WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off Sept 8th, 2023 (Ep. 736) 0:00:05.800 --> 0:00:09.160 Welcome into Leading Off right here on Fantasy pros. I 0:00:09.240 --> 0:00:12.879 am the Welsh. That is Casey Bubba, and thank you 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:15.080 guys for hanging out with us. Brought to you by 0:00:15.200 --> 0:00:19.360 Prize Picks. Prize Picks promo code Leading Off get match 0:00:19.400 --> 0:00:22.919 up to one hundred bucks, get prize picking because we 0:00:23.079 --> 0:00:25.640 will be prize picking. Oh, Bubba Bubba and I are 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:29.120 both Celsius in right now. What flavor of Celsius brought 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:31.160 to you by Celsius you're doing? Is that the. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:33.560 Oh? 0:00:34.040 --> 0:00:37.720 Well, I am doing tropical vibe and I we are 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:38.839 Celsius bros. 0:00:39.280 --> 0:00:43.040 Yes there you excuse me my late night podcasting drink 0:00:43.080 --> 0:00:44.839 of choice. But today's one of those days. I told 0:00:44.880 --> 0:00:46.680 the Welsh, we're lacking a lot of sleep, so it's 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.519 been coffee onto the Celsius. 0:00:48.080 --> 0:00:50.440 Right now late night. This is like a it's like 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:52.680 a pseudo energy drink. What are you doing this late 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:53.040 at night? 0:00:53.400 --> 0:00:56.319 Yeah? Well, when you three podcasts at an article every night, 0:00:56.880 --> 0:00:58.640 you need a boost, that is true. 0:00:58.680 --> 0:01:00.680 Okay, well, Fantasy pro as you know where to get 0:01:00.680 --> 0:01:03.319 your next sponsorship. This has been kind of my go too, 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:05.440 and I got about three hours of sleep last night, 0:01:05.480 --> 0:01:08.039 so I'm rareing to go look at us and look 0:01:08.080 --> 0:01:11.000 at you, Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. We're gonna be answering 0:01:11.040 --> 0:01:13.880 some of your questions if you have them, we will 0:01:13.920 --> 0:01:16.920 be going through that. We've got all the stuff. Get 0:01:16.959 --> 0:01:19.920 your prepared for the weekend. We've got some bets that 0:01:20.000 --> 0:01:22.880 are going to be locked in. All the stuff, all 0:01:22.880 --> 0:01:25.360 the stuff for your playoff run. I'm playing in some 0:01:25.480 --> 0:01:27.319 best I have a best I looked at it last night, 0:01:27.400 --> 0:01:30.200 the best ball that we did in November, and I'm 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:33.200 in third place, and this guy right here is in 0:01:33.280 --> 0:01:36.440 first place in it. And Bubba's just such a frickin monster. 0:01:36.319 --> 0:01:36.759 By the way. 0:01:36.840 --> 0:01:38.960 So hopefully you guys are doing well in your fantasy 0:01:38.959 --> 0:01:41.759 playoffs and running, and hopefully we can help you all out. 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.319 You Peanuts and Cracker Jacks, plus Corby, Carl and I 0:01:45.360 --> 0:01:47.720 are back. We are back, and I will have here 0:01:47.800 --> 0:01:50.400 shortly where we went. I think I got a pretty 0:01:50.440 --> 0:01:52.160 good hint. We'll see if you guys can guess it 0:01:52.200 --> 0:01:54.800 where Corbin and I are, and maybe we'll be giving 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:57.880 away that autograph card here into the near future. Let's 0:01:57.920 --> 0:02:04.200 talk about prognostication. Jordan Law this is a crazy. 0:02:03.960 --> 0:02:06.520 Crazy me me me, me me. 0:02:06.840 --> 0:02:10.160 This is making it all about me here, But I mean, 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:15.000 what an absolute moonshot. If you could talk about the 0:02:15.040 --> 0:02:18.240 ev of takes, My take had a one fifteen EV 0:02:18.400 --> 0:02:21.640 going four fifty at least baba of saying Jordan Lawler 0:02:21.800 --> 0:02:25.880 is coming and shownough Jordan Lawler is here. He gets 0:02:25.919 --> 0:02:29.960 called up by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Nick Ahmed stinks he's 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.600 I love him, nice guy, but you stink worse off 0:02:32.760 --> 0:02:34.960 one of the I was talking about talking about this 0:02:35.040 --> 0:02:38.919 one of the biggest discrepancies maybe of all time. If 0:02:38.960 --> 0:02:41.239 you can think of another one, you tell me between 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:47.360 their defensive prowess gold glove defender and their dog garbage 0:02:47.360 --> 0:02:51.960 crap offense. Can you think of another bigger discrepancy? And 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.560 maybe it's it's obviously like fresh in my mind, but 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:56.560 can you think of someone who has a bigger gap 0:02:56.560 --> 0:02:58.840 between those two skill sets than Nick Ahmed? 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.080 While they're like back in the days, you know, when 0:03:02.120 --> 0:03:04.120 we were young and we walked uphill both ways, we 0:03:04.680 --> 0:03:06.760 cherished defense and didn't really care about offense for most 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:10.400 of our middle infielders. But recently, Nick, it's funny too 0:03:10.440 --> 0:03:13.200 because you and know being a Dbacks fan, nicko mat 0:03:13.280 --> 0:03:15.880 had like two pretty decent offensive seasons found his way 0:03:15.880 --> 0:03:18.960 into an All Star team. But yeah, yeah, but it's 0:03:19.080 --> 0:03:21.680 just like when he gave his press conference and he's 0:03:21.720 --> 0:03:25.200 like crying and saying that. But it's sad that it's 0:03:25.240 --> 0:03:26.919 also like I talked about it with Bloom the Wall, 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:29.760 didn't you see the riding on the wall, like you 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.280 really weren't producing. There's this stud kid coming up and 0:03:32.320 --> 0:03:35.800 we're trying to make the postseason. So yes to your question, discrepancy, 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:37.720 it's pretty large, and it's been a long time aince 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:38.440 we've seen something like. 0:03:38.400 --> 0:03:39.960 It, especially for a guy that I think has been 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:42.040 in like the maybe like ten years, you know, for 0:03:42.120 --> 0:03:45.360 that long. It's like it's like a wild, wild, huge gap. 0:03:45.480 --> 0:03:49.880 So he's gone. Jordan Lawler comes up, it's announced that 0:03:49.920 --> 0:03:53.480 he is going to play every day against lefties. They're 0:03:53.480 --> 0:03:55.680 going to try to work him in other spots against righty's. 0:03:55.880 --> 0:03:58.960 Well guess what he debuted last night. He played shortstop 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:02.120 and they moved her all Perdomo to third and that 0:04:02.320 --> 0:04:05.160 is the setup. And they also said that he'll play 0:04:05.200 --> 0:04:07.280 some third base. So Jordan Lawler will play third base, 0:04:07.560 --> 0:04:11.120 so keep an eye out for that. Plus he got 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:14.320 his first hit, So Jordan Lawler did the thing. I 0:04:14.360 --> 0:04:18.200 think he is a twelve team pickup guy simply out 0:04:18.240 --> 0:04:19.960 of the fact of the stolen bases. Don't love that 0:04:20.000 --> 0:04:22.320 he's going to hit low in the order, but he's 0:04:22.360 --> 0:04:25.440 got the potential to hit for decent average power speed 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:29.320 combo one thousand percent. The other thing that we got 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:33.799 gifted with is another top prospect coming up, Evan Carter 0:04:33.960 --> 0:04:38.800 with the Rangers. Because of Vidoles Garcia, which is now Bueno, 0:04:38.920 --> 0:04:42.160 he is put on the io with a Pateller tendon strain, 0:04:42.720 --> 0:04:45.920 which at this point, with how the Rangers are playing, 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:48.880 I would say you're done. Anything could happen, but you're 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:52.480 probably done. So they're bringing up Evan Carter. Eight sixty 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.720 three ops, thirteen homers, twenty six stolen bases a little 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:57.720 over one hundred and eight games. So I throw it 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:01.719 to you, what type of aggressiveness would you personally want 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.799 to end up having with either Jordan Lawler or Evan 0:05:04.839 --> 0:05:06.159 Carter in league right now? 0:05:06.640 --> 0:05:09.280 I'd be aggressive with Lawler especially well, I guess if 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.919 you need middle infield help, but the power, speedy brains 0:05:11.920 --> 0:05:13.760 will play every day. You love what you see there. 0:05:14.400 --> 0:05:17.760 Carter he is a top prospect, so that's good for him. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:20.920 But I'm going Lawler side of things. I do think 0:05:20.960 --> 0:05:23.120 Ada Least is going to be out for most of 0:05:23.160 --> 0:05:25.480 the rest of the season, so Carter should get some 0:05:25.560 --> 0:05:27.799 regular run. But I go Lawler for sure. 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.840 Yeah, this is not a good the Evan Carter thing. 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:33.080 I had actually heard for some time that this was 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:35.839 a possibility much earlier on, and then I just don't 0:05:35.839 --> 0:05:37.640 know why the Rangers didn't do it. This is from 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:40.159 like an insight source that I heard, and it just 0:05:40.200 --> 0:05:43.440 didn't happen. Evan Carter's really good, solid I want to 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.520 say he's a really solid offensive bat. I have a 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.440 little bit of a hesitation that I do wonder if 0:05:48.520 --> 0:05:50.320 Carter is going to be one of those players that 0:05:51.440 --> 0:05:56.120 I honest say slow starting. But Nolan Chanol like maybe 0:05:56.160 --> 0:05:59.760 there's not big counting stats like he's definitely he's got 0:05:59.760 --> 0:06:02.880 a Kyle tuckerness to him. It might take some time 0:06:03.080 --> 0:06:05.200 for him to really grow. I mean, hey, listen, like 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.520 he's almost a fifteen thirty guy, but I think he 0:06:08.600 --> 0:06:10.560 might be a little slower going where I think you're 0:06:10.560 --> 0:06:13.360 gonna see Jordan Lawler just really be able to come 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.800 out so I'm much more aggressive on Jordan Laller. By 0:06:15.800 --> 0:06:18.120 the way, this is a great assessment, Carly says, Jordan 0:06:18.160 --> 0:06:21.919 Lahller is adorable, So yes, very adorable. That is definitely 0:06:22.040 --> 0:06:25.279 part of the assessment that should be considered here. I mean, 0:06:25.640 --> 0:06:28.640 here's one right here. Someone got on your case on Twitter, 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:31.760 by the way, about our Jordan Lawler Eddie daily cruise thing, 0:06:32.000 --> 0:06:35.440 and Michael is asking Lawler or Eddie Ellie rest of season. 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:36.160 It's Ellie. 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.520 It's Ellie just because he's been proven like Lawler, we 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.080 like him in all he had one okay game, he 0:06:41.120 --> 0:06:43.680 had a single, made a good defensive play. Ellie can 0:06:43.760 --> 0:06:46.320 drop bombs with the best of them. We've seen it already. 0:06:46.360 --> 0:06:48.560 So yeah, Ellie, I want to do a fantasy league 0:06:48.600 --> 0:06:54.040 next year that is like defensive assists, how fast you throw, 0:06:54.200 --> 0:06:55.960 and Ellie'll be the number one player, like if we 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:57.280 have like too. 0:06:57.320 --> 0:06:58.960 That's why I compare the two of them every time. 0:06:59.120 --> 0:07:01.599 Yeah, well I love just like everybody just talks about 0:07:01.640 --> 0:07:03.760 them like then then I would throw them up there. 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:08.880 But yeah, this is like definitely Ellie. Jim's asks strikeout 0:07:08.920 --> 0:07:14.600 concerns with either Lawler or Carter Laller more I don't 0:07:14.600 --> 0:07:16.800 think there's I don't have a ton of concern. Like 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.960 Evan Carter is a I think a hiring contact hitter, 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:22.920 and that's why I kind of compared him to Nolan Chanel. 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:25.360 Is that like, I think he's gonna just make decent 0:07:25.400 --> 0:07:29.040 contact the singles doubles guy. He can hit for power. 0:07:29.040 --> 0:07:30.640 I just don't know what does look like in the majors. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:35.120 Lawler has more impactful stolen bases and more impactful power. 0:07:35.880 --> 0:07:37.880 But I do worry there's a little bit more swing 0:07:37.880 --> 0:07:39.840 and miss in his game, even though he cut his 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:42.840 strikeout rate from twenty one down to fifteen percent in 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:46.320 the PCL. So that is a positive sign. Pay attention 0:07:46.480 --> 0:07:49.200 to that, and uh, just be happy these prospects are 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:50.960 coming up. There's always a potential for a few others. 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:52.840 This is a really great one. Back to, by the way, 0:07:52.840 --> 0:07:55.920 the question of who had a bigger discrepancy between their 0:07:55.920 --> 0:07:58.840 offense and defense. Look at what Jason putt John McDonald. 0:07:59.240 --> 0:08:02.840 That is very Everyone remembers John McDonald his days of 0:08:02.880 --> 0:08:05.400 what was it the Blue Jays, And I'm sure did 0:08:05.440 --> 0:08:07.600 John McDonald play with the Orioles too? Or am I 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:08.240 making that up? 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:10.240 It sounds about right. I can look it up for 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:10.520 you here. 0:08:10.520 --> 0:08:12.760 I feel John McDonald played for like a lot of teams, 0:08:12.800 --> 0:08:14.720 but it definitely the Ano. There were Blue Jays years 0:08:14.760 --> 0:08:17.120 in there, and he was one of those. Another one 0:08:17.160 --> 0:08:20.200 of those was like Andleton Simmons, but Leton Simmons had 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:24.040 a few Marvis SkELL Okay, yeah, yeah, I think he. 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:25.640 I feel like he had a little bit more offense, 0:08:25.680 --> 0:08:26.920 and Andleton had a few more. 0:08:26.880 --> 0:08:30.560 Years Cleveland, Toronto, Arizona and the Angels. 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:32.800 Okay, so he never played for Baltimore, but the Toronto one, 0:08:32.840 --> 0:08:35.120 I was right, Yeah, And like, what did John McDonald? 0:08:35.120 --> 0:08:36.640 What was his highest home run season? 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:41.440 Is his highest home runs? He hit six and twenty 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:44.160 ten and six and twenty twelve. Well was his highest 0:08:44.679 --> 0:08:46.800 multiple seasons? Was zero? Let's put it that way. 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:48.320 Okay, what about stolen bases? 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.840 His highest was seven steals and six and sec What 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.360 was bad? I don't say bad everg it's even better. 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:57.040 He had two seventy seven and two thousand and five. 0:08:57.080 --> 0:08:58.560 He's a career two thirty three hitter. 0:08:58.720 --> 0:08:59.880 Nick I met is John McDonald. 0:09:00.000 --> 0:09:02.640 He's just been This is the spider Man gift. 0:09:03.120 --> 0:09:05.600 Yeah, yeah, it totally is. That's a really really good one. 0:09:05.640 --> 0:09:06.040 I like that. 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:08.920 Saba also asked how is Lalla versus lefties? I think 0:09:08.920 --> 0:09:11.959 he's gonna sorry, moving back and forth with things good. 0:09:12.080 --> 0:09:16.040 I think he hit three eighty in double A against lefties, 0:09:16.080 --> 0:09:18.760 So that's why he is like the number one guy there. 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:20.920 He will be the dude that is going to be 0:09:21.120 --> 0:09:23.320 against lefties one hundred percent of the time according to 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.840 Tory Leavello, So you know, make your moves as need be. 0:09:27.720 --> 0:09:32.640 Ryan Pepio had a perfect game going through the seventh 0:09:32.679 --> 0:09:36.600 inning yesterday, and I think it happened while Bog and 0:09:36.600 --> 0:09:39.720 I were streaming. I think it was going on during 0:09:39.760 --> 0:09:43.640 the Thursday night football game, but Pepio was going He 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:46.880 retired twenty consecutive batters. It got it end up getting 0:09:46.880 --> 0:09:49.520 breaken up, broken up by Josh Bell, but he had 0:09:49.559 --> 0:09:53.000 seven scoreless in a win. And this is kind of 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.000 coming off of all those things we've talked about, all 0:09:55.000 --> 0:09:58.400 the concerns with the Dodgers right now, with the dirt 0:09:58.440 --> 0:10:02.120 bag who's on administrative lead, and the legend who you 0:10:02.120 --> 0:10:04.080 know can't throw strikes, and Vilo is going down, and 0:10:04.160 --> 0:10:07.280 lance Lynn who just just gets lit up every single night. 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:08.840 They needed a guy like this, and I think you 0:10:08.880 --> 0:10:11.640 and I had been talking about Pepio and this was 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:15.200 a great opportunity. He threw eighty four pitches. That's the 0:10:15.240 --> 0:10:18.360 thing to really monitor. It was heavy fastball, heavy change 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:20.880 up thirty three percent, swinging with on the change up. 0:10:20.920 --> 0:10:23.520 The other pitches really weren't dominant. He just didn't kill 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:28.040 you with this major strikeout performance. Did this buy you 0:10:28.160 --> 0:10:31.640 the time to feel absolutely solid with Ryan Pepio for 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.800 the rest of you know whatever? I mean obviously, like 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.280 one bad start you can just toss him to the side. 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:38.840 But you know, in this world of like there's really 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:41.520 bad streaming going on right now, is Pepio a hold 0:10:41.920 --> 0:10:44.320 and try to maybe do this through the next week 0:10:44.360 --> 0:10:44.640 or two? 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:47.360 Oh yeah, I'm all in on Pepio. Like I loved them. 0:10:47.840 --> 0:10:49.679 They were playing yo yo with them, which was annoying. 0:10:49.720 --> 0:10:52.439 Like we've talked about back and forth, and with the 0:10:52.480 --> 0:10:55.880 injuries and other issues in the clubhouse that you mentioned, 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.320 there's no reason they shouldn't put him out. And even 0:10:59.360 --> 0:11:01.240 Kersha I was dealing with the shoulder injury. Like, there's 0:11:01.280 --> 0:11:03.520 a lot of things going on that should keep Dodgers 0:11:03.600 --> 0:11:06.320 fans concerned. So Pepio should be out there, he gets 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.720 the padres next week, and then if all goes well, 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.680 he lines up for a Tigers Giants two step in 0:11:12.720 --> 0:11:17.200 two weeks championship Fantasy playoffs. Yes, so like that is 0:11:17.280 --> 0:11:20.520 big boy stuff that you want. Ryan Pepio down a stretch. 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.360 Oh, I love that one. I'm depending where you are 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:23.880 in your playoffs. I know there's like some people that 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:26.200 are far and some that might just be going this week. 0:11:26.240 --> 0:11:29.160 But I think in my playoff world that lines up 0:11:29.200 --> 0:11:30.920 to championship. 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:31.959 Week, it's a championship week, or if you do a 0:11:31.960 --> 0:11:33.679 two week championship, it's the first of thee of the 0:11:33.679 --> 0:11:35.960 two weeks. Either way, you're using them in the end 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:37.400 for some some big boy stuff. 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.880 Here's a question, one or two week championship. What is 0:11:40.960 --> 0:11:43.920 the right to answer too? Really? 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:46.360 Because I will And this is because I'm not a 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.120 head to head guy, because I hate how you can 0:11:48.200 --> 0:11:50.240 have a great season and just one bad week ruins 0:11:50.240 --> 0:11:52.280 your whole thing. I've talked to Vogman. I know, I 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:55.000 talked to Vogmin about that in depth on shows and 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.760 we used to do shows together, and I know I'm 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.520 kind of in the minority when the ITL world, But 0:12:00.840 --> 0:12:03.520 I'm not. I think you need two weeks to make 0:12:03.559 --> 0:12:04.040 that happen. 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:09.120 I'm indifferent most Like most things, I'm not like, eh, 0:12:09.200 --> 0:12:11.760 you know, it's gotta be, but like, I don't know, 0:12:11.880 --> 0:12:15.600 I kind of think like one works the two. I 0:12:15.679 --> 0:12:20.520 feel like a two week playoff is the most roto 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:25.560 way to play head to head because what you're doing, yeah, okay, sure, 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:27.760 but what you're doing is is you're like, all right, well, 0:12:27.760 --> 0:12:31.160 how two weeks really stabilizes things so something crazy doesn't happen. 0:12:31.320 --> 0:12:33.000 That's a playoffs and head to head are all about. 0:12:33.080 --> 0:12:35.120 It is about the craziness of what can happen in 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:38.719 any given week where a eight seed team or six 0:12:38.760 --> 0:12:41.000 seed however many play with can get into the playoffs 0:12:41.040 --> 0:12:42.880 and all of a sudden pull it off. The two 0:12:42.880 --> 0:12:45.839 week thing is like, yeah, well that crazy thing will happen, 0:12:45.880 --> 0:12:47.960 but let's make sure we go too. So I'm not 0:12:48.200 --> 0:12:51.280 trying to be completely dismissive of that. That might be 0:12:51.280 --> 0:12:53.120 a really good thing, and you might want the of 0:12:53.160 --> 0:12:55.240 all the things in the playoffs, you actually might want 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:59.440 the stabilized two week period. But I'm fine either way. 0:12:59.520 --> 0:13:01.760 I lean towards one, just because that's what all of 0:13:01.760 --> 0:13:03.400 them are though I was going to say all the 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:05.840 playoffs are one and then you go to two. In 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:09.240 the Scott White Dynasty League that I'm in, Scott White's 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.760 playoffs are two week runs, so he started early. I 0:13:12.760 --> 0:13:14.560 think we started like two weeks ago. I'm not in 0:13:14.559 --> 0:13:17.240 the playoffs, so it doesn't matter, but it's like two 0:13:17.320 --> 0:13:19.880 weeks for every round, so that's what makes it a 0:13:19.920 --> 0:13:22.320 little bit different. So I just didn't know where people 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:24.160 were what they cared about. 0:13:24.440 --> 0:13:24.839 Either way. 0:13:24.880 --> 0:13:29.440 Get Ryan Peppio, any thoughts on emittt Shean and Ryan Yarborough. 0:13:29.480 --> 0:13:31.400 Whips put up here in the stock is going up 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:33.480 on all of them, but I was curious, especially with 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:34.240 them at Shean. 0:13:34.559 --> 0:13:36.520 She and I know a lot of people love I 0:13:36.559 --> 0:13:38.400 feel like we're just a year away still because I 0:13:38.400 --> 0:13:42.200 haven't seen the consistency to what the hype train was 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:45.640 coming into the season. I love Yarborough. I've been pumping 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.679 him up for a few weeks. If people look at 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:50.160 what he's done since he joined the Dodgers in that 0:13:50.200 --> 0:13:54.000 bulk relieving role, it's been absolutely fantasy gold. And you 0:13:54.120 --> 0:13:57.360 got him for free on fab waiver wires. I'm pulling 0:13:57.400 --> 0:14:00.880 it up right now for you he has joining. We 0:14:00.880 --> 0:14:03.280 talked about this last week. Why can't these pages load faster? 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:08.360 Ryan Yarborough since joining the Dodgers has three wins and 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:13.240 two saves in seven outings. He has been darn impressive 0:14:13.320 --> 0:14:14.920 coming out of that long relief role. And it's a 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.560 consistent thing because these young pitchers are throwing. They're bringing 0:14:17.640 --> 0:14:19.360 Yarborough once or twice a week out of that role. 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:20.840 So I'm a big fan of what he can bring 0:14:20.880 --> 0:14:23.640 to you. And sorry, in those leagues that you're looking at, 0:14:23.920 --> 0:14:26.160 he qualifies as a reliever and a starter, which could 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:28.520 help you a ton in certain verb spurp. 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:31.680 What is you know to remember as well? The Dodgers 0:14:31.720 --> 0:14:34.240 are falling apart and all of these guys low percentage 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:37.680 Own Angelo right here, twenty percent rostered Ryan Peppio way, 0:14:37.800 --> 0:14:39.560 so you know, keep an eye out on all those guys. 0:14:39.640 --> 0:14:42.000 One of the little last thing I just noticed on Pepio. 0:14:42.320 --> 0:14:44.400 This is something I try to pay attention to a 0:14:44.440 --> 0:14:48.840 decent amount, especially fastballs. This is a wild one of 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.720 his forty nine fastballs, I'm sorry, forty one fastballs thrown yesterday. 0:14:53.040 --> 0:14:58.880 He had an outside the zone swing percentage fifty four percent. 0:14:59.280 --> 0:15:01.720 That's a wild number. I just want people to know, 0:15:01.880 --> 0:15:05.520 like for Brandon Fought is like the low line, he'll 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.840 get like an eight percent outside the zone. Typically you'll 0:15:08.840 --> 0:15:13.440 see thirteen to fifteen percent outside the zone, especially on fastballs, 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:17.280 and a fifty four percent out outside the zone fastball 0:15:17.360 --> 0:15:19.320 is really impressive. It might be more about the team 0:15:19.320 --> 0:15:22.680 that you're facing, but also just how effective his fastball is. 0:15:22.760 --> 0:15:25.840 Ryan Pepio is, so it's just a great pickup and 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:29.280 he's someone that you're going to ride hopefully into the sunset. 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.080 Ronald Acunya hit a pair of homers as the Braves 0:15:32.120 --> 0:15:34.600 beat the Cardinals eight to five. Ronald Acunya now has 0:15:34.720 --> 0:15:38.080 thirty four homers sixty three stolen bases. There is no 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.200 actionable item here, but really to maybe just do a 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:45.920 slight little throw that with the potential injury with Mookie 0:15:45.960 --> 0:15:50.280 Betts right now and Ronald d'acunya, I'm not really sure. 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:53.640 I think this really close race where everyone is like, hey, 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.040 this is going to be one of the best. I 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:57.800 saw someone say like this is the best race we've 0:15:57.840 --> 0:16:00.720 seen in so long, and it's like it's not. I mean, 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.200 if there's still the field, well, I mean, now it 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:05.960 doesn't look good. It looked great. 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:07.200 It looks. 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.280 I'm not taking the field now. And because ronald' kunya, 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:14.120 you know, sixty three stolen bases and also Mookie Bets 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.120 he had filed the ball off his foot. He left 0:16:16.160 --> 0:16:19.800 the game on crutches, but the X ray race were negative. 0:16:19.880 --> 0:16:21.120 So what does that mean? 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:23.040 It's never good. That's never good. 0:16:23.240 --> 0:16:25.000 Well, and the Dodgers can't afford to lose him. I mean, 0:16:25.480 --> 0:16:28.480 not that the Dodgers are in absolute peril, but their 0:16:28.560 --> 0:16:31.160 roster is falling apart, so they're going to need him big, 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:32.880 but they're going to need him to probably sit and 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:36.840 wrest a little bit. So I think this yesterday on 0:16:36.920 --> 0:16:40.400 both sides was a defining factor of ending that conversation 0:16:40.480 --> 0:16:43.920 of the MVP. Mookie Bets has had an insane year, 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:46.440 but if he's going to miss some time, Ronald Acunya 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.520 is stacking. I feel relatively confident this is kind of 0:16:49.680 --> 0:16:52.280 that is always going to go to Akunya, regardless of 0:16:52.320 --> 0:16:54.320 how amazing Mooki Bets has been. But I think this 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.720 solidifies it. Am I being over reactionary? 0:16:57.080 --> 0:16:59.320 No, No, this is it. As long as he doesn't 0:16:59.440 --> 0:17:01.120 you know, I don't think it mattered, he could probably 0:17:01.160 --> 0:17:02.680 not play the rest of September, and in front of 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:03.320 the Kenis game. 0:17:03.480 --> 0:17:06.840 Yeah, last on the Big News, Spencer Torkelsen had two 0:17:06.880 --> 0:17:10.560 homers as well on Thursday as the Tigers beat the Yankees, 0:17:10.600 --> 0:17:13.160 as they continue to keep doing, and I just wanted 0:17:13.200 --> 0:17:14.840 to throw out. You know, we've talked a decent amount 0:17:14.880 --> 0:17:18.560 about Torkosen this year. Torkelsen is now sitting I believe 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.480 at twenty twenty twenty seven, at twenty seven homers, seventy 0:17:22.480 --> 0:17:26.080 six RBI, seventy eight runs, two thirty three batting average 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:30.639 is not good, but the reiteration that he will probably 0:17:30.680 --> 0:17:34.280 be one of my big sleepers sleepers going into next 0:17:34.359 --> 0:17:37.280 year probably won't be that sleepery. I'll just have him 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.760 higher simply because of the of all the underlying stuff 0:17:41.800 --> 0:17:44.760 that are in effect. With a poor batting average, fifty 0:17:44.760 --> 0:17:47.639 two percent hard hit rate is monstrous. He's got an 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.760 under twenty five percent strikeout rate, over ten percent walk rate. 0:17:51.080 --> 0:17:54.320 EV's look great, fifteen percent barrel, which is double what 0:17:54.400 --> 0:17:56.960 he did last year. He's just making really good moves. 0:17:56.960 --> 0:18:00.679 The average just hasn't quite caught up. Spencer Torklsen is 0:18:00.960 --> 0:18:03.959 a dude and I think Torkalsen will probably I think 0:18:04.000 --> 0:18:06.320 could be an outside the top one hundred player, but 0:18:06.440 --> 0:18:08.720 he'll be like around one twenty five. I think he's 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.639 gonna be probably be a big target for me in drafts. 0:18:10.680 --> 0:18:12.160 Though we'll start to see in some of these early 0:18:12.200 --> 0:18:13.880 like mocks and real drafts that are going on, I'll 0:18:13.880 --> 0:18:14.880 be curious where he's going. 0:18:15.359 --> 0:18:17.840 Yeah, he's gonna be pretty popular now. Then it'll fade 0:18:17.840 --> 0:18:20.280 away for a second when people look at quote unquote projections. 0:18:20.280 --> 0:18:22.160 Then it'll come right back up again because people will 0:18:22.200 --> 0:18:24.399 realize how good he is. And now it's like, okay, 0:18:24.720 --> 0:18:27.280 number one pick, struggled out the gate, made improvements. Oh 0:18:27.320 --> 0:18:29.000 wait a minute, he can make even more improvements. You're 0:18:29.040 --> 0:18:31.200 telling me this is the guy. It's like when Christian 0:18:31.280 --> 0:18:32.920 Walker find anything that step, it's got that kind of 0:18:32.960 --> 0:18:36.480 vibe to it. You want that Tourkosen thing, and I'm there. 0:18:36.520 --> 0:18:38.880 And also speaking of the Tigers, for again, people last 0:18:38.880 --> 0:18:41.600 three weeks of the season, easiest schedule in baseball. They 0:18:41.640 --> 0:18:44.320 have fourteen games you know, home whatever, but they play 0:18:44.600 --> 0:18:46.960 so many bad Central teams. That's a team you want 0:18:46.960 --> 0:18:48.600