WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 21st, 2023 (Ep. 653) 0:00:06.640 --> 0:00:10.720 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:12.879 Off live as be Joey Pa Joe Pizipia. 0:00:12.920 --> 0:00:14.720 That of course is the Welsh and we're brought to 0:00:14.760 --> 0:00:16.920 you by Prize Pick. Sign up today a prize pick 0:00:16.960 --> 0:00:19.239 to use the promo code leading off to get a 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.280 one hundred percent deposit match off the first one hundred 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:23.959 dollars you put in to the prize picks. 0:00:24.000 --> 0:00:26.000 We love the prize picks. We'll be picking prizes later. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:28.520 We'll be talking a lot of baseball, little DFS, little 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.720 home run calls, you know how it goes. And I 0:00:30.720 --> 0:00:33.279 see some new friends here to look Tyler Hollywood. Look 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:36.840 at his fantastic hat. Long time watcher, first time chatter. 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:40.160 That's what's all about. Welcome to the show, kid. There 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:44.559 you go, Tyler, outstanding hat. Love that and Welsh. I 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:48.239 gotta say you artificially. You know the old movie, a 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:51.920 Bronx Tale classic. You know now you can't leave. There's 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:53.440 a lot of great lines and there's also a great 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:57.680 character who's a mush. Everything he touches turns to crap. 0:00:58.120 --> 0:01:00.040 That is you in home run calls, because yesterday you 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:03.560 picked Fernando Tatis junior and he went over five after 0:01:03.600 --> 0:01:05.160 being red hot in the minor leagues. 0:01:05.200 --> 0:01:06.919 I feel like everybody blames you worst. 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:10.360 Now he's sore. That's fine, he's the worst. He's the 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.000 worst player in baseball. Who's the guy that hates him? 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:13.440 Uh? 0:01:13.560 --> 0:01:16.240 That guy's right, that guy's right. Zero for five. He 0:01:16.360 --> 0:01:18.840 was trash. I think it was Matt that said is 0:01:18.880 --> 0:01:20.680 Welsh going to give credit to the guy that said 0:01:20.680 --> 0:01:21.319 he went over four? 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:22.119 No, he was worse. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:26.520 He was even worse for tatist was and then he's 0:01:26.560 --> 0:01:29.800 going up against Zach Gallen today. So no, every yesterday 0:01:29.959 --> 0:01:32.440 was a total mush call. I was the cooler, So 0:01:32.480 --> 0:01:33.520 I'm not in a good mood today. 0:01:34.080 --> 0:01:36.280 Well you're tomorrow. 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.839 So everybody worse, even worse. 0:01:38.840 --> 0:01:41.240 Which whish the Welsha happy birthday in the chat please, 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:42.920 And I want you to get a hold that this 0:01:43.000 --> 0:01:43.600 is the only thing. 0:01:43.520 --> 0:01:45.240 I want for your birthday weekend as a whole month. 0:01:45.760 --> 0:01:46.880 That's it. That's all I want. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.320 So maybe instead of you picking, we should let the 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.720 people pick. This is maybe it was a crowd source. 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:53.440 We do a poll. 0:01:53.520 --> 0:01:56.080 Should we do a you know what I like? So wait, 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:59.120 hold on, maybe we come up with three we got 0:01:59.120 --> 0:02:01.040 to do it early then and then we do a 0:02:01.080 --> 0:02:03.480 pole or do you just want to do a live? 0:02:03.680 --> 0:02:06.120 Just drop down the chat and the first guy to oh, I. 0:02:06.120 --> 0:02:08.600 Feel live, drop down the chat and we'll see, you know, 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.600 some of the options there. And if Mayor is, you know, 0:02:11.680 --> 0:02:13.920 working today and doing something, he can actually make it 0:02:13.919 --> 0:02:15.680 into a pole. You know, we can have Mike Mayor 0:02:15.680 --> 0:02:18.600 help us out. By the way, two people still on 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:21.200 Twitter with blue check marks. I see that Lebron James 0:02:21.240 --> 0:02:23.639 kept his and Mike Mahyer. Those are the two people 0:02:23.720 --> 0:02:26.520 that still have blue check marks out there. So good times. 0:02:26.720 --> 0:02:28.200 I guess I need to get one. 0:02:28.360 --> 0:02:28.880 I don't know. 0:02:29.680 --> 0:02:34.399 I was rejected three times. I legitimately sent in. Here 0:02:34.480 --> 0:02:38.080 are video links to me on national television proving that 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:40.680 I am a quote media personality on a weekly basis, 0:02:40.720 --> 0:02:43.840 on Sports Grid, on Fantasy Borzozi. Things are like no, no, 0:02:44.040 --> 0:02:46.320 you can't have a blue check mark, and then now 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:47.560 you have to pay for it. It's all like, well, 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.040 I never want to pay for it, but then I 0:02:49.080 --> 0:02:51.200 know that now you don't show the people's feeds, and 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.280 I don't know, I'm so totally wanted. 0:02:53.120 --> 0:02:55.320 A proud source. If you should do that is that I. 0:02:57.080 --> 0:02:58.240 Am fishing little. 0:02:58.800 --> 0:03:01.440 Yeah, no, Bogmin and I I did we did a 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.480 show where is a wheel show? And it landed on subscribe. 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:06.280 This is months and months ago and we both had 0:03:06.280 --> 0:03:08.760 to end up doing it. We did, and I just 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.160 don't even think about it and forgot and everyone was like, hey, 0:03:11.560 --> 0:03:13.959 you know, for twenty it's not the day you think 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:16.280 it is. It's National lose your check mark Day and 0:03:16.400 --> 0:03:17.560 people losing their minds. 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:18.960 Just do it, Just do it. 0:03:19.000 --> 0:03:20.840 Thank you every I'm sure there's a lot of people 0:03:21.080 --> 0:03:23.640 you know, had to do enjoyment of their smoky smoke 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:24.799 and then woke up the next day it was like, 0:03:24.880 --> 0:03:25.440 what happened? 0:03:25.880 --> 0:03:27.240 Yeah, I had no idea. 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:29.880 Yeah no, I mean I listen, it's your business. Go 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.239 do it, don't do it. I don't know. But as 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:36.520 I told you off air yesterday, talking about losing your 0:03:36.600 --> 0:03:38.920 check mark was the new check mark. You were all. 0:03:39.520 --> 0:03:41.040 You were only the best of the best. If you 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:44.960 were talking and slamming Twitter about losing your check Mak Wonke. 0:03:45.160 --> 0:03:46.840 If Wonky's got one, then I got to go get 0:03:46.880 --> 0:03:48.680 one too. I know. There's a nice one from Dylan. 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:50.400 Look at this. Dylan love sharing the love. 0:03:50.760 --> 0:03:52.480 It's my birthday today, and I just want to say 0:03:52.480 --> 0:03:54.520 I appreciate you guys, and I watch your videos every 0:03:54.560 --> 0:03:57.640 day and your insight definitely makes me a smarter person. Well, 0:03:57.680 --> 0:03:59.800 I hope we don't make everyone dumber. Sometimes we do 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.280 that too, and just says thanks for all you guys 0:04:02.280 --> 0:04:04.800 do We appreciate you, Dylan, We appreciate you. This is 0:04:04.800 --> 0:04:07.120 what it's about, is a community of people who want 0:04:07.120 --> 0:04:09.960 to talk baseball, have fun, get some stuff out there, 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.520 you know, have a good time. And you know what, 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:14.320 I am very proud of us because we also hit 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:19.240 thirteen thousand subs this morning on the YouTube channel. Look 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.560 at us two thousand away from Joey p week of 0:04:21.600 --> 0:04:24.760 wigs I will wear. And you know, maybe at thirteen, 0:04:24.920 --> 0:04:26.680 now that we've hit thirteen, maybe we should do some 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:29.560 sort of one day of wig. I don't know, something 0:04:29.640 --> 0:04:30.000 like that. 0:04:30.080 --> 0:04:31.400 Perhaps I think can. 0:04:31.279 --> 0:04:33.400 We get to Mario Mario hats are not expensive, by 0:04:33.400 --> 0:04:34.440 the way, I don't even know if we say we 0:04:34.640 --> 0:04:37.600 do the Mario Happy Birthday too. I think you can 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.919 get like those Mario Odyssey hats on Amazon, like just 0:04:41.960 --> 0:04:45.359 budgeted in, just like your blue check mark Joe budget in. 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.440 Let's get you a Mario hat and let's do you know, 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:50.560 or we could do a full on Mario Luigi with 0:04:50.600 --> 0:04:52.440 the mustaches. 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.719 It's us. He is ball an. We gotta do a 0:04:55.720 --> 0:04:56.239 whole show. 0:04:56.640 --> 0:04:59.000 In that voice, I felt Louis sounds like I don't 0:04:59.000 --> 0:04:59.719 think he ever talks. 0:04:59.880 --> 0:05:03.440 Just like he talks, he talks. He's you know, he's well, 0:05:03.480 --> 0:05:05.159 you know, a short guy, tall guy. I mean, we 0:05:05.480 --> 0:05:08.680 totally the best holiday, you know, Halloween costume for us. 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:11.520 See me, I'll do my something about Mary Hare and 0:05:11.560 --> 0:05:13.360 you can do your Mario and we'll be good. 0:05:14.040 --> 0:05:15.480 It's some me. It's some me. 0:05:15.800 --> 0:05:18.480 Joey p uh, maybe I will. I will look at 0:05:18.480 --> 0:05:20.080 the Amazon after the show and see what that's on. 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.360 Let's get to the baseball. Mookie Bets is he the 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:23.400 best athlete in baseball? 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:24.000 Welsh? 0:05:24.040 --> 0:05:27.560 There's the question because he played shortstop yesterday. Uh now 0:05:27.600 --> 0:05:30.040 he'll be eligible and Yahoo probably for the next ten 0:05:30.120 --> 0:05:33.200 years there, but yeah, I mean, amazing stuff there. Mookie 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:35.320 Bets comes off the il today, he's in the outfield. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:37.280 He's back in the outfield, but you'll. 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:39.400 Actually played him at by the way because he's also 0:05:39.480 --> 0:05:41.280 he was gonna do some second base if he qualified 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:44.760 it second outfield and short him. 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:48.159 At second base, you know, because you've had you know, 0:05:48.240 --> 0:05:50.160 injuries there, You've had al two v out You've had 0:05:50.200 --> 0:05:52.680 guys under perform. Second base was going into the year, 0:05:52.760 --> 0:05:54.120 was already a little light, and then when al Tuove 0:05:54.240 --> 0:05:55.200 got hurt, it got even worse. 0:05:55.240 --> 0:05:59.560 That's that's my inclination. At least. Pete Alonzo ninth home run. 0:05:59.600 --> 0:06:01.840 He moves to fifth all time already on the Mets 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.400 home run list, which is depressing and impressive at the 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:06.599 same time that somebody could just be playing for like 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:08.960 four years and already be fifth all time for Mets 0:06:09.000 --> 0:06:12.200 home runs. But Alonzo, we keep talking about him as 0:06:12.200 --> 0:06:16.400 an MVP candidate. He is some interesting MVP stuff as 0:06:16.440 --> 0:06:18.520 well that I want to get to because I saw 0:06:18.560 --> 0:06:21.719 the line on Julio Rodriguez which is moved to a 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:24.880 crazy number. It's kind of nuts. And I don't know 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:28.040 if you've guys have seen this or not, but Julio Rodriguez. 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.960 They have a new home run thing here, the Trident, 0:06:32.160 --> 0:06:34.080 which you're looking at here on the screen right now, 0:06:34.080 --> 0:06:35.120 which I like it to Trident. 0:06:35.480 --> 0:06:36.960 I think this thing is so noomoals. I gotta tell 0:06:36.960 --> 0:06:38.719 you too, you know you don't like a card person 0:06:38.760 --> 0:06:41.360 at all. But tops does these tops Now cards where 0:06:41.400 --> 0:06:44.480 they take moments every single day. I don't know if 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.520 they've done it, but if that one is not a 0:06:46.520 --> 0:06:48.520 tops Now car, I don't know what the hell they're 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.120 doing because that is the picture of pictures. 0:06:51.480 --> 0:06:53.760 Well, remember I said that he's getting hot and it's 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.279 time to, you know, start investing in tatis. I mean, 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.880 excuse me, in Rodriguez tattist too, but Julio Rodriguez. In 0:06:58.920 --> 0:07:01.640 terms of al MVP odds, he opened up at eight hundred. 0:07:02.040 --> 0:07:04.120 That's when I bet. I think I got it nine hundred. 0:07:04.640 --> 0:07:06.440 The current odds have moved. You can get it in 0:07:06.480 --> 0:07:08.640 a couple of houses at plus thirty five hundred right now. 0:07:08.960 --> 0:07:11.240 I'm telling you right now, if he goes on a tear, 0:07:11.720 --> 0:07:13.880 this number is going to disintegrate. 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:15.239 But you're only two months. 0:07:15.320 --> 0:07:17.920 But we should put the caveat I feel like the 0:07:18.000 --> 0:07:20.920 logic behind this is you're only doing this to then 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:22.840 sell it because he's not going to win it. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:28.360 He will win it if gets traded and the Mariners. Look, 0:07:28.480 --> 0:07:30.920 if the Mariners put it together, will. 0:07:30.800 --> 0:07:33.800 Win it over Judge, I, judge, cannot hit left you 0:07:33.880 --> 0:07:37.640 guys have looked by the way, I imagine Judge cannot 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.040 hit lefties. I think he has one hit off of 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.800 a lefty this entire year so far, and he's struggling there. 0:07:42.840 --> 0:07:45.680 But he's still Aaron Judge. So you think like Julio's 0:07:45.720 --> 0:07:47.960 a shootin assuming I. 0:07:47.880 --> 0:07:50.520 Think, I think you can at the very least make 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:53.480 a lot of money on it. Number one, Number two. 0:07:53.640 --> 0:07:55.280 This was my whole thing going into the year, which 0:07:55.320 --> 0:07:58.720 was if Julio plays up to Julio's ability and this 0:07:58.800 --> 0:08:01.280 team as I believe that they can play up to 0:08:01.320 --> 0:08:04.440 their ability and potentially challenge for that division, which I 0:08:04.520 --> 0:08:07.840 think is in the possibility once the pitching gets all 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:10.840 healthy and they start going. I'm telling you, I think 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.240 that this is the reality. Is it has to be 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.880 Otani getting moved to National League, and with every passing 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:19.320 day of a Patrick Sandoval start, we get closer and 0:08:19.320 --> 0:08:19.840 closer to. 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.360 That being a reality. I like that. 0:08:21.800 --> 0:08:23.720 By the way, well, just to support which you said, 0:08:23.960 --> 0:08:27.800 you're not being hyperbolic versus lefties. This year, Aaron Judge 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:31.360 is hitting eighty three with a two ninety four OBP 0:08:32.000 --> 0:08:34.480 and a zero point eight three slugging and a three 0:08:34.559 --> 0:08:35.160 seventy seven. 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.679 Ops. That's the most absurd thing I've ever seen. I mean, 0:08:37.679 --> 0:08:38.480 even I realize it. 0:08:38.600 --> 0:08:40.560 I know I've been watching. I mean, so people know 0:08:40.720 --> 0:08:43.680 I don't just whimsically throw out picks and stuff like that. 0:08:43.760 --> 0:08:46.240 Every single day. I'm doing different points of research and 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:47.400 I'm going in and I. 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:48.680 See Aaron Judge going up there. 0:08:48.760 --> 0:08:50.680 No, and you do too, But I'm saying like, I 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:52.240 go in and I look and I and I have 0:08:52.280 --> 0:08:54.320 seen Aaron Judge multiple times. I'm kind of like this 0:08:54.360 --> 0:08:55.760 matchup and I see he's a lefty, and I'm like, 0:08:55.840 --> 0:08:59.160 oh my god, did his first hit came like yesterday? 0:08:59.240 --> 0:09:01.120 I think it was the day before. In the last 0:09:01.120 --> 0:09:02.720 two days he got his first hit off a lefty, 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.360 which is crazy. But back to your point, I just 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:08.400 want to throw out the thirty five hundred is insane. 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:11.600 And if you play on a market where you can 0:09:11.840 --> 0:09:13.160 sell throughout the year. 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:14.000 Do it. 0:09:14.120 --> 0:09:17.200 I like, I like this, but I do not think 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:18.520 he's winning a l MVP. 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:21.920 So a lot of people, by the way, starting to 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:24.319 follow me on the betting pros thing. We could check 0:09:24.360 --> 0:09:26.960 our bets every day. I'm up over sixty six percent 0:09:27.040 --> 0:09:29.240 right now for Major League baseball season. It's pretty good 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:31.640 last time I checked it. Look, go to betting pros 0:09:32.160 --> 0:09:34.640 dot com slash leading off and join our group and 0:09:34.679 --> 0:09:36.319 follow me if you want to know the bets that 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:38.800 we're all making. By the way, Tim Sawyer saying trident 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.360 or dongbong, I say trident. Mayor says dongbong. That's because 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.240 Ryan Mountcastle's mouth is attached to it. 0:09:44.600 --> 0:09:47.320 I met the other one where he goes Tim. Tim said, 0:09:47.600 --> 0:09:50.000 Welch just said Judge can't hit against lefties. Judge is 0:09:50.000 --> 0:09:52.080 about to go on a twenty game hit streak. 0:09:51.880 --> 0:09:56.320 Against because you're a mush. You're a mush. 0:09:56.400 --> 0:09:59.280 And the problem is is I acknowledge the mush and 0:09:59.320 --> 0:10:01.920 then I tried like I'm like, ooh, that's the mush thing. 0:10:01.960 --> 0:10:03.679 And then I try to do the opposite, so I 0:10:03.800 --> 0:10:04.440 remush it. 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.880 Like so Brian Fouts He's like, I just got here, 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:09.720 wtf is the dongbong? Because I already have a mental 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.080 picture and it's not pretty well. 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.880 There it is. There's the dongbong for you. Brian, there too, 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:16.439 There it is. There's Mike Mayor. 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:17.600 Adley's on the other end. 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:21.640 All right. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:24.960 More headlines from yesterday Trent Grisham plates four as the 0:10:25.000 --> 0:10:27.040 Dbacks get a w for an antatist. Of course, the 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:31.560 over five Brandon Fought strikes out eight at Triple A Reno, again, 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:34.240 probably his last start there. I saw Nick Pollock tweeting 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:38.160 about him yesterday. We were talking about yesterday. Don't be fooled. 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:40.720 That's the guy. He's gonna be up. So how aggressive 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:41.840 should we be on Brandon fought. 0:10:42.040 --> 0:10:45.880 Listen like it hasn't happened yet, so be I suppose 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:49.120 be cautious, but I'm making that move anywhere I possibly can. 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:52.959 He was phenomenal yesterday. The eight strikeouts he had, I think, 0:10:53.000 --> 0:10:55.360 I believe if I remember quickly, it was like a 0:10:55.600 --> 0:10:59.080 thirty six percent or thirty three percent with rate and 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:02.600 then like a thirty six for since CSW eight strikeouts 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.520 gave up only three hits. Brandon Fott did went deep 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:09.760 into a game again. This is the guy and the Diamondbacks, 0:11:09.840 --> 0:11:11.920 whatever it is. If it's about the forty man, if 0:11:11.920 --> 0:11:14.680 it's about being ready giving a shot to Tommy Henry, 0:11:14.679 --> 0:11:16.959 there was kind of an adjustment of days that I 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:18.360 think might have been a little bit of the worry 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.280 Brandon Fott's coming and this was a great matchup, and 0:11:21.440 --> 0:11:23.640 I think that was his last triple A start. But 0:11:23.800 --> 0:11:25.679 you know, like, can't be right about all these things. 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:27.840 Mabell just keep throwing them out here. Diamondbacks kept brand 0:11:27.920 --> 0:11:30.520 Madison Bumgarner three or four starts too much, so I 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:33.439 could see them holding Brandon fought down two or three 0:11:33.440 --> 0:11:34.320 can't starts bad. 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:35.760 I was shocked. 0:11:35.880 --> 0:11:38.199 I mean, at this point, you are playing good baseball. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.200 You're making this if you're making a statement as the 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.959 Diamondbacks that you are going to say, you know what, 0:11:44.000 --> 0:11:47.920 We're gonna eat millions of dollars, not like thousands millions 0:11:47.920 --> 0:11:50.160 of dollars for two years. Now, they're gonna eat on 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:53.160 Madison Bumgarner. You got to show something to prove for 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:54.800 you gotta have this guy come up. 0:11:54.840 --> 0:11:55.840 You have to have him. 0:11:56.120 --> 0:11:57.640 And look, we got him, You got Jamison, you got 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:00.000 all of a sudden Zach Gallen. An exciting rotation here. 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:03.199 This West is going to be really interesting this year. 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:05.240 I think it's going to be a fun division to watch, 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:06.000 much more fun than I. 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:07.880 Think people realize. I thought it was a two horse worries. 0:12:08.480 --> 0:12:10.720 I think Arizona is kind of in this, at least 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:12.559 for the time being I don't think that they can 0:12:12.679 --> 0:12:14.120 keep up with the others. I don't think they can 0:12:14.120 --> 0:12:16.400 be able with San Diego especially, But I think it's 0:12:16.440 --> 0:12:18.079 a great story and I think it's good. And by 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.040 the way, here's another one too, another guy that I 0:12:20.080 --> 0:12:21.679 picked up last week for a buck in my league, 0:12:22.160 --> 0:12:24.000 bib as well or Bibby. 0:12:24.080 --> 0:12:26.240 How Biby's a Biby Bye Baby. 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:29.840 Yeah, it's a Biby is a Biby. Bibby's definitely a 0:12:29.840 --> 0:12:31.360 pick It's one thing I wanted to point out with 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:31.959 you on that. 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:33.280 Bibby's also a pick up too. 0:12:33.280 --> 0:12:35.240 By the way, everybody, here's my line. Here's my line 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:39.079 of the show. If you're gonna eat thirty million dollars, show, 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.480 you're gonna get fought, So just do it. You're gonna 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.800 get fat if you don plus million dollars. 0:12:45.200 --> 0:12:47.559 Slow clap, slow clap on that one. 0:12:47.600 --> 0:12:48.959 That was And you know, but then, by the way, 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:51.480 Fought's gonna come up. It's gonna happen. I'm gonna be like, hey, 0:12:51.520 --> 0:12:53.720 fired up, fired up, and he's gonna get lit for 0:12:53.760 --> 0:12:56.000 like six runs and everyone's gonna be like, ah, West, 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.040 I told you so. You should have picked up Biby. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:12:59.680 Well, that's why you come here live for the show 0:13:00.000 --> 0:13:01.240 control us. That's the whole point. 0:13:01.679 --> 0:13:03.319 By the way, Matt Strom, I want to give you 0:13:03.320 --> 0:13:04.600 a lot of credit on this one because you were 0:13:04.640 --> 0:13:07.560 on this before anybody. You had eleven strikeouts yesterday. I 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:09.480 know he got the loss against the Rockies, but he's 0:13:09.480 --> 0:13:12.840 also RP eligible. Matt Strom has been terrific this year. 0:13:13.360 --> 0:13:15.079 And this was an interesting picture a couple of years 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:18.199 ago in San Diego and it just kind of fell apart. Injuries, 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:23.160 all these other circumstances, And what an incredible piece the 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:26.120 Phillies have found here. If this guy can even remotely 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.760 keep up. Because Noel had his early struggles, he's kind 0:13:28.760 --> 0:13:30.839 of ready of the ship. You got Wheeler, you got Nola, 0:13:30.880 --> 0:13:32.360 but you kind of needed that other guy in their 0:13:32.440 --> 0:13:34.360 rotation and Strom has really stepped up here. 0:13:34.640 --> 0:13:35.559 What do you think about him? 0:13:35.559 --> 0:13:37.280 Could he maintain and how much you're willing to bid 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.480 on him this weekend as we hit the waiver wire. 0:13:39.760 --> 0:13:41.840 Yeah, I'm like you said, I've kind of been talking 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:43.520 about him from the very first start of the season 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.319 when I watched him. This is a converted reliever who's 0:13:46.320 --> 0:13:48.600 still kind of stacking up his innings, but he is 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.880 ninety six the top ninety six percent tile of k 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:56.040 percentage right now, with percentage just top eleven percent so far. 0:13:56.160 --> 0:14:00.280 Fastball and curve spin are both like abnormal on the 0:14:00.360 --> 0:14:04.640 high end. And he's throwing a four pitches at a 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:09.520 double digit percentage rate here all have a twenty five 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:12.600 or higher wiff rate on them, So it's like he 0:14:12.760 --> 0:14:15.720 is just sweeping pitches by people. There's a lot of 0:14:15.720 --> 0:14:18.000 great movement. He's learning to go deeper into games with 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.600 the great offensive behind him. Now we're all sitting here 0:14:20.600 --> 0:14:24.360 talking about you know, Mason Miller and Brandon five. Oviedo 0:14:24.800 --> 0:14:27.160 is a great pickup rand by the way I'm turning, 0:14:27.240 --> 0:14:30.280 I love Oviedo. I love the slider usage going above 0:14:30.320 --> 0:14:32.920 the fastball usage. It's just a bad team. I feel 0:14:32.960 --> 0:14:34.880 like Matt Strom just has got nothing. He's just got 0:14:34.880 --> 0:14:37.520 nothing right now as far as the juice. Except after 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:39.120 this game, where like you, I had a couple of 0:14:39.120 --> 0:14:41.560 people tweeting me because I guaranteed he was going to 0:14:41.640 --> 0:14:44.080 have six plus strikeouts in this game. Yeah, and he 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:46.600 did it. So I think he is absolutely a pickup. 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.720 But I think there's going to be some Wartz, you know, 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:50.840 going deep in this is something new to him. He's 0:14:50.840 --> 0:14:53.040 also had some injury issues, but he is a strikeout 0:14:53.200 --> 0:14:54.040 monster right now. 0:14:54.200 --> 0:14:57.520 But the rpligibility certainly helps in those mandatory RPCE loot 0:14:57.600 --> 0:14:59.880 leagues for sure. And you know Strom was the guy 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:02.200 he recommend yesterday DFS right, he was one of the 0:15:02.200 --> 0:15:04.200 three pitchers that I had on that list of guys 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:06.600 you could start in the shorter slate, so hopefully you did. 0:15:06.800 --> 0:15:09.280 Max Schurzer is going to be handed his ten game suspension. 0:15:09.680 --> 0:15:12.240 Do you know who I am? I am Max Schuurzer, 0:15:12.320 --> 0:15:12.600 damn it. 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:15.920 But he's going to go ahead and take his suspension 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:17.480 and sit out for ten games. 0:15:17.480 --> 0:15:18.000 So there you go. 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:21.720 So the Mets will be down Verlander, Suzer, Quintana, and 0:15:22.000 --> 0:15:23.360 Carrasco in their rotation. 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:26.400 So good times, good times, Matt Strom. 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:30.640 Yes, seriously, just don't sign Madison Bumgarner please, I don't 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.920 care if it's the league minimum. Bryce Harper is aiming 0:15:32.920 --> 0:15:36.400 to return in early May, so that's good news. Bad 0:15:36.520 --> 0:15:38.960 news for Logan o'hapigs a Thursday with the shoulder issue. 0:15:39.000 --> 0:15:39.840 It's been bothering him. 0:15:40.720 --> 0:15:43.800 I'm sure he's gonna go on the il so go 0:15:43.880 --> 0:15:45.800 out there and make plans for it. It just feels 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:48.320 like that's the directions is going. Hopefully it's nothing serious. 0:15:48.840 --> 0:15:51.200 It's it looked it was on a swing. I think 0:15:51.200 --> 0:15:53.720 they called it the subluxation alread. 0:15:53.400 --> 0:15:54.520 Which we just had yesterday. 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:56.440 Yeah, exactly. But by the way, I was able to 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:58.720 say that without actually looking at the word, which very 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.600 impress myself about how I had fantasy pro No I 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:05.760 had to go like like blacks. But yeah, I don't 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:07.400 think that's gonna be good and I think it's gonna 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:08.360 be an extended time. 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.320 Yeah. Also Roco Baldelli, how you the win? 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.920 UH? Thursday, he said that Horiy Polanko is pretty close 0:16:14.920 --> 0:16:18.000 to coming back. We'll see how that impacts the Twins lineup. 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:21.440 Spencer Steer returned to the Reds lineup, so that's been good. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.600 He's been quietly decent for the Reds. If you're looking 0:16:23.640 --> 0:16:26.560 for some corner help. Tony Gonson struck out seven over 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.200 three innings Thursday in the rehab started at Triple A, 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.360 Oklahoma City. UH, and Aaron Boone said that Thursday, carls 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:35.520