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It's 0:01:30.640 --> 0:01:34.360 with that we want you inside up Studio thirty four. 0:01:34.840 --> 0:01:38.240 This he's in the FX. He's Frank Staff. I am 0:01:38.319 --> 0:01:41.119 Greg Sauceman right out. I was having a month, Greggy, 0:01:41.360 --> 0:01:44.959 Happy Monday to you. We're back and we've got face 0:01:45.520 --> 0:01:47.920 Ball to talk about later on in the show because 0:01:47.920 --> 0:01:50.240 we gotta get to some XFL. How is your weekend? 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:53.080 Had you sleep last night? But I didn't sleep great, Frank, 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:55.600 of my work, My weekend felt like a lot of work, 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:57.520 to be honest with you. Yeah, I was here on 0:01:57.600 --> 0:01:59.480 Sunday Greg, I didn't see I didn't see any Greg 0:01:59.480 --> 0:02:01.400 Susterman aroun on on a Sunday, right, don't worry. I 0:02:01.480 --> 0:02:04.680 was on the phone with your producers on Sunday and 0:02:04.760 --> 0:02:07.840 on Saturday. And here we are today, Frank, so feeling great, 0:02:08.280 --> 0:02:11.000 feeling great, feeling great. How did How did you sleep, Frank? 0:02:11.280 --> 0:02:13.040 I slept very well. Probably stayed up too late like 0:02:13.080 --> 0:02:15.400 I always do, but I slept very well at a 0:02:15.480 --> 0:02:18.239 had a solid weekend. Did you watch the Oscars? I 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:21.320 watched a little bit of the oscars? True story. I 0:02:21.360 --> 0:02:23.560 only turned the Oscars on because I saw that Eminem 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:25.880 was performing. By the time I turned the Oscars on, 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.320 he was already done performing. And then I just left 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:30.200 it on in the background and heard Parasite pretty much 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:33.800 win everything. Yes, spoiler alert. For those didn't watch the Oscars, well, 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:35.959 you should have watched it by now, or if you haven't, 0:02:36.000 --> 0:02:38.840 you probably heard. For an update on everything that's not 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:47.640 the Oscars, here's Alex Fasana Sports grade news update. I 0:02:47.760 --> 0:02:50.880 am Alex Fassana with your sports grid news update here 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.480 on the Fantasy b f FS, It's finally official in 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:58.080 Major League Baseball. Mooky Bets and David Price are finally 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:01.640 headed to Los Angeles. Source has told ESPN's Jeff Passing 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.440 that a deal had been agreed upon to send the 0:03:03.440 --> 0:03:05.040 players to the l A Dodgers for a package that 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:09.520 includes Alex Verdugo, shortstop Jeeter Downs, and catcher Connor Wong, 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:12.280 all of which will go to Boston. A blockbuster three 0:03:12.320 --> 0:03:14.960 team deal was agreed upon almost a week ago. However, 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.799 the Red Sox were nervous about grad Role. Bruce dal 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:21.880 grad Role, a prospect from the Twins who had Tommy's 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.960 john surgery missed time in two thousand and nineteen. The 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:27.800 rework deal still has Bets and Price going to Los Angeles, 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.840 and the Red Sox have agreed to pay half of 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:33.320 the ninety six million dollars left on prices deal. In 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.440 also Major League Baseball, the Los Angeles Dodgers are sending 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.960 right hander Kenta Maeda and cash to the Minnesota Twins 0:03:40.040 --> 0:03:43.120 for right hander Bruce dal Grad, roll off, outfield prospect 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:46.520 Luke Rayley, and the sixties seven pick in draft. A 0:03:46.560 --> 0:03:48.680 different version of the deal was originally reported to be 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:50.480 as part of a three team deal with the Red 0:03:50.480 --> 0:03:52.960 Sox and Mookie Bets. However, the Red Sox again had 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:56.240 issues with the prospects medical reviews. The Athletic was the 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.440 first to report this new Twins Dodgers deal, and in 0:03:59.520 --> 0:04:02.880 the end f L Philip Rivers will officially enter free 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:06.400 agency this offseason. He ends his sixteen year run with 0:04:06.560 --> 0:04:09.840 the Los Angeles Chargers. The Chargers and Rivers jointly announced 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.080 the veterans quarterback's decision on Monday, with general manager Tom 0:04:13.120 --> 0:04:15.800 Talsco saying that the timing of the announcement will allow 0:04:15.880 --> 0:04:19.359 everybody to put themselves in the best position for success 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:23.040 in Philip Rivers turns thirty eight this year. He is 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:26.600 the most prolific passer in the Chargers history. He finished 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:29.520 the twenty nineteen season with four thousand, six hundred and 0:04:29.560 --> 0:04:33.760 fifteen yards, twenty three touchdowns, and twenty interceptions. The Chargers 0:04:33.800 --> 0:04:37.159 finished five and eleven and last place in the a 0:04:37.320 --> 0:04:39.400 f C West. All right, that doesn't for me, Gonna 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.120 send it back to the BFFs. This was your sportscrid 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:46.719 news update. I'm Alex Fasano. There you go, that's Fasano's news. 0:04:46.720 --> 0:04:49.200 Oh day, fantastic job breaking down the trades. We're gonna 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.000 do that in a little bit, breakdown both of the 0:04:51.040 --> 0:04:55.360 trades actually happened this weekend, including Mookie bats, including Maddie 0:04:55.360 --> 0:04:58.240 Margo finally no longer a padre, but to a situation 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:01.360 that somehow is worse than the padre. Uh, it's remarkable. 0:05:01.480 --> 0:05:03.000 We're gonna do that. We're gonna have some fun a 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:09.599 little bit later on, but we're gonna start. There's this 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:13.640 is the XFL. Frankie, did you watch I saw you 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.719 tweeting how set you were that you couldn't play. I 0:05:16.839 --> 0:05:19.080 was sad. I was said that I could not play 0:05:19.200 --> 0:05:21.760 XFL dfs. I had to get my football fixed in 0:05:21.839 --> 0:05:24.599 over the weekend. I caught some action here and there. 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:26.960 I was out at brunch on a double date, and 0:05:27.000 --> 0:05:29.840 I did have my phone playing XFL on YouTube TV 0:05:30.600 --> 0:05:34.040 enrager fiance, No, no, no no, I mean it's two couples. 0:05:34.240 --> 0:05:36.320 The girls were talking, the guys were talking, and you 0:05:36.320 --> 0:05:39.600 weren't talking. Had it in the back of it. Got 0:05:39.600 --> 0:05:41.560 to the point it was on your phone looking at 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:45.120 the XFL. This is what we're doing, Like we have 0:05:45.240 --> 0:05:48.240 the stream of the XFL on our phones. Now, you 0:05:48.279 --> 0:05:51.520 don't need the money on the game. Let me know 0:05:51.520 --> 0:05:53.200 when it's my turn to talk, right, because I'm pretty sure. 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:55.480 It was my turn to talk, and you rudely interrupted 0:05:55.960 --> 0:05:58.920 turns on this show. It's a conversation. Here's what I'll say. 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.840 It wasn't like Ronald UNA's debut. And I was with 0:06:01.880 --> 0:06:05.320 you at Yankee Stadium also watching Ronald da Cuna on 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.240 my phone at the same time. I had it on 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:08.840 in the background. I just wanted to see if any 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.000 big plays were happening, if anything crazy was going on, 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:14.479 So I caught some xfl action this weekend. Probably shouldn't 0:06:14.520 --> 0:06:16.599 have watched as much as I could have, but I 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:19.080 did see some highlights as well, and I thought it 0:06:19.120 --> 0:06:22.440 was interesting. We have football all year round. Let's go Guardians, 0:06:22.480 --> 0:06:25.720 New York's football team. The best football team in New York, Craig, 0:06:26.360 --> 0:06:28.960 it's not hard, it's not hard, but the best team 0:06:28.960 --> 0:06:31.600 that plays in MetLife. There you go. The Guardians defeated 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:34.720 the Vipers three for a little bit. Well man, Aaron 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:39.280 Murray on the Vipers got benched. Uh Matt mcgloy fifty 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:43.840 nine two through for a touchdown, which was wonderful, right you, Oh, 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:46.600 Matt mcgloyd and Kevin gilbrid an apology based on what 0:06:46.640 --> 0:06:50.720 you said. I don't like put it right in your eye. Though. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:54.360 I'll say this. My doorman when I left this morning, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:57.600 he's like, hey, did you watched the Guardians? Like, Frank, 0:06:57.640 --> 0:07:01.560 what are we doing? What do we And just to clarify, 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:04.120 your doorman's name is Frank, because I'm not Gregg's doorman, 0:07:05.080 --> 0:07:09.240 right right, So Frank the doorman, not Frank Staffle. But 0:07:09.279 --> 0:07:11.280 the fight. The doorman was like, oh, I'm pretty excited. 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:12.880 They were pretty good and they want to watch them 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.960 this season. People are actually into the XFL. Three point 0:07:17.080 --> 0:07:20.280 three million people watch the XFL this weekend. Look, there 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:23.080 is a desire for football year round, and the XFL 0:07:23.120 --> 0:07:26.280 are doing things a little bit differently. They're interviewing kickers 0:07:26.320 --> 0:07:30.920 as soon as they miss kicks. They're interviewing yeah the 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.520 interview that there, I didn't. I'm pretty sure they interviewed 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.280 a quarterback as soon as you throw an interception, like 0:07:35.640 --> 0:07:37.680 what do you say in that moment? So they're doing 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:41.120 some interesting things obviously. And yes, the Guardians won three 0:07:41.160 --> 0:07:43.560 to three. Matt mcloyn did enough. He also had a 0:07:43.600 --> 0:07:46.640 rushing touchdown. Greg, come well, man, let's go Guardians. I 0:07:46.680 --> 0:07:48.840 can't believe you were talking to Smack about Matt mcgloyne 0:07:48.840 --> 0:07:51.800 on on Friday and you were backing Aaron Murray. How 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:55.120 did that work out? Six for thirty four with two 0:07:56.000 --> 0:08:00.200 interceptions against that elite Guardians. He didn't look good a lot, 0:08:00.200 --> 0:08:02.320 to be honest with you. He looked very, very bad. 0:08:02.600 --> 0:08:04.360 You know, also look bad. I was excited to get 0:08:04.360 --> 0:08:07.760 into this with you, with the Renegades and the battle Hawks, 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:10.440 the St. Louis battle Hawks to be the Renegades fift nine. 0:08:10.440 --> 0:08:13.480 I really like Dallas on this one. But these running 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.160 backs that you were so high on because you knew 0:08:15.200 --> 0:08:19.280 their names, Cameron Artist, Pain the Cap and Kristen Michael. 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.320 Don't you read there stats, Frank, I don't know what 0:08:22.320 --> 0:08:24.320 you're talking about. Greg. I can't find them all of 0:08:24.320 --> 0:08:26.320 a sudden. It's crazy, but I'll be happy to read him. 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.200 I have him off here. Kristin Michael carry the ball 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:31.200 seven times? The battle Hawks with a Christen Michael like 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:34.960 zero yards? Whoa Greg? Can you talk about the rushing 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.320 leader of the St. Louis battle Hawks who was also 0:08:37.360 --> 0:08:40.199 a former NFL player. While we're at it, No, Matt 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:43.720 Jones had twenty one attempts for eighty five rushing yards. 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.640 That's a pretty good game. Christie Michael not so much. 0:08:47.320 --> 0:08:49.120 But Cameron artists Pain did not too much on the 0:08:49.120 --> 0:08:51.720 ground either. Two rushes for six yards. He did have 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:54.520 four receptions for thirteen yards. So if you played on 0:08:54.600 --> 0:08:58.320 Draft Kings the PPR format, that helped you out. But yeah, 0:08:58.360 --> 0:09:00.440 that's the one big takeaway I think from this weekend. 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.320 Greg and I heard Gabe talking about this on Twitter 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:06.240 over the weekend. The offensive line play was not great, 0:09:06.320 --> 0:09:09.240 and it's not surprising because the offensive line play is 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:11.840 not great in the NFL either, Like it's hard to 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:14.160 find quality offensive line play and it takes time for 0:09:14.160 --> 0:09:16.680 these guys to play together. Before you know, maybe they'll 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:18.880 start to gel a little bit. But the biggest takeaway 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:20.360 for me was that there was not a lot of 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:23.400 great rushing performances any running backs this weekend. That show 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.559 is the only one. Matt Jones performed very well for 0:09:26.960 --> 0:09:28.880 Matt Jones. If you look at like the Redding Gads, 0:09:28.920 --> 0:09:31.079 they they're leading Russia. I had five carries. It was 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.320 Lansdown bar so NFL player as well, but again didn't 0:09:34.320 --> 0:09:36.320 do much with it. No, there's just not that much rushing. 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:38.080 You go to the Wildcasts who felt at the US 0:09:38.320 --> 0:09:42.160 Roughnecks thirty seven and seventeen. Leading rusher was a lot 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:46.360 of Hood twelve carries for forty three yards. Right then, 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:48.559 they're not really rushing the ball. I think teams obviously 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:51.880 still trying to figure it out. But your guyd J Walker, 0:09:52.320 --> 0:09:55.560 whereas yesterday p J Walker, Man, he was awesome and 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:57.679 he rushed a little bit as well. He added twenty 0:09:57.720 --> 0:10:00.360 six rushing yards. This was the guy that I did 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:04.240 have in my fake DFS lineup, which I tried to 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:06.440 submit and then found out that you can't play New 0:10:06.520 --> 0:10:10.800 York dfs on XFL dfs in New York. I still 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:12.400 got to kind of clarify that because I don't know 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.199 what's going on there Greg, but apparently you can in 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:16.000 New Jersey, so I think we're gonna have to do 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:18.040 that this upcoming week. But p J Walker was great 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:22.920 four touchdowns as well. Sammy Coats, Alex Passano non Sarah's 0:10:22.920 --> 0:10:26.160 big Steelers fan. You're reminded of why Sammy Coats is 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.760 no longer a Pittsburgh Steeler. Nine targets, just two receptions, 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.040 dropping the ball everywhere as well. Uh did not get 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.600 much done this weekend, but p J Walker was someone 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:39.480 who certainly did. Nelson Spruce was great for the Wildcats, 0:10:39.480 --> 0:10:43.960 eleven for one oh three franc and fifteen targets. What 0:10:44.520 --> 0:10:48.280 there's your PPR beast Eli Rogers to Eli Rogers had 0:10:48.280 --> 0:10:51.600 like six or seven catches. Defenders defeated the Dragons. Not 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.959 much rushing there either. Rickey Pearl's kid five eight and 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:58.520 two touched as looked pretty good. That Cardello Jones goes 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:00.920 for two, five and two, and as we mentioned before, 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.760 Eli Rogers goes six for seventy three. So that's someone 0:11:03.800 --> 0:11:06.120 you want to target in DFS this upcoming weekend. That 0:11:06.720 --> 0:11:09.520 was the as out. When we come back, Mookie bats 0:11:09.559 --> 0:11:12.160 straight at Jack Peterson. Not let's tell you what happened 0:11:12.200 --> 0:11:15.720 over the weekend. Are you ready for the nation's first 0:11:15.720 --> 0:11:18.679 and only, free, twenty four hour network dedicated to you 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:22.600 the betting and fantasy sports enthusiast. Sports Grade will provide 0:11:22.600 --> 0:11:26.199 you with a real time content, statistics and gaming intelligence 0:11:26.480 --> 0:11:30.000 unlike anything you've ever seen before. Located both in the 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.680 heart of New York City and inside the FanDuel Sports 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.600 book at the meadow Lands Sports Crade, He's live eighteen 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:39.280 hours a day here to serve you the fanatic. This 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:49.960 is sports Crade, get all the grid. We are live 0:11:50.160 --> 0:11:54.640 here in Studio thirty four. This is gonna be He's Frank, 0:11:54.720 --> 0:11:56.920 I'm Greg, Thanks for hanging out. Coast Coast coming up 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:59.920 next Scott for real and the gang will hide to cover. 0:12:00.600 --> 0:12:03.120 Oh by Game Marcy in Game Live all night long 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:05.320 on NBA All Star Break coming to the weekend, which 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:08.439 is maybe they all star like picks um later in 0:12:08.440 --> 0:12:12.240 the week I'm down. He still owe me a player? Sure, 0:12:12.280 --> 0:12:14.160 I just have to pick a player in the NFL. 0:12:14.200 --> 0:12:16.640 I just haven't picked a player yet, right, Yeah, that's fair. 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:18.959 I mean I'll just tell e why he has to 0:12:19.000 --> 0:12:20.320 pay for it, because he has a lot more money 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:23.520 than I do, so that seems fair. I don't disagree. 0:12:24.160 --> 0:12:27.679 You'll get your shirt somehow, some way from Eric Young. 0:12:27.720 --> 0:12:31.200 You do your thing, man, Yeah, yeah, probably. Did you 0:12:31.200 --> 0:12:33.320 win any fantasy football league this year? Greg, I'm gonna 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:36.800 guess did you come close? Yeah? Gave me a second. Alright, 0:12:36.840 --> 0:12:38.720 So who who was like the best player on that 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.079 team or like a few of your favorite players from 0:12:41.080 --> 0:12:45.559 that team. The best player on that team was Nick Chubb, 0:12:46.200 --> 0:12:51.000 Dalvin Cook. I mean those are cool player shirts to have, No, 0:12:51.920 --> 0:12:53.920 you know, you don't like the nice brown and orange 0:12:53.960 --> 0:12:55.679 all over your body, Greg trant to see who the 0:12:55.720 --> 0:12:58.200 best player of that team was. Do that during the break? 0:12:58.480 --> 0:13:02.280 I mean you wrote it up now, so Tyreek Hill, 0:13:02.600 --> 0:13:05.520 I don't like you. Probably don't want to Tyreek Hill 0:13:05.559 --> 0:13:09.640 shirt on your back, Gregan. They don't. I want to 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:12.880 get like an uncool shirt like Jack Doyle. Don't please 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.960 don't do that. All right, let's get back into baseball, Frank, 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:19.400 Because the long awaited Mookie Bets trade was finally completed 0:13:19.480 --> 0:13:23.360 over the weekend with some alterations. Basically, it seems like 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.559 it seems like what happened was the prospect that was 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:30.640 going from Minnesota to Boston. The Medicals then kind of 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.920 add up and the Red Sox exactly, the Red Sox 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:38.840 thought of him as a reliever when he was valued 0:13:38.840 --> 0:13:41.600 as a starter because the Medicals it's called bs basically, 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:43.280 the Red Sox and all this backlash, they didn't get 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.840 it enough for Wiki bats and demanded more exactly, and 0:13:45.880 --> 0:13:48.920 because the Dodgers, um, I didn't want to lose on 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:52.840 the Mookie bats and have a very plentiful system, like 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.360 you know what, f you guys, We'll give you Jeter 0:13:55.440 --> 0:13:58.360 downs will make this happen. If that makes you feel better, 0:13:58.679 --> 0:14:01.760 and now it's done. Movie Vets and David Price are 0:14:01.800 --> 0:14:05.959 bold members of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jeter Downs and 0:14:06.160 --> 0:14:10.000 Alex Verdugo are now members of the Boston Red Sox, 0:14:10.360 --> 0:14:13.559 and Kenda Mariana and now a member over the Minnesota Twins. 0:14:13.640 --> 0:14:16.560 Those the primary pieces of where everybody has gone. But 0:14:16.600 --> 0:14:19.120 I'm still trying to understand is why the Dodgers decided 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.480 they need they did not need the trade Jock Peterson anymore. 0:14:21.720 --> 0:14:23.400 I don't know it was the Angels that says, screw this, 0:14:23.440 --> 0:14:26.720 we're walking away, um, But that trade wind up not happening. 0:14:26.760 --> 0:14:29.640 So a lot to kind of uncover here, Frank, we 0:14:29.680 --> 0:14:32.600 now know it's official. Let me start from the Red 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.520 Sock side of things. I know we did a whole 0:14:34.720 --> 0:14:38.040 um segment previously on Alex Verdugo. Um we really talking 0:14:38.040 --> 0:14:40.480 about Jeter Downs because it wasn't in the trade. People 0:14:40.520 --> 0:14:42.680 have kind of speculator of the Jeter Downs at some 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:46.640 point in the near future. Could replace be the replacement 0:14:46.680 --> 0:14:49.240 for Dustin for Joy at second base? Obviously Michael Javis 0:14:49.520 --> 0:14:51.440 played there last year, But what do you think of 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:54.360 the Jeter Downs addition to the Boston Red Sox. I 0:14:54.400 --> 0:14:56.240 thought it was great that they were able to add 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.600 another prospect. I agree with you completely. It's like someone 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.080 in a fantasy baseball leagu getting fleeced for a trade, 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.080 and then when they hear the backlash from everyone else, 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.200 they're like, oh, can you please veto my trade so 0:15:05.200 --> 0:15:06.960 that I can try and get more out of someone else. 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:10.520 That's basically what happened here. The Red Sox got absolutely fleeced, 0:15:10.640 --> 0:15:13.280 and even with adding Jeter Downs, I still don't agree 0:15:13.320 --> 0:15:15.520 that they should have traded Mooky Betts, but it does 0:15:15.560 --> 0:15:18.000 look better on paper now that they get a prospect 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:21.800 with the pedigree of Jeter. It was really interesting that 0:15:22.840 --> 0:15:24.120 I don't know. I think Verdugo is going to be 0:15:24.120 --> 0:15:25.680 a stunt. I really do believe that. So I don't 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.920 know what the agenda is here. I was trying to 0:15:27.920 --> 0:15:30.800 figure it out. But multiple times this weekend, John Hayman 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:34.200 tweeted out Alex for duto has like Clint Fraser like problems. 0:15:35.080 --> 0:15:36.960 I don't know that means it's just like Cravy Fielder 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.520 or some personality issues that I think it's personality stuff 0:15:39.560 --> 0:15:41.280 because I've heard I've heard things like that before as 0:15:41.280 --> 0:15:43.520 well above her Dugo, so I had not heard that, 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.880 you know, maybe under the leadership of like A J. D. Martinez. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:48.360 And I always like young players being surrounded by, you know, 0:15:48.600 --> 0:15:51.400 veterans who have been around a while. The same thing 0:15:51.400 --> 0:15:53.680 that happened last year with Miguel Snow with Nelson Cruz 0:15:53.720 --> 0:15:55.880 coming in, I thought that would have a positive impact 0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:57.960 on him. I'm not sure if that's the direct correlation 0:15:58.040 --> 0:16:00.480 that made Miguel Snow be awesome last year, but I 0:16:00.520 --> 0:16:02.560 do like when these older players are on teams and 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:04.960 they can take youngsters under their wings. So we'll see 0:16:05.000 --> 0:16:07.920 what happens when it comes to Alex Verdugo. I think 0:16:07.920 --> 0:16:09.800 he's gonna play every day. I think he's either gonna 0:16:09.880 --> 0:16:12.440 lead off for bad fifth for the Boston Red Sox. 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:15.880 And I tweeted this out Roster resources. I tweeted this 0:16:15.920 --> 0:16:19.160 out on Friday, Greg. The pre trade NFBC cost for 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:22.920 Alex Verdugo was twenty seven and since the trade happens, 0:16:22.920 --> 0:16:26.680 so from Wednesday on, his ADP was and if you 0:16:26.680 --> 0:16:28.600 remember what I told you, I said he was going 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:30.440 to move up about fifty spots and he might move 0:16:30.520 --> 0:16:33.080 up even more than that. I think Verdugo has Michael 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:36.120 Brantley type upside, maybe not like his first full season, 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.240 but eventually I think that that's what his upside can be. 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.000 Verdugo is still twenty three years old, and according to 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:46.000 roster resource right now for the Boston Red Sox, Verdugo 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:50.520 is projected to that seventh in this lineup. So what 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:55.520 do they have leading off attendee followed by Dever's, Bogart's J. D. Martinez, 0:16:55.680 --> 0:16:59.440 Mitch Moreland, Michael Javis, Verdugo, Christian Vaska is j B 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:02.400 J Right, So they might put it might leave Verdugo 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:04.000 a little bit lower in the line up to start. 0:17:04.280 --> 0:17:05.800 They don't want to put too much pressure on him. 0:17:05.840 --> 0:17:07.600 But he's he's gonna make his way up there. Like 0:17:07.640 --> 0:17:09.720 I think he's better than Mitch Moreland. Now, Jeter Downs, 0:17:09.720 --> 0:17:11.520 I know to cut you off, but he was a 0:17:11.520 --> 0:17:14.480 good prospect. Could get you said, why is that he's 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.320 like a top fifty prospect in baseball, one of the 0:17:16.359 --> 0:17:19.199 better prospects in the Dodgers organization. You look at what 0:17:19.240 --> 0:17:21.560 he just did this past year at power speed combination. 0:17:21.920 --> 0:17:24.960 Twenty one years old at between double A and high 0:17:24.960 --> 0:17:27.120 A ball of this past year twenty four home runs, 0:17:27.119 --> 0:17:29.639 twenty four stolen bases. He hit to seventy six with 0:17:29.880 --> 0:17:32.960 eight o ps, so there's upside there. It's just very 0:17:33.000 --> 0:17:35.200 weird that there's a person named Jeter in the Boston 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:38.040 Red Sox organization now, but you're right. I think his 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:40.399 long term future is he probably takes over at second 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:43.240 base Greg they still have Bogarts locked up at shortstop, 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.000 and then they'll eventually probably move Michael Javis back to 0:17:46.119 --> 0:17:49.320 his original position, which is first base. I think Mitch 0:17:49.359 --> 0:17:51.560 Moreland is just kind of a place holder for maybe 0:17:51.600 --> 0:17:53.439 this year. I don't think we're gonna see Jeter downs 0:17:53.480 --> 0:17:57.160 this year, but maybe like a September ish call up. 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.240 If not, then the following year he'll probably be like 0:17:59.280 --> 0:18:01.040 a mid season all up. I think that's fair to say. 0:18:01.080 --> 0:18:02.560 So then let me kind of follow that up with 0:18:02.600 --> 0:18:04.320 the player that played second based last year for the 0:18:04.359 --> 0:18:05.959 Red Sox, with Michael Chavis and just told you he's 0:18:05.960 --> 0:18:07.879 betting six in this lineup. What do you think of 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:11.879 Michael Javis this season? I'm interested, obviously batting in the 0:18:11.920 --> 0:18:14.399 middle of a really good ballpark, a ballpark that plays 0:18:14.440 --> 0:18:17.320 for right handed power, and that's exactly what Javis has 0:18:17.359 --> 0:18:19.440 and you know, he was their top prospect for a while. 0:18:19.560 --> 0:18:22.760 It wasn't really a great farm system obviously, but I 0:18:22.800 --> 0:18:24.879 think he proved something last year. Greg. I mean, the 0:18:24.880 --> 0:18:27.720 power is legit. You watched the batspeed, Like the kid 0:18:27.720 --> 0:18:29.840 has bat speed. I think his power is gonna play, 0:18:29.920 --> 0:18:32.439 especially in Fenway. The problem is he's got to cut 0:18:32.480 --> 0:18:36.639 down the strikeouts. Plate discipline was a dreadful from Michael 0:18:36.680 --> 0:18:38.879 Javis last year, and he struggled a little bit in 0:18:38.920 --> 0:18:42.600 the minors with strike out. With strikeouts, you know, he's 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.880 normally in like that mid twenty percentage. So even if 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.040 he was, you know, around thirty percent, you can live 0:18:49.080 --> 0:18:52.560 with that. Like Fernando Tatis jr. Ist ideally you wanted 0:18:52.640 --> 0:18:54.920 to be better, but thirty three is a lot, Greg, 0:18:54.960 --> 0:18:57.399 So Michael Javis has to be better in terms of 0:18:57.400 --> 0:19:00.280 plate discipline and cutting down on those strikeouts. But I 0:19:00.600 --> 0:19:02.320 liked what I saw this year. Eighteen home runs in 0:19:02.400 --> 0:19:05.520 ninety five games a full season with Boston. I think 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:09.600 you should be able to hit home runs from the 0:19:09.600 --> 0:19:12.360 middle endfield. There's value. Their hard hit percentage last year 0:19:12.400 --> 0:19:17.520 for Michael Javis thirty three point six. It's no, it's 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:22.960 not great, you know, strike evercentage ulversentage at I'm not 0:19:23.080 --> 0:19:25.439 a Michael Javis. You're out Michael Jas. But the thing 0:19:25.480 --> 0:19:28.400 is he's young enough where like he's years old right now. Yeah, 0:19:28.640 --> 0:19:31.919 like he can he can easily you know, improve his 0:19:32.000 --> 0:19:34.080 launch angle, cut down the strikeouts, and in before you 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.080 know it, he's like a two seventy hitter who's hitting 0:19:36.080 --> 0:19:39.760 twenty five home runs. You can pump the brakes. But 0:19:39.800 --> 0:19:42.320 the thing is he's not He's like not going early 0:19:42.359 --> 0:19:44.679 in drafts right now. Who in the NFBC in the 0:19:44.720 --> 0:19:49.080 month of February six, that's nothing. I'm not pretty much 0:19:49.119 --> 0:19:50.919 out on him though, because like, give me Cole Hamiles 0:19:50.920 --> 0:19:53.000 two spots before him. I agree with you know, I 0:19:53.000 --> 0:19:56.960 love col Hamiles, right, give me Mitch Kella going just 0:19:57.080 --> 0:19:58.960 ahead of him as well. But look at some of 0:19:59.040 --> 0:20:02.280 the hitters in this range, like Eric cosmer Man fine 0:20:02.400 --> 0:20:05.520 to seventy home runs. It is what it is, Geo Orshella, 0:20:05.760 --> 0:20:07.120 you don't really know how the play time is gonna 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:09.320 shake out there with the Yankees at least what Chavis. 0:20:09.320 --> 0:20:11.439 You know he's gonna play every day. Someone who's going 0:20:11.440 --> 0:20:12.960 a little bit later on though that I do love 0:20:13.240 --> 0:20:18.160 Austin Hayes is here last year too. Love Austin Hayes 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:20.960 every year. Greg, alright, fair enough, let me go to 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:23.600 the Dodgers. Let me have the Dodgers side of things. Obviously, 0:20:23.720 --> 0:20:26.840 no Mookie Betts. He has really solidified being in the 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:29.080 top five. I think he's I personally find him to 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:31.720 be like the clear fourth hitter off the board. With 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.520 Cody Bellinger his teammate being five. I think your first 0:20:34.560 --> 0:20:39.320 five doesn't include Garrett Cole or um Jacob Degraham. I 0:20:39.400 --> 0:20:41.880 think that's kind of six seven for me. But your 0:20:41.880 --> 0:20:44.040 top five, I think it's set Mookie Bets, Cody Bellinger 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:47.119 both in it. Yeah, I mean it may personally in 0:20:47.119 --> 0:20:49.800 the deeper leagues, I would make the argument for getting 0:20:50.119 --> 0:20:53.840 the ace starting pitcher, just giving yourself that base of 0:20:54.160 --> 0:20:56.560 picture list does not agree. Pitcher list does not agree. 0:20:56.640 --> 0:20:58.960 But you know, look they kind of cater more to 0:20:59.440 --> 0:21:04.400 twelve team category, which is fine in that format. Look, 0:21:04.480 --> 0:21:07.159 I would say that the hitter, what you're gonna get 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:09.280 from the hitter is safer than what you can expect 0:21:09.280 --> 0:21:11.640 from any picture. Because I'll ask you for a friend here, Frank, 0:21:11.880 --> 0:21:13.560 if all five of those guys are gone and the 0:21:13.560 --> 0:21:16.439 next hitter happens to be Alex Bregman or Francisco Lindore. 0:21:16.560 --> 0:21:18.960 Would you take one of the pictures? No, yes, I 0:21:19.000 --> 0:21:24.240 would definitely take the picture. You are cool, Jacob dem 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:27.320 I have Jacob Graham as my sp one switch I 0:21:27.359 --> 0:21:29.760 said that, Oh along, I switched. I think you did. 0:21:30.960 --> 0:21:33.679 Surprise surprise. Greg can't get away from the pin stripes 0:21:33.760 --> 0:21:36.199 fair enough. We'll see what happens. I was originally Garrett Cole. 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:37.720 I think a come more and Jacob de Gram, but 0:21:37.760 --> 0:21:40.240 we'll say, yeah, look, Betts is gonna go inside the 0:21:40.280 --> 0:21:42.000 top five picks in most strafts, and I think it 0:21:42.040 --> 0:21:44.400 makes sense still a five category player. You worry, maybe 0:21:44.440 --> 0:21:47.200 maybe a little bit about the sixteen stolen basses last year. 0:21:47.480 --> 0:21:49.480 I think that's his floor. I think he probably gives 0:21:49.480 --> 0:21:52.560 you between fifteen and twenty stolen basses and he's gonna 0:21:52.560 --> 0:21:55.240 contribute everywhere else. His expected batting average last year was 0:21:55.280 --> 0:21:58.640 actually like fifteen twenty points higher than his actual batting average, 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.080 so I think there's actually some positive regression coming from 0:22:01.080 --> 0:22:03.240 mookie beats as well. What will we ask you this one? 0:22:03.320 --> 0:22:05.920 Also abouting this trade currently going at one A three 0:22:06.000 --> 0:22:08.440 in the NFBC in the month of February. Is David 0:22:08.480 --> 0:22:12.840 Price going at two? That's Kenza Maana. We refer to 0:22:12.960 --> 0:22:17.440 this uh last We referred to this um last week 0:22:17.480 --> 0:22:19.919 on the show that they were going very very close together. 0:22:20.160 --> 0:22:22.680 But I'll ask you again that trades official, Frank, would 0:22:22.720 --> 0:22:25.000 you rather have in Fantasy Baseball this year Kenza Mayanna 0:22:25.119 --> 0:22:28.000 or David Price? Yeah? I think they're both risky. I 0:22:28.000 --> 0:22:30.120 think at some point, like Kenta Maita is probably gonna 0:22:30.160 --> 0:22:31.720 be slowed down. I don't know that you could defend 0:22:32.000 --> 0:22:33.840 depend on him for more than a hundred and fifty 0:22:33.840 --> 0:22:35.760 a hundred and sixty endings this year, even with the 0:22:35.760 --> 0:22:38.520 Minnesota Twins. That's just not the picture that Kenta may 0:22:38.720 --> 0:22:40.920 has been. Same thing with David Price. You know, he's 0:22:40.920 --> 0:22:42.960 almost certainly gonna miss some time throughout the course of 0:22:42.960 --> 0:22:45.440 this season. But I will take David Price. I think 0:22:45.440 --> 0:22:48.359 that both teams are gonna get tremendous run support. But 0:22:48.960 --> 0:22:50.720 there's just something about the Dodgers, right. It's like every 0:22:50.720 --> 0:22:52.720 starting picture that winds up with the Dodgers, it's a 0:22:52.720 --> 0:22:55.600 lot like the Houston Astros. These guys are just phenomenal 0:22:55.640 --> 0:22:58.000 and if you look at David Price from last year. 0:22:58.400 --> 0:23:01.000 The strikeouts actually bounced back in a big way. A 0:23:01.080 --> 0:23:03.960 twenty eight percent strikeout rate for David Price last year 0:23:04.320 --> 0:23:06.639 was the highest of his career, so he actually was 0:23:06.720 --> 0:23:09.440 pitching well. I think he had. He was unlucky last 0:23:09.480 --> 0:23:11.359 year as well. Four to eight e ar a, Greg, 0:23:11.560 --> 0:23:13.480 you see the X fit down at three seven three. 0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:15.600 I think the whip was a little bit unlucky as well. 0:23:15.720 --> 0:23:17.600 The strike outs the highest of his career. I think 0:23:17.600 --> 0:23:19.320 these guys are close. But give me David Price over 0:23:19.400 --> 0:23:21.200 kent to Maada. I think both guys are players that 0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:23.320 I want on my team's kids in MYDA. Pitching a 0:23:23.359 --> 0:23:25.239 full season as a starting pitcher, if he holds up, 0:23:25.320 --> 0:23:26.920 I think he's in a good spot. I to rely 0:23:27.040 --> 0:23:30.040 before well, David Price, first time pitching in the National 0:23:30.119 --> 0:23:32.639 League's gonna be helpful. Some pieces value go. I'm in 0:23:32.800 --> 0:23:34.760 on both of these guys. He gets to face the 0:23:34.800 --> 0:23:37.199 Giants like five times a year. Greg, it's awesome. All right, 0:23:37.240 --> 0:23:39.320 we'll take a break, we'll come back one another. Trea, 0:23:39.359 --> 0:23:41.200 you gotta get into just stay around. Well, not more 0:23:41.200 --> 0:23:47.800 coming your ways. Are you ready for the nation's first 0:23:47.800 --> 0:23:50.800 and only free twenty four hour network dedicated to you 0:23:51.160 --> 0:23:54.640 the betting and fantasy sports enthusiast. 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I don't know exactly the details. 0:24:39.440 --> 0:24:41.440 That's what I saw on Twitter a little bit people 0:24:41.520 --> 0:24:45.359 talking about, but it kind of it seems weird to 0:24:45.400 --> 0:24:48.440 me that the Angels wouldn't still go through with it, because, yes, 0:24:48.480 --> 0:24:51.719 while they have more rotation arms now, it seems like 0:24:51.960 --> 0:24:54.359 they can never have enough depth because that Andrewheney has 0:24:54.359 --> 0:24:56.560 always hurt Hyotani. You don't really know what you're gonna 0:24:56.600 --> 0:24:58.280 get out of him. So I think they should have 0:24:58.280 --> 0:25:00.159 went through with it. And you get an outfielder like 0:25:00.200 --> 0:25:03.800 Jack Peterson who already knows the area he plays with 0:25:03.840 --> 0:25:07.080 the Dodgers and probably could have hit your thirty home 0:25:07.160 --> 0:25:09.440 runs playing every day and in right field there. I 0:25:09.440 --> 0:25:10.800 think that made a lot of sense for the Angels. 0:25:10.840 --> 0:25:13.000 And then you know, getting a picture like Ross Striplinger, 0:25:13.040 --> 0:25:16.800 I think, look, we've seen upside out of Ross Stripling. 0:25:16.960 --> 0:25:19.280 He was an All Star in ten, like he had 0:25:19.280 --> 0:25:21.639 a stretch where he was phenomenal as a starting pitcher 0:25:21.680 --> 0:25:25.320 and really good curveball as well. The strikeout numbers are solid, 0:25:25.400 --> 0:25:27.480 but has this really good command, doesn't walk all that 0:25:27.520 --> 0:25:29.879 many guys. So I thought that getting Ross Stripling for 0:25:29.960 --> 0:25:32.840 the Angels would have been great for their rotation, and 0:25:32.880 --> 0:25:34.440 it would have been great for fantasy right because we 0:25:34.440 --> 0:25:36.280 would have unleashed Kent to my Ada, we would have 0:25:36.359 --> 0:25:39.120 unleashed Ross Stripling at the same time. Now we still 0:25:39.160 --> 0:25:41.240 kind of have these question marks. We have like five 0:25:41.359 --> 0:25:44.520 six players for the Dodgers, Greg to fill two rotation 0:25:44.560 --> 0:25:49.800 spots with Julio Eurias and with Jimmy Nelson, Dustin May, 0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:53.919 Alex Wood, Alex Wood, Ross strippling, so you still have 0:25:53.960 --> 0:25:57.160 five guys to fill two rotation spots and it's frustrating 0:25:57.160 --> 0:26:00.199 from a fantasy perspective. Now that glut reminds me of 0:26:01.280 --> 0:26:04.399 what we also know in Tampa Bay, where the Tampa 0:26:04.440 --> 0:26:08.520 Bay Raised that a lot this offseason, but it feels 0:26:08.520 --> 0:26:11.520 like none of its made it our jobs any clearer 0:26:11.560 --> 0:26:14.480 by any means. Over the weekend, the Raised round up 0:26:14.520 --> 0:26:18.919 training away Emilio Pagan. They're closer this past season for 0:26:19.280 --> 0:26:22.040 Manny Margot and those other pieces that are involved in that. 0:26:22.160 --> 0:26:23.919 But more go and put on the two big pieces 0:26:23.920 --> 0:26:26.920 traded away, right, yes, okay, so those are the two 0:26:26.960 --> 0:26:29.760 major pieces. It's Plagan that goes over to San Diego 0:26:29.800 --> 0:26:31.720 that he's gonna help their bullpen in front of Kurby 0:26:31.800 --> 0:26:33.880 Yates or place Kurby Ights who is a free agent 0:26:33.880 --> 0:26:36.200 to be if he gets traded away, and you have 0:26:36.320 --> 0:26:39.280 Manuel Margo, so they will play the outfield for Tampa Bay, 0:26:39.440 --> 0:26:43.080 much like his old teammate Hunter renefro being traded away 0:26:43.200 --> 0:26:45.280 from San Diego to Tampa. But Tama has had a 0:26:45.280 --> 0:26:48.600 lot of players in the mix including Renafro in including 0:26:49.080 --> 0:26:53.639 um Kevin Kermeyer. For instance, Kevin Kiermyer, Yoshi Suitsugo, you 0:26:53.720 --> 0:26:57.040 have Nate Low, you have Jose Martinez. You have basically 0:26:57.320 --> 0:26:59.320 six or seven guys greg that are trying to fill 0:26:59.640 --> 0:27:02.640 you know, right field, d H and first base. And 0:27:02.880 --> 0:27:06.240 again this reminds me of the Dodgers, where it's frustrating 0:27:06.240 --> 0:27:09.000 from a fantasy perspective, but it's a great problem to 0:27:09.000 --> 0:27:10.879 have if you're the Tampa Bay Rays, You're just going 0:27:10.920 --> 0:27:13.399 to continue to play the matchups, right, So Austin Meadows 0:27:13.480 --> 0:27:15.879 is gonna play every single day in left field, and 0:27:15.920 --> 0:27:18.199 then you're gonna have a combination of Kevin Kermeyer and 0:27:18.240 --> 0:27:20.560 Manny Margot in center field, you know, maybe just a 0:27:20.600 --> 0:27:23.400 straight up platoon with ker Meyer playing against right handed 0:27:23.440 --> 0:27:26.560 pitching and Margot playing against left handed pitching. And then 0:27:26.560 --> 0:27:29.720 again in right field, you have if Margot is not 0:27:29.760 --> 0:27:31.879 playing that day, you could put him in right field, 0:27:32.119 --> 0:27:35.080 or you can get one of Jose Martinez out there, 0:27:35.320 --> 0:27:40.520 or Uhunter Renfro or a Yoshi Sasugo, and then whoever 0:27:40.600 --> 0:27:42.760 isn't playing there you can use as your d H 0:27:42.760 --> 0:27:44.919 and in your first base. And all the while we 0:27:45.000 --> 0:27:47.720 have Nate Low, who you know, has all this prospect 0:27:47.720 --> 0:27:50.359 pedigree and he's been mashing in the minor leagues, doesn't 0:27:50.359 --> 0:27:52.560 have a spot to play, doesn't have an opportunity here 0:27:52.600 --> 0:27:55.119 with the Tampa Bay Rays. So uh, it's definitely a 0:27:55.160 --> 0:27:58.560 frustrating situation from a fantasy perspective, Greg with the Tampa 0:27:58.600 --> 0:28:01.119 Bay Rays offense, and we haven't even gotten to their bullpen, 0:28:01.480 --> 0:28:06.000 so I can. Man, it's a complete mess. It's a 0:28:06.040 --> 0:28:08.000 complete utter mess. And you look at the bullpen and 0:28:08.000 --> 0:28:10.119 I'll try to figure it out. Um, who will be 0:28:10.160 --> 0:28:12.160 the closer when it's all said and done. I don't 0:28:12.200 --> 0:28:16.120 know the problem with the raises. The closer on day 0:28:16.119 --> 0:28:18.320 one could be the starter on day two. I mean 0:28:18.359 --> 0:28:21.720 that quite literally. And the same goes for the outfield. 0:28:21.800 --> 0:28:24.199 The entire starting outfield can be replaced on day from 0:28:24.280 --> 0:28:26.680 day one to day two. That's how many pieces they 0:28:26.720 --> 0:28:29.639 have here. And Margot, is he going to be a starter? 0:28:29.720 --> 0:28:31.399 Like you trade away your closer for someone's gonna be 0:28:31.440 --> 0:28:34.600 a fourth or fifth outfielder for you. I wouldn't think so. No, 0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:37.400 this is was like making money. No, it's a it's 0:28:37.440 --> 0:28:39.680 a buy low opportunity for the Tampa Bay Rays. They're 0:28:39.680 --> 0:28:41.640 looking at a player that you know was once regarded 0:28:41.640 --> 0:28:44.920 as one of the top outfield prospects in baseball, and 0:28:45.000 --> 0:28:47.240 he went over to the San Diego Potters in the 0:28:47.280 --> 0:28:49.720 trade from the Red Sox years ago. He hasn't panned 0:28:49.720 --> 0:28:52.320 out with the San Diego Padres, and now the Tampa 0:28:52.360 --> 0:28:55.360 Bay Rays are buying low on him and potentially selling high. 0:28:55.440 --> 0:28:57.520 I guess on Pagan. I don't know why they wouldn't 0:28:57.560 --> 0:29:00.360 like Pagan because, as you mentioned, Greg, and he was 0:29:00.440 --> 0:29:04.040 damn good last year over twelve strikeouts per nine, under 0:29:04.200 --> 0:29:07.400 two walks per nine, two point three one e r 0:29:07.480 --> 0:29:10.440 a a three point one five exit, a zero point 0:29:10.440 --> 0:29:13.680 eight three whip Miliel. Pagan was great last year, So 0:29:13.880 --> 0:29:16.640 I don't really know why the Rays would want to 0:29:16.640 --> 0:29:18.400 give up on him. Maybe there's something they know that 0:29:18.400 --> 0:29:20.680 we don't. But he led this team last year with 0:29:20.760 --> 0:29:24.280 twenty saves, and then of course we had Diego Castillo 0:29:24.320 --> 0:29:26.400 in the mix who had a few saves, and we 0:29:26.480 --> 0:29:29.920 also had Jose Alvarado, so it was Diego Castillo with 0:29:30.000 --> 0:29:33.400 eight and it was Jose Alvarado with seven saves, and 0:29:33.520 --> 0:29:36.320 Alvarado took a huge step back the year before he 0:29:36.360 --> 0:29:38.640 had over thirty saves. Greg and we know that he 0:29:38.640 --> 0:29:40.960 has filthy stuff. His his swing and miss stuff is 0:29:40.960 --> 0:29:44.400 is phenomenal, but his walks per nine were up over eight. 0:29:44.880 --> 0:29:47.360 We're talking about Robbie Ray territory out here, Greg with 0:29:47.400 --> 0:29:50.240 those types of walks. I think Diego Castio is really good, 0:29:50.400 --> 0:29:53.120 but oftentimes they use him as an opener, so you 0:29:53.160 --> 0:29:56.320 don't know what you're gonna expect there from Castillo. I 0:29:56.360 --> 0:29:58.800 think Nick Anderson is gonna get the first shot, and 0:29:58.880 --> 0:30:02.000 even if they kind of play matchups, I think you 0:30:02.000 --> 0:30:04.960 can expect him to get two thirds of the save 0:30:05.000 --> 0:30:07.600 opportunities this upcoming season, something similar to what we saw 0:30:07.600 --> 0:30:10.320 from Pagan last year when he had twenty saves and 0:30:10.360 --> 0:30:12.800 these other two guys had seven each. Um, I think 0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:15.680 Nick Anderson is legit. Greg had a forty one percent 0:30:15.760 --> 0:30:18.960 strikeout rate last year that was second among relievers behind 0:30:19.040 --> 0:30:22.560 only Josh Hayder, so he's really damn good. The strikeouts 0:30:22.560 --> 0:30:24.640 are legit when it comes to Nick Anderson, I get. 0:30:24.680 --> 0:30:27.160 I think he gets the first opportunity, but I also 0:30:27.160 --> 0:30:30.000 think Diego Castillo and Jose Alvarado are going to be 0:30:30.080 --> 0:30:33.560 in that mix depending on matchups. Fair enough, I think 0:30:33.560 --> 0:30:35.680 it's like I said, a mess there and we can 0:30:35.720 --> 0:30:37.640 speculate as much as we want. It's just not going 0:30:37.680 --> 0:30:39.880 to be clear. But you're gonna want the closer ideally 0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:42.200 because the race he's like, they're good, They're good exactly. 0:30:42.280 --> 0:30:45.560 Craig set the over under for Nick Anderson's saves this 0:30:45.680 --> 0:30:47.880 year for eleven and a half on F s T 0:30:48.120 --> 0:30:50.640 number That seems low to me if he's the closure. 0:30:50.760 --> 0:30:54.520 If he's Poggan had twenty last year, and I think 0:30:54.560 --> 0:30:57.080 Nick Anderson could step into that role. Plegon could wind 0:30:57.160 --> 0:30:59.160 up getting some saves this year, as I mentioned. If 0:30:59.200 --> 0:31:02.720 Kirby yet it gets traded. But Nanuel Largo traded away 0:31:02.760 --> 0:31:05.040 from the outfield, how does that outfield in San Diego 0:31:05.120 --> 0:31:08.240 now shape up? Yeah, so we're looking at Francie Cordero 0:31:08.400 --> 0:31:10.600 on the strong side of a platoon. He struggled big 0:31:10.640 --> 0:31:13.360 time against left handed pitching in his major league career, 0:31:13.400 --> 0:31:15.680 but it looks like Francie Cordero is going to be 0:31:15.800 --> 0:31:18.440 the uh strong side of a platoon in center field, 0:31:18.440 --> 0:31:22.880 playing against right handed pitching regularly. And they're obviously you know, 0:31:22.920 --> 0:31:25.720 they traded for Trent Grisham as well, and it seems 0:31:25.720 --> 0:31:27.560 like they like him a lot because they gave up 0:31:27.640 --> 0:31:31.680 Luis Urias to get Grisham, and Urias was once regarded 0:31:31.680 --> 0:31:34.080 as one of the top prospects in baseball. Uh And 0:31:34.120 --> 0:31:36.840 of course they traded for Tommy fam with Tampa Bay 0:31:36.880 --> 0:31:40.200 Ray's earlier in the off season. So their outfield team 0:31:40.240 --> 0:31:43.000 set you have Famine left field, Grisham, and right field. 0:31:43.160 --> 0:31:46.680 I think Cordero plays against right handed pitching in center field, 0:31:47.000 --> 0:31:50.480 and then against lefties. They'll get Will Myers in center field, 0:31:50.520 --> 0:31:53.920 and perhaps Will Myers fills in a little bit against 0:31:54.040 --> 0:31:56.440 left handed pitching to give Trent Christian a day off 0:31:56.440 --> 0:31:58.920 because he is a left handed batter as well. But 0:31:58.960 --> 0:32:01.000 I'm kind of a trade them for Chie Cordero. Greg 0:32:01.120 --> 0:32:03.200 Remember a couple of years ago, Matt Modica was all 0:32:03.240 --> 0:32:06.240 over Francie Cordero, and he's someone that does have a 0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:09.280 little bit of a power speed combination. Back ineen in 0:32:09.280 --> 0:32:12.120 the minor leagues, he had three six with seventeen home 0:32:12.200 --> 0:32:15.720 runs and fifteen stolen bases. The year before that eleven 0:32:15.760 --> 0:32:19.200 home runs and twenty three steals for Francie Cordero. He's 0:32:19.240 --> 0:32:21.160 still just twenty five years old, and in fact, I 0:32:21.200 --> 0:32:23.840 just took him in an NFBC Draft Champions League that 0:32:23.880 --> 0:32:25.400 I'm in right now, Greg. I took him in the 0:32:25.440 --> 0:32:28.400 twenty sixth round as my sixth outfielder, so at that 0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:31.040 point a little bit of a power speed combination. I 0:32:31.080 --> 0:32:33.600 think he plays most of the time in center field. 0:32:33.800 --> 0:32:37.920 If he struggles, we could see Taylor Trammel, the prospect 0:32:37.960 --> 0:32:40.920 that the Padres traded for last year, get an opportunity 0:32:41.000 --> 0:32:43.120 later on in the season. Yeah, he was the former 0:32:43.200 --> 0:32:46.480 top prospect for the Cincinnati Reds, I believe, and that's correct. 0:32:46.520 --> 0:32:47.960 I remember what he was traded. We were all like, 0:32:48.240 --> 0:32:51.600 what what are you doing? And he's gonna have a spot. 0:32:51.600 --> 0:32:53.880 I was reading the article he tweeted out, UM from 0:32:53.880 --> 0:32:55.480 and will be dot com and regards to San Diego 0:32:55.520 --> 0:32:59.920 Padre listen, Jamelle. Obviously, um his closers would offer to 0:32:59.920 --> 0:33:03.000 you to need than he was. But he hasn't really 0:33:03.160 --> 0:33:04.760 hasn't playing Triple A yet, so we had a lot 0:33:04.800 --> 0:33:09.760 of time before. We're gonna lots of strikeouts for tailors exactly, 0:33:09.800 --> 0:33:11.840 so we have some time. I think this opens up 0:33:11.880 --> 0:33:14.080 a lot a lot of opportunity for Will Myers, who 0:33:14.120 --> 0:33:15.520 they haven't been able to get rid of. So Will 0:33:15.560 --> 0:33:17.240 Meyer's is still gonna get a chance to play here 0:33:17.560 --> 0:33:22.000 Myers and Um Cordero clearly the biggest beneficiaries. Yere, you 0:33:22.040 --> 0:33:25.720 like Trent Grisham, where is Grishaman? Gun Risham is going 0:33:25.800 --> 0:33:29.760 in the month of February four thirty four, so he's 0:33:30.200 --> 0:33:32.040 basically free as well. And in the draft that I'm 0:33:32.040 --> 0:33:36.160 doing right now, he went in the nineteenth round, so 0:33:36.280 --> 0:33:38.640 he Trent Grishmaan goes in the nineteenth round, and I 0:33:38.640 --> 0:33:40.959 got franch to Cordero seven rounds later in a fifteen 0:33:40.960 --> 0:33:43.320 team draft. It was good and turned Christmaan broke out 0:33:43.400 --> 0:33:45.440 last year in the minor leagues. But the thing with 0:33:45.520 --> 0:33:48.120 him was how much of that is legit? Because that 0:33:48.240 --> 0:33:50.960 was far and away the best minor league season he 0:33:51.120 --> 0:33:54.720 ever had. Again, last year with the Milwaukee Brewers, between 0:33:54.760 --> 0:33:57.320 Double A and Triple A, he had twenty six home 0:33:57.400 --> 0:34:00.400 runs with twelve stolen bases and a three batting average 0:34:00.680 --> 0:34:03.880 when an opius over a thousand. So Grisham has some 0:34:04.000 --> 0:34:06.960 upside here, Greg, But that was really the first season 0:34:07.000 --> 0:34:09.279 that he broke out like that. I believe he did 0:34:09.320 --> 0:34:11.279 something different to his swing, Like he changed his swing 0:34:11.320 --> 0:34:14.640 up mechanically, and uh that's why he was able to 0:34:14.920 --> 0:34:16.879 uh kind of make this adjustment and make this jump 0:34:16.880 --> 0:34:19.640 in the minors. Uh, and then the Padres go out 0:34:19.640 --> 0:34:21.480 and trade for him, Greg, Yeah, fair enough? All right. 0:34:21.719 --> 0:34:26.560 When we come back, Frank, let's get in the first 0:34:26.560 --> 0:34:29.160 a DP desk of the season. I pick a number. 0:34:29.560 --> 0:34:32.160 Frank is then going to talk about said player at 0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:33.920 the number. Does he like him? Does he hate him? 0:34:33.920 --> 0:34:35.400 Does he want nothing to do with him? Or is 0:34:35.440 --> 0:34:38.120 he all in? He's gonna answer all of those questions 0:34:38.440 --> 0:34:40.640 or we come back sick? Are aud? The ADP desk 0:34:40.680 --> 0:34:46.279 is next. You're on the b f S. 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Greg Susman is gonna give me a number, 0:35:36.440 --> 0:35:39.279 and we're gonna talk about said players. Even a number 0:35:39.320 --> 0:35:41.239 phrase let it come from my head. Oh yeah, You're 0:35:41.280 --> 0:35:43.080 not just gonna think of a random number. So how 0:35:43.080 --> 0:35:45.319 are you gonna do this? Greg Susman's reaching under the 0:35:45.320 --> 0:35:49.360 table and he gets the trustee. Let's spin the wheel, 0:35:49.680 --> 0:35:51.680 Rubbert Duck. Let's spend the wheel of ducks the number 0:35:51.680 --> 0:35:55.919 on each duck. Let's go and away we go. Before 0:35:55.960 --> 0:35:59.359 I do this, we have no idea what numbers are. Well, 0:35:59.600 --> 0:36:01.560 you wrote the numbers. We don't know which players. They 0:36:01.560 --> 0:36:03.640 are not completely random. All right, I'm gonna start before 0:36:03.640 --> 0:36:05.360 I go to the ducks. I'm gonna go a number 0:36:05.520 --> 0:36:10.800 two eight Kobe Bryant, number two forty eight, Kobe Bryant 0:36:11.760 --> 0:36:15.000 NFC in the mother February. Who is number? That would 0:36:15.040 --> 0:36:18.200 be Dan's by Swanson? All right, of the Atlanta Brave 0:36:18.360 --> 0:36:21.560 talking hands be Swanson. Uh kind of broke out a 0:36:21.600 --> 0:36:23.680 little bit last year. I remember he was a popular 0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:27.080 waiver wire pick up. Was Dan's by Swanson? Again? Former 0:36:27.120 --> 0:36:30.480 first round picks still just twenty You know what I 0:36:30.480 --> 0:36:32.319 was gonna say twenty years old. He turned twenty six 0:36:32.400 --> 0:36:37.080 years old tomorrow actually, so happy birthday to Dan's be Swanson. 0:36:37.160 --> 0:36:39.160 But he did break out a little bit last year 0:36:39.239 --> 0:36:43.719 seventeen home runs, ten stolen bases, two fifty one batting average. 0:36:44.120 --> 0:36:47.080 I don't think that the offense is ever going to 0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:50.480 get to the point that maybe people expected it too. 0:36:50.560 --> 0:36:53.120 I know he was more so regarded as a complete prospect, 0:36:53.160 --> 0:36:55.680 someone who is a great defender as well, but he 0:36:55.800 --> 0:36:57.960 does offer a little bit of a power to speed 0:36:58.120 --> 0:37:00.360 ish combination. I don't know that there's a lot of 0:37:00.440 --> 0:37:03.040 upside with a dance by Swanson. I love the lineup 0:37:03.080 --> 0:37:06.960 with the Atlanta Braves, but I think a fair projection, Well, 0:37:07.000 --> 0:37:08.640 you had seventeen on runs in a hundred and twenty 0:37:08.680 --> 0:37:11.759 seven games, so if he could stay healthy, maybe there's 0:37:11.760 --> 0:37:13.279 a chance we started to see him mature and get 0:37:13.320 --> 0:37:16.799 to that twenty home run plateau greg with ten to 0:37:16.880 --> 0:37:19.960 twelve stolen bases and no not a great batting average. 0:37:20.000 --> 0:37:22.280 I think that's what you can expect, right, He's probably 0:37:22.280 --> 0:37:26.360 gonna give you between the two forty and two. Swatson 0:37:26.400 --> 0:37:28.200 did have, as you mentioned, a little bit of a breakout. 0:37:28.200 --> 0:37:29.759 There's a time in the middle of the season, You're like, 0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:34.319 oh my god, it's happening right then? It didn't you know? 0:37:34.480 --> 0:37:39.160 He was ringing endorsement very similar speed last year. Ten 0:37:39.200 --> 0:37:41.880 steels in each year caught four or five times. You know, 0:37:42.000 --> 0:37:45.239 I think at twenties, what six years old? Now he's 0:37:45.280 --> 0:37:48.880 going to be who is And I don't know if 0:37:48.880 --> 0:37:51.200 that's that's good enough. There's a lot of guys doing 0:37:51.840 --> 0:37:54.040 swantson Does I do like the hard percentage two and 0:37:54.080 --> 0:37:56.560 a half percent currently projected to bad eighth for the 0:37:56.600 --> 0:38:00.000 Atlanta bra Thats another issue. So are you interruted dances? Well, 0:38:00.520 --> 0:38:02.960 I'm probably going to be out and just looking at 0:38:03.040 --> 0:38:05.719 other players in this range to kind of compare the 0:38:05.760 --> 0:38:08.480 middle infield position. Not a lot of middle infielders in 0:38:08.520 --> 0:38:10.600 this range. Luisa Riya's is going ahead of him. I 0:38:10.600 --> 0:38:14.040 don't really like Luisa Riya's either, but Austin Hayes is 0:38:14.120 --> 0:38:16.080 in this ring. Come just it all comes back to 0:38:16.120 --> 0:38:18.359 Austin Hayes. Shinto Chow is going after him as well. 0:38:18.719 --> 0:38:22.080 Sintu Chu undervalued every season, Greg Great, Frank tomorrow, you 0:38:22.160 --> 0:38:25.160 mentioned Nancy sass birthday, that is to eleven. Let go 0:38:25.239 --> 0:38:27.880 to number two eleven oh, number two eleven. What do 0:38:28.000 --> 0:38:32.120 we have here? Hell, yeah, that would be Oh, this 0:38:32.200 --> 0:38:36.960 is an interesting one. Marcus Stroman the New York Mets. 0:38:37.520 --> 0:38:39.840 So I looked into Marcus Stroman last week. I'm happy 0:38:39.880 --> 0:38:41.799 you did because he changed things up a little bit. 0:38:42.160 --> 0:38:46.120 Like I like Marcus Stroman. Yeah, I was talking about 0:38:46.719 --> 0:38:49.320 I was talking about Stroman with Matt Modica on Twitter 0:38:49.880 --> 0:38:52.800 because I didn't understand the disparity between Stroman and Kiko, 0:38:53.320 --> 0:38:55.839 because they don't really seem that dissimilar. They both get 0:38:55.880 --> 0:38:59.040 a lot of groundballs, not enough strikeouts, and they walk 0:38:59.080 --> 0:39:01.640 too many guys. I will say, Stroman is younger and 0:39:01.719 --> 0:39:03.680 the Swingen strike rade is like two percent higher. So 0:39:04.239 --> 0:39:05.920 does that mean that there should be a sixty pick 0:39:05.960 --> 0:39:08.840 difference between those guys? No, probably not in my opinion. 0:39:09.120 --> 0:39:11.759 But then Matt Moodika brought up how Stroman kind of 0:39:11.840 --> 0:39:14.759 changed his pitch mix a little bit in UH in 0:39:15.360 --> 0:39:18.879 September and he started getting more Swingen strikes, started getting 0:39:18.920 --> 0:39:22.840 more strikeouts. So maybe there's perceived more upside for Stroman, 0:39:23.160 --> 0:39:24.640 But I still don't think that there should be that 0:39:24.719 --> 0:39:26.400 big of a gap between him and Dallas k I 0:39:26.440 --> 0:39:28.880 think that's fine. I like Stroman in the National League. 0:39:29.040 --> 0:39:32.520 He he didn't have a semblance of good luck last year. 0:39:33.239 --> 0:39:35.920 He came home baby back to New York. I like Stroman, 0:39:35.920 --> 0:39:40.000 he could get traded a end midseason obviously. UM, I 0:39:40.320 --> 0:39:42.680 like Marcus Stroman, I can get You know, Marcus Stroman 0:39:42.719 --> 0:39:46.000 at two eleven who the players just going around, going 0:39:46.200 --> 0:39:52.120 right around Marcus Stroman. We have lost the first second. Sorry, Greggy. 0:39:52.640 --> 0:40:00.799 Marcus Stroman at two fifteen, six spots earlier draft, No, Musgrove. 0:40:01.680 --> 0:40:05.360 I'm taking Joe Musgrove over Marcus Stroman. Just behind Marcus Stroman, 0:40:05.520 --> 0:40:09.839 we have Griffin Canning, who was a popular breakout stide 0:40:09.840 --> 0:40:13.439 of picture this year as well, Massa Hero tanaka Joey Luke, 0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:19.239 Casey Jose or Queedy, Haleb Smith, Dustin May. Those are 0:40:19.760 --> 0:40:21.919 like the six seven starting pictures that are going after 0:40:22.000 --> 0:40:24.520 Marcus Stroman. Just ahead of him, you have Joe Musgrove. 0:40:24.920 --> 0:40:30.359 You have a closer in Ian Kennedy, correct, Mike Fultonevitch 0:40:30.600 --> 0:40:33.160 of the Atlanta Brave, someone who we are slightly interested 0:40:33.200 --> 0:40:35.520 in as well. And then Andrew Heeney. Great can I 0:40:35.600 --> 0:40:40.840 interested in Andrew heiny He's going about fifteen spots ahead. 0:40:40.840 --> 0:40:44.760 Of Marcus Stroman's the whole round. Really wait round Stroman, 0:40:44.800 --> 0:40:48.600 I agree with that, that's fay. But Stroman I did 0:40:48.719 --> 0:40:50.560 want to just bring this up. In the month of 0:40:50.719 --> 0:40:54.600 September saw his k per nine go to the highest 0:40:54.640 --> 0:40:57.319 it wasn't any month, nine point to five k per nine, 0:40:57.719 --> 0:40:59.680 and it's walks per nine dropped to two point nine 0:41:00.080 --> 0:41:02.279 walks for nine. So if he can get that command down, 0:41:02.600 --> 0:41:05.720 lower the walks a little bit, continue to this recent 0:41:06.200 --> 0:41:08.399 surge of strikeouts that he had. Once he came over 0:41:08.440 --> 0:41:10.640 to the New York Mets, they probably figured something out 0:41:10.680 --> 0:41:14.160 with him a little bit, and there's probably a decent 0:41:14.160 --> 0:41:16.520 amount of upside here for Marcus Strumman being drafted in 0:41:16.560 --> 0:41:19.839 the spot. All right, there you go. Hello here, we're 0:41:19.880 --> 0:41:24.880 hearing that all is so, uh, make sure guys downstairs 0:41:25.239 --> 0:41:28.120 we hit the right button for will uh that's uh? 0:41:28.880 --> 0:41:33.080 Where everything's on this side? That window? Will I love window? 0:41:33.120 --> 0:41:34.840 Will I'm on the show? Why not? I guess it 0:41:34.880 --> 0:41:36.759 was an it was really in or not not over there? 0:41:37.280 --> 0:41:39.319 All right, whatever, So we'll go back at the ADPSK. 0:41:39.360 --> 0:41:43.160 Here we go. Let's go number one thirty eight, Frankie, 0:41:43.400 --> 0:41:48.440 number one thirty eight in the month of February. What 0:41:49.239 --> 0:41:51.439 we're getting some good ones today. It is our boy, 0:41:52.120 --> 0:41:56.839 Max Freed, Max Free. Everyone loves Max Free. We're talking 0:41:56.840 --> 0:41:59.319 about Free. Last week, Matt Modica has Max Freed ranked 0:41:59.440 --> 0:42:04.279 is his s he twenty four the Top Stars, and 0:42:04.480 --> 0:42:06.279 we spoke about, you know, some of the hype guys 0:42:06.320 --> 0:42:09.000 this upcoming season. Frankie Montoss I think is in this mix. 0:42:09.280 --> 0:42:11.480 I think Zach Gallen is in this whole segment on 0:42:11.520 --> 0:42:13.879 this last week. Yeah, I like Max Freed a lot 0:42:13.920 --> 0:42:16.080 as well. I probably still would prefer to take Zac 0:42:16.120 --> 0:42:18.319 Gallant ahead of him, although there was a report over 0:42:18.400 --> 0:42:21.919 the weekend that Zack Gallan has to earn the fifth 0:42:21.960 --> 0:42:25.440 starting pitcher job for the Arizona Diamondbacks. But I like 0:42:25.960 --> 0:42:28.680 Max Freed a lotman and I had Modica on FSC 0:42:28.840 --> 0:42:30.959 last week, Greg on Friday, and he said Max Freed 0:42:31.040 --> 0:42:32.920 kind of reminds him of Shane Bieber from last year. 0:42:33.040 --> 0:42:35.120 So not saying that that same thing is going to 0:42:35.200 --> 0:42:37.000 happen kind of get it. You can you can kind 0:42:37.040 --> 0:42:39.080 of see the parallels there. I kind of get it. 0:42:39.160 --> 0:42:41.680 I kind of get like. I like I like Freed 0:42:41.719 --> 0:42:45.120 as a breakout this year as well. Uh, let's continue 0:42:45.400 --> 0:42:48.160 on WEEKA, which Zack Gallan has moved ahead of Max 0:42:48.239 --> 0:42:50.640 Freed and ADP. You think I'm the one fueling that Greg. 0:42:51.000 --> 0:42:56.040 People must be watching the BFFs up next number three 0:42:56.239 --> 0:42:59.439 fourteen we have so when we just spoke about during 0:42:59.480 --> 0:43:03.360 the break, Travis Shaw now with the Toronto Blue Jays, 0:43:03.960 --> 0:43:07.920 So again, I brought up Travis Shaw last week to 0:43:08.160 --> 0:43:10.840 Craig Mission on a seat and he said, what's the 0:43:10.880 --> 0:43:13.000 floor with this guy? Like there's a chance that he's 0:43:13.040 --> 0:43:15.480 cut from the Blue Jays like mid season. He was 0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:18.440 dreadful last year with the Milwaukee Brewers, and it's hard 0:43:18.480 --> 0:43:20.919 to defend that he's been really bad against left handed 0:43:20.920 --> 0:43:22.960 pitching the past couple of years with the Brewers. But 0:43:23.080 --> 0:43:25.920 I think we also can't forget that he had two 0:43:26.040 --> 0:43:28.759 seasons in a row where he was thirty plus home runs. 0:43:28.840 --> 0:43:32.319 Greg really good ballpark in Toronto, good division to hit 0:43:32.400 --> 0:43:35.440 in with other really good ballparks. He's projected to hit 0:43:35.560 --> 0:43:40.120 fifth in a lineup with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. With West, 0:43:40.400 --> 0:43:43.040 with Laura's Gariel Jr. We're all excited about those guys. 0:43:43.239 --> 0:43:44.759 If Travis Saw is heading in the middle of this 0:43:44.880 --> 0:43:47.920 line of Greg. I think there's some upside, especially at 0:43:48.040 --> 0:43:52.000 what three or fourteen pretty good spots Again him, it's okay, 0:43:52.040 --> 0:43:54.440 you know, so for all the reasons we lay Travis 0:43:54.480 --> 0:43:56.560 Shaw over the last couple of years, that's why you're 0:43:56.560 --> 0:43:59.120 buying Mackie and like figure out something went wrong maybe 0:43:59.120 --> 0:44:02.719 in his personal life this past year and for whatever reason, 0:44:02.800 --> 0:44:06.320 like we love you and I love the Travis Shaw season. 0:44:06.560 --> 0:44:08.640 Him and Mike Muss we were you know, both of them. 0:44:08.760 --> 0:44:11.280 I know you're still in on Moose. But the Travis 0:44:11.320 --> 0:44:13.759 Shaw thing, the value is there. He's in a good 0:44:13.840 --> 0:44:15.640 line of it. He can just find that stroke again 0:44:15.680 --> 0:44:19.440 and play every day. He might get platooned against left 0:44:19.480 --> 0:44:23.160 hand but again, like going this late, like you're gonna 0:44:23.200 --> 0:44:25.600 find a war with every hitter or pitcher that's being 0:44:25.640 --> 0:44:28.680 drafted outside the top three hundred, right, So there's a 0:44:28.680 --> 0:44:30.640 reason why they're going this late. And again he is 0:44:30.640 --> 0:44:34.280 projected to be a platoon player according to Roster Resource 0:44:34.360 --> 0:44:38.279 with who former Yankee great Brandon Drury. So we'll see 0:44:38.320 --> 0:44:41.120 what happened them. But I do like Travis Shaw as 0:44:41.160 --> 0:44:43.120 a corner infielder in a deeper league, maybe an a 0:44:43.280 --> 0:44:46.239 l only as your third Baseman. I think he's someone 0:44:46.320 --> 0:44:48.960 that can bounce back and there's gonna be RBI opportunities 0:44:48.960 --> 0:44:50.480 in the middle of that Blue Jay's line up. Greg 0:44:50.800 --> 0:44:55.840 right up next, Bragan number one sive, number one, sixty 0:44:56.040 --> 0:45:00.200 five in NFBC a DP in the month of Februar. Right, 0:45:00.880 --> 0:45:02.960 he's so excited. I don't know it is so excited. 0:45:04.080 --> 0:45:07.360 It's actually someone on my team, in my current track champion. 0:45:07.960 --> 0:45:11.000 It is not. It might be after that injury. Right. Uh, 0:45:11.040 --> 0:45:14.920 it's Edwin Incarnacion with the Chicago White Sox. Very interesting. 0:45:15.680 --> 0:45:18.680 So here's the thing with Edwin Incarnacion, and this will 0:45:18.719 --> 0:45:20.480 kind of tell you about how I feel about Pete 0:45:20.520 --> 0:45:23.120 Alonso too. I'm gonna try and intertwine these two guys. 0:45:23.960 --> 0:45:27.799 Pete Alonso, based on his profile, is going to strike 0:45:27.840 --> 0:45:29.880 out a lot this year. It's probably gonna hit you 0:45:29.920 --> 0:45:31.759 around to fifty I think, similar to what he did 0:45:31.840 --> 0:45:35.640 last year. He makes great contact when he makes contact, 0:45:35.719 --> 0:45:38.319 but he still strikes out a lot. And I'm here 0:45:38.360 --> 0:45:40.120 to tell you that if you want a profile of 0:45:40.160 --> 0:45:43.560 someone who's gonna hit you to fifty in thirty five 0:45:43.640 --> 0:45:46.239 plus home runs with a hundred plus r B, I 0:45:47.120 --> 0:45:51.279 why are you taking Pete Alonso in the third round 0:45:51.320 --> 0:45:53.440 of an NFBC draft when you can get Edwin and 0:45:53.480 --> 0:45:56.400 Carnacion in the tenth or eleventh, I understand. Pete Alonso 0:45:56.600 --> 0:45:59.160 is way younger, the upside is way higher, and he's 0:45:59.160 --> 0:46:01.239 coming off the season where just hit fifty three home runs, 0:46:01.640 --> 0:46:04.200 albeit in a season with the juice ball. We don't 0:46:04.239 --> 0:46:06.239 know what type of ball is going to be used 0:46:06.280 --> 0:46:08.400 this season in baseball, but one thing we do know 0:46:08.520 --> 0:46:11.759 for sure is the consistency that we've gotten from Edwin 0:46:11.800 --> 0:46:15.920 and Carnassion for the past decade plus. So I think 0:46:15.960 --> 0:46:18.120 he's another lock for thirty plus home runs and in 0:46:18.239 --> 0:46:20.799 that White Sox lineup, Greig, you could argue is one 0:46:20.840 --> 0:46:22.720 of the best, maybe the best line up in baseball 0:46:22.800 --> 0:46:24.920 right now, one of the most exciting. I think that 0:46:25.000 --> 0:46:27.680 these guys have similar profiles. Give me Edwin and Cornassion 0:46:27.719 --> 0:46:30.399 in the tenth or eleventh versus Peterlanso in the third. Listen, 0:46:30.440 --> 0:46:32.880 I totally agree with you, because Edwin Cornassion when he 0:46:33.000 --> 0:46:35.359 is healthy, he's the same guy that he has been 0:46:35.440 --> 0:46:38.160 his entire career. Playing a good White Flux lineup right 0:46:38.200 --> 0:46:40.040 in the middle of the order, I think you have 0:46:40.160 --> 0:46:42.600 to like Edwin and Carnassio in that spot. I give it. 0:46:42.719 --> 0:46:45.799 I'm down at that number. Here, give it to me, Um, 0:46:46.000 --> 0:46:48.880 I have as my starting first baseman, which it might 0:46:48.960 --> 0:46:50.839 not be ideal. You might like him more as a corner. 0:46:50.920 --> 0:46:55.040 But again to forty plus plus home run, Yes, this 0:46:55.080 --> 0:46:57.160 would you Cornascio in that spot or the guy we 0:46:57.239 --> 0:47:00.919 really like five rounds earlier. So that's the thing. They're 0:47:00.920 --> 0:47:03.000 gonna have a similar profile as well. Right, So I 0:47:03.080 --> 0:47:06.440 kept looking at Reese Hoskins, and I asked myself, why 0:47:06.480 --> 0:47:08.200 don't I just wait a couple of rounds and take Edwin? 0:47:08.280 --> 0:47:11.880 And I don't think that Edwin and Carnacion is dissimilar 0:47:11.960 --> 0:47:13.839 from a Reese Hoskins. Greg, let's hit one more before 0:47:13.880 --> 0:47:20.560 the break? One more. It's eight DP end of the show. 0:47:20.719 --> 0:47:26.239 That's correct. That one is I'm trying to get. For 0:47:26.320 --> 0:47:31.040 some reason, it's not Jose Barrios of the Minnesota Twins. 0:47:31.320 --> 0:47:33.480 Greig doesn't like that one. He's just like, I don't 0:47:33.480 --> 0:47:40.560 want to talk about Jose Brias. Why not? Greg? I 0:47:40.640 --> 0:47:43.080 don't mind him, I don't. I think that he kind 0:47:43.120 --> 0:47:44.640 of just is who he is. When Frank says that 0:47:45.560 --> 0:47:48.040 he's not he's not a target, that's for sure. He's 0:47:48.040 --> 0:47:50.160 not a target. But he's not like an a void either. 0:47:51.280 --> 0:47:54.319 If you need an s P three, s P two 0:47:54.400 --> 0:47:59.240 and he Rios Brand Woodruff. But they're close in my rankings, 0:47:59.480 --> 0:48:02.000 very close. Gon FBC two for all goes it goes 0:48:02.120 --> 0:48:04.480 up next next to Sean and Alex down stairs for 0:48:04.600 --> 0:48:07.280 Frank sample. I'm Greg Susman. We'll do it all gonnamorrow, 0:48:08.239 --> 0:48:16.719 We hope. Are you ready for the nation's first and 0:48:16.840 --> 0:48:20.080 only free, twenty four hour network dedicated to you the 0:48:20.200 --> 0:48:23.600 betting and fantasy sports enthusiast. Sports Grade will provide you 0:48:23.640 --> 0:48:27.760 with a real time content, statistics and gaming intelligence unlike 0:48:27.840 --> 0:48:31.160 anything you've ever seen before. 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