WEBVTT - Leading Off September 25th, 2024 (Ep. 907) 0:00:05.680 --> 0:00:09.280 What's going on? Everybody, Welcome into Leading Off the Fantasy 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:13.040 Pros Baseball Podcast. We are presented by Bet three six five. 0:00:13.080 --> 0:00:14.680 If you bet five bucks, we'll get one hundred and 0:00:14.720 --> 0:00:16.840 fifty in bonus bets when you use that promo code 0:00:16.920 --> 0:00:19.040 leading Off, and that is only with our friends over 0:00:19.079 --> 0:00:23.480 at Bet three six five. It's not the season finale 0:00:23.560 --> 0:00:26.840 for the show, but for myself, Joel Rico and my 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:28.840 dear friend and co host Casey Bubba, this is the 0:00:28.920 --> 0:00:31.479 last time you will see us on Fantasy Pros for 0:00:31.520 --> 0:00:34.760 the season. Really appreciate all you guys who continued listening 0:00:34.800 --> 0:00:37.040 in the Peanuts and cracker Jacks in the live chat 0:00:37.040 --> 0:00:39.480 have really kept the shows going as well, So thank 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:41.640 you to all involved. This is our last show, so 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:43.239 we're gonna make it a good one. We're gonna be 0:00:43.240 --> 0:00:46.000 talking about a lot of different things today, playoff races, 0:00:46.080 --> 0:00:49.080 some streamers, injury updates, all the usual stuff. We're gonna 0:00:49.120 --> 0:00:50.880 have some fun. Bubba, how you doing today? 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:52.240 Doing great? 0:00:52.320 --> 0:00:54.280 Glad to be here for the last hurrah of the 0:00:54.720 --> 0:00:56.400 diehard baseball guys that we are. 0:00:56.520 --> 0:00:58.120 So it's good to be here. 0:00:58.160 --> 0:01:00.240 The football guys will come back and Joet and he 0:01:00.280 --> 0:01:02.880 knows what's going on in September and all that fun stuff. 0:01:02.920 --> 0:01:04.960 So you guys will enjoy that and make fun of 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.000 them all you want with your peanuts and cracker jacks, 0:01:07.040 --> 0:01:09.399 but yeah, we're here to get you some streamers, get 0:01:09.440 --> 0:01:11.800 you to the finish line for those that are still grinding. 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:14.039 So thanks looking forward to it, And if you're in 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:16.760 the Southeast, stay safe. Things are looking nasty. 0:01:16.440 --> 0:01:17.000 Down your way. 0:01:17.840 --> 0:01:19.040 I haven't seen what's going on. 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.880 Hurricanes coming through. Like there's a chance like tomorrow's gonna 0:01:22.840 --> 0:01:24.800 be complete wash out of Atlanta and the Mets. 0:01:24.800 --> 0:01:26.600 There's like zero percent chance that plays. 0:01:26.920 --> 0:01:28.720 And right now there's about a forty percent chance of 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:30.920 rain starting about an hour there. They have a night game, 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:35.000 so's things can get interesting in the Southeast and for 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:36.000 the next couple of days. 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:38.560 That's what it was because I heard some people online 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:41.120 saying there's a chance for the games to get delaid 0:01:41.160 --> 0:01:43.520 and then the Braves might get to throw sale in 0:01:43.600 --> 0:01:46.319 a not Game one sixty three, but Game one sixty 0:01:46.319 --> 0:01:48.800 two to kind of decide all the marbles. We're gonna 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:50.200 talk a little bit about some of the wild card 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.480 stuff in the second, but that would be quite the 0:01:52.480 --> 0:01:55.160 advantage of getting to use Chris Sale a second time there. 0:01:55.160 --> 0:01:57.680 Considering the season he's put together, It'll all be fine. 0:01:57.720 --> 0:01:59.800 It always is pretty fun following these races in the 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:01.800 live week of the season, and that's where our story 0:02:01.800 --> 0:02:05.240 begins today. Talking about the Padres, this was this is 0:02:05.280 --> 0:02:07.520 pretty cool. You don't usually see this, but they punched 0:02:07.520 --> 0:02:10.239 their ticket to October with a game ending triple play 0:02:10.600 --> 0:02:13.160 to leave Shoheo Tani in the on deck circle. But 0:02:13.320 --> 0:02:15.320 were you watching this one? Where were your thoughts on 0:02:15.440 --> 0:02:17.440 all of this crazy situation that happened. 0:02:18.200 --> 0:02:20.480 I was recording last night' Bubba and the Bloom had 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:22.640 the game on in the background, and I was kind 0:02:22.680 --> 0:02:24.320 of looking at it, like what just happened there, kind 0:02:24.360 --> 0:02:27.639 of confused, And then we finished our recording like right 0:02:27.800 --> 0:02:29.520 about that same time, and I got like a million 0:02:29.560 --> 0:02:32.919 alerts on my phone about Padres clinched the postseason, the 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.640 ending with a triple play, all this stuff, and it 0:02:35.680 --> 0:02:38.880 was absolutely amazing, and it was poetic justice that one 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.720 of the worst managers in baseball doesn't bunt in that scenario, 0:02:43.080 --> 0:02:45.160 and he had to bunt on for the first pitch apparently, 0:02:45.360 --> 0:02:47.480 and then wiped it off after the first pitch and 0:02:47.480 --> 0:02:48.360 then that took place. 0:02:48.600 --> 0:02:50.040 I'm just I say it, not just. 0:02:50.120 --> 0:02:52.680 I know it's a Giants Dodgers thing, but Dave Roberts 0:02:52.720 --> 0:02:55.440 has cost that team so many big games down the line. 0:02:55.480 --> 0:02:57.680 Like he is, he's been blessed with the great with 0:02:57.760 --> 0:02:59.680 the great team, and to see it end like that 0:03:00.200 --> 0:03:02.840 night just made me laugh so much. For the years 0:03:02.880 --> 0:03:04.720 of everyone telling me how great the Dodgers are and 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.480 the Giants suck. But we have three World Series, like 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.919 legit World Series in the last you know, fifteen years, 0:03:10.000 --> 0:03:10.760 unlike the Dodgers. 0:03:11.440 --> 0:03:14.040 The rivalry is a live and well folks. But yeah, 0:03:14.080 --> 0:03:17.120 I have heard a lot of criticism of Dave Roberts. 0:03:17.120 --> 0:03:19.280 It seems like every year we get down of this time. 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:21.920 And I don't know how true it is because I 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:24.080 don't focus on it so so much, not being a 0:03:24.080 --> 0:03:27.120 California guy, but they're not usually as prepared as they 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:30.720 maybe should be, and it definitely definitely feeds into some 0:03:30.800 --> 0:03:33.440 of the rivalry. There for sure is Bubba rooting for 0:03:33.480 --> 0:03:36.040 the Padres. Joseph in the chat is wondering. 0:03:36.560 --> 0:03:38.640 I am a big Padres fan. I wouldn't mind seeing 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:40.640 the Dbacks, but the Giants have been beating them down 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:42.360 the last two nights, which made me laugh because I 0:03:42.360 --> 0:03:44.160 did not see that coming. But if I had to 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.440 pick an NL team, it's Phillies and Padres for me. 0:03:46.480 --> 0:03:48.720 Those are the two that I'm really really pulling for. 0:03:49.080 --> 0:03:50.920 It's hard not to love the Phillies team. Man, there's 0:03:50.920 --> 0:03:52.360 so much fun like the last few years in the 0:03:52.400 --> 0:03:55.720 postseason watching them celebrate there a blast. But this Padres 0:03:55.720 --> 0:03:57.800 team's cool too, Like there's a lot to like there 0:03:58.160 --> 0:04:02.120 with them. So yeah, I'm rooting for pretty much eleven 0:04:02.160 --> 0:04:05.120 teams not named the Dodgers should win, and I'm a fan. 0:04:05.960 --> 0:04:08.560 As long as the World Series doesn't go back to 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:11.000 Chavez Ravine, Bubba will be a happy fella at the 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:12.920 end of the season. I do want to talk a 0:04:12.920 --> 0:04:15.160 little bit about some of these final wild card spots 0:04:15.200 --> 0:04:17.000 because we are down to just a few games left. 0:04:17.600 --> 0:04:19.960 Let's talk about the American League to start off here, Buba, 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.000 just briefly, because we'll get into the fantasy stuff. But 0:04:22.080 --> 0:04:23.920 what do you expect to happen with those final two 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:25.920 wild card spots? Do you expect it to be as 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:28.880 it currently says? The Tigers and the Royals, the Twins 0:04:28.920 --> 0:04:30.719 and the Mariners also have a chance, and I guess 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.400 the Red Sox, if they run very pewer here, could 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.200 have a mathematical chance. How do you see those final 0:04:36.200 --> 0:04:37.200 two spots breaking down? 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:37.440 Though? 0:04:38.520 --> 0:04:41.320 I think the Tigers, man, this is like a momentum thing. 0:04:41.360 --> 0:04:42.920 We've seen it year after you Like, I'm not saying 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:44.719 they going to the World Series like the Dbacks were, 0:04:44.720 --> 0:04:47.559 but we all it feels like every year we get 0:04:47.560 --> 0:04:50.760 like one team that just runs so pure at the end. 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:54.080 They find their way in the postseason. Now, how you 0:04:54.080 --> 0:04:55.680 know far does it get from there? 0:04:55.880 --> 0:04:56.440 Who knows? 0:04:56.920 --> 0:04:58.960 But I think the Tigers are getting in for sure, 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:01.880 and Oils had the advantage on them technically. But if 0:05:01.880 --> 0:05:04.520 you go to fangrafts, Tigers eighty seven and a half percent, 0:05:04.600 --> 0:05:06.960 Royals eighty two percent, So it looks like they're pretty 0:05:07.000 --> 0:05:07.640 much locked in. 0:05:08.000 --> 0:05:09.480 You mentioned though, that. 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.760 That's actually for the Yeah, no, they're pretty much locked 0:05:12.800 --> 0:05:14.960 into the playoffs right there. The Twins have a shot, 0:05:14.960 --> 0:05:18.520 like you mentioned, and you're looking at the Red Sox, 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.479 it's like a slimmer of a whole, like zero point 0:05:20.600 --> 0:05:24.200 seven percent right now for the Red Sox. So the 0:05:24.240 --> 0:05:26.520 Twins are gonna need a miracle. I feel like it's 0:05:26.520 --> 0:05:29.320 a Tiger's Royal situation there, which is fun for baseball. 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.200 Two new teams we haven't seen in a while. The 0:05:31.320 --> 0:05:33.440 Royals have fallen off of late, because if you would 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:36.240 have had this question early September, you would think they'd 0:05:36.279 --> 0:05:38.080 have a chance to like make a little noise in 0:05:38.120 --> 0:05:40.840 the postseason. But they got the pitching yacht Reagans, you 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.440 got Lugo and walk is no slouch. That'll keep you 0:05:43.480 --> 0:05:46.240 in a lot of playoff games. But yeah, Tigers, come 0:05:46.240 --> 0:05:49.279 on Treek Scouble game one of a playoff game, Like, 0:05:49.640 --> 0:05:50.120 let's go. 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:51.680 That's pretty fun stuff. 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:53.880 I think the question at this point is who's getting 0:05:53.920 --> 0:05:56.120 the ball in Game two? I think that's the only rule. 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:58.080 Oh that's the Yeah, it is Kyder Montero, the guy 0:05:58.120 --> 0:05:59.720 you want to go to battle with, Like that is 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.719 like brand Herder's actually probably been the best number two 0:06:02.760 --> 0:06:05.280 option of late. And that's the conundrum, and that's why 0:06:05.320 --> 0:06:07.159 certain teams just can't go the distance. 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:08.320 Like if the Tigers went the. 0:06:08.320 --> 0:06:12.839 Whole dang thing, that's like beyond proving any analytic person correct, 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:16.200 So that'll be nuts. But yeah, I just I'd love 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.279 to see schools like the old theory, like would be 0:06:18.279 --> 0:06:20.400 great to see Trout in the playoffs. Like there's certain 0:06:20.400 --> 0:06:22.600 players I just they deserve the big stick once in 0:06:22.640 --> 0:06:24.720 a while. And the year Schoobl's having right now. I 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:28.080 know we've talked about it all the time on this show, Like, dude, 0:06:28.120 --> 0:06:29.960 just put them on the stage for one game. Let 0:06:30.000 --> 0:06:32.599 them have it, and I'll give the Tigers fans credit. 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.720 They're coming out in droves. I saw a tweet from 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.400 a Beat writer today the weekend series in Detroit. It's 0:06:37.400 --> 0:06:39.640 almost all sold out already, all three games in Detroit. 0:06:39.720 --> 0:06:42.920 Like that's insane for the Tigers. So it's cool to see. 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:44.920 And our friend Marty Tallman, I don't know if you 0:06:44.960 --> 0:06:47.480 saw yesterday you wont himself some free tickets courtesy of 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.040 the Tigers. So good for him to get out there 0:06:49.040 --> 0:06:50.400 and support We got a lot of Detroit. 0:06:50.440 --> 0:06:51.240 The Tigers get it. 0:06:51.520 --> 0:06:54.200 The Tigers get it man, Like they're a franchise that 0:06:54.240 --> 0:06:56.120 doesn't fill out the place. They're not that they don't 0:06:56.120 --> 0:06:58.080 spend a lot of money, but hey, we need to 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:00.560 push these young kids to go. Here's some tickets. Like 0:07:00.600 --> 0:07:04.240 they gave out a bunch. That's that's smart baseball. Unlike Pittsburgh. 0:07:04.320 --> 0:07:05.360 That is smart baseball. 0:07:05.600 --> 0:07:08.520 Oh we'll talk a little bit about in the pocketbooks 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.960 a little bit later on. I think that Minnesota might 0:07:11.000 --> 0:07:12.840 have a chance just based on the schedule. They have 0:07:12.840 --> 0:07:14.480 a couple of games left against the Marlins and then 0:07:14.520 --> 0:07:16.720 they'll be facing the Orioles to end the season, who 0:07:16.840 --> 0:07:19.880 won't really be playing for so much. Where with Kansas City, 0:07:20.520 --> 0:07:22.320 you know, they got to end up facing the Braves, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:23.840 who will be playing for a lot. So I don't 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:25.840 think it's set in stone that final spot there. I 0:07:25.840 --> 0:07:27.280 thought the Twins, like a couple of weeks ago, I 0:07:27.320 --> 0:07:28.920 would have thought that they had a chance to maybe 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.440 be a World Series team. Really good offense, solid three 0:07:32.480 --> 0:07:35.680 headed monster in the rotation, good bullpen. But they have 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:39.280 really really fallen apart here in terms of the National League. Here, 0:07:39.360 --> 0:07:41.640 it's the Mets, the Diamondbacks, and the Braves are the 0:07:41.640 --> 0:07:45.080 only teams that are really competing for those final two spots. Bubba, 0:07:45.200 --> 0:07:47.600 I'm a little bit worried for the Mets. What do 0:07:47.600 --> 0:07:48.400 you think is gonna happen? 0:07:48.400 --> 0:07:48.520 Though? 0:07:48.520 --> 0:07:50.560 I feel like they're probably gonna be the odd man 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.160 out based on the way things are trending. But what 0:07:52.200 --> 0:07:52.800 do you think. 0:07:53.560 --> 0:07:56.320 Yeah, it's rough, but I still think I just it 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:58.200 depends on how this whole rain thing plays out. I 0:07:58.200 --> 0:08:01.840 know that's kind of a cop out answer. Atlanta, like 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:04.200 there is all these jokes on Sunday, They're going to 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.800 their house of horror. They stink in Atlanta, and dude, 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:08.560 they got smoked like they were red hot coming in 0:08:08.880 --> 0:08:11.080 got smoked on Tuesday night. Schwelly's a beast. There's no 0:08:11.120 --> 0:08:13.200 doubt about that. But yeah, you got sale and you 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:15.560 got freed coming up like they have their three best 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:18.080 lined up to face the Mets. I still have a 0:08:18.080 --> 0:08:21.120 weird feeling the Mets get through, I really do. I 0:08:21.160 --> 0:08:23.920 agree it's almost a coin toss. Like if you look 0:08:23.920 --> 0:08:28.040 at fangrass projections, Mets are seventy seven percent, Braves are 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:30.520 seventy percent. I think it's closer than that. I think 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:32.760 it's like that number probably flips if the Braves win 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.360 the night. Like it's that simple. It's that close of 0:08:35.400 --> 0:08:38.760 a coin toss situation. And you're mentioning the schedule coming 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:41.839 up here, you got like you said, Atlanta gets Kansas 0:08:41.880 --> 0:08:44.520 City this weekend. Singer Luga Reagan's you know, not a 0:08:44.559 --> 0:08:48.360 cakewalk scenario there and that's if that stays in line, 0:08:48.400 --> 0:08:50.880 of course, and then you got this Mets team that 0:08:51.840 --> 0:08:54.920 hopefully isn't reeling after this, but they get Milwaukee who 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.720 might be off. You got ray montoss Myers, their pitchers 0:08:57.720 --> 0:08:59.600 aren't going deep. I think Mets are set up for 0:08:59.600 --> 0:09:00.760 a better weekend, let's put. 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:01.080 It that way. 0:09:01.320 --> 0:09:03.640 Yeah, we've also talked about how the Brewers are probably 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:06.520 going to be facing They're probably through with the drinking 0:09:06.520 --> 0:09:08.600 for now, with the celebrating, but they're not playing for 0:09:08.720 --> 0:09:10.760 much at this point. So if you don't see the 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:13.439 A team lineups, if you see a starter get scratched 0:09:13.520 --> 0:09:15.880 or something there, don't be shocked. It could really go 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:18.320 either way. In the National League, with the Braves and 0:09:18.360 --> 0:09:20.280 the Mets, they always tend to play each other in 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:22.040 the final week of the season, which does make things 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:25.920 pretty fun. Sticking in Atlanta, Spencer Schwellenbach had a great 0:09:26.000 --> 0:09:27.920 final start of the season, the kind of cap off 0:09:28.280 --> 0:09:31.080 a breakout year for him. Really, seven innings of one 0:09:31.120 --> 0:09:33.400 run ball with four strikeouts. He finishes up with a 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:36.560 three forty seven ERA and one zero seven WHIP over 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:38.679 twenty games starts. I kind of want to pair him 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:41.720 with the next guy tanner Byby but a great year himself. 0:09:42.000 --> 0:09:44.480 Seven innings of one run ball himself yesterday, and he'll 0:09:44.480 --> 0:09:47.160 finish with the exact same era of three forty seven 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:49.680 with a one to twelve whip. So just thinking about 0:09:49.679 --> 0:09:51.599 both of these guys separately or together, I kind of 0:09:51.640 --> 0:09:53.360 wanted to frame them together because I think there's a 0:09:53.400 --> 0:09:56.600 chance they go pretty close in drafts next season. What 0:09:56.640 --> 0:09:58.640 are your thoughts on the pair, Bubba, and who would 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.079 you be more interested in trusting in twenty twenty five 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.760 drafts as probably your SP two. I would imagine I'm. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:06.720 Still a Tanner Biby guy, but it's probably more just 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:08.800 biased because I was all in on Biby this year. 0:10:08.920 --> 0:10:10.720 I wrote articles on him, and I got a lot 0:10:10.720 --> 0:10:12.840 of pushback early in the preseason, like I was over 0:10:12.920 --> 0:10:15.040 excited on him, and he made the adjustments and it 0:10:15.080 --> 0:10:15.720 was great to see. 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:18.280 As no downplay on Schwellenbach. 0:10:18.000 --> 0:10:21.360 Like he's absolutely amazing as well, but it's kind of 0:10:21.360 --> 0:10:22.880 like the whole are you paying for the career year? 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:23.920 Is this his career year? 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:26.320 A lot of questions to be said about Schwellenbach there. 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.760 It's quite the jump. He took massive increase in the 0:10:28.840 --> 0:10:32.440 innings as well. I'm gonna lean with the Biby camp 0:10:32.600 --> 0:10:35.200 on this one. He's the ace of their staff, so 0:10:35.280 --> 0:10:37.720 to be your SP two is pretty sweet. Now, Schwelly 0:10:38.000 --> 0:10:40.080 is a great to option b if that's how it 0:10:40.080 --> 0:10:41.680 plans out. But I'm going to buy you on this one. 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:43.800 Do you think do you think they will go close together? 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:45.960 I know it's way too early, but it feels like 0:10:45.960 --> 0:10:47.959 they'll probably be in a similar type of range in 0:10:48.040 --> 0:10:50.480 terms of sps and overall of my am I crazy there. 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:52.240 Now, they'll be pretty close. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:56.640 Like Bibby'll probably be around five or six give or 0:10:56.679 --> 0:10:59.400 take on, maybe maybe four if he creeps up, but 0:10:59.440 --> 0:11:02.160 he'll be an SP and like Schwellenbuck in the early 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:04.679 draft I did was tenth round and we all said 0:11:04.720 --> 0:11:07.640 a that was that was late August. Like, he's gonna 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.640 move up and he keeps pitching better and better. He 0:11:09.720 --> 0:11:12.200 should be a fifth or sixth round pick when all 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:14.280 things are said and done. So yeah, they should be 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:16.400 going quite quite close together for sure. 0:11:16.960 --> 0:11:18.640 That'll be an interesting one to monitor. I think it's 0:11:18.640 --> 0:11:20.560 just because the eras are ending on the same number. 0:11:20.600 --> 0:11:22.920 I figured it was a decent discussion point. But I 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.400 think Bouten Francis is also somebody that deserves a bit 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.920 of our time. I don't know if we've talked too 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:28.480 too much about him on the show. I'm sure he's 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.320 come up, but I think he deserves a little segment 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.040 here another shout out outing from him. Yesterday, I'll be 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:34.959 at just five innings. They could have probably let him 0:11:34.960 --> 0:11:36.160 go a little bit longer. I think it was like 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:39.040 seventy one seventy two pitches, but we'll take it over 0:11:39.080 --> 0:11:42.640 the second half. One point eight zero ERA and a 0:11:42.720 --> 0:11:47.120 point six zero whip. It's unbelievable type of numbers that 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:48.839 you'd say, if you just saw those numbers, you'd think, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.439 all right, I was de Gram, maybe that was Strider, 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:54.320 but the point six whip is just absurd. He's gonna 0:11:54.360 --> 0:11:56.600 finish with a three to three ERA and a point 0:11:56.679 --> 0:11:58.520 ninety three whip over one hundred and three and two 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.680 thirds innings. Insane to think he'll get one or two 0:12:01.760 --> 0:12:04.400 down ballot Czy Young votes after this performance. I know 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:06.960 the innings are a bit lacking, but he's been the 0:12:06.960 --> 0:12:09.120 best pitcher in baseball in the second half of the season. 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:10.600 I think he might get one or two. But is 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:12.560 that just the Toronto Homer popping out in me. 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:19.079 No, like baby, No, I do think he should get 0:12:19.120 --> 0:12:21.360 some if it's either third fourth place votes, he should 0:12:21.360 --> 0:12:24.720 get some acknowledgment on the cy Young you know there's 0:12:24.720 --> 0:12:26.720 gonna be there should be one hundred percent going to 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.960 one guy in Detroit and then you fill in the 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:31.960 blanks afterwards on that. So I don't see an issue 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.720 with Francis getting some you know, third fourth rate round 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:35.280 type stuff. 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:39.439 I don't know how interested I'm gonna be heading into 0:12:39.520 --> 0:12:41.480 the next season. I feel like he's gotten a lot 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.000 of babbit block and there will be some concerns for 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.840 me taking him too early next year. But man like this. 0:12:47.480 --> 0:12:49.760 It's a shame that the Blue Jays wasted this in 0:12:49.800 --> 0:12:53.040 a season where it didn't matter. But one of the 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.160 best stretches I've ever seen from a starting pitcher, and 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:58.120 maybe that will ever see from a starting pitcher. Point 0:12:58.840 --> 0:13:02.520 point six whip and like said, unbelievable stuff he did 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:05.080 for your ratios. We got a question here regarding a 0:13:05.080 --> 0:13:07.560 couple of pitchers. How would we order Schwellenbach, Yuri and 0:13:07.640 --> 0:13:12.079 Sandy al Contra for next season? So Sandy start the 0:13:12.160 --> 0:13:16.200 year Schwelley's healthy, but I think i Contra's healthy heading 0:13:16.240 --> 0:13:20.120 in helps. Sorry sorry, but I think al Contra is 0:13:20.320 --> 0:13:22.400 kind of close to healthy now, so I think he'll 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:24.560 be ready to start the year. But he sounds like 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:25.920 you're Schwellenbach over al Contra. 0:13:26.880 --> 0:13:29.560 Schwellenbach because he finished the year and Contra did not 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.319 throw this year, So I'd have all Contra second yeary third. 0:13:32.559 --> 0:13:34.600 That's my only difference. Like al Contra is, you know, 0:13:34.679 --> 0:13:36.160 maybe the best. I've always been a little down on 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.560 him because he's a he has to accumulate, So how 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.520 much is he gonna accumulate next year is the question. 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:42.880 So I'm gonna go Schwellenbach just because he finished this 0:13:43.000 --> 0:13:44.120 year on the mount. 0:13:44.360 --> 0:13:46.640 I think that's totally fair. Yeah, when you see guys 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:48.640 get hurt in the year or they don't throw at all, 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:51.040 it definitely makes you worry wonder what they're gonna look 0:13:51.080 --> 0:13:55.120 like coming into next season. I think I'm probably on 0:13:55.160 --> 0:13:56.960 the same page. I wouldn't really have much of a 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.439 problem going Yuri over Sandy just because of some of 0:13:59.480 --> 0:14:01.840 the things you meant, like the strikeouts, the volume concerns. 0:14:01.840 --> 0:14:05.000 But like Angelo said here, Yuri was kind of born 0:14:05.040 --> 0:14:07.160 on the injured reserve. It's hard to know when he's 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.600 going to be healthy or not. He's dealt with a 0:14:08.600 --> 0:14:11.160 lot of stuff considering what is he twenty one, Like, 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:12.880 he's gone through quite a bit at this point. 0:14:13.760 --> 0:14:16.760 Yeah, very very young and talent's there's got to somehow 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:17.280 stay healthy. 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:17.360 Man. 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:22.200 It's an issue with the Elizardo Yuri al Contra Garrett like, 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:25.040 that's almost every picture in Miami. He's had issues and 0:14:25.520 --> 0:14:27.560 must be a Florida thing. Tampa Bay and Miami have 0:14:27.680 --> 0:14:29.760 some fun stuff with the with the elbows and. 0:14:29.840 --> 0:14:32.600 The Dodgers who had at some points, to say, two 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.440 whole rotations with the pitchers on the IL. They had 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.320 like nine pitchers. Good pictures on the IL at certain 0:14:38.360 --> 0:14:41.600 points this season. Let's change gears and talk about some hitters, 0:14:41.800 --> 0:14:43.320 and we'll start in your neck of the woods, Bubba 0:14:43.360 --> 0:14:45.640 with Elliott. Is it Elliott? I think it's Elliott, right, 0:14:45.640 --> 0:14:46.760 Elliott right, it's Elliott. 0:14:46.840 --> 0:14:49.440 Yeah, it was jelln Ryan a ways back when I 0:14:49.480 --> 0:14:51.120 went to the Giants game for the first time early 0:14:51.200 --> 0:14:53.960 this season and they announced him in warm ups as 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:57.040 Elliott Ramos, I was like, what, yeah, so now it's 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:58.440 always it's Elliott from here on out. 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.520 I still hear Elliott, he I hear all these kind 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.280 of names, but it's Elliott. It just imagine that the 0:15:03.440 --> 0:15:06.040 h is not there, essentially, But he went four for 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.680 five yesterday. It is twenty third homer of the season. 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:11.000 Looking at a two seventy batting average, one hundred and 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.920 twenty one WRC plus almost an eight hundred ops and 0:15:13.960 --> 0:15:17.160 a fairly fairly small sample size of one hundred eighteen games. 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.040 It's fairly small, but it's also fairly large, depending on 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.880 how you want to look at it. What's your interest 0:15:20.960 --> 0:15:22.560 level heading in the next season, Bubby, You've got to 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:24.840 watch him up close and personal this year. Is he 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:27.640 actually a breakout star or is this something that we 0:15:27.680 --> 0:15:29.600 should probably be wary of in drafts next year. 0:15:30.640 --> 0:15:32.280 I'm a fan. I'm a big fan of what we 0:15:32.320 --> 0:15:34.000 saw this year. He was a big time prospect, one 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:36.600 of our top prospects. For a while, people thought he failed, 0:15:36.680 --> 0:15:39.160 kind of like Luis Montos, and maybe Mantos figures it out. 0:15:39.400 --> 0:15:40.920 It's like, I know, I've said it on this show 0:15:40.920 --> 0:15:44.080 in mini shows. Young players need reps. It's just that simple. 0:15:44.640 --> 0:15:46.800 And you know they finally just ran with him. He 0:15:46.840 --> 0:15:48.120 had a couple of hot streaks, he had a couple 0:15:48.160 --> 0:15:50.240 of slumps. They stuck with him, and he's put together 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.200 a really good season. He's a staple in the lineup. 0:15:52.200 --> 0:15:54.680 He's going to be the starting left fielder for hopefully 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.120 years to come in San Francisco. And is he going 0:15:57.160 --> 0:15:59.000 to be an MVP? I don't know if he has 0:15:59.040 --> 0:16:00.880 that level, But could the dude be a two to 0:16:00.880 --> 0:16:03.120 seventy hitter that gets you close to thirty home runs 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.960 each year? Like that's legit who Elliott Ramas can be. 0:16:06.120 --> 0:16:08.360 And I'm a big fan of him going forward. 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:11.640 ADP wise gets interesting because there's a lot of outfielders 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:15.440 in play there, but he could be a very very 0:16:15.440 --> 0:16:17.920