Speaker 1: Quenean societations. Everyone to Tward twelve someone in the Fantasy
Baseball Live. Today is June twenty sixth, about nine twenty
in the morning. Timmy, we are early morning on Friday.
How are you doing?
Speaker 2: I am doing just great. I've had a busy week.
We why we're article. I think I've got eleven or
twelve names already. Wow, some I've written up. I'm the
word efficient, okay, and yours truly usually ends up being
sort of oxymoronish in nature. But I'm on the ball
this week, which means that I'll get it India fifteen
minutes late.
Speaker 1: Anyway, I am not holding my breath that it'll get
here early. So Tim told me I had We had
plans last night. Tim and I do a lot of scouting,
so I've just been in a different world here. But
we went and saw a at our. It was like
a nonprofit of entitt Our little community performing arts center,
and they had a historian talking about the as we're
getting ready for two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, kind of
talking about the Revolutionary War. So we went and saw
that had dinner, so I didn't check the wires before
I went to pet last night and Cooper.
Speaker 2: Ingle got called up. Yeah I am. I'm starting looking
forward to seeing what Cleveland does with that. But with
the injuries to Ramirez and also to Angel Martinez who
was having a nice year, Cleveland needs some offense in
the worst of ways, and they're not gonna Yeah Koo
Watson might give them something, but there's a lot of
holes in that lineup. Yeah, you've got you know who
Brochio in the three spot, Hoskins and por Schiemen in
the fifth bock watch and yeah, there's some holes there.
So it'd be interesting to see what happens with Engel,
whether he's going to find a way to slide into
the dh slock catch a game. Maybe. I'm just looking
forward to seeing the kid getting a shot.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's good, he's athletic, he's he doesn't have a
lot of power. It's average power eighty nine. That's the eight.
What was his xfsis looking at his x eighty nine
point three max off one oh seven. It's got a
huge launch is seventeen point eight, So I mean he's
got a fifteen eighteen home runs, maybe twenty. It's gonna
He's always walked to Ton, so it's a high one
base percentage. That really helps in one base percentage and
it's average strikeout, so he's he's hit first over power.
And I mean they got Patrick Stewart, so I don't
know how much he's going to play at ketchup, but
at least this year he's CATRA eligible.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know what the what the plan will be,
but when you look at the the outfield, you've got
watched and Kwan in the left and PD helping in
the center field. So yeah, yeah, yeah, I was waiting.
I was waiting for you to expand upon that, but
you said, I think we need to know, right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was actually I was actually trying to look
up Khali Watson's I mean, this guy's been a strikeout machine.
So he hasn't done anything strikeout right since he got
caught up, And I don't know, I don't think there's anything.
There is speed and power, but is it going to
hit it off? And that's always been the big question
with him.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm, yeah, exactly when you strike out at the
rates that he has it something like that is not
going to be fixed overnight.
Speaker 1: Now, who who did you say? I didn't pay attention
a PD helping. Okay, wow, yeah, third round draft pick. Yeah, yeah, well,
I mean.
Speaker 2: He's a par I was going to say, yeah, it's
not a strong offensive lineup.
Speaker 1: No, I mean p D. Helpin when he was when
he was drafted, it was typical Rays kind of guy. Right,
it was a hit over anything else. And he's not
hit as much as I thought he would. But he's
showing no power, average speed. I don't I mean, I
don't think there's anything there.
Speaker 2: No that they only have one right handed bat. Rookio
is a switch hitter, and so is Patrick Bailey. Who
cares about Patrick Bailey. He's not there for the hits.
But other than Ree Hoskins, it's a solid, solid left
handed lineup to boot. Not that goopra Engle's going to
solve that problem because he's another left handed bad but uh,
definitely Cleveland can use all the offense and offensive potential
that they can muster right down.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm surprised that Gabriel Rise is not playing more
than he is, because I mean, at least he's got
some offensive upside, and there's other guys and Brian Rochio
is actually having a decent season, but there's not much
offensive upside there. I mean, Steven Kwan has been terrible.
I mean, I know why they're putting him in because
he has been good, but there's no offensive up. I mean,
you get much past Travis Bozzano and there's just nothing there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Menzardo can hit the ball a long way, but
other than Menzardo and Reese Hoskin, there's no sluggers in
that lineup at all? Is there?
Speaker 1: Yeah? But I mean it's aren't striking out a third
of the time, and he's got nine home runs, and
what's his extra velocity here? Let's take a look here
where you go? Oh, I got to go over to
Baseball Savant for that. They don't for some reason in
Triple A they put it in fangrass, but they don't
put it there for Manzardo. Let's see what Manzarda is
doing this season. Manzarto, this guy I thought was going
to be hit headover power. Now he's trying to hit
everything five hundred feet average exilocity of forty four percent,
eighty nine miles an hour. So he just doesn't hit
the ball that hard. It's all leverage. So, which is
what I thought when he was coming through the minor leagues,
which is, you know, he always was able to hit
the ball, but it's I mean, he's just there's a
ton of chase. He's whiffing, striking out all the time,
a man. Twenty seven home runs he hit last year
was all leverage. I would be very leary of him
getting close to repeating that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, that's that's fair enough. But he's a big buffer.
I egal, yeah, wow, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't get it. Yeah, I mean I get Look,
this is what you do when your development philosophy is
hit first over anything else power and they lose Jose
Ramirez and that team looks awful, I mean awful.
Speaker 2: Yeah. They they're almost on the verge of contending with
the you know, the Angels and some of the other
lower to your type teams. Yeah, and they don't have
anything at Triple A other than well Cooper Angle, Ralphie Velaskaz.
We'll probably see him at some point.
Speaker 1: I mean at least Ralphi Alaskas hits the ball hard,
so that would be an interesting guy for them to
call up. I mean, look, I've been seeing it for
a long time. I think you would. You're in concurrence here,
is I mean, you've got it. They've got enough guys
that can get on base, they need to have some
guys that can hit them in. I mean it's otherwise,
it's yeah, I mean you're just playing small ball the
whole time. It just doesn't work.
Speaker 2: No, some at some point in time, and I am
sort of surprised. I haven't checked Ramirez's walk rates, but
I would have a tendency if you know, if I
was the opposition to any time you get Jose Ramirez
up with two on base, I have a tendency if
you know, one or two on did you walk him?
Take a bat out of his hands. Yeah, let somebody
else do the damage. The odds have got to be
in your favor versus Ramirez.
Speaker 1: Right, So I'm assuming Cooper Angle will be on your
waiver wire, a guy that you're going to pick up.
Speaker 2: Yes, that is a fair assumption.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think he's gonna get on base a lot
and hit a few home runs, and I think he's
going to be okay.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I haven't seen I haven't seen what Cleveland's
I had to say about it, but I would like
to think he's up for a long the long haul
versus you know, a short term. It's not like he's
a kid anyway. He's twenty four going on twenty five. Yeah, okay,
so yeah, it's it's time they gave him a look
to see what he can do. And hey, any any
power numbers are definitely going to help when you look
at that lineup.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, I just and he's not a power hitter, right,
I mean, he's a hit first guy that has a
little bit of power. Just want to make sure everybody
realizes that. I mean, the data supports that, the swing
supports that. So I mean when you try to yoke everything,
it's it's the same thing as Manzarto. I mean, you
can hit some home runs, but it's it's not going
to be consistent.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I think the difference potentially Ingle versus Benzarro.
Ingle's got a better hit tool, or at least a
better He's demonstrated a better hit tool in the minors
thus far than what we've seen from Mansaro in the bigs.
Speaker 1: Well, again, hit pretty well when he was in the
minor leagues, and then he got to the major leagues
and try to become a home run hitter by average,
adding leverage, and it'd be interesting to see what Cooper
Ringle does, I mean, does he is hard for him?
Had more leverage than what what did I say? Eighteen degrees?
I mean that's a pill swing as it is, you know,
I mean I don't him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, gotta yeah something, you gotta gotta do something. Yeah, yeah,
that's almost I'm as curious as what's Okamoto's launch angle.
It's gotta be way up there. You love you, but
you got eighteen He's he's the blue Jay's hero thus far.
Speaker 1: All right, Okamoto is his launch angle seventeen degrees, So
it's not even as much as Coop ring It's it's high.
I mean, seventeen degrees is very high. His bat speed
is big, I mean ninety two point one, so he
hits the ball really hard. Yeah, he want of leverage.
I mean that that guy's gonna hit a lot of
home runs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he had one last night the Dead Center. It
was right over the four hundred foot signs.
Speaker 1: So yeah, he strikes out too much though, So it's
what it is. It's two forty or thirty home runs.
That's who the guy gets. It looks like yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2: That's okay, Yeah I can live with that.
Speaker 1: Yeah, So Tim also was talking to me before we
got on the air about looking at a lot of
your teams and just looking at the standings and not
seeing a lot of teams running away with things that
there is they're bunched up. We looked at this TOT
worst team and Tim's got seventy seven, but the leaders
only got ninety five with really bunched up in the nineties.
So what did you talk to me about what your
research kind of yielded on all of that.
Speaker 2: Well, I'm where I'm seeing is usually by this time
of the year in redraft leagues, you've got you've got
a pack of three four teams, okay, that have moved
into the one hundred plus point range. Usually somebody's said
in one fifteen to one twenty, solid numbers. And that
still is occurring, but not at the rate I've seen
in the past. I've got I've got three leagues where
in toking one of them in TOT. Injuries have struck
across the board. You know, everybody, you know, I'm looking
at the teams in the top five that they all
have flaws, okay, And I think quite often at this
time of the year, we see, yeah, players not abandoning
their teams but not playing with the same zealous approach.
You know that that April brings. Right in April, everybody's
in it to win it, right Well, when I'm looking
at it right now, in TOTE, there are twelve teams,
okay that there within twenty five points the first place
at the at the end of June, with one, two, three, four,
five in the nineties, four in the eighties and four
in the seventies. Everybody is still in theory in it
to win it. And I just think that with the
injuries this year, the effectiveness of some players, uh, there
is there's opportunities. I I look at I look at
tout and I see a lot of people still have
potential to win it. So even though it's starting to
get a little bit later, take a look at your teams,
take a look at the teams up at the top,
see how much you can potentially gain back. You might
not be out of it as you would historically because
of what has gone on in the game this year.
So yeah, just give everything a really good look, and
again with a perspective that it's this year. It's not
last year and the year before, because things are different
this year, they very much sole.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I was trying to confirm it with some of
the leagues. I mean I could not, but most of
the leagues I play in our dynasty leagues, and you've
got typically people running away with it and the competition
is for second and third. But right I think that's
it makes sense, right with all the injuries and that
it's unless you've just got incredibly lucky and have had
two or three of your guys, your core guys healthy
for the whole season. I mean you're probably scrambling like
everybody else's.
Speaker 2: Well. Yeah, some teams, Yeah, some teams have got pitching
and no hitting. Some got hitting, no bitching. Some have
got saved, some don't. Some have no stolen bases. Yeah.
The team that's in seventh right now, and he's won
the league three dimes, a great player. Rose has got
three points in sholing bases, three points in the er.
But he's dominating the power numbers and sacrificing his ear.
We aim whip for for wins. It's you said, a
lot of a lot of teams have flaws this year,
and I wouldn't be backing off in my approach right now.
I think over the next month, month and a half.
There's opportunities there. Try and seize the moment and do
what you can with it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean I think that's wise. I mean people
should be trying to play their trying to play their
their league out the whole time. But I mean I
get it. Yeah, sim and I we've been playing this
a long time, and we see it with our popularity
of our show it it it peaks and run around
spring training and and as we're getting into April and May,
and then people start to stop listening. Yeah, their teams
stink and they feel like they have no shots, so
they yeah, so we get it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then next week's July. Yeah, everybody's everybody's switching
into football mode. Well not I.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're all switching into soccer mode here. So everything
is World Cup. Last night the US played and uh
you know we uh we watched a little bit of it.
I think they I mean, you play a whole game
and you draw it two to two, and it's anti climatic,
isn't it. That's problem with with football or soccer.
Speaker 2: Yeah, don't you go to a shodo after that? I
think Turkey won three two on the shootout or whatever.
Speaker 1: But did they want to shootout? I didn't. I didn't
see that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, maybe maybe they played guys. I don't know. I
don't fall over.
Speaker 1: I think they I think they shoot out when it's
in the I don't know the total rules. When you
get to the single elimination round, which starts soon, then
it's shootouts, which is exciting. So but h but anyway,
it's you know, everybody's got soccer fever. And here, Timmy,
let's talk baseball. My friend.
Speaker 2: We got uh, we had a trade.
Speaker 1: We uh we are what we're only five weeks away
from the trade deadline, by the.
Speaker 2: Way, Yes it's coming up.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the Cubs acquired David Peterson from the Mets
for minor league Cole mathis first basement, third base one
and we can talk about him. But it it appears,
and I rode a long post for our Patreon members
that this is the first sign of the Mets throwing
in the towels. They have not heard Tim McLeod's analysis
that because all the injuries, you're still in it. The Mets,
I'm guessing, don't feel like they're in it.
Speaker 2: That was last week. Yeah, yeah, they're not in it
as much as they were in it outside.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a bad team and it shouldn't be. I
mean it's crazy with all the name players. I mean
they got Moon Soto and it's just awful team.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, they've got one Soto, but they've also not
had Francisco Lindor. Okay, Freddie Perrault has been a huge
disappointment at Nolan McLain has been displayed. But disappointment yeah yeah,
yeah yeah. And Sean Manay is never healthy. He's got
like you know, he's one pitch away from a Nils did.
That's their rotation right now. McClain, Maney, Maniah and Parolta. Yeah,
you can't win with that. I don't care how much
offense you've got.
Speaker 1: You there's not much offense. Just that's just it. I
mean Ben just showing signs. I mean Patty is the
vis I mean a lot of these young prospects that
I thought they could be full time regulars, I mean
they're just not.
Speaker 2: No, they they're struggling. They They've got, of course, the
the two big bets Okay and Sodo and Lindor, but
again Lindor hasn't played. He's back now, I believe, But yes,
bulbs Bulbashett hasn't. Yeah, he's nothing to write home about
at all. I like what we're seeing from Carson Benge
and aj Ewing, I think is going to be a
good ballplayer. But again you get Jared Young and Dadi
and Ronnie Muricio and Banjos M J. Melindus, Like really, yeah,
there's throw that in with starting pitching and yeah, they
get they got problems.
Speaker 1: It's it's it's remarkable that Boba Schett signing. I mean
I didn't get it at the time. I mean, he's
had something games. In fact, he had a remarkable game
last week. I can't remember, but it was five or
five or something like that. So I mean he's had flashes,
but overall it's not been very good. It's not been
a forty two million dollar worth of player, which they
could have signed two guys for him, and yeah if
the other guys, I mean as a nice ballplayer totally,
Carson Binge is a nice ballplayer, and together with Loansota
and Francisco Lindor, you would think it'd be stronger and
maybe with lindorback will finally start to score some runs.
They just not have enough pitching. But anyway, Tommy, they
moved David Peterson to the Cubs. What do you think
about David Peterson going to the Cubs.
Speaker 2: Well, I don't see David Peterson as being a difference maker.
But he's got a six h ninety ar a four
eighty three x a year. A look at the stat
cast page. It's other than the ground ball rates, and
I think, yeah, it's pretty well solid blue. Okay. Uh,
blue is good if you're in a Canadian bar, okay,
at one o'clock in the morning. But other than that now,
and the thing with Peterson is if you're if you're
looking for a spark, okay, all you have to do
really is give his you know, whatever stap or writer
you choose to, you give it a quick look. His
high watermark was last year at one hundred and sixty
eight and two thirds innings, and he posted a four
to twenty two year in a one thirty seven whip
in one nine games. Other than that, the three years
prior to that, you're looking at one hundred and twenty
one innings, one hundred and elevens one hundred and five
innings his career. His career whip is one thirty nine, okay,
He's hitable, Yeah, blows walks, Yeah, he keeps the ball
in the park for the most part. But I don't
think it really matters. I think he's a number five
type starter, and hey, the Cubs need pitching, so yeah,
they'll they'll use that number five starter. But I don't
think there's anything in his profile, okay that indicates anything
more than that. So it's to me, it's sort of
a fringy fringy type deal.
Speaker 1: Yeah. When I wrote to our Patreon members and did
the research, I think he could do what he did
last season, right, it was a you know, mid fors
expected ray. It's got a mid fs expected era this
this year.
Speaker 2: I think he could do that, right.
Speaker 1: And but it's that's it. He's a number four or
five starter. That's if he's healthy, can eat some innings
for you.
Speaker 2: But yeah, exact, that's it.
Speaker 1: I think that. But you know, tend me there and
we talked about the Mets. I mean, the Cups are
desperate need for pitching, so I mean, you have to
you have to make that move.
Speaker 2: Well, and and let's face it, I think it's a
a sign of the times with all the injuries this year. Okay,
teams are having trouble in a big way, cobbling together
a rotation. You know how many how many games lately
have you seen with an opener? Well, that's not going
to get any better moving forward, is it.
Speaker 1: Yeah? I mean that the opener is just uh yeah,
that's just the way it is in baseball now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's not going to change. You look at yeah,
you look at the Cubs rotation. Uh you know, imn
Auga is sad, Matthew Boyd, Colin Ray, David Peterson, there's yeah, yeah,
and and right now with Ben Brown going on the
aisle with a strain neck yesterday, and Cabrera is dealing,
He's on the aisle with a strained hamstring. Jamison tie
On is the same way hands hamstring. Ky Horton has
gone for the year, and Justin steele Is is struggling
and returning from yeah, the revision repair.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're not stopping with David Peterson. They you know,
they've they want to compete. They're going to have to
go for more. So who gets Peterson starts in New York?
I'm as simming tongue.
Speaker 2: Uh, well it's tongue plus. How does that sound? I
think you know, when you've only got three starters right now,
one of them Sean and I A. Okay, you're gonna
see lots of arms coming up, you know from from
Triple A tong is one Wenninger. Anybody who can throw
the ball we're going to see at some point in time.
Jack Thornton Wenaer. I yeah, they have to be bringing
people up. It's as simple as that.
Speaker 1: And could I sing he got pushed to the bullpen?
Talk about a guy that's just been absolutely brutal this season,
like you're the Asian expert. I mean, I thought you
were pretty bullish on could I sing it? When he
was originally signed, he had I was season in this.
I think it was a sophomore year. Wasn't when the
first year he was signed. But it's in general it's
not been good.
Speaker 2: Now you know. The problem there is health, Okay, Yeah,
the ghost forkball is gave up. The ghost. Injuries have
ruined what was once a solid starter. In my opinion,
it's it's health related and he hasn't been healthy since
for his second season. And yeah, he's Yeah, there were
some health concerns when he came over. He looked great
when he was healthy, but No, he's always walked.
Speaker 1: Too many guys though. Yeah, even when he was healthy
and he was still walking too many.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean he.
Speaker 1: Just I'm assuming even a dynasty league's no reason to
have code I singer.
Speaker 2: Uh no, no, there's no reason. I was just I
was just trying to think in the Hope City put
together a nice run at some point in time. But
that's I think that's more a dream than a potential reality.
Rich So yeah, I would say it's time to walk away.
Speaker 1: And then the final question is, give me the three
play on the Mets to get traded before the deadline,
and I'm curious if if one of them will be
Francisco Lindor or Juan Soto.
Speaker 2: No, neither one will be of those two guys. I
took a look at Sodo. It took me about fifteen
minutes to try and calculate how many years he has
left on his deal and how many dollars associated, and
I came up with thirteen years and six hundred and
forty one million, two hundred and fifty thousand owing on
his deal. Lindor has five years and one hundred and
sixty two million, three hundred and eighty nine one hundred
and five bucks on the books. I can't. It's just
too much money. Nobody. Nobody is taking on either one
of those contracts unless the Dodgers want Sodo, which yeah,
they probably don't have room, or even the Dodgers and
Lindor at one hundred and sixty two plus mil on
five years. Nobody's touching either one of those players unless
the Mets chip in with huge dollars. And I don't
see that happen.
Speaker 1: I would agree. So give me the top three players
and they get moved for the Mets. And I mean
they've got to be guys that have some level of
value so that you know, like I mean, Baddie seems
like a guy, but he's not. He doesn't cost anything.
I mean, it's even a guy that could get moved.
I mean, they're they're they're trying to shed some payroll
on assuming and Marcus Simeon's now hear what give me
the three guys that can get moved?
Speaker 2: Oh okay, well two are fairly easy, but the injuries
have made a mess of things. I know they'd love
to move the Luise Robert Jr. Okay, well, that ain't
gonna happen. Not with a lumbar spine disc hernation, you know. Yeah,
the horrorgate Bolonco is another one, and he just is
healthy on a regular basis. My three, h two of
them are based on needs. The third one, I think
it's just it's just time. And I my three, I'm
going with, uh, Devin Williams, Freddie Paralta, and Marcus Semeon.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Marcus Semi gets healthy. I mean it was he
was doing something. It was better than what he did
last season. But Devin Williams is a great call. There's
no reason they need a closer. And I bet you
Freddie Paralta leaves the Mets and plays better. Well.
Speaker 2: I think he's a free agent next year if I'm
not mistaken. The price on Paralta this year is eight million,
I think somewhere in there. So it's not big money.
Everybody needs starting pitching.
Speaker 1: It's going to return a loutch because of that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree, Yeah, he hasn't had a good year,
but hey, when you look at the options out there,
he will be one of the better ones available. And Williams,
you know, he's on a fairly fairly hefty contract, but
they've got they've got Luke Luke Weaver, and you know
there are there are options in that bullpen, I think.
I think with teams needing bullpen, help see it. The
Athletics of Sacramento, Yeah, they should be able to move Williams.
They won't have any problem moving Garolta the third person. Yeah,
who knows. They've They've gotten enough players that they can
move and dump. So you know, but the two pitchers
of the guys that I think have the potential to
fetch a reasonable return, especially for Alta, a good return
that has cast for the Balls of the year.
Speaker 1: Yep, it's going to be a really bad team once
once everybody gets moved because they're just they're not gonna
have any pitching. And hopefully Nola McClain. I got to
take a look at his data. I mean, the guy
was so promising coming into the season, and you know,
you take a look at that clump of players with
Msowski and Chase Burns and Nolan, you know that he
was in that group and there's starting to be some
separation now between you know, some of the top guys
and Nolan playing. So that's not good.
Speaker 2: No, it's not the Only thing that is good is
the core bats in Sodo Lindor are going to be
there for a while. They've got some good young talent.
Offense won't be a problem.
Speaker 1: Then.
Speaker 2: The one thing with the Mets is, yeah, the owner
will spend the money. So whatever pitching is available, you'd
have to think the Mets would be in on it, right.
Speaker 1: I think the owner is going to spend the money.
But at some point if they have to start eating
some of these bad contracts, I mean, it's going to
get to a point of this is ridiculous, you know
what I mean, They're gonna have so much batter get
you on that. It's it's already. I think because of
the Dodgers creative accounting that the Mets have the most
expensive payroll in baseball this season.
Speaker 2: Well, they spent really spending one and something like, yeah,
it's between forty one and forty three. Two. There you go.
I'm trying to I'm trying to, you know, bring bring
up my inner Rich Wilson here on that one. I
like when you say that, I always chuckle with between
it's wlady three and five. I still think back to
that one. But no, yeah, yeah, they got to do something.
They got to do something. As far as what I
considered be virtually dead contracts, you know, Chet Robert, Semi
and just bad.
Speaker 1: Trades, too, bad trades bad. I mean the look the
one st it was not a bad sign. I mean,
one of the best young players in the game. And
I like, yeah, but Marcus Simmy, we scratched your head
when they brought him in. I mean Lewis Robert, I
mean like he was terrible, as the White Sox would go, oh, okay,
it was the White Sox. The White Sox are also
really good. Now he's not there. So we were sitting
there going, well, gee, maybe it's the White Sox which
are making Lewis Roberts bad. You can begin to argue
maybe it was Lewis Roberts that was making the White
Sox bad.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you're overpaying for players that reached their prime
two years ago, three years ago. Yeah, that that's not
That's not a smart exercise as a rule, is.
Speaker 1: It, Which is why I keep promoting that these this
is why teams are signing these younger players and you
get you know, you potentially these are potentially three hundred
million dollar players. You're getting them at one hundred million
dollars and you're getting them in their and their youth
going into their prime, which to me, I mean, yeah,
there's a maybe a greater chance for a guy not developing,
but there's as great as great of a chance of
these guys getting hurt. I mean, when's the last time
Chris Bryant's played a game? Right?
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah, it's been years long ago, longer going far away.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean he's got a chronic back, and that
stuff happens, and all of a sudden you're in the
hook for huge sums of money and then you tie
your your payroll up and you can't do anything.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, ten years from now, is one Soto going
to be earning earning that last three years of that contract?
Designed Probably not. They should offer Benes and aj Ewing.
They should, Yeah, six seven eight year deals on a
non seven E to one hundred million and then see
if they bite. That's that's the approach. I would be daking,
That's right, get it.
Speaker 1: That's why I gotta love what the Milwaukee Brewers are doing.
I just gotta love that. I mean, it makes a
total sense, and I mean it's it's just great. To me.
Let's take a break, come back and let's talk Dylan Cruz,
my friend. So here in the journey to live in
a high rise building, and you have to have something
called a co o I, which is a insurance for
people to deliver anything into the building.
Speaker 2: Oh okay, yeah, certificate.
Speaker 1: Yeah, certificate of insurance. And it's not hard. Most people
have that. So we're trying to get a sofa delivered
and Glori has filled out for co o I s
right because and you're getting the delivery company to try
to get it right. So for request and then they
would submit the co OI and it was wrong four times.
So I finally said, may I take the be the
honor of calling and complaining? So so yeah, I said,
my wife, who's very efficient, submit it for COI requests.
I said, that's the number between three and five.
Speaker 2: Well you know what, See in Canada, we have that coverage.
Or somebody hurts himself on your right, you're insured for it.
But up here we don't have to prove that that's
entirely your choice, your risk. Okay, nobody ever asks for
you have insurance to deliver. They'll just suit your ass off.
If you don't have it, they'll suit your ass off
either way. But when it becomes a personal liability and
the other you get an insurance company. But that's your choice.
Speaker 1: Eh yeah, so you have here, so we get the
certificate of insurance. It insures the tenant us or you know,
the owner of us, the building itself, and you know,
so if so if the guy comes in and falls,
well sorry, but at least you know we're covered. It's everybody.
So if the if the employee sues, then it's the
COI that's going to be first in line to take
all of that. So anyway, so that's that's just that's
the rules, and people companies struggle with filling out the
form correctly. But I got a chance to use my line.
Speaker 2: That was my uh well yeah that's the important thing. Yeah,
well that covered.
Speaker 1: Yeah, exact exactly. It's more important to say number between
three and five and.
Speaker 2: What Yeah yeah, I'm yeah, yeah, that's sort of like
the line I use every once, you know, when somebody
really irritates me. Is it the word off you don't understand?
Speaker 1: Yeah? To me, I like I like the subtle belittling
because when you say three and five, it's it's a
bit of a snark, you know, like it's so bad
that you're you're so. But my other one is, particularly
when I'm talking to a young man who's really ticked
me off, I call him son, which is very belittling.
When you call a young person's son, and it's like
you can see hair on the back of the next
standing up, It's like, yeah, so that's another power move
for all you guys out there that want to yell
at people and try to get something satisfaction. Call a
young person's son, it's it's a.
Speaker 2: Beautiful And call an old person grandpa.
Speaker 1: Yeah right, I will do that because I am a grandpa. Say,
it's been a month since Dylan Cruz returned. He did
get three.
Speaker 2: Hits last night, so that batty marriage.
Speaker 1: I've got listed down at two twelve with five home
runs and two stolen bases. The weird thing is he's
walked twice to me two times between and appearances. It's
and he's got a two fifty one base Percentagine again
went up a little bit last night because of the like,
are you happy with Dylan Cruise?
Speaker 2: I don't think he can be happy with Dylan Cruise.
I can remember when I pondered, okay trading Paul schemes
for Dyling Cruise, and I eventually, I eventually I went
through it, thought it all through, and I could only
keep so many prospects, so I kept Paul Skins and
let Dylan Cruise go. And this was this was just
before both were arriving Dylan Cruise. A pedigree was was
through the roof. He was going to be a very,
very good ballplayer and it just hasn't come through now.
A positive last night other than the three for four
was the fact that Washington had him in the cleanup spot.
And Washington's been playing pretty good baseball, so obviously Washington
still believes in him. You don't put players into the
cleanup spot, you know what I mean, if you don't
believe in them. The past week's been better. Uh, the problem,
I haven't. I haven't. I haven't reckoned this this problem yet.
And yeah, does that mean that good? That's good grammar.
I have sort of have it sorted out in my noggin,
including proper speech.
Speaker 1: That I understand.
Speaker 2: There we go, Okay, I'll talk floor.
Speaker 1: Maybe I don't know the English language, that's Canadian tailbill.
Yeah that's.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I just can't believe that so many got it wrong. Okay,
it's hard. Yeah, Yeah, that's the problem that that I'm
dealing with. You can see the numbers, you can see
the stats. But was there anybody at the point that
he was you know, when he was drafted. Yeah, that
first year, everybody was in on Dylan cruise and I
mean absolutely everybody. Can everybody get it that wrong? And
that's something that I have to clear up my nog
and because it's still eating away at me, and for
that reason, I go in dynasty leagues. I'd be holding on.
I'm going to be patients.
Speaker 1: I'm going to go stronger. I'd be a bieka I
and kind of the notion of Tim saying how did
everybody get it wrong? Which does happen, but statistically probably not. Look,
he is hitting the that the Washington Nationals put him
in the minor leagues and said, we want you to
elevate more and when they when you finally do that,
we will call you up. Now, there was a lot
of you know, look, they called him up. It just
so happened that it corresponded with him getting another year
of team control. So there was some snark around that
what are they doing? But the data says he's had
it more leverage. Last year was eight and a half.
Year before that eight point eight. This year twelve. So
he has added some uphill on his swing. He's hitting
the ball hard ninety one miles an hour. That's a twenty.
That's a twenty home run guy.
Speaker 2: And he'd take away wheels. He again got a wheels.
Speaker 1: So he's a twenty twenty guy that makes okay contact.
It's twenty point three, which is totally league average. League
average actually is twenty two point two. I think the
walk rates is weird. I mean, I I that's just crazy.
I think he's pretty aggressive hitter, but I think he'll
be better. I see a twenty twenty guy with a
three two sixty batting average. That's the guy I see,
and I'd I'd be bullish on it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I right, right now, if you believe that the
future is going to be better than what we've seen
in the past, now is definitely the time to buy. Yeah,
you want to take care of you want to take
care of things. While his value is pretty much at
its lowest, you know, which is where it's been this year,
not breaking camp with the team. Yeah, yeah, yeah, he'd
be a player. I'd be buying right now I agree
with you.
Speaker 1: Rich, he's he's it's it's he's the market is down
on him. I think he's better than that. I think
I felt the same way about Tatist Junior when we
talked about him. I'm hoping he hits ten home runs
this year because anybody hits the ball that hard is
going to get home runs. I mean, James would had
the exact same problem last year in the second half.
He doesn't have a ton of leverage, but he hit
the ball that hard, good stuff is going to happen.
Guess what, Timmy one of the best players in the
game this year.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 1: And I just think you I'm not suggesting that Dylan
Cruz is going to be James would kind of break up.
But he's way better than what we're seeing.
Speaker 2: Well. Yeah, and the other factor is part of the
equation with Dylan Cruise is the fact that he's twenty
four years old. Yeah, why we Why are we at
this point writing off a twenty four year old player
with that pedigree. I you know, hey, players do fail,
and he could. But everything right now says to me
it's it's time to buy for the right price and
hold on. If you already have them.
Speaker 1: So relate it. Win say, I don't know if you
saw it. I put my first part of my draft
preview top fifteen players that I would draft in the order,
somewhat in the order. I mean, it's still not quite
decided yet. So if we've got the Rule four draft
coming up, which is a regular MLB draft on during
the All Star break middle of July, and I spent
a lot of time on it's a very fascinating draft.
And Rock Cholowski has been the number one guy on
the list for a year, maybe year and a half,
I mean, just the you know, the number one dude
UCLA shortstop power, can hit, no speed, miss, can't miss.
And I'm thinking as I'm writing this, I'm thinking Dylan Cruz, right,
because the same thing, yeah about Dylan Cruise when he
was at LSU, like can't miss, prospect, can hit, got power,
and Cruise even had speed where Chilasky has no speed.
And I'm wondering what the similarities are with Cruise to
you and our people, because I've already gotten some feedback
from our Patreon members, is he overrated? Which is interesting
right because it's probably the highest floor player we've had
we've seen in a long time coming out of the draft,
but there's no speed. He might be overrated, you know.
I mean, so what say you on when you're looking
at these guys that are coming up for the draft
that can't miss and you think of Dylan Cruz and
some other guys, what you're thinking about all of this?
Speaker 2: Well, again, is it because Choloski is that much ahead
of everybody else? So there is a pack a little
bit lower.
Speaker 1: Oh, I think the pack is good.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I haven't done any deep dives, but everything in
my one two open Universe leagues, he's rostered in both,
and he has been since last spring, maybe a little
earlier in one of the leagues. Yeah. Hey, if again,
if the consensus is he is that good of a player, Yeah,
he's a number one pick. The only thing that muddies
the water is a little bit. And again I can
provide you with the information. There is what's coming out
of Japan and Korea, okay, and that will muddy the
waters a little bit depending on where you know he
has the number one pick. If it's the worst team
in the league, it will make a difference. You're gonna
go with the youth but if you've got a contending
type team right now, I would probably take safety psyche
is the number one pick, and I can provide you
that information along. Yeah, I mean it's we'll.
Speaker 1: Get to that later. But I'm just talking about guys
if you're just looking strictly at the draft. I mean,
it's interesting, like everybody's looking for Connor Griffin, right teams
are looking for Connor Griffin, but mcgonaell Chelawski is more
McGonagall than Connor Griffin. And but McGonagall there's some other
guys because he was a high school player, so there's
other guys that kind of more look like mcgonaga'll come
in the draft. But the question that you know when
you're drafting in fantasy leagues, this is redraft leagues, this
is also dynasty leagues. Or if you're just a major
league team, do you roll the dice and try to
get the guy that's all tooled up that maybe he's
got questions about the hit, which was exactly what everybody
said about Connor Griffin and he turned out guy can
hit two. So do you do you take the safe
play with with Chilowski and say, you know, maybe he's
not going to be a superstar. But Corey c your
s type of player, really good guy, a couple will
probably make a couple of All Star breaks, but you know,
he's not going to ever turn into uh to you know,
to Connor Griffin, what direction do you go with?
Speaker 2: I'm going to go in the direction of what I
perceived to be the safe play because all of these
players have risk. When everybody is all in okay and
there's a consensus number one, everybody has done their homework,
everybody's looked at this kid inside, and they probably know
his girlfriend's family. Okay, you know, yeah, all the research
has been done. If everybody says he is that guy,
I'm not gonna I'm not gonna buck that trend. I'm
going to go with that guy and hope I can
build my team around him. Again, there's risk with every player.
The risk on him, I would have to think, is
probably considerably lower than the risk of the guy who's
all who's all tooled up okay, but can't hit, you know,
chases absolutely everything with a poor hit to him, the
risk has got to be higher. So you're going with
the lower risk guy anyways, right, yeah, yeah, if it
doesn't work, out. It's not because you haven't done due
diligence or everybody else. I shouldn't say, has it done
due diligence for you? Right? Yeah, I mean not a
time to get not a time to get cute. I
don't think.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just I think it's also a preference to
like Dynasty League people. I mean, there will be some
people who will take Chilawski number one, and then there's
some others that will say, you know, there's no speed.
The cap is probably even if he hits with twenty
home run power, he's probably going to cap out as
a number a third round pick kind of guy at
his peak. I'm going to try to find the you know,
the kid that's eight seventeen years old that could be
a top five eventual fantasy pick, and they want to
go in that direction. I think both are legitimate. It
just depends on your risk tolerance to everything.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, yeah, And you know, here's here's a good example.
I'm going through the Baltimore Orioles system because I'm having
a brain cramp on the name. But who's the kid
that Baltimore drafted all the two tools in the world. Oh,
I don't even know if he's made it a double
a yet.
Speaker 1: Oh the kid they did in the first round, that
was the guy that you like to cut and hit. Yeah, yeah,
I'm off to see him next week in Frederick.
Speaker 2: Oh oh you know who I'm thinking?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I know, I know. Go to my list. That's
why I have lists him.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Vans honeycut.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I never thought he'd hit draft, but.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, well he's proved. You're right. He can't hit.
He can run like the wind, he can hit the
ball a mile, but you can't it. You know, are
you willing to take advanced honeycut chance over? You know?
Speaker 1: Yeah? I think Elijah Green is a really good example too,
because he was picked i think fourth by the Nationals
and uh no, he was. He was taking fourth in
Fantasy League's dynasty league, so the first year player draft
because he was all tooled up. He hasn't He's never
going to hit. It's a it's a it's a total bust.
It's a bus for the Nationals. And it's a bus
if you took him early in a fantasy league, and
it's just the way it is. And if you're picking forth,
do you take somebody that's a little bit more Uh?
Risk free. I think you do. But if you want
to reach, you reached later in the.
Speaker 2: Draft exactly the guys that wanted to reach, okay. And
that's why the drafts are set up in the format
of they are the guys that finish in your top five, okay,
are drafting ten to fifteen, right, those are the guys.
They are going to take the risk because they can
afford to, because they've got a solid enough team and
core Okay, they should be a little bit more risk
adverse simply because they can afford to be at least.
That's the way I play it. If I'm drafting, you know, twelfth,
okay or thirteenth, and I've got a guy who's got
a potentially be an okay, average charge type, that's where
you take the risk, right because you can afford to
take it at least. That's my that's my thought process.
On the back of the first round, in the back
of the second round, that's when you a, hey, I
got a team that finish third last year and I
think it can finish first next year. I'm going to
take a chance on this guy. That's I think the
approach I prefer and be safe up at the top
or try to be safe.
Speaker 1: Yeah, before we take another break, I'll just tell her
kind of the conclusions that I'm coming about this upcoming draft.
It is a heavy college bat draft, which Temple love.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's yeah.
Speaker 1: There's no there's very little pitching, very little high end pitching,
so and so. So that's week in high school is
a little weaker than has been in the past. So
it is about college bats, which by definition is a safer,
lower ceiling type of draft. So Rock Chulowski is really
that epitome of what this draft is all about. You're
going to get a lot of guys that can hit.
You're going to get some power in some cases, some speed,
but you're not going to get the blowout guys.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, that makes total sense. And you're right, that's
that's my type of draft. I like to try and
find talent I can I can have in my lineup
within two years. High school players, as a rule don't
get that criteria, right, Yeah, I mean the exception you
go a little lower.
Speaker 1: The exception again is kind of Griffins of the world
who just kind of defy or Mike Trout. I mean
these kind of yeah, once in a lifetime type of
prospects that come up. But Rock Chulowski will be I
was gonna say JJ Weatherhill, but JJ they kept JJ
weatherall down in here. He could You could see Chilawski
in twenty twenty seven, depending on who he gets drafted by.
If it's the Rays, then forget it. But yeah, but
the White Sox should draft them and have them starting
as their because he's a great defender, have them as
their shortstops entering the season, and move Coles Montgomery somewhere else.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that makes that makes total sense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, let's take a break, Tommy come back, and I
got a few more questions than we're going to get
out of here. A discussion of Shane Biaber on the
list last week. Last week we never got to him.
Glad we didn't get to it, because now we've got
we've got his first outing, which was not good. Three
and two thirds innings, My kids were runs, three home runs,
I mean three home runs. He did get the two strikeouts. Congratulations,
if you start him, you got two strikeouts. Fastball was
not good at ninety one point nine. He's actually throwing
a cutter. You can tell by how much he's throwing it.
It's clear that the fastball is not working, so he's
trying to get an alternative to that that didn't work.
I don't know, how are you treating Shane Bieber for
the next few starts, or are you going to start
him because he's Shane Bieber's you're gonna look at him
for the matchups, or no way you're sitting them.
Speaker 2: I took the shot. I no longer have beaber Beaver. Okay.
I found it prescription and they yeah, no, it's uh,
it's it's a problem. I I'm starting him in one
league this week. Okay. I'm third in the ar A
and I'm protected in the whip. Okay, I'm gonna take
a bit of a hit that I can afford to. Okay,
it's not gonna cost me anything because of where I'm sitting.
And unless you're in that situation, he's on my bench, okay.
And if we don't see improvement and over the next
three to four starts, he will no longer be on
my bench. It's it's as simple as that. He's got
Texas at home on Sunda. On Sunday, I'd be sitting
them personally. I also, in the short term, if you
want to start unless he's playing the Angels. You know,
I'd look at the matchups, be very careful with those
matchups because right now he's got some serious issues that
have we work through ninety one point nine. Yeah, and
throwing the couse of the compensation, that's not good. Teams.
Teams are going to hit him hard until he's thrown
very hard.
Speaker 1: To his defense, and he's always been obviously very successful,
but I don't know Timmy's older. It's a little scary.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, and those home runs were back to back
to back, okay, which is also scary. Okay, because if
at first you don't succeed, try tray again, doesn't work
real well, okay. And base Yeah, yeah, so I'm probably gonna.
Speaker 1: Set him for I'm going to sit him for Texas.
I got him in a couple of leagues. I've held
on to them to those injuries. But it's it's it's
a little scary what we're seeing with Shane Bieber. Hopefully
the magic of his his movement on his pitches are
going to come through and he'll he'll be solid again.
But it was a little a little spooky at the moment.
Speaking of spooky, got a note from one of our
Patreon members. Again, you join a Patreon site, you get
a chance to ask questions, and I don't generally give
one or two word answers. I use a breakdown players
when people ask them this. This question was simple, Jacob Marcy,
is he a keeper for next season? I thought it
was a really good question. I asked you, Timmy, because
you were bullish on him. I was bullish on a
coming to the seasons. The stolen bases have been there,
but otherwise it's been a disaster.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, the banning average and the power. I
think looking back, just scouting the stat line, okay and
looking at the numbers, I think we overestimated the power
potential based on one season from a couple of years ago.
You know, I I think the speed is very real.
You're looking at the two fifty nine babbit this year, okay,
so that definitely comes into the OBP is three twenty
one Okay. That's acceptable, Okay, especially out of a player
who doesn't turn in twenty five until this Sunday. So
I think when you start looking at he's you know,
last year he went thirty fifth outfielder off the board,
so he was basically a number three outfielder. I'll take
five to ten home runs and thirty plus stolen bases
with a two forty two fifty batting average, I'll take.
I'll take him as a number three, but I don't
think the potential is there to see much more than that,
because I don't think I don't think the power is
going to be there Rich So, yeah, it's disappointing this year,
but again, you drafted him as a number three. You're
gonna get enough stolen bases and hopefully a little bit
of a correction on the batting average where it's I'd
definitely be keeping him for next year. Yeah, in a
dynasty league, the speed's real. Take the stolen bases and
hope for a better batting average.
Speaker 1: This was my take looking at the data, and again
I did a lot of digging, and maybe I'll bring
up something that will give you some paws. Okay, so
last year the power uppers looks like the outlier that
we're all we all got fooled by. So I agree
with you there, So why is this happening? He decided
to try and yoke everything. His flyball rate is way
up with a huge leverage swing. When you don't hit
the ball very hard. That means more pop ups evan
and and the data and warning track power. So that's
that's what we're seeing. He just doesn't hit the ball
that hard, and he's added a lot of leverage, so
he's likely an eight to ten home run guy, which
is what I I write this, which I what I
thought the ceiling was before I before he went all
nuts last season. I got ye, I got fooled bite
like we all did. Said two were red flags, and
I said, like you need more. One is speed is
dropped off. He's still fast, but far from a burner.
And he and I write, he does get on base,
it's on second. And more concerning is he can hit left,
something he couldn't do in the minors before Yeah, last
year's breakout. So net net might take as Marcy will
become a decent platoon bat with five to ten home runs,
fifteen plus dolen bases in a two sixty average. Maybe
I'll catch fire again like he did in twenty twenty five.
But I went and bet on it in a team
ten team league, which is what the guy was playing in.
I would think there are already better options available for Marcy,
and as a keeper. It's going to be tough to
make that commitment for next season. Long winded, but I
hope that helps anyway.
Speaker 2: That's right enough.
Speaker 1: So there's definitely some platoon splits there that the Marlins
see because he's dropped in the lineup, and if he
doesn't hit better, you're gonna start to seeing dropped in
lineup is going to be out of the lineup. So
that's what the next next phase is. So I he
feels like a platoon guy with speed, a little bit
of power, and not as good as what he showed
last season. That's my conclusion.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, and that's fair. And yeah, when you look
at contacts being in the Marlin is okay, yeah, they
already have They already have Xavier Edwards, they already have
Auto Lopez. Okay, how many uh Edwards and Lopez? Is?
Do you need? You need mar You know, Marseille's value
in a lineup structured in the manner that the Marlins
is is a little bit less than he might be
on some other teams. Does that make sense totally?
Speaker 1: And let's face it, the Marlins, the Marlins, much like
the Rockies, just don't develop. Guys just don't not hitters.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny because at one point in time they
were pretty darn good at it.
Speaker 1: I haven't been Gelick and Carlos back man, it was great.
Speaker 2: Who was who was a shortstop? That was all world?
Handley Ramirez, you know, Handley Ramires. Yeah, the Marlins didn't
have any any problems at one point in time, but that.
Speaker 1: Was two administrations ago. That was, you know, that was
the things have turned over by lot with this guys.
So my next topic be where we ask you for
your targets. A few rookies are starting to show their stuff,
just real quick. I got five guys, and maybe not
some of the famous guys. I'm just looking for you.
Fact or fiction Jack Kaglin on fourteen home runs but
since still striking out a lot three fifty two, Babbitt
is propping up his two seventy five batting average. Jack
Kagling on fact or fiction.
Speaker 2: The power is a fact, the batting average is fiction.
Speaker 1: I would agree. Here's an interesting one. We thought that
there'd be a different first basement in Colorado, but TJ.
Rumpfield is playing okay. Timmy twelve on runs, two seventy
five batting average, a fifteen strikeout rate. TJ.
Speaker 2: Rumpfield, Yeah, we're gonna we're going to play the opposite
game here. Okay, over, okay, Okay, the power is fiction. Okay,
the batting average is a fact. I just don't see.
I just don't see a twenty five to thirty home
run type bat. I see fifteen to twenty. So I think,
I think, Yeah, it's exactly the opposite of KEG Leannon.
Speaker 1: Yeah. TJ. Rumfield. For everyone, just to support what Tim
is saying, average exivelocity is eighty four point three eighty
four miles an hour. That would rank in the bottom
two percent of the league. It doesn't hit the ball hard,
it's got these leverage of fifteen degrees. But yeah, this
is a double hitter.
Speaker 2: And he's six y five I believe. Is he a
big kid? Uh? He is six'?
Speaker 1: Five?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah you would, argue are you how can
you be six? Five? Okay had hit the ball in
the lowest two percent AND i. DIDN'T i have some
questions to ASK. Ej.
Speaker 1: Rumfield, okay, yeah let's see what he did in the
minor leagues last. Year, yeah the ball, HARDER i, mean
maybe he's just getting under the ball a little bit too.
Much let's see, here ev take that. In CAN i
make data here Is? Averag, yeah it was eighty seven
point eight last year when he was with The. Yankees so,
yeah so so eighty four is a little eighty seven
point eight is much. Better, Right so that's that's more
of a fifteen twenty home run pop, guy particularly In.
Colorado so the eighty four point three might be a
bit of a red herring in terms of just not
hitting the ball hard. Enough but, yeah he's been he's been.
Good tim he's been.
Speaker 2: Good yeah he.
Speaker 1: Has.
Speaker 2: Yeah he just mystifies me when you see a kid
six Five, okay, yeah, yeah totally.
Speaker 1: Great, Yeah Bryce eldris talking about a guy that's sixty,
five one hundred and thirty at bats six home, runs
so he's on pace to hit nine hundred home runs the,
season hitting two eighty five thirty four, strikeouts twenty one
walks of twenty two percent strikeout.
Speaker 2: Rate Bryce, Eldridge, yeah back back, back great. Devers, yeah
he's going to be a Good. BLAIR i.
Speaker 1: Agree here's an interesting. One kudo's out to the Great
tim McLeod Foster griffin ninety one in the third innings
three point. Fifteen, EARRA i think he's got four. Wins
he's got an expected four oh nine expected Era Foster
griffin factor fiction.
Speaker 2: My concern AND i had him ranked of, uh you
know When Cody ponds And anthony K. I griffin ranked the,
lowers and my concern was hell and and and the
word as he. Missed he missed time in all three
years And japan last year we only tossed eighty ninety.
Eight oh, okay now GRANTED i think it was a
one point five e r. Ah he's staying healthy so
far this. YEAR i have to say it is. Fact.
Uh and AGAIN i was concerned about the, workload and
so far he has more innings in this year and the,
bigs and he had all of last year In japan
where he only put in eighty nine. Innings so, Yeah
i'm Gonna i'm gonna call it back to cross my
fingers and pray that he stays off the.
Speaker 1: Aisle just looking at his, stuff we talked About Shane.
Bieber Foster griffin doesn't have big fast but ninety one point.
Four but guess what he throws more of than his
four seemer is. Cutter so his cutter is very very.
Effective and he's got a great, sweeper so he's got
an out. Pitch he throws. Everything if there's a cutter for,
seamer sweeper sink or, curveball change up, Split, yeah, yeah
and he throws everything, reasonably throws. Strikes it's not it's
a four or five Ear it's a solid number four
guy and a great pickup in the as an afterthought
in drafts this.
Speaker 2: Season so, yeah, YEAH i got him in virtually all
my leagues in The, HEY i have nothing to complain
about at. All.
Speaker 1: Nothing i've got him IN i think three, leagues and
those are the Leagues i'm doing the best. VIEW i, mean,
yeah WELL i listen as opposed to somebody. Else, Yeah,
uh are you.
Speaker 2: All?
Speaker 1: Right this is more of? This last one is more of?
Right have you changed your mind? Yet cage jump thirty
five and a Third indies pitch two of four ear
a thirty five, strikeouts ten, walks three seventy one era at,
home a point forty nine. Away so we throw that
out and again one of those starts was In Las. Vegas,
overall it's a two ninety four expected ear. Ache cage.
Speaker 2: Jump. Uh The White socks have Called sandland back, up
and he's pitching. Tonight let The march to infamy starting. Tonight,
NO I i don't know what's gonna have but With.
Sadlin but it is interesting they have called him back,
up cage.
Speaker 1: Jump BUT i think he's got a good match up
If i'm, not BECAUSE i was thinking about.
Speaker 2: Starting he's got The, yeah he's got The, ROYALS i, Think.
Speaker 1: YEAH i mean The royals WITHOUT.
Speaker 2: I mean Or vinny p And. Garcia, yeah, no it's,
yeah the. Challenging, yeah i'd be starting whoever The White Sox,
okay have on the hill? Today you know it's, yeah,
yeah so, yeah cage jump in fact, Fact, yeah he's.
Speaker 1: Good. Yeah, look he's gonna he's Got he's gonna get
blown up a couple of. Times that's just that's just
the way it is out In. Sacramento but it's it's good.
Stuff he's starting to throw more, strikes he's getting. Comfort
it's a good.
Speaker 2: PICTURE i agree.
Speaker 1: To take our final, break come back and find out
Who tim is picking. Up i'm heading off to the
pediatress this. Afternoon, Timmy i've got to buy some new
inserts for my, shoes some new because of my plan
of fasciitis is starting to come up a little, bit
and my inserts are completely worn, out so my methotics
need to be. Replaced So i'm off to the podiatres
to get.
Speaker 2: You step in.
Speaker 1: Cement it's, cool you, know there getting, uh putting cement.
Shoes you literally step in this goo that makes an
impression of your feet and then they make a mold
out of. It it's actually it's actually quite.
Speaker 2: Cool so up here we call that soul. Food m.
Speaker 1: All, right without too let's.
Speaker 2: Here you're, Welcome you're, well you're.
Speaker 1: Welcome now one one hitter and one pitcher that you're
targeting for this.
Speaker 2: Weekend, Okay, well the athletics have a little bit of
a problem right, now And zach ellis on the on the,
il AND i Think Jacob wilson is dealing with some
issues as, well So i'm going to go With Max. Moncy,
okay second third base, eligible rostered you going off to
a good start this year playing principally third base and
then ended up missing five weeks with a broken. Finger
he's a home run this week If i'm not. Mistaken
a little bit of. SPEED i like the. Power he's
only twenty three so it's not like he's an aging.
Veteran i'm going With Max, Monthy Max munsey of the ATHLETIC.
Speaker 1: I brought Up Max. Months he brought up the Wrong Max.
Months i'm like looking at his, like, Wow Max, months
he's pretty. Good and it was it was The dodgers. Maximunks,
UH averagex of velocity is ninety one point, one a
little bit of, launch hits the ball, hard hits the ball,
hard a little bit of speed sixty fifth. Percentile let's
see a strikeout rate is a lot and he never.
Walks so he needs. Something, yeah that's why he wasn't
the in the minor. Leagues he had a terrible. Approach,
yeah so can he stop swinging and everything? Too their
speed and power there for.
Speaker 2: Sure, Yeah i'll take that on a short term. Basis,
yep who's your who's your?
Speaker 1: Picture?
Speaker 2: Ah and this you, know we can we can sort
of we can sort of look at this GUY i
think in the same light maybe As gage Jump, okay
and that we're going mm Hmm Cage, yeah yeah him.
Speaker 1: Too, Yeah now you got me, questioning, uh.
Speaker 2: Dear, optomically it's, gauge it's, gage it's.
Speaker 1: Gage you're, Right.
Speaker 2: Gage, oh that's. Okay Mike glass is, good have it.
Wrong toods are pretty. Good you, know when you look
At Gauge, jump this picture sort of reminds me of
the same thing because they both have the, potential they're both,
young and you, know when WHEN i look at that
last outing Of Brandon, sprouts, okay six innings of one hit,
ball no, walks ten strikeouts In cincinnati a, BANDBOX i
think that's a good reminder of the huge. Potential and
right Now sproute is sprots is Only rowster to the
tune of twenty five percent AT. Cbs so, hey there's
gonna be good. Days there's gonna be some tough. Days
but he's A milwaukee were And i'm thinking The mets
would love to have him back right about. Now.
Speaker 1: There, YES i Love Brandon. Sprout i've always Liked Brandon.
SPROUT i mean throws the ball. HARD i, mean, look
he's not a complete pitcher, yet but he's in the
right organization that you. Blink and, also this guy's a
solid number three.
Speaker 2: Starter, exactly SO i you, know combined with that last,
Outing i'm going to be targeting him in any leagues
where he happens to be available this. Week.
Speaker 1: Yep, look it's it's, uh it's it's good. Stuff it's
not great. Stuff and the sweeper is really. Good he
needs to throw it. More but, YEAH i mean he's
he's got swinging miss stuff in. There he's just still
learning to. Pitch how old is he twenty five years,
Old he's still he's still just. Learning it's this is
What tim AND i we talk. About a great. Setup
this is a great, setup good arm right. Organization let's
see what can happen with.
Speaker 2: Him, yeah and Day brewers are going to keep running them.
Out dave atually believe it in, them and after that last,
outing maybe this is the start of a nice little.
Run so, Yeah i'm all.
Speaker 1: In, YEAH i, mean you, know we talk people, Go
we'll see why The brewer is so. GOOD i don't,
know but, look look look To Kyle. Harrison Kyle harrison
was like he couldn't establish himself with The, giants The
Red sox that know what to do with, them and good,
teams a good developmental, organizations and The brewers that made
him a. Star he's gonna be an all star.
Speaker 2: Team, yeah yeah he. Is and you look at the
rest of that, Lineup, Jackson curio signed you an early.
Contract train is to Develop William. Contreras nice player. Self
relick is not an offensive, course but he's a good
enough player in. Here and they Got cooper crowd. Up
they're gonna Have laura. Soon who's that maudey? Guy is?
Speaker 1: It?
Speaker 2: Yeah the developing talent at an incredible. Pace and what
they do with pitching this are you?
Speaker 1: Tremendous?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah you know you look at their. Rotation, okay
right now you've Got, Mazerowski you've Got Kyle, Harrison Bingo,
Bingo Brandon, woodrow it's well and it's really. Well, yeah last.
Outing then you got sproat is number. Four and, Yeah
Shane growhen they took him out of the they took
him out of the, bullpen and he's pitched four or
five games in a row now just. Fine and that you,
know and they Got, Coleman, Crow Logan, Henderson Gwynn. Priester
they're all in THE i L, OKAY i have the upper. Miners,
yeah they're doing it, right and they're doing that heck
of a.
Speaker 1: Job when you. Look if you were to tell me
that that rotation In, february That's. July, first we're gonna
Have Jacob, Mazerowski Kyle, Harrison Brandon, woodriff And Brandon sproute
as your top four. Guys and you would say they're
below five hundred.
Speaker 2: Team, no that's a great, rotation yeah right, now other
than The, mariners it might. Be it might be the
best rotation in. Baseball, yeah miss around twenty.
Speaker 1: Four, Uh Kyle harrison about to turn twenty, Five Brandon
sprote twenty, five and Obviously Brandon woodruff is the uh
is the veteran. There and Even Shane, Johan i'm sure
he's the long term twenty. Seven they're, young they're. Talented
it's just a factory over.
Speaker 2: There, yeah you, know AS i find, amazing AND i
didn't realize it until you, Know i'm on the bangrass
is a rusty resource. Page But Kyle harrison is a
year younger Than brandon's.
Speaker 1: Broke yeah that he was a high school kid and
a ton of talent and could never throw. Strikes needed
a better for an. Alter well we've we talked about
it at nauseam and AND i kept talking with him
even he's a cutter and blah blah, Blah And i'm
was exciting when he went to The Red sox and
The Red sox really blew it with. Him they just
didn't know what to do with. Him and The brewers
just like they did With Quinn, priester like do, this do?
Speaker 2: That? Done SO i had a ton of Harrison s
carriage when he was a. GIANT i don't have any As,
brewer And i'm lamenting that. FACT i actually.
Speaker 1: DO i actually. DO i actually did a challenge trade
With Tim, webber Which i'm very pissed off. About it
Was Kyle harrison for all The Red Sox Perpetual Minor
league Or Kristin campbell AND i, HAD i, KNOW i
had a ton of shares And Kyle harrison in a
lot of. LEAGUES i, said you, know let me TAKE
i don't Own christian rob Don't Chris Christian campbell. Anywhere
let me take a let me take a, Gander. Timmy
it was a bad. Trade, yes, yes you're like.
Speaker 2: Me hanging to the optometris because the gander.
Speaker 1: Trade, YEAH i wreck it was bad. Reckoning the yeah
go bad.
Speaker 2: Reckoning yeah reckoning. DAY i was not.
Speaker 1: Wreckoning well on. That but there you go too long
on A friday. Show but thanks for doing. IT i
have a lot of. Fun My friday is my favorite
show because we get a chance to just talk about
random stuff that's in my brain AND i don't want
to Hear tim's opinion On SO i love These friday.
Shows but we're back On, Sunday tim talking your waiver,
wire my, Friend you've already got eleven, players so pretty
excited about.
Speaker 2: That, YEAH i got. SOME i got some good ones.
TOO i think you know it's it's gonna. Be it's
gonna be a Fun sunday with lots of good.
Speaker 1: NAMES i, Reckon, Okay timmy B, well we'll talk you On, sunday.
Speaker 2: Be, well catch Just sunday. Afternoon