Speaker 1: Hello, friends, and welcome in to leading off on Fantasy Pros.
Speaker 1: Would you look at my guest today? Look at the
Speaker 1: guest today. That's not Chris Clegg. That's Julio Rodriguez joining
Speaker 1: the show, or at least a picture of Julio Rodriguez.
Speaker 1: Chris Cleig running a little bit late. I don't even
Speaker 1: know if he's gonna join us, and I wouldn't have
Speaker 1: had a nice overlay so joining me, I am. I
Speaker 1: know how to work under the punch here, guys, I
Speaker 1: know how to make it work on leading off on
Speaker 1: Fantasy Pros. Today, it's me and the oh so wonderful
Speaker 1: Julio Rodriguez. Hi, Julio, how are you doing? He says
Speaker 1: he's doing good for everybody watching on the video, let's
Speaker 1: make sure his hat's in there. It's a good picture
Speaker 1: of me and Julio. It's really not Chris Clig. I
Speaker 1: should have gotten the overlay to show Julio Rodriguez. But Hi,
Speaker 1: everybody high peanuts of cracker Jacks. You can find me
Speaker 1: on Twitter at is it the Welsh? And let's interact
Speaker 1: and let's have some fun on a Friday, because we're
Speaker 1: not gonna have an episode we're not gonna not have
Speaker 1: an episode if we're missing somebody. Yes, friends, that guy's
Speaker 1: gonna hang with me for the show. We got a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff to get to. Your questions are welcome.
Speaker 1: A little bit later in the show, we'll answer some
Speaker 1: of your questions. I will star them in the chat. So,
Speaker 1: if you guys have got any for this weekend, streamers,
Speaker 1: next week, pickups, next season, whatever it is, drop it
Speaker 1: in the chat and I will make sure to start
Speaker 1: and we will get it at the end of the episode.
Speaker 1: But me and Julio we're gonna move on. We're gonna
Speaker 1: get into the show, and the Braves have activated second basement.
Speaker 1: Ozzie Albi's from the sixty day il finally getting back
Speaker 1: into action. You're gonna get him, which is going to
Speaker 1: mean Von Grissom is going to be moving to the outfield.
Speaker 1: I believe, I mean, I'm believing this is going to
Speaker 1: be starting as of today. If you guys follow me
Speaker 1: and looking at Ozzy Alby's before the injury, eight homers,
Speaker 1: three stolen bases, two forty four batting average in about
Speaker 1: sixty two games before he was knocked down. So Ozzi
Speaker 1: Alby is going to jump right back into it. Von
Speaker 1: Grisham Grissom. I always struggle with the Grissom versus Grisham.
Speaker 1: Von Grissom, who will not most likely get you eligibility
Speaker 1: in the outfield due to this due to just the
Speaker 1: amount of times that are left, but he will have
Speaker 1: second base. Has hit three h four, five homers, five
Speaker 1: stolen bases in that time under twenty percent K percentage.
Speaker 1: That's why they're not going to knock him off of
Speaker 1: this spot. That's why he's not going to be put
Speaker 1: in a situation where, uh, that's why you're not going
Speaker 1: to see him. I don't know if you got double
Speaker 1: at the other that's why you're not going to see
Speaker 1: him in a situation where he's not getting time. So, uh,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be out there. He's going to be rolling
Speaker 1: and he's going to be playing some outfield as they
Speaker 1: were working him recently. So five homers, five stolen bases,
Speaker 1: Von Grissom. There you go. Interesting stat from Wonky or
Speaker 1: just note Wan Sota went over four with a pair
Speaker 1: of strikeouts on Thursday. The pitcher we'll talk about in
Speaker 1: a shutout loss to the Diamondbacks, the twenty three year
Speaker 1: older has not homered in sixteen straight games since August
Speaker 1: twenty eighth, now hitting two two three, seventy five OBP
Speaker 1: with three homers and seven RBI in thirty five games
Speaker 1: since being acquired last month from the Nationals. Okay, Wan
Speaker 1: Soto have been struggling. Actually, Julio, Julio, what do you
Speaker 1: think about Juan Soto's value coming in next year? Julio, Okay, Julio.
Speaker 1: As you can see, Julio's very positive about the value
Speaker 1: next season, which I completely understand. I'm gonna be relatively positive,
Speaker 1: but I do think there's a potential that you're gonna
Speaker 1: see Sodo drop out of the first round. He's one
Speaker 1: of those few guys that can hit so poorly and
Speaker 1: can you know, will have the ability to stay in
Speaker 1: his relative spot. But I just don't think he's going
Speaker 1: to be a first rounder. You know what I would
Speaker 1: like in this too. I actually think this would be
Speaker 1: similar to when Mookie Bets struggled, when you would see
Speaker 1: like you know, the poor poor year of Mookie Bets
Speaker 1: where it was like twenty twenty and his batting averages
Speaker 1: down in two sixties and he went around fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,
Speaker 1: somewhere in there. That's where I think SODA's going to
Speaker 1: end up being. So I think you can liken it
Speaker 1: similar to Mookie Betts's struggles and how he fared there.
Speaker 1: By the way, has the chat does chat not love?
Speaker 1: My co host today should have went with a pick
Speaker 1: of Joe. I should have went with a pick of Joe.
Speaker 1: I mean, I am literally have a second camera going here,
Speaker 1: and I pulled up a Julio Rodriguez living set card
Speaker 1: that I have because I figured he'd be a good guess.
Speaker 1: But how have I not gotten love for this adjustment
Speaker 1: that I've made for my co host today? It's crazy.
Speaker 1: It's crazy Dray Jamison, So let's talk about this. A
Speaker 1: couple of strikeouts came because Dray Jamison, with the Arizona
Speaker 1: diamond Backs, made his major league debut. He went seven
Speaker 1: innings on Thursday, he got the win. He ended up
Speaker 1: striking out five in a really, really impressive performance. By
Speaker 1: the way, that it wasn't quite what I said like,
Speaker 1: I was like, I could see him getting blown out,
Speaker 1: but I could also see him being put in a
Speaker 1: situation where he would end up striking out a whole bunch.
Speaker 1: He didn't actually do that. He ended up striking out.
Speaker 1: He ended up striking out five instead of the eight,
Speaker 1: and it was a pretty pretty good performance. So real quick,
Speaker 1: we are going to bring in the actual co host
Speaker 1: today that we lost, Julio. Thank you very much, Julio
Speaker 1: for hanging out with us. They don't know Rookie of
Speaker 1: the Year, but the real guy is right there, Chris Clegg.
Speaker 2: Thank you so sorry, guys. I I had a little
Speaker 2: something come up, but we're here. I know it's not
Speaker 2: the best to be late, but we're here and I'm
Speaker 2: excited to join you.
Speaker 3: Willis.
Speaker 1: I was struggling a bit there, but Julio. I didn't
Speaker 1: get any love on Julio by the way, for co
Speaker 1: host with me on that beautiful picture. But I was
Speaker 1: just talking about Dre Jamison in I was I was
Speaker 1: kind of expecting there to be one of two outcomes.
Speaker 1: I was expecting big dominant strikeout performance or for him
Speaker 1: to get blown up, and it was just kind of
Speaker 1: in the middle. Diamondbacks pitchers absolutely dominate the padres for
Speaker 1: whatever reason that that is. These young pitchers, you know
Speaker 1: the PCL. Dre Jamison had like a five VRA just
Speaker 1: didn't matter because it's a PCL where these guys get
Speaker 1: lit up. He came in and it's a pretty good performance.
Speaker 1: Seventy two percent fastball usage, though one is designated as
Speaker 1: a sinker, and he really can make it die. He
Speaker 1: didn't get really any whiffs on it. His slider was
Speaker 1: his big whiff pitch. He had a fifty percent swinging
Speaker 1: with percentage on it. He threw it around seventeen percent
Speaker 1: of the time. And his change up, which might be
Speaker 1: his best secondary, he only threw nine of them the
Speaker 1: whole time. It didn't get it, had a couple of
Speaker 1: swinging throughs, one miss, but it was a pretty good
Speaker 1: performance where he had command, which was the shocker of shockers.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you got to catch any of
Speaker 1: the performance. What do you think about dra Jamison and
Speaker 1: what was like pretty poor minor league season but looked
Speaker 1: really good on Thursday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he was impressive, not to the standpoint
Speaker 2: what you thought, Like you said, maybe big strikeout stuff,
Speaker 2: we didn't see that, but overall a really solid performance.
Speaker 2: You know, you have to wonder when we think about
Speaker 2: a season like this where anything about the PCL. I mean,
Speaker 2: Jamison was so good in twenty twenty one and then
Speaker 2: this year the PCL kind of threw him off, and
Speaker 2: you know, for what it's worth, that's a very hitter
Speaker 2: friendly environment. So Jamison's an interesting one. I think that
Speaker 2: there's still something to like there. You know, does he
Speaker 2: continue to get starts down the stretch.
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: We'll see, but I've always liked Jamison a bit, and
Speaker 2: you know, good fastball. I mentioned the change up being
Speaker 2: a good pitch as well. Walks had been a concern,
Speaker 2: but we have kind of seen that trend downward a
Speaker 2: bit this year, which I think was encouraging.
Speaker 3: So we'll see moving forward.
Speaker 2: But you know, I think the the Diamondacks want to
Speaker 2: see what they haven't Jamison at this point.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I like it. By the way, I just
Speaker 1: one of the biggest missed opportunities, and it's being pointed
Speaker 1: out to me. Donnie said, I should have had Joe.
Speaker 1: This is my biggest missed opportunity of the year. So
Speaker 1: you know, Chris had an issue he's dealing with. I
Speaker 1: have multiple different copies of the Fantasy Black Book, and
Speaker 1: I should have taken because in the Fantasy Black Book
Speaker 1: is a picture is Joe Pps blue steel picture, And
Speaker 1: I should have put that over here as a It's
Speaker 1: the biggest missed opportunity of twenty twenty two that I
Speaker 1: could have put blue Steel over here and I could
Speaker 1: have just done impressions of Joe. I'm so sorry I
Speaker 1: let you guys down in chat. I really could have
Speaker 1: done that. But getting to the actual stuff, Yeah, Dre
Speaker 1: Jamison I'm impressed with, and I'm impressed overall with what
Speaker 1: the Diamondbacks have in a lot of these guys, Ryan Nelson,
Speaker 1: how I think it's gonna shape out those I think
Speaker 1: Ryan Nelson is going to be a starter. I think
Speaker 1: Brandon fat who we have not seen, is going to
Speaker 1: be a starter. Led the minor leagues strikeouts this past
Speaker 1: season with over two hundred, and I think Dray Jamison
Speaker 1: and maybe even Tommy Henry or guys that are gonna
Speaker 1: end up going to the bullpen. Dray Jamison could be
Speaker 1: the closer type, but this type of performance of him
Speaker 1: being able to go seven, to not be erratic and
Speaker 1: show an arsenal of pitches is how he can be
Speaker 1: a starter. So I would throw it out. I think
Speaker 1: I might be willing to get down on his next start.
Speaker 1: Him and Ryan Neilson, they just both have been really impressive.
Speaker 1: And you know, Drey Jamison is an incredible athlete. I
Speaker 1: think I've told the story before in a camp about
Speaker 1: a year ago. You know, you know Corbyn Carroll, Gorbyn
Speaker 1: Carroll pretty fast, one of the fastest guys was what
Speaker 1: thirty one sprint speed, one of the fastest guys in
Speaker 1: elite speed. And they've got the back of the Dinebacks field.
Speaker 1: They've got this great like artificial track where these guys
Speaker 1: stretch and stuff, and it's really long, it's probably about
Speaker 1: seventy five yards or so. And Drey Jamison and Corbyn
Speaker 1: Carroll raced each other and Dre one like he's an athlete.
Speaker 1: He's an athlete. He beat Corbyn Carroll in a foot race.
Speaker 1: So this is a monster athlete with an arsenal of
Speaker 1: pitches and if it goes right, this is the you know,
Speaker 1: this is the type of guy who's going to get
Speaker 1: a whole bunch of strikeouts and is going to be
Speaker 1: able to be an absolute dude. On the prospect front,
Speaker 1: Cleig Cincher here and I figured we were going to
Speaker 1: talk about a few prospects, probably the last of the
Speaker 1: major prospects that come. I know, I say that's still
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. They're trying to get some players,
Speaker 1: you know, some extra time. We're actually in a space
Speaker 1: here's when fall leagues releasing their rosters today and they've
Speaker 1: already released salt Rivers. And another reason I'm mentioning this
Speaker 1: is like, because of the call up, we're not going
Speaker 1: to get Corbyn Carroll on the AFL, We're not gonna
Speaker 1: get Gunner Henderson. And teams have also made some decisions
Speaker 1: on players, one of being Matt Murvis. If anyone pays attention,
Speaker 1: Matt Murvis with the Cubs was really dominant in the
Speaker 1: minor leagues this year, a guy that you could argue
Speaker 1: maybe would have really benefited from like two weeks in
Speaker 1: the majors and done whatever. But as I'm told, he
Speaker 1: will be in the AFL. So is not going to
Speaker 1: be a guy they're going to call up. And so
Speaker 1: teams can still if they want. But I think for
Speaker 1: the most part we've kind of got our Look. Maybe
Speaker 1: we'll get one random one. This is all the circle around,
Speaker 1: and say Jordan Groshans maybe being the last guy that
Speaker 1: was going to get his major call up. He was
Speaker 1: traded earlier this year to the Marlins, he had his
Speaker 1: first career home run. He struggled as far as power goes.
Speaker 1: I think his slugging and Triple A this year was
Speaker 1: four sixteen, not a big power guy. Was seen as
Speaker 1: a big prospect at the time. I think he's really
Speaker 1: falling off. But get your take on Jordan Groschan's the
Speaker 1: rest of the year.
Speaker 2: He's honestly looked a bit different since being traded, which
Speaker 2: is certainly encouraging. You mentioned his slug in Triple A
Speaker 2: and Miami, but it was two ninety six in Toronto,
Speaker 2: which is horrific. You know, you're running a three point
Speaker 2: fifty OVP and a two ninety six slugging and that's
Speaker 2: nearly over three into plate appearances.
Speaker 3: It's not good.
Speaker 2: And I think a lot of Grossian's was some projectability
Speaker 2: and we just didn't really see him develop the hit tools.
Speaker 3: There. Certainly good to see the power at least.
Speaker 2: Early on, and even in Miami in Triple A two
Speaker 2: home runs and one hundred and thirty three played appearances
Speaker 2: being traded.
Speaker 3: Over so Grossian's is interesting.
Speaker 2: Not as high on him as I once was, but
Speaker 2: I do think there's a little bit of fantasy intrigue
Speaker 2: if he can sustain some of the power gains that
Speaker 2: we've seen, at least over the last month or so,
Speaker 2: because there is a good feel to hit there with Grossians,
Speaker 2: good contact skills overall, and we'll see. I'm not expecting
Speaker 2: much this year, like I'm not sure for Redraft. He's
Speaker 2: super valuable, but from a long term perspective, I still
Speaker 2: think there's a little bit of interesting in Grossian's profile.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's at the end of the day, it's
Speaker 1: about sorry, I was doing something. I was knocking stuff
Speaker 1: around in the background. It's also about like opportunity and
Speaker 1: being able to get the opportunity here. He's God. I'm
Speaker 1: trying to put my finger on how I want to
Speaker 1: say the type of guy he You know, it might
Speaker 1: be like an Alec Bohm if you really want to
Speaker 1: think about it. Alec Boma just a non high power
Speaker 1: player that can hit for some contact. Once he gets going,
Speaker 1: you put him in that spot. But if you got
Speaker 1: twenty homers you would proba probably be really happy. But
Speaker 1: I could see him hitting in the middle of a
Speaker 1: Marlin's lineup. That is what would be the most intriguing,
Speaker 1: not this year, but going into next year. If people
Speaker 1: care about it. On the injury front, jitdy Brewbaker left
Speaker 1: thursday start against the Mets with right Latin discomfort and
Speaker 1: Alihandro Kirk was held out of Thursday's lineup with hip discomfort.
Speaker 1: Is Ali Hendro Kirk going to be a top free
Speaker 1: catcher for you next year? I think top five is
Speaker 1: kind of like a no brainer. But do you think
Speaker 1: he'll be in the top three because you're battling for
Speaker 1: muto A obviously Adley, I think VARs Show obviously has
Speaker 1: to be in that spot. Do you think he can
Speaker 1: top the top three?
Speaker 3: I don't know.
Speaker 2: The top's pretty crowded, and you know with Real Muto
Speaker 2: he struggled first half, but he's been just pretty dominant,
Speaker 2: you know, the second half of the year. Varshow obviously
Speaker 2: quietly putting up the good power speed. You have Will
Speaker 2: Smith too to think about.
Speaker 3: So it's tough.
Speaker 2: I think Kirk probably is four or five, and you also,
Speaker 2: I think about ADLEI like Adley's second half has been incredible,
Speaker 2: So a lot of talent at catch, so it's tough.
Speaker 2: Kirks just as talented and can produce, but you certainly
Speaker 2: have Real Mutwo and far Show at the top. Thanks
Speaker 2: to their still in the base potential on speed exactly.
Speaker 2: And I just want to point out, boy, dang in here,
Speaker 2: drop the comment. Any comment you guys have. Will try
Speaker 2: to answer a couple questions at the end here could
Speaker 2: be prospect related, might make a lot of sense with
Speaker 2: me and Claig on here on a little Chris and
Speaker 2: Chris action.
Speaker 1: But just throwing it out to you guys. In nineteen
Speaker 1: ninety seven, this day in baseball, Phillies Kurt Shilling struck
Speaker 1: out nine and the Phillies went over the New York
Speaker 1: Mets to become the thirteenth pitcher since nineteen hundred with
Speaker 1: three hundred strikeouts in a season. When was the last
Speaker 1: three hundred strikeout season? Do we know? Was it recent?
Speaker 1: I feel like it wasn't.
Speaker 3: When no idea To be honest.
Speaker 1: I'm strike out because I feel like to me, that
Speaker 1: is one of the most impressive markers that we can
Speaker 1: get here. Let's see three hundred strikeout seasons in baseball.
Speaker 3: It sure's here to it.
Speaker 1: Let's see rand look in here, it's not see it's
Speaker 1: not breaking This is just breaking down the people that
Speaker 1: have done it. Yeah, I'm gonna say if this is Okay,
Speaker 1: Verlander did it in ninety. This is why Verlander did
Speaker 1: it in twenty nineteen where he hit the three hundred
Speaker 1: strikeout marker and Garrett Cole also did it in nineteen.
Speaker 1: Sureser did it in eighteen, Sail in seventeen. So it's
Speaker 1: like you might get one or two a year, but
Speaker 1: we haven't had it obviously with the COVID season and
Speaker 1: then in twenty fifteen Kershaw. But I think those are
Speaker 1: the only ones in the last Yeah, those are the
Speaker 1: only ones in the last like twenty ish years or
Speaker 1: so that have pulled up a three hundred strikeout season
Speaker 1: until Spencer Strider does it next.
Speaker 3: Year, you know what I mean, love bat.
Speaker 1: Let's go through some stat heroes, y'all. Mancata now four
Speaker 1: to five with the homer and RBI two runs, Brandon
Speaker 1: Marsh a perfect four for four with two rbi, Essak
Speaker 1: Parades had a bomb, Kutel Marte had a rare performance
Speaker 1: of offensive output two for three with a homer. Brianday
Speaker 1: Lacruz had a home run. Aristevie's a keen Eale the
Speaker 1: punisher has been doing so lately. We're talking about him
Speaker 1: on itl and how he's just getting playing time right now,
Speaker 1: and he's going Homer, Carlos, Koreahanamer Saladar prez uh led Me,
Speaker 1: His Diaz and Yasmani Grandal. Do you have hope for Aristides?
Speaker 1: I think it's no no doubt right now. Aristia is
Speaker 1: a ken is a guy you go pick up write
Speaker 1: a hot hand if you're looking for Homer's. Do you
Speaker 1: think there's gonna be anything for him next season?
Speaker 2: You know, I have no clue with what direction the
Speaker 2: Reds are going to go. There.
Speaker 3: Certainly there could be a spot.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's had his streaks where he certainly looks valuable,
Speaker 2: But I just fear that's what it's going to be
Speaker 2: with him. It's just going to be these hot streaks
Speaker 2: that we ride out for a couple of weeks to
Speaker 2: a month, and that's kind of it. I think the
Speaker 2: playing time's probably going to be inconsistent with him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm kind of a bye. Also, you know, Brandon
Speaker 1: marsh is one of those players that this new destination
Speaker 1: has just been such a good spot for him. I
Speaker 1: don't know if Also, you know the learning aspect of
Speaker 1: working with Harper, you know, like Harper and Casianos have
Speaker 1: both been players that you know, have had a lot
Speaker 1: of tutelage with guy. Bryce Harper has worked with Bryson
Speaker 1: Stott and Alec Bohm and is trying to be in
Speaker 1: the leader and they just seems to be a new
Speaker 1: home for Brandon marsh and it seems to be it
Speaker 1: seems to be like a relevant fantasy destination, which I
Speaker 1: think is apparent. And Es SoC Parates, it's just you know,
Speaker 1: I love you SoC Prates. He does it on the
Speaker 1: pitching side. Dre Jamison five strikeouts, as we mentioned, only
Speaker 1: one walk, two hits over seven. Carlos Carrasco six innings,
Speaker 1: struck out eleven. He had two walks and four hits.
Speaker 1: Lance McCullers, who I think was on our prop marker
Speaker 1: last week or last show. Lance McCullers went six, struck
Speaker 1: out eleven in two hits, but he did walk four.
Speaker 1: Shane McClanahan in that return five innings, five strikeouts, a
Speaker 1: walk in a couple hits, and Chase Anderson went five,
Speaker 1: struck out three on the stat zeros on you know
Speaker 1: Cruise he had three strikeouts with four can you believe
Speaker 1: it he can? I'll bet you those strikeouts though I'll
Speaker 1: bet you the velocity of the bat that swung through
Speaker 1: those balls were the fastest in all of baseball. I'll
Speaker 1: bet no one has swung harder and faster through probably
Speaker 1: horrible pitches than Onell Cruise, So let's give him. Give
Speaker 1: him some credit. Guys, nobody swings through them better than O'Nell.
Speaker 1: Ben Gammel and Jake Swinsky also o for three with
Speaker 1: three strikeouts. On the pitcher side, Hunter Gaddis four innings,
Speaker 1: seven earned runs, gave up five homers. I don't I
Speaker 1: don't know when the last time we've had a five
Speaker 1: homer game here and JT. Brewbaker three innings, five earned
Speaker 1: runs with a home run. I think I think we
Speaker 1: liked this. Wonky set this up by the way she
Speaker 1: does the show she which, by the way, we should
Speaker 1: always give a hand a hand to Wonky for the
Speaker 1: great show stuff puts together. And and I just dull
Speaker 1: up a few things later, But he did. Do you
Speaker 1: like how I led with cruz Wels? That is my
Speaker 1: gift to you. Wonkey did that, And yes I do,
Speaker 1: of course, And again if you know again, I hope
Speaker 1: I'm around even more after this season ends. But like
Speaker 1: you're gonna see a turn next season where I will
Speaker 1: be I will be more pro onell cruise. I just
Speaker 1: was never pro this season on a rookie year. Where
Speaker 1: where have you stood on the only all cruise front?
Speaker 1: I'm not sure we've talked about that clig. I've never
Speaker 1: gone as high as some prospect people.
Speaker 2: I feel like somebody just pushed him up like crazy
Speaker 2: towards the end of last season, and then you know,
Speaker 2: he had that stretch when he came up where he
Speaker 2: just dominated and everybody just went as ieric like this
Speaker 2: was going to be, you know, the next coming of
Speaker 2: whichever player you want to name, was going to be elite,
Speaker 2: and I just wasn't quite buying end. You know, the
Speaker 2: long levers, the swing and miss, there were some some concerns.
Speaker 2: The power speed undeniable, but you have to make good
Speaker 2: contact to be able to get to that, and that's
Speaker 2: been my concern. I think he'll be fine, but I
Speaker 2: don't think he's going to be elite. Honestly, probably not,
Speaker 2: probably not, but well I don't know.
Speaker 1: I mean I say you know, and I say probably not.
Speaker 1: I have to take that back. That's it's again, that's
Speaker 1: my brain into this year because if the right changes
Speaker 1: are made, He's got the skill set of a player
Speaker 1: that could be the number one overall Fantasy guy. You
Speaker 1: could easily drop a thirty thirty season. I wouldn't be shocked.
Speaker 1: It's just you have to make good contact. He didn't
Speaker 1: show any of that this year. Probably come up into
Speaker 1: the near future. Franzosco. Look at some home run calls yesterday.
Speaker 1: Oh boy, Kat Fox, the leader is the only person
Speaker 1: on the board who would have been on the board
Speaker 1: if I had a piece of art to show you.
Speaker 1: Guys that had a home run with Salvi Perez now
Speaker 1: a three home run lead, trying to move away. Fifty
Speaker 1: four for Cat Fox, Elsco with fifty one, De Blum
Speaker 1: and High Cobby with fifty only four people with fifty
Speaker 1: called home runs. We've got go cards and help us
Speaker 1: in Miami. Both down there at forty nine. The race
Speaker 1: is getting very tight. As we are coming to the end,
Speaker 1: then we'll be crowning a winner. I have to find
Speaker 1: out too. I remember what the prize is, so we
Speaker 1: can have a prize for I imagine Fantasy Pros will
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Speaker 1: All right, we're all fixed here. I've got some bets
Speaker 1: here and Chris, I want to see what you have
Speaker 1: to think about them. The number one bet of all
Speaker 1: of them on betting pros prop cheat sheet is Mike
Speaker 1: Trout today is sporting a one total base. It's a half,
Speaker 1: so you need to get one. He's projected at two
Speaker 1: and a half. On bet MGM. It is juice though
Speaker 1: at minus one eighty five, but you just need one
Speaker 1: hit today. Now. MGM also has the number one plus
Speaker 1: money play according to betting Pro's algorithm, and that's Derimus
Speaker 1: Garcia with the a's. We've seen him multiple times. Just
Speaker 1: got to get one. He's projected at one and a half.
Speaker 1: But you got to get one total base if you
Speaker 1: want to play some total bas props. If you want
Speaker 1: to go to the strikeouts, these are really good. Justin
Speaker 1: Verlander's return has him having the number one strikeout prop
Speaker 1: of the day on Fan Duel minus one thirty four.
Speaker 1: You just need six strikeouts. That's it. They're projecting him
Speaker 1: at seven to three and it's five and a half
Speaker 1: is the number. Love that bet, And Robbie Ray is
Speaker 1: your plus money play of the day versus LA. Six
Speaker 1: and a half is the number you need seven And
Speaker 1: on DraftKings they're giving you plus one fifteen. So Clig,
Speaker 1: what do you think here? Anything that you're gonna dance with?
Speaker 1: Multiple We've got Robbie Ray and Verlander on the strikeouts,
Speaker 1: Dermis and Mike Trout on the total bases.
Speaker 2: A Trout one on a total basis a pretty easy one,
Speaker 2: even though, as you mentioned, mine twenty eighty five. But still,
Speaker 2: it's been insane what Trout's done since coming back. You know,
Speaker 2: he's got ninety eight played appearance since coming back, with
Speaker 2: eleven home runs, three eleven average, three sixty seven OVP
Speaker 2: seven eleven slug by the way, So he's just been
Speaker 2: insanely good. So feel pretty confident with him hitting you know,
Speaker 2: one total base today as he's been you know, consistently
Speaker 2: doing that.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 3: The Dermis one is tough. I'm not sure that I
Speaker 3: love it.
Speaker 2: I do like both of the strikeout props, though, I
Speaker 2: feel pretty good about Verlander coming back. Usually I'm not
Speaker 2: one to go crazy for pitchers coming back from injury,
Speaker 2: but with Verlander, you know, he hasn't missed that much time,
Speaker 2: and you've seen what he's done this year. I feel
Speaker 2: pretty good projecting the over on five and a half half,
Speaker 2: and though Robbie Ray's had some inconsistencies, He's going over
Speaker 2: six and a half in most of his starts recently,
Speaker 2: I know, is the last two he hasn't. Atlanta had
Speaker 2: six and then against Cleveland he had three. But I
Speaker 2: do feel pretty good about that going against the Angels
Speaker 2: lineup kind of men. So I like both the Verlander
Speaker 2: and Ray and then the Mike Trout option as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's it's a little bummer like the three
Speaker 1: bet I'm not really interested in the Dermis one. I
Speaker 1: really like the other three. They're all from different books, though,
Speaker 1: so just check it out. You know, if you're going
Speaker 1: to bet MGM, who's got the Trout one, they probably
Speaker 1: have something similar on Verlander and Robbie Ray. The Verlander
Speaker 1: one is when I would probably target, you know, guy
Speaker 1: returning from injury. I totally get it. But as far
Speaker 1: as a matchup goes, it's a great matchup. This is
Speaker 1: a player that one's healthy, he gets back, he can
Speaker 1: go seven. Reminds me of like the Clayton Kershaw one.
Speaker 1: So I would love to pair Trout and Verlander together today.
Speaker 1: And like I said, I bet you MGM has got
Speaker 1: something similar to what FanDuel is putting out for Verlander.
Speaker 1: Those would be two I would put. So I kind
Speaker 1: of dig those over On the DFS side, we did
Speaker 1: have some good We have both some prices on DraftKings
Speaker 1: and FanDuel today. DraftKings Verlander was eleven, Max Freed ten
Speaker 1: to one, Robbie Ray nine to eight, and Flaherty is
Speaker 1: around seven. If you want to go over to FanDuel
Speaker 1: for your locked in solo player, Verlander's around eleven, same
Speaker 1: price actually as Draft Kings Max Free ten to four,
Speaker 1: just a notch above Robbi Raised a little bit more
Speaker 1: expensive at ten to six. And you also have Lucas
Speaker 1: gi Alito at nine if you're wanting to put together.
Speaker 1: I didn't do the five implied runs because it's you know,
Speaker 1: it's the teams that you expect, it's the astros, it's
Speaker 1: the cards, all that. But I did look at some
Speaker 1: of the higher implied run totals that are close to
Speaker 1: that that might be a little bit more juicy, and
Speaker 1: the White Sox, the Mariners and the Marlins might be
Speaker 1: a couple teams. You might want to look for some
Speaker 1: stacks on that you can put some players that are
Speaker 1: high in the lineup. I think that would be pretty good.
Speaker 1: We had one question to answer, and dang it said,
Speaker 1: what the heck happened to a story? U? He was
Speaker 1: gonna steal me thirty bases, then got trade to Washington
Speaker 1: and the Soto deal. He has one steal since he's
Speaker 1: actually a story Rees was traded to the Brewers. He's yeah,
Speaker 1: he's with the Brewers. He actually still five bases in
Speaker 1: a minor league game the other day. Leads the entire
Speaker 1: minor leagues in stolen bases. So I think you might
Speaker 1: have the players confused. Maybe you were thinking of cj. Abrams.
Speaker 1: I'm thinking you're thinking of CJ. Abrams there and not
Speaker 1: his story. But speaking of his story, any thoughts on
Speaker 1: his story moving forward into next season with his seventy
Speaker 1: plus stolen bases, I.
Speaker 2: Mean, the steals are certainly enticing the powers, I guess
Speaker 2: kind of my question with what kind of power does
Speaker 2: he get to does it hinder him from being Fantasy relevant?
Speaker 2: And I think that's really the biggest question that I have.
Speaker 2: And we saw a little power breakout from him this year,
Speaker 2: and I'm just not sure how much of it is
Speaker 2: legit based on the hitting environment that he was in in.
Speaker 3: Both Double and Triple A with the Padres.
Speaker 2: So the field of hits good though, and they stolen bases,
Speaker 2: you're kind of undeniable. So Ruiz has been a tough
Speaker 2: one for me to rank. It seems like he should
Speaker 2: get regular run in the Brewers Org. But again, that
Speaker 2: outfield's kind of stacked with just like mediocre guys that
Speaker 2: they liked running out. So I mean, you have Yelich
Speaker 2: and then they're playing of wide variety of guys. Plus
Speaker 2: they're loaded in Triple A at this point, South Relic
Speaker 2: and Joey Weimer and I mean, Jackson Surio's coming, So
Speaker 2: it's tough to know what they're gonna do with Ruiz.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's see. JP had a question Bubba Thompson or
Speaker 1: Frayley head to head cat.
Speaker 2: I think it depends on you know what you think
Speaker 2: you need more, I mean, you know what you're gonna
Speaker 2: get from Thompson is going to be still on basis
Speaker 2: Frayley's a little more well rounded at least from the
Speaker 2: power speed standpoint, could give you a couple steals, but
Speaker 2: more likely to get some homers. So I think it
Speaker 2: comes down to just need personally.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I think thing was saying Ruiz had fifty
Speaker 1: before the break dropped him. For James Wood, that is
Speaker 1: that is the correct move. Still James Wood in a
Speaker 1: long term as good. But yeah, with the Bubba Thompson thing,
Speaker 1: and they go the last two weeks, Bubba Thompson's had
Speaker 1: seven stolen bases and he had a couple of multi ones,
Speaker 1: so steals, it's hands down Bubba. But Fraley hits at
Speaker 1: the top of the lineup great against I want to
Speaker 1: say it was against lefties, So Frehley is a good pickup.
Speaker 1: I think for overall, Bubba is your stolen bass play.
Speaker 1: It's like a no brainer. There, there's some good questions
Speaker 1: and let's go over to the home run call. Now
Speaker 1: check this out. Wonky is going with Julio Rodriguez and
Speaker 1: listen because of our early co host of the show. Oops,
Speaker 1: Julio Rodriguez. Yes he was here, just a tiny bit Ago.
Speaker 1: I gotta go with Julio today. Julio's gotta be my call.
Speaker 1: It was it's destiny that I ride with Wonky here
Speaker 1: for Julio Rodriguez because he joined the show. Mayor has
Speaker 1: got Vladdie Cleig. Who do you want for your home
Speaker 1: run call for the day?
Speaker 2: I'm going with uh, Man, this is uh.
Speaker 1: I feel like you should go with Ozzy. Albi's in
Speaker 1: the front of your community. You should you should be
Speaker 1: having your player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean possibly, but I don't know, man, I
Speaker 2: don't know what to expect him coming back, So you
Speaker 2: know what, I'm going to go with ord On Alvarez,
Speaker 2: who has two home runs over the last four games
Speaker 2: and pretty good matchup tonight against Adrian Martinez where he's
Speaker 2: kind of home run prone and it's in Houston, so
Speaker 2: I like that.
Speaker 1: I also think Von Grissom should have a homer today
Speaker 1: being moved to the outfield. Here's one last good question.
Speaker 1: Go cards Web versus the Dodgers or Montas versus Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Montas versus Milwaukee.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I want to lean Mantas as well, even though
Speaker 2: he's kind of been less than stellar.
Speaker 3: But I would go that.
Speaker 1: Way, Clig, what do you got going on? What's going down?
Speaker 2: Not too much, man, just a season wraps up, kind
Speaker 2: of wrapping up regular season content. We've got two more
Speaker 2: quick grades, man, we got this week's and then we'll
Speaker 2: have one more full week. So sad that you know
Speaker 2: the season's winding down, but hey, the Dynasty stuff never ends,
Speaker 2: and that's what I love about Dynasty. Balls, prospect evals
Speaker 2: and Dynasty work is all year and that's what I'll
Speaker 2: working on.
Speaker 3: This wraps up, so this is very very true.
Speaker 1: I've also got James Anderson from RotoWire coming on with
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