Speaker 1: News up in baseball. John Mercy of MLB Network reports
Speaker 1: that the Astros are showing continued interest in Tiger's left
Speaker 1: hander Matthew Boyd. Apparently, the Astros are also heavily linked
Speaker 1: to right hander Zach Reeler. Wheeler is a free agent
Speaker 1: after the end of the season. Matt Boyd is under
Speaker 1: team control through two. Mark finds In of MLB dot
Speaker 1: Com reports that the Red Sox are unlikely suitors for
Speaker 1: Edwin Diaz, Shane Green, and raciol At Galasias Expire of
Speaker 1: the Boston Globe and Camero's involved the Athletic are hearing
Speaker 1: the same. John Hayman of MLB Network reports that the
Speaker 1: Indians are increasingly unlikely to trade Trevor Bauer. This could
Speaker 1: be a sense of posturing by the Indians, but it
Speaker 1: does seem as though his trade value may be diminishing
Speaker 1: and down. A Chiefs camp, Tyree Kill was seen being
Speaker 1: carted off the field. Noword yet on what the injury is.
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Speaker 1: hour tenn yeah now's welcome bab your host by Bate
Speaker 1: from mine, spun your cost by God from St. Francis. Frank,
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Speaker 1: Now we're roulling along here on a Tuesday. Frank Snample,
Speaker 1: gregg Sauceman. Happy to have you a board on today's program, Frank,
Speaker 1: what's happening? Not much? Indeed, hold the Gregs. Not what's
Speaker 1: going on here? Greggy, happy to be here, Happy Tuesday.
Speaker 1: It's up the right. Last night didn't get enough sleep, obviously,
Speaker 1: got home a little late. What is an average you
Speaker 1: sleep for you? What does it look like? Probably seven
Speaker 1: ish hours? But last night I only got like six,
Speaker 1: less than ideal, but all but it's probably worth it
Speaker 1: for lugers. Yeah, definitely was. And yeah, came back to
Speaker 1: the came back to the house, had a couple of
Speaker 1: beers with these guys, watch some watch some baseball from
Speaker 1: late night Chris Paddock action. Outside of that, happy to
Speaker 1: talk some some football in the first hour. Frank, how
Speaker 1: did our how do our best bets do? Last night? Oh?
Speaker 1: You did? You did very well. You gave us one
Speaker 1: best bet. You want to know? Right? I went went
Speaker 1: to Frank, I think you're forgetting the part where I
Speaker 1: sat here and begged you. Yeah, begged you. That's we
Speaker 1: were missing something in the Dodgers game. And do not
Speaker 1: take the Dodgers, please you and learn, you know, I
Speaker 1: sat here and begged you tell me why I was on.
Speaker 1: Greg goes out there and throws eight innings. It's a
Speaker 1: sucker batman. Yeah, And admittedly I thought yours was a sucker.
Speaker 1: Bet came close close the total nine and a half. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So I was watching that game at Anchor Bar and
Speaker 1: the under seven and a half of the Marlins. That
Speaker 1: game was like eleven and six. What are we doing,
Speaker 1: Earl Kelly Man, Just don't take anything to do with that, gay.
Speaker 1: So I was watching. I was watching that dimeback ski
Speaker 1: not time actually in the Nationals game and Anchor Bar,
Speaker 1: and it was like to one and for a while,
Speaker 1: and this is going graze at six a thing boom
Speaker 1: any renown. It's a grand slam six to against me
Speaker 1: in my home league where I have like the most
Speaker 1: points against, second most points scored, not in the playoffs
Speaker 1: right now, an't even know it. Hits a grand slam
Speaker 1: against me. Eric Hosmer hits two home runs against me, Greg,
Speaker 1: I cannot catch a break Monday. Who did I piss off?
Speaker 1: What did I do to anger the fantasy gods? Greg?
Speaker 1: I don't deserve this. I'm sorry, Frank. I'm a good person.
Speaker 1: Are you? Probably not? Sometimes I don't know. I'm sorry.
Speaker 1: I've taken advantage of a lot of people in fantasy sports.
Speaker 1: You have, and now and now coming back to bite.
Speaker 1: It's all coming back to bite you from behind the
Speaker 1: last night. I want to know one pit one to know,
Speaker 1: and I try to tell him, bounce back tonight. Don't draft,
Speaker 1: don't don't take the Dodgers. It is a mistake. It
Speaker 1: is a grave, grave error. You're starting tonight for the Dodgers. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean opener situation. I'm sure an opener. Great. Do
Speaker 1: you have any trades going down in baseball right now?
Speaker 1: David Phelps was traded. David Phelps, former Yankee, former Yankee
Speaker 1: great has traded away to the Cups. Huh from the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays? Correct? Correct? Yes, Okay, so I think that
Speaker 1: they were trying to shop Ken Giles. But everything that
Speaker 1: I'm reading now is that whatever is going on with
Speaker 1: his elbow is pretty serious. So I don't think they're
Speaker 1: gonna be able to trade him. It seems that way. Yes,
Speaker 1: So if Ken Giles has not moved now David Phelps
Speaker 1: has gone, then for those who playing fantasy baseball, Daniel
Speaker 1: Hudson probably the closer here for the Blue Jaystal potentially,
Speaker 1: so he could get traded as well as you don't
Speaker 1: want to make that pick up yet. Ken Giles is
Speaker 1: the last Ken Rosenthal visited. Dr Keith Meister and Dallas
Speaker 1: no structural damage in the elbow, but the picture received
Speaker 1: a quarterson shot. He will not pitch again before tomorrow.
Speaker 1: Are you surprised that this trade deadline has been so
Speaker 1: slow moving, Greg? Yeah, No, I think we got a
Speaker 1: little spoiled last year because so much happened. It was
Speaker 1: a wild trade. Just it was just reading an article
Speaker 1: and let me want to pull up the exact stat
Speaker 1: for you. Here we go. Last year, there were nineteen
Speaker 1: major league trades between July one and July. Among the
Speaker 1: players moved were Zach Britton, Cole Hamil's, Brad hand Manny Machado,
Speaker 1: and Mike Mustakas. Those were significant deals. This year, between
Speaker 1: July one and July there have been eight trades, so
Speaker 1: nineteen versus eight. The headliners for those eight trades, Marcus Stroman,
Speaker 1: Andrew Kashner, and Sergio Romo not a great group. So
Speaker 1: with being that there's just one trade deadline, I think
Speaker 1: everyone's literally waiting into the last possible moment. As Andrew
Speaker 1: ran't like to say a lot on Twitter, deadline spur
Speaker 1: action and there has been very little action during this
Speaker 1: action hour for Fantasy Baseball, for Major League Baseball. Now
Speaker 1: tomorrow our Action Hour, it's gonna be live, man, because
Speaker 1: it's the last hour up until the deadlines. So we're
Speaker 1: gonna have you covered a moment to moment which is
Speaker 1: gonna be really, really awesome. We expect more trades to
Speaker 1: get done. Everyone's trying to really determine are you a buyer?
Speaker 1: Are you a seller? You're trying to eke out as
Speaker 1: much value as possible. The latest that we've read is
Speaker 1: that Matthew Boy will not get traded. You've heard Madison
Speaker 1: Bumgarner won't get traded, and then the uh, the Astres
Speaker 1: desperately want him. The latest on the Astres is that
Speaker 1: they are determined to come away with a picture, whether
Speaker 1: it be mad As a bum Garner, Trevor Um, Trevor Bauer,
Speaker 1: or Zach Wheeler will see people certainly think that Wheeler
Speaker 1: to Um would Houston and makes owe too much sense,
Speaker 1: and I would I would agree with that same as
Speaker 1: a fantasy owner of Zach Wheeler. Please please, we're begging
Speaker 1: that is someone that the Astros would get their hands
Speaker 1: on and it's turn them into an absolute stud gold.
Speaker 1: It would be the best thing for Zach Wheeler as well,
Speaker 1: because I think you would have a monster second half
Speaker 1: now and then probably get himself a pretty good contract
Speaker 1: and free agency. So if I'm Zach Wheeler, I would
Speaker 1: want to go to Houston as well. Remains to see
Speaker 1: to be seen what the Mets are asking for in return.
Speaker 1: But Greg, you would have to imagine that if the
Speaker 1: Giants are willing to move Madison Bumgner or at least
Speaker 1: listen to the Astros, Kyle Tucker has to be one
Speaker 1: of the pieces that are that is going back to
Speaker 1: the San Francisco Giants. I would think that I would
Speaker 1: think trade they would trade away Kyle Tucker. I very
Speaker 1: much agree Um. I will say this from Joel Sherman.
Speaker 1: One executive described today as quote moving day, as prices
Speaker 1: are changing on certain items, mainly recognition that with no
Speaker 1: August trade. All deals for third catchers, for bench guys,
Speaker 1: for deep relief prospects have to be done as well
Speaker 1: in the next twenty four hours. You better not wait
Speaker 1: until tomorrow and try to do too much. You know.
Speaker 1: The Yankees, for instance, want to acquire um international signing
Speaker 1: motus money. You have to do that now. You can't
Speaker 1: do that next month. All this guy always trade for
Speaker 1: these schmuky end of the bench guys, these bullpaging arms.
Speaker 1: You have to do that now. You know what they
Speaker 1: traded away for international money, right Caleb Smith and Garrett Cooper,
Speaker 1: two players who were performing very well for the Miami Marlins.
Speaker 1: Now you know, hindsight, I'm not gonna sit here and
Speaker 1: slam Cashman because it makes a ton of very uh
Speaker 1: shrewd moves and very smart moves, but that certainly was
Speaker 1: not one of them. The Yankees can really use Caleb
Speaker 1: Smith right now to just based on the way that
Speaker 1: their pitching staff has looked Greg when we come back,
Speaker 1: I kind of want to revisit the Manni Machado trade
Speaker 1: a year later because I was talking about this with
Speaker 1: some of the guys last night, and I want to
Speaker 1: bring it up to you because I think that the
Speaker 1: Baltimore Orial has got absolutely hosed in that deal. I
Speaker 1: understand it was a rental, but they should have got
Speaker 1: more than what they did for Mannie Machado. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about that, We'll talk about anything else that's breaking with
Speaker 1: the MLB trade. We'll get some NFL stuff with Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott continuing. He's hold out all over the next hour.
Speaker 1: Best bets coming as well as the ground. Hey, thanks
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Speaker 1: and I forgot. This just reminded me you name the
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Speaker 1: knew that one was an easy one. It was any
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Speaker 1: All right, before we went the break, you want you
Speaker 1: wanted to go into many Machado and the trade the
Speaker 1: Dodgers made last year. Yeah, so the prospects that the
Speaker 1: Orioles received. Now, at the time, it was used Neil Diaz,
Speaker 1: Dean Kramer, Rylan Bannon, Zach Pop and uh, I'm not
Speaker 1: even gonna try this this last name here, but used
Speaker 1: Neil Diaz was the he was the main he was
Speaker 1: the centerpiece of this trade, Greg And there's still time
Speaker 1: for him to turn it around. But so far in
Speaker 1: the minors this season, between high A ball and Double A,
Speaker 1: he's sitting two with ten home runs in fifty two
Speaker 1: rbs ps. How did the Orioles mess this one up?
Speaker 1: I'm remember the team they should have been able to
Speaker 1: get Alex Verdugo. No, I remember At the time, everyone
Speaker 1: thought it was kind of like a fair deal. You know,
Speaker 1: like this guy Kramer, who's a starting pitcher, he's pitching well,
Speaker 1: he's like a three or nine e r A and
Speaker 1: double A. Like that's fine, he might turn out to
Speaker 1: be something. But if I'm trading Manny Machado away and
Speaker 1: I realized he's a rental, but he's you know, he
Speaker 1: also just earned a massive super contract in the off season.
Speaker 1: He's one of the best hitters in the game today.
Speaker 1: I would have imagined he nets you back at least
Speaker 1: a centerpiece player who you feel stronger about this. Isn't
Speaker 1: it possible that they chose Diaz over Verdugo. I feel
Speaker 1: like everything we heard last year was that Verdugo was
Speaker 1: like off limits in any type of trade like that.
Speaker 1: Obviously Walker Bueler was off limits because he's pitching super well.
Speaker 1: I think Julio Urias was off limits. Is what? Like?
Speaker 1: Those are the names. Look, if you want Manny Machado,
Speaker 1: you're coming to meet you want Manny Machado, I'm not
Speaker 1: giving him up unless I'm getting Verdugo or if I'm
Speaker 1: getting Julio Urias or something like that. Right, and there's
Speaker 1: still time for using the l DS to turn this around.
Speaker 1: But everything that I've seen from his minor league profile,
Speaker 1: he has not wowed me in any sense, Like in
Speaker 1: terms of his bat tool, his hit tool, his power tool.
Speaker 1: There's nothing that's really over the top. It's just I
Speaker 1: feel like maybe it's because the Yankees got Labor Torres
Speaker 1: in return for Arola's Chapman. That was a rental and
Speaker 1: it was a closer compared to a position player, one
Speaker 1: of the best position players in the game. I just
Speaker 1: feel like the Orioles should have gotten a better center
Speaker 1: piece to that trade. Even at Gavin lux who look
Speaker 1: at what he's doing right now, you couldn't have predicted
Speaker 1: that at the time. I get it, but I just
Speaker 1: feel like the Orioles are just you know, they're doing
Speaker 1: Orioles things. I even at the time last year I said,
Speaker 1: I thought, I don't know how the Orioles walked away
Speaker 1: from that trade not getting a better center piece than
Speaker 1: using the l DS. That's just me. The trade deadline
Speaker 1: itself is unpredictable, as of the prospects that we require
Speaker 1: and the Mets. The more I have read everyone really
Speaker 1: likes the trade for the Mets with pieces that they
Speaker 1: gave away no to top one hundred prospects and they
Speaker 1: look at what the Blue Jays acquired them, like what
Speaker 1: this This is what you get from Marcus Stroman, who
Speaker 1: could be the best picture traded on the market. So again,
Speaker 1: and the Blue Jays in two years from now could
Speaker 1: the last lap, you know. So it remains to be
Speaker 1: seen ultimately how these trades wind up working out. Now
Speaker 1: any other trade deadline news, Frank, before we move on,
Speaker 1: there's nothing concrete, just you know, rumors swirling as well.
Speaker 1: Kenna Zenthal just had this two minutes ago. Pirates listening
Speaker 1: more actively on Phelippe A. Baskets, sources tell the Athletic
Speaker 1: deal still appears to be a long shot assessment from
Speaker 1: executive of one contender priced out of reach. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's what it should be, because Phelipe vasket is the
Speaker 1: past two seasons has been one of the ten best
Speaker 1: closers in bass could be one of the five best
Speaker 1: closers in baseball. And you'd have to imagine, you know,
Speaker 1: we've heard the Dodgers most closely linked to this one.
Speaker 1: If he removed there, I would imagine he's not the
Speaker 1: closer anymore. So, just something to consider for fantasy baseball.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't even who the next man up
Speaker 1: would be in the Pirates. It like it might be
Speaker 1: Kyle Crick or I believe it Richard Rodriguez is someone
Speaker 1: who was on that team, someone that I've looked into.
Speaker 1: But yeah, pay attention to the Pirates here. They're listening
Speaker 1: on Felipe Baskets. We'll see if Phelipe Vaska is ultimately
Speaker 1: moves depending on what the Pirates get. Hey, I the
Speaker 1: Gavin looks in the deal, they'll do it probably, Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, it doesn't hurt to ask or even a
Speaker 1: Dustin May right there, top pitching prosper you got that
Speaker 1: big red hair too, And you gotta imagine this. The
Speaker 1: Pirates riddle gun Shy after the Christi Archardes bacle last year.
Speaker 1: My goodness, like that guy should be that guy should
Speaker 1: be fired now. Yeah, I mean, that's gonna go down
Speaker 1: as one of the worst moves in a long long time.
Speaker 1: And trading away both their top hitting and pitching prospects. Well,
Speaker 1: at the time, you know Tyler class now we had
Speaker 1: he was still the top pitching. We had done this
Speaker 1: for a few years though he was going back and
Speaker 1: forth between the bullpen and the rotation, and it seems
Speaker 1: like it wasn't working out. I think it was one
Speaker 1: of those change of scenery things where he ends up
Speaker 1: with Tampa Bay. And of course Tampa Bay much like Houston,
Speaker 1: you know, they trade for pitching or signed pitching and
Speaker 1: they get the best out of that player. So Tyler Glass,
Speaker 1: now he's injured right now, but when he was healthy,
Speaker 1: looked like a really really good piece for the future
Speaker 1: when it comes to Tampa Bay. And obviously Austin Meadows
Speaker 1: has slowed down, but for the most part, looks like
Speaker 1: he's going to be a really good player as well.
Speaker 1: Chris Archery belief has the second highest e r A
Speaker 1: among qualified starting pitchers this year. Greg, it's not gonna
Speaker 1: get it done. That is not going to get it done. No,
Speaker 1: it's obviously not. How has he fallen this far? Greg? Honestly, man, well,
Speaker 1: he's not he's not a qualified starting pitcher because he
Speaker 1: doesn't have enough any's pitched. It's terrible, man, He's all
Speaker 1: very bad. Among among starting pitchers with a without picture
Speaker 1: more is the second highest e ARRA behind Aaron Sanchez.
Speaker 1: He's a Chris Archer is a five point five eight
Speaker 1: e r A. He's three and eight. Strack out per
Speaker 1: nine are still there. Walks per nine are still very high. Man.
Speaker 1: I mean the fall from race for Chris Archer, it
Speaker 1: seems like just yesterday, and it wasn't just yesterday, because
Speaker 1: it was two thousand and fifteen was the last time
Speaker 1: he had an ear A below four. But he you know,
Speaker 1: he had three seasons in a in a row of
Speaker 1: a three point three three e r A of lets
Speaker 1: or less. And now from he said, four straight years
Speaker 1: of a four point oh to e r A or higher.
Speaker 1: Just a really really big fall from grace when it
Speaker 1: comes to Chris Archer, probably another guy who needs a
Speaker 1: change of scenery. He got that didn't work. He needs
Speaker 1: another one. I fee goes to Houston like that guy
Speaker 1: in Houston, right, Send him back to Tampa. Maybe they'll
Speaker 1: figure him out. I feel like going to Houston would
Speaker 1: really fix things. I think for the longest time, he
Speaker 1: just he doesn't have a third pitch, right, He's just
Speaker 1: very predictable. He's fastball slider, really good fastball, really get slider.
Speaker 1: I also feel like he has no idea what the
Speaker 1: balls going. Yeah, that's probably true. He struggles with you know,
Speaker 1: he doesn't have pinpoint command. He's not one of these
Speaker 1: guys were like, he doesn't have any idea where it's going.
Speaker 1: But I think if a catcher puts his glove down
Speaker 1: and he's like here, paint the outside corner with his fastball,
Speaker 1: more often than not, Chris Archer can do that. Speaking
Speaker 1: of the Pirates, Jameson Tyans probably gonna be out for
Speaker 1: the year probably. I mean, they're not really playing for
Speaker 1: anything at this point, so that's unfortunate as well. Things
Speaker 1: are really going importantly for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: mean some of it by their own doings, so I
Speaker 1: can't really blame anyone but themselves. Tyther Glass also got hurt.
Speaker 1: Yeah he did, and he you know, he reinjured himself.
Speaker 1: We might not see Tyler Glass now again this year.
Speaker 1: But when he pitched, he was awesome, quite well. He
Speaker 1: was one of the top fifteen pitchers in baseball while
Speaker 1: he was healthy. It's pitching very well. Yeah, man, the Pirates,
Speaker 1: there are mess A lot of these a lot of
Speaker 1: these teams are messes in MLB. Ah. The latest from
Speaker 1: John Hayman just across the wire here Atlanta and Oakland
Speaker 1: A's have joined the New York Yankees with interest in
Speaker 1: Tanner Rour? What what the Yankees are interested in? Tanna Rour?
Speaker 1: And who else? Oakland? And who Atlanta? Oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: I wouldn't wish that up all my worst enemy paying
Speaker 1: a roll work on the season. I don't like he's
Speaker 1: pitched well at times, but he's also been like blown up.
Speaker 1: He's very inconsistent pitching in Yankee Stadium to oh, gosh, no,
Speaker 1: thank you. Here's a three point nine five e r
Speaker 1: a a four point four six x fit. Oh my goodness,
Speaker 1: is underlying number? I mean eight and a half percent
Speaker 1: swinging shrike create Tanner row Wark. I mean the groundball
Speaker 1: percentage has gone down over the past couple of seasons,
Speaker 1: at least trying to row work. But you could have
Speaker 1: hang your onng your hat on. When he was like
Speaker 1: in his prime with the Nationals was that he would
Speaker 1: get a ton of groundballs. He doesn't even do that anymore.
Speaker 1: Groundball ready is thirty six and a half percent? You
Speaker 1: put that in Yankee Stadium. What's gonna happen there? Thirty
Speaker 1: five percent hard hit rate this year? Too? Gosh, no
Speaker 1: thank you? You know what let him go to Oakland.
Speaker 1: You know what a guy Mike Y was a different
Speaker 1: REDS pitcher on the Yankees. What's up our guy, Mike
Speaker 1: from the River have blues? He was a different REDS
Speaker 1: pitcher on the Yankee Sonny Gray, bring him back legs. One,
Speaker 1: oh god, what are we doing here? Let's get Louise
Speaker 1: catch and test at all. Right, we'll say break. We'll
Speaker 1: come back with on some some football news. Next. Zek
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Speaker 1: talked about it a little bit an hour one, But
Speaker 1: is he you Elliott and Jerry Jones kind of exchanging
Speaker 1: barbs here a little bit? Is heu? Elliott did not
Speaker 1: board the plane l A, where the Cowboys host their
Speaker 1: training camp. Instead, he headed out to Cabo, where he
Speaker 1: spent time during his suspension. Now, admittedly, if I was
Speaker 1: uh didn't have to work during the summer, I might
Speaker 1: go to Cabo as well. I would love to be
Speaker 1: there be great sounds like fun, So why sitting in Dallas, Texas,
Speaker 1: or were sitting in Ohio or anything like that. Way
Speaker 1: you could go to Kabba makes sense. Jerry Jones obviously
Speaker 1: he's not enjoying the negotiation with Ezekil Elliott's agent, as
Speaker 1: he said, Hey, you don't need to pay a running
Speaker 1: back top dollar anymore to win a Super Bowl. A
Speaker 1: leading rusher, Well, it isn't necessary. And that comes after
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott pointed out that Emmett Smith lad the league
Speaker 1: and rushing when the m v P when the Cowboys
Speaker 1: on the Super Bowl back in the early nineties, but
Speaker 1: credits Jerry Jones. Games changed. Frank, how do you think
Speaker 1: this ends and when does it end? I'm well, I'll
Speaker 1: tell you two different things. I'm hoping that it ends,
Speaker 1: you know, around that date, that August sixth date that
Speaker 1: we've heard so much about where Ezekiel Elliott needs to
Speaker 1: report by them for this season to count as an
Speaker 1: accrued season for him. And so I'm hoping it either
Speaker 1: happens around then or right on August six Ultimately, I
Speaker 1: think that it will because unlike Melvin Gordon and you know,
Speaker 1: like Levian Bell, Levian Bell was playing under the franchise tacks,
Speaker 1: so that was a completely different situation. Melvin Gordon is
Speaker 1: entering a contract here. Ezekiel Elliott still his two years
Speaker 1: left on his contract, so ultimately I think that he
Speaker 1: will show up. But this was kind of odd in
Speaker 1: my opinion, for for Jerry Jones to do, Like, even
Speaker 1: if the Cowboys and Zeke have had their differences, like
Speaker 1: he's had issues off the field, whatever it might be,
Speaker 1: he has been an awesome player for them when he's
Speaker 1: on the field. Again, two of the three years that
Speaker 1: he hasn't been suspended, he led the league in rushing.
Speaker 1: The year that he was suspended, he led the NFL
Speaker 1: in rushing yards per games, so he would have led
Speaker 1: the NFL in in rushing that season. And I think
Speaker 1: Jerry Jones is right about you don't need a leading
Speaker 1: rusher in today's NFL to win a Super Bowl because
Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen teams like the Patriots win year
Speaker 1: in and year out, and you know, they have a
Speaker 1: multitude of running backs, but they also are like one
Speaker 1: of the most analytically driven organizations the Patriots are. They
Speaker 1: know how to get the most out of their players.
Speaker 1: They have some of the best coaches in the NFL.
Speaker 1: So it's you can't really compare. I think I agree
Speaker 1: with what Jerry Jones is saying, but not really in
Speaker 1: the context of where the Cowboys are like, I do
Speaker 1: think that they need Ezekiel Elliott in order to compete.
Speaker 1: I don't think that it's one of those situations where
Speaker 1: you can just plug in a combination of Alfred Morris
Speaker 1: and Tony Pollard and you know, the Cowboys offense isn't
Speaker 1: gonna miss a beat. I don't think that that's the
Speaker 1: case when it comes to Ezekiel Elliott. So I get
Speaker 1: what he's saying, but in the context of the Cowboys,
Speaker 1: I actually do think that they need Ezekiel Elliott if
Speaker 1: they want to compete for a Super Bowl. What do
Speaker 1: you think? Yeah, So, the way that this Dallas team
Speaker 1: is built, they needed very very badly. Um. We saw
Speaker 1: it during when he was suspended. We tried to say, hey,
Speaker 1: Alfred Morris could be the guy or some of the
Speaker 1: other guys who we work and they weren't the same team.
Speaker 1: They weren't the same offense. This team is built to
Speaker 1: ride Ezekiel Elliott all the way to the end zone,
Speaker 1: all the way to the playoffs, ultimately to the Super Bowl.
Speaker 1: When you lose someone of his caliber, well, that's going
Speaker 1: to change things in a in a bitter, bitter NFC East.
Speaker 1: And I think that, yes, it's true, you don't need
Speaker 1: a star running back at all, but when your team
Speaker 1: is built around said start running back, you need him.
Speaker 1: I saw Jason McIntyre UM put this out there and
Speaker 1: he said, of Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott were both
Speaker 1: on the open market, and that's the quarterback, right, He's
Speaker 1: more money. Mm hmm, probably Dack, just because I don't
Speaker 1: think I don't think so. I think it's Ezekiel Elliott.
Speaker 1: I see what you're getting at. But how much more
Speaker 1: money is Zeke going to get than what Todd Gurley got?
Speaker 1: So obviously Todd Gurley is the highest paid running back
Speaker 1: in the NFL, that is still true. I saw a
Speaker 1: graphic earlier today leving On Bell is now the second
Speaker 1: highest paid running back in the NFL. So it's still girly.
Speaker 1: I would imagine, you know, Zeke probably gets a little
Speaker 1: bit more than what Girley got because he's younger. Um,
Speaker 1: But overall, the quarterback position, Greg, I mean, they just
Speaker 1: get so vastly overpaid too. And I think a stat
Speaker 1: they look at, whether it's right or wrong, is a
Speaker 1: lot of the times they look at how many games
Speaker 1: have you won? If there's anything dack Restcott has done
Speaker 1: so far, not that he is the sole reason that
Speaker 1: the Cowboys are winning games, but his record as a starter,
Speaker 1: it's very very good. So I think on the open
Speaker 1: market it's close, but I would I would lean with
Speaker 1: Dac even though I don't. You know, he's not like
Speaker 1: a transcendent quarterback, right like, he's not a team that
Speaker 1: ultimately makes the Cowboys that much better. He's really been
Speaker 1: a game managing quarterback. Hopefully we'll see his game progressed
Speaker 1: this year, and I think if the Cowboys want to
Speaker 1: compete and if Dac wants to get paid when he
Speaker 1: wants to get paid, then he has no choice but
Speaker 1: to get better this year. But overall, he's he's mostly
Speaker 1: been a game managing quarterback his first couple of years
Speaker 1: in the league, albeit winning a lot of games of football.
Speaker 1: Todd Gurley guaranteed total guaranteed money UH is forty five
Speaker 1: million dollars. The full guarantee is about twenty two UH. Currently,
Speaker 1: Zekie Elliott is guaranteed in twenty twenty four point nine.
Speaker 1: That's twenty five, will just call it. That was obviously
Speaker 1: from his rookie deal. Zeke Elliott wants to be paid
Speaker 1: as the top uh top running back in football. And
Speaker 1: I think you can make the case we did it
Speaker 1: last hour from a fantasy respective that he is. He
Speaker 1: wants to be guaranteed at least from shore fifty million dollars?
Speaker 1: Would you guarantee Dak Prescott get just guarantees fifty million dollars.
Speaker 1: Let me go to the quarterbacks right now, so it's
Speaker 1: out quarterbacks guarantee wise um total guarantees. Russell Wilson a
Speaker 1: hundred and seven million dollars. That's a lot of money
Speaker 1: to turn, turn around and hand the ball off to
Speaker 1: Chris Carson, number shot. Penny Roethlisberg is at fifty Aaron Rodgers, Uh,
Speaker 1: this is again just total guarantee. Carson wentz over a hundred,
Speaker 1: Matt Ryan over a hundred, and so on and so forth.
Speaker 1: Kirk would get over, you would get over fifty. He's
Speaker 1: probably right, Yeah, he's probably in like that sixty to
Speaker 1: seventy range. Probably right. It's just the nature of the position, man,
Speaker 1: It's not you know, it's not that we're sitting here
Speaker 1: saying that, you know, Dak Prescott means more than Cowboys
Speaker 1: then Ezekiel Elliott. But you're talking about the most important
Speaker 1: position in all of sports, not just football, in all
Speaker 1: of sports. It's the quarterback position. And you know, if
Speaker 1: the Cowboys go out this year and they win another
Speaker 1: ten games, and they make the playoffs and they go
Speaker 1: deep into the postseason, that's going to be because Dak
Speaker 1: Prescott at least played pretty well, played well enough, you know,
Speaker 1: not to turn the ball over, not to lose games.
Speaker 1: So because of that, he probably would get paid a
Speaker 1: decent I would say sixty to seventy million dollars guaranteed. Yep,
Speaker 1: sixty seventy million dollars. You're probably right, Zeke Elliott to
Speaker 1: this Cowboys team is simply more valuable. Like I think
Speaker 1: you could plug in a different quarterback and have similar success.
Speaker 1: I don't think you could plug in a eight um
Speaker 1: a medioco running back and had that success. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's kind of like the chicken under the egg here,
Speaker 1: like who means more to who is? Is Dak Prescott
Speaker 1: means more to Zeke or Zeke? You know? I think
Speaker 1: Zeke means more to Dak Prescott overall. So I kind
Speaker 1: of disagree with what you're saying. I don't know that
Speaker 1: you just take any quarterback and you plug him in
Speaker 1: there and he's gonna perform as well as Dak. Like
Speaker 1: Dak still runs for a lot of touchdowns, Like he
Speaker 1: possesses that athleticism, that that ability to make plays in
Speaker 1: the red zone with his legs. He don'tlet me asking
Speaker 1: in your fantasy football where do you have Dak Prescott?
Speaker 1: I could pull that up for you right now. What
Speaker 1: number is he? I currently have him as my QB fourteen? No,
Speaker 1: what do you have him currently? Quarterback? Number twenty one? Why?
Speaker 1: I think I like a lot of other quarterbacks better.
Speaker 1: But he's finishes a top twelve quarterback every year he's
Speaker 1: been in the league. Yeah, but like he's a game manager.
Speaker 1: I think the other quarterbacks better. Yeah, but the numbers
Speaker 1: don't lie, Greg, Yeah, I'm just telling you how I feel.
Speaker 1: All right, Well, I'm I'm just showing you that again.
Speaker 1: Like last year, he finishes a QB ten. He's had
Speaker 1: exactly six rushing touchdowns each of his first three seasons.
Speaker 1: So I mean, maybe if those rushing touchdowns come down,
Speaker 1: I don't know. For me. I just like, I like
Speaker 1: the last year he finishes QB eleven. I just like
Speaker 1: like the big bend Philip Rivers guys more and as
Speaker 1: a rookie he finishes QB six. So six, eleven and ten.
Speaker 1: That's and I still haven't keeping fourteen, which you might
Speaker 1: argue is also too well, Yes I do. I haven't
Speaker 1: just had of Drewbrees and Russell Wilson, but I'm not
Speaker 1: gonna do that. I have Ben Roethlisberger ahead of him.
Speaker 1: I like Ben a lot. I have Lamar Jackson ahead
Speaker 1: of him, you know, I like Lamar Jackson a lot.
Speaker 1: I have Philip Rivers very low. I just I don't
Speaker 1: think that there's much upside there, all right, I'll leave
Speaker 1: back up the sixteen really take much? So who would he?
Speaker 1: Who would he'd be just behind him, Philip Rivers and Roethlisberger. Okay, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I agree with I agree with the Ben
Speaker 1: thing for Rivers. The problem is the way that fantasy
Speaker 1: is set up right now. There's so many quarterbacks that
Speaker 1: are dual threats and can and make plays with their legs.
Speaker 1: And I mentioned Dak Prescott and his rushing touchdowns. Philip
Speaker 1: Rivers give you nothing in the rushing department. So even
Speaker 1: if he throws for four thousand plus yards, thirty plus
Speaker 1: touchdowns and keeps do nothing rushing, that's gonna be barely
Speaker 1: enough to be a top fifteen sixteen quarterback on a
Speaker 1: per game basis. So Philip Rivers usually lands in the
Speaker 1: top twelve quarterback because he plays every game. He's very durable,
Speaker 1: But on a per game basis, he's usually a little
Speaker 1: bit lower in that you know, QB fifteen, KUB sixteen
Speaker 1: seventeen range, because he just doesn't really have that much upside.
Speaker 1: What do you make, Oh, the Dolphins coming out and
Speaker 1: say Ryan Fitzpatrick far away better than Josh Rosen. It's
Speaker 1: not surprising, I guess, like Josh Rosen is still just
Speaker 1: a second year player. He had a lot of pedigree
Speaker 1: coming out of college. But you know, Fitzpatrick has been
Speaker 1: here before. He's done this before. You know, I think
Speaker 1: I believe he has the Jets single season record for
Speaker 1: most yards and passing touchdowns in a single season. Like
Speaker 1: he's done this before, He's been through training camp. Like
Speaker 1: we know who Ryan Fitzpatrick is. Yes, he's he can
Speaker 1: make all the throws, he can also make all the
Speaker 1: throws to the opposite team. Demonte Park is gonna such
Speaker 1: a DFS playing in Week one and Ki Still Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean both of those guys, see you know the
Speaker 1: arrow pointing up if Ryan Fitzpatrick is their quarterback. But
Speaker 1: from the Dolphins long term perspective, you have to assume
Speaker 1: that they're probably gonna have a top three pick next
Speaker 1: year in a really good quarterback class. They need to
Speaker 1: figure out if they have anything in Josh Rosen. So
Speaker 1: I mean, what what does it matter if Ryan Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: is better than him? That's fine, I mean, it's okay. Whatever.
Speaker 1: Tell me the sky is blue, grass is green, that's fine. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Like you might be better than him now just because
Speaker 1: he has more experience. But but you let Josh Rosen play,
Speaker 1: play with the ones, play in pre season, playing the
Speaker 1: regular season as a starter, and see what you have
Speaker 1: in this kid before you go out there and draft
Speaker 1: another quarterback. I mean, that's what I think the Dolphins
Speaker 1: should do. Dolphins aren't very smart. I did, don't remind me. Greg.
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Speaker 1: that means this time for our best bets forever. Frank,
Speaker 1: once again, how do we do? Last night? You went one?
Speaker 1: And to combine that would be? Want to know for you?
Speaker 1: Oh and do for me? Looking for a bounceback performance?
Speaker 1: Are you ready? I'm ready to rock, Babe. He's called
Speaker 1: me babe Babe, like babe baby baby. But we have
Speaker 1: a game that's getting ready to start right now, so
Speaker 1: we will not include that game, a slobber knocker between
Speaker 1: the Orioles and the Padres. But where we start Greg
Speaker 1: is with the Arizona Diamondbacks and the New York Yankees.
Speaker 1: The Yankees are back in town after a road trip.
Speaker 1: There minus two twenty lands some juice with a total
Speaker 1: at eleven and a half, Jay Hap going up against
Speaker 1: Taylor Clark. Taylor Clark, I don't expect a great pitching
Speaker 1: performance here, Greg, six point one zero e r A
Speaker 1: with Taylor Clark, a five point two three r A
Speaker 1: with Jay Hap. In fact, the Yankees have performed very
Speaker 1: well against right handed pitching this season and the diamond
Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks have performed really well against left handed pitching. Greg,
Speaker 1: we're going over it is one of night here starting
Speaker 1: Arizona and the Yankees total over eleven and a half.
Speaker 1: Happy talkman day he is in the lineup, Yes, he
Speaker 1: is starting in center fields and or Starry in left
Speaker 1: field to night. Rather, I also like the over I'm
Speaker 1: maybe more of my best best, but I absolutely like
Speaker 1: the over here over eleven and a half, no doubt
Speaker 1: about it. The Yankees and the bad are terrible with pitching.
Speaker 1: The Braves and That's are next. It's my man, Eric Fetty,
Speaker 1: Julio Tarron, the pick him game ten and a half
Speaker 1: is a total frank Yeah, and I can see why
Speaker 1: this game is a pick him as well. I was
Speaker 1: looking at this before the show started. Julio Tron has
Speaker 1: been terrible on the road this season. He has a
Speaker 1: sub two point five year at home. He has an
Speaker 1: ear a over four on the road. So that's why
Speaker 1: I could see this game going either way. Like Eric
Speaker 1: Fetty has not pitched much, but he has pitched well
Speaker 1: when he's in there. But also wouldn't surprise me if
Speaker 1: he would if he struggles in this spot. Wouldn't surprise
Speaker 1: me if Tehran struggles in this spot either. I think
Speaker 1: someone's really a coin flip. I would say, Greg, it
Speaker 1: is a coin flip. I do lean the Braves. I
Speaker 1: like Tehran more than I like Eric Fetty. Your guy
Speaker 1: Eric Fetty wap No, I'm not picking it for anything,
Speaker 1: And they do like the Brave tonight. In this one
Speaker 1: though the Giants are on in the road in Philadelphia,
Speaker 1: Tyler Meaty against Drew Smiley getting the star for Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: The Phillies are a a favorite. I actually like Tyler
Speaker 1: Beatty as a two star pitcher this week because going
Speaker 1: up against the Giants and some other shot on the Giants.
Speaker 1: He's not going against the Giants. Oh no, I was.
Speaker 1: I mean Drew Smiley. Actually like Smile because he was
Speaker 1: going up against the Giants and either the White Sox
Speaker 1: or Tigers or someone well, yeah, and then he lost
Speaker 1: his two star weeks so that was a disaster. Disaster,
Speaker 1: so jews. Smiley has not pitched well this year. Overall.
Speaker 1: He's made one start with the Phillies that actually was
Speaker 1: a good start, but overall seven point six nine ear a.
Speaker 1: Tyler Beatty, who I like, has pitched well recently, not
Speaker 1: his last start, but I was benching him in fantasy
Speaker 1: this week because two starts, one Billy and one in Colorado,
Speaker 1: So very very tough starts this week for Tyler Beatty.
Speaker 1: In terms of this game tonight, the game is in Philly,
Speaker 1: so they're minus one thirty six. You gotta lay some juice.
Speaker 1: Ten and a half is a total. I don't really
Speaker 1: want to trust Drew Smiley. If I had to choose something,
Speaker 1: I would probably take the San Francisco Giants, But I
Speaker 1: think this is a stay away game. What do you think, Craig?
Speaker 1: I kind of like Tyler being in the Giants. Yeah,
Speaker 1: plus one eighteen you get them at slight slide underdogs.
Speaker 1: It is good value, but yeah, you're still depending on
Speaker 1: the Giants fats to score some runs here. Fantasy Baseball,
Speaker 1: should you start Tyler being all night? Probably not it's risky, man.
Speaker 1: It's just a really bad spot. The weather is very
Speaker 1: warm here in the Northeast. You could see some balls
Speaker 1: flying out there. Obviously I would stay away. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: think so too. I think you've probably right about that. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Astros and the Indians. Good game here. This is
Speaker 1: your game of the night by Lander Bieber. What a game?
Speaker 1: Are you a believer tonight? Greggy plus one fourteen you
Speaker 1: get him out? You are Shane Bieber ten and three
Speaker 1: three point four four e r A justin verlanderdt and
Speaker 1: four Like a fine wine, gets older, gets older, gets
Speaker 1: better with age two point eight six e r A. Greg.
Speaker 1: One of my best bets tonight will be the under
Speaker 1: in this game. You get it at eight and a
Speaker 1: half runs. This game is in Cleveland. But normally when
Speaker 1: we see pitching matchups like this, we're normally getting this
Speaker 1: set seven and a half maybe eight. Tonight it's at
Speaker 1: eight and a half. I understand that the Astro's lineup
Speaker 1: is closer to full strain calls. Korea is back, so
Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough task here for Shane Bieber.
Speaker 1: But I like the under eight and a half. Both
Speaker 1: of these pitchers have pitched really really well tonight. It's
Speaker 1: my best bet. Yeah. I like the eight and a
Speaker 1: half as well. I think there's really good value by
Speaker 1: taking the Indians with Bieber plus money I always I
Speaker 1: mean the Astros Mnus one and there do you have
Speaker 1: to like that too. It's a great, really good bullpens.
Speaker 1: So I looked into this before. Both of their ear
Speaker 1: as in their bullpens ranked inside the top three in baseball.
Speaker 1: So again that just lends itself to the under. Again
Speaker 1: that you know once once we get to the bullpens,
Speaker 1: both of these bullpens are really really good. I can't
Speaker 1: touch this um unfortunately, as much as I want. It's
Speaker 1: gonna be a great game, though. I would love to
Speaker 1: watch this one under eight and a half. It's the
Speaker 1: best bet for me. Zach Gallant, that's the lines change.
Speaker 1: Zach Gallants and the Marlins are at home tonight, facing
Speaker 1: off against Jakey and the Twins. Marlins are plus one
Speaker 1: thirty twins and minus one fifty totals eight. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: want to like Zach Gallants Knight coming off a career
Speaker 1: best start against the White Sox, but it's just a
Speaker 1: tougher match up here against the Twins really really good lineup,
Speaker 1: a lineup that has performed well against right handed pitching
Speaker 1: this year. Jake Odoreesi dating back to June fifteenth, has
Speaker 1: an e r A around seven. So maybe some sneaky
Speaker 1: Marlins bat bats tonight. I'm looking at the total here, Greg,
Speaker 1: I think that the total at eight is very sneaky,
Speaker 1: and I lean with the over, and I help everyone
Speaker 1: else does because you're seeing it at minus one twenty
Speaker 1: compared to the under at minus one oh two. It's
Speaker 1: not a best bet of mind. But if I had
Speaker 1: to choose something would be over the eight runs the
Speaker 1: best bet of night right here, Twins and Marlins over eight.
Speaker 1: That eight numbers really really low. Maybe pay, but that's
Speaker 1: extremely low. Gallant resy just aren't that good? Uh, to
Speaker 1: get that a total of just eight, when last night
Speaker 1: you have Corvin Icago nine and a half, little Nutty
Speaker 1: to May, I'll go over eight here. Yeah, And this
Speaker 1: total last night was seven and a half, and they've
Speaker 1: soared over that. I think they ended up with something
Speaker 1: like seventeen or eighteen runs combined. So the Marlins the
Speaker 1: Marlins bats performed well yesterday against Merrill Kelly. Let's see
Speaker 1: what they could do tonight against Ottoreesi, who has not
Speaker 1: pitched well. Reds Bats were also on fire yesterday. They're
Speaker 1: taking on Pittsburgh there minus won forty Pittsburgh plus oncety
Speaker 1: two games total here is ten. It's Tanner Roark and Pirates.
Speaker 1: Uh Tennor Rowark of the Reds. Joe must grove for
Speaker 1: the Pirates. I do like the Reds at minus one
Speaker 1: of four, you're not good enough odds for me to take.
Speaker 1: I do like Tenner row Wark in the Reds tonight.
Speaker 1: Joe must grove a k A. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Speaker 1: You never know what you're going to get with this
Speaker 1: guy pitching in the Great American small park tonight. I
Speaker 1: want to like the Pirates, but they have just played
Speaker 1: so poor recently. I think they're on a ten game
Speaker 1: losing shriek. This is a stay away from me. Yeah
Speaker 1: for me, I will, like I said, stay away. I
Speaker 1: do lean the Reds though. Chuck Morton's on the mouth
Speaker 1: of the Raise in Boston to take on David Price.
Speaker 1: Charlie Morton's plus one twenty two. David Price and the
Speaker 1: Red Sox won forty game total six and nine and
Speaker 1: a half. Another really really good game. David Price going
Speaker 1: up against Charlie Morton, two really good pitchers. Price three
Speaker 1: point six six e r a. Charlie Morton at two
Speaker 1: point six. Oh, he's twelve and three on the season.
Speaker 1: I want to get behind the race here, But the
Speaker 1: Red Sox in the second half so far since the
Speaker 1: All Star Break, they have the highest team ops and baseball.
Speaker 1: I just don't really want to get in front of
Speaker 1: that buzz sauce. So I'm gonna stay away here. If
Speaker 1: I had to choose something, you probably would be the
Speaker 1: raised money line. You're getting them at plus money plus
Speaker 1: one twenty divisional game. It's gonna be a close one.
Speaker 1: The totals nine and a half. You might be able
Speaker 1: to talk me into the under here as well. With
Speaker 1: with that total at nine and a half, I don't
Speaker 1: have a best bet in this game, though, Yeah, I'm
Speaker 1: staying away. I'd stay away also actually like the Red
Speaker 1: Sox in this game. Actually like the over of nine
Speaker 1: and a half where it's totally on separate sides of
Speaker 1: this um so that would lean Boston and the over.
Speaker 1: But yeah it's me. Mike Leak of the Mariners are
Speaker 1: in Texas take on ri L Gerrado, and the Rangers
Speaker 1: the Matters plus one twelve, Rangers at minus over for
Speaker 1: or total for this case, it's eleven a half. I
Speaker 1: actually like the Mariners in this game, Frankie at plus
Speaker 1: one twelve. I think Lee's been You've heard his name
Speaker 1: in trade rumors, so these guys pitched very well around
Speaker 1: this time. I like that you're getting plus odds on them.
Speaker 1: One of my best bet tonight the Mariners plus once
Speaker 1: twelve tonight. Yeah, if I had to choose something, it
Speaker 1: would be the Mariners money line here as well at
Speaker 1: plus one twelve. But pay attention because there was a
Speaker 1: report earlier that it was like a fifty fifty chance.
Speaker 1: Mike Leak is actually traded before tonight start, so pay
Speaker 1: attention to that. But uh, yes, Adria Urao has not
Speaker 1: pitched very well recently. He has an e r A
Speaker 1: near five. The total is very high. I understand that
Speaker 1: this game is in Texas, it is a hitter's ballpark,
Speaker 1: but still too high for me. If I had to
Speaker 1: do something, it would be the Mariners money line, not
Speaker 1: a bet bet fair enough the New York Mets or
Speaker 1: in Chicago to take on the White Sox. It's the
Speaker 1: Rodrigo Lopez going for Chicago. Rodrigo Lopez. I love that
Speaker 1: guy right now. Lopez, I got it live, was a
Speaker 1: former Elving pitcher. I always want to say, rodrig Lopez
Speaker 1: too used the pitch for the Orioles. I believe. Is
Speaker 1: that true? Yes, the name sounds familiar. He's pitch with
Speaker 1: the Orioles, Rodrigo Lopel and the Blue Jays maybe Cindergard
Speaker 1: Now for the Mets, total in this game is nine,
Speaker 1: all right? Pulling up Rodrigo Lopez right now, I'll his
Speaker 1: his Baseball reference page. He pits for the Orioles. It's
Speaker 1: for the Rockies, Phillies, Diamondbacks and Cubs. Never for the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays the Orioles. Remember twice in his career he
Speaker 1: led the league in losses. That's Rodrigo Lope. Ronaldo Lope
Speaker 1: is going down a similar path right now as he
Speaker 1: is five and nine, but has pitched much better recently
Speaker 1: his past three starts. I looked into this earlier today
Speaker 1: as well. His velocity always very good, pitches like miles
Speaker 1: per hour. Recently his average fastball velocity is up around
Speaker 1: nineties seven, so he's seen an uptick and has pitched
Speaker 1: well in his past restarts. Kind of like the under
Speaker 1: in this game tonight at Noah's sinder Guard, you know,
Speaker 1: going up against his White Sox lineup, who we don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of faith in. Overall, I wouldn't take
Speaker 1: a side because it wouldn't surprise me if the White
Speaker 1: Sox managed to pull this game off. But kind of
Speaker 1: like the under at nine, I wish it was at
Speaker 1: nine and a half. I also wish it was a
Speaker 1: nine and a half. I really like the under in
Speaker 1: this one. Not one of the best bets, but I
Speaker 1: could go in one direction. It's definitely the under for me.
Speaker 1: I don't hate the White Sox plus one thirty two.
Speaker 1: We don't know how Syndergar is gonna react to these
Speaker 1: trade rumors, but I also really really like the under nine.
Speaker 1: Not one of the best bets. However, In St. Louis,
Speaker 1: it's the Cubs facing off against the Cardinals. I don't
Speaker 1: win right going for St. Louis, you darbish for the
Speaker 1: Cubs eat and a half the game total. Eight and
Speaker 1: a half is the total with both the r rays
Speaker 1: of the starting pitchers north of four point five. If
Speaker 1: I had to choose somebody, I'm just gonna keep riding
Speaker 1: out with my man you Darvish. I feel like he
Speaker 1: has pitched well over his past handful of starts. His
Speaker 1: last time out was not great against the Giants. I
Speaker 1: was expecting a better performance overall, but the Cardinals have
Speaker 1: not performed very well against right handed pitching so far
Speaker 1: this year, coupled with the fact that Darvis has pitched well.
Speaker 1: If I had to lean one way, I would take
Speaker 1: the Cubs at minus one. You lay some juice here.
Speaker 1: I agree with that if you go in either direction,
Speaker 1: don't love the game. Total at eight and a half
Speaker 1: Sean Reid Foley's go over Toronto, while Mike Montgomery for
Speaker 1: Kansas City total is ten. I really like Kansas City
Speaker 1: in this game minus one of four. Greg, Why on
Speaker 1: God's Green Earth would you watch this game outside of
Speaker 1: the fact that on it either you bet on it
Speaker 1: or if you just really like prospects, right, you get
Speaker 1: to watch Bobichette, you get to watch Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Speaker 1: Gosh Man. Sean Reid Foley, also a prospect for the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays, was not performing very well in tripolate this year.
Speaker 1: I don't know. That's why I'm not touching this game.
Speaker 1: That's why I like Um. Like I said, that's why
Speaker 1: I am in here On City like Kansas City. Mike
Speaker 1: Montgomery a jolly re aroused, you know, opening the Dodgers
Speaker 1: against Kyle Freeland and the Rockies the totalst fourteen? Can
Speaker 1: I interest you in the over? Greg? Can I interest
Speaker 1: you in the under? Nothing? Just don't mess with Colorado
Speaker 1: Rocky Under. I've learned the Angels Angels and Griffin Canning
Speaker 1: are taking on the Tigers. Angels are extremely heavy favorite
Speaker 1: games total since the nine and a half. They were
Speaker 1: last night and they lost that game as well. Yes
Speaker 1: they did. Jordan Zimmeran's first one of the year. True,
Speaker 1: Oh my god, man, you like him ad fantasy, My guy,
Speaker 1: Jordan Zimmerman started him a brea and a few locations
Speaker 1: last night too. It pits bad, but it just didn't
Speaker 1: work out. Um yeah, I mean there's not really anything
Speaker 1: to do. And it was actually Advantage Baseball tonight. I
Speaker 1: was choosing Haimi Barrio or the Nelson Lamette. I went
Speaker 1: with Lamette. Let's see how that goes tonight. Today it's
Speaker 1: about they're about it does happen? Oh yeah, I gotta
Speaker 1: gonna have to tune that so Griffin Canning has not
Speaker 1: pitched well recently. But it is the Tigers. But I
Speaker 1: mean they're just such a huge favorites minus two seventy.
Speaker 1: I'm not touching this. He's pitched, were inning two strikeouts.
Speaker 1: Let's go and Nelson Latte that Let's go one last
Speaker 1: game and get to It's the Brew crew in the athletics.
Speaker 1: Chris Bassett, Angrian Houser, Dubie. How's their Bassett has pitched
Speaker 1: well recently. I had to choose something, it would be
Speaker 1: as money Line, don't love it? No, thank you, He's
Speaker 1: Franks the Fact Show tomorrow. You're not gonna want to
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Speaker 1: way to becoming the next Daily Rhodo millionaire. So what
Speaker 1: did happen? What did happens? Here's what you missed on
Speaker 1: the BFS first round man. Yeah, first of all pick
Speaker 1: we got Greig. I'm gonna take time on things that
Speaker 1: I know, like we agree on, like there's no question.
Speaker 1: And I think I asked how I feel the first
Speaker 1: pick in the first pick overall advantage football this year
Speaker 1: should be Saekwon Barkley. I don't think there's an argument
Speaker 1: against it. I think people have made arguments, like pretty
Speaker 1: consensus for other players, other these other running backs in
Speaker 1: this range, going ahead of sacred party consensus thought at
Speaker 1: se Kwon Barkley's the guy. Yeah, yeah, I would say, so.
Speaker 1: I agree with you. I have him as my number
Speaker 1: one player, number one running back. I did the white
Speaker 1: board series for the number one overall pick already and
Speaker 1: I also had sat Kwon Barkley as the number one pick. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean, even if Daniel Jones gets in there at
Speaker 1: some point, which I guess is the downside can really
Speaker 1: be that much worse than elim ither thing. It's downside,
Speaker 1: there's a good side For everything I've read about Giants training,
Speaker 1: cap Daniel Jones actually better throwing the screen, which could
Speaker 1: result in even more yards and more points, especially for
Speaker 1: a rookie. Right so if he goes through his progressions
Speaker 1: and you know he's crumbling, just to throw the ball
Speaker 1: up to say Kwon Barkley. So yeah, I mean, I
Speaker 1: understand a lot of people are gonna say, like, you
Speaker 1: obviously want a running back in a better offense as
Speaker 1: your as your number one overall pick, as your first
Speaker 1: round pick, but sa Koon Barkley was in a subpar
Speaker 1: offense last year as well and still finish as the
Speaker 1: number two running back behind Todd Gurley. I will say this,
Speaker 1: a lot of Barkley's yards income in chunks. There are
Speaker 1: times where his yards we carry, not your geards per carry,
Speaker 1: but there's a lot of nothing that was there because
Speaker 1: the box was stacked because the Giants do you stink?
Speaker 1: But Barkley always would be better. This year is absolutely
Speaker 1: that right side, totally redone Kevin Zeisler and Mike Grammars.
Speaker 1: So that should be better, We'll say, yeah. So look,
Speaker 1: you won't get an argument from me here. Obviously his
Speaker 1: usage in the past game and twenty targets last year
Speaker 1: from se Kwon Barkley of the snapso was fourth most
Speaker 1: amongst running backs. His usages in the red zone. I mean,
Speaker 1: he is a legitimate, legitimate workhorse. You don't really have
Speaker 1: to worry about anyone stealing carries away from him either.
Speaker 1: There's no brainer from me, Greg, absolutely, Okay, then you
Speaker 1: give the number two where it is a little bit
Speaker 1: more exciting, I think, because if Sakan is the no
Speaker 1: brainer at number two. I told you I was in
Speaker 1: the cab with bar Bacon's John and John are we
Speaker 1: going to Barbaik by the way, we can want John
Speaker 1: has the number two pick in his draft, he was
Speaker 1: telling me, and he goes, he knows Sakan's gonna go one.
Speaker 1: He wants to take Avin Kamara at two. And I go, well,
Speaker 1: I mean it's really hard between Kamara, McCaffrey, uh and
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. I know previously, Frank, you and I had
Speaker 1: talked and Ezekiel Elliott was your number two pick a
Speaker 1: couple of weeks back when we originally had this discussion.
Speaker 1: But I was looking at it when I was making
Speaker 1: my rankings and I decided you always want to minimize
Speaker 1: risk at two, and I thought the person that minimized
Speaker 1: the risk the most for me was Christian McCaffrey at
Speaker 1: number two. And I'll just tell you why very briefly,
Speaker 1: and you give me your number two. Obviously, this is
Speaker 1: Ezekiel Elliott. Holdout is for now still a thing. He's
Speaker 1: in Cobo chilling and Jerry Joe and saying things, Oh,
Speaker 1: you don't need to pay running back to make to
Speaker 1: win a super Bowl. It's all posturing, right him and Cobo,
Speaker 1: him doing his thing, it's all posturing. I think Ezekiel
Speaker 1: Elliott does show off. I think he gets a raise
Speaker 1: for this year, for next year, whatever. I'm not worried
Speaker 1: about Ezekiel Elliott like I am about Melvin Gordon. He's
Speaker 1: got that extra year on him, so I'm not worried
Speaker 1: about that,