WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off March 31st, 2023 (Ep. 638) 0:00:07.200 --> 0:00:11.600 Welcome in my friends the Peanuts and Cracker Jacks to 0:00:11.760 --> 0:00:14.800 leading off right here on fantasy pros. I am not. 0:00:15.400 --> 0:00:16.320 Joe Piece of Pia. 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:20.440 Over there is not Chris Welsh. That's actually me. That's 0:00:20.520 --> 0:00:22.919 Ryan Wormley and Ryan we've got a little bit of 0:00:22.960 --> 0:00:25.520 an overlay problem today. I have the Joe Piece of 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.200 Pa line and you've got the Chris Welsh line. So Ryan, 0:00:28.240 --> 0:00:31.400 I suggest you have bad takes on Dylan Ceese. You 0:00:31.560 --> 0:00:34.640 learn up on some prospects even more than you already know. 0:00:34.680 --> 0:00:37.120 You can't just talk Orioles and oh, I don't know, 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:37.960 you know, maybe get. 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:39.800 A tiara or two. What should I do as Joe 0:00:39.800 --> 0:00:40.360 Piece of Pia? 0:00:41.040 --> 0:00:42.320 You should probably shave your head. 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:43.720 I was gonna say it's a good thing that I'm 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:45.680 not in the Joe Piece of pac because I have 0:00:45.760 --> 0:00:47.879 way too much hair as it is, even for my 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.599 normal standards, let alone Joeyp's normal standards. And I think 0:00:51.640 --> 0:00:53.920 we were already gonna maybe lament about the Mets a 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.120 little with the justin Verlander news, but I probably want 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:58.440 to do that a little bit more than you're going 0:00:58.480 --> 0:00:59.120 to already. 0:00:59.360 --> 0:01:02.440 Yeah, so Corbyn, Carroll just like say things about Corbyn 0:01:02.480 --> 0:01:04.520 Carroll and you'll be okay. But you know what, this 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.600 is actually great because I don't have to hear anything 0:01:07.600 --> 0:01:09.880 about Dylan ces today because you're me, so you're can 0:01:09.959 --> 0:01:10.480 get all of it. 0:01:10.520 --> 0:01:12.720 So Ryan, what is the Twitter handle again? 0:01:13.280 --> 0:01:14.520 Is at Ryan Warmley. 0:01:14.640 --> 0:01:17.600 That's warmly like the name, like the word, not the 0:01:17.680 --> 0:01:19.160 name war m l y. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:22.000 All right, So all your diamond, all your diamondback and 0:01:22.440 --> 0:01:25.560 Welsh hate send it over there for the overlay issue. 0:01:25.760 --> 0:01:28.440 Welcome in everybody to leading offroat to you by prize picks. 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:30.720 No Joe piece of pa today because he's actually in 0:01:30.800 --> 0:01:34.000 my land. He is actually within the vicinity of me. 0:01:34.120 --> 0:01:37.039 I believe right now he is out here wandering the 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:38.959 world and I will see him very shortly. But me 0:01:39.000 --> 0:01:41.440 and Ryan Wormley, we've got it lockdown for you today 0:01:41.480 --> 0:01:45.680 after what was an awesome opening day full of all 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:49.080 of the stuff and things. And you mentioned this before 0:01:49.080 --> 0:01:50.920 we got on like we're not gonna always talk about 0:01:51.000 --> 0:01:53.560 like rule changes and stuff, but we saw some big 0:01:53.760 --> 0:01:57.960 changes overall. Number one being the pitch clock. Ryan average 0:01:57.960 --> 0:02:01.960 game time two hours forty two minutes. Ten out of 0:02:01.960 --> 0:02:04.880 the fifteen games were under three hours. That was down 0:02:04.880 --> 0:02:08.000 about a half an hour across the board. Pitchclock had 0:02:08.760 --> 0:02:11.560 three or four incidents. I think Marcus Stroma was like 0:02:11.560 --> 0:02:15.000 the number one. There wasn't anything absolutely insane like game 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.200 time's down. I think overall fun up. 0:02:18.280 --> 0:02:21.639 Yeah, I think it was average about one violation per game. 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:22.480 I think it ended up. 0:02:22.560 --> 0:02:24.720 I think it was fourteen violations on the day if 0:02:24.720 --> 0:02:27.960 I remember correctly, So it's not too intrusive. My biggest 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:30.200 issue with the pitch clock, like just the idea of 0:02:30.240 --> 0:02:32.760 it and throughout screen training, was I hated seeing like 0:02:32.919 --> 0:02:35.480 games end on it, right, and those were the extreme examples. 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.840 Of course, you don't expect that to happen certainly every 0:02:37.880 --> 0:02:39.840 game or anywhere close to it. Those are the ones 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.440 where I take issue when it just speeds up the 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.480 game like this. It's actually pretty nice. I am somebody 0:02:45.760 --> 0:02:47.560 who's a bit of a purist when it comes to 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:50.680 baseball and the history and the rules, but this seems 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:53.639 to be pretty effective, and it didn't seem to interfere 0:02:53.960 --> 0:02:55.960 with games as much as I had thought it might 0:02:56.000 --> 0:02:57.639 when I first heard about the rule change. 0:02:57.639 --> 0:02:58.440 So you're right. 0:02:58.440 --> 0:03:00.639 It was an awesome opening Day. Every opening days fun 0:03:00.840 --> 0:03:03.359 for its own reasons. This was a really fun day, 0:03:03.400 --> 0:03:05.639 and I think the pitch clock to a degree contributed 0:03:05.680 --> 0:03:05.840 to that. 0:03:05.919 --> 0:03:08.720 Yeah, I think overall, like the changes in the rules, 0:03:08.760 --> 0:03:13.359 across the board only had positives. The other one stolen bases. 0:03:13.400 --> 0:03:16.919 Stolen bases were up. Our friend, our mutual friend, Alec Fast, 0:03:17.000 --> 0:03:19.400 he had this tweet highlighting and that on the twenty 0:03:19.480 --> 0:03:22.800 twenty two opening day five stolen bases, four were caught 0:03:22.800 --> 0:03:26.440 with a fifty six percent success rate. Well, on opening 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.800 day here we had twenty one stolen bases, only two 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:34.400 caught a ninety one percent success rate. Your Orioles had 0:03:34.600 --> 0:03:38.640 five of those stolen bases. They accounted for roughly almost 0:03:38.680 --> 0:03:41.200 a quarter of all the stolen bases. But across the board, 0:03:41.560 --> 0:03:44.320 dudes were running and it's exactly what we expected. Early 0:03:44.360 --> 0:03:46.840 on in spring training the numbers were starting to increase. 0:03:47.040 --> 0:03:50.320 By the end we saw a full double stolen base 0:03:50.400 --> 0:03:54.080 attempts and stolen bases done from this year to the 0:03:54.120 --> 0:03:57.120 prior year. And that showed over in the very first game. 0:03:57.400 --> 0:04:00.000 We really might be on for multiple fifty plus stoes 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:01.840 and base guys. We got to see how aggressive it 0:04:01.880 --> 0:04:04.880 is full term. But I was very excited about seeing 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.480 all those stolen bases. I think it's great for the 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:09.560 game overall and for fantasy, maybe a little bit easier 0:04:09.640 --> 0:04:11.000 for the rest of us. 0:04:11.360 --> 0:04:14.360 Yeah, it's super fun. And you mentioned the Orioles getting five. 0:04:14.600 --> 0:04:16.280 You know, it's hard to tell. Was that they were 0:04:16.279 --> 0:04:19.200 taking advantage of Reese maguire and Boston or It was 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:21.960 also Jorge Mateo and Cedric Mullens who led the American 0:04:22.040 --> 0:04:25.279 League as a duo last year. So this is a 0:04:25.279 --> 0:04:27.680 team that was already willing to run with It's really fast, guys. 0:04:27.680 --> 0:04:30.200 I'm not surprised they ran even more this year, but yeah, 0:04:30.240 --> 0:04:32.760 they matched last year's opening day total. There were a 0:04:32.760 --> 0:04:35.160 fewer games last year, of course an opening Day, but still, 0:04:35.160 --> 0:04:36.960 that's kind of crazy to think about. And the success 0:04:37.040 --> 0:04:39.000 rate is what really stands out to me, not just 0:04:39.040 --> 0:04:41.600 a volume, because I think we all expected, just given 0:04:41.640 --> 0:04:43.680 all the rules changes, to see more attempts, but to 0:04:43.680 --> 0:04:46.240 see them actually being effective right off the bat. I 0:04:46.240 --> 0:04:48.520 think you will see more teams start to run more 0:04:48.560 --> 0:04:48.960 and more. 0:04:49.080 --> 0:04:50.520 We saw it early. I think we're gonna see it 0:04:50.520 --> 0:04:51.360 often throughout the year. 0:04:51.400 --> 0:04:53.440 And it makes it interesting because there have been so 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:55.919 many years in the past recently where it's so difficult 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:58.160 to find steals that they become at a premium and 0:04:58.200 --> 0:05:00.440 you're playing in roto leagues now, if they're become more 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.520 readily available, it kind of changes how you have to 0:05:02.560 --> 0:05:06.039 approach that stat really going forward until these rules changes 0:05:06.040 --> 0:05:06.840 ever happen again. 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:08.440 Yeah, and I think it's gonna keep going. 0:05:08.520 --> 0:05:11.720 Like obviously the different game sizes and Opening Day last 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:13.640 year this year, but I think that number still was 0:05:13.760 --> 0:05:16.200 up over like the full weekend of Opening Day weekend 0:05:16.240 --> 0:05:18.880 on last year. I still don't even think we've scratched 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:21.320 the surface. We had a couple of multi stolen base attempts. 0:05:21.880 --> 0:05:24.520 I think there's a couple guys. Obviously I'm a Corbyn 0:05:24.600 --> 0:05:26.720 Carroll homer, But Corbyn Carroll going up and gets a 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.360 lefty yesterday, I'm much more intrigued about it today, where 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:31.120 he probably gets higher in a lineup. That's a guy 0:05:31.160 --> 0:05:33.680 that's going to be running. I think when we go 0:05:33.800 --> 0:05:36.080 when we look at the stolen bases over Opening Day 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:39.560 weekend compared over, we're gonna really have our minds blown 0:05:39.640 --> 0:05:40.120 a little bit. 0:05:40.160 --> 0:05:43.000 Well, don't forget I'm actually the Corbyn Carroll homer today 0:05:43.040 --> 0:05:43.600 because I. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.560 Am sorry, mister Welsh. I'm sorry, mister Welsh. 0:05:45.640 --> 0:05:47.680 Yeah, so I have to, I have to make some 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:49.320 joke about the Mets, and I have to. 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:51.359 I have to keep it into my wheelhouse for sure. 0:05:51.920 --> 0:05:55.920 The Al East big offense Orioles ten runs, Red Sox 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.159 had nine Blue Jays ten Also, by the way, Springer 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.280 was phenomenal, and we had the Yankees with the Aaron 0:06:02.360 --> 0:06:04.760 Judge homer. Let's also not we don't have it on 0:06:04.760 --> 0:06:07.360 this list, but let's not forget the Rays with Wander 0:06:07.400 --> 0:06:10.359 Franco hitting that big late homer. A lot of offense 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:13.880 out of the Al East. Ton of excitement in there, 0:06:14.080 --> 0:06:17.240 but also maybe some questions on pitching in general outside 0:06:17.240 --> 0:06:19.080 of garat Cole was like, you know, obviously great with 0:06:19.080 --> 0:06:19.480 the big. 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:20.599 Strikeouts, but a lot of offense. 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:24.800 And your division, yeah, really fun to watch every Alea's 0:06:24.880 --> 0:06:26.760 team one except for you know, two of them were 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.599 facing each other, so one of them had to lose there. 0:06:29.360 --> 0:06:29.680 You're right. 0:06:29.680 --> 0:06:31.600 I when putting together the notes, I didn't write down 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:33.160 the Rays because they only scored four runs. 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.040 But you're right, Wander Franco obviously a highlight there. 0:06:35.920 --> 0:06:37.960 As well, and I think this is going to be 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:40.039 a sign of things to come in the division throughout 0:06:40.080 --> 0:06:42.160 this entire year. You know, as an Orioles fan going 0:06:42.240 --> 0:06:44.560 into the year thinking about their chances of making a 0:06:44.560 --> 0:06:47.640 surprise run at the division title. You know, the Yankees 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:49.920 are top heavy, they obviously have stars. I don't love 0:06:49.960 --> 0:06:51.800 their depths. The Red Sox, I don't think they're gonna 0:06:51.800 --> 0:06:54.279 be very good. Sorry, Mike Mayer. You know the Rays 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.440 are always obviously a smart team. The Blue Jays are 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:58.320 the ones that really scared me. Like, if there's a 0:06:58.360 --> 0:07:01.080 team I think in this division that can actually run 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:04.080 away with it, I think it's Toronto. It's not just 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.800 George Springer. Obviously, Boba Schet Vladdie had a good day. 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:10.000 Those three guys combined to go eleven of sixteen in 0:07:10.120 --> 0:07:13.600 Game one, six runs for RBI between that trio. 0:07:14.080 --> 0:07:15.480 I think that offense is really scary. 0:07:15.480 --> 0:07:18.240 I know Minoah didn't pitch well, but obviously Gossman you know, 0:07:18.280 --> 0:07:19.200 in that rotation as well. 0:07:19.200 --> 0:07:20.360 So I think that's a really scary team. 0:07:20.400 --> 0:07:22.400 But the entire division, I think we're gonna see a 0:07:22.400 --> 0:07:23.280 lot of fireworks this year. 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:24.800 But you know, there's a good point in the chat 0:07:25.120 --> 0:07:29.160 j Full Full of Metal K brought up that like, 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:34.000 was this bad pitching or was this dominant offense. Wonky 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:37.640 had the classic Wonky little snark in the chat of like, hey, 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:39.640 who knew that Klueber and Gibson. I mean, you're gonna 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:41.640 put it up here, you know who didn't think that 0:07:41.720 --> 0:07:42.840 Kluver and Gibson was not. 0:07:42.800 --> 0:07:44.920 Going to be a huge pitcher's duel. It's a decent point. 0:07:45.040 --> 0:07:46.320 It's obviously a big offense. 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.640 But like George Springer five for five, do you think 0:07:48.720 --> 0:07:50.560 this had to I mean, I guess you do because 0:07:50.560 --> 0:07:51.120 you said it like that. 0:07:51.160 --> 0:07:52.120 Do you think this has to do. 0:07:52.160 --> 0:07:54.720 With more of the power and not maybe the lack 0:07:54.760 --> 0:07:56.320 of pitching overall in the division? 0:07:56.640 --> 0:07:58.800 I'm sure to a degree it's both. 0:07:59.520 --> 0:08:02.000 I don't love the pitching in the division, so that's 0:08:02.120 --> 0:08:05.640 not like some crazy angle that I didn't think about. 0:08:05.720 --> 0:08:08.560 But it's also not like these teams scored six seven, 0:08:08.600 --> 0:08:12.280 eight runs. This nine runs, ten runs, ten runs. I 0:08:12.640 --> 0:08:14.920 think that the power in the in the division is 0:08:14.960 --> 0:08:17.200 just really good. I think it's the most powerful division 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.280 in the sport. It's just something that I expect to 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:22.680 see a lot. And also we saw across the board 0:08:22.920 --> 0:08:26.280 a lot of pitchers struggled, not just in this division yesterday, 0:08:26.600 --> 0:08:28.280 I don't know. It's sort of like a cliche to 0:08:28.320 --> 0:08:30.160 say that, like pitching usually starts off ahead of the 0:08:30.200 --> 0:08:32.880 hitters in April, that wasn't the case yesterday, but I 0:08:32.960 --> 0:08:34.080 wasn't just in the division. 0:08:34.280 --> 0:08:36.120 Maybe it's something to do with the pitchclock. I don't know. 0:08:36.200 --> 0:08:38.200 I'm sure we'll see that play out more as. 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:40.520 The season goes on, But my gut tells me that, 0:08:40.800 --> 0:08:43.440 you know, on the graph of this, more of that 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:46.319 percentage is the hitters unless the pitchers, though again I 0:08:46.320 --> 0:08:47.320 don't think the pitcher's for that. 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:47.600 Great. 0:08:47.800 --> 0:08:49.280 Yeah, I actually kind of agree with that too. I 0:08:49.280 --> 0:08:51.720 think there's a lot you saw like PitchCom issues. 0:08:51.760 --> 0:08:52.400 I saw like that. 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:54.040 I think it was Zach Gallen kept like dropping his 0:08:54.080 --> 0:08:56.559 PitchCom and there's all these weird PitchCom things that were 0:08:56.559 --> 0:08:58.840 going on, and there's adjustments across the board and not 0:08:58.880 --> 0:09:00.679 being able to throw over that is gonna take a 0:09:00.679 --> 0:09:02.520 little bit of time, which hitters are gonna be able 0:09:02.520 --> 0:09:04.200 to take advantage of a couple more in the news, 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.080 we'll get to the injuries as we blow through. O'Neal 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:10.200 Cruz Hunter greamed huge matchup Cruse four to twenty five 0:09:10.280 --> 0:09:13.280 homer one oh, one came off the fastball. If you 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:16.320 picked him, Remember yesterday, what a dummy me with the 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.240 home run call. I flipped a coin, Ryan, I said, 0:09:20.040 --> 0:09:22.160 my gut or my manament, Chad, it was my head. 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:23.400 But then all of a sudden it got into me. 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:25.480 I wanted to pick oneal Cruz. I flipped the coin 0:09:25.920 --> 0:09:27.959 and I got it wrong. If you went Oneal Cruz, 0:09:28.000 --> 0:09:30.680 it worked out Hunter Green though through forty four pitches 0:09:30.720 --> 0:09:33.280 and triple digits he struck out eight. Is really good 0:09:33.280 --> 0:09:36.280 matchup of two couple young guys, but Oneal Cruz took 0:09:36.320 --> 0:09:39.760 that when it makes me feel all types of fantasy feelings. 0:09:39.400 --> 0:09:41.520 Ryan, Yeah, I mean this is the future of the 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.920 NL central right is these young stars. And obviously it 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:48.160 feels kind of weird to put in the headlines, you know, Pirates, Reds. 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:50.760 It's there's our teams that were interested in this year 0:09:51.000 --> 0:09:52.960 in terms of the division, but just for the future 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:54.760 of what it looks like a couple of really fun 0:09:54.840 --> 0:09:57.760 young stars. And we were talking actually yesterday after this 0:09:57.840 --> 0:10:01.360 had already happened, how the exit VLA from Cruise plus 0:10:01.360 --> 0:10:03.920 the pitch velocity from Green on that pitch that he 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:06.400 hit out is got to be one of the highest 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:10.360 combined velocity readings we've ever seen in a matchup, because 0:10:10.679 --> 0:10:12.600 they both bring the heat in their own ways and 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:14.920 it's really fun to watch and they're two special talents. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.760 I saw an overlay two thing that said there was 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.120 one pitch. It obviously didn't register that way, but it 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:22.199 was like one oh five. It came in one oh 0:10:22.240 --> 0:10:25.600 five one Hunter Green, but it didn't register on stat cast, 0:10:25.840 --> 0:10:27.079 But I saw that, and I was just like. 0:10:27.040 --> 0:10:28.520 What are we doing here? What are we doing with 0:10:28.559 --> 0:10:30.440 the oldest Yeah, it is crazy. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:33.680 On the last bit of news, Otani fastest pitch in 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.839 the game and hardest hit ball in the game, which 0:10:36.960 --> 0:10:39.840 is just a crazy, crazy number. You had an interesting 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:42.559 stat twenty six opening days starts since nineteen oh one 0:10:42.600 --> 0:10:44.920 with ten strikeouts, no runs allowed. But the first time 0:10:45.120 --> 0:10:46.319 the pitcher lost the game. 0:10:46.960 --> 0:10:49.320 Yeah, as I like putting it in the notes, he 0:10:49.400 --> 0:10:51.320 got tungsten Armo doyleed again. 0:10:51.760 --> 0:10:53.720 It's just that tweet. 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.360 From several years ago is just the gift that keeps 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:56.920 on giving, And it's so true. 0:10:56.960 --> 0:10:58.320 Every time you tune. 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:01.120 Into an Agel's game, Otani does something is doric and 0:11:01.160 --> 0:11:03.320 then they lose the game. That was a tweet from 0:11:03.360 --> 0:11:06.400 Sarah Lang so credits a her for pointing that out. 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:09.520 But yeah, he just he remains incredible, fun to watch, 0:11:09.640 --> 0:11:12.319 best player in baseball, and yet the Angels still can't 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:13.040 do anything with it. 0:11:13.440 --> 0:11:14.480 No, no, they can. 0:11:14.640 --> 0:11:16.920 Hopefully, my internet looks like it's all wonky, so hopefully 0:11:16.920 --> 0:11:19.400 you guys can hear me. Okay, all the craziness of 0:11:19.480 --> 0:11:23.120 Opening Day destroyed everything apparently at my house. On the 0:11:23.160 --> 0:11:26.360 injury front, Justin Verlander places on the IL could miss 0:11:26.360 --> 0:11:29.439 a month. Max Fried came out with a strained hamstring, 0:11:29.600 --> 0:11:32.600 likely headed to the IEL. Do not like that one whatsoever. 0:11:32.600 --> 0:11:35.800 Wilson Katrice left with a left knee contusion, Daniel Bard 0:11:35.920 --> 0:11:38.079 came out on the fifteen day IL. 0:11:38.200 --> 0:11:39.520 Due to anxiety. 0:11:40.040 --> 0:11:43.640 Luis Urias also had a little hamstring strain, and Aderbert 0:11:44.240 --> 0:11:46.840 Mondesty officially placed on the sixty day ile. Any of 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:48.679 those stand out to you, it kind of Freed was 0:11:48.720 --> 0:11:50.760 the one that jumped out to me as like the 0:11:50.800 --> 0:11:53.200 biggest concern, but I guess it wasn't an arm issue. 0:11:53.440 --> 0:11:55.920 Well, Freed is definitely the biggest concern because I think 0:11:55.960 --> 0:11:59.200 I roster him in every one of my leagues this year. 0:11:59.360 --> 0:12:00.640 I love Freed. 0:12:01.040 --> 0:12:03.840 I have them in all my dinastics everything, so that 0:12:03.840 --> 0:12:07.240 that one hurts a lot. And then the Vertlander just 0:12:07.440 --> 0:12:09.640 was kind of a surprising thing to see, you know, 0:12:09.720 --> 0:12:12.760 as opening day is getting going could miss a month. 0:12:12.880 --> 0:12:15.600 Like he's obviously been at the top of the picture 0:12:15.640 --> 0:12:17.920 rankings for years and years and years, and now he's 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:18.400 getting older. 0:12:18.440 --> 0:12:19.320 He's not there anymore. 0:12:19.360 --> 0:12:21.800 And this is why you kind of get nervous about 0:12:21.840 --> 0:12:23.720 older pictures, is the injury problem. 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.760 So those are the two that stand out to me. 0:12:25.800 --> 0:12:28.920 I guess also Contrari's just because Catcher is so shallow, 0:12:28.960 --> 0:12:30.400 and you know, you never want to see a catcher 0:12:30.440 --> 0:12:32.440 dealing with knee issues given the what they have to 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:33.960 do when they're playing catcher. 0:12:34.360 --> 0:12:36.120 Yeah, especially getting a little bit older too. Like the 0:12:36.280 --> 0:12:38.800 offense really, I mean you could say that offense really 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:40.599 need him, but like, look at all the pieces that 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:44.360 we're coming out, Brennan Donovan, Yeah, awesome yesterday, Jordan Walker 0:12:44.360 --> 0:12:46.920 getting his first hit. So they can afford it, but 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.800 you know they don't want it. Hey, friends, here to 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.199 remind you that you guys can get a one year 0:12:52.240 --> 0:12:57.520 free premium upgrade to Fantasy Pros by just commenting, subscribing. 0:12:57.080 --> 0:12:59.880 And you can win. You can get advice. 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:02.080 They've got the mock drafts, you can manage all your 0:13:02.120 --> 0:13:05.439 multiple teams. And you guys can check out the My playbook, 0:13:05.520 --> 0:13:08.800 download it and win. 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I appreciate that you have got we've 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:37.760 got both, like the big poof that's going on, so. 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.480 Yeah, arguably too much poof. 0:13:39.559 --> 0:13:41.160 But yeah, well I don't know. 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:44.560 I was saying, maybe you know, like those memes where 0:13:44.559 --> 0:13:46.640 it's like upgrade and it keeps getting bigger and bigger 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:47.480 and bigger. 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:47.920 Like we'll do that. 0:13:47.960 --> 0:13:49.600 I think through the season. Maybe I'll just never cut 0:13:49.640 --> 0:13:50.880 it and we'll see if we can get it. Like 0:13:50.920 --> 0:13:52.760 I can sit down and we can get it off 0:13:52.760 --> 0:13:55.440 the screen for the entire year is what I'm looking 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:57.920 for us in stats three up and three down. I'm 0:13:57.920 --> 0:13:59.920 gonna blow through these three stats. I know exactly who 0:13:59.920 --> 0:14:00.800 you gonna pinpoint. 0:14:01.080 --> 0:14:02.640 CJ. Cron was awesome. 0:14:02.679 --> 0:14:07.120 Four for five, two homers, five rbs, absolutely dominated the padres. 0:14:07.440 --> 0:14:10.160 And one of the funniest things that Bogin and I 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:12.360 were kind of reliving is a lot of people have 0:14:12.440 --> 0:14:15.000 focused so much on how, oh well CJ. Cron He's 0:14:15.000 --> 0:14:16.880 really great at home, but you can't play him on 0:14:16.920 --> 0:14:19.960 the road. Well, he completely destroys the narrative by doing 0:14:19.960 --> 0:14:21.600 it on the road, and he dominated it. 0:14:21.880 --> 0:14:23.840 And which was not just on the road. 0:14:24.040 --> 0:14:27.040 In San Diego on a cold, wet night there was rain, 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:29.760 there was They were like mopping up the fields, putting 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:31.520 kitty litter or whatever the hell they were putting on 0:14:31.560 --> 0:14:34.440 over their dirt, and he was still able to dominate 0:14:35.000 --> 0:14:37.600 your boy, Ally Rudgman five for five a homer of 0:14:37.680 --> 0:14:40.600 four RBIs plus we saw Garrett called Dylan Ce's and 0:14:40.640 --> 0:14:43.240 Chow Hail Tone all went at least six while striking 0:14:43.320 --> 0:14:44.120 out ten and. 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.200 Allowing one or fewer runs. Those are some big stat ups. 0:14:47.520 --> 0:14:50.520 But I know Adley's on your mind. Because he looked incredible. 0:14:50.960 --> 0:14:51.200 Yeah. 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:54.080 I mean some people are asking what's more impressive, Adley 0:14:54.120 --> 0:14:56.320 going five for five or me going five for five 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:57.200 and slow pitch. 0:14:57.040 --> 0:14:58.160 Softball last night. 0:14:58.520 --> 0:15:00.640 I'll leave that up to the listeners today side, I 0:15:00.720 --> 0:15:03.040 had a couple options. You know what I wanted to 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.560 wear on this show. I've got my Orioles Hawaiian sure. 0:15:05.360 --> 0:15:05.960 I that I love. 0:15:06.080 --> 0:15:08.400 I've got a Fantasy Pros baseball jersey, which is great. 0:15:08.440 --> 0:15:10.800 But I had to rock the Adley Rushman jersey. Of course, 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.640 see it is Rushman. I don't know if I can 0:15:14.680 --> 0:15:19.720 get it up in the camera shot. I could turn herround. Yeah, 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:22.320 but this is an Adley jersey. It's my favorite jersey 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:25.640 I own, of course, at least until they failed to 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:27.280 sign him, which will be devastating. 0:15:27.320 --> 0:15:29.440 Half that a really interesting thing. 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:32.320 I so not that we can't get off on a tangent. 0:15:32.840 --> 0:15:34.600 It tangent a lot more. Joe's not here to wrangle 0:15:34.640 --> 0:15:37.280 me in. But like I had this exact conversation with 0:15:37.320 --> 0:15:39.600 Scott Bogwin, we're opening day. I was like, oh my god, 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.240 I need a Corbyn Carroll jersey. I've got an autograph one, 0:15:42.280 --> 0:15:43.720 but I want one to wear and he was like, 0:15:44.960 --> 0:15:47.840 you know, I'm gonna turn forty this month, are coming 0:15:47.920 --> 0:15:50.320 up into here in April, and it's like I might 0:15:50.440 --> 0:15:52.920 be out of the range where I can wear a jersey. 0:15:53.040 --> 0:15:56.120 What do you think the appropriate age to jersey ratio 0:15:56.320 --> 0:15:58.840 is ryan as someone who is in their thirties wearing 0:15:59.120 --> 0:16:00.000 a jersey of another. 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.760 I'm just barely in my thirties. I am only thirty, 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.600 so I'm not like, you know, that far into it. 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:10.120 I am probably I don't know a limb here. I 0:16:10.120 --> 0:16:11.920 think you can wear a jersey at any age. I 0:16:11.920 --> 0:16:13.520 think you can bring a glove to a game at 0:16:13.520 --> 0:16:17.640 any age. We like sports because they're a game, they're fun, 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:21.000 they're an escape. They appeal to the kid and us. Like, 0:16:21.520 --> 0:16:24.200 I will never judge anybody for wearing a jersey. I 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.760 do judge sometimes some of the customer jerseys you see, 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:29.800 although there was a funny one somebody had arson judge 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:32.680 on a Giants jersey that I saw walking around in 0:16:32.720 --> 0:16:35.800 reference to the John Hayman sweet of course. But in general, 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.600