3/25, Part 1: Final Spring Training news, Waivers, and more…

You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Fantasy Best Friends Forever. M Do Do Do Do Do Dodo? Do Do dodd to do Do Do Doo? Yeah? Is yes, the Fantasy Fast Friends Forever. Here in the Fantasy Sports Radio Network alongside Frankie Stanfell, I am Greg Sauceman. We have a champ past show today, Frankie, Yes, we do. Happy Monday, Greg, It's Monday. You know what that means, Greggy hashtag modica Monday's We got a lot going on today.

I mean, there was a lot of news that broke over the weekend, even Friday after the show ended, regarding Matt Olsen, Scooter, Jeannette, over the weekend, Jose Ramirez. All these rotations look like they're being set up. We have a closer that has been named It's not Chris Ventra. We also have Mike the Rhoto cop and Matt Stryker in Studio an hour two. It is a jam packed episode. But before all that, how did you sleep last night?

I feel like you slept well, I said, I slept not as great as I did last Thursday, but I went to bed with monstros smile on my face. And champs are here. The champs are here. Adam Ronan shout out to Adam rownas he he runs fantasy basketball league that we're in. I've been in the past five years. I made it to the playoffs every single year, and I've never even made it to the finals. This year, all I needed to do was add my bff as

a co manager. We make it to the finals, sweating it out all the way till the last minute of the final game last night, just barely one champions. We did it. Indeed, I was. This is my second year in the league. Last year I was without you, Frank, I made it to the finals and lost. This year with you, I made it to the finals and one there was just too much knowledge between the two. Feel

really feel really good. It's funny you look at your and that you know all about this, like at the end of the year, you look at your roster like this is disgusting. And that's what we did last night. We looked at the roster like these players are awful, and now we turned our attention to and they'll be We going to baseball and our next sport and our next chance at victory. Frank, Yeah, at a big price, at a big prize too. Playing for the overall in the NFPC made I know, not year, but Matt Modecon

myself will be playing for the main event. Maddie Mo, how's everything going. How is your weekend? I know you made it out there to Vegas. You had a couple more NFBC drafts. How was that? How's everything going? Man? Oh, I had a blessed I really did. Uh. I'm quite exhausted. The last ten days or so, I've been like a whirlwind. My brain is, uh, pretty much been overused. I don't know if I have that capacity. So we're gonna find

the cs to sometime or later this afternoon. And I have a main event with our boy Christopher Carl got another one, another one, dude? Oh, this was This was set up a while ago. So the machine. Remember last week we were talking abou him running out of batteries. Man, I don't know. I don't know how you haven't done it yet. An ober Pool is his nicknamed the machine. Greg. He didn't want to be known as a machine, but he was. That was ESPN give the nickname the machine,

not a machine, Al, but that's from the commercial. I'm pretty sure I saw an interview once with our Pools where you like they asked him like what his approach was. He was like, I see ball, I hit ball. I could be making that up, but I feel like that happened. He machine, not the machine. Alblets. All right, Um, you wanted to talk to Matt about the NFC, so you really want me to be here. I don't think so.

That's not true. That's kind of what you told me. Well, how about we do this before before you even get into the main event. I do just have a quick story that I can tell you Matt. Well, Matt would would appreciate this as well. We had a home League auction we as in e and Michael Florio that we're in together on Saturday afternoon at the head Points League twelve teams. Somebody throws out, Vladimir Gutierrez was a player for the Cincinnati Ran. Do they do this purposely? This

person definitely did it on purpose. Who wasn't everyone? And everyone starts it was another one of our friends. You don't know the name. I like to have you know names. So rare here in New York City as Vladimir Gutierrez. That's a at the head points league. It's a keeper league. Every immediately everyone starts beating. Do you notice that? Do you notice this immediately? No? Because I knew that Guerrero

was already kept. I'm like, who's this guy like? Because if you read it quickly, it just looks like Vladimir Guerrero. So it's Vladimir Gutierrez and I'm just like, I knew he was kept already, so I didn't know how he was in the player pool. And then I read it again, I said, Gautierrez. The beatings all the way up to like seven eight bucks. And who do you know is winning the bid? Our own Michael Florida. Michael Florio wins the bid for going twice sold. What's the reaction? It was?

Everyone in the chat was cracking up. And it's just funnier because like Florio myself, we're supposed to be the extra right in the league and Florio gets caught. I mean, that was just like the funniest thing. Man, Have you ever seen anything like that? Do you even know who Vladimir Gutierra is is? Because I don't, No, I do not. I didn't yet court last weekend on Luis you are h I think they said Julio. I said two dollars

and I didn't even realize that. I wrote down Julio on my grand paper and five minutes later I was looking up at my computer and I see Luis is on my team's I was pretty pissed because I couldn't get out Fernando Tatts. After that, I locked up that position. I've done that too, and remember that we were we were together when I do this very angry. I was very angry at you. What are you talking? I'm not that know the story that you guys are talking about.

Greig forgot about how many players we had and we were doing the g d D auction and he won one more Flora's and then I was pissed at him. That's not what I was talking about. So a year ago, this past a year ago in the summer, so two football seasons ago. The first player nominated tight end David Johnson, and I did like forty bucks on him because because it was a collusion, because like seven of them in the room knew that they were going to do it

and I didn't. So David Johnson Adrian Peterson that played for the Bears, exactly right, So Adrian Peterson. So they did David Johnson. And I'm sure you have the same name though, Vladimir, and I'm sure Floria is like stunts drop like minded. It just sunk. It was only seven bucks's doing that, like that was my first round pick, and you can't come mack from you already had Eloys. So he was thinking, oh, I'm getting Eloy, and vlad

is gonna be sick. You make you keep No, they didn't they because they all knew they were doing it and only like four of us didn't. And I just guy actually legitimately has the same exact name, that's right, especially if you don't know, well, if it doesn't say the position next year, I can see how you can get man. I just thought that was a funny story. I had to get that off. It was just like

everyone in the league was just dying laughing. Um at Florio has expense, So anytime I can tell a story about Floria, a story about Florio, and I'll throw it out there. Up. I don't know where you want to start. Do you want to start with the waiver results? Do you want to start with the news, because like, there's so much stuff to get, there's a there's a lot of news, and I think I think it kind of ties into each other, and that's where I'm gonna start.

Because the biggest news I thought broke yesterday evening, and that was the fact that Greg Holland was named the closer for the Arizona Diamondbacks. With waivers running, it's just a matter of hours for you guys and overnight for most of us. That was the big number, right, how much would you wind up bidding on Greg Holland? And many people expect he did Arizona to let's not necessarily go with Archie Bradley, but not necessarily go Holland either,

But it was always possibilities. That's why I was kind of surprised that in all the leagues I play in, Holland was out there and he was available. Frank, was he available in your main event league? He was not. He was not available in the Main Event or the Great Fantasy Baseball with either of my nfbcay Matt in the league that Greg Holland was out there for you. How much did he go for I been on him in two leagues. When was an online championship, I put

thirty four on it. I wasn't going harder than that. In my MTM Ultimate League, I did sixty one dollars and Mike Massado had the winning bit of sixty nine. And I'm kind of happy that I didn't win him because I I really I know I was Ona had stayed with some bad clothes. He was in Boxburger got thirty two saves last year. But I don't think Holland's good. I think he's done. So I did make a mistake

this weekend and one of my biggest drafts. I said five on Archie Bradley, and I like Aunchie bradley skills. He should be the closure if they're looking to possibly trade him, you know, middle of the season. I think that would be wise, build up uh some value for him. But I went seven and I immediately regretted it so and I tweeted that out after I posted my team. My only regret was buying Archie Bradley. Yeah. Yeah, So

so here's my thing. When I comes with Greg Holland and like, I'm kind of counterpointing that in that You're absolutely right. I was little stick with these guys, and I think they will stick with Greg Holland and give him every opportunity. I think him having a full off season, not waiting until this week to sign, and then trying to ramp up and get in there, it's gonna help him. He was obviously much better when he went over to the Washington Nationals. I didn't look at the peripherals, but

it was just two years ago. Greg Collin was like the best closer in baseball, and I think it's still there, and that's why I thought it was important to get him now. I don't think it's ever overboard to to go. I don't think you should ever go overboard for a guy like this. Matt. You've said it a lot that you'd rather pay money in the draft than trying to spend all of your fab on closers. It's just it's

not a winning formula. So in the leagues that Frank and I are in together, that Greg Collin was in there, it was available, and there was two of them. My number was was six one. I wanted to go to about six dollars or uh that. I didn't want to go to six percent of the bunch, exactly. I didn't want to go to ten percent. And it wasn't dis similar to where your number was, Matt, but exactly so I wanted I had that in the back of my mind that I wanted to spend six percent, about six

dollars whatever it was, to try and get him. And I didn't get him. I didn't get him. That was the number, And you were actually a bit more aggressive in your mind. You wanted been a little bit more. Yeah, I wanted to go around twelve percent and want to go around a hundred and twenty. And look, I understand everyone's concerns about Greg holland the e ar A. The whip has been great. You mentioned what he did with the Washington Nationals last year. Greg, that obviously was a

lot better. He pitched to a zero point eight four EARRA in twenty four games. I'm not expecting anything like that. But um, again, with the Diamondbacks closers. The past few years since Tory Lavula has been there as the manager, he's had two closures with ear A's over fours and he's stuck with those guys and each one has had at least thirty two saves. Last year Losburger with thirty two saves. The year before that it was Fernando Rodney

with thirty nine saves. So for whatever reason, it seems like they want to use their best relievers, which seem like they're Archie, Bradley and Harno. They're in the setup role. They want to have those guys in the setup roles. They want to have I guess, a better bridge to the ninth ending uh than actually in the ninth ending themselves. So we speculated on this greg that they like Bradley in this role, they probably aren't going to use him as the closer um, and it seems like that's what

they're going with again. Uh. In this league, we only had a role as Chapman and Shane Green as our two closers. We had Calvin Herreras like a speculative reliever. But I like to have three closers, so I was a little bit more aggressive we kind of met in the middle. I think we ended up bidding hundred and seven and I think he went for a hundred and

twenty seven. It was it was close to of the budget, which wasn't an awful which means, like my original thinking, it was pretty much on point right where he was going to go for. And you heard Matt like every league is different in terms of fab he went for a lot lest He went for sixty nine dollars in Mass League, So every every league is different. You have to realize that, for example, in our g d D that he goes for thirty six dollars out of a hundred out of a hundred dollar budgets sier of your

budget off the top. And I think we spent like seven we spent seven. Oh no, there was seven. Obviously we didn't end up with no. We spent three dollars. Was a bit more aggressive than you guys on him in leagues were he would have been that, you would have been that aggressive. But yeah, I'm not gonna go Now, what do you think about you know, a number like that, when you hear it, do this, I think that's too much. Look and earlier he has a history of staying with

guys and batty r rays and you know whatever. Thirty two thirty nine shapes prior. So I mean right now he's got the job right and possess possessions nine tenths of the law. So I mean I could see going maybe like one fifty is two hundred tops. I'm just not gonna pay thirty five on my budget. By the way, I don't have faith. By the way, the craziest part about this in the g d D League, the team did thirty six four up Steve Coslino. That did it.

The commissioner. The next highest bid Austin's at seven. Really yeah, wow, hen we could have got him Greg next time. We just only off by thirty dollars crazy seven That was us was us at seven. Yeah. So I think you know that range of you know, between seven and twelve percent of your fab budget if your fab hasn't run yet.

I think that's kind of the range. If you need to be a little bit more aggressive on your in your league and get a closer, maybe you're closer to that twelve percent if you just you know, if you want, hey, I can use the third closer. I don't really need him. Maybe you're closer to that, you know, seven or eight percent. So I think that's kind of where it's settling. And for Greg, I will say this I did in my first come, first served league, I did. I picked him up.

You know, I got him. I love the best. I picked him up. And again you have to be cautious, and at least in Yahoo for instance, in this particular league, the first week goes until April seven because it counts like Sony Mars on opening Day, and then goes to

the week plus. So when you in like for Hourly that we did last night, or our g D d our Pit league, rather really have three pickups for the week, and you pick up some pick up a guy right now that's going to count towards that entire week that ends that Sunday, You're gonna be very very cautious with your pickups. You have to know your league rules. So in my whole league where I did that, I only have four pickups until April seven, So I was really being very called. I was being I was really being

very cautious. And a lot of people pick up players once the draft happened, put guys on the d L or put guys in there an a spot and then use pickups immediately. And I didn't do that. I just waited and was like, all right, I'll kind that come to me, and it is what it is. And I spent my first pick up on Greg Holland, UM, I thought it was worth it. Obviously, I will I will

mention this. I think there's some strategy involved with setting your lineup for this first week Greg, because I know you mentioned what your league is doing for the first schedule, but I know a lot of um, a lot of websites are doing. It's really just the Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday games, and there are some pictures that are not

going to pitch over the weekend. So you know, with guys like uh and Warna, Rodriguez, Clevinger, even Bieber, guys who are really good it towards the back end of the rotation, they're not going to pitch this first weekend here, So they did something to pay attention to. Maybe, you know, I used to pick up a picture that you could stream first star Jake Junas, something like probably probably not

Mike Fires, No, definitely not Mike Fires. Maybe a reliever or someone like that who can give you if you get that point here? How about Robbie irlin sure? Eric Lower, Eric Eric Lower, That's actually what I meant there. They're like the same guys in San Diego, except for the hype guys. But Eric Lower named Opening day started. We were going over Waivers early and Frank incredibly organized it.

Sends us an email around noon yesterday. I was like, all right, here the targets and g D D. Here the targets in GSD, Like, let me know what you think. And I really appreciated how early you did it because it gave me time to actually like look and do my own research and email back. I texted Frank literally seven thousand times yesterday to like response every thousand texts or so, and then eventually I was like, we really need to do this now. He's like, oh guy, we

can do this now. Like I had a lot going on. I was sitting there like this is the one Sunday. I was like, I'm my couch watching marsh Badness. I don't know it's perfect. I can look at Waivers, I can look at those guys. I'm really excited about certain things. I was telling you someone paid me to do an auction for them online so I got broken into that and we had our our home our work draft at a PM. So I just you're not They're all done, all the drafts are You're not attensive? When do we

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waiver wire pickups here. And Matt, who what for are you? Reggie? And the lead that you guys are alling together for the most It was Steve c Schick, who went for sixty three dollars. He was the highest bid in our NFBC event league, And I guess this is just speculating on the Chicago Cubs closer job to start the year because pedro Strope has been dealing with an injury throughout the spring. He is going to pitch to day, so

see how he responds to that. But I would assume if pedro Strope is good after today and all systems go for the start of the season, he would be the closer heading into the season. But with Steve c Chick, we know that he has closing experience. The e r A has actually been great the past three years. It's been two point eight one or less over the over that span in each of the past three seasons. So I think it's just speculating here on the on the

Cubs clothes in case you know something is wrong. But the second highest bid is Matt Modika Kim Beckham for fifty nine dollars. So Maddie moo, what went into getting Tim Beckham? What do you think about the Steve cisheck ad as well. I'm kind of hoping it's Carl Edwards. If they have to go somewhere besides Stroke. It could be c Check. That's fine. I don't think it's a terrible move or a good move. Kind of indifferent on that one. The Tim Beckham move for fifty dollars was

we replaced Brandon Crawford with Tim Beckham. Banked the Tim Beckham stats from Japan. So and um, what's his name? Will be coming back on April fourth. I think I heard from Terry Francona our shortstop Francisco Lindor. That's the rumor of Lindor can be back opening day potentially, Josie Ramirez, that's a big story. We'll get them a little bit

later on in the show. But Tim Beckham, tim Beckham, you picking him up makes sense because he shows you a little something for Seattle in those first couple of games, starting and getting on base and showing a little bit

of speech, showing a little bit of power. So I like the Tim beckap Tim Beckham pick up a lot more than like the Steve Cup because again, when you're speculating on closers, now you're in Chicago where there's five guys that can do it, from Page or Strove to call Edwards the Brendan Morrow just to scheck, there's a million guys to give me the closer, Why are you gonna spend six percent of your budget on one of them? That makes sense to me. Yeah, I wouldn't have done

it either. That's obviously why I did not do it. But with Tim Beckham, I think it was a good point that Matt brought up that he gets to uh, he gets to bank those stats that already happened in Japan because it's a league, so those two games are legitimately part of the MLB schedule. So if you play in Rodo and you were able to pick up one of these guys or you had them on your roster,

obviously those stats are going towards the standing. So I think it's a good job by Matt there, And I think really any any middle infield that has plus home run upside is probably going to be owned in a fifteen team league or deeper, or obviously like in an A only or an only league. So it was just two years ago that Tim Beckham twenty two home runs and a lot of people have have been running to

go to go pick him up. We tried to pick him up as well in the in the G S T League, just because you know, we're dealing with this Jose Ramirez injury and Tim Beckham has shortstop and third base eligibility, so we're just kind of trying to cover ourselves in case Jose Ramirez is not good to go here on opening hopefully up next in that NFCC. In your NFEC gentleman, uh Drew Palmeras dropped and Greg Bird added, didn't really get this one because I know I'm a

Palmeran's truth. Admittedly, h didn't. This one didn't make much sense to be for thirty or seven dollars. I think with Greg Bird people are expecting him to play a decent amount early on in the season as long as Aaron Hicks is on the i L because they can put Bred Gardner in center field, they can slide John Carl Stanton into left, and then they can use both of Greg Burdon Luke Void at d H and first base. So I think that that's what this owner is looking

at here already wrote about it all. My patron actually Greg a little a little waiver fab recap from the weekend to see what what everyone I'm thinking what's going on through their mind. I think they're just trying to let's let's try and grab a few home runs early on in the season and then hey, you know, if something were to happen to Luke Void, I hope not, and maybe Greg Bird has some upside. I think that's the thinking here. Now, what do you think about the

Greg Bird d Did you confurther that as at all? No, I actually didn't, but you know, I kind of get it. Thirty seven dollars you take a shot. I know he's on the team, so you know, if he gets an opportunity that you never know what's dots out bad uh struggles. Bird is hot, he was a fan favorite not too long ago. I just can never stay healthy and you know all that stuff. So I don't have a problem with thirty seven bucks. All right, there, you go fair enough when it comes to Greg Bird. Now I get

to your bids. Guys, are your smids? I should say, Frankie and I want to start with Hanley Ramrez because you tried to. You tried to kind of convince me on Hanley in the g d D. He didn't really like push for like we gotta spend some money on him, but you wanted him as a back of bid and Handley looks like he's making the Indians team he's expected to do so, and I we questioned his path of playing time. What makes you you know Hanley Ramrez right now?

I do think that he's going to play every single day, And I saw a few home did hit. I think he had like a two home run game over the weekend or recently sometime soon. And I saw that Hanley Ramirez swing the same one that he had when he was with the Red Sox. So I still think that there's a little bit left in the tank here. And the Cleveland Indians are really just grasping at shrows right now that I mean, they need as many bodies as they could get into the lineup as they possibly can.

I don't have high expectations for Hanley mirrors again, he has to make of the opening day roster first before before we even know anything about playing time. But I do think if that happens, he'll be the every day d H. We'll have Carl Santana first, I'll have Jake Bowers in the outfield. I'm just trying to take a shot here, Greg, and you know he only went we think we wanted for twelve thirteen bucks out of a thousands, So this is a cheap bid. See if there's anything

left in the tank. When it comes to what you think of the Handley buy there, Matt, Yeah, I don't have a problem with that one either. Look like Frank Shak, there's really no offense on this team, So if family could give them some power, give him a little boost there. Uh. The team is offensively challenged. Their pitching is phenomenal, but on the offensive side outside of a JOJ. Mayorage and a Francisco and Door, you know, who else do you

really like on this team? Jake Bowers? Yeah? I mean the Bowers was the Bowers was the guy you know Macrlos Santana guy as well. People are on Martin just because he's gonna lead off and Allen or draft last night? Was that you? I did not draft Greg somebody? I believe Joe Glina did. He picks around you right last night, right right after me picks seven, I head picks. Who's the other guy that you that he picked up last night? Yeah? We also picked up Bryce Wilson, who was mentioned to

be named to the Brave starting rotation. He's gonna pitch over the weekend in that first series against the Philadelphia Phillies, the Braves have come out and said that it's going to be Kyle Right going sex in the rotation and then Bryce Wilson, Kevin Galsman gonna start the year on the I l also Max Freed going to pitch I believe a fifth or sixth turn in the rotation. Very

surprising over the weekend. Great two key two Saran who had been a little up and down throughout the spring, but you know, people were excited about him obviously as the prospect pedigree for the Braves. He was sent down. They're opting to go with Kyle Wright, who has shown some flashes here in the spring and he has some upside as their second starter, and then they get Bryce Wilson into rotation as the third starting pitcher for the Braves.

I did read that the Braves wanted to go with all right handed starting pitching against the Phillies over the weekend, and that's why they're not using Max Free because it's a it's a right handed heavy lineup up there, so that's kind an interesting and that all three of those guys Kyle Right, Rice Wilson, and Max Freed. They all

have my attention. They all my attention. I've been trying to tell you about Max Free earlier in the spring, because I think it was Freddie Freeman is like, dude, this Max Free guy, he's the truth and and he's the real deal. And he was on the point in Max Free to anybody, And I think you want to be on these three guys sooner rather than later. I would say, with what it cost you almost nothing. So, Matt, how would you rank these guys going forward? Right now?

Max Freed, Bryce Wilson, two kids who saw all thrown there in Kyle right, how would you rank those four guys? I mean they're all talented. Uh. Who's going to get the longest leash? Uh? In this rotation? Uh? To sign? I think it's somebody that you know from watching from the last year, seen a little of the spring, But I don't know if he's ultimately a starter, and I know they're gonna give him every opportunity. Max Freed I've owned in my draft champions over the last couple of years.

I didn't get Freed this weekend in any drafts or nothing. We're in FAB but I was able to uh take I took Bryce Wilson twice uh late in the reserve rounds when I was in Vegas, So I'm pulling for him that such I don't know, and uh he's supposed to be another really talented um so uh I have some Kyle right, I might have like two or three shares with him as a reserve from from the previous weekend into this weekend. So I'm really not sure to be honest with you. It's all gonna come down to

early season results. Gosman's supposedly coming back, uh April tenth or something like that. He's coming back after like the second series, so he will be back in the rotation. I'm not I'm not a Cavin Gosman guy. And uh Foltevits he seems to be a laze away. So this is a nice audition for these alms. Yeah, all of the are gonna going to get the opportunity if they can perform well to start off the season. I would assume the last in the rotation that's going to be

the key whoever gets off to a hot start. As Matt said, Gosman's coming back, fault, He's coming back, So I'm gonna be long for all of them. For some of them, they're gonna have an opportunity. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out who's the first one out if anything happens, pitch the worst, Yeah, I guess. I guess you can look at it that way, Like Sean Nuclem is obviously in the rotation and Gasman going to join as well.

So at that point when Galsman is ready to come back, Freed Wilson or right, I assume we're pushed out, right, Matt, I don't think Nucom has a total If he mounts down these first couple of thoughts and they're out pitching him, you know, he might get you know, pushed to the pen or something. I don't think he has a superlock. I think his lock on this rotation was everybody getting injured. Makes. That's good to know, Yeah, Makes. I've been on Bryce.

He's talented, don't get me wrong. He's done accounted Nukem. But until that command and control can get corrected, he's gonna be uh, you know, a boom and bust every start. Yeah. The walks are just killing huge, I mean yeah, Like, it doesn't allow him to go deep into games, drives up the pitch. Count. Uh, the strikeouts are not necessarily where they need to be for someone who walks as many batters as he does normally, you know, if you walk a lot of batters, it's it's also someone who

strikes out a lot of guys. Like Robbie Ray, he can kind of mitigate some of the walk issues because he strikes out so many guys. Sehan Knucombe not nearly at that level, So something to pay attention to there. But yeah, I added Bryce Wilson in a few locations. Greg get into him at three point four four ear a one point one nine whip last year across three different levels in the minors, struck out a hundred forty

three and two thirds ending his pitched. So again, all three of these guys, right and Max Freed definitely have my attention. I added Wilson a few locations because he was the only one of them. The player that you dropped in the NFEC was Dillon Potances and you you walked in here and you're like, you know what, dam man like, I don't. I don't know if that was smart. Maybe I should have dropped out Kevin Horrera. What did you think, Matt of Frankie dropping Dillon Patances, who's starting

the season on the disabled list. I honestly, right now I don't have a problem with because I don't know how in jured he is. I don't think they getta rush him back. There's no need for that right now. And you know he's got a shoulder problem. Maybe maybe it's not that serious. I don't know, but I know he's out the course of it. So I think, you know, for now, I would take the shot on Wilson. What did this kid, you know, get off to a fast start?

It was you know, you're gonna have to make decisions and a guy I like the Tantes as good as he is and stuff. I'm not looking at French team, So I don't know the other options he had. But you know, Handley dropped Clint Frasier. I think both moves, you know, we're good moves for them. I got MAT's approval. Yeah, he did a lot better at this than I am, so he says that I trust him. Here you go, perfect, perfect, absolutely perfect. Now one do you do not get right

due to injury? Is able? And mateles So Matt Olson and we talked a bit about this on Friday. Gets hit in the hand in Japan, and it looks like he breaks his hammade bow when just he didn't even get hit. He heard its same exact injury, broken handy. That's right, he just turned the wrong way. I guess you swing the wrong way. And obviously when you swing with that much ferocity like you have an ability to

hurt yourself absolutely and hurt himself he did. Because he's gonna be out for the next eight weeks or so, and when he comes back, when knows what the power will be. Disaster is this, Frank for the teams that we drafted med Olson, It's a huge disaster. You know. We spent sixteen dollars on him in a fifteen team Rhodo league and now we have to plug in our corner ringfielder, which was Yonder Alonso as our first basement. It's not great and it's slim pickings out there in

fifteen team leagues too. I tweeted out over the weekend drink that the main options I would look at in deeper leagues were Mark Canna, who's I think is going to see the lion's share of the first base starts there, while while Matt Olsen is on the I L and then you also have Hanley Ramirez. He still has first base eligibility, so again, if he's gonna have an opportunity to play every day with the Cleveland with Indians. Um, that was another name that I was looking at. There's

really not much. I mean, you know, outside of those two guys, there, there's um, there's there's not my guy who I had for third base, deep sleeper, and he's coming a pretty good spring. I kind of seen some people pick him up last night with I'm kind of pitched. I thought I would have had a week or two to kind of see how it goes. Uh, he's never

lived up to his draft stock. But Hunter Dozer of the Royals, he's got first and third base eligibility, and he was somebody I was kind of like, you know, having on that watch list, and I was gonna really pay attention to. I mean, I owned him on all my my my draft champions of the drafting holds. But he was somebody that I was gonna keep an eye on. But people to be scooping him up already. I give you the deep sleeper, Frank we own him. Was that

Wilmer Flora's man. Wil Flora he doesn't have first base eligibility. That could work out. And you know, I'm not so worried about the playing time issues with Wilmer Flora's anymore great because I was kind of looking into this. And you know, even if you think, all right, Adam Jones being a fourth outfielder, kettle Marte is gonna play every day, like maybe they moved kettle Marte into the middle infield or whatever in days where they want Adam Jones in

the lineup. I think Jake Lamb is gonna sit again. Let's lefties, and we know when Wilmer Flora's is really good against lefties and he could play first base, So I feel pretty safe about one more. Flour Is is playing time right now, Greg, I'll throw another one out there, just especially over the first month, this might actually be work out well. In conjunction with Madelson's injury. Is Ryan Healy the Seattle Mariners because he's gonna play a lot due to the injury to Kyle Seeger, and I believe

he has first and third base eligibility. So Ryan Healey, Look, he doesn't have tremendous upside, but seems like he's gonna play every day, at least for the first month while Kyle Seager is out for the Mariners. Obviously, if you're playing shallower leagues, if you know Nico Goodrum is out there, I think Ryan O'Hearn is a player that's actually kind of similar to Matt Olsen. You know, maybe he'll hit two forty, two fifty, but give you a lot of pops.

So looking at Ryan O'Hearn um, Julie Gurry Yell, I mean, I'm just looking at the almost added players right now and Yahoo at first base Justin Smokes like that. If Jackson Smoke is out there and you're looking to replace at Olson, that's not a pet move. You can get him in like a shallower league. Obviously it's not gonna happen. No, No,

you're not, it's not. But like Justin Smoke totally. If I were playing for mad Olson and Justice one of the backup guys, we liked the first base spot in a draft that we didn't get mad Olson and did Now I wish we didn't, But we'll take a break. More Waiver Wire talk with Matt Moldega Matt Striker coming up an hour number two just around hold on going on Yeah, Fantasy Best Friends Forever. Fantasy Sports right number. The Fantasy Sports Network is hitting you from all angles

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That's how a little like shoulder shimming right there. This strikes me as a song that if Greg hears us at a wedding and he's hammered, he just goes with the notes. Man doesn't do it. Doesn't do it for you? Were you Madimo, I'd have to be heavily into kid. You dance a little bit under the influence of drugs, your alcohol. Man. One day we'll get you in. We'll get you in here in studio. We'll have you do too with us. Do you have to be to do that that I'd do with you? Guys? I appreciate it. Yeah,

tried to end it. A lot of people don't like to like to dance with us singer dance. We tried to get Nick Pollock picture list dance. I mean, if I was a good dancer, I would do it. I'm just you know the thing is, Matt, you just gotta believe you're a good dancer. And if you believe, it's a matters. I think Elaine Bennett should just proved that she did. She did. Has frank do you know who? Line? Bennett has no idea that was hit the Google machine, the Google machine to find out who Laine Beness is.

Okay in Bennett, Oh, she's from Seinfeld. I wasn't a big Seinfeld I never have been. Clearly, that's that's not even her real name, just lost a huge portion. That's her character. Her name is n even Elaine shows it shows it, you know, Frank, literally, here you go. Played by Julia Louise Jesus Julia Louis Dreyfuss. Sure. She's also stars in the in the HBO program The First Woman President. She's the first woman president and first woman Vice President? Did I lose you as a as a Frank of

Stanford as well? I don't want Seinfeld? I dontkay, Frank you want do you like Seinfeld yet? Yeah? It's funny, not like a huge Seinfeld nut. That's funny. I feel like most people who like our nuts. Yeah, like I hear Gabe all the time when it shows randomly remember that time from Seinfeld? Yeah, I don know, I don't remember. It is a lot too, Yeah, totally so. Nevertheless, Lane Vennis Laane Vennece, Julia Louis Dreyfuss, President, United States. Leave

it there all right? Um, where do you want to go next rank where where? Where you guys you want to talk about like some twelve team guys that were, yeah, let's do it, available and bid on sure? Do do? Do you have any Yeah? Yeah, no, I have something. Sorry. The online Championship ones Hunt the Strictland was available in one of mine. I went three forty five I think or something like that, and then you went for three. That hurts. By twenty Chris Paddock was available in one

of my twelve team onlines. The runner up bid was three sixty three and I got him before eleven. So you guys know, I'm all in on Paddick. So it's pretty good. It looks like as of right now, Chris Paddick is going to be in the roof here. They haven't officially announced that yet, but my all indications it seems like both he and ma Strom are going to be in the padre's rotation to start the seas. Some aggressiveness there from San Diego. Hopefully that lends itself to

Fernando Tatis being up. I think that teacher is coming sooner than later. I've tried to get a lot of kids at him as well on leagues where I could kind of stash him. I agree, Matt. I gotta ask you this, what's the difference between Hunter Strickland and Greg Holland. Where you're so in on Hunter Stricklans at the point where you're going to spend you know, almost thirty five percent of your budget, but you're not you on Greg Holland.

Because I don't think they're that dissimilar. They're both named the closers for their respective locations. I understand maybe the Diamondbacks have better options behind Holland, but I don't think either Holland or Strickland are really going to provide great ear a and whip. But they are closers. So why such a big discrepancy between I had Strickland last season. I fabbed him like that first weekend or so, whatever

it happened, he was there. I know it was early on, and you know, up until he punched the wall he would have you know, he kind of really cost himself by doing that. He really you know, he screwed up himself with that. He cost him that season, and you know he found his way to Seattle. There's no competition there for him. He's already banked to saves uh and I don't know. Look, if he's really good, I don't think he's gonna be like, you know, an upper echelon enclosure.

But the better he does this first half, there's a better chance he's going to get traded. But uh, if I can get you know, as many shaves as I can get, I'll take that, right how I just I don't think the velocity is there. I know it's only experience training. I know he pitched the better in Washington. That was with no pressure or nothing like that. He was once a you know, top and just really picture in general. I mean, he was really really good. I

think those days are over. What do you think about that discrepancy with Greg Holland going for around of of fab and we're talking about Greg Holland in that you know, eight to twelve percent range. Do you think it should be that far apart? Because personally I don't. I don't either. UM to me, the only reason Hunter Strickland is going for so much more because we saw it everybody. It

was a game that everybody's two games in Japan. Everybody saw you do get those saves retroactively, So I understand wanted to get two saves off the bat too. Obviously every safe helped. They were isolated games where everybody's like it was the only the only thing people could watch or read about. If Greg Holland got to stay in Japan, be the same thing, absolutely the absolutely the same thing. I also think that's a little bit different. And I

said this last week. Why I really like Hunter Strickland more than some other guys, um is that somebody else there. There's nobody else there in Seattle outside of Hunter Strickle to pick up saves, and as you said, Frank, like, yeah,

if he sucks, they'll find somebody else. But with Arizona, if Holland struggles out of the game, and initially we know Archie Bradley's there, we know Horondo's there, and even if they don't want to do it, they will be Fortunately, Like I'm looking at the past two years and the least has been so long, absolutely right, and it seems like, for whatever reason Fox got off to a nice start last year, are so hesitant to put Archie Bradley and in the closest role. They really like him in that

setup role. So it's just if they never haven't shown it over the past two years. I just and it's not that Hunter Strickland is going for too much, Like that's fine if you want to spend. But if that's the case, my thinking is maybe Greg Holland should go for more than what we're talking about, Like maybe he should be I think the real problem with Holland's people saw how bad he was last year, and this spring

hasn't been any better than Vlo has been down. He's only pitched like four rennings and they haven't been good. So I think you have to compound that. And you're correct, Oh everybody saw with Hickland, Pitt and get too saved. But also the fact that Schrickland really has nobody there. Seattle wants him to be good so they can trade him. He's like, that's right, that's right. That's another thing too. Though you might only get half a season out of

Hunter A figure out the second half. That's That's exactly exactly, um Man. I was gonna say that. I'm gonna say this relate the the Chanisco News, Rancisco. I feel it, Man, did you end up with chance that's going on any of your team? Because I feel like you didn't know If you want to talk with Wires, I had a drop chance in at least three leagues. Uh, he was my dollar catcher, and I replaced him in each one with Nick Huntley, who should be getting the majority of

the starts in Oakland. Why not? Why not gonna find someone with a pulse? I told you all about Chancisco. I'm wondering why they why don't they want him up? Is it like it's like a service time things year? So I figured like his clock had already been started. Yeah, but look at they're able to go back. That was really interesting, right. Ian Happs into the minor leagues does not make the team for the Chicago Cubs and deeper leagues. You know, yes, he would be in the lineup because

of his defense. That's great. But anyway, so Ian Happ, who was always a fantasy draft darling last year, people really like he'd have going in the last season, let you down and then doesn't make the team out of camp this year. I know John Lester's like, I gotta talk to him, and it's not the end. She's a speed bump and like Tyler Wade for the Yankees. But

Ian Happed, Um, I wonder if his best. I wonder if his best his best chance of playing times getting traded guys, potentially build up your value down in the miners again, build the confidence backed up. He's got to work out a few things. Obviously struck out a ton last year. That's the biggest issue for Ian happened, you know, even two years ago when he came up and kind of uh, you know, took the league by storm, and

everyone was excited about Ian Half. I mean, the strikeouts have always been an issue, so that's something that he does have to work on. Um, but you're right, I mean people were very excited about Ian Half a year ago around this time, and it just hasn't worked out. We've seen, you know, a couple of players like this. It takes time for Joe Madden to warm up to

them and let them play every day. For Javier Bayez, for a long time, you know, we were worried because he wasn't he's gonna play every day, we didn't know,

and then last year he finally did. So. Um, Look, if you can figure things out and the miners figure out the strikeouts, I think he'll be back and eventually he'll earn playing time, or if not, he'll build it himself up in the minors and he'll end up being traded somewhere, Greg, You're right, um, and then you know, hopefully end up with a place to play every day on another Yeah, and I think that needs to be the goal for him, probably for the clubs at this point.

But again, injuries changed everything and who knows how long all those guys will remain healthy and how Swoarber was gonna find his spot and how effective will he be. And I think there's a lot of question mare is there three day second baseman. He's a million years old, right, It hasn't Russell will be back at some point from his suspension, so I think I think for his long term growth it is probably the best thing for him.

But get every day at bats if somebody goes down or he's playing really well, and they do want to put him in the lineup. So yeah, like Frank said, he there are some things he still needs to correct. I found that track at the end of last year. I started getting on him and that was a mistake he let let off with the first pitch at the home run. But I don't think we've heard the last

for me and happen. So we'll see, all right, We'll see what it comes to e and half and once again does not make the Chicago Cubs out of the spring training Who else you got in the twelve team leagues match? He picked up Pablo Lopez, the guy I was trying to get one or three of those Marlin's arms. It's it's amazing how now all of a sudden we're all in the marlin zoms. They do have that good bullpark. Pablo Lopez, Richards, and Caleb Smith. They all went for

pretty reasonable. I overben On Lopez. I think I've been a hundred and nine dollars, so I was like, seventy dollars too much, But I did want to pair him up with Paddock and make a make a little mini ace there. So we'll see. Let me start with Pablo Lopez, because you're right, matt As, we've gotten live, and I would we've gotten closer to the start of the season. More and more experts that I'm seeing are very much in on this Marlin's rotation, particularly the young guys like

Pablo Lopez. We've seen kind of get picked up everywhere. Frank Um Lopez is one of them. Trevor Richards who went undrafted in some twelve team leagues He's another one. We think we picked him up in a fifteen team league and three dollars out of a hundred, So Trevor Richards got some love. I've been on Sandy Alcantara for one like, I think he has some talent. We saw that against the Mets September. It was Caleb Smith has stuff here and he's looks good in the spring too.

So he suffered a big injury last year, but it looks like he's bounced back. He's gonna be in the rotation. I really enjoyed that the Marlins are are going through a youth movement here and allowing a lot of these pictures to be in the rotation. To start the year, they released Dan Streli. They announced that they're gonna use

Wake and Chenna believe in a bullpen roll. So as of now, the rotation is Jose Urania and then these four guys that we're talking about, Pablo Lopez in the rotation, uh, Trevor Richards obviously, and then we got Sandy al Kanzara, who was the main piece that came over in the Marcelo's in the trade with the Cardinals, and then Caleb Smith who came over in the trade with the Yankees as well. So and this team released Dan Australia today like they just released the good do whatever you want.

So that was surprised he was. Dan Stralie is someone that we've seen the effective as a major league picture. Maybe not as a fantasy stud, but he's had some value and it's certainly as a major league picture he's had a value as well. I think Dan Stralia end up somewhere soon too, Yeah, he might. I'm much more intrigued than these any dance really just because the unknown. We don't know what we could get from these guys.

But you know, if I were just ranking them here, Greg, I would probably go Pablo Lopez, Trevor Richards, Lopez over Richards, Yes, Caleb Smith, and then Sandy Alcanzara. Get it, Mattimo, how would you rank those those four Marlins? Pitch? Yeah, Lopez is gonna be number one. Everything that I'm you know, and I've seen some really good articles about, you know,

Lopez being the possible breakout player the volume. I saw him pitch uh a week or so ago against the Nationals, and I was really impressed that it was all in spring training. But Uh, Trevor Richards and Caleb Smith. It's kind of a coin to us for me there. Uh. Then with Richards is the fastball really isn't good? That change up is crazy good. Uh. And Caleb Smith, as you guys just mentioned, he was good last year and then he got injured and stuff. He's pitching really well too.

So I mean, just to show you how crazy it's, it's it's come from, you know, last week in New York to this weekend in Vegas and one of my big leagues, I had picked fifteen and on the nineteen twenty tarn I went Richards and Smith, you know. And I don't know if that's the winning way to win a fantasy league with a with a couple of Marlins, but I did it. Yeah, they might combine for ten wins this year, Maddie Mo, but hopefully they give you

good d R, a good whip, and some good strikeouts. Also, I don't think that you should feel too badly about your Pablo Lopez bid because in my Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational he went for a hundred and twelve dollars, so pretty close to what you were being there for Lopez. And you know, there's a lot of people excited about it. I don't think you should beat yourself up for for overspending on the Yeah, I'd rather get the guy every time. I'll be honest with you. I know sometimes and it's tough.

Like you mentioned before, what what was it the Greg Holland been in the g d T and there was three sixty or three thirty five to seven or thirty six to seven. You know that's gonna happen. But you know there's a reason you thought to bid, so you really can't concern yourself what the next bid was. No, Yeah, it is what it is. You go ahead and get your guy. And you and you've always said that's matt

to me. Whether it comes to fab or whether it comes to an auction, really doesn't matter how much you spend. You kill yourself over it, but we'll get your guy, and when you do, you'll be happy about it. The last thing that I really wanted to touch on here

with Maddie Moo. I know he has a lot of shares of Ronald Dacuna, and it officially came out that he's going to back clean up for the Atlanta Braves and and Enter and c are taking a lead off against right handed pitching, while Ozzy Albi is going to lead off against lefties. Maddie Moo, what do you think this does for Ronald Lacuna, Because to me, the first thought is stolen bases might not live up to the

expectation we had for for Ronald. Yeah, it's in twelve and you got to look at a two ways the stolen basis. I agree, I would, you know, probably cut them in half. But on the other side, the runs A bat it in and stuff should go up. Now you're gonna get more of a run producer. I got him in our main event last week with the six pick Mandy Saxon. But the guy I owned the most and I kind of pivoted from Racuna to Yellick is Christian Yellick. But I look, I think Accouon is gonna

be fine. He's gonna steal double digit paces. It's just that stolen base upside I think is capped where maybe we thought it was, you know, thirty to twenty, possibly maybe it's thirty plus homers. Now was twelve to fifteen stolen bases, which is still very good. And then and

you know, now you up the RB I total. So now you got more of that, like a power hitter with speed as opposed to that leadoff guy that was gonna get you two runs the home runs on the stolen basis, So you just need to adjust that way. Matt Modica, make sure you follow him on Twitter at CTM Baseball. Matt Modica with the Athletic, You got anything

coming out soon? What are you working on? A? Yeah, this week, I hope to have a portfolio piece and on Sunday will be the first UH to start picturing UH stops about Sunday with with a little bit of the pitching landscape inside that as well. All right, there you go. Are you matched stuff at the Athletic and follow at CTM Baseball when we come back. Mike the Rotocop and he's tag He partnered his podcast That Striker Joins US Fantasy FS Fancy Sports Rade Over