WEBVTT - Leading Off: April 21st, 2025 (Ep. 984) 0:00:02.000 --> 0:00:04.600 This episode is brought to you by Honda. When you 0:00:04.640 --> 0:00:07.320 test her off to all the electric Prologue SUV, there's 0:00:07.360 --> 0:00:09.200 a lot that can impress you about it. There's the 0:00:09.280 --> 0:00:14.080 generous passenger space, the clean, thoughtful design, and the intuitive technology. 0:00:14.200 --> 0:00:17.200 But out of everything, what you really love most is 0:00:17.200 --> 0:00:20.040 that it's a Honda. Visit Honda dot Com slash EV 0:00:20.160 --> 0:00:20.880 two see offers. 0:00:27.880 --> 0:00:31.320 Welcome in everybody to Fantasy Pros MLB. This is leading 0:00:31.320 --> 0:00:34.159 off live. It is b joeyp Joe Pisapia with me 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:35.960 of course is the Welsh, and it's all of you, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.720 my beautiful peanuts and cracker Jacks. 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:39.879 It's so great to see. 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:43.520 You all here on a Monday morning. I am refreshed 0:00:44.040 --> 0:00:48.040 from vacation. Had a nice couple days in Arizona, seeing family, 0:00:48.560 --> 0:00:50.720 and when I say family, I don't just mean my 0:00:51.159 --> 0:00:53.800 actual blood family. I mean the Welsh as well. Got 0:00:53.800 --> 0:00:55.600 to hang out with the kiddos a little. 0:00:55.360 --> 0:00:58.240 Bit, eat some Canoli's. It was a great time. 0:00:58.760 --> 0:01:01.000 And this is going a very very busy week here, 0:01:01.040 --> 0:01:03.080 not just to the MLB channel, but the NFL as well, 0:01:03.120 --> 0:01:05.640 with the NFL Draft going on. Subscribe over there. We 0:01:05.720 --> 0:01:08.200 got live coverage of the draft this week all night, 0:01:08.280 --> 0:01:11.360 Night one and Night two. But Welsh, it's great to 0:01:11.400 --> 0:01:14.000 see you. What a fun weekend of baseball. Lots of injuries, 0:01:14.040 --> 0:01:17.400 which is never fun, but certainly Fernando Tatis looks like 0:01:17.440 --> 0:01:20.040 an absolute rock star and that makes our producer Michael 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:21.639 Kelly very very happy. 0:01:21.680 --> 0:01:21.880 Boy. 0:01:22.240 --> 0:01:24.840 It's a busy week for Cali, but you can always 0:01:24.840 --> 0:01:28.000 appreciate Fernando Tatis. June, I could appreciate you coming out too. 0:01:28.040 --> 0:01:31.080 By the way, we did do a home run derby. 0:01:31.520 --> 0:01:34.840 There was an injury. Oh and we might have more 0:01:34.920 --> 0:01:37.600 updates coming on that, I think, Baby, I take. 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:39.440 Back everything that I ever said about those guys in 0:01:39.480 --> 0:01:43.119 the intercostal strains because I totally just overswinging on one 0:01:43.640 --> 0:01:45.800 and it just tweaked something and it wasn't right. But 0:01:46.640 --> 0:01:48.400 it was a good time. Nonetheless, it was nice to 0:01:48.400 --> 0:01:48.920 get outside. 0:01:48.960 --> 0:01:49.320 I love that. 0:01:49.360 --> 0:01:51.320 This is my favorite comment off. It was brought up already, 0:01:51.360 --> 0:01:54.440 but Michael Joe Rico got sent back down at Triple A. Look, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.480 he's a light shining star, Joe A. 0:01:56.560 --> 0:01:56.840 Rico. 0:01:56.960 --> 0:02:00.600 He is a prospect to watch, but uh, you know, 0:02:00.640 --> 0:02:03.040 when the big dog comes back from the il, you know, 0:02:03.120 --> 0:02:04.840 and then I feel like I'm on the il, but 0:02:04.960 --> 0:02:07.840 in all seriousness, Arico crushed it as he always does. 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.000 We have a team here that is unbelievable, and I'm 0:02:11.080 --> 0:02:12.919 very happy I got to get a couple of days 0:02:12.919 --> 0:02:14.840 away because it doesn't happen when my kids are off. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:17.760 I like to take off. That's the only time really 0:02:17.800 --> 0:02:21.640 I do that much. Because I go baseball coverage, NFL coverage. 0:02:21.639 --> 0:02:23.960 I never stopped, kind of like Welsh does too. So 0:02:24.080 --> 0:02:26.280 those NFL guys they get like a six month break 0:02:26.360 --> 0:02:27.280 kind they're doing. 0:02:27.200 --> 0:02:28.720 Draft, they do what they're doing right now. 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:30.359 I don't know. I mean, who knows the. 0:02:30.400 --> 0:02:33.600 Jab one show a week. 0:02:33.400 --> 0:02:34.440 Okay, he will be. 0:02:34.680 --> 0:02:36.880 Called back up from Triple A though later this week. 0:02:36.840 --> 0:02:38.920 Yes day, I hear on Friday Welsh might have a 0:02:38.919 --> 0:02:42.400 little bit of a I was like, a strained tendon 0:02:42.800 --> 0:02:44.320 is a groin is a groin issue? 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.200 I think for Welsh that's what Yeah, from watching all 0:02:46.240 --> 0:02:49.160 of my kids dance accomplished and but it's the Joe 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:51.880 and Joe Show. Glad to have you back to all 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:52.919 this baseball. 0:02:52.680 --> 0:02:53.400 Joe's one show. 0:02:53.480 --> 0:02:56.240 Let's get to Fernando Tattis Junior here on our twitch again. 0:02:56.280 --> 0:02:58.880 We're live on twitch every single Monday through Friday. Join 0:02:58.960 --> 0:03:01.360 us at twitch dot tv so Frezi Pros, and of 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:04.400 course you can always find us on the YouTube channel 0:03:04.440 --> 0:03:07.560 as well. Subscribe on Fantasy Ros MLB. Fernando Tatis two 0:03:07.600 --> 0:03:09.679 for four, another homer, Welsh. I don't know if he 0:03:09.720 --> 0:03:11.480 hadn't in perpetuity for the weekend. I saw you picked 0:03:11.520 --> 0:03:13.800 him on Friday. I want to say he is hitting 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:17.359 three fifty eight four thirty six OBP six ninety one, 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:19.600 slugging eight homers, sixteen rbees. 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:20.560 Seven steals. 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:24.880 Fernando Tatis Junior has finally arrived as the the god. 0:03:24.919 --> 0:03:26.480 Can we can we put him in bubble wrap? Can 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:27.120 we do that? Welsh? 0:03:27.120 --> 0:03:29.040 And just keep him, keep him nice and safe and 0:03:29.040 --> 0:03:30.120 warm the rest of the season out. 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:32.720 Let's keep let's keep him dewormed as much as possible, 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.200 and let's get Fernando Tatis to be doing his best. 0:03:35.680 --> 0:03:35.760 Uh. 0:03:35.880 --> 0:03:38.240 The three fifty eight four to thirty six six ninety 0:03:38.320 --> 0:03:42.680 one average OBP slugs ridiculous. The hitting profile, it's a 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:46.560 reddis can red b board. I mean, sprint speed us up. 0:03:46.600 --> 0:03:49.280 He's hitting. He's averaging career highs across the board. Maybe 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:51.840 one of the most impressive combos, and let's see if 0:03:51.840 --> 0:03:55.960 this sticks. Strikeouts and walks career low strikeout rate right 0:03:55.960 --> 0:03:58.920 now twelve point eight percent. He was twenty essentially twenty 0:03:58.920 --> 0:04:01.600 two last year and it's one point eight percent walk rate, 0:04:01.680 --> 0:04:04.200 so it's super early. But let's see if that kind 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:07.400 of continues to maintain. Because dude feels healthy, he's running 0:04:07.400 --> 0:04:11.240 bases like crazy. He's easily pushing a thirty thirty season. 0:04:11.480 --> 0:04:13.320 But you never know, we might get to forty forty, 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:16.680 very very very good Fernando Tatis early return though there's 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:19.279 a little part of me this wouldn't be me. But 0:04:19.360 --> 0:04:22.240 to ask the question, does anybody feel a little bit 0:04:22.400 --> 0:04:25.160 squirrely about Fernando Tatis? With you know, you got the 0:04:25.200 --> 0:04:28.719 de wormer stuff, you got the injury history. We already 0:04:28.760 --> 0:04:31.000 had the thing earlier this year we talked about like 0:04:31.000 --> 0:04:32.920 do people want to get out? I wonder if there's 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:35.360 squirrely people trying to get out right now and sell high. 0:04:35.400 --> 0:04:37.040 I don't think I would, because I think he's gonna 0:04:37.080 --> 0:04:38.760 I think he's gonna be a top five fantasy guy 0:04:38.760 --> 0:04:39.160 rest to see. 0:04:39.320 --> 0:04:39.679 I agree. 0:04:39.680 --> 0:04:41.200 I think next year we're gonna look at him as 0:04:41.200 --> 0:04:43.280 a top five overall pick and know what. That's where 0:04:43.320 --> 0:04:46.360 his talent is. So let's go. This is a fun 0:04:46.360 --> 0:04:49.640 one from Leaf or Death. Why do fantasy guys like jazz? 0:04:49.720 --> 0:04:50.600 Dude is so mid? 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:52.160 I love this. 0:04:52.360 --> 0:04:54.919 I'll answer this question because I kind of get where 0:04:55.520 --> 0:04:57.960 death is coming from here, which is a phrase that's 0:04:57.960 --> 0:05:01.719 weird to say out loud, but it's because he is exciting. 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:04.359 He's got power, speed combination. That's a very you know, 0:05:04.400 --> 0:05:07.520 thrilling thing to those rotal league players. And he is 0:05:07.600 --> 0:05:11.920 a dynamic player, right, It's exciting that combination of athleticism. 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:14.960 He's also very fiery, and he plays on the Yankees, 0:05:15.000 --> 0:05:18.120 which you know that doesn't help the fact that sometimes 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.000 he gets overinflated. Jazz still has a little bit of 0:05:21.000 --> 0:05:25.279 a maturity issues sometimes maybe maybe I feel like Stewey 0:05:25.360 --> 0:05:27.159 from Family Guy a little bit. Here, are you a 0:05:27.200 --> 0:05:29.719 jazz chism guy? I never remember if you're a jazz 0:05:29.760 --> 0:05:32.040 guy or you're a I'm not a big jazz guy 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:35.320 just generally speaking. I live with a jazz musician in college, 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.000 and I just learned to hate jazz. Going from like, 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:40.000 oh this is interesting too. I want to jump off 0:05:40.040 --> 0:05:42.320 a tall building because all this guy does is play 0:05:42.360 --> 0:05:44.040 jazz music all the time, But where are you at 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:44.360 with jazz? 0:05:44.400 --> 0:05:47.720 Chishm I love jazz, but I mean, I'll give you 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:50.520 an easier answer where that that question was. We needed 0:05:50.520 --> 0:05:52.400 a comment in there where it was like, why do 0:05:52.480 --> 0:05:55.760 fantasy guys love jazz? Comma he's so mid? Because I 0:05:55.839 --> 0:05:56.680 was having a hard time. 0:05:56.880 --> 0:05:59.200 Why they hate him so much? He's so mid? 0:05:59.200 --> 0:06:02.280 But there's this, there's a super easy answer to why 0:06:02.279 --> 0:06:06.440 do fantasy people like him? Twenty four homers, forty stolen base, 0:06:07.240 --> 0:06:11.159 that's pretty simplistic. And then you throw in third base. 0:06:11.480 --> 0:06:14.359 Now here's third base, qualified player. You don't get that. 0:06:14.680 --> 0:06:16.560 The only person you get that out of is Jsierramir. 0:06:16.640 --> 0:06:20.159 So why do people love jazz? Because it's absurdly big 0:06:20.200 --> 0:06:23.000 fantasy stuff. But to your point, in like a real 0:06:23.040 --> 0:06:26.800 baseball perspective, and if you're trying to outproject, the problem 0:06:26.839 --> 0:06:29.479 is he's always been a big swing and miss guy. 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:33.280 The thing that's happening now is with the Yankees. Theoretically, 0:06:33.360 --> 0:06:36.360 like his bat is being protected a tiny bit because 0:06:36.360 --> 0:06:38.520 the ball is flying a little bit more in the 0:06:38.600 --> 0:06:41.360 Yankee stadium. But and he had cut his strikeouts down 0:06:41.360 --> 0:06:43.640 by the way year over year, from twenty three to 0:06:43.680 --> 0:06:45.719 twenty four it was thirty to twenty four percent. But 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.520 he's back up. He's got really bad plate discipline. He's 0:06:48.560 --> 0:06:51.560 a big, heavy swing through guy. He's kind of a 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:54.320 you know, big emotional, like in your face, young batflip 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:55.840 type of guy that some people don't like. But why 0:06:55.880 --> 0:06:59.000 do fantasy guys like him? Because it's the most ridiculous, 0:06:59.000 --> 0:07:01.840 stupid stat that's forty stolen bases from third base who 0:07:01.880 --> 0:07:04.159 don't get and it's in that little baby ballpark in 0:07:04.160 --> 0:07:06.000 the Yankee So it's pretty easy to see why you 0:07:06.080 --> 0:07:08.520 like him. But you know, I get why also you 0:07:08.560 --> 0:07:11.760 don't like him because the plate discipline is crappy sucks. 0:07:11.880 --> 0:07:14.960 Yeah, so jazz poll, is that what we're getting here? 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:16.640 Do you? Let's let let's let it run for more 0:07:16.640 --> 0:07:18.360 than a minute though, if we can, are you a 0:07:18.400 --> 0:07:21.560 jazz of jazz? Jazz no jazz? That's I'm going to know. 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:23.600 Man, Let's get to more headlines because there's a lot 0:07:23.640 --> 0:07:25.960 to talk about. The weekend Warriors, some great pitching performances. 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.520 Max Freed seven two third shoutout innings. He was terrific. 0:07:29.560 --> 0:07:31.680 He's been brilliant for the Yankees. Logan Webb had a 0:07:31.680 --> 0:07:34.560 twelve K performance. Yeah, I'm a Moto had a ten 0:07:34.640 --> 0:07:37.120 K performance. Andrew Abbott struck out eleven. He was a 0:07:37.120 --> 0:07:39.280 hot waiver wire pick up this week. I tried to 0:07:39.280 --> 0:07:41.280 get him. I thought i'd put a high bid in 0:07:41.560 --> 0:07:43.920 and I got outbid by more than ten dollars for him, 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:45.760 So I clearly was off on that. I thought I 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:46.720 could sneak him through. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.160 Not the case. Zach Wheeler had. 0:07:49.040 --> 0:07:52.880 A thirteen strikeout performance of Mackenzie Gore thirteen strikeouts against 0:07:52.920 --> 0:07:55.080 the Rockies. So if all the double digit K performances 0:07:55.120 --> 0:07:56.960 over the weekend, Welsh, was there one that was more 0:07:56.960 --> 0:07:58.120 impressive to you than another? 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:01.120 Well, there was one that's stood out, Okay, So the 0:08:01.120 --> 0:08:04.760 most impressive was Mackenzie Gore. I think Mackenzie Gore continue 0:08:05.040 --> 0:08:07.920 though it was like Rockies and but I'd been on 0:08:08.000 --> 0:08:09.960 him for like first five and strike outs and stuff 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.680 like that. But McKenzie Gore, really the profile has changed 0:08:12.720 --> 0:08:14.920 and slider usage is coming up. I continue to talk 0:08:14.920 --> 0:08:18.320 about him, but I would say the most impressive was 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.560 the three to four seconds that Logan Web had after 0:08:21.680 --> 0:08:23.760 I think it was after his start where he was 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:25.600 being interviewed in the locker room. I wish we had 0:08:25.600 --> 0:08:28.440 this video. I forgot to ask to prep for it, 0:08:29.000 --> 0:08:33.000 and someone rips a big fart while he's talking, and 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:35.000 then he tries to not laugh, and he tries to 0:08:35.040 --> 0:08:38.760 answer the question, and then he just absolutely loses it 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:42.880 and he just can't control himself, and he apologizes. Farts 0:08:42.880 --> 0:08:45.760 are always funny, and Logan Webb, I also give him 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.960 extra credit for appreciating that and not ignoring like it 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:49.559 didn't happen. 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:53.280 So Logan Webb, welcome back, Joe to farts are always funny. 0:08:53.480 --> 0:08:56.679 You know, I miss the show. I miss doing this. 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:58.679 Every day, you know, a couple of days off here 0:08:58.720 --> 0:09:00.479 and there, Logan web not us. 0:09:00.520 --> 0:09:03.320 Sure, all right, let's get to a manual. 0:09:03.400 --> 0:09:05.760 Class A a lot of three runs on four hits 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:08.679 in one inning, blew another save against the Pirates of 0:09:08.800 --> 0:09:10.640 the freaking Pirates on Sunday. 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:12.120 Oh now, the velocity's okay. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:17.360 The babup is at four fifty five, so clearly you 0:09:17.400 --> 0:09:20.120 know he's throwing a lot of strikes. Luck is I 0:09:20.120 --> 0:09:23.040 guess a part of this, but there's also a mental 0:09:23.080 --> 0:09:26.320 aspect of closing. And Class A was unhittable last year, 0:09:26.520 --> 0:09:29.520 and then the Yankee playoff game happened, and I don't 0:09:29.520 --> 0:09:31.040 know if he got shook from that. I don't know 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.959 if it's just a weird perfect storm. We mentioned this 0:09:34.040 --> 0:09:36.040 about a week ago. We had a conversation. Right there 0:09:36.040 --> 0:09:37.760 was a night where a bunch of closers no kind 0:09:37.760 --> 0:09:40.439 of looked crappy, and we all said, well, Class A 0:09:40.520 --> 0:09:42.160 will be fine, will be fine. I just want to 0:09:42.160 --> 0:09:44.240 take your temperature. Do we still think that Class A 0:09:44.320 --> 0:09:44.960 is going to be fine? 0:09:47.360 --> 0:09:49.359 I think you have to kind of in this situation, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.920 you want to side on like the historical data. They're 0:09:52.960 --> 0:09:55.160 not gonna take him out. There's gonna I mean, I 0:09:55.160 --> 0:09:57.400 guess unless he just keeps going. Maybe you give him 0:09:57.400 --> 0:09:59.760 a little spell. Sometimes that happens where you know, they 0:09:59.760 --> 0:10:01.439 got a like Paul C. Wall that they could throw 0:10:01.440 --> 0:10:03.520 in there if they wanted, or Kate Smith. I think 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:07.040 they could go with. But I think he's gonna be okay, 0:10:07.080 --> 0:10:09.800 and I'm gonna side on that. I will say, his 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:12.160 slider looks like it's down. It's about a mile and 0:10:12.160 --> 0:10:16.079 a half right now. It's getting obliterated, and he's throwing 0:10:16.080 --> 0:10:17.840 it a lot more than he was throwing his cutter 0:10:17.960 --> 0:10:21.080 last year, and his cutter is down just a tiny bit, 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.280 and I don't know if there needs to be a 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:25.600 little bit of a pitch mix mess with or something 0:10:25.640 --> 0:10:27.640 like that, but he's just he's getting hit up right now. 0:10:27.840 --> 0:10:30.040 He's one of the best closers in baseball. So I 0:10:30.080 --> 0:10:32.199 don't want to like panic or overreact or be like, 0:10:32.240 --> 0:10:34.840 oh yeah, I'm gonna trade Classe or even Devin Williams. 0:10:34.840 --> 0:10:37.640 That's another one. Devin Williams does look he looks shook 0:10:37.720 --> 0:10:40.480 a little bit in his situation. But what are you 0:10:40.600 --> 0:10:42.240 honestly going to do with these type of guys. I 0:10:42.240 --> 0:10:44.520 think you have to hold tight. I also would say 0:10:44.920 --> 0:10:48.400 historically you should buy on these players if someone out 0:10:48.440 --> 0:10:50.120 there is freaking out, Like if you can buy them 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:51.880 on the low, I think that's what you should do. 0:10:52.240 --> 0:10:54.360 It's a good question to ask, like should we be 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.720 worried and are these guys tapering back down? If I 0:10:57.760 --> 0:11:00.800 had to, if I had to pick one, Devin Williams 0:11:00.880 --> 0:11:02.600 or class I think I'd be more worried about Devin 0:11:02.600 --> 0:11:05.040 Williams than I am class A right now, because he, 0:11:05.200 --> 0:11:08.080 I mean, he is just a He's a lockdown guy. 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:09.959 He is that guy, and that's what guy I think 0:11:10.000 --> 0:11:12.319 I was a little bit. Let's not forget Yeah, no, 0:11:12.360 --> 0:11:14.480 it's it's one hundred true. But maybe he's getting all 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:15.800 the bat out early on in the season. 0:11:16.200 --> 0:11:17.120 Maybe maybe. 0:11:17.600 --> 0:11:20.000 But to think right now that you've got those two 0:11:20.000 --> 0:11:23.880 guys who you put early, what fourth round draft capital 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:27.280 probably somewhere around the right four, five, six, let's just 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.400 you know, open up the range, pending on the shallowness 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:30.040 of the league. 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:34.079 Uh, they crushing your whips. They're crushing your soul, They're 0:11:34.120 --> 0:11:34.959 crushing your e ra. 0:11:35.160 --> 0:11:37.000 I mean this is not good. It is not good, 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:41.160 you know. Uh, cheap saves great good, so good. Jose 0:11:41.240 --> 0:11:45.000 Alvarado off the waiver wire. Delicious, also delicious. Mike Trout, 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:47.560 the Trout is good. It's back on the menu. Two 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:49.440 homers on Saturday, he almost at a third two. I 0:11:49.559 --> 0:11:52.199 got home, I was unpacking, and after WrestleMania, I was 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.040 watching that game and I saw the highlights of the 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:56.440 two and they were live in that game, and I 0:11:56.480 --> 0:11:58.480 thought he hit the third one, and it was like 0:11:58.559 --> 0:11:59.960 right on the warning track basically. 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:02.760 So I'll ask the question again because I asked it 0:12:02.840 --> 0:12:05.480 last week. This year, we. 0:12:05.400 --> 0:12:08.200 Are right where you could copy and paste the low 0:12:08.240 --> 0:12:11.200 batting average, the high home runs looking like Mike Trout 0:12:11.200 --> 0:12:13.600 you can copy and paste. And last year we said 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:16.080 trade him and we were right. Welsh was right this year. 0:12:16.120 --> 0:12:18.000 Doesn't want to trade him. Still, I just want to again. 0:12:18.040 --> 0:12:20.280 I'm just checking in. I haven't seen you for a 0:12:20.280 --> 0:12:22.839 couple of days in this mode. Still not going to 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:24.480 trade Mike Trout. Not going to get out from under 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:25.079 it so high. 0:12:25.559 --> 0:12:27.719 Yeah, let's not. We're not going to royal We that one. 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:30.679 You rightfully so wanted to sell him. I did not. 0:12:30.880 --> 0:12:33.800 I was ready to take some victory laps off of 0:12:33.800 --> 0:12:36.800 our Pianowski argument where he was like, I'm not touching him, 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:40.440 and Mike Trout was the biggest win on the planet. 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:44.400 I went hard on the drafting market of Mike Trout 0:12:44.400 --> 0:12:46.520 towards the end of the season, just committing to it. 0:12:46.760 --> 0:12:49.760 He's out there, looks healthy, drop some weight. The risk 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:53.520 is always there, But no, I'm not doing that because 0:12:53.840 --> 0:12:55.640 the big thing, if you did want to do it, 0:12:56.200 --> 0:12:58.439 it's still not really the time he's hitting a buck 0:12:58.520 --> 0:13:01.840 eighty four. I don't I think that's the place, especially 0:13:02.040 --> 0:13:04.240 you're in that timeline. The average has got to get 0:13:04.240 --> 0:13:07.280 back up. The babbop has been low so far this 0:13:07.400 --> 0:13:09.800 season he is, he's kind of johannioing it. He's only 0:13:09.880 --> 0:13:13.320 hitting homers, but he has got a one thirty three. 0:13:13.640 --> 0:13:16.199 Babboit one thirty three two years ago is a three 0:13:16.400 --> 0:13:18.880 thirty five. So I mean, you're talking about two hundred 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:21.240 points of Babbitt, two hundred points of batting average. Even 0:13:21.280 --> 0:13:25.160 if it's not that much you're probably looking at. I mean, 0:13:25.360 --> 0:13:28.320 expected batting average is two seventy seven. Right now, you 0:13:28.360 --> 0:13:30.480 get to two sixty and he's got a bunch of 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:33.440 homers and you're scared and you want to only listen 0:13:33.480 --> 0:13:36.360 to Joe, then great, you should sell him. Then that's 0:13:36.400 --> 0:13:38.560 when you should do it. But right now, the juice 0:13:38.600 --> 0:13:40.400 is not worth the squeeze to get off of Trout 0:13:40.520 --> 0:13:43.960 just because what could happen. Big Trout is still going 0:13:44.040 --> 0:13:47.200 to come in and play the big fish. Don't throw 0:13:47.280 --> 0:13:48.760 him back into the water quite yet. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:51.920 O'Neal Cruz and Christopher Sanchez for Mike Trout. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:55.640 Uh yeah, I mean I would do that. Okay, you're 0:13:55.679 --> 0:13:58.199 hitting a huge, you're getting a huge return. O'Neil Cruz 0:13:58.280 --> 0:14:00.920 is leading the league and stolen are at the top. 0:14:00.960 --> 0:14:03.480 He's hit a homer. Maybe that was cheating Christopher Sanders. 0:14:03.960 --> 0:14:06.760 I meant Cedric Mullins and Chrisopher Sanchez from Mike Trout. 0:14:07.880 --> 0:14:09.680 H Well, I'm sorry, say no, absolutely not. 0:14:09.679 --> 0:14:12.120 Okay, I'm just just just gauging where you might be 0:14:12.200 --> 0:14:16.120 at here now speaking of Joe telling the future, it's 0:14:16.120 --> 0:14:19.080 funny schamentin mention that Welsh because we are right here 0:14:19.480 --> 0:14:23.280 in a segment we like to call Joe Stradamis. You know, 0:14:23.360 --> 0:14:26.160 we took a lot of punches in the last couple 0:14:26.200 --> 0:14:28.240 of weeks. I was very bold about some of the 0:14:28.240 --> 0:14:30.400 guys that I'm not in on this year or I'm 0:14:30.400 --> 0:14:33.520 not buying this a certain April illusion that happens all 0:14:33.560 --> 0:14:35.280 the time. So I just want to check in on 0:14:35.320 --> 0:14:37.160 some of those guys because Welsh and I were fighting 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:40.000 about them. So this is fun kyra and Paris got 0:14:40.040 --> 0:14:40.880 a day off Sunday. 0:14:40.920 --> 0:14:43.960 Why because he's been bad. He's been so bad. 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:47.000 Oh, two for twenty one over his last twenty one 0:14:47.000 --> 0:14:49.960 at bats, a point zero nine to five batting average, 0:14:50.000 --> 0:14:54.600 twelve strikeouts, how many walks zero zero walks none in 0:14:54.640 --> 0:14:57.360 his last seven games. Michael Harris, I know he hit 0:14:57.360 --> 0:14:58.160 a hole run this weekend. 0:14:58.200 --> 0:15:01.480 Congratulations with who he's check out this slash. 0:15:01.200 --> 0:15:04.520 Michael Harris two hundred two twenty five on base percentage 0:15:04.520 --> 0:15:08.360 of three forty seven slugging. Holy crap, that's untenable. Something 0:15:08.360 --> 0:15:10.040 has to give it really soon for that guy. And 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.800 Raffaeld dever is after, Oh, he's back, he's back, He's back. 0:15:13.280 --> 0:15:13.920 I warned you. 0:15:14.000 --> 0:15:17.480 It was the Cardinals, possibly the worst pitching staff in baseball. 0:15:17.840 --> 0:15:20.440 Rafield Dever is hitting two twenty two currently, he is 0:15:20.560 --> 0:15:22.560 nine for his last forty eight, with a one to 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:24.600 eighty eight batting average over that span of six thirty 0:15:24.640 --> 0:15:27.480 two ops over the last two weeks and thirty strikeouts 0:15:27.520 --> 0:15:32.240 in twenty three games. So Joe's tredamas so far looks 0:15:32.280 --> 0:15:34.320 pretty good. Welsh just saying, just want to put that 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:34.800 out there. 0:15:35.600 --> 0:15:38.480 You know my birthdays tomorrow. You're giving me a horrible 0:15:38.480 --> 0:15:41.359 gift right now. You're giving me an absolutely horrible gift. 0:15:41.240 --> 0:15:43.960 Of what the truth a foresight is that what I'm 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:45.000 giving you a horrible gift. 0:15:45.040 --> 0:15:48.360 You can't handle the truth. I mean, you taking a 0:15:48.440 --> 0:15:52.000 victory lap on this right now. Mark this down. April 0:15:52.000 --> 0:15:54.760 twenty first, let's mark this segment and bring it back, 0:15:54.840 --> 0:15:59.320 because to victory lap that they're all out after I 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:02.840 mean Kyraen Perry specifically, it's been six bad games. And 0:16:03.040 --> 0:16:03.760 by the way, right. 0:16:03.680 --> 0:16:08.160 After thinking of untenable, unbelievabay good that were unsustainable, there's 0:16:08.200 --> 0:16:09.720 actually a guy that I want to buy low on 0:16:09.760 --> 0:16:11.640 the three of them. But I'm not going to try 0:16:11.800 --> 0:16:13.320 hold on, let me tease. I'm going to tease it 0:16:13.360 --> 0:16:14.960 because we're going to do it in the trade video 0:16:15.080 --> 0:16:17.160 later this week. Okay, one of these guys I actually 0:16:17.160 --> 0:16:17.760 do want to buy on. 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:21.160 Okay, go ahead, But in your same statement where it's oh, 0:16:21.160 --> 0:16:23.400 it's six bad games, but the six good games, well, 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:26.720 guess what. Still even after this really bad run, he 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.360 has an over twenty percent barrel rate, a fifty seven 0:16:29.440 --> 0:16:32.240 percent hard hit rate. His expected bad average is almost 0:16:32.280 --> 0:16:36.080 two seventy. He's walking a bunch, he's bareling consistently, He's 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:38.640 getting the ball in the error at almost a twelve 0:16:38.640 --> 0:16:41.080 degree launch angle. All of those changes he made with 0:16:41.160 --> 0:16:43.920 Judge Da Da Da Da Dad, it's still all there, 0:16:44.120 --> 0:16:45.960 and I think that is going to equate to some 0:16:46.120 --> 0:16:48.680 decent results. Never said he's going to be a big superstar, 0:16:48.960 --> 0:16:51.640 but he's a must pick up, hold and watch through 0:16:51.640 --> 0:16:54.440 the season. He is still worth. I think holding through 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.320 some of this bad stuff netto is back. I think 0:16:57.360 --> 0:17:00.560 it's just too early on the Kirraen Paris stuff, Devers 0:17:00.600 --> 0:17:04.359 and Harris. They're interesting ones that are really bad lows. 0:17:04.400 --> 0:17:06.919 We've talked about. We've beat the Dever stuff, you know, 0:17:07.040 --> 0:17:08.200 to a pulp at this point. 0:17:08.240 --> 0:17:11.120 See we beat it, and then it was oh, he's fine. 0:17:11.160 --> 0:17:13.399 He's fine because he had a good game in a 0:17:13.440 --> 0:17:17.600 double header day against the terrible Cardinals. Sorry Leaver, but yeah, 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.560 I mean here's an interesting one too. This came across 0:17:21.240 --> 0:17:24.320 whereas here it is Huck Finn moved on from Paris 0:17:24.320 --> 0:17:26.480