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Speaker 3: Are you in Augusta for the Masters?
Speaker 1: I am Augusta A Jason. I'm going to Masters on Wednesday,
so we're we're hanging out in the the area until then.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I have a favor.
Speaker 2: Okay, I have a favor. Since you're there, could you
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because I think, like I feel like he's he's gonna
he's gonna hurt somebody, if not himself, if he doesn't
get a.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think I got the official contract from Eldrick today.
You know, got the official name on it, not the
not the brand names.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, yeah that's yeah, that's right Eldrick or something. Right. Yeah,
he needs.
Speaker 1: Somebody to drive him around rehab for the next next
few months for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. I was actually, you know, it's weird. I
was reading that Life of Pie book and it's not
about Tiger Woods at all being on the raft are
Like what, I don't get it. But if Tiger Woods
was on that raft, would think would have caps way.
What's going on, man, Tiger? Why are you driving us
straight into the middle of a tsunami? Brother, I'm gonna
get him a driver.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's absolutely hipster. And the amount of money
he has, I mean, I would never never touch a
steering wheel again.
Speaker 2: That was like, like, honestly, it's it's interesting though, because
it's like a window into some people's psyche. Because like
if I had say, I don't know a trillion dollars
I want to be on Twitter, I would be like
I would I would be like, you know what, I
think I'm gonna buy South America and just own the
entire continent to be like, you know what I'm gonna
hang I'm hanging out.
Speaker 3: In Brazil today.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, you know, so people with their money,
they don't know we spend their time or money correctly.
I'm just saying, oh man, yeah, so uh cool cool brother.
So I so I thought it might be a good
idea to go over quickly my FAB because I didn't
see and I also, you know, just so people know
who they're listening to, I think I'm in dead last
out of like thirty thousand teams. So so just saying no,
this is this is kind of important. Anyway, I did
a FAB and for this is fifteen team. I didn't
see him mentioned in your notes. That's why I'm bringing
it up now. But people should stash Didier Fwent is
now in FAB. I got him for forty out of
one thousand dollars, so roughly four dollars out of one hundred,
and I saw, I saw he went for more in
some legus less than other legs. You know, whatever LEAs
leaks very depending on size and how much people are
still paying attention twelve days into the season. But uh, yeah,
so Diniar Fuentez is I think a good stash. He
looks incredible in Uh, it's just a matter I believe.
I want to be shocked if we see him like
within a week, maybe two at the most, because like
he's just mowing down people everywhere he goes. That's included,
like he's right now, he's being stretched out in the
minor down in Triple A, and he.
Speaker 3: Is mowing people down, man, Like it's insane.
Speaker 2: I I know it's only you know, it's only a
few innings, so small sample size obviously, but did your
flint as like I want him in every league.
Speaker 3: I'm even I'm stashing him right now in.
Speaker 2: Twelve team leagues just to see if he looks as
good in the majors as he looked in a spring
training and b the minor leagues right now. So yeah,
I'm I just I just want to throw that out
there because we did have we had FAB for you
know some leagues on Sunday.
Speaker 1: Yeah, absolutely, And also we have if you're in the
wrest LAMB, which I know you are, Gray as as am.
I we actually have our first of two FAB runs
for the wrest Lam tomorrow, so I guess probably today
you're listening, which is April seventh, so hopefully you have
put those in. I don't believe it runs in the morning.
I think it actually runs sometimes in the day, so
hopefully you're listening this if you forgot about that, but
go make your your FAB claims out there. Would you
grab Diddy a with as in a league like Rats
Slam where it is a best ball format, so you know,
taking up a roster spot where it's not necessarily producing
for you can be a little detrimental. But we also
don't have another one until June, So what are your
thoughts on grabbing somebody like him on this background?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would. There's a technicality I think is probably
worth mentioning that if a guy wasn't drafted, he's and
he didn't start the year in the majors and he
hasn't been called up yet, he's not going to show
up in free agency. So there's a good chance that
Didier Fuentez is either on a team or not available,
So it's probably mood, but I would in theory, I
would pick up Didier Fuentez in the Rats Slam.
Speaker 3: Yeah, and the Rats Slam is also rather than three thousand.
Speaker 2: Teams being dead lasted, I'm only I think I'm only
dead lasting like three hundred teams for the rest.
Speaker 1: Well, plenty of time to turn that around, Gray, lots
and lots of season.
Speaker 2: Left, good Man turn out the year. Well, you know
what I'm saying. I'm like, I'm I'm in mid season
right now, doing good.
Speaker 1: For everybody listening. But didn't understand what Gray was talking
about in regards to point is not being available. That
is an n FBC specific quirk that you if a
prospect is not drafted, they cannot be added to a
team until they are then promoted to the Major. So
if you're wondering why you're looking at your league, you're like,
I see my dad's right there, why wouldn't I grab them?
That's that's what we're talking about.
Speaker 2: Yeah, technically the Rats Slam is at an FBC, So
that's why I felt like it was worth mentioning. We're
talking about the rest.
Speaker 1: You know, we know that, Gray, but everybody listening may
not be in the wrestlam or may not be aware
that it is on NF. So just throwing those details out.
Speaker 2: Right right right, right, right, right right right.
Speaker 1: Somebody who somebody who would have been drafted in all
those leagues, but if he wasn't would have become available
this week Gray, And that is Connor Griffin. He signs
a contract with the Pirates for nine years, one hundred
and forty million dollars. Has not played a single game
in the majors when he signed the contract. Last year
in High A. In Double A, he had twenty five
or twenty one home runs and sixty five stone bases
and hit three thirty three sixteen games. In spring training
he had four home runs of stone base only hit
won seventy one and then in five games in Triple A.
So far this year he has three stone bases and
he's hitting four thirty eight. So Connor Griffin, Gray, obviously,
if he's available, you're adding him. But where are you
sliding him in amongst shortstops if you're looking to potentially
trade for him?
Speaker 2: Yeah, So about the the nine year, one hundred and
forty million. I wish I would have been to fly
on the wall during those discussions, because I feel like
it was probably like Connor Griffin and his his agent
was probably like, Okay, we'll do five years for two
hundred and Bob Nutting and his people were like twelve years,
fifteen dollars in Somewhere. Somehow they eventually they got on
the same page. And honestly, you know, good for the
pirates because and actually good for Connor Griffin too, because
like he's got generational money at one hundred and forty million,
and he's still only gonna be what twenty eight years
old when his contract is up, So in theory, like
if he's as good as you know advertised, which you know,
I think he is at twenty eight years old, he's
gonna be able to sign another ten year deal for like,
you know, five hundred plus million at that point if
he is as good, so you know, he like, both
both sides did really well here, you know. I think,
uh some people were talking about how there're you know,
people are signing uh rookies or prospects even to these
long term deals as a way of uh you know,
avoiding the salary cap. Which is coming, uh, which potentially
could be coming next year, depending on you know, how
the negotiations go on the new CBA, and you know,
to that, I say, I don't think the Pirates probably
really to worry about salary cap. I just I would
be I would be kind of surprised if the Pirates
are like, oh shucks, we couldn't sign Paul Schemes for
four hundred million because of the salary cap. Ah Man anyway,
so real baseball and money and contracts aside. We were
I think we both said Connor Griffin would be sent
down to start the year, So we were both right,
slight caveat that. I think we both thought he wouldn't
be up for much longer. I personally did not think
he was going to be up until at least May.
I was kind of surprised that they called him up already.
I you know, I'm actually I feel like he you know,
he obviously he's more than capable. His last year in
the minors just ludicrous. I mean, twenty one homers, sixty
five steals, three thirty three as a nineteen year old,
I mean, it's really and the caveat of as a
nineteen year old is super important there because like seen
year olds don't do.
Speaker 3: That stuff, Like that's just insane.
Speaker 2: Even if it was at mostly at lower levels of
the minor still, I mean he has shown that, you know,
at nineteen, Like if a guy is promoted at nineteen,
I think it was like Soto, I believe was like
the last guy who like, you know, it's like if
guys are promoted at nineteen, then it's like, okay, are
they going to be Hall of Famers or just incredibly
good multiple year all stars in the major leagues. It's
like there's not a there's not a ton of guys
who get promoted at nineteen and are just like he
kind of thinks, like that doesn't it just doesn't happen.
Like there's no like, there's very few examples of like
nineteen year olds that come up and are just like,
you know, completely awful, barring you know, some sort of
unforeseen circumstances legal issue, Right, We'll leave it at that.
But yeah, I mean, you know, otherwise you get promoted
at nineteen, you're going to be a superstar. So yeah,
and I see no reason why Connor grifferin Griffin can't
be a superstar there's like there's nothing in his profile
that like jumps off the page of me, and it's
like some sort of like concern. I'm honestly, I wish
I would have drafted him every league because at where
he was going. I think when when it when he
got sent down and it was clear he wasn't going
to break camp with the team, I think he was going,
as you know, after two hundred, at a certain point,
I think he I think he started falling in some leagues,
maybe not all, but I think he was starting to
fall and people got good deals there at the end.
If you drafted him, even if you draft him at
like one seventy one fifty, even like overall, like I
think on the Player Raider, on the rest of the
season player Raider, I believe he's like his projections come
out at like top seventy five overall for hitters, top
one hundred, one ten overall for everyone. I think he's, uh,
he's probably you know, I wouldn't say he's probably like
one of the best projected rookies that I can remember,
like in recent memory, at least like his his projections
taking everyone else aside. I mean, his projections just look
like you know, fifteen Home, fifteen Homer, thirty Steel two
fifty five average and that's you know, I mean roughly
mckel garcia ish and you know where he went and drafts.
I mean, people should know where he went. It wasn't
that long ago you guys were drafting. So yeah, I mean,
you know, Miguel Garcia I think is probably a fair
comp too. I want to say maybe top, you know, top.
Speaker 3: I would say if I was redrafting right.
Speaker 2: This second, I'd probably put him in the in the
top seventy overall, maybe maybe top sixty. So yeah, I'm
a I'm a huge fan obviously, I think everyone probably is.
I mean I'm not I'm not saying anything outside of
the ordinary here. I think if Connor Griffin does what
he's capable of, I mean, I you know, I mean
it's a little early to be talking about next season,
but top twenty overall is well within the realm of possibilities,
like at worst top thirty. I mean, it depends on
how he looks this year, but I don't know, it's
gonna be It's gonna be interesting. It's it would be
shocking to me if he completely, like you know, stumbles
and is terrible. He might have some growing pains. I
mean most guys do. And at nineteen or you know, well,
he's gonna be twenty in a couple of weeks, but
still at nineteen if he's like you know, if he
if he only does say fifteen, twenty two fifty, it's
still a success at night for nineteen. You know, at
at nineteen, Juan Soto hit twenty two, Homers stole five
bags and hit two ninety two. And you know, I
mean if he if Connor Griffin did some of that, Like,
if he did, he's more speed than Sodo obviously, but
if he, if he did comparable sort of fantasy value,
it wouldn't shock me. That's and that's where we're at,
I think with Condor Griffin. I mean, there's no the
ceiling is we don't.
Speaker 3: Even know the ceiling yet.
Speaker 2: He's he's gonna be a top three overall pick within
three years, easy.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he could, he could definitely do do
all of that. Gray he is. He has all of
the talent in the world to put it all together.
You know, you gave some general numbers for where you
would put him in your rankings, just among amongst shortstops.
I'm going back to your draft rankings here him or Jeremy.
Speaker 2: Pennon, uh, Connor Griffin.
Speaker 1: Griffin or oh shit, Griffin Griffin or Corey Seeger Griffin
Griffin or Mookie Betts.
Speaker 2: MM, that's tough because I really didn't like Mookie Bets
coming into the year. Done much chance would I think
if if I'm being honest, I would have ranked Bets
above Griffin in the preseason if even if I knew
he was Griffin was breaking camp.
Speaker 1: Yeah, just the just the counting stats below, and where
he fits him in your best lineup in baseball. I mean,
it's it's hard to just push that album when you're
making preseason rankings and say, draft this unproven rookie above him,
even though he's very, very good. So I think we
have a good idea where he fits a position. Let's
move over to some some pitching. Gray. We talked about
some some of the hitters who were hot and struggled
last week. Let's talk about some of the pitchers here
this week. Emit Shean, who I have on some teams
I'm sure a lot of our listeners do, and was
drafted very highly. He had a little bit of a
velocity dip at the end of spring training, and he
has now been really struggling to start season night inings pitch,
he has an eight year a one eight nine whip,
a eighteen point six percent strikeout rate, an eleven point
six percent walk rate. Velocity is still down a mile
or two from last year. Kaser obviously down walks away up.
The two starts were versus Arizona and at Washington, so
not not the toughest of competition. Any concerns here on
on immit Shean?
Speaker 2: Yeah, A little bit, well, yeah, a little concerning. Uh.
I would like to see Emma Sheen pitch well, and
he's bitching terrible, so I'm a little concerned. I uh,
you know, I think it sort of goes back to
how unpredictable pitching is that, Like, I mean, I couldn't
have been more excited about Emmachian coming into the year.
But if a guy loses two miles on his fastball,
it's like, and there's no way of knowing that. I mean,
it's not like there's just literally there's zero way of
knowing a guy is gonna be off on his fastball
that dramatically. So unfortunately, Yeah, I mean, I'm real concerned.
Uh I think you know, it's either like, the best
case scenario is it's a mechanical issue, he fixes that,
he regains the velocity, and he's fine. The worst case
scenario is the Dodgers, you know say, or I guess
there's a medium well, okay, the worst case scenario is
there's arm trouble. There's the medium case scenario, which is
like he just has a dead arm and he just
needs to you know, rest for two weeks, come back
and he'll be fine, which is you know, a sort
of not I wouldn't say a regular occurrence, but it happens.
So there's yeah. But I mean, as he looks right now,
he's like unstartable. There's there's no league where you can
be like, oh yeah, I mean Shean is like, you know,
pitching awful, and I'm gonna send him out there against
any team. Not gonna happen.
Speaker 1: He looks terrible, Yeah, he does. He does not look
like himself. It's it's tough. He has a matchup this
week versus Texas at home. That's in theory or really
good matchup for him. You know, I have him in
our our you know, only Gray, and I'm literally just
staring at him wondering if I should just start a
reliever in instead of him, because that's that's all I
have to replace him. Uh So, like you said, it's
it's it's really hard even you know, only to run
him out there. And again, you know I paid prices
for him pretty much.
Speaker 2: Yeah, who's your who's your reliever? Connor Phillips.
Speaker 1: Uh No, it'd be either Cole Henry or Alex Messi.
It would come in for him.
Speaker 2: Oh, Cole Henry, bro Absolutely, you've been phenomenal.
Speaker 1: Cole Henry has been great if you need a real
lever to just plug in in a day where you
don't have a starter and a daily or if you
have and you don't want to start it this week. Yeah,
Cole Henry has been great. Alex Bessie has actually been
good too. He just doesn't throw as much because the
Dodgers are in a stat so.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and there's less chance of him getting a saved.
But yeah, anyway, enough for your team.
Speaker 1: Yes, we're moved off of my team. Let's talk about
somebody who's probably on your team's great, and that is
Kyle Bradish eight and two thirds innings he has a
six to two three or er a one six two whip,
twenty six point three percent strikeout right, which in and
of itself is good, but it's down for him fifteen
point eight percent walk rate, which is bad for anybody
and in bad for him. Even the velocity looks fine.
He's been versus the Twins and at Pittsburgh, so again,
it's not a matchups thing where you like, oh, well,
he played against the Dodgers and the Yankees, so it's okay.
Any concerns here on your boy. How Bradish, He's never
he has literally never struggled when he's something healthy, I.
Speaker 2: Think he's I think he's probably a good by Low.
His command looks off. That's fixable for a guy with
you know, he has usually pretty decent he has solid
slash elite well maybe not an elite, but he has
solid command. Usually his command's way off. He's got in,
you know, really terrible babbitt, crazy left on base. His
k's look fine. Honestly, I'd say by Low, I'm not
really concerned about Kyle Bradish at this point. You know,
I think I think we're gonna look back and be like,
oh man, if only I bought low after those two
opening starts. It's for him. I'm looking at It's like
it's less than nine innings. It's small sample size. I'm
not worried.
Speaker 1: Yeah, nine innings is like a third of his innings
for the seasonally, So I mean, I'm just saying like
it could be. It could be a little tough here
if he's only gonna give us twenty good innings off
these bad ones. Would you, since you said by low,
there could be some people out there really panicking worried
about the innings. Didn't really he wasn't really sure about
draft him anyways, would you trade the number one starting
pitcher on our player raider right now am Schlittler for him?
Speaker 2: Uh Mmmm, That's actually a pretty good trade because, uh,
I feel like most people would go Schlitler, But I
think I would still go Bradish Schlittler. I feel like
is gonna come down and Brash is gonna go up.
But I mean it's a tough trade to make because
it's like apples for apples, But I would go Bradish
over Slitler, I guess is the point.
Speaker 1: Okay, how about how about also struggling and we're gonna
get to him here in a second Joe Ryan.
Speaker 2: Oh, you know, I I kind of I would go
Bradish over Ryan.
Speaker 1: Okay, And how about how about just the king of strikeouts,
Freddy Parolta.
Speaker 2: Don't Yeah, I mean I would. I would say Bradish
still over par Alta. But it's close and not a
trade I would really make, because like you know, again
it's apples for apples. But yeah, I would go Bradish.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I know this is gonna sound weird, and they
may come back to haul me at the end of
the season, but I think I would take all the
other guys over Bradish in this scenario. The health is
always a problem, and like I said that, as you mentioned,
the command just does not look right. It's not been
a you know, he's never been an elite command guy,
but he's been fine in that category. So that's that's
really concerning to me, and just the the Indians limitations.
On top of that, if I could get what I
pay for him essentially, or something of value back, I'd
be pretty tempted at this point. Unfortunately, again, he'd come
out in this next start, throw seven cleant innings and
ten k's and I'm I'm just gonna eat my words.
So let's move on to the next guy, which is
Nathan Uvaldi. Eight and two thirds Indians this year an
eleven four to two year, a two one nine whip
twenty six point seven percent strikeout rate, six point seven
percent walk rate. You know, the kra walk rate look fine.
They're in line with what he normally does. If anything,
the velocity's up from last year. What are your what
are your thoughts here on the Evaldi?
Speaker 2: Oh man, the velocity is up, the k raids up.
I mean the walks look fine. I'm buying Evaldi everywhere.
I mean, e Evaldi is like probably the number one
by right now. I would I would go, I would
try and get Evaldi in every leg.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and you may not even have to really buy it.
He may just get cut in shallow enough leagues where
you just grab him up for eighty one Babbitt fifty
four percent left on base. He's he's getting really unlucky.
Everything looks in line. This isn't a situation where I'm
concerned he's injured or there's a pitching mechanics issue, like
I'm kind of concerned with Shiad and Bradish, Like this
just feels like he's just gotten unlucky here. Earlier in
the season, I said, we're gonna talk about him. Let's
talk about him now. Joe Ryan Night and a third
this year four eight two e r A one two nine.
We have twenty five point six percent strikeout ray five
point one percent walk rate. Vast. He's down a little bit,
but he also started a little late because of the
lower back. Information right side Titan is the the latest
spring training. Are you concerned here? Not?
Speaker 2: Really, you know, my biggest concern really probably is the
fact that the Twins look just so awful that I
wouldn't be surprised to see it like a season of
like you know, five wins, ten losses and solid ratios
like they the Twins just look awful, just so bad.
So I don't know, I mean, that's you know, that's
he could be even he might even win twelve, twelve
to fourteen games, like you know, guys win games on
bad teams, So you know, take it with a grain
of salt. But Twins look bad. But otherwise, no, Joe
Ryan looks I think Joe Ryan looks fairly like basically
what he always is. Just maybe you know, a like
you said, VOSSI was down a little bit, but not
really that even that bad. So I yeah, I don't
mind Joe Ryan. I've I feel like he's a decent
buy as well.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I would be buying Joe Ryan. Everything looks in
line with him, and and he's the one, He's one
of them where and I guess the only one of
this group where he had one good start and one
bad start that makes his numbers look bad because we're
two starts end of the season, whereas the rest of
this group all had two bad starts. So I'm fine
with it. And velocity for Joe Ryan is down at
the beginning of pretty much every season, so this is
kind of just his his build up period. I'm not
I'm not concerned about it. I would also be buying
and buying pretty aggressively if somebody is worried about Joe Ryan.
Let's move on to some some better pitching, some some more.
There's some positive notes here Gray on the pitching side.
Code icing eleven and two thirds endings this year three
or ninety or a one two whip, thirty four percent
strikeout rate, ten percent of walk rate. You know, I
will say pre injury last year he was a one
three nine y ar A one one three whip guy
the velocity. He is up a mile or two, so
it's up to ninety six point six. It was ninety
four point seven the last two years. I'm liking what
I'm saying from k I Singa.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, agreed, I was. I probably couldn't have been
even more out on Senga in the pree turned into
a mistake because I wish I had Senga in a
bunch of leagues. He looks great, Velos is up everything
like you mentioned, like he's even been a little bit
unlucky like the K's look great. His command looks about
in line, you know, command not great, but in line
with what he usually does. And he seems like, you know,
all things being equal, neutral luck. He looks like a
you know two eight five to three five era pitcher,
which you know, I mean, I don't know how many
innings you're gonna get necessarily, cause you know, he hasn't
really stayed healthy. Uh you know, he's he's had a
little bit of health issues the last like year plus.
Speaker 3: But I mean, if he's healthy, he could give you.
Speaker 2: A solid one hundred and thirty innings of really solid
K's and ratio. So yeah, I Sanga looks good. I'm
you know, it's a little bit early to you know,
do uh a my a little bit of like my
bad Maya Culpa's feels a little bit early for that.
But Maya Culpa a little bit on code Singa because
he looks good and I said, don't draft him.
Speaker 1: Well, we went through the pitchy ranking, so hopefully everybody
who listened to the podcast listen to me and not
you on that one. I wasn't on Singa. That being said,
I also liked Rookie Sazaki, so you know, there's a
little bit of trade off there. Sasaki was freeing. In
my defense, he literally was freeing every draft Masaki.
Speaker 2: Honestly, I haven't read anything and created I don't really read.
I don't read just period stop now. I don't read
a lot of.
Speaker 3: Baseball content outside of my own.
Speaker 2: So in fairness, maybe people are talking about it, but
I'm surprised no one's all about the fact that the
ball and the mound are different in the US, and
maybe that's what's playing into this Rokie Sazaki stuff because
he looks awful, like he's he's on, like he got dropped.
I think in my fifteen team league, and I mean
I agree, I wouldn't I went in start him in
and NL only right now.
Speaker 1: No way, Yeah, you know, I think he looks like
a unfortunately, it looks like he just needs to go
to the pin. He was very dominant in the pin
last year. I don't know if if the ball is
the mound, if it's just the pressure of being on
the Dodgers, I don't know what it is for society,
but it's just not coming together. I mean he's like
he's six'. Two it shouldn't be an. Issue Where like
his hands are too small for the, ball like that
was my first. Thought it was, like, oh the ball
is probably too small and and maybe like that's the.
Issue but, no like he's a he's a big, Guy
LIKE i don't know why why he's having the issues he's.
Speaker 2: Having you, Know, NO i, agree it may not be
the issues THAT i.
Speaker 3: Said it could very. WELL i could very well be
wrong about the.
Speaker 2: Issues but there's something, Wrong like there's obviously there's like
like his his like his translation From japan to THE
us has been new. GOOD i mean that's that's something
that is Not i'm not going out on a limb
on saying, That but there has to be a, reason
like because he was in incredibly dominant In, Japan like
it wasn't like it was smoking mirrors over, there like
he was so. Good so, LIKE i don't, KNOW i, know,
MAN i, DON'T i don't.
Speaker 1: KNOW i don't. EITHER i have no idea because he
was just as clean as humanly possible In, japan and
then it just is not translated over. Here let's let's
move on. Though let's talk about somebody who is performing,
well and that Is sandy Al. Contra sixteen innings this
year nowharn runs five to, six whip twenty one point four,
percent strikeout, rate two and a half percent walk. RATE
i think we talked about it when we did the positional.
Previous he had a really bad first half last, year
much better second, half and that's that's carrying. Over he's
he's carrying that. Through what are your were the thoughts
here On sandy Al? Contra?
Speaker 2: Uh Another makeopa has another Make? Golpa there another one
of my BAD i, mean you, know we're just gonna
go through a bunch of my. BANDS i didn't Like
sandy Al kantara BECAUSE i felt like the risk wasn't
like the reward wasn't worth the risk because of, like
the ks are never really that, good AND i, figured
like you, know it wasn't worth and and the.
Speaker 3: Wins probably weren't gonna be good.
Speaker 2: Because of The, Marlin SO i didn't think it was
worth getting in at the.
Speaker 3: Price but, yeah he looks.
Speaker 2: GREAT i you, KNOW i ACTUALLY i think after his
complete game, SHUTOUT i rowed up a post on him saying, that,
like you, KNOW i think it's a little early to
be taking back preseason, takes but, YEAH i would take
back that. ONE i think.
Speaker 3: He looks.
Speaker 2: GOOD i, mean he, DOES i would, say you, KNOW
i mean there is like you, KNOW i STILL i
still think the thought of him is a little bit
higher than him in reality because of LIKE i, mentioned
with the wins and the cas but his ratios should
be great and he looks.
Speaker 1: Good, YEAH i. AGREE i, think like you, said the
name more than what he's actually going to give you
in a fantasy. Season but he looks good for where
you drafted, Him you're probably not going to get equal
value for, him so you're just gonna hopefully enjoy this.
Ride that being, SAID i would absolutely ship him For Joe,
ryan like right now and be happy about, it BECAUSE
i Think Joe ryan at the end of the day
is going to be better for our. Game they're both
on not great, teams so not too worried about. THAT
i will say the pitch mix is changed up a little.
Bit so last year in the second, half he was
throwing the four seamer less and throwing the curve. More
this year he's throwing the four seamer. Again he's basically
ditched the curve, ball and he's throwing the slider at
the highest rate of his. Career SO i don't know
if there's anything to take from, that just that he's he's,
mitching mixing up his. Pitches that seems quite a. Bit
WELL i mentioned him as a comp earlier or, somebody
would you Rather let's talk about him, now and that
Is Cam, schlitdler the number one pitcher on The Player
raider eleven and two thirds, innings no, earn a two six,
whip a thirty nine and a half percent strikeout. Rate
he has not given a walk. Up HE'S i, mean
he's looked. Great. Great what are your thoughts here On Cam?
Speaker 4: Slider, WELL i actually did Like Cam, Schlitdler SO i got, one, Right,
YEAH i mean he does, also you, know in fairness
to my, pressiens he does look like he's getting a
little bit, lucky just the just the.
Speaker 2: Scosh lucky with you, know a one thirty babbitt and
one hundred percent left on base and yeahs and walked,
anyone which is you, know that would be a tremendous
feat for a guy with a eleven point six k per,
nine it would. Be it would be nice to see a.
Speaker 3: Zero percent walk, rate but probably not.
Speaker 2: REALISTIC i, mean he looks he looks, great, THOUGH i you,
know LIKE i, WOULD i would buy to a certain
extent if someone thought they were selling, HIGH i. WOULD
i would, buy BUT i. WOULDN'T i wouldn't necessarily sell
UNLESS i was getting you, KNOW i probably wouldn't sell
UNLESS i was getting A u a ton in. Return
BUT i Like Cam schlitzler and and his you, know
it looks. Good not not that good, obviously but that's.
Fine it's it's under twelve innings.
Speaker 1: Total, yeah would you rather Have cam Or Cole REAGAN'S.
Speaker 2: I would SAY i didn't Like COLE Rai pagans and
coming into the, year SO i would Go.
Speaker 1: Cam, Okay, cam or your Favorite Max? Freed?
Speaker 2: UH i you, KNOW i THINK i would Go Max
freed because he's got such a long track. Record you,
know If schlittler goes out there next time and you,
know walks the, HOUSE i don't think people would be
shocked to see, it and you, know like it's still
under twelve. Innings, YEAH i would Go. Freed, YEAH i.
Speaker 1: Agree AND i would Go reagan's Over. Schlittler but BUT
i understand. It either one could could be absolutely. Great
siller probably has a better chance of. WINS i Think
reagan's probably you, know he should in, theory throw more
innings and they're both gonna strike out a ton of.
PEOPLE i will say on to the benefit Of cam's early,
season he's been At San, francisco At, seattle two great picture,
parks on the road and The. Miners if he had,
issues it was walks and home. Runs SO i will
say there's a little bit he got kind of set
up in the right places to, start but no walks
this year is. Great and he only had a five
point four percent walk right in the spring, Training so
if that's carried, over if the he really has figured
out a little bit of the control and command side of.
Things the home run issue may not be that big
of a deal because a lot of home runs have
because you can't command your pitches and they missed the wrong.
Areas so if he's figured that, out he may have
taken the next step AND i may have just undersold. Him,
Actually so, yeah canselor it looks. Great somebody else who
looks great this year Is Jose. Soriano twelve. Innings he
is not allowed to earn RUN eithera three, whip twenty
four point four percent strikeout, rate thirteen point three percent walk.
Rate basketball velocities up from last. Year it's kind of
in between twenty four and twenty twenty, five as twenty
twenty four it was a high. Velocity do you Like Jose?
Soriana not.
Speaker 2: REALLY i, mean he looks like he looks fine for
like deeper, leagues for like back end of your pitching.
Staff BUT i don't buy. This his numbers look fairly
similar to when he's like a low FOUR ei a.
Guy AND i don't trust The, Angels, YEAH i. DON'T
i don't really Trust.
Speaker 1: Soriana, YEAH i MEAN i Like, soriano as you, MENTIONED
i like him as a person that you have on
your roster in a fifteen team. LEAGUE i think he's
really valuable in that. Format but, yes and a ten
twelve team league stream. Him enjoy the good starts here
in the beginning of the. Season you, know it is
nice to see the velocity up from last. Year so
that's that's definitely moving into positive. Direction it is The, angels,
though so you can pretty much count on probably one
hand the number of great when opportunities he's gonna. Get,
Unfortunately let's move on To Bryce. Elder thirteen innings nowhere
and runs oh eight five twenty seven point seven percent strikeout,
rate four point three percent walk rate. Loss he looks.
Good seems like he may have reworked his slider and
added in a cutter to use on occasion instead of
throwing the sinker as. Much so a little bit of
a pitch mix and the maybe reworking of a slider
and everything looks good right now On Bryce.
Speaker 3: Elder, yeah, no, AGREED i Think Yeah elder would be a.
Speaker 2: BYE i think he has probably even picked up in
some of my leagues as a fab. PURCHASE i Like
Bryce elder a decent amount right. NOW i think you,
know if he can keep his, walks his command in,
CONTROL i think there's a chance here that he could
be a usable back end. STARTER i don't think we're
seeing a breakout of like you, know or EVEN i
don't even know if we're going to see like what
he did in twenty. Three you, know maybe maybe a
little bit better than that, Possibly but, YEAH i MEAN i,
WOULD i would hope for what he did in twenty twenty,
three and you, know maybe with more ks and expect
uh you, KNOW i expect around. That so that's like
uh three seven five array with you, know maybe you'll
get uh just under a strikeout per inning and you,
know not a terrible whip if he can keep controlling his,
pitches but you, know probably more closer to uh like
one point two Five uh so three seven five one
point two five eight k per. Nine that's fine for
like a back end, STARTER i. Think and right now
he looks a little bit better than. That so you,
know hope that he stays. Better but EVEN i think
even if he gets, worse you could still have a
usable starter. Here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, NO i. AGREE i Like Bryce elder and we
talk About DIDDY a flinten is off the top of
a little. BIT i think the biggest obstacle right now is,
that you, know coming in the, season we looked at
The brave. Rotation we're, LIKE i don't, know it looks pretty,
Shaky and right now The braves rotation looks pretty, solid
at least through the first couple of weeks of the.
Speaker 3: Season, yeah and if they ever get Back Joey, WENTZ.
Speaker 2: I, mean whoa, HELLO i uh, yeah, NO i think
you Know flante's, Elder Rainaldo, lopez who is not on
the podcast out, line but he looks. GOOD i Like
Rnaldo lopez right. NOW i snagged him in a couple of.
Leagues i'm happy with. Him Chris sale is excellent for
as many innings as he can. Throw and then you
Know Grand holmes maybe So, yeah The, braves you, know
The braves always managed to put together a solid, Rotation
like it feels like that is something that they are
able to. Do maybe that's confirmations and that is not
true at, all but it feels that. Way.
Speaker 1: Yeah and plus you know they're gonna get a few
starters back at some point in. Theory uh so this
could be a pretty ridiculous rotation at some point this.
Year Randy vasquez is up next for us on the
outline here at twelve innings seven five e or a one,
whip twenty three point nine percent strikeout, rate eight point
seven percent walk. Rate vila was up in spring training
and first. Start it dropped a little bit in the
last start At, boston so a little bit of you,
know maybe there was a spring, training you only throw
a few, meetings and maybe it's a little, harder But
bloso's still up compared to last year a little. Bit.
Uh do you Like Randy vasquez at?
Speaker 3: All let me stop you right. There that's a that's
my new.
Speaker 2: Thing after someone is done, Talking i'm gonna start, saying
let me stop you right.
Speaker 3: There people will be, like, WAIT i already.
Speaker 2: Stopped. Uh, ANYWAY i don't really Like randy BAST i,
mean it's fine for like a back end deep league,
guy but he feels kind of similar To Jose siriano peripheral,
wise and you, know it's, fine but he's probably a
four PLUS e or a Guy Randy vasquez that. Is it's.
Fine i'm Not i'm not really sold on any of,
this but you, know ride him while while he's. Pitching, well, sure.
Speaker 1: YEAH i MEAN i think he's fine mostly era the
whip is usually pretty, terrible so that's that's the biggest.
Problem but, YEAH i won't have any problem with, him,
right you, know like you, said play him in the good.
Matchups i'm absolutely fine With Randy. Vasquez the strikeout raider is,
up so if that, continues that'll be you, know that'll
actually make him a little bit more, worthwhile because that's
really what's been the issue in his past is just
he just not gets. Strikeouts Strike out raiders is drastically.
Swinging strike rate is, up LIKE i, said velocity is
up little, bit so all that could be kind of
combining to make him at least a little bit more.
INTERESTING i KNOW i have him in my list of
fab pickups for the, wrestling but also that's a very
deep league because of it is the best ball so
there's not a lot of starting pitchers available period in that.
One let's talk About Mike soroka, Here, gray he is
off to a good start to the. Season you, know
he has a two starts ten. Innings what are your
what are your thoughts here On Mike.
Speaker 2: Soroka let me stop you right. THERE i ACTUALLY i
Threw Mike soroka into the outline last minute here because
he was like the top guy for waivers in one
of my twelve team leagues and top guy bid on
for Fab that, is he went for eight hours a
out of one, hundred so eighty out of one, thousand
and He soroka has been on by like seven or
eight people in that league out of, twelve so he
he was a ha kamadi as they, say, uh and you,
KNOW i tend to. AGREE i like What i've seen
so far With Soroka caselo good command's a little, wonky
but the command's always a little bit. Wonky With. SOROKA
i think his velocity is, up which is super.
Speaker 3: Encouraging he's now throwing a, cutter which you know everyone
should throw a. Cutter, hello can't beat.
Speaker 2: IT I i would Say soroka is like one of
my early breakout grab him now kind of. GUYS i
Like soroka a lot Like Rainald Lo. Lopez. Soroka well
the next guy who we're gonna talk about briefly and yeah,
yeah well there is also the code Is senga and
So sandy Al. Katara but you know those aren't new,
names not That soroka is necessarily a new, name BUT
i mean it's a little bit more out of the
realm of you, know what you would expect With Mike.
Soroka SO i Like soroka a. LOT i would grab
him in any.
Speaker 1: League, YEAH i, mean there's there's things that say there
are changes here in his. Profile basketball is at the
highest velocity we've seen from him in the major, leagues
and he's been in the majors for, years so that's
that's actually pretty. Impressive as you, mentioned he's added a
cutter he's throwing, occasionally and he also added a curve last,
year which is been a good weapon for. Him, so you,
KNOW i don't know that i'd necessarily buy that he's
a thirty percent strikeout right, guy but, YEAH i believe
That mike stroke is a good. Pickup the next guy
on your list that you've also added to my notes
here at the last, SECOND i cannot tell you how
MUCH i love when that happens Is Kyle. Harrison ten
and the third innings this year and two, starts two
six one, YEAR a nine to seven, wheel thirty four
percent strikeout, right seven point three percent walk. Ray what
do you what do you think About Kyle, harrison all The.
Speaker 2: Brewers let me stop you right.
Speaker 3: THERE i Like Kyle harrison a.
Speaker 2: TON i think he, was you, know uh a decent
enough prospect guy like he. Was, uh he was well
regarded coming. Up uh sort of lost his way a
little bit with, uh you, know The. Giants they weren't
able to uh UNCOVER i guess what made him so?
Interesting then he, went he got he bounced around a little.
Speaker 1: Bit.
Speaker 2: Uh now he's with The, brewers AND I i think
he looks. Great. Man his his early numbers are very.
Encouraging he throws ninety five miles per hour, fastball and
the ks are, up the command is in. Line The
brewers are a team you want to bet. ON i,
YEAH i Like Kyle harrison, again Like soroka And harrison right,
NOW i, mean you.
Speaker 3: Know And renell The lopez Who i've mentioned a few.
Speaker 2: Times BUT i, mean these guys are you know right
now for, me like they look like early. Breakouts Bryce
elder looked good, too who we mentioned. Earlier BUT i,
YEAH i, mean you, Know Kyle harrison not. QUITE i
don't think he's quite at the level Of, soroka but
he could. Be and he looks, good SO i would
grab him in every.
Speaker 1: League, YEAH i feel, like you, know he's he's been
with a few teams, now AND i really feel, like you,
know the teams he's been, With, Giants boston and Up
brewers like they've always tried to find him a third.
Pitch he's, fastball, curve they've tried out of the. Cutter
they've tried to fix his change, up which is, terrible
AND i feel like The brewers are just, like you know,
what you have two, pitches just just throw your two good,
pitches and it seems to be working so. FAR i
will say he has given up a home run in
both of his. Games he has a ninety seven point
six percent left on bas, at two thirty eight babbitt
nine batti and average, against so there's definitely signs of
him being. LUCKY i don't THINK i Like Kyle harrison
quite as much as it sounds like you, do BUT
i do think there are some changes here to monitor
and see if if this kind of more lean pitch
mix for him. Works and, then like you, said The
brewers have been really good at developing, pitching so it
could just be that they found something.
Speaker 2: That is working for. Him, yep.
Speaker 1: Agreed all, right let's sagn off it.
Speaker 2: Up.
Speaker 1: Gray let's talk about a few different spots here over
In Tampa. Bay there's just we talked about it a
little bit last, week but it's a bit of a.
Mess we kind of thought it Was griffin and then
if it wasn't gonna be Grippin jack's you, know we
we kind of, thought, oh it'd be shoot Uh seymour And,
Seymour but it seems like it seems like That's Brian.
Baker what are your thoughts here on The Tampa bay.
Speaker 2: Bullpen you, know it's interesting, that, LIKE i feel Like
Brian baker has sort of become the default closer for
The rays according to.
Speaker 3: Everyone you, know by, EVERYONE i mean fantasy.
Speaker 2: People because, like, uh he was bien on pretty aggressively
in fab he went for, LIKE i want to, say
over fifty dollars in one of my. Leagues that's out
of a. Thousand but, STILL i, think you, know people
people like The Brian, baker and you, know he's probably
become the default closer according to everyone except for the
Raised the raise of notes, SAID i mean the RACE
i saw people bitting On Brian baker like he was the.
Closer and THEN i went looking for like any news
from the rais and it's like, Crickets like no one
said any no one has Said Brian baker is the.
CLOSER i THINK i Think jason At roster, resource But
Brian baker in at, closer and that was enough for
people to be, like, Oh Brian, Baker oh he's. Closer oh,
OKAY i mean there's, nothing there's nothing that says he's the.
CLOSER i mean he could be, ABSOLUTELY i mean his
stuff looks. GOOD i wouldn't be shocked if he gets some.
Saves BUT i, mean do we are we throwing out
everything we know About Kevin?
Speaker 3: Cash like there's no reason.
Speaker 2: To be, like oh oh, now, yeah Now Kevin cash
is gonna Say Brian baker is the closer and go
to him every night in the ninth. Inning uh huh, sure, sure,
Man yeah that's gonna. Happen, okay yeah probably, not but all, Right,
UH i don't, know. MAN i, mean he does look,
good but as far as that, GOES i, mean other
guys have looked good before and they just haven't gotten
saves for The. Rays SO i don't. KNOW i MEAN
i would say because you, know the combination Of, Griffin
jack's looking, terrible Yo sta.
Speaker 3: Not being healthy.
Speaker 2: YET i, MEAN i Think yosetta is you, KNOW i
think he's due, back you, know relatively soon or within a.
Month SO i THINK i think right, now IF i
was really looking for, SAVES i, know it's like it's
hard for people to think beyond like the next two.
Days BUT i think you said it is probably the
guy for The. RAYS i, mean that would be WHO
i would. Guess but but, YEAH i Mean Brian baker
could get some saves. POTENTIALLY i, mean he, hasn't but he.
Speaker 1: Could, Yep, NO i. AGREE i think actually anybody In
Tampa bay could be could be roster for, saves just
like you, mentioned it's just that's how they do. It
i've had you say that in a couple of, leagues
just waiting for him to come. Back it sounds like
Late april Early may is the. Timetable so you can
grab these guys and you can run them out there
for the next few, weeks but it's gonna be you,
know hit and miss. In at least they're all good,
pictures so you can you can kind of fall back on.
That let's let's talk About houston real. Quick another one
where somebody is gonna eventually come back And Josh. Hater
we all thought it Was Brian bray he got drafted
in front of actual closers in draft. Season, gray but
now it looks Like Brian king maybe coming. In brian
And bray you walked to. Batters they brought In Brian
king to get the. Save what do you think about?
This closed the?
Speaker 2: Situation, Ah, MAN i you, KNOW i should really just
Drop Brian abreo in THE. Rcl he's he's just he's
doing havoc on my. Team, man he's been miserable h
EVERY i mean every time he goes out, there like it,
was uh, YESTERDAY i believe a Bra you got like
you know the first say excuse.
Speaker 3: Me the first he got like an, out like a
third of an.
Speaker 2: Inning, uh and he left the he got he got an.
Out then The astros went in and scored a run
AND i was, like, OH i could get The vulture.
Win that might not be. Bad and then they sent
a Bray you out there for LIKE i think it
was the, eleventh and he just got rocked again Like
Brent rooker hit a home run off. Him he looks.
AWFUL i, mean he looks so so bad And Brian
king looks. Good SO i don't know why they don't
just switched To Brian. KING i, mean it's not LIKE
i don't know why they have allegiance To brian a
bra you because like haters coming back at some point,
Anyway so just go To Brian. King Brian king's looked.
GOOD i don't know what's going on, there BUT i don't.
KNOW i think it's still a. Committee, UNFORTUNATELY i would
just go To Brian, king but you, Know i'm not
making the.
Speaker 1: Choice, Yeah i'm with. YOU i WOULD i would say
the same. Thing BUT i think you probably ross for
both of them if you you, know if you're absolutely chasing,
saves he, Said, uh it's it's been a tough time
throwing Out brian And brady a week after a. Week
somebody that also was a little bit tough h here
in the early season Is Amelia. Pagan he had a
couple of blow ups here on the early. Season he's
had a couple of WHAT i call clean, saves but
he's had a couple of saves since. Then do you
still Like pegan as the closer In? Cincinnati or would
you look At Graham ashcraft Or Tony santillion, Potentially.
Speaker 5: Uh you, KNOW i THINK i Think pegan's gonna get
every opportunity to get those, saves BUT i think he
he could.
Speaker 2: Falter so if he, does THEN i don't. KNOW i, mean,
Uh santillion looks. OKAY i, mean he does have a zero,
hoarray but he has been walking a bunch of. Guys
but he looks, fine And ashcroft actually looks. Incredible Graham
ashcraft looks, LIKE i, mean he looks, amazing also walking
a few. People BUT i mean the strikeout rates out of,
like he looks like a Young Josh hader with his
strikeout rate almost near seventeen k per. Nine obviously it's super,
early BUT i, MEAN i, GUESS i guess What i'm
saying is Probably, pagan assuming he can settle down a little,
bit is probably the guy they want. There But santillion
Or ashcraft could, POTENTIALLY i, mean you, know stranger things
like If pegan blows another save or, two they may be,
like you know, what let's just put him. In let's
put him in the seventh or eighth for you, know
get try and get him, right BECAUSE i mean he
wasn't that good before last. Year it was just last
year he sort of had like he had like a career.
Year but prior to that he was kind of like.
Speaker 1: Whatever, Yeah, no he absolutely. Was he was, not you,
know thought of as a top level. Closer we all
were waiting for him to lose it last year and
he just held on to it all. SEASON i will
Say Tony sintillon had a great year last. Year Graham
ashcraft was was. Fine SO i think both of them
are in that. MIX i would probably go With cintillon
IF i had to prioritize, one but you Said ashcraft
is off to a great start to the, season so
they could potentially make that. Mix the only REASON i
Say santillon is it seems like he's Team ashcraft tends
to come in and, Seventh sintelling a be gone, ninth
so at least if we're just bumping people up and
moving somebody, back it would seem like It's.
Speaker 3: Santillin, yeah that's uh THAT i agree with.
Speaker 2: That ashcraft is more LIKE i feel, like probably more
like you're gonna get a year That brian To bray
you gave you every previous year and not this. Year you,
know like the the solid middle reliever ratio year is
what and solid?
Speaker 1: Case, yeah like the guy we we actually want to
be the, closer but they won't put him at, closer
so we just and get the. Ratios that's, fine all, Right,
great let's move over to the. Athletics Mark Lighter junior
has been, uh he's been. Struggling he had had a
blown save On. Sunday you, know he's he's not been
the cleanest as of this. Season he. Hasn't it's not been,
terrible but it's not being completely. Clean you are you
looking At Hogan harris Or elvis Of corado or anybody
else there In Sacramento?
Speaker 2: Pro you, KNOW i feel like probably, not to be,
Honest i'm not really searching for saves. THERE i feel
like the uh Sack town and kind of Like colorado
with Like Victor, Vadnik Like i'm NOT i, mean they
even if a closer. Emerges i'm kind of, like eh
in shallower leagues at least like a twelve team mixed
league or shallower in a fifteen. Team you do what
you gotta. Do but if anyone for Sack town, SPECIFICALLY
i would say Probably Mark Wider junior just because he's
the righty and he seems like the one that they're
leaning on the most for ninth. Innings BUT i mean
he hasn't looked he hasn't looked. GREAT i mean he
has one strikeout in three and two. THIRDS i mean it's,
fine it's still. Early it's still like inanely small sample,
size so he could be. FINE i Guess Mark Lighter,
junior all things being, equal probably would be the GUY
i would look, at and Then Hogan. HARRIS i guess is,
like if there's a lefty heavy ninth.
Speaker 1: Maybe, yeah that feels like the mix, there at least for.
Now it could always change if The flighter continues to.
STRUGGLE i wouldn't be surprised to see all The soaperado
take it at some, points because he is Already Owen harris.
Lefty but as of right, NOW i think It's lighter
as the lead With harris getting LIKE i, said any
lefty dominant kind of. Ones let's talk about The, RANGERS i,
GUESS i mean we can talk about. It it's a.
Mess Robert, Garcia Chris, martin what are your thoughts?
Speaker 6: Here my big thought WAS i actually was watching The
rangers game and then and yesterday And Chris martin came,
in And Chris martin the picture looks older Than Chris
martin The Cold play singer.
Speaker 2: Has. Happened But Chris martin looks both of, THEM i.
Guess But Chris martin The rangers picture looks very, old
god old. Looking. YEAH i would probably still Lean Robert.
Speaker 1: Garcia, YEAH i THINK i went To he's looked really.
BAD i would not be scared to pick Up Chris, martin,
though BECAUSE i do think he's he's up, next and
that that change may be coming Over In, minnesota they
told us it was going to be a Committee, gray
AND i feel like, it's, uh it's a. Committee.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No Derek shelton was, like, Listen i'm not gonna
lie to you about how STUPID i. Am so this
is what it's gonna, be, guys this is. It you
get used to, it get used to my. Stupidity, OKAY
i would go Probably Cold, sands BUT i honestly probably
would avoid the twins IF i, COULD i.
Speaker 3: WOULD i would.
Speaker 2: PROBABLY i would probably try to avoid that whole, situation
And i'm leaning towards maybe avoiding the entire team at this. Point,
NOW i actually one picture who we didn't really talk
about when we were talking about early. Standouts TODs bradley looks.
Good he you, KNOW i don't.
Speaker 3: KNOW i mean there was always something that people Thought
Todd's bradley could potentially.
Speaker 2: Have and, YEAH i mean his velocity's up and he
looks good so, far SO i don't. Know still early
it's you, know barely ten innings that he's, thrown but
he has looked. Good and as far as the, BULLPEN
i would go Cool, Sands.
Speaker 1: YEAH i would go Hull. Sands, actually you, know you
say you wouldn't want any any of the, TWINS i
would actually don't mind them BECAUSE i hoped Pull sands
And Taylor rogers are both pretty decent, pittures SO i
actually don't mind rostering. Them they're both gonna get, saved
so that kind of sucks that you're gonna split, them
but they're they're both solid. RELIEVERS i don't mind running
them out. There, really let's talk About Pittsburgh. Grade you,
know we obviously led the show off With. Pittsburgh let's
end it if they slightly more impressing, though which, is,
uh do you want any of their? Closers?
Speaker 2: YEAH i, MEAN i mean they're.
Speaker 1: Good they're actually. Not it's not that they're, bad just.
Speaker 2: YEAH i, MEAN i you, KNOW i think THEY'RE i
think it might have, been, uh you, know because there's
a lot there's actually a decent amount of people bidding
On gregory's sotoh in fab this, week AND i feel
like THAT'S i don't. KNOW i, MEAN i was watching
the game When Gregory soto came in and the and
it seemed that from WHAT i could, gather they were
saying that like he was coming in Because Gunner, henderson the,
lefty was going to be batting in the in the ninth.
Inning and as, soon almost as soon as they said,
That Gunner henderson hit a home run off With Gregory.
SOTO i don't Think Gregory soto is really a. THING
i know people now think there's a committee In. PITTSBURGH
i think It's Dennis santana and it just happens That
Gregory soto was used in a save. Situation BUT i
don't think there's anything to it. REALLY i, MEAN i
could be, wrong BUT i still Think Dennis santana is
the closer In, pittsburgh with you, know the Occasional gregorysto
lefty heavy ninth inning for the save where you, know
Maybe gregorysoto gets five to seven saves And Dennis santana
gets the. REST i, MEAN i don't. Know i'm fine
with either of them, really BUT i Think Dennis santana
is probably still the. Closer, YEAH i.
Speaker 1: WOULD i would agree with. That you, know it went
in doubt choose the righty over the, lefty especially when
they're both. Good So i'm with. YOU i Think Dana
santana is the. GUY i don't mind bidding On gray Or.
SODA i don't mind picking people picking him. UP i
just don't think he's necessarily the closer unless, it's you,
know a closer by, committee and that's that's basically what we're,
thinking or or you're even saying that It's santana really
And soto is just gonna get the occasional one. Off
like he, Said Gunnar anderson was coming, up they wanted
to make sure they had left yut mm, hmm all, Right,
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