5/20, Hour 2: Called-Up Prospects, Pitchers, Pick of the Week and More

You're listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Let me just become best friends. Fantasy best friends forever. Our number two Fantasy best friends forever. Fantasy Sports were Radio Network, Franks Stample, Gregg Sussman Joy Now the first time, like a week, it's like loser Chris, Chris, it's been a while, it's been a while. It's up, guys. How you doing? It's your boy the clothes of Chris Ventry here. Uh.

And last week you talk about fabrigadon. It's not a thing you did, Nato Fabnado six Um that happened for me like a month ago. Yeah, hen't believe it. You got to spend it early. Who did you end up getting because of that? Because you spent early, so that that was my my biggest team, which I'm I'm two and five, but it didn't work. But my team's not bad on paper, Like the guys that are in there are just not getting it done. Yeah, So like this is why I think I want to go to Daly more.

The weekly format. I had Paddock, Boyd, Barrios and Nola for two starts last week. All four of their first thoughts they had under ten points, all four of them, so they just got Scholl at the wrong time. I had Montas on the bench pitch a gem. That's the problem. I like daily so you can get all your guys in. Uh. I'm not doing good in the Fantacy Pit leaguither that team is just bad. But one of the teams five and two and two leagues and I'm second place in another.

But it's just upsetting because my team is good because I picked up good guys. I got Tarrocca, I got you know a lot of good players. Um, and it's just not it's just not working. It's just it just doesn't culmulate to a win for the whole week each week that I'm doing it two and five now. But I think I can make a comeback we'll have to get you back on track here venture. Yeah, talking about the pit League. Yep, Greg, team coming alive a little

bit here, Greggy. Also, this was a lot because two weeks ago I faced Yang and we had a big rivalry, trying to like he's we've been talking smack to each other. Team was just garbage that week and I lose to him and he was like, I don't know, six or seven place or whatever. And then last week this past week, I faced the first team in Steve It my team wakes up, So what the hell? I would have read headed the week before so I could beat Yang h Man. Yeah,

let's take a win. I got your boy though, Alex Smith on that team now, Alex Smith, let's go Frank. What's up Greg? We've played each other this week? Oh easy for me. I have a two start minding me? I got oh, I guessaid my lineup? Thanks for reminding me. Man has two starters today though, oh j D. Martinez not on the lineup for the one o'clock game. Come on, has two starters today, including that chick Carbon. Yes you like the Mets, He's gonna crush them. It was like

the fifth time he's already played them this year. Greg, you think that this worry, by the way, was available waivers Hansel robles. Dude, someone did it yesterday and it wasn't Hansel Robless really it was. It was Wandy Peralta. I was gonna send it to you, but I was like, you, guys probably don't care about a Wandy Peralta. Who's Wandy Peralta. He is the he's he's a left handed, okay, left handed reliever. So he gives up bomb too straight away center.

I think it might have been to Cody Bounder, left, young lefty, and he goes he was like this, oh, catch it, catch it, and then it lands over the wall. It was like, come on, man, so only one person could do that. It's Hansel Robots. Stop stealing this bit come executed poorly by Wandy Wandy giving up dangers to Cody Bounder. How's your weekend, Chris? It was good. I went to Long Island, visited a friend who just had a kid four months ago. Nice. So, you know, I

did a lot of things. I didn't get to catch a ton of baseball of the weekend because I was out, but um, you know, that's the way of the world. What am I gonna do is the way of the world when it comes to baseball. I want to start with the Los Angeles Dodgers from yesterdays, where we're we getting today's recap portion of the program, and we'll begin within Jenn Rio, who have leaven now to thirty two consecutive scoreless innings. Last night, seven innings, five hits, five kids,

he walked one. He has been tremendously ear a for who sits at one point five two. I recognize he's facing the reds, but Frank, he's really coming to his own. It's all about health. Now we know all the effect it he is. That's exactly right, and he's been really good, even going back to the second half of last year and not really doing anything drastically different with his pitching arsenal this year, but the results they're just there, I

mean almost a strikeout for ending. It's the command. Really, it's the fact that he's not walking anybody. He zero point six one walks per nine and he really started to fix that problem last year when he he averaged just one point six walks per nine in seen that

was over three. So this is something that he's progressively gotten better at and I think the fact that he's shown good command in terms of not walking batters, he also is showing good command in terms of where he is putting pitches and which is obviously putting him in position to be the best possible picture that he can be and gets good run support with the Dodgers. So

he's now six and one. Uh. The left on base percentage right on the strand rate is even here was eighty five percent, which is also higher than league average. But he's someone who's over the past three years has been really good at pitching with runners on base, So that's gonna come down a little bit. He's not gonna have a sub two e r A. But Greggy, if you drafted this guy after the you know, first forty

starting pitchers, you're you're reaping massive benefits, right. I mean, he's been picking like a top fifteen starting pitcher right now. I don't know if they'll keep that up, but you know, I'd be willing to put him inside the top thirty right now, top twenty five with the way he's pitching. Trust him n SP three, maybe even low NSP two. Trust him absolutely. I don't trust him to stay health that's the thing. But when he's on the mant I think he's gonna be really damn good venture Yeah, and

he always pretty much has been. I mean, anytime he pitches, you're getting a good game out of him. That's been throughout his whole career really and it's just about the health. But obviously you're not gonna get this good the whole season. This is lights out, like you know, elite, and he will falter here and there at some point, but you know where you're gonna get him. For the most part, he's gonna be consistent. He's gonna get it done. Uh

low walk great good whip. You just gotta worry, you know, is he gonna get hurt? And the answer is probably yes at some point. Do you try already did this year? Do you try and sell him just based on that injury risk with this type of lead production, I might because you could probably get something good. What as always question, what can you get for him? Right? Right? And I don't I don't know the name. We always go back to. That's where I'll start. Who's your other Have hend Ryan

or Jack Flaherty. I'd rather have Flaherty. It's hard to argue with the production of Ryu though. Man, I'm looking at my home league right now. It's a points league. He's the speel overall, he's SP three. It's hard to argue with that type of production. Even as much as I love Jack Flaherty, man, he hasn't been I think in the Roto League, I would probably stick with Ryu

Greg because that goes back to quality greater signy. So in the Roto League, I don't really care if you give me two as if you give a hundred fifty innings of like, really really elite production, that's almost more valuable than a guy who gives you two dred innings pitched of you know, maybe a mid threes e r A. But if this guy is gonna give you a sub three e r A really good whip a strikeout for ending for a hundred and fifty innings in Rhodo, I think I would probably just stick with Ryo. Yeah, I

would go with Ryoty as well. Listening, I don't know how he'll continue to do what he's doing and for how long because he'll be hurt. But you put it out. It's not just a month now or two months. It was towards the end of last year as well. He's coming to his own at thirty two years old. He wasn't always this guy. Thinks have changed and obviously very much for the better for Los Angeles and four hundred ryot who seven seven, eight, eight pitches yesterday. It's super

efficient too. Yeah, he's doing it because he's not understand it's against the Reds. But the guy has been doing it all season long. He's made nine starts, they haven't all been against the Reds. And he's two r A. He star like numbers two six fIF two six nine x fit three point zero zero. But everything is sub three. So he's still really damn good. Even if even if he regresses a little bit, we should still expect a

sub three ear A when he's on the map. It's it's just crazy to say he's averaging the most points, uh for starting pitchers in my league right now. But well Clevinger was, but you know, obviously he's gone, Um, I don't know. I mean, listen, that's the question though, Like Flaherty, Yeah, you're right. This season in a in a rodal league, I'd rather have r you because the production has been consistently good. And even if he doesn't go for you know, a quality start. He's still getting

you a good start. You know, he's still getting a low whip for you. The thing is in a keeper's league, I rather have flawered, you know. Yeah, that makes sense, like because you know eventually he's going to figure it out. Flaherty is still going through some growing pains and stuff. He's still a young guy. I think Flowerty will be just fine. Yeah, I just do look quality start yesterday and in a tough spots, pitch in two in Texas, So building some confidence there. Great Dick sais il So

he's what fifth phase of the year yesterday? You like to see that for makes sense? No, that's fantastic. Um. I wanted to quickly mention Tenner Roark because he's ugly. He's he's you're kind of player, Frank, He's an old, ugly veteran. But I don't mean he's how he looks. I don't like the way he pitched yes yes five innings, only two hits, did walk three, short out seven, but allowed two runs against the Dodgers, best team in baseball. So he's ere A only three those five innings. He's

e r A. Sits at three point five one. He is allowed three runs or less in every start except one. He does not gonna go to keep in the games. He has not gone longer than six innings in any single game this season, and he only want six innings twice, sorry, longer than six, and he hasn't gone longer than six innings though more than twice. That's it interesting, not really. The underlying numbers are just not great here when it

comes to Santa ro Ark. He's got uh career high in strikeouts right now, eight point seven seven case per nine, but his swinging strike creed is actually lower than it was last year. Last year was at eight point four percent, which was already below league average, and this year it's eight point two percent. So that leads me to believe that these strikeouts this here are a little bit flukey.

He's also walking more batters than ever before four point zero three walks per nine, and he hasn't given up home runs yet, and that's why you see the extra at four point five nine, because they're gonna come eventually. He pitches in Cincinnati, great American small park, h and he gives up a lot of hard contact thirty nine percent hard contact right now. His chase rate is down this year, his first pitch strike percentage. I think he's

been a little bit fortunate. He he's a guy that should be owned, obviously, and only maybe fifteen teamers um, but an't even shallower than that, Like in my standard twelve team home league. I'm not picking him up bench. Are you picking him up? No? But I might stream him, you know here in there because it's in the National League Central, which is a tough vision. Like you're gonna get the Brewers, you're gonna get the Cardinals, the Cubs,

and you pitch in great American ballpark. So it's just it's a tough situation, tough overall for tana roor as good as he's been. I just think it's a little bit fluky. Yeah, I agree with you in the sense that you know, three five one, this is like the lowest I feel like his are a really could be. You know, you're getting his his best right now, and he still gives up a lot of hits fifty one innings, fifty hits UM, fifty strikeouts though what you do like?

But I don't know, like I You're right, I think eventually he's gonna have some blow ups. He's not gonna keep it like this. But he is a pretty good picture. I mean, he's not a bad picture. It's just that you gotta get him in the right spot. So you'd want to pick him up in a two star stream against San Francisco and San Diego something whatever, you know,

Like that's how you're gonna play it. You're not gonna hold him on your roster and throw him in for a one start because at any point he even if he does have a good start, he might have a lot of case. You might have a lot of walks and then you're like, all right, so you only got like fifteen points out of that, it's not worth it. You know, there's better guys out there. I agree you fifteen teamers. I think he should be on them. Yeah, in the right situation right, Like kind of reminds me

of another veteran. I know you hate him, Greg, but like Jeff some margin, like in the right spot he pitches in San Francisco to Star week like something like that. Yeah, I could see getting behind. So you pick and choose your spots with Tanner Roark. But I would say in my standard twelve team league, I'm not really that enthusiastic abou him. Look at the whip. The whip is one point four two and p RRA is three point five,

so normally those things are correlated. Based on a one point four to whip, his e r A should probably be over four. So and you see a whip that high, you think he's been a little bit lucky so far, right, and in his career, you know, his r A is pretty much around four, like I mean, well, it's three five nine for his career, but that's because of earlier seasons when he was really good. But his past two years he's been four point three four high four point

six seven. Yeah, right, so you know what he is. He's a four r A pitcher. He's not a bad pitcher though, to have just wanted to ask that given the old veteran status that you like to talk about, Frank, I don't like this picture that you painted me better. Is is that true? You're actually the veteran of the show.

I am, yeah for sure. But when it comes to liking old guys, you like veterans though, I thought you were the veteran you love, you know, like Daniel Murphy and Justin Turner right there there, what about like Jordan's Ermanhommer Bailey. Oh yeah, well you talked me into the there's one. Who's the guy last week that I had to sit here and Yellow wasn't here. We were talking major crap about him earlier in the season. Started in the league last week and he had a quality start

against the Yankees. Runs. I'm bad she started. Don't start this week, including tonight the Yankees. He is in that lineup? Is I'm desperate. I lost Paxton, I lost Valdi's understandable. Yeah, but I would advise everyone don't use Andrew Cashier this week. Don't do what I'm doing. I'm just really desperate. You, as I say, not what I do. Speaking of great performances, O were the Mets here, gentlemen for a moment. Sandyel Gantara pitched eighty nine pitches in a complete game, shutout

two hits, one walk aloud. He struck out eight in the pit league. I was between picking up as a streamer Ronaldo Limpez or Sandy all Gantara. I was looking like a quality start. Sandiel Guitar has gonna quality start in months, So like I think that right now. The Lillapez gave you a quality start? Who gave me a quality start? He was good. All guitar was amazing. Yes, he based the Mets. Now No Syndergar was also like, finally only Stu got three? What's going on? By the

Miami Marlins? They had three hits in back to back games, total three hits? What's wrong? It's yesterday and then on Saturday. Actually figured this out because I heard John Sterling talking about it during yet the Yankee game yesterday. He says, how about this, Susan. The Mets had a leadoff double from Jeff McNeil on Saturday. They didn't get another hit the entire game. How about that? You know, how does

that work out? It's crazy? Why the same last? I feel like he's like kind of like somewhere there and sounding like that. But yeah, look, Sandy al Katara was great yesterday. I think you could just stream him every time he faces the Mets. Crazy seems like, even going back to last year he owned the Mets. But great game for him overall, two hitch, shut out, eight eight strikeouts, nineteen swinging strikes on eighty nine pitches. He had nine

ground ball out as well. Yesterday. What I really like is the fact that he only walked one venture Because for Sandy al Kantara, I think he's talented. But as we say about a lot of young pictures, and you know, it's funny you bring up Ronaldo Lopez, they actually kind of remind remind me of each other. Is that Sandy al Kantara throws really hard and he has good stuff, but I think a lot of the time he just

doesn't know where it's going. So for me, the most impressive part for him was just one walk yesterday nine innings. Pitched absolute gem and it was against the Mets, who have been cold as ice. But I mean, you're not picking this guy like we're not. I mean he picked up for Stream. Maybe he's like I could get behind it. Look like he pitches in. So yeah, it's wins on stuff like tough division. You don't want to use them

against the nationals of the Phillies obviously. I think similarly to Tanner row Arc, I think you pick and choose your spots with a guy like all Kantara, but I do think that he has more upside than a guy like Row. To listen to be learned is pitch your pictures against the Mets. Yes, you Spencer turn Bill this week because hes the Mets and the Marlins. Oh Man, we went back next from the NFL to the NBA. Daily Rohodo dot Com is the place to win millions

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the next Daily Rhodo Millionaire. Fantasy best Friends Forever Fantasy Sports Radio Network Frank Stafell, Chris ben stro I am Greg staining a look at some of the performances over the weekend that their paying attention to, and I realized it was against the Orioles. But what Shane Bieber did yesterday we have to talk about because we all had the fever yesterday. fIF Teen strikeoutsen Bieber over a complete game shut up for him as well, five hits. He

didn't walk anybody over his one d and seven pitches. Frank, Yeah, it's just absolutely phenomenal. Here. I was watching a lot of this start early on, and you could just tell, I think after these past couple of starts he was upset at himself. His last start off he allowed four home runs, He allowed five runs total, and we sat right here and we said, no, maybe maybe the stuff just isn't that good. Maybe you stuff to say, all right, Well,

I'm I lied, I'm sorry, storry again. Shane Bieber on seven swinging strikes yesterday, swinging strikes, fifteen strikeouts, both career highs, going nine innings. Pitch that was also a career high, just had everything working in twelve swinging strikes on his slider alone and going up against the Orioles. And I know most people just see the Orioles and they just think, well, oh they're terrible, But the actually don't strike out all that much against right handed pitching. Only one nine percent

strikeout right That's that's the middle of a pack. So this isn't like your Orioles team of years past, where like you know, they're in the top five and strikeout right against right handed pitching. There in the middle of the pack, and Shane people went out there and just absolutely dominated. I really hope that this is a sign of things to come. Chris, Yeah, and I think it is. Um I the stuff is there. I think it goes back to what we're saying at the beginning. He just

pitches too much in the zone. I mean, he still doesn't walk anybody. And that's the thing, like I feel like he needs to just be a little bit more, you know, go for it with his stuff and really win it, you know what I mean. Don't be worried about always throwing strikes. He's got the stuff to be an elite starter. He's still trying to harness it. And

right here he showed what he could do. Fifteen strikeouts, ridiculous, no walks still again, I mean, and he's gonna do this against a lot of you know, bad offensive teams, even if they don't strike out. He's got that type of stuff. So Whove has got Bieber, you know, don't you don't have to worry anymore. And the fastball Velo was up a little bit yesterday too. He was sitting like ninety four. He was consistently hitting nine as well,

So fastball Vilo was up. I'm looking at the slider velocity for the season, up about a mile per hour as well, using that slider a little bit more this year. So I think this is something that you could build off. If you look at the underlying numbers, they're still really good. They they have been. I mean, thirteen point seven percent swinging strike rate, much higher than league average, his oh swing, his chase rate is higher this year as well. I

would like to see him get more groundballs. I think that's why he's been hurt a little bit by home runs, that he's been giving up a few too many fly balls. But overall three to two r A, three seven three uh FI and in three four two x fits, so he's right in that range. Everything kind of like right in that you know, mid threes, three point to eight sierra as well skill interactive v r A, so everything's

right there. So you're saying we should start Bieber for one against at home against Tampa Bay this week, Yes, in most senses I would. I didn't use him in one of my home leagues just because I had so many two star pitchers head Turnbull for like the Mets and the Marlins, and I wanted to get him in there and I just traded for Zach Wheeler. I was telling you guys during the break, I traded Giancarlos Stanton a way for Zach Wheeler, with the caveat that it's

keeper league in Zach Wheeler's twenty first round keepers. So and then the one that I was most shaky about is I have you Darvish in my lineup for a two star week instead of shame. So I was like, really on the fence with that one. Well, I was like, again, it's you know, you Darvish coming off his best start of the season, and if you don't use him in a two star league, you shouldn't have him. When are you gonna use him? He's going up against Philly tonight,

which I don't love. But his second start is against Cincinnati, which is the team that he had the eleven strikeouts against. So he's been pitching better, but he doesn't go deep at all because he normally walks to many guys. That last start out here, he didn't walk anybody. And I remember you gave a bunch of great stats, Craig about how he had all these three ball accounts, but he

didn't walk anybody on those three ball accounts. Obviously, and he uses cutter more which lets a more strikeouts, so hoping that he can build off that. Man, this this, this might be the last go around. Like if you Darvish gives me negative points in like a two start week, I might cut him cut Yeah, old cut, Wow. I don't know. He's so frustrating, man, I know, but he's still got you know, the les Miami two starts to go.

I mean, I I cannot forgive you for that. It's unforgivable, that is, but but it's forgivable when you know you're have an eleven ks you know start and you're dominating with no books. Unforgivable. We had you in the lineup six walks against the Marlins. Unfot his bad. But that's what I think. I think Darvish could tell in that around pretty easily. I mean, I listen, he's got he's got the stuff you know's going on in his head. I think it's clubs. He just hasn't been the same picture.

It's weird and the walks are a big part of that. So like, you know, he's got that upside where he could give you an eleven K ten K start on any given start and I just want that on my team, even if I'm stashing it for a while and I'm only pitching from two for two starts, that are two good matchups, like I might hold them. It depends on what out there too. You know, if there's someone in the wave of wid that you really like, sure, but like I would hold him for the most part, give

him a little bit longer release. Let me go to Boston, who, of course playing right now against Toronto, but yesterday they played against the Astros finally beat him four to three. Chris sal attend strike outs, but he walked five guys five and third three runs, allowed four hits. Ultimately Boston's win wins and Marcus Walden, who's six and oh on the year out of the bullpen from Boston. You got picked up in your main event, Frank, I saw um is the ear as one point three seven that Bar's

gonna hold. It was Brandon Workman getting the save all three of those guys. Really, I think if you're you're in like a safe post holds leagues or all they just need like a reliever like Waldman. Uh Walden makes sense, and then Workman gets to save here too. It seems like they didn't want anything to do with Ryan Brazier, who's kind of going through a rough patch right now. But just really frustrating that Matt Barnes again using the eighth ending, like Brandon Workman for most of the season

had been the setup guy. He who had been the guy who's pitching the seventh, eighth enning, and then they still go with Matt Barnes here in the eighth instead of using him as a closer. Um, I mean I would have to go back and see, like maybe he faced tougher the tougher hitters in the eighth inning. I mean he faced Matt Barnes face Korea Gerriel and Tyler White, and then Workman got Freenos, Reddick, Mariis Nick and Tony Camp.

So they probably wanted Matt Barns to face the tougher part of the order, and that's why he's using the eighth inning. Just the Boston bullpen has just been one of the most frustrating all Sea. Well, that's the thing I was gonna ask you. Of all the teams in the league, I feel like a lot of teams are like this now, though like for instance, Jose Alvarado, the guy has been lights out all season, except for recently

against the Yankees he got tattooed for three runs. But other than that, the guy has been amazing, and he hasn't been getting saves until recently. Like he was used as a as a setup for the most part. I know, you know he's left and everything like that, but like you know, he used to be the closers, the closer. That's it. You know, I'm very well you are clo

there's no closer by committee. If you have a dominant closer like Alvarado could be, and the way Matt Barnes is pitching, should be the closer, the go to closer every time, unless he's pitched two or three games in a row and you want to arrest him whatever. Fine, But like there's no consistency with a lot of these pictures that we talked about this when I got in the fight with Frank Well while back. Yeah, I remember, I mean, that's that's why too many teams are doing this.

That's because it's smart. Do you have your invest reliever face the best players. It's very simptoms, but it kills. It kills fantasy. Not smart for us, of course, but they don't give a crap about us. How would you have felt closer and then the next day you pitched the sixth and be a pitches six inning against the best hitters, the bases loaded. How would I feel? I would be like, why are we doing this? The bases are loaded, You're facing the best players the other team.

You would say, I'm the closing I don't want to pitch right now? Yeah, cut immediately, No, But that's why then fantasy needs to be safe pass hold. If this is the director has to be no way around it. One name that you didn't mention that they didn't pitch yesterday for Boston that was involved in the same class hold was Ryan Brasier, who has not gone ay save or holding each of his last three appearances for Boston. He's only allowed one running that time with it in

base runners on base quite a bit? Should hands cut bait with Ryan Brasier? Has Brandon Workman surpassed him as Marcus Walden sur passed him as Matt Matt Barnes is kind of compliment to him. She fantish cut Ryan Brasier. I think we have to be a little bit more patient here, Greg, especially in Rhoto leagues, because would it surprised you if he came out this week and got like two or three saves, like it wouldn't surprise me personally.

And I know he hasn't pitched well recently, and you know he's got a three three eight e r A. His underlying members not good. He's got a five point four seven XFIT. I was actually searching his name on Twitter yesterday to see if they said before the game that he was unavailable or anything, and I saw a lot of Red Sox fans actually tweeting like, please do not bring in Ryan Brasier. So that tells you the level of trust that they have in Ryan Brasier right now.

And I think you're starting to see that um in Alex Cora as well and the Red Sox overall. So in rhoto leagues where saves are so hard to come by, I wouldn't cut bait on him yet. If you're playing like head to head points league and you just need two relievers, he probably wouldn't have been out my roster

fight the past couple of weeks anyway. So in the league like that, all right, But anywhere where it saves as a category head to head categories or rhodo I would probably hold him for the next week or two, just if he gets any more safe opportunities, and if it turns out that he's out of the pecking rner now and it's it's work man and it's Matt Barnes, and I think you're all right to drop, but I

would still hold on to him for now. Greg Okay, holding all onto Ryan Brazier just for now, says For example, in the game yesterday, we we kind of all are all on this. Kyle Tucker, You're on Alvarez watches Albres. It is another home run yesterday, but one for three has everyone down. Um, yeah, we're kind of just waiting. We best in a nice day. He was to be for four or three runs scored O Javis let off yesterday.

That was cool. Uh two be four was Andrew Brogers being two be four as as well, Springer getting hurt for three. That's right over three had three strikeouts that pulled the lower back injury yesterday. Is that the Tucker opportunity? Yeah, that's what we were just talking about in the first hour, asking he goes on the I l I think the answer is yes. I think it would be Tucker too. And I tweeted that out yesterday venture and I got some backlash, everyone saying, well, it has to be your

Don Alvarez. He's not a good outfielder. He've been using him at first base. He projects more as like a first baseman or a designated hitter, maybe a corner outfielder. But I think that the Astros care a little bit more about defense than other teams have showed, like you know, the Brewers for example, that you know they'll sacrifice defense in order to get more offense in their lineup. But like, Josh Reddick isn't going anywhere. This is like he's hitting

three thirty three within eight SIPs. He had two more hits yesterday. Like as much as we want your Don Alvarez, Josh Reddick is not going anywhere. So that's why, like we kind of have this issue with all right, well we want Kyle Tucker too. Is just there's not enough spots, and you know, they haven't got great production at the first basis here with Tyler White and using Ulie Guriel there.

So I think that would be the opening for Alvarez, and I think it shows because they've been using him at first base in the minors that that's kind of their train of their their train of thought right now as well. But like Josh Reddick isn't going anywhere venture he's performing, so why would he lose his job just doesn't make sense. And he's a veteran that could be big in the playoffs come time. Listen, this is the Houston Nationals, the thirty one and sixteen. Uh, they're winning games.

They're one of the best teams in baseball, if not the best. And why would they rush something that they don't have to? You know what I mean, Let the kid develop, let him get reps at first. You know, us as fantasy on us, we want these young guys coming up and we want to grab him on a team as soon as possible. But it's just not the way baseball works were talking about. This is just with the relievers too, So I mean, you gotta wait, you

gotta wait. I mean, Tucker, though, once it does happen, you want to be on top of it quick, because it could happen. I would start stashing him now. Yeah. Oh and and you know something else I would throw out there too, right was I wrote about this on my Patrens just earlier today. I said um stasist Mitch Keller. Now because there was a tweet yesterday from MLB Pipeline that said that he got scratched from his scheduled start UM and that the starter for the Pirates Wednesday is

TBD to be determined. And I brought this up last week when Trevor Williams got hurt and they've obviously had the injuries to Jameson I own when Archer just came back. But they're running out of bodies, Greg, So I would say, if you're in need of pitching in deeper leagues, think now it's the time to stash miss Keller, stashing him anywhere. Ah, they like against you. I mean just I think it's um. I think it's you know, you kind of get ahead of the pack before for other before he comes out.

You gotta spend all this, fab I think now it's probably the time. I don't disagree. I think this is the move before they potentially announced them as a star. To you great point, Frankie looked into it. UH scratches last start tv D on Wednesday for UH in Pittsburgh. I agree with you, Frank, I think it's worth it. Yeah, I still me personally, I think that he needs more seasoning.

I look at his minor league numbers and he's got like a three seven e r A and his whip is like one point five because he still struggles with walks. So I think he needs more seasoning. But there's no denying that the stuff is there, and he is their top prospect. He's not just the top pitching project. He's their top prospect overall in the Pirates organization and is going to be some hype around him. Right, he's too

you know, he's twenty three years old. It's you know, it's about time that he comes up soon, you know what I mean? And you're right too. He's to seventy three bating average against. He has a one five whip, so he's given up hits, end walks. He's got the k's up. But you know, the talents there. I guess he should be seasoned a little more. But you're right, this is someone you gotta stash, especially keep his league. He should already be owned a while ago. Yeah, no doubt,

no doubt about it. That's Keller. We'll see if he does get a call for Pittsburgh later this week. Now is the time to jump on it, so you don't have to spend all that fab to go ahead and get him. Yesterday for Pittsburgh they defeated San Diego h

six to four. Joe must Grove when six and the third, four hits, four runs, three or and he struck out four cal Kwandro got bothered in his five minutes, only five runs, eight hits, only walked too, but also only struck out s Felie bag Basket struck out the side for his thirteenth safe Frankie Yeah, Tee must Grove look bounce back performances here. You needed to see this from him based on the way that things have been going

for him recently. Is the one big blow against him was a three run homer off of the bat of Hunter Renfro that he just left a hanging slider up in the zone. But you know, since that eight earned run performance where he just got actually blown up against the Cardinals and people were asking it should be dropped, Joe must Grove, He's gone thirteen and one third ending pitch and has only allowed three earned runs total during that span, so and only three walks. That's obviously a

big key for him. Uh and that start against the Cardinals. He was just super wild. He had he had five walks. That was a career high for him. So it's good to see that he bounces back these past two starts, not walking many guys, not getting a ton of strikeouts either. But I don't think we really expect all the strikeouts from him anyway. That's not gonna happen anyway. Yeah, this start looks like a typical Joe Musgrove start. Quality start gives you a quality start. He's not gonna a ton

of case. He'll have a walk or two and you know he'll give up a couple of runs. That's what he does. Uh, you know when he's on and you want that consistency though, that's the thing. Um. And just to say, don't look now the Pirates of twenty four and twenty Josh Bell ferm VP. That's what I'm gonna say. He's like the four I mean, he's the top five hitter in Basil right now. I laughed, but I can he got four b P baseball in RBIs. He got fourteen homers, those forty four ribs. I was with someone

on Saturday who say we're thirty runs scored. I was with someone on Saturday and a bad team. They're not really a good Josh Bell fourteen home runs and I'm like, yeah, dude, I mean this guy, it's a home run every day and like long shots like bomb. Yeah, he's hitting bombs. So, you know, shout shout out to Josh Bell who who made that made that adjustment he is. He's tied with Cody Boninger for the league leading RBIs with forty four.

He made that adjustment where he needed to, you know, raise his long hang a little bit more, hit more line drives, hit more home runs, and god, it's paying off. I mean, this is a big dude. He's a strong dude. So we've been begging him to do this for for a couple of years now, and man, he's finally doing

it and doing it quite successfully. I wonder what. You don't have to look it up now, but like at some point I want to look up, Uh what the change in his launch angle approaches and everything like that. I spoke about this a little bit last week. It's not it's not massive. It's not a massive change. But last year he was nine point to average launch angle. This year it's ten point six. So it's not massive. But look at the average egg lostity. I mean he's

just seeing the ball better this year. I mean it's must. It must look like a beach ball form when it's coming at the plate because last year ninety average eggs of velocity, which was already pretty good. This year ninety five point eight eight that is the best in baseball boom. That is the percentile Josh Bell average ex loss. When do we come back the BFF best pick of the night, Frank and I will have that for you and lets you know why you should put your money next, From

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your way to becoming the next Daily Rhodo millionaire. Back with you here on the FFS, it's Frank Stample, Greg Sauce me here the BFS pick of the night around the MLB we go. It's sorter sleep give it that it's a Monday night. But Frankie, there's a clear answer to the best pick of the night. And I don't know that you have it. You might and I to me there, to me, there's a clear answer. Where are

you going first tonight? Yeah, So I'm looking at my guy, Mike Sarroka and the Atlanta Braves going up against the San Francisco Giants tonight. I understand that the game is in San Francisco, it's in Oracle Park. The Braves are on the road here, But Mike Sarroca, Greg would a zero point nine eight e r A on the season, and going up against the San Francisco Giants, a team that frankly does not have one of the stronger lineups in the league, and going up against Andrew Suarrez, who

was making his first start. You're getting the Braves tonight at minus one thirty eight. To me, it's no brainer. Yeah, So I really like the Raves tonight for all the reasons to mention Siroca, uh, given what he's done this seasons, is getting called up Suars making his first start of the season. The fact it's only minus one thirty eight, I get it, it's in oracle, but then it's a great number. I love Sarroca tonight, but I don't know that that's the answer. I know you had one other

bet that you liked. What is it? It is the Minnesota Twins at plus one. You're getting plus money going up against the Los Angeles Angels. They're going with the opener tonight. Felix Painia will be the one that follow them, and he has pitched well this season, so has Jake Odoreesy. I'm just gonna side with the Minnesota Twins here because their offense has just been phenomenal recently. Over the past week They've done something like score fifty six runs. They

had an eighteen run game over the weekend. Greg so Odorezi has pitched well, their lineup is hot, and you're getting them at plus money. I like the Twins to win this game tonight plus one A wait. So that's why you're right because plus one A wait, and you're like, what, the Twins are one of the hottest teams in baseball when it comes to their line up. Why are you getting them a plus money like an Angels team that's won't just not. I don't know. That's why I like

the Twins. That's why I say you're getting closer. But the bet that you need to make is the total in this game. So there's totals nine if you like. Look at what j j Oderesi has done over his last I don't know, entire season. He hasn't allowed more than four runs ever, a lot of four runs one time, and in his last five starts he hasn't allowed more than three three consecutive starts where you're lot none none. So then you go to the Angels like, all right,

what is Felix Paina done. So Felix Paino again has only allowed four runs or more one time, and that was way back in his first start of this season in March. We don't care that he's not the starter. He isn't open, that's fine. He's petching the majority of the innings. He doesn't allow more than three runs either. You can bind three plus three and that's the most you got six the totals nine. You have plenty of room for error here. To me, it's easy get the

under tonight between the twins and the Angels. Good back. So there we go. We both like the Twins and the Angels. We will like the Twins. We both like the under If you like another, start the Braves in Saroka. That's the way to go. We f play the day. We keep track of it each and every day. So good luck to you tonight. Let's get back into what

we were going over before the break. We tain to look at what happened this weekend, and we mentioned Franks just a moment ago that the Minnesota Twins were one of the hottest teams in baseball with that line what they're doing, and yes, straight he did fall to Seattle seven or four, but the Vats still putting up runs, but they fell. So a guy that you were talking about last week and that all of a sudden getting

kind of hot. And as you say, Kakuchi four Seattle, Kakuji six runs, six intings rather five intes, three runs, only water were earned. He walked to he struck out six ventra. Kacuchis here right now, sits at three point four three. What do you think? Yeah, he's been I think pretty much what you wanted when you drafted him. Um, you got him at a decent price, and he's pitching pretty well overall. I mean he's consistent lately. Uh, he doesn't. He's not gonna I don't think he'll have to be

an elite picture by any means, though. I think he'll he'll be good. I don't know. I don't know who to compare him to. I don't have anything, but like, the consistency is what you want to see. Six inning, seven things every start. Three runs are less. Uh, he gets, you know, anywhere from you know, five six k's around the cape, raining solid across the board. It so obviously he should be you know, it's exactly what you wanted. I don't think you could have asked for much more, right, Yeah,

I agree with you. You say, Cokuchi a guy that was gaining a lot of steam in the pre season, in spring training, during draft season, frankly, and he's starting to live up to that now. Over his last four starts venture, this guy has not allowed more than three runs in any of those starts. He's giving you a quality start in each of them. He's also giving you

some length. He's going deeper into starts as well. His past two, specifically, he's giving you six innings pitch the two before that seven and two thirds against the Yankees. That was the Pine Tower game, by the way, and then they'll start before that against the Indians. It was seven innings pitched during that time, a two point zero three e R, a three point five five fit strikeouts in twenty six and two thirds, and he's pitched only

six walks during that time as well. You say, COUCHI coming around here, Greggy, Yeah, couchis, Couchi is good man. Like I said this, do you come the infatu You get annoyed that he's going to have those short outings we had where Justice Sheffield pitched the majority. He's basically acts as the opener for one of the games, and I think it's gonna happen like once every five starts.

So you really got to pay attention, Like if you're playing a points league to you cannot make the mistake of having Cacuchi in your line up for the week where he only gives you the one ending pitch because that's just gonna absolutely which is actually coming up because it's coming up soon, right, Yeah, it should be. April was the last time he opened against Texas. Maybe start

might be this, It might be this weekend. It could be it could be that next start for him, and so keep an eye on on that idea, because haven't said your line up yet for this week. Do keep an eye on that. Take a look with the Mariners beat reporters are saying um and where ultimately they fall. Mariners now three games under five hundred despite the victor

all averages. Greggy all right, Uh, Kyle Gibson yesterday for four minutesode of six and things nine hits, four runs, and people are pretty high on Kyle Gibson didn't work out yesterday against Seattle four. The Mariners, though, Ed went deep for the thirteenth time the season, Miss Haniger went deep for the twelve and Dan Mulgil blackably it's back to back days with whole runs his thirteen who run

of the year here he got cold. If he didn't drop him, as Floria said, don't drop Dann bilbilback yet. Wait it worked out. Yeah, he's been one of these guys up and down. I think that's exactly what he's gonna be. You just look at his profile. He's a guy that I'm gonna strike out a little bit at times. So that's gonna be those are gonna be the games where, like you see him, he's gonna be in a lull, he's gonna slump a little bit. But he's got some

pretty serious power potential and we've seen that now. He was hot early on, got really really cold, and then now he's getting hot again. I believe he's hit like three or four home runs over the past week or so for Seattle. And it's not like it's a great hitters ballpark either, So that just lets you know how powerful he is because he can he can drive the ball regardless of where he is. And Edwin and Karnacio just doing more of the same two five batting average,

that's fine. Thirteen home runs uh up to thirty three ribbies too, so he's too just getting getting the job done here for the Seattle Mariners venture. Yeah, um, very streaky. The question is would you rather have like him or I know, this guy's really cold, but justin smoke with the pedigree, they gotta have vocal back at this point. I don't really care abougree exactly. I would rather have

vocal vocal back at this point. He does struggle mightily against left handed pitching, which could be frustrating for head to head points league, So he was dropped in one of my leagues, and I think I looked into picking them up, but I saw that the Mariners either face two or three lefties this week, and I said, you know,

he might actually sit out those games. He only has twenty one at bats against lefties on the season, so it seems like those are the games where they sit him a little bit more, and you know they have other players that they can get it in there and d d H. He sitting two eighty two with a one thousand eighty four OPS against right e's one forty three with a seven oh nine OPS against lefties. So he's the guy that you you might have to worry about with the splits. Yes, and you have to be

careful in weekly leagues. What week is starting him too if you have them in weekly leagues, because if he does get cold, it will probably be for a little while. Great. Is it safe to say that the Cubs traded away the wrong Schober brother because it kind of was like brothers. They're both just like, you know, gargantuan humans that have beards. They kind of look alike if you look at them side by side. I think the Cubs might have might have flowed this one up venture. You think, so looks

better than Schwarber, at least this year looks. Swarber hasn't been great for years years, right, But you know Schwarber was like hugely towed when he first came up and was raking for the Cubs. So you know, they had a lot of promise for this guy. He really fell off the map. He's got six homers, he got fifteen Ribbies, and he has logo box almost has more home runs than Schober has RBIs. That's bad, Yeah, that's bad. He is only twenty six years old, though, I mean I

could see him. The Yankees wanted him years ago for the Chapman trade. It ended up getting labor, which I'm fine with. Like, you know what if Kyle Swarber becomes a free agent and like the Cups are like, all right, we're gonna let you go. Swing is pretty We don't need stadium. The thing is, we don't need another guy that can't be put defense and d h the team already. You don't they don't though, Well now that now they don't, they don't. Yeah, Well, just like Kendricks Morales, he's hot morale,

but Stands back then he's doing they were doing. You would have to imagine the standing probably DH is most of the time until you know, judges back to I don't know that's true. Yeah, Like there's gonna be a rotation. Gardner's defense is obviously like he's gonna play. But like, I can't even argument that Stands are better defender than Clint Frasser. Baby, I think you can, Baby, I probably

would still trust Clint Fraser a little bit. I don't think I would, But you know, we also has the shoulder thing, like not mess with Giancarlo Stanton, Like if he comes back, like, let's stick in our power to keep him healthy. Right by the way, we uh Blue Jay's Red Sox outside Luke Malley first run of the season off of David Price. Prices return today from the

I L so it's a two star week. They actually I was watching it and they put up the Toronto lineup, and I'm like, how is this team even school runs? They're so most of the time they don't. That's why we streammar pictures against them everywhere. Eld is getting hot though, guys getting six homewords last week, Glad home running hit yesterday was Calvin Area monster. I mean it was like it was way inside pitch and he still managed to pull his hands on enough to get it out. I mean,

the guy is so impressed speed. And it was his first home run to left field. Think about that. All of his other home runs have either gone to center or right field, which shows tremendous power. There has been a trade in what sport Major League Baseball. A Lanta Braves have acquired one of Frankie's guys, Anthony swore zak Ah and cash considerations from the Seattle Mariners in exchange for left handed pittuer Jesse Biddle and right handed picture

prospect right handed picture Rhodas. Wow, so he's gonna be out for the year. Maybe the Mariners are kind of forward thinking things. This guy is gonna be our closer in the future, Greggy, I'll throw this one back at you, this guy swarzak Any chance he gets save opportunities here or do you think he's I think it's possible. I think it's I don't. I don't think he will. Just because Luke Luke Jackson has performed well thus far, he

might get in there. It doesn't really have experience, But like Swarzak, I was touting him early on in the season. I picked him up for cheap and if you leave um, and he converted a few saves. But since then, I mean he's he's been terrible great sola better than Luke Jackson. I don't know. He's blowed a couple recently, also hasn't. Maybe that's why they want more of a veteran presence in the back of the bullpen. Maybe Luke Jackson because

he's inexperienced. Me personally, right now, I feel Luke Jackson is the guy still, even with this acquisition of Swarzak, I think Swarzak is probably like a seventh eighth and guy. Yeah, I mean he shouldn't be the closes right away. He has a five two. Where's that? Yeah, you shouldn't be thrown into a club. He hasn't been great so his first couple of But you're saying Seattle, they're they're looking for the closure of the future, close in the future.

But I think they heard of Swarzack salary and this guy and is like a piece of okay, And Jesse Biddle was a former top prospect and he's done something things out of the bullpen for them is like a long reliever. So so it's like a build of the bullpen for the future. Like we're a young guy and you got a veteran. Is this guy and I feel like he's a veteran. He's at old I'm gonna I would think he's Yeah, I was gonna say high twenty.

So he's twenty eight years old. So you know, he might be able to be the closer for like the next couple of years for them, if anything. But the question is is even a good closing right of trying to replace him for years? I mean, I've been a this guy, you know, guy, Hey, say what you want about him. Last year two point one one e r A save sixteen games, pretty name good guys, come on, But the rest of his point one seven whip, it's

not not bad. The year before that two eight three e r A. I think you guys are selling the roads this guy. In a little short, I do agree that it seems like the Braves have tried to replace him, But I don't think he's a bad pitcher. He's not bad, but I just don't know if he's a quality closer for a whole season, you know what I mean. It's better than anything else the matters are doing. Oh yeah, and binas alias or whatever, you know, cheap bid that um Modica had in our league, and he said that

he was going to bid on him last week. Could be back soon, could be back. I believe it's as early as like last week of May something like that. So we're getting close to the data. Might be like remember he got placed on the sixty day I l back in late March, so we're getting close to that, you know, two months time period here, and I think it's pretty likely that he ends up as the closer again, Greg. So if you need a closer, stashed hunter Shrikland for now.

Anything else from yesterday that he wanted to hit off right and make sure we got to ums here first of them? Yeah, Kessing here hit a homer yesterday, Danny Duffy, keep getting it done, Greg. Howbout that another another quality start here for him? Six any pitched one or run. I know I brought him up you and Florio kind of laughed at me. It's all get another one of these veterans. But the deeper leagues I think he should be maybe not a must owned player and a twelve teamer.

But eventry he's pitching well right now? Yeah, yeah, listen. I always thought he was a good pitcher when he first came into the league, and you know, he had his ups and downs. He had that one great season. What was that a couple of years ago? Yeah, it was like three at this point, right, So, I mean he's got stuff. I just feel like he's had a kind of an unlucky career. You know, things haven't really worked out in his favorite hasn't been consistent consistent enough either.

I mean I would take a chance on him, I would wait a little longer. I think I want to see more consistency because that was always the issue with him. You know, how about the Yankees yesterday, Greg, I was the Yankees one, first place they are in the first place. I was gonna go the Yankees, but I thought just just hitting on the Braves and the Brewers is more important.

Because Michael Holtonevitch, which finally had a good start. It was it's the Brewers to six innings, two run ball, I didn't walk anybody, struck out three only running and two solo shots. Christian Yelloch and to cass A hero as we mentioned, and then for the brew cru Brandon Rudroff continuous to get it done. He also didn't want anybody while allowing two runs chuck out six the only two rerunsident he allowed runs solo home runs the Freddie

Freeman in a round laguna. Yeah, Brandon Woodruff has been awesome, and we spoke about that like it was common for him. You look at the underlying numbers for him, they were much better than his surface. E r A gets a lot of swinging strikes. And we spoke about this rotation before the season with Nick Pollack a picture list, and we said there's upside here. It's just trying to decipher which one is going to come to fruition. Corbin Burns has some nasty stuff, but he's gonna be used as

a reliever. Freddy Peralta has bounced back somewhat since he has returned, and he had one game where like he was get an opener and he came in and he was all right. But I think the answer is definitively Brandon Woodruff of the three, um, you know, he might have the most, might have the most upside in this rotation. And I will say along with stashing guy like on a strickland right now, to mean Nelson is getting close, Craig reaching start five and third and he's pitched eight strikeouts.

I'm still stashing him in a few locations. If he's available in your league, I think he's he's like less than owned. Now is the time he was always this one turn in the rotation? Though, why do you why do you always do that? Why do you need it now? Now that it's coming soon? You know I might jump on, might have to jump on. You need to see this from faults and average to by the I mean the biggest key for me again similar to like I got like Sandy Alkantara. He has struggled with walks mightily and

home runs. Still had the home runs here, but didn't walk anybody. Only three strikeouts. You need to see more than that. But it is impressive that he was able to put together a quality start against the Brewers of all. So you're holding faulty because I got a question from somebody in my league my home. Yeah, he texted me. He's like, I'm losing my patients with faulty now. But you paid a lot to kind of you know, even though he was hurt, you still drafted him higher than

you wanted to. I would probably hold him and keep her Dynasty League because you got it. I'm late, so that keeper value is probably gonna be good for years to come. But it's a playing a redraft and there's a picture that comes along. I don't mind dropping. I want to thank Matt moodiego for joining as the closer Chris Venture as well. Steve sew the third yesterday. By the way, I have a great night everybody. We'll see tomorrow. We're gon