WEBVTT 1 00:00:12.759 --> 00:00:16.440 You like fantasy ball, sense talk chasm that I shall 2 00:00:16.519 --> 00:00:19.480 not me hear myself stops fans and they can't even 3 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:26.079 count some of uniforcasom s rodo you ain't better the health? 4 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:29.640 Well yeah, several charges on everyone coming else and I'm 5 00:00:29.640 --> 00:00:33.560 alreadium to hear my baby sounds just like your name was, Mark. 6 00:00:33.679 --> 00:00:38.840 And it's a ride by podcast. It's a rapop podcast. 7 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:48.119 It's a rapp podcast. It's a ride bo podcast. It's 8 00:00:48.159 --> 00:00:49.560 a rap up podcast. 9 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.439 Don't have a rap up podcast? Got a turn? It 10 00:00:53.479 --> 00:00:55.119 should rap bo podcast. 11 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:12.560 Everybody, welcome back. It is the Rasball Fantasy Baseball Podcast. 12 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:16.280 I am beat on, joined by the spectacled Wonder, the 13 00:01:16.439 --> 00:01:21.519 Fantasy Master of Thario, the Master of the slick back hair. Gray. 14 00:01:21.599 --> 00:01:23.799 All right, that's going over there, Gray. 15 00:01:24.760 --> 00:01:29.000 What's up, homie? Uh yo, homie, you don't know me. 16 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:33.560 I like my Tierra Masue a Marska pony. So I 17 00:01:33.560 --> 00:01:38.079 don't know if you saw your your man PCA Pete 18 00:01:38.159 --> 00:01:41.439 Crow Armstrong. Did you see uh? Did you see his weekend? 19 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:44.239 Uh? What do you mean? 20 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:50.480 Okay? So? Uh? If you so? For people who aren't aware, uh, 21 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:53.680 I guess he uh he ran into the fence. At 22 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:59.000 the White Sox game and a fan started yelling at him, 23 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:04.560 a I'll say, a female fan. She started yelling at 24 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:09.199 him and he said back to her something like you 25 00:02:09.240 --> 00:02:17.039 can suck my and uh so then today on Monday, 26 00:02:17.080 --> 00:02:20.000 we're recording this on Monday. So then on Monday, he said, 27 00:02:20.319 --> 00:02:23.960 I regret my choice of words the most and who 28 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.800 that affects in my life directly and indirectly. And I'm 29 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:34.159 wondering if you can explain to me how words could 30 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:38.520 indirectly affect someone. Is he talking about the butterfly effect? 31 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.680 Because I really don't understand what he's talking about. 32 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:47.360 Uh you know, I mean indirectly, words get hurt and 33 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:49.400 people that weren't involved in the situation. 34 00:02:49.960 --> 00:02:54.000 Yeah, okay, so you're saying he says, you can suck 35 00:02:54.080 --> 00:02:59.800 my d and she hears it, and then she goes 36 00:02:59.840 --> 00:03:06.479 home home and she says, to like her her say 37 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:10.479 her boyfriend. She says, uh, you know, she gets into 38 00:03:10.520 --> 00:03:12.520 a fight with him and she's like, you can move 39 00:03:12.599 --> 00:03:16.159 your stuff out. I hate you. But indirectly, she's really 40 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:19.719 just she's bottled up her anger from when Pete crow 41 00:03:19.840 --> 00:03:22.039 Armstrong yelled at her. Is that is that what you're thinking? 42 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:24.919 There, you know, that's fine, or like a little kid 43 00:03:24.960 --> 00:03:28.280 takes it home and tells, you know, the random woman 44 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:30.960 to do that. That's that's not an ideal either, not 45 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:32.360 a not a great role model. 46 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:36.240 Okay, So it is like the butterfly effect is what 47 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:37.360 you're saying, just just. 48 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:41.759 Cascading effects down the line of you know, I mean, 49 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:49.159 so okay, day like let's say so, let's let's say 50 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.719 a let's say he says you can. 51 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:58.639 Suck my and uh he says it, and it uh, 52 00:03:58.800 --> 00:04:04.120 it causes a butterfly to change its path because when 53 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:07.919 he says it, his words are come out so venomously 54 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:11.560 that he spits. He's spitting when he's taught, when he's screaming. 55 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:17.000 So the butterfly changes his path and goes onto a 56 00:04:17.319 --> 00:04:22.040 road down the street and lands on the windshield of 57 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:25.519 a bus driver right right around of a bus driver. 58 00:04:25.839 --> 00:04:30.600 The butterfly smacks on the windshield, and that bus then 59 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:35.439 veers off the road and goes into crashes into a 60 00:04:35.560 --> 00:04:39.319 nuclear plant and causes a melt out. So that that 61 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:42.000 is indirectly is that directly or indirectly? 62 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:46.680 Uh? Indirectly I believe, but you know, I mean, it's 63 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.959 all up for interpretation. You could, you could. I'm sure 64 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:54.879 you know there's there's ways around these things. The Internet 65 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:59.399 has taught us anything. No statement can be correct. There's 66 00:04:59.519 --> 00:05:02.600 there's no that statement that's that's true. 67 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:08.680 So anyway, that was this weekend and Pete crow Armstrong, Yeah, 68 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:09.439 I didn't see that. 69 00:05:09.839 --> 00:05:11.839 I had I had family in town. I was at 70 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.759 the Cubs brace games during the week, but did not 71 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:19.160 hear about the the PCA news so to speak. I 72 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.199 saw he had a home run that was nice, you know, 73 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:25.480 him actually being useful on the fantasy side of things 74 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.360 for for change recently. But no, I did not see 75 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.839 that news. So thank you for that education, Grant. 76 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:36.120 I'm just saying, like, if if you're if you're driving 77 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:41.120 to work tomorrow and uh say, like a butterfly smashes 78 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:45.199 on your wind shield, you can thank Pete crow Armstrong 79 00:05:45.279 --> 00:05:45.480 for that. 80 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.920 It's all pekro Armstrong's fault. 81 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:54.079 It's basically final destination colon pie crow Armstrong. 82 00:05:56.759 --> 00:05:59.319 Well, something that Seattle is trying to do to change 83 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:03.319 their butterfly effect in their season. Gray is calling up 84 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.519 Colt Emerson twenty six games in Triple A or sorry, 85 00:06:07.800 --> 00:06:10.920 thirty eight games in Triple A seven home runs ten 86 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.399 stone bases. He's hitting two fifty five, three forty seven, 87 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.720 four sixty nine. He was a twenty seven point two 88 00:06:16.759 --> 00:06:20.079 percent strikeout rate and a ten point one percent walk rate. 89 00:06:20.839 --> 00:06:22.720 What are your thoughts here on Colt Emerson. 90 00:06:24.519 --> 00:06:27.120 I was actually so when you were when you're reading 91 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:31.560 his stats, I was looking at the Mariners lineup because 92 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:38.279 I actually so, I wrote up Colt Emerson for Rasball 93 00:06:38.360 --> 00:06:44.000 today and I made him the lead by I want 94 00:06:44.040 --> 00:06:46.879 to say, like about a month ago, so I've I'm 95 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:50.120 all about Colt Emerson. But I was when you were 96 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.839 saying that his stats, I was looking at the Mariners 97 00:06:52.959 --> 00:06:58.000 lineup to see if there's any chance because right now 98 00:06:58.000 --> 00:07:01.839 he's batting ninth, which had I don't love, right I don't. 99 00:07:02.040 --> 00:07:04.279 I don't love any I don't love anyone batting ninth. 100 00:07:05.040 --> 00:07:09.399 Cold Emerson though he was called up and he's batting ninth, 101 00:07:09.519 --> 00:07:11.600 and I'm looking at the lineup and I'm I could 102 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:17.560 see JP Crawford moving out of there, and Cole Young 103 00:07:17.759 --> 00:07:21.959 is currently above Colt Emerson. So you know, I'm I'm 104 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:26.399 kind of feeling I'm feeling like and Colt Emerson did 105 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:30.519 hit ninth in the in the first game in after 106 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:34.560 his call up yesterday on Sunday Sunday Night Baseball, he 107 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.319 was in the lineup, hitting ninth. So I am a 108 00:07:37.319 --> 00:07:42.279 little bit concerned about the hitting ninth. But well, I'm 109 00:07:42.360 --> 00:07:46.560 looking at the lineup, I'm seeing kind of I was. 110 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.120 I didn't realize this yesterday. Like I when I wrote 111 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.639 him up, I wasn't really thinking about like how he 112 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:56.759 got into the lineup because I know he he signed 113 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:02.000 a big deal for the be with the Mariners long term. 114 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.959 I believe it was eighty million, and so I know 115 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:11.560 they had incentive to call him up. But now that 116 00:08:11.639 --> 00:08:14.480 I look at it's like, it looks like Brendan Donovan, 117 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:19.839 Uh was it? He? He he heard his groin TMI 118 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:25.079 and went to the IL. So that looks like how 119 00:08:25.160 --> 00:08:28.240 he got how Colt Emerson got into the lineup. But 120 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:31.639 I'm wondering when brand I guess, you know, cross that 121 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:33.480 bridge when it comes to it. But it's a little 122 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:38.200 bit bizarre that Brandon Donovan was the guy to be 123 00:08:38.679 --> 00:08:40.720 Uh he went to the I L and that brings 124 00:08:40.720 --> 00:08:43.960 Emerson up because at some point Donovan, you would assume, 125 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:47.600 would return, and at that point, I guess cross that bridge. 126 00:08:47.600 --> 00:08:50.200 When we come to it. But I don't know. I 127 00:08:50.480 --> 00:08:54.559 guess Crawford then gets bumped, or Cole Young gets bumped, 128 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:57.559 or maybe they go into a platoon. I don't know. 129 00:08:57.799 --> 00:09:01.360 I guess there's still time to decide on that. I'm 130 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:05.159 just trying to think how long term Colt Emerson. I'm 131 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:08.559 assuming he's up for good because of that deal that 132 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:12.320 the Mariners made with him, but he's also he struggled 133 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:15.600 a bit in the minors this year, you know, with 134 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:20.960 a twenty seven plus k k raid. So if he's 135 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:26.279 not making contact in triple A, he was, I will say, 136 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.279 though he was in the last like week or so. 137 00:09:28.600 --> 00:09:31.240 But if he's not gonna make contact in the major 138 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:34.960 leagues to anywhere close to you know, you assume if 139 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:37.639 he's doing twenty seven percent of triple A, then that's 140 00:09:37.639 --> 00:09:43.240 gonna balloon up to over thirty in the majors. I mean, 141 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:47.159 I know they won him in the major leagues. I 142 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:52.240 just I could see potential here where he may not 143 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.440 stay up. Now, with all that said, he I think 144 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.000 he's a by slash pickup in every league, like I 145 00:09:59.000 --> 00:10:01.720 would pick up Cold Emerson in the shallowest of leagues. 146 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:04.399 So don't get me wrong. I'm all about him. You know, 147 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:09.000 good power, good speed, but the contact is a little 148 00:10:09.039 --> 00:10:14.120 bit concerning for me. And you know, the Mariners Park 149 00:10:14.320 --> 00:10:18.000 isn't really isn't really a hitter's park and batting ninth. 150 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:22.279 So there's a few things going against Colt Emerson right now. 151 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:26.080 Now he's only twenty years old, so I'm talking I'm 152 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:29.399 talking more right now, Like obviously a guy who gets 153 00:10:29.399 --> 00:10:31.919 called up when he's twenty years old and already has 154 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.559 a long term deal with the team. I mean, this 155 00:10:34.639 --> 00:10:38.240 is a guy who could be you know, a top 156 00:10:38.440 --> 00:10:41.879 fifty overall bat as soon as next year. Like, I'm 157 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:45.720 absolutely not trying to undersell Colt Emerson. I'm just looking 158 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:48.679 at him for this year. I'm trying to be, you know, 159 00:10:48.720 --> 00:10:51.039 a little bit of the Devil's advocate, because I do 160 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:56.159 think he's absolutely worth picking up and I like him, 161 00:10:56.399 --> 00:10:58.840 but I do think there's a few things that are 162 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:03.039 going against him for or like the immediate future. I 163 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:06.919 could see a scenario where Donovan comes back and Emerson's 164 00:11:07.480 --> 00:11:10.440 k rate is over thirty five percent and they're like, 165 00:11:10.879 --> 00:11:13.399 you know what, maybe you're only twenty years old. Maybe 166 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:16.080 go back to the minors for a little bit more 167 00:11:16.159 --> 00:11:18.000 and then you'll come back in like, you know, the 168 00:11:18.039 --> 00:11:20.559 second half of the season. I could see that scenario. 169 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:23.279 I could see a scenario where he starts hitting immediately 170 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:27.279 and he you know, he he gets, he gets. You know, 171 00:11:27.320 --> 00:11:31.759 he has a great first couple of weeks. JP Crawford 172 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.799 and You'll and Cole Young move into a platoon. Brandon 173 00:11:34.840 --> 00:11:38.559 Donovan comes back and you know, Emerson is now hitting 174 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:43.399 lead off, and it's like, you know, all there's all 175 00:11:43.440 --> 00:11:46.480 systems ago. There's no problems at all with Cold Emerson. 176 00:11:47.399 --> 00:11:52.320 He's you know, already a huge star in like no time. 177 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.559 I could see that scenario. I'm just saying, there's a 178 00:11:55.600 --> 00:12:00.159 couple of scenarios here where things don't work out so well. 179 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:02.240 So I would pick him up, but I would, you know, 180 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.519 maybe hedge a little bit and don't drop, you know, 181 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:09.879 a guy who's extremely valuable, just to get Cold Emberson 182 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:12.720 on your team. 183 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:15.559 Yeah, I mean, I'm fine with everything you said. It's 184 00:12:15.879 --> 00:12:17.720 kind of one of those scenarios. Like you said, it 185 00:12:17.799 --> 00:12:21.279 doesn't necessarily mean he's up for forever, but at the 186 00:12:21.320 --> 00:12:24.559 same time, as long as he doesn't mess it up, 187 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:27.320 it feels like this is this is opportunity to be 188 00:12:27.399 --> 00:12:30.519 up with the majors and kind of sees the spot 189 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.879 for for good. There's definitely opportunity for to move up. 190 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.240 JP Crawford is also a little banged up right now, 191 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.480 waiting to hear whether he's going to be okay, you know, 192 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:42.399 in the in the short term here. So all of 193 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:47.159 that could all up to Colt Emerson getting a little 194 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.240 bit of an extended runway here, even if he doesn't 195 00:12:49.279 --> 00:12:52.039 hit the ground running right off the bat. As you 196 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.039 mentioned strikeout rate, it was a little high this year. 197 00:12:54.519 --> 00:12:57.639 It really wasn't bad at any stop along the way 198 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.559 until he got to triple A and then it kind 199 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:03.039 of spiked a little bit at that point. But he's also, 200 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:06.840 like he said, nineteen twenty, if not the youngest among 201 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:10.639 the youngest at that at that league, so he is, 202 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:13.440 he's well on his way here. Let me ask you, 203 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.200 among third base where you think Colt Emerson fits in 204 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:20.240 rest of season? Would you rather have Colt Emerson or 205 00:13:22.240 --> 00:13:25.840 Isaac Parades who has not been not been his usual 206 00:13:25.919 --> 00:13:28.039 self this year and he's killing me. 207 00:13:29.399 --> 00:13:33.480 Yeah, he's killing me as well. I actually I think 208 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:38.559 I was asked this question today and I believe I 209 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:41.759 went Colt Emerson with the answer, And I would say 210 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:47.559 Colt Emerson because like parades we've seen now, especially if 211 00:13:47.559 --> 00:13:51.000 the league shallow, like if the league is deeper, and 212 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:54.600 this becomes a situation where if you drop Parades and 213 00:13:54.679 --> 00:13:56.919 you can't get him back or you can't get another 214 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:00.360 guy to fill in. If ever, if Emerson doesn't do well, 215 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:03.320 then that's a different story. But if it's a shadow league, 216 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.759 I would go cold Emerson because we've seen now parades 217 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:10.360 sort of done. He's done nothing now going on like 218 00:14:10.559 --> 00:14:13.720 eighteen months, Like it's been a while since we've really 219 00:14:13.799 --> 00:14:16.440 seen parades be great. 220 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:19.039 Yeah, it has been. You know, I thought it was 221 00:14:19.120 --> 00:14:21.200 just injury and he's not back this season. It has 222 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:25.879 not happened. How about somebody that you have always always 223 00:14:26.039 --> 00:14:28.000 liked grey and that is Mark Fiento's. 224 00:14:29.720 --> 00:14:33.320 I would actually I would go Emerson over vient Do's 225 00:14:34.159 --> 00:14:37.240 and you know, and you know I love Piano's but 226 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:42.840 you know, Emerson's got great speed. Even if he doesn't 227 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:46.799 hit the ground running as far as power goes, I think, 228 00:14:46.960 --> 00:14:50.679 you know, if he can chip in, say I don't know, 229 00:14:52.039 --> 00:14:55.080 like a couple steals here and there and maintain a 230 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:59.120 two point fifty average, He's gonna be more valuable than 231 00:14:59.200 --> 00:15:03.240 Viento's because the speed and power. Vento's has no speed whatsoever, 232 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:07.960 and he's got very little average, so it's like cold 233 00:15:08.000 --> 00:15:11.639 Emerson's already like cold Emerson and Viento's are probably a 234 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:15.919 push on average. Emerson has much more speed and he's 235 00:15:15.919 --> 00:15:18.600 also got a little bit of power, which Vento's has 236 00:15:18.600 --> 00:15:20.519 only shown a little bit of power. So I would 237 00:15:20.559 --> 00:15:21.120 go Emerson. 238 00:15:21.720 --> 00:15:25.000 All right, about recently hot Brady House. 239 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.120 You know, that's tough because House has been hitting third 240 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:33.440 in uh he's been hitting third for the Nationals, and 241 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.440 the Nationals actually have been a pretty good hitting team. 242 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:41.960 I'd probably, you know, there's scenarios where I could see 243 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:45.120 going for upside with Emerson, but in you know, push 244 00:15:45.159 --> 00:15:47.240 came to shove, i'd say Brady House. 245 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:50.840 Yeah. I think if you have if you have your 246 00:15:50.840 --> 00:15:53.039 third basement, if you have your corner infield, and this 247 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:57.000 is a backup spot, I could see going Colt Emerson. 248 00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.919 Uh huh. 249 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:59.720 But if I had to start these guys right out 250 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:02.320 the gate, I think I'm just gonna go with Brady House. 251 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:04.960 Or if I just have a gigantic lead and power, 252 00:16:05.480 --> 00:16:07.840 then you could go with cult Emerson because Brady House 253 00:16:07.879 --> 00:16:09.039 isn't really gonna steal bases. 254 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.759 So no, exactly, that's a good point. Like if a 255 00:16:11.799 --> 00:16:14.759 guy is like your third basement or corner man, it's 256 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.960 like it's there's a little bit more of a calculus involved. 257 00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:20.879 If a guy is a utility guy, and it's like 258 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:22.240 just go upside. 259 00:16:22.600 --> 00:16:24.960 Yeah, I mean that's just benched Depp. That's guys you 260 00:16:24.960 --> 00:16:28.320 can usually get back if you drop them, and if 261 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.039 you if Colt Emerson is out there, if he does 262 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:33.159 hit the ground running, he is not gonna stick around. 263 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:35.759 He's gonna be grabbed up. If he's not already so 264 00:16:36.200 --> 00:16:38.799 he's sitting around, probably go grab him and see what happens. 265 00:16:39.279 --> 00:16:41.639 Unless your team is just you know, stacked, in which case, 266 00:16:41.679 --> 00:16:44.159 congratulations to you. Thanks for listening to us. 267 00:16:46.559 --> 00:16:49.679 I'm sure. I'm sure you've listened to every single day 268 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.720 we've said and followed it to the team. 269 00:16:53.840 --> 00:16:56.720 How could that go wrong? Right? How could that go wrong? 270 00:16:57.679 --> 00:16:59.679 How could this go wrong? The Mets called up a 271 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.120 pross that definitely can't go wrong, But they have called 272 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:05.160 up a j ewing thirty games between Double A and 273 00:17:05.160 --> 00:17:07.880 Triple A this year. He is two home run seventeen 274 00:17:07.920 --> 00:17:10.960 stone bases. He is hitting a combined three poin thirty 275 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.400 nine four forty seven five to fourteen is a fifteen 276 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:17.279 percent strikeout rate, a sixteen point seven percent walk rate. 277 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:19.799 He's had six games with the Mets. He has a 278 00:17:19.799 --> 00:17:22.279 home run two stone bases. He's hitting two ninety four 279 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:27.319 and a five hundred on base in those six games. Obviously, 280 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:32.119 he is the next greatest hitter of all time. Agent Ewing. Yeah, 281 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:34.880 he's taking the best Ewing title life from in New 282 00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:36.119 York from from Patrick. 283 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:43.359 Yeah, there's a if fab bids this Sunday or any indication, 284 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:50.000 then absolutely no question about it. He's obviously going to 285 00:17:50.039 --> 00:17:55.200 be the best call up of all time. Yeah. So anyways, 286 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:58.519 so yeah, I guess I actually I could talk about 287 00:17:58.519 --> 00:18:02.680 that for a second. So fab bids had aj Ewing 288 00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:06.480 was far and away top guy this weekend. He went 289 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:11.279 for two thirty in one of my leagues, and he 290 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.880 went for one sixty seven in another league. The close 291 00:18:16.519 --> 00:18:19.160 runner up bids were close too, so it wasn't like 292 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:24.200 those were just two random people who throughout large bids 293 00:18:24.240 --> 00:18:29.039 like aj Ewing was definitely the hottest commodity this week 294 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:34.480 across all my leagues, so I guess we should talk 295 00:18:34.519 --> 00:18:35.000 about him. 296 00:18:35.079 --> 00:18:40.599 Huh yeah, I mean I actually I granted Ajewing in 297 00:18:41.000 --> 00:18:46.400 my twelve team mix league are RCL league because that seems. 298 00:18:46.079 --> 00:18:51.400 Awful, so I need something. But even beyond it being awful, 299 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:54.079 I would have grabbed aj Ewing if I had a 300 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:58.200 spot form, which I did, so I think he's a pickup, 301 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:00.559 just like I said with Cold Emerson. I think aj 302 00:19:00.720 --> 00:19:03.200 Ewing is also a pick up in every league. I 303 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:06.799 think there's a good chance that aj Ewing is better 304 00:19:06.839 --> 00:19:12.200 than Emerson. I think, you know, just uh it's I 305 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:15.839 would say they could be closed. But Ewing has a 306 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:19.440 ton of speed, even more than Emerson. Emerson has good 307 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:24.720 speed and power, sort of like a combo of both. Ah, 308 00:19:25.119 --> 00:19:28.559 I would say Colt Emerson's more like a thirty thirty guy. 309 00:19:28.839 --> 00:19:32.680 Once he gets to his prime, aj Ewing could steal 310 00:19:33.400 --> 00:19:36.880 fifty bags like he's he's got that kind of speed. 311 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:40.440 I don't know if people have seen him play yet, 312 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:43.799 but like he had a he had a triple one. 313 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:47.039 I forget if it was his first game or one 314 00:19:47.079 --> 00:19:49.400 of his games. He hit a triple and he got 315 00:19:49.440 --> 00:19:52.519 the third and like I mean, it's basically nothing. He 316 00:19:52.640 --> 00:19:57.720 was basically like Billy, Uh, what's would call it? What's 317 00:19:57.759 --> 00:20:04.119 his name? Bobby, Bobby w Bobby with junior type speed 318 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:08.839 or you know, like a burner, great turner, like a burner, 319 00:20:09.160 --> 00:20:14.279 like he aj Ewing is fast. So that alone gives 320 00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:16.480 me more hope for a j Ewing because there's just 321 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:20.559 no way, like you can't you know, is assuming he 322 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:23.599 can get on base. You know, there's there's no stopping 323 00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:29.240 the run. Game is assuming the Mets don't say don't run, 324 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:33.119 which you know, knowing the Mets, it's a possibility, I guess. 325 00:20:33.440 --> 00:20:36.599 But aj Ewing's already stole two bags, so it looks 326 00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:38.400 like he's got the green light if he has the 327 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:42.839 green light from now until if he's up, and there's 328 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.920 no reason to think he won't be if he's up 329 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:48.079 and has the green light, like he could steal forty 330 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:51.160 plus bags just this year, Like he's got that kind 331 00:20:51.160 --> 00:20:54.359 of speed. I you know, i'd probably put his realistic 332 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:58.000 projection probably close to thirty. But still, I mean, you know, 333 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:03.079 steals come fast, and Ewing's got it so and he 334 00:21:03.160 --> 00:21:07.160 also makes a ton of contact. Like the strikeout rate 335 00:21:07.480 --> 00:21:10.960 looked real good in in the minors fifteen point two percent. 336 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:15.240 He comes up, you figure a bump of three to 337 00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:18.240 five percent on that, So you're looking at like a 338 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:22.279 twenty percent strikeout rate in the majors. So he's making contact, 339 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:26.799 he's hitting the ball. He's got great speed. I really 340 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.400 I see aj ewing. The only thing really stopping him, 341 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:34.720 I think is gonna be his lineup spot in the 342 00:21:35.279 --> 00:21:38.079 you know, right now he's hitting eighth, which isn't great 343 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:41.599 at all. And the other thing that I guess could 344 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:45.079 potentially hurt him a little bit is if the Mets 345 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:50.440 do something stupid when guys get healthy, and you know, 346 00:21:50.839 --> 00:21:54.960 because he's a lefty, they start platooning guys. But I mean, 347 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:58.240 and meaning him as well. But I think he's I 348 00:21:58.279 --> 00:22:01.680 think he's probably if he's not, like you know, I 349 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:04.559 was kidding with the fan beds, but he could be 350 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:07.279 one of the top call ups this year. I mean 351 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:12.960 it's possible. I don't see necessarily the power, even though 352 00:22:12.960 --> 00:22:15.359 he's already hit a home run. I don't see the 353 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.799 power being like, you know, that great for this year. 354 00:22:18.880 --> 00:22:21.559 I mean, he could build, he could probably grow into 355 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:28.240 more power, but maybe seven seven homer, maybe five to 356 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:34.319 seven homers thirty steals to sixty to seventy average. I 357 00:22:34.319 --> 00:22:37.119 mean it's like you get that off of waivers. That's 358 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:40.039 you know, that's a really good pickup. So yeah, I 359 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:44.680 would say aj Ewing is probably the top pickup of 360 00:22:45.200 --> 00:22:47.079 you know, one of the one of a handful of 361 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:49.599 top pickups this year. So I yeah, I like him 362 00:22:49.640 --> 00:22:52.279 a lot. I would I would not hesitate about picking 363 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:54.400 him up in any league, and he would be above 364 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:55.519 Colt Emerson for me. 365 00:22:57.440 --> 00:22:59.960 Yeah, I agree. It just looks like he's a little 366 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:03.440 more polished in terms of his approach, a little bit 367 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:07.039 cleaner in terms of strikeouts. He always is taking walks 368 00:23:07.079 --> 00:23:10.079 across the board along with like you said, just top 369 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:13.799 level speed, you know. I mean it's it's hard to 370 00:23:13.880 --> 00:23:17.039 really put this on anybody or like start making comparisons, 371 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:20.319 but he's kind of like he's kind of like the 372 00:23:20.440 --> 00:23:22.920 poor man's Connor Griffin. Like he's not going to have 373 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:26.480 the power that Connor Griffin has, but he has that speed. 374 00:23:26.839 --> 00:23:29.400 He could work his way up in the lineup. They 375 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:32.640 I know, the Mets have some money invested in the 376 00:23:32.640 --> 00:23:37.039 top of the lineup obviously, but nobody is hitting. Like 377 00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:40.559 if he comes up and hits how would you not 378 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:44.200 move him up if nobody else is hitting? Uh, and 379 00:23:45.000 --> 00:23:47.680 he feels like the future leadoff guy, why not give 380 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.559 him that spot sooner rather than later. So I really 381 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.920 don't feel like his spot in the lineup is is 382 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:56.599 quite as set as Emerson's where it feels like when 383 00:23:57.000 --> 00:24:00.599 when Seattle's healthy, they're going to be very stubborn and 384 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.960 just stick him in the bottom. 385 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:05.240 Yeah. And I also think, like, you know, you have 386 00:24:05.359 --> 00:24:09.720 guys coming back with the Mets with like Lindor in theory, 387 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:13.759 Polanco is supposed to get healthy at some point. I'm 388 00:24:13.880 --> 00:24:17.480 very curious if Polanco ever comes back, but Polanco is 389 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:21.599 supposed to get healthy, Lindor hopefully is coming back at 390 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:25.200 some point. Uh, Francisco Alvarez like they the Mets have 391 00:24:25.720 --> 00:24:28.920 Louis Robert Jr. Like the Mets in theory have guys 392 00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:32.839 who could return, but none of those guys scream top 393 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.920 of the lineup guys. 394 00:24:34.880 --> 00:24:37.960 Yeah, definitely not a leadoff spot. Maybe Lindor because he's 395 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:41.519 he's definitely done it before, but you know, he's kind 396 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:43.880 of slotted more in the two spot recently. That feels 397 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:46.240 like a better use of his talents. So we'll see 398 00:24:46.279 --> 00:24:49.759 what happens here. But yes, I like ajent Ewing. Let's 399 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:53.160 move on to Henry Bolti, who's called up by the 400 00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:57.920 Athletics this season. He has twelve home run seventeen stone bases. 401 00:24:57.960 --> 00:25:01.240