, first 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.200 pitch of the game, behind on one hundred and then 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:09.720 eight what I think was like a slider on the end, 0:01:09.840 --> 0:01:12.240 or maybe it was just another fastball, and then goes 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:15.240 out Otani one hundred and one, one hundred and strikes 0:01:15.280 --> 0:01:18.319 him out. Then comes back in the next at bat 0:01:18.319 --> 0:01:22.399 and absolutely murders the ball to dead center. And someone 0:01:22.640 --> 0:01:25.120 tweeted after I did my I was like, hey, you know, 0:01:25.200 --> 0:01:27.320 Otani got bullied. I was like, you know what, That's 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:29.800 what I love about baseball. That was the game you 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:32.640 needed to see. There's nothing better than seeing a young 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:35.000 pitcher like Schemes, who is proving to be one of 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:39.600 the game's most ridiculous, go up against the greatest player 0:01:39.600 --> 0:01:42.319 in baseball and Otani and then Otani just get him 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.720 right back on both sides. It was a fantastic outing 0:01:45.840 --> 0:01:48.559 Schemes pretty fascinating. I don't how much you watched about 0:01:48.600 --> 0:01:51.960 it in general. Obviously the fastball these guys could not 0:01:52.080 --> 0:01:54.840 catch up on. If you're watching the broadcast too. Something 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:57.760 I thought was really interesting was they were talking about 0:01:57.800 --> 0:02:01.400 the adjustments that Skeens continues to make He wasn't showing 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:05.600 that splitter Splinker pitch in the first inning because he 0:02:05.680 --> 0:02:08.520 was trying to go fastball, fastball, fastball, and he's done 0:02:08.560 --> 0:02:11.320 the inverse in other starts. It's a really smart pitcher 0:02:11.360 --> 0:02:14.079 with really smart catchers that are working with him. And 0:02:14.120 --> 0:02:17.600 we've seen that Splinker have like forty percent usage in 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:23.320 starts against the Dodgers, twenty percent. He went hard fastball. 0:02:23.360 --> 0:02:27.200 Almost fifty of his pitches were fastballs, and Joe eleven 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:31.480 of his twelve whiffs from the fastball. He keeps doing this, 0:02:31.919 --> 0:02:34.320 no one's going to be able. And he said it too, 0:02:34.520 --> 0:02:36.720 no one's going to be able to properly catch up 0:02:36.800 --> 0:02:39.480 and fully adjust when he's going to change his pitch 0:02:39.560 --> 0:02:41.680 mix game to game. I think it's a it's an 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:44.760 awesome recipe for a young guy like this and Paul Skins. 0:02:45.080 --> 0:02:49.359 If we got the full season legit top ten sp 0:02:49.919 --> 0:02:52.000 just we know we're not going to we know we're 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:53.360 not going to get him into September. 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.960 Yeah, that's true. The other takeaway for me and we 0:02:56.960 --> 0:03:00.040 were talking about before the show was, you know, the 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.640 Dodgers are beatable in a short series. You have Jones 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.120 and Skiings go, you know, back to back games, and 0:03:05.200 --> 0:03:08.320 you see w's and w's, and this is what always 0:03:08.320 --> 0:03:10.560 scares me about the Dodgers. Sure, the Dodger are going 0:03:10.600 --> 0:03:12.280 to have a massive win total, but they're not built 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:13.919 for the short season. They're built for the long season. 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:18.239 And yeah, depending on how that pitching health finds itself 0:03:18.280 --> 0:03:22.040 in September and October, we'll see. I still think it's 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.800 the Phillies are the team to beat, especially after the 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:25.800 Strider and a Cooney injuries. I think it's the Phillies 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:27.919 National League to lose at the end of the day, 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.640 because you know Wheeler is going to be there, Nola 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.160 is going to be there. I'd be investing heavily in 0:03:32.200 --> 0:03:33.679 the Phillies to win the National League go to the 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:35.560 World Series because they think they're just going to And 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:37.920 I'll tell you what I mean, this is the deficit 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:39.800 of the Dodgers every year too. I mean, we'll see 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.840 maybe a pitcher will get hot, maybe you know Bueller Miller. 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.040 Guys will get healthy, Guys will feel good, guys will 0:03:45.040 --> 0:03:46.680 start looking like themselves. But that's a lot of ifs. 0:03:46.920 --> 0:03:48.520 There's a lot of ifs and butts and candies and 0:03:48.600 --> 0:03:52.120 nuts and we'd all have a merry Christmas. But the Dodgers, 0:03:52.320 --> 0:03:58.080 unlike the Braves, unlike the Phillies, have a robust minor 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:01.800 league system. If they sometimes they just don't want to 0:04:01.840 --> 0:04:03.440 do it. You know, they make these trades where we're like, 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:06.000 how do they not give up anybody? They still have 0:04:06.880 --> 0:04:10.880 guy after guy young pitching prospect they have what if 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:14.160 they wanted to go get Luis Robert, the White Sox 0:04:14.160 --> 0:04:18.120 would listen because they've got mountains of young pitching prospects 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.040 that the White Sox would covet. They've also got those 0:04:21.160 --> 0:04:24.800 hitting prospects across multiple levels. A guy like Andy Peihas, 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.840 you don't want to trade him, but he could be 0:04:26.880 --> 0:04:29.839 the center of a trade the Dodgers if they want 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:33.120 to get that consistency improvement, which we clearly know is 0:04:33.160 --> 0:04:36.640 a deficit in their rotation. The Gavin Stones are having 0:04:36.640 --> 0:04:38.919 to pick it up. They're hoping Clayton Kershaw is going 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:41.360 to be healthy later. They want to go make that move. 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.640 They can make that move. I just sometimes maybe back 0:04:44.680 --> 0:04:47.280 to your point where people like feel like are just 0:04:47.360 --> 0:04:49.120 kind of lazy and like, oh, they're just gonna beat 0:04:49.120 --> 0:04:51.120 the Dodgers. I sometimes think the Dodgers are just like 0:04:51.160 --> 0:04:53.080 we're just too good. Like I don't know if they 0:04:53.320 --> 0:04:55.479 continuously know they need to go in that improvement. 0:04:56.320 --> 0:04:57.719 All right, let's take a look at the rest of 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.320 the headlines, not about Paul Skins for a moment. Well, 0:05:00.400 --> 0:05:03.039 she got a home run right yesterday with Lindor. Good job, 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:06.320 Buddy two five with a homer Mets w there. Last 0:05:06.360 --> 0:05:09.479 week's waiver wire video was very fruitful. Gimme Garcia another 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.760 victory for him. He's been closing out games ever since. Yeah, 0:05:13.839 --> 0:05:16.120 Jordan Romino go on the IL and Nick Gonzalez droven 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.200 four runs with a double, a single to sack Fly 0:05:18.440 --> 0:05:20.920 yesterday to help the Pirates win in that game that 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:22.800 we were just discussing earlier. So if you watched a 0:05:22.800 --> 0:05:25.080 Wayverar video last week and GT picked up these guys 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.200 and they're helping you immediately off the wire. Josh Smith 0:05:28.240 --> 0:05:29.760 another good game for him. I know we talked about 0:05:29.839 --> 0:05:33.440 him yesterday. Three for four, homer and double for him. 0:05:33.480 --> 0:05:35.720 Do you think I mean, looking at the slash two 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:39.920 ninety three seventy seven four, do you think that, no 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:41.880 matter what happens the rest of season, that Josh Smith 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.560 has earned himself a place in the everyday rotation of 0:05:45.680 --> 0:05:47.600 guys basically for the Rangers, or do you think he 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:49.640 still gets odd manned out at some point in time. 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:52.279 Well, I think it's like somewhere in between there. I 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:55.200 don't think he's got one position he's gonna lock down, 0:05:55.279 --> 0:05:57.920 like you know, he can cover Josh Young right now, who, 0:05:58.000 --> 0:06:00.760 by the way, Josh Young I believe is getting ready 0:06:00.800 --> 0:06:02.840 to ramp. I mean he's always getting ready to ramp 0:06:02.960 --> 0:06:04.960 up to come back. It seems like he's always getting hurt, 0:06:05.080 --> 0:06:08.000 but like he'll be back within probably the next month 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.320 or so. What I think with Josh Smith is I 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.520 think he's a guy that is going to lock down, 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.080 like the super util role last year that was kind 0:06:15.080 --> 0:06:18.599 of Ezekiel Duran. So if there's a spot needed at second, 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:21.160 if there's a spot needed in third, if they need 0:06:21.160 --> 0:06:23.159 a guy in the outfield, where Josh Smith I believe 0:06:23.200 --> 0:06:25.320 has worked all three of those spots, I think he'll 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:29.680 continue to go. But like I'm not crazy optimistic on 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:33.359 the profile, almost a fifty spot differential negatively on his 0:06:33.440 --> 0:06:36.159 expected batting average to what he's hitting, really low hard 0:06:36.240 --> 0:06:40.839 hit numbers, incredibly garbage barrel numbers, he's just not an 0:06:41.000 --> 0:06:43.839 impact hitter. He's what he's doing right now for Homer's 0:06:43.839 --> 0:06:45.800 force sot on the bases. That's awesome, that's good. I 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:47.520 just don't think he's going to be this guy that 0:06:47.640 --> 0:06:49.919 is going to continuously have these big, impactful numbers. He 0:06:49.920 --> 0:06:52.400 doesn't strike out, he'll get it bats. He's great for 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:55.200 ale only leagues and probably really good for like deep 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:57.640 sixteen team league only for sure. 0:06:57.760 --> 0:06:59.560 I mean, what a win. That's bit if he picked 0:06:59.600 --> 0:07:03.359 him up Yankees continued the Yankee. Aaron Judge triple walk 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.760 drove in five runs. Yesterday. Anthony Volpi was three for five. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.120 He had a good night. Carlos Dan was awesome, nine 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.480 strikeouts over six things. So he stuck it to me. 0:07:13.000 --> 0:07:14.880 Also in that game, Royce Lewis hopard for the third 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.160 consecutive game. He also technically has four straight games with 0:07:18.240 --> 0:07:20.960 a home run starting the season, which is a Twins record. 0:07:21.000 --> 0:07:22.880 I saw that this morning, which was pretty fun. So 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:25.240 I told you, man, I was trying everywhere to buy 0:07:25.320 --> 0:07:28.400 by Royce Lewis on the dip and I just couldn't 0:07:28.440 --> 0:07:32.040 do it. He has been tremendous and he you know, 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:34.440 remember going into the year Steve Gardner. We talked about 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:37.240 Steve yesterday. Gardner was saying his dark horse MVP was 0:07:37.320 --> 0:07:38.960 Royce Lewis. I mean, I think it might be too 0:07:39.000 --> 0:07:42.440 late for that, missing too late, but still, man, he 0:07:42.560 --> 0:07:44.240 is gonna make quite a push here in the second half. 0:07:44.240 --> 0:07:46.280 He's gonna have a lot of people injuries. 0:07:45.880 --> 0:07:49.720 Be damned with Royce. I legit think Royce is one 0:07:49.760 --> 0:07:53.160 of those guys that has that like first round talent 0:07:53.240 --> 0:07:55.320 that's just floating around. It's the injuries that are holding 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:57.920 him back. I did a fresh update on my redraft 0:07:57.960 --> 0:08:02.360 ranks on Fantasy Pros and I vaulted him up, like 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:06.560 put him into that second maybe third round range dynasty. 0:08:06.600 --> 0:08:08.679 I'm doing the exact same thing. I don't know man, 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:11.920 if he was. I was joking in ITL yesterday Joe 0:08:12.000 --> 0:08:14.200 that I want to find out what the record for 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:18.239 most homers off of the IL is, because Royce Lewis 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.320 is gonna break that. Like he comes off the IL 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:23.920 and instantly hits a homer every single time. But unfortunately 0:08:24.200 --> 0:08:26.840 he's going to the IL all the time. He's got 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.200 like he's got a season pass to the IL three 0:08:30.280 --> 0:08:32.360 or four times a year. He takes advantage of it. 0:08:32.520 --> 0:08:34.800 We need to get him off of there. But he 0:08:34.840 --> 0:08:39.000 continuously shows elite, elite hitter in baseball, and if he 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.199 could just be healthy, he's gonna be like a first 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:43.199 to second round talent. 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.760 Here's an interesting one here for Razor. I just made 0:08:47.760 --> 0:08:50.080 an offer to get Royce for Austin Riley. Who would 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:51.959 you rather have rest of season? I'd rather have Royce. 0:08:53.200 --> 0:08:54.840 Yeah, you're taking on a lot of injury. I know 0:08:54.920 --> 0:08:57.240 Riley's had his little thing, but like you're taking on 0:08:57.440 --> 0:09:01.520 little injury risk. I don't know. I think that's kind 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:03.800 of even. I'm cool with either side of it. To 0:09:03.800 --> 0:09:04.920 be honest with you, I. 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:07.240 Think I want the roy side's trade right now. Craig 0:09:07.320 --> 0:09:11.199 Kimberl this was fun. Sucks just for fun. Uh entered 0:09:11.200 --> 0:09:13.640 the game tied to start the ninth, took a loss. 0:09:14.240 --> 0:09:16.800 If you are the Orioles, I know you're not, but 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.080 if you were, I was an Oriole. If you were 0:09:19.120 --> 0:09:22.840 an Oriole, Mason Miller is health there? Right? Theoretically, now 0:09:22.920 --> 0:09:25.840 you have the kind of prospect capital to get one 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.440 for one deal for Mason Miller. Would you flip curse 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.160 Dad for him? Is that too much? 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:35.000 Not enough? There's zero points zero percent chance the A's 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:37.520 would consider taking Kurstud for Mason Miller. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:41.280 I can why Kurstad immediately becomes probably their best player. 0:09:41.400 --> 0:09:44.280 Mason Miller has already proven to be the Well, No, 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:46.480 Brent Rooker is their player, and actually kursted Aid is 0:09:46.520 --> 0:09:47.360 kind of Brent Rookie. 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:50.720 Yeah, yeah, yeah, but Mason Miller has proven to be 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:52.400 I think kurs Dad is going to be a better 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:53.360 player than Brent Rooker. 0:09:53.800 --> 0:09:56.480 No. I was talking about this with me. Do you 0:09:56.559 --> 0:09:59.560 have you seen the cost it takes for closers for 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.200 but the cheers are eventually going to sober up and 0:10:02.240 --> 0:10:04.679 realize that no one's gonna pay quite. They are going 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:08.600 to ask for the world, I promise you for Mason Miller, 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:13.280 it would cost Jackson Holiday and Kershtodd and maybe more so. 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:15.160 There's no chance. At to one point, I don't think 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:19.120 Mason Miller can get traded because a controllable top five 0:10:19.200 --> 0:10:22.440 closer that you not only like have the years, but 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:24.080 you have the finances on No. 0:10:24.240 --> 0:10:26.719 Well, that's why I'm thinking Orioles, because Orioles have these 0:10:26.720 --> 0:10:29.640 guys like the Norby's of the world and the Golden Cowser. 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:30.720 I think it's a great idea. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:33.440 Your idea is incredible to say, but it's like, look, 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.679 everybody wins here. You get a premium middle of the 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.800 order bat, we get the premium young closer we need. 0:10:39.840 --> 0:10:42.440 Both are controllable for a very long time and cheap. 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.679 Like it just makes a lot of sense. I think 0:10:45.720 --> 0:10:47.000 both of them should come to the table. 0:10:47.120 --> 0:10:49.640 I think it would be Povich, who we're gonna see 0:10:49.640 --> 0:10:51.480 today and we're gonna probably talk about here in a second. 0:10:51.920 --> 0:10:54.440 I think aspecting with the Welsh today, I think it's 0:10:54.640 --> 0:10:56.600 I would cost Povich and it would cost I don't. 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:58.360 I don't. I just think Kursedad would get it done. 0:10:58.360 --> 0:10:59.760 I think they would want like a holiday. 0:10:59.800 --> 0:11:01.959 I think that's it would be like the first I 0:11:02.120 --> 0:11:04.280 was almost too much because he's an everyday player that 0:11:04.320 --> 0:11:06.640 looks like he could be a stuff. Matt Holway's got 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:09.120 a question here, Joe and Welsh, would you rather have 0:11:09.240 --> 0:11:11.520 Mookie or Yellich and t Oscar? It's Mookie for me 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:12.400 and itin't close. 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.360 By What did they say, by a country mile. 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:17.520 By a country mile speaking of a country going to 0:11:17.520 --> 0:11:19.880 see Chris Stapleton tonight. Now I'm not a country guy, 0:11:19.920 --> 0:11:22.400 and people always say Chris Stapleton's country. I find him 0:11:22.400 --> 0:11:24.320 to be more. I find him to be a little 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:27.080 bit more southern rock blues, a little more Leonard Skinner 0:11:27.160 --> 0:11:31.480 than he is necessarily like country country. I think I 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:32.240 do not like country. 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:33.480 Let me ask you a couple of questions. 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:34.439 I don't like it. 0:11:34.600 --> 0:11:38.240 Will like Christaple, Will there be more boots than nikes? 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:48.559 There may be a war hat, oh, bud lights galore. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:51.439 That I don't know nowadays you know, no, you what 0:11:51.520 --> 0:11:53.080 bud light might not be the best one, but you 0:11:53.120 --> 0:11:55.280 know what there will be because people are already over that. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.880 It's a country it's a country concert. That's okay. It's 0:11:57.880 --> 0:11:59.000 okay if there's gonna be. 0:11:59.320 --> 0:12:02.040 Boots, very wonky. To my defense, Chris Stapleton is in 0:12:02.120 --> 0:12:04.560 country as a solid musician with intelligent music. Yes, one 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:07.319 of the great voices of our time. Here his rendition 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.240 of the national anthem two years ago at the super Bowl. 0:12:09.280 --> 0:12:12.920 By the way, oh god, that was amazing. And yes, Jerry, 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:14.960 it isn't Camden. So if you're out there, come find 0:12:15.000 --> 0:12:18.240 me say hello, it's a good time. I haven't been 0:12:18.280 --> 0:12:21.240 to that venue yet, but here it's really fun. But yes, 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:25.040 there you go. Let's get to the rookie lookie KATEE Povich, 0:12:25.080 --> 0:12:28.320 obviously as Welsh mention, is gonna make his major league 0:12:28.360 --> 0:12:31.800 debut against the Blue Jays in Toronto. Twenty minutes, so yeah, 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:34.400 about twenty minutes, twenty five and one three eighteen era 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:36.840 one to eleven, whip, seventy five k's of twenty one 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:39.720 walks in fifty six innings. So he has been terrific. 0:12:39.760 --> 0:12:41.840 We'll see if that carries over. Not terrific yesterday with 0:12:41.840 --> 0:12:45.320 Spencer Schwellenbach six runs, four and two thirds innings in 0:12:45.400 --> 0:12:48.720 a loss to the Red Sox so fired, Kate Povich 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:53.040 was peace and of the prospecting with the Welsh just 0:12:53.400 --> 0:12:56.120 what a couple of weeks ago. I think the prospect 0:12:56.480 --> 0:13:00.400 was segment week a little bit weeks and weeks ago, 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:02.199 way ahead of the curve. So if you want to 0:13:02.200 --> 0:13:04.360 stay ahead of the curve with all your prospects for 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:08.320 redraft or dynasty, it's time again for a prospecting with 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:12.640 the Welsh, because Welsh's country, that's for sure. Whiles she's 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.760 gonna break down some of the prospect movement things are 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.240 going on all the time in the minor leagues in 0:13:17.240 --> 0:13:20.560 Welsh as his nose to the grindstone. Is it nose 0:13:20.679 --> 0:13:22.600 or eyes or ears? 0:13:22.600 --> 0:13:25.000 I know something's on them and I'm going to keep 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:26.600 it clean, a little bit country and a little bit 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:28.720 rock and roll. If we're being honest, that's a little 0:13:28.720 --> 0:13:29.120 bit rock and. 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:30.560 So let's talk about the prospects. 0:13:30.559 --> 0:13:31.959 What do you have here for that we got It's 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:34.080 kind of a three section. I'm going to give you 0:13:34.120 --> 0:13:36.920 the update. One thing I'm really really trying to focus 0:13:36.920 --> 0:13:38.760 on right now when we're doing this, when we're talking 0:13:38.760 --> 0:13:41.720 about prospects, is making sure that we're not just doing 0:13:41.760 --> 0:13:44.400 this as prospects that are going to get called up, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.320 and it's prospects that are going to be impactful. Because 0:13:47.360 --> 0:13:48.800 I could give you a list of guys that are 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:50.920 on the precipice of being called up, twenty six, twenty 0:13:50.960 --> 0:13:53.200 seven year old guys that are going. It's the guys 0:13:53.240 --> 0:13:56.600 that we would really prioritize either picking up if they're 0:13:56.640 --> 0:13:59.760 there once called up, or putting a little stashy stash. 0:14:00.480 --> 0:14:04.320 The hitting side really only lives in the big name still. 0:14:04.360 --> 0:14:06.280 So I'm going to give you just an update on 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:08.640 the guys. If you haven't been following, because James wood 0:14:08.920 --> 0:14:10.920 is at the top of our list is always he 0:14:11.040 --> 0:14:13.439 was hurt on the IL. He has returned to Triple A, 0:14:14.120 --> 0:14:17.920 started to practice. Should be back any day now. That's 0:14:17.960 --> 0:14:21.280 important also, not just because of everything I said a 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.720 couple of weeks ago when I was like, hashtag free 0:14:23.800 --> 0:14:27.440 James Wood. Hits lefties, hits right, He's does everything. Eddie 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:32.400 Rosario with the Nationals is currently hitting one eighty one. 0:14:33.000 --> 0:14:34.920 I just want to point that out. Lane Thomas's back, 0:14:35.080 --> 0:14:37.400 Jacob Young has been solid. They got Jesse Winker at 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:39.960 DH Eddie Rosario one to eighty one though he has 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.560 counting stats. Don't know how much longer they're really going 0:14:42.640 --> 0:14:45.040 to do it, so we can freely say hashtag free 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:47.600 James Wood again. Kobe Mayo, who was also on the 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:51.080 IL with the rib thingy, well he started swinging on 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:54.960 June first. Here. He should be back any day within 0:14:55.120 --> 0:14:57.760 a week, I would say. And he is going to 0:14:57.800 --> 0:14:59.840 be the next guy on the clock for the Orioles, 0:15:00.040 --> 0:15:02.320 as I said Connor Norby would be. I think he 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.200 would be the guy even before Heston Kerstad as long 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:06.800 as they don't need someone in the next two weeks. 0:15:06.840 --> 0:15:07.320 So he is. 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.600 About to be back. Brooks Lee who got hurt with 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:13.720 the Twins. He is up with Triple A now he 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.200 just got his first hit. He's going to get in games. 0:15:16.600 --> 0:15:18.920 Royce Lewis were to go down. If Willy Castro doesn't 0:15:18.920 --> 0:15:21.280 work at second, they want to make some adjustments. He'll 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:24.840 be a guy. And everybody always asks about Arelvis Martinez. 0:15:25.760 --> 0:15:28.680 He's down to hitting around two thirty. So everybody that 0:15:28.880 --> 0:15:32.280 was all big Irrelvis Martinez, it's not going so well. 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:35.560 All right, So Joey, I've got two pictures free. You 0:15:35.680 --> 0:15:40.800 talked about swellin' backfired. Not big, not a big Spencer 0:15:40.840 --> 0:15:41.560 swelling back guy. 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:45.160 Right. Well, I mean I'm curious about the Schwellenbach. I 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:48.000 like to go him. The Schwellenbach. I did add him 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:50.800 in my homely just to speculate. To see. So far 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:52.520 it's not but exciting, I can tell you that much. 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:55.040 Well, I think there's someone to be excited about. It's 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.680 the next guy up, Hirston Waldrop, who I actually thought 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:00.800 was gonna be the guy that was going to get 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.320 called up. The Braves do this. They they brought up 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:07.080 Ajoe Smith Shaver from Double A. We knew someone was 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:09.440 going to get that, but it was Spencer Swallenbach who 0:16:09.480 --> 0:16:11.560 got it. But Herstin Waldrop has moved from Double A 0:16:11.960 --> 0:16:14.320 to Triple A on the are He's got a three 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:18.160 point zero nine ERA. His first start in Triple A, 0:16:18.360 --> 0:16:22.600 which was I think June second, he went six innings, 0:16:22.800 --> 0:16:27.120 struck out eleven, and walked only one. That's important because 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:30.400 he has had some walk issues. But why we love 0:16:30.480 --> 0:16:33.560 Hurst and Waldrop it's kind of a splitter phenomenon. Remember 0:16:33.600 --> 0:16:35.560 Brian Woo's pitching today told me he didn't want to 0:16:35.600 --> 0:16:38.360 join that splitter mafia that's going on out there. This 0:16:38.440 --> 0:16:41.680 guy lives off of a splitter. In that start in 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.880 Triple A, Hurstal Waldrop went forty five percent splitter with 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:51.800 an absurd sixteen whiffs on that splitter, sixteen on that 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:54.240 pitch alone. He also has got a mid nineties fastball, 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.920 mid nineties slider. He has one of the better full 0:16:58.040 --> 0:17:01.200 season swinging strike rates as well well, at sixteen point 0:17:01.240 --> 0:17:04.560 one percent. So I think with Schwellenbachen, the struggles wall 0:17:04.640 --> 0:17:07.359 drip up and showing command again, he's going to come 0:17:07.440 --> 0:17:09.760 up soon and he is an impact guy that might 0:17:09.800 --> 0:17:13.520 be worth stashing, and you would want one other pitcher 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:15.920 to keep an eye on you and I have talked 0:17:15.920 --> 0:17:18.240 about this white the White Sox thing, like no one 0:17:18.280 --> 0:17:21.040 good is at triple A. Garrett Crochet is on the 0:17:21.080 --> 0:17:23.639 trade market. You know, Clevenger got hurt. They just got 0:17:23.880 --> 0:17:29.120 Jake Woodford is pitching today. Well, I think Drew Thorpe 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:32.400 will be the first guy that's going to jump from 0:17:32.520 --> 0:17:35.040 Double A into the majors this year because the White 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.760 Sox are just clearly holding these guys back in Double 0:17:37.800 --> 0:17:40.600 A because they want them to work with Cuero. So 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:43.199 I think it doesn't matter where they are. All of 0:17:43.200 --> 0:17:47.240 the pictures, dude, They've got Eater, They've got Erie Arty, 0:17:47.280 --> 0:17:49.879 they got Kay Busch, Noah Schultz. Their entire system is 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:52.320 at double A right now. And Drew Thorpe is the 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:54.119 best of all of them. One point three to five R, 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:57.959 twenty six percent K percentage, an almost fifteen percent swinging 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:00.480 strike rate, one of the best changeups in base. So 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:02.360 whether when they make the move or not, I think 0:18:02.400 --> 0:18:04.840 Drew Thorpe is going to be the first guy that's 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:06.879 going to make the big move up. And then finally, 0:18:07.000 --> 0:18:10.439 Joey on my prospecting here, if you guys are looking 0:18:10.480 --> 0:18:13.120 for some deep names and you want to chase some categories. 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:16.040 These are not guys that I'm stashing, but these are 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:18.280 guys that can play for those categories. If you're looking 0:18:18.280 --> 0:18:22.120 for homers, start looking at CJ. Alexander with the Royals. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:25.400 He's an older prospect, former Brave, actually twenty seven years old. 0:18:25.400 --> 0:18:27.080 He's Blaize Alexander's brother. 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:27.800 CJ. 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.200 Alexander was in the AFL this year. Has some of 0:18:30.280 --> 0:18:33.600 the biggest, most ridiculous power in the minors. He's got 0:18:33.600 --> 0:18:35.840 eight homers in forty three Triple A games and he's 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:39.399 hitting over three twenty right now. Always a possibility he 0:18:39.440 --> 0:18:41.679 could come and play maybe some first or some DH 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:43.880 if the team needs it. And if stolen bases are 0:18:43.920 --> 0:18:47.920 your thing, how about Joe's boy with the Mets, luisn Helicunya, 0:18:48.400 --> 0:18:50.040