1 00:00:00,480 --> 00:00:07,719 This is the In This League Fantasy Podcast network, In This League Fantasy Baseball 2 00:00:07,759 --> 00:00:13,960 podcast online at in this League dot com. Now here's your host, Bugman 3 00:00:14,039 --> 00:00:18,760 and the Welsh. What's up for those and welcome into the In This League 4 00:00:18,760 --> 00:00:24,160 Fantasy Baseball Podcast, the Second Half edition. We ain't talking about the second 5 00:00:24,199 --> 00:00:27,359 half. We're talking today. Okay, I guess about the second half. 6 00:00:27,399 --> 00:00:30,559 We're not gonna do like you're the players that are gonna break out in the 7 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,560 second half and all that type of stuff. No, we are literally putting 8 00:00:35,560 --> 00:00:38,520 our money where our mouth is. We drafted the second half. This ain't 9 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,759 no mock, This ain't no like good think these are guys will be good. 10 00:00:42,039 --> 00:00:46,560 We literally drafted for the second half. In our home league, we 11 00:00:46,600 --> 00:00:49,799 had the roto champion. We're doing a head to head with playoffs. We 12 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:54,280 did it wednesday night. This is a league that counts. We have drafted 13 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,240 for the second half, and we are gonna break down what some of those 14 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,039 results and our teams look like for a second half draft from where we are 15 00:01:00,119 --> 00:01:03,840 betting players are going to be good or bad. Mister Bogman, Yeah, 16 00:01:03,920 --> 00:01:08,560 it was a fun draft. Twelve people in here. It was late kind 17 00:01:08,599 --> 00:01:14,680 of a late night draft for at least East Coast, and everybody showed up 18 00:01:14,719 --> 00:01:19,959 too. Actually absolutely shocked that everybody shows everything we always do. This league 19 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:22,599 has been a little bit better as there was a person or two that's like, 20 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:25,159 oh look order draft. I thank god we're getting rid of more of 21 00:01:25,159 --> 00:01:26,519 those people. We used to have home league issues where it was like four 22 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:30,519 or five people. That's like maybe one or two on a given year. 23 00:01:30,519 --> 00:01:34,680 But zero makes it harder too. When people aren't taking the screwy picks that 24 00:01:34,719 --> 00:01:38,560 make no sense every round. It makes it a little more difficult as well. 25 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:42,640 But the way that this format is this is my personal home league that 26 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,560 I've run for. We've done it this way. This is our second year 27 00:01:45,599 --> 00:01:47,560 doing it this way. But what I do is I break it up. 28 00:01:47,799 --> 00:01:52,599 First half is Rodo to the All Star break. We crown a Roto champ. 29 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:55,000 That would be bar which our boy bar which won it this year. 30 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,000 I believe you won that last season the first half and Barb which won the 31 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:01,560 second half last season. Which is funny because I was in a room with 32 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,879 half of the league and we were talking about the picks as they happened, 33 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,759 and Barwich is convinced that we let you win this, but they let me 34 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:13,479 win. Yeah, well, I think he was stealing your own words from 35 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:15,680 mock Draft season, right, like, how are you guys, how are 36 00:02:15,719 --> 00:02:21,159 you pep letting me do this? It is so I think he was kind 37 00:02:21,159 --> 00:02:23,759 of stealing your verbiage there a little bit. But I thought you had a 38 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:28,080 really good team put together. I thought our boys, Scott Gammel had some 39 00:02:28,159 --> 00:02:31,080 really sneaky picks in there. I think everybody had a couple sneaky picks in 40 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:35,280 there. But it was it was, you know, fun to do this 41 00:02:35,319 --> 00:02:38,479 for cash, but it's also a good exercise for us to use in the 42 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:39,840 show as well. So we figured we talked about it here. Yeah, 43 00:02:39,879 --> 00:02:44,000 it's like your bets on the players that are going to get right, bets 44 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:47,199 on players have been like amazing the blah blah blah blah blah. So I'm 45 00:02:47,199 --> 00:02:51,520 into it. I really like this. I'm gonna like kind of breaking this 46 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:53,400 down. So just wanted you know, it was a cool, interesting, 47 00:02:53,439 --> 00:02:58,840 different episode as we are getting our sea legs back off of the second half, 48 00:02:59,039 --> 00:03:00,800 and that's we're gonna be breaking down here in just a little bit if 49 00:03:00,840 --> 00:03:05,439 you guys want. It's a big, big time this is probably going to 50 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:07,039 be releasing I guess on Friday, a little bit later than usual as I'm 51 00:03:07,039 --> 00:03:12,919 going to post this, but why it's important Dynasty Ranks prospect ranks with MLB 52 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,599 Draft posted as you are listening to this. It should be posted here on 53 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:21,560 Friday morning. This has got all of the big updates with all the draft 54 00:03:21,599 --> 00:03:25,319 guys. I've been doing the frickin' rounds man on the first year player stuff 55 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:29,159 and I've kind of made it known. I got some articles out there, 56 00:03:29,199 --> 00:03:30,800 but hey, you want to check it all out in this league dot com 57 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:37,280 five hundred Prospects, four hundred Dynasty first year player rank list and getting set 58 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,800 up to get back into the P one EIGHTYPS, which is a prospect ADP 59 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:45,080 set of drafts that create the average draft position for prospects, which is fun. 60 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,599 So that's some of the cool stuff. Great community, awesome, awesome 61 00:03:47,599 --> 00:03:52,719 group me rooms and we appreciate you guys at support and hopefully you consider it. 62 00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:55,240 I see every single one of you that sign up, and I love 63 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:59,479 each and every one of you, so know that you can instantly have a 64 00:03:59,479 --> 00:04:02,000 place in mind heart when you sign up and I see that little notification and 65 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:04,479 I love you so very very much. In this league dot Com, in 66 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:11,360 this League dot Com, All Star Game, homerun Derby, all of it 67 00:04:11,439 --> 00:04:16,120 was, It's fine. I actually watching a national anthem was the worst of 68 00:04:16,160 --> 00:04:19,519 all time. I found out she's like a big drunk and she had to 69 00:04:19,519 --> 00:04:23,759 go to rehab after. It was so bad. Like I just whatever, 70 00:04:23,959 --> 00:04:28,560 Like dude, I I was sitting here, you would be proud of me. 71 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,240 I don't watch the like All Star Game. I don't usually watch any 72 00:04:32,279 --> 00:04:33,920 of it, to be honest, I do you watch it, like the 73 00:04:34,079 --> 00:04:38,560 warm up and the guys coming out? And I watched everything this year because 74 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:41,199 I was also doing work and I was sitting here. This is the home 75 00:04:41,279 --> 00:04:44,560 run Derby. I was sitting here doing work. I had it up and 76 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:47,160 I'm listening to her singing and I'm just kind of like I was like working 77 00:04:47,199 --> 00:04:49,199 on my ranks and stuff, and I was like looked over. I was 78 00:04:49,199 --> 00:04:51,959 like what. And then like I kind of came in and she's like oh, 79 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,879 and I was like what. And then I had to fire out a 80 00:04:56,920 --> 00:04:59,120 tweet. I was like, what's going on? And then I was just 81 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:01,600 crying laughing. I'm like, this is It's so bad. I don't know 82 00:05:01,639 --> 00:05:06,439 what's happening? And then she posted She's like, sure, whatever, you 83 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:10,360 know, it's funny because we were going through it in our h one of 84 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:12,639 our colleagues like, well, I can't make fun of her now, It's 85 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,720 like not our fault. We can absolutely make fun of her. You know, 86 00:05:15,199 --> 00:05:19,639 she signed up for this knowing what she is, so it was ridiculous, 87 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:23,839 dude. Like I was watching it with my family, you know, 88 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,439 they like, they don't like baseball that much, but they love watching the 89 00:05:26,439 --> 00:05:29,000 home run derby, so I watch it with them and my mom was just 90 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,480 like, what is wrong with this girl? Is something wrong with her? 91 00:05:32,199 --> 00:05:35,680 Is this a joke? What's happening right now? And you could see the 92 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:41,279 crowd after it as well, and it was like, I think everybody was 93 00:05:41,319 --> 00:05:45,639 shocked. So like a couple seconds after it was over, I just put 94 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:47,079 in our group me room. I was like, is it me or was 95 00:05:47,079 --> 00:05:51,879 that the worst national anthem ever? And then Chatty just said ever in all 96 00:05:51,959 --> 00:05:56,000 caps and then it was just a big discussion about it. I posted on 97 00:05:56,040 --> 00:05:59,879 Twitter too. I mean, obviously everyone has seen it now. It was 98 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:02,399 big joke. What did you think forgetting about the national anthem? What do 99 00:06:02,399 --> 00:06:08,240 you think of the new home run derby format. I was fine with it, 100 00:06:08,360 --> 00:06:15,319 like I think it was cool with the like top four and then it 101 00:06:15,399 --> 00:06:18,160 moves to the battles and then there's like the little bonus structure. I find 102 00:06:18,199 --> 00:06:20,759 with all that. The only thing I was just like, get rid of 103 00:06:20,759 --> 00:06:27,240 the pitches the whole, like you have four minutes or forty pitch. I 104 00:06:27,319 --> 00:06:29,759 was over that, like I don't need that stuff. I thought it was 105 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,079 stupid. Get rid of one of those things. Give me forty pitches or 106 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,360 give me the minutes, like just get rid of one. And it was 107 00:06:35,399 --> 00:06:40,639 like they were trying to combine everything that they've done, because it was like, 108 00:06:40,759 --> 00:06:45,399 okay, you have the untimed round as the bonus round. And Eduardo 109 00:06:45,439 --> 00:06:48,720 Perez, god bless him, could not figure out that a four hundred and 110 00:06:48,759 --> 00:06:55,959 twenty five homer only foot homer only mattered in the bonus time. I mean, 111 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,160 Carl Raviitch explained it to him like six times or whoever. It was 112 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:02,480 was like, no, that that only counts in the bonus round. Eduardo, 113 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:04,720 you don't have to hit it in the because it used to be you 114 00:07:04,759 --> 00:07:10,399 had to hit him for forty I know, like they they made it a 115 00:07:10,519 --> 00:07:14,079 year so I'm you know, I'm not like killing him or anything, but 116 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:16,720 it is kind of you should explain to the host how this thing works. 117 00:07:16,759 --> 00:07:18,519 Before it happened, it was fine. Yeah, no, I agree with 118 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:20,319 that. It was all fine. It was good. I thought it was 119 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:25,120 hilarious that Tai Oskar gets a championship and all the Dodgers left, just like 120 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,040 they would if it was the sixth inning of a normal Dodger game in La 121 00:07:28,439 --> 00:07:31,160 Ta. Oscar is doing some stuff right by the way, do you see 122 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:36,040 his wife? He is doing some things absolutely correct. Congratulations to Oscar. 123 00:07:36,279 --> 00:07:39,399 Not I win the home run deerby, just on your life. You're doing 124 00:07:39,480 --> 00:07:41,879 on your life. You don't want to direct things. Man. I was 125 00:07:41,959 --> 00:07:45,319 rooting for Bobby though. I did a CBS I did a CBS Sports HQ 126 00:07:45,519 --> 00:07:48,759 hit and I love Kenna Martin. She was the one I did it with. 127 00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:51,720 And she we were like talking about the All Star Game and stuff, 128 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,079 and then she goes, hey, she goes so behind you. She's like, 129 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,639 we didn't prepare you for this, but behind you you got that Bobby 130 00:07:58,639 --> 00:08:01,000 Witt junior jersey. And this was like fifteen minutes for the home run derby. 131 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,959 And she's like are you gonna you're going for Bobby? And I was 132 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,519 like, man, I am so embarrassed because I am not. And I 133 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:11,959 go through it and then I'm like I'm gonna be tailed between my legs and 134 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,000 she's like, Okay, we're gonna remember this. And then when he was 135 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,160 in the championship, I was ready to tweet her, and Lucky they had 136 00:08:18,199 --> 00:08:20,000 me on the next day again and that's how we opened up. And I 137 00:08:20,079 --> 00:08:24,160 was like, Kenna, I had your Twitter up ready to just be like, 138 00:08:24,519 --> 00:08:26,560 I'm not worthy, I'm an idiot, I'm wrong when Bobby was. 139 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:33,000 But I when I lost all the money from all of my bad MLB All 140 00:08:33,039 --> 00:08:35,279 Star Weekend bets from the draft to this, I was just like, I 141 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:37,759 want Bobby Wit to win. I just you know, it's my guy. 142 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:43,000 And it was good All Star Game and in general was It's fine. I 143 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:46,799 still I just got to say this, I hate the All Star Game jerseys. 144 00:08:46,879 --> 00:08:50,679 Go back to I think they mentioned they were doing that. Yeah, 145 00:08:50,759 --> 00:08:54,080 I just and I had to look it up because I've been to a bunch 146 00:08:54,120 --> 00:08:58,440 of All Star Games and the only one I remember uh seeing them in not 147 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:01,759 their home jersey, was last year, and they only during COVID they started 148 00:09:01,759 --> 00:09:05,200 that. So twenty twenty was the first year where they did the All Star 149 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:09,679 Game jersey at the All Star Game, which I just don't like. I 150 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:11,639 like the guys playing in their regular big lea unis. I think that's the 151 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:16,519 way it should go to moving forward. But other than that, whatever, 152 00:09:16,519 --> 00:09:20,159 the game was fine. It's not as exciting as the home run derby, 153 00:09:20,799 --> 00:09:22,759 the draft, anything from the draft. Real quick, you want to get 154 00:09:22,759 --> 00:09:26,159 to before we go to this, we talk about that. We did an 155 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:28,559 episode, are we Yeah, you're right, don't you remember? Yeah? 156 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:33,080 We didn't remember talking about the draft? Now yeah, okay, Well I 157 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:37,600 do have one piece of really cool information that just popped. Jacob Wilson with 158 00:09:37,720 --> 00:09:41,480 the A's is officially being called up. And that was something I called earlier 159 00:09:41,480 --> 00:09:45,360 in the year. I actually think I put it in an article on Fantasy 160 00:09:45,399 --> 00:09:48,480 Pros that I thought Jacob Wilson was a guy that was going to get called 161 00:09:48,559 --> 00:09:52,320 up this year. It's actually something that A's did last year. They did 162 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:54,919 it with both Zach Geloff and Soda Strum. I think coming right off of 163 00:09:54,960 --> 00:10:01,360 the All Star break and Jacob Wilson getting this move is huge and he has 164 00:10:01,399 --> 00:10:07,200 had a nice little power output as of recent which is kind of not been 165 00:10:07,279 --> 00:10:11,759 his game. That's been something that people are probably still adjusting to in his 166 00:10:11,799 --> 00:10:16,519 overalls, said man. I was looking at Al and he's not available. 167 00:10:16,399 --> 00:10:22,919 But he four hundred hitter, doesn't strike out. He's had seven homers moving 168 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,519 up to triple A, which has been a nice positive boost. Doesn't steal 169 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:28,320 a lot, but he's a guy that's going to hit at the top of 170 00:10:28,320 --> 00:10:31,159 that a's order. I think it's a pick up across the board. He's 171 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,600 a must pick up in points League, and I think I'm picking him up 172 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:37,320 in a lot of other formats if that power contingent continues to translate. But 173 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:43,360 worst case, I think it might be similar to Shanwell than Nolan Shanwell, 174 00:10:43,360 --> 00:10:45,799 where it was like a couple of random homers, you know, hits at 175 00:10:45,799 --> 00:10:48,720 the top of the lineup score some runs like that's who Jacob Wilson can be. 176 00:10:50,200 --> 00:10:52,519 But I love this call up by the way, big big, big 177 00:10:52,639 --> 00:10:56,559 Jacob Wilson guy. Yeah, I know you've been on him the whole year. 178 00:10:56,600 --> 00:11:01,480 Our boy Chris Young has also talked Jacob Wilson up a bunch, bought 179 00:11:01,519 --> 00:11:05,600 a bunch of his cards and stuff when you were talking him up. So, 180 00:11:05,279 --> 00:11:11,039 yeah, pretty good to see this guy in the A's hit like four 181 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:16,200 hundred homers that last day of the first half. It was nuts. I 182 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:20,720 think the Lawrence Butler had three, somebody else had three. It was a 183 00:11:20,759 --> 00:11:22,720 lot of homers just that last day. Anyway, guys selling out because the 184 00:11:22,759 --> 00:11:28,080 knew they got the break. So looking forward to the second half, hopefully 185 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:30,399 our d Backs can get in it. But let's talk about our draft. 186 00:11:30,759 --> 00:11:33,120 Yeah, so this draft, So this is how it went. Bar Wich 187 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,279 won. So our format was our voy bar which he won the roto I 188 00:11:37,279 --> 00:11:39,519 did last year. So I had the number one overall pick. He won 189 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:41,879 it. He had the number one overall pick, and then we did a 190 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:45,879 KDS type thing where we're really all of it was by the way, where 191 00:11:45,879 --> 00:11:48,559 you could pick anywhere that you wanted. I ended up I remember you text 192 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:52,879 me. It was like I couldn't pick one through five, eleven or twelve, 193 00:11:52,039 --> 00:11:54,320 and you must have gotten a high one because you picked the wheel. 194 00:11:54,519 --> 00:11:58,440 I ended up fourth. Oh it was four. Oh no, I got 195 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:03,000 four fourth k first half? Yeah yeah really, and you moved off of 196 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:05,000 the top four. I did because I don't want to be around the guys 197 00:12:05,039 --> 00:12:07,399 that won the first half of the league. Give me the back end. 198 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:11,120 I was like, all of the Sharks that just won the first half are 199 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:15,559 up at the front, give me the back. Well, my logic, 200 00:12:15,759 --> 00:12:16,879 of course, I wedged myself with c K, which was not a good 201 00:12:16,879 --> 00:12:20,759 stretchery. Yeah. My logic with it was like I looked at the board 202 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:24,759 and I saw there was a big six, kind of a big seven. 203 00:12:24,919 --> 00:12:28,039 So that's why, like when one through five, I was like, I'll 204 00:12:28,080 --> 00:12:31,799 take six. I'll just be in the middle because I felt I actually went 205 00:12:31,840 --> 00:12:35,240 into this being like I'm gonna have this choice of one of these two players, 206 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:37,120 and it ended up I had the choice of two of the players I 207 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:41,120 did not expect. So I was at six, Bogman was at twelve. 208 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:46,360 Twelve team it's now head to head and here was what the first round looked 209 00:12:46,399 --> 00:12:50,519 like. It started off. I thought pretty Chok Shoho, Tani, Bobby 210 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:54,679 Witt, Junior, Gunner Henderson, whatever order. I thought that was the 211 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:58,639 top three. Aaron Judge was one of the ones I thought I might get 212 00:12:58,679 --> 00:13:01,879 at six. He goes four, and Jose Ramirez and Ellie are both on 213 00:13:01,919 --> 00:13:05,799 the board, and that was where I was looking. I'm like, okay, 214 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:09,159 well just take who doesn't go well Jan Soto when it went five to 215 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:13,480 gamble. So I have this really tough decision, and I'm gonna tell you 216 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:18,559 Jose Ramirez is the safe option better, RBIs all the runs. He's kind 217 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,799 of a combo of everything. But in my brain, with my team build, 218 00:13:22,399 --> 00:13:26,399 I wanted extreme. I wanted extreme homers in Judge or extreme stolen bases 219 00:13:26,440 --> 00:13:31,960 with Ellie. I passed on Jose Ramirez for Ellie. It's head to head. 220 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:35,559 I thought, you know, from a weekend, week to week basis, 221 00:13:35,600 --> 00:13:39,039 Ellie could win me a week solely himself, not that Jose Ramirez couldn't. 222 00:13:39,159 --> 00:13:43,039 But I took a little bit of a gamble didn't win the first half 223 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:46,000 anyway. So I went Ellie at six, Jose Ramirez went seven, Julio 224 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:50,440 went eight, Freddy Freeman nine, Lindor ten, Devers eleven, and you 225 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:54,240 took Bryce Harper at twelve, which I liked the bright I thought the Bryce 226 00:13:54,279 --> 00:13:58,720 Harper pick was really good. I had him in like my top ten of 227 00:13:58,759 --> 00:14:01,360 players I was I would have win willing to take. I was actually so 228 00:14:01,679 --> 00:14:05,480 he was fine. I mean I like Harper obviously, but I was kind 229 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:11,639 of between Lindor Devers and Harper and got three and c k on major decision 230 00:14:11,960 --> 00:14:16,039 made my decision easy for me. And then I ended up taking Schooble because 231 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:18,759 I wanted a picture coming back on the end there. Yeah, I want 232 00:14:18,799 --> 00:14:24,000 to talk about that in a second. The thing that did stand out is 233 00:14:24,039 --> 00:14:28,759 I thought Jag took a calculated risk and taking Julio that high. I'm not 234 00:14:28,799 --> 00:14:33,039 really sure Julio did not warrant going that high, not saying he doesn't deserve 235 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:35,679 to be betted on in the second half We've seen he was all big second 236 00:14:35,679 --> 00:14:39,200 half and everything like that. I thought that was kind of interesting. But 237 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:46,399 this draft was built around these values of players that are like hurt and could 238 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:50,240 come back, will come back. There was so much value in the second 239 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,159 half, so many interesting odd things that you guys are going to trip out 240 00:14:54,159 --> 00:14:58,480 about now. What you just alluded to the second round was the round of 241 00:14:58,559 --> 00:15:03,879 pictures. We did not have one picture going the first round. Six pitchers 242 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:07,000 went. In the second round, you and I both took one. You 243 00:15:07,399 --> 00:15:11,559 took the very first picture off the board and trek Scooble, which but that 244 00:15:11,639 --> 00:15:16,080 was fine. I really thought I don't know if there was one guy I 245 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:20,240 thought was like a foreshore, whereas like there were probably four or five. 246 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:24,879 To be honest with you, I personally probably would have taken Corbyn Burns on 247 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,320 Baltimore as my number one, just because I think of the steadiness, the 248 00:15:28,399 --> 00:15:33,360 era, a winning, a winning winning team run support across the board. 249 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:37,440 But it is a really tough division. But Burns would have been my number 250 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,480 one. But guess what, he went fourth on this. So what was 251 00:15:39,519 --> 00:15:43,399 your idea with Scooble. I mean, I just schoobled with the strikeouts and 252 00:15:45,080 --> 00:15:48,840 it just seems to be getting better and better. Do you know, I 253 00:15:48,879 --> 00:15:52,279 think he's great. So I don't even think I realized I was taking the 254 00:15:52,279 --> 00:15:56,039 first picture off the board, but Schooble was the top guy on my board. 255 00:15:56,639 --> 00:16:00,399 Schemes went right after him. That's what I was going to lead to, 256 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,159 is that that was the not like it was a shocker, but as 257 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:07,120 I knew he was going to go in this range, I thought he was 258 00:16:07,159 --> 00:16:08,519 gonna go in this round, but I thought it'd be closer to the end. 259 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:15,120 I was very surprised. So Skeens goes fourteen overall in the second half. 260 00:16:15,399 --> 00:16:18,840 This is knowing that there could be some type of cap I mean Pittsburgh 261 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:23,720 in it head to head too. I agree that that is what shocked me. 262 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:30,279 This is a head to head to playoff format. Taking Paul Skeins over 263 00:16:30,799 --> 00:16:33,840 Zach Wheeler, Corbin Burns. And I will tell you this. My number 264 00:16:33,879 --> 00:16:37,879 two I got is the fifth pitcher is Chris Sale. I took Chris Sale 265 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:44,360 seventh pick in the second round. I think he's probably number two on the 266 00:16:44,399 --> 00:16:47,879 two or three. It was like it really was kind of like Burns Scoobale, 267 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:51,039 Sale, like one of those three, Atlanta's going to make a run. 268 00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:53,159 He's the top guy. He's good right now, massive strikeouts, all 269 00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:59,000 the wins, so like Schemes over Sail was really surprising to me as well 270 00:16:59,039 --> 00:17:03,120 as Burns because it scooball Schemes, Wheeler, Burns. It was like four 271 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,720 straight and when do When that happened, I was like, what the what 272 00:17:06,759 --> 00:17:08,440 are we in for? I was pissed because I was like, great, 273 00:17:08,839 --> 00:17:14,319 because there's gonna be no freaking picture back. What did you start to go 274 00:17:14,799 --> 00:17:18,359 thank God or oh crap? When that started? So glad that I took 275 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:22,440 at least one because I thought we were going to get most of this round 276 00:17:22,680 --> 00:17:27,920 as pictures and just spoiler alert, lots of pictures go between that pick and 277 00:17:27,960 --> 00:17:32,400 my next pick. Yeah. So it when Trey Turner was the fifth pick 278 00:17:32,400 --> 00:17:33,599 in the second round, which was a great pick. Now, that was 279 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:37,119 like where I might question JAG's first round pick, blew it out of the 280 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:41,920 park of the second round having Turner with him as great pairing. I bet 281 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,799 Chad thought he did something with me here, but did he Okay, because 282 00:17:45,839 --> 00:17:48,319 I didn't, I would not have taken him in the second round. Chad 283 00:17:48,319 --> 00:17:52,119 took Corbyn Carroll with the sixth pick in the second round. I wasn't taking 284 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:53,680 him in the first three rounds. I had already committed to that, so 285 00:17:55,559 --> 00:17:59,200 that wasn't remotely close. Would you have even considered him coming back in the 286 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:03,920 third? In the third because I pick on the end, I absolutely would 287 00:18:03,920 --> 00:18:06,920 have taken him right just at that point, it's like, okay, we'll 288 00:18:07,000 --> 00:18:10,680 just take the risk. I think he went a little early. Chad likes 289 00:18:10,720 --> 00:18:12,079 to bounce back. He talked about it. He said, I know wels 290 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:15,160 Is gonna think that I'm doing this like one spot in front of him, 291 00:18:15,480 --> 00:18:19,400 but I just like what I saw from Carol the last couple of weeks. 292 00:18:19,519 --> 00:18:23,720 It's really that last series whit two point fifty, right, I mean he's 293 00:18:23,720 --> 00:18:26,839 in two twelve still, he's not stealing enough days. I want to be. 294 00:18:27,240 --> 00:18:30,160 The power did start to tick back up. He obviously had that two 295 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:33,359 homer game, and you know that those are all big positives. Maybe the 296 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,519 break is like I'm open to the positive. They could be a big thing, 297 00:18:37,559 --> 00:18:40,640 and I think that is why he ended up being here. And that's 298 00:18:40,839 --> 00:18:44,559 you know, it's a coin flip. It's not the thing I would have 299 00:18:44,559 --> 00:18:47,720 done. But I get no, especially when the rest of the round hit 300 00:18:47,799 --> 00:18:51,799 or wise your n Alvarez went nine, Ozuna went ten, and al Tuove 301 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,160 went twelve. In between that I took sale at seven, Emmanuel Classe went 302 00:18:55,200 --> 00:18:59,160 in the second round, and George Kirby to John there's even hitters in the 303 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,559 third round. It just didn't make sense to me. But it could be 304 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:07,519 a big buyback, and he was gifted. I think I think I gifted 305 00:19:07,559 --> 00:19:11,119 him Josier Ramirez like I probably should have from a safety perspective, taken Ramirez 306 00:19:11,119 --> 00:19:14,640 and if it was Rodo, I would have. But with the head to 307 00:19:14,720 --> 00:19:18,759 head thing, if I get the right good Ellie on the back half of 308 00:19:18,799 --> 00:19:22,599 the playoffs. I mean, he's gonna win it for me alone, but 309 00:19:22,640 --> 00:19:26,400 he also might lose everything for me if he's not hitting and not steeling. 310 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,279 So one for seventeen with fifteen strikeouts in the playoffs, that's which he's done 311 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,200 a better job at not doing. He had a hit in the All Star 312 00:19:33,279 --> 00:19:37,079 Game, but you know, to that point, so where like he took 313 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:41,759 he was gifted Ramirez, you can maybe take the risk with Carol. I 314 00:19:41,839 --> 00:19:45,359 like the class A pick in there too, but there were still some kind 315 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:48,839 of glaring things that didn't happen. So the third round, so Barwich went 316 00:19:48,839 --> 00:19:52,039 Altuve and then he got Tucker, Kyle Tucker. I was like, yea, 317 00:19:52,079 --> 00:19:55,920 his son of them because I liked that Tucker pick because what I started 318 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:59,880 to look at were these guys that could come back right off of the break, 319 00:20:00,279 --> 00:20:03,039 and I ended up taking one. Glass now was on my list. 320 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:07,000 He went third, so John got Kirby and Glass now with wit, which 321 00:20:07,039 --> 00:20:11,400 is ridiculous. Jerry Duran went to Barrow, good pick Logan Gilbert Pablo Lopez, 322 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:18,440 and then I took Fernando Tatis Junior and boy I was gifted Today Thursday, 323 00:20:18,839 --> 00:20:21,880 he got a clean MRI report, which did not have when we did 324 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,400 this draft, which he's already been doing some swinging and he should be back 325 00:20:25,440 --> 00:20:30,359 hopefully very soon. Mason Miller. Awesome pick by Chad went seventh pick in 326 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:34,519 the third round, followed by Vlad Luis Castillo, Garrett Crochet, Sneaky as 327 00:20:34,559 --> 00:20:38,759 hell, Corey Seger. That furiated me. You took Adley Rutchman, Corey 328 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:44,440 Seger going to c K one pick in front of me. He was the 329 00:20:44,480 --> 00:20:51,000 next player on my queue after I took Scooball, so he was the next 330 00:20:51,039 --> 00:20:56,880 guy I wanted. I waited all the way before, and he went one 331 00:20:57,400 --> 00:21:02,720 pick in front of me. Put me completely on tilt. As soon as 332 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:04,200 that happened, I was like, Nancy, he's gonna fall through the cracks 333 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:07,039 here. I'm gonna get him in the third He's gonna be such a big 334 00:21:07,079 --> 00:21:11,039 advantage. And c K got him one pick in front of me. So 335 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:15,599 I went with Rutchman and then Marte for my back to back picks. Kind 336 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:19,759 of regretting Rutchman, I would have too maybe what I really just, you 337 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:23,880 know, hindsight being twenty twenty, I should take a Garret Cole that is 338 00:21:23,880 --> 00:21:27,599 absolutely what I should have done. I should have taken Garrett Cole or Reagan's 339 00:21:27,880 --> 00:21:30,839 who you ended up taking in the next round, Like I should have taken 340 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:36,039 a picture to pair with Scooball, and I kind of panicked and I took. 341 00:21:36,039 --> 00:21:38,079 I don't think Rutchmand's a bad pick by any stretch. I still think 342 00:21:38,079 --> 00:21:42,000 he's fine, but not something I would have done if I got a mulligan 343 00:21:42,079 --> 00:21:45,519 there. I think one thing I would have done if I were you in 344 00:21:45,559 --> 00:21:48,240 this situation, and this is a little bit of hindsight, I think you 345 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:52,680 left stolen bases on the table pretty bad. I mean, you do have 346 00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:56,200 Jazz and you got Kim and those might hold you up. But like you 347 00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:00,759 had taken Aprams in the with the third pick, you could have done Abrams 348 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:06,960 Yelis, but like Abrams and Riley or Abrams and Cole. Yeah, I 349 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,480 think those would have been what I would have done to pair with that, 350 00:22:08,799 --> 00:22:12,000 and then that might have opened up some of the opportunities a little bit later. 351 00:22:12,039 --> 00:22:15,279 I mean the Marte one Marte has been absolutely insane, Like you're not 352 00:22:15,319 --> 00:22:19,599 gonna fault Marte, but relative to you took Adley in the third. The 353 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,160 next catcher didn't go till the eighth round, and it was William and will 354 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:29,240 Smith and just a quick look, I got Wilson Contraras in the twenty third 355 00:22:29,319 --> 00:22:33,079 round. Yeah, so like something that I preached preseason two and I complete. 356 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,599 I just was one hundred percent fluster. I think I might have almost 357 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:41,759 autoed. So Adley was my guy there and hopefully he has the best second 358 00:22:41,759 --> 00:22:45,200 half that a catcher has ever had in the history of baseball. I will 359 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:49,960 send you from Adley. Let's go doing a draft like this. I had 360 00:22:51,160 --> 00:22:53,359 multiple moments where I kind of freaked out. It actually happened to the eighth 361 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:57,359 round where I wanted to I wanted to do something, and then I talked 362 00:22:57,359 --> 00:23:00,720 myself out of it and I went I last second, did something else, 363 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:04,039 and then I got sniped on that player and it was so brutal. So 364 00:23:04,079 --> 00:23:07,839 the fourth round you took Marte, it went Yelich, Abrams, Schwarber, 365 00:23:08,279 --> 00:23:11,559 Riley Cole, I got Reagans. I ended up getting Reagans. What was 366 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:14,640 that one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, 367 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:18,920 eight, nine ten. I got him at SP eleven, so I thought 368 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:22,039 that was good value. I paired him with Chris Sale. Then it went 369 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:26,400 Trout, Imonaga, Nola Reynolds, and Aglacias. So some things started to 370 00:23:26,440 --> 00:23:32,079 open up here. A Glacias ends up being the second closer off of the 371 00:23:32,119 --> 00:23:34,319 board in Atlanta. I get, I get what Barwich was doing there, 372 00:23:36,319 --> 00:23:40,680 but the Abrams or the Trout thing really kind of stood out because that was 373 00:23:40,759 --> 00:23:44,559 Gamble taking a stab that Trout is going to be back sooner rather than later. 374 00:23:44,680 --> 00:23:47,359 We don't. I still don't know if we have like a really clear 375 00:23:47,480 --> 00:23:51,759 timeline. And that was the trickiest part. Players that look like they're going 376 00:23:51,839 --> 00:23:56,000 to come back right off the All Star break versus players that have some type 377 00:23:56,000 --> 00:24:00,759 of a timeline between late July and early August and what that act. That 378 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:03,160 was what was so fricking tricky. So Trout was like in my brain, 379 00:24:03,240 --> 00:24:07,079 but not in the fourth round. I mean, I wasn't thinking about him 380 00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:11,279 yet. To be perfectly honest, it could be a very sneaky pick by 381 00:24:11,359 --> 00:24:15,880 Gamble there, but it's seven weeks, seven weeks to the playoffs, seven 382 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,160 weeks and then three weeks of playoffs. That's all you have here. So 383 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,920 taking a player to put on the injured list for a little bit, even 384 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:29,839 though we have five spots in this league, you know, taking someone specifically 385 00:24:30,039 --> 00:24:33,319 that you know is going to go on the eel could be dicey, especially 386 00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,480 that early, so I don't know. Barwich kind of did the same thing 387 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:40,119 when he took Kyle Tucker in the third, So you did it with Fernando 388 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:44,119 Tatis, right, so that there are you have to do it at some 389 00:24:44,319 --> 00:24:47,920 point, I think, or you can choose to do it at some point, 390 00:24:48,039 --> 00:24:51,160 but you really you gotta be on point after you take that pick. 391 00:24:51,279 --> 00:24:55,960 So well, but I think the timelines the timeline was clear clear err with 392 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:59,839 Tatis, clear ish, even though it's still a little bit muddy with Tucker. 393 00:25:00,319 --> 00:25:03,680 The Trout one is just it's muddier. It's a lot muddier here. 394 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:06,720 They're hoping for the end of this month, so we'll see. Yeah, 395 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:08,000 and there's still a lot of questions in this round. I mean, I 396 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:14,759 think Marte, Abrams, Riley and Reynolds at that were all like those were 397 00:25:14,799 --> 00:25:17,519 just core easy guy. I thought Reagan's too, was easy to get. 398 00:25:17,559 --> 00:25:19,240 I will tell you I wanted Reynolds later. I didn't think you'd go in 399 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,000 the fourth, so that one was really frustrating. The fifth round, Barwich, 400 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:26,079 Barwich by the Way is one of two teams going into the fifth that 401 00:25:26,119 --> 00:25:30,920 has not taken a starting pitcher, and he will be the only team to 402 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,640 leave the fifth without a starting pitcher. He went with the homerun Derby Champ 403 00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:38,440 Taskar Hernandez, so he went Otani, Altuve, Tucker Iglesias and Hernandez. 404 00:25:38,799 --> 00:25:44,240 John got Matt Olsen, who really fell and he's paired. You know, 405 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:47,599 Reynolds, Olsen and Wit with two pitchers, this pretty freaking good start. 406 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:52,079 Beryl took Helsley, Spencer Steer went to Jesse Severe, Grayson Rodriguez in front 407 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:56,559 of me, and I took Ozzy Albi's. Both Ozzy and Simeon were both 408 00:25:56,559 --> 00:26:00,319 there and I was I was given a lot of thoughts to maybe even taken 409 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,960 both of them, but I took Ozzie Albi's. Chad took Luis Robert, 410 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:07,079 Max Freed went to Jag O'Neil Cruz went ninth pick in the fifth round, 411 00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:11,400 Christial Walker Peede Alonzo and that's where you got Jazz Chisholm with some stolen bases. 412 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:15,039 So did anything stand out in this round? Obviously? This is also 413 00:26:15,079 --> 00:26:19,599 a first base round, with Alonzo, Walker and Olsen also going I honestly 414 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:22,799 think for value, this is the best round that we've had so far. 415 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,400 Yeah, I think you might be right the fifth. There's just I don't 416 00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:30,839 think there's really a miss here. I think all these are pretty good picks. 417 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:34,359 Maybe Will taking O'Neill is a little bit risky, right, but that's 418 00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,960 the only risky pick in this round. But also it was pretty solid. 419 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:42,160 He kind of like in a playoff format, he took Schwarbert and O'Neil Cruz, 420 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,359 he can you could just kind of punt batting average, and that's what 421 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:47,200 he did. And it's like, hey, if they're both on and I 422 00:26:47,240 --> 00:26:49,440 get those crazy homers, like I'm kind of locked in. And he also 423 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,440 had that with Freddy Freeman. Yeah, I think there's a lot of value 424 00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:59,240 in here. Like Roberts really played slow. But if Robert dude with Chatty, 425 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:03,640 if he he this is the team of bouncebacks. He took Carol Cole 426 00:27:03,839 --> 00:27:07,359 and Robert in the first five rounds. If those guys bounce back to pair 427 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,680 with Mason Miller and Jose Ramirez, I mean he might he might roll. 428 00:27:11,759 --> 00:27:15,400 He might really roll. Uh. You took Adolie s Garcia to start the 429 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:19,119 six and when Dylan Cees, Naylor, Gallon, Baby Clay Holmes. I 430 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:25,119 took Josh Hater, so that was like the fourth closer. Marcus Simeon went 431 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:29,559 right after me, Logan Webb, Brian terrang, Alec Bohm broke my freaking 432 00:27:29,640 --> 00:27:33,640 heart. I wanted him coming back so bad. And then Evan Phillips so 433 00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:38,000 Barwich is double taped closer and he's the only one to do the double closer 434 00:27:38,039 --> 00:27:41,519 thing yet so he has not taken a starter, but he went double closer. 435 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,559 Uh. Talk to me about Adolies though. So you're you're playing the 436 00:27:45,559 --> 00:27:48,680 bounce back for Adolice Garcia. I am. I'm playing the bounce back. 437 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:53,200 I'm hoping it happens. But honestly, the outfield values were bad at the 438 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:56,240 spot. And you can kind of tell because I went Jazz and Adules. 439 00:27:56,839 --> 00:28:02,359 When was the next outfielder to go, Not until the seventh round, and 440 00:28:02,599 --> 00:28:07,480 both the outfielders that went in the seventh round were reaches. So I took 441 00:28:07,160 --> 00:28:11,720 Adules, two others went, and then I took another one when we get 442 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:15,440 back to my pick. So I was just sitting there at that point. 443 00:28:15,559 --> 00:28:18,720 I've got a first basement, I got a second basement. I got a 444 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:22,680 catcher, and I have one picture. I don't have anybody in the outfield, 445 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:26,440 and we have five outfield spots that have to be filled. So I 446 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:29,440 just took the guys that I thought were the best value at that point. 447 00:28:29,599 --> 00:28:32,599 And that's an important thing to also mention is like this was five outfield I 448 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:34,160 guess I didn't give the structure. It's pretty standard. It's like three RP 449 00:28:34,279 --> 00:28:37,960 spots, starting pitchers, five outfielders, util corners, like all that type 450 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:42,400 of stuff was just streak it up. Yeah, it's nine. It's nine 451 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:45,839 spots that just kind of break it up between four starters, three relievers, 452 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:51,200 and two picture spots. So still nine. Yeah, but but well yeah, 453 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:52,960 I don't even think that matters to tell you guys how many it is, 454 00:28:53,359 --> 00:28:57,119 how many picture spots. But what's important is the relief side because a 455 00:28:57,160 --> 00:29:03,599 lot of people don't play I'll just play straight pitcher spots. But these leagues 456 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:07,480 you have to have three relief pitchers. Now you could do the punt saves 457 00:29:07,519 --> 00:29:10,519 and you could go with starters in that spot. You know, guy like 458 00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:15,920 Garrett Crochet qualified at relief pitchers has Yeah, so those would be guys that 459 00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:21,279 would be like the spark type of thing that would make sense. But so 460 00:29:21,400 --> 00:29:26,920 like bar Wich goes heavy in two closers into this territory, and what that 461 00:29:27,039 --> 00:29:33,400 ended up doing was, let's see might go in the right range. Yeah 462 00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,599 yeah, yeah, yeah. So he went Phillips down there, then you 463 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:41,039 took by the way he went Phillips, and then he took Swar Yeah yeah, 464 00:29:41,119 --> 00:29:42,640 so he ended that. So then he did something no one expected. 465 00:29:42,680 --> 00:29:48,599 He went three closers. So before anyone has a second, he takes a 466 00:29:48,640 --> 00:29:52,400 third. So now he's got Phillips, Iglesias and Suarez master plan because you 467 00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:57,160 go big winning teams to take closers. Then it went a Rosarina Machado. 468 00:29:57,799 --> 00:30:00,960 Mookie Betts was a really tricky one. I was ready to take him that 469 00:30:02,079 --> 00:30:06,640 round, even though there's kind of a diceiness, but Jesse took him and 470 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:10,759 that was unfortunate. Bregman went, I went second closer, and I went 471 00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:15,279 with Kimberl, same strategy. Kimberl's been great this year, Baltimore winning. 472 00:30:15,359 --> 00:30:18,400 I went with winning closers. Edwin Diaz went next, Freddy Prault to Johann 473 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,640 Duran, Joe, Ryan, Justin Steele, and I know you were feeling 474 00:30:22,680 --> 00:30:26,759 the closer thing bogged because all those freaking closures went and you took Camillo Davall 475 00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:30,920 with the twelfth pick in the seventh round. Yeah, and I wanted Duran 476 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:33,559 just to peel the curtain back. Will got him a couple spots ahead of 477 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:37,400 me. I thought that was a really good pick, so I went Camilla 478 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:41,920 do'vall and then you know, so I got my first closer, and I 479 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:45,359 really was feeling the heat. I did not want to take closers here. 480 00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:48,839 I think, you know, I don't know. I just think closures are 481 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,200 overvalued a little bit, and I think they should go later. But I 482 00:30:52,279 --> 00:30:53,880 got to follow the run, especially being on the end, and I think, 483 00:30:56,480 --> 00:31:00,240 specifically with hindsight being twenty twenty, I would not have put myself on 484 00:31:00,240 --> 00:31:03,039 the end. Again. I wanted to get away from the guys that won 485 00:31:03,079 --> 00:31:06,279 in the front of the league, so I'm like, okay, well put 486 00:31:06,279 --> 00:31:08,839 me towards the back end to get away from those sharks. It didn't matter 487 00:31:08,839 --> 00:31:14,839 where I picked here, everybody sharks, so I I probably would have put 488 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,559 myself closer to the middle, so I didn't feel the pressure of those runs 489 00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:22,559 afterward. But yeah, I mean I felt like I had to take one, 490 00:31:22,599 --> 00:31:26,799 so Devall was the best one left pay. Also the values are just 491 00:31:26,839 --> 00:31:30,119 so different, you know, like I don't think like if we're we're being 492 00:31:30,319 --> 00:31:33,240 honest, Like your Crochet shouldn't have fallen where he fell like he fell to 493 00:31:33,839 --> 00:31:37,640 if I got here's a lot of that. Yeah, six seven, eight 494 00:31:37,799 --> 00:31:41,359 nine ten, he was SP eleven. I got wait one, two, 495 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:47,400 three, four, five, six seven eight nine he was SP ten And 496 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,599 it calls, by the way, was O Reagan's was SP twelve? He 497 00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:52,960 shouldn't have been there. He was the number one SP in the first half. 498 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:56,160 But like the tricky stuff is, so where do you buy? So 499 00:31:56,440 --> 00:32:00,440 if you guys are wanting to also comprehend some of this for like your leagues 500 00:32:00,440 --> 00:32:05,000 in the second half, like that was about the value was SP ten for 501 00:32:05,079 --> 00:32:07,880 Garrett Crochet because there are some concerns about how much will he play second and 502 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,480 a half. I would have put him up closer to I probably would have 503 00:32:12,559 --> 00:32:15,720 taken him after Glass. Now I actually would have probably taken him before Kirby, 504 00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:19,039 and I love Kirby, like SP seven, So you can get an 505 00:32:19,119 --> 00:32:22,119 understanding by looking at this draft is like that was the value of Crochet. 506 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:28,519 But strategy aside. Valuations are really tough here round eight. We're not gonna 507 00:32:28,519 --> 00:32:30,039 go every single round, probably up to ten, and just talk about a 508 00:32:30,039 --> 00:32:34,000 couple of values after. I will tell you this though, This is where 509 00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,200 like the first real snipe happened, and it was you. I wanted Anthony 510 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:40,640 Santander. His numbers are so absurd right now. I think he's gonna have 511 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:44,480 a big second half. I think he's gonna hit over forty homers. And 512 00:32:44,519 --> 00:32:46,559 you took him first pick in the eighth and I was like, come on, 513 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:51,759 dude, that one frustrated me. Yeah, I mean it surprised me 514 00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:55,359 a little bit because he's not hitting two thirty seven this season, but he 515 00:32:55,440 --> 00:33:00,319 has twenty four homers, he's driven in fifty eight runs. You know, 516 00:33:00,519 --> 00:33:06,119 he's he's a lot of thumb. So yeah, I just you know me, 517 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,599 I want the power guys. So taking Santandero was kind of easy. 518 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:14,359 And that was you know, we were getting into that point where I said 519 00:33:15,279 --> 00:33:20,960 the specifically with the outfielders, there's like a lot of there's just a lot 520 00:33:21,039 --> 00:33:23,319 of I don't know, like, are these guys cause the next guys to 521 00:33:23,319 --> 00:33:27,039 go just to pull pull the curtain back Riley Green went after that, so 522 00:33:27,079 --> 00:33:30,039 that's a fine pick. But it was Meryl but a big first half, 523 00:33:30,079 --> 00:33:35,440 but who knows about the second half? Rooker, same thing, Doyle who's 524 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:38,480 a breakout. Profar who's a breakout in this round. So it's all kind 525 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:43,200 of breakouts or guys that didn't perform up to snuff. There were other guys 526 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:47,079 that went later that I thought were better. Kwan Nimo. Your pick of 527 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:52,440 Lane Thomas in the ninth round I thought was outstanding. So there were other 528 00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:55,240 guys, but it kind of you kind of got into I don't know what 529 00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,160 a right value is here, so just give me the guy with the most 530 00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:01,359 power, and that was Santandero. Well, also in a head to head 531 00:34:01,359 --> 00:34:07,599 format, like if you're not gonna compete heavy in steals, which you kind 532 00:34:07,599 --> 00:34:09,800 of weren't, like you should lean into the power. You should lean try 533 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:13,480 to win those categories, like that's what you can do. Like in rodo 534 00:34:13,719 --> 00:34:16,079 never gonna promote trying to punt, but you could punt stolen bases if you 535 00:34:16,119 --> 00:34:21,920 want, and if you do it right on hitting runs, RBI homers, 536 00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:23,920 that's three of the five categories. If you're competing in batting average, which 537 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:29,119 you got like Harper and Kutel. You might be you might have brought that 538 00:34:29,199 --> 00:34:31,639 down a little bit with guys like Santander and Garcia, but those are huge 539 00:34:31,679 --> 00:34:35,400 power plays. You could win three of the five offensive categories, so I 540 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,400 thought it was an interesting play. William Contreras will Smith were the next picks 541 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:43,719 after you labored Torres, Riley Green, Jackson, Merrill was a snipe for 542 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,679 me, and it slowed me down. Here was my moment of the draft. 543 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:52,039 I wanted Stephen Kuan. I felt I had opened myself up a little 544 00:34:52,039 --> 00:34:54,760 bit on the batting average front with Ozzie Tatis and Ellie, and I was 545 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,159 like, I'm gonna make up for this with Kwan. But then I was 546 00:34:58,199 --> 00:35:00,639 like, I don't know if anyone's looking at him. I decided to go 547 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:06,000 the third closer, last second to lock in. We had three RP spots. 548 00:35:06,079 --> 00:35:10,119 I wanted elite closers and I took Andres Munos. It goes Gossman, 549 00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:15,280 Lugo, Rooker, Doyle Profar, I'm safe. I did want Rooker at 550 00:35:15,280 --> 00:35:19,920 some point, Okay, whatever her which take Stephen Kwan with the first pick 551 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,079 in the ninth round, and I was like, you have got to be 552 00:35:22,320 --> 00:35:25,960 crap, and I was so pissed about that. It then went Nimo Morell 553 00:35:27,079 --> 00:35:30,719 rafaela framber. In the ninth I took Lane Thomas, as you mentioned, 554 00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:34,400 lots of stolen so now I'm really leaning into my stolen bases. That's a 555 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,119 big thing that I want to do here Lodolo. Then it goes Jansen Bednar 556 00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:43,280 how Coo I wanted next round, didn't get Suzuki. And then again you 557 00:35:43,400 --> 00:35:46,719 must have felt the weight where you took Alexis DZ because the close that was 558 00:35:46,760 --> 00:35:51,039 about the marker when you took Alexis ds where the closers were about to end. 559 00:35:51,079 --> 00:35:52,639 I thought Kirby Yate should have gone higher, but that was kind of 560 00:35:52,679 --> 00:35:55,280 about it, and you got your second closer in. Yeah, dude, 561 00:35:55,360 --> 00:36:00,000 I mean it's you know, after that, it's questions. It's Hoffmann, 562 00:36:00,599 --> 00:36:04,840 who's kind of new to the role, seawalled, I guess, is still 563 00:36:04,840 --> 00:36:07,119 locking it down in Arizona for now. Kirby Eate's, as you mentioned, 564 00:36:07,159 --> 00:36:09,639 kind of wentley, but there is just not a lot on the board. 565 00:36:09,679 --> 00:36:14,480 And again I'm on the end, I have so much time between picks, 566 00:36:14,519 --> 00:36:16,480 so yeah, I felt like I was really feeling the pressure, and I 567 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:20,880 had to take Alexis to Yas the tenth round. You got Ranger in the 568 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,039 tenth So again that's that whole like people buying into the second half. I 569 00:36:23,039 --> 00:36:28,079 mean, that's wildly down there. Sp Willia Damas, Tyler O'Neil, George 570 00:36:28,079 --> 00:36:31,400 Springer, Jeff Hoffman, Hunter Green. I thought I got super sneaky on 571 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:36,800 everybody here, and I really think I did. Took Wyat Langford seventh pick 572 00:36:36,840 --> 00:36:39,599 in the tenth round, and I think because he had been injured and missed 573 00:36:39,639 --> 00:36:44,119 time and also the struggles early, he just didn't rank very well on here. 574 00:36:44,159 --> 00:36:46,800 But if you'd been paying attention, he's been amazing that last month he 575 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:51,440 was incredible. So I was so excited about that. Pete Fairbanks, Korea, 576 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:57,679 Cayl Raley, Kyle Finnigan and Westbrook that finished out the top ten rounds. 577 00:36:57,679 --> 00:37:00,880 It's one hundred and twenty players. Some crazy stuff that happened later. 578 00:37:02,039 --> 00:37:07,880 Devin Williams to Barrow in the eleventh round. Great pick. Love the sneakiness 579 00:37:07,880 --> 00:37:10,400 of that. I got Michael Harris, another one of those guys that was 580 00:37:10,519 --> 00:37:15,280 traveling with the Braves. He could be activated off. That was I thought 581 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:20,039 a sneaky one. Kirby Gates went in the eleventh. I got Luis Heel 582 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:24,280 in the twelfth, and I know it's scary because he could get really shut 583 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:28,360 down, but maybe it's an early shutdown and he's good for the playoffs. 584 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,960 I needed it because I only took two sps, so I took the risk. 585 00:37:30,039 --> 00:37:32,320 But dude, I got him outside the top one twenty and he was 586 00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:37,039 one of the best pitchers in baseball. Michael King was a super sneaky one 587 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:40,559 by Barrow in the twelfth round that I liked. I got Xander Bogarts in 588 00:37:40,639 --> 00:37:45,239 the thirteenth, as did Boba Schett go right in front of me and Royce 589 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:51,599 Lewis that was kind of this weird Jesse Severe Gammel and then me of interesting 590 00:37:51,679 --> 00:37:53,360 values. I'm just going through a couples and then you can think them out 591 00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:59,000 here. Churio went in the thirteenth, Brandon fought you took in the fourteenth, 592 00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,719 which was really good. We had Lordis go right after me in the 593 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:07,880 fourteenth, which I was super pissed about. And then one that garnered some 594 00:38:08,119 --> 00:38:13,039 conversation in our group. And again this was another one I thought everybody forgot 595 00:38:13,079 --> 00:38:16,199 about. I took James Wood in the fifteenth round, and I think everybody 596 00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:19,880 just forgot about him, and I know that got some chatter in off. 597 00:38:20,039 --> 00:38:22,239 That was the chat. That was the point at where bar which is like 598 00:38:22,280 --> 00:38:27,199 we're letting Welsh win this league is when you took James Wood, everyone was 599 00:38:27,320 --> 00:38:30,519 upset. I thought that was a really go there for it. I thought 600 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:36,960 the pick right before you might have been just as good when Gamble took Justin 601 00:38:37,079 --> 00:38:40,000 Verlander one pick ahead of you. You know, if he's back quickly after 602 00:38:40,039 --> 00:38:45,079 the break, that could be an insane value. So we'll see what happens 603 00:38:45,119 --> 00:38:47,639 there, of course. But and there's the cat feeder. Thanks Welsh. 604 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,840 Yeah you guys didn't hear him say it, but his face was saying it. 605 00:38:52,280 --> 00:38:55,079 So but I thought, I thought, my I thought Willie Castrow was 606 00:38:55,119 --> 00:38:58,320 such a good pick for me. This dude was an all star. He 607 00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:02,800 qualifies a second third, short and outfield, and he steels bases. I 608 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:07,119 got him and Kim, so I thought that was a decent pick for as 609 00:39:07,159 --> 00:39:10,079 late as I got him. Yeah, And what I think was what really 610 00:39:10,119 --> 00:39:15,880 stood out is interesting to me is valuations outside the top ten round. Maybe 611 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:20,320 we could even post this board on Patrion Hines went in the sixteenth. Well, 612 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,239 that's kind of like what I'm getting at is like the players that went 613 00:39:23,280 --> 00:39:28,599 outside the top ten that people don't buy into really. So Helio Ramos went 614 00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:32,719 in the fifteenth round, he went to James Wood. People kind of forgot 615 00:39:32,719 --> 00:39:37,719 about Vinnie Pasquentino in the seventeen I thought Nick and Zalez so I took it 616 00:39:37,880 --> 00:39:42,119 nineteen. People kind of forgot about. I took Brandon Marsh in the nineteenth 617 00:39:42,239 --> 00:39:45,840 round. He's almost a double digit homer and stolen based guy Wilson Contreras fell 618 00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,519 in there. You know, there were some really cool values that happened later 619 00:39:50,559 --> 00:39:53,239 that that might mean some Jose Miranda that was what I really wanted. Barbich 620 00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,800 got me on him too. That because he's dealing with a little bit of 621 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:00,400 an injury, people forgot. But like I went in the twenty first round 622 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,079 in here, So it might be worth taking a look at this board if 623 00:40:04,119 --> 00:40:07,119 you want to like have some concept of where some values moving forward are. 624 00:40:07,119 --> 00:40:10,199 Because these are people that all paid money. This is a played out league 625 00:40:10,199 --> 00:40:15,239 that we just drafted based off of the valuations right now, and there are 626 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:21,679 plenty of guys that aren't necessarily being given their benefit. But then there's guys 627 00:40:21,679 --> 00:40:23,000 like Paul Skins, who it's like, I don't care if he's going to 628 00:40:23,039 --> 00:40:30,039 be held down. He was the second starting pitcher taken overall. And I 629 00:40:30,079 --> 00:40:32,239 mean, you know this is just me. But like you know, Adolies 630 00:40:32,280 --> 00:40:38,159 went two rounds before Merrill, and you know Rooker went after guys like Adolies, 631 00:40:38,239 --> 00:40:40,719 and Rookers is playing as good, you know, So the valuations are 632 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:45,719 really really interesting, the rosters just as we end here. So this is 633 00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:51,280 what I'm going in with Wilson, Catreris, mount Castle at first, Ossie 634 00:40:51,280 --> 00:40:55,840 at second, Elliott third, xanderit short. I took David Frye as kind 635 00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:00,719 of a complimentary player. These are my starters, by the way, William 636 00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:04,280 Brew, Langford, Tatis, Slaine Thomas, James wood Marsh. But I 637 00:41:04,360 --> 00:41:08,199 have Max Munsey, Evan Carter, and Michael Harris on il in a head 638 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:12,559 to head for the playoffs. So if I can put Muncie in at corner, 639 00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:15,039 get fry on the bench, Carter in for a bray, you and 640 00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:20,880 Michael Harris in uh probably like U till I think my starters are good. 641 00:41:20,880 --> 00:41:25,280 And then I got Reagan's Ron Don Radon, I mean sale stone Fetti, 642 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,880 who I think is going to get traded, Paveta, Luis Heel. I 643 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:31,639 also took Jordan Montgomery and Yamamoto for a playoff run to go with Hater, 644 00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:36,119 Kimberl and Munio's Like, I feel really good about this team, but I 645 00:41:36,159 --> 00:41:38,239 can't have too many of these guys sitting on the il and not get production 646 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:42,400 because I do have to make the freaking playoffs. That's what's important here. 647 00:41:42,599 --> 00:41:45,079 Yeah, it's it's a sprint to the finish. Like I said, seven 648 00:41:45,159 --> 00:41:50,679 weeks is the very end. My roster from top to bottom here Rutchman, 649 00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:54,519 Harper, Cattel, Nolan Ernato at third, Hawsome, Kim, Matt Vierling, 650 00:41:54,920 --> 00:42:00,199 Nick Gonzales, Jazz Chizolmadolas Garcia, Jack Peterson, santanderra Tolia, Jake 651 00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:06,000 McCarthy, Willie Castro and Dalton Varshow are on the bench. My starters are 652 00:42:06,079 --> 00:42:13,360 Sunny Great, Treek, Schooble Ranger Random fought with Zach Eflin, Jose Soriano, 653 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,800 and Jordan Hicks. And then my closers are Alex Diaz, Alexis Diaz, 654 00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:21,639 Camillo, Duval, James MacArthur Jason Foley and I took Copeck, so 655 00:42:21,679 --> 00:42:24,159 I got a bunch of closers at the end as well for some dark throws. 656 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:29,320 I thought it was fun again and it's I highly suggest people maybe check 657 00:42:29,360 --> 00:42:31,119 out doing something like that, and I wouldn't. I don't know if i'd 658 00:42:31,119 --> 00:42:34,840 be into, like I only play a second half league, but I just 659 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,159 like the idea of the structure, and I also think it sets up a 660 00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:43,480 good understanding of what valuations look like in the second half, especially for trades, 661 00:42:43,480 --> 00:42:45,239 because it's fun to do the like, hey, you know this is 662 00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:49,000 a breakout guy and stuff like that, and I do that work. Look 663 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,559 over the last thirty days forty five days and you can start to play some 664 00:42:52,639 --> 00:42:54,119 of that. But this really put it to the test and how I felt 665 00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:59,519 about values. And you know what I learned about myself was I value Stephen 666 00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:01,079 Kwan think higher than I had him ranked, and I changed that on my 667 00:43:01,119 --> 00:43:06,400 Redraft ranks. I think his value of what he provides for the structure of 668 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:08,679 a team, especially a head to head way higher than I was giving it 669 00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:13,280 credit for. Also Ellie, I moved Ellie up because you know there's some 670 00:43:13,360 --> 00:43:15,079 roto risk maybe with both of those guys, but from a head to head 671 00:43:15,119 --> 00:43:20,000 perspective, win your league, man. I put him as top six, 672 00:43:20,119 --> 00:43:22,960 top six and rest of the season ranks because he has been so good. 673 00:43:22,039 --> 00:43:24,280 So hopefully you guys dug that. Maybe we'll put the draft board over on 674 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:28,719 Patreon if you want to check it out. Next week we are back to 675 00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:31,000 normal. We're going to get back to it in our final sprint. Probably 676 00:43:31,039 --> 00:43:32,960 a lot of trade talk that's going to be going on, a lot of 677 00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:37,199 trade rumors that are floating around. His baseball kicks back here on Friday, 678 00:43:37,400 --> 00:43:38,840 so hopefully we'll have some of that to talk about as well. You can 679 00:43:38,840 --> 00:43:44,400 catch me over on a cool thing for you guys over on Fantasy Pros. 680 00:43:44,559 --> 00:43:46,000 I mean, it's not cool that Joe is tapering back a little bit, 681 00:43:46,039 --> 00:43:50,679 but I'm going to be doing some shows with Casey Bubba and Joe Rico, 682 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:52,719 so be on the lookout for that. They'll be joining leading off on a 683 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:57,559 couple episodes. So go to Fantasy Pros and check that out. Is it 684 00:43:57,599 --> 00:44:00,079 the Welsh and Bogmann Sports. Good luck every buddy, and we will talk 685 00:44:00,079 --> 00:44:05,000 to you next week for the second half of the MLB season. Peace out, 686 00:44:05,400 --> 00:44:10,239 So you m.