Trade Deadline

On this week’s Razzball Fantasy Baseball Podcast, Grey and B_Don talk about baseball's trade deadline that brought chaos and opportunity, and this episode breaks down every major move and what it means for your fantasy team. We start with the Padres making waves, acquiring Mason Miller and JP Sears from Oakland; so who gets more saves down the stretch, Miller or Suarez? 

San Diego also added Ryan O’Hearn and Ramon Laureano from Baltimore, but does the move change their fantasy value? Houston brought back Carlos Correa from Minnesota to take over third base, but does he warrant a roster spot? Houston also grabbed Jesus Sanchez from Miami.

Meanwhile, Seattle landed a power bat in Eugenio Suarez from Arizona. The Phillies made a huge move, acquiring Jhoan Duran from Minnesota. I ask Grey if you can trust him as a top-five reliever rest-of-season. With Duran gone, who closes for the Twins now—Cole Sands, Justin Topa, or someone else? The Phillies stayed busy, also adding Harrison Bader.

While the Yankees completely retooled their bullpen with David Bednar and Camilo Doval, early returns have not been ideal. We break down how the late-inning roles shake out in New York and what happens in Pittsburgh and San Francisco now that their closers are gone.

The Mets made moves too, landing Ryan Helsley and Cedric Mullins, but with the downgrade in park, does Mullins still hold value? We talk about some pitchers moving to new parks like: Merrill Kelly, Charlie Morton, Shane Bieber, Dustin May ,Griffin Jax, Adrian Houser, Jordan Montgomery, and Shelby Miller.

Cincinnati made several moves including trading for Ke’Bryan Hayes, Zack Littell, and Miguel Andujar. We also touch on the Cubs, Royals, Angels, and more of the trade deadline action.

On the prospect front, Logan Henderson was called up by Milwaukee, and Alex Freeland joins the Dodgers. CJ Kayfus arrives in Cleveland after raking in AAA, and Jakob Marsee is up to the majors too. With the August 15th service time cutoff looming, we talk about who else might be on the way. 

Episode Transcript

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Speaker 2 (01:19):
Gray. Alright, how's it going over there?

Speaker 1 (01:20):
Gray? Hey man, what's going on? I actually, I don't
know if I mentioned this previously, but I was. I
was hired earlier this year to notify the Dodgers about
the upcoming trade deadline, so I have to I have
to make sure. But by the end of this podcast,

(01:43):
I want to make sure I send them a reminder
that the deadline is this Thursday, right, it's coming up.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
I think you are a little behind. You may have
lost that cushy position.

Speaker 1 (01:54):
Gray. Wait, what all I had to do was set
an ICO reminder? Are you sure I was still specifically
it was August seventh? Is that wrong? I could have
sworn I saw that.

Speaker 2 (02:13):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (02:14):
So so the Dodgers did nothing? What was that? Dude? Wait?
I honestly this is so, this is more real baseball
versus fantasy baseball. But how do you spend a billion
dollars on a team and then not go out and

(02:34):
get anyone to make your team better at the deadline? Right?

Speaker 2 (02:40):
Like?

Speaker 1 (02:41):
Is that the craziest thing you've ever seen? Like, honestly,
I'm still this is now what four days later, and
I am still kind of flabbergasted. I am fall flabber
slash gassed. I am absolutely flabbergastid I don't I can't
believe that the Dodgers, like Merrill, Kelly Charlie Morton, like

(03:04):
even like just some innings, you would think just something.
Oh man, they really were like we're getting Blake Snell
back on Saturday. We're fine, we are good anyway. Trade deadline?

Speaker 3 (03:21):
Yeah, I mean, I guess when you've spent that much money,
you're kind of like, well, if you can't make it
happen with that much money, you know, what are we
what are we paying you for? On the on the
coaching side, I mean, it's it's a pretty solid team,
still gray and they do have just I mean, if
any other team lost like five starters in a season,

(03:46):
that would devastate the fan base. And the Dodgers still like, oh,
we're cruising, and first.

Speaker 2 (03:51):
It's it's fine, it's not a big deal.

Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well, we are barely they are barely holding it together.
I mean cruise is like, I mean, that is a
very optimistic view as to what they are doing. They
have Annie who could barely throw three innings. They have
blakes Now who's been out for like four months, Kershaw
who is one hundred and three years old, and Emmett

(04:17):
Shean who can't throw four innings, and glass Now who
is made of glass. I don't think they're cruising, But
I don't know, man, I might be a little too
plugged in from living in Los Angeles.

Speaker 2 (04:33):
I think you've just listened to too many local shows. Great,
any team in first with.

Speaker 3 (04:39):
The number of injuries they've had, I mean, it feels
like it's just cruising for them.

Speaker 2 (04:44):
I mean.

Speaker 3 (04:46):
I don't know, I could be wrong, and it is
You're right, it's you know, you look at the pieces
and it's like, well, you know, they're they're.

Speaker 2 (04:54):
Piecing it together, but also like who else? I mean,
it's really just the Padres that the whole the rest
of the vision is terrible.

Speaker 1 (05:04):
Sores had a great trade double they did.

Speaker 3 (05:07):
They did a lot of stuff, but let's let's talk
about the Padres Gray. Since they did so much stuff,
let's get into them. They started with the bullpen. They
got Mason Miller. They added JP Sears as well. Uh
he's a little bullpen, a little starter kind of both ways.
They got the biggest return in this one, which is
Leo Davrees, and then a few other prospects, you know,

(05:30):
the prospects side, we'll just kind of leave for a
different show. That's they're not going to really be involved
for redraft purposes. They are, we'll talk about them. But
what do you think about this move here?

Speaker 2 (05:41):
Let's start with Mason the Mason Millan move.

Speaker 4 (05:43):
Gray, Well, this one actually this kind of floored me
because I I was one hundred percent sure that Mason
Miller was going to be the closer for the Padres.

Speaker 2 (05:53):
I was.

Speaker 1 (05:54):
I was wrong. He was absolutely wrong. I was convinced
I wouldn't have dropped Mason Miller. I thought, you know,
I thought Mason Miller was gonna be uh excuse me,
I wouldn't have dropped uh Robert, uh Robert uh Sorez
uh until I until everything shook out to make sure.

(06:17):
But I definitely was on the verge of being like, oh,
I've lost Sorez, like I was pretty much Vince I
lost Sores. I didn't drop him anywhere, but I was like, well, yeah,
I mean obviously Mason Miller is going to be a closer.
So that was completely wrong. I was I misread that situation.

Speaker 2 (06:38):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (06:38):
Absolutely, yeah. I mean Mason Miller moving in to the
eighth inning gives like the gives the Padres probably one
of their one of the best eighth inning guys. I
would say, uh he I mean, if Sores stumbles, I
would think Miller probably moves into the clo as a rule,

(07:00):
but for now, I mean, he is the eighth inning guy,
and yeah, I mean, you don't get much better than that.
I I sort of, you know, from a real baseball standpoint,
I love it from a fantasy standpoint. If I have
Mason Miller. I'm I'm kicking rocks. I'm not happy. I
think I think you hold on to Miller, though, because

(07:22):
he is so good that I wouldn't necessarily drop him
in any league, especially if Suarez stumbles, then you want
to make sure you have Miller for that reason. But
even if Miller's not getting safe, he's still valuable for
a fantasy from a ratio's slash strikeout standpoint, so I
would hold onto him there. But yeah, it's a it's

(07:45):
a it's a crushing blow for your Mason Miller shares,
it's it's not good news. And then over in sack
Town where Mason Miller left, I would say, probably, you know,
it was Perkins for like a half a sack and
everyone thought it was gonna be him, But I guess
it's Sean Newcomb is probably the guy, but I wouldn't

(08:07):
necessarily run out and grab Sean Newcomb. It could also
be I believe Michael Kelly. But again, neither of them
have been terrible, but they also it's you know, it's
the a's it's kind of whatever. Unless you're desperate for saves,
I would probably I would try and look elsewhere it
depends on the league and your level of desperation. But yeah,

(08:31):
but going back to the Padres, Yeah, I mean it's
a great move for real baseball. It sucks for Mason
Miller's fantasy value, and you know, keeps keeps Robert Soarez.
I guess you know, there's a a little bit of
a hot adjacent Adam behind. Suarez was always great anyway,
so it was kind of like he already had someone

(08:53):
breathing down his neck, but now now he's basically got
like Dracula on his neck. I mean, he's really likes
is really at like if he stumbles, just even the
slightest bit, I mean, they would I would assume they
have to go to Miller. I know it's kind of
funny that I feel like the move was done simply

(09:13):
because Mason Miller is cheaper, and you know, Suarez is
probably out the door, which is kind of funny because
it's like the Padres trade away their entire farm system.
Where do they care who's cheaper or not. I don't know,
it doesn't really make sense. But yeah, I would say

(09:34):
hold on to Mason Miller, but he loses a lot
of his value.

Speaker 3 (09:39):
Yeah, I wonder if some of it is trying to
also appease Swiss so that he opts in and is
a cheap closer for them next year versus you know,
him opting out and then having to replace him. So
there might be a little bit of you know, trying
to keep him happy and that as well. But Miller
was also just really good, So I agree, go ahead

(10:02):
and hold on to him. And I think in Dynasty
leagues it could be a potential opportunity to buy Miller
because he's not listed as the closer currently. He you know,
as long as Warrez doesn't screw it up, he's probably
not closer this year, but he should be next year.
Even if Suarez comes back. You gotta think at some
point they're gonna let Miller take it. He's just he's

(10:24):
just better. So I think it's actually a buying opportunity
in Dynasty, where especially if that owner is going for
it might be able to swap him out for another
closer or whatever that team means at the time.

Speaker 1 (10:37):
I would, yeah, I would be shocked if Miller is
not the closer for the Padres next year. I mean,
you know, things happened, but I'd be pretty surprised. I
was actually speaking of surprise. I was kind of surprised
at how much Mason Miller went for in FAB, like
in my NL only leagues, Like I know it's NL only,

(10:58):
Miller does have value, but he went for like out
of a thousand, I want to say, like five hundred
dollars or something like something crazy. He went for a lot.
I forget exactly, but he went for way more than
I was willing to bid. I think he might actually
went for seven hundred, seven hundred out of a thousand
something like that.

Speaker 2 (11:18):
It was a lot.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
Whatever it was, it was a lot.

Speaker 2 (11:22):
Yeah.

Speaker 1 (11:24):
I think Miller is you know, I think he's valuable
in NL only, but I mean that's that's a steep
price out of a thousand, it is.

Speaker 3 (11:35):
And in r NL only on CBS he went for
seventy five. I had sixty three dollars left for this
time of year, which for me is miraculous. I'm usually
just about out of FAB money and I'm scraping a dollar.
So I was like, oh, I'm going to get somebody
this year. I tied for Ryan O'Hearn and lost the

(11:56):
waiver bid because I'm I'm currently in first in that league,
so i lose all waiver bids if it's a tie.
So I didn't get anybody because I just put in
all my money on the top guys. And yeah, Miller
went for seventy five, and you got somebody who will
talk about later for seventy five as well.

Speaker 1 (12:15):
Yea, and the guys I mean, actually Ryan O'Hearn, well,
I mean, I guess we are on the padres. But yeah,
Ryan O'Hearn went for seven hundred and seventy three dollars
in my n L out of one thousand. I mean,
clearly out of a thousand, but still like that's a lot.
I don't know, I don't know what that team's needs were,

(12:35):
but I feel like that's a lot. I again, Ryan
O'Hearn was a guy who I would have been fine
getting an n only, but I wouldn't have been that much.
It seems crazy. I guess we could talk about.

Speaker 3 (12:50):
Yeah, I was just gonna say that the guy that
I tied for sixty three dollars was Ryan O'Hearn. I
was just going to spend it all. Ryan O'Hearn, I
just here, He's the best guy that I can titally
get if I don't get Miller or Mullins, and I
didn't get Ryan or Hern either. He and Ramon Lorianto

(13:12):
go San Diego from Baltimore. Does it change their value
at all?

Speaker 2 (13:16):
Obviously?

Speaker 3 (13:17):
For n L, you're grabbing the spending the money. I agree,
sixty three is kind of crazy for these players.

Speaker 2 (13:26):
But again, there wasn't.

Speaker 3 (13:29):
Anything else really coming over from AL to NL if
you missed out on these top few guys.

Speaker 1 (13:37):
Uh yeah, no, I yeah. I mean that's always the
problem with you know, NL or AL. You wait until
the trade deadline and then you're like you're at the
mercy as whoever comes over. It's like, you know, like
probably in retrospect, you probably would have just were been

(13:57):
better off bidding endeavors for like eighty five or ninety
five dollars or something, even though Devers hasn't been great obviously,
but h is Rhyan o'hurt. I mean Ryan O'Hearn or
Ramon Loriano really better. I don't know, I don't think so.
Ryan O'Hearn. I mean his numbers, I think, you know,

(14:19):
say a lot. He's he's got thirteen homers, three steals
and is hitting two seventy nine. It's like, you know,
I mean, if it wasn't for the trade deadline, I
don't know how much we'd really be talking about him.
He's fine for I know only Cornerman and he platoons,
and he will continue to platoon, I would imagine, because

(14:41):
you know, he's a lefty and yeah, which is fine.
They don't really have a straight platoon guy though. I
don't know who they're gonna platoon with. Maybe maybe they'll
like move around guys when it comes to when it
comes to facing lefty because they have Gavin Sheets. But
he's a lefty too, so I don't really But no
matter what, whether he stays in a lineup or gets

(15:02):
platooned out, he's he is who he is really, I mean,
he's Ryan O'Hearn. He he went from probably I believe
on park factors. Camden is one of the best parks
for homers, and you know, one of the best parks
for runs. Petco's not that so he's probably gonna get
hurt a little bit offensively, but he was never really

(15:27):
gonna be that great anyway. He's like, at the end
of the day, he's under twenty homer, under you know,
under twenty homer, around five steals, to sixty five hitter.
It's fine. You know, Ramon Lariano has been hot recently,
so that's so, that's good. But he's he's honestly not

(15:47):
much better either. He's again if he wasn't it wasn't
for the fact for the trade deadline. I don't know
how much we've talked about Ramon Lariano either. You know,
I wouldn't if I see a news item across the
screen saying Ramon Loriano here pictured talking to Fernando Tatis Senior,

(16:09):
I wouldn't be I wouldn't be totally shocked as the
I know Loriana has been suspended before for pets, and yeah,
I know Fernando Tatis Senior has a has a medicine cabinet.
We'll say something like that.

Speaker 2 (16:25):
Maybe.

Speaker 1 (16:26):
Yeah, I think Ramon Loriano is fine for NL only, obviously,
he's honestly, he's good for NL only, but for mixed leagues, yeah,
I mean he's been hot, so I would grab him.
I'm fine with him. I don't he he might have
less of a platoon than rhyan o'hearns. So I think

(16:47):
Loriano is probably a little bit more valuable out of
the two of them.

Speaker 3 (16:53):
But yeah.

Speaker 1 (16:54):
I mean still at the end of the day, Loriano
has sixteen homers, four steals, two a average with you know,
fairly neutral luck on the average. Maybe he's more of
a two sixty two sixty five hitter, but it's not.
He doesn't look that bad. He's got speed, so his

(17:15):
babbit's a little high. But at the end of the day,
he's still who he is. He's not that good. I mean,
he's fine, you know, but yeah, I think it's he's
better for real, real baseball, Padres. I think the Padres
made a lot of good moves for real baseball.

Speaker 3 (17:34):
For fantasy eh, it's okay, Yeah, I agree. I agree
pretty much what you said. It's a terrible move for
Ryan Hearn just going off of MLB step. They're park factors,
you know, for lefties. We were looking at Camden and

(17:54):
it is literally the best park for lefties home run
wise and just general park factor and.

Speaker 2 (18:02):
You know Petco is fourth to last. Yeah, so it's
not good.

Speaker 3 (18:08):
Uh this year, I will say for this year specifically,
since they adjusted the stadium in Baltimore, you know, the
park factors for for righty's is almost the same.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
So I don't feel like a huge change for Laurio.
I know, but Ronhrt barely had enough power to hit
out in Baltimore. Like, this is not a good move
for him. I would just probably move on if you're
if you were using.

Speaker 1 (18:34):
Him at this point. Yeah, in mixed leagues, Yeah, yeah,
in mixed leagues exactly.

Speaker 3 (18:40):
And then of course they also added Nesther Corties quartet Cortes.

Speaker 1 (18:45):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (18:46):
I'm now just moving into Gray. I can't pronounce anything.

Speaker 1 (18:51):
I'm my mispronunciations are because of my dialect, right, Uh, this.

Speaker 2 (18:56):
Is technically my second language if we want it.

Speaker 1 (19:00):
I'm from Jersey, so it's my second language. Though, Okay,
Jersey to La is.

Speaker 2 (19:07):
A new language. That's that's fair, Gray, and you balance
that that very well. Where's anything for nest.

Speaker 3 (19:14):
I mean, he's not been very good, so kind of
kind of moved for ours. I don't even think he
got picked up in it only if I'm if I'm
being honest. Let's go on to the next move, which
is Houston. Carlos Korea goes from Minnesota back to Houston.
Seems like he's taking over a third base. He's gonna
hit three or four, he has eight home runs, He's

(19:37):
sitting two sixty six, three eighteen, three, ninety and ninety
six games. It looks like he might have added a
home run if we were playing in Houston all year.
But I mean it's Carlos Korea, right, we know we're
getting despite last year's kind of somewhat revival.

Speaker 1 (19:57):
Yeah, I mean, so he's so overrated for fantasy. It's
funny that you even say his revival from last year
twenty twenty four. I mean, he hit fourteen homers and
three ten It's like eighty six games.

Speaker 2 (20:12):
You know, if you'd done that, you know, full season great,
you know that.

Speaker 1 (20:18):
Full season's great point. If he would have had a
full season for the first time in twelve years, he
totally would have been great.

Speaker 2 (20:27):
Great.

Speaker 5 (20:28):
Yeah, no, I could have been being a twenty two
home run guy like he was when he was twenty
years old, right, Yeah, no, totally and listening for trash
can bangs.

Speaker 1 (20:40):
Yeah.

Speaker 2 (20:41):
No.

Speaker 1 (20:41):
I think Cray is fine if you're ale only or
if you're really struggling at you know, I guess corner
now or am I or utility maybe, but you have
to be really be struggling. I mean, I don't just
because he's now in the middle of a better lineup
and we'll play every day assuming he's healthy. It doesn't

(21:05):
make him great for fantasy. He's fine for ale only.
I'm sure he was bid on. I did not get him.
I actually am ale only. I bid aggressively on Ryan
McMahon uh the previous week, and then I bid on
the other guy in Houston, who I think is actually

(21:25):
more interesting, Uh, Hazus Hazus Sanchez.

Speaker 2 (21:30):
Yeah, is also joining Houston from Miami. Go ahead, you
brought him up. I'll let you. Just let you go
on him.

Speaker 1 (21:39):
Oh yeah, No, I mean I've always liked Hayesus Sanchez, uh,
and he's probably in my head he's better than he
is really in reality. So I don't think he's like
necessarily that amazing. But you know, his name value, I
think is less than Carlos Correa, and his numbers blow
Carlos Koreas away when it comes to for fantasy at least.

(22:01):
I mean, Jesus Sanchez has ten homers and nine steals.
That alone beats Carlos Korea easily. I mean it's not
even close. So yeah, I mean I think he probably
can get acquired for a little bit less, maybe than
you might think so in an ao only that has
value for for mixed leagues, though, I mean, you know,

(22:24):
he doesn't really have power, he doesn't really have speed.
He's kind of like, I mean, he's like a poor
man's uh Jeremy Payinya. You know, he's got a little
bit of everything, but a little bit less than Jeremy
pain too. That is uh yeah, I mean he's okay
for mixed leagues if you're really struggling, I guess for

(22:46):
a fifth outfielder, and you know, you probably he's kinda
he's got a guy who probably want to wait until
he gets hot in order to really dig in on him.
But yeah, I mean he's more of an ale only
for a only. It's only fine. Again, I don't think
we'd necessarily be talking about him if it wasn't for
the fact that he got traded, So you know, there's that.

Speaker 2 (23:07):
Yeah, I've always liked Azus Sanchez. He's one of those
stat cast darlings. He just he destroys the crap out
of the ball.

Speaker 3 (23:14):
It's just straight into the ground or really hard line drives.
But while that's solid for real baseball, not always great
for our game. Unfortunately, if he can get some launch angle.
He's like, he's basically Tayoscar Hernandez. But until he does that,
he's he's just he's a Sanchez. And this this does

(23:36):
help a little bit from the power perspective ballpark change,
but it's pretty minimal.

Speaker 2 (23:41):
Right, you mentioned Korea, would you read would you take
him or any of Dansby McLain, Xander Bogart's, any of
those guys.

Speaker 1 (23:54):
With carl or anyone else. I'd probably go for anyone else.
But okay, yeah, I mean i'd go Dan's be over Carlos. Korea.
I mean, I don't even know if it's that close. Really,
Korea is fine if he's yeah, I mean, Karrea is
fine if he's if he's hitting well, if he's hot,
but yeah, I mean he's he's not real he's overrated.

Speaker 3 (24:19):
Yeah, I mean, if Korea hits really well and produces
a lot of runs, he's like a good middle infielder.

Speaker 1 (24:27):
Yeah, pretty much.

Speaker 3 (24:30):
Let's talk about the I mean, we really probably should
have talk about him first. And this is the probably
the biggest move left for us other than bullpen stuff.
Seattle gets au Haya Suerez from Arizona thirty six on
runs two forty three, three thirteen, five point fifty nine
two forty six. Bab it means he might even be

(24:52):
a little unlucky. Gray, What do you think about Suarez?
Is he, you know, Seattle proof again?

Speaker 2 (24:59):
Yeah?

Speaker 1 (25:00):
Yeah, I think I think the Seattle thing is going
to be interesting to see because there is a chance
that I you know, like his last year in Seattle
was pretty bad. It was not good, and then he
struggled a little bit opening with the Diamondbacks last year
until about the All Star break, and then he got

(25:22):
hot and he never cooled off. I mean he went
from like last year's All Star break to the you know,
the day of his trade, really hitting well, having like
I think the third most homers in the Major leagues
behind like Judge and Otani in that time period. I mean,

(25:42):
but Seattle was not He wasn't good in Seattle. He's
always stayed on the field, he's you know, he's been
very healthy for his career. He kind of reminds me
of Adrian Beltray in that respect. I mean, always like
one hundred and fifty games every year. But yeah, it

(26:03):
was not good in Seattle. You know, his last year
in Seattle, twenty two homers, in one hundred and sixty
two games. It's not great so and team mobiles are
really bad park, one of the worst, if not the worst.
So for power, yeah, I mean, you know, I think

(26:23):
I think even WHOA. Rodriguez would be like thirty thirty
guy right now if he was on any other team.
So yes, the Mariners kind of heard him. Cal Rawley
has managed to, like, you know, avoid whatever is going
on a team mobile incredibly, but John Swez does have

(26:44):
power to hit it out of any park, So I mean,
I'll be it'll be interesting to see if he's able
to continue in his new uh you know, his new
slash old Park again, his new old the New Adventures
of Old Juhennio Suarez. He's he's got the power, but

(27:04):
I don't know. He didn't he didn't do it previously
in Seattle, so it'll be interesting to see because he
did have a forty nine homeer a year when he
was with the Reds, like he did. He didn't just
find power in Arizona. He's had power. So yeah, I
don't know. I honestly, I don't.

Speaker 2 (27:23):
I don't.

Speaker 1 (27:23):
I think it's I don't think anyone knows. Really, I
don't know. If there's any way of saying for sure,
my guess is he's going to struggle a little bit
because Seattle is a tough park.

Speaker 3 (27:36):
It seems to be tough, and uh, we will see.
You know, the first series it's been very limited. It's
been four games, but it did not go well in
his first four games back in Seattle. Would you trade
him for basically any of the big power hitters like Rooker, Schwarber,
those type of guys, or would you would you.

Speaker 1 (27:57):
Kill I would trade him for Schwarber absolutely Rooker is
That's a tough call. But I want to be shocked
to see Rooker be better than Johanne o Suarez for
the rest of the year. Would I be able to
do that? As apples the apples? Really it would be
a tough That would be tough for me to do,
because you know, the A's lineup is so bad, you know,

(28:22):
even with even with Kurtz there, you know, Butler's had
a he's been a bit of a struggle this year. Yeah,
they lost their power, their middle power guy of Miguel
and Harr. I mean, what do you do with that?
Miguel and har It's like you lost your big guy. Yeah,
I don't know Rooker and him are toss up for me,

(28:45):
but Schreber I would do over Johannio. Yeah, I don't know.
Alonso Pete Alonza. I would do pet Alonzo over johanne O.
The other guy who uh the Marin has traded for,
who we went over last week, Josh Naylor. I would
go Josh Nayler. Excuse me, I would go you Hennio

(29:06):
over Josh Nayler, so that that would be kind of
my that would be my breaking point right there. I'd
probably go you Hennio there. But yeah, I mean I
think he has lost a little bit, a little bit
of value. I you know, I two weeks ago I
wrote a cell about Uhnnio Suarez saying he might go
to Seattle, and I would sell him now before he

(29:27):
went there because the park's not good. So yeah, unfortunately,
I mean, I like you henne O, I like the Mariners.
I just don't love johnno in Seattle as much as
I liked him where he was.

Speaker 2 (29:41):
Yep, I don't like him there for my parts League
team either.

Speaker 1 (29:44):
Gray.

Speaker 3 (29:44):
That's that's not that's not great. I read your article
and still traded for him, So that's that's all of.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
Me, but it was it was a trade that completely stance. Anyways,
we're moving on off of my trades.

Speaker 3 (29:58):
Let's talk about Philly with I got Johann Duran fifty
one innings this year.

Speaker 2 (30:03):
I mean he's been just.

Speaker 3 (30:05):
Spectacular one nine three, one, one three, twenty five and
a half percent strikeout ray eight and a percent walk rate.
It has been a little bit lucky to eighty seven
bad his career low eighty and a half.

Speaker 2 (30:17):
Percent left on base, but I mean he's still been great.

Speaker 3 (30:20):
Uh do you trust him in Philly though, with the
curse of Philly closers Gray, No.

Speaker 1 (30:28):
No, Brad, the curse of brad Lydge is gonna get him.
There's no you can't avoid it. I mean it's it's
impossible to avoid. Duran is gonna have one of the
worst Septembers of his career. Sorry man. Yeah, he was
actually going back to you know, bidding with guys coming

(30:50):
into the league. He was the top guy for I
think most of my leagues. I didn't bid on him
because I didn't need saves in any my leg but
he went for I think he went for the most,
which I understand. I mean, he is you know he
you know, all kidding aside, he should be a lights

(31:12):
out closer for the Phillies and have and I wouldn't
even imagine he has a little bit more value with
the Phillies because not only will they have more wins.
But I think, uh, you know, Rob Thompson is a
lot better about keeping a closer in the ninth inning
versus just like you know Baldelli where it's like, oh,
I don't know, I guess I'll bring him in the

(31:32):
fourth let's go. Uh So I think Duran actually gains
a little bit of value, not a ton. I think
he's he is more or less who you think he is. Uh,
he's a He's a top three closer, though I I,
you know, maybe maybe top four if I'm maybe if
I'm forgetting someone, but I know we lost Miller, we

(31:55):
have hater obviously Edwin Diaz, and then probably Duran unless
I'm forgetting someone. But yeah, Duran's great. I have I
have no issue with him. I you know, if I
were bidding on on closers and and only, I would
have also bid a lot on him.

Speaker 2 (32:14):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (32:14):
The people on the player right are above him right now,
are Andre Spunos Jeff Hoffman and rolled As Chapman and
Robert Suarez.

Speaker 2 (32:23):
So would you rather Swarz or Duran? Rest of season?

Speaker 1 (32:27):
I would go Duran.

Speaker 2 (32:29):
I agree, just give him the competition there, Chapman and Duran.
I would go Duran, Chapman or Hoffman.

Speaker 1 (32:38):
M I would go Chapman. But that's close. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
I mean it's kind of kind of a toss up,
but yeah, I would go Chatman. Chapman has been better too,
for whatever it's worth.

Speaker 3 (32:54):
Yeah, So yeah, I mean there's it sounds like you
got Duran probably top three, then top four maybe at worst,
even with the Philly curse. Gray still gonna buy into it.
You're just gonna eat it and it hoped that it
goes well in Minnesota. No Duran, we kind of knew

(33:15):
this was probably coming.

Speaker 2 (33:17):
But who do you think is taking over now that
he's gone?

Speaker 1 (33:19):
Oh man, what a mess?

Speaker 2 (33:21):
You know?

Speaker 1 (33:21):
Both Deli is just terrible. I don't I think the
whole I think the whole bullpen is probably uh in
line for the next save. Potentially Rassmo Ramiro has got
the save on Sunday. I would it wouldn't shock me
to see him continue to get saves because I think
the Twins are a cheap organization and they probably don't

(33:45):
want to drive up Cole Sans's arbitration price, and Harassmo
is like whatever to them, so they can, you know,
use him or someone else gets the next save. It's
impossible to say, I think your best bet, if you're
really that desk is going for the guy who got
the last save, which is Harassmo Ramirez.

Speaker 2 (34:04):
So just go with him.

Speaker 1 (34:05):
But that's not to say that it could be someone else.

Speaker 3 (34:10):
Yeah, I mean, if you want to, if you're also
chasing in trying to keep your ratios in line, it's
probably cold Sands and just hope that they accidentally forget
and give him a save. But yeah, I mean you're
Erasmo Ramirez is there on one year deal, it completely
makes sense for them just to let him go out there.

Speaker 2 (34:32):
And throw even though they just brought him up.

Speaker 3 (34:35):
Why not just just throw spring up, you know, a
twenty eight year old that you've been keeping in the minors,
and give them the closer role.

Speaker 2 (34:42):
That makes that makes complete sense. That's that's great baseball there.

Speaker 3 (34:47):
Who doesn't want to go pay a ticket and watch
that Gray Philly. Let's keep Philly, so they also take
care of some Bader from Minnesota, probably splits with Kepler
and Marsh here outside of it. Only are you are
you interested in Harrison Bader?

Speaker 2 (35:04):
No?

Speaker 1 (35:05):
I I was, I was interested, and I only I
liked how like when you first came over, it seemed
kind of interesting Harrison Bader, that is. But then I
saw how he played this weekend, and not how he played,
but how they played him, and it sounds like a
nineties R and B song he got played. No, I'm

(35:29):
saying the playing time now looks a little bit iffy because,
like you know, he looks behind like you mentioned, he
looks behind Marsh or Kepler. So that's not good for
you know, fancy value obviously, so and I only at
best probably for now unless something changes. But yeah, he

(35:51):
looks he looks like a lefty only hitter, which is
not good.

Speaker 3 (35:56):
Yeah, that's not that's not exactly what we need for
our game, even in the only league that's that's probably
not usable unless you're just you're out of options, which
sometimes you are. But let's talk about another team, Gray.
Let's move on to the Yankees. They get David Bednar
and Camillo.

Speaker 1 (36:15):
D'val Sorry, I just think I'm just thinking about their
incredible performance against the Marlins.

Speaker 3 (36:26):
So this elite bullpen of Bednar, Devalu and Devin Williams,
all who have just been blow up proof clearly, Gray,
I mean, might as well.

Speaker 2 (36:39):
Just call them tafline. What's what's your what's your thoughts here? Gray?

Speaker 1 (36:43):
On this?

Speaker 2 (36:43):
On this bullpen, it seems like Williams is still there.
But what what do you think.

Speaker 1 (36:51):
For Yeah, for fantasy, I don't think any anything's really changed.
I you know, this was so this was such an
obvious This was such an obvious thing that was gonna backfire.
I think at the you know, the day of the
trade deadline, I I wrote about you know, Bennar coming
into the game and uh, you know, it's like, there's

(37:13):
no way this is gonna work out. Well, I mean,
he's just like he struggled in front of twelve fans
in Pittsburgh. You think he's gonna be able to handle
like what goes on in New York. I mean, come on, man,
this is like this is a recipe for disaster. With
all that said, I think it's still Devin Williams as

(37:35):
the closer until, you know, until something changes I want
to be shocked to see Devin Williams. Like if Devin
Williams stumbles, I want to be shocked to see them
go to Luke Weaver, even because of the familiarity there where,
like David Bednar is just like I wouldn't I don't know,
and Duval as well. I wouldn't trust them. I would

(37:59):
him personally. I mean, who knows what Aaron boone. But
with all that said, Devin Williams is the closer. So
those guys are set up men, and I think they're
droppable in most leagues, so that kills you know, Bennar
and Duval's fantasy value in Pittsburgh that probably goes to
Dennis Santana looks like the clear favorite for saves. And
then Randy Rodriguez got to save this weekend and was

(38:22):
announced as the closer, and his stuff is really good,
so I wouldn't be surprised, Like, you know, with only
two months left, there's not much time for you know,
things to like get weird or you know, like Randy
Rodriguez could potentially have like top ten closer value from

(38:44):
now to the end of the year because it's just
fluky like Saves are fluky as it is, and Randy
Rodriguez has been great, so yeah, I would grab him
in every league. I think. I think he's good, and
I think Bennar and Duval are APPA ball and in
most mixed leagues, and then you know, in al only,

(39:05):
you sit on them and maybe hope something happens with
Devin Williams or but yeah, I don't know.

Speaker 2 (39:12):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 3 (39:14):
I think Luke Weaver would be who I think should
be up next, but they also seem to use him
in that firefighter role, so I could see them go
with Bennar or art of all whoever ends up being
kind of looks better in the short period if if
something goes wrong with Devin Williams or or more wrong,

(39:36):
And yeah, I agree with Santana and Randy Rodriguez for now,
I think.

Speaker 1 (39:42):
Yeah, yeah, sorry, Ryan Walker, Yeah, no, definitely sorry, I
cut you off. Ryan Walker is worth a look in
deeper leagues like Enna only. But you know, I was
gonna say, like, it's like, I don't know how much
this really plays into things, but like ben Noar and
Duval like they're they were ninth inning guys and then

(40:05):
you like yank them out, throw them in the middle
of a playoff race and you throw them into the
seventh inning, seventh or eighth inning, and it's like it
just feels so short sighted that like, like you know,
like in a a in a lab, if you say, like, okay,
there's you know, the Yankees have five closers, it's like, oh,

(40:28):
that sounds good in a lab. But then you go
into reality and you have like Jake bird is in
the fourth inning, and Duval's in the sixth and Ben
NAR's in the eighth, and it's like, what are we doing?

Speaker 2 (40:41):
Man?

Speaker 1 (40:42):
Like, It's just like I feel like sometimes it's better
to have like a Jason Adam or a Jeremiah Estrada
setting up a closer versus having five closers all in
the bullpen. I don't know anyway, that's not really it's
sort of real baseball versus fantasy.

Speaker 2 (41:02):
But yeah, no, I agree. It's it's a different kind
of warm up.

Speaker 3 (41:07):
It's a different kind of feel that they're used to
getting that adjournaline bump, and then you know, all of
a sudden it's gone. When you get pulled into the
sixth inning and in the middle of a one to
one tie, it's like, oh, Okay, I'm gonna go out
here and blow up.

Speaker 2 (41:21):
That's gonna be fun.

Speaker 1 (41:22):
Yeah, or just like coming in like, oh here comes
David Bennar, like it's a guy on first and it's
the sixth. It's like, oh man, like it's yankee. Good luck, man,
good luck. Anyway, move on, moving on.

Speaker 3 (41:41):
Let's talk about another closer who got moved, and that
is Ryan Helsley.

Speaker 2 (41:45):
He is off to the Mets. He moves on from
Saint Louis. Would you hold on to Helsley? Now? I
mean it's it's obviously Edwin Diaz his job, right.

Speaker 1 (41:55):
Yeah, no, Yeah, this one hurt because I had Hellesley
in a few leagues. But you gotta, you gotta move on, man.
You know I dropped him and I grabbed Phil phil Maton,
uh and and then he got moved to Texas. But

(42:15):
I think it's you know, uh what should we call it?
Jojo Ramiro seems like the Saint Louis closer now and
Helsley is droppable in mixed leagues the same whenever it
was said earlier about like you know, Mason Miller, like
if you can hold on to Helsley for ratios and
shrikeouts and sure, fine, but he's not getting the majority

(42:38):
of the of the saves.

Speaker 3 (42:41):
Yeah, and Jojo Ramiro has been really good as of late,
so even if he doesn't get the closer role, he's
worth kind of rosterings. So with him in the closure role,
I mean, he could be as good or better than
Helsley was, Honestly. The Mets also made a big move
and this was also your big move in the nl

(43:02):
CBS league outbidding me on Cedric Mullins, who moved from
Baltimore to the Mets. Fifteen runs, fifteen stone basis, he's
sitting in two twenty seven, three oh five, four twenty
five park is a big step down, but he's playing
every day. What I mean, obviously you thought this was
a worthwhile shot to take.

Speaker 1 (43:24):
Yeah, you know, I I bid Cedric Mullins. Like you know,
in weekly leagues, which is what tout Wars is, we've
been on. We've been on everyone basically, you know, obviously
which we go. Ryan McMahon was I think the previous
previous week. But other than him, you know, everyone was

(43:46):
bid on. And so I had the group all my players,
you know, in order of my bids for you know,
top to bottom everyone who I want. So it's like
if you want Mason Miller or Duran or whoever, you know,
you put them first, and you know, you rank your
your bids or whatever. So anyway, Cedric Mullens was my

(44:09):
Cedric Mullens was my top guy. I think, you know,
I needed steals, so there was that factor, but I
you know, I feel like he's the the best bat
that came over slash, most likely to play every day,
Like I think he's better than This was also an

(44:32):
on base percentage league, so there's that factor. Not that
he's really that great for on base but you know,
he has a fifteen to fifteen year He's hitting two
twenty seven, so the average is low, but I yeah,
the strikeouts aren't crazy. He's got three h five on
base percentage. I felt like Cedric Mullens was the guy.
Not not that I wouldn't have taken Larryano I didn't want.

(44:57):
I didn't want O'Hearn just for you know, team reasons.
I didn't need him. I yeah, I mean I really liked,
uh Cedric Mullins a lot for this one. UH for
this uh, for out of all the guys that went
to the n L I thought he had the most value,
So yeah, you know, with all that said, again, I

(45:18):
don't know if we'd be talking about him if it
wasn't the trade deadline. I mean, he's he is kind
of he is kind of whatever in a lot of ways.
I mean, he's a fifteen to fifteen guy. I guess
about two months left of the season, he's got an
outside chance for like a twenty two twenty two two
twenty two season. Deuce is wild. I don't know, go

(45:42):
to Vegas. Don't go with the million Emmanuel class though,
just good pick and chooser you to go with. Uh. Yeah,
I think Cedric Mullins is fine as like a maybe
a fourth out third or fourth outfield or in an
NL only and then the mixed league. I mean he's

(46:03):
fine for like, I guess, fifteen team mix league or
deeper for a fifth outfielder. He doesn't feel twelve team
worthwhile really, I mean unless he gets hot. But yeah,
I mean, and you know, going from Camden to Mecco
isn't a great move, uh, just in general. So he's

(46:24):
fine though for a deeper league back end outfielder.

Speaker 2 (46:30):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (46:30):
The Mets, you know, Mets Stadium isn't that bad for
home runs, especially for lefties. But again, Camden is like
the best lefty stadium potentially be in right now. So
it's a small downgrade, but basically the same production I
would expect. I'm just gonna group this next handful of

(46:52):
trades here together. Grade it's all pitchers. I don't feel
like much usually changes, but I'll run them off and
then then you tell me if we if we want
to discuss anything within these picture changes. The Rangers get
Merrill Kelly, Tigers get Charlie Morton and Paul Sewell. Toronto
gets Shane Bieber and Sir Anthony Dominguez. Boston gets Dustin

(47:15):
May and his seven h nine away from Dodger Stadium
the Era. They also get Steven match WW goes the
bullpen Griffin Jacks for the Rays as well as Adrian Hauser,
and Milwaukee gets Shelby Miller and Jordan Montgomery.

Speaker 2 (47:31):
The Reds get Zach Lttel.

Speaker 3 (47:34):
All those pitching changes, anything in particular stick out Gray
or should we just.

Speaker 2 (47:38):
Move on to the next bat.

Speaker 1 (47:42):
I like, uh, you know, I think Charlie, excuse me,
Charlie Morton is uh, you know, he's kind of interesting
for streaming, and uh, he's been decent since I believe
may like his h His e RA hasn't been awful.
He had a terrible April and then he's sort of
calmed down and he's been okay. Not not really twelve

(48:04):
team mix league okay, but fifteen team mix league okay. Maybe. Uh,
Meryl Kelly's been decent. I think, you know, Texas is
a good park, a little bit better offense around him.
I guess you know, it might be debatable, but Meryl
Kelly's okay. I yeah, I mean, actually I might take

(48:28):
that back. I think Meryl Kelly's offense probably was better
in Arizona when he was there, not that they're better
now because they you know, depleted everything. Yeah, I don't know.
Shane Bieber might be interesting. I think he's probably a
September guy who's gonna be for the playoffs and the

(48:48):
rest of them. Like, you know, the Red Sox should
be a shamed of themselves, like I I gave the
Dodgers crap for not doing anything. I mean, the Red
Sox just made awful moves. Dust a maze like he's terrible.
I don't care. I don't even care if he's good
at like he just happens to get lucky or something.
I mean, no matter what happens, the move is empirically

(49:09):
it's a terrible move to get dusted May because he's terrible.
He's not good. I'm sorry. I'm sorry if Dustin May's listening,
but he's not good. And the Red Sox did not
make good moves. They didn't do anything. Really. Yeah, Shelby
Miller's whatever, I mean, he's behind McGill. And yeah, Zach

(49:30):
Lytel is not good for not not incensey, not great.
Maybe streaming maybe, but yeah, that's about it.

Speaker 2 (49:40):
I think, yep, I think I agree with almost everything
you said.

Speaker 3 (49:45):
It is a nice move for Merrill Kelly going to
basically the most pitcher friendly park in the in all
of baseball, so that helps Charlie Morton also kind of
moving to a I mean, that's kind of a better
change at least you're looking at Baltimore's park factors this year.
Going from Baltimore Detroit, everything else is pretty much, you know,

(50:09):
kind of kind of the same except for the talent
Cincinnati and that just gets that's probably worse for him.
Let's talk about Cincinnati also getting Miguel endharr and Cabrian Hayes.
Are you interested in either of those guys?

Speaker 1 (50:27):
No, not at all. Yeah, No, I think I think
the Reds need to go into a self help group
and discuss with some people why they are so attracted
to terrible corner men, because they have a they have

(50:47):
a real thing for bad corner men. I don't know why.
I can't diagnose them because I'm not a professional, but
I can I can see it from the outside looking
in and being like they have a real thing for
terrible cornerman from the day from Heimer Candelaria to Miguel

(51:12):
Andohar in the in the five years of those moves,
it's like every single guy they acquire is just an
awful cornerman. I don't know why, but it is okay anyway.

Speaker 3 (51:26):
Uh, Yeah, Gray, the Cubs, they they announced they were
going all in Gray. They were gonna They're really gonna
go for it for the fans. You know, it's been
a while since it's really gone for it.

Speaker 2 (51:40):
Uh. They got Willie Castro, Mike Soroka, Andrew Kittridge and
Taylor Rogers. Gray.

Speaker 3 (51:46):
Uh, is that interesting to you in any way, shape
or form, because it's not interesting I feel kind of silly.

Speaker 1 (51:54):
I'm on my LinkedIn profile it says I cow reminder
for the Dodgers and the Cubs, and I totally dropped
the ball here because I was supposed to remind the
Cubs about the trade deadline as well. Oopsie. Yeah, No,
I don't know. Michael sorocas like one of those guys
that has like interesting peripherals and he just looks like

(52:19):
his ear ray is terrible and you can't trust him,
and I wouldn't trust him in Regley especially. Yeah. No,
none of those Willie. I like Willie Cashro I think
is a good, real real world move. Uh and for fantasies,
you know, pretty boring. He's fine because he has a

(52:40):
lot of position eligibility, but other than that, it's not
really great.

Speaker 2 (52:45):
No, it's it's not I don't know.

Speaker 3 (52:49):
I really feel like they could have just let Matt
Shaw keep playing at this point if we weren't gonna
really do anything. I actually think Taylor Rogers might be
the most interesting piece of this, just because the bullpay
and is so bad Gray that he might just end
up closer by just default because nobody else can not
be awful, so that that might actually be helpful.

Speaker 2 (53:13):
The Royals.

Speaker 3 (53:13):
They they went on and got Mike Strips and Bailey Falter.
I mean if I was bad about the Cubs, I'd
be pretty upset if I was a Royals fan.

Speaker 1 (53:24):
Yeah. Uh, I will say that the the Royals. I
like their Stephen Colic, uh, Belly Falter. They have like,
uh you know, they have like one of the best
pitching programs. They they do, they they they make their

(53:48):
pictures better. Uh, you know from the Ryan berger bergart
from the Padres. He's kind of entered saying now for
streaming for you know, deeper leagues obviously not twelve team
mix league, but they do make their pitchers better. So yeah,

(54:09):
I don't know, maybe there might be some streaming options there.

Speaker 3 (54:16):
Yeah, there might be some some streaming opportunity there. But
it's I do agree that the Kansas City has done
great job with their pitching, both starters and bullpen.

Speaker 2 (54:26):
They do a good job.

Speaker 3 (54:28):
But this has just been kind of a more fifteen
team only leading show gray despite it being trade deadline
and supposed to be fun and a lot of big names.

Speaker 2 (54:39):
There was like three big names.

Speaker 1 (54:41):
And we haven't talked about the Angels yet.

Speaker 2 (54:45):
Please all right, I wasn't even gonna mention it. But fine,
the Angels and got themselves Oswald for Raza Yah finally
find himself on a bench without a role, but he
won't be sent down.

Speaker 1 (55:02):
Wow, the Angels always manage the surprise with their brilliant moves.
It's just just another another brilliant move from Perry and
Artie in the front office, just like that's brilliance. I yeah,
I think I'm kind of interested in what the Angels.

(55:27):
How they they figure they're in the I think they're in.
They think they're in the playoff, they're in the penny race,
and I don't I wouldn't want to break it to
them and tell them they're not. I mean, that's not
for me to say, but I think they might want
to look at the standings because I don't know if

(55:49):
they really have a serious I'll leave it at that.
Good luck to the Angel of course.

Speaker 3 (55:57):
Actually, you know, I'll just say, and I don't care
if they any winning at all, that you know that
organization doesn't doesn't feel like they deserve to win. They
They've ruined careers of two of the greatest players this generation.
It's just it's just a waste Gray, I'm not gonna
waste them wins at this point. I will wish good

(56:18):
luck upon these prospects we're about to talk about really quickly,
because we're already an hour in.

Speaker 1 (56:23):
Uh.

Speaker 2 (56:24):
Logan Henderson was called up.

Speaker 3 (56:26):
By the Brewers seventy seven innings three five ninety or
a one one one whip, twenty eight percent strikeout rate,
seven point walk rate. He was called up earlier this
season and has twenty five and a third innings in
the Major so far with a subti ara and a
sub one whip with a thirty three percent strikeout ray. Right, Gray,

(56:48):
if you haven't gotten or spent all your money, Logan
Henderson's the guy, right.

Speaker 1 (56:55):
Uh, yeah, No. I like Logan Anderson a lot. I
do think there's a potential here where the Breweries just
keep him to like you know, fod to Ford to
five and a half, four to like five and two thirds,
like somewhere in that range the four innings to about
five and two thirds innings, depending on how many pitches

(57:18):
he throws. I don't think he's uh, you know, I
think they're trying to balance out Jacob as Roski's innings,
and they're doing that by you know, bringing up Logan
Henderson and they're also trying to manage his innings, so
I don't know how many innings we're really going to
get from. But yeah, I mean he's he probably would

(57:40):
have been, you know, he's he's good Earlier, earlier in
the season, he would have been, you know, a top
pickup for like his shallowest leagues. You can imagine, like
I think, like a twelve or even a ten team
mixed league potentially if he came out up earlier. But

(58:01):
now because he's not gonna be able to throw that
many innings, I think you're probably looking at a you know,
probably a fifteen team mix league guy. But he I
would pick him up in a twelve team, you know,
just to see what you'd get, just like I would
have picked up Chase Burns. I don't think, you know,
I think Logan Henderson could be as good as Mesrowsky,

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Like he is really good. I just don't think he's
going to have the innings, you know, to really make
a difference this year. So you know, grab him if
you have room, and maybe you'll get a good, solid
four or five innings each start. But I wouldn't expect
wins and I don't know if he's even gonna be
able to go five innings.

Speaker 3 (58:43):
Yeah, you might be right about that, And we'll talk
about some other prospects here in a second. The n
L Central's pitching lineup is going to be absolutely ridiculous
in like a year or two.

Speaker 2 (58:56):
Gray. There's so many arms in that division right now,
they're just nasty.

Speaker 3 (59:02):
Over in Dodger Land, they called up Alex Freeland. Ninety
four games and triple A, has twelve home run seventeenth
dollon bases. He's hitting in two fifty three, three seventy seven,
four to twenty one, twenty two percent strikeout rate, sixteen
point six percent, sixteen point six percent walk rate.

Speaker 2 (59:19):
Are you interested in Alex Friedland? Gray?

Speaker 1 (59:22):
Uh? I mean yeah, if it's a and now only
I would be interested. Maybe fifteen team mix league. He
does have power and speed, which is good. But I wonder,
you know, when I see a guy has a twenty
two percent strikeout rate and triple A and only hit
two fifty three with a three hundred plus babbot, that

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gives me some concern that he's making a lot of
terrible contact. So I, you know, I try it. He
was in the PCL, so you know, the power may
not even really be there. Speed is good. He's probably
gonna be in a platoon anyway. Long story short, and
now only maybe deeper mixed leagues. But you gotta you

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really gotta be probably pretty desperate in a fifteen teen
mixed league to try Alex Friedland.

Speaker 2 (01:00:16):
Yeah, it seems like they. I don't even know if
he's up here for that long.

Speaker 3 (01:00:20):
Gray Max Munsey is on the IL, but it sounds
like he could be on for a minimum stay.

Speaker 2 (01:00:26):
So as much as I would like to see Alex.

Speaker 3 (01:00:28):
Freeland get a little bit of runway here, the Dodgers
do have a you know, specific goal for the year,
and Freeland may or may not be involved in that.
Although they could probably just let mcgo Rojasco at this
point and just say us all a little bit of time.
Cjkfis called up by the Guardians. Fourteen home runs for
stone bases. He's in in three hundred and three ninety

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five thirty nine, twenty five percent strike out rate, eleven
point nine percent.

Speaker 2 (01:00:54):
Walk rate in the minors. He should play most days.
Are you interested in CJ. Capus?

Speaker 1 (01:01:01):
Yeah? I mean again, probably fifteen team mix league or deeper,
and even in a fifteen team mix league, you're gonna
you probably have to be pretty desperate. His numbers don't
look bad, though, I'm kind of interested in him. Possibly
if he has the playing time, you know, going into
next year, we could see a guy like a you know,

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he could become like a men's ard or even like
I was saying in my post today that he looks
his minor league numbers look very similar to Josh Naylor's
when he was on the Guardian. So yeah, I mean
there could be something here, big pitcher, but for now,
probably Ale only fifteen team mix league. It looks like

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he has power and he could hit for a decent average,
but I mean, you know, average is sluky over you know,
a final seven to eight weeks.

Speaker 2 (01:01:54):
Yeah, it really is.

Speaker 3 (01:01:56):
And I don't think his power is like a huge,
huge power. So it's kind of one of those only
league or really reaching for desperation type of plays. Let's
talk about over for the Marlins, we talked about Jesus
Sanchez moving on, but they called up Jacob Marcy to

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take his place. Fourteen no runs, forty seven stolen bases,
gray two forty six three seventy nine four point thirty eight.
He has a sub twenty percent strikeout rate and a
sixteen percent walk rate.

Speaker 2 (01:02:29):
Are you interested in those numbers?

Speaker 1 (01:02:32):
Yeah? For speed, Uh, you know, forty seven steals in
Triple A is interesting. I think for for any league really,
if you need steals, probably fifteen team mix league or deeper.
There's a better chance that the Marlins play him every
day than you know, maybe another team might, like you know,

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like we mentioned Alex Freeland the months he's coming back,
and you know, their Dodgers are a better team. So
there's a chance that Friedlin goes to the bench or
gets sent down, whereas like a guy like Marcie Is,
Marlins have a better chance of playing him. And he's
got speed, So yeah, I mean that's I mean, speed

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plays no matter what I do. Think. You know, there's
a chance Marcie could hit maybe one ninety with speed,
So I mean, he's not gonna he's not gonna blow
you away. His power looks also pretty fluky, and I
don't know how much to believe it, but the speed,
you know, you can't really fake speed, so there's a

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you know, there's a chance here he could steal some bags,
So if you need that, yep.

Speaker 2 (01:03:44):
I agree, Gray, any names that you want to give
the people. It looks like August fifteenth.

Speaker 3 (01:03:49):
Is the date that has been kind of set where
teams can call up their prospects and not lose any
service time for the year. Is there any names you're
looking for two and maybe getting ahead of the pickups
if you can.

Speaker 2 (01:04:04):
I know in some of our leagues we can't get
him until they actually get called up and play, but
for those looking forward to that date, they can grab them.

Speaker 1 (01:04:12):
Now.

Speaker 2 (01:04:12):
Who are some names you were looking for?

Speaker 1 (01:04:14):
Uh? You know, I think uh, jj weather Holt is
probably the hottest name for right now. I think I
think there's and for good reason too. I mean, he's
not striking out at all in the minors. He's hitting
for power, stealing bags, hitting for good average. So JJ

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Weatherholt would probably be the one guy I'd really be
looking at. Maybe Bryce Eldridge I was. I liked him
a lot earlier in the year. I think then he
had an injury, but you know, the Giants aren't really
playing for anything, so if it's possible, if he's healthy,

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it's possible he gets called up. I wouldn't be shocked.
Other than that, I don't know, maybe they You know,
Dylan Bieber supposedly was getting called up like three days ago,
and then that turned out to be uh misinformation, and
uh he wasn't called up. But you know, the Orioles
never call up anyone, so oors. Orioles love to keep

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their guys in the miners. They're trying. Oriols are going
for a uh a world's triple A world series. Okay,
just leave them alone.

Speaker 2 (01:05:36):
Yeah, agree.

Speaker 3 (01:05:37):
I mean, Cardinals definitely haven't missed on any can't miss
any prospects recent memory that you might you or me
might have might have bought into that definitely hasn't happened.

Speaker 1 (01:05:50):
And that is a thing that has never happened. They
have never missed on anyone other than everyone.

Speaker 2 (01:06:00):
Everybody that's come up recently.

Speaker 1 (01:06:05):
If he's hey, if JJ Weatherhold is anywhere near as
good as Mason Winn, watch out, am I right, I
don't know, seriously, if he's shortan Walker. Okay, we're ready now.

Speaker 2 (01:06:22):
Oh so all right, Greg, I got some other names
all throughout real quick. I think you said Samo Salo already.

Speaker 3 (01:06:30):
Chase the latter justin Crawford for the Cubs, Jonathan Long
Owen Casey.

Speaker 2 (01:06:34):
They both had a really nice season. Uh, your a name,
are Ls. There's some names for you. Go check out
the Inches articles.

Speaker 3 (01:06:42):
He's always letting you know who who he thinks might
come up, and he has a better feel for that
and any of us, which is why he writes the
prospect articles for raspball. Let's move on to the sagn
Off that we maybe haven't covered yet. Gray the Dodgers.
Nobody can stay healthy. So who do you want now?

Speaker 2 (01:07:03):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:07:04):
You know, I think Dave Roberts wants Blake trying, trying,
and to be the closer. I don't know if he
I don't know if he's gonna be. Alex Vessi has
probably looked the best. Unfortunately he's a lefty, which Dave
Roberts seems to be against. I would probably go Blake
Trinon if I was really like desperate for saves. Alex

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Vessia maybe, but yeah, no one's no one's been good
really other than Vessia, and Vessie is a lefty that
you know, Dave Roberts brings in you know, randomly, in
like the seventh inning in some games. So yeah, I
don't know, I probably, I say Blake Trynan, but it's
not great. Again, like they could have went out and

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got a guy. They could have went out this trade
deadline and got someone.

Speaker 2 (01:07:52):
I don't know. Ryan Helsley was right there.

Speaker 1 (01:07:55):
They could have got him.

Speaker 3 (01:07:58):
They could have got him. It would have been a
nice little addition. But you know, they also have an
amazing bullpen. I understand why they didn't add to the
bullpen specifically, but you're.

Speaker 2 (01:08:11):
Right, great.

Speaker 3 (01:08:11):
I don't know why it's not Vessia. Maybe the fact
that they have three other lefties in the bullpen will
calm things there and they'll let him finally get his
opportunity at the role, but they have been very reluctant
to do that so far. So yeah, I think Trinon's
probably it, And honestly, I could see them go with

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Alexis Diaz next earned or not, just because he has
the traditional closer role. And that's, for whatever reason, the
way the Dodgers go, even though money's not a thing
and they could just run up whoever they wants or tration,
it doesn't matter. They're going to go with Trenton and
probably alex Lexus Diaz over in Baltimore, Felix is on

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the IL, He's been on the IL, sar Anthony's gone.
Who else do you want here in Baltimore?

Speaker 1 (01:09:02):
No one? I mean, I guess Cano is probably my
best guess, even though Corbyn Martin, I guess got the last.
I guess he got the post the first and only
maybe post Felix save. But yeah, I don't know. Kin
looks terrible. I believe he he coughed up some runs yesterday,

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And yeah, I would say I would say Cano if
you're really desperate, but no one really, I mean you
should just you. I think you're better off trying to
get a good setup man behind a better closer on
a good team, like you know, like Shelby Miller is
more interesting to me than like a closer on the Orioles.

Speaker 3 (01:09:52):
Yeah, I think that's probably fair. I understand because I've
I've chased down the every possible save Angele before. But yeah,
it's not a good situation there in Baltimore. There's not
you know, there's not great options. I mean, the people
who pitched well aren't even really in this conversation other

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than Cortin Martin. He's actually been been pretty solid. So
if it's him I don't actually mind rostering him, but
Baltimore's also kind of cashing it in at this point.

Speaker 2 (01:10:25):
How about Detroit? Will Vest is kind of had the role,
but Kyle Finnigan got a save this weekend. What's what's
your thought on the Detroit situation? Uh?

Speaker 1 (01:10:37):
Yeah, no, I think we didn't talk about it during
the trade thing, but yeah, Kyle Fennigan came over as
the closer. I think he's the closer. You know, I
was saying I thought finn again was going to become
the closer on the Tigers, and you know, people were
saying it was going to be Vest and Vest would

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stay the closer, but I just don't see it. I mean,
I think Finnigan is just like, he doesn't do anything
else except close. I feel like that's that's what he does.
So that would be my guess that Finnigan would continue
to be the closer there. And you know, unless he
blows up and is terrible, obviously, then things could change

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because he's not like that good. So I don't have
that much and that much confidence in him. But I
think Kyle Finigan is the closer and Will Vest is
the setup man.

Speaker 2 (01:11:33):
Yeah. How about the Rangers, Gray. They're they're a hot mess.
Anybody you want there?

Speaker 1 (01:11:37):
Uh yeah, you know. I I think because you know,
Phil Maton got traded for and is also a righty,
I think that's gonna like Bochie is gonna see that
he's a righty and at some point it's gonna click
in his head and he's gonna be like, oh, he

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should be the closer, you know, and Garcia becomes the
setup man. I think that's what's gonna happen. I don't
think that's happened yet, but I do. I do think
that that could happen, so right now, I think it's Garcia.
But I think film Aton's not a terrible person to handcuff.
I think, you know, like if you were looking at like,

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you know, getting Dodger saves or getting Oreo saves or
stashing film Maton, I think Maton's probably the way to
go there because I do think he's probably gonna be
getting saved soon.

Speaker 2 (01:12:33):
Yeah, I agree.

Speaker 3 (01:12:35):
And also that Robert Garcia had a backspasm on Saturday,
so if he has to miss some time, I do
believe Maton is up next over Miami. They did not
trade anyone Gray out of the bullpen so last week
I asked you who you want, and we basically said,
we'll wait till this week.

Speaker 2 (01:12:54):
So we waited a week. Gray, who do you want? Now?

Speaker 1 (01:12:56):
It looks like Foucher is the closer? Uh, I don't
know why he like he became the closer and and
Ronnie Henriquez lost the job, but it seems like he did.
It seems like Foucher is the closer. So that's the
way I would go. I wouldn't bother, you know, rostering

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two of them. That's you know, unless you're liking ann
only league. So yeah, I would go Foucher.

Speaker 3 (01:13:28):
YEP, I agree. How would you give the people some
waiver wire bats? I'll give him some streamers and we
will get out of here.

Speaker 2 (01:13:33):
Gray.

Speaker 1 (01:13:34):
Okay, So Andrew Vaughan has uh been rejuvenated since he
left Chicago White Sox organization as anyone would uh. Louis
Robert can only dream about that. Leav Leo bore Pigoro
uh pirates shortstop had a huge game and then he

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hit another homer. He had a He had a great
series in Colorado, so we'll see if it continues outside
of Colorado. But he did have a big one Lennon
Sosa and Colson Montgomery are like, we don't need to
leave the white sauce to be good. So eh so
to you, Andrew Vaughan, Ramon Loriano has you know, not

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only was he traded, but he's also been very hot,
as we mentioned speaking of hot warming warming in the Barnable. Yeah,
whoever warning Barnable is, he's been hot. Spencer Horowitz was
also in coorse, but had a great series. In chorus

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for whatever that's worth. Wenzil Perez was great this past weekend.
He's been hot. Trent Chrishnam, Blake Perkins, I think he
hit a He had a couple of homers this past week.
He's been hot.

Speaker 2 (01:14:58):
Uh.

Speaker 1 (01:14:58):
Eli White had a good series. Excuse me at a
good game in Tennessee. I believe the Speedway. So but yeah,
that might be nothing. I actually ignore what I just
said about Eli White. Let's see who else has been hot.
Brooks Lee was hot, Donald Spith's been hot. Will Benson's

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been hot, Tyler Freeman, Matt Walner, Kyle Menzardo, Romy Gonzalez,
and finally my favorite, gian Carlos tan.

Speaker 2 (01:15:31):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (01:15:31):
Yeah, he's been hot.

Speaker 2 (01:15:35):
Let's throw back down there. Gray that's it's given me
two thousand and eighty's. That's great.

Speaker 3 (01:15:42):
Jeffrey Springs at Washington, Louis Sevrino at Washington at Baltimore,
Aaron Spallier versus Cleveland, Michael Walk at Boston, Brady Singer
at Pittsburgh, Calcown, Trill versus Miami and at Atlanta, Jacob
Lopez at Washington, and Charlie Morton versus The Angel. If
you have specific questions, you can find us on Twitter.

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I am at rasbeat On Gray is at Rasball. You
can find us on YouTube dot com slash Rasballfantasy, or
in the comments section on rasball dot com. Hopefully your
lineups are perfect and you win your matchups across the
board this week, and I will talk to you later.

Speaker 2 (01:16:21):
See you great, great,