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That's welcome your host, Fi Grate from five 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:25.720 did Bro say, Francis, start ball ladies and tell them 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:32.520 in your ps. And with that we welcome you inside 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:36.280 Studio thirty four. This is the BFFs. That is Frank Stample. 0:01:36.400 --> 0:01:39.160 I am Greg Sauceman. Pleasure to have you here with 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.640 us on a Thursday. Virginia Zakis have inside injuries. We'll 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.840 join us coming up, you know, about fifteen minutes from now. 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:47.880 It's well twenty pm Eastern time. For Frankie, how's it going. 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:50.160 I'm doing well, gree how are you doing? I just 0:01:50.160 --> 0:01:53.640 sleep last night. I slept well and you need very 0:01:53.720 --> 0:01:56.720 silly as she took a nap at like nine pm 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:00.720 after dinner. Terrible idea. So then he woke up at 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:02.360 ice cream, watched the show and said, we're going to 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:05.080 bed now. I'm like, I'm really going to bed. She 0:02:05.120 --> 0:02:07.200 hasn't been old hyper and like I'm trying to sleep, 0:02:07.440 --> 0:02:08.760 Like why do you got to do this right now? 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:15.239 Are you a napper? Um? No, not really yes, And 0:02:15.400 --> 0:02:18.080 I'm not like a lot. I can't do it because 0:02:18.120 --> 0:02:19.639 if I nap, then I can't sleep in it. It 0:02:19.680 --> 0:02:21.440 doesn't really bother me as long as if at the 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.679 right time, Like sometimes they go home from work and 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.639 it's like six is or whatever. I have TV on, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:31.239 I can see my I doze, but like I'm not 0:02:31.360 --> 0:02:33.880 like out cold, you know, like someone opens the door, 0:02:33.919 --> 0:02:36.320 I'll be a week an instant. So yeah, I know 0:02:36.440 --> 0:02:40.560 people who are chronic nappers like sleep for hours when 0:02:40.560 --> 0:02:42.919 they get home from work and they just go to 0:02:43.000 --> 0:02:46.120 sleep at night. To have no idea how that Judie 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.760 can sleep, wake up at ten o'clock or eleven o'clock 0:02:48.800 --> 0:02:52.080 on a Saturday or weekendor whatever, right do activities are 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.799 on three four o'clock, takes another nap until about six 0:02:55.840 --> 0:03:00.640 six thirty, has dinner, comes home, it was back to sleep. 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:04.240 That's crazy. I don't know. I don't know how that's possible. 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:10.360 I don't get it, do not get it. I can't 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:15.000 fathom them. And but I still um hasn't been great recently. 0:03:15.000 --> 0:03:17.320 I keep waking up early in the morning, like five, 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:19.440 six am, and I can't go back to sleep. But 0:03:20.080 --> 0:03:21.840 today it wasn't so bad. It was a little bit 0:03:21.880 --> 0:03:24.359 better today. It's like going on greed. Lot going on 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.280 in the world of fantasy baseball, a lot going on 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.000 in betting baseball at too. How do we do last night? 0:03:29.120 --> 0:03:30.600 You know, I know I missed the half a run. 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.400 Both of mine were wrong, all right, And shout out 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.680 to shout out to the Padres defense, who I believe 0:03:36.720 --> 0:03:38.640 had four errors last night. And I was watching that 0:03:38.760 --> 0:03:41.760 start because they had Joey lu CAZy starting in multiple places. 0:03:42.640 --> 0:03:45.320 They did him no favors. So yeah, shout out to 0:03:45.360 --> 0:03:49.200 the Padres defense. Like the Padres moneyline, they would they 0:03:49.280 --> 0:03:52.720 were in a I mean solid position. Joel CAZy actually 0:03:52.720 --> 0:03:55.760 allowed to earned runs three runs total because the defense 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.560 was terrible. But yeah, they couldn't really score off Sean 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.680 Anderson either, so that didn't work out well. And Zach Eflin. 0:04:01.760 --> 0:04:03.600 To his credit, I like to Philly his money line. 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:07.320 He pitched awesome eight innings, nine strikeouts. He was great. 0:04:08.080 --> 0:04:12.120 Meryl Kelly was a little bit better. So didn't work out, Grey, No, 0:04:12.280 --> 0:04:14.520 it didn't work out, But the idea I thought it 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.480 was kind of right on the money. Uh, today's poll question. 0:04:17.520 --> 0:04:19.520 We had have alluded to it yesterday. Frank, We're finally 0:04:19.520 --> 0:04:23.440 gonna do it. Yeah, there's a lot of fantasy analysts. 0:04:23.560 --> 0:04:25.720 I understand. You want to promote yourself as someone that 0:04:25.800 --> 0:04:29.320 gets a lot of things right. That's how you sell yourself, 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:30.760 and that's how you get people to read your work 0:04:30.839 --> 0:04:33.160 and listen to your shows. And of course everyone wants 0:04:33.200 --> 0:04:36.320 to get things right. But if people read your work 0:04:36.560 --> 0:04:39.800 and they listen to your shows, then they'll know what 0:04:39.960 --> 0:04:43.320 you said before the season, and they'll know whether you 0:04:43.400 --> 0:04:46.720 were right or wrong, whatever it might be. So you 0:04:46.800 --> 0:04:49.440 don't have to remind everyone how right you are all 0:04:49.480 --> 0:04:52.719 the time. So I just thought, let's put out a poll. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:56.040 See what see what the fans think. The people who 0:04:56.880 --> 0:04:58.720 obviously listen and watch. Do you do you want to 0:04:58.760 --> 0:05:01.159 fantasy analysts, it's constantly telling you how right they are 0:05:01.200 --> 0:05:02.760 all the time. Someone who tells you that they're right 0:05:02.800 --> 0:05:05.080 and wrong, tries and learn from their mistakes, or someone 0:05:05.120 --> 0:05:06.720 who just tells you they're wrong all the time and 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:10.040 tries and have fun with it. Because actually we might 0:05:10.080 --> 0:05:12.160 be closer to that. We're probably in the middle. Like 0:05:12.240 --> 0:05:14.160 we still do say when we get things right, we 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:17.840 definitely tell you what I've just let off the show 0:05:17.920 --> 0:05:20.720 telling you that we got our bets wrong esterday. It's true. 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.160 It's true, we got ourselves on the back, but not 0:05:23.320 --> 0:05:26.680 like hardcore. It's more like, yeah, I don't. We don't 0:05:26.680 --> 0:05:30.440 definitely beat our chests, but Greg, I mean, we know 0:05:30.560 --> 0:05:32.760 a how to people who do this, who they've never 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:36.120 got a single thing wrong in their lives. I don't know. 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:42.919 It seems a little dishonest to the viewer. I agree, 0:05:43.080 --> 0:05:45.200 you know, I agree with that too much stuff. The 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:47.600 other thing we really wanted to accomplish getting the votes. 0:05:47.640 --> 0:05:49.200 Tell us what you want a respond to the chat 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:51.600 call on three sixty seven nine if it's working, I 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:55.280 don't know. I can't promise that. UM no, not working, 0:05:56.279 --> 0:05:58.840 don't call it, just respond or tweet at us. Um 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:01.240 more than we really wanted to hit on today, And 0:06:01.320 --> 0:06:03.200 we're getting like the stuff from last night. We always 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.240 tend to, but I wanted to make sure we heat 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:06.280 on this. I'm gonna do it at the top so 0:06:06.320 --> 0:06:09.840 I don't forget Frank, And that is is there still home? Right? 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:17.760 It's June twelfth today? Watch this wrong? Okay, it's June twelfth, yesterday, 0:06:17.960 --> 0:06:23.120 due tonight. We are through June twelfth. In baseball, there's 0:06:23.120 --> 0:06:25.360 a lot of guys that you drafted, that you believed in, 0:06:25.960 --> 0:06:29.040 and you want to know is there still hope? And 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.360 the most common name that I've been tweeted about, You've 0:06:31.360 --> 0:06:35.520 been tweeted about, you had worries about yourself. He's Manny Machado. 0:06:35.960 --> 0:06:40.440 About a month ago, almost exactly a month ago, you said, 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.760 Manny Machado is one of those guys that you are 0:06:42.960 --> 0:06:46.480 most buying in on that you want to buy low 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.960 right now. A month later, not all that much has changed. 0:06:50.760 --> 0:06:56.560 Has your opinion changed in terms of buying low? Yeah, 0:06:56.760 --> 0:06:59.680 I would still like to buy low on Manny Machado. 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:02.360 It's not the same situation as Joseer Mirriez. While Jose 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.320 Mirriez does have a to three year track record of 0:07:05.400 --> 0:07:07.920 being a very good player, and his first half last 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:12.000 season was m v P caliber. Manny Machado has done 0:07:12.040 --> 0:07:14.320 this for a long time. He's been a really really 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.400 good player for a long time, and I think I 0:07:17.520 --> 0:07:19.920 have more faith in him bouncing back than other players 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.720 that we are going to talk about. If you look 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:24.520 at Manny Michado's line at this point the season to 0:07:24.680 --> 0:07:27.400 forty batting average, ten home runs, thirty one runs scored, 0:07:27.480 --> 0:07:30.400 thirty three RBIs, he has not lived up to what 0:07:30.640 --> 0:07:33.440 we have wanted from him, obviously, you know, we were 0:07:33.440 --> 0:07:36.440 expecting probably close to thirty five home runs, maybe ten 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.240 to fifteen steals, and only has one stolen base a 0:07:39.400 --> 0:07:41.600 you know, two eighty plus batting average. He was a 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:44.240 borderline first round pick. He was a late first early 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.000 second rounder, and for good reason, multi position eligibility. Again, 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:49.760 He's done this for a long time, I mean dating 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.440 back to you know, twenty fifteen, this guy has been 0:07:52.440 --> 0:07:55.640 a perennial over thirty home runs, you know, over a 0:07:55.760 --> 0:08:01.240 hundred runs scored, gives you stolen bases, and I'm still buying. 0:08:01.280 --> 0:08:03.040 I'm still buying on many Machado. I think that there 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:05.480 are better days ahead, Like there are things that he's 0:08:05.520 --> 0:08:08.600 doing this year that he needs to correct. Most definitely 0:08:08.760 --> 0:08:11.480 the strikeout rate for him, and swinging strike rate is 0:08:11.520 --> 0:08:13.400 up two percent this year. His strikeout rate is up 0:08:13.440 --> 0:08:16.080 seven percent from last year. It's that's twenty one point 0:08:16.120 --> 0:08:19.320 three percent, and his career mark in the strikeout department 0:08:19.400 --> 0:08:22.480 sixteen point seven percent, so it's even up there as well. 0:08:22.560 --> 0:08:25.440 And yes, that can mean the difference between you know, 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.080 thirty to forty points of batting average. If you're striking 0:08:28.120 --> 0:08:31.280 out seven eight percent more than you are in years past, 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:34.480 then yeah, that's going to affect your your overall batting 0:08:34.520 --> 0:08:36.839 average output. And if you look at his bat and 0:08:36.880 --> 0:08:40.160 ball data, forty two percent. Hard hit rate up this 0:08:40.280 --> 0:08:42.600 year for Machado, although it's up for everyone, but it's 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.120 a career best for him. Um needs to correct the 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.640 infield fly balls as well. The strikeouts and the infield 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:50.440 flyballs are what's killing him. And I said this before 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:52.480 the season two, I wanted to pay a little bit 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:56.200 more attention to infield flyball rate. For his career's fourteen percent, 0:08:56.600 --> 0:08:59.000 this year, it's eighteen point seven percent. You have to 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:02.640 realize that eighteen point seven percent of his batted balls 0:09:03.600 --> 0:09:07.920 our infield flyballs. Those are automatic outs, so almost one 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.839 fifth of his batted balls right now are automatic outs 0:09:11.320 --> 0:09:16.319 and one fifth of his plate appearances are strikeouts, So 0:09:16.480 --> 0:09:19.679 that's what's absolutely killing his batting average right now, and 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:22.400 those are all up. Like the infield flyball is up, 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:24.440 the strikeout rate is up. So if it comes back 0:09:24.480 --> 0:09:28.240 to anywhere near his career norm, then he's going to 0:09:28.320 --> 0:09:31.559 be better rest of season. And the fan grass projections 0:09:31.640 --> 0:09:33.520 all expect him to be better too. They have him 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:35.880 for a between two seventy and two eighty batting average 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:38.800 rest of the way, anywhere from seventeen to twenty two 0:09:38.880 --> 0:09:40.800 home runs the rest of the way, which would put 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:43.040 him right around, you know, thirty, slightly over thirty home 0:09:43.120 --> 0:09:45.439 runs for the season. He's going to be better, Greg, 0:09:45.600 --> 0:09:47.280 So for everyone who's freaking out, what do I do 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.800 with Manny Machado? Should I be buying low on him 0:09:49.880 --> 0:09:52.240 right now? I've sent out a few buy low opportunities. 0:09:52.280 --> 0:09:55.440 What are those by opportunities that you sent out frank 0:09:55.480 --> 0:10:01.000 trade offers or they legit I I don't remember specifically. 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:03.800 It was like you, Darvish, because this person needed a 0:10:03.840 --> 0:10:08.160 starting pitcher and like a middle infielder who's semi breaking out. 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:10.040 I don't remember who it was, so it was like 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:13.360 a let's say top twelve middle infielder and a U 0:10:13.480 --> 0:10:17.120 Darvish for Darius and Tommy Lostella's are you telling me 0:10:17.679 --> 0:10:19.599 it wasn't time to the cell but maybe something like that. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:24.520 So probably could have done better there. But if you can, 0:10:24.920 --> 0:10:26.560 if you can buy low, it's something that I would 0:10:26.559 --> 0:10:28.079 look into do. I think he's gonna be better. I 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.439 don't think it's just oh first year of a contract 0:10:30.480 --> 0:10:32.200 playing in the NLS. He played half of the season 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.400 in the NLS last year. He was perfectly fine with it. 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:36.600 There's just a lot like pressure, right like you going 0:10:36.640 --> 0:10:38.600 to New York and you're struggling, like you're gonna kind 0:10:38.600 --> 0:10:40.199 of chalk it up to the New York pressure. You 0:10:40.240 --> 0:10:42.480 don't have that in San Diego. Yeah, Like they weren't 0:10:42.520 --> 0:10:44.640 really expected to make the playoffs this year. They're kind 0:10:44.640 --> 0:10:47.760 of scuffling right now. They're two games under five hundred. 0:10:48.080 --> 0:10:50.000 Talk about Paddock a little bit later on as well. 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:53.920 But I think we have a month enough of a 0:10:54.000 --> 0:10:56.199 track record from a childo where if his numbers just 0:10:56.480 --> 0:11:00.000 normalized to where they usually are in terms of infield 0:11:00.000 --> 0:11:03.000 flyball rate, strikeout rate, the battle ball numbers are still there. 0:11:03.240 --> 0:11:05.199 The expected batting average. If you look at that, it's 0:11:05.240 --> 0:11:07.040 it's not as good, it's not where it normally should be. 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:09.880 That's because of the strikeouts. So overall, I do think 0:11:09.880 --> 0:11:12.880 Maniado is gonna better. And ball ratios is a little 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:15.600 bit closer to right a thirty percent now traditionally as 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:19.320 a fift, so it goes off like not significantly. Also, 0:11:19.440 --> 0:11:21.760 he's been terrible against right handed pitching this year, great 0:11:22.280 --> 0:11:25.959 god off this year to sixteen batting average six o 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:28.760 nine o p s against rights. In his career to 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:32.760 seventies seven eight oh nine o p s against rights. 0:11:33.040 --> 0:11:34.959 I don't think that this guy just forgot how to 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:39.040 hit against right handed pitching. He is clearly struggling right now. 0:11:39.360 --> 0:11:41.880 But again, if any of these numbers normalized to where 0:11:41.920 --> 0:11:44.360 they are supposed to be what we've seen out of 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:48.439 Manni Matado for so long, then he is a prime 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:51.040 by low candidate right now, and that's what I believe 0:11:51.080 --> 0:11:54.400 him to be. Okay, what other players do you believe? 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:58.920 He's a prime by low candidate up to that level, 0:11:59.000 --> 0:12:02.920 like Manny Machado's. One of them is Jose Ramirez or 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:07.880 those two guys that you're buying low at the moment. No, no, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:09.839 I I have a little bit more concerned when it 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:12.360 comes to those guys. Obviously, with Jose Ramirez, I mean 0:12:12.400 --> 0:12:15.760 he's the top. He's he's the top of the pecking 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.959 order when it comes to severe underperformance this year. I 0:12:20.000 --> 0:12:21.599 mean I tweeted out the other day it was it 0:12:21.720 --> 0:12:23.560 was June eleventh that day, Greg so I actually got 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.640 the date correct. But um, I basically labeled him as 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.839 a bust. Like there's no way around it when it 0:12:29.880 --> 0:12:34.440 comes Josie. He's batting around two hundred, He's been at 0:12:34.520 --> 0:12:36.839 that mark er below for most of the season. His 0:12:36.960 --> 0:12:40.120 expected numbers, he's he's expected like a two forty batting average, 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.280 he's expected slugging his expected woe but all around league 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:46.439 average or worse. We did not draft Josier Meres to 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:48.439 be a league average hitter. We drafted him to be 0:12:48.559 --> 0:12:52.079 a you know, guy with a you know, two e 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.400 D plus batting average. That's what I was expecting out 0:12:54.400 --> 0:12:58.520 of Jose Ramirez. And it's just it's not happening right now, 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:01.480 and it's really baffling. And I don't know that there's 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:05.080 any one thing that you can kind of put your 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.840 finger on to figure out what's up with Jose Ramirez. 0:13:08.120 --> 0:13:09.600 You know a few people have tweeted at me, Well, 0:13:09.600 --> 0:13:11.760 there was a there was a steroid report last year, 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:15.280 a p e D report, like the p D report. 0:13:15.280 --> 0:13:17.920 I looked into this, what it happened in May, and 0:13:18.000 --> 0:13:22.400 he didn't really start struggling struggling until August. Now, maybe 0:13:23.480 --> 0:13:26.520 once he heard the report, maybe he stops using stuff 0:13:26.600 --> 0:13:28.960 and then it takes a few months to affect his performance, 0:13:29.320 --> 0:13:31.800 and maybe that's a real possibility. Again, this is just speculation, 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.400 but there's nothing else that you can really point out. 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.000 I tweeted out an article from Tom Verducci where he 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:42.040 broke this down in depth. Basically, the past three or 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.559 four years, Joseiramirez was the best hitter in baseball in 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:50.600 terms of turning on inside fastballs, and basically since August 0:13:50.679 --> 0:13:53.679 he's been one of the worst. So you don't just 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:59.080 lose that ability overnight. So there's some underlying issue when 0:13:59.080 --> 0:14:01.480 it comes to Jose ramire Is, and I really don't 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.679 have as much faith in him that he's going to 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.679 turn around. When it comes to yas Peak, a lot 0:14:05.720 --> 0:14:08.680 of similar issues to Manny Machado actually greg for his career. 0:14:08.720 --> 0:14:12.000 How about this I guess right handed pitching two eighty 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.640 two batting average seven OPS. Peak was always someone who 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.599 actually had reverse splits. He's better against prities than he 0:14:18.679 --> 0:14:21.720 was lefties. Strike at rate for his career against righties 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.920 this year two oh six six oh three ops a 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:29.640 seven percent strike at rate against right handed pitching. Now 0:14:29.760 --> 0:14:33.440 for Puig, at least the counting stats are still there 0:14:33.480 --> 0:14:35.840 for him, Greg He's on page for twenty seven homers, 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:40.080 eighty three ribbies, twenty twenty two stolen bases. That's a 0:14:40.160 --> 0:14:42.280 really good year from Peak, and I think most people 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:43.840 would take that if he was giving you his to 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:46.760 seventy batting average, are you expected? The problem is he's 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:51.200 batting to twelve and he's actually what he's doing differently 0:14:51.360 --> 0:14:54.400 is he's trying to lift the ball too much. There 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:58.280 are there are guys in the game that are capable 0:14:58.320 --> 0:15:00.880 of lifting the ball, and then there are guys that 0:15:01.520 --> 0:15:03.760 it's just not natural for them to do it. And yeah, 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.520 Sale Peak is one of those guys. He's one of those. 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:09.080 He's normally been around a forty groundball rady, hits a 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:11.800 lot of line drives, not really known for being that 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:14.480 much of a flyball hitter. And I think he's stressing 0:15:14.520 --> 0:15:16.720 a little bit too much, maybe because he's gonna contract year, 0:15:16.960 --> 0:15:19.960 because he's in Cincinnati, so he's in a smaller ballpark. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:23.240 Maybe he's trying consciously to hit more home runs. Uh. 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:25.440 The strikeout rate is actually is up this year as well, 0:15:25.520 --> 0:15:27.680 the swinging strike rate, the chase rate. I think he's 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.520 putting a lot of pressure on himself to try and 0:15:29.600 --> 0:15:32.120 live up to this contract year, and he wants to 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:33.960 earn a contract. I think he just has to go 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:36.680 back to what he's uh, he's used to doing, hitting 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:38.200 more line drives, hitting the ball on the ground and 0:15:38.240 --> 0:15:41.200 just be yourself. Yeah. Peak, But the counting stature still there. 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.640 You see the two thirties seven babbit it's god awful. 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.920 That's because it goes hand in hand with him hitting 0:15:45.920 --> 0:15:49.400 more flyballs. Hit more flyballs a the lead to home runs, 0:15:49.440 --> 0:15:52.400 which don't count for babbit anyway, and you're gonna normally 0:15:52.440 --> 0:15:54.240 guys who had a lot of fly balls are low 0:15:54.320 --> 0:15:57.480 BABIT hitters all like a Joey Gallo because a lot 0:15:57.560 --> 0:16:01.200 of flyballs are outs or home runs. So that's why 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:03.040 you see the batter than the batting average so low 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:07.360 for yas again, like Mannie Machado the past two or 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:09.280 three years from Puig, if he just gets back to 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.720 doing what he was doing those years, then the numbers 0:16:12.760 --> 0:16:15.720 will normalize and we're looking rest of season. What can 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.720 you do rest of season? So if he gets back 0:16:17.760 --> 0:16:21.120 to being a even a two six seventy hitter and 0:16:21.320 --> 0:16:23.400 keeps with these counting stats and is aggressive on the 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.880 base paths, then yeah, yeah, peak will be fine. But 0:16:27.000 --> 0:16:29.200 I have a little bit more concerned with Puig than 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.800 I do Machado because not much of a track record, 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.720 a bit of a headcase, he's in a contract year, 0:16:34.720 --> 0:16:36.760 seems like he's pressing a little bit. The plate discipline 0:16:36.800 --> 0:16:38.760 is a little bit more all over the place when 0:16:38.840 --> 0:16:42.080 it comes to puigu um As opposed to Manni Michado. 0:16:42.080 --> 0:16:44.600 So if I'm ranking them, I'm most likely to buy 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:48.640 right now Machado in terms of turning it around, then Puig, 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:51.200 and then Josier Mirrors. I I just don't have a 0:16:51.240 --> 0:16:53.720 lot of faith in Josie Mirrors. Is there anybody else? 0:16:53.760 --> 0:16:55.320 I mean, those are big three, and those are the 0:16:55.520 --> 0:16:57.920 names that we're getting major, major questions on night, and 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.240 I agree, like I wanted a monthly when we have 0:17:00.280 --> 0:17:03.520 this conversation. I wanted to, like Cosie Ra mirrors. There's 0:17:03.520 --> 0:17:05.000 nothing that said he was gonna turn it around many 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:07.560 how there were signs yes, if we got a few 0:17:07.600 --> 0:17:10.080 as well, I rank him in the same way. Is 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.959 there anybody else who comes to your mind that's kind 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:13.800 of like this. I'll just throw two pictures out there 0:17:13.840 --> 0:17:16.280 real quick before the break. Noah Syndergarden, Jack Flaherty. There 0:17:16.320 --> 0:17:19.439 has been guys that I've been kind of yeah, all right, 0:17:19.560 --> 0:17:21.840 we'll take a break, wanning into what happened last night 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:24.000 with Chris Paddock as well in a little bit, but 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:26.679 comed up next. Virginia zak Is Inside Injuries joins us 0:17:26.720 --> 0:17:31.959 here on the BFFs. Daily Rodo dot Com learned from 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:35.760 the game's best DFS players. 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You're 0:19:49.960 --> 0:19:53.719 getting Virginia's They We have a monstosity of technical issues 0:19:53.720 --> 0:19:57.359 going down, but we appreciate you're sticking with us. If 0:19:57.359 --> 0:19:58.920 you listen on the podcast, you probably don't even know 0:19:58.960 --> 0:20:01.840 any of these issues drapping, So thank you and thank 0:20:01.840 --> 0:20:04.120 you for listening, and thank you for listening as well. 0:20:04.280 --> 0:20:08.960 Go by Manny Machadocado and you know what tomorrow he's 0:20:09.000 --> 0:20:13.480 not a vandal. Contest, Yeah, Greg, we need people to 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:15.960 sign up. Send us your fan will use your name 0:20:16.080 --> 0:20:18.840 or if you've been in the contest before again just 0:20:18.960 --> 0:20:20.840 click on the friends tab on the top. You're already 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:21.960 part of it. All you have to do is set 0:20:22.000 --> 0:20:24.160 your lineup before the main slate starts at seven pm 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:28.600 sor time four pm Pacific, So jump in, set your lineup. 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:32.600 As long as we get sixteen out of the supposed 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:35.720 twenty to join in, the contest will run for money. 0:20:36.280 --> 0:20:38.080 And of course Greg I am the master of winning 0:20:38.080 --> 0:20:41.240 the contest when it's not for money. So last week 0:20:41.680 --> 0:20:43.400 I think we got up to fifteen people. We didn't 0:20:43.440 --> 0:20:45.760 we didn't have enough to run for money, and I 0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:48.720 came in first place. So yeah, shout out to me. 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.440 I'm the best. I'm the best fantasy analysts of all time. 0:20:51.440 --> 0:20:53.520 I'm the best FANDUL player. No one can beat me. 0:20:54.680 --> 0:20:57.439 Oh man, I had a really good, really good night too. 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:01.560 How did they lose? Because I was in you you 0:21:01.640 --> 0:21:05.720 know who it was, m m hm m hmm. Yeah 0:21:07.000 --> 0:21:10.119 it was your boy, Ramond Loriano and Jeff McNeil. You 0:21:10.160 --> 0:21:13.480 had those guys in your lineup, Ramone, Mariano Greggy by 0:21:13.520 --> 0:21:16.280 the way, Oh my goodness, gracious you did that. I 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:19.240 think it could be a good disgracious with um. Well, 0:21:19.280 --> 0:21:20.960 I mean, did you see what he did yesterday? I 0:21:21.040 --> 0:21:22.760 was playing against him in one of my my home 0:21:22.880 --> 0:21:24.920 leagues in a in a point did not Actually he 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:28.040 had a grand slam and two stolen bases. He proba 0:21:28.200 --> 0:21:30.639