Speaker 1: Greeting society tations. Everyone, It's Rich Wilson. Welcome to Fantasy
Baseball Live. Today is June to seventh, about three o'clock
in the afternoon. As always on a Sunday, I'm here
with my buddy, mister Tim McCleod.
Speaker 2: Tim. How's it going, man, Yeah, it's going good. It's
hot here. Life is good. No, no no complaints. They're
all keeping busy and out of trouble. All the keys
to life. I think.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm uh, it's hot here as well as it
was hot all last week. We had a bit of
a storm coming last night and it cooled it off
for a bit. But I'm in one of the back
bedrooms because it is Diversity Day here Marstown, New Jersey,
which I think basically means it's Latin Day. Because they've
got a DJ out on the green blaring music that
I don't I don't know the words too, so I
try to get out of the big room and come
back to the back bedroom and so hopefully it won't
be too loud here.
Speaker 2: So I can't. I can't hear anything at my end.
Speaker 1: So yeah, Frankie's up here on the Frankie's up here
on the bed with me the guest bed, and Beans
looked up and said, eh, I can stand the music.
So he's he's back listening to the music.
Speaker 2: Okay, well, hey, as long as he's not barking left
right and say your life.
Speaker 1: Is good, right, they might start barking any moment. So, Tim,
how's how's the weekend been for you? Watching any games?
Speaker 2: Ah? I watched a bit. I watched the bottom of
the first inning last night. That was That was a
nice a nice effort by the Angels. Was it nine
one at the end of the first That's always a
nice lead to have if your name's Yamamoto, isn't it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean Yamamoto is now pitching to a two
sixty eight ear A one is fourth game, but nine
to one? That was uh Kokokovich gave it up.
Speaker 2: Kokokovich, Yeah, yeah, him, Yeah, Yeah, that's you know, you're
playing the Dodgers. Now, that's gotta suck the life right idea.
You know you're down nine one at the end of
the first time. You can see the guys in the
doug would already booking the reservations for supper that night.
You know, one of those he like, yeah, you're facing Yamamoto.
Odds are pretty good that you can chalk that one
up as as a loss.
Speaker 1: Right, it's funny Cooke kokok I don't know Kokokovich. I
used to know how to say it back when he
was a prospect, but he was actually having it wasn't good.
But I mean in the ANL only league or only league,
you can throw him out there. But now he's sitting
at a sixty or eight. Just got blown up in
the one game.
Speaker 2: All it takes is one inning. And let that be
a warning to those that want to start Fringey type
pitchers in mixed leagues. When you're playing the Dodgers, he
just probably no, no, it's no, yeah, your rolling the
dice and you know it ain't coming up in your favor.
Excuse me nine times out of ten, so why go
through it?
Speaker 1: So help me understand how it should think about Anti Paus.
He had a good season last year where he hits
seventy two twenty seven hour runs, fourteen stolen bases, never walked,
and then late in the season, but particularly in the playoff,
to me, he was god awful. If you recall he
lost his job in the playoffs.
Speaker 2: Well in September September was horrible for him.
Speaker 1: It was horrible. Yeah, but he looks like the good
Andy Pays again. Strikeout raid is nineteen percent. He still
never walks, a little bit better last than last year
at six percent getting sent to eighty three. He's on
pace for forty home runs. He's got fourteen. Now, how
do I think of andty pays? Is he going to
run into a September swoon again?
Speaker 2: Well? I think he might have taken care of that
hopefully in the past seven days where he's batted two hundred, okay,
and only he went six for thirty in the past
past week.
Speaker 1: But he hit a home run last night.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he had home run last night. But I'm just
trying to think here, who am I looking at here? Oh,
I've got to scroll down? Yeah, no streaky, How was that?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I guess when he goes bad, he goes really bad.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when he goes so like, if you go back
and you look as it at the end of May
May May twenty seven, we'll say he was hitting three
oh three. Okay, June sixth he's a two to eighty three. Now,
granted he got the home run, but prior to that
home home run, he only had three hits in the
prior seven games.
Speaker 1: Okay, so overall, the sprint speed is a seventy three percent,
the average exivelocity is up at ninety point one. It's
got a lot of leverage in a swing. So, yes,
streaky or not, it's a twenty five home run, probably
more than that. But the guy that's going to hit
expect that. Batting averages two seventy seven.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I think he got a thirty home run bad.
And let's face it, in LA, everybody gets on base,
the RBI opportunities are going to be strong. I just
think every once in a while, for whatever reason, maybe
it's because he's young. You can remember he's still but
twenty five years old. Okay, this really is only his
second full season, right, the Fed play a full season
in his first year and a thirteen home runs. I
think he's a thirty home run bad, ninety RBI type
with like you said, two sixty two seventy batting average,
you'll steal yeah, ten to fifteen bases. Yeah, he's a
good player, but right now, we saw September, we just
saw a pretty horrible week. I don't know if it's
fair based on the sample size to leave label him streaky.
But I'm going to I you know, I think he's
going to have moments where he just sort of disappears.
But at the end of the Josh.
Speaker 1: Bell's streakiness and hopefully be closing out to a streakiness.
Speaker 2: So yeah, exactly, hope hopefully it's not for months at
a time like what we saw last fall.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. So let's go to the Red Sox
and Yankees got rained out last night and they are
zero zero Schlittler up against my buddy Ranger Suarez Temmy.
I have to tell you, I know, Pauli Goldschmid's been hot,
but Ben Rice's great player. Bellinger's been very good after
that man, not an Aaron judgeless lineup. Has Adam Rasei,
Rosaria Grisham hitting two fifteen volt beating two fourteen Jazz
Chisholm has been a shell of what he's done before,
and then Cavalleiro is the white hitting guy, and then
Sanchez catching you know, usually its wells. I mean, that
is not a lineup that that puts fear into a
picture's mind, is it.
Speaker 2: No, it was very easy for me to predict Ben
Rice to be h a l MVP. Right, you look
at that lineup. Who else on the Yankees You're going
to predict that of nobody?
Speaker 1: Really well, Bellinger's bad is made for Yankee Stadium, right.
He doesn't hit the ball all that hard, but he
doesn't have to hit it that far. So so that's
going to work at home. And they are playing at
home today. And gold Smith's up to seven home runs.
I mean, he was terrible for the first month of
the season, has gotten hot. But other than that, those
first three guys and I don't think you can even
put gold Schmidt in, can count him as as the
old Polker. That is not a lineup that's that scares you.
I know, a Medrosaria has been pretty good, but.
Speaker 2: Eh, yeah, yeah, it's at the end of the day,
he's a med Rosario, right, yep, yeah, yeah, you don't
associate that with the starting nine in New York. Yankee said,
you know, they don't fit in the same sentence. Definitely not.
But today we got two pitchers going toe to toe
and both of them are throwing up big, big nothings,
and good for them. First run could win this one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd rather have Schlitler in this one, So it's
a shame. Spencer Jones got the spot of Aaron Judge
and came up and went three for three. I was
gonna say yesterday and against the left, he definitely sitting today.
Uh so maybe they're already looking at him as a
platoon guy.
Speaker 2: Well, you got to remember Stanton will return sometime the
next two to three weeks and they'll have him in
the lineup more often than not. So I don't see
Jones being a full time player, you know, especially with
the splits throw all right in there, stanting there, turning,
you know, it's it's gonna be tough to find some advas.
How's Domingus doing, He's he's he's out a while yet Still.
Speaker 1: I haven't seen I haven't seen a stat pop up
in my daily scanning of the minor league box scores,
So I.
Speaker 2: Don't think he's a quick look. Yeah, shoulder. He's starting
a rehabit, simon. So there's another They're saying the week weekend,
next weekend, he could return. Okay, So oh again, if
that's the case, Dominga's or Jones, I think Domingas.
Speaker 1: I do too. Again, but Jones again, had that first,
had that first game. We've got three hits. I probably
see Domingos this week because I'm going to just the
Tuesday game at at Somerset. They're in town this scrip.
But I've got got my my wedding trip to to
Des Moines. It's going to take out most uh So,
jump against Cage, jump against Sandlin. Shall we take a
look at what they're doing here? No, okay, Well, so
David Sandlin, they had they had a star, they had
an opener for him. Opener got h around a little bit,
and then Sandland came in and then promptly gave up
three hits, three ear and runs and three and a third.
But he did strike out two guys too. Gave up
two home runs, one to Marshawan and the other two Brandon.
Marsh So avoided damage from the trake turners Kys Schwarber's
of the World. Bryce Harper gave it up to light
hitty Marsham.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, he's up to he's still in the game.
He got off to a rocky start when he entered,
but he's settled down six strikeouts. It's okay, it's you know,
I'm I'm not going to It's just okay. I'll just
leave it at that. The strikeouts are nice, but he
did struggle right out of the gate and allowed what
three or runs in the first couple couple ings he
got up to her, I didn't know if he was
going to make it through his through the second inning.
I was sort of watching the game, sort of trying
to trying to see how everything shook down. But he's
settled down a little bit. The Yankees scored a run.
Speaker 1: Let's take a look at Sandem before we talked back
to the Yankees. Here, Sandlin up to ninety eight point
four average velocities ninety six thirty one percent with rate
on his curveball and a sweeper. He only threw it.
He's gotten one, two swings one with so that's pretty
small sample size. So it looks like he's pitching. Okay,
still walking.
Speaker 2: Yeah too many, Yeah he is. He'll I think he'll
stick around for a while. We'll have to see if
he if he learns from his early season bollies. Now
it's a game of adjustment. Saying he's young, so.
Speaker 1: I'm not going to give up on him. Not somebody's
throwing ninety eight miles an hour, so you don't want to.
Speaker 2: Do no, I'm not. I'm not either. I'm I'm just
going to I'm just not going to start him against
the Dodgers in LA or incours. You know, I'll pick
my I'll pick my, pick my moments of Sandling for now,
So depending.
Speaker 1: On how you want to look at a cage jump
three innings, pitched a couple of hits, non runs. He's
up for it to nothing, so that's good. But he
also has two wild pitches fast something ninety eight point
four from the left side. That's that's nasty, with thirty
one percent rate on his fourth seamer. But he looks
like he's doesn't have the control that he typically has,
so hopefully he can get through five and call it
a day.
Speaker 2: I would hope that to be the case. Yeah, I
think anything after five they'd be pushing it. Nice to
see Nick nick Kurtz with his twelve stole a base
as well his seven. That's uh, we cold. We could
see double digit stolen bases of a Nick Kurtz, which
would be a huge bonus, But looks like he's rated
things right now. Definitely, I'll take Jump over Sandling.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't like the two walks, three wild pitches. Though,
so how many beets And well he's only thrown forty
eight pitches in three innings, so I mean that's not horrible.
But he's been a little while child. I mean it
is the Astros as opposed to whose sandlet's gone up
against the Phillies.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Burrow is very disappointing, another another shaky out
getting four innings, six heads, two walks three or and
runs his era sitting at five seventy two. Now, I
was expecting a lot more of Burrows this year and
it just simply hasn't happened.
Speaker 1: May I, yes, you may I'm wondering that. I mean,
we we've we've beaten up the Pirates for as long
as we've been doing the show since the forties, right,
that's how long we've been doing the show. And I
just I think the Pirates are a different organization now,
I think I've been uh oh, I just the name
just escaped me. The general manager was with the or
the owner was with the was yea not nutting the
general manager anyway, it was with the Red Sox. I
think he's had a chance to play his program in
place Bloom Bloom char and I think they're doing a
lot of things, right, I'm wondering, just because the data
looked good on the Burrows, that they saw something that said,
you know, let's move on from him. And the Astros
are not the Jeff Luno Astros anymore, just not, and
they don't have that kind of analytics behind it. Maybe
they got taken to him and maybe guys that go
to the Astros, maybe we should look at them a
little skeptically and maybe we should be a little bit.
I know it's hard, and that's why I'm saying, may
I that maybe we should give the Pirates a little
bit of grace when they make a move, going let's
see how this works out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm playing with that. Things have things have changed
in the front office, I you know. I. For me,
what I'm looking forward to seeing is how they approach
the trade trade deadline. Okay, a typical Pirates team, they'd
be playing for the wild card spot and be very
satisfied with it. I'd like to see them get out
of that and play for the moment. You know, hey,
you're looking to Today they've used the Chandler following an
opener five and a third, one hit, two walks, seven strikeouts.
Nice nice. Uh, you know in Atlanta against the Braves.
Speaker 1: You know, let's shall we let's take a look at
the Pirates and tell me where you would add. I
know you've probably added the bullpen. Okay, but that's not
that expensive schemes. Jared Jones, Mitch Keller, Brex, Brex and Ashcraft,
Bubba Chandler. That's pretty strong, Yes it is.
Speaker 2: Would you be it? You can never have enough starters,
but I think they can survive without the starter a
little bit. You know, let's take let's take a look
at the let's take a look at the offense.
Speaker 1: But let's just real quickly. This is I think why
I'm pretty encouraged about the Pirates. Skin's first round, Joan
second round, Mitch Keller second round, Brax Snashra second round,
Bubba Chandler third round, all home grown, all high draft picks. Yeah,
that's nailing your draft picks. And again some of those
were done before Ben Sherrington got there, but it shows
that they've been evaluating players correctly. Those are good pictures.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, they have done very very well at the
draft table. There is no Doug avouted. But part of
the game also is setting yourself up for the playoffs. Yeah,
and that'll be the next step. Let's let's let's see,
let's see if they bring somebody in. Uh. Yeah, Trilio
and Mangam aren't exactly hosehold names.
Speaker 1: I would agree, but Spencer Horwitz, if we can start
at the top of the line of Spencer Horwitz. You
nailed that. And he's had a very good season. I
think he hit his eighth from run to day, so
he's on pace. Yeah, I mean first base. You would
probably like a little bit more thump there, but I
mean it's not been terrible.
Speaker 2: No, No, it's been fine. Brandon seen him. Yeah, Brian
Reynolds is a good player, not great, but a very
good player. Ryan O'Hearn or do what they want.
Speaker 1: Uh.
Speaker 2: I like what Nick Gonzalez is doing this year a lot,
uh you know, and having him hit in front of
an O'Neal cruise makes all the sense in the world. Yeah.
Then you get into catching with Andy Rodriguez, who could
be buying Henry Davis and Mangham and Trilio.
Speaker 1: Well Griffin there for for Trilla.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I think so.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So I think they could use another outfielder and
maybe an upgrade at with Ryan O'Hearn. Because Ryan O'Hearn's
on the blatoon guy, maybe they get a you know,
a lefty, a righty smasher and and marry him up
with Ryan O'Hearn.
Speaker 2: Yeah no, there's there's opportunities for them to improve. And hey,
they're playing great baseball. The pitching has potential to be
totally dominant. Yeah. I date if they take that next
step and actually make some moves to better themselves at
the deadline, I'll be very, very impressive.
Speaker 1: You know, Andy Rodriguez is not playing horribly. Four or
four on base percentage, I'm run and two stolen bases
in fifteen games.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, he's so far, so good. They do need
another bat.
Speaker 1: They did. They need another bat where two. The pitching
looks good. But I think you can get a bat.
What you can't get is.
Speaker 2: Pitching, No, because there's none left.
Speaker 1: It's not less than The Dodgers are going to take
the best they're going to get.
Speaker 2: Well, hey, he's out there for everyone. But they have
the resources, they have the cash. Odds are pretty good
they're gonna be the ones that are going to get
it done. And the Tigers, I can't see any way
the Tigers are keeping them for what.
Speaker 1: I would think he's making a couple three four starts
and that's it. Then they move them. I'd move them
early because I think every start he makes you get
less in return.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, and let's face it, he started the year
with some health issues, didn't he. Who's that schooble scoogle? Who? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Well, I mean yeah, I mean once, but once he's healthy,
I mean, it looks like he's got one one rehab
and then he's going to be up. And they're clearly
rushing them back. But if he pitches three starts and
looks like Trek Scooble or ninety percent of tarrek'schooble, they
got to move them to him. They got to.
Speaker 2: Move them right away. I agree.
Speaker 1: So I like the Pirates. Maybe I'm crazy. I like
what the Pirates are doing a lot of homegrown talent,
particularly the pitching staff. They could add a couple of bats,
which I don't think are going to be terribly expensive. Yeah,
they can get Trek Scuble if they want to give
up con of Griffin. Yeah, that's we're sent the mnd as.
They they have the chips to do it. They're they're
not going to do.
Speaker 2: It though, No, And just as we speak the Braises
of the Pirates, Michael Harris comes in as a pin
shitter and hits it and drives in three runs and
the Pirates are down three to do now to the Braves.
Speaker 1: Off of Chandler. Chandler gave up to earned runs and
what happened there to must have been some ror.
Speaker 2: Cisc allowed the hit that probably did the damage would
be my guess.
Speaker 1: Yeah, praising, uh oh wow, looks at the Orioles are
up forward to nothing and Shane Bose looked really good again,
and then it looks like the Blue Jays just got
put up a five spot yessing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Penango with another home run is fourth. That kid's
gonna stick. And Valenzuela is really really playing well. Okomodo
with an RBI and Nathan Luke's Yeah, Boz had it.
It was all it was all going in his favor,
and then all of a sudden there wasn't. Then Gosman
had a Gossman had a terrible fifth inning, but the
Jays got it back and Voladi over three.
Speaker 1: It's uh, flatties, what's wrong, Tim? You watch a lot
of Blue Jays games?
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, yeah, blood, he's trying to put the ball
in play and slap it all over the boys. Okay,
that's what. Yeah, there's yeah, he is not. You look
at his swing and it's relatively flat, and he's putting
the ball in play, and hey, he's batting to eighty eight.
The OBP is solid. But he he's not playing a
power game right now. And I don't know. I think
the injuries came into play and he altered his playing
style to try and compensate, you know what I mean.
They they haven't had a full lineup since day one
of the season, so I think he's trying to compensate
somewhat for that. But at some point in time he's
got to get back and start swinging for the bulls.
Speaker 1: Well, he's never done that. I mean, if you take
a look first of his ex ofve losses down this season,
ninety point five. It's still good enough and Maxic's Velossie
won sixteen. He hits the ball, so it's the ball
really are But you're right, the launch angles at nine degrees.
It was seven point degrees last year. He's never really
put any leverage into it. But striking down a percent
of the time, dude, add some leverage, strike out a
little bit more and let's go.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they're gonna they're gonna need some of that
before it's all said and done. Once they get Barger back,
that will that will help. But I think Dylan sees
the schedule to start next weekend again, that will help.
Sanchez is back in the life. You know who has
really impressed me this year from the Jays and watching
a lot of them get their games, Ernie Clement. Yeah, like, yeah,
you know, he's he's sporting a three zero seven batting average.
He's hit the odd one out, but he's playing better
defense and he's just slapping the ball all over the place.
It's it's impressive to watch, it really is.
Speaker 1: Can we get back the vlat sure sign half a
billion dollar contract? Right? Five hundred million dollars? Is that right?
Speaker 2: Yep? That just correct base of the franchise forever and
ever and ever.
Speaker 1: You can't be the face of the franchise and have
a three seventy seven slug. I'm sorry, Tim, that's not
good enough.
Speaker 2: Isn't Stevie Kwan the face of the French Sorry, oh
that would be.
Speaker 1: But it's a very fine poy. But hey, yeah, how
much does Stephen Kwan make?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Uh, it's close to Ladd but.
Speaker 1: Maybe four million a year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's just takeaway six zeros. Yeah, that's close.
Speaker 1: I mean slug of five forty four and twenty four,
slug of four to sixty seven last season, slug of
three seventy seven this year's it's not going in the
right direction.
Speaker 2: No, it's it's not, but I think it's I think
it's correctable, and I think it will. To me.
Speaker 1: Let's take a break and come back and we'll routed
up about lad Guerrero. I think I got him in
the Dynasty League too, now pissed, Yeah.
Speaker 2: I got him in a rediract. Yeah. Yeah, his numbers help.
Speaker 1: I watched uh Miller Bryce Miller pitch yesterday. Oh my word,
that that guy's nasty man, nasty.
Speaker 2: Yeah. All he has to do is one thing, stay healthy, steal.
Yeah that's and you know what you're you're looking at today? Uh,
Seattle's up three to one over Detroit and there was
no yeah exactly, no, ok ahead and casteel.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he pitched two hits, five strikeouts, one walk one
or again against the Tigers. I get it. But still
who started Lewis castile? Nobody even against the Tigers. Oh
you did good?
Speaker 2: I did yeah? My year a I'm in the bottom three.
I didn't care. But it wasn't It wasn't a stellar decision.
It was well, okay, what what worse can happen? Sort
of thing, you know what I mean? Hey, the White
Sox are back up in front of the Phillies fight before.
Did you catch that homer the Gonzales hit yesterday?
Speaker 1: Well, Jacob, yeah, no, I didn't. I mean I I
looked at the data today and I mean it it
was only one hundred and eight mile an hour, so
it wasn't hit all that hard.
Speaker 2: But uh yeah, good for a second second deck.
Speaker 1: I don't have to tell you the data said it
was just a it was just an okay hit. So
I'll have to go take a look at that.
Speaker 2: Must have got really, yeah, you must. Yeah, he smacked
it hard. The announcers we're pretty silent for a minute
or two. They were impressed.
Speaker 1: Karen dropped and all kinds of it's just not this.
He wasn't the same day last year. It's just not
the same time.
Speaker 2: A lot of miles, Yeah, how many how many years
did he pitch? Two hundred innings? A lot? And you know,
and at some point in time it's got a wearer. Eh.
He's had a long, very very good career. But I
he's definitely on the downside at the stage of the game, definitely.
Speaker 1: Another're losing two to nothing and mcgreevy's pitching, but he's
been pretty good. Mcgreevy's coming came into the start with
a three or three ear a not horrible. Who had
Michael McGreevy. I'm sure you're gonna say you did. Who
had him at the start of the season.
Speaker 2: No, No, I didn't have him at the start. I
don't have him at two months mark, and I probably
won't have him come into the year.
Speaker 1: But he just doesn't doesn't strike has pitch the contact guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if I strikeouts to day fives pitch Yeah, Hey,
another solid outing from McGreevy. Red Louder went three innings.
We only allowed one hit, but five walks out seventy
pitches to get through three innings.
Speaker 1: My buddy Cage jump made it through another inning. Sixty
needs pitch up to two strikes. It's just like, come on, Cage,
you got to make another innifare for me.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, well he's got a five nothing lead. I
am betting that they're hoping that jump and find a
way to go through about eight and eight and a
third innings today because they sure don't want to turn
it over to that bullpen. It's just been ugly, it
really has. Yeah, I'm just reinforcing what I've been saying
for a while. Now. Man, they gotta get they gotta
they gotta work on that bullpen. They got to get
some arms in there somehow, somewhere from somewhere.
Speaker 1: So I'm looking at the Royals up five s Marte?
Is that sterling Marte? I don't think he was playing anymore.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's Marty. That that's gotta be.
Speaker 1: He had his first home run, Come on, get him
on there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm on it. Next week, Rich, I want. I
want to see him go through another week. But uh,
we've got off to uh yeah. He had a solid oating,
yeah uh yeah.
Speaker 1: The bars came up and gave it up.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, and it all came unglued in the fifth inning,
but not a bad oating, not a bad Cameron's finally
pitching well, so that will help Kansas City's cause, Uh,
shall we go.
Speaker 1: Over to the Rangers and say, our buddy Wyatt Langford
snuck in on Friday night? Is off the waiver ward
te Yes.
Speaker 2: Yes, but I'll be activating him in all fourteen of
the leagues where I have him for taking and hoping
for better days ahead.
Speaker 1: Yes, I would have put. I would have gotten him
in if I hadn't known about it. But I found
out Friday night. I'm like white lang for got like activated?
Where did that come up? Uh?
Speaker 2: Yeah, they come in there. I I saw it later
in the day, but I would I would have waited.
I would have waited until even if I did see it,
I would have waited until this coming week just to
let him knock the rust off, because there's a fair
trunk of it.
Speaker 1: Ring the bells with a hit.
Speaker 2: Yees and continal contal with the Guardians. Now the good
outing today, six earned runs.
Speaker 1: He's been pretty good though this season. I just yeah, Oh,
the uh Phillies scored another runs, so they tied it
up there as well. Let's see it's got a little bit.
The Rockies up two to one. That's not going to last.
Speaker 2: No. Two to one over Milwaukee. Yeah. Being a betting
man and I am. I would say that's a safe
that's a safe call on your behalf. Yeah, who did
the damage tober with a double plated one two twelve? Yeah,
I was only about one sixty three weeks ago. He's
actually been playing much better, and we go, who we go.
Speaker 1: It's funny when I when I write about the Rockies,
which I think I've written, I'm up to two hundred
one completed profiles, which means I can start my top
five hundred rankings. So I'm working on that this week.
But every tell me write about the Rockies, and I
let me tell you how many I've written about. I've
written about almost ten eight and almost every one of
them says, I like this player, but he plays for
the Rockies. So nah, I mean that the summarize. That's
pretty much what I write every time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was gonna say, why don't you just skip
all the individual profiles and just put at the top.
This applies to everybody in their organization. Okay, yeah, I
like the Skills, but they don't like the Rockies. I
just save yourself all. I'm wondering if.
Speaker 1: Charlie Condon played in another organization, would we be talking
about him, Like we're talking about Nick Kurtz. He's got
a massive power, great and I saw him play last year.
He had really in trouble picking up sliders. But I just,
I mean, I just don't trust the Rockies. It's like
they see a problem and they tell me how to
address it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they don't fix it.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And there's very few perfect eighteen year olds that
you draft.
Speaker 2: I would say none, yeah, seth Ornandez.
Speaker 1: Maybe Connor Griffin. I mean, freaks, right that come out
out of the woman ready to be major leaguers. I
mean that is rare. But it's like these guys get
in to the Rockies organization that go, well, you just
got to hit more balls than you're hitting.
Speaker 2: Ye, thank you, that'll work. Yeah, how do I do that?
Speaker 1: I don't know. Just gon concentrate more well.
Speaker 2: Speaking of Yeah, speaking of mcgreevy's now in line for
the win because the Cardinals scored three runs courtesy of
Torres with a two run homer, and uh Jordan Walker
with an RBI brings him up to forty seven. Impressive. Impressive,
Jordan Walker, impressive? Yes, three or five?
Speaker 1: Wow?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, I agree with you there.
Speaker 1: It's been really impressive. I got a couple can questions
for you, Tanner Biby with a great game on Saturday, Dan,
one of things. I was watching the game. They announced
during the game that he was the least supported starter
in baseball this season. I don't know if that was
least supported by you and me.
Speaker 2: Yeah, this guy was gonna say, yeah, either one probably worked. Yeah, yeah, yeah, Hey,
good for I'm happy for him. The one team I've got,
I had him going. I think I had somebody else
that's loved about fourteen year and run. So yeah, it's I.
Speaker 1: I have more than one team. Timmy and I just
I can't stand having them on my team. I just
want to get rid of them. So if anybody's playing
in the Dynasty League with me, go out check my roster.
If I have Tanner Byby on it, please make me
an offer I want to get.
Speaker 2: That's not a real great selling point, but yes, I'm
just I mean, I get it. I Bill, I got
my Bill.
Speaker 1: I sat him, you know, I was like, Okay, great,
you got a great day. Well you had another good
start on Saturday was a maya. It's three good starts
in a row. I mean, the no hitter and then
yesterday was five inding switch, five hits, two runs, eight strikeouts,
got the three walks. I mean that was probably a
four or five what's a five walk game? That if
you would have played played out nine, which isn't great,
but it's it's progress, right.
Speaker 2: It's been steady progress since that no hitter, like he
hasn't pitched well and then he pitched lights out obviously
the past the past two starts, he's walking some, but
he's controlling things a little bit better, okay, and the
strikeouts are there. Yeah, I think a turn, a corner
has been turned. I wouldn't hesitate to start him against
virtually everybody except for in Colorado or you know, the Dodgers,
maybe the Phillies. Yeah, it's time to get him out
there and take advantage of what he's doing right now.
Speaker 1: Rookie Sosaki looked great on Friday, seven innings, pitch to hit,
no one runs, ten s, trekouts, two walks. Again it
was the Angel, so putting contexts in there, he's also
been very good over his last four starts. Has he
turned things around?
Speaker 2: Yeah? I fish. In fact, if you have to, you
have to say he has uh and hey, I'm I'm
I'm I'm happy for him when you look at the
run that he's on right now, when I think impresses me.
You know, of the past four games, two of them
were against the Angels, okay, and he racked up this
that impression numbers. No, that does not impress me. What
impresses me is the fact that he held Thehillies to
one run over five and a third and two earned
runs against the Brewers. That's two pretty good teams, two
of the best teams in the game.
Speaker 1: And twenty nine strikeouts and five walks in a one.
Speaker 2: Yeah. You look at his first three starts of the
year and he walked ten. Okay, he's walked five in
the past four games, and the strikeouts a seven seven
against Philly and eight against eight and ten eighteen against
the the Angels. But up until that point, his high
markings strike Oates was in his third game of the year,
where he struck out six and walked five. Okay. Yeah, definitely.
Sazaki is pitching very very well right now, very well.
And hey, if he's on a team where you know
he's going to get support as far as the offense
is concerned, who.
Speaker 1: Would you rather have the rest of the season.
Speaker 2: Amaya or Sasaki, Sazaki. Right now, he's limiting the walks
and he's got the OBVI it's the Dodgers, you know
what I mean? That's yeah. I do think though, if
you're looking at Amaya as a number four or five
or three potential upside, it's a good time to buy
in if you can find somebody who is still dwelling
on his struggles at the beginning of the year.
Speaker 1: Let's talk Royce Lewis. I know he makes sure Waiver Wire.
I wrote a pretty lengthy three paragraphs Star Picture members
this week, and I thank you. I went through an analysis,
and I mean he's been blazing hot. Tim thirteen games,
he had ten home runs, I mean three point fifty
eight average. And you take a look at the data,
and he looks at the best player in baseball. Right
it's average exit in ninety four miles an hour. But
when you're hitting ten home runs in thirteen games, the
data is going to look good, right, It's just it's
impossible for.
Speaker 2: It not to. That's all you're doing is hitting home runs. Yeah,
so everything looks but if.
Speaker 1: You take a look at the swing, you take a
look at all the other stuff besides ex velocity, he's
a he's a deadpool hitter. Now I make the conclusion
I think he's a lot better than what when he
showed the first part of the year. But he is
not the big fantasy player, the big baseball player that
we all thought being the number one overall pick, which
he was a few years ago. He's just not that guy.
He's a good player, not a great player. That was
a conclusion I made.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think it's a fair conclusion. He's also a player.
We've seen it in the past. I remember a couple
of years ago he hit like fifteen home runs in
twenty five games. Or Yeah, he gets on a terror
and he could pound the ball all over the place
and provide big returns in a hurry. But I don't
think you can count on it. I think you should
remember it. But again, the words streaky, I think cast
Andrew into the equation, and I wish him well. I hope,
I hope it's twenty five home runs over the balance
of the season, But I'm not going to spend a
small fortune to find out because there are question marks.
Speaker 1: Yeah, particularly if you just made the comment that he's
you know, had a streak where you had fifteen home
runs in twenty five games or whatever comment.
Speaker 2: You need was, it's thirteen and ten.
Speaker 1: It's ten and thirteen games. So he might have just
had his streak.
Speaker 2: Yeah exactly. Yeah, we might be looking at the wrong
side of the streak, now, Rich you know it wins.
It's yeah, yeah, I just no, no, I won't spend
big money.
Speaker 1: When we say talking about Zebbie Matthews, we don't have
to say Zabby Matthews. You just say Zabby. Everybody knows
who it is. It's like Madonna. We all know who
this player is. Every time he goes out, tim I'm
holding my breath. I know we've talked about him in
the past. You're a little bit more confident. Why am
I holding my breath? Every time he goes out there.
It's like, this is this guy gonna survive? But he's surviving.
Speaker 2: Yes, he is surviving and surviving very well. I get it.
I totally get it. It's like it's gonna take a
while to remove the old wounds. Is that the right
way of putting it. They're scars, Timmy, Yeah, exactly. Yeah,
it might take you a year or two. Yeah, because
you've lived through the bag and.
Speaker 1: Well not only lifting the bad I've recommended him, trust me.
I mean I put my my own like skin in it,
and it's like he's just made me look like a fool,
and I'm just like, I don't like that. I don't
like already, I don't like to be I like my
nose rubbed in it, and I feel like that's what
Zebby Mathews has gone for me.
Speaker 2: Your bib anyone, I agree with you.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we all have our all have our crosses the.
Speaker 2: Bear, That's exactly, Yeah, crosses to bear and some of
some of them are heavy crosses to get to bear
at that. So, hey, he's pitching, Well go with it,
you know what I mean. Hey if if, if he's
still available, Yeah, you gotta roll with it.
Speaker 1: I got four pictures for you, Tom, What you tell
me who you're gonna who you prefer the rest of
the season. These are, you know, not household names, interesting guys,
cage jump, zebby David Sandlin, Christian Scott. Order these one
to four as to who you would like to have
the rest of the season.
Speaker 2: Zebbie Matthews really number one. Wow, you're gonna like that, Scott.
Speaker 1: I thought you gonna say Christian Scott.
Speaker 2: Yeah he's number two.
Speaker 1: Oh okay, yeah, okay, and then David Sandler. Yeah, yeah, yep, Yeah,
the shine were off of David Sandler pretty quickly, didn't it.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm just glad that I spent one hundred and
eight bucks of my precious bab on him, and so.
Speaker 1: I spent a lot too. Yeah, well, I made a mistake,
so we can. Well we'll meet this week and drown
our sorrows.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, there's two things in life, Richard, that are guaranteed.
A ship happens and b get over a be because
it's gonna happen again.
Speaker 1: Okay, speaking of that, we literally crushed Matt Chapman on
Friday three or four hours later. He went to two
for three with two home runs, a grand Slam and
a three run run eight RBIs good on Matt Chapman.
I still think, yeah, he deserved to be crushed.
Speaker 2: I think he did too. And my condolences to everybody
who sat him for the weekend based on our recommendation.
Oh man, that's that's why we play the game, right
to have dream shattered. And hey, you had to say, Chatman,
he's done nothing for forever, and hey.
Speaker 1: Maybe in the afternoon because he played in the afternoon,
and maybe that's that's the secret there. I don't know, man,
I it does seem like that we time it pretty well.
I mean, as soon as we're the picture had enough
with the hitter, he blows up. Maya, Yeah, Matthews seems
to go on and on. I mean, let's take a
break and come back and hit your waiver.
Speaker 2: War sounds good.
Speaker 1: I'd like to ask you how how it was putting
together the list. I think you probably struggled to put
it together because you said it was a little shorter
than normal. I kind of liked the names here. I
think there's some pretty interesting names. So but I am
curious what did you think of the of of of
how hard it was coming up with these names.
Speaker 2: It wasn't it wasn't really hard, but I had to
do some bigga okay, other than the Cincinnati read. You
made some moves. A lot of the names are our
players that have been available all season. There's some hot
streaks in there. The one thing that it did allow me,
the way we were article is really the one thing
it did allow me to do is take a really
really close look at the Cincinnati Reds and Edwin Arroyo
and Noel B. Marte of the three Reds on here.
The one player that I think right now I might
like the best is Blake Done. So it's you know,
it's it allowed me to take a really deep dive
at the Cincinnati Reds and their outfield infield situation, which
I found to be very valuable because I was very
very bullish on you know, Royal Marte. Young kids yet yet.
But I think maybe I was a little bit too
bullish because there are circumstances that make all of a
sudden Blake Done a little bit more appealing to me.
So it was a cool exercise. I enjoyed it, even
though it's not full of top prospects per se.
Speaker 1: Not to suggest that you go back and do this research,
because it's because it is the player who will tell
you about but you know, it was hot for the
Reds and triple A.
Speaker 2: Oh dear, that's just what they need, is yeah.
Speaker 1: I think he said five f runs this week or something.
It's I was because I just I've been working with
prospects of the week today this morning. I'm like, I
just laughed out loud. I'm like, well, dear, I'm not
putting them, not putting them in the list.
Speaker 2: No, not doing it, not doing it. Well, yeah they are.
They've already got way too many most defeat Okay, and
that just adds one more to the pile, which is
a huge problem when you've got when your team is
constructed the way the Reds is, you know, I mean.
Speaker 1: That's his problem. I mean it's I mean, people just
got suckered into short sample size and that that great
start he had to his career and he can't hit.
Speaker 2: Well.
Speaker 1: No, he's with the he's with the Orioles. Now, oh
never mind, Okay, but he did have a good week.
It's funny. Yeah, let's let me check something real quick.
So it's a minor league. He's with the Orioles, and
this week he is. This week he's on fire. You
have four eighty with four home runs. So I got
the player right. I had forgotten he has moved.
Speaker 2: To the Yeah, what's what call you're doing? Because he's
another nothing.
Speaker 1: He hasn't hit anything all season long.
Speaker 2: No, Howard is aft a double A. He's up to
six homers, thirty five RBIs and to sixteen yeah six
get you excited?
Speaker 1: The six arm runs six games as that get you excited.
Speaker 2: No, the fact he's twenty one years old and there's
there could be better days ahead. How was that? But
if he learns how to hit, camp Callier.
Speaker 1: Hit twenty home runs in twenty twenty four and high A,
and then it's just it's just not come together for me.
Speaker 2: It's hurt and he was hurt.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just not not not doing it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, sixty six strikeouts in two hundred and thirteen at
bats this year at double A. That's not a good sign,
is it?
Speaker 1: Two ninety one on base percentage not good?
Speaker 2: No, very much.
Speaker 1: So all right, let's stop talking negative to me. Let's move.
Speaker 2: Okay, let's be bo Edwin or.
Speaker 1: I love it when I get the ces wrong. And
because guys get DFAD all the time and it doesn't
make big news. And he got dfa'd at some point
and the oreos happened, he has a good week and
you discover Noll he doesn't play for Cincinnati amore place.
Well okay, wow, Yeah.
Speaker 2: We look at a lot of play. It's very easy
to make the base I do it on a regular basis. Rich.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Cincinnati's at the top of the list. That's because
it's in alphabetic order. I like.
Speaker 2: Well, I like Arroyo, and I definitely think he is
a bye. How much you want to spend depends on
how much you want to believe. Once Ellie returns, it's
going to get crowded. And if Arroyo wants to stay
in the bigs, he's got to do better than two
for ten. And my concern is how much for you today?
That's that's that's that's getting better. But again, there's a
there's a clock, and if he doesn't hit in this
short span, he could find himself back in triple A.
Speaker 1: And he's also really young too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, now, if he hits, he's gonna stick. It's as
simple as that. And but I'm not going to commit
a huge chunk of Dadwin de Royal uh.
Speaker 1: Lied La Cruz grade one to two write Hamstring strain
manager Terry Francine originally expected to miss two to four weeks.
He's already started to do some light work. So yeah,
he's got two weeks to strength some things together. Good luck?
Speaker 2: Would that would be it? Yes, Jake Bennett, this is
this is when I sort of liked this week. We've
talked a bit, fair bit about Bennett and yeah they Hey,
Boston finally said en up with with Brian Bellow and
it appears Wednesday will mark Jake Bennett's return. We saw
a couple of starts mixed results his first go round.
But since you're during the triple A, he's in four starts,
he's only a lot fiber runs eighteen and third innings
and it was highlighted by an eleven strikeo on May twentieth.
I'm saying a bit small tonight, but bit I think
there's something. I think there might be something there with Bennett,
and now that it looks like he has a spot
in that rotation, I like it. I like it a lot.
Speaker 1: My buddy cage Jump makes it through sex two hits,
two walks, three strikeouts, no earned runs, started off wild
and really settled down. So good outing by my buddy
cage Jump. Blake, by the way, Brian Bello never bought it,
never bought into it, never bought it.
Speaker 2: Into Yeah, he had good year last year and now
he's a driple A. Yeah yeah, yeah, yep.
Speaker 1: Never Blake done mentioned him a few minutes ago. Tell
us a little bit more about him.
Speaker 2: Well, he's been really playing well, he's got to the
point is now the Reds lead off that. Okay, you're
not looking at much power, but now eight percentle sprint speed,
that's worth Jason.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so he's got to be a speedster with not
a ton.
Speaker 2: Of mountains exactly. Yeah. No, he runs like the winner
of York and for stolen bases. I think he's I
think he's a good option. And of all of the outfielders,
maybe we can we do know Beltonuel Marte at the
same time as Done, but that makes sense. Yea, yeah,
right now, Okay, you've got Done, Boudet, Steer, Bence, and Myers.
That's five, Marte is six. Okay, that's a lot of
most to feed, and of all the most to feed,
the one I feel the most comfortable with right now
is Done because he offers something that they need a
lead off, that speed and contact skills. So I when
I'm looking at the Reds this week, Done is probably
my favorite of the three that I've mentioned, simply because
I think he's got regular playing time available and in
a good spot. So it's not that I'm down on
Marte Royo. But again, there's a lot of moth most
to feed, and I wouldn't go overboard on the weel
Vi Marte. I would rather spend cheap on Done and
take my chances for the speed game.
Speaker 1: Before I comment, because I would have, I thought your
logic was very sound. I just think Noville Marte is
the better player. But before I before I talk out
of my ass him. What Shin said is he to do?
Let's take a look at what his exit velocity in
the minor leagues were and all that kind of good stuff. Leverage. Yeah, sure,
ninety miles an hour, exit velocity, max velocity of one
to twelve, no leverage at all, no launch seven point eight.
That's not good. His he hit three sixty nine if
I'm looking at that correctly, with an expected patty average
of three slug four five seventy five expected slug. I
think he's the better player than Done. I think there's
louder contact there. He's still a child, he's twenty four
years old. So I would rather have who would I
rather rest? I mean, I get the Done charms, but
I think i'd rather have no Voe Marte. I think
it's sick. He's a better player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he might be the better player. My
concern is they still druggle on the most of it.
And you know, the way I play the game, it's
all about opportunities. And I just think if Martes struggles
at all, he's going to find himself back down on
the farm.
Speaker 1: I'm looking at Don last season with twenty four stolen bases,
seven home runs, EXI velocity of eighty seven point let's
see eighty nine point four last season the maxim one ten.
No leverage at all in his swing either. So that's
a ten to fifteen home run guy with some speed,
not great speed, good speed. Yeah it's okay. Yeah it
tricks out too much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's just a lot, like I said, a lot
of most of beating Cincinnati, and I'm I'm gonna roll
with the one that I think is going to dine
for a while. And I think that's done.
Speaker 1: All right, You taked on, I got novell.
Speaker 2: Marte sounds good.
Speaker 1: I can we agree that none of them are very good.
Speaker 2: Well, you know what, when you got ninety ninety eight
percentile sprint speed, gun can steal bases, that's that's a
big number.
Speaker 1: That's a small sample size too. But I mean, we'll see,
we'll see what happens. To me, I take a break
and come back and finish up waiver wire. Seeing Louis
Garcia's name here kind of reminds me. He's playing a
lot of first base. And I was doing my Hot
Prospect of the month of May today this morning, recording that,
and Jacob Gonzalez was the top on the list, and
he had.
Speaker 2: A great as you know, a great May hit.
Speaker 1: I don't know, it was crazy, and I go, I said,
he might be reasonable second second base, shortstop kind of guy.
To go, where's he playing? So I went, look, Timmy,
he's played six games. All six games have been in
first first base. I mean, maybe that's where the opportunities are.
This is not a guy you want playing first base.
I'm sorry.
Speaker 2: Well, when your first basement is on the aisle over
the next two months and you're bringing up Gonzalez hoping
for power, it sort of makes sense, though, doesn't it.
I don't know if he's a bigger kid than I
thought when I walked. When I watched that home run
he hit, I didn't I didn't think Gonzalez was that big,
but he's a big kid. Like I was impressed with
just how big a kid he was.
Speaker 1: Okay, Lewis Corsi should be playing first base either, that's
my no.
Speaker 2: No, he should Yeah, we get this. Yeah, but but
what are your options in Washington right now? Yeah? Yeah,
who do you want at first base?
Speaker 1: I think you want the guy in the in the
minor leagues. That's the guy you want, mm, which would
be you know, it's your handy Morales.
Speaker 2: No, Morales, Yeah, the guy you want.
Speaker 1: And I was playing a lot of third base play
first base. That's that's the guy. But yeah, I mean,
Garcia's a decent player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, he's a decent player. And hey, if you can,
if you know, you fit him in your middle endfield.
Yeah that works well, I think. Yeah, mid mid teen power,
mid teen speed. Yeah, he batting average won't kill you.
I am so go ahead, go ahead.
Speaker 1: I thought you were done to apologize. Next guy's Nick Gonzales.
I'm so glad that Nick Gozalees finally decided, as you right,
spray the ball everywhere, get back to his wrist instead
of trying to hit the ball eight hundred feet it
would go about two hundred and fifty feet. Uh. And
now he's a made, legitimate major league baseball player.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's playing well you know, thirty four runs scored,
he's driven in thirty ne he's only got three home runs.
Who cares you look at his spray chart, Okay, go
to baseball s event. He's hitting the ball all over
the place. Okay, and he's batting right now three fifteen
is ex batting average sits at three oh seven ninety
nine percent of like, yeah, I'm I can remember when
we absolutely yeah trash. Nick Gunzalez deserved it. I think
yeah he did. And it's nice to see the Nick
Gonzalez that I think we were anticipating seeing. And I
think he can be that player. And I think he's
a very good player doing exactly what he's doing now
rather than trying to YopE the ball, like you said,
six hundred feet into the bleachers and batting too ten.
Speaker 1: And I think you've got to give kudos here to
the Pirates. You've got to give a huge kuddos to
Nick Gozalez to say, look, man, if you want to
be a major league baseball player, get a pension, be famous,
blah blah, make live the rest of your life and comfort,
get meat to start making contact with the ball instead
of trying to hit everything six ondred feet. A lot
of guys say, screw it, I'm going to go I
mean out and I'm gonna do what I want to do.
Nick and Zalez said, okay, I'll buy into it, and
good on him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I totally agree, and right they the numbers speak
for themselves, don't they.
Speaker 1: Absolutely. Next guy is I don't know why. When he
was drafted he went by Gino Groover, but his official
name is Lou James. To me, that's an eighty great name.
I mean, yeah, you gotta go with Lou James. I'm
so glad you switched the same to Lou James.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And yeah, and the Groover bit, yeah it works, Yeah, yeah,
yeah it does. Yeah. I was sort of surprised they
sent Jose Fernandez back, but then I looked at the
strikeout numbers and yeah, sort of spoke for itself. Jose
fernanz to get a little bit more work to do
with the hit tool. But hey, you seem to like
Groover a fair bit, so I'm gonna turn this one
over to you and you can expand upon that.
Speaker 1: He's had a really nice season thirdies, you know, and
I just think people need to be patient. I don't
know if he's going to be up for good, particularly
all the guy that's always hurt is on a rehab Lawler,
you see. But as I've been saying all along, Groover
and Walt Schmidt, if Lawler can't stay healthy, they're going
to pass them on the depth chart. Timmy, that's what's happening.
All these guys are passing them. Lou James Groover can
be a fifteen home run guy to sixty kind of
average play, a decent third base, not an impact All Star,
but a decent player for a corner infielder.
Speaker 2: And let's face it, he's not going to cost you
a fortune in fab this weekend to find out if
he sticks. So yeah, I think he was worth mentioning.
Speaker 1: I agree your guy, David Hamilton, I think you're starting.
I think you mentioned he was the best player on
one of your teams that wasn't.
Speaker 2: Doing very well. Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's a good team
that way. Yeah. But no four steels this week and
not surprising two homes in the past three games as
almost shocking. But you know what, he's been playing good,
steady baseball and contributing in Milwaukee at third base. Uh,
the rulers are giving him. Give him the opportunities, take
advantage of it. You know, he's going to steal your
bases and he's eligible at second, short and third. Yeah,
roll with a hot player, have had her?
Speaker 1: Uh, Ryce Lewis, we mentioned him earlier. Anything else to
say about mister Lewis?
Speaker 2: No, I am I going to spend a bundle. No,
But at the same point in time, I'm not going
to ignore him. There is power there and he's coming
off a terror down on the farm. It's biblical in
nature when you hit that many home runs in that
short span. Yeah, yeah, he do it biblical times. Tim,
I must have with the amount of tablets that I'm
consuming these days. Yes, it's actually good.
Speaker 1: I was wondering how you were going to respond to that.
That's actually pretty good. Give you. I'll give you out
of a ten, I'm gonna give you a solid seven
and a half.
Speaker 2: I'll take it, take it, I'll take it.
Speaker 1: Told speaking of seven and a half, dustin May ten,
I mean, let's review to Tommy John surgery or maybe
one in a brace surgery. I'm not exactly the two
elbow operations. Uh said in an interview that he's just
not going to throw any harder because he knows the
next time he has to go in for elbow surgery,
his career is over. Totally made sense. Sometime in spring
training when he was terrible, he threw to the wind,
started dialing it up to ninety eight miles an hour.
We were on the air when I said, I'm just
I don't know what I'm saying, but I'm saying that
I'm just looking at this. This stuff looks really nasty
to me. And he's shown flashes this year at being
great and shown flashes of he can't pitch. But when
he's been all tim me, he's been really, really good.
I don't know if it's gonna last because of the
injury risk that's there, but I'm kind of with you.
I mean, as long as he's pitching, he's got nasty stuff.
That's just the bottom line.
Speaker 2: Yeah. In the past three games, he has struck out
twenty five batters. Okay, he's allowed four and four to run,
one earned run, three earned runs. He's he's gone five
plus innings in every outing, including seven against Milwaukee, struck
out nine. Yeah, we're having trouble finding pitching. That's probably
the understatement of this year, and right now he's pitching well,
he's striking people out. He's got five quality starts in
his past seven outings, twenty five strikeouts in the past three. Ah,
I think it's worth a fab expenditure to see how
that moves going going forward, Like, hey, expect a number five,
expect the strikeouts, and hold your breath every time he
pitches that the arm is still intact at the end.
Speaker 1: Of the game, it's gonna fall off. I mean, I
don't think with how hard he's throws in the spin
that he gets, I just don't know if he can
stand it. But I mean, he was not a major
league pitcher as he was dying on the town.
Speaker 2: He just wasn't. So I mean, you.
Speaker 1: Gotta get credit for saying, let's just air this out
until you can't air it out anymore. If I've made
some money, I'm probably gonna be okay, I'll get the
big pension that i've you know, pitched a number of
So I mean, I I appreciate it. I mean, let's okay,
let's go strap it on.
Speaker 2: Again, strap it on, roll it out and give her
until you can't. That looks like the approach.
Speaker 1: So one of the said we monetize the work we
do as our Patreon site and for Patreon members, they've
been reading about Carson mirand Carson with a K all season.
He has been I don't know who the biggest breakout
this season has been, but he's definitely in the team.
Pitcher and Tim's analysis here is spot on. Thomas White
is now shut down for the rest of the season.
He looked like the next guy up. Oh, the guy,
the lefty they brought up, Robbie Snelling, Tommy John Surgery,
Eerie down for a couple of months. They they're they're
out of bullets, and all of a sudden you look
down to see Carson mill Brandt shoved it in double
A pitch well as.
Speaker 2: His Triple A debut.
Speaker 1: You have to believe your logic is going to play out.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm looking at I'm assuming that mill brand is roster.
He isn't take a look and get no guarantee quickly.
Yeah yeah, if he's available in a dynasty, yeah, spend
some money. Okay, this we get him, get him ross,
get that taken care of. I'm looking at redraft leagues
and I'm looking at right now the Marlins basically go
with Mayor and El Katara al Contra and the third guy. Yeah,
they've got three. They've got three starting pitchers listed, of
which one's one's following an over, I believe right now. Yeah,
where where is there Braxton? I guess is down on
the farm. He's going to get opportunities, but the Marlins
are in the rough shape. I think what they're going
to do is they're going to give him another starter
or two at Triple A and then we're going to
see him up and based on the way he's pitched
this year, I would rather spend a couple of bucks
now and wait, wait out the inevitable two three, four games,
and then have him when he does get the call,
And I won't if he Hey, if he pitches, well
I've got a great bargain. If he doesn't, I didn't
spend anything doing it, But I think it's I think
there's an opportunity there and I think we're going to
see him sooner rather than later rich So that's why
I threw him in there this week.
Speaker 1: He is awfully young, he's just barely twenty two. But
let's take a look at his game at trip AA.
So let's go into it was six one.
Speaker 2: Is that what?
Speaker 1: Now? He don't w pitch six to one?
Speaker 2: When did he pitch six innings to hits six?
Speaker 1: I'm looking for the day he pitched that was six
six last night's last night. Let's see what his velocity
look like with a shade of his pitches look like
all that kind of fun stuff. So that would be
Jacksonville the Jumbo Shrimp.
Speaker 2: Yes, as compared to Jacksonville the Mini Shrimp MANI surep okay.
Speaker 1: Let's see if we can find milk. Carson mil Brandt
fastballs up the ninety six point five five average, ninety five,
totally good enough through a slighter sweeper curveball, no change
up at all. So he's using his He doesn't have
a pitch that he's on against glove side batters. That's interesting.
Let's take a look at his splits, shall we.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he only struck a one last night. That would
be the only thing that I found concerning with the
ever mill brand.
Speaker 1: We better check his splits here, Timmy the old one.
Speaker 2: Okay, this is why we do the work we do.
Speaker 1: Let's see Minor League twenty twenty six. Drum roll, oops,
drum roll, go all right, dum against no, there are
no definitive splits at all, So that's good left to me. Yeah,
so yeah, he's he's fine from a split standpoint. So
he's getting by without a change up, which is interesting. Yeah,
you swing and miss stuff at all when he pitched on.
Speaker 2: Saturday, Okay, it was to contact, yep, Okay, Yeah, I
was just wondering when I saw the one strikeout, considering
in double A in forty seven innings he struck out
seventy Okay. The only thing that stuck out to me
last night was the fact that one strikeout. Okay, what's
missing here? Based on his minor league resume from this year.
Speaker 1: So is induced vertical break is sixteen inches, which is good,
not great. That's just find lots of horizontal wiggle, So
that's good. So that's he's probably using his fastball against
glove side batters because that's really running away from left
handed batter. So he must be using that. But I'd
love to see him with a change up. It's my
only concern.
Speaker 2: Well, and again, how old is he he probably he
probably has Yeah, he probably hasn't a time to develop one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so that is going to be interesting. Let's see
that is something we need to put a pen and
see what happens against a big Bryce Bryce Harper coming
up without a pitch to go against him. Let's see
how that works out for him. But I love the
call there, and it's a good research by you. Lars
new Bar.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have a new Bar sighting. Hey, I prefer Maurs,
but new Bars will work, will work in our game
when healthy. Is an everyday player, a crossboard skilled roster
to the tune of eleven percent, got off to a
nice start. Remind us that he is a good baseball player.
He just hasn't been able to stay on the field
for extended periods. Yeah, take take a look. If you're
looking for for an outfielder to replace Whyan, whyat Lankert
who is on? No, he's off the aisle. Uh, I
take all that back, she said with Tuggan chic Uh.
Give new Bar a look. He's a good He's just
that's a good, solid baseball player when healthy, and we
haven't seen enough of it unfortunately.
Speaker 1: Rich Should I save yourself from this last guy to
skip him? Or do you really want me to bring
up Brandon Yell?
Speaker 2: Yes, I want you to bring up Brandon Young. Oh,
I'll wear that. I'll wear this one.
Speaker 1: Okay, you're gonna wear I'm afraid you're gonna wear proud,
my friend.
Speaker 2: Go ahead, Yeah that I do. I have got multiple
recipes for Crow. Okay, there are no limits to the
way I could cook Crow. We're looking for pitching, okay, Yeah,
the expected era is probably nine, but so far he's
been okay, you know, you go back and you take
a look. He's thrown a lot of quality starts up
there and including three in a row. Okay, he's working
deep into games. Yeah, he's a number five starter, but
based on the injury situation number five started. Yeah. We
need him, We need any arms, and right now young
is pitching fairly well. Uh, if you're looking for a
cheap buy, especially in a quality start league, I give
him a look.
Speaker 1: Great analysis. Everybody buyer beware, That's all I'm going to say. Yeah,
oh yeah, big stuff. He's got a four to fifty
expected or a Yeah. Everything Tim said is correct, but
you're not buying is not that kind of a picture.
I mean, I just know it's not more complicated than that. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, you can dress it up however you want.
You can cherry pick whatever, stats you want. Yeah, he's
he's not that good of a picture, but he's going
out there every fifth day as a fifth starter, and
so far he's doing an adequate job.
Speaker 1: Guy six thirty pounds, Yeah, yeah, throw hard throws Yeah, Timmy,
good stuff. And I love this list a lot. There's
some really interesting names. There's fun names to fight about
on it as well, So I'd love to listen a
little on the short side. But there's plenty of names here.
If people you know need a picture, they need an outfield,
or there's some names here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there is as well. And the only
thing that I would stress with with all of the
names on this list, don't be spending triple digits on anybody.
It's not it's not a triple digit. We just be
careful in how you allocate your dollars and where you
allocate them. Then there are there are needs that can
be filled, but you don't need to be spending one
hundred and fifty bucks a year, bab to get anybody
on this list.
Speaker 1: Timmy, let's take a break and come back, and maybe
I'll just end the show, but I will. I guess
we'll do the closer report and maybe you could tell
us why you told us to pick up David Lynch
the fourth. I think there should be a rule that
you and I follow anybody that's got a third or
fourth next to their name, they just should be no
one should pick them up, take them off.
Speaker 2: Yeah. If you can't pick up the Yeah, if you
can't pick up the second, why the hell are you
looking at it?
Speaker 1: Exactly? I mean, David, I listened to you. I picked
up David Lynch, the Daniel Lynch the fourth, and now
you're telling you to pick up Alex Lane, who I
thought played for the Tigers.
Speaker 2: Tigers, he's still in the miners there.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's take a break and come back. Alex Lang
god helpless. He was when he was He was good
when he was with the Tigers for a while, but
he's everything just implode.
Speaker 2: It. Well, it wasn't so much employed. He got hurt
and it took him a long time to get back
into the groove. He saved twenty six games for the Tigers, Yes,
in twenty twenty three roster. Yeah then he yeah, then
the injuries rolled in and it just all came crashing down.
But he's he's finally healthy. I Hey, mine is not
the reason why Daniel Lynch was the obvious pick. He
was the guy that they should have gave the ball to.
But they gave it to Alex Lang. Okay, and he
got to save. So guess what they gave it to
Alex Lang again he got his second save. Okay, well
we got two of them. Who are we going to
give the ball to Daniel Lynch? Out, Well, he's got two.
Let's see if he can get three in a row
in well, damn it all the heck he did, and
he's now got three saves and he's I'd have to say,
he's got the job.
Speaker 1: So they couldn't get it to Lucas Rusk anymore. That
was just done.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was is. That was over and done. It
really was. They had to make a move and hey,
Lang had success. Are they gonna Are they gonna move
off that? No? No, how long does success lasts for? Hey,
the exercise incredible patients with so I can I can't
see them if Lang blows up in one game. I
can't see them yanking yanking it from them right away.
You know, not what the patients say. They showed, so, hey,
where I spend a fortune on Alex?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: But he's he's the guy getting the ball in the
ninth ending right now, so that is that is cool.
We Josh Hater is back, which was nice to see.
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, any what's the word on Edwin Diaz
because I know Tanner Scott is struggling. You've got a
closer caution next to Tanner Scott's name. I know he's
at least one save or might have been wobbling on another.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's allowed during runs. I think in two of
the past three games. I haven't heard anything on Diez
at all, so I have no idea.
Speaker 1: I mean, I know how good rookie Sasaki has been
over the last four starts. It still feels like the
right move, that's I mean, particularly if Edwin Diaz does
not come back. I guess they could trade for a
role as Chapman and just call it a day and
bring him in and see we're good. But I think
I think they got to go back to Sasaki for
the playoffs. I think.
Speaker 2: I don't know, because Vessie is a good picture as
as it's heard, and Blake trying and the training, so
they got lots of arms. But yeah, if there's a
problem with Diaz and he ain't gonna be ready. Sty'll
go get a role to Chapman's right, give up one
of their outfielders, Tanner Scott.
Speaker 1: We've all lived through the Tanner Scotts, with that Marlins
and with the Orioles. I mean, he's got a great arm.
It's nasty stuff. It doesn't there strikes and he'll get
he'll he'll be unhittable for three weeks and then blow
up for three straight games in a row. I mean
we've all lived it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's it's not a big secret. No, it
really isn't. Uh yeah, looking at the towards the top
of the US DURAN in Philadelphia has just been lights out.
I know, uh yeah, he has been really, really hot.
I think that John Schneider has finally figured out that
Louis Berlin has grown probably the best choices closer. You know,
we saw another another blow up and like, I get
the team loyalty and we've discussed it, but yeah, yeah,
he's got to be going with.
Speaker 1: I watched I watched the Oriole Blue Jay game part
of it yesterday, and I think the Orioles were down
six to nothing and they brought a Jeff Offman and
it was six to three in a blink of an eye.
I mean it's like, yeah, I'm just laughing at watching
Jeff Offeny get blown up. Just I mean, he's got
his voodoo doll there it boo you doll.
Speaker 2: I probably blood pressure cuff on, and it said, uh,
restart okay, because you don't want to see the numbers. Okay,
it was that bad? Uh yeah, Like come on, we've
we've seen it. It's it's it's not that tough, John Schneider.
It's not that tough. The guy is not consistent. He
hasn't been pitching. Well, yeah, I know you're loyal here,
come on, you gotta win games. The other thing, the
other thing that was sort of sort of interesting is
that uh uh, I didn't you know, I didn't really
realize how bad a year that the Fairbanks is having.
But it's not good. Mm hmmm. No, I flagged him
as a caution. I think it's era is north of seven.
Might be's north of eight. That hasn't been the answer
in Miami. I I don't think they'll make a change
because I think I'll probably want to try and showcase
them for you know, trade bait at the deadline. If
they're not attention. But no, fair Banks has not looked good.
Speaker 1: Seven one era. He does have seven saves, though. Let's
see if we can figure out what the problem is
the exit veloscit. People just destroying his pitches.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they're he's throwing it down the middle or
hitting it.
Speaker 1: It's still throwing the ball really hard, ninety seven point
two miles an hour. So it's just but I mean,
it's got a slug of five ninety four. Connor's got
a five point fifty six and that's the two pitches
he throws. That accounts for eighty percent of the pitches
he throws, and people are slugging them as six hundred. Yeah, yeah,
that's not that's not gonna en.
Speaker 2: No, it is not going to end well. No, no, no, no, no.
So yeah. And the Tigers, okay, yeah, we look at
the Tigers. I just don't get the job again. Will
Best pitch terrible. Who got the last I think it
was Will will Best. I don't know what to do
about Detroit. I don't even think Detroit knows what to
do about Detroit. Uh sneaky picks. I still like Gomes
in Minnesota. Band has been pitching well but I still
sort of like Gomez and yeah, the A's, the Reds,
the Giants, Savior fab.
Speaker 1: I need a snoring uh meme to play that you're
talking about this, It's like yeah, yeah, yeah, what was
the guy that you said that you that you liked
went by him really quickly.
Speaker 2: Gomez in Minnesota, he.
Speaker 1: Supposed to Ferreira I think actually pitched the six or seventh.
Speaker 2: Any Ferrara's in Seattle.
Speaker 1: Seattle, Okay, that's it, Yeah, I'm sorry.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and again Moonos doesn't look great this year either.
Ferrara's got a history pitch roll last year in Washington,
Parra and brash. Again, I don't think we're going to
see anything imminent in Seattle. But Monos has to pick
up the facem pitch better than he has thus far.
He really does.
Speaker 1: I saw this week Grant Taylor got the safe sometime
this week. We get all excited. The next game stirs
two games later pitch a sixth inning.
Speaker 2: It's like, come on, yeah, in the game after that
he opened it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's just ridiculous. I I I mean, look, the
White Sox are playing really well, so it's hard to
criticize what they're doing. But It just doesn't make any
sense with what they're doing with Grant Tail. I just
don't get it.
Speaker 2: No build him up to get him in the rotation
or pitch him in the ninth inning, but all over
the map like that. Nah? Is that good for him?
I don't know. I would think so, But then again,
I just play fantasy manager, not real one. That's right.
That's when I stay holiday and.
Speaker 1: Great, great stuff.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: Let's see what's going on. The Mets have started up here.
They got Braza bands as the opener, and they're up
up two to nothing. Uh Binge, benj and his brother
Benji are one for one with a run scored, Bashett
with a hit and uh oh wow, and Semeon with
another home run. Eight home runs now wow.
Speaker 2: I had him begged for that. By the middle of August.
Speaker 1: I thought he was done. Yeah, I mean he's on
pace twenty home runs.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Kyle Freeland holding off the Brewers, the Rockies up
three to one.
Speaker 1: Wow, well yeah, that's that's pretty impressive. It's Arizona up
two to one here. Let's see, uh, Billy is pitching
pitching okay as well, and the Diamondbacks are thrown out.
Who's there's one of my targets this season. I really
like Mike Soroka as a sneak. Yeah, the radar guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I started liked him, but the health concerns got
the better of me because he's never been able to
stay healthy. And yeah, Billy's up nine to five.
Speaker 1: I just click that on.
Speaker 2: And Sarber must have no Schwarber has no home runs,
Turner has no home runs, Harper has no home runs.
Speaker 1: And Marsha just hitting everything.
Speaker 2: M Alex Bauma has been picking up the pace a
little bit. A couple of RBIs for Alex bomb.
Speaker 1: It's all the scarcrow for three with three strikeouts when
your team has scored nine runs, that's not good.
Speaker 2: No, it's not. There's nothing more fun than going to
You see a score like seventeen to two. Okay, and
you got two guys rostered. Okay, you're expecting numbers. Okay,
you get to the box scoring fo your two guys
are over eight with a run score, and the act why,
thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you? Yes? Uh.
Speaker 1: I mean Adolos Garcia is interesting. I mean, obviously he
had the tough start to his career and then for
like three years was fantastic. If you recall the Texas
run in the World Series. I mean he was the
guy and it was his peak, a very high, very
steep peak, and then as fast as he went up,
he's falling. It is remarkable.
Speaker 2: Yah, yeah, it was. Yeah. It's basically it's sort of
like climbing mount divers getting to the top and jumping.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree, I agreed. Somebody invited me to train
for going up to Mount Everest and and they showed me,
you know, a motivational movie and you know about the
people on it, and I looked at I said, this
is really motivationalist. Not on your life. I mean no,
I mean people get sick up there, and it's like, no.
Speaker 2: They show your pictures of the hundreds that are frozen
to death and they're still on the mountain. They just
talking about the high that you get.
Speaker 1: And like, I think there's a summit. I think that's
the peak, but then there's like a base camp that's
like a day's hike from the summit, and that's where
most people. A lot of people make it to the
base camp, but very few actually get to the summit
because of the weather conditions. So you can train and
spend years preparing for this and make it up to
the base camp, and then you can't go any further
because there's a blizzard that's going to last two weeks.
Speaker 2: That's not Yeah, yeah, I'll go to the internet check
out the pictures. Yeah, that's that's more than enough.
Speaker 1: But the guy, it's a guy who wanted me to go.
I mean, he looked so crestfallen after he's going through
and he's showing me this video on his phone. It
was like twenty minutes later and I said, a wording
is come on, you think you think this is good?
I said, I'm not doing this. It's like it's a
hard no.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, there's no definite definitely, there's definitely no definitely
maybe there it's like, yah.
Speaker 1: I appreciate this. I mean it's amazing accomplishment. I'm not
doing it. I'm not doing it.
Speaker 2: No, And what part of those two letters do you
fail to comprehend? Right?
Speaker 1: Exactly? Wrap my friend, great hour and a half. We
provided a little bit of everything for people. Next week,
everybody's very challenging for me. Tim will probably have to
do it next Sunday evening. So I'm hoping you'll be
available Sunday evening.
Speaker 2: Yes, live live from Wine.
Speaker 1: No, no, I'll be back. But my flight gets like
two fifteen or something, so so to be four black
by the time I get back here, by the time
you get bags and stuff like that, and then a
little bit of time to just collects, so maybe thirty
seven something like that, and then Fridays off. Yeah, I
got the weddings on Friday, so.
Speaker 2: You couldn't get them to move the wedding day day, geez.
Speaker 1: I don't even Yeah, I don't even know what's going
on with this wedding. So but it's a family. Thanks,
So I got to go and be supportive.
Speaker 2: So of course you do. Yes, yes you do. And
I hope you have. I hope you have a fun time,
enjoy yourself, safe, safe travels and Sunday night works great
for me, not a problem at all.
Speaker 1: Great, all right, my friend. Any final comments for us
where we get out of here.
Speaker 2: Well, the Tigers start of storm back, but h Mariner's
still at four to three. Uh. Julio Rodriguez with two
stolen bases. Nice afternoon for those of us looking for
some stolen basis from mister Rodriguez. Other than that, if
we will have a good week all, and we'll catch
you next weekend.