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we are joined as always by the Fantasy Master Lothario himself,
the man whose favorite hot pockets flavor is hamdmate and cheese,
Gray Albright.
Speaker 3: If I could, if I could manage to get the
hot pocket to the right temperature, I would be a cray.
I would that would actually see like people talk about like, oh,
Thomas Alva Addison invented the light bulb, Like, yeah, but
did he sticks hot pockets so they didn't burn my mouth?
As soon as i'd been into it.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean I figured your addiction to ham
and cheese, hot hammate and cheese hot pockets is what's
causing all those injuries out there.
Speaker 2: They've got it.
Speaker 1: They've got to feed the hamdmate machine and get them
all ground up for you in those hot pockets. But yes,
burning those mouths of over all the roofs out there,
how you doing it?
Speaker 3: Actually, I don't know if I don't know if we've
heard We've heard a lot of ridiculous injuries over the years,
but I don't know if we've heard one where a
guy is day to day because he burned the roof
of his mouth with a hot pocket. That does sound
like something Royce low is my too, though, if you're
out there listening, just put it on. Put the microwave
on fifty percent for like ten second intervals, and try it.
Just try a bite. Don't go too crazy with the whole.
Oh I'm gonna put the microwave on high and cook
it for three minutes straight. Don't do that, oh man.
I actually, yeah, I just got back from New York
and by my arm, sorry now, I was. I was
in New York for for the week and look at me.
I'm back in La now on, but I'm still on
East Coast time, so it's worse. Yeah, so yeah, I know.
So if like you asked me something, I don't answer
you for like three hours, you know why this's gonna
be a time delay time delay podcast.
Speaker 2: All Right, It's gonna take a lot of editing work
to stitch it all together. I'll do my best, But
I'm also.
Speaker 1: Mentioning pork products out there because we have piggybacking going
on in Seattle. I think this is probably one of
the biggest pieces of news we've got to talk about
this week, before we get into the injuries and the
call ops and everything like that. I mean, what are
we doing with the Seattle Mariners, Because these are some
stall warts for fantasy leagues out there across the board.
There's nothing more frustrating than trying to unwind this situation.
And then on top of it, you're also talking Kate
Anderson just is untouchable down in Double A.
Speaker 2: Any other team, I think he would already be up.
Speaker 1: But the Mariners are giving us quite the curveball to
deal with here for fantasy, are they not.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Actually, Kate Anderson, if he were if he were
in uh an Anaheim, Los Angeles, Angel of Anaheim, he
would have been actually called up before he was drafted.
I don't know how. I don't know how they would
have pulled it off, but the Angels definitely would have
pulled that off. Uh yeah, I was actually I was
on the verge of doing a Kate Anderson buy for
my My Friday column my Bysal. I was on the
verge of doing a Kate Anderson one, like I think
it was like last week. But when the Mariners announced
that they were going to like piggyback with their starters,
and I was like, oh, I mean they're not even
starting their actual starters, why would they call up another guy?
So I'm yeah, I'm not sure really because is like, I,
you know, this weekend, this was the first real weekend
that we we saw like the piggybacking in action. And
Emerson Hancock could have gotten piggybacked a little more because
he went five and a third and gave up five earned,
So I don't know where the piggybacking was with that.
And then Logan Gilbert on Sunday that they were recording this,
he went six, So I like I don't know. Maybe
I don't maybe that wasn't a thing.
Speaker 2: Oh no, I really know that.
Speaker 3: Are they just doing like are they just gonna do
like Louis Castilio and like Bryce Miller as they've been
doing this whole time, Because if they're doing that, then
that is what it is, and that's been going on
now for a couple of weeks. I don't know, man,
I don't know what's going on with the Mariners because
that was like a real big piece of news this
week where they said that they were gonna be doing
the pig and then they've sort of just let their
starters go now, So I don't I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't know, man, Yeah, I have no idea how
to interpret it either. As we're speaking, I'm looking at
roster resource. They have Luis Castio pitching three times over
the next week. I don't even know how he's going
to do that. They have him going on Thursday piggybacking,
but then still being the Friday starter, which there's something
weird going on there, but then also piggybacking again the
Tuesday after.
Speaker 2: So who knows.
Speaker 1: I mean, they're just kind of waiting I think for
somebody to get injured so they can then go back
to a regular five man rotation. And I mean my
piece at over at BP, I have like a spot
where I'm always tracking the best minor leaguer of the week.
I just call it the Kate Anderson Now, because Kate
Anderson will always be the answer, I don't know when
he's going to get up, even though he certainly deserves it.
So it will be fun to check in next week
to see where this piggybacking is at and how frustrated
we've all gotten over it. I mentioned some injuries, so
let's get into it, because we had another first rounder
go down this week. Bobby Witt Junior sprained his MCL
I believe, and it's diagnosis a grade one.
Speaker 2: Hasn't played the past couple of days. I think this
makes what more than half, like seventy five percent of
first rounders out there for twelve teamers. Now, I've gotten
hurt at some point this season.
Speaker 1: This one's a big blow because with the the knee
sprain too, you're looking at somebody who part of their
fantasy game is stolen bases. So what's your concern level
with Bobby Witt Junior?
Speaker 2: The rest of the season.
Speaker 3: I probably, I'm not sure if I could be more concerned.
I'm at like basically fifteen out of ten. I'm really
concerned because, like you said, like steals, like you know,
you draft Bobby wit Junior, You're like, well, I mean,
you know, even if he hits only twenty homers, he's
gonna steal fifty bags and you know, hit three thirty
because he's so fast. But if he's got knee problems,
it's not good man. It's it's really kind of frustrating
because they also, like I envision them, you know, they
said already that they're going to reevaluate him on Monday,
so we'll see what happens. I mean, like I said,
we're recording this on Sunday, but I could see a
scenario where it's like, you know, Weekly Lineups lock five
minutes before they announced that he's going on the IL.
So I don't know, I feel like you might want
to if people are listening to this before the weekly
Lineups lock, you might want to consider having someone as
a backup just in case, because it seems like, I mean,
he's got a mcl sprain, Like why is he not
already on the IL. I mean, I know it sucks.
I don't want him to go on the IL, but
like clearly he should be on the IL already, like
it's he's their star player. What are they doing? I
don't know exactly, Like it's not like I feel. I
also worry that like if he does play through it,
it becomes even a worse issue. And like I already said,
with the steals will be down, Like I don't know,
I don't know why they're playing him. I mean, I
don't know why they're not I ling him already, So
we'll see. Yeah, it's been a it's been a brutal
first round year. Like we had Wan Soda, I believe
has already been on the I L. Bobby What Junior
is hurt? Is hurt now? Aaron Judge is on the
I L. Jose Ramirez on the I L. Ronald the
Counye Junior is on the I L. Elie de la
Cruz is on the I L.
Speaker 4: Kuermi Carroll actually was injured and then managed to make
it back for Opening Day, but who knows how he
how injured he really is, And Fernando Tattoos Junior we.
Speaker 3: Wish was on the I L.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you even mistreaked Scoople.
Speaker 3: Oh my god, Well, yeah, I was only talking about
yeah three Scoople. I l and Paul Skins has been like,
you know, kind of been. He's been healthy. But yeah,
I mean it's a little bit less than what you expect.
I think, Uh, Jackson Curio has been injured. I think
you're going I mean Francisco Lindor. I'm looking. I'm just
looking at the top twenty. It is like Francisco Lindor. Everybody. Yeah,
Oh my god, Cal Rawley is kettle, Martin Bean No,
I don't could tell Martin has he been injured? I
don't know. I don't think so. The only one who's
been healthy so far is uh Johanna Tani and I
just jinxed.
Speaker 1: Sorry, uh boy, well you want to talk about jinxt
and perpetually just hext pictures. Spencer Strider. You guys discussed
him last week a little bit, and we're really writing
him off in terms of the elbow slash shoulder injury
that he was dealing with.
Speaker 2: It was a little bit up in the air.
Speaker 1: They hadn't quite decided what the MRIs results were that
came back. It's just inflammation at this point, but showing
how serious it is, they've already moved him to the
sixty day IL in Atlanta. So is Spencer Strider or
somebody you have any hope for for the rest of
twenty twenty six worth stashing on any IL spots?
Speaker 3: You know, I don't know if I haven't any hope
for him for twenty twenty seven, be honest, I'm kind
of I'm pretty concerned about Spencer Strider. I think he's
he's now going on two plus years of having injury issues. Yeah,
I mean, I don't know. I think if you have
IL room, then I guess hold him. But I don't
expect anything from him for this year. And I want
to be shocked, if you know, because like I think
the Braves said something like we're gonna reevaluate, reevaluate him
in a month. It's like, oh, okay, sure, I mean
that that doesn't sound good. So I wouldn't be shocked
if they're just like, you know, holding out hope that
things aren't as bad as you know it seems and
he can avoid surgery. But I mean, things have been
bad now for him for a while, so I wouldn't
I wouldn't hold out hope for this year, and you know,
like I said, I honestly I'm not even joking. I
wouldn't hold out hope for him for next year either.
We'll see, though, I mean hopefully. I guess if you
haven't a dynasty league and can't really move on, then
you know, hope for the best, but I would expect
the worst.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think I'm right there with you.
Speaker 1: Next guy that we have usually perpetually on the eye
al to talk about finally hitting it.
Speaker 2: He made it.
Speaker 1: Seventy four games for US outfielder Mike Trout from the Joels.
It was pretty solid for what you paid for him
at the draft table to thirty four average with seventeen
homers and seven stolen bases fifty four runs, a great
slug to at four seventy two. But I think you
always knew this was going to becoming if you were
rostering Mike Trout on top of it. Ardy Moreno, I
believe this weekend already wrote off any trade possibility. So
you know, Mike Trout's stuck in Los Angeles and Anaheim
there for the foreseeable future. It's kind of a prison sentence,
I think at this point for Mike Trout, So what
are you doing with him for the rest of the
season and going into twenty twenty seven. He turns thirty
five in August. Life creeps up on his fast huh.
Speaker 3: Wow, yeah, man, that's his Yeah, his career is kind
of like, I mean, it's at this point. I mean,
I guess he's in. He's in. He's in for the
long haul with that contract through twenty thirty, so he's
not going anywhere. But yeah, he's he's really on the
downswing of his career. It's, uh, it's crazy because I
mean he was probably for a good ten years. He
was like everyone was like, oh, Mike Trout's the best
player ever, and he kind of was for for like
a decade. I mean, he was so good. But he's
been this guy now what he's doing now, he's been
for he's been like this for a good like four
or five years. He's just, you know, the average is
sort of bottomed out. He's like a two twenty two
thirty hitter now with you know, some pop. No real steals.
I mean, he did steal seven bags already this year,
but I wouldn't count on that really from him. He's
I mean, he is what he is at this point.
I think he's kind of like, uh, you know, a
fourth to fifth outfielder that has some pop and maybe
gets hot, uh and has like, you know a little
bit and then he's injury prone, which you know he's
been for a while too. So yeah, I mean he's
okay as a you know, back end outfielder in uh
shallower mixed leagues. But yeah, you can't expect much more.
I just thought when you were saying, like the train
thing with Artie Moreno and how it's not gonna happen,
which I agree with you, it's not gonna happen. But
I did briefly imagine him getting traded to the Phillies
and how happy he would be. Oh my god, he would.
I can just I'm just seeing Mike Trout smile on
the Phillies. Ah, man, give that to him, let him do.
I mean, he's he's such a Philly boy, even though
I think he actually is from Jersey. But he loves
the you know, he loves the Eagles obviously, so yeah,
but yeah, he's trapped in Anaheim. It's not going is
not going anywhere, sorry, man, he ain't going. No.
Speaker 1: It is very sad that he's gonna end up there
and just kind of like it's a little bit like
you remember that kind of maybe this is a little
bit out of your purview. But in h Space Jam
when there's that like flash forward from the Monstars when
they have like Michael Jordan's shackled in chains performing for
them on their their home planet. That's what Mike Trouty
is forever all the Disneyland visitors down there, because the
angel still draw well, that's kind of like one of
their funny things because everybody you know, goes to Disneyland,
catches an Angel's game and just funnels all the money
towards the Disney Corporation they can. That's what Mike trout is.
He's kind of an attraction stuck within that park down there.
It's it's getting a little sad.
Speaker 3: There is I mean there is something too like yeah,
I mean I agree with you on that. And also
I was thinking too, like the Rockies also draw very
well considering how awful they are. Like There's it's interesting
because like most teams that are awful, they don't have fans.
The Rockies. The Rockies really draw people. I don't know,
maybe it's the area or it's just like people are
so starved for sports there. I don't know.
Speaker 1: It is a beautiful park, and I think they nickname
it the World's Greatest Yes, I think they nickname it
the World's Greatest Beer garden because it is a great
place to have a beer and just kind of look
at the sunset over the Rockies and catch some great
like lots of Benny Hill music action happening when you're
watching the Colorado Rockies.
Speaker 3: Yeah, thankfully. The there's no players that are running around
in women's underwear that we know of.
Speaker 1: Almost we've almost found out with the sea through pants.
We're getting close.
Speaker 3: It's close. It's true. You never know. Maybe under good Man,
you know, who knows? I don't know.
Speaker 2: Yeah, Happy Pride Mount everybody.
Speaker 1: Okay, well let's get into some call ups, because if
you're looking for replacements for those injuries we just rattled off,
the first one you might look at is Christian Moore
coming up in Los Angeles Anaheim there for Mike Trout. Actually,
it's gonna get a little bit of outfield time. Did
make his re debut here back in left field, so
might pick up some outfield eligibility. Currently just second baseman,
was hitting pretty well in Triple A before the call up,
had nine homers and ten stolen bases in fifty one
games with a three thirty three average, But that is
in the inflated PCL environment. Since he's come up, he's
put up twelve at twelve plate appearances. Even as we're
speaking live during the current Angels game, he struck out
in eight of those twelve plate appearances. So what is
your hope in Christian Moore going forward for the rest
of the season, because I think he's probably up for
quite a while now.
Speaker 3: He's a yeah, I mean, he's it's a small sample size,
but he's You're currently sitting at a sixty percent strikeout rate.
Oh man, No, Honestly, I think the Angels should actually,
I think everyone in the PCL should move their minor
league team out of that league because it really just
messes with the uh with what you you know, what
guys expect from like, you know, the ball and when
they hit it, it's just it's kind of like not fair.
It's like the uh you know, it's like the Rockies
are the only team that should have anyone in the
PCL because they're and also I guess the a's anyway.
Christian Moore, I mean, I I think it's so hard,
like because of the PCL, it's so hard to get
a real grasp on like what he is. And also
I mean he was hitting three thirty three, but he
had a four to twelve babbit in an extreme hitting environment,
so it's like you can basically throw out all his numbers,
like I belie. I wrote up Christian Moore earlier this
week or I guess it was last week, and I
think I said, like, you know, watch and see maybe
in like deeper mixed leagues if you're really struggling at am.
I but I don't, like, until we see something from
him that is, like you know, until we see like
some sort of consistent contact, I don't think he's anything
more than an ale only play yep.
Speaker 2: I think I'm right there with you.
Speaker 1: It's also a pretty crowded situation, with Denzer Guzman playing
pretty well, of On Grissom playing pretty well, Nick madrig
Goal needing his at bats apparently.
Speaker 2: Oswald Pirazza also there.
Speaker 1: Wade Meckler is on fire, so you can't stop the
Mecher the Meckler there, So yeah, I agree that until
he shows us something he can be left to the
waiver wire.
Speaker 2: Let's go to Cleveland where they needed somebody.
Speaker 1: As Jose Ramirez chased the laughter and on Hell Martinez
all hit the il with broken bones. This past week,
they brought up Khalil Watson, who was a big time
prospect back in the day for the Marlins, was a
first round pick in twenty twenty one. Also, funnily since
he's come up with the Cleveland Guardians. Here twelve of
played appearances, eight strikeouts, just like Christian Moore, but it
was much better in tripla twelve homers, fifteen stone bases
in fifty six games with a two to fifty five
batting average. It is a pretty nice home park there
in Columbus that he plays in. It's like a short
right field. So what do you think about Khalil Watson,
especially in comparison to Christian Moore, because Watson came up
as an infielder, But I think he's only going to
be an outfielder going forward.
Speaker 2: But you never know with the way Cleveland mixes and
matches their lineup.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I think like Cleveland for me, is
the exact opposite of Anaheim with the Angels because like,
I feel like Cleveland actually coaches up their players, where
Anaheim I don't think they really coach their guys at all,
So I you know, I even though I will say
that Kurtzuzuki seems like he's he's like the anomaly over
in Anaheim. Anyway, Khalil Watson, you know, his strikeouts were
kind of high in Triple A at twenty eight percent,
So unless you're really struggling for a like in a
mix league, I still I feel like I'm not that
far off from him where I am with like Christian Moore,
I think they're I think Khalil Watson is still probably
a flyer for ALE only and maybe deeper mixed leagues
if you're really desperate. I mean, the power speed is nice,
but he the contact twenty eight percent and Triple A
is pretty iffy. So we'll see what Cleveland can do,
because I do think Cleveland is a team that can
coach guys, but I I'll be interested in seeing I'd
probably want to see more before I really committed to
picking up Watson in like any any mix league.
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I think you're in the same boat with
both of them, really, both Ale Only but if you
had to put your fab dollars on one or the
other who you pursuing between Moore and Watson.
Speaker 3: Oh, I'd go Watson just because I trust the Guardians more. Yeah,
pretty much. Yeah, I mean I don't trust the Angels.
I mean, if Christian Moore is gonna be good, I
feel like this is similar to how I felt with
like O'Neil Cruz a few years ago when the Pirates
had a different regime in there, that it's like, if
Christian Moore is gonna be good, it's gonna be him
getting good on his own or getting outside council from
like drive line or something. I don't think the Angels
have what it takes to make Christian more good, but
you know, maybe at some point, possibly down the road,
if he can make better contact. But anyway, I would
go Watson if I had to choose one of them,
and I probably wouldn't choose either of them. You know,
if like, if I was really desperate for like an
m I I would probably just look at like a
hot bat or something like a you know, someone off
of waivers, like who's just like available, like a Nassim
Nunez or something, you know, something like that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I think that's very fair.
Speaker 1: Okay, we had one other call up this week, well,
I mean we got two to cover, but one that
I think really stood out with Carson Wisenhunt of the
Giants coming up making a spot start in Atlanta, which
is not easy to do in June, coming away with
a win there. Not terribly impressive in terms of strikeouts,
but this is a crafty guy change up first and
was pitching well in that PCL that we've talked about,
three sixty five ERA with a just over ten K
nine over sixty nine innings for the TRIPLEA Giants team.
The Giants don't need another fifth starter until later this week,
and it does look like Tyler Molly is going to
be making his way back, but especially in those deep
leagues NFBC leagues. You actually had wizen Hunt hit your
player pool, so it's somebody you could pick up and
stash away. Did you see enough in wizen Hunt to
be doing that?
Speaker 3: No, I don't, you know, outside of like NL only,
I'm not really interested because like he's not in the
rotation currently, and you know, with the Tyler Mall coming back,
it's like, are they actually going to go to Wis
and Hunt. I don't. I don't know. I don't think so.
And I think it's probably too speculative for a mix
at this point. And you know, and an NL only
if you have room to stash him on your bench.
I mean, it wouldn't be the worst of plays. I
could see it.
Speaker 2: You know.
Speaker 3: It depends on the situation that you're facing. Did I
just rhyme anyway? Anyway? Yeah, I think I started. I
became young mc real fast. Yeah I would. I would
probably just skip it for mixed leagues and maybe stashing
that now.
Speaker 1: Okay, I think that's very fair, all right. Next one
is this is where we're start really starting to scrape
the barrel. But I thought we'd bring him up just
because he popped a homer this week and is getting
a little bit of playing time in Kansas City while
Vinnie p is down with his handmade injury. We're talking
John Rave, the pride of the Illinois State Redbirds, who
are located in Bloomington, Normal, where Brew and I are from.
So it's great to see a Redbird make it to
the big leagues again. Yeah, it's kind of it's a
it's a little uh serendipitous to find his name cross
when I'm looking at things. Like I said, he has
popped a homer, He's got three walks in his ten
plate appearances, and was hitting relatively well in Triple A
before the call up sixty games with ten homer, sixteen
stolen bases in a two seventy eight batting average. He
is twenty eight, kind of a type bat, but it
looks like he's got at least a strong site platoon
role for the Royals.
Speaker 2: Right now, what's your interest level in John Rave? I?
Speaker 3: You know, actually, I think John Rave is the most
interesting out of all of them, just because like he's
the most seasoned, and I mean I'm talking like, you know,
like a week to week flyer, and you know, if like,
unless this is a keeper league, it doesn't matter whether
what a guy's gonna do in like, you know, a
month or a year from now, And John Rave, I
would anticipate him being in probably either career or Japan
in a year now for a year from now, so
I wouldn't expect much in the long term. But he's
actually hitting, he's taken walks, and he's older, so it's
like I feel, like, you know, quade player tends to
come up and be good for like a week or
or three, you know, or like you do like a
Joe men As and he's good for like six months.
But I mean, if John Rave is up and in
the lineup and he's hitting, I'm fine with the fire
on him. I like him more than everyone else. We've
talked him about as far as call ups, to be honest,
and it's only for like, you know, like a week
to week basis. We'll see how long he stays up
and how long he's actually hitting. But right now he is,
so yeah, I would grab him.
Speaker 2: Yeah.
Speaker 1: I think that's a great point. And I always like
these dudes who come up kind of have been in
the minor leagues for a long time and have grinded,
and it does feel like once they get to the majors,
they really make sure that they prove themselves. So you're
gonna see I think John Rave trying to steal extra bags,
trying to leg out, you know, infield, single stuff like that,
where it makes a difference when you're just talking in
the depth of leagues where you're picking up somebody like Rave,
just those extra little pieces, extra little hits here and there. Okay,
let's get to some hot and cold players, because I mean,
let's talk. Let's stay in Kansas City. Because one of
the hottest dudes over the past week has been Jack Haglione.
He jacked two homers today against the Cardinals and just
a bananas little game that, like I was watching it,
and they definitely sent a batch of the bouncy balls
out to Kansas City for the game that take place today.
Dustin May got blown up. But what do you do
with Jack Heglion.
Speaker 3: Because he because in the preseason they were saying the
Royals move the fences in, Yeah, but they didn't. They
didn't say when, so they were maybe it was a
June twenty when they actually moved the fences in, Like
you never know. Yeah, Kaglione finally is looking good. I mean,
he's he's gotten hot. I I kind of wish I didn't.
I dropped him in in our RCL league actually a
twelve team mixed league. I dropped them. But that was like,
you know, in April, when he was a little bit iffy,
and you know, and that league is so shallow you
kind of have to like in the twelve team next league,
so you're gonna have to like shuffle through hot players
who are at like the end of your bench slash
end of your outfield or utility. Like those guys are
pretty dispensable. So I dropped him. I mean, I don't
even really regret it, because it was there was a
good month there between me dropping him and him actually
getting hot. But he has been really good for like
I think his last three days he's been hitting. He
had a home run on I believe Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
He hit two on Sunday. So yeah, I like cag Leone.
His strikeouts are a little bit high, but it's fine.
He's got good power. He hits the ball hard. I
would actually, I wouldn't be shocked to see a you know,
he's the kind of guy who at some point I
feel like he is gonna break out and be very valuable,
like second outfielder type value, Like I could see like
best case scenarios probably Taoscar Hernandez when Taioscar was good,
Like that's probably best case scenario because there's no real
speed there. But Caglione. I think Caglion can be a
thirty plus homer to sixty five plus hitter, which is,
you know, it's not bad at all. So I don't
know if we're there yet, but it could happen. Like
it's you know, he's approaching like almost a full season
worth of a bats in the major leagues, like he's
almost said, I think he's actually passed five hundred plate
appearances in the majors as of today. So yeah, I
mean he's seen all the pitches. I think he's gotta
he's comfortable now. He could be. He could be a
breakout from like this point forward. One of the biggest,
you know, one of the best guys off of waivers
if you're in a shallower mixed league who you can grab.
So I like him a lot. I'm a big fan
of cag Leone. I think it's just a matter of
him clicking at some point, and maybe he's clicked.
Speaker 1: Yeah, And I think the other thing is you have
to keep in mind Taglion, just because he is so
huge and it's a long swing that he's gonna be
hot and cold, hot and cold, and so I think
we're finding one of those hot stretches right now. So
if you're in a league where he was available, snatch
him up. You want to talk about streaky players. The
next guy, I think we got to talk about a
little bit because he's been number one in our Player
Raider in the past thirty days. Also, did you see
the cycle that he hit for this week where he
hit for a cycle in order by well descending order
by doing homer triple double, then single, and then after
that single, PCA was immediately picked off at first base
while still taking standing elevation from the Wrigley crowd.
Speaker 3: So I I feel like that is PCA like to
a t. I mean, that feels like it has it
epitomizes who p Crow Armstrong is like having hitting the
cycle and then getting picked off because you're soaking in
the adelation of the crowd. My gosh, give me, throw
me the flowers, throw them, throw the roses at my feet,
and then you get picked off and immediately. So he's
so dumb, oh man. But yeah, I'm you know, I
feel like what we're getting right now from PCA is
exactly what you want to. You know, if he's if
he's hot, like you said, I mean, he's power speed
and he's actually hitting for a really good average. As
of right now, he's hitting to eighty six so I,
you know, if this is the best we see of
him all year, then you know, great, I wouldn't be,
you know, I mean he went he hit thirty one
homers and stole thirty bags last year, so it's not
like this is out of nowhere. So if we get
another thirty thirty season and he hits to sixty plus,
I mean, it's you know, I feel like that's gonna
quiet a lot of people who were worried about his
second half last year, like I. And I was one
of them, by the way, I'll totally admit that I
had my I had question marks for sure, but that's
you know, a young player who comes into the league,
Pitchers figure him out, he struggles for a half of
the season like like he did last year, and then
he comes out and then he comes out of it
and is good going forward. Isn't wouldn't be. It's not
like the most shocking narrative that you've ever seen. So
I I really, you know, I'm willing to take the
l on Pete row Armstrong thinking he was you know,
figured out and couldn't couldn't adjust back. If he adjusts
back and he is a thirty thirty two to sixty player,
I can't argue with the numbers.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean somebody else who's also been in the
top of the leader boards for our last thirty days
hitters and also very streaky, also had a really terrible
second half.
Speaker 2: James Would.
Speaker 1: He also was drafted kind of in the same range
as PCA. So I mean, who's kind of your pick
for the rest of the season. If if you had
to be nailed down and just choose one between PCA
and James Wood, which one would you prefer?
Speaker 2: Right now?
Speaker 3: I'd probably go James Would. But it's tough. That's a
tough one because I mean, I think James Wood as
strikeouts are very are still concerning and PCA doesn't really
have quite that. But even more concerning with PCA was like,
because he didn't strike out a lot last year, but
he did start like rolling over the ball, and you know,
it wasn't it wasn't last year. It was more about hitting,
you know, making terrible contact, which is almost worse to me.
So I don't know, I mean both, That's it's a
tough call because PCA is his hard hit his way up.
He looks good. James Wood looks excellent as well. Though,
and I mean, I feel like James Wood's upside is
just a little bit higher, even though PCA does have
probably more speed, not probably, he does have more speed.
So I don't know, it's real. It's a tough one.
I'd probably go James Wood, but if I was wrong,
it wouldn't shock me.
Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, I think it's going to be a really
intriguing discussion as we start rounding into twenty twenty seven
drafts later in the year too, where these two both land,
and whether or not we tuck them into the first
round or not.
Speaker 2: So let's focus on.
Speaker 1: Another really, really hot hitter who has been certainly up
there between the seven and fourteen day player raiders a
lot Zach Gelloff of the Sacramento A's. Part of this
is because he took advantage of the games in Vegas
and some of the other bingbong stadium things going on,
but is qualified at second base, third base, outfield, and
has been just blazing hot since he got promoted back
up to the big leagues. In the sixty games he's
been with the A's, it's been eleven homers, eight stolen bases,
with a two to eighty six batting average. What I've
really liked about this profile too is when he was
really terrible in twenty twenty four, he is striking out
thirty four percent of the time.
Speaker 2: Now it's a much more manageable twenty four percent of
the time. So has that Galoff turned a corner here
for you?
Speaker 1: Or is it something where you think the stadium and
the dry, arid, high elevation environments that he's been playing
in have been really assisting his over all line.
Speaker 3: Uh No, I think he's turned a corner. Like you mentioned,
the strikeouts are way down. He's he's exactly like who
we thought he was the first season when he came
up and he had that great rookie year or a
great like half year, and then you know that rolled
into him then striking out a lot, and then he
sort of got injured and he wasn't even on the
field most of last year, and he struck out when
he was, and he seemed to get lost there for
a couple of years. But he looks like he's exactly
as good as he was rookie year. And also, you know,
if he's good at all, and with all that eligibility
in that park, I'm buying buying. I'm buying. I'm buying
all over the place if I can. I I like
I like him, and also I mean he's in the
right place to succeed and he's doing the stuff that
you want to see. So yeah, I'm absolutely buying.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm totally with you.
Speaker 1: I don't know about you, but I was asked a
few trade scenarios with Geiloff this week, and I was like,
I would not be selling this guy right now with
that eligibility. You've got still the hottest portions of the
year happening in Sacramento over the next couple months, and
this is not a dude to be moving on from
Let's slip it over the to the bump a.
Speaker 2: Little bit because.
Speaker 1: We haven't really talked about the Miz recently, and it
has been a crazy last thirty days and the player
raider for the Miz just out of his mind sixty
four dollars worth of value, thirty six innings, a point
seven five ear ray, a point eight four FIP, a
point five six whip, fifty k's to five walks, and
thirty six innings. He including one of the greatest games
of all time with the fifteen K nine shoutout innings Maddox.
Is Jacob Mizierowski a first round next year if he
holds this formth the rest of the year.
Speaker 3: I think it was, like I want to say, it
was the six best according to Baseball Reference Game Score,
that's what you're talking about. Like that was that was insane.
I mean, fifteen ks in under one hundred pitches.
Speaker 2: That's crazy, man.
Speaker 3: That is like I feel like, so that's one start, right,
But that I feel like tells us if a guy
can do that in one start, you kind of like
you can't. You can't fake that. It's not like, you know,
like as good as like, you know, Trevor Rogers looked
today on Sunday, It's not like he had a fifteen
K maddox. You know, like you can't like that. You
don't just wake up and do that, like if you're
capable of that, Like it was like no one wrong
in Carrie Wood, Roger Clemens like the best starts of
all times. And you know, Carrie Wood got he got
sidelined with injuries and stuff and ended up becoming a closer,
but he was great there when he when he actually
did that twenty K game, and the fact that the
Miz did that. I mean, you can't just you can't
fake it, man, Like you're the like he's the best
starter in baseball. If like you can do that, you're
it's like you're at worst the third best, but probably
in the top, like you're either one or two or three.
And because like I'm thinking of like Scooble, Chris Sanchez,
Paul Skeen's right, who were you taking before the Miz? Really,
I like, I think Scooble's got like the injury concerns.
Now Skeens looks like he's backing off and like not
going for strikeouts like he could because of the narrative
I've made up in my head about his agent telling him, like,
you don't have to get that many strikeouts and we
could still get you a four hundred million dollar contract,
just don't get injured. And then Chris Sanchez, who had
that insane May and I think is very capable of
like great things, but he's not at the Misses level.
So yeah, I mean, I feel like the miss has
become the best starter in baseball. It's crazy because, like
I mean, he was drafted around one hundred and twenty
overall as a you know, risky. I want to say
a risky number three. I mean it was like, you know,
it's basically people looking at him and it's like I'm
it Shean or the miss kind of like Immachian like, oops,
that's bad. I yeah, I mean I I really like
the Miss. I think it's all it's all real, man.
I think the only thing that could maybe rip him
up because he's tall and lanky and maybe his mechanics
get a little goofy and his his walk rate balloons
again because he's never been able to really command the
walks like he has this year. But if he is
doing that, then you know, if you're doing a thirteen
plus k per nine and a two and a half
or lower walk per nine, I mean, come on, man,
Like that's like I mean you're talking about like you know,
Chris Sale in his prime or something like. It's like
the it's like the best scenario you can imagine. So yeah,
I'm all about the miz.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean yeah, I think it's even above Chrysale's.
This is like Randy Johnson essentially, like it's in it's
parallels Johnson too, where if you go back, like it
clicked for Randy Johnson like ninety two to ninety three,
where you when you have just a huge body in
these lanky arms, it takes a little while to really
hone in the control slash Like I mean, the miss
is throwing at one hundred and four miles an hour.
If you're watching it starts, he's just piping the strike
zone so nobody can catch his stuff. And the other
issue is that if you're trying to prepare for one
hundred and four mile on hour fastball, he just yanks
the chain with a nasty slider. So yeah, I'm right
there with you. This is like Randy Johnson level stuff
where he's breaking baseball and the only thing that can
stop him at this point again knock on wood, as
we Chris, somebody else would be an injury. So there,
we'll see if he can sustain it at one oh four.
You hope that he could just dial it back a
few ticks just to try to stay healthy, because I
think he can still be just as good.
Speaker 2: But yeah, the mis looks unstoppable right now.
Speaker 3: The wild thing is like I just opened up. Wild
thing is actually that's appropriate thing to say here. But
the wild thing about like Randy Johnson, I just opened
up his player stats. I didn't know this off the
top of my head. Anyway. He didn't really break out
until he was thirty years old. Like yeah, like it
was uh, you know, it was good. He doesn't get
me wrong. It was good. Also. The other funny thing
about Randy Johnson's player page, he threw one hundred and
eighty four innings at the age of forty four. It's
like there there may be like two players in the
entire league who threw one hundred and eighty four Like, okay,
well there's that. Oh man, I forgot Randy Johnson was
on the Yankees too. Now anyway, there's some help for
your immaculate grid. Let's move on.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, so maybe one more hot pitcher, because if
you're in that thirty day player raider, it is the
names that you would expect after the news. You've got
Yamamoto at number two, You've got Chris Sanchez at number three,
number four. He did get blown up today, but it
was in Bingbong Stadium, so I'll give him a pass.
Is Redebt Meers from those very terrible Los Angeles Angels.
Speaker 2: So what if you seen in.
Speaker 1: Redebt Meurs over the past month that has given you
hope that. I mean, this is a guy that has
thrown in no hitter previously. He was a standout star
in college. He shows fits in in like little bits
of what he can be at this upper tier level.
Do you think he can still do it for the
rest of the season.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean he's actually he's one. Like if I
read Detmers, I took him and I put him with
the Brewers coaches, I mean, he would probably be an
ace like tomorrow. I you know, this is a situation
where I do worry that the Angels just you know,
it's it's good that they have better coaches this year.
You know, I do think Michael Moore and Mike Moore.
I don't think he goes by Michael Mike Moore and
that's the documentarian Fahrenheit nine to eleven and Red Detmers. No. Anyway,
Mike Moore and know Kurtsuzuki. Maybe they are helping him
in a way. So maybe that's what we're seeing, because
it does feel like on the looking at his numbers,
it looks like Red Detmers is breaking out to a
certain extent, like his walks are down, his strikeouts are good.
Everything looks like it's it's trending in the right way.
You know, the velocity is down a little bit actually,
but it's it's he's strongly hard enough, assuming you know,
he's healthy, which I do believe he is. So I
like Red Detmers a lot more than I thought I
would like right now versus like say, in the preseason.
I do think, I mean, he's not at the level.
I don't even know if he's a top twenty starter,
probably top I don't even know if he's a top
thirty starter, But I do like what I'm seeing, and
I do think, you know, there's potential here for like
all the years that we thought Red Detmers was like,
you know, potentially you know, a strong like a low one,
maybe high too, if he could break out. That that's
still there. I mean. The good thing in a lot
of ways. The one good thing is with the Angels,
they call their guys up so early and so young
that he has had a ton of experience in the majors.
So you know, he's been in the majors since twenty
twenty one. I you know, I don't know if he's
there yet, but a lot of there's a lot of
good in read that mercy underlying stats that tell me
he's actually doing like he's he's potentially at he's on
the cusp. I don't think he's there yet, but I
do think, like I'm more interested in I would say
he could get there this year if not like it's
you know, maybe in number three as of this year
with like you know, like what he did today and
and bing Bong is like okay that you know, it's
a tough stadium, give him a pass, but you know
a good like miss Rowski went into Coors and just
like blew away the roggies, Like there is a certain
level of like it's a terrible stadium, but you gotta
be better than what Reed Detmer's did. So he's he's
still you know, a little bit iffy, but he's really
shown a lot of you know, promising stuff so far.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think I totally agree. And the strikeout
stuff is certainly there. And I mean it's a bummer
that Artie Morino's not gonna trade him, because it would
be fantastic to see him in a better situation, both
from an organizational perspective and that park doesn't play great
down the summer, like you would rather have him in
a different park than in LA as well as like
I mean, you talk about it pretty much every week,
and sacking off the bullpen behind him on the Angels
is absolutely awful. So you can't leave anybody on base
if you're a pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels. There, Okay,
let's flip it to the other side. Let's get on
the cold side of the pillow a little bit. I
was just sorting through the last thirty day player Raider
for hitters. The most owned worst hitter in there over
the last thirty days. That isn't somebody that was injured
or recently called up or returning from injury. Nico Horner
second basement of the Chicago Cubs has been awful over
the next last month.
Speaker 2: It's been a one to.
Speaker 1: Eighty one two forty three two ten slash line. That's
a two to ten slug provided three storm bases, only
five runs and five rbi apiece over the last month
with no home runs. Are you worried about Nico Horner
losing his job in Chicago?
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, I am. You know, I'm also I'm worried
about him losing his job. I'm in Chicago more than
I'm worried about him losing his job on my fantasy
team because I don't really have anyone to replace. So
unfortunately it's been brutal. I wish I had. I want
to replace him, but it was one of those drafting
holds and I have to stick out in a co corner.
Unfortunately it's not great for me. But I mean, hopefully
other people have better options and can drop them, because
I would drop him if I could. I think, you know,
what he gives on a good day, which is good.
I mean, it is valuable. Like last year, I'll say
it was a good year. You know, seven homers thirty
twenty nine steals to ninety seven, Like he he is
good when it's that. But I don't think like I
would hold on in a shallower league because like that,
you know, is like I feel like that's replaceable in
most shallower leagues. And if he's going to struggle, it's
not worth like waiting around for it. Like if you're
gonna get say on the other side of the hot
excuse me, on the other side of the cold streak,
Say he gets hot, and at the end of the
day he gives you like five I have more homers
and fifteen steals and a two eighty average. It's fine,
but you can get that elsewhere in a shallower league.
So I would probably move on in a shallower league,
and in the deeper league, I would you know, hopefully
you can bench him. If you can't drop them, bench him.
I think I'm concerned that he's not going to come
out of it because and if he doesn't come out
of it, I mean, there's a chance that he's going
to lose playing time, and then you're really going to
be in you know, you're really gonna be in trouble
if he's not playing every day. You know, one of
the benefits to him is like, you know, the runs
and RBIs that came with like, you know, him playing
so much and having like the you know, nearly six
hundred at bats. If he's not giving you that, it's
like then you're really kind of in trouble. And you know,
the walk rates fine, the strike out rates fine. He's
hitting the ball very softly, but that's how he always
is kind of what he always did. Like it's not like,
you know, the numbers aren't really super jumping off the
page that he's like become a terrible hitter, So I
think he does come out of it, but what like
what he comes out of it with is kind of like, nah,
you can find that elsewhere in shallower legs, So I
would move on in some legs.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'm totally with you on top of it.
Like the Cubs, they already had too many second basement
type dudes. So that is where the warning lights in
terms of the playing time could unravel for Horner. So
something to keep in mind. Let's look at some cold
pictures as well, too, because I think we have a
few breakouts where the balloons are starting to deflate on them,
where the breakouts are starting to mold back, where the
pendulum is swinging back on them. Guys that have been
struggling over the past few weeks. Davis Martin of the
Chicago White Sox got blown up this past week in
New York for nine earned runs. Bryce Elder got blown
up today as we're talking on Sunday in an outing
and then and we're sitting Hancock, you mentioned him when
we were talking about the Mariners piggybacking situation. Five earned
runs and five innings pitched over the weekend. What are
you doing with some of these guys, because certainly they
were helping your teams.
Speaker 2: Where you pick them up.
Speaker 1: They were providing wins, they were providing strikeouts, they providing
solid ratios. But you also got all three of them
for free. Between Martin, Elder, and Hancock, you didn't probably
even draft them. You probably picked them up off the
waiver wire. So what's your approach to pitchers like this
when they do start going sour, starting going a little
rotten on you? Because they were certainly formidable pieces of
your starting rotation in your fantasy team. But is the
cost making you think, hey, I can move on from
these guys and find another one pretty quickly.
Speaker 3: Well, I'll say so Davis Martin, he pitched well today
on some and I like what I'm seeing under underneath
the surface with him. So I'm holding on tomorrow at
least for another week. We'll see where it goes.
Speaker 2: Like.
Speaker 3: But Elder and Hancock worry me a bit because like
neither of them look really like you know, they're they were.
They were pitching way over their head, Elder especially. I
you know, I think with Hancock it's a good park,
decent team. But I do think, like, you know, like
we mentioned earlier Kate Anderson, uh, and they have Luis
Caso just like bouncing around and they want to do piggybacking.
So at a certain point Emerson Hancock might become the
sixth man potentially, and I think he's I mean, he
was pitching over his head a bit, and I wonder
if it's like just a matter of like him coming
down to earth and him just not being that great
an Elder. I feel like it's in a similar boat,
whereas like Elder was not he was awful last year,
awful the year before, and then kind of like a
number five if in the best case scenario when he
was pitching well. So if he's a number five to
fantasy number of fantasy number five to six, he's kind
of replaceable in most twelve team mix leagues. And Shallower,
I would say in a fifteen team you know you
got a fifteen team mix league, you kind of have
to go by matchups a little bit. With Elder and
Hancock for that matter.
Speaker 2: So I still like.
Speaker 3: Davis Martin, I'm kind of like Elder is really out
the door for me, and Hancock's sort of out the
door in like Shallower leagues, I think you should start
looking elsewhere because there's like you know, in a shallower
league for instance, Like you know, someone in the comments
asked if they should pick up Trevor Rodgers again, like
and they should, and like that's the kind of guys
who are available. Like it's like at the end of
the day, if you're looking back on your team in
like you know, October, and you're like, where'd I go right?
Where'd I go wrong? If a good pickup in April
and May was Hancock and Elder, great, but if you
hold on to them too long, then they become terrible pickups.
So it's like you got to know when to move on.
So if it's like Hancock, if you can get rid
of Hancock or Davis Martin now and pick up like,
you know, Trevor Rodgers or something, or or Troy Melton,
like you know, I mean, they're not going to be
available in every league obviously, but if you're in a
shallow enough league where these guys are available and you
can move on, Move on, man, Move move on man,
Move on. Brother.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think I think I'm there with you
where Davis mart and I still like what I've been seeing.
He's also he pitches way better at home than it
is on the road. So something to keep in mind. Uh,
Bryce Elder, you should have you should have jumped off
that train while you still still could have an Emerson Hancock.
I understand if you want to jump off that train,
especially because the situation in Seattle with.
Speaker 2: The piggybacking, he might be the odd man.
Speaker 1: Now anyway, Okay, you already talked to some sagn off
because uh, this is the this is the week where
honestly things have have chilled out a little bit, and
thankfully we don't have to talk Los Angeles Angels.
Speaker 2: So that makes me happy.
Speaker 3: So wait a second, you know, like Ryan Zephyr John,
what's wrong with you? I like that the Angels have
a closer who most people who don't follow base will
be like, you're making up that name, right, Like, nah, No,
that's their closer. It's either that or Kirby Yates. You
don't want either.
Speaker 1: Really, we just came off a conversation where neither of
us were tripped up by Emerson Hancock at all, So
I think we're used to it talking baseball.
Speaker 2: But we're gonna go back to the North.
Speaker 1: Side Chicago because that's probably where we have the biggest situation,
biggest bout of unstability that's come up this week. Daniel
Palencia went on the IL It was originally just an
elbow inflammation. They have since gotten the MRI back. It
is a strained flexer, which is no bueno. I would
imagine whatever timeline they're given him, I would add more
time to it because strained flexers are certainly a precursor
to Tommy John surgery.
Speaker 2: Poalenci has also dealt with shoulder issues.
Speaker 1: At the end of last year, so he also just
throws so hard and so violently that I'm it's one
of those guys where You're like, oh, yeah, he blew out.
Oh was not surprised in the least bit. It's a
mess for the Cubs. It has been every time that
Polencia has gone down. So maybe this is like talking
to Los Angeles Angels. Maybe you've got to reactivate that
portion of your brain. Because Jacob Webb looked like the
odds on favorite person came in on Saturday against the
Blue Jays, blew it by giving up a three run
bomb to Okamoto, and on top of it, the rest
of the guys that are left in that bowlpen in
Chicago are pretty bad. I think you've killed theelbar from
the left side, Philed Mayton, who has not been very
good this year, Hobie Milner also from the left side,
and that's about it. It's a pretty desperate situation for
the Cubs anybody you're targeting, because, like I said, Polentia
should be out probably close to two months and might
not even be stash ball on the al where you
might have a spot because it's such a serious injury.
Is web the odds on favorite for you?
Speaker 3: You know, it was a people say, do you like
Phil Maton? I say, I like my Maton empty. I
think I think Poalencia, like we don't know for a fact,
but I think Poalencia, like you mentioned violent delivery all
that stuff, I think he heard himself at the WBC
because like he was, he was pretending like in March,
he was treating the WBC like it was a World
Series game, which is I mean, I get it, like
you know, they're they're all amped up, But I feel
like there's there's something been wrong with Polncia ever since.
I don't think he's been right all season. I think
you could probably move on if you don't have I
l room. I think you can move on from Palncia.
I think Jacob Jacob Web has been decent outside of
like you mentioned, his Saturday game wasn't good, but Web's
been good otherwise, So I'd probably just go Jacob Webb
and I would I would skip the other what'sman called
handcuffs slash, you know, speculative grabs. I would just go
Web thighbar look fine, but he's a lefty, and you know,
I mean he might get a savor too. I wouldn't.
I wouldn't speculate past that though.
Speaker 2: Okay, I think that's all very fair.
Speaker 1: Let's talk about the Baltimore Orioles, because I know that
you and Beton have usually been talking about them a lot,
and even last week you were speculating where Ryan Helsley
was at.
Speaker 2: Well, he came back this week and looked like straight doodoo.
Speaker 1: So on Friday he gave up. He blew a save
on Friday against the Doctors.
Speaker 3: I was rehabbing, and I was able to zoom in
with Jack Lighter and Herman Marquez and they were able
to coach me and Emma Shean every every terrible picture
it jumped on the zoom call, and Ryan Helsley was
like that, that looks like what I want.
Speaker 2: To do exactly.
Speaker 1: And even like he came back on the Wednesday against
Seattle also gave up two runs on two bombs. So
he's pitched an inning and two thirds since his return
from the Al, giving up four runs three home runs.
The vel is also down. This is also another guy that,
just like Palencia, looks like he throws beyond max effort
on every pitch. The latest save actually in Baltimore went
to Yeni or Canoe because after that blown save on Friday,
they gave Helsley the night off on Saturday and Cano
came in. So's what's your concern level here for Ryan
Helsley in Baltimore And if it is really increased, anybody
you might be stashing away from the rest of the bullpen.
Speaker 3: Well, it's I mean, I think stashing wise Canee. The
fact that Cano did get that save, I would say
Canoe is probably a good stash because you know, I
was thinking Rico Garcia, but he I believe he came
in and like I want to say, the fifth or
sixth inning, so he's clearly out of the pitcher. So
probably Cano if Helsley is still broken and I have
no you know, I haven't seen any indication that he's
not broken at this point. I mean, like you went
through all the numbers, Helsley does not. I don't think
Helsley looks right, but you know, hopefully he can figure it.
Hopefully he's healthy and can figure it out, versus being
injured and unable to figure it out. I guess is
the opposite. So I don't know. I mean, this is
kind of you know, it's like with Saves. It's like
it's why Sagnoff is you know the expression, because it's like,
I don't know, I have no idea what's going on
with these guys, but I I know I do need saves.
I need saves, and as of right now, I would
probably stash Cano and hopefully Helsley's okay. I I in
like one of my leagues, a weekly, in a weekly,
twelve team mix league, I'm not even I'm not even
gonna start Helsley this week. I do have Roussiel, Iglesias
and Tanner Scott though, so I have other options. And
in a weekly league, you can't really start more than
two closers, or you probably shouldn't. At least anyway, I'm
not starting Halsley. I'll let him sit on my bench
for another week to see how he does. So, if
you're able to not start Hellsley, I would do that.
Speaker 2: Yep. I think that's very fair.
Speaker 1: Okay, let's talk Cincinnati Red's bullpen because Tony Santition it
took him forever, but it looks like he's finally taking
over that role for the Reds. Picked up a save
on Tuesday, picked up a save today as we're talking
on Sunday, two inning save, a rare little two inning
saved there.
Speaker 2: Not great strikeout stuff, a little few too many walks.
Speaker 1: The other thing here is Emilio Pagan has finally gotten
back onto a mound where he's throwing stimulated games and
probably will be back in I'd give it like seven
to fourteen days a week or two. But if you
need saves in this short term, you're looking at Tony
Santian on the Cincinnati Reds.
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, absolutely, But I do agree with you, like
he's not really a long term solution. He doesn't have
he doesn't have strikeout stuff. He's actually got not great command.
There's a lot of problems with Santallin. But uh, I
think Pegan is probably a safe bet, like once he
returns to take the closure roll back, which is you know,
kind of crazy to say considering I mean, I don't
know if two years ago I would have said that
about Pegan. I mean, he was not good for a
long time in his career. But I mean, as of
right now, I think Pegan walks, he gets right, he
walks right back into the role if he's healthy, which
you know, I mean it was a it was a handstring,
so he's not even necessarily you know, it wasn't like
an elbow or something like Hellsley I was. You know,
it wasn't an arm thing. So I yeah, I would
hold on to Pegan, and if he was dropped, I
would stash him on IL because he'd probably the closer
as of like you know, maybe two weeks from now.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think that's fair and I think a
good one to maybe pursue in leagues with trades that like,
he's kind of run under the radar and people didn't
like him coming in the season. He struggled a little bit,
but things have gotten so brutal trying to find saves
Pegan might come back and be a decent saves option
the rest of the year. All right, lest sagnof situation,
We're going to the Dodgers. Alex Vesia picked up the
last save there is in terms of coming in over
Tanner Scott, and he does have nasty stuff, big strikeout
stuff out of about Alex Bessia, but.
Speaker 2: Is a little bit wild.
Speaker 1: We've probably got more time here before Diaz comes back,
compared to like Pegan, where we're looking past the All
Star break for Edwin Diaz just a little bit, probably
intersting Alex Vessio or is Tanner Scott still the arm
to own for the for the bullpen in LA.
Speaker 3: I would say Vessia is probably decent to roster in
most leagues that use middle relievers because Vessia is good
in general, I wouldn't necessarily anticipate him getting every save
or even the majority. I think he's probably behind Tanner
Scott in as far as the saves go. But Dave
Roberts has already said that he will use anyone in
the in the right situation. He's not gonna name a
closer while Edwin's out, So you know, I think Tanner
Scott's probably like you know, he's probably maybe sixty forty
with Tanner Scott's sixty and Vessia forty, or you know,
maybe maybe fifty five thirty, and there's another three guys
potentially get a save, like Trying and maybe if he's healthy,
and then Jake Dryer and whoever else. The Dodgers they
actually a decent bullpen, so there's other options. But I
would probably go Tanner, Scott and Vessia if you use
a middle reliever, but not I wouldn't necessarily anticipate saves.
Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, I think that's fair. The other thing, too,
is the Dodgers actually have a little bit of a
soft schedule going into the All Star breaks, so certainly
there's gonna be some saves to be spread around.
Speaker 2: I think. Okay, let's get on help the people out
with the waiver wire. Ads.
Speaker 1: We just told them all the terrible news and how
their teams are falling apart, So how are you going
to fix them?
Speaker 3: Okay, so Josh Bell's hot. Of course, we're heading yeah,
we're heading into near the trade deadline. So you know,
I mean someone someone's got a trade for Josh, Well,
he's he's not I mean If no one trades for
Josh Bell, he's basically just gonna quit baseball and go
sell real estate with Alex Kierlov. I mean, so we
have to we have to get Josh Bell off of
the Twins. So you know, if you're out there, you're
you're a GM and you're from another team. Josh Bell's hot,
Grab him now, because the SUSI trade for him, he's
gonna be terrible. He's gonna be awful from in August
and September. But trade for Josh Bell because he wants
you to. Okay, So let's see who else is hot.
Speaking of Twins, Trevor Laurnak is hot Nessie Nunez, who
I mentioned earlier, has been stealing a ton of bags
and he's also been hot, hitting over five hundred in
the last week. Andre Samanez has been hot, hitting almost
four hundred in the last week, with a little bit
of power and he's got a little bit of speed. Actually,
Lawrence Butler up here on the top of the seven
Day Player Raider, which is surprising. I didn't even realize
he was hot, So I should probably be playing him
in a league where I have That's good. That's actually good.
Forrina now so Llawyn's butler has been hot. Caleb Durban,
third baseman for the Red Sox, He's been hot. Anthony Volpe,
Ryan Ryan Creedle Creedler for the Twins again. Uh, where
the Twins in a good place? Yeah? They actually?
Speaker 2: Yeah?
Speaker 3: There, okay. Donovan Walton has been hot. Uh for the Angels.
Cold Keith had a three homer game the other day,
and you know that usually gets a guy hot. Matt
Shaw hasn't really been playing, but when he does play,
he has been hitting. Owen Casey on the Marlins been hot.
And then Samad Taylor, the Padres outfielder who replaced Ramon Lriana.
He's been really hot for as long as he's been up. Actually,
so yeah, I would, I would grandpa any of those guys.
You know, it depends on your needs, but.
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, well yeah.
Speaker 1: On the pitching side, if you're looking for two start guys,
Andre Palante has been really good of late for the
Saint Louis Cardinals. Has two home starts at a nice
pitchers park against Arizona and Miami, so I think that
is a big priority. Anthony Cave looked great in his
last outing out and has been pitching well for the
White Sox. Gets Cleveland and Kansas City, both at home.
Cleveland has got to be like the number one team
to stream against right now. Without the Lauter, Ramirez, and
Martinez in that lineup, it is a terrible lineup.
Speaker 2: So Anthony Kay's a great person to target there.
Speaker 1: Zevi Matthews if you're looking a little more high risk,
but he gets two home stars, one against the Dodgers,
which could hurt, but the other one is against the
Rockies and that could help. Then two just one starters
that might be good streams. Jeffrey Springs, it's looked bad,
but he's been pitching in bing Bong Stadium in Vegas
for the past couple weeks. He gets the Giants in
San Francisco this week and has been looking the stuff's
been looking good, so Springs might be a good streamer.
And Sean Burke against Cleveland. Like I said, get out
there look at that Cleveland schedule every week until Jose
Ramirez gets back, because I guarantee you it is gonna
be one of the best ways to crew wins for
your fantasy team out there. Okay, well that's gonna wrap
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