WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 2nd, 2024 (EP. 781) 0:00:05.840 --> 0:00:09.160 Lastimen, everybody to Fantasy for us MLB. This is Leading 0:00:09.200 --> 0:00:11.480 Off Live, brought to you by Bet three six five. 0:00:11.520 --> 0:00:15.480 Don't forget everybody, go and bet at three six five. 0:00:15.600 --> 0:00:17.560 Use that promo code leading Off. When you do, and 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:19.119 when you bet five bucks, you get one hundred and 0:00:19.160 --> 0:00:22.239 fifty and bonus bets or first bet safety net one 0:00:22.239 --> 0:00:26.000 thousand dollars in bonus bets. Sounds good to me. Yesterday 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:28.520 some betting controversy. We're gonna get to that in the 0:00:28.520 --> 0:00:30.920 Dodger game in my favorite bet of the day. I 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:33.720 know some people don't understand what's going on. Uncle Joe 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:35.800 will explain it to you. Don't worry. We had some 0:00:35.960 --> 0:00:39.320 history made. We've got more injuries to talk about, possibly 0:00:39.360 --> 0:00:43.680 some rebirths of some superstar players going on, and of 0:00:43.720 --> 0:00:47.239 course more overreactions, but also injury updates. Welsh. It's a 0:00:47.360 --> 0:00:49.879 jam packed show today for a Tuesday. Let me tell you, 0:00:50.320 --> 0:00:52.440 I'm excited about it. And yesterday we saw a little 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:54.800 bit of history. A guy who is thirty years old, 0:00:54.840 --> 0:00:57.480 who's bounced around for a very long time, Ronel Blanco 0:00:57.800 --> 0:01:00.240 throws the first no hitter of twenty twenty four. I'm 0:01:00.240 --> 0:01:02.080 sure there'll be another one. At some point, what a 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:04.560 story this kid is came over I think at twenty 0:01:04.560 --> 0:01:07.199 two years old. They said, tried out for the Mets, 0:01:07.280 --> 0:01:10.160 the Yankees, like half a dozen teams. At one point 0:01:10.200 --> 0:01:14.280 he was washing cars. He had a baby born earlier 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.680 in the day. He goes out there and a beautiful 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:24.200 game against a really good Toronto No, this wasn't the 0:01:24.560 --> 0:01:26.959 this was the Toronto Blue Jays. Welsh, what did you 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.800 think of the Ronel Blanco performance, which, by the way, 0:01:29.880 --> 0:01:33.040 was rostered. I looked this up this morning. In seventeen 0:01:33.160 --> 0:01:35.160 percent of leagues. That's higher than I thought it would. 0:01:35.040 --> 0:01:37.959 Probably started in one percent of leagues. 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.760 No, No, that was started started in seventeen He was 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.040 started in seventeen percent of leagues. Maybe because he was 0:01:43.040 --> 0:01:46.399 a two star pitcher this week, maybe exactly what I think? 0:01:46.400 --> 0:01:49.760 That's all. Could it's all could possibly be people like saying, oh, 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:54.040 two star pitcher astros, they haven't won, Well, let's let's 0:01:54.040 --> 0:01:55.640 give it a shot. Yeah, and I'll tell you what 0:01:55.680 --> 0:01:56.560 it paid off yesterday. 0:01:56.640 --> 0:01:58.520 Yeah, no, it did. And you know an interesting story 0:01:58.560 --> 0:02:01.520 two things about the renewl bl Blanco no hitter. It's 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.600 the earliest no hitter in the history of baseball. I 0:02:04.600 --> 0:02:08.080 think April fourth was the previous, so April first, no 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:12.639 fools was the earliest. And what an international signing class. 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:16.000 Renel Blanco was signed for five thousand dollars five thousand 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:20.000 dollars signing Bonus along with Christian Javier and Framber Valdez, 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.520 who were both ten thousand, so twenty five thousand dollars 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:25.160 in signing Bonus got those three pitchers. Now we're making 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:28.640 a big deal. No one cared. I say gently about 0:02:28.680 --> 0:02:32.200 Renel Blanco before this, but he was awesome in this 0:02:32.320 --> 0:02:35.560 outing thirty four percent with rate. He had a forty 0:02:35.600 --> 0:02:38.560 two percent with rate on his changeup. He induced twenty 0:02:38.680 --> 0:02:42.639 overall whiffs, thirty two percent CSW slider change up got 0:02:42.639 --> 0:02:44.400 it all done. I kept throwing. I kept seeing him 0:02:44.440 --> 0:02:48.560 throw that slider all night long, getting you know, negative contact, 0:02:48.720 --> 0:02:51.960 getting some strikeouts. It was a pretty great performance. I 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.359 think it was eight ks. He had only two walks 0:02:54.360 --> 0:02:57.160 to George Springer. It was efficient. He was saved by 0:02:57.200 --> 0:03:00.920 the defense a little bit. I love obscure no hitters. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:03.320 It might be my favorite thing that just exists about 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:06.480 baseball is a guy. He might become amazing by the way. 0:03:06.480 --> 0:03:08.320 I believe he's like a thirty year old like Rookie River. 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.040 He might be, he might become amazing, but possible, but 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:16.079 it's not Baseball can create a hero on one night. 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:18.040 For the rest of their lives. This guy will be. 0:03:18.000 --> 0:03:20.920 Able to outside and remember the Mother's day no hitter 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:22.919 and his mom died and he was like his mom 0:03:23.040 --> 0:03:25.080 raised him and everyone's crying at the end of it. 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:30.360 And luckily yeah, no percent. I mean, he has like 0:03:30.480 --> 0:03:32.560 a piece of history in baseball for the rest of 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.000 his life, which I think is awesome. That's why baseball 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.080 can be romantic. It was a great outing. But what 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.440 are we gonna do. We're gonna be how much do 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.360 we chase right now? Blanco rest of season? I don't know. 0:03:43.840 --> 0:03:46.480 I mean, I think he's gonna still be stream league. 0:03:46.520 --> 0:03:48.920 I think you can look at it. Look people who 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:51.760 streamed him yesterday got paid off. Let's see how the 0:03:51.800 --> 0:03:53.880 second start is later in the week and see what 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.400 happens on Sunday, and then we can make a judgment 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.320 about it, and maybe a more informed judgment. 0:03:58.080 --> 0:04:01.400 About So are you gonna having are you That's kind 0:04:01.400 --> 0:04:03.000 of thing, like are you gonna view him as like 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:04.760 you have to start him moving forward? 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:06.320 Are you don't even think he would make the Waiver 0:04:06.360 --> 0:04:08.320 Wire video this week? For me welsh to be honestly, 0:04:08.400 --> 0:04:10.280 like I got, I'm like kind of looking at it, 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:12.120 and some of the names are still out there, Like 0:04:12.160 --> 0:04:14.840 I'm not I wouldn't add him over Hicks. I wouldn't 0:04:14.840 --> 0:04:17.400 add him over trying to think of some. 0:04:17.360 --> 0:04:19.479 Other Crochet and Jared Jones. 0:04:19.320 --> 0:04:23.920 Crochet, I would add over him. Jack's ginkle, Uh you 0:04:24.000 --> 0:04:25.560 know what I mean. Like I'm just saying, like some 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:26.840 of those guys are still out there. A lot of 0:04:26.839 --> 0:04:29.920 closers out there right now. He's in that periphery. But 0:04:29.960 --> 0:04:31.400 if you asked me the name my top five, I 0:04:31.400 --> 0:04:33.440 think he would be. And plus we'll get to the 0:04:33.520 --> 0:04:36.440 Josh Young injury too, because Josh Young, Royce Lewis, there's 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:38.040 a lot of third basement people are gonna need too. 0:04:38.080 --> 0:04:39.800 So somebody's got to be on there. I don't care 0:04:39.800 --> 0:04:41.920 if it's a JD. Davis or a Camerera. Somebody's got 0:04:41.920 --> 0:04:44.120 to be on there. So it's a great moment. By 0:04:44.120 --> 0:04:47.520 the way, Also the earliest no hitter in MLB history, 0:04:47.880 --> 0:04:50.839 So but who was the previous record holder? 0:04:51.120 --> 0:04:52.840 Man? I read it, don't say it. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:55.880 Don't say it. If you know it, Peanuts, cracker jacks, 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:57.520 drop it in the chat. I want to hear from 0:04:57.520 --> 0:04:58.920 all of you. I want to hear if you know 0:04:59.160 --> 0:05:03.080 who the earliest MLB previous no hitter ever was, if 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:05.200 you know the answer dropping in and I'll give you no, 0:05:05.279 --> 0:05:08.039 it wasn't Bob Feller. There you go, Trent Fleming bringing 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:10.200 out there. So there you go. And as Wonkey says, 0:05:10.360 --> 0:05:12.800 God hates third base, it's been decided. So there you 0:05:12.839 --> 0:05:15.600 have it, everybody, Let's continue on with the headlines. Show it. 0:05:15.680 --> 0:05:19.240 The Imanaga fired six scoreless innings. I love this guy, 0:05:19.720 --> 0:05:22.520 nine strikeouts. He was my other big bet of the 0:05:22.600 --> 0:05:25.719 day yesterday. We could have pushed this one up maybe 0:05:25.839 --> 0:05:28.440 to you know, the nine range or eight. I said 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:29.720 it on the show yesterday. 0:05:29.800 --> 0:05:32.080 I said, I said you could go seven at plus 0:05:32.080 --> 0:05:36.160 one seventy eight. Dude, I haven't decided if Imanaga is 0:05:36.200 --> 0:05:39.120 the best pitcher in baseball or the Rockies are the 0:05:39.160 --> 0:05:41.760 worst team that have ever played baseball. It's somewhere in 0:05:41.880 --> 0:05:45.960 the middlega is going to rocket uprings. He looks so 0:05:46.440 --> 0:05:50.680 freaking good, but the Rockies are also so bad. There 0:05:50.760 --> 0:05:52.280 he had a no hitter through five. I thought we 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:53.640 were gonna get at Imanaga no hitter. 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:57.840 He's got this thing, you know, he's got that confidence 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.440 on the mall, which I just love, even the preference. 0:06:00.480 --> 0:06:02.159 You know, they were showing clips on MB network this 0:06:02.200 --> 0:06:04.000 morning of that press conference when he was speaking in 0:06:04.040 --> 0:06:05.760 English and he was trying to connect with the cubsfan. 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:08.640 He's got a swagger. I love this guy like I 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:11.480 think this is going to be a huge signing for Chicago. 0:06:11.640 --> 0:06:13.480 Here's the reason why I like the Cubs so much 0:06:13.960 --> 0:06:15.240 to win this division at the end of the day, 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:16.600 because I think it's gonna be very close. I think 0:06:16.600 --> 0:06:18.240 when you have a guy like that, who's gonna say, 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:20.279 give me the ball, I wanted the big spot. That 0:06:20.480 --> 0:06:22.920 is huge. By the way, Blake, you got it right. 0:06:23.000 --> 0:06:27.200 Hideo Nomo was the correct answer Deyoomo back in one, 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:30.200 I believe for the Red Sox on back in the day. 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:34.200 On Shoto him A Naga, he had a thirty three 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:40.040 percent CSW with fourteen whiffs on the fastball and twelve 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:43.000 whiffs on the splitter. That splitter had a fifty percent 0:06:43.000 --> 0:06:47.120 whiff rate, which is absolutely absurd. And here's an important thing. 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:49.640 He was able to stay inside the zone when it 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.680 counted an almost seventy percent zone rate on the fastball. 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.880 Curveball had a fifty percent zone rate. That's gonna make 0:06:55.920 --> 0:06:59.240 the other stuff devastating. Where guys are actually scared that 0:06:59.240 --> 0:07:01.320 these pitchers are gonna been from strikes. So if you 0:07:01.320 --> 0:07:04.839 get a sixty almost seventy percent fastball hitting the zone 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.359 and then you throw a slider that breaks out of 0:07:07.360 --> 0:07:09.840 this I'm sorry, a splitter that breaks out of the zone, 0:07:09.960 --> 0:07:11.480 guys don't know what the hell to do with it. 0:07:11.760 --> 0:07:14.680 He is devastating, you know what. Hat tip to our 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.160 boy Justin Steele. He called it. He is him anaga. 0:07:18.520 --> 0:07:21.200 He is gonna move up massive amounts of rest of 0:07:21.280 --> 0:07:24.000 season ranks. I love him, and I don't think we 0:07:24.040 --> 0:07:29.120 are gonna see friendly k props moving forward with show now, this. 0:07:29.080 --> 0:07:30.840 Is why I jumped on from the get go. It 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.520 was the perfect store. But it was the Rockies, a 0:07:32.520 --> 0:07:35.600 team that strikes had a ton. It was the debut. 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:37.720 He's a swagger kind of pitcher who wants to go 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.360 out there. And the spotlights he showed you in the WBC, 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.240 even the Japanese League. Spotlight's not too big for him. 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.360 Managa like it's just not so great outing by him. 0:07:46.400 --> 0:07:50.400 Also talk about hot starts. Mike Trout two solo homers yesterday, 0:07:50.600 --> 0:07:52.520 again solo homers because he plays for the Angels and 0:07:52.560 --> 0:07:54.600 nobody likes to get on base for Mike Trout. But 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.560 still it's a really good start to the season for 0:07:56.680 --> 0:07:59.560 Mike Trout if he keeps this up. Welsh, I do 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:02.720 believe that the Angels are gonna shop because I don't 0:08:02.720 --> 0:08:04.880 think if you're the Angels, you can realistically look at 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.640 this situation you're in. You blue it once with Otana, 0:08:07.680 --> 0:08:09.400 you can't blow it again with Trout. I'm not saying 0:08:09.400 --> 0:08:12.320 they're free agent anytime soon, but you're not winning this year. 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:15.560 You're not winning next year. If you're the Angels, If 0:08:15.600 --> 0:08:17.960 you can get a boat load for Mike Trout in 0:08:18.040 --> 0:08:21.760 prospects and remake your organization, do it because you already 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:24.600 screwed up last year. You can't continue to do this 0:08:25.200 --> 0:08:29.680 and lose another ten years of this organization to again. 0:08:29.720 --> 0:08:31.840 It's like giant contracts for two guys and at the 0:08:31.960 --> 0:08:33.679 end of the day, like things don't work out. They 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:35.240 had so much bad money. I mean, they have bad 0:08:35.280 --> 0:08:38.240 money going back to Albert Pooles, to Vernon Wells, to 0:08:38.320 --> 0:08:40.880 Josh Hamilton. Like they've had so many bad contracts over 0:08:40.880 --> 0:08:43.360 the years that they've given out to me. I understand 0:08:43.360 --> 0:08:44.760 why they get Trout the money. Of course, the best 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:46.720 player in baseball, But now we's in his thirties. If 0:08:46.760 --> 0:08:48.920 he stays hot through April and May into June and 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.199 stays healthy, I think Trout could be on the move 0:08:51.240 --> 0:08:53.280 in twenty twenty four, which I know sounds a little crazy, 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:54.120 but I don't think it is. 0:08:54.240 --> 0:08:56.040 I just don't know who's gonna take on the money 0:08:56.080 --> 0:08:57.640 and what are they going to give it that's gonna 0:08:57.640 --> 0:09:00.000 make sense. I mean, what the what the Angels will 0:09:00.200 --> 0:09:04.800 lose in just team revenue for jerseys and people coming 0:09:04.840 --> 0:09:06.559 to see Mike Trout one of the best players when 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:07.880 he's on the field, and stuff like that. 0:09:08.120 --> 0:09:10.600 I just I've got a name for you. Okay, They've 0:09:10.600 --> 0:09:12.560 been trying to spend money, but nobody lets them because 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.800 nobody wants to sign with them San Francisco Giants. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:16.760 But what are they gonna trade? What are they gonna 0:09:16.800 --> 0:09:17.840 Marco Luciana to be. 0:09:17.800 --> 0:09:21.800 A Luis Matos, Marciano, Kyle Harrison. They're gonna open it up. 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:23.760 No way, no way they trade cayleson see. I think 0:09:23.800 --> 0:09:26.000 that that is the ultimate problem. This is gonna be 0:09:26.040 --> 0:09:28.400 a we have Mike Trout, this is what we want, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:30.920 and everyone every other team's gonna be like lol, lool 0:09:30.960 --> 0:09:33.719 because it's so much money. I just I think a 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.080 logic is there. I think the Angels have kind of 0:09:36.679 --> 0:09:39.360 I think they missed their opportunity. I think they're gonna 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:41.440 see it best serve to keep him on the field, 0:09:41.480 --> 0:09:44.000 doing what he does and trying to fool themselves and 0:09:44.040 --> 0:09:47.920 the fans into this being a contendious team. Then it's 0:09:47.960 --> 0:09:52.120 gonna be selling him for you know, a middle in 0:09:52.440 --> 0:09:55.319 Major league, you know prospect the type of guy, and 0:09:55.360 --> 0:09:57.120 then a low end prospect. I mean they don't know 0:09:57.160 --> 0:09:59.240 how to develop either. That's the other problem. Why would 0:09:59.240 --> 0:10:01.400 they want prospects when they can't develop any. They're moving 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.360 an eighteen year old Nelson Roda not saying he's not 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:06.360 worthwhile to double a because there's no development at the 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:07.000 lower levels. 0:10:07.440 --> 0:10:10.040 I got another one for you new ownership group, a 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:15.160 win now situation. Prospects to burn. What about the Orioles. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.120 I think he would be a great team leader for 0:10:17.120 --> 0:10:18.800 that team. I actually think that's actually kind of an 0:10:18.800 --> 0:10:22.319 interesting one. It's just like, but I gotta see the team. 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:25.400 I don't think what matches is the money he's owed 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:28.400 to the prospects the Angels would want, and I think 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.199 that's the the cog that's broken. 0:10:31.960 --> 0:10:34.160 But I think they have, like I said, probably they do. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:37.280 They do the days to burn, and they've already got 0:10:37.320 --> 0:10:40.360 like you've already got Rutchman established, you'vedly got Gunner Henderson stablished, 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.160 Jackson Holliday. Okay, so then you look to the rest 0:10:43.160 --> 0:10:45.520 of the pile, and it is an impressive pile. Let's 0:10:45.520 --> 0:10:48.880 be honest and look, you take what you can, but 0:10:49.120 --> 0:10:51.120 you're also then freeing up money if you're the Angels, 0:10:51.160 --> 0:10:53.120 even if you get just good prospects back that end 0:10:53.200 --> 0:10:55.640 up being major league ready talent, you're also freeing up 0:10:55.640 --> 0:10:58.320 money where you can start reinvesting in other players to 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:00.319 start to reshape this organization because there's just not enough 0:11:00.360 --> 0:11:02.440 there to be competitive. It's a bigger conversation. I know 0:11:02.480 --> 0:11:04.480 we've taken up a lot. It might be the. 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:06.360 Worst team in baseball if they trade Mike Trout, Like 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.760 Mike Trout's gonna have thirty five Homers. 0:11:08.520 --> 0:11:10.800 And sixty them about the sixty eight. 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:12.839 RBI when it's all pretty bad. 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:14.960 Yeah, it's gonna be hockeyes might say, hold my beer. 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.640 Bryce Harper oh for five against the Reds, He's oh 0:11:17.640 --> 0:11:20.559 for eleven. Don't worry, boys and girls, Bryce Harper will 0:11:20.559 --> 0:11:24.280 be fine. The Rangers unfortunately lost their third baseman, Josh Young, 0:11:24.360 --> 0:11:26.559 a fractured wrist. So that's gonna be a couple weeks. Now. 0:11:26.559 --> 0:11:28.959 This is really tough, especially in those people who love 0:11:29.000 --> 0:11:32.040 to abuse themselves in only leagues, not only fans, only 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.360 leagues AL and NL. Right now, in Ale only, you 0:11:35.400 --> 0:11:37.720 lost Bryce Lewis and Josh Young within a few days 0:11:37.720 --> 0:11:39.920 of each other. A third base is Barren. I mean, 0:11:39.920 --> 0:11:42.320 Ezekiel Durant's gonna get more playing time in the short term. 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.280 He's guess the guy you go to? JD. Davis again, 0:11:45.280 --> 0:11:46.800 another name, Like I'm just trying to think of some 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.160 of the third base names that are out there. It's 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:50.920 kind of slim pickens a little bit. But go ahead, 0:11:50.960 --> 0:11:52.079 Well you've got solutions. 0:11:52.160 --> 0:11:55.480 Well they're they're calling up Justin Foscue. So Justin Foscue 0:11:55.480 --> 0:11:57.480 got officially called up this morning, and that's going to 0:11:57.559 --> 0:12:00.800 be somebody that I think they'll probably called off to. Yeah, 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.080 I mean they're calling him up, not just for depth. 0:12:03.600 --> 0:12:07.240 I think Ezekiel Duran is better for the kind of 0:12:07.360 --> 0:12:09.959 super util role. But I think they're probably gonna mix 0:12:09.960 --> 0:12:12.040 it between. I mean, Foscue was potentially up for this 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.240 when Josh Young was hurt. He was up with the 0:12:14.280 --> 0:12:17.080 major league camp. I think Foscu is here to play, 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.600 and foscue' is someone you probably want to pay attention to. 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:22.559 Eighteen homers, fourteen stolen bases last year, two sixty average. 0:12:22.600 --> 0:12:24.480 He's had a couple games at Triple A so far, 0:12:24.880 --> 0:12:27.600 nothing special, but there is some power in that bat 0:12:27.640 --> 0:12:30.280 and he'll probably move down. Which here's the interesting thing 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:34.120 is what this will do to Evan Carter. Evan Carter's 0:12:34.120 --> 0:12:37.920 been hitting eight against lefties and three against righty's. I 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.120 wonder if even lefties this will move Carter up the 0:12:40.120 --> 0:12:44.040 lineup a little bit. But Foscu is probably the balance 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:46.240 of picking up if you're in one of those only leagues. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:47.880 But to your point, if you lost him in a 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.640 mixed league, third base is not the spot that you 0:12:50.800 --> 0:12:53.160 wanted to have to repair. And it's like, literally you 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.400 said a good name. JD. Davis might be someone that 0:12:55.559 --> 0:12:57.440 you have to end up going to and that kind 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:57.960 of stinks. 0:12:58.160 --> 0:13:00.240 And he's not special. If you're a fan of the show, 0:13:00.280 --> 0:13:02.160 you know this. Over the years, I've said it many times. 0:13:02.160 --> 0:13:03.960 He's not special, but he might be what you need 0:13:03.960 --> 0:13:06.160 is a stop gap guy. It's rough out there, you know, 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:10.440 the Welsh. The more I think about Mike Trout and Baltimore, 0:13:10.480 --> 0:13:12.960 the more I like this because you also, you don't 0:13:13.000 --> 0:13:14.280 have to spend a lot of money on these young 0:13:14.320 --> 0:13:17.080 players right now, like you can wait on long term 0:13:17.120 --> 0:13:18.840 contracts for some of these young players like you have 0:13:18.960 --> 0:13:20.839 this window. It's kind of the same thing that happens 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.760 in the NFL. When you have the good young quarterback, 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:25.720 you can afford to spend on other pieces, right But 0:13:26.200 --> 0:13:28.320 when't you pay the big quarterback the big money all 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:30.360 of a sudden, all the Niners, even the Chiefs before 0:13:30.400 --> 0:13:33.960 Mahomes got paid, the Baltimore Ravens before they paid lamor 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.079 all those teams. You're able to do a lot more, 0:13:36.200 --> 0:13:39.400 a lot more flexibility, really would be interesting. Would not 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.640 shock me pretty close to old home too. I mean, 0:13:41.640 --> 0:13:43.480 he's a guy that from that South Jersey area, it's 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:46.760 pretty closer to the Baltimore kind of situation to the 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:49.400 lower West coast into the East coast. YEP, it could 0:13:49.400 --> 0:13:51.400 be interesting, all right. So one more thing here, and 0:13:51.440 --> 0:13:52.839 I want to talk about this because I know a 0:13:52.880 --> 0:13:54.679 lot of people are messaging me. This is what the 0:13:54.720 --> 0:13:58.760 hell's going on. So Austin Riley, three run Homer yesterday, Atlanta, 0:13:59.200 --> 0:14:01.600 I don't everybody move to the alternate run line. I 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:03.480 could have put this bad boy wherever I wanted it, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:05.640 because they won nine to nothing. But the problem is 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:09.080 they won in eight innings because the game got called 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:13.680 and everyone who wagered in that game got things voided 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:15.559 or refunded. However you want to think about it, and 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:18.959 that's fine. Now. It did cost me a fair amount 0:14:19.000 --> 0:14:20.920 of money yesterday because I did have it in a parlay, 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:23.280 as we talked about, and like plus six hundred yesterday 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.680 or seven hundred, and it would have been a really 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.480 nice return. Here's what happens, because people do bet both 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.160 sides of things, believe it or not, even though clearly 0:14:32.240 --> 0:14:33.920 the Atlantic side was the right side to be on, 0:14:33.960 --> 0:14:37.160 and clearly it was an official game. The theory is, 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:39.720 had they had one more chance, you know, they could 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.560 have come back and maybe scored ten runs. The next 0:14:41.560 --> 0:14:43.320 thing you know, the game flips. Because it is baseball 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:45.680 and anything can happen in sports. So that's why everything 0:14:45.680 --> 0:14:48.080 got voided yesterday. So if you had investments in that game, 0:14:48.440 --> 0:14:51.040 it does suck. It's just part of the bad beats 0:14:51.080 --> 0:14:54.320 of baseball. It happens once in a blue moon, not 0:14:54.480 --> 0:14:57.360 that often. But that's the reason why it got voided. 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:59.320 It doesn't matter how many innings they play, doesn't matter 0:14:59.360 --> 0:15:01.480 how big of a blow it is. When it's not 0:15:01.600 --> 0:15:03.640 it's an official game, but not a full game, that's 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:04.160 what happens. 0:15:04.200 --> 0:15:07.120 I don't think every book does that, though, just to 0:15:07.120 --> 0:15:09.200 point out I don't think it's not. 0:15:09.200 --> 0:15:10.800 A lot of them did. I don't want to mention 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:14.239 the books that did, but most of them did yesterday 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.160 because I've got a fair amount of conversation about that. 0:15:17.240 --> 0:15:20.280 And yes, we got screwed. Look there's another Joe who 0:15:20.280 --> 0:15:23.520 got screwed yesterday. Look, don't worry, I got my best 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:26.280 bet video up there on betting Pros already for the day. Today. 0:15:26.560 --> 0:15:28.600 We'll get back at it. We had the Dodgers, right, 0:15:28.640 --> 0:15:30.800 we had a Monaga right, we had a lot right, yesterday. 0:15:30.840 --> 0:15:32.720 Let's just be honest, and we're gonna get more right 0:15:32.720 --> 0:15:34.600 today and every day here most of it. And when 0:15:34.600 --> 0:15:37.520 we were wrong, we will hold ourselves accountable as always, 0:15:37.800 --> 0:15:39.880 so we are good about that. But it was a 0:15:39.920 --> 0:15:43.280 frustrating day because we were so right about Atlanta, Like 0:15:43.320 --> 0:15:45.280 it was just so easy. Pick on the White Sox, 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:47.520 pick on the A's, pick on the Colorado Rockies. Just 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:48.880 do this and you're gonna make money in baseball and 0:15:48.920 --> 0:15:51.520 you're gonna love life. You're also gonna love life if 0:15:51.560 --> 0:15:54.160 you subscribe to Fantasy pros MLB, because when you do, 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.400 we're getting away free stuff like this Welsh Trophies Mac 0:15:56.480 --> 0:15:59.960 Championship trophy. Subscribe to the channel, drop a comment below 0:16:00.280 --> 0:16:02.240 that's it. Don't forget to ring the bell for notifications 0:16:02.280 --> 0:16:05.040 to Welsh's got his trade videos. I have my Waiver 0:16:05.120 --> 0:16:07.920 Wire videos leading off live every single day. But look 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:11.480 at that magnificent trophy. It can be yours, Welsh. Also 0:16:12.040 --> 0:16:14.440 some fun, let's have some fun here. Blake Snell will 0:16:14.440 --> 0:16:17.480 make his debut with the Giants next Monday, so we'll 0:16:17.480 --> 0:16:20.480 see how that goes. Jordan Montgomery we'll start on Sunday 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:23.440 for Triple A, so that's a good thing here, Arizona 0:16:23.520 --> 0:16:26.960 working him back the A's yesterday, which was a very 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:30.600 big surprise option a story wherewives to Triple A Vegas welsh, 0:16:30.680 --> 0:16:31.720 what the hell happened here? 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:35.880 Well, they said, you can't hit. He literally had no offense. 0:16:36.160 --> 0:16:39.200 They actually Mark Cootsee said the only reason he made 0:16:39.200 --> 0:16:42.440 the opening day roster was because Miguel Anduar suffered an injury, 0:16:42.680 --> 0:16:44.640 and that he's gonna go down to Triple A. He's 0:16:44.680 --> 0:16:47.000 gonna lead off and he's gonna learn to get on base. 0:16:47.080 --> 0:16:50.360 And that's it. There's nothing else to it. Like all 0:16:50.400 --> 0:16:53.000 of the worries that were thrown out to us were legitimate, 0:16:53.200 --> 0:16:55.320 and now you're gonna have to eat it, I will say. 0:16:55.720 --> 0:16:57.720 They said they're hopeful that this isn't going to be 0:16:57.760 --> 0:17:00.600 too crazy long, so just pay atension of how he 0:17:00.680 --> 0:17:02.840 is in tripa A. I'm still holding for a tiny bit, 0:17:02.920 --> 0:17:06.560 not that he's good, but because you probably drafted him in. 0:17:07.000 --> 0:17:10.760 I am trying to reach for steals a little bit 0:17:10.800 --> 0:17:13.960 more so. I wouldn't do anything too drastic yet, but 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:18.960 this is an absolute panic situation with Estuary Ruiz zero sheriff, 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.440 we wash won. I have won where I got him 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:22.520 like post two hundred. 0:17:22.840 --> 0:17:24.480 In fact, I want to say he is on my 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:27.040 Biggest Busts of twenty twenty four video that I did 0:17:27.080 --> 0:17:29.119 here on the channel. I want to want to say it. 0:17:29.200 --> 0:17:30.840 I will say it. He was. I know he was 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.639 because when you steal seventy bases and you score, you know, 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:38.159 fifty runs, that's a problem. I'm exaggerating only slightly, but 0:17:38.280 --> 0:17:40.439 like that's basically what was going on here. That is 0:17:40.440 --> 0:17:43.080 a big problem. So you know, here we go, here 0:17:43.119 --> 0:17:45.960 we go. Fun question here from the Peanuts Joey, what's 0:17:46.000 --> 0:17:49.760 your best baseball snack? Peanuts? Hot dog, corn dog, cotton candy. Oh, 0:17:49.840 --> 0:17:51.879 I do like a lot of these things. I am 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:55.200