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Speaker 1: talk about all the home runs that were hit so many.
Speaker 1: In fact, Mike Mayer, you've got another one on the board.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're up on the official board yet.
Speaker 2: We shall find out.
Speaker 1: I know, and I'm right behind you because I got
Speaker 1: another one from my boy mister Alvarez last night. So
Speaker 1: am I have the six now? I think? In the
Speaker 1: home runs right seven?
Speaker 2: Check the board.
Speaker 1: I definitely am over five, That's what I think. And
Speaker 1: I don't know if I'm going to be the heel
Speaker 1: today or Mike Mayor will find out. But again, we
Speaker 1: want to make sure that you're always joining us live
Speaker 1: here every day Monday through Friday, we do the show.
Speaker 1: Mike Mayor. A lot of home runs hit yesterday once again,
Speaker 1: pitching seems to be all over the place. It's not
Speaker 1: too shocking considering some of the guys that are on
Speaker 1: the mound. Of all these guys been giving up a
Speaker 1: lot of fly balls. So a whole lot of them
Speaker 1: left the yard yesterday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but one of them did not leave the yard yesterday,
Speaker 2: and a certain eron Judge is not too happy about
Speaker 2: that ball.
Speaker 1: All right, here we go, there we go. He is
Speaker 1: kicked into full full heel mote already Aaron Judge hat
Speaker 1: to him runs robbed by a third. Go ahead, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna step back and give you the floor on
Speaker 1: this one. So we went the Little League ballpark to
Speaker 1: the Orioles Ballpark is now ridiculous. So what do you
Speaker 1: want to say about this?
Speaker 2: Well, you and I can agree that that Cannon Yards
Speaker 2: is ridiculous now with what they do with that fan ridiculous, ridiculous.
Speaker 2: But it is funny that, you know, like the Yankees
Speaker 2: of all teams were like complaining about other ballparks, and like,
Speaker 2: you know, it didn't even seem like it was tongue
Speaker 2: in cheek, which would have been perfect if they're you know,
Speaker 2: after the Rangers complained about Yankee Stadium, if they were
Speaker 2: just like, oh, like, look at this ballpark. But they
Speaker 2: were absolutely dead serious. And it's like Aaron Judge was like,
Speaker 2: I got two home runs, but I could add three. Boo,
Speaker 2: I'm so sad.
Speaker 1: Boo hoo, boo hoo. Indeed, well, you know, every one
Speaker 1: of those home runs is another million dollars guaranteed, probably
Speaker 1: a year if he keeps going at this rate. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Astros tied a major league record last night by
Speaker 1: hitting five home runs off Red Sox starter Nathan Eavaldi
Speaker 1: in one single inning. It was a glorious thing to behold.
Speaker 1: The Astros just completely unloaded. And this is why you
Speaker 1: look when you're looking at the home run contest or
Speaker 1: in DFS or even in the prop market. You're looking
Speaker 1: for those pictures with fly ball rates and power hitters
Speaker 1: and it's just not too hard. I mean, Alvarez was
Speaker 1: such an easy call for me last night. As soon
Speaker 1: as I saw those things match up, I was like, well,
Speaker 1: that's my dude for tonight. If it doesn't work.
Speaker 2: When I were a guy with six home runs, like, oh,
Speaker 2: what an easy call.
Speaker 1: I was just stone cold in April. That's my problem there.
Speaker 1: I was just I have won April or something pathetic
Speaker 1: like that. So what I liked to say is, I'm
Speaker 1: giving everybody a head start this year. Whereas last year
Speaker 1: I was leading from the pack on the front, this year,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna let everybody go and this time, sa I'm
Speaker 1: gonna go when and catch them from behind. Here Trey
Speaker 1: Turner drives in four as the Dodgers route the Dbacks.
Speaker 1: We also had a Christian Walker hitting a home run
Speaker 1: his third consecutive game, so he is hot as hell.
Speaker 1: Corey Seeger got two hits and home run nurs the Angels.
Speaker 1: Mike tried to three hits and a home run for
Speaker 1: Mike Mayor. You must feel pretty strong about that one,
Speaker 1: a Mayor.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, all, MIC's all the time, except for today,
Speaker 2: I didn't.
Speaker 1: Ronald Acunia continues to say, don't worry. I'll be fine.
Speaker 1: He came back, stole base, and his return tuesday into action,
Speaker 1: so that's good. So anyone who's panicking a little bit, look,
Speaker 1: this was bound to happen. A guy coming back from
Speaker 1: kne surgery who's gonna have some other leg issues at
Speaker 1: some point in time, and you know, it's nice that
Speaker 1: he bounced back. Nice that he's continuing to steal bases
Speaker 1: because I think a lot of people, you know, it's
Speaker 1: funny how a narrative takes hold in the fantasy community,
Speaker 1: whether it be baseball or football or what have you.
Speaker 1: And the narrative was, well, if you're gonna draft a Kunya,
Speaker 1: you have to understand you're probably not gonna get him
Speaker 1: for a month, and then when you do get him,
Speaker 1: he's probably not gonna steal basis. That couldn't be further
Speaker 1: from the truth.
Speaker 2: And he showed that, like like he wasn't even joking
Speaker 2: around in his rehab starts. He's like, let me swipe
Speaker 2: two bags tonight in the miners and you know, no
Speaker 2: concern about his name, Okay, let's.
Speaker 1: Do it, No none at all. Kenley Jansen got his
Speaker 1: ninth saved, So congratulations to him. Jonathan VR Homer steals
Speaker 1: a base and the Cubs win. He is cheap today
Speaker 1: on DFS. We'll get to him later on the show,
Speaker 1: but he's a lineup builder right now as far as
Speaker 1: I'm concerned. If he's swinging a good bat, VR is
Speaker 1: a guy that can get you some points and can
Speaker 1: tell Marte with scratched Tuesday with a sore left hand.
Speaker 1: We also had on the injury front, JP Crawford saying
Speaker 1: that he was fine after the Tuesday incident with his ankle,
Speaker 1: then Brandon Nemo's day day with a quad contusion. I
Speaker 1: continue to look for Jake Odoreesi news and I was
Speaker 1: looking this morning and all I keep seeing is leg discomfort.
Speaker 1: More to come. Have you seen anything else? Have you
Speaker 1: found anything else on Jake Odoresei in the last hour
Speaker 1: or so, because I can't eemn to find anything more
Speaker 1: specific than his leg hurts. And that seems like a
Speaker 1: weird thing considering there was a cart involved.
Speaker 2: It wasn't even like a car. I was watching that game.
Speaker 2: It was like a legitimate hospital bed that they like
Speaker 2: strapped him to and like rolled him out of the state.
Speaker 2: It wasn't even like the old like trainer's cart where
Speaker 2: they like, you know, the guy pulls up like with
Speaker 2: one arm and he just like drives it across like
Speaker 2: they rolled out a hospital bed and then tied him
Speaker 2: to it and then brought him into the stands, you know,
Speaker 2: underneath the stands to get him out of there. But
Speaker 2: I haven't seen anything specific about it. I know he
Speaker 2: hit the injured list, but I mean, like it's got
Speaker 2: to be like Achilles or something, because he hopped off
Speaker 2: the mound and went down immediately and was in a
Speaker 2: lot of pain.
Speaker 1: So, my guess is a kid, we shall see. I'm
Speaker 1: learning for more than just discomfort. I mean, you know
Speaker 1: this coorts doesn't seem to really be the the official word.
Speaker 1: But yeah, well Mark is discomforted by Max Meyer's last
Speaker 1: few starts.
Speaker 2: Uh.
Speaker 1: He wants to know, are we still feeling good about
Speaker 1: Max Meyer? Uh? Coming up? I know, back to back
Speaker 1: bad starts. Do we drop? No, we don't drop, We hold,
Speaker 1: we wait, we be patient. He was so good. It
Speaker 1: could just be a little tipping of the pitches. It
Speaker 1: could just be a little bit of an arm issues
Speaker 1: working through a little dead art. Who knows. It could
Speaker 1: be a million things. I'm not worried at all. I'm
Speaker 1: not concerned. I'm gonna stay the course here. He could
Speaker 1: also just be pouting. He could be like, I don't
Speaker 1: want to be here in Triple A, because I've seen
Speaker 1: that with guys too. They're dominating and they're like, you
Speaker 1: know what, why am I still here? I should be
Speaker 1: able with the big club. That happens sometimes, So it
Speaker 1: could be a lot of reasons. I'm not panicked. Are
Speaker 1: you panicked at all?
Speaker 2: I'm not. I'm a huge Max Meyer guy. Also, can
Speaker 2: you continue to correct Welsh when he calls a Max
Speaker 2: Mayor because that really throws me off every time you
Speaker 2: call it.
Speaker 1: I always I thought it was Max Meyer too, you know,
Speaker 1: and then I got, you know, corrected by Welsh about
Speaker 1: mister Noisy a few.
Speaker 2: Weeks ago, I still insisted that his name is like noise,
Speaker 2: like saying noise like noise.
Speaker 1: Maybe perhaps it is, But I wonder if Meyer is
Speaker 1: going to come back in the bullpen, though, which is
Speaker 1: I I stashed him in a couple of deep leagues
Speaker 1: before the season, hoping to maybe get some cheap saves
Speaker 1: out of him, because I don't know what the interesting take.
Speaker 1: I don't know if that's the route they would go
Speaker 1: with the young kid. I feel like they don't like
Speaker 1: to move guys into you know, those kind of roles necessarily.
Speaker 1: I will say this, in any sort of keeper situation,
Speaker 1: you're just holding. I mean, that's it, because you picked
Speaker 1: them up. Just hold. Not even donna, I mean dynasty,
Speaker 1: that's a that's a given. But in keeper formats, you're holding.
Speaker 1: If you're in a shallow format and you need help
Speaker 1: and you have to drop them. There's something out there
Speaker 1: that can happen and help. That's fine. By the way,
Speaker 1: I saw your take on the whole by low sell
Speaker 1: high guys, and I saw you put Paul Blackburn in
Speaker 1: the cell high category. I noticed there. I was like, Oh,
Speaker 1: who wrote this one? Oh no, it's Mike Mayor. What
Speaker 1: a shock. So how many stars is it gonna take
Speaker 1: for you to buy you into Paul Blackburn's at thirty
Speaker 1: two thirty three? Where are we at?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, yeah, whenever. At the end of October, if
Speaker 2: he's still sub three e r A, then I'll be
Speaker 2: out by Maybe I'll maybe I'll just sell high for
Speaker 2: next year at that point.
Speaker 1: Maybe maybe. All right, Also, let's talk.
Speaker 2: About excellent Mara score too.
Speaker 1: Oh like the Mara. I hope this becomes a thing.
Speaker 1: You got the Sierra, you got, the Mara, you got
Speaker 1: the you got the Zips, you got the whole thing.
Speaker 2: I'll tell you. I'm just going to casually like mention
Speaker 2: it like in write ups, like like it's a mainstream
Speaker 2: stat like oh he had a great year, like his
Speaker 2: Mara was this, and just like not even give any context.
Speaker 1: Can we add it to Fantasy pros. Can we add
Speaker 1: it to like our you know, like on the side
Speaker 1: as as one of the like next to e RA
Speaker 1: and Whip? Can we add it as a column? I
Speaker 1: don't see why not, right, I feel like that would
Speaker 1: be low in the priority list for the dev team.
Speaker 1: But probably let's let's get on it. Maybe we start
Speaker 1: a petition with the peanuts and cracker Jacks. All right,
Speaker 1: let's talk about this. A one fan caught two of
Speaker 1: the five Astro home runs yesterday, didn't give them to
Speaker 1: any children, so Mike Marher was okay with this. He
Speaker 1: was fine about this. Also fun fact that Diaz brothers
Speaker 1: recorded saves on the same day Tuesday, a very nice
Speaker 1: day for the dz family, Edwin Diaz of the Mets
Speaker 1: and Alexis Diaz of the Reds. And this has only
Speaker 1: happened what two other pairs of siblings did this? So
Speaker 1: I remember Todd and Tim Worel very well them. I
Speaker 1: remember and remember.
Speaker 2: The stuff that happened like thirty years ago. You were like,
Speaker 2: I remember when this happened?
Speaker 1: Well because watch baseball, so yeah, I do remember it.
Speaker 1: And Tim Moorel was I hated Tim morew pitched for
Speaker 1: the Cardinals, and he was a closer. He's very good
Speaker 1: at the time, he had a very good window in
Speaker 1: the mid to late eighties. I want to say he
Speaker 1: was a rookie like eighty five, if memory serves, was
Speaker 1: eighty six something like that, and good mustache, solid mustache.
Speaker 1: I don't remember who the other pair was, and it
Speaker 1: was the Men's and Nillos, right, that's the other one now,
Speaker 1: Zius and.
Speaker 2: Very proud family, the Manzanillos.
Speaker 1: The Manzanillas are a very proud family.
Speaker 2: When you asked Sias of house Manzanillo.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, when you need to, you know, a favor,
Speaker 1: you have to ask mister Manzanello on his daughter's wedding day.
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure.
Speaker 2: Also, what a year to do a ninety four of
Speaker 2: the strike here?
Speaker 1: Yeah? Yeah, uh. But this one I don't recall because
Speaker 1: by this time I was in high school when I
Speaker 1: was playing a lot of baseball, so I wasn't and
Speaker 1: by then I had discovered girls also, so I don't
Speaker 1: think I had the Manzanillos. I don't remember the Warrel's
Speaker 1: totally remember that. So uh, let's go to some of
Speaker 1: the stat heroes of the day. Brady Singer appearance how nice.
Speaker 1: What a fantastic debut for Bradie Singer. Seven innings, no
Speaker 1: earned runs, nine k's What are your thoughts on the
Speaker 1: masked Singer coming out of twenty twenty two Guns of
Speaker 1: Blazon here?
Speaker 2: I like it. I've always I've kind of like, unlike
Speaker 2: Kyle Right, I've held on to Singer in Dynasty, much
Speaker 2: to my own fault, for a while now. But I'm
Speaker 2: hoping this is the beginning of the breakout. I'm a
Speaker 2: big Singer fan, always have been, and I will see
Speaker 2: if I will continue to be going forward. Would you
Speaker 2: rather have Brady Singer called Blackburn the rest of the year?
Speaker 1: Look, man, I agree with you, and I'm trying to
Speaker 1: sell Blackburn in a couple of leagues. Look, if you're
Speaker 1: desperate for pitching, I would say, by high on Blackburn
Speaker 1: and ride away. I mean, he's Man, it's more than
Speaker 1: just two starts now, It's more than just five stars now,
Speaker 1: Like it's enough starts where you're like, something's click for
Speaker 1: this guy. I don't know what. I don't know when
Speaker 1: it's going to fall apart. Do all the underlying metrics
Speaker 1: of his minor league career tell you it's probably not
Speaker 1: a good. Yes, but this is baseball. These weird things
Speaker 1: happen sometime, I guarantee you singers probably. I wonder what
Speaker 1: his roster percentage is. What do you think Brady Singer's
Speaker 1: roster percentage? Why don't you look at that? Why I
Speaker 1: run through the rest of these and make yourself useful there.
Speaker 1: J McClanahan, who was our number one pitcher last night
Speaker 1: on DFS, we basically said, just don't overthink it, just starts. McClanahan.
Speaker 1: If you did, you did well. Seven k's, seven innings,
Speaker 1: one earned run. Clevenger with a good start, five k's
Speaker 1: over five innings, no earned Jose Burrios a very important
Speaker 1: start for him, only four strikeouts but just two walks,
Speaker 1: no earned runs over seven innings. Adrian Houser also a
Speaker 1: nice start with six k's over six score lists. Dylan
Speaker 1: sees again yesterday afternoon. I caught some of this one
Speaker 1: five and two thirds for him, nine strikeouts, and Logan
Speaker 1: Gilbert nine strikeouts for him, three earned runs and seven innings.
Speaker 1: So Gilbert McLanahan, those were our two dudes. Did you
Speaker 1: find the Brady Singer roster percentage? So we know where
Speaker 1: we're at with that.
Speaker 2: I did. It's It's love. It's five percent on Yaho,
Speaker 2: the two percent of ESPN. I don't see CBS, but
Speaker 2: I imagine it's slightly higher than those two just because of
Speaker 2: the nature of CBS. But it's love.
Speaker 1: Well, I will tell you this. I think Brady Singer
Speaker 1: is going to be leading the pack in the Waiver
Speaker 1: Wire video this week.
Speaker 2: So that's why I look forward to that.
Speaker 1: Well you should. This is why I see it.
Speaker 2: I embedded in a lot of articles, so I see
Speaker 2: those videos many times.
Speaker 1: Well, they're very entertaining thanks to Chris, he creates him entertaining.
Speaker 1: I just I just talk and talk and talk, and
Speaker 1: he makes cool graphics to hide my goofy face. The
Speaker 1: hitters last night, Aaron Judge only two home runs, not three,
Speaker 1: four for five, though the guy is absolutely on fire
Speaker 1: right now, certainly in the MVP conversation, if if he
Speaker 1: was also a pitcher, but he's not, so he's really not.
Speaker 1: In that conversation, Kyle talks to home runs too. For fuck,
Speaker 1: what's that?
Speaker 2: The chat has been since the beginning of the show,
Speaker 2: calling for Aaron Judge, MVP adds, you know.
Speaker 1: Say aarons all they want? When he picks up the
Speaker 1: ball and starts. Every fifth day, I'll be listening.
Speaker 2: He's also probably in June. He's gonna like swing too
Speaker 2: hard and like rip his rib cage, cannon or whatever
Speaker 2: he did last time, because he's like six foot eight
Speaker 2: and eighty five pounds. He's gonna hurt himself again.
Speaker 1: Well, he did change the regiment. I believe he went
Speaker 1: from less weightlifting to more yoga and stretching for the
Speaker 1: last two years, which is also something I've done, which
Speaker 1: is why I'm able to do so many podcasts in
Speaker 1: a week. It is. It's very good. As you get older,
Speaker 1: you have to stay a little bit more limber. And
Speaker 1: people think I'm joking, but I do the yoga. I
Speaker 1: do this stretching not before the show. Well actually technically
Speaker 1: I do it before the show because I go to
Speaker 1: the gym usually before the show and then come here
Speaker 1: and do the show. So yes, so that's why I'm
Speaker 1: all stretched out beforehand. But look, it's the same thing
Speaker 1: a Blad Guerrero last year. Well, this is why people
Speaker 1: tune into the show. Blad Guerrero was threatening a triple
Speaker 1: crown last year, and I don't think anybody in their
Speaker 1: right mind should vote for Blad Guarrel for MVP last
Speaker 1: year when Otani was pitching and hitting. If you're pitching
Speaker 1: and hitting at a high level, it's your award. Everybody
Speaker 1: else's second place, And it's a shame to say so.
Speaker 1: But kind of like Well said yesterday, if you are
Speaker 1: if you get fatigue in the voters of Otani, that's
Speaker 1: the only thing that could creep in. But right now
Speaker 1: we're living in the Otani world, and if he has
Speaker 1: another good start tonight, forget it. It's going gonna be
Speaker 1: minus money everywhere. Kyle Tucker two home runs, two for five,
Speaker 1: Freddy Freeman with a three for four night with three
Speaker 1: Ribi's Bookie Betts had a good night is well. He
Speaker 1: was three for four with a dinger and two run scored.
Speaker 1: Tommy Listella my people home run, three for five. Here
Speaker 1: Meyer three for four with a dinger, Miguel Rojas had
Speaker 1: a home run, Anthony Rendone had a home run in
Speaker 1: Mikey Stremsky three for four. Hopefully he picks things up
Speaker 1: as well. Stat zeros Merle was bad. Merle Kelly eight
Speaker 1: earned runs and to my boy, he's only my boy
Speaker 1: because it's the joke of Merle Alex Cobb. I thought
Speaker 1: he was an interesting apple play yesterday turned out to
Speaker 1: not be the case. Seven earned runs. I traded Alex
Speaker 1: Cobb right after the first start he made. I'm pleased
Speaker 1: with this move that I made because once again the
Speaker 1: group think about Alex Cobb was very intense, and I
Speaker 1: link Alex Cobb is fine. I know this was in Colorado,
Speaker 1: so you want to give him a pass. What are
Speaker 1: your thoughts on Alex Cobb's value the rest of the
Speaker 1: season for the Giants in fantasy?
Speaker 2: I'm buying, Well, it's actually gonna ask you, would you
Speaker 2: rather the rest of the season Merle Kelly or Alex Capp.
Speaker 1: I'd rather have Alex Cobb because I've never been a
Speaker 1: Merle Kelly guy. Never happen. But Cobb is gonna have
Speaker 1: some good starts. But my thing with Cobb is always
Speaker 1: the health. You know you're gonna get one hundred and
Speaker 1: twenty innings out of Cob. I mean that's maybe it's possible.
Speaker 1: Stranger things. Tyler Gilbert six earned runs for him, Nadi
Speaker 1: Valdi six earned runs in one and two third, and
Speaker 1: Cool Chad five earned runs in three innings. Here you go,
Speaker 1: You're ready for the hitters. I love this, by the way,
Speaker 1: every day when we go through the hitters with their
Speaker 1: offers and their multiple k's, but this is, this is
Speaker 1: a glorious one. Tyler O'Neal two for nine and a
Speaker 1: double header with six strikeouts. Your thoughts on Tyler O'Neal.
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't even know. I mean he uh.
Speaker 2: I've been all over the place with him in like Dynasty,
Speaker 2: and I've been selling a lot, especially because everyone was
Speaker 2: like buying the power speed I've never really bought into
Speaker 2: like him being consistent enough to be valuable and like,
Speaker 2: you know, love the biceps, you know, love the the
Speaker 2: overall look of a chisel. O'Neal looks like a great
Speaker 2: ballpaper ballplayer. But I just like this is like two
Speaker 2: for nine is like not the worst line in the world.
Speaker 2: But then like spoom, six k's thrown right in there,
Speaker 2: and I just like happen to see that, like right away,
Speaker 2: I was like, two for nine is in the worst day,
Speaker 2: but six strikeouts. I got to include them in the
Speaker 2: zeros for that.
Speaker 1: Struggle with Over the years, I have struggled with Cardinals outfielders,
Speaker 1: starting with Mendel Gritchick it's even Piscatti into the Harrison Baders,
Speaker 1: Tyler O'Neill's, Dylan Carlson's, Randy Rosaredo was one that you know,
Speaker 1: left the Cardinal system and went to Tampa and was great.
Speaker 1: Then he struggled this year. So it's just it's it's
Speaker 1: such a weird lineage, if you will, talent, that you're
Speaker 1: waiting for one of them to really just kind of
Speaker 1: work out for a long sustained period as something you
Speaker 1: can believe it, but it is incredible. It's like it's
Speaker 1: like almost like Cleveland Brown's quarterbacks. I feel like where
Speaker 1: he's just like cycling through a bunch every year, you know,
Speaker 1: like eventually it just doesn't matter. And yet there's still
Speaker 1: Nolan Gorman hitting what he's got thirteen home runs now.
Speaker 1: I can't even keep tracking me home runs that guy's
Speaker 1: got in the minor leagues and he's still sitting there
Speaker 1: and I don't get it. I just don't understand. And
Speaker 1: it's more frightening to me that we get a guy
Speaker 1: who over an entire day, can strike out six times
Speaker 1: in two games. Just put the ball in play, maybe
Speaker 1: some good things happen. I just it just bothers me
Speaker 1: Kyle Schwarber. Also, Schwarber's bothering me to zero for four
Speaker 1: with four k's. Boy, he has been dreadful and I
Speaker 1: did not see this coming. I thought, finally Kyle Schwarber
Speaker 1: had turned the corner. We got him in the free
Speaker 1: agent last year. Last year, he came into Washington Nationals
Speaker 1: camp in great shape, was hitting the snot out of
Speaker 1: the ball, did get the injury, then went to the
Speaker 1: Red Sox, was a contributor there. I thought Schwarber was
Speaker 1: gonna have a nice like finish here in his career
Speaker 1: in this next contract. Nope, it's been awful in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: this year. Is he over like about fifteen?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 1: Where is he batting at?
Speaker 2: He's down there. I have him in a couple.
Speaker 1: Gotta be in like that one thirty range by now
Speaker 1: find me that number. Mayor in the meantime, Jack Peterson
Speaker 1: over five with three k's, Nelson Cruz four with three k's.
Speaker 1: Looks like Nelly Cruz might finally have hit the age wall,
Speaker 1: which makes me sad. Pete Alonzo oh for seven with
Speaker 1: two strikeouts over the two games, and then you had
Speaker 1: Joey Gallo over five with a K as well, let's
Speaker 1: get old. Do you have the number for Kyle Schwarber.
Speaker 2: Do you have any home runs he has?
Speaker 1: Schwarber? Yeah, I'm gonna say four, nine nine, he's got
Speaker 1: nine dingers. Well, I take back all the bad things
Speaker 1: I said about I didn't realize he had that many.
Speaker 1: The way you were saying it, it felt like it
Speaker 1: was less, So my head went fine, I was surprised. Well,
Speaker 1: look the problem is once again it's the home runs
Speaker 1: are great, but in those Roto formats, I gotta imagine
Speaker 1: and I and I made it a point this year
Speaker 1: to pull myself out of Roto formats because I don't
Speaker 1: like them, So why do I have to do it anymore?
Speaker 1: But why why do I have to do it anymore?
Speaker 1: If I don't like them? Play my points leagues, have
Speaker 1: my fun, have my cake, eat it too. What's it
Speaker 1: like there in Rotoland where nobody can hit for batting
Speaker 1: average anymore? Is like just you just pray that you
Speaker 1: had wander Franco and your roster, Like, what do you
Speaker 1: guys doing out there in the batting average world?
Speaker 2: I'm also not a huge Roto guy. I'm in a
Speaker 2: couple of Roto leagues, but I'm more of it. I
Speaker 2: prefer head to head, but it's bad. I don't know what.
Speaker 1: Points or head to head roto categories.
Speaker 2: I play more categories, but I'm in a couple of
Speaker 2: points leagues too. I'm in too many leagues overall. First off, like.
Speaker 1: Go Kart says, photo is for real men, Yes, real
Speaker 1: men and women who love the fact that a stolen
Speaker 1: base is as valuable as a home run, or a
Speaker 1: save is as valuable as a five inning win. Yeah,
Speaker 1: three outs and and you know, five innings worth of
Speaker 1: pitching is totally the same thing. Totally makes sense. All right,
Speaker 1: let's get to the home run board, shall we? Mic
Speaker 1: Mayor'll Mike Mayor be on it today? I don't know. No,
Speaker 1: oh no, he's not quite yet. All I do is win,
Speaker 1: still comfortably at the top. But here's the thing.
Speaker 2: Wait a second, I think that's updated again?
Speaker 1: Is it not updated today? Well, here's the thing. Here's
Speaker 1: the thing with this that you know, we have a
Speaker 1: crack team here. I don't know if you have the
Speaker 1: updated one. That's the one that I have.
Speaker 2: It's in the sheet.
Speaker 1: What's in the sheet? It should be? And well, look
Speaker 1: the updated board now has Ni King of the North
Speaker 1: with fourteen because he had Jordan Alvarez. And now I'm
Speaker 1: on my head about what's that bloom the Blum de
Speaker 1: Blum's name d Blum. So de Blum has fourteen, Ni
Speaker 1: King of the North has nineteen. All I do is
Speaker 1: win as thirteen. So I'll have to go, you know,
Speaker 1: yell at somebody why we don't have the board in
Speaker 1: here today. But I'll go do that after in the
Speaker 1: main time.
Speaker 2: A quick note on that before we move on. Sorry
Speaker 2: to cut you off. Oh yeah, sure, Bnky Penman put
Speaker 2: the notes in here. We called forty you know, a
Speaker 2: day after calling three home runs, we called forty eight
Speaker 2: eight home runs last night.
Speaker 1: Well they were all hit by the Astros last night,
Speaker 1: that's why.
Speaker 2: Yeah. In one and we blew past seven hundred home
Speaker 2: runs as a group and we're out seven thirty seven.
Speaker 1: Wow. So wait, how many were as a group last year?
Speaker 1: What was our group total? You can make me it
Speaker 1: was over a thousand, wasn't it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was like twelve hundred or something.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, so we're at seven hundred already. That
Speaker 1: is That is glorious. You guys are great. I love
Speaker 1: you guys. I don't care what Mike Maher says about you, I.
Speaker 2: Think twelve eighty two, twelve eighty two.
Speaker 1: Twelve eighty two, and where it's seven hundred and it's
Speaker 1: not even Memorial Day, that's pretty pretty impressive and only.
Speaker 2: Six from you.
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Speaker 1: And today we've got a lot of good wagers. Actually
Speaker 1: on bet mgm. We've got some Yankee ones. Gian Carlos
Speaker 1: Tanton at one and a half total basis on bet mgm,
Speaker 1: the juice is plus one twenty against Baltimore Jordan Lyles.
Speaker 1: Hell yeah, let's go Aaron Judge, same thing against Lyles
Speaker 1: one and a half. It's minus one fifteen, so the
Speaker 1: Stanton one is better at plus one twenty. Anthony Rizzo
Speaker 1: is a pretty good win two against Lyles at plus
Speaker 1: one twenty five. That's at bet MGM. The judge ones
Speaker 1: on DK. Going back to bet MGM, you get even
Speaker 1: money on Tiascar Rnandez one and a half total basis
Speaker 1: tonight against Gonzales. You got Vlad Grrero Junior against Gonzales,
Speaker 1: same thing bet MGM one and a half plus one
Speaker 1: oh five. And then Garrett Cole on DK is at
Speaker 1: six and a half strikeouts and the over on that
Speaker 1: is plus one fifty five, but nine or more strikeouts
Speaker 1: in three of his last four starts, so he's been
Speaker 1: very good. Mike mayor what else you got terms of
Speaker 1: betting stuff going on tonight that you want everyone to
Speaker 1: get involved in.
Speaker 2: So I like that cole one, especially that six and
Speaker 2: a half strikeouts, like that's a high number for strikeouts,
Speaker 2: But like you said, nine or more ks and three
Speaker 2: of his last four starts it is the Orioles and
Speaker 2: the other start where he didn't have ninety has six
Speaker 2: which is just under that number, and the other one
Speaker 2: that I liked. I'm actually going against the betting pros
Speaker 2: prop that teaches first.
Speaker 1: How dare you? That could get you fired?
Speaker 2: I heard, well, don't tell Andrew about it.
Speaker 1: I will I will tell Andrew.
Speaker 2: I'm going so Blake Snell's over under for strikeouts is
Speaker 2: five and a half, only one fewer than Coal. But
Speaker 2: it's his first start back, and I just feel like
Speaker 2: there's no way he's hitting five and a half strikeouts.
Speaker 2: I mean, he might only go three or four innings,
Speaker 2: and you know, he might have five and a half walks.
Speaker 1: You know, I don't think you're wrong here. I don't
Speaker 1: think you're wrong. I think when you talk about the
Speaker 1: limitations there, and especially if he is in one of
Speaker 1: those Blake Snell walk moods, then all of a sudden,
Speaker 1: it could be a real short outing. You know, he
Speaker 1: could easily go three innings, strike out four guys, walk
Speaker 1: four guys, and be out of this ball game. That's nice,
Speaker 1: not five and a half.
Speaker 2: That seems like a very high And of course he's
Speaker 2: gonna go out and his trick out twelve.
Speaker 1: Now that I'm saying this probably blew him in all
Speaker 1: your DFS lineups tonight. There's a lot of big pictures
Speaker 1: on the slate. Garrett Cole on DK is only nine
Speaker 1: point nine, though he's like cheaper than some of the
Speaker 1: other guys like Kevin Gosmin's at ten to one. Max
Speaker 1: Sure's is at ten six, which doesn't sound like a
Speaker 1: big difference, but you know, look a couple hundred dollars
Speaker 1: here and there is the difference in getting the hitters
Speaker 1: you like and you don't. That being said, if Cole's
Speaker 1: cheaper than Schurezer and Gosman on DK, then I'm going
Speaker 1: to go that route. If you want to just have
Speaker 1: your one lineup that's got a little bit of play
Speaker 1: in it, where you can put Schurzer and you'll rotate
Speaker 1: the pictures out with Schurzer, with Kevin Gosman being the
Speaker 1: league guy, or with Cole being the league guy. That's fine.
Speaker 1: You's Lucas j Alito at eight point three. Then who's undervalued?
Speaker 1: Showyotani's at nine point two. He's also a little under
Speaker 1: Tonight on FanDuel, they have the game starting a little
Speaker 1: earlier so you have extra games. So you get Pablo
Speaker 1: Lopez on that slate at ten point five. He's been terrific.
Speaker 1: I would hard pass on Blake Snell because of the
Speaker 1: Blakesnell stuff you bring up. How do you feel about
Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler Toine at nine point five in an investment?
Speaker 1: I struggle with it because of the other guys on
Speaker 1: the board. This was like a lighter slate with five games.
Speaker 1: I would be into Wheeler tonight, but with Schurzer, with Gossman,
Speaker 1: with Lopez, I have a harder time buying in. What
Speaker 1: are your thoughts tonight on that one?
Speaker 2: I mean the thing he said before, He's significantly cheaper,
Speaker 2: so it's it kind of depends on what else do
Speaker 2: you want to do, like how deep you want to
Speaker 2: go with your lineup builders, because I mean, he's a
Speaker 2: thousand dollars cheaper than some of those other names, and
Speaker 2: you could get a similar performance out of him. So
Speaker 2: I actually kind of like Wheeler especially, you know, he's
Speaker 2: been good Wheeler as a you know.
Speaker 1: A yar Wheeler. Yeah, because Wheeler's is nine point five,
Speaker 1: whereas you go to Gerett Cole on Fandoli's ten point six,
Speaker 1: so Cole hit You know, again, this is very specific,
Speaker 1: So on FanDuel you could do the one picture right,
Speaker 1: you have your one pitcher setup, you have one coal lineup,
Speaker 1: one Sureser lineup, one Otani lineup. Gosman's at nine point eight.
Speaker 1: You can upgrade one hitter spot there if you want.
Speaker 1: Tonight's a multi entry kind of night, because you've got
Speaker 1: so many big pitchers. So if you're not a multi
Speaker 1: entry per, if you just like to play your one
Speaker 1: cash game lineup, it might be a tougher night to
Speaker 1: make some money there. Some of the stacks tonight, obviously
Speaker 1: the Yankees continuously against the Baltimore Orioles. You would look
Speaker 1: also to Toronto Blue Jays tonight. Love the Blue Jays
Speaker 1: as well. Some lineup builders. Jonahheim at two point two
Speaker 1: over on FanDuel side, you got actually on DraftKings rather
Speaker 1: pardon me. Then you got Jankowski at two point zero,
Speaker 1: who's very cheap over on FanDuel, Tiascar Rnandez three k
Speaker 1: on FanDuel, vers Marko Gonzalez and say Suzuki at three
Speaker 1: point one on FanDuel as well. Not a lot of
Speaker 1: play on the DK side in terms of lineup builders,
Speaker 1: which is again wackyed. Whenever you get all of these
Speaker 1: big pitchers in one slate together, one of them is
Speaker 1: gonna go off, and you don't have that right one,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough night to cash. So you
Speaker 1: really have to be careful and if you're not into
Speaker 1: playing multiples and then sit this one out, or if
Speaker 1: you are this is the night for you? Anything else
Speaker 1: for you to add tonight? Mayor in terms of looking
Speaker 1: at the slate, looking at the DFS landscape, looking at
Speaker 1: the baseball landscape before we get to our home run
Speaker 1: calls of the night.
Speaker 2: Now, hasn't it been like a weird start? I mean,
Speaker 2: I guess it's not really a start to the season
Speaker 2: where almost two months in now, but or maybe like
Speaker 2: six weeks in. But isn't it weird with like the
Speaker 2: DFS slates, like all the different start times. We're getting
Speaker 2: really wacky slates through these first several weeks.
Speaker 1: They're very weird.
Speaker 2: I'm very lost. I'm so glad we got rid of
Speaker 2: the main slate home run call rule because Wonky and
Speaker 2: I would have just been spinning our brains trying to
Speaker 2: keep up with everything. It's hard enough people double headers
Speaker 2: the main slate thing.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well well that's the other thing too, is the
Speaker 1: double headers and which company puts the double headers in,
Speaker 1: which doesn't depending on when they're announced. It's it's a
Speaker 1: there's a lot going on. And what's nice is, you know,
Speaker 1: the isolation stuff you could do because you can't just
Speaker 1: kind of play the day games like you're sitting at work,
Speaker 1: you can play the day games. It's a fun thing
Speaker 1: to do. You're just sitting there and watching stuff going on.
Speaker 1: But for us traditionalists, they'd like that seven o'clock start
Speaker 1: main slate and then all of a sudden you got
Speaker 1: games to start at six forty that aren't in that slate.
Speaker 1: But why it's only a twenty minute, twenty five minute
Speaker 1: difference from seven oh five to six forty. Why can't
Speaker 1: we loop them in? I don't know, but that's the
Speaker 1: choice that they've made. Home run calls tonight, I'm going
Speaker 1: with Lad Guerrero Junior. That's my home run call, sticking
Speaker 1: to it. Where are you going tonight? Who are you
Speaker 1: calling your shot with? Mike Maher?
Speaker 2: I'm going with Freddie.
Speaker 1: Freeman, Freddie Freeman, very nice, Freddie Freeman tonight. So there
Speaker 1: you go. So Freeman for mayor Vlad for me. We'll
Speaker 1: see who is right. Also in terms of what's going
Speaker 1: on right now, like I said, there's a great article
Speaker 1: about the by low Sell High candidates out there. I
Speaker 1: know you've seen that article. Did anybody pop for you
Speaker 1: in the by low Sell High categories where you were
Speaker 1: going through your names?
Speaker 2: I mean, I'm a big by low. I think I
Speaker 2: feel like you're going to be the opposite of this one.
Speaker 2: I'm a big bilo, say a Suzuki guy, and I
Speaker 2: know that you are probably not. You were so high,
Speaker 2: Suzuki guy.
Speaker 1: I was sell high in the first day, opening day.
Speaker 1: Let's go. But why are you a bye guy? Tell
Speaker 1: me why?
Speaker 2: I just think, you know. I watch him and I
Speaker 2: see just a good hitter with a good approach, and
Speaker 2: I think some of his recent struggles are just what
Speaker 2: everyone's talking about. I think it's just some of the
Speaker 2: league adjusting to him, and I'm confident that he will
Speaker 2: adjust back. And I don't see anything in his swing
Speaker 2: or his profile that scares me.
Speaker 1: Okay, I like that he changes his approach with two strikes.
Speaker 1: It's something I do like about Suzuki. When I watch
Speaker 1: him take at bats. I just think that there are
Speaker 1: some holes that people have discovered, and I think they're
Speaker 1: going to I think he's going to get frustrated as
Speaker 1: the season goes on, because the only other piece in
Speaker 1: that lineup, really, I mean, Halps a decent player. Contraras
Speaker 1: is a nice player, but again, it's it's kind of
Speaker 1: tough to come in and be the guy. I just
Speaker 1: think it's going to be a long season for him.
Speaker 1: I don't say he can't be productive, but if you
Speaker 1: could buy low on him, I'm okay with that now,
Speaker 1: because everybody has a price. Austin Riley was my guy
Speaker 1: because us and only a buck eighty four over the
Speaker 1: last two week with a five to seventy one ops.
Speaker 1: And to me, Austin Riley is just a much better
Speaker 1: hitter than that. We've seen him be streaky in the
Speaker 1: past where he goes on cold streaks, but last year,
Speaker 1: to me, he really just blossomed into the player I
Speaker 1: thought he would be. It's an outstanding lineup. I think
Speaker 1: the Braves collectively have just kind of scuffled a little bit.
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna hit their stride in the summertime,
Speaker 1: and when they do, you're gonna want Austin Riley on
Speaker 1: your team. That's my guy. My cell though, was not
Speaker 1: Paul Blackburn. Ironically, it was Taylor Ward again, the twenty
Speaker 1: eight year old late bloomer. To me, is still that
Speaker 1: piece that I just kind of look at and I go,
Speaker 1: it's amazing, But is he gonna hit three eighty five
Speaker 1: with a twelve hundred ops? The rest of the season. No,
Speaker 1: he is not. He is the massive beneficiary of great
Speaker 1: lineup placement, hitting in front of two of the best
Speaker 1: hitters in baseball. And I'm gonna ask you this question,
Speaker 1: would you rather have Jared Walsh on the same team
Speaker 1: or Taylor Ward rest of season? Who's rather have?
Speaker 2: That's a great question because I was selling high on
Speaker 2: Walsh too, so I don't really want either one of them.
Speaker 1: Well, he struggled, so I don't know how you sell
Speaker 1: it high on him because I like Walsh's another guy
Speaker 1: too that's had a bigger track record for me than
Speaker 1: I like.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I could have kept him for relatively cheap in
Speaker 2: an auction league, and I didn't because I didn't want
Speaker 2: to spend the money and I'm not a huge believer
Speaker 2: in turn Wash. I like him, I like watching him,
Speaker 2: but like, there's a lot of holes in that swing.
Speaker 2: If Taylor would.
Speaker 1: You rather have in a roto league rest of season
Speaker 1: Randy a Rose Arena who struggled a bit, or Taylor
Speaker 1: Ward who has who doesn't know the meaning of the
Speaker 1: words struggle right now?
Speaker 2: I think I'd go Ward, because I mean, there were
Speaker 2: a lot of concerns about Rose arena Coming into this year,
Speaker 2: I did by Low in one league and I was like,
Speaker 2: I don't really, this feels super gross to me, but
Speaker 2: I'm gonna. I'm gonna do it, And now I was right.
Speaker 2: I should have just stayed away.
Speaker 1: Super gross. There you have it. I would take a
Speaker 1: Rose arena in a Rodo format because of the stole
Speaker 1: base potential period.
Speaker 2: And if you played rod, which you don't.
Speaker 1: If I played Rodo. But a lot of people do,
Speaker 1: so I got to help them too. Look, I'm the
Speaker 1: host of the people just because I finally said to myself,
Speaker 1: why are you doing this? If you hate it, stop
Speaker 1: doing it. You don't have to do it anymore. You're
Speaker 1: a grown ass man. Cut it out. And I did.
Speaker 1: And you know what, I'm better off for it. Fantasy
Speaker 1: should be what everybody wanted to be. And yes, of
Speaker 1: course we have to cover everything for everyone. I think
Speaker 1: it is actually whatever you want it to be. Baby,
Speaker 1: and tomorrow it's gonna be the Welsh back joining us.
Speaker 1: And if you want to dig a little deeper into
Speaker 1: some more of these names, head over to fantasypros dot
Speaker 1: com because that article and all the Bylows and sell
Speaker 1: Highs and Mike Mahyor's dissertation about why Paul Blackburn is
Speaker 1: so terrible and why shou get rid of him? It's
Speaker 1: worth reading. And of course Mike Mahyor does fantastic work
Speaker 1: over on our site, not just writing but editing and
Speaker 1: doing all the things that he does. So all jokes aside,
Speaker 1: Mike Mayor is pretty important around here. That being said,
Speaker 1: get out because you're done. You're done for the day.
Speaker 1: That'll do it for us. But the story of the
Speaker 1: game goes on for Mike Mayor. I'm Joey p. We'll
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