1 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 1: Welcome in Brendos to Leading Off. 2 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:19,200 Speaker 2: The final week of Leading Off. That's right, I am 3 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:22,119 Speaker 2: your host, Chris Welsh. Joining me today is Andrew Seifer. 4 00:00:22,160 --> 00:00:24,600 Speaker 1: You can find him on Twitter at Andrew Underscore Seifer. 5 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:26,920 Speaker 2: Me at is it the Welsh and Andrew? Not only 6 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: is this the final week, this is your final show 7 00:00:29,480 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 2: on Leading Off as you've been joining me for the 8 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 2: last couple of months. How have the championship runs been 9 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: going and is this going to be a tight race 10 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 2: in the final week for that Rodo ship. 11 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 3: Well, I'm feeling pretty good about that. I'm feeling very 12 00:00:43,479 --> 00:00:45,760 Speaker 3: sad about it being my final appearance on Leading Off 13 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 3: for the season. 14 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 4: It's been a great ride. 15 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 3: I guess I'm metaphorically getting moved down to the batting order 16 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 3: no longer leading Off. But yeah, the teams are going great. 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 3: I'm I'm sort of in cruise control, honestly. In that 18 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 3: home league I've talked about so much. I'm up twenty 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: points now heading into the final week, so I've kind 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 3: of just blown the competition out of the water. My 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:09,039 Speaker 3: friend was messaging me during our fantasy football draft and 22 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 3: he's like, I still can't get over that run you 23 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 3: made in August, so it's a nice time to be alive. 24 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:16,920 Speaker 4: But I will miss being on the show. 25 00:01:17,160 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, one hundred percent, Danas asked aw Man. No offseason 26 00:01:21,440 --> 00:01:23,679 Speaker 2: as of this moment, not planned, but you guys can ask. 27 00:01:23,720 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 2: You guys feel free to flood them with We want 28 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 2: the Welsh, and we want the crew, the Peanuts and 29 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:30,640 Speaker 2: the cracker Jacks. 30 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 1: We want more. You just got to flood them and 31 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 1: let him know. 32 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 2: But as far as I know, this is the final 33 00:01:34,120 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 2: week and and coming up on Friday, but the final show, 34 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: I have confirmed it. We have a celebrity joining us 35 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 2: on Friday, mister Joe Pisa Pia is weak and he 36 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 2: will be back for the final show. And another piece 37 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:56,880 Speaker 2: of news, it's his birthday today, so birthday, no, it'll 38 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:58,400 Speaker 2: be you know what. And I was thinking about this too. 39 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:02,080 Speaker 2: We should we should have had I should have talked 40 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:05,080 Speaker 2: to Wonky about this. What a great day this would 41 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:07,280 Speaker 2: have been to have a home run bonus. We really 42 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 2: it's not my contest, then the home run bonus. I 43 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,519 Speaker 2: thought it would have been really great if every day 44 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: this week there was a bonus in this final run 45 00:02:14,760 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: and today's bonus would have been double homers for any 46 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 2: bald player that you pick that hits a home run 47 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,480 Speaker 2: today in honor of Joe Piezapia, who I think turned. 48 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: Sixty eight this year, so you know, hat tip to Joe. 49 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,680 Speaker 2: He's closing in on retirement and his birthday is today, 50 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 2: so make sure you shout him out and he will 51 00:02:34,720 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 2: be back again with us on Friday, the old crew 52 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:40,440 Speaker 2: of me and Joe back in the saddle. So people 53 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:42,680 Speaker 2: asking I don't know who to hit up, So I 54 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: mean I kind of do. But you can hit up 55 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: all of the people over in the discord, all the 56 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,160 Speaker 2: main important people you want off season. 57 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:49,080 Speaker 1: Feel free to ask. 58 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 2: But as of this moment, that Joe and I show 59 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 2: on Friday should be the last one. But we don't 60 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 2: need to focus on that. 61 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,280 Speaker 3: Well, I knew I liked that Joe guy, and now 62 00:02:57,320 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 3: I know why because my birthday's tomorrow. So sleebra's to 63 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 3: stick together. Us hairless guys got to stick together. So 64 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 3: happy birthday, Joe. 65 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:06,079 Speaker 1: Happy birthday. 66 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:06,240 Speaker 4: Man. 67 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: You could probably be his son. I think, what are 68 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,119 Speaker 1: you going to turn like thirty thirty. 69 00:03:10,800 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 4: One something right here in the ballpark, as they. 70 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,240 Speaker 2: Said, yeah, and Joe's like, you know, it's like in 71 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: the sixties, or something. Joe's not really, but you know 72 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 2: we like to play like that. Yeah, Wonky, I could 73 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 2: have decided that, but I should have thought of it earlier. 74 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: I thought of it literally as I was talking with 75 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 2: Joe yesterday. I was talking with him yesterday and we 76 00:03:29,680 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 2: didn't talk about birthdays. I didn't know it was but 77 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:33,480 Speaker 2: it would have been. Uh, it would have been fun 78 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,960 Speaker 2: to do that. Oh, and Wonkey says, you can email 79 00:03:36,320 --> 00:03:38,680 Speaker 2: info address on Fantasy Pros if you'd like. 80 00:03:38,720 --> 00:03:40,000 Speaker 1: If you guys want some more off season. 81 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 2: I would love to do some more off season with Wonky, 82 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 2: with Andrew and with. 83 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:46,839 Speaker 1: The whole crew. But you know, we'll have to see. 84 00:03:46,880 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: I think there's a lot of applicable stuff there. 85 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:50,800 Speaker 2: But let's talk about the things that have got us 86 00:03:50,840 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 2: here to our championships, or just the likes of baseball. 87 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: Albert Albert pooholes. 88 00:03:56,360 --> 00:04:01,000 Speaker 2: As Will Fare would have said, as as Harry Carey. 89 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: Albert pool holes hom twice on Friday to become the 90 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 2: fourth player to reach seven hundred homers in his career. 91 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 2: And if I remember correctly, I believe. 92 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:12,160 Speaker 1: He did it on Apple TV. Isn't that right? So 93 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: nobody saw it? Nobody? 94 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:14,040 Speaker 4: Why? 95 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:17,240 Speaker 2: Only reason I did, by the way, is because I 96 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 2: got a brand new phone like a month and a 97 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 2: half ago and they threw Apple TV in as part 98 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 2: of my new service. 99 00:04:23,160 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 1: So I have Apple TV. But I'm probably one of 100 00:04:25,839 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: the like ninety. 101 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:30,159 Speaker 2: Four people who care about baseball that had Apple TV 102 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 2: and got to actually witness it. Not on a highlight reel, 103 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,160 Speaker 2: but he did it. He officially did it. Andrew and 104 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: pool Holes is at seven hundred. 105 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 4: Yeah, so awesome. 106 00:04:38,040 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 3: And if you had said at the start of his 107 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,320 Speaker 3: career that he was going to reach seven hundred home 108 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 3: runs on Apple TV, people would have been very confused 109 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 3: what you were talking about. But it's a wonderful world 110 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:51,480 Speaker 3: we live in with modern technology. I will say, you know, 111 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 3: I feel like Albert pool Holes he's the true heir 112 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 3: to the Hank Aaron legacy because a fun fact is 113 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 3: that he never hit fifty home runs in a season, 114 00:05:00,240 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 3: and neither did Hank Aaron, So you know, they were 115 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 3: just the models of consistency. Forty home runs every single year, 116 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 3: over and over and over again to get to that milestone. 117 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 3: It's a great milestone and it's a lesson for Aaron. Judge, 118 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: don't cut it too close to the end, because the 119 00:05:15,520 --> 00:05:17,600 Speaker 3: closer you get to the end, the more pressure there 120 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:21,599 Speaker 3: is to do it. So Poohols was wisely getting to 121 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 3: his milestone early. 122 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: My favorite thing about all of this, too, is the 123 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:29,160 Speaker 2: internal stories of like the home runs of like you know, 124 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: the one guy I think who caught seven hundred like 125 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 2: immediately left the stadium and is being offered five hundred 126 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:36,800 Speaker 2: thousand to a million. I believe there was an auction 127 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: price out there of a of a million. This is 128 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:42,360 Speaker 2: great story if everybody didn't see it about Mark McGuire's 129 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 2: home run ball where the guy that caught it, they 130 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 2: offered him all this stuff. Here's what I love about 131 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 2: this time of year because of getting these stories. And 132 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 2: they were saying this story about how you know, they 133 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,960 Speaker 2: offered him like autograph, fat a ball, this, that and 134 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 2: the other thing, and he agreed to all of it 135 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: except his one other thing was he wanted to meet 136 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:01,040 Speaker 2: Mark McGuire and McGuire said no, of course, of course, 137 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 2: and the guy ends up saying, okay, I'm not doing 138 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 2: it and sells the ball for three million dollars, you know, 139 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 2: like a couple months later and made millions. And there's 140 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: a lot of hostage negotiation stuff going on with these 141 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,440 Speaker 2: home runs with between Judge and Albert Poolhols, and I 142 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,400 Speaker 2: know we're currently in that with the with the pool 143 00:06:18,400 --> 00:06:19,440 Speaker 2: holes seven hundred seven. 144 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 4: I got a pretty cool story about this too. 145 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 3: So my dad was actually at the game where Roger 146 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 3: Marris hit his fifty fifth home run the year he 147 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 3: hit sixty one, and his bat broke after he hit 148 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 3: the home run and he handed it hit the bat 149 00:06:32,240 --> 00:06:34,159 Speaker 3: boy handed the bat to my dad. So my dad 150 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:37,839 Speaker 3: has the bat that Roger Marris hit his fifty fifth 151 00:06:37,839 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 3: home run with, and he has the box he kept 152 00:06:40,839 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 3: scoring that game. So we actually went back and looked 153 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:45,479 Speaker 3: to make sure it was the right game because he 154 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 3: was like because he hit the fifty sixth and the 155 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,880 Speaker 3: fifty fifth both against Cleveland, so we're trying to make 156 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 3: sure it was the fifty fifth. So we went back 157 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:54,279 Speaker 3: and watched the video and there's a there's a clip 158 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 3: of Roger Merris running into the dugout, and we froze 159 00:06:57,200 --> 00:06:59,680 Speaker 3: the YouTube and zoomed in and you can actually see 160 00:06:59,680 --> 00:07:02,839 Speaker 3: my dad in the second row behind the dugout at 161 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 3: the game. 162 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:04,719 Speaker 1: So it's pretty got to authenticate that. 163 00:07:04,800 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 2: And that's your retirement plan, Yeah, right, which I had 164 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: a retirement plan like that. That's definitely pretty nice. And 165 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 2: then also it's all it's all enshrined in like this 166 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 2: hilarious conversation about chord cutting and how this game could 167 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 2: possibly you know, they could possibly do this on Apple TV. 168 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:23,160 Speaker 2: You've got also the complaining going on in the NFL 169 00:07:23,240 --> 00:07:26,360 Speaker 2: about the NFL being on Amazon Prime in general and 170 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: maybe moving there. I don't think I think this is 171 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,560 Speaker 2: the tip of the iceberg into this, and I know 172 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 2: over the last two years we've had it, it's a 173 00:07:34,120 --> 00:07:35,400 Speaker 2: much bigger, different conversation. 174 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: But you know a lot of people. 175 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: Got pissed off about like the YouTube games and the 176 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,360 Speaker 2: Facebook games. We don't think we've seen anything yet. I 177 00:07:42,360 --> 00:07:44,680 Speaker 2: don't think we're this is the smallest little thing we're 178 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:48,920 Speaker 2: in for. Because the chord cutting of streaming services purchasing 179 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 2: more games and more games, it's going to get louder 180 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,680 Speaker 2: and bigger and it's going to be more intense. And 181 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 2: I think this is this is that little tip just 182 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 2: to remind us, like, look at you've got a really big, 183 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:02,320 Speaker 2: big time you know, record breaking a baseball piece of 184 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 2: history that is stuck behind a paywall that most people 185 00:08:05,160 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 2: do not have. I think it's going to get worse. 186 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 2: I think it's gonna get a lot worse for people. 187 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: But again, that's a conversation for a whole nother day. 188 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 2: But congratulations to Albert Poolhols for doing it. We now 189 00:08:14,520 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 2: don't have to have the stupid conversation of like, would 190 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 2: he come back for a couple of games even though 191 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:20,480 Speaker 2: he said he would and blah blah blah. 192 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:21,440 Speaker 1: We don't have to worry about it. 193 00:08:21,480 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: He did it. He doesn't really even care. Someone's going 194 00:08:24,160 --> 00:08:26,240 Speaker 2: to be rich. I'm excited to see what the final 195 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 2: bit of the numbers are and maybe he can attack 196 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 2: on another too. 197 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:32,040 Speaker 1: If he's even getting to play at this point. 198 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 2: If he hit the record, they might not, but you 199 00:08:33,840 --> 00:08:35,840 Speaker 2: know what are they playing for this last week? Some 200 00:08:35,880 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 2: other headline here pieces Ronald Acunya hit to go ahead 201 00:08:38,840 --> 00:08:41,559 Speaker 2: RBI single also walked on Sunday as the Braves beat 202 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 2: the Phillies eight to seven. I believe he had been 203 00:08:44,160 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 2: out of the lineup for quite some time and it's 204 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 2: going to be fascinating just to see where Acuna goes 205 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 2: next season. But getting Acunya, hopefully for this back end 206 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:56,120 Speaker 2: of the week, is going to be a helpful piece 207 00:08:56,160 --> 00:08:59,520 Speaker 2: for everybody. Also, Mike Trout Homeward doubled twice walk and 208 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:02,079 Speaker 2: also score three times for the Angels, say crush the 209 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: Twins ten to three on Sunday. And Mike Trout coming 210 00:09:05,840 --> 00:09:08,240 Speaker 2: through in this back half of like five months or 211 00:09:08,280 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 2: so with a little bit of production for any Roto Championships. 212 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:14,560 Speaker 3: Andrew, Yeah, I mean he's a different player than he 213 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 3: was in his peak. You know, he doesn't steal bases anymore, 214 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,200 Speaker 3: he doesn't hit three twenty anymore, but the power is 215 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 3: absolutely still there as much as ever, maybe more than ever. 216 00:09:25,160 --> 00:09:28,319 Speaker 3: So I wouldn't be surprised to see him continue that 217 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 3: for a few more years where he's putting up forty 218 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 3: home run seasons. 219 00:09:31,360 --> 00:09:33,600 Speaker 2: I wonder if this is gonna look reminiscent at all 220 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: of like this is his version of this where you've 221 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 2: got the pitchers. Verlander's gone through this Kershaw Bumgarner where 222 00:09:40,920 --> 00:09:44,600 Speaker 2: you are a certain type of player and then you 223 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:47,840 Speaker 2: can no longer do that thing anymore, and you really 224 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 2: struggle with yourself in figuring out, well, I can't do this, 225 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 2: You're still trying to be the old player, and then 226 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,360 Speaker 2: you find a way to work with where around it, 227 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,920 Speaker 2: and I know I'm dancing around it, but like Kershaw 228 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 2: did that when he lost Villa, so he had to 229 00:10:01,280 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 2: learn and he was having back issues, he had to 230 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:04,320 Speaker 2: learn to be a different pitcher. 231 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:05,480 Speaker 1: Verlander had that. 232 00:10:05,520 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 2: But then Verlander found his velocity again, which is really 233 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:10,600 Speaker 2: incredible at an older age. And the same thing I 234 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,840 Speaker 2: kind of wonder with Trout where in twenty nineteen, you know, 235 00:10:13,880 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 2: he still stole double digit bases. He'd been coming off 236 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 2: of three straight years of twenty or more stolen bases, 237 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 2: and then you have the pandemic year that's mixed in 238 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,240 Speaker 2: with a broken year of injuries in twenty twenty one 239 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 2: that I don't know if either one of those you 240 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 2: could really be like, oh, he is trying to find 241 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 2: himself in a different way. He is trying to reinvent 242 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 2: his game until this year because this is like the 243 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,600 Speaker 2: first full season he's had since the pandemic really took 244 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,840 Speaker 2: place that he's had to figure out how to be 245 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:41,520 Speaker 2: a different player. 246 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: And we've kind of taken him and broken him. 247 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 2: Apart because the guy's only still four bases from two 248 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,079 Speaker 2: thousand on four stolen bases from Mike Trout since two 249 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,720 Speaker 2: thousand he's had and I think just overall, yeah, twosand 250 00:10:53,720 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 2: I'm sory, Yeah, two thousand would be that would be amazing. 251 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 2: He played in twenty eleven, twenty twenty, you've seen the 252 00:10:58,679 --> 00:11:01,240 Speaker 2: strikeout rate go up because I think you're seeing him 253 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 2: find you know, getting back onto being an impactful power 254 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: hitter is the way he's got to do it, instead 255 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,439 Speaker 2: of being this five tool player that's also stealing basis. 256 00:11:09,480 --> 00:11:10,840 Speaker 1: That's just not part of his game anymore. 257 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 2: And we're going to have to come to terms that 258 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 2: maybe if he can find health and he can get 259 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 2: that going, he is going to be a plus plus 260 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:18,760 Speaker 2: four category player. 261 00:11:18,800 --> 00:11:19,720 Speaker 1: He just will not be five. 262 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 4: Yeah. 263 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 3: I mean, honestly, this is a pretty standard age curve 264 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,040 Speaker 3: that you see with hitters. I feel like the power 265 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:28,079 Speaker 3: is the thing that they can keep the longest. I 266 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 3: mean we even saw that with Albert Poohols, right, the 267 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 3: power maintained in those down years with the Angels. It 268 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:37,319 Speaker 3: was the other things that went away, you know. I mean, 269 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: Trout is never going to be a batting average liability. 270 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 3: He's just too talented a hitter for that. But yeah, 271 00:11:44,080 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 3: the strikeout rate of twenty eight percent, I mean, you're 272 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 3: looking at a two eighty batting average like he's got 273 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 3: this year, that's kind of the baseline expectation. I just 274 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:55,640 Speaker 3: find it interesting that pitchers actually seem to despite how 275 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:57,440 Speaker 3: much stress there is on the arm and how many 276 00:11:57,440 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 3: injuries pitchers tend to have earlier in their careers. I 277 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 3: do think we see more dominance from older pitchers than 278 00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 3: we do from older hitters. It's just hitters have a 279 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 3: more sort of graceful, gradual decline, whereas pitchers can fall 280 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 3: off a cliff, then they can re emerge and be 281 00:12:12,559 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 3: dominant again. It's sort of like capturing lightning in a 282 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:18,640 Speaker 3: bottle with pictures, whereas with hitters it's kind of more 283 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 3: of a longer term trajectory. 284 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 2: Over on the In This League Fantasy Baseball podcast with 285 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 2: Bagman and I, we are conducting a slow draft, early 286 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,400 Speaker 2: twenty twenty three draft, of course, and we're going to 287 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 2: be breaking it down this week. Where do you think 288 00:12:32,160 --> 00:12:34,319 Speaker 2: Trout should go and where do you think he went 289 00:12:34,360 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: in ours? 290 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:40,679 Speaker 3: I would say Trout it is probably like a third 291 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 3: round player, maybe second if you want, but yeah, I 292 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:49,280 Speaker 3: mean he's probably a top fifty overall player in Rodo 293 00:12:50,160 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 3: and he's got a very high floor. He's not risky 294 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: in any way other than of course he did have 295 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:59,400 Speaker 3: some injuries, but generally speaking, I feel like he's kind 296 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 3: of like the rich man's George Springer at this point. 297 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:05,600 Speaker 2: I feel like, so maybe surprise you. It's a fifteen 298 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:09,600 Speaker 2: team roto mock draft ten. He went ten overall, so 299 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,160 Speaker 2: still maintaining that value. 300 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 4: It's all rich for me. 301 00:13:12,679 --> 00:13:14,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it is a little rich for me 302 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: as well. 303 00:13:16,240 --> 00:13:18,840 Speaker 2: And actually he went two picks before my pick, and 304 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 2: I still wouldn't have I don't think I would have 305 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 2: taken him. 306 00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 1: I ended up going with a Bobby wit junior. 307 00:13:23,320 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: But I think there's a lot of stolen base guys 308 00:13:25,880 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 2: that are in there, but just interesting breakdown of like 309 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,080 Speaker 2: where his value is still perceived to where he's going 310 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 2: to be drafted. He's literally almost being drafted in the 311 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:36,040 Speaker 2: same spot he was preseason. So this is this is 312 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,319 Speaker 2: why it's fascinating. And I think you can have Yeah, 313 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:39,960 Speaker 2: doctor Glenn says, you can have him in the first 314 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:43,559 Speaker 2: round he did go. I think he'll move further out 315 00:13:43,640 --> 00:13:44,560 Speaker 2: as time goes on. 316 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:46,200 Speaker 1: Another guy that went in. 317 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: The first round of that many Machado hit his thirty 318 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: first homer of the year, also walked as the Padres 319 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: lost to the Rockies. Few other notes as were burning through. 320 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 2: Nester Cortes had six scoreless innings. Very impressive outing against 321 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: the Red Sox on Sunday night in New York at 322 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 2: four five with the two run homer. On Sunday as 323 00:14:03,240 --> 00:14:06,959 Speaker 2: the Mets beat the A's thirteen to four match, Schuzer 324 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: struck out seven walk nun allowed a loan run over 325 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:14,280 Speaker 2: six innings against the A's and Dray Jamison Diamondbacks with 326 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 2: these young pitchers, dra Jamison didn't surrender a run over 327 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:20,360 Speaker 2: five hits in five and one thirds of an inning 328 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 2: in a no decision against the Giants, Like incredibly impressive 329 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,080 Speaker 2: between what Ryan Nelson has maintained to do and what 330 00:14:26,160 --> 00:14:28,560 Speaker 2: Dray Jamison is looking like right now. Probably back in 331 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 2: rotation guys that don't really mean much to you. You get 332 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,120 Speaker 2: one start out of Dre Jamison if you want this week. 333 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: What I wanted to ask you real quick is next season, 334 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,080 Speaker 2: Pete Alonso or Paul Goldschmid, who's the top first baseman 335 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:40,720 Speaker 2: in your eyes? 336 00:14:42,680 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 3: Honestly, in a redraft format, I think you have to 337 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:47,440 Speaker 3: give the edge to gold Schmith. Just based on what 338 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 3: he's done this season. I mean, it's just like Alonso. 339 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 3: The thing about Alonso is he's he's kind of like 340 00:14:54,880 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 3: Trout honestly at this you know, at this stage of 341 00:14:57,080 --> 00:15:00,360 Speaker 3: Trout's career, he's a lot like Alonzo. He's decent batting average, 342 00:15:00,360 --> 00:15:02,520 Speaker 3: but not going to excel there tons of power. 343 00:15:02,560 --> 00:15:03,600 Speaker 4: I would say Alonzo. 344 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 3: Has a little more power even than Trout, but not 345 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 3: really much in the stolen bases category. So you're you're 346 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 3: talking like a three category, three and a half category 347 00:15:13,280 --> 00:15:16,760 Speaker 3: kind of a player, whereas, uh, with gold Schmidt, I mean, 348 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,080 Speaker 3: he's just done it all this year. So you know, certainly, 349 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 3: like I could see the argument for Alonso just because like, 350 00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:27,520 Speaker 3: if anything, he could even get a little bit better perhaps, 351 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:30,200 Speaker 3: and this has got to be the best we could 352 00:15:30,200 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 3: see from gold Shmate at this year. 353 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:34,240 Speaker 2: It'd be this whole Like, I don't want to buy 354 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,640 Speaker 2: last year's stats with Goldman, he didn't make it into 355 00:15:36,680 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: the first runt of our mock, but he did go 356 00:15:38,120 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 2: before pet Alan. So I think it's an interesting conversation 357 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 2: to have with those guys that first base has gotten 358 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 2: a little bit more stocked up and we actually have 359 00:15:45,160 --> 00:15:47,280 Speaker 2: elite players where I feel like, I don't know, kind 360 00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 2: of like lack the eliteness. Maybe we would throw Freddy 361 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 2: Freeman into that, and Freeman's not even going in the 362 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:52,120 Speaker 2: top two. 363 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 3: But it's a lot of Yeah, I think, I just 364 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 3: truly I think, I like I had a point earlier 365 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 3: in this season where I thought gold Schmidt was going 366 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 3: to fall off and then he did so based on that, 367 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,000 Speaker 3: I'm not ready to just assume he's suddenly going to 368 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 3: fall off next April. 369 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 1: Yeah. 370 00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:09,160 Speaker 2: Over on the injury front, Jeremy Paania cleared concussion protocol 371 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 2: after having sustaining a head injury on Sunday. He's expected 372 00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:14,600 Speaker 2: to be available on Tuesday. Short slight to games here 373 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:17,400 Speaker 2: on Monday. Dustin May was placed on the fifteen day IL. 374 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 2: Dave Roberts stated that he could possibly be available out 375 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 2: of the bullpen for the postseason if he's healthy enough. 376 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,960 Speaker 2: But for re Drafters, we know you have nothing to 377 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: worry about. Edward Cabrera left Sunday start with a right 378 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 2: ankle sprain. No bueno if you're counting on him. Jesse 379 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 2: Winker is removed from Sunday's game with a bruce left wrist, 380 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: but fantasy owners wouldn't have known it outside of not 381 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 2: getting an zero for four with two strikeout performance on 382 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 2: their card for him. Cal Raley left Sunday's game after 383 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 2: aggravating an existing thumb injury, and Wander Franco was removed 384 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,800 Speaker 2: from Sunday's game with a hand injury. 385 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: So no bueno. The injuries have stacked up for wander Franco. 386 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:52,520 Speaker 1: This is an interesting question. 387 00:16:52,600 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 2: You just put together your final Waiver wire pickup article 388 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,560 Speaker 2: which is over on Fantasy Pros, and I figure maybe 389 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 2: if there's a few of these wee can answer these 390 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,520 Speaker 2: throughout the show. I would love to get your thoughts 391 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 2: on a couple of the hitters. Well, let's do that first, 392 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,359 Speaker 2: a couple of hitters that you targeted as far as 393 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: pickups for this final week. If you're going for most 394 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,560 Speaker 2: likely head to head is not playing. If you are, 395 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 2: you're crazy. But Roto championships are on the line right now. 396 00:17:17,160 --> 00:17:18,640 Speaker 2: Who are a couple of the hitter pickups? 397 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 1: If someone is making some last desperation moves this week. 398 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:24,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, so, as we talked about last week, Ezekiel Tovar 399 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:27,679 Speaker 3: has to be at the top of that list just 400 00:17:27,760 --> 00:17:29,800 Speaker 3: with the potential that he has. But I will just 401 00:17:29,880 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 3: caution that the Rockies just finished up their final home 402 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:35,960 Speaker 3: stand of the season, so you're going to be getting 403 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:37,760 Speaker 3: him on the road, I believe, against the Dodgers and 404 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,600 Speaker 3: Padres the last week, so not the same kind of 405 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:44,000 Speaker 3: hitting environments that he's going to enjoy next year. But 406 00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 3: I still think he can provide some instant speed. 407 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:48,400 Speaker 4: He's got a. 408 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,960 Speaker 3: Pretty good played approach for a player that's just coming up, 409 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 3: and so I think he can hold his own in 410 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:54,919 Speaker 3: batting average. 411 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:56,920 Speaker 4: And Steel's power still developing. 412 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,560 Speaker 3: Josh Donaldson, I mean, we're talking about these old players, 413 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,880 Speaker 3: and he's been hitting really well lately. You know, he's 414 00:18:03,880 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 3: had a ton of injuries over the recent years. He's 415 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,359 Speaker 3: thirty six years old now, but he's hitting in a 416 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 3: great lineup with the Yankees, and he's swinging hop out 417 00:18:12,720 --> 00:18:14,680 Speaker 3: right now. So as long as he's in the lineup, go. 418 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 3: You gotta make sure he's in the lineup. But I 419 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,919 Speaker 3: think he's a good plug and play option. And then 420 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 3: Hunter Green on the pitching side, you know, he had 421 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,399 Speaker 3: some ups and downs earlier in the year, which is 422 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,119 Speaker 3: to be expected from a twenty three year old in 423 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,840 Speaker 3: his first major league season, but then he missed six 424 00:18:29,880 --> 00:18:33,000 Speaker 3: weeks with a strange shoulder in August in early September, 425 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 3: and ever since he's come. 426 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:35,720 Speaker 4: Back, he's looked really, really good. 427 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 3: We know, he throws insane gas over he had the 428 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:41,600 Speaker 3: most one hundred mile per hour pitches in a game 429 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 3: in the pitch tracking era recent outing, and he gets 430 00:18:46,680 --> 00:18:49,399 Speaker 3: the Pirates tomorrow, so that's about as good as it gets. 431 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:52,080 Speaker 2: Well, actually, funny enough, that was a question that we 432 00:18:52,160 --> 00:18:53,920 Speaker 2: got from Ray made the finals. 433 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: Would you drop Pablo Lopez for Hunter Green? 434 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 2: A lot of positive Hunter Green talk in the chat 435 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 2: going on right now as well. 436 00:19:01,640 --> 00:19:03,560 Speaker 3: I got to look at how Pablo Lopez is set 437 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:05,320 Speaker 3: up so he gets the nets. Yeah, I mean that's 438 00:19:05,440 --> 00:19:08,879 Speaker 3: that's kind of a tough outing. I mean, he's mostly 439 00:19:08,920 --> 00:19:13,159 Speaker 3: still maintained what he's doing, so you know, I would 440 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 3: be happy to use Pablo Lopez in that start. But 441 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,640 Speaker 3: if it's a choice between the two, yeah, I think 442 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:19,880 Speaker 3: I might actually go with Green. 443 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,880 Speaker 1: And if you guys got any other questions, feel free 444 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 1: to drop them. 445 00:19:22,400 --> 00:19:23,600 Speaker 2: We might try to hit those at the end of 446 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 2: the show. As far as this week and you crazy people, 447 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 2: Doctor Glenn I got head to head championships in two 448 00:19:29,200 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 2: leagues this week. Come on Welsh, No, come on you 449 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:35,960 Speaker 2: doctor Glenn. You guys playing head to head into the final. 450 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:38,760 Speaker 2: I just I'm so adamantly not a final week guy. 451 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:40,960 Speaker 2: It is different, of course, it's a different world of 452 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 2: non forty mans. 453 00:19:41,800 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 1: I still just don't like it, but I get it. 454 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: I get it. I'm just surprised. I think Gokard said 455 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 1: the same thing. 456 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 2: I'm surprised you guys have a lot of these head 457 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,040 Speaker 2: to heads going to the final week. 458 00:19:51,080 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: But like Walky said, maybe it's like this I did thing. 459 00:19:53,320 --> 00:19:54,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, I did want to say in the column. 460 00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,640 Speaker 3: I also just talked a little bit of kind of 461 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 3: broader advice, and it's just we have to remember at 462 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,320 Speaker 3: this point in the season the things we're looking for. 463 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 3: I mean, we're looking for hitters who are literally on 464 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 3: a hot streak right now. It doesn't matter how they've 465 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:09,879 Speaker 3: done all season. And we are looking for pitchers who 466 00:20:09,920 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 3: have good spots starts lined up right now. It doesn't 467 00:20:13,320 --> 00:20:15,080 Speaker 3: matter if they've had their ups and downs and been 468 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 3: inconsistent over the course of the year. 469 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:19,240 Speaker 4: So you know, it's really. 470 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 3: At this point saves and steals like those are things 471 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 3: like that could just be freely sitting out there and 472 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 3: can make a real difference, Like you can just pick 473 00:20:28,560 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 3: a guy up and win a category. Those kind of 474 00:20:30,600 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 3: players have extra value right now. So we really just 475 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 3: have to simplify our approach at this point this season. 476 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, it is a complete just break your mind and 477 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,600 Speaker 2: just cut and go as you need to. This is 478 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 2: a fun fact in the from Jeremy Frank, who I've 479 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:47,119 Speaker 2: done a couple panels with Jeremy Frank before, like at 480 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:48,040 Speaker 2: Pitchcon and stuff. 481 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: He's a good guy. 482 00:20:48,760 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 2: MLB random Stats is a Twitter follow Albert Poolhol's average 483 00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,920 Speaker 2: home run trot over the years has been tracked by 484 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,800 Speaker 2: stat Cast is twenty six seconds, so putting that over 485 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 2: as full career, Jeremy Frank tweets that Pool also spent 486 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: just over five hours of his life running the bases 487 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 2: after hitting a home run, which is a phenomenal stack, 488 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 2: phenomenal stack, five. 489 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:13,919 Speaker 1: Hours of running. 490 00:21:14,119 --> 00:21:17,320 Speaker 2: What I'm looking for will be the one person on 491 00:21:17,359 --> 00:21:20,359 Speaker 2: the internet that will do this, that will pull every 492 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,600 Speaker 2: single trot and all five hours of those trots. 493 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: And put it into one YouTube video. Oh yeah, it'll 494 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:27,800 Speaker 1: be there, you know, the Grand Opus. 495 00:21:27,840 --> 00:21:31,280 Speaker 2: It'll be the greatest thing that's ever five hours of 496 00:21:31,359 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: Albert pool Holes Trots. I'm looking for someone tag me 497 00:21:34,760 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 2: and tweet me when it actually happens. 498 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,359 Speaker 4: That's very meta. 499 00:21:37,520 --> 00:21:39,240 Speaker 3: I feel like I'll just be like in a state 500 00:21:39,280 --> 00:21:40,320 Speaker 3: of peace when I'm watching that. 501 00:21:40,760 --> 00:21:41,680 Speaker 1: I totally agree. 502 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 2: It's like, you know what you ever like put on YouTube, 503 00:21:43,800 --> 00:21:45,879 Speaker 2: like they have those like looped music channels, and you 504 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,320 Speaker 2: just sit there and you like, that'll be it. 505 00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:52,200 Speaker 1: It'll just be like ever pool Boom just walk and 506 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 1: you just go to sleep to five hours of pool 507 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: Holes Trots. I think that. 508 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:58,159 Speaker 2: I think that's incredible. I really Abso let's go over 509 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 2: to some stat heroes here. Petlanz four for five with 510 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,159 Speaker 2: a homer five RBIs. We talked about him on Sunday. 511 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: Stephen Kwan, who I've been just having a lot of 512 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: conversation about Stephen Kwan and how bad it was to 513 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 2: start or good it was, and then it just tabled 514 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:15,560 Speaker 2: off for so long, really quietly putting together the counting 515 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:17,960 Speaker 2: stats that we dreamed of that he could put together. 516 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:19,159 Speaker 2: And he, like I said, I think I said this 517 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:21,000 Speaker 2: in the show last week. He's no longer a one 518 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 2: category player. He's a three category player, which really makes 519 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 2: him more serviceable and He had a combo meal over 520 00:22:25,680 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 2: the week in a homer, two stolen bases, five RBI, 521 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,840 Speaker 2: going three for five with a couple of runs. Any 522 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: thoughts on Kwan moving forward? I mean, this is one 523 00:22:34,119 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 2: of those guys that hopefully preemptive moves. 524 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,919 Speaker 1: If he was dropped, you were able to jump on. 525 00:22:38,080 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: But are you going to be in on Kwan next year? Yeah? 526 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 4: I think so. 527 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: I think he's like one of those players that it 528 00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 3: will probably still be a little bit underrated, just because 529 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 3: you know, when they say chicks dig the long ball, 530 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 3: everyone digs the long ball, you know. So the fact 531 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:54,439 Speaker 3: that he's I mean, he has hit a couple this 532 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,560 Speaker 3: last week, so that's nice to see. Maybe over next 533 00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,119 Speaker 3: season he could at least get in that ten to 534 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 3: fifteen home runner, which would be a huge plus. But 535 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,879 Speaker 3: as we said on last week's show, even if he 536 00:23:03,920 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 3: doesn't do that, I mean, the fact that he's now 537 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:08,399 Speaker 3: stealing bases at a high clip. We know he's one 538 00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,640 Speaker 3: of the better bets for batting average in all of baseball, 539 00:23:11,040 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 3: and he's gonna score a lot of runs in that 540 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 3: Guardians lineup. 541 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean, I. 542 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 3: Feel like he's one of those players that like people 543 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:19,200 Speaker 3: are not going to be excited to draft, but you're 544 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 3: gonna look at the end of season where did they finish, 545 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:24,200 Speaker 3: And he's probably gonna sneak his way into the top 546 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:24,919 Speaker 3: one hundred or. 547 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 1: Something like that. 548 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 2: Those Guardians always have the guys, you know, like I 549 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,240 Speaker 2: don't get any type of w on this. 550 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:31,880 Speaker 1: I mean, if there's anything I'm. 551 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 2: Really bad at, he's like the bold predictions because I'll 552 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: just go off table and then if you look back 553 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: on them, they just don't play like my home run one. 554 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 2: But you know, like I just get like lost in 555 00:23:42,119 --> 00:23:44,080 Speaker 2: those Guardians players, and you look at him and Rosario, 556 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 2: who's one of my bold predictions. He's not gonna do 557 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty season, but he's just one of those 558 00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 2: guys like he has a like eleven homer, seventeen stolen bases, 559 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,919 Speaker 2: good batting average. He's actually kind of sneinky in you know, 560 00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 2: putting together. You know, I think I was even hoping 561 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 2: maybe a fifteen homer, twenty five stolen base. There's just 562 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:03,679 Speaker 2: so many bases to be stolen on that Teamjmenez. 563 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 1: And Kwan and Straw. That just gets me excited. 564 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:07,400 Speaker 2: I'm probably always going to have some type of love 565 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:09,359 Speaker 2: for any of those players, and Kwan is going to 566 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:11,639 Speaker 2: be one of those next year where you know, the 567 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,960 Speaker 2: the adding in your rookie season of this type accounting 568 00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:17,640 Speaker 2: stats leaves a lot out there that like what if, 569 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 2: what if Stephen Kwan ended up being like a low 570 00:24:19,720 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 2: key Whit Maryfield. I mean, statistically he almost looks better 571 00:24:22,840 --> 00:24:25,680 Speaker 2: than Maryfield this year. Maryfield's home run totals not high 572 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:27,919 Speaker 2: stolen base number. I think Kwan is now has more 573 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,840 Speaker 2: stolen bases than him that I wouldn't be surprised if 574 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:33,920 Speaker 2: we're valuing Kwan over Whit Maryfield into next year or something. 575 00:24:33,920 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 1: To consider some. 576 00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,199 Speaker 2: Other of these stat heroes, George Springer had two homers, 577 00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 2: Kyle Schwarber two bombs with his two four batting average 578 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:42,840 Speaker 2: or whatever it is. Mike Trout had a homer, as 579 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,760 Speaker 2: we mentioned, JD. Davis went four for five with a 580 00:24:44,800 --> 00:24:48,399 Speaker 2: home run. Shout out to piece of PA. Brandon Drury 581 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,399 Speaker 2: two for five with a homer two RBIs actually just 582 00:24:50,440 --> 00:24:53,200 Speaker 2: took him in our slow mock draft. Will Myers had 583 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 2: a homer, and C. J. Abrams went three for four 584 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 2: with a couple stolen bases. In that regular playing time 585 00:24:57,880 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 2: and Michael Massey with a homer, four our bi and 586 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,119 Speaker 2: two runs. Do you find yourself at all are you 587 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:05,240 Speaker 2: going to hold back on some of the rookie hype 588 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:05,600 Speaker 2: next year. 589 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:07,640 Speaker 1: I was just thinking about that with CJ. Abrams. He's 590 00:25:07,680 --> 00:25:09,360 Speaker 1: a fascinating case to talk about in the. 591 00:25:09,280 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 2: Offseason, but there are so many of these young players 592 00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 2: that are going to now be given the full reigns 593 00:25:14,920 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: and so many of these players that are going to 594 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,480 Speaker 2: be thrust into it to the beginning of the year. 595 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: Do you think you're going to be. 596 00:25:19,520 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 2: A heavy buyer on rookie or sophomore ish type of 597 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:26,600 Speaker 2: seasons like the CJ. Abrams or paying for some of 598 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,199 Speaker 2: the rookies that are going to have high costs. 599 00:25:29,080 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 4: Well, I don't want to. 600 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 3: I don't want to overpay for them at the draft table, 601 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,520 Speaker 3: but I will definitely always be in on rookies because 602 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,600 Speaker 3: the plus the upside is so high. I mean, you 603 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:41,480 Speaker 3: can talk about all the rookies that failed this year, 604 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:43,920 Speaker 3: but you could also talk about Bobby with Junior or 605 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,240 Speaker 3: Julio Rodriguez Michael Harris. I mean those guys were legitimate 606 00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:48,159 Speaker 3: league winning. 607 00:25:48,000 --> 00:25:48,880 Speaker 4: Type of stripers. 608 00:25:48,880 --> 00:25:50,520 Speaker 1: People forget st with Strider. 609 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 4: Yeah, exactly the rookie. 610 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 3: So yeah, yeah, So, I mean the upside is massive 611 00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:58,280 Speaker 3: with these rookies. It's very common to see a few 612 00:25:58,359 --> 00:26:02,200 Speaker 3: every year step right up and be you know, first round, 613 00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 3: second round talent producers right away. So yeah, maybe eighty 614 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 3: percent of them are going to struggle and you just 615 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:09,119 Speaker 3: move on. 616 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 4: But that's I feel like that's the way. 617 00:26:12,119 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 3: To manage a fantasy baseball team is at least if 618 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:17,600 Speaker 3: you have bench spots to work with, you know, put 619 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,320 Speaker 3: guys on your bench that have that upside, and rookies 620 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,280 Speaker 3: are the guys that have that upside for sure. 621 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: Pitchers on the positive side, Christian Javier struck out eight 622 00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 2: over six, a lot of just guys that went six. 623 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 2: Nister Cortes give up only one hit over six, striking 624 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 2: out five, Dylan Cees a low strikeout total. 625 00:26:33,080 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 1: We're not used to that. Six innings, three walks, five strikeouts. 626 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,399 Speaker 2: Sureser struck out seven, as we mentioned, And another one 627 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:43,040 Speaker 2: of those rookies that I actually also drafted him in 628 00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 2: our early redraft was Nicolodolo, who went six, struck out six, 629 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:49,600 Speaker 2: and has been a strikeout monster this entire year. He's 630 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:52,760 Speaker 2: been really phenomenal on the zeros. Austin Riley went one 631 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: for six yesterday with four strikeouts, Gonner Henderson oh for 632 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 2: four with four ks, Still a little volatility there, Juli 633 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 2: gariel O for five three k's, David Palta and Jose 634 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,000 Speaker 2: Ramirez both with three k's no hits over the weekend. 635 00:27:05,119 --> 00:27:09,840 Speaker 2: On the pitcher bluch side killing you going into your 636 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:11,800 Speaker 2: final week if you had a few of these, and 637 00:27:11,840 --> 00:27:15,000 Speaker 2: there's a few you would have had. Kyle Frielan couldn't 638 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,720 Speaker 2: get to the third inning, giving up seven earned runs. 639 00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: JP Sears hopefully you weren't streaming six earn runs and 640 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:21,920 Speaker 2: three and two third. 641 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:23,600 Speaker 1: Max Castillo gave. 642 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,800 Speaker 2: Up six earned runs, Mike Clevenger four innings, eight hits, 643 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,280 Speaker 2: five earned runs only, while Allie struck out two, Dylan 644 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:32,880 Speaker 2: Bundy didn't get to the fourth, give up four earned runs, 645 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:37,040 Speaker 2: Charlie Morton six earned runs, and Adam Waynwright only got 646 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,800 Speaker 2: to the third, striking out one, walking three and giving 647 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,280 Speaker 2: up four earned runs. Did you get smashed by any 648 00:27:43,320 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 2: of these guys going into this final week that you're 649 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:46,760 Speaker 2: trying to recover from? 650 00:27:47,000 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 4: I did not, Thankfully. 651 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 3: I had Clevenger for big chunks of this season, but 652 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,080 Speaker 3: I noticed that his strikeout rate had tailed off since 653 00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 3: before the injury, so I felt like that was kind 654 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:58,320 Speaker 3: of a warning sign, and when he started hitting some 655 00:27:58,359 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 3: bumps in the road, I moved on from him pretty quickly, 656 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,560 Speaker 3: pretty proactively, And I'm glad that I did, because four 657 00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:06,320 Speaker 3: of his last five starts have been really bad, so 658 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 3: hopefully no one had them and had him in their 659 00:28:08,960 --> 00:28:11,200 Speaker 3: lineups at this point. And then Morton, I have to say, 660 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,840 Speaker 3: He's a guy I've always loved, always been very high on, 661 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 3: but thankfully this year someone else drafted him before me, 662 00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 3: so I didn't have to suffer through it because he 663 00:28:19,400 --> 00:28:21,320 Speaker 3: was great for three months in the summer, but the 664 00:28:21,359 --> 00:28:23,440 Speaker 3: rest of his season has just been a total train wreck. 665 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 1: Go cars. 666 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:25,880 Speaker 2: Maybe last thing I'd love to be in a draft 667 00:28:25,960 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 2: room with Welsh where O'Neal Cruz is taken in the 668 00:28:28,080 --> 00:28:31,600 Speaker 2: first round. Fun fact Oneal Cruz has not been taken 669 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:33,800 Speaker 2: in our early mock draft yet and we are in 670 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,640 Speaker 2: round ten right now, so just fun. 671 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 3: If you have exit velocity as a category. 672 00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: One hundred percent, if Eve was, he would be a 673 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:47,480 Speaker 2: first round pick. If we were talking about how fast 674 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 2: they throw the ball as an extra category, we you 675 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 2: know what fan tracks is pretty customizable. 676 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:54,000 Speaker 1: I want to do one of those next year. 677 00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:55,200 Speaker 4: I want to that would be fun. 678 00:28:55,320 --> 00:28:59,040 Speaker 2: I want to do a league of just ridiculously dumb stats. 679 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 2: It'll be like exit velocity on hits, on throws, putouts. 680 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 1: It'll just be the dumb league. 681 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 2: It'll be the dumb fantasy baseball league with no actual 682 00:29:07,480 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 2: ale launch sure launch angle. We'll do a lot of 683 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:13,040 Speaker 2: that stuff. Yeah, we'll ce sw will have it. Not 684 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 2: that that's dumb, but we'll have that as not a actual, 685 00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 2: like you know, categorical type of thing accounting stat We'll 686 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:19,720 Speaker 2: just put all that fun stuff in there that everyone 687 00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 2: likes to site. 688 00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: For Oneo Cruz love. 689 00:29:22,360 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: It, love it all right, home run calls, frindos, someone's 690 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,160 Speaker 2: going to be winning that. Fernando Tatis Jersey signed for 691 00:29:29,320 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 2: Nano Tatis Junior sign Jersey and right now. 692 00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 1: It is Cat Fox Cat Fox with fifty six. 693 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: Homers as we are tailing out. I'm assuming this goes 694 00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,600 Speaker 2: not till Friday when we end, but probably till like 695 00:29:42,720 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 2: Wednesday or whatever. October third is when this contest is 696 00:29:45,760 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 2: going to go through. So if that is the case, 697 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,600 Speaker 2: someone will have to let me know. I won't be 698 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:52,600 Speaker 2: able to announce necessarily the winner, but currently Cat Fox 699 00:29:52,840 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 2: got a Mike Trout. 700 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,200 Speaker 1: Homer which puts them in the. 701 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,520 Speaker 2: Lead over Elscow with fifty five, Helpless in Miami at 702 00:29:59,520 --> 00:30:02,920 Speaker 2: fifty four high Kubby twenty sixteen at fifty three, de 703 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 2: Blum and Go Cards got back on the board at 704 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,880 Speaker 2: fifty two, so very tight race. With a tiny bit 705 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 2: over a week to go, we are within two homers 706 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 2: of the top three, so anything can happen at any moment, 707 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 2: and wonky hit okay till a regular season, so that's 708 00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,920 Speaker 2: till next week with a wonky bonus in there. Final 709 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 2: day will probably have a wonky bonus. 710 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,720 Speaker 1: So it is all on the table for everybody. 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And Andrew, I'm excited to see what you 722 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,360 Speaker 2: have to say about these. Of course, you know my drill. 723 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 2: Total bases ks the top and then the top plus 724 00:30:59,240 --> 00:31:02,000 Speaker 2: money play on both of those. Tristan Cosas is the 725 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 2: number one play of the day according to the Betting 726 00:31:05,280 --> 00:31:09,280 Speaker 2: pros algorithm. Projected at two total bases. The number today 727 00:31:09,320 --> 00:31:12,320 Speaker 2: is only one. It's half, so you need one total base. 728 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,680 Speaker 2: It is minus one sixty five at bet mgm for 729 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,440 Speaker 2: Tristan Cosas of the Boston Red Sox going up against Baltimore. 730 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 2: The plus money play is Travis Darnault with Atlanta. It 731 00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 2: is one and a half total basis. He's projected at too, 732 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,840 Speaker 2: but it's paying you plus money on bet mgm at 733 00:31:26,880 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 2: plus one fifteen. That was the number one plus money 734 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 2: total base play that I found on betting pros prop 735 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:36,200 Speaker 2: cheat sheet, the Pitching Ones. This one was almost a 736 00:31:36,240 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 2: plus money play. Luis Severino going up against Toronto projected 737 00:31:40,640 --> 00:31:42,880 Speaker 2: at almost six strikeouts. The number is only four and 738 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 2: a half and it's minus one oh six on FanDuel, 739 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 2: so it's practically even money and the plus money play 740 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:49,360 Speaker 2: because there's not a whole lot of options. 741 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: Today. 742 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 2: You did get one Kevin Gossman, who is six and 743 00:31:53,320 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 2: a half on the strikeouts projected at six sevens, which 744 00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: really tight. But it's going up against the Yankees and 745 00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:01,440 Speaker 2: it's plus one ten on bet MGM. So MGM is 746 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:04,720 Speaker 2: giving you the big plays as far as everything goes, 747 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 2: the best lines that you can find. So Cassas, Darnault, Severino, Gossman, 748 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:09,680 Speaker 2: anything you like out of these? 749 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,160 Speaker 4: Andrew Well, I really like the Severino one. 750 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,080 Speaker 3: I think that he he should be able to cruise 751 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 3: past that so I and that's almost even money. I 752 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 3: think that's a really solid bet. I'm tempted by the 753 00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,520 Speaker 3: Darnault one as well. The problem is we need to 754 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:26,360 Speaker 3: see if he's actually in the lineup today because he's 755 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,720 Speaker 3: been in the lineup the last four games in a row, 756 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 3: so there's a chance that he sits for this game. 757 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 3: But if he doesn't, he's swinging a hop at lately, 758 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 3: and you know he's facing a Corey Abbot, so it's 759 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 3: a good opportunity for him. 760 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,959 Speaker 1: Yeah, and yeah, the char will be back. 761 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,200 Speaker 2: I'm going to bring the tier back on Wednesday for 762 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 2: Walkee and then I'm going to bring it back on 763 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:48,400 Speaker 2: Friday with Joe. 764 00:32:49,080 --> 00:32:52,000 Speaker 1: What you guys have for Friday, which is why we. 765 00:32:51,960 --> 00:32:54,600 Speaker 2: Should flood the stream if you have the potential of 766 00:32:54,640 --> 00:32:57,480 Speaker 2: the Crown, the King, and I guess the Queen, the 767 00:32:57,560 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 2: Tiara and the Crown in one place together, which you 768 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:02,280 Speaker 2: have not seen. So that is going to be on 769 00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,600 Speaker 2: the docket for Friday for sure. DFS. It's such a 770 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: short slate of stuff. You know, there's obviously some implied runs. 771 00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:11,720 Speaker 2: Pittsburgh actually might be kind of interesting to go with today, 772 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 2: but you guys can kind of fin through that and 773 00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:18,800 Speaker 2: that leads us finally to the home run calls, And 774 00:33:18,920 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 2: this is your final final home run call of the year. 775 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,440 Speaker 1: So what do you got for us? 776 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 3: Well, I'm going to go with my favorite pickup of 777 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 3: the year and that's Michael Harris. So Michael Harris going 778 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 3: against Corey Abbott. You know, if I wanted to go, 779 00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,240 Speaker 3: I feel like the Braids are going to score a 780 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 3: lot of runs in that game. It'd be easy to 781 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 3: go with Riley, He's the biggest power bat. 782 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:38,840 Speaker 4: In their lineup. 783 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,160 Speaker 3: But I'm going I'm going with my boy, Michael Harris, 784 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 3: who's made me a happy fantasy manager this season. 785 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:49,560 Speaker 1: Go Cards, Come well, I mean, you know, we're good here. 786 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 1: We like this tire. 787 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 2: We like to have fun, my friend, and it'll be 788 00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:54,640 Speaker 2: fun with Joe and I. I wonder who Joe's home 789 00:33:54,680 --> 00:33:56,440 Speaker 2: run call is going to be. By the way, it's 790 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,240 Speaker 2: going to be Aaron Judge like it is today, I'm 791 00:33:59,240 --> 00:34:00,760 Speaker 2: not going to go with there and Judge, I'm actually 792 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 2: go with the guy you just said. I'm gonna go 793 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,240 Speaker 2: with Austin wrighty. I actually would have liked Michael Harris. 794 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,320 Speaker 2: I don't want to jump on yours, So I'm gonna 795 00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 2: go with Michael Harris on I'm sorry with Austin Rightley, 796 00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:10,600 Speaker 2: as you go with Michael Harris will stay in the 797 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:14,160 Speaker 2: same game. Wonkey has got Adley Rutschman, and Mike Mayer 798 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 2: is going with Raphael Devers. 799 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:17,000 Speaker 1: And just if I. 800 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:19,719 Speaker 2: Had just gotten before it, we probably could have had 801 00:34:19,760 --> 00:34:21,560 Speaker 2: that bald bonus. But maybe we can get a bald 802 00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:24,040 Speaker 2: bonus on Friday. That would be kind of fun in 803 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:26,120 Speaker 2: the whole thing of it. Andrew, you did a fantastic 804 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 2: job this season. I don't know obviously if there was 805 00:34:29,120 --> 00:34:30,920 Speaker 2: you know, there's more shows in the playoffs or something, 806 00:34:30,960 --> 00:34:32,840 Speaker 2: maybe we'll get more of you. But but the regular 807 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 2: season goes. This was the final show. I really enjoyed 808 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:37,279 Speaker 2: doing these shows with you and all these episodes, and 809 00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 2: I think everybody did as well. You can find them 810 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,720 Speaker 2: on Twitter at Andrew Underscore Cipher. Any last things to plug, 811 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:43,440 Speaker 2: my friend. 812 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:45,880 Speaker 4: Just go check out that Waiver Wire article. It'll give 813 00:34:45,920 --> 00:34:46,759 Speaker 4: you a whole bunch of names. 814 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:49,719 Speaker 3: It's even got some names for deeper leagues as well, 815 00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 3: so if you just look on the baseball page, you're 816 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,759 Speaker 3: sure to find it on Fantasy pros to give you 817 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,359 Speaker 3: a few names to get in your lineup and take 818 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,279 Speaker 3: home that Champ. 819 00:35:00,080 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 4: And Chip do it. 820 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:04,160 Speaker 2: Find me on Twitter at is it the Welsh and friends, 821 00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:06,760 Speaker 2: we've got the Bubba in the house tomorrow, Casey Bubba's 822 00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 2: hanging with me. We will be back same time on Tuesday, 823 00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 2: not the Tiara and the Crown. 824 00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:14,000 Speaker 1: But it'll be the Bubba and the Welsh and then 825 00:35:14,040 --> 00:35:16,800 Speaker 1: we'll have the Crown and the Tiara on Friday. Happy 826 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 1: birthday to Joe. 827 00:35:17,560 --> 00:35:19,239 Speaker 2: Go and shoot him at text and let him know 828 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,560 Speaker 2: until next time. Friends, we'll talk to you again tomorrow. 829 00:35:21,640 --> 00:35:23,720 Speaker 2: Right here, and leading off for Andrew, I'm Welsh. 830 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:26,279 Speaker 1: Goodbye. Go in those ships, Go in those things. When 831 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:27,120 Speaker 1: two things