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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome back into another episode of the cycle,

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Speaker 1: the Weekly Fantasy Pros Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I am your host,

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Speaker 1: Mike Maher and I am joined once again by Kelly

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Speaker 1: Kirby the Wonky Penguin. And this is actually going to

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Speaker 1: be our final episode of the cycle of the season.

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Speaker 1: We mentioned that last week if you didn't tune in,

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Speaker 1: but this is going to be our last episode. It's

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Speaker 1: going to be focused as we have been the last

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Speaker 1: few weeks on there's some final rest of season strategies

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Speaker 1: and some waiver wire targets, and some picture streamers and

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Speaker 1: some injury news and stuff that you need to know

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Speaker 1: going into the last week, or last two weeks or

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Speaker 1: last three weeks of your season. But this felt like

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Speaker 1: a good point to kind of cut things off. Kelly,

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Speaker 1: how are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: I am doing pretty good, but I would like us

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Speaker 2: to focus more on my problems with regard to my

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Speaker 2: fantasy matchup this week. So if you don't mind if

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Speaker 2: I take it off the rails every so often to

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Speaker 2: be like, but seriously, what would you do in this category?

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Speaker 2: I think that'll be fine. I can definitely be a

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Speaker 2: guest host while you, you know, try to save your voice

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Speaker 2: a little bit.

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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I was gonna mention my much like my

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Speaker 1: fantasy teams, my voice is hanging on by a thread

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Speaker 1: right now and I could lose it at any moment.

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Speaker 1: But instead of going off the rails, what if we

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Speaker 1: just never get on the rails, why don't we just

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Speaker 1: toss it right to you for your fantasy question. Screw

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Speaker 1: the rundown, let's just go right to your team and

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Speaker 1: win you championship.

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Speaker 2: I mean, why have a sheet for the last episode.

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Speaker 2: That just seems unnecessary. But so I just wanted to

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Speaker 2: kind of throw this out there, have a little discussion

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Speaker 2: on how you play these things when it's been a

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Speaker 2: two week matchup. This is in my home league against

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Speaker 2: what I would consider to be my arch rival who

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Speaker 2: just best me, like every year he finds some way

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Speaker 2: And the main reason that I'm bringing it up is

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Speaker 2: today is our last pickup day, so like, I don't

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Speaker 2: there's nobody tomorrow or you can't get them on Saturday someday.

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Speaker 2: So I'm trying to figure out how to play it.

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Speaker 2: I am down four to six, I'm winning runs home

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Speaker 2: runs average, and strikeouts, but pretty much everything other than

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Speaker 2: saves is close. So one of my plans was to

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Speaker 2: just stack every picture I could get my hands on,

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Speaker 2: throw out my closers, just every starter I can think

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Speaker 2: of this weekend, and whoever I can fit. But the

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Speaker 2: other day, I I thought of you because I picked

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Speaker 2: up Victor Robolas and like pretty much everyone else that

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Speaker 2: we talked about last week, and I have caught up.

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Speaker 2: I was behind in a couple categories, but I think

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Speaker 2: I made I think I made fourteen roster moves in

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Speaker 2: one day, just which is what you have to do.

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Speaker 2: We've been telling people that for like three weeks and

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Speaker 2: I finally just did it. So that's where we're at.

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Speaker 2: So yeah, I guess my question is when you are

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Speaker 2: in a close matchup and it's your last pickup day

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Speaker 2: and you've got two days left, how would you play it?

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Speaker 1: So the first question, based on everything you already said,

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Speaker 1: is that you don't have any kind of annual or

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Speaker 1: weekly action limits.

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Speaker 2: We didn't we have a fab Okay, that's the first

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that cost me a championship in our in our

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Speaker 1: work league, because my we talked about it way back when.

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Speaker 1: But my fantasy team kind of you know, was struggling,

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Speaker 1: and then I just pieced it together by just spamming

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Speaker 1: every just daily transactions to just like daily matchups, and

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Speaker 1: just I turned my team around. But I burned all

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Speaker 1: of my transactions and then silly me thought those would

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Speaker 1: reset as we got into the playoffs, which was like

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Speaker 1: an eight week playoffs, and I ran out, And so

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Speaker 1: the championship I had it was a two week matchup.

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Speaker 1: I think I had do with three pickups, and I

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Speaker 1: So that's how I lost. I definitely agree with you

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Speaker 1: Do you have some pictures already in mind that you

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Speaker 2: So I was looking to pick up No, that's kind

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Speaker 2: of the thing is you know, even when we're talking

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Speaker 2: So yeah, so as we go through these names, I'll

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Speaker 2: it'll be great. I think that'll be great for us.

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Speaker 1: That'll be great for the show to pick them up

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Speaker 1: in real Two. Yes, what's today's day? It looks like

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Speaker 1: Because he is in his forties and he's just someone

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Speaker 2: I believe that we I thought that was.

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Speaker 1: Going to be your whole answer. Yep, he's done.

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Speaker 2: No, I feel like, well, you gave me the sheet,

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Speaker 2: I personally think that he's done. I would not stream

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Speaker 2: So it's kind of a let it go type of

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Speaker 1: So if this was your your league, your matchup, are

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Speaker 1: Well, he would have to pitch to contact because he's

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Speaker 2: Year for me. Yeah, And I never want to sound

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was just looking to see if he's under

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Speaker 1: The first thing I want to touch on is that

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Speaker 1: Jacksonario became the youngest player at MLB history to go

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Speaker 1: bit recently. Don't have to do a slow start, and

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Speaker 1: a lot of people were not patient including me in

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Speaker 1: He's looked really good in the second half and you know,

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Speaker 1: Where are we ranking him next year, either either overall

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Speaker 1: But I mean that looked like a pretty nice ceiling

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Speaker 2: I also have had an affinity this year with a

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Speaker 2: very misguided affinity for Oakland hitters, so I feel like

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I feel like he's got some pop. He

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Speaker 2: but he's I think he's worth it if you're struggling

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Speaker 2: I think every time pick them up they get injured.

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Speaker 2: So you know, if you're just trying to stream the position,

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Speaker 1: That is a great point, and I'm glad you mentioned

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's going to be an interesting thing to look

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Speaker 1: I mean they're definitely moving. But if they're moving temporarily

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Speaker 2: In the off season, Yes, very much.

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Speaker 1: Less exciting. James Paxson is set to retire. Kyle Schwarber

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Speaker 1: I would be in a lot more trouble. Luis Castillo

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Speaker 1: down the stretch or in your championship matchups. And Kelly's

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Speaker 2: Like him I still know, not at all, still know

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Speaker 2: if unless he goes back to Colorado and it becomes

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Speaker 1: So you want Colorado and the bouncy balls. That's the

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Speaker 2: In fact, I was just looking at James Paxston's career

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Speaker 2: and I because I'm like, I used to draft him

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Speaker 1: Do you know James Paxson's nickname off the top of

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Speaker 1: your head? I do not, Big Maple, Big Maple. Okay, Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. Any other notes you want to

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Speaker 1: stopped to touch on. But yes, okay, I think we're good.

434
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Speaker 2: I think you covered it thoroughly. Good job, mister.

435
00:21:14,920 --> 00:21:19,080
Speaker 1: Mayor nailed it. I nailed it, and I absolutely nailed it. Okay.

436
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:21,560
Speaker 1: Next segment I wanted to talk about is something I'm

437
00:21:21,600 --> 00:21:24,760
Speaker 1: calling crunch time targets, and it's really just players who

438
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,320
Speaker 1: have been hot that we've talked about a lot that

439
00:21:26,480 --> 00:21:28,200
Speaker 1: now is the time to stream hot hitters. It's not

440
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,440
Speaker 1: the time to wait for players to get out of slumps.

441
00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:35,320
Speaker 1: That's what April's for, and these are all players who

442
00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,359
Speaker 1: have been really hot over the last two weeks. I

443
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,879
Speaker 1: like to look at the last fifteen days via the

444
00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:42,920
Speaker 1: stats on our site and the VBR filter for the

445
00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:44,640
Speaker 1: last fifteen days. That's why I like to see who

446
00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,000
Speaker 1: the most valuable players are over the last fifteen days.

447
00:21:47,320 --> 00:21:49,119
Speaker 1: And there are some interesting names who may or may

448
00:21:49,119 --> 00:21:50,880
Speaker 1: not be available in some of your leagues. And we're

449
00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:54,160
Speaker 1: gonna do hitters first and then we're gonna talk picture streamers.

450
00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:59,520
Speaker 1: So doing hitters first. The very familiar name you HENNYO Suarez,

451
00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:03,680
Speaker 1: number one VBR over the last fifteen days. Of course

452
00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 1: he is he has he has been known to be

453
00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,600
Speaker 1: streaky like this in the past. He's been. He has

454
00:22:10,640 --> 00:22:12,720
Speaker 1: not been known to bat four forty seven in the past,

455
00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:14,320
Speaker 1: which is what he's done over the last two weeks.

456
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,280
Speaker 1: That has not typically been a calling card.

457
00:22:16,119 --> 00:22:17,680
Speaker 2: For him exactly.

458
00:22:18,680 --> 00:22:20,800
Speaker 1: But over the last fifteen days four to forty seven

459
00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,200
Speaker 1: batting average, eight home runs, thirteen RBIs. He is eighty

460
00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,199
Speaker 1: one percent rostered in Yahoo, so is not probably not

461
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,240
Speaker 1: available in the Yahoo League, but there's twenty percent of

462
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,320
Speaker 1: leagues out there where he is and only forty percent

463
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:36,399
Speaker 1: forty seven percent rostered on ESPN. So as the average

464
00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:38,360
Speaker 1: is the funniest part because he's someone who's always had

465
00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,200
Speaker 1: that power, but he's going to bat like two hundred,

466
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,399
Speaker 1: which is just if you're like rostering him or drafting him.

467
00:22:43,400 --> 00:22:45,040
Speaker 1: That's always just kind of the pilly up to Swallow

468
00:22:45,119 --> 00:22:47,320
Speaker 1: is like, am I willing to just put a bullet

469
00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,760
Speaker 1: in my batting average in exchange for his power? But

470
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,359
Speaker 1: if he's gonna back four forty seven, he has a

471
00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:56,439
Speaker 1: room everywhere on my rosters. Is he someone? Is he

472
00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:59,400
Speaker 1: someone you're rolling the dice with for the last week

473
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,880
Speaker 1: or a few weeks depending on your league, or you

474
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,520
Speaker 1: just not. I'm not going to risk him the turning

475
00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:06,359
Speaker 1: it back into a pumpkin.

476
00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:09,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's the fear, right, is that this

477
00:23:09,359 --> 00:23:11,879
Speaker 2: is we've this is it? How much longer can the

478
00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:14,800
Speaker 2: hot street go on? So I feel like you can

479
00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:19,120
Speaker 2: pick him up. And but the first, the first time

480
00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:22,000
Speaker 2: he goes over two days in a row, I'm dropping

481
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:26,199
Speaker 2: him immediately because that means that regression has arrived.

482
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:28,879
Speaker 1: But yeah, it was a golden sombrero. If you get

483
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,439
Speaker 1: a golden sombrero in there that you pull.

484
00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:33,720
Speaker 2: The plug, get get out. It was also nice earlier

485
00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,280
Speaker 2: this week that our boss Blaine took time out of

486
00:23:36,280 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 2: his day to brag about the fact that Suarez was

487
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,000
Speaker 2: basically carrying him to his home championship, even though you

488
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000
Speaker 2: and I never stopped talking about how we can't win ours.

489
00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 2: It's really great. So so yeah, I but I honestly,

490
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,840
Speaker 2: that's the thing with him. You will know the second

491
00:23:50,880 --> 00:23:53,199
Speaker 2: that the wheel comes off and get out before the

492
00:23:53,280 --> 00:23:53,840
Speaker 2: other three do.

493
00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:57,760
Speaker 1: So I always say about these leagues, Blaine always pretends

494
00:23:57,800 --> 00:23:59,560
Speaker 1: that he's like not good at fantasy, but he is

495
00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,719
Speaker 1: a style assassin. He's really good, and he just pretends

496
00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:05,680
Speaker 1: that he isn't. That's like part of his thing. He's like, oh,

497
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:07,479
Speaker 1: I'm terrible, like, don't mind me, and then he just

498
00:24:07,560 --> 00:24:08,440
Speaker 1: wins the championship.

499
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:09,280
Speaker 2: Yes.

500
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:14,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, someone I drafted a ton of this year, much

501
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:17,920
Speaker 1: to my detriment because I was hoping for production before

502
00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:22,480
Speaker 1: September is Tommy Edmund, who's now with the Dodgers. Also

503
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,840
Speaker 1: not something I foresaw when I drafted him. I was

504
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 1: hoping he would miss like two weeks in April and

505
00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:30,280
Speaker 1: then we would be fine, and then he missed pretty

506
00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:33,639
Speaker 1: much the whole year, so that was not fun. But

507
00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,720
Speaker 1: now he's hot. He's here, and he's hot last fifteen

508
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 1: days VBR four overall he's playing every day for the Dodgers.

509
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,399
Speaker 1: Three fifty three average, four horme runs, four stone bases,

510
00:24:45,400 --> 00:24:47,439
Speaker 1: exactly what you want. You're probably not gonna get that

511
00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,879
Speaker 1: consistent power from Tommy Edmund, but you can get a

512
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: decent average and stolen bases and kind of you know,

513
00:24:52,840 --> 00:24:56,120
Speaker 1: he can contribute everywhere if he's healthy and producing. He's

514
00:24:56,119 --> 00:24:58,320
Speaker 1: playing every day now. He's only fifty four percent roster,

515
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 1: so he is someone who should be available in a

516
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:05,040
Speaker 1: majority of your leagues. I'm definitely I roster him already,

517
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,080
Speaker 1: and a few of those leagues it is too little,

518
00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 1: too late. Because I drafted him, But I did pick

519
00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,359
Speaker 1: him up in another league where I have a bye

520
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:17,280
Speaker 1: week this week, and then I have the first round

521
00:25:17,280 --> 00:25:18,520
Speaker 1: of a playoff for me next week, and then the

522
00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:21,000
Speaker 1: championship the week after that. I picked him up. There

523
00:25:22,560 --> 00:25:24,680
Speaker 1: Are you as interested in Tommy Edmond as I am?

524
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:26,439
Speaker 1: Or are you staying away for a certain reason.

525
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 2: I feel like I'm never as interested in Temmy Ivan

526
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:33,239
Speaker 2: as someone else's. Like he's just the player. And I

527
00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,160
Speaker 2: remember just all year long, I felt like his rankings

528
00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:38,160
Speaker 2: were high, like he was coming back, he was coming back,

529
00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: and then, like you said, he just never did. The

530
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:43,800
Speaker 2: issue there for me, anyway, is that I'm a Cubs

531
00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:47,240
Speaker 2: fan and he got to feast on some very homer

532
00:25:47,320 --> 00:25:50,439
Speaker 2: happy Cubs pitching, which is I think what led directly

533
00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:53,399
Speaker 2: to the four home runs. But the four Stallene bases

534
00:25:53,440 --> 00:25:56,240
Speaker 2: are are what you want with him? We're in the

535
00:25:56,240 --> 00:25:57,960
Speaker 2: batting order? Is he batting? And I didn't look it up.

536
00:25:58,000 --> 00:25:58,560
Speaker 2: I'm sorry.

537
00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:01,040
Speaker 1: I think it's low. When I look that roster resource,

538
00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:04,080
Speaker 1: I think it was like seventh or eighth. Okay, I

539
00:26:04,119 --> 00:26:05,680
Speaker 1: have a gaged up. I can I can let you

540
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,119
Speaker 1: know right now. Okay, No, it's not as low as

541
00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:14,800
Speaker 1: I thought it was. It was low, but recently in

542
00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,920
Speaker 1: September it's been sixth and the last two days, fifth

543
00:26:17,920 --> 00:26:20,480
Speaker 1: and fourth. If you get clean up Tommy Edmund, I

544
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:22,320
Speaker 1: can clean up Tommy edmind.

545
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: If you get clean up Tommy Edmund and the Dodgers lineup,

546
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:27,199
Speaker 2: then yeah, then you have to.

547
00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:31,160
Speaker 1: It looks like it's going to be six, like five six,

548
00:26:31,520 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 1: I'll take six in the Dodger's line.

549
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:36,720
Speaker 2: I'll take six. Yep, yeah, I really, I'm I think

550
00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 2: that's actually pretty decent. That's a decent spot for him,

551
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,800
Speaker 2: So maybe that changes my mind, just dismidged. If he's

552
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:44,919
Speaker 2: not batting eighth or ninth, thought I would take a

553
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:45,920
Speaker 2: look at him.

554
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:48,000
Speaker 1: Yeah, I assumed it was eighth or nine. But if

555
00:26:48,040 --> 00:26:51,240
Speaker 1: it's it's sixth or higher, which it has been since

556
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:55,119
Speaker 1: the number first, basically every day in September it's been

557
00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,879
Speaker 1: sixth or higher. I'll take it. That's two weeks. We

558
00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 1: don't have a counter in front of two weeks.

559
00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,360
Speaker 2: If he's available, go get him.

560
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,440
Speaker 1: I agree, big fan, Tommy. I've been hoping he's back

561
00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 1: fully healthy next year so I can overdraft him once again. Yes,

562
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,280
Speaker 1: another name blast in the past Taylor Ward, who was

563
00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,760
Speaker 1: once many months ago the hottest hitter in baseball, then

564
00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: he was among the coldest hitters in baseball, and now

565
00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,600
Speaker 1: he's hot again. Do you like the dramatic positive doing here.

566
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:33,359
Speaker 2: It's amazing, It's very theater. PBS Special love it.

567
00:27:34,359 --> 00:27:37,399
Speaker 1: Over the last fifteen days VBR eight batting three forty

568
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:40,560
Speaker 1: seven with six home runs and eight RBI. I put

569
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,240
Speaker 1: an lo l in the sheet for the eight RBI

570
00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:44,160
Speaker 1: that you can hit six home runs but only eight runs.

571
00:27:44,160 --> 00:27:45,480
Speaker 1: Bat it in that's always that.

572
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:47,560
Speaker 2: We should just call it the We should call it

573
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:52,400
Speaker 2: the Angels stat like that's your Yeah, that's the name effect.

574
00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:54,800
Speaker 1: I should have just put like a Halo emoji in there.

575
00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:55,840
Speaker 2: There you go.

576
00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:58,520
Speaker 1: It's like the Mic Trout thing, Like you had thirty

577
00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,080
Speaker 1: five home runs and thirty nine in RBI. Yep, so

578
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:05,000
Speaker 1: he's hot again. Seventy rosters in Yahoo more available in

579
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:08,320
Speaker 1: other formats, but could be available in your league. Tough

580
00:28:08,359 --> 00:28:10,800
Speaker 1: to trust because of how cold he was for how long,

581
00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:14,919
Speaker 1: but also like when he's hot, he goes on a

582
00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,719
Speaker 1: power search. The only hope you would have to have

583
00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:20,040
Speaker 1: is that you didn't miss it. That he's already done.

584
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,879
Speaker 1: What about you any interest in upcoming championship week for you,

585
00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:25,480
Speaker 1: Taylor Ward.

586
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 2: Yes, in fact, I want to see if I put

587
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,120
Speaker 2: a bit on him. But I lost him last week,

588
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:34,560
Speaker 2: but I have him in the other league. I'm in

589
00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 2: the championship. So yeah, he's like you said, he runs hot,

590
00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 2: but I feel like he runs, he doesn't do all

591
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,040
Speaker 2: or nothing, and I feel like he slowly tapers off,

592
00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:47,200
Speaker 2: so you might still get some production. Well, he's on

593
00:28:47,240 --> 00:28:52,160
Speaker 2: his way out versus the the Suarez where it's all

594
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,440
Speaker 2: or nothing. So I'm okay with Ward, and especially in

595
00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,479
Speaker 2: like a five outfielder league, go ahead and plug him

596
00:28:57,480 --> 00:28:57,760
Speaker 2: in there.

597
00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:01,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, he does have a wild just split to the season.

598
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,200
Speaker 1: He came out of the gate hot, finished April with

599
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: seven home runs, batting two seventy three. May was pretty similar,

600
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:11,280
Speaker 1: and then June and July he just fell off a cliff.

601
00:29:11,520 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: In June he batted one eighty one. In July, I

602
00:29:14,320 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 1: padded one seventy four. But since August he batted two

603
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 1: eighty three in August and then smaller sample size so

604
00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:23,240
Speaker 1: far in September. But he's been three seventy eight, three

605
00:29:23,280 --> 00:29:25,320
Speaker 1: seventy eight, five four months. In August two weeks if

606
00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:25,880
Speaker 1: you don't remember.

607
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:29,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, he would be one that I would bet if

608
00:29:29,840 --> 00:29:32,960
Speaker 2: again if I had more time to research this before.

609
00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:35,480
Speaker 2: You just hand me the sheet before the show. I

610
00:29:35,480 --> 00:29:37,479
Speaker 2: mean in April he was betting ahead of Trout, than

611
00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 2: Trout got injured, so he stayed hot in May and

612
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 2: then there was basically no one behind him. And now

613
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:46,280
Speaker 2: is it Nolan? Is it Schnool, Schnell Schnol? I can't know.

614
00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:48,480
Speaker 2: I don't remember how to promise his name, but he's

615
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,880
Speaker 2: been I think, pretty hot lately too, So I feel

616
00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 2: like I feel like Ward is a product of whoever's

617
00:29:55,120 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 2: behind him, aside from all the years it was Trout

618
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,280
Speaker 2: and Otani behind him and he did the exact same thing.

619
00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:03,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been leading off, which is part of the

620
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: reason for those no one being on bas with those omers.

621
00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 1: Not that anyone else gets on base for the Angels anyway,

622
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,960
Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. But right you especially won't get any

623
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 1: more RBI betting leadoff in the for the Angels. Right, Yeah,

624
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:25,800
Speaker 1: it looks like Nolan's batting third. And it's always how

625
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:28,200
Speaker 1: do you say, zach Netto? Is it Netto or Nido?

626
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 1: I always think it's need because it would be much

627
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:30,880
Speaker 1: funnier to say, but.

628
00:30:30,840 --> 00:30:33,080
Speaker 2: I think it's Meadow. I think it's Netto, but it

629
00:30:33,080 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 2: would be much funnier for this the other way. Yeah,

630
00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,480
Speaker 2: I think he's been he's been a little bit hotter

631
00:30:39,960 --> 00:30:42,880
Speaker 2: like it and and Netto when he's on. It's not

632
00:30:42,960 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 2: a bad one two three when they're all doing the

633
00:30:46,600 --> 00:30:48,920
Speaker 2: same thing at the same time. But they've all been

634
00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:53,200
Speaker 2: unhealthy at random times. I'm really I'm really speaking well

635
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 2: at this moment. Yeah, they've all had health issues, and

636
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:57,560
Speaker 2: I feel like it's always one of them is down,

637
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,320
Speaker 2: and so they just haven't had any consistency at all

638
00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:01,720
Speaker 2: except for the last a little bit.

639
00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:04,920
Speaker 1: I have a really bad habit of like pronouncing things

640
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: wrong on purpose, which drives my wife nuts. Either that

641
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,760
Speaker 1: or I'll just call this is unrelated, but I'll call

642
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,960
Speaker 1: things like the wrong name on purpose, especially if like

643
00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 1: when we went we lived in Philly, we used to

644
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,240
Speaker 1: go to like a like a deli called the Pink Dolphin,

645
00:31:18,960 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: and I would just always change the color and the

646
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:25,000
Speaker 1: animal and just call it like the purple Dragon and

647
00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:26,320
Speaker 1: so like. But I would just like do it so

648
00:31:26,360 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: often that would just be like what I called it,

649
00:31:27,640 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: and like, so like someone be visiting. They were like, oh, like, like,

650
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:31,680
Speaker 1: where can I go get a sandwich? I was like,

651
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:33,440
Speaker 1: just walk down the streets at a purple dragon, and

652
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: like I realized they left and I didn't tell them

653
00:31:35,120 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 1: the real name of the place. I told him wrong,

654
00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: right right, which they don't love. But I do the

655
00:31:39,560 --> 00:31:42,600
Speaker 1: same thing with players, Like in my head, I'm always like, oh, Nido,

656
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: like that's not how you say his name, But then

657
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:47,000
Speaker 1: I forget what the real one is, like you know,

658
00:31:47,520 --> 00:31:49,480
Speaker 1: like the Georgia standard. It's not a lie if you.

659
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:54,080
Speaker 2: Believe it, right, right for sure? Yeah, And I kind

660
00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:56,880
Speaker 2: of do the same thing where I write for a

661
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 2: living for the most part, or edit and do the toothing.

662
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,000
Speaker 2: But then occasionally, when i'm talking and I used to

663
00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 2: do a lot of public speaking, I'll blank on how

664
00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:07,080
Speaker 2: to pronounce a word. And one of the ones that

665
00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:09,680
Speaker 2: I did to my wife was instead of residual, I

666
00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:13,360
Speaker 2: said residual to her and she looked at me like

667
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 2: what she It's like she didn't even know what I

668
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:16,720
Speaker 2: was trying to say. So sometimes it's like I'll read

669
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,640
Speaker 2: it in my head and then I'll just like phonetically

670
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,960
Speaker 2: pronounce it, and that's that's one of my specialties. So

671
00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: you changed names fully and I just make it so

672
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 2: no one can understand what I'm saying. So we are

673
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 2: really good having a podcast together. I think this we

674
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:32,640
Speaker 2: are the golden matchup right.

675
00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,320
Speaker 1: Let's keep it off the rails for one more minute,

676
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 1: got it? Have you ever heard of the word lozenge?

677
00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:39,240
Speaker 2: Yes?

678
00:32:39,960 --> 00:32:41,840
Speaker 1: Because I said that word a couple of weeks ago and

679
00:32:41,920 --> 00:32:43,959
Speaker 1: my wife looked at me like I was making it up.

680
00:32:44,240 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: She was like, what did you just say? I was

681
00:32:45,360 --> 00:32:47,800
Speaker 1: like a lozenge, like a cough drop. She's like, yeah,

682
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:49,800
Speaker 1: never heard that word before in my life. And then

683
00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,240
Speaker 1: like we started polling our friends and it was like

684
00:32:52,240 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 1: fifty percent whether or not they had heard that word before.

685
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,400
Speaker 1: And I was like, I thought this was like an

686
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 1: everyday word, a lozenge.

687
00:32:57,680 --> 00:33:00,800
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, yeah, Oh that's okay. I said hair brained.

688
00:33:01,080 --> 00:33:04,480
Speaker 2: Somebody had a hair brained idea, and they looked at

689
00:33:04,520 --> 00:33:06,320
Speaker 2: me like I had. They were like, what are you

690
00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:07,920
Speaker 2: talking about? And I was like, you've never heard the

691
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,400
Speaker 2: term hair brained and idea and she was like, is

692
00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 2: it like an idea for a new hairstyle?

693
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:14,240
Speaker 1: Yes?

694
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:18,040
Speaker 2: And I'm like, yes, that's exactly what it is. For sure.

695
00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 2: So yeah, little sayings. I don't know, maybe that's a

696
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,960
Speaker 2: Southern thing for your wife, but yeah, a lot of

697
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 2: is a pretty common word around here.

698
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,479
Speaker 1: There are definitely words like that where like I grew

699
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 1: up in the Northeast, you grew up in the southeast,

700
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,920
Speaker 1: and there are just words that neither one of us

701
00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:36,840
Speaker 1: have I heard, Like what do you call a strainer?

702
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: Like when you pour like post or something you do

703
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:38,880
Speaker 1: a strainer.

704
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:43,040
Speaker 2: I'd probably call it a strainer, But a calendar.

705
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,280
Speaker 1: She said, she told me that a few years ago.

706
00:33:45,280 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 1: I was like, never heard of that before. Calendar. No,

707
00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:48,640
Speaker 1: it's not a word.

708
00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:52,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, well I'm in Minnesota, so apparently I get all

709
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:54,840
Speaker 2: the words. I don't know, but I'm sure there are

710
00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:59,080
Speaker 2: things we have fully made up. So all right, back

711
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,760
Speaker 2: to baseball, Okay, back to it.

712
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:01,720
Speaker 1: Don't edit that out.

713
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 2: That was great, keep it in their drill.

714
00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,200
Speaker 1: Were gonna have to spend a ton of time on

715
00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:14,480
Speaker 1: displayer because calenders and lozenges are more important. But we've

716
00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:16,840
Speaker 1: already talked about Victor Roblist a bunch. I feel like

717
00:34:16,880 --> 00:34:19,720
Speaker 1: he needs to be rostered everywhere He's not. He's rostered nowhere,

718
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,759
Speaker 1: He's rostered in twenty three percent of leagues. I don't

719
00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,120
Speaker 1: get it. He's hitting really well. He's still VBR twelve

720
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,600
Speaker 1: for the last two weeks, six s dolen bases. You're

721
00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: just gonna get batting average, runs, stolen bases. You're not

722
00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:32,960
Speaker 1: gonna get a ton of power. But that's not who

723
00:34:32,960 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 1: he is. He needs to be rostered. I don't know

724
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: why he isn't anything that. Yeah, I know you already

725
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:39,719
Speaker 1: roster well.

726
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:41,480
Speaker 2: I picked him up. I actually dropped him because he

727
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:43,239
Speaker 2: got he was a little cold. I needed somebody a

728
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago. But I picked him up for

729
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,680
Speaker 2: my championship matchup and I was down stolen bases really

730
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,200
Speaker 2: but really bad. And now I'm within like four so

731
00:34:51,400 --> 00:34:53,160
Speaker 2: and he basically is the one that has caught me

732
00:34:53,239 --> 00:34:56,799
Speaker 2: up boom, So go get him, especially in head to head.

733
00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:59,839
Speaker 1: Yeah, I have that league that I keep talking about.

734
00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:02,800
Speaker 1: I have him, and it's had it for that reason.

735
00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:04,160
Speaker 1: Like he's probably gonn play every day for me, but

736
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,000
Speaker 1: it's daily lineup, so like if I'm struggling a stone base,

737
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,239
Speaker 1: I can just slide him in. This name I do

738
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,360
Speaker 1: know how to pronounce, but only because I had to

739
00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,120
Speaker 1: look it up before the show. Because he's another name

740
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,240
Speaker 1: I always pronounced wrong in my head, it's Randall Gritchick,

741
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 1: or as I like to say, grit Check in my head.

742
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,360
Speaker 1: VBR thirteen, betting four hundred of the last fifteen days

743
00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 1: with five home runs. I didn't write it down, but

744
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:30,200
Speaker 1: I believe he's only rostered in five percent of leagues.

745
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 1: Any interest in Randall Gritchick If.

746
00:35:33,760 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 2: I look at the schedule and he's facing nothing but

747
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 2: left handers, yes, right, that's the key, that's it. But

748
00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 2: he is a straight up platoon for me. So yeah,

749
00:35:43,719 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 2: that was say daily leagues maybe, yeah, sorry, daily leagues, Yeah,

750
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 2: if you want to do it, but I would look

751
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,279
Speaker 2: ahead at what who he's projected to face, and if

752
00:35:50,280 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 2: there are no lefties there, I would just sit him.

753
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,239
Speaker 1: Yeah. If you have a big enough rosters where you

754
00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:57,760
Speaker 1: can roster Randall Gritchick and Luke Railey and just flip

755
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,880
Speaker 1: him in every day, that would be Burke. That's the ideal. Yes,

756
00:36:01,520 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 1: what about a lesser known name, Spender Horwitz VBR twenty four,

757
00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:09,160
Speaker 1: last fifteen days, batting three ninety with four home runs,

758
00:36:09,160 --> 00:36:11,560
Speaker 1: first base, second base eligibility in some leagues for the

759
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:15,800
Speaker 1: Blue Jays.

760
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:17,040
Speaker 2: I I've actually liked Horwitz for the last couple of months.

761
00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:20,359
Speaker 2: Last month, for sure, he kind of does that. It's

762
00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 2: the I like the batting average. I haven't. I haven't

763
00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:27,200
Speaker 2: paid super close attention to him last week, but that's

764
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,600
Speaker 2: because he doesn't play football. Give me one second to

765
00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 2: just want to check one thing, take it down. So yeah,

766
00:36:35,280 --> 00:36:40,120
Speaker 2: when he's we're not live. Oh yeah, I mean he has.

767
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 2: He'll drop like a really good, like four for five day,

768
00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:45,359
Speaker 2: you know, occasionally ere a three for five day, and

769
00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:48,600
Speaker 2: that alone can just really it can boost your your

770
00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:51,360
Speaker 2: average a bit. And it seems like he's kind of

771
00:36:51,400 --> 00:36:54,399
Speaker 2: their first pinch hitter off the off the bench as well,

772
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,520
Speaker 2: because he basically has played almost every day, even if

773
00:36:57,520 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 2: it's just one at bat. So so I so confident

774
00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:04,080
Speaker 2: putting him in the lineup, especially in leagues where you

775
00:37:04,120 --> 00:37:06,279
Speaker 2: know that first place second base building is nice.

776
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:09,160
Speaker 1: Big walks guy too, likes to get on base.

777
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:12,640
Speaker 2: Yes, good obb guys steal any, but he's on it.

778
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 1: Does not steal any. Three stolen bases in fifty seven

779
00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,200
Speaker 1: minor league games this year, though that's more than zero,

780
00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:19,680
Speaker 1: which is what he has in the major league level

781
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,840
Speaker 1: one hundred and seven games in Triple A in twenty

782
00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:27,439
Speaker 1: twenty three nine still on bases, so he's got He's

783
00:37:27,480 --> 00:37:29,320
Speaker 1: got the potential there. He just doesn't steal at the

784
00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: major league level, right. Maybe it's a blue chasing. Maybe

785
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: they don't let him.

786
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 2: That's possible.

787
00:37:34,040 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 1: We'll never know. Last name on the list Parker Meadows,

788
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:42,279
Speaker 1: another name who was much hyped coming into the year

789
00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,480
Speaker 1: and did not produce, but is doing very well in

790
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,120
Speaker 1: the second half. Last fifteen days VBR fifty seven, and

791
00:37:49,200 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 1: I thought it was interesting because I was comparing, you know,

792
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 1: we talked before. I like to compare the last fifteen

793
00:37:54,040 --> 00:37:57,640
Speaker 1: days to the projected VBR the last fifteen days VBR

794
00:37:57,960 --> 00:38:01,799
Speaker 1: set fifty seven projected upcoming BBR thirty nine, and he

795
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 1: is batting two ninety nine in the second half. So

796
00:38:03,719 --> 00:38:05,719
Speaker 1: do you have any interest in Parker Meadows after his

797
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:08,280
Speaker 1: slow start but strong second half.

798
00:38:09,400 --> 00:38:14,880
Speaker 2: I yeah, I like him. I'm not huge, like unless

799
00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:16,600
Speaker 2: I need an outfielder. He's not like a first name

800
00:38:16,640 --> 00:38:18,480
Speaker 2: that pops into my head. But he does have a

801
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 2: fairly nice schedule coming up against the Rays and the

802
00:38:21,239 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 2: White Sox, so I could see taking a flyer on

803
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,840
Speaker 2: him to see if he can kind of continue the

804
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,160
Speaker 2: hot streak, especially if the VBR says there's should be improvement.

805
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: You want to know what his batting average was in May?

806
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:35,960
Speaker 2: What was his bad in average in May?

807
00:38:36,480 --> 00:38:44,280
Speaker 1: Zero? Three games, three games, three games, four played appearances,

808
00:38:44,400 --> 00:38:47,719
Speaker 1: zero batting average. Okay, that jumps uf the page when

809
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:48,880
Speaker 1: you see a zero in that column.

810
00:38:49,360 --> 00:38:49,640
Speaker 2: Yeah.

811
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 1: True, but April not much better when he played twenty

812
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: six games and bat at one hundred.

813
00:38:54,800 --> 00:38:57,120
Speaker 2: So yeah, Oh, and he was that hot name in

814
00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,720
Speaker 2: the draft, like this is he's a name to remember

815
00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:03,000
Speaker 2: next year when there's somebody that everyone keeps talking about

816
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 2: what he's going to bat lead off? Like, well, he's

817
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,040
Speaker 2: only going to bat lead off if he actually gets

818
00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:08,799
Speaker 2: on base and betting a hunter isn't going to do it.

819
00:39:08,880 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 2: So you know, pay close attention. Always remember Parka Meadows

820
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,279
Speaker 2: like that's your that's your guy for next year.

821
00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:17,320
Speaker 1: His name was Parker Meadows.

822
00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:20,160
Speaker 2: He tanked many a team.

823
00:39:20,280 --> 00:39:23,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, first half adding average one thirty one, second half

824
00:39:23,480 --> 00:39:25,840
Speaker 1: two ninety nine, a tail of two halves for Parker.

825
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,439
Speaker 2: Meadows, which means I would draft him next year because

826
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:30,319
Speaker 2: he figured something out.

827
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:34,600
Speaker 1: Yep, that's the hope. All right, enough about hitters, let's

828
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 1: talk pitching streamers, which is what everybody needs down the

829
00:39:38,600 --> 00:39:42,879
Speaker 1: stretch and in their championship matchups. So let's go through

830
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:44,720
Speaker 1: a few and I'll just toss him to you see

831
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,799
Speaker 1: where your level of interest is. You can quantify that

832
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:53,799
Speaker 1: however you want. Yeah, Todge Bradley one start next week,

833
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 1: forty four percent rostered and he's facing the Blue Jays.

834
00:39:58,160 --> 00:39:59,759
Speaker 1: Any interest in Todge Bradley.

835
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:05,239
Speaker 2: Yes, if my era and whip are like where I

836
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 2: can take a little bit of a hit. But he

837
00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 2: struck out ten against Minnesota and six against the Phillies,

838
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:13,520
Speaker 2: so if I need the strikeouts, I'll take him, all right.

839
00:40:14,080 --> 00:40:19,280
Speaker 1: What about your boy David Festa eighteen percent rostered at

840
00:40:19,560 --> 00:40:20,640
Speaker 1: your Boston Red Sox.

841
00:40:22,040 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 2: They're your Boston Red Sox. I the matchup doesn't look

842
00:40:26,800 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 2: good for me. I wouldn't necessarily start him. He's kind

843
00:40:31,080 --> 00:40:32,879
Speaker 2: of the same picture as Tis Bradley in that case

844
00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:35,640
Speaker 2: where I feel like he's striking out a batter parending

845
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 2: a a little bit more so if you just are

846
00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 2: looking for counting stats, I would take it, but be

847
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:43,120
Speaker 2: very prepared for the hit in the ratios.

848
00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: The fun part about this segment is I had to

849
00:40:45,320 --> 00:40:47,440
Speaker 1: do it twice because the first time I did it,

850
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:49,200
Speaker 1: I had all the matchup wrong. I was looking at

851
00:40:49,200 --> 00:40:52,440
Speaker 1: the wrong week. Oh good, A little peak behind the

852
00:40:52,440 --> 00:40:53,680
Speaker 1: curtain for you and everybody else.

853
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:56,319
Speaker 2: No one will ever know how hard it is to

854
00:40:56,320 --> 00:40:58,080
Speaker 2: do this create a show sheet.

855
00:40:59,280 --> 00:41:03,880
Speaker 1: It's hard. Uh. Nick Martinez twenty one percent roster home

856
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,359
Speaker 1: versus the Pittsburgh Pirates.

857
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,640
Speaker 2: Yes, I would take him.

858
00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: Okay, Oh, this is a good one. I know you're

859
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:16,560
Speaker 1: a big fan, you, Darvish sixty seven percent roster, two starts.

860
00:41:16,920 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: Two starts, home against the Astros and then home against maybe,

861
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:26,440
Speaker 1: just maybe the worst team in the history of baseball,

862
00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:27,440
Speaker 1: the Chicago White Sox.

863
00:41:29,560 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 2: Oof. I know, I just can't. I think Houston will

864
00:41:35,280 --> 00:41:35,640
Speaker 2: kill him.

865
00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:37,239
Speaker 1: But you could do it? Do it?

866
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,279
Speaker 2: Yeah? No? I mean I guess if you haven't mid

867
00:41:40,320 --> 00:41:44,000
Speaker 2: week pickups and again, depending on where things are, I

868
00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 2: wouldn't pick him up for both starts, but if I

869
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:47,279
Speaker 2: could get him in the middle of the week for

870
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 2: White Sox, then I could give that a shot.

871
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,359
Speaker 1: I feel like I'm doing it. I'm debating doing it

872
00:41:54,360 --> 00:41:57,720
Speaker 1: in my league, but I feel like you have scared

873
00:41:57,760 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: me off from doing it.

874
00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:01,160
Speaker 2: Sorry.

875
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:06,719
Speaker 1: The whip is concerning though, M h there is a

876
00:42:06,719 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: lot of potential for implosion there. But yeah, I guess

877
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 1: the other thing is he hasn't been striking out a

878
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:15,600
Speaker 1: ton of guys since he came back. I mean it's

879
00:42:15,640 --> 00:42:22,000
Speaker 1: like about one printing. But I feel like the possibility

880
00:42:22,000 --> 00:42:27,239
Speaker 1: for implosion there's a little bit too risky. Yep, I

881
00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 1: do like two starts though, but yeah, Astro's tough, white

882
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,160
Speaker 1: Sox should be fine.

883
00:42:32,680 --> 00:42:33,040
Speaker 2: Not to.

884
00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 1: This name, I've actually never sat out loud before. I

885
00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:44,640
Speaker 1: assume it's Cantillo Joey Kntillo and not Cantillo, the Americanized

886
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:47,160
Speaker 1: version of the name. Yes, do you know?

887
00:42:48,880 --> 00:42:51,200
Speaker 2: I'm assuming it's Can'tio.

888
00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:54,719
Speaker 1: Me as well. So he's only two percent rostered. His

889
00:42:54,920 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 1: last start very good, seven inning. So his start this

890
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:00,400
Speaker 1: week is against your Minnesota Twins.

891
00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 2: Still not my team.

892
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:07,959
Speaker 1: We'll get there, We'll find your team. His last start

893
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,160
Speaker 1: seven in pitched only two hits, one on and run,

894
00:43:10,320 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 1: no walks, and ten strikeouts. Only two percent roster playing

895
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:15,720
Speaker 1: your Twins. Any interest.

896
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:19,440
Speaker 2: I'm actually planning to pick him up to stream him

897
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:24,320
Speaker 2: against Tampa Bay on tomorrow, So yeah, I have interest.

898
00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 2: I don't. I mean, i'd have to look at what

899
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:29,040
Speaker 2: the Twins have been doing lately. The last time he

900
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 2: faced them, it wasn't overly pretty, but he did pitch

901
00:43:31,600 --> 00:43:35,719
Speaker 2: six and two thirds in means, so I might be

902
00:43:35,960 --> 00:43:37,760
Speaker 2: I might be willing to do it. He would definitely

903
00:43:37,760 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 2: be kind of the same boat. But I'm picking him

904
00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:40,160
Speaker 2: up for tomorrow.

905
00:43:41,480 --> 00:43:43,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wish the matchup was better than the Twins.

906
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,719
Speaker 1: I feel like the Twins have been pretty good lately. Yep,

907
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,640
Speaker 1: I wish he was getting the White Sox. If it

908
00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 1: was him against White Sox, I'd be all in. Oh yeah,

909
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:56,520
Speaker 1: I it is risky, like I feel like in Rhodo,

910
00:43:56,760 --> 00:43:58,640
Speaker 1: I'm doing it, but in head to head, I don't

911
00:43:58,680 --> 00:44:01,600
Speaker 1: know that I can roll the dice on him like

912
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,480
Speaker 1: such such a little track record. It can just in

913
00:44:06,520 --> 00:44:08,200
Speaker 1: the playoffs. It's it's playing with fire.

914
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:13,399
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, I agree, I'm especially against the Twins. I'm

915
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:17,360
Speaker 2: willing to do it tomorrow, but I don't trust the

916
00:44:17,360 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 2: Twins to They'll either strike out ten times or they'll

917
00:44:20,280 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 2: score ten runs. It's kind of a hidden miss with them.

918
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:24,439
Speaker 1: What a pun.

919
00:44:25,640 --> 00:44:28,360
Speaker 2: I know, it's a great, totally intentional.

920
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: Next name a little bit more familiar, but it hasn't

921
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:35,880
Speaker 1: been around a lot recently. Ty Laura McGill home versus

922
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:38,360
Speaker 1: the Nationals, and then home versus the Phillies. Not a

923
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:41,359
Speaker 1: great second matchup. His last start six inning, pitch, one hit,

924
00:44:41,560 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: zero runs, two walks, and nine strikeouts. And we've seen

925
00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:49,440
Speaker 1: him flash before. It hasn't never been consistent correct only

926
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 1: five percent rostered. The Phillies matchup scares me. I don't

927
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,680
Speaker 1: know that I could stream him for two stars, and

928
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: one of them is the Phillies. Not in head to head.

929
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:57,880
Speaker 1: Maybe in Rodo I can do it.

930
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,239
Speaker 2: Possibly, Yeah, if I had, if I Indians Left and Rhoda,

931
00:45:01,320 --> 00:45:03,719
Speaker 2: I would do it. But yeah, his last he said

932
00:45:03,840 --> 00:45:06,239
Speaker 2: that his first start was against the Washington's, right, I

933
00:45:06,239 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 2: mean his last. His last start against Washington was in June,

934
00:45:09,080 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 2: but he gave up four earned runs in five innings.

935
00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:16,000
Speaker 2: He also got the win somehow because they're still the Nationals.

936
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:19,480
Speaker 2: But I don't really like either of the matchups, so.

937
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 1: This one is interesting. This is kind of a bonus one.

938
00:45:24,040 --> 00:45:28,600
Speaker 1: And we don't know one hundred percent that he's getting

939
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:33,239
Speaker 1: called up, but I've seen whispers, rumblings, if you may,

940
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:36,960
Speaker 1: that he's getting called up. Ian Anderson a former top

941
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,160
Speaker 1: pitching prospect for the Braves, double injuries, still working his

942
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 1: way back. Looked for a while there like he might

943
00:45:44,800 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 1: be really good, and then you know, it's been a

944
00:45:46,680 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: while since since since we saw him back in I

945
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:50,839
Speaker 1: think it was twenty twenty one is when he had

946
00:45:50,880 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: that really good year, and it's we haven't really seen

947
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:58,000
Speaker 1: much since. But he's been doing fairly well recently in

948
00:45:58,000 --> 00:46:01,120
Speaker 1: Triple A and there are and like I said, some rumbles,

949
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:03,160
Speaker 1: he can get called up and make two starts this week.

950
00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:05,400
Speaker 1: I don't know that he's definitely going to make one start,

951
00:46:05,880 --> 00:46:08,719
Speaker 1: maybe two, but we'll see. He would be at the

952
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,839
Speaker 1: Reds and then at the Marlins. So one really good matchup,

953
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:15,239
Speaker 1: one not as great in the Great American small park.

954
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:21,279
Speaker 1: Would you roll the dice on Ian Anderson given that

955
00:46:21,280 --> 00:46:23,000
Speaker 1: one of the matchups is the Marlins, or is that

956
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:23,920
Speaker 1: too spicy for you?

957
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:28,080
Speaker 2: That is too spicy for me? I don't. I don't know.

958
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 2: There's too much that could go wrong and not enough

959
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 2: that there's I don't feel like there's a high enough

960
00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:34,399
Speaker 2: chance that everything would go right, So.

961
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:36,080
Speaker 1: That's probably fair I do.

962
00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:39,480
Speaker 2: Plus Connor Norby plays for the Marlins.

963
00:46:39,640 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: That's true.

964
00:46:40,040 --> 00:46:41,360
Speaker 2: You can't go against Connor Norby.

965
00:46:41,680 --> 00:46:45,280
Speaker 1: I almost included him in the in the VBR whatever

966
00:46:45,320 --> 00:46:47,279
Speaker 1: we were calling that segment, but we talked about him

967
00:46:47,280 --> 00:46:48,920
Speaker 1: a bunch, so I skipped it. But here we are

968
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:49,840
Speaker 1: talking about him anyway.

969
00:46:50,320 --> 00:46:51,920
Speaker 2: I would like it done for the record that I

970
00:46:51,920 --> 00:46:54,440
Speaker 2: picked him up and he has carried my team in

971
00:46:54,520 --> 00:46:57,280
Speaker 2: a lot of different fashions, and so therefore, any any

972
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,920
Speaker 2: misguided anything from Mayor that says I'd only Connor Norby

973
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 2: is false. And I would like you all to tell

974
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 2: your friends, well.

975
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:06,359
Speaker 1: The Oriole stuff, I don't like Connor Norby because they

976
00:47:06,400 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: gave him up four nothing.

977
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:12,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, that one I'll never understand. Do I know what

978
00:47:12,960 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 2: we've talked about?

979
00:47:13,960 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know how you build your roster that

980
00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:17,680
Speaker 1: way and then give up Connor Norby for that? But

981
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: not my problem, you know, Nope? All right. That brings

982
00:47:23,560 --> 00:47:26,759
Speaker 1: us to the two star picture competition. And let me

983
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:31,440
Speaker 1: say I'm on a heater. I have closed the gap

984
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,160
Speaker 1: on you, Slash Worm, and with two matchups left, one

985
00:47:35,160 --> 00:47:38,640
Speaker 1: that's happening right now, in one that we're about to pick,

986
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 1: I could win this thing. I was in a hole

987
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,360
Speaker 1: and now I have ten wins against Worm slash Kelly's

988
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:49,160
Speaker 1: eleven two matchups left, I think I'm gonna win. How

989
00:47:49,160 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 1: many of I won in a row one, two, three,

990
00:47:51,760 --> 00:47:55,560
Speaker 1: four wins in a row on an absolute heater NBA JAM,

991
00:47:55,600 --> 00:48:00,520
Speaker 1: I would be on fire. And this past week pitching,

992
00:48:00,920 --> 00:48:03,920
Speaker 1: you know, this current week, I have Paul Skians going

993
00:48:03,920 --> 00:48:09,120
Speaker 1: against your tiner By tanner Byby you did get a

994
00:48:09,120 --> 00:48:11,480
Speaker 1: White Sox matchup in there, so good for you for that.

995
00:48:13,480 --> 00:48:17,600
Speaker 1: And then the previous week you picked your boy David Festa.

996
00:48:18,560 --> 00:48:21,440
Speaker 1: And because Worm had used all have the good pitchers

997
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:23,920
Speaker 1: earlier in the season, whereas I saved mine for this

998
00:48:24,080 --> 00:48:28,560
Speaker 1: very dramatic finish. I had Corbyn Burns. Corbin Burns on

999
00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,600
Speaker 1: the week one and one eleven innings pitch thirteen hits,

1000
00:48:30,640 --> 00:48:33,879
Speaker 1: three earned runs, three walks, seven strikeouts, David Festa oh

1001
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:36,600
Speaker 1: for two nine innings pitch nine hits, six hundred runs,

1002
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:41,000
Speaker 1: four walks, eleven strikeouts. Pretty clear win for me, which.

1003
00:48:41,040 --> 00:48:43,200
Speaker 2: It is, except when you really look at it. I

1004
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,880
Speaker 2: am not arguing that you won, but let's not pretend

1005
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:47,120
Speaker 2: like it was dominant.

1006
00:48:48,040 --> 00:48:52,080
Speaker 1: No, it's not dominant, but there's enough in there that

1007
00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:53,160
Speaker 1: I think it's a pretty clear win.

1008
00:48:54,320 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not arguing that, but when Worm listens to this,

1009
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:57,640
Speaker 2: I just want to let him know I'm not trying

1010
00:48:57,640 --> 00:48:58,760
Speaker 2: to tank his season on purpose.

1011
00:48:58,800 --> 00:49:00,759
Speaker 1: This one was all I'm sure he'll He'll whip up

1012
00:49:00,760 --> 00:49:03,120
Speaker 1: some made up scoring and be like, actually, six n

1013
00:49:03,239 --> 00:49:05,920
Speaker 1: runs is like a bonus three hundred points in this format,

1014
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:09,959
Speaker 1: so I win obviously. Yeah, yeah, And actually wins don't matter.

1015
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:14,040
Speaker 2: I mean they don't, but for the purposes of this,

1016
00:49:14,200 --> 00:49:15,920
Speaker 2: they do exactly.

1017
00:49:16,960 --> 00:49:20,160
Speaker 1: And so this brings us to our final two star

1018
00:49:20,200 --> 00:49:25,560
Speaker 1: pitcher selection of the season. Who are you slash worm

1019
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,000
Speaker 1: picking for the final pick for your two star pitcher?

1020
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with my actual teams pitcher showed out

1021
00:49:32,239 --> 00:49:36,080
Speaker 2: Ima Naga. He gets two home matchups. I'm hoping it

1022
00:49:36,120 --> 00:49:40,280
Speaker 2: will get cold in Chicago, and he gets Oakland and Washington,

1023
00:49:40,560 --> 00:49:43,480
Speaker 2: and he's been doing I think fairly well, so I

1024
00:49:43,480 --> 00:49:44,799
Speaker 2: feel pretty confident in him.

1025
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 1: Good pick. I said before the show, that's probably someone

1026
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:50,360
Speaker 1: I would have picked if you didn't pick him first.

1027
00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:55,759
Speaker 1: I really like a Nymannaga, So that's good. But what

1028
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:57,920
Speaker 1: is more fitting than how I'm about to close out

1029
00:49:57,960 --> 00:50:00,320
Speaker 1: the show, to close out the entire season with a

1030
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,480
Speaker 1: picture we've been talking about all year. For my final

1031
00:50:03,600 --> 00:50:06,160
Speaker 1: two star pitcher of the season. I am going with

1032
00:50:06,840 --> 00:50:11,719
Speaker 1: the best pitcher in baseball, Ranger Swarez at Milwaukee and

1033
00:50:11,800 --> 00:50:15,000
Speaker 1: at the New York Mets. And so for the brand,

1034
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,040
Speaker 1: me and Ranger Swarez are going to bring home the

1035
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:20,279
Speaker 1: win once Paul Skeins gets me this win to tie it.

1036
00:50:20,960 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 1: Ranger Swarez are going to bring me home for a

1037
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,719
Speaker 1: dramatic sixth win in a row to win this competition

1038
00:50:26,800 --> 00:50:29,400
Speaker 1: twelve to eleven, at which point we just have to

1039
00:50:29,440 --> 00:50:31,759
Speaker 1: figure out what the punishment is for the loser and

1040
00:50:31,800 --> 00:50:34,000
Speaker 1: whether or not you and Warren both have to do it,

1041
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:36,520
Speaker 1: or how we're going to handle that a next year's show.

1042
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:38,239
Speaker 1: But we'll be in touch on that.

1043
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 2: We'll be in touch. This sounds good, all right.

1044
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:46,239
Speaker 1: That's it. Anything else before we close out, not just

1045
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:47,440
Speaker 1: the show but the season.

1046
00:50:49,080 --> 00:50:52,480
Speaker 2: I just like one small anybody plug for everyone that's

1047
00:50:52,480 --> 00:50:55,480
Speaker 2: still listening and everyone who loves baseball that I think

1048
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:58,359
Speaker 2: this has been really fun to have this as like

1049
00:50:58,400 --> 00:51:01,640
Speaker 2: a weekly kind of wrap up a show. And I

1050
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:05,040
Speaker 2: know that pretty much everyone listening now is hardcore baseball fans,

1051
00:51:05,120 --> 00:51:07,320
Speaker 2: and like we've talked about, you and I are also

1052
00:51:07,360 --> 00:51:10,680
Speaker 2: hardcore baseball fans. So it's a lot of fun that

1053
00:51:10,800 --> 00:51:13,080
Speaker 2: people are still listening, and I'm looking forward to doing

1054
00:51:13,239 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 2: stuff with it next year.

1055
00:51:15,120 --> 00:51:18,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and that that reminds me of a good

1056
00:51:18,080 --> 00:51:20,600
Speaker 1: point I want to make. So we are done with

1057
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,279
Speaker 1: the cycle for the season, and we'll be back soon soon,

1058
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:25,640
Speaker 1: definitely sooner than we have been in the past. We're

1059
00:51:25,640 --> 00:51:27,719
Speaker 1: going to start at the show earlier in the off

1060
00:51:27,760 --> 00:51:33,240
Speaker 1: season with Me, Kelly, Worm Welsh, probably Joe, maybe some others,

1061
00:51:34,600 --> 00:51:37,320
Speaker 1: Joe being Joe Rico, not Joe Basia he's not allowed,

1062
00:51:39,239 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 1: probably some others. But I would say that while we

1063
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:44,799
Speaker 1: are done, Leading Off is still going every day, and

1064
00:51:44,880 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: so make sure you're still tuning in to Leading Off.

1065
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:49,480
Speaker 1: We're going to close out the season with a daily

1066
00:51:49,520 --> 00:51:53,960
Speaker 1: show Monday through Friday. It's just this audio only weekly

1067
00:51:54,040 --> 00:51:56,400
Speaker 1: version that we're kind of like scaling down because that

1068
00:51:56,480 --> 00:51:59,160
Speaker 1: is more of like a daily recap show, whereas we

1069
00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,799
Speaker 1: are more like weekly macro and there's just less to

1070
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:04,480
Speaker 1: talk about now that we're getting into, you know, deep

1071
00:52:04,480 --> 00:52:09,120
Speaker 1: into the playoffs. So make sure you like rate review

1072
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:11,960
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1073
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:13,719
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1074
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Speaker 1: We really appreciate it. That stuff really helps the show,

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Speaker 1: really helps us internally, kind of show the value of

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Speaker 1: the show that look, hey, look these people are watching,

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Speaker 1: they like the show, they're reviewing it. That helps us,

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Speaker 1: you know, justify more baseball content, which is what you know,

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Speaker 1: people like me and Kelly want to do, even though

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Speaker 1: football is kind of king in terms of attention a

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Speaker 1: lot of times this time of year. We love baseball

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Speaker 1: and we want to talk baseball, and that is all

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Speaker 1: we have time for today and this season. Still going

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Speaker 1: with the dramatic pauses. See how long I can go

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Speaker 1: with this For Kelly, I'm Mike Mayor. Thanks for stopping by.

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Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the Fantasy Pros Fantasy Baseball podcast.

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