Speaker 1: Yep. Greeting scitations everyone, a Chrich Wilson look into Fantasy
Baseball Live. Today is the fourteenth of June, about four
point thirty in the afternoon. We're running a little bit
late because Timmy, I literally just got off the plane
and walked into my place maybe eight minutes ago, so
I'm not totally wired into everything. So but I was
in beautiful des Moine with thunderstorms galore for two out
of the three days, and thunderstorm's coming back. Just weather everywhere,
So it's good to be back though, safe in sound.
Speaker 2: Yes, I'm happy you survived all the storms. I'm just
almost Oh how far would I be? About eighteen hours,
almost straight north of Des Moines. I know what you've
been getting because we've been getting the same thing here,
thunderstorm after thunderstorm. We haven't had any tornado warnings here,
but in the area there have been. So it's just
been ugly weather.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean the the we didn't see it,
but uh, you know. So we got in on Thursday
morning and like Thursday six again, these horrible storms hit
the Iowa area, then came to Chicago, so we flew
into Chicago, then to Des Moines. So we were trying
to get out of Chicago be where the storms got there,
and then we had to go around the storms and
to get to Des Moines and it was just hurricanes,
tornadoes everywhere. I mean, houses blown up. It was terrible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's uh, you're that's that's that's part of Tornado Alley,
the north part of the Tornado Alley. So yeah, they
get some beer storms there, very very So tell me.
Speaker 1: I haven't watched a ton of games. I will be
honest with you.
Speaker 2: I was.
Speaker 1: It makes me sound old, but my grand nephew, which
is my wife's daughter's son, got married, so which I
believe it or not. My wife's daughter, my wife's sister
is sixteen years older or fourteen years older, so really
her daughter and my wife were close, closer to the
similar age than not, so they're almost like nephews to us,
but they are technically grand nephews. But anyway, he got
married and it was beautiful. That was an only nice day.
It was the day that got married.
Speaker 2: Which was good.
Speaker 1: Out in the corner, yeah, literally in a cornfield. It
was crazy.
Speaker 2: Did baseball players come out and walk? They did not,
different movie.
Speaker 1: They didn't a different movie. Nobody understands baseball out there.
It's just you know, they abody knows I'm into baseball,
so they pretend like they know what's going on. When
they start asking you if Willie Mays is still pretty good,
you realize that they're they're not really in the baseball.
Speaker 2: They're too busy making money off corn. Right.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. Can you make money in the
in the farming business? I don't know. I hear it's
it's tough business.
Speaker 2: So wow, yes, yes, I'm hearing. I'm hearing the same thing.
Speaker 1: So Timmy, what what is happening in the baseball world?
All I know is I woke up this morning and
the handmade problems that everybody had at the beginning of
the season appears to be back.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, excuse me for a second.
Speaker 1: Okay, Tim's coughing up along, Timmy, Okay, what's which luck
came up the right or the left?
Speaker 2: It was the left this time. In Yeah, it just
wasn't right. Jeez.
Speaker 1: That was very good, very very fast, very fast. So
my wife was sitting there. She we spent a lot
of time together the last three days traveling, and I
said something kind of remotely funny, and she laughed, because
you're funny. I go, I'm really not Tim's funny. I'm
clever every once in a while. Timmis you're funny. You're
the funny guy.
Speaker 2: So well, yes, I also spend a lot of time
alone in a truck, okay for most of my life.
You gotta gotta do something right.
Speaker 1: Talking to yourself. So anyway back, so I know we
lost Jose Ramirez for four to six weeks and VINNYP
for four to six weeks, So who are the pickups there?
I haven't had a chance to really read your your
waiver war report yet, but what are they going to do?
What are fantasy managers may be rejoice losing VINNP, but
hose are Ramires is not a good situation.
Speaker 2: No, And we both know that Cleveland isn't stocked with
an abundance of power hitting forty stolen base type players
down on the farm.
Speaker 1: And that whole team is built around him. So it's
like like losing Aaron Touch.
Speaker 2: Well, it's now built around Reee Hoskins. Okay, so I
guess a.
Speaker 1: Little bit we're playing time. What about c J. Kafkas
Is he going to get a chance or.
Speaker 2: Does it matter.
Speaker 1: I'm just thinking I've gone into this board when I
saw it. I mean, I'm assuming that's the I.
Speaker 2: Think, really Arius is going to play third base, but
there there isn't anybody.
Speaker 1: Is he recovered Jetter because he's been on the iel
most of the season.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think they just activated him as yesterday quarter
earlier today, So that's that's how they're going to take
care of that. But at the same point in time,
Angel Martinez is dealing with a foot injury and he
had to play for a couple of days. So they're
short there, so Sieman and David pry Or getting some
extra at bats. They're not going to replay Ramirors. It's
as simple as that. They will plug in people to
fill in the holes. But from our perspective of fantasy perspective,
I don't think there's anything there. I haven't end the
same when you get to Kansas City, Like, what's what's
Kansas City gonna do?
Speaker 1: Kansas City has really nothing down on the farm.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, they'll they'll shuffle a deck a little bit.
They called up uh uh, John Rave it could be
something to rave about, or.
Speaker 1: I mean he's major waiver water so many times needs nothing, Hey,
mcal Mike calgarcya needs to step it up. He's not
done a whole lot this season. And you know, if
they're gonna go if the if the Royals are gonna
go anywhere, and they're way under five hundreds, so maybe
there're seasons done anyway, he's gonna have to step it up.
I mean losing vinnp he's played poorly, but they don't
enough power in that lineup.
Speaker 2: Well, no, you start looking at you know one through
four is fine, Salprez is you know he's played better,
but sal Prez is he used but you know Michael
Massey and Cameron Missner and Lane Thomas, Isaac Collins. Yeah. Yeah,
there's Bobby witz Stroller's twenty fifth base and it's a
moved into the clean.
Speaker 1: Bobby Trout and that lineup. I mean, if there's just
nobody else around, it's terrible.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it really is. And I'm going to push back.
Speaker 1: I'm going to push back on the Salvador Perez may
I yes, you may.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: His his entire Baseball Savant page is blue blue not good.
It's so his average explocity is down. He was always
above ninety miles an hour sound to eighty eight point five.
He's still got a tremendous launch, but he's never walked,
and it's all caught up to him to he's sitting
two oh two with I guess he's got nine home runs,
but nine home runs, and he should have fifteen by now.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's gonna be probably a twenty five home run
four batting average type catcher. But he's also thirty six
years old. But on Kansas City, those nine home runs,
he's a slugger.
Speaker 1: Oh, I know, but I mean he's not the Salvador
Perez of old. I mean, I guess that's what I
was trying to push push down. It's like he's thirty
six years old and this isn't you know, PDS anymore?
I mean he is, he isn't the decline it's starting
to get pretty severe here.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, you look at twenty four and he had
twenty seven home runs, one hundred and four RBIs last year,
thirty home runs one hundred rby guys this year the
nine home runs, forty six RBIs and a two six
batting average. Ever started to fall last year, dip from
two seventy one to two thirty six now two oh six.
It's yeah, he's on the wrong side of the curve.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we said that about Paul Goldschmid, and gold Schmid's
been I mean I dropped him in a couple of
leagues where I had him. I just thought he was
done and I wish I had him back in those leagues.
He's been very good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, I who were the thunker you know? But
then he gets st Stanton under the lineup and Domingus
on the il and you know, hey, injuries, injuries, Galory,
you know Caviero who was on the ile for time Goolpe.
People are getting at bats that we didn't anticipate them
getting two months ago. A lot of people are getting
those at bats.
Speaker 1: And I mean Goldsmith sitting two ninety five with nine
home runs and one hundred and fifty six at bats.
That's vintage Paul gold.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's yeah, yeah for those for those who picked
up Paul goldspit and you know, as an afterthought, I
don't think anybody was anticipating what we're seeing, so it
has to be an afterthought, right, we'll plug it in.
They've reaped, they reaped the rewards, and good for them.
You know, it's Okay, Yesterday was an interesting day with
Yamamoto taking a perfect game into the oh into the
was it the ninth eighth inning? Ninth inning? And Mookie
Bets had to boot wind Row in the perfect game
and then Peters ended up homering off him in the
ninth Uh yeah, imotors looking good.
Speaker 1: Looks looked really really good. That was that was definitely
picking up. We've got some pictures back, so Scoobal came
back and and mister Brown is slated to start on Tuesday,
so that's good news.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Glad he's dealing with a bad back and
it's not from pounding them into the upper deck. By
the way, did you did you hear Vokomoto shot yesterday?
Speaker 3: No?
Speaker 1: To me, I was, I was. I was doing family stuff.
I was it was going to a wedding and then
we had a picnic yesterday with all the family members.
Speaker 2: And no body breaks squirrel away and take a look
at stuff.
Speaker 1: So I just I was trying to be present with
it because it was my wife's family. So I was
trying to be present with my wife's family. And then
think I'm not some kind of jerk. So my family
they already know right.
Speaker 3: So Okamoto, uh tied into one and I hit.
Speaker 2: It into the five hundred level, which is the top
deck on the left field line, and man, he tagged it. Good,
it was well well into the four hundreds. I think
he's born of only twenty or thirty players since abilities
have went up there. It's good.
Speaker 1: Yeah, good for him.
Speaker 2: Yeah he Yeah, he really tagged one. But glad he's hurt.
There is a rose arena is hurt? Who else is hurt?
Speaker 1: What happened to rose arena? Uh?
Speaker 2: He is dealing with a rose arena. I believe it
is a mild hamstring.
Speaker 1: Also, has he hit the eel yet?
Speaker 2: No? Okay to day.
Speaker 1: But you probably want to pick somebody up if you
got him on your squad just in case.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I would. I would have plan b ready. There's
a lot of players right now that are sitting the
sat today out that are day to day. That is
obviously when he gets gets sorted out the next the
next twenty four hours, I would think.
Speaker 1: So, haven't scrutinized your closer report at the back of
the Royals Lang has been gott beaten up late this week? Right,
so does your buddy? Yeah, I think he gave up.
I think he blew a save and then he got
hit hard the next day or something. Does lets the
fourth get to get a chance? Here? Are they going
to stick with Lang?
Speaker 2: Well? I think once they get through one, two, and
three they might look at him. But that's could be
a wild out of the road, right, So no shot there? Yeah, No,
I think there's I think there's there's a possibility. But
lang Lang has had two back to backup outings. He
could very well, he could very well. I don't know
what Kansas City is going to do. It could happen,
it might not. They had they gave it fir long Lea,
So I don't think two outings will be cause, but hey,
you never know. You're often still in the mix for
saves in Toronto. Okay, so your.
Speaker 1: Your White Sox went again. Fetti looks like a different picture.
I mean, he's a number five starter, but he's doing okay.
There's six games ever.
Speaker 2: Five, yes, and they need to trade for uh Benny
Montgomery and Mason Montgomery, okay, and then they'll have the
market corners on all the all the Montgomery Oh that's.
Speaker 1: Right, Benny Montgomery's Yeah, so yeah, yep, I see Coulson, Montgomery,
and Brandon Montgomery's up. So wow, Yeah, you're right. Two
more than Benny Montgomery I think is out of baseball,
or at least it should be.
Speaker 2: So still around somewhere is this.
Speaker 1: Montgomery's in Tampa's lay for Tampa. You need another Montgomery
in the lineup, that's what.
Speaker 2: Oh, he's actually Mason's in Pittsburgh. Down. He's probably one
of the pie in one of the various trades at
Pittsburgh got ripped off.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Yankees are up eight to three on Toronto.
Look like they're gonna bring that one home. Uh, George
Springer has come back to earth. That was probably the
one of the easier calls this spring. To avoid George
Springer and probably avoid Paul Goldsman if he decides to
play another year, et cetera. I mean, these guys that
have these pop up seasons getting close to forty, it's
just not going to last.
Speaker 2: No, no, Ben, Ben, It was actually tied tied three
all heading into the heading into the ninth and yeah,
pop by Ben, Rice with a couple and Caberro I
believe with a three run shot.
Speaker 1: Rice with a with a well two run shot and
Caviera with a three run you're right, yes, six on runs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's gonna.
Speaker 1: Finish with double digit home runs, mister.
Speaker 2: McLeod, Yes he is, and double double double digit stolen bases.
Rice up to nineteen home runs. There's could be looking
at twenty five by the break. Yeah, that was my
big numbers that was in the.
Speaker 1: Season, and the date was just too good on that guy.
The Brewers fourd and nothing I saw with Jackson. Sure
another home run today, he had two last last night too.
He's fun.
Speaker 2: It looks like, yeah he's rounding. He's rounding in the
forum rather nicely. Good on him. For those that decided
it was a good day to said Everson Hancock, you
were right because he got absolutely torched by Washington. Uh
a good year, but you know, all of us, all
of a sudden, those six earned runs and four innings
today bring the z RA up over three h Washington
scoreing some runs, yeah, would with another home run he's
up to twenty now.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, can we go to some I have a
bone to pick with with with the Oakland Sacramento Las
Vegas Athletics. Maybe this is on me and I'm just
sour grapes him. So I Kyle Harrison's an automatic start.
Speaker 2: Correct that he is? Yes, So I agreed.
Speaker 1: I went, I got him in a couple of leagues.
I went to him, I'm starting, no problem, I said, Oh,
he's playing against the Athletics. All right, Well, hopefully we'll
be able to handle Sacramento. And so after the game
I look at it, Oh my gosh, like two and
a third innings, eight Aron runs. Oh my gosh, you
got blown up in Sacramento, Timmy. It was not Sacramento
he played in. They played in Las Vegas and that
horrible minor league stadium that I did not We didn't
talk about it last week. I would have if I
would have known, because I've been to that ballpark. I'm
telling you, I've never ever seen ground balls get through
the infield faster than they get through at that ballpark.
And the balls is flying out. It is. It is unbelievable.
And if that's if that's a prelude to what's going
to happen to Las Vegas, Lord have mercy. It's it's
it's going to be unacceptable major League baseball. It just is.
I mean, you're not going to be able to pitch there.
But we would have worn people to like, yeah, miss
Rowski throwing one hundred four miles and you can't catch
up to it no matter where you are, but everybody
else you couldn't start them there.
Speaker 2: No it, I just missed it.
Speaker 1: I did too.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I didn't see it. I mean, yeah, there's some
deal that if they went to this game or the
people that are fafiliar with the minor they get dibbs
or something on seats in the new building or something.
So they played six games in that minor league.
Speaker 1: Part really is that the deal?
Speaker 2: That's yeah, there's rather there's got to be money involved
in it somehow.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I was so annoyed and even look into him.
Speaker 2: I couldn't believe it.
Speaker 1: Like god, eight runs and two in a third innings
and then to day he goes out pitches the way
he's always been pitching. I mean it's just it's just great. Hey,
what about Jacob Masarowski. Was it Friday night? I mean
just against Philly, against the Phillies, I mean just just
he he's on another level, man, that that guy throwing
a hundred and three hundred four miles an hour. I'm
just I don't we haven't seen that We have not
seen that kind of velocity movement size in the history
of baseball. That's nasty, nasty stuff coming from him.
Speaker 2: That's that's Mason Miller extended out over a full game.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Mason sented with it with even a bigger stride
and taller. I mean, it's just I don't know how
you handle that guy.
Speaker 2: Well, I guess my big concern is, you know, I
keep I keep seeing it all the time. You know,
how many pitches over one hundred this game? How many
over you know what I mean the next game? And
how long can you do it for? Rich Like, you
know you're in You're into danger. Will Robinson territory throwing
at one hundred miles an hour when you're throwing at
his velocity and he's throwing ninety pitches, Man, that's it
just scares me. It really does. And I don't like
to be that negative person, but man, he's doing something.
It's dangerous, isn't it.
Speaker 1: Yes, it is. And you know you would say that
he's a lock for Cy Young, but the National League
has just loaded. You've got Otani, that nobody hit, you
got Yamamoto. We just talked about Kyle Harrison's pitching well,
it just goes on and on. Yeah, Chase Burns is
pitching well. I mean, it's just remarkable what's happening in
the National League. But you would think that this guy
going into next season going to be a top five pitcher. Probably.
I don't know if I can do it, Timmy, it's
just too scary.
Speaker 2: No. I think based on what we know as of
right now today. I know people are going to say
I'm crazy and it's my bias kicking in, but I
think I would take the veteran safer route in Yamamoto
as compared to miss Rowski, Yes, because he just scares me.
I think Yamamoto knows how to pitch, he knows his limitations,
he works within them, okay, and barring something unfortunate, he
should be the type of pitcher you would think gets
in twenty five starts every year. And I think I
would take that before the risk factor, even though the
difference on the high end is sick Ip again, Yep,
I'm just I'm just concerned it just cause it's hard
to agree.
Speaker 1: With you, Tim, it really is. I mean, when you're
doing the calculus and you know that you know all
teams are doing the same calculus as he starts to
get further into his career and they're looking at what
do we put a value on this guy? And every
medical doctor's going that arm's not gonna not gonna hold up.
And right, maybe he's a freak and because of his
height and mechanics, and maybe he stays healthy his whole career,
and now let's hope he does. But history says no,
it's just not gonna happen.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's I said, it is so impressive, it's amazing
to watch. But are you going to take him in
the first second round.
Speaker 1: I'm not. I'm just not gonna do it.
Speaker 2: I mean, I'll take I'll take I'll take Paul Skins
ahead of him. I think Paul Skins works within his
limitations fairly.
Speaker 1: Well yeah, yep, I mean all you all you can
do is is kind of do the research and you
got to go with the percentages when the first few
rounds and say, I mean, look, missy Rowski in the
seventh eighth round like he was this season. Yeah, I
mean it's turned out to be a home run. Even
if he gets hurt next week. I mean, you've you've
banked those those wins particularly in a retisseary league. But
going sitting and taking him in the second round with
that risk factor, I don't know.
Speaker 2: Man, Yeah, it's hey could when your league, I could lose.
Speaker 1: It's for sure. Just ask him and hum and his
Hunter Brown in his Hunter Brown leagues. I mean it's
it's it's tough to recover, or there's school is probably
going to be okay because the only miss you know,
seven games, six games, But man, Hunter Brown, that's a
tough one.
Speaker 2: Yes, well, when you when you lose that Calber more.
The people have drafted Garrett Crochet. Oh yeahs aging too. Yeah,
two hundred plus strakeouts right, big numbers. And I don't
know if we're going to see Crochet back this year.
Speaker 1: I haven't heard much about what's going on. Hey, you
did say the national is starting to score some runs?
You another two games over five hundred.
Speaker 2: Wow? Nationals and White Sox World Series.
Speaker 4: Wow.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they got a better They got a better record
than the Seattle Mariners at thirty seven and thirty six,
and they just beat up one handcock as Tim was saying,
and yeah, yeah, so I mean let's see who did
the damage. There would has just been twentieth on run
Kate Louiz another one of my targets. Six home run
of the season. He's been pretty good. Dylan Cruz got
a hit up to one ninety three. I don't know
if it's I don't know if it's come together for him.
Speaker 2: Just don't Yeah, I mean, and he's got a couple
of home runs now, and I think he had run
scored in an RBI today. Uh I I it's better,
but it's not as good as what it should be,
not by any stretch of the imagination. I think it's
good enough to keep him in Washington.
Speaker 1: So here's here if you want some good news to him.
The good news average ex of velocity is ninety one
point six, again very small sample sized. The three home
runs and seventy nine at bats helps the sprint speed
ninety fifth percent. Tell you like that bat speed still
way up there in the upper quartile. The thing they
wanted him to do was add leverage to his swing.
He has done that, but it's only twelve degrees up
from eight and a half degrees, so he's still not
getting the ball up in the air like they want
him to do. And he's just very aggressive at the plate.
He never walks. But so, I mean, I kind of
with you. There's been some positive signs since he's been back.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm always definitely yeah, yeah, getting back. Just for
a second, you were talking about with the athletics and
Kyle Harrison. Okay, Well today we've got Jeffrey Springs getting
tagged for six earned runs in four innings, Medina getting
tagged for six earned runs in one inning, and Sagano
right now has a fourteen to eight lead and he's
pitched four and two thirty. He needs another third of
an inning and he's in line. He got it. There
we go. Sagana is in line for the win today
with runs five innings. Yep, that's embarrassing. It as far
as I'm concerned, it's just embarrassing. We're looking at today
a grand total of twenty two runs scored and we
just finished the fifth inning. That's not baseball, No, I mean,
that's it's it's awful.
Speaker 1: My buddy Kings jumped it. Okay, though he survived, so hey,
I know he gave him yeah, three and runs, but
the reliever came and coughed it up for him.
Speaker 2: He pitched, well yeah, yeah, but would you start him
under the same circumstances an event.
Speaker 4: But I did not start him.
Speaker 1: I did not start him.
Speaker 2: So yeah, okay, leaks.
Speaker 1: I was able to move around. I started a couple
of leaks just because those leaks stink. So I figure out,
what the hell? Three year and run six strikeouts in
a walk in Las Vegas. That's about as good as
it gets. That's great.
Speaker 2: So well, yeah, you couldn't. You couldn't walk for anything better.
Had you known it was in Vegas usual in that
band box there, you probably wouldn't.
Speaker 1: No, I would not have done it. I would not
have done it at all. So let's take a break.
When we get back, We're going to do Time's Waiver
where it's gonna be short show everyone, just because I'm exhausted.
I'm starving.
Speaker 2: Exhausted and starving. Yeah, not a good combination, my bread. No,
we'll make it quain.
Speaker 1: We got up at quarter of five. We made it
to the airport. We had a nice bowl of U.
They called it gourmet. Uh oat meal? Uh?
Speaker 2: How do you make old old how you make old meal?
Speaker 4: Gorm?
Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you, my friend, I'm going to
tell you. They gave us brown sugar and raisins. Not line.
That's what made it wow, both at the.
Speaker 4: Same time, at the same time they gave us.
Speaker 1: It was unbelievable. So uh so that's what we shouldn't be.
Speaker 2: I shouldn't be I shouldn't be down on them after
hearing that.
Speaker 1: So and that was about six fifteen. I think we
ate that and for the rest of the day. It's
now five o'clock East Coast time. We've had popcorn. That's it.
They don't serve you any food at all on airplanes anymore.
It's just non existent. And so yeah, we've had popcorn,
that's it.
Speaker 2: Yeah at a veg of sun chips or peanuts, that's
enough to peedus sparrow.
Speaker 1: Yeah, well, the a little the tiny if I say,
they don't even give you anything, literally that they have nothing.
The woman walked around and cups, no snack, nothing. So
the flight back from Wow from Chicago to New York,
we could have bought some snacks, but I've eaten a
thousand of those in my life and they're no good.
So I know, we just we just I watched I
watched some baseball on the TV and just ate popcorn.
We were able to grab some popcorn, so Timmy let's
go to your waiver wire, my friend. Yes, first of us,
I'd like to always ask you. I mean, look, I
think there's some fun names. And because I'm all about
the prospects, obviously with Bray Montgomery and care again here.
So that's that's a lot of fun. How was it
putting this list together? Was it difficult to find names?
Speaker 2: That?
Speaker 1: They come pretty easily? What's your take?
Speaker 2: Ah, pretty easy for the most part. There's a whole
lot of pitch, but there wasn't a whole lot of
pitching that really enthralled me this week. So it's it's
a hitter hitter friendly list. But because I started at
the beginning of the week listing names, I had the
prospects as they were getting the call. There's some guys
coming back off of injury, some injury replaces. It was
it was a fun one. I I really enjoyed putting
this one together, even though there's some names that might
not exactly be able the household variety. I like the list.
There's some good prospects.
Speaker 4: Uh.
Speaker 2: And I get to revisit an old friend of mine,
going back to many many years ago, I thought was
going to be a star who finally is getting an opportunity.
Speaker 1: Tyler call.
Speaker 2: Uh some ud Taylor, Remember when I.
Speaker 1: Saw that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well, and he's off to a good start, and
you realize he's stolen one hundred and thirty bases in
the past three years. He's moved from team to team
to team. Everything that he does well. But there's got
about forty total at bats in the big leagues over
that same period of time. So I'm really happy for someone.
Taylor really hasn't hit.
Speaker 1: The ball very hard. That's just everybody's looking at that
stuff and going, I mean, it's a part time player.
It's a speed guy.
Speaker 2: He's with Sam Diego, right, Yeah, there's an opportunity there.
Speaker 1: There's always opportunities there. At you see what his exit
velocity is in the minor leagues, eighty three point four.
That's the problem.
Speaker 2: But he's hitting the ball consistently, he's getting on base,
he's scoring runs, he's doing basically.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sorry in triple A eighty three point four
in his uh the seventeen events in Major league but
in Triple A this season eighty seven point one, a
maximum seven point eight with the twelve degree launch. It's
a guy that's going to hit you five or six
on runs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, he's not gonna hit. He's not going to
hit for a he's not gonna hit for a ton
of power. But again, in a place like San Diego,
he plays every day, you're going to get the benefit
of a fair number of stolen bases in probably a
half decent batting average for sure. Trivia question for you.
Speaker 4: You know who he?
Speaker 2: You know who? He got traded for one of your
favorite players.
Speaker 1: He's been traded several times.
Speaker 2: Uh, because he's as the first big trade.
Speaker 1: The Jay's gonna give me a year.
Speaker 2: I can get I can give you a clue. The
player that Samad Taylor was traded for ended up being
both with and worthless.
Speaker 1: Wit and worthlessness? Can't he poppy with because he didn't
get traded worthless? Wit and worthless with Mary Fiel? Jeez?
Yeah that bumps me because so wait a minute, are
you telling me you had moved that went to Toto
and he sat.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that Teddy, that's it cost me a league.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I was good.
Speaker 2: I remember the ranting about wit Merrifield going to the
Jays and yeah, basically, you put.
Speaker 1: Them in your you put them in your lineup, and
you get three at bats for the week. It's like
before he was like stealing bases.
Speaker 2: And it was crazy, and then it was it was
it was like.
Speaker 1: Toronto did not know what to do with this guy.
Speaker 2: I was furious.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and he was the same that was.
Speaker 2: No, that was who some Taylor was traded for.
Speaker 1: All right, Timmy, let's let's get it. Let's get it
on here. Addison Barger third base in the outfit. There's
the name everybody knows.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's only forty two percent rostered. It looks like, uh,
the ankle was solved a while back, and now the
elbow looks like it's good to go. It looks like
a rehabit where a return a week two down down
the road. Uh, if he's available, there's power potential sitting
there that he's going back into the into the lineup,
So give him a luck.
Speaker 1: I would agree Tyler Callaghan. I thought this was a
guy because he's been kicking around the minor leaks forever
in the Cincinnati Reds organization for years, and now he
gets a shot with the Pittsburgh Pirates. And it's a
real bummer about Neil Cruz because I do not think
Connor Griffin is quite ready to come back. So that's
a toothless lineup all of a sudden.
Speaker 2: Well, they're counting on an awful lot of Horwitz.
Speaker 1: Horwitz and O'Hearn and I mean, I've got some major
and Brandon Lowsman. They're good, but but I mean they're good. Yeah,
they're good, complimentary pieces. They need a start or two
in there. That's what Cruise and Connor was becoming.
Speaker 2: Mm hmm. Yeah, So you know the Cruise is going
to be four to six weeks with that broken hand.
Callahan's been hot hi for a small paltry sum. You
can probably pick him up this weekend and then he's
five or fourteen over the past week with a couple
of home runs, stole a base. There's some skills there.
I wouldn't I wouldn't totally like, I wouldn't spend much
on him. But if I ended up with them Monday morning,
I think I'd be Okay. I'm curious to see how
that one's gonna work out, And it could work out
better than I think a lot of people think. Richard.
Speaker 1: Yeah, a little bit of speed, blowoverage, power can hit
a little bit. Yeah, I mean, he's he's a waiver
work guy. It's always ever gonna.
Speaker 2: Be Yeah, yep, bext Guy's.
Speaker 1: He's a guy that's got a lot of speed, a
little bit of power. I mean, look, if I may to,
my reservation is a Rocky. So I don't know what
to tell you there. I mean it's just they. I mean,
they just don't play well when they become Rockies.
Speaker 2: But Cole Carrig, yeah, you know, hey, two homers first
four games. Like you mentioned, the power, the speed is,
the speed is extremely he plays in course. Hey, I'm
going to spend some money on Carrig this weekend.
Speaker 1: See, I just I can't do it. I just can't
do it. I get it, I like, I just it's
just an axiom that the guys that in Colorado aren't
any good. And I don't know why. They look good
as they're coming up through the minor leagues and then
something happens. I mean, I don't know. That's just the
way it is.
Speaker 2: It's their advance and then guys, yeah, because they don't
have any Yeah, they're probably coming to play.
Speaker 1: I don't know if if Coursfield back in the day
when they balls just flew out and it was and
then alsoden. They put the humidor in, and they put
the spillboards in the scoreboards in. I don't know if
that's just screwed up everything. I just wonder if that
them trying to compensate for the hitter's environment has screwed
up the hitters so much. I mean, we don't know,
but something has happened over the last fifteen years. They've
got talented players, they just play poorly once they get
up the course field.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And at one point in time, the expectations were
very simple. Okay, all the bats that came up through Colorado,
we're going to hit a time. You wanted them on
your fantasy team. You know, you look at the shed,
you're like a Walker Guller. Oh you know what I mean.
Everybody the ninth hitter or you.
Speaker 1: Would put on your team and it didn't matter. They've
hit fifteen home runs. Yeah yeah.
Speaker 2: And what happened is somehow they tried to compensate, okay,
and make pitching a part of the program, and the
pitching still sucks, and now the hitting sucks.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: So they've taken away the one thing that worked there, right,
which was the offense.
Speaker 1: Yep, I mean it's just uh yeah, it's just it's terrible.
I mean it's I mean, Kyle Carris is a pretty
good baseball player. Not with the Rockies.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm I'm a sucker. What can I say?
Speaker 1: I mean, I hope it works out. I mean, there's
definitely skills that I saw him. Actually, he actually did
look so good in Double A last season. I saw
him playing probably four or five games. This is kind
Kyle Carron two thirty four. I mean, it's just three
home runs. A better player than that, But it's just
it's just it's just everything falls apart and explained to
me young man, older man.
Speaker 2: Okay, you're an old man. Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1: Why do they hate Zach Vine so much?
Speaker 2: I have no idea.
Speaker 1: Have you seen what he's done?
Speaker 2: No? I haven't been. I sort of Yeah. No, I
don't follow Rockies.
Speaker 1: Said, unfortunately I do. That's that is my job. Yeah,
three twenty three, four, sixteen, five sixty one slash line,
ten home runs, thirteen stolen bases. What's this guy have
to do? He had twelve games in the major leagues
at the beginning of twenty twenty five, and he's stunk.
And I guess it's it, Tim, No more.
Speaker 2: Cross your fingers. He gets traded. Sounds like he's got
some skills. Still he does, I mean, and.
Speaker 1: They said, well you can't hit, you can't hit lefties.
Take a look at his splits. They've been eliminated. Five
home runs against righty's five home runs against lefties. He
will be in my weekend reporter my Hot Prospects of
the Week, one of the two I've written about him
this weekend. I was just furious pounding it out last night,
going why aren't they playing this guy? And I think
he's a better player than Cole Carrock But Cole Kerrigg
is a guy that has had any exposure, So let's
bring him up and see if he can do it.
I just don't understand what they are doing.
Speaker 2: Well, the same problem in New York and Rice can
head luckies.
Speaker 1: Yep, Hey, he's got nineteen of him, not against lefties.
But it's a great young player. Enough Yeah, anyway, Cole Carrick,
very good player if you if you go in it
going with everybody eyes wide open. He is a Rocky.
He will underperform Jason Dimingos. Tim. He is back, He's
going to get some playing time as well.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, Jared Carlyn Stanton's surprise, surprise, surprise, he's suffered
a setback in his rehab, uh tweaking his injured right calf.
They're waiting for imaging what we thought might be a
problem as far as the bats from Domingos when you return.
I hit a home run yesterday, and who knows how
long Stanton's going to be out for how long it
is going to set him back. So yeah, all of
a sudden, Divengas looks a little bit better.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I hope he puts it together. I mean, it's
definitely guy with a ton of talent. I think they're
moving him to right field, so he's gonna play a
judge spot. So they had him stuck in left field.
He came up as a center field and they threw
him in left field, which I thought was was not good.
But I would rather have Jason Dominez and Spencer Jones.
I know, Spencer Jones hit his first home run, it
was a bomb. It's actually played pretty well, but I'd
rather have Jason Domingas.
Speaker 2: I would as well. Yeah, at some point in time,
Spencer Jones is gonna go for a week and find
him himself back at Triple A.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, a good call out here on Denser Denser Guzman.
I've always liked Denser Goodman, athletic rejectable, can't hit, but
you know who he is.
Speaker 2: Yes, And basically I cheated on this one and said
let's turn this one over the rich and did that
control see control V thing, And Yeah, I think he's
somebody you've definitely to look at this weekend.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's floating around the Dynasty leagues as well, so
I think people Dinasty should be looking at him as
well as they should. With Blaze Jordan Blasee Jordan has
done nothing but hit for the last three years. He
came up as a hit the ball. He came up
as Joey Gallo kind of. That was whoever I thought
his career was going to be. He was a high
school kid that could hit ball six hundred feet and
the Red Sox had him change his approach and shortened
up his swing. He's got massive raw power and he
became a contact hitter and then all of a sudden time,
over the last couple of years, the power has started
to emerge again. He's actually a pretty interesting guy.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just but he you know, he's soft a
fourth for eight start, he's got the first homer under
his belt. I think he's pouring a foundation for a
long successful run at third base in Saint Louis. I'm
not saying he's going to be superstar, but I think
he's going to be a good every day.
Speaker 1: That's where they're playing him at third base. I would
have thought first base is better for him, but okay,
their base. Yeah, but he's sneaky good. I know no
one has ever liked this guy, and that's why it's
taken him so long to get through the minor leagues.
But that guy can hit and he's he's always has.
He's got crazy batspeed, So I think there's something there.
Speaker 2: I agree. And the next player is one that I really.
Speaker 1: Signed the big contract.
Speaker 2: Yeah yeah, Well look what he's posting at Triple A.
Yeah yeah, Like you know, seven homers, twenty stolen bases,
he's walking more than striking out and that's not a
really small, small small sample size. That's two and twenty
one at bats.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: You know, Garrett Mitchell is only going to hold him
off for so long. We're going to see him this year.
I would be shocked if we see him soon this year.
This is got the bar of l A r A.
Speaker 1: So everybody I totally in total violent agreement with Tim
is a guy that I'd be targeting because again, they
spend a lot of money for him, but the Brewers
are cheap, so they're gonna play him well.
Speaker 2: And you know what is seven thirty one, But there's
bonuses and incentives in there that can bring it up
to fifty to sixty mil, I believe. Okay, but in
baseball baseball terms, that's still not much.
Speaker 1: I mean, not much Boba Schett makes in a year
or so.
Speaker 2: But if he is who he is at twenty one,
you add seven to that at twenty eight.
Speaker 1: Yep.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, he's got a long term deal waiting for him.
If he's as good as what.
Speaker 1: We've seen thus far, Yeah, you're gonna see.
Speaker 2: It, and he's not gonna starve in between.
Speaker 1: You're gonna see my Day up, You're gonna see pain up.
You're gonna see all these guys up. And they're all
these Latin kids, just like Jackson Suria. They all can
really play PARMI I don't. I don't. I don't think
like Cooper By.
Speaker 2: Maybe maybe they do a big Yeah they did.
Speaker 1: I mean, I'm surprised he hasn't been up yet. But
I'm talking to these athletic Latin guys in the mold
of Jackson Curia who's got the massacre power. But I mean,
Laura Maday Moday is like a Jackson Curio carbon copy
there in Pena. If you can stay healthy, I think
he is healthy. Finally, that guy's is going to be
a fantasy monster. The Milwaukee Brewers have just got some
of the best young minor league players that are getting close.
They're all in Double A and let me see Luis
Lauren triple A ready to roll.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's brace. Terraine's future is not in Milwaukee,
is it.
Speaker 1: Does he signed long term? Didn't they sign him to a.
Speaker 2: Maybe they did. I'm just saying anybody that's not signed
to a long term deal, they're going to be moving them,
and they're going to be filling backfilling with all these kids,
right yeah, and they're gonna they're gonna be a good
team for a long long time. Let's see what Terra
is on here.
Speaker 1: Uh No, one year, four million dollars.
Speaker 2: Yep, he's heading into his second year of arbitration in
twenty seven and then twenty eight, twenty nine, thirty is
three for he's a free agent in twenty thirty. Bets
that they move Bryce Terrain in the next year.
Speaker 1: I think me thanks, twenty twenty seven, they keep them
in twenty twenty. You say he's a You say he's
a free agent in twenty and thirty.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's got he's heading into three years. Well, he
avoided arbitration by signing a four million dollars deal, but
he's got three more years of arbitration.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so he's gonna sign h seven years, seven million dollars.
They'll they'll pay that and he'll be gone in twenty eight.
That's when they move him.
Speaker 2: And yeah, welcome Lewis.
Speaker 1: Welcome Lewis Pinia.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's yeah, yeah. The Brewers are doing it.
They're doing it the right way.
Speaker 1: And guess what, Missowski. Look, they're gonna just like they've
done with all these guys, Chase Burns and oh uh,
Freddy Peralta, they're gonna they're gonna move them. They're gonna
move miss Erowski. If he stays healthy, he's gonna he's
gonna be a fortune. So it's just if you're a
Milwaukee brew it's just the way it's gonna be.
Speaker 4: Well.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, Miserowski must know it. The Brewers
already know it. But you know he's not gonna sign
a deal right now, a seven year, fifty million dollar
deal now, and the Brewers are gonna work. Brewers are
gonna work them hard, that's right. Why. Yeah, because it's
just a short window.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they they I mean, now, you can argue that
a lot of the Brewers that they're signing to, these
young Latin players come from poor countries, et cetera, et cetera. Right,
some of the Latin guys actually grew up in the
United States and then moved to a lot but a
lot of these guys are you know, native from there,
and they've got family that they want to take care of. So,
I mean, so they are signing these very team friendly deals.
I mean, you can call that smart baseball, but it's
also kind of a little little, a little rough. But
that's just the way it is, Bob.
Speaker 2: All I know is if one if my son was
in that situation, I would have told him to take
seven thirty one with a chance to win fifty in
free agency at twenty eight and you're off to the races.
Wouldn't make any difference to me.
Speaker 1: Totally agree. I think the math of baseball is changing.
Rubberfore our eyes. And yeah, there's always going to be
the Aaron Judge. You know, gigantic contracts, but I mean
too many. I mean, if you think of like the
Chris Bryant deal, Remember Chris Bryants, I mean he when's
the last time he's played. I mean, yeah, he's he's done.
I mean, he's got a chronic back problem. So they
to the Rocky signer for this gigantic deal. He's played
how many games with them? And it's just a total bust.
Why not give Why not give the Chris Bryant when
he's twenty two years old a sixty seventy million dollars
deal and get him in his prime and then let
somebody else deal with the after, you know, when he's
thirty two years old.
Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, makes total sense. The game is getting younger,
it's right, and teams like the teams like the Brewers
have woken to that premise and are doing everything in
their power to work within the realities of what the
game is and shouldn't all the teams be attempting to
do that?
Speaker 1: You would think you would think it's take a break, Timmy,
come back and talk about the man that met the legend,
Jordan Lawler. How long is Jordan Lauler going to play?
For hints the guy out, tim.
Speaker 2: How long is he going to play?
Speaker 1: What before he hits the I L?
Speaker 2: Oh, before he hits the I L I'm I'm I'm
hoping a long time? Am I betting on that? I
don't like betting on hell?
Speaker 1: But okay, I'll give you the hope.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, hope floats sometimes and then sometimes it sinks
if there's no life checkers. But anyhow, uh, yes, the
concern has to be his ability to stay in the field.
The other concerned is certainly like Twitter Leavello saying, but
you know, I quoted him in my my blurb. It's
just it's going to be very fluid. There's gonna be
three guys, four guys for two positions, going to be
a little bit of a rotation. They're all going to
play well. In this first game, lull Or he went
to for Far with the Para RBIs and two stolen bases. Okay,
stole another base today. How long is he going to
ride the pine if at all? Like I call, I called,
I called bull crap on Lavelle. Yeah, I'm gonna sit.
I'm gonna said Jordan Lawler, Okay, because he just.
Speaker 1: Breaks again.
Speaker 4: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: But he's a good player too. I really think this
guy can play. It's just I think he's got one
more major injury before all these guys they're already starting
to they've already caught them. They're going to start passing.
Speaker 2: Them, and he's just gonna be he's going.
Speaker 1: To be gone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, he's thirty four percent roster. How you
pass on Jordan Lawler this week? You don't for a
corner in agree which he's eligible, Yeah, exactly. And it's
been about the break.
Speaker 1: It's been about the kids this season, and Bray Montgomery's
had another kid. I just looked at Mets scored eight
eight to one, and my buddy a j ewing three
for five with another home run, hitting sixty seven. I
think he's got seven or eight stolen bases. Man, it's
just exciting.
Speaker 2: Man.
Speaker 1: You pick up these things, you listen to Tim, you
grab them. Come on.
Speaker 2: Yeah, five inning, Freddy went five innings. Good innings for
a change.
Speaker 1: It does it just five inues that he did? Oh yeah,
five Indians, that's what he did. Two strikeouts. I don't
know what happened to the strikeouts?
Speaker 2: Wow, yeah, I don't need it.
Speaker 1: Bray Montgomery Tommy off to a really strong start.
Speaker 2: He is and the White Sows needed losing Murricammy. That
this is a big hole in the White Sox power
game with Murrikammy out of that lineup? Ah, is he
the answer or potential answer? I think he could be
what you what say you? Rick?
Speaker 1: I think Bray Montgomery is one of the well. He
was always like a top fifty guy for me, maybe
even higher. I have to go back and look at
the rankings. Came up drafted as a Red Sox Red
Sox kid was his got some injuries when he was
in college, really messed up his ankle. That was concerned
about how much athleticism would still be there. He's not
as fast as he was in college, but he looks
like he's fast enough that he could steal some basses
and still play a really good outfield. And I think
this guy's gonna have big boy power. Were already started
to see that high end eggs of velocity can hit
I personally before MURRAA. Kami came on on the scene
and you took a look and said, oh my gosh,
this this could be the next Kyle Schwarber, which is
kind of crazy, but he sure did that. For the
first two and a half months, this guy, Brad Montgomery
was who I thought would be the core of that's
Chicago White Sox team. I think that much of him.
I think now it's Murra Kami because I mean, that
guy was crazy good when he was when he was healthy.
But I think Recoverer is a dude, Like he's a dude.
He's is he going to run into a bus bus
saw at some point of course, but that's a good player.
Speaker 2: All kids do.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's my analysis to him. I'm all I love
Braid Montgomery.
Speaker 2: Okay, cool, Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts.
Speaker 1: Rich Get. I get passionate about that Max Munsey, which
Max months the athletic Max.
Speaker 2: Monsey, Yes, the guy to hit a three run homer
today in Zack Fly or something like two run homer
in the Sack Fly. Yeah. I wasn't a part assistant,
of course not. But he was off to a really
good start before that fractured hand, and everyone produces in
the bandbox and Sacramento excluding pictures, give him on a
look if you're looking for a middle infielder. And he
is also eligible at third base. So I know he's
no who's a Ramirus, not remotely close, but he might
feel fill that hole in for a while or help
with it.
Speaker 1: Tristan Peters outfit with the White Sox.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he pissed me off part of my language yesterday. Okay,
I'm you know, it's okay.
Speaker 1: You don't have to say bull crap, you can, you
can use the big S word. We're all grown ups here, Tom,
this is uh we try not to drop yourself, try
to drop the F bomb. But yeah, yeah, yeah, I
mean here and there is not going to do anything
any okay, So and you can see the word piss
for sure.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there we go. Yeah, he broke up Yama yesterday.
You know where I stand on Yama.
Speaker 1: Okay, I know where you stand on and we all
know where you stand on Asian players, particularly Yamamoto. And
you know, Timmy, this is not something you're hiding a
whole bit zero point zero about it.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, if I if I've tried to hide it.
I'm not doing You're.
Speaker 1: Doing a shitty job if you're trying to do.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yes, yes, I didn't realize this. But and again
this sort of stings a little bit more for me.
That no hitter that Peters broke up at the home
run yesterday. It was broke up by a former Savannah Banana.
That's got to be a first he we played for
the Savannah Bananas.
Speaker 1: I didn't know that. That's an awesome tool.
Speaker 4: Wow.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, that came from Oh, that came from the
uh discord site. I can't remember the general who brought it. Yeah,
he brought it up. So I put a little pop
and speed to go along with a back backflip or two?
Is there for the taking?
Speaker 1: You go? That's awesome, John Rave? All right? Tell me?
I mean I I can go back and count every
times we've seen Rave on it because it's the same
joke every time. That's why I know he's been on
this before.
Speaker 2: Really, but do you know what, if you take a
look at the Kansas City outfield, it's horrible. Okay, it's brutal. Okay,
maybe Rave can find a way. He had ten home
runs Stoll sixteen bases at three ninety five, Well we
be at triple A. Omaha, maybe, just maybe with the
oakfield being that poor Rave can actually work out. Am
I gonna bet?
Speaker 1: I know?
Speaker 2: But hey, he'll be when I'm chaining together my my
picks tonight. He'll be in every Jane sitting third, second, third, fourth. Yeah.
Good because it's a terrible oakfield, it.
Speaker 1: Is, uh and they don't have a lot of help
down there, So he will get a shot. I think so.
And I think this season, Timmy, this might be the
latest because you do him in alphabetic quarter. You've only
got one picture on your waiver wire. Yeah, and it's
the second to the last picture, second to the last player.
Speaker 2: This is j R.
Speaker 1: Richards, who I like, finally think he's off the il.
But that's weird that you've only got one picture here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's sort of as are. But I went through them.
I looked at them and I just said, nah, no,
I don't want to no, not doing it. So he's
the only mention this week.
Speaker 1: Well, are you going to pick him up? Is the
guy to pick him up?
Speaker 4: Yeah?
Speaker 2: You know what what concerns me there is the circumstances
behind his call up. Spencer Strider getting the I l
with right elbow inflammation.
Speaker 1: I mean if he has another one, that would be
that's the death nail. So that would not be good.
Speaker 2: No, and remember Richie worked Friday night. Uh tossed five
innings to it to walk ball Like Richie.
Speaker 1: I think he's a good number three starter. He's not
going to be a superstar. He's going to be good.
Speaker 2: And the Braves are going to use him. They need
to use them. Okay, with the Strider being out so hey,
if if you're looking for a picture this week, and
I know I held on to him in several weeks
back up, but today, if he's out there, he's only
nineteen percent roster of the CBS, I recommend giving him
a look.
Speaker 1: We broke down some tail or anything else to say
about mister Taylor.
Speaker 2: No, except except for the fact that if you need
some speed, he's gonna play. I would think it in
San Diego and give him a look. It won't cost you,
won't cost you much to find out, and he's off
to a good start. So yeah, I wish him all
the best. You know, any anybody that's you know, he's
been in the minors now for ten years. Okay, and
he's still only twenty seven to twenty eight. I just
wish him well, hope everything works out for him.
Speaker 1: To me, let's take our final break, come back. What
do you wait? Do your close the report? But I've
got a couple more questions for you.
Speaker 4: Okay, this is a prospect heavy wait for point.
Speaker 1: So I get to ask you, eton's Cold Carrick or
Braiden Montgomery.
Speaker 2: Uh, Braiden Montgomery. With the caveat, I don't have the
cash to invest. It's gonna win Braiden Montgomery.
Speaker 1: Montgomery's going to be more expensive than Cold Carrick.
Speaker 2: Yes, yes, considerably more.
Speaker 1: Brave Montgomery or Jordan Lawler.
Speaker 2: Again, I don't think I have the cash for either one.
I would go. I would go Montgomery, Blaze Jordan or
Cold Carrick Blazed Jordan, and I do have really I
think I do think I have the money for Jordan's.
So yeah, I'm.
Speaker 1: Because you're the confidence of feed Horror, and that's Cold
Carrick ever Blaze Jordan. But I would agree with you,
Blaze Jordan probably a little cheaper than Col Carrick.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I I I spent a good chunk of my
fab in some leagues where I still have some. I
blaize Jordan's going to be a target definitely.
Speaker 1: I know, we know you love to uh spend, spend
often and spend what's spend a lot early and often
there you go, thank you very much. So you tell
us your two worst purchases this season.
Speaker 2: Uh, if you have, we're snelling turn into a jam.
Speaker 1: Yeah we got what one outing with him half an
outing and then he's gone for the season. Tommy John,
Yeah that's yeah.
Speaker 2: No my hundred and eight bucks on Sandalin. Oh yeah, yeah,
that didn't require that required a turnicky and multiple bandages. Uh,
those two come to mind. I'm sure there's others, because
the one thing I don't think I spent a lot
on is my bullpen, simply because I've been aggressive and gone.
Speaker 1: Early and don't get me started there canal No, Okay,
moving on, I don't have one hundred and eight dollars
canal story, but I got a couple of minor ones.
It just still bugged me. So speaking of closers, my friend, uh,
here we go, somebody named Brian Hudson.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's currently number three, okay in Chicago, and I
just put Sir Anthony and Jamingus is Sir Anthony Diminga's
grand Taylor is eventually going into going to transition into
the starting rotation.
Speaker 1: I'm calling I'm calling bs on that I see no
no evidence that he's moving into the rotation. Say the
game a few games ago.
Speaker 2: They wouldn't lie the White Socks, would they.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's look, it's hard to I think I've
said this before. It's hard to criticize eighteen that's playing
as well as they are, six games over five hundred.
Who am I to say that they're not doing a
great job. Because they are, but they ain't transitioning grant
tailor to the rotation. I don't see any indication of.
Speaker 4: That's a lie.
Speaker 1: That is a lie.
Speaker 2: I'm looking at next year, okay, I'm looking at computer
for Dynasty Leagues. That's why I mentioned Hudson and Woodlock's
spe I'm going to start mentioning some guys that I
think are going to possibly move into closure rules because
of potential trades. Okay, I'm going to just start to
highlight some of those players. And Hudson is one. Yeah
he's a big south but it doesn't throw real hard,
good decent he's a decent picture.
Speaker 1: I just as back up as just as handcuffs kind
of situation.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I know, I'm not predicting Brian Hudson is going
to save a pilot games. He will end up with
three or four more over the course of this year.
Looking to the future in Dynasty leagues, He's the sort
of guy that would that would interest me because I
don't think Sir Anthony Domingus will repeat what he's done
this year next year. He's never shown that consistency, and
I do believe the tailor is going to be in
that rotation at some point in time. Hudson sort of
interests me for next year. That's more or less. In
dynasty leagues, Yeah, the Giants pick up go ahead, go ahead,
not gonna say you're rebuilding, right, Those are the sort
of guys that you should be looking at. If you're
in eleventh place in the Dynasty League and you're rebuilding
and selling players. The Brian Hudson's of the world should
interest you because they won't cost you anything, and it's
something to attempt to be smart and fill in a
hole in the future with somebody who's there right now.
So you know, if you're in a dynasty league and
you're playing for the future, start looking at some of
the setup guys and big arms that you believe could
have the potential to be getting saves a year or
two down the road. It doesn't cost you anything to
do it.
Speaker 1: He definitely throws hard. Is it Joey Kanal? Whatever the for?
His first name is so.
Speaker 2: So Jeel Jeel Joel's.
Speaker 1: So yeah. So he throws hard, well, ninety two on
hour fastball, Yeah, clown, what is going on here?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 1: Ninety two miles an hour.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he doesn't have to throw hard. He's six eight,
he's got a fourteen foot stride.
Speaker 1: He's got a huge extension. You are correct. He's got
two twenty five ear ray and a three thirty one
expected earra So not good. But he has three pitches
his Ford, Seamer, sweeper and sinker all with with rates above.
That's good. So, yeah, you want your closers to throw hard.
He doesn't, But that's okay. He's got some other things
going on. All right, Tom, we'll give you this one.
I'm not gonna be in, but we'll give you this one.
Speaker 2: That was That was MYX. That was my next question.
But too Damn, I mean Cale Killian.
Speaker 1: I mean you're you're saying that the Giants have now
named him as a starter. Okay, great, Yeah, that's they love.
They love name starters. Excuse me, name closers. That's good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know he's got four saves, He's four for
five and that I I it took them until June
thirteenth or twelfth to name a closure with the message
I don't know, Hey, he's got the job for how long?
Who knows? Am I spending money on call Achillian? No?
Speaker 1: Well, I think the next one, the next one. I
love the logic here, I mean who is? Because you're right,
the worst kept secret is a world as Chapman is
is going to get traded at the deadline. You might
get traded before the deadline, so who is that?
Speaker 2: So?
Speaker 1: So when does Garrett Whitlock become a free agent? So
we've got to look at that one too. Let's see.
So if that's anytime soon, he might get moved as well.
So yeah, Fezu's final guaranteed her of his contractor Red
Sox hold club options on twenty twenty seven and twenty eight.
So provided it's not big money, that might be a
really good call by you. Eight million, ten million, that's
that's that's significant.
Speaker 2: That's that's not big money. Okay, most of the setup
guys that were being signed last spring, we're two on
twenty right. Well, yeah, sure, so it's not it's not
big money.
Speaker 1: I like the call then, because I think trying to
trying to start to speculate now on a role as Chapman.
I mean, Ken said, we're six weeks away from from
the you know, the trade deadline, so in the next
two or three weeks, you're gonna start to see guys move.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you know, did you hear the story on Chapman.
There's already rumors flying around. Yeah, and yeah, before he's interested.
Chapman wants an apology from Cashman. Okay, you breath on
that one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's that's not gonna happen. And I don't think
he'll be Yankee, but he could be. But why why
does he what the apology? What does he think that
Brian Cashman has robbed him with?
Speaker 2: I can't remember, to be honest with you, I just
glanced at it and laughed and moved on when I
was putting my article together, but probably probably when he
was there the last time something was said it would
be my guest. But again I can't remember specifically what
it was. I was too busy laughing at the whole ocean. Hey, so,
but hey, somebody is going somebody is going to pick
up a rollers Chapman and a Rolla's Chapman is going
to be a bit so you might as well start
looking at You might as well start making your plans
for who's going to be closing in Boston for the
last two months of the season. And Withlock at fourteen
percent roster if he if they moved Chapman next week,
and Withlock is annoyed, how much you're gonna pay for
him next weekend? A lot more than you will list.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I agree with you. I'm trying to read
it the article. They don't specifically say, but didn't wasn't
it during the one of the World Series? Was it
that Chapman kind of blew it? And or maybe maybe
it's when he was the Cups. I'm like getting that wrong,
but these are the Cups. He kind of blew it
before the Cubs kind of came back in one of
the twenty sixteen But I remember something happening in a
playoff game where he broke down like emotionally and because
he was put in a really bad situation. But I
don't know, maybe it's not that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'll take a look good this week in the weekend. Good. Yeah,
but I don't think he's getting traded to the Yankees,
you know, Yeah.
Speaker 1: Timmy, that is a wrap my friend. Good stuff. Only
an hour in fifteen minutes today.
Speaker 2: So well, you gotta get somer.
Speaker 1: I gotta get some food, all right. We're gonna go
downstairs and uh to our favorite steakhouse.
Speaker 2: I do.
Speaker 1: If we're gonna have steak, they have seafood as well,
so we're gonna eat large, Tim, So it's gotta be
one of those seafood to eat food right, That's right,
it's gonna be food please quickly, great stuff, my friend.
Went back to our normal schedule this week, provided Tim
has got his normal schedule, and I guess see, I'll
talk to you on Friday.
Speaker 2: Yes, uh, we should be good to go and looking
forward to another Friday podcast. And take care with Tim,
be safe, be well, and enjoy supper.