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Fantasy best Friends Forever, 0:00:46.159 --> 0:00:53.519 m do too to do, to do too, to do, 0:00:53.800 --> 0:01:00.920 to do too to to to to yeo, it says, 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:05.039 is no Fantasy best Friends Forever. Here the Fantasy Spoorts 0:01:05.120 --> 0:01:09.959 Radio Network alongside Frankie stamfle Greg. I's been Frank, what's 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:12.920 going on? But Gregg? What's going on? Wednesday? Hump Day 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:14.800 doesn't really feel like hump Day because we had the 0:01:15.080 --> 0:01:18.200 day off on Monday for President's Day, so we had 0:01:18.200 --> 0:01:20.600 a week off before that. There you go, looking the 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:24.000 Golden Brown, the hash brown. Greg Suster like it like 0:01:24.480 --> 0:01:26.399 here snow one here in New York City. Just it's 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.280 crazy because it's snowing in New York City. There you 0:01:28.280 --> 0:01:31.160 go the pool noodle Greg last week and now this 0:01:31.200 --> 0:01:33.959 week snow right, and there you go. But I think 0:01:33.959 --> 0:01:35.680 it's important. And we did this a little bit later on, 0:01:35.760 --> 0:01:38.399 like there's there's Nobby back up Alex, so there's be 0:01:38.520 --> 0:01:42.040 like all my glory right like thrilled bathing suit, noodle, 0:01:42.240 --> 0:01:48.160 smile noodle today, sweatshirt, snow boots. We'll get to that 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:50.200 later on, Frank, Oh no, no, we can't get to that. 0:01:51.280 --> 0:01:53.680 I don't know we have to address to address the 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:55.240 snow boots. Now. I want to get to it later on. 0:01:55.200 --> 0:01:58.360 I want later on. I want to get right into it. 0:01:58.440 --> 0:02:00.520 And I say, oh yeah, now he wants to get Yes, 0:02:00.600 --> 0:02:04.960 he want to talk about and I said about snowy 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:10.200 dot com and and Suzanne, who whose identity theft f you? 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:14.640 This guy walks in and he's wearing these snow boots. 0:02:14.840 --> 0:02:18.640 Snow boots. They look like the female version of UGGS, which, 0:02:18.680 --> 0:02:20.200 like I kind of joked about him, like, oh, Greg, 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.600 they'll look like He's like, well, guess what they are? Ugs. 0:02:23.200 --> 0:02:28.440 First off, I'm like, you're supporting Tom Brady because Tom 0:02:28.480 --> 0:02:33.440 Brady is probably the biggest advocate of UGGS for males. 0:02:33.600 --> 0:02:36.359 So that was first off. I wasn't really down with that, 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.080 but it was next. What I saw after seeing the 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:43.440 uggs was that Greg had his jeans tucked into his 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:48.200 boots on his ugs, which we will now display to everybody. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.239 So first of all us super comfortable. Why would I 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:53.720 want super comfortable boots? Do you want to try Do 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.960 you want to try on? No? Definitely not definitely. Not 0:02:56.040 --> 0:03:00.880 with my my jeans tuck into He's comfortable. To you, 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:02.480 we weren't we the same? Was? It was just the 0:03:02.520 --> 0:03:05.120 most Are we the same shoes? Ayes? Right? Ha? What 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:09.840 do you think Greg? I thought, with the same shoes size? Maybe? Yeah, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:13.520 I'm around there? You want to try my boot on? No? No, no, no, an, 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.640 So here you go. I'll stand up tom Brady. There 0:03:16.680 --> 0:03:20.760 you go. So he's gonna look. There you go. So 0:03:20.919 --> 0:03:23.240 they didn't look good outside of the boot. It looks 0:03:23.280 --> 0:03:26.760 so ridiculous. They just look all right? What is this guy? Loox? 0:03:26.800 --> 0:03:28.920 What do you think? What do you want boots? Not 0:03:29.000 --> 0:03:31.640 only is he wearing male ugs, he's got his jeans 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.920 tucked to. They look good. They look good, like I'm 0:03:34.960 --> 0:03:37.880 better now to see what TV? This is how women 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.640 wear their ugs? You call me a woman? Now is 0:03:40.680 --> 0:03:42.840 that's how I'm wearing my my legs. I mean, you know, 0:03:42.960 --> 0:03:46.720 you're it's it's very metro of you. We're a Nick sweatshirt. 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:49.280 What's up? These boots were made for walking. They were 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:53.120 ready for walking. Yeah, walking through the snow. That's exactly 0:03:53.160 --> 0:03:54.800 why he's got them on. Walk right over. You got 0:03:54.920 --> 0:03:56.760 a booster mic man. Yeah, I don't. I don't hear 0:03:56.760 --> 0:03:58.760 I don't know down there. We can't really hear you 0:03:59.160 --> 0:04:04.240 that lit bit better. Alright, alright, sorry, we'll get that fixed. 0:04:04.360 --> 0:04:07.480 Added to the list. Carl, that's weird that you usually 0:04:08.000 --> 0:04:12.320 been good her Martino fine yesterday problem. I think that 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.000 microphone is kind of Diana heard some murmurs that it's 0:04:15.040 --> 0:04:19.159 not doing so all right anyway, So there you go. 0:04:19.440 --> 0:04:23.600 That's kind of situation. Ums talking m X in a while. 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.480 That's okay, But you know, I have some more adecodes, 0:04:27.480 --> 0:04:28.680 but I'll save it over for the next two hours. 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.640 That cool. Yeah, let's let's spread them out today on 0:04:31.680 --> 0:04:34.680 the program. It's first base ranks. For that. We do 0:04:34.720 --> 0:04:37.800 have a special guest, our number two. It's Chris Venture 0:04:37.880 --> 0:04:41.440 the closer by the closer will join us an our 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.240 number two to bring down that first base. We already 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.280 know how much he likes Josh Bell. We'll see who 0:04:45.320 --> 0:04:47.800 else Venture is in on. At the first based position. 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:49.840 He will join us for the entirety of our number 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.040 two and that should be fun. But before we get 0:04:52.080 --> 0:04:56.440 to guys like Josh Bell, before we get to the 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.680 middle tier, guys, the sleepers, if you will, I want 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:03.000 to start at the top, and I want to start um. 0:05:03.040 --> 0:05:07.200 I want to start at the importance of the position. 0:05:07.279 --> 0:05:09.960 How important is first basis year Frank to draft early. 0:05:12.160 --> 0:05:15.120 I don't think I put any more importance on first 0:05:15.120 --> 0:05:17.600 base than I do any other position. I wrote about 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:19.599 this a little bit on my Patreon page. Go subscribe, 0:05:19.680 --> 0:05:21.800 check it out, check it out. Well. I also just 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.640 found out about from Perry in the YouTube chat that 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:26.560 I'm doing a very good job on my Patreon, So 0:05:27.120 --> 0:05:30.560 Pry now, Well, the content is free for now given everyone. 0:05:31.080 --> 0:05:33.480 I'm giving everyone a taste, and then later on you 0:05:33.760 --> 0:05:36.320 you're like, oh, this is great content. I want to 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.280 sign up and get more of it. So that's kind 0:05:38.279 --> 0:05:40.280 of the idea here. But I wrote about the first 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.320 based position a little bit. I likened it to and 0:05:42.520 --> 0:05:45.160 you tell you give me your opinion of this analogy Greg, 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:50.080 John Travolta, great actor, known for legendary films, I mean, 0:05:50.480 --> 0:05:53.440 whole fiction, face off Greece, How can we forget right? 0:05:53.480 --> 0:05:55.960 Saturday Night Fever. The list goes on and on. When 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:59.160 it comes to John Travolta, he was great. I'm just 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:03.800 kind of asked John Travolta, buy well, he was great? Sure? 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:05.680 Kind of how I feel about the first base position 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:09.240 this year? You can pick it's not inaccurate. You can 0:06:09.240 --> 0:06:11.240 pick and choose your spots here at first base, and 0:06:11.279 --> 0:06:12.640 you know, I'll let you in on some of the 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:16.400 targets that I'm looking at based on a DP. It 0:06:16.520 --> 0:06:20.599 used to be great, you know it. It uh turned 0:06:20.600 --> 0:06:22.560 out some of the some of the best sluggers in 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:27.240 the game in fantasy baseball, real life baseball. But I 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.160 feel like it's not as deep as it once was. 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.479 You can pick and choose your spots. I think there's 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:34.400 a clear drop off after the top eleven or so 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:36.640 once you get into eleven twelve, once you get into 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:38.520 that next group, it's like, all right, all these guys 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:40.680 kind of have some of some of their own wards here, 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.080 but it's not as deep of a position as it 0:06:43.120 --> 0:06:45.320 normally is. Greg normally even talk about first base like 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:48.320 one of the best power hitting, slugging positions where you 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:50.440 can get a lot of your offense. You can still 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:52.040 get some offense there, but it's not as deep as 0:06:52.040 --> 0:06:53.680 it once was. But I think what's interesting about that 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.760 is you say that, and I know, like the guys 0:06:56.800 --> 0:06:58.680 that you have tended to target at least in your 0:06:58.680 --> 0:07:01.720 early drafts at first base despite it not being very deep, 0:07:02.480 --> 0:07:06.159 you're targeting guys around like the tenth best first basement 0:07:06.560 --> 0:07:09.680 give or take. Obviously, like you're not in on the 0:07:09.880 --> 0:07:13.360 top tier the the Freeman's who you loved last year, Um, 0:07:13.520 --> 0:07:16.200 gold Schmidt, Votto, Beldian, that's not really your guys like 0:07:16.280 --> 0:07:18.920 you're much more of And we'll get to this later obviously, 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:22.000 Matt Olson, whose bread? How come do you think it's 0:07:22.000 --> 0:07:25.559 so tough? Heavy? There's nothing wrong with Paul gold Schmidt 0:07:25.560 --> 0:07:28.840 and Freddie Freeman, And I like those guys a lot 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:31.840 more in points leagues, for sure, because they're both gonna 0:07:31.840 --> 0:07:33.760 walk a lot. Freddy Freeman's gonna hit a ton of doubles, 0:07:34.240 --> 0:07:37.040 he doesn't strike out all that much. Paul gold Schmidt. 0:07:37.760 --> 0:07:39.840 They're great for points league and especially for O v P. 0:07:40.080 --> 0:07:42.280 But in Rhodo and it's you know, a lot of 0:07:42.280 --> 0:07:44.720 the analysis that we do is for Rhodo, you have 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:47.320 to take these guys in the second round, early second round, 0:07:47.400 --> 0:07:50.600 late first round. To me, I want one of my 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:52.880 first two picks, and it doesn't have to be this way. 0:07:53.200 --> 0:07:54.480 If they're the best on the board, then they're the 0:07:54.480 --> 0:07:56.240 best on the board. Like, I'm not gonna shy away 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:58.240 from taking them. Well, most of the time, I want 0:07:58.240 --> 0:07:59.960 to get an outfielder. I want to get an out 0:08:00.000 --> 0:08:04.040 of the earlier. So you say you won't shy away 0:08:04.040 --> 0:08:06.280 from taking them, And you've done a bunch of drafts now, 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.080 and I've sat with you in the early rounds. I've 0:08:08.120 --> 0:08:12.160 done like two best ball drafts. You've never really considered 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.559 at your spot taking these guys. And according to the NFBC, 0:08:15.640 --> 0:08:17.840 where they're going through them in the February like ones 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:22.000 at eighteen, Goldman's at eighteen, Freeman's at twenty, So that 0:08:22.360 --> 0:08:24.520 is the middle of the second round. That's where you've been, 0:08:24.920 --> 0:08:26.520 like you have been in the middle of the second 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:29.160 round where you drafted. And I know one draft took 0:08:29.200 --> 0:08:30.720 Jacob to Graham on the first who just taking the 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:34.040 other one the first and one of them I took 0:08:34.080 --> 0:08:38.400 to Graham, and the other I took Eronado. Okay, one 0:08:38.440 --> 0:08:40.480 of them I picked out eleven. That's where that's where 0:08:40.480 --> 0:08:42.880 I got Eronado. I mean, great value. There couldn't of course, 0:08:43.400 --> 0:08:45.199 you want to pick the second other one. I think 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:47.839 I had picked six, Okay, so that's right here. I 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:49.640 mean I don't know, I don't know who's on the board, obviously, 0:08:50.320 --> 0:08:53.800 but when you were running down the players, like leading 0:08:53.880 --> 0:08:56.599 up to your pick that you wanted Golden and Freeman, like, 0:08:56.640 --> 0:08:59.480 we're never even in the conversation. So I know you 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.800 say you woudn't shy away, but I think that's exactly 0:09:01.840 --> 0:09:03.200 what you did. I know it's best ball. So it's 0:09:03.200 --> 0:09:05.920 a little bit of a different drafting format, of course. Um. 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.040 But we did auction strategy talk this morning, and we'll 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.480 have an auction show coming up closer to our auction 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.679 will have for that too. In the second round, when 0:09:13.720 --> 0:09:15.800 I took to ground, I took Jiancarlo Stanton, one pick 0:09:15.840 --> 0:09:17.800 ahead of Paul Goldchman, and I took my head of 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:21.719 Freddy Freeman as well. But you never understand that. But 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.120 you can't say, hey, I won't shy away from those guys. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:27.600 That's exactly what you did. They weren't even in the conversation. Well, 0:09:27.640 --> 0:09:31.120 here's what would have happened if Jihn, Carlos, Stanton was gone. Yes, 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.240 I'm looking at those guys as the next best players, 0:09:35.000 --> 0:09:39.199 because after that it was it was Altove, Aaron Nola, 0:09:39.280 --> 0:09:41.480 Trevor Story. Trevor story would be in the conversation. For me, 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.280 that's the interest name. We're gonna get to do sure 0:09:43.320 --> 0:09:46.800 stops next week. But to me, like after Stanton goes, 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.800 Harbor was already gone, Bregland was gone, Paul gold Schmate, 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:51.719 Freddy Freeman, they should be in that area. But I 0:09:51.800 --> 0:09:54.320 think a lot of you know the drafts that I've done, 0:09:54.720 --> 0:09:56.840 it's just really the range of players that that's going 0:09:56.880 --> 0:10:00.559 around them. But still it's those second round story. But 0:10:00.679 --> 0:10:03.840 I stand five, that's the second round is as good 0:10:03.880 --> 0:10:09.360 as I can remember. Because you have Stanton, Harper, gold Schmidt, Freeman. 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:11.679 Are these guys who have traditionally been the end of 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:13.480 the first round, early second round, These guys are going 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.800 middle of late, like a top five three pick. Yeah, 0:10:17.160 --> 0:10:21.240 absolutely so I'm loving that second round. This year in general, 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:23.199 there's a lot of big bats that you can get, 0:10:23.400 --> 0:10:25.040 and I think it makes an advantageous to start with 0:10:25.080 --> 0:10:27.120 the picture as you did in that particular jaff frank 0:10:27.440 --> 0:10:30.400 Um when you are in the middle to late first round. 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.920 But let's stick with the first basement and I mentioned 0:10:33.960 --> 0:10:36.120 the top two. You can read Frank's first base rankings 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:39.040 on his Patreon. Please subscribe to that. Obviously. Frank mentioned 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:41.079 the content is free right now, it will be free forever, 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:44.400 so please limited time only while supplies last, So please 0:10:44.720 --> 0:10:46.760 subscribe to Patreon, even if it's just a dollar a month. 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:51.480 He prefer five. But whatever, whatever you can, whatever you 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.679 can afford for fantasy baseball prep, it's obviously well worth it. Frankie, 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:58.160 your tier is what for the first base? What is 0:10:58.200 --> 0:11:00.920 tier one? So Tier one is just those just to 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:05.160 those two guys, it is Freddy Freeman and Paul Goldschmidt. 0:11:05.760 --> 0:11:08.720 I also should have mentioned this when I first started 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.760 talking about the position overall, when I made my John 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:16.680 Travolta analogy is part of the reason why I say 0:11:16.800 --> 0:11:19.199 it's not as good as it once was and is 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.320 there are status to back sixt Upgreg So I looked 0:11:21.360 --> 0:11:23.880 at this and the collective batting average for first baseman 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:27.000 last year was to fifty to fifty batting average for 0:11:27.080 --> 0:11:30.040 first base. That was the lowest it's been for the 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:35.160 collective group of first baseman hitters since night when it 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:40.640 was to forty seven. It's fifty years ago year, fifty 0:11:40.679 --> 0:11:44.760 one years this has been the lowest batting average for 0:11:45.240 --> 0:11:48.400 first base fifty and then the collective ops was seven 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:51.840 seven sixty last year for first basement UM and only 0:11:51.920 --> 0:11:55.640 two times since nineteen ninety three has been seven sixty 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:59.839 year lower. That was the other year when only five 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:03.719 first baseman hit thirty home runs. UM No only four 0:12:03.760 --> 0:12:06.360 first baseman at thirty home runs. Last year there was 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.520 only five of those. So it's just, you know, we 0:12:08.559 --> 0:12:10.959 don't get the same sluggers that that we once did 0:12:11.320 --> 0:12:13.920 at the position. But for me, it's Freddie Freeman and 0:12:14.000 --> 0:12:16.839 it's Paul gold Schmidt. Those are the clear top two 0:12:16.960 --> 0:12:19.240 in the tier, the the only guys going in the 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:21.520 second round. And then you kind of break it into 0:12:21.559 --> 0:12:25.840 that next year, next year where Anthony Rizzo is going 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:28.600 in the third round. Do you want to like further 0:12:28.720 --> 0:12:31.160 dissect Freddy Freeman or Paul gold Schmidt or what to 0:12:31.240 --> 0:12:34.679 expect from these guys. It's just kind of like status quo, 0:12:34.760 --> 0:12:38.080 you know what you expect. Well, I'll see this. They're 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:40.040 going very close to each other. Is there any argument 0:12:40.040 --> 0:12:41.640 to be made that Freeman should go ahead of goldchmip. 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:46.959 I've always kind of tried to make the argument Freddy Freeman. 0:12:47.640 --> 0:12:49.480 And last year, you know, I had Freddy Freeman rank 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.160 to have Joey Vado, and a lot of you know 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.200 you guys were giving me a bunch of crap for that. Obviously, 0:12:53.280 --> 0:12:55.120 no one saw Joey Vado regressing the way that he 0:12:55.240 --> 0:12:58.400 did last year. The power parts completely fell off. But 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:01.800 I still think that Freddy Freeman has the talent to 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:07.760 go out there and hit three hundred with forty homers. 0:13:08.040 --> 0:13:10.240 He's never done it. I think he has the talent 0:13:10.320 --> 0:13:14.400 to do it. What changes in St. Louis for gold Schmidt? 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:17.720 What changes this year another year with all the young 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:23.800 bats in Atlanta around Freeman? Well, the thing both lineups 0:13:23.840 --> 0:13:26.640 are very good. I think the Cardinals lineup is is 0:13:26.679 --> 0:13:28.559 good as well. I think I would give give the 0:13:28.640 --> 0:13:30.480 advantage to the Braves. I think there's a little bit 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.559 more depth in that lineup, essentially at the top. I 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.360 mean they have Josh Donaldson, Uh, they have Ronald Kunian, 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.960 whether it's entering c RT leading off or a Kunia, 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.240 and then they have Ozialbis, so it's a little bit 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:42.920 more depth. They have Nick mar Caicus. I do like 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:47.120 the Cardinals line up, but when Freddy Freeman, he's always 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.800 been uh, he's always been a great hitter to a 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.400 to a fault at times like last year thirty two 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:55.720 percent line drive rate, and you know that takes away 0:13:55.760 --> 0:13:57.360 from his ability to hit home runs. He only hit 0:13:57.360 --> 0:13:59.440 twenty three home runs last year, but the year before 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.920 that hit twenty eight home runs in a hundred and 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:05.160 seventeen games. So that's why I still think that he 0:14:05.280 --> 0:14:07.760 has that upside. The past three years he's been three 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.079 or two batting average are better. I still think he 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.360 has that upside to have a three D batting average, 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:16.360 you know, thirty five to forty home run season. I'm tempted. 0:14:16.720 --> 0:14:18.720 You know, I didn't do it. I'm just gonna put 0:14:18.760 --> 0:14:20.640 Freddie Freeman over Goldchman. I always want to do it, 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:22.680 and then like people talk me out of it, I'm 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.080 just gonna. I'm just gonna. So. So I think you 0:14:24.080 --> 0:14:26.640 look at their lines from last year, they're they're very similar, 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.800 like they're they're very Goldchmate doesn't really steal bases anymore 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:33.040 either that it's decreased from thirty eight thirty two to 0:14:33.200 --> 0:14:35.560 eighteen to seven over the past three years. Freddie Freeman 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:38.920 had more bases last he gives you eight to ten 0:14:39.240 --> 0:14:42.840 now the last three years eight ten. Gold Schmidt had 0:14:42.880 --> 0:14:45.880 ten more home runs UM. The runs were basically even 0:14:46.080 --> 0:14:47.640 r b I s. You give a fourteen more to 0:14:47.760 --> 0:14:51.680 Freeman UM averages twenty point difference UH in favor of 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.720 Freeman O bps were basically exactly the same babbits, which 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:56.800 I thought it was interesting, exactly the same Goldchman walks 0:14:56.800 --> 0:14:58.320 a little bit more but also strikes out a little 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:02.080 bit more. Gold Schmidt also had a higher hard hit 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:05.560 rate forties seven percent. I think it was four sexson 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:10.200 change UM forty six and change compared to Freddie Freeman's 0:15:10.240 --> 0:15:13.840 forty two so very good marks. They're very similar. I 0:15:13.880 --> 0:15:16.680 mean they're very similar guys. To me, it's preference. You 0:15:16.760 --> 0:15:18.720 can't even use you worry about the change of scenery. 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.880 Get that in the second. You can't even care. With 0:15:20.920 --> 0:15:22.880 the injuries to Freddie Freeman anyway. For the hundred sixty 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.040 two games last year, every single game he was out there, 0:15:25.120 --> 0:15:28.800 so I wouldn't say you can't worry about it. It 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:31.320 was risk injuries. At two out of the last three years, 0:15:31.360 --> 0:15:33.440 man a hundred fifty eight games, hundred sixty two games, 0:15:33.600 --> 0:15:36.520 but the other two years eighteen the year before that 0:15:36.560 --> 0:15:39.360 one sixty two. So it's like those are fluke injuries. Though. 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.440 You know, we did get some warning signs from Paul 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.720 gold Schmidth last year, especially early on. I mean through 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.400 the first two months of the year. Remember what we 0:15:45.400 --> 0:15:47.840 were talking about Greg the human or got him? Yeah? 0:15:48.280 --> 0:15:50.280 Was it that, or you know, was it the fact that, Okay, 0:15:50.360 --> 0:15:52.280 Paul gold schmid is you know, he's past the age 0:15:52.320 --> 0:15:53.800 of thirty. Now we're starting to see a little bit 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:55.640 of a decline. He's two years older than Freeman. We'll 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:59.840 say this. From June one on was amazing, Like if 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:02.880 you ball low, that was the guys that was in 0:16:02.960 --> 0:16:06.600 June first on three thirty four twenty six oh two 0:16:07.040 --> 0:16:11.280 uh of slugging percentage. That's a one thousand, twenty one 0:16:11.400 --> 0:16:13.480 o p s over the you know, from June one 0:16:13.680 --> 0:16:16.040 on we had a forty eight percent hard hit rate, 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.120 a twenty four and a half home run to five 0:16:18.160 --> 0:16:23.400 ball ratio. So look, you worry a little bit about 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.800 the change of scenery, even with the humid or I 0:16:25.880 --> 0:16:27.720 do think the change from Chase Fields at the St. 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.920 Louis is a slight negative park shift here for Goldschmidt, 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.240 and you know not everyone just automatically changed his teams 0:16:35.320 --> 0:16:38.640 and it's amazing right away. No. I mentioned Mike Mustakis 0:16:38.720 --> 0:16:41.480 yesterday he went to a better hitter's ballpark from Kaufman 0:16:41.480 --> 0:16:44.040 Stadium to Miller Park. He didn't adjust right away. That's 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.080 Carlo Stanton. He changed the leagues to be right away 0:16:48.440 --> 0:16:50.560 in those two situations. I didn't look next year. I 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.000 always think it's a big transition to Yankee stadiums, the 0:16:53.040 --> 0:16:55.840 Yankees rather in New York. 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Week A six and 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.959 nine am Eastern on the Fantasy Sports networking on your 0:19:03.000 --> 0:19:24.920 popular podcast, providers that We're back here, Fantasy Best Friends Forever, 0:19:26.440 --> 0:19:33.000 Fantasy Sports Radio Never gold Schmidt Freeman, your top two 0:19:33.080 --> 0:19:37.080 first baseman off the board this year twenty nineteen Fantasy 0:19:37.119 --> 0:19:40.040 Baseball drafts. No real issue with that. It's hard, man. 0:19:40.160 --> 0:19:42.600 It's like I was saying Jean Carlos stands in New York. 0:19:42.640 --> 0:19:45.160 I always try to give players a year of transition 0:19:45.440 --> 0:19:47.320 before jumping in on them when to go to the Akeies. 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:49.720 I never want a Yankee in their first year ever 0:19:50.160 --> 0:19:55.840 with the team. Ever, it's a good thing. Um, you know, 0:19:55.880 --> 0:19:57.159 I think it's one of the rare exceptions, to be 0:19:57.200 --> 0:19:59.040 honest with you, But Luke boy, it's not like making 0:19:59.080 --> 0:20:00.960 the money. Gian Carlos and there had the expectations of 0:20:01.080 --> 0:20:04.119 John Carlos then to be fair. Um, Mike we stocking. 0:20:04.240 --> 0:20:06.679 We talked about the personal stuff. I think being traded 0:20:06.800 --> 0:20:08.280 in the middle of the year is tough. Like I 0:20:08.400 --> 0:20:12.080 think expecting them to provide the power and be as 0:20:12.119 --> 0:20:14.200 comfortable as they were their previous location. I think it's 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:18.080 hard a lot to ask for. So that doesn't bother 0:20:18.200 --> 0:20:20.640 me or scare me away at all. In this case 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:23.119 for gold Schmidt. St Louis is not New York. We've 0:20:23.160 --> 0:20:24.480 seen a lot of free agents and a lot of 0:20:24.800 --> 0:20:28.320 UM trades happened with St. Louis where a guy got 0:20:28.800 --> 0:20:31.880 UM sent over there and performed very well in their 0:20:31.920 --> 0:20:34.000 first year. So I'm not really scared off by the 0:20:34.080 --> 0:20:36.080 change of scenery to St. Louis. You could also use 0:20:36.119 --> 0:20:39.520 the contract year with Paul gold Schmidt as fodder of 0:20:39.720 --> 0:20:43.280 some sort. I think it's very close. He's not one 0:20:43.320 --> 0:20:46.359 of the last year contract yeah, so I think he's 0:20:46.400 --> 0:20:48.119 had to prove a lot, and in this market he 0:20:48.240 --> 0:20:50.080 knows that, like he needs to really have a great 0:20:50.200 --> 0:20:52.280 year in order to make money or make a lot 0:20:52.320 --> 0:20:57.000