May 27, 2025 • 66 mins
On this week’s Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Grey and B_Don talk about a couple call-ups including Marcelo Mayer for the Red Sox. Ronald Acuna Jr. returned and hit 2 HRs over the weekend, but where does he rank for us for the rest of the season?
Last week we talked about some top picks that weren’t performing, this week we are looking at some late picks that are exceeding our expectations. We play everyone’s favorite Anchorman themed game, scientific fact, sex panther, or I don’t believe you. We discuss a couple of 1B on the different end of the aging curve, a couple of surprising middle infielders, and two potential breakout outfielders.
Last week we talked about some top picks that weren’t performing, this week we are looking at some late picks that are exceeding our expectations. We play everyone’s favorite Anchorman themed game, scientific fact, sex panther, or I don’t believe you. We discuss a couple of 1B on the different end of the aging curve, a couple of surprising middle infielders, and two potential breakout outfielders.
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(01:13):
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Memorial Day, Gray, how you doing?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Hey? What's up man? Happy Halper? Memorial Day? I had
actually I had an idea. I uh, I think I've
figured out something. So all right, you know how there's uh,
there's now every picture is only going four and two thirds.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, there's been a you know over the last few
few seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Right, Okay, So I have an idea, So you know
how there's a they do the opener guy, right, So
instead of an opener, what if we have a guy
who comes in at four and two thirds innings every
time to get the win, like the wind, one guy
becomes the win guy. Right, it could be anyone, really,
(02:06):
I don't know, it doesn't really doesn't really matter you
Jason Adam. Let's say Jason Adam becomes the win guy, right,
so he gets say three hundred wins roughly like I
don't know, say like ten years. So for ten years
he becomes the win guy. Jason Adam racks up the
(02:27):
wins over you know, three hundred appearances, comes in at
four and two thirds every time and gets to win,
so he becomes the win guy. So he gets three
hundred wins, and then I feel like at that point
Major League Baseball would start changing the win stat to
be a different to like become a little bit more reasonable,
(02:52):
rather than have a guy get a break Cy Young's
record by having five hundred and twelve wins. Who do
you think is something? Because I'm still writing up the
change the win stat on petition dot Org, but I'm
trying to figure out something because I'm so sick of
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guys going four and two thirds innings, Like it's really like,
I mean, this is out of control, there's no and
then to have a guy come in and get and
throw one third of an inning and get the win,
Like what are they doing? Like you can, like, if
you're an official scorer and you're listening to this, please please,
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for love with God, please look at the score and
look at the pitching. And if a guy throws, say,
I don't know, seventy five pitches and gets pulled at
four and two thirds, and another guy throws three pitches
and gets the win, maybe you'll give the guy who
threw four and two thirds the win and not the
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guy who threw one third of an inning?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Like, what are we doing? Why can't we do this?
You know, Gray, we can't do it because that's how
it's been done in baseball. And you know, we can't
change things in baseball that's not that's not really allowed.
So obviously we can't change how how we handle stats
at all. No, I think maybe the better thing is
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just to come up with a better stat then wins
and just use that as moving forward.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I don't even think that. I Like, I know some
people playing quality start leagues and you know, one one love,
but I don't even think that's the I don't think
that's the fix that people really think it is. I
really know, because there's so few quality starts. Then then
it becomes like you're so weighted towards like getting you know,
really good starters, that it becomes a totally different game,
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where like you have guys who are now suddenly like
a say like a Will Warren or something throws five
and a third and gets eleven ks and that's now
that gets punished like it's still punishing the wrong thing.
Like I still think it's I don't think it really
fixes everything the quality start leagues.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
No, I agree, I do think.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I really think though, like if you had instead of
an opener, if you had a win guy come in
at four and two thirds, I really think that people
would stop, Like they would start like thinking about the
winstat a little bit, They would start reflecting on the
wind stat a little more. When you have guys like
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Jason Adam get thirty wins a season and people would
be like WHOA. I think that would honestly, I think
that would stop things and suddenly people like in MLB
front office would be like, hold on, Jason Adam got
what he got thirty eight wins last year? Old hold
on a second, we got to do something about the
win stat. I really think this would change things. Maybe
(05:56):
I'm crazy, Ah maybe maybe Gray, Yeah, I agree, the
uh you know, quality start isn't really a great pivot.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You know, six innings three earned is the four or five?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
You know, I know you get get rewarded for that,
and I know that in like my old uh no,
you wanted to play this, you wanted to win my
money for free. But in the old win win beat
on his.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Money league gets ahead the head categories where I make
stuff up as I go. We've used game score a
couple of times as uh as our replacement for wins
and quality starts, and that at least keeps it interesting.
But it's a it's a hard stat to kind of
track sometimes unless you're really really kind of getting into
it and figuring out.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Well, that's the like that's my biggest problem with like
quality starts is this is a I think a problem
for quality starts. But that's my biggest problem with these
other like funky leagues like games Score League or hour
leagues or I don't know what. Anytime you get into
or like even like I'm in one league that's k
minus wall right, And it's like, that's fine. But also
(07:03):
once you have to start thinking about like a like
a category in a way that doesn't like it's not
easy to think about for by just looking at like
the score of the game or the box score even like,
once you have to start really like doing math, I
feel like then suddenly it becomes less fun. That just
(07:26):
might be revealing my stupidity. I don't know, I honestly though,
you know, speaking of my stupidity, I do think that
I have I have uncovered something that I do think
people think I'm dumber than I might be, or maybe
I am. Maybe I am that dumb. But like someone
in one of my leagues offered me mick Abel for
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Hunter Green, and I'm like, am I really? Am I
the idiot in this league? How are you offering me
mick Abel for hunter Green? Now granted it's a keeper league,
but still make Abel for Hunter Green?
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like what?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
M are we crazy here?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Like? What are we? Like?
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:10):
My god?
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Like I am the moron? Apparently.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Well, if I've learned anything in a keeper league or
in dynasty leagues, it is that there is no such
thing as an offer that is too bad to send
because you will receive any and every possible offer for
anybody and everybody on your team, regardless of how good
or bad it looks. I mean, what do you want, Grant?
I mean he had he went six innings and nine
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strikeouts in his first start. Obviously he's going to do
that the rest of his career.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I mean, it is like it is a keeper with
prices and I have like I have Hunter I have
mick Abel I think is a dollar and Hunter Green
is like twenty five dollars, but twenty five hours isn't
even a lot for Hunter Green. Like, I don't know, man,
I'm really, I've really, I've stumbled on a few moments
(09:02):
of clarity in the last couple hours, and one of
those is I realize everyone just thinks I'm dumb. That's
one moment of.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Uh, you know, I can't say what it is. Great.
Maybe it's the laugh. Maybe the laugh is uhs everybody off.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, if you're watching this on YouTube. Maybe it was
the fact that in the last thirty seconds I opened
a can of sheelter and it exploded all if we
go if we suddenly go dead in the middle of
this podcast, it's because I just exploded a selz all
over me.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, I mean there's a gray, is not it support?
So he will have to call somebody to come look
at it, and that'll take some time. So yeah, let's, uh,
let's get as much in as we can before your
computer shorts out. Gray. Let's let's look at a couple
of call ups. A big one for this week, Marcela
Mayer called out by Boston. We said that we thought
he had moved ahead of Roman Anthony and opportunity for
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a call up, and that has happened Triple A this year,
forty three games, one hundred and ninety three played appearances.
He has night home runs, two stone bases. He is
hitting two seventy one three forty seven four to seventy one.
He has a nineteen point seven percent k rate and
a ten point four percent walk rate. What are your
thoughts on Marcela Mayor? Is he a pickup across every league?
(10:21):
And it looks like so far you know he's played.
He started at third base in both games. He moved
a short or in both games as well. What are
your thoughts here in regards to Mayor?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Well, I was surprised I was actually able to get
him in fab in one league. I think I'd bid
a dollar and I got him. That was surprising to me.
I guess everyone just assumes he's only up for as
long as Bragman is on the on the il. But
while while that could be true, if he hits, I'm
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sure they're gonna make room for him. I mean, Trevor
story has just been awful, basically unusable even even for
real baseball, like he's he's just been really bad. Sorry,
I'm wiping Seltzer off my computer screen. I think so.
(11:20):
I think Mayor could be potentially sent down when Bregman returns,
But you know, the Red Sox also said Bregman had
a serious strain of the quad, so that's you know,
at least two to three weeks. So if Mayer has
two to three weeks to show off what he can
do and he does something, yeah, I mean he could
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stick around. I also, I think he's you know, possibly
uh not as not as dynamic as Roman Anthony. So
maybe people are a little bit colder on him as
far as fantasy goes. So maybe that's why the bids
were a little bit last. But yeah, I was shocked.
I got him for a dollar I thought that was
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a pretty good deal. My my major thoughts on him
is like I feel like best case scenario is he's
Azsi Albi's what we at least what we thought AlSi
Albi's was going to be coming into this year. You know,
obviously it would have to be pro rated from this
point forward. And that's also me saying best case scenario,
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So that's not most likely. That's just what I think
Mayor could do. Like, he has power and a bit
of speed, and he should hit for you know, somewhat
of a decent average. I see projections have him at
around two forty five. I would bump that up to
like probably two sixty. But yeah, so if you know,
if you projected him out, if he were to get
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every day at bats from this point forward, you're looking
at like twenty seventeen to twenty two homers, five to
seven steals, two fifty to sixty five type average. That's good.
I mean that's basically at a second baseman that's kind
of like startable in just about all leagues except for
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the shallowest. You know, second base isn't that deep of
a position, so that would probably put him in like
the top fifteen for second base. You know, that's obviously,
like I said, that's best case scenario. He's a rookie,
so realistically, you're looking at a handful of homers, maybe
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a couple of steals, and Bregman returns and he gets
put into either a platoon of some sort or he
gets sent down. But that's you know, I mean, that's
sort of up in the air at this point. We
don't know exactly what the Red Sox are gonna do
with them when Bregham returns. But I mean that is
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that is a possible, a possibility that he gets you know,
a few homers, a few steals, and gets sent down.
I mean, you never know. I think for the upside though,
that alone is he's worth grabbing. He is not, as
I said originally, he is not Roman Anthony. I think Rome,
and I don't think he is. And I can see,
(14:14):
you know how people are maybe a little bit cooler
on Mayor where Roman Anthony I think is.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Going to be.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
He's going to be a stud. He looks like, you know,
a top twenty potential guy. Mayor, you know, like I
originally said, with the comparison to Albi's, I mean Mayor
could get to a top thirty, top forty type bat.
I mean, that is a possibility. I don't think he's
quite there right now, but you never know. I mean
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it's I think he's worth the flyer though, So yeah,
I mean, if you can get him, get him and
see what happens. I wouldn't drop anyone too valuable for him,
but I would I would look at him in every league.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, I would look at him in every league as well.
I think, you know, it's worth taking the shot on him.
He should get dueligibility if he doesn't already have it
in your league, third and short. So yeah, absolutely give
him a shot. And there there's a number of any
number of ways he could potentially stick around. Whenever Bregman
does return. You know, he can move to first shortstop
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and they could sit down story.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
I don't know if they're going to cut Story given
that he's owed like fifty million dollars over the next
two years, but you know, maybe they might, because if
they're not going to play him whatever, you might as
well get the roster spot back. So yeah, go ahead
and add Mayer and we'll see how long he sticks around.
But yeah, I mean there's no reason not to go
ahead and see what happens here. Let's talk if if
(15:46):
I too.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I mentioned that I got him for a dollar. That
was a twelve team X league. That felt light and
for people, you know, just if people are putting in
beds for him in deeper leagues or whatever. In my
fifteen team leagues, he went for about eighty dollars. So,
and that's in a thousand that's in a thousand dollars
fab so you know, roughly eight eight bucks in one hundred.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Also, it depends on how badly you need someone, depends
on you know, how much money you have obviously, you know.
And one league he went for two hundred and sixty dollars,
which is which is too much that that person overpaid.
But the other ones, I do think we're kind of
in the right ballpark with when they when people bid
(16:33):
around eighty dollars, that sounds right. I didn't. I didn't
personally bid eighty dollars in those leagues, fifteen team mixed leagues,
But I do think eighty dollars sounds about right. I
think I bid like maybe in the forties, but yeah,
I didn't get them in those leagues. I uh, I
was a little bit under but yeah, I think it. Also,
(16:53):
it's like if you need a guy, then you bid
a little bit more maybe, but yeah, So eighty dollar
ish is I think a proper fab bid on him
for fifteen teamers.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Yeah, I would say eighty to one twenty Again, depending
on what kind of players available and how much you
need them. I think that's kind of the right area.
Let's talk about another call up, Alejandra as Soona thirty
nine games this year at Triple as, two runs, nine
stone basis, he's sitting two seventy nine, three eighty six,
four sixteen. You know, he's an outfielder for the Rangers.
(17:28):
What are your expectations for as Sooner is it? Would
you pick him up in a fifteen team or is
this this more of an only league shot? Yeah, I
you know, I.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Put in a bid in our in our league, actually
our al only league that we're in together. I bid
on him and I won him for I got him
for seven dollars out of one hundred. I probably overbid
a little bit. I think I needed the bat, so
I overbid a hair Yeah, and that's AL only. So
(18:02):
that gives you an idea of what I think of him,
But I'll just run over what I expect stats wise
real quick. So he had two homers, nine steals, two
seventy nine average. I don't see really power coming on
any better than that when he's with the Rangers. I
don't know if this is you know, this feels like
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a steals only play in a fifteen team mix league
and deeper. I don't really see. Like I also wonder
how good of an average he's going to have, like
he did, like I said to what you said as well,
two seventy nine in the minors, But you know, I
don't I don't think he makes really that heart of contact,
(18:48):
so I'd be surprised if he hits two forty so
steals potentially and maybe an average. But he should play
because you know, they brought him up to play and
Jack Peterson fractured his hand, so they have room, even
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though Jack Pearson should have been out of the lineup
anyway because he was hitting one twenty. But yeah, I mean,
I think Ozoona is fine for like a fifteen team
mix league or deeper if you need steals. Otherwise I
would just ignore him.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Yeah, I think that's that's pretty fair. And as you mentioned,
Jack to the il Evan Carter is already on the
al so it seems like he's going to get at
least a little bit of opportunity here to play. If
you need an outfielder, you can take a shot on him.
But I don't think either of us are expecting, you know,
any kind of crazy breakout or you know, league changing
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type of player. Speaking of league changing players, though, we
did get the return of Ronald Dacuney Junior this week. Oh,
I mean, it's about time. You know, he's gonna he's
gonna help you know, anybody who drafted him, and you're
gonna feel a little better about your lineup seeing him
sitting in your outfield. Where should he rank the rest
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of season? Gray, I should?
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I actually should write a reminder to myself for next year,
if there's any guys like of the quality of Ronald
Acunya Junior that like, just write a small note to
myself that says open in March right before you start
drafting that if there's any guy that is as good
as Ronald Acunya Junior, just know that when he returned
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in twenty twenty five, I was the one league where
I have him, I was in last place, so he's like,
you can only do so much here my league, I'm
basically already out of it, and so I'm happy to
see him come back. I don't know how much he
can really do for me, though. Can he play six positions?
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Is that possible?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I need a third baseman, a second baseman, a first baseman,
and an outfielder. Yeah, so I don't know.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
I I do uh, I do wish I was really
I was getting Ronald Cuna Junior back on a team
that was like in second place or something, and this
would be like the shot.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
In the arm that I needed.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Instead, it's uh yeah, I mean it's like I might
be able to do it a dead cat bounce if
nothing else. Okay, Anyway, with all that said.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Yeah, I mean I I'm kind of interested. The most thing,
the biggest thing I'm really interested with Ronald Cuna Junior
is how much is he gonna run?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Right?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I would love to see I would have loved to
see him steal a base in the in the first
weekend that he was back, But yeah, we didn't see that.
I don't know, I you know, I think, ever, if
everything is there as it usually is for him, but
the steals are less. I guess it's gonna come down
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to how less are the steals, you know, I don't
know if the steals are, say like from now to
the end of the season, if he only steals like
fifteen bags, which seems really very few for ron Acuna Junior.
But I mean, we don't know, right, So if he
steals only fifteen bags, then you're looking at a probably
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a twenty five to thirty homer, fifteen steel two ninety
to three ten hitter, which is great. I mean that's
for only you know, four months of a season. That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
If we were to get like, you know, maybe twenty
to twenty to thirty steals or twenty five to thirty steals,
then it would be like, Okay, then we have back
a first rounder, easy. But I don't know, I don't
know if we're gonna get that. It's it'll be shocking
to me to see him run like a lot like
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he didn't. He didn't steal any bags in the minors
during his rehabs. Stant from what I see, at least
in the stats, it doesn't look like he even attempted
to steal. So yeah, I mean, you know it's like
he left. He left kind of as like all one
of one and Ellie de la Cruz Corb and Carroll,
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you know, one of these like top five guys that
is like a one of one type player, and he's
coming back as probably like Mookie Betts, feels like a
good comp you know, like a guy who has some
speed but isn't gonna steal thirty bad right Like Mookie
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Betts is probably more of like a fifteen steel guy
at this point, and he has twenty five to thirty
homer power, you know, neutrally obviously he can hit more
or less, but neutrallly twenty five to thirty homers and
he's probably gonna hit like two eighty. That sounds like,
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you know, it sounds more or less like ronald'cunya. I'd
probably go with Cunya over Bets, all things being equal,
but Bets might be the safer.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Bet.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Excuse excuse the pun. He might be the safer bet.
At this point. I think, uh, you know, Corman Carroll
over Ronald Acuna Junior. Yeah, Julio Rodriguez is probably is close,
but I would probably go Julio Rodriguez over Ronald Couna Junior,
because there's no reason why Jay rod would run when
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when steel bags even like it hurts. It's my heart
a little to say it. But I you know, p
U p A p crew Armstrong, probably him over around
Acuna Junior. I don't know what's what's your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I mean, I think I would have him over Julio,
just you know, if we're looking at it in REGARDSS
to what they're gonna give us. I mean, I get
I get that you say, Hulu is probably gonna run.
More power numbers are probably the same, probably a slight
edge to Acunya, average to Acunya. So really you're only
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gonna get maybe a few more stolen bases from Julio.
But even that, I'm not sure, because again we don't
know what Acuna is gonna do. He could steal ten,
he could steal thirty, and any either one would be
you know, within the realm of possibility. So I think
I would probably take Acuni over him.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
I'd take say, I say to uh, if this is
like this is a debate show. Now we're doing we're
picking up, we're around the horn left if we're looking
at Julio Rodriguez right in his defense. I mean, Hulu
Rodrigo's is really stays on the field a lot, whereas
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you know, I mean, you can't argue that Ronaldy Cunya
Junior just can't stay on the field as much as
he used to or ever did. So, I mean, yes,
Julu Rodrigaz probably is going to have a lower average
even though Hulu Rodriga's averages like to seventy plus every year.
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I would say Akunya has he still has an injury
label on him.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You can't.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You can't say that, like Ronald Acuna Junior isn't like
injury prone. I mean he misses like every other year
with an injury. So I mean, I don't know. I
mean I like Rondy Cunya Junior. Don't get me wrong.
We're comparing him to like know, top twelve guys overall.
But yeah, I don't know. I think I would go
Julio Rodrigez still, I hear, I hear what you're saying, though.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, maybe it's just a little bit of Julio's season
last year hanging around to where just there were times
last year where he was just awful and pretty much,
you know, unusable for fantasy. You know, as long as
the cuney is healthy, I don't see that that becoming
a thing. But I understand that, you know, there is
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injury risk here, Like I think probably Julio's the line
like I would, I would Pa is a tough one.
I think the way he's hitting right now, you pretty
much have to go with him. But you know, it's
kind of a short track record versus you know, the
injury concern of Acuna. Which one do you want to
(27:53):
bank on a little bit more? All right?
Speaker 2 (27:55):
What about Mookie Bets?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I'd rather have Acunia than Bet. But that's that's just me.
I've never I'm really just not a bets guy for fantasy.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Okay, what do you find? What about Duran?
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I'd probably take Duran. I mean, he's just he's just
rock solid and he's gonna steal. But that's kind of
kind of a do you need power still saw on
bases more a little bit at this point in the season.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
So you're putting round Lacuna Junior roughly around top twelve
to fifteen.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yeah, he'd be top fifteen for me at least.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Okay, Yeah, I mean I mean that makes sense. I
I think I have him over I would have him
over Mookie. But I think those are I feel like
those are pretty close. MOOKI and him probably would be
one A and one B sitting at around twelve to
fifteen overall.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, I think that's a you know, a risk injury
risk versus consistency type of play. What do you like?
That's a that's a you know, personal thing. And you
know Mookie didn't exactly finish all games last year obviously,
so it's it's a legitimate question there on those two.
(29:23):
I think we figured it out though, at least a
general idea where we're sticking at Kenya resk of season.
If we come back next week and he's stolen three bases,
then he probably jumps up to like top three or
top five for us. But as of now, I think
top fifteen ishes is the right area.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Yeah, okay, I agree.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
We did some bad performers. Let's last week. Let's talk
about some of the early season good performers. And do
we're gonna break it out? Great, We're gonna break out
the incormand game scientific fact sex panther and I don't
believe you for those of you who are not familiar
with the game and weren't with us last season when
we played it. Scientific fact means what they're doing is legitimate.
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There they are what we've seen sex panthers sixty percent
of time. It's right every time. So they're kind of
in the middle. It's not quite what they're doing, but
they're not They're not bad. And then I don't believe
you means I don't believe you and probably trade him
if you can. At this point, let's start. I mean
we already talked about him when we talked about Accunia.
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Pete Crow Armstrong fifty three games this year, twounded twenty
five played appearances. He is fourteen fourteen, forty one, forty
eighty is hitting two eighty six three fifteen five, seventy sixties,
a twenty three and a half percent k rate and
at four percent walk rate. I mean, where where do
you stick Pete crow Armstrong on this? And then I
guess we got to talk about like where does he
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fit in on on the ranks among outfielders as well? Well?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I think I mentioned him with the akunya, So he
is definitely for me, is he's one hundred percent scientific
fact like he's no joke. He's been like like they're
like they they did a scientific study where they asked
one hundred dentists and ninety nine of them agreed that
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Pete Crow Armstrong is scientific fact. There's no question he's in.
Ninety nine out of one hundred believe pie Crow Armstrong.
I honestly I would struggle to have if someone said
to me, like I think Pete Crow Armstrong is full
of it and he's I don't believe you, I would
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not listen to anything else that person said. I think
I would be very, very questionable on that person. I think,
like he's got forty plus steel speed and he can
hit twenty five homers, So it's like twenty five and ah,
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you can only be so bad, right, I mean that's
like that that's basically Corbyn Carroll. I mean it's like,
how bad can it be if you get twenty five
forty from him? You know, I think the biggest question
is probably gonna be his batting average. But like, uh,
you know last year he hit two thirty seven. Uh,
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and this year it's at two eighty six as we
record this. Babbitt is a little bit higher this year,
but not dramatically higher, and he's hit the ball harder.
So if someone hits the whole ball harder and he
has the speed that he has, it's you know, it
follows that his babbite should be higher. So and his
strikeouts are basically the same, Like everything looks like like
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right now, he looks like a two sixty five hitter
that is hitting two eighty five. So okay, so he
loses twenty points an average, big deal. If he hits
twenty five homers and steals forty bags and hits two
sixty five. Sign me up, man, Sign me up, sign
sign me up. Scientific fact one hundred.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Yeah. I mean he's doing everything you could possibly want
from him at this point. I mean, let's let's talk
about some of those names you know against him. Would
you rather him or or O'Neill Cruz. I know that's
that's maybe a low blow asking you about your boy,
But what about O'Neil Cruz.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Well, that's actually that's a that's a good person to eliminate.
How much I like Pi Crow Armstrong because I really
do like O'Neil Cruz, and I would still go PCA
over him.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Okay, how about uh, how about the Jacksons. Would you
go Merril or Churio over over PCA Jackson.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
I would go Joe Jackson over Marlin, but not over Yeah,
I would probably go I would go Jackson Churio still
over pie Crow Armstrong, but they're real close. I mean
they're super close. And Jackson Merrill. I would probably go
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Jackson Merrill a little bit over Pete c Romstrong, but
again they're super close, and it almost comes down to
needs versus anything. I would say. I mean they're like
one A, one B, one C. I mean they're super closed.
But yeah, I would go Meryl and Cheerio. And also
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I was looking at Cheerio today just on a sidebar,
and you know, last year at this time as of today,
he had five homers and was hitting two eleven. So
for the people who are really freaked out that Jackson
Cheerio is not going to be worth the draft pick,
just keep that in mind, and if anything, if you
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can buy him low from someone else, I would go
out and get Jackson Cheerio.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Yeah. I mean he's still a top sixty bat and
he's not even really hit his stride this season, so yeah,
I don't mind the Cheerio. I think I think i'd
put PCA over Maryll. I feel pretty safe about that
at this point. I mean I think i'd go PCA
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over Cheerio too, just like what you want from Cheerio
is what PCA's doing basically. I mean I expected to
slow down at some point a little bit, but I mean,
at this point, it'd be hard for me to make
that swap. I mean, we talked about Julio Rodriguez and
Duran when we were talking about Acunya. I'm assuming if
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PCA is behind Cheerio and Merrill that he's gonna call.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Yeah, he's behind Jay Rod and Duran. Uh, he's in
front of He's in front of Teoscar.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Okay. And I mean if anybody's asking to why I
would ask these these names, I mean, Pete grow Armstrong
is the number three hitter on the play Raider right now,
so you know, if we're just looking at what's been
done to this season, I mean, he's above a lot
of people, So these names really aren't aren't reus to throw.
As a comparison, let's move over to first base, where
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a couple of guys have shown up this season. We
didn't expect Spencer Torkelsen the number two first base and
on the play right raider right now. Fifty three games,
two hundred twenty three played appearances, thirteen home rounds of
stone base thirty four to forty. He's hitting two forty one,
three fifty five four, twenty four, twelve and a half
percent walk rate, average US velocity, hard hit barrel or
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all up for him. Also, in looking at this, I
realized that there's a low bar to be in a
top first baseman this season.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Yeah, man, thirst base, thanks, first base is terrible. Man,
I was saying earlier that like second base was bad,
and second base is bad. It's bad, but first base
isn't far behind. First base is pretty bad too. Man,
it's pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Oh yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
The crazy thing is Pete Alonzo seemed to be having
a great year and he's behind. He's behind. He's at
fourth on the player raider for first basement, so he's
behind torkal Sin and Goldschmidt. Anyway, Uh, torkal Sin is
uh I think right now he's a sex panther, and
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uh it's bordering on I don't believe you, but I
would go I'll go sex panther at this point because
I do think like he does have power, so and
I don't think that's gonna necessarily just disappear. As long
as he's healthy. He seems like he can hit a
home run. I do think he's probably a two thirty
hitter though, and he has no speed whatsoever. So at
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some point if he's hitting like, you know, if he
ends the season with like thirty homers next to no
steals and a two thirty average, and it's like, so,
it's so whatever. I mean, it's fine for what you
for where you drafted him. You know, enjoy it, I
guess unless you can trade trade him away for something else.
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You know, if you can do that, then sure, go
for it. But yeah, I know, I don't really if
if we're talking about a guy who doesn't really do
anything but hit some homers and like a really weak average,
I know, I can only I can only believe so much.
I mean, so he's a he's a sex panther at past.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Yeah, I would say sex panther as well. I mean,
he is hitting the ball better this year, eggs of velocity,
hard hit barrel, and you're gonna hear that on most
of these guys. All those are up you know, he's
definitely hitting the ball better, but when you look at
like the underlying numbers, nothing really stands out is significantly different,
like line drive, ground ball, fly ball kind of in line.
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You know, swinging strike is pretty much in line. Contact rate,
like all the numbers pretty much say he's kind of
the same guy. He's been just hitting the squaring up
a few more. So you know, maybe he's back to
like what he did in twenty twenty three, which again
is like thirty home runs to thirty. Maybe it's two
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forty if he's hitting the ball, you know, cleaner all season.
But I would agree, I don't necessarily think he's, you know,
number two first baseman on the play raider type of
guy rest of season. You know, at this point, like
we said, it's more about the position as a whole
than what he's done. Let's talk about number three on
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the first basement player raider, and that is Paul Goldschmiter
you brought up briefly. Uh, he has five one runs,
four stone bases, and he's hitting three forty five gray.
He is a fifteen point nine per k rate and
a seven a half percent walk rate. What are your
thoughts on on Paul Goldschmidt's kind of resurgence here is it?
Is it real or would you be trying to move
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him as fast as humanly possible?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
Yes, Ladder, I'll say, I don't believe you, Paul Goldschmidt.
I don't believe anything you're doing. I would say there's
gonna be a time in the near future where he's
gonna have like he's either gonna get injured, which you know,
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unfortunate in some ways, but probably it might be fortunate
because you won't be able to he won't be able
to regress if he gets injured. But there's gonna be
some point where he's either gonna get injured or he's
gonna regress, And if he regresses, it's gonna be like
he's gonna have like a one eighty and he's gonna
hit one eighty for a month with like no power,
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and it's gonna be awful. It's gonna be so miserable.
I just don't I don't believe this at all. This
is ridiculous what he's doing. He has a near four
hundred babbit. I mean, the guy is thirty seven years old.
I mean, come on, man, it's ridiculous. There's no way.
There's just no way.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
Yeah. But if that wasn't enough to convince you, he's
one of the only guys on this list where hard
hit barrel every Jay's velocity all down, first strike rate
way up, worst of his career, swing percentage worst of
his career, outside swing percentage worst of his career. So
it really just feels like he's getting the Babbitt bluck,
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which is driving the three forty five babe or three
forty five average on the on the four hundred babbit,
and eventually that's gonna come crashing back to earth, and
the home runs and stolen bases are not enough to
booy that kind of drop off when it happens. So yes,
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if you can move him, go ahead and do that.
Let's move over to second base. Mikekel Garcia is the
number three second basement on the player Rader, and as
we mentioned, it's not a great position, evidenced by the
fact that he's the number seven third baseman, but in
fifty three games this year, has five home runs ten
stone base he seesing three eleven, three, seventy six, four
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sixty eight. He is a sub or sixteen p K
rate and a nine point three percent walk rate. Both
career bests. Average x velocity are hit barrel all up
from last year. Launch angles up a few degrees three
fifty three bad sings a little lucky. But what are
your thoughts on Mike Keiogarcigan? Can he keep this up? Wow?
Speaker 2 (42:26):
I was just looking at how bad second base was?
So wow, there's not There's no players on the player
raider at second base who have more than twenty dollars
worth of value. That's easily the worst position as far
as that goes. They give you an idea shortstop has
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eight players with twenty dollars or more worth of value.
First base, which was bad, has five players with twenty
hours worth or more. Second base has zero players. Like
that's awful. I don't know if that's ever happened before.
I don't I'm not sure even catchers have two players
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that have twenty dollars or more of value. Wow, that's
really bad. Okay, So all right, So Miguel Garcia, Yeah,
I mean I wrote a preseason sleeper post at him,
So I did like I liked him in the preseason.
I felt like he was a little bit undervalued. He
did steal thirty seven bags last year. He's got ten
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bags already with seven caught stealings, which is really terrible.
That's really bad too. But if he's gonna steal thirty
plus bags, he actually you know, this was a point
I think I made in the preseason sleeper, was he's
actually he's good for average, better than I think people anticipate.
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He's hitting three eleven right now, which does not seem sustainable,
but he could hit two seventy five. If he hits
two seventy five with thirty plus bags, then all he does,
you know, then, and then he hits like he's got
five homers right now. If he gets to ten homers,
ten thirty, two seventy five, it's not a bad year.
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It's you know, it's probably it's sex panther ish, But
I mean, I don't know. I think he's somewhat scientific
fact as long as your expectations are in order.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
Yeah, I think so. I think it's the scientific fact,
as long as we're not trying to make him out
to be something he's not. I agreed. I think the average,
well high isn't gonna you know, I don't think it's
bottoming out and Uh, I mean he's been he's been
playing really well this season up to this point, and
he's hit for good average both months. You didn't mention
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the cost stealings he had. He had five cost stealings
in April and only two in May. So maybe they
talk to him like, hey, we gotta we got to
knock off the court stealings a little bit. You know,
we want you to run but within reason here, so
hopefully they've kind of gotten that under control. But yeah,
I mean, as second base goes, if you got Michael Garcia,
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you should be pretty happy because there's not been a
whole lot of guys at the position that have been
been better than him, you know, recently or just over
the whole season.
Speaker 4 (45:21):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
You know you mentioned the position and the only person
that's over twenty dollars is in like Yahoo only, and
that would be Mookie and and that's it. It's it's
it's a gross position. So yeah, absolutely, if you have
Michael Garcia, be happy that you got him. We're all
over Portomo number four shortstop on the player editor. We
already talked about how good a position. Shortstop span fifty
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two games, two hundred and twenty four played appearances. He
has six on runs, eleven stolen bases. He's sitting three
or four, four to one, four seventy five. He has
an eleven percent k rate and a fourteen percent walk rate,
both career bests. You know, they the stat cast numbers
are not in oppressive, but they all are all better
than what he's ever shown. Really, and the line drive
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rate is his career best. Is Perdomo for real, I
don't believe you, not at all. You're just just out completely.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
I don't. Yeah, no, and I would I would say that,
I'd venture that the Diamondbacks don't necessarily believe him either,
because they have him hitting ninth, So I don't think.
I'm not sure if he believes himself, but I don't.
I don't believe him, and I don't think the Diamondbacks
believe him, So you know, there's nothing left. There's nothing
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left for me there. I think he's probably a decent
bat for like a deeper league is fine, like if
you're in like a fifteen team mix league or deeper,
you know, because I don't. I don't think his average
is necessarily that crazy over where it should be, Like
he's probably a two to eighty hitter, So you know,
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two eighty hitter with some speed. It's fine for a
deeper league. But yeah, I don't, really, I don't. I
think he had a good you know, he had a
good month and he's sort of dragged that on into
like having a good six weeks. But yeah, I mean
he's hitting ninth for the Diamondbacks, which you know, I
mean they're they're a decent lineup, but still hitting ninth.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
It's like, yeah, I mean that's not not exactly the
vote of confidence that you'd hope to have from, you know,
somebody who's been as good as he's been. And I mean, yes,
he's he's been. He's been really good. And if you've
had him, I hope you've enjoyed it. Would you rather
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have Perdomo or you know, back to life hobby Bias.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
I would go Perdomo because I don't think Bias is.
I don't believe Baias either. I don't believe either of them.
I have a hard time trusting Bias. But I mean
he Bias has looked good, don't get me wrong. I
just I would go Perdomo because I mean, he looks
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like he at least should be able to maintain his average,
and he has speed, and they're both kind of em
on power anyway, So yeah, I'd go Perdomo.
Speaker 1 (48:22):
Okay about Prodomo or Mason Win?
Speaker 2 (48:26):
I go Mason Win?
Speaker 1 (48:28):
Okay, Uh, Pardomo or your former boy? No, not either
of our boy.
Speaker 2 (48:35):
Boba shit, No, go Perdomo. Everyone over Boba. Shut everyone,
Liam Liam Hicks, the backup catcher on the Marlins over Boba.
Speaker 1 (48:48):
Shut all right, grag Let's move over to the outfield.
Kyle Stowers is currently number fifteen on the play Ridder. Yes,
you heard that correctly. Kyle's hours number fifteen outfielder on
the play Raider, just under two hundred plate appearances. Great,
he's hitting three h nine, He's got ten home runs,
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three stolen bases, the twenty seven point six percent krate,
nine percent walk rate, both improvements over last year. What
are you what are your thoughts on? Thoughts on on
Kyle Stowers? Can he keep up you know, the good
starts of the season. Yeah?
Speaker 2 (49:24):
I think actually I would say he is more scientific
fact than sex Panther. I I liked Tours. I think
there there could be something here, you know, I think
is his numbers aren't necessarily like screaming regression is coming.
I think there could be potential here for at least
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for what he's doing. Like I you know, he's got
an over forty percent hard hit rate, so it's solid,
and he's also you know, he's striking out less than
he was as of like the last you know, the
last few cups of coffee. I will say, I don't
really even think he didn't really had a large enough
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sample size to you know, say that that was gonna
be a strikeout rate. But he is striking out less,
so that's good. I do think there is a little
bit of luck involved with his three h nine batting average,
though I do think he's probably closer to like a
two sixty hitter. But to sixty is not bad. I
mean that I would take two sixty with you know,
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thirty homers and seven steals, which looks like where he's headed.
So if he gets to thirty thirty homers, seven steals
and a two sixty average, that's a win all around
for Kyle Stowers. And you know that. I think that's
scientific fact.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
All right, do you like, like you some Kyle Stowers.
I'd probably put him more in the sex panther just
because I feel like it's just been a little lucky,
Like the average is a little lucky, the home run
is a little lucky. So I expect those all to
come down a little bit. But I agree that it's
not something where I think it's just complete luck. And
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he's gonna fall off the map either, So I'm gonna
go sex panther on that one. But uh, you know,
it sounds like you're you're liking yourself. Some Kyle Towers,
I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (51:21):
I'll say this, I wouldn't trade them for Trevor Rodgers.
Speaker 1 (51:27):
Okay, that's a that's a very interesting pool. But yeah,
absolutely great. Let's move on to the number sixteen outfielder
on the Player Raider, and that is Helio Ramos. Uh
nine home runs three stone basis. He's hitting two eighty one,
three forty five four seventy two. He has a twenty
three point three percent kra and a seven point two
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percent walk rate. The numbers are pretty much in line
with what he's done, if if not maybe just slightly
down from last year and still performing. So what are
you what are your thoughts on Ramos?
Speaker 2 (52:01):
He's another guy who I wrote a preseason sleeper for him.
I liked Ramos a lot coming into this year. I
kind of wish I was a little bit more aggressive
with him. Even even with that said, though, I was,
I liked him, and I was, you know, fairly aggressive
on trying to draft him. So I definitely I want
him to be you know, scientific fact. I don't know
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if it's really that quite yet. Like he looks he
looks similar to last year, which was a decent year.
It's fine. Like if he gets to you know, twenty
five homers, seven steals and a two sixty average, that's
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that's totally fine. I don't think that's a bad year
at all, but that is, uh, that's probably ver. It's
a little bit sex pan three and it's not quite
as scientific fact as I think people might want to
believe it. But he's had a you know, he's had
a solid season so far, and they've sort of cemented
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him in the leadoff spot. If he stays at leadoff,
yeah and keeps hitting, you know, it could be scientific fact.
I like him, though, I would definitely I'm all about him,
Like I definitely have. I have no problems with anything
he's done so far other than I think it's you know,
it could become a little yawn inducing if it falls
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even a ted bit back from where he is. So
right now he's doing solid. But if he does a
little bit less than this, it might suddenly become because
he's not a big steals guy, so it might become
a little bit like, h it's okay, but right now
it's solid, So I would I would absolutely ride it
for sure.
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Yeah, it kind of feels like and happish, like it's
not gonna be sexy. You're not gonna like love starting
him by like, at the end of the season, he's
gonna have home runs, he's gonna have some stone bases.
The average is gonna kill you, and he's gonna have
the county numbers of somebody who hits at the top
of the order.
Speaker 2 (54:14):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (54:17):
All right, Gray, thank you for that. Let's move over
to the bullpen. Gray and sagn off it up. Let's
start with my cubbies, Gray Porter Hodge, the I all,
thank goodness, that's just gonna save at least a couple
of blown saves for the for the Cubs. By by that,
just in default, who do you think the guy.
Speaker 2 (54:37):
Down there now though, I'm sure Daniel Palencia is gonna
be the fix that they need.
Speaker 1 (54:46):
Hey, he's been great this season. Gray he'll be he'll be.
Speaker 2 (54:50):
Uh, he'll definitely he'll fix everything. M Yeah, No, he's
been fine. I uh, we'll see. I mean he did
have a a six something ear a last year along
this last but that wasn't a small sample size, and
it was you know, as with relievers, it's you know,
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it's so it's silly to look at the hera. So
all that aside, I think Daniel Polentcy is the guy
to roster and see how long it last. I mean,
if he if he gets like a couple more saves
in a row, Porter Hodge may come back to be
the eighth inning guy. Like it wasn't like the Cubs
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were like we have to have Hodge. We're dragging their
feet with Ryan Presley forever. So yeah, I mean, I
think Palencia could potentially be the closer for the year
if he can hold the job, which I mean he could.
He just has you know, his command is a little wonky.
Speaker 1 (55:53):
Yeah, his command is a little wonky at times. But
he's again, he's been good this season. He's in the
role right now, so you know, go ahead and grab
him I think if it's not him, I think next
guy up is probably I mean, Drew Pomerance is probably
gonna get an occasional lefty there, just if it's a
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very heavy lefty one. And I guess Brad Keller is
the next in line. If if they both fail.
Speaker 2 (56:22):
They were like, the Cubs were like, what what is this?
Speaker 1 (56:25):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (56:26):
In the the first line of Marianne Rivera's Wikipedia page,
it says, uh, failed starter becomes greatest closer of all time. Wait, wait,
can't we find ourselves a failed starter somewhere?
Speaker 1 (56:42):
Brad Keller and Drew Pomerantz the next up? You know?
That's that's what they're doing, and it's uh, it's not
worked for the Cubs.
Speaker 2 (56:49):
Really, where do you have failed starters? Wait to hear
what the Rangers are trying to do?
Speaker 1 (56:55):
Yes, that might be. That might be even more interesting Gray.
The Rangers are gonna supposedly give Kumar Rocker a chance
in the bullpen and and potentially get saves. I mean,
nothing like taking your top pitching prospect or one of
them and changing it. You know, he is on the al,
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so he's coming back, but they're talking about this as
he's coming back, And what his role looks like when
he's back.
Speaker 2 (57:21):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, I don't know. There might
be something there because like Kumar Rocker, I believe he
was drafted by the Mets and then there was injury
concerns so they let him go and he went back
in the draft and the Rangers took him. So there's
been injury problems with him. So similar to like Mason Miller,
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who had injury issues as a starter and then the
A's converted him to a closer and that's worked well.
It worked last year, it's working less this year. But
you know, maybe it works with Kumar Rocker. Maybe there's
something to it. It's not like anyone else is really
clicking in the Rangers' bullpen. I mean they tried Luke
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Jackson for a while and he was awful. I would
say probably if I had to guess, if it's not
Kumar Rocker when he returns, I would say, Robert Garcia
is probably the only guy I would really look at.
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And he's a lefty, so I know that I can
imagine Bruce Bochi doesn't want a lefty closing games, So
you know, take it with a grain of salt. But
like Sean Armstrong has been fine, but is he really
the closer?
Speaker 1 (58:43):
I don't know, man, Yeah, I mean he's he's been
he's been okay, but yeah he's had a couple of
blow ups here and there as well. They don't really
have an answer right now. So yeah, I mean, maybe
take a look at Rocker. But for now, until Rocker
gets back and gets that opportunity, I think it's Robert Garcia.
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I mean, he's been fine, just not not great. Over
in Arizona, Gray, what are your what are your thoughts here?
I mean it looks like Shelby Miller maybe's taking over
the role, but it's it's still a little bit confusing. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (59:21):
No, justin Martinez, he returned. I believe that right now.
I think I think that Arizona is uh entire m
O with their bullpen is Shelby Miller is our best reliever,
and that's the reason why we're not letting him close games.
I think that's it. It doesn't that doesn't make sense,
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but that seems to be what's going on there because
he's clear as day their best relievers so far, but
they have not committed to Shelby Miller at all, So
I guess Justin Martinez. I like he returned this weekend
immediately up runs because he doesn't have a shoulder that's working.
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And you know, Gingkle's been terrible, Beaks has been okay,
but he's a lefty, So I don't know, I would guess.
I would guess Justin Martinez until he hits the il
again due to his shoulder. And then Shelby Miller, So
I don't know. I'd probably I'd probably roster Shelby Miller
if I had room, but I believe Justin Martinez probably
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is the closer right now.
Speaker 1 (01:00:30):
Yeah, I'd go ahead and just roster Shelby Miller. Martinez
got the same opportunity and promptly blew it in his
first first safe back. So nobody's been good in that
bullpen if it's being honest, so nobody really deserves it.
But I think if you're going after somebody, Chowe Miller,
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Justin Martinez. But again, it's not a great situation. Speaking
of a great not a great situation, how about over
Miami Gray, who's getting saved there?
Speaker 2 (01:01:03):
Ronnie Harnquiz Chief Justice Harnquis is the closer. Now, I
believe you know, I didn't hear anything about him becoming
the closer. I didn't really. I actually I didn't research
it at all either, so that's kind of me a
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little bit. But I mean, it seemed like it was Foucher,
then it seems like it was definitely Tanako, then it
was like definitely Bender, and now it's like, oh, it's
definitely Harnquiz, which is I guess, like what they do
in Miami, they just like suddenly they declare a guy
a closer for like three days, and then someone else
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just becomes the closer. So I don't know. I mean,
he looks good though, Ronnie Harnquis Chief Justice Harnquiz looks
great so far. He's got a one seventy eighty or
a twelve plus kp her nine. I mean, he's blowing
people away. So I don't know, maybe they've stumbled on
something down there in Miami. I actually put in bids
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for him in a lot of leagues just in case.
I don't know what they're gonna do. I think, you know,
I think it's probably a more fluid situation than it seems.
Speaker 1 (01:02:19):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:02:21):
I guess, like Bender, Foucher, and Tanaco haven't really been good,
So why not go with the guy who's been really
good and so far Ronnie Chief Justice Ranquist has been
really good.
Speaker 1 (01:02:38):
Yeah, Ronnie Enriquez has gotten the save, and uh, Jason Junk.
Jason got some junk. He actually got a save as well,
and he's been he's been performing.
Speaker 2 (01:02:50):
Jansen as well. Jansen Junk and Chief Justice at Henry
Henry quiz, Henri quiz. When I say, I said Ranquist,
what did I say? As a Chief Justice rankuist?
Speaker 1 (01:03:12):
It's okay, Greg, You know, this is why we don't
actually look at the pronunciation guide.
Speaker 2 (01:03:19):
People are sending me trades for Hunter Green and offering
me mcabel.
Speaker 1 (01:03:25):
They're like, at least.
Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
You can pronounce mckabel.
Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
And I mentioned Jason Junk kind of save that was
a five inning save. He came in as a second
starter option, so not really in the closer picture, but
I just wanted to mention his name because he did
get a save in this bullpen. Who knows he could
be literally anybody gets the next save in Miami. Wait wire, Greg,
give the people some bats. I'll give him some pictures
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and we'll get out here.
Speaker 2 (01:03:53):
Oh oh okay, So let's see, let's run down the
guys who have been hot. Okay, so, Ryan O'Hearn has
been really hot for the Oreos first basement outfield eligibility,
Gavin Sheets exact same eligibility, exactly as hot.
Speaker 1 (01:04:11):
Then you have.
Speaker 2 (01:04:12):
Caleb Durbin Brewers second basement, third base eligibility. He's been
really hot. He got hot immediately after I dropped him,
so that's nice. Abraham Toro has actually been hot for
the Red Sox. He's been playing first base for them,
and I believe that is he's not really good. I'm
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sorry anyway. Brett Bady is starting to get hot. I
don't know why the Mets continued to bat him ninth
though I kind of wish they would move him up
in the order, but yeah, he's been hot. Connor Norby
has been hot so soal Friedlick has been hot. Leodi
Taveres has actually been hot for the Mariners after he
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got traded away. Jake Myers has been hot. Carlos Santana,
the the baseball player, not the singer, has been hot.
Jesus Sanchez has been leading off for the aforementioned Marlins
and has been hitting. He is h he's been hitting,
and he's been hitting well. Okay, Jorge Solar has actually
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been doing something recently, and you know he's the type
of guy who gets when he gets hot, he gets hot.
And then you have Adam Fraser, Is that right? Adam
Fraser is hitting four to seventy five in the last week.
That's the first I'm hearing of this. So yeah, I guess,
I guess Adam Fraser has been hot. So there are
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some names.
Speaker 1 (01:05:40):
Yeah, that's some names, great looking over on the pitching side.
Jeffrey Springs at Toronto, Bailey Falter at San Diego, Dean
Kramer versus the White Sox, Zach Lettel versus Minnesota and
at Houston, Eric Fetti at Texas, David Peterson versus Colorado,
and Noah Cameron versus Cincinnati. There's a few names. Swats out.
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A not a great week for streamers. There's a lot
of bad matchups. So maybe just uh, you know, if
those guys aren't available, just sit this week out and
come back next week and for for more streaming options.
If you have specific questions, you can always find us
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Memorial Day, Gray, how you doing?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Hey? What's up man? Happy Halper? Memorial Day? I had
actually I had an idea. I uh, I think I've
figured out something. So all right, you know how there's uh,
there's now every picture is only going four and two thirds.
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, there's been a you know over the last few
few seasons.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Right, Okay, So I have an idea, So you know
how there's a they do the opener guy, right, So
instead of an opener, what if we have a guy
who comes in at four and two thirds innings every
time to get the win, like the wind, one guy
becomes the win guy. Right, it could be anyone, really,
(02:06):
I don't know, it doesn't really doesn't really matter you
Jason Adam. Let's say Jason Adam becomes the win guy, right,
so he gets say three hundred wins roughly like I
don't know, say like ten years. So for ten years
he becomes the win guy. Jason Adam racks up the
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wins over you know, three hundred appearances, comes in at
four and two thirds every time and gets to win,
so he becomes the win guy. So he gets three
hundred wins, and then I feel like at that point
Major League Baseball would start changing the win stat to
be a different to like become a little bit more reasonable,
(02:52):
rather than have a guy get a break Cy Young's
record by having five hundred and twelve wins. Who do
you think is something? Because I'm still writing up the
change the win stat on petition dot Org, but I'm
trying to figure out something because I'm so sick of
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guys going four and two thirds innings, Like it's really like,
I mean, this is out of control, there's no and
then to have a guy come in and get and
throw one third of an inning and get the win,
Like what are they doing? Like you can, like, if
you're an official scorer and you're listening to this, please please,
(03:34):
for love with God, please look at the score and
look at the pitching. And if a guy throws, say,
I don't know, seventy five pitches and gets pulled at
four and two thirds, and another guy throws three pitches
and gets the win, maybe you'll give the guy who
threw four and two thirds the win and not the
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guy who threw one third of an inning?
Speaker 1 (03:57):
Like, what are we doing? Why can't we do this?
You know, Gray, we can't do it because that's how
it's been done in baseball. And you know, we can't
change things in baseball that's not that's not really allowed.
So obviously we can't change how how we handle stats
at all. No, I think maybe the better thing is
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just to come up with a better stat then wins
and just use that as moving forward.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
I don't even think that. I Like, I know some
people playing quality start leagues and you know, one one love,
but I don't even think that's the I don't think
that's the fix that people really think it is. I
really know, because there's so few quality starts. Then then
it becomes like you're so weighted towards like getting you know,
really good starters, that it becomes a totally different game,
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where like you have guys who are now suddenly like
a say like a Will Warren or something throws five
and a third and gets eleven ks and that's now
that gets punished like it's still punishing the wrong thing.
Like I still think it's I don't think it really
fixes everything the quality start leagues.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
No, I agree, I do think.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I really think though, like if you had instead of
an opener, if you had a win guy come in
at four and two thirds, I really think that people
would stop, Like they would start like thinking about the
winstat a little bit, They would start reflecting on the
wind stat a little more. When you have guys like
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Jason Adam get thirty wins a season and people would
be like WHOA. I think that would honestly, I think
that would stop things and suddenly people like in MLB
front office would be like, hold on, Jason Adam got
what he got thirty eight wins last year? Old hold
on a second, we got to do something about the
win stat. I really think this would change things. Maybe
(05:56):
I'm crazy, Ah maybe maybe Gray, Yeah, I agree, the
uh you know, quality start isn't really a great pivot.
Speaker 1 (06:04):
You know, six innings three earned is the four or five?
Speaker 4 (06:08):
You know, I know you get get rewarded for that,
and I know that in like my old uh no,
you wanted to play this, you wanted to win my
money for free. But in the old win win beat
on his.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Money league gets ahead the head categories where I make
stuff up as I go. We've used game score a
couple of times as uh as our replacement for wins
and quality starts, and that at least keeps it interesting.
But it's a it's a hard stat to kind of
track sometimes unless you're really really kind of getting into
it and figuring out.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Well, that's the like that's my biggest problem with like
quality starts is this is a I think a problem
for quality starts. But that's my biggest problem with these
other like funky leagues like games Score League or hour
leagues or I don't know what. Anytime you get into
or like even like I'm in one league that's k
minus wall right, And it's like, that's fine. But also
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once you have to start thinking about like a like
a category in a way that doesn't like it's not
easy to think about for by just looking at like
the score of the game or the box score even like,
once you have to start really like doing math, I
feel like then suddenly it becomes less fun. That just
(07:26):
might be revealing my stupidity. I don't know, I honestly though,
you know, speaking of my stupidity, I do think that
I have I have uncovered something that I do think
people think I'm dumber than I might be, or maybe
I am. Maybe I am that dumb. But like someone
in one of my leagues offered me mick Abel for
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Hunter Green, and I'm like, am I really? Am I
the idiot in this league? How are you offering me
mick Abel for hunter Green? Now granted it's a keeper league,
but still make Abel for Hunter Green?
Speaker 1 (08:06):
Like what?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
M are we crazy here?
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Like? What are we? Like?
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Oh?
Speaker 1 (08:10):
My god?
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Like I am the moron? Apparently.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
Well, if I've learned anything in a keeper league or
in dynasty leagues, it is that there is no such
thing as an offer that is too bad to send
because you will receive any and every possible offer for
anybody and everybody on your team, regardless of how good
or bad it looks. I mean, what do you want, Grant?
I mean he had he went six innings and nine
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strikeouts in his first start. Obviously he's going to do
that the rest of his career.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
I mean, it is like it is a keeper with
prices and I have like I have Hunter I have
mick Abel I think is a dollar and Hunter Green
is like twenty five dollars, but twenty five hours isn't
even a lot for Hunter Green. Like, I don't know, man,
I'm really, I've really, I've stumbled on a few moments
(09:02):
of clarity in the last couple hours, and one of
those is I realize everyone just thinks I'm dumb. That's
one moment of.
Speaker 1 (09:11):
Uh, you know, I can't say what it is. Great.
Maybe it's the laugh. Maybe the laugh is uhs everybody off.
Speaker 2 (09:18):
Yeah, if you're watching this on YouTube. Maybe it was
the fact that in the last thirty seconds I opened
a can of sheelter and it exploded all if we
go if we suddenly go dead in the middle of
this podcast, it's because I just exploded a selz all
over me.
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Yeah, I mean there's a gray, is not it support?
So he will have to call somebody to come look
at it, and that'll take some time. So yeah, let's, uh,
let's get as much in as we can before your
computer shorts out. Gray. Let's let's look at a couple
of call ups. A big one for this week, Marcela
Mayer called out by Boston. We said that we thought
he had moved ahead of Roman Anthony and opportunity for
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a call up, and that has happened Triple A this year,
forty three games, one hundred and ninety three played appearances.
He has night home runs, two stone bases. He is
hitting two seventy one three forty seven four to seventy one.
He has a nineteen point seven percent k rate and
a ten point four percent walk rate. What are your
thoughts on Marcela Mayor? Is he a pickup across every league?
(10:21):
And it looks like so far you know he's played.
He started at third base in both games. He moved
a short or in both games as well. What are
your thoughts here in regards to Mayor?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Well, I was surprised I was actually able to get
him in fab in one league. I think I'd bid
a dollar and I got him. That was surprising to me.
I guess everyone just assumes he's only up for as
long as Bragman is on the on the il. But
while while that could be true, if he hits, I'm
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sure they're gonna make room for him. I mean, Trevor
story has just been awful, basically unusable even even for
real baseball, like he's he's just been really bad. Sorry,
I'm wiping Seltzer off my computer screen. I think so.
(11:20):
I think Mayor could be potentially sent down when Bregman returns,
But you know, the Red Sox also said Bregman had
a serious strain of the quad, so that's you know,
at least two to three weeks. So if Mayer has
two to three weeks to show off what he can
do and he does something, yeah, I mean he could
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stick around. I also, I think he's you know, possibly
uh not as not as dynamic as Roman Anthony. So
maybe people are a little bit colder on him as
far as fantasy goes. So maybe that's why the bids
were a little bit last. But yeah, I was shocked.
I got him for a dollar I thought that was
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a pretty good deal. My my major thoughts on him
is like I feel like best case scenario is he's
Azsi Albi's what we at least what we thought AlSi
Albi's was going to be coming into this year. You know,
obviously it would have to be pro rated from this
point forward. And that's also me saying best case scenario,
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So that's not most likely. That's just what I think
Mayor could do. Like, he has power and a bit
of speed, and he should hit for you know, somewhat
of a decent average. I see projections have him at
around two forty five. I would bump that up to
like probably two sixty. But yeah, so if you know,
if you projected him out, if he were to get
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every day at bats from this point forward, you're looking
at like twenty seventeen to twenty two homers, five to
seven steals, two fifty to sixty five type average. That's good.
I mean that's basically at a second baseman that's kind
of like startable in just about all leagues except for
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the shallowest. You know, second base isn't that deep of
a position, so that would probably put him in like
the top fifteen for second base. You know, that's obviously,
like I said, that's best case scenario. He's a rookie,
so realistically, you're looking at a handful of homers, maybe
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a couple of steals, and Bregman returns and he gets
put into either a platoon of some sort or he
gets sent down. But that's you know, I mean, that's
sort of up in the air at this point. We
don't know exactly what the Red Sox are gonna do
with them when Bregham returns. But I mean that is
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that is a possible, a possibility that he gets you know,
a few homers, a few steals, and gets sent down.
I mean, you never know. I think for the upside though,
that alone is he's worth grabbing. He is not, as
I said originally, he is not Roman Anthony. I think Rome,
and I don't think he is. And I can see,
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you know how people are maybe a little bit cooler
on Mayor where Roman Anthony I think is.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
Going to be.
Speaker 2 (14:20):
He's going to be a stud. He looks like, you know,
a top twenty potential guy. Mayor, you know, like I
originally said, with the comparison to Albi's, I mean Mayor
could get to a top thirty, top forty type bat.
I mean, that is a possibility. I don't think he's
quite there right now, but you never know. I mean
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it's I think he's worth the flyer though, So yeah,
I mean, if you can get him, get him and
see what happens. I wouldn't drop anyone too valuable for him,
but I would I would look at him in every league.
Speaker 1 (14:57):
Yeah, I would look at him in every league as well.
I think, you know, it's worth taking the shot on him.
He should get dueligibility if he doesn't already have it
in your league, third and short. So yeah, absolutely give
him a shot. And there there's a number of any
number of ways he could potentially stick around. Whenever Bregman
does return. You know, he can move to first shortstop
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and they could sit down story.
Speaker 2 (15:23):
You know.
Speaker 1 (15:23):
I don't know if they're going to cut Story given
that he's owed like fifty million dollars over the next
two years, but you know, maybe they might, because if
they're not going to play him whatever, you might as
well get the roster spot back. So yeah, go ahead
and add Mayer and we'll see how long he sticks around.
But yeah, I mean there's no reason not to go
ahead and see what happens here. Let's talk if if
(15:46):
I too.
Speaker 2 (15:47):
I mentioned that I got him for a dollar. That
was a twelve team X league. That felt light and
for people, you know, just if people are putting in
beds for him in deeper leagues or whatever. In my
fifteen team leagues, he went for about eighty dollars. So,
and that's in a thousand that's in a thousand dollars
fab so you know, roughly eight eight bucks in one hundred.
Speaker 1 (16:12):
You know.
Speaker 2 (16:12):
Also, it depends on how badly you need someone, depends
on you know, how much money you have obviously, you know.
And one league he went for two hundred and sixty dollars,
which is which is too much that that person overpaid.
But the other ones, I do think we're kind of
in the right ballpark with when they when people bid
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around eighty dollars, that sounds right. I didn't. I didn't
personally bid eighty dollars in those leagues, fifteen team mixed leagues,
But I do think eighty dollars sounds about right. I
think I bid like maybe in the forties, but yeah,
I didn't get them in those leagues. I uh, I
was a little bit under but yeah, I think it. Also,
(16:53):
it's like if you need a guy, then you bid
a little bit more maybe, but yeah, So eighty dollar
ish is I think a proper fab bid on him
for fifteen teamers.
Speaker 1 (17:06):
Yeah, I would say eighty to one twenty Again, depending
on what kind of players available and how much you
need them. I think that's kind of the right area.
Let's talk about another call up, Alejandra as Soona thirty
nine games this year at Triple as, two runs, nine
stone basis, he's sitting two seventy nine, three eighty six,
four sixteen. You know, he's an outfielder for the Rangers.
(17:28):
What are your expectations for as Sooner is it? Would
you pick him up in a fifteen team or is
this this more of an only league shot? Yeah, I
you know, I.
Speaker 2 (17:40):
Put in a bid in our in our league, actually
our al only league that we're in together. I bid
on him and I won him for I got him
for seven dollars out of one hundred. I probably overbid
a little bit. I think I needed the bat, so
I overbid a hair Yeah, and that's AL only. So
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that gives you an idea of what I think of him,
But I'll just run over what I expect stats wise
real quick. So he had two homers, nine steals, two
seventy nine average. I don't see really power coming on
any better than that when he's with the Rangers. I
don't know if this is you know, this feels like
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a steals only play in a fifteen team mix league
and deeper. I don't really see. Like I also wonder
how good of an average he's going to have, like
he did, like I said to what you said as well,
two seventy nine in the minors, But you know, I
don't I don't think he makes really that heart of contact,
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so I'd be surprised if he hits two forty so
steals potentially and maybe an average. But he should play
because you know, they brought him up to play and
Jack Peterson fractured his hand, so they have room, even
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though Jack Pearson should have been out of the lineup
anyway because he was hitting one twenty. But yeah, I mean,
I think Ozoona is fine for like a fifteen team
mix league or deeper if you need steals. Otherwise I
would just ignore him.
Speaker 1 (19:27):
Yeah, I think that's that's pretty fair. And as you mentioned,
Jack to the il Evan Carter is already on the
al so it seems like he's going to get at
least a little bit of opportunity here to play. If
you need an outfielder, you can take a shot on him.
But I don't think either of us are expecting, you know,
any kind of crazy breakout or you know, league changing
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type of player. Speaking of league changing players, though, we
did get the return of Ronald Dacuney Junior this week. Oh,
I mean, it's about time. You know, he's gonna he's
gonna help you know, anybody who drafted him, and you're
gonna feel a little better about your lineup seeing him
sitting in your outfield. Where should he rank the rest
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of season? Gray, I should?
Speaker 2 (20:12):
I actually should write a reminder to myself for next year,
if there's any guys like of the quality of Ronald
Acunya Junior that like, just write a small note to
myself that says open in March right before you start
drafting that if there's any guy that is as good
as Ronald Acunya Junior, just know that when he returned
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in twenty twenty five, I was the one league where
I have him, I was in last place, so he's like,
you can only do so much here my league, I'm
basically already out of it, and so I'm happy to
see him come back. I don't know how much he
can really do for me, though. Can he play six positions?
Speaker 1 (20:59):
Is that possible?
Speaker 2 (21:01):
I need a third baseman, a second baseman, a first baseman,
and an outfielder. Yeah, so I don't know.
Speaker 5 (21:12):
I I do uh, I do wish I was really
I was getting Ronald Cuna Junior back on a team
that was like in second place or something, and this
would be like the shot.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
In the arm that I needed.
Speaker 3 (21:27):
Instead, it's uh yeah, I mean it's like I might
be able to do it a dead cat bounce if
nothing else. Okay, Anyway, with all that said.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Yeah, I mean I I'm kind of interested. The most thing,
the biggest thing I'm really interested with Ronald Cuna Junior
is how much is he gonna run?
Speaker 1 (21:45):
Right?
Speaker 2 (21:46):
I would love to see I would have loved to
see him steal a base in the in the first
weekend that he was back, But yeah, we didn't see that.
I don't know, I you know, I think, ever, if
everything is there as it usually is for him, but
the steals are less. I guess it's gonna come down
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to how less are the steals, you know, I don't
know if the steals are, say like from now to
the end of the season, if he only steals like
fifteen bags, which seems really very few for ron Acuna Junior.
But I mean, we don't know, right, So if he
steals only fifteen bags, then you're looking at a probably
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a twenty five to thirty homer, fifteen steel two ninety
to three ten hitter, which is great. I mean that's
for only you know, four months of a season. That's amazing.
Speaker 1 (22:48):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:50):
If we were to get like, you know, maybe twenty
to twenty to thirty steals or twenty five to thirty steals,
then it would be like, Okay, then we have back
a first rounder, easy. But I don't know, I don't
know if we're gonna get that. It's it'll be shocking
to me to see him run like a lot like
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he didn't. He didn't steal any bags in the minors
during his rehabs. Stant from what I see, at least
in the stats, it doesn't look like he even attempted
to steal. So yeah, I mean, you know it's like
he left. He left kind of as like all one
of one and Ellie de la Cruz Corb and Carroll,
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you know, one of these like top five guys that
is like a one of one type player, and he's
coming back as probably like Mookie Betts, feels like a
good comp you know, like a guy who has some
speed but isn't gonna steal thirty bad right Like Mookie
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Betts is probably more of like a fifteen steel guy
at this point, and he has twenty five to thirty
homer power, you know, neutrally obviously he can hit more
or less, but neutrallly twenty five to thirty homers and
he's probably gonna hit like two eighty. That sounds like,
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you know, it sounds more or less like ronald'cunya. I'd
probably go with Cunya over Bets, all things being equal,
but Bets might be the safer.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
Bet.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Excuse excuse the pun. He might be the safer bet.
At this point. I think, uh, you know, Corman Carroll
over Ronald Acuna Junior. Yeah, Julio Rodriguez is probably is close,
but I would probably go Julio Rodriguez over Ronald Couna Junior,
because there's no reason why Jay rod would run when
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when steel bags even like it hurts. It's my heart
a little to say it. But I you know, p
U p A p crew Armstrong, probably him over around
Acuna Junior. I don't know what's what's your thoughts.
Speaker 1 (25:14):
I mean, I think I would have him over Julio,
just you know, if we're looking at it in REGARDSS
to what they're gonna give us. I mean, I get
I get that you say, Hulu is probably gonna run.
More power numbers are probably the same, probably a slight
edge to Acunya, average to Acunya. So really you're only
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gonna get maybe a few more stolen bases from Julio.
But even that, I'm not sure, because again we don't
know what Acuna is gonna do. He could steal ten,
he could steal thirty, and any either one would be
you know, within the realm of possibility. So I think
I would probably take Acuni over him.
Speaker 2 (25:55):
I'd take say, I say to uh, if this is
like this is a debate show. Now we're doing we're
picking up, we're around the horn left if we're looking
at Julio Rodriguez right in his defense. I mean, Hulu
Rodrigo's is really stays on the field a lot, whereas
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you know, I mean, you can't argue that Ronaldy Cunya
Junior just can't stay on the field as much as
he used to or ever did. So, I mean, yes,
Julu Rodrigaz probably is going to have a lower average
even though Hulu Rodriga's averages like to seventy plus every year.
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I would say Akunya has he still has an injury
label on him.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
You can't.
Speaker 2 (26:46):
You can't say that, like Ronald Acuna Junior isn't like
injury prone. I mean he misses like every other year
with an injury. So I mean, I don't know. I
mean I like Rondy Cunya Junior. Don't get me wrong.
We're comparing him to like know, top twelve guys overall.
But yeah, I don't know. I think I would go
Julio Rodrigez still, I hear, I hear what you're saying, though.
Speaker 1 (27:09):
Yeah, maybe it's just a little bit of Julio's season
last year hanging around to where just there were times
last year where he was just awful and pretty much,
you know, unusable for fantasy. You know, as long as
the cuney is healthy, I don't see that that becoming
a thing. But I understand that, you know, there is
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injury risk here, Like I think probably Julio's the line
like I would, I would Pa is a tough one.
I think the way he's hitting right now, you pretty
much have to go with him. But you know, it's
kind of a short track record versus you know, the
injury concern of Acuna. Which one do you want to
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bank on a little bit more? All right?
Speaker 2 (27:55):
What about Mookie Bets?
Speaker 1 (27:58):
I'd rather have Acunia than Bet. But that's that's just me.
I've never I'm really just not a bets guy for fantasy.
Speaker 2 (28:08):
Okay, what do you find? What about Duran?
Speaker 1 (28:13):
I'd probably take Duran. I mean, he's just he's just
rock solid and he's gonna steal. But that's kind of
kind of a do you need power still saw on
bases more a little bit at this point in the season.
Speaker 2 (28:30):
So you're putting round Lacuna Junior roughly around top twelve
to fifteen.
Speaker 1 (28:38):
Yeah, he'd be top fifteen for me at least.
Speaker 2 (28:41):
Okay, Yeah, I mean I mean that makes sense. I
I think I have him over I would have him
over Mookie. But I think those are I feel like
those are pretty close. MOOKI and him probably would be
one A and one B sitting at around twelve to
fifteen overall.
Speaker 1 (29:02):
Yeah, I think that's a you know, a risk injury
risk versus consistency type of play. What do you like?
That's a that's a you know, personal thing. And you
know Mookie didn't exactly finish all games last year obviously,
so it's it's a legitimate question there on those two.
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I think we figured it out though, at least a
general idea where we're sticking at Kenya resk of season.
If we come back next week and he's stolen three bases,
then he probably jumps up to like top three or
top five for us. But as of now, I think
top fifteen ishes is the right area.
Speaker 2 (29:41):
Yeah, okay, I agree.
Speaker 1 (29:44):
We did some bad performers. Let's last week. Let's talk
about some of the early season good performers. And do
we're gonna break it out? Great, We're gonna break out
the incormand game scientific fact sex panther and I don't
believe you for those of you who are not familiar
with the game and weren't with us last season when
we played it. Scientific fact means what they're doing is legitimate.
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There they are what we've seen sex panthers sixty percent
of time. It's right every time. So they're kind of
in the middle. It's not quite what they're doing, but
they're not They're not bad. And then I don't believe
you means I don't believe you and probably trade him
if you can. At this point, let's start. I mean
we already talked about him when we talked about Accunia.
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Pete Crow Armstrong fifty three games this year, twounded twenty
five played appearances. He is fourteen fourteen, forty one, forty
eighty is hitting two eighty six three fifteen five, seventy sixties,
a twenty three and a half percent k rate and
at four percent walk rate. I mean, where where do
you stick Pete crow Armstrong on this? And then I
guess we got to talk about like where does he
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fit in on on the ranks among outfielders as well? Well?
Speaker 2 (30:55):
I think I mentioned him with the akunya, So he
is definitely for me, is he's one hundred percent scientific
fact like he's no joke. He's been like like they're
like they they did a scientific study where they asked
one hundred dentists and ninety nine of them agreed that
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Pete Crow Armstrong is scientific fact. There's no question he's in.
Ninety nine out of one hundred believe pie Crow Armstrong.
I honestly I would struggle to have if someone said
to me, like I think Pete Crow Armstrong is full
of it and he's I don't believe you, I would
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not listen to anything else that person said. I think
I would be very, very questionable on that person. I think,
like he's got forty plus steel speed and he can
hit twenty five homers, So it's like twenty five and ah,
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you can only be so bad, right, I mean that's
like that that's basically Corbyn Carroll. I mean it's like,
how bad can it be if you get twenty five
forty from him? You know, I think the biggest question
is probably gonna be his batting average. But like, uh,
you know last year he hit two thirty seven. Uh,
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and this year it's at two eighty six as we
record this. Babbitt is a little bit higher this year,
but not dramatically higher, and he's hit the ball harder.
So if someone hits the whole ball harder and he
has the speed that he has, it's you know, it
follows that his babbite should be higher. So and his
strikeouts are basically the same, Like everything looks like like
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right now, he looks like a two sixty five hitter
that is hitting two eighty five. So okay, so he
loses twenty points an average, big deal. If he hits
twenty five homers and steals forty bags and hits two
sixty five. Sign me up, man, Sign me up, sign
sign me up. Scientific fact one hundred.
Speaker 1 (33:06):
Yeah. I mean he's doing everything you could possibly want
from him at this point. I mean, let's let's talk
about some of those names you know against him. Would
you rather him or or O'Neill Cruz. I know that's
that's maybe a low blow asking you about your boy,
But what about O'Neil Cruz.
Speaker 2 (33:23):
Well, that's actually that's a that's a good person to eliminate.
How much I like Pi Crow Armstrong because I really
do like O'Neil Cruz, and I would still go PCA
over him.
Speaker 1 (33:34):
Okay, how about uh, how about the Jacksons. Would you
go Merril or Churio over over PCA Jackson.
Speaker 2 (33:41):
I would go Joe Jackson over Marlin, but not over Yeah,
I would probably go I would go Jackson Churio still
over pie Crow Armstrong, but they're real close. I mean
they're super close. And Jackson Merrill. I would probably go
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Jackson Merrill a little bit over Pete c Romstrong, but
again they're super close, and it almost comes down to
needs versus anything. I would say. I mean they're like
one A, one B, one C. I mean they're super closed.
But yeah, I would go Meryl and Cheerio. And also
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I was looking at Cheerio today just on a sidebar,
and you know, last year at this time as of today,
he had five homers and was hitting two eleven. So
for the people who are really freaked out that Jackson
Cheerio is not going to be worth the draft pick,
just keep that in mind, and if anything, if you
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can buy him low from someone else, I would go
out and get Jackson Cheerio.
Speaker 1 (34:49):
Yeah. I mean he's still a top sixty bat and
he's not even really hit his stride this season, so yeah,
I don't mind the Cheerio. I think I think i'd
put PCA over Maryll. I feel pretty safe about that
at this point. I mean I think i'd go PCA
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over Cheerio too, just like what you want from Cheerio
is what PCA's doing basically. I mean I expected to
slow down at some point a little bit, but I mean,
at this point, it'd be hard for me to make
that swap. I mean, we talked about Julio Rodriguez and
Duran when we were talking about Acunya. I'm assuming if
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PCA is behind Cheerio and Merrill that he's gonna call.
Speaker 2 (35:35):
Yeah, he's behind Jay Rod and Duran. Uh, he's in
front of He's in front of Teoscar.
Speaker 1 (35:43):
Okay. And I mean if anybody's asking to why I
would ask these these names, I mean, Pete grow Armstrong
is the number three hitter on the play Raider right now,
so you know, if we're just looking at what's been
done to this season, I mean, he's above a lot
of people, So these names really aren't aren't reus to throw.
As a comparison, let's move over to first base, where
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a couple of guys have shown up this season. We
didn't expect Spencer Torkelsen the number two first base and
on the play right raider right now. Fifty three games,
two hundred twenty three played appearances, thirteen home rounds of
stone base thirty four to forty. He's hitting two forty one,
three fifty five four, twenty four, twelve and a half
percent walk rate, average US velocity, hard hit barrel or
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all up for him. Also, in looking at this, I
realized that there's a low bar to be in a
top first baseman this season.
Speaker 2 (36:34):
Yeah, man, thirst base, thanks, first base is terrible. Man,
I was saying earlier that like second base was bad,
and second base is bad. It's bad, but first base
isn't far behind. First base is pretty bad too. Man,
it's pretty bad.
Speaker 1 (36:52):
Oh yeah, I mean.
Speaker 2 (36:54):
The crazy thing is Pete Alonzo seemed to be having
a great year and he's behind. He's behind. He's at
fourth on the player raider for first basement, so he's
behind torkal Sin and Goldschmidt. Anyway, Uh, torkal Sin is
uh I think right now he's a sex panther, and
(37:16):
uh it's bordering on I don't believe you, but I
would go I'll go sex panther at this point because
I do think like he does have power, so and
I don't think that's gonna necessarily just disappear. As long
as he's healthy. He seems like he can hit a
home run. I do think he's probably a two thirty
hitter though, and he has no speed whatsoever. So at
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some point if he's hitting like, you know, if he
ends the season with like thirty homers next to no
steals and a two thirty average, and it's like, so,
it's so whatever. I mean, it's fine for what you
for where you drafted him. You know, enjoy it, I
guess unless you can trade trade him away for something else.
(38:03):
You know, if you can do that, then sure, go
for it. But yeah, I know, I don't really if
if we're talking about a guy who doesn't really do
anything but hit some homers and like a really weak average,
I know, I can only I can only believe so much.
I mean, so he's a he's a sex panther at past.
Speaker 1 (38:28):
Yeah, I would say sex panther as well. I mean,
he is hitting the ball better this year, eggs of velocity,
hard hit barrel, and you're gonna hear that on most
of these guys. All those are up you know, he's
definitely hitting the ball better, but when you look at
like the underlying numbers, nothing really stands out is significantly different,
like line drive, ground ball, fly ball kind of in line.
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You know, swinging strike is pretty much in line. Contact rate,
like all the numbers pretty much say he's kind of
the same guy. He's been just hitting the squaring up
a few more. So you know, maybe he's back to
like what he did in twenty twenty three, which again
is like thirty home runs to thirty. Maybe it's two
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forty if he's hitting the ball, you know, cleaner all season.
But I would agree, I don't necessarily think he's, you know,
number two first baseman on the play raider type of
guy rest of season. You know, at this point, like
we said, it's more about the position as a whole
than what he's done. Let's talk about number three on
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the first basement player raider, and that is Paul Goldschmiter
you brought up briefly. Uh, he has five one runs,
four stone bases, and he's hitting three forty five gray.
He is a fifteen point nine per k rate and
a seven a half percent walk rate. What are your
thoughts on on Paul Goldschmidt's kind of resurgence here is it?
Is it real or would you be trying to move
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him as fast as humanly possible?
Speaker 2 (39:57):
Yes, Ladder, I'll say, I don't believe you, Paul Goldschmidt.
I don't believe anything you're doing. I would say there's
gonna be a time in the near future where he's
gonna have like he's either gonna get injured, which you know,
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unfortunate in some ways, but probably it might be fortunate
because you won't be able to he won't be able
to regress if he gets injured. But there's gonna be
some point where he's either gonna get injured or he's
gonna regress, And if he regresses, it's gonna be like
he's gonna have like a one eighty and he's gonna
hit one eighty for a month with like no power,
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and it's gonna be awful. It's gonna be so miserable.
I just don't I don't believe this at all. This
is ridiculous what he's doing. He has a near four
hundred babbit. I mean, the guy is thirty seven years old.
I mean, come on, man, it's ridiculous. There's no way.
There's just no way.
Speaker 1 (41:02):
Yeah. But if that wasn't enough to convince you, he's
one of the only guys on this list where hard
hit barrel every Jay's velocity all down, first strike rate
way up, worst of his career, swing percentage worst of
his career, outside swing percentage worst of his career. So
it really just feels like he's getting the Babbitt bluck,
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which is driving the three forty five babe or three
forty five average on the on the four hundred babbit,
and eventually that's gonna come crashing back to earth, and
the home runs and stolen bases are not enough to
booy that kind of drop off when it happens. So yes,
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if you can move him, go ahead and do that.
Let's move over to second base. Mikekel Garcia is the
number three second basement on the player Rader, and as
we mentioned, it's not a great position, evidenced by the
fact that he's the number seven third baseman, but in
fifty three games this year, has five home runs ten
stone base he seesing three eleven, three, seventy six, four
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sixty eight. He is a sub or sixteen p K
rate and a nine point three percent walk rate. Both
career bests. Average x velocity are hit barrel all up
from last year. Launch angles up a few degrees three
fifty three bad sings a little lucky. But what are
your thoughts on Mike Keiogarcigan? Can he keep this up? Wow?
Speaker 2 (42:26):
I was just looking at how bad second base was?
So wow, there's not There's no players on the player
raider at second base who have more than twenty dollars
worth of value. That's easily the worst position as far
as that goes. They give you an idea shortstop has
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eight players with twenty dollars or more worth of value.
First base, which was bad, has five players with twenty
hours worth or more. Second base has zero players. Like
that's awful. I don't know if that's ever happened before.
I don't I'm not sure even catchers have two players
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that have twenty dollars or more of value. Wow, that's
really bad. Okay, So all right, So Miguel Garcia, Yeah,
I mean I wrote a preseason sleeper post at him,
So I did like I liked him in the preseason.
I felt like he was a little bit undervalued. He
did steal thirty seven bags last year. He's got ten
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bags already with seven caught stealings, which is really terrible.
That's really bad too. But if he's gonna steal thirty
plus bags, he actually you know, this was a point
I think I made in the preseason sleeper, was he's
actually he's good for average, better than I think people anticipate.
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He's hitting three eleven right now, which does not seem sustainable,
but he could hit two seventy five. If he hits
two seventy five with thirty plus bags, then all he does,
you know, then, and then he hits like he's got
five homers right now. If he gets to ten homers,
ten thirty, two seventy five, it's not a bad year.
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It's you know, it's probably it's sex panther ish, But
I mean, I don't know. I think he's somewhat scientific
fact as long as your expectations are in order.
Speaker 1 (44:27):
Yeah, I think so. I think it's the scientific fact,
as long as we're not trying to make him out
to be something he's not. I agreed. I think the average,
well high isn't gonna you know, I don't think it's
bottoming out and Uh, I mean he's been he's been
playing really well this season up to this point, and
he's hit for good average both months. You didn't mention
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the cost stealings he had. He had five cost stealings
in April and only two in May. So maybe they
talk to him like, hey, we gotta we got to
knock off the court stealings a little bit. You know,
we want you to run but within reason here, so
hopefully they've kind of gotten that under control. But yeah,
I mean, as second base goes, if you got Michael Garcia,
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you should be pretty happy because there's not been a
whole lot of guys at the position that have been
been better than him, you know, recently or just over
the whole season.
Speaker 4 (45:21):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (45:22):
You know you mentioned the position and the only person
that's over twenty dollars is in like Yahoo only, and
that would be Mookie and and that's it. It's it's
it's a gross position. So yeah, absolutely, if you have
Michael Garcia, be happy that you got him. We're all
over Portomo number four shortstop on the player editor. We
already talked about how good a position. Shortstop span fifty
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two games, two hundred and twenty four played appearances. He
has six on runs, eleven stolen bases. He's sitting three
or four, four to one, four seventy five. He has
an eleven percent k rate and a fourteen percent walk rate,
both career bests. You know, they the stat cast numbers
are not in oppressive, but they all are all better
than what he's ever shown. Really, and the line drive
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rate is his career best. Is Perdomo for real, I
don't believe you, not at all. You're just just out completely.
Speaker 2 (46:15):
I don't. Yeah, no, and I would I would say that,
I'd venture that the Diamondbacks don't necessarily believe him either,
because they have him hitting ninth, So I don't think.
I'm not sure if he believes himself, but I don't.
I don't believe him, and I don't think the Diamondbacks
believe him, So you know, there's nothing left. There's nothing
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left for me there. I think he's probably a decent
bat for like a deeper league is fine, like if
you're in like a fifteen team mix league or deeper,
you know, because I don't. I don't think his average
is necessarily that crazy over where it should be, Like
he's probably a two to eighty hitter, So you know,
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two eighty hitter with some speed. It's fine for a
deeper league. But yeah, I don't, really, I don't. I
think he had a good you know, he had a
good month and he's sort of dragged that on into
like having a good six weeks. But yeah, I mean
he's hitting ninth for the Diamondbacks, which you know, I
mean they're they're a decent lineup, but still hitting ninth.
Speaker 1 (47:22):
It's like, yeah, I mean that's not not exactly the
vote of confidence that you'd hope to have from, you know,
somebody who's been as good as he's been. And I mean, yes,
he's he's been. He's been really good. And if you've
had him, I hope you've enjoyed it. Would you rather
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have Perdomo or you know, back to life hobby Bias.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
I would go Perdomo because I don't think Bias is.
I don't believe Baias either. I don't believe either of them.
I have a hard time trusting Bias. But I mean
he Bias has looked good, don't get me wrong. I
just I would go Perdomo because I mean, he looks
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like he at least should be able to maintain his average,
and he has speed, and they're both kind of em
on power anyway, So yeah, I'd go Perdomo.
Speaker 1 (48:22):
Okay about Prodomo or Mason Win?
Speaker 2 (48:26):
I go Mason Win?
Speaker 1 (48:28):
Okay, Uh, Pardomo or your former boy? No, not either
of our boy.
Speaker 2 (48:35):
Boba shit, No, go Perdomo. Everyone over Boba. Shut everyone,
Liam Liam Hicks, the backup catcher on the Marlins over Boba.
Speaker 1 (48:48):
Shut all right, grag Let's move over to the outfield.
Kyle Stowers is currently number fifteen on the play Ridder. Yes,
you heard that correctly. Kyle's hours number fifteen outfielder on
the play Raider, just under two hundred plate appearances. Great,
he's hitting three h nine, He's got ten home runs,
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three stolen bases, the twenty seven point six percent krate,
nine percent walk rate, both improvements over last year. What
are you what are your thoughts on? Thoughts on on
Kyle Stowers? Can he keep up you know, the good
starts of the season. Yeah?
Speaker 2 (49:24):
I think actually I would say he is more scientific
fact than sex Panther. I I liked Tours. I think
there there could be something here, you know, I think
is his numbers aren't necessarily like screaming regression is coming.
I think there could be potential here for at least
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for what he's doing. Like I you know, he's got
an over forty percent hard hit rate, so it's solid,
and he's also you know, he's striking out less than
he was as of like the last you know, the
last few cups of coffee. I will say, I don't
really even think he didn't really had a large enough
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sample size to you know, say that that was gonna
be a strikeout rate. But he is striking out less,
so that's good. I do think there is a little
bit of luck involved with his three h nine batting average,
though I do think he's probably closer to like a
two sixty hitter. But to sixty is not bad. I
mean that I would take two sixty with you know,
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thirty homers and seven steals, which looks like where he's headed.
So if he gets to thirty thirty homers, seven steals
and a two sixty average, that's a win all around
for Kyle Stowers. And you know that. I think that's
scientific fact.
Speaker 1 (50:50):
All right, do you like, like you some Kyle Stowers.
I'd probably put him more in the sex panther just
because I feel like it's just been a little lucky,
Like the average is a little lucky, the home run
is a little lucky. So I expect those all to
come down a little bit. But I agree that it's
not something where I think it's just complete luck. And
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he's gonna fall off the map either, So I'm gonna
go sex panther on that one. But uh, you know,
it sounds like you're you're liking yourself. Some Kyle Towers,
I wouldn't.
Speaker 2 (51:21):
I'll say this, I wouldn't trade them for Trevor Rodgers.
Speaker 1 (51:27):
Okay, that's a that's a very interesting pool. But yeah,
absolutely great. Let's move on to the number sixteen outfielder
on the Player Raider, and that is Helio Ramos. Uh
nine home runs three stone basis. He's hitting two eighty one,
three forty five four seventy two. He has a twenty
three point three percent kra and a seven point two
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percent walk rate. The numbers are pretty much in line
with what he's done, if if not maybe just slightly
down from last year and still performing. So what are
you what are your thoughts on Ramos?
Speaker 2 (52:01):
He's another guy who I wrote a preseason sleeper for him.
I liked Ramos a lot coming into this year. I
kind of wish I was a little bit more aggressive
with him. Even even with that said, though, I was,
I liked him, and I was, you know, fairly aggressive
on trying to draft him. So I definitely I want
him to be you know, scientific fact. I don't know
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if it's really that quite yet. Like he looks he
looks similar to last year, which was a decent year.
It's fine. Like if he gets to you know, twenty
five homers, seven steals and a two sixty average, that's
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that's totally fine. I don't think that's a bad year
at all, but that is, uh, that's probably ver. It's
a little bit sex pan three and it's not quite
as scientific fact as I think people might want to
believe it. But he's had a you know, he's had
a solid season so far, and they've sort of cemented
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him in the leadoff spot. If he stays at leadoff,
yeah and keeps hitting, you know, it could be scientific fact.
I like him, though, I would definitely I'm all about him,
Like I definitely have. I have no problems with anything
he's done so far other than I think it's you know,
it could become a little yawn inducing if it falls
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even a ted bit back from where he is. So
right now he's doing solid. But if he does a
little bit less than this, it might suddenly become because
he's not a big steals guy, so it might become
a little bit like, h it's okay, but right now
it's solid, So I would I would absolutely ride it
for sure.
Speaker 1 (53:57):
Yeah, it kind of feels like and happish, like it's
not gonna be sexy. You're not gonna like love starting
him by like, at the end of the season, he's
gonna have home runs, he's gonna have some stone bases.
The average is gonna kill you, and he's gonna have
the county numbers of somebody who hits at the top
of the order.
Speaker 2 (54:14):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 1 (54:17):
All right, Gray, thank you for that. Let's move over
to the bullpen. Gray and sagn off it up. Let's
start with my cubbies, Gray Porter Hodge, the I all,
thank goodness, that's just gonna save at least a couple
of blown saves for the for the Cubs. By by that,
just in default, who do you think the guy.
Speaker 2 (54:37):
Down there now though, I'm sure Daniel Palencia is gonna
be the fix that they need.
Speaker 1 (54:46):
Hey, he's been great this season. Gray he'll be he'll be.
Speaker 2 (54:50):
Uh, he'll definitely he'll fix everything. M Yeah, No, he's
been fine. I uh, we'll see. I mean he did
have a a six something ear a last year along
this last but that wasn't a small sample size, and
it was you know, as with relievers, it's you know,
(55:11):
it's so it's silly to look at the hera. So
all that aside, I think Daniel Polentcy is the guy
to roster and see how long it last. I mean,
if he if he gets like a couple more saves
in a row, Porter Hodge may come back to be
the eighth inning guy. Like it wasn't like the Cubs
(55:33):
were like we have to have Hodge. We're dragging their
feet with Ryan Presley forever. So yeah, I mean, I
think Palencia could potentially be the closer for the year
if he can hold the job, which I mean he could.
He just has you know, his command is a little wonky.
Speaker 1 (55:53):
Yeah, his command is a little wonky at times. But
he's again, he's been good this season. He's in the
role right now, so you know, go ahead and grab
him I think if it's not him, I think next
guy up is probably I mean, Drew Pomerance is probably
gonna get an occasional lefty there, just if it's a
(56:15):
very heavy lefty one. And I guess Brad Keller is
the next in line. If if they both fail.
Speaker 2 (56:22):
They were like, the Cubs were like, what what is this?
Speaker 1 (56:25):
Uh?
Speaker 2 (56:26):
In the the first line of Marianne Rivera's Wikipedia page,
it says, uh, failed starter becomes greatest closer of all time. Wait, wait,
can't we find ourselves a failed starter somewhere?
Speaker 1 (56:42):
Brad Keller and Drew Pomerantz the next up? You know?
That's that's what they're doing, and it's uh, it's not
worked for the Cubs.
Speaker 2 (56:49):
Really, where do you have failed starters? Wait to hear
what the Rangers are trying to do?
Speaker 1 (56:55):
Yes, that might be. That might be even more interesting Gray.
The Rangers are gonna supposedly give Kumar Rocker a chance
in the bullpen and and potentially get saves. I mean,
nothing like taking your top pitching prospect or one of
them and changing it. You know, he is on the al,
(57:15):
so he's coming back, but they're talking about this as
he's coming back, And what his role looks like when
he's back.
Speaker 2 (57:21):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I mean, I don't know. There might
be something there because like Kumar Rocker, I believe he
was drafted by the Mets and then there was injury
concerns so they let him go and he went back
in the draft and the Rangers took him. So there's
been injury problems with him. So similar to like Mason Miller,
(57:44):
who had injury issues as a starter and then the
A's converted him to a closer and that's worked well.
It worked last year, it's working less this year. But
you know, maybe it works with Kumar Rocker. Maybe there's
something to it. It's not like anyone else is really
clicking in the Rangers' bullpen. I mean they tried Luke
(58:05):
Jackson for a while and he was awful. I would
say probably if I had to guess, if it's not
Kumar Rocker when he returns, I would say, Robert Garcia
is probably the only guy I would really look at.
(58:26):
And he's a lefty, so I know that I can
imagine Bruce Bochi doesn't want a lefty closing games, So
you know, take it with a grain of salt. But
like Sean Armstrong has been fine, but is he really
the closer?
Speaker 1 (58:43):
I don't know, man, Yeah, I mean he's he's been
he's been okay, but yeah he's had a couple of
blow ups here and there as well. They don't really
have an answer right now. So yeah, I mean, maybe
take a look at Rocker. But for now, until Rocker
gets back and gets that opportunity, I think it's Robert Garcia.
(59:04):
I mean, he's been fine, just not not great. Over
in Arizona, Gray, what are your what are your thoughts here?
I mean it looks like Shelby Miller maybe's taking over
the role, but it's it's still a little bit confusing. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (59:21):
No, justin Martinez, he returned. I believe that right now.
I think I think that Arizona is uh entire m
O with their bullpen is Shelby Miller is our best reliever,
and that's the reason why we're not letting him close games.
I think that's it. It doesn't that doesn't make sense,
(59:43):
but that seems to be what's going on there because
he's clear as day their best relievers so far, but
they have not committed to Shelby Miller at all, So
I guess Justin Martinez. I like he returned this weekend
immediately up runs because he doesn't have a shoulder that's working.
(01:00:05):
And you know, Gingkle's been terrible, Beaks has been okay,
but he's a lefty, So I don't know, I would guess.
I would guess Justin Martinez until he hits the il
again due to his shoulder. And then Shelby Miller, So
I don't know. I'd probably I'd probably roster Shelby Miller
if I had room, but I believe Justin Martinez probably
(01:00:28):
is the closer right now.
Speaker 1 (01:00:30):
Yeah, I'd go ahead and just roster Shelby Miller. Martinez
got the same opportunity and promptly blew it in his
first first safe back. So nobody's been good in that
bullpen if it's being honest, so nobody really deserves it.
But I think if you're going after somebody, Chowe Miller,
(01:00:51):
Justin Martinez. But again, it's not a great situation. Speaking
of a great not a great situation, how about over
Miami Gray, who's getting saved there?
Speaker 2 (01:01:03):
Ronnie Harnquiz Chief Justice Harnquis is the closer. Now, I
believe you know, I didn't hear anything about him becoming
the closer. I didn't really. I actually I didn't research
it at all either, so that's kind of me a
(01:01:24):
little bit. But I mean, it seemed like it was Foucher,
then it seems like it was definitely Tanako, then it
was like definitely Bender, and now it's like, oh, it's
definitely Harnquiz, which is I guess, like what they do
in Miami, they just like suddenly they declare a guy
a closer for like three days, and then someone else
(01:01:45):
just becomes the closer. So I don't know. I mean,
he looks good though, Ronnie Harnquis Chief Justice Harnquiz looks
great so far. He's got a one seventy eighty or
a twelve plus kp her nine. I mean, he's blowing
people away. So I don't know, maybe they've stumbled on
something down there in Miami. I actually put in bids
(01:02:08):
for him in a lot of leagues just in case.
I don't know what they're gonna do. I think, you know,
I think it's probably a more fluid situation than it seems.
Speaker 1 (01:02:19):
But I don't know.
Speaker 2 (01:02:21):
I guess, like Bender, Foucher, and Tanaco haven't really been good,
So why not go with the guy who's been really
good and so far Ronnie Chief Justice Ranquist has been
really good.
Speaker 1 (01:02:38):
Yeah, Ronnie Enriquez has gotten the save, and uh, Jason Junk.
Jason got some junk. He actually got a save as well,
and he's been he's been performing.
Speaker 2 (01:02:50):
Jansen as well. Jansen Junk and Chief Justice at Henry
Henry quiz, Henri quiz. When I say, I said Ranquist,
what did I say? As a Chief Justice rankuist?
Speaker 1 (01:03:12):
It's okay, Greg, You know, this is why we don't
actually look at the pronunciation guide.
Speaker 2 (01:03:19):
People are sending me trades for Hunter Green and offering
me mcabel.
Speaker 1 (01:03:25):
They're like, at least.
Speaker 2 (01:03:27):
You can pronounce mckabel.
Speaker 1 (01:03:31):
And I mentioned Jason Junk kind of save that was
a five inning save. He came in as a second
starter option, so not really in the closer picture, but
I just wanted to mention his name because he did
get a save in this bullpen. Who knows he could
be literally anybody gets the next save in Miami. Wait wire, Greg,
give the people some bats. I'll give him some pictures
(01:03:51):
and we'll get out here.
Speaker 2 (01:03:53):
Oh oh okay, So let's see, let's run down the
guys who have been hot. Okay, so, Ryan O'Hearn has
been really hot for the Oreos first basement outfield eligibility,
Gavin Sheets exact same eligibility, exactly as hot.
Speaker 1 (01:04:11):
Then you have.
Speaker 2 (01:04:12):
Caleb Durbin Brewers second basement, third base eligibility. He's been
really hot. He got hot immediately after I dropped him,
so that's nice. Abraham Toro has actually been hot for
the Red Sox. He's been playing first base for them,
and I believe that is he's not really good. I'm
(01:04:33):
sorry anyway. Brett Bady is starting to get hot. I
don't know why the Mets continued to bat him ninth
though I kind of wish they would move him up
in the order, but yeah, he's been hot. Connor Norby
has been hot so soal Friedlick has been hot. Leodi
Taveres has actually been hot for the Mariners after he
(01:04:54):
got traded away. Jake Myers has been hot. Carlos Santana,
the the baseball player, not the singer, has been hot.
Jesus Sanchez has been leading off for the aforementioned Marlins
and has been hitting. He is h he's been hitting,
and he's been hitting well. Okay, Jorge Solar has actually
(01:05:16):
been doing something recently, and you know he's the type
of guy who gets when he gets hot, he gets hot.
And then you have Adam Fraser, Is that right? Adam
Fraser is hitting four to seventy five in the last week.
That's the first I'm hearing of this. So yeah, I guess,
I guess Adam Fraser has been hot. So there are
(01:05:37):
some names.
Speaker 1 (01:05:40):
Yeah, that's some names, great looking over on the pitching side.
Jeffrey Springs at Toronto, Bailey Falter at San Diego, Dean
Kramer versus the White Sox, Zach Lettel versus Minnesota and
at Houston, Eric Fetti at Texas, David Peterson versus Colorado,
and Noah Cameron versus Cincinnati. There's a few names. Swats out.
(01:06:00):
A not a great week for streamers. There's a lot
of bad matchups. So maybe just uh, you know, if
those guys aren't available, just sit this week out and
come back next week and for for more streaming options.
If you have specific questions, you can always find us
on Twitter. I'm at rasbeat On Gray is the owner
of the at Rasball account. You can find us on
YouTube dot com, slash Rasballfantasy or rasball dot com in
(01:06:24):
the comments sections, best of luck setting your lineups. Hope
everything goes well and I will talk to you later. Great,
all right, ladies,
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