2nd Half Sex Panther

In this jam-packed episode, we break down the massive Roman Anthony extension and what it means for your fantasy teams — both rest-of-season and into 2026. Is he the real deal, or just Boston buzz. We also dive into Jakob Marsee’s electric debut: is he worth the hype or just a small-sample spark? Find out which leagues he’s a must-add in.

Then, it’s our favorite segment: Scientific Fact, Sex Panther, or I Don’t Believe You featuring: Julio Rodríguez’s classic second-half surge, Nick Kurtz’s jaw-dropping numbers at 1B, Shea Langeliers quietly becoming the best catcher in fantasy, and  possible breakouts from Lenyn Sosa, Matt Shaw, and Isaac Collins.Plus, we scout some arms on the rise in Cade Horton, Jacob Lopez, Noah Cameron.

Episode Transcript

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As Paul as Paul. Hey, everybody, welcome back. It is
the Raspball Fantasy Baseball Podcast. I am beat on, joined
by the Fantasy Master lit Ario Gray Albright.

Speaker 5 (01:20):
How's it going over there?

Speaker 6 (01:20):
Gray, I'm good man, I'm good, just uh just enjoying
my It is today Monday, Yeah, it is a Monday.

Speaker 3 (01:33):
I have uh yeah, I have Andrew Abbott pitching right
now on my most important team. And I have shut
off my TV because.

Speaker 5 (01:45):
I don't want to.

Speaker 3 (01:45):
I don't want to look over to my right where
my TV is and see that he's down seven runs
in the third, because that will put a real stink
on this podcast. I am I'm choosing to be in
the dark for the next hour.

Speaker 1 (02:04):
He's been he's been pretty good this season. I feel
I feel you'll be all right, Gray. But well, we'll
just keep it moving so you can. You can get
to that at some point here. Yeah. Uh, it's been
a it's been a fun interesting week here in Atlanta. Gray.
The uh, the papers and the news and everything's been
been all over the place with the first female umpire

(02:26):
down here. What do you think about her performance? Gray? Oh?

Speaker 3 (02:31):
Man, it was like it was like she was a
twenty year pro on her first call. She got it
totally wrong and watched it was a beautiful thing. I
was like, you know what she's Uh, she can women
can be as wrong as men. That is you know

(02:53):
what I'm all for. Women's live now, man, put more
women in the in the umpire field. That's what it's.
It's gonna take a if it's gonna do, if we're
gonna go to uh, women being I want a whole
a whole crew, a whole umpire crew of all women

(03:17):
on the field. And then uh, and then men can
get so mad and then we can finally get robot MPs.
Can we can we do that because I I personally
really want robot MPs. I I'm not exactly for AI
necessarily in all aspects, but if you can do something

(03:38):
better than humans, like why what are we doing here?
And so obvious that like, like and even if it's
just like what they do in the preseason when it's
like the batters tap their helmet for when they think
the home point ump has got a call wrong, Like
if even we're just doing that, I'm fine with that.
I'll take that because I just want the calls to

(04:02):
be right, you know, and for them, it's it's actually
kind of funny that like the people who are against it,
because it's like you're you're against being correctactly, You're like
you're literally like, you know what, I don't want to
I don't want this to be accurate. But yeah, so, uh,

(04:22):
congratulations to Jen showing that women can be wrong just like.

Speaker 1 (04:30):
Yep, she was, I will say, gray to your point,
she was exactly on the average missed calls for umpires.

Speaker 5 (04:39):
This season, exactly on it.

Speaker 1 (04:42):
I believe it was eighty eight percent on missed calls,
which seems seems not great. Honestly, if we're talking about
a professional baseball umpire. But it is. I mean it's hard.
You know, they're seeing ninety six mile an hour stuff
that that moves all over the place. Of being said,
it is their profession, you think they'd be it'd be
pretty good at it. But yeah, I'm I'm for I'm

(05:05):
for the strike zone check. We can just do you
know a few or every batter gets like one. I don't.
I don't know what the system needs to be, but
I'm I'm for it. Gray. I'm also for just going
to an automated system at this point. That's that's fine.
For a long time, I was concerned because you know,
you watch TV and the box is never quite right

(05:25):
on TV. But it seems like, based on what they've
done in the minors this year that they're they're pretty
much on it now. So yeah, bring on, bring on
the automated strike zone. Why don't why do we have
chips in like the balls and gloves to tell us
who hits the bag first at first base? Like that
seems like a very easy one just to automate. I mean,

(05:45):
on the football side, like we're still using people moving
chains and randomly marking the ball just wherever they feel
like like it's just just completely random. I just feel like,
all this could be a lot more precise. But then again,
they wouldn't be able to fix games then, so that
would really work. I guess we gotta think of everybody

(06:09):
when before we make any changes.

Speaker 3 (06:11):
Great, yeah, totally. You want to be able to you
want to make sure you're able to fix games. That's
an important thing important.

Speaker 1 (06:23):
Major league sports. Like in professional sports, you gotta be
able to make sure those small markets don't actually win anything.

Speaker 3 (06:31):
I actually I feel like the in football. By the way,
we have a football dot roseball dot com for for people,
uh just joining us.

Speaker 1 (06:42):
I got rankings and accord values over there.

Speaker 3 (06:44):
Yeah yeah, there's a uh yeah. Grimy was in the
baseball Commons today trying to recruit people for a football
podcast league. Are you in that?

Speaker 1 (06:57):
That's my league?

Speaker 3 (06:57):
I'm run Yeah, yeah, I figured right, yeah, so yeah,
people want to be in the league with be Doon.

Speaker 1 (07:05):
Yeah, do that.

Speaker 3 (07:06):
But I was thinking though, with the chains, I feel
like it's a larger comment on society that you have.
Like the refs take the pick up the ball. This
is for football. They pick up the ball and they
toss it to the other ref and then the ref
arbitrarily like places it on the ground, and then they

(07:29):
take these chains out to measure and it's like, well
you just I mean you literally just put the ball
down where you want. It's like and they're always like,
we'll see what the placement is. Like it's like, yeah, okay,
so the placeman is arbitrary, but then you have chains
measuring it, Like what's like, what's the point they can't

(07:51):
look over.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
And see where the first down is? Like they don't
automatically know where the ball needs to be. Yeah, not placed.
It's like, so what is really a laser? We can't
have a laser between the markers so we don't have
to drag chains out. Like we're really not to this
point in technology that this billion dollar industry of football

(08:12):
and baseball where we're relying on just human randomness, Like,
what what are we doing here? Anyways? Gray, Let's let's
move on to a topic that helps our listeners a
little bit. Let's talk about somebody who's not changing and
not moving for a while, and that is Roman Anthony.
He gets a big contract, uh you know, Boston, following

(08:33):
the Braves path and just locking up their youth, Roman
Anthony gets his deal. You know, this year he's played
forty nine games, two home runs, two stone bases, twenty
seven runs, twenty RBIs two seventy nine three n two
four nineteen. He has a twenty four and a half
percent strikeout rate and a thirteen point two percent walk rate.

(08:53):
After a rough start, he's gotten it together here. But
the numbers aren't really shouting at at you, like, what
do you what are you thinking in regards to Roman
Anthony for this season and then for next season?

Speaker 5 (09:05):
We might as well start start talking about that at
this point.

Speaker 3 (09:08):
Right, Uh? Yeah, No, I uh, I think, uh, you
know the fact that the Red Sox gave him a
big contract and locked him down for eight years. Uh.
I believe, as Raphael Devers once said, oh yeah, that'll work.
I'm sure Roman Anthony will be with him for the

(09:29):
entire contract. Yeah. No, I mean I you know, personally,
I think it's a great idea if you can lock
up a huge talent like Roman Anthony, just like the
Braves locked up Ozzie Alby's. No, I'm sorry, I'll stop
doing sarcasm now.

Speaker 1 (09:47):
No.

Speaker 7 (09:48):
I think with Roman Anthony, you know, like the tools
are so loud and and it's a hitd tool, speed,
power everything.

Speaker 3 (09:58):
I mean, he's walked looking at a close to fourteen
percent walk rate as a as a rookie in his
first fifty games. It's just ridiculous as a twenty one
year old fourteen percent close to fourteen percent walk grate.
So yeah, I'm pretty much convinced that Roman Anthony is
going to be a star. It's now the thing is,

(10:22):
will he be a star in the mold of like
I don't know, say Bobby Witt, you know and have
like you know, continual success like top fifteen overall type
success for fantasy, or will he be a star like
what we you know, what we're expecting why Langford to

(10:43):
be and you know, it's impossible to say. I think
at this point, I think, you know, with Roman Anthony
being in Fenway so much better park than you know,
my example of Langford. So it's a it's a great park.
It should be, it should be a solid part for
him to hit for a good average. So you're you're
looking at a guy who's hitting two eighty as a

(11:06):
twenty one year old rookie, you would imagine that's only
going to go up from here, and that's even with
a twenty five percent strikeout rate, So you know he's
striking out a bit, but not that much considering you know,
he's so young and this is his first foray into
the majors. So I would say, you know, probably by
next year you're looking at a twenty one to twenty

(11:26):
two percent strikeout rate. The average probably goes up to
two ninety bordering on three hundred. The power is legit,
the steals are legit. I would imagine next year you're
looking at a guy who's probably gonna be in the
range of you know, go back to going back to Langford,

(11:47):
and he's probably Anthony's gonna be in the range of
where we saw James Wood, Jackson Merrill, why Langford go
in in the preseason this year. That's probably what we're
gonna see with Roman Anthony next year. And if I
had the guests, I would put him probably closer to
the you know, the James Wood model of you know,

(12:09):
breaking out, versus the Wyatt Langford of like, you know,
breaking down. So I like Roman Anthony a lot. I
would you know, I would be aggressive to try and
acquire him in a dynasty league. I see very little,
you know, to really worry me. I think it's just
a matter of time really, and you know, that time

(12:31):
could come as soon as September this year, could come
as soon as April of next year. Maybe it's it
takes you know, longer than that, but he's still so
young that I really, I really believe. I believe in
Roman Anthony, and I trust the Red Sox too. You
know the fact that they went and they did make

(12:52):
the big deal to keep him for you know, eight
years tells me that they really trust him, and they're
you know, like we make fun of the Red Sox,
but they are a good organization. They know what they're doing.
They've developed, you know, quite a few players, and Roman
antheys just I think Roman Anthony is gonna be a star,

(13:15):
possibly as soon as next year.

Speaker 1 (13:19):
Yeah, I mean he's he's looked like he belongs, you know,
pretty much after the first kind of you know, there
was an adjustment pierod when he first came up, getting
used to it.

Speaker 5 (13:28):
But yeah, ever since then, he's looked really really good.
You know.

Speaker 1 (13:32):
If anything, the wall has hurt some of his power
because he's just blasted some straight into it, it would
be out of most ballparks, So yeah, I think he'll
kind of adjust in regards to hitting the ball a
little bit more up at least in the pool side.
You know, hitters adjust to their surroundings. But yeah, he's
he's gonna be a good hitter. I don't have any

(13:53):
doubts of that for this season, Gray him or self,
Relic who is you know, minor breakout of the season.
But do you see them even in the same light
this year or what are your thoughts?

Speaker 3 (14:07):
M Yeah, I mean Frelick's been Okay, give people an idea.
He's actually one thirty three on the Player Raider right now.
He's actually right behind Mookie Betts some the recording of
this speaking of Red Sox, a former Red Sox, I uh, yeah,

(14:28):
I mean I would probably go Roman Anthony for Upside
over Freelick because I think we know what we're gonna
get from Freelick and it's kind of whatever. I mean,
unless you really need steals, then I guess you go
freel Like because you know, or if you really need
that well average, I guess they're probably they're probably close

(14:50):
to a push. Actually, yeah, if I guess if you
really need steals, you go Freelick. Otherwise I'm fine going
Anthony between the two of them.

Speaker 1 (15:00):
Yeah, I think I would go uh Freelick for this season,
but for next year, you know, I'll go Anthony. I
just think it's gonna take him a little bit to
adjust to that park, specifically the you know, the monster
and just trying to get to the stats that we
need for for our game. So I think the power
is kind of even at this point, and I'm gonna

(15:20):
give Sally the edge on speed for this season.

Speaker 5 (15:24):
So for this season, I'll go sal but I believe.

Speaker 1 (15:26):
I agree for next year it's Roman Anthony. How about uh,
you know, another breakout for the season, Helio Ramos.

Speaker 3 (15:35):
He's so he's really cooled off a lot in uh,
you know, in the last month plus. Uh, so I
would actually go Roman Anthony.

Speaker 1 (15:46):
Okay, how about how about Ian Happ who feels like
kind of the the you know, Roman Anthony bottom line
at some point, like what Roman Anthony.

Speaker 3 (15:58):
Is Ian Halp, I feel like is our own personal
wandy line. Yeah, to date ourselves a little bit. Most
people listen to this, actually this probably do the one I.

Speaker 5 (16:12):
Know exactly what we're talking about.

Speaker 3 (16:15):
It's all fifty plus year olds. I would go Roman
Anthony over Ian Half.

Speaker 1 (16:23):
I would too. Again, it's just kind of the line
I have to put him in here when we talk
about an outfielder, we have to kind of give a
line for and that's that's the Ian Half line. At
this point we'll have to the happenstance line.

Speaker 5 (16:35):
I don't know.

Speaker 1 (16:38):
Let's move on to the next person here. Jacob Marcy.
We talked about him briefly last week, but he has
hit the ground running Gray eleven games, one on run,
five stone bases. He's sitting four nineteen, five thirty eight,
seven forty two. He's got a twenty and a half
striker rate and walk rate. I mean, is he a
automatic pickup across all leagues right now? Is this something

(17:00):
we can we can count on or just a little
hotch potato action? Uh?

Speaker 3 (17:06):
Yeah, I think it's probably it's a little bit of
a hotspotato action because you know, I don't believe in
the average right now. Is his babbit's over five hundred?
I mean it's really small sample size, but the steals
are real, Like the speed is real. So if you
need speed, I have no problem going and grabbing Jacob Morsey.

(17:28):
I think there's a I think there's a potential here
to have like the guy who has the most steals
between now and the end of the season, probably between
him and like Chandler Simpson. Yeah, I mean there's a
few guys, but I would say Morsey is probably number
one guy for speed right now. But other than that,

(17:52):
I don't really trust any of the other tools, to
be honest, Like, I don't know, like he had he
made good contact in the minor leagues as far as
strikeouts go, but he still only hit two forty six.
Uh So, yeah, I think the the hard contact, like
right now he's got he's making a lot of hard contact,
loud hard contact, over fifty two percent a hard contact.

(18:16):
But that's really I think, small sample sized thing. I
don't buy it. So I do like it, though I
do like him for speed so and and because he's
you know, hash potato doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't pick
him up in every league. I would pick him up
because he's hot, so why not. But I don't trust
it to like last as far as like power and average,

(18:40):
the speed, the speed's there. The speed's not a joke.

Speaker 1 (18:44):
Yeah, I mean a few good weeks from from a
player at this point can be the difference between winning
or not. So yeah, grab these guys even if they
aresh potatoes, if they're hot. To your point about the
power being maybe maybe over exaggerated at this point. Even
in Triple A this year, he was in a thir
thirty and a half percent hard hit in an eighty

(19:05):
seven point three exivelocity over fifty two percent hard hit
and a ninety two point eight exivelocity. Those are numbers
are massively juiced from what he was doing in Triple A.
That seems like it's not something that can sustain itself.
But yes, absolutely pick him up. And like you said,
he could lead the league in stolen bases. He is

(19:27):
an on base guy. He's always been an on base guy.
So from that standpoint, he should always have some value
as long as he is in the lineup because he
can always steal a base if he gets you know,
he gets the walk and gets on first. Gray, can
you tell me who has the most stolen bases in August.

Speaker 3 (19:48):
I'm gonna say Jacob Morsey.

Speaker 1 (19:50):
It is not he is second. He's tied for second.

Speaker 3 (19:55):
Oh, I don't know who it is.

Speaker 5 (19:58):
Josh Naylor.

Speaker 1 (20:03):
Just proving you do not need to be fast to
steal bases.

Speaker 5 (20:07):
And it's just getting crazy out there.

Speaker 1 (20:10):
Josh Taylor six stolen bases in eleven days in August grade.
That's in.

Speaker 5 (20:20):
Slow.

Speaker 3 (20:20):
I don't think so slow. I don't think people really
realize how slow he is. I mean he was so slow.
Like you see him and you're like, that guy's not fast,
and then he runs and you're like, oh, he really
isn't fast, man, You really.

Speaker 1 (20:38):
Think he's a catcher, Like only catchers run that slow.

Speaker 5 (20:43):
But he doesn't.

Speaker 1 (20:44):
Somehow, somehow, Naylor does it. And he's also leads August
in stolen bases with six out of five hundred and
thirty three qualified sprint speeds. Gray, he is five hundred
and nineteen on the sprint speed list. Is so slow,
but he's shouldn't it done somebody who's also been getting

(21:05):
it done? Gray?

Speaker 5 (21:06):
And it's the AO player of the week.

Speaker 1 (21:09):
I think we talked about him, you know when he
first got called up. We didn't really talk about him
on his recall and that is Luke keishall. You know this,
since his call up, he's got to him runs two runs,
ten RBIs and he's sitting four fifty four with an
eight sixty four ops right now. I mean again, is

(21:29):
this something that we can expect? Are you picking him
up everywhere? One of your thoughts on Luke keishall.

Speaker 3 (21:37):
He steals, did you mention, I'm sorry he has five
steals as well.

Speaker 5 (21:44):
He has five steals on the season, but not since
his recall.

Speaker 3 (21:48):
Oh okay, gotcha. Yeah, you know, I think he might
he might be a guy who potentially has a sleeper
post for him next year. I really kind of like
him a lot. So he looks to me like he
hit you know, two sixty three in triple A, but

(22:10):
it was only in twenty eight games, but it was
with a fourteen point four percent strikeout rate, and previously
in the minor leagues he was hitting three hundred plus.
And he has always been a hit tool guy. He's
a guy who makes really good contact and a lot
of it, and he walks a lot, so he's got

(22:31):
a good eye. Over ten percent walk right right now,
I could see, Yeah, I mean, I really kind of
feel like he might be you know, all the all
the noise about like you know, the Alex Kuerlof's Trevor
Larnix Royce Lewis, and I mean, maybe I'm getting sucked

(22:53):
in again on a Minnesota Twins prospect, but I really
like this guy. I think he's he's got good power,
good speed, good hit tool, maybe you know, maybe a
little light on the power, which could end up hurting
his fantasy value a little bit. Like if he's closer
to say a twelve homer twenty twenty to twenty five

(23:20):
steals two eighty hitter, that's you know, I mean, that's good,
it's not as exciting. If he gets up to like
twenty twenty to eighty, then we're talking about a guy
who is a potential, you know, top fifty to seventy
five player on the Player Raider. But yeah, if his

(23:42):
power doesn't his power's not fully there. But he's also
only twenty two years old, so I don't know if
the power is necessarily, you know, completely realized yet, so
it could still be developing. I'm yeah, I'm a fan man.
I like him a lot. For right now, he's an
absolute pay because, like you mentioned, he was the player

(24:02):
of the week, so he's one of the hottest bats
in the major leagues. So everything aside from big pitcher
you should pick him up right now because he's just hot.
But you know, with all that said, I might really
like him a lot next year. I'm I'm looking at
him and I'm like this, does this looks like something
that I can get behind. I'm feeling it. I think,

(24:27):
you know, play in the positional eligibility should be good too,
because it looks like he's gonna have second base eligibility
assuming he keeps playing a second this year, he's you know,
he's splitting time between second and thh So as long
as he gets second base eligibility and he isn't like

(24:47):
utility only, which you know that that would hurt a
little bit, but second base eligibility for him for next year,
he could be a top fifteen second baseman pretty easily.

Speaker 7 (24:58):
I think.

Speaker 3 (24:59):
So yeah, yeah, I'm I'm I'm in man, I'm a fan.

Speaker 1 (25:03):
Yeah. I like what we've seeing too, and I think
kind of with his plate discipline, hopefully that buys him
a little bit of slump proof. You know, I don't
know why he wasn't playing before he really Yeah, he
got injured, so that I guess that's why. That's answer
my own question.

Speaker 5 (25:20):
Sorry, we'll just move on.

Speaker 1 (25:23):
Great, let's talk about some second half performers, and we're
gonna do it in my favorite way, your your not
favorite way, but that's okay. I don't care what you want.
I made the notes it is the Anchorman game, and
that means we're playing scientific fact sex panther, and I
don't believe you if this is your first time where
you still don't understand that, Like Gray, every single time

(25:45):
we do it, scientific fact means what they're doing is
real sex panther sixty percent of the time. It works
every time. They kind of believe it, but you know,
enjoy it while it lasts, and then I don't believe you.
It's it's completely fake. It's gonna fall off. Please escape
as fast as you can, all right, Gray. Julio Rodriguez
on the season, he has twenty three home runs, twenty

(26:07):
two stone bases. He's hitting two fifty six, three eleven,
four forty eight. For the second half, he has nine
home runs, five stone bases, and he's hitting two seventy one,
four home runs, two stone bases and two eighty nine
in August. Is this just the standard? Julio Rodriguez second
half one month? First we get are we gonna finally

(26:29):
kind of see him put more than a month together,
maybe two months.

Speaker 3 (26:37):
I don't know. I don't know if we're gonna get
more than that. I honestly feel like at this point
we just have to say it's scientific fact that he
is a second half hitter and nothing else, like like
he's maybe steals. I guess you can give him steals
in the first half, but he just doesn't seem capable
of showing up with power or average from like April

(27:01):
through June, once you know, mid July hits and the
All Star Break, and then coming out of that he
starts hitting. But I mean, that's a that's a you know,
it's a second half guy. Really, you know, for since
we were talking about Wandy Line, I might as well
bring up post All Star Break stats to share a

(27:23):
past for people who are really going really thinking I'm
digging into the crates.

Speaker 1 (27:30):
Now, that's a that's a that's an old reach back.

Speaker 3 (27:35):
Yeah, I mean, but that's really what I think. Jay
Rod is nothing more than a second half guy when
it comes to uh, you know, power and uh and
with the power, the then you have the RBIs and
also the average seems to really was really struggling in
the first half. So yeah, I mean, I don't know,
I don't think there's anything more than that for like

(27:59):
next year, when you're looking at him, you're I think
at this point you have to really just be like, Okay,
I know I'm getting a second half guy, and hopefully
he just sort of stays afloat and is like, you know,
roughly a top one hundred ish type player for you know,
the first three months. Because other than that, I don't know.

(28:22):
And then if you happen to get lucky and he
and he's you know, hits the ground running in April
next year, then maybe you do get that you know,
that dream season that we've you know, actually, I mean
we sort of saw it in twenty twenty three from
him when he hit thirty two homers and stole thirty
seven bags and hit two seventy five. But yeah, I mean,

(28:43):
other than that, I would say, you know, if you're
drafting him for next year, I would say, we're probably
gonna be looking at a guy who's a second half guy,
and maybe you get lucky and get a decent first half.
But I don't believe. I don't think science tipic fact
he is who he is in the second half for

(29:03):
the whole season because we don't see it. So I yeah,
I mean, I think he's just the second half guy
when it comes to power and average.

Speaker 1 (29:12):
Yeah, I you know, I get it. I Gray, I'm
a I'm a warm weather golfer. I uh, you know,
my handicap drops like six strokes as soon as it
warms up. And same with same with Julia Rodriguez. I say,
don't draft him, trade four him in June when his
owners just can't handle him hitting two fifty with no
power anymore, and then get all the good parts out

(29:34):
of him. To your point about the power and the average.
In his career, Gray, he has three three hundred and
sixty nine games in the first half, one hundred and
seventy eight in the second half. That's less than half
the games. Fifty three home runs in the first half,
fifty in the second half. He hits two sixty first half,
two ninety.

Speaker 5 (29:54):
Six in the second.

Speaker 1 (29:56):
He's a warm weather guy. You know that stadium's off
all Maybe that's really what it takes. It's just him
getting out of Seattle to warmer climbs.

Speaker 5 (30:05):
Or maybe a dome somewhere.

Speaker 1 (30:06):
It would be nice for him, I'm not sure, but yeah,
I mean, if he could ever get to a place
that's warm in April, that would be that would be amazing.

Speaker 3 (30:16):
Yeah, I would. I would like to see that for
his fantasy value, but I I expect him to be
in Seattle for his career, if not his career, at
least for a while. And I yeah, I mean I
feel like it's like it's wishful thinking that the think

(30:38):
you're gonna be able to trade for him in June,
because everyone knows who he is at this point. Like
it's not like gonna be a shock to the person
who drafted them that they're gonna be trading away. But
they're you know, they're guy who gets good in like
two weeks. But I mean it's you know, I might

(31:01):
be overestimating the average person who has Jay Rod on
their team. So I mean, I don't know, but yeah,
I I do. I mean I wish I had him
over you know some guys that I like, It's like,
there's definitely worse things to be than you know, what

(31:21):
Jay Rod's doing. Uh, you know, I I would say
Vlad is Vlad's probably worse right on the player raider,
I mean they're I mean, maybe they're close, but there's
I mean, there's worse guys that were drafted. I'm saying
people were drafted around Jay Rod. Yeah. Maybe maybe there's

(31:43):
no one worse. I don't I don't know. I just
looked at the Player Raider and Vlad is actually, I mean,
Vlad's doing fine, you know, not not amazing, but he's
doing fine. On the Player Raider, Julio Rodriguez is above him.
For what it's worth. Anyway, we can move on.

Speaker 1 (32:02):
Yeah, let's move on Gray. Let's talk about the man,
the myth, the legend, Nick Kurtz. On the season, he
has twenty three home runs, two stone bases. He's hitting
three h five.

Speaker 5 (32:13):
That sounds really good.

Speaker 1 (32:14):
But in the second half he has six home runs
a stone base and he's hitting four thirty Gray at
this point for this season and then, you know, we'll
talk about next season. Is there a single first basement
that you would trade him for m No? Uh? Probably?

Speaker 8 (32:33):
Uh?

Speaker 3 (32:34):
Well, I just mentioned I mentioned watch mcglove flat wasn't
doing that bad. I mean, I would, I don't know, Alonso,
Maybe I don't know, I would. I don't really I
feel like you're trading apples for apples kind of in
a way, it's like, you know, trading Nick Kurtz for
Pete Alonzo. It's like, I don't know, you're at six

(32:55):
to one and a half a dozen of another. But
I think a more question is is anyone gonna be
any first basement gonna be ranked above him next year?
And that I don't know. I would say probably like
Vlad and Pete Alonso are in the discussion. I think

(33:17):
for the the top first baseman, right Nick, that's Nick Kurtz, Vlad,
and Pete Alonzo. Who is going to be the actual
first basement on the first first basement off the board?

Speaker 5 (33:35):
I don't know.

Speaker 3 (33:36):
I guess Pete Alonzo could potentially sign in, you know,
he could sign in for the Dodgers or something. I mean,
it wouldn't be the craziest thing. He could He could
move to a good park. I guess Vlad is very consistent,
even if he's not exactly that exciting Nick Kurtz is doing.

(33:58):
I mean, Nick Kurtz is doing this in less games,
so and he does have the upside. And that park,
I mean, the Sacramento Park is so good for offense
where they're gonna be there again next year, and then
everyone's gonna take the year after that oft and then

(34:18):
they're gonna be a Vegas which is even. So Yeah,
I don't know. I guess I'm saying Nick Kurtz potentially
could be the first first basement off the board. I
don't know if I'm ready to lay plant my flag
on that yet, but he's close to it. I'm he's
definitely in the He's in the discussion. I think a

(34:41):
strong final six weeks could really clinch it for him.
But on the other hand, if he struggles, you know,
for the final six weeks and you know that could change,
still there's you know, there's still there's still some room
for movement there. But I do like Nick Kurtz a lot,
I think, and the powers real the stadium can't get

(35:05):
any better. It's literally the best stadium for power and
Nick Kurtz has a ton of it. So next year,
I mean, you might be looking at Nick Kurtz like
forty five homers and two eighty five average potentially, which
would make him the number one first baseman easily. So yeah,

(35:27):
I'm a fan for sure. I just like, I don't
I want to see the final six weeks of him,
you know, continuing to just bash the baseball.

Speaker 1 (35:39):
Hey, August. August Steels leader Josh Naylory belongs in that
discussion as well. But yeah, I think right now, if
I had to make rankings right now, nobody would be
over Nick Kurtz for me rest of season and for
next year. I don't think I would put anybody, barring
seeing Pete alongso go somewhere, you know, just absolutely.

Speaker 5 (36:00):
Lovely for him. Yeah, I think Kurts is the number
one for you right now.

Speaker 3 (36:06):
Freeman and Harper are out of the discussion at this point.
It's it's definitely between Vlad, Kurtz, and Alonso. I think,
with Naylor a strong fourth, but I think Naylor is
the I think Nailor is the fourth of those three.

Speaker 1 (36:22):
Yeah, I mean at this point, Harper's even Harper's ceiling
feels kind of like Kurt. I'm not gonna say Kurts
is floor because he's he you know, we haven't seen
him for that long, but like, the minimum expectations for
Nick Kurtz is gonna be like what Harper does if
he stays healthy.

Speaker 3 (36:41):
Yeah, I would say Harper is probably his best bet
for fantasy value. Is probably like a twenty seven homer,
one hundred runs, one hundred RBIs to seventy season, which
is which is which would be a really solid season
because of the runs in RB. You know, it's I

(37:02):
think Harper is really gonna be kind of contingent on that.
But yeah, I don't see Harper getting into the discussion
for the top three first basement as of this point.

Speaker 1 (37:14):
I will say one thing that probably helps Harper, well,
I guess potentially helps Harper is the lineup is not
really set up for him to give us one hundred
hundred plus right now because he has Trade Turner, who's
real I mean, he's a leadoff, but like he never
took walks, he's the averages kind of dropped off, like

(37:35):
he's not really a great leadoff as as we would
want for like Bryce Harper. You'd want somebody who gets
on base, somebody who you know, would just be there
for him to hit in from second. And then he
has Kyle Schwarber sitting in front of him, who either
strikes out or hits a home run and clears the bases,

(37:55):
who also doesn't set the plate well for Bryce Harper.
So sure over leaving next year potentially there is some
room for his RBIs and his runs.

Speaker 5 (38:05):
To go up a little bit. But that's I agree.
I don't.

Speaker 1 (38:09):
I don't think Harper's in the number one first baseman
discussion at this point. Now, somebody we have to talk
about for next year's number one catcher potentially is Shay Langeliers,
who on the season has twenty three home runs a
five stone bases and he's hitting two seventy the second half,
he is hitting three eighty nine, eleven home runs a
stolen base. He is the number three catcher on the season,

(38:32):
number one over the last thirty days. And uh, you know,
I mean again, we asked the same thing I did
with Kurtz, what'd you take any catcher over him?

Speaker 5 (38:42):
Right now?

Speaker 3 (38:44):
Yeah, I mean I would take Cal Rawley probably that's
it it. Yeah, I mean I don't, I don't see.
I mean, like you said, he's three on the Player
Raider and and one for the last month. Uh, and

(39:05):
I don't like Goodman's above him on the Player Raider,
And I would I would take Langaliers over Goodman. Uh
So yeah, I mean, so it would be cal Raleigh
Shay Langliers.

Speaker 4 (39:18):
Back to was it?

Speaker 3 (39:19):
This was a also supposed to be a sex panther thing.
So I would say scientific fact. I think we forgot
the game.

Speaker 1 (39:29):
We forgot it on Kurts, but I feel like we
were very clear on that.

Speaker 3 (39:32):
Yeah, Nick Kurtz is scientific fact. Shane Langloleers is scientific fact.
Bing Bong Stadium in Sacramento is scientific fact because there's
the ball flies there. I mean, I honestly I might
have like five A's players on all of my teams

(39:53):
next year. And now that I've have been, now that
the stadium has confirmed what I initially was thinking in
the preseason this year, I mean, the ball just flies.
It's ridiculous. So Shanye Langaliers, I mean he cut his strikeouts.
You don't get. I mean, as a guy who's like

(40:15):
major his major issue was strikeouts and his average, he's
cut that so dramatically, almost ten percent down this year
from twenty seven percent strikeout rate to eighteen percent strikeout rate.
He's gone from a two to twenty hitter to a
two seventy hitter. I mean, and he's got thirty homer power.

(40:38):
There's really like, there's nothing wrong with that. Uh So yeah,
I I you know, I'm not the type to draft
to catcher high, but Shaye Langaliers looks like to me,
I think the second catcher off the board and scientific fact,
everything looks real on him.

Speaker 5 (40:59):
I'm in, man, Yeah, I'm in as well.

Speaker 1 (41:03):
I would agree. I would take cal Rawley even though
he's you know, the average has not been great so
far in the second half, he's still destroying baseball, so
that'll that'll come back. So yeah, it's just cal rally
and then and then Shaye lang leers for me at
this point as well. Let's move on to the next person,
which is Lennon Sosa. On the season, he has four
time runs, two stone bases, he's hitting two seventy eight,

(41:25):
very solid line. In the second half, he has five
home runs already and he's hitting three nineteen. What are
your thoughts on lenn and Sosa? You know, one of
the couple of bright spots that are managing to find
the way out of the cloud that is the Chicago
White Sox.

Speaker 3 (41:43):
Yeah, I mean I would say sex panther as in, like,
I think he's hot right now, and he's seeing the
ball well and and all that's working out, you know,
so I would pick him up right now. But I
don't really, I don't. I don't fully buy in that
this is like some sort of scientific fact that he's good.

(42:06):
He's got you know, probably like like if he ends
the year with twenty homers and you know, five steals
and a two seventy five average, that is a phenomenal
year for Lennon Sosa that I would not expect again,
I would, you know, probably put him at like fourteen

(42:27):
to sixteen homers and you know, two to three steals
and a two fifty five average. Like That's that seems
to be the kind of player he is. So the
fact that he's hot right now great, I mean, you know,
grab him, but I don't fully believe it.

Speaker 5 (42:45):
Yeah, I'm with you.

Speaker 1 (42:47):
I think sex Panther is the right place to go
ahead and put him. You know, he's he's a very
solid player. I don't want to take anything away from him.
He's he's probably more useful than we're giving It. Sounds
like we're giving him credit for very solid middle infielder.
But what he's doing right now is definitely above his head.
You know, he's a teens home run two sixty five

(43:11):
to seventy type of guy. Maybe a little room for
average he's sitting in at two seventy eight right now
with his his hot second half going. So's there's nothing
wrong with that a middle endfield at all.

Speaker 5 (43:22):
And uh, you know, if he's.

Speaker 1 (43:23):
Sitting out there in your league, absolutely scoop him up
because he is performing well. Right now, would you take
him or Ernie Clement, who's also been kind of a
you know, he's been fine all season and had his moments.

Speaker 3 (43:38):
Yeah, I would go. I would go with Sosa right now.

Speaker 5 (43:43):
I agree.

Speaker 1 (43:44):
I think that's just kind of a ride the wave one.
How about we move up a little bit and go
with like Vinnie Pascatino. Since Lyndon Soosa has triple eligibility
at first, second, and third, how.

Speaker 3 (43:55):
Don't we go Pascatino?

Speaker 1 (43:57):
All right, So there is there's a line. He's just
you're just gonna use him as as he should be.
Right There's he's not really a necessarily a positional starter
for you, Right, all right, Let's move on to somebody
who I think could be developing into a positional starter
at least I hope so as a Cubs fan, and
that is Matt Shaw. On the season nine home runs,

(44:19):
fourteen stolen bases, twenty eight ninety two. Not not the
greatest numbers, not what we were expecting, but the second
half grade he is hitting three twenty eight, seven home runs,
three stolen bases.

Speaker 5 (44:31):
He just seems to be on fire right now.

Speaker 1 (44:34):
Is this is this real?

Speaker 5 (44:36):
Is this scientific fact?

Speaker 1 (44:38):
Are we sex panther in him or or my are
you dreadfully dropping him into I don't believe you.

Speaker 3 (44:45):
No, I wouldn't say he's sex panther. I think he's uh,
you know, been hot enough in the second half where
that's a fair destination.

Speaker 9 (44:54):
I think the uh, you know, there's there's some there's
some hope here for I think him in general, because
he does have good speed and the fact that he's
hit you know, the power in the second half seven homers,
that's that's no joke.

Speaker 3 (45:10):
So maybe he's coming into his own and you know,
he's young enough, he's only twenty three, gonna turn twenty
four in November. I think he's you know, I think
he potentially could still keep getting better and be someone
who becomes somewhat of a scientific fact for next year.
But right now I would I would say, yeah, I

(45:32):
would say probably sex panther and and hope it continues
you know, the kind of the bummer is he bats
it in the nine hole most days. And I mean
I don't I don't begrudge counsel that much because the
lineup is really good, so it's like where do you
move him to? But hitting ninth has its drawbacks, so

(45:54):
there's there's a bit of that, and you know, the
the occasion, like it feels like he gets randomly benched
or platooned occasionally for like, you know, the occasional Justin
Turner starred or something, which is just ridiculous. But in general,

(46:15):
I do think he's probably sex panther and could move
into scientific fact.

Speaker 1 (46:21):
Yeah, and unfortunately, like the Cubs offense has just not
been the Cubs offense we saw in the first half either.

Speaker 5 (46:29):
So nine for you know, one of the top two
offenses in the league.

Speaker 1 (46:34):
Maybe you can you can swallow that, but now now
the Cub's been bottom five since the second half started,
so not not where the Cubs need to be in
regards to run scored for that that nine hole to
really work. That being said, if he keeps just destroying baseballs,
you know, I'm not afraid to run him out of
corner infield either, But yes, I would give him sex

(46:55):
panther with the potential to move up to you know,
maybe eighty percent of the time. It works every time
because he is hitting the ball harder. He's hitting them
all much better than he was early in the season.
You know, after the X velocity's up, that barrels or
barrels are up, hard hit rates up, all of it's.

Speaker 5 (47:13):
Moving in the right direction.

Speaker 1 (47:14):
So if he continues this, you know, I have no
problem moving him into a better spot later in the year.

Speaker 5 (47:22):
Let's talk about Isaac Collins.

Speaker 1 (47:24):
On the season eight home runs, thirteen stolen bases, he's
sitting two ninety five. Second half, he's hitting three eighty seven,
three home runs, three stolen bases. Where are you're throwing
Isaac Collins in this mix? Gray?

Speaker 3 (47:36):
Yeah? I mean I believe Isaac Collins was a guy
we discussed early on when he first came up about
how you know, he lost that twenty twenty year of
development and that sort of pushed him back. So you know,
people are writing him off, maybe as a quad a
player because he was twenty seven years old. But I
don't have a problem with Isaac Collins in general. I

(47:57):
don't know. It's hard to say scientific facts, because I
don't know if people are thinking scientific fact means like
he's going to be a star. But I do think
what we're getting from him is more or less, you know,
in jet like he's hitting a little bit high of
an average because his babbit's a little high, So he's
not a two ninety five hitter. He's probably closer to

(48:18):
like a two sixty hitter. But he's also got a
lot of speed. And he's got thirteen steals that's you know,
not fluky, and the brewers don't mind running. And he's
got eight homers in ninety six games.

Speaker 5 (48:31):
You know what is that?

Speaker 3 (48:32):
A roughly a fifteen homer page fifteen homers, twenty twenty
two to twenty four steals and a two seventy two
sixty two seventy average over one sixty two isn't bad.
That's a solid, you know. And if he's hitting in
the middle of the lineup as he has been in general,

(48:55):
I think he's scientific fact. I just you know, caution
people to realize, I said, I when I say scientific
fact doesn't mean you know, he's gonna be a star.
I just think he's gonna be what he is right now.
Which is solid, Yeah.

Speaker 1 (49:09):
Very solid. And in regards to the average, I think
he can he can't hit for a high average. He
had an awful May where he hit two ten, but
in April he hit two sixty three. In June he
had two eighty eight, in July he hit three twenty one,
and then in August. Now he's hitting four fifty two.
So I really think the average is something that we
can kind of kind of, you know, not necessarily expect

(49:30):
to stay at a two ninety five. But I'm not
you know, if we look at the projection systems, they're
they're all at like two fifty two thirty five, somewhere
in that range. I'm not expecting him to drop necessarily
all the way to the bottom because of you know,
some minor league numbers and different things like that. I mean,
everything he's doing right now seems fairly legit, other than

(49:53):
you know, some of the Babbitt block. Right, let's move
over to the pictures. Great, we don't talk enough pictures,
I think sometimes Kate Horton has been absolutely great in
the second half. He has not given up a run yet.
He has an O seven five whip sixteen strikeouts in
twenty two and two thirds innings. It's a twenty percent

(50:15):
strikeout rate with an eight point six percent walk rate.
The the era has been great all season. What are
your thoughts on the Cubs Kate Horton.

Speaker 3 (50:25):
Well, I know you're a Cubs fan, so it hurts
my heart a little bit to say this, but I
don't believe in Kate Horton. I have a real I
have a real trouble seeing where he doesn't regress pretty
dramatically at some point, Like he doesn't really strike out anyone.
He walks a decent amount. He's in a bit of

(50:47):
a terrible home park. He's right now, he has uh
he's given up zero earned runs in the second half,
which does not seem sustainable. I think there's a real
chance he could be awful very soon. So I don't
believe Kate Horton. Unfortunately, he does have a decent pedigree

(51:11):
underneath it, underneath the hood where like he could be better.
Like I'm not writing them off for his career. I
just don't believe this incarnation of cad Horon does not
seem real.

Speaker 5 (51:25):
Yeah, that's that's completely fair. I mean I don't I
don't think anybody thinks he's a.

Speaker 1 (51:29):
Zero e R, a guy that means it. I do
think he's a very solid pitcher. I think for eer
a purposes you can use him. The whip is kind
of okay, it's it's acceptable. The strikeouts are where really
the value might take a little bit of hit. You know,
it seems like they've really moved him more from strikeouts
to you know, getting getting weaker contact than that kind

(51:51):
of thing. I will say the Cubs have done a
good job internally recently with their pitching staff, like they've
brought up a number of guys who, you know, people
didn't really think we're gonna be much and have been
very solid. So I do think that there's something to
the pitching staff there in Chicago, and thus I do
think there's something here, uh to Kate Horton, who looks

(52:13):
like he's also maybe done something recently to really help
with the home run because it was definitely a problem
for him in the miners at times, and then he's
he's drastically drastically cut that this season. So I don't
know if it was a pitch mix or maybe he
adjusted one of his pitches, but the home run, the
fly ball is drastically better than it has been in

(52:35):
the minors. Word moving on, Noah Camera and on the season,
has ninety three innings two five two or area one
zho three whip, twenty point four percent strikeout rate, seven
percent walk rate. As I'm reading these numbers, I don't
know how we haven't really got to him at some
point the second half though, he has twenty three innings
pitch three one three or a one one three whip.

(52:56):
He has an eighteen point six percent strikeout rate and
a four percent walk right the walks are just gone
absolutely off the board. And he also has I think
three wins in four starts, so that's definitely helping his
player raider value right now. Well, what do you think
about Noah Cameron from Kansas City.

Speaker 3 (53:17):
Yeah, I mean he's not too dissimilar from Kate Horton
in that, like his minor league numbers don't seem that bad.
But the numbers right now feel like they're just completely
like they're ready to regress.

Speaker 2 (53:32):
I am a big fan of the Royals pitching coach
whose name I don't know, because the Royals do seem
to get a lot out of their pitchers.

Speaker 3 (53:43):
So Noah Cameron is looks like a solid guy to
have right now, but if the bottom drops out, I
would not be shocked. So I don't. I don't believe
this what he's doing right now with a two and
a hal half era, But I also think he could

(54:04):
be good. It's just whatever he's doing right now is
not is not really that good for me.

Speaker 4 (54:11):
But you know, with that said, I mean you don't.
You don't drop a guy who's doing well, So I yeah,
I'm I'm fine with having him on my team right now.
I just think that regression looks like it could be
around the corner.

Speaker 1 (54:26):
Yeah, I don't, And maybe it's me just being a little, uh,
you know, pessimistic on somebody who's not a cub or
or optimistic on a club. But yeah, I don't think
I have the same faith and Noah Cameron and that
I do with Kate Horton. That being said, I do
believe he's still a solid streamer.

Speaker 5 (54:44):
I don't think there's anything wrong with that.

Speaker 1 (54:46):
The era has been good all season, so again, it's
kind of a era and then you accept that the
strikeouts aren't gonna be there. I will say his whip
has been amazing this season, but that's not something he
he's really had strongly through the miners, So that's kind
of where I assume the regression will come in the
whip and where he has a very high left on

(55:08):
base the babbit is is very low at two thirty
six eighty five percent left on base, So both of
those seem like there's some kind of blow up coming.
And an eight point seven percent home run the fly
ball compared to his minor league this season, which is
twenty eight point six. That's a very small stample though,

(55:29):
but eight point seven is pretty low home running fly
ball for.

Speaker 5 (55:32):
Him in general.

Speaker 1 (55:33):
Again, he may be made a change, but when season
when in the same season in the miners it was bad,
I don't I don't.

Speaker 5 (55:40):
Really think they make a change when they move from
the miners.

Speaker 1 (55:43):
To the majors. But that means that you did say
the Royals pitching is you know, their coaching is great,
so maybe that does help at the major league level.
Brian Sweeney and Zach bow have done a phenomenal job
with the pitching there in Kansas City. One more pitcher
and that is Jacob Lopez. Seventy seven to two thirds
Indians this year, three five, nine year a one two

(56:05):
five whip twenty eight two percent strikeout rate, nine percent
walk rate. Finally getting somebody who gets some strikeout second
half twenty two innings two oh five year a one
oh five whip twenty nine percent strikeout rate.

Speaker 5 (56:17):
Ten and half percent walk rate.

Speaker 1 (56:19):
Jacob Lopez Gray, this is one that we you know,
this one feels Malayia a little bit more worthwhile.

Speaker 3 (56:28):
Yeah, you know, Jacob Lopez is kind of like, I
feel like he's more sec panther right now, whereas like
I I see his numbers now, I'm I'm interested, right Like,
I I like what he's doing. Strikeouts are nice, the
walk rate wile a little bit wild, has been better
than he was in the minors. Uh, you know, he's

(56:49):
having success. I I wonder if like he doesn't, like
he feels a little bit to me like he's a
high risk, high reward kind of strikeout solid strikeouts, maybe
like a poor man's Louis Gill kind of thing. But
I do like Jacob Lopez sex panther, I would say,

(57:13):
But I don't. I don't know if like he is
gonna be necessarily a start every time out. But right
now I'm in for Jacob Lopez for how well he's
been pitching in the second half, Like he's going, well,
the strikeouts are there, he's keeping you know, he's keeping

(57:35):
even in a terrible park, He's like keeping the a's
in the game. I'm I'm I'm somewhat of a fan,
you know, with with some slight hesitations, so not quite
scientific fact, but sex Panther, I'll say.

Speaker 1 (57:51):
Yeah, I think I'll go sex Panther here as well.
I think we do we agree on on Horton and
Cameron are in there or did you put.

Speaker 5 (57:57):
Them more on the I don't believe you.

Speaker 3 (58:01):
I don't believe them.

Speaker 5 (58:03):
Okay, I kind of believe Lorton.

Speaker 1 (58:05):
I do not believe Cameron. Jacob Lopez is maybe more
of the you know, the good sex Panther at the
end of the movie if you're familiar.

Speaker 5 (58:16):
With Anchorman, so you know, maybe that.

Speaker 1 (58:20):
But yeah, I think Jacob Lopez is just you know,
he has some starts that aren't great. Really, if you
just don't start him versus Houston, Texas in Toronto, he
is phenomenal. So if you just avoid those three teams, great,
you know, you can start Jacob Lopez pretty freely, just
you know, looking through the game logs as I was prepping.

(58:41):
So I actually like Jacob Lopez a lot as a
streamer or even somebody the roster because the strikeouts are
very nice and you can just use him in the
right matchups. As you mentioned, the walks aren't great, So
just anybody any team who's very patient is not really
what he does. Well, let's move on and sagn off
it up. Gray. Let's talk some closers and some bullpens

(59:04):
over in Baltimore. There.

Speaker 5 (59:07):
They don't know who's still closing and I don't either,
do you.

Speaker 3 (59:12):
They don't They don't know if they're gonna win a game,
and either two U I would say it's not worth
your time, right, So I I think I said this
last week. I think, uh, you know, the Orioles might
win a game or two, they might get a saver
or too, but struggling to find who the Orioles closer

(59:33):
is when you could instead say, like you get you
pick up like Hunter Goddess, Uh, the guy who's behind
Kate Smith in Cleveland. You pick up Hunter Goddess and
you maybe get a Vulture saver to there and you
get good ratios, so you end up with the same
amount of saves as if as if you picked up
like Keegan a Kin over with the Orioles and he's

(59:57):
gonna blow up your spot and maybe not get save
and then you gotta like struggle to find who's the
next guy is a Cano and then he blows up
your spot. It's just not worth it, man.

Speaker 1 (01:00:08):
Just like it's not.

Speaker 3 (01:00:09):
The Oreos aren't worth it, The Rockies aren't worth it.
I would probably even say, you know, the Nationals may
not be worth it.

Speaker 1 (01:00:18):
Uh uh.

Speaker 3 (01:00:19):
And I struggle to find who's worth it in the
Dodger bullpen too, and the Twins I don't know either.
I mean, yeah, there's some teams that it's just like,
you know, it depends on I guess how desperate you
are for saves. But the Oreos are definitely the Oreos
and the Rockies are the bottom of those teams I
just mentioned, like they're really not worth it.

Speaker 5 (01:00:42):
No, I would I would agree.

Speaker 1 (01:00:43):
In regards to Baltimore fund'stat Gray, they have one pitcher
in their bullpen who has an ERA under five over
the last month, perfect one that's that's pretty awful, and
that is Kade Stroud.

Speaker 5 (01:00:57):
By the way, if you were wandering at home.

Speaker 1 (01:00:59):
If you know, if you wanted to grab somebody, you
might as well grab Cage Stroud because by hooker by crook,
eventually he has to be given a chance because he's
the only one in the bullpen who's not just blowing
up on a day to day basis.

Speaker 5 (01:01:15):
It's it's absolutely insane. Gray.

Speaker 1 (01:01:18):
You mentioned the Dodgers. Blake Trynon is awful. They refuse
to give it to t Vesia for some reason. I mean,
I guess at least on the Dodger side, there's some
good relievers here, unlike the Orioles. So if you're picking
up you're at least not bombing your earra and whip.
But you're right, I have no idea came in and

(01:01:39):
came out who was getting to save?

Speaker 3 (01:01:42):
Yeah, Dave Roberts seems to want Blake trying and to
be the closer, But Blake Trynon's doing everything in his
power to not pay the close.

Speaker 1 (01:01:50):
Blake Tryna does not want to be the closer in
any way, shape or for him, and he is displaying
that clearly by just being awful. So yeah, it'll be
just pick up Vessie, Like if you're gonna pick up anybody,
pick up Vessia, you pick up Jack Dryer, he's been
great too, or Banda, They've all been great. But I'm
just chasing the Arra and whip. You're not You're not

(01:02:12):
chasing saves. Really, I'm not counting on them. Over in
the Yankees, great Bennar blows a save but gets to
win because he came in early. What are what are
your thoughts here, any concerns that they may may make
a move or are you like this is the same
team that didn't change their bullpen all season?

Speaker 3 (01:02:35):
Yeah, I mean I would guess that right now, Bednar
seems to be the the best bet. It's Monday, in
the middle of the Yankees game as we record this,
so that could change by the end of the Yankees
game today on Monday. So I have no faith in that.
But I think David Bednar is the closer as of

(01:02:57):
right this second.

Speaker 5 (01:02:59):
I would agree.

Speaker 1 (01:02:59):
I don't.

Speaker 5 (01:03:00):
I don't think they they're you're gonna move out there
after one?

Speaker 1 (01:03:04):
Well, they got the win. Still, you know, I don't
know why in the world they won't just give it
to Luke Weaver. They just they just hate him with
some kind of you know, Jordan Walker, like hatred. I
don't I don't quite understand it, but hey, it is
what it is. Let's move over to Cleveland. I guess

(01:03:25):
it's Kate Smith. But what are your what are your
thoughts here? Gray?

Speaker 5 (01:03:28):
Is this is another one where you're not really happy.

Speaker 3 (01:03:30):
But I think it's I think it's Kate Smith. I
think it's clearly Kate Smith. I think he's actually valuable
if if he's yeah, if it's him, and yeah, I
mean if he gets uh you know, all the saves,
which he seems to be and Hunter Gaddis seems to
be the setup man there so and they're both good.

(01:03:50):
So yeah, I I I like Kate Smith.

Speaker 1 (01:03:53):
Yeah, I mean Kate Smith if he's if he has
the job for next season, might be like a top
I've closer Gray, He's he's absolutely great. You already said
Minnesota's gross. We're just not eve gonna talk about it.
The A's, I mean they're equally gross, Gray, so is
Arizona and so is Saint Louis. So if you want

(01:04:13):
to talk about anything with any of those teams, we'll
open the floor to you.

Speaker 3 (01:04:17):
Uh yeah, so you twins. I would say topa a's
I would say Nucombe the Diamondbacks, I would say, no one.
I would say it's a similar situation to the Orioles,
where I don't think you really want to mess with
the Diamondbacks. But I guess Kyle Bacchus, if you really
are struggling to find someone, I guess I guess him

(01:04:40):
or South Frank. But I mean, you really you should,
just like I mentioned before, just pick up someone who
is better and then, uh, Saint Louis, I would say,
probably Jojo Vermero, but they Marmel seems like he's willing
to just like you know, throw his like he doesn't

(01:05:01):
seem like he has set roles right now in Saint Louis.
So you know, Kyle Lahey could get the next save,
Riley O'Brien could get the next save, or Romero. I
think it's you know, it's a total toss up for
who's gonna get the saves. But they're all they've all
been good though, all the all three of those guys
who I've mentioned, so they're they're not bad. So I

(01:05:23):
wouldn't mind picking up Romero and seeing if you get
a couple of saves there.

Speaker 1 (01:05:28):
Yeah, out of that group that I just read, all.
Romero is definitely the one I would be grabbing if
he's available. The rest of them, rust of them are
pretty gross, and I'll just avoid if I'm not chasing
down every single last save point.

Speaker 5 (01:05:41):
Give the people some way of wire bats great.

Speaker 3 (01:05:44):
Okay, So a lot of these names are gonna sound
familiar if you listen to the show. So Isaac Collins,
he's been hot. Jacob Marcy, he's been hot. Ernie Clement
he's been hot, as we mentioned on all three of them.
Luke Kashall has been hot. As we mentioned, Max Muncy,
he came back from the Dodgers and he's he immediately

(01:06:06):
started hitting Matt Shaw, who he mentioned earlier, Nathan Nathan.
Luke's has been hot, but there was they were in
Colorado a little bit, and they're like some of the
Blue Jays, like Dalton var Show was hot, but again
there was a little bit of like and Clement had
a little bit of that too with you know, the

(01:06:27):
Colorado series. Anyway, moving along, her Berto Hernandez in Miami,
he's been hot.

Speaker 5 (01:06:36):
Michael A.

Speaker 3 (01:06:36):
Taylor has been hot.

Speaker 8 (01:06:38):
Jordan Walker, Hey, Jordan Walker. Jordan Walker finally had a
good week forty seven weeks after we wanted them to, like,
he's on the bench today, by the way, and he's
on the bench today.

Speaker 3 (01:06:55):
Of course. Brenton Doyle's actually been hot. A guy who
we wanted to have a high week about twenty four
weeks ago was finally head a hot week Blaze. Alexander
has been hot and finally and Mundo SUSA another oh
in Lennon SUSA. All Susas Avery has been hot except

(01:07:20):
for Sammy. Yeah, so there's some names.

Speaker 1 (01:07:24):
Hey, Sammy might be doing his thing in the Mexican League.

Speaker 5 (01:07:26):
You don't know.

Speaker 1 (01:07:26):
You don't know, Gray, Uh, some kind of Dominican back
backyard league. I don't know. He could be. He can
still be smashing the balls. Uh, streaming options, Gray, it's
not it's not a great week for streamers.

Speaker 5 (01:07:38):
Le'll just be honest.

Speaker 1 (01:07:40):
Kate Horton, when we mentioned at Toronto, you know, since
Grey's gonna just pull name some of the show notes,
I'll do the same thing. Uh. Drew Rasmussen at the Athletics.
I don't love the park, but Drew Rasmussen has been
great recently. Michael Walk at the Walk at Washington, Chris
Bassett versus Texas, Jason Alexander versus Baltimore, Max surez A

(01:08:00):
versus the Cubs, and Tomo Yuku Sigano versus Seattle. Like
I said, not a great.

Speaker 5 (01:08:06):
Week for streamers. Not a plethora of options.

Speaker 1 (01:08:09):
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Speaker 3 (01:08:48):
Great, All right, Leads,