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<v Speaker 1>You like fantasy ball sans chasm that I shall not

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<v Speaker 1>me hear myself stun spans and they can't even count

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<v Speaker 1>some of you uniforcasom surround.

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<v Speaker 2>It ain't even.

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<v Speaker 1>Better the health, well, ye have several charges on everyone

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<v Speaker 1>something else And I'm already I'm.

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<v Speaker 2>Like to hear my baby sounds just like your name was, Mark.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's a rhyde By podcast. It's a rapp podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a rapp podcast. It's a ride by podcast. It's

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<v Speaker 2>a rap up podcast, a wrap up podcast. Got a

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<v Speaker 2>turn doh rap bo podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, everybody, welcome back. It is the Raspball Fantasy Baseball Podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>I am beat on, Go and buy the one, the only,

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<v Speaker 1>the Fantasy Master Lithario himself, the spectacled wonder Gray, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>hey beat.

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<v Speaker 2>On, what's going on? Man? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I am?

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<v Speaker 2>I am spectacled. I actually I used to wear contacts

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<v Speaker 2>when I first started rasball, but then during the pandemic,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like this, I'm not I'm not seeing anyone,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not doing anything. But what am I putting on

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<v Speaker 2>contacts for? What a waste? And then I got yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I got lazy. That's what happens, man. You get lazy.

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<v Speaker 2>Get life. Life comes at you real fast and you

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<v Speaker 2>get lazy. Uh. So did you see my post on Monday?

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<v Speaker 2>You probably did it.

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<v Speaker 1>I did not grat Okay, I was. I was returning

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<v Speaker 1>from a bachelor party weekend and uh a few days off,

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<v Speaker 1>so it was a long weekend. I h I got

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<v Speaker 1>my lineup set and that was about as much as

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<v Speaker 1>that I got done on Monday.

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<v Speaker 2>Not not not a real excuse, but okay, I'll uh

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<v Speaker 2>I love it slide you know, you know it's not an.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse for you because you don't drink or you know,

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<v Speaker 1>do anything that would cause recovery time to be necessary.

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<v Speaker 1>But if some of our listeners understand what I'm talking about.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I hear you. I haven't drinking a long time.

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<v Speaker 2>And that wasn't even really I don't. I don't think

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<v Speaker 2>I ever really said I was gonna stop drinking.

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<v Speaker 1>I just did.

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<v Speaker 2>Anyway, So chat GBT, did you see you didn't see this?

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<v Speaker 2>You should open up my my post from today, Uh, Tariq.

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<v Speaker 2>It's hard to get San Juan hit when you're poor

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<v Speaker 2>trek and I don't. I don't know what Rudy was

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<v Speaker 2>doing with the I don't know what Ruy was doing

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<v Speaker 2>with the title the month's title. Rudy said, I was like,

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<v Speaker 2>I need a title. So this is how titles go.

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<v Speaker 2>With Rasball. I send a I send a message a

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<v Speaker 2>DM over to Rudy and I'm like, I need a

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<v Speaker 2>title for Tarik's scuble. He pitched a gem. So then

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<v Speaker 2>Rudy sends me back a title and I'm like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what you're talking about. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>this means. I mean I might have to defend it

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<v Speaker 2>or something like what if the commenter is like, what's

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<v Speaker 2>your title mean? So I you know, and that has

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<v Speaker 2>happened before, Like a commenter will be like, oh, what

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<v Speaker 2>does the title mean this? And I'll be like, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know. I don't know. I don't know what's a

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<v Speaker 2>rudey title. I don't know. So I said to Rudy,

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<v Speaker 2>I was like, what's his title mean? He's like, say

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<v Speaker 2>it out loud and I'm like, well, I'm at the movies,

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<v Speaker 2>so I can't really just I can't start talking out

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<v Speaker 2>loud anyway. That wasn't even it didn't that was not

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<v Speaker 2>so you have it open now I do. Okay, So

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<v Speaker 2>look at Matt Urling. So this was chatchbt. Did you

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<v Speaker 2>do you see the CHATCHBT thing?

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<v Speaker 1>I do?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, So I said to chat GBT because

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<v Speaker 2>Rudy was like playing around with chat GBT for our

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<v Speaker 2>football side of things. By the way, the RAS Bowl

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<v Speaker 2>sign ups are going on right now on football dot

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<v Speaker 2>rasball dot com. So go over to football and sign

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<v Speaker 2>up for the ras Ball.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway, my rankings drap drop on Friday.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, so beat on his rankings for Fantasy football drop

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<v Speaker 2>on Friday. Okay, so I said, So Rudy said to

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<v Speaker 2>me he's playing around with chat GBT. For I never

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<v Speaker 2>really played around with him. But Rudy was like, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>gonna play around with it and see if it's usable

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<v Speaker 2>for our football, like, you know, for football to do

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<v Speaker 2>like a you know, a Q and A on the

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<v Speaker 2>football projection. So I'm like, okay whatever. He's like, have

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<v Speaker 2>you played around with it all? I'm like, no, I

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<v Speaker 2>haven't played around with it. He's like, you should look

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<v Speaker 2>at you should check it out. So I'm like okay.

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<v Speaker 2>So I, So I go to chat GBT and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>give me a few sentences to describe Matt Urling for

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<v Speaker 2>Fantasy Baseball in the style of Gray Albright. Dude, it

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<v Speaker 2>literally gave me me back to me. I mean it

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<v Speaker 2>is like uncanny. I showed this to Kougs and she's like, wow,

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<v Speaker 2>I could I could basically be married to chat GPT.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. That's uh. I'm glad that you're finally on board.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you're you know you're old, so it's okay

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<v Speaker 1>that you're late. I mean I'm not young. But like

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<v Speaker 1>the readers know or the listeners know when I use

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<v Speaker 1>chat ebt in my descriptions, Like it's pretty clear. Uh

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<v Speaker 1>it's either in the template that I've wrote every description

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<v Speaker 1>for the last three years, four years, whatever it's been,

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<v Speaker 1>or it's really like entertaining and funny and.

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<v Speaker 2>Uh oh man, dude, it is literally it sent me

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<v Speaker 2>back to me. Man. Like it literally like for people

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<v Speaker 2>who didn't read my Monday post. Uh, it says for

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<v Speaker 2>Matt Urling, it says, matt Urling sounds like the name

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<v Speaker 2>of a guy who installs your ceiling fan then hits

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<v Speaker 2>two homers off your ace the same night. It sounds

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<v Speaker 2>like that, I'd say. And then it says eligible at

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<v Speaker 2>three positions and hotter than a mid July bush light.

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<v Speaker 2>He sneaks putting together a season that says poor man's

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<v Speaker 2>wit and Merryfield with a gym membership. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what that means, but it sounds like sometimes, Oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>not a league this is it continues, not a league winner,

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<v Speaker 2>but a category filler who shows up on waivers every

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<v Speaker 2>may like you up. Don't ignore the upside. He's got

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<v Speaker 2>fifteen ten potential with a dash of why didn't I

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<v Speaker 2>pick him up two weeks ago? My god, this sounds

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<v Speaker 2>just like me. The computers are taking over.

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<v Speaker 1>Man, Yeah great, I'm just gonna I'm gonna write all

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<v Speaker 1>your posts for you. I'm just gonna ask chat ebt,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, summarize last night in Gray Albright done, and

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<v Speaker 1>you can just do you just pay me for whatever

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<v Speaker 1>time you would normally spend writing it, you know. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's how it works. I think that's exactly how most

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<v Speaker 1>company are working. Now. You're just young people feeding the

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<v Speaker 1>older people above them chat GBT, you know, and seeming

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<v Speaker 1>very intelligent.

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<v Speaker 2>We're screwed, okay, anyway, let's see.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm just gonna take over the world. Gay, It's gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just do a podcast now that chat GIBT could

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<v Speaker 2>have done in thirty seconds.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, I guess the Pirates really are wondering

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<v Speaker 1>if chat Ebt can bring back o'neo Cruz to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>the player that they thought they were getting back in

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<v Speaker 1>Like April, he wants out of Pittsburgh. You can't really

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<v Speaker 1>blame him for that. I think every player in Pittsburgh

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<v Speaker 1>wants out of Pittsburgh unless they can't sign anywhere else.

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<v Speaker 1>April two fifty three, eight home runs, twelve stone bases.

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<v Speaker 1>May he hit two oh two four hum runs six

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<v Speaker 1>to olen bases. You know, not great, but at least

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<v Speaker 1>those the home run stone bases were there. June Gray,

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<v Speaker 1>He's hitting one fifty three with a home run in

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<v Speaker 1>nine stolen bases. He's been benched for lack of hustle

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<v Speaker 1>on multiple occasions. If you've seen any clips or watched

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<v Speaker 1>any Pirates game, you've basically seen it. I mean, what

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<v Speaker 1>do you think in regards to Oneil Cruz, Like, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you doing with him for you know, our purposes

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<v Speaker 1>until he gets traded? Can you can you start him

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<v Speaker 1>at all? Or is it a a hold and pray situation?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I would say, you know, I was thinking I

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<v Speaker 2>should have just asked chat Shipt this, But well, isn't

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<v Speaker 2>he he was good as a shortstop, like as a

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<v Speaker 2>defensive shortstop, right, yeah, yeah, So how did he go

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<v Speaker 2>to the outfield and now he like he's incapable of

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<v Speaker 2>picking up grounders in the outfield by the time he's

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<v Speaker 2>like he's he's like basically like the the reverse me.

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<v Speaker 2>If you were to put me a shortstop and hit

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<v Speaker 2>a one hundred and ten mile per hour grounder at me,

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<v Speaker 2>I would dive out of the way and hide my face.

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<v Speaker 2>And he is basically in the outfield and a thirty

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<v Speaker 2>five mile per hour grounder makes it out to him,

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<v Speaker 2>and he's like, oops, my bad. I really kind of

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<v Speaker 2>like shocked at what Like every time I watch him too, Like,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't watch the Pirates that much, to be honest.

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<v Speaker 2>I watched them occasionally when Paul Skins is pitching or

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<v Speaker 2>if they're going against a team I want to watch,

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<v Speaker 2>But I don't watch the Pirates a ton. But the

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<v Speaker 2>few times I have watched the Pirates, every time the

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<v Speaker 2>ball gets to the outfield, O'Neil.

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<v Speaker 3>Cruiz is it's like an adventure out there for him

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<v Speaker 3>to play center field. The ball is it's so far

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<v Speaker 3>away from the plate and somehow he can't.

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<v Speaker 2>Pick up he can't pick up a grounder in the outfield,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's able to play short stop. It's really puzzling anyway. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if like you mentioned benching him, I don't.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he is at the end of the day,

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<v Speaker 2>he is a fifteen homer twenty seven steel guy right now.

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<v Speaker 2>I know the average isn't good, but fifteen homers in

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<v Speaker 2>twenty seven steels, I don't know if you can really

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<v Speaker 2>bench that. I know June has been a miserable month

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<v Speaker 2>for him, but yeah, I mean I get it. I

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<v Speaker 2>do think he is like miserable, which I mean, he

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<v Speaker 2>seems miserable, and I would imagine I would be two

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<v Speaker 2>in Pittsburgh, So I mean, I can't fault the guy

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<v Speaker 2>for being miserable in the same place I would also

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<v Speaker 2>be miserable. But uh, yeah, I mean he he's definitely

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's definitely struggling. In the month of June,

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<v Speaker 2>he had what was it, one sixty nine in the

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<v Speaker 2>month of June one fifty three. It was a bad month.

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<v Speaker 2>Whatever it was, it was a bad he Actually he

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<v Speaker 2>had two homers on Sunday and and raised his June

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<v Speaker 2>numbers a little bit, so the numbers you said were

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<v Speaker 2>a little bit lower. But he he definitely, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he definitely looks like a mess and doesn't look happy,

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<v Speaker 2>which is not good. Uh, but I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>you can really bench him with that much talent. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he was, he was struggling, and like I just mentioned,

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<v Speaker 2>he he had a good Sunday with a two homer Sunday.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm imagining, you know, he could get hot this

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<v Speaker 2>week and make all this sort of a moot point

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<v Speaker 2>and have like a hot July potentially. So yeah, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm fine with you know, starting him every day.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you got a you know, certain guys you

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<v Speaker 2>just sort of have to run out there and let them,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, art for your fantasy team rain or shine,

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<v Speaker 2>and hopefully at the end of you know, the six

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<v Speaker 2>month season, you have good stats. I don't really I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, really like what it's going to take other

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<v Speaker 2>But he, yeah, he seems miserable. I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>these you know, incredibly deep valley slumps, and that's it

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<v Speaker 2>seems to be what he's going through right now. I imagine,

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<v Speaker 2>the opposite and he'll have you know, his his May.

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<v Speaker 2>His May wasn't great. I believe it was what was

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<v Speaker 2>his April that was really solid. So he's coming. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>so he's kind of having you know, he's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>had back to back sort of miserable months. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 2>mean in April. I do remember in April, people are like,

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<v Speaker 2>but I think I might even said that O'Neill Cruz

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<v Speaker 2>looks like the guy who's going to be a top ten,

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<v Speaker 2>top fifteen overall player in twenty twenty six. But yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't happen. Obviously. The strikeouts are just so crazy.

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<v Speaker 2>He's just like he doesn't make enough contact to really

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<v Speaker 2>so there is going to be these huge slumps. I

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<v Speaker 2>think probably like if he were to bring his contact

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<v Speaker 2>his contact right like, he's at a twenty five percent

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<v Speaker 2>strikeout rate, hitting two eighty, which reminds me kind of

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<v Speaker 2>what with Bobby Wood Junior what we thought of him

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<v Speaker 2>when he first came up. We thought Bobby Wood Junior

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<v Speaker 2>also going even further back, I remember that for Chris

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<v Speaker 2>out like thirty percent of the time and then he

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<v Speaker 2>But yeah, so guys do occasionally figure it out, like

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<v Speaker 2>I think O'Neil Cruz is young enough maybe where he

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<v Speaker 2>could still but it seems like that sort of ship

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<v Speaker 2>has passed at this point, Like he's he's young, He's

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<v Speaker 2>his contact where I think, you know, maybe he gets

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<v Speaker 2>it down to twenty nine twenty eight percent at some

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<v Speaker 2>point if he gets into a good groove for a

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<v Speaker 2>long period of time. But right now he he seems

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<v Speaker 2>like he's a thirty plus percent strikeout rate guy, which

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<v Speaker 2>is gonna be you know, at best, probably to fifty

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<v Speaker 2>ish hitter, maybe potentially you know, two fifty five.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh.

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<v Speaker 2>He actually hit two thirty nine in twenty twenty four

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<v Speaker 2>with a thirty percent strikeout right, So he does hit

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<v Speaker 2>the ball so hard, so that that is good. That's

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<v Speaker 2>he's got that going for him, hitting the ball hard.

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<v Speaker 2>So but at thirty three percent, it's gonna you know,

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<v Speaker 2>which is strikeout right now? At thirty three point six percent,

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<v Speaker 2>that is gonna be, that's gonna be it's gonna be

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<v Speaker 2>a struggle for him to hit hired in like two thirty.

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<v Speaker 2>So I do still think you have to start him

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<v Speaker 2>every day though, because of the power and speed and

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<v Speaker 2>like Sunday with the two homer game he has, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he has the ability to have like out of nowhere

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<v Speaker 2>on your bench. So yeah, I'm still on board with

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<v Speaker 2>o'neo Cruz.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, so you're you're still starting him, Let me throw

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<v Speaker 1>some names at you on whether you would trade O'Neill

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<v Speaker 1>Cruz out for these players. But let's start with Bobashev. No. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>let's aim a little bit higher than that. How about

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<v Speaker 1>Ian Hap?

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<v Speaker 2>So in your scenario, you have Ian Hap on your

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<v Speaker 2>over O'Neal Cruz.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that what I'm saying? You're like tired of ONEO

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<v Speaker 1>Cruz and you're looking.

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<v Speaker 2>At going off with you Ian Hap?

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<v Speaker 1>No?

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<v Speaker 2>I would I would keep on'eo Cruz in that scenario.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. How about Byron Buxton? Would you buy into his

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<v Speaker 1>his hot season? No?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I think he's gonna get injured at any point,

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm not getting into that.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, And I guess let's go all the way to

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<v Speaker 1>the last name I have here, uh CJ Abrams.

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<v Speaker 2>I would go C J Abrams over O'Neill Cruz.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So there's there's gonna be a point where, yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you just take take the guy who's who's performing right now,

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<v Speaker 1>and you know, of equal value.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, okay, let's move on.

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<v Speaker 1>Then let's talk about a player we all kind of liked. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if we all liked him, but he

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot of draft type right at the end

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<v Speaker 1>of draft season, and that is Cam Smith, and he

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<v Speaker 1>was he's kind of doing the opposite of O'Neill Cruz

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<v Speaker 1>where he started out terrible. He was hitting two thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>with three homers in a stolen base in April May.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, he hit for a little bit better average,

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<v Speaker 1>but only one stolen base, no home runs, got dropped

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of places. And now in June Gray He's

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<v Speaker 1>hit three eighteen with four home runs, two stone bases,

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<v Speaker 1>fourteen runs and sixteen RBIs you know, he does seem

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<v Speaker 1>to be hitting better in Houston. That's that's not really

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<v Speaker 1>surprising giving the ballpark. But what are your thoughts on

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<v Speaker 1>Cam Smith? Are you going to grab him up pretty

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<v Speaker 1>much across the board or is this more of a

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<v Speaker 1>you know, depending on what your roster in corner Enfield

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I you know I still have I still

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<v Speaker 2>have him in a league or two.

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<v Speaker 1>I think.

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<v Speaker 2>This could potentially be his breakout. I mean, we we

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<v Speaker 2>saw a guy who came up and was overmatched in April,

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<v Speaker 2>and you know, a bit in May as well, even

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<v Speaker 2>though was a little bit higher average, but still was

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<v Speaker 2>kind of overmatched. And now in June, he started, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>he started to hit for power, he was hitting for average,

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<v Speaker 2>he was doing everything, and an adjustment period of like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, two months for a twenty two year old

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<v Speaker 2>is like nothing. I mean that that is really like

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like if we saw a similar pattern with

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<v Speaker 2>Roman Anthony, we would think nothing of it either. And

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<v Speaker 2>cam Smith, like if everyone remembers, we were crazy excited

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<v Speaker 2>about him in March because of how insane he was

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<v Speaker 2>doing in spring training, and then adjustment period happened in

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<v Speaker 2>April and May, and now he's coming out of in June.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not an unheard of pattern for a rookie hitter.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think this could be his breakout. Like this,

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<v Speaker 2>this is potentially cam Smith becoming who we thought he

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<v Speaker 2>was back in March. I'm completely bought in. I. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>I mentioned I already had him in leagues. I never

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<v Speaker 2>really I didn't drop them in the leagues I had.

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<v Speaker 2>I might have dropped him in one league, that's not true.

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<v Speaker 2>I potentially could have dropped him in May in a

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<v Speaker 2>shallower in like a twelve team league. I probably did

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<v Speaker 2>drop him, but I have him also in a fifteen

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<v Speaker 2>team league, where I never dropped him and I think

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<v Speaker 2>I benched him at certain points in April and May,

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<v Speaker 2>but he's definitely he's been in the mainstay in my

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<v Speaker 2>lineup now for the month of June, and hopefully this

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<v Speaker 2>is him, you know, taking off and becoming who we

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<v Speaker 2>thought he was, which is you know, I think he is.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's insanely talented, like he has you know,

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<v Speaker 2>seventy great power potential, you know, forty homer power, has

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<v Speaker 2>ten steel speed. His hitting right now at twenty six

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<v Speaker 2>point seven percent strikeout rate on the year, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>including you know, some of those you know, some of

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<v Speaker 2>the struggles he had early on in watch McCall in April,

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<v Speaker 2>he's hit. He had a twenty five percent strikeout rate

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<v Speaker 2>in June for a twenty two year old, Like that's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of like that's star. That's like basically, if I,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, in a year's time, look back on Cam

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<v Speaker 2>Smith and he's a star in twenty twenty six, I

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<v Speaker 2>could look at the month of June as being the

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<v Speaker 2>point when he started breaking out and becoming that superstar.

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<v Speaker 2>So I I and that wouldn't be a shock to

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<v Speaker 2>me to have that happen. So yeah, I think this

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<v Speaker 2>is you know, I if Cam Smith is out there,

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<v Speaker 2>I would actually I would absolutely be buying in and

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<v Speaker 2>in Keepers in Dynasty for next year. If you can

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<v Speaker 2>still get Cam Smith for a relatively decent price in

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<v Speaker 2>a Keeper of Dynasty. Now's the time to be doing it,

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<v Speaker 2>because if he keeps, you know, in July and August,

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<v Speaker 2>he keeps progressing and getting better and better, it's gonna

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<v Speaker 2>be a more expensive, you know, proposition to try and

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<v Speaker 2>trade for him at that point.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and you know, maybe you can use this the

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<v Speaker 1>home road splits to get that value or keep that value,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, relatively affordable. Three eleven five home runs and

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<v Speaker 1>three stolen bases at home, two forty three two home

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<v Speaker 1>runs and a stolen base on the road. Who do

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<v Speaker 1>he do? Uys have ten less games on the road

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<v Speaker 1>for the you know, the home run stolen base numbers.

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<v Speaker 1>Let me ask you some names, you know, Cam Smith

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<v Speaker 1>or if you're looking at you know, maybe your free

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<v Speaker 1>agent wire, you're looking at your roster. Maybe you have

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<v Speaker 1>some of these guys and Cam Smith is sitting there.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have brooks Lee who's actually been okay recently,

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<v Speaker 1>would you drop brooks Lee for Cam Smith?

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<v Speaker 2>I would?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, let's move up the boy a little bit. How

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<v Speaker 1>about Josh Smith, who is he's been solid?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I would go to Cam Smith.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, Willie Castro out of the utility player, but if

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<v Speaker 1>you're starting him, particularly at third base, a different, different.

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<v Speaker 2>Type of player, but I would go Cam Smith, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>equal kind of June breakout.

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<v Speaker 1>Spencer Steer.

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<v Speaker 2>M that's a that's a tough one because Spencer Steer

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<v Speaker 2>could potentially be breaking out as well from his early struggles.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd probably go camp Smith though.

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<v Speaker 1>All Right, one more, how about how about Alec Baum,

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<v Speaker 1>who you know has been very solid this year, just

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<v Speaker 1>doing his Alec Baumb thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, super boring but somewhat valuable, doing his normal, his

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<v Speaker 2>normy type thing. I would go camp Smith because Alec Baum,

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<v Speaker 2>at the end of the day, I mean, you know

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<v Speaker 2>what you're getting, it's like top twenty ish third baseman

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<v Speaker 2>because of average runs and nothing really else. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I would go camp Smith just for the upside.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, you were you were in on camp Smith and

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<v Speaker 1>Gray I like it, and I'm also in on him.

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<v Speaker 1>I picked him up in the I think he was

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<v Speaker 1>available in two leagues and I got him in one

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<v Speaker 1>and got outfit in the other so definitely worth grabbing

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<v Speaker 1>if he's still yeah, actually.

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<v Speaker 2>In Cam Smith's defense, which I don't know if he

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<v Speaker 2>needs defense because we're obviously profusely talking about how much

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<v Speaker 2>we like him. But if player Raider for the season,

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<v Speaker 2>this is player Raider for the season. Third baseman rankings,

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<v Speaker 2>Cam Smith is above Josh Smith, Willie Castrow, brooks Lee,

419
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<v Speaker 2>and just about even a little bit below Alec Baum

420
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<v Speaker 2>but close and Alec Bomb. Like I mentioned, is you know,

421
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<v Speaker 2>he's being bullied by good batting average and some runs

422
00:26:01.720 --> 00:26:05.839
<v Speaker 2>actually okay, so yeah, so so Cam Smith is even

423
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<v Speaker 2>with those struggles in April and May, overall for the

424
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<v Speaker 2>year has actually been pretty good.

425
00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:15.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he has been. I mean again, you just kind

426
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<v Speaker 1>of ignoring what's happened because that's already happened. You can't

427
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<v Speaker 1>do anything about it. And he's been he's been good

428
00:26:20.720 --> 00:26:24.599
<v Speaker 1>since making that adjustment. Hopefully you can continue that going forward,

429
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<v Speaker 1>and like you said, hopefully he is a guy that

430
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<v Speaker 1>we all want to draft in twenty twenty six. Let's

431
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<v Speaker 1>talk about some people who have struggled in June, like

432
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<v Speaker 1>o Neil Cruz did Gray and these are all gonna

433
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<v Speaker 1>be highly owned guys. Gray and you know, we're not

434
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<v Speaker 1>necessarily I don't think we're dropping any of guys. These

435
00:26:43.279 --> 00:26:45.680
<v Speaker 1>guys all act to you. Maybe maybe one of these

436
00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:48.799
<v Speaker 1>guys might be starting inter that territory. But let's get

437
00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.079
<v Speaker 1>into it. Let's start with Jaren Duran. April he is

438
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<v Speaker 1>he had two seventy nine, two runs, ten stone bases,

439
00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:58.480
<v Speaker 1>was doing everything you want him to do. May two

440
00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:02.759
<v Speaker 1>fifty eight runs three stone base is not not exactly great,

441
00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:05.839
<v Speaker 1>but okay. In June two o six one home run

442
00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.799
<v Speaker 1>and two stolen bases.

443
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<v Speaker 2>What are your thoughts on Jaron Duran? I, you know,

444
00:27:16.359 --> 00:27:21.160
<v Speaker 2>I think he's another one where I wouldn't be surprised

445
00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:26.039
<v Speaker 2>if he's potentially moved in the trade during the trade deadline,

446
00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:30.359
<v Speaker 2>because he doesn't seem happy either or and not happy

447
00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:34.160
<v Speaker 2>in Boston potentially. I don't know if I don't know

448
00:27:34.359 --> 00:27:37.200
<v Speaker 2>what they're gonna do, but they have to. I feel

449
00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:39.000
<v Speaker 2>like they have to get rid of one more guy

450
00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:42.119
<v Speaker 2>still the Red Sox that is uh and Duran feels

451
00:27:42.200 --> 00:27:48.079
<v Speaker 2>like the odd man out potentially. So I look at

452
00:27:48.119 --> 00:27:52.200
<v Speaker 2>his numbers and I think he looks to me like

453
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<v Speaker 2>he's just having like a bit of an off year.

454
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<v Speaker 2>It doesn't like it. It looks like like his strikeouts

455
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<v Speaker 2>are up progressively each month they've gotten worse, uh slump.

456
00:28:06.359 --> 00:28:10.200
<v Speaker 2>The slumps have you know, have extended into like, you know,

457
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<v Speaker 2>weeks at a time, like you mentioned June has been bad.

458
00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:19.160
<v Speaker 2>May wasn't that good. I mean, he's really fast. So

459
00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.319
<v Speaker 2>I mean, the the real problem, like or not the problem,

460
00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:28.279
<v Speaker 2>but the the unfortunate thing is like that the steals

461
00:28:28.359 --> 00:28:31.640
<v Speaker 2>haven't even been there because like you know, at worst

462
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<v Speaker 2>case scenario, guy that fast, you would hope would get

463
00:28:34.839 --> 00:28:37.640
<v Speaker 2>on base and steal some you know, steal some bags

464
00:28:38.079 --> 00:28:40.920
<v Speaker 2>to help with his fantasy value even if he's not

465
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<v Speaker 2>hitting for power. But the I mean, the the bigger issue,

466
00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.640
<v Speaker 2>and I think why his his year. It looks like

467
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<v Speaker 2>his year is going to be down overall because like

468
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<v Speaker 2>the hard hit is down for the year, the fly

469
00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:59.279
<v Speaker 2>balls aren't down, and the ground balls aren't up. So

470
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<v Speaker 2>the fact that he's not hitting for power makes me

471
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<v Speaker 2>think that he's just he's he's not making good contact unfortunately,

472
00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:12.759
<v Speaker 2>and you know that feels like it's something that's just

473
00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:16.319
<v Speaker 2>dragging on now going on like three months half the

474
00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:19.680
<v Speaker 2>season now, where he's just not making that good of contact.

475
00:29:20.039 --> 00:29:23.960
<v Speaker 2>So I I think this feels like a down year

476
00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:26.319
<v Speaker 2>for him. I don't know. I mean, maybe he still

477
00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:28.599
<v Speaker 2>comes out of it. Maybe he starts hitting for power

478
00:29:28.920 --> 00:29:32.240
<v Speaker 2>in the second half and you know, he or he

479
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<v Speaker 2>gets traded and you know, wherever he goes it becomes

480
00:29:36.079 --> 00:29:41.160
<v Speaker 2>a non issue there maybe, But yeah, I don't know.

481
00:29:41.519 --> 00:29:45.240
<v Speaker 2>His numbers don't like, his strikeouts are up a little bit,

482
00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:48.079
<v Speaker 2>but not really up that much. It's really the hard

483
00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:52.839
<v Speaker 2>the hard contact that's down that has me fairly concerned

484
00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:57.200
<v Speaker 2>because you know, nothing else in his batted ball profile

485
00:29:57.359 --> 00:30:01.039
<v Speaker 2>really is jumping out like a launch angle. Well it's

486
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<v Speaker 2>you know, up a little bit, but not that bad

487
00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:07.519
<v Speaker 2>from last year, and you know, it's just sort of

488
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<v Speaker 2>like not really great. You know, just not making solid

489
00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:18.480
<v Speaker 2>contact is really seems to be the issue. And that,

490
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<v Speaker 2>you know, I mean, he could come out of that.

491
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<v Speaker 2>It's possible. I would probably be selling low. I wouldn't

492
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<v Speaker 2>be dropping though I would. I would. You know, it

493
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<v Speaker 2>depends on the trade that people get offered and how

494
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<v Speaker 2>much you can trade for someone here. But I would

495
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<v Speaker 2>probably be looking to trade low a little bit, not

496
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<v Speaker 2>not like, you know, insanely low, but I don't think

497
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<v Speaker 2>you're getting draft value anyway, Like he was a top

498
00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:50.599
<v Speaker 2>twenty pick in the draft, so you're not getting that.

499
00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:55.640
<v Speaker 2>But if you can get top fifty right now, I'd

500
00:30:55.720 --> 00:30:59.480
<v Speaker 2>probably take it, just at a concern that he never

501
00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:03.000
<v Speaker 2>really out of this. And you know, because like last

502
00:31:03.039 --> 00:31:05.720
<v Speaker 2>year he had twenty one homers, stole thirty four bags.

503
00:31:06.440 --> 00:31:11.640
<v Speaker 2>This year, if he breaks you know, twelve homers and

504
00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:15.240
<v Speaker 2>twenty five or thirty, I mean, he could still get

505
00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:17.720
<v Speaker 2>the steals that those coming up, Those can come in

506
00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:22.720
<v Speaker 2>a handful in a bunch. So I but the homers

507
00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:25.240
<v Speaker 2>really are what I think is never not going to

508
00:31:25.279 --> 00:31:28.200
<v Speaker 2>get there this year. So if he breaks twelve homers

509
00:31:28.240 --> 00:31:31.440
<v Speaker 2>this year, I feel like that would be a victory

510
00:31:31.559 --> 00:31:35.200
<v Speaker 2>for him. And that is way below where I think

511
00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:37.160
<v Speaker 2>preseason projections had him.

512
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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I'm not I had I had him

513
00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:44.119
<v Speaker 1>ranked you know pretty much, I think around eightp So

514
00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:46.480
<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to sit here and say I didn't

515
00:31:46.559 --> 00:31:48.640
<v Speaker 1>like him. But I was worried because the twenty one

516
00:31:48.680 --> 00:31:52.039
<v Speaker 1>home runs kind of came out of nowhere. It's not

517
00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:55.680
<v Speaker 1>something that was really in his profile prior to that.

518
00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:59.000
<v Speaker 1>And it seems like, you know, his true home run

519
00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:03.039
<v Speaker 1>numbers maybe in the teens rather than in the low twenties.

520
00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:06.920
<v Speaker 1>That is disappointing. You know, I think in regards to

521
00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:10.759
<v Speaker 1>the hard hit gray to maybe calming you down a

522
00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:14.440
<v Speaker 1>little bit. It does depend on what hard hit you're using,

523
00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:20.480
<v Speaker 1>because there's the the Fangraphs hard hit, which combines how

524
00:32:20.559 --> 00:32:23.079
<v Speaker 1>the ball is launched and it has to be in

525
00:32:23.079 --> 00:32:26.440
<v Speaker 1>a certain you know, window of that. And then there's

526
00:32:26.599 --> 00:32:31.599
<v Speaker 1>the stat cast hard hit, which is strictly how hard

527
00:32:31.680 --> 00:32:35.440
<v Speaker 1>the ball comes off the bat. In the stat cast,

528
00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:38.400
<v Speaker 1>how hard the ball comes off the bat, it's actually up.

529
00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:41.200
<v Speaker 1>It's actually the best of his career along with the

530
00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:46.119
<v Speaker 1>average exit velocity, so in you know, in theory, he's

531
00:32:46.119 --> 00:32:49.160
<v Speaker 1>actually hitting the ball harder. But it is also the

532
00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:51.960
<v Speaker 1>highest launch angle he's had, and that's been an issue

533
00:32:52.759 --> 00:32:57.559
<v Speaker 1>in June where it's climbed to like a fifteen and

534
00:32:57.599 --> 00:33:01.119
<v Speaker 1>a half sixteen launch angle, and his last year he

535
00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:03.000
<v Speaker 1>was at a nine and a half for the season,

536
00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:06.799
<v Speaker 1>so that may be The issue is just like he

537
00:33:06.960 --> 00:33:09.880
<v Speaker 1>needs to put the ball on the ground. He needs

538
00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:13.160
<v Speaker 1>to hit you know, line drives and ground balls, and

539
00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:16.039
<v Speaker 1>right now it feels like he's you know, the twenty

540
00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:18.119
<v Speaker 1>one home runs got him feeling himself a little. He

541
00:33:18.160 --> 00:33:21.160
<v Speaker 1>went a little Willie Mays Hayes trying to launch everything

542
00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:25.000
<v Speaker 1>and just hitting warning track balls. You know, forty seven

543
00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:29.119
<v Speaker 1>percent fly balls in June only fifteen percent line drive.

544
00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:32.279
<v Speaker 1>That just feels like a like he's just trying to

545
00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:35.920
<v Speaker 1>launch everything for some reason. One thing that he didn't

546
00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:39.240
<v Speaker 1>have last year is is bad splits. He was better

547
00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:41.079
<v Speaker 1>at home than than on the road last year. But

548
00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:44.240
<v Speaker 1>two ten versus lefties this year and two seventy five

549
00:33:44.359 --> 00:33:47.359
<v Speaker 1>versus righties. That was a lot closer last year. So

550
00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:50.640
<v Speaker 1>I'm not sure what's going on that. That maybe again

551
00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:53.480
<v Speaker 1>just a swing path thing where it's it's harder to

552
00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:57.599
<v Speaker 1>hit lefties. If if you're trying to uppercut everything in

553
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<v Speaker 1>regards to selling Gray top top thirty outfielder, would you

554
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<v Speaker 1>would you take? I mean, the rest of season on

555
00:34:05.839 --> 00:34:09.960
<v Speaker 1>the top thirty would be like Riley Green's at twenty nine.

556
00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:14.480
<v Speaker 2>I would take Riley Green, Okay, So you would.

557
00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:17.320
<v Speaker 1>Take a pretty much a top thirty outfielder as long

558
00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:20.239
<v Speaker 1>as they have I would say, you know, at least

559
00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:23.079
<v Speaker 1>some upside at that point, because there's a few names

560
00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.320
<v Speaker 1>on the rest of the season that you know, we

561
00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:27.280
<v Speaker 1>you and I probably wouldn't have there, But it's a

562
00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:31.559
<v Speaker 1>you know, it's it's it's the projection system. But yes,

563
00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:34.480
<v Speaker 1>I think top thirty is about about the right area grade.

564
00:34:34.519 --> 00:34:37.320
<v Speaker 1>Maybe you can tell them as a top twenty just

565
00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.280
<v Speaker 1>based on the stolen bases to the right team. But

566
00:34:40.400 --> 00:34:41.719
<v Speaker 1>I think that's probably where you're looking.

567
00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:46.039
<v Speaker 2>Mm hmmm, yeah, like looking at the UH, looking at

568
00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:49.679
<v Speaker 2>what what has already happened the player raider for the

569
00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:54.559
<v Speaker 2>season thus far, the guys in the UH in the

570
00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:59.239
<v Speaker 2>top twenty outfielders. Uh, So this would be buying high

571
00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:02.719
<v Speaker 2>because these guys have already been the top twenty outfielders

572
00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:06.519
<v Speaker 2>so far for this year. Out of those guys who

573
00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:11.039
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't necessarily trade Byron Buxton would be a guy

574
00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:19.880
<v Speaker 2>I would not trade Duran for. And also Yelich, Andy

575
00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:27.440
<v Speaker 2>Page's Hunter Goodman, who's top fifteen outfielder actually right now,

576
00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:35.880
<v Speaker 2>but you probably have my Catcher and Helio Ramos and

577
00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:41.159
<v Speaker 2>Taylor Ward, but guys who I so then, so that

578
00:35:41.360 --> 00:35:47.239
<v Speaker 2>leaves the guys who I would Aaron Judge obviously, Pete Crow, Armstrong,

579
00:35:47.360 --> 00:35:53.400
<v Speaker 2>Kyle Tucker, James would, Juan Soto, Saya, Suzuki, Riley Green,

580
00:35:53.679 --> 00:35:56.440
<v Speaker 2>Cormyn Carrol, Who's injured right now, but I would still

581
00:35:57.119 --> 00:36:05.440
<v Speaker 2>trade for him Jackson, Cheerio Tatis, Brenton Rooker, Julio Rodriguez,

582
00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:11.280
<v Speaker 2>Taeoscar Hernandez, and aforementioned O'Neil Cruz, which would probably be

583
00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:15.880
<v Speaker 2>probably a trade you could do. I think I would.

584
00:36:16.119 --> 00:36:19.960
<v Speaker 2>I would take O'Neil Cruz over Duran because I think

585
00:36:20.079 --> 00:36:24.639
<v Speaker 2>the power is higher and the steels are relatively the same.

586
00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:29.559
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean they're they're both contact issue guys right now.

587
00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:32.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Duran's average is going to be better. But you know,

588
00:36:32.440 --> 00:36:35.679
<v Speaker 2>I would go oneal Cruz over Duran, Okay.

589
00:36:35.880 --> 00:36:38.079
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And there's a few guys after, Like you named

590
00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:40.440
<v Speaker 1>a few guys you wouldn't take. There's definitely a few

591
00:36:40.480 --> 00:36:44.400
<v Speaker 1>guys after Duran you would still take, like probably Jazz,

592
00:36:46.360 --> 00:36:49.039
<v Speaker 1>you know, I just looking down the list, maybe maybe

593
00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:50.800
<v Speaker 1>a guy we're gonna talk about here a little bit

594
00:36:50.840 --> 00:36:53.719
<v Speaker 1>as well. But you really do hate Nanty Pye, So

595
00:36:54.159 --> 00:36:55.280
<v Speaker 1>you just you just don't buy it.

596
00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:59.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't. I wouldn't say I hate it. It's just

597
00:37:00.000 --> 00:37:02.880
<v Speaker 2>it's like, you know, it's a sample size of a

598
00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:06.679
<v Speaker 2>major league, sample size of three months. I mean I

599
00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:09.559
<v Speaker 2>have them in a league, I you know, I have

600
00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:12.920
<v Speaker 2>them in my tow Wars league, where I am currently

601
00:37:13.400 --> 00:37:18.199
<v Speaker 2>in first place. But I would say with Andy Payes,

602
00:37:19.440 --> 00:37:22.519
<v Speaker 2>I like him. I just you know, it's like, how

603
00:37:22.599 --> 00:37:24.920
<v Speaker 2>much can you trust a guy who's only been who's

604
00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:27.519
<v Speaker 2>only done it for half a season. I mean it's fine,

605
00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:30.480
<v Speaker 2>it's good. I mean he's been great. He's a top

606
00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:34.400
<v Speaker 2>twenty outfielder right now. So you know, I'm not kicking

607
00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:38.719
<v Speaker 2>it off my team. But I would still take Duran, uh,

608
00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:43.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, for just to put it together and potentially

609
00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:46.519
<v Speaker 2>be uh, you know, a top five outfielder or something.

610
00:37:47.400 --> 00:37:50.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I definitely agree with the upside play, especially if

611
00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:53.400
<v Speaker 1>you're you know, you're needing to chase some some points

612
00:37:53.480 --> 00:37:55.760
<v Speaker 1>and get back into things. You gotta you gotta take

613
00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:58.480
<v Speaker 1>a risk of some guys to turn it around. I

614
00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:00.920
<v Speaker 1>think we would both. You know, I actually take Jackson

615
00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:03.800
<v Speaker 1>Merrill over him despite his struggles in June, correct, Gray.

616
00:38:04.519 --> 00:38:06.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I would take Jackson Merrill.

617
00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:10.920
<v Speaker 1>All right. So Merrill's first thirty one games April through May,

618
00:38:11.000 --> 00:38:13.559
<v Speaker 1>since he he did miss some time, but the first

619
00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:16.280
<v Speaker 1>thirty one games he hit three twenty two, three sixty two,

620
00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:19.320
<v Speaker 1>five twelve and nineteen percent k raid a five and

621
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.360
<v Speaker 1>a half percent walk rate, five home runs of stolen base.

622
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<v Speaker 1>Is it is all going well? Twenty games in June,

623
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<v Speaker 1>he's hitting two fifty three thirty three, three fifty five,

624
00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:33.840
<v Speaker 1>no home runs, no stolen bases. You know, the numbers

625
00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.039
<v Speaker 1>in general look okay, Gray, but what are your thoughts

626
00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:39.800
<v Speaker 1>on Jackson Merrill and just the power speed drying up?

627
00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:43.519
<v Speaker 2>This is like, this is probably confirmation by it, but

628
00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:46.559
<v Speaker 2>I feel like with Jackson Merrill and Gunner and I'm

629
00:38:46.559 --> 00:38:49.840
<v Speaker 2>thinking of Gunner Henderson as well, and like guys who

630
00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.079
<v Speaker 2>just get injured and then they come back and they're

631
00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:56.480
<v Speaker 2>never the same or at least not the same this

632
00:38:56.679 --> 00:39:00.599
<v Speaker 2>year and it takes them yeah, yeah, this season because

633
00:39:00.639 --> 00:39:04.760
<v Speaker 2>it just feels like sometimes like these guys get injured

634
00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:07.159
<v Speaker 2>and it's just like they just don't come back, right.

635
00:39:07.679 --> 00:39:12.559
<v Speaker 2>I don't know, man, I'm concerned about Jackson merriw. I

636
00:39:13.119 --> 00:39:16.920
<v Speaker 2>think he's probably injured still, but it's like, how do

637
00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.920
<v Speaker 2>you you know, what do you do with that information?

638
00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:21.079
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I don't know if he is really

639
00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:24.800
<v Speaker 2>injured still. I'm saying I think he might be because

640
00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:28.559
<v Speaker 2>just the numbers look so terrible, But I don't know.

641
00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:33.440
<v Speaker 2>I would probably I'd be looking to buy low on

642
00:39:33.639 --> 00:39:36.519
<v Speaker 2>him just because you know, it's like, how long can

643
00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:40.840
<v Speaker 2>he stay injured? I mean, I would assume he's gonna

644
00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:44.039
<v Speaker 2>like I'm assuming he's gonna get healthy. Like that's like

645
00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:49.559
<v Speaker 2>the same way I feel about Gunner Henderson aka Grounder

646
00:39:49.639 --> 00:39:53.679
<v Speaker 2>Henderson with this awful long jangle this year, Man, I'm

647
00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:56.960
<v Speaker 2>gonna be so out on Gunner Henderson. Next year he's

648
00:39:56.960 --> 00:39:59.880
<v Speaker 2>gonna have like he's gonna be a top three Fantasy

649
00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:04.199
<v Speaker 2>next year. It's gonna be so awful. I already know it.

650
00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:09.239
<v Speaker 2>I already know what's gonna happen. But back to Jackson Merrill, Yeah,

651
00:40:09.360 --> 00:40:14.199
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I mean his ground balls are up, hard

652
00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:20.440
<v Speaker 2>hit looks down again. It's like you know, unfortunately, like

653
00:40:20.559 --> 00:40:24.559
<v Speaker 2>you mentioned with Duran, none of these sites can get

654
00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:26.960
<v Speaker 2>on the same page using the same data. So I

655
00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:29.679
<v Speaker 2>say hard hit is down, and then you look at

656
00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:31.880
<v Speaker 2>a different site it looks like their heart hit is up.

657
00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:34.440
<v Speaker 2>So I don't know, but what I'm looking at right now,

658
00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:40.559
<v Speaker 2>it looks like Jackson Merrill's hardhead is down. I'm on fangraphs,

659
00:40:40.760 --> 00:40:43.800
<v Speaker 2>so maybe stadcast is showing something differently. I don't know

660
00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:47.440
<v Speaker 2>why these people can't all get on the same page anyway.

661
00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:51.800
<v Speaker 2>Jackson Merrill is ground balls are up, five balls are down.

662
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:55.360
<v Speaker 2>Hard hits down. But he's probably just injured or he's

663
00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:59.400
<v Speaker 2>probably you know, struggling to come back from the injury

664
00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:02.960
<v Speaker 2>he had earlier. Uh so he's just not one hundred

665
00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:06.719
<v Speaker 2>percent yet. But that could you know, at some point

666
00:41:06.800 --> 00:41:09.519
<v Speaker 2>that could click and he could have a huge second half.

667
00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:13.199
<v Speaker 2>So I would be buying him. But there's no there's

668
00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:15.400
<v Speaker 2>nothing really to point to and be like, oh, yeah,

669
00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:17.760
<v Speaker 2>this is why he should be better. I mean his

670
00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.760
<v Speaker 2>numbers look.

671
00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:22.760
<v Speaker 1>Like, eh, yeah, I mean that's that's pretty much where

672
00:41:22.760 --> 00:41:25.119
<v Speaker 1>we're at right now. With the numbers. You're buying based

673
00:41:25.159 --> 00:41:27.639
<v Speaker 1>on kind of the upside, based on what we saw

674
00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:30.880
<v Speaker 1>last year. And you know, the injury narrative makes it

675
00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.639
<v Speaker 1>easy to say, yeah, I mean he just gets it,

676
00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.719
<v Speaker 1>gets gets healthy and kind of gets back in the

677
00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.159
<v Speaker 1>flow of things and you know, turn things around. So

678
00:41:38.960 --> 00:41:42.039
<v Speaker 1>it's it's definitely a narrative that you can buy into. Uh,

679
00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:44.960
<v Speaker 1>you know, just looking at the player Raider Gray, let's

680
00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:49.239
<v Speaker 1>start with you know, maybe uh, let's start Jan Duran.

681
00:41:49.280 --> 00:41:54.840
<v Speaker 1>Would you have have Duran or Meryl uh Merrill? Okay,

682
00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:57.920
<v Speaker 1>I think we actually asked you that already h Ian

683
00:41:58.000 --> 00:42:03.719
<v Speaker 1>hat uh uh I would go Meryl, Okay, I do

684
00:42:03.800 --> 00:42:08.400
<v Speaker 1>feel like Ian Happ is basically like the average version

685
00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:12.760
<v Speaker 1>of Merrill. So you're like trading one that's struggling for

686
00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:16.159
<v Speaker 1>like the average version when Meryl still has the upside.

687
00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:22.119
<v Speaker 2>Ian Happ is like the guy who's like for fantasy.

688
00:42:22.199 --> 00:42:26.519
<v Speaker 2>It's like, if you can take Ian Hap over Player A,

689
00:42:27.280 --> 00:42:32.559
<v Speaker 2>then player A should probably be on waivers. It's like,

690
00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:36.440
<v Speaker 2>as good as Ian Hap is every year, it's impossible

691
00:42:36.559 --> 00:42:39.159
<v Speaker 2>to say like, oh, yeah, I want Ian Hap, Like

692
00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:42.760
<v Speaker 2>do you really want them? I mean you should, you

693
00:42:42.920 --> 00:42:46.559
<v Speaker 2>should want them, but do you really want them? It's hard.

694
00:42:46.760 --> 00:42:49.480
<v Speaker 2>It's hard to be like, yes, I want Ian Happ.

695
00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.639
<v Speaker 2>It's so boring.

696
00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:55.719
<v Speaker 1>It's It's definitely one of those draft and hold or

697
00:42:56.320 --> 00:42:58.280
<v Speaker 1>type of plays where like you don't have to look

698
00:42:58.320 --> 00:43:00.639
<v Speaker 1>at it, you just come back the season You're like,

699
00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:03.880
<v Speaker 1>Ian Half is the man. He's a top twenty five outfielder,

700
00:43:04.480 --> 00:43:08.280
<v Speaker 1>twenty outfielder every year. Why does nobody want this guy?

701
00:43:08.519 --> 00:43:10.559
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you have to look at it week by week.

702
00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.239
<v Speaker 1>Give me a little.

703
00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:14.480
<v Speaker 2>Brutal He's probably like the best guy for like a

704
00:43:14.599 --> 00:43:18.079
<v Speaker 2>best ball or like a Gladiator league. It's like, oh, yeah,

705
00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:20.440
<v Speaker 2>I drafted Ian Half. Now I never have to think

706
00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:21.280
<v Speaker 2>about him again.

707
00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:25.480
<v Speaker 1>And nobody wanted him, so you know I got him late.

708
00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:29.159
<v Speaker 1>How about how about one Cruise Gray We talked about

709
00:43:29.239 --> 00:43:31.440
<v Speaker 1>him already, No Cruiser or Jackson Marrie.

710
00:43:31.559 --> 00:43:32.840
<v Speaker 2>I would go Neil Cruz.

711
00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:38.320
<v Speaker 1>Okay, let's go somewhere in the middle of those two.

712
00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:42.000
<v Speaker 1>Then how about Taoscar. I feel like Taoskar is a

713
00:43:42.039 --> 00:43:42.679
<v Speaker 1>good middle.

714
00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.920
<v Speaker 2>I would go ta Oscar.

715
00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:48.159
<v Speaker 1>Okay. So you're willing to give up a guy, but

716
00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:52.320
<v Speaker 1>not necessarily a like a top fifteen or maybe.

717
00:43:52.159 --> 00:43:55.400
<v Speaker 2>At a hard one. It would be a hard trade

718
00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:59.719
<v Speaker 2>to do an Andy Pies. That would be hard. I would,

719
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:03.519
<v Speaker 2>but it would be hard. It would be difficult though.

720
00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:06.480
<v Speaker 2>I would struggle with it, but I would do it.

721
00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:11.400
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. Uh, James Wood, I'm assuming you take James Wood

722
00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:14.320
<v Speaker 1>over Oh you gotta take James Wood, you know.

723
00:44:14.519 --> 00:44:18.239
<v Speaker 2>Thank god? Thank I mean thank god I had James

724
00:44:18.320 --> 00:44:21.760
<v Speaker 2>Wood over Jackson Merrill in my rankings because I took

725
00:44:21.840 --> 00:44:24.920
<v Speaker 2>James Wood in every league, and thank god I did.

726
00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:29.079
<v Speaker 2>If I would ahead Jackson Merrill in every league instead

727
00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:31.760
<v Speaker 2>of James Wood, I wouldn't be I wouldn't be thrilled

728
00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.719
<v Speaker 2>with myself right now.

729
00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:36.039
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean I thought I had James Wood high,

730
00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:38.800
<v Speaker 1>but you're you were definitely even higher than on him

731
00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:43.800
<v Speaker 1>than I was. It's uh, he's been great and and uh,

732
00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:47.320
<v Speaker 1>well hopefully we'll be for a long time. Uh. That's

733
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:49.400
<v Speaker 1>also what we thought about Jackson Merrill though, so we

734
00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:53.199
<v Speaker 1>will see. Uh a guy we also assume was just

735
00:44:53.320 --> 00:44:56.280
<v Speaker 1>continued being good after a down season last year. Gray

736
00:44:57.079 --> 00:45:00.480
<v Speaker 1>and next two guys, you know, we thought the return

737
00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:04.480
<v Speaker 1>of Vicunya might kickstart the Braves offense, and it has

738
00:45:04.599 --> 00:45:08.440
<v Speaker 1>for a couple of players, but for a few players

739
00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:10.920
<v Speaker 1>it has not. A couple of those are Alsie Albi's

740
00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:14.519
<v Speaker 1>and Michael Harris. Albi's has not been good at any

741
00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:18.519
<v Speaker 1>point this season, but it's getting worse. Gray April two

742
00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:22.400
<v Speaker 1>thirty eight, four home runs, four stolen bases. Not great,

743
00:45:22.480 --> 00:45:24.679
<v Speaker 1>but kind of an Albi's line the year. You know,

744
00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:27.440
<v Speaker 1>he'll he'll have a good month somewhere and build off that.

745
00:45:28.239 --> 00:45:31.199
<v Speaker 1>May two thirty two home runs, a stone base. Again

746
00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:34.719
<v Speaker 1>not great. Maybe there's better time to come. That did

747
00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.320
<v Speaker 1>not happen in June. He's sitting one ninety eight. He

748
00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:42.320
<v Speaker 1>has no home runs two stolen bases. He's always destroyed

749
00:45:42.360 --> 00:45:45.800
<v Speaker 1>lefties Gray He's not even doing that every home run

750
00:45:45.880 --> 00:45:49.960
<v Speaker 1>he has his versus right yes, which is so weird

751
00:45:50.039 --> 00:45:53.800
<v Speaker 1>for him. I mean, this is the maybe the one

752
00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:56.039
<v Speaker 1>guy on this list I want to ask, does he

753
00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:57.360
<v Speaker 1>need to be owned at this point?

754
00:45:58.039 --> 00:46:01.199
<v Speaker 2>No, I don't think so. I think I think we've

755
00:46:01.239 --> 00:46:04.480
<v Speaker 2>reached a point where you can drop Ozsi Alby's. Unfortunately,

756
00:46:04.679 --> 00:46:08.960
<v Speaker 2>I I've already. I think I finally I had him

757
00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:12.559
<v Speaker 2>in my in an hour RCL league, a league that

758
00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:15.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm struggling for the first time in probably a decade,

759
00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:19.079
<v Speaker 2>but I am. I've had Ozzy Alby's and I've benched

760
00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:21.440
<v Speaker 2>him a couple of times. I think I might be

761
00:46:21.559 --> 00:46:24.280
<v Speaker 2>dropping them soon. I think it's I think we've gone

762
00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:28.239
<v Speaker 2>to the point where it's just not it's not happening.

763
00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:32.039
<v Speaker 2>Uh And maybe it does at some point happen. But

764
00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:37.000
<v Speaker 2>is the upside really worth the you know, how much

765
00:46:37.079 --> 00:46:39.880
<v Speaker 2>you're going through the stress of like you know, or

766
00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:43.320
<v Speaker 2>the the ulcer you're that is building up in your

767
00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:47.480
<v Speaker 2>body to own Ozzi Alby's right now? I don't think

768
00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:50.079
<v Speaker 2>it is. I mean, I don't think the upside is

769
00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:53.480
<v Speaker 2>really that great to you know, deal with what he's

770
00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:56.239
<v Speaker 2>doing now. It's just not it's not like, Oh, when

771
00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:58.400
<v Speaker 2>he gets hot, he's gonna put up, you know, a

772
00:46:58.719 --> 00:47:02.599
<v Speaker 2>fifteen homer month and you know he's going to carry

773
00:47:02.639 --> 00:47:06.320
<v Speaker 2>your team, Like, I don't think so it seems on

774
00:47:06.639 --> 00:47:09.519
<v Speaker 2>it seems doubtful at this point, Like, you know, he's

775
00:47:09.559 --> 00:47:13.199
<v Speaker 2>at a six homer, seven steal two twenty three a

776
00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:16.800
<v Speaker 2>year right now. Even if he gets hot and he's

777
00:47:16.960 --> 00:47:20.039
<v Speaker 2>like and he has a great second half, what's he

778
00:47:20.119 --> 00:47:25.760
<v Speaker 2>going to end up with twenty twenty fifteen season. So

779
00:47:25.920 --> 00:47:31.480
<v Speaker 2>you're looking at fourteen homers and thirteen you know, or

780
00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:35.079
<v Speaker 2>eight thirteen homers and eight steals the rest of the way,

781
00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:40.400
<v Speaker 2>which is like, I mean, it's fine for a second basement,

782
00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:43.039
<v Speaker 2>but it's not really that amazing that you have to

783
00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:45.880
<v Speaker 2>hold on to him through all this. So I think

784
00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:47.679
<v Speaker 2>it's time to move on from Ozzie Alby's.

785
00:47:48.880 --> 00:47:51.280
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I wonder if you know, maybe he's just trying

786
00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:54.320
<v Speaker 1>to get out of this terrible contract he signed Gray.

787
00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:58.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean, they got.

788
00:47:58.280 --> 00:48:00.840
<v Speaker 1>Club they've got club options for the next two years.

789
00:48:01.480 --> 00:48:03.519
<v Speaker 1>Not wily, you'd be like seven million dollars for a

790
00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:08.000
<v Speaker 1>second basement, absolutely, but if he continues this this path,

791
00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:10.840
<v Speaker 1>they may be like, nah, I'll just uh, we'll just

792
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:13.800
<v Speaker 1>pay a minor league, you know, the league man and

793
00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.199
<v Speaker 1>uh and get the same numbers. At this point, maybe

794
00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:18.519
<v Speaker 1>there's just a long con here.

795
00:48:19.079 --> 00:48:22.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Yeah, maybe maybe he's like Ricky Jay in disguise.

796
00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:25.599
<v Speaker 2>I think, uh, he's right now on the Player Raider.

797
00:48:25.639 --> 00:48:30.559
<v Speaker 2>He's behind Gavin Lux on the play Raider for second baseman,

798
00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:35.400
<v Speaker 2>and Gavin Lux is not good. So I mean that

799
00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:37.480
<v Speaker 2>give that gives you kind of an idea of what

800
00:48:37.559 --> 00:48:41.719
<v Speaker 2>you're dealing with. Ozzy Alveys. He's way behind Ernie Clement.

801
00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:44.800
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm just mentioning guys who I think are

802
00:48:44.880 --> 00:48:49.360
<v Speaker 2>probably on waivers in leagues. I mean he's like, you know,

803
00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:54.000
<v Speaker 2>he's behind jor Hey Polongo, He's behind Willie Castro. I mean,

804
00:48:54.039 --> 00:48:57.800
<v Speaker 2>he's behind Caleb Durbin. I mean, he's behind so many

805
00:48:57.880 --> 00:49:01.119
<v Speaker 2>guys on the Player Raider who are read available. So

806
00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:02.719
<v Speaker 2>it's like, yeah, just move on.

807
00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:07.159
<v Speaker 1>Yep, number eight, second basement player, Otto Lopez, who I'm

808
00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:12.159
<v Speaker 1>still picking up in leagues for free. Yeah, move on.

809
00:49:12.320 --> 00:49:15.840
<v Speaker 1>It's it's time. I hate to say it because I'm

810
00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:17.840
<v Speaker 1>a big Alsie Albis fan. I have been for a

811
00:49:17.920 --> 00:49:22.920
<v Speaker 1>long time, but it looks bad, as does this next guy, Gray,

812
00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:25.960
<v Speaker 1>who you've always kind of kind of been the low

813
00:49:26.039 --> 00:49:28.559
<v Speaker 1>man on and you know, kudos for you for having

814
00:49:28.639 --> 00:49:31.239
<v Speaker 1>him buried in your rankings, and that is, of course,

815
00:49:31.320 --> 00:49:35.239
<v Speaker 1>Michael Harris the second April two thirty three, three home runs,

816
00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:40.719
<v Speaker 1>six stolen bases, sixteen point eight strikeout rate. Okay, doing okay,

817
00:49:40.840 --> 00:49:44.360
<v Speaker 1>Well we'll build May two forty five, zero home runs,

818
00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:46.719
<v Speaker 1>four stolen bases, twenty percent strikeout rate.

819
00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:51.119
<v Speaker 2>I'm sorry, go ahead, good continue.

820
00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:55.320
<v Speaker 1>June one forty eight, three home runs. At least there's

821
00:49:55.320 --> 00:49:58.440
<v Speaker 1>three home runs in a stolen base, twenty seven percent

822
00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:02.440
<v Speaker 1>strikeout right, though Gray has jumped eleven percent from where

823
00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:05.800
<v Speaker 1>we started, really ten and a half, but still ten

824
00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:09.000
<v Speaker 1>and a half percent on the strikeout rate is an

825
00:50:09.159 --> 00:50:13.079
<v Speaker 1>absurd jump, even in a monthly sample, because strikeout rate

826
00:50:13.159 --> 00:50:18.079
<v Speaker 1>is one of the first things that normalizes. Like, that's

827
00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:21.320
<v Speaker 1>what's going on here, Gray. He is a four point

828
00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:23.199
<v Speaker 1>eight line drive rate in June.

829
00:50:23.719 --> 00:50:29.320
<v Speaker 2>I'm reminded of a scarface when he says to Michelle Pfeiffer,

830
00:50:30.320 --> 00:50:35.800
<v Speaker 2>your womb is polluted. That's the braves. The braves womb

831
00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:40.239
<v Speaker 2>is polluted because there's a lot of problems there. I

832
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:43.920
<v Speaker 2>can't quite figure out why they have so many issues

833
00:50:44.079 --> 00:50:50.440
<v Speaker 2>with like these otherwise talented hitters. There really are a mess.

834
00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:50.800
<v Speaker 1>Man.

835
00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:55.519
<v Speaker 2>It's going on two years now where I would be

836
00:50:55.639 --> 00:51:01.079
<v Speaker 2>firing hitting coaches, get rid of Brian snicker a clear out,

837
00:51:01.199 --> 00:51:05.559
<v Speaker 2>clear out the clubhouse because there's something wrong. Because like

838
00:51:06.119 --> 00:51:09.039
<v Speaker 2>I didn't like Michael Harris a second, but he shouldn't

839
00:51:09.079 --> 00:51:15.719
<v Speaker 2>be awful and he's terrible, I mean awful. You go

840
00:51:15.800 --> 00:51:18.400
<v Speaker 2>on the Player Raider and right now he's the he's

841
00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:25.280
<v Speaker 2>he's ranked seventy seventh for outfielders. That's actually when you're talking,

842
00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:28.559
<v Speaker 2>that's what I was laughing at because he's behind Dane Myers.

843
00:51:28.760 --> 00:51:33.360
<v Speaker 2>I'm the Player Raider Dean Myers. I mean, I have

844
00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Dane Myers in my towl worst team that is currently

845
00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:40.360
<v Speaker 2>in first place. But I mean Dan Myers is who

846
00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:42.800
<v Speaker 2>he is like that, Like, let's be real here, I mean,

847
00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:48.920
<v Speaker 2>Michae Lara's the second's awful, man, Michaelara's the second is

848
00:51:49.079 --> 00:51:52.480
<v Speaker 2>right now, he's like a toss up with like Mickey

849
00:51:52.679 --> 00:51:55.280
<v Speaker 2>Moniac and Mike Ostrensky.

850
00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:58.920
<v Speaker 1>Like what awful I was?

851
00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:01.440
<v Speaker 2>Honestly, I'd move on from him too. I would move

852
00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:03.920
<v Speaker 2>on from Michael Harris a second. I never liked them though,

853
00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:06.559
<v Speaker 2>but I would if I were in a twelve team

854
00:52:06.599 --> 00:52:09.280
<v Speaker 2>mixed league or Shallower, I would just be like, you

855
00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:12.159
<v Speaker 2>know what, if he gets hot, he gets hot, whatever,

856
00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:15.320
<v Speaker 2>I would just drop him. It's it's to that point

857
00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:15.760
<v Speaker 2>I think.

858
00:52:16.840 --> 00:52:19.480
<v Speaker 1>I mean, playing an injured Dylan Cruiz has been better

859
00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:23.159
<v Speaker 1>for your lineup than playing Michael Harris the second recently.

860
00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:28.719
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I mean, I again, I feel like there's

861
00:52:28.760 --> 00:52:31.679
<v Speaker 1>something in Atlanta that's wrong, and I feel like it's

862
00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:36.760
<v Speaker 1>connected to Snicker. But until that changes, I just don't

863
00:52:36.840 --> 00:52:40.400
<v Speaker 1>see where it's coming. Like it's it's it cannot be

864
00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:43.079
<v Speaker 1>hotter than it is right now in Atlanta. Like it's

865
00:52:43.199 --> 00:52:46.320
<v Speaker 1>the ball's not gonna fly any better than it does

866
00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:50.039
<v Speaker 1>right now, and they're still not hitting the ball. Michael Harris,

867
00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:52.960
<v Speaker 1>as I mentioned as a line drive rate under five

868
00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:56.760
<v Speaker 1>percent in June, is a sixty six point seven percent

869
00:52:56.840 --> 00:53:00.280
<v Speaker 1>ground ball rate. His launch angle is under five They

870
00:53:00.360 --> 00:53:05.480
<v Speaker 1>just need to trade them to Toronto already a former Brave.

871
00:53:05.639 --> 00:53:07.639
<v Speaker 1>Since we're just going to continue this line Gray, I mean,

872
00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:09.159
<v Speaker 1>I could have thrown a couple more in here, we're

873
00:53:09.199 --> 00:53:11.440
<v Speaker 1>going to talk about Marcelo Zuna and this group too.

874
00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:14.920
<v Speaker 1>He's been terrible all season as well. But we're not

875
00:53:15.079 --> 00:53:17.519
<v Speaker 1>going to We're gonna talk about a guy I've been

876
00:53:17.599 --> 00:53:20.480
<v Speaker 1>down on for like six seasons in a row, and

877
00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:22.920
<v Speaker 1>I might finally be right, and that is Freddy Freeman.

878
00:53:24.000 --> 00:53:27.840
<v Speaker 1>April three, nineteen, five home runs, May four ten, four

879
00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:30.599
<v Speaker 1>home runs. I'm just eating my words as I speak.

880
00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:33.719
<v Speaker 1>And then June he is at two hundred with a

881
00:53:33.840 --> 00:53:37.519
<v Speaker 1>home run. I was worried about the injury. I was

882
00:53:37.599 --> 00:53:42.400
<v Speaker 1>worried about it him lasting a full season. I don't

883
00:53:42.440 --> 00:53:44.239
<v Speaker 1>want to say he can't turn around, because every time

884
00:53:44.320 --> 00:53:48.280
<v Speaker 1>I say that, he just kicks mine all over the place.

885
00:53:48.400 --> 00:53:51.639
<v Speaker 1>But what are your thoughts on Freddie Freeman? Gray? I

886
00:53:51.800 --> 00:53:55.960
<v Speaker 1>need an unbiased observer because I always see the end

887
00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:59.440
<v Speaker 1>of the road for Freddie Freeman. Is it actually here?

888
00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:01.800
<v Speaker 1>Or is this the bad month? No?

889
00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:05.199
<v Speaker 2>I mean I'm not that unbiased because I don't like

890
00:54:05.239 --> 00:54:09.400
<v Speaker 2>Freddy Freeman either. I also I feel like I think

891
00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:12.599
<v Speaker 2>I wrote an overrated post about him in the preseason,

892
00:54:12.719 --> 00:54:18.440
<v Speaker 2>like I would be trading Freddy Freeman three months ago.

893
00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:22.079
<v Speaker 2>I would never have drafted him. I didn't draft Freddy Freeman.

894
00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:24.159
<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't have drafted him. I told people not to

895
00:54:24.239 --> 00:54:28.719
<v Speaker 2>draft them. I think, yeah, I mean, the numbers you

896
00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:32.079
<v Speaker 2>mentioned in June are terrible, and I think the average

897
00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:34.840
<v Speaker 2>probably comes back a bit. Like you said, he hit

898
00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:38.480
<v Speaker 2>two hundred in June with one homer, and I think

899
00:54:38.519 --> 00:54:41.840
<v Speaker 2>he probably, like the average, will still get up again.

900
00:54:42.159 --> 00:54:44.960
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, probably closer to April where he

901
00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:48.519
<v Speaker 2>hit three nineteen versus May where he hit four ten, so,

902
00:54:48.840 --> 00:54:51.519
<v Speaker 2>you know, but still a three hundred hitter or at

903
00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:56.400
<v Speaker 2>least to eighty. But the power really is, the power

904
00:54:56.480 --> 00:55:00.519
<v Speaker 2>hasn't really been there going on like you know, three

905
00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:04.599
<v Speaker 2>three three of the last four years and really kind

906
00:55:04.679 --> 00:55:07.519
<v Speaker 2>of like three, you know, the last two years. And

907
00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:12.639
<v Speaker 2>the speed is really just completely evaporate. Like you know,

908
00:55:13.199 --> 00:55:16.800
<v Speaker 2>we knew he had, you know, his his ankle injury

909
00:55:17.159 --> 00:55:22.440
<v Speaker 2>was gonna slow him down, but it's completely removed any

910
00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:26.519
<v Speaker 2>chance that he has any speed whatsoever. And you know,

911
00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:28.880
<v Speaker 2>he wasn't a fast guy to begin with, but he

912
00:55:29.039 --> 00:55:31.880
<v Speaker 2>used to chuck in like you know, a ten steals

913
00:55:32.119 --> 00:55:36.559
<v Speaker 2>or ten plus steals. Now he's had zero steals for

914
00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:41.000
<v Speaker 2>the year and he's only attempted one. Like he and

915
00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:45.519
<v Speaker 2>He's even said his ankle is still bothering him, So

916
00:55:46.360 --> 00:55:49.440
<v Speaker 2>like the steels aren't gonna suddenly appear as the season

917
00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:52.000
<v Speaker 2>goes on. If anything, the Dodgers are gonna want to

918
00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:55.920
<v Speaker 2>arrest him and make sure he's healthy for the playoffs.

919
00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:59.719
<v Speaker 2>So you're looking at it like, if he gets to

920
00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:08.639
<v Speaker 2>many homers, three steals, and a two eighty average, I

921
00:56:08.760 --> 00:56:12.440
<v Speaker 2>think you're you're actually you're doing pretty well for yourself.

922
00:56:12.480 --> 00:56:16.280
<v Speaker 2>If you get those numbers. I wouldn't count. I would

923
00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:19.760
<v Speaker 2>take the under on all of them. But that's sort

924
00:56:19.800 --> 00:56:23.800
<v Speaker 2>of what that's like best case scenario, I think. So, Yeah,

925
00:56:23.840 --> 00:56:26.719
<v Speaker 2>I would be selling Low. I mean, you're obviously you're

926
00:56:26.760 --> 00:56:30.199
<v Speaker 2>not dropping Freddy Freeman, but I would. I would sell Low.

927
00:56:30.599 --> 00:56:34.280
<v Speaker 2>I think he's basically at this point he's a runs

928
00:56:34.280 --> 00:56:37.039
<v Speaker 2>in rbish and batting average guy.

929
00:56:38.960 --> 00:56:41.360
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I agree, if he can sell him, go ahead

930
00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:44.920
<v Speaker 1>and sell him. You know, would you would you sell

931
00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:48.519
<v Speaker 1>him for you know, rejuvenated Michael Bush.

932
00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:54.239
<v Speaker 2>Michael Bush looks pretty good. Yeah, I think I I

933
00:56:54.360 --> 00:56:56.280
<v Speaker 2>think I would take Michael Bush. To be honest, I

934
00:56:56.760 --> 00:57:01.280
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I mean prop yeah, I think I

935
00:57:01.320 --> 00:57:04.400
<v Speaker 2>would take Michael Bush. It's close though, I would you

936
00:57:04.480 --> 00:57:07.199
<v Speaker 2>could probably get someone, uh, you get someone thrown in.

937
00:57:07.639 --> 00:57:10.960
<v Speaker 2>I think maybe in that trade. Uh, if you're if

938
00:57:10.960 --> 00:57:13.559
<v Speaker 2>you're able to if you're able to barter, if you

939
00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:15.320
<v Speaker 2>can do a little if you can do a little.

940
00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:17.559
<v Speaker 1>Haggling trade somewhere else.

941
00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:20.800
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, maybe, Yeah, I don't and that's not a

942
00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:23.719
<v Speaker 2>terrible trade for me. I don't mind it. I would probably,

943
00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:25.800
<v Speaker 2>you know, right now, on the player raider, Bush is

944
00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:30.199
<v Speaker 2>above Freeman, so yeah, and I don't see that necessarily changing.

945
00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:31.480
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, I would take Bush.

946
00:57:32.199 --> 00:57:34.599
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I mean, you're you're welcoming me. Michael Bush owners

947
00:57:34.639 --> 00:57:35.000
<v Speaker 1>out there.

948
00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:35.639
<v Speaker 2>Uh.

949
00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:38.079
<v Speaker 1>He started hit well as soon as I traded him

950
00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:43.599
<v Speaker 1>in the Parts League. How about how about Tyler Schauderstrom,

951
00:57:43.679 --> 00:57:46.199
<v Speaker 1>who started the season on a tear and it's it's

952
00:57:46.239 --> 00:57:47.119
<v Speaker 1>cooled off a little bit.

953
00:57:49.800 --> 00:57:51.719
<v Speaker 2>I would go Freeman over Soderstrom.

954
00:57:52.559 --> 00:57:57.559
<v Speaker 1>Okay, how about the Braves replacement for Freeman, Matt Olson?

955
00:57:58.760 --> 00:58:00.840
<v Speaker 2>Uh, wo, we go Matt Olson.

956
00:58:01.960 --> 00:58:03.400
<v Speaker 1>And then how about Vlad?

957
00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:05.239
<v Speaker 2>I think Vlad?

958
00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:09.480
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so we have a pretty decent idea where you're

959
00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:13.199
<v Speaker 1>at on him. You know, Soderstrom seems to be kind

960
00:58:13.239 --> 00:58:17.360
<v Speaker 1>of the line for you. Let's move on to Anthony Volpe.

961
00:58:18.079 --> 00:58:20.280
<v Speaker 1>He started the season in April two thirty seven, five

962
00:58:20.280 --> 00:58:23.599
<v Speaker 1>home runs, three Stone bases, May two forty two, one

963
00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:28.000
<v Speaker 1>home run, four Stone bases, June two or two, three

964
00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:32.679
<v Speaker 1>home runs two Stone bases. I mean, it's a guy

965
00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:34.920
<v Speaker 1>that is at least putting up the home runs in

966
00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:39.119
<v Speaker 1>Stone bases each month, but it's getting harder and harder

967
00:58:39.199 --> 00:58:42.199
<v Speaker 1>to start him, especially with you know, some of the

968
00:58:42.280 --> 00:58:45.039
<v Speaker 1>other middle infield options available in leagues.

969
00:58:46.239 --> 00:58:50.199
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I think he's also he's kind of in

970
00:58:50.320 --> 00:58:54.320
<v Speaker 2>the Azzi Alby's camp where it's like, even even if

971
00:58:54.360 --> 00:58:56.800
<v Speaker 2>he does get hot, I mean, we're really what are

972
00:58:56.800 --> 00:59:00.760
<v Speaker 2>you losing by moving on from Anthony out Anthony Volpe,

973
00:59:01.159 --> 00:59:03.719
<v Speaker 2>I think you're probably I think you're probably at the

974
00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:06.719
<v Speaker 2>point where, in a twelve team mix league or shallower

975
00:59:07.280 --> 00:59:10.519
<v Speaker 2>you're you could look elsewhere. Uh, you know, it depends

976
00:59:10.519 --> 00:59:15.960
<v Speaker 2>on who's available. I think I still have Volpey above

977
00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:20.239
<v Speaker 2>Ozzie Albi's in my mind even you know, a different

978
00:59:20.280 --> 00:59:25.559
<v Speaker 2>position obviously, but I think Volpey over Albi's. But volpe

979
00:59:25.719 --> 00:59:28.079
<v Speaker 2>is sort of at the point where, if you have

980
00:59:28.199 --> 00:59:30.760
<v Speaker 2>better options on waivers, I think you can move on.

981
00:59:32.079 --> 00:59:35.440
<v Speaker 1>All right, would you take which of these guys would

982
00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:40.119
<v Speaker 1>you take volpey or over Volpey Trevor Story out of Lopez,

983
00:59:40.199 --> 00:59:41.639
<v Speaker 1>bobaet Dansby Swanson.

984
00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:50.199
<v Speaker 2>I think Dansby Swanson for sure. I think probably Bobaschett. Unfortunately,

985
00:59:50.719 --> 00:59:53.000
<v Speaker 2>I hate to say it, but I think you do.

986
00:59:53.480 --> 01:00:00.159
<v Speaker 2>I think you take Bobaschett over Volpe Lopez. Yeah, I

987
01:00:00.239 --> 01:00:03.559
<v Speaker 2>think Lopez. You're probably you should take Lopez over Volpe,

988
01:00:04.960 --> 01:00:06.199
<v Speaker 2>not not Trevor Story.

989
01:00:07.840 --> 01:00:11.360
<v Speaker 1>Okay, uh, you know, I'm just gonna say no, no, no,

990
01:00:11.480 --> 01:00:14.719
<v Speaker 1>I'm boba shit, just because it's a little like what

991
01:00:14.840 --> 01:00:18.519
<v Speaker 1>we were talking about earlier with some of the boring guys,

992
01:00:18.599 --> 01:00:20.920
<v Speaker 1>where it's like, yeah, like he's kind of the Ian

993
01:00:21.000 --> 01:00:25.280
<v Speaker 1>happ now of like that's what he said. He is, like, yeah,

994
01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:28.800
<v Speaker 1>you could get him, but it's really boring and he

995
01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:31.480
<v Speaker 1>really needs somebody to hit him in otherwise there's not

996
01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:34.280
<v Speaker 1>really value there. I'll take. I'll think the chance Volpe

997
01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:37.159
<v Speaker 1>turns it around, hits two forty, It does like a

998
01:00:37.239 --> 01:00:39.599
<v Speaker 1>couple of five fives months the rest of the season,

999
01:00:40.519 --> 01:00:43.639
<v Speaker 1>but I get it if it's a deeper league. Wyatt

1000
01:00:43.679 --> 01:00:48.000
<v Speaker 1>Langford April two ninety nine, six home runs, four stolen bases,

1001
01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:50.800
<v Speaker 1>The breakout is happening. Everybody drafted him is a genius.

1002
01:00:51.719 --> 01:00:54.800
<v Speaker 1>May one eighty nine five over runs, six dolen bases.

1003
01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:57.559
<v Speaker 1>You know, at least he's inting home runs stealing bases.

1004
01:00:57.679 --> 01:01:01.239
<v Speaker 1>The average will come June twenty four to him runs

1005
01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:03.639
<v Speaker 1>a stolen base and now he's head in the eye

1006
01:01:03.679 --> 01:01:08.599
<v Speaker 1>out with an oblique issue. I mean the oblique helps

1007
01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:11.880
<v Speaker 1>kind of give him a reason why it was happening

1008
01:01:12.000 --> 01:01:14.639
<v Speaker 1>and give us as a narrative to work with. But

1009
01:01:14.760 --> 01:01:18.320
<v Speaker 1>we also just talked about how a guy's coming back

1010
01:01:18.320 --> 01:01:21.559
<v Speaker 1>from injury tend not to necessarily come back in the

1011
01:01:21.599 --> 01:01:24.920
<v Speaker 1>same manner as we want them to. What are you

1012
01:01:25.000 --> 01:01:27.199
<v Speaker 1>doing with Wyatt Langford? I mean, he has the name

1013
01:01:27.840 --> 01:01:29.679
<v Speaker 1>he put up at least one big month where you

1014
01:01:29.719 --> 01:01:31.840
<v Speaker 1>can you can point to and say here's what a

1015
01:01:31.880 --> 01:01:35.639
<v Speaker 1>healthy Langford does. But would you would you trade him away?

1016
01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:36.800
<v Speaker 1>Or you're just waiting and hoping.

1017
01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:42.519
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I mean at some point I think, I, well,

1018
01:01:42.559 --> 01:01:45.519
<v Speaker 2>I would to your question, I would. I would trade

1019
01:01:45.599 --> 01:01:49.519
<v Speaker 2>him away if I could get something decent. But in

1020
01:01:49.639 --> 01:01:53.159
<v Speaker 2>the in the bigger picture, with Wyatt Langford, I mean

1021
01:01:53.280 --> 01:01:56.840
<v Speaker 2>he's gonna be a struggle to rank next year and

1022
01:01:57.000 --> 01:02:00.480
<v Speaker 2>to draft where he I think he where he probably

1023
01:02:00.519 --> 01:02:03.800
<v Speaker 2>will end up going. At some point, what he did

1024
01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:08.320
<v Speaker 2>in April could become like every month, and he could

1025
01:02:08.360 --> 01:02:11.920
<v Speaker 2>do that every month and have that thirty thirty three

1026
01:02:12.039 --> 01:02:17.000
<v Speaker 2>hundred year I think that's still possible for him. It's

1027
01:02:17.079 --> 01:02:19.800
<v Speaker 2>going to be a struggle to actually rank him and

1028
01:02:20.320 --> 01:02:24.679
<v Speaker 2>draft him where. You know, that is that possibility that

1029
01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:31.599
<v Speaker 2>really it's realistic, but not I mean not necessarily you know,

1030
01:02:31.880 --> 01:02:37.480
<v Speaker 2>possible or at least, excuse me, not realistic. I mean possible,

1031
01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:41.199
<v Speaker 2>but not realistic, you know, because I mean we haven't

1032
01:02:41.239 --> 01:02:43.880
<v Speaker 2>seen it for extended period of time at any point

1033
01:02:44.199 --> 01:02:47.440
<v Speaker 2>in his career. Like he did it for one month

1034
01:02:47.519 --> 01:02:50.360
<v Speaker 2>this year, where like if he did if he did

1035
01:02:50.440 --> 01:02:53.079
<v Speaker 2>his April every month, that would have been great. But

1036
01:02:53.400 --> 01:02:55.480
<v Speaker 2>he didn't do He didn't do it every month. He

1037
01:02:55.599 --> 01:02:58.480
<v Speaker 2>did it for one month, and last year, you know,

1038
01:02:58.800 --> 01:03:01.360
<v Speaker 2>he did it for like a half month at that.

1039
01:03:01.880 --> 01:03:04.800
<v Speaker 2>So you know, at a certain point, like how do

1040
01:03:04.880 --> 01:03:07.719
<v Speaker 2>you keep ranking him and drafting him as like a

1041
01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:11.559
<v Speaker 2>top twenty outfielder when he hasn't you know, he hasn't

1042
01:03:11.599 --> 01:03:13.880
<v Speaker 2>come close to that. I mean, it's still too early,

1043
01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:16.920
<v Speaker 2>you know, to write off his entire second half but

1044
01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:21.000
<v Speaker 2>with the oblique Now, I mean, how do you like,

1045
01:03:21.400 --> 01:03:24.440
<v Speaker 2>what do you do with like? I mean, you know,

1046
01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:28.559
<v Speaker 2>he could be out for weeks, so he comes back

1047
01:03:29.199 --> 01:03:33.159
<v Speaker 2>after the All Star break, has an okay August, say,

1048
01:03:33.239 --> 01:03:36.480
<v Speaker 2>he has a great September, so he's got two months

1049
01:03:36.639 --> 01:03:41.119
<v Speaker 2>left really to show us something. So he has you know,

1050
01:03:41.199 --> 01:03:43.360
<v Speaker 2>if he has a great September, then he had a

1051
01:03:43.440 --> 01:03:46.679
<v Speaker 2>great April and a great September. It's like, okay, but

1052
01:03:47.039 --> 01:03:51.639
<v Speaker 2>what is What's that? I don't know, man, I feel

1053
01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:54.559
<v Speaker 2>like I might be the low man on Wyatt Langford

1054
01:03:54.639 --> 01:03:58.360
<v Speaker 2>next year unless he has like such an insane second

1055
01:03:58.440 --> 01:04:02.159
<v Speaker 2>half that puts all this to rest. But right now

1056
01:04:02.280 --> 01:04:05.639
<v Speaker 2>I just don't see it, and especially like the way

1057
01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:09.199
<v Speaker 2>he had his May in June showed me nothing like

1058
01:04:09.639 --> 01:04:12.159
<v Speaker 2>you know, like that May was nice, like you said,

1059
01:04:12.199 --> 01:04:15.920
<v Speaker 2>with the steals and speed, but I mean he hit

1060
01:04:16.000 --> 01:04:20.000
<v Speaker 2>one eighty nine and I don't know, I'm not I

1061
01:04:20.079 --> 01:04:23.320
<v Speaker 2>feel like I'm losing faith in White Langford until he

1062
01:04:23.480 --> 01:04:26.480
<v Speaker 2>actually shows it. And he could. I mean, he's still

1063
01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:29.719
<v Speaker 2>young enough he could show he could show it over

1064
01:04:29.960 --> 01:04:33.079
<v Speaker 2>extended period of time, but right now, one one month

1065
01:04:33.239 --> 01:04:34.760
<v Speaker 2>is one month of his career.

1066
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<v Speaker 1>Is not doing it for me, you know, Yeah, I

1067
01:04:38.280 --> 01:04:41.000
<v Speaker 1>mean it's starting to get to that, I mean injury

1068
01:04:41.239 --> 01:04:44.239
<v Speaker 1>rep at this point. I know he's still very young.

1069
01:04:44.400 --> 01:04:46.920
<v Speaker 1>You can figure out how to deal with, you know,

1070
01:04:47.039 --> 01:04:49.800
<v Speaker 1>the stresses of Major League Baseball, the schedule and everything

1071
01:04:50.400 --> 01:04:53.159
<v Speaker 1>a little bit better. But I mean, I'm with you,

1072
01:04:53.360 --> 01:04:56.320
<v Speaker 1>like we need to see it at some point. But

1073
01:04:56.480 --> 01:04:59.519
<v Speaker 1>he's twenty three. I'm not giving up hope. But I

1074
01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:01.760
<v Speaker 1>agree it's gonna be very weird to rank him. I'm

1075
01:05:01.800 --> 01:05:04.559
<v Speaker 1>assuming there's gonna be kind of like this year even

1076
01:05:04.760 --> 01:05:06.639
<v Speaker 1>There's gonna be people who are all in on him,

1077
01:05:07.320 --> 01:05:09.280
<v Speaker 1>and then there's the rest of us who will take

1078
01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:13.880
<v Speaker 1>him if he gets to a certain point, and so

1079
01:05:14.159 --> 01:05:15.320
<v Speaker 1>I probably want him.

1080
01:05:15.719 --> 01:05:18.039
<v Speaker 2>I was super happy. I mean I was like, you know,

1081
01:05:18.760 --> 01:05:21.239
<v Speaker 2>I was super excited to take James Wood in every

1082
01:05:21.320 --> 01:05:23.639
<v Speaker 2>league and I didn't get why at Langford because I

1083
01:05:23.800 --> 01:05:26.679
<v Speaker 2>was so high on James Wood. But I'm glad that

1084
01:05:26.800 --> 01:05:30.599
<v Speaker 2>worked out fine. But yeah, I mean, I'm you know,

1085
01:05:30.840 --> 01:05:34.599
<v Speaker 2>I'm James Wood. It's like he's become a star, and

1086
01:05:34.880 --> 01:05:37.440
<v Speaker 2>why at Langford was supposed to be a star, But like,

1087
01:05:38.159 --> 01:05:39.880
<v Speaker 2>where is that? Where is it?

1088
01:05:41.639 --> 01:05:44.000
<v Speaker 1>Okay? I agree, I had I had went over Langford

1089
01:05:44.039 --> 01:05:46.199
<v Speaker 1>as well. I know that it was not universal, but

1090
01:05:47.840 --> 01:05:49.679
<v Speaker 1>I'm glad it worked out for both of us at

1091
01:05:49.760 --> 01:05:56.159
<v Speaker 1>least if you could move Langford right now, Gray, I mean,

1092
01:05:56.239 --> 01:05:59.960
<v Speaker 1>would you move him for Dylan Cruz, who's kind of

1093
01:06:00.079 --> 01:06:02.519
<v Speaker 1>in a similar situation that he's injured. We're not sure

1094
01:06:02.519 --> 01:06:06.159
<v Speaker 1>when he's coming back. He struggled as well.

1095
01:06:06.519 --> 01:06:09.280
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, I wouldn't take on Cruise now, all right.

1096
01:06:09.199 --> 01:06:17.119
<v Speaker 1>How about the oh go ahead, okay, how about south Relick. Oh, look,

1097
01:06:17.199 --> 01:06:20.400
<v Speaker 1>he's been solid this year. He has been to call

1098
01:06:20.440 --> 01:06:22.000
<v Speaker 1>it the breakout. It's been the breakout.

1099
01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:24.679
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean he moved, He's gonna moved to the

1100
01:06:24.800 --> 01:06:28.239
<v Speaker 2>leadoff spot. He's a top thirty outfielder right now on

1101
01:06:28.280 --> 01:06:32.679
<v Speaker 2>the player Raider. Now, I would take the you know,

1102
01:06:32.800 --> 01:06:36.280
<v Speaker 2>whye Langford for you know, after the All Star break

1103
01:06:36.400 --> 01:06:39.440
<v Speaker 2>for two and a half months, hopefully that you get

1104
01:06:40.039 --> 01:06:41.519
<v Speaker 2>over free like yeah.

1105
01:06:42.440 --> 01:06:45.599
<v Speaker 1>Okay, how about how about Taylor Ward?

1106
01:06:48.760 --> 01:06:51.079
<v Speaker 2>I would go Taylor Ward over Langford?

1107
01:06:52.119 --> 01:06:56.719
<v Speaker 1>Okay, so maybe in like the thirty thirty five range

1108
01:06:56.719 --> 01:07:00.480
<v Speaker 1>of outfielders somewhere on there and up, you would you

1109
01:07:00.519 --> 01:07:03.719
<v Speaker 1>would bet that swap anything else, just take the risk

1110
01:07:03.719 --> 01:07:06.440
<v Speaker 1>of the linker comes back and you know it is

1111
01:07:06.519 --> 01:07:08.800
<v Speaker 1>healthy because again, when he's been healthy, he's looked good.

1112
01:07:09.880 --> 01:07:15.119
<v Speaker 2>Just there's just been issues there, right, Yeah, no, totally. Actually,

1113
01:07:15.239 --> 01:07:18.400
<v Speaker 2>when I was going looking at the player Rader for

1114
01:07:19.639 --> 01:07:24.519
<v Speaker 2>pre Look and Taylor Ward, I noticed Mookie Betts. Uh,

1115
01:07:25.440 --> 01:07:28.000
<v Speaker 2>who's been a who's been a bit of a struggle.

1116
01:07:28.679 --> 01:07:30.760
<v Speaker 2>Uh he could have been he could have been listed.

1117
01:07:31.000 --> 01:07:34.199
<v Speaker 2>You don't have him on the podcast outline or I

1118
01:07:34.239 --> 01:07:36.679
<v Speaker 2>should say chat g b T didn't put him on

1119
01:07:36.719 --> 01:07:41.880
<v Speaker 2>the podcast. But Mooky Betts is like, you know, he's

1120
01:07:41.920 --> 01:07:45.599
<v Speaker 2>been a struggle too for the better part of the year. Uh,

1121
01:07:45.719 --> 01:07:51.440
<v Speaker 2>he's getting by a lot on like what he does

1122
01:07:51.519 --> 01:07:54.760
<v Speaker 2>and runs and RBIs because that's been you know, still

1123
01:07:54.880 --> 01:07:59.599
<v Speaker 2>fantastic because of the Dodger lineup and and where he's

1124
01:07:59.760 --> 01:08:04.679
<v Speaker 2>played in it. But yeah, he's been he's been a struggle.

1125
01:08:04.800 --> 01:08:10.360
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know, Mooki Bets's numbers aren't screaming. He'll

1126
01:08:10.440 --> 01:08:12.400
<v Speaker 2>be okay for what it's worth.

1127
01:08:13.800 --> 01:08:16.680
<v Speaker 1>No, every all the numbers are trending down, Our hits down,

1128
01:08:16.880 --> 01:08:19.960
<v Speaker 1>exit velocity is down. Home on the fly ball is

1129
01:08:20.199 --> 01:08:26.039
<v Speaker 1>plummeting gray the last two seasons. Yeah, the the end

1130
01:08:26.079 --> 01:08:29.840
<v Speaker 1>of Mooki may may be here. It's a it's it's

1131
01:08:29.840 --> 01:08:32.119
<v Speaker 1>sad to see because I think I think most of

1132
01:08:32.239 --> 01:08:35.439
<v Speaker 1>us have enjoyed watching Mookie play. He's been a great,

1133
01:08:35.760 --> 01:08:39.439
<v Speaker 1>you know, ambassador for the game. And uh yeah, it's

1134
01:08:39.600 --> 01:08:43.159
<v Speaker 1>it's sadly coming to an end. Let's move over to

1135
01:08:43.239 --> 01:08:45.560
<v Speaker 1>closers and some guys we could have included in June

1136
01:08:45.720 --> 01:08:48.720
<v Speaker 1>strugglers as well as things that may come to an end.

1137
01:08:48.760 --> 01:08:55.399
<v Speaker 1>Gray Robert Suarez April fourteen, innings six four year ah

1138
01:08:55.560 --> 01:08:58.520
<v Speaker 1>five to seven, whip May ten and the third innings

1139
01:08:58.560 --> 01:09:01.680
<v Speaker 1>four three five year A one one six whip June

1140
01:09:01.960 --> 01:09:06.000
<v Speaker 1>ten and thirty eight's seven eight four one seven four.

1141
01:09:08.159 --> 01:09:14.439
<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's not good. You still getting the opportunities,

1142
01:09:14.640 --> 01:09:19.159
<v Speaker 1>So you know, there's that. But the same time, you know,

1143
01:09:19.319 --> 01:09:21.920
<v Speaker 1>there's a I think a lot of people were worried

1144
01:09:21.920 --> 01:09:26.159
<v Speaker 1>about Robert Soures entering the season and it's starting to

1145
01:09:26.239 --> 01:09:26.680
<v Speaker 1>show up.

1146
01:09:28.039 --> 01:09:33.399
<v Speaker 2>M Yeah, I know. It's unfortunately the Padres don't have

1147
01:09:33.680 --> 01:09:35.880
<v Speaker 2>anyone behind him who could take over for him. Wait,

1148
01:09:36.039 --> 01:09:41.840
<v Speaker 2>hold on, I'm hearing something. My finger to the earbud. Oh, actually,

1149
01:09:41.880 --> 01:09:43.520
<v Speaker 2>they have a lot of guys who could take over

1150
01:09:43.760 --> 01:09:47.319
<v Speaker 2>for him. I stay correct that they have They have

1151
01:09:47.560 --> 01:09:54.199
<v Speaker 2>multiple replacements that are really good. Yeah, but I mean,

1152
01:09:54.359 --> 01:09:57.119
<v Speaker 2>if anything, I wouldn't be sure. If I were the Padres,

1153
01:09:57.199 --> 01:09:59.920
<v Speaker 2>I would trade Robert Suarez to like the Phillies or

1154
01:10:00.079 --> 01:10:03.199
<v Speaker 2>something and let him be awful as the Phillies closer

1155
01:10:03.439 --> 01:10:07.439
<v Speaker 2>for August. I would get anything I could for Robert

1156
01:10:07.520 --> 01:10:11.760
<v Speaker 2>Sorez if I could trade him in fantasy or in reality.

1157
01:10:12.880 --> 01:10:16.039
<v Speaker 2>But you know, it's like, as long as he's the closer,

1158
01:10:16.239 --> 01:10:19.439
<v Speaker 2>which he is as of right the second, I mean,

1159
01:10:19.439 --> 01:10:22.760
<v Speaker 2>you got to start him in most leagues, I would think, so,

1160
01:10:22.960 --> 01:10:26.920
<v Speaker 2>I don't know. I finally benched him in one league,

1161
01:10:28.279 --> 01:10:31.600
<v Speaker 2>in a weekly league, but I had a decent alternative.

1162
01:10:32.279 --> 01:10:35.119
<v Speaker 2>So unless you have really good alternatives, I don't know

1163
01:10:35.680 --> 01:10:38.319
<v Speaker 2>what you do with Robert Sorez other than start them

1164
01:10:38.560 --> 01:10:42.239
<v Speaker 2>and hope he you know, corrects whatever the issue is.

1165
01:10:43.960 --> 01:10:46.439
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I started him as well in the leagues that

1166
01:10:46.520 --> 01:10:49.479
<v Speaker 1>I own him. You know, I didn't really have a

1167
01:10:49.840 --> 01:10:54.159
<v Speaker 1>clear better option. So that's what you went That's what

1168
01:10:54.279 --> 01:10:57.000
<v Speaker 1>I went with. Like you said, he's still getting the saves.

1169
01:10:57.359 --> 01:10:59.680
<v Speaker 1>You just just hope they keep rolling them out there

1170
01:10:59.720 --> 01:11:02.800
<v Speaker 1>for that. If you're if that's what, uh, you know,

1171
01:11:02.960 --> 01:11:07.119
<v Speaker 1>his value is gonna be. I think Jason Adam would

1172
01:11:07.159 --> 01:11:09.279
<v Speaker 1>be on the short list of guys would it would

1173
01:11:09.319 --> 01:11:13.079
<v Speaker 1>be next? He's been phenomenal all season and last season

1174
01:11:13.199 --> 01:11:17.880
<v Speaker 1>and pretty much his whole time in the majors. Adrian

1175
01:11:17.960 --> 01:11:21.159
<v Speaker 1>Morjon he might be on that list as well, but

1176
01:11:22.760 --> 01:11:28.560
<v Speaker 1>that's where I would look. Maybe Jeremiah Strata over in

1177
01:11:28.800 --> 01:11:33.119
<v Speaker 1>uh San Francisco. Gray Camillo Davall has also been terrible

1178
01:11:33.880 --> 01:11:38.800
<v Speaker 1>here in June. As we continue this theme, you know,

1179
01:11:39.279 --> 01:11:42.199
<v Speaker 1>he's had twelve innings in June with a six ear

1180
01:11:42.239 --> 01:11:45.359
<v Speaker 1>a and a two whip. It's hard to have a

1181
01:11:45.439 --> 01:11:48.640
<v Speaker 1>two whip grade, Like, it's really difficult to get to

1182
01:11:48.760 --> 01:11:52.600
<v Speaker 1>that point. What are you doing with Camilo d'vall, who

1183
01:11:53.600 --> 01:11:57.560
<v Speaker 1>you know was doing just just fine up until this month.

1184
01:11:59.760 --> 01:12:01.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, well, I mean he was doing fine as

1185
01:12:02.000 --> 01:12:06.000
<v Speaker 2>far as e a, but his his peripherals looked pretty

1186
01:12:06.039 --> 01:12:09.159
<v Speaker 2>bad for a while. Now, like he's his strikeouts are

1187
01:12:09.199 --> 01:12:13.640
<v Speaker 2>way down, his walks are have been terrible. They've continued

1188
01:12:13.640 --> 01:12:17.680
<v Speaker 2>to be terrible. He's he's just not pitching very well.

1189
01:12:18.000 --> 01:12:21.640
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, I think they have I don't know,

1190
01:12:21.800 --> 01:12:25.920
<v Speaker 2>they seem to like decide he was gonna be the

1191
01:12:26.000 --> 01:12:32.560
<v Speaker 2>closer randomly when his numbers really weren't backing that up,

1192
01:12:33.119 --> 01:12:35.800
<v Speaker 2>but that was more because Ryan Walker were so terrible.

1193
01:12:36.199 --> 01:12:38.479
<v Speaker 2>I think they probably should have went to Randy Rodriguez

1194
01:12:38.640 --> 01:12:42.800
<v Speaker 2>as the closer, even though they didn't. But he would

1195
01:12:42.840 --> 01:12:47.279
<v Speaker 2>be my choice, you know. I think maybe at some

1196
01:12:47.399 --> 01:12:51.199
<v Speaker 2>point he does finally get the opportunity to be the closer,

1197
01:12:51.279 --> 01:12:54.880
<v Speaker 2>because his stuff looks nasty. He looks like the closer,

1198
01:12:55.000 --> 01:12:59.760
<v Speaker 2>I mean clearly, like his numbers are ridiculous and Duval's

1199
01:12:59.800 --> 01:13:02.479
<v Speaker 2>number are not good. So yeah, I don't know. I

1200
01:13:02.479 --> 01:13:06.119
<v Speaker 2>would be stashing Randy Rodriguez as of right now. It

1201
01:13:06.239 --> 01:13:11.640
<v Speaker 2>does not seem like they're giving that. Uh, they're they're

1202
01:13:11.880 --> 01:13:15.039
<v Speaker 2>not necessarily going that route. But I would stash them

1203
01:13:15.119 --> 01:13:18.520
<v Speaker 2>and see what happens. Maybe maybe they finally figure it out,

1204
01:13:18.680 --> 01:13:23.359
<v Speaker 2>maybe they go over. Maybe uh, he becomes the closer. No,

1205
01:13:23.720 --> 01:13:27.279
<v Speaker 2>we'll see, but I'm not I'm not counting on it,

1206
01:13:27.399 --> 01:13:29.079
<v Speaker 2>but I would stash him just in case.

1207
01:13:30.600 --> 01:13:33.119
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I would go ahead and stash Randy and maybe

1208
01:13:33.199 --> 01:13:35.720
<v Speaker 1>Tyler Rogers, although they seem to not really want to

1209
01:13:35.760 --> 01:13:38.600
<v Speaker 1>make him closer, but he's been he's been great this

1210
01:13:38.720 --> 01:13:41.640
<v Speaker 1>season as well. I will say Camillo Devall was great,

1211
01:13:41.720 --> 01:13:47.079
<v Speaker 1>in May just just been awful here in June. The Braves,

1212
01:13:47.600 --> 01:13:49.159
<v Speaker 1>you know, we had to make fun of him last

1213
01:13:49.199 --> 01:13:52.399
<v Speaker 1>podcast and say they hadn't had saves they got to

1214
01:13:52.680 --> 01:13:55.319
<v Speaker 1>last week, but they also went to two different guys. Gray,

1215
01:13:56.359 --> 01:13:58.039
<v Speaker 1>We said it was just gonna be a headache. I mean,

1216
01:13:58.319 --> 01:14:01.560
<v Speaker 1>same thing with you know again it's Iglacias and Lee.

1217
01:14:01.600 --> 01:14:02.640
<v Speaker 1>If you want people right.

1218
01:14:03.159 --> 01:14:08.439
<v Speaker 2>M Yeah, I would say Iglesias even though I don't

1219
01:14:08.479 --> 01:14:11.399
<v Speaker 2>trust him at all, but I think I think that

1220
01:14:11.439 --> 01:14:13.359
<v Speaker 2>would probably be the way I would I would go.

1221
01:14:13.680 --> 01:14:15.479
<v Speaker 2>I would, you know, if I could, I'd probably put

1222
01:14:15.560 --> 01:14:18.359
<v Speaker 2>him on my bench in my fantasy league and see

1223
01:14:18.399 --> 01:14:21.159
<v Speaker 2>if he can get right, and if he does, then

1224
01:14:21.520 --> 01:14:24.000
<v Speaker 2>you can move him into your lineup next week if

1225
01:14:24.119 --> 01:14:27.520
<v Speaker 2>you have if you could do that potentially, But yeah,

1226
01:14:27.920 --> 01:14:30.439
<v Speaker 2>I don't trust him, but I think Iglesias is the guy.

1227
01:14:31.520 --> 01:14:38.000
<v Speaker 1>Okay, and then let's do our arbag or necessary weekly Philadelphia.

1228
01:14:40.199 --> 01:14:42.239
<v Speaker 1>We said it was a Ryan kirkeran last week and

1229
01:14:42.359 --> 01:14:46.199
<v Speaker 1>Matt Strong got to save this week, So there you go.

1230
01:14:46.520 --> 01:14:48.720
<v Speaker 1>I mean, I'm just gonna mention it until they trade

1231
01:14:48.760 --> 01:14:51.439
<v Speaker 1>for somebody, and then that person will do collapse in

1232
01:14:51.560 --> 01:14:55.079
<v Speaker 1>on himself too. It might be Robert Suarez, who knows.

1233
01:14:55.880 --> 01:14:58.079
<v Speaker 1>One last note on Robert Suarez is the one thing

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01:14:58.119 --> 01:15:01.199
<v Speaker 1>I did notice. The change up has been the problem pitch.

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<v Speaker 1>It's been getting hit around. The verticle drop is just

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<v Speaker 1>not there like it was early in the season. So

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<v Speaker 1>that's what we're looking for. If he's gonna turn around

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<v Speaker 1>and keep that job, you want that change to come

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<v Speaker 1>back around. Great, give the people some waiver wire bats.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll give him some streaming options and we will get

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<v Speaker 1>out of here.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh okay, So Otto Lopez looks like he's been the

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<v Speaker 2>hottest hitter on the Seven Day Player Raider who is

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<v Speaker 2>under one hundred roster, So grab him if he's still

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<v Speaker 2>out there. Spencer Steer has been hot. Nolan Gorman, Gary

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<v Speaker 2>Sanchez remember him? I don't, but maybe you do. Ramon

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<v Speaker 2>Loriano has been hot as well. Kyle Stowers, Tommy fam

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<v Speaker 2>look at that he's getting hot even outside of trip clubs.

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<v Speaker 2>Zach mckinstreet, he's been hot. Joey Ortiz, Jacob Young for

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<v Speaker 2>the Nationals. I didn't even know he was hot, but

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<v Speaker 2>according to the Seven Day Player Raider, he has been.

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<v Speaker 2>Ristian Moore, Angels second baseman prospect, he's been hitting for

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<v Speaker 2>power and not much else, but yeah, he's been hot.

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<v Speaker 2>Mason Wynn, Caleb Durban Brewers, multiple position eligibility, he's been hot.

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<v Speaker 2>And finally Carlos Correy. There's a name you haven't heard

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<v Speaker 2>a while, and he's been hot, so go get him, guys.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, he actually went for a lot in our in

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<v Speaker 1>one of my leagues Gray, and I was not. I

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<v Speaker 1>was not expecting that, to be honest. It's like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>that's like twenty percent of a budget. That's that's craziness.

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't even know. I only have twenty percent of

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<v Speaker 1>my budget left, so I didn't get him obviously, anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Substribing options on the pitcher side, Quinn Priester at Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>Jacob Lopez at Tampa Bay versus San Francisco, Eric Lauer

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<v Speaker 1>versus The Angels, Charlie Moore than that Texas, Dean Kramer

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<v Speaker 1>at Atlanta, Edward Rigez versus Kansas City, Jeffrey Jeffrey Springs

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<v Speaker 1>returns to Tampa Bay, Brian BeO versus Cincinnati, Jamison ti

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<v Speaker 1>On versus Saint Louis, Simeon Wood Richardson at Miami, A

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<v Speaker 1>Jason Junk versus Minnesota, and Edward Cabrera versus Minnesota versus Milwaukee.

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<v Speaker 1>Much better week this week for streamers than last week.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have specific questions, you can find us on

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<v Speaker 1>Twitter or ex at rasball as Gray's tech I am

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<v Speaker 1>at rasbeat On. You can find us on YouTube dot com,

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<v Speaker 1>slash rasball Fantasy, or in the comment section on rasball

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<v Speaker 1>dot com. Until next time, hopefully you get set to

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<v Speaker 1>your lineups correctly with the best players, you don't miss

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<v Speaker 1>out on that random two Homer O'Neil Cruz game like

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<v Speaker 1>somebody might have. And I'll talk to you next week,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, man, talk to you later.