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Speaker 1: You know that the best yet, Martinez, you know what
Speaker 1: it is. This is your boy, Dane Martinez. You're listening
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Speaker 1: I got my boy Donnie Burns with me on the
Speaker 1: ones in two so hot that we sweat steam and Donnie,
Speaker 1: oh my god. It is opening day. Teams are out
Speaker 1: in full force. I feel really good. I feel like,
Speaker 1: you know, it's getting warm outside. I feel a sense
Speaker 1: of hope, a sense of optimism from my fantasy team
Speaker 1: for my real team. A lot of good stuff going on.
Speaker 1: I feel really really good. If you want to holler
Speaker 1: at me this hour, you candidate for war eight four, three, six,
Speaker 1: eight seven nine. As usual, we got a couple of
Speaker 1: polls up there for you on the f n t
Speaker 1: s Y Radio Twitter handle. You can also catch me
Speaker 1: at Spitting Speeds. You know what we're gonna do. We
Speaker 1: gonna We're almost at the final four of our TV
Speaker 1: Greatest of All Time tournament. We're gonna change it up
Speaker 1: and now that we are in full swing with the
Speaker 1: baseball season, we're gonna go around the league a little bit,
Speaker 1: give you my plays for tonight and UH as usual though,
Speaker 1: we're gonna get it started with top five dead or alive,
Speaker 1: some news and notes for you over the weekend. Let's
Speaker 1: start with Major League Baseball. As you know, yes, it
Speaker 1: is kind of opening day. A couple of teams got
Speaker 1: started yesterday, but I would call today opening day in earnest.
Speaker 1: But um, Roberto Rozuno will not be closing for the
Speaker 1: Toronto Blue Jays right now. He's gonna go on the
Speaker 1: d L, the ten day d L, not the fifteen
Speaker 1: day d L. Remember that Jason Grilly looks like he's
Speaker 1: gonna start um first man out to get save chances
Speaker 1: for the Blue Jays. I will say this, he just
Speaker 1: got the loss in a game against the Baltimore Orioles
Speaker 1: at their home here in Campden Yards a little while ago.
Speaker 1: UH college rolled on also going to the d L
Speaker 1: for the Chicago White Sox. He's got a biceps issue,
Speaker 1: remember him also on the ten day d L. I
Speaker 1: don't think he's making it back when the time is up.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna probably be out until May. They
Speaker 1: told you guys about that a little bit earlier on
Speaker 1: the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. UM Yadiya Malina signed a
Speaker 1: three year, sixty million dollar extension over the weekend with
Speaker 1: the St. Louis Cardinals. He becomes the highest paid catcher
Speaker 1: in Major League Baseball. UM coming off one of his
Speaker 1: best offensive seasons in a little while. You also saw
Speaker 1: what he does for his pictures. You also know what
Speaker 1: he does for the clubhouse, remember seeing him as a
Speaker 1: leader for Team Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic.
Speaker 1: We go back to New York and the Mets. Stephen
Speaker 1: Matt's um has a flex or tendon strain and he's
Speaker 1: gonna be shut down for about three or four weeks. Uh,
Speaker 1: not necessarily on the not necessarily, uh you know, calls
Speaker 1: for alarm just yet. But Matt's has been injury riddled. Remember,
Speaker 1: if he's gonna be on your team, you may want
Speaker 1: to protect that with some other guys. I wouldn't. I
Speaker 1: wouldn't invest in Stephen Matt's opening day. Some interesting lineups
Speaker 1: coming out, Okay, and remember I've been telling you guys
Speaker 1: all season, especially in DFS it's about where they are
Speaker 1: in the lineup. I love say, for example, that two
Speaker 1: spot in the lineup Minnesota. The Twins had a very
Speaker 1: interesting lineup. I thought these two guys would be flipped.
Speaker 1: But no, no, no, Um, Brian Doesier is leading off
Speaker 1: for the Twins and playing second base today, and uh,
Speaker 1: Brian Buxton is actually in the third hole for the Twins.
Speaker 1: I could see that flipping. You know, those are of
Speaker 1: the of the forty home runs last year in Buxton
Speaker 1: with the great speed. But we shall see. And I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you something, watching all these games yesterday and today,
Speaker 1: are you with me? I missed the intentional walk. I
Speaker 1: missed the intentional walk. Um, if you don't realize it
Speaker 1: just yet, there is no more intentional walk in Major
Speaker 1: League Baseball this season. All the manager has to do
Speaker 1: is put out a little signal and uh, he'll automatically
Speaker 1: get first bay. You don't actually have to throw the
Speaker 1: four pitches. And I thought that was always interesting because
Speaker 1: you know, that still the potential for a guy like
Speaker 1: Vladimir Guerrero to step across and rope a double to
Speaker 1: the right center field. But let me know, let me know,
Speaker 1: if you miss the intentional walk. I also want to
Speaker 1: go to football some news and notes there, you know
Speaker 1: on the fantasy freestyle speeds and spitting statistician is always
Speaker 1: gonna give you your football knowledge twelve months a year.
Speaker 1: The forty Niners have signed running back Tim high Tower.
Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be the prime candidate to back
Speaker 1: up Carlos Hide in San Francisco. Sorry to Dewan Harris
Speaker 1: who did have that role, but high Tower I believe
Speaker 1: it's gonna be backing up Hide in San Francisco. Case
Speaker 1: Keenum signs a one year, two million dollar deal with
Speaker 1: the Minnesota Vikings. To me, that is an interesting signal
Speaker 1: on whether this organization believes that Teddy Bridgewater will be
Speaker 1: healthy come this fall. And it does not look good
Speaker 1: in my opinion, with Teddy Bridgewater if they're gonna actually
Speaker 1: make roster moves and signing Case Keenum. Case Keenum is
Speaker 1: not a third string quarterback. Case Keenum is a backup quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: So if they're signing him to backup quarterback money, to me,
Speaker 1: that means Teddy Bridgewater could be in trouble. Adrian Peterson
Speaker 1: visited the New England Patriots today um However, he has
Speaker 1: left the building with no offer in place, no deal
Speaker 1: in place. They're saying that there are three to five
Speaker 1: teams that are interested in Adrian Peterson, but I don't
Speaker 1: know who they are. There's another report out of Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay from the Tampa Bay Time saying that Adrian Peterson
Speaker 1: is not in the Tampa Bay Bucks plans. So who
Speaker 1: are these teams? Remember speeds and spitting statistician. My called
Speaker 1: shot was, I believe Adrian Peterson is gonna wind up
Speaker 1: with the Oakland Raiders. Um at least they were in
Speaker 1: Oakland for the next couple of years. UM in the
Speaker 1: quarterback market, Remember I said they signed case Keenum, but um,
Speaker 1: Colin Kaepernick still goes unsigned. And I thought something was funny.
Speaker 1: I found online what they're calling a Colin Kaepernick excuse generator.
Speaker 1: You know, I've been talking about it all last week.
Speaker 1: At this point, there's got to be some kind of
Speaker 1: black ball going on. If Geno Smith and now case
Speaker 1: Keenum can get a deal, but uh, you know, your
Speaker 1: boy Colin Kaepernick cannot. I think that is very interesting.
Speaker 1: Guys like Kaepernick, guys like r G three, guys like
Speaker 1: Jake Cutler, guys like Ryan Fitzpatrick are all still out
Speaker 1: there on the running back market. Adrian Peterson, Marshawn Lynch,
Speaker 1: Jamal Charles all still out there, have Geno Smith and
Speaker 1: now Tim high Tower can get deals. I think this
Speaker 1: shows you that the NFL is trying to skew cheaper
Speaker 1: and skew younger. We don't know what kind of contract
Speaker 1: details these guys are kind of demanding. Will they be
Speaker 1: playing for you know the minimum? Would would in fact,
Speaker 1: you know, would Colin Kaepernick take a one year, two
Speaker 1: million dollar deal like case Keenum did. That is the
Speaker 1: piece of information that we don't know. But I still
Speaker 1: think it is very very interesting. And I know it's
Speaker 1: Major League Baseball and opening Day, but uh, that football
Speaker 1: calendar twelve months a year o t a s our
Speaker 1: beginning for the Buffalo Bills and the Los Angeles Chargers
Speaker 1: today today is the beginning of offseason training activities for
Speaker 1: those two NFL teams, just as the baseball season getting started.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if you know one more football note.
Speaker 1: Anybody who saw WrestleMania yesterday. And I know some guys
Speaker 1: on this network. I know Greg Sussman Sussmania, I know
Speaker 1: Frankie Standfull, Mike Florial. They probably did. You might have
Speaker 1: seen Rob Gronkowski out there in WrestleMania. He uh you know,
Speaker 1: came out there. Uh, body blocked, somebody helped another guy
Speaker 1: win some battle royal. So I can very much remember
Speaker 1: during the football season when I talked about how ron
Speaker 1: the rousis next move might be to the w w E.
Speaker 1: I can easily see Rob Gronkowski in that path as well.
Speaker 1: All right, let's keep going. The top five that are
Speaker 1: alive here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports
Speaker 1: Radio Network. As I said, I have some polls up
Speaker 1: there on that f n T S Y radio Twitter handles.
Speaker 1: Let's look at them right now. Donnie Burns put him
Speaker 1: up first. One is quite simple. What's your favorite part
Speaker 1: of hashtag opening Day? You know? Um I told I
Speaker 1: opened the show saying how excited I felt. You know,
Speaker 1: spring has brung. You know, I feel like no one's
Speaker 1: gonna beat my fantasy baseball team this year. I gotta
Speaker 1: tell you, playing this DFS slate today, I'm doing big things.
Speaker 1: Had Yasmani Grandal, who's hit two home runs today. Had
Speaker 1: Jack Peterson who had a grand slam at steven Strasburg,
Speaker 1: who got a quality start and a win going seven innings. So, uh,
Speaker 1: you may want to listen to your boys speed that
Speaker 1: spitting statistician, because I'm giving you everything you need to
Speaker 1: win your leagues and win that cash. But as we
Speaker 1: go to Opening Day, what's your favorite part? Is it?
Speaker 1: You know, the optimism for your team? You know, because
Speaker 1: everybody zero and zero, you know, everybody's a playoff contender.
Speaker 1: And and you know, I feel that because I'm a
Speaker 1: big New York Yankees fan and for the last couple
Speaker 1: of years, you know, my team has been out of it,
Speaker 1: you know, pretty much in any real way as we
Speaker 1: hit summertime, I didn't expect big things. Now with the
Speaker 1: youth movement going on, the Baby Bombers, I feel like, uh,
Speaker 1: I might have a chance. So I feel good optimism.
Speaker 1: I feel like we're trending in the right direction. Or
Speaker 1: is it, like I mentioned before, is it the start
Speaker 1: of spring. You know, you get to start to put
Speaker 1: some of those winter co it's away, birds are chirping,
Speaker 1: everybody's happy. Everybody just kind of feels better as the
Speaker 1: weather gets nice out. So maybe that's what you feel
Speaker 1: like most about Opening Day? Or is it just straight
Speaker 1: up fantasy baseball? And uh, you know here on the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Radio Network, I can see many of you
Speaker 1: out there pretty much thinking that Fantasy baseball might be
Speaker 1: the reason we got that pole up there on the
Speaker 1: f n T s Y radio Twitter handle. Right now,
Speaker 1: we got a very tight three way race, Donnie Burns,
Speaker 1: and I will check in on that throughout the show.
Speaker 1: The other question I have, and I want to bring
Speaker 1: my boy Donnie Burns in right now as the resident
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle college basketball expert, we define a champion tonight.
Speaker 1: Who do you think will take it home? North Carolina
Speaker 1: or Gonzaga. Right now this pole that's up on the
Speaker 1: fn T s Y Radio Twitter handle, it is pretty
Speaker 1: close with fifty percent of you saying that the tar
Speaker 1: Heels of North Carolina will be cutting down the nets
Speaker 1: and around midnight tonight. Donnie Burns, I know you've been
Speaker 1: following this tournament. I know you're my basketball college basketball
Speaker 1: go to guy. I have been saying the entire tournament
Speaker 1: that I believe the best ball has played out on
Speaker 1: the West Coast. So I'm gonna ride with Gonzaga. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna fade the public a little bit, especially if you know,
Speaker 1: maybe if North Carolina knows how to box out after
Speaker 1: missed free throws. I don't know, did you catch that?
Speaker 1: Don And and uh what do you what are you
Speaker 1: thinking about this game tonight? So I'm leaning I'm leaning
Speaker 1: more towards un seeing this matchup. The reason for that
Speaker 1: being if I feel if Justin Jackson and Joel Berry
Speaker 1: can get second chance from Kennedy Meeks getting rebounds, offensive rebounds,
Speaker 1: I feel like they can. They can drop enough points
Speaker 1: to lead them to a victory. However, the Gonzaga big
Speaker 1: men play very fundamentally sound. They have Carnowski, they got Collins.
Speaker 1: So it's gonna be as close as this voting on
Speaker 1: this poll probably is. So you expect U n see
Speaker 1: in a fair enough fair enough so we shall see.
Speaker 1: One other note out of college basketball that I feel, uh,
Speaker 1: I feel like I want to share with everybody. Georgetown
Speaker 1: has hired its new coach, a new head coach. They
Speaker 1: fired John Thompson the third and they are keeping it
Speaker 1: in the family. And they have decided to hire someone
Speaker 1: who I really wanted to get a job for the
Speaker 1: last five or ten years. I thought that, to be
Speaker 1: quite honest, he was um had some prejudice views against
Speaker 1: him as to not getting interviews, and a lot of
Speaker 1: people think that players who are big men. You know,
Speaker 1: you see players who become head coaches, they're usually point guards,
Speaker 1: not a lot of big men. But I want to
Speaker 1: give a big time shout out here on the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Freestyle to Patrick Ewing. And Patrick Ewing is the new
Speaker 1: head coach of the Georgetown Hoyas, so I feel really
Speaker 1: good about that shout out to him. I know he's
Speaker 1: wanted to get a head coaching job for a while.
Speaker 1: Let's keep it moving though. Top five that are alive
Speaker 1: here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Also out of the NFL, I thought I found some
Speaker 1: intriguing quotes and comments by the owner of the Dallas Cowboys,
Speaker 1: Mr Jerry Jones. Checked this out Jerry Jones, and uh,
Speaker 1: what I also find interesting, Donnie, is I'm I'm I'm
Speaker 1: getting this report out of Mike Florio. No not the
Speaker 1: Mike Florio of the Fantasy Sports Radio Network who will
Speaker 1: be coming on next at eight to ten with Fantasy
Speaker 1: First Look, but Mike Florio Pro Football Talk. He's reporting
Speaker 1: that Jerry Jones has said he wants to end marijuana
Speaker 1: testing in the NFL, and he wants to end player
Speaker 1: conduct investigations. Now, I think if you if you've listened
Speaker 1: in to Speed, this bitting statistician during football season, you
Speaker 1: know that I have been on this for a while
Speaker 1: that the NFL needs to move away from the pain killers.
Speaker 1: We are. We had the athletic trainer on a little
Speaker 1: bit over the playoff season. But um, this is gonna
Speaker 1: be collectively bargained, if anything, with the NFL p A.
Speaker 1: But they are saying that they are quote unquote willing
Speaker 1: to listen to the medical community. If you remember, Speeds
Speaker 1: has been saying that the NFL has an opportunity here
Speaker 1: with it legal in twenty states and with the idea
Speaker 1: of the pain management for the NFL players, they have
Speaker 1: and they have an opportunity to become a leader in
Speaker 1: this space. And I challenge Mr Goodell and the NFL
Speaker 1: to do just that. It looks like Jerry Jones is
Speaker 1: on the bandwagon as well. However, they're saying that they
Speaker 1: are not going to really look into change changing their
Speaker 1: stance on the personal Conduct policy and those investigations. Roger
Speaker 1: Goodell is still going to be you know, investigator, judge,
Speaker 1: jury and executioner. But I find it interesting because maybe
Speaker 1: why is Jerry Jones mentioning this? That is my question,
Speaker 1: and the only thing that I can think about is
Speaker 1: he might be a little bit worried about his star
Speaker 1: rookie running back is Zekiel Elliott. As you know, um,
Speaker 1: he has been kind of in the news, um a
Speaker 1: few times a few times as it comes to um,
Speaker 1: you know, his potential DV cases and things of that nature. So, uh,
Speaker 1: maybe Jerry Jones getting ahead of the game right there.