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Speaker 1: Franks Stample, Gregg Sussman Joy Now the first time, like
Speaker 1: a week, it's like loser Chris, Chris, it's been a while,
Speaker 1: it's been a while. It's up, guys. How you doing?
Speaker 1: It's your boy the clothes of Chris Ventry here. Uh.
Speaker 1: And last week you talk about fabrigadon. It's not a
Speaker 1: thing you did, Nato Fabnado six Um that happened for
Speaker 1: me like a month ago. Yeah, hen't believe it. You
Speaker 1: got to spend it early. Who did you end up
Speaker 1: getting because of that? Because you spent early, so that
Speaker 1: that was my my biggest team, which I'm I'm two
Speaker 1: and five, but it didn't work. But my team's not
Speaker 1: bad on paper, Like the guys that are in there
Speaker 1: are just not getting it done. Yeah, So like this
Speaker 1: is why I think I want to go to Daly more.
Speaker 1: The weekly format. I had Paddock, Boyd, Barrios and Nola
Speaker 1: for two starts last week. All four of their first
Speaker 1: thoughts they had under ten points, all four of them,
Speaker 1: so they just got Scholl at the wrong time. I
Speaker 1: had Montas on the bench pitch a gem. That's the problem.
Speaker 1: I like daily so you can get all your guys in. Uh.
Speaker 1: I'm not doing good in the Fantacy Pit leaguither that
Speaker 1: team is just bad. But one of the teams five
Speaker 1: and two and two leagues and I'm second place in another.
Speaker 1: But it's just upsetting because my team is good because
Speaker 1: I picked up good guys. I got Tarrocca, I got
Speaker 1: you know a lot of good players. Um, and it's
Speaker 1: just not it's just not working. It's just it just
Speaker 1: doesn't culmulate to a win for the whole week each
Speaker 1: week that I'm doing it two and five now. But
Speaker 1: I think I can make a comeback we'll have to
Speaker 1: get you back on track here venture. Yeah, talking about
Speaker 1: the pit League. Yep, Greg, team coming alive a little
Speaker 1: bit here, Greggy. Also, this was a lot because two
Speaker 1: weeks ago I faced Yang and we had a big rivalry,
Speaker 1: trying to like he's we've been talking smack to each other.
Speaker 1: Team was just garbage that week and I lose to
Speaker 1: him and he was like, I don't know, six or
Speaker 1: seven place or whatever. And then last week this past week,
Speaker 1: I faced the first team in Steve It my team
Speaker 1: wakes up, So what the hell? I would have read
Speaker 1: headed the week before so I could beat Yang h Man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: let's take a win. I got your boy though, Alex
Speaker 1: Smith on that team now, Alex Smith, let's go Frank.
Speaker 1: What's up Greg? We've played each other this week? Oh
Speaker 1: easy for me. I have a two start minding me?
Speaker 1: I got oh, I guessaid my lineup? Thanks for reminding me.
Speaker 1: Man has two starters today though, oh j D. Martinez
Speaker 1: not on the lineup for the one o'clock game. Come on,
Speaker 1: has two starters today, including that chick Carbon. Yes you
Speaker 1: like the Mets, He's gonna crush them. It was like
Speaker 1: the fifth time he's already played them this year. Greg,
Speaker 1: you think that this worry, by the way, was available
Speaker 1: waivers Hansel robles. Dude, someone did it yesterday and it
Speaker 1: wasn't Hansel Robless really it was. It was Wandy Peralta.
Speaker 1: I was gonna send it to you, but I was like, you,
Speaker 1: guys probably don't care about a Wandy Peralta. Who's Wandy Peralta.
Speaker 1: He is the he's he's a left handed, okay, left
Speaker 1: handed reliever. So he gives up bomb too straight away center.
Speaker 1: I think it might have been to Cody Bounder, left,
Speaker 1: young lefty, and he goes he was like this, oh,
Speaker 1: catch it, catch it, and then it lands over the wall.
Speaker 1: It was like, come on, man, so only one person
Speaker 1: could do that. It's Hansel Robots. Stop stealing this bit
Speaker 1: come executed poorly by Wandy Wandy giving up dangers to
Speaker 1: Cody Bounder. How's your weekend, Chris? It was good. I
Speaker 1: went to Long Island, visited a friend who just had
Speaker 1: a kid four months ago. Nice. So, you know, I
Speaker 1: did a lot of things. I didn't get to catch
Speaker 1: a ton of baseball of the weekend because I was out,
Speaker 1: but um, you know, that's the way of the world.
Speaker 1: What am I gonna do is the way of the
Speaker 1: world when it comes to baseball. I want to start
Speaker 1: with the Los Angeles Dodgers from yesterdays, where we're we
Speaker 1: getting today's recap portion of the program, and we'll begin
Speaker 1: within Jenn Rio, who have leaven now to thirty two
Speaker 1: consecutive scoreless innings. Last night, seven innings, five hits, five kids,
Speaker 1: he walked one. He has been tremendously ear a for
Speaker 1: who sits at one point five two. I recognize he's
Speaker 1: facing the reds, but Frank, he's really coming to his own.
Speaker 1: It's all about health. Now we know all the effect
Speaker 1: it he is. That's exactly right, and he's been really good,
Speaker 1: even going back to the second half of last year
Speaker 1: and not really doing anything drastically different with his pitching
Speaker 1: arsenal this year, but the results they're just there, I
Speaker 1: mean almost a strikeout for ending. It's the command. Really,
Speaker 1: it's the fact that he's not walking anybody. He zero
Speaker 1: point six one walks per nine and he really started
Speaker 1: to fix that problem last year when he he averaged
Speaker 1: just one point six walks per nine in seen that
Speaker 1: was over three. So this is something that he's progressively
Speaker 1: gotten better at and I think the fact that he's
Speaker 1: shown good command in terms of not walking batters, he
Speaker 1: also is showing good command in terms of where he
Speaker 1: is putting pitches and which is obviously putting him in
Speaker 1: position to be the best possible picture that he can
Speaker 1: be and gets good run support with the Dodgers. So
Speaker 1: he's now six and one. Uh. The left on base
Speaker 1: percentage right on the strand rate is even here was
Speaker 1: eighty five percent, which is also higher than league average.
Speaker 1: But he's someone who's over the past three years has
Speaker 1: been really good at pitching with runners on base, So
Speaker 1: that's gonna come down a little bit. He's not gonna
Speaker 1: have a sub two e r A. But Greggy, if
Speaker 1: you drafted this guy after the you know, first forty
Speaker 1: starting pitchers, you're you're reaping massive benefits, right. I mean,
Speaker 1: he's been picking like a top fifteen starting pitcher right now.
Speaker 1: I don't know if they'll keep that up, but you know,
Speaker 1: I'd be willing to put him inside the top thirty
Speaker 1: right now, top twenty five with the way he's pitching.
Speaker 1: Trust him n SP three, maybe even low NSP two.
Speaker 1: Trust him absolutely. I don't trust him to stay health
Speaker 1: that's the thing. But when he's on the mant I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be really damn good venture Yeah, and
Speaker 1: he always pretty much has been. I mean, anytime he pitches,
Speaker 1: you're getting a good game out of him. That's been
Speaker 1: throughout his whole career really and it's just about the health.
Speaker 1: But obviously you're not gonna get this good the whole season.
Speaker 1: This is lights out, like you know, elite, and he
Speaker 1: will falter here and there at some point, but you
Speaker 1: know where you're gonna get him. For the most part,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be consistent. He's gonna get it done. Uh
Speaker 1: low walk great good whip. You just gotta worry, you know,
Speaker 1: is he gonna get hurt? And the answer is probably
Speaker 1: yes at some point. Do you try already did this year?
Speaker 1: Do you try and sell him just based on that
Speaker 1: injury risk with this type of lead production, I might
Speaker 1: because you could probably get something good. What as always question,
Speaker 1: what can you get for him? Right? Right? And I
Speaker 1: don't I don't know the name. We always go back to.
Speaker 1: That's where I'll start. Who's your other Have hend Ryan
Speaker 1: or Jack Flaherty. I'd rather have Flaherty. It's hard to
Speaker 1: argue with the production of Ryu though. Man, I'm looking
Speaker 1: at my home league right now. It's a points league.
Speaker 1: He's the speel overall, he's SP three. It's hard to
Speaker 1: argue with that type of production. Even as much as
Speaker 1: I love Jack Flaherty, man, he hasn't been I think
Speaker 1: in the Roto League, I would probably stick with Ryu
Speaker 1: Greg because that goes back to quality greater signy. So
Speaker 1: in the Roto League, I don't really care if you
Speaker 1: give me two as if you give a hundred fifty
Speaker 1: innings of like, really really elite production, that's almost more
Speaker 1: valuable than a guy who gives you two dred innings
Speaker 1: pitched of you know, maybe a mid threes e r A.
Speaker 1: But if this guy is gonna give you a sub
Speaker 1: three e r A really good whip a strikeout for
Speaker 1: ending for a hundred and fifty innings in Rhodo, I
Speaker 1: think I would probably just stick with Ryo. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: would go with Ryoty as well. Listening, I don't know
Speaker 1: how he'll continue to do what he's doing and for
Speaker 1: how long because he'll be hurt. But you put it out.
Speaker 1: It's not just a month now or two months. It
Speaker 1: was towards the end of last year as well. He's
Speaker 1: coming to his own at thirty two years old. He
Speaker 1: wasn't always this guy. Thinks have changed and obviously very
Speaker 1: much for the better for Los Angeles and four hundred
Speaker 1: ryot who seven seven, eight, eight pitches yesterday. It's super
Speaker 1: efficient too. Yeah, he's doing it because he's not understand
Speaker 1: it's against the Reds. But the guy has been doing
Speaker 1: it all season long. He's made nine starts, they haven't
Speaker 1: all been against the Reds. And he's two r A.
Speaker 1: He star like numbers two six fIF two six nine
Speaker 1: x fit three point zero zero. But everything is sub three.
Speaker 1: So he's still really damn good. Even if even if
Speaker 1: he regresses a little bit, we should still expect a
Speaker 1: sub three ear A when he's on the map. It's
Speaker 1: it's just crazy to say he's averaging the most points,
Speaker 1: uh for starting pitchers in my league right now. But
Speaker 1: well Clevinger was, but you know, obviously he's gone, Um,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I mean, listen, that's the question though,
Speaker 1: Like Flaherty, Yeah, you're right. This season in a in
Speaker 1: a rodal league, I'd rather have r you because the
Speaker 1: production has been consistently good. And even if he doesn't
Speaker 1: go for you know, a quality start. He's still getting
Speaker 1: you a good start. You know, he's still getting a
Speaker 1: low whip for you. The thing is in a keeper's league,
Speaker 1: I rather have flawered, you know. Yeah, that makes sense,
Speaker 1: like because you know eventually he's going to figure it out.
Speaker 1: Flaherty is still going through some growing pains and stuff.
Speaker 1: He's still a young guy. I think Flowerty will be
Speaker 1: just fine. Yeah, I just do look quality start yesterday
Speaker 1: and in a tough spots, pitch in two in Texas,
Speaker 1: So building some confidence there. Great Dick sais il So
Speaker 1: he's what fifth phase of the year yesterday? You like
Speaker 1: to see that for makes sense? No, that's fantastic. Um.
Speaker 1: I wanted to quickly mention Tenner Roark because he's ugly.
Speaker 1: He's he's you're kind of player, Frank, He's an old,
Speaker 1: ugly veteran. But I don't mean he's how he looks.
Speaker 1: I don't like the way he pitched yes yes five innings,
Speaker 1: only two hits, did walk three, short out seven, but
Speaker 1: allowed two runs against the Dodgers, best team in baseball.
Speaker 1: So he's ere A only three those five innings. He's
Speaker 1: e r A. Sits at three point five one. He
Speaker 1: is allowed three runs or less in every start except one.
Speaker 1: He does not gonna go to keep in the games.
Speaker 1: He has not gone longer than six innings in any
Speaker 1: single game this season, and he only want six innings twice, sorry,
Speaker 1: longer than six, and he hasn't gone longer than six
Speaker 1: innings though more than twice. That's it interesting, not really.
Speaker 1: The underlying numbers are just not great here when it
Speaker 1: comes to Santa ro Ark. He's got uh career high
Speaker 1: in strikeouts right now, eight point seven seven case per nine,
Speaker 1: but his swinging strike creed is actually lower than it
Speaker 1: was last year. Last year was at eight point four percent,
Speaker 1: which was already below league average, and this year it's
Speaker 1: eight point two percent. So that leads me to believe
Speaker 1: that these strikeouts this here are a little bit flukey.
Speaker 1: He's also walking more batters than ever before four point
Speaker 1: zero three walks per nine, and he hasn't given up
Speaker 1: home runs yet, and that's why you see the extra
Speaker 1: at four point five nine, because they're gonna come eventually.
Speaker 1: He pitches in Cincinnati, great American small park, h and
Speaker 1: he gives up a lot of hard contact thirty nine
Speaker 1: percent hard contact right now. His chase rate is down
Speaker 1: this year, his first pitch strike percentage. I think he's
Speaker 1: been a little bit fortunate. He he's a guy that
Speaker 1: should be owned, obviously, and only maybe fifteen teamers um,
Speaker 1: but an't even shallower than that, Like in my standard
Speaker 1: twelve team home league. I'm not picking him up bench.
Speaker 1: Are you picking him up? No? But I might stream him,
Speaker 1: you know here in there because it's in the National
Speaker 1: League Central, which is a tough vision. Like you're gonna
Speaker 1: get the Brewers, you're gonna get the Cardinals, the Cubs,
Speaker 1: and you pitch in great American ballpark. So it's just
Speaker 1: it's a tough situation, tough overall for tana roor as
Speaker 1: good as he's been. I just think it's a little
Speaker 1: bit fluky. Yeah, I agree with you in the sense
Speaker 1: that you know, three five one, this is like the
Speaker 1: lowest I feel like his are a really could be.
Speaker 1: You know, you're getting his his best right now, and
Speaker 1: he still gives up a lot of hits fifty one innings,
Speaker 1: fifty hits UM, fifty strikeouts though what you do like?
Speaker 1: But I don't know, like I You're right, I think
Speaker 1: eventually he's gonna have some blow ups. He's not gonna
Speaker 1: keep it like this. But he is a pretty good picture.
Speaker 1: I mean, he's not a bad picture. It's just that
Speaker 1: you gotta get him in the right spot. So you'd
Speaker 1: want to pick him up in a two star stream
Speaker 1: against San Francisco and San Diego something whatever, you know,
Speaker 1: Like that's how you're gonna play it. You're not gonna
Speaker 1: hold him on your roster and throw him in for
Speaker 1: a one start because at any point he even if
Speaker 1: he does have a good start, he might have a
Speaker 1: lot of case. You might have a lot of walks
Speaker 1: and then you're like, all right, so you only got
Speaker 1: like fifteen points out of that, it's not worth it.
Speaker 1: You know, there's better guys out there. I agree you
Speaker 1: fifteen teamers. I think he should be on them. Yeah,
Speaker 1: in the right situation right, Like kind of reminds me
Speaker 1: of another veteran. I know you hate him, Greg, but
Speaker 1: like Jeff some margin, like in the right spot he
Speaker 1: pitches in San Francisco to Star week like something like that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I could see getting behind. So you pick and choose
Speaker 1: your spots with Tanner Roark. But I would say in
Speaker 1: my standard twelve team league, I'm not really that enthusiastic
Speaker 1: abou him. Look at the whip. The whip is one
Speaker 1: point four two and p RRA is three point five,
Speaker 1: so normally those things are correlated. Based on a one
Speaker 1: point four to whip, his e r A should probably
Speaker 1: be over four. So and you see a whip that high,
Speaker 1: you think he's been a little bit lucky so far, right,
Speaker 1: and in his career, you know, his r A is
Speaker 1: pretty much around four, like I mean, well, it's three
Speaker 1: five nine for his career, but that's because of earlier
Speaker 1: seasons when he was really good. But his past two
Speaker 1: years he's been four point three four high four point
Speaker 1: six seven. Yeah, right, so you know what he is.
Speaker 1: He's a four r A pitcher. He's not a bad
Speaker 1: pitcher though, to have just wanted to ask that given
Speaker 1: the old veteran status that you like to talk about, Frank,
Speaker 1: I don't like this picture that you painted me better.
Speaker 1: Is is that true? You're actually the veteran of the show.
Speaker 1: I am, yeah for sure. But when it comes to
Speaker 1: liking old guys, you like veterans though, I thought you
Speaker 1: were the veteran you love, you know, like Daniel Murphy
Speaker 1: and Justin Turner right there there, what about like Jordan's
Speaker 1: Ermanhommer Bailey. Oh yeah, well you talked me into the
Speaker 1: there's one. Who's the guy last week that I had
Speaker 1: to sit here and Yellow wasn't here. We were talking
Speaker 1: major crap about him earlier in the season. Started in
Speaker 1: the league last week and he had a quality start
Speaker 1: against the Yankees. Runs. I'm bad she started. Don't start
Speaker 1: this week, including tonight the Yankees. He is in that lineup?
Speaker 1: Is I'm desperate. I lost Paxton, I lost Valdi's understandable. Yeah,
Speaker 1: but I would advise everyone don't use Andrew Cashier this week.
Speaker 1: Don't do what I'm doing. I'm just really desperate. You,
Speaker 1: as I say, not what I do. Speaking of great performances,
Speaker 1: O were the Mets here, gentlemen for a moment. Sandyel
Speaker 1: Gantara pitched eighty nine pitches in a complete game, shutout
Speaker 1: two hits, one walk aloud. He struck out eight in
Speaker 1: the pit league. I was between picking up as a
Speaker 1: streamer Ronaldo Limpez or Sandy all Gantara. I was looking
Speaker 1: like a quality start. Sandiel Guitar has gonna quality start
Speaker 1: in months, So like I think that right now. The
Speaker 1: Lillapez gave you a quality start? Who gave me a
Speaker 1: quality start? He was good. All guitar was amazing. Yes,
Speaker 1: he based the Mets. Now No Syndergar was also like,
Speaker 1: finally only Stu got three? What's going on? By the
Speaker 1: Miami Marlins? They had three hits in back to back games,
Speaker 1: total three hits? What's wrong? It's yesterday and then on Saturday.
Speaker 1: Actually figured this out because I heard John Sterling talking
Speaker 1: about it during yet the Yankee game yesterday. He says,
Speaker 1: how about this, Susan. The Mets had a leadoff double
Speaker 1: from Jeff McNeil on Saturday. They didn't get another hit
Speaker 1: the entire game. How about that? You know, how does
Speaker 1: that work out? It's crazy? Why the same last? I
Speaker 1: feel like he's like kind of like somewhere there and
Speaker 1: sounding like that. But yeah, look, Sandy al Katara was
Speaker 1: great yesterday. I think you could just stream him every
Speaker 1: time he faces the Mets. Crazy seems like, even going
Speaker 1: back to last year he owned the Mets. But great
Speaker 1: game for him overall, two hitch, shut out, eight eight strikeouts,
Speaker 1: nineteen swinging strikes on eighty nine pitches. He had nine
Speaker 1: ground ball out as well. Yesterday. What I really like
Speaker 1: is the fact that he only walked one venture Because
Speaker 1: for Sandy al Kantara, I think he's talented. But as
Speaker 1: we say about a lot of young pictures, and you know,
Speaker 1: it's funny you bring up Ronaldo Lopez, they actually kind
Speaker 1: of remind remind me of each other. Is that Sandy
Speaker 1: al Kantara throws really hard and he has good stuff,
Speaker 1: but I think a lot of the time he just
Speaker 1: doesn't know where it's going. So for me, the most
Speaker 1: impressive part for him was just one walk yesterday nine innings.
Speaker 1: Pitched absolute gem and it was against the Mets, who
Speaker 1: have been cold as ice. But I mean, you're not
Speaker 1: picking this guy like we're not. I mean he picked
Speaker 1: up for Stream. Maybe he's like I could get behind it.
Speaker 1: Look like he pitches in. So yeah, it's wins on
Speaker 1: stuff like tough division. You don't want to use them
Speaker 1: against the nationals of the Phillies obviously. I think similarly
Speaker 1: to Tanner row Arc, I think you pick and choose
Speaker 1: your spots with a guy like all Kantara, but I
Speaker 1: do think that he has more upside than a guy
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Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network Frank Stafell, Chris ben stro I am
Speaker 1: Greg staining a look at some of the performances over
Speaker 1: the weekend that their paying attention to, and I realized
Speaker 1: it was against the Orioles. But what Shane Bieber did
Speaker 1: yesterday we have to talk about because we all had
Speaker 1: the fever yesterday. fIF Teen strikeoutsen Bieber over a complete
Speaker 1: game shut up for him as well, five hits. He
Speaker 1: didn't walk anybody over his one d and seven pitches. Frank, Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's just absolutely phenomenal. Here. I was watching a lot
Speaker 1: of this start early on, and you could just tell,
Speaker 1: I think after these past couple of starts he was
Speaker 1: upset at himself. His last start off he allowed four
Speaker 1: home runs, He allowed five runs total, and we sat
Speaker 1: right here and we said, no, maybe maybe the stuff
Speaker 1: just isn't that good. Maybe you stuff to say, all right, Well,
Speaker 1: I'm I lied, I'm sorry, storry again. Shane Bieber on
Speaker 1: seven swinging strikes yesterday, swinging strikes, fifteen strikeouts, both career highs,
Speaker 1: going nine innings. Pitch that was also a career high,
Speaker 1: just had everything working in twelve swinging strikes on his
Speaker 1: slider alone and going up against the Orioles. And I
Speaker 1: know most people just see the Orioles and they just think, well,
Speaker 1: oh they're terrible, But the actually don't strike out all
Speaker 1: that much against right handed pitching. Only one nine percent
Speaker 1: strikeout right That's that's the middle of a pack. So
Speaker 1: this isn't like your Orioles team of years past, where
Speaker 1: like you know, they're in the top five and strikeout
Speaker 1: right against right handed pitching. There in the middle of
Speaker 1: the pack, and Shane people went out there and just
Speaker 1: absolutely dominated. I really hope that this is a sign
Speaker 1: of things to come. Chris, Yeah, and I think it is.
Speaker 1: Um I the stuff is there. I think it goes
Speaker 1: back to what we're saying at the beginning. He just
Speaker 1: pitches too much in the zone. I mean, he still
Speaker 1: doesn't walk anybody. And that's the thing, like I feel
Speaker 1: like he needs to just be a little bit more,
Speaker 1: you know, go for it with his stuff and really
Speaker 1: win it, you know what I mean. Don't be worried
Speaker 1: about always throwing strikes. He's got the stuff to be
Speaker 1: an elite starter. He's still trying to harness it. And
Speaker 1: right here he showed what he could do. Fifteen strikeouts, ridiculous,
Speaker 1: no walks still again, I mean, and he's gonna do
Speaker 1: this against a lot of you know, bad offensive teams,
Speaker 1: even if they don't strike out. He's got that type
Speaker 1: of stuff. So Whove has got Bieber, you know, don't
Speaker 1: you don't have to worry anymore. And the fastball Velo
Speaker 1: was up a little bit yesterday too. He was sitting
Speaker 1: like ninety four. He was consistently hitting nine as well,
Speaker 1: So fastball Vilo was up. I'm looking at the slider
Speaker 1: velocity for the season, up about a mile per hour
Speaker 1: as well, using that slider a little bit more this year.
Speaker 1: So I think this is something that you could build off.
Speaker 1: If you look at the underlying numbers, they're still really good.
Speaker 1: They they have been. I mean, thirteen point seven percent
Speaker 1: swinging strike rate, much higher than league average, his oh swing,
Speaker 1: his chase rate is higher this year as well. I
Speaker 1: would like to see him get more groundballs. I think
Speaker 1: that's why he's been hurt a little bit by home runs,
Speaker 1: that he's been giving up a few too many fly balls.
Speaker 1: But overall three to two r A, three seven three
Speaker 1: uh FI and in three four two x fits, so
Speaker 1: he's right in that range. Everything kind of like right
Speaker 1: in that you know, mid threes, three point to eight
Speaker 1: sierra as well skill interactive v r A, so everything's
Speaker 1: right there. So you're saying we should start Bieber for
Speaker 1: one against at home against Tampa Bay this week, Yes,
Speaker 1: in most senses I would. I didn't use him in
Speaker 1: one of my home leagues just because I had so
Speaker 1: many two star pitchers head Turnbull for like the Mets
Speaker 1: and the Marlins, and I wanted to get him in
Speaker 1: there and I just traded for Zach Wheeler. I was
Speaker 1: telling you guys during the break, I traded Giancarlos Stanton
Speaker 1: a way for Zach Wheeler, with the caveat that it's
Speaker 1: keeper league in Zach Wheeler's twenty first round keepers. So
Speaker 1: and then the one that I was most shaky about
Speaker 1: is I have you Darvish in my lineup for a
Speaker 1: two star week instead of shame. So I was like,
Speaker 1: really on the fence with that one. Well, I was like, again,
Speaker 1: it's you know, you Darvish coming off his best start
Speaker 1: of the season, and if you don't use him in
Speaker 1: a two star league, you shouldn't have him. When are
Speaker 1: you gonna use him? He's going up against Philly tonight,
Speaker 1: which I don't love. But his second start is against Cincinnati,
Speaker 1: which is the team that he had the eleven strikeouts against.
Speaker 1: So he's been pitching better, but he doesn't go deep
Speaker 1: at all because he normally walks to many guys. That
Speaker 1: last start out here, he didn't walk anybody. And I
Speaker 1: remember you gave a bunch of great stats, Craig about
Speaker 1: how he had all these three ball accounts, but he
Speaker 1: didn't walk anybody on those three ball accounts. Obviously, and
Speaker 1: he uses cutter more which lets a more strikeouts, so
Speaker 1: hoping that he can build off that. Man, this this,
Speaker 1: this might be the last go around. Like if you
Speaker 1: Darvish gives me negative points in like a two start week,
Speaker 1: I might cut him cut Yeah, old cut, Wow. I
Speaker 1: don't know. He's so frustrating, man, I know, but he's
Speaker 1: still got you know, the les Miami two starts to go.
Speaker 1: I mean, I I cannot forgive you for that. It's unforgivable,
Speaker 1: that is, but but it's forgivable when you know you're
Speaker 1: have an eleven ks you know start and you're dominating
Speaker 1: with no books. Unforgivable. We had you in the lineup
Speaker 1: six walks against the Marlins. Unfot his bad. But that's
Speaker 1: what I think. I think Darvish could tell in that
Speaker 1: around pretty easily. I mean, I listen, he's got he's
Speaker 1: got the stuff you know's going on in his head.
Speaker 1: I think it's clubs. He just hasn't been the same picture.
Speaker 1: It's weird and the walks are a big part of that.
Speaker 1: So like, you know, he's got that upside where he
Speaker 1: could give you an eleven K ten K start on
Speaker 1: any given start and I just want that on my team,
Speaker 1: even if I'm stashing it for a while and I'm
Speaker 1: only pitching from two for two starts, that are two
Speaker 1: good matchups, like I might hold them. It depends on
Speaker 1: what out there too. You know, if there's someone in
Speaker 1: the wave of wid that you really like, sure, but
Speaker 1: like I would hold him for the most part, give
Speaker 1: him a little bit longer release. Let me go to Boston, who,
Speaker 1: of course playing right now against Toronto, but yesterday they
Speaker 1: played against the Astros finally beat him four to three.
Speaker 1: Chris sal attend strike outs, but he walked five guys
Speaker 1: five and third three runs, allowed four hits. Ultimately Boston's
Speaker 1: win wins and Marcus Walden, who's six and oh on
Speaker 1: the year out of the bullpen from Boston. You got
Speaker 1: picked up in your main event, Frank, I saw um
Speaker 1: is the ear as one point three seven that Bar's
Speaker 1: gonna hold. It was Brandon Workman getting the save all
Speaker 1: three of those guys. Really, I think if you're you're
Speaker 1: in like a safe post holds leagues or all they
Speaker 1: just need like a reliever like Waldman. Uh Walden makes sense,
Speaker 1: and then Workman gets to save here too. It seems
Speaker 1: like they didn't want anything to do with Ryan Brazier,
Speaker 1: who's kind of going through a rough patch right now.
Speaker 1: But just really frustrating that Matt Barnes again using the
Speaker 1: eighth ending, like Brandon Workman for most of the season
Speaker 1: had been the setup guy. He who had been the
Speaker 1: guy who's pitching the seventh, eighth enning, and then they
Speaker 1: still go with Matt Barnes here in the eighth instead
Speaker 1: of using him as a closer. Um, I mean I
Speaker 1: would have to go back and see, like maybe he
Speaker 1: faced tougher the tougher hitters in the eighth inning. I
Speaker 1: mean he faced Matt Barnes face Korea Gerriel and Tyler White,
Speaker 1: and then Workman got Freenos, Reddick, Mariis Nick and Tony Camp.
Speaker 1: So they probably wanted Matt Barns to face the tougher
Speaker 1: part of the order, and that's why he's using the
Speaker 1: eighth inning. Just the Boston bullpen has just been one
Speaker 1: of the most frustrating all Sea. Well, that's the thing
Speaker 1: I was gonna ask you. Of all the teams in
Speaker 1: the league, I feel like a lot of teams are
Speaker 1: like this now, though like for instance, Jose Alvarado, the
Speaker 1: guy has been lights out all season, except for recently
Speaker 1: against the Yankees he got tattooed for three runs. But
Speaker 1: other than that, the guy has been amazing, and he
Speaker 1: hasn't been getting saves until recently. Like he was used
Speaker 1: as a as a setup for the most part. I know,
Speaker 1: you know he's left and everything like that, but like
Speaker 1: you know, he used to be the closers, the closer.
Speaker 1: That's it. You know, I'm very well you are clo
Speaker 1: there's no closer by committee. If you have a dominant
Speaker 1: closer like Alvarado could be, and the way Matt Barnes
Speaker 1: is pitching, should be the closer, the go to closer
Speaker 1: every time, unless he's pitched two or three games in
Speaker 1: a row and you want to arrest him whatever. Fine,
Speaker 1: But like there's no consistency with a lot of these
Speaker 1: pictures that we talked about this when I got in
Speaker 1: the fight with Frank Well while back. Yeah, I remember,
Speaker 1: I mean, that's that's why too many teams are doing this.
Speaker 1: That's because it's smart. Do you have your invest reliever
Speaker 1: face the best players. It's very simptoms, but it kills.
Speaker 1: It kills fantasy. Not smart for us, of course, but
Speaker 1: they don't give a crap about us. How would you
Speaker 1: have felt closer and then the next day you pitched
Speaker 1: the sixth and be a pitches six inning against the
Speaker 1: best hitters, the bases loaded. How would I feel? I
Speaker 1: would be like, why are we doing this? The bases
Speaker 1: are loaded, You're facing the best players the other team.
Speaker 1: You would say, I'm the closing I don't want to
Speaker 1: pitch right now? Yeah, cut immediately, No, But that's why
Speaker 1: then fantasy needs to be safe pass hold. If this
Speaker 1: is the director has to be no way around it.
Speaker 1: One name that you didn't mention that they didn't pitch
Speaker 1: yesterday for Boston that was involved in the same class
Speaker 1: hold was Ryan Brasier, who has not gone ay save
Speaker 1: or holding each of his last three appearances for Boston.
Speaker 1: He's only allowed one running that time with it in
Speaker 1: base runners on base quite a bit? Should hands cut
Speaker 1: bait with Ryan Brasier? Has Brandon Workman surpassed him as
Speaker 1: Marcus Walden sur passed him as Matt Matt Barnes is
Speaker 1: kind of compliment to him. She fantish cut Ryan Brasier.
Speaker 1: I think we have to be a little bit more
Speaker 1: patient here, Greg, especially in Rhoto leagues, because would it
Speaker 1: surprised you if he came out this week and got
Speaker 1: like two or three saves, like it wouldn't surprise me personally.
Speaker 1: And I know he hasn't pitched well recently, and you
Speaker 1: know he's got a three three eight e r A.
Speaker 1: His underlying members not good. He's got a five point
Speaker 1: four seven XFIT. I was actually searching his name on
Speaker 1: Twitter yesterday to see if they said before the game
Speaker 1: that he was unavailable or anything, and I saw a
Speaker 1: lot of Red Sox fans actually tweeting like, please do
Speaker 1: not bring in Ryan Brasier. So that tells you the
Speaker 1: level of trust that they have in Ryan Brasier right now.
Speaker 1: And I think you're starting to see that um in
Speaker 1: Alex Cora as well and the Red Sox overall. So
Speaker 1: in rhoto leagues where saves are so hard to come by,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't cut bait on him yet. If you're playing
Speaker 1: like head to head points league and you just need
Speaker 1: two relievers, he probably wouldn't have been out my roster
Speaker 1: fight the past couple of weeks anyway. So in the
Speaker 1: league like that, all right, But anywhere where it saves
Speaker 1: as a category head to head categories or rhodo I
Speaker 1: would probably hold him for the next week or two,
Speaker 1: just if he gets any more safe opportunities, and if
Speaker 1: it turns out that he's out of the pecking rner
Speaker 1: now and it's it's work man and it's Matt Barnes,
Speaker 1: and I think you're all right to drop, but I
Speaker 1: would still hold on to him for now. Greg Okay,
Speaker 1: holding all onto Ryan Brazier just for now, says For example,
Speaker 1: in the game yesterday, we we kind of all are
Speaker 1: all on this. Kyle Tucker, You're on Alvarez watches Albres.
Speaker 1: It is another home run yesterday, but one for three
Speaker 1: has everyone down. Um, yeah, we're kind of just waiting.
Speaker 1: We best in a nice day. He was to be
Speaker 1: for four or three runs scored O Javis let off yesterday.
Speaker 1: That was cool. Uh two be four was Andrew Brogers
Speaker 1: being two be four as as well, Springer getting hurt
Speaker 1: for three. That's right over three had three strikeouts that
Speaker 1: pulled the lower back injury yesterday. Is that the Tucker opportunity? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's what we were just talking about in the first hour,
Speaker 1: asking he goes on the I l I think the
Speaker 1: answer is yes. I think it would be Tucker too.
Speaker 1: And I tweeted that out yesterday venture and I got
Speaker 1: some backlash, everyone saying, well, it has to be your
Speaker 1: Don Alvarez. He's not a good outfielder. He've been using
Speaker 1: him at first base. He projects more as like a
Speaker 1: first baseman or a designated hitter, maybe a corner outfielder.
Speaker 1: But I think that the Astros care a little bit
Speaker 1: more about defense than other teams have showed, like you know,
Speaker 1: the Brewers for example, that you know they'll sacrifice defense
Speaker 1: in order to get more offense in their lineup. But like,
Speaker 1: Josh Reddick isn't going anywhere. This is like he's hitting
Speaker 1: three thirty three within eight SIPs. He had two more
Speaker 1: hits yesterday. Like as much as we want your Don Alvarez,
Speaker 1: Josh Reddick is not going anywhere. So that's why, like
Speaker 1: we kind of have this issue with all right, well
Speaker 1: we want Kyle Tucker too. Is just there's not enough spots,
Speaker 1: and you know, they haven't got great production at the
Speaker 1: first basis here with Tyler White and using Ulie Guriel there.
Speaker 1: So I think that would be the opening for Alvarez,
Speaker 1: and I think it shows because they've been using him
Speaker 1: at first base in the minors that that's kind of
Speaker 1: their train of their their train of thought right now
Speaker 1: as well. But like Josh Reddick isn't going anywhere venture
Speaker 1: he's performing, so why would he lose his job just
Speaker 1: doesn't make sense. And he's a veteran that could be
Speaker 1: big in the playoffs come time. Listen, this is the
Speaker 1: Houston Nationals, the thirty one and sixteen. Uh, they're winning games.
Speaker 1: They're one of the best teams in baseball, if not
Speaker 1: the best. And why would they rush something that they
Speaker 1: don't have to? You know what I mean, Let the
Speaker 1: kid develop, let him get reps at first. You know,
Speaker 1: us as fantasy on us, we want these young guys
Speaker 1: coming up and we want to grab him on a
Speaker 1: team as soon as possible. But it's just not the
Speaker 1: way baseball works were talking about. This is just with
Speaker 1: the relievers too, So I mean, you gotta wait, you
Speaker 1: gotta wait. I mean, Tucker, though, once it does happen,
Speaker 1: you want to be on top of it quick, because
Speaker 1: it could happen. I would start stashing him now. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Oh and and you know something else I would throw
Speaker 1: out there too, right was I wrote about this on
Speaker 1: my Patrens just earlier today. I said um stasist Mitch Keller.
Speaker 1: Now because there was a tweet yesterday from MLB Pipeline
Speaker 1: that said that he got scratched from his scheduled start
Speaker 1: UM and that the starter for the Pirates Wednesday is
Speaker 1: TBD to be determined. And I brought this up last
Speaker 1: week when Trevor Williams got hurt and they've obviously had
Speaker 1: the injuries to Jameson I own when Archer just came back.
Speaker 1: But they're running out of bodies, Greg, So I would say,
Speaker 1: if you're in need of pitching in deeper leagues, think
Speaker 1: now it's the time to stash miss Keller, stashing him anywhere. Ah,
Speaker 1: they like against you. I mean just I think it's um.
Speaker 1: I think it's you know, you kind of get ahead
Speaker 1: of the pack before for other before he comes out.
Speaker 1: You gotta spend all this, fab I think now it's
Speaker 1: probably the time. I don't disagree. I think this is
Speaker 1: the move before they potentially announced them as a star.
Speaker 1: To you great point, Frankie looked into it. UH scratches
Speaker 1: last start tv D on Wednesday for UH in Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: I agree with you, Frank, I think it's worth it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I still me personally, I think that he needs more seasoning.
Speaker 1: I look at his minor league numbers and he's got
Speaker 1: like a three seven e r A and his whip
Speaker 1: is like one point five because he still struggles with walks.
Speaker 1: So I think he needs more seasoning. But there's no
Speaker 1: denying that the stuff is there, and he is their
Speaker 1: top prospect. He's not just the top pitching project. He's
Speaker 1: their top prospect overall in the Pirates organization and is
Speaker 1: going to be some hype around him. Right, he's too
Speaker 1: you know, he's twenty three years old. It's you know,
Speaker 1: it's about time that he comes up soon, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? And you're right too. He's to seventy
Speaker 1: three bating average against. He has a one five whip,
Speaker 1: so he's given up hits, end walks. He's got the
Speaker 1: k's up. But you know, the talents there. I guess
Speaker 1: he should be seasoned a little more. But you're right,
Speaker 1: this is someone you gotta stash, especially keep his league.
Speaker 1: He should already be owned a while ago. Yeah, no doubt,
Speaker 1: no doubt about it. That's Keller. We'll see if he
Speaker 1: does get a call for Pittsburgh later this week. Now
Speaker 1: is the time to jump on it, so you don't
Speaker 1: have to spend all that fab to go ahead and
Speaker 1: get him. Yesterday for Pittsburgh they defeated San Diego h
Speaker 1: six to four. Joe must Grove when six and the third,
Speaker 1: four hits, four runs, three or and he struck out
Speaker 1: four cal Kwandro got bothered in his five minutes, only
Speaker 1: five runs, eight hits, only walked too, but also only
Speaker 1: struck out s Felie bag Basket struck out the side
Speaker 1: for his thirteenth safe Frankie Yeah, Tee must Grove look
Speaker 1: bounce back performances here. You needed to see this from
Speaker 1: him based on the way that things have been going
Speaker 1: for him recently. Is the one big blow against him
Speaker 1: was a three run homer off of the bat of
Speaker 1: Hunter Renfro that he just left a hanging slider up
Speaker 1: in the zone. But you know, since that eight earned
Speaker 1: run performance where he just got actually blown up against
Speaker 1: the Cardinals and people were asking it should be dropped,
Speaker 1: Joe must Grove, He's gone thirteen and one third ending
Speaker 1: pitch and has only allowed three earned runs total during
Speaker 1: that span, so and only three walks. That's obviously a
Speaker 1: big key for him. Uh and that start against the Cardinals.
Speaker 1: He was just super wild. He had he had five walks.
Speaker 1: That was a career high for him. So it's good
Speaker 1: to see that he bounces back these past two starts,
Speaker 1: not walking many guys, not getting a ton of strikeouts either.
Speaker 1: But I don't think we really expect all the strikeouts
Speaker 1: from him anyway. That's not gonna happen anyway. Yeah, this
Speaker 1: start looks like a typical Joe Musgrove start. Quality start
Speaker 1: gives you a quality start. He's not gonna a ton
Speaker 1: of case. He'll have a walk or two and you
Speaker 1: know he'll give up a couple of runs. That's what
Speaker 1: he does. Uh, you know when he's on and you
Speaker 1: want that consistency though, that's the thing. Um. And just
Speaker 1: to say, don't look now the Pirates of twenty four
Speaker 1: and twenty Josh Bell ferm VP. That's what I'm gonna say.
Speaker 1: He's like the four I mean, he's the top five
Speaker 1: hitter in Basil right now. I laughed, but I can
Speaker 1: he got four b P baseball in RBIs. He got
Speaker 1: fourteen homers, those forty four ribs. I was with someone
Speaker 1: on Saturday who say we're thirty runs scored. I was
Speaker 1: with someone on Saturday and a bad team. They're not
Speaker 1: really a good Josh Bell fourteen home runs and I'm like, yeah, dude,
Speaker 1: I mean this guy, it's a home run every day
Speaker 1: and like long shots like bomb. Yeah, he's hitting bombs. So,
Speaker 1: you know, shout shout out to Josh Bell who who
Speaker 1: made that made that adjustment he is. He's tied with
Speaker 1: Cody Boninger for the league leading RBIs with forty four.
Speaker 1: He made that adjustment where he needed to, you know,
Speaker 1: raise his long hang a little bit more, hit more
Speaker 1: line drives, hit more home runs, and god, it's paying off.
Speaker 1: I mean, this is a big dude. He's a strong dude.
Speaker 1: So we've been begging him to do this for for
Speaker 1: a couple of years now, and man, he's finally doing
Speaker 1: it and doing it quite successfully. I wonder what. You
Speaker 1: don't have to look it up now, but like at
Speaker 1: some point I want to look up, Uh what the
Speaker 1: change in his launch angle approaches and everything like that.
Speaker 1: I spoke about this a little bit last week. It's
Speaker 1: not it's not massive. It's not a massive change. But
Speaker 1: last year he was nine point to average launch angle.
Speaker 1: This year it's ten point six. So it's not massive.
Speaker 1: But look at the average egg lostity. I mean he's
Speaker 1: just seeing the ball better this year. I mean it's must.
Speaker 1: It must look like a beach ball form when it's
Speaker 1: coming at the plate because last year ninety average eggs
Speaker 1: of velocity, which was already pretty good. This year ninety
Speaker 1: five point eight eight that is the best in baseball boom.
Speaker 1: That is the percentile Josh Bell average ex loss. When
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Speaker 1: with you here on the FFS, it's Frank Stample, Greg
Speaker 1: Sauce me here the BFS pick of the night around
Speaker 1: the MLB we go. It's sorter sleep give it that
Speaker 1: it's a Monday night. But Frankie, there's a clear answer
Speaker 1: to the best pick of the night. And I don't
Speaker 1: know that you have it. You might and I to
Speaker 1: me there, to me, there's a clear answer. Where are
Speaker 1: you going first tonight? Yeah, So I'm looking at my guy,
Speaker 1: Mike Sarroka and the Atlanta Braves going up against the
Speaker 1: San Francisco Giants tonight. I understand that the game is
Speaker 1: in San Francisco, it's in Oracle Park. The Braves are
Speaker 1: on the road here, But Mike Sarroca, Greg would a
Speaker 1: zero point nine eight e r A on the season,
Speaker 1: and going up against the San Francisco Giants, a team
Speaker 1: that frankly does not have one of the stronger lineups
Speaker 1: in the league, and going up against Andrew Suarrez, who
Speaker 1: was making his first start. You're getting the Braves tonight
Speaker 1: at minus one thirty eight. To me, it's no brainer. Yeah,
Speaker 1: So I really like the Raves tonight for all the
Speaker 1: reasons to mention Siroca, uh, given what he's done this seasons,
Speaker 1: is getting called up Suars making his first start of
Speaker 1: the season. The fact it's only minus one thirty eight,
Speaker 1: I get it, it's in oracle, but then it's a
Speaker 1: great number. I love Sarroca tonight, but I don't know
Speaker 1: that that's the answer. I know you had one other
Speaker 1: bet that you liked. What is it? It is the
Speaker 1: Minnesota Twins at plus one. You're getting plus money going
Speaker 1: up against the Los Angeles Angels. They're going with the
Speaker 1: opener tonight. Felix Painia will be the one that follow them,
Speaker 1: and he has pitched well this season, so has Jake Odoreesy.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna side with the Minnesota Twins here because
Speaker 1: their offense has just been phenomenal recently. Over the past
Speaker 1: week They've done something like score fifty six runs. They
Speaker 1: had an eighteen run game over the weekend. Greg so
Speaker 1: Odorezi has pitched well, their lineup is hot, and you're
Speaker 1: getting them at plus money. I like the Twins to
Speaker 1: win this game tonight plus one A wait. So that's
Speaker 1: why you're right because plus one A wait, and you're like, what,
Speaker 1: the Twins are one of the hottest teams in baseball
Speaker 1: when it comes to their line up. Why are you
Speaker 1: getting them a plus money like an Angels team that's
Speaker 1: won't just not. I don't know. That's why I like
Speaker 1: the Twins. That's why I say you're getting closer. But
Speaker 1: the bet that you need to make is the total
Speaker 1: in this game. So there's totals nine if you like.
Speaker 1: Look at what j j Oderesi has done over his
Speaker 1: last I don't know, entire season. He hasn't allowed more
Speaker 1: than four runs ever, a lot of four runs one time,
Speaker 1: and in his last five starts he hasn't allowed more
Speaker 1: than three three consecutive starts where you're lot none none.
Speaker 1: So then you go to the Angels like, all right,
Speaker 1: what is Felix Paina done. So Felix Paino again has
Speaker 1: only allowed four runs or more one time, and that
Speaker 1: was way back in his first start of this season
Speaker 1: in March. We don't care that he's not the starter.
Speaker 1: He isn't open, that's fine. He's petching the majority of
Speaker 1: the innings. He doesn't allow more than three runs either.
Speaker 1: You can bind three plus three and that's the most
Speaker 1: you got six the totals nine. You have plenty of
Speaker 1: room for error here. To me, it's easy get the
Speaker 1: under tonight between the twins and the Angels. Good back.
Speaker 1: So there we go. We both like the Twins and
Speaker 1: the Angels. We will like the Twins. We both like
Speaker 1: the under If you like another, start the Braves in Saroka.
Speaker 1: That's the way to go. We f play the day.
Speaker 1: We keep track of it each and every day. So
Speaker 1: good luck to you tonight. Let's get back into what
Speaker 1: we were going over before the break. We tain to
Speaker 1: look at what happened this weekend, and we mentioned Franks
Speaker 1: just a moment ago that the Minnesota Twins were one
Speaker 1: of the hottest teams in baseball with that line what
Speaker 1: they're doing, and yes, straight he did fall to Seattle
Speaker 1: seven or four, but the Vats still putting up runs,
Speaker 1: but they fell. So a guy that you were talking
Speaker 1: about last week and that all of a sudden getting
Speaker 1: kind of hot. And as you say, Kakuchi four Seattle,
Speaker 1: Kakuji six runs, six intings rather five intes, three runs,
Speaker 1: only water were earned. He walked to he struck out
Speaker 1: six ventra. Kacuchis here right now, sits at three point
Speaker 1: four three. What do you think? Yeah, he's been I
Speaker 1: think pretty much what you wanted when you drafted him. Um,
Speaker 1: you got him at a decent price, and he's pitching
Speaker 1: pretty well overall. I mean he's consistent lately. Uh, he doesn't.
Speaker 1: He's not gonna I don't think he'll have to be
Speaker 1: an elite picture by any means, though. I think he'll
Speaker 1: he'll be good. I don't know. I don't know who
Speaker 1: to compare him to. I don't have anything, but like,
Speaker 1: the consistency is what you want to see. Six inning,
Speaker 1: seven things every start. Three runs are less. Uh, he gets,
Speaker 1: you know, anywhere from you know, five six k's around
Speaker 1: the cape, raining solid across the board. It so obviously
Speaker 1: he should be you know, it's exactly what you wanted.
Speaker 1: I don't think you could have asked for much more, right, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I agree with you. You say, Cokuchi a guy that
Speaker 1: was gaining a lot of steam in the pre season,
Speaker 1: in spring training, during draft season, frankly, and he's starting
Speaker 1: to live up to that now. Over his last four
Speaker 1: starts venture, this guy has not allowed more than three
Speaker 1: runs in any of those starts. He's giving you a
Speaker 1: quality start in each of them. He's also giving you
Speaker 1: some length. He's going deeper into starts as well. His
Speaker 1: past two, specifically, he's giving you six innings pitch the
Speaker 1: two before that seven and two thirds against the Yankees.
Speaker 1: That was the Pine Tower game, by the way, and
Speaker 1: then they'll start before that against the Indians. It was
Speaker 1: seven innings pitched during that time, a two point zero
Speaker 1: three e R, a three point five five fit strikeouts
Speaker 1: in twenty six and two thirds, and he's pitched only
Speaker 1: six walks during that time as well. You say, COUCHI
Speaker 1: coming around here, Greggy, Yeah, couchis, Couchi is good man.
Speaker 1: Like I said this, do you come the infatu You
Speaker 1: get annoyed that he's going to have those short outings
Speaker 1: we had where Justice Sheffield pitched the majority. He's basically
Speaker 1: acts as the opener for one of the games, and
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna happen like once every five starts.
Speaker 1: So you really got to pay attention, Like if you're
Speaker 1: playing a points league to you cannot make the mistake
Speaker 1: of having Cacuchi in your line up for the week
Speaker 1: where he only gives you the one ending pitch because
Speaker 1: that's just gonna absolutely which is actually coming up because
Speaker 1: it's coming up soon, right, Yeah, it should be. April
Speaker 1: was the last time he opened against Texas. Maybe start
Speaker 1: might be this, It might be this weekend. It could
Speaker 1: be it could be that next start for him, and
Speaker 1: so keep an eye on on that idea, because haven't
Speaker 1: said your line up yet for this week. Do keep
Speaker 1: an eye on that. Take a look with the Mariners
Speaker 1: beat reporters are saying um and where ultimately they fall.
Speaker 1: Mariners now three games under five hundred despite the victor
Speaker 1: all averages. Greggy all right, Uh, Kyle Gibson yesterday for
Speaker 1: four minutesode of six and things nine hits, four runs,
Speaker 1: and people are pretty high on Kyle Gibson didn't work
Speaker 1: out yesterday against Seattle four. The Mariners, though, Ed went
Speaker 1: deep for the thirteenth time the season, Miss Haniger went
Speaker 1: deep for the twelve and Dan Mulgil blackably it's back
Speaker 1: to back days with whole runs his thirteen who run
Speaker 1: of the year here he got cold. If he didn't
Speaker 1: drop him, as Floria said, don't drop Dann bilbilback yet.
Speaker 1: Wait it worked out. Yeah, he's been one of these
Speaker 1: guys up and down. I think that's exactly what he's
Speaker 1: gonna be. You just look at his profile. He's a
Speaker 1: guy that I'm gonna strike out a little bit at times.
Speaker 1: So that's gonna be those are gonna be the games where,
Speaker 1: like you see him, he's gonna be in a lull,
Speaker 1: he's gonna slump a little bit. But he's got some
Speaker 1: pretty serious power potential and we've seen that now. He
Speaker 1: was hot early on, got really really cold, and then
Speaker 1: now he's getting hot again. I believe he's hit like
Speaker 1: three or four home runs over the past week or
Speaker 1: so for Seattle. And it's not like it's a great
Speaker 1: hitters ballpark either, So that just lets you know how
Speaker 1: powerful he is because he can he can drive the
Speaker 1: ball regardless of where he is. And Edwin and Karnacio
Speaker 1: just doing more of the same two five batting average,
Speaker 1: that's fine. Thirteen home runs uh up to thirty three
Speaker 1: ribbies too, so he's too just getting getting the job
Speaker 1: done here for the Seattle Mariners venture. Yeah, um, very streaky.
Speaker 1: The question is would you rather have like him or
Speaker 1: I know, this guy's really cold, but justin smoke with
Speaker 1: the pedigree, they gotta have vocal back at this point.
Speaker 1: I don't really care abougree exactly. I would rather have
Speaker 1: vocal vocal back at this point. He does struggle mightily
Speaker 1: against left handed pitching, which could be frustrating for head
Speaker 1: to head points league, So he was dropped in one
Speaker 1: of my leagues, and I think I looked into picking
Speaker 1: them up, but I saw that the Mariners either face
Speaker 1: two or three lefties this week, and I said, you know,
Speaker 1: he might actually sit out those games. He only has
Speaker 1: twenty one at bats against lefties on the season, so
Speaker 1: it seems like those are the games where they sit
Speaker 1: him a little bit more, and you know they have
Speaker 1: other players that they can get it in there and
Speaker 1: d d H. He sitting two eighty two with a
Speaker 1: one thousand eighty four OPS against right e's one forty
Speaker 1: three with a seven oh nine OPS against lefties. So
Speaker 1: he's the guy that you you might have to worry
Speaker 1: about with the splits. Yes, and you have to be
Speaker 1: careful in weekly leagues. What week is starting him too
Speaker 1: if you have them in weekly leagues, because if he
Speaker 1: does get cold, it will probably be for a little while. Great.
Speaker 1: Is it safe to say that the Cubs traded away
Speaker 1: the wrong Schober brother because it kind of was like brothers.
Speaker 1: They're both just like, you know, gargantuan humans that have beards.
Speaker 1: They kind of look alike if you look at them
Speaker 1: side by side. I think the Cubs might have might
Speaker 1: have flowed this one up venture. You think, so looks
Speaker 1: better than Schwarber, at least this year looks. Swarber hasn't
Speaker 1: been great for years years, right, But you know Schwarber
Speaker 1: was like hugely towed when he first came up and
Speaker 1: was raking for the Cubs. So you know, they had
Speaker 1: a lot of promise for this guy. He really fell
Speaker 1: off the map. He's got six homers, he got fifteen Ribbies,
Speaker 1: and he has logo box almost has more home runs
Speaker 1: than Schober has RBIs. That's bad, Yeah, that's bad. He
Speaker 1: is only twenty six years old, though, I mean I
Speaker 1: could see him. The Yankees wanted him years ago for
Speaker 1: the Chapman trade. It ended up getting labor, which I'm
Speaker 1: fine with. Like, you know what if Kyle Swarber becomes
Speaker 1: a free agent and like the Cups are like, all right,
Speaker 1: we're gonna let you go. Swing is pretty We don't
Speaker 1: need stadium. The thing is, we don't need another guy
Speaker 1: that can't be put defense and d h the team already.
Speaker 1: You don't they don't though, Well now that now they don't,
Speaker 1: they don't. Yeah, Well, just like Kendricks Morales, he's hot morale,
Speaker 1: but Stands back then he's doing they were doing. You
Speaker 1: would have to imagine the standing probably DH is most
Speaker 1: of the time until you know, judges back to I
Speaker 1: don't know that's true. Yeah, Like there's gonna be a rotation.
Speaker 1: Gardner's defense is obviously like he's gonna play. But like,
Speaker 1: I can't even argument that Stands are better defender than
Speaker 1: Clint Frasser. Baby, I think you can, Baby, I probably
Speaker 1: would still trust Clint Fraser a little bit. I don't
Speaker 1: think I would, But you know, we also has the
Speaker 1: shoulder thing, like not mess with Giancarlo Stanton, Like if
Speaker 1: he comes back, like, let's stick in our power to
Speaker 1: keep him healthy. Right by the way, we uh Blue
Speaker 1: Jay's Red Sox outside Luke Malley first run of the
Speaker 1: season off of David Price. Prices return today from the
Speaker 1: I L so it's a two star week. They actually
Speaker 1: I was watching it and they put up the Toronto lineup,
Speaker 1: and I'm like, how is this team even school runs?
Speaker 1: They're so most of the time they don't. That's why
Speaker 1: we streammar pictures against them everywhere. Eld is getting hot though,
Speaker 1: guys getting six homewords last week, Glad home running hit
Speaker 1: yesterday was Calvin Area monster. I mean it was like
Speaker 1: it was way inside pitch and he still managed to
Speaker 1: pull his hands on enough to get it out. I mean,
Speaker 1: the guy is so impressed speed. And it was his
Speaker 1: first home run to left field. Think about that. All
Speaker 1: of his other home runs have either gone to center
Speaker 1: or right field, which shows tremendous power. There has been
Speaker 1: a trade in what sport Major League Baseball. A Lanta
Speaker 1: Braves have acquired one of Frankie's guys, Anthony swore zak
Speaker 1: Ah and cash considerations from the Seattle Mariners in exchange
Speaker 1: for left handed pittuer Jesse Biddle and right handed picture
Speaker 1: prospect right handed picture Rhodas. Wow, so he's gonna be
Speaker 1: out for the year. Maybe the Mariners are kind of
Speaker 1: forward thinking things. This guy is gonna be our closer
Speaker 1: in the future, Greggy, I'll throw this one back at you,
Speaker 1: this guy swarzak Any chance he gets save opportunities here
Speaker 1: or do you think he's I think it's possible. I
Speaker 1: think it's I don't. I don't think he will. Just
Speaker 1: because Luke Luke Jackson has performed well thus far, he
Speaker 1: might get in there. It doesn't really have experience, But
Speaker 1: like Swarzak, I was touting him early on in the season.
Speaker 1: I picked him up for cheap and if you leave um,
Speaker 1: and he converted a few saves. But since then, I
Speaker 1: mean he's he's been terrible great sola better than Luke Jackson.
Speaker 1: I don't know. He's blowed a couple recently, also hasn't.
Speaker 1: Maybe that's why they want more of a veteran presence
Speaker 1: in the back of the bullpen. Maybe Luke Jackson because
Speaker 1: he's inexperienced. Me personally, right now, I feel Luke Jackson
Speaker 1: is the guy still, even with this acquisition of Swarzak,
Speaker 1: I think Swarzak is probably like a seventh eighth and guy. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he shouldn't be the closes right away. He
Speaker 1: has a five two. Where's that? Yeah, you shouldn't be
Speaker 1: thrown into a club. He hasn't been great so his
Speaker 1: first couple of But you're saying Seattle, they're they're looking
Speaker 1: for the closure of the future, close in the future.
Speaker 1: But I think they heard of Swarzack salary and this
Speaker 1: guy and is like a piece of okay, And Jesse
Speaker 1: Biddle was a former top prospect and he's done something
Speaker 1: things out of the bullpen for them is like a
Speaker 1: long reliever. So so it's like a build of the
Speaker 1: bullpen for the future. Like we're a young guy and
Speaker 1: you got a veteran. Is this guy and I feel
Speaker 1: like he's a veteran. He's at old I'm gonna I
Speaker 1: would think he's Yeah, I was gonna say high twenty.
Speaker 1: So he's twenty eight years old. So you know, he
Speaker 1: might be able to be the closer for like the
Speaker 1: next couple of years for them, if anything. But the
Speaker 1: question is is even a good closing right of trying
Speaker 1: to replace him for years? I mean, I've been a
Speaker 1: this guy, you know, guy, Hey, say what you want
Speaker 1: about him. Last year two point one one e r
Speaker 1: A save sixteen games, pretty name good guys, come on,
Speaker 1: But the rest of his point one seven whip, it's
Speaker 1: not not bad. The year before that two eight three
Speaker 1: e r A. I think you guys are selling the
Speaker 1: roads this guy. In a little short, I do agree
Speaker 1: that it seems like the Braves have tried to replace him,
Speaker 1: But I don't think he's a bad pitcher. He's not bad,
Speaker 1: but I just don't know if he's a quality closer
Speaker 1: for a whole season, you know what I mean. It's
Speaker 1: better than anything else the matters are doing. Oh yeah,
Speaker 1: and binas alias or whatever, you know, cheap bid that
Speaker 1: um Modica had in our league, and he said that
Speaker 1: he was going to bid on him last week. Could
Speaker 1: be back soon, could be back. I believe it's as
Speaker 1: early as like last week of May something like that.
Speaker 1: So we're getting close to the data. Might be like
Speaker 1: remember he got placed on the sixty day I l
Speaker 1: back in late March, so we're getting close to that,
Speaker 1: you know, two months time period here, and I think
Speaker 1: it's pretty likely that he ends up as the closer again, Greg.
Speaker 1: So if you need a closer, stashed hunter Shrikland for now.
Speaker 1: Anything else from yesterday that he wanted to hit off
Speaker 1: right and make sure we got to ums here first
Speaker 1: of them? Yeah, Kessing here hit a homer yesterday, Danny Duffy,
Speaker 1: keep getting it done, Greg. Howbout that another another quality
Speaker 1: start here for him? Six any pitched one or run.
Speaker 1: I know I brought him up you and Florio kind
Speaker 1: of laughed at me. It's all get another one of
Speaker 1: these veterans. But the deeper leagues I think he should
Speaker 1: be maybe not a must owned player and a twelve teamer.
Speaker 1: But eventry he's pitching well right now? Yeah, yeah, listen.
Speaker 1: I always thought he was a good pitcher when he
Speaker 1: first came into the league, and you know, he had
Speaker 1: his ups and downs. He had that one great season.
Speaker 1: What was that a couple of years ago? Yeah, it
Speaker 1: was like three at this point, right, So, I mean
Speaker 1: he's got stuff. I just feel like he's had a
Speaker 1: kind of an unlucky career. You know, things haven't really
Speaker 1: worked out in his favorite hasn't been consistent consistent enough either.
Speaker 1: I mean I would take a chance on him, I
Speaker 1: would wait a little longer. I think I want to
Speaker 1: see more consistency because that was always the issue with him.
Speaker 1: You know, how about the Yankees yesterday, Greg, I was
Speaker 1: the Yankees one, first place they are in the first place.
Speaker 1: I was gonna go the Yankees, but I thought just
Speaker 1: just hitting on the Braves and the Brewers is more important.
Speaker 1: Because Michael Holtonevitch, which finally had a good start. It
Speaker 1: was it's the Brewers to six innings, two run ball,
Speaker 1: I didn't walk anybody, struck out three only running and
Speaker 1: two solo shots. Christian Yelloch and to cass A hero
Speaker 1: as we mentioned, and then for the brew cru Brandon
Speaker 1: Rudroff continuous to get it done. He also didn't want
Speaker 1: anybody while allowing two runs chuck out six the only
Speaker 1: two rerunsident he allowed runs solo home runs the Freddie
Speaker 1: Freeman in a round laguna. Yeah, Brandon Woodruff has been awesome,
Speaker 1: and we spoke about that like it was common for him.
Speaker 1: You look at the underlying numbers for him, they were
Speaker 1: much better than his surface. E r A gets a
Speaker 1: lot of swinging strikes. And we spoke about this rotation
Speaker 1: before the season with Nick Pollack a picture list, and
Speaker 1: we said there's upside here. It's just trying to decipher
Speaker 1: which one is going to come to fruition. Corbin Burns
Speaker 1: has some nasty stuff, but he's gonna be used as
Speaker 1: a reliever. Freddy Peralta has bounced back somewhat since he
Speaker 1: has returned, and he had one game where like he
Speaker 1: was get an opener and he came in and he
Speaker 1: was all right. But I think the answer is definitively
Speaker 1: Brandon Woodruff of the three, um, you know, he might
Speaker 1: have the most, might have the most upside in this rotation.
Speaker 1: And I will say along with stashing guy like on
Speaker 1: a strickland right now, to mean Nelson is getting close,
Speaker 1: Craig reaching start five and third and he's pitched eight strikeouts.
Speaker 1: I'm still stashing him in a few locations. If he's
Speaker 1: available in your league, I think he's he's like less
Speaker 1: than owned. Now is the time he was always this
Speaker 1: one turn in the rotation? Though, why do you why
Speaker 1: do you always do that? Why do you need it now?
Speaker 1: Now that it's coming soon? You know I might jump on,
Speaker 1: might have to jump on. You need to see this
Speaker 1: from faults and average to by the I mean the
Speaker 1: biggest key for me again similar to like I got
Speaker 1: like Sandy Alkantara. He has struggled with walks mightily and
Speaker 1: home runs. Still had the home runs here, but didn't
Speaker 1: walk anybody. Only three strikeouts. You need to see more
Speaker 1: than that. But it is impressive that he was able
Speaker 1: to put together a quality start against the Brewers of all.
Speaker 1: So you're holding faulty because I got a question from
Speaker 1: somebody in my league my home. Yeah, he texted me.
Speaker 1: He's like, I'm losing my patients with faulty now. But
Speaker 1: you paid a lot to kind of you know, even
Speaker 1: though he was hurt, you still drafted him higher than
Speaker 1: you wanted to. I would probably hold him and keep
Speaker 1: her Dynasty League because you got it. I'm late, so
Speaker 1: that keeper value is probably gonna be good for years
Speaker 1: to come. But it's a playing a redraft and there's
Speaker 1: a picture that comes along. I don't mind dropping. I
Speaker 1: want to thank Matt moodiego for joining as the closer
Speaker 1: Chris Venture as well. Steve sew the third yesterday. By
Speaker 1: the way, I have a great night everybody. We'll see tomorrow.
Speaker 1: We're gon