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Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome back into another episode of the cycle,

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Speaker 1: the Weekly Fantasy Pros Fantasy Baseball podcast. I'm your host,

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Speaker 1: Mike Mayer, and I'm joined this Friday afternoon by Kelly

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Speaker 1: Kirby the Wonky Penguin. Kelly, how are you doing today?

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Speaker 2: I am doing pretty well as long as my Internet

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Speaker 2: keeps up, but otherwise, I've got good plans for the weekend,

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Speaker 2: so I'm pretty excited to be here with you.

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Speaker 1: I do not have a ton of plans for the weekend,

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Speaker 1: but I am going to be coaching T ball for

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Speaker 1: the second time tomorrow, which the first time was an

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Speaker 1: interesting experience. Not sure I would twelve ten recommend, but

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Speaker 1: it was certainly interesting and somewhat enjoyable for whenever my

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Speaker 1: son participates, but he participates when he feels like participating,

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Speaker 1: as many four year olds do. And it's also I

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Speaker 1: live in Georgia and it was one hundred degrees, so

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Speaker 1: hopefully it will not be one hundred degrees again tomorrow

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Speaker 1: when I do it again. So on this episode, I

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Speaker 1: wanted to touch something that's not quite fantasy irrelevant but could

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Speaker 1: be in future years with potentially more players coming over

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Speaker 1: from overseas and then running through a number of different topics,

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Speaker 1: including some injury updates and some rest of season strategy.

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Speaker 1: We talked about last week how the season is really shortened,

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Speaker 1: which really means that your strategy for the rest of

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Speaker 1: season completely should be overhauled, and so we're really very

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Speaker 1: much taking things week for week this season in REA

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Speaker 1: draft leagues. Obviously keeper and dynasty leagues are different, but

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Speaker 1: for now it's a really shortened season and there's just

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Speaker 1: I wanted to get into is it was an interesting

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Speaker 1: story that dropped last night from the Athletic New York Times.

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Speaker 1: However you want to refer to them these days now

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Speaker 1: that they are merged about the Japanese Baseball Players Union

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Speaker 1: and basically they're pushing for some changes to their agreement

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Speaker 1: with the Kneepon League, which I learned in my research

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Speaker 1: that Nipon is really just another name for Japan.

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Speaker 2: Did you know that I did not know that?

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Speaker 1: Apparently it is. I learned that while trying to look

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Speaker 1: now some of our listeners may have learned that as well.

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Speaker 1: But basically, the players over there, their players Union is

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Speaker 1: not nearly as strong as the Major League Baseball Players Union,

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Speaker 1: which is understandable considering that might be the strongest union

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Speaker 1: wanted to fight for some additional things. And there's a

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Speaker 1: recent trying to think of the right word, but basically,

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Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, there was an anti trust challenge in

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Speaker 1: trust laws do apply to sports, which is kind of

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Speaker 1: the path forward for what the union wants to do,

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Speaker 1: and what they want is a change to free agency.

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Speaker 1: Japanese players have a much longer path to free agency,

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Speaker 1: and they have two different versions of free agency. They

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Speaker 1: with Major League Baseball. They have to be posted because

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Speaker 1: their teams own the rights to their contract. And what

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Speaker 1: And they don't even really have like we always know

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Speaker 1: the Nipon League is like not thrilled with that, They're like, hey,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, because it's nine years right before they

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Speaker 2: I am curious as to like how much of the

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Speaker 2: there's a little bit, a little bit of underlying hidden

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Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, and there's there are a lot more factors

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Speaker 1: You don't want to like completely take all of the

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Speaker 2: turns into Mason Miller, like you're going to get a

434
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Speaker 2: bunch of strikeouts. That he's not going to help you

435
00:21:11,280 --> 00:21:13,400
Speaker 2: in the counting area of wins or whatever, but he's

436
00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:17,040
Speaker 2: going to protect your your ratios. He'll definitely he might

437
00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:19,520
Speaker 2: give you more strikeouts than half of the rest of

438
00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:22,720
Speaker 2: the starting pictures that I roster. So he might be

439
00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,680
Speaker 2: worth I mean, he's totally worth hanging on to unless

440
00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:28,800
Speaker 2: they shut him down completely. My my question I think

441
00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 2: that I had mostly was just like they've let him

442
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:35,520
Speaker 2: go this long, and if it's if you finish first

443
00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:38,080
Speaker 2: or second Rookie of the Year voting, you get to

444
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:41,760
Speaker 2: free agency a year early. Correct? Is that I believe

445
00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:45,480
Speaker 2: that's what the Okay, thanks for clarifying.

446
00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:46,840
Speaker 1: I don't have it in front of me, but I

447
00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:48,840
Speaker 1: know the stimulations like that, but I don't have it.

448
00:21:49,040 --> 00:21:51,159
Speaker 1: I was not prepared for that question, how dare you

449
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,760
Speaker 1: ask the host questions I'm hosting this show.

450
00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:55,080
Speaker 2: I am very sorry, and I mean if only I

451
00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,520
Speaker 2: had written it down in the sheet word for word. AnyWho,

452
00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,399
Speaker 2: I uh yeah, So right now he's second behind Jackson Merrill,

453
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,600
Speaker 2: and he's at plus one thirty five odds to win

454
00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:08,080
Speaker 2: the Rookie of the Year. But that's why I think

455
00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,880
Speaker 2: it's first or second. So they've let him go long

456
00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:14,160
Speaker 2: enough where I'm not sure. Third place is Tyler Fitzgerald,

457
00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:19,439
Speaker 2: and he's at plus six thousand odds. So it's my question.

458
00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,800
Speaker 2: My ponder is just basically like they're not. I don't

459
00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:25,200
Speaker 2: think that that's actually a hidden motive for them, because

460
00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,240
Speaker 2: if they shut him down now, I still think he

461
00:22:27,320 --> 00:22:30,399
Speaker 2: finish a second. I just don't think Fitzgerald can catch

462
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:33,440
Speaker 2: him and and he should finish second. I would kind

463
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,159
Speaker 2: of argue he should probably still finish first, but I

464
00:22:37,520 --> 00:22:40,159
Speaker 2: think that they've made their choice so right now it

465
00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:43,639
Speaker 2: will be strictly baseball related, like they will keep a

466
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:45,320
Speaker 2: very close eye on him. I don't think they're gonna

467
00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:48,800
Speaker 2: let him throw, certainly not like one hundred pitches every

468
00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:51,960
Speaker 2: time out, but they're gonna I think they would just

469
00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:54,440
Speaker 2: want to keep him in rhythm, so I would I

470
00:22:54,440 --> 00:22:56,920
Speaker 2: would hold on to him again. The wins are gonna

471
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Speaker 2: be iffy, but I think he'll throw enough to help

472
00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:02,160
Speaker 2: at least three of the five pitching categories.

473
00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 1: So that's fair, isn't Isn't there also an ad to

474
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:08,239
Speaker 1: benefit for Rookie of the Year. Don't you get an

475
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:12,840
Speaker 1: extra draft pick if they finished first or second? So

476
00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:19,800
Speaker 1: there is some like reverse incentive there. I thought it was, yeah, yeah,

477
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,760
Speaker 1: I should have looked up all of these stipulations, but

478
00:23:21,800 --> 00:23:24,000
Speaker 1: I know that there are you know, they tried to

479
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,639
Speaker 1: address all this stuff and encourage teams to call up

480
00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:30,120
Speaker 1: call up players, and it was kind of a trade

481
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Speaker 1: off with like service time manipulation. But then also, you know,

482
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,199
Speaker 1: maybe you get some draft picks. I think it was

483
00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:40,920
Speaker 1: you like the first like, if you win Rookie of

484
00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,760
Speaker 1: the Year, your team gets a draft pick after the

485
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,119
Speaker 1: first round, and if you come in second or third,

486
00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:50,480
Speaker 1: they get like an extra international draft pick, So there

487
00:23:50,520 --> 00:23:52,400
Speaker 1: is some incentive there. I mean, he's already, like you said,

488
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 1: he's already going to finish at least second, so there,

489
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,720
Speaker 1: you know, it's kind of the trade off of how

490
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Speaker 1: valuable is that pick? Versus how valuable is the next

491
00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:03,840
Speaker 1: year of team control? Kind of a situation. You could

492
00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:06,560
Speaker 1: argue that for someone like Paul Skans, the year of

493
00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,000
Speaker 1: control is probably a lot more valuable given what he's

494
00:24:09,040 --> 00:24:09,560
Speaker 1: done so far.

495
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:12,040
Speaker 2: Right, And you know, I don't have it stitched on

496
00:24:12,080 --> 00:24:14,120
Speaker 2: a pill yet, but a really good like fantasy motto

497
00:24:14,320 --> 00:24:16,320
Speaker 2: I think is like, if a guy's got a thirty

498
00:24:16,320 --> 00:24:18,520
Speaker 2: two point five k percent into two one six ERA

499
00:24:18,600 --> 00:24:20,280
Speaker 2: and a zero point nine four whip, you just keep

500
00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,000
Speaker 2: him on your team and you throw them till they're

501
00:24:22,040 --> 00:24:26,040
Speaker 2: done with him. So I just would never I would.

502
00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:27,720
Speaker 2: I'm not going to shut him down on my team.

503
00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:28,520
Speaker 2: Let's go that way.

504
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Speaker 1: Yeah, So a picture I wanted to talk about for

505
00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:37,840
Speaker 1: different reasons, but kind of juxtapose him if you might,

506
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:42,439
Speaker 1: to Paul Skeens is Corbyn Burns, because obviously he's been

507
00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:45,520
Speaker 1: excellent this season, but he has not been excellent in August,

508
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:47,520
Speaker 1: where he has an eight point seventy to one EARRA

509
00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:49,960
Speaker 1: and he's had a couple of rough starts. You know,

510
00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 1: one of them was particularly rough because it essentially ended

511
00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 1: my fantasy season. It ended pretty much, that was the

512
00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 1: nail in my championship Coffin was his start where he

513
00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:02,320
Speaker 1: gave up seven runs, but in August twenty two thirds

514
00:25:02,359 --> 00:25:05,600
Speaker 1: innings eight points seven to one e er three twenty

515
00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:09,520
Speaker 1: two average against which yikes three point seven, three seventy

516
00:25:09,560 --> 00:25:16,160
Speaker 1: one OBP four seventy eight slugging against and just all

517
00:25:16,160 --> 00:25:19,960
Speaker 1: around not good. And so do you think there are

518
00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:22,560
Speaker 1: reasons for concern with Corbyn Burns or do you think

519
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:25,600
Speaker 1: this is just, you know, some some rough luck and

520
00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:29,200
Speaker 1: he'll bounce back. And knowing what we know about Corbyn

521
00:25:29,200 --> 00:25:31,719
Speaker 1: Burns and knowing what we know about Paul Skeens, who

522
00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:33,679
Speaker 1: would you rather have a rest of season?

523
00:25:34,920 --> 00:25:38,359
Speaker 2: It's a that on paper that looks like an interesting

524
00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:40,760
Speaker 2: question for me, I would take I would stick with

525
00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 2: Corbyn Burns. I mean, if I had the choice exactly

526
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,800
Speaker 2: that way, I would still do it, just because I

527
00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,639
Speaker 2: don't know what Skins is going to do, and I

528
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,760
Speaker 2: I'm not trusting that Burns is going to bounce all

529
00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:55,680
Speaker 2: the way back. The thing for me was last night

530
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,080
Speaker 2: he went six and two thirds innings and he only

531
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 2: struck out two batters. And for me, that's that's more

532
00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:03,320
Speaker 2: concerning because of the rest of them, even when he's

533
00:26:03,359 --> 00:26:06,720
Speaker 2: getting lit up he's still doing five, six, seven strikeouts,

534
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:09,720
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna hope that he bounces back. And I'm

535
00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:11,879
Speaker 2: so sorry that he decided to turn into what he

536
00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,240
Speaker 2: did to you during Championship week, but I'm gonna go

537
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,119
Speaker 2: with the Yeah, I'm gonna I'm just gonna go with

538
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:23,040
Speaker 2: his records, long track record and say that he'll be okay.

539
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,960
Speaker 2: I also like that he's playing, you know, for the Orioles,

540
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,399
Speaker 2: and they're obviously in it, so the effort will be

541
00:26:29,440 --> 00:26:31,760
Speaker 2: there at all times, and so yeah, I would rather

542
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:33,919
Speaker 2: have him down the stretch, just because I trust that

543
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: I know what's going to happen with him. However, I

544
00:26:36,359 --> 00:26:38,760
Speaker 2: roster him in one of my most important leagues and

545
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:42,359
Speaker 2: I have not been happy with him. And I also

546
00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:44,479
Speaker 2: have George Kirby, so there was one stretch there that

547
00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,720
Speaker 2: I I cried a little.

548
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:53,439
Speaker 1: M Yeah, I have him in another league, but I

549
00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:56,240
Speaker 1: you know, I'm just starting him regardless. I don't have

550
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Speaker 1: him in my most important keeper league, but I have

551
00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 1: pretty much ever every other high profile player who is

552
00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,600
Speaker 1: very injured right now. And it's one of those not

553
00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:07,119
Speaker 1: to go on a tangent talking about my leagues, but

554
00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:09,159
Speaker 1: it's one of those like I have built a juggernaut

555
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 1: in this keeper league, and you get to keep ten

556
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,480
Speaker 1: players now, so it's essentially essentially like a mini dynasty,

557
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: and there's no stipulation for keepers, like if you I've

558
00:27:17,680 --> 00:27:21,440
Speaker 1: had Bryce Hopper since he was nineteen years old, and

559
00:27:22,040 --> 00:27:26,960
Speaker 1: if at Mike Trouts and se was like twenty. But

560
00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 1: that also comes with both of them getting hurt a lot.

561
00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:35,479
Speaker 1: And so I have on the IL now Trout, Yelich Glass,

562
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 1: now Joe Ryan, and there's more. There's at least two

563
00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: more because I know I have five IL spots that

564
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 1: are filled, plus two more injured players in my bench,

565
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,119
Speaker 1: so I'm forgetting more. But it's a juggernaut team that

566
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,920
Speaker 1: is just on fumes right now because of all the injuries,

567
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:55,880
Speaker 1: and unfortunately a lot of those guys aren't coming back

568
00:27:55,920 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 1: this year, which is brutal. I do not have I

569
00:27:58,040 --> 00:27:59,160
Speaker 1: do not have Corben Burns there.

570
00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:03,359
Speaker 2: But if I did fit right now, yeah no, in

571
00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,800
Speaker 2: the league, in the league, I have Burns in Kirba.

572
00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:08,960
Speaker 2: I at one point on my aisle, I had Mike Trout,

573
00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 2: Royce Lewis, Tristan Cassas, and Michael Harris, and I was like, well,

574
00:28:13,480 --> 00:28:16,080
Speaker 2: you know, name your oh and Ronald and Kunya, I'm like,

575
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,679
Speaker 2: name five of your first ten picks. So yeah, that

576
00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,000
Speaker 2: was It's been a fun, fun year over there.

577
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:24,919
Speaker 1: I also have Tristan Cassas Netley, but I traded for

578
00:28:24,960 --> 00:28:27,160
Speaker 1: him while he was hurt, just to just to get

579
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: them when I had some depth. I also have Scherzer

580
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,680
Speaker 1: and de Gram, who will talk about here in a second,

581
00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:34,280
Speaker 1: but I have them for different So I wanted to

582
00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:36,520
Speaker 1: jump into some injuries, and as we were talking about

583
00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,680
Speaker 1: a little bit for the show, I was putting in

584
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:42,640
Speaker 1: a lot of known names with recent injuries or who

585
00:28:42,640 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 1: could be coming back soon, assuming that there would be

586
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: a lot of interest or at least some interest in

587
00:28:48,280 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 1: these names. And the more I kind of dove into

588
00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:53,240
Speaker 1: the injuries there were more I realized maybe there isn't

589
00:28:53,240 --> 00:28:57,120
Speaker 1: as much interest as I thought. But I wanted to

590
00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,239
Speaker 1: get your thoughts because these are people that are going

591
00:28:59,280 --> 00:29:00,880
Speaker 1: to be available, plea, that are going to be available

592
00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:02,320
Speaker 1: in a lot of leagues, especially because some of them

593
00:29:02,320 --> 00:29:03,600
Speaker 1: have been on the shelf for a while and so

594
00:29:04,080 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: there's a chance they have been dropped. But also, as

595
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 1: we talked about before, we're getting closer to the end

596
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,720
Speaker 1: of the season, So how much can we rely on

597
00:29:12,760 --> 00:29:14,120
Speaker 1: guys like this? And you know, do we have the

598
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:18,320
Speaker 1: room and the patients pash him? And so I'll just

599
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 1: run through the names real quick. Bobachett, who has recently

600
00:29:21,720 --> 00:29:24,200
Speaker 1: resumed running. When I first got that report, I was

601
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 1: hoping that it would be like he's like going on

602
00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:28,680
Speaker 1: a rehab assignment because I stashed him in a league

603
00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,800
Speaker 1: for a while. Then I was like, Okay, that is

604
00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: not the update I was hoping for. I thought we

605
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,240
Speaker 1: were going to be, you know, taking a bats, taking

606
00:29:34,280 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: some live VP here, but we're just running now, So

607
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,000
Speaker 1: that's not great. It seems like he's still at a

608
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,120
Speaker 1: minimum weeks away. Trevor's story. His update was that he

609
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,800
Speaker 1: was making progress. He's someone that when he went down

610
00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:50,240
Speaker 1: earlier in the year, it initially came out that he

611
00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:52,080
Speaker 1: was probably done for the year, but then it was like, no, no, no,

612
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,040
Speaker 1: he could be back by September. Well, September is getting closer,

613
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,400
Speaker 1: and while he is making progress, it also seems like

614
00:29:57,440 --> 00:30:03,560
Speaker 1: he is still weeks away. Yoshiobu Yamamoto, he apparently is

615
00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,400
Speaker 1: aiming for a mid September return, but also it's a

616
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: shoulder injury for a picture, not really sure how that works,

617
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: how it's going to look when he comes back. And

618
00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:14,720
Speaker 1: also by the time we get to mid September, it's

619
00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:16,880
Speaker 1: either too late or you're probably not going to want

620
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 1: to start a guy just coming off. It's one thing

621
00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,800
Speaker 1: for position players when they come in because come back

622
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 1: from a long layout, because they have a decent rehab

623
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:28,680
Speaker 1: assignment and you figure they can get those abouts another

624
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: belt and maybe they come back. When a pitcher comes back,

625
00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 1: not only do they go in that rehab assignment, but

626
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 1: then they usually come out and they're on a pretty

627
00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:38,840
Speaker 1: short least for a while, and their first you know,

628
00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,080
Speaker 1: couple appearances maybe don't go as you you would hope.

629
00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:44,160
Speaker 1: Then it's one of those things where even if he

630
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 1: comes back mid September, are you gonna be comfortable starting

631
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:51,400
Speaker 1: on mid September? They're probably not, And so that that's

632
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: another bummer. Luis Heel recently went on the eye out,

633
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:56,200
Speaker 1: but it doesn't sound very serious, and it also seems

634
00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:57,960
Speaker 1: a little bit like Yankees might just be managing the

635
00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:00,680
Speaker 1: innings there, given you know, he's been dealing with some

636
00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: some tired arms, some tired d ra there. The question

637
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:06,960
Speaker 1: for him is going to be easy starting when he

638
00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,120
Speaker 1: comes back, or did they move him to a relief role.

639
00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 1: I've seen some speculation that this is just really given

640
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 1: him a break ahead of the playoffs, especially with Clarke

641
00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,840
Speaker 1: Schmidt looming to return. There had give him some innings.

642
00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: Us Young Kim landed on the IL. It sounds like

643
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 1: it should be like a minimum stay for him, though

644
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 1: Jacob de Gram is still not back, but it seems

645
00:31:29,320 --> 00:31:33,600
Speaker 1: that he is apparently doing several rehab starts also not updated.

646
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,880
Speaker 1: I wanted when I I drafted him in one league

647
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: just to stash him, thinking I was like, okay, like

648
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,040
Speaker 1: All Star break and then sweet, it'll be like a

649
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:43,000
Speaker 1: trade deadline acquisition for me. But like here we are

650
00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 1: and might not get any innings out of him by

651
00:31:45,920 --> 00:31:50,320
Speaker 1: the time our league is over. And then Justin Verlander

652
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:52,760
Speaker 1: just recently returned. I'll ask him about you, ask you

653
00:31:52,840 --> 00:31:54,440
Speaker 1: about him. I want to ask him about you. I'll

654
00:31:54,480 --> 00:31:56,480
Speaker 1: ask you about him. I would love to.

655
00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:58,720
Speaker 2: He might not have a lot to say about me.

656
00:31:59,520 --> 00:32:02,920
Speaker 1: I love the at his thoughts on you. Max Scherzer

657
00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,880
Speaker 1: was supposed to make a rehab start today, but he

658
00:32:05,040 --> 00:32:07,280
Speaker 1: is not. We recently said that he was a drop

659
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 1: but I had some hope when it when it came

660
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:10,800
Speaker 1: out that he was gonna be doing a rehab start,

661
00:32:10,800 --> 00:32:12,400
Speaker 1: I was like, all right, maybe I could be back

662
00:32:12,400 --> 00:32:15,160
Speaker 1: in at Max Schurzer, I could do it. Now, maybe

663
00:32:15,200 --> 00:32:18,160
Speaker 1: not so much. Tyler Molly a guy I recommended adding

664
00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,520
Speaker 1: last week, Dough back on the il, so that is

665
00:32:21,560 --> 00:32:25,600
Speaker 1: not great. And then Jazz Chisholm is apparently back. When

666
00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,960
Speaker 1: he first went down, there was there were some really

667
00:32:27,960 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 1: serious concerns and not only could he be out for

668
00:32:29,800 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 1: the rest of the season, but he might not be

669
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 1: ready to start next season. And then a day later

670
00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:35,520
Speaker 1: I was like, nah, I'll be back in two weeks.

671
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 1: He'll be fine. So not entirely sure what happened there,

672
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,040
Speaker 1: but uh, I guess he's back. I think he's back today.

673
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:46,240
Speaker 1: I think he's back like now, which is we'll see

674
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: how it goes. But given the start that he got

675
00:32:48,920 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: with Yankees, if he is back, he has to be

676
00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:52,640
Speaker 1: back in your lineups as well.

677
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 2: Yep.

678
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:56,360
Speaker 1: So that was a lot of names. I'll go through

679
00:32:56,360 --> 00:32:57,880
Speaker 1: and ask you. I won't go one by one because

680
00:32:57,880 --> 00:32:59,880
Speaker 1: that would be boring, especially because I just went one

681
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:06,800
Speaker 1: one by one. Well, let's do so I like to

682
00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:11,480
Speaker 1: present this in one way. Let's imagine you're in ten

683
00:33:11,600 --> 00:33:14,760
Speaker 1: leagues and you have you know, they're they're varying leagues.

684
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,680
Speaker 1: But you know, people talk about diversifying their portfolio, you know,

685
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,400
Speaker 1: how much exposure they want to a player. Let's say

686
00:33:20,400 --> 00:33:23,479
Speaker 1: you're in ten leagues, Boboshat is available in all ten

687
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 1: of them, and assume let's assume summer roto some are

688
00:33:26,120 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 1: head to head, they're all they're all different. How many

689
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:32,360
Speaker 1: of those ten leagues are interested in adding boba set an.

690
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:34,400
Speaker 2: All redrift or mix.

691
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 1: Let's just say they're all completely head.

692
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,800
Speaker 2: Which I know you said. I just wanted to really

693
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 2: clarify that.

694
00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: I want to make it as confusing as possible.

695
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 2: I feel like that's I hear, that's the best way

696
00:33:46,600 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 2: to do podcasts. I would say too, So I would

697
00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 2: take two shares of him and again with bench space,

698
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,719
Speaker 2: but I would take two. That's about as much as

699
00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,920
Speaker 2: I would want. I think, how about you.

700
00:34:01,320 --> 00:34:03,720
Speaker 1: It's essentially like a confidence level question, you know, like

701
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,160
Speaker 1: zero to ten, one to ten, but just presenting it

702
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: in a slightly different way of you know, if you

703
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:13,399
Speaker 1: have ten leagues, how much exposure do you want? Yeah,

704
00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,880
Speaker 1: I would say two or three. I've always liked Bubbashet.

705
00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 1: I grabbed him, someone dropped him as soon as he

706
00:34:18,239 --> 00:34:19,719
Speaker 1: got hurt, and I was like, I'll pick him up

707
00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:21,319
Speaker 1: for free. I'll see what happens. You know, I can,

708
00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:23,439
Speaker 1: I have the eye spot, I'll stash him and see

709
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,360
Speaker 1: what happens. Obviously, he has not been back yet, and

710
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:29,719
Speaker 1: it's been a very down year, a really weird year,

711
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: just kind of overall, it seems like maybe he was

712
00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: just even when he was out there, maybe he just

713
00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:36,120
Speaker 1: wasn't still one hundred percent. So it really seems like

714
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:38,799
Speaker 1: it's just gonna be a lost year. If I have

715
00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:42,919
Speaker 1: and especially if you have an eyeles slot, like I'll

716
00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,200
Speaker 1: add him if I need to put him on my bench,

717
00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:47,520
Speaker 1: and even like with the hope that he comes back,

718
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:50,680
Speaker 1: you know, like I said, we're still weeks away, so

719
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:53,640
Speaker 1: not a ton of interest there, but I do generally

720
00:34:53,680 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 1: like him. What about Trevor story?

721
00:34:56,920 --> 00:34:59,479
Speaker 2: Can we just finally have a very frank conversation about

722
00:34:59,520 --> 00:34:59,960
Speaker 2: Trevor Store?

723
00:35:00,600 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 1: I would love to.

724
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:06,760
Speaker 2: It's over, Okay, he had three really great years, maybe

725
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 2: four if you stretch it, it's over. Everyone like, let

726
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:12,520
Speaker 2: it go. It just he's not going to bat to

727
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:17,040
Speaker 2: ninety again. I can't fathom him hitting over thirty home runs.

728
00:35:17,960 --> 00:35:20,399
Speaker 2: He has played in since he came to Boston. He's

729
00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,399
Speaker 2: played in ninety four forty three and eight games each

730
00:35:23,480 --> 00:35:27,719
Speaker 2: year batted less than two forty all of them. I mean,

731
00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:31,480
Speaker 2: it's just I don't understand how anyone has any You're

732
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:35,640
Speaker 2: not getting Colorado Trapper story, and I would so zero

733
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 2: zero and I would like to take him off other

734
00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 2: people's teams just to help.

735
00:35:38,920 --> 00:35:44,279
Speaker 1: Him out negative negative rosters. That's funny. Have you ever

736
00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:48,080
Speaker 1: seen the movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall? Yes, one of my

737
00:35:48,120 --> 00:35:51,120
Speaker 1: favorite lines in that movie maybe not my favorite because

738
00:35:51,120 --> 00:35:52,719
Speaker 1: it's so many great lines, but one that you just

739
00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 1: remind me of is when I think it's the chef

740
00:35:56,880 --> 00:35:58,160
Speaker 1: or whatever and I'm free to do it. It's a

741
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,560
Speaker 1: big guy is talking to him and he's like, this

742
00:36:00,840 --> 00:36:03,200
Speaker 1: is like the Sopranos. It's over. It's time to find

743
00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:04,759
Speaker 1: a new show. That's what you just reminded me of

744
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,440
Speaker 1: when you were like, it's over. So anytime I can

745
00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:12,279
Speaker 1: talk about Forgetting Sarah Marshall, it's a good day. Yeah.

746
00:36:12,680 --> 00:36:14,239
Speaker 1: This one is especially pain for for me as a

747
00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,600
Speaker 1: Red Sox fan. Didn't love the move at the time,

748
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,520
Speaker 1: but I was also like somewhat supportive of the move

749
00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 1: at the time because High and Bloom was just doing

750
00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:24,560
Speaker 1: absolutely nothing to help that roster. And I was like,

751
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:28,319
Speaker 1: I don't love traisor story, but I'll know I'll take

752
00:36:28,360 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 1: someone in that lineup, you know, I'll take it. And

753
00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 1: of course, like all things that Heine Bloom did, it

754
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: completely exploded and imploded and all the other plodets. Yeah,

755
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: I consider I asked earlier in the year if you

756
00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 1: can drop him in Dynasty because I have him in

757
00:36:47,360 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: a Dynasty league, and I was just staring at him

758
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,719
Speaker 1: because we have large rosters but only like one or

759
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,160
Speaker 1: two IL spots. And I was just staring at him

760
00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,120
Speaker 1: a couple of weeks and I was like, I feel

761
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,239
Speaker 1: like I can drop this guy. And I never pulled

762
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,520
Speaker 1: the trigger, but I think I've looked at him. It's

763
00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: a daily leagu. I think I've looked at him every

764
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,879
Speaker 1: day since that for the last few months and thought

765
00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,800
Speaker 1: about dropping him. Now these almost coming back, I'm like,

766
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:08,040
Speaker 1: all right, I guess I can't drop him.

767
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:10,080
Speaker 2: You can still drop them.

768
00:37:10,239 --> 00:37:13,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, but I mean it's you might be right,

769
00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:14,279
Speaker 1: it might be over, and you.

770
00:37:14,320 --> 00:37:18,759
Speaker 2: Know, you know, when a relationship don't don't sunk cos

771
00:37:18,920 --> 00:37:21,440
Speaker 2: fo do that, Like you can get out at any time.

772
00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:24,480
Speaker 1: My only hope is maybe he comes back and shows

773
00:37:24,520 --> 00:37:27,759
Speaker 1: something and I trade him. But yeah, just because of

774
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: the name. But hey, this guy was good four years ago.

775
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:33,000
Speaker 1: How about that. You want some driver story, Maybe we'll

776
00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:33,760
Speaker 1: go back to the Rockies.

777
00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:39,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm closer to six years, by the way, So anyway.

778
00:37:39,200 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: I just yeah, I'm only counting red Sex years.

779
00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,560
Speaker 2: Oh okay, no, just kidding.

780
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, it was. It's not good. What about I

781
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 1: mean I already kind of like talked about Yamaboto and

782
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 1: my interest level there given that he's you know, if

783
00:37:57,640 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 1: assuming it is mid September, are you adding him anywhere?

784
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,560
Speaker 2: I'm not adding him anywhere, But I also am okay,

785
00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:06,920
Speaker 2: I'm I'll throw him out there, I think just because

786
00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:10,360
Speaker 2: it's the Dodgers, and I like how I just like

787
00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:13,680
Speaker 2: how his stats look before he went down. So it's risky,

788
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:15,799
Speaker 2: but I think he is the picture that I would

789
00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:19,440
Speaker 2: be willing to risk, aside from Louise Heel if he

790
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 2: according to our probable pictures stats, He's supposed to face

791
00:38:23,920 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 2: the Rockies on Sunday, so it's the Rockies. I might

792
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:29,560
Speaker 2: be willing if he's going to start, I might be

793
00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 2: willing to toss him out and give that a shot.

794
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 2: But yeah, Yamamoto is the only one that I'm like,

795
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 2: I'm okay throwing him out there, I think in the middle.

796
00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:41,440
Speaker 1: So yeah, so even even when he comes back, you're

797
00:38:41,440 --> 00:38:42,319
Speaker 1: gonna start Hi right away.

798
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:45,239
Speaker 2: Yeah, unless the matchup is like atrocious.

799
00:38:46,800 --> 00:38:50,719
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, I was really bummed when he went down.

800
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,000
Speaker 1: I had a lot of I had I have a

801
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: cy young ticket in for Yamamoto. I don't think it's

802
00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: gonna happen. I don't think he's gonna win Saion. It

803
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 1: was looking not too bad there for a little while.

804
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, no, his numbers are great.

805
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: I forget, but I got it at I remember doing

806
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:07,160
Speaker 1: it on betting pros, but I it was up there.

807
00:39:07,280 --> 00:39:09,200
Speaker 1: It was like two thousand or eighteen hundred or something.

808
00:39:11,080 --> 00:39:15,920
Speaker 1: Bummer louis Heel. I think despite his up and down situation,

809
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,120
Speaker 1: if he's starting when he comes back, I think, you know,

810
00:39:19,160 --> 00:39:21,560
Speaker 1: we would agree we're probably adding him or keeping him everywhere,

811
00:39:21,719 --> 00:39:24,759
Speaker 1: just especially just because earlier in the year it seemed

812
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,480
Speaker 1: like you could find pitching everywhere. You could just go

813
00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:29,439
Speaker 1: out into a field and pick whatever pitcher you wanted,

814
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:32,160
Speaker 1: and that is not the case anymore. There. I was

815
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,200
Speaker 1: even looking at like our rest of season projections on

816
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,799
Speaker 1: Fantasy pros, trying to look at, you know, who could

817
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 1: potentially fit into, you know, the next segment the waiver wires.

818
00:39:40,480 --> 00:39:42,520
Speaker 1: There's just no pictures out there that are available because

819
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:47,400
Speaker 1: anyone that has a you know, a pulse, they're rostered

820
00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,000
Speaker 1: everywhere already. So I think, Yeah, louis heel because of

821
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:53,200
Speaker 1: the ceiling that you saw, and you hope that this

822
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 1: rest has been good for him. I think you have

823
00:39:54,640 --> 00:39:56,680
Speaker 1: to kind of add him everywhere. I see on Kim

824
00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: is someone that I had kind of everywhere, and it's

825
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,640
Speaker 1: been a very mixed season for him. But he's listen,

826
00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,960
Speaker 1: giving me the speed. Yeah, are you hanging on to him?

827
00:40:05,000 --> 00:40:08,160
Speaker 2: I assume, I think so. I mean, I feel like

828
00:40:08,239 --> 00:40:11,080
Speaker 2: there's just a ton of middle endfield options, but they

829
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 2: would all I would have less confidence in most of

830
00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:15,960
Speaker 2: them than I would that he would figure it out

831
00:40:15,960 --> 00:40:17,520
Speaker 2: when he gets back, So I'll hold him.

832
00:40:19,320 --> 00:40:22,240
Speaker 1: So de Gram still several rehab starts away. He's another

833
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:25,759
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just been a weird, weird run for him,

834
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:27,840
Speaker 1: feels like we haven't seen him forever, and that like

835
00:40:27,960 --> 00:40:30,720
Speaker 1: even it seems like they tried to avoid this injury

836
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,319
Speaker 1: for so long and then it finally happened, and then

837
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:36,640
Speaker 1: now the recovery has been like taking equally as long.

838
00:40:36,800 --> 00:40:39,319
Speaker 1: Like I almost feel like you could add the surgery

839
00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:40,840
Speaker 1: three years ago and you've been back already.

840
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 2: Is it? Is it Rocker? Kumber Rocker? So I read

841
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,400
Speaker 2: this morning anyway that if de Gram insures her, and

842
00:40:49,080 --> 00:40:51,120
Speaker 2: I think it's Rocker, are all at the same level

843
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,720
Speaker 2: in the minor leagues, and they have a higher payroll,

844
00:40:53,760 --> 00:40:55,600
Speaker 2: so that minor league team now has a higher payroll

845
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:57,120
Speaker 2: than like three major league teams.

846
00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:02,960
Speaker 1: Nice. I assume the A is the raise is the rais.

847
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:07,440
Speaker 2: And I don't remember the other one. That's my guess too,

848
00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:10,680
Speaker 2: But yeah, no, I I throw de Gram right in

849
00:41:10,760 --> 00:41:14,120
Speaker 2: there with the story for me, I don't I have

850
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:18,160
Speaker 2: zero shares. I want zero shares, I because I don't

851
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:22,200
Speaker 2: play fantasy based on my hopes and dreams of.

852
00:41:22,280 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: What Marlins is the team we're forgetting.

853
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:28,120
Speaker 2: Yes, I think it was them, Yeah, yeah, but I.

854
00:41:28,120 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: Think our salary combined is close to what their payroll is.

855
00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:32,520
Speaker 2: I think it's that's very possible.

856
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: So so Justin Verlander recently came back. He looked okay,

857
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:42,200
Speaker 1: which is kind of what he's done all year. He's looked, okay,

858
00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:46,600
Speaker 1: what's your confidence level? And Justin Verlander and specifically it

859
00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,680
Speaker 1: looks like he matches up against the Phillies this week?

860
00:41:48,800 --> 00:41:51,200
Speaker 1: Are you starting Verlander against the Phillies?

861
00:41:51,920 --> 00:41:55,880
Speaker 2: Not a chance? No, he's another one gonna be.

862
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,160
Speaker 1: Like stipulation theire like not if, and you're like, not

863
00:41:58,360 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: a chance.

864
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,600
Speaker 2: I don't want him either, And I'm not trying to

865
00:42:02,640 --> 00:42:07,800
Speaker 2: be crabby. I just I think I the Verlander Scherzer

866
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 2: de Gram trio has just really been we are loving

867
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:14,440
Speaker 2: them for names and what we think could be, and

868
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,839
Speaker 2: it just I mean, Verlander's forty one, I'm forty four.

869
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 2: You know. I don't want people I don't I know,

870
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 2: but I don't want people who are anywhere near my

871
00:42:24,280 --> 00:42:27,480
Speaker 2: age on my fantasy roster anymore so. And that's not

872
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:28,759
Speaker 2: going to get better as I get older.

873
00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 1: And now that I'm approaching forty years old, I'm kind

874
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,400
Speaker 1: of kind of coming to the grips that I'm never

875
00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 1: going to make it in the show. I'm never going

876
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:38,320
Speaker 1: to make it.

877
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 2: It's a hard time to realize I.

878
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 1: Only have so many years left in his arm that

879
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,000
Speaker 1: you know, it's basically been dead since I was eighteen.

880
00:42:47,480 --> 00:42:52,080
Speaker 1: All right, let's jump over to Waivers. Okay, that was

881
00:42:52,120 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: a really smooth transition, just to kind of like give

882
00:42:54,120 --> 00:42:56,360
Speaker 1: you a dramatic pause and then say all right and

883
00:42:56,440 --> 00:42:59,480
Speaker 1: then pause again. That's that's professional hosting. If you ever

884
00:42:59,520 --> 00:43:00,160
Speaker 1: want to get us.

885
00:43:00,640 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 2: They teach that in broadcasting, so they do.

886
00:43:02,840 --> 00:43:05,279
Speaker 1: What you really want is dead air. Dead air is

887
00:43:05,440 --> 00:43:07,879
Speaker 1: like as much as possible, key, as much dead air

888
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 1: as you could ever want.

889
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:14,000
Speaker 2: Let's do it right now, I can't you really? Yeah?

890
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,840
Speaker 2: I think one of the goals of shows is to

891
00:43:15,920 --> 00:43:18,880
Speaker 2: not make people wonder if their internet cut out, So

892
00:43:19,360 --> 00:43:23,640
Speaker 2: we'll try to skip that. But yeah, all right, yeah

893
00:43:24,600 --> 00:43:25,400
Speaker 2: you did it anyway.

894
00:43:25,719 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: I did it anyway, so wavers. So so here's three

895
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:32,839
Speaker 1: names I believe, I forget. I think I put two

896
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 1: of them in. You put one of them in. I

897
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,200
Speaker 1: can't remember, yep. So just to kind of get through these,

898
00:43:38,280 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 1: so let's rank these three in terms of how you

899
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,120
Speaker 1: would want to pick them up the rest of the season.

900
00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:49,279
Speaker 1: Zebie Matthews, Connor Norby and Porter Hotch, who is a

901
00:43:49,440 --> 00:43:50,920
Speaker 1: real baseball player.

902
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,360
Speaker 2: I know what if I just love these three for

903
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:55,319
Speaker 2: their names.

904
00:43:56,560 --> 00:44:00,440
Speaker 1: Also fair, also three full blown baseball name like you

905
00:44:00,640 --> 00:44:04,720
Speaker 1: just Zebbie, Matthews, Old Hoss, Redburn.

906
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:11,359
Speaker 2: Ye, Porter. They're just great names. So I don't really

907
00:44:11,600 --> 00:44:14,360
Speaker 2: I mean two of them are pictures. I don't know

908
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:18,480
Speaker 2: really what to expect from Norby down in Miami at

909
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:21,480
Speaker 2: this point. So you know he's got. He's only played

910
00:44:21,520 --> 00:44:22,319
Speaker 2: three games on there.

911
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:24,640
Speaker 1: I should have pointed out that he was traded to

912
00:44:24,719 --> 00:44:27,480
Speaker 1: the Marlins and has recently called up. That's why he's right,

913
00:44:27,560 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 1: That's why he's intriguing.

914
00:44:29,040 --> 00:44:31,200
Speaker 2: Yep. And you know he's got. He's got second base

915
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 2: in outfield eligibility most places. So I always look at

916
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:36,120
Speaker 2: that like I'm willing to take a flyer on a

917
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:37,920
Speaker 2: guy if I can plug him a couple of different places.

918
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 2: But I would put him I don't know. I'd put

919
00:44:43,320 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 2: him second. I don't know. I might put him third. Honestly,

920
00:44:46,880 --> 00:44:49,400
Speaker 2: Porter Hodge, the only reason I've added him is because

921
00:44:49,480 --> 00:44:51,920
Speaker 2: I think he's going to get the majority of the

922
00:44:52,000 --> 00:44:55,160
Speaker 2: save opportunities in Chicago at this point. And also his

923
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: name is Porter Hodge, so I'm going after him because

924
00:44:59,160 --> 00:45:01,799
Speaker 2: I don't closers, and I tried to kind of grab

925
00:45:01,880 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 2: them along the way, and I had Hector Nears for

926
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,200
Speaker 2: like half the season, and that was an adventure that

927
00:45:07,280 --> 00:45:10,960
Speaker 2: I won't do again. But I think Hodge down the

928
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 2: stretch again, there's no reason for them to hold him back.

929
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:15,680
Speaker 2: So if you think the Cubs can win any games,

930
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,920
Speaker 2: he would be good for saves. And Zebbie Matthews I

931
00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:22,440
Speaker 2: actually really like and I've had my eye on him

932
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:24,880
Speaker 2: for a while, so I'm happy to roster him. So

933
00:45:24,920 --> 00:45:29,480
Speaker 2: I think he would probably be first, but he's you know,

934
00:45:29,560 --> 00:45:33,200
Speaker 2: he's not giving you a ton of that strikeouts. But

935
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 2: I don't know. In only two starts, I guess he's

936
00:45:36,719 --> 00:45:38,400
Speaker 2: kind of done the same thing in both. But I

937
00:45:39,880 --> 00:45:42,239
Speaker 2: like him going forward so and I think he gets

938
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:46,600
Speaker 2: the Cardinals on Sunday, so but it's in Minnesota, so

939
00:45:46,640 --> 00:45:47,839
Speaker 2: I think I'm willing toss him out.

940
00:45:48,760 --> 00:45:54,040
Speaker 1: The only hesitance I have with Zebbie Matthews is that

941
00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:59,279
Speaker 1: this is the time of year where I don't like

942
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:03,399
Speaker 1: to take a lot of chance, and like I really don't.

943
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:05,440
Speaker 1: I mean, granted, we have like a long like especially

944
00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:08,880
Speaker 1: if you're in rodo you have a pretty long sample

945
00:46:08,920 --> 00:46:10,840
Speaker 1: size you know of like counting stats, so like he

946
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:14,120
Speaker 1: can't single handedly ruin your era because you have several

947
00:46:14,160 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 1: months of era built up now. But also this guy

948
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:18,520
Speaker 1: was in hig A a couple of months ago, Like

949
00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:22,480
Speaker 1: he has just flown through the minor leagues, and he

950
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:25,640
Speaker 1: feels like the kind of guy. You know, he's still

951
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 1: very young, and I mean he's twenty four, but a

952
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:31,719
Speaker 1: little bit younger than me. He made it to the

953
00:46:31,760 --> 00:46:34,520
Speaker 1: show before I did, but a little bit younger than me.

954
00:46:36,840 --> 00:46:39,960
Speaker 1: Only ten innings at major league level, only nineteen innings

955
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:43,640
Speaker 1: at Triple A, and then he started the A. He

956
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:45,279
Speaker 1: started the here at High A, and then you know,

957
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,600
Speaker 1: twenty two and two thirds innings in High A, and

958
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,800
Speaker 1: then he did a couple of months in Double A.

959
00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:54,680
Speaker 1: But it just it feels risky to me starting a

960
00:46:54,760 --> 00:46:57,759
Speaker 1: guy in August on my fantasy team who at the

961
00:46:57,800 --> 00:46:59,799
Speaker 1: beginning of the year was not even on the radar

962
00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:02,800
Speaker 1: making it to the major leagues, and his numbers in

963
00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:05,399
Speaker 1: Triple A more than a strike operating but five six,

964
00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,400
Speaker 1: eight ur and granted, mind league numbers can be a

965
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 1: little fluky because of the leagues that you're in. Great,

966
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,759
Speaker 1: but I don't know, it just feels like, I guess

967
00:47:16,760 --> 00:47:20,759
Speaker 1: if you need pitching, you know, we'll see. Like, like

968
00:47:20,840 --> 00:47:23,400
Speaker 1: you said, maybe the strikeout is like if he was

969
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,560
Speaker 1: like a bigger strikeout guy, then I might have more interest.

970
00:47:26,640 --> 00:47:30,680
Speaker 1: But I just have concerns that he could just implode

971
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,719
Speaker 1: and just you know, you had to head, he could

972
00:47:32,760 --> 00:47:33,360
Speaker 1: lose you a matchup.

973
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think that's that's one thing between the

974
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:39,040
Speaker 2: two of us where some I feel like sometimes we

975
00:47:39,480 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 2: do deviate from that where the strikeout count. For me,

976
00:47:44,239 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 2: I allow myself to have like one pitcher that I

977
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:49,000
Speaker 2: think is more of a risk, or one guy that

978
00:47:49,200 --> 00:47:51,719
Speaker 2: I feel like he's gonna you know, his whip is

979
00:47:52,120 --> 00:47:55,640
Speaker 2: one point one through two games, which is as what

980
00:47:55,760 --> 00:47:58,880
Speaker 2: we call large sample size in the industry. But he

981
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 2: also plays for a team that I kind of trust

982
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 2: sometimes with pictures, more than I trust other teams. So

983
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:09,920
Speaker 2: I would say he's matchup dependent. I wouldn't want him

984
00:48:10,360 --> 00:48:13,200
Speaker 2: if he when he goes up against the Orioles or

985
00:48:13,280 --> 00:48:15,640
Speaker 2: the Yankees. The Yankee never play a twin against the

986
00:48:15,719 --> 00:48:19,520
Speaker 2: Yankees and Yankee Stadium. But in general, I yeah, So

987
00:48:19,600 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 2: I guess headed even headed into September, it's like I'm

988
00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,719
Speaker 2: I'm willing to have one guy on my team who's

989
00:48:24,760 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 2: a little bit more of a risk if I see

990
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:30,040
Speaker 2: that he could be helpful in a couple categories, even

991
00:48:30,120 --> 00:48:32,440
Speaker 2: in head to head. Yes, he could totally blow up.

992
00:48:32,760 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 2: But I also have Corbn Burns, So I mean, who

993
00:48:35,840 --> 00:48:37,040
Speaker 2: am I starting in? Who am I not.

994
00:48:39,120 --> 00:48:39,800
Speaker 1: Corbyn Burns?

995
00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 2: Right?

996
00:48:41,880 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 1: So how would you rank them? Again?

997
00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:47,319
Speaker 2: Just a close Well, I'm actually gonna go I'm gonna

998
00:48:47,320 --> 00:48:54,040
Speaker 2: go Hodge Matthews Norby just because I want the Yeah, now,

999
00:48:54,120 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 2: I'm willing to chase in head to head. I'm willing

1000
00:48:56,120 --> 00:48:57,040
Speaker 2: to chase saves now.

1001
00:48:57,840 --> 00:48:59,760
Speaker 1: So why do you hate Connor Norby?

1002
00:49:00,560 --> 00:49:03,480
Speaker 2: I don't hate Connor Norby, but he just said that

1003
00:49:03,520 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 2: you did. Out of the three, I don't want him third.

1004
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:09,359
Speaker 2: Add another name. You could put de Gram under there,

1005
00:49:09,440 --> 00:49:12,120
Speaker 2: he go Forth. So I like Norby more than de

1006
00:49:12,239 --> 00:49:18,400
Speaker 2: Grom forever kind of. But he also plays for Miami,

1007
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:21,360
Speaker 2: So I just you know, I don't know. I'm I

1008
00:49:21,400 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 2: don't have a ton of hope for him for the

1009
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:26,040
Speaker 2: rest of the season. But maybe, I mean they're gonna

1010
00:49:26,080 --> 00:49:28,200
Speaker 2: He's gonna get the bats, so it might be worth it.

1011
00:49:29,080 --> 00:49:31,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I do like Connor Norby as a prospect. I

1012
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:34,840
Speaker 1: wanted to get him out of Baltimore. But if you

1013
00:49:34,920 --> 00:49:36,719
Speaker 1: asked me where I wanted him to go, Miami would

1014
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 1: be at the bottom of that list. Yes, except for

1015
00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,279
Speaker 1: the playing time situation. Like you said, he's going to

1016
00:49:42,320 --> 00:49:45,000
Speaker 1: play there, but I would love a better offensive climate

1017
00:49:45,040 --> 00:49:46,399
Speaker 1: for him to finally get into bats.

1018
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,520
Speaker 2: But yeah, and me, you know he was in the

1019
00:49:49,560 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 2: Trevor Rodgers like that's who they got for him, right,

1020
00:49:52,600 --> 00:49:55,120
Speaker 2: and then they just sent Trevor Rodgers to the miners.

1021
00:49:56,160 --> 00:49:58,279
Speaker 2: I didn't understand that trade at all.

1022
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:02,120
Speaker 1: No, no, there was I had a lot of questions

1023
00:50:02,120 --> 00:50:04,080
Speaker 1: about that move. It didn't make a whole lot of sense.

1024
00:50:04,160 --> 00:50:06,920
Speaker 1: Trevor Rodgers hasn't really been good in a few years now.

1025
00:50:07,920 --> 00:50:10,160
Speaker 1: He had like that breakout year, and even the breakout year,

1026
00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 1: there were some underlying things where I was like, I

1027
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:16,120
Speaker 1: don't know about that. And then yeah, yeah, yeah, all right,

1028
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:20,040
Speaker 1: let's close things out with our two star pitcher competition

1029
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:21,680
Speaker 1: and Worm will be happy to know. Worm did tell

1030
00:50:21,719 --> 00:50:23,680
Speaker 1: me he listened last week. Every time Worm's down on

1031
00:50:23,719 --> 00:50:25,680
Speaker 1: the show, I claim that he won't listen, and then

1032
00:50:25,719 --> 00:50:28,880
Speaker 1: he tells me that he does. I don't know that

1033
00:50:28,920 --> 00:50:31,920
Speaker 1: I believe him, except for the fact that he notices

1034
00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: that I call him out every time I did tally.

1035
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:38,840
Speaker 1: The last couple of two star pitcher competitions, one of

1036
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:42,080
Speaker 1: my decisions was perhaps controversial. I gave myself a win.

1037
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 1: But if you look at a few weeks ago, he

1038
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 1: had Paul Skeins, I had Zach Wheeler. I gave him

1039
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:53,719
Speaker 1: the win because numbers were pretty similar, except that Zack

1040
00:50:53,719 --> 00:50:56,520
Speaker 1: Wheeler gave up seven runs and Skins only gave up three.

1041
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:00,759
Speaker 1: So even though Wheeler had seventeen strikeouts to ten and

1042
00:51:00,800 --> 00:51:03,720
Speaker 1: Wheeler did get a win, I felt like the difference

1043
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,719
Speaker 1: in era there, you know, I'll give him that one.

1044
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 1: Not that I want to give him too many wins,

1045
00:51:08,239 --> 00:51:11,080
Speaker 1: but I'll give him that one. Should give him the

1046
00:51:11,200 --> 00:51:15,640
Speaker 1: next one, I feel like is extremely close. And I

1047
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:19,759
Speaker 1: gave myself the win, but I could be talked out

1048
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:23,200
Speaker 1: of it. So I had Robbie Ray and Robbie Ray's

1049
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:26,319
Speaker 1: numbers one to oh eleven innings pitched, eight hits, four

1050
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:30,520
Speaker 1: earn runs, four walks, sixteen strikeouts. Luis Castillo's number is

1051
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:33,640
Speaker 1: extremely similar one and one, so Ray was one and

1052
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,520
Speaker 1: oh Castillo's one and one, so one one win, no lasses,

1053
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:41,920
Speaker 1: one win, one loss, twelve innings pitched against Robbie Ray's eleven,

1054
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:46,759
Speaker 1: twelve hits against Robbie Ray's eight the exact same four

1055
00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 1: earned runs, two walks to raise four, and then eighteen

1056
00:51:51,080 --> 00:51:56,719
Speaker 1: strikeouts to raise sixteen strikeouts. That feels extremely close. And

1057
00:51:56,880 --> 00:51:59,640
Speaker 1: I gave the tiebreaker to Ray because he didn't have

1058
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:03,920
Speaker 1: a law and he had gave up four fewer hits.

1059
00:52:06,080 --> 00:52:07,160
Speaker 1: But I could be talked out of it. What do

1060
00:52:07,200 --> 00:52:08,120
Speaker 1: you think who wins that one?

1061
00:52:09,600 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 2: I don't know.

1062
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:10,319
Speaker 1: I would.

1063
00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 2: I have you considered plugging these into just like a

1064
00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:13,600
Speaker 2: points league.

1065
00:52:14,440 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 1: I have considered, but I didn't do it.

1066
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,120
Speaker 2: Okay, I would love to see I would love to

1067
00:52:19,160 --> 00:52:22,600
Speaker 2: see that plugged into like just a standard scoring points

1068
00:52:22,680 --> 00:52:24,400
Speaker 2: league and see which one comes out ahead.

1069
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:26,880
Speaker 1: And that's what I always criticized Worm for at the

1070
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:29,640
Speaker 1: beginning of this show a few months ago, because he

1071
00:52:29,719 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 1: was always like, oh, this was like thirty points on

1072
00:52:31,600 --> 00:52:33,040
Speaker 1: my league and this was only twenty eight, And I

1073
00:52:33,120 --> 00:52:35,920
Speaker 1: was like, what's the what are the categories here?

1074
00:52:36,000 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 2: Right?

1075
00:52:36,080 --> 00:52:37,880
Speaker 1: You know's what's the criteria? He would never tell me,

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00:52:38,840 --> 00:52:40,000
Speaker 1: so I feel like he was just making it up,

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00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:41,160
Speaker 1: and he was like, my guy had two more points.

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00:52:41,200 --> 00:52:43,640
Speaker 2: I was like, all right, okay, yeah, I again, I

1079
00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,240
Speaker 2: mean I think I agree. I think that's the closest

1080
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:49,160
Speaker 2: matchup I've seen for you guys. I would so it

1081
00:52:49,160 --> 00:52:52,360
Speaker 2: would be just personal interest to know, because then that

1082
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:56,200
Speaker 2: one loss would definitely I think, kind of swing it

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00:52:56,320 --> 00:52:56,759
Speaker 2: the other way.

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Speaker 1: That's kind of what I what I was thinking. And

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00:53:00,600 --> 00:53:02,960
Speaker 1: if if I wasn't doing this thirty seconds before we

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00:53:03,000 --> 00:53:05,759
Speaker 1: started recording, I would have plugged it in, but that's

1087
00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:08,080
Speaker 1: when I did it, and so I'm just just thinking,

1088
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:12,279
Speaker 1: you know, in real time, of how a points league

1089
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:15,759
Speaker 1: would would count it, I think the loss would hurt him,

1090
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,839
Speaker 1: and I think four more hits would hurt him more

1091
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:21,840
Speaker 1: than the only difference being I had two more walks

1092
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:25,840
Speaker 1: than one fewer inning, and then two fewer strikeouts. But

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00:53:25,880 --> 00:53:28,880
Speaker 1: I feel like the loss and the hits outweigh the

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00:53:28,960 --> 00:53:30,680
Speaker 1: other things to kind of give the time breakers. So

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00:53:30,800 --> 00:53:31,480
Speaker 1: I try to be fair.

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00:53:31,760 --> 00:53:35,719
Speaker 2: But also I was just gonna say, I'm like, you can,

1097
00:53:35,880 --> 00:53:37,480
Speaker 2: you can catch up, And since it wasn't my pick,

1098
00:53:37,520 --> 00:53:41,560
Speaker 2: I'm not going to like argue wholeheartedly for him. So yeah,

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00:53:41,560 --> 00:53:42,399
Speaker 2: I think you're okay there.

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00:53:42,960 --> 00:53:45,160
Speaker 1: This past week, we can't decide a winter because they're

1101
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:47,240
Speaker 1: still pitching. I have Chris Sale, you have Kyle Harrison.

1102
00:53:48,200 --> 00:53:50,920
Speaker 1: But who are you picking for this upcoming week? For

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00:53:51,719 --> 00:53:52,560
Speaker 1: your two star pitcher?

1104
00:53:53,640 --> 00:53:55,759
Speaker 2: I feel like I go through the list and I

1105
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,239
Speaker 2: look at whoever's going to play, you know, one of

1106
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,840
Speaker 2: those three teams four teams now that I love to target,

1107
00:54:01,920 --> 00:54:04,719
Speaker 2: But I also just like I and is this how

1108
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:06,640
Speaker 2: he pronounced it? I literally don't know where I am Pepio.

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00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,960
Speaker 2: Is that right? Okay? You know how you read them all?

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00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:11,600
Speaker 1: I should have just lied to you like it's actually

1111
00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:12,240
Speaker 1: a ppat.

1112
00:54:12,719 --> 00:54:17,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, I probably would have genuinely believed you. But I yeah,

1113
00:54:17,360 --> 00:54:20,440
Speaker 2: I like his matchups. He's he just got back. I

1114
00:54:20,760 --> 00:54:22,799
Speaker 2: actually think he strikes some more guys than people give

1115
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:27,520
Speaker 2: him credit for. And so he gets to go to Seattle,

1116
00:54:27,560 --> 00:54:30,320
Speaker 2: which is, you know, a picture's dream, and then he

1117
00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:33,960
Speaker 2: hosts San Diego, which I think if I looked it

1118
00:54:34,280 --> 00:54:36,880
Speaker 2: up correctly anyway, I expect him to have an okay

1119
00:54:37,040 --> 00:54:40,800
Speaker 2: day there. So unless he gets shelled, I feel like

1120
00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,839
Speaker 2: he's a solid pick for the next The next week

1121
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:44,479
Speaker 2: is a two start.

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00:54:45,360 --> 00:54:47,719
Speaker 1: Well, let's hope it's not a solid pick because I

1123
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,160
Speaker 1: need a win, and I am going with Bryce Miller

1124
00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:54,480
Speaker 1: very much. I'm not the biggest Bryce Miller guy. Maybe

1125
00:54:54,520 --> 00:54:56,480
Speaker 1: I don't give him enough credit. I feel like I'm

1126
00:54:56,520 --> 00:54:58,800
Speaker 1: lower on him than I should be, just in general.

1127
00:54:59,320 --> 00:55:01,320
Speaker 1: But for this week, he has the Rays and the Angels,

1128
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:03,279
Speaker 1: two matchups I really like, especially in the third week

1129
00:55:03,320 --> 00:55:07,160
Speaker 1: of August, and I'm hoping to get back in the

1130
00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: win column because right now I have seven wins, Worm

1131
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:13,719
Speaker 1: has eleven. Really running out of time here, But I

1132
00:55:13,840 --> 00:55:16,520
Speaker 1: do like to point out every single week that there

1133
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:18,600
Speaker 1: were two very questionable decisions that went against me, and

1134
00:55:18,640 --> 00:55:19,839
Speaker 1: if not for those, we'd be tied.

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00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,279
Speaker 2: I also just want to add the Pepios strike k

1136
00:55:25,400 --> 00:55:28,360
Speaker 2: percentages twenty six point two, so just to give some

1137
00:55:28,600 --> 00:55:32,439
Speaker 2: stats behind my decision. I feel like that's a fair

1138
00:55:32,560 --> 00:55:34,880
Speaker 2: thing to note. And I think people think he's more

1139
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:36,560
Speaker 2: of a contact picture than what he actually is.

1140
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:39,440
Speaker 1: I appreciate it. It's about time you brought some stats

1141
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:42,279
Speaker 1: to the show. But it's funny. It is funny you

1142
00:55:42,280 --> 00:55:44,480
Speaker 1: say that because I was just looking at him for

1143
00:55:45,680 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: another reason. I forget why, and that was my exact thought.

1144
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:50,520
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, he strikes out a lot more

1145
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:53,360
Speaker 1: guys than I thought that. All right, I'm interested, all right, pepacht.

1146
00:55:53,560 --> 00:55:57,160
Speaker 1: Let's go anything else where we get out of here.

1147
00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:00,759
Speaker 2: No, I think I think we did well because look

1148
00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:01,839
Speaker 2: we're not even that far over.

1149
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:02,960
Speaker 1: Good jockson.

1150
00:56:03,000 --> 00:56:05,160
Speaker 2: You can go car shopping. Your wife will be okay.

1151
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:07,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, well she already I already heard her open the

1152
00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:10,760
Speaker 1: door and like probably heard me talking, and she's probably

1153
00:56:10,840 --> 00:56:14,320
Speaker 1: cursing my name right now. So we can wrap it

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00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:17,080
Speaker 1: up there. For Kelly Kirby, I am Mike Mayor. This

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Speaker 1: has been the cycle the weekly Fantasy Pros Fantasy Baseball podcast,

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Speaker 1: and thank you all for stopping bye. We'll see you

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Speaker 1: next week.

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