WEBVTT - Re-Defining a Catch & SPEEDZ on the AL East 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.080 You are now about to witness the strength of fantasy 0:00:03.240 --> 0:00:11.640 knowledge Fantasy Sports Radio Network. You were now tuned in 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:15.880 to the Speeds and Spitting Statistician on Fantasy Freestyle up 0:00:15.880 --> 0:00:20.319 next on that site, book on the microphone. You know 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:30.800 that I'm one of the best yet Martinez, you know 0:00:30.840 --> 0:00:32.960 what it is. It should boy day Martinez, a k A. 0:00:33.040 --> 0:00:35.879 Speeds a KA to Spitting Statistician a k A. The 0:00:35.920 --> 0:00:39.760 Stable Genius and vocal Minority. And welcome to another episode 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:43.360 of the Fantasy Freestyle right here on the Fantasy Sports Network. 0:00:43.400 --> 0:00:45.479 We got a big show for you. Check it out. 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:47.159 We're gonna be doing a lot of things. Earlier in 0:00:47.200 --> 0:00:49.080 the week when I was at Studio thirty four and 0:00:49.159 --> 0:00:51.760 Rock and Rilly's, we were talking a lot about the 0:00:51.880 --> 0:00:55.360 NFL and free agency, kind of wrapping that up a 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:57.920 little bit. Now that the big wave has come. You know, 0:00:57.960 --> 0:01:00.720 even even guys that are bridge people like A. J. 0:01:00.920 --> 0:01:06.000 Mccaren and Tyrod Taylor have been moving around. You know. Uh, 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:08.880 you know, Mike Glennon already has a deal for Garrett 0:01:08.920 --> 0:01:11.200 Blunt already has a deal. So what we're gonna do 0:01:11.200 --> 0:01:13.280 with this episode is we are going to shift it 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:15.360 a little bit over and we're gonna talk a little 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:19.360 bit more about baseball. You know, it is fantasy baseball season, 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.880 although you would not have believed in with the northeaster 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:24.600 that was going through the East Coast at my home, 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:27.640 New York City earlier this week. But check it out. 0:01:27.760 --> 0:01:29.959 What we're gonna do is we're gonna zone in on 0:01:30.120 --> 0:01:32.640 the A L East. I'm gonna give you my division 0:01:32.640 --> 0:01:35.080 preview for the AL East. You know I've been doing that, 0:01:35.120 --> 0:01:39.000 going division by division, getting you ready fantasy baseball draft, 0:01:39.040 --> 0:01:42.560 which are probably happening fast and furious. I did a 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:46.039 baseball draft just yesterday. Okay, so that was really hot, yo. 0:01:46.280 --> 0:01:48.040 Check it out. I'll show by you. You You can catch 0:01:48.120 --> 0:01:51.000 my team on Twitter, follow me at spitting Spiece. We're 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.280 gonna get into the AL East. But and you know that, 0:01:53.360 --> 0:01:55.200 you know, you know, I'm Puerto Rica from the Bronx, 0:01:55.240 --> 0:01:57.160 so I gotta represent the Yankees the worlds. We're gonna 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.760 talk about um. There's a very interesting article that I 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:03.240 saw in Sports Illustrated about um Giancarlo Stanton and you 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:05.800 know his his thoughts about the Marlins and his thoughts 0:02:05.840 --> 0:02:08.280 about coming over to the Yankees. We're gonna talk about 0:02:08.320 --> 0:02:10.920 that a little bit as well some other interesting parts 0:02:10.919 --> 0:02:12.720 about the a L East in general. We're gonna put 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.600 the fun in functional sports radio. A little bit later on, 0:02:15.760 --> 0:02:18.720 we talk about Tampa Bay and what they are doing, 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:21.960 which is very unique in Major League Baseball and could 0:02:21.960 --> 0:02:23.919 be the opposite of what some other teams are doing. 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.920 And it brings us to our poll question. Check it 0:02:26.919 --> 0:02:29.800 out on Twitter, what is the ideal size of a 0:02:29.840 --> 0:02:34.040 Major League Baseball rotation? Okay, this year in two thousand eighteen, 0:02:34.080 --> 0:02:37.800 there will be teams with four, five and six man rotations. 0:02:37.840 --> 0:02:41.280 Will get into that a little bit as well. You 0:02:41.280 --> 0:02:43.239 know what we do here, put the fund in functional 0:02:43.600 --> 0:02:47.480 sports analysis. We've got the content here with the hashtags. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:51.840 That's overbeat Cipher. Let's get into its. Starting with the NFL. 0:02:51.919 --> 0:02:54.440 Okay Listen, Like I said, free agency continues since the 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:56.799 last time I talked to you. I think the new 0:02:57.400 --> 0:03:00.239 signings of the note first of all, Eric Ebron going 0:03:00.240 --> 0:03:03.480 to the Indianapolis Colts. I think that is interesting because 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:06.280 they still have Jack Doyle there in Indianapolis. Is this 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:10.720 the way they're gonna try and get weapons slash protection 0:03:11.240 --> 0:03:14.200 for Andrew Luckless? And this team lost Donte mong grief 0:03:14.240 --> 0:03:16.760 they lost Frank Gore. I have not seen them do 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:20.440 that much to kind of aug meant the weapon grief. 0:03:20.639 --> 0:03:22.799 Shall we say, do you believe in Marlon Mack? I'm 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:26.160 not sure about that. But Eric Ebron now out there 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:27.880 in the kind of too tight end offense. A lot 0:03:27.919 --> 0:03:29.920 of teams are going through this too tight end offense. 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:32.480 It's gonna be hard this year in fantasy football to 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:35.720 get a quote unquote workhorse tight end in the same 0:03:35.760 --> 0:03:37.720 way you can't get a workhorse running back. Are we 0:03:37.800 --> 0:03:41.040 seeing tight end by committee in more teams? That's something 0:03:41.240 --> 0:03:44.800 to keep an eye on. And also check this out, um, 0:03:44.840 --> 0:03:49.960 in Oakland Beast mode, we'll be back with Opland Raiders. Okay, 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:51.640 I guess there was some kind of it was up 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.440 in the air a little bit after John Gruden came 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:57.800 in as the new head coach. You know what I'm saying, Like, 0:03:57.880 --> 0:03:59.800 see if he was a fit, what they could get 0:03:59.800 --> 0:04:03.720 out Marshawn He actually took a cut to stay there. Okay. 0:04:03.800 --> 0:04:05.839 So um, I think that's interesting. And you know they're 0:04:05.880 --> 0:04:08.960 accumulating now with Jordy Nelson taking over the micro graduy role. 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:11.120 They really putting the pressure on car to stay healthy 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:13.600 with that good offensive linelessly with Gruden. Good to do there. 0:04:13.920 --> 0:04:16.159 I think they are a fantasy herd. You know, if 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:18.080 you listen to the stands over beat Cipher, you know 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:19.560 about that. And the one thing I want to say 0:04:19.600 --> 0:04:22.240 before we dive into um, the real NFL topic for 0:04:22.240 --> 0:04:27.480 this episode of Fantasy Freestyle is did you see this? Um, 0:04:28.320 --> 0:04:32.000 this incident with Za Jones, Bill's wide receivers. Z A 0:04:32.160 --> 0:04:36.080 Jones was in a uh, you know, an apartment complex 0:04:36.120 --> 0:04:38.680 in Los Angeles, Okay, And I'll tell you what. There 0:04:38.720 --> 0:04:40.080 was a woman there, and there was his brother there, 0:04:40.440 --> 0:04:44.279 and there's an argument, um and A Jones ultimately arrested 0:04:44.360 --> 0:04:49.880 for vandalism. Right. But if you see the video, and uh, 0:04:49.960 --> 0:04:51.480 there's a lot of places you can see the video, 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:54.240 you know, I think it was originally from TMZ. And 0:04:54.360 --> 0:04:57.080 you see the video, Um, it is on some next 0:04:57.160 --> 0:05:00.279 level ish right now. Okay, he's running around n kid, 0:05:00.560 --> 0:05:03.560 he's screaming that you know, he's fighting with Jesus. He 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:08.520 tries to jump out potentially of a thirtieth story window. 0:05:08.640 --> 0:05:10.800 It breaks the class. I saw a video you know 0:05:11.120 --> 0:05:14.599 afterwards it look like it was definitely a crime scene involved. Okay, 0:05:14.600 --> 0:05:17.440 it's absolutely crazy. Like I'm saying, he's screaming that he's 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:20.800 fighting with Jesus his brother who's also an NFL player. Um, 0:05:20.839 --> 0:05:25.320 I think he's a wide out with the fightings potentially, UM, 0:05:25.880 --> 0:05:27.800 you know, is trying to you know, calm him down. 0:05:27.960 --> 0:05:30.280 And there's been a lot of an outcry about like, 0:05:30.360 --> 0:05:34.640 you know, mental health right now in um professional sports. 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:36.880 You know, UM, guys like de Marta Rosen have come out, 0:05:36.920 --> 0:05:39.000 guys like Kevin Love have come out in the NBA 0:05:39.320 --> 0:05:42.039 talking about anxiety, talking about depression and so you know, 0:05:42.080 --> 0:05:43.960 this is a sensitive thing in the conversation right now. 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:47.360 But I do gotta tell you this, Um, he could 0:05:47.360 --> 0:05:49.320 have just also been on K two. This is what 0:05:49.320 --> 0:05:51.919 people on K two do, you know. So who knows 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.160 what's going on in the off season was day Jones, 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:56.440 who is a Jones, So who knows? But we do 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:59.080 hope everything is well, but you know, let's see, let's 0:05:59.080 --> 0:06:01.400 see how this one develops. But I had to stats 0:06:01.400 --> 0:06:03.360 that would be decipher know about that what I want 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:05.640 to talk about though in the NFL, because listen, there's 0:06:05.640 --> 0:06:07.840 this player movement and we're gonna be giving it to you, 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:10.520 you know, as the offseason chugs along, you know, after 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.560 this free agency kind of slows down a little bit, 0:06:13.600 --> 0:06:15.400 We'll tell you who's still out there. I'll tell you 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:17.119 what teams still need to you know, make it happen. 0:06:17.160 --> 0:06:19.600 Next time we talk on the Fantasy Freestyle. Um and 0:06:19.640 --> 0:06:21.880 then we get into this draft coverage and we're gonna 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.560 talk a lot with Emery Hunt, our guy. This are 0:06:24.640 --> 0:06:27.520 the playbook Emery Hunt. He got that new glitch in 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.520 the system on the Fantasy Sports and network. You gotta 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:34.840 love what he's doing. He's the man um. So as 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.080 we go, we're gonna go into draft covers. But before that, 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:38.800 what I do want to tell you is, listen, they're 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.760 talking about this redefinition of a catch. Okay, and this 0:06:41.800 --> 0:06:43.640 is something we talk about all the time on the 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.120 Fantasy Freestyle. Check it out. Troy Vincent, the vice president 0:06:47.120 --> 0:06:50.600 of Football Operations, says, uh, you know, there's been panels, 0:06:50.600 --> 0:06:53.599 there's been reviews, okay, but they already submit a set 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:55.560 of recommendations. And here's how they did it. I think 0:06:55.560 --> 0:06:59.240 this is interesting. They they looked at current plates and 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:01.359 they work back from that. You know, they kind of 0:07:01.360 --> 0:07:04.120 backwards planned there and map out if it should be 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.080 a catch. You know, this is what it should be. 0:07:06.120 --> 0:07:09.320 So for example, the ideas of slight movement of the 0:07:09.360 --> 0:07:11.680 ball in the receiver's hands, they may reverse that. That 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:12.880 used to be able to still be a catch for 0:07:12.960 --> 0:07:15.600 now off the balls moving, they might reverse that. He says, Okay, 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:18.320 going to the ground, that part is going to be eliminated, 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:20.720 and that's the big deal. Okay, going to the ground, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:24.040 that might be eliminated. Okay, and they could change some 0:07:24.080 --> 0:07:27.200 of the replay standards as well. Okay, check this out 0:07:27.520 --> 0:07:30.360 um part of the quote. The new updated rule quote 0:07:30.520 --> 0:07:33.280 will require only that a receiver have control of the 0:07:33.320 --> 0:07:36.000 football and any slight movement of the football and the 0:07:36.040 --> 0:07:39.800 receiver's and detective via replay would not result in an incompletion. 0:07:40.400 --> 0:07:43.360 It would also quote eliminate the requirement that a receiver 0:07:43.440 --> 0:07:46.040 who was in the process of going to the ground 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.680 while making a catch must maintain control of the football 0:07:49.920 --> 0:07:52.440 while on the turf to be awarded illegal catch. So 0:07:52.520 --> 0:07:55.360 those are the two main things. Okay, and I think 0:07:55.360 --> 0:07:57.559 this is very interesting right now, that Dez Brian catch 0:07:58.400 --> 0:08:00.600 against Green Bay in the playoffs that would now be 0:08:00.600 --> 0:08:04.720 a catch. They say, the Jesse James catch against the 0:08:04.720 --> 0:08:08.080 Patriots this year from Pittsburgh, which could have changed the 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:11.360 entire a f c UH would now be a catch 0:08:11.360 --> 0:08:14.800 in a touchdown. Interestingly enough, I've been telling you like, 0:08:14.840 --> 0:08:16.239 I think this is a step in a good direction. 0:08:16.520 --> 0:08:18.320 I think this does make a little bit more sense. 0:08:18.360 --> 0:08:21.280 This does kind of define and clarify a little bit better. 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:23.480 But it's still imperfect. It's still gonna be other calls. 0:08:23.520 --> 0:08:27.680 It's still gonna be other plays that we see in 0:08:27.760 --> 0:08:31.000 the next UH, you know year. That makes us further, 0:08:31.400 --> 0:08:33.480 you know, we find a new gray area. You know. 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:35.760 So I still say, I still say what we need 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.280 to do is have you know how we listen? If 0:08:38.280 --> 0:08:41.920 we could do replay in UH centralized in New York, 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:45.440 If now we could have independent neurologists centralized in New 0:08:45.520 --> 0:08:47.880 York which can buzz something and take a player off 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.480 the field. For players safety, oh man, we're gonna get 0:08:50.480 --> 0:08:53.240 into players safety very soon on the fantasy freestyle because 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:56.520 this concussion settlement um is not going so well for 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.840 the NFL. But we'll get into that a little bit 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.320 later on or another another down the road here on 0:09:01.360 --> 0:09:03.599 the fantasy freestyle, I've always said what you could do 0:09:03.640 --> 0:09:06.360 consistently or maybe you know, you know, as MLB had 0:09:06.400 --> 0:09:08.440 the fan Cave, maybe you could do this and just 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:11.040 have a panel of like fans in the cave and 0:09:11.040 --> 0:09:13.040 you have five every every Sunday and they just go 0:09:13.080 --> 0:09:15.960 on thumbs up, thumbs down? Was it a catch centralized? 0:09:16.000 --> 0:09:17.920 And boom that's it? And you know you have an 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:21.320 alternate if it's like the teams, if it's the team's involved, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:24.000 he's got a he or she has to abstain and 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:26.600 you put on an alternate, that's what's up. I would nominate, 0:09:26.640 --> 0:09:28.920 I would I would volunteer to try to do that. 0:09:29.040 --> 0:09:30.840 How can I do that? Or just have like some 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.560 kids just watching and make them their decision. That's how 0:09:33.559 --> 0:09:36.280 I've always said, let me know what you think. Hit 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:38.560 me up on Twitter at Spin and speeds. Is that 0:09:38.600 --> 0:09:40.440 the right way to do the panel? And would you 0:09:40.480 --> 0:09:43.520 serve on it? Would you be honest on it on 0:09:43.960 --> 0:09:46.400 that sort of thing? So, um, that's that's what we're 0:09:46.400 --> 0:09:48.120 talking about NFL. But like I said, we're gonna talk 0:09:48.120 --> 0:09:53.160 mostly MLB this episode of the Fantasy Freestyle. We're gonna 0:09:53.200 --> 0:09:56.439 get into the A L East. Okay, We're gonna talk about, um, 0:09:56.480 --> 0:09:58.640 which arms I like, which one's a fool Gazzy. We'll 0:09:58.679 --> 0:10:01.560 talk about the bats um, you know, outside of just 0:10:01.720 --> 0:10:05.280 standing and judge. Obviously right standing Judge are gonna be huge, 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.800 but what other bad you know, everyone knows about those 0:10:07.840 --> 0:10:10.360 two guys. I'm trying to tell you where your diamonds 0:10:10.360 --> 0:10:13.079 and the rough and there's definitely some in the A 0:10:13.360 --> 0:10:15.680 L East. But before we do that, I want to 0:10:15.679 --> 0:10:18.440 tell you something. I saw this very very interesting article 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.920 um about Giancarlos standing okay, and he kind of really 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:27.600 opened up about, you know, his situation in Florida, in Miami, 0:10:28.360 --> 0:10:31.320 um through the through the dull drums and seeing what 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:33.240 has happened, you know, and and he made the point 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.680 that he had eight different managers in his eight years 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.480 with the Marlins, you know, and how every year someone 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:43.680 knew would come in and be like this new enthusiasm 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:45.880 right in this new set of ethics and this new 0:10:45.920 --> 0:10:48.480 culture and blah blah blah, and it just became kind 0:10:48.520 --> 0:10:50.800 of a broken record. And he he kind of not 0:10:50.840 --> 0:10:53.800 necessarily tuned out, but it was hard for to have 0:10:54.440 --> 0:10:57.040 as much investment or faith, you know. And then he 0:10:57.080 --> 0:10:59.600 also said that when he went at All Star Games, 0:11:00.559 --> 0:11:02.880 when he when he was at the World Baseball Classic. 0:11:03.120 --> 0:11:06.360 When he would see other elite players, high level players 0:11:06.600 --> 0:11:09.440 and and coming from their organizations with their winning culture 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.600 was like with their work ethic was like with their 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:15.280 level of expectation was like you know. He he literally 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:19.839 said that, um, he felt the brunt of it and 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:22.680 that and that he felt clowned. You know, he said, quote, 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.720 you laugh it off for a while, then you start thinking, 0:11:24.760 --> 0:11:26.880 are you part of the mess? Are you the face 0:11:26.960 --> 0:11:29.679 of what everyone is laughing about? He says it didn't 0:11:29.679 --> 0:11:32.480 sit well with him for years. It started to really 0:11:32.480 --> 0:11:35.880 burn him up inside. He asked himself, if his career 0:11:35.960 --> 0:11:38.120 ended tomorrow, what would he take away from it beside 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:41.880 the few individual accomplishments. So this is important for him, Okay, 0:11:42.200 --> 0:11:44.360 and now he's finally, you know, has this clauset be 0:11:44.440 --> 0:11:46.720 able to hit this open market? You know? So he 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.840 takes visits with the Giants, with the Cardinals, and he 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:51.960 said he did that purposely just because he wanted to, 0:11:52.360 --> 0:11:55.080 you know, peek behind the curtain and see how other 0:11:55.200 --> 0:11:58.480 organizations did it. And I think that's interesting. Players are 0:11:58.520 --> 0:12:02.079 considering this now with their with their with their their 0:12:02.160 --> 0:12:05.000 quality of life, the taxes, but also like what are 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:09.240 they what kind of work situation are they getting into 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:10.959 what do the alignment the vision? Is it a well 0:12:11.040 --> 0:12:15.040 run organization? Blank Griffin said this recently in the NBA too, 0:12:15.240 --> 0:12:17.240 when he came from the Clippers to Detroit and he's like, 0:12:17.280 --> 0:12:19.400 you know, he sees the banners on the wall and 0:12:19.440 --> 0:12:21.280 he's like, you know, this is how this is a culture, 0:12:21.320 --> 0:12:22.920 that this is a way to do it. I think, 0:12:23.120 --> 0:12:25.600 I think, listen, that's what's happening here. So I think 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:29.640 it's I really like standing opening up about this right 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.079 in this article also, and this is potentially one of 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:36.600 the most interesting parts to me, he talks about this 0:12:36.640 --> 0:12:40.079 is uh standing. He talks about how the death of 0:12:40.160 --> 0:12:45.800 Jose Fernandez was a huge turning point for him, you know, 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:49.360 because on a on a number of levels too. You know. 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:51.720 The first is that like Fernandez was a legit ace. 0:12:52.160 --> 0:12:55.440 You know, Fernandez was that guy you could build around. Okay, 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.480 he says, you need a picture like that who can dominate, 0:12:58.920 --> 0:13:01.079 like he can win the World Series. You know, he 0:13:01.120 --> 0:13:02.880 can help you in the World Series. That's sort of thing. 0:13:03.040 --> 0:13:05.600 And also because what Fernandez was in the locker room, 0:13:05.800 --> 0:13:08.800 and this has been you know, well documented, what kind 0:13:08.840 --> 0:13:11.200 of like life force he was in baseball and locker 0:13:11.280 --> 0:13:13.400 rooms as a team made as a joy and what 0:13:13.440 --> 0:13:16.680 that did to that team, right, so um, But then 0:13:16.760 --> 0:13:19.600 he says one other thing. He says that he says 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:22.440 that Fernandez came up to him once and was like, 0:13:22.480 --> 0:13:25.160 you know how it goes down here business wise? He says, 0:13:25.440 --> 0:13:27.640 when I get out of here, I'm going to the Yankees, 0:13:27.679 --> 0:13:30.160 and I'm taking you with me. And I've always said, 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.160 oh my goodness as a as a Yankees fan, or 0:13:32.200 --> 0:13:34.800 that's the guy I wanted in this big summer coming up, 0:13:34.800 --> 0:13:37.400 which is supposed to be you know, Arper and Matado 0:13:37.559 --> 0:13:40.559 and Donaldson. I was like, now, I wanted Jose Fernandez 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:43.440 and he apparently wanted to come to the Yankees. But 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:46.600 it doesn't that. And then they talked about how it 0:13:46.600 --> 0:13:49.480 comes together kind of from the cashman side of things, right, 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:51.640 which is very interesting from the general manager. He was 0:13:51.679 --> 0:13:54.160 saying that, like listen, he knew they wanted to upgrade 0:13:54.160 --> 0:13:57.640 at d H and their first target was Otani at first, right, 0:13:57.679 --> 0:13:59.640 but then Oltani wanted to play on the West Coast 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:01.600 and things like that. They knew they were out of 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.760 it for them. So then they went up and and 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:07.280 we're kind of more aggressive enquiring and and and and 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:11.800 and working and propositioning around Stanton, you know. Um. And 0:14:11.840 --> 0:14:13.840 I think that was really interesting that they talked about 0:14:13.840 --> 0:14:15.920 how they had to get some money back to go 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:19.960 on through one nineties seven, how they had to um, 0:14:20.120 --> 0:14:22.440 how they had to take Castro. It's part of the 0:14:22.480 --> 0:14:24.640 deal to get you know, they also get down on 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:28.240 some money, you know. And then and then they really 0:14:28.640 --> 0:14:31.960 standing described his interactions with Derek Jeter and trying to 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.320 be able to like give this team a shot with 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:37.160 Yellows with o Juna, and how Jeter was like not 0:14:37.360 --> 0:14:40.400 into it. And I think so it's a very interesting 0:14:40.600 --> 0:14:43.760 article and I think listen it for me. It reinforces 0:14:43.840 --> 0:14:45.880 that stand as his head on his shoulders, that he's 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:49.600 not gonna be you know, um, starry eyed coming to 0:14:49.680 --> 0:14:52.040 New York, that he's about his business, that he's about 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.680 not being necessarily fe man, but huge cog in what 0:14:56.800 --> 0:15:00.240 could be the most scary offense in a very very 0:15:00.480 --> 0:15:04.480 long time. Um, we're talking about you know, many many 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:07.560 Ramirez David Ortiz kind of combo. But also people are 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.400 forgetting about this also with Gary sanche as the number 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:15.120 one catcher offensively in the major leagues thirty home run 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:18.760 potential with maybe a healthy Greg Bird, although Greg Bird 0:15:18.800 --> 0:15:21.360 could also be Nick Johnson. My Yankee fans molle, what's up? 0:15:21.600 --> 0:15:24.840 But with d d with you know, with Guardy this 0:15:24.880 --> 0:15:27.080 is a good offense. With Aaron Kicks, this is a 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.560 good offense do with I guess apparently if they want 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.120 to go to veteran route with Nea Walker and Brandon 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.040 Drewry with the kids coming up still, I think Torres 0:15:35.120 --> 0:15:36.920 is still like coming up as soon as that time 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.040 in June is up, you know. So I think this 0:15:40.160 --> 0:15:43.320 is this is really interesting to get into the mindset, 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.960 and I really like how he you know, I guess 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:51.440 kind of let you in so obviously, um um um, 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:54.360 I'm all about these Yankees. I'm a former bleacher creature. 0:15:54.560 --> 0:15:56.360 But what I will try to do is give you 0:15:56.440 --> 0:15:59.440 an honest assessment of the a A least because in 0:15:59.480 --> 0:16:01.840 fantasy you gotta sometimes take your heart out of it, right. 0:16:02.160 --> 0:16:06.880 Shout out to my boy Sammy so old Dog and Zippy. Um. 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.280 He couldn't play fantasy baseball because he couldn't have He 0:16:09.280 --> 0:16:11.320 would just take the entire Yankees team, or couldn't have 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:15.120 any Red Sox or anybody even in the American League sometimes. 0:16:15.160 --> 0:16:17.560 But you can't be that way, okay, So I'm gonna 0:16:17.560 --> 0:16:19.440 try and divorce that for you in my a L 0:16:19.480 --> 0:16:23.960 East preview coming up right about now on the Fantasy Freestyle. 0:16:23.960 --> 0:16:25.760 We're gonna do that after we come back from the 0:16:25.800 --> 0:16:29.240 break right here on the Fantasy Sports Network. We're gonna 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:32.040 first talk about all the arms. Then, you know, then 0:16:32.080 --> 0:16:34.800 the offense, the diamonds and the fou gay zis and 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:36.920 a little bit of more interesting things that Tampa Bay 0:16:37.000 --> 0:16:39.480 is doing as it relates to their arms. 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Okay, 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:09.240 so let's let's let's get them out of the way. 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.800 And obviously Baltimore is one of the one of the 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:14.560 worst rotations in major leagues in my opinion. Okay, they 0:19:14.600 --> 0:19:17.920 played a small ballpark. Also, they play in a division 0:19:18.240 --> 0:19:21.240 where with OFFENSI juggernauts. They're gonna see the Yankees nineteen times, 0:19:21.280 --> 0:19:23.480 They're going to see the Red Sox nineteen times. You know, 0:19:23.520 --> 0:19:26.560 they're gonna even see an offense like Toronto and above 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.960 average offense nineteen times. You know. So it is not 0:19:30.040 --> 0:19:34.080 a good situation, uh for in an Orioles pitcher and 0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:37.960 and and Dylan Bundy. They're quote unquote eights. You know. 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:41.840 Dylan Bundy is Yeah, sure, he's coming off his best season. Well, 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:44.879 he had over a hundred fifty strikeouts fifty two strikeouts 0:19:44.920 --> 0:19:48.280 last year, but he still had a yar a. His 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:52.560 ex fit was still four point seven seven and he 0:19:52.560 --> 0:19:54.919