5/1, Part 1: #ItsGonnaBeMay, April stat leaders, future stats, and more...

listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Fantasy best Friends Forever. It's gonna be mag Yeah, this is the Fantasy best Friends Forever. If you're a fantas Sports Ray Network, that is Frank Stamville. I am Greg Susan. April's finally over. Frank, we made it finally. The longest month in the history of Humanity's over. I can't believe he went an entire show yesterday without saying it's going to be May about today.

I don't really do that. You're not into it. Like I literally saw like a fake tweet from Justin timber Leg saying he effing hates this month. Was like, oh, yeah, that joke. It's It's pretty good, Grouchy Greg today, No, just busy. Greg's busy. Greg. Admittedly I wouldn't say I'm grouchy day. You're a little off. I agree very well. I agree you're you're a little You're a little high strung today. I don't know what's going on. You're a

little high strung today. Maybe maybe the show will you know, get it out of me, Greg, I hope so, Frankie, wake me up a little bit. Wait before it's over. I can't. I can't think of a better way to kick off May than with a nice, you know, fifty degree day here in New York City's quite cold, perfect,

it's quite cool. What we wanted. I'm wearing. We get through April all the uh, all the rain cloudiness of April, and we start off May with a fifty degree day, perfect, and think of a better way to Smarrow I think supposed to be like seventy and rainy, a lot of rain coming up to it. Seems like April's over. But everything that April normally brings not over. Greg, I realized the Yankees are on. Yes they are big Merrill Kelly

on the MOUNTA had to start him in the league. Unfortunately, why Unfortunately there's the Yankees unfortunately, because I bench Spencer Turnbull for him Burnbull pitch pretty damn good. Left, It's two weeks in a row that Spencer Turnbull loses double start. He was supposed to have a two star week this week lost it. So I see his only starts at Philadelphia. I don't really love guys with one start at Philadelphia,

so I ben Spencer Turnbull. He ends up having a great start in favor of Meryl Kelly, hoping the Yankees win, but hoping Merrill Kelly gives me quality start. Let's go with that grant. By the way, I know we're doing this before um double head checks off between the Oil and the White Sox. Trey man Cini is back in the lineup for Game one against the Chicago White Sox. Very nice, Carlos the town's home run homewer two days in a row. I don't know what start fright, Well,

what's what's what's your options here? What do you got? What do you got going on? I don't know. Nobody cat cares, so I'm not gonna go through it. I care, but like, well, I'm happy you brought it up. Greg. If no one cares, just being honest with you, and I don't know what it cares. Why do you even bring it up? Then? Because I care, it matters to me, so do it during the break. I'm gonna do just that. I was looking at lineups for today and that got

day baseball. I love Wednesdays, Greg. It's not a minute. It's been a good first two days of the week, I think, and I like to Yeah, I mean, Trevor Bauer a little underwhelming last night. You know, crazy to say. You still go seven innings and gives ten strikeouts, but four earned runs against the Marlins. Let's start right there, because you you played daily last night and you do whatever you could, get Trevor Bauer in your lineup. How

did you perform? Oh? Overall, actually performed well because that friend will raise in my line But I thought, you know, of course at one time that I put Trevor Bauer in my lineup. It's like I'm the omen for him where he gives the four earned runs against the Miami Marlins of all teams. I was watching the start, it was the second ending was just a really weird one. They get caught in like a suicide squeeze situation where um,

nobody was covering third because jose Marius came in. So the guy's like halfway down the line, ends up throwing at the first that scores a run, gives up a home run to Curtis Granderson. Later on an absolute moon rocket by the way to to Curtis Granderson, which eliminates the quality starts. So a little bit frustrating. And I was looking at the Trevor Bauers numbers last night. He's a really interesting guy. I mean, outside of the usual stuff that we talked about with Trevor Bauer being an

interesting dude. Like, the walks are back up this year. The walks are over four per nine, Greg, which is not great. The case per nine last year was over eleven. This year he's right around ten, so that's down, the swinging strike rates down. I just think he's trying to do a little bit too much, Greg. He throws like six different pitches, and all of these pitches have phenomenal movement, but I think half the time he can't even harness where these pitches are gonna go. Just me watching it

last night, he has nasty wipe out slider. It seems like all of his pitches have this crazy movement, but most of the time, he can't throw them for strikes, so he's getting guys to chase his pitches, obviously, but it just seems to me like Turnbauer is trying to do a little bit too much. Swinging strike rate down a little bit, oh swing is down, so they're laying off those pitches outside the strike zone and those are resulting in walks, and his first pitch strike percentages down too.

So I know he had the game where he left with the no hitter and it was an awesome start, but overall it's been kind of a mixed bag when you look at the underlying numbers when it comes to Trevor Bauer seven eights, four hits, four runs, four walks, ten cages with the final line for Bauer over his seven inies of work against the Marlins. Sandy Alkantar has also been a disappointment for Miami. Five innings, seven or getting seven hit, six runs, four of which we earned,

three walk only struck out one. That's not going to get the job done. You mentioned Curtis Grandisans Moon Rocket, Carlos Santana went deep for the second day in a row. He's mad only the middle a mini slump, but his third home run there of the year. Satanna's average, which is never going to be high, is down to three sixteen. The O b P, which is going to be high, is up at four thirty here on the season. Greig may interested in Carlos Gonzalez at all. Seems like he's

heating up a little bit. Well, tell me about him. Well, over the past week for Carlos Gonzalez, he all right, not a great batting a seven, but he he does have two on runs for r b I s four runs scored, and he hit an absolute rocket yesterday to classic Carlos Gonzalez. I love to see it too, when when these older veteran players they still so you got a little something left in the tank. He just smacks and pitch just drops the bat immediately. It was just

one of those classic Carlos Gonzalez. Um Carlos Gonzalez swings. But you know over the past or games, he has two multi hit games. He he hits the big three run homer last night. He has two runs scored last night as well. Look in deeper leagues in rodo you gotta start five outfielders. Seems like these players are dropping like flies there where you need to start five ail fielders, Greg, I take a shot. I take a flyer on Carlos Gonzoz. Yeah,

I think the shallower than five outfielders. Probably not so I've always had the I've always really liked Carlos Gonzalez. Um. So you know, this is usually the point of the week we tell about to talk about some terrible veteran you want to pick up like that's that's usually where we end up on about Wednesday or something. Um like george' zuerman and Whomer Bailey coming to tell me to not

buy instant Carlos Gonzalza. Well, you know, but I think he did it break this time right and five outfielder leagues, Carlos Gonzalez batting the middle of the order, playing every day. I'm fine with it. I'm finally taking shanan. Carlos Gonzalez. Hamley Ramira is the fomer Indians vetterman. You take a shot on. I believe that the Indians cut him before we did, so our fault I would get to Carlos Gonzala. I'm finally Carlos Gazela isn't caution anything. Oh this great.

His launch angle negative three point six. It doesn't seem like that's gonna work very well for you. Probably not. Yeah, he's batting two sixty one, but his expected batting averages. There's something I want to talk about. Raised raise the launch angle a little bit, Cargo, Let's let's get some bombs here. I want to talk about Frankie, a player that three April I could not have been more wrong about. And you told me, and you begged me in March.

Don't let my biases affect anything. Don't let it affect anything. Modica more than Anybody's like, you're being an idiot, and I'm just like, no, this guy stinks. The problem is he doesn't stink. And that's Louis Castillo, who last night against the mat six and two thirds, five hits, two runs, He walked three, which isn't good. He struck out seven

on the evening. He finishes the month of April with a one point four five e r A Jason Varius by the way, he goes five intes, three hits, one run, He also walked three and he struck out of five. That makes four starts in a row where Jason Vargas did not make it through six innings, two of them he didn't make it through five, but he allowed just one run. Interesting to note and probably nothing else. Come on, great, you don't want Jason Vargas feder and we can add

I do not Jerry's familiar. It was pushed up to full innings. It did not work out as he blows this one um in the night and he blows it really in the ninth and the Reds come back to win it in the tenth. Yeah, I mean Mets come back to win it rather in the tenth. Regarding Louise Castillo,

You're right, Greg, he he has been awesome. And I think part of this something that's been overlooked is the fact that they poached the pitching coach from the Milwaukee Brewers, Dereck Johnson, who was the pitching coach for the past three years. It's clearly working because we're getting some bounceback performances here from Luis cast the year from Sonny Gray. Sonny Gray has been awesome to start the season as well. If you if you watch Louise Castillo pitch, it seems

like he's learning how to pitch now. He's kind of pitching backwards. He knows that his fastball is not his best pitch. In fact, it's probably his worst pitch. That was something we highlighted multiple times while talking about Louise Castio before the season with Matt Modica. He has a really really bad fastball. Yes, he throws it really hard miles per hour, but a lot of times it's straight

as an arrow and it gets hit hard. So I think he's learning how to pitch backwards and using his changeup to kind of establish the strike zone and using that slider a little bit more. The changeup has been absolutely deadly this season, and he's he's throwing it more frankly, and his hard hit rate is down significantly. The biggest difference greg between Louise Castio last year and this year. He's only allowed to home runs this season. Last year he allowed twenty eight home runs. That was a huge

issue for him. Now, once the weather starts to heat up and he has more stars in the Great American small park and he's going up against the Brewers and the Cubs and the Cardinals, those home run numbers jump up.

I do have a tad bit concerned. Look, he's not gonna pitch you an ear under two for the entire season, but can he be the picture we all, well, not all because you didn't think he could be this, but um, can he be the picture that pitches to a load of mid three's e r a with over a strikeout for Enning and in a whip that doesn't kill you. I think the answer is yes. So there's gonna be some regression at some point because he's not gonna pitch

you an ear a under two. But overall he's been awesome and I think a lot of credit goes to their pitching coach, Dereck Johnson. Right sell Glaciers allows his first run, his first earned run since over the last two weeks or so, have you been surprised by his workload and where they've used him or now he's still getting the majority of the correct save opportunities. He has taken on a pretty big workload so far to start the season. He's appeared in twelve games, he's got he's

right around thirteen and he's pitched. But they have seven save opportunities this season. I mean I have nine save opportunities this season. He has seven of those, and he has six of their seven saves. So I had concerns about, you know, where were they gonna use him again with Derek Johnson coming over. Was he gonna make them their version of Josh had something that he did with the Brewers the past couple of years. I did have my concerns, uh.

And overall, you know, Righty Glaciers does have four losses on the year, he has a three point three eight yar a, but twenty two strikeouts in thirteen and a third ending s pitch and the fact that he has six of the seven saves. I think if you drafted right Stilly Glaciers, you'll sign up for what he's done. Yeah, I completely agree. And I was actually more on a Glaciers than than you were, kind of believing he was clearly the best reliever, and I thought that he would

find his way in the ninth inning. It was a little manager speak, and it seems like, at least through April that seemed to be the case. Good news, of course, they're for those that own Glaciers stolen base wise last night. Ever since for Azim in the leadoff role, he's slowly gotten hot. As you kind of called here, Frank, he stole his fourth base. He's stole his fourth base of the season. Ye stole his third. Please's obviously been struggling over four. He did walk last night, still batting under

two hundred week. We talked about him a couple of days ago. Anyo Suarez name we have not mentioned this season. He had his what seventh home rung on this season a round he which is kind of crazy. Seven home runs in the season only batting to thirty. What do you think of what au Henyo Suarez has done thus far this season? I did have some concerns regarding Suarez coming into the year. They just didn't think that he was gonna be able to live up to what he

did last season. And the battle ball data last year was awesome, but the second half he slowed down a little bit. Uh And so far this year, the hard hit rate is still very high. I mean it's forty seven percent and last year was forty eight percent. He's hitting he's hitting more ground, he's hitting more flyballs this year as well, but the line drive rate severely down. But for his BABI to be to thirty nine, he's a three fourteen career babbib, I mean there is positive

regress and coming for a u Henyo Suarez. Is he gonna live up to what everybody wanted him to do. I mean, thirty four home runs and a hundred and four rubies last year. That's a really really good season out of a U Henio Suarez. I think he's also come close to thirty home runs, maybe even eclipse it, just because of the ballpark that he hits in UM.

But overall the slow start to the rest of the Red lineup, I don't know that he's gonna come close to the one RBIs positive regression coming for the batting average. I think, you know, he's probably gonna climb up into that two sixty two seventy range to sixty two career hitter. Maybe he's like a two seventy hitter and the power still comes close to thirty home runs, maybe approaches it UM. But I think the RBIs are probably gonna all short of what we were expecting, just because of the slow

start the Cincinnati Reds lineup overall. But you look at his bad ball data, a lot of it is pretty much in line with what he was doing last year. He said he just had some bad bad luck to start the season. Fair Enoughrez picking up on the other side, you don't even want to meague you we talked about the mental yesterday. Is he's obviously struggling in the field, he's gotten benched because of it, but he was two or three last night. He's s those third base of

the season. Rosario is batting two seventy four no b P a three night team. I tell you those lots, those numbers. I think fantasy owners are gonna be pretty satisfied. Are you satisfied what you've seen from nitors are and what can we expect? Yeah? I am. I don't love the strikeout rate as a guy who, you know, a speedy guy who should be putting the ball in play. But the fact that he's improved his walk rate this year.

It's still not great, but six point two percent compared to a four point nine percent last year and four and a half percent overall for his brief major league career. So he's taking the steps to get better as a hitter, walking a little bit more. Uh, the two seventy four batting average, I think that's fine. Like if you were to hit around two seventy seventy five for the season,

that's great. Counting stats have been pretty good. A little bit of power, two on runs, a little bit of speed, three stolen bases, seventeen r b I s probably weren't expecting that this early on in the season. The hard hit rate up tremendously last year arty eight percent. So I think overall of the strides that a lot of people were expecting a meta Rosario to make this season. Remember he's still only twenty three years old. So far, he's been off to a pretty good start. Greig, I mean,

I think you want even more speed. He has three stolen bases, but you know, if he could give you maybe five stolen basis pretty good. Absolutely, people were just expecting like this big breakout, maybe like fifteen homers, thirty steals. I'm not sure we get that, But overall to start the season, he's been pretty damn good. Absolutely, what do we come back? My man, viny Velasquez didn't have it last night. We'll talk more about some of the so what we saw that Tuesday night around man Daily Rhodo

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if my kids something, it's gonna be May. I I got it one note joke though, like I just all right, I got I have fun. I don't like it. I got It's gonna be May. It's justin timber Lakes, says May instead of me. I got it all right, Greig, way to rain on the parade. If everyone who likes jokes around here, I like jokes, all right, So tell me a joke. Craig m M. Do you remember when you were younger and you can just tell you had all these jokes lined up. I'll tell you a joke,

Craig Vincent Alaska's that was not nice. I'm sorry that was asking for it, dude. That was not nice to me. You know how how sensitive aunts of Vinny? What was it? As I am about jeans? Yeah? How how are the jeans looking today? Greg? They're good there, all right, look a little bit better, a little bit of a little bit slimmer. I like the socks. Greg's rocking the polka dot socks today. Yeah. I got the blue food that's all blue. And of the socks, the socks Vinnie's. He

did not have it against the tires. He went three and two thirds, six hits, three runs, three walks. She got seventy through pitches through his less than four innings of work. Not great pop. Yeah, I guess the Detroit Tigers lineup um of all teams too. Pretty good matchup on paper here for for Vincent Alaska's But again, I mean, look, this is part of the problem when it comes to him, and I've kind of talked about this. He's he's gonna

be inconsistent at times, he struggles with command. I just don't think that he's ever gonna put it together for what we were ultimately expecting from him. Uh. You know, he had a few alright seasons, some some major upside flashes. I remember he had a few double digit performances that were great, But overall, I mean, you still get the strike ats. You get seven strike ats yesterday, you get

thirteen swinging strikes one pitches. But to give up six hits and three walks on only three and two thirds any space, I mean, it was just a disaster here going up against a lineup that, frankly, you should have been able to dominate in the Detroit Tigers. So, um, just when you think you can trust Vincy Alaska is in the right matchup, because I'm out here and he does this, So I wish I could tell you that he's I gotta you stream Greg in the right matchup,

but this was the right matchup exactly. I think he's a picture who used him for a two star week in deeper leagues, you know, fifteen team broto when the right matchup looks like it's on paper obviously against the Marlins,

like you could stream him there. But overall, I think he's gonna be inconsistent, Like there's gonna be these starts where you think it's gonna be a great matchup, you start him, he doesn't come through, and then there's gonna be games where he's a tougher matchup and he's on your bench, and those are the ones where he puts together, you know, the six shutout endings with eight strikeouts, and

you're just kind of left there scratching your head. So I just think there's a lot of frustration when it comes to owning a Vinny Velaska's. I think I think there is as well. Unfortunately, on the other side, it's all about the ball. I'd like there ain't. Yes, sir, that's great. We had to going back and forth. You tweet me about Shane Green and send you some some Tigers because I couldn't do the the you know, the sound effect I normally do it. I couldn't do that

over text. So I send you with some tiger emojis and then you send me back the bull emojis. Spencer Turnbull. The underlying numbers are not good. They're not Just to be clear, he's not good. No, I still like him, though, I still think that I think that the underlying numbers are kinda are gonna normalize a little bit like I think they're gonna I think the underlying number are actually gonna come closer. He looks he's not gonna pitch to a two five three e R A three six seven five.

Maybe he pitches to a little bit higher than that. His ex FIP is four point five zero. Like, I don't think he's that bad at a picture, but he's also not a a two point five three e R a picture either, But averaging almost a strikeout for Enning so far this year has struggled a little bit with walks he has. He throws two breaking pitches. He throws

a curveball on a slider. He gets a lot of movement on these pitches, but at times struggles to command those breaking pitches, and then that's how he gets in trouble with Wax. But you know, throws a mid nineties fastball. Greg. I like Spencer Turnbull. The swing strike ray is above average, above league average. And you know, I say he struggles with the walks oft times, but his first pitch strike percentage really good, sixties seven percent. It's much higher than

the league average. You know, he gets he gets opponent opposing batters to chase pitches outside the strike zone at about a league average rate thirty thirty one per cent. So overall, I like the Arsenal Spencer Turnbull. He's not gonna keep up a two point five three e r A. I think he's probably in that mid to higher threes e r A range when it's all said and done. I think he's a pretty good picture. Man. I like

Spencer Turnbull. I know you're not a fan the one time he started against but if you look at the other starts Greg like, he hasn't allowed more than he hasn't allowed more than three runs in any starts this season. He's allowed one and run over his last three starts at seventeen names pitch combined. He's getting it done right now. And that was against it was at Philly, that was at auston his last start, and then Pittsburgh three starts ago, which he was supposed to dominate and he did. He

was also gonna have done. Who's that Jane Green? Jane Green at the side last night. I wish I could say that he's leading the league and saves Greg close. He's very close, man. Curvy Yates as really really well, you know they saved Curby Yates last night. N Ego Goodrum had his third home run of this season. Only sits at three seven very good. Is that the pun intended Greg very good, but he actually has taken some pretty big strides so far this year and he's hitting

two thirty eight, not great. He's expected batting average Greg one, that's pretty good. And the fact that he's walking as much as he is. He has a forty nine percent hard hit rate according to Baseball Savant. The average tags the velocity of about three miles per hour this year. He's a versatile player for the Detroit Tigers. He can move all around the diamond. I think he's gonna play more often than not. He's got a seventeen percent walk right this year, so he's really good in ob P formats,

really good in points leagues. He's the guy you're kind of stick in your lineup everywhere. Really really valuable place this year for Nico good Drum, and I think positive regression coming for the batting average as well. Great. Yeah, absolutely, Nico vid Drum. I think he was a good fine I hope people were on him last year and he picked him up this year. The eligibility is fantastic, and he's been pretty good spring speed. He's in the ninety

one percentile to Greg. I mean, this was the guy that I felt maybe he can hit fifteen home runs, fifteen stolen bases. You know what the first month of the year, three homers, three stolen bases on you know, he's on pace for about, you know, seventeen eighteen home runs at seventeen eighteen stolen basis. I mean, that'd be a really really valuable year, especially for a guy with that kind of O b P. Even even being in the in the Detroit Tigers line up, I like it.

There's lots of like obviously, lots of like. Um now, so I have a dilemma in my league. This isn't about my lineup again, this is a different one that I think more Africa. I didn't do it during the break. I was look at other things. It was like at fan grafts. Um So, I don't need a closer in my home league. I have four of them, and they're arguably the four best thus far this season. Arguably right I got I got Chanel mccirby, Yates as two of them.

Some things are going well. I don't I don't need a closer, but jos look clerk last night blew another one against the Pittsburgh Pirates. The clerk was awful in allowing three runs on four hits, and immediately after the game, Chris Woodward says, we gotta look at this. Sean Kelly's pitched very, very well this season. How's the closing experience? Now? He pitched the seventh. Chris Morton Peach is the eighth.

Last night. He's been good. But everyone's assumption will be that if Jose look clerk, he's taken out of this role, Shaun Kelly will get the first opportunity. Sean Kelly is available in my league right now. Should I think him up even with four closures? I guess it depends who you drop. But I could drop. I could drop Alaska. I don't mind. But if I pick up Kelly, then

I feel like I have to hold on too. Kelly, like Alaska is, I could drop for like a different starter or something else I need during the we I have like that swingsman type of roles in a head to headley where you could have someone to drop for streaming pictures or whatever. So I don't mind anyone else. You can drop who else is on your bench. Zach Eflin, Maggy Montas, Oh, we just dropped flyin in league. Greg. That was a mistake. That's fine, was it? Yes, it's

a complete game. Curry Yates, Felipe Baska, Shane Green, and Greg Holland they're good. Yeah. I would probably pick up Sean Kelly, let him get like a savor to and try and trade him. You're there's a lead trade for like random closers that just pick up the job, especially from the Texas Rangers. Yeah, I mean someone's pick him up by the time that this podcast gets published. Is a good chance he picked up, so then I would probably,

I would probably pick him up. He's gonna be He's gonna be the closer at least for the short term here. The Rangers have invested in la Clerk and that's part of the reason why we liked him. We didn't think that he was gonna lose his job, but deservedly so. I mean, he has not been good. The guy can't

do anything right right now. And you know, after last night's tobacco he's got an ear a over eight, while Sean Kelly has a one point five zero ear a. Sean Kelly throws a clean ending, believe he gave up one hit and he also had one strike out. But La Clark just can't get anything done. Right now. So at least for the short term. You know, it could be two weeks, it could be a month, it could be longer than that. It looks like Sean Kelly is

going to be the closer. A couple of people brought up Chris Martin to me, Greg, because Sean Kelly pitched Chris Martin pits eight. But overall, Sean Kelly has a little bit more closing experience, and Chris Martin just doesn't miss enough bats. It's like six case per nine this year and has never been a picture that gets a lot of strikeouts. So I just think Sean Kelly profiles

more as the closer the short terms. So if you're out there and you own jose La Clerk, or if you just need a speculative closer, I mean, just go out there and get Shann Kelly. He's the guy right now. If I were you, I would probably add him. Okay, then I'll trust you, all right and did Yeah, all right, job, Greg? All right is what it is, man, is what it is? All right? Let me let me go back this Pirates

Rangers games. Because Jordan Lyles walked four guys, two runs, three hits, shrug out of five is the walks of the Bugaboo. You know, people want to like Jordan Lyles, and he got himself in and out of trouble is a reason to hold on at Ranals. He's still done some nice things so far this year, and despite his past couple of stars haven't been great, he still does have a two point four to ear a. I would law to him in deeper leagues fifteen team mixed leagues obviously,

and only just because he had a job. But anything shallower than that, you know, your twelve team league, I would have to imagine that there's somebody with more upside out there, like a Griffin Canning, or take a shot on another prospect that just got called up in Nate Low, or you want to pick up a two star pitcher. I know Venture was telling me that stairs that Anthony Disclafani has a double star week next week, greg against the Giants. Who starts against the Giants Anthony Discofani? Should

I jump shot the best picture of all time? Should drop Sean Kelly for Anthon Lafani? Probably not, but hey, look you don't have to be the best picture of all time to do all right against the Giants. That's that's a really good two star pitcher. So something like that in the twelve team league, I don't think you need to own Jordan Wiles, but you know, fifteen teamers and those deeper formats, I would probably hold them there.

But if he's your worst player, I don't mind dropping it. Okay, I'm annoy to myself why I would rather have Sean in that type beforemat at least? All right, so what happens? You flip flop alot? Greg? You're right, man, you know this isn't like, this isn't like new to you. You know, but you just picked up a closer. I have closer. I have closers. I could have Desk Lafanti. How long do you think Jose Lacord is out of this roll? Greg?

They're invested in him, there are, and so I don't think they wanted to be I don't think they want it to be a long time. So do you drop? That's like ultimately question, right? Probably not? I agree. I agree with you. This isn't a Cody Allen situation. Someone asked me should I drop Cody Allen last week? And I said no. I actually told whoever asked me, I said, yeah, you can't drop Cody Allen because look, it was a one year deal that they signed him to and they

said he's not the closer quote right now. But his next performance that he came in, he got blown up again and Handel roll boats converted to save last night and then he lands on the I L. So it's not the same situation. I would have dropped Codey Island last week. I would especially drop Cody Island now. But Rosie la Clerk, he's shown talent at time, especially last year's second half. Last year he was awesome. I mean

he's swinging miss stuff. Last year, Um, he really really lowered his walk rate in that second half, and we were what we were hoping for coming into this year was that he was going to pick up on those games that he made in the second half from a control department, but he the most part has struggled with command. Didn't walk anyone last night. But what happens is he pitches in his own and he starts to get hit around. You know, he gives up. He gives up three runs

and what was the game? He almost got out of it too. So he struck out two batters, one of the one of them being Starley Marte with runners I believe on second and third, and then Josh Bell comes up last out of the game and he hits a double to tie the game. So he gave up an early run and then he almost wiggled his way out of it. But overall he just hasn't been good. Chris Woodward actually just now on the network radio that they will be pulling him from the closer role. I'm putting

him in low leverage situations for now. I don't think I would drop him though. Okay, if you look in my in my home league, head to head points league, you only start two relievers there. I mean, there's closures available. I'm probably gonna drop him just because we only need two relievers. And this is overall we don't value relievers very highly in that format. But in the roto league and head to head categories, I'm gonna hold because I think it's it's sooner rather than later that he gets

a job back. I believe, assuming that he can perform in these low leverage situations makes sense makes sense to me. Um Flivia Baskets on the other side, allowed to run this first of the year. I believe earned run his seventh to save of the season were Vasquez selling Marte hits the blow in extras his third home run of the season for Morte, who just got activated off the I l yesterday only hit of the game was that home run that won the game for them. I could

see Starling Marte going deep again. It's good to see Martine Polanco back in the same lineup. Colt Tucker two per five. He needed that one, Frankie, Yes he did. Regarding Starling Marte, you know, I was looking into the biggest differences in batting average and expected batting average again last night, and he is among one of the top ones. He's hitting two hundred. I believe he's expected batting average is like two eighties something. So better days are coming

for Starling Marte. After last night's home run, it's gonna be a little bit harder to buy him. But if there's someone in your league that's just like here, take Starling Marte off my hands, like the guy's always hurt. I don't even know why I drafted him. I would be pouncing on that owner right now because I do think that the batting average, especially for Starling Marte, it's gonna come around. Yeah, I tend to agree market where it's just got hurt. So I think people that own

him are going to be after trade him. He just got back right, so it's like, yeah, it's you're likely not gonna be able to well, you might be able to find the right owner out there. The expected batting average for Starling Marte the actual batting average of two hundred, so lots of lots of positive regrets difference there. Yesterday against Oakland rip port Sella when eight shut out innings, he allowed just two hits walking to struck out eight.

Excellent performance, Porcella, Yeah, it was a great one. I thought. What was really interesting He accomplished a feat last night, greg eight shutout innings with eight strikeouts, the seven swinging strikes that is that is impressive in its own right. There. He has not been good to start the year, and that's me, you know, kind of being nice about it.

But you know a lot of people draft Porcelo because he goes deep into games and they you know, they let him go well over a hundred pitches and the fact that he has the Red Sox lineup behind him. You draft this guy for quality starts. You expect to get wins. Out of him. I mean that's where he's been most valuable in the past couple of years. Seventeen wins. Last year when he won the side young he won

twenty two games. But overall he's been really bad. To hear, look at the command has been a big issue for him. It wasn't last night, but even after last night's great performance, his walks for nine four point nine or so. As the walks begin to come down, I think you'll see some of those solid performances from Rick pork Sello one and just remember, like this is not the guy from

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day goes on. You mentioned you dost lat up yesterday, and you mentioned the fact that you had fremill rays any rays It's two home runs last night against Julio Ron, leading the Padres to a four or three victory in Atlanta. Uh. The Padres were led once again by Chris Paddock, who had six and allowed four hits. Two runs, walked one. He struck out five for another quality start from Paddock. Curvy ates a lot of hit but picked up his

fourteen save. Now of the season, Julio tron with seven things, five hits, four runs, walking one and struck out eight. He allowed the three home runs shoot a friend mill Reys, the other one coming from Eric Hosmer. Friend mill Rays is going to be an absolute beast. I'm telling you this right now. He's up to eight home runs on the year, double dong performance last night for him, um, and he's starting to come around. Look all the expected numbers and this guy's a stack cast hero right now.

Eggit velocity. He's in the percentile hard hit rate, percentile, expected wOBA percentile, expected slugging percentage seven percentile, expected batting average ninety one percentile. He hits the ball hard, He's got the ideal launch angled nine four point seven mile per hour average, eggs of velocity. He's lowered the strikeout rate this year. Big things are coming for friend Malreius. I'm a huge, huge fan of his. Uh. Look, if someone in your league is not buying into him, I

think this guy has legit. You know, top thirty outfield upside maybe even better than that. I just had concerns about it coming into the year if he was gonna play every day, but it seems like that's pretty much a thing of the past. He's been playing quite regularly for the San Diego Padres here. Absolutely love what I've seen from him recently. I think he's gonna only get better as well. And then Chris Paddock. This is a

nice little glimpses of the future. Unfortunately many Cancato has not come around yet for the Padres, but you know, two of their youngest studs and friend Malreius and Chris Paddock showing up huge in this game. And Chris Paddock has now gone at least six innings Greg in three straight starts. He hasn't allowed more than three runs in any start this season, has allowed exactly one in the walk in five of six starts. So that's stellar command that we loved coming into the year. Greg. It's shown

up for Paddock. He hasn't had the biggest swinging shrike rate, but overall you just watch him pitch and the guy just he gets it. He knows how to. I mean, he's got the mid nineties fastball, he's got the good command. You watch him, he knows where to spot these pitches. Uh, he knows you know how to mix in the changeup obviously, that nasty change up that he throws. And started throwing the curveball a little bit more last night as well.

So nice to see the two future studs for the Padres coming through last night, and friend Will Race and Chris Paddock. I love both of them. Futures right for both of these guys on the squad. Uh, lots of love Eric Hosmer name that we weren't on really in draft seasons back two fifty two, three oh eight. Is his O B P fifth one running the season for Hosber? Is he raising the ball more? Is he's still groundball machine? Uh, that's a fair question. Let's look into that, Greg. I

know overall he got off to a terrible start. The fact that his batting averages up to toft two now he's he's he's been hot the past couple of weeks and he actually is. Greg. I'm looking at the average launch angles so far this season seven point eight whereas last year negative one point to this is the guy that's always struggled um with hitting too many groundballs and I say he struggled loosely because he struggled to hit for power. But it's worked for him in the past.

I mean, that's what helped him get this huge, long term contract with the San Diego Padres. Just doing what he's always done. He's been a guy that typically in the past has been able to hit for good batting average. But he does hit a lot of a lot of balls on the ground. He makes a decent amount of contact, just you know, a consummate pro hit from the middle of the line up. You know, if guys get on base ahead of him, he's gonna end the year with five plus Ribby's. And I think that's what the San

Diego Padres wanted in him. They kind of want to build a winning culture and he was the first piece of that puzzle. But overall, he's hitting two fifty two this year, He's got an expected batting average of two sixty six, and has raised the launch angle dramatically. We're talking, you know, nine degrees overall on average this year. So he's hitting more line drives, he's hitting more flyballs, and

that's something that can only help Eric Hosmer. And you see that with what he's done in the past couple of weeks, getting that batting average up over two fifties. So us like, better days are actually coming for Eric Cosmer and the entire Padres lineup. You know, Frand will Rays is coming around now, Greg. The last one to come around many Machado. And once that starts clicking, I mean the team is already winning games. And that's without

Manny Machado really doing anything. So better day is coming for the San Diego Padres. One day that you wanted to talk about yesterday, we didn't get a chance. He was Mannie Machado. And why he's like you're looking at the perfect Bilow superstar. It's Machado. How come? Because I mean, if you look at the numbers overall, Greg, we have enough of a sample size of Mannie Machado now that and we've seen this before where he gets off to these slow starts. But overall, I mean he's hitting two

thirty six. He's a career to eight one hitter. Greg. The battle ball data is pretty much in line. I mean, the hard hit rate that's higher than his career norm. It's higher than it was last year. Um, he's setting a few more groundballs this year, but these things will well even out. He's got a you know, he's got a two nine two Babbitt right now. Um, it's just we have enough of a sample size from Manny Machado.

Now he's only got four home runs. He was drafted in the second round and he's not performing like a second round player. So there might be someone who's panicking. Oh, well, he's changed leagues. I mean, the strikeout rate is up this year, but he played for the Dodgers last year. Greg in the same division. He performed really well with the Dodgers last year. So I don't really have concerns

when it comes to Manny Machado. If someone in your league is freaking out, I'm trying to take advantage of that. Fair enough many Machado a bye right now for our own Frankie Stanfeld. You know he's gone forty eight minutes as far in the program, frank and we haven't mentioned our guy, you and me that hey us you love are more Michael Florio's guys definitely not our guy. Definitely not our guy. But Hazzi's Aguilar once again goes deep loyal,

promised us they come in bunches. Coming bunches last two days, three home runs over his last two days as he leaves milwalking to a four to three victory over the Rockies. Your boy, you least shaw seen. Goes six innings, t walk three, only struck out one. That's not so good, Josh Hatter because the seventh c but did allow a run in the ninth on a two run shot by

Ian Desmond. Interesting and Mon Marquez. Your boy Chris goes seven innings, six hits, four runs, didn't walk anybody, but struck out six against a tough Brewer's lineup that was once again without Christian Nilog. Yeah, and he just got in trouble in that final ending when he gave up that three run homer to Aguilar. He was actually cruising in the start. He was perfect through five innings, had five innings pitched, no hits, no walks, He had five strikeouts.

Um struggled a little bit in the sixth, got out of a basis load of jam, only allowing one run, and then gives up the big three run flight to Hayese's in his final ending. So maybe he was just kind of running on fumes here. I think he was getting close to uh just running on e here and you know he just ran into uh ha who again hits his third home run. He three home runs in the past two days, and he hits it to the

opposite field. And that's what I said yesterday is you know, you kind of just see what uh he's just taking what pictures are giving to him. Now. I don't think he's trying to do too much. Maybe he was trying a little too hard earlier on in the season, but you know, sees that that pitch up and just takes it the opposite way. So I'd like to see that from him. And if he was dropped in your league, I'm not saying that you absolutely need to go out there and get Hayes. Oh my god. If you dropped him,

I gotta go pick him back up. But if you have someone on your bench who's not performing, you know, there are worse things in picking up a guy who just hit you know, three three five home runs last year and drove in over a hundred ribbies. So I think now is the time to do that if he was dropped in your league. Overall, I thought his performance for her Man Marquees was another promising one. I really love the fact that didn't walk anyone here, just got

doomed by that big fly light from Hayes Saguar. So a little bit um, not a little bit, but a lot to be impressed with that. With her Momaz through the first month of the season, I've certainly been impressed. Another one of the ones I quite frankly just got wrong happens Ian Desmond with his third home run over the season. Still batting under two hundred, though, is Ian Desmond? Ryan McMann, after getting super hot over four again yesterday

at two strikeouts to four. Now Garant Hampson continues not to play. Uh, he was over one. He shrugged out his pinch in appearance. He's also betting under two hundred, So Greg, would you say that Ryan McMann is now super not for the past two weeks, he's ten for forty two. He's betting two thirty eight with two home runs, which I believe came in the same game, right, He had that more back performance first came back and hasn't

really done much since. What are you doing, Ryan McMahon, Are you holding him just because he plays every day in the Rockies line At this point, I am yes, pretty much right, and you own him, right, I do. I do. I own him in a in a home league where I believe I have now four Rockies Daniel Murphy remember story of David dal and right McMahon, I have four Rockies players I had. I think when they get shut out, I'm screwed. Greg, I had four as

well until I dropped Hampson. Um I have doll Arnado McMahon. They start every start, every day. I don't even have another second basement on my team to fill in at the moment. So you know, walk grate is solid for Ryan McMahon, I mean almost a twelve percent of walker. It's pretty good. K's a little too much. We talked about guys who are hitting too many balls on the ground. Greg fifty two percent groundball right for Ryan McMahon's gonna

get the job done. That's not I mean, I don't care if you're playing Corpsfield, you have the ball in the ground. Yeah, maybe you'll give me a single, but I gotta turn into a homer hard hit right, So they're pros and cons here. I like the walk rate. I like the hard hit, the hard contact that he's making, but roundball rate being to strike out rate. There are

pros and cons. When it comes to Ryan ning Man, I think overall I would still hold on to him just because he has that positional versatility and he plays every single day for the Colorado Rockies. But you know, over the over the next couple of weeks, I know that May is a big month for Colorado Rocky sitters. They have a lot of games at home, they have a lot of games against like questionable pitching staffs. So

May is a big month for Rocky s hitters. If we go through this month and rightning Man doesn't really turn around, I'm gonna hold him. I'm gonna hold on to him for at least at least the next two maybe three weeks, Greg. But if he doesn't start to turn it on by then, we're probably looking at dropping Ryan McMann. Let me go over to who you could drop Ryan McMahon four potentially, and at this moment, it maybe Brandon Jury, who's one of the hotter hitters oddly

enough in baseball. He's over three out of his last four days, and the thought was he was so cold and so bad once Vlad came up ran the Jury may be released from the Toronto Blue Jays Instead, he continues to play every day and all he does is hit home runs. He's fifth of the season yesterday against the angel A lot of uh, kind of break down from this game. So let's try our best to hear Frank so Jury hits the home run, Vladimir Guerrero goes

over to He did walk twice, which was good. But it was the debut for the Angels for Griffin Kenning. In that debut, he went four and a third, allowed four hits, three runs. He struck out six while walking just one. Uh. The big blow for him was that Brandon Jury at home run a couple of runs allowed or allowed run a lot earlier in the game was on his own wild pitch for the Angels who wanted to know what was gonna happen late in the game of the lead well Ty Butcher came on in the eighth,

struck out of batter, the say clean anything. In the ninth was the undertaker hands at the rod lass who walked the Platt walked the batter, struck out a batter and picked up his second save of the season. Yeah, so let's start here with with Griffin Canning. I think I thought it was a solid debut he wasn't efficient enough, and that's why he only goes to four and one third endings pitch and got his pitch count up all

the way up to eighty two. It is worth noting that the third run that he allowed was actually Cambridge Jojan who came up, came in and gave up a hit. So when he left the game, he had allowed only tour and runs, but there was a runnerund base, So the line ends up looking like four and a third, four hits, three runs, six strikeouts, like he had eighteen

swinging strikes yesterday. The Toronto Blue Jays are a lineup that tends to swing and miss a lot, but eighteen swinging strikes on eight two pitches really like what I saw. The fastball sitting ninety three miles per hour, seemed like he had good command of it, kind of has like a Hurrice Jerky delivery. Overall, I like what I saw out of him. No uses a curveball, uses a slider, some nice bite on his breaking pitches there. If he's available in your league, I would find a way to

get Griffin Canning on my team. I would drop Jordan Lyles for him. I would drop I would drop into Alaska's for him. Some of these other friends starting pitchers that we've talked about would drop those guys for Griffith Canny. I do think that he has some upside. Again, he was their top pitching prospect in the organization Ancel Robots.

You mentioned it as we suspected. Pretty much comes in, gets to save relatively clean ending, gives up one walk, doesn't give up a head, gets one strikeout, converts to save brand injury. Interesting one here because you're right that we question the playing time, But seemingly the past two weeks, this guy has played every single game. I'm looking at his game log on Yahoo Greg. He's been in there every single day and he is just red hot for

this team. But when everyone's healthy, when Freddy Gallavis is healthy, when Eric Sogard who left the game last night, is healthy, he's still gonna play every single day. I think he's playing every single day right now because he's hot. But overall, long term, I know you're the short term guy, so I guess I'll throw this your way. Are you picking up brand injury because he's one of the hottest sitters in baseball long term? I do have question marks though,

when it comes to him. I think cavan Video is coming up at some point for this team later on in the summer. Uh Bobachett is gonna be up for this team. And we got the report yesterday, um might have been from Was it from Rosenthal? It was from somebody someone whatever national Baseball writer that the Blue The Blue Jays are looking into getting rid of all of

their older pieces. They want to build around a young nucleus, guys that are in their low twentiasies prospects similar age of Vladimir Guerrero said that they can all grow together. Not that Marcus Stroman is old, but they're probably gonna try and trade away him and Sanchez and and Justin Smoke. So this is a team that's looking towards the future

and letting their young kids play. What do you think havan Video is going to be up sooner rather than later for the Blue Jays, which is just another name in the mix here for them. So what are you doing with with Brandon Jury? I think it's a good question. Um. I think for me, he's hot, right and he's playing every day. I don't like these banging the bottom of the line up eight, six and seven. Oh the past

three days. But I think if your second basement is dying and not getting the job done, yeah, I mean he's hot. Obviously broke his hand, so it's not gonna be Yeah, it's it's gonna be post All Star Break a little while. Yeah, let's not forget man like Brandon Drewry had some hype over the past couple of years, and he's only twenty six. The guy has got the

short end of the stick everywhere that he's gone. I mean, Yankees trade for him and then they end up making a slew of moves and Miguel and Nohard comes up and he's awesome, and you know, he basically gets Wally piped here. And we thought that he was gonna have a role with the Yankees that doesn't come to fruition. Um, they let him go. He latches on with the Blue Jays. We thought that he was basically just gonna fill in until Vladimir Guerrero comes up. But this is a guy

that had some upside Greg. I mean, just a couple of years ago, we were were pretty excited about him. He does strike out a lot. I mean, he's are on a thirty five percent strikeout rate this year. But hitting hitting the ball in the air more this year and a forty nine percent hard hit rate. I agree with Greg Man for the short term. If you need a second baseman, you need a third baseman his multi

positional eligibility. I'm gonna ride the hot hand when it comes to Brandon and I think this line is gonna get better considering that Vita mc guerrero. He's been up. He hasn't necessarily done anything yet, so I think the line is gonna perform better. He's really hot. I don't have a problem picking him up, but just no long term. I do have question marks there. There's many questions marks

your long term. It's not a long term play. Data though Man hard hit rate can argue with that, absolutely not. Numbers don't lie. Numbers never lies. What we've been told hands A Robost, hands A Roboists, Sean Kelly Robst When I told you, I told you should have picked up HANDL Robosts too. I think we're talking about it. You should have asked me before I forgot, I would have told yeah, Handsel Robolists. I think he has more staying

power long term here. John Kelly Again, I think j Kirk is gonna get this job back at some point, because I think it doesn't mean that it's gonna happen. I'll throw this your way. Adri Strope last night I have been My lineup doesn't come in a safe situation. Did dropped him for a handsome root. I just think stroke that the night off all right. I'll trust him. Chris Bench joins the program. It's gonna be a fun second hour. You'll enjoy it.