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Speaker 3: Hello everybody, and welcome back in to another episode of

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Speaker 3: the cycle. I am your host today, Mike Maher and

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Speaker 3: I am joined by not Ryan Warmley, but Kelly Kirby

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Speaker 3: and Kelly how are you doing today?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing pretty well. I think the last time that

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Speaker 4: we did this was when I podcasted from Heaven, so

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Speaker 4: I upgraded. I upgraded for today, so I'm excited to

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you have the Betting Pros backdrop. You have very

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Speaker 3: for people watching on YouTube. She has very fun red

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Speaker 3: the guy wearing a black shirt with a navy blue hat.

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Speaker 3: But I've been told that navy blue and black you

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Speaker 3: can do that. Now. It's not like it's no longer

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Speaker 3: like a fashion, no note, You're allowed to do it.

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Speaker 3: So I take full advantage and do it all the time. Absolutely,

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Speaker 3: all right, So you're all you all have the pleasure

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Speaker 3: and energetic a host I am. And so let's get

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Speaker 3: right into it, and let's do so this first segment.

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Speaker 3: You know, for people who are new to it or

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Speaker 3: people coming back, the cycle used to be like one

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Speaker 3: you're going to kind of like have him released over

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Speaker 3: for the n season version, which we think works well.

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Speaker 3: This first segment we're going to do rounding the bases

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Speaker 3: and up first. I have a couple of players I

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Speaker 3: the first note. I put in there that you seem

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Speaker 3: like you might have some thoughts on is Sandy alcontre

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Speaker 4: Sure. When Justin Steele went down, I immediately texted my

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Speaker 3: If we'll talk about this in another segment, But I

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I feel like nothing with Trout is

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Speaker 4: So no, I thought of you instantly, I was just like, oh,

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Speaker 3: So exactly, good luck. Yeah, he played twenty nine games

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Speaker 3: Yeah, And they're just this organization where it just like

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Speaker 3: a note in here like like he's a sixty percent off.

431
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,360
Speaker 3: His pitchures are either fastballs or sinkers, and so if

432
00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:02,040
Speaker 3: his velocity is down, that's a problem. And so I'm

433
00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,240
Speaker 3: trying not to panic too much because it could just

434
00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:06,199
Speaker 3: be you know, this is his spring training. You know,

435
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,040
Speaker 3: we see pictures all the time show up a spring

436
00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,240
Speaker 3: training velocity isn't necessarily there. They're hoping it comes back.

437
00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:14,840
Speaker 3: That being said, I wish it was higher than it was.

438
00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:19,800
Speaker 3: And then Lance mccallor's is apparently going to return. We

439
00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:21,679
Speaker 3: talked about him a week or two ago because of

440
00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,480
Speaker 3: I think Worm's two start pitcher was Hunter Brown, and

441
00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,760
Speaker 3: I was like, I think Lance McCullers might return this week.

442
00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,239
Speaker 3: You might not get two starts out of him, but

443
00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,240
Speaker 3: he did not, But it sounds like he's going to

444
00:21:30,280 --> 00:21:33,840
Speaker 3: return now feels like we haven't seen him in a

445
00:21:34,000 --> 00:21:36,960
Speaker 3: really long time. And I can't say that I have

446
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,600
Speaker 3: a ton of interest there. But what are your thoughts

447
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:43,040
Speaker 3: on these three in terms of like interest value rest

448
00:21:43,080 --> 00:21:44,840
Speaker 3: of season or even in the short term.

449
00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,720
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I'm interested in Suarez, not because he's

450
00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:52,320
Speaker 4: the best picture in baseball on the cycle, but just again,

451
00:21:52,440 --> 00:21:56,240
Speaker 4: his numbers can be serviceable, right Like at this point

452
00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,240
Speaker 4: with injuries, He's one that I'm not necessarily for to

453
00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 4: pick up. I'm not excited to pick up, but I

454
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,480
Speaker 4: would have no problem getting him Woodraff. I'm in the

455
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 4: same boat as you. I drafted him a few different places,

456
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,840
Speaker 4: like with my last pick, just kind of let's see

457
00:22:10,880 --> 00:22:13,639
Speaker 4: what we've got. And yeah, I mean, you know, I'm

458
00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,840
Speaker 4: kind of hoping he's like the anti Sandy el Contra.

459
00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,200
Speaker 4: You know where El Contra looks so good in spring

460
00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:22,280
Speaker 4: training and then just everything went off. But you know,

461
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:25,280
Speaker 4: what he's been dealing with is just it's a scary

462
00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:28,200
Speaker 4: injury and so the ability to come back from it.

463
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,560
Speaker 4: I have him, but I probably won't start him right

464
00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:33,040
Speaker 4: away because I want to see what this is going

465
00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:35,480
Speaker 4: to look like, and then I have no interest in

466
00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:37,399
Speaker 4: my colors. I pretty much have never had interested in

467
00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:39,800
Speaker 4: the colors. When his name was on here, I was

468
00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,240
Speaker 4: just like, what is it happening in? What year is it?

469
00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,119
Speaker 4: But now I get to text my friend Nick, and

470
00:22:44,160 --> 00:22:47,960
Speaker 4: because he loves my colors, so it'll be it'll be

471
00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:50,679
Speaker 4: fun to talk to him today. So that's my interest

472
00:22:50,680 --> 00:22:53,800
Speaker 4: in him is getting to text my friend Nick. That's it.

473
00:22:54,040 --> 00:22:55,480
Speaker 3: At least you have a reason. I don't have any

474
00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,840
Speaker 3: reasons to be interested other than you know, like maybe

475
00:22:57,960 --> 00:23:00,639
Speaker 3: like a really deep dynasty league or so somewhere where

476
00:23:00,840 --> 00:23:02,520
Speaker 3: you know, rosters are big and I can just kind

477
00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:06,320
Speaker 3: of stash him and see what happens. But yeah, I don't.

478
00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,160
Speaker 3: I don't have a ton of a ton of interest there,

479
00:23:08,440 --> 00:23:10,159
Speaker 3: even though, which is like sad to say, because he

480
00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,040
Speaker 3: used to be a really good picture. It's just like

481
00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,720
Speaker 3: impossible to know what to expect. And it's definitely not

482
00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:17,520
Speaker 3: like there are some of these pictures, you know, whether

483
00:23:17,520 --> 00:23:20,359
Speaker 3: it's like a young upcoming prospect or a veteran coming back.

484
00:23:20,880 --> 00:23:23,080
Speaker 3: Sometimes I want to be early, and you know, let

485
00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,040
Speaker 3: me let me get in there early, grab him a

486
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 3: week early, stash him and then put him out there

487
00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:29,159
Speaker 3: for his first couple of starts and like, see what happens.

488
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:30,920
Speaker 3: You know, if it doesn't go well, you know, I'll

489
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,200
Speaker 3: take the lump. He's someone I don't want to be early.

490
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,120
Speaker 3: Like I'm willing to be late on him. I'm willing

491
00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:36,760
Speaker 3: to you know, if he comes out really good, it

492
00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,800
Speaker 3: looks really good, maybe I'll put in a bit and

493
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,480
Speaker 3: see see how it goes. But like, I won't be

494
00:23:40,560 --> 00:23:43,000
Speaker 3: upset if I don't if I don't get him, and

495
00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,240
Speaker 3: I'm not willing to take that initial risk of you know,

496
00:23:45,280 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 3: his first first appearances back now, third Base, I wanted

497
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:51,520
Speaker 3: to do We've done this on the on the show

498
00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:53,880
Speaker 3: in the past, but it felt like now that we're

499
00:23:53,920 --> 00:23:57,959
Speaker 3: a month in and we've seen, you know, some decent performances.

500
00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:00,919
Speaker 3: You know, we have a decent amount of data to

501
00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 3: look out for these players. I wanted to do real

502
00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,159
Speaker 3: or not real, and I don't think it has to

503
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:07,320
Speaker 3: be necessarily black and white, you know, like this player

504
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,680
Speaker 3: is good, this player is bad, but just in terms

505
00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:12,679
Speaker 3: of what they're doing right now, all these players are

506
00:24:12,720 --> 00:24:16,240
Speaker 3: off to really good starts. And I want to get

507
00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,360
Speaker 3: your thoughts on if you think let's say instead, let's

508
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 3: say it's like a scale of real or not real,

509
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:24,080
Speaker 3: like is it more real or more not real as

510
00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,480
Speaker 3: opposed to black and white. So the first player I

511
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,399
Speaker 3: wanted to put on there is someone that I just

512
00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:32,840
Speaker 3: I feel like I should have added him in more

513
00:24:32,920 --> 00:24:35,399
Speaker 3: leagues early on, because I just thought it was like,

514
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,119
Speaker 3: all right, he's gonna do this for a week and

515
00:24:37,119 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 3: then we won't see him again. He's been doing it

516
00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 3: for a month. Jorgete Planco looks really really good and

517
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:46,919
Speaker 3: probably needs to be rostered everywhere, especially if he has

518
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,760
Speaker 3: I don't know if he has third based eligibility everywhere

519
00:24:49,840 --> 00:24:51,359
Speaker 3: or if that's just a Yahoo thing, but if he

520
00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,280
Speaker 3: has third base eligibility, he definitely needs to be rostered.

521
00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:58,080
Speaker 3: It might just be like second in other places, but

522
00:24:58,840 --> 00:25:02,000
Speaker 3: really really good. He's betting eighty four with nine home

523
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,480
Speaker 3: runs and a stolen base, and it kind of looks legit.

524
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,200
Speaker 3: It kind of looks like he's just kind of back

525
00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:09,960
Speaker 3: and maybe he's like healthy. What are your thoughts on

526
00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:11,680
Speaker 3: Hori plancoor real or not real?

527
00:25:12,720 --> 00:25:15,560
Speaker 4: I would say he's as close to fully real at

528
00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,960
Speaker 4: this point as he's going to get, if that makes sense,

529
00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 4: Like you know, he's he's hanging out at an eleven

530
00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:25,560
Speaker 4: point three strikeout rate. I can he keep that up?

531
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,040
Speaker 4: I have no idea. His career strikeout rate is like

532
00:25:29,280 --> 00:25:33,199
Speaker 4: nineteen and he was so bad last year, and I

533
00:25:33,200 --> 00:25:37,040
Speaker 4: think like with the injuries and how the Mariners just

534
00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:41,159
Speaker 4: had no offense, like so I'm definitely intrigued. I wouldn't

535
00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 4: have any problem training for him, And for sure, if

536
00:25:43,600 --> 00:25:46,120
Speaker 4: he has third base eligibility, I would I would hold

537
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:47,520
Speaker 4: on to him no problem, because.

538
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:48,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I wonder.

539
00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 4: I think it's more real than that everywhere or.

540
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:54,560
Speaker 3: Yaho thing or Yaho gives everybody eligibility everywhere. I was

541
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 3: interested to get your thoughts on this player because we

542
00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,160
Speaker 3: talked about him a few maybe two weeks ago. He's

543
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,680
Speaker 3: someone I considered for Cell High candidate at the time,

544
00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:04,719
Speaker 3: and I ended up talking myself out of him being

545
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:06,560
Speaker 3: a sell High candidate just because I couldn't find a

546
00:26:06,560 --> 00:26:09,959
Speaker 3: reason that what he was doing wasn't legit. I think

547
00:26:09,960 --> 00:26:12,200
Speaker 3: those numbers have come down to earth a little bit now.

548
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,400
Speaker 3: But what about Jung Hu Lee? Real or not real?

549
00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:18,520
Speaker 4: I think he's real. But I had the same feeling

550
00:26:18,520 --> 00:26:20,880
Speaker 4: as you where I was like, let's I'm not sure

551
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,320
Speaker 4: about the power being real. So when he was really

552
00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:26,440
Speaker 4: on that run, I thought, you know, is he gonna

553
00:26:26,520 --> 00:26:28,520
Speaker 4: Is he gonna slug five twenty six for the rest

554
00:26:28,560 --> 00:26:32,000
Speaker 4: of the season. I don't think so. But I also

555
00:26:32,160 --> 00:26:34,840
Speaker 4: his betting average alone kind of makes him real to me.

556
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 4: So yeah, I would call him real, I think at

557
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:39,840
Speaker 4: this point. But I had the same I remember having

558
00:26:39,920 --> 00:26:42,680
Speaker 4: exactly the same thoughts as you on selling high for him.

559
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:45,399
Speaker 3: Yeah, I will say that when I looked at his

560
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,840
Speaker 3: stackcast page a couple of weeks ago, I mean, it's

561
00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:49,760
Speaker 3: still very red. It was like all red, and now

562
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:51,720
Speaker 3: some of that has kind of like scaled back down,

563
00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,440
Speaker 3: so he seemed to be slowing down a little bit.

564
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:58,560
Speaker 3: But I would lean like, maybe right on the middle,

565
00:26:58,880 --> 00:27:01,359
Speaker 3: you know, the mean meatia in whichever middle word do

566
00:27:01,359 --> 00:27:03,600
Speaker 3: you want to use of real or not really, he's

567
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,960
Speaker 3: right there in the middle. Now, this other name is

568
00:27:08,440 --> 00:27:10,240
Speaker 3: someone I definitely wanted to get your take on, especially

569
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 3: as a Cubs fan, because I talked about him a

570
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,360
Speaker 3: little bit last week. I kind of stuck my nose

571
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:15,760
Speaker 3: up him a little bit, and so I'm want to

572
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,280
Speaker 3: see if you want to push back on Pete Crow

573
00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,480
Speaker 3: Armstrong or not real or not real?

574
00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 4: I think Pete Krow. Armstrong is also sitting kind of

575
00:27:23,760 --> 00:27:27,240
Speaker 4: in that median spot where, like looking at his stat

576
00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,239
Speaker 4: cast page, everything is just right in the center. So

577
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,000
Speaker 4: I feel like he has some value. He's got the

578
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 4: speed obviously, but it's not like if you can get

579
00:27:36,080 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 4: something good for him, if someone is willing to buy high,

580
00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:43,719
Speaker 4: I would be okay moving him at this point as

581
00:27:43,760 --> 00:27:45,920
Speaker 4: a Cubs fan, he's super fun. Obviously, I want him

582
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,960
Speaker 4: to keep doing what he's doing, but statistically speaking, I

583
00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,080
Speaker 4: feel like there's going to be a drop and if

584
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,200
Speaker 4: you want to get out now is probably a good time.

585
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 4: But if you do want to hold on for the

586
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 4: stolen bases, I mean, I don't think he's gonna hurt you.

587
00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,480
Speaker 4: He's just not going to be doing this for the

588
00:27:58,480 --> 00:27:59,040
Speaker 4: rest of the year.

589
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I thought of some about some of what he

590
00:28:01,840 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 3: was doing was a little fluky. What about Tyler Soderstrom.

591
00:28:06,480 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 4: I love Soderstrom, so I'm going to say that he's real.

592
00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:13,000
Speaker 4: Everyone keeps talking about trying to, you know, sell him high,

593
00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,640
Speaker 4: and I just don't know why you would. He's still

594
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,600
Speaker 4: playing in a minor league park, he's still his ex

595
00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,640
Speaker 4: slog is still at five sixty eight, so I'm I'm

596
00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,640
Speaker 4: fine holding onto him. I also don't think first space

597
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,640
Speaker 4: is all that deep power wise anymore, so I don't

598
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:30,200
Speaker 4: know where else you're going to get him, So I

599
00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:32,480
Speaker 4: have no problem. I would say that he is ninety

600
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:33,000
Speaker 4: percent real.

601
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:36,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just traded for him in one of our leagues.

602
00:28:36,760 --> 00:28:40,120
Speaker 3: I want to say I flipped Freddy Perta for him.

603
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,360
Speaker 3: I can't remember exactly. I think that's I think that

604
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,840
Speaker 3: was the deal Freddy Prout for Tyler Soderstrom. Also, he's

605
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:47,600
Speaker 3: been playing a lot of left field. Actually watched him

606
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,360
Speaker 3: make a pretty nice play in left field last night.

607
00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:53,360
Speaker 3: So outfield eligibility would also be be helpful, especially in

608
00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 3: I'm in a couple leagues where I kind of like

609
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,040
Speaker 3: I have a bunch of first basemens, so I've like

610
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,600
Speaker 3: I loaded up my first base uder and field and

611
00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:02,720
Speaker 3: utility spot, and I could really use another outfielder. So

612
00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:05,920
Speaker 3: I'm excited about that. What about Nick Pavetta.

613
00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,600
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I don't I don't really believe in

614
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 4: in Pavetta. I've never really believed in him, so yeah, Like,

615
00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,320
Speaker 4: I mean, what he's doing is really great, and you know,

616
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 4: San Diego is a nice park to pitch in. But

617
00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:23,160
Speaker 4: like I think that, I think the wheels could come

618
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 4: off on him. So I would put him below the

619
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,520
Speaker 4: median in terms of real and if I had him,

620
00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,640
Speaker 4: I would definitely be looking to see if I could

621
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:31,440
Speaker 4: flip him for something.

622
00:29:32,360 --> 00:29:33,959
Speaker 3: Yeah, I just feel like, if you can tell how

623
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,040
Speaker 3: you should. I've seen this movie before and it always

624
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:38,760
Speaker 3: ends up in him in four Zra with a lot

625
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:41,280
Speaker 3: of strikeouts, and that's just it's just what that movie is.

626
00:29:41,320 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 3: It's a good movie, but you know that's what it is.

627
00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 3: Hunter Brown, really or not real?

628
00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think he's doing pretty much exactly what I

629
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 4: thought he was going to do this year. And his

630
00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,240
Speaker 4: era is a little low, it's going to bounce back

631
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 4: up a little bit, but it's still under his expected

632
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 4: as under three. His strikeout rate is right in line

633
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:01,600
Speaker 4: with kind of where he normally, and he's cut down

634
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:04,200
Speaker 4: the walks, which he did after May last year, like

635
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,160
Speaker 4: and we talked about that. I mean, how many times

636
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 4: did we talk about that on podcasts, Like after May

637
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,680
Speaker 4: thirty first last year he was phenomenal, And so I

638
00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,760
Speaker 4: think he's just picked back up. So yeah, I would

639
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,280
Speaker 4: he's one hundred percent reel in my world.

640
00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. Too. I think the second half

641
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,680
Speaker 3: last year was the beginning of the breakout, and I

642
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 3: think we're seeing the breakout now. And then Nick Lidolo.

643
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,240
Speaker 4: I like Lidolo.

644
00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:28,760
Speaker 3: I you like him or do you like like him?

645
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:29,440
Speaker 1: No?

646
00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 4: I just like him.

647
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:31,720
Speaker 1: Yeah.

648
00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:33,760
Speaker 4: I mean he's not one I'm going to seek out,

649
00:30:33,800 --> 00:30:36,000
Speaker 4: but he if you have him, I'd hold on to him.

650
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 4: Does that make sense? Like he's kind of in that

651
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,520
Speaker 4: middle range. I think he's good, but he's not something

652
00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,560
Speaker 4: that I'm unless I can get him for nothing, I'm

653
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:44,760
Speaker 4: not going to search him out.

654
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 3: Yeah. I feel like I've I've had him for a

655
00:30:47,600 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 3: long time in dynasty leagues, and I've kind of always

656
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:51,000
Speaker 3: wanted him to be better than what he is, and

657
00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 3: so I'm happy that we're finally seeing a little bit

658
00:30:52,680 --> 00:30:55,160
Speaker 3: of it. But it also seems a little fluky, and

659
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,520
Speaker 3: I think some of the expected numbers kind of kind

660
00:30:57,520 --> 00:30:58,280
Speaker 3: of show that as well.

661
00:30:58,600 --> 00:30:59,840
Speaker 4: I mean, he has a three he has a three

662
00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 4: five percent walk rate. That's not gonna that's not going

663
00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:04,160
Speaker 4: to stay there.

664
00:31:04,240 --> 00:31:08,840
Speaker 3: So yeah, zero point eighty six whip batting average against

665
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:12,040
Speaker 3: one ninety four, bad bit two fourteen. You know, there's

666
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,040
Speaker 3: some regression coming, negative regression I know, I know the

667
00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:18,479
Speaker 3: chat likes when I when I defined positive and negative

668
00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,479
Speaker 3: regression for sure. All right, well, let's close it out

669
00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 3: with home plate. And I was originally going to do

670
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,520
Speaker 3: some news notes and injuries, which which is a lot

671
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:27,840
Speaker 3: of times what we do here, but I feel like

672
00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:29,800
Speaker 3: we've already touched on some of those in other ways.

673
00:31:29,840 --> 00:31:32,360
Speaker 3: So I found this story on MLB dot com that

674
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 3: I thought was interesting that I sent to you right

675
00:31:33,800 --> 00:31:37,320
Speaker 3: before the show calls seven burning questions, where they're kind

676
00:31:37,320 --> 00:31:39,760
Speaker 3: of looking at as you would expect seven questions for

677
00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,760
Speaker 3: the rest of the season in baseball. But I thought

678
00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,040
Speaker 3: we're interesting. There may or may not be some fantasy

679
00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,440
Speaker 3: irrelevance here, but I thought it was interesting enough to

680
00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:48,160
Speaker 3: take a quick look at it, and so I'll just

681
00:31:48,240 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 3: kind of go through them. We can go pretty quickly,

682
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,080
Speaker 3: because you know, it's not the most fantasy relevant thing here,

683
00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:55,480
Speaker 3: and I don't want to get people grumbling, but I

684
00:31:55,480 --> 00:31:58,960
Speaker 3: thought it was interesting. Aaron Judge obviously, you know, if

685
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,760
Speaker 3: he wasn't already like one of the best hitters in baseball,

686
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:03,640
Speaker 3: the best hitter in baseball is just off to another

687
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 3: ridiculous start. In addition to power their first burning question

688
00:32:07,720 --> 00:32:10,880
Speaker 3: was how long can Judge stay around batting four hundred?

689
00:32:11,600 --> 00:32:13,440
Speaker 3: Can it be for the Do you think he has

690
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:15,320
Speaker 3: a realistic shot at batting four hundred this year?

691
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:17,880
Speaker 4: I do if other teams figure out they should just

692
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:20,720
Speaker 4: walk him, Like where what are we? I mean, I

693
00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,560
Speaker 4: don't know why the Orioles ever pitched him, so I

694
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 4: think he could hang out. I would see if he's

695
00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:28,280
Speaker 4: going to lose it. My guess would be in mid August.

696
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:30,680
Speaker 4: I think I think he'll stay up there for a while.

697
00:32:30,840 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 3: So yeah, especially if you know, we find out that

698
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,680
Speaker 3: Major League Baseball is using special Aaron Judge balls again,

699
00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,320
Speaker 3: which you know would only help him even more. It's

700
00:32:39,360 --> 00:32:41,080
Speaker 3: a shame that Worm is not on that episode because

701
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,440
Speaker 3: their next burning question is can the Orioles turning around?

702
00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:45,560
Speaker 3: They're already at the bottom of the AL East, and

703
00:32:45,600 --> 00:32:48,120
Speaker 3: it's going to be a competitive division. It's gonna be

704
00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:50,280
Speaker 3: a hard one to dig out of. I mean, I

705
00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,400
Speaker 3: have my own thoughts. What are your thoughts on the Orioles.

706
00:32:52,560 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 4: I felt in the off season they didn't make any

707
00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,480
Speaker 4: moves pitching wise, and that's coming back to haunt them.

708
00:32:58,560 --> 00:33:00,560
Speaker 4: And Gunner got off is off to a still start

709
00:33:00,560 --> 00:33:03,280
Speaker 4: because of injury. So I mean they might be able

710
00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 4: to turn it around, but I don't know how they

711
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:07,080
Speaker 4: compete back in that division.

712
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:09,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, Worm took a lot of heat for including Gunner

713
00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:11,360
Speaker 3: Henderson as a buy low because people didn't think you

714
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,000
Speaker 3: could actually buy low on him. I think you can

715
00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,920
Speaker 3: buy low lower than what his value really is. You

716
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:18,080
Speaker 3: just just still don't have to give up a lot

717
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 3: to get him. But he did this to me last

718
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,479
Speaker 3: year too. I have him in our keeper league, and

719
00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 3: he started a little last year too, So I'm moping

720
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 3: for fantasy that he can just for baseball in general,

721
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:28,680
Speaker 3: he can turn it around. But yeah, I had the

722
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:32,200
Speaker 3: same thoughts. The Reels lost Corbyn Burns. They didn't really

723
00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:34,960
Speaker 3: do a whole lot to add pitching. The pitching that

724
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 3: they do have is banged up, and they just they're

725
00:33:37,160 --> 00:33:39,560
Speaker 3: running the ghost of Charlie Morton out there, which isn't

726
00:33:39,560 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 3: which isn't working for them. And then they have top

727
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,920
Speaker 3: prospects that they refused to play, so that does not

728
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 3: be there. What about the NL West? Their third burning

729
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 3: question was can the NL West keep this up?

730
00:33:52,040 --> 00:33:54,080
Speaker 4: I mean, if it was still that unbalanced schedule and

731
00:33:54,080 --> 00:33:55,320
Speaker 4: they all got to play the Rockies.

732
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 3: I was gonna say it should be the l The

733
00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:01,000
Speaker 3: question should be the could the NLS minus the Rockies

734
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 3: keep this up? Although maybe it's could the NL West

735
00:34:03,760 --> 00:34:05,560
Speaker 3: be this good? And are the Rockies the worst team

736
00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:06,880
Speaker 3: I've ever seen? Because we all thought it was going

737
00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:08,719
Speaker 3: to be the White Sox, it might be the Rockies.

738
00:34:08,680 --> 00:34:11,680
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I mean, I think one of the four

739
00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 4: is going to fade. I'm not sure which one, but otherwise, yeah,

740
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:17,800
Speaker 4: I mean, I can I can see lots of wildcard

741
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:20,560
Speaker 4: teams coming out of that division because they just are

742
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:21,240
Speaker 4: all stacked.

743
00:34:21,560 --> 00:34:25,160
Speaker 3: So, yeah, they're I thought the Dodgers were going to

744
00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,920
Speaker 3: run away with that division. It's a lot closer than

745
00:34:26,920 --> 00:34:28,520
Speaker 3: I thought it was going to be. I feel like

746
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:32,319
Speaker 3: the Padres, Giants, and Diamondbacks are all kind of over overperforming,

747
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:35,200
Speaker 3: like to an extent. But I think they're all good.

748
00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:38,880
Speaker 3: So we'll see. And like you said, playing the Rockies,

749
00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:41,400
Speaker 3: you know, that's a you know, good medicine to have

750
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,840
Speaker 3: whenever you're you know, whatever, you get cold. Their fourth

751
00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:49,800
Speaker 3: one is will Ronald Acunya turbocharge the Braves resurgence because

752
00:34:49,800 --> 00:34:51,560
Speaker 3: it's getting late early in Atlanta.

753
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:57,200
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm going to say no, like, just I.

754
00:34:56,560 --> 00:35:00,160
Speaker 3: Know that's all I have fantasy purposes. I hope you will.

755
00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:03,960
Speaker 3: Because I also stashed him. I was also hoping he

756
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,799
Speaker 3: would kind of like be back by now, or at

757
00:35:06,880 --> 00:35:09,320
Speaker 3: least maybe not back by now, but like you know,

758
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,840
Speaker 3: we'd be talking rehab assignment. But like it seems like

759
00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 3: they're really slow playing this with him, which I wish

760
00:35:16,120 --> 00:35:18,319
Speaker 3: I knew that before I drafted him and stashed him,

761
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:20,400
Speaker 3: because I was like, all right, he's already kind of

762
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:24,360
Speaker 3: around his spring training. Let's give him like most of April.

763
00:35:24,600 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 3: He'll be on the rehab assignment by the end of April.

764
00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,960
Speaker 3: I'll get him mid May. And like now it's like, oh,

765
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:30,840
Speaker 3: he's started running in the outfield, but we don't have

766
00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:32,719
Speaker 3: a timetable, and I'm like, well, that's not great. Like

767
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 3: Brave need him now more importantly.

768
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:37,760
Speaker 4: I need him now definitely more importantly.

769
00:35:38,600 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 3: Yeah, how about a different West Division? Also the other

770
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,960
Speaker 3: thing not to go back for the Braves, but the

771
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 3: Braves are playing the Dodgers again, and it's like I

772
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 3: feel like, these poor Braves, I got them to such

773
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:51,680
Speaker 3: a slow start, and it's like I feel like every

774
00:35:51,719 --> 00:35:55,120
Speaker 3: time I turn around, they're paying the Dodgers, who emerges

775
00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 3: in the crowded Al West.

776
00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:58,520
Speaker 4: I mean, I can tell you I want it to

777
00:35:58,560 --> 00:36:03,640
Speaker 4: be on the athletic like a lot, but I yeah,

778
00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:06,319
Speaker 4: I guess I would go with Houston just because if

779
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:08,319
Speaker 4: Gilbert is out for a long period of time then

780
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 4: I think that really hurts Seattle's chances of being able

781
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:14,320
Speaker 4: to stay with them. And I'm just not a big

782
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:18,640
Speaker 4: Rangers believer, but they they might give they would give

783
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:20,719
Speaker 4: them a run, So I would go Astros Rangers in

784
00:36:20,719 --> 00:36:21,240
Speaker 4: that order.

785
00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's that's kind of where I'm at too. That

786
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:27,880
Speaker 3: does feel like the most wide open division because the

787
00:36:27,880 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 3: Angels are twelve and seventeen. But even there, you know,

788
00:36:30,520 --> 00:36:33,360
Speaker 3: that's probably better than what we were expecting for them,

789
00:36:33,680 --> 00:36:37,120
Speaker 3: and it just the athletics, especially if like Kurts can

790
00:36:37,160 --> 00:36:39,239
Speaker 3: get going. That offense can be really good, especially in

791
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 3: that a net ballpark is a real X factor of

792
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,839
Speaker 3: just like offense, offense, offense, and they can just out

793
00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,600
Speaker 3: hit everyone at home. I don't think they're going to

794
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:49,239
Speaker 3: have lasting power though. I think it's probably gonna end

795
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 3: up being like the Astros just seem to win this

796
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,359
Speaker 3: division always, so I assume it'll just be the Astros again,

797
00:36:56,400 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 3: and if the Rangers lose to grom at some point,

798
00:36:58,520 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 3: which you know we'll see, that would hurt them too

799
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 3: for sure. On our next video, I also have a

800
00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:06,680
Speaker 3: I'm going to talk about Rangers pitcher, So if you

801
00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 3: want to check out our next video, and we talk

802
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,600
Speaker 3: about Waivers and bileus so high, we'll could talk some

803
00:37:10,600 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 3: more Rangers. So two more here and then we get

804
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,879
Speaker 3: out of here. Will the trade market open early again?

805
00:37:14,920 --> 00:37:17,959
Speaker 3: Because there was some early trades last year? I believe

806
00:37:18,040 --> 00:37:20,360
Speaker 3: Luis Ariaz is the name they mentioned. He was traded

807
00:37:20,400 --> 00:37:22,839
Speaker 3: like right around now, maybe been traded on Star Wars Day,

808
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,840
Speaker 3: I don't remember. So do you think the trade market

809
00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:30,439
Speaker 3: opens up early again? You know this time the most

810
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 3: likely candidate unfortunately be Sandy al Contra, and it doesn't

811
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:35,800
Speaker 3: sound like he's getting moved early based on how he started.

812
00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,840
Speaker 4: Right, Yeah, I mean, I think it depends on how

813
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 4: much the Dodgers panic given their pitching situation, Like if

814
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,880
Speaker 4: they get to SP fifteen sixteen, like will they start

815
00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,560
Speaker 4: to really kind of move things around. Cubs are in

816
00:37:48,760 --> 00:37:50,880
Speaker 4: sort of the same boat where I mean, their offense

817
00:37:50,960 --> 00:37:53,799
Speaker 4: is fantastic, their pitching is like what should we do here,

818
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 4: So I think it'll get going a little bit earlier,

819
00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,359
Speaker 4: but I mean I wouldn't look I doubt as early

820
00:37:59,360 --> 00:37:59,960
Speaker 4: as last year.

821
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:03,720
Speaker 3: Also confirmed it was Star Wars Day, May fourth traded.

822
00:38:03,840 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 3: May the fourth be with you?

823
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:07,840
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think i'd look more June.

824
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 3: How about will we see Otani pitch? This might be

825
00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 3: the most interesting one for fantasy?

826
00:38:12,400 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 4: This is by far the most interesting one for fantasy.

827
00:38:14,600 --> 00:38:17,600
Speaker 4: I mean, judges doing what Judge is doing? I I

828
00:38:17,800 --> 00:38:21,160
Speaker 4: just don't know. I don't know if they I it's

829
00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 4: the same question, right, like how deep into their rotation

830
00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:26,759
Speaker 4: our injury is going to go before they are like, okay, fine,

831
00:38:26,800 --> 00:38:29,920
Speaker 4: we'll ramp him back up, because I mean that's going

832
00:38:30,000 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 4: to take a little bit of time. It's going to take,

833
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:34,400
Speaker 4: and it's just going to take some energy and focus

834
00:38:34,480 --> 00:38:37,719
Speaker 4: away from his hitting, which has been so like this

835
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 4: year it's been interesting. But like he's such a good player.

836
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:43,040
Speaker 4: So I would say, no, I think they hold him

837
00:38:43,320 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 4: and then give him the full year next year. That's

838
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:47,000
Speaker 4: my guess.

839
00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,200
Speaker 3: Yeah, It's it's interesting because he like he started like

840
00:38:51,280 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 3: ramping up and then they shut him down, and like

841
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:54,879
Speaker 3: now he's throwing bullpens again and I'm like, what's going

842
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 3: on here? Like is he can a picture or not?

843
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:58,480
Speaker 3: I wonder if they're gonna kind of kind of like

844
00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 3: save him until like getting ready for the playoffs, like

845
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:05,239
Speaker 3: you know, like ramp him up and at the end

846
00:39:05,239 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 3: of the season and then having the playoffs, because there

847
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,319
Speaker 3: were rumors that you could pitch in the playoffs last year,

848
00:39:09,360 --> 00:39:13,360
Speaker 3: which I thought was was ludicrous. Then again, Code Senga

849
00:39:13,760 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 3: pitched in the playoffs last year, and that was a

850
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:16,120
Speaker 3: great idea.

851
00:39:16,239 --> 00:39:19,080
Speaker 4: It really went well, Yes for sure, Yeah.

852
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,600
Speaker 3: You really want to make your season debut in the

853
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 3: playoffs for here, all right, we'll wrap it up there.

854
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,120
Speaker 3: We have a couple more segments to get to. If

855
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 3: you enjoyed this, or even if you didn't check out,

856
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 3: make sure you check out the next two videos of

857
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,959
Speaker 3: the cycle. The next one, as I mentioned, we're gonna

858
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,440
Speaker 3: be talking waiver wire ads, bilos Sell High and then

859
00:39:37,440 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 3: some deep league targets as well. And then for the

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Speaker 3: we're gonna talk pitching pitching streamers to start, pitchers and

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Speaker 3: pitchers to target for your weeks. And so for Kelly Kirby,

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