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ladies and gentleman your gay with that. We're walking you inside of Studio thirty four. This is the BFFs. He is Frank stamfle I am grand sauceman. Frank's okay, We've actually got a lot to talk about here we do February. Greg, Yeah, how you doing? How you sleep? I slept very well, my friend, very very well last night. It's to hear because I don't hear that very often from you anymore, not anymore, not these days. But said, well, it's great. Does it make you feel better that I read up

on some political news today? Greg? I woke up today and I got a message from Frank and he's like, I know what happened to the debate last night once, not only did you sleep well, you woke up to great news. Greg. Normally I got a text early the morning from Frank it's why didn't you do this? Or this sucks or this is wrong? But instead I woke up to a nice text. I texted with you. I texted with Florio Cardio. Don't text me like oh man. He texted me about the debate. It was great. It

was awesome. And amidst all of that, I sent you a thread about Kevin Bigio to help brighten your morning having her Cavan. Pretty sure it's Kevin. I've been calling him Cavan for a while. Well, let's look that up. Yeah, we probably should. We'll go look that up for you, No, no doubt about it. On the show today on Too twenty, did you have a zero anything? Aren't we going? We are going to talking about all the players, all nine of them that went last season. We're gonna talking about

the players that Steamer projects in this season. We'll give you some long shots as well, and we're gonna check in with Farrell live in Vegas for Fury Wild. There's a huge show. It all takes place over the next hour. Before we get to any of that He's Alex Passano with your sports trade news up, team sports grade news update. I am Alex Possano with your sports grid news update. Here on the fantasy b f f's in the NFL,

we may be expecting a playoff structure change. As part of a proposed playoff format, only one team from each conference would have received a first round five. As now, the conferences will expand to seven teams each in the postseason, The regular season will be expanded to seven teen games per season, and the preseason shortened to three games per team. Once again. The proposed playoff format will feature one team

getting you by for each conference and the league. Sources said NFL owners are pushing forward to happen next season. This will also include a revised postseason schedule that includes six games on wild Card weekend, three on Saturday, and three on Sunday. In Major League Baseball, Luis Severino was scratched from a scheduled bullpen session on Thursday due to right forearm soreness. Concerning news for a guy who pitched just twelve innings during the two thousand nineteen regular season.

Yankees manager Aaron Boud noted that the forearm issue dates back to Severinos a LCS Game three start against none other than the Houston Astros. The twenty year old right hander has been shut down from throwing and will see a team physician on Friday and in the NBA, Minnesota Timber will Center Carl Anthony Towns will remain sidelined indefinitely as he continues to recover from a left wrist injury.

Coach Ryan Saunders sold report as that team held Towns out of his first practice after the All Star break on Wednesday. Saunders said Towns will miss upcoming games, but did not specify how many. Big Cat is averaging a career best twenty six point five points and ten point eight rebounds per game this season. Minnesota returns to action on Friday home against the Boston Celtics. You got a full at NHL college troops and NBA games making their return from the All Star breaks, so you want to

consider the Miami Heat visiting the Atlanta Hawks. Hawks are your six point home dogs in this one. The total is to nine. Also, the Houston Rockets visit the Golden State Warriors. Rockets here nine and a half point favorites. The total is two thirty three. I'm Alex Fasano, and this has been your sports grid news update. Now back to the fantasy BFFs. Alright, nice job today, Alex, better than yesterday, I'll being honest, a much better update today,

doing a great job. We didn't get any NASCAR updates. It was a good update everything that we need a little basketball, a little base to get Louis Severino in there for you guys. You know you bring up Louise Severino, and I'm glad you did because that you lead it with the right stuff today. I I thought it was a great job, and I think we need to lead off with the right stuff as well, Frank, So we

have to be here before we get into two. We gotta talk about Louise Severino, who unfortunately is hurt again. Remember the conversation we had dum dam dum dump but damp Hey, Alex, remember the thing Frank made with Luis Savorino on it. You want to just all right, we have a song, we have the the graphic with him. That's ah, here you go. We do one more time, We do one more time. Well, I want to feel better.

It's a race. The last thirty seconds and day that was your fatost moment of the day, brought to you by your fantasy BFFs Luis Severino, Greg another one bites the dust just like that, he fades to black. Lui sa Vorino has forum shorts, as Alex told you about. And unfortunately, Yank, he's have no idea the severity of it. He's gonna take some anti inflammatory meds. No, uh, he's not gonna have any other tests, which he was stupid. He was gonna see the doctor and then he wasn't

seeing the doctor. Now he's seeing the doctor again. You know what this has written all over it, Frank, Does it start with uh t and and and with an honor? It might, yes, But I was talking about the way that the Yankees are like diagnosing this. It rise with j E T S Jets, Jets, Jets. Come on, Craig, don't put the Yankees in the same conversation as the Jets. I'm not. I'm putting the same conversation as the Mets.

Rhymes with the Jets, That's what it makes sense, right, Well, the Jets kind of had an interesting year in terms of injuries. Remember when I think it was other Cinder, one of their star pitchers, and regard Wheeler de Graham was hurt and it was like this, we had some stories and he was seeing the doctor that he wasn't seeing the doctor, and he was playing. Then he wasn't playing,

and we killed them. Floria was here and we sat here killing them, and rightfully so, because he was one of the most important pieces on the team, and we're like, what are you doing? Let see the damn doctor. And that's how I feel about this with Luis every Now. He heard himself form soreness after Game three of the ALCS. He was cleared and healthy enough that he was going to pitch in Game seven of the ALCS if it went that far. We are now November December January, four

months past that, and he has the same soreness. He underwent an m r I November and then m r I earlier this month. No issues, but something is wrong in that forearm because you can't throw a damn change up. This is bad, Frank, really really bad, and it's bad for maybe everybody not named the Tampa Bay Rays. Let's go with that, because it's bad for the Yankees, it's bad for Yankee fans, it's bad for fantasy baseball. Let's be honest man, We've already seen other starting pitchers drop

off the board due to injury. James Paxton another Yankee who apparently was dealing with a back injury late last season during the postseason, Did they just think that these guys were gonna, you know, sleep all off season and rest up and that they were just going to come back to healthy. Why wasn't this addressed in or at least in early You just thought that they were gonna show up pitchers and catchers and these guys were just gonna be perfectly fine. It doesn't work that way. So

I don't know. Based on everything that happened last year with the Yankees, all the injuries that they suffered, they basically cleaned out the training staff and same old Yankees from last year. I mean, it's it's crazy right now with these injuries. But again from a fantasy perspective, that's just another top twenty starting pitcher that's gonna drop way down draft boards, and rightfully so, because you have no idea what's going on right now. Carlos Carrasco earlier today

heard his leg. The guy is on crutches. He was a top thirties starting pitcher being drafted. We already lost Paxton as well. So look at this. We're a week into pictures and catchers, Greg and already we've lost, you know, potentially three starting pitchers. Yeah, it's crazy, it's insane. Jose here has also heard his foot today, you know your number one third basement as you now, by the way, yep, which is how we'll get into a nice transition that

he did. Um. But Luis Severino, James Paxton, obviously, Domingo Harman is suspended. It's incredibly, incredibly frustrating, incredibly frustrating. There's not even March first, and these are the injuries, and Yankees are dealing with ready heavy favorites to at least heavy favorites to win the a L get to the World serious only behind the Dodgers to win it all. I'm happy you brought up the just the betting odds real quick, Greig, because the regular season win total for

the Yankees is one oh one and a half. And I understand they won a hundred games last year with everybody banged up, and they added Garrett Cole to the mix. There's some heavy juice on the over right now minus one two. I am not going to bet against the Yankees personally, because it just wouldn't surprise me if they go over this number. But if you are worried about the injuries to Severino and James Paxton and the entire pitching staff, you're getting good money on the under right

now at plus one oh five. If that's something you are interested in, I would say George Montgomery is virtually a lock for the rotation at this point. Craig assuming he's healthy because again he doesn't pitched much over the past couple of seasons. Um and we'll see how they round out that rotation. Jay Happ is going to be in there as well. They might go with an opener strategy. Maybe you no go with a Jonathan the Wise, It good to a Chad Green something like that. But yeah,

there's a few other guys vying for that spot. Chad bettis, Nick Tropiano. We'll see what the Yankees do, but ultimately it sucks for them and it sucks for Fantasy baseball. Greg another twenty top twenty starting pitcher. Following off the board, we're gonna talk twenty here on to twenty. Before any of that, we're gonna check in with Farrell, who's live in Vegas. Most see what's up with him on his show Coast to Coast. When we come back, you know

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is sports Cred. Get all the back with you, BFFs, Frank Staffele and Greg Susman. We are live in New York City, but Scott Farrell is live in Las Vegas, Nevada. He's there for Fury while they're the Saturday's doing shows there, Tonay and tomorrow. That comes your way live at four pm Eastern and he joins us for a couple of minutes. Right now. What's happening, Scott? What's shag boys? It's all

good here in Sin City. A lot happening, the media centers rocking, and especially now that I'm here, I always take over this room. Here's what's gonna happen when I do the show live. We're gonna clear this place out. We're gonna get all the best guests. We're gonna get fighters. We're gonna cause trouble. It's electric here. There's a lot of energy. It's lit, it's packed. It's uh got the feel of a Mayweather McGregor. It's got the feel of

a Mayweather packy out. It's got the feel of a you know, a heavyweight Championship of the World with Wilder and Fury. There's a great atmosphere. People are checking in. The MGM is packed, uh, and it is venom. It is no joke here. If you're not ready to dance, you will be stepped on like a bug. I've been to over a hundred title fights and here we go again. I know all these people. It's great that I have

the juice here that I've had over the years. It's great to have sports Grid here, and uh, it's exciting to have the network here for our first fight on sports Grid and all of our partners and everyone included in that including Pluto, Zumo, Stir, YouTube and um Our Radio partners, Fantasy Sports, Radio, Fantasy Sports Network, tune in, I heart Premier. Everything is just fantastic. We're lit. I'm jack.

I'm ready. Not only that, We're gonna do two great shows today Coast to Coast and in Game Live, and then we're going to the hockey game tonight and I'm hoping to get in a fist fight. Now. Will be awesome. If you get a fist fight. I would have put that on in Gay Live rather than you know, seeing Gabe like that. Like I said, you're a fist fight while you're watching the veiggat nights like that would be an ideal situation for me. It's gonna be a great game.

It's Tampa Bay. They won eleven in a row against the Knights, who are getting hot. They made some deals. They got Alec Martinez from the Kings. They're making a push for the playoffs. They've been a playoff team. They went to the Stanley Cup Finals, went back to the playoffs, got beat. Uh. They mean business here. They lost five in a row. They fired Galant. They are no joke. Foley's the owner. He's like patting the general. Uh. It's an electric atmosphere at that arena. Team Mobile for hockey

unequaled in the league. I've been in the league for over thirty years. I've never seen anything like going to a night's game. It's gonna be exciting. But the fight at the Grand Garden Arena on Saturday night on pay per view on Fox, the Fox App, Fox pay per View, and ESPN Plus pay per View is gonna be fantastic. The first fight was incredible at Stables in Lipstick City.

Maffi and I were there for that, and the twelfth round, I'll never forget it when Wilder knocked him down and not only knocked him out but hit him with a left hook that even even more damage. And then when Fury somehow got up, by the grace of God, we

know what happened. Wilder kept beating his ass like no one's business, and it was absolutely phenomenal that the guy was able to withstand all of it and finished the fight and then get a draw because he had won about ten rounds in boxing points world, but in terms of knockouts, ninth and twelve couldn't take it away from Wilder. So here we go again. It's gonna be great Saturday night.

That place will be absolutely shocked and I mean to tell you, it'll be rolling in that building, and it will be loud and crazy, and it'll be all kinds of smoke show hotties and celebrities and movie stars, and half of them are gonna want to sleep with me. It's awesome. And he won't be able to sleep with any of them, which is makes it that much worse. All Right, you mentioned wild there, of course Antison Fury

Saturday night, and he's over the first fight. I had rided Scottie that in the second fight that the loser has thirty days to declare a rematch. Is that true? It is Drew greg and I think that that is bunk. We've heard a Fury in bed say he wants to retire when he beat It's Wilder. First of all, I don't think that's happening. It might, it might very well. He fought a great fight. I will say this much.

Fury is not afraid of him. I don't want to see the third fight, frankly, unless this fight is so phenomenal, it's so incredible, because it's never as good the second time around. You thought she was hot, the second time around, it wasn't as good. Right, here's the deal. Every time I've seen fights. I saw Paty I'll fight Marquess five times. I talked about it on the Froll on the Bench podcast on Fantasy Sports Radio, and I said, you know, after a while three, four or five, I'm bored with it.

I was sitting there at those fights, going they're good fights. But why am I doing this for a fourth and fifth time twice with this one. If it lives up to the hype, if it lives up to the great first fight, where it was ten rounds of Fury dominating in points, dominating and boxing, getting in his head, sticking out his tongue, wagging his tongue, laughing at him, mocking him, and then getting knocked down in the ninth and twelve with vicious right hands and a left cross. That was

a great fight. Equal that fight. Live up to that fight again, be better than that fight, then I'll change my mind and say trilogy, bring it on. Until then, this will be enough for me. This will determine who is the heavyweight champion in the world. I think it's Wilder. In fact, I'm betting that he'll knock him out this time. Flush this time he'll knock him out, and he won't

get up. They'll carry him out on a wheelbarrel. Well, Scott, that eliminates one of the questions I was about to ask you, is which way you're leaning with this fight? The Vandal Sports book has this basically even it's minus wan oh wait for Wilder, minus want to wait for Tyson Fury as well. I did want to ask you, did you think that the first fight should have been

a tie? Because I agree with you it seemed like Fury was dominating the entire time, but the way that Whilder knocked him out late, I was okay with that decision personally. Were you okay with that decision? And is this the most anticipated fight? You mentioned McGregor Mayweather? Is this the most anticipated boxing match since then? Yeah? I think it is. But I think that fight was bigger without his doubt, and so is Mayweather packy out bigger, But it didn't live up to it. It was an

absolute joke. That was the worst fight ever. Aw So I'll say this, um, Frank, I agree with you that, uh you know, And I said Fury dominated the fight in points in ten rounds. And we were there and I was sitting in five rows from the ring and I thought the whole night, I'm like, this guy's winning

this fight. He's gonna win this fight. And then in the ninth round, uh, you know, he got knocked down, got up, no problem, kept going in the twelve when he got hit, when he got hammered with that right and the left coming down, he hit him with a right when he was tipping over like a tree. On the way down, he said, your mother wapp with a left cross across his face, and his face snapped off and he hit the ground, his eyes rolling back in his head. I thought it was lights out. The fat

lady was singing good night Irene. All of a sudden, God peels him off. The campus guy gets up, but then he got even more abuse. He took so many shots for the next two and a half minutes I couldn't even believe he was stood it. And all I have to say is, when they do it again, I think, you know he's gonna do the same strategy. He's a better boxer, he's a better points fighter, he's a better jabber,

he's a better move fighter. He does the little jabs and then hit you with a jab, a little drop step drop step jab, drop step jab and a a little fake like he's kind of hit you and then he hits you. And Wilder doesn't do that. Wilder doesn't box. He's not a points fighter. He is a mistake fighter. The minute you make a mistake, he throws a bomb that knocks your head off. And that's all there is

to it. I've said this before. Tyson eliminated people in the first and second round because he wanted to go to dinner and get some leg and go to the strip club. When Wilder does it, he waits for your mistake. He doesn't care if it's in the seventh, tenth, twelve. He waits for the mistake and get you. Tyson wanted to go to dinner after the first round. He wanted to get out of the building and without gun shots. I've been there for that too. In the middle of

the casino. He was a different kind of maller. This guy throws bomb. That's why they call him Bomb Squad. I think he'll knock him out. He did it twice. Now he's here to finish the deal and he means it. I'll just talk about Fury winning in two rounds is uh, that's a catastrophe. Waiting to happen. If he knocks him out in the second round, I'll walk out of the MG naked into the valet. Great for anyone who didn't

see the Wilder Fury first fight. The only way that I could describe this and you'll be able to appreciate this is the Undertaker gift. Man. If you've seen the Undertaker Gift, you seen in a million times. He just stood up from the dead. That was Tyson Fury Man like this guy had no business getting up after the way he got knocked out. The only way to describe it is Undertaker seriously called great call by you, Frank. I had no doubt about it. I've heard that before.

It was one of the great fights. I'll never forget leaving the Staples Center in Lipstick City and heading to the airport because we had a red eye, so we saw him get dropped. The fight ends, We hear the decision, and then we drove Maffi and I a hundred miles an hour in the uber. I tell the uber driver, the faster you go, the more money I'm gonna give you, and my boy was doing a buck on the l A Freeways. We got to the airport in time and

flew home. In the entire flight home, we talked about how great it was, what an experience, because I, you know, I've been to so many fights over the years, a million, and they don't live up to They're never like fights that are so memorable and fantastic that you talk about them the whole way home or the next day, or you know, text the guy a week later and say, can you believe we were at that fighter? When they, you know, show the fight again a second time, can

you believe we were there. That's only happened a few times in my career, but I've seen over ninety title fights, so that was one of them that Maffi and I were talking all the way to the airport and all the way home and a few days later about it too. But good call by you, one undertaker. I love wrestling. I used to uh watch Bruno Sammartino and eat doritos and smoke bong rips and stead on my couch all day.

When I was a kid watching wrestling. My dad used to say, You're worthless, You're gonna be a loser and a just an absolute felon. You have nothing in life. I used to say, screw you. Dude, you have no idea. What you're talking about. Wrestling is awesome. I hate you. Get out of my face. I ended up winning because he became a fan of the show too. Beat his ass to so so it's boxing Coacht the Coast covers your way in about thirty five ad minutes from now.

Any idea who have been guests are all today's program, Scotty, I have no idea, but I wanted to say one thing for the fans, to be honest. Because of Sports Grid. We we came out here, my boy Ryan and Carver High. We had a tremendous amount of stress. We had to carry five pounds of equipment. We had to set up for the first time ever to do TV. We had to do all this testing. We had to set up wires, set up plug set up this audio video, everything else,

and they pulled it off. The only reason I'm on your show today is to prove that we could do it and set it up right and get on the air. We've done it. We've accomplished it. Now for the next two shows from four to six and seven and nine on Coast to Coast and in Game Live, we'll bring you some surprises We're hoping to get the fighters in here too, but you never know what easy egoes. Absolutely, the egos are big, not as big as you're. Scotty. Have a great show. We'll talk to you to you

next time. I love you guys. B FF. We start doing that thing. Well, I was doing the two zero earlier because we're talking. I like the hand motions that Scotty throws out there too, out in the dance moves. I catched the show after the BFS obviously, when we're down in the pit and I see Scotty, he's always giving out his best bets and he's wiggling the fingers around and he's, yeah, this is I'm on tonight, Baby Vegas,

Golden Nights. Let's go. I love it, And you get more of that coming up four pm Eastern right here on Sports Screen. He got Farrell don't go Coast to Coast last night in New York City. Tonight out there in Las Vegas, Nevada, hosting Coast to Coast right here on the Sports Screen TV network only places a Cash Farrell and hopefully the fighters, Fury and Wilder. We'll we'll stop by at some point coming up here on the BFS. We got like twenty five minutes ago. We had all

lot to talk about. We'll probably spread it out of this couple of days. I assume a lot. We have a lot to get to. It's a fun day here on the program. Who went last year? We're gonna tell you there's nine guys that did it. We'll let you know all nine of them, and which of those nine we're back in on here in the year. We'll tell you that Who's going twenty twenty? A lot of questions,

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you the fanatic. This is Sports Grade. Get off the grid all right for our coast coast. You heard at four pm Eastern time one pm Pacific he is live in Las Vegas, Nevada out there for sports Grade. But over the next twenty five minutes or so, we'll talk about some more major league baseball stuff before we throw it over to Scottie Farrell. All right, let's get into the players last year. Frank, there are nine of them.

Can you name them all? I can, because of course I help you make the rundown in the and the graphics, Greg. But a few of these names I think would surprise people if they're just kind of jumping back into fantasy baseball now and reviewing the stats from last year. I think one name that definitely stands out who is interesting to talk about is Danny Santana. I think another name is Jose Ramirez, who's still being drafted in that first

second round range. You're not really getting a discount on Jose Ramirez based on his early season struggles, and I agree with you. Actually like Jose a lot, assuming he's healthy, because the guy got hit by by a pitch on his foot. Today we're talking about Severino getting hurt and packs and getting hurt, and of course now Jose Ramirez limped off the field with a foot injury, so of course we're gonna need healthy legs. Healthy feet for Jose

if he's going to run again this upcoming season. But I think a lot of the names on this list greg are not surprising, are almost a spected outside of maybe Danny Santana, And you know, I think Jose and Mirrors is definitely an interesting name. You're not getting You're

not getting any discounter value from last year. I leave it that lead the list up because you can kind I'm not gonna talk about some of these guys, right like sure, I'm not talking about Ronald We talked a lot about the number one overall pick according to you, Frankie. I don't want to talk about Ristian Yelle, number three overall pick according to you, Frankie. We talked about that a lot as well. Francisco Lindoor, we talked a lot about him on this show as a first rounder, seeming

to go with Trevor story. We've broken him down, oh munch. So let's hear rid of all those guys. I want to start at the very top here with Jonathan vr who led these um crew in steels. He had what forty steels, all right, forty stone bases over twenty home runs, and I've brought him up to you on yesterday or yesterday show, or I think it was one of those guys right randomly throughout you. I wasn't supposed to talk about him. I think it was during the break. Actually fine,

so I brought U Johnny VR. I'm like, dude, do you eat on Johnny VR? And you signed? And you're like no. And because we've already seen what the down side is of him, well, last year you go up forty steal mass the lead Major League Baseball or lead players in Smithlin, Major League Baseball, but forty steels and twenty four homers year before thirty five steals to go with fourteen homers. Year before that, when everybody's drafting him in the second round, well, he had just twenty three

steels and eleven home runs. We have seen the downside of Jonathan VR. Last year was the upside we got up there right now. You see right below me the Steamer projections from him for this year, where he has his projective for thirty three steals to go along with seventeen home runs. If he can hit his Steamer of projection and hit about two fifty seven, where should he be taken in draft rank? I think that he should be a third fourth round pick. I don't really have

a problem with his price, Greig. The problem for me lies in the players that are going around him. I just like those players more. I like Haavi or Bias more. I like could Tell Marte Moore. A lot of people are gonna question, what could Tell Marte did from last year is a juice ball related If you look at can tell Te, he's actually filled out, He's gotten stronger, he raised the launch angle, raised the average eggs of velocity. He started hitting the ball harder last year as well.

I like Kessing Hero more than Jonathan VR as well, and I think that one's a complete toss up. If you liked VR more than Kess and here, I couldn't kill you for that. Um. The problem with VR for me, and the main reason why I like those players more than him, is because I think Jonathan VR has more bottom out potential. I think that the floor is lower for Jonathan VR than some of these other players, just

because we've seen it before. We've seen him bottom out after being in early round pick where he basically got reduced to a bench role. When he was with the Milwaukee Brewers, he had a phenomenal season last year. There's no doubt about it. The move from Camden Yards to Marlin's Park is definitely going to affect his home run output.

I think the Steamer projection is fair. He's probably gonna give you a fifteen and seventeen home runs and probably going to give you a thirty to thirty five stone basis. Doesn't help you, doesn't hurt you in batting average. He's fine. But he's also playing a new position this year as well, Gregg. He's playing center field and on FST Craig Miss spoke to Jonathan VR. We had an interview a couple of weeks ago, and he didn't really seem excited about the

idea of playing center field. So I almost wonder if that's going to affect him at the plate. We've seen that happen before with other players. I think that there's just a lot of moving parts that there's a very low floor for Jonathan VR as well, and because of that, I will just target other players that are going in his range. But if you want steals, I can't knock you for wanting to take him. I think his value is fine where it is right now. Would you rather

have Jonathan Vr? Or with Maryfield. I would rather have VR because the power potential is obviously stronger. The stolen bases are going to be higher for they are the average and lower though they are definitely fair, So there are trade offs there. You're probably gonna get more runs and more batting average out of WIT Maryfield getting categories you need, yes, but stolen bases are also very scarce. I think what mary Fields probably gonna give you a

round twenty and VR could give you as much as forty. Again, he's but a fair projection is more closer to thirty five. I'll give the trade off of batting average for more stolen basis. I'll take VR, right, Johnathan v R going in that third, fourth round, somebody you're obviously going to going to want to consider at that spot depending on

how your team shakes out. Let me move on to a guy that you and I both like, and I think people are off of this guy because it's been around for a long time, and that's starling Marte and starring Marte for years. Was the guy that we thought would catapult in the first round and be this potentially thirty five thirty five guy, right like that was the idea we're starring Marte, and it never really happened. He never really stolen enough bases, he never really hit enough

home runs. And I think people are a little bit board for lack of better term of Starling Marte. He's out thirty one years old. He's past that thirty threshold, which is just a number. Last year there's twenty five stolen bases, the most of these hats in ten where he hit and nine on runs. Twenty three home runs last year with the juice ball was the most of his career. Twenty five steals, It wasn't the most. Sorry

I read that wrong. I had had three steals and twenty He had thirty three steals down five last season. He ran way more in team and had more power than ever. Last year it's twenty nineteen. That very much could be juice ball related. The average, well, it was all the way up to two ninety five. Last season. That was the highest since twenty sixteen. Starling Marte was very good. Now he goes over to Arizona. What should

be a better lineup. I know people are a bit fatigue of Starling Marte, but the steam of rejections has him as somebody that you're gonna want to take because steaming rejections at twenty four home runs and twenty six steals, that almost twenty five with a strong batting average of two eighty four. I get it. People are bored Starling Marte. This is a guy that I look at like, yeah, I definitely want this player. I agree, I want Starling Marte as well. I think the biggest hindrance of Starling

Marte drafting him this year is his price. I mean, his ADP over at the NBC in the month of February is thirty one. So that's a mid third round pick in a twelve team league. That's a borderline second third round pick. I've seen him go in the second round in in a ton of these fifteen team leagues as well. And look, it's a big price to pay, but it's someone who's going to give you all five categories, Greg, and you're if you want to talk about five category players.

A lot of those guys go in the first round. Again, a Kuna, Christian Yellis, Mike Trout, Francisdor Story. All these guys go in the first round. The reason why Charlie Marte doesn't is because he is an injury risk. He played a hundred and thirty two games last year, the year before that seventy seven and twenty seventeen and one and twenty sixteen, so you almost have to bake in he's gonna miss twenty to thirty games throughout the course

of the season. But he did that last year. Greg still hit twenty three home runs, still sold twenty five bases to batting average, He's a career to eighties seven hitter. He's a five category player. These guys normally go in the first round. Und you're getting him at the at the end of the second to early third round. There's definitely some injury risk involved, but I have no problem taking him where he's going right now. I'm I will say this, he's better for Roto than he is for

points because he doesn't walk very much. He has a career four point nine percent walk great, so it doesn't have great O b P doesn't have a great I at the plate in terms of walking, so it doesn't help you as much in a points league. But for Roto, where you can get stolen bases without this guy hurting your batting average or power, it's a no brainer for me. When it comes to Marte. Surprising game on this list fright, without question is Danny Santana all of the Texas Rangers.

He came out and I remember coming up and was like, hey, dude, he said that it's pretty hot. Should I pick him up? And You're like, no, why would you do that? So I didn't, and Danny Santana never well stop being hot. He was fantastic all season long. And now Danny Santana in the mix to play every single day for the Texas Rangers, but no journeyman. So I think questions are fair, But Ny Santana went last year? Can he do it again? Man? Danny Santana is probably the biggest wild card in fantasy

baseball stuff coming season. Gregg really came out of nowhere. You hit it on the head wind up hitting two eighty three with eight home runs and twenty one steals. Sounds a lot like the line that's starling Marte is projected to give you this upcoming season, and you got that from a waiver wire pick up last year in Danny Santana. I mean the question you have to ask yourself, Greg, and we're gonna try to answer, is can he repeated? Can he can he come close to doing that again?

Similar to Starling Marte doesn't walk all that much four point nine percent walk great, but he strikes out a lot more than someone like Starling Marte twenty nine and a half percent strikeout rate. He has showed a power speed combination at times throughout his minor league career back in eighteen with the Braves sixteen home runs, twelve stolen bases. Earlier in his minor league career he stole a bunch

of basses as well. I don't know that he's gonna go twenty again, Greg, I think he's someone that could give you a little bit of power, a little bit of speed. I myself would not be projecting him to go Maybe a fair projection is, you know, fifteen fifteen and Steamers a little bit more optimistic than I am. Nineteen home runs, seventeen stolen bases. The second question you have to ask is where is he gonna play? Is he gonna get in the lineup every single day for

the Texas Rangers. There was a report that came out just the other day that said Nick Slack has an opportunity to play in center field for the Texas Rangers. He's you know, a top prospect for them, performed well last year for the Rangers, And so that's actually hysterical because I like Nick Solack. You already still like came from No, I don't you know anything Lack? No, so Nick Slack. I saw an old tweet of mine from three or four years ago. But Nick Slack the Yankees,

I hope Nick Slack become Brandon Jury. Is that's who they traded for? Brandon Jury? Really Nick Slack? Oh yeah, I'm kind of excited about Nick Solack with the Texas Rangers. Um, I don't mind Any's Antana. I think he's probably more of a fifteen fifteen guy with a bad batting average. And do a couple more notes on days Antana and we'll tell you who we think this year next. Are you ready for the nation's first and only free, twenty four hour network dedicated to you The betting and fantasy

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which I forgot about. Uh in the early he remember this Minnesota Twins team that kind of came out with Eddie Rozario and Horri Polanco like days Antana was a member. Yeah, he was in that group for sure, and I think he had some prospects satisfack in the day, So it was interesting to me he was back in. He stole twenty basses and he batted three nineteen speed for with the Twins in twenty three games as I'm sorry, at

age twenty three in over a hundred games. And year later you're like, all right, this guy, this guy could be pretty good next year, And then he wasn't because he's added a hundred points lower with his average his babbitt over four over four hundred to nineties, he stole just eight basses and he never really regained his story and job bounced around after that. So Speed we have seen him steal twenty bases before. That's why last year's

twenty one steals doesn't really seem like a fluke. Um. He does have the ability to play all over the field, all over the infield and all over the outfield. So I think that the Rangers really want to get him in the lineup. We'll find a way. There's definitely a an outcome, a range of outcomes where he makes me look completely foolish, Greg. He goes off for like twenty maybe even the speed is there. The batting average isn't

gonna be good. He strikes out a lot, twenty nine and a half percent strike out right, He's got a little pop. It'll be interesting to see how the new ballpark plays out there in Texas, Greg. But they have a roof now, so a lot of people think that is going to suppress some of the power a little bit. It's gonna come back a little bit, not the same way that the ball used to travel when it was just open and it was really hot out there in Texas.

So something to pay attention to. But again, probably more of a fifteen fifteen projection for me at a Danny Santanna, when are you kind of okay with that? Right? Like if you get it wrong with days, that's miss Like, fine,

I got it wrong. That's how I feel, like Dana down Like I'm not gonna wind up taking this guy and if somebody else takes them and grass, Yeah, I'm I'm okay being wrong with him in terms of my analysis, but you can't afford to be wrong with him if you draft him, because he's going He's going to pick one thirty. I totally agree with you what I'm saying. I'm not drafting him. So if I agree with you, I'm not gonna have him either, and I'm not gonna

be upset. But that's why he's the X factor because if there's people that are very bullish on him and he does come to fruition, like, yeah, he's gonna be like he's gonna be like that GPP played for DFS. Nobody else is going to have Danny Santana and he's going to propel you ahead. So all the other guys that went last year kind of makes sense, right. I name some of the bigger players that went are going in the first round. The other players who I didn't name,

or the Actus. The only player I didn't name was Tommy Fan. We started them on very in on Tommy Fam. He gave some information today, Frank that maybe not as interesting. Yeah, So Tommy Fam is just starting to throw from ninety feet now. He was dealing with especial doctors. Yeah, seriously, right, he dealt with a u c L injury late last season and he's just starting to throw from ninety feet now.

So reading something like that on February is not really what you want to see out of Tommy Fam, especially when you have to pay a fifth or sixth round price tag on Tommy Fam last year. I won't doubt the skill. He was someone that I loved last season as well. Greg, you know, I was all over Tommy Fam. But I'm a little bit worried about this injury. And he's dealt with a lot of stuff the past couple

of years. I know he's had surgery on his eyes to help prepare you know, his vision, and now he's dealing with this u c L. Is something you might have to think about basically all season long, and even before this season starts. Based on that price tag, I think Tommy Fan might be a pass for me. We like Tommy Fan literally, hey, like we were we were in on this guy because of this potential in San Diego.

Top of the line that we liked it, I'm not thinking a risk with the guy has has has had a strain you see, out for four months, and he has typically missed a lot of time in the past recular injuries. So, um, I like Tommy fan It would be frustrating if he goes off because because I did like him. Um, but I'm not gonna take that. That put Ramon Loriano ahead of him for you, Greg, because I kind of marry those two together. I think they're similar players. I think they are. Loriano projected the bad

second for the A's. This is a great spot to be in that lineup, hitting right behind Simon, right ahead of someone like Matt Olsen or Chapman, whoever they put there. He's gonna see some good pitches to him. Man. I think it's possible. Man, I think it's possible. Lead Simon leads off the team. Okay, it's good. You're not sold on Loriano, huh. I remember that stretch last year. It was like a month or two stretch where he was basically like performing like Mike Trout amazing. He was awesome.

He was amazing. Okay. So, other than the players that went last year, Steamer projects a few other players this year. That's some of the ones that went last year. Or projected to do it again this year, but for the most part a lot of them are. But there were five players that Steamer projected to go this year that did not last year. And it begins with the guy

that you said, I don't remember. It was the air on the air you go, man, I really want to at least one share of this guy, and that is Albert though Mundency, of course of the Kansas City Royals. We know the speeds there, how it should be as well, where is he going and what's it cost? So Adelbertomondency right now is going in a similar spot to where Jonathan VR is going. Jonathan VR we mentioned earlier, going around pick forty five, Adelbert Thomondency going five spots higher

with an ADP of thirty nine point nine. So right around you know that forty range for Mondency in the early fourth round of a twelve teamer in the third round of a fifteen teaming league. And I want one share of Mondescy Greg just by the chance, the off chance that this guy just goes ballistic, because look what he did last year. Forty three stolen bases in a

hundred and two games. Didn't kill you with the power nine Homer's sixty two Ribbies, and if I've watched a few Royals games where the broadcasters talk about like how the team feels about him, they think that he has m v P type upside. He is that talented. It's just a matter of him stay healthy. He had a surgery in the off season to repair a torn laboram so we need him to be healthy. Obviously, that's, you know, first and foremost the most important thing for h adalbertomondency.

But if he's healthy, Greg, if he's healthy, this is someone who can hit fifteen and twenty home runs with legitimately sixty stolen bases. So he's not a main target of mine. I'm not going to have multiple shares, but he is someone I would like to have at least one share in case he is that player that pops off. This cost you a whole lot, right, cost you a whole lot? Would you rather have Adelbert Mondesty and Jonathan v Are I have before that, I would take VR

because he is safer. He is Oh gosh, yeah, I'll stick with that. No, you won't. Realistically, my answer is I'm not gonna like I'm targeting someone else in that range. I understand, but gun to my head, I had to choose one of these players, I'm gonna take you. I gotta go. I just hate going back on what I said. You know, he's gotta He's gotta stay healthy and I'd like to see him get on baseball that more steals.

If he gets on baseball styear and still stole forty three bases, that's why he could be up to sixty. Even get on base a little bit more, it's crazy. Or just stay healthy that's works. Two hundred two games last year, twenty three years old, twenty four this upcoming season for at Alberto Mondesi another young player that kind of fits this mold. Frank Is in Toronto. Where Bo Bichette fits this mold. Uh. Last year it was all about Vladimir Guerrero and then bobashett having Vigo, Btis Gariel,

all these guys kind of coming up together. A lot of the hype surrounds of Laddie. Why isn't Bobachette he talked about more. I think there is a substantial amount of hype around bobichet I think there's a lot of people that like him. Awesome hair. By the way, as well, when it comes to Bobichette, I worry a little bit about the speed, Greg, because he had four solen bases last year, four caught stealing. He's likely going to have

the green light to start the year. But if he has, if he continues to steal bases at a fifty percent conversion rate, then at some point they might hold up to stop sign on Bobichette and tell him to stop running. But I think that the tools are all there. He has speed, he has the hit tool, he has power. The guy hit eleven home runs in just forties six teams. He has the pedigree as well, obviously the son of

Dante Bishette as well. And it's awesome that Blue Jay's lineup is just you know, all second generation players with Bobachette and Kevin Biggio and Vlag Guerrero Jr. And Laura es Gil Jr. As well, And it's a lot of fun. But I don't think I'm gonna own any Bobichette this year, Greg, And you know, maybe I miss out on, you know, the breakout season this upcoming year. But similar to a few of the other players we've talked about, there are just a lot of players in that range that I

like more. I'm gonna take you on Moncada over Bobichette. Has more major league experience and I think has similar, if not better upside than bobashett Manny Machado is going in that range. You know him, a big Machado guy as well. Look, if Bobachette goes off this year, it wouldn't surprise me. It's probably going to be on somebody else's team unless the value comes down a little bit, and I can't see that happening just based on the name in the prospect pedigree. I like Bo Bichette. Man.

This is one of those where if he goes off, like you just want to share him and want to share because we could rather have him in a vacuum. Would you rather have him over Machado or Yan, I won't want I don't want him over Machado. I gotta send you my Moncada notes. Man, there's a lot to be excited to talk about him briefly. So, Mancada basically completely changed his approach from last year, where he became more aggressive. In the past, he was almost too passive

in twenty teen. His chase rate on pitches outside the strike zone was like last year it went up to thirty one, So he started chasing pitches outside the strike zone more. But the best part is Greg his contact rate went up, so he chased those pitches, but he made contact with those pitches. You would be pushed pushed away from Encada if he chased pitches and swung and missed at those pitches more. He didn't. He was making more contact inside and outside the zone last year and

he finally put it all together. Greg twenty five home runs, three fifteen batting average. I know you're going to look at the four oh nine babbit and say, look it's it's four h six and say that's not sustainable, and I would agree with you, But look at his minor league babtists as well. Yeah, So I looked at that consistently over three sixty, over three seventy. I think there was like a three ninety babbit season in there. There was a three seventy nine in their three seventy. He

was more aggressive last year. He cut down the strikeouts from like thirty three to twenty seven percent and makes elite batted ball like. When he makes contact, it is awesome contact like, look at a stack numbers, and his hard hit rate numbers about thirty nine point nine percent hard hit. Yeah, the stack cast the average exit veloscis like ninety six percentile. So look, I just think the

sky's the limit. It wouldn't surprise me if Moncada goes to eighty thirty home runs fifteen stolen bases, just has one of those monster breakout seasons someone who's like drafted where Devers is going this year or something like that. The thing is, you're not far off from that already, right because last years a hundred and thirty games. Fine, the batting average is gonna come back a little bit

for sure. What I'm saying is, yeah, you get twenty five homers and tenantilmaz his last year, If you just give him five more homers because he plays thirty more games, why can't you get better? Twenty four years old? Twenty he'll be twenty five in May. Mcada another guy that you have a little bit of prospect fatigue on already because you've been hearing about him for so long because

he was trading in the Chrysale deal. Macad I like it, Frank, but wouldn't you rather have someone who has been in the majors for a few years already, where you almost worry a little bit about that second year and pictures making adjustments on someone like Bobaschett. Again, he might go off just completely make me look stupid, but I think Mancada is someone who we've already seen take those necessary

steps changed the approach batotball data is amazing Assaultman. The other players on this list protected to Trade Turner of the Nationals. That makes sense we talked about yesterday. And Louise Robert, you are Moncada's teammate in his rookie year. Would rather have Bobacht or Louise Robert right there? You go. Coach to coach is up next, Scott for Alive from the Games for Frank Staffle. I'm Greg Sosman. We'll do

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