WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off Sept 6th, 2023 (Ep. 735) 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:09.200 What's up, Friendoz, and welcome in. This is Leading Off. 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:12.080 I am the Welsh. That is Casey, Bubba. We were 0:00:12.119 --> 0:00:14.240 brought to you by Price Picks. You guys can check 0:00:14.240 --> 0:00:16.239 out Price Picks today, download the app and use the 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:19.680 promo code Leading Off get a one match up to 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:23.520 one hundred bucks start prize picking today. We will do 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:26.080 it here in just a little bit, Bubba. I feel 0:00:26.079 --> 0:00:30.280 like I haven't seen you in a fortnight or along that. 0:00:30.440 --> 0:00:31.880 How long is a Fortnite? 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.080 The Fortnite's too long. I don't know the kids know 0:00:35.120 --> 0:00:36.440 these days because they play that game. 0:00:36.479 --> 0:00:38.720 But yeah, it's not about Royale or anything. But I 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:39.640 don't remember how long. 0:00:39.640 --> 0:00:40.040 It's a while. 0:00:40.479 --> 0:00:43.440 It's been a while, dude, it's been too long. Too long, 0:00:43.479 --> 0:00:45.239 as the kids would say, No, the kids don't say 0:00:45.240 --> 0:00:47.800 that it's been too long. But it's great to see 0:00:47.800 --> 0:00:48.440 your pretty face. 0:00:48.640 --> 0:00:51.560 The kids would say, we busting. We're busting on this episode, Bubba. 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:52.240 That's what we're doing. 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:52.720 Uh. 0:00:52.760 --> 0:00:54.240 Obviously we got to catch up with a lot of 0:00:54.280 --> 0:00:57.560 stuff things going on this week. Playoff runs are happening, 0:00:57.600 --> 0:01:00.800 so it's an important time. I would remind you guys, 0:01:00.800 --> 0:01:03.640 if you guys have any fantasy questions start and sit streamers, 0:01:03.680 --> 0:01:05.520 whatever it is, drop it in the chat. We will 0:01:05.560 --> 0:01:08.399 answer that here in just a tiny bit. Plus some 0:01:08.840 --> 0:01:11.280 I have a speculative prospect that I think has to 0:01:11.360 --> 0:01:14.560 come up, has to come up, which we'll talk about here. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:17.319 Plus we're gonna be making some bets. Actually laid down, 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.280 I did the stupid thing, tracked my bets last night, 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.200 went to bed forgot to put them in, and then 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:25.440 I did it this morning and got hit with a 0:01:25.440 --> 0:01:27.600 little bit of the odds, which was no fun. But 0:01:27.840 --> 0:01:29.800 still playing some bets. We're gonna be doing all of 0:01:29.840 --> 0:01:32.360 that here. It is nice to see you all, and 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.320 thank you for some of the tweets of people being 0:01:34.400 --> 0:01:36.760 like where's leading off? It's like we just we took 0:01:36.760 --> 0:01:39.080 that Monday off and it completely threw me off. My 0:01:39.800 --> 0:01:42.679 Monday felt like a Sunday. Today does not feel like 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:45.399 a Wednesday, especially with this being the first leading off 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.480 of the week. So we're gonna have some adjustment period, 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:50.680 so hopefully you guys will hang with us. We're gonna 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:52.720 kick off the show with how about freakin' jose al 0:01:52.800 --> 0:01:56.880 tuove Altuve homeward in each of his first three the 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:59.120 first three innings actually say, three at bats, but the 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:03.040 first three innings yesterday. He has got homers in four 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:06.760 straight played appearances which went back to Monday, and five 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:11.200 homers over six played appearances. It's the most in a 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.400 two game span in Astro's history, and tied for the 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:18.959 most over two games in MLB history. But but yeah, 0:02:18.960 --> 0:02:22.880 Bagman and I had done a decent amount about Jose 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:26.000 Al Tuve recently, within the last month or so, just 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:29.320 talking about you know, the injuries have kind of derailed 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.760 his season. He was one of those guys that we 0:02:31.840 --> 0:02:34.680 put out as like a trade target before the trade deadline, 0:02:34.760 --> 0:02:36.760 just because you know, he was kind of quietly sitting 0:02:36.760 --> 0:02:38.720 around really not doing any I mean, he was doing 0:02:38.720 --> 0:02:41.600 some stuff, but it the miss time and the production 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.200 didn't add up to where the value is. You look now, 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:47.959 career high barrel percentage, his batting his XBA, by the way, 0:02:48.080 --> 0:02:51.399 two point fifty two is one of the lower he's 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:53.320 had over the last couple of years. But he's got 0:02:53.360 --> 0:02:56.160 the highest wOBA of his career right now at four 0:02:56.200 --> 0:02:59.920 to twelve. He's hitting the ball crazy hard right now. 0:03:00.280 --> 0:03:03.600 He is a monster, and if he doesn't get too 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:05.560 too hot, he's going to become a value next year 0:03:05.560 --> 0:03:08.040 in fantasy. But he's a guy that is you know, 0:03:08.080 --> 0:03:09.920 he's a guy that's gonna ride you to your championship 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:10.360 right now. 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:14.120 Yeah, he's helping teams cruise to the victory line right now. 0:03:14.760 --> 0:03:16.799 It'll be interesting to see how he finishes up. But yeah, 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:19.799 three twenty one average, fifteen homers, thirteen steals given. Five 0:03:19.840 --> 0:03:22.400 of those fifteen home runs came in two games lately. 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.240 But he's still walking a ton. You mentioned the you know, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:27.280 you mentioned the whoe, but two forty three ISO shows 0:03:27.280 --> 0:03:29.800 that the power is pretty darn legit as well, and 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:33.640 the overall numbers just great for Rozel Twove. Injuries did 0:03:33.919 --> 0:03:36.200 derail his season, and I guess that'd be my biggest 0:03:36.240 --> 0:03:38.600 concern going forward with him as he's thirty three now, 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:40.800 be thirty four next season. Yeah, this could be a 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.080 thing going forward, So it's tough to like fully invest 0:03:43.320 --> 0:03:45.760 in the future, but for now, enjoy it because he's 0:03:45.760 --> 0:03:47.400 helping teams in a big, big way. 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.080 Next not to do the whole next but we were 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:51.960 literally just talking about this off air. We'd like to 0:03:52.000 --> 0:03:54.200 try not to go too much into talking about next year, 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.280 but we're gonna kind of do it because there's some 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.160 things we're gonna talk about here that it's just like, 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:01.120 where's the relevancy to right now? Well, who would you 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:02.920 rather have or who do you think you're gonna have 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:07.520 next year at second base? Jose al Tuve or Jazz Chisholm. 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.680 That's a good one, pooh question. 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:14.840 I like Chisholm's ceiling more than al Tuove, so I 0:04:14.920 --> 0:04:16.200 probably gamble on Chishom. 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:17.760 But two, it's pretty darn safe. 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:20.279 How about who plays more games next year? 0:04:21.080 --> 0:04:22.840 Jazz probably A. 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:26.440 Yeah, I mean so I think I think that will 0:04:26.440 --> 0:04:28.480 be the thing we're starting to talk about next year 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:30.960 when we're looking at that second base spot. Ozzi has 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.440 kind of solidified. He's taken off Yeah yeah, yeah, like 0:04:34.480 --> 0:04:37.839 he he's created the tier. Well, really, I should actually 0:04:37.839 --> 0:04:40.799 say Mooki because Mookie playing so much second base that's crazy. 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:43.000 Has Mooki gotten to twenty this year? 0:04:43.240 --> 0:04:45.359 I believe, So I'll double check. I think it's shortstop. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.680 He's like one or two short, but it's a he's 0:04:47.720 --> 0:04:50.000 gonna be second base outfit eligible next year, so. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:53.000 He'll be number one second base and then it'll be 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:56.200 like his tier, and then it'll be the Ozzie Tier 0:04:56.720 --> 0:04:58.800 and then we'll move down. And I think that's where 0:04:58.800 --> 0:05:01.560 you're gonna live in Li the Jazz Altuove range, and 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:03.640 I think it's going to be like do you want 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:06.400 the production that you trust or are you going to 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.960 go in with the ceiling of Josel Tuve. 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.600 He's played fifty three I can't be right. So it 0:05:11.640 --> 0:05:13.960 has played fifty three games at second base this year, 0:05:14.839 --> 0:05:19.479 sixteen at shortstop, and ninety seven in the outfield. 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.799 Does that math work out? That doesn't that math doesn't 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:23.200 work out. 0:05:23.279 --> 0:05:25.200 I guess, well, well, it might have been shifting in 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:25.880 and out of game. 0:05:25.800 --> 0:05:28.200 But how many started? Because he probably. 0:05:28.000 --> 0:05:30.799 They're saying forty seven starts at second base. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:31.960 That doesn't seem right. 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:35.080 But is that someone who's been paying attention? 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.159 Has that been That doesn't seem right? But maybe, like 0:05:38.200 --> 0:05:40.040 I'm looking at it, it's on fangrass and I'm like it. 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.520 I'll tell you this though, like so like Fred just 0:05:43.680 --> 0:05:46.240 put this in the chat. He's like, Keel Marte has 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:48.400 been solid. This has nothing to do with Ketel Marte. 0:05:49.240 --> 0:05:52.880 This is like a I'm so excited to start talking 0:05:52.920 --> 0:05:55.919 about the next year, values into the off season and 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:58.560 building the right because it's like these questions. Richard said, 0:05:58.560 --> 0:06:02.000 how about this one at McClain or Altuve. You know, 0:06:02.120 --> 0:06:05.440 McLain absolute monster. Obviously the injury towards the end isn't 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.559 gonna help, but that's you're gonna probably appreciate his value 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:12.440 a little bit, which is gonna be phenomenal. I'll present 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:16.680 this to you if Altuve is a what'd you say, 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:17.640 fourth rounder? 0:06:17.680 --> 0:06:20.719 Third rounder by a fourth rounder. If he's a. 0:06:20.720 --> 0:06:24.360 Fourth rounder and McLain is a seventh rounder, I'm gonna 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.400 take McLain. Yeah, I'm gonna take McLain on the value, 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:28.760 and I think that's what we're gonna be looking at. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:31.760 But al Tuove, I guess the point is though he 0:06:31.800 --> 0:06:34.240 could even drop further because of the age and the 0:06:34.760 --> 0:06:38.040 not big counting stats, because of the mistime, and he 0:06:38.160 --> 0:06:40.880 might be a major target next year instead of doing 0:06:40.920 --> 0:06:44.039 some chasing, instead of me doing some crazy chasing at 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.760 the position trying to get the upside of jazz, or 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.919 what if that flipped, what if it's like McLain in 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.919 the fifth and Altuve in the sixth. 0:06:52.120 --> 0:06:54.960 Let's have fun with this like the sime and simeon. 0:06:55.000 --> 0:06:57.080 But al Tuove, your house on Kim. 0:06:58.400 --> 0:07:01.560 So if it's a huge, if this is Altuve in 0:07:01.600 --> 0:07:05.839 the fourth or Kim in the ninth, let take Kim. 0:07:06.160 --> 0:07:08.400 See this second base is actually interesting. I just pulled 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.160 up some guys here, you know, Thyrostrado missed some time, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:13.440 still going to finish with ten homers, nineteen steals and 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:14.920 then add on to whatever he does the rest of 0:07:14.920 --> 0:07:18.400 the month. Labor Torres is awesome, and he kind of 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:22.040 gets overlooked a lot, and Andres Jimenez average is in 0:07:22.120 --> 0:07:25.160 great but power speed still there. So it's a better position, 0:07:25.200 --> 0:07:27.680 I think. And then does like Horry Palanko or Edward 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.560 Julian make a step forward to your liking type situation. 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:32.680 Let me present this to you. Is this going to 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:35.360 be the first time we usually actually do it with 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.160 third base, but this is the first time in forever, 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:42.560 first time in for it that we're not going to 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.480 cry about second base. It actually might be actually deep. 0:07:45.800 --> 0:07:48.080 Literally pulling that page up, I'm like, I could live 0:07:48.120 --> 0:07:50.640 with ten to maybe fifth at this point in time. 0:07:50.680 --> 0:07:53.000 Obviously we'll break it down more, but I could sleep 0:07:53.040 --> 0:07:55.400 at nights going, okay, one of these top fifteen guys, okay, cool, 0:07:55.640 --> 0:07:56.400 I can live with that. 0:07:56.560 --> 0:07:57.960 I think that's what's going to be nice. It's really 0:07:57.960 --> 0:07:59.600 going to be about what that you know, the position 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.040 is going to end up looking like a reminder again. 0:08:02.080 --> 0:08:04.600 Any questions pop them in, we're gonna be answering them 0:08:04.600 --> 0:08:06.720 for your playoff runs here in just a tiny bit. 0:08:07.520 --> 0:08:11.000 Also in the news, Angels manager Phil Nevin was speaking 0:08:11.000 --> 0:08:14.760 to reporters on Tuesday said that Otani's right bleak injury 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:18.240 is quote just a tiny bit of inflammation. Who was 0:08:18.240 --> 0:08:21.600 a late scratch on Monday. It kind of followed with 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:24.200 saying he's going to avoid the injured list at least 0:08:24.240 --> 0:08:27.800 for now and they'll be monitored day to day. I 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.600 am still shocked that Otani is going and that he 0:08:30.640 --> 0:08:33.400 hasn't shut it down. There are people clamoring shut it down, 0:08:33.440 --> 0:08:36.080 get the injury eno and I if people want to 0:08:36.080 --> 0:08:39.600 listen on rates and barrels, we actually talked about this situation, 0:08:40.200 --> 0:08:42.959 and you know, I'm forgetting what the surgery was. Had 0:08:43.000 --> 0:08:46.520 described a type of surgery that you can do that 0:08:47.280 --> 0:08:51.400 could knock you down for six months, which was story Hud. 0:08:51.880 --> 0:08:54.720 I think so, and it's it's like a brace almost 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:56.199 not a thing. That's what it is. It was, Yeah, 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.560 it was like the brace in the arm and what 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.440 that would do with that could bring him back hitting 0:09:01.679 --> 0:09:04.400 by spring training. He actually if you were to go now, 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.920 because what they said was the recovery time is like 0:09:06.960 --> 0:09:09.200 a six month period, but you can start hitting after four. 0:09:09.679 --> 0:09:13.200 If he did it now, he could start hitting in January, 0:09:13.600 --> 0:09:17.920 which would get you good for March April, and then 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:20.360 maybe wherever he is doesn't look like it's gonna be 0:09:20.400 --> 0:09:22.000 the Angels now all that like oo, they're going to 0:09:22.000 --> 0:09:25.319 swind back with the Angels, all that nasty stuff. If 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:27.360 if you want to play a little slow, maybe he 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.640 doesn't pitch until May, and that gives him more time 0:09:29.640 --> 0:09:32.520 to recover. I'm saying all this to say that the 0:09:32.520 --> 0:09:36.240 injury that he's got has looked like it's not as 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:40.239 serious to if you hit, you're not going to reaggravate 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.400 it too much, so you can continue to hit. But 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:47.079 the potential options here versus what he can do the 0:09:47.120 --> 0:09:49.520 rest of the season, they do not make sense for 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:51.320 what he's doing right now. If you're going to go 0:09:51.440 --> 0:09:54.360 land your big contract, you're trying to recover, if you're 0:09:54.360 --> 0:09:57.959 dealing with any little tiny bits of inflammation. If I 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:00.840 say the word inflammation. When you have a Tommy John 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.040 surgery looming right now and you're a two way player, 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.880 shut it down. Some shocked that he's still not shut down, 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:08.360 but that's the latest news about it. I've got him 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:10.480 in a head to head playoff run right now and 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:12.839 it is absolutely brutal. And he's a hitter pitcher now, 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.600 he's a hitter, and I don't I don't know if 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:16.959 I trust to start him, and I think it's I 0:10:17.000 --> 0:10:18.160 think it's going to sink me, Bubba. 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.080 Yeah, well I hope it doesn't sink you. I can 0:10:21.120 --> 0:10:22.960 see where your head's at on that though, because I 0:10:22.960 --> 0:10:25.000 think there's a lot of people with those same sentiments 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.800 out there right now. He should have had surgery a 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:31.120 while ago, like this oblique thing. It came out later 0:10:31.160 --> 0:10:34.640 on Monday, earlier in the day, his agent, Otani's agent 0:10:34.679 --> 0:10:36.760 even came out and said Otani will have a procedure. 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:39.520 His goal is to DH all of next season is 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:41.959 pitching twenty twenty five. Thus, what you and you know 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:43.599 were talking about, and the first thing it came to 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:45.960 mind was the Trevor story deal. Because six months gets 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:48.240 you back out there playing catch. You said, four months 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:50.439 hitting and that's going to help him out a ton, 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:52.240 obviously in the contract. 0:10:51.880 --> 0:10:53.520 Side of things, but that means you need to have 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:53.880 it now. 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.640 That's how it now, Yeah, exactly, because if you wait 0:10:57.720 --> 0:11:00.600 to finish out the year, then you're going to start 0:11:00.600 --> 0:11:03.360 a hitting program in February when camps are going up. 0:11:03.400 --> 0:11:06.240 You do it now, and you're leading yourself into spring training. 0:11:06.240 --> 0:11:08.800 And it's like, he's it's so weird. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.320 Because we talked about, Okay, maybe if he plays out 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:12.200 the season, that means he'll sign with the Angels again 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.000 on a short deal because they can you know, Okay, 0:11:15.040 --> 0:11:16.840 if you missed the first month whatever, we've had you 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:17.280 this time. 0:11:17.360 --> 0:11:20.400 Great. It's just such a weird situation. I don't get 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:20.960 it at all. 0:11:21.280 --> 0:11:23.840 Did you see in one of the greatest things of 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:29.040 all time the photo shoot from yesterday with just the guy? 0:11:29.240 --> 0:11:30.520 There's like some random gage. 0:11:30.640 --> 0:11:32.600 Did you see what I tweeted out about it? Apparently not. 0:11:32.880 --> 0:11:35.560 No, there's a picture and it shows the guy standing there, 0:11:35.600 --> 0:11:36.920 and then in front of him is like Trout and 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:39.640 Rendona and stuff. I said, the only thing crazier than 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:42.320 a stand in for Otani because they're gonna basically photoshop 0:11:42.360 --> 0:11:44.520 his face on him. The only thing crazier than that 0:11:44.760 --> 0:11:47.240 is Anthony Rendon remembered how to put a baseball jersey. 0:11:47.280 --> 0:11:49.440 Ar I did, right, I mean, I think Grendon's the worst. 0:11:49.520 --> 0:11:53.760 Like the day before, Oh yeah, no, I know he's able, yeah, no, 0:11:53.840 --> 0:11:56.640 hobbleringlass when someone tried to interview I think he's one 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:59.400 of the worst. And there are people come, you know, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:02.400 and there's probably because like there are guys that kind 0:12:02.440 --> 0:12:06.400 of suck but are beloved. Like listen, Granky kind of 0:12:06.480 --> 0:12:09.320 sucks in some ways, like he's not a pleasant person 0:12:09.400 --> 0:12:13.280 to other baseball players, to fans. He does quirky things 0:12:13.280 --> 0:12:15.600 that sometimes suck, but sometimes they're also like really funny. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:19.280 So he's he's a kind of like he's kind of jerky, 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:21.880 but in a in a in a way that we 0:12:21.960 --> 0:12:25.640 can relate with at some points, like like, for instance, 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:28.080 in spring training last year, I've actually seen this guy. 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:31.319 There was this guy that has this entire jump suit 0:12:31.679 --> 0:12:34.280 that's like a it's like a weed jumpsuit. It's most 0:12:34.320 --> 0:12:37.600 ridiculous that he looks like an insane person. And he 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:40.480 had asked Granky for his autograph, and Granky looked at 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:42.200 him and he said, if I can take a picture 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:44.560 of you, and sure enough he did, and he posted 0:12:44.600 --> 0:12:48.600 it like that's funny. That's that's actually really funny. Rendon 0:12:48.920 --> 0:12:52.640 sucks like he's not like he he I don't know 0:12:52.679 --> 0:12:55.200 what the redeeming quality about him is in general, he 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:56.239 just stinks. 0:12:56.520 --> 0:12:58.480 Yeah, that's bad, bad deal all around. So hopefully that 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:01.480 gets resolved quickly. Also, maybe that's what Atani's waiting for. 0:13:01.720 --> 0:13:03.160 You either get rid of him or I'm gonna play 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:03.800 it out and go somewhere. 0:13:03.800 --> 0:13:06.640 Oh my god, that would be the coole the best. 0:13:06.640 --> 0:13:09.319 But yeah, it's a disaster and I'm so excited, we're 0:13:09.320 --> 0:13:12.360 all excited for Actually, as a card person, I think 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:16.200 tops should take that picture of the stand in Otani 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:17.720 and make that a card of. 0:13:17.640 --> 0:13:19.480 That should be like an air or an alternate card 0:13:19.600 --> 0:13:20.440 or something on percent. 0:13:20.520 --> 0:13:21.360 That would be amazing. 0:13:21.640 --> 0:13:23.520 Like you have the team picture card, the Angels card, 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:25.360 but half of them, like a quarter of them have 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:26.760 the fake Otani. 0:13:26.720 --> 0:13:30.160 Perfect so funny, have be so funny. Julio Rodriguez two 0:13:30.200 --> 0:13:34.000 for five with four RBI yesterday, two homers. I believe 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.920 as well. Since August first. Check this out. Julio has 0:13:36.960 --> 0:13:40.240 played twenty nine games since August first, Bob, are you 0:13:40.280 --> 0:13:41.080 looking at the sheet? 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:42.960 I just pulled it up. I haven't read it. 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.440 Don't get it, don't look at it. How many games 0:13:45.480 --> 0:13:48.240 of those twenty nine games has he not registered a hit? 0:13:49.520 --> 0:13:51.880 Since I play him in DFS almost every single day 0:13:51.920 --> 0:13:55.679 and on props, out of the twenty nine games, he said, yeah, 0:13:56.240 --> 0:13:59.319 I'm gonna say he didn't register a hit in four. 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.840 You nailed it. You absolutely nailed it. Four games, four 0:14:02.880 --> 0:14:06.679 games of his last twenty nine since August first, he 0:14:06.720 --> 0:14:09.360 has not had a hit in that period of time. 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.400 He has the second highest war in baseball. He has 0:14:12.520 --> 0:14:17.840 ten homers and the second most stolen bases during that time, 0:14:18.440 --> 0:14:21.080 which is bonkers have believed evert twenty five but twelve 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.320 twelve stolen bases in that time. And it's you know, 0:14:24.360 --> 0:14:26.480 it doesn't really matter. It's again, this is one of 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.040 those things. What does it help you right now? It's 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:33.160 just a reaffirmation of Juliardriguez's value going into next season, 0:14:33.320 --> 0:14:36.800 there'll be no actual value because had he ended cold, 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.960 he'd have probably been like five or six or something 0:14:41.600 --> 0:14:43.760 maybe at the back end. But when we go back 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:45.800 and look at this season, even if people have checked 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:49.600 out because football this week, you're gonna see Julliard Regez 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:51.360 is lead and he's yeah, he's going to be easy 0:14:51.400 --> 0:14:51.880 top five. 0:14:52.880 --> 0:14:54.640 If not the number two, you might be the second 0:14:54.680 --> 0:14:55.440 hitter after Accoon. 0:14:55.480 --> 0:14:58.280 You know, he might have solidified himself as top three. 0:14:58.400 --> 0:14:59.840 I mean, legit, like good argument. 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.080 The argument between Bets and Julio is the one that's 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:04.800 gonna be a fun one because we had the Bets 0:15:04.840 --> 0:15:07.800 talk last week. Now with Julio entering the chat, that 0:15:07.840 --> 0:15:09.000 gets really interesting real quick. 0:15:09.120 --> 0:15:10.400 Well there's a bunch of I mean, you know, and 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:13.040 then you throw in like, you know, Carol has kind 0:15:13.080 --> 0:15:15.440 of tapered back a little bit, but when you look 0:15:15.480 --> 0:15:17.800 at his season totals, you're going to be like, whoa. 0:15:17.880 --> 0:15:20.600 And then Bobby Witt as well. But Julio, with what 0:15:20.680 --> 0:15:24.520 Julio's done right here, this might have solidified two or three. 0:15:24.560 --> 0:15:26.320 So it was like a top three overall. He has 0:15:26.360 --> 0:15:29.360 been going nuts. A guy that has been going nuts 0:15:29.400 --> 0:15:32.120 that I think we talked about recently Jordan Walker, and 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:34.720 someone said, please don't bring him up here, but we've 0:15:34.760 --> 0:15:37.560 got to. He is going off. He has three straight 0:15:37.640 --> 0:15:41.480 multi hit games, three straight games with a homer after 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.720 going three for four with three runs and two RBI. 0:15:45.120 --> 0:15:49.200 He also had a homer yesterday. And I've talked about 0:15:49.240 --> 0:15:51.880 him in a couple different spots. I think Jordan Walker 0:15:52.360 --> 0:15:55.800 he's borderlining the values gone now of what you're going 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:57.160 to be able to get him in the off season 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:59.280 for like a good value. But here's my question. I 0:15:59.280 --> 0:16:02.240 think we've asked this two or three times this season. 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.280 You know, as the season has gone on right now, 0:16:05.400 --> 0:16:08.320 rest of season, would you rather have Jordan Walker or 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:12.560 would you rather have Ellie Daily Cruz Jordan Walker? 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:14.640 Okay, I think he's more of a peer hitter like 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:16.280 Daily Cruise is way too much for you can miss 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:19.600 still and like you mentioned Walker's success seven game hitting 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.960 streak right now, hitting six hundred, Like, dude's a beast. 0:16:22.320 --> 0:16:26.040 He's going crazy. He's finding his rhythm and that's the 0:16:26.120 --> 0:16:26.800 important thing. 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.560 And a young player. Shocker. 0:16:30.040 --> 0:16:33.080 Yeah, I had what was the one Eno and I 0:16:33.160 --> 0:16:35.360 were talking about Jordan Walker? I had, I had done 0:16:35.360 --> 0:16:37.600 a Oh, I asked him this one, Jordan Walker or 0:16:37.680 --> 0:16:38.760 Royce Lewis next year. 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.640 Oh, I'm still a Royce Lewis guy. I'm still a 0:16:42.760 --> 0:16:45.320 Royce Lewis guy. But I respect I won't that's one 0:16:45.320 --> 0:16:46.840 of those. I won't to argue you if you pick 0:16:46.920 --> 0:16:47.760 Jordan Walker. 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.920 That's very fair, you know, and I both picked Jordan 0:16:49.920 --> 0:16:51.080 Walker for next year, but. 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.560 Questions the rest of this season teammates Jordan Walker or 0:16:54.560 --> 0:16:55.160 Tyler O'Neil. 0:16:56.000 --> 0:16:58.200 Oh, yeah, Tyler neil had three hits yesterday as well. 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:02.160 I think I go Walker, Yeah, Marmel still I think 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:05.680 he deals still deep down hates Tyler O'Neill. So feels like, yeah, 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:07.720 like I think there's always a chance, but like Jordan 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:10.240 Walker is just on a complete tear right now. Lower 0:17:10.320 --> 0:17:13.920 strikeout guy makes really good, really really big haryard contact. 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.520 I think Jordan Walker is a guy we could see 0:17:16.600 --> 0:17:18.720 hit thirty homers next year. And I don't know if 0:17:18.760 --> 0:17:21.520 that's like people like duh or not, but like, he 0:17:21.560 --> 0:17:24.080 hasn't hit quite at the level and I don't think 0:17:24.080 --> 0:17:25.960 his pace numbers go there, but I think he's going 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.080 to hit thirty homers next year, especially as he's found 0:17:28.080 --> 0:17:30.879 his comfortability. And I think a really good key to 0:17:31.040 --> 0:17:33.639 like young players like this. Maybe you can throw it 0:17:33.640 --> 0:17:37.000 out for veterans, but a guy that can come up, 0:17:37.440 --> 0:17:40.600 can struggle, can be sent down, can come back, struggle 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.119 and then just pop. You've overcome that adversity, and I 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:44.920 think you can take a lot of that going into 0:17:44.960 --> 0:17:47.119 next season, and we'll have a lot of breakdowns of 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.520 Jordan Walker because he has been pretty awesome. And then finally, 0:17:50.560 --> 0:17:53.520 just throwing this out, John Carlos Stanton reached a He 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:57.360 reached his four hundredth home run with the Yankees at 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.359