WEBVTT - Leading Off: Tarik Skubal is a Dodger! (Ep. 1357) 0:00:05.360 --> 0:00:07.720 What's up, Friends of welcome into leading off right here 0:00:07.760 --> 0:00:10.680 on Fantasy Pros and Fantasy Pros MLB on the YouTube. 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.480 I am Chris Welsh. That is Joe Rico, and the 0:00:13.560 --> 0:00:17.640 trade deadline is hours away. We're gonna be breaking down 0:00:17.720 --> 0:00:20.200 what happened over the weekend. We've actually caught a couple 0:00:20.280 --> 0:00:23.160 deep dives Paul's schemes, if you will. I think we've 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.960 had some conversations around this, but things are getting worse worse. 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:29.680 We've got some injuries, We've got a whole bunch of 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:31.520 other stuff. We've got some bets, some home run calls, 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:35.680 but heavily dedicated to the trade deadline and it is 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.080 going down to trade happened like minutes before we got on. 0:00:38.320 --> 0:00:40.320 There might be a trade live in here and if 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:42.960 you would like more, the rumor on the streets is 0:00:43.000 --> 0:00:45.919 there's going to be a live stream today right at 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:49.159 the trade deadline with these two fine gentlemen that we 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:52.479 will be live streaming on the Fantasy Pros YouTube for 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.840 the trade deadline. Nothing crazy about thirty minutes or so 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.160 to talk about all the trades that happened between the 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.240 end of the show and the trade deadline. Some Fantasy 0:01:01.280 --> 0:01:04.400 impact take some questions going to be rapid fires we 0:01:04.440 --> 0:01:06.720 go through, So make sure you come and hang out 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:09.000 with us. Put a little notification on so you can 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:11.120 hang out with us live. That's what you want to 0:01:11.160 --> 0:01:14.200 do for some trade deadlining. Mister Joel Rico, it has 0:01:14.240 --> 0:01:16.959 been a very very exciting weekend the big trade happen. 0:01:17.040 --> 0:01:19.399 You want to know a funny story I did. I know. 0:01:19.440 --> 0:01:21.080 I say this a lot, so apologies for anyone that 0:01:21.080 --> 0:01:24.640 gets annoyed by it. But CBS Sports HQ is quite 0:01:24.640 --> 0:01:27.000 fond of me, and they had me on this weekend 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.600 and it's all set, you know, because I'm a West 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.840 Coast guy, so it's easier for them. So I can 0:01:31.880 --> 0:01:34.920 do stuff that's like eleven or midnight or whatever. I've 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.800 got my whole outline set up. We're in a segment 0:01:37.920 --> 0:01:40.240 really got nice guy, This guy Coli is doing it. 0:01:41.560 --> 0:01:43.800 We're two segments in. We talked about a couple of 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:46.280 players and we're in our third one and I honestly, 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:47.800 I'm forgetting what we were talking about. Me. We're talking 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:51.120 about Luis Castillo trade. And then as I'm talking and 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:54.280 we're recording this, the producer comes in my ear and 0:01:54.280 --> 0:01:58.200 he goes Turk Schoogle got traded. Just stop to stop, 0:01:58.240 --> 0:02:00.800 and then I'm kind of going, and then Coolie keeps 0:02:00.800 --> 0:02:03.760 going and he's like, just stop everything. We're gonna cut live, 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:07.720 and I'm like, what's happening? And then everything i'd prep 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:11.640 for and done, what cut And we went live thirty 0:02:11.720 --> 0:02:15.400 seconds later with absolutely zero prep to be the first 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:19.560 to break down because, like you know, ninety seconds prior, 0:02:19.639 --> 0:02:22.480 Trek Scooble had been traded to the Dodgers. And we 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:25.360 cut live for about fifteen minutes. And I am pretty 0:02:25.400 --> 0:02:27.480 proud of myself for cutting through. But that was a 0:02:27.480 --> 0:02:30.679 brand new experience of being a part of especially television 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:33.120 and having the breaking news, and obviously that's going to 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.760 dominate the top of the show. Trek Scooble traded to 0:02:35.800 --> 0:02:38.480 the Los Angeles Dodgers for as Iyer, Hope, River, Ryan 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.480 and Brady Smith. I am proud of myself. I actually 0:02:41.520 --> 0:02:44.240 also straight up called this trade on in this league, 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:47.919 literally down to Brady Smith. I believe you also your 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.440 boy Peter Apple or April, who was on with you 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:52.959 this weekend, was actually the guy that broke the news. 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:55.320 So tons of stuff here, Joe, I haven't even let 0:02:55.360 --> 0:02:58.320 you speak yet, but your initial thoughts on Trek Scooble 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:00.400 as a Dodger and obviously if you have on the 0:03:00.400 --> 0:03:01.560 prospect side. 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.480 Yeah, pretty cool for both of us, Like you nailed 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:06.400 the exact package and the day that our show goes live. 0:03:06.600 --> 0:03:08.799 Peter Apple, who, by the way, if you guys missed it, 0:03:09.000 --> 0:03:11.320 go check out that show. He truly is one of 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:14.400 the best baseball analysts going right now and apparently a 0:03:14.520 --> 0:03:18.720 locked in source because he beat Peter Jason, he beat Rosenthal. 0:03:18.919 --> 0:03:20.480 There was a lot of like, oh no, it's actually 0:03:20.480 --> 0:03:23.360 Emmitt Shean, but shout out to Peter who nailed that 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:24.320 trade package. 0:03:25.360 --> 0:03:25.920 It sucks. 0:03:26.280 --> 0:03:28.639 I'll say that it sucks. We knew, we knew was 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:30.560 gonna happen. And Peter said on that show and I 0:03:30.600 --> 0:03:32.639 asked him where where Trek sco will be pitching a 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:34.520 week from today, and he was pretty sure it was 0:03:34.520 --> 0:03:36.120 gonna be the Dodgers. We all kind of saw the 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.960 writing on the wall. Doesn't make us feel any better 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:41.440 about seeing this graphic in front of us, So Tawny 0:03:41.520 --> 0:03:44.800 Glass now Snell, you know, Moto Scooble, Justin Robleski has 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.880 been unbelievably good for them, and he's not even anywhere 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.040 to be seen, nor should he beat with the other 0:03:50.120 --> 0:03:53.080 names present, and we can we can break this stuff 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:54.960 from a lot of different angles. And I've kind of 0:03:55.040 --> 0:03:56.960 changed my own personal tune on this. I'm not mad 0:03:56.960 --> 0:03:58.920 at the Dodgers anymore. There was a long time where 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.320 I was like, screw the how can they do this? 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.960 The other teams just sit by and let them do it. 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.560 The Brewers could have made this trade, the Rays could 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:09.800 have made this trade. A lot of teams could have 0:04:09.840 --> 0:04:13.360 gone out and done this. And yes, the money that 0:04:13.400 --> 0:04:15.760 the Dodgers have does influence this. They only have to hear, 0:04:15.800 --> 0:04:18.080 hope why because they traded Michael Bush. Why they trade 0:04:18.080 --> 0:04:20.479 Michael Bush? Because they signed Freddy Freeman and show Heyo 0:04:20.600 --> 0:04:22.839 Tani and had nowhere to play him. So the money 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.159 always has an influencing factor here. But I'm not mad 0:04:26.160 --> 0:04:28.000 at the Dodgers. I'm mad at the Brewers, and I'm 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:29.800 mad at the other teams for not going out and 0:04:29.880 --> 0:04:32.200 ponying up because this was a very doable deal. 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:35.440 I think this is fair. This is a fair statement 0:04:35.520 --> 0:04:38.359 because I think there's a couple things. I think this 0:04:38.560 --> 0:04:43.240 trade is something that will be highlighted in the discussions 0:04:43.279 --> 0:04:46.279 of why things could because this isn't a financial This 0:04:46.400 --> 0:04:48.599 is not a financial thing, like anybody could have afforded 0:04:48.600 --> 0:04:52.159 school with the rest of the season. This is a 0:04:52.200 --> 0:04:55.280 fair act, fair play type of conversation that'll be had 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.359 after the season of like you know, like the balance 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:02.800 of fosters and stuff like that looks ridiculous. But to 0:05:02.880 --> 0:05:06.000 your point, all those things, I think I agree, you're true, 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:07.920 like any team could have done it. The problem is 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:10.000 is they would have had to pay more, and nobody 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.799 wanted to do it. The Dodgers set themselves up where 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.600 their scouting is clearly superior. They were able to get 0:05:16.640 --> 0:05:19.200 guys like Zayer Hope for Michael Bush. They built up 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:22.240 a robust minor league system. They were willing to be aggressive. 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.280 And you know the goofy thing that happened in this 0:05:24.320 --> 0:05:25.880 trade because I put a tweet out about it and 0:05:25.960 --> 0:05:28.000 I got so much hate about it because everyone's like 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.599 this trade sucks and blah blah blah. It's like, Okay, 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:34.000 this is a rental player, like he is elite Church 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:36.000 Google is an elite of elite player. Let's not get 0:05:36.000 --> 0:05:37.760 that wrong. And I'm not trying to say anything against that, 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:40.720 but he's a two month rental player. So how much 0:05:40.760 --> 0:05:43.960 does any team want to commit when you're buying in 0:05:44.000 --> 0:05:46.719 two months. Well, the Dodgers gave up. I mean in 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:49.200 fantasy at least, he's a top twenty five prospect, probably 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.160 a top thirty five or forty in real baseball for 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.320 most people inside your hope. He's a super, super talented player. 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:56.640 I'm going to do a video on him later in 0:05:56.680 --> 0:05:59.560 this week. But two ninety three, twenty three homers, eighteen 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:02.560 stolen basis by the way, eighty seven RBIs, and ninety 0:06:02.560 --> 0:06:05.000 four games in the minors. This is an elite hitting prospect. 0:06:05.360 --> 0:06:07.960 And they got River Ryan, who is you know, a 0:06:07.960 --> 0:06:11.000 little removed from Tommy John. He's currently on the injured list. 0:06:11.040 --> 0:06:13.839 He hasn't done a ton this season, but we'll say 0:06:13.839 --> 0:06:15.880 he's like a mid rotation guy. I was looking up 0:06:15.880 --> 0:06:18.479 his stuff plus numbers from two thousand and twenty four, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.880 one on one overall stuff, plus one twelve on his sinker, 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.240 one O eight on his slider, one O nine curveball, 0:06:24.279 --> 0:06:27.760 like this is a mouldable piece. And then they got 0:06:27.800 --> 0:06:29.919 Brady Smith, which is kind of a bluff factor. The 0:06:29.960 --> 0:06:32.760 point is is This is a this is a solid return. 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:35.159 It could have been a great return, but guess what, 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:37.839 nobody else wanted to pay for it. Like you said, 0:06:37.920 --> 0:06:40.640 the Brews didn't want to pay Logan Henderson, I be 0:06:40.640 --> 0:06:42.840 honest with the Philly rumor of Justin Crawford and gage 0:06:42.880 --> 0:06:45.800 Wood was actually pretty strong. But any team could have 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:49.560 made this. So this trade specifically was not a Dodgers 0:06:49.640 --> 0:06:52.800 in what they spend situation. It was I mean, obviously 0:06:52.839 --> 0:06:54.839 like they don't care if they go over, but this 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:56.599 was every other team not willing to do it. And 0:06:56.640 --> 0:06:59.160 he now goes into a rotation, which this was a 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.640 wild stat that was floating out there loess Era since 0:07:02.680 --> 0:07:05.200 twenty twenty two. This is in baseball. Are you ready 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:09.239 for it? This is minimum fifty starts. Lowest eres number one, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.400 Trek Skuble, number two. We're gonna have a little bit 0:07:12.400 --> 0:07:13.800 of a jolt and a guy we're gonna talk about 0:07:13.840 --> 0:07:17.679 later in Paul Skeens. But the next three Blake, Snell, 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:22.600 Shoho Tani, and Yamamoto, four of the five lowest eras 0:07:22.600 --> 0:07:25.440 since twenty twenty two are now in the same rotation. 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:27.400 And that makes us sick. This is going to be 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:30.160 a ridiculously crazy, good rotation. I think it was a 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:32.800 solid trade. Let me throw one other little piece at you, though, 0:07:33.400 --> 0:07:35.480 And this is what I speculated on when I was 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:39.080 on TV. Do you think at all, because I know 0:07:39.120 --> 0:07:41.880 it's a service level, it's not, but do you think, 0:07:42.040 --> 0:07:45.480 like they lost that game, that trade happened ten minutes 0:07:45.520 --> 0:07:47.840 after that game on Saturday night it was it was 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.680 locked in. Do you think at all this speaks to 0:07:50.920 --> 0:07:53.760 maybe the potential health of a guy like Otani. We're 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:57.200 putting Otani in this rotation thing hasn't been able to pitch. 0:07:57.400 --> 0:08:00.840 They want to really play it slow. Obviously, I know this. 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:02.840 It's like a little dramatic in how I'm saying that, 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:06.280 but like getting a guy like schooble more provides the depth, 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.760 the help, And if they wanted to shut Otani down 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:10.720 from pitching all the way to the playoffs, you can 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:12.400 do that when you make a move like this. So 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.560 I wondered at all if it spoke a little bit 0:08:14.600 --> 0:08:16.520 to the health of him through the regular season the 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:17.640 rest of the regular season. 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.800 Yeah. Peter also mentioned that on our show on Saturday 0:08:20.840 --> 0:08:24.520 that the Dodgers this is not just oh, They're just 0:08:24.560 --> 0:08:26.600 gonna get another superstar for the hell of it. They 0:08:26.680 --> 0:08:28.920 kind of needed a starting pitcher. Now, did they need 0:08:28.920 --> 0:08:31.200 the two time defending Cy Young winner. We can all 0:08:31.200 --> 0:08:34.360 debate that. But Otani's health is uncertain Glass now and 0:08:34.400 --> 0:08:38.800 Snell's health is always uncertain. Emmett Shean is awful. You 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:43.800 cannot rely on Roki Sazaka playoffs. So it's Yamamoto starting 0:08:43.840 --> 0:08:46.120 game one for them before this trade, and then game 0:08:46.160 --> 0:08:49.839 two would it have been maybe Robleski depending like health 0:08:50.520 --> 0:08:51.439 as of today. 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:52.520 You're talking in a playoff run. 0:08:52.520 --> 0:08:55.160 Like you're assuming that Blake Snell and Tellerglass now are healthy. 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:57.040 But the Dodgers don't want to assume that. They want 0:08:57.040 --> 0:08:59.760 to go out there and just yeah, ensure that they 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:01.640 have of aces for the playoffs. 0:09:02.559 --> 0:09:05.719 So and what did it cost them, by the way, 0:09:05.840 --> 0:09:08.960 cost them there? They've got two other outfielders that are better, 0:09:09.040 --> 0:09:13.240 They've got a absolutely bonker system. Still, they're already paying 0:09:13.240 --> 0:09:17.720 a gajillion dollars. Their luxury tax is like Alan That 0:09:17.960 --> 0:09:20.480 bill is more than like half the league's salary. So 0:09:20.480 --> 0:09:22.720 they're already positioned in that Baseball put them in a 0:09:22.760 --> 0:09:26.520 position to get all this extra money. That's what diamondback 0:09:26.559 --> 0:09:28.560 fans are freaking out about like, oh, guess what, you 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.960 know the Dodgers and their TV deal. So it's like 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:33.559 this was nothing for them. This is nothing. They gave 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.120 up a couple of prospects, there's no real big financial 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:38.320 burden that's more than anything. Now they're going to sell 0:09:38.360 --> 0:09:40.559 tons of jerseys and he wants to be here, So 0:09:40.760 --> 0:09:43.000 it's like you paid the price to let this guy 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:46.120 have a trial run with the team. Now, if anything 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:48.680 less than winning the World Series is a massive disappointment. 0:09:48.679 --> 0:09:50.720 But I don't think it's going to change anything with Scooble. 0:09:50.800 --> 0:09:52.959 So really he's gonna sign there. 0:09:53.040 --> 0:09:56.000 Yeah, he's going to resign one hundred percent and maybe 0:09:56.000 --> 0:09:58.000 they can offload. The only problem they're gonna have is 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.000 once it is leading into the CBA, what's going to happen? 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.080 What are things going to look like next season? They've 0:10:04.080 --> 0:10:06.080 already got because I went and looked at that. They've 0:10:06.080 --> 0:10:13.040 got difficult commitments to Blake Snell and Tyler Glassnell. Still 0:10:13.040 --> 0:10:15.760 that make things a little bit tricky, and we don't 0:10:15.760 --> 0:10:17.800 know what the repercussions of this labor striker is. And 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:19.840 to be Bob Knight and Gill immediately jumped in after 0:10:20.600 --> 0:10:24.760 this trade happened, saying quote, nearly impossible to find an 0:10:24.840 --> 0:10:27.600 owner who now doesn't believe twenty twenty seven will be 0:10:27.640 --> 0:10:31.640 shortened due to a prolonged workstoppage. Several owners believe an 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.280 entire season could be wiped out. People being a little 0:10:34.280 --> 0:10:37.080 bit dramatic about like this trade having to do with it, 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:40.120 But this will be cited. This will be as cited 0:10:40.160 --> 0:10:42.760 in all of these conversations of fair play and blah 0:10:42.800 --> 0:10:45.040 blah blah. But I don't know how the Dodgers will 0:10:45.440 --> 0:10:47.760 do that signing with Scooble if there's some type of 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:51.120 hardcap with the commitments they have to other players. But 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:52.640 you know what, they can move off to some of 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:54.880 those dudes because they've got incredible guys in their system, 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:58.800 Yosuete La Paula, James Tibbs. I mean, they have an 0:10:58.880 --> 0:11:02.400 outfield that could play in them right now in Mike Seroda, Depaula, 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:04.680 and Tibbs, and they could be pretty successful. So it's 0:11:05.120 --> 0:11:06.920 it's great to be a Dodger. Sucks for us, It. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:10.600 Sucks for everybody fans of every other team. You know, 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.720 I understand why people are upset about this, but this 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:16.400 is also perfectly exactly what the owners want. Players have 0:11:16.520 --> 0:11:19.200 lost the PR battle. They have lost the PR battle, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:21.560 and they are seen as the villains here. Scooble is 0:11:21.600 --> 0:11:24.120 another villain here for going to the Dodgers, and maybe 0:11:24.120 --> 0:11:26.840 he is. But the Dodgers have a super team which 0:11:26.840 --> 0:11:30.680 has helped to massively increase league revenues, and the stats 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.079 speak for themselves. The viewership numbers, everything have been really 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.120 good the last couple of years, and the league can 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:39.000 now scapegoat the Dodgers. The owners can into getting a 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:42.040 salary cap. This is this is exactly what the owners 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:44.680 want and what the Dodgers should do because of a 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.640 salary cap will be coming. We all know this. At 0:11:46.679 --> 0:11:50.040 some point, sign Scooble now, and then you'll have, you know, 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:52.800 for the few couple of years after the salary cap 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.080 is implemented, there'll probably be some kind of grandfathering in 0:11:55.160 --> 0:11:56.920 for teams that yeah, I agree with that, So sign 0:11:57.000 --> 0:11:58.760 him now, because if the salary cap goes in and 0:11:58.800 --> 0:12:00.480 then you try and sign him afterwards, it'll probably be 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:02.000 a lot more difficult for them. Not that I want 0:12:02.000 --> 0:12:03.440 to help the Dodgers out anymore, but that's what they 0:12:03.480 --> 0:12:04.319 probably should be doing. 0:12:04.800 --> 0:12:07.160 I think they're probably thinking about that. And you know 0:12:07.200 --> 0:12:10.440 what I would say pen this, if you do see 0:12:10.520 --> 0:12:12.800 a deal, get struck in the next I know a 0:12:12.800 --> 0:12:15.160 couple of weeks, that's probably it. Like they wanted even 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:17.120 more so to get this player in so they could 0:12:17.120 --> 0:12:20.680 sign him. So whatever type of you know, deferral or 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:23.240 whatever that Baseball gives these players to get right or 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.200 gives these teams to get right, it'll be there. But 0:12:25.840 --> 0:12:28.000 Terrek Scougal is going to dominate with the Dodgers, have 0:12:28.040 --> 0:12:30.000 no doubt about it. He's been on a nice, little 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:33.120 unreal run since he returned from the injury. Quick last note, 0:12:33.120 --> 0:12:34.520 and now I'm going to get to these other trades. 0:12:34.600 --> 0:12:36.960 Do you think we'll see shoheo tiny pitch again in 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:37.840 the regular season. 0:12:39.000 --> 0:12:41.360 I could see a couple of tune ups, you know, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:42.439 last couple of weeks. 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:45.400 Like significant let's say a significant outing where he is like, 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:49.720 you know, he's pitches six innings. 0:12:49.960 --> 0:12:52.040 I could see it. Yeah, I could see them because 0:12:52.080 --> 0:12:53.920 they're going to shut him down. And I don't think 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:56.280 they're going to want him to go into playoff matchups 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.520 totally cold from pitching. I think they're gonna want him 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:00.600 built up at least a little bit, so I could 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:02.280 see like three starts at the end of the year 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.480 where they go from like four to five to six innings, 0:13:04.559 --> 0:13:05.840 is to try and work him back up a little 0:13:05.880 --> 0:13:08.000 bit or three to four to five innings, something like that. 0:13:09.240 --> 0:13:11.760 Okay, we've got two trades that have happened since we've 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:14.840 been talking about Trek's scougle. This is the craziness. I'll 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:17.839 be honest with you. If if everything gets shot out 0:13:17.880 --> 0:13:20.120 the cannon here, maybe we won't be live later. But 0:13:20.200 --> 0:13:23.040 if this is any early indications, it might be exciting. 0:13:23.400 --> 0:13:25.000 So here are the two trades that I'm seeing. 0:13:25.040 --> 0:13:25.199 Now. 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:29.040 I don't see passing having these, so take these with 0:13:29.080 --> 0:13:32.280 a grain of salt, I suppose. But I've seen Jared 0:13:32.320 --> 0:13:35.760 Carabas has reported this multiple other outlets, now just Baseball's 0:13:36.000 --> 0:13:39.559 I guess they're using Jared Crabas's line, So maybe we'll 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.640 be careful about this one. But saying that the Red 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:47.400 Sox are acquiring Adley Rutchman, so that wh Yeah, that 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.840 Adley Riutchman looks like he's like, again, I'm not seeing 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:53.439 anybody out there. This other one is locked in though, 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.160 so we're gonna we're gonna focus on that, but just 0:13:55.200 --> 0:13:58.520 pointing out, we'll see if anything becomes bigger. John Hammond 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:02.160 about twenty minutes ago reported that the Red Sox are 0:14:02.160 --> 0:14:04.640 getting close to a deal for Adley Retchman. I believe 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:08.280 he's got one more deal or one more arbitrational year 0:14:08.360 --> 0:14:11.480 after this, so that makes him super interesting. I thought 0:14:11.520 --> 0:14:13.079 they would go after Goodman, so we're gonna have to 0:14:13.080 --> 0:14:15.400 see what the return looks like there. So it's really close. 0:14:15.440 --> 0:14:19.040 But this deal did go down just now. The Guardians 0:14:19.040 --> 0:14:23.280 are acquiring Joe Adele from the Angels and that's a 0:14:23.320 --> 0:14:26.320 pretty big get. It looks like all they're getting back. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.600 Maybe there's more. But Jacob Cosart, who was a higher 0:14:29.600 --> 0:14:31.320 pick a couple of years ago, he's a catcher in 0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:35.320 the Guardian system. That is not a big return if 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.400 that's all that is. Is a deli full on a 0:14:37.440 --> 0:14:40.440 free agent after this year, or is an arbitration you know. 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:42.680 Let me try and find it there. I'm still just 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:46.480 gobsmacked by Adley Richman getting traded in division, Like are 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:47.960 you kidding me? The Orioles are you? 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:48.320 Yeah? 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:50.720 Well again, take it with a grain of salt, like 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.800 it like it is being reported out there. It doesn't 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.200 look like it's like an official official so it looks 0:14:55.640 --> 0:14:57.720 be careful about that. Looks pretty cool. He does look fine. 0:14:57.800 --> 0:15:00.760 Sand is saying it, John Hayman saying it. US Baseball 0:15:00.840 --> 0:15:03.440 is saying that it's just down to the medical reviews, 0:15:03.480 --> 0:15:05.720 which the medicals with Adlie. Who knows what that'll come 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.400 back as. But it looks like ninety five percent of 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:09.880 the way there, which is hard to believe. 0:15:10.040 --> 0:15:12.160 Yeah, really hard on Joey Dell. By the way, he 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.600 has one more year. It's arbitration this year, and then 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:16.160 he's a free agent, so they're going to get a 0:15:16.200 --> 0:15:19.840 whole nother gobsmack of a year on Joe Adell, which 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:23.440 is pretty crazy. So Joe Adell is a Guardian yay 0:15:23.520 --> 0:15:26.040 or nay? I mean, this is this totally different like 0:15:26.280 --> 0:15:28.480 type of player that they usually get. They're always getting 0:15:28.480 --> 0:15:31.800 these like contacty guys without power, and then finally they're 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:35.280 going to get just a big power bat, so you know, 0:15:35.320 --> 0:15:36.960 left side of the field, maybe a little bit less 0:15:36.960 --> 0:15:38.720 from a hitting perspective, I think this is good. I 0:15:38.800 --> 0:15:41.600 think this is like solid for the Guardians to make 0:15:41.640 --> 0:15:43.520 her run. I'm not sure this is a positive or 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.600 a negative from a fantasy perspective, Yeah. 0:15:47.400 --> 0:15:50.280 I think it's probably about a wash lineup, pled lineup, 0:15:51.000 --> 0:15:53.920 just trying to think. So he'll play right field there, 0:15:54.000 --> 0:15:57.040 so who's been angel Martinez will probably take a little 0:15:57.040 --> 0:15:59.120 bit of a hit there on the Cleveland side. I 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:00.320 think that's he's well. 0:16:00.160 --> 0:16:03.520 I mean, Delatter will go to what center? I guess 0:16:03.520 --> 0:16:05.560 he could play center, left and Kwan and then yeah, 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.320 I guess on how Martinez does take a little bit 0:16:07.360 --> 0:16:10.880 of a smack as like a fourth outfielder. Maybe I know, 0:16:10.920 --> 0:16:13.160 maybe he could even come back into the infield. So 0:16:13.440 --> 0:16:15.880 that's the only guy that's really affected. But Delatter in 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:18.200 Adele is kind of a nice one two punch. 0:16:18.280 --> 0:16:20.360 Yeah, I don't really know much about this guy they 0:16:20.360 --> 0:16:23.640 have in center field right now. P D Halpin twenty 0:16:23.720 --> 0:16:26.600 oh PD Halpin, Yeah, yeah, forty six games of a 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.720 fifty five WRC plus this year. But I think he 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:31.960 plays a pretty decent defense. So maybe I don't know, 0:16:32.000 --> 0:16:35.160 can Delotter play center field or probably more of a 0:16:35.960 --> 0:16:38.479 you can play punch center, So maybe they get Martinez 0:16:38.480 --> 0:16:40.960 back in that way. But I think it's a pretty 0:16:41.080 --> 0:16:44.000 solid move from what you're leading me to believe. With 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.960 the prospect return it doesn't sound like it's anything that special. 0:16:47.600 --> 0:16:49.920 No, it's really not like he might be a future 0:16:50.120 --> 0:16:54.200 like you know, Second Catcher or something like that. So yeah, 0:16:54.240 --> 0:16:56.080 that's kind of a that's kind of a wild one 0:16:56.080 --> 0:16:58.360 to me. Sometimes he's returns. Just trip me out here 0:16:58.920 --> 0:17:01.520 and then we'll come back to the Honestly, the Adley 0:17:01.600 --> 0:17:03.360 Richmond one might be when we talk about on the 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:07.200 live stream later today, that one is floating around. It 0:17:07.200 --> 0:17:09.520 has some pretty interesting implications of what they would have 0:17:09.560 --> 0:17:12.919 to give up, and you can see the angels are 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:15.399 all out. We're going to talk about the picture that 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.320 they traded and the Red Sox. This could be the 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:21.640 beginning of just the first move, you know what I'm saying. 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.520 This could be like the first of first moves with 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.080 Adley Richman because there's a lot of Franklin Aria stuff 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.320 that's floating out there. So we need to know what 0:17:28.359 --> 0:17:31.439 word was on word for the toy. I don't know 0:17:31.480 --> 0:17:33.439 why I said, God, that's like did I say it 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:34.000 twice too? 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:35.800 I do that sometimes, but I say if I say 0:17:35.800 --> 0:17:37.920 a word once in a podcast, there's a high problem. 0:17:37.960 --> 0:17:39.439 I'm ruined that I'm going to go back to that 0:17:39.480 --> 0:17:41.439 word later on in the podcast, it's. 0:17:41.960 --> 0:17:44.520 I really hate it about myself. So like you guys 0:17:44.520 --> 0:17:46.160 can point it out to me as like a fun thing, 0:17:46.200 --> 0:17:49.520 but it is something that like I hate myself when 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:51.920 I when I go off of my vernacular, it's a 0:17:51.960 --> 0:17:53.560 little bit different. I know I'm going to go back 0:17:53.560 --> 0:17:55.359 to it like two more times because it's in my brain. 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:59.160 And then I know that you guys know, because I 0:17:59.240 --> 0:18:01.439 know that you guys know that I'm saying it, and 0:18:01.480 --> 0:18:04.080 it's like an absolute nightmare. So all right, let's go 0:18:04.119 --> 0:18:06.000 down this trade list here of the ones we do have, 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:09.000 Luis gar I know we're gonna go. Yeah, Luis Castillo, 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.000 we got a couple of Louis's. Luis Castillo that was 0:18:11.000 --> 0:18:13.840 one of the big ones that happened, was traded to 0:18:13.960 --> 0:18:17.600 the Chicago White Sox for pretty much nothing, to be 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:20.840 honest with you, nothing long term. Sir Anthony Dominguez has 0:18:21.000 --> 0:18:23.879 fallen out of favor. Nolan Jones is a journeyman. I 0:18:23.880 --> 0:18:25.359 gotta be honestly, I forgot he was on the White 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:30.160 Sox in Boston. Smith this put Luis Castillo's got another year. 0:18:30.440 --> 0:18:33.040 I might even be two. I know there's another year, 0:18:33.040 --> 0:18:35.320 and it's kind of like there's a decent amount of 0:18:35.320 --> 0:18:37.240 money attached to it. The White Sox have said that 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:39.920 they're going to they're paying all of it, and he's 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:42.040 going to be a piece of this rotation. I think 0:18:42.080 --> 0:18:44.680 there's some hopefulness that last start was really good. He's 0:18:44.720 --> 0:18:47.280 just been he's been kind of wonky on this season, 0:18:47.359 --> 0:18:49.520 but this is a rotation piece. I think they needed it. 0:18:49.560 --> 0:18:52.199 They gave up nothing. I thought this piece made a 0:18:52.200 --> 0:18:54.560 ton of sense. There's a secondary part we'll talk about 0:18:54.600 --> 0:18:56.320 with the Mariners here, But what do you think about 0:18:56.359 --> 0:18:57.680 Luis Castillo as a White Sox. 0:18:58.320 --> 0:19:01.159 I mean, I've been on the of the opinion for 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:04.119 the last few seasons that he's been kind of declining 0:19:04.160 --> 0:19:06.760 the strikeouts or not what they used to be. He 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:10.800 has greatly benefited from pitching in Seattle. Most home pitchers do, 0:19:11.000 --> 0:19:14.320 most Mariners pitchers do. But his splits are quite drastic 0:19:14.359 --> 0:19:16.960 over the last several seasons. If you look back from 0:19:17.280 --> 0:19:19.400 when he was acquired by Seattle back in I believe 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:22.200 twenty twenty two to now, like he really has made 0:19:22.200 --> 0:19:24.239 his money at home, so that worries me a little bit. 0:19:24.240 --> 0:19:28.000 And also fastball velocity over the last couple of years 0:19:28.040 --> 0:19:31.159 has gone down from ninety seven to ninety five. Stuff 0:19:31.160 --> 0:19:34.399 plus ratings have declined every single year, going back to 0:19:34.520 --> 0:19:36.760 our first year having stuff ratings. In twenty twenty, he's 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:39.680 gone from one ten to ninety seven. At his age. 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:43.280 It's an alright depth arm, but I mean they're paying 0:19:43.280 --> 0:19:46.639 off the entirety of the rest of this. I don't 0:19:46.880 --> 0:19:48.680 love it like I think the White Sox probably should 0:19:48.720 --> 0:19:50.600 have aimed a little bit higher. Here they are at 0:19:50.600 --> 0:19:52.760 the top of the division. It's a very winnable division. 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:54.639 I would have thought that they would maybe go for 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:57.880 a debt Merz, a Freddy Perol to somebody that maybe 0:19:58.000 --> 0:19:58.680 is a little bit better. 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:00.280 It might not be done, though it might. They didn't 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.320 give up anything. They gave up like journey stuff. They 0:20:03.359 --> 0:20:05.000 give up nothing. I actually think this is a fine 0:20:05.040 --> 0:20:06.879 trade for a guy that can go deep. I'm not 0:20:06.880 --> 0:20:09.679 sure he's gonna thrive or anything like that, but I 0:20:09.680 --> 0:20:12.200 think this is a good, like real life trade. The 0:20:12.240 --> 0:20:15.000 other end of this is this clearly is starting the 0:20:15.040 --> 0:20:17.840 opening up of Kate Anderson. That's where people are asking, 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:20.960 you know, Cad, will he come up. He's definitely gonna 0:20:21.000 --> 0:20:24.280 come up. I think it's a little bit contingent on 0:20:24.400 --> 0:20:27.200 hand because like they still have their rotation. I believe right, 0:20:27.240 --> 0:20:33.119 because it's Gilbert, Kirby Miller, Hancock, and I feel like 0:20:33.160 --> 0:20:35.800 I'm forgetting some am I not forgetting somebody. Oh in 0:20:35.840 --> 0:20:38.680 Wu and Wu. Yeah, so there's your five. So if 0:20:38.680 --> 0:20:41.560 Hancock gets traded, I think the minute that happens, Kate 0:20:41.560 --> 0:20:44.560 Anderson's coming up. But you shouldn't otherwise. I think you 0:20:44.640 --> 0:20:46.960 might be looking to something more like mid August so 0:20:46.960 --> 0:20:49.879 they have control next year and stuff like that. But 0:20:49.920 --> 0:20:51.520 I think you should go pick up Kate Anderson. I 0:20:51.520 --> 0:20:53.560 have him in that second half league. I think it's 0:20:53.600 --> 0:20:56.240 any time now, so you should be proactive in trying 0:20:56.280 --> 0:20:59.240 to go and get him. Luis Garcia Junior was traded 0:20:59.240 --> 0:21:03.520 to the Yankees from the Nationals for Yovannie Cruz, Siebert, 0:21:03.640 --> 0:21:07.120 Ben Grabiel, and Jake Bird. Not a super exciting haul. 0:21:07.200 --> 0:21:10.160 They got a couple. It's like Siebert might be back 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.880 in rotation. Guy Grable was drafted I believe last year solid. 0:21:14.280 --> 0:21:16.920 But Luis Garcia is going to go to the Yankees, 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:19.399 where unfortunately it looks like he might be in some 0:21:19.520 --> 0:21:22.280 version of a platoon. They said, I think he's going 0:21:22.359 --> 0:21:25.399 to go against righty's Goldie's going to go against lefties 0:21:25.440 --> 0:21:27.840 at first. Maybe they move him around so he's never 0:21:27.920 --> 0:21:31.000 actually truly out of the lineup, which you hope. He 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.320 had been kind of dominant. I love the idea of 0:21:33.400 --> 0:21:36.159 him hitting there. It's just the Nationals were such a 0:21:36.200 --> 0:21:40.480 big offensive boost. I think, if anything, maybe this is 0:21:40.520 --> 0:21:42.119 a little bit of a negative. If he's going to 0:21:42.200 --> 0:21:44.600 be put in some version of a platoon, then, by 0:21:44.640 --> 0:21:47.680 the way, if you go and throw in Stanton coming back. 0:21:47.960 --> 0:21:52.439 They also Bowden incorrectly put this out here, but he 0:21:52.520 --> 0:21:54.320 said that the ben Rice is gonna start catching. 0:21:54.440 --> 0:21:55.120 I heard that too. 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:57.160 All reports is ben Rice is not going to catch. 0:21:57.359 --> 0:21:58.800 That's what I've seen, so I don't know what that is. 0:21:58.840 --> 0:22:01.399 So ben Rice doesn't catch. That also makes it really tricky. 0:22:01.480 --> 0:22:04.160 So this actually might be a little bit negative if 0:22:04.280 --> 0:22:06.840 Luis Carci is gonna lose time. But when he's out there, 0:22:07.440 --> 0:22:09.239 I mean, I love it. I think this is a 0:22:09.280 --> 0:22:11.159 great ballpark for him to hit in with tons of 0:22:11.320 --> 0:22:13.360 I mean, you can't argue that there's like way more 0:22:13.359 --> 0:22:15.320 better offensive pieces. When he was just in one of 0:22:15.320 --> 0:22:17.719 the best offenses with James Wood and c. J Abrams 0:22:17.760 --> 0:22:18.640 in front, of him. 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:21.239 So looking at this, I initially thought it was kind 0:22:21.280 --> 0:22:24.479 of a positive. But Washington has scored one hundred more 0:22:24.560 --> 0:22:26.840 runs than the Yankees have this year, and that's a 0:22:27.000 --> 0:22:29.560 shout out to Rob Silver for that one. Yankee Stadium 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:33.119 is better Homer Park for lefties one seventeen to one 0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.680 oh three, but it's a worse environment overall for lefties. 0:22:37.560 --> 0:22:39.639 So I don't think I see this as much of 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:42.040 an upgrade, especially if he's going to start to lose 0:22:42.119 --> 0:22:45.159 playing time. It's almost like the reversal of getting out 0:22:45.160 --> 0:22:47.160 of a bad situation fresh news start. It's like when 0:22:47.160 --> 0:22:49.840 everything is going super well and then the mojo gets 0:22:49.920 --> 0:22:52.359 changed up. You hope that he can maintain it as 0:22:52.400 --> 0:22:54.639 a Yankee, but you never know. There's a lot more 0:22:54.680 --> 0:22:57.000 pressure in New York than there is for a rebuilding, 0:22:57.080 --> 0:22:59.639 retooling whatever Nationals team, So I don't know how it's 0:22:59.640 --> 0:23:02.159 gonna play. I'm kind of disappointed in the Nationals. This 0:23:02.240 --> 0:23:04.560 is a twenty six year old who had shown previous 0:23:04.560 --> 0:23:07.760 signs of really good production, who seemed like he really 0:23:07.760 --> 0:23:10.280 found something this year. This is a new front office 0:23:10.280 --> 0:23:12.000 in Washington. I would have hoped that they would have 0:23:12.080 --> 0:23:15.520 extended this guy I don't really see the argument for 0:23:15.600 --> 0:23:18.040 doing this unless the Hall is just too good to 0:23:18.040 --> 0:23:19.560 pass up. But it doesn't really seem like it was. 0:23:19.720 --> 0:23:22.000 It wasn't, so I'm kind kind of confused from the 0:23:22.040 --> 0:23:23.520 Nationals point of view on this one. 0:23:23.800 --> 0:23:26.760 Yeah, same, probably going to burn through a little bit 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:28.120 more of this so we can get to the rest 0:23:28.119 --> 0:23:30.800 of the show and just a reminder again live stream 0:23:30.960 --> 0:23:33.360 six pm Eastern. I think I don't think we've quite 0:23:33.400 --> 0:23:35.560 settled on if we're going to go like right as 0:23:35.600 --> 0:23:37.840 the minute the trade deadline ends or a couple minutes before. 0:23:37.840 --> 0:23:39.480 I think it's going to be right at the deadline ends. 0:23:39.480 --> 0:23:41.600 But we can talk a lot more about these and 0:23:41.640 --> 0:23:45.840 breakdown some more. But Luis Arise, so all the Luisa's 0:23:45.880 --> 0:23:48.800 were traded that that was the mandate for baseball. Luis 0:23:48.840 --> 0:23:51.439 Arise was traded to the Phillies with Caleb Killian from 0:23:51.440 --> 0:23:54.840 the Giants. Remo Marquez is a pretty interesting get. The 0:23:54.880 --> 0:23:57.159 most interesting part about this is Luisa Rise is going 0:23:57.240 --> 0:23:59.920 to play second. They're planning to move Stott to third, 0:24:00.080 --> 0:24:02.960 Boone to first, and Bryce Harper goes back to the outfield, 0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:06.560 So get that outfield eligibility for next season. Very intrigued 0:24:06.600 --> 0:24:08.679 by this. I mean, Luisa Rise in general's kind of 0:24:08.880 --> 0:24:11.200 unless you're in points leagues, but you know you're gonna 0:24:11.240 --> 0:24:13.200 hit it, you know, nearer top of a lineup between 0:24:13.240 --> 0:24:15.560 guys like Sharba and Harper. I don't hate this. So 0:24:15.600 --> 0:24:17.520 I think this and getting out of that ballpark in 0:24:17.520 --> 0:24:18.960 general in San Francisco, I think this is like a 0:24:19.000 --> 0:24:22.240 general semi plus up for Luisa Rise and not like 0:24:22.280 --> 0:24:24.479 anything crazy. He's still like pretty median to me. And 0:24:24.520 --> 0:24:26.520 I like this for Harper getting the outfield eligibility. 0:24:26.600 --> 0:24:28.920 Yeah, it's just kind of bizarre that the Phillies would 0:24:29.119 --> 0:24:33.000 reconfigure the entire defense for Luisa Rise. It's a little 0:24:33.000 --> 0:24:36.040 bit strange to me, But I don't think it's a 0:24:36.080 --> 0:24:40.640 huge fantasy talking point. Really. Yeah, he's having a great year. 0:24:40.680 --> 0:24:42.360 It seemed like the Giants have kind of unlocked something, 0:24:42.440 --> 0:24:45.679 especially defensively. Ron Washington never fails to help out with 0:24:45.720 --> 0:24:48.400 the defensive stuff. But I don't think it's a huge 0:24:48.400 --> 0:24:49.600 difference for fantasy really. 0:24:50.800 --> 0:24:52.919 Uh, your Toronto Blue Jays. I don't know what was 0:24:52.960 --> 0:24:54.680 going on here that I thought this was really weird, 0:24:54.800 --> 0:24:57.639 especially with the move they made today. Yesterday they traded 0:24:57.760 --> 0:25:00.800 Kevin Gossman to the Chicago Cubs. Toronto got Ty south 0:25:00.920 --> 0:25:04.840 Estein the lesser of the brothers unfortunately, and Breton Bateman, 0:25:05.359 --> 0:25:08.000 which makes sense. The Cubs get their guy, you know, 0:25:08.040 --> 0:25:11.400 they get a good fastball, splitter, combo guy. But then 0:25:11.600 --> 0:25:15.280 this morning they traded four Jose Soriano and they gave 0:25:15.359 --> 0:25:17.879 up argin Namala a couple other prospects. Arginnamala is a 0:25:17.880 --> 0:25:21.880 pretty big name, and I mean I get it from 0:25:21.880 --> 0:25:24.200 a surface level standpoint, like you traded a guy who 0:25:24.200 --> 0:25:27.119 doesn't have longevities getting older, You got some prospects, and 0:25:27.160 --> 0:25:30.520 then you traded four Jose Soriano, who you definitely fell 0:25:30.520 --> 0:25:32.560 off but up and coming. I just thought it was 0:25:32.600 --> 0:25:35.240 strange of all the destinations for Soriano to go. But 0:25:35.960 --> 0:25:38.879 any just quick thoughts on what your Toronto Blue Jays did, 0:25:38.920 --> 0:25:42.080 which is probably one of many, and throwing this out, 0:25:42.119 --> 0:25:43.919 this is a really interesting take. I just wanted to 0:25:43.960 --> 0:25:49.480 quickly do beat saying Argin maybe was a little impetus 0:25:49.520 --> 0:25:51.879 to the Angels knowing they're gonna move netto having some 0:25:51.920 --> 0:25:54.760 more future shortstops in their system. That's an interesting take. 0:25:54.840 --> 0:25:57.159 But what do you think about your Blue Jay trades. 0:25:57.280 --> 0:26:00.680 Yeah, so I'm not terribly happy. I haven't been most 0:26:00.680 --> 0:26:04.399 of the year with the Blue Jays. Kevin Gosman, if 0:26:04.400 --> 0:26:06.199 you're gonna trade him, I would have hoped for a 0:26:06.200 --> 0:26:08.280 bit of a better return. These are two guys who 0:26:08.320 --> 0:26:12.560 don't really profile as regular everyday major leaguers. Maybe Bateman 0:26:12.680 --> 0:26:15.760 does as like a maybe a third fourth outfielder type. 0:26:15.760 --> 0:26:19.240 Maybe he's the Dalton Varshow replacement in center field, but 0:26:19.359 --> 0:26:22.280 it's pretty underwhelming. The other guy has never hit a 0:26:22.280 --> 0:26:25.480 professional home run and like seven hundred plus played appearances. 0:26:25.320 --> 0:26:28.560 It's a Blue Jays archetype, the contact hitters, the guys 0:26:28.600 --> 0:26:30.920 who get on base and don't strike out. They like 0:26:31.040 --> 0:26:34.159 those types. But for Kevin Gosman, I don't know if 0:26:34.160 --> 0:26:36.440 it really is enough for me to be happy. And 0:26:36.480 --> 0:26:38.760 now getting Soriano, I understand there's a couple of years 0:26:38.760 --> 0:26:42.800 of control and hopefully that Pete Walker can have success 0:26:42.800 --> 0:26:44.480 here with a profile that he's had success within the 0:26:44.520 --> 0:26:46.720 past and just as recently as this year, Dylan Cees 0:26:47.080 --> 0:26:49.119 and Robbie Ray in the past, and a couple of others, 0:26:49.119 --> 0:26:52.000 the guys who you know, big stuff, big strikeout upside, 0:26:52.040 --> 0:26:55.920 but bad command. So maybe there's something there. But Jose Soriano, 0:26:55.960 --> 0:26:57.560 outside of those first few weeks of the season, has 0:26:57.600 --> 0:26:59.880 been really bad this year. He's generally been a fairly 0:27:00.000 --> 0:27:03.159 disappointing arm. His fastball velocity and stuff have both the 0:27:03.200 --> 0:27:05.639 client for each of the last four seasons and the 0:27:05.720 --> 0:27:08.880 kicker here. JJ Cooper, who is the editor in chief 0:27:08.880 --> 0:27:12.840 of Baseball America, said that he is their thirty ninth prospect. 0:27:12.920 --> 0:27:15.879 He has him ranked higher than the year Hope so Argentamala, 0:27:15.880 --> 0:27:18.159 according to Baseball America, is the highest ranked prospect to 0:27:18.160 --> 0:27:21.000 be traded at the deadline so far. According to from 0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:23.480 JJ Cooper's perspective, this is real life, not fantasy. But 0:27:23.560 --> 0:27:25.960 Nemal is a year younger at the same level above 0:27:25.960 --> 0:27:28.879 average shortstop well Hope is a corner outfielder. Namala has 0:27:28.920 --> 0:27:31.119 similar contact rates to Hope. Nmala chases out of the 0:27:31.160 --> 0:27:33.520 zone much less, and he hits the ball harder. So 0:27:33.840 --> 0:27:35.960 editor in chief of Baseball America saying Blue Jays have 0:27:36.000 --> 0:27:39.280 given up the best prospect of the deadline for Jose Soriano, 0:27:39.320 --> 0:27:42.000 and that does not make me think, yeah, yeah. 0:27:41.800 --> 0:27:43.520 I don't really I don't agree with that, But that's 0:27:43.560 --> 0:27:46.200 a very like real Baseball World. Like if you're a shortstop, 0:27:46.200 --> 0:27:49.600 a centerfield or a catcher, your ability to play there 0:27:49.840 --> 0:27:52.399 profiles you so much more. I'll take Zayer Hope's bat 0:27:52.480 --> 0:27:55.240 over Argentamala. But regardless of the point, those are the 0:27:55.240 --> 0:27:58.679 two prospects that had been are two bigger prospects that 0:27:58.680 --> 0:28:01.399 are traded. Moving to the rest of these the Rays 0:28:01.440 --> 0:28:03.840 they got, Freddy Peralta is kind of surprised about that. 0:28:04.359 --> 0:28:06.199 Maybe they'll be able to fix it. I think I 0:28:06.240 --> 0:28:08.560 saw god. I want to say, is it Lance Prostowski 0:28:08.640 --> 0:28:10.560 that was talking about that. You know, they might go 0:28:10.680 --> 0:28:13.760 more heavy changeups on right handed hitters. I think the 0:28:13.800 --> 0:28:15.600 point of that is they got a plan to fix him. 0:28:15.840 --> 0:28:21.640 Aiden Smith, Petrie and Gary Hill Gary Gill Hill were 0:28:21.680 --> 0:28:23.600 traded going to the New York Mets. It was actually 0:28:23.640 --> 0:28:26.240 pretty good haul to return back for Freddie Peralta, so 0:28:26.280 --> 0:28:28.800 I think that makes it interesting. Brett Souter went to 0:28:28.840 --> 0:28:32.240 Atlanta and the Angels brought back Nacho Alvarez. That was 0:28:32.280 --> 0:28:34.480 a decent return for kind of the type of player 0:28:34.520 --> 0:28:38.400 they would get. Taylor Ward was traded to the Seattle Mariners, 0:28:38.440 --> 0:28:40.760 and then not just the Adley Ritchman one is floating 0:28:40.800 --> 0:28:42.880 out they want to also tell you guys that apparently 0:28:42.920 --> 0:28:45.960 there's a report that Breton Doyle is close to being 0:28:45.960 --> 0:28:49.000 traded to the Chicago White Sox. If it hasn't already happened, 0:28:49.040 --> 0:28:51.200 I'm looking. I don't see the official report in here. 0:28:51.720 --> 0:28:55.480 Well no, yeah, MLB. Actually five minutes ago White Sox 0:28:55.840 --> 0:28:59.160 reportedly acquire Britton Doyle from the Rocky, So they're going 0:28:59.240 --> 0:29:02.520 to get some more out field help for whatever you know. 0:29:02.680 --> 0:29:05.120 That does Briton. I mean that frees up and opens 0:29:05.200 --> 0:29:07.240 up Cole Carrick. I think there's probably a plus for 0:29:07.320 --> 0:29:10.640 Cole Kerrigan in general. Yeah, that trade is official, so 0:29:11.560 --> 0:29:13.560 Brenton Doyle going in is probably going to hit higher 0:29:13.600 --> 0:29:15.600 in that lineup. I think that's a solid I haven't 0:29:15.640 --> 0:29:19.640 looked at his splits, but that is a plus for 0:29:19.720 --> 0:29:23.800 the Colorado loggym. I'm assuming someone like McCarthy yourmoniacs are 0:29:23.800 --> 0:29:25.400 gonna get traded and then we're going to feel good. 0:29:25.400 --> 0:29:27.840 But plus up on Cole carrig if he is sitting 0:29:27.880 --> 0:29:30.920 out there. We will talk more trades later today in 0:29:30.920 --> 0:29:32.680 the live streams to make sure you hang out with us. 0:29:32.680 --> 0:29:34.760 And by the way, you guys haven't noticed I know 0:29:34.760 --> 0:29:37.200 a couple of people did. Joe and I are both 0:29:37.760 --> 0:29:39.920 wearing some leading off hats. These are the brand new 0:29:39.960 --> 0:29:41.640 hats that are out there. Two different kinds you guys 0:29:41.640 --> 0:29:43.640 can get, and I got to tell you this one 0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:45.400 that I have here, I think you have kind of 0:29:45.480 --> 0:29:47.160 like the I don't know if it was the Trucker one, 0:29:47.440 --> 0:29:50.720 but this one. The embroidery is so sick. I was 0:29:50.960 --> 0:29:53.520 utterly shocked at how nice this hat was. The fit 0:29:53.720 --> 0:29:56.680 is great, so I highly suggest it and the big embroidering. 0:29:56.720 --> 0:29:58.880 There's a couple different versions. You can go to our 0:29:58.960 --> 0:30:02.400 store get it today, and we're giving away some store 0:30:02.400 --> 0:30:03.960 codes too. If you guys are making comments in the 0:30:04.000 --> 0:30:06.720 livestream on Twitch, so do that get a little odds boosh. 0:30:06.760 --> 0:30:08.040 You guys can pick up one of these hats like 0:30:08.120 --> 0:30:11.800 twenty five bucks. So absolutely sick. So go and check 0:30:11.840 --> 0:30:14.640 them out at the Fantasy Pro store. You actually type 0:30:14.640 --> 0:30:17.200 in like Fantasy Pros merch store and it'll pop up 0:30:17.200 --> 0:30:18.960 and you can find get some leading off hats. I 0:30:18.960 --> 0:30:20.920 also got a new Fantasy Pros. Go back to the 0:30:21.200 --> 0:30:23.600 our screen real quick. I got this one too, which 0:30:23.600 --> 0:30:26.560 I'm gonna be wearing on football. Just a nice white 0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:30.520 FP one. So take a little picture, snap a picture, 0:30:30.560 --> 0:30:32.200 send it to us, and let's put you on the show. 0:30:32.240 --> 0:30:34.760 All right, A couple other notes, and we've got a dive. 0:30:34.800 --> 0:30:36.560 I'm actually gonna have to cut some of our deep 0:30:36.560 --> 0:30:38.960 dive stuff. We're gonna talk Schien though, we're gonna get 0:30:38.960 --> 0:30:42.840 out the other guy. But in weird trade things, the 0:30:42.880 --> 0:30:47.400 Red Sox not only swept the Dodgers, which was absolutely beautiful, 0:30:47.440 --> 0:30:50.800 insane and ridiculous, but there was a report that the 0:30:50.840 --> 0:30:53.720 Red Sox and Reds we're talking Ellie da La Cruz. 0:30:54.800 --> 0:30:57.280 I do not believe it. That was actually part of 0:30:56.960 --> 0:30:59.760 that TV segment that we were on that I was like, 0:31:00.480 --> 0:31:02.520 I don't think that happened. I think that was the 0:31:02.640 --> 0:31:04.600 Red And I know there's more reports. Oh they like 0:31:04.640 --> 0:31:06.320 gone on the phone and could I don't believe it. 0:31:06.320 --> 0:31:08.080 I think it was someone doing a favor. They were 0:31:08.080 --> 0:31:11.160 calling to talk about what wines you pair with and 0:31:11.200 --> 0:31:12.880 they're just like, Ellie, to the cruise available and they 0:31:12.880 --> 0:31:14.520 go nope. And that's part of it. I just don't 0:31:14.520 --> 0:31:17.360 believe that the Reds would even entertain any type of trade. 0:31:17.360 --> 0:31:20.280 So I don't care what report is out there. Because 0:31:20.320 --> 0:31:22.280 I was being asked, like, what would this mean for 0:31:22.320 --> 0:31:24.480 the Red Sox, And it's like it would be the 0:31:24.480 --> 0:31:26.480 biggest trade we've seen and god knows how long. But 0:31:26.560 --> 0:31:28.560 they're not going to trade it. They're just not going 0:31:28.640 --> 0:31:31.560 to trade there like a franchise altering type of player. 0:31:31.600 --> 0:31:33.760 So I thought this was a really stupid Uh. Maybe 0:31:33.760 --> 0:31:35.280 I'm wrong, maybe I'm totally wrong, but I thought this 0:31:35.320 --> 0:31:36.080 was a stupid report. 0:31:36.280 --> 0:31:39.440 No, he's not getting traded like it would He is 0:31:39.480 --> 0:31:41.920 one of the top five or seven most untouchable players 0:31:41.920 --> 0:31:43.640 in the whole league. It would take like Arius and 0:31:43.760 --> 0:31:45.520 Roman Anthony or something like. I don't even know what 0:31:45.520 --> 0:31:47.479 it would take. I'm not a great with returns, but 0:31:47.520 --> 0:31:49.959 would that even do it? Arius and Roman Anthony? Probably not, 0:31:50.040 --> 0:31:50.440 I don't know. 0:31:51.640 --> 0:31:54.520 No, oh Romanantha, Oh no, no, okay, Actually I just 0:31:54.520 --> 0:31:56.080 didn't think you said Roman Anthon. Yeah, I think it 0:31:56.080 --> 0:31:58.360 would take like I think they'd have to get like 0:31:58.560 --> 0:32:03.480 totally Anthony, Arius and something else. You know what I'm saying. 0:32:03.640 --> 0:32:06.200 But why would they trade Ellie de la Cruz. It 0:32:06.200 --> 0:32:08.760 doesn't even make sense. It's just the trade deadline stuff 0:32:08.760 --> 0:32:11.920 and they're probably talking about something. They're probably about Hunter Green. 0:32:12.000 --> 0:32:14.440 And someone said Ellie and then they reported it's really 0:32:14.520 --> 0:32:17.240 dumb some good performances from this week, and just wanted 0:32:17.240 --> 0:32:20.640 to highlight Gavin Williams five and two thirds, one hit, 0:32:20.760 --> 0:32:22.840 one walk, ten strikeouts. We were going to do a 0:32:22.880 --> 0:32:24.960 deep dive on him. I might save it for a 0:32:25.040 --> 0:32:28.040 little bit later, but that is five straight I don't 0:32:28.040 --> 0:32:29.640 know if we have the graphic for this we put 0:32:29.680 --> 0:32:32.320 on here. If we don't, it's okay. But that is 0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.920 five straight outings of ten plus strikeouts. And this tweet 0:32:36.920 --> 0:32:40.200 from Yahoo Sports this is not only the fifth but 0:32:40.320 --> 0:32:43.440 it is five straight games of ten strikeouts and one 0:32:43.520 --> 0:32:47.440 or fewer walks. Only Kershaw and Chris Sale have done 0:32:47.480 --> 0:32:51.880 this in baseball history. So that's crazy to have five 0:32:51.920 --> 0:32:54.600 straight ten strikeout performances. Then you add the walks and 0:32:54.640 --> 0:32:56.480 then realize there's only three pitchers now that have done 0:32:56.520 --> 0:32:57.800 in history, and Gavin Williams is one. 0:32:58.000 --> 0:33:01.520 Oh what did like Greg Maddox or Hadro or Randy Johnson, 0:33:01.760 --> 0:33:04.000 Like that's incredible, hard to believe. 0:33:04.440 --> 0:33:06.959 Yeah, it's a good point. Randy kind of stood out 0:33:07.000 --> 0:33:08.400 to me, like if you were asking me that question, 0:33:08.400 --> 0:33:10.560 I'd have been like, oh, that's something Randy would do. 0:33:11.480 --> 0:33:13.960 But he didn't Flemmons too, like, you know. 0:33:14.040 --> 0:33:16.200 The walks. Maybe I don't know. Yeah, I've been so 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:18.480 like that's one of those guys where it's like I 0:33:18.520 --> 0:33:20.240 got I had to write the ship with my ranks 0:33:20.280 --> 0:33:22.240 I did this week. Like Gavin Williams has just been 0:33:22.400 --> 0:33:25.320 so ridiculously good. I mean, is Era still floats up 0:33:25.320 --> 0:33:28.040 and stuff like that, but he's really finding rhythm on 0:33:28.080 --> 0:33:29.280 the back half of the year. I want to do 0:33:29.320 --> 0:33:30.800 a deep dive, but we'll do it at a different time. 0:33:30.960 --> 0:33:34.480 Jacob Mizerwski seven innings tour and runs, ten strikeouts. Did 0:33:34.480 --> 0:33:37.320 want to point out this was on eighty three pitches, 0:33:37.360 --> 0:33:39.520 so that's now three straight outings where he is not 0:33:39.640 --> 0:33:42.640 topped I believe eighty five pitches, So I don't know 0:33:42.640 --> 0:33:44.479 if that's going to change at some point this season. 0:33:44.560 --> 0:33:48.000 But he's also proving doesn't matter. He's just ridiculous. And 0:33:48.040 --> 0:33:50.920 then I just thought this one was funny. Kyle freelan 0:33:51.680 --> 0:33:55.360 first career complete game nine innings, obviously, five hits, win 0:33:55.440 --> 0:33:58.880 and run, eight strikeouts. It is the fewest runs he's 0:33:58.920 --> 0:34:02.440 allowed in a start since April seventh, and this was 0:34:02.480 --> 0:34:06.840 the first Colorado complete game since twenty and twenty two. 0:34:07.600 --> 0:34:10.640 So that's like just wild. It's tough to get the 0:34:10.680 --> 0:34:13.759 pitchers out there deep dive. I do want to I 0:34:13.800 --> 0:34:15.719 don't want to skip this one because we tease this 0:34:15.760 --> 0:34:17.399 and we talked about this, We got to talk about 0:34:17.440 --> 0:34:19.160 Paul Skins, and this was one I did have a 0:34:19.200 --> 0:34:23.520 conversation this weekend. Paul Skeins now has an era up 0:34:23.520 --> 0:34:26.440 to three nine. He is a whip that is over one. 0:34:26.480 --> 0:34:30.359 It's one point one one. And maybe most concerning, as 0:34:30.480 --> 0:34:33.799 kind of viewed in these tweets from Codify and they're 0:34:33.800 --> 0:34:36.799 telling two different stories, is that his fastball velo is 0:34:36.800 --> 0:34:39.080 at a career low. Last year it was ninety eight 0:34:39.120 --> 0:34:41.520 point two miles per hour on average. It is sitting 0:34:41.600 --> 0:34:45.279 ninety six point nine this year. The if you're looking 0:34:45.280 --> 0:34:47.239 on the visuals, what you can see from Kodify into 0:34:47.280 --> 0:34:50.120 the left, it's showing the ninety eight plus mile prower 0:34:50.200 --> 0:34:53.239 pitches thrown by Paul Skins in every single of his 0:34:53.320 --> 0:34:55.920 seventy eight career games. And if you look towards the end, 0:34:56.040 --> 0:34:58.840 what you start seeing is this season you see zeros. 0:34:58.880 --> 0:35:02.200 You see ones by the way, the fifth in his 0:35:02.320 --> 0:35:05.600 career forty six, then forty two, so when he started 0:35:05.600 --> 0:35:08.879 his career. It's bam, bam, bam. The last I mean, 0:35:08.920 --> 0:35:10.840 what is that if I do them at like fourteen 0:35:10.960 --> 0:35:13.919 or something, it's like the whole year, no more than eight. Yeah, 0:35:13.920 --> 0:35:17.480 it just it looks ridiculously low. The secondary graphic. What 0:35:17.600 --> 0:35:19.760 is telling you, And this is something I talked about 0:35:20.680 --> 0:35:24.400 I talked about this weekend, was that the lowering fastball 0:35:24.600 --> 0:35:29.359 is also looking to make the secondaries worse. Specifically that 0:35:29.520 --> 0:35:32.320 change up and as you can see Paul Skean's offspeed 0:35:32.360 --> 0:35:36.200 pitches in twenty twenty four one sixty six average with 0:35:36.239 --> 0:35:38.840 a two to eleven slug. This year it's up to 0:35:38.920 --> 0:35:42.520 two eighty six with the three ninety seven slug. That's 0:35:42.600 --> 0:35:45.960 change ups and splinkers together. So I had put out 0:35:45.960 --> 0:35:49.680 there Arico, that the lessening of the power fastball is 0:35:49.760 --> 0:35:53.120 letting guys cheat more and making the secondaries worse. And 0:35:53.400 --> 0:35:56.280 there is something that you know, take it for whatever 0:35:56.320 --> 0:35:59.920 you want. That when I did this on HQ is 0:36:00.160 --> 0:36:03.600 that I noticed his arm angle has changed, and it's changed. 0:36:04.560 --> 0:36:07.919 I think this is significant. Twenty three degree two first 0:36:07.960 --> 0:36:10.960 two years, so consistent same our angle. It's not a 0:36:10.960 --> 0:36:13.399 big number, but it's up to twenty six this year, 0:36:13.440 --> 0:36:16.160 so his arm has come up a little bit. That 0:36:16.280 --> 0:36:18.920 is either in my mind, a a mechanical issue they 0:36:18.920 --> 0:36:21.879 haven't worked out, or unfortunately this is the Joe Rico 0:36:21.920 --> 0:36:24.840 and Scott Bagman playbook, it might be masking an injury, 0:36:24.840 --> 0:36:26.920 because why else do you raise your arm like that 0:36:27.000 --> 0:36:29.560 in that comfortable level you have. Velo decreases your arm. 0:36:29.600 --> 0:36:31.960 Angle's gone up. I know three degrees doesn't seem like 0:36:32.000 --> 0:36:33.720 a lot, but you don't see those type of changes 0:36:33.840 --> 0:36:36.919 year over year. You usually see those over time. Could 0:36:36.960 --> 0:36:39.239 it be masking an injury? I will pass it to 0:36:39.239 --> 0:36:41.920 you here for a minute before we plow through the 0:36:41.920 --> 0:36:44.359 rest of the episode. But the fastballs down, it's made 0:36:44.400 --> 0:36:47.080 the secondary's work. Maybe there's an injury and it hasn't 0:36:47.120 --> 0:36:49.880 been fixed. So yeah, I do think the justification of 0:36:49.880 --> 0:36:51.719 being worried on him is real. 0:36:51.880 --> 0:36:54.839 Yeah, I think we're there at this point now. The velocity, 0:36:54.960 --> 0:36:56.839 I think is the biggest thing for me. Where he's 0:36:56.880 --> 0:36:59.520 gone from his first season where he was sitting ninety 0:36:59.560 --> 0:37:02.160 eight point eight miles an hour to now this year 0:37:02.200 --> 0:37:04.319 where he's sitting ninety six point nine. And if you 0:37:04.360 --> 0:37:06.680 look over his recent starts ninety six six ninety six, 0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:10.359 three ninety six, one ninety seven to one. It's not 0:37:10.440 --> 0:37:12.759 what it once was. And he's only twenty four and 0:37:12.800 --> 0:37:15.600 it's only been two years. So that's where I think 0:37:15.680 --> 0:37:18.279 there's got to be some kind of injury. If you 0:37:18.400 --> 0:37:23.440 look back over his last what is it, fifteen fourteen starts, 0:37:23.640 --> 0:37:26.759 we're looking at a five eighteen ERA and we're looking 0:37:26.760 --> 0:37:28.719 at a one forty three whip. Now there is some 0:37:28.760 --> 0:37:30.359 bad luck in there, I think as well. He still 0:37:30.360 --> 0:37:32.640 has a thirty percent strikeout rate and he has a 0:37:32.680 --> 0:37:35.200 three eighty eight babbot been a sixty four percent left 0:37:35.239 --> 0:37:37.759 on base rate, so part of it is some bad luck. 0:37:37.760 --> 0:37:39.799 He has a three nineteen FIP in that time frame. 0:37:39.800 --> 0:37:41.680 He has a three eighteen SIERRA. I don't think he's 0:37:41.719 --> 0:37:43.479 bad or anything, but I think he might be trying 0:37:43.480 --> 0:37:46.560 to mask some kind of injury. The walks are higher 0:37:46.560 --> 0:37:49.000 than we've seen this year, or though we'd seen previously. 0:37:49.600 --> 0:37:53.520 I don't know what to make of this altogether, but 0:37:53.680 --> 0:37:55.520 he's not a guy that as of today, I'm gonna 0:37:55.520 --> 0:37:57.400 want anything to do with next season. This feels like 0:37:57.440 --> 0:38:00.319 a ticking time bomb where four starts in a next year, 0:38:00.360 --> 0:38:02.800 we're gonna hear the Tommy John surgeries in coming and 0:38:02.840 --> 0:38:06.160 he's gonna miss the whole season, and I maybe I'm wrong. 0:38:06.400 --> 0:38:08.560 I'd like to hear something. I'd like to hear something. 0:38:08.760 --> 0:38:10.360 I do wonder if the season is gonna end and 0:38:10.400 --> 0:38:11.920 we're gonna be and he's gonna be like, oh, I 0:38:11.960 --> 0:38:14.000 have this like thing in my shoulder the whole year. 0:38:14.040 --> 0:38:16.440 If I don't hear anything, it is gonna make me 0:38:16.719 --> 0:38:18.840 want to put him down quite a bit further on 0:38:18.960 --> 0:38:20.600 my rest of season, I think I put him like 0:38:20.719 --> 0:38:22.839 at ten or maybe even close to outside the top 0:38:22.880 --> 0:38:25.760 ten in pitchers. So theyre look like there's some serious 0:38:25.760 --> 0:38:28.360 issues out there, and it's across the board. The fastball 0:38:28.400 --> 0:38:31.879 is down, it's affecting secondaries. The arm angles change, which 0:38:31.960 --> 0:38:34.680 maybe is the early sign the early warning signs. Why 0:38:34.680 --> 0:38:36.960 would his arm angle be coming up? Maybe that would 0:38:36.960 --> 0:38:39.879 be an altering pitches, But the arm angle coming up 0:38:40.200 --> 0:38:43.399 is just is like correlating with the fastball going down. 0:38:43.480 --> 0:38:46.239 So that just seems odd. So Paul Skin's scary. Are 0:38:46.280 --> 0:38:48.520 you scared about Paul Skeins? You can trap the comments 0:38:48.520 --> 0:38:50.560 and blow or is this a nothing burger and you're 0:38:50.560 --> 0:38:53.960 gonna be buying him in the second half. Rookie lookie 0:38:54.320 --> 0:38:56.799 kind of getting through these quickly. Max Clark had a 0:38:56.840 --> 0:39:00.440 freaking weekend and I feel pretty good about that, Max Clark. 0:39:01.520 --> 0:39:05.160 This graphic was one of I'm gonna read this here. 0:39:05.560 --> 0:39:07.719 Over three thousand players of debut in the majors at 0:39:07.719 --> 0:39:09.680 twenty one or younger in the modern era, only one 0:39:09.719 --> 0:39:11.880 of them had five plus total bases in each of 0:39:11.920 --> 0:39:15.680 their first two games. That is Max Clark, who went single, double, double, homer, single, 0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:18.560 And then the other stat that I have here. The 0:39:18.640 --> 0:39:21.840 other thing that I had picked out about Max Clark 0:39:22.120 --> 0:39:26.640 was this weekend. It was six hits in a series sweep, 0:39:26.680 --> 0:39:30.240 going six for twelve, a homer, three RBI, four runs. 0:39:30.320 --> 0:39:33.960 Absolutely ridiculous debut for Max Clark. It's a big payoff. 0:39:34.000 --> 0:39:38.799 Hopefully we all cash that. Quinn Matthews solid debut. We 0:39:38.840 --> 0:39:41.640 talked about him. Five innings tour and run, two runs, 0:39:41.640 --> 0:39:47.279 three walks, three strikeouts. Couple drafted players. Von Lackey made 0:39:47.280 --> 0:39:50.759 his debut, multi hit performances two for five, had a 0:39:50.760 --> 0:39:55.279 couple singles, four runs and walks, and Rock Chalowski I 0:39:55.400 --> 0:39:59.520 was out this weekend for his final complex game. I 0:39:59.640 --> 0:40:02.120 said that on this show on Friday that he was 0:40:02.160 --> 0:40:03.839 going to a ball next week, and then it got 0:40:03.920 --> 0:40:06.720 reported on Saturday He's going to High A. The minute 0:40:06.719 --> 0:40:08.960 the report came out, I'm not even joking you, Bubba 0:40:08.960 --> 0:40:11.799 text me and Bubba was like, hey, good thing. You 0:40:11.840 --> 0:40:13.480 know you got to see Rock and I said, I'm 0:40:13.520 --> 0:40:16.040 standing ten feet from him. Five minutes later, he hit 0:40:16.080 --> 0:40:17.759 a homer and I didn't get it on video and 0:40:17.800 --> 0:40:20.120 I hated myself for it. He hit a homer, But 0:40:20.160 --> 0:40:22.680 he'll be debuting at HIA tomorrow and then A J. 0:40:22.840 --> 0:40:26.760 Grassia underwent season ending surgery laboram surgery after being drafted, 0:40:26.760 --> 0:40:29.120 so we just won't see him this year. A Rico 0:40:29.520 --> 0:40:33.239 a quick thought on this, but I loved this as 0:40:33.239 --> 0:40:38.080 I mentioned a ton about Munataka Murakami in the offseason. Murakami. 0:40:38.160 --> 0:40:41.520 This stat came out from Just Baseball. I am killing 0:40:41.560 --> 0:40:43.960 this because Anthony K told me don't worry about the 0:40:44.040 --> 0:40:47.040 high velos with Murakami. I believed it. Look at this 0:40:47.040 --> 0:40:50.840 this graphic highest ops this season versus ninety seven plus 0:40:50.880 --> 0:40:54.600 mile per hour pitches. No player is better than Murakami. 0:40:54.719 --> 0:40:57.680 And by the way, mcconagall is two, Alvarez three, and 0:40:57.760 --> 0:41:02.440 Soto four Murakami and Velo ain't the issue that everybody 0:41:02.520 --> 0:41:03.480 was cracking it up to be. 0:41:04.200 --> 0:41:06.840 Everybody was wrong for the most part about Marcaumi. I 0:41:06.880 --> 0:41:09.400 was wrong about him. Most people thought he would really struggle. 0:41:09.440 --> 0:41:11.560 I thought that he would hit a lot of homers, 0:41:11.640 --> 0:41:13.879 but I thought that it would come with like one 0:41:14.000 --> 0:41:17.000 ninety six. I thought it was a Joey Gallo tribute 0:41:17.040 --> 0:41:19.720 season coming here. But he is quite a bit better 0:41:19.800 --> 0:41:22.399 as of today that I think Joey Gallo, like, as 0:41:22.400 --> 0:41:25.960 he peaked higher than Gallo did. Maybe not, but he's 0:41:25.960 --> 0:41:28.200 a better hitter overall than Joey Gallo was. I think 0:41:28.239 --> 0:41:29.799 those pumps might have been a little bit off. 0:41:30.840 --> 0:41:33.000 Yeah, he doesn't chase and stuff like that. I just 0:41:33.000 --> 0:41:36.680 thought this was so fascinating because this was everything against 0:41:37.480 --> 0:41:39.480 all Right, let's keep moving through here. Three up and 0:41:39.520 --> 0:41:41.480 three down. On the up, Cole Young four for five 0:41:41.480 --> 0:41:44.040 with a run in an RBI yesterday, Everson Pereira had 0:41:44.640 --> 0:41:47.880 a homer with four RBIs, and Max Scherzer actually pitched 0:41:48.000 --> 0:41:50.759 is probably the up six innings, allowed just one run 0:41:50.840 --> 0:41:53.920 five strikeouts. On the down, Mitch Keller allowed seven earned 0:41:53.960 --> 0:41:57.400 runs over two innings against the Reds, whoof Gage jump 0:41:57.480 --> 0:42:00.600 got destroyed. This is by the Tigers. He walks six batters, 0:42:00.600 --> 0:42:03.440 struck out five, alled sixer and runs and Vladi Guerrero 0:42:04.000 --> 0:42:07.279 zero for four with three strikeouts. No good. In the 0:42:07.360 --> 0:42:11.280 injury department, Bobby Woo Junior completed a full workout session. 0:42:11.360 --> 0:42:14.200 He is expected to be activated before Tuesday's game. That's 0:42:14.280 --> 0:42:16.439 really good. Kyle Harrison's going to come off the ail 0:42:16.520 --> 0:42:19.719 and start Wednesday. Josh Nale left early on Sunday. Keep 0:42:19.719 --> 0:42:21.839 an eye on that. Otani is going to be playing 0:42:21.880 --> 0:42:24.920 catch this week in Chicago with still no crazy timetable. 0:42:25.160 --> 0:42:27.840 Matt Chapman is going to be getting an MRI today, 0:42:27.920 --> 0:42:29.920 so you know, be locked into that if we're going 0:42:30.000 --> 0:42:31.719 to be seeing him. Nick Kurtz is going to be 0:42:31.719 --> 0:42:34.520 seeing a hand specialist. That one could be scary. Andean 0:42:34.560 --> 0:42:37.440 Carlos Stanton is going to be taking live VP on Monday. 0:42:37.560 --> 0:42:39.520 So those are some of the injury things that are 0:42:39.520 --> 0:42:42.160 floating around. Let's talk about some of those home runs 0:42:42.200 --> 0:42:44.440 that are looking to fly and look at the home 0:42:44.480 --> 0:42:47.040 run board where high Cubby picked up a couple this weekend, 0:42:47.080 --> 0:42:49.719 forty eight to league goal to forty two. Maybe the 0:42:49.840 --> 0:42:52.520 most insane thing is we are still just sitting at 0:42:52.520 --> 0:42:55.000 two people with forty. I cannot believe that. I don't 0:42:55.000 --> 0:42:56.479 know if I got any this weekend, but it doesn't 0:42:56.520 --> 0:42:59.000 really matter. Mister Joe Rico, what are you doing with 0:42:59.040 --> 0:43:01.080 your home run call all? For today? 0:43:01.200 --> 0:43:04.080 I'm going to go with your boy. I'm gonna take 0:43:04.120 --> 0:43:06.480 Ezmerlin Valdez today. It's a bit of a short slate, 0:43:06.560 --> 0:43:09.480 so we don't have a full assortment of players to 0:43:09.560 --> 0:43:11.960 choose from. But he's going up against Brandon Sprote, who 0:43:11.960 --> 0:43:13.439 has kind of come back down to earth a little 0:43:13.480 --> 0:43:15.840 bit recently, not necessarily with the homers, I mean, just 0:43:15.840 --> 0:43:17.640 one each allowed in each of his last three games. 0:43:17.680 --> 0:43:20.160 But I'm going to go with your boy as Merlin today. 0:43:21.360 --> 0:43:23.080 Well that's going to come in handy here in a second, 0:43:23.080 --> 0:43:25.840 I'm going to go with Junior Cameronaro. Junior Cameraro in 0:43:25.880 --> 0:43:27.960 a good spot for today. But you know why yours 0:43:28.000 --> 0:43:30.480 is really interesting because if you go take a look 0:43:30.480 --> 0:43:33.080 at our home run model, the best home run bets 0:43:33.120 --> 0:43:35.960 over on betting pros every single day, it will give 0:43:36.040 --> 0:43:39.680 you some of the best odds data driven with liens 0:43:39.800 --> 0:43:42.360 and probabilities. And it's not just three it'll give you 0:43:42.400 --> 0:43:44.560 a whole list of them, and it'll tell you where 0:43:44.600 --> 0:43:46.200 you can find all the great prices. Well, if you 0:43:46.239 --> 0:43:48.560 go to hard rock bet right now, as Merlin Valdez 0:43:48.680 --> 0:43:50.719 was at one of the top of the leans with 0:43:50.840 --> 0:43:54.000 a plus four hundred against Brandon Spott, so you can 0:43:54.040 --> 0:43:56.160 go and take a look and where you know, obviously 0:43:56.160 --> 0:43:57.880 Weather's probably not going to be one here because I 0:43:57.920 --> 0:43:59.640 think this is I know this is in Pittsburgh, so 0:43:59.760 --> 0:44:02.120 or no in Milwaukee, so you know that's not going 0:44:02.160 --> 0:44:03.680 to come into play. But it's going to talk about 0:44:03.680 --> 0:44:07.480 pitching factors, stadium factors and more. As Merlin Valdes plus 0:44:07.480 --> 0:44:10.959 four hundred, Dylan Cruz over five to one at plus 0:44:11.000 --> 0:44:13.120 five twenty five on hard rock for a homer against 0:44:13.120 --> 0:44:16.080 Aaronola and C. J. 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He 0:44:46.880 --> 0:44:49.120 doesn't get strikeouts. I actually wanted to play the under 0:44:49.160 --> 0:44:52.280 on K's but it's just too juiced up. But he's 0:44:52.320 --> 0:44:53.840 been good. And you know what, Michael King has been 0:44:53.880 --> 0:44:56.600 good against the Diamondbacks. The last two outings against the Diamondbacks, 0:44:56.600 --> 0:44:58.799 I think he's given up three total earned runs. So 0:44:58.840 --> 0:45:01.759 if Fought continues this role he's been Michael King does 0:45:01.800 --> 0:45:04.520 the same. Also, the trade deadline, you never know, could 0:45:04.680 --> 0:45:07.000 swing some players out of lineups. There's some taxi squad 0:45:07.000 --> 0:45:08.880 players of the Diamondbacks. I just really like this. So 0:45:09.120 --> 0:45:11.200 this is taking under four and a half runs through 0:45:11.239 --> 0:45:13.279 the first five innings and it's plus money. That is 0:45:13.320 --> 0:45:15.719 my best bet. 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