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Speaker 1: That is Frank Standford. I am Greg Saucepan Matodica on
Speaker 1: the way in just a moment, Frankie. What's going on?
Speaker 1: But great, happy Monday. A very eventful weekend. Lots of
Speaker 1: trades going down. I feel like we should trade places
Speaker 1: for the show. What do you think? Greg? All right,
Speaker 1: and there we go and welcome back to the Fantasy
Speaker 1: best Friends Forever. How you doing? Greg? Doing well? Man?
Speaker 1: How are you? I'm doing all right? How do you sleep?
Speaker 1: Slept pretty well? I had a good, nice se if.
Speaker 1: I even said that to Judy, like I slept well.
Speaker 1: It's good to hear anything eventful this weekend outside of
Speaker 1: these trades. No, we were doing over doing a bunch
Speaker 1: of Father's Day stuff um with Judy's family this week
Speaker 1: and went around to playing some miniature God went to
Speaker 1: the range yesterday shopping about that man, pretty pretty normal weekend.
Speaker 1: I hear some scuffling in the background. That can only
Speaker 1: mean one thing, Greg that Maddie mo how you doing, Maddie.
Speaker 1: I'm doing all right. It's still a little angry about
Speaker 1: were transpirted to this night. I had no opportunity to
Speaker 1: win your Don Alvarez came close in one of my
Speaker 1: twelve team league's only will stout by twenty one dollars.
Speaker 1: That was the only legitimate chance I had. But I
Speaker 1: made some I made a boo boo. All right, perfect, Okay,
Speaker 1: we didn't. We didn't hear anything you said we were
Speaker 1: We're switching back. We're switching back. I'm sorry you missed
Speaker 1: that on your Don Alvarez, and I'm sorry some other
Speaker 1: things all we all missed out on your Don Alvarez.
Speaker 1: Do you have any shares? I have zero shares. We
Speaker 1: are the we are officially now the anti. You're Don Alvarez.
Speaker 1: Show boo boo, You're not Alvarez. This kidding warning. The
Speaker 1: only silver learning in it is you had what you know,
Speaker 1: four homers this past week and bad at almost four hundred,
Speaker 1: while nobody in the that's uh, that's absolutely true. That's
Speaker 1: that is that is a good point four home runs
Speaker 1: in his first six games. Crazy, Oh, so he wasn't.
Speaker 1: It wasn't available in NFBC. He was available other places.
Speaker 1: He wasn't available in NFBC until he plays his first game,
Speaker 1: so he couldn't. You couldn't pick Hmo like Crisica. No,
Speaker 1: you could unless he was drafted, right, so if he
Speaker 1: was drafted and then dropped, then you could have added him.
Speaker 1: But an NFBC if a player has not played a
Speaker 1: game yet, and I realized he played last Sunday, but
Speaker 1: he would have to play before Sunday to be added
Speaker 1: into the player pool to be added. So he wasn't
Speaker 1: available last week in NFBC. So that's why everyone last
Speaker 1: night was bidding on him. He went for uh, he
Speaker 1: went for over five dollars in both my Great Fantasy
Speaker 1: Baseball Invitational and in our main event league that Matt
Speaker 1: Modica and I played in together. But that was not
Speaker 1: the biggest name on the board last night, Greig, that
Speaker 1: was being bit on. Who was the biggest name on
Speaker 1: the board that was being bit on? Frank. So there
Speaker 1: was actually this this picture for the San Francisco Giants.
Speaker 1: His name is Andrew s Mares. Uh. He he was
Speaker 1: he was the biggest name on Waivers last night. I
Speaker 1: haven't been things about Young Andrew. Yeah, yeah, and Uh.
Speaker 1: I think Matt Modiko was one of the first people
Speaker 1: on Andrew Swarres. So let's go to Modecan now for
Speaker 1: for his thoughts on Andrew. Yes, Young Andrew. Uh. I
Speaker 1: pretty much put in for Jose Suarez of the Los
Speaker 1: Angeles Angels everywhere, you know anyway, from like seven to
Speaker 1: seventeen dollars in that kind of arrange, and the other
Speaker 1: picture that was available that I wanted was Sean Alexander. Uh.
Speaker 1: This team needed two pictures that those two fit perfectly.
Speaker 1: Have kimbro on the bench, Paddock and Glass. Now hopefully
Speaker 1: we do see Glass now at some point. And unfortunately,
Speaker 1: you know, the first bit I had was Jose Suarez,
Speaker 1: then Sean H. Anderson. The conditional bid was I guess
Speaker 1: I had or I guess I had Suarez, and on
Speaker 1: top of some unknown reason, but it was Andrew Suarez
Speaker 1: not Jose Suarez, and I would have gotten uh short Andrewson.
Speaker 1: She went seven dollars and I had him in for sixteen.
Speaker 1: So I wasted sixteen valuable dollars in a league where
Speaker 1: me and Andy Saxton are very poor, and I am.
Speaker 1: You know, I just started cushion, and you know, I
Speaker 1: just went on a tirade last night. My mom, who's
Speaker 1: who stayed over, was quite shocked and appolled, and I apologized.
Speaker 1: That is hilarious. Andrew Suarez on the season two starts
Speaker 1: nine point zero zero er a two point zero zero
Speaker 1: with do not pick up Andrew Suarez. But I thought
Speaker 1: that was hilarious. I saw the tweet from Matt Modica
Speaker 1: went into a profanity lace tirade when I realized I
Speaker 1: wasted sixteen precious dollars on Andrew Suarez. I apologized to
Speaker 1: my mom last night and this morning for it. That
Speaker 1: was hilarious. I was cracking up when I read that,
Speaker 1: so it was like cracking when he just told me,
Speaker 1: what do you got? Mat? I would would like to
Speaker 1: apologize to uh Andy Saxton as well my seen well
Speaker 1: hopefully Jose Smarrez. You know, isn't all it's cracked up
Speaker 1: to be. I guess Greg. We actually did have a
Speaker 1: big trade code down for the weekend. We had to um,
Speaker 1: I'm not sure we're gonna get into the Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: trade all that much on this ship. I'd like to
Speaker 1: we'll get into it at some point this week, definitely
Speaker 1: on the NBA twitch Sholad. We probably should you know what,
Speaker 1: We probably should actually film something that we could play
Speaker 1: as a commercial. Ideally, Yeah, maybe later on today, let's
Speaker 1: do that. But ed Win Incarnacione caught us soft guard
Speaker 1: randomly on Saturday evening randomly comes across and Karnacion trade
Speaker 1: to the Yankee. I send it over to you and Sandra,
Speaker 1: and we're just like, huh, can you pitch? So it's
Speaker 1: really interesting, so much like the Odell Beckham trade. I
Speaker 1: was not like sitting in front of my TV, were
Speaker 1: like on my phone. I was like, I was out
Speaker 1: to dinner on on Saturday with Judy's family where Anthony's
Speaker 1: cole fired pizza and no clue. You know what Anthony's is? Now,
Speaker 1: you know what, Athons, Maybe you should take me there.
Speaker 1: You know what Anthony's is? Oh my god, that's so
Speaker 1: crazy big. We don't all a rich establishments. Like she's
Speaker 1: not rich establishment dude, it's not just it's very clear
Speaker 1: that Matt and myself have not been there. We're you know,
Speaker 1: pretty normal guys. Greg, high class dude. Of course you've
Speaker 1: never been Anthonies. Well, what are you talking about? Told
Speaker 1: me you know, fifty bucks of pizza downstairs, Brian, can
Speaker 1: you help me out here, dude, please, that's a rich spot, Alex. Nothing,
Speaker 1: all right, work for me. You're clearly not You're clearly
Speaker 1: not paying attention. You're you're clearly not paying attention. Isabella.
Speaker 1: Have you been Anthony's and she's gone where there's Anthony.
Speaker 1: It's a chain. It's a chain restaurant. It's a chain restaurant.
Speaker 1: All I mean in Jersey it's a Saturday. I was
Speaker 1: at teaching, telling a story a normal, you know, middle
Speaker 1: class restaurants. This could not be more middle class. And pizza,
Speaker 1: all right, it's just a coal of it. They've a
Speaker 1: pat to okay, So aside from the pizza, what about anyway?
Speaker 1: So my phone's buzzing while I'm sitting there eating my
Speaker 1: meatballed pizza, and I'm like, what does it happen with?
Speaker 1: What is going on? I saw it was you and Saunders.
Speaker 1: I'm like what? And e what? And I saw winning
Speaker 1: a cornassion coming to the Ankes. I was trying to
Speaker 1: figure out how he fits because now it means San
Speaker 1: Carlos stand is gonna play the outfield every day and
Speaker 1: when a Carnassion who leaves American leagues in home runs
Speaker 1: the d H every day, I want to say, I
Speaker 1: H is hysterical. Um, it's like d L because the
Speaker 1: I L. I want to say, it's like I H.
Speaker 1: I had to think about it. She's a d H
Speaker 1: every day. And the long lasting effects and fantasy isn't
Speaker 1: even so much. Winning Cornassion, who you were excited about
Speaker 1: because he's a better ballparks to play every day, you're
Speaker 1: pokes about the lineup. That's all great, but you have him,
Speaker 1: you're starting him. Everything's gone well for Edwin and Carnassion,
Speaker 1: outside of the injury that he's suffering with his back
Speaker 1: right now, so that doesn't really change all that much.
Speaker 1: The one big thing that changes here is Matt your
Speaker 1: boy Clint Fraser. You liked him last year, you love
Speaker 1: him this year. The question you we had early was
Speaker 1: you want to spend all this money on him because
Speaker 1: you don't know when either to be sent down and
Speaker 1: you are always aggressive when it comes to prospects. You
Speaker 1: always say you'll figure it out later. Well later has arrived.
Speaker 1: It's now June sixteenth, and we don't know when Clint
Speaker 1: Fraser was we'll be back if everybody comes back healthy
Speaker 1: next weekend, Matt Aaron Judge being the last piece, he
Speaker 1: could be back literally as soon as Friday. And if
Speaker 1: that's the case and everybody says healthy, Fraser is not
Speaker 1: coming back any time soon. So as somebody that has
Speaker 1: a ton of shares of Clint Frasier, what do you do? Uh?
Speaker 1: What you do is you just hold him right now
Speaker 1: as you have to assume he is going to be
Speaker 1: put in a package and traded for that picture that
Speaker 1: they did not get. Look the lineup looks, you know,
Speaker 1: terrifying if everybody is healthy, But come playoff time, they're
Speaker 1: gonna need pitching. I don't know what to expect from Severno.
Speaker 1: You know, if you want to be the optimists and
Speaker 1: say he's gonna be fine and be the Savarino that
Speaker 1: was lights out, that's great, but I think that's getting
Speaker 1: ahead of yourself here. You want to see him actually
Speaker 1: pitching the game first. And you know, her mind was
Speaker 1: really good early. So as far as Fraser goes, you know,
Speaker 1: up until two days ago, the last twenty games, he
Speaker 1: was betting three thirty five homers, eyes six three slug
Speaker 1: you know, and he's no longer on this team, so
Speaker 1: I get his frustration. I know the defense was suboptimal.
Speaker 1: Nothing you can do. I wouldn't drop him in a
Speaker 1: twelve teams or above right now. Grosse Cashman made it
Speaker 1: known this team deserves more from from the way they played,
Speaker 1: So in arms coming, I would think Trevor Bauers somebody
Speaker 1: they're really gonna make a push at. I don't think
Speaker 1: it's a bump guard. I think they want like a
Speaker 1: Bauer type guy, So I think that would be a
Speaker 1: package kind of deal. Yeah, God, Fraser, I saw this yesterday.
Speaker 1: He's batty, batting average with runners and scoring position three
Speaker 1: D five on the year, he has eleven home runs.
Speaker 1: He's he's been a major part of the Yankees success.
Speaker 1: He's slumped, cut off the eye of everybody slumps at
Speaker 1: some points during the year, and I think that's what
Speaker 1: that was. It was a slump. Overall, he's been a major,
Speaker 1: major contributing factor to these Yankees team. And you can
Speaker 1: tell Frank yesterday in the when he sat there at
Speaker 1: his locker this time giving his thoughts. He's piste off
Speaker 1: and he's just like it's a tough fiddle swallow. He
Speaker 1: he thought that he would go down probably when Judge
Speaker 1: came back. I assumed he thought he would be the
Speaker 1: last one standing. But having an option I heard him
Speaker 1: this time, and yeah, and I said this to you yesterday.
Speaker 1: The only reason they sent Frasier down yesterday round today
Speaker 1: is tonight they're gonna either start maybe or talking, and
Speaker 1: that's gonna be hit. They didn't want Fraser for tonight
Speaker 1: because when Stanton came back, we all knew maybe it
Speaker 1: was gonna stay because they have the d f M
Speaker 1: and and ultimately Fraser was would go down and potentially
Speaker 1: they didn't want to fly him back to New York,
Speaker 1: just fly right back to the scran bro. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: understand his frustration because he for the most part, has
Speaker 1: played well this year. And you know, Matt was talking
Speaker 1: about what he's done recently. In the month of June.
Speaker 1: He had turned it around three twenty batting average at
Speaker 1: home run six ribbys this month, so he was playing well.
Speaker 1: But you you talked about it, Greg, he had an
Speaker 1: option left and Cameron, maybe they're gonna keep him around
Speaker 1: for a little while, uh defense, and he could be,
Speaker 1: you know, a pinch runner, but you know, one Stanton
Speaker 1: and Judge are back they're expecting standing to be back
Speaker 1: tomorrow and then judge hopefully over the weekend. Someone's gotta go,
Speaker 1: and because he has the options, I think, I think
Speaker 1: it makes sense that he got sent down. And it
Speaker 1: seems like I don't know if he's the most likable guy.
Speaker 1: Like we've talked about that before he talks. He attributed
Speaker 1: to it, and I don't. I don't think he has
Speaker 1: many friends on the team. I don't think so either.
Speaker 1: But I do agree with Matt that I would try
Speaker 1: to keep him around on my team, especially in deeper leagues,
Speaker 1: because if they make a trade. When they make a trade,
Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance he could be part
Speaker 1: of that. Now, if he ends up in San Francisco,
Speaker 1: obviously that's suboptimal. Toronto wouldn't be so bad if it's
Speaker 1: for Stroman. Are the the Indians if they trade Bauer,
Speaker 1: do they want Clint Fraser back? They created him for
Speaker 1: a reason, so you want Andrew Miller. That's why they
Speaker 1: traded him. Like like to me, I agree with Matt
Speaker 1: when it comes to Clint Frasier. I think he's proven
Speaker 1: that even hitting the major's correct, and I don't think
Speaker 1: for a guy like Madison bum Garner, who's a rental
Speaker 1: or even got like Marcus Stroman and in the division.
Speaker 1: I don't think they trade Frasier under those deals. I
Speaker 1: think Matt's right where if you're going to go out
Speaker 1: and get a Trevor Bauer or you got a Corey Kluber, like,
Speaker 1: it's a little bit different, and that's a trade you
Speaker 1: move Fraser in. I don't think Fraser goes in a
Speaker 1: deal for Stroman or bum Garner. Uh interesting enough. I
Speaker 1: tweeted out something yesterday just to show, uh how Clint
Speaker 1: Fraser has done this year. And it's not a mocker
Speaker 1: on labor tours. I'm a big labor guy. He helped
Speaker 1: me win a lot of money last year. But outside
Speaker 1: of the Orioles, we have both of those players excelled
Speaker 1: in the games they played versus Baltimore. Clint Fraser has
Speaker 1: been a better hitter than labor twitters versus teams not
Speaker 1: named or reels. Yeah, it makes sense. So I would
Speaker 1: try and hold on to my agree with Matt that
Speaker 1: they're gonna make a trade and he's probably gonna land
Speaker 1: into some full time playing time if we get to
Speaker 1: the trade deadline and he's not moved, and I would
Speaker 1: say at that point you might be able to drop
Speaker 1: Clint Fraser unless another injury occurs. But I bring that
Speaker 1: up because there are ripple effects with this Edwin and
Speaker 1: Karnacion trade. Now that Stanton is gonna be expected to
Speaker 1: play the outfield every day, the fact that he's already
Speaker 1: dealt with shoulder injuries and bits of injuries and and
Speaker 1: a calf injury, I think he puts himself at a
Speaker 1: risk for a higher risk for re injury. The fact
Speaker 1: that he's gonna have to play the outfield every day.
Speaker 1: We've seen this with guys like Nelson Cruise in the past,
Speaker 1: Will Myers where you know, once Nelson Cruz became an
Speaker 1: every day d H, he wasn't as injury prone. All
Speaker 1: of a sudden, the year that Will Myers played first
Speaker 1: base every day, he wasn't as injury prone. When those
Speaker 1: guys were in the outfield, they were more prone to injury.
Speaker 1: And I think that might be the case for John
Speaker 1: Carlo Stanton. So I do have some more you there
Speaker 1: too as well. Greg, Yeah, I think it's reasonable. I
Speaker 1: think the fact that we're gonna count on Stanton to
Speaker 1: play the outfield every day something he didn' not do
Speaker 1: last year. It's a bit nerve wracking now, Frank, It's
Speaker 1: not like this dude in his thirties right like he's
Speaker 1: in the prime of his career. He came off playing
Speaker 1: in the NL where he played the outfield every single day.
Speaker 1: I know last year he didn't necessarily do it, but
Speaker 1: when Judge went down, he was in right field every day.
Speaker 1: So I don't want to make a big thing out
Speaker 1: of if you remember he was playing through Hampshire injury
Speaker 1: too because he had to play the outfield. Yes he was,
Speaker 1: but he said three months off. At this point it
Speaker 1: feels like, you know, like get out there and play, dude.
Speaker 1: I hope, I hope you're right, But I mean the
Speaker 1: defense is gonna stuffer as well, which could affect the
Speaker 1: starting that's correct. Let me get over to the Seattle
Speaker 1: side of things though, for a moment, with everyone a
Speaker 1: Cornacion now out of town, it seems like anybody that
Speaker 1: makes any money in Seattle, he's not gonna be there
Speaker 1: soon enough, then Bogol Box gonna play every single day
Speaker 1: like he has been the Bogo Box in there. But
Speaker 1: it also called up Aaron Nolan's brother, Austin Nola who
Speaker 1: has eligibility of a leave in Yahoo for instance, like
Speaker 1: three different positions. I know, Um, was it in GDD
Speaker 1: where he had shortstop eligibility or something along those lines,
Speaker 1: our Austin know. It seems like it's gonna get a
Speaker 1: chance here Matt in fifteen team leagues? Is there any interest?
Speaker 1: You know? I wasn't looking at him this week. I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be honest with you. Um, I thought the most
Speaker 1: interesting thing about that trade? What's that guy one? Then? Yes,
Speaker 1: the Yankees, Yes, the Prospect, Yes, yes he was. He
Speaker 1: was acquired last year's nineteen nineteen years old and now
Speaker 1: he's gone again. Yeah. So, I mean, I guess that
Speaker 1: was like Fomo on Jamy Depoto's park, that he had
Speaker 1: to have him back. And the Marine is just one
Speaker 1: quick thing. The Mariners will have zero dollars on their
Speaker 1: payroll right now, commitment wise, And I think, but that's
Speaker 1: pretty crazy. And one last note of the clip praisers,
Speaker 1: I believe he unfollowed everybody on Instagram and social media
Speaker 1: except to DV and somebody else. I forget it with
Speaker 1: that one's true unfollowed the Yankees at Yankees is out
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Speaker 1: Back with you on the BFS. Frankie Stample, Greg Sussman
Speaker 1: here hanging out with you, Maddie mo on a Monday
Speaker 1: as well, to take a look at the two Stark pitchers.
Speaker 1: I was tweeting at matt Um about it, so we'll
Speaker 1: get to that a little bit as well. But let's
Speaker 1: go over some of the waiver wire players that were
Speaker 1: picked up this week, not named Andrew Suarez. You mentioned
Speaker 1: you're Don Alvarez. He was the highest price play here
Speaker 1: to go pretty much everywhere NFBC and your main event guys.
Speaker 1: He went over five hundred dollars. It makes sense. If
Speaker 1: you have the money, probably where you spend it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: absolutely went for over five hundred dollars in the main
Speaker 1: event and in the Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational. Those are
Speaker 1: both fifteen team mixed roto leagues. I saw some results
Speaker 1: from twelve team online championships in the NFBC, and he
Speaker 1: went for considerably lower, anywhere from like two hundreds and
Speaker 1: three hundred dollars. And that makes sense because they're twelve
Speaker 1: team leagues and there's there's obviously a higher demand in
Speaker 1: a fifteen team league, but small sample size so far,
Speaker 1: fifty seven point one percent hard hit rate. The bat
Speaker 1: and Steamer projections on fan Graphs have him for between
Speaker 1: a two sixty two and two seventy four batting average
Speaker 1: the rest of the way, and like fifteen sixteen home
Speaker 1: runs over forty runs and RBI. So I would expect
Speaker 1: like a two seventy plus batting average, fifteen twenty home
Speaker 1: runs something like that out of your Don Alvarez the
Speaker 1: rest of the way, mad I saw you tweeting last night.
Speaker 1: You just barely missed out on him in a few
Speaker 1: twelve team leagues, right, Yeah, in the league, I had
Speaker 1: a hundred and dollars left. I did one eight nine
Speaker 1: and he went for so I was pretty pitched about that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, you can't beat yourself up for it, because
Speaker 1: even if you maxed out with the rest of the
Speaker 1: money you had left, you still wouldn't have got him. So, um,
Speaker 1: I guess just uh, you know, it depends who you
Speaker 1: picked up throughout the rest of the season. Hopefully you
Speaker 1: picked up some guys that were worth it. But uh, yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean I'm pretty much in the same boat in
Speaker 1: a lot of leagues. I'm, you know, under two hundred
Speaker 1: dollars out of a thousand left and pretty much all
Speaker 1: my fifteen team league shout out to car Key Boom,
Speaker 1: never forget. But um yeah, I'm I'm I'm with you, Matt.
Speaker 1: I don't I don't have a lot of I don't
Speaker 1: have a lot of money left, and that's why I
Speaker 1: ended up with zero yr Don alvaage shares. I do
Speaker 1: have to home leagues. They are twelve team head to
Speaker 1: head points leagues where we have minor league spots, and
Speaker 1: I chose to roster Kyle Tucker over your Don Alvarez.
Speaker 1: So kicking myself a little bit over that as well.
Speaker 1: But we'll be all right, great, we'll push through. No
Speaker 1: doubt about it. Now. The other high bid here in
Speaker 1: your main event, and it makes sense people are talking
Speaker 1: about it. Who's Colorado? No time is able to return
Speaker 1: to the Rays, so there saves up for grabs when
Speaker 1: it comes to Tampa Bay, whether it's Milio Pegan or
Speaker 1: Diego Costillo. Castio was available in You Made a bet?
Speaker 1: He goes for fifty seven dollars to clerk another closer option.
Speaker 1: We talked about him last week. He went for forty
Speaker 1: seven dollars. Um. I want to move on to Giorgi
Speaker 1: Allomoto though, because Amoto Yellomodo and made his debut his
Speaker 1: really well against the Cardinals and went for thirteen dollars.
Speaker 1: I know he's on the Marlins, so winds are going
Speaker 1: to be tough to come by. But how interesting should
Speaker 1: fantasy owners be in acquiring Yellow Moodo here? Matt For me,
Speaker 1: I recommended to to not start him this week. He
Speaker 1: was very extremely impressive. He got the call he was
Speaker 1: lined up for that day. I'm not saying he doesn't
Speaker 1: have a future in their rotation. I'm not biased against
Speaker 1: Marlon's pitchers. I have Caleb Smith that futis him as
Speaker 1: well as Pablo Lopez. But I think Zach Gallon should
Speaker 1: be coming very soon. Uh. If it's not this week,
Speaker 1: I gotta think maybe the following Hernandez is another option.
Speaker 1: I'd rather have her Nandez than Yamamoto, uh for fantasy
Speaker 1: purposes here, and I had him as a conditional bid Hernandez,
Speaker 1: but that unfortunately went to UH. Andrew Suarez. Alright, Yellow
Speaker 1: Motor was really impressive, and I get it. He was
Speaker 1: lined up to start. That's why you got the call
Speaker 1: Zach Gallant. Ultimately, he's coming, but I don't want to
Speaker 1: ignore I don't want to ignore the facts. He just
Speaker 1: really well, Frank, I know the matchup. It wasn't necessarily
Speaker 1: the Red Sox for the Cardinals. Despite struggling, there's no
Speaker 1: pushovers by any means. I don't think are you starting
Speaker 1: Yellomotor this week? Are you going out there picking him up?
Speaker 1: I picked him up in one of my home leagues,
Speaker 1: one of those twelve team points leagues, and it's because
Speaker 1: in the head to head points league, you know, you
Speaker 1: try and get as many starts as you possibly can.
Speaker 1: Now that can backfire because if he goes out there
Speaker 1: and has two starts where he gets blown up and
Speaker 1: I get negative points, then yeah, I'm gonna suffer and
Speaker 1: it's not gonna be worth it. But I'm I'm a
Speaker 1: little bit closer to Matt here, Like I wasn't aggressive
Speaker 1: in any of the any of my deeper leagues, because
Speaker 1: I do worry about the two starts on the road.
Speaker 1: His first start was at home. Obviously, we like when
Speaker 1: the Marlins pitchers are pitching at home a little bit
Speaker 1: more because it's a big spaces park. And again I
Speaker 1: don't think it's a knock on Yamamoto. We talked about
Speaker 1: him last week, Greg and we gave him high praise.
Speaker 1: I mean, seven shutout endings, three hits, two walks, five strikeouts.
Speaker 1: I want to see more swinging strikes and more first
Speaker 1: pitch strikes from him. But he has an interesting mix
Speaker 1: of pitches. He has an interesting arsenal. But I do
Speaker 1: worry a little bit about the spots here with the
Speaker 1: two starts on the road at St. Louis and at Philadelphia.
Speaker 1: But if you do pick him up and he pitches
Speaker 1: well on your bench, I wouldn't be so mad because
Speaker 1: then maybe you know that gives you confidence in him
Speaker 1: moving forward, and you know you can potentially have like
Speaker 1: a back end of your you know, fantasy rotation starting
Speaker 1: pitcher there. But this week I would I would probably
Speaker 1: leave him on the bench. Greg Rodeo, according Matt and
Speaker 1: Frankie both leave him on the bench. For me personally,
Speaker 1: two starts, kind of want to take my chance. He's
Speaker 1: like all the dice. I thought he was pretty good
Speaker 1: last week. I was impressed. Let's see, it's two starts.
Speaker 1: You get an opportunity to see him here twice. The
Speaker 1: only other name I want to mention that was picked
Speaker 1: up in your NFBC Gentleman was A J. Pollock. There's
Speaker 1: five bucks spent apollog. I saw Pollock go in another
Speaker 1: league um that I was in, and it didn't cost
Speaker 1: all that much there either. The Dodgers are rolling right now,
Speaker 1: Alex Verdugo playing center, Bellinger on one side of him,
Speaker 1: Jock on another, and this outfield has been pretty good
Speaker 1: for the Dodgers. Now, when Pollock was back, he's going
Speaker 1: to play then that's you know, if he comes back,
Speaker 1: it's always like a chance that he re injures himself
Speaker 1: before he gets there. Would are you upset that you
Speaker 1: didn't get a J. Pollock here, Matt. Yeah, actually I am.
Speaker 1: Last week in a couple of leagues, I acquired him
Speaker 1: for probably the same five dollars or less. Ah, he
Speaker 1: was on the bottom of Mike shittle Bidge. The only
Speaker 1: reason I did not get him in this league is
Speaker 1: I needed to get I needed to have pictures this week,
Speaker 1: and you know, you got to feel that you have
Speaker 1: to feel the full roster each week. So I couldn't
Speaker 1: really afford to uh put him on this team. But
Speaker 1: I did get some shares last week. I think now
Speaker 1: is about the time to get him, and I think
Speaker 1: that second half he could be a guy where if
Speaker 1: he steps into that lineup, you know he can really
Speaker 1: help you in those final two plus months. Yeah, especially
Speaker 1: in deeper leagues. Two we saw last year, we were
Speaker 1: reminded of the power speed combination at a J. Pollock possesses,
Speaker 1: and according to the r to the World, he was
Speaker 1: able to play catch in the field and take part
Speaker 1: in light agility drills on Friday. And it's still a
Speaker 1: few weeks away. So me personally, and it's just me speculating,
Speaker 1: I would imagine second half of the season, post All
Speaker 1: Star break, we see a J. Pollock and Alex Verdugo.
Speaker 1: In the month of June he is hitting two fifty
Speaker 1: but a six o ps. He slowed down a little bit.
Speaker 1: In the month of May, he zero home runs. He
Speaker 1: only has one home run since the beginning of May.
Speaker 1: He hit nine doubles in the month of May. And
Speaker 1: if you look at Alex Verdugo's numbers in the minors,
Speaker 1: that's that's more of the hitter that he was. He
Speaker 1: was more of a gap to gap doubles hitter. And
Speaker 1: we're hoping that the older that he gets, he that
Speaker 1: kind of grows into home run power. And there's still
Speaker 1: definitely a chance that it can happen when it comes
Speaker 1: to Alex Verdugo, but this is closer to the player
Speaker 1: that he's been gap to gap doubles hitter. So the
Speaker 1: power has slowed down for Alex Verdugo. And I think
Speaker 1: you know, once Pollock is ready to return second half
Speaker 1: of the season, that could be the end of everyday
Speaker 1: playing time for Alex Verdugo. Yeah, it could be despite
Speaker 1: um him being a young player himself, growing in, going
Speaker 1: into himself and ultimately need a playing time to get better.
Speaker 1: When Polic comes back, that couldn't spell the end. Indeed
Speaker 1: for Alex Verdugo, speaking all of players coming back, Hayes's
Speaker 1: Lozardo is amping up the rehab. He's at four innings
Speaker 1: yesterday in single A ball that was Class A High A,
Speaker 1: and his next start, it's gonna come in Triple A
Speaker 1: as Lazaro continues to build up that arm strainth in
Speaker 1: single A ball yesterday, pitch well, nine strikeouts over four innings,
Speaker 1: a lot of four hits and just a single run.
Speaker 1: Now the next star, as we said, it's gonna be
Speaker 1: in Triple A, and okay, you've got a couple of
Speaker 1: starts there. You're looking at run around the All Star break.
Speaker 1: I would think for Hazer's lazarder to be up for
Speaker 1: Oakland and try to make that push for an Oakland
Speaker 1: E's team. They have to figure out, gentlemen, if they
Speaker 1: are a buyer or a seller and they don't want
Speaker 1: to certainly be in the middle. They need to figure out,
Speaker 1: and I think they're gonna use that time after the
Speaker 1: All Star break to determine this. With a guy like
Speaker 1: Hazer's Lazardo, it's almost a blessing in disguise, and he
Speaker 1: was out for the first half because you don't have
Speaker 1: to worry about an innings limit now in the second half,
Speaker 1: this guy can be four bore right now. Oakland sits
Speaker 1: twirled back in the Al West against behind the Houston
Speaker 1: Astros and the Texas Rangers in the wild card chase.
Speaker 1: They're just two and a half games back over the
Speaker 1: Rangers for the second wild Card. The Rangers in the
Speaker 1: Red Sox, I should say for the second wild Card,
Speaker 1: they sit a uh two games back the Indians. All
Speaker 1: those teams are ahead of them. They are in the
Speaker 1: thick of things here. They need to figure out what
Speaker 1: they are going to be as they sit at exactly
Speaker 1: five hundred. If until Lazardo gets back, well they're gonna
Speaker 1: determine that, they determine the thing you gonna push or
Speaker 1: not and then sell off, and that could change things
Speaker 1: for Lazardo going forward if they rush them, if they don't,
Speaker 1: so on and so forth. That they need to try
Speaker 1: to win, if they try to just you know, develop players.
Speaker 1: Lazardo's coming back, He's out there in leagues, Frank picking
Speaker 1: them up. Yeah, absolutely, And we spoke about this last
Speaker 1: week as well. There's a lot of starting pictures to
Speaker 1: stash right now. Obviously, Chris Paddock was sent down. We
Speaker 1: spoke about that. You're holding onto Chris Paddock, but I
Speaker 1: would say right next to him Hayes' Luzardo and Zack Gallant,
Speaker 1: Matt's book about Zach Gallen a little bit. I think
Speaker 1: those are the top stash pictures right now. I mean
Speaker 1: I would move them ahead of Alex Reyus mad I
Speaker 1: star you're tweeting about Alex Rays over the weekend as well.
Speaker 1: He's struggled mightily in his rehab, struggling a lot with walks,
Speaker 1: giving up a ton of runs. So I personally have
Speaker 1: moved Lazardo and Zack Gallan ahead of Alex Rays and
Speaker 1: of starting pitchers that they want to stash, and I
Speaker 1: think Brendan McKay is getting pretty close to that level
Speaker 1: as well. So Lozardo someone that was regarded as highly
Speaker 1: as Paddock coming into draft season and then he suffered
Speaker 1: the injury. But I mean rightfully, so the hype is
Speaker 1: real when it comes to Lozardo. He's got a hundred
Speaker 1: and eighty eight strikeouts in a hundred and fifty nine
Speaker 1: and two thirds and he's pitched in the minors. He
Speaker 1: got a two point four eight e r a over
Speaker 1: thirty seven appearances. That's thirty four starts in the minors.
Speaker 1: This kid is absolutely legit, Matt out of everything. I
Speaker 1: just said, what do you agree with? What do you
Speaker 1: not agree with? Are you stashing these pictures? Would you
Speaker 1: move them ahead of Alex Rays? How do you feel
Speaker 1: about these guys? I would move them ahead of Alex Rays.
Speaker 1: You know. Unfortunately I dropped Alex Rays now for Andrew
Speaker 1: Suarez just to get back on that. But I'll i'll
Speaker 1: love i'll uh. The thing here is Brandon McKay looks
Speaker 1: lights out. He looks like he can be a different
Speaker 1: to maker in this a least, you know, coming down
Speaker 1: the stretch or in the wild card race. So I
Speaker 1: think you're definitely gonna see him at some point in
Speaker 1: the second half. Alan's been tremendous Lizardo. Here's the one thing.
Speaker 1: I have him on a lot of drafting whole teams.
Speaker 1: He's never really gone beyond that like five inning mark.
Speaker 1: So for baseball they have to use him as a
Speaker 1: traditional starter for his growth. For fantasy, you kind of
Speaker 1: want him to be the follower that would really boost
Speaker 1: his stock. But regardless, you know, even if he gives
Speaker 1: you that just a five innings. The talents there. Pitching
Speaker 1: is so thin, so beat up. But his teammate is also,
Speaker 1: I believe, one step away from going on a rehab assignment,
Speaker 1: and that's showing Mania. Who can you know, also help
Speaker 1: fantasy owners in that second half, So you know, Lizardo
Speaker 1: and Mania, I'd be keeping an eye on. You know,
Speaker 1: if if you have that, it depends on you know,
Speaker 1: it depends on your bench right now and where you
Speaker 1: stand and what you can afford to do. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: wanted to mention Mania as well, so I'm happy you
Speaker 1: brought him up. Yeah, he's getting close to rehab and
Speaker 1: we saw last year trail off in the second half
Speaker 1: of the season, but his first half was phenomenal. Remember
Speaker 1: he threw a no hitter against the Boston Red Sox
Speaker 1: sum and I had a phenomenal first half of the
Speaker 1: season last year. So the attention to him, you know,
Speaker 1: the the the reinforcements are coming for the Oakland Age
Speaker 1: because you know, they've been throwing a bunch of names
Speaker 1: out there. Chris Bassett was all right for a while.
Speaker 1: He's certainly slowed down. They have Mike Fires there, but
Speaker 1: they really really need as much help as they could
Speaker 1: get on the pitching side, Chris Davis getting healthy, hopefully
Speaker 1: they get Piscotti back. So these next couple of months
Speaker 1: are gonna be interesting for the Oakland A's as they
Speaker 1: figure out whether or not they're gonna go for that
Speaker 1: wild card push. I would expect them to do so
Speaker 1: since they were there last year. I would expect them
Speaker 1: to to be around around that race once again. But yeah,
Speaker 1: the reinforcements are coming in the form of Shalmaniah and
Speaker 1: Hazel Czardo, so pay attention to both of those guys,
Speaker 1: especially Mania in deeper leagues as well. Speaking of reinforcements,
Speaker 1: last night, the White Sox called up prospect Zach Collins.
Speaker 1: He's a catcher, which is interesting for James McCann and
Speaker 1: for beef cast steal. What should we know, Matt when
Speaker 1: it comes to Zach Collins. I think thing here is
Speaker 1: a nick catch. Steel is injured again and I think
Speaker 1: the ascension of Collins UH is signaling a guy we
Speaker 1: should have mentioned in this last uh little segment. We
Speaker 1: were talking about Dylan Cease, who is a tremendous um.
Speaker 1: The White Sox have always kind of been aggressive with
Speaker 1: their young talent, so he's another guy. You're gonna see
Speaker 1: another name to write down, you know too, maybe Stash
Speaker 1: just Uh. I really like this kid for the long term.
Speaker 1: You know, it might be a bumpy road, uh in
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. But right now I'm throwing a net at
Speaker 1: pretty much anybody and giving people opportunities. We know about Collins,
Speaker 1: Zach Collins. If there was ever a free, true outcome prospect,
Speaker 1: it is Zach Collins. You look at his his walk
Speaker 1: rate this year seventeen and a half percent, strikeout rate
Speaker 1: thirty two percent. He has nine home runs in fifty games.
Speaker 1: He also does have a season of nineteen home runs
Speaker 1: as well as a catcher, so he does have big power.
Speaker 1: But he's gonna strike out a lot, He's gonna walk
Speaker 1: a lot. This is really just someone to attendant to
Speaker 1: a a O only for sure if you start, you know,
Speaker 1: two catchers there or uh you know in deeper leagues
Speaker 1: fifteen team mixed leagues as well, you know, if your
Speaker 1: second catcher is struggling and you need some help. I
Speaker 1: think that we're gonna see a lot of either Zach
Speaker 1: Collins at catcher and James McCann a d H or
Speaker 1: vice versa. James McCann has actually been d h and
Speaker 1: quite frequently recently. I think Yonder Alonso is pretty much
Speaker 1: on the way out here for the White Sox. So
Speaker 1: uh to catcher leagues, deeper leagues specifically, pay attention to
Speaker 1: Zach Collins if you need some pop as well, all right,
Speaker 1: Zach Collins to catcher league specifically, you look at the
Speaker 1: pot which we kind of all are your second catcher struggling,
Speaker 1: which they always are. Zach Collins, if he gets playing time,
Speaker 1: could wind up being an option. Matt. We obviously need
Speaker 1: to get to start pitchers. So let me get to
Speaker 1: my personal question before the break, and then let the
Speaker 1: break and we'll hit on all of these guys. But
Speaker 1: when we did this on Friday with Floria Frankie, there's
Speaker 1: a name that kind of stood out to me if
Speaker 1: somebody was interested in, and that was Brent Anderson. To
Speaker 1: home games four, the a's first ones against Baltimore, second
Speaker 1: one home against Tampa Bay. We've spoken a lot now
Speaker 1: about the Oakland Athletics thus far on this program, Matt.
Speaker 1: You sent to me on Twitter you never want to
Speaker 1: be the Bred Anderson guy. What about this week? I
Speaker 1: think there's maybe the exception to the rule. Uh. As
Speaker 1: I mentioned before, the just the landscape of pitching has
Speaker 1: been so miserable. You know, you're getting burned by everyone pitched. Well,
Speaker 1: you were looking at matchups here, it's a two start,
Speaker 1: so I'm kind of with you. He's a guy that
Speaker 1: I would never really in certain to my lineups, but
Speaker 1: he would be UH an option this week. Yeah, I think,
Speaker 1: especially in deeper leagues, twelve teamers probably not gonna be
Speaker 1: able to do with there, but fifteen teamers anything deeper
Speaker 1: than that, AO only as well. I could get behind it.
Speaker 1: You look at the matchups to Raise in terms of
Speaker 1: Whoba waited on base average against left handed pitching this year,
Speaker 1: they are fifteen in baseball, while the Baltimore Orioles are
Speaker 1: twenty second. So not really terribly tough matchups here for
Speaker 1: Baltimore Orioles in terms of how teams have fared against
Speaker 1: left handed pitching. I could see it in deeper leagues great,
Speaker 1: but in twelve teamers, I can't get behind it. Damn. Sorry, buddy.
Speaker 1: You know I have a personal question I want to
Speaker 1: ask Matt. It actually affects both of us. Before the break,
Speaker 1: we got about a minute left here Maddie. But Zach Wheeler, Man,
Speaker 1: Zach Wheeler at the Braves at the Cubs. I mean
Speaker 1: these are tough matchups. The Braves are the hottest team
Speaker 1: in baseball. You starting Zack Wheeler. I I have to
Speaker 1: start him. I'm I'm a guy that's gonna stood with
Speaker 1: the Studs. He's from uh, Georgia, so I'm gonna go
Speaker 1: with that. Look the match having Mets did not help
Speaker 1: him out in that game verse the Yankees. That defense
Speaker 1: was terrible, probably shouldn't have been too earned runs. You
Speaker 1: gotta go eat Studs. I do worry though, you know, Greg,
Speaker 1: I worry man. I have him in a few twelve
Speaker 1: team leagues and Braves hottest team in baseball. Both starts
Speaker 1: are on the road. You know, if the wind is
Speaker 1: blowing out and Wrigley, I mean that could turn into
Speaker 1: it his actress start. He struggled with home runs too, teams.
Speaker 1: This is one of those two starts where you just
Speaker 1: need everything to define logic. You need the baseball gods
Speaker 1: to support Zach Wheeler. We're crossing our fingers, We're throwing
Speaker 1: in there. He's a Met. They don't support. We'll come back.
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Speaker 1: dot com. All righty, then many amount to start pitchers
Speaker 1: the way you were twitting about. And I actually got
Speaker 1: text from my friends that now follow you saying they
Speaker 1: love when you're tweeting about Meryl Kelly, who's got a
Speaker 1: two start week at home for both against the Rockies
Speaker 1: and the Lands. Yeah, I mean Merrill Kelly at home
Speaker 1: especially his pitch is really well even again some really
Speaker 1: good competition. The thing is, if you split his season
Speaker 1: in half, these last seven starts, he made a dramatic
Speaker 1: change with his He altered the pitch mix. Here he
Speaker 1: cut the sinker in half. The cutter has become a
Speaker 1: prominent pitch that has paid dividends for him. So those
Speaker 1: are the two main things. I kind of highlight that
Speaker 1: in my article. Him and a couple other guys like
Speaker 1: a Lance Lynn with the pitch mix and how it's
Speaker 1: kind of changed their game and really affected him. But
Speaker 1: at home especially, you get the road Rockies here, Rockies
Speaker 1: are a totally different team, and he's he's a guy
Speaker 1: that I am targeting San Francisco at home as well,
Speaker 1: so he's a must for me. Yeah, Meryl Kelly. At home,
Speaker 1: it's here two point three five e r A. While
Speaker 1: on the road four point nine five. You gotta love
Speaker 1: that start against the San Francisco Giants as well, and
Speaker 1: you get the Rockies outside of course field, so I
Speaker 1: can get behind that as well. And Matt, I've noticed
Speaker 1: a trend, you know, whenever guys are struggling, he starts
Speaker 1: to use this cutter more. And I've really noticed this
Speaker 1: with you Darvish as well. It's look, you start to
Speaker 1: use the cutter more. If your fastball is ineffective, if
Speaker 1: you're sinker, if you're fourth seamer is an effective, you
Speaker 1: start to use the cutter more. And it's working well
Speaker 1: for Merrow Kelly. It's also working well for you, Darvish,
Speaker 1: So I can get behind you because of that, that
Speaker 1: that pitch mix change when it comes to Kelly. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean he's not the only one. Looked what Lance
Speaker 1: Lynn is doing in Texas. I've never been a lance
Speaker 1: Ling guy. I even stated that my article. You know,
Speaker 1: it's it's been it probably maybe a personal bias. I
Speaker 1: call him fantasy blind spots. We all have them. I
Speaker 1: don't care. We can say. I try not to, but uh,
Speaker 1: lance Lynn has been terrific of late his last seven
Speaker 1: starts as well. Has it been a different picture? And
Speaker 1: I never like recommending Texas pictures, but he's one along
Speaker 1: with teammate, Uh, Adrian Sampson. Look what Mike Miners done
Speaker 1: this season, So you know, as crazy as you did
Speaker 1: to say that there's some good pitching going on in
Speaker 1: Texas as far as starters. Yeah, I'm happy you brought
Speaker 1: up Adrian Sampson too, because we put out a poll
Speaker 1: before the show asking which to star pitcher do you
Speaker 1: like most? Adrian Sampson, Mary Kelly, Tyler Skaggs, and Michael Panetta.
Speaker 1: Mary Kelly, with the help of you, of course, Mattie
Speaker 1: Modica at CTM Baseball is winning the vote. Adrian Samson
Speaker 1: number two percent of the vote. Here he gets the
Speaker 1: Cleveland Indians and the White Sox. The matchups are pretty good,
Speaker 1: matt and he liked Mery Kelly has pitched much better
Speaker 1: at home. A little surprising because Global Life Park in
Speaker 1: Arlington more so regarded as a hitters park. But he
Speaker 1: got a two point seven o e r A at
Speaker 1: home compared to a six point nine to E r
Speaker 1: A on the road. So I'm seeing a little bit
Speaker 1: Merrill Kelly here as well when it comes to Adrian Sampson.
Speaker 1: Two pretty good matchups at home. Do you like Sampson
Speaker 1: this week? Oh? Yeah, I do. Unfortunately I don't own him.
Speaker 1: I didn't win him anywhere. I did put in for
Speaker 1: him over the last two weeks, but I would be
Speaker 1: starting man. Look at the matchups, even with that blow
Speaker 1: up against the Red Sox last week. Uh, Merrill Kelly.
Speaker 1: I mean in America Adrian Sampson, where he still had
Speaker 1: the six best ear A among pictures with the thirty
Speaker 1: innings pitched over the list thirty days. So that's telling
Speaker 1: you how he's been successful. I can't explain it. I
Speaker 1: would at the pitch mitch and everything else like that,
Speaker 1: pretty much throwing the slighter, same rate and all that,
Speaker 1: but maybe it's a different grip or something. I'm not
Speaker 1: really sure, but at this point I'm not gonna argue
Speaker 1: with it. I'm gonna roll them out and you know,
Speaker 1: if if he gets blown up twice this week, then
Speaker 1: it's time to move off. Yeah, I could get I
Speaker 1: could agree with that. And I was looking at some
Speaker 1: June splits yesterday. The leaderboard so far for the month
Speaker 1: of June starting pitchers and Adrian Sampson ranks in the
Speaker 1: top fifteen and K percentage minus walk percentage, So uh,
Speaker 1: he's limiting the walks. He's getting some strikeouts as well,
Speaker 1: pitching well at home. I can get behind it. I
Speaker 1: like it um when it comes to Adrian Sampson. This
Speaker 1: week the Indians and White Sox. Not really scared off
Speaker 1: by those matchups, Matt someone else in that pole. Tyler's
Speaker 1: Skaggs going up against the Toronto Blue Jays and the St.
Speaker 1: Louis Cardinals, two teams that you have been able stream against.
Speaker 1: I know that you like streaming against the Blue Jays
Speaker 1: all season long. The St. Louis Cardinals have been a
Speaker 1: little bit cold here in the month of June, but
Speaker 1: both starts are on the road. Tyler Scaggs has a
Speaker 1: six point one one e r A on the road
Speaker 1: this season. A lot of people like Scags coming into
Speaker 1: the year, but hasn't really been able to figure it
Speaker 1: out this year. Matt, do you like him this week
Speaker 1: with the two starts? You know what, as much as
Speaker 1: I love talking to Toronto, and that lineup is actually
Speaker 1: getting much better with these kids, Uh, you know, everybody
Speaker 1: getting called up lords Gouriel on his return is played
Speaker 1: really well. You've got Bigio, you know, the top the
Speaker 1: line up now too. So I don't know if I
Speaker 1: can justify going with Scatch this week. And I've been
Speaker 1: a Scatching supporter, but on the road he just has
Speaker 1: been atrocious, and I'm probably gonna pass on Sat for
Speaker 1: this two steps. I think in deeper leagues I might
Speaker 1: be able to do fifteen teamers. The Cardinals and the
Speaker 1: Blue Jays are seventeen and twenty six respectively against left
Speaker 1: handed pitching in terms of BOBA this year, so they
Speaker 1: all are good matchups on paper. But Skaggs has hasn't
Speaker 1: pitched wall on the road, so you gotta break out
Speaker 1: your triple being balance here and kind of way the
Speaker 1: pros and cons when it comes to Skags. But I
Speaker 1: think in a fifteen team I can get behind the Greig.
Speaker 1: Anything shallower than that, I can't do it with Skags.
Speaker 1: You know I'm doing it. I'm doing two star a week.
Speaker 1: May wait until you come in on Wednesday and you're
Speaker 1: just like, why did I do Tyler Skags? It feels
Speaker 1: Wednesdays to me brutal with Tyler Skags and Brett Anderson.
Speaker 1: Co oh Man, you are living life dangerously here, Greg,
Speaker 1: you got a man in June. It's fantasy baseball. What
Speaker 1: am I gonna do? Not start Brett Anderson and Tyler Skags?
Speaker 1: Good answer. This is gonna be one of those at
Speaker 1: the end of the week where you can't blame me
Speaker 1: because I told you not to do it, just like
Speaker 1: some other things that you've done in leagues, and you're like, well,
Speaker 1: you told me I could do it, so I do it.
Speaker 1: This is what he said don't do Admittedly, all right,
Speaker 1: but I want to do it. Hopefully we get we
Speaker 1: gets our best bets. Hopefully they go better for you
Speaker 1: this week they did last year, last week. Frank, Yeah,
Speaker 1: hopefully hopefully you're right. Matter there any other to star
Speaker 1: pitch trus that we haven't mentioned that you can get behind,
Speaker 1: Michael Pinata, Danny Duffy, uh Freddy for all, I don't
Speaker 1: know why anyone would do that. But is there anyone
Speaker 1: else you know why? As far as Freddy Parole, he goes. Look,
Speaker 1: I get it. You don't know what's gonna happen with
Speaker 1: you the You know the possibilities are in favor of
Speaker 1: a blow up. But you know Cincinnati strikes out a ton. Uh,
Speaker 1: San Diego strikes out a ton. So in a deeper league,
Speaker 1: if you, if you would desperate and you had to
Speaker 1: do it, I could see an argument for it. I'll
Speaker 1: put it that way. A Field expain. Here is uh
Speaker 1: somebody on this list that I do like? Uh, he's
Speaker 1: that he plays that follower role, which is perfect for him.
Speaker 1: I know he got blown up like a week or
Speaker 1: so ago, really bad. I mean, it was an atrocious performance,
Speaker 1: but he's he's a good picture. I get behind him. Pinata,
Speaker 1: I'm really gonna try to avoid him. I'm I'm not
Speaker 1: a Pinata guy. I know he can strike people out,
Speaker 1: but he gives up the home runs. You know, the
Speaker 1: Red Sox are playing better, and you know Kansas City
Speaker 1: has got some power on that team too. So is
Speaker 1: not a guy for me. Danny Duffy is an absolute
Speaker 1: uh no bueno for me. No Bueno. When it comes
Speaker 1: to Danny Duffy, I do like the like if you're
Speaker 1: playing a daily league where you could set you could,
Speaker 1: you know, pick players up and and and start them there.
Speaker 1: I actually have Danny Duffy, I could get behind the
Speaker 1: Mariners start, but uh, the other start is against the
Speaker 1: what we got here, the Minnesota Twins. I can't do that.
Speaker 1: So that's why you know the two start, it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's one okay matchup the Mariners trading away in Karnacion.
Speaker 1: They're gonna start and trade away, starting to trade away
Speaker 1: more of their other pieces. You can start to stream
Speaker 1: pitchers against the Mariners, but against the Twins, that's why
Speaker 1: I don't really like it. So in a daily transaction league,
Speaker 1: I like Dan Duffy for that first start at Seattle,
Speaker 1: but against the Minnesota Twins, I don't really like that
Speaker 1: same thing. When it goes to Pineta, It's like I
Speaker 1: can't really trust him against Boston at Casey. Maybe he
Speaker 1: could perform all right there, Remember it was it was
Speaker 1: against the City like a couple of years ago when
Speaker 1: he was in the Yankees, had like some crazy fifteen
Speaker 1: strikeout performance against the Royals. Obviously a different team then,
Speaker 1: but it's randomly popped into my mind, Greg speaking of
Speaker 1: things randomly popping into our minds. And I just saw
Speaker 1: this actually this morning. I did not see it on Friday,
Speaker 1: and Matt I wanted to throw it to you here.
Speaker 1: Did you see the intentional bok on Friday night? I
Speaker 1: did not see it, but I was all over Twitter
Speaker 1: and I don't know. He said he walked in the
Speaker 1: island third base. Yeah it was. Did you see his
Speaker 1: intentional box? Yeah? So, so what happened is is the
Speaker 1: it's the bottom of the ninth inning or top of
Speaker 1: the ninth inning rather. The Dodgers are up five three
Speaker 1: over the Cubs. Jason Hayward gets on base. I guess
Speaker 1: he hit. I guess he hit a double or somehow
Speaker 1: he got the second base whatever. There are two outs
Speaker 1: and Victor Karattini is up. Okay. He was so petrified,
Speaker 1: was Kenley Jansen of Jason hey Wards stealing signs at
Speaker 1: second base of the five three games, So the home
Speaker 1: run home run will tie it. Hayward did not matter
Speaker 1: if he scores a run whatever. He was so petrified.
Speaker 1: All the club's stealing signs are second base, Kenley Jansen
Speaker 1: committed an intentional book to move Heyward to third to
Speaker 1: make sure those signs were stolen. That is insane, I guess.
Speaker 1: I mean that's like some next level like baseball logic.
Speaker 1: I mean, I could see why he would want to
Speaker 1: do it. Really that scared. It's like Henley Jansen they
Speaker 1: were talking about this last night on the ESPN broadcast,
Speaker 1: who clearly hasn't been himself. He's not like the Kenley
Speaker 1: Janson of old. He's more of like a mid three's
Speaker 1: e r a closer now. But I don't even see, man,
Speaker 1: you're that worried about you know, if they if the
Speaker 1: if the hitter knows the difference between a sinker or
Speaker 1: a cutter, if he knows what's coming, then maybe could
Speaker 1: square it up more. I mean, I could see some
Speaker 1: of the logic, but man, I've never heard of an
Speaker 1: intentional BOK. How about you, Maddiemo, No, I've never heard
Speaker 1: of it before. I agree. I thought it was really interesting,
Speaker 1: but I didn't even know you what you know? I
Speaker 1: guess because he said I'm gonna do I'm gonna intentionally
Speaker 1: do he he literally looked to his infielders. I'm looking
Speaker 1: at it, turned back. I'm gonna balk. I'm gonna balk,
Speaker 1: I'm gonna balk. And he just sat there. I don't
Speaker 1: know how this is a book, but he just sat there,
Speaker 1: like playing with his necklace. Yes, on the rubber, maybe
Speaker 1: just playing with his necklace until the umbuyer said, buck,
Speaker 1: it's interesting. Wild wild that is that is insane. That
Speaker 1: is insane. Yeah, I've never seen anything like Yeah, I've
Speaker 1: never seen anything like that as well, Maddiemo. Any pony words,
Speaker 1: my friend. Now, just you know we're in for, you know,
Speaker 1: another great week of baseball. So you know, everybody good luck,
Speaker 1: and you know, hopefully pitching is better this week than
Speaker 1: it was last week, at least for me. Follow Maddiemo
Speaker 1: at CTM Baseball on Twitter. You can also read his
Speaker 1: read what he has to say on the Athletic Listeners
Speaker 1: podcast each and every week. Maddiemo, we appreciate the time, sir.
Speaker 1: I'll talk to you next week. Oh is pleasure, gentleman. Madam.
Speaker 1: I'm excited to you soon enough, our conversations turning to
Speaker 1: football and figure out how you likeking football. Oh yeah, no,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be fun. I'm I'm starting my prep to you.
Speaker 1: You know you gotta get you started a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks ago. You gotta get involved, you know. J Absolutely,
Speaker 1: I'm excited to start looking as well. With that, we're
Speaker 1: gonna say goodbye on YouTube for now. Come up next,
Speaker 1: Shawn Lostamakia will have you covered at the window, at
Speaker 1: the betting window. Let you know where to place those
Speaker 1: NFL futures. Take a look and would happen this past weekend.
Speaker 1: I'm sure opine on that Anthony Davis trade right for you,
Speaker 1: the best bets forever we want. We take a minute
Speaker 1: and I guess discuss the Anthony Davis trade from our perspective.
Speaker 1: What do you think? I thought it was a win
Speaker 1: win for both sides. You can't you have to decide
Speaker 1: what you want to do with Lebron James. You can't
Speaker 1: have him on this team with another year of developing
Speaker 1: young players around him. When you have Lebron James on
Speaker 1: your team age thirty four thirty five season, you have
Speaker 1: to win. You have to put yourself in position to
Speaker 1: win now. And I think the Lakers did just that.
Speaker 1: The New Orleans Pelicans ended up the massive haul. They
Speaker 1: get Alonzo Ball, they get Brandon Ingram, they get Josh Hart,
Speaker 1: They get three first round picks, and I believe they
Speaker 1: have the ability to swap picks in every year that
Speaker 1: they don't have one of those first round picks from
Speaker 1: the New Orleans Pelicans. So just a massive haul here
Speaker 1: for that team. And now they have a young nucleus
Speaker 1: of Alonzo Ball, Brandon Ingram, Josh Hart, Zion Williamson. They
Speaker 1: have the fourth overall pick as well in this draft,
Speaker 1: which they've talked about potentially moving, so they're getting some
Speaker 1: interest there. So, um, they're very busy, very busy down
Speaker 1: in New Orleans. But uh, they might put themselves in
Speaker 1: position to be a really good defensive team with Alonzo
Speaker 1: Ball and Drew Holiday playing together. And look, the Lakers
Speaker 1: are now the favorites to win the NBA Finals. They
Speaker 1: are three to one favorites Lebron and Anthony Davis, and
Speaker 1: they're looking at bringing in potentially a Kemba Walker or
Speaker 1: a Kawhi Leonard. You get your third superstar in there.
Speaker 1: And the West is wide open next year because we
Speaker 1: know the Golden State Warriors will be without Kevin Durant
Speaker 1: and likely Klay Thompson for the entirety of the season,
Speaker 1: So the Western Conference is open for the Yes Western Conference.
Speaker 1: He's out there given all the injuries in Golden State.
Speaker 1: I also thought it was a win win. I get
Speaker 1: a lot of credit David Griffin because some have that
Speaker 1: offer um that we heard about from the Lakers to
Speaker 1: the Pelicans mid season, it got better. I mean, he
Speaker 1: got Do you think so, I think they should have
Speaker 1: taken it. No, the Lakers were offering Kuzma too. They
Speaker 1: didn't want Kuzma. They wanted the picks because not because
Speaker 1: now they have this year's number four pick, which you
Speaker 1: know at the time obvious she had the number four pick,
Speaker 1: and then you get two other first round picks, plus
Speaker 1: the ability to swap with the Lakers at one point
Speaker 1: in there through our potential first round picks from the
Speaker 1: Lakers there, and there's a bunch of protections that make
Speaker 1: sure that the pick is gonna be good, right like
Speaker 1: they if they don't take a pick one year, they've
Speaker 1: taken another year. It's it's really really impressive. I thought
Speaker 1: what Griffin did the only thing that does scare me.
Speaker 1: Because I was talking to Dr Mitchell Rosalind about there
Speaker 1: on Doc Jock. He said Ingram was untradeable because these
Speaker 1: blood plots, because if it's as bad as like Chris Bosh,
Speaker 1: his career is over, so he was a little bit
Speaker 1: concerned about Ingram. I've see the Pelicans and their doctors
Speaker 1: were not make the trade happen. I agree they had
Speaker 1: to do it because you have the the young players,
Speaker 1: the young draft picks and twenty next year. It doesn't
Speaker 1: matter you got. I got a guy in his prime
Speaker 1: right now. And that's why Anthony Davis is a blockbuster
Speaker 1: trade and ultimately sets up the Knicks to once again
Speaker 1: to be a disaster. Come on, great, trust the process, man,
Speaker 1: they're building through the draft. Let's not do anything too crazy.
Speaker 1: And now we got reports over the weekend they could
Speaker 1: be interested in Julius Randall. Honestly, downs he's my guy.
Speaker 1: I mean, come on, let's let's uh, Let's continue to
Speaker 1: build this team from the ground up, a young team.
Speaker 1: Julius Randall is young in that regard as well. If
Speaker 1: you have a lineup of Dennis Smith, R. J. Barrett,
Speaker 1: Kevin Knox, Julius Randall, and Mitchell Robinson, at the least,
Speaker 1: they'll be fun to watch at the least. All right,
Speaker 1: let's do our best bets forever. Frank, it was not
Speaker 1: a great week for you. Maybe we'll make this week better.
Speaker 1: Let's let's start keeping tracking these two as well. I mean,
Speaker 1: I mean, I believe I'm like undefeated astime, So yeah,
Speaker 1: we honestly, for your sake, we should have been keeping
Speaker 1: track a long time ago so that we can tell
Speaker 1: everyone that Greg's like, I don't know, twelve and two
Speaker 1: over the past two weeks. Man, he's absolutely crushing it.
Speaker 1: So Greggy, he's uh, he's getting it done. I have
Speaker 1: not been as formidable as Greg admitted. It doesn't matter
Speaker 1: those a little bit more research this morning. I'm taking
Speaker 1: an underdog money line that I feel very good about
Speaker 1: Greg and if the Houston Astros going to Cincinnati against
Speaker 1: Louise Castio. The Astros have performed very well against right
Speaker 1: handed pitching so far this year. The Reds, on the
Speaker 1: other hand, have not performed well against left handed pitching.
Speaker 1: We know how good the Houston Astros are. I don't
Speaker 1: care that they're on the road. They're an underdog in
Speaker 1: this spot plus one oh six money line. I'm taking
Speaker 1: Wade Miley and the Strows against the Reds. Gregg. For me,
Speaker 1: I looked to Washington as Patrick Corbyn taking on Jake Arietta.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the under here, Frank. Ten runs a
Speaker 1: lot of runs. I thought it a lot. I thought
Speaker 1: I thought ten was a lot. You got Corbyn, you
Speaker 1: got Arietta. Uh the under here mnus one oh six.
Speaker 1: That's what we're gonna take tonight with like under ten
Speaker 1: runs in the Gnats and the Phillies. The only other
Speaker 1: Lean I had was Wade Miley and the Astros. I
Speaker 1: thought that was a clear You get the astros A
Speaker 1: plus money say, no brainer for me. I love what
Speaker 1: you're doing there, Frank, so give me that as well.
Speaker 1: One other one I like. I'm not I'm not taking it.
Speaker 1: I like xact whel in the best of time, like
Speaker 1: zac whe An Island. It's all right. I'll be there,
Speaker 1: I think Matty Mo and I want to think everybody
Speaker 1: downstairs for all their help. As we said, y'all guash
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Speaker 1: for Frank Stafill, I am Greg Susman. Thank you so
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