WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off June 10th, 2024 (EP. 833) 0:00:05.960 --> 0:00:09.080 Welcome man, everybody to Fantasy pros MLB. This is Leading 0:00:09.080 --> 0:00:10.959 Off Live, brought to you by Bet three sixty five. 0:00:11.080 --> 0:00:13.360 Use that promo code leading Off bet five bucks, get 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:15.560 one hundred and fifty and bonus bets when you do. 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.160 It's me Joey p. That's the Welsh. We are rested 0:00:19.239 --> 0:00:22.960 and refreshed from a fun weekend, lots of good times. 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:26.440 Welsh's kids were active in the arts. I was supporting 0:00:26.480 --> 0:00:31.200 the arts, also supporting youth sports. Are twelve you Raiders 0:00:31.240 --> 0:00:36.279 moved on with a goal line stand. Three straight stops 0:00:36.320 --> 0:00:39.200 at the goal line in flag football. I've never seen 0:00:39.240 --> 0:00:43.239 such a thing and unbelievable victory. I'm still fired up. Goosebumps. Welsh, 0:00:43.440 --> 0:00:46.240 still the goosebumps. Yesterday it was an exciting day. 0:00:46.320 --> 0:00:49.320 I could see him. Yeah, they're on camera right now. 0:00:49.600 --> 0:00:52.879 What was the exciting time? I also see sixty comments 0:00:52.880 --> 0:00:54.880 in the chat before we even get going today. So 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.800 welcome Peanuts and cracker Jacks. It's good to see all 0:00:57.840 --> 0:01:00.840 of you here in the chat. Welsh. Some good, the bad, 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:03.400 and the ugly of the Major League Baseball this weekend. 0:01:03.760 --> 0:01:07.000 Juan Soto forearm, Let's start there, because when last we 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.440 left you. Juan Soto's health was in peril, and it 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.640 might still be in peril now he is. He is 0:01:12.720 --> 0:01:15.720 day to day with a forearm injury. Now he might 0:01:15.800 --> 0:01:18.080 be going to the IOL. We haven't ruled it out. 0:01:18.240 --> 0:01:21.320 He might be Okay, we haven't ruled it out. Trent 0:01:21.400 --> 0:01:23.840 Grisham was getting the start in case anybody cares about that, 0:01:24.680 --> 0:01:28.120 but Welsh the Yanks get a win yesterday. Obviously We'll 0:01:28.120 --> 0:01:29.479 get to Garrett Cole in a second. That's the other 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:31.800 big Yankee news. A lot of Yankee centric stuff lately. 0:01:32.840 --> 0:01:37.560 But again it feels like the worst is not the 0:01:37.600 --> 0:01:40.920 scenario so far. So how do you kind of take 0:01:41.000 --> 0:01:43.080 this Wan Soto stuff right now? Do you think he 0:01:43.160 --> 0:01:43.679 is going to go on? 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:43.880 They? 0:01:44.160 --> 0:01:45.160 I say yes, what's say you? 0:01:45.440 --> 0:01:48.200 Yeah? I mean I think the most likely situation would 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:50.720 be though, kind of like why not do it? But 0:01:50.720 --> 0:01:54.320 they can retroactively put him on during God I think 0:01:54.320 --> 0:01:57.960 it was Saturday's scheme. Garrett Cole was being interviewed. It was, yeah, 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.000 that's right. It was the day before the Summerset game 0:02:00.520 --> 0:02:04.760 and Soto is in the dugout, good spirits, messing around, laughing, cheering. 0:02:05.200 --> 0:02:06.760 You can kind of take like that could be a 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:08.840 guy that doesn't hit the eel at all. But no 0:02:08.840 --> 0:02:11.240 matter what it is, whether it's he rests for a 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.360 couple more days or he hits the eel and it's retroactive, 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.920 it's not going to be a lot. I think he's clearly, 0:02:17.960 --> 0:02:20.120 you know, he dodged a major bullet here. He's gonna 0:02:20.160 --> 0:02:22.520 be fine. And then that does put a big question 0:02:22.600 --> 0:02:25.760 into a lot of what we discussed. What about Jason Dominguez. 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:28.080 You know, they were rolling out the Trent Grishams and 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:30.560 the you know, Verdugo's obviously locked in there, So what 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:32.720 does that do? And it does kind of put like 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.000 a shoulder shrug of I don't know, because all Jason 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:38.280 Dimingez continues to do is dominate the minor league. He's 0:02:38.320 --> 0:02:42.320 just killing Triple A again, So I don't know if 0:02:42.520 --> 0:02:45.320 his potential return is going to be tied at all 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:48.360 to one Soto. At this moment, it kind of seems 0:02:48.400 --> 0:02:52.320 like they really are pressing Dimnez down a little bit 0:02:52.360 --> 0:02:54.400 right now. So you know, I still say it's a 0:02:54.440 --> 0:02:57.399 great speculative ad until we have a little bit more clarity, 0:02:57.720 --> 0:03:00.119 but it might not amount to anything in the near future. 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:01.639 Not a lot of games so far and at bats 0:03:01.639 --> 0:03:04.120 for tamingas you know. So right now we's up to 0:03:04.760 --> 0:03:07.600 let's see four in a ball, ten at double A 0:03:07.720 --> 0:03:10.560 and five so far at Triple A. 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:11.880 Almost twenty ams. 0:03:13.000 --> 0:03:15.000 I mean, I don't know if I mean that's that's 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.000 barely spring training, right I mean, that's kind of in 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.600 that range. So I mean, look, he is crushing ball 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:21.840 triple A ist in five hundred right now. So certainly 0:03:22.160 --> 0:03:24.600 a guy that looks like he is, he's ready. So 0:03:24.639 --> 0:03:26.200 that's the good news if you're the Yankees, is if 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:27.840 God forbid there is a problem, maybe you do bring 0:03:27.880 --> 0:03:29.720 up Tamingos. Maybe he does have a good week or 0:03:29.720 --> 0:03:32.320 two in him and Sodo gets healthy because you need 0:03:32.360 --> 0:03:35.520 Sodo for October. So don't be surprised if, regardless of 0:03:35.560 --> 0:03:37.960 whatever you're hearing or seeing right now, that he still 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.880 goes on the aisle anyway. Garrett cole four and a 0:03:40.960 --> 0:03:43.800 third innings, one run in the rehab starts struck out 0:03:43.800 --> 0:03:47.720 four sitting around at ninety five range. Max Schuur's are 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.400 also four shoutout innings for him taking the ball for 0:03:50.440 --> 0:03:53.600 Triple A on Sunday. So both of these guys we 0:03:53.640 --> 0:03:55.760 could get back sooner than later. I think Surezer will 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:59.640 beat him back. That's my instincts Welsh, but Cole another 0:03:59.640 --> 0:04:00.880 good star art. What do you want to take out 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:03.880 of these two reap starts for these two potential aces 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:05.120 of their respective staffs. 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:07.320 Actually wouldn't be surprised if these guys are on the 0:04:07.360 --> 0:04:10.240 exact same timeline, like right there. I mean, if sure 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:13.600 there's only going four, you're gonna need at least one more. 0:04:13.840 --> 0:04:16.520 I think we've already speculated that we're going to get 0:04:16.520 --> 0:04:18.560 one more out of coal, and then he's going to 0:04:18.640 --> 0:04:20.120 come up. I think we'd call it the week of 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:22.680 you know, whatever it is is seventeenth or because he's 0:04:22.680 --> 0:04:24.480 going to have that one more, which I think would 0:04:24.480 --> 0:04:28.120 line up till like Friday. But I think it's encouraging. 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:30.920 I think every owner that has their share, whether you 0:04:31.080 --> 0:04:34.440 paid the high price early or you've got that major discount, 0:04:34.760 --> 0:04:36.760 this is a great time because he's gonna step I 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.440 really truly believe he's going to step right back into 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.240 all of it. Though, the only thing that is on 0:04:41.320 --> 0:04:44.720 my mind though is what truly will happen to Luis 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:48.480 Heel in this situation. I have someone that I respect 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:50.960 in their thoughts of it say that they actually think 0:04:51.000 --> 0:04:53.200 that heel could be moved to the bullpen when Garrett 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:57.600 Cole gets activated, which I think would be wildly over dramatic. 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.840 But you know, he's like thirty something innings away from 0:05:00.920 --> 0:05:04.920 his cap. I tend to want to be very pollyanna 0:05:04.960 --> 0:05:08.040 about the situation and say, you know what, I get it, 0:05:08.800 --> 0:05:12.120 but this guy is the second best pitcher on your roster. 0:05:12.560 --> 0:05:16.080 On yeah, do you want him to be starting games 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:18.559 in October or do you want him starting games in July? 0:05:19.040 --> 0:05:21.400 But if you really care about the innings, I'm not 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:23.520 even sure it's gonna be about that. Like, is it 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.960 gonna be like if you put him to the bullpen now, 0:05:26.600 --> 0:05:28.880 then you're taking away that. I don't think you're taking 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:29.839 away the big innings. 0:05:30.000 --> 0:05:31.599 I don't even think it's bullpen. I think he gets 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:33.400 sent down. It becomes when he's three inning pitchers like 0:05:33.440 --> 0:05:35.599 the Max Myers of the world. That's what I think 0:05:35.640 --> 0:05:37.800 really happens. And that's gonna piss everybody right there. 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:40.040 It's gonna piss me off because I feel like I'm 0:05:40.080 --> 0:05:40.880 the only defender. 0:05:41.279 --> 0:05:44.160 You're not wrong in your defense of it, but I 0:05:44.279 --> 0:05:47.080 think what it comes down to is the Yankees are 0:05:47.120 --> 0:05:49.320 looking long term the season and long term with heel, 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:51.800 So what what are they doing? I mean, we're when 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:53.440 he hits one hundred innings, he's gonna turn into a 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:56.160 pumpkin here and I do think you're gonna see him 0:05:56.200 --> 0:05:58.560 become these three inning pitchers and then eventually they'll ramp 0:05:58.640 --> 0:06:01.520 him back up and hopefully by September you get him 0:06:01.560 --> 0:06:03.800 back up and around making last, you know, four starts 0:06:03.800 --> 0:06:08.119 of the year. That's your best path, barring anything disasters happened. 0:06:08.520 --> 0:06:12.080 It's tough. It's tough because every human being has taken 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.360 the He's the ultimate cell. My only problem is I 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:18.360 think it's gone so far that I can't. I don't 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:20.760 think that makes sense anymore, Like it makes more sense 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:23.400 to buy him because every human being is like you 0:06:23.480 --> 0:06:26.400 go to sell them his The way he is performing 0:06:26.520 --> 0:06:29.960 what he is providing you is so elite of elite. 0:06:30.080 --> 0:06:32.080 I know that's also un sustainable. I mean, he's not 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:34.320 gonna picture a five four era, I mean a point 0:06:34.400 --> 0:06:36.280 five to four era like he did the last two weeks. 0:06:36.279 --> 0:06:38.200 Like, that's not gonna well, but I'm not betting on that. 0:06:38.240 --> 0:06:40.720 But if you're betting on a low three high two 0:06:40.880 --> 0:06:44.160 ERA with one of the better strikeout ratios in baseball 0:06:44.200 --> 0:06:47.800 and more maintain walks. He's like a top twenty s P. 0:06:48.040 --> 0:06:50.000 So it's like, I wish to take that off the market. 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.680 I wish it didn't come to this. It's just it's 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:55.120 the business of baseball, Welsh, and I just think it 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:58.200 has us all trying to be more realistic. And you 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:02.800 are right, but the unwritten rules of baseball tell us 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.560 now that he's going to the minor leagues and he 0:07:05.640 --> 0:07:06.320 is going to be a three. 0:07:06.360 --> 0:07:07.880 I don't believe he's going to the minor leagues, and 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:10.080 I really truly I see. 0:07:10.080 --> 0:07:11.400 I think the problem is you want to keep this 0:07:11.480 --> 0:07:13.240 guy on routine. You want to keep him healthy, you 0:07:13.240 --> 0:07:15.360 want to keep him normal. Move him to the bullpen 0:07:15.400 --> 0:07:17.600 having been pitched sporadically, I think is a disaster. 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:19.560 You're not wrong about that, you know what, You're not 0:07:19.880 --> 0:07:23.640 that the scenario makes sense. I'm just I'm gonna live 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.200 in this bubble that they are going to continue to 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:29.880 let he'll pitch through July and then they're gonna come 0:07:29.920 --> 0:07:32.480 to terms of that whatever that is in August, whether 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:35.200 that is we can't have him as a starter because 0:07:35.240 --> 0:07:37.480 we're so worried about these innings and now he's bullpen 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:40.440 or you're gonna you're gonna screw him now. And this 0:07:40.480 --> 0:07:42.880 guy could be to the All Star Game, and if 0:07:42.880 --> 0:07:45.080 you move him to the bullpen now or in a 0:07:45.080 --> 0:07:47.320 week or so, I don't know. I just I find 0:07:47.320 --> 0:07:49.160 it hard to believe that they're going to take that 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.040 drastic of a road. But I think it's an interesting 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.200 conversation because buying the seeds of Fantasy pros, every damn 0:07:55.240 --> 0:07:58.280 tweet is you gotta sell heel, you gotta sell He'll. 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.120 But a month now because I Winter was coming. But 0:08:01.440 --> 0:08:03.120 it's a great conversation. Let's let's move on to the 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:05.320 other stuff. Here's Barry. I'm a feeling that people in 0:08:05.320 --> 0:08:06.880 my leagues have been listening to your show because every 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:09.520 week when waivers run, they're picking up all the guys 0:08:09.520 --> 0:08:11.200 you talk about, so we've got to throw them off 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:14.120 the scent. Well it's funny you say that, Barry, because 0:08:14.160 --> 0:08:16.920 starting this week, the trade video, the Waiver wire video 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:19.120 are gonna be here in the show, so we're gonna 0:08:19.120 --> 0:08:20.920 be doing a segment now we're still gonna clip them off. 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:22.920 So I hate to tell you this, but your friends 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:25.120 are still gonna get to see them. But we want 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.400 everybody to watch leading off, so we stay on the air. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:28.640 That's more important, Barry. 0:08:28.680 --> 0:08:31.600 You'll actually have the ability to be a day ahead, 0:08:31.840 --> 0:08:34.680 or at least, I don't know, hours ahead, before hours 0:08:35.080 --> 0:08:35.400 at least. 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:37.680 Yes, that's a good watch live, very good point. If 0:08:37.720 --> 0:08:39.959 you're watching live, there's your incentive. We'll give you the 0:08:40.040 --> 0:08:43.640 names live and then you're ahead of the game. But yes, 0:08:43.720 --> 0:08:46.520 starting this week, so so the standalone videos, you're gonna 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.800 get segments in the show, just like we do prospecting 0:08:48.800 --> 0:08:50.720 with the Welsh, and you're gonna see them on the 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.480 YouTube channel probably like well said a couple hours later 0:08:53.559 --> 0:08:55.920 or what have you. Let's get to some more news 0:08:56.080 --> 0:09:00.319 and notes here. We also had let's see thet is 0:09:00.320 --> 0:09:03.240 putting Kyle Tucker on the il with the shin contusion. Now, 0:09:03.480 --> 0:09:05.520 the good news about this is Joey Loprafito's coming backup 0:09:05.520 --> 0:09:07.760 and he's gonna play some Miutfield Welsh. Now, I like this, 0:09:08.040 --> 0:09:10.520 here's my tin again. I didn't make the tinfoilt I 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:13.960 gotta make a tinfoil hot today. Joey Loperfito does not 0:09:14.000 --> 0:09:16.079 get sent back down after this, he stays up there 0:09:16.120 --> 0:09:19.120 and jose A Brew is gone after this whenever Kyle 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:21.679 Tucker comes back. What do you think? Am I crazy? No? 0:09:21.800 --> 0:09:24.480 I mean I actually thought that was the plan, Like 0:09:24.559 --> 0:09:28.160 when Abraia went down. Luperfto is playing in the outfield. Great, 0:09:28.440 --> 0:09:31.040 let's keep him, let's keep going here. But it just 0:09:31.200 --> 0:09:34.280 isn't you know, it doesn't. Jack Myers has been playing well. 0:09:34.800 --> 0:09:37.440 I guess they have. They feel they have like a glut. Yeah. 0:09:37.440 --> 0:09:39.080 I think at some point they got to make that 0:09:39.120 --> 0:09:41.720 commitment that this is not working with a Brew and 0:09:41.760 --> 0:09:44.720 then Lupafieda Lupa Veto should be up I think rest 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:47.840 of season. But you know what, do we know why 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:49.400 did they send him down last time? 0:09:49.480 --> 0:09:52.360 But they sent him down because of money. They sent 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:54.400 him down because it's like, look, we try to give 0:09:54.440 --> 0:09:56.160 this veteran the benefit of doubt. Let's give him a break, 0:09:56.200 --> 0:09:58.040 let's give him a shut down, Let's give him a restart. 0:09:58.080 --> 0:09:59.960 See if we can get him going. And can you try? 0:10:00.080 --> 0:10:02.920 You tried everything. Speaking of the astros, Jay Gris wants 0:10:02.960 --> 0:10:05.160 to know what do you think about Hunter Brown rest 0:10:05.160 --> 0:10:07.360 of season? He's had a nice turnaround lately and good 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:09.800 thing too, because Verlander has been stinking and now Christian 0:10:09.800 --> 0:10:10.760 Hobby is out for the year. 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.160 Yeah, I'm with the turnaround. I think we've talked about 0:10:14.200 --> 0:10:16.800 this a week or so ago. Lance Prasdowski had talked 0:10:16.800 --> 0:10:19.760 about how it looked like Hunter Brown had added in 0:10:19.800 --> 0:10:22.800 a cutter at some portion of this year, and you're 0:10:22.840 --> 0:10:25.680 seeing the percentage up. I'm sorry, cutter, a sinker. He 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:27.640 didn't even throw it last year, the sinker, and it's 0:10:27.679 --> 0:10:30.600 now up to around eight percent so far in the season. 0:10:30.920 --> 0:10:34.200 It's created a really low batting average. It's creating him 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.600 being able to hit multiple spots in the zone. Yeah, 0:10:37.640 --> 0:10:39.600 I'm with it, and you know, I mean his fastball. 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:42.640 He's given up over three hundred batting average against his 0:10:42.720 --> 0:10:46.080 forcing fastball, but it's gotten expected batting average down around 0:10:46.160 --> 0:10:50.360 two point fifty. So giving a different look with that sinker, 0:10:50.520 --> 0:10:52.800 I think is opening up some of this, making maybe 0:10:52.840 --> 0:10:55.559 making that splitter more effective, or that split fingers got 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.160 like an almost forty percent wiff rate. I think Hunter 0:10:58.200 --> 0:10:59.959 Brown is a really solid buy right now. 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.960 Continuing on here, no Astros news anymore. We're done with that. 0:11:04.040 --> 0:11:06.839 George Kirby seven innings of one run ball against the 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:08.640 Royals on the flip side of that same game called 0:11:08.679 --> 0:11:12.080 Reagan's six innings, struck out nine, no decision for him 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.960 and Jose Ramirez. His MVP odds have moved since a 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:17.000 Soto injury, so they were plus twenty four hundred now 0:11:17.000 --> 0:11:20.319 they're plus eighteen hundred over the weekend. I still say 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:22.240 Jose Arameras is very much in this thing. Three for 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:25.000 five with a run score two for him. Let's get 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:26.680 some fun things. I don't know how fun. This was 0:11:26.720 --> 0:11:28.839 just kind of interesting. So Tyler Glastow gave you twelve 0:11:28.840 --> 0:11:31.720 strikeouts yesterday, but he gave up five runs and eight 0:11:31.800 --> 0:11:33.880 hits and six innings, so kind of a mixed bag. 0:11:34.320 --> 0:11:38.240 You know, got to save yesterday. Welsh now putting the 0:11:38.280 --> 0:11:41.559 stage for saves on the pupon Genesis Carper. 0:11:43.280 --> 0:11:45.280 This is ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for 0:11:46.400 --> 0:11:48.319 us to a sage me. 0:11:49.240 --> 0:11:54.360 When you name my love show ta Imanaga. Also getting 0:11:54.400 --> 0:11:56.000 back to the winning ways. He was five and zero 0:11:56.400 --> 0:11:58.320 through his first six starts. I think, gone five straight 0:11:58.360 --> 0:12:01.640 starts without a w that streak ends. Is he already 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.240 still under two and the Cubs are ten and two 0:12:04.240 --> 0:12:07.480 when he pitches? How about them? Apples welshmm hmmm. 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.920 He's been great. And you know for all of my monelide, 0:12:11.679 --> 0:12:16.679 my little ten what is it the cap ten caps 0:12:16.679 --> 0:12:21.880 tenfoil tenfoil hat Mine with Showta is really just a 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:24.520 bit about him coming back down to earth a little bit, 0:12:24.559 --> 0:12:27.200 and that's all that's happening. Like mine was never like hey, 0:12:27.200 --> 0:12:29.920 he's gonna not be good because he throws the two pitches. 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:32.680 It's just like, no, he's gonna find some stabilization. And 0:12:32.720 --> 0:12:34.880 I think we're starting to get that. The league is 0:12:34.960 --> 0:12:37.600 kind of caught up. He's becoming a really solid top 0:12:37.720 --> 0:12:40.440 twenty sp rest of season, get some of those wins. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:43.080 I think it's a really good sign. Probably a buying 0:12:43.120 --> 0:12:46.440 opportunity is passed if you wanted to get back into 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.800 that business. But very very solid for Imanaga, and he's 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.240 gonna be one of those NL Rookie of the Year 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:53.000 top candidates. 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:56.319 Here's another question here from the Pizan track Cracker Jacks. 0:12:56.440 --> 0:12:58.360 Better pick up Boss or Robbie Ray in a twelve 0:12:58.400 --> 0:12:59.880 team head to head? Isay Robbie Ray? 0:13:00.720 --> 0:13:01.360 I say Boss? 0:13:02.360 --> 0:13:03.880 I said why Boss for you? 0:13:04.280 --> 0:13:06.599 Because I don't think Robbie Ray. I mean Robbie. 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:09.319 Ray is what I read this morning. That's the target 0:13:09.400 --> 0:13:10.199 date midjely. 0:13:10.920 --> 0:13:13.280 Well, I think I think Boz is going to be 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:15.840 up like any day. He's already been in triple A. 0:13:16.200 --> 0:13:19.840 I guess I'm worried about the full usage of Robbie Ray, 0:13:20.040 --> 0:13:22.480 Like he pitched one inning a couple of days ago 0:13:22.520 --> 0:13:23.679 and I didn't see what this. 0:13:23.640 --> 0:13:27.040 Weekend he pitched. Well, well stick stay tuned everybody for 0:13:27.120 --> 0:13:31.040 more Robbie on the show Rookie Lookie houstin Waldroup was 0:13:31.080 --> 0:13:34.319 called up seven runs, fourhads, three and two thirds. And 0:13:34.360 --> 0:13:37.040 also the nats. I know people were trying to spin 0:13:37.080 --> 0:13:39.680 this like it wasn't that bad. I don't know, Welsh 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:41.040 I watched it. 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:44.120 Well, no, it definitely fell apart, But I think, what 0:13:44.280 --> 0:13:46.360 the spin, and I'm with the spin a little bit 0:13:46.360 --> 0:13:48.160 as I'm trying to pull this up. The spin is 0:13:48.200 --> 0:13:51.320 because he didn't give up a hit through the first 0:13:51.400 --> 0:13:55.160 part of the order. He completely dominated through that first set, 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.920 and then it did fall apart. He gave up a 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.240 bunch of week contact though, I think that was thing 0:14:00.280 --> 0:14:03.400 to be really positive about, but the pitch mix kind 0:14:03.440 --> 0:14:06.000 of failed to him. He got into that walking way. 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:09.920 That split finger is a ridiculous pitch. It really is 0:14:09.960 --> 0:14:12.079 a ridiculous pitch. If you watch it, he was throwing 0:14:12.120 --> 0:14:14.120 it at any point in the count. It had a 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:18.320 forty two percent with rate in this game. It was awesome, 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.600 But he's gonna have to learn to have full implementation 0:14:21.800 --> 0:14:25.080 in there. I actually don't think like if everybody were 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.200 to give up completely on Waldrip, I would be interested 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:31.560 if they commit to him to continue going, because I'm 0:14:31.600 --> 0:14:34.480 not sure that they used him to stretch out the starters. 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:36.160 I'm not sure this is going to be a full 0:14:36.200 --> 0:14:38.040 long term one, but I don't know. Dude, When you 0:14:38.120 --> 0:14:42.520 see starters like this absolutely dominant to start the game, 0:14:42.600 --> 0:14:45.360 guys couldn't get on the split finger. He'd goes split finger, 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:48.760 then fastball, and then just fall apart in that second 0:14:48.840 --> 0:14:50.840 part of the I just feel like that's something that. 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:53.480 He could and I think this is where we lose, 0:14:53.560 --> 0:14:58.600 not we, but but Baseball lose Royal the Royal WI. Yeah, 0:14:58.640 --> 0:15:01.080 you know, he walked four guys, you had one strikeout. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.880 The results matter, Yes, certain certain metrics do also be a. 0:15:05.680 --> 0:15:08.120 Well his his uh, you know, the spin rate was 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:11.640 quite high, and I believe that there's something other things right, Yeah, Okay, 0:15:11.720 --> 0:15:14.240 well that's fine, and maybe all that we can look 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:17.160 into bigger sample sizes and look the sample size of 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:17.560 Triple A. 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:19.560 And it was very good, like he's been very good 0:15:19.560 --> 0:15:21.760 this year. But at the end of the day, it 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.000 was a failure. It was a failure, and it just 0:15:24.040 --> 0:15:25.640 it was just funny to watch the Twitter verse kind 0:15:25.680 --> 0:15:27.520 of try to spin this. And I know you're excited 0:15:27.560 --> 0:15:30.560 about it, Twitter Verse, and I know the prospect nerds 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:33.720 love this stuff. But it wasn't good. Wasn't a good start. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.080 Drew Thorpe, He's gonna get a shot from Double A. 0:15:36.600 --> 0:15:38.440 Drewthorpe was a guy who had a good spring. I 0:15:38.440 --> 0:15:39.880 tried to pick him up my league this week. I'm 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:42.720 so mad, Welsh I lost out by a dollar. I 0:15:42.760 --> 0:15:45.200 wanted to jump off of a tall building today I couldn't. 0:15:45.280 --> 0:15:46.440 I was like, why didn't get Hi? Why did I 0:15:46.480 --> 0:15:51.120 get him eight dollars bid over my seven dollar bid? Sucks? Anyway, 0:15:51.880 --> 0:15:54.640 he is at a one thirty five y fifty six strikeout, 0:15:54.680 --> 0:15:57.920 seventeen walks and eleven starts. How aggressive should we both 0:15:58.000 --> 0:15:59.000 be on Drew Thorpe. 0:15:59.440 --> 0:16:02.200 You know you got me thinking off of that last one. 0:16:02.320 --> 0:16:06.480 If one bad outing from Hurst and Waldrop is gonna 0:16:06.480 --> 0:16:09.240 make you say that he's garbage, then you shouldn't be 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:14.400 aggressive garbage, I said, slamming anybody's failure. 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.640 I'm not see that again. I didn't say you, I 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:19.160 said the Royal Wing and you still got hurt. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.520 No. No, But what I'm telling you is is but you. 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:25.040 But you are taking you like oh Twitter, everyone's trying 0:16:25.040 --> 0:16:25.520 to spin it. 0:16:25.520 --> 0:16:28.400 Oh results, the trip it like it wasn't that bad. Well, 0:16:28.400 --> 0:16:30.200 it was that bad. It was the freaking Nationals. It 0:16:30.200 --> 0:16:31.920 wasn't like the Dodgers beat him around the ballpark. 0:16:32.040 --> 0:16:34.920 Okay, well this is a White Sox team. So if 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:38.880 you can't handle Worston Waldrip in his first start, you're 0:16:38.880 --> 0:16:40.800 not gonna be able to handle Drew Thorpe as a 0:16:40.840 --> 0:16:43.520 White Sox or any pitching prospect for that matter that's 0:16:43.560 --> 0:16:46.720 left out there. But I do believe that Drew Thorpe 0:16:46.800 --> 0:16:50.360 is gonna maintain kind of like Waldrop, low hard hit contact, 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:54.920 great change up, really difficult differential between his fastball and 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:56.680 change up. I think he's gonna give a hitters fit, 0:16:57.160 --> 0:16:59.320 but he might get hit up some. He's not gonna 0:16:59.320 --> 0:17:02.360 have run support the White Sox so buyer. Beware, you know, 0:17:02.400 --> 0:17:03.840 by what does that start? By the way, I didn't. 0:17:03.920 --> 0:17:05.840 I don't even know who the White Sox are going. No, no, 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:07.240 I know that, But who are they playing? 0:17:08.040 --> 0:17:08.240 You know? 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:13.080 Yeah, if it's the Braves, No, definitely not. 0:17:14.040 --> 0:17:15.800 I got to look at see the White Sox are playing. Yeah, 0:17:15.800 --> 0:17:21.120 some of the White Sox are playing the Seattle Mariners. 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:24.080 Okay, I mean they can't hit, they have no offense. 0:17:24.160 --> 0:17:26.959 There's a bunch of strikeouts. So yeah, I actually I 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:30.400 do kind of like that start, but beware, he might 0:17:30.400 --> 0:17:33.280 give up three or four earned runs like rookie pitchers do. 0:17:33.359 --> 0:17:36.520 And he's jumping from double A. He's ever from double A. Look, 0:17:36.520 --> 0:17:39.359 I think with Thorpe you have tempered expectations because he's 0:17:39.359 --> 0:17:41.240 a White Sox. And again, I'm not saying that Waldrop 0:17:41.320 --> 0:17:43.600 is a failure. I'm saying his start was a failure. 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:45.920 And everybody I kept looking at the internets, kept trying 0:17:45.920 --> 0:17:48.040 to tell me that it's not true, and I'm like, no, 0:17:48.160 --> 0:17:50.520 it's pretty much true. Whyat Lang for two for four 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:54.080 with a triple he smell that Welsh smells like rookie 0:17:54.080 --> 0:17:55.160 of the year is starting. 0:17:54.840 --> 0:17:57.200 To turn just oh, because he had a triple. 0:17:57.440 --> 0:18:00.520 He he had one triple and ladies, I was gonna 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:04.000 get a ticket, one way ticket to UH to Scranton. Right, 0:18:04.080 --> 0:18:04.919 is that where the Yankees are? 0:18:05.400 --> 0:18:07.760 I don't know. Just said in the summerset, why not 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:12.000 just caught? They should just release Louise Heel. He's worthless now, 0:18:12.040 --> 0:18:14.280