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00:00 – MLB Pod 7-7-24
01:15 – James Wood (65% ME, 32% 12)
05:00 – Yankees Struggling
07:20 – Wow Jose Miranda (.425 in his last 25 games)
10:10 – Paul Skenes is really this good already? (1.39 ERA with 40 K last 5 starts)
14:20 – What do the Jays do this month (8.5 out of 3rd WC)? What do the Cubs do this month (6 out of 3rd WC)?
21:00 – 12 Teams with 7 games; Reds prime of prime schedules, 7 home, Colorado & Miami
23:35 – Parker Meadows (75% ME, 9% 12); Removed Sunday with right hamstring
5 Games: Royals and Padres
24:25 – News and Notes
24:35 – Yu Darvish – Placed on restricted list with a personal matter.
25:20 – Julio Rodriguez – Missed Sunday, but MRI on quad clear
25:50 – Yordan Alvarez – Missed the weekend after HBP in knee
27:40 – Gleyber Torres – Left Friday early and missed the weekend with groin
27:45 – Ketel Marte – Missed the weekend with back tightness
28:00 – Blake Snell – Set to return from IL Tuesday;
28:40 – Bryce Harper – Maybe activated Tuesday; Kyle Schwarber – Set to be activated Tuesday
29:20 – David Bednar – starting rehab assignment this week
30:00 – Matt McLain – Cleared for baseball activity
31:20 – Jeffrey Springs – 62 pitches on Wednesday in rehab outing
32:00 – FAAB
33:00 – Hitters
33:15 – Brooks Lee
37:00 – Garrett Mitchell (70% ME, 28% 12); James Outman (32% ME, 13% 12)
39:30 – Rowdy Tellez (70% ME, 3% 12)
41:10 – Matt Wallner (Called back up – Intl League Player of the month in June, 14 HR last 33 games)
42:00 – More OF: Alek Thomas (65% ME, 5% 12); Stuart Fairchild (60% ME, 10% 12);
Lawrence Butler; Juan Yepez
Xander Bogaerts (81% ME, 34% in 12)
47:55 – Starters
48:05 – Shane Baz (75% in 12)
50:30 – DJ Herz (35% in 12 – got smoked Sunday); Edward Cabrera (73% ME)
51:10 – Chris Paddack (Back Monday – at CWS, at SF – 40% ME); Andre Pallante (KC, Chic)
53:00 – Luis Oritz (6 shutout innings Sunday)
55:30 – Joey Estes (at Bos, at Phil – Yikes)
56:00 – Relievers
56:20 – AJ Puk – Crazy good the last month, Since June 1, 19 K / 2 BB in 17.1 IP. Tanner Scott likely to get dealt?
58:30 – Porter Hodge
58:50 – Ben Joyce – Estevez likely to get dealt?
1:01:40 – Player Talk
1:01:45 – Anthony Volpe – Hasn’t homered since May 16th, hitting .180 last month with 7 RBI
1:03:45 – Christian Walker – 10/25, .291 in the last month. Now 22/64 on the season.
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we got a fun weekend of baseball to talk about and some massive bids in the nfbc uh both in the main event and online Championship all coming up next in the roadwire fantasy baseball [Music] podcast happy Sunday evening everybody a little bit earlier than normal uh for the Roa wire Fantasy Baseball podcast I’m Scott jensa joined as always on Sunday nights by Jeff Erikson if you could please rate or viiew the podcast we would appreciate that very much if you enjoy listening to us give us a bunch of stars a nice comment that goes a long way towards helping us out we also thank DraftKings pick six for the sponsorship of the podcast we appreciate them for that uh Jeff uh we got one more week till the allstar break we’re uh we’re fully halfway in the baseball season how are you good I’m good uh busy weekend in Fab uh kind of disappointing in Fab but uh you know it’s still I mean I knew I was to get James Wood uh at least I didn’t think I was going to get him because I didn’t have a ton of Fab in my 12 team leagues where he was available and he’s already owned in all three of my 15 team leagues in the nfbc format there so didn’t have he actually Avail available in both my main events tonight yeah interesting um so how what tell me tell me what happened then yeah let’s jump into James Wood I mean obviously got called up last week but was in in FBC formats you know most leagues you could have picked him up last week was not available because he had not played a game yet uh in the major so he was firstly available this week I think he was what 65% rostered in the main event he was about 33% rostered in the 12 team so like two3 owned in the main event about a third owned 12 teamers uh he was obviously a massive bid for a lot of people kind of anybody that had money at this point I think it was time to like you got to spend it now because it’s a a massive Prospect we talked about him a little bit last week um yeah he was available in both my main events I did not have enough money in either one one of them I got Tod Bradley which actually worked out pretty well um yeah so I spent 300 more than 300 bucks on him so I was kind of one of my big ones he went for uh 319 and 462 in my two main events so I think you we think we saw that it was one of those things that if you did have money this is the CH time to spend it because if uh you know if we’re gonna do it now who are we gonna get who are we gonna use it for you know exactly I only had him available in my 12 teamers uh and the uh beat Jeff Ericson 12 team Ro of wire online championships and he went for 389 in one of them and which was more than I had in Fab remain and 247 the other which was also more than I had remaining so uh yeah didn’t have a whole lot of money left so yeah we had to go to some and we’ll talk about some of the uh the pivots if you will but I knew going in it was gonna I was going to be left wanting uh there so it goes um yeah some and one of my you know and the main event you know Dave colum did the uh draft and hold and he literally held him 30th round pick held him to this time so good on him you know being able to I guess you get one stash and he was able to make make it work so yeah he was he was available in 20 uh Main Events the high bid was 462 so that was the one in my league the low was 228 so we didn’t go under 225 bucks in any of them um the runner ups were all really high too there was run-ups were all triple digits so there was nothing like uh nothing I can over bid anywhere everything was uh was kind of in the same ballpark a lot of uh most the bids seem to be in the 300s I actually did win him in the online Championship I have an interesting team there I have a really really good pitching staff it’s leaking oil a little bit lately but a ton of pitching points my offense has been really bad I have a lot of money in there um so I kind of looked at every team available kind of figured what a really strong bid would be I landed on 336 the backup bid was actually 307 so felt pretty good about that one but I did get him in that League you know I figured I need offense you know who knows it’s a rookie it’s going to be tough but he’s obviously a really big Prospect um so I went for it kind of the point where uh I had a bunch of money I needed to use it and there it was yeah uh well well done um yeah that’s it’s nothing like targeting your guy getting him and getting an efficient bid while doing it there now you just got to hope you got the right guy but you know at least you got the bid right yeah in the 12 teamers you always worry you’re gonna do that and it’s backup B it’s gonna be like 26 or something like that because there are there’s a lot a big range of uh of bids in in the online Championship the 12 teamers there’s there’s always a big range there there was a although the lowest he went James Wood went for in the online Championship was added 154 leagues there was 93 so there was no really really sneaking through as I’m scrolling down here almost everything was was like 250 bucks or or higher there were a couple of 588 in there um but yeah and I figured I still have uh you know 250 bucks something like that left um so plenty of money a 12 teamer to get guys so it it did work but uh you always worry the in the on Championship the 12 teamer is always the bid range is always a lot wider than it is in the main event yeah exactly uh you know tws are weird we always say it yeah um so let’s let’s talk a a little bit of real baseball before we jump into kind of the pivots and other guys available besides James Wood Jeff Yankees lost again tonight uh Red Sox beat them 3-0 uh two home runs for Des one for raphaela the Yankees have now lost seven Series in a row kind of a wild number we say a lot yeah yeah yeah earlier in the week obviously I was paying closer attention to the Yankees because the Reds were in town they swept the Yankees first time they’ve ever been swept by a national league team in Yankee Stadium uh in League Play so that’s that was wild started to be the decided to be the past eating Rockies and got SW by the Tigers at home so a lot of fact L of good that did but for the Yankee side of things you know the unrest is high you know I you know my timeline are is full of you know Yankee ad adjacent people that are like oh if George was alive they’ never you never stand for this and all that you know Boon’s gotta go uh you know you know cashman’s gotta go I don’t I don’t know that I mean it’s a little over rod I think from the normal cycle of baseball I I think this is just what it happens to good teams too and they were probably you know when they’re playing 660 ball for a while they were probably a little bit out ahead of where they were and obviously they’re not this bad they’re still 18 games over 500 right even with this uh I guess it’s like almost a monthl long slump now they’re still three games behind the orals who are really really good it’s not like they’re you know behind some bad team they’re still doing fine but the sneaky thing is Boston’s four and a half behind them Boston’s the team that’s they’re they’re coming pretty hard right now they’re they’re playing really well they’re fun too I usually I’m never a Red Sox guy but they’re fun Rafael is fun jiren Duran is fun Des is obviously absolute stud Tyler O’Neil is fun to watch they’re they’re a pretty fun team right now they are uh they are they’re rolling um they they’re now the third wild card game and a half up on the Royals who finally squeaked one over the four four efor mentioned past eating Rockies uh didn’t get swept in Coors Field so good for them um they actually you know they lost a Seth Lugo start yesterday not that it was lugo’s fault uh but they’re they’re slipping uh still plus 56 still 49 and 43 but you know the Red Sox have already passed him and the Astros are coming it’s a tough spot to be in it it is you can feel it coming and there that run differential that was like way higher than we thought it’d be is you’re like you said kind of getting back down to just good rather than great and and slipping pretty quickly but uh the team right ahead of them the twins I wanted to ask you about him Jose Miranda well that was an insane stretch we had 12 of 12 puty pairs a row reach base 11 hits and one hit by pitch Miranda’s something like 425 in his last 25 games it’s fun to see someone that you know got CAU up struggled got CAU up struggled and finally you know a big prospect that seems to finally be been locking in you know the the twins are sick in those players I mean they they’ve got a bunch of players like him so many I me they called up Matt walner this week who’s like kind of fits in the same bucket too he’s been killing at Triple A Trevor lck is the same sort of profile uh you know Brooks Lee it’s his first go around but eduward Julian’s going to get another call at some point in time you know uh you know they they on the on the pitching side of things bayy Ober is that guy um they have a lot of those you know lather rinse and repeat guys that finally start to get it um and they have a few that haven’t gotten it yet and they may not but it just I feel like they’ve just got like they’re Royce Lewis is hurt again and yet they’re not falling backward uh they’re they’re 12 games over 500 now uh they’re putting a they put a hurting on some on Hunter Brown yesterday um they’re it’s a good team I mean they they they got a uh thumped by uh their pitching got thumped on Friday night and they still put a scare into the Astros it was like 135 and became 1312 crazy ending to that game yeah that game and the the the the game you mentioned with the the Potter and dbx back toback just nutty games on that night yeah um it it really was and you know I I think that they’re they’re going to be uh they’ll be a tough out as long as they don’t face the Yankees although they I mean they did kind of exercise that ghost last year so I don’t know but yeah they they’re quietly right now the top four teams in Major League major league in runs are the Yankees Orioles Dodgers and the twins are fourth actually ahead of the Phillies that offense is sneaky good yeah it is and you know it’s almost like they the frozen tundra thought out and all of a sudden became a hitting park again there and yeah they’re going to be yeah and just wait till they get Lewis back again too it’s just a loaded lineup there Korea’s hit a lot better lately um made his All-Star team uh earned um you know buxton’s had a hot stretch I mean this is they could if they get like the rest of the season healthy from those two players look out yeah they’re they’re third in the league and slugging I’m looking here they’re fourth in Ops like just a legit offense across the board um they have they’ they’ve been pretty a pretty fun team to watch and you’re right there’s like a bunch of rookie or young guys in there that they can just get going it’s it’s tough because they platoon so much like walner today left in the sixth inning because there was they just they give them no at bats when they when they have a PL so it’s a little frustrating Manny Margo came in for him he had won at bat a walk you’re like oh my gosh he just got called up he player of the month in The Inter National League for June and then all of a sudden he’s you know leaving in the sixth inning it’s mading but um on the other side of the uh the the central in the NL Central uh Paul skin named of the All-Star game uh it’s crazy how good he is already I mean this is someone that was playing pitching in the College World Series last year got drafted I think they said it was 363 days ago and named an all start all start to a um pretty wild 1.39 ra with 40 strikeout last five starts um he might be the top musty TV guy in baseball right now like when he’s pitching I’m flipping the P the Pirates on no matter what how early does he go in your drafts next year it’s a great question um first round yeah yeah I was gonna go one two turn I mean it just depends how like how he kind of ends the season how many innings they let him throw but I mean he’s clearly he’s going deeper into games um yeah I think one two turn yeah is that is that crazy I feel a lot of Strider year 2 stri uh kind of Vibes here with this one here um that there’s going to be some people that will make a case to try to give at the one two turn I think early in draft season you might not go that high but by the time we get to Main Event time it’ll be first round barring obviously a setback right and it might not be early enough there’ll be some push back what he’s only done it for four months what and all that and then and then people who get them are gonna be like yep see told you now it’s all about can he stay healthy because he throws incredibly hard and we know what happens to Pitchers who throw incredibly hard uh The Strider Vibes kind of apply to that too unfortunately yeah you you hope we don’t get that Vibes but I mean 28% K minus Walker right now he’s 33 and a half% strikeout rate a 5% walk rate it’s it’s wild for a rookie he’s just I mean as good as advertising I’m so used to guys not being as good as advertis or taking some time it’s uh it’s kind of shocking when he’s the guy’s this good right away yeah it it it’s it’s fun it’s awesome I love seeing it uh question of how long are we going to see it this year uh Pirates just lost Jared Jones and Bailey falter they’re they’re h four and a half games out in the wild card and just as importantly there’s three teams ahead of them although I mean it’s the Diamondbacks Mets and the Giants uh none of those teams like are super scary uh but they blew one today against the Mets direct game there that was kind of tough on them they’re also 10 games out in the central uh I I don’t think they’re going to make run at both the Brewers and the Cardinals so it’s wild card or bus so I I think that is something that I’d uh you know I’d be a little I I a little worried about the possibility of a shutdown later on so he’s at 59 and a third right now do you think we get to10 120 is that too high no I think that’s about right um so a couple more months and that September is in trouble yeah that’s that’d be my guess that’s 60 he’s he’s thrown 60 Innings I’m just gonna call it 60 it’s 59 third in 10 starts you give him another eight starts it takes you through August yeah uh that sounds about right um and maybe they’ll be creative coming out of the All-Star Break um the fact that these other two guys in the rotation hurt in one way because it’s it’s just fewer guys that they can use to try to stretch this out a little bit there now they’ve got Ortiz and prer in the rotation and Marco Gonzalez Little Marco is gonna be back is that the same Marco Gonzalez or is that a different one it’s the same one he’s on a rehab assignment you know he remember he was part of that trade with the Braves um and you know I I think you know he’s just I mean I don’t think he’s pitched at all and I don’t think he has pitched oh he did Pitch earlier this year he made three starts at the beginning of the Season actually was actually good too strangely enough but yeah it’s you know they’re going to need you know those guys to kind of carry some of the load there so we can get SK deeper into the season we’ll see what happens out of the break if they try to be creative or they just go Keller skin to the start yeah it’d be interesting if he’s the fifth guy you know that they’re playing a little bit of games there but can you take a guy at the one two turn who throws 110 Innings the year before because then you put probably could a cap of 13 40 on him and I think you probably can with these numbers I mean he did throw minor league Innings too I mean so those those 27 Innings count so it’ be more like 140 basically I’m guessing oh you’re right yeah then I kind then it’s pretty easy I think then you can bump 60 and it’s easy yeah I think that works so speaking of uh you’re talking about wild card standings a couple teams I wanted to ask you about curious what you think they do um Toronto and the Chicago Cubs obviously not the white socks uh Toronto is now eight and a half out of the third wild card spot obviously a million miles behind the orals Yankees in the in the division and you got the Cubs who are five and a half out of the wild card and you know ways behind the Brewers there what do you think these two teams do we got three weeks give or take until the trade deadline um what do you think these two teams do because they do have some talented guys their teams they’re both teams that I think uh had some higher expectations than how they’ve played the first half of season Toronto’s eight games under uh the Cubs are seven games almost exact same records so I kind of thought they fit well together uh what do you think these two teams do are they sellers or they buyers they’re holding what what do you think we we get from these guys I I think the Jays have to be sellers eight and a half is a big number and more importantly the teams they they’re chasing are better y um like you’re chasing the Red Sox and the twins let alone the Astros and and and even the Royals and even the Rangers are theyers and the Rays yeah and the Tigers believe it or not the red hot Detroit Tigers who won their first consecutive games in a month and then decided to go one more and win all three from the Reds our Reds um not that I’m bitter about that or anything I mean Toronto Toronto’s closer to the A’s than they are the Red Sox right now yeah I think I think it’s I the only thing holding back a selloff is you know it’s the GM that put this team together and the ownership may not want that guy to be the seller you may wait till the offseason to do it but I think that’s dumb too if it’s a sellers market right now you got to take advantage of it we’ll see uh we we’ll see exactly what happens with that Cub side of things um I mean there’s a lot of teams that are ahead of them there well there’s there’s you there there’s the the three teams that are the wild card and the Braves number by the way has shrunk a little bit as far as their comfort zone goes and then F four other teams five other teams six other teams that are actually out of the wild card and still ahead of the Cubs but it’s only five and a half games so and they they seem the teams seem less scary than the ones the a do yes a lot less scary um and the Cubs just don’t seem like I mean I look at that roster and I don’t think it’s that bad of a roster uh and I think but they’re nowhere near in the division I mean they they haven’t shown any signs of being any they’re five and five in their last 10 I mean it’s not you know you the question and you know like who are they gonna sell like dansby’s got a lot lot of years left on that deal No One’s Gonna trade for that I don’t think um unless the Cubs just eat a lot of that there uh one of their starting pitchers I guess I don’t know uh who the Cubs who can the Cubs sell it’s not a bullpen guy we know that everyone’s talking why Haven the Cs dealt for a starter um even uh even Ian hap Ian hap has three more years on his deal yeah um you’re not trading imaga you’re not trading steel no one wants Hendrick you maybe Morel still has years of control left he’s still pre-arbitration so you probably I don’t know if you want to trade that either uh it’s a tough spot it’s really Bellinger just signed three 80 million right so that’s probably not happening either it’s a tough you’re right there’s belly just signed it’s a shorter deal at least so maybe belly I don’t know there’s names in there that are interesting but all of them kind of come with either a weird contract or kind of doesn’t uh doesn’t make sense to move like Morell would be teams would probably want that I mean I know he’s had a bit of a rough batting average year but I just don’t I don’t still see why they would want to trade someone they have control over for a while either yeah um Jameson Jameson tyion yeah that’s the one I was thinking of uh he’s having a really he’s having a really good good year but he signed for four years 68 million he signed for three more years after this too two years right he signed in December 2022 oh you’re right you’re right yeah it’s it’s 2024 now jefff I can do math uh yes two more years two more years maybe but these are the more expensive years and he’s you know even this year it’s the numbers are good but he missed a couple of starts because of injury and that’s always been part of his story uh not not a huge K guy uh 19.2% K percentage swinging strike rate is down to N9 %. you know I I feel like there’s a little bit of luck involved with that 299 ra um so I mean I think I mean that’s still like a 370 is like his FIP is 379 379 still has value in this game but you think the only I’ll say for him is that his strikeout rate in June was 23% and in July and only one starts 28% he has bumped up he was he was like 133% in in March and April so he has been better but you’re right I me he’s not uh you know he’s not a lights out kind of guy but I think that uh if someone’s willing to take on that contract he’s a guy that they could they could move and and get something decent for big big week for tyion by the way at Baltimore or at St Louis what are you doing with that uh you’re probably throwing it and not watching the Baltimore game or the St Louis game maybe I’m really not watching the Baltimore game though yeah um I’m curious to see this speaking of the Cubs real quick interesting this this Hunter biggie guy they called up today um in the bullpen he has a 44% strikeout rate so far in Triple A only 11 Innings but um guy gets a ton of swinging Miss it’s uh could be interesting if he has a couple of good outings if they maybe maybe he gets towards the back end of the bullpen he looks like a guy that it’d be fun to watch every week There’s a new back end of the bullpen Cub Cub C every week uh for us it was uh not that guy it was uh who do we have a we had a waterfall bid on Porter Hodge ah Porter Hodge yeah was before that it was Tyson Miller there’s a lot of stuff going on yeah exactly and the week before that was Mark ler Jr is now coming off the and and I think I think Hector nerys has like four straight scoreless outings so maybe it’s just Hector nerys yeah uh yeah it might be and well it is nerys it’s until nerys blows the next one it’s it’s nerice um and then after that it it it’s wide open and who knows narice may be the guy that people trade for although I mean a Discerning Contender probably won’t want to do that but hey sometimes you know you just got to get an arm that won’t you don’t count him to be a closer you’re counting on him to do the seventh inning yeah say similarly I I think that the national are just like holding their breath that Cal finigan doesn’t have any blowup outings in the next couple weeks because I they really want to deal him yeah um and he’s been he’s actually been really good he’s got a whip under one so I I joke that uh but he’s been 18% K minus walk he’s actually been really really good but there always those situations you just you’re holding your breath it’s just win’s messed up it’s been a big it’s always high leverage so you just don’t want the you just want the two more good weeks and then you can dig you can deal with really nice numbers it’ll make a huge difference yeah um let’s see just looking ahead at next week we uh here we got 12 teams with seven games there’s a lot of games this week uh our Reds Jee have the most Prime of prime schedules of all time seven games in Great American Ballpark against Colorado and Miami like this is a offensive week right here the red schedule is absolutely awesome this week yeah they also had three games at home against the Tigers this weekend just gonna say just saying uh you’re uh you’re not over that sweep are you no not not remotely I’m not over this season it’s been such a frustrating disappointing season you know and not all to their fault I mean they they’ve been extraordinarily unlucky when it comes to player Health uh it’s just timing of the health too like well first of all mlan was just devastating it was perfectly targeted uh Marte getting that suspension fredle with like six different injuries uh this year um he’s nordberg of of the Reds there um just really tough uh to deal with that just so many different types of injuries and then you add in ldo going on the I too I mean that that one’s also just so frustrating there because you know and and the thing like Saturday is game twoo Saturday hunter green pitch pitched his butt off there seven shutout Innings they gave him two runs and the second he leaves the Tigers score five runs against one of their two most reliable relievers in Cruz I mean you’re just like what are you gonna do it just you could just tell too like you know once once the first like two Runners got on and you could just feel the air just the air coming out of the balloon y that was the that was the George Kirby experience today where he left with two guys on a two un lead and George Springer went went deep off stanic like the second Kirby left those are those are mading right there yeah uh and Springer’s kind of warmed up ever since we ke pronounced him dead at the scene so I was gonna say the Blue Jays probably really want him to stay hot for two weeks I’m sure they’d love to trade him yeah absolutely absolutely but yeah the red schedule is good um and you know although I’m kind of curious like some of these pitches streaming against the Reds you know someone like uh you know you know I think like Kyle Freeland actually might be you know or Cal quantro might actually be reasonable as as streams against them uh but we’ll see and then the Marlins later in the week you know they get Edward Cabrera a lot of people bidding on Edward Cabrera this week Yanni cheros is actually reasonable I mean we always just say stay away from Great American this year that’s not the case yeah I still think summer I think the ball’s gonna flying out of there this week should be I hope you’re right yeah there are two game by the way Paul spor jump in the chat to say go Tigers I I want to make sure you saw that yeah thank you Paul and no it’s okay though because hey Tigers they needed this weekend uh they got it um they got and they’ve got some interesting things going on there it’s a shame Parco Meadows got hurt today because he would have been a big free agent bid guy I had I have Parker Meadows and Al T I was all excited to pick them up and you not pick them up but to use them I have them still rostered and then that happen so U yeah he and I saw the quote from AJ hinch looks like he’s going on theil yeah that quote was he seemed really down about when he was was mentioning I I hit the garbage can on his bids on every team a second I heard that that hinch quote I I I was going to add Meadows wherever I could and it just uh that that quote was H that quote got me off him so fast and that was the number three guy that we were looking at this week in Fab too yeah I think I was doing I was doing the same we’ll go get to fab here in a second uh two teams with five games real quick the Royals and the padr have five games this week so make sure you note that uh for any Royals and Padres you had uh Jeff the good news is there were not a ton of awful injuries this weekend not a lot of like I guys but just a real quick couple of notes uh you Darvish uh we don’t know what’s going here he’s placed on the restricted list with a personal matter never like to see that but it seems like we will be uh not seeing darish for a while here there was no timetable on it but it was uh certainly left open-ended which is never a great thing so I you can get a free Padres newsletter from Kevin AC San Diego Union Tribune like Padre’s daily and he suggested it’s possible we don’t even see him the rest of this year uh possible he comes back but you know it’s that sort of like okay you should be really be you should really be concerned about this at any rate no time soon he’s off 40 man roster yeah not to make it about fantasy but I did I think if you have him I think he’s a he’s a Dro in fantasy we just hope everything’s going okay with him him or his family yep exactly uh Julio Rodriguez uh had some ominous quotes didn’t want to talk about his injury on Saturday he missed today but sounds like his MRI and his quad came back clear so I think we’ll be uh think we’ll be okay with Julio obviously major major guy there for anybody who drafted him they do not play tomorrow yeah what’s that pinch hit today got hit by I think and then got B for a pinch Runner got pinch he got ejected from the Dugout after that um so yeah good times yeah so but it seems like he’ll be all right obviously since bet pitch it today good call there uh he should be good for San Diego on Tuesday uh yordon Alvarez missed the weekend he got hit by hit by a pitch and a knee you always get worried when you get anything with Alvarez in his knees based on his history but it’s seems like this one’s okay also um you know we’re getting to that week this is the week where next weekend’s always tough you got All-Star break and so many teams are like ah maybe we just send him out the All-Star break so with yordon make sure you check lineups on Tuesday they’re off tomorrow but they do play the Marlins on Tuesday but right something to say about this though is I mean Justin Verlander and Kyle Tucker weren’t supposed to go on the ilil either um so the Kyle Tucker one’s been crazy he’s been dialing yeah I mean it was like a day then a week then he’s gonna he’s gonna be the exact day he’s done he’s back from the aisle and it’s been three weeks later and he’s still like is starting to ramp up I guess but I obviously I think they mentioned there was not gonna be around till after the allstar break though yeah and uh he was he was on fire too right absolutely and that that’s the thing is becau you know we got that off day tomorrow too there so many teams with seven games you’re going to be uh left short of options to Pivot if you leave them in too especially if it’s for the full week that’s going to be really kind of scary to try to make that decision except I mean it’s it is one week and we got the All-Star break after that there uh I think if it were a more of a midling team I think the Astros would be a little bit more passive a little bit more protective uh but the fact is I mean they’re still chasing now the Red Sox are hot the Astros are playing good were playing good ball until they ran into Minnesota but um they need every every single one of these wins because they’re chasing so I I think that they’re going to be pretty aggressive of keeping him not on the I yeah this week is always tough for that especially this next weekend as you do your Friday moves next week this week there’s just so much if anybody misses Friday just take them out because they just they’re not going to push anybody with the with the four days off after that yep uh another couple of guys that missed the weekend glaber Torres missed the weekend with a groin it sounds like he’s gonna be okay too Kell Marte some back tightness I hated to see that Marte has been really really good this year yeah so another another T couple of guys here that make sure you check the Yankees play up the Yankees play Tuesday also Arizona does play tomorrow so we should know on Marte tomorrow they play the Braves in a Four game set tomorrow that’s a fun Series right there there too um so real quick before we jump into Fab a couple guys who are coming back some good injury news uh Blake Snell coming back on Tuesday making making his return for the Giants Jeff he gets home home against Toronto and Minnesota I assume that’s a slam dunk start if you still have Blake SN correct mines scary Minnesota’s really scary but I think with two starts I think you gotta do it it’s also in San Francisco not in Minnesota so I think that that’s the the kind of the push over the top yeah and let’s face it you have Blake Snell you’re going to use him in a two week I I fully agree I if it was just one against Minnesota I would probably I’d probably skip that but with two starts I think you got to do it um good news in Philly land um Kyle schwarber said to be activated on Tuesday Bryce Harbor may be activated Tuesday seemed a little more a little more unsure on that one but it sounds like Harper will be if he’s not Tuesday he’ll be Wednesday or Thursday definitely sounds like he’ll be back this week so Harper Harper sh getting back to the lineup uh big news for the Phillies there yep exactly poor poor Phillies yeah yeah really feel bad for them but the funny thing is they overcome a lot I mean Turner had his stretch now these two guys are out I mean luckily it’s the the pitching hasn’t been hit too hard Turnbull and currently Turnbull and Walker but the big four are still in there yeah although rager Suarez probably needs the needs the All-Star break here he’s trying to leak a little oil isn’t he yeah a little bit but uh you know obviously he’s had a great first half but he’s someone that probably could use a use a break and his start to take a start off there uh David bedar starting a rehab assignment this week uh tough to start this week you got figure maybe he throws two games in the miners then comes back so maybe they just keep him out until after the break so if you have oress Chapman you want to stomach one more week of that that pain you can you could do that for one more week yeah um something something Edwin Diaz only two days uh you know oh Jeff too soon I know I’m sorry I think we’re talking that before I think before they got on I benched Edward D this weekend he had a save Saturday and a win Sunday coming back off the suspension that was a that was especially brutaly yeah um so yeah it it really was I mean you saw the they bring him in in the eth also I saw all the Mets fans and scribes on my timeline like how can you do that in his first couple first two days back going back to back like that bring him in the eighth no less I mean everybody was all upset about that and then he get the win so you’re fine you see his quote after Saturday he’s like yeah I’m not changing anything but I’m really nervous every time I come to the game now that not not sound great like I was a little uneasy or whatever he said but he’s like yeah I didn’t change anything I didn’t do I was like oh my gosh this not what I want to hear yeah not exactly in booing you with confidence huh yeah uh Tommy Edmond starting rehab assignment on Tuesday sounds like he should be back um after the All-Star break uh Matt mlan Jeff are Reds clear for baseball activity uh that sounds like probably a month away though right yeah that’s all along they were saying August so I had a couple people ask me today about you know when when you want to start stashing mlan i s like you’re a month off I’m probably a couple weeks away from maybe putting him in my bits yeah uh just check if you especially if you’re on the online or any other early drafts check to see if he has drafted and dropped you might be able to stash him for a buck now I mean if you’re blessed with the ability to stash I think that’s a good one you know you get them on the Cheap on cheap side there we we mentioned Ranger Suarez struggling a little bit someone asked the Chad you’re still starting this week yeah he gets Oakland I’m definitely starting Ranger Suarez yeah it’s a home game against Oakland like at least you know that’s a win right there um lastly Jeff Jeffrey Springs 62 pitches in non Wednesday’s rehab outing coming back from his Tommy John last year um seems like Springs should be a guy that we’ll see in Tampa for the second half if things go well obviously coming back from Tommy John’s never really a smooth process but uh sounds like he’s going to be part of the rotation here pretty soon yeah and means that you know Zack latell who got thumped today is probably out yeah um I think Boss sticks and latell is gone um I too they they traded they traded savali and BOS SL in that slot I think you’re right I think we go think we go springs for latel pretty quick here yep um so let’s jump into Fab we had a lot of lot of interesting names especially on the offensive side of the ball but first not from our sponsor at DraftKings pick six do you ever play the over under game with your friend you know think I can eat that slice of pizza in 30 seconds or I know it’ll take you over a minute to down that two liter of soda if you have You’re Gonna Love pick six the new Fantasy game from DraftKings here’s how to play during Fantasy season pick between two and six players and choose have more or less of a stat like runs hits strikeouts and more track your picks and play against 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to talk about Brooks Lee who got called up by the twins replacing Royce Lewis he’s playing playing Third Base he’s shortstop eligible in nfbc so far but we’ll get the third B eligib here maybe about after a week or so uh where’d you come in on on brooksley is a pretty pretty big proc he was the eighth overall pick in 2022 by the twins out of calply landless Visa by the way kind of cool that there’s a calply slow guy in the majors right now yeah absolutely but uh he was raking in Triple A hit 329 seven home runs he only played 20 games there he played a few games in in a as he was coming up here but uh obviously a big name Prospect what’ you do with h brooksley how aggressive were you guys on him not enough but no like knowing that we were going to not be enough and he went for triple digits in the main and we have in I think something around the 200s left so it was any big maybe maybe low threes if I recall correctly went for uh 123 and second place bid was 57 I believe we were the 57 uh so we weren’t that close but we were second um he’s a legit Prospect tearing it up at tripa a he was a first- round pick in 2022 so it’s not like he’s a you know a slow turn Prospect no he’s a college first round pick and has you know risen quickly he you know we are anticipating this sort of pickup uh a couple you know you’re worried about what do the twins do at the All-Star break what do the twins do with like in-game platooning those are things you have to worry about with Brooks Lee uh he was seeing action at second base uh before the pro uh before Royce Lewis got hurt because they envisioned him playing second alongside Carlos karea who’s obviously goingon to be there for a long time um and then Lewis got hurt and like okay we’re going to call you now uh instead so um I I wanted to get him because I mean this like you said this Twins lineup fourth highest run scored in baseball right now they’re they’re legit um I yeah I I wanted him and I I there’s a couple leagues still left where I have a chance to add him I will try yeah he was I’m looking at the bids he was adding 56 main events so all but one he might have been drafted somewhere maybe he was I can’t imagine he went undrafted any of them because he had big backup bits in all of them but it would seemed like uh the price you mentioned kind of in the 80 to 120 range is kind of the the bulk of the the middle of the draft so were a couple six or seven bids over 200 and then you know probably a handful like that under 50 but he was kind of in that 80 to1 train range I was a little bit lower than that I would have liked him for probably the 30 to 50 range is kind of where I was to try and grab him um Paul spor mentioned in the chat might be a better real behind baseball player than fantasy player and that was kind of my thoughts too is that I don’t know what the full upside is here I think he’s really good really talented I just don’t know if he’s going to give you enough power or he’s clear not going to give you a lot of speed I just didn’t know what fantasy wise he’s going to do um so I was more I wanted him but not quite the price that he went for yeah uh I like the sweet uh potential short and third eligibility May if Royce comes back he go he go second third and short too yeah that could he could be this year’s mlan you know uh which hey we I do you want that I want that uh I love that the I love that that’s it that’s it sorry uh I love it when I butcher a quote uh 281 was his big bid uh big winning bid the smallest winning bid was just uh 30 bucks yep uh wow that would have been nice yeah there were five looks like five in the 30s were the were the low end of the the range there but I guess the whole point is you know my 57 only would have won it in like 10 to 12 leagues so that’s shame on me for not being a little bit more aggressive or maybe just shame on me for not having more money but um yeah I I big big uh big Advocate want to see him yeah I I do too and I was just a little bit lower than than most on him but um there were a number of outfielders available if there was a week that um you need some outfielders finally I needed I need outf for a while unfortunately Parker I had I had three guys and this a kind of you know guys coming back from the miners group I had Parker Meadows Garrett Mitchell and James Alman obviously Parker Meadows unfortunately I kind of crossed off that list based on the uh the hamstring injury and the quotes from hinch but Garrett Mitchell was 70% rostered in the main event 28% rostered in 12 teamers James outman called back up by the Dodgers when um when Jason Hayward went on the iil 30 32% in the main event 13% 12 Alman was hitting really well in Triple A to um I really like outman I mean obviously was really good last year fantasy wise I know the average is low I know he strikes out too much but speed and power I think he’ll play every game against righties he can play center field really well I do like Garrett Mitchell a little bit but I kind of Falls in that Brooks Lee thing I just don’t know what he gives you fully from fantasy and I really worry about playing time it seems like the Brewers Outfield is kind of just a a mess of a lot of guys and they just a lot of guys end up sitting there a couple times a week definite hod hodge podge for sure Mitchell was already grabbed in mind I think the week before uh and because you know he he was eligible last week to pick up uh actually probably eligible I mean he he was getting picked up he was you know the note was he’s going to be playing and all that um outman oh thought that that was a chance we could sneak him in but there is no sneaking in the main event there really isn’t yeah uh but uh but he only went for 10 so I was trying to be cheap at the same time so double shame um just a lot of sh he only went for 10 that’s not bad I was I think I was in like the 12 to 15 range on him and I think I get out bid in both spots yeah uh I also was in on Jack swinsky seven games this week I think six against Ry so I really wanted him and got was I had I had all seven against righties but I might have read that wrong earlier this week darn uh this is might be my shaky recall but I was on Friday ah There It Is Well that’s a good one at least hopefully you want him to sit for that one so six out of seven I really liked him and and rowy tles this week I thought they were both really really nice ads based on that schedule yeah um I I agree and I think that they could both be pretty useful on that Tes was 3% rostered in the in the 12 teamer coming today and came out had a really good week um hitting the ball hard and six Ries week I think he’s a a very sneaky ad in 12 someone that probably people weren’t fully thinking of in main event obviously he was already 7% 70% rostered Corner infield has been pretty tough um but he was I think he’s a 12 team player this week I agree uh I agree and it’s funny how the narrative on tles in Pittsburgh has turned he was like hated by Pirates fans because he like they booed somebody else and he go like we don’t do that here and like he had been there for like three minutes you know and he’s trying to lecture people on that I have Pittsburgh radio host I do a a weekly radio hit with and he was telling me all about that how he was disliked by the Home fan base now they like him a little bit more uh Jeff good question say we were talking about Brooks Lee I was gonna answer in the chat but we’ll answer it now would you rather have uh Brooks Lee or Zack gof the rest of the way in Roto man I’m wrong on Zack gof every single week dude I think I missed his best week of the year um so really close for me I think I’d still go gof just because I think the speed power upside fantasy is uh I prefer that to leave but it’s really close it is really close uh I’ll go gof too but yeah I’m not like I’m not flying that flag High either yeah I’d certainly rather have Brooks Le’s batting average I think that it’s been pretty clear I mean gof is striking out 36% of the time right now yeah yeah that’s really really high you’re just never going to have a decent I mean he was 27% last year he’s 9% higher than last year batting average matters too so yes it does yeah so you’re my if you if you’ve given up on batting average or you you’ve got such a buffer that you don’t care yeah you can you can waste the League’s Time by rostering him go for it there because he might get the you get the power speed combo yeah I think it’s really close just because I think the batting average definitely goes towards Lee so I think they’re pretty close and obviously Lee has the better better batting lineup for sure uh they’re really close I’d probably go to Goff but it’s it’s pretty darn close yeah uh speaking of uh speaking of Minnesota with Brooks Le Matt walner we mentioned him we mentioned him a little bit earlier called back up 14 home runs last 33 games in Triple A um I had him on my list it’s kind of down my waterfall because I just don’t trust I don’t trust baldelli to not make me really frustrated with his playing time yeah I’m a little bitter about Matt walner too I’m bitter a lot Scott um yeah Al to Wars I used up pretty much the last of my marginal dollars in the auction on walner he flopped got sent down I cut him I tried to pick him back up this week and I got out bit on him so you know he’s just probably going to go off was the international league player of the month as you say in the show notes uh uh had a big month he was terrible for the first couple weeks when he got sent down too that hor he hit under a hundred I waited I waited to cut him for a couple weeks and then I finally said okay screw it he’s he screwed uh he’s irretrievably blocked blah blah blah so now of course I can’t get him and in an Al only League a guy like that you you know he gets the call you’re like yeah of course I want him that’s how I got kirad so you know it’s like yeah of course I’ll take the chance on a guy like that for sure um kind of right below those other Outfitters uh Alec Thomas in Arizona playing coming back he’s playing a bunch had a grand slam on either Friday or Saturday uh even Alec Thomas guy I feel like he never really delivers on what we hope for and we’re always like oh well at least we get batting aage out of him he’s hit he’s a 229 hitter in the majors across 840 plate appearances um I kind of like him you a little bit of speed a little bit of power but he was definitely below those other guys on my list I’m uh go go away Alec Thomas guy I have uh I I have Jake McCarthy um so oh that’s a he sat three out four Once Thomas came back which is he’s been playing every day too I’m aware of that yeah uh and then you know but the games I have him so when I have him active he doesn’t play when I do do have him uh act bench then he has like a nice little game like two runs in a stolen base you’re like ah but you know every week I’ve got this like choice cowser hanar McCarthy you know whatever other similar ilk outfielders there I finally cut hanar this week yeah I cut him a couple weeks ago I couldn’t do it anymore he homers every Saturday just to tease us um but I can’t I just can’t roster that I just can’t you know get a use a guy that’s playing three times a week I think cowser sat against two right this weekend and played against the Lefty which makes very odd yeah very odd and then every once in a while he’ll have a big game still too it’s kind of crazy but like I saw him I saw Stewart Fairchild I saw Butler out there I saw YZ I put all those in that grab the Outfield grab B yeah I was gonna I want to ask you about Fairchild real quick I know he sat today because he has a all they said the on the Reds broadcast after the game was back injury um I kind of moved him down after that because I I actually thought we talked about the Reds you know all home week uh you know he’s got 11 stolen bases already this year I kind of thought he was GNA be a really sneaky stolen base guy this week playing seven games at home um I kind of moved him down and kind of I deleted him out of some too I saw back injury I just I didn’t love that it could be minor but I just should a mess with it I was picking up guys I want to be able to use this week and with a seven game home week you want be to use him and I was just I was a little worried about that we lowered his bid too uh in fact we took a slumping Tyrone Taylor over him uh just because he’s playing a lot um and I know it’s it’s tough because Reds have seven home games against Bad teams like oh this could be really good or it could be like he could be the next red to go on the I on Monday afternoon because that’s how that was my thought to like it would be really tough to add a you know fringy outfielder you want to play this week and then on Monday goes just sits there all week it wasn’t uh couldn’t stomach that so I did move him down uh anybody else you liked on offense uh what about the Angels here we’ve got uh we’ve got Anthony randone apparently is coming back tomorrow I’ll believe it when I see it but apparently that might be the case they called up Kon Hira who had a bunch of home runs in the miners I can’t believe we’re talking about k h again and they activated Miguel snow did you have bids on any of these uh hod those luminaries yeah uh I did try to pick up aeno Suarez in the main well I didn’t really try that hard had home run in 5 RBI today right yeah he had a big day today um we had a very short bit I mean we were playing very small ball on our bids today so I mean it you know play stupid games Win stupid prizes oh see Jeff I get that one yeah uh thank you thank you of all your references that was the one that I knew right away it was beautiful oh good good probably said probably not say something good about me but that’s all right no it’s fine my my references are have a certain vintage to them um and you can interpret that word as much however you’d like um now now I think we might be thinking of different things ex well age and quality what was your what was your quote from then no I’m saying the quote was recent okay I got you I was gonna say it is Taylor Swift right I’m saying well actually it was didn’t come before that though with uh Dark Knight right oh my reference was Taylor Swift so that’ll tell you more about I know well I knew that Taylor Swift has that too but um anyways I I could be wrong about the the origin of that I’m GNA now Google it because I can do that beautiful um while you while you’re Googling that any of the other fringy names you liked uh middle infielder wise lenon Sosa is available second and eligible second and third he’s been hot uh Xavier Edwards who uh slid in when the Marlins finally released DFA Tim Anderson or Trey lipam who similar getting playing time when the Nationals DFA our old friend uh Nick senzel yeah it’s just uh they’re they’re making this transition um they’re they’re they’re a very interesting team because they’re trying to compete but yet they’re trying to get young at the same time yeah it’s uh I I was I was a little surprised since was playing like almost every day they went from playing every day to pretty much DFA really quick um Tim Anderson Jeff still has zero home runs yeah he does and now he’s he’s got zero home runs for nobody now I feel bad for him a little bit because his his care he I know he’s like lost a close friend and things of that nature lately but man what a utter collapse in the last two years Scott he was a like a six round pick two years ago it’s just it’s crazy how fast how fast that went away you mentioned Juan YZ uh you know in a deeper League I think M interesting he’s gonna play every day that the Nationals sent uh manessis down to Triple A uh you know I think it was about time he’d been doing nothing but um YZ I think will just play every day and I think uh you know he was okay in 2022 for the Cardinals he was really bad for the Cardinal last year but I think just if you’re looking for playing time you need playing time guy plays a you know corner infielder for for the week I think you Pez least will play every day if nothing else yeah uh they got Jerry callow I mean Joey Gallow coming back sometime soon so this might I forg I forgot he was a thing yeah well he’s thing might be used Loosely there uh but when he comes back after the All-Star break we’ll see if ypz has the playing time but I fig at least for this week it’s probably pretty safe uh let’s talk about talk about starting pitching in Fab I think we were talking earlier Shane baz was available in about 25% of the online Championship leagues uh he was obviously he was he was the big uh pitching prize week if you happen to be in a league where he was available yeah that’s right um I uh I I I I I was telling you like I kept looking to try to pick him up and he wasn’t available anywhere I I really kept on trying to find chain boss like where is he why how is he not available who actually had them everybody had them yeah like my 12 teamers everybody had them it was really hard to find Shane B available in places so shame on me I just I maybe I’m misremembering like the runup to this to draft season that maybe it was really late in draft season where it was kind of known that he was going to begin the year on the iil um but I I and maybe people are assuming they were just stashing for a couple weeks I can’t imagine people stashing Shane BOS for three months but here I am rock it appears that they appears they did because he was he was I think he was picked up in one uh main event he was picked up in 58 online championships and just an example of uh how crazy the online Championship could be the 12 teamers the high bid was 355 the low bid was 15 so ran the gamut but most of the bids were most of the bids were about uh 75 to 125 so he was a he was definitely the big pitching gu pitching guy where he was available this week yeah that’s right and uh I don’t think he loses the spot even if he bombs against the Yankees I think it I think it’s definitely latel that loses the spot when Springs comes back and rasmon is is farther away so I think it’s going to take a little bit more plus I mean the Rays you know they could be they could be selling again here soon too uh they could sell another starter they could sell effin for instance there I think that I think it’s probably unlikely that they sell him uh just because of the what they invested and because they’re not totally out of in the Wild Card even though they had a sneakily had a no good awful weekend themselves they got swept by the Rangers I’ve lost three in a row they’re now five and a half out and it’s just that you compare their roster versus the in the Red Sox like they’re not going to catch those guys are they but then again we’ve seen them catch them before but the rays are in this weird spot which they’re you’re I think you’re gonna win our raay bet I think they’re gonna finish below 500 they um they slow played boss he’s been they’ been he’s been kind of ramping up in Triple A he threw 40 innings in Triple A so they threw him for 10 different starts but I think they were doing it so once he was up he’s up I think that he’s I think he’s he’s up now yeah I think he is too and I think he could be good I don’t think he’s going to be as good as Taj Bradley but I do think he’ll be you know worth rostering that’s for sure yeah what about what about other guys on pitching this week uh we talk it’s funny a couple of these guys got smoked today uh Michael Marcato I had against Oakland he got smoked today by the Braves DJ hers got smoked today he has he’s about 35% roster in 12 teamers you mentioned Edward Cabrera earlier obviously super talented but walks the house usually what else you do with with with pitching because I found it I found it tough to find arms if boss is not available that I was really interested I think maybe Andre palente in St Louis with with uh getting two below average offenses against righties the the Royals and the Cubs I think I saw they’re both under 100 WRC plus against righties maybe was the most interesting of the two-step guys at least I think I was targeting pente and I was targeting um uh Chris Paddock okay yeah he’s back gonna be back on Monday yeah but again Paddock was held in most of the leagues I was in I was like really nope not available there not available there really he was only he was uh he was 60% available in the main event obviously readily available in 12 too apparently you’re in the elite League likes Chris Paddock yeah I guess uh so but yeah I mean those those are two really good starts for Paddock pente though I ended up getting in the main um and didn’t I mean we don’t want to uh I mean we felt we owed it to him but no um I think in the pente pente has pitched pretty well lately I think the Royals aren’t as strong as they you know today notwithstanding their offense has started to slow down a little bit there so I wasn’t really afraid of using against that the question of course with palente is is he G how many innings is he give you but he went seven against the Pirates last time out his last two starts 12 in a third one earned run uh 10 strikeouts four walks he’s been been pretty solid the Cardinals are playing a little bit better um it was very tough pickings and I thought he was he was the best of the ones after boss yeah you know the Cubs are weird because one week that you know one game they like they got shut out by Tyler Anderson on Saturday with with 10 strikeouts too yeah on my bench uh but whatever you know I you can’t you can’t I I I’ll defend this decision-making process in that one I’m not really that upset about it even though result wise it sucks to lose that but yeah I don’t I don’t I don’t think you could worry too much about sending a Tyler Anderson One Step but you just don’t expect to get 10 strikeouts yeah but uh I’m gonna you I’m Gonna Roll with pente against the Cubs on Su you know in the two- stepper this week here for sure um yeah and that was one of the reasons we prioritized him over like some closer speculation this week because there it’s all speculation on the relief pitchers this week it’s there’s no there’s no like oh we’re see this guy is going to be open for a job like orus Chapman a couple weeks ago I do like I do like a couple of uh of closer specs but we’ll get there in a second uh did you do anything with Luis l Ortiz pittsbur uh stter really good stuff throws hard pitched really well today six six Innings four hits no walks five strikeouts uh he was someone that was pretty hyped up last year when uh when he got called up I think we were a lot of people were pitting him he was not good he had a 1 s whip he walked 12% of batter it was a really rough uh you know kind of first entry in the M I know he threw 16 innings in 2022 but last year was really his first uh first trip around the league did you do anything with h with Luis l Ortiz we did not but I I’m intrigued I mean obviously was really good uh today uh 5Ks in that that that run he uh hasn’t I mean he’s had a couple other interesting spots and then the Pirates have kind of gone away from him so their commitment to him isn’t very strong uh and I don’t really like that uh like he was really good at the Rockies on June 14th and then he went a whole week without pitching um you know and he’s not he’s probably not guaranteed to start this week right like it depends where you look but if Marco Gonzalez comes back you mentioned him earlier they could throw prer on Tuesday and Gonzalez and Friday and not throw Ortiz at all which seems crazy after this this after that’s what we’ve got in our projected starters grid right now I think he’s got to get a start after this start right I would think so but when you when you got it when you got Quinn prer at the ready you got to use him Scott great I think I actually had I think I had Quinn prer last year did not go well I think I I have him as a keeper in one League where because it’s just I haven’t activated him from my minors and I probably will never use him uh but yeah just you know because prer has got that draft pedigree that’s why prer gets those chances by the way first round pick the problem might be they need someone Tuesday and Ortiz obviously just pitched today so we can’t pitch Tuesday but but on Sunday why not just go Ortiz again yeah they could do that don’t even have or you go Ortiz you P Gonzalez to you do something like that but yeah I wouldn’t be part of how they’re they uh you know how they’re being creative with stretching schemes that we alluded to earlier there yeah but that’s the thing them down two starters right now really messes things up for the Pirates there makes it really really gray um other than that Joey Estus who threw a complete game shut out the first A’s one in a long time I looked at him he has two starts I say then I looked at at Boston at Philly and I immediately was like no I not doing that so I I got fully away I’m not I’m not pitching him for those two stars yeah same same uh I think I even cut him in one league and then witnessed him pitching so well this week and I was like oh maybe I’ll re pick him nope nope yeah just there’s just no way I’m I’m using that that twep right there that’s that’s one of those ones that’s so extreme that I just can’t do it uh real quick I want to talk about relievers really quick there was no like you mentioned earlier you’re right there’s nobody that was an obvious like mention Chapman last week or two weeks ago is at least going to close while while bedar was out um but we’re getting to the time of year where you know we’re at three weeks till the trade deadline if you you know some closes are going to get dealt some bad teams are going to deal there guys who are closing games for them is there anybody you like as a spec right now yeah um who are yeah tell me who they are because I’ve got a couple myself also uh well one the first one is the one that is on your outline um is AJ go where the puck is moving not where it’s been uh yeah that’s a Chris lism and I I really wanted to try to find a way to add him onto the roster but we got pente instead we’re going to use him this week so it’s that’s you it’s tough making these tough decisions like do I pick up this starter who’s got two starts and I want to use this week if I want to pick up this spec I gotta cut up cut somebody else I kind of like um and that’s where we’re at so ended up not getting Puck um and of course Puck got snatched uh up by uh um Spectre and Dave um which they’re they’re they’re in a money spot right now in our league been in first a couple of those days Dave McDonald for those of you who don’t know Dave um and I think it’s a smart pick up there when you’re trying to find some saves you got to sometimes get it before they get the job if Tanner Scott does get dealt if the if the Marlins are remotely competent they’re going to trade Scott um or maybe they trade Puck for that matter that’s that’s the possibility too but I like this I like the spec on that one there for sure yeah I think most importantly with P just how good he’s been since uh since he’s really come back and kind of settled that reliever role he was good as a Believer last year it’s just uh 17 to third since June breakouts two walks really low ER he’s just pitching really well right now there was a comment in the chat that they love uh the nard dog Andrew nardy in Miami too and that’s uh that I mean that may be the case too but I still think that I still think if if Scott gets dealt and they keep those guys I still think Puck would get the would get the ninth but as we know um you know it could be a Comedia kind of thing but I think that uh I think the how well Puck has pitched lately is really I don’t think he’s Pro I’m going disagree with the comment uh by by PJ saying they proved he isn’t closer material I think he proved he is closer material I think he was a pretty reasonably decent closer last year it’s just that Scott was better um it’s just they proved that he can’t handle starting in the majors that’s what I think they proved um so I think he could close yeah and Paul spor the chat mentioned they could deal Puck like that’s that’s very possible too like I think that uh if I were a team I if I could get Puck fairly cheap I I’d love to do that too I think he’d be a really nice seventh eth ining guy for a contending team right now too um if I had a waterfall bid on Porter hodj sorry to interrupt again um I I did too and then I when I saw this this biggie guy get called up I I think that I kind of ease back on that because I think he might he might be the next guy up too but I just like you said with the Cubs it’s been kind of all over the place you’re more of a two- pack guy I get it I like that I got that one too um Ben Joyce in in Anaheim um Carlos Estes if like and kind of the same thing with the Marlins if the Angels don’t deal Carlos Estes doing something wrong they should deal CZ I know Luis Garcia’s there too but uh it seems like uh it’d be something the Angels want to do to see at least see Ben Joyce close in games that if they lose and then it doesn’t work it doesn’t matter um but I think that giving Joyce two months to close I think would be a pretty smart call to see if maybe he might be the guy for you starting off next year sure I mean they could do it at any time they’re gonna be good for five years so I mean just you gonna have them do it sorry sorry to any Angel fan listing that was especially somber right there from Jeff it was I’m sorry not going to be good five years boy that’s brutal so we’ll see you in 2030 Angels fans yeah well I mean come on um Maro the sad part the sad part is you’re right but it’s still kind of sad to hear out loud I mean Joyce is less wild than he was last year um still only six walks in 12 Innings versus nine and 10 last year so progress great success sure why not um yeah he he he hasn’t get he didn’t give up a run well he hasn’t even been great in the short term either two weeks last 30 days it’s 397 141 just the last couple weeks he’s been good but lots of Cavs but also lots of lots of walks that’s the Ben Joyce experience although he gave up five runs in his first three outings he had a two and a three spot in there he’s gone eight straight outings without a run so at least it’s been a little bit on the back end he’s been he’s been really good since those first two hiccups against Houston and Arizona yeah still 11 to Five K to walk and 10 Innings so even during that stretch still walking guys yeah the walks are definitely there I think going to be there for a bit but uh it’s hard to find relievers it’s even hard to find spec guys as I keep F flipping through I’m like H kind of like Puck I threw Joyce on the back of some some some bids but uh it’s h it’s hard to find guys it’s hard to see there there’ll probably will be a couple of guys that emerg from saves to get saves the last couple months but it’s uh it’s kind of hard to see the process of the moment see where I mean hunter Harvey and Washington maybe if they they deal finnean but they could trade Harvey too um Harvey hasn’t been good lately either yeah there is there is that also Minor Details but ended up cutting Harvey in a league today yeah I find think I finally cut him every I finally got got rid of him where I mean is 44 in the year you’re right he has not been especially good but you know you’re looking for anybody with saves and they’ be smart to steal Finnigan it’s it’s it’s tough got Harvey got smoked in that Monday game against the Mets where the Extra Inning game and then he gave up r a run the next day too uh so yeah I I mean he started off the year pitching really well but for the last like you know since since they he went to Kors field he hasn’t been the same uh in the last since June 22nd in six in six Innings he’s got a 15 ER that’s not good I hear that is not good at all uh we talked a little bit earlier about the Yankees struggles uh real quick before we jump out of here Anthony volp’s been kind of the the middle of those struggles I mean stto and judge have been awesome uh Stanton was great till he got hurt at least hitting home runs uh vulp started out so well has not homered since May 16th uh hitting 180 last month only seven RB they moveed him out of the leadoff spot early this week um we both obviously we both liked Anthony vulp preseason we liked him where he was getting drafted we looked good for six weeks uh it’s been pretty rough these last six weeks it has it has um pardon the uh the dog grooming going on in the background there I can hear I can hear Harley too yeah um but uh yeah um yeah it’s uh you know it’s been tough uh watching that there and you know we’re all kind of doing some vulp laps of in like and and also some like oh man I wish I had him in more League sort of comments I know I have um and it’s just you take your eye at the ball they like oh wow he’s been really bad yeah and it’s weird because his strikeouts are significant down they’re down six% but his hard hit rates down 6% also so maybe he’s just I think he struck out so much ler maybe he’s adjusting there not hitting the ball as hard you can kind of see those those kind of getting those correlating together but he’s down to 253 then the bab is still 317 it’s like it’s a big babit issue it’s uh his his o is down to 307 it’s just been a rough stretch it’ll be interesting I don’t know what we’re going to get the second half like he could bounce back and be really good he’s still really valuable he’s really good defensively if you look like War his war is still really high so he’s still really Val valuable for the Ines but fantasy wise uh he’s been uh it’s been really rough me at 21 home runs last year through the first half of the year he’s got six yeah um yeah it it’s yeah it’s frustrating I just wonder if it’s just a little blip though um but then again I mean glaber Tores had his power stretch and then power slum I don’t know I I really don’t know what to expect my guess if I had to guess it I would be i’ I think it was the blip also but it’s just something definitely something to watch and if you’re in a a shallower league you know maybe you uh maybe you’re starting to think about uh benching him or giving him a couple weeks to see what he’s got in a 15 teamer I think you just gotta throw him out there no matter what but uh how about uh how about Christian Walker against the Dodgers this week is that was that an unreal why why did they keep throwing him pitches I do not know but man he’s uh for someone that does not get a lot of uh doesn’t get a lot of press he got a lot this week because he’s just killed the Dodgers he’s 22 home runs 64 RBI the first half hit 268 his strikeout rate’s a little bit up but his his hard contact is way up he’s at 17% bail bail rate right now 48 and a half% hard hit rate uh Christian Walker has been a huge ad from anybody where you took him I always love these stories of players that just own a certain team especially when it’s a good team and good pitchers and the player just straight up owns and that’s what Walker does they they threw up a St about how he’s like you know he’s had he has more homers per game at Dodger Stadium than basically anyone yeah um I saw that he has like since he came up he has like seven more home runs there than anybody else that’s a visiting player it’s crazy yeah it is it is really funny to see that there and yeah all of a sudden 22 homers like oh yeah he’s slowing down a little bit nope nope 857 Ops he’s doing Christian Walker things again this it’s same pattern as like last year too where he kind of goes through a quiet stretch to start the year and all sudden you see just look at this last week there’s a lot of crooked numbers in those like game log there it’s it’s really kind of fun to see if you had him you’ve been loving it lately last seven days five and 13 last 21 days seven and 18 uh yeah 1644 Ops the last yeah if he’s not player of the week then player of the week just needs to go away yeah no doubt there it’s funny you mention guys who own really good players we saw that on Saturday Raphael DES in 39 bats has a 1370 Ops against Garrett Cole it’s pretty crazy yeah uh it it is it is pretty crazy my favorite one ownership one was that Tony Gwyn just to wear out Greg Maddox just wear him out um and I I love stuff like that uh like just couldn’t get him out and you hear madx he does appearances impr press and stuff he always brings that up I think there was like and he yet he he never struck out right he he faced him 103 times never struck out was the stat that’s inane and he hit 429 against him I just found it on online uh 429 never struck out that’s just wild um and there there’s little like strange that and then sometimes there’s like lesser players that own a star I mean it’s not just a Hall of Famer owning a Hall of Famer but you know you just said I just couldn’t get that guy out or I just couldn’t hit that guy you know star you always knows that about your favorite teams too there’s always been guys just owned the A’s over the years they just couldn’t get them out like I think it was Garrett Anderson maybe was some of the angels that they could never get him out you just you get you always get those guys you just can’t figure out it’s just Lance burkman didn’t matter which there it is oh my gosh you come into Cincinnati and oh every time just Crush just absolutely crushes the Reds ohh it was so bad uh Ian hap is that way against the Reds right now oh yeah he has he think kind of own the Reds that’s a that’s a home that’s a uh I I I’m from Cincinnati Revenge sort of thing or something like that it’s just where’s the Reds out it’s it’s incredible even better since I went down the rabbit hole Tony Tony Gwyn has 139 plate appearan against Greg Maddox and Pedro Martinez and never struck out in any of those 139 oh good grief that’s pretty awesome that is awesome yeah it’s there a lot of lot of lot of rabbit holes online people talking about Tony gwin as other other players is kind of fun so yeah Goldie over linam is Paul spore’s favorite too oh that’s that was a good one he would Mike Redmond against Tom glavin oh that was another good one there I love that I remember that one vividly yeah what a what a PLL right there that’s a great PLL by PJ 322 right there that’s a great pull yep five 437 left time average against and 472 on base against glavin for Redmond that’s that’s crazy we should do a rabbit hole POD at some point in time I guess this kind of is really is that what we do every Sunday night yeah uh Jeff anything else on your mind that was kind of all I had a lot of offensive Fab in guys to talk about but anything else on your mind before we jump out of here for the week uh suggestion from Paul Spore actually yilber Diaz highly rated Prospect making his debut for the Diamondbacks on not eligible for us to bid in the nfbc environment but certainly eligible in other leagues so check your uh abil you know thing you know your Le your league format there and your rules you may be able to go pick him up um Diamondbacks need starting help just he’s come quickly he’s only made four starts at Triple A held his own at the P PCL in that time so something to watch lots of strikeouts as someone who worked uh for a summer for a minor league team in Reno I can promise you the ball flies there yeah 28 to9 K to walk in his four starts in 22 Innings at Triple A that’s got my attention as part of a promotion we did like a thing that everybody win a cell phone we had a fan that actually hit the ball out of hit hit a home run in between Innings and that’s how much the ball flies there that’s beautiful yeah so it was one was like would never happen we we always try to find an athletic guy in the stands before the game but no mean you get three pitches try to hit one out and the guy guy hit one out was pretty awesome my favorite minor league promotion was uh like there’s I think it was a Florida minor league team had a throw harder than Jamie Moyer contest and nobody could do it because you know he threw in the 70s right and you know realiz how hard that is to do yeah uh you know like you you can’t War we’re not going to give you like 10 warm-ups you just you get like two pitches or whatever I mean first of all how many blown arms did resulted from this promotion secondly like it’s just it is revelatory how how hard pitchers really do throw yeah it’s it’s funny you see 79 looks so slow but that’s harder than anybody else could throw it’s that’s that’s pretty that’s an awesome that’s an awesome one too so all right thanks everybody for listening thanks for all the comments in the chat there was a ton of stuff in there too we always appreciate that if you’re listening to the 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Paste eating Rockies
2 weeks ago I stashed MN SS Brooks Lee because Corey Seagar has me worried more often than not and Lee has been like found money in my utility spot. Rookie phenoms like Skenes are great starting out but as sure as the sun shines when the playoffs roll around they will be in the bullpen, having starts skipped or even sent down to the minors to limit their innings. Unless you are in a keeper or dynasty league now is the time to sell high on Skenes because he will not be their for you in the playoffs.
Arozerena or chourio this week?
Thank you Jeff and Scott
I'm hoping Brooks solves my SS issue with Bichette stinking and Rengifo on the IL.
Brooks Lee: Only 27 hrs in 746 abs in the minors and only 9 steals. Anyone worried about the power and speed for fantasy?