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Here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Gregsman, 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:02.000 Frank Stample here Venture day off to that. It's an 0:01:02.000 --> 0:01:06.600 adventure for our two day. I just do what crude venture? 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.800 He said, I said, all right, recovering from the Easter 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:13.600 weekend kind of thing. Yeah, it's supposedly traveling I think 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.840 for Easter, so he had to He wasn't sure when 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.440 he'd be back, so he wanted the day you got 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:21.720 breaking news? Oh, is it is it? Actually breaking? Is 0:01:21.720 --> 0:01:24.840 something interesting? I feel like it's not kind of it's 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:27.279 not like half and half. It might matter to someone. 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:30.920 But Michael Walker has played from the Io that might 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:36.440 matter someone Alex has he started yet? I know that 0:01:36.480 --> 0:01:39.080 they're they're currently in the process of stretching out. Alex 0:01:39.160 --> 0:01:44.520 Rais he did start. Oh, let's read this at We're 0:01:44.600 --> 0:01:48.920 called Drew Robinson. So Michael Walker based on the I L. J. 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:55.760 Robinson's a reliever. No, Drew Robinson's like a journeyman. All right, 0:01:56.240 --> 0:02:00.280 let's see here. I have an article in the St. 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:03.560 Louis Post Dispatch. All right, let's see here. Okay, here 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:08.000 we go. Alex. Yes, he strikeout four and through thirty 0:02:08.040 --> 0:02:11.919 nine pitches through three innings in Class Triple A on Saturday, 0:02:12.360 --> 0:02:21.720 averaging on the fastball. Mhm, he's not ready. I'm very interested. 0:02:22.440 --> 0:02:24.839 You know what's gonna start. You know what's gonna start 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:28.560 for them, Austin Gomber. It's gonna start for them. Really, 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:35.400 because Rhodo World was saying Daniel Pumps day Leon. Oh, 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.280 I go that Pumps Da Leon had a great year 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.640 in the minors last year. I was just reading that 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:44.840 because Austin Gomber pitched seven shootout innings in his last 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:51.120 start e r A two twenty two strikeouts. Cardinals always 0:02:51.120 --> 0:02:55.560 have a slew of It's like guys like Dakota Hudson, 0:02:56.840 --> 0:03:00.679 Austin Gomber, John Gand this is like a bunch of 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:04.560 random back in the rotation guys that somehow most of 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:07.239 them end up working out well for them. But yeah, 0:03:07.240 --> 0:03:10.240 we'll pay attention to this. For Alex Reyes, you know, 0:03:10.400 --> 0:03:14.040 first start, three innings, one hit, one walk, four strikeouts. 0:03:14.400 --> 0:03:17.400 He only threw forty pitches, so they're slowly building him up. 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:19.920 But I think the fact that they're stretching him out 0:03:19.919 --> 0:03:24.280 in the minor leagues should you know, it should intrigue 0:03:24.320 --> 0:03:26.480 some people. If you have a minor league spot, you know, 0:03:26.639 --> 0:03:29.799 I would say Alex Reyes is up there as someone 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.920 someone as stash for now, very very interested in Alex Reyes. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:38.200 Austin Gallbert paum staleyon whoever. Starting from Michael Waka, I'm 0:03:38.240 --> 0:03:40.800 interested in all right, Frank, Before we continue on, let's 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:42.840 let's start of the hour with a call. How about that? 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:45.920 All right, we'll go with Chris in Nashville. Will leave 0:03:45.960 --> 0:03:53.480 us off today. What's up? Chris? Christmas? Up? Man? Hear me? 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:57.280 Ye were here now yet? Me? Alright? Awesome? What's going on? 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.400 I'm just gone to I'm just calling a build off 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.360 your Friday podcast on making room on your rosters for 0:04:04.440 --> 0:04:09.440 addible and droppable players. UM, I got a couple of 0:04:09.520 --> 0:04:11.560 guys are a little bit more valuable to where your 0:04:11.640 --> 0:04:16.120 kind of questions. Um, as far as Travish Shaw Ender 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:20.039 in CRD and Justin Turner, at what point do you 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:23.040 really look into selling these guys are picking up the 0:04:23.080 --> 0:04:27.400 Cold Tuckers of the world. So Justin Turner is not 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:31.120 in that category, doesn't turn doesn't belong in there. He's 0:04:31.240 --> 0:04:34.520 he's higher, he's in terms of what his upside can be. 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:37.440 Like he got robbed that whole run wall. It was 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:39.799 like to the wall, the loser game. But Justin Turners 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:42.800 will be fine. I really believe that. And they're in CRD. 0:04:42.960 --> 0:04:46.120 Is the guy that you could drop. I think I 0:04:46.200 --> 0:04:48.080 dropped him into twelve team points. I think you could 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:50.400 drop for Cold Tucker. I'm okay with that. Yeah, I 0:04:50.480 --> 0:04:52.560 I don't have a problem with that. Look, Travis Shaw, 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.560 I wanted as much exposure to the Brewer's lineup as 0:04:54.600 --> 0:04:56.880 I could possibly get. And he's off to a terrible 0:04:56.880 --> 0:05:00.080 start to understand that. But you know, I think he 0:05:00.160 --> 0:05:02.679 is part of the plans, at least, you know, for 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:04.800 for for this season, for the seasons to come for 0:05:04.920 --> 0:05:07.719 Travis Shaw. So yeah, he's off to a terrible start. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.040 But I would say of those three, uh, Enter in 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.480 CRT is the one that's probably most cutible. If you 0:05:12.520 --> 0:05:14.040 want to pick up a guy like Cold Tucker or 0:05:14.360 --> 0:05:16.000 you know, some of these other prospects, just take a 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.680 take a shot and see what happens with them. But yeah, 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:20.480 I would I would rank it and n c RT 0:05:20.680 --> 0:05:26.080 Shaw and Justin Turner in terms of who's most probable here, right, 0:05:26.200 --> 0:05:29.839 And Justin Turner was more of a cell candidate than anything. Um, 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:32.440 why would you tell him now he's even in a 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:37.240 home run. I wouldn't tell him yet, right, Yeah, I 0:05:37.279 --> 0:05:39.080 didn't know if you guys thought he actually was gonna 0:05:39.080 --> 0:05:41.160 make a comeback of this injury year really just kind 0:05:41.160 --> 0:05:44.320 of plugged his career. Oh, I think turn will be fun. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.560 Turner is always a guy that's kind of nicked up 0:05:46.600 --> 0:05:48.839 here and there. You know, it seems like he's always 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.960 kind of banged up. But I guess I still do. 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.120 I had high expectations coming into the year. I love 0:05:53.200 --> 0:05:57.280 the Dodgers lineup as well. Um, you know, I still 0:05:57.320 --> 0:05:58.960 I still have a decent amount of faith and a 0:05:58.960 --> 0:06:01.360 guy like Justin Turners, so I wouldn't be trying to 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:03.560 sell right now. Look, if you worry long term about 0:06:03.600 --> 0:06:05.280 the injuries for him, if he puts together a hot 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.560 stretched then maybe then you try and sell him. But 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:11.160 you know, uh, considering dropping him or even trading him now, 0:06:11.400 --> 0:06:13.240 I don't think it makes a lot of sense with 0:06:13.279 --> 0:06:15.360 his value being as low as it is. Great. Yeah, 0:06:15.400 --> 0:06:18.000 I completely completely agree. Obviously. Like I said, I believe 0:06:18.000 --> 0:06:20.240 in them. Um, I believe in Travis Shaw. I want 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:23.360 the exposure too, So is the RDA. You can go. 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:25.920 The other two guys will hang on too. Now, before 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:28.520 we continue, want to remind you that it's here. 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We'll give you a link to that 0:07:19.680 --> 0:07:22.920 UM and the show on Thursday should be pretty fun. Yeah, 0:07:22.960 --> 0:07:27.760 we have Emery it's gonna be Day Martinez and Mike Bluett, right, yes, 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:30.840 so yeah, a great cast of characters there. They've been 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:33.640 here in the past couple of years, uh, covering the 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.080 draft and and breaking it down live. Yeah, so it's 0:07:36.120 --> 0:07:38.120 it's always a lot of fun. You join us, you 0:07:38.120 --> 0:07:40.840 can listen live, you can watch live. They'll be breaking 0:07:40.840 --> 0:07:43.480 down each pick, uh, you know, rapid reactions from a 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.760 fantasy perspective, we get quarterbacks drafted, running backs, wide receivers, 0:07:46.760 --> 0:07:50.160 tight ends, whatever it might be. You know, Dane obviously 0:07:50.240 --> 0:07:53.040 has the background with betting in the NFL, and he's 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.400 gonna give be a fantasy perspective of things and Emery, 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:57.400 you know, just the work that he does from a 0:07:57.440 --> 0:08:00.280 scouting perspective, it's it's second and none, Greg, It's just 0:08:00.320 --> 0:08:02.960 it truly is phenomenal. So I always look forward to 0:08:03.000 --> 0:08:05.280 this um because, you know, we have a lot of 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:08.840 fun with it and I like hearing the UH reaction 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.080 to you know, guys, guys being drafted and trades happen. 0:08:12.280 --> 0:08:14.000 Like you know, trades are gonna happen. There's always gonna 0:08:14.000 --> 0:08:15.800 be trades. Someone's gonna move up and try and get 0:08:15.800 --> 0:08:18.520 a quarterback or the Jets are gonna trade down. So yeah, 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:20.600 the NFL Draft is always one of the more fun 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.760 nights of the season. Yeah. NFL Draft coverage begins eight 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:28.440 p and eastern right here on the Fantasy Sports Network. Frank, 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.640 twelve team leagues, You had your waivers go through. What 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.080 did you do in your whole league this week? Where 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:36.160 where is your head at? Yeah, so I was talking 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:37.880 to you about this during the break. I picked up 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:41.120 a few shares of Jose Martinez, who we know whenever 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:44.079 he's given an opportunity to play, he performs well. So 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:47.240 you know, I wanted to get some Cardinals exposure here. 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:50.960 I was pretty aggressive on picking up Jose Martinez. I 0:08:51.000 --> 0:08:53.920 also had a few bids in on on Avasail Garcia 0:08:54.000 --> 0:08:56.280 as as a backup. I think, you know, especially with 0:08:56.320 --> 0:08:59.319 Austin Meadows going down, his playing time is just even 0:08:59.400 --> 0:09:02.800 more uh solidified now. So Avie Garcia is a guy 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.720 that's gonna play every day. Obviously. You know, on Friday 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.160 we talked about Ryan Mcmanhonhunter, Docher. Those guys have to 0:09:08.200 --> 0:09:12.320 be owned. But you know, the outfielders again as Garcia, 0:09:12.400 --> 0:09:16.760 Jose Martinez, Dwight Smith, who it's worth noting that he's 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:19.520 dealing with a quad issue now. He was performing really well, 0:09:19.880 --> 0:09:22.400 but now he's dealing with with a quad issue. And 0:09:22.440 --> 0:09:25.440 then it's cold Tucker. We spoke about the prospects of 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:27.640 in the first hour, uh and you know some of 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:32.560 the other stashable players Michael Javis and Brian Reynolds as 0:09:32.600 --> 0:09:37.120 well Mike Talman. But really for me, it was Jose Martinez, 0:09:37.120 --> 0:09:39.120 Avie Garcia, c J. Crone. Those were three guys that 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.760 were available in my twelve team leagues that I was 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:45.640 pretty aggressive on over the weekend. Um, you know, for me, 0:09:45.840 --> 0:09:49.080 I kind of gave the names, like in my home league, 0:09:49.520 --> 0:09:52.600 really dool that much? I picked up Ry McMahon last week. 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:54.280 Did you pick up Cold Tucker? Were you know him 0:09:54.280 --> 0:09:56.360 at all? Did he get picked up yet? He has 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:58.040 not been picked up yet. So he went for four 0:09:58.080 --> 0:10:00.160 dollars in one of my league's last night, one of 0:10:00.200 --> 0:10:02.520 my twelve teen points leagues, and then the other one 0:10:03.080 --> 0:10:08.000 he didn't get picked up. And it's interesting because you 0:10:08.040 --> 0:10:09.760 know what, I would like to pick him up, but 0:10:10.280 --> 0:10:12.079 I just I have so many injuries right now. I 0:10:12.440 --> 0:10:14.600 have Daniel Murphy, I have Polanco, I have Stanton I 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.600 It's just it's hard to pick up a guy that 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:19.440 you're not gonna put right in your lineup right away. 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.400 And I also have Jonathan Scope, so I don't really 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:23.680 want to give up on him. Would you drop Garrett 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:29.640 Hampson for cool Talker? Mm hmm, it's a good question. 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:33.800 Um No, I won't because I I still think that 0:10:33.880 --> 0:10:36.840 the sky's the limit in terms of upside for for 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.280 Garrett Hampson. Uh, you know, it's put up a shut 0:10:39.320 --> 0:10:41.880 up time for him now because once Daniel Murphy comes 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:44.600 back and everyone starts getting healthy for the Triple A 0:10:44.679 --> 0:10:48.160 rehab assignment. Already, if Garrett Hampson doesn't start performing, then 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:49.839 you know he is going to be the odd man 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:52.079 out once again. And Ryan mcmanhon is gonna start most 0:10:52.080 --> 0:10:54.559 of the time against right handed pitching, so well, we'll 0:10:54.559 --> 0:10:57.199 see what happens. He's got to perform now before Daniel 0:10:57.240 --> 0:11:00.640 Murphy gets back so that he can kind of leave 0:11:00.720 --> 0:11:04.079 his mark and give them a reason to play him 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.079 more often than not. And you know, bench a guy 0:11:06.120 --> 0:11:08.199 like Ian Desmond here, they're like, do they really want 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:10.600 Ian Desmond in the lineup? Garret Hampson has started out 0:11:10.600 --> 0:11:13.360 every day, every single day, and f that breakout game 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:15.760 last week where Ventura and Frank and I were all 0:11:15.800 --> 0:11:18.640 excited about Garrett Hampson. Since then, he's been dropped back 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.600 to the seventh hole and then ultimately the eight hole. 0:11:20.960 --> 0:11:25.360 He's gone just two for sixteen since then. He struck 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:29.080 out in each of the past three games, one for five, 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.080 one for four, doing anything. What do you think Hampson 0:11:32.200 --> 0:11:34.520 versus Cold Tucker? It's I think it depends on what 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.960 kind of what kind of fantasy player are you? Do 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:40.959 you want to take the more conservative approach, the guy 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:43.520 that's gonna give you the bats. Then you pick up 0:11:43.559 --> 0:11:45.760 Cold Tucker. You need stolen bases right now. You want 0:11:45.880 --> 0:11:49.280 run scored, you pick up Cold Tucker. If you want 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:52.600 to take a shot at the upside the Colorado Rocky's lineup. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:57.000 Everyone wants exposure to corps Field. Um, and he's still Look, 0:11:57.040 --> 0:11:58.880 I still have faith in Garrett Hamson. I know he 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:01.920 hasn't done it yet. What I mean he had pretty 0:12:01.920 --> 0:12:03.839 good bat toball skills in the minor leagues grad the 0:12:04.040 --> 0:12:06.080 the batting average was good in the miners. The stolen 0:12:06.120 --> 0:12:08.760 bases were there, just like they were for col Tucker 0:12:08.760 --> 0:12:11.240 in the minor leagues. Uh. And overall, it's just a 0:12:11.280 --> 0:12:14.199 better lineup. It's a better environment to hidden in Colorado 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.520 rather than Pittsburgh. So if you're someone who wants to 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:19.600 swing for the fences, you're looking long term, you want 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.480 the guy who has more upside in my opinion, Greg 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:24.280 Starrett Hampson. But if you want the player now who 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.120 is going to play every day, at least in the 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:29.800 short term. I know they had an injury injury to 0:12:30.120 --> 0:12:33.920 Eric Gonzalez, their shortstop, and that's why Cold Tucker is here. Ultimately, 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:36.440 if eric In Zalace is healthy, is he gonna take 0:12:36.440 --> 0:12:38.840 playing time away from Cold Tucker? Now? No, If if 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:41.280 mill Tucker is playing well, he's gonna stay in the lineup, Craig, 0:12:41.520 --> 0:12:43.120 I think it comes down to what kind of fantasy 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:45.880 player are you. I'm just looking, by the way, speaking 0:12:45.920 --> 0:12:48.439 by a fantasy team we played with Justin Charmer for 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:52.319 I was looking at his last seven days. So is 0:12:52.400 --> 0:12:57.240 o BP is three ninety one. It's awesome. Obviously he's 0:12:57.320 --> 0:13:00.640 three for seventeen during that time. She's walking lot clearly 0:13:01.360 --> 0:13:05.520 with three singles, zero runs scored, zero home runs, zero 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:09.319 r v I, zero stolen basis. He has more strikeouts 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:11.360 in total basis over the those last seven days. And 0:13:11.360 --> 0:13:13.319 I get it seven days, very very small sample size, 0:13:13.559 --> 0:13:19.520 but he's really really otting off to a boring, boring 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:23.319 lee cold starts. If you expand what I just gave you, 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:27.800 over the last two weeks, turners eight thirty seven, the 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:31.520 OVP drops three sixty two. He's got one run and 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:35.640 one rv I with no stolen bases eight for thirty 0:13:35.679 --> 0:13:40.360 seven and the last two weeks eight it's actually crazy 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:46.960 nine total basis even with nine total. He doesn't have 0:13:46.960 --> 0:13:49.920 a home run yet. Um, he only has two doubles 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.520 on the season, so he's not hitting for power yet. Uh. 0:13:52.600 --> 0:13:56.240 The strikeout rate is up, which is slightly alarming. You know. 0:13:56.240 --> 0:14:00.160 It's whereas in his career it's fourteen per seven last year, 0:14:00.200 --> 0:14:02.319 twelve points seven percent k rate and ten point three 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.400 p k rate the year before that. Greg, But he 0:14:04.440 --> 0:14:07.280 has a fifty point eight percent hard hit rate and 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:11.240 his uh, his bad right now is is three thirty nine, 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:14.319 which is pretty much on part with where he has been. 0:14:14.640 --> 0:14:16.400 But I think the fact that his hard hit rate 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.480 is as high as it is, he's got to get 0:14:18.480 --> 0:14:20.920 back to lifting the ball a little bit more. The 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.800 fly ball rate is down over all this season, Greg, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:27.440 the launch angle is down five degrees, but the average 0:14:27.440 --> 0:14:29.880 eggs velocity, the hard hit rate is still there for 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:32.400 for Justin Turner. So if you were high on him, 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.400 like we were coming into the season, he's a He's 0:14:35.400 --> 0:14:37.800 a prime by low candidates. Ian. We just had a caller, 0:14:39.440 --> 0:14:41.360 Can I drop him? Should I be trying to trade him? 0:14:41.400 --> 0:14:43.560 So there's probably a bunch of people who feel that 0:14:43.600 --> 0:14:45.880 way about Justin Turner, especially if you play in O 0:14:46.000 --> 0:14:48.200 B P leagues, or if you're play in head to 0:14:48.280 --> 0:14:51.720 head points leagues because he walks so much. Um, he's 0:14:51.800 --> 0:14:54.200 huge in those formats. So if there's someone in your 0:14:54.280 --> 0:14:57.880 league that's freaking out about Justin Turner and I would pounce. 0:14:59.200 --> 0:15:02.040 Speaking of colors, let's take another caller right now, well 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:07.280 to Chicago to talk to Ian. What's up being guys? UM? 0:15:07.440 --> 0:15:09.600 Last week I tuned in when you were talking about 0:15:09.720 --> 0:15:12.760 Eric Tames and Uh, I'm actually in a twelve team 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:16.400 and l lonely. It's weekly locking head to head points league, 0:15:16.400 --> 0:15:19.120 so it's it's a pretty deep roster in the NL. 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:21.240 I was wondering if if you guys are holding onto 0:15:21.760 --> 0:15:23.680 Eric Tames or what you think is gonna play out 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:26.960 with Hayese's aguilar. Obviously he's been struggling a lot this week, 0:15:27.000 --> 0:15:29.040 but it seems like they keep wheeling him out there 0:15:29.080 --> 0:15:31.400 every game. So I'm really glad you brought this up 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:33.320 because I actually planned on talking about this in them 0:15:33.560 --> 0:15:35.920 about five minutes from now, after the break, we can 0:15:35.920 --> 0:15:38.440 start the conversation now for you. I we have his 0:15:38.520 --> 0:15:41.280 decision in our gs T league. This week we have 0:15:41.440 --> 0:15:43.600 Eric Thames. We've picked him up just in case he 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.880 got hot and Aguilar went to the bench. And right now, 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.360 did you guys obviously this this this morning, Eric Thames 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:54.440 in our lineup over Hayesew's Aguilar. But as Ian just mentioned, 0:15:54.720 --> 0:15:57.400 if you just look at the game logs, Aguilar is 0:15:57.440 --> 0:16:00.760 still starting every day. Thames is still pinch hitting almost 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:05.200 every day. What what are you planning on doing this week? 0:16:05.240 --> 0:16:07.840 And why Frank with Dames and Aguilar. Yeah, so I 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:10.000 actually made an executive decision without you guys, and I 0:16:10.040 --> 0:16:14.440 put er Mike. I didn't talk to anyone yet. It's 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:16.280 still early so we can talk about it together. But 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:19.440 Eric Thames, Yeah, Look, they faced five rights this week 0:16:19.640 --> 0:16:22.280 in their six matchups, so I think he can start 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:24.840 a few games here. And we're getting to the point 0:16:24.880 --> 0:16:27.480 now we're almost a month into the season, Greg, where 0:16:27.640 --> 0:16:29.560 hasan z Aguilar does not have a home run, he's 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:32.320 hitting one thirties six. If he doesn't start to do 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.360 something and Eric Thames continues to perform, yesterday he had 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.680 a game tying home run of Kenley Jansen. He had 0:16:37.640 --> 0:16:39.920 a three run bomb and I'm telling you it was 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:43.040 a bomb. I was watching this live. If he continues 0:16:43.080 --> 0:16:45.920 to perform in big spots, for them and at least 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:49.040 performing against right handed pitching. He's going to start in 0:16:49.120 --> 0:16:51.480 a in a strong side of the platoon against right 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.320 handed pitching. So the call originally was regarding, you know, 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.280 if you play in a twelve team and only league, 0:16:56.280 --> 0:16:58.600 what are you doing with Eric Thames? He absolutely needs 0:16:58.600 --> 0:17:02.160 to be owned. Uh and he's likely in my lineup 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.440 in a in a twelve team and the only league, 0:17:04.480 --> 0:17:07.119 unless for some reason you have better outfielders, you have 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:10.880 a better first baseman. Um, But I would imagine that 0:17:11.600 --> 0:17:14.560 if they are playing five out of six games that 0:17:14.600 --> 0:17:16.879 are starting, it's a righty. I think he's in the 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:18.879 starting line up at least three times this week and 0:17:18.920 --> 0:17:20.560 the other three games. You know, maybe you get some 0:17:20.600 --> 0:17:23.520 pinch hit appearances. But just based on that, that means 0:17:23.720 --> 0:17:27.240 him and him and are splitting time almost evenly. And 0:17:27.280 --> 0:17:29.159 he's performing better when he's in the lineup, So why 0:17:29.160 --> 0:17:31.720 wouldn't he be in our line up in other people's life. 0:17:31.840 --> 0:17:33.320 That's how I feel about it right now, right tave 0:17:33.440 --> 0:17:35.400 sean Eric Thames this week he is our guy. Frank 0:17:35.440 --> 0:17:37.800 Stamp will take a break, I will come back with more. 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:47.640 I'm a fantasy best friends forever lose weight now, got 0:17:47.640 --> 0:17:52.000 a fat dot com lose that unwanted belly fat today 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:56.040 and getting free information at fat dot com. Fit in 0:17:56.040 --> 0:17:59.000 the dress or pets or bathing suits. 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He has nine minor leaguers on his active roster. 0:19:29.320 --> 0:19:33.199 This is a daily league. He did the same thing 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.040 last year and finished near the bottom, and now he's 0:19:35.040 --> 0:19:37.359 near the bottom. What's the point? Why are we waiting 0:19:37.400 --> 0:19:39.919 to two thousand to three years down the road for what? 0:19:40.240 --> 0:19:43.440 And we only keep five guys? It's stupid week days 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:45.760 to the four pm Eastern on the Fantasy Sports Network 0:19:45.800 --> 0:20:01.000 and on your popular podcast Stoopid. So we're back here 0:20:01.000 --> 0:20:04.080 on the Fantasy Best Friends Forever Fantasy Sports Radio Network. 0:20:04.160 --> 0:20:07.000 That's Frank. I'm Gregg. Frank was trying to do a 0:20:07.000 --> 0:20:10.720 little more convincing on Eric Thames during the break. Not 0:20:10.840 --> 0:20:13.080 really against it, to be honest with you, I don't 0:20:13.119 --> 0:20:18.080 really feels strongly either way. But you know what I've 0:20:18.119 --> 0:20:21.240 said what I've said regarding players again, given an opportunity 0:20:21.280 --> 0:20:23.159 and performed in you know, he hit a three ron 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.880 homer of Kenley Jansen. If you ask me, I would 0:20:25.880 --> 0:20:29.000 imagine that he gets more playing time moving forward. And 0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:31.080 we did something that we've kind of been prepping for 0:20:31.640 --> 0:20:34.240 because you know, we picked up Thames because we have 0:20:34.280 --> 0:20:38.359 haz And has been terrible, and our thought process was 0:20:38.800 --> 0:20:41.400 there's a chance here, I don't you know, the percentage 0:20:41.440 --> 0:20:45.399 is obviously rising. There's a percentage chance that Eric Thames 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:48.280 does to Hayesler what Agilar did to Thames last year. 0:20:49.960 --> 0:20:52.080 That was the point where he picked him up. In general. Yeah, 0:20:52.119 --> 0:20:54.439 and it looks like it's happening. So I didn't like 0:20:54.560 --> 0:20:59.440 hayes zacular and as a draft Sorry, it's okay, you know, 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:02.320 at know who we drafted. Let's not go back and look, 0:21:02.720 --> 0:21:04.280 I'm not going. I don't I don't want to be reminded. 0:21:04.240 --> 0:21:07.000 I'm not going. I'm not going to. All right, good, 0:21:07.160 --> 0:21:12.160 all right, Um. These teams have seven games this week, 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:16.720 the d Backs, the Red Sox, the Tigers, the Astros, 0:21:16.720 --> 0:21:19.680 the Angels, the Yankees, the Phillies, the Pirates. The Ranger 0:21:19.680 --> 0:21:21.879 has a lot a lot of teams in seven games. 0:21:21.880 --> 0:21:25.320