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It's b Joey v Joe Pisapia with me. 0:00:34.400 --> 0:00:36.280 Of course is the Welsh, and it's all of you, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.480 the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks here on our twitch, 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.200 Twitch dot Tv Slash Fantasy Pros and if you're watching 0:00:41.240 --> 0:00:43.720 back on our YouTube, subscribe to Fantasy Pros MLB. We're 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:46.440 trying to get the thirty thousand. We can do it 0:00:46.479 --> 0:00:48.400 with your help. Welsh, great to see you, my friend 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.159 has always great to see all the Peanuts and the 0:00:50.159 --> 0:00:54.400 Crackerjacks here as we talk baseball, and let's just jump 0:00:54.440 --> 0:00:57.320 in with two feet because it was a rough night 0:00:57.520 --> 0:01:02.880 for Sandy Alcantara. Oh baby, not good. Seven runs allowed. 0:01:03.320 --> 0:01:05.959 We are in a spot now that his era is 0:01:05.959 --> 0:01:08.560 at eight point three to one, the whip is at 0:01:08.560 --> 0:01:11.600 one point sixty five, the walk grate is high. Just 0:01:11.720 --> 0:01:15.600 nineteen strikeouts, seventeen walks, and twenty six innings two and 0:01:15.640 --> 0:01:17.880 two thirds innings. Now, it was against the Dodgers. I 0:01:17.920 --> 0:01:21.600 get it. The Dodgers are great. Unfortunately, his next start 0:01:22.319 --> 0:01:26.559 is also against the Dodgers. That's also not great. Welsh. 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.120 It feels like if you go back and look at 0:01:29.160 --> 0:01:31.720 Sandy Alcontra and what he's been able to do, so 0:01:31.800 --> 0:01:35.160 much of it is about command and precision, and that 0:01:35.280 --> 0:01:37.320 is usually the one thing that takes the longest time 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.480 to come back. Right. We see the velocity return, we 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:42.199 see the lot, but it's the it's the finer points 0:01:42.200 --> 0:01:46.200 of pitching. It's the command. It's the control that sometimes 0:01:46.240 --> 0:01:48.960 after Tommy John not pitching so long, that seems to 0:01:49.000 --> 0:01:51.520 be what lingers. And for a pitcher like Sandy, who 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:53.240 doesn't you know, blow people away with one hundred and 0:01:53.240 --> 0:01:55.720 one mile an hour stuff, that seems to be a 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:56.559 problem right now. 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.200 And the command, like you said, I think is like 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:02.640 in our face, ironically, I think it could even go 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:04.920 the opposite way with a guy like Sandy, where you know, 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:06.680 you could have some of the command and not some 0:02:06.760 --> 0:02:10.360 of the stuff. But in that start yesterday where you 0:02:10.360 --> 0:02:14.119 know he was getting lit around, that was the sinker 0:02:14.639 --> 0:02:17.600 eighty percent zone percentage, So all he was doing was 0:02:17.680 --> 0:02:21.079 dumping sinkers in. Now, that's a really high zone percentage 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:24.000 for throwing any diversion of a fastball. Why was that 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:28.040 happening Because he was under thirty percent zone percentage for 0:02:28.240 --> 0:02:30.640 his changeup. He was not throwing that thing for a 0:02:30.680 --> 0:02:34.600 strike whatsoever. And he also kind of went heavier curveball. 0:02:34.720 --> 0:02:36.880 He also was not throwing that thing for a strike. 0:02:37.000 --> 0:02:39.799 So it's not there. It's pretty rough too. Because he's 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.040 a he's a trade chip. I had picked him up. 0:02:42.040 --> 0:02:44.000 He got dropped in our Fantasy pros league. I had 0:02:44.000 --> 0:02:46.000 picked him up. It's like, hey, it's Sandy, We're gonna 0:02:46.000 --> 0:02:49.760 get right. Things are not right. He eightyra expected six. 0:02:49.800 --> 0:02:52.280 He's giving up a ten percent barrel rate, career high 0:02:52.320 --> 0:02:55.560 hard hit rate and walk at fourteen percent. He was 0:02:56.160 --> 0:02:59.360 a six percent or under for three straight seasons prior 0:02:59.440 --> 0:03:02.440 to this. There's definitely something off. I'm a little bit 0:03:02.480 --> 0:03:04.919 worried this is going to come with an arm thing. 0:03:05.160 --> 0:03:07.440 His velo is down. It's about a mile per hour. 0:03:08.240 --> 0:03:10.040 I can't really quite say year over year because it's 0:03:10.040 --> 0:03:13.920 twenty twenty three, but the command or the velo is 0:03:13.960 --> 0:03:17.360 down in general walk issues. He's not being able to 0:03:17.360 --> 0:03:21.079 put it anywhere. He's getting blown up. I'm very worried 0:03:21.120 --> 0:03:23.160 we are going to get some type of in the 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.640 next couple of days or whatever that hey, we're gonna 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:27.680 put him on the IL and get things right. This 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.840 is really bad for Sanny. I want to stay optimistic 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.200 that this is going to bounce back. I just don't 0:03:32.240 --> 0:03:34.280 know how and where it's going to be right now. 0:03:34.440 --> 0:03:36.600 And this really puts a damper on the trade market. 0:03:36.640 --> 0:03:39.480 And that was a nice thing about his potential value 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:41.880 is if he was a Dodger or an Oriole or 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.320 something like that. But yeah, he is getting blown around, 0:03:44.320 --> 0:03:46.760 and I don't feel good about what this version is, 0:03:46.800 --> 0:03:48.760 and I think they're gonna have to rework it. 0:03:49.520 --> 0:03:52.400 I agree it sinks for the Marlins because this was 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.280 your trade chip, right and now it's a problem. I 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:56.120 do agree it's either going to be a skip start 0:03:56.160 --> 0:03:57.960 coming up soon. I don't think you want him to 0:03:58.000 --> 0:03:59.920 go against the Dodgers again, So you either get to 0:04:00.080 --> 0:04:01.920 give him, give him a little bit of a breather, 0:04:02.240 --> 0:04:04.000 maybe just a little extra rest, because that could be 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.360 a two. I mean, this could be fatigue where we're 0:04:06.400 --> 0:04:08.120 you know, it's going through spring training, is ramping up, 0:04:08.120 --> 0:04:10.000 he's working so hard and it's April and you get 0:04:10.000 --> 0:04:12.440 that kind of weird dead arm phase. We could be 0:04:12.520 --> 0:04:15.400 in that area too. Something's gonna happen here with him. 0:04:15.400 --> 0:04:17.120 If you're in attendem league, you can drop him. I 0:04:17.120 --> 0:04:19.159 think that's okay. I would be fine with that. 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.360 Like, I'm probably gonna readrot like yeah, Fantasy Prosa too. 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:24.760 It's a little bit more like competitive of moving around. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:26.839 I I mean, that just killed me for the week. 0:04:26.920 --> 0:04:29.360 So I'm probably gonna have to dump him off right now. 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:32.200 And I'm really you know, the Dodge, Yes, you're right, 0:04:32.200 --> 0:04:34.680 Like the Dodgers are like a special test case here, 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.880 but like I want to see if they're gonna do 0:04:36.960 --> 0:04:39.440 that skip, if they're gonna eye out because also on 0:04:39.480 --> 0:04:41.279 top of the Veda being down, his pitch mix is 0:04:41.279 --> 0:04:43.880 like a tiny bit different. He'd be like more primary 0:04:44.040 --> 0:04:46.600 sinker last year, and he's throwing like if your number 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:49.160 one pitch is to change up and you can't throw 0:04:49.200 --> 0:04:51.560 it for a strike and you can only throw it 0:04:51.600 --> 0:04:53.440 for a strike thirty percent of the time. Like, that's 0:04:53.480 --> 0:04:56.080 not gonna work as a pitcher. So there's something off here. 0:04:56.120 --> 0:04:57.760 And like you said it best, ten Man, you can 0:04:57.800 --> 0:05:00.000 probably dump Sandy right now in four. 0:05:00.440 --> 0:05:02.920 I would agree, all right, Garrett Crochet, he was good 0:05:02.960 --> 0:05:05.760 to run ball beat up on the Blue Jays yesterday. 0:05:05.920 --> 0:05:08.719 Seven innings for him. Jacob de Grom got his first 0:05:08.880 --> 0:05:12.880 victory of the season. Congratulation, seven K, six innings. Shout 0:05:12.880 --> 0:05:15.599 out Baseball for Jacob to Grom, that's good. Emmanuel class 0:05:16.200 --> 0:05:18.800 worked at Schoolless night. That wasn't the safe situation. Tenner 0:05:18.880 --> 0:05:22.120 maybe was bouncing back in that one. Two five strikeouts 0:05:22.120 --> 0:05:22.800 over seven innings. 0:05:22.839 --> 0:05:24.560 It was a no decision him against the Tree in 0:05:25.080 --> 0:05:28.120 high leverage situation. Lever the thing. I kind of just 0:05:28.520 --> 0:05:32.120 about the thing. The high leverage is very very important, 0:05:32.400 --> 0:05:36.159 very very important. Garrett Crochet that one. By the way, No, 0:05:36.360 --> 0:05:38.800 you don't get to Garrett Crochet Lee, because I'm a 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.320 Garrett Crochet guy. I bet on him yesterday. 0:05:41.480 --> 0:05:43.080 That's the funniest part about this whole thing is the 0:05:43.120 --> 0:05:45.760 irin you were like the biggest Garrett Crochet guy. I 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.160 knew the most. 0:05:47.040 --> 0:05:50.840 Vocal Crochet person for the last four months on YouTube. 0:05:51.000 --> 0:05:53.800 That's why I was like blown away by the bit. 0:05:54.320 --> 0:05:57.960 Yeah, Louis Robert blew away a pitch solo, Homer got 0:05:57.960 --> 0:06:01.640 a walk. I'm gonna make a pretty here. Because of 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:05.280 the injury to Jose Siri. I think the Mets are 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:07.920 gonna bring in Louis Robert. I do, and I think 0:06:07.920 --> 0:06:09.880 they're just gonna say, you know what, our pitching is 0:06:09.880 --> 0:06:12.680 good enough. We can get Louise Robert on this team 0:06:12.720 --> 0:06:15.520 play some center field for us at another ridiculous bat 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.880 to an offense that's already ridiculous. We're gonna talk about 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.080 that in a second. I think that is potentially on 0:06:21.080 --> 0:06:24.520 the horizon there, So keep an eye out Louis Robert again. 0:06:25.000 --> 0:06:26.719 I know it hasn't been the best start in April, 0:06:27.000 --> 0:06:29.160 but he's too talented of a player to be as 0:06:29.200 --> 0:06:31.480 bad as the batting averages and some of those other metrics. 0:06:32.240 --> 0:06:34.440 I like that the Mets turn into Stuart Smally. They're like, 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:35.120 we're good enough. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.760 Good enough, We're smart. Everybody get that reference, Like I 0:06:38.839 --> 0:06:39.960 get that reference. 0:06:39.760 --> 0:06:42.520 But forty year olds and above get that reference. If 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:43.760 you don't get that reference. 0:06:43.520 --> 0:06:45.320 Google at kids, because it's hilarious. 0:06:45.360 --> 0:06:47.920 It was a great one of the best bits. Yeah, 0:06:48.200 --> 0:06:50.240 I think it would be really interesting if people don't remember. 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.280 It was like, I think three weeks ago or something 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:56.440 like that, that we got like little rumored word that 0:06:56.480 --> 0:06:59.760 the Dodgers and the White Sox had been talking, as 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.279 the usually do they share a spring complex with each other, 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:04.920 that they had been talking about Luis Robert and things 0:07:05.000 --> 0:07:07.120 kind of fell apart, And I think ultimately that is 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.360 about what the what the White Sox are gonna want 0:07:10.400 --> 0:07:12.880 as far as like a return comes back and like 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.440 how big that is. I think that's the sticking point. 0:07:16.480 --> 0:07:18.840 But if the Mets are want to be aggressive enough, 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.280 one hundred percent think they can make this happen because, 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:22.920 as we mentioned, you got you got the guys like 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.320 running Maricio who are just kind of like sitting out there. 0:07:25.360 --> 0:07:28.760 They've got Blade Tidwell, and they've got baby Brendon Sprout. Yeah, 0:07:28.800 --> 0:07:34.120 they send out one solid, top ish prospect and then 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.040 maybe like another growing prospect to get Robert out. It's 0:07:38.160 --> 0:07:41.240 just his struggles. Right now, it's still thirty percent K percentage, 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:43.720 but things are starting to turn around big counting stats. 0:07:44.000 --> 0:07:46.520 I think we're still a month at least away from 0:07:46.840 --> 0:07:47.720 a Robert trade. 0:07:47.760 --> 0:07:49.440 I think it's sooner than later, but it could happen 0:07:49.480 --> 0:07:52.360 because I think what happens is you see that fear 0:07:52.400 --> 0:07:54.760 go through organizations, right like you see Sandy al Contra 0:07:54.800 --> 0:07:56.360 with Marlins were very you know, like, well he's on 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.480 in a great spring. You know, we're gonna make somebody 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.560 pay through the nose boom. What happen? The same thing 0:08:00.560 --> 0:08:03.160 happened years ago with Frankie Montas in the ads. Remember 0:08:03.160 --> 0:08:04.640 that It's like, oh no, no, we're gonna wait, We're 0:08:04.640 --> 0:08:06.200 gonna wait. And then he had the arm problem and 0:08:06.200 --> 0:08:08.559 then he was never the same picture and the stock 0:08:08.640 --> 0:08:10.520 went way down. The Yankees end up requiring him, and 0:08:10.560 --> 0:08:14.040 it was terrible. I think Robert goes on a hot streak. 0:08:14.360 --> 0:08:17.200 Maybe in May looks pretty good. They don't wait till June. 0:08:17.240 --> 0:08:19.640 They certainly don't wait till July. Somebody's gonna be a 0:08:19.640 --> 0:08:22.000 little bit more proactive there. I could see that also 0:08:22.720 --> 0:08:24.960 in the chat. I want to shout out too, because 0:08:25.000 --> 0:08:28.520 I see him in here. It's cousin Donnie's birthday every day. 0:08:28.760 --> 0:08:32.840 Give him a shout out in the chat, please, Cousin Donnie. 0:08:33.600 --> 0:08:37.160 Oh very sexy Happy birthday from the West. Happy birthday 0:08:37.200 --> 0:08:39.120 cousin Donnie, who I just got to spend some time 0:08:39.160 --> 0:08:41.839 with in Arizona. Speaking of Arizona, who I want to 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:45.520 make this transition. Welsh is still reeling from, you know, 0:08:45.640 --> 0:08:48.079 the end of last season with the Diamondbacks had the 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.800 playoffs in their hands and the New York Mets kind 0:08:50.800 --> 0:08:53.200 of snatched it away from them. And then last night 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.840 Alonso Lindor Marte all hit homers. Every ball that got 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:59.520 hit somewhere popped over and the Mets, you know, everything 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:01.600 went to lind Or somehow and he caught everything. 0:09:02.160 --> 0:09:02.240 Uh. 0:09:02.480 --> 0:09:05.880 Edwardo Rodriguezho's been great. Who got pounded yesterday for eight runs? 0:09:06.160 --> 0:09:09.160 Peterson was really good. We talked in the trade video, 0:09:09.200 --> 0:09:11.120 which you should go watch on the YouTube channel, because 0:09:11.120 --> 0:09:13.679 I said this, if Eduardo gets rocked by the Mets, 0:09:13.679 --> 0:09:15.880 I don't care. All the metrics for Edwardo have been 0:09:15.920 --> 0:09:19.880 really good. The underlying metrics have been terrific. The ERA 0:09:20.559 --> 0:09:22.480 is higher than the XCRA, than the FIP than the 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:25.080 x FIP, the strikeout rate his way up. I'm still 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:28.600 buying Edwardo Rodriguez, and I figured to get his bits lit. 0:09:29.320 --> 0:09:30.959 Wesh likes to say something else. I'm gonna call it 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:34.000 his bits, his bits split up by the Mets lineup. 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:35.760 But the Mets are a great lineup, so that's gonna 0:09:35.760 --> 0:09:36.600 happen sometimes. 0:09:37.040 --> 0:09:39.600 That was why I behind the scenes, I told Joe 0:09:39.640 --> 0:09:41.400 because I agree with you said. 0:09:41.440 --> 0:09:43.520 You were like, what happens with the Mets crushing tonight. I 0:09:43.559 --> 0:09:45.719 was like, it's gonna be even cheaper to buy him, 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:46.680 and I said it on the video. 0:09:46.760 --> 0:09:48.920 No, that is, I was like, we might. I was 0:09:48.920 --> 0:09:50.680 gonna take him out of the video because I was like, 0:09:50.880 --> 0:09:54.360 he might get crushed because I'm with you and I'm 0:09:54.400 --> 0:09:56.560 I'm still a little bit weird about Eduardo because his 0:09:56.600 --> 0:10:00.600 strikeouts are crazy. But he's got this reverse pitch split 0:10:00.760 --> 0:10:02.839 thing happening. And I talk about it in the video 0:10:02.840 --> 0:10:06.360 where it's like the pitches that wouldn't hold high K 0:10:06.480 --> 0:10:10.439 percentages are and then the high K percentage pitches are not. 0:10:10.600 --> 0:10:14.559 Like so sliders and change ups were like ten eleven 0:10:14.600 --> 0:10:17.960 percent K percentage, and it's like fastball and whatever else 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:20.679 it was, sink or whatever are like thirty percent cap percentge. 0:10:20.679 --> 0:10:23.200 So there's weird splits. He kind of gets blown up 0:10:23.240 --> 0:10:25.840 in certain spots and strikes out ten. That one seemed 0:10:25.880 --> 0:10:29.520 like an absolutely terrifying one. I'm not you know, I don't. 0:10:29.520 --> 0:10:30.839 I don't even know if you have to trade for him. 0:10:30.840 --> 0:10:32.800 If people are gonna go cut Sandy, they're gonna cut 0:10:32.920 --> 0:10:35.400 Eduardo Rodriguez. But that one seemed like it was coming 0:10:35.440 --> 0:10:37.719 from a mile away. Shout out to the Polar Bear 0:10:37.800 --> 0:10:39.920 for getting me to double Diggi's on the home run board, 0:10:39.960 --> 0:10:40.280 by the way. 0:10:40.440 --> 0:10:43.240 Yeah, let's go to Maddie to Fatty's question. Matt Brash 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.840 your boy, Matt. He loves Matt Brash always. We're the 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:48.839 Stash in Save and Hold leagues in Roto. 0:10:51.200 --> 0:10:54.160 I gonna be honest with you, probably like not like 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:57.080 I suppose he. I don't know that he's put in 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.600 the eighth it has I mean, I gotta be honest 0:10:59.640 --> 0:11:01.280 with you. I'm not even turey I paid attention. Is 0:11:01.320 --> 0:11:04.199 he like the Lockdown eight guy? I don't remember him 0:11:04.240 --> 0:11:06.320 being I mean set up guy, So I lean to 0:11:06.400 --> 0:11:08.559 know right now though he could get there. He might. 0:11:08.559 --> 0:11:10.720 If you want to speculate in a bigger one, sure. 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:15.200 Here's one from Lord uh Drop Gavin Williams for Griffin Canning. 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.280 I mean, it's hard to argue with Canning's pitch better. 0:11:17.320 --> 0:11:20.680 Your names are killing me. A smaller league, I would 0:11:20.720 --> 0:11:23.439 do that if it's a fifteen team rot Oh no. 0:11:23.120 --> 0:11:25.200 No, not a deeper one. No, I would agree with that. 0:11:25.520 --> 0:11:28.800 Should we continue to hold on to to Jackson Holiday. 0:11:30.360 --> 0:11:33.800 Don't start looking for the picture. I know, I know 0:11:33.880 --> 0:11:34.319 you will. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:36.800 Enough I don't. I don't produce the show anymore, Michael. 0:11:36.840 --> 0:11:39.560 If Michael Kelly wants to find the picture of Jackson 0:11:39.600 --> 0:11:42.760 Holiday and bring him up, that's different. No, boy, you 0:11:42.920 --> 0:11:45.440 drop me, please, I'm trying so hard, old gee wiz. 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:48.520 Come on, fellas, I've got all these freckles still to 0:11:48.559 --> 0:11:49.160 show all. 0:11:49.040 --> 0:11:53.680 The world picture weirds than me as such. AI pictures 0:11:53.679 --> 0:11:57.360 have been super creepy. Actually, I'm going to push back 0:11:57.400 --> 0:12:01.120 on it, like the full underlying profile is not popping 0:12:01.160 --> 0:12:03.680 off the page. But I was deep diving him like 0:12:03.720 --> 0:12:06.320 three or four days ago. Averages jumped up like twenty 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:10.600 points since then. Hard HiT's still there, you know, he's 0:12:10.600 --> 0:12:13.480 getting the ball in the air. Barrel is okay. But 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:15.679 the strikeout rate has gone down, and that's a key. 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:17.839 Last year it was thirty three percent k rate with 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:20.680 a seven percent walk rate. Eight percent walk rate twenty 0:12:20.679 --> 0:12:23.720 four percent K percentage. I think that's key. And the 0:12:23.800 --> 0:12:26.679 two big pitch types that he sees, fastballs and breaking 0:12:26.720 --> 0:12:30.319 pitches he's underperforming against right now. I expect a batting 0:12:30.320 --> 0:12:32.840 average is higher. He needs to start pulling the ball 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:36.360 because it's only five percent. I think he will do that. 0:12:36.760 --> 0:12:40.280 And the last positive seventy five percent zone contact percentage 0:12:40.320 --> 0:12:43.160 last year eighty three this year, So that is like 0:12:43.360 --> 0:12:46.280 right at or a little above I believe league average. 0:12:46.280 --> 0:12:48.560 I think league average is eighty two. Maybe it's eighty four, 0:12:48.840 --> 0:12:50.880 But you know, I think all the things are working 0:12:50.960 --> 0:12:52.480 in the right direction. So if you're in a shallow 0:12:52.559 --> 0:12:54.960 league and there's something cool out there, sure go ahead, 0:12:55.360 --> 0:12:57.640 Jorye Polanco at this point you could probably dump him 0:12:57.679 --> 0:13:00.560 for but you know, in any type of like twelve bigger, 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:02.800 I think things are turning in the right direction for 0:13:02.920 --> 0:13:05.200 Jackson Holiday and I'm kind of a hold. 0:13:05.400 --> 0:13:07.280 Mitch wants to though, is de Grandma cell high? I 0:13:07.360 --> 0:13:10.240 say no, there's been too many pitching injuries personally. What 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:10.880 do you think, Welsh? 0:13:11.520 --> 0:13:14.960 Oh, I'm going to lean yes, But your point is 0:13:15.000 --> 0:13:18.199 actually pretty good that there's so many injuries, how many 0:13:18.360 --> 0:13:21.320 like top flight pitchers are there really left any out there? 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:24.440 But yeah, I would say like things have been a 0:13:24.480 --> 0:13:28.120 little bit weird that we've never gotten a confirmation. Was 0:13:28.160 --> 0:13:31.000 this them trying to hold him back? And that's why 0:13:31.000 --> 0:13:33.120 the K numbers were down and the walk rate was up. 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:37.160 The injury is still looming. So if somebody out there, 0:13:37.200 --> 0:13:39.920 because of all the pitchers are hurt and he was good, 0:13:40.080 --> 0:13:42.600 wants to treat him as a top three SP and 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:44.440 you can get some big haul, Yeah, I think I 0:13:44.440 --> 0:13:46.440 would if I could go and get like an SP 0:13:46.559 --> 0:13:50.080 fifteen and something else, I think that's a big win, 0:13:50.160 --> 0:13:52.199 maybe a closer in a mid I. 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:54.480 Want to shout out a front of the show Jeff Milligan, 0:13:54.559 --> 0:13:56.839 who caught a Welsh as him yesterday and I missed 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:59.280 it and I'm so disappointed myself, but it was a 0:13:59.280 --> 0:14:02.520 good one. Uh. He messaged me privately and said yesterday 0:14:02.559 --> 0:14:06.840 welshad piece mail instead of piece meal, which is the 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.760 proper thing. So once again, you ah, yeah, I say mail, 0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:11.800 you did, you did one. So shout out to jell 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.160 who what was his name, Jeff Milligan? Jeff good people, you're. 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:19.320 A rat, You're a rat. You're now on my radar. 0:14:19.640 --> 0:14:21.920 Damn that. Jeff was like, I can't believe you let 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:23.560 that one go. How'd you miss that? And I said, 0:14:23.560 --> 0:14:25.360 I was probably trying to read, you know, get to 0:14:25.400 --> 0:14:27.400 the reds or something else. All right, let's get to 0:14:27.400 --> 0:14:27.800 the rookie. 0:14:27.840 --> 0:14:31.000 Lookie AJ's leo, I'm jack, I see you. 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:35.320 Ajah Blah is going to get the call from Triple A. 0:14:35.680 --> 0:14:39.240 Uh for Hayden was Nesky today. So twenty eight strikeouts, 0:14:39.280 --> 0:14:41.120 just ten walks. He's been really good. Actually, twenty four 0:14:41.160 --> 0:14:44.840 year old and five appearances, four starts this year. Is 0:14:44.840 --> 0:14:47.520 Boba a streamer Welsh this week? 0:14:48.720 --> 0:14:51.560 Maybe it's like a mid fifty, mid mid fifties. That'd 0:14:51.600 --> 0:14:53.240 be really bad. That would be like in the twenties, 0:14:53.240 --> 0:14:54.920 the mid fifties, fastball, mid. 0:14:54.800 --> 0:14:57.120 Nineties, Jamie Moyer, what's happening? 0:14:57.720 --> 0:14:59.240 That would be us during our home run. 0:15:00.360 --> 0:15:01.240 Just love it. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:03.640 And I'm gonna lean to know. He's had a good 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.160 minor league season. There are some walk issues. He had 0:15:06.160 --> 0:15:09.440 ten walks and I think twenty one innings pitched. The 0:15:09.520 --> 0:15:12.240 stuff is like it's solid, like load to mid nineties. 0:15:12.280 --> 0:15:14.480 There's a change up in there. There's a couple I'm 0:15:14.560 --> 0:15:17.280 I'm gonna lean against it, but that doesn't mean that 0:15:17.440 --> 0:15:19.000 maybe you don't want to try it out. I'd like 0:15:19.040 --> 0:15:20.680 to get one or two from him in the major 0:15:20.760 --> 0:15:21.880 He has been much better. 0:15:21.800 --> 0:15:24.600 This year in minor league. So Jordan Lawler can't be stopped. 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:27.080 Two for three another homer for him, and I know 0:15:27.120 --> 0:15:29.960 he's far away, but well, Leo Dvrees three for three, 0:15:30.040 --> 0:15:32.120 t you run homer. I mean, forget how a. Please 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:33.120 move this kid off to double A. 0:15:33.480 --> 0:15:36.040 And if he loves Tuesdays, by right, he had the 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.160 cycle last Tuesday. He's a Tuesday boy. 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:40.240 I mean, it's just crazy right now. 0:15:40.280 --> 0:15:44.440 By the way, interesting little tidbit is his buddy Ethan Solaz, 0:15:44.480 --> 0:15:47.440 who has been horrific this year. I went out last 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.720 night again to see our boy, Jackson Merrill, which we'll 0:15:49.760 --> 0:15:51.080 talk about your boy. 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:53.400 It's not my friend, yeah, my friend. 0:15:53.680 --> 0:15:55.800 Well, and first here was the coolest thing you know. 0:15:55.840 --> 0:15:58.600 Who walked out to watch was Trevor Hoffman. Trevor Hoffman 0:15:58.680 --> 0:16:01.840 came out to hang with everybody, and then Solace came out, 0:16:01.920 --> 0:16:04.720 so Slas got put on the IL. I also think 0:16:04.720 --> 0:16:08.160 they're reworking his swing because he didn't look so injured 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:10.440 and he was like playing in the cage. He got 0:16:10.440 --> 0:16:12.680 put on the il. He's back out here in Arizona. 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.240 I think he's reworking it. But Leo Derez is about 0:16:15.280 --> 0:16:18.400 to pass oh hundred, Solace. I think it's not just 0:16:18.440 --> 0:16:20.880 in value, but like like literally major. 0:16:21.000 --> 0:16:23.440 Yeah. Well, you know, after football practice late night, Chris 0:16:23.440 --> 0:16:25.000 Hemsworth and I went out for some beers, but no 0:16:25.000 --> 0:16:28.200 big deal. And then Robert Downy showed up later in 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:28.680 the evening. 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:30.680 So just then you guys all tried to see if 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:32.640 you could pick up the hammer and see who's worthy. 0:16:32.400 --> 0:16:34.840 Of Yeah, yeah, whatever, and no big deal me just whatever. 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:38.920 Aaron Judge fun fact, another home run yesterday, so to 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:43.000 Chang got that one right yesterday. Aaron Judge now has 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.400 a three seventeen batting average with one hundred and twenty 0:16:45.440 --> 0:16:48.360 one HiT's, forty six homers, now ninety eight RBI and 0:16:48.360 --> 0:16:50.320 one hundred and six runs scored in one hundred and 0:16:50.440 --> 0:16:54.560 nine games against the Orioles, which brings us to today's 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.000 Chasing Challengers segment by Microsoft. Just like the athletes who 0:16:58.000 --> 0:17:00.760 pushed boundaries and redefine what's possible, business decision makers today 0:17:00.800 --> 0:17:03.920 are turning challenges into opportunities, and Microsoft meets you where 0:17:03.960 --> 0:17:05.879 you are with the tools and guidance to help you 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:09.040 make an impact with safe, secure AI solutions. So whatever 0:17:09.119 --> 0:17:11.960 challenges you're facing, Microsoft empowers you with the expertise to say, 0:17:12.000 --> 0:17:15.080 bring it on, and today we're gonna spotlight the challenge 0:17:15.400 --> 0:17:19.240 brought to you by the Orioles trying to stop Aaron Judge. 0:17:19.720 --> 0:17:22.080 Maybe you just walk him. I don't know, but I 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.359 gotta say, after yesterday's Game two, with all the home 0:17:24.440 --> 0:17:26.960 runs getting hit by the Yankees, maybe this remake of 0:17:27.000 --> 0:17:29.440 the short porch and right field we should rethink. It 0:17:30.520 --> 0:17:32.240 might not be working out the way you think it 0:17:32.240 --> 0:17:34.679 should have for the Baltimore Orioles because the Yankees keep 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:38.159 coming to town and Aaron Judge specifically just keeps rocking 0:17:38.240 --> 0:17:42.000 balls out of that ballpark. It's crazy, Welsh. That has 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.119 to be another way to pitch Aaron Judge. I know 0:17:45.200 --> 0:17:47.840 the Orioles pitching is bad right now. It's the worst 0:17:47.840 --> 0:17:50.639 it's been in some time, and that's really saying something. 0:17:51.000 --> 0:17:54.040 But my god, way you're gonna try something else. Have 0:17:54.119 --> 0:17:56.520 we seen these numbers in one hundred and nine games, Baltimore. 0:17:57.040 --> 0:17:59.840 Just let somebody else beat you. Anybody don't throw them 0:17:59.840 --> 0:18:03.040 as strike stop trying to challenge him. Poor Kyle Gibson, 0:18:03.160 --> 0:18:08.879 first start back. Here you go, here's Aaron Judge. Something else, please, 0:18:08.960 --> 0:18:11.400