BFFs 7/19 Hour 2: Tyreek Hill Not Suspended, Aaron Boone Epic Rant, MLB Trade Deadline

That's why I kept my buddy Michael Florio around. We're gonna do a little MLB trade deadline special here in the second hour, kind of relate that back into some MLB betting futures and you know, try and figure out who you can get value on right now before they make moves at the MLB trade deadline. I do want to reset though, for people who weren't listening to the first hour, just talk about the Tyreek Hill news once again before we get into some of the MLB trade

deadline stuff. Look, Tyreek Hill, if you haven't heard, you probably live under a rock. He will not be suspended this year by the NFL with the ongoing investigation, with everything that's going on regarding Tyreek Hill, so it seems like as long as he stays healthy, he's going to be here for the entire season. For the Kansas City Chiefs. Mike, I know that you were doing a Best Ball draft earlier on before the show. Let's remind people where you

saw Tyreek Hill go in that raft. Once this news was announced, he went sixth overall, behind the Big four running backs and David Johnson, and I was very surprised to see that. I think he is a top six or seven wide receiver easily regardless of format. But to take him over, you know, d Hop and those guys, I get it. It's best ball. He's gonna have those huge spike weeks where he just puts up ridiculous numbers. But I was a little shocked to see him go

sixth overall. I did, frank though. I woke up this morning and I was on the clock in another Best Ball draft, and I joined in the Sunday and we're only in round four. I was on the clock in round four when I woke up and saw the Tyree Killed news. So I got Tyreek Kill in the end of round four. I was pretty happy about that. That is awesome. That is that is great. You know, I actually have a story that's the reverse of that. So I was on the clock earlier this morning. I can't

really argue with this pick either. I was I was in the third round, I have the second pick overall, and Antonio Brown was still there. So I'm like, all right, I'll take Antonio Brown. I'll double down on wide receiver. I start to draft Alvin Kamara, Mike Evans, and Antonio Brown. I love it. And then we get the Tyreek Hill news and two picks later, he goes off the board at three four. So that person is obviously feeling great about getting him at that point based on what you

just told me. You know, sixth overall really really aggressive for fantasy football drafts. When it comes to Tyreek Hill. We know what kind of upside he has. I get it for best ball, but uh, in terms of consistency, I think Davontae Adams and DeAndre Hopkins, might you know, edge him out there in terms of on a week to week basis what we can expect from these guys from a fantasy perspective. Mike, let me ask you this. You said that you have a draft that's going really,

really slow. Do you have a gentleman in there by the name of Project Mayhem by any chance? Uh? If you give me a minute, I could pull up the draft and check. I'll let you pull that up. I really hope that this gentleman is all right, because he is in my draft as well. He has timed out twice already. We are in the third round. He it is at three five he and Mike. This is a

best ball draft. You have eight hours to select. He has timed out with his first pick, he has timed out with his second pick, and he is currently has been on the clock for five hours. He is now under three hours picking. Honestly, I just hope that he's all right at this point, because you don't have to have a really, really good excuse to use all of your time on your first two picks in a best

ball draft. And now considering you know, we're in the third round and h he's used five hours already, Project Mayhem. If for any chance you are listening or watching this right now, I hope that you're all right. Mike. Have you had enough time to pull up your draft and see if he's in it. He is not in it. But there is someone with the name Stump s t u MPF, And for a hot second I thought maybe we were in the same draft together. That's actually uh

that's the bizarro version of me. So I'm Frank Standfell and uh, that's that's stump drafting against Michael Floria. I'm sure his team is terrible, you know, that's what That's what the bizarro version of me would be, Mike. You know because obviously I'm um the best draft of all time. That's how this works, right, I actually don't love his You are not gonna like his team at all either. He started, he had won three. He started Zeke, that's obvious.

He then followed it up with Cooper. Maybe he's a Cowboys fan. You're not gonna like the next two picks, Leonard Fournette at three three and then Calvin Ridley at four ten. I like Calvin Ridley. I get it for bestball. Four ten is a little bit over his adp Leonard Fournett. Look, I can I can make both k I can see why people would want him. I can make the case

why you would want him for fantasy football. I just think that the downside is a little bit more evident apparent when it comes to uh to Leonard Fournett, Mike, I want to bring this back to Tyreek Hill and the and the Kansas City Chiefs Chiefs real quick. Bring it back to betting for a second. The Kansas City Chiefs have the second highest, second best odds to win the Super Bowl this year at eight to one. Doesn't Does that shock you because I still feel like their

defense is not good. That does not shock me. First of all, I think you know you're better at betting than me. You know more about it, you do it more. But I do think they're definitely gonna play up on the hype of the Chiefs. Like the Chiefs are this super talented offense and people want to root for them, people want to watch them. I think that mate impact

the numbers. Plus, I think Patrick Mahomes is the most talented, if not one of the top three most talented qbs in the league, and that that offense right there, Like, I mean, they were a couple of plays away from beating the Patriots and being in the Super Bowl last year, so it's not crazy to me. I'm guessing the biggest odds though, are the Patriots right Yeah, they are the favorites right now at seven to one plus seven hundred

on the FanDuel Sports book. I'm wondering if this Tyreek Hill, uh, this Tyreek Hill news that came out is going to affect the odds. Are you know, are people gonna start to bet on the Kansas City Chiefs Marrow, We're gonna see this line move a little bit. I mean, I don't really think that they can surpass the New England Patriots.

You know, I just I worry about this defense. Are they gonna be able to make enough play as in the postseason two ultimately be able to win, because that's what held them back last year, right, Like you can blame the coin flip, and if they win the coin flip, you know, maybe we're talking about them winning the Super Bowl last year, but the fact they lost that corn coin flip you kind of saw. The downside of the Kansas City Chiefs is that I still have a lot

of concern about their defense. They couldn't stop a nosebleed last year. They obviously couldn't stop the New England Patriots

in the a f C Championship. So it's gonna be interesting to see if these odds change at all now with the Tyreek Hill news coming out regarding the Kansas City Chiefs, they are still the second favorite on the board to win Super Bowl fifty four here in the year, I guess it's gonna be at that point, but the twenty season here uh in the NFL, Mike, I also just got this update that Aaron Boone will be suspended one game. I mean, look, what can we say about

this Aaron Boone rant from yesterday? Ivied he earned my respect? I mean that was just that was awesome to see. I've been very critical of Aaron Boone, especially earlier on in the season, but look, this is now two years in a row that the Yankees are probably going to win one games. I don't really know how you can bash Aaron Boone anymore at this point, even if it's like Brian Cashman in the front office who are making

the lineups and telling him everything to do. You love to see that passion from your manager, and I'm sure you can appreciate that. Just based on everything that's been going on with the New York Mets. What do you what do you think about yesterday? The savages in the box and Aaron Moon It was the best man, best thing any manager has done, in my opinions, since the Terry Collins no his Synderguard outburst. We got a couple

of years back. That was awesome too. They're on the same level to me, like, they're both just hilarious and and I saw some people defending the Umps and saying Boone shouldn't react like that, but umpires are not really held to any standards at all, and they get away with making bad calls and making games ump shows. So when they're not doing a good job, I'm okay with the manager, you know, telling them they're not doing a

good job. And it sucks for me, but even I have to it, man, Like I think Boone should get credit. The Yankees are if not, you know, they're in the top three teams easily. I think if them in the Ashills is gonna come down to the A L and the winner will get to take on the Dodgers. But man, those three teams are just heading shoulders above everyone else in my opinion, just an absolutely epic rant by Aaron

Boone yesterday. I had to agree that at some point, you know, I watched this rand maybe like five ten times yesterday, at some point I did kind of feel bad for the umpire. I think he's a rookie ump as well, so um that kind of played into it. Did you see the extended version, all the stuff that Aaron Boone was also saying from like the dugout even before that, like he was he was really getting into this, this rookie ump even before he went out, like he

was tossed from the dugout. And then that's when he came out and he's like, I'm gonna get my two cents worth and you see, you know, Brett Gardner in the background clap in his hands and stuff. Honestly, I would play the audio on here, but we can't because you know, there are there are a ton of f bombs dropped in there. But if you haven't seen that rant yet from Aaron Boone yesterday, you should because it is one of the most epic ones that we've seen,

you know, in perhaps ever when it comes to baseball. Obviously, you know, we don't we don't know what they used to say back in the day with all these all these guys that were you know, kicking dirt on the plate, kicking dirt out on the umps, and you know, throwing throwing basses around and throwing throwing home plate around and all this other crazy stuff. We've seen some crazy stuff. We've seen some crazy stuff. So far, Uh, what do you got my I was gonna say, I have one question,

though I did see the extended version. I don't have a question of what Boone was doing, but what the hell was Brett Gardner doing? So like the bad thing right, So, like he was hitting where they where they hold the helmets, and then he started hitting above the dugout. I guess like the roof over the dugout and everything that I saw on it was that last time he kind of threw it like a a tirade in the in the dugout.

It was when he threw his helmet off and it came back and smack him in the face and he had to get like six stitches in his lip. So I think he's kind of like learning from his mistakes and he's like, all right, I'm not gonna throw my helmet anymore. I'm not gonna try and like you know, bash anything that can kind of like come back and fly at me and hurt me. So it's good to see that. You know, Brett Gardner, uh, the old wily veteran that he is, he's obviously learns from his mistakes.

So you know, he very quietly, you know, starts just jamming his bat into where the helmets are are held and starts ramming it into the roof of the dugout as well, and all along. If you watch the clip of all this happening, Aaron Hicks is like in the hole right in front of him, just like trying to hold back laughter because he doesn't he can only hear what's going on behind him, but he couldn't see it.

It was awesome. That was low key one of the funniest parts to just him like like holding his face smirking, because that's how like I would be, even like someone was freaking out of like at work, and like Aaron Boone just reacted like one of us. That was I'm

not Aaron Boon, Aaron Hicks. That was just hilarious. And Frank, I think, I think your boy Brett Gardner needs to come to Queen's real quick and teach Jeff McNeil that lesson, because I don't remember it was last night or two nights ago, but McNeil got out at a big point and went into the dugout and threw his bat kind of like a spear, and it like hit off the wall and came back at him, so he he needs

that listen as well. Well, you know, Jeff McNeil is still young, so I could kind of give him the benefit of the doubt, like hopefully he learns from that, you know, even uh, even Brett Gardner again, he had to learn from his mistakes throwing his helmet off the

wall and the coming back and flying at him. Uh, anyone downstairs, any of the producers that we have downstairs, if you could just let me know whether or not we're going to break or not, if we're just gonna blow through it, keep going, all right, So we're gonna keep going. We're gonna keep going here. I'm gonna we'll start talking about the MLB trade deadline here. Obviously, Mike, you saw up close in personal last night, Uh, Madison Bumgarner going up against the Mets, and you know, he

looked awesome. And I think a lot of us were obviously wrong on Madison Bumgarner this year. From a fantasy perspective, do you think that bum Earner is the top picture on the market, because I don't know that there is a I don't know that there's a legitimate ace, right, like someone that you feel really really really great about acquiring at the deadline, Like, there's a lot of really good pictures from bum Garner to to Trevor Bauer and Robbie Ray and Matt Boyd and Marcus Stroman and all

these guys. Do you think bum Gunner is the top guy at the MLB trade deadlines that teams should be looking to acquire if they need a picture. I think as long as I don't really believe that Trevor Bauer will get traded, and if he is not traded, I think mad Bum is the top arm. But if Trevor Bauer is available, I think Trevor Bauer is. I still think he is one of some of the best stuff in the league. I know the results haven't been there this year, but I think the upside is so much higher.

But if he is not dealt because the Indians are back in the race, I think it is mad Bum. Uh. No one was more was wrong around mad Mom than I was this year, and I will own that. Uh. The velocity came back on his pitches and fastball still getting hit a lot, at least coming into has today started was his cutter has been really effective this year. Though I do think the move away from San Franz

will hurt him a bit. But remember, Matt Bomb has this reputation and rightfully so, as like one of the greatest postseason performers ever, and Trevor Bauer doesn't have that going from we know Trevor Bauer, he did struggle at times in the playoffs in recent years. So I do think mad Bomb because I know for we know, I think we know for a fact he is add percent available. I think he will be the biggest pitching fish available, especially for a contending team, because you have to feel

pretty good about him going into the playoffs. Mike, what do you think about this? Though? With everything that the San Francisco Giants are doing right now, they're one of the hottest teams in the league there two and a half games out of the wild card. I mean, you can kind of make the argument that they're right in the thick of things like it is. Should that be their mindset now? The fact that as hot as they are,

that they shouldn't be selling off their pieces. I know that, you know, I've seen a lot of prospect analysts talk about how the Giant have the Giants prospects have actually performed really really well this year, and they're actually higher on this Giants farm system than previously thought. So, look, all you have to do is make it to the

postseason and then anything can happen. The fact that the Giants are as hot as they are, they're only two and a half games out, should they reconsider being sellers at the deadline? I thought they might because the Giants have a reputation of going for it, and the Giants kind of put themselves in this terrible position by trying to be aggressive and keep going and acquiring really bad contracts like Longoria. I know they had mc cutcheon at

one point. You know, they brought in a lot of veterans with these bigger contracts and it didn't really work out for them. I don't think they should reconsider it. I think you trade mad Woman and you hope that

you know the guys you have continue to perform. But realistically, I think they know that even if they were to sneak in as a second wild card, and and even if they win that game behind mad Bum, then we're talking about having to win a five game series against the Dodgers, and I think they even realistically know that they cannot compete with that, and they are I think even though they're playing very well, I think they're one of the least talented teams in the NL, and I

don't think they would be a serious threat if they made it. But so that being said, even as of yesterday, I read reports that they were looking to sell, and it made sense to me what I think they did do last night. I think they put the final nail and the Mets coffins and made them sellers as well. But I do think that John should continue to sell, especially will Smith and mad One, because it should be your prospects playing better than than expected and getting production

out of these younger guys. I think you trade your big pieces bringing even more higher end talent, and you hope to escalate this rebuild rather than hope to sneak in as a second wild card this year. Yeah, I agree with you. I actually said that yesterday too. Even if you sneak into the wild card, you're get enough facing what Max Scherzer in a one game playoff, and then if you get past him, you're gonna end up

playing the Los Angeles Dodgers. So I think the Giants have to be realistic with themselves here, and everything that I've said also falls in line with that, they're going to be sellers. I think that they can get you know, a decent hole back if they if they trade away all of their useful relievers outside of like Mark Lanson, they probably won't be able to get rid of that

contract or however much is left on that contract. But if they get rid of Mad Medicine, Bum Garner and Will Smith and potentially Tony Watson and Sam Dison and all these guys, they should be able to get a pretty good haul and potentially turn this around sooner rather than later. When it comes to the Giants, because if you look at their Major League rosso right now, who are they building around for the future. I mean, I

think it's been a lot of smoking mirrors. If you look at, you know, the guys that have been performing well for them, with Alex Dickerson and Austin Slater you know, not related to heat Slater, um Uh and Uh and Brandon Belt and Buster Posey and and Brandon Crawford has

been awesome over the past couple of weeks. I agree with you, Mike, I think that um I think that they should continue to be sellers and you know, maybe a quiet are some MLB ready prospects, whether it's a Clint Frasier with the Yankees or you know, maybe a maybe a Kyle Tucker with the with the Houston ash or something like that. I think that makes a lot of sense for the San Francisco Giants. Mike mentioned the New York Mets. They now fall to five games out

of the second wild card spot. I talked about this a lot recently as well. When it comes to the National League wild Card, the only team that is I guess, mathematically out of it is the Miami Marlins, who are thirteen games out. Everyone else is within five games of that second wild card spot, including the New York Mets and the Cincinnati Reds, Mike, wh only have a minute left. What do you expect the Mets to do here? Do you think that they're just kind of selling away everyone

not named the Graham, Peter Alonso, and Syndergarten. I think no. I actually think the opposite. I think they're going to sell Wheeler. I think they'll sell pieces that are not going to be here, like they'll try to trade away Todd Frasier, guys who aren't guaranteed to be here in I do think though they look at it like, Hey, we have a lot of money invested, we have a

terrible farm system. We have players like mc neil and and who were playing above what the Mets had expected them to do when they got a call last year and stuff. So I think the Mets are going to look to still try to compete next year. So I think they're gonna do a little bit of selling. But I do think the loss last night firmly puts them in the seller's category. That's Michael Florio. We'll hear more

from him when we get back. We're gonna put a Yankee hat on Michael Florio, put him in Brian Cashman's shoes and see what he thinks that Yankees should do.

F Deadline to Mike Florio, Frank Stanfel here on the BFS on the Fantasy Sports Network, Welcome back to the BFS here on a Friday, Happy Friday, everybody t g I f Frank carefully tonight Frank Stanfield joined by Michael Florio, No Greg Sussman do a little it'll be trade deadline preview here on the show, and before the break, I mentioned that I was gonna put Mike in Brian Cashman's shoes.

I needed some pretty big shoes to film. Mike, and I know that you used to be a Yankee fan, so this isn't all that hard for you, right, No, I hate the Yankees. They're in my lead. They are my least favorite team sports, even more than the Patriots. Mike, Mike, don't make me do it. You're gonna are you gonna make me do this? Mike, Mike's gonna make me do this? I guess. So true story. Back in high school, Michael Floorio had a Yankees folder. This is a true story.

I believe it was an Alfonso Soriano folder. Is that correct, Mike? Probably?

I I my brother was a Yankees fan when I was My whole family was Met fans except for my brother, So I liked both because, you know, I used to watch games with my brother and Alfonso Soriano is still probably my favorite player of all time, at least favorite non met of all time, and I was a big Yankee fan with him, and then after they traded him for a Rod that next year, I tried to keep rooting for them, and then it just all fell off after that. So there you go. You heard the truth.

It finally came out of the bag. Michael Florio used to love the Yankees. Maybe not love, but he did love Alfonso Soriano. Um, he's one of those, you know, I'll root for both both New York teams. And then and then he decided to go down the Mets path, which I'm sorry for, Mike, but look, you got probably the worst decision I've ever made. And I mean, really, go down two roads, the Mets or the Yankees. It's

a it's a bad decision. Like I will tell people now, if you were trying to get into baseball, pick any team other than the Mets. Like that's just good advice. And here's what we'll say. You know, we can say this about both the Mets and the Knicks. You know, I've been a little bit more fortunate in my life. Obviously, I like the Yankees, so I have you know, seen multiple championships. I'm also a Jets and a Knicks fans,

So that does not work out. Mike full On hates himself when it comes to the roots the teams that he roots for, because he's got the Mets, he's got the Knicks, he's got the Buffalo Bills. It does not get much worse than that. So look, Mike, I'm sorry, um, I I know that everyone wants to stick with their team.

But I think if there were any two sports franchises that you can make the case for getting off of being a fan, it is the Knicks and it is the Mets, just based on everything they have done from an ownership perspective over the past decade or two. I think, and you know, normally I wouldn't say this. You're supposed to stick by your team. I understand that you don't want to be a front runner. You don't want to you know, run away from your team when you know

things are going wrong. But those two franchises, Mike, I think that you can actually make the argument for, Yeah, agree, the Mets are never going to be good as long as the Wilpons owned them, at least not consistently good. They'll have a year, every day game where they almost win it all and something goes terribly wrong for them.

But that's really their history since the eighties, like one really good year and then I mean, even if you go back to the the sixties, A sixty nine, in the seventies seventy three, and the eighties, eighties, six, the nineties, I guess you could say it was more two thousand, but then oh six, that's six good seasons in their franchise that I counted. That that's all you need to know. Yeah, that's that's not a lot. But as I mentioned, Mike, we're gonna put you, uh, we're gonna put you in

charge of the Yankees. If you were the Yankees, which starting pitcher on this market would you be most aggressive on? And I guess, look, it's a loaded question because obviously different players are going to require, you know, different amounts of a return. But you know, the Yankees are in a position where they have Clint Fraser, who is an MLB ready prospect. He showed earlier on in the season what he can do at the major league level. They have Estebon Floria, who you know, does have upside as

an outphabler. He is, you know, their top hitting prospect outside of Frazier. And then they now have the uh, the the ascension of Deviy Garcia, who everyone is excited about. He's been promoted to Triple A. So given that they have those three prospects, I feel like they are in a position to go out and get pretty much anybody. I think Synderguard would be included in that if they were able to pry him away from the Mats. I understand he still has like two and a half years

of control, so he would take a big package. But in terms of pause, I realized they just said big package. By the way. But when it comes to when it comes to the Yankees, there's Stroman, there's bum Garner, there's Synderguard. They talked about Robbie Ray, they talk about Matt Matt Boyd as well. You know which one of those pictures do you think makes the most sense that the Yankees should go out and try and get. They're giving a Clint Frasier, which I think they would have to for

any of those guys. I would try to get a picture who's under more team control than this just next the rest of this year, like a mad bone. But to be honest, I feel I don't think Trevor Bauer has traded. The Indians are the first wild card right now out in the a L. They're also only four games back of the Twins. I think they're gonna continue to try to go for it. Jose Rimirez turning it around. Their offense has been playing better, so I'm taking him

off the table. I also realistically don't think the Mets would trade Noah Syndergard to the Yankees. I don't think they're going to trade him at all this deadline because I think that's a decision that you know, you don't make and uh oh, we're out of it this year, let's sell them. And I think they're gonna if they were to trade him, it would happen in the off season. Uh. And I don't think it's gonna be to the Yankees, unfortunately for you for you know, Yankee fans. But so

because of that, I think it's mad ONEm. I think he has the playoff experience. He's a big lefty, which I think that helps the Yankees. You have Tanaka Paxton, and I think right now their third would be Herman. But you also got uh Stowman, who's gonna be in the not Stowman, uh sad Reno, who's gonna be in the mix. That's a lot of right es. I think you want to get another lefty there, which similar to

what I think their plans were with jy Hat. I don't think they want to have Hap or CC starts a playoff game ideally, so I think I think mad Bone, with his postseason success and the fact that you won't have to give up a huge haul again him, it might just like Clint Fraser for him might be enough straight up. So I think I think he is the

route they should look to go in. Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what they do, because they've already come out and said now, just because they say something doesn't mean that they're going to stick by it. But there have been reports that said that they will not move Clint Fraser for a rental in terms of starting pictures, So it'll be interesting to see if they if that

holds true. Now, maybe if if they could get Will Smith and Madison Bumgarner from the Giants for you know, Clint Fraser and maybe another piece like That's that's something

that I can see happening, you know. I've I've seen reports of like they're interested in Marcus Stroman and Ken Giles, So maybe that's something that they're trying to do where they can get a starting picture and a really good reliever in return as well, even though they already have like an awesome bullpen and like Adam out of Vino and Tommy Canley and Zach Britton and a roll As Chapman. But I guess you can never have too many relievers, especially when it comes to trying to make a deep

postseason run. Mike, he kind of hit on it when Oh, I was gonna say, I did see on Twitter last night the Yankees apparently heavily were scouting the game between bum Garner and Syndergard, and I read too that it could be because they were also they're scouting the Giants relievers, So a trade of like a Will Smith and a

mad bumb may very well make sense. Yeah, I I would agree with that, But overall, you don't think something between the Yankees and Mets happens like maybe outside of Zach Wheeler, which, of course, in Mets fashion, zacly look gets hurt right when they're getting ready to try and

trade him, which affects his trade value. But you know, I I thought, you know, if the Yankees, while and Harror is shelf for the season, if they included like Andrew Harror and Clint Frasier, like I think that would probably be enough to get Synderguard away from the Mets. I would do that if I was the Mets, But I I find it hard to believe that they're going

to again, like it's Brodie's first year. To trade two and a half years of Noah's syndergard across town to the Yankees in the middle of a season, that's a really, really big move that you can't come back from. And I understand he hasn't been afraid to make big moves.

Trading your top prospect for very bad Robinson Canoe and not as elite headwind Diez hasn't really worked out for him, but I would be I wouldn't be surprised if he traded Wheeler there, because Brodie doesn't seem like the type of guy to me who wouldn't take the best offer.

But I would be surprised if he was willing to see Noah's syndergarten two and a half years, especially because he'd probably pitching in a World Series in one of those two and a half years, and that the Yankees would probably help him live up to his full potential, which he the Mets have not been able to do. All Right, enough, Yankees and Mets talk. This is in New York Sports Radio. It's the Fantasy Sports Network, So we're gonna get back to talking about all these other

teams as well. You know, Mike, I look at the I look at the Minnesota Twins right, and you know this their lead in the Ale Central has plummeted. You mentioned it as well. They had, you know, a double digit game lead something like a month or two months ago. And the Cleveland Indians are coming around along with your guy Jose Ramirez. But you know, Corey Klueber is expected

to be back, hopefully sometime in August. I think that, you know, what they're doing right now, it makes a lot of sense just based on the pitching that they have. As awesome as Shane Bieber has pitched, you know, Trevor Bauer has pitched. Well, we'll see what happens with like Carrasco. I mean, there hasn't really been much on him. But you know, if you have Clueber, Shane Bieber and Bauer, I mean that's a pretty good threesome that you can put up against other teams in the postseason. Yeah, what

you got my? You even just those three right, you left out Clevinger. Uh, there's Carrasco who's up in the mix, like we said, and Danny Salazar might be back. So like, I think that the Indians get in, they are just as dangerous as any other team because of that pitching. But you know who doesn't have pitching really in that division is the Minnesota Twins. So I think that they're probably going to be in the mix for some of

these guys as well. I just I don't know that there is enough of a difference maker for the Minnesota Twins. Admittedly I love their lineup coming into the season, but I mean, are you really gonna trust Jose Barrios, j Ego to Rezy and you know, Kyle Gibson in in a series when it comes to the postseason for the Minnesota Twins. So I think they're probably in the mixtair as well. It wouldn't surprise me if Madison Bum gonna

ended up with the Minnesota Twins. Yeah, they are definitely gonna be in the mix, and I think they are a team that would make sense for a Hey let's do a mad Bum and Will Smith trade. I actually, I've said on my podcast yesterday, I'm very afraid of if I owned Taylor Rodgers right now with him getting replaced, because not only could I see the Twins going out and acquiring a starter as excited as I am to see Jake oder Rizzy pitch in the playoffs. I do

agree with your point. I think they need to add another starter that they can rely on. And uh, I think they're gonna try to add to that bullpen as well. They are one of these teams that has a lot of very solid leavers, but I don't know if they have a guy that you trust to nail a game home in the playoffs yet, so I could see them going out and trying to acquire a reliever as well. Mike.

I mentioned yesterday on the show that I love betting on the Washington Nationals right now to win the NL East just because of the odds that you're getting right now. I understand that they are. I believe it's six games out of the National League East as of right now. But they made up. They cut this in half. They were twelve games out like a month and a half ago. So who's to say that over this next month and

a half they can't cut that again. You know that they can't, you know, close that gap between themselves and the Atlanta Brats. We're gonna talk a little bit more about the Nationals and what they need to do at the deadline. If anything, maybe they just need to get

healthy and have those pictures ready to go. Mike Florial Frank Staffel here on the BFS the Fantasy Sports Network, Welcome back to the BFFs Here on a Friday, Frank Standfel joined by Michael Florio, and they'll be trade dead deadline preview here talking about which teams we expect to make move and be aggressive at the trade deadline. I

left off with the Washington Nationals. My the Washington Nationals right now are plus five fifty to win the NL East and that number keeps dropping because they're getting closer and closer. They are just six games out leave. It was like a month and a half ago, maybe two months that they were like twelve thirteen games out of the National League East, and they've cut that in half. So I'm looking at this and saying to myself, why

can't they do that again? You know? I the Braves are probably gonna be aggressive at the deadline as well. But I'm looking at the Nationals pitching and I think that they're hitting is starting to heat up now as well. What if the biggest weakness right now for the Washington Nationals, Because I think that they're starting pitching staff is really good. I think that their lineup is really good. It's probably the back end of the bullpen, would you agree? What

else do you see with the Washington Nationals? So, Frank, I can't hear you. I don't know why the audio is not working, but I read your lips and he said Washington Nationals. Uh So, I'm gonna guess we're gonna talk about what they should do before the deadline. And I mean, I think it's a very obvious answer. I think they need to acquire bullpen pieces and more than one. I think they had their back end closer and a Sean Doolittle. But the rest of these guys, I mean,

they're e ra A this year. Their bullpen e RA is five nine seven, only worse by other you know, Inner City or however you want to call them neighbors, the Baltimore Orioles. Their expit for the bullpens over five. It is atrociously bad. It's the reason why they were so far back in the race just a couple of weeks ago. And I know they've been getting better results as of late. But you already have a starting pitching

staff that can compete with anyone. You have a very deep line up, although I'm sad that how we Kendrick loses playing time, But other than that, they need to add pieces to this bullpen and go for it now while they still have Anthony Rondon and have these young guys before they have to pay them, because pretty soon the Nats are gonna have to start paying all these guys,

and that's when you know, teams fall apart. So this may be one of the National's best chances to actually win a World Series with this core, and they need to capitalize on it right now. Yeah, I agree. One

good job by Mike Florio. They're reading my lips. Uh uh, Guys downstairs, if can you reconnect Mike on Sky just so we can try and figure out whether or not he's hearing me or not, so we can figure that out and make sure we have things good to go here, because I don't want him to have to have to try and read my lips for the rest of the show here. Uh, it wouldn't work out very well for

everything that we're trying to do. So let's let's hang up on Mike and let's let's reconnect here with Mike Florio and it will continue talking about the MLB trade deadline and what we expect to happen. I'm looking at the American League East right now and the Yankees. They have a six game lead over the Tampa Bay Raised, so I believe that went up last night. I went up yesterday, no six game lead over the Tampa Bay Rays. The Boston Red Sox or nine and a half games out.

We saw the Red Sox trade for Andrew Kashner. Um, I still expect them to try and make another move. We've seen the Boston Red Sox linked to Zach Wheeler as well, and I think that they need some more pitching for whatever reason. Um. Whatever whatever is going on with the Boston Red Sox this year, whether it's a World Series hangover or whatever it is, they haven't looked like themselves. Mookie Betts hasn't been himself overall. I feel

like the lineup has underwhelmed at times this year. Um. And you know, Chris Sale wasn't himself earlier on but and obviously yesterday, what he does with the twelve strikeouts, that was great to see for for the Boston Red Sox. But I think that they're players here at the deadline. Obviously, you gotta you gotta keep in mind the luxury tax I think that they want to they want to stay below that right now, So I don't know that they're gonna take on anyone who has big salary. That's probably

why they make that Andrew Cashner move. They're trying to just make like these savvy moves. But it wouldn't surprise me if the Boston Red Sox try and make them a few moves here at the deadline. As of today, they sit three games out of the second wild card spot, with the Tampa Bay Rays leading it and the Cleveland Indians and Oakland A's tied for the second wild card spot. But obviously the Boston Red Sox are right in the thick of things going on there in the American League.

So wouldn't surprise me if they're if they're out here trying to make some moves at the deadline as well. We've talked about the Indians and the Minnesota Twins already regarding the American League Central. The Cleveland Indians have an awesome pitching staff. We're starting to see their their offense come around as well. Lindor has been great once he

returned from injury. Jose Ramirez over the past month is batting over three hundred Oscar Mercado has gone through a has gone through, you know, some ups and downs here in his rookie season, but he's come around lately as well. So I think as we continue to see this offense take off for the Cleveland Indians UH, that we're going to see them, obviously, UM continue to ascend in the A L Central Um. You know that that depends on

what the Minnesota Twins do. Obviously, I think that they're going to be in the market for someone in the back end of that bullpen, someone with a little bit more closing experience, and then I think that they need more starting pitching. As I've mentioned, I don't know that hose A Barrios and uh and Jake Odorizi and Kyle Gibson is enough to make that run deep into the postseason four the Minnesota Twins and the rest of everything else there. The Chicago White Sox, I don't really know

that they have much to offer. Like I'm sure Alex collam is gonna be on the market. The Kansas City Royals, they've already traded Terren's Gore to the New York Yankees. But they've already they've come out and said that they're going to be sellers as well, trying to trying to shop Billy Hamilton see if they could get anything for him, and then the same thing for Ian Kennedy. Missed Kennedy the closer of the Kansas City Royals. I think that, um,

he could land somewhere else as well. You know, from a fantasy perspective, if Ian Kennedy is traded, he's not gonna be the closer. Wherever he goes, He's probably gonna end up pitching in a setup role the seventh ending, eighth ending. If he gets traded, he's not gonna end up being the closer anymore for the Kansas City Royals. So keep that in mind. They're also shopping Jake Sekman, Shane Green, you know, Shane Green with the Detroit Tigers.

You want to talk about sellers. Just going through the rest of this a l central here. I think Shane Green. You know, I saw on on MLB trade rumors that the the Dodgers could be in the mix for Shane Green, much like Ian Kennedy. From a fantasy perspective, if Shane Green has traded away from the Detroit Tigers, he's gonna go to a team where I'm not so sure he's going to be the closer anymore. He's had a phenomenal season. He's been one of the best late round steals for

fantasy purposes this year. But as Shane Green has moved, he's more than likely not the closer on the respective team that he is headed too. You know, maybe if he ends up in Minnesota, he would still be the closer there, But if he goes to the Dodgers, if he goes to a team like the Yankees, let's just say or or the Houston Astros, He's not gonna be the closer for those teams. So keep that in mind.

And if he has traded, I think Joe Hamnet is probably the next man up there from a fantasy baseball perspective, just going up and down the US to the standings here in the MLB and trying to decipher who is going to be a buyer and who is going to be a seller. The Houston Astros as of right now, are the second favorite to come out of the American League.

I think there's some Yankee bias when it comes to that, I would still have the Houston Astros all things, considered as the favorite in the American League, just based on their pitching staff, Justin Verlander, Herrick Cole. Yankees lineup, you know, it might be better than the Astros, is it? I don't know. I mean, you're on. Alvarez is up for them now and he's been awesome. They still have George Springer, they have Jose al two, Carlos kore is gonna be

back at some point. Alex Bregman. I think it's a toss up between the Yankees and the Astros in terms of whose lineup is better. But there's no doubting in my mind that the Houston Astros pitching staff right now, at least at the top Garrick Cole and Justin Verlander, is better then the New York Yankees. Mazza, Heiro Tanaka has pitched very, very well in the postseason. James Paxson, he hasn't been there. That's not his fault, but you know, can he stay healthy. I still kind of think that

this knee injury is affecting James Paxton. That's why the Yankees are going to go out and make a move. But we're talking about the Houston Astros right now. You know, maybe they're in the mix for a third picture there. I don't know that they necessarily need it, but you know, I think they want to get back to the World Series after losing to the Red Sox last year in the postseason. So maybe they could go out and make a splash with a with a Madison Bumgardner or Marcus

Stroman or maybe even a Zach Wheeler. Right Like, if Zach Wheeler ended up with the Houston Astros, they would be able to figure out how to get the most out of out of Zach Wheeler. We've seen that in the past with all these guys. No, Garrick Cole was in Pittsburgh, and you know, given their heavy fastball mentality the Pittsburgh Pirates, they kind of ruined. Garrick Cole goes over to Houston, starts throwing more breaking pitches, adds a

little bit more velocity to that fastball. What do you know, Garrick Cole turns into one of the best pictures in the league. Same thing with Justin Verlander. Justin Verlinder had a few renaissance seasons with the Detroit Tigers once he went to the Houston Astros. He's basically been maybe the best picture over the past two seasons since he's joined the Houston Astro. So I think that they need a third picture. They have, you know, Wade Miley, but man,

you know it's Wade Miley. You know they probably want a better third picture in there. So I think the Houston Astros are gonna be in the mix for a third starting pitcher in their rotation for the postseason. Whether it's bum Garner, whether it's Stroman, whether it's a a

Zach Wheeler or or something like that. We've seen them linked to Robbie Ray and that boys, those are really the names that I've seen thrown around most as the pictures available here as the trade deadline approaches, Let's not forget the trades deadline is July thirty one, So over the next twelve days, we're probably going to see a lot of moves being made the rest of the a L West. Uh, the Oakland A's are four and a half games out. I mentioned that they're tied for the

second wild card spot. Obviously, you know they need pitching. They went out and made a move for Homer Bailey, Um, I think A. J. Puck is going to He's gonna be with the big league roster, especially once rosters expand in September to the forty man roster. A J. Puck is one of their top pitching prospects. He actually had to get Tommy John and he's going through a rehab

right now. I don't know that he's going to be stretched out enough to make a difference as a starter this year, but he could be used in a multi ending reliever type role. For the Oakland A's, they probably want to get another starting picture. Do they have enough ammunition to, you know, make that happen. Do they want to kind of deplete their their farm system in order to get another picture? I don't know that the Oakland

A's are going to do that. The Texas Rangers, they've kind of fallen off a little bit here over the past couple of weeks. I still didn't think that it's been a phenomenal job done by Chris Woodward here in his first season as the Texas Rangers manager. They are

nine and a half games behind the Houston Astros. They are five games out of that second wild card spot, but they have some pieces you know, if they decide that they want to be sellers at the deadline, I don't know that I would blame them because I think that they also want to kind of replenish that farm system. And Mike Minor as well as he of has pitched

this year, all of the numbers are great. The underlying numbers for Mike Minor, the X fit, the Sierra, that skill interactive e r A. Those are e r A indicators that say that Mike Minor is going to regress at some point. So, you know, if they wanted to turn around and flip Mike Minor at the deadline, or even and Andrew Kashner, who's just pitched out of his mind, I wouldn't blame the Texas Rangers for wanting to do so.

So keep your eyes heeled for what the Texas Rangers do and whether or not they do ultimately sell some of these pieces towards the trade deadline. The Nationally East, I've already told you guys how we feel about the Washington Nationals. I love betting on them right now to win the NL East. It just wouldn't surprise me if they can make up these six and a half games

here behind the Atlanta Braves. Like the Atlanta Braves, like the lineup that they have a lot Freddie Freeman and Ronald Dacuna there, and Josh Donaldson has revitalized himself able to stay healthy this year. I don't know that the Atlanta Braves have enough pitching. That's probably gonna be another team that's in the mix for some pitching here at

the deadline. But if you're just turned UH talking about betting value right now, the Washington Nationals, it sucks because you could have got them at much better value before and now that dropped all the way down to plus five fifty. It wouldn't surprise me again if the Nationals win the NL East. The Philadelphia Phillies, again, like a lot of teams in baseball, they have a really, really good lineup, but they just don't have enough pitching. So

maybe they're in the mix here. They're eight and a half games out of the NL East. They're they're a half a game behind UH in the wild Cards, so they can make some noise based on the lineup that they have, and you know, awesome game the other day between them and the Los Angeles Dodgers. That could be a potential preview of a playoff series that we see Hector Nerris has done a good job in the back end of the bullpen. The NL Central completely wide open

still between the Cubs, the Brewers and the Cardinals. I think all those teams will be active at the deadline as well. I want to thank Eric Young for coming on the show. I want to thank Michael Foyo. Sorry for the technical difficulties everybody. Greg Suston will be back on Monday. I am Frank Standvill. Thank you so much for watching. We'll be back on Monday. We hope