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It is the Raspball Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I am beat on, joined
us always by the fantasy master letario himself. Gray. All right, how's
going over there? Gray? Hey? What's going on there? Beat?
I'm a nice, nice wardrobe selection you got there? Yeah, you know,
it felt like the right day for it for some reason, maybe just
because our seasons might have died yesterday depending on on your teams and who you
had on them. Because it's it's been a bad injury week Gray, So
I'm just maybe maybe this is just the morning of seasons past. Now,
Yeah, I actually full disclosure umpire Pat Hoberg bet that we would both wear
this sim shirt. And he actually was nice enough to cut me in on
it, so become the shady fine to take that one. Yeah, you
should have worked out a sidepot with him. Yeah, you know, it
would have been would have been good to get that information from you, you
know, just so that I could have worked that out. But I appreciate
the help Gray. As usual, I make nothing and Gray just benefits.
That's uh, that's how this relationship works. It's okay, you know,
it's it's basically like you know, happy bladd Father's Day. It's a lot
of like father son relationships for for a long time going up, you know,
just the one way relationship. Yeah, I'm your father daddy. Uh,
i'd be the one getting stuff. I feel like it's the other way.
I'm the dad. I do all the ship get no benefit other than
just like you getting everything that you know, you know what be done.
You're my daddy. I uh so. Uh. For people who didn't hear,
there's another gambling scandal, which actually I mean the the first one was
the most high profile obviously because of Otani was involved, not involved. I
didn't say that. Don't don't don't don't sue me uh, team team Otani.
Uh. Then the the second gambling scandal, the to Competito to Coupetita
Marcano. Uh totally said that correctly. That was That was probably probably the
the scandal that was the least talked about but actually was probably the worst for
baseball because actual players were involved. And then the latest scandal this weekend was
umpire Pat Hoberg, who I believe was one of the actually good umpires in
baseball, Like is uh, he was always one that called a really good
game. I think he actually in the World Series he called a perfect game.
Didn't get one behind home plate, that is, didn't get one ball
or strike incorrect for the entire World Series game. So in this scandal,
I believe is the prelude to the point where things get really bad. This
is this feels like the precipice when MLB actually gets into real a real problem
if umpires are now caught gambling. Like before it was like the players are
bad, absolutely, but you know marginal players who didn't really have an effect
on the games. Okay, actual umpires now, yeah, this this feels
like a slow moving scandal that is going to just erupt at some point.
Soon. I get this feeling that this is not the end. This doesn't
feel like the end. This feels like the beginning. Yeah, I mean,
just the prevalence of sports gambling and just I mean it's been made you
know, more and more legal. You know, the the discipline has been
talked about because comparatively to you know, a lifetime ban, it's it feels
like a little bit of a slap on the wrist here for for Hoper,
but we'll see what's happening because it's not it's not settled yet. Feels wrong
that the people who are supposed to be officiating the game aren't going to be
held accountable to the rules. That this this feels uh, it feels a
weird gray. I mean, but maybe that's just where we where we are
right now. Yeah, yeah, no, definitely, I you know.
I I also I kind of wonder with like, uh, you know,
umpires if like because supposedly he didn't gamble on baseball. That's like, so
he's he was gambling but not on baseball. So I kind of wonder,
like I don't know this. I'm sure it's written out somewhere maybe you know,
but like, what is what's an umpire, like because players can gamble
on on non baseball sports, So can umpires not gamble at all? Or
are they allowed to gamble in the offseason. I wonder, honestly, I'm
kind of wondering because you mentioned how like the prevalence of gambling, and I
wonder, like in the the nineteen thirties, like right after like Temperance and
you know, right after Knukie from the Border Walk Empire, it got all
the booze and it was legalized across the country. I wonder if like MLB
had problems with like players suddenly like showing up at the games drunk because of
because alcohol was now legal. Because you know, like right now we're seeing
a point in like, you know, history where gambling has really become you
know, second nature associated with baseball in all sports really, So you know,
at a certain point in the thirties, alcohol was the same way where
it was like, oh, you know, everyone's you know, everyone's dreams
game, like why can't I, you know, why can't I play you
know, first base for the Red Stockings drunk or whatever? I mean,
there must have been a lot besides Mickey Mantle, there must have been a
lot of players who were, you know, showing up drunk to games when
it was first legal. So I don't know. I just it's curious that
at a certain point, like obviously alcohol wasn't you know, illegal for players,
it wasn't illegal for them to be drunk on the field, which you
know, some players are probably still showing up the game trunk, but uh
no, I just want but gambling is illegal for them at least, so
I do kind of wonder, Like it feels like again, this feels like
the beginning and not the end, Like it feels like there's gonna be at
some point in the near future we're gonna hear a story about, like,
you know, some All star player who was caught gambling. Like that feels
it feels headed that way, like it really does. It doesn't. This
does not feel like, oh, you know, just like one offs.
Yeah, to answer your question, umpires can they're the same rules that their
players go by. So you can make legal bets, so like through apps
or through sports books on other sports, it's when you go through non legal
channels or maybe bet on your sport. Gotchare are issues. So Hopeberg was
he was using a book maker that or something I would assume he was using
a bookie if he said he wasn't betting on baseball. I personally find it
kind of hard to believe that you're not betting on the sport that you know
best. But okay, sure, well can physically control I know the people
umpiring and like I watch I mean, I watched the documentary, but I
don't follow basketball. You I think you do, right, Like there was
a there was a ref who got busted. Oh yeah, yeah, so
yeah. I mean, I don't know. Maybe maybe maybe baseball will avoid
this getting worse, but it really it feels a little bizarre that like this
is a third gambling scandal in the matter of like, you know, what
is it three months now? In three months, there's been like one gambling
scandal a month. I don't know. Maybe it'll you know, cool off
at some point, but it feels like it's getting progressively worse. Anyway,
we should move on the fantasy. I mean, I'm just also wondering why
people aren't just using the apps or like betting through legal sources, because they
can do that in like every other city they go to now, So I
just it doesn't really make sense to me. Why why bookies are necessary at
this point. I mean, I understand having an old school bookie, and
you know you've been probably been betting through them for a while. But why
why you know my I know, Uh, Coogs is my wife, Coogs
is my brother in law. He uses a bookie. I don't think that.
I don't think it's bad to say that. I know he is a
bookie, and I I don't. I can't gamble in California. If I
wanted to, I would have to use a bookie. But I don't.
I you know, I think people are pretty aware from from from Rosball that
I'm not really a gambler. I'm yeah, sorry, I don't know.
I was just gonna say that. You know, my my last big my
last big bet was betting Dom Smith would lead the Majors in the home run.
So I know, I know better after after you'd made that year,
you know, in under the under the Bus. I'm never telling you anything
again, Gray, so uh, you know, hopefully hopefully he doesn't get
caught with a bookie or anything, since that is definitely illegal. Still Gray,
anyways, let's move on to some injuries Gray, and real quick before
you really get into them. If you did have injuries were in your season,
Don't forget that the ras boll is coming up, and if you want
to invite to it, you need to get signed up sooner out of the
later, because the first set of invites are being sent out, I believe
sometime this week or next week. So if you want in the RAS ball,
make sure you get in right now. Go over to the site and
sign up and make sure that you are in and registered for that if you
were a fantasy football player. With that, Gray, let's give the people
some fantasy baseball talk. And by that I mean I'm gonna cry and moan
and I may just disappear for time on end. Don't worry. I'm I'm
still here somewhere. But let's start in Dodgerland. Mookie bets number sixteen on
the season to day play Raider, and that might be as low as he's
been all season. He is a fractured bone in his left wrist. There
is no timetable as of right now, but he's out for some time,
is the quote. Thanks for that brilliant insight, Davy Robs. He's out
for some time. Gray, That's that's very helpful, David Davy Bob.
We went from we went from the problems with gambling into the problems with Bets.
I you know, I honestly I heard about the Bets injury and I
was just like, how do I how do I learn fantasy football so I
can be in the rath ball because now my teams are a disaster? Uh
yeah, I mean I don't know, man, It's like it's importants.
So it's so dumb to even like you know, uh, you know,
like with the timetable, it's like you're you basically you may as well just
throw dart against the wall, like throw a dart against the calendar under wall
for when Bets is gonna return with you know what we heard from the Dodgers.
I don't know. A fractured bone the left wrist. That could mean
anything from like I don't know, maybe uh three, three to five weeks
to September maybe, you know, I have no idea. Honestly, I
don't know, because like, you know, fractured hands, like uh,
like what was it? TJ. Friedel he had a fractured thumb, I
think, and he came back like I don't know, what was it like
three weeks? And then you have other guys who they have a fractured hammet
bone and they're back in like three weeks to a month. And then you
have other guys who break their wrist and they're out for three months. And
it's like, it's impossible to know. I honestly, I don't know.
It stinks, so it definitely stinks. I yeah, I mean, actually,
well we'll talk about him in a second. But I lost the other
big Dodger who got injured. So with Bets, you know, I guess
who's replacing him. You know, I heard from the Dodgers. You know,
the Dodgers beat writer said that it was going to go mostly to Miguel
Rojas, and you know, that's unfortunately, that's not really good for fantasy.
It makes sense, like he is, he does have a good glove,
so it kind of it makes sense for the Dodgers. I don't I
don't see why the Dodgers would go to Miguel Vargas, the more interesting one
for fantasy. I would assume they will go to Rojas, and that doesn't
really help most people outside of maybe NL only. You know, they also
got Kevin Kevin Bigio recently, uh from the Jays, and you know,
he's also. I mean, it's like between Kevin, Kevin, Bigio,
Gavin Lux, Miguel Rojas. It's like there they are three automatic outs at
the bother at the bottom of the Dodgers lineup, Like the top of the
lineup is still good, like you know, O'tani moves the lead off probably
then you have Freeman, will Smith, tay Oscar Paget's uh and then it's
like a mixed match of Hayward, Bigio, Rojas and reque Keik Hernandez,
Chris Taylor, who's been historically bad by the way, I don't know,
I don't know if people have been following Chris Taylor, but he's been like
incredibly bad. And then Miguel Vargas was called up too, so like the
bottom four of the Dodgers order. Eh, I don't know, I don't
know if there's anything really there outside of like maybe in a fifteen teen mix
league if you want to gamble on like Bigio potentially having a little bit more
value, but all these guys feel kind of NL only ish, like Vargas
would be the most interesting, but he's probably the one with the least amount
of at bat's coming his way, so Yeah, I don't. I don't
know. I'm not really that excited about any of the guys that are taking
over, you know, trying to fill in at least for Bets. Yeah,
unfortunately, I think it's gonna be a bit of even if they kind
of give it to Rojas, they're still going to be I think some moving
in and out. And as you mentioned, none of them are really interesting
for our game unless you were in very deep leagues. So if you're in
those leagues, you know, it is probably Vargas that or been Rojas.
Maybe Vargas gets some some time there, Bigio gets some playing time. Maybe
it's just in that he slots in other places. But I'm I'm not all
that excited about it. And yeah, as you mentioned, risk can be
very tricky in regards to recovery. You know, if I just I just
googled it and it says six to twelve weeks up to a year depending on
how recovery goes. So that's not that's not what we really wanted to hear.
Let's go ahead and move over to the other injury that you mentioned for
the Dodgers, which is Yoshi Yammoto is number sixty seven on the on the
season's day player atter number nine teen starting pitcher. He has a right rotator
cuff strain. He's going on the il. Davy says it's not season ending.
We will see about that. It's like, yeah, I mean talk
about it. Like it's just like, uh, yeah, this guy's got
like uh, you know, he's got an arm injury or whatever. And
it's like, oh, yeah, well, what's the timetable, Well,
he should be back this year. It's like, uh, it's June,
bro, what he've been talking about he should be back this year. I
hope he's back this year. It's June. Oh man. It is super
I mean, it's super convenient for the Dodgers. You also gotta you gotta
wonder like how I don't know. I mean, I'm assuming it was a
real injury because the velocity was down, right, Like the Dodgers have been
known to fake injuries, but his velocity was down, so you're assuming it
was a injury. I guess what I'm what I'm getting at is like Bobby
Miller is set to return on Wednesday, so it's like, well, that's
kind of convenient for the Dodgers to suddenly have Yamamoto go to the IL right
when Bobby Miller's coming back. Okay, I mean it's good for the Dodgers.
It's not good for me though. It's not good for my fantasy teams.
I'll tell you that. Yeah. This stinks, man, This is
it's a it's not a good story on Yamamoto either, because like Bobby Miller,
like he went down you know, in April, and he just disappeared
for like what was it like two and a half months, Like he was
just maybe it was two months, but still, I mean he just disappeared
for two months. I honestly wouldn't be shocked if Yamamoto. I mean,
it's not encouraging when the manager's like, yeah, I mean he should be
back this year, it's like yeah, hope, So I really hope.
So man, that's that is my that's my hope. I don't know.
So again, you know, for ETAs on return dates for Yamamoto, I
don't know, maybe maybe end of August, beginning of September and then he
like ramps up for the playoffs. The problem the problem is with the Dodgers
too, Like they don't need them, so it's like what what do they
care? Like if he's back in you know, right after the All Star
break in July, or if he's back in September. They don't care either
way. So I'm guessing he's not coming back until September, just to keep
his innings in check and just to ramp him up for the playoffs, because
that's all they really want Yamamoto for is for the playoffs. Anyway. For
Bobby Miller, yeah, I mean I'm excited actually to have him back.
Hopefully he looks better than he did, you know when he when he went
to the I l he is. I mean, he's a potential ace.
I don't understand bringing him back to go to Coors as his first start.
That's not great from a fantasy standpoint. But yeah, I'm I'm actually I'm
benching him this week. You know, what's the what's the worst thing that
happens, I I miss out on a seven inning or a six inning gem.
I mean, he's not gonna he's not gonna throw that many pitches and
it's cores. So I'm benching him. But yeah, I'm excited that he's
coming back, hopefully you know, not this week. Next week he can
go into my fantasy you know, he can go into my fantasy team lineup
and you know, do well like we thought he was going to in March.
Yeah, so let me give you some names here. With Bobby Miller
returning, Who would you rather have? Bobby Miller or Andrew Heeney? Oh
god, Miller, yeah, Andrew Hey, Oh my god? No?
Who would I rather have? Nate Pearson for maybe the occasional save once every
three weeks or Andrew Hey? I want? I want Pearson? No,
I I don't want Andrew Hey. And anyway, all right, how about
how about you know, surprise of the season maybe been Lively. Uh,
that's that's a little bit closer. But I would go Bobby Miller just on
the hope that he's back, and you know, it looks as anywhere close
to what we were thought we were getting. I like, I do like
Ben Lively though you know, I've I've had him for about a month and
a half now in a couple of leagues, and other than other than his
Sunday start, he's he's looked pretty good for a while now. But yeah,
I would I would still go Bobby Miller, just for the chance for
upside. All right, one last one? Would you go him? Or
our fellow Dodger, Gavin Stone. I'm going Gavin Stone. Yeah, I
mean, his ear has been great. The strikeouts aren't, aren't, you
know, spectacular, But I would I would agree just the the way he's
been pitching has been strong enough that I think I'd just take the burd in
the hand there and just move forward with with Stone. All right, let's
move on to Arizona where Corbyn Carroll left the game on Sunday. He's going
for an MRI on his left side. This feels like, regardless of how
this AMRAI comes, he's gonna miss some time because he feels like he needs
to miss some time. You know, he was drafted obviously as a consensus
top five player currently two hundred and thirtieth on the Player Raider. If he
miss his time, that's hot. Honestly, I thought he was worse.
Sorry, yeah, it does seem it does seem like it should be worse.
But you know, he hits at the top of the lineup. He
hits every day and he still has some Stone bases. So yeah, I
mean, I guess I guess a little bit of value there. Are you
looking anybody that's replaced him, which looks like right now, it looks like
Rental Gritchick and Jack Peterson likely the two beneficiaries haven't seen an Aisle move yet
because they're waiting, I guess, to see how the AMRI goes. But
again, I'm assuming he's going at least for some if not, just a
minimal stay, maybe even longer, just kind of give himself, right,
Yeah, you would think supposedly he's The results just came back and it says
his MRI was clean, unlike his stat line which is which is really ugly
and thirty. I you know, I think Corbyn Carrol for me is like,
I mean, I wouldn't drop him, but I would like look at
him as like a third or fourth outfielder at this point. I mean,
you can't, like, if something comes of him, great, but I'm
not like I'm not expecting to bounce, you know. Like the MRI put
is clean on his left side, but what's it look like on his shoulder
as his are his knees okay, because he's not really even stealing bases like
he should. Is his Like his left side is clean, but what's the
MRI like on his right side? Because there's a problem somewhere with Corbyn Carroll
that we have not gotten to the bottom of. Like he's he's not right
at all, Like that's I think that's you know at this point. I
mean, I'm not saying anything shocking here. Everyone realizes Corbyn Carroll is off
this year. So you know, in shallower leagues, I would I would
look at like, you know, if he were on waivers, I would
pick him up in a tent. In a ten team mix league, I
would pick up Corbyn Carroll, but I wouldn't expect anything other than steals.
And if I were in a twelve team mix league, I would hold on
to him. But like I said, I would think of him as like
a third or fourth outfielder. And you know, like Duran or Corbin Carroll,
I think Duran's been much better. I don't see any reason why to
think Carol would be better. You know, earlier this year, we were
talking about twenty twenty five and where Corbin Carroll was gonna end up, you
know, getting drafted for next year. I think I said originally like top
twenty five, but I don't think he's gonna be top seventy five at this
point. I don't know, maybe maybe you know, like maybe maybe like
seventy five. Overall, he's definitely gonna be like, you know, someone
taking a flyer on a bounce back, because and it doesn't look like he's
coming out of this. You know, hopefully I eat my words and he
does come out of it, but it doesn't look like it's happening. Yeah,
it's uh, it's gonna be based on just the upside that we've seen
from him him and just assuming that this is an injury riddled season, he's
just not right. I assume we'll get some kind of information at some point
that that says such. I mean, if we're just looking for you know
that eventuality we can we can talk about some names real quick. Gray.
I mean, obviously if you're talking about that, I'll just throw out you
know, obviously you're taking Juli Rodriguez over him. Would you take Tatis over
him? Oh? God, yeah you wouldn't. No, I would.
I'm just asking no, No, it's fair, yeah, not too.
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to snap at you. What would you the
guy who I said is closer? What about Duran? Duran or Corbyn Carroll?
Who are you taking? I mean, I think if we're talking for
next year, which you know, then we're talking full upside. I think
i'd probably still go Carol. Duran just has zero, so you just you
know you're missing right what about right now? But right now for rest of
season? Yeah, I mean I would go Durand because I I don't think
Carroll's healthy rest of the season. And what about it's kind of apples and
oranges. But what about someone who else, someone who also hasn't been healthy,
Tyler O'Neill or Corbyn Carroll for this year alone. I'll take Corbin Carroll
there. Yeah, I would too, but it's close though, right.
I just don't trust Tyler O'Neill in general, and then I don't trust them
to stay healthy on top of it, so it's like a double I don't
trust you. Yeah, yeah, no, no, I hear you.
Yeah no, I I agree. I think I think they're probably Tyler,
Tyler O'Neill. What about Jerkson prof this year? Jerkson Profar or Corbyn Carroll.
That's that's really mean to make me have to say this out loud,
Gray, I think you have to go Profar just based on what he's been
doing. I mean, we could definitely see like one of the hardest first
half. The second half flips to where he's you know, a top twenty
five player and he goes to you know, bottom of the too fifty range
somewhere. But as of right now, I mean, how can you not
say it's profar this is this is probably an easy one. But tay oscar
or Corbyn Carrol not Tascar. I mean Taoskar has been putting out good numbers.
The stolen base has slowed down after that first little burst, but it
looks like everything else is okay. So you're reranking this point forward, you're
drafting tomorrow Corbyn Carroll is getting drafted for you. When are you taking him?
Overall? I would say he's probably going in the top eighty ninety somewhere
in that range. Yes, it's like it makes sense. Yeah, like
I said, like seventy five overall. Yeah, because there's some really boring
guys that are gonna go that I'm just not interested in in that area,
and I'll just I'll take the upside and grab the boring later. Yeah.
Yeah, no, I hear, you go go for the boying before the
boring. Yeah. And uh, and if we're redrafting now, you know,
I feel like we you know, if you redraft mid season, you
have a better idea of pictures too that we do preseason. A little bit
like it feels like someone else, someone else who has also struggling A Dolls,
Garcia or Corman Carrol Hm. I mean, I think that's a needs
based one, if you need power or steals, because I think they're kind
of giving you only one thing. Really, they might give you some counting
numbers, but they're primarily gonna be power or speed. I guess I would
have to. I guess i'd go up just because I think he's going to
get back together. I don't think it's necessarily an injury related thing. Whereas
if they're not gonna sit Corbyn down, which based on the report, it
doesn't sound like they're sitting him down for any kind of real time. I
don't know when he's supposed to get healthy, Like, I don't know when
that happens until we get in the next season. Yeah, I think also
with A Dallas, I think the concern that everyone had for the last three
years that he never took any pitches is finally caught up to him this year.
But in fairness to a dollas Garcia. He is around eighty five overall
on the player Raider versus Corbyn Carroll, who you mentioned earlier was at like
two thirty or whatever. Yeah, I mean that though of course he has
been worse than we've seen from him, but still not that bad. Yeah.
I mean part of it is that he got out of the gate really
hot and it's just been kind of tread full for like a month and a
half. So I know, if you own a dollars, you're you're just
waiting for it to kind of stap out. But I really do believe it's
coming. It's just a little bit of uh, you know, he's he's
just kind of not making the greatest of contact and getting a little unlucky.
On top of that, nothing else in the numbers really says like, you
know, he's done and it's not coming back at any point, So I
think, of anything, this is probably the time to buy a dollars rather
than you know, try and sell him off low. While we're on Arizona
real quick, I just want to mention that Jordan Lawler is a hamstring injury,
which is of course just happening after he's back for like a couple of
weeks following the offseason thumb surgery. So sucks for Jordan Lawler. But if
you've been holding on to him because you thought he might get called up because
he was just smashing the ball, you know you may have to wait it
out. So if you need that roster spot, you could probably let him
go because it sounds like he's gonna be out for re least a couple of
weeks here. Yeah, yeah, agreed, all right, great. Moving
on to Atlanta, Michael Harris has a great to left hamstring strain. No
title timetable for return. It usually a four to eight week type of thing,
depending on where it fits in that grade too and recovery process. There's
a bunch of junk here to replace him, Gray, Are you interested in
anything there? Or maybe we see Atlanta trade for somebody, or maybe they
just become sellers because they don't think it's Atlanta's year. I think they're probably
still gonna win, probably still get the wildcard, but that I mean everyone
gets the wildcard now anyway, anyway, but that beyond, that's beyond at
the point at this point, so I would say, yeah, I mean,
the Braves options are hopefully worse than your options in your fantasy. Hopefully
you have better options. So I mean, they're going to like Loriano maybe
I don't know. I don't even know who they're going to, but I
hope you have better options. So yeah, I would. I would try
outside of like NL only I don't think any of those names really matter,
you know, like the Forest Wall, Brian Anderson's of the world, you
know whatever. Yeah, I mean, I think Loriano, if he can
magically recapture the twenty nineteen Bounty Ball version of himself, there might be a
little bit. But I mean again that was it was so long ago,
and with that ball, forest Wall could maybe get you some stolen bases.
But it's real boring. In regards to their replacement options currently going, they're
gonnah, I would bescribe to Coriano. You're going from one pet's suspended player
too. Yep. Let's go ahead and move on to Cincinnati, where Nova
Marte is due back by the end of June. Gray June twenty eighth,
I believe, is the date currently last year, three home runs, six
on bases and thirty five games with the Reds three sixteen, three sixty six,
four fifty six Obviously, the suspension draws some of that into question.
Potentially, where are you thinking? Where do you think he slots in for
the Reds? Is he full time? Is this somebody you're willing to stash
for you know, two weeks or are you just waiting waiting until he gets
called back or gets back out? Uh? You know, actually a bug
crawl, A bug crawled, A bug crawled up the butt this morning,
and I got a I got a hanker in for some novel. No leave,
no Noble, I got Noel Noel bay Marte. I picked him up.
Long story short, I picked him up in our twelve team mix league,
and if I need a spot in that league, I might drop him
before he comes back. But I picked him up for now, so we'll
see. I you know, I don't know if like, where's Marte?
So I'm assuming Condelorious stays at third He's been fine, right Uh? And
uh, so I'm assuming like second base, well d H is open for
the Reds. So you have Nick Martini. Uh, Nick Martini and a
bunch of other like guys that you don't care out have been dhing so far
for the Reds. So I would assume Jonathan India goes to dh for the
most part, or at least like platoons in and out, and Marte then
he takes over for India at second. I would guess if that's or maybe
Condelaria goes into the DHU and Marte takes over a third. I don't know.
I think Marte plays though, I mean I would assume so I'd be
kind of surprised if he doesn't play at My guess is he mostly plays second
with the India switching out. Yeah, I don't know. I like Marte,
like I said, I picked him up in the in our twelve team
mix league, so he's got power and speed. He was I believe before
the ped suspect he was going around like seventy five to eighty five overall on
in preseason drafts, so he was. It wasn't or maybe one hundred,
one hundred and ten maybe somewhere in there. I forget, but he was,
you know, I mean, people wanted Marte on their team. So
it's like, I don't think any of that really has uh, you know,
completely evaporated just because he got suspended. I don't know, I don't,
you know, for the most part, with these suspensions Loriano included,
I don't know Loriana's actually I don't know what the Loreana situation was. But
with Marte and sort of like and Tatis, like with those, you know,
they're saying that they didn't know that they were taking pets, which you
know, honestly, I mean I laughed there, I had an inavertent giggle,
but like, it doesn't It wouldn't shock me if they really didn't know
that they were taking peeds, because you know, if you're rehabbing and a
doctor prescribed something or if you're just like if you're down, if you're taking
something, you're not sure what it is. Yeah, I mean that could
happen. So if someone doesn't, you know, like in Marte. It
wasn't like Marte was taking peds like people hear peds and I think they think
like McGuire or Bonds. And it's not like it's not like Marte went from
like a twelve homer hitter to like a sixty homer hitter. I mean he
was he was always a fifteen homer hitter, right, It's not like he
like suddenly became Brady Anderson or something like. He didn't. He didn't suddenly
get fifty homer power. So it's like, okay, he was taking peds.
Even if he was, it wasn't like he was taking steroids. You
know. I don't know. I'm sort of of the mind of, like,
you know, if the guy was taking pets, what was Maybe he
was taking it to like, you know, have his hamstring not bother him
anymore. Who knows, I don't know, but he wasn't he was.
Obviously, this isn't like the days of like jose Canseco sticking a needle in
Mark McGuire's asked to help him hit seventy homers like this is We're way past
that point, you know. I think with Marte, my guess is he's
going to be totally fine for you know, when he returns, when he
gets up to speed. But right now in the minors, he has not
looked great. But it's super early. It's a you know, he's only
played five games as of right now, and he's been striking out a lot.
He hasn't walked once yet, so he's it's obviously it's like spring training
for him, so it's gonna take him a little bit of time to get
up to speed. But yeah, I mean, I would grab him at
any lee he's back with the Reds because you know, Red's playing a good
part for hitting, and Marte does have power and speed and he's always shown
a solid ability to make contact in previous years. So yeah, I like
him. Yeah, and there's no reason he could slot in as high as
six or seven. I mean, Martini, India Benson aren't necessarily keeping him
from from moving up that lineup. Tyler Stevenson has been performing well recently,
but before that he was absolutely abysmal, so he could definitely move above Tyler
Stevenson and even Jake Frayley. So I mean he could be up to five.
I think if he starts to click in the miners a little bit.
But yeah, as you mentioned, like he's jumping in, there's no there's
no ramp up to spring training games for him. It's like he's jumping in
the middle of a minor league season and he's trying to get get going.
So I wouldn't be surprised to see the numbers look bad, you know,
initially, It'll just be if he can kind of turn it around before he
joins the Reds. Definitely not a bad gamble because there's probably not anything quite
like him on your waiver wire, excepting in short or in shallow leagues.
Let's move over to Yankees. Rizzo or Anthony Rizzo has a right hand slash
wrist injury. We're waiting to hear about seriousness. Mayhew Oswaldo Cabrera likely going
to handle the corner spots. Maybe Ben Rice gets a look great, but
what are you thinking in regards to kind of the replacement options here for Rizzo
if he has to miss some time. Uh? Yeah, you know,
someone someone in the comments asked about Ben Rice. You know, he's got
a he's he's hitting well in the miners, has a lot of seems kind
of like seems like he might be a quad A player Ben Rice. I
don't know he's but it's hard to say with the Yankees because they just leave
every you know, they don't promote rookies unless you know, it's like Volpe
or you know, a really like a top rookie. If it's not a
top rookie, they're not giving them the time of day, like do Minga
is Volpe. Those are the kind of guys that the Yankees promote. Anyway,
Ben Rice is twenty five years old and he just made it to triple
A. So I don't think he's really anything. I honestly, maybe if
he's anything, he's just power. But I don't really see the Yankees going
to him. If anything, I see the Yankees going like you mentioned,
I see them going to like Lemayhew, you know, at first, and
then probably a combination of like Cabrera at third, maybe Cabrera, maybe Grisham,
you know, maybe Grisham plays a little bit of second and Glabor goes
to third. Maybe, I mean, excuse me, first, I don't
know they have they have some flexibility with DJ Lemayhew, So I would assume
that they whatever they have on their major league roster right now is what it's
going to be, and no one that interesting is going to come into play
with, like you know, the Ben Rice of the world, you know,
or any or anyone else really that's of interest, uh with you know,
the Yankees, if Rizzo needs to be you know, needs to be
I led for you know, I don't I don't even know. As of
the recording of this, it's hard to say. We don't know exactly what
Rizzo's injury is. Yeah, yeah, I would guess that's goods is just
gonna move some people around, and this really going to affect the people that
were seeing in the lineup regularly. Maybe you know, like you said,
Ben Rice, or somebody gets promoted and and sees a day here or there.
But I would imagine Lemee goes the first, it was waldoll Cover's third,
or Glabor goes third, and and I was Walda Covered second, some
combination of that, and they just they just go on as as they've been
doing. Jason Domingaz while we're on the Yankees, goes back to the IL
with a left oh bleak after a check swing. So just another kind of
if you were waiting on him and thinking he was coming up this week because
he's been hot pretty much since he got back from the IL. It's it's
gonna be a little bit longer and Garrett Cole should only have one more rehab
outing before he returns. Cody Potit is probably back to the bullpen or minors,
although he's done, you know, fairly admirable in his his four starts.
Great, Yeah, yeah, I picked him up in one deep league
for a spots start or two. But yeah, I think he's he's probably
going back to long relief for the pan or something. Yeah, I assume
he's not getting sent down just because he's been performing. We should have Garrett.
Garrett Cole's return is actually another instance where people who have moved on to
fantasy football already when they when they drafted Garrett Cole and right before his injury
in February March, they immediately went to fantasy football. So those people,
we should put out an app to get them back to the baseball. Gary
Cole's coming back, guys, probably he's probably coming back for how long was
Kyle Bradish back for with the Oreoles. That's That's kind of what with Garrett
Cole. I'm kind of expecting, like, you know, him to look
really good for like a month and then be like, oh, we uh
yeah, he just he just threw a quality start ten K game, and
then the next day you hear about how he's having uh, you know,
arm issues. I honestly, I'm I'm not anticipating Garrett Cole to be back
and go from like, you know, Wednesday through the end of the season
without any sort of setbacks. I don't know, maybe maybe I'm cynical,
but I'd be kind of surprised to see Garrett Cole return and be totally fine
the rest of the year. Yeah, I mean, I guess I'll just
be the optimistic one and say, I think if he wasn't healthy, they
wouldn't be bringing him back. I mean they there's so much money invested him,
and not just money, but you know, their their ace, their
their hopes and the playoffs, everything is tied to him. So I think
if there was something still wrong, they would and bring him back. But
you know, whenever there's an injury, re injury is always a little bit
easier than that first one. So we will wait and see you on Cole.
I mean, I think immediately, Gray, where would you have him
among starting pitchers, even with the fact that you don't think he's necessarily going
to finish the season or at least not you know, without missing a little
bit here or there, Like, would he be a top twenty five pitcher
for you? Still? Well, that's always that's always a tough call when
it comes to like ranking players for the rest of the year, because it's
like Garret Cole, if he's healthy, he's a top twenty starter in my
eyes. But the but that with that comes to caveat that he probably is
not going to make it the rest of the year healthy. So do you
take Garrett Cole being healthy right now? Or do you want you know,
I don't know, say Freddy Peralta, who's just been horrendous but as at
least has no signs that he's you know, injured at least yet, right,
I mean, I don't know, or okay, we'll say Louis Hill
just keep it with the Yankees. Do you take him or Gary Cole?
I mean with the caveat that Hill, heel is gonna be probably throttled down
and not be able to throw you know that many more innings. I don't
know. It's it's hard to say. I guess I'm just like hedging because
I don't know how long Gary Cole is gonna pitch for. I would guess
under seventy five innings. So I don't know where we at. We're in
middle of June, so under seventy five innings isn't really that many. It's
not that bad. Actually it's missing like stars. Maybe yeah, yeah,
I mean, I don't know, say Garrett Cole. I guess Garrett Cole
to me is a top let's say, top thirty starter, right, now,
you know, hopefully he stays healthy. I don't see. But the
thing is with him, like, I don't see why he wouldn't be a
top ten or fifteen starter if he actually is healthy, right, I mean,
it's just that there's no hope that he stays healthy. I don't know,
It's it's a hard question. I don't know. Like I guess top
thirty ish for the rest of the season, you know, thinking like with
the uh, you know, with the actual you know, hedge slash caveat
that he may not stay healthy, So say top thirty with the you know,
the the problem of his you know, potentially being injured again before the
end of the year. Yeah, I think for me, I'm a little
bit more optimistic just in regards to where he'll be even if he does only
throw seventy five innings. I feel like they're gonna be as good as anybody
else in regards to, you know, performance per inning, or at least
they should be. Just looking through it. I think I had a hard
time not getting him in my top twenty and maybe even top fifteen. So
maybe I'm just a little bit more optimistic on him. But we'll wait and
see on that one. It's not like you can go out and pick him
up, so strictly trade. I guess if we're talking here, if you're
looking for it and it's really one where you're like you kind of need to
swing for the fences. I think like your pitching is kind of holding you
back and you can't afford to move, you know, a huge bat for
an ace, but you can take the gamble on like a call. Let's
move on to Milwaukee. Well, when Treres has going through concussion evaluation.
If he misses, I assume Gary Sanchez is likely to fill in for him
for the most part while he's out. M h, yeah, I agreed.
Tampa Bay Shane Baz is expected back soon. I mean, let's let's
throw him in this discussion of injured pitchers. I assume you'd rather have cold
and Bass since Bas can't ever stay healthy. But where does where does Bas
fall amongst pictures? I mean, is he top seventy give him the injury
risk? Uh? Yeah, I mean I don't know, like after top
say, after top six fifty, Yeah, after top fifty, it's kind
of like then you're in like you know, matchups. Really like Baz to
me is like, I mean he's he is a really good starter if he's
at actually healthy and with the rays, right, I mean, he is
as good as you know, maybe a top thirty starter if he's actually if
he's in, if he's in the majors and starting. The problem is like
he can't stay healthy and you don't know how many innings you're gonna get,
you know. I think I said to someone on the site that he looks
like about, you know, fifty innings this year for the rest of the
season. So I mean that might be optimistic all things considered, but fifty
innings three and a half, a three, maybe a three point three earra
He usually has pretty good command. You know, his command has been a
little wonky and the miners this year, but that's simply you know, coming
back from Tommy John surgery. You know, guys don't have command when they
first come back from it, so that's expected. Yeah, I like,
I mean, I like him to pick him up off of waivers. Like
I think, you know, the difference with Garrett Cole. I think he
was probably already rostered in every league and he was being stashed on the il
where Boz I think, you know, people have commented on Rasball talking about
picking him up, so he's available in some places. Would I would grab
him, I would stash him. I like him. I just think he's,
you know, unlikely to throw that many innings. Plus you have the
Rays who either do an opener or they you know, they pull guys after
four innings, So you know, I don't know. I like him,
though, I would grab him in any league just for the potential upside.
I don't really see Garret Cole over him for sure. Going back to your
original question, Garrett Cole absolutely over Boz. But yeah, maybe top fifty
to you know, top fifty to sixty overall starter for bons. Okay,
I mean that sounds that sounds right as long as he's healthy and then you
know, you kind of adjust adjust from there depending on how it goes.
Yeah, I mean he's he's always been good when he's been healthy. Just
the backsittings he's ever thrown is eighty one. How can you expect him to
really throw a ton? And especially coming back from major surgery, the first
season back usually isn't quite as polished as as they are pre surgery. So
I'll probably be on in on him in twenty twenty five. He really,
I mean really yeah, assuming he gets there with the healthy arm and the
healthy shoulder and everything he really has, Like I mean, this has been
I don't know what the rays are doing really with in regards to him,
because I mean, I guess they're waiting until he looks right. I'm assuming,
you know, but like he's been gone for a while, he hasn't
like he he had Tommy John surgery in September of twenty twenty two, where
you know, this is like what is it twenty twenty months later? Three
say, yeah, like almost, you know, it's been a while,
eighteen eighteen nineteen months later. It's been a long time. So I think
he's probably ready as of right now. I don't know. I guess it
depends on two like where he goes in the like it went and shocked me
to see the ray the rays have, you know, say, you know,
he's coming up and going to be a long man out of the pen
and then throws like three to four innings, you know, once or twice
a week, which you know kind of hurts his fantasy value too, So
we'll see. It depends on with Zach Liedel as well, because if he's
you know, he has He was awful on Friday in his start, So
I don't know how long he's gonna be in the rotation, but I'm assuming
he stays in the rotation, and if he does, then the Rays have
they have five guys in the rotation ready, So where does Boz go.
That's why I'm saying, maybe he becomes a three to four inning guy out
of the bullpen, like he'll follow, you know, maybe he follows like
Sean Armstrong. You know, Sean Armstrong is an opener, and then he
follows him, maybe for three to four innings. I don't know, that
could be two, yeah, or you can just kick Aeronsavalais bum ass to
the curb and throw him in the pen. Yes, I mean at their
peaks, Bass is better than everybody in the rotation except for Efflyn maybe.
So I mean, he's just helped me and he's back, and they're ready
to put him in the rotation. Like, I don't see why he wouldn't,
you know, be put into the rotation. It feels really weird to
have him build up the six innings, and that seems like why he was
down the minors for so long was to get him built up to the point
he could throw enough pitches. It feels weird to get him to that point
and throw him in the in a long reliever weird role. They could definitely
go six pitchers, I mean with starters. We've seen them do that driving
time again. So I do wonder if ultimately his career ends up in the
pen, just based off the injuries. But seems for now he's I would
guess for now he's still gonna start. But we'll wait and see. Grab
him while you can, though, and see what happens. I mean,
I think the upside is worth it. M let's move over to Baltimore.
You already mentioned Kyle Brash, who was going back to the IL with right
elbow discomfort after dealing with a UCL spraying earlier this year. Looks like Caid
Povich is likely to keep his spot in the rotation. Nick Vestier's re called
in the IL move for British, but I think that's really more of a
long pin type of move than a rotation. I think Povich is just taking
the spot there. Anything on Kate Povich or I mean Bradish, I don't
know what when were Yeah, you know, I think with Povish, I
well, al only obviously for anyone, anyone who's in a rotation. But
I don't see him really being anything outside of possibly a streamer in a mixed
league if he gets a good matchup. Otherwise I want to go near Povish.
I think the bradish injury is probably the biggest, you know, the
the The thing that bradish is injury tells me is like, sell Santander for
an arm, like yesterday, Send Santander to another team for any arm you
can get, like I don't know, I don't know what that means.
If that means you know, a Marlin pitcher or I don't know who that
is, but send Santander somewhere for an arm, and then you know,
play Kobe Mayo or something. I don't know. But Povich is not the
answer, in fantasy or in reality. I don't. I don't think.
At least I think in reality he's got a better shot than in fantasy.
I wouldn't go near him in fantasy. Yeah, I mean it's he's he
just hasn't shown any kind of consistency. He had a good start his last
time out where he went against Atlanta and didn't walk anybody, had six strikeouts,
no earned but the previous start he had four walks with two strikeouts and
gave up six earn in five and a third at Toronto, So just really
hard to trust him for any kind of consistency outside of deeper leagues where you
just have to start anybody that's getting kind of innings. While we're on baltimore'll
just Benson and Jackson. Holiday is having the right elbow information and looks like
he's heading to the IL in TRIPAA. Not supposed to be serious, but
again just updating the minor league top prospect status. As we're moving through here.
Philadelphia, Trey Turner is returning. Edmund SUSA has been filling in.
He's actually been doing all right, but it looks like he's probably heading to
the bench or maybe he gets to platoon in the outfield or some kind of
utility infield rule because he has been actually doing all right. Given that we're
about to be here at the second half season, second half mark at least
in regards to the actual split of the season, not necessarily all Star break,
But where would you fit Tray and rest of season Gray, assuming he's
healthy, I would probably say top twenty overall. Okay, So I mean
you're you're pretty optimistic on him then not not too worried about the return of
the injury, or you know obviously what we saw at the beginning of last
season. No, I mean he was you know, yeah, I mean
the beginning of last season wasn't good. But I mean this season, prior
to the injury, he was hitting three forty three with ten steals, and
that was in thirty three games, So yeah, I mean, I don't
know. I mean, obviously that was with a high babbitt. He's not
a three forty three hitter. He's probably closer to it a two ninety hitter,
but still, you know, two ninety the rest of the way to
ninety twenty steals, seven to twelve homers, maybe ten homers. Yeah,
I mean that's that's fine. That's top for at the top of a good
lineup, hitting second in a good lineup. Yeah, I mean, he's
probably for me, he's like top twenty ish. All right. Would you
rather have him or Brycetond stop? Oh, Tray Turner? Absolutely, it's
not close, all right, him or Jazz? Uh? I would go
trade Turner over Jazz, all right? How about Trey or tay Oscar I
know it's kind of power versus speed, but yeah, Apple's oranges. But
still I would go trade Turner. Okay, so pretty much staking him back
where he was preseason, then yeah, more or less a little bit,
maybe ten spots down from where I had him in the preseason, but you
know close, Okay. Yeah, I mean there's just a little bit of
risk coming back from an injury. But I mean, as you mentioned,
the numbers were a great pre injury. You know, if you're expecting the
power of a few years to come back, I don't know if they think
we're coming that. But he'll give you the average, He'll give you speed
and then the county numbers that comes with that. Let's move over to Houston,
the long, long, overdue Joey or jose A braw experiment. Houston
is over. Great, we can finally be done with that. Not necessarily
our player spent for a bray you, but Joey Alperfdo is coming back as
well. Where are you at on Lowperfido where he's coming back? I believe
Thursday this week? What are you thinking in regards to picking him up?
What is this a pick up across every league or what are you thinking Uh.
Yeah, So Dana Brown the Astros GM said Lipraffdo was coming back on
you know the twenty first or whatever when he when he's able to come back
after getting sent down. Uh and uh, I would grab him in just
about any league. I mean outside maybe you know, a ten team mixed
league, you have other options, but like Lil Breveto, I grabbed him
in a twelve team mix league. I would grab him in just about any
twelve team mix league or deeper. So I actually grabbed him last week in
a fifteen team mix league and I held on to him. So yeah,
I like him. You know, he's he's killing it in the minor leagues.
He's you know, thirteen homers, nine steals, hitting two, hitting
two seventy six with a you know, a little bit high on the strikeouts,
and when he was up in the majors, he was a little bit
high on the strikeouts. So that's a little bit of a concern. But
you know, he's got power and speed. I would I mean, unless
you're like really stacked at your hitting in your lineups, in your fantasy team
lineups, I think he's probably got room in just about any team just to
see, like you know how gets how he's played. I think, you
know, the issue with John Singleton at first base. He for the Astros,
I mean he has he has been hitting well enough where the Astros may
want to continue using him. Tucker right now. Tucker's out still as of
right now, but he's probably due back, you know, by he might
come back by the same time as luperfdo. So you know, Tucker comes
back, that clogs up the outfield a little bit. But yeah, I
think Luperfedo could find at bats either you know, either where Dubon is playing
or Singleton is playing. And then yeah, I mean any at bats is
for if you're in a daily league, especially like if you can put him
in and out of your lineup. But in a weekly league it might become
a little bit more difficult because little Braffito is you know, he might put
tu in a bit. But I like him. I would grab him,
Yeah, I would. I would imagine even once Tucker's back, He's gonna
be on the strong side of Watoon At worst, you would think because Dubon
Jake buyers like they don't need to necessarily start every day. Tray Cabbage,
who's just Trey Cabbage is filling in for Tucker. He's gonna get sent down.
But you know, maybe somebody could slide over and fill in for John
Singleton if he struggles. But I don't think lit Braffito's ever played first base,
so that I think that's going to require some so movement from the the
rest of the team to make that happen. So you see what happens with
you named. If you were named Tray Cabbage, would you change your name?
I would feel like it's like, since I turned eighteen, I'd be
like, you know what, I'm not going to be Tray Cabbage. More
people saying your name is Trey Cabbage. Yeah, you know what, I'm
changing it soon as I turn eighteen. Goodbye, goodbye Cabbage. Changing my
name to Kimchi? What changing my name to Trey Kemchi? Up for mening
my name? Okay? Anyway, all right, Greg Pittsburgh, Henry Davis
is going to seven I L for concussion. He has many Gondal and Jason
Delay gonna fill in there. I don't think there's really anything to comment on
for that, just a little bit of news. Teas Texas, Max Surezer,
Josh Young, Josh bor Is all on their way back, Schurezer comes
back. Who's losing their starting the spot in Texas Gray, I don't know,
I get I guess Dunning probably, I mean, even though I hate
Andrew, Hey, I think I think the Rangers probably keep playing them.
But yeah, probably Dunning or maybe Lorenz I don't know. Maybe he goes
to the he becomes a long man. Maybe I don't know. It's it's
not great either whoever is there unless you're in an al only or a streamer.
I mean, Lorenz is he's been decent, I guess for streaming options.
But yeah, I guess Dunning loses the job. I would assume,
But that's I mean Sureser. I mean, you know, I like,
you know, I like Sureser as a player. He's fun to watch,
but you're like, I mean, if you're expecting much out of Sureser,
I would actually if I was the Rangers, i'd probably trade him because it
looks like the Rangers are are not going to repeat, right, So I
would probably be trading Schurzer to a playoff team if anything. But anyway,
I don't know what's gonna happen there, But yeah, I don't have much
hope for Sureser and I have less hope for a day and Dan Dunning,
so I guess him that's uh, that's fair. Would you rather have Let's
see, I'm trying to think of anybody that would go go okay versus Shureser
here that really would would Jacob for grum So Grom or sures Are. I
guess Sure's are there. I mean you're gonna go bas over over Sure's a
right? Yeah, yeah, I'd take baths over sures Honestly, what's what
sures Are's over under for innings this year? Thirty five? Maybe are you
thinking the are you taking the over there? I think I would take the
over if you're gonna give me thirty five, just because it's sures Are,
Like, I feel like if he can pay, he's gonna pitch. Yeah.
Maybe maybe I'm being too harsh. I don't know. Maybe maybe suures
Are can he put up one hundred and fifty innings last year, It's not
like he's been throwing sixty innings for the last six years. Yeah, mass,
yeah, no, that's fair. Yeah, okay, yeah, I'll
say you know you've convinced me. Yeah, I'll say sures Are probably over
unders are probably closer to sixty sixty innings is probably over under. Yeah,
I think I think that's probably about right. And also some some load management
from from Texas is if they can win some games and stay in the hunt,
just because you know, that's he was brought in for a specific purpose
and regular season one wasn't necessarily what that was, right, And he has
I mean he has yeah, like you mentioned, I mean he hasn't pitched
well even as he's gotten older. Uh you knows, he assuming he's healthy,
he has been okay, Yeah, yeah, absolutely, Josh Young when
he comes back, I assume Josh Smith is probably gonna lose some playing time
or maybe he moves to d H T. Baris Duran could split some time
in center field potentially. But Josh Young in particular, where would you have
him kind of rest of season at the corner there? At third base?
Would he be a top twelve third baseman? Mm, I don't know about
that. I mean third base is kind of ugly. It's yeah, that's
been a very underperforming position this year. Yeah, for the last like five
years. Yeah, that's I mean that's fair. It is not a great
position. Josh Smith is currently seventeenth actually, so if that gives you a
frame of reference, right yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe maybe top fifteen
Josh Young or Heimer Condelaria, who is the fifteenth third baseman. I guess
I would go I guess i'd go Josh Jung there, but barely. Yeah,
I'd agree, i'd go Young, But I think it's more like us
hoping, yeah he does something, because like what's the the upside is basically
with a little bit more power, Like maybe he'll hit a little bit more
power from Young, but like he's basically Candelario, Like that's what we're we
would expect from him the rest of season coming off of an injury, Like
that's that's kind of what it looks like, right, Yeah. God,
I forgot how what a hot start he was having before he got injured.
I mean it was only four games, but he hit two homers, stole
base and was hitting four twelve Man, that would have been uh, that
would have been nice if that was the breakout. Yeah, I don't know.
Josh Jung. Unfortunately, he's like he can barely he can. He
never stays healthy. Man. Yeah, I don't know. I like Josh
Jung though, I guess you know, it's a wing and a prayer.
But I would take Jung probably over Heimer Candelaria. I think the maybe the
argument against Candelario would be, as the Reds lineup is becoming healthy, does
he maybe lose some at bats, which kind of makes the injury risk with
Jung even at least in my mind, that's the argument. But I think
I'd go Candelario again, just injury risk, and I mean, you get
him, you get him right now. He can still play. He's been
hitting like third or fourth most days for the Reds, so it just feels
like a safer bet. But I could definitely see Jung just coming back and
being like he was a start season. Yeah, all right, Gray,
let's talk about a couple of I guess call up kind of is maybe the
wrong word, but like, you know, they're they're getting their shot.
DJ Hers he had a start on Saturday, I believe it was versus Miami,
where he had went six innings, thirteen strikeouts, one hit, no
earned. Is is this somebody that we should have our you know, our
eyes out for and be picking up or was this just one good start from
from Hers? And uh, you know, it's the Nationals and maybe there's
there's not a ton of upside here, But what do you what are you
thinking? Ray well with hers he had I believe it was the second best
start of the year according to the the rasball Top one hundred Starts tool,
it was. It was a really good start on Saturday. He was he
looked excellent. I you know, I don't know really other than the change
up. Like it's funny because like you look at his numbers and he's kind
of like a change up first pitcher, and that sort of gets relegated to
like the old like you know, eh whatever kind of for fantasy at least,
it's like cal Hendrick. Yeah, Like if it's not an overpowering fastball,
if it's not Cole Reagan's, then it's like, oh, you know,
yeah, he's got a good change up. Big whoop. Now it
depends on how you know, competitive your fantasy league is, because if he
throws well in Cours this week, he's gonna be like, he's gonna be
snatched up in every lege. Like he's gonna absolutely be like one of the
top pickups right now, because no one really believes in him. You know,
he was coming. He probably is, like you know, an afterthought,
even though he pitched really well on Saturday. I don't think people were
really that excited about him because you know, of the reason I said,
with the change up versus the big fastball. So like, if he pitches
well though this week, in course, he's gonna be really like I mean,
people are gonna be clamoring. They're gonna be doing a clambor. You
know what I'm saying. Clamor sounds like a word from the twenties, Hey,
the nineteen twenties. That is so anyway, I would grab him in
like, you know, deeper leagues right now, just to see if he
does well in cores, because if he does well in cores, you're not
gonna be able to get him again. So you know, I would grab
him in anticipation, but I don't know if I necessarily start him in course
in shallower mixed leagues, yeah, I don't think you're starting most pictures and
cores if you can avoid it, even even as bad as that offense is.
But yeah, DJ Hers, It's it's interesting because he's had a high
k rate in the minors for being a change up guy, which, as
you mentioned, isn't traditionally a high strikeout type of picture, but also the
walks have been really high as well. He's controlled it so far, and
his few starts that he's had the majors. But I would I would probably
wait and see on this one. This feels like, uh, you know,
he was locked in for a start. Good for him. I don't
believe it's going to continue. And that's that's kind of the realm. I'm
throwing them in. Carson Spears is going to get a shot into the reds
rotation. He was part of the fab pickups of this last week, which
the spot of the injuries kind of felt light because there wasn't a whole lot
of turnover in those injuries and a lot of the replacements were either useless or
owned. Is this somebody who might be, you know, somebody that you're
looking at picking up a little bit in Carson Spears forty six and two thirds
of Triple A this year. He is a two five one year, a
one to five whip, twenty five and a half p k, seven point
eight percent walk rate. Where you at and Carson Spears the rents, Yeah,
I'm I'm probably I don't know. I might end up looking like an
idiot for saying this because he's going to have a two start week this week.
But I was nowhere near adding him in FAB this week. I was.
I wouldn't I wouldn't have added him. But you know, some people
obviously have you know, they they want the two start pitcher no matter what.
So you know they they they added him. I would have. I
I did not even bet on him. I don't want to. I don't
want to have anything to do with him. You know. With that said,
he pitches well in his two starts this week, he might start getting
on, you know, might start moving up people's radars. But yeah,
I don't know. His stuff looks really kind of black, like he's got
he's got a bunch of pitches. I think he's got like four or five
pitches, but it's like, you know, he's got like a pretty black
fastball. I think it's like a ninety ninety three mile per hour. He's
mostly you know, he's mostly slider cutter. And his command isn't really that
good either. Uh it has been this year so far, but in the
past it hasn't been great. So yeah, I don't know. And a
bad ballpark in uh in Sincy. I'm not Yeah, I'm probably not messing
with spears in outside of you know n now only, which is you know
obvious. Yeah, I'm I'm with you, Gray. I just think you
you'll leave this one alone, and I don't think the upside is worth it.
He's not a high K guy Toraditionally, he's had a couple of stops
where he's done it, but that's been either limited sample size or like he
did it double A last year, but that was after reaching triple A and
then getting sent back down, So like that just seems less impressive as if
you've you know, if you go back a level and dominate. So I
would agree it's not really somebody we're looking at here. Let's go on ahead
and move to the bullpen. Gray. As we are coming up on I
think we're already passing an hour. So in Toronto, that's really the only
news of the week. Jimmy Garcia is dealing with some right elbow soreness.
Who are you looking at to replace him? If he's got to go on
the IL I think Chad Green is the guy. I think the uh yeah,
I think for now the the Jays. John Schneider, Jay's manager said
Chad Green, So yeah, I would go him and you know, see
where that goes. He's been good though so far this year, or so
hopefully he stays good in the ninth inning. Yeah, I can see tim
Mesa giving a chance if it's a lefty heavy ninth. He's been good lately.
But I would agree it's Chad Green. If you're going to grab anybody,
give give the people some wave of wire bats Gray. Okay, So
let's see Tyler soda Strum Oakland, A's first baseman. Also, I think
he has catch your eligibility in some leagues. He's been he's been crazy hot,
probably one of the hottest spots in the majors right now. You know,
people were asking about him versus like David Frye, who was a hot
pick up a couple of weeks ago. And uh, yeah, moving on,
we're moving on from David Frye. This is us moving man, We're
on, We're on the roll. Uh. Carlos Correa has been crazy hot.
I think he's probably rostered in most leagues. I'm not sure, but
in at least twelve team mixed leagues and deeper and they Korea has probably been
rostered. And if he and if he's not, then he's been, you
know, crazy hot as well. Carlos Santana. You know, he he
had a good Sunday. I think he hit a homer. I think even
stole a base. Uh so he had a good Sunday. He's had a
good week though. He's been hot. Jackson Merril, first time he's hit
since the South Korea Series. Now I'm kidding, but he hasn't been great
outside of the South Korea Series, but he was great this past week.
So yeah, he's been hot. Jose Trevino, Yankees catcher. I don't
know why he's not just catching every day, but I think they're platooning him
and Austin Wells still. Anyway, Trevino has been hot. Willie Castro has
been hot. Actually, everyone on the Twins has been hot for the last
week. Austin Slater Giants outfielder, he's been hot, Joey Menez Nationals DH
been hot, and then Hunter Goodman actually has been kind of hot. Rockies
outfielder. I think he hit two homers the other day. And then let's
see, Nolan Chanelle has also been a little bit hot recently. Angels first
baseman hitting lead off against Ridies. Yeah, all right, over to some
streaming options for pitching. Miles Beichles has gotten it together after a horrific start
to the season. He's versus San Francisco. Tobias Myers is a two starter
at the Angels and at San Diego. Kyle Gibson at Miami and maybe versus
San Francisco instead. I don't He's on the brevent, so it depends on
when he comes back, whether he gets at Miami versus San Francisco. Either
way of the weekly, you could start him because not scared about either of
those matchups. Jamis and Tia versus the Mets. Hogan Harris gets two starts
versus Kansas City and versus Minnesota. Logan Allen versus Seattle. If Cody Potit
stays in the rotation, I believe he's going versus Baltimore. They could leave
him in as they have six starts this week and then kind of kick him
out next week. Trevor Rodgers versus Seattle, Dane Dunning versus Kansas City if
he stays in the rotation, Ryan Nelson at Washington and Gray's favorite, Andrew
Heany at the Mets. He's been solid all year. Gray, it's stop
been It's not been like anything fun like you know, he's been Andrew heany
in his way through it. I have Andrew Heeny t post Andrew Heeny stress
disorder. I can't. I can't go near Andrew Haiti. But you know,
good luck to you if you do. Hey, you know, if
you're in those leagues where he's out there and that's the best option you got.
I do think you can do worse than him. Going versus the Mets
seems like the right place there. But if you know that's my if that's
the one matchup in the week that get that gets lit up, so be
it. Gray. That's what he wants you to think. That's what they're
plotting behind us. Great, But if you have any other questions after you
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