WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off July 25th 2022 (Ep. 559) 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:17.320 Stupid questions. Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody to fantasy pros. 0:00:17.400 --> 0:00:19.479 This is Leading Off, brought to you by bet MGM, 0:00:19.520 --> 0:00:22.400 the King of sports Books. It's me, Joey p Joe 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:24.360 Pye's appear with me is the Welsh and of course 0:00:24.400 --> 0:00:26.880 it's you. It's been a fun weekend of baseball to 0:00:26.920 --> 0:00:29.960 talk about the Blue Jays. At some point stop scoring runs. 0:00:29.960 --> 0:00:31.920 I think against the Red Sox. I don't know for sure. 0:00:31.960 --> 0:00:33.479 It might still be going ja. 0:00:33.640 --> 0:00:36.920 There's rumors around the world that they're still scoring runs. 0:00:36.960 --> 0:00:39.480 As we speak at this moment, runs are still being 0:00:39.520 --> 0:00:42.240 scored on the Boston Red Sox. No one really knows. 0:00:43.040 --> 0:00:45.320 We just are told the tale we did. 0:00:45.479 --> 0:00:49.760 The legend of the Toronto Blue Jays offense continues to 0:00:49.840 --> 0:00:52.400 grow here and hopefully that's a team that offensively needs 0:00:52.400 --> 0:00:55.200 to get off to a good start. Lauris Guriel has 0:00:55.240 --> 0:00:57.360 been red hot too. I keep waiting for that shoe 0:00:57.440 --> 0:00:59.080 to drop. I keep saying he's a guy to trade 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:02.480 high at this point because he just can't sustain it 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.960 as far as I'm concerned. But it's good to see 0:01:05.000 --> 0:01:07.240 some life out of the Blue Jays offense. We're gonna 0:01:07.240 --> 0:01:10.000 see some life this week out of Jacob Degram hopefully 0:01:10.040 --> 0:01:12.360 as well. Lots to talk about. There was even the 0:01:12.440 --> 0:01:15.880 trade over the weekend too. Daniel Vogelbach goes to the 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:18.560 Mets for a minor league reliever. Your thoughts on this 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:21.759 from a fantasy perspective, what kind of impact and vogel 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.560 Back have in this lineup? But it appears the Mets 0:01:23.600 --> 0:01:27.000 are also connected to Trey Mancini I saw today connected 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:29.920 to Josh Bell. So lots of moving pieces there. What 0:01:30.000 --> 0:01:32.319 happens to Alonso then is first basement, does he like 0:01:32.360 --> 0:01:34.280 get more days in the dhpot you think? 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.120 I think it just gives them a little bit more flexibility. 0:01:37.160 --> 0:01:39.800 I think one big thing is it signals the absolute 0:01:39.840 --> 0:01:42.319 end Dominic Smith. I know he's been down miners and 0:01:42.319 --> 0:01:44.440 there have been trade rumors with him. I think that 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:47.360 was all but a signaling that he's gone. I can't 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:49.680 tell if vogel if this is gonna be like a 0:01:49.760 --> 0:01:52.640 Vogelbach is locked in. This was their choice or this 0:01:52.840 --> 0:01:56.320 was just a really cheap addition if they can't make 0:01:56.360 --> 0:01:59.400 another move. I mean, from a fantasy perspective, here's one 0:01:59.400 --> 0:02:01.200 of the positive vog Bak is seen a lot of 0:02:01.200 --> 0:02:01.880 pitches this year. 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:03.400 He can come out of the leadoff spot. 0:02:03.480 --> 0:02:06.120 He was in the Pirates leadoff spot, and he's gonna 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:09.480 make a lot of contact. I don't have really really 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:11.680 high hopes unless I was in a deep league, But 0:02:12.000 --> 0:02:14.040 I just think it provides a little bit more flexibility 0:02:14.240 --> 0:02:16.359 throw a linzo over a DH even more so, they're 0:02:16.360 --> 0:02:18.720 comfortable if they want to screw around or they want 0:02:18.760 --> 0:02:20.680 to throw him near the top of the lineup. That's 0:02:20.720 --> 0:02:23.920 where things get interesting. You know, maybe total base props, 0:02:24.120 --> 0:02:26.400 maybe you're just trying to chase some runs. But outside 0:02:26.400 --> 0:02:29.840 of that, I mean, he's relatively minimal fantasy value. 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:31.840 You mentioned the fact that Dom Smith's probably the odd 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.600 man out now in keeper leagues and dynasty leagues and 0:02:34.639 --> 0:02:36.919 stuff like that. Welsh, I mean to me, Don Smith 0:02:36.960 --> 0:02:41.360 was never a prototypical first base slugging kind of guy. 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.440 I mean, I thought he was an odd draft pick 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.280 at the time. I didn't love it, But look, you know, 0:02:46.360 --> 0:02:47.840 he's been a guy that's shown you he could hit 0:02:47.840 --> 0:02:49.520 for some high average. Do you have any hope for 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.160 him getting an everyday job somewhere else potentially? Do you 0:02:52.200 --> 0:02:54.400 see him as a buy cheap I don't want to 0:02:54.400 --> 0:02:56.040 say buy low, but a buy on the cheap and 0:02:56.080 --> 0:02:57.840 somebody could be useful. Or is this a guy that 0:02:58.200 --> 0:03:00.440 the organization's moving on because they're telling you he's not 0:03:00.480 --> 0:03:02.799 really a full major league every day player. 0:03:03.520 --> 0:03:05.480 I kind of think it might be the latter right 0:03:05.520 --> 0:03:09.480 there too. It reminds me of the Clint Fraser situation, 0:03:09.560 --> 0:03:10.240 remember where. 0:03:10.080 --> 0:03:13.359 It was like, man, Clint Fraser could just get going 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:15.040 if you could just get this spot and we could 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.520 see the bat speed Da da da, And then he 0:03:17.600 --> 0:03:19.840 did and it didn't work, and we always kept wondering, like, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:21.880 why isn't Clint Fraser off this team? 0:03:21.960 --> 0:03:23.960 The ink he's really holding so high? 0:03:24.000 --> 0:03:25.640 And then it were I kind of see it as 0:03:25.680 --> 0:03:28.640 a similar situation that's gonna end up happening. If he were, 0:03:28.800 --> 0:03:31.640 you know, such a talent that everybody thinks they can fix, 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:32.760 why would they have not made a trade. 0:03:32.800 --> 0:03:34.600 You got to imagine the Mets are just dying to move 0:03:34.639 --> 0:03:36.120 off of him. There's no home. 0:03:36.200 --> 0:03:38.240 And also you want to do right by the player sometime. 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:40.400 So I think I would like it to more Clint 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:42.040 Fraser than it is hidden talent. 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.400 Yeah, and you could tell Mike Mayer's back in the 0:03:44.480 --> 0:03:47.160 check because He's already saying, I look jaundiced in my 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:50.840 new lighting. This is just me. I am very swarthy 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:53.920 and dark on the YouTube channel in the summertime I 0:03:53.960 --> 0:03:56.120 step outside, I get tam. It's just my complexion. 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.720 I do have a request about it. This is a 0:03:57.760 --> 0:03:58.360 request though. 0:03:58.520 --> 0:04:01.360 Okay, if you're gonna have that lighting when you start 0:04:01.440 --> 0:04:02.640 the show, I need. 0:04:02.520 --> 0:04:02.960 You to go. 0:04:04.840 --> 0:04:09.480 Heyo, you still like the sexy version, please like this 0:04:10.200 --> 0:04:10.600 on this? Yeah? 0:04:10.680 --> 0:04:13.120 Yeah, yeah, I would like Sexy Time Joe to open 0:04:13.200 --> 0:04:13.720 up the show. 0:04:14.200 --> 0:04:18.080 Uh. Hey go, let's get this some more headlines, everybody. 0:04:18.120 --> 0:04:21.040 Oh yeah uh. Petere Alonzo powers the Mets past the 0:04:21.040 --> 0:04:25.440 Padres efter two anemic offensive nights for them. Ruiz reaches 0:04:25.480 --> 0:04:27.840 base four times for the Nats as they top all 0:04:27.880 --> 0:04:30.480 the Diamondbacks. He had a Nolas Garcia had four hits, 0:04:30.600 --> 0:04:32.000 a home run in his stone base, and a victory 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:33.599 over the A's. This was a player I talked about 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:36.359 last week. Is interesting by low I know the TV show. 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:39.200 I do, because this is a streaky player and he 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:40.840 had gone I think at one point he had a 0:04:40.839 --> 0:04:42.760 stretch where he'sit in a buck eleven over ten games, 0:04:42.760 --> 0:04:44.160 and I'm like, well, that's a perfect time to make 0:04:44.160 --> 0:04:47.480 a trade for Garcia because you know eventually he's gonna 0:04:47.520 --> 0:04:49.799 have the turnaround. And here we go, he's the turnaround. 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:51.960 And you know, whenever you see schedules looking for the 0:04:51.960 --> 0:04:53.680 West too, where they're gonna beat up on teams like 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.160 the A's uh, it's you know, you go ahead and 0:04:57.160 --> 0:04:59.680 you start to invest in those teams. You had Robbie 0:04:59.720 --> 0:05:03.200 Ray hit hard against the Astros and they get swept. 0:05:03.200 --> 0:05:07.679 So the Mariners riding high fourteen game win streak. Welcome 0:05:07.720 --> 0:05:09.600 to the Astros, Welcome to the big League. So now 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:11.159 you've got a real team you got to play against. 0:05:11.200 --> 0:05:13.400 They've got a four game set coming up later this week, 0:05:13.800 --> 0:05:16.440 and none of those matchups favor them. In fact, it's 0:05:16.520 --> 0:05:18.880 Verlinder versus Ray. I think in that one where you 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.480 thought they might have a shot. Look, the Mariners also 0:05:22.520 --> 0:05:25.359 deal with injuries. You had Winker go down with an injury, 0:05:25.480 --> 0:05:28.760 you had somebody else was injured. Two for them. I'm 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:32.360 trying to remember what it was. Hurt and Hanniger supposed 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:34.760 to be coming back soon. He just started with the wrist. 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.600 But is this was did we see the end of 0:05:37.640 --> 0:05:38.520 the Mariners run? 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.040 No? No, no, no, I don't think we can do that. 0:05:42.120 --> 0:05:43.960 I mean, there were some players early on that played 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:44.960 a little bit above, but. 0:05:45.279 --> 0:05:46.840 You know you know you. 0:05:46.800 --> 0:05:48.880 Have a hurt Winker, you have a hurt Julio. Those 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:50.920 are not great pieces. Hanniger is going to come back 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:51.880 to power the offense. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:53.000 But I mean, it's just. 0:05:53.160 --> 0:05:55.400 Repeating from what we've said a whole lot. Like I 0:05:55.400 --> 0:05:58.840 think this team needs to make a crazy impactful trade. 0:05:59.160 --> 0:06:01.760 I know, obviously they thrown in the soda stuff. Get 0:06:01.760 --> 0:06:04.159 a new table setter, get someone I'd like to see 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:05.800 someone at the top of the lineup. I'd love to 0:06:05.800 --> 0:06:08.760 see like ty France hitting two with somebody that just 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.560 really gets going on a leadoff spot. And then get 0:06:11.560 --> 0:06:14.839 one more impactful pitcher because that pitching is just robby. 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:16.720 You don't know what Robbie Ray you're gonna get at 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:20.800 all times. You've got young guys. Yeah, it's not it's 0:06:20.839 --> 0:06:22.520 not built for the playoffs. 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.640 It's built for like go for the regular season, Welsh. 0:06:24.680 --> 0:06:27.240 I gotta be honest with Magical Dream, Like, oh look 0:06:27.240 --> 0:06:29.320 at how fun is this team. It's like Moneyball, Like 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:31.000 we write a movie about it. Like if they were 0:06:31.000 --> 0:06:33.920 to do anything, it's with this cast But I don't 0:06:33.920 --> 0:06:36.240 think they're going to do anything with this crew. So 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.359 I really really believe that they should be just hyper 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:40.520 hyper aggressive on you. 0:06:40.560 --> 0:06:42.320 Don't know where they go though. I don't think they're 0:06:42.320 --> 0:06:44.080 going to go back to the Reds because they already 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:45.920 made their deal with the Reds. I'd be very surprised 0:06:45.920 --> 0:06:47.520 if they went back to that well again, like even 0:06:47.560 --> 0:06:49.839 maybe for a tier Molly. But they're not gonna get Castillo. 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:55.600 But it's it's kind of an when they get I mean, 0:06:55.600 --> 0:06:58.039 who you get, is that the Kellenick deal? 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:02.120 I mean, legit, the team should give a consideration. Well, 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:03.640 you don't have to trade both of those guys they 0:07:03.680 --> 0:07:04.120 I think. 0:07:04.120 --> 0:07:06.720 For Castillo, I think you might. I mean, Kent is 0:07:06.760 --> 0:07:09.480 far from a sure thing maybe. 0:07:09.120 --> 0:07:11.400 But you've got some they've got other pieces that You've 0:07:11.440 --> 0:07:13.440 also got a guy like Brash, which I feel like 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:14.280 the Reds would just. 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.440 Or Martin, noelve Marte if you really. 0:07:17.280 --> 0:07:18.200 Wanted to go that high. 0:07:18.200 --> 0:07:19.680 I think they would need to get like a bat 0:07:19.800 --> 0:07:22.480 back if they wanted to trade Marte and Kelnick. I mean, 0:07:22.480 --> 0:07:25.400 that's a huge, massive trade you'd have to get. It's 0:07:25.440 --> 0:07:28.160 a trade that fantasy people will be like, what but 0:07:28.280 --> 0:07:30.240 real life they'd be like, well you're getting a controllable 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:30.920 young you get. 0:07:30.880 --> 0:07:32.680 Drury back too. He would be a useful piece you 0:07:32.680 --> 0:07:33.720 could move all over the place. 0:07:34.120 --> 0:07:36.200 Yeah, I mean, and Mantes is still out there as well. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:38.320 You have to think that could be in consideration. 0:07:39.200 --> 0:07:40.720 Yeah, I just don't think you want to give up 0:07:40.720 --> 0:07:44.320 the trade for a guy who, uh, you know, shoulder issues. 0:07:44.440 --> 0:07:45.240 So that's a good point. 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:47.320 It's a really really good I mean, Luis Castillo is 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:48.200 like the bell of the ball. 0:07:48.280 --> 0:07:49.640 I think at this point he's the. 0:07:49.640 --> 0:07:51.720 Bell of the ball. Well, you were bell with the 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:53.720 ball the home run contest this week and taking Paul 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.960 Goldschmidt two yesterday. What you had four over the week, 0:07:57.040 --> 0:07:58.640 I mean something absurd, right, you were. 0:07:58.560 --> 0:08:01.480 Just on fire, well very far away, as I said, 0:08:01.480 --> 0:08:03.880 we'll talk about it is a big ut you go 0:08:04.080 --> 0:08:06.400 for a weekend's It was a huge jump, but it 0:08:06.440 --> 0:08:08.440 was like twenty percent of my total and I was like, 0:08:08.520 --> 0:08:11.239 oh god, I'm so far away. I need a huge push. 0:08:11.240 --> 0:08:13.320 I need a couple more of these, like three or 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:16.160 four day spans with four homers. I'm I'm not quite 0:08:16.200 --> 0:08:19.880 at the board, but we're getting there. And Goldie did 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:21.360 me well let's sniffing four bombs. 0:08:21.480 --> 0:08:23.760 Yeah, sniffing the board. All right, let's move on to 0:08:23.880 --> 0:08:26.840 some more news here on the injury front. Stephen Mattz 0:08:27.040 --> 0:08:29.840 diagnosed with the torn MCL and left knee. It was 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:31.720 a weird play at first base and you could see 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:33.800 it go and it was just like, yep, there we go, 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.679 there we have it, and that's an injury. I think 0:08:35.720 --> 0:08:37.760 you know what it's up for the Cardinals right now. 0:08:37.800 --> 0:08:39.560 I mean, the Cardinals are kind of up against it 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.559 as Gray's gold Schmith's been and you're not gonna have 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:44.720 goldschmin or Arnatdo going against Toronto this week. So make 0:08:44.760 --> 0:08:48.320 sure you're setting your lineups appropriately there. In fantasy, I 0:08:48.360 --> 0:08:52.160 will say this, the Cardinals kind of have to make 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.560 a move here. They are still in striking distance of 0:08:55.600 --> 0:08:58.320 that division Welsh. But more to the point, in this 0:08:58.400 --> 0:09:00.240 wild card you want to stay afloat here. I think 0:09:00.240 --> 0:09:01.840 they have a really good chance of making the playoffs. 0:09:01.880 --> 0:09:03.680 But you know the MAT's injury, not that he is 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.920 the biggest, most important one, but you're talking about innings now, 0:09:06.000 --> 0:09:08.040 so you know the guy who's like gone from the innings, well, 0:09:08.080 --> 0:09:09.440 I think that hurts them. 0:09:09.720 --> 0:09:12.040 Yeah, And I think they're they're probably going to be 0:09:12.040 --> 0:09:14.040 in the cheaper market. Like we keep going back to 0:09:14.040 --> 0:09:16.360 where like every time we're talking about teams acquiring, we're like, hey, 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:18.240 cause to you La Montas, But they're a team that 0:09:18.240 --> 0:09:22.240 would probably be going really cheat Merril Kelly massive Bumgarner 0:09:22.280 --> 0:09:24.200 has been put out there in the Diamondbacks. I think 0:09:24.240 --> 0:09:26.400 you're gonna have to Probably they're gonna dig down that hole. 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:28.640 It's not gonna as much as we they need somebody, 0:09:28.679 --> 0:09:30.280 it's not going to be someone I think. 0:09:30.120 --> 0:09:32.600 That we're like, oh my gosh, breaking news. 0:09:32.640 --> 0:09:34.560 It'll just be like, oh, the Cardinals might be able 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:35.640 to fix this type of guy. 0:09:36.120 --> 0:09:40.040 Frey Peralta had his uh struck out three eyes in 0:09:40.120 --> 0:09:42.720 Triple A on Sunday, So he is working his way back. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.040 If for some reason he was dropped in your league, 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:48.160 please go pick him up. I mean it's possible sometimes 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.679 rosters get squeezed, especial when you have limited il spots. 0:09:50.720 --> 0:09:54.560 With the way baseball is well also floating out there, 0:09:54.559 --> 0:09:54.800 it was. 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.319 Kind of a like this could be way longer than 0:09:57.360 --> 0:09:59.800 you think. Like this I think was the lost case scenario. 0:09:59.800 --> 0:10:00.480 I think as a. 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:04.559 Brave Peralta roster or roster r it was pretty long. 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:04.959 It's good. 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:06.600 It was a long time, yeah, and tout I had 0:10:06.760 --> 0:10:08.920 I have to grow them in Peralta. It's not good, 0:10:08.960 --> 0:10:11.160 but I think I'm coming off of two straight wins 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.080 and I have no chance to win it. But I 0:10:13.120 --> 0:10:15.400 am making a nice little comeback here and hopefully both 0:10:15.440 --> 0:10:16.560 of those guys are gonna help me. 0:10:16.960 --> 0:10:19.120 Yeah. And also speaking of injuries too, you're gonna have 0:10:19.840 --> 0:10:22.400 jas Chishmow for a while too, which hurts already a 0:10:22.440 --> 0:10:25.760 bad offense in Miami. I mean, Miami went thirty four 0:10:25.760 --> 0:10:28.160 innings without scoring a run, and you know losing gestchism 0:10:28.240 --> 0:10:29.000 is not going to help. 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:29.680 Uh. 0:10:29.760 --> 0:10:31.920 Jesse Winker left his game with the right ankle's brain, 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:35.160 so we'll keep an eye on that. Adam Duval season 0:10:35.240 --> 0:10:38.000 ending risk surgery for him, So the Braves lose a 0:10:38.080 --> 0:10:40.960 bat there. They're one of the deeper offenses they can 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.040 afford to lose him. And Harris has played so well 0:10:43.040 --> 0:10:45.240 in the outfield too, so they have some depth there obviously. 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:48.559 But to me, it's all about just getting Ozzie Albi's 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:51.240 back healthy too, and the Braves offense is gonna be fine. 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:53.640 Deval is not a huge injury there in that sense, 0:10:53.679 --> 0:10:55.719 but it is something from a depth standpoint, I could 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:57.959 see them adding another outfielder at some point in time 0:10:58.320 --> 0:11:01.439 over the next two weeks. For Alvarez returns from the 0:11:01.480 --> 0:11:04.160 IL but sits on Sunday still got lingering soreness in 0:11:04.160 --> 0:11:06.640 the right hand. Does this concern you for the second 0:11:06.640 --> 0:11:10.280 half year with Alvarez in terms of his fantasy productivity 0:11:11.320 --> 0:11:11.880 A little bit. 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:12.240 Yeah. 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:16.120 I would say anytime you're dealing with any type of 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.160 injury with him, especially hand injuries, and he's zapping of power, 0:11:19.240 --> 0:11:20.600 is something you want to look for. 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:22.160 He's not quite on. 0:11:22.120 --> 0:11:25.160 The injury prone tag, but it's something to monitor. I 0:11:25.160 --> 0:11:27.679 don't know if there's much to do with it. If 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:30.280 you're really really fearful of injuries and zapping of power, 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:32.240 he's been playing at a premium, you could always look 0:11:32.240 --> 0:11:34.800 to consolidate. I'm not sure I would recommend that at 0:11:34.800 --> 0:11:37.080 that point. That might be a little bit over reactionary. 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:38.800 The only other thing I want to add before we 0:11:38.880 --> 0:11:41.280 jump on, because this wasn't on here, because I think 0:11:41.320 --> 0:11:45.120 this is important. Bernando Tatis said he took on field 0:11:45.160 --> 0:11:48.040 batting practice over the weekend, and he had said that 0:11:48.080 --> 0:11:51.760 he's expecting to face live hitters this week and potentially 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:55.240 start a rehab assignment next week. So the first week 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.959 in August would be starting a rehab assignment to. 0:11:58.080 --> 0:12:00.240 Whatever degree that could be. 0:12:00.559 --> 0:12:03.560 You could be looking at Tatis back second to middle 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.319 half of. 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.160 August, which would be huge, huge, huge. 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.600 But there's another injury person you worry about, and their 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:14.440 value is jumping up right now because Tatis is he's healthy, 0:12:14.720 --> 0:12:17.520 he's working, you know, healthy, he's working to be healthy. 0:12:17.600 --> 0:12:20.120 He's going to be doing rehab assignment, so his value 0:12:20.920 --> 0:12:23.640 is rocketing back up. Let me ask you, Joe, would 0:12:23.640 --> 0:12:26.720 you rather have rest of season Brinando Tatis Junior or 0:12:26.800 --> 0:12:27.560 Jordan Alvarez? 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:32.000 Uh? Still Alvarez for me, because I also am not. 0:12:32.040 --> 0:12:33.959 I mean, look, it's a good question because when you 0:12:34.040 --> 0:12:36.520 deal with hand injuries here, you never know what's going 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:39.800 to happen. But to me, I think what we're seeing 0:12:39.800 --> 0:12:43.400 here with Alvarez is more management. They're running away with 0:12:43.400 --> 0:12:46.719 that division. There's no reason to push Alvarez if he's 0:12:46.720 --> 0:12:48.960 having any soreness or anything like that. So I would 0:12:49.000 --> 0:12:50.679 still take Alvarez as opposed to the guy who was 0:12:50.760 --> 0:12:52.880 out for a very long period time with an injury 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.000 and not in timing. You know, it's like, even if 0:12:56.040 --> 0:12:58.360 Tatis is healthy, where's the timing at We don't know. 0:12:58.440 --> 0:13:00.199 Maybe he jumps back in there boom when he's good 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:01.960 to go, maybe he doesn't. Maybe it takes him a 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:05.160 month or three weeks. And if so, it's already almost August. 0:13:05.280 --> 0:13:07.000 So I was still thinking, alvers, who would you take? 0:13:07.080 --> 0:13:08.920 Yeah, I mean that's part well, that's part of the 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.400 question for the rehab, for the rehab assignment, but. 0:13:11.920 --> 0:13:13.600 The rehab in the world. You know, timing on major 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:15.120 league pitching is not the same as you know. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:17.720 It's it's tough, you're not You're not wrong about that. 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:20.679 I almost need to not answer it. I don't know, 0:13:20.840 --> 0:13:22.800 because it's tough because he can't ask. 0:13:22.640 --> 0:13:24.439 A question of be and then not give an answer. 0:13:24.520 --> 0:13:26.079 We move on to other topics. 0:13:26.240 --> 0:13:26.679 It just hars. 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.960 When Tatis comes back, he will be close to one 0:13:30.000 --> 0:13:32.320 of the number one fantasy players. It's similar to like ronald' 0:13:32.360 --> 0:13:35.080 kunye missing that time comes back, Bam, you're one of 0:13:35.080 --> 0:13:37.800 the top guys in all of baseball. He's going to 0:13:38.000 --> 0:13:42.200 also be one of those guys. And it it's tough 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:44.120 because I think you know from a power speed five 0:13:44.200 --> 0:13:47.560 tool perspective. He immediately starts to fill that role. But 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.000 Jordan Alvas has been so dominant this year, and I 0:13:50.000 --> 0:13:54.200 don't know if we quite have any like any indication 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:56.880 that you know, he really is going to be zapped 0:13:56.920 --> 0:13:59.080 of power or he's going to struggle with this risk 0:13:59.120 --> 0:14:01.560 injury or it's linger, any little linger. 0:14:01.960 --> 0:14:04.440 It's an easy Tatis. It might be a tatoos. Overall. 0:14:04.520 --> 0:14:07.640 I think I'll side on the not Welsh, like the 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:09.360 one side of my brain's like the devil's side of 0:14:09.360 --> 0:14:11.959 my brain that's like the upside and the other one's 0:14:12.000 --> 0:14:15.200 like Welsh. Don't just do the right thing. And I'll 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.760 do the right thing, which is safe. And Jordan Alvarez 0:14:17.800 --> 0:14:20.000 but a little devil, he's poking. 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:22.800 A linger one of my favorite Cranberry's tunes as well. 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:25.640 Just want to throw that out there. I'm such a 0:14:25.640 --> 0:14:32.160 fool for you. I am all right? Can we talk 0:14:32.200 --> 0:14:34.720 about this a little a little uproar one of our 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:38.240 favorite potential second half breakout guys who needs it the 0:14:38.240 --> 0:14:43.200 worst way? Nick Cassianos had a little breakdown as it were. Report. 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.680 Uh yeah, the Sultan of Segue. So yeah, So the 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.840 reporter asked him, yo, do you do you hear the booze? 0:14:51.280 --> 0:14:54.160 And he was basically said, that's a stupid question. And 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:56.560 he's right. I mean, oftentimes I'm the guy who's like, 0:14:56.680 --> 0:14:58.480 just you know, shut up and answer the question. That's 0:14:58.480 --> 0:15:00.240 your job. You're getting paid hundreds of millions of or 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.480 just answer the question. But you know what, he's right, 0:15:02.640 --> 0:15:04.640 is a dumb question. Of course he hears the booze. 0:15:04.720 --> 0:15:06.480 Of course he does. And after this all broke down, 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:08.400 if you haven't seen it, run to the Twitter machine. 0:15:08.120 --> 0:15:11.840 Of watching it's it's uncomfortable. And reporter got a little 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:12.760 pissy too, like. 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.360 He kind of got yeah, he kind of like like, 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:17.280 I know, he was kind of like a smaller dude, 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.480 like it wasn't a good move and he kind of 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:21.480 like got his finger out and moved forward. And then 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:23.640 the guard is like, no, we're not doing this. But 0:15:23.680 --> 0:15:25.720 he did have a good point where he told Castillo 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.520 he's like, you know, he's like, if it's you should 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:31.160 be casios. I'm sorry, I can st see on my head. 0:15:31.400 --> 0:15:34.000 He asked cas like, you should still be able to 0:15:34.040 --> 0:15:35.400 answer a stupid question, and. 0:15:36.080 --> 0:15:38.160 You know what, how about ask a better question. I mean, 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:41.680 the guy knows he's struggling. The guy obviously cares, and 0:15:41.720 --> 0:15:43.520 you ask him, does he hear the booze? It's Philadelphia. 0:15:43.560 --> 0:15:45.960 You can hear the booze when you cross the city line. 0:15:46.280 --> 0:15:49.360 It's a snarky reporter question, like a. 0:15:49.400 --> 0:15:52.000 Snarky reporter question in a town. And and this brings 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:54.080 up a bigger point, and it's a fantasy point, it's 0:15:54.120 --> 0:15:56.520 a betting point. It's just a baseball point. At the 0:15:56.600 --> 0:15:59.280 end of the day. You have these cities like Saint Louis, 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.400 where they cheer you no matter what, where they're always 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:04.920 super positive, and you have cities like Philadelphia. By the way, 0:16:05.520 --> 0:16:07.560 the Phillies are possibly going to be the team that's 0:16:07.560 --> 0:16:10.320 the longest playoff drought, by the way, if they miss 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:13.960 the playoffs this year, that's f fun fact. So does 0:16:14.120 --> 0:16:17.320 environment matter in terms of investibility when it comes to players, 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:19.240 when it comes to fantasy, when it comes to wagering, 0:16:19.280 --> 0:16:21.760 when it comes to all of these things. Because Philadelphia 0:16:21.800 --> 0:16:24.320 is a negative place. I love it. I lived there 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.480 for a while. It's a fun place. I still go there. 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:28.800 Just took my kids there in the fall. We had 0:16:28.800 --> 0:16:30.320 a great on the spring, we had a great time. 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:32.840 But think about it. I mean, is it is not 0:16:32.880 --> 0:16:35.240 the easiest place to play. It's not the easiest place 0:16:35.280 --> 0:16:37.320 in terms of the fan base or the media base. 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:40.280