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Speaker 2: Great, all right, how's going over there?
Speaker 4: Great? Hey man? So if people are listening to this
and not watching on YouTube, we should fill in people.
You just got back from Europe and you're wearing leader hosen. Uh,
it's great. I mean you look great. I wouldn't expect
you to look so good in leader hosen, but I
mean it's really They they compliment everything.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Peter Jsen you know a good a good Fedora
Gray along with you know, a cigarette holder.
Speaker 2: I feel like those are those are weird.
Speaker 4: It's weird that you're dressed like the Recolo guy with
a cigarette holder. It just a little disconnected, but you
know what, live your best life. Beat on.
Speaker 2: Please, Hey, I'm an international man of mystery. Gray.
Speaker 4: You want to you want to hear about uh you
want to hear about my time while uh while you
were gone. Sure you did.
Speaker 2: Yeout it, you know what, because.
Speaker 4: You're the one who went on this uh spectacular trip
to Europe. But really what you want to hear about
is what's going on with me exactly.
Speaker 1: I also don't need to know how Mike, did you
know if if I'm you'd be fearful of being replaced
dur at any point in time.
Speaker 2: Come back to the next trip and just be you know,
son's job.
Speaker 4: Uh yeah or yeah, I mean there's a chance that no, no, never.
So I get a phone call yesterday and it's my
and she's like, hey, I want to make a bet
on the Belmont Steaks. How do I do that online?
So it's like I'm leading, So I'm leading my mother
through how to make a bet online for like forty
five minutes. She's like, she's like talking to me, she's
talking through what her her reasoning is. She was like,
you know, this Golden Tempo was the winner at the
Kentucky Derby, and you know, and it had a female trainer,
first time ever. And my mom's far from woke, so
I don't even know where that even came from. But anyway,
she's like, you know, and then they sat out the
Preakness to get ready for the Belmont Steaks and you know,
I've thought this all through, and I'm like, okay, this
sounds good to me. I don't know, man. So anyway,
long story short is, I see the horse she wanted
to bet on, Golden Tempo, wins the Bellman Stakes. So
I'm like, oh wow. So I like reach out to her.
I'm like, hey, did you how much did you end
up betting? And she's like, yeah, I ended up not
doing it.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 4: She's like she was like, oh, you know, nothing ventured,
nothing gained. And I'm like, yeah, I don't know if
that idiom works in this. You didn't right, you didn't
venture anything and you didn't gain anything. This is a loss.
What are you doing mom. So yeah, so that's a
summer stole. You know, we're still broke.
Speaker 2: She was handed future knowledge. It was gifted to her
and she'd not take advantage, right, I know.
Speaker 4: I was like, you know, I couldn't believe she wanted
to do she wanted to gamble online. And she was like, oh,
you know what you remember when you were a kid
and I used to We used to go to the racetrack.
And I was like, yeah, I've tried to forget about that.
It's not really a highlight of my childhood. And she's like, yeah,
but we had fun, didn't we. I was like, I
don't know if i'd say fun, it's like, yeah, that
was fun. I'm like, I don't know was it was?
It fun?
Speaker 1: I got to have drinks and standing around and smoke
cigarettes and watch horses while you, well you were over
at the play area.
Speaker 4: It was great, great, exactly. Actually you were very accurate
that depict anyway. So yeah, I mean that was my
last two weeks.
Speaker 1: There's only so many types of people that go to
horse tracks, so having one outside of my hometown, I'm
I'm well aware of what that looks like.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, it's a it's a. You know, they get
all the all the best characters in the in the
immediate area.
Speaker 2: At the racetrack.
Speaker 4: I like the guy who's always like with he's got
the program and the entire race he's hitting it on
his fingers. I'm like, what do you That guy is
in every race track. I don't know what he's doing,
but he's always like he's slamming the program on his fingers,
like that's gonna help the horse. I'm like, dude, I
don't know, man, that's gonna do it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's waiting on races and like Europe, like some
of us waited on like college football games.
Speaker 2: In Hawaii, it's like, I gotta make it up. It's
the last it's the last run of the day. I
have to believe after the DA Yeah.
Speaker 4: Oh, I can't even Oh that's actually that's a good point.
I can't even imagine the gamblers who are in Hawaii
who are like, oh my god, I got no action
for like the next twelve hours. I need this action anyway.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's predict the future here, Gray, Let's jump into
some some fantasy baseball stuff. Aaron judges out with a
stress fracture in his right rib, he's shut down four
to six weeks and then he'll be evaluated again, which
means four to six weeks is the you know, the
short end of what we're gonna get in regard to
the time out here at Gray, they've gone with like
a committee. It's it's been Jose Cavillero, Max Shuman, Spencer Jones.
I think Cabaguero has the most appearances over in right
field since is the Judge injury. But one are your
thoughts as the Yankees are missing. You know, obviously they're
best player and the number number two player in fantasy
draft draft wise.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, so is uh so he's actually they they
did something that was they tried to pull a fast
one because they were like, oh, Aaron Judge is gonna
be evaluate in four to six weeks, and they say
evaluate real fast. So it's like, oh, wait, did they
say he's gonna be back and forth to six weeks
or wait no, No, they didn't say he's gonna be
back in four to six weeks. He's gonna be evaluated
for six weeks. We'll see what that means in four
to six weeks. Uh So I'm hoping, you know, I
don't actually have Aaron Judge, but I'm hoping for people's sake,
he is back in uh, you know, roughly around the
All Star break, right after the All Star break, maybe hopefully,
I mean, you know, we'll see. I would uh, realistically,
i'd probably expect like August beginning of August. I would
say it is probably a realistic prediction like August one maybe,
but I mean, who knows, Like it's like, no one
has any idea. It's all it's all conjecture at this
point because you know, outside of like Aaron Judge, maybe
a few people in the Yankees organization and his doctor,
no one has any idea of how, you know, how
bad his actual distretch factor is and whether or not
he's gonna be fine, He's gonna be good to go. Uh,
you know it in like four to six weeks. I
doubt it, but you know, we'll see. I will say
though the I was looking, I was watching the uh
the sore As the Red Sox Yankees game with Sures pitching,
and I noticed something that was kind of interesting. So, uh,
batting clean up for the Yankees was a mod uh Rosario.
So that's interesting. That was interesting. That doesn't sound good.
That seems bad in general terms, and then uh you know,
and then uh so he's so he's protecting Cody Bellinger
and then the Jazz Chisholm Junior they have, uh you
know protector protecting him is like Jose Caballero and uh
Max Shuman and Ali Sanchez, and I'm like, I don't
even know what an Ali Sanchez does. I honestly was
like Ali Sanchez, that's a new one for me. I
had no idea. So, yeah, the Yankees lineup looks pretty
bad without Aaron Judge. I wonder how much this affects
like uh Ben Rice in theory and Cody Bellinger and
you know, Jazz chishom Junior, because like, you know, they
have some I mean, they have definitely a few holes there,
you know. Actually I came up with the best idea ever.
Uh you know. I was like, for like a it
was like God reached down and touched my brain. It's
such a good idea. So Josh Young of the Ranger,
that's who the ring, That's who the Yankees should trade for.
I mean, he would be such a perfect fit in
that lineup, you know, playing third, get rid of Ryan
McMahon whatever that is. Uh, Josh Young with the Yankees
would be so good for the Yankees obviously and for
Josh Young. But you know, I honestly I don't think
I have any saying the matter, so it doesn't really
really matter what I say. Yeah, I mean, the Yankees
lineup doesn't look good. I don't know what's your thoughts.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of with you in regards
to the Yankees lineup, it definitely does not have the
same kind of threat to it without Aaron Judge sitting
in the middle. Paul Goldschmid is now a key piece
that hits one through four every single.
Speaker 2: Day, So that's not exactly great.
Speaker 1: It's you know, I do think what you know comment
in regards to Ben Rice and Coddy Bellinger is legitimate.
They just want don't score as many runs and they
won't be batted in nearly as much, and you know
that that ultimately hurts you in regards to how you
perform in our game. You know, I don't think I'm
panicking if I have either one of them there. I
think they're gonna do fine while he's gone. But if
you get you know, their their current season value, which
beIN Rice's number one player on the play Raider. That's
not really you're not gonna get number one player value
from him. But if you get fair value, I wouldn't
be too worried about moving them. You know, in regards
to Judge, he's gonna be out until I would say,
the All Star break probably feels about the right.
Speaker 2: Timing for when you would when we would see him back.
Speaker 1: In regards to if everything's okay in four to six weeks,
then he has to go, you know, on a rehab
stant in the minors that that's.
Speaker 2: Gonna be around the All Star breaks, So.
Speaker 1: You know, that's that sucks if you own him, I
mean I would look at potentially trading him if you're
you know, if you're really trying to check track down
some some points and you can't wait until that, you know,
until he comes back.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I would.
Speaker 2: He sends on the dollar thing with Judge, I guess.
Speaker 1: Because you know he could always come back and just
destroy for the rest of the season.
Speaker 2: But I don't hate him to get stuff to out.
Speaker 4: No, I agree, I don't hate it. I would say
if you can get like, if you can get top
twenty twenty five value, that's pretty good for you. Know
someone who has a giant question mark over him. I
mean I don't know. I don't know exactly what you
can get in regards to a trade. It's like it's
so hard to say because you know, leagues are different.
So I but if you can get a decent return,
yeah I would. I would probably do.
Speaker 2: It too, because would you take Michael Harris for him?
No person in the world.
Speaker 4: No, I wouldn't. I don't have Aaron Judge in any leagues,
and I don't have Michael Harris the second and any
but I don't. I don't know. I don't want to make.
Speaker 2: That trade either. All right? How about Tom? How about
pc A?
Speaker 4: No, I mean you're just choosing guys who I don't
like now, Uh yeah, I would take Ronald Acunya Jr.
For sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, uh see, let me try and find somebody
you do, like Vin Gray.
Speaker 4: You know, okay, I'll take I'll take a pressure off.
You know, who would be an interesting trade? Who could
who could work out? And if you were to say
this like three weeks ago, people would probably hitch in
the head for being so stupid. But like Jordan Walker
or Aaron Jodge, I kind of feel like you bet
on Jordan Walker staying good versus the guy who's injured currently.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't I don't hate that.
Speaker 1: You're you're gonna lose some counting stats for sure, but
you're gonna lose everything without Judge while he's out and
you never know when he's coming back.
Speaker 2: So I don't hate that.
Speaker 4: Gray.
Speaker 2: What about what about Bryce Harper?
Speaker 4: Hmm, that's a tough one. I would probably, I mean,
it depends, actually, I mean I might depend on the league,
because if the league's shallow enough, like you can fill
in outfield easier than you can fill in first base.
And I mean, I don't love Bryce Harper, but I
could see the value there. I mean, I feel like
that's a little bit low and I probably would would
hope that like Tarik Skuble's surgeon were to look at
Aaron Judge and get him back on the field in
like a week and a half. So I would probably
hold Aaron Judge there. But I could see that potentially
working out for the Bryce Harper side.
Speaker 2: All right, what about you would definitely take Nick Kurtz?
Speaker 5: Right?
Speaker 4: Oh yeah, god, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: Definitely taking Nick Kurtz.
Speaker 1: How about how about South Stuart in the in the
kind of the you know, quarter infield Jordan Walker type
of I would.
Speaker 4: I would I would like Judge over as South Stuart,
you know what I mean? Yeah, you know, it would
be an interesting thing. Would be like like this, not
necessarily this specifically, but if you had like multiple holes
and you were like, you know, if you get Michael
Soroka and South, or Michael Soroka and South Stewart, or
Michael Soroka and Michael Harris the second or something like,
if you had multiple holes and like you have Aaron
Judge and you're like, well, I mean I don't know
when Judges and Judge may not be you know, he
could have a setback and be gone for the season.
I mean, I hate to say it. I don't want
to put it out there and jinks things, but I
mean it's very possible that we don't see her and
Judge back until September. I mean, so if you were
to like, you know, I have multiple holes, literally I
do have multiples. But I mean if you have multiple
holes in your fantasy team and you're like, you know,
you're piecing together multiple guys for Judge, I mean it
may work out for you.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree. Let's move on Gray.
Speaker 1: Royce Lewis has been called back up after fifteen games
down at Triple A. He had three thirty three four
oh three nine hundred. He had ten home runs in
that time. He had a nineteen point four percent strikeout
RAI seven a half percent walk ray. That's those those
two are almost irrelevant.
Speaker 2: Just he mashed. He's clearly not needed at Triple A.
That's not where Royce Lewis is needed the LB this
year though. He's only had three.
Speaker 1: Home runs, three stone bases and he hit a grand
one fifty nine with a thirty one percent strikeout rate.
Speaker 2: So what's royce Lewis? Are we getting? Are we gonna
get the you know, when he's healthy, he's amazing royce Lewis.
Speaker 1: Are we getting you know, the water down we've seen
for the last couple of years.
Speaker 4: You know, I don't know exactly what's happened to Royce Lewis,
but it feels like maybe he needs a change of
a scenery, or he's got the yips or something. But
he does not look like the guy who like he
doesn't look like the same guy in the major leagues,
as he showed in the minors, and he's shown in
previous years in the majors, like you know, he's had
always had the injury concerns, but he's actually he doesn't
look right this year in the majors, at least so far.
Maybe you know, after coming back from the minor leagues,
he's gonna be uh, he'll be better going forward, even
though he hasn't necessarily in the h in the three games.
I think that he's been back, but I mean maybe
maybe he uh, maybe he's figured out like what's wrong
with him, But I don't know, man. I honestly, I
wouldn't pick him up in most leagues, like a twelve
team mixed league. I wouldn't be picking up royce Lewis
until I saw some signs of something. And we haven't
seen signs of anything from him, So I am I
really am kind of uninterested in Royce Lewis for fantasy,
you know, outside of like al only. Of course, in
a fifteen team mix league, he should be rostered. I
wouldn't be the one who wanted to roster him, but
he should be rostered in a fifteen mix league. Yeah,
I just have very little, uh you know, I've I
like what he can do if he can do like
what he used to do. But right now, I mean
his k raid has ballooned, like in twenty twenty three,
Like twenty twenty three had a k raid of twenty
three percent. Now it's thirty percent. Like what that's like.
I don't know what's going on there, but that, I mean,
he's too old to be, you know, completely falling apart.
So something's up, Like there's you know, there's something bigger
I think than just him going down to the miners
and figuring things out. I don't know, maybe maybe not.
Maybe he's you know, maybe he'll be okay upon his return,
even though you know, like I said, we haven't seen
it yet. Uh so, Yeah, I mean I would keep
an eye on him. I wouldn't be rushing to pick
him up. Yeah.
Speaker 1: It feels like he's just developed this gigantic hole in
his swing this year where he just cannot hit like
down and in has been.
Speaker 2: Brutal to him.
Speaker 1: He's he's a fifty strikeout or fifty kra down and
in this year that's that's crazy, and that's inside the zone.
That's not even counting when he goes outside the zone.
Grey inside the zone down and in fifty strike percentage
right now, that's uh, that's not good when one and
every two pitches in that zone is a strike.
Speaker 2: It's I don't know.
Speaker 1: I tend to not really think he he's figured anything
out in the miners. Just he's better than that. Like
he's just way, way better than driple A. And we've
we've seen that before. But there could be a little
bit of confidence boosty gathers from just just bashing for
you know, two weeks in the minors. I'm not sure
I would like I said, I would grab him up.
I think he should be grabbed up in every league.
Maybe not your team, but every you know, every league.
He should be on my somebody corner and field has
been terrible. There's a bunch of injuries as well, so
there's there's worse places to gamble.
Speaker 2: But that's what it is.
Speaker 4: It's it's like, I mean, I do like the idea
of him playing second that is, I mean, I feel
like that's a boost for his value. If he can
get his stuff together then like you know, having second
base eligibility, uh and third base, I mean corner, so
have corner and m I I mean, can't get much
better than that, that's like you know who who is
he Ezekiel Duran. It's good. I mean, it's good eligibility
if he if he gets second base, so I mean
that that's a positive. But really, I mean, you know,
he's he struggled.
Speaker 2: He has and he's only gotten one started second.
Speaker 1: They've been you know, Luke Keishall's primarily been sitting in second.
He started to hit a little bit again. So that's
been good to see for for both of us. But yeah,
that if that eligibility comes through them, that would be
a nice boost to his value and usefulness.
Speaker 2: Really, when you can get.
Speaker 1: One player and move him corner infield, middle and field
and not have to worry about it, that's definitely a
nice piece to.
Speaker 2: Have over in Arizona.
Speaker 1: Lou James Groover got called up three home runs, two
stone bases. He's sitting three twenty two, four twenty one,
four point fifty two.
Speaker 2: That's a that's a hell of a name. Gray. Is
it somebody you want on your on your team?
Speaker 1: Uh?
Speaker 4: You know, it's kind of funny. Actually, So this weekend,
I think it was Saturday, someone commented on my post
asking because I so I call Louis Louis Garcia Junior.
I call him Lou got Ju Lou got you for
Louis Garcia Jr. Uh. So someone comments on someone comments
it this week and asking if I wanted, uh, if
they should pick up Lou got Ju or Lou James Groover,
and I honestly thought they were messing with me. Come on, guys,
it's like it's Saturday morning, Like, I don't you know,
I don't have the patience for this. No, don't pick
them up. I didn't even know. I honestly didn't even
know what a Lou James Groover was. I didn't. I
was like, I never heard of this James Groover. So anyway,
so I get emails, uh from like all of my leagues,
I get emails from when guys are picked up and dropped.
So in uh, in a league you're in, I think
in our NL. Onlyly someone bid eleven dollars out of
one hundred for Lou James Gruber and I got that
email and I was like, what, he's a real guy.
So that I googled. I did a Google and I
was like, oh, he's someone. Oh, I say, he's really
someone lo James Lou James Grueber. He is not, by
the way, he is not an eleven dollars out of
Aleve dollar pickup. I don't not even only no, not
even non only. So you know, even though I may
not have known him, I definitely would have spent eleven dollars.
I mean obviously, if I didn't know him, probably could
have gone for a dollar at most. Anyway, So, Lou
James Grueber, Uh, he looks like a contact first guy.
He's you know, he hit three twenty two in the
h in TRIPAA. He doesn't really have power or speed,
so he hits for He had a sixteen point eight
percent strikeout rate, so he makes good contact. It looks fine.
I mean, it looks like a guy who's like, you know,
decent for a deep league, but not really someone you
should be looking at in a shallower league like you know,
and now only obviously, eh, fifteen team I don't even
I don't even think I would been on him in
a fifteen team mix league. He's uh, he's fine. If
he's hitting at the bottom of the Diamondbacks order and
he's got good contact, it's fine for a super deep league.
But that's about it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I am with you. I don't think I'm really
going after lou James Gruver. Maybe he can make a
remix of Mambo Number five him and Lou Bega.
Speaker 2: That feels like a good, good combination there.
Speaker 1: But no, I mean a defense first, contact first first
baseman is not exactly the that you're looking for primarily,
and he's also not starting.
Speaker 2: He's he's kind of splitting time right now.
Speaker 1: So all that combines in the same you know, you know,
only a dollar or two if you need somebody, But
that's that's really all he should be going for him.
Over in Cincinnati, Noel Marte was recalled and was sitting down. Uh.
In forty games at Triple A, Noel and Marte had
eight home runs, done stolen bases, Uh.
Speaker 2: He hit.
Speaker 1: He also hit really well, Gray, are you grabbing up
Noel Marte everywhere?
Speaker 4: And then and then he returned to the Cincinnati and
it was benched two of three games.
Speaker 2: You're still hitting, you know, north or south of two hundred.
Speaker 4: It's it's pretty Gave. Marte is going to be doing
a seminar at the Ramanta end this No I Brown,
how to piss off your major league manager. I never
kept playing time. I actually I picked up So I
picked up Marte in in our RCL league, and I
think I I've dropped him since, I mean, he doesn't play,
Like what are you gonna do it? Like, that's a
twelve team, twelve team mix league, so it's pretty shallow.
But yeah, I mean, and it's a daily league. So
I picked him up, but I dropped him, I think already.
I don't know, maybe I still have him, but I
will drop him probably by the time people listen to this,
because like, you can't roster a guy like that if
he's never playing. I don't, you know, like I obviously
really like him, but if he's not playing, there's nothing
you can do. And then you know, to add insult injury,
like as soon as he returns, Matt McClean starts hitting,
so it's obviously mam McLean's gonna play now because I
think he hit three homers this weekend, you know, three
homers in two days or something. So yeah, I mean
no at Marte just I mean, he can't win. Like
it's a great park for him, unfortunately he's never playing
in it. So I mean, hopefully he gets traded at
some point he gets maybe he'll get traded at the
in July for like an arm, and he'll go somewhere
where he actually plays. But yeah, I mean, he's not
gonna If he's not playing, he's useless. I mean it's
like in a fifteen team mix league. I think I
would probably spend like a couple bucks to you know,
stash him and see if, like somehow he gets playing time.
But I have no faith in him getting playing time.
Speaker 2: Yeah I don't either.
Speaker 1: I mean the easiest place for him to come in
would be Edwin Arroyo at second base. Every Royal doesn't
necessarily need to be playing, but he was also called
up the recent and he was called up as Ellie
heads toil, So you know, with both of me called up,
it feels like Arroyo is getting the playing time, which
again feels a little weird considering Marte had a very
solid season last year for the Reds and they have
just given up on him for some reason.
Speaker 2: But are you.
Speaker 1: Interested in edwin 'arroyo, who in fifty three games in
the minors had eleven on runs, nine stone bases hit
three twenty three, just under a seventeen percent strikeout rate
and just over a seven percent of walk rate.
Speaker 2: Are you interested in that within Arroyo?
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, I yeah, I mean he's getting playing time,
so yeah, I mean I don't think he's a twelve
team mix league worthwhile, but I'm you know, I'm interested
as long as he's playing, like in a deeper league,
like a fifteen team mix league obviously, and now only.
I mean, he has power and speed and he was
making good contact in the minor leagues. He hasn't shown
that in the majors, so you know, maybe he's a
little bit overmatched. But it's still early. I mean, as
of the recording of this, he's only played in uh
I believe, six games, even though you know he hasn't
he hasn't let the world on fire in those six games.
But yeah, I mean it's still early. We'll see. I
like him for probably fifteen team mix league again, like
a couple bucks if you're struggling and you and maybe
you'll get lucky with like you know, maybe he'll catch on.
I right now, it doesn't seem like it, and I
wouldn't be shocked if, like, you know, he's sent down
almost immediately when Ellie returns, which is you know, probably
in a couple of weeks. So yeah, I mean, but
he's fine for a flyer if you have room.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's pretty much where I have him at.
Speaker 1: It's just a fifteen team or deeper kind of flyer piece. Yeah,
he's getting some playing time, but he's at the bottom
of the lineup, so it's worth a game will By.
In my mind, I would just like to see that
job handed to Marte and see if he could stay
at the at the major league level for the Rats.
But what I want does not always happen, unfortunately, Gray.
This is a hard learned lesson in Fantasy over in
Minnesota Byron Buckston is heading into the IL. I'm also
gonna talk and bring up Jack Cagley. Oh, yes, he's
and he seems like he's heading to the IL as well.
Speaker 2: Both have missed a couple of games.
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts in regard to some outfield
replacements here? Gray?
Speaker 2: You know, I think in a shallow league, somebody I wanted.
Speaker 1: To mention and I didn't really know where to fit
a man here, So I'm shoving him right here. Carson
Binge just started to hit, So that's good to see
for anybody who's held on to him. But he probably
was dropped in shallow league just out of frustration, so
you might be able to go pick him up. But
out of some of these available options, or if you
have any of your own, grey give us some guys
you like, uh to be outfield replacements. You know, some
of the guys I wrote down are like Colton Cowser,
Jacob Young Plays, Alexander Tristan Peters, Nathan Luke's and Henry Bolting.
Speaker 4: So I don't see Buxton and cagleone actually going to
the AL anywhere. I don't see that news.
Speaker 2: But they've not officially gone. They've both been missing. They've
missed a few days.
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, yeah, So I guess you know, if.
Speaker 2: You get to uh him and judge, there's there's some
outfield needs.
Speaker 4: Right right, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So yeah, So if
you know you're if you're deciding whether or not you
should start Buxton or cagleone in a weekly league, I
guess there's a there might be some need there, you know,
in case they do go to AL. I'll say, you know,
Carson Benze I think is probably rostered in most leagues
at this point, but I yeah, I mean, I've liked
rostering him in the leagues where I have home, I've
very much enjoyed, uh you know, Carson Bench. I think, uh,
you know, he's he's really kind of I mean, I
feel like he's gone under the radar. Maybe it's a
Mets thing, but he's sort of been under the radar
this whole year, even as he has hit pretty well
over you know, recently, at least, I mean, he he
struggled a bit to start the year, like uh you know,
I think in April. Maybe April burned people so bad
with him that they don't want to get back in.
But I know probably a lot of people in shallower
leagues probably dropped Carson Bench in April because it was
such a miserable month for him. But since then, I mean,
he's hit really well. I think, uh you know, as
of the recording of this, I think he's four for
four with a homer on Sunday. You know, that's the
game's not over, so he might get another at bat.
I don't know. Uh, he hit well in May three
oh six, couple homers. He's got good speed. I yeah,
I mean I could see potentially, like you know, you know,
maybe not the most exciting line for shallow the shallowest
of leagues. But he looks like around a you know
what he did in the minors last year, which was
fifteen homers, twenty two steals and two eighty one. I mean,
maybe the average might not be quite that high in
the majors this year, but fifteen twenty two teams about right.
I you know, I I was struggling in March when
I was drafting him in places because like you know,
I I do lean on other people when it comes
to prospects, and I was I remember asking people in March,
like I asked prospect people, like, why does it seem
like there's so little hype about Carson Benz because like,
you know, like Kevin mcgonn looks good. But I mean,
you know, his skill set is different than like a
real huge fantasy producer because he doesn't have like great
power speed. He has really good average and you know,
a little bit but whatever on him. But Carson bench
was very it was very flat. I felt like, for
the enthusiasm level was flat on him. I don't know,
flat like Carson Beige. I don't, but yeah, I mean
I personally think there could really be something here, you know,
even though, I maybe the thing is the Mets just
dampen people's enthusiasm. That could very well be anyway, I
like Carson Bench Colton Kowser, I just don't. I don't know, man,
I I've like, he is hot, So there is that.
So if you're if you're just looking for a temporary
bat to fill in this week and you're looking for
a hot bat, I mean he has been hot for
like the last couple of days because he hit a
couple of homers. But outside of that, I mean, I
don't know what's happened to him, but it hasn't been great.
I mean, you're talking about Royce Lewis losing you know
something in translation the last couple of years. I mean,
Coolton Howser's got He went from a guy who, like,
you know, his rookie year is like twenty four homers,
nine steals, two forty two average, uh, and then just
completely bottomed out last year and this year hasn't been
much better. So I don't know, maybe he's coming out
of it a little bit, but he has been hot.
I yeah, I mean I don't think there's uh, you know,
Henry Boltay has looked good. I you know, I actually
have him. I think in our RCL league, I still
have him because I do, you know, I've been playing
around like he's been a bench guy who I sub
in when I need a spot. So I've been holding
him because I do like I do. I do like
him in general, but he has not played quite a
few days, like you know. I mean, he hasn't like
he seems like an everyday player, but then he's not
playing every day, so I don't I don't know, but
I mean, so far we haven't really seen much power
from him, but he has it for a good average
and good speed, so yeah, I mean, like Henry Bolte
seems good. Yeah, I mean I don't know. You have
any names?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I have.
Speaker 1: I think Jacob Young is going very underappreciated just because
it is a very very boring profile. He's seemingly goes
on and off the wires depending on when people need,
you know, an outfielder to feeling here or there. But
he's always available, So I do think he's somebody that
you can look at to particilarly, add in some some streaming,
or just when you need a guy for a week
or two. Blaize Alexander has like three position eligibilities.
Speaker 2: That's that's nice.
Speaker 1: Jake Mingham isn't necessarily playing every day, but if you
just need stolen bases, he's been pretty solid. Cody Clemens
has been hitting home runs. I mean, that's all he's
been doing. But the you know, the power has been nice.
Andrew ben and Tindi was one of another one of
those boring guys early preseason or in the preseason where
you could just get him late and you figured he'd
fall into value.
Speaker 2: That didn't happen early in the season.
Speaker 1: But I feel like he's starting to kind of fall
into that value that we thought he would.
Speaker 2: Jose Series been hitting well, but you know that's just
average for the most part. It's he actually might be
more boring.
Speaker 1: Than Jacob Young if we're just you know, throwing boring
outfielders out here.
Speaker 2: And Tristan Peters just hitting everything right now.
Speaker 1: The White Sox are constantly available on the wire because
nobody believes their team is any good. And that goes
to myself as well. But you can always find White
Sox players on the wire to fill in your roster woes.
So those are some of the guys I'd be looking
at Austin Wells is heading to the IL with cervical headaches.
Ali Sanchez, who you talked about briefly earlier, not knowing
that he's a player, and to be fair, there's no
reason you needed to know that he was. And then
j c Escara, who also kind of fits that same
mold gray they got called up to fill in a
catcher for the Yankees. Any interest in either of these
guys outside of an AO only, and even there it
feels Ricchi.
Speaker 4: Yeah, Ricci's a that's a good way to play it.
Ricci for sure. Yeah. No, I you know, I don't
know when, Like if you lost Austin Wells, I feel
like you're probably better off going outside of the Yankees organization.
Speaker 3: And you know, then it's like, you know, Brandon vell
uh uh valen Zouela Valenzuela has been hot.
Speaker 4: Kbert Ruiz has been hot, you know, uh Dingler and
I guess he's probably owned and he's rostered in probably
a lot of leagues. Joe Mack has been hot recently. Uh,
you know, so there's I mean, I would just go
look elsewhere. I wouldn't mess like Ali Sanchez is, like
that's a new one for me. I I've heard of
j c Escara. I want to pick him up though,
but I've heard him. But yeah, that's I mean as
another as another zero for four that's gonna be sitting
in somewhere in the Yankees lineup every day too. I mean,
I'm starting to think about streaming against the Yankees at
this point. I mean that's I don't know, we'll see
how they look without judge, but they're not getting They're
not gonna get much production from their catcher slide, that's
for sure.
Speaker 2: They will not.
Speaker 1: Yeah, especially away from the Yankee stadium, that might not
be a bad idea, Gray. You know, the Yankees may
need to do some some house cleaning and uh try
and find somebody.
Speaker 2: Maybe Noel but Marte.
Speaker 1: Can go over to the Yankees, that would be that'd
be a good fit there. But let's do some roster
cleaning items here, Gray, there are some guys who have
just not been performing. And you know we're we're talking
about the shallower side here, but how long are you
waiting for? Like, you know, we need to know how
long you got to wait for some of these guys.
And and starting on top here, we're gonna go with
Brit Rooker. You know, we thought he would be power.
We thought the ballpark would at least protect him from
a slump too hard.
Speaker 2: But you know, this season he has not home runs two.
Speaker 1: Stone bases, but he is hitting one ninety eight, two
seventy five, three seventy two. His strikeout rate is thirty two.
He is unfortunately falling into kind of like that area
where you know, I don't know if he's really worth
hanging on to in most leagues right now. You may
not have a choice in fifteen team in ale only,
but what about everything else?
Speaker 2: Great?
Speaker 4: So I actually he hit a home run today, so
he's up to ten homers. I still I'm actually I
would be buying Brent Rooker. His hard hit is forty
four percent as of Sunday. It's that's up from last year.
His homer per, fly balls fine, His lunch agle looks fine.
I mean, if anything, maybe a ted high, maybe he's
too many fly balls, but you know whatever, it's gonna
be hot in the summer with Bing Bong's going out
in Bing Bong Stadium and Sacramento. I'm buying, man, I
you know, I feel like I'm buying everything. The A's
are selling when it comes to their hitters, like, uh, Soderstrom,
he's struggled a lot so far this year. I would
be buying him. Rooker as well. Nick Kurtz is more
obvious of a buy obviously, I mean, who wouldn't want
Nick Kurtz obviously, But like all those guys, I'm I'm in,
like even you know, some of the like she Langaliers
a catcher, I mean yeah, I mean I think he's
you know, he's one of the top catchers this year,
so it's not like you're buying low. But yeah, I
mean I would be in. I'm in on them all.
I I honestly feel like I can't have enough A's hitters,
and Brent Rooker is one of the best ones. I think,
uh you know it's his k's are up a little
this year versus the last couple. Uh not uh, you know,
not in a place where he hasn't ever been before,
and you know, had some success like in twenty twenty
three is strikeout rates. His strikeout rate was thirty two
point seven percent, and he's still hit for you know,
a good enough average to forty six and hit for power.
I you know, I feel like we could get a
Brent Rooker. You know, he's the player of the month
type see type thing from him in any of these months,
like he could he could be player of the month
with like a fifteen homer month. I still believe I'm
maybe I'm crazy, but I I like Brent Rooker still. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Just looking at the numbers, it feels like he's gotten
a little too you know, two fly ball to launch
angle heavy. Here the launch angles up to over nineteen degrees,
which is you know, he was at sixteen point four
last year. He was eighteen point nine and twenty twenty four,
but that was you know, I can't really explain why
that was. Okay, nineteen point one isn't wor working out,
but it just feels like the fifty fly balls, the
nineteen launch angle, it's just kind of combining to give
him a little bit of a little two flyball heavy
without the you know, the deep power that you need
to kind of be like that.
Speaker 2: So I do think you can turn around.
Speaker 1: But I do also believe there's an adjustment he has
to make before that happens. Not necessarily just him having
a bunch of bad luck, although he has had a
little bit rookie Betts has been terrible. Gray, I think
we were both just on an avoid with him in
draft season, but it has turned out to.
Speaker 2: Be, you know, the right call.
Speaker 1: He is he's not doing anything really has six home runs,
the runs and RBIs you thought would be there, he
has sixteen runs, seventeen RBIs and he's sitting.
Speaker 2: All of one eighty three.
Speaker 1: Gray, He's still not striking out, but that doesn't really
matter if he's not hitting the ball either.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know I was. I couldn't have been more
out on Mookie Bets coming into the year. I honestly,
I mean I would probably be selling him for whatever
I could get. Like his numbers are some of the
worst looking numbers, and you know, there's a lot of speculation.
It was, like I believe in spring training, you know,
he was talking about how like last year there was
like some sort of injury that he was you know,
or something was wrong last year and this year's he's better.
But you know, I mean it was all bs. I'm sorry,
Mookie seems like a good guy, but his numbers look awful,
like just some of the worst looking numbers you could
possibly imagine, Like there's nothing here that is like you know,
screaming optimism. I honestly feel like if I could get like,
you know, closer for Mookie Bets, I would move on
if I had him. And if I if you know,
if someone was like you know, say Andres Munez, who
who blew a safe today and has looked pretty bad,
if I needed saves, I'd be like, yeah, I'll take
mun as you can have Mookie Bets. I mean, he
looks real. Mookie Bets really looks not look good, uh
in any way. You know, he's no longer hitting leadoff.
You know, they've moved him down the order. He's just yeah, sadly,
I think uh Age is really finally caught up to
him in a bad way. Like you know, there were
signs going into this year like his babbit was so
far down and it wasn't like down in a way
that was like oh unlucky. It was like down in
a way that's like, oh, he's not hitting the ball
hard anymore. And you know that has you know, that's
hasn't really fixed itself in a in a way that's mean.
I mean, it's his heart hits up a little bit
this year, but it's just not is not it doesn't
look good.
Speaker 2: No, it doesn't.
Speaker 1: I mean the bat speed has been down for the
last three seasons I guess three, including this one, and
it's showed in the numbers.
Speaker 2: It just never really made sense why he was going
to bounce back. But it's I didn't ever think he
would necessarily collapse in on himself like he has. I
guess to that extent. Maybe there's something to buy, just
because I just I.
Speaker 1: Still don't believe he's this bad, and the numbers say
he's pretty much, you know, on part of what he's
been doing, which isn't again as bad as he's been,
but it's not a overly useful set of numbers. So yes,
if you can get anything useful for Riocky Batts, absolutely
I would. I would look at, you know, a any
kind of deal you can you can get out made
with him. I don't know if anybody's gonna give you
even a closing bad club those are at this point
for him, lest they're just about to, you know, cut
that closer from the roster for some reason.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, it's you know, it's so hard
to say what people would give for another player. I
don't know. I I agree, I wouldn't necessarily trade Munez
for Bets, but like if someone were to do it,
sounds good in theory. I mean, you know, it's like
Unz does have Like I think his ear ray is
over five. I think I don't know it's it's up there.
It's like I think it's five point four. I believe. Yeah,
So Munez has definitely struggled, But I would you know,
if I could get rid of Bets for something meaningful,
I would totally do it. Yeah.
Speaker 2: Absolutely.
Speaker 1: Somebody who else has been struggling since his return is
Kyle Stewers four two games this season, he has four
home runs, the stolen base, he's eating two ten, he
has thirty strikeout rate.
Speaker 2: You know, there's somebody we thought could.
Speaker 1: Give us some easy power, then got injured and just
has not really looked right. What's your thoughts here on
Kyle Stowers by Low or would you you know, potentially
look at adding somebody from the wire or moving on
from Stars altogether.
Speaker 4: You know, I was I say in in in the
post on Monday, Uh, I say something to the fact
with like Taylor So Taylor Ward has struggled as well,
So we'll throw Taylor Ward out there too, So Taylor
Ward I say something to the fact of like I think,
you know, next February, we're gonna hear something about like
Taylor Ward is gonna say something like, oh yeah, and
in twenty twenty six, I was injured all year or
something like. It's like that feels like what was gonna
what we're gonna hear from Taylor Ward. And I mean,
maybe that's what's going on with Kyleturs. But on the
other hand, like, I mean, Kyle Stowers is also what
maybe he was just a one hit wonder, Like maybe
it was just like maybe twenty twenty five was just
like a dream season for him, and like we're all
kind of a little bit foolish to expect something that
was similar. Again, I mean, you know, until he shows something,
I'm gonna assume he was more the terrible player from
twenty twenty four and before, because I mean, he did
have like a good one hundred and twenty ish games
in the major leagues prior to last year, and in
those one hundred and twenty games, he had six homers
and like a two fifteen average, Like he was not
good before twenty twenty five and then twenty twenty five
he was great, but now he's bad again. So so
so what I'm saying is I've come to the point
with like in shallower leagues, I'm ready to move on
from Kyle Stowers. You know, I liked him coming into
the year, Don't get me wrong. I was a complete
sucker for twenty twenty five and I expected him to
be good. But you know, maybe he's injured, maybe he's
just not that good. But in shallower leagues, I would
be moving on from Starwars. And in a fifteen team
mix league, it's a little bit harder to move on
from that, but I would like to not play him.
I would like to bench him until he showed something.
You know, I don't know it's it's I don't think
he's I don't think he's actually drop uble in a
fifteen team mix league yet. But in a twelve team
mix league or shallower I would move on from Kyle
Stowers like another guy who actually has been better than
Star Wars by like a lot like Dalton varshow I
you know, I like, I've been dealing with his He's
got a wrist injury now he missed Sunday, and I've
been like you know, like contemplating dropping him. And it's like,
you know, it's like at a certain point in shallower
leagues that I'm talking about shallow league now, not a
fifteen team and like a twelve team mix league. In
shallower you look at a guy like var Show, I mean,
he's better than Stours, and even var Show I feel like,
is dropable if you need to move on, like if
you have roster, if your roster is like you have
no flexibility and you need a hitter who's actually healthy,
Like okay, I you know, I gotta move on, Like
I don't. I don't want to necessarily, but at a
certain point, if your roster is like tight and you
need you need bats, I don't know, like Stours is
definitely Stours is cut a ball.
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's crazy because like he's still hitting the
ball hard. It just he's always hit the ball hard.
Speaker 1: So even when he was bad, he was hitting the
ball hard. Last year again, maybe something just clicked and
he was just having the run of his life, you know.
The three fifty six Babbobs tends to suggest that's the possibility,
but you know, I think we all thought he would
have leased it for power if not, you know, the
average would probably bought him out.
Speaker 2: But even the power is down dramatically. So yeah, I
don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1: With hours and I you know, any anytime that you
can't really dig into the numbers and see something, and
even watching like there's nothing that you can really tell
is different from last year. So just feels like it
maybe just isn't there. Let's sagn off it up grade.
Josh Hater has finally returned. He is He's just pulled
the rock. He has finally returned to Houston. What are
your thoughts here on Josh Hater? Immediately a top closer.
Speaker 4: Again, I would I would say to Josh if I
can speak with Josh Hater, I would say, how is
the White Lotus resort that you've been at for the
last six months? Or where were you if it wasn't
if it wasn't White Lotus, where where have you been?
I mean you've been gone a while, man, Yeah, I mean,
you know, My my favorite part of Josh Hater's return,
even that I don't have Josh Hater, but my my
favorite part of him coming back is I'm able to
finally drop Brian King and Brian A bray you and
Meate Pearson like get them all, get them off my
and yelled Dla Santas, get off my teams. Guys, I'm done.
I'm done speculating on astro sieves. So yeah, you know,
if you have Josh Hayter, congrats, he's good.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: If you have Pete Fairbanks, I apologize for your recently
a woes. He is he has struggled recently. Gray, He's
had a couple of blow ups in the last few outings.
Speaker 2: He's you know, just been awful. I mean, there's no
real way to go around that.
Speaker 1: Gray.
Speaker 2: Any concern that he might lose his grip on the
job there in Miami, No.
Speaker 4: No, no, absolutely not no. I you know, I think
Pete Fairbanks has one hundred percent hold on the Marlins
job if he's healthy, and Pete fairbanks possibility for being
healthy is like twenty five percent, So there's there's a
real strong chance that Pete Fairbanks is not healthy. So
that that could be. I wouldn't be shocked by that.
I would be shocked if they were just like, you know,
you're no, you're gonna pitch the eighth inning now, that
would and not close games for us. That would be
shocking because I feel like I'm anticipating him being moved
in July for whatever they could possibly get in a trade.
So they absolutely want to trade him. So you know,
I'm I'm guessing. I'm guessing he's healthy until we hear different.
I mean, I don't know. He has been terrible though,
that is not a lot. He's been awful. You know,
his walks are out of control. I actually he may
not be healthy now that I think about. I mean,
he may not, but you know, if he's if he
is actually injured, Anthony Bender is the handcuff I would grab.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's who I'm looking at as well. Over in
Saint Louis, Riley O'Brien has also been on Struggle Street
the last month or so, Gray writing a six plus
c ra one point five plus whip not the numbers
you want to see from a closer If do you
think the Cardinals are moving on?
Speaker 2: If if they do, look at somebody else? So do
you who are you grabbing up?
Speaker 4: So I actually I picked up what's his name grass,
Gordon Grass? I think, yeah, I picked up Gordon grisefo
in a couple of leagues this weekend because he's been
so good, but I don't think he's the I don't
I wouldn't guess he is the guy. If O'Brien is
injured or removed from the job, I would I guess
it would be George Serrano would probably be or Stantic
Maybe I don't know. They probably go to a committee.
You know something I've I've noticed this year more so
than others, or maybe not more so. Maybe I'm you know,
maybe it's confirmation biased, but I have noticed that, like
it seems there's like if a closer goes down this year,
it doesn't seem like there's a set guy to replace.
It's more like, you know, it's always a committee. It
seems like it's never like, oh, you know, he goes
down and then like even like with Fairbanks, like I said,
Anthony Bender, it could be like five different guys. Like
I'm just saying, Bender seems like the setup man right now.
But like they don't seem like, you know, like when
Fairbanks went down earlier this year, it was like five
different guys became the closer. And it seems like that's
been the case for you know, the most part with
you know, injury injured, closers, and then the replacements have
never been very clear cut, you know, and also in
general with closers this year they're a mess.
Speaker 3: Man.
Speaker 4: I mean it's Mason Miller, Kate Smith, and then like
I'm on the player Raider right now, Louis Varland, Aaron Ashby,
who's the king of Vulture Wins, Duran Seawald, Riley O'Brien,
Brian Baker, Gregory Soto, and Rico Garcia. That's the top ten.
You know, Kate Smith and Miller were obviously, Duran was
drafted high. So there's three three guys there who were
you know, drafted relatively high. And that's like, you know,
that's going down to around, you know, like there's there's
so many guys that are just like wait, where did that?
I don't know where that came from? Like okay, Like
Aaron Ashby's obviously completely out of nowhere. But Louis Varland,
I think his era is like zero point two six
or something. It's like, man, I wish I had Louis
Varland on a team, Like he's been amazing, Brian Baker's
been incredible, but it's always like this, I mean, that's
it's sagn off. It's always like you think it's gonna
be the guys, you know, and Mason knowing Kate Smith
had been good, but you think it's gonna be like
the Andres munez Is of the world, who like, you know,
it's always those like, not the top top closers, even
though Edwin Diaz was a top closer and he's you know,
he's injured, which is unforeseeable, but he's still injured. But
there's always like there's this group of closures that are
really good at the very top usually I mean, you know,
for the most part, and then there's like then there's
like the closers who are going in like the fifty
to one hundred range that are like overpriced, and you're like,
oh yeah, it's like, oh this guy is gonna be great,
Andres Munez is gonna be great, and it's like, oh,
he's terrible, so bad. He's just like and you're like,
how did that happen? It would be so good, and
it's like what there's I don't know, it's just sagnof man. Anyway,
let's let's move on. I don't even know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, great, it's okay, great, I get it. I understand.
I think the audience understands, and just don't don't overdraft
the middle of relievers.
Speaker 1: You know, top end of relievers can hurt because you
spend the high draft costs on them, but they are
usually good if they're healthy. Then once you get past
that and get into the realm of I have to
have a closer. I need a draft one right now.
That's usually where the mistakes kind of fall in. Yeah,
you and just Gomez has been good, I mean he's
been great. Gray, is he now the closer in Minnesota?
Or can you just never ever ever trust the twins
to give the closer roll to anybody?
Speaker 3: Well?
Speaker 4: I mean Derek Shelton says he doesn't want to name
a closer, which is like, I don't know, I don't
know why. Why do you not want people to feel
secure in their job and you do not want them
to understand their role in Like what are you doing,
Derek Shelton, I don't know, But yeah, I mean Gomez
has been good, good, He's been good for like a
good I want to say, six weeks now, he's been solid.
I would even pick him up at this point, and
I've I've been ignoring the Twins bullpen for most of
the season, but at this point I would I would
pick up Gomez. I actually I think I put in
a fab bed for him, so I might actually pick
him up this weekend.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you're listening, we're recording this on Sunday,
So that's why the fab bids have not gone through.
Speaker 2: We don't know who we've gotten yet or what crazy
bids are out there. But yeah, I like you unders
go miss. He's been great.
Speaker 1: So even if you you still are in a little
bit of a split because it's the twins, I don't
mind it. It seems like he's getting the bulk. He
got two saves in the last couple of weeks.
Speaker 4: You know.
Speaker 1: The counter to that is in the last month they've
had four different people get saves. So it is the
twins still, But Gomez.
Speaker 2: Has been great.
Speaker 1: Clinton Beeter had kind of gotten together but then got
shelled this week for a blown save and on to
Eurn and just you know, Killdr e Reign for this week.
But what are your thoughts here on Clayton Beeter the
Nationals closer? Is there any concern on him losing his role?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 4: I mean at some point probably because he has a
near seven walk per nine, so that's probably gonna that'll
probably catch up to him. I you know, the good
the good and the bad is I don't think Beeter
is very good. But the good news is I don't
think the Nationals have really a replacement for Beeter, So
I mean they might try like Brad Lord or something,
but it's not like he's He's not a legitimate replacement.
So I mean, I guess Beeter. You know, I wouldn't really,
I wouldn't speculate past Beeter. If I were really looking
for saves, I would pick up Clayton Beeter. But and
I wouldn't speculate past him.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's probably the right move. I mean,
they're both in has actually been fairly solid. It's been
one of the National's key, you know, strong points this year.
But I they they've rotated, and if it's not Claim Beader, I.
Speaker 2: Don't know that they're going to commit to anybody.
Speaker 1: So I'm with you, I'm not really speculating beyond him
if you really want to, I think Brad Lord is
probably the guy that I would look at. Orlando h
Balta has also been good as well, so you could
go in that direction, and then Uh, Richard Lovelight, he's
not been good, but he has three saves in the
last month, So there's there's.
Speaker 2: Also that possibility.
Speaker 1: Uh, Brock Burke Gray, you know, over in Cincinnati, they've
just kind of been running with whoever.
Speaker 2: But is Burke taking over or you concerned that you know,
he might he might be losing his grip on it.
I mean he's not. I guess there's not really a grip.
He's never I don't think he has the same on
the season, but I guess gonna get a lie for him.
Speaker 4: He's basically he's got WT forty all over his hands
and he's trying to gript something he's trying.
Speaker 2: So he's in Philadelphia after a.
Speaker 4: Title with him Yeah, he's got basoline on his fingertips.
I think, you know, the Reds so like Tino Francona,
I think he actually like you know, like I was
saying earlier with like, you know, closers, uh get injured
and then their replacements never like their replacements are messed Uh.
And the Reds are a good example where it's like
I feel like Francona would love for Tony Santillan to
actually take the chop and run with it, like they
keep going to him and he keeps sucking so bad,
so bad, right, So it's like Rock Burke might get
saved just because, like for no other reason other than
the fact that Santilla isn't good. The problem is Burke
is a lefty and Sam Mole he got a save
i think earlier this week, and he's a lefty too
and also not very good. So it's like they don't
really have a guy that can step up and you know,
close games. Tony Santillan is probably in the lead, but
it's a mess. The Reds are a complete mess when
it comes to their bullpen. So I don't know. I
I guess you'd try Burke because at least he's been
good and maybe he gets a save or two. But
it's not a great situation.
Speaker 1: It's not and you know, unfortunately, the two the only
two believers who were any good in Cincinnati this season
are lefties, and it's Burke and Caleb Ferguson.
Speaker 2: So I really don't know what direction they're gonna go
or if they're just gonna keep.
Speaker 1: Trying to, you know, shove Tony Santilla into that that
circle shaped hole that he.
Speaker 2: Doesn't fit in.
Speaker 1: Over in San Francisco, Gray, who who are you? Who
are you looking at? At this point?
Speaker 4: Is another another example of like a closer went down
and like no, literally no one can step up here.
It's like crazy that, like they can't get one guy
to like just step up and close games. I don't know.
I think Keaton Win maybe is the latest, but Caleb
Killian is also there and potentially could get saves. I mean,
you know, it's like, I mean, I think Keaton Win
actually hasn't been bad, if that's you know, that's anything.
I mean, he only has one save though on the year,
so it's not like they keep going to him. They
seem to, you know, to not have a videolo over there.
The manager seems like he wants to keep going to
Caleb Killian even though, yes, not he hasn't been good.
So I don't know. I would probably try and win,
but it's not not a good situation either.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I would go with Caleb Killian.
Speaker 1: I think he's the one who has the closer stuff
so to speak. And to be fair, his blow ups
have happened like at Colorado. He gave up five hurd runs.
You know that that could happen at Colorado you get
the wrong day, So I'm not necessarily.
Speaker 2: Holding that against Caleb Killian. That's probably where I would go.
But you're right.
Speaker 1: Every time they've they've sent somebody out to get a save,
it seems like they're falling apart there in San Francisco.
So those are the guys to look at if you're
looking in San Francisco. But don't feel great about either.
Once you give the people some wave of war bats,
I'll give us pitchers and we will get out of here.
Speaker 4: Gray Okay, cool. So you mentioned him earlier when we
were talking about outfielders. Jake Magnum has been really good.
He's actually at the top of the Seven Day Player
Raider as of Sunday. Tristan Gray has been really good
as well. He's also near the top. Nick Gonzales has
been great. He actually seems like a legitimate hitter, which
is odd for me to say, but yeah, I mean
he looks good. Jake McCarthy and the Rockies. Ever since
Mickey Moniac went down, McCarthy's been good. Andrew Bennettendi has
actually been hot, Carson Bench, who he mentioned earlier. He's
been really hot. Tyler Freeman has been hot, Jung Whu
Lee has been hot. Michael Massey has been hot. Wade
Meckler and Jose Siri for the Smeckler Platoon, they've both
been hot. Paul Goldschmidt has been carrying the Vaughan Grisham
has been carrying the Angels now him and Wade Meckler.
Vaughan Grisham and Wade Meckler. I mean, honestly, of course
the Angels are going to be terrible, but they have
been hot recently. Uh, Jorge Matteo has been hot, right Eldridge,
JP Crawford, David Hamilton has been really hot, and uh
Oswald Pirazza and Caleb Durbin has finally showing signs. So
there's some people.
Speaker 2: Yep on the streaming side.
Speaker 1: Zach Lettel versus Seattle, JT Gin versus Milwaukee, Wilbert Walpert
Urana versus Houston, Luis Gestillo at Washington, Saint dro And
versus Philly, Kate Cavali versus Seattle.
Speaker 5: Andrew have it at San Diego, and Andre Piante always
on this list at the Mets isn't perfect, but the
Mets also have been off all so I don't really
mind that kebar Rocker is back again.
Speaker 2: He always tempts me, and I'm just gonna keep falling
for it because he's looked good in his return. He
is at Kansas City. Zebbie Matthews, he of the up
and down, and that is that as always how we
will be. He is at Detroit this week. Actually, I
take that back, Zebbie Matthews on.
Speaker 1: The road, you're gonna you want to sit him down
a hundred dobbins at the Mets instead for him.
Speaker 2: And then Walker Bueler versus Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: Walker Bueler has quietly, very quietly been pretty solid case
Case haven't really been where you know, Prii walker Bueler was,
but he's been a very solid streamer for the last
month or two.
Speaker 2: That's all we got for you this week.
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Speaker 1: May you make the right selections in your lineup sets,
but you win all your fab bits and we'll talk
to you next week.
Speaker 2: See you great, all right,