WEBVTT - Leading Off April 10th, 2025 (Ep. 972) 0:00:05.400 --> 0:00:08.560 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:10.800 off live. It is b Joey p Joe Pi's APA 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:13.040 with me of course is the Welsh and it's you, 0:00:13.200 --> 0:00:16.200 the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks hanging out talking baseball. 0:00:16.320 --> 0:00:19.040 And we've got some baseball talk about some more injuries 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.319 to talk about. A rough day of betting, but I 0:00:21.320 --> 0:00:23.400 think there might be a few diamonds in the rough. 0:00:23.800 --> 0:00:26.320 But Welsh, it was a fun stream yesterday on the 0:00:26.360 --> 0:00:29.520 YouTube channel. We are live on our twitch right now, 0:00:29.560 --> 0:00:32.479 Twitch dot tv Slash Fantasy Pros. 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Welsh. 0:00:59.040 --> 0:01:02.600 I heard that if you are the jersey, you become faster, just. 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:06.400 Saying well, then I'm gonna get that jersey and I'm 0:01:06.440 --> 0:01:07.399 gonna run some miles. 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:07.680 You know what. 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:08.399 I'm gonna run to. 0:01:10.080 --> 0:01:16.440 Patty. It's beautiful and Patty and get wait for the party. 0:01:16.800 --> 0:01:20.680 Let's start here at let's start with it because Welsh 0:01:20.760 --> 0:01:22.880 is already teasing it. We did the Waiver Wire video. 0:01:23.240 --> 0:01:25.280 It's coming out today. We had a big debate about 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.559 Karen Paris. He went to and forward with two more 0:01:27.640 --> 0:01:30.240 solo home runs yesterday, so half of his hits basically 0:01:30.280 --> 0:01:32.840 your home runs and Welsh, all I'm gonna say is this. 0:01:33.360 --> 0:01:37.440 Uh it was a fastball low that he crushed on 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:40.760 the second one. The first one was just left up 0:01:40.800 --> 0:01:43.720 over the plate. Both of them, you know, got out. 0:01:43.760 --> 0:01:46.560 It's still the minor league ballpark. Let's not forget that too. 0:01:46.600 --> 0:01:50.200 It's a spring training facility ballpark. As soon as everybody 0:01:50.200 --> 0:01:53.040 starts busting him inside and throwing him soft stuff away. 0:01:53.440 --> 0:01:55.760 I can't wait to see the adjustments of Karen Paris. 0:01:55.960 --> 0:01:58.360 I understand he looks better. I understand he's made some 0:01:58.400 --> 0:02:01.200 adjustments to the swing. He's physically. I saw the breakdown 0:02:01.240 --> 0:02:03.800 and everything. I just don't know if you can change 0:02:03.800 --> 0:02:07.120 your stripes that much. That quickly, so I'm still not buying. 0:02:07.400 --> 0:02:09.840 Maybe I'm just being stubborn. What do you think here, 0:02:09.840 --> 0:02:13.080 pe Nuts and Kraka, Jacksie Byron, the Kiren Paris, I 0:02:13.120 --> 0:02:15.799 am not but Welsh. Certainly a good night for the 0:02:15.880 --> 0:02:16.880 Paris supporters. 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:20.560 Yeah, it's just convenient that you and I debate. I 0:02:20.680 --> 0:02:24.720 say Kyron, yes, yes to Petty, and he goes off 0:02:24.840 --> 0:02:27.720 like that. Some of what you're saying is right, Like 0:02:28.120 --> 0:02:31.079 he's already seeing breaking pitches and he's hitting breaking pitches, 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:34.320 by the way, so the domination is coming off of fastballs. 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:37.639 He's hitting like over five hundred against fastballs, but he's 0:02:37.680 --> 0:02:41.200 hitting almost three hundred against breaking pitches. He's just not 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.760 seeing off speed stuff right now, and that's going to 0:02:43.800 --> 0:02:46.760 be the big change. He has not hit a change 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:49.440 up yet, he has not hit a curveball. He's getting 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:52.560 sinkers and cutters in there. He's hitting over three thirty 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:55.880 three against sliders. So you know, we pick a little 0:02:55.919 --> 0:02:58.119 bit on like, you know, oh, when this happens, he's 0:02:58.160 --> 0:03:00.880 obviously going to regress. He has an expected average of 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:03.919 over six hundred. But as I say in the Waiver 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:06.200 Wire video, which you can go and see the correct 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:10.640 side of the debate be debated. Is that barrel percentage 0:03:10.720 --> 0:03:13.520 way up. He's getting the ball in the air almost 0:03:13.560 --> 0:03:16.560 three times normal. He had average around five a five 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:20.560 degree launch angle his career spins the offseason with Judges 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:25.560 batswing trainer over fifteen over fifteen degree launch angle. He's 0:03:25.600 --> 0:03:28.200 hitting the ball incredibly hard, he's cutting down the strikeass 0:03:28.600 --> 0:03:30.840 he will come back down to earth. But really the 0:03:30.840 --> 0:03:34.360 discussion is will he be this serviceable fantasy option? No 0:03:34.480 --> 0:03:38.320 player in MLB history I believe had ever had the 0:03:38.440 --> 0:03:40.800 what five homers and four stolen bases in the first 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:43.520 ten games of the season. He has a legit shot 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:46.800 to like season long, be decent, You're just gonna have 0:03:46.840 --> 0:03:48.920 the stomach when things do come back down. But I 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:52.080 think things look really good right now, and he's worth 0:03:52.160 --> 0:03:55.000 speculating on, just maybe not at the cost of something awesome. 0:03:56.040 --> 0:03:59.360 And I was right, so oh well, yeah, let's easy 0:03:59.400 --> 0:04:01.280 up on the eye right right now? 0:04:01.360 --> 0:04:03.120 Like he could get half he could No, he could 0:04:03.160 --> 0:04:05.400 totally suck. But is he a good pick up right now? 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:06.240 Should you pick him up? 0:04:06.760 --> 0:04:06.960 Yes? 0:04:07.040 --> 0:04:07.360 You should. 0:04:07.440 --> 0:04:09.360 I'm gonna bring you back. Are you ready? I'm gonna 0:04:09.360 --> 0:04:12.320 bring it back in the way Back Machine to twenty sixteen, 0:04:13.080 --> 0:04:16.720 it was a fella named Tyler White played for the Astros. 0:04:16.720 --> 0:04:18.919 Do you remember Tyler White? I remember the April he 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:21.440 had five home runs fourteen rbi. I can't believe my 0:04:21.480 --> 0:04:24.800 simple brain remembers these things. Slugged over five hundred. The 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:27.960 ops was well over eight hundred, and then he disappeared. 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:30.920 And look, I'm not saying Karen Parris is headed down 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:32.840 that path. What I am saying is a guy who 0:04:32.839 --> 0:04:36.200 has three hundred career major league excuse me, minor league 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:39.120 games to his credit and still a slugging percentage under 0:04:39.160 --> 0:04:41.600 four hundred. I don't think all of a sudden becomes 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.359 Aaron Judge just because he works with Aaron Judges, but 0:04:43.360 --> 0:04:45.760 also I have him trade him. This is the peak 0:04:45.800 --> 0:04:46.520 of his value. 0:04:46.839 --> 0:04:48.880 He could never be high for Kyraen Parris. 0:04:49.320 --> 0:04:52.599 I don't know, man. You every year there's a guy 0:04:52.720 --> 0:04:56.880 that is an illusion in April, and every year there's 0:04:56.960 --> 0:05:00.720 some sucker born every minute in every league that will 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:02.960 say this is the next big thing, this is the 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.600 next big guy, and I would not be shocked. I 0:05:05.680 --> 0:05:07.320 agree with you. I'm not saying one for one for 0:05:07.560 --> 0:05:10.039 like you're not getting Jose Ramirez for him one for one, 0:05:10.560 --> 0:05:12.760 but in a package deal as a throw in. I'm 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:14.560 just saying you might have been able to get more 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:15.440 value than you think. 0:05:15.440 --> 0:05:18.760 If you could get something serve like a player that's 0:05:19.360 --> 0:05:21.520 you know, someone does something ridiculous of a guy that's 0:05:21.560 --> 0:05:24.479 really underperforming, Like sure, absolutely. My argument would be I 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:27.119 don't think you can get anything serviceable for Karen Parris. 0:05:27.160 --> 0:05:28.839 But I also want really want to point out in 0:05:28.880 --> 0:05:31.960 this when he does come back down and there's also 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:34.479 an attempt at and I told you so, I don't 0:05:34.520 --> 0:05:36.320 think that Kyen Parris is going to have a thirty 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:39.320 thirty season. I don't think Kyn Parris is the player 0:05:39.400 --> 0:05:41.720 you should go drop Luise Robert for, which everybody in 0:05:41.760 --> 0:05:44.040 the chat we found out yesterday was dropping Louise Robert 0:05:44.080 --> 0:05:45.360 for but trade. 0:05:45.080 --> 0:05:47.120 To Robert everywhere, That's all anybody wanted to do. 0:05:47.320 --> 0:05:48.880 But we do I pick him up. 0:05:48.920 --> 0:05:50.920 That somebody dropped him in their league was craziest. 0:05:51.040 --> 0:05:53.919 But do I think when you're talking about who's available 0:05:53.960 --> 0:05:56.440 on the wire, should you pick up Kyroen Paris? Yes, 0:05:56.480 --> 0:06:00.279 because he had spent an off season of having a 0:06:00.400 --> 0:06:04.280 quantifiable change to his swing that is now working in 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:05.560 the major leagues, and we are. 0:06:05.760 --> 0:06:08.600 His body bool physically much, so we. 0:06:08.560 --> 0:06:10.800 Should make a bet on that and then just see 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:13.640 where it goes for a little bit. That's my big take, 0:06:13.720 --> 0:06:15.520 and he's gonna come back down and we'll just see 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.839 what level it is. But buy it was perfect. 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:24.560 I mean yesterday, yes, a couple, one couple Opo Wall scratchers, 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.240 congratulations mad Max Max Freed. Eleven strikeouts and a no 0:06:28.320 --> 0:06:30.680 decision against the t Grays. He's got a one to 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.720 five six ERA or his first three starts, so that's 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.840 a good acquisition for the Yankees. Another acquisition for the 0:06:35.880 --> 0:06:38.680 Yankees we'll talk about later in headlines hasn't been quite 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:42.559 as good. Kevin Gosmin one unearned run, four hits, eight innings, 0:06:42.640 --> 0:06:45.440 no decision for him. He had ten strikeouts, so two 0:06:45.480 --> 0:06:48.920 big strikeouts days from Gossmin and Freed, and he had 0:06:48.960 --> 0:06:52.039 Sandy Alcntra, who is gonna return starting on Saturday. He 0:06:52.080 --> 0:06:54.520 was out on paternity leave. He was supposed to pitch 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:58.039 last weekend on Sunday game got rained out, so he 0:06:58.120 --> 0:07:02.040 went I assume the child has been born. All is well. 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:04.599 He'll be back on Saturday to pitch and I'm wondering 0:07:04.600 --> 0:07:06.279 where Sandy al Contra's going on. I don't know if 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:07.719 he had a boy or girl. I did not see that, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:10.200 do you know. I don't run to Twitter. 0:07:10.440 --> 0:07:14.080 I didn't see the reveal video of What Tied? Did 0:07:14.120 --> 0:07:15.280 you ever do a reveal video? 0:07:15.920 --> 0:07:18.360 No? No, I like to know ahead of time, and 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:20.120 then you just told people that's what you did. 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:23.360 I was way before reveal videos. Like my kids. I mean, 0:07:23.400 --> 0:07:25.760 my oldest is twelve, so I just don't think they 0:07:25.800 --> 0:07:27.720 were around there. But yeah, they're like at fourteen weeks. 0:07:27.760 --> 0:07:30.120 Like you want to know, like absolutely, I'm not here 0:07:30.120 --> 0:07:30.760 for a surprise. 0:07:31.000 --> 0:07:33.120 Yeah, I mean it's a surprise if you tell me now, 0:07:33.120 --> 0:07:35.040 we're surprise on the day. You know, I'd rather know, 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:37.960 you know what else is a surprise. Some of these 0:07:38.000 --> 0:07:42.600 Closer performances lately. Yikes. Let's start with the second Classe. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:46.360 Citizen Manuel Classe gave up a run to pick up 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.560 a say, but it was shaky. His ra is at 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:50.920 five point four zero, his whip is at one four 0:07:51.000 --> 0:07:54.080 zero blown. Save for Devin Williams, he was terrible. I 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:57.200 understand it was Chiley in Detroit and maybe guys aren't 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:00.000 feeling right. But his ra is now up to twelve 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:02.640 after that outing and an Edwin Diaz who's coming in 0:08:02.640 --> 0:08:04.920 in a non safe situation and a couple of days 0:08:04.960 --> 0:08:07.760 off there, he gave up two earned runs, two walks, 0:08:07.760 --> 0:08:10.520 and two thirds of an inning. He looked dreadful. Class A. 0:08:10.840 --> 0:08:15.600 Devin Williams, Edwin Diaz, who are you most concerned about 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:16.680 when it comes to these three? 0:08:16.840 --> 0:08:18.920 I was literally I didn't know, like you were going 0:08:18.960 --> 0:08:20.720 to kind of end the talking and I was going 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.520 to throw that at you, that exact question, because we 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:25.440 got a decent amount of that in the live chat. 0:08:25.480 --> 0:08:28.800 Remember every Wednesday, four pm Eastern, Joey and I are 0:08:28.840 --> 0:08:31.520 here on or We're on the YouTube side live for 0:08:31.560 --> 0:08:33.560 a full hour just asking questions. And not only was 0:08:33.559 --> 0:08:36.280 it Luis Robert, it was also a whole lot of 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.880 closer things, weird closer situations. Devin Williams came up a 0:08:39.880 --> 0:08:42.840 whole bunch. I think the one I would be worried 0:08:42.840 --> 0:08:45.120 about would be Edwin Diaz Right now, I think we're 0:08:45.120 --> 0:08:47.400 seeing some VLO dips on Edwin Diaz. I'm not worried 0:08:47.400 --> 0:08:50.080 about Devin Williams. I'm not worried. Class A kind of 0:08:50.120 --> 0:08:52.319 does this sometimes it's a little squirrely in the beginning 0:08:52.360 --> 0:08:55.080 of the year. But I'm not worried about class at all. 0:08:55.280 --> 0:08:58.840 I'm not worried about Devin Williams. Edwin Diaz has me 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:01.400 a little bit worried too, because like they're making do 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.560 for the most part with you know, the pieces of 0:09:04.600 --> 0:09:08.440 these of that rotation, but like he's critical in here, 0:09:08.440 --> 0:09:10.400 and I'm gonna look because I believe last time, and 0:09:10.440 --> 0:09:12.559 I think you and I may have even looked, or 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:14.200 maybe it was me and Bogman, but I think you've 0:09:14.200 --> 0:09:18.000 got v loo downs on the fastball, which is going 0:09:18.080 --> 0:09:20.240 to be like critical to not. Yeah, so he was 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.240 ninety seven point five last year. I guess it's ticked 0:09:23.240 --> 0:09:24.959 back up a little bit. It's ninety six point nine, 0:09:25.040 --> 0:09:28.720 so it's nothing insane on the drop, but the slider 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:30.640 is down a full mile per hour, so we're seeing 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:34.319 some early decreases with rates are lower. I guess Edwin 0:09:34.400 --> 0:09:35.840 Diaz would be a little bit my worry. 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:38.760 Edwin Diaz is the most worrying to me. He hasn't 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:40.920 been the same guy since he heard his n in 0:09:40.920 --> 0:09:46.040 the WBC. He just hasn't. He was untouchable, unhittable, the 0:09:46.160 --> 0:09:49.720 mental acumen there. Obviously, the confidence level very different. He 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:51.680 has not been the same picture since that injury period. 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:54.880 End of story. Not in velocity, not in confidence. I'm 0:09:54.920 --> 0:09:57.120 not worried about Devin Williams. I'll be buying him Class A. 0:09:57.320 --> 0:09:59.520 It's a little annoying, you know. I don't have something 0:10:00.000 --> 0:10:03.360 mentally triggered for him last year in the postseason. Well, 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.840 I mean that happens sometimes, right, We've seen that. We've 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.160 seen guys who are dominant, right, they go and they 0:10:08.200 --> 0:10:09.760 have a bad postseason and then all of a sudden 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:11.840 they just mentally never recover from that. Closing is a 0:10:11.880 --> 0:10:14.800 very weird job, right. It takes a bit of a 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:17.600 weirdo to do it well for a long period of time, 0:10:18.679 --> 0:10:20.400 or just a weirdo to do it in the first place. 0:10:20.720 --> 0:10:23.280 And Edwin Ds to me is the one that is 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.080 most concerning, which is why I wanted the Mets again 0:10:25.120 --> 0:10:27.040 Tennor Scott in the offseason because I thought they needed 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:29.960 the insurance palsy more than other teams. But what are 0:10:29.960 --> 0:10:32.440 you gonna do? But we'll put it out there, Let's 0:10:32.480 --> 0:10:34.240 do a poll. Can we do a poll on that one? 0:10:34.320 --> 0:10:35.600 Or do we need to do that ahead? Of time. 0:10:35.679 --> 0:10:36.800 Is that for today or tomorrow? 0:10:37.040 --> 0:10:38.959 No, I think Kelly Prochael Kelly. 0:10:39.000 --> 0:10:41.640 Let's do a poll. Who are you most worried? Are 0:10:41.640 --> 0:10:46.040 you most worried about Diaz class A or Devin Williams. 0:10:46.080 --> 0:10:48.199 We'll put that up there and let you the Peanuts 0:10:48.200 --> 0:10:50.240 and the Cracker Jacks vote on that. Let's ask some 0:10:50.320 --> 0:10:53.160 questions here. Matt on the Mounds Oriental good streamer for today. Yes, 0:10:53.480 --> 0:10:56.040 he's pitched very well. I don't see why not well 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:56.760 should agree with that. 0:10:58.000 --> 0:10:59.520 I do. Actually, that's going to be a part of 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:01.319 a bet that I have got a little bit later say. 0:11:01.360 --> 0:11:03.840 But Soriano has been pretty solid so far this season 0:11:04.200 --> 0:11:06.400 and Angels winning some games, So yeah, I think Soriano 0:11:06.480 --> 0:11:08.160 is a good stream on a pretty light day. By 0:11:08.160 --> 0:11:10.679 the way, very late Thursday, Baseball. 0:11:10.280 --> 0:11:12.839 Would you consider trading Tatis and a break you for 0:11:13.000 --> 0:11:17.600 Rooker endeavors? Interesting? I say no because I still want 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:18.239 to Tatis. 0:11:19.520 --> 0:11:23.800 Yeah, absolutely, absolutely not. I guess maybe that's built in 0:11:23.840 --> 0:11:25.880 some of the worry. Looks like, by the way, I 0:11:25.880 --> 0:11:28.040 think we're gonna probably talk about it, but the Tatis 0:11:28.120 --> 0:11:31.480 might be back on Friday, that's the hope. But Rooker 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:33.360 is kind of playing down a little bit. Devers has 0:11:33.400 --> 0:11:36.000 got some overall worries. You're the best player in the 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:38.920 deal is Tatis. I get that there's like a downgrade 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:42.040 to like William Bray you. I don't even know if 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.680 I've done that preseason maybe, but no, I would. I 0:11:44.679 --> 0:11:46.880 would hold on to Tatis first time chatter by the 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.439 way on on the twitch, So shout out to whoever. 0:11:49.320 --> 0:11:53.320 Mario Rivera was was an interesting personality. He was a 0:11:53.400 --> 0:11:57.440 very different personality he was. I'm just saying, but you know, 0:11:57.440 --> 0:11:59.679 when you think of some of these closers too over 0:11:59.720 --> 0:12:02.160 the year, you've had the big person. Now he's the 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.720 Brian Wilson's of the world, Randy Myers, Rob Dibble like 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.120 you just gotta go through. There's a little bit of 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.920 a screw loose in most of these guys, and it 0:12:11.000 --> 0:12:12.840 helps because you have to be able to forget about 0:12:13.000 --> 0:12:15.560 bad times and move on the next day with something else. 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:18.240 But Diaz is the one that's definitely troubling me. Let's 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:22.439 get to some more news down on the farm. We 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:25.679 talked about Logan Henderson last week. I brought him up 0:12:25.679 --> 0:12:28.760 to Welsh we discussed it. Guess what another good start 0:12:28.800 --> 0:12:31.840 for Logan Henderson, so Milwaukee desperate for some help there 0:12:31.840 --> 0:12:35.640 in the rotation eight k's five innings on Wednesday and 0:12:35.640 --> 0:12:39.839 TRIPAA So Logan Henderson. Now the nesser Cortes has heard. 0:12:39.880 --> 0:12:41.920 Could we see Logan Henderson enter this rotation? 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.640 I think it is a possibility. Part of the problem 0:12:45.679 --> 0:12:48.240 is he really struggled with some command in those first 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.200 two starts that they get it like a five walk game, 0:12:50.600 --> 0:12:53.240 so kind of you know, getting his Sea legs under him, 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:55.360 his minor league legs under him is probably what they 0:12:55.400 --> 0:12:57.079 want to see before they throw him in the majors. 0:12:57.120 --> 0:12:59.480 But I don't remember where I said, if it was 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:01.600 like a show or it was one of our shorts. 0:13:01.600 --> 0:13:05.160 But like, I love Logan Henderson. He is built around 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.720 being a command pitcher. He tries to hit the zone. 0:13:08.280 --> 0:13:10.520 He tried to hit like the pinpoint of the corners 0:13:10.520 --> 0:13:12.640 of the zone and stuff with the fastball and off speed. 0:13:12.679 --> 0:13:15.360 But I think Logan Henderson would be a fun streamer. 0:13:15.520 --> 0:13:19.200 But with the walk issues, I'd be probably careful about 0:13:19.320 --> 0:13:21.480 what that first start would be. But you should definitely 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:22.640 take a look at him. And by the way, we 0:13:22.679 --> 0:13:24.280 got that poll up. If you guys want to vote 0:13:24.400 --> 0:13:26.880 of the closer, which one? I guess what is it? 0:13:27.000 --> 0:13:29.680 Who are you worried about the three? It's on the twitch, 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:31.280 So make sure you guys put that vote in and 0:13:31.320 --> 0:13:32.800 we'll take a look at it. Here in a second, 0:13:33.280 --> 0:13:35.320 votes are starting to roll in. Oh it just ended. 0:13:35.440 --> 0:13:38.040 CALLI you did a minute poll. So it the official 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:40.600 results were Edwin Diaz literally was promoting it. And it 0:13:40.640 --> 0:13:43.679 was only a minute poll. But Edwin Diaz eighty eight percent? 0:13:43.880 --> 0:13:44.080 Was it? 0:13:44.160 --> 0:13:46.600 So you can't vote, You can't vote, don't vote anymore. 0:13:46.640 --> 0:13:49.200 There you go, look at Mike Mayor true red Sox fashion. 0:13:49.360 --> 0:13:52.920 Would Rivera's cutter even work with today's baseballs? Oh? 0:13:52.960 --> 0:13:56.679 La la, I mean the cutter is back in fashion. 0:13:56.760 --> 0:14:01.880 Garrett Crochet's retransforming his whole report to around the cutter. Yeah, 0:14:02.040 --> 0:14:04.640 we'd be fine. Rivero would be fine. He's not fine 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:06.559 off the field right now, but he'd have been fine 0:14:06.559 --> 0:14:07.360 as a closer, right. 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:10.040 Also, rookie, looky, Nick Kurtz hit another home run. It's 0:14:10.040 --> 0:14:11.400 not me if you heard this one before. He's up 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:15.040 to six now he's at almost four hundred. Well, we 0:14:15.080 --> 0:14:16.720 got to find a place for this kid. This is 0:14:16.800 --> 0:14:20.160 just as absurd. This is I said this yesterday on 0:14:20.200 --> 0:14:21.840 the live stream. You can go back and watch it 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:24.280 on demand there on the YouTube channels under the live category. 0:14:24.280 --> 0:14:25.920 I think it's actually pinned to the top of the channel. 0:14:26.920 --> 0:14:29.440 I think the Athletics, with the America League being a 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:31.280 little week, can get in the playoffs this year. I 0:14:31.320 --> 0:14:34.120 really do. They've got to have some good bullpen working 0:14:34.160 --> 0:14:36.040 out there. They have Mason Miller in the night that's 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:39.680 already a good start. Bullpen's got to be solid. I 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.960 think they can just beat other teams in a submission 0:14:42.000 --> 0:14:44.800 in that ballpark. It could be a really fun summer 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:45.160 for the. 0:14:45.120 --> 0:14:48.680 Athletics maybe, But I mean, like they also have to 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:52.720 have Pitchington also not get absolutely bludgeoned in that their 0:14:52.800 --> 0:14:56.080 same ballpark. Like Jeffrey Springs is fine, Severino is fine. 0:14:56.440 --> 0:14:58.320 The depth kind of goes back. I mean, they've got, 0:14:58.360 --> 0:15:01.360 you know, a great closer, They've got some really interesting bats. 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.120 I don't like, I'm not going to say that they're 0:15:04.120 --> 0:15:05.600 going to make the playoff because they don't think they're 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.520 going to. But I do think they're a much sneakier 0:15:08.520 --> 0:15:11.600 team this year than thought before. They're walking more top 0:15:11.640 --> 0:15:13.960 of their lineup. You use the age you just like 0:15:14.360 --> 0:15:16.520 lol all over it. But now it's like it's Butler 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:19.200 and you got Rooker and Bladet's starting to get going 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:21.840 like they got Jacob Wilson continues to hit like they 0:15:21.840 --> 0:15:24.200 do have some dudes, But I'm not sure I buy 0:15:24.240 --> 0:15:26.320 them as like a play playoff team. But you know what, 0:15:26.400 --> 0:15:28.560 Nick Kurt's there, he can bludge in the baseball out 0:15:28.560 --> 0:15:31.120 of the field. We can keep saying it, please find 0:15:31.120 --> 0:15:33.720 a spot for him. It is our daily Kurts and 0:15:33.760 --> 0:15:37.320 hopefully the Kurts will be called very soon. Today, by 0:15:37.360 --> 0:15:40.240 the way, I believe being the last day of the 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:43.400 PIP for if a guy wins Rookie of the Year 0:15:43.800 --> 0:15:45.720 they can get an extra pick. Today would be the 0:15:45.800 --> 0:15:47.760 last call day. So I think that's kind of what. 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:49.360 Would you said the number for the Athletics to make 0:15:49.360 --> 0:15:49.920 the playoffs? 0:15:52.600 --> 0:15:54.760 What do you mean, like, what the odds right now? 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:55.040 Do you think? 0:15:55.120 --> 0:15:57.360 Oh, well, I didn't know. If you're meant like they're 0:15:57.400 --> 0:16:00.160 to win Tolers just to make the play I would say, 0:16:00.920 --> 0:16:02.040 what is the record right now? 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.760 It doesn't matter right now? 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.800 Okay, let's say, uh, let's say probably it's probably something 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.200 along the lines of like eight to one. 0:16:09.560 --> 0:16:11.200 Plus one thy forty. 0:16:12.520 --> 0:16:13.720 Okay, so was closed. 0:16:13.840 --> 0:16:15.000 It's even bigger than you make. 0:16:15.560 --> 0:16:16.960 What's there? What is their record? 0:16:17.040 --> 0:16:18.800 Right? Look, they need somebody to keep the ball down 0:16:18.840 --> 0:16:22.080 in that ballpark. They need Paul Blackburn. Actually what they 0:16:22.120 --> 0:16:23.480 need they could use that kind of guy. 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:27.320 Uh, They're they're five and eight right now, they're fourth 0:16:27.400 --> 0:16:32.160 in the West. You've got Houston is struggling, Angels are 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:35.440 seven and four, Texas is nine and four, it and 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.280 and Seattle is five and eight. Same all those. It's 0:16:38.320 --> 0:16:41.320 just a it's a tough it's a tough road for 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.280 a team that if they had another piece or two 0:16:44.320 --> 0:16:46.120 maybe in the rotation, I would feel it. But what 0:16:46.200 --> 0:16:47.560 are they gonna do. They're not gonna go trade for 0:16:47.640 --> 0:16:50.440 Sandy al contract. They just were buying players, so they 0:16:50.480 --> 0:16:50.920 don't get. 0:16:50.800 --> 0:16:54.040 Fuzaro's Alson Wells was just dropped in their league. I 0:16:54.040 --> 0:16:56.280 have YONDI Diaz? Would you rather have rest of season? 0:16:56.600 --> 0:16:58.760 Diaz was ranked so much higher than Wells going into 0:16:58.800 --> 0:17:00.760 the year, But Diz has done. 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:06.040 You mean Yanire or yon Yannier? I believe he means Okay, yeah. 0:17:05.880 --> 0:17:08.040 I'm guessing catching question. I'm just guessing for. 0:17:08.000 --> 0:17:13.080 His basement, I would rather have Yannier uh, and then 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:15.679 I mean I don't really want to catch her outside 0:17:15.680 --> 0:17:18.840 a position player. Otherwise, like I like Austin Wells, but 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:21.440 like I also want to point out he is stinking 0:17:21.520 --> 0:17:24.800 right now. This is l territory for me. Xba is 0:17:24.880 --> 0:17:28.520 one sixty four. He's not barreling. He's hitting the ball hard, 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.520 but not a lot else is happening. He's got to 0:17:30.560 --> 0:17:32.840 get those little tiny wall scrapers over and right, but 0:17:32.920 --> 0:17:34.160 he's not doing great right now. 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:36.240 So I take I want this question here. This is 0:17:36.280 --> 0:17:38.560 what It's not even a question, it's a comment. CS 0:17:38.640 --> 0:17:41.840 was Nick Kurtz a couple of seasons ago, no no, no, 0:17:41.840 --> 0:17:44.080 no no no no no no no. We need a 0:17:44.080 --> 0:17:46.240 full breakdown of Christian and conassi astrain. What was the 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:48.000 one thing I said to you Welsh when I watched 0:17:48.040 --> 0:17:49.800 him hit? I said, he's got a lot of power, 0:17:49.800 --> 0:17:51.440 but the problem he's got a giant hitch in this wing, 0:17:51.480 --> 0:17:53.800 and when he gets to the big leagues, better pitching 0:17:53.880 --> 0:17:57.040 is going to overpower him because he's not fast enough 0:17:57.080 --> 0:17:59.680