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Speaker 1: Welcome everybody to the ras Ball Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I

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man with the plan, the doctor who swapped out all

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of the dead balls for these new bouncy balls, the

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fantasy Master Lethario himself, Greg Albright.

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Speaker 2: How you doing, Yeah, I'm good man. So, so I

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didn't realize Nolan Ryan is a junior. That's interesting. I

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never knew that. I'm assuming that's the right Nolan Ryan. Yeah, okay,

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I just want to Yeah, it is the right Nolan Ryan.

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He's the one with three hundred and twenty four wins. Yeah,

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So I was looking, so I was, so here's So

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here's what I was thinking, because I had, like, you know,

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I had one of these big brain moments, right, So

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I was like m Gray's thinking, right. So I saw

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that David Peterson was traded from the Mets to the

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Cubs this weekend, and he then went on in his

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first start with the Cubs through his best game of

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the season by far wasn't even close. So that got

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me thinking, and I was like, you know how they

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always are like making fun of the Mets for trading

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away Nolan Ryan when he was like a twenty two

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year old, And I was thinking, maybe what the case

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is if No One Ryan wasn't ever traded, maybe he

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wouldn't have became Nolan Ryan, right, I mean if he

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stayed on the Mets, maybe he always would have been terrible.

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Speaker 1: This was inspired by David Peterson. Yes, that is quite

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the jump. I've met David Peterson would be impressed to

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know that you saw his name and said, yeah, that

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reminds me of Nolan Ryan.

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Speaker 2: No One Ryan, Actually, David Peterson from now on is

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Nolan Ryan junior junior. I like it.

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Speaker 1: I like it. How did that work out for him? Today?

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Speaker 2: It worked out for Nolan Ryan junior junior. Really well,

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actually that's because he got out of the Mets. That's

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what I'm saying. Like Kodai Sanga not so good. Maybe

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he would like to be traded.

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Speaker 1: Could be Nolan Ryan junior junior junior.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you get like and then it's like, oh,

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Ronnie Mauricio, let's see uh Nolan Ryan junior junior junior

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at shortstop. Huh, this is possible. I mean, I don't

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know what No One Ryan junior junior junior at shortstop.

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It looks like maybe it looks like Elie Day look Cruise,

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Speaker 1: I love it. Well. We're speaking here on June twenty eighth.

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As you can see, the hot weather has driven us

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all a little bit wild as we're making it our

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way through the thick of the summer, and we're gonna

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focus on June's standouts. We're just about wrapped up with June,

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so I figured it'd be good for us to go

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back on that thirty day player raiders, see who's been

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taking off, who's been getting scorching hot along with the

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weather out there. And so before we do that, though,

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anybody's going to be really rocking the boat here, so

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so that we can focus the main subject of our

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pod here on the hot players of June. So we

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got two bats joining the Ale only pools this weekend.

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We've got Cooper Engle being called up for the Cleveland Guardians.

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Old DH time for the Guards two eighty four four

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sixteen five point fifty one slash line with twelve bombs

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before getting called up and then Sean Keyes joined the

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Blue Jays over the weekend. He's a little bit more

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of like a corner infield. DH Batt was hitting two

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eighty four four oh nine six nineteen over sixty seven

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games with twenty one homers and seven stolen bases across

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who are you pursuing this weekend?

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Speaker 2: Well, definitely, uh, Cooper Angle, I think is the move.

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eligibility obviously, So I mean it's not like I don't

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in Triple A. And to catch your eligibility is really

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my neck, what's going on? What's going on? Why? Why

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is there someone standing right behind me? I I'm hoping

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not feeling well, maybe he's back. I don't know. Something

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seems like Vlad. I was saying this with Taylor Ward

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of the year and Vlad could be like, oh, yeah, well,

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let Vlad like DH Maybe. I don't know. It's not

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clear why Sean Keys was brought up other than you know,

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he was hitting well in the minors, So you know,

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them off the bench. Maybe I don't know.

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to pursue, just because he's got a great sense of

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the zone, he's got that cat eligibility, and yeah, Keys,

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a rehab assignment here too, so I'm guessing when he's

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ready to go, they'll send Keys back down. So you know,

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Blue Jays in general, but they line up in Cleveland

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has been tough since they lost Jose Ramirez and well

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Nolan Ryan Jr. So and Sean Keys is one sixteenth

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Speaker 1: Maybe I'll figure out the ratio. I'm trying to like

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calculate the ratio on the fly, but it does seem

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like it's gonna be quite the It's like it's like

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when you're in Zimbabwe and like the inflations just going

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like crazy and like your money devaluing before you. I'm

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trying to figure out the Nolan Ryan conversion scale.

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Speaker 2: Here many times in the many times in Zimbabwe. I

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speak from experience when I say it's exactly like when

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you're into Bob exactly the same purpose. It's like Nolan

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NL of Nolan Ryan Junior. That's it. No, that's that's it.

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the L with angle you fill the out. Okay, Well,

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we've got two pitchers that have been called up in

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the NL West for n all only leagues that can

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provide a little bit of relief. We'll have to see

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where they fall on the Nolan Ryan Junior to Junior

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Junior Junior scale. First we have in Arizona. Jose Cabrera

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came up. He's a twenty four year old, had been

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pitching relatively well in Triple A and across two levels

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before his call up. Three sixty nine ERA over sixty

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one innings with a nine point four K nine. Has

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pitched twice already for the Dbacks. Looks good in the

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first one where he had a scoreless outing, and then

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total of a three sixty e RA over his first

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ten innings, and then JP Sears came back up for

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the Padres. Just this is the guy who will never die.

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runs and struck out five. The slider looked nasty, but

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he was struggling in the PCL with a seven ninety

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two ERA sixty three and two thirds innings. There. If

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animal only team, which one you're pursuing you're going with

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the more steady known quantity of JP Sears. Are you

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Speaker 2: H Well, I mean, if I could choose neither, I

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probably would, So neither is my first option. My second

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option would be Jose Cabrera. But I'm not really that

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impressed by his stuff. You know, I think he's probably

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a mixed league. I think you know, he's probably you know,

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around five eras on the projection, so you know, not

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good obviously, uh. And JP Sears is a I would

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my my my immediate thoughts are neither. Hopefully you don't

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I guess Jose Cabrera for upside, but I don't really

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want to either, and they might not even they might

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be blow Sean Key so on No. One and Ryan

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Speaker 1: You could go backwards, Benjamin, Well, the first line of

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the end going because you haven't even you can't even

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do this slant off of the end. I guess this

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Speaker 2: You gotta you gotta start. You gotta start bottom left,

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top left really wow, wow wow, I didn't really, I

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it's you know, this is actually this is nice of us.

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Speaker 1: Okay, Well, let's stay in Arizona because we do have

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another very deep league shot, but we have Max Kepler

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returning from ped suspension, and the Rays announcers took a

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shot at him in a flyout this weekend where he

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had it to the warning track and they said eighty

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for only leagues, So I don't really like Max Keppler

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for mixed leagues necessarily because of the eligibility. I would

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say Cooper angle over Max Keupler. But Max Kepler for

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NL only is probably going to be pretty valuable because

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I see no reason why he wouldn't start most games,

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even though it's Sunday as we record this and he

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didn't start today, so you know, there goes that. But

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start at least against Alrightyes, and you know, I mean

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I wouldn't expect anything good. But for NL only, you're

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you know, you really just went at bats for a

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lot of your guys, so I think people may more

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or less know Max Kupler at this point. I would

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say from now until the end of the season, so

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what half half year. I would put him at a

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round maybe ten to twelve homers, two forty average, no

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real speed, so nothing really exciting for most leagues, but

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only there's some value because he's going to get a bat.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's fair, and I mean it is

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a situation though, where if he does fail, I think

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they'll find another option. They saw of Ryan Waldschmidt hanging

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around and they part of the reason they put Kepler

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on the roster is because Jordan Lawler strained that hamstring

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and went on the il. So he does have to hit,

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I think to keep his job, and if he doesn't

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then they'll probably ship him right off. But certainly worth

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picking up in most and only leagues, especially because the

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Dbacks have a week of all home games coming up

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and so that should help boost a little bit of

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value out of them. Okay, let's get into those June standouts,

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because the player raider, I mean, we've got a lot

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who have really risen to the top within the past

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month that stand out as you know, you expected them

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to be there. And then some pretty fun names and

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this is over the last month, so it's not a

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total flash in the pan. You know, it's guys that

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have been showing skills and hitting well or pitching well

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for you know, roughly the full month of June when

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things are heating up, and as I was alluding to earlier,

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it looks like the balls are getting juicier too, So

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it could be a fun month ahead and rest of

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the summer as we try to navigate this overall. So

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let's focus on the bass first. I'll rattle through the

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top ten and then one guy who probably will be

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in the top ten after tomorrow, well in tomorrow's Player Raider,

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because we're speaking here on June twenty eighth, the Sunday.

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The top ten PCA, who we talked about just last

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week up to seventy point seven dollars with the value

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over the last month. Jackson Turio, who you talked about

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the other week with beat On Nick Kurtz, is third.

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Hunter Goodman is up to fourth after the three homer

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game this weekend. Dylan Dingler has been going ham too,

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so he has popped nine homers over the last month.

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Is fifth on our Player Raider. Jeremy Pania has been

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looking good since his return from the IL, hitting well,

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stealing bases popping Homer's Jack Kaglione, who he covered last week,

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is sixth in the plate or seventh in the Player Raider.

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Jung Hu Lee a surprise there at number eight and

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number nine and ten are ones that I think I

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want to talk about with you because they don't get

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more boring and more old than Paul Goldschmidt and Brian Reynolds,

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who round up the top ten with nine and ten

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on the Player Raider. What is up with Paul Goldschmidt.

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I have no clue how to interpret this. He has

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been filling in very admirably as Aaron Judge, has been

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out been keeping the Yankees afloat, and honestly, he looks

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like his old self. So is Paul Goldschmid somebody that

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you are comfortable leaning on for first base production in

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any league at this point?

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Speaker 2: H Yeah, yeah, I would say definitely, yeah, you know,

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I was, uh, I mean, I think with Paul Goldschmidt,

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the part, I mean, I don't know, maybe the park

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helps in ways that we don't necessarily know, because like

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it's obviously you know, as a which would call it,

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as an older player, he was struggling, you know, coming

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into this year for in the past couple of years

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with power, but the you know, the home park, I

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would I would guess it would help. But then you

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look at like his splits and he's actually been much

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better on the road. So it's like it's always hard

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to know, like how much something like that, like you know,

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the confidence of the home park, maybe it transfers itself

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a little bit. Maybe I don't know, I might be

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making something up in my head, but he's definitely been

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better on the road. So it's hard to see like

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unless you know, I mean, unless there's a like like

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he's an older player obviously thirty eight, and you know,

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so at some point he could have like a nagging

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injury and you know, that could drag down his overall

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his overall performance. So and it might not be something

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that is like necessarily takes him out of the lineup,

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but it just like you know, hinders his bat a

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little bit. Like you know, there a lot of things

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could happen. So am I locked and loaded with Paul

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Goldschmid from now until the end of the year, like

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sent him and forget him, I know, but you know,

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for now until like we see something else, Like maybe

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you know, i'd say, after this month, he probably has

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a good you know, another month aside from like an

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il stint or something like he has a good month

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of you know, is he's not coming out of my

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lineup for a good month, like he has a good

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he has a grace period of a good month before

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I'm really like, I get actually concerned that it was

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just a hot streak, I would say, and then like,

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you know, maybe in August if he's had if he

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has a badger, maybe in August then he gets he

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gets yanked, pun noted, and you know, probably could have

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been avoided, but wasn't wasn't avoided, but he probably could

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get to August and get yanked from the lineup. But

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as of right now, yeah, I mean he's got he's

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got some runway to play if I have him in

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you know, any league where I would so you know,

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I guess, set it and forget it for thirty days

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and see where you're at then you know, but I

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I think he could potentially, like I said, like he's

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doing better on the road, like if the home park

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helps him at all for the next month, you know,

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then you're you're two months in and it's like two

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months into this hot streak, and you know then at

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that point it's like, oh, then you know he's he's

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had basically a good year. I mean, you know, to

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have a good year, you only really need like if

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you have one top ten uh month like the guys

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you mentioned, if you have you know, a good top

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ten month like that, I mean, you really don't need

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much more to be valuable across the entire season. Like

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you know, if Goldschmid has a good July and not

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even great, but just a good July, then you're looking

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at you know, it's basically he's like, you know, a

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top fifteen to twenty overall first basement after a good July,

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and it's like, well, at that point, it's like it's

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a good season.

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Speaker 1: You know.

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Speaker 2: It's like you don't you don't have to do a

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ton to make a great month turned into a good season.

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Like you know, Pek grow Armstrong who you mentioned had

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the number one sees the number one hitter month for June,

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like he basically because his June was so insane at

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seventy plus dollar value, I mean he really he can

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have like a mediocre month or two and still is

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gonna be valuable for the season because of this how

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good his June was, and if he has like a

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great July, then you're looking at a guy who's potentially

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you know, top five to ten overall for the season.

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Like if he has another great month, so you know,

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a top ten month is definitely goes a long way

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to having a really solid season. Like Dylan Dingler, you know,

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because he's a catcher, and Hunter Goodman for that matter,

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but Dingler more so because you know, Goodman did this

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last year, so he's more or less he's, uh, he's

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been good now for you know, a season and a half.

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So but Dingler like he has I mean he's basically

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at this point, Dingler is like he's gonna have a

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hard time not being a top five catcher for the year.

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Like he's like he's almost a you know, he's at

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forty four dollars on the season. Excuse me, excuse me,

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that's for the month. Wait, I switched tabs.

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Speaker 1: On the season thirty.

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Speaker 2: So Dinglers at thirty dollars for the season and he's

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having he's the third best catcher like that. I mean

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that like he could do nothing for the rest of

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the season at catcher he's basically a top ten catcher.

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You could write him in as a top ten catcher

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for the season just after having one incredible month like

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he just had in June, so you know, And you know,

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Jeremy Payna who you mentioned also as a top ten

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guy for June. I saw he struck out four times

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on Sunday in the Astros game, and I was actually thinking,

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because I didn't realize he had such a good June.

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I was thinking that it was Jeremy Paynya struggling. So

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it's just like, you know, things definitely get you know

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when guys don't necessarily hit home runs, like, uh, Jeremy

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Paanya doesn't, you know. I mean he's not He's not

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like the biggest home run hitter, right, I mean, he's like,

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you know, he's basically he's a good all round hitter.

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Don't get me wrong. I like Jeremy Payne a lot,

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but the fact that like he only had five homers

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in June, like even who me who I cover? You know,

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I cover these games like daily, and I even missed

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the fact that Jeremy Paynya had such a great tune.

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So you know, as far as that goes, I mean

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there's a chance someone you could possibly trade for him,

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you know, potentially, because like you know, five homers doesn't

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jump off the page as being like, you know, this

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incredible month, but I mean he did everything, Jeremy Paenya

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and for the month of June just did it all,

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which I hadn't realized. I don't have him in any league,

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so you know, it was it was news to me

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when you mentioned his name. Anyway, you were saying, Brian Reynolds,

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mister excitement, Brian, Yeah, I.

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Speaker 1: Know exactly, mister, you're just like so enthused to talk

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about what I could tell.

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Speaker 2: I think with Brian Reynolds that like he's he's been.

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I mean last year was a little unh right, but

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he's been he's been pretty valuable. Like I give Brian

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Reynolds a lot of crap because he is kind of

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so boring in general, but outside of last year, I

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mean he's had a good career for Fantasy I mean

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it hasn't been bad. It's like, you know, he averages

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like twenty four homers, ten steals, hits, two seventy good

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runs in RBIs because he plays every day. It's a

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totally I mean, it's it's like a solid number three

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outfielder in the like a twelve team mixed league. That's

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a solid number three outfielder that you can more or

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less set it and forget it, even if even if

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last year was a bit of a struggle to rostrum.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I guess my question though with Reynolds, is

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is he more than that going forward. It's a career

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high hard hit rate, it's a career high max EV

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this year. It's a career third highest barrel rate. It's

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a career high bat speed, it's a career high walk rate.

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So pitchers are afraid to come into the zone against him.

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Right now too, he's hitting the crap out of the ball.

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He's hitting two eighty nine four oh two four seventy seven,

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career high one forty five WRC plus would be on

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pace for roughly twenty two homers, ten steals, one hundred

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and ten runs, one hundred and ten rbi. So is

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is this a different level from Brian Reynolds you think?

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Or is he about to morph back into boring gold

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Brian Reynolds in another couple weeks.

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or not he's going to continue or if he's gonna

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regress back to what he was, what he's been, I

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would I would probably go with regressing because like that's

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more or less what the career path he's been on

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for his most Like, you know, it's like he feels

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like the kind of guy where I like, he got

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to August first with twenty homers, he would still end

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the year with twenty four homers. Like he's just he's

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in twenty four homer, ten steel, two seventy hitter, which

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is fine. I mean, it's not a bad thing. I

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just don't I'd be shocked if, like, at his entire

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career he's never hit more than twenty seven homers in

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a season. He's you know, I mean he's actually hit

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over three hundred one year, but it was a while ago.

472
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,960
I was back in twenty twenty one. So and the

473
00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:50,279
steals are always around the same, you know, like a

474
00:28:50,519 --> 00:28:53,839
high as twelve steals one year. So I mean, I

475
00:28:54,039 --> 00:28:56,119
just like, if you got a if you're gonna bet

476
00:28:56,240 --> 00:29:02,200
on a guy, you know, exceeding his career your norms

477
00:29:02,480 --> 00:29:06,000
for like in his you know, year thirty one season,

478
00:29:07,119 --> 00:29:09,599
I don't think it's a great bet he could I mean,

479
00:29:09,880 --> 00:29:12,519
he might be this year's George Springer, though maybe he

480
00:29:12,759 --> 00:29:16,279
has a career year. I mean as possible, you know,

481
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,599
as like anything as possible, but I wouldn't bet on it,

482
00:29:20,599 --> 00:29:21,839
you know, necessarily.

483
00:29:22,839 --> 00:29:25,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'm maybe a little bit more bullish

484
00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:27,039
than you are that I think there are a lot

485
00:29:27,079 --> 00:29:29,640
of changes under the hood for Brian Reynolds and the approach.

486
00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,559
And I think, you know, sometimes when you see a

487
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:35,400
player like this who you know, was a decently high

488
00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,799
draft pick, went to Vanderbilt, has a lot of pedigree,

489
00:29:39,359 --> 00:29:41,720
sometimes it can just click, you know, he finds a

490
00:29:41,799 --> 00:29:44,440
new coach, he does a little work with drive line

491
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,359
Jj Bledei. I think has been in this vein a

492
00:29:47,359 --> 00:29:49,519
little bit this year too. But I think I'm a

493
00:29:49,559 --> 00:29:53,200
tick higher. But especially if you're sitting on Brian Reynolds,

494
00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,240
your draft cost for him was fantastic. You got to

495
00:29:56,279 --> 00:29:57,839
keep riding him. I think the rest of the season,

496
00:29:58,119 --> 00:30:00,319
I think he is a trade candidate because I don't

497
00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:02,799
think he's going to totally regress to where like, you know,

498
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,079
if you've just averaged this out to get him to

499
00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,839
his normal average, it'd be a pretty crummy second half.

500
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:10,160
But I think he can be something like a two

501
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,599
seventy five to two eighty hitter, a little more pop.

502
00:30:13,759 --> 00:30:17,079
And I think part of this is that the Pirates

503
00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:20,480
lineup around him has gotten better, so the runs in

504
00:30:20,519 --> 00:30:23,440
the RB high are gonna I think he's gonna push

505
00:30:23,480 --> 00:30:26,400
one hundred on each So uh, a little bit of

506
00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,119
a breakout for Brian Reynolds. I think we've got to

507
00:30:29,119 --> 00:30:31,480
talk about the other breakout we've been seeing recently. He

508
00:30:31,720 --> 00:30:34,359
is just off the top ten of our Player Raider

509
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,079
for the last month, sitting at sixteen. But I think

510
00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:40,599
when people open up the Player Raider tomorrow he will

511
00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:43,240
probably get into the top ten because he cracked two

512
00:30:43,279 --> 00:30:49,559
homers today. Is your boy, Lugaju release Garcia Junior from

513
00:30:49,720 --> 00:30:53,559
the Nationals, And wow, what a stretch it has been

514
00:30:54,359 --> 00:30:57,160
over the last thirty days. Before the two homer game,

515
00:30:57,279 --> 00:31:00,160
he had popped ten homers, was hitting two ninety one one.

516
00:31:00,640 --> 00:31:03,319
Has the lineup on the season to two seventy nine

517
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,200
three oh seven five forty three so one thirty one

518
00:31:06,319 --> 00:31:11,119
WRC plus sixteen bombs with fifty five RBI eligible at

519
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:13,599
second base and first base. He's twenty six years old.

520
00:31:14,559 --> 00:31:17,799
I think this is a real breakout here. For Garcia junior,

521
00:31:17,839 --> 00:31:21,599
where I've always loved the hit tool and the swing

522
00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,480
and he's finally putting it together. What do you think?

523
00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:30,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I one hundred percent, absolutely I I you know,

524
00:31:30,440 --> 00:31:32,400
I wrote a sleeper post for him. I think it

525
00:31:32,519 --> 00:31:35,240
was like two years ago, and so I've liked him

526
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:38,039
for a few years now, and like he always felt

527
00:31:38,119 --> 00:31:41,920
like a solid bet for a twenty twenty season, even

528
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,880
though he hasn't done twenty twenty yet, but he came

529
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,759
close eighteen homers twenty two steals in twenty twenty four.

530
00:31:49,039 --> 00:31:52,240
What I really like the contact though, I mean around

531
00:31:52,319 --> 00:31:55,599
a fifteen percent strikeout right he hits, so he hits

532
00:31:55,839 --> 00:32:00,599
neutrally like two seventy five. Like he's not a He's

533
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,200
not bad in any stretch of the imagination across all

534
00:32:04,279 --> 00:32:08,039
the categories except for maybe runs and RBIs. And that's

535
00:32:08,079 --> 00:32:11,400
simply because they don't play him every day because he's

536
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,480
a lefty, so they plat tune him a little bit

537
00:32:13,759 --> 00:32:15,680
so that takes so he gets a hit on runs

538
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:18,440
and RBIs, So the counting stats are a little bit

539
00:32:18,559 --> 00:32:22,039
lower than they could be. But everything else, like I mean,

540
00:32:22,079 --> 00:32:24,920
you mentioned all the other numbers. I I feel like

541
00:32:25,039 --> 00:32:27,759
he could get to thirty homers this year, Like I

542
00:32:28,319 --> 00:32:33,119
I really buy I buy luga Ju big time. I

543
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,880
think he's he's breaking out. Really, I think there's uh,

544
00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:41,279
you know, there's there's definitely like value to him previous

545
00:32:41,400 --> 00:32:45,200
seasons with the you know, eighteen homer twenty two steal

546
00:32:45,720 --> 00:32:49,599
two eighty two average in twenty twenty four, and then

547
00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:51,359
he had a little bit of a down year last year.

548
00:32:51,359 --> 00:32:54,240
And I but I do think there, you know, the

549
00:32:54,319 --> 00:32:57,039
breakout seemed to have already happened, but I think there's

550
00:32:57,119 --> 00:32:59,720
even another level that he's going to right now. And

551
00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:02,640
like if he gets to even if he gets to

552
00:33:02,759 --> 00:33:05,720
twenty seven homers, Like the steals have been low so

553
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,319
far this year, he only has two steals, but I

554
00:33:08,440 --> 00:33:11,880
think he could steal like he can steal ten bags

555
00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:15,880
in a month or something like or even say twelve steals,

556
00:33:16,279 --> 00:33:18,519
twelve to fifteen steals from now until the end of

557
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:21,720
the year, So half a season, he could steal fifteen bags.

558
00:33:22,039 --> 00:33:26,480
If he gets to twenty seven fifteen, two seventy five,

559
00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,920
that's a breakout, Like that's a good that's a really

560
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:30,559
good season.

561
00:33:31,119 --> 00:33:33,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, with the multi positional eligibility, so he can plug him,

562
00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,759
play him anywhere. That's fantastic. Okay. I'm looking at the

563
00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:39,200
rest of season projections that we have on the site

564
00:33:39,279 --> 00:33:42,519
for Second Basement. Let's play like the I don't remember

565
00:33:42,559 --> 00:33:44,599
what it's called, but the price is right game with

566
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:46,640
the yodeler kind of going over the edge. Let's see

567
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:49,640
how far up the Second Basement rankings we can take

568
00:33:49,839 --> 00:33:53,319
Lugaju for you. Okay, so currently he's projected to be

569
00:33:53,400 --> 00:33:58,559
twelve by the projections, but that obviously is a computer

570
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:02,839
in the back of Maybe it's in Rudy. Rudy's garage, right,

571
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:05,119
I'm sure he's got a whole main frame set up

572
00:34:05,160 --> 00:34:08,199
in his garage pumping the AC down in Austin to

573
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:09,039
keep it all cool.

574
00:34:09,519 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 2: But let's let's see her subscription money goes directly to

575
00:34:16,039 --> 00:34:20,239
bottles of water for him to pour it on the

576
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,239
mainframe so it doesn't overheat.

577
00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,760
Speaker 1: Yes, Okase, everybody was curious. So I think that like

578
00:34:28,119 --> 00:34:31,639
it's not picking up some of these new just like

579
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:35,159
this breakout that he's been going through. Garcia has been

580
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,599
and things are getting hot. So eleventh Jose al two

581
00:34:39,840 --> 00:34:41,480
you want Garcia or all two? Fa?

582
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,920
Speaker 2: Oh? Absolutely, Garcia okay.

583
00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:48,320
Speaker 1: Tenth is Xavier Edwards for the rest of the season

584
00:34:48,639 --> 00:34:50,320
Edwards or Garcia.

585
00:34:52,239 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 2: Ah Man, Garcia, lugajelugajew.

586
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,639
Speaker 1: Here we go, Here we go. Yeah, you are chanting

587
00:34:59,679 --> 00:35:02,199
him up the mountain. Ninth is Ozzie Albi's.

588
00:35:05,679 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 2: You know, I'm gonna, I'm gonna, I'm gonna say that's okay.

589
00:35:09,119 --> 00:35:11,320
So Albi's is gonna get a lot more run than

590
00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:19,119
rbi was. Probably waves are a solid, solid lineup. Man.

591
00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:22,719
See the audience right now really wants me to go

592
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,559
another one, like they they really they want me to

593
00:35:26,639 --> 00:35:32,079
keep going up the mountain here. But man, I think,

594
00:35:32,159 --> 00:35:34,679
I I think I gotta I gotta stop at Albi's.

595
00:35:34,760 --> 00:35:37,639
Speaker 1: I think, okay, Well, eighth would be Luisa Rise. But

596
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,639
would you rather have him than over a rise?

597
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, over a rise? Yeah? Got you?

598
00:35:44,719 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, So you take Alvi's up there too. So top

599
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:49,400
seven is where it starts becoming. I think a little

600
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:53,320
bit more Dicey. Seventh is weatherhol sixth the Attle Lopez,

601
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,239
fifth is Sadan Rafaela, fourth is Terring Jazz is third,

602
00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:02,119
Marte second, Tatisa's first. So I think you're probably putting

603
00:36:02,280 --> 00:36:05,440
Luke a jewis like the eighth overall second baseman ninth

604
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:06,880
overall second basement for US year.

605
00:36:07,519 --> 00:36:10,679
Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah, I think that's fair. And he has you know,

606
00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:17,719
if like these this hot streak in June, if ites

607
00:36:18,159 --> 00:36:22,800
to get through to Baterra and convince him to play

608
00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:26,400
him against lefties, then you know, then we were talking

609
00:36:26,519 --> 00:36:30,119
maybe even higher than that for luga Jew because you know,

610
00:36:30,239 --> 00:36:32,760
then the runs and RBIs will be there. It really,

611
00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,079
it's so annoying, like I have, I have him in

612
00:36:36,639 --> 00:36:39,239
one league and it is super annoying when he's not

613
00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:41,960
playing like it is. I get it. I mean, I

614
00:36:42,079 --> 00:36:45,440
know people probably have the same frustrations because like you

615
00:36:45,639 --> 00:36:48,679
see him on your team and then it's like, oh,

616
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,719
he's not playing today, So it's like, you know, then

617
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:54,639
you're like, well, a guy who's going one for four

618
00:36:55,440 --> 00:36:59,880
with zero runs and zero RBIs suddenly becomes more in

619
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,679
interesting even though like in the big picture, luga Ju

620
00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:04,280
is still good.

621
00:37:05,039 --> 00:37:08,239
Speaker 1: Yeah. Yeah, it does also kill him that he's terrible

622
00:37:08,280 --> 00:37:10,960
in the field. That's why they've moved him the first base.

623
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:15,760
They let him give up second base to the seam Nuniez,

624
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:18,960
so that's not gonna help him. But yeah, we are

625
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,880
pro luga ju on this podcast and want to see

626
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,480
him in that lineup more. Let's get onto the mound,

627
00:37:25,559 --> 00:37:29,199
let's talk talk pictures. So things haven't changed since. Uh,

628
00:37:29,400 --> 00:37:31,639
you know, it feels like every time I've been filling

629
00:37:31,679 --> 00:37:34,599
in for beat On doing this pod, the Mizz is

630
00:37:34,719 --> 00:37:37,480
just chilling out and number one on the Pitching Player

631
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:40,519
Raider over the last month, still up there, ten ten

632
00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:44,239
bucks above second place at sixty and a half dollars

633
00:37:44,400 --> 00:37:47,480
over the past month, thirty five innings, forty six k's,

634
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:51,239
a point seventy seven ERA, A one to sixty three FIP,

635
00:37:51,719 --> 00:37:54,960
a point sixty six whip. He hit one oh five

636
00:37:55,159 --> 00:38:00,639
five on the gun this weekend against PCA. I'm running

637
00:38:00,639 --> 00:38:03,159
out of superlatives for the Miz. Do you have any left?

638
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:08,320
Speaker 2: No? I mean, you know, I you know, he's currently

639
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,280
on the top of the season long player Raider, and

640
00:38:12,000 --> 00:38:14,960
you know, it's it's hard for a picture to be

641
00:38:15,039 --> 00:38:17,360
on the top of the Player Raider to be you know,

642
00:38:17,480 --> 00:38:21,519
totally honest. It's it's, uh, you're gonna really blow people away. Uh,

643
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,719
and he's been doing that, I think. Uh. You know, also,

644
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:28,639
like all the superlatives that were used for the Mizuh

645
00:38:29,039 --> 00:38:32,480
in May with like him and Chris Sanchez had that

646
00:38:32,639 --> 00:38:36,440
insane May, and it's like, you see, Chris Sanchez is

647
00:38:36,639 --> 00:38:40,679
June not terrible, but obviously he couldn't have kept that

648
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,480
up what he was doing in May, whereas like the

649
00:38:43,599 --> 00:38:47,039
Miz actually did keep it up. He's still I mean,

650
00:38:47,079 --> 00:38:51,239
he's still having an insane He had another insane month,

651
00:38:51,519 --> 00:38:53,400
where like if he would have had a little bit

652
00:38:53,400 --> 00:38:55,840
of a come down in June, I don't think anyone

653
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:58,000
would have faulted him for it because his May was

654
00:38:58,079 --> 00:39:02,519
so insane, but his June was good too, So yeah,

655
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:07,199
I mean, crazy season for the Miss so far. I

656
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,039
just hope he continues, you know, to stay healthy and

657
00:39:11,199 --> 00:39:14,159
pitched as well as he has, because you know, I mean,

658
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:16,599
I want to I have him in the league and

659
00:39:16,639 --> 00:39:17,679
I want to win that league.

660
00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:22,440
Speaker 1: So yeah, I can understand. Well, yeah, I think he'll

661
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:25,480
be number one until I mean, honestly, injuries maybe the

662
00:39:25,559 --> 00:39:27,159
only thing that can trip him up at this point,

663
00:39:27,159 --> 00:39:29,719
because he's not even it doesn't even look human out there.

664
00:39:29,760 --> 00:39:32,719
He's totally breaking baseball. The rest of the top ten,

665
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,719
you've got some pretty standard names, I would say, so

666
00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:40,159
number two Logan Web, I mean he's looked wonderful since

667
00:39:40,199 --> 00:39:42,880
he's got back from the IL that like it looks

668
00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,400
like prime logan web just ground ball after ground ball.

669
00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,119
Yamamoto was third, Bryce Miller is fourth. He's been really hot.

670
00:39:50,599 --> 00:39:55,400
Zach Wheeler has been fifth. He's been untouchable. Sixth gauge

671
00:39:55,519 --> 00:39:58,320
jump Brookie from the Athletics and some of those starts

672
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:01,800
that were in Sacramento and Las Vegas still came in

673
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:05,320
six with a one nineteen e arra, a zero point

674
00:40:05,480 --> 00:40:09,039
seventy nine whip thirty k's and thirty and a three

675
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:13,079
in a third innings. What have you seen engaged jump in?

676
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:16,800
Do you trust him enough to start him in Sacramento?

677
00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 2: Uh? At this point I will be starting him in Sacramento.

678
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:26,039
I didn't start him. Maybe I did his last start.

679
00:40:26,079 --> 00:40:26,440
Speaker 1: I don't know.

680
00:40:26,519 --> 00:40:28,960
Speaker 2: There was a there was a good start there where

681
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,920
I did bench him, and he looked really good even

682
00:40:32,000 --> 00:40:34,719
in bing Bong, so I I probably at this point

683
00:40:34,760 --> 00:40:39,079
I would start him everywhere. I you know, unfortunately his

684
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:42,800
numbers aren't really jumping off the page, like his stuff

685
00:40:42,920 --> 00:40:48,239
actually looks better than his numbers currently, Like you know,

686
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:51,880
his era obviously is awesome, and you know he's had uh.

687
00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:55,360
He had a great month, for sure, but you know,

688
00:40:55,559 --> 00:40:58,719
the k's and the and the walks are okay. I

689
00:40:58,800 --> 00:41:03,639
mean they're okay. It's like everything looks fine, but I

690
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,840
could see like some regression coming for him. So I

691
00:41:08,119 --> 00:41:11,199
you know, I like him. I'm kind of surprised he's

692
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,840
not pitching better. It's kind of weird because like in

693
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,039
the minor leagues he pitched amazing, he was great. And

694
00:41:17,199 --> 00:41:21,039
then and you know with the a's, like the surface

695
00:41:21,159 --> 00:41:25,639
numbers look good, but the numbers underlying that don't look

696
00:41:25,719 --> 00:41:28,440
as good. So I feel like there there's gonna be

697
00:41:28,480 --> 00:41:32,440
some come down here with UH with gauge Jump unfortunately.

698
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:39,519
So you know, I guess jump off of them. Whoa, whoa,

699
00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:45,480
whoa whoa watch out whoa? Hold on WHOA? So I

700
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:48,079
like him, and I would you know, I would say

701
00:41:48,119 --> 00:41:50,400
I would be selling if I could. I don't know

702
00:41:50,440 --> 00:41:53,760
if you can really sell gauge Jump in any league though,

703
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,480
unless you know, maybe in a dynasty league or something,

704
00:41:56,800 --> 00:41:59,800
and there I would be really hesitant about selling them.

705
00:42:00,119 --> 00:42:02,960
So I would like, you know, if anyone in a

706
00:42:03,039 --> 00:42:06,320
re draft league wanted to buy him, I could see

707
00:42:06,760 --> 00:42:09,559
selling him there. But yeah, I mean and more than

708
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,360
likely he's the kind of guy where you get you

709
00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:14,519
were fortunate enough to pick him up off a waivers,

710
00:42:14,639 --> 00:42:17,199
so you just you ride it out until you know

711
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:18,159
the wheels come off.

712
00:42:18,239 --> 00:42:21,519
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, I mean, I think that he's going

713
00:42:21,559 --> 00:42:23,519
to be really great on the road. I mean, we

714
00:42:23,559 --> 00:42:26,320
saw it really. He pitched in a pitcher's park for

715
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:29,320
the first time this past week at San Francisco, put

716
00:42:29,400 --> 00:42:33,079
up nine k's over five innings with nowhere and runs,

717
00:42:33,199 --> 00:42:37,079
and you can see the talent there. But the downside

718
00:42:37,119 --> 00:42:39,880
will always be Sacramento because even though he's pitched well

719
00:42:39,960 --> 00:42:43,119
and survived in his starts there except for the first

720
00:42:43,159 --> 00:42:46,320
one his first outing gave up four against Seattle, but

721
00:42:46,400 --> 00:42:50,559
against Colorado and the Angels, and the Colorado one was

722
00:42:50,599 --> 00:42:55,199
in Vegas, so survived those. But yeah, it will also

723
00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,880
be depending on what lineup he's facing, how righty heavy

724
00:42:59,000 --> 00:43:02,320
they are, how good their rights are. So certainly I

725
00:43:02,360 --> 00:43:04,519
think more of a matchup based streamer. If you've got

726
00:43:04,599 --> 00:43:07,800
somebody in your league who values him more towards what

727
00:43:07,920 --> 00:43:10,800
he showed against the Giants, then you might be able

728
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,559
to find a window there to sell. Let's get back

729
00:43:13,599 --> 00:43:16,280
to the breast of those top ten pitchers from the

730
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:20,360
last thirty days. Number seven Sandi al Kantara, sneaking up

731
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:22,119
there just in time for the trade deadline for the

732
00:43:22,159 --> 00:43:26,400
Marlins to flash a little talent Logan Gilbert at eighth,

733
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:30,960
Drew Rasmussen at nine. This guy clocked in at ten

734
00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:33,199
after his great start yesterday, and I want to talk

735
00:43:33,199 --> 00:43:37,000
about him, Foster Griffin of the Washington Nationals. I guess

736
00:43:37,039 --> 00:43:42,039
it's just a very Washington Nationals heavy podcast, probably, I mean,

737
00:43:42,199 --> 00:43:45,960
certainly more exciting than whatever two hundred and fiftieth Anniversary

738
00:43:45,960 --> 00:43:48,480
of America fair that's going on in Washington right now.

739
00:43:48,599 --> 00:43:51,039
Go see and Nats game instead, to see our boys,

740
00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:55,400
Luga Jew and Foster Griffin, who's been really good since

741
00:43:55,440 --> 00:43:58,840
coming over from NPB. The totals on the season, how

742
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,880
are ninety eight innings with a two ninety three era.

743
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:04,280
It is a four to twenty one FIP. But the

744
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:07,639
he's getting about a k print inning And every time

745
00:44:07,719 --> 00:44:12,639
I turn of Foster Griffin start on, it's pretty good stuff.

746
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:15,039
He's like a good pitcher. It's a kind of it's

747
00:44:15,079 --> 00:44:18,360
an old school kind of approach where nothing stands off

748
00:44:18,400 --> 00:44:20,880
the page in terms of like he doesn't throw one

749
00:44:20,960 --> 00:44:23,760
oh five. He doesn't have a super nasty slider, but

750
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:27,320
it is a seven pitch mix coming from a pretty

751
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:29,719
high slot lefty six foot three. It's a big guy.

752
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:31,719
What do you think about Foster Griffin?

753
00:44:32,920 --> 00:44:35,920
Speaker 2: Uh, you mean Luga Jews teammate.

754
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:38,159
Speaker 1: I'm a fan.

755
00:44:38,440 --> 00:44:42,440
Speaker 2: I became a fan this month. I didn't think much

756
00:44:42,519 --> 00:44:45,079
of him outside of like I thought he was basically

757
00:44:45,280 --> 00:44:49,440
a streaminator pick up for you know, most of the

758
00:44:49,679 --> 00:44:52,320
season up until, like, you know, what he's done in

759
00:44:52,360 --> 00:44:55,800
the last month. His numbers are you know, they're they're

760
00:44:55,880 --> 00:45:02,840
clocking as potential number three fantasy starter in mixed leagues.

761
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,400
They it doesn't look much worse than that, maybe a

762
00:45:06,599 --> 00:45:11,239
number four, but definitely roster ball in in most like

763
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,920
twelve team mix leagues and deeper, you know, in a

764
00:45:15,039 --> 00:45:17,480
ten team mix league. It's so shallow that's it's hard

765
00:45:17,519 --> 00:45:21,159
to say, but I I will say Foster Griffin looks

766
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:24,840
solid underneath the surface. Like I'm surprised at how much

767
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:29,559
I like him, to be honest, now, I think there's

768
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:34,239
much more upside with gauge jump, and gauge jump on

769
00:45:34,360 --> 00:45:37,639
the road does look amazing, So I don't want to

770
00:45:37,840 --> 00:45:39,880
like I don't want to put down gauge Jump too much,

771
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,119
but Foster Griffin looks as good as gauge Jump, and

772
00:45:44,280 --> 00:45:48,840
I think he's probably super cheap to acquire. I would

773
00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:52,079
guess Foster Griffin, that is I you know, I would guess,

774
00:45:52,320 --> 00:45:55,079
you know, you could probably get him either off of

775
00:45:55,159 --> 00:45:58,280
waivers or for like next to nothing in a trade,

776
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,159
like as a throw in or something. He looks really

777
00:46:01,360 --> 00:46:04,840
usable for fantasy. You know, a lot of innings he's

778
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:11,280
throwing solid. He's throwing solid innings each game, keeping runners off.

779
00:46:12,760 --> 00:46:16,159
Solid command. I think he probably he must have unlocked

780
00:46:16,199 --> 00:46:19,159
I want to say he unlocked something when he was

781
00:46:19,239 --> 00:46:22,960
in Japan, you know, over the last couple of years.

782
00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:26,920
Like it looks like, you know, I will say, like

783
00:46:27,119 --> 00:46:30,960
his command was a little wanting in uh, you know,

784
00:46:31,119 --> 00:46:33,559
before he went, when he was over in like k

785
00:46:33,800 --> 00:46:37,599
C and stuff. But now that he's back, they unlock

786
00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:41,719
something there. His command looks much better. It looks solid,

787
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:44,880
you know, and if you can, if you can manage

788
00:46:44,920 --> 00:46:48,159
to keep runners off, you don't have to do that

789
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,599
much with strikeouts. And he's done plenty. I mean, he's

790
00:46:51,800 --> 00:46:54,119
you know, pushing a nine k per nine if he

791
00:46:54,199 --> 00:46:56,280
can get you know. I mean, even if he falls

792
00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:00,320
to probably more realistically like an eight point five in

793
00:47:01,119 --> 00:47:05,559
a barely two walk per nine, that's pretty usable for

794
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:06,920
most mixed leagues.

795
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:09,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I think I'm right there with you. And

796
00:47:10,239 --> 00:47:12,280
the other thing here is that the line even looks

797
00:47:12,679 --> 00:47:15,280
worse than it actually is, because if you remember, on

798
00:47:15,639 --> 00:47:19,159
May fourteenth, he got annihilated in Cincinnati, he gave up

799
00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:21,920
nine earned over four and a third. Since then, he's

800
00:47:21,920 --> 00:47:24,480
put up forty seven and a third innings, a forty

801
00:47:24,599 --> 00:47:28,320
nine to seven k to BB with a forty five

802
00:47:28,360 --> 00:47:32,800
percent ground ball rate, a two two eight era and yeah,

803
00:47:33,039 --> 00:47:36,960
great control. He's a quality start, just mastered. He's got

804
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:39,519
four straight quality starts. So I know lots of people

805
00:47:39,599 --> 00:47:42,599
are playing more so in QS leagues than win leagues nowadays,

806
00:47:43,119 --> 00:47:45,159
and so yeah, I think if you're looking for somebody

807
00:47:45,239 --> 00:47:47,400
gives you a little length and is flying underneath the radar,

808
00:47:48,199 --> 00:47:51,440
Foster Griffin right there, where's he ring for you? On

809
00:47:51,519 --> 00:47:56,760
the Nolan Ryan Junior scale, uh, I'd probably.

810
00:47:56,639 --> 00:48:03,000
Speaker 2: Put him at uh oh, an unfortunate, unfortunate place to stop,

811
00:48:03,039 --> 00:48:07,360
but i'd probably put him out of Nola. Unfortunately, it's

812
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:11,679
not great because of the connotations with Aaron Nola. I

813
00:48:11,800 --> 00:48:14,280
might even I might even give him Nolan. I might

814
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:18,320
give him the second Yeah, I might, I might give

815
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:22,280
him the whole name. I like to avoid the Nola

816
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:25,400
comparisons because we don't we don't want to Aaron Nola

817
00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,880
comparisons here, So I'll say Nolan. I'll give him the Nolan.

818
00:48:29,360 --> 00:48:32,159
Speaker 1: Well, there you go, Foster Griffin, You're halfway there. All right,

819
00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:34,519
Let's let's look on the other side of that player

820
00:48:34,639 --> 00:48:38,159
raider where things have gotten ugly for some some players.

821
00:48:38,239 --> 00:48:42,199
Speaker 2: So the past, where's Missoski on the Nolan Nolan Ryan

822
00:48:42,280 --> 00:48:45,920
junior scale. I mean, he's basically Nolan Ryan junior. Maybe

823
00:48:45,960 --> 00:48:49,480
he doesn't have the period at the end of the junior, right.

824
00:48:50,000 --> 00:48:52,320
Speaker 1: I mean it might be even an infinite junior at

825
00:48:52,360 --> 00:48:56,599
this point, because like this is like peak Nolan Ryan

826
00:48:56,719 --> 00:49:00,519
and beyond for the miz. Like it is true, honestly

827
00:49:00,679 --> 00:49:04,800
like it. If he keeps this up, like he might

828
00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:08,000
start getting into like peak Hall of Fame questions because

829
00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:12,280
if like he's just throwing one oh five in the zone,

830
00:49:12,440 --> 00:49:13,239
like what are you gonna do?

831
00:49:14,079 --> 00:49:17,079
Speaker 2: I know, yeah, I just knock on wad that he

832
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:20,400
stays healthy because me too. That's always the worry when

833
00:49:20,519 --> 00:49:24,280
someone's thrown under five. Like yeah, I mean you saw,

834
00:49:24,639 --> 00:49:27,400
like I mean we so recently with like Mason Miller,

835
00:49:28,079 --> 00:49:30,480
he basically had to become a closer because it was

836
00:49:30,599 --> 00:49:33,239
like he just couldn't stay on the field as a starter.

837
00:49:33,559 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: So hopefully, yeah, okay, well let's get into those cold

838
00:49:37,440 --> 00:49:40,119
players because the and this is a little bit hard

839
00:49:40,159 --> 00:49:42,280
to pick out because like if you're down at the

840
00:49:42,360 --> 00:49:46,199
bottom of the player raider for cold guys in the

841
00:49:46,280 --> 00:49:48,679
last thirty days, you're gonna get, you know, guys who've

842
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:51,880
been injured, guys who are been called up halfway through

843
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,199
the month. So I tried to pick out a handful

844
00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,440
of names, especially on the hitting side, where they've been

845
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:00,480
playing all month and pretty much full time jobs and

846
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:05,360
have been just racking up negative value for those fantasy

847
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,440
rosters out there and are probably pretty highly rostered. So

848
00:50:09,559 --> 00:50:14,719
you've got Salvador Perez, Austin Riley, Chandler Simpson, Luke Rayley,

849
00:50:15,159 --> 00:50:18,599
Nico Horner who we talked about last pod Xander Bogarts

850
00:50:18,639 --> 00:50:22,119
are five of the just like coldest. I guess that's

851
00:50:22,159 --> 00:50:25,360
six names, six of the cold cold six pack of

852
00:50:25,440 --> 00:50:28,039
players right there. So are you worried about any of

853
00:50:28,079 --> 00:50:30,079
those guys? Are anybody else in the player raider where

854
00:50:30,079 --> 00:50:32,480
you're just like, oh my gosh, I gotta do something

855
00:50:32,559 --> 00:50:33,920
with this guy and get him off my roster.

856
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, you know, honestly, I was. I think

857
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:41,519
it was Saturday. I turned on the Was it Saturday

858
00:50:41,599 --> 00:50:44,000
the Royals? Yeah, the Royals White Size game. I think

859
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:47,199
it was Saturday. I turned on the game and Salvador

860
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,159
Perez actually happened to be at the plate, and I

861
00:50:51,039 --> 00:50:55,280
didn't realize he was hitting two hundred for the season,

862
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:57,559
and I was like, I was thinking he was at

863
00:50:57,639 --> 00:51:00,840
least as of Saturday. Anyway, I was thinking, like, remember,

864
00:51:01,000 --> 00:51:03,519
like I think it was like two years ago, people

865
00:51:03,559 --> 00:51:06,079
were like, oh, Salvador Perez has become a Hall of

866
00:51:06,199 --> 00:51:09,000
Famer from this, like, you know, that great year he had,

867
00:51:09,719 --> 00:51:13,519
And I was like thinking, like, has he basically become

868
00:51:13,760 --> 00:51:17,119
a non Hall of Famer in this season because he

869
00:51:17,239 --> 00:51:20,840
looks terrible. I mean, you know, he seems like a

870
00:51:21,119 --> 00:51:25,000
he seems like a good guy, but he's he also

871
00:51:25,079 --> 00:51:28,119
seems like he should be retired. He seems so bad.

872
00:51:28,760 --> 00:51:31,000
Like it was like he swung it a couple of

873
00:51:31,039 --> 00:51:34,719
pitches and basically I eventually I think he grounded out.

874
00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,360
Uh and like you know, I mean he runs so slow.

875
00:51:38,519 --> 00:51:43,719
It's like, oh my god. I mean Salvador Perez like,

876
00:51:44,079 --> 00:51:47,559
come on, man, someone hit the someone hit the fifty

877
00:51:47,639 --> 00:51:51,559
seven on the bottle to get him moving faster. He

878
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:56,360
was like so slow. Oh god, it's painful to watch

879
00:51:56,360 --> 00:51:59,719
Savador Prez. So, you know, looking on the on the

880
00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:03,519
third day Player Raider, we also have you know, roster

881
00:52:04,119 --> 00:52:07,400
the percentage that a guy's rostered, and Savador Prez is

882
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,880
at one hundred percent. And that's crazy because he he

883
00:52:11,079 --> 00:52:13,599
looks terrible. I mean, you know, maybe he gets hot

884
00:52:13,639 --> 00:52:16,639
at some point. But it's also like that's a two catcher,

885
00:52:17,639 --> 00:52:21,039
that's two catcher roster percentages, so you know that might

886
00:52:21,119 --> 00:52:22,639
have something to do with it. But if you have

887
00:52:22,920 --> 00:52:26,960
a Savador Perez in like a non two catcher league,

888
00:52:27,199 --> 00:52:30,199
what are you doing? I mean, Okay, So moving on,

889
00:52:30,400 --> 00:52:33,440
because that was a lot about Savador pres. Austin Riley

890
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:38,039
also I think is really dropable in most leagues, Like

891
00:52:38,199 --> 00:52:41,239
he has not looked good. We're going back years now,

892
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:43,559
he hasn't looked good. He hasn't looked good for a while.

893
00:52:44,360 --> 00:52:48,920
Chandler Simpson I think is probably pretty good to actually

894
00:52:49,280 --> 00:52:52,800
pretty good still if you need steals, So I wouldn't

895
00:52:53,239 --> 00:52:55,440
like if I needed steals, I would be picking up

896
00:52:55,519 --> 00:52:59,320
Chandler Simpson or or holding him if I had him

897
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:01,519
in a league, Like I would not be dropping Chandler

898
00:53:01,599 --> 00:53:03,920
Simpson because like he's the kind of guy who could

899
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:06,880
steal twelve bags in a week or something, So I

900
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:10,760
would absolutely be holding. Luke Raley feels like a it

901
00:53:10,840 --> 00:53:14,400
feels like a hangover from like April when he was good,

902
00:53:14,920 --> 00:53:17,280
and people haven't really either people have checked out on

903
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,559
their fantasy teams or they're just not paying attention because

904
00:53:20,800 --> 00:53:23,239
he wasn't as good as he was in April. So

905
00:53:23,639 --> 00:53:25,599
you know, if you can move on from Luke Raley,

906
00:53:25,719 --> 00:53:28,639
I would do that. Nico Horner I think is gonna

907
00:53:28,639 --> 00:53:32,800
get better, but like we mentioned last week, it's like

908
00:53:33,119 --> 00:53:36,639
the good Nico Horner is like is it worth holding

909
00:53:36,719 --> 00:53:41,360
onto that? I don't think so. And Xander Bogarts is

910
00:53:41,559 --> 00:53:44,039
just like he's the most boring player to have a

911
00:53:44,199 --> 00:53:47,320
fantasy I mean, he's so boring. It's like you're doing

912
00:53:47,440 --> 00:53:51,760
a play for runs in RBIs and even those are

913
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:56,840
kind of like eh, I mean, I'd probably be looking

914
00:53:56,920 --> 00:53:58,599
elsewhere at Xander Bogarts too.

915
00:53:59,159 --> 00:54:01,800
Speaker 1: Yep, yeah, I mean honestly, he's got a lot of

916
00:54:01,880 --> 00:54:05,039
Nico Horner inside of them too, so like they're they're

917
00:54:05,199 --> 00:54:07,840
very the same vein. So let's look at some of

918
00:54:07,880 --> 00:54:10,000
the cold pitchers, some of the guys that have been

919
00:54:10,079 --> 00:54:12,920
towards the bomb of the player Raider. Another cold six

920
00:54:13,000 --> 00:54:17,239
pack here, Zach Gallon, Mitch Keller, Andrew Paynter, who actually

921
00:54:17,239 --> 00:54:19,199
got sent down to Triple A this week so he

922
00:54:19,280 --> 00:54:23,000
can't hurt you anymore. Merril Kelly's in there, Randy Vasquez,

923
00:54:23,119 --> 00:54:26,719
the magic has worn off. And then Kevin Gossman, I

924
00:54:26,800 --> 00:54:28,880
want to I want to get your take on this one, because, uh,

925
00:54:29,400 --> 00:54:32,440
it is he's been straight poop in the past three

926
00:54:32,519 --> 00:54:35,559
times that he's been on the mound. It's been eight innings,

927
00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:40,679
thirteen nerd runs, seven strikeouts, six walks, four homers in

928
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:46,320
those eight innings, just gotten absolutely shelled. And the first

929
00:54:46,360 --> 00:54:49,440
of those two, the velo was way down, it came back.

930
00:54:49,559 --> 00:54:53,960
The second one. He is thirty five years old and

931
00:54:54,360 --> 00:54:56,119
he's looked like at the past two times. Are you

932
00:54:56,360 --> 00:54:59,760
are you worried about Kevin Gossman because before that it

933
00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:02,840
was pretty solid work. It was Kevin Gossman. Before that,

934
00:55:03,000 --> 00:55:05,320
you know, he was his normal self where he was

935
00:55:05,360 --> 00:55:08,039
a three forty one era over the previous eighty seven

936
00:55:08,920 --> 00:55:11,559
innings with a K per an inning and you know,

937
00:55:11,679 --> 00:55:15,079
getting those wins and qs's for you. So, uh, this

938
00:55:15,239 --> 00:55:17,639
kind of happened out nowhere. You're worried about Kevin Gossman.

939
00:55:19,039 --> 00:55:23,280
Speaker 2: Uh, yeah, I mean I am worried, but I also

940
00:55:23,400 --> 00:55:26,719
think that he's probably this is just the ups and

941
00:55:26,880 --> 00:55:30,079
downs of the season. I think he's probably okay. Like

942
00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:34,000
I like, if anyone's expecting like the Kevin Gossman of like,

943
00:55:34,239 --> 00:55:38,320
you know, twenty twenty one to suddenly reappear, I wouldn't

944
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:41,039
expect that. But you know, like he's for the last

945
00:55:41,079 --> 00:55:44,800
two years at least, he's been roughly a three seven

946
00:55:45,039 --> 00:55:48,199
five pitcher with like you know, a little bit over

947
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:51,320
an eight and a half k per nine and that

948
00:55:51,599 --> 00:55:55,320
seems about right, like and that's that that with that

949
00:55:55,599 --> 00:55:59,119
comes you know moments where you know he's just not

950
00:55:59,280 --> 00:56:02,599
that great. So I think he's okay. Like I wouldn't

951
00:56:02,639 --> 00:56:06,400
expect more than I want to stay at this point,

952
00:56:06,480 --> 00:56:10,039
maybe a three to eight earra on the year, which

953
00:56:10,159 --> 00:56:13,639
is you know, I mean it's it's like he's basically

954
00:56:13,719 --> 00:56:17,480
a number five, number four to number five starter for

955
00:56:17,639 --> 00:56:21,960
fantasy in like I want to say twelve team mixed

956
00:56:22,320 --> 00:56:25,559
or deeper. And if you can do better in a

957
00:56:25,639 --> 00:56:29,719
twelve team mixed, and I imagine some some teams can

958
00:56:29,840 --> 00:56:32,599
probably do better, then you know, I mean you I

959
00:56:32,639 --> 00:56:35,159
would see I could see moving on from Kevin Gausman

960
00:56:35,159 --> 00:56:37,559
in a twelve team mix league if if you can

961
00:56:37,599 --> 00:56:41,880
do better. But right now, you know, for what it's worth,

962
00:56:42,079 --> 00:56:47,159
I have him in a twelve team mix league and

963
00:56:47,519 --> 00:56:50,679
you know, I mean it's not been great. I haven't

964
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:54,599
enjoyed it, but I'm not necessarily dropping him. I mean,

965
00:56:54,679 --> 00:56:56,599
I think I have gone to the point where I

966
00:56:56,760 --> 00:57:00,239
have started benching him. It's a weekly league, so you know,

967
00:57:00,280 --> 00:57:03,320
in a weekly league, you get two good matchups from

968
00:57:03,360 --> 00:57:05,960
another guy, and it's like, oh, I can bench Kevin Goussman.

969
00:57:06,039 --> 00:57:09,400
I have a you know, say Foster Griffin or something,

970
00:57:09,519 --> 00:57:12,400
so it's like, yeah, I can bench Gossman. So I

971
00:57:12,679 --> 00:57:15,920
would probably not drop him in a twelve team mix league,

972
00:57:16,039 --> 00:57:20,920
but I could see potential for dropping them if there's

973
00:57:21,199 --> 00:57:25,159
opportunities to move on and the pitcher's better out there

974
00:57:25,280 --> 00:57:28,320
on waivers or something in a I would say, in

975
00:57:28,559 --> 00:57:31,199
a ten team mix league, yeah, I mean, I think

976
00:57:31,239 --> 00:57:33,360
he's probably drop a ball. Like I said, I mean,

977
00:57:33,559 --> 00:57:36,320
he's a three eight ear a guy the rest of

978
00:57:36,320 --> 00:57:39,679
the year. That's borderline, and a you know, in a

979
00:57:39,800 --> 00:57:43,599
ten team mix league that's pretty borderline. That's like streamer stuff.

980
00:57:43,760 --> 00:57:46,199
So yeah, I could I could see moving them on

981
00:57:46,400 --> 00:57:50,199
and moving on on like the shallowest of leagues, you know,

982
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,320
And unfortunately in deeper leagues where you have to hold

983
00:57:53,440 --> 00:57:56,519
and hope that he gets better. I do think he'll

984
00:57:56,559 --> 00:57:58,199
get a little bit better. So there's that.

985
00:57:59,320 --> 00:58:01,119
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I think I'm right there with you

986
00:58:01,239 --> 00:58:03,199
where you've got to be a little bit more careful

987
00:58:03,199 --> 00:58:05,960
with the matchups, and Gousman, maybe you've been previously. The

988
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:09,119
other factor here is last year the Blue Jays were like,

989
00:58:09,679 --> 00:58:13,039
by far, the best defensive team in baseball, and this

990
00:58:13,199 --> 00:58:15,480
year they've come back to maybe where they're in the

991
00:58:15,719 --> 00:58:18,159
back end of the top ten. So something else to

992
00:58:18,239 --> 00:58:21,239
keep in mind with somebody like Gaussman, who is groundball forward,

993
00:58:21,320 --> 00:58:24,400
where you know, if you're depending on that defense, the

994
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,000
Blue Jays have not been elite the way that they

995
00:58:27,039 --> 00:58:30,639
were last year, so something to factor in as well. Well,

996
00:58:30,760 --> 00:58:35,119
we've gotten to the sagnof portion of our podcast, so

997
00:58:35,599 --> 00:58:39,440
let's talk some bullpens because we've got a bunch of

998
00:58:39,519 --> 00:58:42,719
the same problem children coming back to this discussion week

999
00:58:42,760 --> 00:58:45,800
after week, and one of those has been the Chicago

1000
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:49,000
White Sox, where Sir Anthony Demingez has been up and down,

1001
00:58:49,199 --> 00:58:51,639
up and down, up and down. It's a four four

1002
00:58:51,760 --> 00:58:54,000
five ERA over twenty eight and a third inning so

1003
00:58:54,159 --> 00:58:57,599
far this year. Blew a save on Monday, but Grant

1004
00:58:57,639 --> 00:59:00,360
Taylor also blew a save on Monday. Grant Taylor also

1005
00:59:00,440 --> 00:59:04,079
took a loss on Wednesday. The only save that went

1006
00:59:04,119 --> 00:59:06,119
to the bullpen for the White Sox this past week

1007
00:59:06,280 --> 00:59:08,599
was Seawan Newcomb, who picked it up in like a

1008
00:59:09,000 --> 00:59:13,360
longer three inning sort of portion where you're just out

1009
00:59:13,400 --> 00:59:15,199
there eating some innings trying to save for the rest

1010
00:59:15,239 --> 00:59:17,159
of the bullpen. So what are you doing with this

1011
00:59:17,239 --> 00:59:20,840
White Sox bullpen, because Sir Anthony Domingez has not been

1012
00:59:21,039 --> 00:59:23,760
good when he's been in there. He's actually been much

1013
00:59:23,840 --> 00:59:27,360
better in non safe situations. Grant Taylor is like one

1014
00:59:27,400 --> 00:59:31,000
of the elite relievers of all of baseball, But the

1015
00:59:31,119 --> 00:59:33,480
White Sox don't seem to be willing to put him

1016
00:59:33,760 --> 00:59:35,840
fully into that closer role. They liked using him as

1017
00:59:35,840 --> 00:59:38,880
an opener, as a bridge guy to get to Dominguez.

1018
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:41,719
Do you have faith in Dominguez or are you moving

1019
00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:43,760
on to Grant Taylor? Is there somebody else he might

1020
00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:45,559
be factoring into this bullpen?

1021
00:59:46,599 --> 00:59:50,239
Speaker 2: Uh? Yeah? So I have Sir Anthony Dominguez in a

1022
00:59:50,400 --> 00:59:52,559
league and I saw, I think it was today, I

1023
00:59:52,679 --> 00:59:55,440
saw that he was pitching in the sixth inning, and

1024
00:59:55,559 --> 00:59:57,400
at that point, I was like, why do I have

1025
00:59:57,519 --> 01:00:01,480
Sir Anthony Dimengaz on my team? Like I feel it's

1026
01:00:01,559 --> 01:00:07,360
kind of pointless. I don't think they necessarily the White

1027
01:00:07,400 --> 01:00:09,760
Sex it is. I don't think they're necessarily going to

1028
01:00:09,920 --> 01:00:14,079
Grand Taylor, who should be the closer. I would, you know,

1029
01:00:14,159 --> 01:00:17,599
I would guess at some point he will officially become

1030
01:00:17,679 --> 01:00:20,760
the closer. And you know, I think we're seeing the

1031
01:00:20,840 --> 01:00:24,199
point where, like, you know, it's like when Devin Williams

1032
01:00:24,400 --> 01:00:28,880
was behind Josh Hater in Milwaukee. Like at a certain point,

1033
01:00:29,000 --> 01:00:32,719
Grant Taylor will emerge and become the lights out closer

1034
01:00:32,880 --> 01:00:36,079
that everyone knows he can be. But I don't know

1035
01:00:36,119 --> 01:00:39,880
if we're there yet, So you know, I would probably

1036
01:00:40,119 --> 01:00:43,599
roster Taylor just hoping to get as many saves as

1037
01:00:43,639 --> 01:00:47,239
I can, and you know, also the good ratios that

1038
01:00:47,360 --> 01:00:50,320
come with just having Taylor because he's good just in

1039
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:54,400
general and the case so anything Domingos, I think at

1040
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,320
this point it's like like you mentioned, I mean, he's

1041
01:00:57,400 --> 01:01:00,880
better in the sixth inning, but I don't want a

1042
01:01:00,960 --> 01:01:04,360
sixth thing, Sir Anthony to mangas, That's not what I

1043
01:01:04,519 --> 01:01:08,400
signed up for, So I would I'm probably going to

1044
01:01:08,400 --> 01:01:11,519
be dropping the manga as soon. I don't really need

1045
01:01:11,599 --> 01:01:16,880
the saves that badly. Brian Hudson has been solid, but

1046
01:01:17,119 --> 01:01:20,199
he's a lefty. Sean Nuko has been okay, but he's

1047
01:01:20,239 --> 01:01:23,679
a lefty. So I would probably just go grand Taylor

1048
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:24,760
and that's it.

1049
01:01:26,039 --> 01:01:27,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'm right there with you that I

1050
01:01:27,840 --> 01:01:29,960
think they're probably going to mix and match this bullpen

1051
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:33,039
a lot and maybe even acquire somebody at the deadline.

1052
01:01:33,159 --> 01:01:36,199
So yeah, I don't think you need to be be

1053
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:39,079
holding to Vengos. But I don't know if I see

1054
01:01:39,280 --> 01:01:41,199
who's going to be getting the majority of the saves

1055
01:01:41,239 --> 01:01:43,480
in this bullpen right now that I think it's probably

1056
01:01:43,559 --> 01:01:46,280
going to be traded for within the next few weeks,

1057
01:01:46,360 --> 01:01:50,280
as the White Sox probably are starting to sniff that

1058
01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:53,440
division and might make a run for it. Okay, well

1059
01:01:53,519 --> 01:01:57,119
this is now we're getting into the real problem children here,

1060
01:01:57,199 --> 01:01:59,960
because the Athletics are back. You want to talk athletics

1061
01:02:00,039 --> 01:02:03,400
bullpen again. We've got Elvis Alvarado blue a save this

1062
01:02:03,519 --> 01:02:09,360
week has looked really shaky. Mason Barnett picked up the

1063
01:02:09,480 --> 01:02:14,480
latest save in this bullpen, and he's been pretty good

1064
01:02:14,559 --> 01:02:17,320
since moving to this bullpen. You know, this season he's

1065
01:02:17,360 --> 01:02:19,280
got fifteen and third innings with a one to one

1066
01:02:19,400 --> 01:02:24,320
seven ERA. But it is the Sacramento Athletics. They play

1067
01:02:24,360 --> 01:02:27,920
in Bingbong Stadium. They've cycled through tons of dudes. They

1068
01:02:28,039 --> 01:02:31,000
cut Scott Barlow this week that like, that's how far

1069
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:36,519
he went down the drain, And uh, is Mason Barnett

1070
01:02:36,559 --> 01:02:39,320
maybe the next hot name to own in this bullpen?

1071
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:41,079
Or are you just tired of trying to figure out

1072
01:02:41,079 --> 01:02:42,239
what's going on in Sacramento?

1073
01:02:44,039 --> 01:02:46,079
Speaker 2: Actually, you know, because I was I was looking at

1074
01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:49,199
for my by column. I was looking to see which

1075
01:02:49,280 --> 01:02:53,960
teams were the worst for bullpens just in general, that

1076
01:02:54,119 --> 01:02:57,039
teams with the worst the arrays, and I thought the

1077
01:02:57,119 --> 01:03:00,480
A's would be the worst, but they're actually they're not. Uh,

1078
01:03:00,760 --> 01:03:04,000
there's worst teams and uh. And then when I looked

1079
01:03:04,000 --> 01:03:06,400
at the teams who are worse, I was like, oh, yeah,

1080
01:03:06,480 --> 01:03:09,599
those teams are Those teams are awful as well. It's

1081
01:03:09,639 --> 01:03:14,400
the Rockies, the Nationals, the Twins, and the Royals. So

1082
01:03:14,519 --> 01:03:18,679
they're all terrible. The Royals actually, Lang has sort of

1083
01:03:19,239 --> 01:03:23,360
stepped out and become like a decent closer, and Gomez

1084
01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:25,920
has been okay for the Twins even though the guys

1085
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,000
in front of him haven't been great. The Nationals are

1086
01:03:29,039 --> 01:03:33,639
awful and the Rockies are terrible, and I wouldn't mess

1087
01:03:33,679 --> 01:03:36,599
with the A's either. So it's like the A's, the Rockies,

1088
01:03:36,639 --> 01:03:40,079
and the Nationals. I'm not messing with any of them really,

1089
01:03:41,840 --> 01:03:46,000
you know, I think probably Push came to shove for

1090
01:03:46,119 --> 01:03:52,639
the A's probably say like, you know, uh, Hogan Harris,

1091
01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:57,039
I guess, but I wouldn't. I wouldn't be enthused about it,

1092
01:03:57,239 --> 01:04:00,840
like maybe in a al only, but you know, it's

1093
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:04,280
really stretching the imagination to go with like, you know,

1094
01:04:04,639 --> 01:04:07,159
even him, who's you know, I mean, he has a

1095
01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:11,519
three point five eight e ra and eleven plus k

1096
01:04:11,719 --> 01:04:14,519
per nine, So I mean, he hasn't been awful, but

1097
01:04:14,639 --> 01:04:17,920
the command is really bad, and he feels like, you know,

1098
01:04:18,039 --> 01:04:21,559
he's he's a lefty also, so there's that. And he

1099
01:04:21,639 --> 01:04:24,280
also feels like he's gonna blow up at any moment.

1100
01:04:24,440 --> 01:04:27,920
So like you know, even my even my recommendation feels

1101
01:04:28,079 --> 01:04:33,239
terrible in a lot of ways. Mason Burnett seems seems

1102
01:04:33,280 --> 01:04:36,360
like he's been good, but he's also got a terrible command,

1103
01:04:36,920 --> 01:04:40,199
and it's like it's only in what fifteen innings, So

1104
01:04:40,519 --> 01:04:45,400
I don't know. Maybe maybe Barnett emerges as the actual closer,

1105
01:04:45,519 --> 01:04:49,000
but I wouldn't I outside of Al only, I want

1106
01:04:49,039 --> 01:04:50,239
to mess with any of these guys.

1107
01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,800
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, I think that's fair. And then the other

1108
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,199
one that I know that you loved talking about every week,

1109
01:04:56,519 --> 01:05:00,159
the Angels Bullpen. We're back, baby. It's the worst eve

1110
01:05:00,239 --> 01:05:03,039
in the AL outside of the Royals, I guess. And

1111
01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:07,320
it looks like, well, Sam Bachman had picked up a

1112
01:05:07,599 --> 01:05:13,760
save last week, then today we had Sammy Natara Junior,

1113
01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:16,480
who is totally a real player and I knew existed

1114
01:05:16,559 --> 01:05:18,920
before you put him on the rundown, got the save

1115
01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,920
today Kirby Yates got the save on Saturday with Sam

1116
01:05:23,039 --> 01:05:25,360
Bachman getting the hold and Zephyr John getting the win.

1117
01:05:26,039 --> 01:05:28,199
Is this another bullpeny you're just avoiding because of the

1118
01:05:28,320 --> 01:05:30,679
chaos or is there actually any talent here that you

1119
01:05:30,880 --> 01:05:31,599
might be pursuing.

1120
01:05:33,239 --> 01:05:37,800
Speaker 2: You know, it's actually Samy Natara Junior. The junior is

1121
01:05:38,280 --> 01:05:41,679
is the that's the giveaway there, right, because that's like

1122
01:05:41,840 --> 01:05:44,760
a guilding the lily. Like it's like Sam and Atara.

1123
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:47,639
I would have believed, but once you put the junior there,

1124
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,519
it's like, oh, that's not a real person anymore. That's

1125
01:05:50,599 --> 01:05:53,880
totally that's a made up name because they had they

1126
01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:56,199
had to add the junior to pretend like it was

1127
01:05:56,239 --> 01:05:57,039
a real person.

1128
01:05:57,360 --> 01:06:00,800
Speaker 1: Like there just Sammy went one m, right.

1129
01:06:00,800 --> 01:06:03,159
Speaker 2: Sammy with one M. I mean, it's just there's so

1130
01:06:03,360 --> 01:06:06,519
much there that's like, oh, you guys, come on man.

1131
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:09,159
Like if you would have just said Sam Natara, I

1132
01:06:09,199 --> 01:06:14,840
would have been like, yeah, maybe okay, But Sammy Natara Junior,

1133
01:06:15,039 --> 01:06:19,320
that's not a real person. He's actually The crazy thing

1134
01:06:19,440 --> 01:06:22,559
is with Sammy Natara Junior, he's uh, I mean, his

1135
01:06:22,679 --> 01:06:26,239
command is awful, but he's got like an under one

1136
01:06:26,400 --> 01:06:29,760
ear ray he's not pitching. I mean, he's not really

1137
01:06:29,880 --> 01:06:33,039
pitching terrible, but I mean he's also like I mean,

1138
01:06:33,079 --> 01:06:39,719
he's probably just an overliever. I guess, Sam Bachman, I guess.

1139
01:06:40,039 --> 01:06:44,719
But another it's another bullpen where outside of ALE only.

1140
01:06:44,960 --> 01:06:47,119
I think I mentioned this before that like I have

1141
01:06:47,360 --> 01:06:50,800
Kirby Yates in one ALE only league and I haven't

1142
01:06:50,800 --> 01:06:53,280
even started him because I don't need to saves that

1143
01:06:53,480 --> 01:06:56,079
bad to like mess around with, like I don't I

1144
01:06:56,159 --> 01:06:58,559
don't want, I don't want. I don't want that. I

1145
01:06:58,599 --> 01:07:01,960
don't want whatever's gonna happen. And like with the ratio

1146
01:07:02,119 --> 01:07:05,280
blow up and everything, even though like Yeates has been okay,

1147
01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:09,280
but he hasn't been the go to guy either. So

1148
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:14,800
I guess, Sam Bachman, they Yeats has I think one

1149
01:07:14,920 --> 01:07:18,519
more save, but no one for whatever reason. I guess

1150
01:07:18,559 --> 01:07:21,239
it's the reason is the Angels just don't have they

1151
01:07:21,280 --> 01:07:25,079
don't have leads, yes, but they have, like they have

1152
01:07:25,320 --> 01:07:29,199
so few saves coming out of that bullpen that it's

1153
01:07:29,320 --> 01:07:31,920
just not really worth it outside of ALE only and

1154
01:07:32,079 --> 01:07:35,679
in ALE only, I'd probably go Bachman if I had to,

1155
01:07:36,000 --> 01:07:38,480
but you know, push came to shove, I would try

1156
01:07:38,519 --> 01:07:39,320
and avoid the whole thing.

1157
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:42,320
Speaker 1: Yep, I think I'm there with you too, especially you've

1158
01:07:42,360 --> 01:07:45,199
got to start viewing the Angels bullpen as the Rockies bullpen.

1159
01:07:45,320 --> 01:07:48,239
Where I mean, the Angels arms have a little bit

1160
01:07:48,320 --> 01:07:51,519
more talent, but the team is never winning and they

1161
01:07:51,559 --> 01:07:56,760
also play especially that park plays pretty hit her friendly

1162
01:07:56,880 --> 01:08:00,280
as it gets really warm throughout the summer, So you're

1163
01:08:00,360 --> 01:08:02,000
just asking for a blow ups when they do have

1164
01:08:02,079 --> 01:08:05,360
a lead. It's a dangerous situation. But yeah, if you

1165
01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:08,599
have to pick saves and you're that desperate, Bachmann's probably

1166
01:08:08,639 --> 01:08:12,119
the one to go to. Let's stay in California as

1167
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the Giants have a bullpen that has been tumultuous over

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the past week as well.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: Ryan Walker has re entered the mix. He's been up

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from TRIPLEA. But Caleb Killian has been serving as the

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main kind of closer for the Giants this past week.

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On Tuesday, he picked up a safe, then he melted

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it down and blew the save. On Thursday, as we're speaking,

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on Sunday, he picked up another save. So what are

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you doing with Caleb Killian Because we've seen him be good,

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we've seen him be bad. The k raid is fine,

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but the walk rate is enormous. Actually, everybody in this

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Giant's bullpen has a walk grate over ten. So maybe

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you don't want to be touching anybody in this bullpen.

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But is it Killian or is there somebody else that

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you might be targeting? Uh?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I would probably go Killian if a too.

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I mean, actually I don't know. I feel like Killian

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probably is like he's not I mean, it's not great,

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but you know, stick Saves, I mean he was probably

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it was a double of what Daniel Palencia was. Killian

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was laughing Palencia. So yeah, I would probably i'd go

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Caleb Killian, you know. I mean I wouldn't put him

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in the top twenty closers by any stretch of the imagination,

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but I would probably say he's worthwhile and in most

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like mixed leagues, maybe the shallowest of mixed leagues probably

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can avoid him. But yeah, I mean twelve team mix league,

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I think I would. I would have Caleb Killian. I

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would I would roster him.

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Speaker 1: Okay, I think that's fair. All right, Well that's going

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to wrap us up on the second off portion. So

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let's get into some waiver wire ads out there. Gray,

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who are you picking up on the hitter side.

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Speaker 2: Okay, so Caleb Durman, uh seem to get it going

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the last week plus Red Sox their basement has second

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base eligibility and yahoo, Uh so I would grab Caleb

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Durban for a hot bat. Also, Uh, let's see we

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have Nolan Chanelle at the first base said for the Angels, Anaheim,

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Uh not really Los Angeles Angels. He's been hot. Nick

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Lofton's been hot. I saw he got a hit in

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the old the Grapes on I think, yeah, so I

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love to see Lofton's feeling under uh you know, under

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the hood. But uh, he's been hot. Carson Kelly has

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been hot. Ty Franz has been hot. Really some excited

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names here, Lawrence Butler has been hot. Samad Taylor. I

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I told people pick him up like two weeks ago.

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He's still still hitting really well over four hundred for

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the last week. Uh, Randall greed Check has been hot.

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I mean that's so random, random green Check. Denzar Guzman

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another real person the Angels shortstop slash third baseman eligibility

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has has been hot. Jack Peterson hit another home run

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on Sunday. He's been hot for a good week. Or two.

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Jose Siri has been hot. Another angel, jor Bit Vivious

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has been hot for the Nationals. Actually, he was the

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guy who's playing in front of Luga Ju, so we

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don't like that at all, but he has been hot.

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And finally Ryan Kreedler hit another home run on Sunday

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and he's been hot, so go out and grab him.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that is quite the list of names, so many angels.

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That's great, okay. With from the picture side, two starters

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I'd be targeting this week are Sean Burke of the

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White Sox. He's got at Baltimore and at Cleveland. Javier

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assad from the Cubs. He's got two home matchups against

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the Padres and the Cardinals, and the Cubs have been

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pretty hot, so might be a little work on those ratios,

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but certainly can pick up those wins for you. Brandon Sprote,

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he looks great in his last outing, struck out ten guys.

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He's got Cincinnati at home before he goes to Arizona.

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And then if you're just looking for one start streamers first.

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I'm streaming anybody I can against the Cleveland Guardians. They're

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a little bit better lineup now that Chase the latter

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has come back, but without Jose Ramirez and on Hell Martinez,

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that has been one of the worst lineups I've seen

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in maybe like the past five or six years. So

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you've got the Rangers and the White Sox facing the

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Guardians this week. All those pictures can be streamable. Yes,

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even Eric Fetti can be streamable against the Guardians this week.

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Luis Castillo, he looked pretty good in his last outing

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and has been doing well with the Piggybacks. He's got

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a matchup against those lowly Angels and then Tatsuya in

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my right in two straight games of ten plus ks,

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and he's got a pretty decent home matchup against the Twins.

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So hopefully those pickups can help you and all your

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leagues out there, and good luck everybody. I will be

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out next week as Beaton will be returning. So great.

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It's been good filling in and having some summer fun

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with you discussing all of these hot players of June.

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