WEBVTT - MLB: Leading Off May 16th, 2022 (Ep. 511) 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:17.560 Pooholes takes the mound. Let's play ball. Welcome in everybody 0:00:17.600 --> 0:00:20.360 to fantasy pros. This is leading off, brought to you 0:00:20.400 --> 0:00:23.239 by Ben MGM, the King of sports books. It is 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:26.479 me Joey p joe Pisipia with you this morning or 0:00:26.600 --> 0:00:28.880 this afternoon, depending on where you are on what coast. 0:00:29.120 --> 0:00:31.760 And of course it's Monday, and that means the Welsh 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.960 is here too. We're fresh off another wacky, fun filled 0:00:34.960 --> 0:00:38.120 weekend of baseball. We're gonna break it all down for you. 0:00:38.120 --> 0:00:41.680 You got your Buckston home run, you got your your 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:44.400 Reds no hitter, you got two home runs, I should 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:46.919 say you're right, You're right, pardon me, And you got 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:49.159 a no hitter and a loss. So a what a 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:52.080 crazy week. Also, Albert Poohols threw a couple of pitches 0:00:52.120 --> 0:00:54.520 so Welsh. I'm sure y'all had that on your bingo car, 0:00:54.560 --> 0:00:54.920 didn't you. 0:00:55.400 --> 0:00:58.360 Yep, I definitely had the Albert Poolhles. My favorite part 0:00:58.400 --> 0:01:01.600 of the Albert pool Hols thing was when Evan Longoria 0:01:01.640 --> 0:01:03.200 got a hit and then asked for the ball. 0:01:03.360 --> 0:01:05.360 He was like ball, and then pool Halls threw it 0:01:05.400 --> 0:01:06.800 over there. It is a. 0:01:06.800 --> 0:01:09.119 Special thing about baseball. Man you know, as fun as 0:01:09.400 --> 0:01:11.920 football is, you know, obviously still the king in the 0:01:12.080 --> 0:01:15.200 sports world, but baseball on a weekend and week got 0:01:15.240 --> 0:01:18.640 bases can provide to you some of the wackiest, craziest stuff. 0:01:18.680 --> 0:01:20.320 And every single week we're having one of those and 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.760 having a no hitter, get a loss, and maybe one 0:01:23.800 --> 0:01:26.480 of the best greatest power hitters ever have his first 0:01:26.480 --> 0:01:29.080 time on the mound at forty two years old. 0:01:29.400 --> 0:01:32.800 Never before did the Cardinals or any the Angels let 0:01:32.920 --> 0:01:33.280 him throw. 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.840 I'm amazed by and I'm amazed how bad it looked too, 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.280 by the way, I'm always well, that always blows me away, 0:01:38.440 --> 0:01:41.720 Like how how any player, like even Brent Phillips goes 0:01:41.800 --> 0:01:43.600 up and they just throw like forty miles an hour, 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:45.760 Like I want to see some dudes throw some gas. 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:47.000 You know they can each year. 0:01:47.040 --> 0:01:48.720 Oh, I always want to see each yar o going 0:01:48.840 --> 0:01:51.960 like two three innings. I would love to have seen that, 0:01:52.000 --> 0:01:52.680 but probably. 0:01:52.400 --> 0:01:56.400 Think he half ra right now, right now, he could 0:01:56.440 --> 0:01:57.920 in relief, he could have a three and a half the. 0:01:58.040 --> 0:02:00.920 Ray You're probably right, but Pool always made too much money. 0:02:00.920 --> 0:02:02.960 The contracts are too big, so that's why God forbid 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:04.760 he goes out there. He throws it in and he 0:02:04.800 --> 0:02:06.840 hards himself. That's what would happened. But it was fun. 0:02:06.880 --> 0:02:09.160 And now he's at the end of his career, he's 0:02:09.160 --> 0:02:12.079 taking those victory laps. Speaking of victory laps, let's take 0:02:12.120 --> 0:02:15.160 one for Showtani his one hundredth career home run. Congratulations 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.040 mister Otani, very nicely done. 0:02:17.080 --> 0:02:18.160 Well did you see the video? 0:02:18.639 --> 0:02:20.760 Well sorry I want to interrupted, but did you see 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:25.160 the video of what is his name? Zach Hamble Hammel? 0:02:25.480 --> 0:02:27.919 You know the guy, the home run guy who's always 0:02:28.000 --> 0:02:29.080 chasing all the home runs. 0:02:29.080 --> 0:02:31.120 Have you seen that? You have to see this guy before? 0:02:31.120 --> 0:02:32.200 You don't know who Zach Hamill? 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:35.760 Don't know your face chats? 0:02:35.840 --> 0:02:36.079 Is that what? 0:02:36.680 --> 0:02:37.840 No? No snap books. 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:41.799 He's prolifically hated because he has this book where he's 0:02:41.880 --> 0:02:44.639 laying in a bath him already. He goes to all 0:02:44.720 --> 0:02:47.840 the baseball games. He's the foul ball guy. No one 0:02:47.919 --> 0:02:49.240 has more foul balls than him. 0:02:49.720 --> 0:02:49.840 Uh. 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:51.520 One of his most hated thing was he. 0:02:51.600 --> 0:02:54.120 Paid to get into this like military, this game that 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.639 was only the military, and he got it, snuck and 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:59.840 got a ticket and got like three baseballs. He's prolifically 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.679 hated and he has a blog, and he had a 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:04.919 he was doing the blog of trying to get the 0:03:05.040 --> 0:03:09.600 hundredth home run and someone videoed him disappointingly walking away 0:03:09.680 --> 0:03:11.760 and not getting it and just being like, oh, and 0:03:11.840 --> 0:03:13.560 he just walked away while he was talking on his 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:17.119 phone via his blog. I can't believe you've never heard 0:03:17.160 --> 0:03:19.359 of Zach km He is so hated in the baseball 0:03:19.400 --> 0:03:20.840 for me, yeah, go Kart said. He's got like over 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:24.840 like a thousand baseballs and everybody hates this guy because 0:03:25.040 --> 0:03:28.080 he's also kind of a well, I'm not gonna use 0:03:28.120 --> 0:03:30.520 the words I would describe on his attitude about things, 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:32.840 but he's not very gracious in how he does it. 0:03:32.919 --> 0:03:35.200 He's just like, I'm the best. I'm the greatest all 0:03:35.280 --> 0:03:37.400 the games, thousands of baseballs. 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:38.800 Look it up and it's fine. 0:03:39.000 --> 0:03:42.600 One of those guys. That's that's a tier I'd like 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:44.800 to get to. I'm just hated. I don't if I'm 0:03:44.880 --> 0:03:47.360 prolifically hated. Yet, I'm gonna use the Yet. 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.000 We'll get some day, don't We'll get there by. 0:03:49.960 --> 0:03:51.800 The end of the season. Juan Soda records his four 0:03:51.920 --> 0:03:56.320 hundred walk this season. I don't always for his career. Oh, 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.280 I'm sorry. For his career. He's walking so much because 0:03:58.320 --> 0:04:00.440 Nolway's pitching him, because that team is so dried. He 0:04:00.520 --> 0:04:02.520 has four hundred and one walks in four hundred and 0:04:02.560 --> 0:04:05.400 ninety nine games to start his career. What a fantastic 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.960 Points League player he is. God, I love one soda. Okay, 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:10.600 the Pirates case you biss did won a game now, 0:04:11.080 --> 0:04:13.440 as Monkey Penguin was pointing out, because the Pirates didn't 0:04:13.520 --> 0:04:15.720 hit in the bottom of the nine, technically they're calling 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.640 it not a no hitter. But Hunter Green bounced back 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:20.560 and look, I think I made this comments on this 0:04:20.680 --> 0:04:23.160 show on Friday. I'm almost positive it was. If not, 0:04:23.279 --> 0:04:25.360 it was on the Sunday Sports Cared show. But the 0:04:25.440 --> 0:04:27.960 point that I was making was Hunter Green's gonna figure 0:04:27.960 --> 0:04:29.600 it out. He's gonna have some games where you know, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:31.479 he leaves balls up on the zone, he gets pounded, 0:04:31.720 --> 0:04:33.560 and he's gonna have some other ones where he's gonna 0:04:33.600 --> 0:04:36.080 have to learn to locate the fastball. And what he 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:38.920 does learn to locate the fastball, it's going to be 0:04:38.960 --> 0:04:40.880 a good run for Hunter Green. So you have to 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:42.480 be a little patient here and take your lumps, and 0:04:42.520 --> 0:04:44.000 you know this is gonna happen with a guy who's 0:04:44.000 --> 0:04:46.440 that electric. But again, what a strange thing. It's also 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:49.479 strange because you know, you saw a little Cincinnati show 0:04:49.560 --> 0:04:50.920 up a little bit in over the last few days. 0:04:50.920 --> 0:04:53.680 Mike Bustakis started to show a little bit of life. 0:04:53.720 --> 0:04:57.360 So are the Reds coming out of the the doldrums 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:58.800 a little bit? Here? Well, she you think you might 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:00.680 be able to make a little oppo. Here is the 0:05:00.800 --> 0:05:03.240 Reds kind of pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. And 0:05:03.520 --> 0:05:05.680 I remember they're actually playing baseball, I. 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:07.440 Mean playing the pirates. 0:05:07.760 --> 0:05:10.080 You know, like you can bet on the Reds if 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.840 you want, but like their starting lineup is like Matt 0:05:12.920 --> 0:05:16.880 Reynolds and Brandon Drury and you know some guy that 0:05:17.160 --> 0:05:18.080 playing softball. 0:05:18.400 --> 0:05:19.839 Yeah no, brand jury has been on fire. 0:05:20.000 --> 0:05:22.800 But like it's a half softball team with a half 0:05:23.000 --> 0:05:26.320 you know, beaten down dead baseball full roster with some 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:27.200 okay pitchers. 0:05:28.440 --> 0:05:30.279 I'm just not the one. That's not my style. 0:05:30.720 --> 0:05:32.800 Where I know a lot of people like, oh making 0:05:32.880 --> 0:05:35.000 money now, everybody's anti Reds. I just think the Reds 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.040 are going from like the biggest pile of garbage to 0:05:38.160 --> 0:05:40.400 more like a you know, a container of garbage. 0:05:40.480 --> 0:05:41.720 You know, like it's in a bag. 0:05:42.240 --> 0:05:43.880 Yeah, Like, Okay, there's levels of garbage. 0:05:43.880 --> 0:05:45.760 There's the garbage in your house, there's a garbage you 0:05:45.839 --> 0:05:47.760 take outside to go to the dump, and then there's 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:48.120 the dump. 0:05:48.800 --> 0:05:49.560 They were the dump. 0:05:50.160 --> 0:05:52.360 Now they're just the garbage that's outside. So I'm not 0:05:52.520 --> 0:05:54.599 looking to try to reverse bet money on this team. 0:05:54.600 --> 0:05:57.360 I would still like to better get against them. Just 0:05:57.600 --> 0:05:59.599 the pitching is pretty solid and that hitting is going 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.400 to come down under Earth and Hunter Green he looked 0:06:01.440 --> 0:06:04.080 all right, you know, I was watching it in the 0:06:04.160 --> 0:06:06.560 seventh inning. He was still throwing that slider like one 0:06:06.640 --> 0:06:09.840 hundred plus pitches. They were gonna let him go, and 0:06:09.920 --> 0:06:13.280 then he just walked to when that slider's going bam, 0:06:13.560 --> 0:06:15.520 he's going to be able to set up that fastball. 0:06:15.720 --> 0:06:18.160 So I agree with you and that he's got moments 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:19.800 of like this would be a bad game and this 0:06:19.839 --> 0:06:20.760 will be a really good game. 0:06:20.800 --> 0:06:22.920 But I don't know the consistency will ever be there. 0:06:23.600 --> 0:06:25.560 Well well, I think, I mean that's a lot to 0:06:25.600 --> 0:06:27.480 say we'll ever be there, because you see a lot 0:06:27.520 --> 0:06:30.680 of guys who throw flames and can eventually figure things out. 0:06:30.880 --> 0:06:32.800 The difference is what you could get away with at 0:06:32.839 --> 0:06:34.480 double A and triple A and single A you can't 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:36.000 get away with at the big league level. If you 0:06:36.080 --> 0:06:38.000 throw ninety eight down the pipe, they're gonna hit it. 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:39.880 You throw ninety eight down the pipe in double A, 0:06:40.480 --> 0:06:42.520 single A, they're probably not going to hit it. Maybe 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:44.440 some of the guys in double A will. Many of 0:06:44.480 --> 0:06:46.160 the guys in triple A might. I mean, you saw 0:06:46.200 --> 0:06:47.520 him kind of struggle a little bit up there for 0:06:47.600 --> 0:06:49.360 a bit, but everyone just chalked it up to well, 0:06:49.360 --> 0:06:50.960 he was tired because of the innings. By the way, 0:06:51.000 --> 0:06:53.480 doctor Glenn, I love you too, Doctor Glenn says, he 0:06:53.600 --> 0:06:56.560 prolifically loves me. So that's very nice. So he better, 0:06:57.040 --> 0:06:58.920 he better because he's taken enough money for me in 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.760 leagues last year. All right. Paul Goldchman drives in three 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:04.200 in a round of the Giants. Wulia Rodriguez, your boy 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:06.600 four for four with a homer. There you go in 0:07:06.680 --> 0:07:09.600 the victory. There Adulas Garcia hit two home runs against 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:12.640 the Red Sox. Justin Verlander. It'spun five shutout frames with 0:07:12.720 --> 0:07:17.520 a little bit of help from a certain umpire. Miguel 0:07:17.600 --> 0:07:20.120 Cabrera homers in the Tigers win over the Orioles and 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:24.160 Tarik Scruble continues to be outstanding eleven strikeouts. I know 0:07:24.240 --> 0:07:27.080 it's the Orioles, but still, Tarik Scoubel is one of 0:07:27.120 --> 0:07:29.120 these pictures that I wish I had more shares of. 0:07:29.520 --> 0:07:31.960 I wish I was more in on, but I've been 0:07:32.040 --> 0:07:35.120 using him in DFS and the reason is it's because 0:07:35.400 --> 0:07:38.560 because he pitches four of the Tigers, he's constantly undervalued 0:07:38.600 --> 0:07:41.800 and underappreciated, and then he drops an eleven strikeout game 0:07:41.800 --> 0:07:43.560 and you're like, look at this guy, man. And I 0:07:43.680 --> 0:07:47.080 understand the win potential is always going to be hurt 0:07:47.360 --> 0:07:49.560 by the offense, but I don't care if he's a 0:07:49.600 --> 0:07:51.600 secondary pitcher on DK and he's going to be eight 0:07:51.760 --> 0:07:54.480 nine or somewhere in that eight K ranger even low nines. 0:07:54.840 --> 0:07:56.560 I think it's a decent investment. What do you make 0:07:56.600 --> 0:07:58.920 of school Bull's breakout, because that's what it is this year. 0:07:58.960 --> 0:08:02.880 Let's be honest, everything you wanted out of Edward thou Rodriguez, 0:08:03.040 --> 0:08:06.800 and it's everything that and and she would have suggested 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:08.800 you would have got out of Casey Mice one hundred percent. 0:08:09.320 --> 0:08:11.360 I mean from a betting perspective. Also just point out 0:08:11.560 --> 0:08:13.920 he's a guy. Just track his case. You know he's 0:08:13.960 --> 0:08:15.640 gonna he's not gonna get it every single time. But 0:08:15.680 --> 0:08:19.680 I'll bet you ten k props you're gonna probably cash 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:22.000 seven seven of them. You're gonna make money off of 0:08:22.080 --> 0:08:24.560 that because he's just he's not if we can use 0:08:24.600 --> 0:08:27.640 it again, prolific strikeout guy, where they're going to start 0:08:27.720 --> 0:08:30.200 dropping seven and a half's on him. You're gonna get 0:08:30.240 --> 0:08:31.560 to six and a half and then he has one 0:08:31.640 --> 0:08:33.840 bad and he comes back down. It's a great source 0:08:33.880 --> 0:08:35.959 of strikeouts, not a great source of win. I completely 0:08:36.000 --> 0:08:38.840 agree with you. He was viewed right towards the end. 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.400 It was him, Matt Manning, and Casey Mice. He was 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:45.079 viewed as the potential best fantasy option due to his 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.880 level of stuff and Casey Miz's potential if that split 0:08:48.920 --> 0:08:51.280 it didn't work, which it didn't, and Matt Manning was 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.520 a little overvalued. He has been the guy and he's 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:57.040 developed exponentially better than the rest of them. He is 0:08:57.120 --> 0:08:59.600 totally underrated. There's a handful of these really young young 0:08:59.640 --> 0:09:00.720 pitchers that are underrated. 0:09:00.920 --> 0:09:02.640 Schooble is totally one of them. 0:09:02.720 --> 0:09:05.480 And I see Wonkey just said, uh oh. If someone 0:09:05.559 --> 0:09:09.480 said scoobl over McClanahan. Those are different tiers by the way, 0:09:09.600 --> 0:09:13.199 but fair enough to say that McClanahan is in that 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:17.120 same tier where he has adjusted into the top elite core. 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:20.199 I think school is maybe you know, in that like 0:09:20.320 --> 0:09:21.200 third or fourth tier. 0:09:22.840 --> 0:09:25.880 Yeah, Look, McClanahan has been on a different planet lately. 0:09:25.960 --> 0:09:29.840 Schooble's getting there, but it's it looks great to see. 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:31.559 It's great to see because we get so much hype 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:33.679 about Manning and mys and meanwhile Schooble is the guy 0:09:33.720 --> 0:09:37.800 that's gone right past them. Also, Kyle Wright rebounded nicely 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:41.880 nine strikeouts for the Braves there, so good job by 0:09:41.960 --> 0:09:44.760 Kyle Wright bouncing back a little bit injuries. Austin Meadows 0:09:45.120 --> 0:09:47.719 had some dizziness. He was a little dizzy. Uh, he's 0:09:47.760 --> 0:09:49.280 heading to the IL so we'll keep it on on that. 0:09:49.320 --> 0:09:51.160 Hopefully it's not like a vertigo thing or something weird. 0:09:51.240 --> 0:09:55.559 Hope he's okay. Williadamas exits Sunday's contest with an ankle injury. 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:58.000 Tommy Listella is going to be returning today though, and 0:09:58.160 --> 0:09:59.760 John Gray is gonna be making a start against the 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.720 Angel today after leaving last week with that knee injury, 0:10:01.760 --> 0:10:03.439 which is so frushing because he had just come back 0:10:03.760 --> 0:10:05.680 and then he tweaked the knee and you could see 0:10:05.679 --> 0:10:07.520 the frustrations when he came off the mound. And it 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:09.240 sucks because Gray is one of these dudes that I'm 0:10:09.280 --> 0:10:12.400 really rooting for because I like John Gray, like I've 0:10:12.400 --> 0:10:16.280 seen him interviews. I like the dude him out of Colorado. 0:10:17.480 --> 0:10:19.320 He seems like he was nice. Dude. 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.000 I just saw him right after. I don't know if 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:24.079 you saw that picture where he did the baby board 0:10:24.160 --> 0:10:25.679 and he was like, my name is John Gray. 0:10:25.720 --> 0:10:26.640 Blah blah blah blah blah. 0:10:26.679 --> 0:10:29.120 Huh and him, I didn't see the guys after. 0:10:30.240 --> 0:10:32.480 He's so accessible, so nice that I was like, dude, 0:10:32.520 --> 0:10:35.040 that tweet was so funny, and he didn't just do 0:10:35.320 --> 0:10:37.400 most guys are just gonna be like, yeah, okay, move on. 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:39.760 He was like, oh did you like that? And he's like, 0:10:39.800 --> 0:10:41.800 you know what. My favorite part about that was He's 0:10:41.880 --> 0:10:42.320 like I was. 0:10:42.320 --> 0:10:44.520 Wearing my happy Gilmour outfit in the background and I'm 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.560 like really, He's like, yeah, go look at the tweet. 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:47.319 It was so fun. 0:10:47.559 --> 0:10:51.360 He's like a very happy, personable guy. He's so easy 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:52.960 to root for, especially when you meet him in person. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:55.440 So it adds to the allure of your love. 0:10:56.040 --> 0:10:58.160 Let's go, John Gray, Let's go. I saw him an 0:10:58.240 --> 0:11:01.720 MLB Network interview in spring training, and I was listening 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.600 to him talking. He seems so relaxed, like just being 0:11:04.640 --> 0:11:06.719 out of Colorado. You could see just it was like, 0:11:07.640 --> 0:11:09.720 finally I can get out there and try to pitch. 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:11.400 And now he's had a couple of injuries here to 0:11:11.440 --> 0:11:13.000 start the year. I think he would be a fascinating 0:11:13.040 --> 0:11:14.880 guy to buy low on right now because he's had 0:11:14.880 --> 0:11:17.040 a couple of these little hiccups and he hasn't been 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:20.000 able to get into a routine. I understand the limitations 0:11:20.040 --> 0:11:23.560 of the wins. Another guy with win limitations, But if 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.360 you're desperate for pitching, I wonder if you could pluck. 0:11:25.400 --> 0:11:26.840 I wonder if you've been dropped in some leagues. 0:11:26.920 --> 0:11:28.480 I was about to say, I think he might even 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.200 just be like bouncing around on the wires and stuff too. 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.440 Take him, give me all that, all right, let's let's 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:37.160 talk about this. Mike Mayor wanted to talk about this. 0:11:37.400 --> 0:11:38.959 As soon as I saw it. I went to go 0:11:39.040 --> 0:11:41.640 message Mike Mahyor, and Mike Mayor, being the heel he was, 0:11:41.720 --> 0:11:45.360 had already messaged me about it, which was somebody who 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:46.840 was supposed to throw the first pitch out in City 0:11:46.880 --> 0:11:49.840 Field on Friday night and Extures there was like already 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:52.240 in his routine and he wouldn't let them get anywhere 0:11:52.280 --> 0:11:53.599 near the mount to do it and just kind of 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:54.480 them off. 0:11:55.280 --> 0:11:57.120 Can I add a little bit of context to it? 0:11:57.240 --> 0:11:58.080 Did you hear that. 0:11:59.600 --> 0:12:02.800 He was the Japanese Ambassador to the US and it 0:12:02.920 --> 0:12:04.800 was Japanese Heritage Night at. 0:12:05.000 --> 0:12:07.800 Oh my god, that's the word. 0:12:07.920 --> 0:12:10.600 That's the Twitter word is he was the Japanese Ambassador 0:12:10.640 --> 0:12:14.079 and it was Japanese Heritage Night and Max Scherzer was 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:15.959 just like, Nope, can't come up here. 0:12:16.240 --> 0:12:19.959 I'm throwing unbelievable. All right, fun facts here you go. 0:12:20.160 --> 0:12:23.400 This is from Sarah Langs who writes for MLB dot Com. 0:12:23.480 --> 0:12:26.000 She does some great work on their most career strikeouts 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.720 as a pitcher, players to hit one hundred plus over runs. 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:31.960 You got Babe Ruth who had obviously five hundred strikeouts, 0:12:31.960 --> 0:12:34.280 five hundred and one with seven hundred and fourteen home runs, 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:38.040 Choe Otani two hundred and sixty eight strikeouts, one hundred 0:12:38.080 --> 0:12:41.960 home runs now and then gorgeous George Sisler sixty three 0:12:42.320 --> 0:12:44.120 strikeouts and one hundred and two home runs. 0:12:44.160 --> 0:12:44.599 So there you go. 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.839 So hani's kind of been a company of guys who 0:12:48.160 --> 0:12:52.760 you know, you know, well, they've been gone a long time. 0:12:52.840 --> 0:12:53.719 Let's just put it that way. 0:12:53.800 --> 0:12:55.120 I thought you were going to do one of these 0:12:55.200 --> 0:12:57.959 ridiculous Albert Poolhols things in here, be like guys that 0:12:58.080 --> 0:13:00.040 have had six hundred homers and got an. 0:13:00.360 --> 0:13:03.120 Struck one guy. I could have said, Okay, Albert pool Struck, 0:13:03.160 --> 0:13:05.560 got one guy, and then he's got excember home runs 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.880 because he's got more than a hundred. But there you go. 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.160 But it's, you know, it kind of blows my mind 0:13:12.360 --> 0:13:14.400 still that we're living in this time where this is 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:18.400 happening again, and what the NFL is a very top 0:13:18.840 --> 0:13:21.200 two way players where the NFL is a very copycat league. 0:13:21.679 --> 0:13:23.880 I wonder we've seen it in the Major League Baseball 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:25.719 draft the last few years, where there were guys that 0:13:25.880 --> 0:13:29.559 pitched and hit in college and they basically have made 0:13:29.600 --> 0:13:32.600 them choose. I wonder if organizations are going to look 0:13:32.600 --> 0:13:35.079 at this and say, maybe we shouldn't do this, Maybe 0:13:35.200 --> 0:13:37.240 we can get more out of our investment in these 0:13:37.280 --> 0:13:39.720 young players. If we're drafting them as two way players 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:41.679 and maybe with the DH in the National League now 0:13:42.640 --> 0:13:45.280 it's a lot easier to swallow that pill than it 0:13:45.520 --> 0:13:47.640 was for you know, half of the teams in Major 0:13:47.720 --> 0:13:49.600 League Baseball. Do you think we're gonna see a little 0:13:49.600 --> 0:13:52.360 bit more of that in the future for MLB? Yeah, 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:52.839 I mean I do. 0:13:54.280 --> 0:13:56.760 The problem is, though, is we've also had a couple 0:13:57.960 --> 0:14:00.360 big name guys in the drafts recently that been two 0:14:00.400 --> 0:14:03.760 way players that have gone solo position. Mason Wynn is 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:05.959 a guy who, by the way, you're in a dynasty 0:14:06.040 --> 0:14:08.880 league and you do prospects, Mason went is a monster 0:14:09.520 --> 0:14:12.160 and he was a pitcher hitter and I love this 0:14:12.360 --> 0:14:14.360 kid and he is solely dedicated to me in a 0:14:14.400 --> 0:14:16.920 shortstop and his bat is his play. There was a 0:14:17.000 --> 0:14:19.240 kid just drafted in this last one named Buba Chandler 0:14:19.400 --> 0:14:22.000 with Pittsburgh. We'll have to see which one he is. 0:14:22.120 --> 0:14:22.360 Again. 0:14:22.400 --> 0:14:23.960 I think I kind of like him as a hitter. 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.560 But it has been organizational. The Rays have been the 0:14:27.600 --> 0:14:29.200 ones that have did it. Jay Croniworth was a two 0:14:29.240 --> 0:14:32.600 way player. They got Brendan McKay. They have committed to it. 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:34.720 The Angels have committed to it. We're not seeing other 0:14:34.800 --> 0:14:37.040 teams commit to it. But I think with the addition 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.800 of the DH in the NL that teams can start 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:42.000 looking at it. But I think you have to have 0:14:42.160 --> 0:14:46.520 the proper coaching and the proper scouting to be able 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:49.000 to develop that, and I think there's some I mean, 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.760 we have teams that aren't even using like the PitchCom 0:14:52.960 --> 0:14:56.080 stuff right now. So to go and tell some teams, hey, 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:58.120 we need you to have scouts that are dedicated to 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.360 making sure that these play the players can play two ways, 0:15:01.560 --> 0:15:03.440 I think they have to change their own teams. The 0:15:03.560 --> 0:15:06.080 easy answer though, is yes, there are teams that are 0:15:06.120 --> 0:15:08.560 making commitments. Pirates could be another one with Bubba Chandler 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.400 if they decide to do it. The Rays and the 0:15:10.440 --> 0:15:12.440 Angels are already there. I think it's good for baseball. 0:15:12.440 --> 0:15:14.640 I think baseball wants it to happen. And to your 0:15:14.720 --> 0:15:17.560 point when you're talking about, you know, balancing investments and 0:15:17.600 --> 0:15:20.080 stuff like that, it's not a bad thing if you 0:15:20.120 --> 0:15:21.600 can have a hit. 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:25.680 All market teams like who can want. 0:15:25.640 --> 0:15:27.800 Relief come in for an inning or two of relief. 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:29.280 I mean, they're not all gonna be a tawny like 0:15:29.320 --> 0:15:31.280 Brendan McKay is not gonna I don't think it's gonna 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:32.400 be a long term starting pitcher. 0:15:32.440 --> 0:15:33.480 He just had a surgery. 0:15:33.840 --> 0:15:35.720 But what if he can come in and relief, or 0:15:35.720 --> 0:15:37.680 what if he can close or something like that while hitting. 0:15:37.720 --> 0:15:39.080 I mean, he may just be I think of Rick 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:39.600 and Keel. 0:15:40.080 --> 0:15:41.760 Rick and Keele was the guy that got closest, but 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:43.840 unfortunately he didn't do it at the same time because 0:15:43.920 --> 0:15:45.280 Rick and Kiele was that guy that it was just 0:15:45.320 --> 0:15:48.040 an extraordinary athlete, and then as a pitcher he kind 0:15:48.040 --> 0:15:49.720 of bottomed out. And the fact that he was like, look, 0:15:49.840 --> 0:15:51.320 a good enough player. I always have been to be 0:15:51.360 --> 0:15:53.040 a major league hitter, and he was. He was a 0:15:53.080 --> 0:15:56.880 pretty decent major league hitter for a few years. I 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.800 think that kind of style is something you're gonna see 0:15:59.840 --> 0:16:01.600 a lot more because the guys do it, and look, 0:16:01.600 --> 0:16:02.600 you do it in little league, you do it in 0:16:02.680 --> 0:16:04.440 high school, you do it in college. It's the big 0:16:04.560 --> 0:16:06.160 leagues where you don't do it. And it's kind of 0:16:06.200 --> 0:16:07.960 funny that you know, you don't get that opportunity. 0:16:08.320 --> 0:16:11.080 It's funny because you're right, because what it always was 0:16:11.280 --> 0:16:12.680 was like, Hey, this guy's a hitter, and then all 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:13.920 of a sudden, hey, did you know he was a 0:16:13.960 --> 0:16:16.440 pitcher in high school, so now he's completely switched positions 0:16:16.840 --> 0:16:17.840 where I'd love this. 0:16:18.000 --> 0:16:20.760 Kenley Jansen was a converted catcher, if memory. 0:16:20.800 --> 0:16:22.640 Yeah, six Dos Sanchez was. I mean, there's a lot 0:16:22.720 --> 0:16:25.880 of these guys that we're doing that. I hope to 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:27.880 see it more because I think it's good for baseball, 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:30.200 and I think these guys can manage it properly. I 0:16:30.440 --> 0:16:33.920 just don't know if our brain is around Otani. I 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:36.200 just don't know how many Otanis we're going to see, 0:16:36.240 --> 0:16:38.560 because that is a very unique Michael Lorenzen, by the way, 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.240 is another one with the Angels. But I don't know 0:16:41.360 --> 0:16:44.280