Speaker 1: Hello everybody, and welcome back in to another episode of
Speaker 1: the cycle, the third episode of the cycle this week,
Speaker 1: and we're going to close things out for the week
Speaker 1: talking about pitching. I'm once again joined by Kelly Kirby
Speaker 1: and Kelly I believe you are going to go through
Speaker 1: some pitching streamers in a minute once once we get there.
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Speaker 1: even though you know we are fantasy analysts in the industry,
Speaker 1: I use the Fantasy Pros tools because they are very
Speaker 1: useful and I am definitely a big proponent of sinking
Speaker 1: your leagues mostly for what I said before, but just
Speaker 1: about seeing where players are in your league. And another
Speaker 1: tool is the picture streaming tool, and that's what we're
Speaker 1: going to use to talk picture streamers for the upcoming week.
Speaker 1: And so I will hand it over to you, Kelly,
Speaker 1: to go through the week and talk about some of
Speaker 1: your favorite pictures to stream in your leagues, day by day.
Speaker 2: Day by day. Yeah, so there's some interesting ones out
Speaker 2: here I think this week that I liked. But I'm
Speaker 2: sure once I tell you them, you'll tell me why
Speaker 2: it's done and then tell me a different one. But
Speaker 2: that's okay. I'm used to you by now anyway. So Monday,
Speaker 2: So on Monday, if you watched the second of our videos,
Speaker 2: I talked about how Uri Perez is kind of my
Speaker 2: favorite picture streamer or my favorite wa waiver wear pick
Speaker 2: up as a kind of why not he gets to
Speaker 2: face the pirates. So on Monday, I'm going to start him.
Speaker 2: It's in Pittsburgh. I think it's just a really nice
Speaker 2: return option. I mean, they have a collective weighted on
Speaker 2: base average of two eighty five, which is horrible. So yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm going, what was that?
Speaker 1: So that's not good?
Speaker 2: That is not good for people if you don't know it.
Speaker 2: So Uri pro is at Pittsburgh Tuesday, I must I
Speaker 2: think he's he's still healthy from what I've seen. Kyle
Speaker 2: Harrison is going up against Colorado. Anytime it's in Colorado,
Speaker 2: I don't care.
Speaker 1: Doesn't matter anymore, It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter anymore.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like a just block out what everything you
Speaker 2: used to know about it, and remember that they are
Speaker 2: also terrible, and so yeah, I'm gonna stream him. No
Speaker 2: problem there because they're collective weighted on base everage just
Speaker 2: two seventy eight, So I think it's like the only
Speaker 2: one that's lower than Pittsburgh. Yeah, so when in doubt
Speaker 2: stream against them. On Wednesday, I went with David Festa
Speaker 2: at home against Texas. I think that one was a
Speaker 2: little bit like more where everyone either had like all
Speaker 2: the big dogs had the easiest matchups. So like, you know,
Speaker 2: I can't recommend you pick up Max Freed or fran
Speaker 2: Pravelda's So yeah, I would stream Festa just I like
Speaker 2: his numbers. Texas also has not been good, and I
Speaker 2: and I like Minnesota at home this time, like this
Speaker 2: time of year going forward, it still plays a little
Speaker 2: bit like a pitcher spark, and so I'm good with
Speaker 2: that one.
Speaker 1: I would say, real, real quick. I don't want to
Speaker 1: interrupt you, but just for context for the people who
Speaker 1: aren't as familiar with weighted on basic average and WILBA,
Speaker 1: that's bad, Like to eighty, two seventy is bad. It's
Speaker 1: not like batting average, we're like three hundreds really good
Speaker 1: and like two seventy solid, Like two seventy WHOLBA is bad,
Speaker 1: really bad, Like I think league average is like three
Speaker 1: twenty or higher. So it's like a little bit higher
Speaker 1: scale than batting average, and it's you know, that's really
Speaker 1: takes into account your quality of contact, and so if
Speaker 1: you're below three hundred, it's bad. And if you're a
Speaker 1: two seventy, it's really bad as a team, not just
Speaker 1: one person, as a team, that's atrocious. Future as you
Speaker 1: would say.
Speaker 2: Yeah, sorry, yeah, I almost wrote that down. I was like,
Speaker 2: I guess apparently I'm stuck on that word today.
Speaker 1: Sorry to interrupt you.
Speaker 2: I just wanted to get I think that's good, to
Speaker 2: remind them that, yeah, I mean this is not bad
Speaker 2: and average, this is this is collectively they can't do
Speaker 2: anything as an offense, so sticking with that. Hayden bird
Speaker 2: Song also gets to face the Rockies on Thursday, and
Speaker 2: once again, why not, let's do it. He's not rostered
Speaker 2: in very many leagues, so I am totally good with
Speaker 2: uh with running him out there. He's at thirty seven percent,
Speaker 2: oh so a rostered, So I think you're good. Friday,
Speaker 2: I have Michael Walka at home against the Athletics. He's
Speaker 2: his numbers don't suck, so he's at like sixty eight
Speaker 2: and two thirds innings and his ERA is two point
Speaker 2: eight eight and he has a one point one seven
Speaker 2: whip and at home. I'm fine. I would not stream
Speaker 2: him if they were in Sacramento. And then Saturday, I
Speaker 2: this one, This one was probably my this might be
Speaker 2: my stretch, but I went with Logan Henderson for Milwaukee
Speaker 2: at home against the Cardinals. That's a little bit of
Speaker 2: a Harry prospect. The Cardinals are obviously a better hitting
Speaker 2: team than the other ones that we've discussed. But I
Speaker 2: like that he's at home. I like his numbers. I
Speaker 2: so I'm I'm good with that one. Dustin may is
Speaker 2: also he's going up against San Francisco and they as
Speaker 2: a team are still under three hundred in weighted on
Speaker 2: base average. So those were the two I was kind
Speaker 2: of going between, even though Shane Smith is just sitting
Speaker 2: out there. So and then the last one for Sunday.
Speaker 2: I loved what I saw at a Griffin Cannon in
Speaker 2: his last start, and he is going to be at
Speaker 2: home against Tampa Bay, and I think that that's who
Speaker 2: I would stream out of that day, even though Colin
Speaker 2: Ray at home versus Pittsburgh looks a little enticing and
Speaker 2: I'm kidding, yeah, don't pick up.
Speaker 1: I really like, Sorry, I really like Logan Henderson. I
Speaker 1: don't love the matchup obviously, but he's for me. He's
Speaker 1: the best picture on this list. It's funny. I was just,
Speaker 1: you know, we could talk about like sinct leagues. Whenever
Speaker 1: I use this tool, I put in like our shallow
Speaker 1: ESPN league to see who's available, and I was looking
Speaker 1: at Saturday. I was like, why is Zach Gallon available?
Speaker 1: And I realized, oh, I dropped him. That's why Zach
Speaker 1: Gallon's available. Like I personally dropped Zach Gallen. That's why
Speaker 1: he's available. So that surprised me. But if you want
Speaker 1: to stream Zach Gollen, I wouldn't against the padres, I
Speaker 1: will say on Saturday, a Lance mc color is against
Speaker 1: the Twins. I don't hate that one.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean you have a love affair of Palancema
Speaker 2: Colors going. So I don't like his one point four whip,
Speaker 2: and I don't think Minnesota is terrible. So I mean,
Speaker 2: depending on who's healthy by then for them, I don't.
Speaker 1: Know, right, Yeah, depends on which way the Iron Buckston
Speaker 1: wind is blowing that day. Yeah. Sorry, I'm just going
Speaker 1: through looking at some others, not the second guess you.
Speaker 1: I just like to look at the list myself. Did
Speaker 1: you mention Jamison tyone on Thursday against Pittsburgh?
Speaker 2: I did not, but I have. I've liked how he's
Speaker 2: looked lately, like he keeps popping up on VVR when
Speaker 2: you look at your like weekly streamers list, So that
Speaker 2: one looks good too. If the wind, yeah yeah, that's
Speaker 2: this time at regally start to get little.
Speaker 1: Yeah that's a good point. Yeah, check the wind on
Speaker 1: Thursday and see if you want to stream jameson tyone.
Speaker 1: But that Thursdays is such a small slate that you
Speaker 1: know he he could be available. All right, we don't
Speaker 1: have to do anymore. You already nailed the good ones.
Speaker 1: We can move on. Let's talk about our two star
Speaker 1: picture competition, and boy, why I hope wheream listens to
Speaker 1: this because I graded our most recent matchup and he
Speaker 1: threw out a clunker, so he he gave you some
Speaker 1: flak when he was out, as he always is, as
Speaker 1: you're always feeling in for picking up his slack. He
Speaker 1: criticized you for using Shane Smith. Shane Smith got fifteen
Speaker 1: point eight points that week. I had Zach Wheeler who
Speaker 1: dominated you and got forty six point five points, so
Speaker 1: not even close. What are you gonna do? But this
Speaker 1: week Worm picked his own player and he did it
Speaker 1: even worse. Worm picked Jacob de Gram and he got
Speaker 1: twelve points. So you could argue that you dug deep
Speaker 1: into the barrel, didn't waste a good pitcher and got
Speaker 1: someone sixteen points out of Shane Smith. He got twelve
Speaker 1: points out of Jacob da Gram. I used Garrett Crochet
Speaker 1: and got forty point nine points. I almost feel like
Speaker 1: I should get two wins for this week because of
Speaker 1: how dominating it was. I won't put it on there,
Speaker 1: but I got the win for that matchup. I'm now
Speaker 1: winning five to three on the year. As you mentioned
Speaker 1: in the first video, we next season, we probably just
Speaker 1: should do all three of us, especially as we rotate
Speaker 1: on and off, you know, as me and you have
Speaker 1: surgery and Worm takes vacations. I want to clarify I
Speaker 1: am kidding about that stuff, because the YouTube comments get
Speaker 1: like really mad at me. I just like to give
Speaker 1: Worm a hard time. One person actually said, like he
Speaker 1: swears that we hate each other, which is it's not true.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no, this is just this is just the
Speaker 2: language in which we express love for one another. It's fine.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I did laugh last week because I watched
Speaker 1: the show. I did laugh. What do you call this,
Speaker 1: like the surge was surgery triplets or something?
Speaker 2: Yeah, the surgical trips?
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, because we've all three of us have missed
Speaker 1: time for different procedures. I was out again last week
Speaker 1: for a various procedure. I'm obviously back now. But Worm
Speaker 1: is just, you know, taking vacations. Now, what are you
Speaker 1: gonna do. It's bad enough he's leaving soon to go
Speaker 1: cover football who knows when, but you know he's to
Speaker 1: take vacations to come on, stay committed to the show
Speaker 1: man exactly. So it's a little confusing. So week nine
Speaker 1: coming up, I see Kelly's picking Worms pick and I
Speaker 1: was like, where's my pick? I was like, oh, yeah,
Speaker 1: you filled in for me, so for the current So
Speaker 1: that was for two weeks ago. For the current week,
Speaker 1: we don't know who won this one, but you have
Speaker 1: Joe Ryan, I guess for me, and Worm has Carlos Rodon.
Speaker 1: Maybe we should just go back and like remove your
Speaker 1: picks and just tally them all for you and like,
Speaker 1: if you won, take it away from me and Worm
Speaker 1: I love to stay, and Worm approves that we'll just
Speaker 1: like picking up going forward. All right, Stall long enough,
Speaker 1: tell me your two star pitcher for this week, which
Speaker 1: maybe is for Worm, maybe it is for you. We'll see. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I mean this one just jumped out and he hasn't
Speaker 2: used him yet. So I am going with Chris Sale.
Speaker 2: He is scheduled to face Milwaukee in Milwaukee and then
Speaker 2: he gets the Rockies at home. I predict that he's
Speaker 2: going to have Garrett curschet like scores and it should
Speaker 2: be good.
Speaker 1: I in turn, am going with Andrew Abbitt, who has
Speaker 1: just been really really good this year, Like I keep
Speaker 1: waiting for him to not be good anymore. But everything
Speaker 1: is checking out. He looks really good. Underlying numbers are
Speaker 1: backing it up. Like as I said in the first video,
Speaker 1: like if Andrew Rabbit was breaking out, this is what
Speaker 1: it would look like. His matchups are at Cleveland and
Speaker 1: at Detroit, So I don't really love doing two road starts,
Speaker 1: also against like two pretty good teams. But you know,
Speaker 1: I'm rolling the dice. I have a healthy lead in
Speaker 1: the contest. I'm rolling the dice a little bit. Some
Speaker 1: other names to consider. Not Meryl Kelly, although he's been
Speaker 1: pitching very well, but his second started against the Padres,
Speaker 1: so I would not stream Meryl Kelly. Jeffrey Springs has
Speaker 1: been better and he gets the Angels and Royals. It's
Speaker 1: not terrible. Yeah yeah, not for the contest. But if
Speaker 1: you're looking to stream a two star pitcher, that one's
Speaker 1: not a bad. Brian Bay I wouldn't do because one
Speaker 1: of those starts against the Yankees. Matthew Boyd been pitching well,
Speaker 1: but he's got the phillies for one of those starts
Speaker 1: to do anybody else boobitch one starts against Yankees, don't
Speaker 1: want that. I want no part of Clinton Kershaw. Freddy
Speaker 1: Parlt's got two starts, but it's Braves Cardinals, so I
Speaker 1: like to not the best matchups there. I don't trust
Speaker 1: Wie Matthews for his two starts. Oh I thought Zach
Speaker 1: Wheeler got two starts, but he doesn't. Paveta but he's
Speaker 1: got Dodgers Diamondbacks, Logan Gilbert but he's just coming back
Speaker 1: from the i L and he's got Diamondbacks Guardians. Staying
Speaker 1: away from that, I think we picked the two best ones.
Speaker 1: I don't think there's a many other options. There's Mackenzie Gore,
Speaker 1: Mets Marlins. I don't hate that one.
Speaker 2: I don't hate that one at all.
Speaker 1: So that might be number three. But in terms of
Speaker 1: like I'm looking for other like streaming ones. You mentioned
Speaker 1: who was on your list on Sunday, Gryffin Canning. So
Speaker 1: if it's a weekly league, I lost my spot on
Speaker 1: the sheet here. If it's a weekly league and you
Speaker 1: have to start Griffin Canning, you can get him for
Speaker 1: two starts, with the first start being on Tuesday against
Speaker 1: the Nationals, So that's also not terrible. If you want
Speaker 1: to stream a two star pitcher Griffin Canning, that might
Speaker 1: be the top streamer if he's available on which he
Speaker 1: is in almost seventy percent leaks. All right, let's wrap
Speaker 1: things up with some weekend excitement, a segment that Worm
Speaker 1: forces us to do, and I'll go first. We have
Speaker 1: the Belmont Steaks. I'm not a huge horse racing guy,
Speaker 1: but now that I work for betting pros, I have
Speaker 1: to be. And so I'll be doing a lot of
Speaker 1: Belmont Stakes work the next few days and I'll probably
Speaker 1: watch it on Saturday as well. And then also, I
Speaker 1: wrote in the sheet Red Sox versus the Yankees, I
Speaker 1: guess as a Red Sox fan, I will watch the series,
Speaker 1: but it's kind of stinks, and the Yankees are really
Speaker 1: good in the Red Sox are not so. But you know,
Speaker 1: we can enjoy every weekend as much as we can
Speaker 1: that we have baseball, So yes, I don't take it
Speaker 1: for granted. How about you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm kind of in the same other sport focus.
Speaker 2: My oilers are in the Stanley Cup and they won
Speaker 2: an overtime last night and big win.
Speaker 1: I watched it. Look at me watching hockey.
Speaker 2: Wow in dramatic fashion. So yeah, I if you check
Speaker 2: out our live stream, we have an NHL live stream
Speaker 2: Betting NHL live stream on Tuesdays and Fridays at three
Speaker 2: pm Eastern. I famously am among the seventeen people that
Speaker 2: I know have checked it out. I predicted us a
Speaker 2: four game series, so I'm cocky and I think that's
Speaker 2: a great place to be. But also on Twitch, right, yeah,
Speaker 2: it's on twitch.
Speaker 1: Thank you for that Twitch dot Tv slash.
Speaker 2: Lashed Fantasy Pros. And then other than that, I'm WNBAMLB.
Speaker 2: I've got the two stacked TVs in the living room.
Speaker 2: If it even pretends like it might rain, that's where
Speaker 2: I'll end up. And even if it doesn't. Sometimes in
Speaker 2: the sunshine, I'm just like, it's really nice to look
Speaker 2: out the window. I don't have to be out in it.
Speaker 2: I'm going to watch baseball. So that's my weekend excitement.
Speaker 1: Sweet. I find myself watching the w NBA schedule a
Speaker 1: lot just because I want to bet the games now.
Speaker 1: So yeah, even though I don't know a time about
Speaker 1: the WNBA, I just do bet the math. So I
Speaker 1: get really annoyed when there's a random Wednesday of no
Speaker 1: WNBA games, and what the heck are we doing here? Girls?
Speaker 1: Come on? I want some games, all right, anything else
Speaker 1: before we close it out?
Speaker 2: I am I think I was good. This has been fun,
Speaker 2: all right.
Speaker 1: I'll be at the digit to that.
Speaker 2: Well, I was lying whatever.
Speaker 1: I was really salty at the end of this. So hopefully,
Speaker 1: hopefully people appreciate my humor and they don't get mad
Speaker 1: at me in the comments anymore. But uh, I am
Speaker 1: who I am, We are who we are? All right,
Speaker 1: that'll do it. Let's shut it down for Kelly Kirby.
Speaker 1: I'm Mike Mayor. This has been the cycle, and thank
Speaker 1: you for stopping by.
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