Speaker 1: And Greene's site takes it's everyone to church twelves and
walk into Fantasy Baseball Live. Today is June fifth, not
nine thirty in the morning. I was always in here
with my good buddy, mister Tim McCleod. Tim, how's it hanging?
Speaker 2: Well, it is rich at my age. Everything gravity works,
gravity works.
Speaker 1: As Sem and I were chit chatting before I got
on the show. You said you had a funny story.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, for most of our listeners that don't know
most most probably do. And you know as well. I
I have a part time job at the hospital and
I'm basically chauffeur to the nurse to a lot of
the nursing person now, especially the nurses, a committment by
the town. And this, uh, this one nurse and she's
just a wonderful person. She has to be. She laughs
at most of my jokes.
Speaker 1: Okayme, you are funny.
Speaker 2: Well, this morning she texts me okay, and she's very
prompt and very efficient. She says, can you pick me
up at the hospital at seven thirty, So of course
I sent her a text back saying I'm sorry, I'm
booked for seven thirty, but I can do seven twenty
nine or seven thirty one, your choice. Wow, So I
get a bit, I get a big haha, a smiley face.
And as she walks and walks out the door, she's
got her finger pointing to her arm as if I
was a minute late. Ey, So yeah, that was Yeah,
it was good for a chuckle this morning. And everybody
needs a chuckle after working twelve hours and emerge right first?
Speaker 1: For sure? So do these people live out of town?
Because you live in a rural area, you you bring
the healthcare workers in. Is that how it works?
Speaker 2: Basically? They were. They're brought in on contract for three
six nine months. Uh okay, sure, oh okay, and the
hospital provides them with accommodations and transportation is part of
the bio as well. So they most most are living
within a mile or so of the hot okay. But
that's just part of the gig, got it. It's just
part of the gig. And I try and bring a little,
a little levity to this. You know, hey, nice after
working twelve hours emerged She laughed.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it's that that service is actually the I think
a big company is called Bayata. Could be wrong here,
but that that's what they do and there's a lot
of nurses who, like you know, the living in a
place for six months to a year and then move
in to a new place, and apparently that they get
paid a little bit more because you know, they're they're
willing to be contract workers, which allows hospitals and medical
centers to expand and con track their their staff as
need it. So it's it's it's interesting.
Speaker 2: Yeah it is, and it's a fun job. Come on,
let's face it, rich. Who wouldn't want a job? Okay,
where you get up? Okay, you had to work and
all you do is drive nurses back and forth and
shoot the breeze and yeah it's a good gig.
Speaker 1: Yeah, there you go. There any interested in baseball at all?
Is it all hockey? No?
Speaker 2: Actually, most of them of the nursing personnel we have
are from the out of town, are from India or
the Philippines. Okay, so cricket, cricket, cricket and soccer, yes
it's not soccer. I state's football, yes, defintely.
Speaker 1: Well that's about to start here. Uh the world keeps
about ready to start, which is always a lot of fun.
Though FIFA might be the most corrupt. Uh. Any organization
in the world. Those guys are just awful and uh,
but they they put on a good show. You have
to give it to them.
Speaker 2: Yeah. No, they they did a trial run of something
that's happening in Vancouver and the president of FIFA wanted
a police escort from the airport to their meeting place
and he was abruptly turned down. So I don't think
we'll see any more people of events here. Come on,
you're flying in on a plane for a meeting. We're
not giving you a police escort reserved for you know,
heads of state. Okay, so you can attend a meeting.
I just said, gom ass, like.
Speaker 1: Come on, that's that's part of it. They just they
feel they feel entitled. They've got a great product. It's
a worldwide product. I get it. But man, it's but
the corruption. I mean, you just you type in corruption
and FIFA on the internet. I mean, you'll spend the
rest of your life reading about it. It is remarkable
what goes on there. And I don't know if you've
been following the price of tickets here in the US,
they're doing on demand pricing, which a lot of concerts
do now, et cetera. And I know to get like
a nosebleed seat here in New Jersey at the Meadowlands
whatever they call it. Now it's four or five thousand
dollars for a ticket and good tickets are like twenty
five grand. I mean it's insane.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, I hope, I hope attendance is down falls
flag on a space and they end up with egg
on it. I have some of the stories I've heard
are just they're insane. And then you know, asking for
bonds to get into the country, you know what I mean.
I think they weren't a thousand bucks. Yeah, Like I said,
I just don't. I just don't like the way that
whole it's a big, huge money grab. Television works just fine.
Speaker 1: Yep, yep, that's what we'll be watching. We'll be not
not going to go see Uruguay and and Panama play
for five grand apiece. I'm going to pass on that.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, I think spring Steen is a much better
by my friend that was about.
Speaker 1: Don't get me started on that. But you know, the
one demand pricing. If if you're if you're willing to
stand outside and wait till the very end, the tickets
will plummet as the as as the event gets closer
and closer, but you've got to be at the reading,
and you've got to be willing to go in front
of the stadium and wait for the wait for that time.
But you can get really inexpensive good seats, but it's
like five five minutes before game time.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well yeah, and again you got to be willing
to play that game.
Speaker 1: Yep, Timmy, we've got we've got a great show. I've
got nine questions, but I I so let's do the
tenth one. This is our take ten with Tim Aaron Judges.
Everybody's waking up to the Aaron Judge news and to me,
the thing that just struck me was and we think
he will play sometime during the season. That was that
was jarring that there's a chance Aaron Judge is not
going to play again this season.
Speaker 2: Well, they're say in four to six weeks before there's
a possibility he can go back to taking swings, depending
on how things happen. Well at four to six, because
it's a rib injury, that four to six could easily
be six to ten, which is June and July rehab
simon August. Yeah, it could be we could be looking
at a situation where Aaron Judge is for the both
of the season and that shocking. It came coming out
of nowhere, like wow, he.
Speaker 1: Was out for the last three games. And you know,
it's always a thing where they say just not sure
what the problem is and then all asud bam, it's this,
And they were talking. I was reading articles. I was
trying to figure out what a stress reaction in the
rib is. Sounds like it's more convoluted than just he
fractured a rib. It sounds more involved in that. But
they were considering uh thoracic outlet syndrome surgery, which obviously
would have lost him for the season. So whatever he's
got going on is complicated.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's not good. Yeah, I yeah, it's.
Speaker 1: And there's really nothing as a fantasy manager. I mean,
you lose Judge, You're you're in trouble. It's as simple
as that.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, it's it's almost like losing a certain Texas
oakfielder for the whole year who looks like he might
be back relatively soon.
Speaker 1: So well that was that was That was a subtraction.
If you ask me, it was so bad, Wil like
you and I at least sitting here at June fifth,
look really really wrong on that call, and we hopefully
it's it's going to right itself.
Speaker 2: But boy, well, and the thing is, with an injury
like that must much like the injury with Judge. You know,
they could come back and look ready to go, and
you know, you go down for your rehab assignment and
find out very quickly you're not ready to go, and
it adds another month, you know what I mean. It's
it's not like you break your break your wrist. Okay,
you know it's going to be six to eight weeks, right,
and odds are pretty good, you know when when it's healed,
you're going to be ready to go within two to
three weeks. Right. The injuries we're talking about are very
susceptible to re injury, Okay.
Speaker 1: And swinging a bad thing, girls, yeah, yeah, totally.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, no, it's uh yeah. And I am firmly
now convinced that, yeah, you can hurt yourself swinging a
bad yes, going back a month or so ago.
Speaker 1: So I like to do this every few weeks, every
once a month something like that. It's just I mean,
just take a look at the standings and we mix
up on Fridays, we talk about whatever. We want to
talk about, baseball stuff, fantasy stuff, prospect stuff. So we're
gonna talk a little baseball stuff here. So let's take
a look at the standings, shall we.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have a tail of two cities, still, don't we.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna start, Yeah, I'm gonna start in the middle though.
We're going to the Al Central. Yes, the Chicago White Sox,
mister McLeod. Mm hmm. Let me check something here. If
if the season ended today, mm hmm, the Chicago White
Sox would be in the playoffs. The wild Card currently
is the Yankees, the White Sox, and get this, the
Athletics at thirty and thirty two.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the Athletics aren't going anywhere until they find
a bullpen. I suggested on the discord site that they
trade Lawrence Butler, okay, for Jeff Hoffman. That'd be that'd
be a win win, I think. But the boat their
bullpen blew another game last night. They unless I.
Speaker 1: Harris that blew it really well?
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, it wasn't Harris. I can't remember who it was,
but it was a combination. Medina was in there and somebody.
The Athletics have to the.
Speaker 1: Canal.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he got smoked.
Speaker 1: Canal is we're naming him come a Clouds.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you're not gonna win with that. You're not going
to make the playoffs with that unless they make a
move soon, Toy shore up that bull bend. I feel
more comfortable with Texas right now than I would with
the Athletics.
Speaker 1: Here's this is like the Orioles have been terrible, right, terrible? Yeah,
half a game out of the wild Card.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, there's a lot of terrible there. And the
J's are the same thing the Jays right now. Jays
have injury problems big time, but the J's are in
that same boat. They're thirty and thirty three, three games
under five hundred. The Tigers are thirteen games under five hundred.
And you go to the West and you've only got
one team over five hundred, the Mariners. It's I'm just
looking to see I'm gonna count them off.
Speaker 1: Here.
Speaker 2: We have one, two, three, five, five teams in the
AL that are over five hundred a third of the
way through the season.
Speaker 1: Well, this is you know, Manford said he wanted parody,
This is parody.
Speaker 2: Well, yeah it is. And the Yankees are one of
those five teams and losing Aaron Judge is not going
to help their cause.
Speaker 1: Yeah, as the race are still in first place. And
this is show you how hot they were after in May, right,
because they're two and eight in the last ten, so
they've hit a tailspin here at the beginning of June.
But they won everything in May. And there's still thirteen
games over five hundred, and that is losing eight out
of the last ten games.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, and if you look at the five teams
that are over five hundred, the Yankees just lost Judge.
The Raids are coming down to Earth. The White Sox
are still plugging away. Cleveland has no offense, okay, and
Seattle is they're all world catchers. Still hasn't they.
Speaker 1: Had no offense either?
Speaker 2: Well, yeah, they they're they're eight and two in the
past ten, so they they're finding the Robbins. Julio is
heating up, and the two young kids, Emerson and Young
they're playing a lot better Seattle. If I had to
rank right now those five teams, I'd probably have the
Mariners at number one.
Speaker 1: Well, it's their pitching is tough to be to know.
George Kirby is just not the same guy anymore. So
let's let's so let's talk about the Central. Uh who
went to Central?
Speaker 2: The White Sox go White Socks.
Speaker 1: Okay, so who wins?
Speaker 2: They're only a game, They're only a game out.
Speaker 1: Who's who will? He's particularly with the Yankees and losing Judge,
I mean, that's I mean, I know they're the New
York Yankees and they they've got lots of money, but
losing Judge, that's that's just not reply.
Speaker 2: Well. Now that the J's have traded for Simmon Woods Richard,
I'm gonna go with the Jays to win that division.
Speaker 1: I don't think it's Simeon Woods Richardson, but I kind
of like that call as well.
Speaker 2: They've survived almost five hundred with a slew of injuries,
and they're starting to get the guys back, and as
they get them back, I think the Jays are Jays
are going to be substantially over five hundred before it's
all said and I Cleveland's got to find got to
find some offense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they just they just haven't.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah. And the Mariners, I like the path that
they're on. The Other teams in the AOST they've all
got serious flaws and I don't see them. You know,
I said the Athletics have to get a bullpen. No bullpen,
no well card.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they the back end. The Angels are terrible, the
Royals are shockingly terrible, the Tigers are shockingly terrible, and
the Red Sox are shocking. Those four teams, but the
Angels were never in it. But three of those four,
the Royals, I expect it better, the Tigers and the
Red Sox for sure, and they're just they're not any
good well.
Speaker 2: And one of the problems is going to be if
they're looking at trading within the American League, there's nobody
that there's not that many teams that are going to
be buyers. I don't think in the AL.
Speaker 1: Really now, come on, no, so all of the all
of the race will probably be buyers. The Guardians are
gonna be buyers, Mariners will be buyers. Yankees will be buyers.
I don't know about the White Sox, the Athletics maybe
if they're still in it, But the Rangers are gonna
be buyers or Orioles, the Blue Jays, I think there'd
be plenty of buyers there.
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna just gonna play it out and
say see see see what happens. I don't think the
Rais will spend any money. I don't think Cleveland will
spend any money. The team that could be the big
buyer could be the White Sox. The Athletics have the offense,
so they could maybe look at pitching. But Seattle's line up,
I think they're pretty happy with it. The Yankees, what
are they going to buy. They got the best pitching,
and you know what I mean that they don't want to.
I don't think they'll invest in them in improving their bullpene.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're going to buy it back. By the way,
Carlos Lean, as predicted by myself, is in the bullpen.
Speaker 2: Uh, that would seem like the right spot.
Speaker 1: Yes, it would, indeed, So that's good. Yeah, just let
them hunted one hundred miles an hour and say hit it.
So I think we see them up here and as well,
that's just going to make that bullpen even deeper.
Speaker 2: Exactly.
Speaker 1: I don't think you can count out the Yankees. I
know Aaron judges that it's a disaster, but I mean,
I don't think you can count them back because they
can go out and acquire anybody. I'm rooting for the
White Sox. I'm rooting for the Athletics, and give me
the sleeper cera tem me that the White Sox and
the and the Athletics. I do think the Rangers and
the Orioles and the Blue Jays will be comers. I
would not be surprised to see them two out of
three those in the playoffs.
Speaker 2: At the end, totally agreed. It's it's wide open right now.
It really is. And you know what, you can look
at the Rays and say, yeah, the thirteen games over
five hundred, but to two and eight in the last ten.
You'll look at the lineup. They could easily go two
and eight in the next ten and guess what the
Yankees are in first. The Yankees will come to that
back down to earth a little bit, I would think,
But again, their pitching is so strong, man. I I yeah,
it's gonna be up. The Rais are in a situation
where if they have another ten game stretch like this,
when they're going to be back in the pack with
Baltimore in Toronto, so who knows what's gonna happen, you know.
Speaker 1: I mean, I think the Yankees could go armed for
arm with the Mariners and even without judge, their offense
is better than the Mariners, So.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah it is. Yeah, it's fascinating. Though there's again
you got parody, but is it a good parody? I
don't know.
Speaker 1: Out of the four teams that have been really bad
to start the season, the Astros, the Red Sox, the
Tigers and Royals, which one of those will make a
push in the second half.
Speaker 2: None of them.
Speaker 1: I can't believe that the Red Sox are as bad
as they are. I watched totally pitch that guy should man,
he's good.
Speaker 2: A big, big, big time.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: The problem is is they got that They got themselves
basically the nine games under five hundred, and they still
don't have Roman Anthony and the.
Speaker 1: Crochet is starting to throw a little bit, so you
figured he's gonna be back in a couple three weeks.
They got Crochet and totally inn early three lefties A man.
Speaker 2: I like that set up, Yeah, I like I like
the setup too, But I think this is going to
be the year that where Boston basically says, okay, injuries
destroyed us, Okay, we're gonna reset it. We're gonna get
some of our younger players up. We're gonna get them
the experience and basically take twenty twenty six and use
it as a base for building on that young talent.
That's what I think is going to happen with Boston.
They'll trade a role this chapin to somebody, okay, and
you know some of the some of the veterans on
short contracts. They'll make some moves that way. But I
just don't think Boston will ramp it up. I think
they'll use the time to develop their young talent getting
ready for twenty twenty seven. Because Roman and Anthony could
be he could be who knows, you know what I mean,
he's experiencing more pain. He could be weeks months away.
Speaker 1: How about the athletics training for role as Chapman.
Speaker 2: That would work. Yeah, that would be a positive step.
And yeah, they need to fix the bullpen. If they don't,
then it doesn't matter what that wonderful offense will produce.
You know, you just look right now, they've allowed two
hundred and ninety eight runs. There's only a couple teams
that have allowed that level this year, one of them
being Baltimore, one of them being the Twins, them the
Astros and the common denominated with those teams is very
shaky pitching. If the if the if they can't, if
Oakland can't because of the park, resolve the starting pitching issue. Okay,
and that's the reality they gotta have. They gotta have
somebody in the bullpen that can shut things down at
least to protect leads. And if they don't have that,
then they're just totally ooked.
Speaker 1: Right, just just went run through my cage jump comment.
They didn't even want to comment on it.
Speaker 2: So, yeah, you look really good. Yeah he did, he did.
Let's go to the.
Speaker 1: Let's go to the National League. You know, the Braves
are just I mean, they're eight and a half games
up and the Phillies, the Mets are last place fourteen.
Can anybody catch the Braves in the East? No, I agree,
I agree. The Phillies just the Phillies just can't string
up together. They got argument the best pitcher in baseball guy,
and nobody can hit.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're the Phillies have been seven seven and they've
gone seven and three over the past ten and they've
they've gone from a situation where they were sitting basically
on par with the Mets at one point in time.
The four games over five hundred. The Phillies can have
a very very good second half, and uh, can they
catch the Raves? Probably not, but they've got a good
team and they're playing well, very well.
Speaker 1: Let's skip to the National League West. Can the Diamondbacks
or Padres catch the Dodgers. They're six and a half
until the Diamondbacks and Padres are seven games out?
Speaker 3: No, I agree, I mean yeah, yeah, if you I mean,
I'm thinking if you lost Otani Otani is the Dodgers
Aaron Judge, that would hurt because that that offense is
not as deep. The pitching is ridiculous. It's it's just
like the yanking engine the Maritors pitching. But offensively they
they you know, they could stumble if they lose Otani.
I think if they lose Otani, I think I think
they can replace everybody else. They lost Mookie Bets and
they were fine without him.
Speaker 2: Yeah. And the thing we know with the Dodgers is
they're not afraid to spend some money well and get players.
I Trek Scoogle is going to find a home somewhere.
And the odds are the Dodgers of the favorite. So
that's another arm if they're you know, looking at the
free agents heading into twenty twenty seven or twenty twenty eight,
those two. If the Dodgers were to lose a big bat,
they can find a way to get a big bet
and they will. We know it based on history, right,
So I don't see anybody going anywhere near the Dodgers.
Speaker 1: Without looking tim The Dodgers have allowed one hundred and
ninety seven runs score, though the smallest number in all
of baseball by by thirty. Who is who has given
up the second at least amount of runts?
Speaker 2: Don't look, uh, I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go with Milwaukee.
Speaker 1: You're absolutely correct. Twelve run score. That is impressive MM.
Speaker 2: And you look at they've been dealing with injuries off
and on to their offense. Once they get everything on track,
Milwaukee's got a they've got a good they've got a
good team. They've got a strong bullpen. Your Eve had
some maturity issues, so he's back in the eighth inning.
That's his penance for now, but he'll get a lot
more saves as things go along. You don't do a
pelvic thrust into your opposition at your opposition's doug out.
That's that's not a real cool thing to do, and
and there's a lesson being taught right now, and that
he's back working in the eighth inning. It's got nothing
to do with talent. It's hey, we don't do those things.
Their manager said, we don't do those things. So guess what,
now pay a price for it. But you're eva and
he'll be back pitching in the ninth.
Speaker 1: The Cups Cups have faltered a little bit. They were
actually leaving that division about three weeks ago. And now
if the season ended, they would find themselves on the
outside looking in because where we only have five teams
that were five hundred, and the American League you've got
nine teams over ten teams excuse me, over five hundred.
Speaker 2: So that's crazy, and all five of them in the Central, all.
Speaker 1: Five of the Central, that is correct.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you read. They're dealing with a myriad of injuries.
They're still sitting a game over five hundred. It's gonna
be fun to watch how that unfold. But right now
Pittsburgh and Saint Louis, two unlikely teams, are battling it
out for a second in that division. Both of them
well won five the other four games over five hundred.
Uh that's me be fun to watch. It really is.
Speaker 1: Do the Pirates make it into the playoffs this season?
You've you've been saying now I've been saying, yes.
Speaker 2: I'm I'm gonna hold it. No, simply because I like
Saint Louis a lot, and they're young. The young talent
is is starting to deliver in a fairly big way,
and the Cubs will go out and get what they need.
I think they have in the past, So it's going
to be tough for the Pirates. Say the Pirates could
be ten games over five hundred and not make the
playoffs because of the Phillies.
Speaker 1: Uh so, yeah, I mean, so who do you think
makes it the wild Card? I mean, first of all,
the Brewers going to win the Central or the Cubs.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Brewers.
Speaker 1: Okay, So that leaves who for the Wildcard. We currently
have the Pirates, Cardinals, and Diamondbacks.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go with the Cubs and Cards.
Speaker 1: Cubs cards and who's the third Billy Cubs cards will
come on, Cubs cards and Phillies. I like the Phillies.
I'm going with Pirates. I'm a Pirate fan here, Cubs,
Pirates and Phillies. That feels right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm yeah, We're I'm going with the cards, You're
going with the pirates, Yeah, yeah, with pirates. Yeah Yeah.
I think it's going to be close on both.
Speaker 1: I'm not suggesting that Connor Griffin is Aaron Judge, but
he is out, and they keep saying it's not too serious.
I I for the moment, I will give, I will
believe that, but I am a little anxious because I
think Connor Griffin is going to blow up here in
the second half if he's healthy, and I think that's yeah,
that's what they're looking for. They need a superstar, and
that's their superstar sitting right there.
Speaker 2: Yeah. My concern with Griffin is that injury. It's a
flexer strain.
Speaker 1: I know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Wyatt Langford's dealing with a flexer strain, isn't he
and he's been out for two months.
Speaker 1: Basically Yeah, yeah, I don't know. Yeah, So flexer strains
usually you associate them with pictures. So maybe they think
Kunor Griffin could come back as a d H.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't see him returning short term to anything
much more than that, because are they going to take
a chance on putting him in a situation where he
needs brace or Tommy John surgery. I don't think they will.
Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, let's go to the Mets and Giants.
The Mets are twenty seven and thirty five. The Giants
are twenty five and thirty and I think both have
underperformed given their payroll. Yeah, who finishes ahead? Who finishes
ahead of the other?
Speaker 2: Uh? The Mets well finished head of the Giants.
Speaker 1: Something's wrong with the Mets, Tim, I don't know what
it is. That just yeah, they got argue that well,
they got a top five player in Soto, they got
Lindor has been hurt, doesn't no word on when he's
coming back. They've got great young pitching who's underperforming. I
don't get what's happening with the Mets. They just lose.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're yeah, there there's a lot of eyes maybe
and not enough team.
Speaker 1: Yeah, maybe that's it.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know that if you just look at
the talent, you know, Linda coming back, but you know,
right now there are two games behind the Marlins. Yeah yeah,
and the Marlins have no offense, and Yuri Prez is
gonna be missious.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's too bad. I really thought Perez is going
to have a great year, and the Marlins were going
to be a you know, they're going to be a
team to be reckoned with, but not this year.
Speaker 1: I don't think, no, no, And you take a look
at the Mets. I mean, Bashett has just been I
think we're talking about him if he's not been very good.
But their pitching staff is Peralta, who finally had a
really good outing, Nolan McClain, Christian Scott, and then it's
Sean and I who really should have had that mic
Ronando surgery that Trek Scuba has because he's got bone chips.
That's that's why I can't pitch this season. He finally
had a good outing. But Clay Holmes is hurt, code
I Singa is hurt. So they don't have enough pitching.
Speaker 2: David Peterson's working following an opener, yeah and inconsistent. Yeah,
and you know they could be they could be looking
at moving for all the possibly.
Speaker 1: Or Devin William Well, yeah, if they can't. If anybody
takes a good stuff to me, let's let's let's take
a break and come back and start to hit some
fantasy questions.
Speaker 2: Here sounds good.
Speaker 1: In case people have not heard Corman Burns hurt his
shoulder during his rehab and now they're thinking he might
not pitch the season. That's a brutal blow for the
Diamondbacks and not a good situation for fantasy managers.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a is it terrorist muscle or something?
Speaker 1: That's what I've read.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, something along those. Yeah, they're not going to
push Burns. I'd be shocked if we see him this year. Yeah,
it's a real BOTTYX bring up. There is one.
Speaker 1: All right, let's uh we have the debate. And it's
fun because Sandlin and Jump are pitching on the same
days at the moment, so hopefully the teams will still
have the same number of off off days in between.
Sandlin out pitch Jump in game one, Jump out pitch
Sandlin in Game two. Who do you take for Game three?
Speaker 2: Best two out of three? Whoever? I best two out
of three? I I really don't know. I was really
disappointed in Sandlin's You know what happened to that pinpoint
control of ninety seven miles on our basketball? Yeah? Yeah,
by the way, yeah exactly. Yeah. Everything was set up
for success and you found a way to fail through it.
So again, young players ups and downs I'm going to
stick with Sandlin simply because I really don't like half
where Jump's playing half his games.
Speaker 1: Well, jumps at Houston on Sunday, Okay, and Sandlin. Let
me see where Sandlin is. I picked him up on
a couple of leagues, which was a disaster, spent the fortune,
and he did not pitch. Well, Uh, Sandling, let's see
here Philadelphia. Maybe go down here for the Cubs. Uh
he's at the Cubs.
Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm just guessing.
Speaker 1: Oh, you're kissing. Okay, he's at Philadelphia.
Speaker 2: Okay. I knew it was. The second matchup was a
tough one. I knew that.
Speaker 1: So and I'm not starting him at all. I am
starting in that league. I got the league, I got Sandline,
and I got Cage Jump. I am starting Cage Jumping
that Sandlin, and I am not starting Tanner Bibby in
that league at Texas. So I might drop Tanner Biby.
I hate Tanner Biby.
Speaker 2: Uh. Yeah, I think I have one share and my
pitching is totally shot, so I don't care, So I'm
starting him. Yeah, it's beyond a building.
Speaker 1: All right. So Tim and I are so opposite, so
I agree with you. I don't like jumps, uh pitching
half Hiss half his games and Sacramento, but I think
he's got the better arm. But Sandler was definitely disappointing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, very much so. And uh the one one one
of the leagues that I have Sandlin, and I was
locked into the most starts. So yeah, I've got him
going against Philly, and yeah I've got I've got a
box of Toms and Tiland all handy excres, all right.
Speaker 1: And Toms is my preference. I'm a Tom's guy over Roldes.
What about yourself?
Speaker 2: Ah, yeah, it looks like Tom's. I'm just looking at
the container of the sitting right in front of me. Yep.
Speaker 1: I carry a sleeve of Tom's with me every every
waking moment. So my daughter does as well, because we
both have very problematic stomach. So flex it's just a partner.
This just the deal. Justin Verlander is expected back this weekend.
He's got a nice matchup, at least he did when
I wrote this a few days ago. The Marriags have
been hot. He's up against the Mariners. Do you dare
Justin Verlander? No?
Speaker 2: No, the Mariners are coming around. They're eight and two
in the past ten games. Julio is playing like Julio
Rodarine is having a good year. Luke really, no, I
and the kids. No, I'd be sitting Justin Orlander.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think so too. I think so too. TJ.
Frieda was taking us a sixtieth outfielder off the board
is now back in triple A after hitting one seventy
nine with two home runs. Disappoint it, right, I mean
that's a number four, that's a strong number four outfielder,
even a low win number three outfielder. It just wet
the bed.
Speaker 2: Well, you know what, if you look at last year, okay,
the power is down, the walks are down, okay, and
last year he walked eighty one times okay, but the
watcher down this year and the strikeouts are up. Uh,
maybe last year was a one off. I'm starting to
think in that direction, you know what I mean. You're
looking at a fifteen home run bad who walked eighty
one times last year. That holds value, especially at the
top of the lineup in Cincinnati, okay, where they don't
have a true leadoff at per se. But if he's
not walking the power, it's yeah, it wasn't good, and
he struggled all year, so maybe last year was a
one and done.
Speaker 1: Well, let's you know, his average exit of velocity is
eighty eight miles an hour. Last year was eighty seven,
so it has come up a little bit. He's never
hit the ball very hard. He's always hit him with
a heavy launch on it, right, so seventeen degrees high launched. Yeah,
so sprint speeds at the thirty thirty third percent tile,
So he's not fast. So it really is a contact
guy that gets on base, and that's been down a
little bit this season.
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, if you've got a contact guy who's not
making contact, it's not good, is it? No?
Speaker 1: Expected not averages one ninety six?
Speaker 2: Yeah, and if you look, they called up Marte okay
to replace him. Okay, Well, Marty in the past week
hasn't hit anything. It hasn't been a good week. So
this isn't a boat Marte, this is a boat Friedle.
Speaker 1: Yeah, in my opinion, I agree. I mean, Fredo's been
a zero and the underlying statistics do not look encouraging
for him to be anything more than like a ten
tent type of player. If that, yeah, maybe a tense.
Speaker 2: Six well yeah, and you know, Cincinnati needs a lead
off that and he fulfilled that role last year. But
if your walks are down, that even takes that aspect
of his game out of the equation, right, So yeah,
I think the call up in Marte based on what
Marte has done recently, Like he's had a good year
down on the farm. You know, you're you're looking at
a guy that's how many home runs as Marte hit?
Oh seven, eight home runs, nine stolen based in nine
eighty four ops. That is great, But the past week
hasn't been a good win for Marte, and hey, Friedel
basically just played himself out of the job for now
and it could be a long wait if Marte. If
Marte does anything.
Speaker 1: Any interest in Martee? Yes, so he'll be a waiver
wark guy for you.
Speaker 2: Yes, He's definitely a waver waiverware guy.
Speaker 1: Okay, a big waiver wark guy. I mean, somebody that
you're going to put towards the top of the list.
Speaker 2: Well, I looked at I looked at at hitters and
right now, because of the timing on the Edwin Arroyo
call up, Okay, I think I would still have a
Royo ahead of Marte. But the Reds are definitely a
team as a team that are going to inspire some
spending in that fab budget this week.
Speaker 1: Arroyo done since spin up one for eight, one for eight, Yeah,
struck out a lot, so struck out six times. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I'm I'm hoping we see an uptick hitting into the weekend.
But that's a situation that everybody's going to have to
monitor hitting into Sunday, because if Arroyo doesn't do much
Friday Saturday, then I would say Marte. If Arroyo steals
a base or two, you know, starts hitting, then I
would go with the Arroyo. It's one of those very
much state of flux things. But the Reds bats definitely
will be of interest this weekend.
Speaker 1: And Arroyo is really young still. He doesn't turn twenty
three until until August, so I mean, you got got
to get him a chance to figure it out, to
me a second break, come back, and get our best
two segments coming up. What happened to these guys is
the next one. I hope you got answers, my friend.
Speaker 2: Nope.
Speaker 1: I mean this is a pretty easy list to put together.
I got eight names that could have been eighty names.
I mean it's easy, you know. And I tried to
pick some guys that were drafted earlier, people were counting on,
and a couple of maybe sleepers that people were counting on,
and it just hasn't come together. And the first is
Michael Bush. He was the thirteenth first basement off the board.
He hit thirty four home runs last season. He's got
six tempt six the number between five and seven.
Speaker 2: Six. Okay, yeah, you're right, Yeah.
Speaker 1: I mean this is gonna turn round. Should we just
wait for the for everything to warm up? And he's
already got platoon splits. I mean, this just doesn't look good,
doesn't feel good.
Speaker 2: He's going to bounce back, I'm right, I'm reasonably confident.
All he needs to do is have a month where
he hit six or seven and he's back on pace again.
And I think he's got the potential to do it.
So I'm I'm hoping and betting on a bounce back
from Michael Bush.
Speaker 1: Interesting in ex velocity and twenty twenty five was ninety
two point two. This year it's eighty eight point seven.
Twenty twenty four eighty nine point nine, so it's even
There was growth last sea and he's just fallen off,
which is weird. You don't typically see eggs of velocities
and a young twenty eight year old player dropped like that,
So that would indicate likely an injury or just swing
mechanics aren't there.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I still think we're going to see twenty five
plus home runs coming the end of the year at
a Michael Bush.
Speaker 1: You know he's gonna have to get busy toom h
he is. Here's one of that kind of surprised me,
Jackson Merrill that the speed of power have been oka
five from runs, ten stolen bases sent in two o six.
He was a number one Outfitter's a fourteenth outfielder off
the board. You can't hit two o six with your
number one outfielder. You just can't.
Speaker 2: Uh, well, apparently you can.
Speaker 1: So he was the sexy pick last year and had
a lousy season again A little still a sexy pick
this year, and it was it's not as good? Has
this not been great?
Speaker 2: No? The last year we rode off to injuries. This
year we expected to see more towards that rookie campaign
and it just hasn't happened. I have to think, and
I'm betting on a bounce back in the second half
in Jackson Merrill. I don't have anything to support it,
but I just don't. I just think Jackson Merrill is
a better ballplayer than what we've seen. Now. Hey, he
asked me two months from now if he's still hitting
two oh six with eight home runs and twelve stolen bases. Yeah, Well,
maybe maybe I'll have a change of heart, But for now,
I'm going to bet on the bounce back.
Speaker 1: So that's what the data says. The data shows average
exuvelocity fifty four percentile eighty nine point seven, so there's
fifteen to twenty home run pop there. He's fast eighty
six percent, should be able to steal bases. The problem
is he's just his contact skills have have He wrote
it that rookie season, it was a seventeen percent straightout rate.
It's up to twenty five now. And he just doesn't
walk enough. So he's a pretty aggressive approach. So when
you're not, when you're striking out too much, not getting
on base, your run scored a going down and you
look at it and it's a number three outfielder as
opposed to number one outfielder.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and for somebody that young that showed that much potential.
I can't give up on I can't give up on
it yet. Yeah, by at some point in time, if
we don't see improvement, I don't think you have any
choice but to say, hey, maybe this is a new
reality and adjust accordingly. At least you're getting some speed,
you're getting something.
Speaker 1: Yeah, but yeah, yeah, he really needs he needs to
work on his approach. I mean he needs to. I
think if you can get a little bit more patient
at the play, that's probably gonna unlock everything. Because when
you get aggressive at the plate, you know this time,
I mean they just you're not going to get a
good pitch of the first couple of pitches that a
picture throws, you know, as you're gonna swing at it,
it's Boba Schett, who's coming up next. It's exactly the problem.
Speaker 2: Yep, it is and is a problem just for kicks
and grins.
Speaker 1: Jackson Merrill went to one of my uh grew up
in the same area I grew up, and he went
to a competing high school, so they were always way
better than my high school and everything, sports, everything.
Speaker 2: Yeah, when you got Jackson Merrill playing high school, yeah, yeah,
I probably have a pretty good team.
Speaker 1: I would think, yeah, Boba Shed is next. He was
a tenth shorts up off the board. Tim and I
called this one out as be careful soccer A soccer
picked cheer. Tim has been saying this for years. He
swings at everything in the first pitch and it's it's
it happens, demmy. And he had that season last year
where things seemed to come together. But he's sitting two
twenty six with a two point eighty one base percentage.
I mean, he looks like he's going to hit those
fifteen home runs that he did last season. But forty
two million dollars, that's the problem. And he's a forty
two million dollar player and he's okay, But he's not
a forty two million is he?
Speaker 2: What you see is what the Mets got. No, he's not.
He's the third.
Speaker 1: Highest he's the third highest paid player in baseball this season.
Speaker 2: Well done, New York.
Speaker 1: I it's crazy. I think he's okay.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I thought it was. I thought it was crazy
when they signed him.
Speaker 1: He's a middle infielder. He's a middle infielder in fantasy.
He's you know, he's roster, but he's not a number
one starter. He's not a number one shortstop, just not well.
Speaker 2: No, I'd be much happier with Angel Martinez twenty rounds
later than not to eighty OBV.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been in a tailspin of late Angel Martinez,
but yes, I agree.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's yeah, I'm hey. My thoughts on Movi
Shuter world documented they haven't changed.
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think I think he's gonna end with fifteen
eighteen home runs. I think he's going to hit to
thirty to forty two or three stolen bases. That's the player, and.
Speaker 2: The Jays are very very happy, and we'll thank the
Mets for taking that situation and signing him so that
the Jays didn't have to come back to him and
offer him a deal. I think the Jays are very
happy with the way that shook down.
Speaker 1: My fourth guy is not a not a guy that
was number one shortstop taking the draft, but it was.
I think he was on your sleeper list. He was
kind of on my sleeper list. That's amazing. To win
two home runs, five stolen bases in a two thirty
five batting average is not what I expected. I'm surprised
he's still playing. Uh in Saint Louis Well.
Speaker 2: I think the glove takes care of that situation, but
I don't think he's healthy. I don't think the knees
one hundred percent, and I think it's affecting his overall numbers.
So basically, I'm expecting better out of when if he's healthy,
and I don't think he is right now, So I'm
going to health road on that one.
Speaker 1: He's still only twenty four. Average exivelocity is not good
eighty six point seven, down from eighty eight point three
last season, so tims theory of injuries is probably valid.
There suspect that batting average is two forty seven. He's
still got good speed at seventy percentile, so so she'll
be able to steal some bases if they let him.
But the power is just it has there's out growth
in the power. That's that's suppressing everything.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it is. That's why I strongly believe, and I
know he's missed a few games with I believe it's
his knee and that's where he had his problem last year.
So I I'm attributing a lot of what I believe
we're seeing with Mason Wynn to hell and the fact
that I don't think he's anywhere close to one hundred percent.
Speaker 1: Matt Chapman looks done. Maybe he's not bad. He was
the eleventh third base went off the board. Twenty one
home runs last season, nine stolen bases. Get this, Tim,
He's got two home runs zero. That's the number at
the bottom of the list. Zero. I mean they did
have three hits yesterday, So maybe things are starting to
turn around. But it's been absolutely brutal with Matt Chapman.
Speaker 2: Yeah, if you look at his history, he's a two
forty bat Okay, so the batting average is there, but
two home runs. I would say the maximum you're looking
at there over the balance of the season is maybe
fifteen to twenty if he picks up the pace. And
again you're talking about the pace out of a guy
who's been basically a career to forty guy. I don't
hold out a whole lot of hope for Matt Chapman.
I'd be looking for another option.
Speaker 1: Here's what's strange about Matt Chapman, going back as far
as the eye can see, ninety two mile an hour
ex of Aloste, ninety three mile an hour, acidly ninety
three mile hour last year ninety two point two, this
season eighty seven point six.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's not good drop off like that.
Speaker 1: You just I mean he's older. Yes, you start to
see a nice gradual decline. You don't see a five
mile hour difference in your eggs of avelossit something's something
does not compute here.
Speaker 2: Well, sometimes players do fall off a cliff. It ends
rather abruptly, rather than that slope that you were talking about. Yeah,
I don't Maybe there's an injury, and you know that's
not being document Hey, I don't know. All I know
is that he's going to have to struggle and you know,
very he's got to play real hard to.
Speaker 1: Get that speed's still there eighty eighth percentile. I mean,
it's still it's tremendous bat speed. It's just he's just
not hitting the ball hard, which doesn't make sense.
Speaker 2: No, it doesn't. Again, there might be an injury, but
I'm not holding out hope for Matt Chapman to bounce
back per se.
Speaker 1: You know why the uh the Giants are playing poorly.
I mean if we took a look at the stat
cast data of Rafael Devers and it's it's ugly too.
I mean when you're to make guys in the middle
of the lineup just aren't hitting, You're you're not very good.
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, when you're when you're counting for sixty to
seventy home runs and a lot of RBIs and you
see the numbers you're seeing. Yeah, it's it's self explanatory.
Speaker 1: Ye all right. Next guy on my list is Stephen Kuant.
I mean, you feel like we're beating up on Stephen Quants.
This one home run, two stolen bases, a two and
nine batting. It's just awful. Did you see this turning
around at all?
Speaker 2: Well? And better because you sure didn't buy him for
the home run and stolen base production. Yeah, he's got
to be on your bench right now. And just hope
better days I had because if he is not hitting
to seventy plus his overall value at the bottom of
a lineup, it's not there.
Speaker 1: Yep, totally agree. Lawrence Butler thirty six outfielder off the board,
Steven Kwan the thirty seventh outfielder off the way. There's
a guy that these are number two, number three outfielders
and Butler's three arm runs for stolar base is on
one sixty one bat I don't know why this guy's
still in the major leagues. He's platooning now, I mean,
he's mostly on the bench. It's it's a bad, bad
situation here with Lawrence Butler.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Bolt he's playing well, yeah, exactly, not great off. Yeah,
the last I looked, so yeah, yeah, you know what,
I think we should have paid more heading into the spring.
I think we should have paid more attention to Butler's
one hundred and seventy nine strikeouts last year and less
attention to the twenty one home runs in twenty two
stolen bases. I agree with you, and I think, yeah,
I think we didn't and as a result, we paid
for a twenty twenty player. But there were warning signs
last year with the strikeoat levels being that high, and
I think we I think we just simply brushed them
off for favor of the twenty twenty type player that
he was and.
Speaker 1: In the twenty second percentile. He's not fast, but.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and he's proving it this year.
Speaker 1: He's still hit the ball reasonably hard, but I mean,
you know, the contact skills are just awful.
Speaker 2: I mean just he has to hit two forty over
the balance of the year to break them Indoza line
basically yeah, yeah, and he's not going to get the
playing gume to do it. I think he's going to
be back. I think he's going to be in Turbola.
Speaker 1: Sometimes I think so too. They got to figure out
what's I mean. Look, I always thought this guy was
I never thought he was a twenty twenty type of player.
Thought he'd have some power. I thought the speed would decrease,
which it has. I don't think he should ever be
a number three, number four outfielder. He's the number five
type guy, and hopefully he can go back and find
it because at the moment, you can't roster this guy.
You just can't.
Speaker 2: No.
Speaker 1: Geraldo Perdoma to me, he had his breakout last season
twenty one runs and twenty seven stolen bases in a
two ninety batting average. This season, three home runs and
he's hitting two twenty three. I think he's got eight
or nine ten stole basis. But there's the number ninth
short stop off the board that this has not been good.
Speaker 2: No, And I think going back to last spring, we
talked about Credomo and the very real possibility that regression
was going to be going to be in play. I
thought it was. I didn't. I didn't think we'd see
a repeat of twenty twenty seven home runs and stolen bases.
But I sure didn't expect what we're seeing. I think
there's a bounce back in order, okay, and we'll see
we'll see the batting average, I think rebound. But I
think at the end of the day, twenty twenty five
will prove to be his career year.
Speaker 1: I think you're right. I think I agree with all accounts.
I think we'll see a bit of a bounce back.
But he's not the twenty seven home run guy. He
just that's that's not who he is or whatever it
was that was twenty seven stolen bases or run.
Speaker 2: Twenty Yeah, I think I think he's I think he's
twelve to fifteen home runs with a decent batting average
and twenty five to thirty stolen base is a good player,
but not like I said, I think twenty twenty five
is going to be going to be the plateau.
Speaker 1: Give me a take our final break. Let's take our
final break to come back and do a little bit
of predictions. In about a week to ten days, we
will be at the halfway market. The season, which seems insane.
Forty two of the games have been played, and I'm
trying to figure out cy Gong MVP and Rookie of
the Year, and I'm struggling, Mister McLeod, I mean, there's
some yeah there, it's wide open. So let's just do
a couple of these. I got I got the wrong.
Speaker 2: Did I have a break for just twenty seconds to
quick jet off the air? Sure?
Speaker 1: Yep, Tim, Tim, I wanted to pull me aside to
say my al Cy Young prediction of Jacob Mazeroski. He
plays for the Brewers in the National League. Guest, thank you, Tim,
I am aware of that now, I don't uh, all right,
so I got nobody for al Sie Young. Who do
you got, Tim? Uh?
Speaker 2: I'm I'm going I'm going out on a bit of
the al is a bit of a mess. I'm gonna
go with Gavin Williams. He's been very good nine and
three ninety four Straycos. Could he win twenty games in
Strayco two hundred and fifty? If he does, I think
that's got to put him in near the top of
the list for the AL side.
Speaker 1: Yeah, good call, National League. Uh So that's that's who's
your stretch for your al signing. I got Parker Messick.
I don't think he wins, but he's been very, very
good and surprised the heck out of me.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I like Messic well, the guy that I that
I pulled out a sort of nowhere, somebody who's come
out of nowhere. But you know, so far, Will Warren
is seven and one with a three twenty two year A. Now,
if he ends that's after two months. If he ends
up at say sixteen and three, sixteen and four with
a three fifteen area and straights out two hundred, that
would be quite the season, wouldn't it. Then I don't
think we can rule that out. So I'm I'm gonna
go with Will Warren.
Speaker 1: I'm going with my favorite as Cam Schlitler. I know
had a rough outing last but he's been dominating. It's
not a guy that I feel totally confident about. But
I was. I was going through the Cy youngs. I
thought the National League looked a lot better than the
American League. That's where much. Yeah, So anyway, so let's
go to that nationally National league, cy Young, I've got
Christopher Sanchez.
Speaker 2: Yeah, so or why that's kind of yeah. Yeah, I
mean I could.
Speaker 1: Definite make the argument for show Heyo Tani. I mean
definitely he's got a some one here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but again, it's it's a long season and man, Sanchez,
he's just been flat. O Domin streak finally ended at
more than fifty innings, and believe it or not, that
his total is the longest consecutive streak in the history
of the game for a h for a LEFTI.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's been but I mean, oh yeah, he is.
I mean, look, I'm going to give mine away. He's
the m v P. And there's no question, I mean,
there's zero question he's he's gonna win that he should
win it unanimously. There is a good chance he went
so young, Tom, I mean, he's been phenomenal.
Speaker 2: He has. But I've got to I got a name
that I got to throw out there, simply because I
think there's a chance that he should finish at least second.
I think if he hit sixty home runs, I think
Kyle Schwarber, that might be enough to throw Inani.
Speaker 1: No, I because you got to throw in the pitching.
Speaker 2: I know, I'm trying to. I'm trying to trying to
find a reason to pick anybody out of and.
Speaker 1: He's orderline, he's borderline, if not leading candidate for National
League Cy Young. Yes, and he's hitting three hundred. I
mean he had struggles, but he's back to three hundred.
He's hitting I mean he's ridiculous.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but voters love the long ball. No, that's check.
Speaker 1: Sorry, okay for Nationalague saying I got Sho Tani and
I also have Brats and Ashcraft making the bold prediction
he will get more votes than Paul Skins.
Speaker 2: My bull predicted prediction is that Chase Burns will get
more votes in ball skis.
Speaker 1: That's I think that's a good call. He's been very good.
H let's go with the nationally MVP. I got show here, Tony,
You got Kyle Schwarber or are you going with Showy?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Showy's gonna win it. But I was just trying
to find somebody other than the Shoe that might have
a chance, and Schwarber would be the pick. And if
he can hit sixty plus home runs?
Speaker 1: Is he your stretch guy or do you have another
stretch guy?
Speaker 2: Uh? My no, I My my stretch guy is Jordan Walker.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he was almost my guy too. I think that's
a good call. I'd be great.
Speaker 2: Yeah, fifteen home runs, eight Stonlee bases forty four, two
ninety one batting average. Hey, I'm always been been somebody
to support the underdog, So I I like your pick
a lot and he's having a great year. But I
got to I had to find somebody different. Jordan Walker,
he's my he's my stretch.
Speaker 1: I don't know how they they get Comeback Player of
the Year. I I don't know if that fits for Walker,
but Coley seems like he should. He should get some
kind of award for being lost in the desert for
three years and has finally emerged. I mean, you know
what I mean. He needs to make knowledge for what
he's doing.
Speaker 2: But he's definitely a fantasy MVP.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah about the Moses award, Moses wandering in the
desert for forty years or forty days or I don't.
Speaker 2: Know, Well, I know Moses. Moses worked with tablets, and
Jordan Walker causes to take a lot of them in
the past couple of years. So yeah, there's that.
Speaker 1: It's very very clever, very clever. Tell me your brain
works very quickly. I got I got a Neil Cruz
the look. He might get to sixty, but this is
this is a guy with speed and power, and you
throw Neil Cruse, you throw on Connor Griffin and Paul Skiings.
Jared Jones looked good last week. Yeah, I love what
the Pirates are doing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I am for everybody except Unting. That's my problem.
Speaker 1: Yeah, uh a l MVP.
Speaker 2: This was.
Speaker 1: I don't know, Tim, I have no idea. I got
Jordan alvarezer Witt Junior with Junior's leading in war. But
I mean the the both the the Astros and Royals
are terrible.
Speaker 2: I don't know who do you got, Okay, I I'm
I am going You're gonna love this BIC because you
were all over this guy and I liked him too,
like you.
Speaker 1: No, Ben Rice, Oh, that's a great call. That's a
great hits.
Speaker 2: He's gonna hit forty home runs. I'm I'm hoping he
picks up the slack for Aaron Judge and if the
Yankees win the division, Ben Rice, I'm gonna go with
Ben Rice.
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a good call. With Junior's been really good,
by the way, Remember didn't have any in April and
he's got nine or ten now, eighteen nineteen stolen bases
hitting hmm, yeah, he's.
Speaker 2: Up in the twenties. I think in the strolling basis.
It's just every time I look at the box score, Yeah,
he steals a base. Yeah, Bobby Whit's the top three
pick next year.
Speaker 1: My stretch on the al MVP if he stays with
the Angels is Michael Trout. Yeah he's been great.
Speaker 2: That's cool.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got like a four twenty one base percentage,
eighteen home I mean he's been great.
Speaker 2: Yeah for a for an afterthought at the draft table
because he was really would he go as a fourth
fifth outfielder?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I got a bunch of leagues as has a
fourth fifths been great?
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's most certainly has to be. It was. It
would be good for Trogy, it would be good for
the game of baseball.
Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. Uh, Timmy, who's your stretch?
Speaker 2: My stretch?
Speaker 3: Uh?
Speaker 2: Where are we here?
Speaker 1: For we recovered a l m VP.
Speaker 2: Oh for a l m VP. Uh, yeah, you're gonna
like this. When I went with a Chicago member of
the Chicago White Sox and he hasn't played in Japan,
Miguel Vargas is on pace to go forty to twenty.
That should earn him some boats. You would think Vargas
has just been great. Yeah he yeah, he has been really,
really good. So I'm sticking with my all in on
the White Sox and my my deep sleeper pick would
bring Miguel Vargas. If he continues to pace, he's on,
he's going to get some boats.
Speaker 1: AL Rookie of the Year. I said it should have
been more Kami. It still might even if he comes
back the last six weeks of the season and then
right maybe to Okamoto or you to fall with Kevin McGonagall,
who's hit but three home runs and it stoping loud.
I don't know who you got for AL Rookie of
the Year.
Speaker 2: Well, because I'm old, crotchety and stubborn, I was all
in on okamotos I'm still staying there. He's up to
thirteen home runs. Now, he's on pace for thirty home
runs plus. Yeah, I think the batting average will come back.
I'm gonna stick with Okamodo.
Speaker 1: Iaceath for Akami comes back here in the next you know,
in a month or so and can pick it up.
Because of that guy was on a unanimous Rookie of
the year and it's just it's a real same.
Speaker 2: Yeah it is. And you know what, he could come
back after missing two months and still hit forty home runs.
I would give him. That would give him review of
the Year.
Speaker 1: I was totally totally my stretch. It might not be
such a stretch because he's been really good at Sambasaiah.
I mean he's hitting with powers, starting to hit a
little bit and the orioles are starting.
Speaker 2: To work a little bit better.
Speaker 1: If he has a huge second half, you could be
looking at Sambasaiah.
Speaker 2: Totally agree. I think it's a great pick. And you
already mentioned my pick. Yeah, we've only seen eight starts
from Peyton totally, he's got a two twenty sixty year,
a fifty one strikeo in forty seven and there he's
only allowed three home runs. So I think we got
to get a picture in there somewhere in the rookies
and eight total. He's having a great start to his career.
Speaker 1: Needs to ditch the mustache, if I might add, the
mustache is a good book. Yeah, not a good look.
Speaker 2: It looks like he's doing it, looks like he he
looks like he's fifty.
Speaker 1: I mean, it makes him look really old.
Speaker 2: So he's going with the Dennis.
Speaker 1: Of dialog. No, No, it's not like a porn stash.
It's a big, bushy stash. It's it's not a good look.
I don't like its Nastali Rookie of the Year. Look,
I'm going first. I got Connor Griffin. I know that
might be a stretch. He's hurt yet, but I think
you're looking at a guy Rookie of the Year. Voters
like the vote for guys who are going to have
great careers as well, and it's all set up for
Condor Griffin provided he comes back reasonably healthy. We were
starting to see the big uptick. He's young, he's exciting.
That's the kind of guy that you want for Rookie
of the Year.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I can't. I can't argue with that, not at all.
The only the only concern I have is that fleck
your string.
Speaker 1: YEP, totally agree. Who's your guy?
Speaker 2: Well, you're gonna like this one because my guy is
also your guy. But in a different category. I'm going
with Carson Benji. I think he explodes in the second
half and he goes twenty twenty five and runs away
with it.
Speaker 1: Uh, he's been very very good of late. He is
my stretch guy. I got his broad up Carson Binge,
not Benji, but I like to say, you like to
put the e on the end of that, which is
sexually pretty yeah.
Speaker 2: Well yeah, everybody with a knee gets like bolt hey, yeah, Benjay.
Speaker 1: Yeah. For Americans we speak funny, so.
Speaker 2: So of US Canadians and we had used to everything.
Speaker 1: Uh, who's your stretch then, Carson Bingch, I've got Carson
Bench's your stretch.
Speaker 2: My stretch is JJ Weatherwold.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it might not be much of a stretch. He could,
he could. He could win it out right.
Speaker 2: That's yeah, That's why I was going, they could win
it out right. So far nine homer, seven, stolen base.
He's a twenty twenty player, and he could win it all,
as you said, And that's exactly how I think I
got those that waited through the trials and tribulations of
last ball when we anticipated seeing him. You don't have
much to complain about this year, do you.
Speaker 1: Hey, both Binge and weather hauled. I mean, if you
take a look, I mean really struggled to begin the
season and just I mean you got to give the
Mets and the Cards credit for sticking with these guys.
A lot of teams would have demoted them and then
they've just started to slowly, not overnight, slowly put stuff together.
And it's same thing with Connor Griffin. These guys that
they're young, they just need patience from the teams, and
if you have it, I think these guys will explode
and they look like that's what they're doing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's going to be right fascinating. I can hardly
wait until we do like a trial mock going into
say the first five rounds. I think we could see
some really really fascinating stuff in a mock draft. And
about another month or so, you know, guys, we're going
to see a third, fourth, fifth round where there might
be less than ten players from last year that were three,
four or fives repeating in that same position heading into
next year. So I'm looking I'm looking forward to seeing
where all these young players are going to fit into
the big scheme of things next year.
Speaker 1: Totally agree. There's more coming as well. So Tammy very
quickly as we're starting to run over here, what hit
are you targeting and what picture are you targeting hitters?
Speaker 2: I'm looking at the reds it'll be either probably a
royal room.
Speaker 1: It'll be a royal orm.
Speaker 2: Marquelle one of the two. I want to see what
happens this weekend before I commit, But I think we
should all be looking at the reds when it comes
to spending. So bab who we're looking at still up
in the pictures? Hey, here we go. I see this name,
and when I see this name, my first thought is
Mutt Lang, the great producer. Okay, and he could end
up with more saves than Alex Lang of the Royals.
But right now, Alex Lang is a hothand back to
back saves in Kansas City. Yeah, yeah, he looks to
be the guy, at least as of nine to thirty
six a m. Central on Friday.
Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, it's you know, the incumbent is just
really struggling. Is a big part of the reason that
the Royals are just in a tailspin. I mean, just
blue games left and right over the last couple of weeks.
Good stuff, Pim, Thanks for hanging on an extra ten
minutes with me. It was a lot of fun, covering
a lot of material. And we'll be back on Sunday,
as we're always back on Sunday. What's your weekend looking like?
Speaker 2: Uh, what's my weekend looking like? Uh? Pair of the
quiet just gonna be looking at some games, and based
on my early assessment of the waiver wire, I'm going
to be working this weekend. Okay, It's been one of
those weeks where I'm gonna have some digging to do,
but hopefully I can find some interesting names that will
benefit each and every one of us.
Speaker 1: Richard, Well, to me, my whole weekend is going to
be spent buying my ticket to the Somerset Patriots Tuesday
night game. You know why?
Speaker 2: Uh summer there? Uh no, but I I know it's
got to involve a stud rookie.
Speaker 1: Nope, Bartolo Cologne is making an appearance.
Speaker 2: Big sex, big sexy.
Speaker 1: You know what?
Speaker 2: There is his room for another Bartola home run in
the book is good.
Speaker 1: I will try. I will try to get a picture
to see if he's lost any weight, so see see
how retirement is uh is taking to him. So usually
they he's just up in the stand not the standza
the food here is no, what's the area and the
food the food court kind of thing when you walk
up the stairs whatever that area is. Yeah, whatever you
call that that's that's where the place, yeah, mezzanine. Yeah,
so that's that's where he'll be. And it's so I
know what it's going to be, so I should be
able to get a picture of him, so big, big, sexy.
So that's what I'm doing, buying tickets for for the
bartol And I don't know what I'm doing this week
is just we've been empty in our storage unit out
so okay, because we've got a bigger unit so we
can put stuff now. We can put all of Christmas
junk in there.
Speaker 2: So that's empty.
Speaker 1: And I turned my key in and said, I'm done
with you folks. Take this away.
Speaker 2: Cat, that's all.
Speaker 1: That's it. I don't need to spend more money keeping
our junk in and we're going to throw away a
lot of the junk.
Speaker 2: So yeah, yeah, we've got a storage unit here, and
at some point in time one of the happiest days
of my life will be when we can do the
same thing that you're doing, because you know, turn the
key in, because it means all of that junk that
we thought it was necessary to keep, that's all it is,
actually junk, that's junk.
Speaker 1: It was so cathartic man, you we'd find stuff. So
it was interesting. There was four big boxes that were
sitting and we had carried these things for the last
six years because they were of Lori's grandmother's dishes. And
they're interesting because they they're over one hundred years see,
not quite. They were made in nineteen forty nine, so
they were post World War two. They came up with
something after World War two because they wanted the soldiers
to feel, you know, that they had something to come
back to. So they made this what they called fancy
every day China, and it was it was every day
It wasn't real china, but it was just everyday dishes.
And the value is only a couple hundred bucks, right,
so it's not like it's really fancy expensive. But they're
very ornate and very cool looking, and that was the
whole idea. And Ory's grandmother when she passed away, before
she passed away, said I want you to have my
lovely every day you know stuff, and I want you
to use it. So we've been carrying this stuff since
we've been married for forty years, and we probably should
have ditched it years ago, but Laurie just will not
give it up. So we finally got that out of
out of storage and it's huge. Tommy, there's I think
it's a set for sixteen. I mean, it's it's unbelievable
and it's it's I don't know, so, but I did.
Speaker 2: You can make it a Christmas tradition.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got Christmas dishes too though, so a couple
another ideas. It's like, but yeah, but Laurie's grandmother's dishes
are now in our apartment ready to be used. So
that's okay, that was the big deal. So and then
I took took a look at the value of them
and it's like, we've spent twenty times the value in
storing them the one time value what the dishes are.
Speaker 2: Well, you know, ch maybe what I could do is
I could swap you, okay, my stereo from nineteen seventy
three year dishes outside.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's amazing because I took a picture
of it. I took a picture of it and I
sent it to an AI, my AI sent assistant. I said,
tell me everything you know about these dishes, and he
starts telling me, like when they were made with the
uh what exactly to the month that they were made
in and so forth. I think it's rich. Don't get
too excited. These are not very valuable. They're more personal value. Like,
what do you mean they're they're almost one hundred years old,
he goes, yeah, but they were like made in mass quantities.
Speaker 2: Great, yeah, yeah, yeah, I know where you're coming from.
And dishes at one point in time in a household,
silverware and specialty dishes were huge. The china collection, you know,
going back to my my grandmother's on both sides had them,
and they passed them down and they got passed down.
And what was once deemed to be very very important
in the social you know, the family social thing is
no longer. It's it's not you know, I mean time
has change.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we don't have every china. We don't have formal
chinaware we never have had it. We've we've got white dishes,
that's white everyday dishes that you throw the dish wash.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have the same thing. And I prefer paper
late because then I don't even have to watch the
damn things.
Speaker 1: Right, you get carried out and you get the uh,
you get the paper plates. That's a big deal. It's
it's day. We're living man.
Speaker 2: But you take the containers, you pull the lid back,
and you got a plate. Okay, you want.
Speaker 1: To everyone on salad Lauria, Laura get the real uh
salad uh utensil sound. I'm like, why don't you use
the paper ones or the plastic ones?
Speaker 2: Yeah, I get it.
Speaker 1: So that's what I'll be doing this afternoon. Anyway, Temmy,
we we'll see you on Sunday, my friend. Be well
and have a good weekend.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'd be safe. Be well and have yourself a
good weekend. Catch your Sunday books.