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Speaker 1: You like fantasy ball, sense talk chasm that I shall

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not me hear myself stops fans and they can't even

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count some of uniforcasom s Rodo you ain't better the health?

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Speaker 2: Well yeah, several charges on everyone coming.

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Speaker 3: Else and I'm alreadium to hear my baby sounds just

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like your name was, Mark.

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Speaker 2: And it's a ride by podcast.

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Speaker 4: It's a rapop podcast. It's a rapp podcast.

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Speaker 1: It's a ride bo podcast.

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Speaker 2: Hey, everybody, welcome back.

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Speaker 1: It is the Raspball Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I am beat

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on triumphantly returning from Europe. And on the other side

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is the Fantasy Master, Lithario him himself, the spectacled wonder

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of fantasy baseball.

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Speaker 2: Great, all right, how's going over there?

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Speaker 4: Great? Hey man? So if people are listening to this

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and not watching on YouTube, we should fill in people.

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You just got back from Europe and you're wearing leader hosen. Uh,

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it's great. I mean you look great. I wouldn't expect

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you to look so good in leader hosen, but I

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mean it's really They they compliment everything.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Peter Jsen you know a good a good Fedora

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Gray along with you know, a cigarette holder.

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Speaker 2: I feel like those are those are weird.

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Speaker 4: It's weird that you're dressed like the Recolo guy with

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a cigarette holder. It just a little disconnected, but you

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know what, live your best life. Beat on.

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Speaker 2: Please, Hey, I'm an international man of mystery. Gray.

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Speaker 4: You want to you want to hear about uh you

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want to hear about my time while uh while you

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were gone. Sure you did.

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Speaker 2: Yeout it, you know what, because.

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Speaker 4: You're the one who went on this uh spectacular trip

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to Europe. But really what you want to hear about

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is what's going on with me exactly.

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Speaker 1: I also don't need to know how Mike, did you

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know if if I'm you'd be fearful of being replaced

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dur at any point in time.

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Speaker 2: Come back to the next trip and just be you know,

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son's job.

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Speaker 4: Uh yeah or yeah, I mean there's a chance that no, no, never.

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So I get a phone call yesterday and it's my

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and she's like, hey, I want to make a bet

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on the Belmont Steaks. How do I do that online?

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So it's like I'm leading, So I'm leading my mother

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through how to make a bet online for like forty

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five minutes. She's like, she's like talking to me, she's

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talking through what her her reasoning is. She was like,

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you know, this Golden Tempo was the winner at the

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Kentucky Derby, and you know, and it had a female trainer,

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first time ever. And my mom's far from woke, so

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I don't even know where that even came from. But anyway,

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she's like, you know, and then they sat out the

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Preakness to get ready for the Belmont Steaks and you know,

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I've thought this all through, and I'm like, okay, this

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sounds good to me. I don't know, man. So anyway,

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long story short is, I see the horse she wanted

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to bet on, Golden Tempo, wins the Bellman Stakes. So

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I'm like, oh wow. So I like reach out to her.

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I'm like, hey, did you how much did you end

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up betting? And she's like, yeah, I ended up not

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doing it.

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Speaker 2: Man.

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Speaker 4: She's like she was like, oh, you know, nothing ventured,

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nothing gained. And I'm like, yeah, I don't know if

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that idiom works in this. You didn't right, you didn't

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venture anything and you didn't gain anything. This is a loss.

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What are you doing mom. So yeah, so that's a

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summer stole. You know, we're still broke.

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Speaker 2: She was handed future knowledge. It was gifted to her

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and she'd not take advantage, right, I know.

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Speaker 4: I was like, you know, I couldn't believe she wanted

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to do she wanted to gamble online. And she was like, oh,

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don't know if i'd say fun, it's like, yeah, that

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was fun. I'm like, I don't know was it was?

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Speaker 1: I got to have drinks and standing around and smoke

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cigarettes and watch horses while you, well you were over

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Speaker 4: It was great, great, exactly. Actually you were very accurate

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that depict anyway. So yeah, I mean that was my

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Speaker 1: There's only so many types of people that go to

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horse tracks, so having one outside of my hometown, I'm

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, it's a it's a. You know, they get

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Speaker 2: At the racetrack.

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Speaker 4: I like the guy who's always like with he's got

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the program and the entire race he's hitting it on

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his fingers. I'm like, what do you That guy is

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in every race track. I don't know what he's doing,

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but he's always like he's slamming the program on his fingers,

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like that's gonna help the horse. I'm like, dude, I

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don't know, man, that's gonna do it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, he's waiting on races and like Europe, like some

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of us waited on like college football games.

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Speaker 2: In Hawaii, it's like, I gotta make it up. It's

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the last it's the last run of the day. I

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have to believe after the DA Yeah.

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Speaker 4: Oh, I can't even Oh that's actually that's a good point.

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I can't even imagine the gamblers who are in Hawaii

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who are like, oh my god, I got no action

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for like the next twelve hours. I need this action anyway.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, let's predict the future here, Gray, Let's jump into

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some some fantasy baseball stuff. Aaron judges out with a

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stress fracture in his right rib, he's shut down four

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to six weeks and then he'll be evaluated again, which

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means four to six weeks is the you know, the

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short end of what we're gonna get in regard to

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the time out here at Gray, they've gone with like

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a committee. It's it's been Jose Cavillero, Max Shuman, Spencer Jones.

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field since is the Judge injury. But one are your

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thoughts as the Yankees are missing. You know, obviously they're

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best player and the number number two player in fantasy

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, so is uh so he's actually they they

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did something that was they tried to pull a fast

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one because they were like, oh, Aaron Judge is gonna

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be evaluate in four to six weeks, and they say

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evaluate real fast. So it's like, oh, wait, did they

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say he's gonna be back and forth to six weeks

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or wait no, No, they didn't say he's gonna be

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back in four to six weeks. He's gonna be evaluated

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for six weeks. We'll see what that means in four

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to six weeks. Uh So I'm hoping, you know, I

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don't actually have Aaron Judge, but I'm hoping for people's sake,

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he is back in uh, you know, roughly around the

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say it is probably a realistic prediction like August one maybe,

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point because you know, outside of like Aaron Judge, maybe

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a few people in the Yankees organization and his doctor,

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no one has any idea of how, you know, how

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bad his actual distretch factor is and whether or not

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he's gonna be fine, He's gonna be good to go. Uh,

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though the I was looking, I was watching the uh

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the sore As the Red Sox Yankees game with Sures pitching,

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and I noticed something that was kind of interesting. So, uh,

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batting clean up for the Yankees was a mod uh Rosario.

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So that's interesting. That was interesting. That doesn't sound good.

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That seems bad in general terms, and then uh you know,

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and then the Jazz Chisholm Junior they have, uh you

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know protector protecting him is like Jose Caballero and uh

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Max Shuman and Ali Sanchez, and I'm like, I don't

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even know what an Ali Sanchez does. I honestly was

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like Ali Sanchez, that's a new one for me. I

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had no idea. So, yeah, the Yankees lineup looks pretty

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bad without Aaron Judge. I wonder how much this affects

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like uh Ben Rice in theory and Cody Bellinger and

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you know, Jazz chishom Junior, because like, you know, they

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have some I mean, they have definitely a few holes there,

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you know. Actually I came up with the best idea ever.

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was like God reached down and touched my brain. It's

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such a good idea. So Josh Young of the Ranger,

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that's who the ring, That's who the Yankees should trade for.

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I mean, he would be such a perfect fit in

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that lineup, you know, playing third, get rid of Ryan

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would be so good for the Yankees obviously and for

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Josh Young. But you know, I honestly I don't think

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really matter what I say. Yeah, I mean, the Yankees

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lineup doesn't look good. I don't know what's your thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of with you in regards

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to the Yankees lineup, it definitely does not have the

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same kind of threat to it without Aaron Judge sitting

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in the middle. Paul Goldschmid is now a key piece

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that hits one through four every single.

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Speaker 2: Day, So that's not exactly great.

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Speaker 1: It's you know, I do think what you know comment

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in regards to Ben Rice and Coddy Bellinger is legitimate.

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They just want don't score as many runs and they

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that that ultimately hurts you in regards to how you

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perform in our game. You know, I don't think I'm

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panicking if I have either one of them there. I

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think they're gonna do fine while he's gone. But if

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you get you know, their their current season value, which

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beIN Rice's number one player on the play Raider. That's

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from him. But if you get fair value, I wouldn't

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be too worried about moving them. You know, in regards

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to Judge, he's gonna be out until I would say,

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the All Star break probably feels about the right.

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Speaker 2: Timing for when you would when we would see him back.

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Speaker 1: In regards to if everything's okay in four to six weeks,

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then he has to go, you know, on a rehab

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Speaker 2: Gonna be around the All Star breaks, So.

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Speaker 1: You know, that's that sucks if you own him, I

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mean I would look at potentially trading him if you're

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you know, if you're really trying to check track down

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I would.

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Speaker 2: He sends on the dollar thing with Judge, I guess.

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Speaker 1: Because you know he could always come back and just

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destroy for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 2: But I don't hate him to get stuff to out.

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Speaker 4: No, I agree, I don't hate it. I would say

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if you can get like, if you can get top

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twenty twenty five value, that's pretty good for you. Know

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someone who has a giant question mark over him. I

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mean I don't know. I don't know exactly what you

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can get in regards to a trade. It's like it's

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so hard to say because you know, leagues are different.

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Speaker 2: It too, because would you take Michael Harris for him?

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but I don't. I don't know. I don't want to make.

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Speaker 2: That trade either. All right? How about Tom? How about

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Speaker 4: No, I mean you're just choosing guys who I don't

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like now, Uh yeah, I would take Ronald Acunya Jr.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, uh see, let me try and find somebody

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you do, like Vin Gray.

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Speaker 4: You know, okay, I'll take I'll take a pressure off.

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You know, who would be an interesting trade? Who could

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who could work out? And if you were to say

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this like three weeks ago, people would probably hitch in

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the head for being so stupid. But like Jordan Walker

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or Aaron Jodge, I kind of feel like you bet

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on Jordan Walker staying good versus the guy who's injured currently.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I don't I don't hate that.

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Speaker 1: You're you're gonna lose some counting stats for sure, but

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you're gonna lose everything without Judge while he's out and

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you never know when he's coming back.

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Speaker 2: So I don't hate that.

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Speaker 4: Gray.

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Speaker 2: What about what about Bryce Harper?

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Speaker 4: Hmm, that's a tough one. I would probably, I mean,

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it depends, actually, I mean I might depend on the league,

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because if the league's shallow enough, like you can fill

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in outfield easier than you can fill in first base.

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And I mean, I don't love Bryce Harper, but I

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could see the value there. I mean, I feel like

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that's a little bit low and I probably would would

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hope that like Tarik Skuble's surgeon were to look at

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Aaron Judge and get him back on the field in

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like a week and a half. So I would probably

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hold Aaron Judge there. But I could see that potentially

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working out for the Bryce Harper side.

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Speaker 2: All right, what about you would definitely take Nick Kurtz?

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Speaker 5: Right?

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Speaker 4: Oh yeah, god, yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 2: Definitely taking Nick Kurtz.

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Speaker 1: How about how about South Stuart in the in the

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kind of the you know, quarter infield Jordan Walker type

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of I would.

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Speaker 4: I would I would like Judge over as South Stuart,

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you know what I mean? Yeah, you know, it would

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be an interesting thing. Would be like like this, not

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necessarily this specifically, but if you had like multiple holes

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and you were like, you know, if you get Michael

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Soroka and South, or Michael Soroka and South Stewart, or

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Michael Soroka and Michael Harris the second or something like,

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if you had multiple holes and like you have Aaron

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Judge and you're like, well, I mean I don't know

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when Judges and Judge may not be you know, he

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could have a setback and be gone for the season.

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I mean, I hate to say it. I don't want

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to put it out there and jinks things, but I

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mean it's very possible that we don't see her and

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Judge back until September. I mean, so if you were

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to like, you know, I have multiple holes, literally I

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do have multiples. But I mean if you have multiple

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holes in your fantasy team and you're like, you know,

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you're piecing together multiple guys for Judge, I mean it

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may work out for you.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would agree. Let's move on Gray.

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Speaker 1: Royce Lewis has been called back up after fifteen games

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down at Triple A. He had three thirty three four

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oh three nine hundred. He had ten home runs in

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that time. He had a nineteen point four percent strikeout

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RAI seven a half percent walk ray. That's those those

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two are almost irrelevant.

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Speaker 2: Just he mashed. He's clearly not needed at Triple A.

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That's not where Royce Lewis is needed the LB this

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year though. He's only had three.

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Speaker 1: Home runs, three stone bases and he hit a grand

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one fifty nine with a thirty one percent strikeout rate.

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Speaker 2: So what's royce Lewis? Are we getting? Are we gonna

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get the you know, when he's healthy, he's amazing royce Lewis.

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Speaker 1: Are we getting you know, the water down we've seen

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for the last couple of years.

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Speaker 4: You know, I don't know exactly what's happened to Royce Lewis,

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but it feels like maybe he needs a change of

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a scenery, or he's got the yips or something. But

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he does not look like the guy who like he

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doesn't look like the same guy in the major leagues,

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as he showed in the minors, and he's shown in

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previous years in the majors, like you know, he's had

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always had the injury concerns, but he's actually he doesn't

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look right this year in the majors, at least so far.

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Maybe you know, after coming back from the minor leagues,

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he's gonna be uh, he'll be better going forward, even

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though he hasn't necessarily in the h in the three games.

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I think that he's been back, but I mean maybe

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maybe he uh, maybe he's figured out like what's wrong

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with him, But I don't know, man. I honestly, I

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wouldn't pick him up in most leagues, like a twelve

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team mixed league. I wouldn't be picking up royce Lewis

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until I saw some signs of something. And we haven't

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seen signs of anything from him, So I am I

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really am kind of uninterested in Royce Lewis for fantasy,

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you know, outside of like al only. Of course, in

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a fifteen team mix league, he should be rostered. I

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wouldn't be the one who wanted to roster him, but

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he should be rostered in a fifteen mix league. Yeah,

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I just have very little, uh you know, I've I

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like what he can do if he can do like

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what he used to do. But right now, I mean

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his k raid has ballooned, like in twenty twenty three,

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Like twenty twenty three had a k raid of twenty

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three percent. Now it's thirty percent. Like what that's like.

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I don't know what's going on there, but that, I mean,

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he's too old to be, you know, completely falling apart.

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So something's up, Like there's you know, there's something bigger

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I think than just him going down to the miners

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and figuring things out. I don't know, maybe maybe not.

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Maybe he's you know, maybe he'll be okay upon his return,

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even though you know, like I said, we haven't seen

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it yet. Uh so, Yeah, I mean I would keep

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an eye on him. I wouldn't be rushing to pick

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him up. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: It feels like he's just developed this gigantic hole in

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his swing this year where he just cannot hit like

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down and in has been.

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Speaker 2: Brutal to him.

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Speaker 1: He's he's a fifty strikeout or fifty kra down and

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in this year that's that's crazy, and that's inside the zone.

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That's not even counting when he goes outside the zone.

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Grey inside the zone down and in fifty strike percentage

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right now, that's uh, that's not good when one and

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every two pitches in that zone is a strike.

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Speaker 2: It's I don't know.

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Speaker 1: I tend to not really think he he's figured anything

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out in the miners. Just he's better than that. Like

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he's just way, way better than driple A. And we've

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we've seen that before. But there could be a little

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bit of confidence boosty gathers from just just bashing for

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you know, two weeks in the minors. I'm not sure

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I would like I said, I would grab him up.

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I think he should be grabbed up in every league.

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Maybe not your team, but every you know, every league.

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He should be on my somebody corner and field has

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been terrible. There's a bunch of injuries as well, so

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there's there's worse places to gamble.

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Speaker 2: But that's what it is.

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Speaker 4: It's it's like, I mean, I do like the idea

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of him playing second that is, I mean, I feel

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like that's a boost for his value. If he can

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get his stuff together then like you know, having second

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base eligibility, uh and third base, I mean corner, so

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have corner and m I I mean, can't get much

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better than that, that's like you know who who is

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he Ezekiel Duran. It's good. I mean, it's good eligibility

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if he if he gets second base, so I mean

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that that's a positive. But really, I mean, you know,

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he's he struggled.

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Speaker 2: He has and he's only gotten one started second.

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Speaker 1: They've been you know, Luke Keishall's primarily been sitting in second.

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He started to hit a little bit again. So that's

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been good to see for for both of us. But yeah,

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that if that eligibility comes through them, that would be

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a nice boost to his value and usefulness.

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Speaker 2: Really, when you can get.

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Speaker 1: One player and move him corner infield, middle and field

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and not have to worry about it, that's definitely a

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nice piece to.

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Speaker 2: Have over in Arizona.

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Speaker 1: Lou James Groover got called up three home runs, two

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stone bases. He's sitting three twenty two, four twenty one,

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four point fifty two.

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Speaker 2: That's a that's a hell of a name. Gray. Is

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it somebody you want on your on your team?

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Speaker 1: Uh?

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Speaker 4: You know, it's kind of funny. Actually, So this weekend,

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I think it was Saturday, someone commented on my post

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asking because I so I call Louis Louis Garcia Junior.

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I call him Lou got Ju Lou got you for

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Louis Garcia Jr. Uh. So someone comments on someone comments

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it this week and asking if I wanted, uh, if

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they should pick up Lou got Ju or Lou James Groover,

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and I honestly thought they were messing with me. Come on, guys,

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it's like it's Saturday morning, Like, I don't you know,

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I don't have the patience for this. No, don't pick

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them up. I didn't even know. I honestly didn't even

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know what a Lou James Groover was. I didn't. I

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was like, I never heard of this James Groover. So anyway,

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so I get emails, uh from like all of my leagues,

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I get emails from when guys are picked up and dropped.

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So in uh, in a league you're in, I think

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in our NL. Onlyly someone bid eleven dollars out of

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one hundred for Lou James Gruber and I got that

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email and I was like, what, he's a real guy.

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So that I googled. I did a Google and I

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was like, oh, he's someone. Oh, I say, he's really

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someone lo James Lou James Grueber. He is not, by

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the way, he is not an eleven dollars out of

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Aleve dollar pickup. I don't not even only no, not

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even non only. So you know, even though I may

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not have known him, I definitely would have spent eleven dollars.

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I mean obviously, if I didn't know him, probably could

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have gone for a dollar at most. Anyway, So, Lou

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James Grueber, Uh, he looks like a contact first guy.

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He's you know, he hit three twenty two in the

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h in TRIPAA. He doesn't really have power or speed,

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so he hits for He had a sixteen point eight

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percent strikeout rate, so he makes good contact. It looks fine.

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I mean, it looks like a guy who's like, you know,

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decent for a deep league, but not really someone you

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should be looking at in a shallower league like you know,

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and now only obviously, eh, fifteen team I don't even

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I don't even think I would been on him in

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a fifteen team mix league. He's uh, he's fine. If

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he's hitting at the bottom of the Diamondbacks order and

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he's got good contact, it's fine for a super deep league.

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But that's about it.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I am with you. I don't think I'm really

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going after lou James Gruver. Maybe he can make a

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remix of Mambo Number five him and Lou Bega.

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Speaker 2: That feels like a good, good combination there.

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Speaker 1: But no, I mean a defense first, contact first first

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baseman is not exactly the that you're looking for primarily,

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and he's also not starting.

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Speaker 2: He's he's kind of splitting time right now.

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Speaker 1: So all that combines in the same you know, you know,

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only a dollar or two if you need somebody, But

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that's that's really all he should be going for him.

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Over in Cincinnati, Noel Marte was recalled and was sitting down. Uh.

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In forty games at Triple A, Noel and Marte had

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eight home runs, done stolen bases, Uh.

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Speaker 2: He hit.

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Speaker 1: He also hit really well, Gray, are you grabbing up

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Noel Marte everywhere?

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Speaker 4: And then and then he returned to the Cincinnati and

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it was benched two of three games.

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Speaker 2: You're still hitting, you know, north or south of two hundred.

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Speaker 4: It's it's pretty Gave. Marte is going to be doing

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a seminar at the Ramanta end this No I Brown,

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how to piss off your major league manager. I never

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kept playing time. I actually I picked up So I

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picked up Marte in in our RCL league, and I

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think I I've dropped him since, I mean, he doesn't play,

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Like what are you gonna do it? Like, that's a

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twelve team, twelve team mix league, so it's pretty shallow.

469
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But yeah, I mean, and it's a daily league. So

470
00:27:27,319 --> 00:27:30,160
I picked him up, but I dropped him, I think already.

471
00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,839
I don't know, maybe I still have him, but I

472
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,279
will drop him probably by the time people listen to this,

473
00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,799
because like, you can't roster a guy like that if

474
00:27:38,839 --> 00:27:42,920
he's never playing. I don't, you know, like I obviously

475
00:27:43,039 --> 00:27:45,920
really like him, but if he's not playing, there's nothing

476
00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:49,880
you can do. And then you know, to add insult injury,

477
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,480
like as soon as he returns, Matt McClean starts hitting,

478
00:27:54,839 --> 00:28:00,960
so it's obviously mam McLean's gonna play now because I

479
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,519
think he hit three homers this weekend, you know, three

480
00:28:04,519 --> 00:28:07,200
homers in two days or something. So yeah, I mean

481
00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:10,839
no at Marte just I mean, he can't win. Like

482
00:28:11,079 --> 00:28:16,319
it's a great park for him, unfortunately he's never playing

483
00:28:16,319 --> 00:28:19,599
in it. So I mean, hopefully he gets traded at

484
00:28:19,599 --> 00:28:21,519
some point he gets maybe he'll get traded at the

485
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:25,799
in July for like an arm, and he'll go somewhere

486
00:28:25,799 --> 00:28:28,640
where he actually plays. But yeah, I mean, he's not

487
00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,559
gonna If he's not playing, he's useless. I mean it's

488
00:28:31,640 --> 00:28:35,079
like in a fifteen team mix league. I think I

489
00:28:35,119 --> 00:28:39,640
would probably spend like a couple bucks to you know,

490
00:28:39,799 --> 00:28:42,960
stash him and see if, like somehow he gets playing time.

491
00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,880
But I have no faith in him getting playing time.

492
00:28:47,559 --> 00:28:49,039
Speaker 2: Yeah I don't either.

493
00:28:49,319 --> 00:28:51,680
Speaker 1: I mean the easiest place for him to come in

494
00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:55,839
would be Edwin Arroyo at second base. Every Royal doesn't

495
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,519
necessarily need to be playing, but he was also called

496
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,079
up the recent and he was called up as Ellie

497
00:29:02,119 --> 00:29:05,680
heads toil, So you know, with both of me called up,

498
00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,440
it feels like Arroyo is getting the playing time, which

499
00:29:08,599 --> 00:29:12,839
again feels a little weird considering Marte had a very

500
00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,559
solid season last year for the Reds and they have

501
00:29:15,720 --> 00:29:17,480
just given up on him for some reason.

502
00:29:17,880 --> 00:29:18,359
Speaker 2: But are you.

503
00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:21,559
Speaker 1: Interested in edwin 'arroyo, who in fifty three games in

504
00:29:21,559 --> 00:29:24,640
the minors had eleven on runs, nine stone bases hit

505
00:29:24,640 --> 00:29:28,480
three twenty three, just under a seventeen percent strikeout rate

506
00:29:28,559 --> 00:29:30,720
and just over a seven percent of walk rate.

507
00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 2: Are you interested in that within Arroyo?

508
00:29:33,240 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, I yeah, I mean he's getting playing time,

509
00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:40,680
so yeah, I mean I don't think he's a twelve

510
00:29:40,759 --> 00:29:45,119
team mix league worthwhile, but I'm you know, I'm interested

511
00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:48,400
as long as he's playing, like in a deeper league,

512
00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,440
like a fifteen team mix league obviously, and now only.

513
00:29:53,400 --> 00:29:56,119
I mean, he has power and speed and he was

514
00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:59,000
making good contact in the minor leagues. He hasn't shown

515
00:29:59,039 --> 00:30:01,920
that in the majors, so you know, maybe he's a

516
00:30:01,960 --> 00:30:04,880
little bit overmatched. But it's still early. I mean, as

517
00:30:04,920 --> 00:30:07,640
of the recording of this, he's only played in uh

518
00:30:07,799 --> 00:30:10,640
I believe, six games, even though you know he hasn't

519
00:30:10,759 --> 00:30:13,319
he hasn't let the world on fire in those six games.

520
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:16,720
But yeah, I mean it's still early. We'll see. I

521
00:30:16,880 --> 00:30:21,680
like him for probably fifteen team mix league again, like

522
00:30:21,759 --> 00:30:25,880
a couple bucks if you're struggling and you and maybe

523
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:28,920
you'll get lucky with like you know, maybe he'll catch on.

524
00:30:29,279 --> 00:30:32,480
I right now, it doesn't seem like it, and I

525
00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,160
wouldn't be shocked if, like, you know, he's sent down

526
00:30:36,759 --> 00:30:41,160
almost immediately when Ellie returns, which is you know, probably

527
00:30:41,160 --> 00:30:43,400
in a couple of weeks. So yeah, I mean, but

528
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,680
he's fine for a flyer if you have room.

529
00:30:47,319 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's pretty much where I have him at.

530
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:54,480
Speaker 1: It's just a fifteen team or deeper kind of flyer piece. Yeah,

531
00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:56,640
he's getting some playing time, but he's at the bottom

532
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,920
of the lineup, so it's worth a game will By.

533
00:31:00,799 --> 00:31:02,480
In my mind, I would just like to see that

534
00:31:02,599 --> 00:31:06,400
job handed to Marte and see if he could stay

535
00:31:06,400 --> 00:31:09,160
at the at the major league level for the Rats.

536
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,680
But what I want does not always happen, unfortunately, Gray.

537
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:19,799
This is a hard learned lesson in Fantasy over in

538
00:31:19,839 --> 00:31:23,440
Minnesota Byron Buckston is heading into the IL. I'm also

539
00:31:23,519 --> 00:31:25,880
gonna talk and bring up Jack Cagley. Oh, yes, he's

540
00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,319
and he seems like he's heading to the IL as well.

541
00:31:29,599 --> 00:31:31,240
Speaker 2: Both have missed a couple of games.

542
00:31:31,319 --> 00:31:35,519
Speaker 1: So what are your thoughts in regard to some outfield

543
00:31:35,559 --> 00:31:36,839
replacements here? Gray?

544
00:31:38,039 --> 00:31:40,519
Speaker 2: You know, I think in a shallow league, somebody I wanted.

545
00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:42,559
Speaker 1: To mention and I didn't really know where to fit

546
00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:45,119
a man here, So I'm shoving him right here. Carson

547
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:47,440
Binge just started to hit, So that's good to see

548
00:31:47,640 --> 00:31:50,240
for anybody who's held on to him. But he probably

549
00:31:50,319 --> 00:31:53,440
was dropped in shallow league just out of frustration, so

550
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,599
you might be able to go pick him up. But

551
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,759
out of some of these available options, or if you

552
00:31:57,759 --> 00:32:00,680
have any of your own, grey give us some guys

553
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,759
you like, uh to be outfield replacements. You know, some

554
00:32:04,799 --> 00:32:06,880
of the guys I wrote down are like Colton Cowser,

555
00:32:07,039 --> 00:32:12,400
Jacob Young Plays, Alexander Tristan Peters, Nathan Luke's and Henry Bolting.

556
00:32:14,599 --> 00:32:19,319
Speaker 4: So I don't see Buxton and cagleone actually going to

557
00:32:19,359 --> 00:32:21,160
the AL anywhere. I don't see that news.

558
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 2: But they've not officially gone. They've both been missing. They've

559
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:24,759
missed a few days.

560
00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:28,079
Speaker 4: Okay, okay, yeah, So I guess you know, if.

561
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:31,119
Speaker 2: You get to uh him and judge, there's there's some

562
00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,319
outfield needs.

563
00:32:33,079 --> 00:32:35,759
Speaker 4: Right right, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. So yeah, So if

564
00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:38,680
you know you're if you're deciding whether or not you

565
00:32:38,680 --> 00:32:43,519
should start Buxton or cagleone in a weekly league, I

566
00:32:43,519 --> 00:32:47,319
guess there's a there might be some need there, you know,

567
00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:52,759
in case they do go to AL. I'll say, you know,

568
00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:56,960
Carson Benze I think is probably rostered in most leagues

569
00:32:57,000 --> 00:33:00,680
at this point, but I yeah, I mean, I've liked

570
00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,200
rostering him in the leagues where I have home, I've

571
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,680
very much enjoyed, uh you know, Carson Bench. I think, uh,

572
00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,759
you know, he's he's really kind of I mean, I

573
00:33:12,759 --> 00:33:14,880
feel like he's gone under the radar. Maybe it's a

574
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,119
Mets thing, but he's sort of been under the radar

575
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:24,160
this whole year, even as he has hit pretty well

576
00:33:25,039 --> 00:33:28,240
over you know, recently, at least, I mean, he he

577
00:33:28,359 --> 00:33:31,200
struggled a bit to start the year, like uh you know,

578
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,039
I think in April. Maybe April burned people so bad

579
00:33:35,559 --> 00:33:37,519
with him that they don't want to get back in.

580
00:33:38,279 --> 00:33:40,680
But I know probably a lot of people in shallower

581
00:33:40,759 --> 00:33:44,559
leagues probably dropped Carson Bench in April because it was

582
00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:47,559
such a miserable month for him. But since then, I mean,

583
00:33:47,559 --> 00:33:50,279
he's hit really well. I think, uh you know, as

584
00:33:50,279 --> 00:33:52,119
of the recording of this, I think he's four for

585
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:56,400
four with a homer on Sunday. You know, that's the

586
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:58,319
game's not over, so he might get another at bat.

587
00:33:58,359 --> 00:34:02,799
I don't know. Uh, he hit well in May three

588
00:34:02,839 --> 00:34:07,839
oh six, couple homers. He's got good speed. I yeah,

589
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:12,159
I mean I could see potentially, like you know, you know,

590
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:16,440
maybe not the most exciting line for shallow the shallowest

591
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:20,119
of leagues. But he looks like around a you know

592
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:24,320
what he did in the minors last year, which was

593
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:28,760
fifteen homers, twenty two steals and two eighty one. I mean,

594
00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,159
maybe the average might not be quite that high in

595
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:35,559
the majors this year, but fifteen twenty two teams about right.

596
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:39,480
I you know, I I was struggling in March when

597
00:34:39,519 --> 00:34:42,920
I was drafting him in places because like you know,

598
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,280
I I do lean on other people when it comes

599
00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:50,039
to prospects, and I was I remember asking people in March,

600
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:54,000
like I asked prospect people, like, why does it seem

601
00:34:54,079 --> 00:34:58,239
like there's so little hype about Carson Benz because like,

602
00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,800
you know, like Kevin mcgonn looks good. But I mean,

603
00:35:03,159 --> 00:35:07,480
you know, his skill set is different than like a

604
00:35:07,519 --> 00:35:11,760
real huge fantasy producer because he doesn't have like great

605
00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:14,280
power speed. He has really good average and you know,

606
00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,519
a little bit but whatever on him. But Carson bench

607
00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,360
was very it was very flat. I felt like, for

608
00:35:20,639 --> 00:35:23,679
the enthusiasm level was flat on him. I don't know,

609
00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:30,280
flat like Carson Beige. I don't, but yeah, I mean

610
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:35,880
I personally think there could really be something here, you know,

611
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,559
even though, I maybe the thing is the Mets just

612
00:35:39,039 --> 00:35:44,559
dampen people's enthusiasm. That could very well be anyway, I

613
00:35:44,639 --> 00:35:50,559
like Carson Bench Colton Kowser, I just don't. I don't know, man,

614
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:53,760
I I've like, he is hot, So there is that.

615
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,119
So if you're if you're just looking for a temporary

616
00:35:57,239 --> 00:36:01,199
bat to fill in this week and you're looking for

617
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:04,159
a hot bat, I mean he has been hot for

618
00:36:04,239 --> 00:36:06,280
like the last couple of days because he hit a

619
00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,719
couple of homers. But outside of that, I mean, I

620
00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,719
don't know what's happened to him, but it hasn't been great.

621
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:16,559
I mean, you're talking about Royce Lewis losing you know

622
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:19,480
something in translation the last couple of years. I mean,

623
00:36:19,519 --> 00:36:22,280
Coolton Howser's got He went from a guy who, like,

624
00:36:22,639 --> 00:36:25,119
you know, his rookie year is like twenty four homers,

625
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:29,760
nine steals, two forty two average, uh, and then just

626
00:36:29,920 --> 00:36:33,760
completely bottomed out last year and this year hasn't been

627
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:36,159
much better. So I don't know, maybe he's coming out

628
00:36:36,199 --> 00:36:39,199
of it a little bit, but he has been hot.

629
00:36:39,519 --> 00:36:42,760
I yeah, I mean I don't think there's uh, you know,

630
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:49,440
Henry Boltay has looked good. I you know, I actually

631
00:36:49,519 --> 00:36:52,079
have him. I think in our RCL league, I still

632
00:36:52,119 --> 00:36:55,000
have him because I do, you know, I've been playing

633
00:36:55,039 --> 00:36:57,440
around like he's been a bench guy who I sub

634
00:36:57,480 --> 00:37:00,320
in when I need a spot. So I've been holding

635
00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,440
him because I do like I do. I do like

636
00:37:03,519 --> 00:37:07,519
him in general, but he has not played quite a

637
00:37:07,599 --> 00:37:11,000
few days, like you know. I mean, he hasn't like

638
00:37:11,079 --> 00:37:14,360
he seems like an everyday player, but then he's not

639
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,800
playing every day, so I don't I don't know, but

640
00:37:17,239 --> 00:37:19,519
I mean, so far we haven't really seen much power

641
00:37:19,559 --> 00:37:21,360
from him, but he has it for a good average

642
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:25,079
and good speed, so yeah, I mean, like Henry Bolte

643
00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:29,360
seems good. Yeah, I mean I don't know. You have

644
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:30,719
any names?

645
00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:32,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I have.

646
00:37:33,559 --> 00:37:37,280
Speaker 1: I think Jacob Young is going very underappreciated just because

647
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:42,119
it is a very very boring profile. He's seemingly goes

648
00:37:42,159 --> 00:37:46,280
on and off the wires depending on when people need,

649
00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:48,599
you know, an outfielder to feeling here or there. But

650
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:52,400
he's always available, So I do think he's somebody that

651
00:37:52,440 --> 00:37:57,320
you can look at to particilarly, add in some some streaming,

652
00:37:57,440 --> 00:37:59,159
or just when you need a guy for a week

653
00:37:59,239 --> 00:38:03,840
or two. Blaize Alexander has like three position eligibilities.

654
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:05,280
Speaker 2: That's that's nice.

655
00:38:05,400 --> 00:38:08,920
Speaker 1: Jake Mingham isn't necessarily playing every day, but if you

656
00:38:08,960 --> 00:38:13,719
just need stolen bases, he's been pretty solid. Cody Clemens

657
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:16,039
has been hitting home runs. I mean, that's all he's

658
00:38:16,079 --> 00:38:20,199
been doing. But the you know, the power has been nice.

659
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:22,639
Andrew ben and Tindi was one of another one of

660
00:38:22,639 --> 00:38:26,239
those boring guys early preseason or in the preseason where

661
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,559
you could just get him late and you figured he'd

662
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:30,880
fall into value.

663
00:38:31,679 --> 00:38:33,280
Speaker 2: That didn't happen early in the season.

664
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:36,079
Speaker 1: But I feel like he's starting to kind of fall

665
00:38:36,119 --> 00:38:38,119
into that value that we thought he would.

666
00:38:39,119 --> 00:38:41,719
Speaker 2: Jose Series been hitting well, but you know that's just

667
00:38:41,840 --> 00:38:45,639
average for the most part. It's he actually might be

668
00:38:45,679 --> 00:38:46,480
more boring.

669
00:38:46,239 --> 00:38:48,639
Speaker 1: Than Jacob Young if we're just you know, throwing boring

670
00:38:48,679 --> 00:38:49,800
outfielders out here.

671
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:52,920
Speaker 2: And Tristan Peters just hitting everything right now.

672
00:38:53,039 --> 00:38:56,559
Speaker 1: The White Sox are constantly available on the wire because

673
00:38:56,679 --> 00:38:59,719
nobody believes their team is any good. And that goes

674
00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:01,800
to myself as well. But you can always find White

675
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:06,159
Sox players on the wire to fill in your roster woes.

676
00:39:06,280 --> 00:39:08,280
So those are some of the guys I'd be looking

677
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:13,719
at Austin Wells is heading to the IL with cervical headaches.

678
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:19,400
Ali Sanchez, who you talked about briefly earlier, not knowing

679
00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:23,639
that he's a player, and to be fair, there's no

680
00:39:23,679 --> 00:39:26,360
reason you needed to know that he was. And then

681
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:30,159
j c Escara, who also kind of fits that same

682
00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,679
mold gray they got called up to fill in a

683
00:39:33,880 --> 00:39:37,480
catcher for the Yankees. Any interest in either of these

684
00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:40,519
guys outside of an AO only, and even there it

685
00:39:40,599 --> 00:39:42,400
feels Ricchi.

686
00:39:44,679 --> 00:39:47,559
Speaker 4: Yeah, Ricci's a that's a good way to play it.

687
00:39:47,679 --> 00:39:52,400
Ricci for sure. Yeah. No, I you know, I don't

688
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:57,400
know when, Like if you lost Austin Wells, I feel

689
00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:01,960
like you're probably better off going outside of the Yankees organization.

690
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,440
Speaker 3: And you know, then it's like, you know, Brandon vell

691
00:40:06,679 --> 00:40:13,559
uh uh valen Zouela Valenzuela has been hot.

692
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:21,320
Speaker 4: Kbert Ruiz has been hot, you know, uh Dingler and

693
00:40:21,480 --> 00:40:23,960
I guess he's probably owned and he's rostered in probably

694
00:40:24,000 --> 00:40:28,960
a lot of leagues. Joe Mack has been hot recently. Uh,

695
00:40:29,119 --> 00:40:31,159
you know, so there's I mean, I would just go

696
00:40:31,280 --> 00:40:35,840
look elsewhere. I wouldn't mess like Ali Sanchez is, like

697
00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:37,960
that's a new one for me. I I've heard of

698
00:40:38,079 --> 00:40:41,280
j c Escara. I want to pick him up though,

699
00:40:41,840 --> 00:40:46,519
but I've heard him. But yeah, that's I mean as

700
00:40:46,559 --> 00:40:49,760
another as another zero for four that's gonna be sitting

701
00:40:49,920 --> 00:40:53,800
in somewhere in the Yankees lineup every day too. I mean,

702
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:57,800
I'm starting to think about streaming against the Yankees at

703
00:40:57,840 --> 00:41:00,559
this point. I mean that's I don't know, we'll see

704
00:41:01,039 --> 00:41:04,039
how they look without judge, but they're not getting They're

705
00:41:04,079 --> 00:41:07,199
not gonna get much production from their catcher slide, that's

706
00:41:07,199 --> 00:41:07,599
for sure.

707
00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 2: They will not.

708
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, especially away from the Yankee stadium, that might not

709
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:14,960
be a bad idea, Gray. You know, the Yankees may

710
00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:17,719
need to do some some house cleaning and uh try

711
00:41:17,760 --> 00:41:18,440
and find somebody.

712
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:19,760
Speaker 2: Maybe Noel but Marte.

713
00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 1: Can go over to the Yankees, that would be that'd

714
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:25,360
be a good fit there. But let's do some roster

715
00:41:25,480 --> 00:41:28,400
cleaning items here, Gray, there are some guys who have

716
00:41:28,519 --> 00:41:30,800
just not been performing. And you know we're we're talking

717
00:41:30,800 --> 00:41:34,559
about the shallower side here, but how long are you

718
00:41:34,639 --> 00:41:37,239
waiting for? Like, you know, we need to know how

719
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:39,039
long you got to wait for some of these guys.

720
00:41:39,119 --> 00:41:41,280
And and starting on top here, we're gonna go with

721
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:44,159
Brit Rooker. You know, we thought he would be power.

722
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:46,880
We thought the ballpark would at least protect him from

723
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:49,559
a slump too hard.

724
00:41:49,719 --> 00:41:53,199
Speaker 2: But you know, this season he has not home runs two.

725
00:41:53,000 --> 00:41:56,039
Speaker 1: Stone bases, but he is hitting one ninety eight, two

726
00:41:56,079 --> 00:41:59,400
seventy five, three seventy two. His strikeout rate is thirty two.

727
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:05,239
He is unfortunately falling into kind of like that area

728
00:42:05,320 --> 00:42:08,800
where you know, I don't know if he's really worth

729
00:42:09,159 --> 00:42:12,639
hanging on to in most leagues right now. You may

730
00:42:12,679 --> 00:42:15,760
not have a choice in fifteen team in ale only,

731
00:42:15,880 --> 00:42:17,400
but what about everything else?

732
00:42:17,440 --> 00:42:17,639
Speaker 2: Great?

733
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 4: So I actually he hit a home run today, so

734
00:42:21,519 --> 00:42:25,599
he's up to ten homers. I still I'm actually I

735
00:42:25,599 --> 00:42:30,480
would be buying Brent Rooker. His hard hit is forty

736
00:42:30,519 --> 00:42:35,719
four percent as of Sunday. It's that's up from last year.

737
00:42:37,159 --> 00:42:41,559
His homer per, fly balls fine, His lunch agle looks fine.

738
00:42:41,679 --> 00:42:44,360
I mean, if anything, maybe a ted high, maybe he's

739
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:47,920
too many fly balls, but you know whatever, it's gonna

740
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:51,320
be hot in the summer with Bing Bong's going out

741
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:55,440
in Bing Bong Stadium and Sacramento. I'm buying, man, I

742
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:59,320
you know, I feel like I'm buying everything. The A's

743
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:04,920
are selling when it comes to their hitters, like, uh, Soderstrom,

744
00:43:05,239 --> 00:43:08,360
he's struggled a lot so far this year. I would

745
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:13,440
be buying him. Rooker as well. Nick Kurtz is more

746
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,800
obvious of a buy obviously, I mean, who wouldn't want

747
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,679
Nick Kurtz obviously, But like all those guys, I'm I'm in,

748
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:26,719
like even you know, some of the like she Langaliers

749
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:29,719
a catcher, I mean yeah, I mean I think he's

750
00:43:30,159 --> 00:43:32,039
you know, he's one of the top catchers this year,

751
00:43:32,159 --> 00:43:34,800
so it's not like you're buying low. But yeah, I

752
00:43:34,840 --> 00:43:37,480
mean I would be in. I'm in on them all.

753
00:43:37,639 --> 00:43:42,440
I I honestly feel like I can't have enough A's hitters,

754
00:43:43,239 --> 00:43:46,039
and Brent Rooker is one of the best ones. I think,

755
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,840
uh you know it's his k's are up a little

756
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:53,960
this year versus the last couple. Uh not uh, you know,

757
00:43:54,119 --> 00:43:56,840
not in a place where he hasn't ever been before,

758
00:43:57,280 --> 00:44:00,559
and you know, had some success like in twenty twenty

759
00:44:00,559 --> 00:44:04,280
three is strikeout rates. His strikeout rate was thirty two

760
00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:08,159
point seven percent, and he's still hit for you know,

761
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,559
a good enough average to forty six and hit for power.

762
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:14,920
I you know, I feel like we could get a

763
00:44:14,960 --> 00:44:18,880
Brent Rooker. You know, he's the player of the month

764
00:44:19,079 --> 00:44:23,280
type see type thing from him in any of these months,

765
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,199
like he could he could be player of the month

766
00:44:25,239 --> 00:44:30,000
with like a fifteen homer month. I still believe I'm

767
00:44:30,440 --> 00:44:34,719
maybe I'm crazy, but I I like Brent Rooker still. Yeah.

768
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:37,960
Speaker 1: Just looking at the numbers, it feels like he's gotten

769
00:44:38,039 --> 00:44:41,639
a little too you know, two fly ball to launch

770
00:44:41,679 --> 00:44:46,679
angle heavy. Here the launch angles up to over nineteen degrees,

771
00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:49,840
which is you know, he was at sixteen point four

772
00:44:50,079 --> 00:44:54,159
last year. He was eighteen point nine and twenty twenty four,

773
00:44:54,320 --> 00:44:57,960
but that was you know, I can't really explain why

774
00:44:58,000 --> 00:45:00,480
that was. Okay, nineteen point one isn't wor working out,

775
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:05,039
but it just feels like the fifty fly balls, the

776
00:45:05,159 --> 00:45:08,360
nineteen launch angle, it's just kind of combining to give

777
00:45:08,440 --> 00:45:12,159
him a little bit of a little two flyball heavy

778
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:16,320
without the you know, the deep power that you need

779
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:17,320
to kind of be like that.

780
00:45:17,639 --> 00:45:19,400
Speaker 2: So I do think you can turn around.

781
00:45:19,440 --> 00:45:22,079
Speaker 1: But I do also believe there's an adjustment he has

782
00:45:22,159 --> 00:45:25,840
to make before that happens. Not necessarily just him having

783
00:45:26,239 --> 00:45:28,280
a bunch of bad luck, although he has had a

784
00:45:28,320 --> 00:45:33,719
little bit rookie Betts has been terrible. Gray, I think

785
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,840
we were both just on an avoid with him in

786
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:39,199
draft season, but it has turned out to.

787
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 2: Be, you know, the right call.

788
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:45,559
Speaker 1: He is he's not doing anything really has six home runs,

789
00:45:46,199 --> 00:45:48,079
the runs and RBIs you thought would be there, he

790
00:45:48,159 --> 00:45:51,760
has sixteen runs, seventeen RBIs and he's sitting.

791
00:45:51,599 --> 00:45:52,679
Speaker 2: All of one eighty three.

792
00:45:52,880 --> 00:45:57,079
Speaker 1: Gray, He's still not striking out, but that doesn't really

793
00:45:57,119 --> 00:45:59,320
matter if he's not hitting the ball either.

794
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:04,159
Speaker 4: Yeah, you know I was. I couldn't have been more

795
00:46:04,239 --> 00:46:09,039
out on Mookie Bets coming into the year. I honestly,

796
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:13,039
I mean I would probably be selling him for whatever

797
00:46:13,159 --> 00:46:16,159
I could get. Like his numbers are some of the

798
00:46:16,280 --> 00:46:19,880
worst looking numbers, and you know, there's a lot of speculation.

799
00:46:20,159 --> 00:46:23,280
It was, like I believe in spring training, you know,

800
00:46:23,400 --> 00:46:26,920
he was talking about how like last year there was

801
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,119
like some sort of injury that he was you know,

802
00:46:30,679 --> 00:46:34,760
or something was wrong last year and this year's he's better.

803
00:46:35,519 --> 00:46:39,199
But you know, I mean it was all bs. I'm sorry,

804
00:46:40,039 --> 00:46:43,880
Mookie seems like a good guy, but his numbers look awful,

805
00:46:44,199 --> 00:46:47,960
like just some of the worst looking numbers you could

806
00:46:48,000 --> 00:46:52,679
possibly imagine, Like there's nothing here that is like you know,

807
00:46:53,480 --> 00:46:58,400
screaming optimism. I honestly feel like if I could get like,

808
00:46:59,079 --> 00:47:02,760
you know, closer for Mookie Bets, I would move on

809
00:47:03,239 --> 00:47:05,360
if I had him. And if I if you know,

810
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:09,000
if someone was like you know, say Andres Munez, who

811
00:47:09,599 --> 00:47:12,320
who blew a safe today and has looked pretty bad,

812
00:47:13,159 --> 00:47:15,440
if I needed saves, I'd be like, yeah, I'll take

813
00:47:15,559 --> 00:47:17,800
mun as you can have Mookie Bets. I mean, he

814
00:47:17,880 --> 00:47:21,000
looks real. Mookie Bets really looks not look good, uh

815
00:47:21,159 --> 00:47:25,960
in any way. You know, he's no longer hitting leadoff.

816
00:47:26,840 --> 00:47:31,639
You know, they've moved him down the order. He's just yeah, sadly,

817
00:47:32,519 --> 00:47:35,719
I think uh Age is really finally caught up to

818
00:47:35,800 --> 00:47:37,920
him in a bad way. Like you know, there were

819
00:47:38,079 --> 00:47:42,639
signs going into this year like his babbit was so

820
00:47:42,920 --> 00:47:46,559
far down and it wasn't like down in a way

821
00:47:46,679 --> 00:47:49,840
that was like oh unlucky. It was like down in

822
00:47:49,920 --> 00:47:52,519
a way that's like, oh, he's not hitting the ball

823
00:47:52,599 --> 00:47:56,119
hard anymore. And you know that has you know, that's

824
00:47:57,039 --> 00:47:59,920
hasn't really fixed itself in a in a way that's mean.

825
00:48:00,519 --> 00:48:02,679
I mean, it's his heart hits up a little bit

826
00:48:02,760 --> 00:48:07,039
this year, but it's just not is not it doesn't

827
00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:07,440
look good.

828
00:48:08,679 --> 00:48:09,599
Speaker 2: No, it doesn't.

829
00:48:09,880 --> 00:48:11,840
Speaker 1: I mean the bat speed has been down for the

830
00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,519
last three seasons I guess three, including this one, and

831
00:48:15,599 --> 00:48:16,800
it's showed in the numbers.

832
00:48:17,639 --> 00:48:20,280
Speaker 2: It just never really made sense why he was going

833
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,039
to bounce back. But it's I didn't ever think he

834
00:48:23,039 --> 00:48:26,960
would necessarily collapse in on himself like he has. I

835
00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:29,519
guess to that extent. Maybe there's something to buy, just

836
00:48:29,559 --> 00:48:30,840
because I just I.

837
00:48:30,920 --> 00:48:33,760
Speaker 1: Still don't believe he's this bad, and the numbers say

838
00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:35,840
he's pretty much, you know, on part of what he's

839
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,639
been doing, which isn't again as bad as he's been,

840
00:48:40,320 --> 00:48:44,519
but it's not a overly useful set of numbers. So yes,

841
00:48:44,599 --> 00:48:48,199
if you can get anything useful for Riocky Batts, absolutely

842
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:51,800
I would. I would look at, you know, a any

843
00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:54,559
kind of deal you can you can get out made

844
00:48:54,639 --> 00:48:57,000
with him. I don't know if anybody's gonna give you

845
00:48:58,480 --> 00:49:00,800
even a closing bad club those are at this point

846
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:03,760
for him, lest they're just about to, you know, cut

847
00:49:04,000 --> 00:49:05,840
that closer from the roster for some reason.

848
00:49:06,400 --> 00:49:09,519
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, no, yeah, it's you know, it's so hard

849
00:49:09,599 --> 00:49:12,639
to say what people would give for another player. I

850
00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:19,400
don't know. I I agree, I wouldn't necessarily trade Munez

851
00:49:19,599 --> 00:49:22,480
for Bets, but like if someone were to do it,

852
00:49:23,159 --> 00:49:26,199
sounds good in theory. I mean, you know, it's like

853
00:49:26,840 --> 00:49:29,480
Unz does have Like I think his ear ray is

854
00:49:30,679 --> 00:49:33,480
over five. I think I don't know it's it's up there.

855
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,679
It's like I think it's five point four. I believe. Yeah,

856
00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:41,960
So Munez has definitely struggled, But I would you know,

857
00:49:42,079 --> 00:49:45,280
if I could get rid of Bets for something meaningful,

858
00:49:45,719 --> 00:49:47,960
I would totally do it. Yeah.

859
00:49:48,159 --> 00:49:48,880
Speaker 2: Absolutely.

860
00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:53,960
Speaker 1: Somebody who else has been struggling since his return is

861
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,639
Kyle Stewers four two games this season, he has four

862
00:49:57,679 --> 00:49:59,800
home runs, the stolen base, he's eating two ten, he

863
00:49:59,840 --> 00:50:01,760
has thirty strikeout rate.

864
00:50:03,079 --> 00:50:04,480
Speaker 2: You know, there's somebody we thought could.

865
00:50:04,280 --> 00:50:07,599
Speaker 1: Give us some easy power, then got injured and just

866
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:10,079
has not really looked right. What's your thoughts here on

867
00:50:10,159 --> 00:50:13,960
Kyle Stowers by Low or would you you know, potentially

868
00:50:14,039 --> 00:50:17,400
look at adding somebody from the wire or moving on

869
00:50:17,559 --> 00:50:19,559
from Stars altogether.

870
00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:26,280
Speaker 4: You know, I was I say in in in the

871
00:50:26,400 --> 00:50:30,480
post on Monday, Uh, I say something to the fact

872
00:50:30,559 --> 00:50:33,559
with like Taylor So Taylor Ward has struggled as well,

873
00:50:33,880 --> 00:50:36,400
So we'll throw Taylor Ward out there too, So Taylor

874
00:50:36,480 --> 00:50:40,800
Ward I say something to the fact of like I think,

875
00:50:41,400 --> 00:50:45,360
you know, next February, we're gonna hear something about like

876
00:50:45,519 --> 00:50:47,840
Taylor Ward is gonna say something like, oh yeah, and

877
00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,880
in twenty twenty six, I was injured all year or

878
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:55,360
something like. It's like that feels like what was gonna

879
00:50:55,519 --> 00:50:58,199
what we're gonna hear from Taylor Ward. And I mean,

880
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:01,519
maybe that's what's going on with Kyleturs. But on the

881
00:51:01,599 --> 00:51:06,519
other hand, like, I mean, Kyle Stowers is also what

882
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:09,119
maybe he was just a one hit wonder, Like maybe

883
00:51:09,159 --> 00:51:11,920
it was just like maybe twenty twenty five was just

884
00:51:12,079 --> 00:51:15,639
like a dream season for him, and like we're all

885
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:19,400
kind of a little bit foolish to expect something that

886
00:51:19,639 --> 00:51:24,119
was similar. Again, I mean, you know, until he shows something,

887
00:51:24,960 --> 00:51:30,599
I'm gonna assume he was more the terrible player from

888
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:34,880
twenty twenty four and before, because I mean, he did

889
00:51:35,039 --> 00:51:38,599
have like a good one hundred and twenty ish games

890
00:51:39,159 --> 00:51:42,079
in the major leagues prior to last year, and in

891
00:51:42,159 --> 00:51:45,159
those one hundred and twenty games, he had six homers

892
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:49,159
and like a two fifteen average, Like he was not

893
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:53,199
good before twenty twenty five and then twenty twenty five

894
00:51:53,280 --> 00:51:59,440
he was great, but now he's bad again. So so

895
00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,760
so what I'm saying is I've come to the point

896
00:52:02,840 --> 00:52:05,480
with like in shallower leagues, I'm ready to move on

897
00:52:05,599 --> 00:52:08,639
from Kyle Stowers. You know, I liked him coming into

898
00:52:08,679 --> 00:52:12,719
the year, Don't get me wrong. I was a complete

899
00:52:12,800 --> 00:52:15,719
sucker for twenty twenty five and I expected him to

900
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:19,400
be good. But you know, maybe he's injured, maybe he's

901
00:52:19,519 --> 00:52:23,119
just not that good. But in shallower leagues, I would

902
00:52:23,199 --> 00:52:27,400
be moving on from Starwars. And in a fifteen team

903
00:52:27,480 --> 00:52:29,760
mix league, it's a little bit harder to move on

904
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:34,159
from that, but I would like to not play him.

905
00:52:34,519 --> 00:52:37,760
I would like to bench him until he showed something.

906
00:52:39,280 --> 00:52:41,840
You know, I don't know it's it's I don't think

907
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:44,440
he's I don't think he's actually drop uble in a

908
00:52:44,480 --> 00:52:47,400
fifteen team mix league yet. But in a twelve team

909
00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:50,199
mix league or shallower I would move on from Kyle

910
00:52:50,239 --> 00:52:54,239
Stowers like another guy who actually has been better than

911
00:52:54,760 --> 00:53:00,159
Star Wars by like a lot like Dalton varshow I

912
00:53:00,559 --> 00:53:03,719
you know, I like, I've been dealing with his He's

913
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:08,480
got a wrist injury now he missed Sunday, and I've

914
00:53:08,559 --> 00:53:11,960
been like you know, like contemplating dropping him. And it's like,

915
00:53:12,199 --> 00:53:15,199
you know, it's like at a certain point in shallower

916
00:53:15,360 --> 00:53:18,239
leagues that I'm talking about shallow league now, not a

917
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:20,519
fifteen team and like a twelve team mix league. In

918
00:53:20,559 --> 00:53:23,400
shallower you look at a guy like var Show, I mean,

919
00:53:23,480 --> 00:53:27,039
he's better than Stours, and even var Show I feel like,

920
00:53:27,480 --> 00:53:30,159
is dropable if you need to move on, like if

921
00:53:30,199 --> 00:53:33,159
you have roster, if your roster is like you have

922
00:53:33,239 --> 00:53:37,159
no flexibility and you need a hitter who's actually healthy,

923
00:53:37,840 --> 00:53:39,960
Like okay, I you know, I gotta move on, Like

924
00:53:40,039 --> 00:53:42,360
I don't. I don't want to necessarily, but at a

925
00:53:42,480 --> 00:53:45,639
certain point, if your roster is like tight and you

926
00:53:45,800 --> 00:53:49,159
need you need bats, I don't know, like Stours is

927
00:53:49,559 --> 00:53:51,400
definitely Stours is cut a ball.

928
00:53:53,199 --> 00:53:55,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, And it's crazy because like he's still hitting the

929
00:53:55,519 --> 00:53:58,519
ball hard. It just he's always hit the ball hard.

930
00:53:58,599 --> 00:54:00,599
Speaker 1: So even when he was bad, he was hitting the

931
00:54:00,639 --> 00:54:04,280
ball hard. Last year again, maybe something just clicked and

932
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,599
he was just having the run of his life, you know.

933
00:54:08,679 --> 00:54:13,079
The three fifty six Babbobs tends to suggest that's the possibility,

934
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:16,079
but you know, I think we all thought he would

935
00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:18,480
have leased it for power if not, you know, the

936
00:54:18,679 --> 00:54:20,119
average would probably bought him out.

937
00:54:20,239 --> 00:54:24,119
Speaker 2: But even the power is down dramatically. So yeah, I

938
00:54:24,199 --> 00:54:25,119
don't know what's going on.

939
00:54:25,199 --> 00:54:28,599
Speaker 1: With hours and I you know, any anytime that you

940
00:54:29,079 --> 00:54:32,840
can't really dig into the numbers and see something, and

941
00:54:32,960 --> 00:54:36,639
even watching like there's nothing that you can really tell

942
00:54:36,760 --> 00:54:40,039
is different from last year. So just feels like it

943
00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:44,400
maybe just isn't there. Let's sagn off it up grade.

944
00:54:44,599 --> 00:54:49,599
Josh Hater has finally returned. He is He's just pulled

945
00:54:49,679 --> 00:54:53,760
the rock. He has finally returned to Houston. What are

946
00:54:53,800 --> 00:54:57,719
your thoughts here on Josh Hater? Immediately a top closer.

947
00:54:57,400 --> 00:54:59,920
Speaker 4: Again, I would I would say to Josh if I

948
00:55:00,079 --> 00:55:02,480
can speak with Josh Hater, I would say, how is

949
00:55:03,079 --> 00:55:05,880
the White Lotus resort that you've been at for the

950
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:08,960
last six months? Or where were you if it wasn't

951
00:55:09,000 --> 00:55:11,719
if it wasn't White Lotus, where where have you been?

952
00:55:13,400 --> 00:55:18,639
I mean you've been gone a while, man, Yeah, I mean,

953
00:55:19,159 --> 00:55:23,159
you know, My my favorite part of Josh Hater's return,

954
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:25,800
even that I don't have Josh Hater, but my my

955
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:28,239
favorite part of him coming back is I'm able to

956
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:32,320
finally drop Brian King and Brian A bray you and

957
00:55:33,920 --> 00:55:37,360
Meate Pearson like get them all, get them off my

958
00:55:37,679 --> 00:55:42,000
and yelled Dla Santas, get off my teams. Guys, I'm done.

959
00:55:42,519 --> 00:55:47,920
I'm done speculating on astro sieves. So yeah, you know,

960
00:55:48,079 --> 00:55:51,360
if you have Josh Hayter, congrats, he's good.

961
00:55:52,639 --> 00:55:52,840
Speaker 2: Yeah.

962
00:55:52,920 --> 00:55:55,960
Speaker 1: If you have Pete Fairbanks, I apologize for your recently

963
00:55:56,199 --> 00:56:00,800
a woes. He is he has struggled recently. Gray, He's

964
00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:03,440
had a couple of blow ups in the last few outings.

965
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:07,000
Speaker 2: He's you know, just been awful. I mean, there's no

966
00:56:07,119 --> 00:56:08,239
real way to go around that.

967
00:56:08,440 --> 00:56:08,639
Speaker 1: Gray.

968
00:56:09,519 --> 00:56:12,559
Speaker 2: Any concern that he might lose his grip on the

969
00:56:12,679 --> 00:56:14,360
job there in Miami, No.

970
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:17,800
Speaker 4: No, no, absolutely not no. I you know, I think

971
00:56:18,679 --> 00:56:23,559
Pete Fairbanks has one hundred percent hold on the Marlins

972
00:56:23,719 --> 00:56:30,679
job if he's healthy, and Pete fairbanks possibility for being

973
00:56:30,760 --> 00:56:38,760
healthy is like twenty five percent, So there's there's a

974
00:56:38,920 --> 00:56:42,760
real strong chance that Pete Fairbanks is not healthy. So

975
00:56:42,920 --> 00:56:45,920
that that could be. I wouldn't be shocked by that.

976
00:56:46,880 --> 00:56:49,960
I would be shocked if they were just like, you know,

977
00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,960
you're no, you're gonna pitch the eighth inning now, that

978
00:56:53,039 --> 00:56:56,039
would and not close games for us. That would be

979
00:56:56,159 --> 00:57:01,079
shocking because I feel like I'm anticipating him being moved

980
00:57:01,320 --> 00:57:05,400
in July for whatever they could possibly get in a trade.

981
00:57:05,840 --> 00:57:08,599
So they absolutely want to trade him. So you know,

982
00:57:08,719 --> 00:57:14,159
I'm I'm guessing. I'm guessing he's healthy until we hear different.

983
00:57:14,480 --> 00:57:17,599
I mean, I don't know. He has been terrible though,

984
00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:23,039
that is not a lot. He's been awful. You know,

985
00:57:23,159 --> 00:57:26,039
his walks are out of control. I actually he may

986
00:57:26,119 --> 00:57:28,840
not be healthy now that I think about. I mean,

987
00:57:29,119 --> 00:57:32,480
he may not, but you know, if he's if he

988
00:57:32,639 --> 00:57:39,719
is actually injured, Anthony Bender is the handcuff I would grab.

989
00:57:40,480 --> 00:57:43,239
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's who I'm looking at as well. Over in

990
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:47,159
Saint Louis, Riley O'Brien has also been on Struggle Street

991
00:57:47,199 --> 00:57:51,079
the last month or so, Gray writing a six plus

992
00:57:51,199 --> 00:57:56,639
c ra one point five plus whip not the numbers

993
00:57:56,719 --> 00:58:00,559
you want to see from a closer If do you

994
00:58:00,599 --> 00:58:01,760
think the Cardinals are moving on?

995
00:58:01,960 --> 00:58:03,840
Speaker 2: If if they do, look at somebody else? So do

996
00:58:03,920 --> 00:58:05,199
you who are you grabbing up?

997
00:58:08,159 --> 00:58:11,199
Speaker 4: So I actually I picked up what's his name grass,

998
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:17,000
Gordon Grass? I think, yeah, I picked up Gordon grisefo

999
00:58:17,199 --> 00:58:21,320
in a couple of leagues this weekend because he's been

1000
00:58:21,440 --> 00:58:25,119
so good, but I don't think he's the I don't

1001
00:58:25,199 --> 00:58:28,719
I wouldn't guess he is the guy. If O'Brien is

1002
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:32,880
injured or removed from the job, I would I guess

1003
00:58:32,920 --> 00:58:38,960
it would be George Serrano would probably be or Stantic

1004
00:58:39,159 --> 00:58:41,440
Maybe I don't know. They probably go to a committee.

1005
00:58:42,800 --> 00:58:46,960
You know something I've I've noticed this year more so

1006
00:58:47,519 --> 00:58:50,079
than others, or maybe not more so. Maybe I'm you know,

1007
00:58:50,159 --> 00:58:52,519
maybe it's confirmation biased, but I have noticed that, like

1008
00:58:52,960 --> 00:58:56,880
it seems there's like if a closer goes down this year,

1009
00:58:57,079 --> 00:59:00,000
it doesn't seem like there's a set guy to replace.

1010
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:03,000
It's more like, you know, it's always a committee. It

1011
00:59:03,119 --> 00:59:06,239
seems like it's never like, oh, you know, he goes

1012
00:59:06,320 --> 00:59:09,440
down and then like even like with Fairbanks, like I said,

1013
00:59:09,480 --> 00:59:12,760
Anthony Bender, it could be like five different guys. Like

1014
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:15,880
I'm just saying, Bender seems like the setup man right now.

1015
00:59:16,039 --> 00:59:19,079
But like they don't seem like, you know, like when

1016
00:59:19,159 --> 00:59:21,960
Fairbanks went down earlier this year, it was like five

1017
00:59:22,039 --> 00:59:24,800
different guys became the closer. And it seems like that's

1018
00:59:24,880 --> 00:59:28,519
been the case for you know, the most part with

1019
00:59:29,519 --> 00:59:34,440
you know, injury injured, closers, and then the replacements have

1020
00:59:34,639 --> 00:59:39,199
never been very clear cut, you know, and also in

1021
00:59:39,920 --> 00:59:43,440
general with closers this year they're a mess.

1022
00:59:43,599 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 3: Man.

1023
00:59:44,159 --> 00:59:48,679
Speaker 4: I mean it's Mason Miller, Kate Smith, and then like

1024
00:59:49,079 --> 00:59:54,039
I'm on the player Raider right now, Louis Varland, Aaron Ashby,

1025
00:59:54,119 --> 01:00:02,719
who's the king of Vulture Wins, Duran Seawald, Riley O'Brien,

1026
01:00:03,280 --> 01:00:10,960
Brian Baker, Gregory Soto, and Rico Garcia. That's the top ten.

1027
01:00:12,719 --> 01:00:16,360
You know, Kate Smith and Miller were obviously, Duran was

1028
01:00:16,480 --> 01:00:19,800
drafted high. So there's three three guys there who were

1029
01:00:19,960 --> 01:00:24,679
you know, drafted relatively high. And that's like, you know,

1030
01:00:24,960 --> 01:00:30,079
that's going down to around, you know, like there's there's

1031
01:00:30,119 --> 01:00:33,320
so many guys that are just like wait, where did that?

1032
01:00:33,440 --> 01:00:35,639
I don't know where that came from? Like okay, Like

1033
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:39,960
Aaron Ashby's obviously completely out of nowhere. But Louis Varland,

1034
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:44,000
I think his era is like zero point two six

1035
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:47,480
or something. It's like, man, I wish I had Louis

1036
01:00:47,599 --> 01:00:51,679
Varland on a team, Like he's been amazing, Brian Baker's

1037
01:00:51,719 --> 01:00:54,000
been incredible, but it's always like this, I mean, that's

1038
01:00:54,400 --> 01:00:57,840
it's sagn off. It's always like you think it's gonna

1039
01:00:57,840 --> 01:01:00,840
be the guys, you know, and Mason knowing Kate Smith

1040
01:01:00,920 --> 01:01:03,000
had been good, but you think it's gonna be like

1041
01:01:03,480 --> 01:01:06,960
the Andres munez Is of the world, who like, you know,

1042
01:01:07,039 --> 01:01:10,239
it's always those like, not the top top closers, even

1043
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:12,800
though Edwin Diaz was a top closer and he's you know,

1044
01:01:13,159 --> 01:01:17,559
he's injured, which is unforeseeable, but he's still injured. But

1045
01:01:17,679 --> 01:01:20,880
there's always like there's this group of closures that are

1046
01:01:21,119 --> 01:01:23,800
really good at the very top usually I mean, you know,

1047
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:26,199
for the most part, and then there's like then there's

1048
01:01:26,280 --> 01:01:29,639
like the closers who are going in like the fifty

1049
01:01:29,719 --> 01:01:33,559
to one hundred range that are like overpriced, and you're like,

1050
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:36,400
oh yeah, it's like, oh this guy is gonna be great,

1051
01:01:36,480 --> 01:01:39,199
Andres Munez is gonna be great, and it's like, oh,

1052
01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:44,159
he's terrible, so bad. He's just like and you're like,

1053
01:01:44,480 --> 01:01:47,800
how did that happen? It would be so good, and

1054
01:01:48,000 --> 01:01:52,199
it's like what there's I don't know, it's just sagnof man. Anyway,

1055
01:01:52,400 --> 01:01:54,440
let's let's move on. I don't even know.

1056
01:01:56,639 --> 01:01:59,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, great, it's okay, great, I get it. I understand.

1057
01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:03,119
I think the audience understands, and just don't don't overdraft

1058
01:02:03,679 --> 01:02:05,320
the middle of relievers.

1059
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 1: You know, top end of relievers can hurt because you

1060
01:02:08,000 --> 01:02:10,679
spend the high draft costs on them, but they are

1061
01:02:10,880 --> 01:02:15,239
usually good if they're healthy. Then once you get past

1062
01:02:15,360 --> 01:02:17,519
that and get into the realm of I have to

1063
01:02:17,599 --> 01:02:19,639
have a closer. I need a draft one right now.

1064
01:02:20,480 --> 01:02:23,440
That's usually where the mistakes kind of fall in. Yeah,

1065
01:02:24,559 --> 01:02:28,239
you and just Gomez has been good, I mean he's

1066
01:02:28,280 --> 01:02:32,280
been great. Gray, is he now the closer in Minnesota?

1067
01:02:32,639 --> 01:02:35,920
Or can you just never ever ever trust the twins

1068
01:02:35,960 --> 01:02:37,320
to give the closer roll to anybody?

1069
01:02:38,039 --> 01:02:38,239
Speaker 3: Well?

1070
01:02:38,360 --> 01:02:41,079
Speaker 4: I mean Derek Shelton says he doesn't want to name

1071
01:02:41,159 --> 01:02:44,519
a closer, which is like, I don't know, I don't

1072
01:02:44,559 --> 01:02:48,599
know why. Why do you not want people to feel

1073
01:02:48,639 --> 01:02:51,719
secure in their job and you do not want them

1074
01:02:51,800 --> 01:02:55,039
to understand their role in Like what are you doing,

1075
01:02:55,280 --> 01:02:59,360
Derek Shelton, I don't know, But yeah, I mean Gomez

1076
01:02:59,440 --> 01:03:01,760
has been good, good, He's been good for like a

1077
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:05,480
good I want to say, six weeks now, he's been solid.

1078
01:03:06,199 --> 01:03:07,960
I would even pick him up at this point, and

1079
01:03:08,199 --> 01:03:12,599
I've I've been ignoring the Twins bullpen for most of

1080
01:03:12,639 --> 01:03:14,559
the season, but at this point I would I would

1081
01:03:14,599 --> 01:03:17,000
pick up Gomez. I actually I think I put in

1082
01:03:17,360 --> 01:03:20,239
a fab bed for him, so I might actually pick

1083
01:03:20,320 --> 01:03:21,320
him up this weekend.

1084
01:03:22,760 --> 01:03:25,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, and if you're listening, we're recording this on Sunday,

1085
01:03:25,440 --> 01:03:27,559
So that's why the fab bids have not gone through.

1086
01:03:28,000 --> 01:03:30,199
Speaker 2: We don't know who we've gotten yet or what crazy

1087
01:03:30,280 --> 01:03:33,480
bids are out there. But yeah, I like you unders

1088
01:03:33,519 --> 01:03:34,599
go miss. He's been great.

1089
01:03:34,679 --> 01:03:37,480
Speaker 1: So even if you you still are in a little

1090
01:03:37,480 --> 01:03:39,719
bit of a split because it's the twins, I don't

1091
01:03:39,760 --> 01:03:41,639
mind it. It seems like he's getting the bulk. He

1092
01:03:41,719 --> 01:03:44,440
got two saves in the last couple of weeks.

1093
01:03:45,440 --> 01:03:45,599
Speaker 4: You know.

1094
01:03:45,760 --> 01:03:49,199
Speaker 1: The counter to that is in the last month they've

1095
01:03:49,280 --> 01:03:51,920
had four different people get saves. So it is the

1096
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:54,760
twins still, But Gomez.

1097
01:03:54,360 --> 01:03:54,960
Speaker 2: Has been great.

1098
01:03:55,880 --> 01:03:58,360
Speaker 1: Clinton Beeter had kind of gotten together but then got

1099
01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:01,559
shelled this week for a blown save and on to

1100
01:04:01,679 --> 01:04:04,960
Eurn and just you know, Killdr e Reign for this week.

1101
01:04:05,039 --> 01:04:07,400
But what are your thoughts here on Clayton Beeter the

1102
01:04:07,519 --> 01:04:10,800
Nationals closer? Is there any concern on him losing his role?

1103
01:04:12,519 --> 01:04:12,760
Speaker 2: Yeah?

1104
01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:15,639
Speaker 4: I mean at some point probably because he has a

1105
01:04:15,880 --> 01:04:19,559
near seven walk per nine, so that's probably gonna that'll

1106
01:04:19,559 --> 01:04:23,599
probably catch up to him. I you know, the good

1107
01:04:23,880 --> 01:04:25,880
the good and the bad is I don't think Beeter

1108
01:04:26,079 --> 01:04:29,079
is very good. But the good news is I don't

1109
01:04:29,079 --> 01:04:32,800
think the Nationals have really a replacement for Beeter, So

1110
01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:36,320
I mean they might try like Brad Lord or something,

1111
01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:40,199
but it's not like he's He's not a legitimate replacement.

1112
01:04:40,400 --> 01:04:45,920
So I mean, I guess Beeter. You know, I wouldn't really,

1113
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:50,119
I wouldn't speculate past Beeter. If I were really looking

1114
01:04:50,159 --> 01:04:52,840
for saves, I would pick up Clayton Beeter. But and

1115
01:04:52,920 --> 01:04:54,519
I wouldn't speculate past him.

1116
01:04:56,280 --> 01:04:59,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's probably the right move. I mean,

1117
01:04:59,320 --> 01:05:03,119
they're both in has actually been fairly solid. It's been

1118
01:05:03,199 --> 01:05:06,159
one of the National's key, you know, strong points this year.

1119
01:05:07,079 --> 01:05:11,880
But I they they've rotated, and if it's not Claim Beader, I.

1120
01:05:11,880 --> 01:05:14,079
Speaker 2: Don't know that they're going to commit to anybody.

1121
01:05:14,199 --> 01:05:17,000
Speaker 1: So I'm with you, I'm not really speculating beyond him

1122
01:05:17,639 --> 01:05:20,119
if you really want to, I think Brad Lord is

1123
01:05:20,159 --> 01:05:22,960
probably the guy that I would look at. Orlando h

1124
01:05:23,039 --> 01:05:26,119
Balta has also been good as well, so you could

1125
01:05:26,159 --> 01:05:30,599
go in that direction, and then Uh, Richard Lovelight, he's

1126
01:05:30,639 --> 01:05:32,400
not been good, but he has three saves in the

1127
01:05:32,480 --> 01:05:34,239
last month, So there's there's.

1128
01:05:34,079 --> 01:05:35,199
Speaker 2: Also that possibility.

1129
01:05:37,800 --> 01:05:42,199
Speaker 1: Uh, Brock Burke Gray, you know, over in Cincinnati, they've

1130
01:05:42,400 --> 01:05:43,840
just kind of been running with whoever.

1131
01:05:44,079 --> 01:05:48,519
Speaker 2: But is Burke taking over or you concerned that you know,

1132
01:05:48,760 --> 01:05:51,559
he might he might be losing his grip on it.

1133
01:05:51,679 --> 01:05:53,679
I mean he's not. I guess there's not really a grip.

1134
01:05:53,719 --> 01:05:56,800
He's never I don't think he has the same on

1135
01:05:56,880 --> 01:06:01,159
the season, but I guess gonna get a lie for him.

1136
01:06:01,519 --> 01:06:07,119
Speaker 4: He's basically he's got WT forty all over his hands

1137
01:06:07,719 --> 01:06:10,360
and he's trying to gript something he's trying.

1138
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,639
Speaker 2: So he's in Philadelphia after a.

1139
01:06:13,719 --> 01:06:19,239
Speaker 4: Title with him Yeah, he's got basoline on his fingertips.

1140
01:06:19,400 --> 01:06:25,000
I think, you know, the Reds so like Tino Francona,

1141
01:06:25,360 --> 01:06:28,280
I think he actually like you know, like I was

1142
01:06:28,320 --> 01:06:32,559
saying earlier with like, you know, closers, uh get injured

1143
01:06:32,639 --> 01:06:37,000
and then their replacements never like their replacements are messed Uh.

1144
01:06:37,239 --> 01:06:39,079
And the Reds are a good example where it's like

1145
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:43,480
I feel like Francona would love for Tony Santillan to

1146
01:06:43,559 --> 01:06:45,760
actually take the chop and run with it, like they

1147
01:06:45,920 --> 01:06:49,480
keep going to him and he keeps sucking so bad,

1148
01:06:49,679 --> 01:06:54,519
so bad, right, So it's like Rock Burke might get

1149
01:06:54,599 --> 01:06:58,760
saved just because, like for no other reason other than

1150
01:06:58,760 --> 01:07:02,159
the fact that Santilla isn't good. The problem is Burke

1151
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:05,800
is a lefty and Sam Mole he got a save

1152
01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:08,679
i think earlier this week, and he's a lefty too

1153
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:12,320
and also not very good. So it's like they don't

1154
01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:15,679
really have a guy that can step up and you know,

1155
01:07:16,760 --> 01:07:21,519
close games. Tony Santillan is probably in the lead, but

1156
01:07:21,679 --> 01:07:25,159
it's a mess. The Reds are a complete mess when

1157
01:07:25,199 --> 01:07:27,679
it comes to their bullpen. So I don't know. I

1158
01:07:28,440 --> 01:07:31,480
I guess you'd try Burke because at least he's been

1159
01:07:31,599 --> 01:07:34,320
good and maybe he gets a save or two. But

1160
01:07:34,599 --> 01:07:35,719
it's not a great situation.

1161
01:07:37,239 --> 01:07:41,320
Speaker 1: It's not and you know, unfortunately, the two the only

1162
01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:44,480
two believers who were any good in Cincinnati this season

1163
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are lefties, and it's Burke and Caleb Ferguson.

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Speaker 2: So I really don't know what direction they're gonna go

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or if they're just gonna keep.

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Speaker 1: Trying to, you know, shove Tony Santilla into that that

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circle shaped hole that he.

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Speaker 2: Doesn't fit in.

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Speaker 1: Over in San Francisco, Gray, who who are you? Who

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are you looking at? At this point?

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Speaker 4: Is another another example of like a closer went down

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and like no, literally no one can step up here.

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It's like crazy that, like they can't get one guy

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to like just step up and close games. I don't know.

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I think Keaton Win maybe is the latest, but Caleb

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Killian is also there and potentially could get saves. I mean,

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you know, it's like, I mean, I think Keaton Win

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actually hasn't been bad, if that's you know, that's anything.

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I mean, he only has one save though on the year,

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so it's not like they keep going to him. They

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seem to, you know, to not have a videolo over there.

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The manager seems like he wants to keep going to

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Caleb Killian even though, yes, not he hasn't been good.

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So I don't know. I would probably try and win,

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but it's not not a good situation either.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I would go with Caleb Killian.

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Speaker 1: I think he's the one who has the closer stuff

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so to speak. And to be fair, his blow ups

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have happened like at Colorado. He gave up five hurd runs.

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You know that that could happen at Colorado you get

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the wrong day, So I'm not necessarily.

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Speaker 2: Holding that against Caleb Killian. That's probably where I would go.

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But you're right.

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Speaker 1: Every time they've they've sent somebody out to get a save,

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it seems like they're falling apart there in San Francisco.

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So those are the guys to look at if you're

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looking in San Francisco. But don't feel great about either.

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Once you give the people some wave of war bats,

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I'll give us pitchers and we will get out of here.

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Speaker 4: Gray Okay, cool. So you mentioned him earlier when we

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were talking about outfielders. Jake Magnum has been really good.

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He's actually at the top of the Seven Day Player

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Raider as of Sunday. Tristan Gray has been really good

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as well. He's also near the top. Nick Gonzales has

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been great. He actually seems like a legitimate hitter, which

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is odd for me to say, but yeah, I mean

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he looks good. Jake McCarthy and the Rockies. Ever since

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Mickey Moniac went down, McCarthy's been good. Andrew Bennettendi has

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actually been hot, Carson Bench, who he mentioned earlier. He's

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been really hot. Tyler Freeman has been hot, Jung Whu

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Lee has been hot. Michael Massey has been hot. Wade

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Meckler and Jose Siri for the Smeckler Platoon, they've both

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been hot. Paul Goldschmidt has been carrying the Vaughan Grisham

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has been carrying the Angels now him and Wade Meckler.

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Vaughan Grisham and Wade Meckler. I mean, honestly, of course

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the Angels are going to be terrible, but they have

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been hot recently. Uh, Jorge Matteo has been hot, right Eldridge,

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JP Crawford, David Hamilton has been really hot, and uh

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Oswald Pirazza and Caleb Durbin has finally showing signs. So

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there's some people.

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Speaker 2: Yep on the streaming side.

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Speaker 1: Zach Lettel versus Seattle, JT Gin versus Milwaukee, Wilbert Walpert

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Urana versus Houston, Luis Gestillo at Washington, Saint dro And

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versus Philly, Kate Cavali versus Seattle.

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Speaker 5: Andrew have it at San Diego, and Andre Piante always

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on this list at the Mets isn't perfect, but the

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Mets also have been off all so I don't really

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mind that kebar Rocker is back again.

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Speaker 2: He always tempts me, and I'm just gonna keep falling

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for it because he's looked good in his return. He

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is at Kansas City. Zebbie Matthews, he of the up

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and down, and that is that as always how we

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will be. He is at Detroit this week. Actually, I

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take that back, Zebbie Matthews on.

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Speaker 1: The road, you're gonna you want to sit him down

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a hundred dobbins at the Mets instead for him.

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Speaker 2: And then Walker Bueler versus Cincinnati.

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Speaker 1: Walker Bueler has quietly, very quietly been pretty solid case

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Case haven't really been where you know, Prii walker Bueler was,

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but he's been a very solid streamer for the last

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month or two.

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Speaker 2: That's all we got for you this week.

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Speaker 6: If you have any specific questions, you can find us

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on x I Am at rasbeat on Gray is at Rasball.

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01:12:36,880 --> 01:12:40,399
You can find us on YouTube dot com, slash Rasball Fantasy,

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or on rasball.

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Speaker 2: Dot com down in the common section.

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Speaker 1: May you make the right selections in your lineup sets,

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but you win all your fab bits and we'll talk

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01:12:50,000 --> 01:12:50,680
to you next week.

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Speaker 2: See you great, all right,