WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off April 21st, 2022 (Ep. 494) 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:18.240 Showtime, let's play ball. Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. 0:00:18.320 --> 0:00:21.120 This is leading off right here, brought to you by 0:00:21.239 --> 0:00:24.279 pet MGM, the King of sports Books. We're here every 0:00:24.320 --> 0:00:27.600 single day on our YouTube channel, Fantasy Pros MLB. Make 0:00:27.600 --> 0:00:30.120 sure you like this video, subscribe to the channel and 0:00:30.160 --> 0:00:32.279 click that little notifications bell that way, you know when 0:00:32.280 --> 0:00:35.320 we go live every single day here at noon Monday 0:00:35.320 --> 0:00:37.800 through Friday. The Welsh is back with me to talk 0:00:37.800 --> 0:00:40.280 to some baseball. The Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks are here, 0:00:40.720 --> 0:00:43.120 and I'm very happy about that. So let's just get 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:44.880 right at it, the Welsh, because we've got a lot 0:00:44.920 --> 0:00:47.400 to go to here today, and we'll start with Byron 0:00:47.400 --> 0:00:50.559 bucks and returning to the lineup. Oh today on Thursday. 0:00:50.640 --> 0:00:52.000 How's that going for you, buddy? 0:00:52.080 --> 0:00:56.840 Oh hey, I was told he's done. I was told 0:00:56.920 --> 0:01:01.680 he's gone. It's over. Byron Buxton season way past us. All. 0:01:01.800 --> 0:01:05.080 Are you telling me that Byron Buckson is back today? 0:01:07.319 --> 0:01:09.679 That's what they're saying today? Oh today? 0:01:09.720 --> 0:01:12.200 Okay, then I'm back in the studio. As I told you, 0:01:12.240 --> 0:01:14.679 I was held up in the secret bunker yesterday until 0:01:14.680 --> 0:01:18.160 Buckson returned to the lineup. I'm back in the main studio. 0:01:19.200 --> 0:01:21.880 Maybe have Byron Buckson on some picks today, Joey. 0:01:22.360 --> 0:01:27.560 Coincidence, I think not. You all your tinfoil hats aside. 0:01:27.600 --> 0:01:30.240 You can make of it what you will. Bucks, it's 0:01:30.319 --> 0:01:32.440 back while she's out of the bunker. These two things 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:34.680 did happen. Let's talk about something that also happened, which 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:37.000 is Showy Otani. I'm glad I made an early wager 0:01:37.040 --> 0:01:39.880 on him for MVP again back to back, because yesterday 0:01:39.880 --> 0:01:40.920 he flirted with perfection. 0:01:41.080 --> 0:01:41.400 I was. 0:01:41.640 --> 0:01:43.800 I was not into him against the Astros in all 0:01:43.800 --> 0:01:45.759 fairness yesterday it's a DFS pick. He was a little 0:01:45.800 --> 0:01:48.440 high in terms of price, tough lineup still kind of 0:01:48.440 --> 0:01:49.920 like I don't think I feel like that, But you 0:01:49.920 --> 0:01:51.280 know what, I was totally wrong. I'll take the l 0:01:51.320 --> 0:01:53.440 on that one because he struck out twelve guys there. 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:55.760 Oh when he drove in two runs too, because he's 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:56.720 showing up to big. 0:01:56.880 --> 0:01:58.720 Did you also hear that they said they're like, we 0:01:58.720 --> 0:02:01.360 weren't taking him out regardless of what was going on, 0:02:01.560 --> 0:02:04.120 like perfect game intact, he was going to keep going 0:02:04.320 --> 0:02:05.960 and then unfortunately he gave up. 0:02:06.960 --> 0:02:09.800 Ye okay, Aaron is trolling you, he says, Buckston. Oh 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:12.560 for four day, Welsh, I think can stop your your 0:02:12.600 --> 0:02:14.840 happiness today. I don't don't think anything can break it. 0:02:14.919 --> 0:02:17.720 Bucks's back, Buxton's back. So we're in it. We're in it, 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:19.079 oh for four I don't think so. 0:02:19.880 --> 0:02:22.520 All right. Seattle's Logan Gilbert, who was the pitcher we 0:02:22.520 --> 0:02:26.040 were on yesterday Blanks the Rangers for six and two thirds. 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:27.720 He looked great again. You know, we talked so much 0:02:27.760 --> 0:02:30.160 about Gilbert in this offseason of being one of these 0:02:30.160 --> 0:02:31.960 guys that might be able to take that next leap forward. 0:02:32.000 --> 0:02:34.760 You were very bullish on Logan Gilbert. It's very encouraging 0:02:34.800 --> 0:02:36.840 to see him start off the year so strong. Welsh. 0:02:36.919 --> 0:02:39.359 Yeah, I mean I think it was like last year. 0:02:39.360 --> 0:02:41.040 I had said I thought he was the number one 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:44.120 pitching prospect in the miners, and he's just got a 0:02:44.120 --> 0:02:47.320 flurry of good pitches that he commands across the zone. 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.600 You know, we're seeing a lot of guys that have 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:52.040 been able to take advantage of this like plus command 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:54.880 and being able to you know, hit both sides and tops, 0:02:54.880 --> 0:02:57.840 you know, vertical and horizontal parts of the zone, and 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:00.120 like Joe Ryan some what we're gonna talk about Todays 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.520 had a lot of success doing that, and Gilbert finds 0:03:02.560 --> 0:03:04.960 a lot of success doing that. He's a big, big, 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:06.920 tall guy, and when his pitches are on and his 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:09.639 command is on, it's big numbers, and you're starting to 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:12.400 see it. I'm very excited. I really think, legit, Logan 0:03:12.440 --> 0:03:15.400 Gilbert could be the guy in this rotation. And I'm 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:17.200 saying that with Robby Ray there. Really I don't know 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:18.640 if it can happen this year, but I think he 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:19.760 can be the guy. 0:03:20.520 --> 0:03:22.280 Yeah, or at least two one A's here's a great 0:03:22.280 --> 0:03:24.760 one from I think it's lomer boy. I'm reading that correctly. 0:03:25.400 --> 0:03:28.200 Is there a chance that Otani wins MVP and cy Young? 0:03:28.360 --> 0:03:31.560 I haven't seen this wager out there yet. I don't 0:03:31.560 --> 0:03:34.240 think it's impossible because of the way the American League 0:03:34.240 --> 0:03:37.000 pitching is structured right now. Garrett Cole certainly doesn't like that. Dude, 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:39.960 I've already got my investment in Verlander. But you think 0:03:39.960 --> 0:03:43.120 about what's left. It's Bieber. Can he hold up? I mean, 0:03:42.600 --> 0:03:46.240 a continues to make starts like this, you know, Robbie 0:03:46.280 --> 0:03:48.920 Ray's gonna repeat. I don't know about that. It's it's 0:03:48.920 --> 0:03:51.000 not a crazy thing. And if somebody's gonna put a 0:03:51.040 --> 0:03:53.560 wager if bet MGM's gonna put that out there. I 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:55.400 want to see those odds because I'm kind of curious 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.320 what they are. If they're like seven and a half 0:03:57.400 --> 0:03:59.160 or nine to want somewhere in that range. I would 0:03:59.200 --> 0:03:59.760 bet on that. 0:03:59.840 --> 0:04:02.400 If he were to get what did he get last year, 0:04:02.440 --> 0:04:05.720 like one hundred and thirty innings, one hundred and forty thirty. 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.000 I want to say you can double check that if. 0:04:07.800 --> 0:04:11.360 He were to push one fifty and fine and not 0:04:11.560 --> 0:04:13.840 have those like blow up ones that he does, you know, 0:04:13.880 --> 0:04:16.080 because they'll have that one game where he goes, you know, 0:04:16.200 --> 0:04:19.039 two innings, gives up eight. If he kind of maintains 0:04:19.200 --> 0:04:22.279 that's a good point, I can't imagine it would just 0:04:22.440 --> 0:04:24.560 rip the soul out of all the writers to have 0:04:24.640 --> 0:04:27.560 to like give both awards to one player. I feel 0:04:27.600 --> 0:04:29.800 like there's always makeup stuff that happens with him. I 0:04:29.839 --> 0:04:32.400 can't see them wanting to do that, But I mean, 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.159 I would probably take that bet at this point simply 0:04:35.200 --> 0:04:37.320 because of what you're talking about with the Ale pitchers. 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.719 It's just overall top end pitching has sucked, and Otani 0:04:41.800 --> 0:04:43.880 if he does pulls and strings up a few more 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.880 of those and keeps up hitting. Yeah, definite possibility. 0:04:46.960 --> 0:04:49.719 Well, Gilito was another guy. He's already on anil. 0:04:49.360 --> 0:04:51.040 That's my guy. But he does come back Sunday. He 0:04:51.080 --> 0:04:52.400 comes back Sunday. 0:04:52.560 --> 0:04:55.360 But I'm just saying it's you know, already when we're 0:04:55.400 --> 0:04:58.599 talking about innings numbers and things like that, Otani, for me, 0:04:58.720 --> 0:05:00.719 the number would have to be one sick the issue 0:05:00.839 --> 0:05:01.640 to get into that comment. 0:05:01.720 --> 0:05:04.920 Really see, I think I think if you get one fifty, 0:05:05.400 --> 0:05:07.279 you got to get like eighty percent of what he 0:05:07.360 --> 0:05:09.640 was as a hitter, and then I think you've got 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.760 a I mean, you're not gonna do a six perfect 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:13.279 or anything like that. But you know, he's got to 0:05:13.279 --> 0:05:16.400 touch crazy K numbers. He's got to touch two hundred strikeouts. 0:05:16.040 --> 0:05:18.240 Or he always touches crazy K numbers. That's the one 0:05:18.279 --> 0:05:20.000 thing he's got going for him. So it's just can 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.920 he keep the elra in a good place. That's I mean, that. 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:24.960 Would be a good The bottom line is is that's 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.880 an interesting one that you put probably like you know, 0:05:28.080 --> 0:05:30.200 a quarter of a unit or something like that, or 0:05:30.240 --> 0:05:32.480 if you play low units, you know, if you're gonna 0:05:32.640 --> 0:05:34.360 like twenty five bucks or something you want to throw 0:05:34.400 --> 0:05:36.720 twenty dollars on it for the hell of it. You 0:05:36.760 --> 0:05:39.760 should get really good odds. I would suspect on a 0:05:39.960 --> 0:05:43.400 dual MVP Cy Young Award winning. 0:05:43.520 --> 0:05:45.720 I have Atani at plus three and a half right 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:47.839 now for MVP MVP. 0:05:48.200 --> 0:05:50.479 What is say, what does Cy Young look like? 0:05:50.920 --> 0:05:52.240 That's a good question. I'll take a look at that 0:05:52.279 --> 0:05:54.360 when we run through these next things. Work in the meantime, 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.960 Sandy al Contra goes eight score less, takes a no 0:05:57.040 --> 0:05:59.280 decision No One. Arnaudoso loves to go ahead Homer and 0:05:59.320 --> 0:06:02.240 the ninth draw. There, Mackenzie Gore picked up his first 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:05.960 major league win. Congratulations for you. Mackenzie was a good 0:06:05.960 --> 0:06:08.000 outing for him across five innings of work. And the 0:06:08.000 --> 0:06:10.200 Padres won six nothing against the Reds. It was just 0:06:10.200 --> 0:06:12.919 the Reds, but still, and Joey Votto continues to struggle. 0:06:13.080 --> 0:06:15.600 Jose Ramirez blasted a grand slam. Boy. Nothing is stop 0:06:15.680 --> 0:06:17.320 this guy. I told you this is you know. I 0:06:17.360 --> 0:06:19.719 had Louis Roberts the long shot for MVP, but maybe 0:06:19.800 --> 0:06:23.400 Jose Ramirez on this two looks like he's in another 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.279 universe right now. A lot of injuries to get to 0:06:26.400 --> 0:06:29.720 Also today, Welsh. Unfortunately, Astro's placed Altuve on the ten 0:06:29.800 --> 0:06:32.280 day IL we knew that was coming. Jadi Martinez not 0:06:32.400 --> 0:06:34.240 likely to play Thursday. He's doing with a groin issue. 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:36.480 Keep an eye on that. And Josh Bell heading for 0:06:36.520 --> 0:06:39.080 an MRI exam on his knee and George Springer good 0:06:39.160 --> 0:06:42.080 news X rays negative on the forearm. Josh Bell, that's 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.040 a piece that you know, the Nats really can't afford 0:06:44.080 --> 0:06:46.520 to lose in the middle of this lineup because it's Sodo, 0:06:46.839 --> 0:06:48.400 it's Cruise, and then I don't know what the hell 0:06:48.440 --> 0:06:50.240 else they can throw out there, So this is kind 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.240 of important for that. NAT's one you gotta gotta keep 0:06:52.240 --> 0:06:53.200 an eye on that, don't you think. 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:56.480 Yeah, I completely agree with that. That team, like I 0:06:56.520 --> 0:06:58.720 said in the off season, they're doing that weird thing 0:06:58.800 --> 0:07:01.679 where it's kind of like, you know, they're they should 0:07:01.720 --> 0:07:04.760 be rebuilding, but they're not, and they're spending some money, 0:07:05.200 --> 0:07:07.719 so they have got to be at the top peak performance. 0:07:07.760 --> 0:07:10.160 They can't afford, you know, any of this nonsense to 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:10.840 happen to them. 0:07:11.800 --> 0:07:14.000 Did you find the cy Young odds because I haven't 0:07:14.040 --> 0:07:16.280 known here now I can no, no, please, I've been 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:19.320 looking for them, right here. Let's see that's National league. 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:22.720 Let's go to the American League. Say Young Shoeotani fifteen 0:07:22.720 --> 0:07:24.240 to one right now, So. 0:07:24.480 --> 0:07:27.520 I mean, if you got three to one on MVP, 0:07:27.800 --> 0:07:30.640 fifteen to one on Cy Young, they got to give 0:07:30.720 --> 0:07:36.040 you like thirty to one to lockdown both, right, at 0:07:36.160 --> 0:07:39.800 least thirty to one, I guess. But they can't just 0:07:39.880 --> 0:07:41.800 add them up. They can't give you eighteen to one 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:43.760 for both. That's ridiculous. That's gotta be. 0:07:44.120 --> 0:07:46.280 It's heard that. I just think that he's such a 0:07:46.520 --> 0:07:50.680 he's so far it advanced for MVP because what he does. 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:52.360 Look that number, by the way, on fandals going to 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.760 two sixty, it was three fifteen hours two sixty, So 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:57.120 that's moved into the beginning of the season already, and 0:07:57.240 --> 0:08:00.280 I think it's going. The only reason, once again, one 0:08:00.400 --> 0:08:02.880 it didn't start out as a minus number is because 0:08:02.920 --> 0:08:04.920 he's a picture and because the minute he has an 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:08.360 armed problem, it crushes him and it takes him out 0:08:08.480 --> 0:08:11.840 of the running, and his injury quotient goes up significantly higher. 0:08:12.080 --> 0:08:13.880 So he's a far riskier play, which is why he's 0:08:13.920 --> 0:08:17.320 a fun investment for MVP, because he is the undoubted 0:08:17.400 --> 0:08:19.200 favorite and the odds should be mindus of us to 0:08:19.240 --> 0:08:21.240 start the year. You know, another guy we didn't talk about, 0:08:21.280 --> 0:08:23.440 Dylan Cees, that he deserves a little bit of love 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.880 in this conversation too, because he's been excellent to start 0:08:25.960 --> 0:08:26.280 the season. 0:08:26.280 --> 0:08:29.760 Also, I mean, has been a massive strikeout option. He's 0:08:29.840 --> 0:08:31.560 one of those guys that was ready to take the 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:34.480 big jump that that kind of like I don't want 0:08:34.480 --> 0:08:37.240 to call them the middle tier of pictures because they're not, 0:08:37.440 --> 0:08:39.679 but I'm saying middle of like that first round where 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:42.520 it's like, you know, fifty sixties, seventies and that type 0:08:42.559 --> 0:08:45.240 of range, you're outside of your aces. Those guys have 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:47.920 kind of shined. There's been more of a shine on 0:08:48.040 --> 0:08:49.839 them than there have been the top end, where like 0:08:49.960 --> 0:08:54.079 Joe Musgrove is flying up board, Shane McClanahan leader in 0:08:54.200 --> 0:08:57.600 MLB and CSW percentage right now. And then you've got guys, 0:08:57.800 --> 0:08:58.200 all these. 0:08:58.120 --> 0:09:01.480 Guys, these exactly the pictures we just manoah, all the 0:09:01.520 --> 0:09:04.040 guys that we talked about the entire offseason saying, fade 0:09:04.120 --> 0:09:06.360 the top of pitching, Fade the top of pitching. It's 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.440 just not worth the risk or the investment. And if 0:09:08.480 --> 0:09:10.720 he did that, so far, it's been good. Giliito another 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:11.200 one of those guys. 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.520 But it's like the dream. It's the dream of pitching 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:16.600 is to fade the top end. The only other thing 0:09:16.600 --> 0:09:19.040 I wanted to add on the Otani front. I'm actually 0:09:19.160 --> 0:09:23.160 really surprised that you're not seeing books jump in right 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:26.440 now because it's kind of a fun wager to throw 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:28.760 in and then take it off later. Like, this isn't 0:09:28.760 --> 0:09:30.600 a bet that they're going to put up in July 0:09:31.160 --> 0:09:34.000 when he's got you know, he's second in strikeouts in 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:37.280 the league, he's got the third best ra and do 0:09:37.400 --> 0:09:37.839 it now. 0:09:38.720 --> 0:09:40.360 I think they might put it up there, because once 0:09:40.440 --> 0:09:45.640 the juice goes minus on Otani for MVP, the action stops. 0:09:45.880 --> 0:09:47.960 So how do you ignite the action again? You create 0:09:48.000 --> 0:09:51.040 a new betting pool for Hey, what about the combo 0:09:51.200 --> 0:09:52.720 boys and girls? What do you think about this one? 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.800 What if he wins both? That to me is well 0:09:54.880 --> 0:09:56.439 exactly what they're going to do, and I would look 0:09:56.440 --> 0:09:58.559 for it right before they all start. Interesting, that's actually 0:09:58.559 --> 0:10:01.400 what's going to be so difference of opinion, but both 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:05.160 very interesting. Let's go to Joe's Tough Guys. Trevor story 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.200 got beamed last night in the melon, but he stayed 0:10:07.200 --> 0:10:09.319 in the game. I saw this happen live as it happened, 0:10:09.320 --> 0:10:11.520 and I was very afraid for Trevor Story. Was watching 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:13.920 this game actually when it did, because I got frustrated 0:10:13.960 --> 0:10:16.520 watching Carlos for don destroy the Mets, so I flipped 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:18.439 over and I saw MLB had the red Sox. I 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:21.760 was watching that and Trevor Story got nailed, and he's 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:24.400 somehow convinced everybody to stay in the game, which I 0:10:24.520 --> 0:10:27.080 was shocked that they let him. Usually it's like, guys, yeah, 0:10:27.080 --> 0:10:28.360 you get hit in the head, you gotta go through 0:10:28.400 --> 0:10:30.839 the protocols. But I don't know, so good for you, 0:10:31.040 --> 0:10:33.559 Trevor Story to also tough guy? How about this one? 0:10:33.679 --> 0:10:36.679 Welsh the gel Cabrera, when asked about being one hit 0:10:36.720 --> 0:10:39.480 away from three thousand, he said, who the f cares 0:10:39.920 --> 0:10:42.600 we lost? When has this game ever been fun about 0:10:42.640 --> 0:10:45.920 individual accomplishments? That's from Michel Cabrera. That's a tough guy 0:10:46.000 --> 0:10:46.240 right there. 0:10:46.240 --> 0:10:48.480 You like that is very tough. That's the hard. Oh 0:10:48.559 --> 0:10:50.360 thing I'm gonna go back to. That's the Welsh hardo. 0:10:50.480 --> 0:10:52.559 That's the being like who cares that? The whole we 0:10:52.679 --> 0:10:56.280 don't care about individual accomplishments. It's like, all right, buddy, 0:10:56.600 --> 0:10:57.679 are you okay in August? 0:10:58.120 --> 0:11:01.360 In August, when I'm at knee deep in football and 0:11:01.400 --> 0:11:03.959 you're hosting this show, that you could change it to 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:05.920 Welsh's heart Os, you could absolutely. 0:11:05.520 --> 0:11:07.760 Change Oh okay, and then it'll be allowed. 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:10.559 Then it'll be allowed then, because then if I have 0:11:10.679 --> 0:11:13.280 no responsibilities at that point, can we talk about this 0:11:13.640 --> 0:11:16.880 Carlos Rodon It's been really good, so I got frustrated 0:11:16.880 --> 0:11:20.400 with him. But twenty nine strikeouts here, most by a 0:11:20.480 --> 0:11:24.040 pitcher in their first three starts for the Giants in 0:11:24.200 --> 0:11:28.319 quite some time. This is a I mean, he looked great, 0:11:28.400 --> 0:11:31.800 He looked completely in control. Do you think there is 0:11:31.840 --> 0:11:35.840 any world where Carlos Rodin can just shred that injury 0:11:36.000 --> 0:11:39.160 prone label and make an advance and become one of 0:11:39.240 --> 0:11:42.520 these guys that becomes a reliable picture in real life 0:11:42.559 --> 0:11:43.079 and fantasy. 0:11:43.320 --> 0:11:45.080 Yeah, I mean I'm the worst person to ask about 0:11:45.120 --> 0:11:48.719 that because I'm so defunct about injuries. But I do 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:50.880 present you with a cheap plug alert. On the end 0:11:50.880 --> 0:11:53.120 of this League Fantasy Baseball podcast today, we had mister 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:56.120 Nick Pollock of Pictureless and this becomes a really big 0:11:56.400 --> 0:12:00.440 piece of conversation actually is Carlos redon and to pull 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:04.280 out yesterday I agree, like the wellshart overs is joeyp uh. 0:12:05.080 --> 0:12:07.840 We put out a poll yesterday of Carlos Dan versus 0:12:07.880 --> 0:12:10.800 Shane McClanahan. These were two guys that were both are 0:12:10.880 --> 0:12:13.920 both currently top five in swinging strike percentage and top 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:17.920 five in CSW percentage. And these guys are absolutely dominating. 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:21.280 And you literally have this like debate of canra Dawn 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:25.480 stay healthy versus a young pitcher in a raise, you know, 0:12:25.720 --> 0:12:28.440 a rotation and how much do they really unleash the guy? 0:12:29.000 --> 0:12:30.319 And at the end of the day you can go 0:12:30.400 --> 0:12:33.959 here and extended conversation about it, I believe, and I can't. 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:37.160 I can't process and work out of a world where 0:12:37.520 --> 0:12:40.160 I'm taking this guy and I'm like, he's just gonna 0:12:40.200 --> 0:12:42.360 get hurt. He's just gonna get hurt. He can't be 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:44.959 this good because I mean, I think you can have 0:12:45.320 --> 0:12:49.320 a factor of that in But if your default process 0:12:49.480 --> 0:12:52.240 of him in conversation is well, yeah, he's not gonna 0:12:52.280 --> 0:12:53.839 last and he's gonna get hurt, then I don't know 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:55.480 what to tell you. Is he is he at a 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:58.520 peak of trading right now? Maybe, but I still believe 0:12:58.600 --> 0:13:00.640 so many people are working off of you will get hurt. 0:13:00.679 --> 0:13:04.079 He can't stay healthy. He's putting up ridiculously phenomenal numbers 0:13:04.160 --> 0:13:07.040 in a system or a team that takes care of 0:13:07.120 --> 0:13:09.920 pictures well, in a division that works really well for him. 0:13:10.720 --> 0:13:13.120 I think this is a potential guy. Nick Pollock, I 0:13:13.160 --> 0:13:15.360 would give one teaser on the show, said if he 0:13:15.440 --> 0:13:17.800 were to play the rest of the season, would be 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.040 a top three overall pitcher. So that's where we are. 0:13:20.760 --> 0:13:22.520 I think he's more valuable to the team that drafted 0:13:22.559 --> 0:13:24.400 him right now because I don't think the trade market's 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:28.240 going to do way to say it, Yes, it's he's 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:31.160 more valuable to you who have him already, because I'm 0:13:31.200 --> 0:13:33.360 telling you the open market is not going to bear 0:13:33.440 --> 0:13:36.240 the value you think because everyone's too afraid. That is 0:13:36.320 --> 0:13:37.720 such a ride the wave. 0:13:37.840 --> 0:13:39.800 That is such an important thing that you say that. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.959 I sometimes I can articulate and sometimes I can't. But 0:13:43.280 --> 0:13:45.880 that statement right there, I think holds true to so 0:13:46.000 --> 0:13:49.040 much a fantasy that a player can just be more 0:13:49.160 --> 0:13:52.240 valuable to the drafted person than it is in a 0:13:52.440 --> 0:13:56.320 trade market or a bye of those guys, even if. 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:00.640 He's still more valuable to you who drafted him, probably 0:14:00.760 --> 0:14:04.640 because the market doesn't always yield the returns you think 0:14:04.679 --> 0:14:07.040 on players like this, because there's so much to me. 0:14:08.120 --> 0:14:10.880 Let's get yeah, I mean, I agree, you're in with 0:14:10.920 --> 0:14:12.959 the Welsh he doesn't have bucks, and then maybe. 0:14:12.800 --> 0:14:14.920 You if you're in a league with me. It's one 0:14:14.960 --> 0:14:17.400 of those two things. It's if I own him, you're right, 0:14:17.480 --> 0:14:19.680 there's no value in trading him because I won't and 0:14:20.040 --> 0:14:21.680 the market is hot if you're in the league with 0:14:21.760 --> 0:14:23.320 me if I don't have him, because then you can 0:14:23.960 --> 0:14:24.520 send them to me. 0:14:24.920 --> 0:14:26.320 There you go. By the way, if you want to 0:14:26.320 --> 0:14:27.800 be a peanut and a cracker jack, make sure you're 0:14:27.800 --> 0:14:30.680 watching this show live. Jesse Ell says we need Welsh's 0:14:30.720 --> 0:14:33.120 hardos merch. I'm sure you can get that. I'm sure 0:14:33.160 --> 0:14:35.120 Welsh's only fans have that art. 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:36.200 I can only imagine. 0:14:36.840 --> 0:14:39.000 Uh, the DFS slate is really like tonight, So we're 0:14:39.040 --> 0:14:40.720 just gonna breeze through that later in the show. But 0:14:40.840 --> 0:14:43.640 instead I wanted to to bring up some fun facts 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:45.760 because everybody likes some fun facts. And you know, yesterday 0:14:45.800 --> 0:14:47.360 we kind of look at some individual players, so I 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.440 thought today it'd be fun to look at some team 0:14:49.600 --> 0:14:52.520 numbers and some team stats. Right now, right now, these 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:56.920 are the top five six ish offenses in baseball. You 0:14:57.000 --> 0:15:00.000 got the Los Angeles Angels, no surprise, they are, especially 0:15:00.200 --> 0:15:03.400 Tommy being fantastic. They've got sixteen homers already. The Angels. 0:15:03.680 --> 0:15:07.080 The Dodgers, duh, right there, right after them, They've got 0:15:07.080 --> 0:15:09.760 eleven homers, sixty four runs the Angels have scored sixty five. 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.600 Cleveland the Guardians at sixty two runs scored. That's third 0:15:13.680 --> 0:15:16.480 best in the league. Then the Rockies against the Rockies 0:15:16.560 --> 0:15:18.160 Grant AsSalt but still sixty two. 0:15:18.360 --> 0:15:19.720 That's wow. 0:15:20.040 --> 0:15:22.840 That's surprising. The Mets at sixty one a little surprising, 0:15:22.880 --> 0:15:25.840 and the Padres at sixty one. So the Cleveland one's 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:27.320 the one I want to talk about because I think, 0:15:28.080 --> 0:15:29.920 you know, this was a team that we went into 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:33.760 it going wow, it's pretty much Joser Ramirez and everybody else. Now, 0:15:33.920 --> 0:15:36.880 Owen Miller went on the il Franvill's had a slow 0:15:36.920 --> 0:15:40.360 start to the season, but you think Cleveland can can 0:15:40.520 --> 0:15:42.720 kind of keep this pace up at all? 0:15:43.680 --> 0:15:46.680 Yeah, absolutely, I do, And I'm not sure I would 0:15:46.680 --> 0:15:50.080 have said that preseason because of Miles Straw, a table 0:15:50.120 --> 0:15:53.200 setter at the top because of that high end contact 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:57.600 that Stephen Kwan provides. It is contingent on Jose Ramirez. 0:15:57.760 --> 0:15:59.560 But Jose Ramirez has picked up the team. I mean, 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:01.760 those sixty two runs scored, I'm gonna guess like sixty 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.840 of them were Jose Ramirez at this point, He's unreal. 0:16:03.880 --> 0:16:06.560 Two Grand Slams to start the year. What the positive 0:16:06.600 --> 0:16:09.320 this team has going for them is as Jose Ramirez 0:16:09.360 --> 0:16:12.120 comes down, you know, to earth a little bit freand 0:16:12.200 --> 0:16:14.200 no Reys is going to pick it back up. He 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.080 looks cold as ice right now. I mean, my bold 0:16:16.120 --> 0:16:18.840 predition couldn't be look worse right now because this is 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:21.320 not his Guy's not built for any type of cold weather. 0:16:21.440 --> 0:16:23.920 This is a warm weather, big boppin' hitting guy, a 0:16:24.000 --> 0:16:26.200 little bit streaky, and he can pick up some of 0:16:26.280 --> 0:16:29.160 the slack. I also think this team is going to 0:16:29.800 --> 0:16:31.880 be involved in the trade market, you know. I mean 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:34.840 they've hit a little bit of gold with Owen Miller. 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.040 I'm at Rosario has put up great underlining stats, which 0:16:38.080 --> 0:16:40.760 I'm just telling you just wait till he starts to unleash. 0:16:40.880 --> 0:16:42.720 I think I think there's a matter of time before 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.600 he starts really really popping and They've got a lot 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.560 of the pieces that might only be one or two 0:16:47.560 --> 0:16:49.520 pieces away in the trade market. So I actually think 0:16:49.720 --> 0:16:51.680 the Guardians are going to be able to maintain this 0:16:51.800 --> 0:16:54.960 throughout the year with the type of players that they have. Well, 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.120 it's a very well constructed team that's just missing like 0:16:58.320 --> 0:17:01.440 one or two other solid players to build around. 0:17:02.320 --> 0:17:05.080 Now. Of course, the Penuts and the Crackerjacks. Mister Buster 0:17:05.200 --> 0:17:08.160 has a trade alert for US. Welsh receives Byron Buxton. 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:11.639 Mike Mayer receives Ryan Mountcastle and a shocking Fantasy Pros 0:17:11.680 --> 0:17:12.639 one for one deal, so. 0:17:12.960 --> 0:17:13.840 I could see excellent. 0:17:14.160 --> 0:17:18.880 I think that he probably would. On the other side. 0:17:18.960 --> 0:17:22.160 Let's talk about some pitching notes here. The Giants, of course, 0:17:22.320 --> 0:17:25.520 with Rodn and Webb at the top, yere in Vra 0:17:25.960 --> 0:17:28.760 at two three three overalls of staff, the Dodgers right 0:17:28.800 --> 0:17:30.680 behind them at two three eight, and the New York 0:17:30.760 --> 0:17:32.880 Yankees believe it or not, De Spike Gerrett Cole struggles 0:17:32.880 --> 0:17:35.399 between nestro Cotz and Savbrino giving them some good starts 0:17:35.680 --> 0:17:38.240 two five to two. The Mets, no surprise, two five six. 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:40.680 Their pitching has been fantastic. Last night was the first 0:17:40.720 --> 0:17:42.719 bad start for bast he's had all year. And then 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:45.840 the Baltimore Orioles at two five seven, that's the one 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:46.720