WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off August 15th, 2022 (Ep. 574) 0:00:15.720 --> 0:00:18.840 Leading off stars right now on Fantasy Pros. Brought to 0:00:18.840 --> 0:00:22.319 you by Bet MGM. I am your host today Chris 0:00:22.320 --> 0:00:27.240 Welsh brought probably with Andrew sifter Man. Andrew, I was 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.840 looking forward to this week. I've had a stuttery stutter 0:00:30.920 --> 0:00:34.120 for the last couple shows and then right out the gates, I'm. 0:00:33.960 --> 0:00:36.280 Like and brought to you by Andrew Seifter. 0:00:36.120 --> 0:00:39.040 No happy to bring you on your show. 0:00:39.600 --> 0:00:43.280 Well, how apropos to the weekend of losing it? Except 0:00:43.360 --> 0:00:45.280 I lost it right here, not losing it in the 0:00:45.360 --> 0:00:47.839 ninth not losing it right on like Friday at like 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:51.519 five minutes in Perfect Game gone, like Jim said it 0:00:51.600 --> 0:00:53.640 just right out the gates. We're not gonna screw it up. 0:00:53.680 --> 0:00:55.920 Andrew Sifter myself, I'm gonna be talking about all the 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:59.720 baseball like the missed opportunity for me for the week. 0:01:00.080 --> 0:01:03.040 And Drew Rasmussen for a perfect game who came within 0:01:03.400 --> 0:01:06.160 two outs of a perfect game? The internet too, by 0:01:06.160 --> 0:01:09.039 the way, it was very slick this gogram. I feel 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:11.880 like off of the last Perfect Game, no hitter and 0:01:12.319 --> 0:01:14.840 instead of like we got a perfect game, but everyone 0:01:14.920 --> 0:01:17.440 was doing their little like shenanigans online, like hey, you 0:01:17.520 --> 0:01:20.240 might want to tune in. Something's going on over here. 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:23.840 The minute I tuned in, Bam, it was gone Drew 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.240 Rasmussen two outs of a perfect game, and he went 0:01:26.280 --> 0:01:29.440 in Andrew into the ninth I believe, on a seventy 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:31.080 nine pitch pitch count. 0:01:31.319 --> 0:01:32.959 Just absolutely phenomenal. 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:34.960 Ras Musen was so good at the beginning of the year, 0:01:35.440 --> 0:01:36.759 really tailed off. 0:01:37.680 --> 0:01:39.680 Is it sad for you to watch. 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:42.200 These perfect games go by? Are you kind of like, 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:44.840 you know, are you an anarchist and you kind of 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.039 just like, I'm here to watch these go away? 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:50.240 I mean, I don't do the shot in freight of thing, 0:01:50.320 --> 0:01:52.640 So no, I'm not happy to see him lose it. 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:55.920 You know, I do think I guess it was Bob 0:01:56.000 --> 0:01:58.480 Nightingale that was broke that little rule you were talking about, 0:01:58.520 --> 0:02:01.120 and he did actually mention it on Twitter. So there's 0:02:01.120 --> 0:02:03.280 always going to be somebody that will in this age 0:02:03.280 --> 0:02:06.920 of social media and there's no secrets left. But you know, 0:02:07.240 --> 0:02:09.920 you know, I like ras Musen. You look at his 0:02:10.000 --> 0:02:13.440 overall numbers for the season and they're actually almost identical 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:15.120 to what he did last season. So he has his 0:02:15.200 --> 0:02:18.360 ups and downs. His peripherals are always much worse than 0:02:18.360 --> 0:02:21.280 his surface. Stats, but maybe he's just one of those 0:02:21.280 --> 0:02:24.359 guys that the you know, advanced stats don't fully capture, right. 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:26.400 I mean, it's a little early to say that. I guess, 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:28.000 you know, it's really only been two seasons. 0:02:28.040 --> 0:02:31.080 But I don't know. I don't. I don't mind riding 0:02:31.160 --> 0:02:32.040 Drew Rasmussen. 0:02:32.520 --> 0:02:33.080 I don't either. 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:36.560 Almost one hundred innings under his belt under a three 0:02:36.639 --> 0:02:40.239 era x FIP is nothing crazy three and a half, 0:02:40.280 --> 0:02:42.000 so it's not like there's a major swing in the 0:02:42.000 --> 0:02:44.079 wrong direction. Strikeouts have been a little bit low, and 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:45.520 they were a little bit low in this one, but 0:02:45.600 --> 0:02:47.000 he was completely efficient. 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:48.880 This stat was wild to me. 0:02:49.160 --> 0:02:51.120 Wonk actually just brought something up in the chat that 0:02:51.160 --> 0:02:53.400 it's been ten years to the day since the last 0:02:53.400 --> 0:02:57.160 perfect game. Well, ESPN and MLB Metrics both shared this 0:02:57.240 --> 0:03:01.840 stat that since the last perfect game, there have been 0:03:02.040 --> 0:03:06.919 nine pitchers to take it to the ninth and lose it. 0:03:07.560 --> 0:03:09.680 Nine pitchers since the last one have gone to the 0:03:09.760 --> 0:03:11.880 ninth and lose a perfect game in the ninth. 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.640 That's a wild stat. Do you want to I don't, Andrew? 0:03:14.680 --> 0:03:16.400 Did you click on the tweet it all? 0:03:17.520 --> 0:03:18.840 Uh? No, I didn't do it? 0:03:18.840 --> 0:03:20.480 Okay, you want to take a guess at any of 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:23.400 those names that were the nine that have lost it 0:03:23.480 --> 0:03:26.799 in the ninth since Felix Hernandez is perfect game in 0:03:26.840 --> 0:03:27.520 twenty twelve. 0:03:27.639 --> 0:03:28.919 Gosh, it's so hard for me to remember. 0:03:28.960 --> 0:03:31.080 Obviously got Drew, You got Drew sure. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:36.600 Surezer is one in twenty fifteen, nailed that with the Nationals. 0:03:37.040 --> 0:03:39.440 Oh, I gotta keep going, Verlander. 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.240 If you want to name one, you're right, I did 0:03:42.280 --> 0:03:45.320 your job, all right. I will start off twenty thirteen. 0:03:45.880 --> 0:03:47.360 Let's see if the chat mean the chat. You guys 0:03:47.360 --> 0:03:48.800 could be looking at this. I don't know if anyone's 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:54.080 putting in there, but twenty thirteen you Darvish with the Rangers. 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:58.720 Use Merril Petite with the Giants against the Arizona Diamondbacks. 0:03:58.760 --> 0:04:01.840 Then you had Suresuer Rich Hill in twenty seventeen with 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:05.200 the Dodgers at Pittsburgh. Jorge Lopez, How funny is that? 0:04:05.320 --> 0:04:08.800 Now with the Royals at Minnesota, and now he's there 0:04:09.200 --> 0:04:13.040 Tampa Bay in twenty nineteen lost the combined at Baltimore. 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:16.080 Mike Leak maybe the best name on this entire one 0:04:16.400 --> 0:04:19.479 against the Angels, and the last one before Resbusen was 0:04:19.560 --> 0:04:23.719 last year Carlos Redawn at Cleveland nine pitchers who lost 0:04:23.760 --> 0:04:27.479 their perfect game in the ninth since the last perfect game. 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:30.240 Seems like that's that shows us there's no correlation. You 0:04:30.279 --> 0:04:32.160 could be at one of the best pictures of all time, 0:04:32.279 --> 0:04:33.880 or you could be a nobody and you could have 0:04:33.920 --> 0:04:36.080 a close to a perfect game. So I don't know 0:04:36.080 --> 0:04:37.960 what that says about. Drew rasmuson really nothing. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.680 I guess the problem with like no hitters in perfect 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:44.240 games too, is it it is a Schmorgesborg of like, guys, 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:47.240 you look over here and you're like, here's Dallas Brayden, 0:04:47.600 --> 0:04:50.760 and then over here here's you know, justin Verlander. You know, 0:04:50.800 --> 0:04:52.600 you have like the best and the We're not calling 0:04:52.680 --> 0:04:54.719 Dallas Braden the worst, but I mean Mike Leak, I 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:55.680 might be willing. 0:04:55.440 --> 0:04:56.720 To call the worst like this list. 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.720 Like you said, yes, Mara Betit and Mike Leak on 0:04:59.760 --> 0:05:02.320 this same list as like you, Darvish, Max Scherzer. 0:05:02.640 --> 0:05:03.960 That is yeah. 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.400 It's also it's also interesting, you know, I feel like 0:05:06.440 --> 0:05:10.080 there's more no hitters now than ever before, but fewer 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:13.640 perfect games. Maybe because it's like with all the strikeouts, 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:16.320 it's easier to avoid giving up hits. But maybe the 0:05:16.480 --> 0:05:19.200 you know, walk rates are up some so it's interesting 0:05:19.520 --> 0:05:21.600 how that dynamic has sort of shifted over time. 0:05:22.080 --> 0:05:24.920 Yeah, and I've always had the correlation to the hitting side, 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:29.640 where the cycle is to the no hitter, as the 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.440 four home run game is to the perfect game, like 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:34.600 those are. Those have always been those correlations because I 0:05:34.600 --> 0:05:37.080 feel like we've seen cycles. I guess have tapered down 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:39.360 a little bit, but we've had some runs. When cycles happen, 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.599 I feel like they just like up above, we get 0:05:41.600 --> 0:05:43.920 like a whole bunch of them. But I would have 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:46.719 loved it. I love the perfect game. It's such a 0:05:47.000 --> 0:05:49.400 unicorn of a thing to happen. And we almost had it, 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:51.839 but it was lost in the ninth just like me 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:54.919 playing on MLB the Show against Bogman. I had a 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.599 no hitter going in our first game of for months 0:05:57.720 --> 0:06:00.680 last week. Oh we were streaming, and I lost it 0:06:00.760 --> 0:06:03.599 in the ninth inning, of course, because of how that goes. 0:06:03.880 --> 0:06:05.240 Uh, shame, shame, shame. 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:09.479 Brady Singer ends the Dodgers twelve game winning streak. And 0:06:09.600 --> 0:06:12.719 Brady Singer has been quite the dude since all of 0:06:12.800 --> 0:06:15.839 us have wanted him to not be the dude, and 0:06:16.200 --> 0:06:18.320 on the year, He's got an over nine k per nine. 0:06:18.360 --> 0:06:21.520 He's crossed over the one hundred innings pitch marker three 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:25.680 two nine ERA with a very impressive three three five FIP. 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:26.880 Home runs of kept in check. 0:06:27.200 --> 0:06:30.480 Really, everything you look at are the underlinings of I 0:06:30.520 --> 0:06:32.120 don't want to call an elite pitcher, but like a 0:06:32.120 --> 0:06:36.359 top flight pitcher. How trustworthy are you with Brady Singer 0:06:36.400 --> 0:06:38.000 through the rest of the season, Like do you I know, 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:40.680 like back and forth, like Nick Pollock has been a 0:06:40.680 --> 0:06:42.400 little bit questionable, but on him, but you go and 0:06:42.440 --> 0:06:44.800 look at the stuff and the results, like how much 0:06:45.040 --> 0:06:47.200 trustworthiness do you have in Singer through the end of 0:06:47.240 --> 0:06:47.560 this year. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.680 I'm feeling good about him right now. I mean, how 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.640 can you not after doing that against the Dodgers. Of course, 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.160 in this twelve team league I'm in my home league. 0:06:56.040 --> 0:06:58.760 People haven't really given much respect to Singer because he's 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:00.880 been on the waiver wire more and then not. I 0:07:00.920 --> 0:07:03.240 picked him up for the one bad start he had 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:05.760 in that stretch, and then cut him again, and now 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:07.720 I picked him up again. You know, he's a two 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:10.160 pitch pitcher, so I think that always gives you a 0:07:10.200 --> 0:07:13.360 little bit of cause for concern. With the starter, but 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:16.640 he's making it work, especially with his slider. It's really 0:07:16.720 --> 0:07:19.760 effective pitch right now for him. He's got some really 0:07:19.840 --> 0:07:24.680 juicy matchups coming up here as well, So I'm absolutely 0:07:24.800 --> 0:07:27.440 going to ride the hot hand with Brady Singer right now. 0:07:27.880 --> 0:07:30.720 In June he had a five nine to seven ERA. 0:07:31.520 --> 0:07:34.560 In the month of July and August he has had 0:07:34.560 --> 0:07:36.720 a sub two five WHIP. He had a two oh 0:07:36.880 --> 0:07:39.880 five whip inly I'm sorry era in July and a 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:43.160 two three three ERA in August. So he went from 0:07:43.200 --> 0:07:46.720 a first half of a four ERA where he gave 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:48.800 up eleven homers a little bit short of his sort 0:07:48.800 --> 0:07:52.320 of a sample size here eleven homers batting to throwing 0:07:52.360 --> 0:07:54.800 to a two sixty two batting average in the second 0:07:54.880 --> 0:07:58.520 half a one sixty seven ERA, given up only two homers. 0:07:58.840 --> 0:07:59.880 Walks have cooled a little bit. 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:04.400 The batting average under two hundred. He has dominated hitters 0:08:04.560 --> 0:08:06.760 on this on this second half of the year and 0:08:06.800 --> 0:08:07.840 looks really really good. 0:08:08.240 --> 0:08:09.520 And this is a little. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:13.720 Bit more telling of ESPN, but his ownership in ESPN's 0:08:13.760 --> 0:08:14.880 only fifty seven percent. 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:16.360 But I mentioned this on. 0:08:16.360 --> 0:08:19.600 A couple itl shows you can tell like ESPN's so 0:08:19.720 --> 0:08:21.640 wonked because there's so many people who have just given 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.800 up and not playing the major, major guys that are 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.880 on a pickup list every single week. Then both of 0:08:27.920 --> 0:08:30.280 them like, don't even move over sixty percent because there's 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:32.520 so many people, doesn't matter what the percentage just look. 0:08:32.440 --> 0:08:32.960 Like over there. 0:08:33.080 --> 0:08:35.800 There's so many dead leagues and you know, just dead 0:08:35.840 --> 0:08:38.840 ownership across the board that it doesn't move the table 0:08:38.920 --> 0:08:41.839 quite enough. And or actually, you know what that was 0:08:41.960 --> 0:08:44.160 Yahoo and ESPN's the same thing. It's even the lower 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:46.920 but Yahoo only fifty seven percent for some of the 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:47.439 same reason. 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:48.640 That's what I was gonna say. I was gonna say 0:08:48.640 --> 0:08:51.160 it's fifty seven percent of Yahoo. I think it maybe 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:52.400 it's just the Royals too. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:53.120 I feel like there's. 0:08:52.960 --> 0:08:55.880 Certain teams that just haven't had a lot of great 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:58.640 pitchers over the years, and people just sort of start 0:08:58.840 --> 0:09:02.320 giving up on certain franch and having biases towards, you know, 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.400 franchises that are always pumping out top pictures. I think 0:09:05.400 --> 0:09:07.400 we've seen this maybe with the Orioles as well. People 0:09:07.400 --> 0:09:09.920 don't want to ever trust Orioles pitchers just because of 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:12.840 past history. But we got to look at the numbers 0:09:12.840 --> 0:09:14.520 and we you know, I think that what you brought 0:09:14.559 --> 0:09:16.800 up about Singer's walk rate is really important. I mean, 0:09:16.840 --> 0:09:19.640 that's way down from last season. It's barely over two 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:21.680 walks per nine right now, which is a much more 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:23.160 manageable rate for him. 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:24.240 So I like what. 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:28.320 He's doing and don't don't hold that Royal's affiliation against him. 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:30.679 You know, it's something to think about, Like it'll probably 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.240 be something down the line. It's impossible to read engage 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:34.680 from this guy, but you really got to wonder, like 0:09:35.280 --> 0:09:38.440 what maybe rubbed off from Zach Granky. You know, hopefully 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:40.360 the good stuff and not the bad stuff. 0:09:40.360 --> 0:09:42.280 But you know, Granky goes in in. 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:44.559 The Diamondbacks and they got Zach Gallon, and Zach Gallen 0:09:44.640 --> 0:09:46.280 kind of even retransformed who he was. 0:09:46.440 --> 0:09:47.640 Same thing is happening here. 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:49.720 I don't know if there's a direct correlation, but you 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.880 have like those veteran pitchers that if you want to 0:09:51.920 --> 0:09:55.440 talk about a guy that understands pitching pitching, that's Zach 0:09:55.480 --> 0:09:57.000 Grank and really may have rubbed. 0:09:56.720 --> 0:09:57.760 Off in a positive way. 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:01.440 A couple of the headline notes here Dustin May recorded 0:10:01.480 --> 0:10:04.480 ten strikeouts or five innings on Sunday in his last 0:10:04.600 --> 0:10:07.600 minor League rehab start in Triple A. He also tossed 0:10:07.600 --> 0:10:09.119 an immaculate inning. 0:10:09.120 --> 0:10:09.920 Which is crazy. 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:13.760 He needed just seventy pitches in those five innings and 0:10:14.040 --> 0:10:16.280 this is coming back from Tommy John. He is slated 0:10:16.400 --> 0:10:20.720 to return to the Dodgers rotation on Saturday against the Marlins. 0:10:21.000 --> 0:10:24.559 Are you a full trust Dustin May? Guy? Put him 0:10:24.559 --> 0:10:28.000 in no worries. We don't really have a gauge of 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:28.920 like how far. 0:10:28.760 --> 0:10:29.440 They'll push him. 0:10:29.480 --> 0:10:32.319 They pushed him seventy in his last I could see 0:10:32.400 --> 0:10:34.880 him going seventy five to eighty in his first start 0:10:34.920 --> 0:10:37.560 if they're pushing him like that in Triple A. But Andrew, 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.160 what's your trust level on Dustin May? For this weekend? 0:10:41.600 --> 0:10:43.760 I'm happy to just plug him right into my lineup. 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:45.640 I don't know what we're going to get for the 0:10:45.760 --> 0:10:48.160 entire season. I think that's a little more unclear, but 0:10:48.320 --> 0:10:51.400 I feel like when he's starting, you just go with it, 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.520 you know. I Mean it was only five starts last year, 0:10:53.520 --> 0:10:56.680 but he took this massive step forward last year in 0:10:56.720 --> 0:10:59.720 the swinging strike rate, the k per nine. He just 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.080 looked like the dominant pitcher that he was supposed to 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.360 be in the first place, and he's looked like that 0:11:04.440 --> 0:11:10.040 dominant pitcher as well in his rehab outings, so you know, 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.920 he looks like he could step right in and just 0:11:11.960 --> 0:11:14.680 miss a ton of bats. And you love the Dodgers situation. 0:11:14.760 --> 0:11:17.160 I mean, if you're hunting for wins, it's always a 0:11:17.160 --> 0:11:19.400 good place. It's a team with a great track record 0:11:19.640 --> 0:11:21.840 with pitchers. I mean, we're seeing guys like you know, 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:25.320 Tyler Anderson, Tony Goslin, you name it. These guys are 0:11:25.360 --> 0:11:28.200 all coming in and they are awesome fantasy options. So 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.720 I would I would love to just have Dustin May 0:11:31.720 --> 0:11:33.000 on my roster and in my lineup. 0:11:33.320 --> 0:11:35.480 One thing I'm going to be really monitoring to is 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:37.920 how they treat the innings of all three of those 0:11:37.920 --> 0:11:41.160 guys you just said obviously May, but throwing in Gonsolin 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:43.520 and Tyler Anderson just because you gotta wonder if you 0:11:43.520 --> 0:11:46.080 get into September, if they start to screw around and 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.520 maybe try to piggyback. That's always been the big worry 0:11:48.520 --> 0:11:50.400 for me, is if they tried any type of piggyback 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.720 to lower the innings on any of these guys. There's 0:11:52.720 --> 0:11:55.360 don't really signs yet. Maybe it's just going to be 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:59.359 a six man rotation is something they would consider over piggybacking, 0:11:59.440 --> 0:12:01.640 but just an eye on it, and you know, coming 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:03.920 off with Tommy John's always a little scary. But Dustin 0:12:03.920 --> 0:12:07.760 May's arsenal that like two seemy just flipping fastball is 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:09.240 just one of I think it's one of the best 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:12.920 pitches in baseball, if you especially for fastball usage. 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:14.600 It's just it's absolutely absurd to me. 0:12:14.920 --> 0:12:17.240 And if his command is there, he's gonna put up 0:12:17.240 --> 0:12:19.600 some really good results. Early on last on the big headlines, 0:12:19.679 --> 0:12:22.439 Jeff Passing over the Weekend Reporter that the Nationals are 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:23.800 finally going to promote C. J. 0:12:24.000 --> 0:12:25.079 Abrams from Triple A. 0:12:25.400 --> 0:12:28.200 For whatever reason, they sent him down there to, you know, 0:12:28.320 --> 0:12:31.360 get a better look at Caesar or Hernandez. But Luis 0:12:31.360 --> 0:12:34.240 Garcia is going on the injured list. And in a 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:36.120 short period of time, I believe it was eight games 0:12:36.120 --> 0:12:39.000 over in Triple A, Abrams was hitting two ninety and 0:12:39.080 --> 0:12:41.240 had four stolen bases. No real big power. I think 0:12:41.240 --> 0:12:43.840 he had two doubles. I think eleven hits, so not 0:12:44.080 --> 0:12:45.800 you know, only two extra base hits of that of 0:12:45.840 --> 0:12:48.719 any variety, but the stolen bases were there. He got 0:12:48.760 --> 0:12:50.560 to get acclimated a little bit and he's gonna come 0:12:50.640 --> 0:12:53.040 up and he's just one of those guys. Maybe not 0:12:53.040 --> 0:12:55.600 in a points league because he's not showing off like 0:12:55.720 --> 0:13:00.959 really impressive anything power whatsoever, but anytype a category row C. J. 0:13:01.080 --> 0:13:02.120 Abrams is a. 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:05.160 Must attempt pick up in my eyes, if he can 0:13:05.200 --> 0:13:07.680 finish out the year. What say you on Abrams? 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:10.400 Yeah, And he did hit seven homers in thirty Triple 0:13:10.400 --> 0:13:12.840 A games with the Padres at the beginning of the year, 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.640 so there is still some power potential there, I think 0:13:15.679 --> 0:13:18.959 as well. And you know, oftentimes with these prospects, it's 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.120 enough pressure having to come up to the big leagues, 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:23.680 but when you're coming up to a title contending team 0:13:24.559 --> 0:13:26.360 and a team where there's a lot of competition for 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:27.760 playing time, I. 0:13:27.720 --> 0:13:31.520 Think that just really adds extra pressure. And I think C. J. 0:13:31.640 --> 0:13:34.160 Abrams is a player that might benefit now from being 0:13:34.200 --> 0:13:36.800 out of the spotlight, just getting to play every day 0:13:36.840 --> 0:13:41.080 without a lot of huge expectations on him. So because 0:13:41.080 --> 0:13:44.679 the physical tools, the hit tool, it's all there. We've 0:13:44.679 --> 0:13:48.240 seen it in the minors, and I think he could 0:13:48.280 --> 0:13:49.720 put it together this year. I mean, you never know 0:13:49.760 --> 0:13:53.120 with rookies, but I like the situation being out of 0:13:53.160 --> 0:13:54.840 the spotlight of San Diego. 0:13:55.040 --> 0:13:57.199 And he's aggressive on the base paths too. I remember 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.240 I was at his first major league game this year, 0:13:59.320 --> 0:14:01.880 was against the Diamond, and you know, he was like 0:14:02.000 --> 0:14:04.560 first first played appearance. I think I don't remember if 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.920 he got on by uh, you know, a lineout or 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:09.160 whatever it was. He just got on first and he 0:14:09.240 --> 0:14:11.360 immediately went to steal on the first one. So I 0:14:11.360 --> 0:14:14.160 mean he has been hyper, hyper aggressive on stolen bases. 0:14:14.200 --> 0:14:15.520 He has next let I've called it used to be 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.960 the buckst in power. How I've referred to the minor 0:14:18.040 --> 0:14:20.520 league speed. I'm sorry, the Bucks and speed. The I've 0:14:20.560 --> 0:14:23.000 referred to as the Abram speed because the guy flies. 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:25.800 He does have power when he's really seeing the ball. Well, 0:14:25.880 --> 0:14:28.400 it's been a little crazy over the last couple years 0:14:28.440 --> 0:14:30.840 in his adjustment period, but Abrams is a guy if 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:33.080 you're trying to get stolen bases with a decent hit tool, 0:14:33.520 --> 0:14:34.320 you should pick him up. 0:14:34.360 --> 0:14:35.760 I don't know if they'll put him high in the lineup. 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:37.640 I doubt they will early on, but there's always that 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:38.800 possibility to be. 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:40.040 Able the lookout for that. Some injuries. 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:43.760 Travis Darnaut should return tonight versus the Mets. Dustin may As, 0:14:43.800 --> 0:14:46.360 we talked about how that rehab stent could tell Marte 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:49.520 is considered day to day with some hamstring tightness and 0:14:49.640 --> 0:14:53.080 Ramon Lariano left Sunday's game with left side soreness. 0:14:53.400 --> 0:14:56.000 Always speculate wonder could tell, uh, maybe get a little 0:14:56.040 --> 0:14:56.640 bit banged up. 0:14:57.000 --> 0:14:59.000 Maybe they consider putting him on the IL and maybe 0:14:59.000 --> 0:15:01.480 they say, you know what, let's bring up that Corbyn Carrol. 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:02.360 Let's just bring him up. 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.240 We'll slide someone over at second, we get another body 0:15:05.240 --> 0:15:07.280 in there. Just be on the lookout for that. Here 0:15:07.360 --> 0:15:10.160 was a fun fact to this day in baseball Wonky 0:15:10.200 --> 0:15:13.320 put on here. In nineteen fifty five, pitcher Warren Span 0:15:13.720 --> 0:15:16.600 of the Milwaukee Brewers hit a home run off of 0:15:16.720 --> 0:15:19.440 Mel Wright of the Saint Louis Cardinals to give Span 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:24.200 a home run in every National League park in nineteen 0:15:24.280 --> 0:15:24.960 fifty five. 0:15:25.440 --> 0:15:27.960 That seems like, what is that? What do you I 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:30.000 would love to know what does that look like? Right now? 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:33.480 As far as like guys hitting, they're making a bigger 0:15:33.520 --> 0:15:35.040 deal about this stat when you know it was the 0:15:35.040 --> 0:15:37.240 AL versus the NL, and they were all these separate 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.760 league type of things. I use air quotes, but like, 0:15:40.440 --> 0:15:42.520 I would kind of love to see an active player 0:15:43.520 --> 0:15:47.680 board of hitting homers in separate leagues or maybe even 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.160 more so, how many active players do you think of 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:53.040 hit a home run in every ballpark in Major League Baseball? 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:55.880 There's got to be some, right, or do you think 0:15:55.880 --> 0:15:57.080 it's low like to none? 0:15:57.280 --> 0:15:57.960 Well, I think that. 0:15:58.120 --> 0:15:59.520 I mean, the real part of that stat was that 0:15:59.520 --> 0:16:03.280 he's a pitch sure, right, and it was Waukee Braves 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:06.720 back then. Actually, but yeah, I mean I don't know 0:16:06.720 --> 0:16:09.640 how many I would assume some of these guys that 0:16:09.640 --> 0:16:11.840 have been in you know, playing for twenty years or 0:16:11.840 --> 0:16:14.200 something like that, like maybe like a Nelson Cruise or 0:16:14.200 --> 0:16:14.880 someone like that. 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:17.080 Pool Holes Cruise, Yeah, pool. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:20.080 Holes, Yeah, exactly, some of those guys maybe. But you know, 0:16:20.160 --> 0:16:23.120 I think back then in the fifties, there wasn't as 0:16:23.200 --> 0:16:27.080 much specialization, so the pictures had to, you know, know 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.360 how to work the bat a little bit, maybe more 0:16:29.400 --> 0:16:30.960 than they do now. I mean now, I think with 0:16:31.160 --> 0:16:33.520 you know, with these high school kids, even you're seeing 0:16:33.560 --> 0:16:35.560 I mean a lot of times the pictures are the 0:16:35.560 --> 0:16:37.400 best player on the team in a high school team, 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:39.520 they're the best hitter and the best picture. You know, 0:16:39.760 --> 0:16:42.200 but then they get into the minor league system and 0:16:42.240 --> 0:16:45.320 they stop ever focusing on the hitting aspect at all. 0:16:45.400 --> 0:16:47.480 So by the time they get up to the big leagues, 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.480 they're not much of a hitter anymore. But but you know, 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:52.400 I think back then that was not something that happened. 0:16:52.400 --> 0:16:54.400 So maybe you saw some pictures that could swing the 0:16:54.400 --> 0:16:55.040 bat a little bit. 0:16:55.240 --> 0:16:57.400 I wasn't and I wasn't even like processing that when 0:16:57.400 --> 0:16:58.960 I was saying that one. Ki's a hundred percent right, 0:16:59.560 --> 0:17:02.480 adds any even more interesting stat also on what you 0:17:02.480 --> 0:17:04.399 were just saying. I want to talk about two way players. 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.679 Just throwing it out there for everybody. Brenda McKay with 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:09.800 a red Race, just did a little rehab start the 0:17:09.880 --> 0:17:11.520 other day, so I don't know if he's coming back. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:14.120 Be very interesting to see if the Rays continue looking 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:17.200 at him as a two way player because of all 0:17:17.240 --> 0:17:19.680 of the injuries. Here's a little deep dive. We don't 0:17:19.680 --> 0:17:21.600 have to go too crazy into it, but you know, 0:17:21.600 --> 0:17:23.360 we haven't done. This is something Joe and I did 0:17:23.359 --> 0:17:26.159 a whole lot, and this was more so because of 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:28.159 one of these Races moving across. I went and took 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.040 a look at all of the future MLB futures for 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:35.320 awards and bets, and there is still one bet on 0:17:35.480 --> 0:17:38.680