WEBVTT - Leading Off March 18th, 2025: Tokyo Series (Ep. 949) 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:10.719 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:10.720 --> 0:00:13.200 off live. It is me Joey p joe Pisipia. That 0:00:13.240 --> 0:00:15.200 of course is the Welsh, and I've been waiting a 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.959 long time to say that, Oh we let's go. We've 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.639 actually got real baseball to talk about today. Because the 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:26.720 Dodgers and the Cubs were playing early this morning, I 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:29.040 was up at six am, as I always am, so 0:00:29.400 --> 0:00:30.880 it was pretty easy for me to watch it. A 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:33.160 little harder for the Welsh, I know he's been catching 0:00:33.240 --> 0:00:36.200 up on the highlight a little tougher there in Arizona. 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:38.600 But as you can see, a little new look. We 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:41.480 got some cool new logos, incredible work from our team 0:00:41.560 --> 0:00:43.760 here wrong side there there it is. Oh yeah, and 0:00:43.800 --> 0:00:47.120 all of you hanging out joining us on Twitch now 0:00:47.560 --> 0:00:49.760 for those of you who are watching on YouTube live 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:52.120 on demand there as we are always gonna be a 0:00:52.159 --> 0:00:55.480 live show to tape no matter what. We're not pre 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:58.240 recorded in that kind of weird way. We go live 0:00:58.280 --> 0:01:01.320 because that's the beauty of this show. But it is 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.200 a little different this year. So if you're gonna watch 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:05.480 us live and interact, get your questions answered, all that 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:07.479 fun stuff, all you gotta do is go to Twitch, 0:01:07.680 --> 0:01:10.720 Twitch dot tv Slash Fantasy Pros. It's easy, it's fun, 0:01:11.120 --> 0:01:12.880 and it's a great way for us to take this 0:01:12.959 --> 0:01:15.160 show to the next level. I know it's different, but 0:01:15.319 --> 0:01:17.280 this is the pitch I'm gonna make to everybody. Welsh, 0:01:17.319 --> 0:01:18.600 You're ready for this when. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:19.920 You join twitch, Let's hear it. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:24.280 I love Brooklyn nine nine. Great show, right, great show 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.839 started off on Fox. Right, everybody loved it. They wanted 0:01:27.880 --> 0:01:29.520 to get rid of it, they wanted to move it around, 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.319 but instead NBC picked it up and then you can 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:36.080 watch it on NBC. So if you love Brooklyn nine nine, 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.319 you don't stop watching it live. You don't start making 0:01:38.640 --> 0:01:41.640 stop making it a part of your daily routine because 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:44.200 you love the show, right, you make sure that you say, well, 0:01:44.200 --> 0:01:46.119 if it's on NBC, now I'm gonna watch on NBC. 0:01:46.200 --> 0:01:48.920 Same thing. We're on Twitch live, so watch us on 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:51.320 Twitch live, and if not, you can still watch us 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.440 on the YouTube channel every single day. Welsh. I think, 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:57.000 in full Jake Parolta mode, we have to support our 0:01:57.080 --> 0:01:59.720 Jake Parolta's. We are the Jake Parolta's around this joint. 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:01.200 I think that's the best way I could put it 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:03.440 to people of how we're moving things along in twenty 0:02:03.520 --> 0:02:04.000 twenty five. 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:06.760 I think that's a good sell That was a very 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:11.200 good selling point. The only thing that changes on YouTube 0:02:11.760 --> 0:02:14.120 is the live portion of it. The video is still there, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:17.720 maybe it'll be out earlier than ever. The live portion 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:21.760 is just moving here. So I know it's very very stressful. 0:02:21.760 --> 0:02:24.679 But all you do is get the other app come 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.440 and watch us live twelve pm Eastern every single day 0:02:28.080 --> 0:02:31.359 and your golden if live is your goal, because we'll 0:02:31.400 --> 0:02:35.079 be answering questions. We've got the whole set of Monday 0:02:35.120 --> 0:02:38.000 through Friday baseball action for you if you want live. 0:02:38.080 --> 0:02:40.600 If you are not a live guy, yeah, nothing to 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:43.520 worry about. Nothing changes for you. Easy change is not 0:02:43.760 --> 0:02:46.320 too scary. We're still here for you to hold your 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:47.200 hand the whole way. 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:49.200 This is the question, who's the Charles Boyle. We both 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.120 want to be Jake Peralta, that's the problem, but I 0:02:52.400 --> 0:02:54.480 probably me. I'm more of the Charles Boyle. I do 0:02:54.560 --> 0:02:56.480 love to cook. I have a food snob, so that's 0:02:56.520 --> 0:02:58.840 probably the way it goes. You're definitely I would like 0:02:58.880 --> 0:03:01.040 to be the Andre Brower. I think that would probably 0:03:01.040 --> 0:03:04.240 be you know, the ultimate level, but you know, we've 0:03:04.280 --> 0:03:05.280 got a long way to go before. 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:09.240 I never watched the final season. It's good, yeah yeah, 0:03:09.280 --> 0:03:11.320 And the character names are kind of escaping me a 0:03:11.360 --> 0:03:13.840 little bit. But like phenomenal show. I don't watch a 0:03:13.840 --> 0:03:17.640 lot of like sitcommy, like you know, cable TV type 0:03:17.639 --> 0:03:20.960 of shows. Brooklyn ninety nine is like near the top. 0:03:21.040 --> 0:03:23.000 It had an amazing run of. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.080 It was so funny. So if I missed when Gina 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.200 Lynetti left because she had brought a certain madness to 0:03:28.240 --> 0:03:31.799 that show, really enjoyed, that would be the character who 0:03:31.880 --> 0:03:35.040 is the she's like the secretary. 0:03:34.840 --> 0:03:37.400 For Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, I know you're done. 0:03:37.440 --> 0:03:42.640 Yeah, exactly, wonderful, wonderful. Why I'm blocking on the the 0:03:42.760 --> 0:03:46.120 name of Gina Lennette All her name? What's the name 0:03:46.160 --> 0:03:48.480 of the actress who played her? Oh my god, Chelsea Parretti. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:53.360 Chelsea Parretti. By the way, a few people don't know 0:03:53.400 --> 0:03:55.440 that there we go. That wust be a funny house. 0:03:55.560 --> 0:03:57.640 But we're a funny house. Dude. Let's get to baseball. 0:03:57.720 --> 0:04:01.480 Let's talk, because we had a game go on today, 0:04:02.080 --> 0:04:04.120 actually count it was a game. It was more of 0:04:04.120 --> 0:04:07.600 an exhibition game, but there were real stats that are 0:04:07.600 --> 0:04:10.080 going to really count in your fantasy leagues, most of 0:04:10.120 --> 0:04:13.440 them anyway, and we want to recap all of that, 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.080 and I think it's a fun thing to take a 0:04:16.080 --> 0:04:18.760 look at what was there, what wasn't there. First, the 0:04:18.800 --> 0:04:21.719 pomp and circumstance, the fact that you had two Japanese pitchers, 0:04:21.760 --> 0:04:24.280 first time ever going against each other on opening day, 0:04:24.560 --> 0:04:27.120 having that happen in Japan, with showed to Imanaga and 0:04:27.279 --> 0:04:30.600 with the Yamamodo, that was terrific. The Pokemon opening. I 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:33.240 don't know if you saw this, but the monsters of 0:04:33.320 --> 0:04:36.880 Major League Baseball coming to Japan. I'm not a Pokemon guy. 0:04:37.000 --> 0:04:38.919 I'm too old for that, but I thought it was 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:42.279 cool anyway, So I enjoyed this. The crowd was live. 0:04:42.320 --> 0:04:44.240 The crowd was very exciting. They were so excited when 0:04:44.240 --> 0:04:45.640 al Tani would come up. And then we'll get really 0:04:45.680 --> 0:04:49.440 quiet too because they were watching so intent and it 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:51.960 was a game that had a few moments. It was 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:54.640 interesting because show to Amanaga, guy that really is good 0:04:54.720 --> 0:04:57.880 with control walk four guys. I think that's a career 0:04:58.000 --> 0:05:00.680 high for him for show to Imanaga in this one, 0:05:01.160 --> 0:05:03.200 so he was control was a little off in the 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.640 second inning, he worked around those walks. He had walked 0:05:05.640 --> 0:05:07.760 a few and was able to get around it. Second 0:05:07.800 --> 0:05:10.520 inning a bit of a tough one for Yamamoto as well. 0:05:10.760 --> 0:05:13.680 Miguel Amaya had the big hit there. That was great 0:05:13.720 --> 0:05:16.000 to see. So I want to talk about the pitching 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.880 performances first, because they were limited. They felt like exhibition 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:24.159 e sort of feel to everything. But neither guy, to me, 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:27.479 looked super comfortable. Neither guy looked like they were in 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.760 a groove. It felt like spring training to me, and 0:05:30.920 --> 0:05:33.280 I wouldn't take too much out of this. What's your 0:05:33.320 --> 0:05:37.000 take on what you saw from Yamamoto and Ima Naga 0:05:37.040 --> 0:05:37.520 this morning? 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:41.480 Yeah, I mean I would say, first off, both the performances, 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.960 even though they're like a little squirrely if you're looking 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.400 at like command, they're both great, you know. I mean, 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:51.320 Ima and Aga ended up, you know, getting that splitter going. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:53.520 I think it was let's see, I think it was 0:05:53.600 --> 0:05:56.680 four shutout innings. Yeah, four shutout innings. He didn't give 0:05:56.760 --> 0:06:00.839 up a earned run. The sweeper was a little bit wonky, 0:06:01.000 --> 0:06:03.919 not penguin ish, but just wonky. He ended up throwing 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:07.680 thirty one percent fastball, thirty nine percent splitter. We were 0:06:07.720 --> 0:06:09.760 seeing some sweeper in there, so he's not just two 0:06:09.800 --> 0:06:11.960 pitch pitchy, which is very good, but it was only 0:06:12.000 --> 0:06:14.440 a thirty three percent zone rate. He just didn't do 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:17.520 a whole lot. I got a couple called strikes. Everything 0:06:17.600 --> 0:06:20.520 was coming off of the splitter, fastball was all right. 0:06:21.440 --> 0:06:24.760 Imaaga was solid, and the same thing could be said 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:25.480 about Yamamoto. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:25.680 You know. 0:06:25.720 --> 0:06:30.120 Interesting on the betting side, it was almost plus money 0:06:30.600 --> 0:06:33.880 for Emanaga at a walk a guy. Can you imagine 0:06:33.880 --> 0:06:35.480 if you had put in, if you could have got 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:37.640 two three walks on the plus side, it was like 0:06:37.680 --> 0:06:38.200 minus one. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.000 Well, because he's not a guy who walked. You could 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.080 see the frustration on his face too. He just didn't 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.880 have that feel that command that he usually does, and 0:06:44.920 --> 0:06:47.240 you would see him and the I want to say, 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:48.760 at least the first one was a three to two 0:06:48.880 --> 0:06:52.919 count too, where he just like so defeated, you know, 0:06:52.960 --> 0:06:54.400 the catcher was throwing the ball back to him. They 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.000 had a close up and he was like, oh, like, 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.680 I can't believe I did that, and put the first 0:06:57.680 --> 0:07:00.479 guy on and luckily he was able to manage it. 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:05.720 But you're right, like it was just not your vintagey Minaga. 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.120 No, and both of these guys the line, I mean, 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:09.200 the lines were telling us so much. By the way, 0:07:09.480 --> 0:07:12.560 you want to get some peak out of what you know, 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.960 the books knew. It was fourteen and a half outs 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:18.200 for both of these guys, So for you at home, 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:23.680 that's under five innings. They had like a dual parlay 0:07:23.760 --> 0:07:26.320 of like ten strikeouts for both of these guys. Not 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.600 only did they not hit that, both went under their 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:32.120 individual strikeout props. Both went over their walks. Because it's 0:07:32.120 --> 0:07:36.480 the exhibition. Just real quick on Yamamoto fastball splitter combination 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:41.080 was pretty phenomenal. The splitter had a forty seven percent 0:07:41.120 --> 0:07:44.800 whiff rate. It had a higher zone percentage than Iman 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:49.400 August sweeper. But the fastball looked great. It was getting 0:07:49.440 --> 0:07:52.400 it was getting called strikes while the splitter was getting whiffs. 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.160 That's what you want, and this is a battle of 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:58.720 fastballs versus splitters. So I actually take away when you say, like, hey, 0:07:58.760 --> 0:08:00.880 don't take away. I think there were both great performances. 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.720 They just exhibitioned this to hell. Sixty nine pitches for 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:08.600 Eeman August, seventy two for Yamamoto. That's well under what 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.720 you would even expect on an opening day, you'd be 0:08:10.760 --> 0:08:14.400 looking closer to like a eighty Yeah, eighty five is 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:16.680 kind of the number that had stuck in my head. 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:19.200 So they went under it. And that's like a twofold 0:08:19.200 --> 0:08:20.560 thing for me. At the end of the day, Joe, 0:08:20.560 --> 0:08:27.280 it's like a incredible atmosphere, incredible everything, except they bury 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:31.320 the game at three am on Pacific standard time, six 0:08:31.360 --> 0:08:33.760 am on the East. Nothing you could do, Yes, you can. 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:36.000 You can make it later, and you can make everybody 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:39.080 there go to the game later. One hundred percent you 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.760 can do something about it. That's I think a first 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:44.680 mistake with all this stuff. You just can't bury these games. 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:46.160 And I don't care where it. 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:49.280 Because like what's the player's body clock like to you 0:08:49.320 --> 0:08:52.280 want to start games at nine pm when they're there? 0:08:52.480 --> 0:08:53.560 I mean that it's tricky. 0:08:53.720 --> 0:08:57.119 I mean, I mean they're already on some weird clock situations. 0:08:57.160 --> 0:09:00.400 So that that's A. And then B is just you know, 0:09:00.640 --> 0:09:03.600 the pitching side, you having like long relievers like Ben 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.080 Brown came in, got a ton of whiffs, but he 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:08.960 gave up multiple runs. He was walking a bunch like 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:12.200 the hitters didn't quite look like they were locked in. 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:14.560 I mean, Pete Krimstrong was. I mean, we'll talk about 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.080 the hitters. I don't want to jump into it, but 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:20.199 the pitchers on these counts is like the secondary thing 0:09:20.240 --> 0:09:22.080 that I think is kind of a problem with these 0:09:22.240 --> 0:09:24.400 I don't like to see the beginning of the season 0:09:24.440 --> 0:09:28.320 guys under seventy pitches to start. But Yamamoto and ima 0:09:28.400 --> 0:09:31.000 Aga both stepped up, Both look solid, and I think 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:33.640 people can feel pretty confident as far as a fantasy goes. 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:38.680 And what I'm confident is that our intelligent, good looking audience, 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.599 our peanuts, and our Crackerjacks are going to continue to 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:43.040 find us on Twitch. Here's mister Buster. Well we're on 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:47.280 Twitch now. Clearly mister Buster found us and appreciates thanks 0:09:47.320 --> 0:09:49.600 to the Welsh discord announcement right before the show boom. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.080 Now we're here. So this is it. We were over 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.880 there and now we're over here. Now that's what we're doing. 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:56.640 It's going to be very easy. Now, there were some 0:09:56.679 --> 0:09:58.720 people that weren't over there. They went over there, but 0:09:58.720 --> 0:10:01.800 they didn't play Freddie Freeman did not play rib Discomfort. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:05.040 I don't like that came. That came like I was 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.320 up late. I had tell you I was up like 0:10:07.400 --> 0:10:10.200 late late. Unfortunately, for some reason, and it was a 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:12.680 couple hours before the game started. On the West coast. 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.160 There was no announcement at least that I saw about 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:17.800 Freddy Freeman being scratched, so that one was late. The 0:10:17.840 --> 0:10:20.439 Mookie Bets one we we've known, and it's kind of 0:10:20.480 --> 0:10:21.160 a little scary. 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.560 The Moviie Bets one lost fifteen pounds too in this illness. 0:10:24.640 --> 0:10:26.680 I don't think Mookie Bets had fifteen pounds to lose. 0:10:27.800 --> 0:10:31.120 He's not exactly, He's not a big fatty walking around 0:10:31.200 --> 0:10:32.479 necessarily the clubhouse. 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.160 You know, this is not is not me, Like I 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.160 lost like twenty pounds in like two weeks or whatever 0:10:38.200 --> 0:10:40.720 from being super sick, Like I can lose that. 0:10:40.800 --> 0:10:44.439 Bartolle loses fifteen pounds. That's good. His heart will thank him. 0:10:44.480 --> 0:10:46.880 I think that's now. And I love Bartolo, I absolutely 0:10:46.920 --> 0:10:49.920 adore him. But obviously, you know, guys are gonna push it, 0:10:50.000 --> 0:10:52.640 nor should they at this stage. Like that's where we're 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:56.040 at with this stuff. So again, very exhibition feel. It 0:10:56.080 --> 0:10:59.400 also felt to me a very I guess set up 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:01.760 for the rest of the year. Right, So Dodger starters 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.079 are going to keep you in games, right, They're going 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.120 to get to your bullpen. They're going to hit the 0:11:06.160 --> 0:11:09.360 snot out of your bullpen. Then they're going to drop 0:11:09.920 --> 0:11:12.760 that incredible bullpen on you and its lights out games 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:15.080 over to me, it was a very Dodger victory today 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:17.439 and I think a harbinger of things to come in 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:18.480 the future, which great. 0:11:19.000 --> 0:11:22.280 Yeah, that Dodger bullpen's nasty. I mean also, like, you know, 0:11:22.320 --> 0:11:26.439 they just threw band out there, but Casparius came in 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:31.280 and he threw three of the top velo pitches overall, 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:34.360 and he ended up being like the set I guess 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.280 you call it the seventh inning guy. And he ends up, 0:11:37.480 --> 0:11:40.240 you know, just rocking fastballs left and right. They then 0:11:40.280 --> 0:11:43.280 go to try and and and Tanner Scott is a beast, 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:47.480 and I've been pretty adamant about this, Like Tanner Scott 0:11:47.679 --> 0:11:50.000 is one of the best values. We just did a 0:11:50.040 --> 0:11:53.640 show on our breakouts and my breakout relief pitcher is 0:11:53.640 --> 0:11:55.719 Andres Munios. I think Andres Munos is going to like 0:11:55.760 --> 0:11:58.280 take a big step up. But like Tanner Scott was 0:11:58.320 --> 0:12:00.800 going after and the only reason he is going after 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.600 a lot of these guys is because there's like a 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:08.160 little bit of questionable like will they commit to going 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.560 to Tanner Scott. Could it go to you know, Kirby Yates. 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.560 Are they gonna move it around first opportunity? Tanner Scott 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:19.080 absolutely lock that down. He just pumped fastballs into them 0:12:19.160 --> 0:12:21.880 and he end up might be in just an absolute 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:26.120 smash steal top you know, eight, top seven closer when 0:12:26.120 --> 0:12:26.600 it's all done. 0:12:26.640 --> 0:12:29.600 Mctunda out here too, answering the question, what's the over 0:12:29.679 --> 0:12:31.360 under for the Dodgers' win total one oh nine and 0:12:31.400 --> 0:12:33.240 a half? Is that true? Is that the number? Welsh? 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.160 I gotta look at that. I gotta double check on 0:12:35.200 --> 0:12:37.280 that one. But it's good to see r P nuts 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:40.160 and cracker Jacks filtering into the chat. Also good to 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:43.360 see the youth. That's right, the children of our future. 0:12:43.760 --> 0:12:47.800 Let them lead the way. And Matt Shaw purchased contract. 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:49.720 He played in this game. It was good to see 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.040 him out there again. I'm not gonna take too much 0:12:52.040 --> 0:12:54.640 out of the one outing here for Shaw, the one 0:12:54.679 --> 0:12:58.079 appearance here for him so far. He started off spring 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.920 training slow because of an injury. He's picking things up, 0:13:01.160 --> 0:13:03.439 but this is good. It's good to see Miguel Almaya, 0:13:03.520 --> 0:13:06.120 who made some adjustments last year in the second half. 0:13:06.240 --> 0:13:08.920 I mean that's an offensive potential catcher there in fantasy 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.040 leagues like don't sleep on a Mayle like that could 0:13:11.040 --> 0:13:14.360 be a guy that could you know, pop at unexpectedly 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:15.960 so and be a guy we're talking about a waiver 0:13:16.000 --> 0:13:18.160 wire in single catcher leagues in two weeks from now 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:19.920 that you got to go running at him. So you 0:13:20.000 --> 0:13:22.480 might want to be ahead of that game too. But 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:25.320 Matt Shaw. Great to see him playing with the Cubs. 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:27.160 This is what the cub should be doing. There's nothing 0:13:27.240 --> 0:13:29.120 left for him to prove. We just did our all 0:13:29.160 --> 0:13:31.400 sleeper team, our all breakout team. I'm not going to 0:13:31.480 --> 0:13:33.520 tell you who had Matt Shaw, but I will say 0:13:33.559 --> 0:13:35.800 Matt Shaw was on one of those lists. Those shows 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.960 will be out on YouTube this week. But well, I mean, 0:13:39.280 --> 0:13:40.680 I don't think there's anything left for him to do 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:42.240 with the minor leagues. You got to get to the 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:43.760 major leagues. That's what it's all about. 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.000 What's the by the way, I don't know those my 0:13:46.040 --> 0:13:49.120 computer are yours. But it was the puppet. We almost 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:50.040 had a puppet Joe. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.800 I haven't missed one. Yeah, okay, I think I'm good. 0:13:52.800 --> 0:13:54.640 They're saying puppet Joe, So I don't know if I 0:13:54.679 --> 0:13:57.640 missed something there, but Dodgers actually has a one. 0:13:57.720 --> 0:14:01.079 No, you just you stalled out and then that went back. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:04.160 We almost had the first Puppet Joe moment on Twitch. 0:14:04.200 --> 0:14:06.040 I mean that would be appropriate, the first one. But 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.120 the point I'm making is, look, you're in this situation. Now, 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:11.720 you are all in. You push your chips into the middle. Here, 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.959 you're the Cubs. You've got two guys at the top 0:14:14.000 --> 0:14:15.920 of this rotation you can believe in. You've got enough 0:14:15.920 --> 0:14:17.360 prospects too that if you have to make a move 0:14:17.360 --> 0:14:19.200 for another pitcher at the All Star break, you could 0:14:19.200 --> 0:14:22.240 probably pull it off. You've moved you know, Cam Smith 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:25.640 for Kyle Tucker, and now it's all in play mat Shaw. 0:14:25.800 --> 0:14:27.120 See what you get out of him, and I think 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.920 you're going to be rewarded. So again, how did this 0:14:29.920 --> 0:14:31.760 make you feel to see Shaw as the opening day 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:32.840 guy here for the Cubs. 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.880 Yeah, I mean the performance didn't do much. Obviously he 0:14:36.000 --> 0:14:39.160 ended up having strikeout, you know, didn't zero for four. 0:14:39.680 --> 0:14:42.680 But Callie, I don't know if you're able to go 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:44.960 back to the lineup thing for just one second, the 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:46.960 lineup screen, if we could look at it, and the 0:14:46.960 --> 0:14:47.600 thing that gets me. 0:14:47.960 --> 0:14:49.400 In case for the people were asking. He didn't have 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.280 two strikeouts in the game, but he did play third base. 0:14:52.280 --> 0:14:54.680 There was some questions where would he play potentially, but 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:55.600 third base is the. 0:14:55.560 --> 0:14:58.960 Spot right there. That's what I wanted everyone to look at. 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:02.160 He hit fifth. He hit fifth in that lineup already 0:15:02.520 --> 0:15:05.400 prime spot. You're hitting in front, you got Tucker. I mean, 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:08.080 I don't mind this lineup. If it's Hap, Suzuki and Tucker. 0:15:08.920 --> 0:15:11.360 There's an opportunity just to throw it out there that 0:15:11.400 --> 0:15:13.680 Matt Show could move up to four if he's already 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:15.160 hitting five, So you can go back to Matshaw if 0:15:15.240 --> 0:15:17.120 you want. I just want everyone to see he's hitting 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.240 in front of danceby Swanson. He's hitting in front of 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:22.160 I mean, Peter Armstrong was just all world spring training. 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:25.240 Didn't do much in this game either. But and I 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:27.040 don't know how many lefties they want to put up 0:15:27.040 --> 0:15:29.240 at the top. Having that speed at the bottom is great, 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:33.280 but having Matt Shaw in, you know, optioned up. He's 0:15:33.280 --> 0:15:36.440 starting at third base on opening day in Japan and 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.560 he's hitting five tells you a lot. I feel very 0:15:40.560 --> 0:15:43.480 comfortable with an investment in him. There's kind of a 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:46.320 betting side to me too, because n L is still 0:15:46.320 --> 0:15:49.120 a little bit open. You know, Rokie's the favorite. You've 0:15:49.120 --> 0:15:51.960 got Dylan Cruz match show is still around four to 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.760 four and a half to one, and like, I just 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:58.280 I love the I love the confidence and where they're 0:15:58.280 --> 0:16:00.720 putting him in the lineup. So this performance, it's whatever 0:16:00.800 --> 0:16:03.160 they traveled and there's a lot going on with it. 0:16:03.200 --> 0:16:05.360 But for him to be hitting that high early on, 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:09.000 I think it's very telling of like what situations he's 0:16:09.040 --> 0:16:10.640 going to be put into. And he had a great spring. 0:16:10.760 --> 0:16:12.800 I mean, he was kind of you know, tanking the ball, 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.960 and I'm I'm definitely even I'm like a next level 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:19.000 confident that they didn't go and bury him down at 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:19.920 eight or something like that. 0:16:21.080 --> 0:16:23.280 A little lot of protection with a veteran like Dansby Swanson. 0:16:23.280 --> 0:16:25.120 And of course the jerk wagon has pulled into the 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:28.400 station officially, So Baseball's back. Here's Mike Mayor Joe celebrating 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:31.640 over four to two. K's baseball is back. I'm celebrating 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:35.800 the youth of this nation in baseball of America playing 0:16:36.840 --> 0:16:39.280 in the games in the big leagues. Not a double 0:16:39.280 --> 0:16:41.480 A and triple A. 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