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Speaker 1: later on Speed Spotlight. Later on in the episode is
Speaker 1: on the Seattle Mariners. You know we're going to uh
Speaker 1: preview that matchups in the TV Greatest of All Time
Speaker 1: and Frankie man our boy Levi on Bell is at
Speaker 1: it again. We're gonna talk about that, uh to wrap
Speaker 1: up the show. We're gonna keep it started though. Top
Speaker 1: five that are alive as usual News and notes around
Speaker 1: the Major League Baseball A JHN says, Alex Bregman will
Speaker 1: hit in the two hole. I think this is important.
Speaker 1: I've been telling you all season long, leading up to
Speaker 1: opening Day that I like that two hole for fantasy value.
Speaker 1: You're gonna get people that you're gonna see a lot
Speaker 1: of pitches have runners on. I like that, Uh for
Speaker 1: Alex Bregman, I think that's a nice little boost to
Speaker 1: his value. Your he is familiar. The suspension came down today.
Speaker 1: Mets closer. He gets fifteen games now or all this
Speaker 1: Chapman got thirty last year. Jose j J Jose Reyes
Speaker 1: last year got an obscene amount. I don't know about this,
Speaker 1: like I don't know the details of the case, and
Speaker 1: I don't really want to get into all of that.
Speaker 1: What I will say though, is remember last year or
Speaker 1: two years ago when the NFL was getting nailed because
Speaker 1: of the inconsistency of their suspensions, and I see, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Manfred doing some of the same your is familiar.
Speaker 1: Out first fifteen games, Addison read will be the person
Speaker 1: getting save opportunities for the Mets in April. Corey Seeger
Speaker 1: expected to play Saturday, coming back from an oblique strain.
Speaker 1: Looks like he's gonna be okay for Opening Day next week. However,
Speaker 1: Carter Caps will not. He's gonna start the season on
Speaker 1: not the fifteen day d L, but the ten day
Speaker 1: d L. That's a new thing. He's coming back from
Speaker 1: Tommy John surgery. He is a legitimate option, however, to
Speaker 1: close upon his return. If you're in draft, still drafting,
Speaker 1: Brandon Mauer is probably who you're looking at, but don't
Speaker 1: sleep on Carter Caps throughout the season, maybe taking that job.
Speaker 1: Addison Russell shortstop for the world champion Chicago Cubs. You
Speaker 1: haven't said that in about a hundred years, but the
Speaker 1: world champion Chicago Cubs looks like they will have their
Speaker 1: shortstop Addison Russell. He's he declares himself one hundred percent
Speaker 1: ready for opening day. Lonnie Chisenhall, however, he's gonna start
Speaker 1: the season on the d L with the shoulder injury.
Speaker 1: Drew Smiley scratched from his start on Friday. I think
Speaker 1: that's real bad news going into right into an opening
Speaker 1: day to have a uh your start scratch. I would
Speaker 1: pump the brakes on him. We'll talk about him a
Speaker 1: little bit later on as well. And as Tony Sencata
Speaker 1: told you at the top of this show, each it though,
Speaker 1: Itch it All. The Master of the Wah says he
Speaker 1: might play until he's fifty. I don't know, Frankie, you
Speaker 1: think he might play longer than Tom Brady, Who's gonna
Speaker 1: play there until they're older. We will find out as
Speaker 1: we go to the NFL. Topic two here on Top
Speaker 1: five that are alive on the Fantasy Freestyle on the
Speaker 1: award winning Fantasy Its Radio Network. Some news and notes
Speaker 1: out of the NFL, then National Football League. Bruce Arians
Speaker 1: head coach of the Arizona Cardinals, is saying that he
Speaker 1: wants to get David Johnson thirty touches a game next year.
Speaker 1: And uh, in this world without workhorses in the NFL
Speaker 1: where a lot of teams are going running back by committee,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you David Johnson should be, in my opinion,
Speaker 1: the number one overall pick in fantasy, whether he gets
Speaker 1: to thirty touches or not. But I'm gonna tell you something.
Speaker 1: The Cards maybe putting their money where their mouth is.
Speaker 1: They also declared that they're moving Andre Ellington to wide
Speaker 1: receiver for the upcoming season. I think that's interesting and
Speaker 1: may pave the way for more touches for DJ two. K.
Speaker 1: Brown's executive vice president, Sacia Brown, says he will not
Speaker 1: rule out a return of Josh Gordon this year. Remember now,
Speaker 1: that could be an interesting wide out trio with Josh Gordon.
Speaker 1: Remember they signed Kenny Britt. And they're also saying that
Speaker 1: Corey Coleman is now quote quote the guy in Cleveland
Speaker 1: in that white out Corps could be worse too bad.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be for brock Oswidler. I
Speaker 1: think it's gonna be for someone else. Remember yesterday's pull,
Speaker 1: we talked about backup quarterbacks and that sort of thing.
Speaker 1: Maybe one of those guys can still get an opportunity
Speaker 1: in Cleveland. Um, Martavis Bryant is returning from his suspension.
Speaker 1: It looks like that return is imminent. Uh. He filed
Speaker 1: for reinstation January. The league must decide within sixty days.
Speaker 1: That means it's gonna happen this week. Remember what Martevios
Speaker 1: Bryant was able to do opposite Antonio Brown for decent
Speaker 1: stretches last year with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Speaking of the
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers and uh kind of news and notes on
Speaker 1: all of the quarterbacks from that big class in two
Speaker 1: thousand and four, who will be throwing Martavis Bryant the ball?
Speaker 1: You're right, that'll be Big Ben Roethlisberger. He was toying.
Speaker 1: I guess with the idea of retirement. No, no, no,
Speaker 1: he's gonna be playing in two thousand seventeen. Lock it
Speaker 1: in overah in, I guess. The Los Angeles Superchargers UM
Speaker 1: new head coach Anthony Lynn has is quoted as one
Speaker 1: of their priorities is, to quote unquote, they need to
Speaker 1: get a young quarterback on campus. There's been some other
Speaker 1: reports out there recently that the Chargers may invest an
Speaker 1: early pick this year in one of the quarterbacks if
Speaker 1: they like someone big. Ben thinking about retirement, remember Philip Rivers,
Speaker 1: maybe only a few years left from him. And Ben
Speaker 1: McAdoo here in New York is saying that Geno Smith
Speaker 1: could be the heir to Eli Manning. That sounds a
Speaker 1: little crazy to me. Worry about who's gonna be calling plays,
Speaker 1: worry about that offense a little bit, Ben McAdoo, Let's
Speaker 1: let's worry about when you have Eli. I don't know
Speaker 1: about if needing to worry about it. Just jest yet,
Speaker 1: keeping it moving though Top five, dead or alive here
Speaker 1: on the Fantasy Freestyle and Yo, Frank, I want to
Speaker 1: hear your thoughts on this as it relates to our
Speaker 1: poll as well. UM. James Harden James Harden, who like
Speaker 1: is almost also averaging a triple double. UM. Last night
Speaker 1: he went for twenty four with eleven rebounds thirteen assists,
Speaker 1: but if you look deeper, he only went five of
Speaker 1: twenty from the field, only one of nine from three
Speaker 1: point range. You know, Ever since about a week two
Speaker 1: weeks ago, in a game against Denver. You know, he
Speaker 1: banged his wrist and he actually admitted, um that it's
Speaker 1: tough for him shooting, but that he's gonna like in
Speaker 1: the in the true mold of Steve Smith, He's just
Speaker 1: gonna ice up son and he'll be ready to go.
Speaker 1: Remember a couple of weeks ago, he also came out
Speaker 1: that quote when when everybody was talking about the rest
Speaker 1: conversation and the schedule and if you haven't, um, if
Speaker 1: you didn't listen to yesterday's Fantasy freestyle, we had Tomic
Speaker 1: gross on talking about the back to backs and the
Speaker 1: schedule and how it gets worn down. But remember James Harden,
Speaker 1: the beard, he's just a ball or what do you say,
Speaker 1: something like baller is gonna ball, something like that Hooper
Speaker 1: is gonna whop And um, I think it's an interesting
Speaker 1: contrast where he's playing through things at the same point
Speaker 1: in the season when a lot of other teams are
Speaker 1: organizing their assets and resting for the playoffs. And he
Speaker 1: actually had an interesting quote that relates to this. James
Speaker 1: Harden said that he thinks playing all eighty two games
Speaker 1: should be part of the criteria for the MVP Award.
Speaker 1: I think he's lobbying for the m v P Award,
Speaker 1: and he gave quotes about you know, that's leaving your
Speaker 1: teammates high and dry. It's all about the teammates, blah
Speaker 1: blah blah. But this is a team, the Houston Rockets,
Speaker 1: that are about to be I think, in an incredible
Speaker 1: Western Conference semifinal in a two three matchup against in
Speaker 1: my opinion, the San Antonio Spurs. I think I think
Speaker 1: Harden needs to rest. I think hard it needs to rest,
Speaker 1: rest up that risk the same way Cleveland is doing,
Speaker 1: the same way, Golden Stage doing the same way Kauai
Speaker 1: is doing. But Harden is not doing this. I think
Speaker 1: he's lobbying for the m v P Award. Frank Stanfeld,
Speaker 1: you're my resident basketball expert. What do you think about this?
Speaker 1: I think Harden needs to take a rest. What do
Speaker 1: you think? Well, the reason why I hate resting so
Speaker 1: much is for fantasy basketball purposes, and most seasonal fantasy
Speaker 1: basketball leagues are over or should be over at this
Speaker 1: point in my opinion. In my opinion, so I have
Speaker 1: no problem with it. I agree with you, Uh, he
Speaker 1: should be resting, and do I think it should be
Speaker 1: the criteria for for an m VP, not necessarily because look,
Speaker 1: guys get ing up, things happen. There are gonna be
Speaker 1: games that people miss. Uh, And if I excuse he
Speaker 1: would not be my m VP, it would be Russell Westbrook.
Speaker 1: Fair enough, I agree. I agree with that Russell Westbrook,
Speaker 1: who will in fact average a triple double. But I
Speaker 1: think he makes a decent point in terms of you know,
Speaker 1: Herman Edwards, former coach of the New York Football Jets,
Speaker 1: who I know you and I both love you know.
Speaker 1: His his biggest quote is obviously the hello, you play
Speaker 1: to win the game. But his second biggest quote that
Speaker 1: I remember him saying, is, uh, the best the best
Speaker 1: ability is availability. And that's what James Harden is doing.
Speaker 1: And I don't think that it should surplant Westbrook and
Speaker 1: the m v P, but I do think it's a consideration.
Speaker 1: You know, Harden is going out there showing that availability,
Speaker 1: and I think that's really important. And so we put
Speaker 1: up a poll on that f N T s Y
Speaker 1: radio Twitter handle. You can get at us right now
Speaker 1: here on the Fantasy Freestyle. Do you agree with James
Speaker 1: Harden that playing eighty two games should be part of
Speaker 1: the m v P criteria. Yes, or no sounds like
Speaker 1: Frankie Stamped says no. I say, like, yes, but maybe
Speaker 1: not a dominant part of the criteria, but I think
Speaker 1: it should be under consideration. Let's keep it moving. Top five,
Speaker 1: Dead or alive here on the Fantasy Freestyle on the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Sports Radio Network. If you want to let me
Speaker 1: know what you think about this Harden issue, holler at
Speaker 1: me at eight four four eight four three six eight
Speaker 1: seven nine. Frankie, we have like our daily it's like
Speaker 1: daily at this point. We have our you know, we
Speaker 1: have like our LaVar ball section of the show. But
Speaker 1: interestingly enough, this time it's a Lonzo ball talking. Okay, Um,
Speaker 1: you know a lot of draft previews, a lot of
Speaker 1: experts are right now saying that it's that false kid
Speaker 1: out of Washington that will be the number one overall
Speaker 1: picking that a Lonzo ball will actually be the number
Speaker 1: to pick or is the number two draft prospect? Shall
Speaker 1: I say? Alonzo says that, uh, he thinks he should
Speaker 1: be the number one pick. He says he loves Folds,
Speaker 1: but he thinks he's the best player out there. Um,
Speaker 1: A lot of people say that it will be false
Speaker 1: number one ball, number two. Um. Alonzo also saying he
Speaker 1: would love to play for the Lakers. That would be
Speaker 1: his dream, you know. But now it's uh, it's a
Speaker 1: lonzo talking a little bit as well. I find that interesting.
Speaker 1: But you know, we got to mention something about LaVar Ball. Frank,
Speaker 1: you haven't heard this, but I I mentioned LaVar Ball
Speaker 1: now almost as much as I used to mention Jim,
Speaker 1: Bob Cooterer and um. Today. One thing that I think
Speaker 1: is really funny is um, not even LaVar Ball, LaVar Burton.
Speaker 1: This is the guy who used to be the reading
Speaker 1: Rainbow guy. He was in Roots, he was in Star Trek.
Speaker 1: This guy his name is LaVar Burton. But you know,
Speaker 1: it's kind of like a case of mistaking identity. He's
Speaker 1: getting hate tweets from people thinking he's LaVar Ball, telling
Speaker 1: him to shut up and things like that. So Um,
Speaker 1: LaVar Burton gave an interview to Bleacher Report, and he
Speaker 1: said he had some things to say back. He said
Speaker 1: that um, Mr Ball is a one person pr machine
Speaker 1: that he's operating under the press premise that any press
Speaker 1: is good press. You know, not sure if he's a
Speaker 1: master of self promotion or remarkably delud Maybe he's both,
Speaker 1: and you know what that he said. He then says,
Speaker 1: LaVar Burton reading Rainbow, guy, you know reading Rainbow, the
Speaker 1: more you know. But Frankie, the MILLENNI millennial probably does
Speaker 1: not actually know about that. But then he no clue.
Speaker 1: He compares him to Donald Trump, says that he'll say
Speaker 1: anything and then double down on it and defy you
Speaker 1: to believe him. LaVar Ball and Donald Trump. What do
Speaker 1: you think about that analogy? Frankie, I could see it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I think it's interesting to keep going with the brackets though. Listen,
Speaker 1: remember there was eighteen point eight million brackets out there.
Speaker 1: Only six hundred and fifty seven of them had the
Speaker 1: entire final four? Correct. How many of the final four
Speaker 1: do you have? Frank I had um In one bracket,
Speaker 1: I had one, and in another bracket I had one.
Speaker 1: I only didn't one bracket, and I think I had
Speaker 1: North Carolina. I think that's the only one. That's the
Speaker 1: only one you had yet. Fair enough, I've you know,
Speaker 1: I got some family out there in Oregon and go
Speaker 1: ducks um to Speaking of Trump yesterday on the show,
Speaker 1: I said that he might throw out the first pitch.
Speaker 1: I got him a correction. He actually is saying no No, No,
Speaker 1: he can't make it. He's got a scheduling conflict. He
Speaker 1: will not be out there for all to see on
Speaker 1: Monday throwing out the first pitch. Um. Some people are
Speaker 1: getting after him, saying that he's like breaking like a
Speaker 1: hundred year tradition. I don't usually do this, but I'm
Speaker 1: gonna clarify the fake news that's out there. Um, it
Speaker 1: is not a hundred year tradition. Yes, a lot of
Speaker 1: presidents have thrown out the first pitch, but this is
Speaker 1: not something exceptionally crazy. Um. Barack Obama only did it
Speaker 1: once in his eight years as president. George W. Bush
Speaker 1: only did it twice in his eight years as president
Speaker 1: in OH five and oh eight. But it begs the question,
Speaker 1: you think the scheduling conflict is reel. I remember yesterday
Speaker 1: on the show I talked about you know, I mean,
Speaker 1: he only got four percent of the vote in d C.
Speaker 1: But you know, maybe it's potential for a bad photo op.
Speaker 1: I've seen some pretty bad pictures when people are like
Speaker 1: mid throw, you know, in that excruciating face. They might
Speaker 1: make um. And maybe he doesn't want that out there
Speaker 1: for the fake news, or maybe he'll have a bad throw.
Speaker 1: I don't know, or maybe the crowd size will be
Speaker 1: too small. I don't know, but to correct myself, you know,
Speaker 1: he's actually not gonna throw out the first pitch. Maybe
Speaker 1: they'll get some army servicemen of the like. And I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you it's fake news to say that he's
Speaker 1: breaking a hundred year tradition. It hasn't been done all
Speaker 1: that often. All right, But when we come back, we're
Speaker 1: gonna check in on some polls. Speeds is gonna spotlight
Speaker 1: his team today. It's gonna be the Seattle Mariners. I
Speaker 1: got a couple of interesting things I want to talk
Speaker 1: about with my boy Frankie because about the Mariners. And
Speaker 1: I know that Frankie reads uh fan graph, so I
Speaker 1: want to talk to him a little bit. Something I
Speaker 1: I read there that I think it's kind of interesting.
Speaker 1: Then we moved to our television Greatest of All Time Tournament.
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Speaker 1: Seattle Mariners, Okay, I think this is a very intriguing team.
Speaker 1: I have seen people predict very things on the low
Speaker 1: end of the spectrum for Seattle, and I have seen
Speaker 1: people predict, you know that they could you know, contend
Speaker 1: for the Pennant be in the a LC. Yes, if
Speaker 1: not more. Let me tell you what Speeds thinks right here.
Speaker 1: I love this offense. I think they got some pop.
Speaker 1: I think I like their rotation. I think that got
Speaker 1: some arms. The question is and they stay healthy and
Speaker 1: can it all come together? Look at their lineup. Very
Speaker 1: very few lineups in Major League Baseball can boast three
Speaker 1: guys that I that I will tell you right now,
Speaker 1: will get thirty home runs in the in this season. Okay,
Speaker 1: very few teams can do that. Maybe Colorado can do that,
Speaker 1: Maybe a great offense like Boston or Chicago can do that.
Speaker 1: But the Seattle Mariners team can do this as well.
Speaker 1: Nelson Cruz. Not many people are safe for thirty five
Speaker 1: potentially forty home runs. This guy with an ops of
Speaker 1: nine runs, hundred and five ribbies and forty three jacks
Speaker 1: last year. No reason to think he couldn't do it again.
Speaker 1: He is a top ten outfielder in my book. Robbie Cano,
Speaker 1: top three second basement. I think he's safe for some
Speaker 1: smooth power at thirty home runs. And Frankie, I like
Speaker 1: that you used the Robbie Cano gift when promoting the
Speaker 1: Fantasy Freestyle today. That was very nice. I like that
Speaker 1: because baseball has been Betty Betty to me. Kyle Seeger
Speaker 1: as well. You know Kyle Seager. I think his smooth
Speaker 1: power for thirty home runs. You know, Franky, I don't
Speaker 1: know where you have him, but he is my fourth
Speaker 1: rated third baseman. He is my fourth ranked third baseman
Speaker 1: in my rankings, behind only Nolan Arronado, Josh Donaldson and
Speaker 1: Chris Bryant. I guess you know Machado if you count
Speaker 1: him as well, but you know he's got that multi
Speaker 1: position eligibility. So I like those three guys for sure.
Speaker 1: I think those guys are all top and you know,
Speaker 1: get him in your second third round and that's real nice.
Speaker 1: Um Jean Sagura now at the top of that lineup two.
Speaker 1: I don't know if he can repeat what happened last year.
Speaker 1: Last year he had a career year. Okay, twenty homers
Speaker 1: and thirty three stolen bases, was still able to have
Speaker 1: an ops of eight sixties seven. But he's moving to
Speaker 1: a very different ballpark. Okay, he's moving to a very
Speaker 1: different ballpark out there in Seattle is very different from
Speaker 1: where he was last year. Okay, he does have. However,
Speaker 1: like I said, this power behind them, so I do
Speaker 1: think he can thump in some of those runs. I
Speaker 1: like those guys in the offense when I look to
Speaker 1: the arms and sin. I'm telling you right now, people,
Speaker 1: I'm telling you right now, and Frank, I want to
Speaker 1: hear if you agree with me. James Paxton needs to
Speaker 1: be drafted ahead of Felix Hernandez. Do you feel me
Speaker 1: on that, Frank, I don't know if you do, but
Speaker 1: when you get back up in there, I'm gonna ask
Speaker 1: you that question. For sure. I think James Paxton, okay,
Speaker 1: should be drafted ahead of King Felix. King Felix has
Speaker 1: dropped off for sure. Okay. His e r A last
Speaker 1: year was up to three eighty two, his whip was
Speaker 1: up to one thirty two, and and more disturbing, he
Speaker 1: only struck out a hundred and twenty two guys in
Speaker 1: a hundred and fifty three innings. On the flip side,
Speaker 1: James Paxton his three seven nine e r A, his
Speaker 1: one three one e R one three one whip, I
Speaker 1: think that improves. And he has the strikeouts. He has
Speaker 1: the strikeouts per nine. Okay. I like that. I think
Speaker 1: he takes a step forward. He had a hundred twenty
Speaker 1: innings pitch last year. I think he takes that step forward.
Speaker 1: I also happened to like Mr Diaz as their closer.
Speaker 1: He has closer stuff with eighty eight k's and fifty
Speaker 1: one and two thirds innings pitch. You also saw him
Speaker 1: at the WBC. Okay, you saw him do work at
Speaker 1: the WBC. But don't get it twisted. Keep an eye
Speaker 1: if you get Diaz. Keep an eye on Steve c. Shack. Okay,
Speaker 1: he's coming back from injury, I believe, but he's an
Speaker 1: experienced closer. In my opinion, my fantasy fool Gazey for
Speaker 1: the Seattle Mariner is the fool gazy. The guy you
Speaker 1: need to forget about is honestly King Felix Felix hernandez Jo.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you stick a fourth in him. He is done.
Speaker 1: Here's where you Here's where you make that cash. Though,
Speaker 1: here's what you make that cash. Vegas has the over
Speaker 1: under on the Seattle Mariners at eighty five and a
Speaker 1: half wins this year. Okay, I think there are other places. Okay,
Speaker 1: there are other places where you're gonna make that money.
Speaker 1: I've been giving you the overunder for every team in
Speaker 1: the majors this uh spring training leading up to it,
Speaker 1: I have the Mariners right around there, winning eighty six
Speaker 1: games and competing for the wild card. I'm gonna give
Speaker 1: you my full playoff picks, my a L and NLC asked,
Speaker 1: my World Series pick, as well as my uh CY
Speaker 1: Young and m v P for each league. I'm gonna
Speaker 1: give it that to you on the Friday Show right
Speaker 1: before the season gets started. I say pass, I say
Speaker 1: pass on the Seattle Mariners win total. Okay, that's not
Speaker 1: where you're gonna win money. I got better picks out
Speaker 1: there for you. Um. You know something that I did
Speaker 1: find interesting as it related to the Seattle Mariger because
Speaker 1: I think Seattle Mariner is one of these power teams.
Speaker 1: I like what they're doing with some of their young pictures,
Speaker 1: you know, even the juice, even the Smiley's of the world.
Speaker 1: But it reminds me of um an article I read
Speaker 1: in Fan Graphs. I wanted to talk to you guys
Speaker 1: about a little bit they were claiming. You know, basically,
Speaker 1: you know moneyball, right, Moneyball saw these different inefficiencies, right,
Speaker 1: things like on base percentage and that a while ago
Speaker 1: was a huge like new stat you know, that was
Speaker 1: like a new stat that people were like, oh, snap,
Speaker 1: we gotta really worry about this. Remember famously in moneyball
Speaker 1: Kevin Eukalus, the Greek god of walks. Since then, there
Speaker 1: has been such an evolution, though, such an evolution of
Speaker 1: big data in in baseball, in fan to see baseball,
Speaker 1: you know, things like war then and and then we're
Speaker 1: getting into things like babib you know, and spin rate
Speaker 1: on on on on pitches, and exit velocity and launch angle.
Speaker 1: These are all these new stats that people are looking at.
Speaker 1: But I read something that I thought was very interesting
Speaker 1: because what they're saying now is with this proliferation of
Speaker 1: information out there with stad heads and fantasy and you know,
Speaker 1: networks like this one and guys like Speeds and Frankie
Speaker 1: Stanford giving you all these advanced stats to make judgments
Speaker 1: on players. This article that I read, frank said that, um,
Speaker 1: the new horizon, the new inefficiency, really is actually communication,
Speaker 1: you know, it's the ability like everyone has these stats.
Speaker 1: The Yankees may have been first to the game when
Speaker 1: it came to like pitch framing, you know, and we're
Speaker 1: looking at exit velocity and launch angle now and these
Speaker 1: sorts of things. But an NLUM research a research and
Speaker 1: development director and GM said, and I quote, the real
Speaker 1: secret in the discipline is the discipline that it takes
Speaker 1: to implement the strategy. The execution of these ideas is
Speaker 1: far more important than the ideas themselves. That tends to
Speaker 1: be the most difficult thing to reproduce in another organization.
Speaker 1: So if they don't have that culture where you have
Speaker 1: guys that the stat heads can communicate this two coaches,
Speaker 1: you know, and can actually make an impact on what
Speaker 1: guys are doing on the field. This article goes on
Speaker 1: to the site that guys like Brian Banister who helped
Speaker 1: Rich Hill last year, you know, or guys that actually
Speaker 1: showed that with looking at launch angle as a new
Speaker 1: stat that maybe you need to have a more uppercut
Speaker 1: kind of swing, and what that has done for guys
Speaker 1: like Josh Donaldson, guys like Justin Turner. So it's now
Speaker 1: not only you know, taking advantage of these statistical inefficiencies,
Speaker 1: but to be able to actually communicate it to the
Speaker 1: players who may be more old school, they need they
Speaker 1: need a guy like Speeds. They need a guy like Speeds.
Speaker 1: The spitting statistician, right Frankie, what do you think about
Speaker 1: this that the market inefficiency is not the data itself,
Speaker 1: but being able to translate that to the players. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it makes a lot of sense to you. Brought up
Speaker 1: the launch angle stuff, and you know, untwo players actually
Speaker 1: know that that's a thing. How can they do it exactly?
Speaker 1: And now that now that we're seeing them actually take
Speaker 1: this into consideration, take the launch angle into consideration. It's
Speaker 1: been widespread across MLB that hitters are hitting more flyballs
Speaker 1: than ever before. Daniel Murphy, look at him, He's a
Speaker 1: perfect example. Last year had a career year, and that
Speaker 1: was based on him, uh, you know, putting more lift
Speaker 1: in his swing, trying to hit more flyballs, which more
Speaker 1: noticeably you see it in their swing. Yeah, man, so,
Speaker 1: so I think that was very interesting, you know, Frankie,
Speaker 1: earlier on when I was a spotlight in the Seattle Mariners,
Speaker 1: I had a question for you and that people would
Speaker 1: think is absolutely crazy, you know, if they were listening
Speaker 1: a year ago or even right now. I made the
Speaker 1: claim that I would rather have James Paxton than Felix Hernandez.
Speaker 1: I have no arguments exactly like right, you know, I
Speaker 1: mean you think, oh, King, Felix, King Felix. You know,
Speaker 1: Felix Hernandez looked done in the WBC. Felix Hernandez only
Speaker 1: had a hundred twenty two strikeouts in a hundred fifty
Speaker 1: three innings last year. And that's only gonna regress more.
Speaker 1: My boy, Frankie standfull supporting me on my claim. That's
Speaker 1: how you know you could almost ring the bell on
Speaker 1: that one. Frankie, I got another one to find out,
Speaker 1: if you want to ring the bell on my diamond
Speaker 1: and the rough for the Seattle Mariners this year, Frankie
Speaker 1: is Jared Dyson. Listen, if he gets starts, if he
Speaker 1: gets starts at the top of that order with power
Speaker 1: guys like Cano and Cruise, and Seeger behind them, with
Speaker 1: VR at the top of um, you know, at the
Speaker 1: top of that excuse me now, Sigura at the top
Speaker 1: of that lineup. Also, I think he could be at
Speaker 1: the top of the lineup at least in a platoon situation.
Speaker 1: And if he gets some starts, he could steel forty
Speaker 1: fifty bases and in a place where there's, like we've
Speaker 1: been saying all week, a dearth of steels, maybe that's
Speaker 1: a little bit valuable to have at the back end
Speaker 1: of your at the back end of your roster. How
Speaker 1: do you feel about that? Yeah, I have no problems
Speaker 1: with that. I mean, look we did last year. He
Speaker 1: consistently steals thirty plus basses, getting what around three hundred
Speaker 1: plate appearances. So now I'm talking about him. So let's right,
Speaker 1: or let's say he's at the top of that lineup.
Speaker 1: Do you think he is going to be an everyday player.
Speaker 1: I'm not sure that he'll play every day against left
Speaker 1: handed pitching. I think he could get some starts against
Speaker 1: lefties because I remember looking at it splits and there
Speaker 1: was a season where he actually held his own against
Speaker 1: left handed pitching. And I think this is a thing
Speaker 1: with batters in the MLB, is that you have to
Speaker 1: give them the opportunity to play against left handed pitching
Speaker 1: for them to learn how to act do it. So
Speaker 1: I think he'll play against some left handed pitching, but
Speaker 1: mostly a platoon guy, because they have some guys there,
Speaker 1: Guillermo Heredia, he can back him up in center field,
Speaker 1: so on and so forth. But I do think a
Speaker 1: career year in terms of stolen basis is coming. I
Speaker 1: am bullish on this Mariner's lineup I brought it up
Speaker 1: early in the spring breaks. US men looked at me
Speaker 1: like I had four heads, because it's not it's not
Speaker 1: a good hitter's ballpark. But you look at the one
Speaker 1: Cruise and Canoe and even Seeger, you know they could
Speaker 1: hit it out like yellow Stone. And I love Cigura too,
Speaker 1: Like I think the power is gonna come come back
Speaker 1: a little bit for Sigura, but he is much better
Speaker 1: than anything they've had at the top of that lineup
Speaker 1: before him and Jared Diyson. So one through five, one
Speaker 1: through six here for the Seattle Mariners. I am bullish
Speaker 1: on this lineup. I'm a big fan of the Marriagers
Speaker 1: this season. I like that as well. And listen, obviously
Speaker 1: Felix will still be around, but when you have Paxton Yakoma,
Speaker 1: and I think Smiley is gonna have some positive regression,
Speaker 1: okay in that ballpark as well. I know I mentioned
Speaker 1: him with a little bit of an injury, getting scratched
Speaker 1: from his start. But last year, two years ago, Frank
Speaker 1: his strand rate was then last year his strand rate
Speaker 1: dropped all the way down to sixties seven. There's gotta
Speaker 1: be some positive regression there again. Moving to a nice Ballpark.
Speaker 1: I'm with you. I like the Seattle Mariners. Um. I
Speaker 1: think they're a team that will be competing in the
Speaker 1: Al West with Houston and Texas down to the very
Speaker 1: very end. When we come back on the Fantasy Freestyle
Speaker 1: and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, we're gonna get into
Speaker 1: the TV bracket greatest of all time. We look at
Speaker 1: Reality TV, which has been upset city in the brackets,
Speaker 1: and I have a special interview with a cast member
Speaker 1: of one of these real world shows that's right after
Speaker 1: this Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You
Speaker 1: know what it is, speed Le's fitting statistician. You're listening live,
Speaker 1: live and direct to the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network. And oh my boy, Frankie Stanfill, I
Speaker 1: feel like old times Frankie with you producing the show,
Speaker 1: ringing the bell, feeling good man, Yo, Frankie Stanfell, I
Speaker 1: don't know, man, If you don't know, you can catch
Speaker 1: frank Stanfell so many ways on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Frankie,
Speaker 1: you are blowing up what Fantasy first Look, Fantasy best
Speaker 1: Friends Forever. You pulled double duty throughout the week. No, yeah,
Speaker 1: that's for sure. Monday through Friday Fantasy p effs from
Speaker 1: one to two pm Get It, and then mon Days
Speaker 1: at eight ten pm It's Fantasy First Look, Get It.
Speaker 1: Saturday's the Weekend Fantasy Update from ten am to twelve pm.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, and I had been doing the We
Speaker 1: have been doing the Fantasy Basketball Weekly from twelve pm
Speaker 1: UH to one pm on Saturdays as well, but with
Speaker 1: seasonal Fantasy Basketball coming to an end, that will cease
Speaker 1: to exist for now. Frank stand for the workhorse like
Speaker 1: David Johnson, YO, you know. Check it out, Frankie. We
Speaker 1: got this poll question up. Do you agree with James
Speaker 1: Harden that playing eighty two games should be part of
Speaker 1: the m v P criteria? Frankie, you the basketball expert.
Speaker 1: You said no. Speed said yes. Of the people agree
Speaker 1: with Speeds the spitting statistician, and I think that it
Speaker 1: should be a criteria. We've gotten some interesting responses to
Speaker 1: I got um ben Alice Stack is asking us, Frankie,
Speaker 1: should defense be part of the m v P criteria.
Speaker 1: I think that's interesting, and yes, I believe it should
Speaker 1: all be part of the criteria. But obviously Russell Westbrook
Speaker 1: is gonna wind up winning the darn thing. Averaging a
Speaker 1: triple double. I bring up the poll, Frankie, because, uh,
Speaker 1: some of the other polls you've been hearing on Fantasy
Speaker 1: Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network over the last
Speaker 1: couple of weeks. As you know, we've been holding a
Speaker 1: tournament here with Brackett Madness. We've been holding a tournament
Speaker 1: to crown the greatest TV show of all time, and
Speaker 1: we are getting down to it. Earlier in the week.
Speaker 1: In the sitcom region, we've got Chalk going to the
Speaker 1: Elite eight. The one seed Seinfeld and the two seed
Speaker 1: The Office remain out of the sitcom bracket. We had
Speaker 1: big matchups yesterday in the animated region, Frankie, and despite
Speaker 1: you voting for Looney Tunes, it was not good enough.
Speaker 1: Number one seed Simpsons moves on, and the number two
Speaker 1: seeds south Park defeated Beavis and butt Head. I wonder
Speaker 1: what Scott Angele has to say about that. I know
Speaker 1: he was doing the voices for me previewing the previous matchup.
Speaker 1: South Park wins with the vote, So the Chalk has
Speaker 1: remained one and the two seeds in both of those regions.
Speaker 1: That will not be the same today as we go
Speaker 1: to the reality TV region. This has been like straight
Speaker 1: up upset City, Frankie. I don't know if you're following this,
Speaker 1: and you should. I'm gonna tweet out the brackets a
Speaker 1: little bit tomorrow once we get to the Elite eight,
Speaker 1: so you can see the whole brackets, But the four
Speaker 1: teams or TV shows left and hatch tag reality are
Speaker 1: as follows. In one matchup, we have the number seven
Speaker 1: seed Cops, which has really blown my mind with how
Speaker 1: big of a following and has gotten and how much
Speaker 1: the voters love Cops. But the seven seed Cops is
Speaker 1: now up against another show that has been a complete underdog,
Speaker 1: the lowest seeded team still left in this entire tournament
Speaker 1: fourteen seeds. Somehow, Jersey Shore is still alive, viable, and
Speaker 1: people are voting for the situation and snooky. So on
Speaker 1: one side of the bracket we got Cops versus Jersey Shore,
Speaker 1: and on the other side of the bracket we have
Speaker 1: what I think are kind of two of the best
Speaker 1: reality shows of all time. We have the number nine
Speaker 1: seed Amazing Race up against the number five seed Real
Speaker 1: World road Rules. And if you've been listening to Speeds
Speaker 1: and spitting Statistician throughout this tournament. You know that are
Speaker 1: going into the first round. I had an interview with
Speaker 1: former cast member of the Real World, Iralan, who was
Speaker 1: on the Las Vegas episode season. She came on, talked
Speaker 1: a lot of smack, and they're still alive. So it
Speaker 1: gave me an opportunity to uh talk to Arellan again.
Speaker 1: This was recorded a little bit earlier today. My interview
Speaker 1: with Arilon, where she you know, previews the matchup, shows
Speaker 1: a little bit of love for her competition, the amazing race,
Speaker 1: also gives us a little bit of inside dirt on
Speaker 1: why she was real happy, uh she beat America's top model.
Speaker 1: And we finish it off talking about yet another alumni
Speaker 1: of Real World road Rules who you may not know
Speaker 1: but also has a very big weekend in the sports
Speaker 1: entertainment industry. All that and more as I talked with Irelan,
Speaker 1: representing the Real World in the TV Greatest of All
Speaker 1: Time tournament out of the Reality region. Let's get it popping. Okay,
Speaker 1: here we are Dane Martinez Speeds, the spitting statistician. We
Speaker 1: are joined now by Irelan from the Las Vegas season
Speaker 1: of The Real World, Erolon, representing the five seed in
Speaker 1: the Reality bracket. Real World Slash Road Rules. Welcome back
Speaker 1: to the show, Irolan, how you doing. I'm doing great,
Speaker 1: Thanks so much for having me back. Absolutely so. We
Speaker 1: we had some time with you before the first round
Speaker 1: of this tournament where you guys were up against Big
Speaker 1: Brother and you eked out a close victory with fifty
Speaker 1: of the vote. Then you guys moved on absolutely hey,
Speaker 1: it's a win. Right. Then you guys moved on to
Speaker 1: face America's Top Model, and you guys destroyed America's Top
Speaker 1: Model with eighties seven percent of the vote. That lands
Speaker 1: you in the sweet sixteen. You're one of the sixteen
Speaker 1: shows left, maybe one of the greatest of all times.
Speaker 1: So how does it feel? It feels great, I gotta
Speaker 1: say somehow being a part of this competition that brings
Speaker 1: out all of my competitive spirit and I like that
Speaker 1: we're holding court. Okay, okay, Well let's see because I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you, I think you guys are up against
Speaker 1: a serious contender in the reality bracket. In this next matchup,
Speaker 1: you're up against the number nine seed, a traditional reality
Speaker 1: show where teams compete for a million dollars. You're up
Speaker 1: against the Amazing Race and I heard before you're telling
Speaker 1: me you're kind of a fan of that show yourself. Huh.
Speaker 1: This is a tough one. This is a tough one
Speaker 1: because while I feel like we deserve to win this
Speaker 1: whole thing as being pioneers of reality television, Uh, I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan. I'm a huge fan of Amazing Race.
Speaker 1: I think I think it's so exciting and people that
Speaker 1: do that show must just have a certain something for
Speaker 1: adventure and experiencing new cultures and traveling, and the Ariline
Speaker 1: of her thirties would very much like to give a
Speaker 1: goal on Amazing Range. So wait a second, what are
Speaker 1: you saying that, Irelana. Are you telling the listeners out
Speaker 1: there on the Fantasy Freestyle and on the Fantasy Sports
Speaker 1: Radio network that are voting on Twitter, at Fantasy Radio
Speaker 1: and at Spit and Speeds that they should cast they're
Speaker 1: voting not for your show, The Real World, but instead
Speaker 1: for the Amazing Race. Na, No, no, I never said
Speaker 1: such thing. Okay, what I'm saying. What I'm not saying
Speaker 1: is that I have to give Amazing Race. It's you.
Speaker 1: But I do feel like Real World, being the very
Speaker 1: first reality television show out there, deserve to take to
Speaker 1: take the trophy and wear the crown because we're what's up.
Speaker 1: We started this whole whole day alright, alright, And one
Speaker 1: of the things you guys talk about in the real
Speaker 1: world all the time is that you you keep it real.
Speaker 1: So Caroline, let's ask how about you keep it real
Speaker 1: with us the listeners here at Fantasy Freestyle. I know
Speaker 1: you said you had a story about someone involved in
Speaker 1: that last show you guys beat on America's Top Model.
Speaker 1: Can you keep it real with us? Give us a story. Well, actually,
Speaker 1: I didn't have the opportunity to call in last week
Speaker 1: when we were going against America's Next Top Model, but
Speaker 1: I did have a little moment that I wanted to
Speaker 1: share with listeners because when we were filming the show
Speaker 1: way back when the cast a Real World Last Vegas
Speaker 1: actually got the opportunity to meet Tyra Banks and it
Speaker 1: did not go well. I will tell you. I'll tell
Speaker 1: you that No No Home girl so full of herself.
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, everything aside. She is a great businesswoman,
Speaker 1: she's a boss, she's killing it in the game, all
Speaker 1: those things, but the personality and the bedside manner is
Speaker 1: just totally lacking. She just you know, she had her
Speaker 1: nose in the air. She thought she was better than us.
Speaker 1: She actually came up to our seat and hung out
Speaker 1: for a little while, but then she was trying to
Speaker 1: She was trying to run everything. She was telling us
Speaker 1: to put out her cigarettes. We couldn't drink too much.
Speaker 1: She actually um She actually left without set signing a waiver,
Speaker 1: which is why you never see her on the show,
Speaker 1: but just just mad up, tight up. Oh well, good thing.
Speaker 1: Then then you guys kept it moving, because you guys do,
Speaker 1: in fact, keep it real every long. I would be
Speaker 1: remiss if I didn't ask you two more questions around
Speaker 1: the sports world that have to do with Las Vegas. One,
Speaker 1: I don't know if you know, but the Oakland Raiders
Speaker 1: have decided they are moving to Las Vegas. And I
Speaker 1: know you talked about all the partying that went on
Speaker 1: out there, some of the scandals and the drama. You know,
Speaker 1: there's also concerns with gambling obviously out there. What advice
Speaker 1: would you have to any of the members of the
Speaker 1: Raiders that are now gonna have to try and remain
Speaker 1: as finally tuned athletes and stay focused and competitive out
Speaker 1: there in Sin City. I don't feel confident. I think
Speaker 1: I think they are going to meet need to see us.
Speaker 1: They need a little Jesus action in nutball game in
Speaker 1: order to stay afloat because it is serious. It is
Speaker 1: serious out there. It is very very hard to resist
Speaker 1: the temptation. Okay, okay, My last question for you is, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, Real World Slash Road Rules has moved on
Speaker 1: to the Sweet six team. Hopefully they get to the
Speaker 1: Elite eight. Maybe we'll bring you back on show. But
Speaker 1: there's another cast member of that show that's got a
Speaker 1: pretty big weekend himself. I don't know if you're familiar
Speaker 1: with the Miss, but with WrestleMania happening this weekend, the
Speaker 1: Miss is one of the headliners of WrestleMania, fighting against
Speaker 1: John Cena, a former w w E champion. And you
Speaker 1: were telling me before that you remember him when this
Speaker 1: was all his dream. I mean, I can't even I
Speaker 1: get I still get goose bumps to hear you say
Speaker 1: that he's going to be in WrestleMania. Like, after we
Speaker 1: finished filming the show, there was a bunch of us
Speaker 1: that moved out to l A and we would hang
Speaker 1: out and spend a lot of time together, go out
Speaker 1: to bars and stuff. Back then, Mike the mss ms
Speaker 1: Anan was just a boy with a dream. He had
Speaker 1: his own height music. He had like a little theme
Speaker 1: song that he would get himself pumped up with, and
Speaker 1: all he wanted to do would live and breathe professional wrestling.
Speaker 1: And now I cannot believe it. He has risen to
Speaker 1: the top of the w w E empire and he
Speaker 1: is like Folk Hogan's status. It's amazing, it's amazing. Just
Speaker 1: I'm so happy for him. Absolutely so. It is a
Speaker 1: big weekend for you guys. Hopefully Real World road Rules
Speaker 1: moves on. Hopefully the miss does his thing at WrestleMania
Speaker 1: this weekend. Thank you so much again, Arilon for joining
Speaker 1: the show. And if you guys move on, can we
Speaker 1: come on back and uh talk to you again? Absolutely absolutely,
Speaker 1: it would be my pleasure. All right. Well, thanks so
Speaker 1: much Arilon for again joining the Fantasy Freestyle with speeds
Speaker 1: and spitting statistician Dame Martinez on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: A lot of stuff to react to there when we
Speaker 1: come back, Arilon, frollwing shade at Tyra Banks, throwing out
Speaker 1: government names of the Miss. I know Frankie Stanfeld has
Speaker 1: a lot to stay and we'll check in on the matchups,
Speaker 1: see how we're doing all that and more speeds the
Speaker 1: Spitting Statistician, Fantasy Freestyle and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Do you know it is Dame Martinez and we are
Speaker 1: back live on the Fantasy Freestyle on the Fantasy Sports
Speaker 1: Radio Network, seven or eight pm live on the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network. We do it five days a week.
Speaker 1: But you could also subscribe and download anyway you get
Speaker 1: those podcasts, whether it be audio Booms, that your Google
Speaker 1: play iTunes, I Heart radio. Uh, Frankie Stanfell a lot
Speaker 1: of stuff to react to, Irelan. I thought came out
Speaker 1: firing representing real world road rules in the TV greatest
Speaker 1: of all time to be the TV goat. They might
Speaker 1: be the goat of reality TV. They got a couple
Speaker 1: of matchups to win. But she was throwing shade at
Speaker 1: Tyra Banks. Huh. Yeah, I can't say I'm surprised by them.
Speaker 1: I'm saying right. I thought that was interesting. Also, Frankie,
Speaker 1: I know you're a big uh. I know you're a
Speaker 1: big wrestling guy, and I know WrestleMania is this weekend,
Speaker 1: and uh, I thought it was interesting. Irelan reflecting on
Speaker 1: when uh the miss was still kind of like, you know,
Speaker 1: hadn't started his career and this was a dream for him,
Speaker 1: kind of interest saying did you know his government name
Speaker 1: like that? Yeah, actually did wrestling fan. I'm sure you
Speaker 1: uh now, But it's it is really cool to hear about,
Speaker 1: you know, a guy starting in reality television and then
Speaker 1: transitioning into wrestling and how you know, they all knew
Speaker 1: it was his dream and he would be pumped up
Speaker 1: and stuff like that, and now it's actually a reality.
Speaker 1: It really is cool to see and hear about a
Speaker 1: guy coming full circle like that and actually achieving, you know,
Speaker 1: what he's wanted, and he's he's been killing it. Man.
Speaker 1: He had a great year. I mean talk about his
Speaker 1: don mean like the champion for a while or something.
Speaker 1: He was the inter continent, the best in ring performer.
Speaker 1: But in terms of actually entertaining you, he is one
Speaker 1: of the best in the business. And he is a
Speaker 1: hell So people love to hate the miss but let's
Speaker 1: get into what these matchups are right now, Okay, right now,
Speaker 1: Frankie Stamp, I think, um, you know, I can't tell
Speaker 1: you how It's very crazy to me, but people out
Speaker 1: there love cops. People out there absolutely love Cops. You know,
Speaker 1: maybe Cops is the original reality show. I'm not sure
Speaker 1: right now, Frankie, seventy five of the people have Cops
Speaker 1: over Jersey Shore. I didn't think Jersey Shore was gonna
Speaker 1: make it this far either, but um, Cops is real. Big.
Speaker 1: I underseated Cops. It looks like I think they are
Speaker 1: a serious threat to go all the way. I don't
Speaker 1: know if this is a good commentary or a bad
Speaker 1: commentary on folks out there, but they do in fact
Speaker 1: love cops. Frank where would you go in this matchup?
Speaker 1: I actually voted in another unpopular opinion. You voted Jersey Shore.
Speaker 1: I actually did. Okay, I'm not by the situation and snooky,
Speaker 1: I'm not surprised by cops because they have a cult
Speaker 1: like following. Everybody do. Everybody loves cops. I've never really
Speaker 1: got into it. I mean, Jersey Shore was just kind
Speaker 1: of like a joking thing for me. I watched it
Speaker 1: in college. That's what they all said. We would play
Speaker 1: games like wherever wherever, they would say completely blast, yeah,
Speaker 1: we would start drinking. So it was like a college
Speaker 1: game for me. And because of that, I actually really
Speaker 1: enjoyed the well listen man, Remember you can lobby for
Speaker 1: the Jersey Shore if you want. Frank Uh, get on
Speaker 1: out there, tell people on Twitter on Facebook that they
Speaker 1: can go out there and vote. At Spitting Speeds at
Speaker 1: Fantasy Radio, that's where you go. And remember we just
Speaker 1: had Aril on on and Uh maybe people that were
Speaker 1: listening are liking it because right now it is in
Speaker 1: fact the five seed Real World road rules with fifty
Speaker 1: seven percent of the vote. This one is a little
Speaker 1: bit closer, but Real World is right now in position
Speaker 1: to move on. There's still plenty of time to vote.
Speaker 1: Remember catch us at F and T s Y Radio.
Speaker 1: You could always follow me everything we'll be doing out
Speaker 1: there on at Spitting Speeds. When Frankie Um, like I said,
Speaker 1: it's been so great to have you producing for the
Speaker 1: last couple of days. So I wanted to go back
Speaker 1: to um you know when we put the fun and
Speaker 1: functional sports radio throughout the fall, talking together with things
Speaker 1: like Fettie Wopp Wednesday and giving out our DFS line
Speaker 1: up and ringing the bell things with Jim Bob Cooder
Speaker 1: and Quincy Ewa. Going back to the old days. But um,
Speaker 1: the old days, like it was like four or five
Speaker 1: months ago, but Um. One of the things we used
Speaker 1: to talk about and even play on air, Frank, was
Speaker 1: Levian Bell and his rap career. Remember we debuted Form
Speaker 1: That Fantasy on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. We debuted
Speaker 1: his track focus Um. A little bit later on in
Speaker 1: the season, I played he had a battle dish track
Speaker 1: going at Skip Bayliss and what I actually thought was
Speaker 1: not that bad. Now, Frank, do you know that Levian
Speaker 1: Bell dropped his album post interview recently? No, I have
Speaker 1: no idea. Oh my goodness. And then then, Frank, I
Speaker 1: gotta tell you this. Okay, not only has Levan Bell
Speaker 1: dropped an album on iTunes, but what if I told
Speaker 1: you that I was in the top ten on iTunes
Speaker 1: right now. I'm not I'm not making this up, bro,
Speaker 1: I'm not making I'm not making this up. I'm telling you.
Speaker 1: You can go to iTunes right now. You can see him.
Speaker 1: He he has like um snapshots of the top ten,
Speaker 1: like on his Twitter following like when it dropped, like
Speaker 1: he was really tweeting about it. It's climb up the chart.
Speaker 1: It was like at fourteen, then it was at twelve,
Speaker 1: then when it got into the top ten, Levian Bell
Speaker 1: literally top ten downloads. Maybe it's in the rap or
Speaker 1: hip hop genre. I'm not sure, but he's got a
Speaker 1: top ten album out there. Um, how does that make
Speaker 1: you feel? Frank What am I doing with my life?
Speaker 1: I'm saying, I'm saying and I and I mean, apparently
Speaker 1: he's dropping a video on Friday. So maybe I don't
Speaker 1: know you're producing the show Friday, Frankie. Or is Chris
Speaker 1: Bavona back? We got Donnie Burns in the bonus? Alright, alright,
Speaker 1: I know Chris Bovona loves playing the tracks he's dropping. Uh,
Speaker 1: I think he's dropping a video for one of his tracks.
Speaker 1: And listen, I'm all about people exploring their creativity, you know.
Speaker 1: But Levian Bell, it's been real busy this offseason, didn't
Speaker 1: he He's got an injured groin, you know, he might
Speaker 1: have surgery, might rest up on He's taken he's taking
Speaker 1: home girls to the prom, or at least trying to.
Speaker 1: He better stay focused himself. He had that track focus.
Speaker 1: He better stay focused going into that contract year. You know,
Speaker 1: we talked about David Johnson being the number one pick
Speaker 1: Speeds of spitting. Statistician has always loved l Bell. He
Speaker 1: has even named fantasy football teams for him. Call me
Speaker 1: on my bell phone, Levy on a prayer. Uh, two
Speaker 1: of them. But you know, maybe he needs to actually
Speaker 1: stay focused because the Pittsburgh Steelers window is not like
Speaker 1: incredibly large and open. Remember we talked at the top
Speaker 1: of the show about Big Ben only considering. But you know, Frankie,
Speaker 1: the other thing we talked about is remember back in
Speaker 1: the day, how like you know, you were such a
Speaker 1: millennial and I was so gen x So I wanted
Speaker 1: to have some fun and go back to the steroid
Speaker 1: era and give you the top five seasons of the
Speaker 1: steroid era. In my opinion, I got this from the
Speaker 1: Lead dot com. They do a great job with lists
Speaker 1: and other stuff. You can sign up to the Quickie. Uh,
Speaker 1: they'd beginning that newsletter out there. I get a lot
Speaker 1: of fun stuff out there. Um, And they gave it.
Speaker 1: They did a list of their top five steroid seasons.
Speaker 1: I kind of disputed their order, but I don't know.
Speaker 1: I want to find out, Frankie, if you know about
Speaker 1: these seasons and these guys and how dramatic they were,
Speaker 1: and in in order from five to one. In my opinion,
Speaker 1: the fifth ridiculous, most ridiculous Devroids season. John Jaha. You
Speaker 1: know about John Jaha, Frankie, No, not exactly, this dude.
Speaker 1: This dude, I was like a nondescript player altogether. Then
Speaker 1: out of nowhere hit thirty five homers and a hundred
Speaker 1: and eleven ribbies with a nine seventy ops. Then he
Speaker 1: was had a ton of injuries, was out of the
Speaker 1: game two years later. J Bell in nine. This is
Speaker 1: a middle infielder who was like a glove defensive guy.
Speaker 1: Then out of a sudden, out of nowhere at age
Speaker 1: thirty four thirty eight homers, a hundred and twelve ribbies
Speaker 1: with ops that those totals were more than his first
Speaker 1: six seasons combined. He too retired two years later. Number
Speaker 1: three Richard Hidalgo in two thousand. You know about him, Frankie,
Speaker 1: The name sounds familiar. Yeah, he was a decent prospect,
Speaker 1: but then out of nowhere three fourteen forty four homers
Speaker 1: and a hundred twenty two ribbies. Then you know, and
Speaker 1: and in two thousand that was only good enough for
Speaker 1: twenty in the m v P voting. Talk about inflated stats.
Speaker 1: Onto one good for twenty in the m v P voting.
Speaker 1: That was like, right, the hardest steroid era. Then the
Speaker 1: top two seasons, and I think there's no questioning these
Speaker 1: are the top two seasons. The first, Frankie, I know
Speaker 1: you're a millennial, but you gotta remember nineteen ninety six
Speaker 1: Brady Anderson for the Baltimore Orioles. Okay, this guy was
Speaker 1: a leadoff hitter. This guy was a leadoff hitter, battling
Speaker 1: injury had his average all the way down to two sixty.
Speaker 1: Then at age thirty two in n six he goes
Speaker 1: to nineties seven fifty home runs in a hundred and
Speaker 1: ten ribbies will a one point three three o p ds.
Speaker 1: But that's not even the biggest one, Frankie for Yankees
Speaker 1: fans like us. The biggest one Luis Gonzalez in two
Speaker 1: thousand and one. He's a solid hitter, right, ten year
Speaker 1: average of eight sixteen ops, ten year average of sixteen
Speaker 1: home runs. Then at age thirty three and two thousand
Speaker 1: and one, three five fifties seven home runs, a hundred
Speaker 1: and forty two ribbyes. That guy cheating along with um
Speaker 1: them not closing the dome when Mariano Rivera was on
Speaker 1: the mound and the other cheaters like Kurt Schilling and
Speaker 1: Randy Johnson on that team. That's why we don't have
Speaker 1: that great two thousand and one World Series. I consider
Speaker 1: them still the World Series champ. Say, Frankie, you know
Speaker 1: what about any of those guys of them is definitely
Speaker 1: definitely rings true. There up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry my
Speaker 1: Bernie Williams series. Bring it up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: but yo, we'll be back tomorrow, though. We'll be back
Speaker 1: tomorrow on the Fantasy Freestyle and the Fantasy Sports Radio Network.
Speaker 1: Maybe it'll be Frankie Stanfild in the building. Maybe Chris
Speaker 1: Bavono will be back. Maybe it's my boy Donnie Burns.
Speaker 1: I don't know his a AU team is in Nationals,
Speaker 1: but uh, we're gonna be doing it big regardless, spotlighting
Speaker 1: the Oakland A's and talking about the TV bracket in
Speaker 1: the Drama region which has been stacked. All that and
Speaker 1: more tomorrow on the Fantasy Freestyle. I mean, boy speeds
Speaker 1: the spitting Statistician. Thanks for listening live to the Fantasy
Speaker 1: Sports Radio Network. We out m