WEBVTT - Leading Off May 27th, 2025 (Ep. 1026) 0:00:05.920 --> 0:00:10.039 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:10.080 --> 0:00:12.319 off live. It is me, Joey p Joe Pisa, Pio 0:00:12.440 --> 0:00:14.560 with me of course is the Welsh, and it's all 0:00:14.560 --> 0:00:17.640 of you, the Peanuts and the cracker Jacks. Fresh off 0:00:17.680 --> 0:00:19.920 a holiday weekend, I feel good. I feel refreshed at 0:00:19.960 --> 0:00:22.880 a whole day off. I worked seven days last week. 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:26.160 It was a long week. A whole day of grilling 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:30.640 and playing outside, little volleyball, little badminton, a little bachi, 0:00:31.080 --> 0:00:33.640 did some wings on the grill. Welsh, we did some 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:38.640 terriso's on the grill. Some Moho chicken. That's that nice 0:00:38.680 --> 0:00:41.960 citrus chicken marinated. Put that on the grill. It was 0:00:42.000 --> 0:00:44.600 a beautiful day of grilling and chilling. And as you 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:47.000 can tell, I'm very refreshed. I've already off put most 0:00:47.040 --> 0:00:48.680 of the people who are back at work today watching 0:00:48.760 --> 0:00:51.520 the show here on our twitch twitch dot tv slash 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:54.360 Fantasy Pros. You can go and join right now. We're 0:00:54.400 --> 0:00:58.400 here live Monday through Friday, every single weekday noon Eastern 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:00.720 and you can watch us on demand of course on 0:01:00.760 --> 0:01:04.080 our YouTube channel, Fantasy Bros MLB. Well, the only downside 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.440 to the weekend is I watched one of those videos, 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:08.840 you know, where they turned the movies into little babies 0:01:09.280 --> 0:01:12.800 the characters, and now that's all my feed is. Literally 0:01:13.080 --> 0:01:16.679 any film or television thing in the last thirty years 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.600 is on my feed. But they're all babies, and it's upsetting. 0:01:20.319 --> 0:01:23.240 The AI trends too, man, Like what did we have? 0:01:23.360 --> 0:01:26.440 We had the toys. Everyone's making everybody into toys, like 0:01:26.680 --> 0:01:29.920 they're just finding really great rhythms of stuff. I gotta 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.800 tell you, though, the baby one's pretty great. Though, the 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:35.960 baby ones, I don't know if I love the reenaction 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:38.160 of you know, they're just putting in the audio of 0:01:38.240 --> 0:01:41.600 the movies. Then I do just the application. There's one 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.480 where the baby is interviewing a dog and he's like, 0:01:44.480 --> 0:01:46.480 I have a serious question for you. He's like, what 0:01:46.760 --> 0:01:49.400 are you? I laugh with my teeth out like a 0:01:49.400 --> 0:01:51.840 big stupid idiot every time I see that one. But 0:01:52.280 --> 0:01:53.800 you know what, enjoy your baby. 0:01:53.560 --> 0:01:56.720 Like when they're serious movies, like a Few good Men 0:01:56.840 --> 0:02:02.360 was funny, like the good fellaveryone riot Yeah, yeah, but no, 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:04.760 but seriously, like it's the ones that are already funny, 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.120 like the water Boy, Like I don't want to see 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:07.840 that one, Like that's not that funny, although if fat 0:02:07.880 --> 0:02:09.880 guy in a little coat from Tommy Boy did make 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:11.920 it pretty that one was on there this morning. All right, 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:13.600 let's get to baseball because there's so much of it. 0:02:13.639 --> 0:02:16.720 Because everything has happened in the last three days, I 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:18.520 don't have many room home runs you got. I thought 0:02:18.520 --> 0:02:20.320 I was off to a rip roar and start with 0:02:20.480 --> 0:02:22.440 Judge on Friday night. Boy, I was like, all right, 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.040 let's go. But I only got the one from him 0:02:25.040 --> 0:02:27.600 over the weekend, so that was misery. Let's talk about 0:02:27.600 --> 0:02:30.679 shoey Otani. He's pretty good. Two walks, a home run. 0:02:30.720 --> 0:02:33.560 That's back to back days with leadoff homers. So the Dodgers, 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:38.560 despite losing two of three to the Mets, remounted yesterday 0:02:38.840 --> 0:02:40.680 they beat up Gavin Williams. More on that in a 0:02:40.680 --> 0:02:44.880 second Yamamoto two runs, three hit, six innings, seven strikeouts 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:49.160 for Yamamoto, So the Dodgers back on track. Yamamoto. Should 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.480 he be the front runner for Cy Young over Paul Skeens. 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.640 Yeah, I think so. I mean Skeens is he's shown 0:02:55.720 --> 0:02:59.480 some signs of reality and not being a superhuman pitcher. 0:02:59.480 --> 0:03:03.040 I think has been relatively superhuman. That's also good for 0:03:03.080 --> 0:03:05.960 the market too in the betting side, if there's if 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.360 there are bets to be had. But yeah, I think 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.040 Yamamoto is your current front leader. I think it's it 0:03:11.040 --> 0:03:13.400 should be pretty close between those guys. It's not like 0:03:13.480 --> 0:03:16.480 the A. I mean, maybe people think the al's more competitive. 0:03:16.840 --> 0:03:18.760 I don't know how you do after that. I can't 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:20.320 believe we're not talking about the I don't even know 0:03:20.320 --> 0:03:23.400 if it's on here. The Terry Scuble outing over this 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:28.000 week and thirteen strikeouts full game just absolutely ballistic. I mean, 0:03:28.680 --> 0:03:32.840 Treke Scruble is like the hands down cy Young AL candidate, 0:03:33.160 --> 0:03:35.560 the candidate of candidates. And I thought I might be 0:03:35.600 --> 0:03:38.000 getting back by the way I did that preseason bet 0:03:38.000 --> 0:03:40.520 of Garrett Croche to lead the league in strikeouts. There's 0:03:41.040 --> 0:03:43.960 top five or six guys or within six strikeouts. Scooble 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:46.800 just jumps up. Al's locked in and now there's a 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:49.200 lot more competition. But Yamamoto should be at the top, 0:03:49.240 --> 0:03:50.680 doesn't mean he'll be there in two months. 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:53.920 Scooble actually is now at a plus one hundred after 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:55.480 that start over the weekend, he was more like two 0:03:55.480 --> 0:03:59.640 and a half to eighty. Max Freed also four to one. Yeah, 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:01.880 Freezy has been pretty good, and he pitches for the Yankees. 0:04:01.960 --> 0:04:05.120 Let's not forget he pitched for the Yankees. It's you know, 0:04:05.400 --> 0:04:07.839 everybody's got the media attention there, but Paul Skean's still 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:10.120 at the top. Plus two forty on Moto plus two eighty, 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:12.400 So it's a market worth watching, you know, elf, it 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:17.080 is worth watching Welsh. Kevin Gosman through eight innings, limited 0:04:17.080 --> 0:04:18.920 the Rangers to just one run and a two to 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.120 one win. Tommy Edmund, by the way, was resting you 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:26.039 needs to get rested up. Hassan Kim was playing over 0:04:26.120 --> 0:04:30.400 Tommy Edmund. So last two starts for Kevin Gosmin pretty 0:04:30.440 --> 0:04:32.599 pretty good, I would say. If you look overall, the 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:35.680 era is at three six eight over eleven starts, the 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:40.760 whip is under one, sixty one strikeouts and sixty six innings. So, Welsh, 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:42.720 what's been the key to the turnaround these last couple 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:45.080 starts for Kevin Gosmin? Is it just simply spiight? 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:48.040 It might be spid there, definitely if he's a if 0:04:48.040 --> 0:04:49.320 he's a piece of p a guy, that could be 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:52.600 for sure. He's still inconsistent though, Like I think he's 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:54.120 a good I think he looks really good. He's cut 0:04:54.120 --> 0:04:55.839 down the walk. So if you're like, what's the key, 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:59.400 he's walking four point seven percent of batters. Last year 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.200 it was over even seven and a half, to be 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:05.000 a matter of fact, So I would say that's probably 0:05:05.080 --> 0:05:08.760 your biggest key. Also, looking the split finger has been ridiculous. 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:13.360 He's underperforming against the fastball, or hitters are underperforming against him. 0:05:13.360 --> 0:05:15.680 They've got like a fifty point batting average boost that 0:05:15.880 --> 0:05:18.240 is expected. But I think also some of that is 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:21.520 built in that Kevin Gosman is more than serviceable. But 0:05:22.320 --> 0:05:24.640 you know where he goes eight and gives up one 0:05:24.880 --> 0:05:27.480 two starts before he gives up six and goes five 0:05:27.520 --> 0:05:30.919 and two thirds. He's given up six in what is 0:05:30.960 --> 0:05:33.640 it two of his last six starts as well, But 0:05:33.680 --> 0:05:36.200 he's also had some gems in there. So Gosman is 0:05:36.240 --> 0:05:38.120 just like a I don't know if you need to 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:41.440 ask yourself if you should start him. He's in that 0:05:41.520 --> 0:05:43.680 level of comfort, but at the same time he might 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:46.240 blow you up a little bit with these But you know, 0:05:46.320 --> 0:05:48.120 three and a half a little over three and a 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.440 half expected light Gosmin is a little bit better than advertised. 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:56.520 Early on, Yes, I think maybe just you're right. It's 0:05:56.560 --> 0:05:58.800 not been perfect buying stretch of the means, but his 0:05:59.000 --> 0:06:01.480 last two starts especially very solid. If he could build 0:06:01.520 --> 0:06:03.479 on that, we could have a big second half or 0:06:03.520 --> 0:06:05.479 two thirds of the season were a third of the 0:06:05.480 --> 0:06:08.360 way done. We're through fifty games, so now we're really 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.719 the Rubbers meet in the road. Let's get to Garza's 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:12.600 question here. Joey, I know you're a big Sodo guy. 0:06:12.640 --> 0:06:15.880 I am, and Welsh's big Crochet guy. He is despite 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.640 Mike Mayer's barbs twelve team dynasty. I made this move 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.080 this weekend, trading Croschet and Taoscar for Sodo and Schwellenbach. 0:06:22.400 --> 0:06:25.000 What side would you prefer to be on, Garza, I'll 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:26.640 tell you I want the Sodo side. I want the 0:06:26.640 --> 0:06:30.640 twenty six year old position player. Crochet is tremendous. Arm 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:34.640 issues happen, injuries happen, multiple Tommy John's can happen. All 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.280 kinds of things can happen. I'd rather take the young 0:06:37.320 --> 0:06:39.800 asset and Sodo. He's struggling in his first year as 0:06:39.800 --> 0:06:42.359 a met. Like I said, you know a million times, 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:45.320 remember a couple of years ago, everybody was booing Lindor. 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.599 Remember the thumbs down with him and Bajez, Remember that 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:50.479 whole moment. Everybody hated Lindor. Now he's like the most 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:54.200 beloved human being in that clubhouse. He's basically the default captain. 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:57.200 They booed the hell out of Piazza, they hated bell Tran, 0:06:57.560 --> 0:07:00.360 and then you know, Piazza and Lindor learned to turn around. 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:02.560 Beltre never did and they never you know, fell in 0:07:02.600 --> 0:07:05.280 love with him. Consequently, it'll be fine with Sodo, he 0:07:05.360 --> 0:07:07.280 gets it. What side do you want to be on? 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.080 He got Schwellenbach too. I though it's a pretty good 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:09.840 job getting him in that. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:13.800 Yeah, that's this is an easy Soto and Schwellenbach for me, definite. 0:07:13.880 --> 0:07:17.080 I mean, like Sodo for Crochet, straight up, I'm going 0:07:17.160 --> 0:07:19.720 to side on the hitters one hundred percent, going to 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.360 side on the hitter there. But also you're getting Schwellenbach 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:26.760 thrown into there. Schwellenbach is absolutely underperformed this year. Probably 0:07:26.800 --> 0:07:29.440 one of my more disappointing takes was like the step 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.640 that he was going to take, and you know, it 0:07:31.760 --> 0:07:34.840 was good early on twenty one, but he's dropped in 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:38.040 K percentage twenty one percent less strikeouts than innings pitched. 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.280 E's okay, is giving up just more barreled contact. He 0:07:41.360 --> 0:07:43.480 just doesn't look as a lad as he did last year. 0:07:43.480 --> 0:07:46.200 And by the way, that's with increased fastball velo, so 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:48.480 he just hasn't had that stuff. All of that, to 0:07:48.600 --> 0:07:52.440 be said, an incredible dynasty pickups. So I think that's 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:56.960 a rousing win that you're getting for both of those pieces, 0:07:57.040 --> 0:08:00.600 because I think they're both wins. Schwellenbach over Taoscar for sure, 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:03.400 and Soto over Crochet. 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:07.120 Yeah at the age, especially good job Garza going back 0:08:07.160 --> 0:08:09.000 to the Blue Jays for a moment. Jeff Hoffman got 0:08:09.000 --> 0:08:10.480 the save in that game. He's up to eleven, so 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:12.800 I'm shocked that they went back to Hoffed again this weekend. 0:08:12.840 --> 0:08:15.280 I just did not think that was gonna happen. Also, 0:08:16.560 --> 0:08:18.600 see this is why we can't have nice things. Jacob 0:08:18.680 --> 0:08:22.040 Degram exited Monday. He allowed two runs, five and a third. 0:08:22.120 --> 0:08:24.600 He's having a finger issue, so obviously, okay, that's the issue. 0:08:24.760 --> 0:08:26.720 It doesn't seem like a serious one, seems like a blister. 0:08:26.800 --> 0:08:30.040 But still he was not himself and certainly not to 0:08:30.120 --> 0:08:33.160 himself that the previous start against the Yankees we saw, 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.000 so that was a little bit of a bummer, but 0:08:35.200 --> 0:08:37.240 not a bummer. Jackson Curio leading off of the home 0:08:37.280 --> 0:08:39.959 run off Crochet. Hopefully he can get things going. Crochet 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.480 did strike out eleven though, two runs and six and 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:46.280 two thirds. Hayden bird Song, Let's talk about him because 0:08:46.280 --> 0:08:48.400 I think there's a lot to discuss. He may or 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.640 may not be on the trade video coming up soon. 0:08:51.160 --> 0:08:56.160 Let's get to him. So far, twelve total innings, six 0:08:56.200 --> 0:08:58.880 earned runs in three starts since moving to the rotation. 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:00.319 He went four and a third in a lost to 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.760 the Tigers yesterday. When Kyle Harrison went in the rotation, 0:09:04.040 --> 0:09:06.640 I picked him up because I'm playing the long game 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:10.240 here that I think Harrison is the one that sticks in, 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.480 not bird Song. When Verlander comes back eventually from injury. 0:09:13.800 --> 0:09:16.520 That's the game I'm playing based on what Harrison was doing. 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:18.920 A triple A. How do you see Harrison and bird Song? 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.880 Who do you think is the guy that sticks in 0:09:21.960 --> 0:09:25.120 that rotation in the next couple weeks ahead, when I 0:09:25.160 --> 0:09:27.160 assume we get Verlander back from that peg injury. 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:29.880 H that's interesting because they've got so many options too. 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:33.160 I tend to lean that it's bird Song because they 0:09:33.200 --> 0:09:35.760 had already given him that opportunity early on they moved 0:09:35.840 --> 0:09:38.640 him from the bullpen into the starting role, and it 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:42.560 took an extra injury for them to move Kyle Harrison in. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.800 Though Kyle Harrison is more highly touted, I just I 0:09:45.800 --> 0:09:47.840 think some of the stuff that bird Song is Like, 0:09:47.920 --> 0:09:49.480 bird Song's got a two and a half y alright, 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:50.760 Like you're not going to take him out of there. 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:53.680 Expected numbers are a little bit higher. He's giving up 0:09:53.679 --> 0:09:55.720 a little bit too much contact when you look at 0:09:55.800 --> 0:09:58.440 it hard hit he's getting hit up. But you know 0:09:58.840 --> 0:10:00.840 he's lowered the walk rate since he's been in as 0:10:00.880 --> 0:10:04.120 a starter. The k's look really good. I'm going to 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:06.960 lean on bird Song here, but I do think if 0:10:07.000 --> 0:10:11.319 Kyle Harrison is right, he will be even more fantasy relevant. 0:10:12.080 --> 0:10:14.600 See. I think you know the other part of the 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.599 bird Song equation too, is do you want Harrison and 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:20.360 there as the lefty right like I think you want 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:22.280 the other You know, you want to mix up that 0:10:22.360 --> 0:10:24.760 rotation a little bit more potentially, but we'll see, We'll 0:10:24.760 --> 0:10:26.600 see what happens. Speaking of mixing it up, how about 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:30.400 Adrian Hauser. What happened here in the last two starts. 0:10:30.600 --> 0:10:33.920 Was there an Adrian Hauser revenge game narrative yesterday that 0:10:34.000 --> 0:10:37.800 somehow I missed against the Mets twelve consecutive scoreless innings 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:41.480 since making his White Sox debut. Is he becoming a 0:10:41.520 --> 0:10:44.840 streamer Welsh after these two starts in deeper. 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:47.400 Leagues fool me once? No, I don't think we've been 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:50.600 ever fooled really by Adrian Hauser. I mean, I'll say, 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:54.160 I'm looking here. It was curveball and changeup. It's actually 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:56.400 pretty crazy. I'm not sure I've seen this before. Top 0:10:56.440 --> 0:11:01.439 two pitches used sinker and forcing fastball, different variations, zero 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.720 whiffs whatsoever. He got his called strikes on them, and 0:11:04.800 --> 0:11:07.280 he got massive whiff rates on his curveball and change 0:11:07.320 --> 0:11:10.000 up eighty six percent whiff rate on his change up. 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.280 He did not throw those secondaries in uh in the 0:11:13.400 --> 0:11:16.280 zone at all. To me, that's gonna be a guy 0:11:16.360 --> 0:11:19.200 that you're gonna have guys not offering out at that 0:11:19.600 --> 0:11:22.760 breaking stuff and they're gonna just be sitting fastball. Maybe 0:11:22.840 --> 0:11:25.880 you know he fixed something, but he's coming. I don't 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.320 buy it. I don't buy into Adrianhauser. If there's like 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.760 a really poor matchup guys with really bad plate discipline 0:11:31.760 --> 0:11:34.240 that's coming up, maybe I would stream him. I don't 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:34.480 buy it. 0:11:34.480 --> 0:11:37.000 He's going against the Orioles next on Sunday, so I 0:11:37.080 --> 0:11:38.880 kind of look at that in the streaming and I'm like. 0:11:39.000 --> 0:11:41.200 That's some bad plate discipline. 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.839 Yeah. I'm intrigued in deeper leagues as a streamer because 0:11:44.880 --> 0:11:46.960 if he has another good start, I think, ab up now, 0:11:47.440 --> 0:11:49.240 and he has another good start against the Orioles, then 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:52.719 I think he becomes like a legitimate waiver wire option for. 0:11:52.559 --> 0:11:54.400 It's just you don't have run support. You're not gonna 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:55.439 have any run support. 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:57.720 Yeah, but there's a lot of teams that have, you know, 0:11:57.800 --> 0:11:59.560 decent pictures that don't have run support. Like you can 0:11:59.640 --> 0:12:01.560 kind of take that with a grain of salt. To 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:04.520 do it against the Mets lineup is impressive to me, 0:12:04.559 --> 0:12:05.720 Like that was the one where I was like, Okay, 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.040 the first one you throw away, second one against the Mets, 0:12:08.040 --> 0:12:10.280 all right, it's a pretty good start. And then if 0:12:10.280 --> 0:12:11.959 he has another good start against the oriole something to 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:15.840 keep in mind, transaction time pluses and minus is actually 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:19.480 you know both probably you know, depressing in some ways. Here. 0:12:20.040 --> 0:12:23.839 The Angel sent down Kyra in Paris so remember that week. 0:12:24.960 --> 0:12:27.319 That was awesome, That was that was fun. That was 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:30.520 a good time. Just I am sorry. I just was 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:33.079 never buying that he could change his strives that much. 0:12:33.480 --> 0:12:35.800 It was just a magical week. And that happens. Toughy 0:12:35.920 --> 0:12:38.280 Roads hit three home runs on opening Day. And if 0:12:38.280 --> 0:12:42.079 you're saying, who's Toughy Roads, exactly exactly. The point switch 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.559 also sent down to Triple A. Please welcome to the 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:51.120 stage of Triple A Syracuse for the New York Mets genesis. Cabrero. Ye, 0:12:52.200 --> 0:13:00.560 so at least Son, all right, let's get this rookie. Lookie, 0:13:00.640 --> 0:13:03.360 Logan Henderson gets into Triple A Nashville, and I get it. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:06.640 It's because they have Woodroff eventually coming back and Cantan 0:13:06.720 --> 0:13:09.079 eventually coming back. And they just felt like, well, let 0:13:09.120 --> 0:13:12.640 Logan stay on his five day pace and stuff like that. Whatever, 0:13:12.960 --> 0:13:15.800 don't drop him, hold him be smart. Deal. Hall came 0:13:15.840 --> 0:13:18.160 back for him. They wanted some extra bullpen help Chase 0:13:18.200 --> 0:13:22.560 the latter remember him welsh him for a second. Yeah, first, 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.120 of course he did. You guys, hung out and played 0:13:24.200 --> 0:13:27.000 majong after the game. First home run of the season 0:13:27.040 --> 0:13:29.520 for him. Now he was dealing with an injury the 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:31.600 first two months of the season of sports hernia, which 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:35.720 sounds kind of unpleasant and painful. But the latter, once 0:13:35.800 --> 0:13:37.320 upon a time, was one of these guys that we 0:13:37.320 --> 0:13:40.040 were really excited about. He's had a ton of injuries 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.520 that have set back his development. What do you do 0:13:42.600 --> 0:13:45.439 here in these, you know, KG deeper leagues. You want 0:13:45.440 --> 0:13:48.360 to stash the latter now because that Guardian's lineup needs help. 0:13:48.360 --> 0:13:49.600 I don't know if it's Kayfus, I don't know if 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:51.400 it's the latter. I don't know if it's both. But they 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.880 need help in the worst way, and they need it. 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:55.000 Quick well, but I just don't know if he's going 0:13:55.080 --> 0:13:57.880 to be quick. So you know that he's been riddled 0:13:58.120 --> 0:14:01.160 with injuries. He is one of the worst injury prone 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:04.839 minor leaguers out there. He just played like six or 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:07.719 seven minor league games out here in Complex is where 0:14:07.760 --> 0:14:10.080 I saw him back up into Triple A. I love 0:14:10.120 --> 0:14:12.440 the power potential. I love the way he makes contact. 0:14:12.480 --> 0:14:15.280 He's got this short path of the bat that gets in. 0:14:15.679 --> 0:14:18.959 He can run. He just always gets hurt. To that end, 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:21.200 though it might behoove the team to just get him 0:14:21.280 --> 0:14:22.640 up to the majors. And see what we can have, 0:14:22.680 --> 0:14:24.840 maybe get the major league training staff in there's something 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:27.920 in a deep league. I do think he's worth looking 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:30.520 at because of his injury prone noess, I'm not sure 0:14:30.520 --> 0:14:31.880 if I want to go and make some like big 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.360 drastic move on him just because I could one hundred 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:38.920 percent seeing him get re hurt in this. But I 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.040 do think there's a possibility he could be up before 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:45.240 Capus just because he was a cornfield, a ready guy. 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:46.840 It's also going to be dependent on what is that 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:48.800 they're looking for. But I do think you should start 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.160 paying attention to de latter and if it's, you know, 0:14:51.440 --> 0:14:53.240 one of those big ones and you can stash, then 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.360 he might be worth stashing. 0:14:55.160 --> 0:14:58.200 All right. The Marlins recalled Victor Masa Junior from Triple A. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:14:58.800 Any interest in. 0:14:58.840 --> 0:15:02.320 Him little bit probably minimal. I think of what the 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:05.400 fantasy impact is going to be, I don't think it's 0:15:05.440 --> 0:15:07.080 going to be there what you guys want. There's some 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.880 stolen based potential, there's some contact, a little bit of power. 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:11.600 I would probably pass. 0:15:12.480 --> 0:15:16.040 The twenty seven year old John Rave. I want to 0:15:16.040 --> 0:15:18.560 like get his entrance should be all like glow sticks 0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:20.400 and fun things that would be aweso. 0:15:22.120 --> 0:15:24.480 Do you think are there still raves was more like 0:15:24.480 --> 0:15:25.600 a nineties thing for us. 0:15:25.800 --> 0:15:28.680 Oh, it was a late nineties, early two thousands thing. 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:31.000 For sure. It was very strong in the early two thousands. 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:33.520 But do you think they're still Like, I. 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:33.960 Don't think so. 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:34.520 I don't think so. 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:37.080 I think everyone's too busy on their phones. You know. 0:15:37.160 --> 0:15:39.640 My daughters are that you know, teenage phase now, So 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:43.200 they go to the school dances and instead of everyone 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.640 just like being awkward or dancing with their friends or whatever, 0:15:45.840 --> 0:15:49.680 you know, now everyone's just videoing everyone else dancing, like 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:51.640 all at the same time. So it's just so it's 0:15:51.760 --> 0:15:54.200 very weird. It's just a very weird vibe. Like you 0:15:54.240 --> 0:15:57.000 see all the all the you know, the phone's going 0:15:57.000 --> 0:16:00.280 at the same time with the lights, but it's just 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:04.280 a weird interaction. It's like everyone's videoing themselves having a 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:06.760 good time instead of actually having a good time, which 0:16:07.120 --> 0:16:07.680 I think it's hard. 0:16:08.360 --> 0:16:10.160 It would probably be like a nostalgic thing, you know, 0:16:10.280 --> 0:16:13.120 like how like, you know, twenty years ago they've been like, 0:16:13.200 --> 0:16:15.400 let's have a you know, a nineteen thirties you know, 0:16:15.400 --> 0:16:17.440 blah blah blah. They would just be like let's rave 0:16:17.520 --> 0:16:19.000 and let's have a throwback. 0:16:19.200 --> 0:16:21.960 It sounds like one of those reels, right. New York 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.160 has got one of the best raves out there, but 0:16:24.160 --> 0:16:26.680 it's hard to find. If you go down three tunnels here, 0:16:26.720 --> 0:16:31.160 you're gonna find glow sticks and ecstasy. It's awesome. Blah blah. 0:16:31.520 --> 0:16:33.280 That's probably what it is. Now. We have a good 0:16:33.280 --> 0:16:35.680 time on camera here every day, but that's different. We're 0:16:35.720 --> 0:16:38.240 trained professionals. I worry about this generation. 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:39.240 Yes, security trained. 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:43.480 But anyway, let's talk about the worry for Bruce Bochie 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:46.320 because he's pissed off, he's mad, and he's not gonna 0:16:46.360 --> 0:16:49.160 take it anymore. Because apparently Bob Nightingale put out. He 0:16:49.240 --> 0:16:50.640 must be a fan of the show. Because I've been 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.200 saying this for months now that Kumar Rocker might be 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:56.280 considered as a closer. No, doi, of course he should, 0:16:56.520 --> 0:16:59.160 because they have a need. He throws hard, he's a big, 0:16:59.160 --> 0:17:01.720 intimidating president, and he's only got about, I don't know, 0:17:01.800 --> 0:17:03.960 sixteen more innings left in his tank, probably all year, 0:17:04.320 --> 0:17:07.280 so why not convert him into a closer. But they 0:17:07.280 --> 0:17:09.119 got all up in arms and that happening right now. 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:12.080 Blah blah blah, they didn't say never, just saying they 0:17:12.080 --> 0:17:14.320 didn't say never, which is very interesting. So you got 0:17:14.320 --> 0:17:16.080 to keep an eye on some of these younger players 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:18.320 and how they can help your team, because the Rangers 0:17:18.359 --> 0:17:20.960 right now, you got to look at the standings and say, 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:23.560 maybe if we had held on to a couple more 0:17:23.600 --> 0:17:26.400 games in the bullpen, we might be in first base 0:17:26.560 --> 0:17:29.719 on first base, first place in the American League West. 0:17:29.760 --> 0:17:32.080 Who's on a Frisbee Texas range. Yeah, I don't know, 0:17:32.320 --> 0:17:32.760 not us. 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:34.720 I did think of you when I saw that, I 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.000 immediately thought of you as the Kumar Rocker thing. But 0:17:37.840 --> 0:17:40.359 I don't know. I think they get up in arms 0:17:40.400 --> 0:17:42.879 about it because it's so not true. But I do 0:17:42.920 --> 0:17:45.640 think it's probably someone in the organization that's like, yeah, 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:47.520 this has been talked about, but more of a long 0:17:47.600 --> 0:17:50.439 standing thing. I think Kumar Rocker could work in that. 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:52.800 He get up his velo. He's got a devastating slider, 0:17:52.840 --> 0:17:55.399 He's got the makings of it. But the reason they 0:17:55.680 --> 0:17:57.840 probably get pissy about that is like, you don't want 0:17:57.880 --> 0:18:01.479 to throw a young pitcher that immediately because it can 0:18:01.560 --> 0:18:03.840 kind of change the whole scope very very I don't 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.320 feel like that happens often. Edwin Diaz was someone that 0:18:06.359 --> 0:18:07.879 happened to with the Mariners where he was like a 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:10.280 starter and then it was just instantly he was a 0:18:10.320 --> 0:18:10.840 closer at a. 0:18:10.880 --> 0:18:13.639 Young Mason Miller that hasn't worked out, but he was. 0:18:14.080 --> 0:18:17.120 But the transition happened like when he was in the minors, 0:18:17.320 --> 0:18:18.720 like from a starter to a reliever. 0:18:18.800 --> 0:18:20.800 It was always kind of rocker still in the miners 0:18:20.800 --> 0:18:24.040 because he's in rehabit because he's hurt. Yeah, what I'm 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.280 just saying is like he's hurt already. Like that was 0:18:26.280 --> 0:18:27.840 the thing with Mason Miller too, is like health is 0:18:27.880 --> 0:18:30.400 an issue. Innings are an issue. We love the arm. 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:32.960 Let's give him a clean night inning for a couple 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:34.600