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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into the cycle.

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Speaker 2: I am Ryan Warmley, joined today as always, but for

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Speaker 2: the last time in this.

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Speaker 1: Season by Mike Mayer.

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Speaker 2: And of course it's not because he will be gone,

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Speaker 2: but it's because I will be gone.

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Speaker 1: This is the beginning of August.

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Speaker 2: I quite simply have too much going on, and too

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Speaker 2: many responsibilities on the football side too. I could continue

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Speaker 2: to host, but I wouldn't be doing a good job

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Speaker 2: of it, and I don't want to, you know, be

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Speaker 2: sitting here giving kind of half hearted advice, barely researched advice.

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Speaker 2: I want to make sure that the people on the

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Speaker 2: show are really able to help folks when they, you know,

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Speaker 2: are trying to get the most actionable information and kind

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Speaker 2: of clinch those fantasy titles.

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Speaker 1: So I'll be stepping away through the end of the season.

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Speaker 1: Do not worry.

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Speaker 2: I will be back, you know later in you know,

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Speaker 2: the off season, and then obviously next year you maybe

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Speaker 2: make an appearance here or there, mayor will still be

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Speaker 2: keeping the show going. We will not have a show

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Speaker 2: next week, that is due to scheduling. We will be

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Speaker 2: at the Fantasy Football Expo. So no show next week.

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Speaker 2: That has not mean the show is done. Please stay subscribed.

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Speaker 2: We will be back the week after that. It'll be

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Speaker 2: may and a lot of Kelly Kirby, maybe some other

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Speaker 2: folks mixed in there as well, so we'll still be

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Speaker 2: with you through the end of the baseball season. But

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Speaker 2: I did want to get that housekeeping out of the

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Speaker 2: way at the top, Mayor, how excited are you to

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Speaker 2: have the show continue without me?

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Speaker 3: Very excited, not as excited as I am to hear

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Speaker 3: all the feedback of all of the listeners who are

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Speaker 3: just going to be outraged that you just implied that

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Speaker 3: fantasy baseball is not important, that fantasy football is more important.

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Speaker 1: You inferred that. I did not imply it.

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Speaker 4: I heard it.

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Speaker 3: I heard it loud and clear, and our listeners will too,

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Speaker 3: and I look forward to that.

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Speaker 2: I'm not the one who said my schedule, and my

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Speaker 2: schedule determines that I had to put my time and

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Speaker 2: energy elsewhere, So don't yell at me.

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Speaker 3: Yell at And then you also also tried to drag

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Speaker 3: me under the bus, because you already threw yourself under

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Speaker 3: the bus. And then you said, oh, like Mayor is

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Speaker 3: also going to be at the Fantasy Football expot next week,

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Speaker 3: like he also thinks fantasy football is more important.

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Speaker 4: Wrong, I will.

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Speaker 3: Still be here doing fantasy baseball talk. I just happened

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Speaker 3: to happen. You know, I have to be away next week,

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Speaker 3: and a few other people also will not be around,

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Speaker 3: So that's why we just can't.

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Speaker 2: I would like to point out that you could have

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Speaker 2: just taped it early next week. I mean, this is

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Speaker 2: no longer on me, this is now on you. You

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Speaker 2: could have just taped early next week and still had

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Speaker 2: to show out there, and you chose to instead prep

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Speaker 2: your mental space for the fantasy football expones said, so, well,

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Speaker 2: first week stands clear?

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Speaker 4: How dare you?

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Speaker 3: I actually can't tape it early next week because I

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Speaker 3: am flying up early to visit my ailing grandmother. And

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Speaker 3: now you just really come You're really starting off the

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Speaker 3: show here, Come on, you throw me under.

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Speaker 1: The bus like that? All right?

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Speaker 2: Well, clearly this has gone off the rails, So I

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Speaker 2: will move on from this preamble. As I remind everybody

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Speaker 2: every week, if you like this content, the best freeway

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Speaker 2: to show your support and encourage more content like this

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Speaker 2: is to leave a positive review at fantasypros dot com

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Speaker 2: slash MLB review. Yes, like I said, no episode next week.

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Speaker 2: No more episodes for me this season, but the show

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Speaker 2: will go on, so make sure you stick around through

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Speaker 2: those fantasy championships. We're gonna go through a bit quicker today.

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Speaker 2: I've got some news items here for rounding the bases

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Speaker 2: at the top. We're not gonna really deep dive on them.

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Speaker 2: The main part of the show is actually just gonna

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Speaker 1: So we're gonna run through some news items.

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Speaker 2: Then we're gonna run through, you know, a dozen or

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Speaker 2: to how the trade line went down.

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Speaker 1: It was an interesting deadline.

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Speaker 2: There was a lot of moves, but maybe not a

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Speaker 2: start with rounding the bases, as always, right at the top,

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Speaker 2: and we actually talked about this on a recent show

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Speaker 2: wanted to hit on it again. Mike Trout out for

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Speaker 2: the season Miniscus Taire. The comp was being made on

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Speaker 2: Ken Griffy Junior's career was still quite special. He's one

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Speaker 2: of the greatest players in history and and Mike Trout

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Speaker 1: But it it's frustrating. It's it's sad more than anything else.

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Speaker 2: We've talked about this before, Like what a bummer that

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Speaker 2: really sad that it's another season and he was good

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Speaker 2: a like, you know, there's really probably not much to

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Speaker 2: I mean, obviously you feel the same way, but I'm

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And that's a great question because you're already hearing,

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Speaker 3: am I going to take Mike Trout as a potential

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Speaker 4: Where do you think he goes? Fourth round?

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I think later.

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Speaker 2: I think this, like this has been building for a while,

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Speaker 3: Like you can't say it doesn't run anymore, that's the

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Speaker 2: And now I'm sure he's still gonna be a very

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Speaker 2: very good hitter when he's playing. I like, I don't

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Speaker 2: like people are gonna your players are gonna get hurt regardless.

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Speaker 2: Don't bring in a guy who's definitely gonna get hurt

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Speaker 3: If you look at his numbers, he hasn't played more

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Speaker 3: in that in twenty twenty two, we played one hundred

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Speaker 3: nineteen games and he hit forty home runs, not even

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Speaker 4: But yeah, no, you're probably right. Four.

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Speaker 3: I think four was probably he might have been going

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Speaker 3: probably gonna be Round six or later. And then no,

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Speaker 3: no upside for Steel. He was running a little bit

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Speaker 3: more this year. Six tolen bases after not we mentioned

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Speaker 3: he might actually run more and we got like another

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Speaker 4: Forty twenty season. Nope.

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Speaker 2: Now, if there a saw me health, I take him

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Speaker 2: in the top five truthfully next year if you guarantee

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it doesn't sound like this is going to happen

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Speaker 3: based on everything he's been saying and his statement, everyth

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Speaker 3: Rasball tweet out that he just has this sinking feeling

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Speaker 3: that we're just going to wake up one morning and

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Speaker 3: Mike Krout's gonna announce that he's retired, which he's still

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Speaker 3: only thirty two. I guess he's probably going to be

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Speaker 3: thirty three next year, which is like not old. But

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Speaker 3: I mean, these injuries are just piling up.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't blame him if he did choose to retire,

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Speaker 2: like the way he's talked about it, I don't think

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Speaker 4: That would be a lot of money too. I have

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Speaker 4: to walk away from a lot of money.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, And he seems like somebody who does like just

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Speaker 2: really enjoy the game.

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Speaker 1: Like you know, some people like play.

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Speaker 2: Everybody's really competitive, right, Like you don't make it to

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Speaker 2: play because he wants to be the greatest of all time.

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Speaker 2: Trout like just seems like he's just maybe it's just

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Speaker 1: What do you make sense of this Orioles in field

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Speaker 3: Well, it was really impressed by your monologue because you

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Speaker 2: Utah Street has had something like one hundred and thirty

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Speaker 4: Isn't it true? I remember learning this as a kid.

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Speaker 2: So but like it's also just really exciting for Orioles

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Speaker 2: Hessecuresad got sent down, which was really annoying. But there's

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Speaker 4: Give Jmens those at bats. That's you got to you

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Speaker 2: So very fun stuff in Baltimore. Not fun that Westburg

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Speaker 3: Third third base is pretty still pretty shallow, so that's

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Speaker 2: just three of them, earned one home run, one walk,

439
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Speaker 2: no strikeouts. For the first time in his career, he

440
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Speaker 2: completed to start without striking on anybody. You know, Kershaw obviously,

441
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Speaker 2: like I would argue the best picture of our generation, at.

442
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Speaker 1: Least at his peak.

443
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Speaker 2: Actually, that would be an interesting conversation, like cause you know,

444
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Speaker 2: Max Sures are obviously extremely accomplished. Justin Verlander one an

445
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Speaker 2: MVP extremely accomplished. It's those two in Kershaw, right am

446
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Speaker 2: I forgetting anybody just off the top of my head,

447
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Speaker 2: with having done no research, that deserves.

448
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Speaker 3: To be one that I think it depends on how

449
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Speaker 3: far back you want to go. You could throw like,

450
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Speaker 3: are we going a little bit further back where we

451
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Speaker 3: include someone like Patro Martinez.

452
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Speaker 2: I'm thinking more recent than patric Yeah, yeah.

453
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Speaker 4: Yeah, de Grom before he fell off.

454
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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah.

455
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Speaker 2: You look at the peaks like Felix, like Felix Hernandez's peak,

456
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Speaker 2: de Gram's peak. I feel like there's a name I'm forgetting.

457
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Speaker 2: I'm sure like y'all hat Santana's peak. It might be

458
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Speaker 2: a little early. I'm sure there's somebody I'm forgetting that.

459
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Speaker 2: Maybe somebody will let me know in the comments. Those

460
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Speaker 2: are the three that first come to mind, though. Anyways,

461
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Speaker 2: he's like thirty six now obviously as dealt with injury

462
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Speaker 2: is a ton. Do you have any interest in Kershaw

463
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Speaker 2: or is he like he just should be not very

464
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Speaker 2: rostered anywhere.

465
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Speaker 3: I do have some interest in him, but it depends

466
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Speaker 3: on the format. I'm in a format where and I

467
00:20:26,760 --> 00:20:28,360
Speaker 3: mentioned this before in the show, I'm in a few

468
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Speaker 3: formats where volume matters, especially in some of my.

469
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Speaker 4: Head to head.

470
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Speaker 3: Leagues where if you know, if I want to kind

471
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Speaker 3: of dominate, I need to lock in my lineup spots

472
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Speaker 3: and have maybe one or two only bench pats, and

473
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Speaker 3: then for pitching because I can it's head to head

474
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Speaker 3: and I have daily lineups. I need ten or eleven

475
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Speaker 3: starting like not just pitchers, like starting pitchers to be

476
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Speaker 3: able to just throw out volume. And you can't just

477
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Speaker 3: throw out like junkie volume. You need like average to

478
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Speaker 3: above average volume. Like I kept a bunch of elite

479
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Speaker 3: elite pictures and I filled it in with good to

480
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Speaker 3: above average to great pictures depending on how things have fallen.

481
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Speaker 3: But I do roster Clayton Kershaw in two of those leagues.

482
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Speaker 3: One of the one is Dynasty, one is Keeper. I'm

483
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Speaker 3: not going to keep Clayton Kershaw, but I picked him

484
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Speaker 3: up two weeks ago when he was hurt and he

485
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Speaker 3: was coming back, and I was like, I'll take a

486
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Speaker 3: flyer on Kershaw because I mean, if you look at

487
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Speaker 3: just last year, he's not the dominant pitcher that he

488
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Speaker 3: was in the past, and you just kind of picture

489
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Speaker 3: him as this like crafty, lefty veteran. But last year

490
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Speaker 3: year right two point four to six granted a lot

491
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Speaker 3: of the expected numbers were much worse than that. But

492
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Speaker 3: I also, you know, give some of that credit to

493
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Speaker 3: him that he's just pitching, like he knows his limitations now,

494
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Speaker 3: and so I think you're going to get the occasional

495
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Speaker 3: implotions start here. But if he can, you know, come

496
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Speaker 3: back and show that he's healthy, I think there's some

497
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Speaker 3: some potential for some solid endings there. I don't think

498
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Speaker 3: you need to race to the you know, to put

499
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Speaker 3: him in your lineup like I'm doing, because I did

500
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Speaker 3: have an the lineup for that bad start the other day.

501
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Speaker 3: But I think it's it's format dependent, and he has

502
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Speaker 3: such a long track record and we haven't seen him

503
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Speaker 3: be beat for any kind of extended period before, and

504
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Speaker 3: so until we do, you just kind of have to

505
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Speaker 3: assume that maybe he's just a erlander and he's ageless

506
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Speaker 3: despite the injuries.

507
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I want to see him have a

508
00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:29,080
Speaker 2: very valuable start before I'm starting him. But I mean,

509
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Speaker 2: just looking at the name alone is like, we know

510
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Speaker 2: what Clayton Kershaw has been for so long that I

511
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Speaker 2: get the appeal of one roster. I mean, he's rostered

512
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Speaker 2: in like seventy four percent of leagues it's not like

513
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Speaker 2: he's like available everywhere, but kind of a it's not

514
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Speaker 2: evenly somebody who can trade for or away. It's just

515
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Speaker 2: kind of like you have him or you don't, and

516
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Speaker 2: kind of sit on him to see what what he

517
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Speaker 2: turns into the rest of the way, All right, let's

518
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Speaker 2: get into the trade deadline. So basically the way we're

519
00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,200
Speaker 2: going to do this is just kind of run through

520
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Speaker 2: various trades and give our some quicker, some maybe a

521
00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,600
Speaker 2: little deeper reaction to to what went down and what

522
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Speaker 2: it means for baseball and what it means for fantasy.

523
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Speaker 1: These are not really in any particular order.

524
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Speaker 2: It was basically the order that I was, you know,

525
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Speaker 2: remembering them as I was trying to write them down

526
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Speaker 2: in the outline.

527
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Speaker 1: And so this isn't like.

528
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Speaker 4: You told me you did this all from memory, didn't

529
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Speaker 4: look any.

530
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Speaker 2: Of the I specifically said, I did not do this

531
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Speaker 2: all from memory, but I I did some of it

532
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Speaker 2: from memory. But there's so many trades, as we talked about,

533
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Speaker 2: that it's impossible to kind of keep track of everything

534
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,840
Speaker 2: without at least a bit of a refresher looking it up.

535
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Speaker 2: So we'll start with the first ones I wrote down,

536
00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:38,359
Speaker 2: which were the Orioles ones, because obviously those were the

537
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Speaker 2: ones I remembered most soccer. They did a lot of moves,

538
00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:44,800
Speaker 2: not like that big you know, trade for Garrett Krochet

539
00:23:44,840 --> 00:23:47,919
Speaker 2: or tricks Google move. But they trade for Zach Eflin,

540
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Speaker 2: your favorite picture. They also trade for Trevor Rodgers, who

541
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Speaker 2: was terrible on his debut last night. The trade for

542
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Speaker 2: Eloy Jimenez, former top prospect, trade for Gregorrisoto and Sir

543
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Speaker 2: Anthony Dominguez to bolster their bullpen. And they trade for

544
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 2: Austin Slater, the outfielder from the Reds. So I like

545
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Speaker 2: the big one obviously here is Ethlyn. The rest are

546
00:24:07,960 --> 00:24:10,280
Speaker 2: not that interesting, particularly because the relievers aren't going to

547
00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 2: be the closer in Baltimore, even if they're gonna, you know,

548
00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 2: help the bullpen a bit.

549
00:24:15,160 --> 00:24:16,800
Speaker 1: You know, Eloy is not going to play a lot.

550
00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:19,840
Speaker 2: He can't really play in the field and is only

551
00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:23,560
Speaker 2: really good against you know, lefty pitching. Austin Slater also

552
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,720
Speaker 2: only good against lefties. He's never gonna play against righties.

553
00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 2: And Rogers is somebody who was good as a rookie

554
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:33,159
Speaker 2: but basically hasn't been good for like three years. And

555
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Speaker 2: the Orioles gave up two major league ready prospects. This

556
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:40,520
Speaker 2: was the Connor Norby and Kyle Stowers deal. I really

557
00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:43,679
Speaker 2: didn't get this one. Like he is under team control

558
00:24:43,720 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 2: for a couple more years. Like I get why the

559
00:24:45,560 --> 00:24:49,000
Speaker 2: Orioles would be interested in having Trevor Rodgers on their roster,

560
00:24:49,160 --> 00:24:51,200
Speaker 2: but like they paid more for him than they did

561
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Speaker 2: for Zach Eflin.

562
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Speaker 1: Like I didn't get the f Efflyn is the one

563
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: to me for fantasy.

564
00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,800
Speaker 2: Where there could be real value here. Obviously, he goes

565
00:24:59,840 --> 00:25:03,360
Speaker 2: to a ballpark with very you know, pitcher friendly dimensions.

566
00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 2: He goes to ballpark with a lot of you know,

567
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,000
Speaker 2: to a roster with a lot of opportunities.

568
00:25:07,480 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 1: To get wins. You know.

569
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Speaker 2: Obviously, Eflyn a guy who doesn't walk anybody. The Orioles

570
00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:17,760
Speaker 2: have done a really good job with kind of improving pictures,

571
00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:21,360
Speaker 2: you know, strikeout rates. It's not like it happens to everybody.

572
00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:22,960
Speaker 2: And obviously, like they felt they need to go on

573
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,680
Speaker 2: trade for him because they didn't have the pitching death.

574
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Speaker 2: So it's not like they're like some automatic like he's

575
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Speaker 2: gonna take a step up and be really good. But

576
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Speaker 2: I think this is a pitching development team. That can

577
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Speaker 2: you know, work with him, and he's a bulldog and

578
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:37,680
Speaker 2: he's gonna fit in really well as a number three.

579
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Speaker 2: I really liked the move, particularly looking at what pitching

580
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Speaker 2: costs later, What did you think about these moves in

581
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Speaker 2: bulk but largely Eflyn, who I know you're a big

582
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Speaker 2: fan of.

583
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm a big fan of Ethlyn.

584
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Speaker 3: We I talked about it on our Future Pros before

585
00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:51,920
Speaker 3: the trade deadline. I talked about it, I think a

586
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Speaker 3: little bit here before the trade deadline.

587
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Speaker 4: Is someone I could.

588
00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:56,160
Speaker 3: See being traded, who could be valuable if he went

589
00:25:56,200 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 3: to a better place, a better ballpark, and he did so.

590
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:00,879
Speaker 3: I really liked that movie. I also think he's going

591
00:26:00,920 --> 00:26:02,879
Speaker 3: to be better than he has been this year. I

592
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:04,760
Speaker 3: think it's just been a really weird year for him,

593
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 3: and I think there's a lot more upside. And yeah,

594
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:08,840
Speaker 3: I think it's a short term in a long term

595
00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:10,760
Speaker 3: play to kind of keep a picture like that around

596
00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,600
Speaker 3: the Trevor Rodgers deal. I'm with you, I didn't really

597
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:19,320
Speaker 3: like that just looking at it from like a fantasy perspective.

598
00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:22,960
Speaker 3: He's someone who was you know, he had that breakout

599
00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:26,560
Speaker 3: year and then he was someone a lot of people,

600
00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 3: including myself had rostered in Dynasty and we're excited about

601
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Speaker 3: and I was fortunate enough to see some of the

602
00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:35,040
Speaker 3: warning signs at the time and kind of get out

603
00:26:35,040 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 3: early and like sell high on Trevor Rodgers, but he's

604
00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:40,479
Speaker 3: been bad that I've seen him drop in some Dynasty

605
00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 3: leagues where people just don't see the upside anymore. And

606
00:26:45,480 --> 00:26:49,359
Speaker 3: even even this year, one hundred nine innings adh strikeouts

607
00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,359
Speaker 3: like four point seven to sixty ra all expect the

608
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:55,880
Speaker 3: numbers are right around there too. Just not a whole

609
00:26:55,920 --> 00:27:00,399
Speaker 3: lot to be excited about, but still not old and

610
00:27:00,440 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 3: so maybe you're right, the Ools will unlock something there.

611
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:07,080
Speaker 3: But I also didn't like what they had to pay

612
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:08,960
Speaker 3: to get him. We're not going to talk about that

613
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:12,600
Speaker 3: trade this other trade on the show because it's not

614
00:27:12,680 --> 00:27:14,919
Speaker 3: going to really have much fantasy IR relevance, but the

615
00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:17,480
Speaker 3: Red Sox traded away one of their better hitting prospects

616
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,560
Speaker 3: for a similarly, he's a much younger picture, but it

617
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 3: was a young prospect for a young pitcher, and I

618
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:23,760
Speaker 3: didn't like the Red Sox giving up on that young

619
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Speaker 3: hitter either. Whereas Trevor Rodgers has been in the league

620
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Speaker 3: for a little bit and he struggled the last three years.

621
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Speaker 3: And I also thought it was interesting that they the

622
00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:36,800
Speaker 3: Phillies are struggling and needing bullpen help and they traded

623
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Speaker 3: to bullpen pieces to the Orioles. So it's kind of like, hey,

624
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 3: take some of our junk, and.

625
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,960
Speaker 2: I do think problem like they got a good haul

626
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:50,160
Speaker 2: for Sodo. Seth Johnson is a picture I really liked

627
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,760
Speaker 2: for the Orioles. They got him in the I think

628
00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:56,399
Speaker 2: that was the one. It was either the horre No.

629
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Speaker 2: I think they got him the trade Mancceni deal. It

630
00:27:58,359 --> 00:27:59,919
Speaker 2: was one of those deals two years ago and everybody

631
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,199
Speaker 2: was mad that they were selling when they had a

632
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:04,240
Speaker 2: chance to maybe sneak into the wild card. That was

633
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,639
Speaker 2: when they trade away Jorge Lopez and Mancini. I think

634
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 2: it was Seth Johnson came back to the Nancinnie deal.

635
00:28:09,760 --> 00:28:13,520
Speaker 2: He was like a good picture, I thought. And then

636
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:17,480
Speaker 2: also Moyes's Chase Chasse. I'm not sure I pronounced that.

637
00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:19,760
Speaker 2: He's like a very young guy, but he's like a sleeper.

638
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:21,760
Speaker 2: A lot of people in the Oriels organization have spoken

639
00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:23,760
Speaker 2: very highly loved, so like, I think the Phillies did

640
00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:26,240
Speaker 2: a good job in getting that return for Sodo. But

641
00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 2: it is funny that they would trade away two bullpen

642
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,720
Speaker 2: pieces to this, you know, other contender.

643
00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:33,960
Speaker 1: It was an interesting one.

644
00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,199
Speaker 2: But yeah, Ethlyn like I picked him up. Actually he

645
00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 2: was available in one of my leagues, and I was like,

646
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 2: I will happily take him. Uh given this trade, but yeah,

647
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 2: we'll see what happens the rest of the season. He's

648
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,760
Speaker 2: made one start already and was okay in it. Another

649
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:48,880
Speaker 2: picture that was on the move.

650
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: Uh, you say, Kakuchi to the Houston Astros.

651
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:54,479
Speaker 2: This was if a lot of people, the way they

652
00:28:54,480 --> 00:28:57,720
Speaker 2: reacted was a bit of an overpay. Joey Loperfido was

653
00:28:57,760 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 2: on the move a couple other like some of the

654
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Speaker 2: ash top prospects. I have a friend out here in

655
00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 2: Denver who's a big Astros fan. I was talking to

656
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:07,040
Speaker 2: him about it and he was like, yeah, like the

657
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:08,840
Speaker 2: g I was saying before the season that like low

658
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:13,479
Speaker 2: Berfito is like untouchable. I guess that meant unless a

659
00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:17,000
Speaker 2: two month rental arm becomes unavailable and all of a sudden,

660
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,200
Speaker 2: he's quite touchable. Like what do you think about this move?

661
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:23,000
Speaker 2: And how big of an upgrade is it? Forkkuchi for fantasy?

662
00:29:24,280 --> 00:29:26,280
Speaker 3: I think it's a decent upgrade for him, but I

663
00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:28,600
Speaker 3: thought it was a, like you said, a massive overpay.

664
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,520
Speaker 3: I really like low perfito. He's not the youngest prospect,

665
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:32,920
Speaker 3: but I think there's a lot of upside there. I

666
00:29:32,960 --> 00:29:34,600
Speaker 3: was excited about him earlier this year when he came

667
00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:36,480
Speaker 3: up and there was you know, you saw some flashes.

668
00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 3: You know, it hasn't exactly panned out, but he's he's

669
00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:41,040
Speaker 3: not thirty years old. He's still a really good.

670
00:29:40,960 --> 00:29:42,640
Speaker 1: I think, a good fit in Toronto too.

671
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:43,880
Speaker 4: Yeah.

672
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, And they also got Will Wagner again like an

673
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 3: older prospect but still you know, and then Jake Bloss

674
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 3: also not you know, nothing of a prospect, and so

675
00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 3: it was kind of an interesting move from an Asteris

676
00:29:57,720 --> 00:29:59,880
Speaker 3: team that a couple months ago we were talking about

677
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 3: my sellar at the deadline if they didn't turn things around.

678
00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:06,280
Speaker 3: But they have turned things around. So it was very

679
00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 3: much a seller's market. This was this might be the

680
00:30:08,080 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 3: biggest overpay of the deadline. And what was a really

681
00:30:10,280 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 3: weird deadline with a lot of you know, some teams overpaying,

682
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,520
Speaker 3: other teams getting what looked like bargains, and then some

683
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,840
Speaker 3: teams trading players like I tweeted out the time this.

684
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 3: I've never seen more below average players traded in one

685
00:30:27,040 --> 00:30:30,360
Speaker 3: single deadline. There was just a lot of okay, like

686
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:32,080
Speaker 3: this guy might be able to help us, Like there's

687
00:30:32,120 --> 00:30:34,400
Speaker 3: nothing else better out there, let's let's give it a shot.

688
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,120
Speaker 3: And it was there was I mean, we'll talk, we'll

689
00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,120
Speaker 3: continue to talk about the ones that were interesting for fantasy,

690
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,120
Speaker 3: but there was just a you know, it wasn't like

691
00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:44,080
Speaker 3: a trade deadline where nothing happened, where sometimes some years

692
00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,480
Speaker 3: we get those really quiet trade deadlines. It was a

693
00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 3: pretty busy deadline. It was just the names being moved,

694
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 3: We're all over the place and just we're like, okay.

695
00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:54,239
Speaker 2: Well felt like if you went early, you got like

696
00:30:54,440 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 2: the Flip I thought was one of the best values

697
00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,080
Speaker 2: any team got in terms of what the Oriols had

698
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:01,240
Speaker 2: to give up to get it him. And then as

699
00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,280
Speaker 2: you got closer, like the Cacuchie trade almost like kind

700
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 2: of blew the market open and like reset what pictures

701
00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:09,440
Speaker 2: were going for, and then it was like you had

702
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:12,680
Speaker 2: to overpay to get somebody that was really interesting that

703
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:15,120
Speaker 2: just I'll just stick with the pictures here and kind

704
00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:17,440
Speaker 2: of go out of order from the sheet Jack Flaherty

705
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:20,280
Speaker 2: to the Dodgers. I mean, somebody who has been traded

706
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:24,080
Speaker 2: in the last two trade deadlines after you know, being

707
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:28,960
Speaker 2: kind of rentals for those guys obviously, somebody who has

708
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,640
Speaker 2: had really awesome flashes in the past, has been an

709
00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,240
Speaker 2: elite picture for stretches, you know, particularly when he was

710
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 2: with Saint Louis, and has been really good this year.

711
00:31:37,360 --> 00:31:39,440
Speaker 2: I mean I saw people saying that the Orioles to

712
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:41,800
Speaker 2: trade for both him and Scooball and just give up

713
00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 2: all their top prospects to do so, and I kind

714
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 2: of vehemently disagreed with that notion. But you know, Flari

715
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 2: has been really strong with Detroit this year and he

716
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,720
Speaker 2: didn't really go for that much to get to the

717
00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 2: Los Angeles.

718
00:31:53,120 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I was gonna say. That was a

719
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 3: little bit different from what you were saying before, where

720
00:31:57,240 --> 00:31:59,280
Speaker 3: you know, if you went early, he was the last

721
00:31:59,280 --> 00:32:03,440
Speaker 3: picture traded, and it seemed like Detroit just got down

722
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,479
Speaker 3: to the wire and they just kind of said, uh,

723
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,840
Speaker 3: we'll take these guys, like just take Jack Fighter because

724
00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,280
Speaker 3: we're not going to resign him anyway. So that seemed

725
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,600
Speaker 3: like the Dodgers really like played a game of chicken

726
00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,080
Speaker 3: with the Tigers and won because they got Jack Flaherty

727
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:18,239
Speaker 3: at the final minute. But yeah, that might be one

728
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:19,840
Speaker 3: of the They might be one of the biggest winners

729
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,640
Speaker 3: from the deadline for that. And it just seems like

730
00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,160
Speaker 3: the Dodgers go out and get everybody all the time.

731
00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:26,480
Speaker 3: I don't even know how many roster spots they have

732
00:32:26,520 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 3: out there in Los Angeles, but they seem to roster everyone,

733
00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:32,400
Speaker 3: and there once again made a really good move.

734
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,760
Speaker 1: What do we think of Eric Fetti to Saint Louis?

735
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 4: I like it. I like it.

736
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:41,720
Speaker 3: I like an Eric Fetty And the only thing I

737
00:32:41,760 --> 00:32:44,320
Speaker 3: tried I was going to write about him. I forget

738
00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 3: if we talked about last week or not, but I

739
00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,719
Speaker 3: know I considered writing about him in the by Low

740
00:32:49,960 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 3: article last week, but I decided he wasn't really he

741
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,560
Speaker 3: didn't really qualify as a bye Low because despite being

742
00:32:55,560 --> 00:32:57,520
Speaker 3: on the White Sox, he was still winning games.

743
00:32:57,720 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 4: And so he goes to a team that's.

744
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 3: Know, every other team out there is better than the

745
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,640
Speaker 3: White Sox, and so it's you know, it's hard to

746
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:07,440
Speaker 3: not be an upgrade for Freddy other than getting out

747
00:33:07,480 --> 00:33:09,800
Speaker 3: of you know, leaving that picture friend the ballpark.

748
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,520
Speaker 2: I missed the days when it was really simple of

749
00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:14,960
Speaker 2: the trade deadline, because of the d H being different

750
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 2: in each league. Of like, oh, picture got trade to

751
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 2: the National League, that's stock up. Oh he got traded

752
00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,160
Speaker 2: to the American League. Stock down. It used to be

753
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 2: so simple. Yeah, I'm with you and Fettie. I don't

754
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 2: have like a lot of like deep dive thoughts. And

755
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:28,440
Speaker 2: we've talked about him on the show a couple of

756
00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:32,080
Speaker 2: times this season. But yeah, I mean clear clearly more

757
00:33:32,120 --> 00:33:33,120
Speaker 2: opportunity for wins.

758
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:35,040
Speaker 1: So I like the move.

759
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:37,680
Speaker 2: The only other starting pitcher trade that I wrote down was,

760
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Speaker 2: you know, Paul Blackburn to the Mets.

761
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Speaker 4: Joe pc is favorite picture.

762
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:43,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was good.

763
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,480
Speaker 2: I brought him up specifically for Joey p with that trade.

764
00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:49,400
Speaker 2: Do you have any fantasy thoughts? So that's what we

765
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:50,400
Speaker 2: can move on from that one.

766
00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 3: No, I haven't had any fantasy thoughts on Paul Blackburn

767
00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 3: for several years. Yeah, I like remind Joe every time

768
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:58,600
Speaker 3: his name comes up.

769
00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:00,360
Speaker 2: I kind of bring that one up, just as joeyp

770
00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:03,400
Speaker 2: shout out. All right, let's uh, let's talk about some

771
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:07,800
Speaker 2: of the relievers that were traded. The big one Tanner Scott,

772
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:10,360
Speaker 2: who has been one of the best relievers in baseball last.

773
00:34:10,200 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 4: Couple of years.

774
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:13,840
Speaker 2: It just hard for me to believe considering how erratic

775
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,000
Speaker 2: he was when he was in the Orioles farm system

776
00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:19,399
Speaker 2: and in the Orioles bullpen. But he his slider's really good.

777
00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 2: He's he's obviously a very good lefty. He went for

778
00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:25,719
Speaker 2: a haul to San Diego. And now some of these

779
00:34:25,719 --> 00:34:28,960
Speaker 2: prospects are gonna be a bit lower when these prospect

780
00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:31,960
Speaker 2: ranking sites kind of reset. You know, Robbie Snelling has

781
00:34:31,960 --> 00:34:34,240
Speaker 2: not had a very good year, and you know, Adam

782
00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,400
Speaker 2: Aser isn't.

783
00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:36,480
Speaker 1: Like this mega elite guy.

784
00:34:36,520 --> 00:34:39,360
Speaker 2: But like from what it looks like based on just

785
00:34:39,400 --> 00:34:42,240
Speaker 2: kind of the looking at like MLB pipeline, their prospect rankings,

786
00:34:42,440 --> 00:34:45,680
Speaker 2: this was basically the biggest prospect package that was moved

787
00:34:45,680 --> 00:34:48,759
Speaker 2: at the deadline to get Tanner Scott. They also got

788
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,840
Speaker 2: Jason Adam, so really attacking the bullpen in San Diego.

789
00:34:52,920 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 2: And it's interesting because you know, obviously not everybody can close,

790
00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:01,080
Speaker 2: so it hurts the fantasy value for a guy like Scott.

791
00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:05,400
Speaker 2: And I'm I'm not really sure who did I just

792
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,200
Speaker 2: not look close enough? Is there an obvious closer replacement

793
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 2: in in Miami?

794
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:14,799
Speaker 3: Now I was actually just looking it up before, and no,

795
00:35:14,920 --> 00:35:15,600
Speaker 3: I think I was.

796
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:17,320
Speaker 2: I remember thinking there was it, but I didn't know

797
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,200
Speaker 2: if they had like announced anything, and I just missed it.

798
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:21,040
Speaker 4: Not that I've seen.

799
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,600
Speaker 3: I was listening to the CBS guys shortly after the deadline,

800
00:35:25,719 --> 00:35:28,200
Speaker 3: and especially because Chris Towers is a Marlins fan and

801
00:35:28,239 --> 00:35:30,479
Speaker 3: so they were asking him, and he thinks it's gonna

802
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: be Anthony Benner, but I don't think there's a clear

803
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:36,879
Speaker 3: front runner there.

804
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,080
Speaker 4: It could be him, but also it might not be.

805
00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 1: What do you think about this? For San Diego?

806
00:35:42,600 --> 00:35:43,279
Speaker 4: I'm fine with it.

807
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,319
Speaker 3: You know, I worry about Tanner Scott, but he's it's

808
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 3: hard to deny that he's been very good. But as

809
00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:54,719
Speaker 3: far as Tanner Scott's fantasy value, it's oo gone. Yeah.

810
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 2: We've We've mentioned the Marlins a couple of times, like

811
00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:59,799
Speaker 2: they were among the most active teams, kind of up

812
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:03,239
Speaker 2: there with the Rays. They got Connor Norby, who I

813
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:05,479
Speaker 2: talked about last week as a good waiver pickup, because

814
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 2: I was like, he's gonna have an opportunity in Baltimore,

815
00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 2: and even if he doesn't, team's not going to trade

816
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:11,719
Speaker 2: for a major league ready prospect like Norby and not

817
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,560
Speaker 2: give him a chance, and then the Marlins immediately optioned

818
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:17,200
Speaker 2: him after trading for him, which I do not understand.

819
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:18,720
Speaker 2: It's like, how are you even going to put together

820
00:36:19,320 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 2: a lineup with all the trades he made? And this

821
00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:24,360
Speaker 2: guy who is has been in Triple A for like

822
00:36:24,400 --> 00:36:25,759
Speaker 2: a year and a half and is too good for

823
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,279
Speaker 2: Triple A, who needs all he needs is a shot.

824
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 2: I'm a big Connor Norby fan. I didn't get that

825
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 2: at all. Kyle Stowers also very big league ready. He

826
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,160
Speaker 2: did not have a great first game. I think he

827
00:36:37,560 --> 00:36:40,919
Speaker 2: struck out four times against you know in that first

828
00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:43,960
Speaker 2: game with the Marlins. But you know, they added Norby,

829
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 2: they added Stowers, they had Robbie Snelling, they added other guys.

830
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:48,640
Speaker 2: What did you think of what you know? The Hall

831
00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 2: and just how active the Marlins were.

832
00:36:52,840 --> 00:36:55,440
Speaker 3: I saw something that their their payroll is down to

833
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,680
Speaker 3: something like fourteen million dollars, which is absolutely absurd.

834
00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 4: Should be legal, there should be a salary floor.

835
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:05,080
Speaker 3: But yeah, everything I've seen is that they are nowhere

836
00:37:05,080 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 3: closed to contending anyway, and so if you're not going

837
00:37:07,760 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 3: to contend, you might as well sell and get a hall.

838
00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 3: And it seems like they got a hall. And they

839
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:15,440
Speaker 3: need a hall. They really they need a hall, and

840
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 3: they need an overhaul. And so yeah, I like the

841
00:37:18,160 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 3: return for them, and it seems all the people I

842
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 3: respect in the industry had good things to say about,

843
00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 3: you know, the prospects that they got back.

844
00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,799
Speaker 4: So good for them. Will they ever spend money? We'll

845
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:28,200
Speaker 4: find out.

846
00:37:29,080 --> 00:37:31,360
Speaker 1: Carlos Estevez to the Phillies.

847
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:36,080
Speaker 2: Obviously kind of opening up closer opportunities in Los Angeles

848
00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 2: for somebody new. What do you think about this one

849
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,920
Speaker 2: from a fantasy perspective? And by the way, this was

850
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:44,440
Speaker 2: another one where it was kind of like an overpay

851
00:37:44,480 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 2: at least that was the reaction from people initially.

852
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:52,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know, you think he's going to be

853
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:53,000
Speaker 3: the closer?

854
00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 2: I don't, but I don't know for sure, but I

855
00:37:58,040 --> 00:37:59,040
Speaker 2: don't think so exactly.

856
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, oh, I know, MacArthur has has struggled, which has

857
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:05,279
Speaker 3: really opened the door because he was a big Cell

858
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,400
Speaker 3: High candidate for a while because he was their closer,

859
00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,000
Speaker 3: and it just kind of seemed like that was just

860
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:12,080
Speaker 3: never gonna last. And so good on them for going

861
00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 3: out and you know, kind of getting some reinforcements there.

862
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:19,759
Speaker 3: My uh, my pick there is that Hunter Harvey might

863
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,200
Speaker 3: end up as the closer there, but you know they didn't.

864
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: Acquire Sorry interrupt, but just just to make sure we're

865
00:38:26,040 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 2: not confusing the listeners.

866
00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:30,359
Speaker 1: You've jumped ahead to the next one we.

867
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Speaker 2: I was talking about, and that cross that's next on

868
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 2: the list is Lucas Erse, which I loved that that

869
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:38,640
Speaker 2: move for the Royals. By the way, like he's under

870
00:38:38,680 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 2: team control for like five more years. I know he

871
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:43,479
Speaker 2: was better early in the year than he has been later,

872
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,320
Speaker 2: but I really liked that reinforcement that the Royals got.

873
00:38:47,160 --> 00:38:49,359
Speaker 2: You know, Hunter Harvey obviously has been banked up since

874
00:38:49,400 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 2: getting traded there. You mentioned MacArthur was so high early,

875
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 2: So I don't think is gonna like wind up being

876
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,120
Speaker 2: the closer or anything, but I think it was a

877
00:38:58,120 --> 00:39:00,640
Speaker 2: good move for the Royals. Do you have thoughts on

878
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:02,640
Speaker 2: est the.

879
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 4: Least, clearly? I do not. Clearly, I have no thoughts.

880
00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:06,160
Speaker 2: No.

881
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:09,560
Speaker 3: I actually think he probably would. I think he will

882
00:39:09,640 --> 00:39:12,600
Speaker 3: get save opportunities in Philadelphia. I don't know that they're

883
00:39:12,600 --> 00:39:15,520
Speaker 3: going to have a set closer. I think he'll Yeah.

884
00:39:15,560 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 2: So when you asked me, do you think he's gonna

885
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,600
Speaker 2: be the closer you were asking about or six. I

886
00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:21,400
Speaker 2: was answering for Esteveez, but that was my mindset was

887
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:23,160
Speaker 2: I don't think he's going to be the set closer.

888
00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,319
Speaker 1: I do think there will be save opportunities though.

889
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,280
Speaker 3: All right, next player, you asked me about a player,

890
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,600
Speaker 3: and then see if you can figure out which player

891
00:39:31,600 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 3: I'm talking about as I start answering.

892
00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:33,759
Speaker 4: Well, the.

893
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 2: Last kind of relief picture that I was going to

894
00:39:37,320 --> 00:39:39,360
Speaker 2: hit on is the one you kind of just added

895
00:39:39,360 --> 00:39:42,160
Speaker 2: to the bottom of the outline. Now, Michael Kopek going,

896
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 2: you know, to the Dodgers in that trade, Tommy Edmund

897
00:39:45,120 --> 00:39:49,439
Speaker 2: Vargas going back to the White Sox. Do you think

898
00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,239
Speaker 2: there's kind of big fantasy implications for this one or just.

899
00:39:52,200 --> 00:39:53,759
Speaker 1: More of an interesting move that you wanted to hit on.

900
00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,359
Speaker 3: So I was talking to Kelly Kirby, our good friend

901
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 3: of the show, Kelly Kirby about this move, because we

902
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:05,880
Speaker 3: are both in our dueling championships in the Fantasy pros

903
00:40:05,960 --> 00:40:09,680
Speaker 3: leagues and she needs saves and was really excited about

904
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,000
Speaker 3: this move because she thought Qubec could be getting save

905
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:15,280
Speaker 3: opportunities and he was available, and I just said.

906
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:17,600
Speaker 4: I am not so sure about that one.

907
00:40:18,280 --> 00:40:20,239
Speaker 3: Daniel Hudson's been pitching really well, So even if they

908
00:40:20,280 --> 00:40:22,360
Speaker 3: move away from Evan Fville, so I think it's Daniel Hudson.

909
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,440
Speaker 3: And then also David Roberts has shown that he will

910
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:27,920
Speaker 3: do whatever he wants in any given day, and he

911
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,440
Speaker 3: will have Brent Honeywell get a save if he wants to.

912
00:40:31,760 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 3: And so even if Kopec does get the occasional save opportunity,

913
00:40:36,160 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 3: I like this move for him long term. I'm a

914
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 3: Michael Kopec truther all the way back to the days

915
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 3: of his Red Sox Farm System days. But I don't

916
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,279
Speaker 3: know that there's gonna be a ton of value for

917
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:49,520
Speaker 3: him unless you're in a league that rewards for holds,

918
00:40:49,560 --> 00:40:54,040
Speaker 3: which I am in a couple of Yeah, even if

919
00:40:54,040 --> 00:40:56,920
Speaker 3: he gets save opportunities, you might get one every two weeks,

920
00:40:56,960 --> 00:40:59,359
Speaker 3: which you can't really rely on that in your roster

921
00:40:59,400 --> 00:40:59,839
Speaker 3: every day.

922
00:41:01,000 --> 00:41:02,680
Speaker 2: Let's talk about some of the hitters, and I want

923
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 2: to ask you what was the most significant hitter trade

924
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:10,560
Speaker 2: besides because I think to me the clear one is

925
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,839
Speaker 2: Jazz chislm Besides him, who do you think is the

926
00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 2: next most significant?

927
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,640
Speaker 3: I think, well, the clear answer is Jazz Chism. That

928
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,879
Speaker 3: was going to be my answer before you you took

929
00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:23,880
Speaker 3: the answer away from me. I think it's probably going

930
00:41:23,960 --> 00:41:26,160
Speaker 3: to end up being Randy A rose Arena. I have

931
00:41:26,200 --> 00:41:28,279
Speaker 3: my own concerns about Randy A. Rose Areina, but I

932
00:41:28,320 --> 00:41:32,200
Speaker 3: think he has the ceiling to be the biggest impact

933
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,719
Speaker 3: that And we've also seen him step up on the

934
00:41:34,719 --> 00:41:36,480
Speaker 3: big stage before. He might just be one of those

935
00:41:36,520 --> 00:41:39,759
Speaker 3: guys that when the lights turn on, he can he

936
00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:41,480
Speaker 3: can step up and be a different kind of player.

937
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 3: And maybe playing in Tampa Bay for so long in

938
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 3: front of no fans just kind of robbed him of

939
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,759
Speaker 3: some of that enthusiasm. So I think, you know, we

940
00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,160
Speaker 3: always talk about these players with you know, with numbers

941
00:41:51,160 --> 00:41:53,120
Speaker 3: and metrics, and I'm extremely guilty.

942
00:41:52,880 --> 00:41:53,439
Speaker 4: Of that as well.

943
00:41:53,480 --> 00:41:56,120
Speaker 3: But I think it also can be interesting that, you know,

944
00:41:56,200 --> 00:41:58,440
Speaker 3: you play in a place like Tampa and it's just

945
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:01,640
Speaker 3: an empty ballpark every night. And we saw what he

946
00:42:01,680 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 3: did in the playoffs, maybe going into a playoff race

947
00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,440
Speaker 3: like this with a you know, a much better crowd,

948
00:42:07,840 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 3: maybe we see a different Randy Rosereina and we see

949
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 3: him reach that ceiling again.

950
00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:16,440
Speaker 2: They sure needed hitting help too in Seattle, so they

951
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,439
Speaker 2: have a need for him. Let's talk about jazz, because,

952
00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:21,120
Speaker 2: like I said, he is kind of I was curious

953
00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:23,239
Speaker 2: who you thought the second one was, but the number

954
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:26,840
Speaker 2: one is obvious Jazz the Yankees now playing third base

955
00:42:26,920 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 2: for them. He was really good in center field in Miami,

956
00:42:32,200 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 2: like he made that transition nicely. Certainly he was against

957
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:38,279
Speaker 2: the Orioles where he robbed Anthony Santandero about eighteen different

958
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:41,920
Speaker 2: hits in that series. But it has gotten off to

959
00:42:41,960 --> 00:42:43,440
Speaker 2: a hot start with New York.

960
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:45,719
Speaker 1: Obviously. I thought it was funny that it was like, oh,

961
00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: he can't.

962
00:42:45,960 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 2: Wear number two, that's Derek Jeter's number, and then it's like, okay,

963
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,040
Speaker 2: he's wearing Alex Rodriguez's number, Like.

964
00:42:51,440 --> 00:42:52,919
Speaker 1: Hey, Rod was a better player than Jeter.

965
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,040
Speaker 2: I know there was the steroid stuff, but I think

966
00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 2: I think I saw not to mention, you know, just

967
00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 2: keep drawing from him, but I think I saw Scott

968
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:02,640
Speaker 2: White mentioned something like that a Rod's Yankees career would

969
00:43:02,640 --> 00:43:06,319
Speaker 2: make him like an inner circle legend for every other franchise,

970
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,160
Speaker 2: but for the Yankees. It's like, oh, it wasn't Jeter,

971
00:43:09,400 --> 00:43:11,880
Speaker 2: and you know, again the steroids stuff, but yeah, I

972
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:13,520
Speaker 2: just thought that was kind of and he's playing a

973
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,960
Speaker 2: Rod's position, and I'm like, this should be maybe be

974
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:19,120
Speaker 2: a little more sacred, but yeah, this is a I

975
00:43:19,160 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 2: mean the Yankees lineup was Juan Soto, Aaron Judge, and

976
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 2: a bag of peanuts.

977
00:43:25,400 --> 00:43:27,520
Speaker 4: I mean it was and your softball team.

978
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:33,160
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, my injured softball status would have been an improvement,

979
00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:35,640
Speaker 2: it felt like on some of those players. I mean

980
00:43:35,680 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 2: it was, it was bad. So this is obviously a

981
00:43:38,600 --> 00:43:43,120
Speaker 2: huge upgrade beyond those two. And like I said, starting

982
00:43:43,160 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 2: off hot, do you think he can be like I

983
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:47,120
Speaker 2: don't want to say a lead but like a really

984
00:43:47,160 --> 00:43:49,920
Speaker 2: really good fantasy asset here to close up the season

985
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,640
Speaker 2: with this movie. I mean, obviously it's a ballpark that

986
00:43:51,920 --> 00:43:53,239
Speaker 2: really benefits hitters as well.

987
00:43:54,320 --> 00:43:58,840
Speaker 3: Absolutely, And I think the ballpark, there's no better ballpark

988
00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:02,239
Speaker 3: in baseball for a left handed hitter. They don't have

989
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:04,880
Speaker 3: a deep lineup, but immediately around him, he's gonna be

990
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 3: Juan Soto and Aaron Judge. You can't really get much

991
00:44:07,000 --> 00:44:10,160
Speaker 3: better lineup protection than that. And I also think he's

992
00:44:10,160 --> 00:44:13,600
Speaker 3: another player who was playing in Miami. And now you go,

993
00:44:13,760 --> 00:44:15,920
Speaker 3: you know, we've seen before. As much as I am

994
00:44:15,960 --> 00:44:19,279
Speaker 3: a Yankees hater, you've seen players before put on the

995
00:44:19,280 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 3: pinstripes and become a different player, Like playing in New

996
00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,319
Speaker 3: York and putting in that uniform, you can see them

997
00:44:24,360 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 3: unlock a new level. And he might just be one

998
00:44:26,600 --> 00:44:28,840
Speaker 3: of those guys because he hasn't been there long and

999
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 3: he's already hit a ton of home runs.

1000
00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 2: It's funny to me that, like the Yankees are like, oh,

1001
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 2: we're this professional, prestigious organization so much soother that you're

1002
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:41,839
Speaker 2: not even allowed to have facial hair. And then it's like, oh,

1003
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 2: like but this like guy who's dripping with swag and

1004
00:44:45,719 --> 00:44:48,839
Speaker 2: Aura and riz and whatever gen Z is calling it

1005
00:44:49,080 --> 00:44:51,440
Speaker 2: these days. Like and by the way, I'm all for it.

1006
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:53,719
Speaker 2: I love personality and baseball, I love flair, I love

1007
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:55,719
Speaker 2: you know, showing your personality.

1008
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:57,120
Speaker 1: Like I'm extremely for that.

1009
00:44:57,440 --> 00:44:59,440
Speaker 2: It's just such a funny fit with what we think

1010
00:44:59,480 --> 00:45:02,160
Speaker 2: of the Yankee historically to be yep.

1011
00:45:02,840 --> 00:45:05,200
Speaker 3: And I've already seen people on Twitter going back and

1012
00:45:05,239 --> 00:45:09,080
Speaker 3: forth because there are you know, the the Yankees fans

1013
00:45:09,120 --> 00:45:10,920
Speaker 3: who are all into that, and they're like, you.

1014
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:13,120
Speaker 4: Know, they're gonna clean that up, like they're not gonna let.

1015
00:45:13,080 --> 00:45:16,279
Speaker 3: Him do that stuff, and and everyone's just going at

1016
00:45:16,280 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 3: them like get over yourself.

1017
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:21,400
Speaker 2: Kuh yeah. Speaking of third basement, which gestism now is

1018
00:45:22,200 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 2: the Cubs and Raised swapped Theirs for some reason. I

1019
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:29,320
Speaker 2: wasn't entirely sure what was going on here. You know, Initially,

1020
00:45:29,320 --> 00:45:33,280
Speaker 2: when I see Paradis on the move to Chicago, I'm like, okay,

1021
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 2: like Junior Cameronaro maybe at some point like soon, and

1022
00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 2: then you know they're getting morell back.

1023
00:45:38,120 --> 00:45:39,600
Speaker 1: So what did you make of this deal?

1024
00:45:41,160 --> 00:45:41,759
Speaker 4: Baffled me.

1025
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 3: I didn't understand this move for either team. They were

1026
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 3: both selling, and I also don't think Parades is.

1027
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:55,600
Speaker 4: Good, and so I don't really know. I don't get it.

1028
00:45:55,640 --> 00:45:59,480
Speaker 3: Like I feel like the Rays, you know, the Cubs

1029
00:45:59,480 --> 00:46:01,360
Speaker 3: like called that and they're like, hey, we want like

1030
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:07,279
Speaker 3: East gig Pretties, and they were like, really, okay, give

1031
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 3: us christ Christopher Morrel for him. They're like all right,

1032
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,239
Speaker 3: and uh the Rays works sweet done deal, Like it

1033
00:46:12,280 --> 00:46:15,840
Speaker 3: was probably a thirty second conversation because East gy Pretties.

1034
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 4: Is not good.

1035
00:46:17,520 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 3: Granted he did hit thirty one home runs last year,

1036
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:21,839
Speaker 3: but I think there's a lot of smoke and mirrors there.

1037
00:46:21,880 --> 00:46:25,520
Speaker 3: There's a lot to dislike in his bad at ball profile,

1038
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:28,920
Speaker 3: and it almost feels like a really smart franchise like

1039
00:46:28,960 --> 00:46:32,880
Speaker 3: the Rays sold high on a player like we do

1040
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:37,080
Speaker 3: in fantasy for pretty much a by low in Christopher

1041
00:46:37,160 --> 00:46:40,160
Speaker 3: Morrell that they think has better underlying metrics. And I

1042
00:46:40,160 --> 00:46:43,280
Speaker 3: don't really get the move for I like it more

1043
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 3: for the Rays because I think they just sold high,

1044
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,160
Speaker 3: but I also thought it was a weird.

1045
00:46:47,440 --> 00:46:49,600
Speaker 2: The Rays are a terrifying team to trade with, Like,

1046
00:46:49,640 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 2: even though I loved the e Flyn deal, like the

1047
00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,799
Speaker 2: three sleeper prospects they got, I'm like, I'm sure two

1048
00:46:54,840 --> 00:46:56,600
Speaker 2: of them are going to turn into all stars just

1049
00:46:56,640 --> 00:47:00,360
Speaker 2: the way the Rays are. Then, yeah, maybe this is

1050
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:03,359
Speaker 2: another scenario of them just being smarter than everybody else.

1051
00:47:03,400 --> 00:47:04,440
Speaker 1: But we'll see.

1052
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 3: This is in a scenario where if you just threw

1053
00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:10,040
Speaker 3: out the stats and you you did one of those

1054
00:47:10,040 --> 00:47:12,680
Speaker 3: things where you just pulled up like player A versus

1055
00:47:12,719 --> 00:47:14,640
Speaker 3: player B metrics.

1056
00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:16,319
Speaker 4: Which player do you want?

1057
00:47:16,560 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 3: One hundred percent of the people would pick Christopher Morrell

1058
00:47:21,440 --> 00:47:24,160
Speaker 3: based just on the on the you know, advanced stats profile,

1059
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:26,920
Speaker 3: except for like you know, his uh sweet spot percentage,

1060
00:47:26,920 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 3: which you know, I think that's objective anyway, but yeah,

1061
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:32,399
Speaker 3: yeah it's I don't I like it for the race.

1062
00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:33,560
Speaker 3: I think they sold high.

1063
00:47:34,120 --> 00:47:37,640
Speaker 2: What and like to your point, like the Cubs were

1064
00:47:37,680 --> 00:47:41,200
Speaker 2: sellers like they got, or like at least to a

1065
00:47:41,239 --> 00:47:43,320
Speaker 2: degree like they got. They trade away Mark Leeder Junior

1066
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,360
Speaker 2: to the Yankees. Like it's not like they moved like

1067
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,120
Speaker 2: Justice Steele or anybody. But like, this is not a

1068
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 2: team that's likely to win the World Series. So yeah,

1069
00:47:51,320 --> 00:47:55,080
Speaker 2: odd odd trade Brian d la Cruz to Pittsburgh. They

1070
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 2: needed power and he'll bring that. I'm not sure how

1071
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,759
Speaker 2: much else he's bringing. Do you have any interest in

1072
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:03,279
Speaker 2: him in Pittsburgh? And for fantasy, not necessarily.

1073
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 3: You know, I have talked all season long, throughout the

1074
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,880
Speaker 3: show about how I've needed power. He's another guy leaving Miami.

1075
00:48:10,920 --> 00:48:14,200
Speaker 3: Maybe we'll maybe we'll see, But I think he's just

1076
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:17,360
Speaker 3: kind of in the Crimulan category for me personally.

1077
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:25,120
Speaker 2: Crime Josh Bell, who was you d fade or place

1078
00:48:25,160 --> 00:48:29,080
Speaker 2: some waivers and now is in Arizona had actually been

1079
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:34,440
Speaker 2: hot before that happened. He's somebody that I might have.

1080
00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 2: I mean, if I if I'm really in a position

1081
00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:38,719
Speaker 2: of need, I might be interested in Belle. Just given

1082
00:48:38,760 --> 00:48:40,759
Speaker 2: that he was swinging the bat, well, what do you

1083
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:42,160
Speaker 2: think I.

1084
00:48:42,200 --> 00:48:44,160
Speaker 4: Think it would have to be a short term only

1085
00:48:44,280 --> 00:48:44,680
Speaker 4: pick up?

1086
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:46,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I'm not thinking he's going to be like

1087
00:48:46,880 --> 00:48:47,799
Speaker 1: the long term fix.

1088
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:51,439
Speaker 3: But yeah, I remember, even when he had that breakout year,

1089
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:55,399
Speaker 3: I just refuse to admit or believe that Josh Bell

1090
00:48:55,560 --> 00:48:57,720
Speaker 3: was good. And you know, I'm not taking a victory

1091
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 3: lap on his career, but but everyone thought that that

1092
00:49:00,840 --> 00:49:03,960
Speaker 3: big monster home run season, that like, oh, Josh Bell

1093
00:49:04,040 --> 00:49:05,080
Speaker 3: is the next big thing, And I was like, this

1094
00:49:05,160 --> 00:49:09,040
Speaker 3: guy is not good and great that he's been like fine,

1095
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 3: he's not been like terrible, But you know, he didn't

1096
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:14,279
Speaker 3: turn into like that for year home run hitter that

1097
00:49:14,320 --> 00:49:17,160
Speaker 3: people were projecting after that breakout twenty nineteen season.

1098
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,319
Speaker 2: Speaking of big, powerful home run hitters, Jorge Shilaire is

1099
00:49:22,360 --> 00:49:26,400
Speaker 2: on the move to Atlanta. I was in I was

1100
00:49:26,960 --> 00:49:30,120
Speaker 2: at the game when he had his four hundred and

1101
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:34,520
Speaker 2: seventy foot blasted course field recently. It's, you know, majestic,

1102
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:36,400
Speaker 2: big home run. He obviously has a ton of power.

1103
00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 2: The Braves have dealt with injuries a lot this year.

1104
00:49:40,000 --> 00:49:42,840
Speaker 2: Do you think he slots into the lineup in a

1105
00:49:43,120 --> 00:49:45,640
Speaker 2: significant spot. I mean, we've already seen a couple of days.

1106
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:49,239
Speaker 3: Obviously, I think they need him to slide in to

1107
00:49:49,360 --> 00:49:50,160
Speaker 3: significant spot.

1108
00:49:50,239 --> 00:49:52,200
Speaker 4: They need, you know, warm bodies in that lineup.

1109
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,120
Speaker 3: I mean, you know what, Hojorge Hilaire is at this

1110
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:59,320
Speaker 3: point in his career, right, He's going to give you power, hopefully.

1111
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 3: I drafted him in a couple places and I didn't

1112
00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,799
Speaker 3: get that power early in the season, So maybe I

1113
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,800
Speaker 3: don't know what or hazes hilarious. But according to Rosster Resource,

1114
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:09,719
Speaker 3: they have him hitting leadoff for the Braves.

1115
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 1: He was he hit leadoff.

1116
00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:16,160
Speaker 2: In that game for San Francisco that I was at.

1117
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,240
Speaker 2: I was like, I don't think of or Hayes Hilire

1118
00:50:18,239 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 2: as much of a leadoff hitter, but he's been doing it.

1119
00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 4: No.

1120
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:26,120
Speaker 2: And then lastly, Lane Thomas to Cleveland. You know, he

1121
00:50:26,200 --> 00:50:28,520
Speaker 2: was one of my favorite guys this year because I

1122
00:50:28,560 --> 00:50:32,080
Speaker 2: didn't feel like the like I felt like he was

1123
00:50:32,080 --> 00:50:33,799
Speaker 2: good enough last year that he should have cost more

1124
00:50:33,800 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 2: in drafts this year than he did. And then that

1125
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,319
Speaker 2: has kind of been proven. You know, I was in

1126
00:50:38,360 --> 00:50:40,360
Speaker 2: the wrong for the most part. I mean there's injury

1127
00:50:40,400 --> 00:50:42,880
Speaker 2: stuff obviously, obviously, you know you can get so bases

1128
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:45,440
Speaker 2: with him. It feels like a good fit with Cleveland,

1129
00:50:45,440 --> 00:50:47,600
Speaker 2: like that feels like a good spot.

1130
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 1: For him to be. What do you make of Lane

1131
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:53,319
Speaker 1: Thomas with the Guardians, I've always.

1132
00:50:53,040 --> 00:50:55,920
Speaker 3: Kind of just like been able to to have not

1133
00:50:56,000 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 3: been able to figure out Lane Thomas.

1134
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:01,480
Speaker 4: And I. But I do like the fit.

1135
00:51:01,560 --> 00:51:04,359
Speaker 3: Like you said with Cleveland, I think, you know, if

1136
00:51:04,360 --> 00:51:06,760
Speaker 3: anyone's going to unlock the most out of a player,

1137
00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:09,560
Speaker 3: at least, you know, a hitter, given what they've done.

1138
00:51:09,560 --> 00:51:10,880
Speaker 3: Because I think a lot of people look at the

1139
00:51:10,880 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 3: Guardians roster going into the season and we're like, oh,

1140
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 3: they're not very good, and they've just been really really

1141
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:18,880
Speaker 3: good all year, and so if they can get someone,

1142
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:20,919
Speaker 3: I mean, he had a really good year last year,

1143
00:51:21,880 --> 00:51:23,640
Speaker 3: not as much power this year, but he's running.

1144
00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:25,439
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1145
00:51:25,480 --> 00:51:28,759
Speaker 3: I mean, I don't hate moving from the Nationals to

1146
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:29,760
Speaker 3: the Guardians in that sense.

1147
00:51:30,760 --> 00:51:33,200
Speaker 1: We have a list of players that were not traded.

1148
00:51:33,320 --> 00:51:38,239
Speaker 2: It includes Threek, Scooball, Garrett Crochet, Kyle Finnegan, Tyler Anderson,

1149
00:51:38,320 --> 00:51:44,600
Speaker 2: Yandy Diaz, Jamison, ty Own, Luis Renhiefo, Blake Snell, Brent Rooker,

1150
00:51:44,680 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 2: Luis Robert, Miguel Andrew Harr and Cal Quantrell. Of those names,

1151
00:51:49,680 --> 00:51:54,239
Speaker 2: obviously the big two are schoo Ball and Crochet. So

1152
00:51:54,280 --> 00:51:56,920
Speaker 2: again I'll just kind of say, besides them, was there

1153
00:51:56,920 --> 00:51:58,400
Speaker 2: one that kind of like stuck out to you for

1154
00:51:58,440 --> 00:52:00,840
Speaker 2: not being treated, not even necessarily, like as the best

1155
00:52:00,840 --> 00:52:04,520
Speaker 2: player that wasn't traded. Maybe the most surprising is there

1156
00:52:04,600 --> 00:52:06,840
Speaker 2: just anybody that kind of stands out as that's interesting

1157
00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:08,319
Speaker 2: that they're on there this list.

1158
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,040
Speaker 3: The one for me is Tyler Anderson, just because he's

1159
00:52:12,080 --> 00:52:16,640
Speaker 3: been steadily good all year and the Angels just have

1160
00:52:16,719 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 3: no need for him, and they didn't. They already sold

1161
00:52:20,640 --> 00:52:24,239
Speaker 3: Carlos Estevez. You know, they need to reset and you know,

1162
00:52:24,360 --> 00:52:27,160
Speaker 3: overhaul that that roster. They're they're they're ever going to

1163
00:52:27,239 --> 00:52:29,520
Speaker 3: do anything while Mike Trott is alive on this planet.

1164
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:32,799
Speaker 3: They need to do something with that roster, and he

1165
00:52:32,880 --> 00:52:34,400
Speaker 3: just seems like someone they'd be able to get a

1166
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:36,759
Speaker 3: decent hall for based on what pitching was going for

1167
00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:39,640
Speaker 3: and how consistent he's been all year, and they didn't

1168
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,600
Speaker 3: move him, or Luis Renifo, who I also thought should

1169
00:52:42,640 --> 00:52:44,400
Speaker 3: have been moved by then, but I guess there's more

1170
00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:47,600
Speaker 3: of a case for keeping Renifo around. I know a

1171
00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,160
Speaker 3: few teams were interested in him, but Tyler Anderson kind

1172
00:52:50,160 --> 00:52:51,960
Speaker 3: of stood out to me as someone that seems like

1173
00:52:52,000 --> 00:52:55,680
Speaker 3: such an obvious trade candidate that I was very surprised

1174
00:52:55,680 --> 00:52:57,279
Speaker 3: to see that he didn't go anywhere with all the

1175
00:52:57,280 --> 00:52:59,920
Speaker 3: teams that need pitching and with what pitching was going for,

1176
00:53:00,040 --> 00:53:02,120
Speaker 3: that the Angels didn't make an obvious move for a

1177
00:53:02,360 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 3: really old veteran I say really old.

1178
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,480
Speaker 4: He's younger than me, but a really old veteran pitcher.

1179
00:53:07,719 --> 00:53:09,000
Speaker 1: With what relievers are going for.

1180
00:53:09,080 --> 00:53:11,280
Speaker 2: I had a similar thought about Finnigan, just being surprised

1181
00:53:11,280 --> 00:53:14,239
Speaker 2: that they didn't move him for whatever they could get.

1182
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 2: I'd be really interested to see Brent Rooker in a

1183
00:53:17,280 --> 00:53:21,040
Speaker 2: better ballpark in lineup than he has in Oakland, so

1184
00:53:21,239 --> 00:53:23,719
Speaker 2: I was I didn't. He's been good enough that I

1185
00:53:23,719 --> 00:53:26,040
Speaker 2: could see, Like, I'm not surprised the A's maybe wanted

1186
00:53:26,040 --> 00:53:27,640
Speaker 2: to hold on to him, but I would have been

1187
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:31,080
Speaker 2: really interested, excuse me to see him somewhere else. He's

1188
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:33,760
Speaker 2: been so good in the last month and really all season.

1189
00:53:34,440 --> 00:53:37,680
Speaker 2: I think that would have been an interesting one. Lake Snell,

1190
00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:40,120
Speaker 2: I think teams were kind of hoping would be available

1191
00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:45,400
Speaker 2: and then it wasn't. Obviously Scoo Ball was like not

1192
00:53:45,480 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 2: going to be easy crochet, particularly with the comments he

1193
00:53:48,120 --> 00:53:50,600
Speaker 2: made and the week leading up to the deadline. Again,

1194
00:53:51,040 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 2: was gonna be kind of tricky to land on a

1195
00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,520
Speaker 2: good deal for that one. So I'm not super surprised

1196
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:56,479
Speaker 2: about this, but yep, those are the guys that weren't

1197
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:57,960
Speaker 2: traded overall.

1198
00:53:57,960 --> 00:53:59,400
Speaker 1: What were your thoughts on the trade deadline? Just kind

1199
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:00,279
Speaker 1: of macro level view.

1200
00:54:00,320 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 2: I mean, we've talked a little bit already about how

1201
00:54:02,840 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 2: a lot of names move, maybe not a lot of

1202
00:54:04,480 --> 00:54:05,319
Speaker 2: big names, Like.

1203
00:54:05,239 --> 00:54:08,240
Speaker 1: How would you grade this? As a fan? The trade deadline?

1204
00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:10,800
Speaker 4: It was just a really strange deadline.

1205
00:54:10,800 --> 00:54:12,759
Speaker 3: There was a ton of activity, which I always like,

1206
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:16,799
Speaker 3: I hate when there's a really hyped deadline and then

1207
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:19,279
Speaker 3: not a lot happens. That's always really you know, takes

1208
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:22,759
Speaker 3: the wind own of my sales. It's really disappointing. And

1209
00:54:22,800 --> 00:54:26,200
Speaker 3: then from a fantasy perspective, it felt like despite the

1210
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:29,719
Speaker 3: volume of moves, there wasn't a ton of you know,

1211
00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,680
Speaker 3: and maybe we'll see some of the fallout like in

1212
00:54:31,920 --> 00:54:34,160
Speaker 3: the coming weeks. One player we didn't mention who I

1213
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:37,360
Speaker 3: think could see some fantasy relevant here is Miguel Vargas

1214
00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,440
Speaker 3: going to the White Sox, because I'm I'm high on

1215
00:54:39,520 --> 00:54:42,200
Speaker 3: Miguel Vargas and I always think the Dodgers are kind

1216
00:54:42,239 --> 00:54:46,600
Speaker 3: of quietly bad with developing their prospects in some ways.

1217
00:54:47,239 --> 00:54:49,680
Speaker 3: And it just seems like players like mcgalve Vargus don't

1218
00:54:49,719 --> 00:54:52,320
Speaker 3: get like the opportunity they deserve.

1219
00:54:52,760 --> 00:54:53,160
Speaker 4: They just get.

1220
00:54:53,239 --> 00:54:55,040
Speaker 3: They just come up, they get inconsistent playing time, and

1221
00:54:55,080 --> 00:54:56,720
Speaker 3: the Dodgers like, Wow, this guy's not amazing.

1222
00:54:56,760 --> 00:54:58,920
Speaker 4: What the heck? I'm like, well, he doesn't play every day, Like,

1223
00:54:58,960 --> 00:54:59,720
Speaker 4: give him a shot.

1224
00:55:01,080 --> 00:55:04,880
Speaker 3: So Miguel Vargas is someone I can see potentially, you know,

1225
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:07,200
Speaker 3: getting an everyday job at the White Sox and running

1226
00:55:07,200 --> 00:55:10,200
Speaker 3: with it. So I'm excited to see that. In deeper leagues,

1227
00:55:10,200 --> 00:55:14,160
Speaker 3: he's someone I'm definitely picking up. I thought it was

1228
00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:16,719
Speaker 3: interesting that Tommy Edmund, who I could not have been

1229
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 3: more wrong about this year in terms of how long

1230
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 3: it would take him to come back from his injury, because

1231
00:55:20,719 --> 00:55:22,560
Speaker 3: I drafted him really late in a lot of drafts,

1232
00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:24,239
Speaker 3: thinking oh, maybe he'll miss the first two or three

1233
00:55:24,239 --> 00:55:26,080
Speaker 3: weeks at a season, and then I'll have Tommy had

1234
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:28,560
Speaker 3: been basically for free on my roster, And here we

1235
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:30,279
Speaker 3: are in August and time we haven't yet to see

1236
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:33,040
Speaker 3: Tommy Edmund, and now he's on the Dodgers, where, even

1237
00:55:33,040 --> 00:55:35,799
Speaker 3: if he plays well, he'll probably play every other day

1238
00:55:35,880 --> 00:55:36,200
Speaker 3: at the.

1239
00:55:36,120 --> 00:55:41,280
Speaker 2: Most, let's wrap things up with our two start pitcher competition.

1240
00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:46,279
Speaker 2: As always, I don't think you're gonna argue with me,

1241
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:49,560
Speaker 2: but I thought I was the clear winner of the

1242
00:55:49,600 --> 00:55:54,040
Speaker 2: most recently completed matchup. It was you had cool ragons ragans.

1243
00:55:54,160 --> 00:55:56,799
Speaker 2: I always go back and forth on how I say it.

1244
00:55:56,800 --> 00:55:58,919
Speaker 2: I would whenever I go back and listen to the show,

1245
00:55:59,000 --> 00:56:01,839
Speaker 2: I'm like I even in the same conversation, I say

1246
00:56:01,840 --> 00:56:02,880
Speaker 2: it two different ways.

1247
00:56:02,920 --> 00:56:05,040
Speaker 1: But the Royals ace.

1248
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:08,200
Speaker 2: He went one and one eleven and two thirds innings,

1249
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,080
Speaker 2: pitched fourteen hits, seven earned runs, one home run, three walks,

1250
00:56:11,080 --> 00:56:15,399
Speaker 2: twelve strikeouts, and by my league's scoring, fifteen point four

1251
00:56:15,440 --> 00:56:19,319
Speaker 2: fantasy points. My pick I was not able to use

1252
00:56:19,440 --> 00:56:21,400
Speaker 2: Zach Wheeler because he did not make two starts, so

1253
00:56:21,480 --> 00:56:23,880
Speaker 2: I had to go to my backup. But who pitched

1254
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 2: pretty well, Bryce Miller. He went one to know thirteen

1255
00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:29,439
Speaker 2: in the third innings, pitch ten hits, allowed three earned runs,

1256
00:56:29,480 --> 00:56:33,240
Speaker 2: one home run, no walks, eleven strikeouts, thirty one point

1257
00:56:33,239 --> 00:56:36,560
Speaker 2: two fantasy points in my league scoring. The only category

1258
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:40,160
Speaker 2: in which your pick was better strikeouts, and he had

1259
00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:42,719
Speaker 2: one more strikeout, So I think Bryce Miller was the

1260
00:56:42,719 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 2: clear winner here.

1261
00:56:43,560 --> 00:56:45,120
Speaker 4: It was a big win. It was a big strikeout

1262
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:46,359
Speaker 4: if I remember.

1263
00:56:46,440 --> 00:56:49,239
Speaker 2: That one, that one strikeout. So I'm currently at ten

1264
00:56:49,239 --> 00:56:51,040
Speaker 2: and six in this competition.

1265
00:56:52,239 --> 00:56:54,920
Speaker 4: That's a tough pill at Well, we have not.

1266
00:56:55,640 --> 00:56:58,840
Speaker 2: Totally landed on what we're Are we going to have

1267
00:56:58,920 --> 00:57:01,920
Speaker 2: me kind of just submit picks that you announced? Are

1268
00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:03,880
Speaker 2: we going to have the fill in pick for me

1269
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:05,920
Speaker 2: for two full months? How are we doing this?

1270
00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 4: I think it's up to you. It's whatever you want

1271
00:57:07,920 --> 00:57:08,200
Speaker 4: to do.

1272
00:57:08,200 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 3: Do you trust Kelly and or guest to pick for

1273
00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:12,440
Speaker 3: you or do you want to submit picks.

1274
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:13,960
Speaker 4: You'll still have access to the sheet you can put

1275
00:57:13,960 --> 00:57:15,239
Speaker 4: you can put your pick in there.

1276
00:57:15,600 --> 00:57:16,640
Speaker 1: I do trust them.

1277
00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know what I'm going to say that I'm

1278
00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,560
Speaker 2: handing off this big lead and I'm trusting them to

1279
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:26,240
Speaker 2: big lead. Ted, Ted, I mean, I'm nearly doubling you up.

1280
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 2: So we're still waiting to see what the results of

1281
00:57:29,200 --> 00:57:32,840
Speaker 2: the last current week are. That's Paul Skeins versus Zach Wheeler.

1282
00:57:34,160 --> 00:57:36,080
Speaker 2: But for this week, we made our picks. Here.

1283
00:57:36,560 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 1: I went with Louis Castillo.

1284
00:57:38,360 --> 00:57:42,280
Speaker 2: He is home against the Tigers and home against the Mets.

1285
00:57:42,720 --> 00:57:44,920
Speaker 2: He's somebody I was actually kind of surprised. Neither of

1286
00:57:45,000 --> 00:57:48,680
Speaker 2: us has used yet this season, so he was available

1287
00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:50,640
Speaker 2: to both of us, and I decided there was a

1288
00:57:50,680 --> 00:57:52,600
Speaker 2: lot of names I wanted that I've already used, so

1289
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:54,280
Speaker 2: that was kind of coming into play a bit, but

1290
00:57:54,360 --> 00:57:55,880
Speaker 2: we hadn't used him yet and he's a good picture,

1291
00:57:55,920 --> 00:57:58,120
Speaker 2: So I went with Luis Castillo, and who did you take?

1292
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:03,160
Speaker 3: I went with the recently resurfaced Robbie Ray because of

1293
00:58:03,200 --> 00:58:05,720
Speaker 3: his matchups and you know, because he kind of came out,

1294
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:08,320
Speaker 3: came out of the gate relatively hot with some strikeout stuff,

1295
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:11,320
Speaker 3: and I like the matchups at Washington and versus Detroit.

1296
00:58:11,440 --> 00:58:15,200
Speaker 3: So I'm hoping that Robbie Ray outduels Luis Castillo. Although

1297
00:58:15,320 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 3: a couple of Detroit stars in there. You're opening up

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Speaker 3: the week with Detroit and I'm closing out with Detroit,

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Speaker 3: so we'll see.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't know they're gonna have a big, a

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Speaker 2: big say in how this last week of the competition

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Speaker 2: that I'm involved in ghosts, So we'll see how that

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Speaker 2: one wraps up.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that'll that'll do it for us.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just wanted to say I really appreciate everybody

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00:58:34,240 --> 00:58:36,760
Speaker 2: for listening to this show. And you know, may and

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00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:39,400
Speaker 2: I had talked about doing a fantasy baseball show for

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00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 2: a while. We frobably had the opportunity this year, and

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00:58:42,960 --> 00:58:45,960
Speaker 2: we're really excited that you know, people actually listen then

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00:58:46,240 --> 00:58:47,880
Speaker 2: you know, would reach out to us on Twitter with

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00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:49,760
Speaker 2: questions and that.

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Speaker 1: We're excited about the show. So this is our first year.

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00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:53,919
Speaker 2: I mean, obviously it's going to continue, like I said,

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Speaker 2: with Mayor and other folks, and it'll be just as good,

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00:58:56,040 --> 00:58:57,800
Speaker 2: I promise, but this is the first year for the

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Speaker 2: two of us doing it together. So it was super

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00:58:59,840 --> 00:59:03,080
Speaker 2: fun and I'm really excited to even see what we.

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Speaker 1: Do in the off season. And I know the show

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Speaker 1: will continue.

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00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:07,080
Speaker 2: We're hoping to get it on video at some point,

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00:59:07,120 --> 00:59:09,360
Speaker 2: so that would be a fun development as well. But

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Speaker 2: you know, I will definitely maybe I'll pop in before

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Speaker 2: the end of the season, but it'll pretty much be

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Speaker 2: it for me through September. But then as we get

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00:59:17,280 --> 00:59:19,840
Speaker 2: into the off season, I will definitely be back. And yeah,

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Speaker 2: it's been really fun, and you know, yeah, I just

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Speaker 2: wanted to say a few words that I you know, appreciate.

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00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:26,800
Speaker 2: I wouldn't get to do this if we didn't have listeners, right,

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00:59:26,840 --> 00:59:29,520
Speaker 2: and so it's really fun that people actually listen and care.

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Speaker 2: But we have to think even though you know, sometimes

1331
00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,040
Speaker 2: it's easy to think that what we have to say

1332
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:38,920
Speaker 2: is kind of worthless when we get stuff wrong and

1333
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:41,040
Speaker 2: make bad picks and stuff. But I know it's super

1334
00:59:41,040 --> 00:59:43,400
Speaker 2: fun and I love having this conversation every week. So

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Speaker 2: I really that people actually want to tune into it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: Absolutely, And like like you said, we're going to keep

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Speaker 3: it going. I'm pretty confident we're going to get it

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00:59:51,360 --> 00:59:54,520
Speaker 3: on YouTube on video next year. Yeah, and it was

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Speaker 3: it's really been a lot of fun, and like you said,

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Speaker 3: it was, it was really I don't want to say

1342
00:59:58,920 --> 01:00:01,960
Speaker 3: surprising because I was confident, but it was fun to

1343
01:00:02,040 --> 01:00:05,400
Speaker 3: launch a show and see it immediately have loyal listeners

1344
01:00:05,440 --> 01:00:07,520
Speaker 3: and people who tuned in every week, and it's been

1345
01:00:07,520 --> 01:00:09,880
Speaker 3: one of the best performing shows on our podcast feed.

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01:00:10,800 --> 01:00:13,880
Speaker 3: So really thankful for all of you for you know,

1347
01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:16,280
Speaker 3: tuning in and listening and downloading giving you know, it's

1348
01:00:16,320 --> 01:00:18,600
Speaker 3: just like getting clicks on articles, we're getting downloads on

1349
01:00:19,080 --> 01:00:22,560
Speaker 3: this But no show next week, but I will be back.

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Speaker 3: I'll be jumping over to the host chair, which I

1351
01:00:24,440 --> 01:00:28,360
Speaker 3: know everybody loves. Such a great natural host good so

1352
01:00:28,760 --> 01:00:31,320
Speaker 3: much better than worm and so I know everyone really

1353
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:34,640
Speaker 3: enjoys my talent there, and so we'll all enjoy that together.

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01:00:35,280 --> 01:00:36,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I've the show will still be good.

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01:00:36,960 --> 01:00:39,920
Speaker 2: I will still count myself among the listeners even when

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01:00:39,920 --> 01:00:42,360
Speaker 2: I am not hosting. But again, I mean, this sounds

1357
01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:43,920
Speaker 2: like more of a long term goodbye than it is.

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01:00:43,960 --> 01:00:45,320
Speaker 2: It's just a couple months that I will not be

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01:00:45,360 --> 01:00:47,720
Speaker 2: on the show. Then I will be back here before

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01:00:47,720 --> 01:00:49,640
Speaker 2: the end of twenty twenty four. But yeah, it's been

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Speaker 2: super fun. Again, We're both really appreciative everybody. No show

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01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:55,240
Speaker 2: next week, but don't you know, unsubscribe or anything. We

1363
01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:57,320
Speaker 2: are still going to be back in two weeks with

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01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:01,120
Speaker 2: Mayer and Kelly Slash TVD, so that'll be really fun

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01:01:01,120 --> 01:01:03,520
Speaker 2: as well. So thank everybody for listening all season long,

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Speaker 2: and also to this episode for Mayor.

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Speaker 1: I'm Ryan Warmley and we'll see you again next time.

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01:01:08,560 --> 01:01:11,800
Speaker 2: Thanks for listening to the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Baseball podcast.

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01:01:12,040 --> 01:01:14,520
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01:01:13,960 --> 01:01:17,240
Speaker 2: And TikTok at Fantasy Pros, and subscribe to our YouTube.

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