WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off September 8th, 2022 (Ep. 591) 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:17.800 Hey, it's leading off. What's up everybody. It's Chris Wells. 0:00:17.800 --> 0:00:20.960 Should joining me on this beautiful Thursday is Andrew Seifter 0:00:21.079 --> 0:00:23.400 and we are in the house to get you set 0:00:23.440 --> 0:00:25.520 for all your playoffs, all your stuff, all your things. 0:00:25.600 --> 0:00:28.360 Talk about rookies who we were gonna maybe cut, who 0:00:28.440 --> 0:00:32.840 hit home runs, and you know that guy, Aaron Judge. 0:00:32.880 --> 0:00:37.839 Of course, Andrew Andrew fifty five homers for Aaron Judge, 0:00:38.040 --> 0:00:41.479 no big deal. Also getting a little Barry Bond's treatment. 0:00:41.640 --> 0:00:46.159 Five walks in the doubleheader yesterday. Aaron Judge is quite 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:47.280 the MVP. 0:00:48.040 --> 0:00:51.720 Yeah, he's you know, we've had this discussion about Otani 0:00:51.840 --> 0:00:55.800 versus Judge, and Otani has the edge because of the pitching, 0:00:55.840 --> 0:00:58.840 but Judge is making it really hard to dispute what 0:00:58.960 --> 0:00:59.400 he's doing. 0:00:59.440 --> 0:01:00.960 It's it's really impressive. 0:01:00.960 --> 0:01:03.240 And you know, I think I saw Gray from Rasball 0:01:03.280 --> 0:01:06.280 on Twitter doing that comparison to Barry Bonds and talking 0:01:06.280 --> 0:01:10.080 about how you remembers playing fantasy when Barry Bonds set 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.480 that home run record, and it really is starting to 0:01:13.480 --> 0:01:16.720 feel like that with all these walks and twenty more 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:18.399 home runs than anybody else in the league. 0:01:18.440 --> 0:01:19.520 It's really special. 0:01:19.880 --> 0:01:22.680 It is in that range and pitchers and teams are 0:01:22.720 --> 0:01:25.520 starting to approach him like that. I don't think any 0:01:25.520 --> 0:01:27.080 team is going to want to be the team that 0:01:27.520 --> 0:01:29.800 is going to give up, you know, the call the homer, 0:01:30.080 --> 0:01:32.160 the big one that's going to break any records. So 0:01:32.160 --> 0:01:33.640 we'll see how that goes the rest of the way. 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:38.759 And funny enough, we had the Wonky bonus yesterday. Dang 0:01:38.800 --> 0:01:41.520 by the way, the don't remember this the Otani versus 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:43.399 Judge of trying not to. I'm trying to avoid going 0:01:43.440 --> 0:01:45.760 into it. Just can't help it. Sometimes it's always so 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.120 tough too with these things where it's like every day 0:01:48.160 --> 0:01:49.800 one of the big pieces of news, it's like it's 0:01:49.800 --> 0:01:52.200 O Tawny or Judge doing something and they both hit 0:01:52.240 --> 0:01:56.560 homers yesterday and Judge just keeps going. So I apologize, 0:01:56.600 --> 0:01:58.440 of course, but we don't need to go through the 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:02.920 MVP conversations or anything like that. But it was funny 0:02:02.920 --> 0:02:06.760 because yesterday Wonky had the bonus for the home run call, 0:02:06.920 --> 0:02:09.600 which the bonus was taking a player who had a 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:13.320 double digit number like eleven, twenty two, thirty three, and 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.680 you would get to rock with that, except Judge wasn't 0:02:16.800 --> 0:02:19.280 available because Judge was in a double header. That's part 0:02:19.320 --> 0:02:21.480 of the home run contest rules, which I found out 0:02:21.480 --> 0:02:25.680 a couple months ago, and there was a controversy. Bradley 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:28.360 was calling us out on it. Joe got back into 0:02:28.440 --> 0:02:31.080 it all in fun, and Judge of course, was the 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:33.600 only double digit number guy to hit that home run 0:02:33.639 --> 0:02:35.919 and it did not count for anybody but number fifty five. 0:02:36.040 --> 0:02:38.920 Now five away, we are in the five homer territory 0:02:39.480 --> 0:02:42.280 of greatness across the board. Five more for sixty and 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.480 five more for seven hundred for pool holes. So it's 0:02:44.520 --> 0:02:47.000 actually it's a pretty kind of fun time right now, 0:02:47.600 --> 0:02:52.120 with the twenty ish days left of baseball to get going. Andrew, 0:02:52.120 --> 0:02:55.079 I'm gonna get your take on this. Yesterday, Kelly and 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.959 I were talking about Corbyn, Carroll talk about rookies in general. 0:02:58.280 --> 0:03:01.079 Connor Henderson has been really you know, you and I 0:03:01.080 --> 0:03:03.040 think had this conversation a week or so ago where 0:03:03.040 --> 0:03:05.640 it's like the end of the day when these top 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:07.400 prospects are going to come up and they're going to 0:03:07.440 --> 0:03:10.919 get regular time. Most likely the person you're going to 0:03:11.000 --> 0:03:12.920 ask us, like, hey, should I cut this guy, it's 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:14.440 probably going to be a yes. You know, we were 0:03:14.440 --> 0:03:16.919 cutting with Merrifield. We were cutting them into Rosario. We're 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:18.680 cutting some of these players to bring in these guys. 0:03:19.240 --> 0:03:24.360 Gunner's played well and Corbin had not really been playing fantastic. 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:27.160 First couple of games are good, kind of cool down 0:03:27.200 --> 0:03:31.680 a little bit sitting versus lefties occasionally. Well, yesterday, this 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:34.240 does what he does, picks it back up, hits his 0:03:34.280 --> 0:03:36.400 first Carol barrel as I like to call it, got 0:03:36.440 --> 0:03:39.040 his first home run, was two for four, got his 0:03:39.080 --> 0:03:41.880 average backup. He's now into the two eighties. I'm going 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:45.080 to get your take on how volatile you are willing 0:03:45.120 --> 0:03:47.040 to be with a lot of these rookies right now 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.040 if they're struggling, How quick on the burnon churn are 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:53.880 you going to be and how tightly do you want 0:03:53.880 --> 0:03:56.160 to hold on to guys like Gunner and Corbyn Carrol 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.160 to make sure they get it right with these last 0:03:58.160 --> 0:03:58.880 couple of weeks. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:03.000 Yeah, it's really tough because you know, in a redraft league, 0:04:03.040 --> 0:04:04.680 as we get closer to the end of the season, 0:04:05.840 --> 0:04:08.880 you just you're you're more excited about these players than 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.800 it really warrants, to be honest, because they are, like 0:04:11.840 --> 0:04:14.800 you said, volatile. They could be great or they could struggle. 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:17.880 So it depends what sort of position you're in. If 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.440 you're in a rotissary league and you've got a lead 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.920 and you're just trying, you know, if you just take 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:25.360 care of business, you're gonna win. You should go for 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:28.720 more stable players in that situation. I would argue if 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:30.960 you're in a if you need to you know, cat's 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.920 lightning in a bottle like we talk about, and make 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.720 make up ground on people in these final weeks, or 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:38.080 you have a head to head playoff matchup and you 0:04:38.120 --> 0:04:40.000 look at the other team and you say that team 0:04:40.040 --> 0:04:43.360 looks better than my team. I need something special. I 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:46.560 need Corbyn Carroll. In that situation, I would absolutely roll 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:48.960 the dice on it. So it really does matter your 0:04:49.000 --> 0:04:50.000 individual situation. 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:50.279 You know. 0:04:50.279 --> 0:04:52.880 I think we tend as fantasy analysts to get super 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:55.440 excited about these young prospects, but if you're not in 0:04:55.480 --> 0:04:58.039 a keeper of dynasty league, you're really just making a 0:04:58.040 --> 0:04:59.640 bet on who's going to be best in these next 0:04:59.680 --> 0:05:00.800 three Yeah. 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:02.919 I mean the positive is that Carol's moved up in 0:05:02.920 --> 0:05:05.520 the order a little bit. I think he's hitting five dinbacks, 0:05:05.520 --> 0:05:07.920 has been hitting really well, so that's something to keep 0:05:07.960 --> 0:05:11.560 positive about with all of the rookies coming up. One 0:05:11.600 --> 0:05:13.800 of the interesting things that's going on. Bog and I 0:05:13.880 --> 0:05:16.280 on the in This League Fantasy Baseball podcast, we're looking 0:05:16.279 --> 0:05:18.839 at hot bats for the last two weeks. Pickups. You 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:20.919 could do some of the top pickups. You have some 0:05:21.080 --> 0:05:24.919 guys that you know are stealing some basses, you know, 0:05:25.000 --> 0:05:29.400 Michael Taylor, Josey Sirius stealing bases versus let's take out 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:31.760 Gunner and Corman for a second. Take those guys off 0:05:31.760 --> 0:05:35.680 the table versus a lot of hitting prospects. Because those 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:37.760 two are specifically five tool there's not a lot of 0:05:37.800 --> 0:05:40.160 those guys, and those are the biggest names, But there 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:42.200 are some big name prospects that are sitting around that 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:45.799 aren't like that. You've got Trista Consis, You've got Michael Tolia, 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:49.200 who hit another homer yesterday and getting the call tomorrow. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.680 Is Josh Young jay U n G looks like Jung. 0:05:52.800 --> 0:05:55.120 It's young Josh Young with the Rangers is getting the 0:05:55.200 --> 0:05:57.640 call up. And this is another one of these guys 0:05:57.839 --> 0:05:59.800 you know. Funny enough, I told you guys, what was 0:05:59.800 --> 0:06:02.280 it like five weeks ago when he was rehabbing right 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:04.200 across the street and I was at his first game 0:06:04.240 --> 0:06:07.360 he had had in like a year, and now you 0:06:07.440 --> 0:06:09.440 know he's one hundred and twenty four at bats through 0:06:09.440 --> 0:06:12.040 the minor leagues at least, you know, rookie ball and 0:06:12.080 --> 0:06:14.880 triple A hit nine homers, had one stolen base two 0:06:14.920 --> 0:06:17.760 sixty six. But here's my point, as you've got these 0:06:17.800 --> 0:06:22.239 guys with great hit tools, Young would be my prioritization 0:06:22.320 --> 0:06:27.040 over both causes and Tolia. Tolia might be number two 0:06:27.120 --> 0:06:29.360 right now over Casses because of the power, but these 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.480 are not stolen base options. So you have high hit 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.480 tool prospects getting every day playing time versus kind of 0:06:35.560 --> 0:06:39.240 boring Jose Siri, Michael Taylor's, who are doing a little 0:06:39.240 --> 0:06:41.760 bit of everything with stolen bases. How would you prioritize 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:45.800 the boring no name, they're hot going right now series 0:06:45.800 --> 0:06:50.040 and Michael Taylor's versus no stolen bases but hot hit 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:53.960 prospects out of Josh Young, Cassis and Michael Tolia. 0:06:55.440 --> 0:06:58.400 Well, you know, it really depends again on format. You know, 0:06:58.440 --> 0:06:59.640 first of all, you need to be in that road 0:06:59.760 --> 0:07:01.760 league where you need those steals. If you need the steals, 0:07:01.800 --> 0:07:04.320 you got to follow the steels. You know, I would 0:07:04.400 --> 0:07:06.760 argue though that there's another prospect you didn't even mention 0:07:07.279 --> 0:07:08.840 that I would prefer over at least a couple of 0:07:08.839 --> 0:07:11.160 those guys, and that's Alec Burrelson, who just got the 0:07:11.240 --> 0:07:14.440 call with the Cardinals, because that guy's actually been mashing 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:18.400 in the minors, unlike Josh Young, who I love long term, 0:07:18.440 --> 0:07:20.200 but let's be real, his minor. 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:21.640 League numbers don't look that special. 0:07:21.720 --> 0:07:23.840 So I think we're at a part of the season 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:27.280 now where I'm less concerned about who's the higher prospect 0:07:27.400 --> 0:07:29.520 and you know, going to be the best in five 0:07:29.600 --> 0:07:30.160 years from now. 0:07:30.160 --> 0:07:31.400 I want to know who's going to be the best 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:31.960 next week. 0:07:32.080 --> 0:07:36.160 And you know, there's also an argument for stepping into 0:07:36.520 --> 0:07:39.200 the Cardinals lineup. That's a fantastic lineup. I think we've 0:07:39.240 --> 0:07:41.760 seen this with the Braves as well. When when these 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:45.040 prospects get this opportunity in this loaded lineup, they have 0:07:45.120 --> 0:07:47.800 better lineup protection, They're going to have more ability to 0:07:47.920 --> 0:07:51.680 drive in runs. So I think that that makes a 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:56.040 real difference in fantasy. So, you know, I like guy 0:07:56.080 --> 0:07:58.760 like TOTALLYA sure, I'll play them at cores if you know, 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:00.960 if you see the schedule and he's got some games 0:08:00.960 --> 0:08:02.920 combat at cores. But He's still got a ton of 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:05.720 swing and miss to his game, so he could really struggle. 0:08:06.520 --> 0:08:08.440 It's you know, and strike out four times in a 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:09.880 game any at any given time. 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.800 So I like Burlson right now. 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:14.920 So you go, would you go? Because it's just about 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:17.280 at the same level here, would you go Burlson over 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:20.240 Josh Young? As far as what you're going to prioritize. 0:08:20.080 --> 0:08:22.520 Yeah, if it's not a keeper league, I'll take Burlson. 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:25.600 Yeah, okay, yeah, I mean Burlson has had a fantastic 0:08:25.640 --> 0:08:28.280 minor league season this year. Twenty homers, three point thirty one. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:31.000 He's hit one hundred and forty three hits on the year, 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:35.720 three seventy two LOVP, and he moved three levels last year, 0:08:35.800 --> 0:08:38.040 which was really impressive. He spent the entire year at 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.520 TRIPAA this year. Last year was a pretty successful season. 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:43.840 Doesn't steal a whole lot, but also doesn't strike out 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:47.000 a whole bunch. You gotta imagine he's probably going to 0:08:47.040 --> 0:08:50.040 be hitting seven or eight for this team, and hopefully 0:08:50.040 --> 0:08:52.080 that's going to be you know enough, but you know, 0:08:52.120 --> 0:08:53.880 they got a lot of injuries on that front. He's 0:08:53.920 --> 0:08:55.720 going to get some work. It's not a bad gig. 0:08:55.800 --> 0:08:58.520 I still dig Josh Young. That's going to probably might 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:00.720 be where I go with it. But Burlson is a 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:04.240 nice sneaky pickup, and you know, sneaky pickups is kind 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.880 of the game plan. It's the play of the day here. 0:09:07.080 --> 0:09:09.960 Jake McCarthy has been that large noop barge. It happens 0:09:10.000 --> 0:09:11.959 to be in the chat right here with these days. 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:14.560 These guys have been sneaky pickups this year. And the 0:09:14.600 --> 0:09:18.320 biggest strategy really everybody can be given is just have 0:09:19.200 --> 0:09:20.960 you know, a short memory. You know, if you have 0:09:21.000 --> 0:09:22.560 to cut a guy, just kind of forget about him 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:24.520 and move on, you know, don't think about it because 0:09:24.520 --> 0:09:27.880 there's only so much time here. And Bagman brought this 0:09:27.880 --> 0:09:30.560 great point we were talking about this is a big one. 0:09:30.559 --> 0:09:32.880 We're talking about Louise Robert and how Robert has struggled. 0:09:32.920 --> 0:09:36.760 He has struggled. I think he's like hitting under two 0:09:36.880 --> 0:09:39.120 hundred in the last two weeks, in the last month, 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.640 it hasn't been great. And someone in a little bit 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:43.520 of a smaller league was dealing with a situation of 0:09:43.640 --> 0:09:46.160 like should we drop Robert? And they listed off some 0:09:46.240 --> 0:09:48.800 players that are out there with guys like Brian Reynolds 0:09:48.880 --> 0:09:52.120 and kind of renfro and Jake McCarthy, and we said, 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.240 at the end of the day, here's an experiment for you. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:56.760 Think of what Robert's line is going to be the 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:58.880 rest of the season, and think of what it's going 0:09:58.960 --> 0:10:00.839 to look like from those stream mean bats. If you 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:03.320 could start streaming them, get Renfro in for three days, 0:10:03.320 --> 0:10:06.800 get McCarthy in, you're probably going to beat it exponentially 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:09.160 what Robert does the rest of this year with those 0:10:09.240 --> 0:10:12.160 type of streaming options. So you know, it's a case 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:15.080 by case situation of what's available out there, but streaming 0:10:15.200 --> 0:10:19.120 at this point is probably going and obviously your pickups 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.679 are going to be something to think about, but it's 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.079 probably going to outperform these names that are just sitting 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:26.199 out there hitting two twenty. 0:10:26.880 --> 0:10:29.000 And I'm yeah, no, absolutely, I mean. 0:10:30.559 --> 0:10:32.679 Well, and it's like you know, as analysts, when we 0:10:32.800 --> 0:10:34.880 put together our rankings, that's something I think is really 0:10:34.880 --> 0:10:38.520 important to do is try to actually put real projections 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:41.000 out there in your mind, like what put numbers to 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:43.760 your biases, you know, and see how it works out, 0:10:43.800 --> 0:10:46.200 because oftentimes, like you said, you'll find out that your 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.840 bias was way off and even though one guy might 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:52.600 be the more exciting dynamic player, the other guy actually 0:10:52.640 --> 0:10:54.920 will help you win your league more in these next 0:10:55.000 --> 0:10:55.440 few weeks. 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.679 Yeah, exactly a few other headlines here. Kyle Finnegan gave 0:10:58.760 --> 0:11:00.360 up five earned runs in the b botom of the 0:11:00.440 --> 0:11:03.480 ninth to allow Saint Louis a six to five victory 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.080 in plosion is what we would call. 0:11:07.040 --> 0:11:10.120 That, Andrew, Yeah, you usually asked me when I come on, 0:11:10.240 --> 0:11:12.400 how I'm doing, and I was all prepared to start 0:11:12.440 --> 0:11:15.560 with that because that really ruined my day. I'm trying 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.839 to close out a fantasy title here, and I have 0:11:18.280 --> 0:11:19.720 Kyle Finnegan in my lineup. 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:21.120 That's a serious killer. 0:11:21.400 --> 0:11:24.160 The only saving grace is it's a roto league and 0:11:24.280 --> 0:11:27.400 not a head to head playoff matchup where I would 0:11:27.440 --> 0:11:31.280 pretty much sink me instantaneously, so I could still try 0:11:31.320 --> 0:11:31.719 to hold on. 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:35.080 But that was sure not something I was looking to see. 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:36.720 I was about to tell you it might be closed 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.640 out either way for you, just the result might not 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.880 be exactly what you want. And this is a very 0:11:41.080 --> 0:11:43.440 big surprise one because I was just talking about this yesterday, 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.480 like I said on ITL and this is not the 0:11:45.600 --> 0:11:47.720 news that we saw and This came down today because 0:11:47.840 --> 0:11:49.439 I was at the point of saying, you probably could 0:11:49.480 --> 0:11:52.760 move on, but wander Franco is going to meet the 0:11:52.880 --> 0:11:55.839 Rais in New York and could be activated as early 0:11:56.040 --> 0:12:00.559 as Friday. Whoa, because wander Franco has had his rehabstint 0:12:00.920 --> 0:12:05.160 stopped twice with soreness and injury in that wrist, and 0:12:05.320 --> 0:12:07.960 the race just said screw it. And this is I wish, 0:12:08.000 --> 0:12:10.640 by the way, more teams would do screw it at 0:12:10.679 --> 0:12:12.559 this point in the year and having to throw a 0:12:12.600 --> 0:12:16.240 guy into a rehab stint, have him do that at 0:12:16.280 --> 0:12:19.520 the major leagues like plenty of these guys. Now, obviously 0:12:19.600 --> 0:12:21.920 he does a younger guy and he's had some struggles 0:12:21.920 --> 0:12:24.440 and stuff, so I get it. But these extended minor 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:27.320 league times, especially for veterans and stuff, is always silly 0:12:27.400 --> 0:12:29.440 to me. And they just said, screw it, we're gonna 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:31.559 get him at the majors. They're going to activate him 0:12:31.720 --> 0:12:34.160 as of Friday. That is not what I expected, and 0:12:34.240 --> 0:12:36.640 you're gonna be able to get some wander production whatever 0:12:36.800 --> 0:12:38.920 that's going to be. Unfortunately, what I do hate to 0:12:38.960 --> 0:12:41.360 say is I might throw wander back into that same 0:12:41.480 --> 0:12:44.560 Louise Robert conversation of saying, you know, obviously, if you're 0:12:44.559 --> 0:12:47.120 in a deeper league, this doesn't matter, like me, But 0:12:47.200 --> 0:12:49.520 if you're in like a ten or twelve and you've 0:12:49.559 --> 0:12:52.200 got like a right full, you know, set of free 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:55.280 agents out there that I'm not sure you won't be 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:58.679 able to do better streaming at this point instead of 0:12:58.880 --> 0:13:01.360 just locking into one because we really just don't know, 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:04.400 you known hand and risk and all those type of injuries, 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.320 there's a lot of sapping power that kind of went 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.880 away for Wander. It was really that beginning of the month. 0:13:08.880 --> 0:13:11.000 And I know you haven't been very big on Franco, 0:13:11.200 --> 0:13:13.880 so you're probably not jumping up and down for joy 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:15.239 that he's going to be activated. 0:13:15.720 --> 0:13:18.160 No, I hate it that I'm becoming like the Wander 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.120 Franco hater, but yes, I guess I'll just own it. 0:13:22.360 --> 0:13:25.400 When it comes to category leagues, you know, he just 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:28.400 hasn't shown, you know, what power is there really to sap. 0:13:28.480 --> 0:13:31.360 I mean, he has five home runs in fifty eight 0:13:31.440 --> 0:13:35.160 games this season. Never really put up massive home run 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:37.839 numbers in the minors either. So he's a great long 0:13:37.960 --> 0:13:41.520 term prospect, but at least with Luis Robert, like he 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:43.880 gives you the category juice. It's just a question of 0:13:44.000 --> 0:13:46.120 can he actually be on the field. I mean, he's 0:13:46.160 --> 0:13:49.839 just always missing time. But with Franco, even when he's 0:13:49.880 --> 0:13:51.719 been on the field, even before the injury, when he 0:13:51.800 --> 0:13:55.360 was healthy, his production was not as advertised. 0:13:55.640 --> 0:13:57.400 Yeah, And I think when you say, like where what 0:13:57.640 --> 0:14:00.320 power is, it's about the potential with him, it's there, 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:03.679 it's just not tapped into and it's going to get there. 0:14:03.720 --> 0:14:05.880 With Franco. That's why I have such a still long 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.640 term like aggressiveness on him, and the hit tool is 0:14:08.679 --> 0:14:10.840 solely But you know, I had a problem with him 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:14.120 in draft season where I remember I remember giving a 0:14:14.160 --> 0:14:16.000 piece of p a crap for it. We were doing 0:14:16.080 --> 0:14:18.240 a draft. I think he did it with us very 0:14:18.360 --> 0:14:21.760 very early on, and he had taken Wander like in 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:23.840 the second round, and I was like, dude, I just 0:14:24.120 --> 0:14:27.040 can't do it because there's so many guys out here, 0:14:27.120 --> 0:14:30.040 there's so many short steps out here with better counting 0:14:30.080 --> 0:14:33.080 stat potential production that I'm not going to eat all 0:14:33.120 --> 0:14:35.400 these rounds of value just for batting average. And that's 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.400 kind of where Franco unfortunately is sitting. But either way 0:14:38.400 --> 0:14:40.360 he's going to be activated for you guys that want 0:14:40.400 --> 0:14:42.200 to end up making those moves. Here's some injuries. 0:14:42.520 --> 0:14:42.640 One. 0:14:42.720 --> 0:14:45.320 Soto was removed from Wednesday's game after getting hit by 0:14:45.320 --> 0:14:48.000 a pitch on his back. He says, so definitely be 0:14:48.080 --> 0:14:49.960 ready for Friday's game to open up the weekend series 0:14:49.960 --> 0:14:52.080 against the Dodgers. So a little bad, but a little 0:14:52.120 --> 0:14:55.920 good that he'll be back, you know, protect our Wan Sodos. 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:57.760 Except you know, he hasn't really been hitting that well. 0:14:58.160 --> 0:15:00.240 Yeah, I think his biggest injury right now be a 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:03.600 bruised ego actually, because he's been getting booed by his 0:15:03.760 --> 0:15:05.640 home fans there in San Diego. 0:15:05.760 --> 0:15:08.680 And San Diego is not a place that is known 0:15:08.800 --> 0:15:09.240 for us. 0:15:09.400 --> 0:15:11.400 We created all this stuff. Chill, chill, chill. We need 0:15:11.520 --> 0:15:12.120 him to re sign. 0:15:12.520 --> 0:15:14.600 Yeah, well it's not a it's not a place that's 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:18.160 known for it's uh, you know, vitriol I would say 0:15:18.200 --> 0:15:20.800 it's a pretty laid back place from from my experience. 0:15:20.880 --> 0:15:23.960 But he's certainly struggled since he got there. And you know, 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:26.200 Jan Soto is a really great guy, but this is 0:15:26.240 --> 0:15:28.880 a lot of pressure for him to walk into right 0:15:28.960 --> 0:15:33.280 into a playoff chase, and with with those contractual issues 0:15:33.440 --> 0:15:36.760 and the amount of of prospects that they gave up 0:15:36.800 --> 0:15:38.880 to get him, So it's a lot of pressure, and 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.680 he was having kind of a disappointing season even even 0:15:41.760 --> 0:15:44.400 before he went to the Padres. He's now barely a 0:15:44.520 --> 0:15:49.720 top one hundred overall player in five by five leagues, 0:15:50.000 --> 0:15:52.240 which is really I mean, he's barely more of He's 0:15:52.280 --> 0:15:54.400 barely the most valuable Sodo in fantasy. 0:15:55.040 --> 0:15:58.400 Yeah, oh boo Gregory Soto's shot. I don't like that. 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.240 This is actually kind of my take that Wonky had 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.640 that they're taking out their anger on Tatisa. 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:05.920 Yeah. 0:16:05.920 --> 0:16:07.520 I think I think there's just a lot of like 0:16:07.680 --> 0:16:10.920 frustration because it's a it's like a super ish team 0:16:11.040 --> 0:16:14.040 that the Padres keep building and mortgaging future and they 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:16.160 can't get over the hump and they can't win games, 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.040 and the frustration kind of pours over a little bit. 0:16:19.080 --> 0:16:22.160 It'll be interesting to see how Sodo progresses. Tyler O'Neil 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.400 sitting out Thursday with next stiffness. I thought I saw 0:16:25.440 --> 0:16:27.240 this morning. Maybe I was incorrect, but I thought I 0:16:27.240 --> 0:16:29.080 saw he went on the il and that was what 0:16:29.880 --> 0:16:32.000 pushed Alec Burlson. But maybe not. 0:16:32.160 --> 0:16:34.480 Maybe that's why Dylan Carlson is on the IL. That's 0:16:34.480 --> 0:16:34.760 what it was. 0:16:34.840 --> 0:16:37.160 Dylan Carlson was put on the I L and Tyler and' 0:16:37.160 --> 0:16:39.400 neil sitting, which has got Alec Burlson in and an 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.360 MRI confirmed an ankle sprain for Wilson Contreras no structural 0:16:43.520 --> 0:16:47.400 damage here, and a note is fantasy managers should consider 0:16:47.520 --> 0:16:49.400 moving on from him as he might not play the 0:16:49.480 --> 0:16:51.960 rest of the way. This is a note from Wonky, which, yeah, 0:16:51.960 --> 0:16:53.360 I agree with that. I agree if you've got a 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.080 sprained ankle near the cubs, I'm not really sure what 0:16:56.160 --> 0:16:57.640 that's going to look like the rest of the year. 0:16:57.960 --> 0:17:00.800 There's probably going to be better options that are going 0:17:00.840 --> 0:17:02.560 to be sitting out on the wire, and I would 0:17:02.720 --> 0:17:05.439 as well. I would probably move on from Contras if 0:17:05.480 --> 0:17:07.159 you need to. I always want to give that as 0:17:07.160 --> 0:17:09.399 a preface, because I think everybody throws around all these 0:17:09.400 --> 0:17:11.160 statements like, oh, you can cut him, you can get 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:12.520 rid of him, and it's like, well, if you need to, 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.160 if you've got an IL, drop the guy in an ale, 0:17:15.200 --> 0:17:16.800 then you don't have to have any of these worries. 0:17:16.880 --> 0:17:19.440 But if you are in an IL crunch. I do 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.159 have a couple of leagues where miles are full and 0:17:21.200 --> 0:17:23.760 I've got to start making decisions. And if that's the case, 0:17:23.920 --> 0:17:26.760 this is probably somebody you can move on from due 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.320 to that injury and the lack of production. You're going 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:30.600 to get rest of you or do you agree with that? 0:17:31.080 --> 0:17:31.280 I do? 0:17:31.640 --> 0:17:33.920 I think you know, an added wrinkle here is that 0:17:34.000 --> 0:17:37.080 he's an impending free agent, So I feel like the 0:17:37.160 --> 0:17:40.760 Cubs they don't have any reason to rush him back. 0:17:40.800 --> 0:17:43.960 They probably need to start figuring out the position long term. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:47.600 And you know, I think this is a reasonable moment 0:17:47.680 --> 0:17:50.119 for them to basically say, Okay, thank you for your service. 0:17:50.960 --> 0:17:52.800 It's time for us to go in a new direction. 0:17:52.960 --> 0:17:55.480 Now. Yeah, look at the chat too. They're just they're 0:17:55.520 --> 0:17:58.080 ready to jump on the Padres to Drury fell off 0:17:58.160 --> 0:18:00.920 a wall. Chris said, wasn't he supposed to be the 0:18:01.000 --> 0:18:04.840 next mantle for Soda? Oh? They're turning they're alternate. That's 0:18:04.840 --> 0:18:06.720 actually you know, this is really funny. Bagman brought this 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:08.199 up to me of like, he's like, have you ever 0:18:08.280 --> 0:18:10.680