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Speaker 1: Hello everybody, Welcome back into another episode of the cycle.

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Speaker 1: I am your host, Mike Mayer. I am joined once

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Speaker 1: again by Kelly Kirby, and we have a lot to

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Speaker 1: get to today. We're going to move very quickly, and

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Speaker 1: I have a lot of pictures that I want us

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Speaker 1: to talk about, so we'll hit those right at the top.

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Speaker 1: And Kelly, I told you before the show that last

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Speaker 1: week we went t ball style where we did first base,

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Speaker 1: third base, second base, home base or homebase second base.

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Speaker 1: You know, we did basically a star. This week for

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Speaker 1: rounding the bases, we're going to go cricket style. We're

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Speaker 1: doing two bases. I believe, unless my Google searches have

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Speaker 1: failed me and my Cricket highlights have failed me, that

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Speaker 1: cricket only has two bases, so we're only doing two today.

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Speaker 1: So first off, how are you doing? And secondly, how

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Speaker 1: do you feel about playing cricket today?

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Speaker 2: I'm doing pretty well. I'm really hoping that I have

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Speaker 2: all the right microphone set up this week so that

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Speaker 2: they don't have to try to put my stuff together

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Speaker 2: and give me like an accidental lisp. But we'll see.

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Speaker 1: The YouTube commenters will let you know for sure.

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Speaker 2: I truly will and yeah, I'm kind of excited about cricket.

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Speaker 2: You know that's a good like three am insomnia watch

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Speaker 2: on one of the ESPNS. So let's do it.

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Speaker 1: Have you ever bet on cricket?

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Speaker 2: I have never bet on cricket.

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Speaker 1: I've never bet on cricket. I have bet on Korean baseball,

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Speaker 1: and I've recently started betting on E sports, which is

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Speaker 1: you know, not problematic at all, but that's a different.

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Speaker 2: There are no phone numbers for you for that.

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Speaker 1: Before we jump in, I do have a basically random

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Speaker 1: topic I want to get to.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: The other day, I was listening to just a random

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Speaker 1: playlist in my car and Eminem's Till I Collapse came on,

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Speaker 1: and I was thinking that this. I always think about

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Speaker 1: weird things with songs, and one of them is always

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Speaker 1: like what would be a really cool entrance song for

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Speaker 1: a closer? And that one felt like a really cool one,

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Speaker 1: and I posted on social media. It's got like the

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Speaker 1: perfect vibe, the perfect entrance. It has like a slow

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Speaker 1: beat like don't dun't, and then you know, like you

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Speaker 1: walk out when he starts talking, you start jogging when

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Speaker 1: he starts rapping, and the whole like the whole vibe

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Speaker 1: of it just screamed closer to me. So I would

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Speaker 1: ask you and maybe we'll I'll toss it to you

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Speaker 1: and then we'll come back to it. But what would

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Speaker 1: your entrance song be if you were a Major league

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Speaker 1: baseball closer? Do you want to answer now? Or circle back?

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Speaker 2: No, let's circle back?

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Speaker 1: Okay, Bob Kid Rocks Bob with the Bot is available,

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Speaker 1: just you.

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Speaker 2: Know, definitely my top five fun fact.

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Speaker 1: My wife and I walked out to that song to

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Speaker 1: our wedding reception. Kid Rocks Bob the which I thought

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Speaker 1: was hilarious. Anyway, Getting to pictures because I want to

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Speaker 1: get to a lot of them. First base. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if they have a first base in cricket, but

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Speaker 1: whatever they call first base and cricket is what we're doing.

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Speaker 1: I just wrote for this category of pictures injuries, return, struggles,

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Speaker 1: all the things, and I'm going to hit a couple

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Speaker 1: of different topics here and talk to you. And the

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Speaker 1: first one, the first one's mini segment I have here

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Speaker 1: is called super Soaker to your Head because we don't

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Speaker 1: want to do violence on the show, but super Soaker

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Speaker 1: to your Head rest of season. Dustin may Or Sandy

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Speaker 1: l Contra, And I will say since the trade from

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Speaker 1: different and Sandy El Contra has been all over the

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Speaker 1: place all season, but has kind of been better recently.

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Speaker 1: But I'll talk it to you, super sooker, to your head,

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Speaker 1: which one do you want rest of season? And why?

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Speaker 2: Oh god, that is a tough, tough question.

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Speaker 1: It's a big super soaker like lots of lots of fire.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my first reaction would be Sandy, just because I

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Speaker 2: think his last you know, like you said, his last

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Speaker 2: they were you know, one of those was against Boston, which,

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Speaker 1: Yeah. The interesting thing about May is and I don't

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Speaker 1: you know, another question, because they've had a lot of

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Speaker 1: Like last beginning of last season, we saw like no

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Speaker 1: see because I have always really liked Dustin May, and

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Speaker 1: But I guess you're going Sandy. I would lean Dustin

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Speaker 1: like Sandy. I've been kind of waiting for him to

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Speaker 1: of waiting. Let's do another one, and this one is

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Speaker 1: an even bigger super soaker. This might be filled with

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Speaker 2: Point, I'm like, I'm like, I think the soaker is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I was. I was kind of thinking that maybe

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Speaker 1: And he's like back to being himself, And I think

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Speaker 1: for me, they're worried. I'm more worried about Spencer Strider

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if you put it like that, then

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Speaker 2: But yeah, I might still be a short on pitcher.

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Speaker 1: And I told you before the show, you know there

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Speaker 1: It's also very hard to say, so I should have

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Speaker 1: and the final word MFK if you're for short, and

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Speaker 1: then the three pitchers for that Shane Bieber, Bryce Miller,

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Speaker 2: for us to give. So I'm gonna start Bieber against

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Speaker 2: cut Bryce Miller. I've not liked anything I've seen Miller

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Speaker 1: I think I'm in the same boat. I'm definitely leaning

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Speaker 1: I think there's a bigger issue there. Shane Bieber I

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Speaker 1: just be convincing myself that he's the best one. Kyle

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Speaker 1: we saw him, but I am the most confident in

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Speaker 1: Bieber and the least confident in Bryce Miller. So I

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Speaker 1: think by default that makes Kyle Bradish the stash for me.

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Speaker 1: So start Bieber, stash Bradish, slash Bryce Miller, not to

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Speaker 1: not to encourage violence, but you know, slash as in

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Speaker 1: cut from your team, slash him from your roster.

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Speaker 2: Miller's ready to come back. I think they rushed in.

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Speaker 1: So all right, in the final this feels like a

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Speaker 1: million segments has actually just been one really long segment,

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Speaker 1: or not not really long, but like a ton of

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Speaker 1: So this little mini segment was so popular last week,

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Speaker 1: And I chose two struggling veteran pictures that I didn't

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Speaker 1: different reasons. Maybe not Bubba Chandler. Jacob n z Urowski

432
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Speaker 1: is definitely rostered in near league already, Bubba Chandler is

433
00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,240
Speaker 1: likely rostered in your real league already, But in weekly leagues,

434
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Speaker 1: maybe not. But also like they are the two with

435
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Speaker 1: potentially the lowest ceilings here just because of the bullpen stuff.

436
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Speaker 1: But Nol McLain Hurst and Waldrip who is surprisingly not

437
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Speaker 1: as rostered as I thought. And I was researching this,

438
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:24,399
Speaker 1: and then Parker Messick all very intriguing, and McLain did,

439
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Speaker 1: I like, until recently, hadn't really heard of him. I'm

440
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Speaker 1: not as like, I know, you know, I'm in a

441
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Speaker 1: lot of dynasty leagues and keeper leagues. I know a

442
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Speaker 1: lot of the top you know prospects or like the

443
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:41,000
Speaker 1: upper you know, upper third tier prospects, so I kind

444
00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:42,679
Speaker 1: of know who's coming and who to pay attention to.

445
00:21:42,840 --> 00:21:46,360
Speaker 1: I very intentionally, don't really dig deeper than that. In

446
00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:51,960
Speaker 1: in Dynasty, I I I'm not like a draft a

447
00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:54,040
Speaker 1: really really young guy and hold on to him for

448
00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,640
Speaker 1: like five years in Dynasty, I'm just not that patient.

449
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,440
Speaker 1: I focus on, like the guys who are going to

450
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Speaker 1: be up soon, whether I need to like you know,

451
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Speaker 1: trade or maybe focus on a lesser prospect who's going

452
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Speaker 1: to be up sooner. This is kind of my style.

453
00:22:07,720 --> 00:22:10,359
Speaker 1: But I had never really like dug into Nolan McLain

454
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Speaker 1: and researching him from the show. He's like been pretty good,

455
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Speaker 1: you know, dating back to last year and even a

456
00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:18,960
Speaker 1: little bit before that, twenty twenty four and double A

457
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,760
Speaker 1: numbers weren't like spectacular, But in the minors this year

458
00:22:23,280 --> 00:22:25,119
Speaker 1: across double A and triple A two point four to

459
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Speaker 1: five year right and one hundred and twenty seven strikeouts

460
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Speaker 1: and one hundred and thirteen and two third innings. I

461
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Speaker 1: can get down with that, like twenty seven percent strike

462
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Speaker 1: out rate. And in his first you know, in his

463
00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,359
Speaker 1: in his debut here he did walk four guys, but

464
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Speaker 1: eight strikeouts and five and the third innings five and

465
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Speaker 1: the third innings. I'm okay with that. Like that, that's

466
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Speaker 1: intriguing enough, especially the strikeout numbers, if you can give me,

467
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Speaker 1: like you know, I'm assuming with a young pitcher performance

468
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Speaker 1: production is going to be a little viatile. But if

469
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Speaker 1: that comes with plus strikeout numbers, then I'm much more

470
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Speaker 1: willing to deal with, you know, the other stuff.

471
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I think when you when you pick

472
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Speaker 2: up a young pitcher, and you and I are kind

473
00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,119
Speaker 2: of on the same exact path when it comes to

474
00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,800
Speaker 2: our knowledge of prospects, it's it's there, but it's not

475
00:23:11,240 --> 00:23:15,160
Speaker 2: it's not what a lot of other people's are. But yeah,

476
00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,280
Speaker 2: I think that you got to kind of tolerate the

477
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Speaker 2: walks a little bit, especially if they're a high strikeout

478
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Speaker 2: guy and you just want to make sure that strikeout

479
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Speaker 2: rate is there. If it's like all walks and not

480
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Speaker 2: a great amount of strikeouts, then you start to kind

481
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Speaker 2: of like benj until you see something different.

482
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Speaker 1: Is there a picture on this list, and I'm assuming

483
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Speaker 1: it might be Waldrop that you would kind of put

484
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Speaker 1: above the rest, as you know, if you wanted to

485
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Speaker 1: target one of these guys in waivers. And we'll exclude

486
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Speaker 1: Chandler and Zierowski just because I think they're a little

487
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Speaker 1: bit different but of the other four, is Waldrop the

488
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Speaker 1: one that would be the kind of the top of

489
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Speaker 1: your list for like waiver targets?

490
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Speaker 2: I think so, I mean, I'm you know, later we're

491
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Speaker 2: going to talk about Schlitzler a little bit more, and

492
00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:02,600
Speaker 2: and so he's he's also in there for me at

493
00:24:02,600 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 2: this point, just kind of where his matchup st are,

494
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Speaker 2: how he's been most recently. But with Waldrop, I feel

495
00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,439
Speaker 2: a little bit more confident or interest in him, and

496
00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,880
Speaker 2: he's probably way more available, So I would I would

497
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Speaker 2: just be willing to give him a shot at this point.

498
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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fair. I'm I keep coming back to Nolan McLean.

499
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Speaker 1: I'm very intrigued by him, but I don't know about

500
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Speaker 1: if I would put him above Waldrop for me. Now,

501
00:24:29,960 --> 00:24:32,880
Speaker 1: before we move on, let's circle back to your entrance song.

502
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Speaker 1: Have you thought about it at all? While not thinking

503
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Speaker 1: you definitely haven't been thinking about all of these pictures

504
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Speaker 1: after on it you Have you thought it all about

505
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Speaker 1: your entrance song?

506
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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I have, well I have one. If

507
00:24:43,359 --> 00:24:45,119
Speaker 2: it's me right then yea.

508
00:24:45,480 --> 00:24:50,159
Speaker 1: You you're like, yeah, game or whatever you want to

509
00:24:50,200 --> 00:24:51,840
Speaker 1: be like, I got I go to a bunch of

510
00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:54,080
Speaker 1: local MMA fights, I believe it or not. That's the

511
00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 1: thing that I do. And I'm always intrigued by their

512
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,360
Speaker 1: entrance songs. Yeah, my buddy came out to a Beast

513
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Speaker 1: Boys song that I I thought was pretty good.

514
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I mean a I think well, for me personally,

515
00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:08,040
Speaker 2: Enterstandment is the greatest closure entrance song that I don't

516
00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 2: No one else is going to be able to top

517
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 2: that in my opinion. But if it's me, I'm going

518
00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:17,959
Speaker 2: to go with Crazy b by a Buck Cherry because

519
00:25:18,080 --> 00:25:20,080
Speaker 2: that seems to best.

520
00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:25,080
Speaker 1: So yeah, yeah, I disagree on sand Man. That's a

521
00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:29,280
Speaker 1: hard note for me. I like Hell's Bells. I also

522
00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,240
Speaker 1: really liked Papal Bonds shipping up to the Boston. I

523
00:25:31,240 --> 00:25:35,679
Speaker 1: thought that was very fun. A little biased there. This

524
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:39,480
Speaker 1: is very much top of mine because of the name

525
00:25:39,560 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: who is blanking my mind right now for the Phillies

526
00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:47,479
Speaker 1: that they just were acquired, Duran, Yes, because he has

527
00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 1: a very fun entrance, and obviously Edwin Diaz has a

528
00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:52,040
Speaker 1: fun entrance too, which also brings me up to like

529
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Speaker 1: not to do a hole like what really grinds my

530
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,919
Speaker 1: gears segment here? But I hate that a lot of

531
00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,720
Speaker 1: these like interests aren't always televised anymore, especially for like

532
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:05,480
Speaker 1: national broadcasts like Enter the Sandman, How's Bells, like chipping

533
00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: up to Boston, Like those used to be like TV

534
00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,600
Speaker 1: events like oh here, this is cool. Now it's like

535
00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:11,960
Speaker 1: you almost kind of have to be there to see

536
00:26:12,000 --> 00:26:13,960
Speaker 1: him because they're like all these stations are like, let's

537
00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:15,520
Speaker 1: get in four minutes of commercials here.

538
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:20,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, living in Minnesota, like I saw Duran's

539
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,760
Speaker 2: a fair amount. But you write like most most times

540
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:27,280
Speaker 2: on broadcasts they don't show it. I do appreciate in

541
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Speaker 2: Minnesota they typically would show it at least the beginning

542
00:26:30,280 --> 00:26:32,119
Speaker 2: of it. But yeah, I mean, you know, from the

543
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:36,040
Speaker 2: second that Major League came out as a movie like Closer,

544
00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:40,280
Speaker 2: entrances are awesome, so do them awesome? Like let us

545
00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,240
Speaker 2: see it? You know? So yeah, And I understand you're

546
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:46,280
Speaker 2: hatred of entertainment, but I'm just like, come on. I

547
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,040
Speaker 2: mean when he was when he was at the top

548
00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:51,920
Speaker 2: of his game, that song was just like like it's over.

549
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:53,920
Speaker 2: I don't even why are you coming up to bat?

550
00:26:54,160 --> 00:26:56,560
Speaker 1: So yeah, unless you're at the Red Sox who beat

551
00:26:56,640 --> 00:26:57,200
Speaker 1: him all the time.

552
00:26:57,960 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 2: Yeah.

553
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Speaker 1: Also, he balked on every pitch and I'll never never

554
00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:06,080
Speaker 1: not die on that hill. So you know, however many

555
00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: pitches he threw in his career, he balked on ninety

556
00:27:08,359 --> 00:27:11,560
Speaker 1: eight percent of them. But in the comments, let us

557
00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:16,280
Speaker 1: know your either favorite other than enter the Sandman, which stinks.

558
00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:21,080
Speaker 1: Let us know, get this out of there. Is it

559
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:24,920
Speaker 1: not Enter the Sandman's just enter Sandmon even worse, even worse,

560
00:27:25,280 --> 00:27:28,720
Speaker 1: it's even worse. In the comments, let us know your

561
00:27:28,920 --> 00:27:32,480
Speaker 1: if either your favorite one from current or past players,

562
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:35,160
Speaker 1: or if you were a closer, what would your entrance

563
00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:36,920
Speaker 1: song be? Because I got to be honest, I think

564
00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,920
Speaker 1: about this all the time, like almost every time. I'm like,

565
00:27:39,960 --> 00:27:41,760
Speaker 1: I'm listening to a song and it's like kind of cool.

566
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Speaker 1: I'm like, I could come out to this if I

567
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:47,360
Speaker 1: was a closer, like if I still got it. Yeah,

568
00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 1: all right, moving on, as much as uh as much

569
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Speaker 1: as I want to continue bashing that overrated reliever you

570
00:27:55,119 --> 00:28:00,119
Speaker 1: keep bringing up, let's go to Waivers Central and talk

571
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:02,760
Speaker 1: about our favorite hitters and favorite pitchers we're targeting. And

572
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,440
Speaker 1: you know, we are in the dog days of August.

573
00:28:06,040 --> 00:28:07,480
Speaker 1: If you're in head to head leagues, you're either in

574
00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:12,320
Speaker 1: the playoffs or they are starting like tomorrow and for

575
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:15,800
Speaker 1: rodo you know, we're getting down to the nitty gritty here,

576
00:28:15,800 --> 00:28:18,560
Speaker 1: and so there are not going to be the biggest

577
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,200
Speaker 1: names on waivers, although we did just talk about a

578
00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: lot of fun young pitchers who will be available on waivers.

579
00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:24,199
Speaker 1: So this week kind of feels a little bit more

580
00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:29,280
Speaker 1: exciting than recent ones. But with that warning label attached

581
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Speaker 1: to this segment, let's go to your favorite hitter. And

582
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Speaker 1: I also have a follow up question about your hitter

583
00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 1: because I think this is an interesting one. But I'll

584
00:28:39,160 --> 00:28:42,000
Speaker 1: stop delaying anymore and let you talk about this player.

585
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:48,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I put gag before this, so I'm

586
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,640
Speaker 2: it take it with every grain of salt. But yeah,

587
00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 2: for me, I've picked up gen Carlos Stanton a lot

588
00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:57,160
Speaker 2: of different places in the last couple of weeks, and

589
00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,360
Speaker 2: I believe I've been rewarded pretty pretty well for that.

590
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,800
Speaker 2: He is homering at a pace that's kind of old

591
00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 2: Stanton esque, but we will see if he can hang

592
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 2: in there injury wise leading up to it. But yeah,

593
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,760
Speaker 2: I mean right now for the season, obviously it's only

594
00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:16,360
Speaker 2: forty six games, but you know, wh he's flashing three eleven,

595
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,680
Speaker 2: three eighty nine six, forty two he's got fifteen home

596
00:29:18,720 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 2: runs in forty six games he plays, and they agreed

597
00:29:22,720 --> 00:29:27,760
Speaker 2: upon the league ballpark. So I'm not I feel like

598
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:30,000
Speaker 2: this is one of those pick him up, write it out.

599
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,840
Speaker 2: He's only fifteen percent rostered. I don't. I don't know

600
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Speaker 2: why you would hold off on it. Yeah, he feels

601
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,200
Speaker 2: like if you want some power.

602
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, at this point in his career, he feels almost

603
00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,200
Speaker 1: like an evergreen waiver wire target for me, like if

604
00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,040
Speaker 1: I need a little bit of power, and he's looking

605
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 1: like he might play every day, like I'll pick him

606
00:29:46,960 --> 00:29:48,880
Speaker 1: up and ride him a few weeks. I'm going to

607
00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: ask you a question unrelated to waivers, and I want

608
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:57,680
Speaker 1: you to answer within three seconds without thinking about it.

609
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,320
Speaker 1: It's a yes or no question, So it's not going

610
00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:02,440
Speaker 1: to be like bu but I don't want you to

611
00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,520
Speaker 1: think about it. I want you to give your your

612
00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:07,440
Speaker 1: immediate gut reaction to this yes or no question.

613
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 2: Okay, all right, yep.

614
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Speaker 1: Is John Carlos Stanton a Hall of Famer.

615
00:30:13,640 --> 00:30:16,520
Speaker 2: I know that's what the question was going to be. No,

616
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,920
Speaker 2: I don't. And he's got what three hundred and fifty

617
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:22,720
Speaker 2: one home runs for his career, so.

618
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Speaker 1: Or he's on like, I bring this up because I

619
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Speaker 1: was Chris Towers brought this up a week or so ago,

620
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Speaker 1: and he kind of my gut reaction was like, no way,

621
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Speaker 1: but he kind of he is on track to reach

622
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Speaker 1: five hundred home.

623
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Speaker 2: Runs, yes, And I mean, and that's if he.

624
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Speaker 1: Hits five hundred home runs. Does he have to be

625
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Speaker 1: in just because of that milestone?

626
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Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know. He's thirty five, So how

627
00:30:44,160 --> 00:30:46,520
Speaker 2: much on pace for five fudder home runs is he?

628
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Speaker 1: Like?

629
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Speaker 2: How long are we thinking he's gonna pu He's literally

630
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Speaker 2: sitting at three hundred and fifty one. I'm looking at right,

631
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Speaker 2: staring at his page unless our page is wrong, But yeah,

632
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Speaker 2: I mean I don't I don't know at this point,

633
00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:05,719
Speaker 2: and I feel like, where are you at? Then we

634
00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 2: need to talk, we need to call some people. Okay,

635
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:12,600
Speaker 2: we're missing something. Then okay, four forty four, then yes,

636
00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 2: he's on pace for five hundred, but no, I uh,

637
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,520
Speaker 2: I don't know. I feel like the narrative on him

638
00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: with the injuries is going to be a problem. Just

639
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:25,120
Speaker 2: he wasn't always healthy, right like he he hasn't played

640
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,520
Speaker 2: He played above one hundred and fifty games twice in

641
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 2: his career again unless our stats page is off, which

642
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:31,800
Speaker 2: apparently it might be.

643
00:31:32,240 --> 00:31:33,520
Speaker 1: Well, I think I think what it is is we

644
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 1: only go back so many years for fantasy elements, and

645
00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: so we aren't including the We only go back to

646
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Speaker 1: twenty thirteen. He's he gave you ten, so we're missing

647
00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:44,440
Speaker 1: three full seasons of him.

648
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,520
Speaker 2: Okay, that makes that makes way more than okay, And

649
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 2: then yeah, it's absolutely possible. Who gets five hundred. I

650
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 2: don't know if that's an auto in anymore. So my

651
00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:57,920
Speaker 2: answer to start was no, but I am willing. You

652
00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:02,240
Speaker 2: gave me three seconds, I'm willing to be I'm willing

653
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 2: to change my mind on it.

654
00:32:03,280 --> 00:32:05,600
Speaker 1: That's why I wanted to because I had the same thing.

655
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:07,480
Speaker 1: I was like, no, And then then I listened and

656
00:32:07,480 --> 00:32:09,080
Speaker 1: he was like, he's on base for half and home runs,

657
00:32:09,080 --> 00:32:11,960
Speaker 1: and I was like, I feel like, maybe you kind

658
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,120
Speaker 1: of have to at that point, like, you know, as

659
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:17,000
Speaker 1: disappointing as it is that it was kind of like,

660
00:32:17,040 --> 00:32:20,160
Speaker 1: you know, he's kind of been like this role player

661
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:23,640
Speaker 1: for the last five years of his career. I don't

662
00:32:23,680 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: know that I can stick my nose up by five

663
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 1: phone of home runs as much as I would like to.

664
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: Maybe it's like one of those like milestone achievements where

665
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 1: like you just put a piece of him in the

666
00:32:32,200 --> 00:32:33,920
Speaker 1: Hall of Fame, like you just put his bad in,

667
00:32:34,040 --> 00:32:37,000
Speaker 1: but he's not allowed like like this is really cool,

668
00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:38,760
Speaker 1: like we're going to put this bad in, but like

669
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:39,880
Speaker 1: you're not allowed in here.

670
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:43,640
Speaker 2: Like yeah, I mean, and I have loved him, honestly,

671
00:32:43,680 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: Like I've been drafting him in fantasy since he was

672
00:32:46,280 --> 00:32:49,560
Speaker 2: with the Marlins, like not not even blinking on it.

673
00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:51,720
Speaker 2: Like I got in the year that he blew up,

674
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 2: like and I drafted him way late in my league.

675
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 2: But and I remember writing on the sheet of paper

676
00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,880
Speaker 2: at the time his name was Mike, right, but I

677
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:01,280
Speaker 2: remember writing on a sheet of pay for my draft strategy.

678
00:33:01,280 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 2: It was like just take him in the six and

679
00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:06,720
Speaker 2: don't ask questions, like just just take him. And I

680
00:33:06,760 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: was rewarded pretty heavily with that, So so I do

681
00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 2: like him. It's just, yeah, the narrative on his career

682
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:15,479
Speaker 2: in my head is one of so many injuries that

683
00:33:15,560 --> 00:33:19,440
Speaker 2: it's just like like I don't know that was my

684
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,120
Speaker 2: initial instinct, but that's.

685
00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:23,400
Speaker 1: Also like more of it. Like if not for the injuries,

686
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:28,479
Speaker 1: maybe hit six hundrum runs. Yeah, you know, like as

687
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:30,560
Speaker 1: much as I want to be a hater, I feel like,

688
00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:34,120
Speaker 1: if you hit that milestone for the sake of longevity

689
00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:38,360
Speaker 1: and I'm not one of these. I really don't like

690
00:33:38,400 --> 00:33:40,280
Speaker 1: the Football Hall of Fame because they just let anyone

691
00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,160
Speaker 1: in like there are There are so many people in

692
00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,400
Speaker 1: the fro Football Hall of Fame you've never heard of,

693
00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:48,760
Speaker 1: whereas in baseball it's much more exclusive. It's a little

694
00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:50,800
Speaker 1: too exclusive on baseball. I wish they would be like

695
00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:55,800
Speaker 1: somewhere in the middle. But I do feel like if

696
00:33:55,800 --> 00:33:58,160
Speaker 1: you hit a milestone like that, it's like, all right, yeah,

697
00:33:58,200 --> 00:34:01,560
Speaker 1: you're in. No not to do a whole segment on

698
00:34:01,600 --> 00:34:03,840
Speaker 1: the Yankees, but my waiver hitter of the week is

699
00:34:03,840 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: also a Yankee, and I'm going with Trent Grisham, who

700
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 1: has been very streaky both this season and throughout his career.

701
00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:12,479
Speaker 1: But he's heating up again and playing every day batting

702
00:34:12,560 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: lead up for the Yankees, and it just feels like

703
00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: you're gonna get runs. He's sitting for power again right now.

704
00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: I did want to bring up one thing about him

705
00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,720
Speaker 1: because I was looking at this while prepping for the show,

706
00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: and there is one very interesting stat and I want

707
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:28,719
Speaker 1: to get your take on it and see what you think,

708
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:33,319
Speaker 1: because I have different theories on it. Well really gets

709
00:34:33,400 --> 00:34:35,560
Speaker 1: like one theory, but I have different theories about like

710
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,560
Speaker 1: what's going to happen next, so the most so like

711
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: when you think about Trent Grisham, it's like all right,

712
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,040
Speaker 1: like you know a lot of potential, has it really

713
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,960
Speaker 1: lived up to it, but wasn't in an ideal offensive

714
00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 1: ballpark in San Diego. Now with the Yankees, very ideal

715
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: ballpark with that short portra right field, so you would

716
00:34:54,200 --> 00:35:00,720
Speaker 1: think perfect fit. That's why we're seeing it. However, at

717
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: home verse righties. So in Yankee Stadium, as a leftenant

718
00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:08,000
Speaker 1: hitter against righty's, he is batting one eighty seven. Now

719
00:35:08,000 --> 00:35:11,520
Speaker 1: he does have seven home runs, but that's still pretty

720
00:35:11,520 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: wild that he's batting one eighty seven against righties at home,

721
00:35:15,760 --> 00:35:18,719
Speaker 1: whereas like against the lefties, he's batting one fifty three,

722
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:24,359
Speaker 1: where or if for the season against lefties is batting

723
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,120
Speaker 1: one ninety two a wave lefties one fifty three and

724
00:35:27,200 --> 00:35:29,920
Speaker 1: home lefties, very small sample sized by batting two fifty,

725
00:35:30,719 --> 00:35:33,640
Speaker 1: but I'm assuming that, like he's just hitting a Yankee

726
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,680
Speaker 1: stadium and all he's doing is just like looking out

727
00:35:36,760 --> 00:35:40,200
Speaker 1: and like he can like touch right field from the

728
00:35:40,239 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: batters Yeah, from the batter's box, and that's all he's

729
00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,879
Speaker 1: thinking about, which is probably why that's happening, but it isn't.

730
00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,799
Speaker 1: But it also is like what if he kind of

731
00:35:49,120 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 1: stops doing that and like turns it around and just

732
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 1: like he could kind of put it all together. I

733
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:55,399
Speaker 1: think he's always going to kind of be this vollet old,

734
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 1: streaky player. But what are your thoughts on Trent Christiam

735
00:35:58,440 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 1: and that amazing stat I just threw.

736
00:35:59,920 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 2: It's I mean, that may be the coolest stat that

737
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:05,319
Speaker 2: I've heard like all season long, So good job way

738
00:36:05,360 --> 00:36:08,520
Speaker 2: to find it. It is actually interesting. But what I

739
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 2: was laughing at more was in my home league, which

740
00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 2: is it's a ten teamer. I literally just swapped these two.

741
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 2: I had Grisham and I picked up Stanton and dropped

742
00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 2: Grisham like last night, literally, so when we both type

743
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:25,680
Speaker 2: these names, and I was like, right and mostly just

744
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,719
Speaker 2: you know, again, I just trust, I trust and if

745
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,560
Speaker 2: he's upright to be more consistent on the home runs.

746
00:36:32,280 --> 00:36:34,680
Speaker 2: But Grisham has been a solid fantasy player. And again

747
00:36:34,880 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: it's a more shallow league, so it's not as hard

748
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,480
Speaker 2: to kind of swap that out. But yeah, if I

749
00:36:40,520 --> 00:36:42,359
Speaker 2: think I'm with you, I feel like that's a lot

750
00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:44,440
Speaker 2: of pressure because I didn't Bell injured you that a

751
00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:46,640
Speaker 2: little bit too, and then like once he just kind

752
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:50,239
Speaker 2: of like loosened up. He it kind of figured that

753
00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:53,439
Speaker 2: he figured it out once he was there. So yeah,

754
00:36:54,000 --> 00:36:55,680
Speaker 2: that's that's my take on Grisham.

755
00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, but it's more like this is a short term play,

756
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:01,600
Speaker 1: Like he's basic lead off for the Yankees team that

757
00:37:01,640 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 1: seems to be heating up after they were very gold

758
00:37:05,160 --> 00:37:07,200
Speaker 1: and they really needed to hit up and just to

759
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: keep things going. It sounds like you're going to bring

760
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 1: up another Yankee, so let's go.

761
00:37:11,960 --> 00:37:13,560
Speaker 2: It is kind of interesting. When I was looking at it,

762
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,000
Speaker 2: I was like, okay, so my favorite pitcher on waivers

763
00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 2: for next week is the aforementioned Cam Schlitzler. I always

764
00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 2: make sure that I emphasize that with you. But I mean,

765
00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,560
Speaker 2: he's got two stars next He's got two stars. Next week,

766
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,359
Speaker 2: he's got the Nationals at home, and then he goes

767
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:32,680
Speaker 2: to Chicago to play the White Sox. He's I just

768
00:37:32,719 --> 00:37:35,840
Speaker 2: feel like in terms of pick up for just streaming,

769
00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:38,879
Speaker 2: I like him a lot next week. So that's that's

770
00:37:38,920 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 2: my pickup no in.

771
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:45,040
Speaker 1: My home league, And yeah, I almost picked up I

772
00:37:45,080 --> 00:37:48,160
Speaker 1: almost picked Schlitzler for my two star pitcher this week.

773
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,200
Speaker 1: In fact, I haven't picked anyone yet, so I still might.

774
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,759
Speaker 1: We're going to do it live, but we were talking

775
00:37:52,760 --> 00:37:54,600
Speaker 1: about that before the show. I will say. In my

776
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:56,960
Speaker 1: home you know, we've talked about the Yankees a ton today.

777
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,560
Speaker 1: In my very long running home league, I actually have

778
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,040
Speaker 1: a no Yankees rule. I've never rostered a Yankee and

779
00:38:03,080 --> 00:38:06,160
Speaker 1: I never will. It's just kind of a fun personal

780
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,239
Speaker 1: rule I have for that league. Do you I'm like

781
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,759
Speaker 1: probably one of the more ridiculous people that you know.

782
00:38:13,280 --> 00:38:15,279
Speaker 1: Do you have any kind of quirks like that in

783
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,279
Speaker 1: any leagues where like you just don't do anything or

784
00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:19,680
Speaker 1: you can know anyone who does stuff like that in lea.

785
00:38:19,880 --> 00:38:22,120
Speaker 2: Yes, there's a guy in my home league that will

786
00:38:22,120 --> 00:38:24,880
Speaker 2: not roster a Yankee. And he's a huge He's a

787
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:27,759
Speaker 2: huge Twins fan. And as much as the Red Sox

788
00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:30,279
Speaker 2: Yankees have a rivalry, if you're a Twins fan, you

789
00:38:30,320 --> 00:38:31,760
Speaker 2: hate the Yankees with the.

790
00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:33,560
Speaker 1: Power of that's a one side.

791
00:38:34,239 --> 00:38:36,520
Speaker 2: I mean that is they didn't beat them for what

792
00:38:36,680 --> 00:38:38,359
Speaker 2: like sixteen years in a row or something. I mean,

793
00:38:38,480 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 2: like they didn't win a serious against them forever. I

794
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 2: don't even know if they've broken it yet, but anyway, Yeah,

795
00:38:44,680 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 2: I uh, he won't. He won't roster them, and he

796
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 2: has to have a twin on his team at all times,

797
00:38:48,680 --> 00:38:51,799
Speaker 2: which I think has gotten really difficult this year. Yeah,

798
00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,279
Speaker 2: but yeah, I think I think you drafted Ryan to

799
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:56,360
Speaker 2: Joe Ryan to make that easier.

800
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,520
Speaker 1: But nice. I think they're considered the other rule about

801
00:38:59,520 --> 00:39:01,319
Speaker 1: having a time to have a Red Sox player, but

802
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: I've actually brought it up in like, you know, trade negotiations.

803
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:06,920
Speaker 1: People will be like, hey, I'll give you like these

804
00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:08,640
Speaker 1: three players for these two, and I'm like, I can't

805
00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: do it. Can't have a Yankee, can't you know, give

806
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:13,880
Speaker 1: me someone else and I'll take a worse player. Just

807
00:39:13,920 --> 00:39:16,319
Speaker 1: did not have a Yankee on my team, and for

808
00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,640
Speaker 1: a while it probably hurt me. But I did win

809
00:39:17,640 --> 00:39:19,400
Speaker 1: the league last year, so I'll take it. And it's

810
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:21,439
Speaker 1: a big money league, so I'll take it. We Alred

811
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:23,520
Speaker 1: talked about Nolan McLain, but he is my pickup of

812
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,719
Speaker 1: the of the waiver Wire pick up of the week.

813
00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:28,279
Speaker 1: I just think he's very intriguing it sounds like the

814
00:39:28,280 --> 00:39:30,239
Speaker 1: Mets are going to keep him in the rotation, as

815
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:32,880
Speaker 1: I think they should, and I just think there's some

816
00:39:32,960 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 1: upside there and a bonus one. Like like I said

817
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:38,160
Speaker 1: in the previous you know segment when we were playing cricket,

818
00:39:38,760 --> 00:39:41,320
Speaker 1: I'm interested in all of these young pictures for various reasons,

819
00:39:41,400 --> 00:39:42,920
Speaker 1: and so you know, bonus if you want to pick

820
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,400
Speaker 1: up Herston and Waldrip if he's still available. I was

821
00:39:45,520 --> 00:39:47,919
Speaker 1: very shocked looking at his roster numbers that he's much

822
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: more widely available than I expected. It could be a

823
00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,240
Speaker 1: lot of you know, we're late into getting into late August,

824
00:39:53,320 --> 00:39:56,080
Speaker 1: a lot of these you know, let's be honest, a

825
00:39:56,120 --> 00:39:58,480
Speaker 1: lot of fantasy baseball leagues are less active. The deeper

826
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 1: get into the season, people start to check it out,

827
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:02,760
Speaker 1: they start to see football in the distance. So roster

828
00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:05,040
Speaker 1: numbers can be a little misleading on who's available in

829
00:40:05,160 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 1: which leagues. But in sharp leagues you probably won't be available.

830
00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: But in some we're in some shallower leagues, he will

831
00:40:11,120 --> 00:40:14,720
Speaker 1: be available. And then some deep league targets. Brett Baty

832
00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,759
Speaker 1: doing some things, Jack Perkins doing some things. Tell me, Fam,

833
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,840
Speaker 1: it's being Tommy Fam. Parker Messick and Cam Schluitler you

834
00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: already mentioned, but yeah, all game game Schlittler, Man, I

835
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:29,680
Speaker 1: can't that's you gotta keep it's dangerous. We need the

836
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 1: nickname so we don't have to keep saying that. But

837
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:36,919
Speaker 1: you know you like six percent rostered, Like he needs

838
00:40:36,920 --> 00:40:39,440
Speaker 1: to be rostered more than that, Like that's that's absurdly love,

839
00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,160
Speaker 1: Like I was talking about Waldrop, but Waldrip's out like

840
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,400
Speaker 1: twenty two percent, maybe a little bit higher, maybe like

841
00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 1: twenty five percent. Six percent. He needs to be rostered

842
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,960
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843
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,319
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844
00:40:54,320 --> 00:40:57,799
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845
00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 1: I did the same mess up last week. Maximize your

846
00:41:01,840 --> 00:41:04,920
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847
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848
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,560
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849
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:13,120
Speaker 1: dot com slash MLB My Playbook to set your winning

850
00:41:13,160 --> 00:41:15,640
Speaker 1: lineup today. And I will say, as someone who's in

851
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: like twelve leagues, I use this tool very often, and

852
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: I think I talked about the show. My favorite thing

853
00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:26,200
Speaker 1: about the site when you sink your leagues is just

854
00:41:26,320 --> 00:41:30,279
Speaker 1: typing in a name and seeing where he's rostered, which

855
00:41:30,320 --> 00:41:32,439
Speaker 1: saves me so much time. I'm not like clicking through

856
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:34,239
Speaker 1: four different league hosts and like type it in the

857
00:41:34,239 --> 00:41:35,839
Speaker 1: player's name. I just type it in once I see

858
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:41,800
Speaker 1: where he's available, and I go now for the Grand Finale,

859
00:41:43,400 --> 00:41:46,200
Speaker 1: Ease Grand Finale. Since it's kind of two segments of

860
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,759
Speaker 1: our show, let's talk pitching streamers and two start pitcher competition.

861
00:41:50,600 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: This has been a very pitching heavy show, but I

862
00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: think that is accurate for this time the season. I

863
00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,000
Speaker 1: think pitching or some of the biggest decisions you're making

864
00:41:59,120 --> 00:42:02,800
Speaker 1: right now, you're gonna see a lot more pitching volume

865
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,799
Speaker 1: on and off the waiver wire, whereas hitters you know

866
00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: not so much. You kind of know what you have

867
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:10,359
Speaker 1: by now, So why don't you take us through each

868
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,760
Speaker 1: day of the week using the Fantasy pros Streamer tool

869
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:14,400
Speaker 1: Take it Away.

870
00:42:15,400 --> 00:42:17,400
Speaker 2: I also wanted to mention I did look up Schlitler

871
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:20,040
Speaker 2: on Baseball Reference. He does not have a nickname. I'm

872
00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:23,479
Speaker 2: sure he has nicknames, they probably just can't write them down.

873
00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 2: So all right, so here we go streamers on Monday.

874
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:33,520
Speaker 2: So the highest ranked streamer by VBR on Fantasy Pros

875
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 2: with the like rostered percentage that's below the you know,

876
00:42:37,520 --> 00:42:39,480
Speaker 2: fifty to forty five that we're looking at, is Michael

877
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 2: McGreevy for the Cardinals. You're not going to get much

878
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 2: strikeouts from him, but he does get to face the

879
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:47,240
Speaker 2: Pirates at home, so he might be worth a stream.

880
00:42:48,480 --> 00:42:51,640
Speaker 2: Max Schuzer seems to have found Max Schurzer a little

881
00:42:51,640 --> 00:42:55,400
Speaker 2: bit of recent days. And on Tuesday he gets to

882
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 2: play at home against the Twins. And again I have

883
00:42:58,280 --> 00:43:01,479
Speaker 2: no trouble targeting the Twins because I think other teams

884
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,759
Speaker 2: are starting to figure them out the youth, and it's

885
00:43:04,760 --> 00:43:06,799
Speaker 2: going to get a little bit harder for them, and

886
00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:09,400
Speaker 2: that will absolutely be Max Schuers are against players that

887
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 2: could be his children. Wednesday. I don't how would Brian

888
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:17,279
Speaker 2: Bellow still available. He's only say, he's only rostered in

889
00:43:17,280 --> 00:43:21,440
Speaker 2: twenty nine percent of leagues. I've said for weeks, for weeks,

890
00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:23,920
Speaker 2: we've talked about this, but he gets he gets to

891
00:43:24,080 --> 00:43:26,719
Speaker 2: go to Baltimore and faced the Orioles. I think the

892
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,360
Speaker 2: Royals have gotten a smidge better of late, but that

893
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:30,680
Speaker 2: still doesn't scare me at all.

894
00:43:33,200 --> 00:43:36,319
Speaker 1: That someone I have mentioned in waivers, Samuel Psaio, if

895
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: he's not.

896
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:39,759
Speaker 2: Rostered, Yes, I also have him in the league. He

897
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 2: all of my minor league players in that league basically

898
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:43,879
Speaker 2: all got here at the same like, on the same day,

899
00:43:43,880 --> 00:43:45,640
Speaker 2: so I had to drop. It was a mess. I

900
00:43:45,640 --> 00:43:49,919
Speaker 2: had to drop so many veterans. Anyway. On Thursday, Will

901
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:52,200
Speaker 2: Warren for the Yankees, sorry to keep talking about him,

902
00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:55,080
Speaker 2: but they get to play they They get to play

903
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,839
Speaker 2: the White Sox next week, so why not target them.

904
00:43:59,760 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 2: They're in Chicago. But I don't care, And I believe

905
00:44:02,560 --> 00:44:04,640
Speaker 2: I can't remember if Warren has a I don't remember

906
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:07,919
Speaker 2: his splits, but he's got pretty he's got pretty strong

907
00:44:07,960 --> 00:44:10,360
Speaker 2: split size. Can't remember if road is better. But anyway,

908
00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 2: sorry about that. You know, football around here just friese

909
00:44:14,239 --> 00:44:19,040
Speaker 2: or brains. Okay. On Friday, Michael Waka faces Detroit at home.

910
00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 2: He was the highest ranked BBR guy. Again, I believe. Saturday,

911
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:28,680
Speaker 2: Jacob Lopez for the Athletics gets Texas. Now that's at home,

912
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 2: so that's not the best idea. But I don't I

913
00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,080
Speaker 2: don't remember seeing a ton that I really enjoyed. I

914
00:44:35,239 --> 00:44:38,799
Speaker 2: liked on Saturday, I mean because again McGreevy is the

915
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:42,399
Speaker 2: highest ranked, but he goes he's in Cincinnati, So yeah,

916
00:44:42,440 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 2: it was just kind of a that was a messy day,

917
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,759
Speaker 2: which is odd for Saturday, and then on Sunday it

918
00:44:48,800 --> 00:44:52,759
Speaker 2: got even messier. So I might be willing if my

919
00:44:52,880 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 2: ratios are solid or already completely lost. Uh. Spencer Raghetti

920
00:44:57,880 --> 00:45:00,399
Speaker 2: gets the Angels at home. Angels like just break out

921
00:45:00,400 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 2: a lot. He likes to walk everyone and and their siblings,

922
00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 2: so that's a that also is a hairy one, but

923
00:45:08,000 --> 00:45:10,400
Speaker 2: he probably will rack up a few strikers.

924
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:13,520
Speaker 1: So yeah, they are striking out at an incredible clip

925
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:15,880
Speaker 1: right now. Oh really all season. I shouldn't even say

926
00:45:15,960 --> 00:45:17,720
Speaker 1: right now, they've been. They've been doing that all season.

927
00:45:19,080 --> 00:45:22,960
Speaker 1: The one name he didn't mention Cam Slowly come on, Well,

928
00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: we talked.

929
00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 2: About him so much that I figured we'd cover him already.

930
00:45:27,719 --> 00:45:31,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't. I don't disagree emit. Shean is an

931
00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:37,480
Speaker 1: intriguing name, and we didn't mention. He gets the Reds,

932
00:45:37,719 --> 00:45:40,239
Speaker 1: which like, it's not a great matchup, it's not a

933
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,840
Speaker 1: terrible matchup. Is he a two star? Is he a

934
00:45:42,880 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: two star pitcher?

935
00:45:43,520 --> 00:45:45,919
Speaker 2: I think he is let's see, they've got that six

936
00:45:46,120 --> 00:45:46,720
Speaker 2: man rotation.

937
00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,600
Speaker 1: Give me a break. Dave Roberts, Yeah.

938
00:45:50,440 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 2: I looked at that. Although after Otani start last night,

939
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 2: who knows that's true.

940
00:45:54,880 --> 00:46:00,279
Speaker 1: Scheduled off day today on Thursday. But I think it

941
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: seems like he'll be fine. I also like, as much

942
00:46:02,719 --> 00:46:04,360
Speaker 1: as I love that he's a two way player, like

943
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,040
Speaker 1: it might just be time to just be a hitter.

944
00:46:06,120 --> 00:46:08,480
Speaker 1: Come on, we don't need to see a pitch. You're

945
00:46:08,480 --> 00:46:11,760
Speaker 1: already the best hitter. Yah, but it is very fun.

946
00:46:12,880 --> 00:46:15,400
Speaker 1: It'll probably I'll probably change my mind in the playoffs

947
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 1: when he's like incredible in the playoffs. But like this

948
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:20,600
Speaker 1: whole season of like he's not pitching and he's like

949
00:46:20,719 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 1: ramping up, and like, no, he's pitching just a little bit,

950
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:26,080
Speaker 1: And I'm like, come on, I have him in a

951
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:28,440
Speaker 1: daily league where I can move him back and forth.

952
00:46:28,480 --> 00:46:31,120
Speaker 1: I just I don't move him, which is what I

953
00:46:31,120 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 1: would also do in weekly Like if I had him

954
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:35,560
Speaker 1: in a weekly league, I would never move him out

955
00:46:35,560 --> 00:46:39,120
Speaker 1: of my hitting or not, but in daily I would like,

956
00:46:39,120 --> 00:46:40,640
Speaker 1: all right, I'll move him for a day to get

957
00:46:40,680 --> 00:46:42,279
Speaker 1: the pitching stats. I'm not even doing that this year.

958
00:46:42,680 --> 00:46:46,520
Speaker 1: I don't need four innings. But okay, let's get to

959
00:46:46,560 --> 00:46:53,640
Speaker 1: our two star pitcher competition. Yeay, Now, last week you

960
00:46:53,719 --> 00:46:56,839
Speaker 1: picked Chris Paddock, and boy did it not go well

961
00:46:56,840 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 1: for you. However, I when I was looking at the stats,

962
00:47:02,160 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, this is a landslide, and I

963
00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,799
Speaker 1: looked at Chris Paddocks. But George kirby second star was

964
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 1: also not very good.

965
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:11,440
Speaker 2: Yeah. I was like, oh, the first start was so good,

966
00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:13,880
Speaker 2: but if it hadn't been, this would have been way tighter.

967
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,719
Speaker 1: Kirby's blow up, Yeah, because Chris Pattick ended up with

968
00:47:17,760 --> 00:47:20,279
Speaker 1: like thirteen points because his second start was like a

969
00:47:20,320 --> 00:47:20,880
Speaker 1: one pointer.

970
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:21,920
Speaker 2: Yeah.

971
00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: And George Kirby ended up like twenty six points, but

972
00:47:23,960 --> 00:47:25,960
Speaker 1: that's because his first star was a twenty five pointer

973
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:28,080
Speaker 1: and its second start was just as bad as Paddings.

974
00:47:28,480 --> 00:47:31,520
Speaker 1: So it was still a blowout, but not in only

975
00:47:31,560 --> 00:47:34,120
Speaker 1: because like between the two of them, they had one

976
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 1: good start out of four. But I did take the win,

977
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,440
Speaker 1: which puts me up eight to seven to two on

978
00:47:41,480 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 1: the year against you and Worm. And as I said

979
00:47:45,200 --> 00:47:47,359
Speaker 1: earlier we were talking before the show, I have yet

980
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:51,160
Speaker 1: to pick a two star Picture Camp competitor for this week.

981
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 1: I have not yet chosen my fighter, So why don't

982
00:47:54,040 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: you go first and tell us about who you're picking?

983
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:00,560
Speaker 2: All right? So yeah, I mean again, And I used

984
00:48:00,600 --> 00:48:04,000
Speaker 2: the Fantasy pros to start Pitcher's tool and the highest

985
00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:07,960
Speaker 2: ranked guy that I hadn't that worm had not already used.

986
00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 2: Because I'm sorry, I'm not going to shut up about

987
00:48:09,560 --> 00:48:12,520
Speaker 2: it that I'm coming in here having to pick around

988
00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 2: what he's already picked.

989
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:16,360
Speaker 1: And do you start Pitcher this week? But you have

990
00:48:16,480 --> 00:48:17,279
Speaker 1: already used him.

991
00:48:17,160 --> 00:48:20,120
Speaker 2: I've already used him, but like, yeah, no, you know,

992
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,040
Speaker 2: I don't have a lot too some from sometimes. But

993
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:26,960
Speaker 2: Kevin Gosman has two home games. The first is against Minnesota,

994
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 2: the second is against Milwaukee. I don't love the Milwaukee start. However,

995
00:48:31,160 --> 00:48:34,560
Speaker 2: he's not a lefty. I feel like I'm much more

996
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:37,319
Speaker 2: I'm way more worried when facing the Brewers if it's

997
00:48:37,320 --> 00:48:39,080
Speaker 2: a left handed hitter or a left handed pitcher. So

998
00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 2: I'm gonna roll with him, all.

999
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:46,440
Speaker 1: Right, and just to keep consistent with the show. And

1000
00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:49,960
Speaker 1: because as you mentioned, is for the options this week,

1001
00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 1: there are either not a ton of great ones or

1002
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:57,799
Speaker 1: we've already used them. Christopher Sanchez obviously, and I will

1003
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,359
Speaker 1: say Christopher Sanchez, like very early in the season, Worm

1004
00:49:00,440 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 1: kind of like me and Worm kind of stuck our

1005
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 1: noses up at Christopher Sanchez just because we were looking

1006
00:49:04,600 --> 00:49:06,560
Speaker 1: at an article by another site and they were listing

1007
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,520
Speaker 1: the top pictures in baseball and they listed Christopher Sanchez

1008
00:49:09,560 --> 00:49:11,640
Speaker 1: like ahead of a bunch of names like fran Bra

1009
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:15,000
Speaker 1: Valdez and Yamamoto, who I still don't think, guess in

1010
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: respect he deserves. And we were like, come on, Christopher Sanchez,

1011
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:20,640
Speaker 1: and now he's like, it's I young candidate, so maybe

1012
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:22,520
Speaker 1: shame on us. We'll have to take the l on

1013
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:29,120
Speaker 1: that one. Christopher Sanchez, Jess Zardo de Gram. I'm not

1014
00:49:29,200 --> 00:49:35,279
Speaker 1: touching Noah Cameron. I kind of like, but uh, I

1015
00:49:35,280 --> 00:49:38,080
Speaker 1: don't like the second start is against the Tigers. My

1016
00:49:38,080 --> 00:49:40,440
Speaker 1: AirPod almost just fell out. That would have been disastrous

1017
00:49:40,440 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: at the end of the show here, But I think

1018
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,759
Speaker 1: and I don't like Hunter Green, but his first star

1019
00:49:48,840 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: is against the Dodgers, even though they're not like really

1020
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:56,760
Speaker 1: like the Dodger monsters. Right now, it saying her Biby Schooble,

1021
00:49:56,840 --> 00:50:01,520
Speaker 1: We've already used Missy Rowski, We've already talked about you

1022
00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:03,600
Speaker 1: can't like you're not gonna get five innings out of him,

1023
00:50:03,640 --> 00:50:06,960
Speaker 1: so you're really capping yourself there, kud I Senga, you know,

1024
00:50:07,320 --> 00:50:11,880
Speaker 1: not interested. And so to keep with the theme of

1025
00:50:11,880 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 1: the show, I'm just gonna do it. Gimme Cam chal

1026
00:50:14,280 --> 00:50:18,000
Speaker 1: Lettler and let's just do it. He's got the Nationals

1027
00:50:18,040 --> 00:50:21,239
Speaker 1: at home and the White Sox on the road. Let's

1028
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:24,960
Speaker 1: hope for the best. And since we spent the whole

1029
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,480
Speaker 1: episode talking about Yankees, we might as well close things

1030
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: out with a Yankee to start pitcher. I'll just have

1031
00:50:31,360 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: to hope that he throws, you know, just nine innings

1032
00:50:37,680 --> 00:50:40,960
Speaker 1: of one hit, one run ball and loses one nothing

1033
00:50:41,360 --> 00:50:44,520
Speaker 1: in both of his starts, which would be perfect for me.

1034
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:49,919
Speaker 1: Maybe have like twenty five strikeouts, nine innings, one hit,

1035
00:50:50,080 --> 00:50:54,360
Speaker 1: one run, no walks. I'll take that. But they have

1036
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:58,800
Speaker 1: to lose to lose the game. Anything else. Should we

1037
00:50:58,800 --> 00:50:59,359
Speaker 1: wrap it up?

1038
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,920
Speaker 2: No, But I'm really hoping that production can come up

1039
00:51:02,920 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 2: with us on like play on Cam Schlitzler for this episode,

1040
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,880
Speaker 2: because that has got to be what it's called. So

1041
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:11,799
Speaker 2: I'm a little afraid of what Kelly might come up with,

1042
00:51:11,840 --> 00:51:14,680
Speaker 2: but we'll see so. But yeah, otherwise, no, just enjoy

1043
00:51:14,719 --> 00:51:17,959
Speaker 2: your enjoy the continued baseball. If you're making a playoff push.

1044
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:21,439
Speaker 2: I'm making a playoff push in one league, and I'm

1045
00:51:21,520 --> 00:51:24,319
Speaker 2: kind of just you know, play it hard and see

1046
00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:24,960
Speaker 2: if you can get in.

1047
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, this is the time when you know, the fantasy

1048
00:51:29,040 --> 00:51:33,520
Speaker 1: baseball diehards really shine, because even managers in your leagues

1049
00:51:33,520 --> 00:51:37,200
Speaker 1: who are like doing well. It's I always say, because like,

1050
00:51:37,239 --> 00:51:40,719
Speaker 1: fantasy football is so much bigger than fantasy baseball. Not

1051
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,799
Speaker 1: everyone who plays fantasy football plays fantasy baseball, like it's

1052
00:51:43,880 --> 00:51:46,520
Speaker 1: like probably ten percent, but like almost everyone who plays

1053
00:51:46,560 --> 00:51:48,640
Speaker 1: fantasy baseball does play at least a little bit of

1054
00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:51,280
Speaker 1: fantasy football. So there are a lot of wandering eyes

1055
00:51:51,440 --> 00:51:53,640
Speaker 1: in your leagues this year, and you kind of you know,

1056
00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:57,040
Speaker 1: you can catch people sleeping, kind of creep back up

1057
00:51:57,040 --> 00:51:58,840
Speaker 1: in the standings, or you know, steal some winds and

1058
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:04,320
Speaker 1: head to head. So stay vigilant us the Fantasy pros tools.

1059
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:08,439
Speaker 1: I'm gonna update my rankings today or tomorrow because I'm

1060
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:10,279
Speaker 1: you know, I'm a little overdue on doing that, but

1061
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:13,120
Speaker 1: I will. I have a lot of notes to get through, yeah,

1062
00:52:13,320 --> 00:52:17,120
Speaker 1: and I will have to my rankings and yeah, finish

1063
00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:19,160
Speaker 1: it out strong. We'll be here to see you through.

1064
00:52:19,280 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 1: We're not going anywhere. We're not quitters like worm going

1065
00:52:21,760 --> 00:52:25,720
Speaker 1: over to football, although Kelly does have a fantasy football

1066
00:52:25,800 --> 00:52:27,320
Speaker 1: draft in like seventeen minutes.

1067
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:29,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I don't mean to roll.

1068
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Speaker 1: If I can keep like filibustering for like eighteen minutes,

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Speaker 1: I can make you late for it. But that probably

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be the best show.

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Speaker 2: It's a Guillotune league, so there's exactly one strategy in

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Speaker 2: Guilloto Wings, and I know what it is, so it's fine.

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Speaker 1: I disagree. I am. I went with a very different

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Speaker 1: strategy last year and I almost won, but I lost

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Speaker 1: in the championship. My strategy is blow all of your

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Speaker 1: fab immediately. I'm the best player. It's the first two weeks,

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Speaker 1: and then just figure it out the rest of the way.

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Speaker 2: Oh no, I just mean just just draft people with

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Speaker 2: late buyes and then go from there.

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Speaker 1: All right, we can wrap it up there. We don't

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Speaker 1: want to anger people with the football talk. But again

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Speaker 1: in the comments, yeah, how dare you? But let us

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Speaker 1: know your favorite entrance song for if you were an

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Speaker 1: MLB closer, or if you have a favorite one. Let

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Speaker 1: us know what your favorite nickname for Cam Schiller should

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Speaker 1: be because it doesn't seem like he has one, and

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Speaker 1: he really really needs one.

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Speaker 2: Really.

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Speaker 1: I want to do a little bit of dead air

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Speaker 1: for there for a second for dramatic effect. Hopefull they

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Speaker 1: don't edit that out because I kind of like the

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Speaker 1: awkwardness all right. For Kelly Kirby, I am Mike Mayor.

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Speaker 1: This has been the cycle, and thank you for stopping by.

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