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Speaker 1: Outside they just scruntled Frankie Stample. I am Greg Sausmann. Breggie,
Speaker 1: how you do? But I'm doing great? Greg? How are
Speaker 1: you doing pretty well? I just sleep last night. I said, Wow,
Speaker 1: it's so good, so great. I slept the right too.
Speaker 1: I slept the right too. They's got the third pick.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've heard the Nicks didn't win
Speaker 1: the lottery, but didn't know when we were pressing the button.
Speaker 1: Frank Yeah, we'll take off three. That's fine, that's perfectly fine.
Speaker 1: Three player draft. Everyone's saying, oh, it's a one player draft.
Speaker 1: Now I don't agree three, three player draft. Three. They's
Speaker 1: got the third pick. Not terrible. Now we'll take it.
Speaker 1: And he looked about it. Why why don't you tell me, Frank,
Speaker 1: anything else going on? Not really in a singing mood today,
Speaker 1: He didn't. He didn't start singing, not really in a
Speaker 1: singing mood today. I have a feeling, Alex, we're gonna
Speaker 1: need to move the camera. I have a feeling we're
Speaker 1: gonna have to go to his shot right now. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's it, everybody. I'm just gonna preface this right now.
Speaker 1: If you're listening on to Man and you don't want
Speaker 1: to hear about the New York Jets or football, you
Speaker 1: can fast forward about fifteen twenty minutes from now and
Speaker 1: then we'll get into the baseball talking. For everyone else
Speaker 1: listening live, I'm also sorry if you're here to hear
Speaker 1: about baseball. We're gonna get into baseball at some point.
Speaker 1: There's a lot going on, actually, some prospects, more prospects
Speaker 1: getting called up, Lots to go over from last night.
Speaker 1: But first we have to talk about the Jets in
Speaker 1: the NFL, and this is a lesson for not just
Speaker 1: any NFL franchise organization. Uh, it could be any sport.
Speaker 1: The ineptitude, the incompetence of this franchise is laughable. It
Speaker 1: is baffling. The Jets, if you haven't heard, have fired
Speaker 1: their general manager Mike mcagnet after allowing him to higher
Speaker 1: the head coach Adam Gaze, now the Instram general manager.
Speaker 1: By the way, they allowed him to spend a boatload
Speaker 1: of money. We're talking about me out the biggest contract,
Speaker 1: biggest defensive contract in NFL history to C J. Mosley.
Speaker 1: You signed Levian Bell two pretty big money as well.
Speaker 1: He does all that, he makes their draft picks, all
Speaker 1: is going well. I mean, you got a few reports
Speaker 1: here and there during the draft. You don't believe him.
Speaker 1: Mike mccagnet and Adam Gates are butting heads. I mean,
Speaker 1: I think it happens at times, you know, in in
Speaker 1: organizations and franchises where GM, the manager, the head coach,
Speaker 1: one person might want to do one thing the other person.
Speaker 1: I think that's all right. I think you have to
Speaker 1: have some kind of dysfunction. You gotta you have to
Speaker 1: press the other person get the best out of them.
Speaker 1: That's fine, we get a few reports, but you let
Speaker 1: Mike mccagnet do all of that and then you fired
Speaker 1: him on May fift. This this is like Phil Jackson
Speaker 1: and the Knicks all over again. You let this guy
Speaker 1: make a draft pick one of a pretty big draft.
Speaker 1: Pick two was seventh eighth overall pick. He drafts Franknie
Speaker 1: Lakina from France. You fire him a week later, Like
Speaker 1: what is going on in New York sports? The Bills
Speaker 1: are the most competent organization in New York football right now?
Speaker 1: The Giants, Dave Gettleman, Daniel Jones. I mean, we already
Speaker 1: had that fiasco a month ago. Go back and watch
Speaker 1: Greg's monologue about that. You hear Jim Day's thoughts, to
Speaker 1: hear Chris Venturous thoughts on that too, And then we
Speaker 1: get this today Mike mccagnet and the Jets and Adam Gaze.
Speaker 1: Adam Gates said during his introductory presser that he had
Speaker 1: control over the personnel when he was in Miami and
Speaker 1: it was something he never wanted. It's something he doesn't
Speaker 1: want now with the Jets, And he was lying the
Speaker 1: entire time like, who is telling the truth here? What
Speaker 1: is going on the ownership of the Jets. I mean
Speaker 1: it all starts at the top, Woody Johnson, Chris Johnson,
Speaker 1: whoever you want to look at here, because you allow
Speaker 1: Adam Gates to take over now for the New York
Speaker 1: Jets the interim general manager. I'm sure they'll get some
Speaker 1: other schmuck in here, but you allow him to take
Speaker 1: over as the general manager. What has he done to
Speaker 1: earn that, to earn that trust, to earn that role?
Speaker 1: What has he done? He went in three seasons in Miami,
Speaker 1: he was under five hundred in the a f C East,
Speaker 1: and he got high. He got fired from a team
Speaker 1: in the a f C East and got hired by
Speaker 1: another team in the a f C East after doing
Speaker 1: nothing to earn another head coaching job right away. A
Speaker 1: lot of people had this guy pegged for an offensive
Speaker 1: coordinator job after he got fired from Miami. The Jets
Speaker 1: being the Jets, hire this guy to be their head
Speaker 1: coach right after he got fired within the same division.
Speaker 1: And now on May they fired their general manager and
Speaker 1: give this guy all the control. Like, I just I
Speaker 1: don't understand what he's done to earn this he's done nothing.
Speaker 1: He's not a people person. You ran talented players out
Speaker 1: of town, while in Miami j Hi, Jarvis Landry, you
Speaker 1: get Levan Bell on this team, like and and now,
Speaker 1: just the dysfunction continues to rot. It's gonna rot from
Speaker 1: the inside out. Now, like the look at look at
Speaker 1: the first couple of seasons that Sam Donald is going
Speaker 1: to be in the NFL. He gets his first coach
Speaker 1: checking away from him in Todd Bowls. He gets his
Speaker 1: GM now gone, he has to deal with Adam Gaze,
Speaker 1: crazy eyes, supposed to be a quarterback guru. The only
Speaker 1: quarterback he's ever done well with is Peyton Manning. All right,
Speaker 1: he's Peyton Manning. I don't know, I don't know what
Speaker 1: he's done to earn this. And I don't even have
Speaker 1: a problem with Mike mcagnet getting fired fired him the
Speaker 1: day after the season ends. This is an ongoing dilemma
Speaker 1: for the Jets. They are the laughing stock of football,
Speaker 1: and rightfully so. They just set their organization back again
Speaker 1: a whole another's cycle. Because this is what always happens
Speaker 1: with the Jets. They fire a coach, they let the
Speaker 1: GM choose the next coach, and then they fire the GM,
Speaker 1: and then a new GM has to come in and
Speaker 1: has a coach from the previous regime who he doesn't
Speaker 1: even want or want anything to do with. So now
Speaker 1: the Jets were getting reports that they're looking into Eagles
Speaker 1: vice president of player personnel something like that. Do you
Speaker 1: think this guy is gonna come in and want Adam
Speaker 1: Gaze as his head coach? If this guy has an
Speaker 1: ounce of competence, he doesn't want Adam Gates as his
Speaker 1: head coach. No other team in the NFL wanted Adam
Speaker 1: Gaze as their head coach, and the one team that did,
Speaker 1: the one general manager or I guess it was maybe
Speaker 1: it was over his head, maybe it was the owners.
Speaker 1: The owners, they got a call from Peyton Manning. Peyton
Speaker 1: Manning is vouching for this guy. I mean, dude, what like,
Speaker 1: what did Adam Gays do for Peyton Manning that this
Speaker 1: guy is getting him jobs left and right. I mean
Speaker 1: there has to be something behind the scene, like what
Speaker 1: did he do? I just don't get it. Like Peyton
Speaker 1: Manning calls you, you're an owner of a franchise, and
Speaker 1: he says, look, I vouched for Adam Gaze. He's a
Speaker 1: good guy. He deserves a job. That's it. And then,
Speaker 1: like you hire the head coach of your franchise, the
Speaker 1: guy that's gonna coach up, Sam Donald, We're supposed to
Speaker 1: be your franchise quarterback. And you know, over the last
Speaker 1: month of the season last year, look like he might
Speaker 1: be a pretty good franchise quarterback. You bring this guy in,
Speaker 1: Adam Gates because Peyton Manning voups for him. That's it.
Speaker 1: That's all it takes. Heyton man how about we look
Speaker 1: at the resume what he's done. He hasn't developed any quarterbacks.
Speaker 1: You're gonna tell me, oh, well, Ryan Tannehill was always hurt,
Speaker 1: so then why they draft Ryan Tanni will go out
Speaker 1: and get the guy that you want. You were essentially
Speaker 1: the GM of the Miami Dolphins. Go out and get
Speaker 1: your guy. And now and now Sam Donald has to
Speaker 1: go through all this, and in a couple of years,
Speaker 1: Adam Gates is gonna be fired, and then the GM
Speaker 1: is gonna bring in a new head coach, and then
Speaker 1: the GM is gonna get fired, and then they're gonna
Speaker 1: bring in another GM who who didn't even want that
Speaker 1: head coach's You see how this works. It's a revolving
Speaker 1: door for the New York Jets. Just incompetence after incompetent.
Speaker 1: It happens NonStop. This this franchise is a joke. There's
Speaker 1: a reason why they haven't won since they're the laughing
Speaker 1: stock of the NFL. Cleveland Browns no more. He's laughing
Speaker 1: in his seat right now seeing what's going on with
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. Are you serious? He's the GM
Speaker 1: that should have been fired. And again, I don't even
Speaker 1: have a problem with Mike mcagnet going, but do it
Speaker 1: the day after the season ends, bringing a whole new regime.
Speaker 1: It's just ridiculous, man, It's absolutely ridiculous. How can you
Speaker 1: sell anything to this to this fan base right now?
Speaker 1: How it just doesn't make any sense. You can't like
Speaker 1: if every Jets fan wanted to jump ship right now,
Speaker 1: I have, I have no problem with it. Everyone, Well,
Speaker 1: you have to stick by your franchise. Well why do
Speaker 1: you have to stick by your franchise when they continue
Speaker 1: to show you this level of incompetence. That's what I ask,
Speaker 1: because I do agree to a certain level, you should
Speaker 1: stick by your franchise well, time and time and time again,
Speaker 1: the ownership lets you down. The management lets you down,
Speaker 1: the coaching lets you down. And I've only been on
Speaker 1: this earth for twenty seven years. Imagine the Jets fans
Speaker 1: that are fifty years old. They've seen this for way
Speaker 1: longer than I've been alive. At some level, at some point,
Speaker 1: you have to break the wheel. It doesn't look like
Speaker 1: it's gonna happen now, and it doesn't look like it's
Speaker 1: gonna happen anytime soon either. When it comes to the
Speaker 1: New York Jets, I just bought a Levy on Bell Jersey.
Speaker 1: I'm probably gonna go on and burn it. What am
Speaker 1: I gonna do that Levion bel Jersey. He's just signed here,
Speaker 1: He's in the prime of his career. This team is
Speaker 1: not gonna win games. I'm telling you that right now.
Speaker 1: This level of dysfunction, it's going to rot the team
Speaker 1: from the inside out. This team is not gonna win games.
Speaker 1: I just sleep last night. Greg so woll Man good too.
Speaker 1: I feel pretty good about Dave Gettiman and Daniel Jones.
Speaker 1: Now they don't I think you should, you know, I
Speaker 1: think the core of the problem. I would say there's
Speaker 1: a lot because the Knicks, or comes to the Giants
Speaker 1: is ownership getting involved. Ultimately, it's clear that ownership hired
Speaker 1: Adam Gaves. As many people have pointed out to me
Speaker 1: on Twitter. It's clear that ownership hired Todd Bowles as well,
Speaker 1: and Mike mccagnan had his role and he didn't fit
Speaker 1: in with the head coach that ultimately the owner chose.
Speaker 1: So the owner said goodbye. Next show manager of the
Speaker 1: New York just looks that. Even look at me, Joe Douglas,
Speaker 1: who comes from the Eagles, he's close with Adam Gays.
Speaker 1: I don't know how Adam Gay has got all this
Speaker 1: power in the Jets organization so quickly after being in
Speaker 1: charge of everything in the Miami Dolphins. This next GM
Speaker 1: likes Adam Gays. That's the Adam Gates is basically like
Speaker 1: a pseudo owner of the Jets right now. He runs
Speaker 1: a team right now. What did he do to earn
Speaker 1: this power? I just don't get it. You went twenty
Speaker 1: three and twenty five and three seasons with the Dolphins,
Speaker 1: and you hand this guy the keys to the organization.
Speaker 1: He's the interim GM, and you now are going to
Speaker 1: allow him to choose a GM of his liking. It's
Speaker 1: gonna help keep him around longer. I just don't understand
Speaker 1: what he's done to earn this level of power. People
Speaker 1: were laughing at me downstairs when I said the Bills
Speaker 1: are the most functional team, a New York team in
Speaker 1: football right now. It's true. They have their quarterback of
Speaker 1: the future. They just had a great draft. They had
Speaker 1: an offseason where they surrounded said quarterback with great pieces,
Speaker 1: with wide receivers, with Smokey Brown, with Cole Beasley, and
Speaker 1: they and they signed offensive lineman, something the Jets should
Speaker 1: have been doing. By the way they signed the center.
Speaker 1: The Jets have like a second third string center right
Speaker 1: now starting for their team. The Bills are making great moves.
Speaker 1: Like if you're looking for the next team that's going
Speaker 1: to test the Patriots, it's not the Jets. No, it's
Speaker 1: not the Dolphins. It's the Bills. The Bills are doing
Speaker 1: things the right way. I never thought i'd say those things,
Speaker 1: but I mean, Gabe was absolutely right. If you're a
Speaker 1: Bills fan, if you're a Dolphins fan, I mean, if
Speaker 1: you're a Patriots fan, you've ben laughed at the Jets
Speaker 1: for decades anyway, But you have to love the idea
Speaker 1: of Adam Case running a franchise. He just edited in
Speaker 1: Miami and he did nothing with it. This is the
Speaker 1: Dolphins were actually on the precipice of a wild card
Speaker 1: last year. They were seven and six and they lost
Speaker 1: their final three games. Who was their coach? Adam Gaze?
Speaker 1: I just, god, man, it's funny. It's sad. All I
Speaker 1: could do is is laugh. Gosh. I just I don't
Speaker 1: know what he's done, Greg, I don't know what he's
Speaker 1: done to earn this. Like the only person that you
Speaker 1: can give this type of power to and it makes
Speaker 1: sense is Bill Belichick. It's Bill Belichick. I'll give Bill
Speaker 1: Belichick this power. Let him run a franchise. Look at
Speaker 1: his resume? What what is Adam Gates's resume? He helped
Speaker 1: Jay Cutler for twenty three touchdowns one season. Here's the
Speaker 1: keys of the organization. You helped Jay Cutler throw more
Speaker 1: touchdowns and interceptions. You help Peyton Manning. Peyton Manning doesn't
Speaker 1: need help. He's Peyton Manning. Oh maybe if you want
Speaker 1: to bring in Peyton Manning as head coach, try something
Speaker 1: different or GM, I mean maybe, then you have my attention.
Speaker 1: Let's try something different here. Oh here's great for now?
Speaker 1: Sure you can keep going. Man, I think I think
Speaker 1: I've said it all. I don't. I don't know what
Speaker 1: else is left to say, Like, this can't happen in sports, Man,
Speaker 1: it can't. And it's it's not just a lesson for
Speaker 1: Jets fans and and football fans and NFL fans. This
Speaker 1: is a perfect lesson of what not to do in sports.
Speaker 1: It's it's just perfect. Every team in sports should learn
Speaker 1: from what the Jets are doing right now. You don't
Speaker 1: allow a GM to spend money higher a head coach,
Speaker 1: make draft picks, and then fire him, like, let's see
Speaker 1: it out for a year at least at this point.
Speaker 1: You don't let him do all those things. If it sucks,
Speaker 1: if it if it goes to crap this year, fire
Speaker 1: both next year. I don't one and done with Adam Gates.
Speaker 1: I don't care. I mean, we just had it with
Speaker 1: Steve Wilks in Arizona. I don't mind if the Jets
Speaker 1: go six and ten this year, fire mccagnet, Fire Adam
Speaker 1: Gates at the end of the season. I don't have
Speaker 1: a problem with that, and I'm sure a lot of
Speaker 1: people will, Well, you gotta give them more than a year. No,
Speaker 1: when you clean house, you clean house, you get rid
Speaker 1: of a GM. You're bringing a GM and a coach together.
Speaker 1: Look at what the forty Niners did a couple of
Speaker 1: years ago. They're bringing Lynch, they bring Shanahan together. That's
Speaker 1: what That's the way you're supposed to do things. Not
Speaker 1: that the forty Niners have lived up to expectations yet,
Speaker 1: but it looks like they're building a pretty good team there.
Speaker 1: It looks like they have a level of functionality. That's
Speaker 1: how you're supposed to do it. You don't fire GM,
Speaker 1: promote head coach, fire coach bringing you GM. You don't
Speaker 1: do that. That's how you continue to suck for as
Speaker 1: long as you have. That's get off my lawd go
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Speaker 1: very Susan. We're hanging out here, frank Are you feeling man,
Speaker 1: I'm all right, Greig, Okay, Yeah, I'm I'm all right
Speaker 1: with it. I knew that the next couple of years
Speaker 1: we're going to be a disaster anyway. I mean, if
Speaker 1: you saw my initial reaction when they signed Adam Gaze,
Speaker 1: you should know how I feel about it already. So
Speaker 1: I knew the next couple of years were already going
Speaker 1: to be a disaster. So I'm not really surprised. Basically,
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm a fantasy football fantatist. That's what it
Speaker 1: comes down to. You. From my fantasy players. I'm runing
Speaker 1: for Sam Donald. I really want Sam Donald to do well.
Speaker 1: But anything that happens from here on out will not
Speaker 1: surprise me when it comes to this franchise. And I'm
Speaker 1: honestly expecting the worst. And that's not just because I
Speaker 1: normally expect the worst, Greig and hope for the best.
Speaker 1: But I think it's coming. I think the writing is
Speaker 1: on the wall here for the Jets. All right, it's over. Now.
Speaker 1: We have Fantasy Baseball, we have the Knicks. We're gonna
Speaker 1: draft r J. Barrett. That's cool. Or maybe they won't,
Speaker 1: or maybe they'll trade in Franthony Davis. I guess we'll
Speaker 1: find out soon enough. The lottery last night from New
Speaker 1: York Knicks, I don't want badly it went. It's not
Speaker 1: as great as it could have. My range of emotions
Speaker 1: last night, We're wild man we're watching, had a lottery
Speaker 1: on and all we wanted is Nick Fans were things
Speaker 1: just to go in order, right, We wanted no changes,
Speaker 1: things just go nice in order as they should, and
Speaker 1: they didn't. And they didn't. And when you saw at
Speaker 1: five at six and seven Cleveland and Phoenix, he was
Speaker 1: just like, oh my god, Oh my God for Phoenix
Speaker 1: in Atlanta. Rather at six and seven, you're like, oh
Speaker 1: my god. And then five and you just sat there
Speaker 1: and you just crossed your fingers and five comes and
Speaker 1: they announced that five was Cleveland. Right, I'm just like
Speaker 1: massive sigh of releaf. I'm like, yeah, yeah, yeah, running
Speaker 1: around my apartment. I wish I could have my fiance
Speaker 1: cold and so she could give you my reaction. You've
Speaker 1: never seen me so excited. My fiance says, what do
Speaker 1: you stop screaming? What are you jumping up and down
Speaker 1: like a little kid, like, knees to my check, jumping up,
Speaker 1: knees to my chest, this pumping screaming. Once they got
Speaker 1: past the fifth pick, Good times, Greg, good times. Also,
Speaker 1: poor sons, you're right about that. For people saying poor
Speaker 1: poor sons here, you're absolutely right, man, Chris Welsh, sorry, buddy,
Speaker 1: meeting sons. You have to short end of the stick here.
Speaker 1: But this is what the NBA wants. The NBA doesn't
Speaker 1: want teams to be able to tank and just get
Speaker 1: the best picks. So, and we saw a few people
Speaker 1: tweeting about it last night. Whody Gobert said, this is
Speaker 1: the end of tanking, and that's a good thing for basketball,
Speaker 1: and I can't really disagree with that. This is what's
Speaker 1: better for basketball. It sucks for the teams that went
Speaker 1: through a whole season of winning like twenty games or less.
Speaker 1: What this is what the NBA wants. It's gonna make
Speaker 1: it a little bit more random now, so we'll see
Speaker 1: you're gonna have to try You're gonna this is what
Speaker 1: I thought of last night, Greig. You're either gonna have
Speaker 1: to put more effort in as a team that's on
Speaker 1: the precipice and like developing your players, or you continue
Speaker 1: to trade your players for more lottery draft picks so
Speaker 1: you have more of a chance of randomly moving up.
Speaker 1: Because as we saw last night, it's all it's pretty
Speaker 1: much random at this point. For the Pelicans to move
Speaker 1: up as much as they did, for the cast to
Speaker 1: move up as much as they did, it's it's pretty
Speaker 1: much random. So that's what's gonna happen now in the NBA.
Speaker 1: You're gonna have to put a fast track on developing
Speaker 1: your players and try and turn your franchise around a
Speaker 1: little bit more quicker, or you're gonna see teams start
Speaker 1: to trade more of their mid level players for draft
Speaker 1: picks in order to get more shots in the lottery.
Speaker 1: That's what it's gonna come. I totally agree that that's
Speaker 1: where the lottery is headed. If last night is any indication,
Speaker 1: I realized it was the first one under the new rules,
Speaker 1: but there should be a lot more protections on those
Speaker 1: lottery picks, and people are gonna want more chances in there.
Speaker 1: When the Nicks with finished with the worst record of
Speaker 1: the NBA have a four team percent chance and then
Speaker 1: the Pelicans who were in the second round just a
Speaker 1: year or two ago had a six percent chance, and
Speaker 1: that's not that bigly difference. I think the Lakers have
Speaker 1: like a four percent chance of getting the fourth overall pick,
Speaker 1: and that's what they got, and it's good for them,
Speaker 1: Like they get to move up and they have more
Speaker 1: ammunition now to trade for Anthony Davis whatever. That's fine.
Speaker 1: Like if they would have jumped into the top three,
Speaker 1: that would have just been you know, I think on
Speaker 1: everyone today would have been saying, all right, well, this
Speaker 1: is still raged because how do the Lakers getting the
Speaker 1: top three? Oh, Lebron doesn't make the playoffs one year,
Speaker 1: the Lakers getting the top three. But I really do
Speaker 1: think that this is a three player draft. And that's
Speaker 1: not to say anything bad about the players that are
Speaker 1: gonna go four or five. They could all be really good.
Speaker 1: They might turn out to be better than the players
Speaker 1: drafting in the top three. But I think if you're
Speaker 1: looking at the way that this draft is being shaped
Speaker 1: up so far, Greg, it looks like it is a
Speaker 1: three player draft. You know which three players are gonna
Speaker 1: go in the top three, maybe not what order. You
Speaker 1: know Zion is going one. You don't know if Morant
Speaker 1: or Barrett is going to I would lean towards Morant.
Speaker 1: We'll have more on that later with our with our
Speaker 1: Fandel hurry up videos. But it's a three player draft
Speaker 1: and that we know which players are going in the
Speaker 1: top three. I don't think that's so bad. Like I
Speaker 1: had people freaking out to me yesterday, texting me, we
Speaker 1: needed Zion. We suffered through the whole season, we didn't
Speaker 1: get the first overall pick. Well, then the Knicks should
Speaker 1: have known coming into the season that this is the
Speaker 1: way that the lottery is now, and they shouldn't have
Speaker 1: purposely tried to tank, Like you should have known that
Speaker 1: this was the way that things were gonna be, So
Speaker 1: you have no one to blame but yourself. Hey Frank, Greg,
Speaker 1: I know, I know what you guys are saying. Um,
Speaker 1: I don't think that the Knicks tanked on purpose. I
Speaker 1: just think they really suck. No, I don't know what
Speaker 1: they just there were games where they just weren't playing
Speaker 1: their best players down the stretcher. They do you can
Speaker 1: ask you can you can say that they were developing players.
Speaker 1: I don't have a problem playing all your young players,
Speaker 1: but there were times where you could see where I mean,
Speaker 1: rotations would change for no reason. Greg, we spoke about
Speaker 1: this every day, Like there would be players that like
Speaker 1: Mario Hazona would start to get going next day he's
Speaker 1: out of the rotation. Lucarnett would start to get going
Speaker 1: next day he's at the rotation. So it just seems
Speaker 1: very odd the way that everything went down. And I
Speaker 1: still I still think the jury is kind of out
Speaker 1: on David Fitz. I don't even think if any I
Speaker 1: don't think anyone knows that he's actually a good coach
Speaker 1: or not. No, I have no idea. I mean, last
Speaker 1: night is no indication at all. I don't have a
Speaker 1: problem with the Knicks ending up with R. J. Barrett,
Speaker 1: so that's the other thing. So anyway, so once they
Speaker 1: get inside of the top three, you see the Lakers
Speaker 1: get four, you like, breathing heavily, breathing heavily, can they survive?
Speaker 1: Can they get one? Immediately they get three? And we're
Speaker 1: just like great, but immediately telling myself and R. J. Barrett,
Speaker 1: how like amazing he's gonna be And it could have
Speaker 1: been worse. Girls so much so my thoughts, um my
Speaker 1: thoughts then go like, will they actually wind up taking
Speaker 1: the number three? Will they be making it? And the
Speaker 1: same hold shoe for Lakers. I can assure you one
Speaker 1: of those two teams will not make their pick, and
Speaker 1: potentially both potentially exactly potentially both of them. Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: is not the only star that's available for trade. Gregor
Speaker 1: Bradley Beale is gonna be out there too. So if
Speaker 1: the Knicks want to put together a package of R. G. D.
Speaker 1: Barrett and and some draft picks to get Bradley Beale
Speaker 1: and that brings them closer to getting a guy like
Speaker 1: Kevin Durant to New York or even Kyrie Irving, I'm
Speaker 1: fine with that. I'm fine with Bradley Beale to obviously,
Speaker 1: Anthony Davis is the prize possession, but Bradley Beale's the
Speaker 1: top player in the BNBA, top twenty five player in
Speaker 1: the NBA. I wouldn't mind the Knicks trading for him either,
Speaker 1: But I do think those are the two guys, or
Speaker 1: maybe the Lakers trade for Bradley Beal. We'll see what happens,
Speaker 1: but I do think one of those teams are trading
Speaker 1: or potentially. I think it's a lock. The Lakers trade,
Speaker 1: an absolute lock. It's not like Jared Culver like DeAndre
Speaker 1: Hunters put the Lakers over the edge. I do think
Speaker 1: that those guys could be helpful in their rookie seasons.
Speaker 1: But we've seen this before. I mean, when Lebron came
Speaker 1: back to the Calves, they had the first role pick.
Speaker 1: They you know, they trade um Andrew Wiggins away to
Speaker 1: get Kevin Love. So it's very clear. I mean, Lebron
Speaker 1: is kind of on the back nine of his career.
Speaker 1: He wants he needs to win now. He's like, he's
Speaker 1: not in a spot where they can develop rookies. Though, yeah,
Speaker 1: I would say it's more than likely they trade their pick.
Speaker 1: The as you just said, Lebron and the Lakers are
Speaker 1: in wind now though they have all these young players,
Speaker 1: which is great with Lebron, DeAndre Hunter, DeAndre Hunter and
Speaker 1: Jareck Cover Uh, Kobe White not helping right now. It's
Speaker 1: just not so they not helping. I think they can
Speaker 1: help Greg, but does not help to the level that
Speaker 1: Lebron needs help right now, That's what it comes down to.
Speaker 1: I think they can help. I think I think those
Speaker 1: players can help an NBA franchise. This is not to
Speaker 1: the level that Lebron needs. The guy didn't make the
Speaker 1: playoffs like the first time in forever, So you need
Speaker 1: some help Lebron need. Anthony Davis is of course he
Speaker 1: is that help. Will the Lakers complete the trade with
Speaker 1: the Pelicans. Will see if the Knicks. The Lakers trade
Speaker 1: Franthony Davis the Nicks at three, I imagine they draft
Speaker 1: with that pick, right, imagine they just take Barrett. Right,
Speaker 1: If the Lakers trade Franthony Davis, I don't think the
Speaker 1: Nicks are training three over for Radley Beal, Like, I
Speaker 1: don't see them doing that. It is a tough situation, like, yeah,
Speaker 1: they probably trade. They probably take Barrett no matter what
Speaker 1: does he is he on the team before the season starts.
Speaker 1: I'm not so sure, and maybe that's something that happens
Speaker 1: closer to free agency, because the worst thing the Knicks
Speaker 1: could do is trade away their third pick and all
Speaker 1: their young players and stuff to get Anthony Davis, and
Speaker 1: then they swing and missing free agency, and Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: is like, is he really He's going to resign in
Speaker 1: New York. It's basically the same situation as what you
Speaker 1: had in the Pelicans, except you're in a bigger market
Speaker 1: in New York and it's gonna be higher expect stations
Speaker 1: and you're gonna get more criticism. So that would be
Speaker 1: the worst situation is if they trade for Anthony Davis
Speaker 1: and then no free agents want to come here. That
Speaker 1: that would just be disastrous. And another disastrous situation, Greg
Speaker 1: would be if they draft r J. Barrett. They have
Speaker 1: this young team, they miss out on all the top
Speaker 1: tier free agents, and then they feel the need to
Speaker 1: just spend money for the sake of spending it, like,
Speaker 1: let's sign Chris Middleton and Tobias Harrison max contracts just
Speaker 1: because we need to make a splash. And free agency,
Speaker 1: and if you're looking at a team like Tobias Harris,
Speaker 1: Chris Middleton and Kevin Knox. RJ. Barrett like, maybe that's
Speaker 1: an eighth seed team in the Eastern Conference, but that
Speaker 1: you're not building a championship contender that way. So it's
Speaker 1: it's all or nothing. It's either they trade their young
Speaker 1: guys and get Anthony Davis and they get free agents
Speaker 1: here and they go for it in the in the
Speaker 1: near future. Or you continue this slow rebuild and maybe
Speaker 1: you sign some some veteran players for short contracts and
Speaker 1: then you can flip those for more assets and you
Speaker 1: continue this slow rebuild and you built through the draft.
Speaker 1: I know that fans are kind of like Auntie and
Speaker 1: they want to win now and it's been so long.
Speaker 1: I understand that, like I live here in New York understand.
Speaker 1: But if they go the slow rebuild route and just
Speaker 1: continue to wrap up assets and draft picks, remember they
Speaker 1: have two first round picks from the Mavericks and they
Speaker 1: still have all their own first round picks, so they
Speaker 1: can build through the draft. I don't think that that's
Speaker 1: the worst thing either. So different options for the Knicks.
Speaker 1: Pelicans get really really lucky, uh menhis Grizzlies get really lucky,
Speaker 1: really lucky. Hopefully they're their rebuild can begin um in
Speaker 1: Earnest Ernest soon. Pairing up an R. J Barrett or
Speaker 1: a John Morant with Triple J. Good spot there for
Speaker 1: the Memphis Grizzlies. Great spot. And I thought about this
Speaker 1: last night. To put together a young core of John
Speaker 1: Morant and Jaren Jackson Jr. If you're a Grizzlies fan,
Speaker 1: I feel great, Man, that is an awesome young duo
Speaker 1: to build around for the future. Darren Jackson Jr. Is
Speaker 1: going to be an absolute stud and I I do
Speaker 1: have some high expectations for John Morant as well. I
Speaker 1: do think he's the best point guard in the draft.
Speaker 1: I think he should go second overall as well. I
Speaker 1: kind of wish it Nicks could get him, but I
Speaker 1: don't think that he's gonna be there. Uh. They have
Speaker 1: a young core of John Moran and Triple J. Pretty
Speaker 1: damn good. As a Grizzlies fan. The Memphis Grizzlies, I
Speaker 1: think they trade. Where where is Mike Conley yok? Who
Speaker 1: wants that contract? I've seen Indiana as a possibility, and
Speaker 1: I think that makes sense. You put together Ladipoladipo Miners.
Speaker 1: That's a pretty good I can buy that that's cool.
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that all right. So NBA
Speaker 1: Draft is June twenty. The combine in Chicago will be
Speaker 1: much sooner than that, and hopefully run no Fernando goes
Speaker 1: high justin Britian chances. I'll take commonly on the Bulls.
Speaker 1: They don't really have faith in Chris Dunn as their
Speaker 1: starting point. Car. I know that. I know that to
Speaker 1: a team that's a little bit closer correct. Bulls have
Speaker 1: a good young core too. I really like what the
Speaker 1: Bulls are doing. I don't really try marketing. Zach Levine,
Speaker 1: Wendell Carter is gonna be a stud. They have young pieces. Man,
Speaker 1: They're gonna be good. I just don't trust Jim Boiling anyway.
Speaker 1: They just got a contract extension too. He's like very
Speaker 1: old school. You gotta run sprints, sprands, Grey's friends, and
Speaker 1: then you'll be a good NBA team. See what happens there.
Speaker 1: I do like the young players on the Bulls though.
Speaker 1: The Bulls, we'll see if they have a future. I
Speaker 1: can make it work, obviously. Fred Hoiberg now back in
Speaker 1: college becauch Nebraska. That's why it's not the worst thing.
Speaker 1: If the Knicks just keep their young players and completely
Speaker 1: continue to build through the draft. I know it's not
Speaker 1: what people want to hear, but look at the teams
Speaker 1: that are doing that. Look at the Sacramento Kings, man,
Speaker 1: I think the Sacramento Kings are gonna be really good
Speaker 1: next year. I'm talking top six seed in the West. Greg,
Speaker 1: I think that the Kings are gonna take a huge
Speaker 1: step forward next year. And you see these teams that
Speaker 1: are building through the draft and acquiring young talent. I
Speaker 1: like what the Bulls are doing. And and then with
Speaker 1: the Grizzlies to Triple J and John Moran, you just
Speaker 1: built through the draft. I understand you got these max slots.
Speaker 1: What happens, Yep, we do a lot of time, have
Speaker 1: a lot of time. Uh. Although I did see something
Speaker 1: I don't even notices today, Frank, that you know free
Speaker 1: agency normally starts July one at midnight in the NBA. Yes,
Speaker 1: they're moving that up at the rumor is to June
Speaker 1: thirty at six pm because midnight like ridiculous. So they're
Speaker 1: gonna move it up to six pm the night before,
Speaker 1: so that's when you can officially sign. That's when they like,
Speaker 1: do you get the people of the days before they're like,
Speaker 1: they intend to sign here. Okay, So that's like that's
Speaker 1: not really gonna change things all that much. Right, Well,
Speaker 1: it's not midnight that anymore, it's six hours earlier. We
Speaker 1: still find out days in advance that this player no
Speaker 1: sign no, no, no no, no, we find out. That's when
Speaker 1: we find out, all right, So that's when teams can
Speaker 1: officially like starting negotiating. Right, So the official signs like
Speaker 1: a week later, we're like, oh, they signed, but that
Speaker 1: that it's all like woe signing. The Nick's intend to
Speaker 1: sign bla blah blah, the Warriors intend to sign bla
Speaker 1: blah blah. That's all happens at six o'clock. What do
Speaker 1: you think is more likely outcome, Greg, That they trade
Speaker 1: the entire farm away to get Anthony Davis and take
Speaker 1: their shot at EMBA or Kyrie. And even if they
Speaker 1: swing in, if they end up with Kemba, Jimmy Butler
Speaker 1: and Anthony Davis, that's still a pretty damn good three. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I would be all right with that. Yeah, I just
Speaker 1: don't want to go lower than that. I don't want
Speaker 1: our two max free agents to be Tobias Harrison Christian Midleton.
Speaker 1: Not that I like those players, but they need to
Speaker 1: go to teams that already have stars. They can't be
Speaker 1: the guys on their teams. So that's really where I'm
Speaker 1: drawing the line. If they can get two of A
Speaker 1: D Kyrie, Jimmy Butler, Kemba Walker and trade for Anthony Davis,
Speaker 1: I'm fine with it. What do you think it's more
Speaker 1: likely to happen? I think more likely to having is
Speaker 1: not training for Anthony Davis. You don't think they will.
Speaker 1: I don't know that they have that they can put
Speaker 1: together a really competitive I don't know. I don't know.
Speaker 1: I think that they want them. I think ideally you
Speaker 1: get any with Kevin Duran have more picks that they
Speaker 1: can offer than the Lakers. Do they do? They do?
Speaker 1: They don't have any young players that are talented as Lakers.
Speaker 1: But I think the jury is still kind of out
Speaker 1: on these guys. Like Kyle Kus was a good player,
Speaker 1: but is he that much better than Kevin Knox Brandon Ingram,
Speaker 1: I think the jury is still out on him. We
Speaker 1: haven't really seen enough from him. R J. Barrett could
Speaker 1: potentially be better than brandon Ingram, but he also might
Speaker 1: be much worse. But I mean, what does that even
Speaker 1: say like brandon Ingram like doesn't set a high bar
Speaker 1: right now. I think he's a good player, but I
Speaker 1: think the jury is still kind of out on him.
Speaker 1: And then then it's Smith like you can get another
Speaker 1: like a young point guard in return to then it's
Speaker 1: Smith versu Launson Ball. I guess the the offers are
Speaker 1: kind of similar, actually, if you look at it, like
Speaker 1: the difference. The difference is Mitchell Robinson. If the Knicks
Speaker 1: include Mitchell Robinson, that's the deal break because the Lakers
Speaker 1: don't have a big man that they can offer like Robinson. No,
Speaker 1: but if the Nicks give up Mitchell Robinson, Kevin Knox, RJ,
Speaker 1: Barrett s J and like two Mads first round picks,
Speaker 1: that's that's an offer that gets it done. I agree,
Speaker 1: that's an offer that gets I agree. I just don't
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Speaker 1: suspen Backwards, and Frank you were right on Twitter last night.
Speaker 1: I went to bed and I saw you tweet something
Speaker 1: out and listen to me. I didn't, and it wasn't
Speaker 1: fast enough. Really, I saw it this morning, and I
Speaker 1: wasn't fast enough. And you've been talking for a while
Speaker 1: about what you how good you think Austin Riley can
Speaker 1: be of the Atlanta Braves or all about to find
Speaker 1: out how good Austin Riley of the Atlanta Braves can
Speaker 1: be as entry in CRT. He got hurt last night
Speaker 1: and the Raiders wasted no time in calling up their
Speaker 1: top prospect, Austin Riley. And he's another in the long
Speaker 1: line of prospects Frank that get called up over the
Speaker 1: last couple of days, including in Kansas City, in Cleveland,
Speaker 1: in Milwaukee, and now in Atlanta. There's a lot to
Speaker 1: like about Austin Riley. I also wrote this on my
Speaker 1: Pagetreon last night, and that's exactly why you need to
Speaker 1: subscribe to my Patreon. I told people right when the
Speaker 1: ender n c rt A injury happened last night that
Speaker 1: it's time to stash Austin Riley now, because this guy's
Speaker 1: absolutely mashing. He hit a grand Slam last night. It
Speaker 1: was his fifteenth home run of the season over the
Speaker 1: past week. He had been playing more games in the outfield,
Speaker 1: specifically in left field, so we can play a corner
Speaker 1: in corner outfield position. He has pop. He's got the
Speaker 1: fifteen horm runs in the year. He's got thirty nine
Speaker 1: ribbys at triple A batting average to eighty four career
Speaker 1: hitter in the minors is a. He is a third
Speaker 1: basement by trade, but he's going to play the outfield,
Speaker 1: and it was gonna take an injury to an alfire
Speaker 1: or or Josh Donaldson. And there's lots of like here.
Speaker 1: There's lots of like He He cut down his strikeout
Speaker 1: rate from last year to this year by about ten percent.
Speaker 1: He as up to his walk rate by about two percent.
Speaker 1: He's taking all the necessary steps to get better. And
Speaker 1: people really need to go out there and be aggressive
Speaker 1: on Austin Riley right now. A lot of people have
Speaker 1: been asking me questions. I've seen some crazy questions too,
Speaker 1: like let's not get too crazy with this. I like
Speaker 1: Austin Riley. I have big expectations for him. He's entering
Speaker 1: a really good line up with the Atlanta Braves. But
Speaker 1: I had someone asked me showing to drop Josh Donaldson
Speaker 1: for Austin Riley. Well, it's like, at that point, what
Speaker 1: are we expecting Austin Riley to do? Because as much
Speaker 1: as I did not like Josh donalson coming into the season,
Speaker 1: he's still been pretty good and he's the one who'satting
Speaker 1: clean up for the Atlanta Braves. So let's let's temper
Speaker 1: our expectation a bit. Let's not drop anyone who's too good.
Speaker 1: But I would try my best to get Austin Riley
Speaker 1: on my roster right now. If I'm ranking the prospects
Speaker 1: that have been called up over the past couple of days,
Speaker 1: I would rank it. I would still put esting here
Speaker 1: ahead of him, actually, because I like the break the
Speaker 1: Brewer's line up a little bit more. He was a
Speaker 1: higher rated prospect coming into the year, and he's then
Speaker 1: he's done nothing to be surpassed by Austin Riley. Austin
Speaker 1: Riley's number two on that list. I'll take Pablo Lopez,
Speaker 1: always got Pabo Lopez on the mind. I'll take Nicky
Speaker 1: Lopez there. I'll take Oscar Mercado fourth, and then we
Speaker 1: have another prospect who just got called up, and Jared
Speaker 1: Wallace for the Los Angeles Angels. Of Anaheim, Greg who
Speaker 1: Jar Jared Wallis is someone who has legitimate pop and
Speaker 1: he's already in the lineup today. He's playing first base
Speaker 1: for the Los Angeles Angels. He's just twenty five years old.
Speaker 1: And last year there's a guy who with two seventy
Speaker 1: seven with nine home runs across three different levels. In
Speaker 1: the minors, he had ninety nine ribbies. So you need
Speaker 1: a corner infield. You're looking for a little bit of pop.
Speaker 1: He does struggle a little bit with strike apps. He's
Speaker 1: you know, he's hovered in that mid to high twenty
Speaker 1: percent strike out out range, so it's gonna strike out
Speaker 1: a decent it. But he's also hit for some batting average.
Speaker 1: This year he was batting three oh two with ten
Speaker 1: home runs. Uh. And I think that the Angels can
Speaker 1: use another left handed power bat in their lineup. So
Speaker 1: you need a quarter infielder, you need a utility in
Speaker 1: a deeper league and ale only fifteen team mix. All
Speaker 1: these players should be owned, but specifically maybe in the
Speaker 1: deeper leagues. I'm looking at Jared Walsh as a pickup
Speaker 1: as well. He could play first base, he could play
Speaker 1: a little bit of outfield, and he was matching in
Speaker 1: the minors, So I think that the Angels are going
Speaker 1: to give him every day playing time here as well.
Speaker 1: All right, so Jared Walsh a sneaky under the radar
Speaker 1: potential pick up as a prospect, Austin Riley is he?
Speaker 1: Is he up for good? And same Keston here as well?
Speaker 1: Are these guys up for good that you're gonna spend
Speaker 1: that significant portion of your fab and getting a guy
Speaker 1: that you can have the rest of the season. I
Speaker 1: know it's go ahead. I was gonna say, like obviously,
Speaker 1: like you don't have a finality to that answer. A
Speaker 1: couple weeks ago, we didn't think Michael Chambers for good,
Speaker 1: and he certainly doesn't seem to be going back to
Speaker 1: the miners anytime. Saying we thought Carter Keyban was up
Speaker 1: for We obviously thought Carter Keeba, if he performed, will
Speaker 1: be up for good. He was back down two weeks later.
Speaker 1: So I know you don't have a definitive, but in
Speaker 1: your best estimation, it was kind of what I was
Speaker 1: hoping you give. Yeah, so you you basically stole how
Speaker 1: I was going to previce my questions. I was saying, Um,
Speaker 1: I don't have the answer to that question. I know
Speaker 1: it's my job to have an answer to that question,
Speaker 1: but a lot of it just comes down to what
Speaker 1: we always say about these prospects. If they perform, they'll
Speaker 1: stick around. And I do stand by that. When it
Speaker 1: came to Carver, keep him too. If he had been
Speaker 1: performing well, he'd still be on the team right now.
Speaker 1: He got demoted, and rightfully so, he was striking out
Speaker 1: what seemed like every other at bat. He wasn't feeling well.
Speaker 1: He needed to be sent back to the miners. And
Speaker 1: that's exactly how I feel or the rest of these guys.
Speaker 1: Look at the Angels, I mean, a couple of weeks
Speaker 1: ago they called up Louis R and gif and we
Speaker 1: were excited about that, a guy that can provide stolen basis,
Speaker 1: and he's already been sent down. I think for maybe
Speaker 1: these lower level prospects, they have a shorter leash where
Speaker 1: if they're not performing right away, even if it's a
Speaker 1: week or two, they're probably more likely to get sent down.
Speaker 1: So maybe we're looking at Oscar Mercado in that sense,
Speaker 1: and we're looking at Jared Walsh. You know, if these
Speaker 1: eyes are striking out left and right, and they're making
Speaker 1: blunders defensively and on the base paths, then they're gonna
Speaker 1: get sent back down. But Austin Riley probably the most
Speaker 1: impressive hitter in the minors this year outside of your
Speaker 1: Don Alvarez. And if he shows any of what he's
Speaker 1: shown so far this year, his ability to make contact,
Speaker 1: cutdown on the strikeouts, walk more, hit more home runs,
Speaker 1: hit for power, and play a decent a competent outfield
Speaker 1: corner outfield position, then Austin Riley is going to stick around.
Speaker 1: And that's probably the one that I have the most
Speaker 1: faith in. But Keston here last night to two hits,
Speaker 1: a walk, very composed at the plate. This kid is ready.
Speaker 1: He's been like I think he was already last year too,
Speaker 1: but they hold him down, They hold him down for
Speaker 1: another month and a half year to start the season.
Speaker 1: He is ready. So I do have a lot of
Speaker 1: faith in Keston here as well. But if Travis Shaw
Speaker 1: comes back, do they just sweep him under the rug?
Speaker 1: They were talking about putting him the minor leagues. So
Speaker 1: I think the answer to that question is yeah, if
Speaker 1: Keston here is playing well, I think Travis Shaw might
Speaker 1: have just got wally pipped. So I do have a
Speaker 1: lot of faith in these top prospects. Greg A lot
Speaker 1: of it comes down to if they perform, and that's
Speaker 1: easy to say, but I do think that Austin Riley
Speaker 1: and Kesson here are going to perform. I think that
Speaker 1: there's a shorter lease for some of these lower level
Speaker 1: prospects like Mercado and Jared Walls. I think that for Hera,
Speaker 1: it's all gonna be on him if he performs, He's
Speaker 1: not leaving that lineup, and he's a natural second baseman.
Speaker 1: It all fits really really well for him that he
Speaker 1: just played second base, Travis Show becomes a bench bat,
Speaker 1: he lost his job. He could be part of this
Speaker 1: first base mix with Aguilar and Eric that this point
Speaker 1: that could happen, you know, so you Mustaki's plays the
Speaker 1: first absolutely, so most is safe too, Like that's the
Speaker 1: other one you don't have to worry anything about. If
Speaker 1: hero one runs away with his job, he'll stay. And
Speaker 1: I think the same could probably be said for Austin
Speaker 1: Riley as well if he runs away to this job.
Speaker 1: I want to pay attention to him defensively too, because
Speaker 1: he doesn't have a lot of experiences, only played four games,
Speaker 1: like they might have used him a little bit in
Speaker 1: spring training here and there, and obviously all the work
Speaker 1: that he's doing when it's not game time, obviously, like
Speaker 1: the work before games and after games. And he's trying
Speaker 1: to become an outfielder because they want his bat in
Speaker 1: the lineup. That's how badly the Braves wanted to get
Speaker 1: him in this lineup. They're teaching him a new position.
Speaker 1: He played a little bit of first basis year as well. Obviously,
Speaker 1: Freddie Freeman is not going anywhere. He's a third basement
Speaker 1: by trade. I do want to pay attention to what
Speaker 1: he does defensively, because, like Carter key Boom, if he
Speaker 1: comes up starts struggling a little bit. Look, Carter Key
Speaker 1: bon was a really top notch prospect as well, but
Speaker 1: he was striking out. He was not doing getting it
Speaker 1: done defensively. The same thing could be said for Austin Riley.
Speaker 1: So I do want to pay attention to what he
Speaker 1: does defensively. Offensively, he's ready by all means, but we've
Speaker 1: seen guys get off to slow starts. Hell, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about vladimc. Gerreio Jr. Who just did his first
Speaker 1: two home runs, But look at what he did the
Speaker 1: first two or three weeks he's been in the league,
Speaker 1: he was terrible. If he was any other prospect not
Speaker 1: in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. He might be back down to
Speaker 1: the miners. So even when you're the top prospect in
Speaker 1: baseball in Vladimir Guerrero Jr. There's a chance that you
Speaker 1: can struggle right out of the gate. So there's always
Speaker 1: that chance to remind people of that. Let's you have
Speaker 1: to temper expectations a little bit with these guys. Great
Speaker 1: temper the expectations with both of these prospects. You heard
Speaker 1: Alt Frank ranked um Uh. Number one was Cassahira. Number
Speaker 1: two was Austin Riley. Number three Nikki Lopez, who started
Speaker 1: off his game batting in that too over again which
Speaker 1: Well said yesterday suit Hat did and goes down to three,
Speaker 1: And I said, I think it makes a lot of
Speaker 1: sense to based on his ob P and what he's
Speaker 1: showing on the miners makes a lot of sense, makes
Speaker 1: a lot of sense. So I put Niki Lopez third
Speaker 1: on that list. That's a good spot to be in
Speaker 1: man adding right behind whit Maryfield and ahead of Albert'smondescy
Speaker 1: and Alex Gordon and Hunter Doger. That's a really really
Speaker 1: good spot to be in the lineup. Sorry, I just
Speaker 1: jet stuff. Actually yes, um nevertheless, nevertheless, um yeah. So
Speaker 1: it's a really good sponsible in the lineup. That's why
Speaker 1: he's to meet clearly the third guy. And he has
Speaker 1: multi eligibility obviously in Yahoo I believe he's right now
Speaker 1: just shortstop eligible. He'll get the second base eligibility. You
Speaker 1: have that middle infield eligibility. It's huge, It's absolutely huge.
Speaker 1: So really interested in these guys. We'll talk more about
Speaker 1: the waiver wire specifically on Friday with Florio exactly how
Speaker 1: much you're going to beat on these guys. And those
Speaker 1: are for people who play in leagues where your fab
Speaker 1: runs once a week. What are your fifteen team leagues?
Speaker 1: They work that way. NFBC leagues work one way. Isn't
Speaker 1: your your waivers run tonight or last night? My waivers
Speaker 1: run tonight? So what do you think I'm gonna find
Speaker 1: out a lot about these guys. I mean I have
Speaker 1: to evaluate my teams and really figure out like what
Speaker 1: kind of needs that I have. For example, I had
Speaker 1: Daniel Murphy as my second basement. He's on my bench
Speaker 1: this week. He was on the Rockies bench last night
Speaker 1: as well. Surprise, surprise. I still think something something's going
Speaker 1: on with Daniel Murphy. I think that this injury, this
Speaker 1: finger injury, is not healed and they're using playing lefties
Speaker 1: as an excuse to keep him on the bench. But
Speaker 1: if that's the case, why didn't you just leave this
Speaker 1: guy in the I l instead of freaking everybody to
Speaker 1: activating Daniel Murphy. It just doesn't make a lot of sense.
Speaker 1: So I picked up Ronnie Rodriguez in this league. He's
Speaker 1: been awesome. Another home run last night. Um my middle
Speaker 1: infielder is a lead miss Diaz. So maybe that's something
Speaker 1: I'm looking at here. Maybe I'm looking at at a
Speaker 1: Nikki Lopez or something. I believe Austin Riley might be owned. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's so he's already owned because we have minded League
Speaker 1: spots in my two homely, let's see if he's owning
Speaker 1: this other one as well. Austin Riley is not owned
Speaker 1: in one of these. So I'm gonna when I come in,
Speaker 1: when we come in tomorrow and we're doing the show,
Speaker 1: I'll let you know how much fab these guys go for.
Speaker 1: Keep in mind it is at twelve team head to
Speaker 1: head points league is the keeper league. We have two
Speaker 1: minor league spots. Austin Riley probably a bad job by
Speaker 1: me should have been owned, although I do have I
Speaker 1: have Hayzer's Zaro, I have Kyle Tucker, so I do
Speaker 1: have really good prospects in my minor league spots. So
Speaker 1: you can only all own as many guys as you can.
Speaker 1: So tomorrow when we come in, I'll let you know
Speaker 1: exactly how much fabbiouse guys go from my home leagues.
Speaker 1: Those are those are the numbers that we have to
Speaker 1: look forward to. By the way, of course, when when
Speaker 1: Laddo goes boom twice yesterday, that's what I'm playing in
Speaker 1: my home leake so frustrating. Oh the bass bro, and
Speaker 1: he's putting you into the ground right now. It's curb
Speaker 1: stopping me. At the moment he's curb stopping you. Shout
Speaker 1: out to seth Rollins, by the way, dating Becky Lynch, Yeah,
Speaker 1: shout out to wrestling in general. Man, big day here
Speaker 1: a w W gets a TV deal with Burner Broadcast.
Speaker 1: Read that press release. I didn't read the press for
Speaker 1: the press release, and it was just so old school written.
Speaker 1: I don't know who wrote that my card on maybe,
Speaker 1: but it was like T and T will have live
Speaker 1: wrestling matches every week. That's how people speak. I like
Speaker 1: that they kept emphasizing wrestling though it was like, not entertainment,
Speaker 1: This isn't sports entertainment, Greg, this is wrestling. But it
Speaker 1: was live wrestling matches? Are we here on? Tante Greg?
Speaker 1: Vladimir Guerrero Junior? Last night, by the way, his three hits, actually,
Speaker 1: I don't know if he had more than three hits.
Speaker 1: Did he have more than three hits? I don't think
Speaker 1: he did, doubt, but he had two home runs and
Speaker 1: he had a single, all three of them off the
Speaker 1: bat hundred and eleven miles per hour or higher hit
Speaker 1: Hard Frank his second home run off a Raius Moronta, who,
Speaker 1: by the way, is a pretty good reliever this year.
Speaker 1: One and thirteen points seven miles per Frank lad Man
Speaker 1: two dingers is exactly what you needed to see. Let's
Speaker 1: calm down a little bit. Oh, all the all the
Speaker 1: anti Vladimir Guerrero Junior fantasy owners, by the way out
Speaker 1: there fantasy analysts said, you know, doing their victory laps,
Speaker 1: told you lad mcgaro do when you're a prospect of
Speaker 1: the prospect of a PROSPECTA what are you saying now?
Speaker 1: Three hits last night, all a hundred eleven miles per
Speaker 1: hour off the bat to home runs. He is who
Speaker 1: we thought he is. Give this guy some time, man,
Speaker 1: He is a generational talent. He is the son of
Speaker 1: one of the best hitters in maybe baseball history. Greg's
Speaker 1: give this kids some time. And now he's starting to
Speaker 1: come around, and he does it in San Francisco of
Speaker 1: all places. So what does that tell you, Greg? What
Speaker 1: does that tell me? The guy has power that goes
Speaker 1: beyond ballparks, Like it's it's like Jean Carlo Stanton level power.
Speaker 1: It doesn't matter where he is. He had two bombs
Speaker 1: yesterday in San Francisco his straightaway center field. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's the kind of power this guy has. Like, let's
Speaker 1: not worry about him. He's gonna be fine. You own him.
Speaker 1: Pretty damn good. Blue Jay's defeat of the Giants last
Speaker 1: night seven to three, we mentioned Nikki Lopez. Let's go
Speaker 1: to Triki Lopez in Kansas City and Niki Lopez for you.
Speaker 1: Elvis Andrew's owners, maybe a replacement because Alesandres left this
Speaker 1: one with a hamstring injury um and Nikki Lopez does
Speaker 1: that that short stuff eligibility right now in Yahoo Lopez
Speaker 1: in his debut bad at second when one for four,
Speaker 1: the run scored in rb I and a walk. You
Speaker 1: know there's some speed with Lopez as well. He seems
Speaker 1: to be an obvious if you could afford it, obviously
Speaker 1: placements andres potentially, Yeah, I think that makes a lot
Speaker 1: of sense here Again, this is a coveted spot to
Speaker 1: be in in the Royals lineup, hitting right behind with
Speaker 1: Mary Field right ahead of Modesty. He gets an RBI single,
Speaker 1: he gets a walk, showing some of that plate discipline
Speaker 1: as well, when I like even more than that. In
Speaker 1: four at bets, zero strikeouts. This is part of the
Speaker 1: player that he is. He makes a lot of contact.
Speaker 1: He doesn't strike out all that often. For those who
Speaker 1: play in deeper leagues a l only if Nikki Lopez
Speaker 1: might be owned already, you want to look in house.
Speaker 1: It looks like Logan Forsights is probably the short term
Speaker 1: ad here. If you're an Elvis Andress owner and say
Speaker 1: what you want about Logan Foresight. This is the guy
Speaker 1: who used to be a quality baseball player and three
Speaker 1: hits last night. He's now batting three oh five. I
Speaker 1: don't think people realize this. So you know, if you
Speaker 1: play in a deeper league and you lost Alvis Andrews again,
Speaker 1: he's dealing with a hamstring in jury. We don't know
Speaker 1: the severity of this yet, but a guy who depends
Speaker 1: on his legs his speed, it wouldn't surprise me personally
Speaker 1: if Elvis Andrews lands on the I l and if
Speaker 1: you're looking in the house, it looks like Logan Forsythe
Speaker 1: is the guy, and Greg kind of like Hunter Pence
Speaker 1: a little blasts from the past. Logan Forsythe is playing well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Logan Forsythe absolutely playing well right now. He came in
Speaker 1: um Or he moved over for first base to shortstop
Speaker 1: once Andrews went down. I think to be over three
Speaker 1: hundred here at this point. He could be the perfect
Speaker 1: potential replacement for Elvis Andrews as well. What do you know, Greg,
Speaker 1: the week that we pick up Hunter Pence is the
Speaker 1: week that he starts to go ice cold. He went
Speaker 1: over five with two strikeouts yesterday. Greg over five on
Speaker 1: our team. I think where the jins there you go?
Speaker 1: Danny Duffy not great, it's the wind. The last four
Speaker 1: runs in five minutes, struck out six could have been
Speaker 1: worse though totally, totally Texas could have been much worse.
Speaker 1: So I mean, he comes away with a win, seven hits,
Speaker 1: four and runs, only one walk, six strikeouts. Yet Danny
Speaker 1: Duffy is a deeper league ad right now, fifteen teamers
Speaker 1: are deeper Ale only fine twelve teamer Evehim on the
Speaker 1: waiver wire. I don't really have high hopes for Danny
Speaker 1: Duffy not getting a ton of swinging shrikes, and while
Speaker 1: he only walked one on the season one yesterday in
Speaker 1: that game, he has struggled with walks overall this season.
Speaker 1: So I don't really have high hopes for Danny Duffy,
Speaker 1: But in deeper leagues I do think that he should be.
Speaker 1: It could have been Worth Greig, like it could have
Speaker 1: been Shelby Miller bad on the other side of this
Speaker 1: one and two thirds innings, pitched seven hits, eight earned runs,
Speaker 1: two walks in one strikeout. Remember when Shelby Miller was good,
Speaker 1: it was so long ago, not really like the Atlanta
Speaker 1: Braves that he was like he was with the underlying
Speaker 1: numbers were never as good. That was the problem, Arizona
Speaker 1: with a little marco at Strata Arizona didn't like. Look
Speaker 1: at that, which is also the ship miller Man with
Speaker 1: What an interesting career Watch this kind of pitch. He
Speaker 1: has such a crazy delivery. Used to hit his hand
Speaker 1: on the dirt. You like scabs, all right, Let's take
Speaker 1: a break. Paddock Kershaw next h