4/11, Part 1: Vodka sauce, Frankie montage stats, and more…

listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network Fantasy Best Friends Forever. Yo. Welcome to the Fantasy Best Friends Forever. I am Frank Standfeld, going somewhere in the studio by Greg Sussman. My good buddy. We'll get him in here soon enough. That's a special sol planned for today. Obviously, gonna recap a lot of Wednesday action. What happened yesterday? Tyler Glass now all of a sudden is awesome, not walking the world getting a ton of strikeouts. J al To, he's legit. He's back.

He's back just in time to uh completely mash the Yankees. So that's great. Get four home runs in a in a three game series. So we'll talk a little bit about Tove. I was doubting before the season, so we'll get more into that injury updates with inside injuries. But before all that, welcome in Greg. I was doing just on a different mic. That was the thing I had. I had a mic that was not on and I was doing and I was just like this, this is

not working properly, and we're here, what's up? Man? Actually? How did I sleep? Pretty good? Not the best, not the worst. I was very tired, very tired all week, and I was sleeping like I was just thinking deep sleeps all night, but I would wake up. I woke up like three twenty two. I woke up at five twenty two, and I was just like I was in just such deep sleeps. Man. So you feel good. I feel very good. I feel like I've gotten good sleepers this week. I'm happy to hear that. Did you drink

a couple of beers last night? Or just it's random good sleep? You know what? I think? It was just like the vaka sauce, the vodka sauce, vodka sauce, a little bit, a little bit extra in there, knock you out a little bit. No, no, copacola, copacle No, no, I don't know. It was great and then you had vodka sauce last night. You didn't bring me anything in today, there's nothing left, but all right. Yeah, I don't know the night though, because I don't know what a vodka sauce.

Oh many figure it out. Um. Yeah, so I said, well, things were good. I watched The Yankee last night. I was texting you back and forth that some Frankie Mantas stats as well. And it's not the greatest, but not the worst. I believe it's called I believe it's called quality. Frankie wasn't bad. It wasn't at all getting Frankie Montas a little bit. Um it was. And also my man Nick market Vicious we will get into as well. If only he could face the giants every start, Gregor, Oh

maybe he does knows You never know, Marcious, why not. Nevertheless, it was a fun night. I watched a lot of baseball, watched the Little Holiday Baking Championship as well, a little or a lot. The only one said, only one episode, just a little and that was it. It was just a little sprinkle. Oh you know what I also watched last night before baseball started, watched brock Meyer. You watched brock Meyer. Uh oh oh it's so good, so good.

What is brock Mark Myers Hank Gazara as a drunk uh baseball announcer who's an alcoholic who's just out of his mind as a baseball announcer and working his way back up after a mental breakdown. It's hysterical. I think of it kind of like eastbounding Down, but instead of a watched up picture, he's sort of a watched up broadcaster. Yep, sounds interesting. I feel like I've seen it's on i f C. I feel like I've seen commercials regarding the probably so for last season, like he was all over.

He was everywhere doing interviews. Every radio show in the world had him, Like, I'm sure Sean who I think we're go out for lunch. I'm sure Sean had him, booked him on shows that he was producing. Good. Oh, it's great, it's great, hysterical. So do you watch it on DVR? Do they have it on? Uh? So? I watched it when I caught up through the first two seasons. I think he was just on demand. To be honest

with you, just watched it normally. The new season started last week, so I watched last week's episode last night and I'll probably watch last night's episode tonight. Very funny. It's a half hour, it's really a twenty it's really like twenty. It's like only twenty minutes long. It's really quick. And somebody who doesn't like baseball enjoy the show or not really. I think, so you're the one. You don't like baseball, Okay, because if I proposed it to we

watched it together. She likes. I think she likes baseball enough to like baseball. It's probably actually her favorite sport. Yeah, so I think it's it's hysterical, okay, showing it up until the half hour. Yeah, it's easy to watch, really easy. And I tried doing his action. I'm Jim rock Barr, but I can't do it. It's a it's Southern draw, but it's Jim Rockmar. I'm not even attendive because I've never seen it, so I have no idea. But it doesn't sound bad than what I'm hearing. Thank you, Jim

rock Mar. All right, So yeah, that's going on. I'm excited to talk to Virginia. A lot of injuries to get to. No major injuries last night, right beside J Ruse, I guess J Bruce with Travis Shaga hit in the handle as well, So see what happens with that. Michael Stockis slid over to third base when that hurt, and then they put air on Perez Man at second. But yeah,

and Jay Bruce with the achilles. You know, if if Big Dan wasn't a must add before went for nine dollars last night out of a hundred home league sell it on Twitter to Michael Florio on Twitter, nine out of do you think that's fair? Is that a good amount? I would guess Jay Bruce probably lands on the I L I don't know. He says he's a Veld pinch hit man. You think, okay, because you know they've been trying to we spoke about this the past couple of days.

They've been trying to find ways to get all three of those guys in the lineup, Jay Bruce, Dan vogel Box and Edwin and Carnacion. And I'll tell you this right now, Dan Vogebok is not playing the outfield, So that means, uh, Jay Bruce has been playing the outfield a little bit, and that's probably why his achilles is sore, because it's not us still running around in the outfield as much anymore. He's normally D eight that's right, you know,

playing first pace for the Mariners. So these types of things might happen once they start putting him in the field. The this is crazy is baseball related? Body Kebox out of his mind? Pay Dare really the King's head coach. Just like that, that just happened. It's firing him meeting He's consolidating his power because you know, all this getting new power. Interesting. I was a little bit. I was kind of critical of of Dave Yeager early on in season.

He wasn't really playing a lot of the King's young players in the years passed like they signed Zach Randolf. I don't know if that was not something that he wanted to do, but just because they signed him doesn't mean you have to play. But they didn't do that this year. Last year was very frustrating because they were playing all these old guys like Darren Fox was barely playing. They signed George Hilly. It was just very weird. That was critical of Dave Yager last year. I thought he

did a better job this season. It seems weird springing up right, what you want your young players to grow with the coach again, that's our NBA action for now. You just fin now. More later on on the NBA's Twitch channel, the NBA Fantasy Hour, where we will preview the NBA Playoffs, play a little fantasy feud. Um, we'll talk about whatever else is going on fantasy wise, right, probably like season and review whatever. Yeah, the little fantasy

feud probably been been a season of review. Spoiler alert. Um, I don't know the category. I don't know what to study. I haven't done the categories yet, so you know, but it'll be a playoff preview and season review more. That's it'll be the whole show. So that'll be the Twitch show NBA Twitch channel, starting at five pm night. It looks in baseball. Let's do it. We're talking base ball.

This is Greg's favorite talking baseball. And before we talk, basically, we want to remind you each and every Friday, for just two bucks, you we're just beating the fantasy best friends forever. Please join contact because I finished in first last week and we didn't have enough people for it to run. For Monny, I think it might the cutoff might be sixteen, because I've seen a few times sixteen, seventeen or eighteen people and it's actually run for money.

We had fifteen last week. I finished in first place by far in first place, and I didn't win any money. Greg, he's not enough people signed the way that it works. Again, I'll remind you what are your friends tab on fandel. If you joined this last week, you're already in the contest. All you have to do is set your line up kind of a weird way that these made up leagues on FANDUL work. But unless I can figure out some way differently to run this, Greg, this is how it's

going to be. If you want to invite, please tweet at me at road on the score. Frank, let me know what your fandel user name is. I will send you an invite. Please. We want this to run for money tomorrow. Be fun. Not that it wasn't fun anyway, dominating you guys as always, but it would have been more funny. You didn't get money. It didn't happen, Frank, it did happen. I can. I can pull the scores and let you know exactly what it had seem like everyone in my line. I hit a home run. Definitely

go finish in the last place tomorrow. I was terrible. It runs for money. No, I knew it wasn't for money, So I just need to make a great lineup, I think, Yeah, And and that's exactly why I made a great lineup. Greg was like, oh, yeah, there's nothing on the line pretty much. That's why the guys you tout wars, right, What why they do tout wars? What do you mean? There's no money on the line, So they just you know, make good lineups for fun. There you go, joke fantasy, BFF, Spanduel.

If you're not you already just left Franker, I know, and Frank will get you in. It's probably just left Frank now. Yeah, because Greg's not really a man of the people, and very much a man of the people. I love the people and they love me. Were gonna start with baseball stuff, Greg, Um, what do I want to start? What was the big thing that I was

paying attention to do last night? Um? We talked about j Bruce a little bit like it just let stuck with the Mariners, Jab Bruse, heart as Achilles and Domingo Santana who had the day off. He wound up coming in the game, but for Seattle yesterday. Ultimately, there will start stopping them. All they do is win, no matter what.

Six to they take down the Royals as your boy, aff Andy swore Zack gets a win, Frank, Yeah, he pitched in the eighth ending yesterday because the game was tied, So of course they use their best reliever when they needed most. You subscribe to that theory, now, No, they used him in the eighth ending because the game was tied at the time, so it was quite I don't have the answer, not Scott surveys, but they take the

lead in the ninth end. He ends up getting the win and the Rouennius Alias comes in for the save in the ninth Personally, I'm not really worried about this. It wasn't a matchup thing because there was a ton of right he's do up and rhonas Alias kind of got himself in trouble too, like the one thing you should never do if you're a picture, greg is walk

Billie Hamilton's and rhonas Elias walked Billie Hamilton's. I really just don't think that he's that great of a picture, and not saying that Swarzak is the best of all time, but I think he's the best reliever in this bullpen, and I still do subscribe to the theory that he is the closer for his team. Fair enough. I mean, listen, two nights in a row, picks, but winning to save if you have them in your lineup. This week, you're feeling pretty damn good about Anthony swarzak Um For this

Mariner's team. Everybody in the lineup had a hit except one person, Big Dan, Big, Dan Vogel back everybody else on it. Yeah, he still had an RBI, you know, Batting fifth in this lineup right now, it's I never thought I would say this this year. It's a very desirable spot to be being the fifth hitter in the

Mariner's lineup because you have essentially two leadoff hitters. Once the lineup turns over, you have de Gordon and and Alex Smith nine and one, and then you have Haneger and then even if it's not Jay, it's Mingo Santana and then Edwin and Carnascione. Adding fifth in Mariners lineup is a very desirable spot to be in right now. So Dan vogel Box especially, you know, given the information or lack that of that we have regarding j Bruce. Right now, Dan vogel Box is a must add in fantasy,

and Tim Beckham right behind him has been great. He returned to the line up yesterday he was dealing with an injury. Steals a base as well, his first of the season. No, Man, I wish you should. I wish for you. You stayed on Alex Man. You had that one right. I was crushing you, you know what. To be perfectly honest, Greg, I got off players because during the spring, during spring training, who were hurt, the guys

that were dealing with injury. I just was off because I don't want to do to the injury optimism thing. That's one of the reason why I have zero shares of Tommy Fan was dealing with the shoulder. I emailed Virginia inside injury was there right before the season started. We had a little chain. She goes, he's already dealing with the shouldery. This is Tommy Fan that they were worried He's probably gonna be some time. And look, it could still happen at some point this season. I hope

it doesn't for everyone who drafted Tommy Fan. But I was awesome because he was dealing with the shoulder injury during the spring. This Mariner's offense is awesome. Lence has been great as a catcher as well. Ryan Healy has filled in admirably for Kyle Segar. I wonder what they do with him? Right once Kyle seekers back, what do they do with Ryan Healey? He's he's out. These things, these things tend to figure themselves out, work themselves out.

I tweeted something last night on the other side of this game regarding the Kansas Royals. Was this the fastest outfield in MLB history that was on the field last night? Teren score, Billy Hamilton's and Wit maryfield. That is a fast outfield. That is ridiculous. You know what, I wanted to bring up Gore because he's a really interesting player.

You know, he's been technically in the league off and on for seven years, greg and still has his rookie status for seven years because he's never had enough played appearances in a season steals bass. So I got that update today from from Seth Klein. Actually, because I tweeted about this last night. Is just the fastest outfield in MLB history. And I a few people responding to me regarding Terrence Gore and if he even if he plays

a couple of times a week. As fast as he is in a only in fifteen team leagues, you might have to own Terrence Gore. He might steal twenty posts basses this year just being a pitch runner. He's that fast, and now he's actually getting an opportunity to play. Why do we never actually had a chance to play? So why did he play? Last night? Who didn't play? Ryano Hern didn't play? Yeah, they had Horace Solaire at DH. There's we're missing somebody. Somebody's clearly missing here, right, I

was scoring? Did he played? I was scoring? Didn't play? That's that's correct. Well, that's a pretty big deal scoring is gonna play? He is? But you know, they could get creative the same way that we talked about the Mariner situation. I don't think they care about Terren's Gore that much they have the last seven years. Why did they care enough to get him in the line up yesterday? And you know what in the lineup today? Batting nine,

Terrence playing center field, Terrence trying to get him in there. Greg. They're trying to find ways to get text from you on Sunday with Terrence Gore on the list, potentially I'm not Look, this is not a twelve team and it's definitely not a points league. Add because I want guys that are gonna play every single day. What head to head categories? You want a stolen base specialist? Rodo you

need stolen bases? Even again, even if he plays two or three times a week and they used him as a pinch runner, Harry Score might steal twenty and thirty basses. Greg gor stole two bases yesterday at Albert Demondsey stole two bases yesterday. I got caught stealing on a third. Mary Fields still a base yesterday. Right, This is what this team needs to do to generate offense. They don't have big boppers. As much as Florio wants Ryano, hearn

to be a big bopper. Rank Swinne who played yesterday, Frank Schwind now, So they don't have a lot of big boppers. I know. So Layer hit a home run, but like Alex Gordon batting third, he's more of a contact hitter. You know why they want him to bat third, Greg because they have nine one two. So they get on second and they want him to hit a single and they score run. They're gonna let everybody run crazy

this year. That's how the Royals generate. Often. I have a little bit of intrigue in Terrence Gore basis is two career minor league stolen base. We're gonna take a break when we come back here on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network, we get into the Cubs and Pirates as well as the St. Louis Cardinals. Daily Rodo dot Com learned from the game's best DFS players. We don't just give you advice. We play every day, all major sports,

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Cut to the game gone, he gone, I know he is typing you and Bold let us old Cat gets to head back in the game Buddy, week days four pm e Stern one pm Pacific only on the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. What do you think, Frank of the Giants extending Sterling Shepherd yesterday, very similar contract of Golden Teeth. It's interesting they now have two slot wide receivers and I think, you know, maybe Sterling Shepherd has been unfairly just didn't hold as a slot receiver because I think

he can do a little bit more. I think he can play on the outside. They give him the opportunity, He's probably better the slot receiver. But I don't really have a problem with it. He's young and he's proven himself at times. Obviously, a lot of it comes down to quarterback play for the New York Giants. We know Eli Manny hasn't been great the past couple of seasons. But if they get someone in there who can throw the ball effectively, I think its to be a bargain

for them. What do you think, Yeah, I think what they're doing is very very clear. They want surehanded guys around the line that are good rockers. They're gonna try to just build the offensive line, be a running football team. Have sure like I said, surehanded receivers that's the monster for that has no downfield friends, and I don't think

they want to know. Yeah, They're just gonna throw a bunch of passes close to the line of you can who have high yak who can make after the catch where elif just get it out quickly and go same with Barkley. They know Eli is not gonna have time. They know Eli can't be Eli. They all he has to do is kind of to get three steps drop.

Nobody always doing this though, that should have always been a plan because the offensive line was never good and you had one of the best YAK receivers in the league, had one of the best receivers overall in Odell Beckham. Why don't you just throw him a screen pass and lamb do whatever he wants? How many times have we seen in a quick slant to the house from O B J not enough? Why didn't he exactly? Why why didn't they do that? More so, I think I think it's okay. I know a lot of Giants fans are

actually uh excited about spilling Shepherd. Like my buddy Pip, he loves throwing Shepherd. You do, you love Stirling Shepherd. It's fine, it's fine personally, it's fine. Whatever, And then we'll guarantee mighty be for the next two years. Like I think everyone's kind of gonna be under contract for the next two years and then hopefully get them. We won't have a job after that. It's kind of where

my heads at realistically. How how much football stuff have you been into reading anything just Twitter root a world every day football, but like a much much more dialing

into baseball. Like obviously, um, you know what the draft is coming soon, so yeah, we'll work in a little bit of football stuff slowly, right like maybe the second hour, we'll do some stuff obviously after the draft, maybe we get like Jim Day on the line here talk some football and then like June July, like we'll slowly working into the show the second hour. But we're not good. We're not just gonna abandon baseball. Obviously. Now we have two hours, so we could do a little bit of each.

We can do some baseball, we can do some football. It'll be fun, absolutely all right, let's probably start a best ball draft like right after the NFL draft, just kind of it's it's kind of what you do. It's kind of what I did it last year. With that, Let's bring in Virginia Zaki is of Inside Injuries to break down all of the injuries going on around MLB, Will getting back into last night's baseball adventure and coming

up in a moment, what's going on Virginia? You guys has a gun to afternoon, good afternoon, it's going it's going pretty well for us, not necessarily our fantasy teams, but good for us. We're sleeping well. Let me start off with the New York Yankees, and in particular Louis Savarino. It's where we were bringing it down yesterday. He has this lat issue that the team has said, hey on related to the rotator cuff. Fank and I are on different sides of not that argument, but the argument of

the Latin general. For me raularly, I'm optimistic und injuries, but for this one, I am because I'm thinking, Hey, at least there's no surgery. He rests for six weeks. Everything heals, from the lat to the rodentator cuff, he gets better. Frank saying, this guy is screwed. So what say you about Louis Severn Now? Yeah, Unfortunately, I think I'm on Frank's side on this point. This is a pretty serious lap string um. There's and I do actually

think that it's related to the rotator cuff injury. There's some compensatory forces related to the rotator cuff that that definitely could have led to this um. Different injury, um, different location, but not too far apart. Unfortunately, we are obviously showing that he has a very high injury risk. Um, they're shutting him down for the next six weeks. After that, hopefully, you know, his rotator cuff is fully recovered, his lad is feeling better, and he can slowly start to throw again.

But that's a lot of time to take off. So even once he hits that six week mark, and if he's feeling great, he couldn't eat up to another month or so to restart his throwing program and to get back into the rotation. But again, this is a very serious injury, and I would not be surprised if we don't see him until two months of the season, and if he does return before then, if he's still just bothered by one of these injuries, or just you know, his velocity is down, or he has some control issues.

But this is pretty serious. But I'm okay with that. Like you're telling me he could be healthy starting after the All Star break in mid July and July augu September October, I'll go with that. You're in denial. To stop, You're a Yankee fan in denial. I'm sorry, I'm a realistic Yankee FANOM I'm much more uh negative, I guess realistic is what I would call it. But regarding Luis Severino, I'm not dropping him in fantasy, but honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if we see him until the second half.

It wouldn't surprise. That wouldn't surprise me one bit. Virginia. Another player who's been injury prone, not that Severino has, but just transitioning here, David Dahl has is dealing with a core injury. We didn't exactly know what this was. He left the game on Sunday. We thought maybe it was oblique, but then it comes out that it's his abdomen and I know that he's dealt with oblique injuries in the past. So what do you guys have on David Doll? He says he expects to be back when

he's first eligible. Is that what you guys are seeing regarding David Doll. Yeah, So we have this classified as a Grade one injury, which is a pretty mild strain um two weeks optimal recovery time. So I actually do think he could come back by late April. I think that's realistic. The real problem here is his overall injury risk is high at six four percent. That is an incredibly high number for a guy that doesn't have an injury that's going to keep them out for, you know,

multiple months. And that's because, like you said, he's had a lot of other injuries. UM. Last year it was a foot fracture. The year before that, UM, it was back spasms and a stress reaction near his rib cage. UM. I don't think this injury is directly related to that rib injury, UM, even in the sort of a similar area. But his body has just been through a lot in

the last few years. So while this injury alone maybe isn't that concerning and won't be an issue a few weeks from now, his overall injury risk is definitely something to watch going forward. Okay, so this injury not that big of a deal for David Donal, but it's everything else you have to worry about pretty much the same that you were worrying about going into the season in regards to injury risk with David Doal. But what he's doing with right now doesn't seem to be a huge deal.

Hopefully I'll be back by this time next week. Mike Clevinger're out of nowhere, Virginia. This week it seemed like he was gonna be okay, maybe this one start, no big deal, And now he's not touching a ball for six to eight weeks. What is this going on, Mike Clevinger. Yeah, so this is one of those very kind of odd, unique injuries. It's not something you hear about often. Um, they're calling it a terrace major muscle strain and his right upper back. This is really more of a shoulder injury. Um,

this muscle runs under the shoulder joint. Um, kind of on the outside of the rotator cuff. Um, won't pick up a baseball, like you said, for six to eight weeks. We're calling this a Grade three injury, which does indicate that we think there's a minor terror involved. Um. He's not expected to need surgery right now. But UM, yeah, this this is this is another one of those adults.

See him coming back for the All Star break. Um, once he is clear to pick up a baseball again, I think it's going to be a very slow process bringing him back, just because this is so serious. So I don't think we're going to see him for quite a long time. Right. Nobody said this job was easy. That's why we have Virginia here today to deliver a lot of grim news, which is what we're getting so

far regarding Lis Severino and my Clevinger. But I do think it's realistic as well for both of those guys dealing with whatever you can shoulder lad Um, it's rough. It's rough again. I would try to hold on to both, but I understand a lot of these injuries are piling up. Virginia another player who just the other day we hear, all right, he's gonna sit out a game, He'll be fine, he'll return on Friday. Now we get an update saying

maybe he won't be ready for Friday. Kind of reminds me a little bit of the of the Clevinger injury. You know, Clevinger is gonna be the next start, He'll be fine, Boom comes out, he's severely injured. Well, I hope that isn't the case. For one Mike Trout, he was dealing with this groin injury, and again now they're saying might not be ready for tomorrow's game. What do you guys have on Mike Trout. I know the past couple of years he's actually missed some time. Not that

he's injury prone, but he has missed time. In the past couple of years. What do you guys have on my trap? Yeah, Sweeten is an elevated injury risk entering the season. UM, so a little bit of concern, but obviously not too much. Um. He's now a high injury risk at thirty. But the good news is we're calling this a soft tissue injury, which is as mild as it can be. UM. That sort of indicates that it's more of maybe some tightness or soreness versus an actual strain.

So cautiously optimistic that he should be okay within the next week. UM. The concern here though, is if he does play while he's still dealing with hopefully what is just some tightness, he isn't a much higher risk of suffering a more serious strain that would sideline him for weeks. So it's important right now, take a few extra days off, get back to hopefully he's good to go by early next week, but not a surprise that he may not

play Friday or even over the weekend. But as long as they handle this right, it should not be a long term issue. Right. If you play in the NFBC, you can actually update your hitting lineup on Wednesdays. I would actually take Trout out of my lineup. I would hope that they just rest him until he's completely healthy. I worry about what the groin does. It affect his ability to steal basis for the long term, right because he's had at least twenty two steals each to the

past three seasons. You know you need those twenty plus stolen bases from Trout. He's been awesome to start the year. But I'm kind of worried about this. I'm a little bit worried about this. To be honest, I'm not super worried about it. I'm not super either, but a little for sure, a little like it's in the back of my mind. It's got the back of mine because we haven't seen him playing since Tuesday when he loved this game. I understand why you be concerned. We talked a lot

about injury prone players. Were talking to Virginia zakas here doujan Ryo injury prone player, kind of injured every single year. Last year, he heard his growing, this year, he heard his growing. How significant is this injury? So they're saying this was more of a precautionary move um, But I'm definitely concerned about this this sounds very similar to the injury that forced him to miss three months last season,

also a left groin strain. Um, they're saying this one isn't nearly as serious, But as I sort of said with Mike Trout, groin injuries can very quickly become more severe. It doesn't take much, so it's really important to make sure you take enough time off so you really get back to Once you're feeling great and back to normal, take a few more days. Don't take any risks with

this one. Um, he's also one of these guys. He's had eight stints on the d L in his career, which is obviously a lot, so you know this is a tough situation. Again, his injury risk is very high. He's at six and his HPF is at poor att So that tells me if he tried to pitch anytime in the next two weeks or so before he hits

his optimal recovery time, he's really going to struggle. And there's a very very high likelihood that he either reinjures his groin, makes it worse, or suffers a new related injury. Just because his body isn't ready to go right, doesn't that almost worry you, you know, hearing that diagnosis for for engine rioting and the fact that he is three

months last year with a growing strain. And obviously every strain is different, every player is different, but the fact that it's a groin for Trout to like, doesn't hearing something like that were you even more? Regarding Mike Trout, it does meet like why you missed three months later? And I understand groin strains, can you know the severity of them could be different, but this is I mean

that can linger from Mike Trout? I don't know. It just worries me for both of these guys, and he injured Ry You look, we know that when he's on the field, he's gonna be awesome. But this is this always happens regarding the Dodgers. Dodger right buddy likes to call it. Virginia. Want to ask you about another Rockies player. People were excited about Ryan McMahon this year because he was gonna get the bulk of the playing time at second base. Now he has a left elbow strain. What's

the latest you have on Ryan McMahon. How much time is he expected to miss? Because honestly, if he's gonna miss a lot of time. He might be a droppable player for us. Yeah, I actually don't think he's gonna miss too much time, which China one to two weeks off tomorrowcovery time. UM. He hyper extended his elbow and a collision. UM. It doesn't sound like any real damage in his elbow, a mild strain, but nothing more serious

than that. His injury risk surprisingly is still low. UM. I think this is it's because it's to his non throwing arm. UM. His HPF. It's still below average because he hasn't hit his optimal recovery time yet. But I think that's going to pretty quickly improve to above average. UM. And I'm pretty optimistic that he's not gonna miss much more than I'll say another week or two. Here, some good news, so good. We needed it, we needed it, we need so don't drop Ryan McMahon yet, especially in

those deeper leagues. It could be a short stinging here from Ryan McMahon. Hopefully. So we're talking to Virginia Zaga is inside injuries, cold minutes left with her now yet no one really cares about John Lester outside of me, But well, I hope so I get to ask John Lester has actually been pretty good thus far this season and then he irrationally hurt his hamstring running the bases. You want to hear my rants on that. Go back two days ago, you hear my rants on that. So, Virginia,

how serious is John Lester's hamstring injury? First showing this is a Grade one strain, which is mild strain. Uh um, two weeks off form recovery time, So we're showing a healthy to return around April. If that's the case, he may just miss one to two starts. Not too bad. Um. He also said he did not feel a pop, it

was more than just kind of like tightness and cramping. Um. I obviously think this is more than just a little bit of tightness in his hamstring, because that can also be This often be the sign of a mild strain. But I don't think this is anything too serious. Um. Right now, his injury risk is high at but he's right at the cut off of elevated and elevated and high is the cut off. So his HPF is also

below average right now, but again not too bad. Could be much worse, So I think those numbers are going to improve pretty quickly once he gets into late April, and I'm hopeful that this is not going to turn into a long term issue. Some more good news therefore, take it, Garty, John Lester, I'm gonna move over to Justin Smoke of the Toronto Blue Jays, who has been out of the lineup the past couple of days dealing

with a neck injury. Unfortunately, Greg, you know, I have a home league where I have staying on the aisle. I have Daniel Murphy, I have David Donald. I'm dealing with a ton of injuries. I actually had to drop Justin Smoke, and I didn't want to, but I just need guys that are gonna play right now, and he wasn't so. Virginia, what's the latest that you guys have on Justin Smoke regarding this neck injury? Now, Unfortunately, we don't know too much about what's really going on with

his neck. You've called it, you know, soreness, maybe tightness, but they haven't indicated there's anything more serious going on. Right now, we're showing it as a Grade one injury, UM healthy to return date around ap The issue here is if he keeps trying to play through it and then get sidelined again, it's going to keep delaying that healthy to return date because it's almost like he a

really aggravation. He kind of resets the clock. UM, a little setback, but his injury risk right now is elevated at nineteen, so not too bad. UM. Really in this case, I think they just need to give him more time off and wait until they're sure that he really is feeling better. UM. Trying to play through it when he's not quite a percent, especially at this point in the season and dealing with a neck injury, which just not smart.

But hopefully if they give him a week or so off, really, I think they should place him on the I l give him ten days get healthy, get you know, get be ready to go, um, and then I think he should be fine the rest of the season. It's really positive sleep, positively, get back all right, So it look

for your deeper leaguers. Don't drop justin smoke yet. We were talking a lot Fank yesterday in regards to the San Diego outfield and how that situation is gonna work itself out with many Margo and Hunter, renfro Uh and one of the players included Frenchie Cordero who's now on the tabled list. How long should we expect him to be out for? Yeah, so he's dealing with a right elbow strain. UM. I'm a little concerned here because he missed a lot of last season after surgery to remove

a bone chip from that same elbow. UM, there's a chance this this could be somewhat related. UM. Likely not a bone ship, but worry for tending or ligament change or a cartilage injury. UM, sort of related to that surgery. So hopefully it is just a mild strain. If it is two weeks after tomorrowcovering time. UM, if there is any sort of tending our ligament get damage or it's like cartilage tear or something, this could turn into a

lengthy absence. UM. He also started to experience pain a few weeks ago, so this is something that's been going on for a little while. I'm definitely smart to shut him down right now for a week or two. Hopefully that solves all of his problems. But if two weeks or so from now he's still dealing with pain, I think that's a sign that there's something more serious going on. Right. We would never root for injury here on the Fantasy best Friends Forever, But we also don't want re injuries.

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at Rhoto Experts dot com. Joined the Experts live on the air every day by calling in at April four, seven nine to join the Fantasy Sports Network, and we're back here on the Fantasy Best Friends. There you go. You're doing a great job, Bundy. Um. I wanted to get into as I mentioned this Pirates game that the place last night between Jordan Lyles and you, Darvish Darvish five and a third, five hits, five runs, four of them were earned. Didn't walk anybody struck out four. You know, no, no,

he didn't know what to make of Darvish. What do you think now? It's hard to say that this is a step in the right direction, right the fact that he gave up five runs and five and a third and he's pitched four of them were earned. And look, I think it's I think it is a step in the right direction because he didn't walk anybody, Greg, The swinging strikes were up, he sowed a little bit better

command of his pitch. He had thirteen swinging strikes on seventy seven pitches, So from that regard, he was actually good. And and the vl o is is still down from two years ago. Like that's what you have to see him slowly work up. Remember, Darvish missed most of last season, and he didn't pitch a ton in the spring either, so this is kind of his extended spring training right now. He shouldn't be in your lineup. I'm not dropping you, Darvish. He might even be a potential by low moving forward.

But I see this as a step in the right direction, Greg, because he's getting a few more swings and misses, he's not walking anybody. I tweeted this out last night drink. This was his first start without a walk since September of two thousand and seventeen. That was two years ago, Greg, So all in all, he gives up a home run to Savelli. He gives up a home run to Starling Marte. Uh. There was an error on the defense behind him as well. The Cubs defense has not been good this year, so

obviously that didn't help him. But I thought that it was stem in the right direction. Greg, what do you think? I think so too, Um. I think that I think that you Darvish not walking, anybody's showing a better command for his pitches made me feel encouraged. I think that's a good word for it. I think we need to see some consistency. Probably his best start thus far. So

I'm taking this as encouraged. That's the word I'm using when it comes to which is crazy to say because runs and five and a third is not still not good. It's not what you want, but it certainly not quality. And a lot of people got him as their you know, SP three maybe SP four coming out of the draft, so you need you need a little bit more out of him. At some point we know what the talent could be. It's just can you get back to that level?

Obviously you have to see an uptick in velocity, and he's not throwing as many pitches as he once did. And I think that's actually a smart thing by by Darvish here in the Cubs, because you don't want him expanding his repertoire yet. You want him to work on, you know, his bread and butter, what his best pitches are, and get back to doing those and then maybe he expands it once those things start to come. But that's the fact that he didn't walk anyone. I think it

is encouraging. It's the word, man, That's that's the word of the day. Okay. On the other side, a little bit more encouraging. Jordan Lyles six things, three hits, one run, one walk, ten strike as Jordan Lyles four top prospect of the Astros. Pitch not terribly for San Diego, who then gave him away save some money at the deadline last year. Last night gets a good Cubs team, very good,

pitched really well. Frank. It definitely has my attention. This is another one of those, you know, scoutless similar to Trent Thornton. Maybe you know, rank him a little bit higher than Trent Thornton, but he has my attention. Look, double digit strikeouts last night and gets the Cubs very encouraging. Great performance here as well, and he pitched well with the Padres. You know, he wasn't liked that by any means last year, but he had a four point to

nine e array with the Padres last year. Comes over to the Brewers. Pitches in eleven games, only sixteen innings, so he was used as the reliever. He had a three point three one e r A. So I think he might have some kind of appeal in deeper leagues. Greg fifteen team mixed obviously, and only just because he has a role in the rotation right now. But you know, through two starts, obviously the Cubs was a a very

tough matchup. And then in his first start, he goes up against the Reds, who you know, they got off to a slow start. They've kind of been their offense has been bouncing back a little bit now, but five shoutout innings against the Reds in his first start. He's allowed only one or run through eleven innings. Okay, you have my attention, but he's not a he's not a

month ad for me yet in twelve team leagues. Yeah, and and I understand why, right, Like, he's not a guy that's had long term success or anything anything along those lines. But when he pitched like that against a good team, I'm gonna treat. I'm gonna treat. I'm gonna kind of watch what he does and maybe follow up here at some point kind of where I'm m with them. You texted us last night that maybe this is the

beginning of Starling Marte getting hot. As Marte stole his third base of the year and also hit his first whole run of the year, we need more of that, Frank. Yeah. Normally you draft Starling Marte, you want him to contribute in batting average, whether it's you know, two eighties to nineties somewhere around there. But to start the season, like a lot of players, he's he's been cold, um and you know, hanging in a cold climate. Yesterday in in Chicago, still had a ball of go out, hit a home run,

he had two hits, he had two ribbies. But he's only batting two to this point. So obviously people are expecting more from Stolen Morte. At least the speed has been there. That's what I'll say, right, Yes, three stolen bases already, so that's fine. Hits his first home run

last year. But again, you know, we want to see that batting average creep up around to ninety and based on where he's been in his career, as long as he's healthy, which you know he's dealt with injury concerns in the past, I would expect him to get that up around that two eighty rain. I think so too.

I think so too, Starling more. Hopefully, as long as he remains healthy, I will get back to where you need him to be on the covey side of Thanks Chris Bryant still his first base of the year last night. And Jason Heyward, you and mikea we are going back and forth. So I getting Jason Heyward here, here's three or four last night, batting three semi one on this season out of the seven hole. You have Florial back and forth would saying how intrigued you guys are about

Jason Hayward. How come? Yeah? So he's actually doing a lot of really nice things to start the year here. And I don't know if you know, he worked with a hitting coach in the off season to consciously try and lift his launch angle. He's seeing the ball better because he's clearly squaring it up. He's hitting the ball harder. This year he's raised his launch angle, and we've seen

that kind of effect help players in the past. Daniel Murphy comes to mind, Max Monsey did it last year with the Dodgers, Justin Turner even before then with the Dodgers as well. So on the season, Jason Heyward again small sam size. He has thirty two batted balls two mile pur average eggit velocity. Each of the past four seasons before this he hasn't been higher than eighty nine. He's hitting the ball harder to start the year. His launch angle, you would almost argue that it's too high.

Right now it's eighteen point nine, so clearly trying to put the ball in the air more. Hits another home run last night. His launch angle the past four years never higher than ten point nine, So now he's up to eighteen point nine. So he's lifting the ball, he's trying to hit more fly balls. He's hitting the ball harder, and these are the things that we constantly look at for guys. You know, if you're hitting the ball harder and hitting it in the air. It's gonna turn into

more home runs. And he's already hitting more home runs. I saw an awesome stat last night regarding Jason Hayward which said, here we go, it's it's from Gordon Wittenmeyer. I'm not sure who the gentleman is, but that's his fourth home run already, his highest total for a single month as a Cub with twenty days left in April.

So maybe he was kind of tired of everyone bashing him, like, oh, you get this big contract, you haven't been able to do anything for the Cubs, and offensively to start the year. He's made adjustments and it looks pretty good. So I'm kind of buying in. I'm buying in on you're buying in. What does that mean? Like how to what extent? If I play in a twelve team league where I need four or more outfielders, I think he should be owned. Somebody's in all fifteen team leagues, you think he should

be owned. And I have actually owned him for the past two weeks in the main event, so I've been reaping all the rewards and I just kind of fell into it. It was, you know, I got kind of lucky here with this one. Last week I lost someone injury and I just needed a fifth outfielder and he was available, so I picked him up. And I've been reading reaping all these rewards and again I just kind of fell into this one and got lucky. But in fifteen team leagues, I think he should be owned because

you need those those five outfielders. But you know, in your standard home league twelve teams, three outfielders, probably not adding him yet. I know you in your home league, right, you have to utility spots. That's a little bit deeper. I'd probably own him there, and you know, daily transactions you get him in the lineup whenever he's in there. Um. But again, anything with four out fielders or less, for sure, I think he's a must OLM player. Okay, there you go.

Four outfielders or less for for sure, he is a must own player, Grey Frank Staffeld. That obviously is Jason Heyward. We're speaking about anything else was Pirates Cubs game note perfect. Thank you. Let's move on to the Cardinals and the Dodgers from last night because we don't see you, Greggy. You made me pu put Jack Flaherty in my line up. Home league and he was a Flawerty was fantastic. Of six innings, three hits were on eight strike as Jack Farry is too good to bench, that's it too good,

and he had a rough first start. But the Brewers in Milwaukee so obviously a really tough spot. And the Dodgers lineup has actually come back down to earth the past couple of games. Um, they obviously aren't doing what they've done early on the season. But regarding Flaherty, man, I'm actually I'm encouraged by the fact that his velocity

is up this year. Greg so last year with the Cardinals obviously, you know a hundred and fifty one endings pitches first, you know, semi full season in the major leagues, the fastball velocity is on average point seven miles per hour, and early on in the season, these first couple of starts usually they're a little bit lower. They're working their

way back up. How about Jack Flaherty through his first couple of starts here nine three point six mile per hour average fastball velocity, which is up a tick from last season, which tells me as the season goes on it might even go even higher. So he was really good last night. Against a really really strong lineup in the Dodgers. You saw the strikeouts. He had eleven swinging strikes one pitches. Great start, Great start from Jack Flaherty.

I mean, I really really like what I see here, and I think the fact that his velocity is all already up, it might even go up more as the season goes on. Lots of love there when it comes to a Jack Flaherty, who have a lot of good side, has a lot of good signs about him. Ketcha Mayana five and a third, seven hits, five runs, only walked one, he struck out five. How the best outing for Kendam my Eta, now this wasn't a lot of it came

in the sixth inning where he just kind of fell apart. Yeah, he And this is what happens, you know, when you're trying to stretch out my eighta a little bit too far. And you know, he still only threw eighty two pitches but had fourteen swinging strikes. Nine on his slider, I actually throws, you know, four or five different pitches, very diverse arsenal, and entering the start he was good. So I've kind of talked this one up to you know, the Cardinals offense. It's a tough lineup. Um, he kind

of just ran into one here. But he was good in his first two starts, so I'm not really ried about my a to Greg. You know, I'm not panicking. I'm not dropping him. Um. I still do think that he should be owned in the league's like twelve teams are deeper anything like. Don't don't panic regarding my especially given like he has a rotation spot, like especially given the injury to Rye and in these limits and whatnot. I feel very good at it owning kids. My anna

is still. I'm not not nervous or anything like that. Jock Peterson finally homeward again, breaking his Schny his fourth home run of the year. Act Monthly. Also, he did his fourth home run of the season for the Los Angeles Dodgers. For the Cubbies, Paul Deyond, we have a four B three thirty three now. Marcello's you know, also goes three for four and it was his third home run of the season, while also stealing his second base

of the season. Frank guy that we were both out on. Yeah, we were again because he was dealing with injury during spring training. So you know, I don't have any shares of of Marcelo Zuna, but I do have a few shares of Paul Deyong, and you know, he's been awesome to this point and again batting third for the car Knows.

I mean, we we've spoke about this a lot, ideal places that you want to be in MLB in terms of a lineup, and we spoke about Luke Voit earlier on in the season, we spoke about Dan Vogelbach earlier today, Paul the Young. I mean, it's just a great spot to be Matt Carpenter leading off, Paul Goldschmidt hitting ahead of him. Um, so it's just a really good spot from to be in. And he's capitalizing, which tells me that they're gonna leave him there as long as he's performing,

they're gonna leave him third. So really really good spot for Paul Deon to be in. I was pretty high on him in the preseason coming in. I know a lot of people were making comparisons to hit Uh to Glabor and Paul de Young. Well, Deon could give you what Glabor is giving you and get it, you know, hundred picks later. So at this point it seemed like a lot of people who were saying that regarding the

young are right. And then Marcelo Zuna, regardless of being a terrible fielder and looking like he might hurt himself tonight before diving off of the fence another three hits

home run. I'm again, it's a good spot like Izuna to stolen basis typically not a guy who's not when you drafted them, not when you're evening for you think this is part of uh an organizational philosophy thing great where they're trying to be a little bit more aggressive on the base pass Because I know Jim Sannis of number five we do the Fandel hurry up videos with him, said that all the young stole a few basses during the spring and it has it had his attention because

you don't steal basis in spring unless you willingly want to do it and practice it and get ready for the season doing it. So I know de Young already has a stolen base in the year, now Zuna has too. These are not guys that's typically steal basis. This might be an organizational philosophy thing that they want to be more aggressive on the base path potentially, so potentially, so stolen basis is a matter of wanting to do it. Great.

It's not like there were There were years when you know, Albert pooh Holes would steal ten or twelve bases last year, Freddy Freeman ten basis. Golder guys are not fast. Paul Goldschman might be a little bit faster, but with Pool and Freeman, they're not fast. It's it's a matter of wanting to do it and picking up on things that pictures are doing. Hey, if they're not paying attention to you, you get a huge lead, you get a quick start, and you see a base. It could be something that

the Cardinals are looking into. So I'm paying attention to that. If it turns out you get tensetile and basis from Juna this year, that completely gives you something you were not expecting this year. From a Roto perspective, the same thing goes for the young absolutely absolutely. Any act to that regarding the Cardinals, any extertalvation that they can give us, we'll take it. Uh Yani, let's boom a little renaissance. Rihanna,

here we go two days in a row. I know the night before he had two doubles hit got off to a slow start, and I references regarding Audie your Molina was that he didn't play a lot in the spring. He had off season knee surgery, so he's slowly working himself. Remember this, he's mid thirty, mid to high thirties at this point, so he's been around for a while. But yeah, look, if we liked Young batting third, we like Zuna batting fourth.

You like the guy who's batting fifth, No doubt that's Marcella's I mean, Molina hits a it's a home run last night. So turning in the right direction, getting his legs underneath him. Older guy takes some time for good for I always liked because he's under good for us, like nobody wants because he's an old, an older guy, he's gonna fall off. But you know, he hasn't had less than a two sixty batting average for like twelve straight seasons. He doesn't hurt you there. I believe he

had twenty home runs last year. Is a man probably probably should be right. Like a lot of people will just look at the offensive production be like, no, there's no way, but the intangibles that he did, the fact that you know he's one World Series and as great defensively as he is and calling games and everything that he's done for the game of baseball, he probably should be like first ballot, No way, But does he sneak into the Hall of Fame at some point? I think

he should. What do you think? I don't know. I kind of look into it. I have no idea. I'll just present I'll just this question, but I don't have an opinion on it. I haven't compared him to other catchers. So he's thirty six years old, Greg, if he plays a couple of more years, is eighteen hundred and sixty hits, he'll get to two, you'll get to two thousand hits. He's a two eighty two career hitter. He's got a

hundred and forty seven career home runs. Like. He's not known for being great offensively, there's no doubt about that. I'm not going to make that case. But everything that he's done for, you know, defensively, you look at some of these defensive wards here on fan grafs, greg Air massive, I think he is. I think yeah, he is a Hall of Famer. Okay, well, yeah, like Cardinals, ramanor or whatnot. But if you when you think about Hall of Fame, and a lot of people make this case, was he

ever the best or top three at his position? I would say yes, yes, yes, not the best. It wasn't the best, but he was always top three, top from

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