WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off May 18th, 2023 (Ep. 672) 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:10.120 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Bros. MLB. This is Leading 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:12.600 Off Live, brought to you by Prize Picks for Prize 0:00:12.600 --> 0:00:15.000 Pick today. I use that promo code leading Off when 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:16.880 you do, it's me Joey P. That of course is 0:00:16.880 --> 0:00:19.680 the Welsh and it's you, the Peanuts, the Cracker, Jacksawk 0:00:19.680 --> 0:00:22.880 and Baseball. It's a light schedule. It's a light Thursday schedule, 0:00:22.920 --> 0:00:25.200 a couple of day games, a few night games. It's 0:00:25.280 --> 0:00:26.960 a lot of DFS chatter, so we're gonna have a 0:00:26.960 --> 0:00:29.520 lot of fantasy to talk about today. Welsh and I 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:32.600 see the chat is already hot. Lots of things going 0:00:32.640 --> 0:00:34.960 on here in the chat. Here's one from Houston thirty four. 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:38.320 Excuse me, three to one four Joey P and Welsh. 0:00:38.440 --> 0:00:41.000 I have a guy acquiring about Jonathan India. What kind 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:44.040 of trade value should I be looking for in return? 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:46.319 What are your thoughts on trying to move on from 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:47.680 Jonathan India of the Reds? 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:51.400 Welsh, I mean trade value is kind of hard to 0:00:51.800 --> 0:00:54.000 garner exactly what it is based on the league. But 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:57.319 two ninety average, eight stolen bases, three homers. I think 0:00:57.320 --> 0:00:59.560 that's pretty good. I want to say off the top 0:00:59.560 --> 0:01:01.640 of my head, not looking at rinks at all, but 0:01:01.760 --> 0:01:06.480 India has performed at like a top five six second basement, 0:01:06.520 --> 0:01:08.640 so I probably treat him accordingly. I think it's been 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:10.640 a top one hundred player, so you know, somewhat of 0:01:10.680 --> 0:01:13.039 equivalent value in that range. Those are stolen bases at 0:01:13.040 --> 0:01:16.480 second base are pretty impressive as well as the overall 0:01:16.560 --> 0:01:19.360 hit tool and hey, strikeouts are down. Get some more 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.640 of these young kids up there. Maybe Jonathan India is, 0:01:22.000 --> 0:01:23.959 you know, batting around, getting more RBIs and get more 0:01:24.040 --> 0:01:27.480 run opportunities when Eli's and the cess and whatnot or there. 0:01:28.080 --> 0:01:30.360 Well, he was a good draft day value, that's for sure, 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:32.440 especially in a market second base that was not very 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.840 good coming into the season. There was no reason not 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.200 to give a shot at a bounce back. I know 0:01:36.240 --> 0:01:37.800 a lot of people were down on him, but it's 0:01:37.840 --> 0:01:39.800 hard to be down on him considering what the ADP was. 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:41.720 But if Fantasy Bros. We got the trade value chart 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.400 up there too, so you can always plug in India's 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.039 name and see what kind of guys kind of pop 0:01:45.120 --> 0:01:50.160 up there in exchange. Let's talk about the headlines from yesterday. 0:01:50.240 --> 0:01:52.640 Kyle Tucker delivered a game winning two runs single there 0:01:52.680 --> 0:01:55.240 in the ninth, so good on that. Lots of exciting 0:01:55.240 --> 0:02:00.240 baseball last night, to Ronald Kunya launching a solo homer 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.680 and stole base wins that he continues to be absolutely 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.800 on fire so far this season. But really the story 0:02:05.800 --> 0:02:07.880 of last night has got to be the New York 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:12.320 Mets Pete Alonso three run walk off homer, Mark Vientos 0:02:12.440 --> 0:02:16.360 making his twenty twenty three debut, he goes yard for 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:19.120 the Mets with a big game tying blast. So this 0:02:19.200 --> 0:02:22.040 is it. Let the kids play. I know it's only 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.400 one game, but the intensity after the game, to the 0:02:26.160 --> 0:02:30.359 Pete Alonso dropping f bombs on the postgame interview. 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:31.880 Let's play it. Let's play the audio. 0:02:32.120 --> 0:02:34.000 I don't think I wish we could. I wish we 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:36.920 lived in a world where we could. But you know, again, 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:39.680 it's just one game. But if ever a team needed 0:02:39.680 --> 0:02:41.919 a win like that, it's certainly the New York Mets. 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:45.760 Alonso's been ice cold, by the way to one ninety 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.160 six batting average over the last fifteen games, so he 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:49.440 needed to break out as well. 0:02:49.760 --> 0:02:51.919 I wanted to comment to I love your idea of hey, 0:02:52.000 --> 0:02:54.200 let the kids play. Guess what they're doing with Mark 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:58.160 Ventas today. He's sitting on the bench. Buck was asked 0:02:58.200 --> 0:02:59.760 about it today and they're like, oh, you know what, 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:04.120 Vogel box a pretty good option. It's so stupid. Mark 0:03:04.160 --> 0:03:08.160 Bento's had four all four of his hits, well hits 0:03:08.440 --> 0:03:11.800 the bat connecting with the ball hard hit ninety six 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:14.600 plus miles per hour every single time he made contact. 0:03:14.880 --> 0:03:18.480 Two were over one hundred. So yeah, let the kids 0:03:18.520 --> 0:03:22.040 play except every day, and let vogel Bok get out 0:03:22.040 --> 0:03:23.440 there because you know he's a good option. 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:25.560 I don't understand that. It's like the kid gets up there, 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.480 hits a home run, that's exactly what you want. And look, 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:29.680 Vogo back hasn't been awful. He's one of the few 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:31.840 guys who's actually hit for the Mets this year. But 0:03:31.840 --> 0:03:34.200 it's so bizarre, Like I just don't understand. Just just 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.640 go all in on this youth movement. Sometimes you need 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:38.600 a bunch of the kids who don't know any better. 0:03:38.960 --> 0:03:41.080 And we've seen some of these teams in recent years 0:03:41.200 --> 0:03:42.920 kind of pop off, you know, where you have all 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:44.480 these kids come up kind of at one time and 0:03:44.520 --> 0:03:46.560 things just kind of roll from there. It's what happened 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:48.560 to the Cubs years ago too, when they had their 0:03:48.680 --> 0:03:51.040 run with the Rizzos and the Schwarbers and all those guys. 0:03:51.400 --> 0:03:52.160 I don't know, man, I. 0:03:52.520 --> 0:03:55.240 Don't feel that they don't have a good grip on 0:03:55.400 --> 0:03:58.280 their own roster. What's going on, because like when you 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.240 have these type of bats I mean Mark like three 0:04:01.240 --> 0:04:04.880 point thirty eleven homers in the minors this year, completely 0:04:04.920 --> 0:04:08.440 cut his strikeout rate, everything looks good when you see that, 0:04:08.600 --> 0:04:10.800 and you see, like Brett Baty hasn't been awesome, but 0:04:10.920 --> 0:04:12.480 like you know, he's still working through it. When you 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.520 have both of those guys and you can put them 0:04:15.520 --> 0:04:18.239 out in your roster, yet you're still hedging your bets 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:19.600 being like now we don't want to give it, get 0:04:19.680 --> 0:04:21.680 rid of edwardo Escobar, Now we don't want to get 0:04:21.720 --> 0:04:23.600 rid of vogel Bach. It makes me feel like they 0:04:23.600 --> 0:04:25.560 don't know what the hell they have because they're terrified 0:04:25.600 --> 0:04:28.039 if they hand something over it's not going to work 0:04:28.200 --> 0:04:30.320 and then they're going to be stuck again. Make a move, 0:04:30.360 --> 0:04:32.560 figure out what the hell you're doing, and get get 0:04:32.600 --> 0:04:35.880 those guys out of there. Get Escobar. Okay, maybe he 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:37.920 could be a platoon player and he can play second 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:41.080 stuff get vogel Bak out of there, give that to Baty, 0:04:41.120 --> 0:04:43.880 give that to Viento's that's your third and DH at 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:47.720 this point though, unfortunately, I think this is clearly a 0:04:47.760 --> 0:04:50.840 third base platoon between two rookies, which. 0:04:50.760 --> 0:04:55.279 Is stupid, which is super stupid, horrendously stupid. But they 0:04:55.320 --> 0:04:58.520 can't keep Mauricio down much longer either, so go and 0:04:58.520 --> 0:05:01.120 start picking up that kid too. He's he's been absolutely brilliant. 0:05:01.120 --> 0:05:03.200 There's only so much more time. I don't care about 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:05.880 the defense at this point. The guy's just crushing baseballs everywhere. 0:05:06.240 --> 0:05:10.479 James Outman, Yeah right, James Outman started off like a 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.520 house on fire. He is cooled off of late. He 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:13.840 hadn't had a hit in a week and he was 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.760 sitting just a buck eighty two with eighteen strikeouts or 0:05:16.800 --> 0:05:20.120 his last fifty played appearances. But last night two for 0:05:20.240 --> 0:05:22.919 four with a grand slam there for him. Red Sox 0:05:22.920 --> 0:05:26.560 manager Alex Korra made a announcement about Nick Pavetta. So 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:28.839 Nick Pavetta is now going to get moved to the bullpen. 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:32.799 So Brian Bellow and James Poxton, who I just returned 0:05:32.839 --> 0:05:34.520 from injury, are going to stick in the rotation. At 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:38.000 least for now. So Welsh, what does this mean for 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:42.120 Bellow and Paxton? We knew somebody had to get ousted here, 0:05:42.160 --> 0:05:44.320 and it turns out Pavetta is that guy. 0:05:44.760 --> 0:05:46.640 Yeah, that's great. I mean, it's good for both of them. 0:05:46.640 --> 0:05:50.200 But Baio's played really well. Yeah, I'm a little dicey 0:05:50.240 --> 0:05:52.880 on Paxson. Stuff looks so good. I just kind of 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:56.040 have a hard time believing, like he's crazy, crazy trustworthy. 0:05:56.120 --> 0:05:57.800 But I mean, you know, you follow the stuff and 0:05:57.880 --> 0:05:58.479 you just go. 0:05:58.800 --> 0:05:59.599 So this is good. 0:06:00.000 --> 0:06:01.480 Answered. This is good for both of them, so they 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.080 can stay in the rotation. So I'm all about it. 0:06:04.120 --> 0:06:07.000 Because Nick Pavett, Dude, I targeted Nick Pavett anytime I could, 0:06:07.040 --> 0:06:09.440 anytime he was out there, whatever the other team was, 0:06:09.640 --> 0:06:11.559 give me the team total runs. That's what I wanted 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:12.279 every single time. 0:06:12.960 --> 0:06:16.120 Yeah, agreed, one hundred percent. There Also, Mike Trout won 0:06:16.160 --> 0:06:20.800 for three with a holos holo sohmer a solo homer at, 0:06:21.680 --> 0:06:25.520 a little switch it up, reverse it better than how 0:06:25.560 --> 0:06:28.640 I do it. That anything's better than how you do it. 0:06:29.000 --> 0:06:30.680 Let's talk about how Tosh Bradley's going to do it, 0:06:30.680 --> 0:06:33.080 because he's going to start today against the New York Mets. 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.120 So here we go. We're back again with Tosh Bradley. 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:37.040 So are we going to see the TODs? Bradley had 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:39.880 a three five two ERA and twenty three strikeouts and 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:42.440 two walks over fifteen innings of his three major league starts. 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.680 Oregon to see who's gotten his brains beat in a 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:49.880 triple A ever since getting sent down? Welsh, your thoughts. 0:06:49.400 --> 0:06:52.920 I don't know. I looked so while back. 0:06:52.920 --> 0:06:53.400 What did I do? 0:06:53.480 --> 0:06:55.920 I did the like major league versus his two minor 0:06:56.000 --> 0:06:58.520 league starts, and I kind of showed you guys that 0:06:58.640 --> 0:07:01.080 clearly the Rays got to him and said we want 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:03.240 you to do stuff different. So I went and looked 0:07:03.240 --> 0:07:05.240 at the last start, so because all of them have 0:07:05.279 --> 0:07:07.120 been bad since he's been down there, just to see 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.680 if anything else had changed. So what changed was when 0:07:10.720 --> 0:07:12.800 he came off of the majors, it looked like they 0:07:12.800 --> 0:07:15.160 wanted him to throw his cutter less, so he kind 0:07:15.200 --> 0:07:17.720 of did that this last start. His cutter was the 0:07:17.720 --> 0:07:19.880 same percentage, but his fastball was down, so they were 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:23.000 both thirty seven percent. His change up was up around 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:27.040 twenty percent, but his curveball is still gone. I think 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.640 since he's been in the minors, in over three starts, 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:34.840 he has thrown approximately eight curveballs, so like that thing 0:07:34.960 --> 0:07:36.960 is done, and he was throwing that in the major 0:07:37.080 --> 0:07:40.560 So I don't know. This pitch mix thing seems to 0:07:40.600 --> 0:07:42.840 have affected I don't know if they did a Bryce 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:44.440 Miller and said, hey, we just want you to be 0:07:44.480 --> 0:07:46.800 throwing this for strikes and learn to do this or that, 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:48.480 and then he's going to get out and he's going 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.360 to have free reign. So I don't know what we're 0:07:50.360 --> 0:07:53.520 getting into. So I'm scared. I'm not. I don't want 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:54.760 to start him if I don't have to. 0:07:55.000 --> 0:07:57.920 He might be You're scared. 0:07:58.160 --> 0:08:01.040 He's had six or more strikeouts in every major league appearance. 0:08:01.200 --> 0:08:03.360 But I just don't know what we're in for here, 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.040 So I'm a little bit dicey. Frankly, I might like 0:08:06.080 --> 0:08:09.360 the over, especially through the first five in that game between. 0:08:09.040 --> 0:08:11.239 Well and Terrible. On the other end of that game today, 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:12.920 I wouldn't be shocked of that too. 0:08:13.280 --> 0:08:15.320 So you just we're gonna have to like go back 0:08:15.360 --> 0:08:16.880 and analyze and see what it is. Because I thought 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:18.520 that curve ball was such a good piece to keep 0:08:18.560 --> 0:08:22.000 batters off. That seems to for the most part Ben Scrap, 0:08:22.040 --> 0:08:23.640 So I don't know. I don't know who it's going 0:08:23.680 --> 0:08:25.800 to be. I'm cautiously optimistic though. 0:08:26.440 --> 0:08:28.280 All Right, a lot of people in the chat talking 0:08:28.280 --> 0:08:32.280 about mister Morell for the Chicago Cubs evil Zilla here, 0:08:32.640 --> 0:08:35.640 talk about he's mashing right now now he has been 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.080 you pointed out too. Look there's a downside to this 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:39.599 player as well, but he's sitting at the top of 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.560 the order. He's hitting high right now on the trough. 0:08:42.120 --> 0:08:46.040 Is morel somebody for you that this is the perfect time, Like, hey, 0:08:46.559 --> 0:08:48.880 just come up, he's been on fire. You look to 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.040 move him soon? Or do you just kind of enjoy 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.000 the wave here since you picked him up and he's 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:53.760 performing so well. 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.160 No, I think you ride the wave because, like, my 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:58.880 big thing with him right now is just where does 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:00.880 he end up landing? Is he going to be able 0:09:00.880 --> 0:09:04.160 to stick around? It's a horrific k rate for this year. 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:07.880 It's almost thirty nine percent, which is just not sustainable. 0:09:08.000 --> 0:09:10.360 He has a five hundred babbot, it's gonna come down. 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.280 But he hits the ball really, really hard, so he 0:09:12.320 --> 0:09:14.400 gets away with some stuff. We're not seeing him still 0:09:14.400 --> 0:09:16.439 a whole lot. I think he's one of those guys 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.880 that you want to speculate on and own anywhere in 0:09:18.960 --> 0:09:21.440 like a twelve team. But I'm not looking to move 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:23.320 him because I think the upside is there and I 0:09:23.360 --> 0:09:25.360 just don't think there's like any value in trading him. 0:09:25.360 --> 0:09:27.320 But yeah, I would be picking up morel I'd get 0:09:27.400 --> 0:09:29.800 him out there, and let's see what happens when he 0:09:29.960 --> 0:09:32.000 levels out, because he's not leveled out right now. Five 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:35.160 hundred babit. That ain't gonna work. Nico Horner not quite 0:09:35.200 --> 0:09:37.439 back yet, so let's see what happens with that. And 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.480 there is literally no way a thirty eight point nine 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:43.040 percent k percentage of sustainable in Major League Baseball. So 0:09:43.080 --> 0:09:43.880 that's got to get better. 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.080 Agreed, all Right, some more rookie lookies, not just Talas Bradley. 0:09:47.080 --> 0:09:50.800 Anthony Volpi not in the line up yesterday for the 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:53.240 last game there, or not even last game second last 0:09:53.240 --> 0:09:56.040 game here between the Yankees and the Blue Jays. So 0:09:56.360 --> 0:09:59.520 he's really had a rough May two oh six. I 0:09:59.559 --> 0:10:01.679 know he's got home runs, but he's got twenty strikeouts, 0:10:01.800 --> 0:10:06.080 just three walks through fifteen games since May first. Again, 0:10:06.280 --> 0:10:08.800 I am not concerned about the long term Anthony Volpi 0:10:09.559 --> 0:10:13.240 stock the short term one is concerning I think there 0:10:13.320 --> 0:10:16.600 is a world where you might see him get sent 0:10:16.679 --> 0:10:19.160 down to Triple A for a month. Do you think 0:10:19.160 --> 0:10:22.520 that that's something that's emintally happening, and if so, how 0:10:22.600 --> 0:10:26.000 much does that hurt him in these these deeper leagues, 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.120 Like if you're at rostering Anthony Volpi here, you've been 0:10:28.120 --> 0:10:30.160 trying to hold on, trying to hold on in the 0:10:30.160 --> 0:10:31.920 shallow league's easy to Cup eight and just kind of 0:10:31.920 --> 0:10:33.520 move on, especially if he get sent down. But in 0:10:33.559 --> 0:10:36.000 the deeper leagues, you kind of feel like he's gonna 0:10:36.040 --> 0:10:39.079 get sent down, and if he does, he'll probably get right. 0:10:39.120 --> 0:10:40.880 He'll probably figure it all out, come back and be 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.280 very good, because we've seen that happen with these top 0:10:43.320 --> 0:10:47.720 prospects before so many times. But it's a tough it's 0:10:47.760 --> 0:10:49.840 a tough situation there. So how do you handle Vulpian 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:50.960 redraft leagues right now? 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:56.240 I think in shorter leagues like ten teen leagues, you 0:10:56.280 --> 0:10:59.600 could move on if he needed to. I would have probably, 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:01.200 I just have a lot shorter of e leation in 0:11:01.200 --> 0:11:03.640 ten team leagues because there's so many great prospects that 0:11:03.679 --> 0:11:06.400 are coming up left and right. The counting stats I 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.520 think are crazy encouraging. Even though he is sucked for 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.840 all intents and purposes, he's kind of sucked. He still 0:11:11.840 --> 0:11:16.120 has thirteen stolen bases and six homers and a double 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:18.319 digit walk percentage, but the strikeouts are just about it 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:22.480 thirty percent. I think redraft, if there are good options, 0:11:22.480 --> 0:11:24.560 you can move on. I'm holding. I think this is 0:11:24.600 --> 0:11:26.720 going to rebound. I think this is a great dynasty 0:11:26.760 --> 0:11:29.240 by opportunity as well, especially if he gets sent down. 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:30.719 I would be. 0:11:30.760 --> 0:11:33.160 All over that for sure, but there's just too many 0:11:33.240 --> 0:11:36.040 good guys coming up left and right now. Maybe a 0:11:36.080 --> 0:11:38.280 little bit less hitting, but you know, there's an argument 0:11:38.320 --> 0:11:40.120 to say that, like if you're in a points league 0:11:40.240 --> 0:11:43.160 like Casey Schmidt, might be safer than a guy like 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.360 Anthony Vulpey right now. Oh yeah, and he's going to 0:11:45.400 --> 0:11:46.120 stick around. 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:49.240 So I could contact gud. Look, Volpi will be fine eventually. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:51.120 This is I think he was a little rushed, I 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:52.880 really do. I thought he could have dealt with a 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.400 little bit more seasoning. But look, I appreciate think he's 0:11:55.400 --> 0:11:57.400 trying to be aggressive. At the end of the day, 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.280 It's a tough situation redraft leagues for volpe and It 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:01.959 all depends on where you are in the standings. For me, 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.200 Uncle Ted seems to be in a better mood today. 0:12:04.600 --> 0:12:08.840 Question from Uncle Ted Miguel Vargas or Chris Morrell rest 0:12:08.880 --> 0:12:10.960 of season. I'm going with Vargas. Vargas has been very 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:13.560 good these last couple of weeks, kind of quietly, so 0:12:14.040 --> 0:12:15.920 he has really picked things up. This is an easy 0:12:15.960 --> 0:12:18.080 one for me. Welsh Worth side of you on Vargas 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:18.600 or Morrell. 0:12:19.520 --> 0:12:21.400 I don't know if it's easy, but I'm gonna go 0:12:21.480 --> 0:12:23.640 with Miguel Vargas. He's not doing anything. He said it 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:26.440 was his job. It's fine, excusey for you. I don't 0:12:26.440 --> 0:12:28.800 think he's done anything to lose any gig anytime soon, 0:12:28.840 --> 0:12:30.960 even though they've got like a gajillion players. You know, 0:12:31.000 --> 0:12:33.360 it took a play second first everything. I go with 0:12:33.440 --> 0:12:37.440 Migul Vargas over Morell. But if Morell chills with the 0:12:37.440 --> 0:12:41.880 strikeouts and has a gig, he will probably beat Miguel 0:12:41.960 --> 0:12:44.640 Vargas in most of the fantasy category, So I just 0:12:44.679 --> 0:12:45.760 throw that out there as well. 0:12:46.080 --> 0:12:49.640 A couple more rookie lookies. Matthew Libertore made his twenty 0:12:49.679 --> 0:12:53.199 twenty three debut, and he was pretty pretty good, striking 0:12:53.200 --> 0:12:55.640 out six guys and five scoreless sittings. That'll that'll do. 0:12:56.320 --> 0:12:57.120 That'll definitely do. 0:12:57.600 --> 0:13:00.840 Also, before we move on from that, I sited this 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:04.720 on CBS last night. But he had a sixty seven 0:13:04.760 --> 0:13:08.920 inch vertical break on his curveball, which would rank top 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:12.520 ten in baseball right now. And of those guys the 0:13:12.559 --> 0:13:15.600 top ten in vertical break, there's like four starters. It's 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:18.240 the highest average fastball because the average on ninety five. 0:13:18.280 --> 0:13:21.240 He hit ninety seven. But he threw a lot of curveball. 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:24.559 He was fastball curveball stuff plus hated him as far 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:27.840 as fastball, it was like a seventy eight stuff plus, 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:30.120 but his curveball was a little over one hundred. I 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:32.720 thought he was pretty phenomenal. I thought the curveball was awesome. 0:13:32.760 --> 0:13:35.319 He didn't even have to show off all his other offerings. 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:38.240 Curve had a whole bunch of whiffs on it. Fastball 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:42.040 wasn't cool like, it didn't metric like from a model perspective, 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:43.920 it didn't weigh really well. But I thought he was 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.600 commanding it good. He was throwing it high up in 0:13:45.600 --> 0:13:47.240 the zone in which the Cardinals asked him to do. 0:13:47.440 --> 0:13:50.400 I thought This was like a really really good encouraging 0:13:50.440 --> 0:13:53.240 start for him. And the thing in the broadcast they 0:13:53.320 --> 0:13:55.080 had said was they wanted him to be able to 0:13:55.120 --> 0:13:57.679 maintain velo throughout the start, and he did that again. 0:13:58.000 --> 0:14:00.800 So I thought that was fantasm. I thought this was 0:14:00.840 --> 0:14:03.240 good and he is definitely a pick up across pretty 0:14:03.280 --> 0:14:04.000 much any format. 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.280 I hit ninety eight, and of course Mike Mayer, he 0:14:06.320 --> 0:14:08.040 can't wait to talk about this. I have it in 0:14:08.080 --> 0:14:10.280 the chat here already, in the not even the chat 0:14:10.760 --> 0:14:12.439 he's posting in the chat, I have it in the 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:16.480 show sheet already because he gained twenty pounds over this 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:20.720 off season. And you know, his reasoning was and I quote, 0:14:20.760 --> 0:14:24.440 you can't shoot a Kennon out of a canoe. There 0:14:24.440 --> 0:14:27.040 you go. This is straight from Matthew Libatoor himself. He 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:29.240 was so excited Mayor that he found this quote, and 0:14:29.320 --> 0:14:31.200 I was like, I'll put it in the show, and it's 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:31.760 in the show. 0:14:32.040 --> 0:14:33.800 You want to know the worst part about this is, 0:14:33.840 --> 0:14:36.920 because yes, I've heard all the Welshism and everything, is 0:14:37.600 --> 0:14:41.280 I read that quote. I instantly knew what he meant, 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.640 and I didn't even see what the problem was until 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.200 someone was like, oh, this is a total welshism and 0:14:46.240 --> 0:14:49.080 I'm like what, And then I was like, oh, a canoe. 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.360 It completely you know you ever seeing those like scrambled 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:55.400 words where it's like if you can read this backwards, 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.800 your bub blahah, That's how that was for me. 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