WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off May 17th, 2023 (Ep. 671) 0:00:06.760 --> 0:00:08.760 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros. 0:00:08.920 --> 0:00:11.159 This is Leading Off Live, brought to you by a 0:00:11.280 --> 0:00:13.600 Prize Picks. Sign up for Prize Pick today with that 0:00:13.640 --> 0:00:16.040 promo code leading Off when you do and subscribe to 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.279 Fantasy Pros. M LB, It's me Joey p that's the 0:00:19.320 --> 0:00:21.760 Welsh and of course it's you the Peanuts, the Cracker 0:00:21.840 --> 0:00:22.280 Jacks in. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:25.640 The chat joining us live. We've got now one, We've 0:00:25.680 --> 0:00:28.680 got two rookie lookies and Welsh right out of the gate. 0:00:28.800 --> 0:00:31.960 Some great questions from the Peanuts and Cracker Jacks. Here's somebody, 0:00:32.000 --> 0:00:35.640 dB Cooper, very famous person. See we get very famous people. 0:00:35.720 --> 0:00:38.199 Who is the show? We don't know, We don't know 0:00:38.240 --> 0:00:40.159 who he is, where he is, what's going on. I 0:00:40.200 --> 0:00:41.720 can't wait to get to the drama in the Yankee 0:00:41.720 --> 0:00:44.760 blue Jay game too, because that was hilarious last night. 0:00:44.800 --> 0:00:48.960 But dB stashed Liberatory and now he is starting today. 0:00:49.479 --> 0:00:51.880 Do I start him or Benjim? See how he does? 0:00:52.000 --> 0:00:54.440 And he loves us both. Isn't that nice that someone 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:58.040 else he likes us actually loves us? But look, it 0:00:58.040 --> 0:01:00.959 depends on your options tonight. It's a really good Pilate's 0:01:01.000 --> 0:01:02.520 a lot of good arms out there. What do you 0:01:02.520 --> 0:01:04.040 think you think you give the kid a chance or no. 0:01:04.880 --> 0:01:07.480 I mean the safest bet with any of these rookies 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:10.080 is to not put them out there in their first go. 0:01:10.280 --> 0:01:14.399 There are some you know, power pieces to a Milwaukee offense, 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:17.120 but I live on the danger side a little bit. 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.559 It is a home game, the offense has been really hot. 0:01:19.840 --> 0:01:21.720 I do think a couple of runs might be given up, 0:01:21.760 --> 0:01:23.560 but I'd love to see him go five or six. 0:01:23.560 --> 0:01:24.960 I'd love to see him pick up the win. 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:27.720 You know, So I think I'm I'm leaning. 0:01:27.440 --> 0:01:29.600 Fifty five to forty five that I would start him. 0:01:29.640 --> 0:01:30.920 But if you want to play it safe, you don't 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:32.800 want to screw up any ratios and stuff like that, 0:01:33.319 --> 0:01:34.600 Maybe bention him for the first one. 0:01:34.880 --> 0:01:36.839 Yeah, you could wait and see. Sometimes that first start 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:38.760 is even better it's the second one. You know. Tanner 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:40.840 Bibey was very good in his first start. Then there 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:42.440 was a couple hiccups and then he kind of get 0:01:42.520 --> 0:01:44.960 right there. Sometimes that adrenaline is a good thing. Sometimes 0:01:44.959 --> 0:01:47.080 guys struggle with it. But I feel like for him, 0:01:47.160 --> 0:01:49.200 this is you know, this is a little different. I 0:01:49.440 --> 0:01:51.800 think the expectations a little different. This was more a 0:01:51.800 --> 0:01:52.720 matter of not. 0:01:53.040 --> 0:01:54.120 This isn't his first rodeo. 0:01:54.200 --> 0:01:56.040 It's not his first he's been up at four, So 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:59.720 I would start him with a decent amount of confidence 0:01:59.760 --> 0:02:02.320 today if you had the need and the ability to 0:02:02.640 --> 0:02:06.000 in fact do that. Let's get to the headlines though, Well, 0:02:06.040 --> 0:02:07.640 so we got to start with a whacky game. So 0:02:07.680 --> 0:02:09.840 my daughter had a concert last night. We've got back 0:02:09.880 --> 0:02:13.440 to back concerts. Yeah, choir last night, not Taylor Swift. 0:02:13.480 --> 0:02:16.520 That's a couple of weeks. This was choir, and tonight 0:02:16.600 --> 0:02:18.560 is banned for my oldest daughter. So back to back. 0:02:18.600 --> 0:02:22.040 So I got home about eight fifteen or so eight thirty. 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:25.720 I turned on the baseball and immediately it's the Yankees 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:29.200 and the Blue Jays and more Shenanigans and Domingo Herman 0:02:29.320 --> 0:02:31.560 getting thrown out for pine tar and the umpire said, 0:02:31.880 --> 0:02:34.680 it's the stickiest hand I've ever felt in my entire life. 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:37.200 I'm just gonna let that quote linger out there. Then 0:02:37.280 --> 0:02:40.560 you had the whole nonsense going on where the Blue 0:02:40.600 --> 0:02:44.000 Jays manager was upset because the Yankees third base coach 0:02:44.080 --> 0:02:47.280 was so far out of the third base area. Then, 0:02:47.320 --> 0:02:50.280 of course Aaron Boone saying, hey, your third base coach 0:02:50.360 --> 0:02:53.359 is way far out of the area. This was hilarious 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:58.400 going back and forth. Meanwhile, Gossman's throwing darts, Judges hitting 0:02:58.400 --> 0:03:01.440 home runs. Anyway, it's aw a great breakdown to last 0:03:01.480 --> 0:03:04.079 night where you know, Yonder Alonzo and MLB Network was 0:03:04.120 --> 0:03:06.239 talking about how you know he thinks that Judge and 0:03:06.240 --> 0:03:08.400 the Yankees weren't looking to the third base coach as 0:03:08.480 --> 0:03:10.280 much as they were looking to where Alejandro Kirk was 0:03:10.320 --> 0:03:12.600 setting up. And then they showed footage of how early 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.399 he was setting up to a certain corners and that's 0:03:15.480 --> 0:03:17.680 just again gamesmanship at the end of the day. That's 0:03:17.720 --> 0:03:20.320 not cheating, that's playing the game. Welch, What did you 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:24.120 think of last night's Toronto Yankee Shenanigans. It was pretty fun. 0:03:24.400 --> 0:03:26.359 Yeah. I like the pettiness definitely. 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:29.360 The rivalry two seems to be really pushing because we 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.160 always focus on Yankees Red Sox, right because. 0:03:32.000 --> 0:03:34.600 Yankee Red Sox is dead. Right, it's dead. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:37.040 Because Red Sox aren't competitive enough, and the the Red. 0:03:36.960 --> 0:03:39.360 Sox won a bunch of championships too, And I think, yeah, 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:40.640 I suppose that's the case as well. 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:41.760 Yeah, no, I think it's great. 0:03:42.400 --> 0:03:43.760 I don't have any The only thing I had an 0:03:43.760 --> 0:03:46.080 issue with across the board on any of this is 0:03:46.120 --> 0:03:47.640 the sticky stuff, whatever the hell is. 0:03:47.640 --> 0:03:48.119 Going on there. 0:03:48.120 --> 0:03:50.840 There's like a video two of his pants. His pants, yeah, 0:03:50.960 --> 0:03:53.680 looked all poopy and just brown and this crap was 0:03:53.720 --> 0:03:55.600 all over his pants, whatever the hell it was, and 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.280 he was just going towards there, like I just don't 0:03:58.280 --> 0:03:58.560 know why. 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:00.000 It's like, it's like it's crazy. 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:00.640 Is he illegal? 0:04:00.640 --> 0:04:03.360 They're they're testing for it. Like what are dudes doing? 0:04:03.440 --> 0:04:05.000 Have they been getting away with it so much? I 0:04:05.000 --> 0:04:07.800 could just jump in that one. I just don't understand 0:04:07.840 --> 0:04:09.960 all the other stuff. It's gamemanship. It's fine by me. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:12.480 Yeah, well, I mean here's the thing. Now you have 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:16.559 herm on. He's gonna miss ten days, so the suspension's coming. 0:04:16.839 --> 0:04:19.599 And I heard this was the same umpiring crew that 0:04:20.480 --> 0:04:23.000 was dealing with Herman last time around too, where he 0:04:23.040 --> 0:04:25.119 had to change his glove like three times or whatever 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:28.240 the hell I mean. I don't know. This is fun. 0:04:28.279 --> 0:04:30.440 And Razor Ramon of course the first to make he 0:04:30.520 --> 0:04:33.040 beat me to it. He made a lipotur commercial for 0:04:33.080 --> 0:04:34.840 a libertre So you might have to take one of 0:04:34.880 --> 0:04:36.640 those for your blood pressure. Is it for blood pressure 0:04:36.760 --> 0:04:40.120 or is it for uh, cholesterol. I don't know what 0:04:40.160 --> 0:04:40.520 it's for. 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.440 I'm not sure that the side of it don't take 0:04:42.440 --> 0:04:43.680 I don't take it. Yeah, I don't know. 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:45.520 I mean she get him as a sponsor for the show. 0:04:45.839 --> 0:04:48.359 You know it was red Hot No One Aaronato. I 0:04:48.400 --> 0:04:52.479 wish I was on this training. 0:04:50.960 --> 0:04:52.719 On my trade video this week he was on my 0:04:52.760 --> 0:04:56.000 trade video. Though, Man, I did this video. It does 0:04:56.080 --> 0:04:57.680 kill me. I just want to point it, it kills me. 0:04:57.720 --> 0:05:00.760 I did this video on Sunday morning, Sunday morning, it 0:05:00.760 --> 0:05:04.359 comes out on Tuesday, and that gave like three days 0:05:04.800 --> 0:05:09.320 of Aeronaudo to be balling out. So legitimacy of Aeronaudo 0:05:09.400 --> 0:05:12.160 breaking out hit a little less hard on the video, 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.000 but nonetheless, he was the number one guy on the 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:16.400 trade video this week. 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:17.479 Was mister Nolan Aeronaudo. 0:05:17.480 --> 0:05:19.120 And I know people jump in the chat for any 0:05:19.279 --> 0:05:22.320 person they love that I'm trading away or anything like that. 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.080 I've already seen it in the comments and stuff. But 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:26.600 let's get some love for Nolan Ernado and the breakout 0:05:26.720 --> 0:05:28.840 and he's just back to it, and he's so weird 0:05:29.400 --> 0:05:32.360 because there was a not a lot that was in 0:05:32.480 --> 0:05:33.159 favor of it. 0:05:33.200 --> 0:05:33.360 There. 0:05:33.640 --> 0:05:34.960 I was talking about those with a few people. 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.680 There wasn't a lot of like underlying stuff that was 0:05:37.680 --> 0:05:39.480 sitting there where it's like, oh my god, he's gonna 0:05:39.560 --> 0:05:41.440 bounce back with his XBA and blah blah blah, and 0:05:41.440 --> 0:05:44.200 it was just like, no, it was very little, but 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:46.359 it worked out and it's a great buy if you 0:05:46.360 --> 0:05:48.400 were able to get in, you know, even before I 0:05:48.440 --> 0:05:49.160 posted the video. 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:51.960 And the funniest part is, like, I mean, for the 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:53.560 most part, I'm just looking at the comments on that 0:05:53.680 --> 0:05:58.080 video fans ROSMLB Subscribe Today development notifications, and they're all 0:05:58.120 --> 0:06:00.359 really nice. No, they're all really good. Like it's like, 0:06:00.560 --> 0:06:03.159 this is great, Welsh's awesome. None of the like troll 0:06:03.240 --> 0:06:05.520 things that you would think in terms of yeah, no 0:06:05.520 --> 0:06:07.080 one I don't knows with five home runs in a row, 0:06:07.080 --> 0:06:09.640 except except there's always got to be one jerk at 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:15.280 the party who just says terrible advice. So, James Saunders, 0:06:15.440 --> 0:06:18.800 what's your problem, James? What's your problem? You know, cam here, 0:06:19.000 --> 0:06:21.480 do you want to hug James? Is that what you need? James? 0:06:21.480 --> 0:06:23.119 You need a hug, because I'll give you a hug, 0:06:23.520 --> 0:06:23.760 you know. 0:06:24.839 --> 0:06:27.640 But you know, I even moved away from like trading away, 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.720 because that's what people get very pissy about. The most 0:06:29.760 --> 0:06:31.839 pissy that you all get is when I tell you 0:06:31.880 --> 0:06:34.200 to trade away somebody. So when I tell you to 0:06:34.240 --> 0:06:37.560 trade four, I feel like it's a lot easier to 0:06:37.720 --> 0:06:40.719 stomach and easier to an easier palette for everybody. 0:06:40.800 --> 0:06:42.560 But you know, can't please clarity. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.320 Craig Johnson and the chat Lipatorius for cholesterol. Thank you. 0:06:45.440 --> 0:06:48.760 I thought it was could also cause temporary blindness and 0:06:48.839 --> 0:06:52.400 the condition known as hotdog fingers. Ronald Acunia in his 0:06:52.440 --> 0:06:54.400 tenth homer of the season. He's pretty good at baseball. 0:06:54.440 --> 0:06:57.159 Last time I checked bought the Braves did lose to 0:06:57.240 --> 0:07:01.200 the Rangers. An interesting matchup today? What matchup? This is? 0:07:01.240 --> 0:07:04.400 Spencer Streider and Nady Valdi. Today we baby, Let's go 0:07:04.920 --> 0:07:07.240 Bailey Ober. How good has this guy been? This was 0:07:07.400 --> 0:07:09.240 another one of these guys that, like last year, people 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:13.400 had expectations for some mixed results this year. Second time around, 0:07:13.400 --> 0:07:17.160 Welsh Ober has been very strong. One run over six 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.960 innings Tuesday. They get a win over the Dodgers in 0:07:20.000 --> 0:07:23.280 that game. What were your thoughts on Bailey Ober's performance 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:26.360 and the rest of season outlook for him? Because it 0:07:26.400 --> 0:07:27.920 looks like this might be a guy you picked up 0:07:27.920 --> 0:07:29.840 off the waiver wire for a buck or two and 0:07:29.880 --> 0:07:31.720 he's paying off huge dividends right now. 0:07:31.920 --> 0:07:33.400 Yeah, and he's been consistent. 0:07:33.480 --> 0:07:35.000 You know what the problem was is he was one 0:07:35.000 --> 0:07:38.440 of those guys recently people have been asking questions are like, hey, 0:07:38.520 --> 0:07:41.360 you know this guy, that guy Ober? Which do I 0:07:41.520 --> 0:07:43.160 drop or can I drop all of them for? 0:07:43.640 --> 0:07:45.000 Said rookie pitcher. 0:07:44.800 --> 0:07:48.920 And Bailey kind of generally sat in that range, but 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:51.480 he's he's moved himself out of it with how consistent 0:07:51.520 --> 0:07:54.040 he's been. I mean, he's struck out six in four 0:07:54.200 --> 0:07:57.080 straight games as I'm looking, he's only given up more 0:07:57.080 --> 0:08:00.920 than one earned run once in a law four and 0:08:01.040 --> 0:08:03.239 on the home run totals, he's only had one game 0:08:03.360 --> 0:08:05.240 of his five start of this year where he's given 0:08:05.280 --> 0:08:07.840 up a single home run. So, like Bailey, Ober has 0:08:07.880 --> 0:08:11.120 been really, really solid, and he's in a twelve team, 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:14.720 totally back into your rotation. Mustone also want to point out, 0:08:14.720 --> 0:08:18.240 going back real quick to Strider and Eovaldi, you have 0:08:18.280 --> 0:08:20.760 all these strikeout numbers today it's. 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:21.600 Five and a half. 0:08:21.720 --> 0:08:24.080 I didn't even see that. I might have to put 0:08:24.120 --> 0:08:26.680 that in the n a strikeout. I saw room with 0:08:26.760 --> 0:08:29.560 me yesterday in our big ye Carla. 0:08:29.600 --> 0:08:31.680 Verlin more on him in a second, and. 0:08:31.600 --> 0:08:32.400 We had a couple guys. 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.120 Luckily I wasn't the one that screwed the parlay yesterday. 0:08:35.160 --> 0:08:37.040 I wasn't just the one, but I did screw it. 0:08:37.920 --> 0:08:39.560 So I'm like, I don't want to have a parlay's in. 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:41.480 But there's a couple of strikeout numbers I really like 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:44.040 today and Eovaldi g it's juice to hell, but it's 0:08:44.200 --> 0:08:47.840 five and a half up against Atlanta, which I really like. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:49.360 Strider is at eight and a half. 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:50.240 But check this out. 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:54.480 The highest juice is on Strider at eight and a half. 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.760 It is minus one fifty. It pays where e of 0:08:57.840 --> 0:08:58.640 all these five. 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:00.840 And a half one four there's. 0:09:00.600 --> 0:09:03.600 A combined on prize picks too. By the way, Oh 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:04.800 what is two of them? Yeah? 0:09:04.880 --> 0:09:07.800 Boy? If it is, I mean based on those numbers, 0:09:08.520 --> 0:09:10.360 probably be fifteen. I would say fifteen. 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.240 Think it was sixteen or fifteen. It was one of 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:12.640 those two. 0:09:12.679 --> 0:09:15.040 For sure, it was fourteen and a half, I'd smash. 0:09:15.200 --> 0:09:17.720 Not that it's definitely fifteen or fifteen and a half, sixteen, 0:09:17.760 --> 0:09:18.520 somewhere in that range. 0:09:18.520 --> 0:09:20.520 It was you know what I think I'm taking. 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.439 I think if it's fifteen, and I think I might, 0:09:22.679 --> 0:09:24.080 I might chance it if it's sixteen. 0:09:24.160 --> 0:09:26.600 Did you put this in the chat here, the Colt 0:09:26.679 --> 0:09:30.360 Keith to have a six hit cycle first player? Did 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.240 you do this? Who did? I did not? I believe 0:09:32.240 --> 0:09:36.319 this was Wonkee or Mayor just throwing things in the chat. 0:09:36.360 --> 0:09:40.040 So apparently Colt Keith, who may or may not have 0:09:40.040 --> 0:09:43.160 been in a boy band with that name, Incredible Tigers. 0:09:43.200 --> 0:09:46.079 Six hits cycle there for him, So congratulations to him. 0:09:46.080 --> 0:09:49.400 But the real rookie lookies, it's about Matthew Libertore getting 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.280 called up from Triple A. The top pitching prospect in 0:09:52.360 --> 0:09:55.880 this rotation or in this organization, I should say, who knows? 0:09:55.920 --> 0:09:57.679 I mean, he could be the best one in this rotation, 0:09:57.840 --> 0:09:59.800 worls and done by the end of the year. Wayne 0:09:59.840 --> 0:10:03.240 Right having some issues. So the three point one three era, 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:06.000 A one point one seven with fifty six k's in 0:10:06.120 --> 0:10:09.240 forty six innings a Triple A certainly worth an ad 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:11.400 If he's still floating around there, We've been stashing him 0:10:11.440 --> 0:10:14.280 four weeks now. It's funny I've got him and Ventos 0:10:14.320 --> 0:10:16.880 on a team. So today Joey P is a happy boy. 0:10:17.880 --> 0:10:19.520 It's your rookie lookie. It's Joey. 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:22.200 It's the Joey P rookie lookie of the day. So 0:10:22.280 --> 0:10:25.360 this is a very exciting thing. But wow, look, I 0:10:25.400 --> 0:10:27.280 don't think this is a you know, we've speculated so 0:10:27.360 --> 0:10:29.480 much with some of these young pitchers where well maybe 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:32.040 they come up uri Perez starter or two, maybe get 0:10:32.040 --> 0:10:34.640 sent out like all that. I don't think that's the case. 0:10:34.720 --> 0:10:38.120 I think this is they desperately need somebody to help 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.800 every fifth day to give him some better opportunities to win. 0:10:40.880 --> 0:10:43.240 Flowherty's been better of late. If they can get something 0:10:43.280 --> 0:10:45.040 good out of Matthew Livertore, then all of a sudden, 0:10:45.080 --> 0:10:48.040 I think that Saint Louis can start to make that 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:50.560 climb back into relevancy. What are your thoughts he arrest 0:10:50.640 --> 0:10:53.120 of season for this player or do you think this 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:55.120 is one of those situations whereas the spots start and 0:10:55.120 --> 0:10:56.320 he gets sent down. Yeah. 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:58.000 Well, I wanted to take a look here at what 0:10:58.040 --> 0:11:00.480 the rotation looks like right now because that's a important 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:00.760 to this. 0:11:01.040 --> 0:11:02.720 So here is your five. 0:11:03.200 --> 0:11:08.880 You've got Montgomery, Wainwright, Matts, Michaelis and Flaherty so there's 0:11:08.880 --> 0:11:12.280 an unfortunateness to this, but there's an unfortunatests to what 0:11:12.320 --> 0:11:12.800 you're gonna say. 0:11:12.840 --> 0:11:14.560 Those are five names. Those are five names. So where 0:11:14.559 --> 0:11:15.040 does he sit? 0:11:15.320 --> 0:11:18.439 They'd have to make the commitment. Now Matts has stunk 0:11:18.960 --> 0:11:20.959 and if you wanted to move him to the bullpen. 0:11:21.160 --> 0:11:23.319 The cool thing here with Libertor is you could just 0:11:23.360 --> 0:11:24.000 replace him. 0:11:23.920 --> 0:11:24.920 With another lefty. 0:11:25.040 --> 0:11:28.280 And I think that is a huge advantage here. He's 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.040 been awesome in the miners. Strikeout numbers have been better 0:11:31.080 --> 0:11:34.640 than they've ever been before. He's made some alterations, I 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:36.440 want to say, and he's always had a really good curve. 0:11:36.440 --> 0:11:37.960 But I don't know if he's throwing a sweeper, but 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:40.400 I believe some of the vlo is up on Libertor 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:42.880 and he's a monster. And you know he has him 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.000 and Nolan Gorman. If people don't remember our best friends, 0:11:45.000 --> 0:11:47.400 they were out here here in Arizona and they get 0:11:47.400 --> 0:11:48.880 to play together again. I mean, this is like in 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:51.720 Libertor was the guy like Norman was. Gorman was fun, 0:11:52.080 --> 0:11:55.679 but Libertor was the big name pitcher and he can 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.440 pound the strike zone. But he's found inconsistency and his 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.880 stuff just wasn't missing bats so it's done that in 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:03.200 the minors. I think he can come up. I think 0:12:03.240 --> 0:12:06.880 he can impress. I have to assume right now, based 0:12:06.920 --> 0:12:09.360 on what this rotation looks like, that this is a 0:12:09.679 --> 0:12:12.120 show me what you got and give some rest and 0:12:12.160 --> 0:12:14.640 everything like that, and then he might be sent back down. 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:17.920 But if he does fall out, I don't know where 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.360 they go with this. Is it Matt's Is Matt's the 0:12:20.360 --> 0:12:22.320 only clear way. I think it's Commers not going. 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.520 In And they were rumors floated around two weeks ago 0:12:25.880 --> 0:12:27.960 that Matt's might get bounced for the rotation, and I 0:12:27.960 --> 0:12:29.480 think they were just trying to be a little bit 0:12:29.600 --> 0:12:32.080 more patient. Obviously the catching issues too, I think that 0:12:32.120 --> 0:12:33.880 had a whole thing to do with cantrerorist not doing 0:12:33.880 --> 0:12:36.360 things the same way as the Yadi, but Yadi was 0:12:36.880 --> 0:12:38.640 Nobody's gonna do things the way Yadi does. I don't 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:41.680 think the Cardinals realize how special of a player Yadi 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:43.600 or Molina is. I mean, I know they do, but 0:12:44.040 --> 0:12:47.520 when you remove that player for the pitchers, it is 0:12:47.520 --> 0:12:49.920 a huge void. And I think it's shown up this 0:12:50.040 --> 0:12:53.400 year where whether it be his preparation for games, calling games, 0:12:53.480 --> 0:12:57.760 I think it's been an absolutely huge difference, So that 0:12:57.840 --> 0:13:00.280 transition hasn't gone as smoothly as I think they Yeah, 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:03.400 and I think that's something that probably all of us 0:13:03.440 --> 0:13:06.000 as analysts should have done a better job of saying, hey, 0:13:06.000 --> 0:13:08.360 you know what you know, just because Wilson con charge 0:13:08.360 --> 0:13:09.959 a good offensive player, he might not have the same 0:13:10.040 --> 0:13:12.280 kind of catchup preparation necessarily. Maybe this is something we 0:13:12.280 --> 0:13:13.080 should be a little. 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.839 Lyrical, like what pictuer did anybody care about in this rule? 0:13:15.880 --> 0:13:18.080 Like Joran Montgomery was well, Jordan Montgomery's the one guy 0:13:18.120 --> 0:13:20.360 I think he cared about, but he's been okay. Flawherty's 0:13:20.400 --> 0:13:21.200 been better of late. 0:13:21.520 --> 0:13:23.000 Oh yeah, he's been way better of late. But he 0:13:23.040 --> 0:13:24.080 wasn't like a big option. 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:27.840 No, he wasn't. He wasn't a big target darkthrow. 0:13:28.320 --> 0:13:31.079 This is a positive that he's going today because this 0:13:31.160 --> 0:13:33.800 gives us enough time to figure out what the hell's 0:13:33.840 --> 0:13:36.600 going to go on into next week because he's going 0:13:36.679 --> 0:13:39.440 to pitch. You know, technically, if you kept in line, 0:13:39.480 --> 0:13:41.760 he would be pitching like on Monday next week. So 0:13:41.920 --> 0:13:44.360 this is the start that's going to affect fab. My 0:13:44.520 --> 0:13:47.040 gut tells me, based on what we're seeing in this 0:13:47.160 --> 0:13:49.920 rotation that unless they go to a six man rotation. 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:52.480 Liberatory is just going to be one start. Let's see 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:55.559 what you have. So I would be weary of like. 0:13:55.600 --> 0:13:56.320 How I spend. 0:13:56.360 --> 0:13:58.599 But if he dominates, then maybe they really do have 0:13:58.640 --> 0:14:01.320 a decision on their hands that will be rectified by 0:14:01.440 --> 0:14:03.520 Sunday when fab and Stuff is running. 0:14:03.800 --> 0:14:06.200 Here's a good question from Craig. Craig wants to know, 0:14:06.360 --> 0:14:08.360 is Charlie Morton is sell high after his last start? 0:14:08.440 --> 0:14:11.280 I say yes. I look at those underlying numbers, the 0:14:11.400 --> 0:14:13.520 x FIP and the FIP and the XCRA, and they 0:14:13.520 --> 0:14:17.000 are not as good. Uh. And the strikeout rate has again, 0:14:17.520 --> 0:14:19.640 barring the last start, has not been as solid this 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:21.640 year as it was in years past, plus the age. 0:14:21.640 --> 0:14:23.400 So I say yes, let's say you Welsh. 0:14:23.240 --> 0:14:24.360 Yeah, I mean I'm fine with that. 0:14:24.680 --> 0:14:27.840 I'm not beholden to Charlie Morton that he's going to 0:14:27.960 --> 0:14:30.480 like massively rebound or anything like that. 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:34.720 All right, let's get to the other rookie lookie, which 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.560 is Mark Viento's getting called up? I'm excited or a 0:14:37.640 --> 0:14:41.280 rookie lookie your biggest Both of these guys well on 0:14:41.720 --> 0:14:45.000 tea though, well yeah, please, there's nothing that's going to 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.000 help the Mets, but maybe this can at least help 0:14:47.040 --> 0:14:53.480 the offense. So thirteen homers, thirty eight games, thirty seven rbi, 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.240 A three thirty three batting average, a four to sixteen 0:14:56.240 --> 0:14:59.720 ovp A, six eighty eight slugging and eleven four ops. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:02.360 I mean, well, I don't know what. There's nothing left 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:04.520 for Vento's to prove now, he's just got to come 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.840 up to the major leagues. The question is, you bring 0:15:06.960 --> 0:15:09.240 him up, you have to play them every day third base. 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:11.920 He's not the greatest glove, neither is Batty. So you 0:15:11.960 --> 0:15:13.760 can have this argument, what are you going to do 0:15:13.800 --> 0:15:17.240 with these guys? I can't imagine Vento's not getting every 0:15:17.280 --> 0:15:19.200 day at bats though, between DH and third base, like 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:20.720 he's got to play every day. If you bring them up, 0:15:20.720 --> 0:15:23.440 he don't bring up prospects to sit them. Yes, it 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.560 will hurt at Duardo Escobar. I don't think they're gonna 0:15:25.560 --> 0:15:27.920 get rid of him. Maybe get Baty to play some outfield, 0:15:28.000 --> 0:15:31.120 But if anything, I think it hurts Batty more than 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:35.400 anyone else. Potentially maybe Vogel back a little bit, but 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.080 again that's not big a fantasy asset. So what are 0:15:37.080 --> 0:15:39.000 you think here about the Viento's call up and your 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:40.320 expectations for him this year. 0:15:40.800 --> 0:15:42.760 Yeah, I actually I don't agree. I don't think it 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:45.600 the biggest effect is on Baty. I think those two 0:15:45.720 --> 0:15:47.720 have to kind of be separated. I think it's got 0:15:47.720 --> 0:15:50.280 to be some exist Yeah. I think maybe the biggest 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.840 is going to be Eduardo. I mean, I think they 0:15:52.840 --> 0:15:54.520 want Beatty in the lineup every day, and if they're 0:15:54.520 --> 0:15:57.000 gonna want, you don't bring Vento's up to not play him. 0:15:57.240 --> 0:16:00.280 So I think Vento's is probably like a Dhi option 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.760 who can maybe spell Alonzo. And then I think Baity 0:16:03.840 --> 0:16:05.560 is third base, and if they want to try to 0:16:05.720 --> 0:16:07.920 pigeonhole Edward is still in then it's going to have 0:16:07.960 --> 0:16:09.720 to be there unless they're going to play any of 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.760 these guys at a corner outfield. But you know, the 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:14.320 one thing that Vento's needed to prove was he needed 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.520 to prove the strikeout rate could lower, and it did. 0:16:16.560 --> 0:16:19.200 He was almost twenty nine percent in triple A last year. 0:16:19.360 --> 0:16:22.360 He was over twenty nine percent in the majors. Last year, 0:16:22.520 --> 0:16:24.720 he cut it down to twenty percent with a higher 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:26.640 batting average really than he's ever had before in the 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:29.240 minor league career and he's got big monster power. He's 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:33.520 making better decisions and I assume he's probably going to DH. 0:16:33.320 --> 0:16:33.760 This is great. 0:16:33.800 --> 0:16:36.480 This is a great more size white rower not jumping 0:16:36.520 --> 0:16:41.240 at ad Vento's ad Mauricio like this is the Mets 0:16:41.280 --> 0:16:44.640 are in a bad spot and they need to do something. 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:48.040 They need to turn it over because even if regardless 0:16:48.080 --> 0:16:51.160