WEBVTT - Leading Off July 25th, 2024 (Ep. 872) 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.080 What is up, frindles, and welcome into leading off right 0:00:08.080 --> 0:00:11.319 here on Fantasy Pros MLB. I am the Welsh, that 0:00:11.480 --> 0:00:15.240 is the Joe Arico. Yes, there is no piece of 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:17.919 pa today, and welcome into the show. Glad to see 0:00:17.960 --> 0:00:21.119 you guys on National Deadpool Wolverine Day. If you will, 0:00:21.160 --> 0:00:26.360 I'm donning my Deadpool hat. I did contemplate bringing up 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:28.040 the horns on the hair. I think I could have 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:29.520 done it. You'll be honest with you. Maybe it was 0:00:29.520 --> 0:00:31.520 a Joe piece of Pia type of show. I would 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:33.600 have done that. 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I'm gonna 0:01:10.160 --> 0:01:12.679 give you guys, all the stuff and the things, the bets, 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.639 I've locked them in and then about it a couple 0:01:15.680 --> 0:01:18.040 hours after this show is airing. Maybe you're listening on 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:22.920 the podcast checked Out, because I'm going to see Deadpool 0:01:23.000 --> 0:01:26.720 Versus Wolverine today. I know it opens Friday, but they've 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.360 got the Thursday showings. It's an afternoon one. It is 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.440 literally what I have been building up to. I'm very excited, 0:01:32.959 --> 0:01:36.600 expected to be disappointed. I'm a huge nerd, so that 0:01:36.800 --> 0:01:38.680 is what is in store for me. So once it's 0:01:38.720 --> 0:01:41.039 like eight pm Eastern, you will have known I have 0:01:41.240 --> 0:01:44.679 consumed all of the wonderfulness that will be Deadpool and Wolverine. 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:48.040 Are you a comic book guy at all, mister Joe Rico, No, 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:49.919 they don't look like it looks like you're gonna say. 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:50.360 No, I'm not. 0:01:50.560 --> 0:01:54.760 I'm not really, I'm like not really into the Marvel stuff. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:56.120 I'm not really a big comic book guy. 0:01:56.160 --> 0:01:59.040 As a kid, I love the Chris Nolan Batman movies, 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:02.360 but I don't think that really gives me gives me 0:02:02.360 --> 0:02:05.600 any credit there for that. So I'm I'm really, honestly 0:02:05.640 --> 0:02:07.720 just so focused on sports these days. I don't really 0:02:07.760 --> 0:02:09.880 watch many movies anymore TV shows. I used to be 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:11.760 such a buff for movies and series and stuff, and 0:02:11.800 --> 0:02:13.160 now it's just all baseball all the time. 0:02:13.160 --> 0:02:14.480 I need to mix things up a little bit. 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:15.600 Well that's all I have. 0:02:15.800 --> 0:02:16.000 I have. 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:18.880 I'm literally baseball, people, No, I just forget everything and 0:02:18.919 --> 0:02:20.320 I can only think of baseball. 0:02:20.560 --> 0:02:24.160 It's baseball. And then it's like this. It's this consumption. 0:02:24.919 --> 0:02:26.240 And I love Secret Wars. 0:02:26.240 --> 0:02:28.960 People know they watch up here. So I'm very excited. 0:02:29.000 --> 0:02:30.799 But I'm excited to hang with you guys. Excited to 0:02:30.840 --> 0:02:33.840 hang with mister Joe Rico too. Also excited to turn around. 0:02:33.880 --> 0:02:36.680 I am in a slump right now on the betting side, 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:38.680 so I'm gonna be playing it easy. 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:39.440 I'm gonna get back. 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:41.280 To basics later in the show if you're looking for 0:02:41.320 --> 0:02:44.360 some bets. But mister Joe Alrico, you want. 0:02:44.280 --> 0:02:45.239 To get into it? Are you ready? 0:02:45.280 --> 0:02:47.080 Because I got something a little different at the top 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.200 report came out today outside. 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:50.120 If you know one thing I was going to. 0:02:50.160 --> 0:02:53.600 Say, did you see John Hayman's tweet the other day 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.240 where he was being such a turd online? 0:02:57.320 --> 0:02:58.639 Did you see the tweet. 0:02:58.360 --> 0:03:01.120 The Jordan I'm talking to Jordan Lyles tweet. I Yes, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.320 I quote tweeted it and I said, like, this guy's 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.079 a joke, Like I just don't even understand what the 0:03:05.120 --> 0:03:05.600 point of it is. 0:03:05.639 --> 0:03:06.840 And then he signs with the Dodgers. 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.880 Uh, he's such a turd dude, Like I can't believe. 0:03:09.880 --> 0:03:12.920 Like it was the most passive aggressive, like it was 0:03:12.960 --> 0:03:13.720 really in your face. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:15.960 It was like, hey, by the way, what he. 0:03:15.960 --> 0:03:17.920 Was just since just calling him like what a scam artist? 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:21.079 May he's fifty two million dollars, has a negative war. 0:03:21.160 --> 0:03:22.920 What a dirtbag? But hey, great job. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.560 I'm only saying it because we're putting out something he said, 0:03:26.600 --> 0:03:30.919 but just what an absolute dirt bag. Report comes out 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:34.760 today about Garrett Crochet. Garrett Crochet kind of the tippy 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:37.680 top of the trade market. We many reports have come 0:03:37.720 --> 0:03:39.560 out he's going to be traded. We know it's going 0:03:39.600 --> 0:03:42.320 to happen, but there's always been a question about like 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.120 what is he going to look like? What is he 0:03:44.200 --> 0:03:49.040 going to look like from a trade to bullpen usage standpoint? Well, 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:50.880 this report comes out, I guess, believe it or not, 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:55.120 from John Hayman, that Garrett Crochet is not going to 0:03:55.240 --> 0:03:57.320 in any capacity, whether he's a White Sox or someone 0:03:57.360 --> 0:04:00.400 else moved to the bullpen. That's great for everybody to hear, 0:04:00.840 --> 0:04:06.240 but also will need an extension to pitch into October. 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:09.480 That's a very interesting element that got put out there. 0:04:09.880 --> 0:04:11.320 But I think at the end of the day, the 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:16.159 biggest positive is that Garrett Crochet will only be a 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.720 starter if he's traded, plans to play through the rest 0:04:18.760 --> 0:04:22.120 of the season, and the extension talk will only make 0:04:22.160 --> 0:04:24.680 it better, So, you know, I think fantasy owners can. 0:04:24.880 --> 0:04:26.120 Maybe have a little sigh relief. 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:30.480 I'd also throw in Joe, like I thought Paul Schemes 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:35.760 going essentially nine innings was the Pirates telling us he's 0:04:35.800 --> 0:04:38.120 good to go, Like they had an out to let 0:04:38.240 --> 0:04:40.640 him out after seven innings, even though it was seventy 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:42.719 eight pitches and they could have saved him, they didn't. 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.119 Thought that was a good sign. 0:04:44.480 --> 0:04:47.880 And like Louis Heal, the other of the trifecta of 0:04:47.960 --> 0:04:51.599 those guys the triad, you know, he kind of held 0:04:51.640 --> 0:04:53.440 back a little bit, like I don't think we feel 0:04:53.440 --> 0:04:55.599 any better or worse about Louis Heal, but we feel 0:04:55.600 --> 0:04:57.919 better about Schemes. And then this Garrett Crochet news is 0:04:57.920 --> 0:04:58.360 pretty good. 0:04:58.360 --> 0:04:59.159 If he gets traded. 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:02.120 Yes, So the caveat is he has to get traded 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:03.680 for this to matter. If he's with the White Sox, 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:05.440 then they're gonna still do the abbreviated outings. 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:06.880 Is that what the report was saying. 0:05:07.920 --> 0:05:11.440 No, I don't think I saw abbreviated outings full on 0:05:11.520 --> 0:05:12.360 for the White Sox. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:14.120 It was that he will not go to the bullpen. 0:05:14.200 --> 0:05:15.760 So I mean, maybe that's what it was. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.560 I don't remember that part if he's staying, But the 0:05:18.600 --> 0:05:20.840 point of the report was he will not be in 0:05:20.880 --> 0:05:22.880 the bullpen, no matter what, no matter where he is, 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:23.800 he's not going to the bullpen. 0:05:23.839 --> 0:05:24.839 But if he's going to pitch. 0:05:24.640 --> 0:05:27.560 Into October, so let's say the Dodgers trade him, he 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.560 will need an extension, so that actually could make this 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:33.560 trade trickier if a team is not willing to drop 0:05:33.600 --> 0:05:36.479 that extension right away. But if he is traded, I 0:05:36.520 --> 0:05:38.440 think there's some really great news right there. 0:05:38.440 --> 0:05:40.320 I'm just a little bit confused, Like, Okay, let's say 0:05:40.320 --> 0:05:42.080 he gets traded the Dodgers. First of all, I think 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.680 it's a little bit risky to just throw him out 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.120 there seven innings, hundred pitches every single time. He's already 0:05:46.120 --> 0:05:48.200 like one hundred innings over what he threw last year. 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.520 We're playing with fire a little bit. But like, let's 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.039 say he gets traded to the Dodgers and they don't 0:05:52.040 --> 0:05:53.800 give him an extension, He's gonna sit on his hands 0:05:53.839 --> 0:05:55.560 in October and not pitch for them. I mean, that 0:05:55.560 --> 0:05:57.040 would be kind of a ballsy thing to do, But 0:05:57.120 --> 0:05:59.080 I don't know if I would actually, like, would he 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:00.560 actually do that or is it's just a little bit 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:02.240 of lip service to try and get a deal done. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:04.720 Oh, I think there's a lot of lips. This is 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:06.440 a lot of agent lip service. 0:06:06.680 --> 0:06:07.159 You put it. 0:06:07.320 --> 0:06:10.279 You put this guy who's been with the white losing 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:12.160 White Sox for years, you put them on a Dodgers, 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:14.120 you get them in October for playing, and they're like, 0:06:14.160 --> 0:06:15.880 Harry Garrett, we need you, and he's. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.800 Like, no, I can't. My arm Like they're not gonna 0:06:18.839 --> 0:06:19.080 do that. 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.440 So now I don't I think this is this is 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:24.400 all bolsterring, and that's fine, But I don't really care 0:06:24.600 --> 0:06:27.719 necessarily about all those details. What I care about is 0:06:27.720 --> 0:06:29.560 that the camp has committed that he will not go 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.479 to the bullpen, and he's committed to pitching through the 0:06:32.600 --> 0:06:34.800 end of the year. So That is a really good sign. 0:06:34.800 --> 0:06:37.640 And that's a good sign for fantasy owners because Garrett Crochet, 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:40.280 he's been one of the best pictures in baseball, I think, 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.720 leads and strikeouts. You know, k per nine has been 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.480 up there, walk the K minus walk person. I mean, 0:06:45.520 --> 0:06:47.680 he has been at the tippy top, if not over 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:49.960 the last two months, he's been at the tippy. 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:51.440 Top all the way through. And I think it's a really. 0:06:51.360 --> 0:06:54.840 Good sign because I've gotten tons of questions from fantasy owners, Oh, 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:55.919 Paul Skin's gonna. 0:06:55.720 --> 0:06:57.520 Get held done? Is Garrett Crochet? What do I do? 0:06:57.600 --> 0:06:58.680 What do I do at the. 0:06:58.760 --> 0:06:59.919 End of the day. I think there's a lot of 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.880 and iFIT to not even considering trading off these guys 0:07:02.920 --> 0:07:06.279 that have just been absolutely dominated across the board for 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:10.120 fantasy because you're worried about some other stuff, another thing 0:07:10.160 --> 0:07:12.560 to be worried about. I actually spend some time talking 0:07:12.600 --> 0:07:16.320 about this in a trade fashion on the In This 0:07:16.360 --> 0:07:22.200 League Fantasy Baseball podcast yesterday. Christian Yelich may may undergo 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:25.800 or may need season ending back surgery after being placed 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:30.920 on the IL earlier today, and there's an obviousness of 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:33.160 what that does for fantasy in general. Bye bye, You're 0:07:33.160 --> 0:07:35.040 gonna put him on the eel and he's probably done 0:07:35.080 --> 0:07:37.440 for the year. But I think this is going to 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.400 push the Brewers into needing to make a trade. And 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.000 let me tell this to you, this was the odd 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:44.320 trade I had them making because we haven't seen this 0:07:44.320 --> 0:07:48.760 guy get pushed to them. But Chisholm, I think Chisholm, 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:51.440 even though it's like a weird combo, might be a 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.240 player that makes a ton of sense. If they're going 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:56.960 to lose an outfielder in Christian Yelich, they've got that division, 0:07:57.080 --> 0:07:59.560 they've got a hold. I don't know if they would 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:01.760 feel calm. I mean, they do have depth by the way, 0:08:01.800 --> 0:08:04.200 they do have like Garrett Mitchell, and they've got self 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:07.320 reel like but Jazz is controllable for years. 0:08:07.840 --> 0:08:08.640 You can get him in. 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:10.880 Maybe they can consider him even going back into the 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.200 middle enfield. I think Jazz is like a really good 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.080 option that Yelich is going to go down at least 0:08:16.080 --> 0:08:17.440 for them fixing things up. 0:08:17.600 --> 0:08:19.440 Yeah, I wouldn't mind that at all. I've seen him 0:08:19.440 --> 0:08:20.840 talked about in a lot of rumors. 0:08:20.880 --> 0:08:21.520 I know the Yankees. 0:08:21.520 --> 0:08:23.160 They're something with the Yankees yesterday, how they don't want 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:26.160 him because they don't like his personality or something. Philadelphia 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:28.560 has been linked to him quite a bit, but Milwaukee 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:30.880 would actually make some sense. I guess it is pretty 0:08:30.920 --> 0:08:32.920 tied to the Yellowsman. They would have to do something 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:34.760 if Yelig goes down. I wonder if there could be 0:08:34.800 --> 0:08:37.160 some kind of Now I'm not the biggest prospect. I'm 0:08:37.160 --> 0:08:39.040 not sure if Milwaukee could actually do this, but pull 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.400 off some kind of like Luis Robert plus a starting 0:08:41.440 --> 0:08:43.960 pitcher from the White Sox, because Milwaukee is in some 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:46.240 desperate need of pitching as well. I mean, the guys 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:47.880 that they're rolling out there behind Freddy Perlt are a 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:49.800 little bit iffy, so they get like a fetti lou 0:08:49.880 --> 0:08:51.960 Bob or a crochet lou Bob type of deal. 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:53.400 That could be something that really makes sense. 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.200 I don't know if they can get crochey. 0:08:55.200 --> 0:08:57.760 I will say this, I saw a report yesterday that 0:08:57.960 --> 0:08:59.600 had linked Vladimir. 0:08:59.160 --> 0:09:02.760 Guerrero to the Brewers, and I. 0:09:02.800 --> 0:09:05.360 Was immediately dismissed it as I guess I've been doing 0:09:05.360 --> 0:09:05.960 a lot lately. 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.200 And then when I. 0:09:08.160 --> 0:09:10.040 Started to look, because we did this exercise on the 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:13.560 podcast where we took all the big named players and 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:16.240 we theorize where they're gonna go, and then what the 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:19.280 trade looks like. And by the way, as somebody had 0:09:19.280 --> 0:09:21.320 put jazz to Seattle, that's been a popular one, but 0:09:21.400 --> 0:09:24.760 we had done the Randy or rosarinat Estak parades. Going 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:26.800 to Seattle, they need multiple helps. We didn't want to. 0:09:26.760 --> 0:09:27.400 Put jazz there. 0:09:28.160 --> 0:09:31.960 And then as I was revamping myself through the Brewers system. 0:09:33.160 --> 0:09:36.080 It's not elite elite, but they've got depth across the board. 0:09:36.080 --> 0:09:36.720 They've got guys. 0:09:36.760 --> 0:09:40.240 They've got Jacob Mizarowski that could frontline some type of 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.000 a trade. Brock Wilkin, who they traded for or they 0:09:43.040 --> 0:09:46.079 had drafted. Cooper Pratt is a guy that's way up there, 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:49.160 and the list kind of keeps going on, Luis Lara, They've. 0:09:49.000 --> 0:09:49.960 Got a ton of depth. 0:09:50.280 --> 0:09:53.840 What they don't have is a ton of guys that 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:56.760 are super close to the majors unless they go and trade, 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.200 you know, like South Frielick or something in a trade, 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:02.679 which they could. So I think a Fetti robert One 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:05.080 might make sense because maybe you can get away with 0:10:05.640 --> 0:10:08.400 maybe it is the might cringe at this, but maybe 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:11.880 it's a Miserowski and like a Cooper Pratt and something else, 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:13.079 and that might get. 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:13.840 Both of those guys. 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:17.640 But I think the point here is Yelich is gonna 0:10:17.640 --> 0:10:22.120 be done with. If they're talking surgery, he's gonna be done, 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.559 and the Brewers are gonna have to go and make 0:10:24.600 --> 0:10:26.959 a move, as the Mariners need to go and make 0:10:26.960 --> 0:10:30.040 a move. Losing Luis Robert with a high ankle sprain, 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.040 you're gonna lose. Unless you're comfortable losing all the momentum, 0:10:33.120 --> 0:10:35.840 You've got to make something happen. That's why I think 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:40.440 there might surprisingly be more two star trades than we've 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.960 seen in any year. I remember seeing like once every 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:46.959 trade deadline. But we might see parades and Rose rain 0:10:47.040 --> 0:10:49.480 and go to Seattle. We might see lou Bob and Fetti, 0:10:49.600 --> 0:10:52.400 or lou Bob and Crochet package together. We might see 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:54.880 a handful of those. But I think the Brewers are 0:10:54.920 --> 0:10:58.319 gonna be in a semi desperate situation in a market 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:00.560 that is easier to trade for him hitting than it 0:11:00.640 --> 0:11:02.480 is pitching right now. But you're right they also could 0:11:02.559 --> 0:11:05.640 use some pitching. A Fetti Luise Robert one as weird 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:07.719 of a like mix as it would be, would make 0:11:07.800 --> 0:11:08.720 all the sense in the world. 0:11:09.400 --> 0:11:11.400 Absolutely, and I think Detroit's another team there that could 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:14.559 maybe pair a couple, whether it's you know, Flaherty Schooble, 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:16.600 all that talk, but maybe they pair at Jason Foley 0:11:16.760 --> 0:11:18.760 or maybe there's some other player that gets paired. There's 0:11:19.200 --> 0:11:21.439 potentially a lot of high profile guy's going to be 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:22.760 moving around in the next couple of days. 0:11:23.679 --> 0:11:25.880 There really is. I'm very excited to get into it. 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:27.600 I'm actually i gotta be honest with you, I'm surprised 0:11:27.640 --> 0:11:29.880 it's Thursday and we don't have any. 0:11:29.840 --> 0:11:31.480 Eron so like we got rumors, hearents have always the 0:11:31.480 --> 0:11:32.320 big movers so far. 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.040 I thought we would have had one like kind of 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:36.960 popping up, and there's been like one little one here 0:11:37.040 --> 0:11:39.720 and then one over the weekend. There's also the there's 0:11:39.720 --> 0:11:44.640 a real possibility that Tuesday could be bunkers. It might 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:48.400 be a bunkers. Everybody might be just holding on real 0:11:48.480 --> 0:11:50.559 tight right up until that very last day and then 0:11:52.040 --> 0:11:54.800 floodgates are just going to open for all the trade market, 0:11:54.800 --> 0:11:57.880 but brutal for fantasy owners. Christian Yelich losing him that 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.760 is a bad, bad blow. But there are you know, 0:12:00.800 --> 0:12:03.040 some assets out there that you could probably move to 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:05.000 to kind of make up for it. Lawrence Butler, I 0:12:05.040 --> 0:12:08.360 would just point out to everybody, if even available, would 0:12:08.400 --> 0:12:11.320 be the greatest turn if you lost Yelich to go 0:12:11.360 --> 0:12:13.760 and get a guy like him. His ownership is probably 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:15.960 rocketed even a little bit more. But I don't know 0:12:16.040 --> 0:12:19.520 if he's even over seventy percent in really highly competitive 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:24.040 leagues yet Mets. They swept the Yankees Francisco Lindor three 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:27.240 for six with two homers, two runs, score five RBIs 0:12:27.280 --> 0:12:31.280 on Wednesday. Garrett Cole allowed eight hits, six earned runs 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:35.360 on Wednesday, struck out four walk to I will present 0:12:35.400 --> 0:12:37.560 it to you because it's always Joe to me here. 0:12:37.600 --> 0:12:41.520 What were your thoughts on Garrett Cole? He's been nothing 0:12:41.559 --> 0:12:44.880 if not inconsistent where he shows off the old shades 0:12:44.880 --> 0:12:47.720 of Garrett Cole and then rattles off one of these. 0:12:48.080 --> 0:12:50.920 Is this solely a Mets thing with Garrett Cole? Because 0:12:50.920 --> 0:12:52.199 I know there's been a lot of people that have 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:54.600 put out the if you take away the Mets starts 0:12:54.600 --> 0:12:56.719 for Garrett Cole, look at his numbers, is this a 0:12:56.760 --> 0:12:59.240 Mets thing or do you think Garrett Garrett Cole is it? 0:12:59.559 --> 0:13:02.600 You know, twelve starting pitcher rest of the way through. 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:05.520 No, I'm gonna fill in for Joe in more ways 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:07.760 than one here with the Garrett Cole hate. You know, 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:10.800 another Joe who's going bald well, not quite there yet, 0:13:10.800 --> 0:13:12.600 but I'm trying to be, you know, another version of 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.720 Joe here today. I might get in some trouble for this, 0:13:15.800 --> 0:13:18.680 but Garrett Cole, in my opinion, was already kind of 0:13:18.720 --> 0:13:21.360 somebody to not be that interested in before the injury. 0:13:21.360 --> 0:13:22.839 If you look at last season, he won the Cy 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:24.600 Young Award. Everybody's probably thinking, what the hell is guy 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.360 talking about? It was his worst strikeout might aus walk rate, 0:13:27.400 --> 0:13:29.320 his worst Sierra's his worst ex fips going back to 0:13:29.360 --> 0:13:31.480 his Pittsburgh days at age thirty three. 0:13:31.880 --> 0:13:34.040 Now we've got the elbow. I forget if. 0:13:33.920 --> 0:13:36.000 It was inflammation or if there was some kind of strain, 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.240 and now we've seen him come back and you know, 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:40.320 really struggle through his seven starts. 0:13:40.320 --> 0:13:42.440 It's a five to four era. Yes, the Mets do 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:44.040 have some role. 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:46.120 In that, but it's still a team that you're gonna 0:13:46.120 --> 0:13:46.480 have to fail that. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:46.760 You can't. 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:49.080 You can't just remove starts to fit what you want 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.120 to happen. The strikeout raid is down, the walk rate 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.719 is up. I do worry about his elbow holding up 0:13:53.760 --> 0:13:56.360 after so many innings in his career, He's been a 0:13:56.400 --> 0:13:59.040 guy who's pretty consistently been two hundred plus innings and 0:13:59.040 --> 0:14:02.160 we're about two innings now under his arm. I do 0:14:02.240 --> 0:14:03.599 worry about what he's going to look like. And I 0:14:03.640 --> 0:14:05.120 think if you can trade him off of that name 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:07.160 value and not have to worry about what could potentially 0:14:07.200 --> 0:14:09.360 happen down the stretch, I'd be more inclined to do that, 0:14:09.440 --> 0:14:12.400 assuming that you're still able to get quote unquote Garrett 0:14:12.400 --> 0:14:14.720 Cole prices. If somebody's paying for the five forty eer, 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:16.440 then I wouldn't want to do that. But if somebody's 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:18.600 paying for the reigning cy young winner, I think that 0:14:18.640 --> 0:14:20.240 could be a deal I'd be pretty interested in doing, 0:14:20.280 --> 0:14:21.480 depending on what the return is. 0:14:22.240 --> 0:14:24.080 Yeah, I would. I actually would have liked. 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:26.040 I wish I would have pulled up the numbers of 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:29.200 the not Mets versus where else. He's been like, you're 0:14:29.200 --> 0:14:31.040 not wrong in a lot of elements. He kind of 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:33.520 had me thinking of Zach Allen when you were talking 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.440 about that too, Like the amount of bullets that are 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.560 put on these guys arms a long term and just 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:41.280 like like Zach Allen's stuff is just like regressed this year, 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:43.320 but also it was like the amount of innings he 0:14:43.400 --> 0:14:44.880 put on last year. And then you think of like 0:14:45.000 --> 0:14:47.760 an entire career with Garrett Cole. He hasn't looked like 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.960 the elite level of Garrett Cole we've seen in the past, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:53.120 but he also has shown some pretty distinct signs of 0:14:53.160 --> 0:14:55.760 those in these starts back with you know, a lot 0:14:55.800 --> 0:14:58.360 of time mysterily on in the year. I'm just not 0:14:58.560 --> 0:15:00.720 as negative. Maybe it's like a more of a middle ground. 0:15:00.760 --> 0:15:03.240 Everyone should play like I've been a little more Pollyanna 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.360 than I should on the Garrett Cole side. I think 0:15:05.480 --> 0:15:09.440 both Joe's are huge Garrett Cole haters for some justified reasons. 0:15:09.440 --> 0:15:11.840 So maybe played in the middle where it's like, you know, 0:15:11.920 --> 0:15:13.800 if you could get him on the Chief, I would 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:18.280 still buy note Joe probably wouldn't. Some other performances Brenton Doyle, 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.400 maybe those underrated Fantasy Guy this whole year, I just 0:15:21.440 --> 0:15:23.840 haven't spent enough time talking about him and a shame 0:15:23.880 --> 0:15:27.760 on me had a Grand Slam five RBIs on Wednesday 0:15:27.880 --> 0:15:30.800 in a massive blowout that was embarrassing to my bet. 0:15:30.960 --> 0:15:34.080 I'm like, oh, Boston monusu a run. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.520 In the first five innings, it was over in like 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:36.960 the first thing, it was like eight to two in 0:15:37.000 --> 0:15:40.080 the second inning. It was disgusting. Tovar went off. We 0:15:40.120 --> 0:15:43.320 did have some Jared Duran which was nice. Also Dodgers 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:47.240 and Giants. Robbie Ray allowed one run eight strikeouts while 0:15:47.240 --> 0:15:50.160 putting the Dodgers hitless over five innings. 0:15:50.480 --> 0:15:52.640 We also had glasnow in there. Any thoughts on the 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:54.760 Robbie Ray return the first inning. 0:15:54.960 --> 0:15:56.680 If you just looked at the first inning and turn 0:15:56.720 --> 0:15:59.320 the game off, you probably thought Robbie Ray was just disgusting. 0:15:59.400 --> 0:16:01.720 Yesterday was awful. Start the first pitch, O Taani hit 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.440 it to the warning track and he hit a couple 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.840 of batters walking. I was like, what the hell. It 0:16:05.880 --> 0:16:07.440 looked like he was not ready at all. And then 0:16:07.640 --> 0:16:09.560 he I think led the day in swinging strike rate 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:09.960 and whiffs. 0:16:10.080 --> 0:16:12.080 By the end of it. I think, if he's out there, 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:12.920 you got to pick him up. 0:16:12.960 --> 0:16:14.560 I think yesterday I was talking about him on my 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:16.360 own show and he was like, fifty one, fifty two 0:16:16.360 --> 0:16:17.200 percent rostered. 0:16:17.240 --> 0:16:18.200 He's still out there. 0:16:18.480 --> 0:16:20.880 And while there is some you know, potential for erratic 0:16:20.920 --> 0:16:23.520 performances from Robbi Ray, You're getting big strike out upside, 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:25.880 You're getting a team that has looking not terrible, a 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.000 decent offense behind him. So if he's out there, I 0:16:28.000 --> 0:16:30.080 think there's a lot more upside in picking up Robbie 0:16:30.120 --> 0:16:32.040 Ray for one of your spots than using it for 0:16:32.120 --> 0:16:33.760 a random streamer here and there. That could be a 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:35.200 guy who has a lot of value over the last 0:16:35.200 --> 0:16:35.960 two months. 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.120