FAAB Recap, Modica Monday | Fantasy BFFs, Ep. 452

listening to the Fantasy Sports Radio Network. Yeah, now's welcome up Baby, your host Friday from that Finn five guy from Saint Francis practice stand ball ladies and gentlemen, your PFFS and with that we welcome you inside Studio thirty four. This is the BFFs. That is Frank Staffel. I am Gregg Sauceman. Naddy mo on the way as well. Frankie was going on, Greggy, what's happening man? Happy Monday to you,

big weekend. A lot going on in the fantasy base world, A lot going on in the baseball world, isn't that? What's going on in the baseball world, the fantasy baseball well, I mean, I guess you're a Mets fan, right that wasn't advantaced. I don't agree with you. I don't have there's much going on. I mean it was Zach Gallon bidding weekend. I mean that's it's pretty relevant. But like what was he a past now? Like what else happened Bobby Bradley debut? You're not you're not pumped for Big Bob? Nope?

All right, well then I don't know what tell you? Greg? Alright, so not much happened from me. Okay, how was your walking? You a little like sixteen strikeouts and it's pretty good. How's your day off? How's my day off? It was great, It's great. I went out walking around Gallavanti neighborhoods and brunch some beers, and then I went out to the Yankee game and it was a great, great game on Friday night. I enjoyed it. It was fun. Some of your bunch of pictures. You were stuff going on. Michael

Kay couldn't talk. It was great, But what was going on with him? He like lost his voice and then the hit a home run. There's a lot of going on, like the like the labor Tour is playing in the eighth inning. He should have lost his mind now and be like oh what applied by tours was like labor the second first I'm like, oh, man, come on, dude, come on, all right, let's bring some of us probably much more excited about what happened in baseball this past weekend.

That's Mr mamod. What's up Addimo? Oh and he's gone, do we have mad emo guys? Yea, all right, he's a mad I don't know. I'm waving hands and stuff. Uh, well, happy Monday. Let's start off that way. Yeah. I think Frank was right though. There was a lot going on this weekend. You know, there was a lot of closing and opportunities that you know came to uh that were you know, you could have got William Hendricks, who's now they presumed closure for pretty much, you know, not a

lot of money. Uh. John Gant might be a new closure despite being blown up last night. Uh, Pagan is back in the mix. So there's a you know, there's a lot of interesting avenues to Roman fab Jack Gallant was obviously the highlight and stuff like that. But I think the logan Allen was your guy I wanted to get I just didn't have enough money. So a lot so the closures were the story of the weekend, then,

is what it sounds like. Maddie Moe was saying here with Johnny Yankees lose one game, and Greg's out on baseball. He's like, oh, yeah, nothing happened, nothing happened. Yeah, yeah, the Yankees lost esterday. Oh yeah, there's nothing going on in baseball. Nothing to see here. Well, we'll just cancel the show. Greg, how about that the canceled the show. Frank, that seems dramatic, but like that, there's a lot going on. Did you try to beat anybody up yesterday, like Mickey

Callaway or what. No. I was at an eighth grade graduation yesterday afternoon, so I was kind of behaved and all that I was watching. You know, maybe some kids beat each other up, but that's about it. I was gonna say, you know, if you if you, if there was anyone you were trying to beat up in an eighth grade graduation, I mean, somebody probably went terribly wrong. Bed. I don't like, like, let's talk about matches broke down, right,

there's all these there's these new closes. You're all good for closers, John Gant, this is what we're gonna believe in. John Dants the closure in St. Louis, Jordan Hicks out for a little while, potentially we think John Gant's gonna be the guy. No way, I guess stinks. Guy stinks. I know, I know John Gant. He's one of these. He's one of these, uh fifth starters that St. Louis has had it for years. I don't care if her as two forties kad walkerziers thirty seven at twelve, it

means nothing. He stinks. I mean, it seems pretty relevant. Craig Brown up yesterday. He did, but you know he was due and even after that, he's got a two point four zero year a Greg. It seems like it's coming down between him and Carlos Martinez. If if something is dramatically wrong here with Jordan Hicks, who I recommend should be out of your lineup to obviously for this week. They only have five games this week, and he's going for an m r I today because of a tricep injury.

I am not a doctor. Hopefully we'll get Dr A or Virginia on later on in the week, but I would imagine someone who throws a hundred miles per hour who have a tricep injury is not a good thing. That no, that's uh two words no blaino. So I'm kind of I have both have the two shares of each Um she mark who I was gonna cut last week for some reason, I didn't and I guess I'm

happy about that now. But from hearing um John Mosiacs comments, it does sound like Again is the guy initially, but Martinez I think will be involved if Hicks has an extended absence. I agree. I think even if it's just precautionary, he's going on the ill, he cannot be in your lineups this week. And Jordan Higgs has four teen saves on the season, Greggy, and he's been up and down

at times throughout the season here. But John Gant has three saves on the situation on the season, and we've seen that whenever Jordan Higgs gets in trouble, they've gone to again. Now, Karlis Martinez has two saves as well this year and later on in the season last year we saw him because take over the closer's role, so

at least he has that experienced. So it could be, you know, both of those guys could be Gant, it could be Carlos Martinez as of right now, I think they have a little bit more faith in Gant and his numbers overall are a little bit better than Carlos Martinez. But you know, I'll just throw the name in the mix. I mean, the one who might deserve it the most, just based on how he's pitched out of the bullpen this year. Greg And now we can work in some Yankees talk here so I can get you engaged a

little bit. Former Yankee Giovanni diegos Gregg with a two point six zero e R a twelve point seven case per nine, he might be the most effective reliever in their bullpens so far this season. I'd be surprised if the closer if Jordan Hicks is out for this season or something significant. I don't want to you know, Chris Jeudan Hicks or anything, but if he's out for significant period of time, I strongly believe that utimate, Carlos Martinez will probably the closer of this team. I don't know.

Forget about Andrew Miller, Iy that's where I thought you were going with the former Yankee. He hasn't had a great year's ear as over four. But again, if Jordan Higsburg miss a significant period of time. I expect the closures to be Carlos Martinez, Andrew Miller, someone that's done it signif he can leave before uh not Giovanni Diegos, uh not John GYANTT. I have a feeling it will be Carlos Martinez or Andrew Miller. It seems like they like Andrew Miller in his role that he's been in

so so far this season. And you're right, he hasn't pitched. Well, you're a over four and you know he does have one save on the season, but both Carlos Martinez and John can have more. So I think where they're at right now, they have a little bit more faith in those guys. So I mean, he could just end up

being a frustrating situation. And again we're just speculating. We don't even know if there's anything significantly wrong with Jordan Hicks, but I would imagine, you know, he's at least out for a couple of days while he gets this m R. I if it reveals something that maybe he lands on the I l But I would think for now there's probably at least two guys with Gant, Carlos Martinez, and maybe even a third if they want to work in Andrew Miller, so it might be a frustrating situation, but

we'll find out soon enough. One player that won't be an option is Alex Reyes, who who heard a peck right? Was that? Was that? The injury of peck uh in tri Valletti. We thought he was closing in a couple weeks ago about being a starter in this rotation for St. Louis. If the injuries Jordan HIGs are significant, you wonder that they would have called him up for a relief role. Again, not gonna be the case. You have lead having an m R I or an X ray on that pack.

We'll say, I mean, I feel bad for the guy. Like former top prospect in baseball, top pitching prospect, has electric stuff near a hundred mile per fastball upper eighties slider as well, Uh, he has great swinging miss stuff. But Alex Reyes, now, I mean from Tommy John to last year with the lad now this year he's been dealing with a whole bunch of different injuries. Now he's

got the pick injury. It just seems like, man, I don't know if he's ever going to be healthy, and and it's it sucks because I think that if he had an opportunity to start at the major league level, he might be able to have some success. So that this has been a really, really unfortunate situation. Yeah, it has been really unfortunately. I think they need to just maybe reboot him right now, shut him down, rebooted going to next year. I don't know what kind of help

he can have this season. And and like you said, it's a shame. I going about three weeks ago, maybe four the most he was on the cusp of getting called up and having a rotation spot, and then he got blown up in the minors for like seven runs. He walked a bunch of guys, and that just seemed to spiral out of control over these last couple of weeks.

And now with this injury. You know, I I just think the bullpen, like you guys have mentioned, I think it's gonna be a mixture of a gain of a sea Mark Andrew Miller say when they got you know, left the matchups there. So look, as long as you can get some saves, you don't need as many shaves as you have in the past. So I think everybody's kind of an option here. Yeah, And I think that's it's word of bringing up what's going out there, what's

going on out there in Oakland as well. Greg with with Blake train and being shutdown, you could tell he just wasn't right. Since he's returned in early May when he was dealing with elbow discomfort, he's made eighteen appearances and he's got a four point eight seven e r A during that span, with a seven point nine seven ink per nine, four point four three walks per nine, So just clearly not nearly as dominant as he was

last year. It could have been that elbow that he was dealing with, and now he's been shut down with shoulder discomfort, So just a whole bunch of things going on with that arm right now for Blake trying and and they did announce over the weekend that Liam Hendricks is going to be the closer for the time being. On the season, he's got a one point four nine e r A, fifty strikeouts and forty two and a third endings pitched. But he does have a four point

five four x fips, so perhaps some regression coming. And I think everyone thought that Luke Trevino would probably be the next man up, but he's been a little bit more inconsistent over the past month or so too, so it seems like it's gonna be Liam Hendrix. Uh, Maddie moo. Did you have any play tryin and shares? Did you end up with Liam Hendrix this past weekend? Uh? Did you expect it to be him? Did you think it was gonna be Trevino? How are you handling the whole

Oakland A situation. I did not have any blake, tried shares, really didn't invest in the top two closures coming into the year. Uh. Look, yeah, he has not in the same picture. A shout out to Brian Slack of HQ. He had a chart showing and over the last month or so since he came back from that initial you know, first injury would have shut him down for a day or two, he's not been the same picture. Trevino. Earlier in the year, I thought it would be an excellent handcuff.

I bid it up. I did bid on him like about whatever. It was a month or so ago. I didn't get any shares. But it's been evident that it is Liam hendricks At being the guy. And what was great about this one was the a's came out right after that game and said, Hendricks is the closure right now, So at least you had that clarity when you were bidding on him. Is he a slam dunk guy? Absolutely not, but he has done some really nice things. I did not get any Hendricks, though I did try to get him.

I just you know, at this point in time in the season, the money is uh, dwindling away. Yes it is. And we saw Liam Hendrick, let's go for a hundred and thirty three dollars in my Great Fantasy Baseball Invitation. And I believe he was already owned in our main event league, Matt, because I went searching for him and I couldn't find him anywhere, So I assume he was already owned there. Uh. And then I'll look up GSC Greggy, another fifteen team league where I'm sure people were bidding

on Liam Hendricks last night. We didn't really need him because we have Chapman, we have Shane Green, we have Ian Kennedy as well, so we're pretty good in that department. And Hendricks went for a hundred and forty seven dollars there, So you're looking for anywhere between twelve and fifteen percent right now when it comes to uh Liam Hendricks in these deeper rodal leagues. As Matt said, we like about

Liam Hendricks in the a situation. It toldus who the deal is, right, They said that right now Leam Hendrick already converted a safe Saturday. So being able to know that he's coming in in the C in the safe situation getting the job done, it makes our lives a little bit easier, um when it comes to Oakland, kind of like in Tampa Bay where our lives seemingly are a little bit easier right now as well, do you Castio, it's the d L who's the Albroado has been out

Amelia Pogon's last man standing. Yeah, I know, I mean, but God was a guy that he had three saves in a week. I remember as it seems like it seems like a lifetime ago, but it's probably like six weeks ago or something like that. I did get him in a couple of spots, not for a lot of money, but he never produced anything and has been cut well before and now with Castillo going to the i L, I still think Alvarado Alvarado is the guy, excuse me, that will finish the season with the most saves. For

Champa Bay. But look, if you can get begun on the cheap, you gotta jump on that. And even if it's only a handful of saves or something for the next couple of weeks, it's still a handful of saves on the cheap where you know you're just maximizing opportunities. And what and what we've seen all season Greg with the Tampa Bay raises that they like to use two different guys, whether it's you know, just to keep opposing teams off balance, ort to have like one right and

one lefty. Alvarado has been dealing with the issues with his family. Seems like he'll be back soon, but if the Diego Castio injury last, then at least they could still have their lefty in Alvarado and their righty in Emilio open once again, let's take a break when we come back. More from Matt Modica. How much does that Gollan go for next? Daily Rodo dot Com learned from the game's best DFS players. We don't just give you advice. We play every day, all major sports, all year round.

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That's money now the number one hundred dot com. Back with you here, all to be as very saucepan, Frankie stamfle Maddie mo here as well. Hanging with on Monday, relaxing with you after a weekend. Slept well last night, Frank thanks for asking happy. I'm happy it's going well for you. Greg, I stuffed well, it's going well. I stup well, all right, so at least one thing in life is going well. Had a wedding over the weekend.

That it's fun. It's very nice, very very nice. It was good to celebrate, and a lot of great food, of course, And then yesterday I was in like, uh where I was I Prospect Park. It was my Prospect Park yesterday at a friends, are weecue? Are we getting to that point in the year where every weekend you have either a wedding or a bachelor party. Yes, okay, we've arrived. So we've arrived. So I get tired, hungover,

greggy on Monday's just expected basically. Yeah. So I'm usually okay from these bachelor parties, like I usually I'm doing it well. Now I've gotten older when I understand. So I come home like the first flight out on Sunday. So I get home, I have all day to wrest. So I'm back to me on Monday, you know, Okay, So I mean you gotta give yourself that buffer that day.

So like on the wedding. The wedding was in Long Island on Saturday night, I was home on an uber at two thirty five in the morning slate late on Sunday. I'm back to me right now, aren't I say? Nice? Yeah, I mean that's that's what Sunday's usually are. That's the move. That's that's the move. Wake up, you're right for the Patreon watch some baseball. I go to the parents, I eat some dinner, come home, look at my fab bids and that's it. That's Sunday. And then um next week,

no weddings or engagement parties. Week. We got I have a graduation party on Saturday night. All right, Well you got something something. It's my it's my niece's second birthday. Similar, it's my it's my cousins graduation party. All right. That's just going on on this upcoming week for Frank and myself Madillo. This past weekend, it was a Zach Gallant weekend, as Frank alluded to, and inside the miniment, Gallen went for one hundred and eighteen dollars. What do you think

of the bid? What do you think of what do you think of Gallan's first performance? Mikey and I talked about it on Friday, And what do you think of Zallan going forward? Were able to obtain him this week? And there's this thing about the Marlins. Look, I know the Marlins entering the season with this horrific team. Either we're gonna just be god awful in every aspect. That's

not the case. As of like last Friday, they had the seventh best starting pitching e r A. In MLB ahead of a team that has Sherzer, Strasbourg and Corbin. So that's that's that's pretty amazing right there. I think the offense has gotten a lot better. Gallon's a guy that you know, he was part of the uh oh soon a deal and he's he's you know, he's really moved up the ladder this season with fantastic year at Triple A. He showed that, you know, he could command

his picture as well in his opening start. I mean, I don't know if he's gonna be like an ACE long term, but for fantasy purpose rest of the season. Who's an arm of interest for me? And it seems like everybody else. But what's interesting to me is the bids. Like I play mostly in fifteen teamers, I have to twelve team online championships, which uh I don't consider my strong shot, but somehow I'm in the first place in both and I got gallant in one of those leagues.

I've been seventy nine dollars. The runner up bid was eleven, so I don't know what the hell happened there. Yeah, that's an interesting one. I mean, normally these players go for less than twelve team leagues. But I mean for the backup bid for Zach Gallant to be only eleven dollars out of a thousand, I think that's very surprising. Still,

congratulations for getting Zac Gallan share their Matt Modica. And you know last night in the Great Fantasy Baseball Invitational that's a fifteen team mixed Roto went for two hundred and seventy nine dollars, and then in Matt and Eyes main event, he went for a hundred and eighteen dollars. That's also a fifteen team league with a one thousand

dollar budget. I was the backup bid at sixty three dollars, But I mean, realistically, I never expected to get him anyway, but still a little sad to see that I was. I was the backup bid. You know, I had to go back and watch the start Greg because we were doing a ton of NBA Draft coverage Thursday night while Zack Gallen was pitching, and I thought he looked pretty

good for the most part. Um, I thought that the way that he pitches, it seems a little bit stiff, a little bit upright, uh, you know, average around ninety three miles proud for that fast plays a four pitch mix you know, he works in the curveball as well. He uses a cutter um. But he looked pretty good. I mean I tend swinging strikes on pitches. He eat the first pitch strikes to eighteen of twenty two batters.

I thought that was more telling. When it came to Zack Gallen, Matt, you know, I want to get your thoughts on this. Do we expect him to be up long term? Because when I was talking about this last week, when we first found out he was gonna get called up, I kind of prefaced everything with I don't know that he's going to be up long term here, because I mean,

these situations happen when it comes to process. I mean, as Quest and Hira, the guy was, he was performing well, but he was just a casualty of the numbers game. Now Jordan Almamoto is pitching well for this team, Pabo Lopez is hurt. It seems like Caleb Smith is going to be back at some point. So do you have any worry if if when you were bidding on Zac Gallen that he's not gonna be up for the long haul,

is that in the back of your mind? I mean, they's just there's just a small thought of that as you as you are correctly uh stated what's happened this season, and that that that that is a possibility. But I don't think you could be scared. I think you got a bid on the talent. I think he's much more talented than Jordan Almodo, even though, you know whatever, his first three starts have been quite amazing. But I think he's more I don't want to say smoking mirrors, WHI

that makes the challenge. He's not good at all, but kind of like wins on deception, I guess something like that. So I think gallants here to stay. I think there's also very good possibilities guys like Trevor Richards gets traded, uh if Caleb Smith, if the team makes a move on a Caleb Smith, I think Miami would be interested in moving him now at pretty much his high point, even though he's put so well this year, because he's had past injuries and stuff, and if they can get

a nice return, why not do it. Yeah, I think Matt bings a good point when it comes to Caleb Smith. He was not as out prospect by by any means traded away from the Yankees. You've heard that before. And his stuff is really really good, and is he going to be a part of these Mets future for this match, there's Marlin's future when they're ultimately good again, probably not. And people are impressed with what older than people realize. I think exactly exactly. He's in the prime of his

career right now. He's not an up and coming prospect by any means. He has a ton of control on him. So once the Marlins get good again, and at some point they will, Calin Smith is not gonna be a part of that. And I think right now, when a team can control him for a significant period of time, when he's fastball velocity is still where it is. When people are as desperate for pitching right now as they always are, I think the Marlins will get their biggest return.

I completely agree with that now has be a traded guy away like Caleb Smith. Well, I'm hoping so then, because so that we should see Zack Gallen around for the rest of the season. Again, like Matt alluded to, he wasn't regarded as a top prospect. He was like barely inside the top twenty on MLB dot Com for the Marlins prospects coming into the season. But you know, and he wasn't on the forty man roster because he

wasn't expected to be this good this quickly. Now he had an upticking fastball velocity this year, and again, I mean, he was completely crushing Triple A and the PCL, so a league that's regarded as you know, a very very hitter friendly league. I mean, one point seven seven e r A, zero point seven seven whip hundred and twelve strikeouts. All three of those lead the lad the Pacific Coast League at Triple A. So you know, I hope Zach Allen sticks around. I did just did kind of want

to preface that and get that in there. But hopefully hopefully he is around, you know, whether it's you know, via trade Caleb Smith, or something else happening here. With the Miami Marlins, their pitching staff has been really good, Greg. I think I saw a graphics yesterday too, was that right now they're they're starting pitcher. E r A is the lowest it's been in their franchise history. I know they haven't been around forever, but collectively they've done a

really nice job. Absolutely absolutely. I I Caleb Smith and this Morlands organization, their pitching snaff has been very, very good. And it's why when it comes to the Vandal sports book, I like betting on them because you know, they're pitching staff for the most part. Frankie's son keep him in the game. Yeah, And you know a lot of people were killing Derek Jeter and what are you doing. He's trading away you know to uh two m v p s. At the time, we didn't know Yells was gonna be

an MVP. Man, it might be this year's MVP again. I mean it probably should be Uh and then traded away Marcela Zuna. Everyone's freaking out. And you know, earlier this year, Greg I said, look, he's building the team around their home ball park. It's a it's a monster ballpark. It's a really big ballpark. And you know, he's putting together a really good staff of young starting pitchers who have upside. So I think, you know, uh, shout out

to Derrick Geter. And you know, I'm sure some of it was whoever was there before him as well, it was Deeter, But I think there's a method to the madness creaty absolutely Okay, So Zach Gallant, no doubt, the big name, the big picture that was brought up over the weekend that you paid for but out of bern also as it was also somebody that Matt, you were excited about last Monday getting the call and he went

for twelve bucks to Frankie inside the main event. Matt, what do you think of Frank's by and what do you expect this guy in the future. Yeah, no, I like him for the future. I got him in another main event. I'm not sure if from starting him this week, which I don't know what the plan is, how many innings is he gonna go? He did go four innings versus the Mets. I listened to that on the radio.

I listened to the Cubs broadcast actually, and they were pretty pumped for rightfully, so you know, one of those endings he struck out the side I like as a say, in the grand scheme of things for the rest of the season. If he does secure a rotation spot, I think he's a two pitch pitcher for the most part. That might be a little tricky, but I think there is talent here, so you know, I want to be involved. But Logan Allen was the guy that I really wanted and I thought I might be able to get him

on the cheap. That did not happen at all. Yeah, Logan Allen, we spoke about him last week to the whole story with John Cena and everything that was going on there. You go with with the with the one dollar bet involving John Cena and Logan Allen. He looked pretty good in that start, and he faces the Baltimore Orioles this week. I agree with you, Matt. I actually, you know, made a ranking of this week's um available starting pitchers, and you know I had Logan Allen ranked

higher than an advert als lay. Look, Alsa, I agree with you. I think he has upside. He's you know, one of the top pitching prospects, and the Cubs organization is like their fourth rank prospect. He only threw fifty five pitches last time out against the Mets. He only went like four innings in relief. I believe he's expected to start this week. I think that's start also comes again. I think he's supposed to pitch against the Atlanta Braves, who one of the hottest hitting teams in the month

of June. So I'm with you, Matt, Like I picked him up. You know, I lost Frankie Mantas in the main event, I lost Pablo Lopez, so I actually lost two pretty big pieces of my pitching staff there. So I'm I'm taking a shot on some upside here. Sur Price only get him for twelve bucks. I thought he would have went for more. But yeah, like you said earlier, you know I don't have a lot of money left either. Again I will I will never never forget the fact that Carter Key Boom sucked up all my fab and

I'm still waiting for him to come back. But you know, as a late went for a hundred and nine dollars in the Great Fantasy Base Momentation, So I always kind of like to compare those because they're both fifteen team leagues, and you know, to be able to get him for nearly a hundred dollars less, I was excited about that.

But I do agree with you. I don't think I'm rolling him out there this week if he's starting against the Braves, because it's a brave I mean, I really don't want to start many pictures against them right now. The way that the Real Quick, yep, real Quick Frank Frank got him for twelve dollars, I would love to have got him for twelve. I think I got him something similar in one of my other means, Like I said, happy to have him. I think with the tg FBI,

I don't know. Okay, I think I screwed that acronym up. I apologize, but I think that's you got a lot more guys that are heavy prospect guys as well too. Even though the NPC we love kids, you know, we love all these young arms and that. So, but I think that was the right move. But shout out the frank frank what do you are you in first or you know, the half of point out of first in our main event, so that job. Don't let the car to key boom things. Yeah, last time I checked, uh,

I wasn't first place in the main event. I'll check it again right now. There you go, I dropped out there you go half a point right now, a hundred and eight and a half points. Uh, yeah, I'm gonna have to pick it back up. He's got Aaron Judge back,

you know, Dee Gordon came back recently as well. But yeah, losing Frankie Mantas and Pabol Lopez, um, we talk about should talk about FANKI about Fanki Montas because that broke down like Friday, right, I guess after work right around there probably, And I remember just being devastated because Freddie Mantas has been so so good for fantasy teams and

for the A's and now you know why. And ultimately, if you're not a keeper league spending for eighty games, Florio did the math for you on Twitter, as many other people did. He comes back like six games to go in the season, which means in in non keeper leagues and your standard yearly leagues, Frey Mantas, it's over. It's over now. My question was, and I'm gonna throw this to you, Matt. With Mantas now out for the year, essentially, will the A's more quickly bring up Haze's Lazardo to

fill the spot. I don't know if they're gonna be more quickly with that, just for the fact that this is like one of their franchise pieces going forward, and I think they really want to be cautious due to lose the setback he had h in spring training, so I don't think they're gonna rush him. But the fact that they have Luzardo coming, they have Mania on the men who you know was pitching really well last year too.

I think they got some reinforcements. You know, Puck is going to pitch out of the bullpen from what I've heard, so you know, they they're getting reinforcements. I still don't know how to healthy A's are where they are now. They had another nice run. They seem to do this every year, so you know, kudos to them, but I don't. I don't know how they're doing. And Brent Anderson rolls up like a month of pitching excellence, you know, I'm

always mystified. Yeah, the Oakland A's. Look, it's really odd because nice little juxtaposition, Greg, because you compare the Miami Marlins and the Oakland A's, and you know they both have similar home ballparks, bigger home ballparks, but uh, the Oakland A's are doing it a little bit differently than the Miami Marlins. I mean, there's different ways to win

in baseball. And they have a lot of guys on that Oakland A's team right now that can hit for home runs when it comes to Chris Davis and Matt Olson and Matt Chapman and Ramote Loriano has been red hot too, but yeah, they've been getting it done. With they with the who's who cast of starting pitchers Mike Fires, Brett Anderson, Chris Bassett, Tanner Anderson for the Oakland A's as well. I agree with Matt. I don't know that this is going to accelerate the process for Hazel's Lozardo.

You know, we probably see him early second half, you know, a couple of weeks after the second half begins. Something like that. Could be a similar, uh situation for what is the gentleman's name. Matt just brought him up, Shalan I Shalman I who pitched well last year for them, So Shalmania, Hazel Cizzarto, the reinforcements are coming for them, Lose Blake trying and like it's it's just the who's who.

It's crazy, crazy situation that's going on. He did get hurt last night, um with a side issue I saw as he was rehabbing here. Now. I don't know if it's an oblique or something like that, but he was hurt last night in this rehab assignment. Meanwhile, Crazy's Lozzardo later this week in Triple A will go up to seventy five pitches, becoming an option quite quickly. I think for the a's his last outing with sixty one pitches. He loves two runs, five strikeouts, and three and a

third inning. By the way, my um my opponent this week picked up Anthony de Lefani yesterday for a spot start and he got He got bombed. Don't get me wrong, he has absolutely bombed. It's kind of like mikes are in here. But um, we're closing strike ats. So at the time I looked at with out of five nothing the er he was like fifteen, but he had all nine outs via the strike out. Through three innings. Every outfit Anthony desk Lefani had yesterday was via the strike aut.

I thought that was crazy. Yeah, Anthony Discofani, he it seems like he does this every year where he kind of of uh tantalizes us a little bit. He's got the swing and misseduff the shrikeouts. Seems like he's he always should have been better than he actually is. And he'll put together a few good starts here and there. But yeah, for the most part, um, it's inconsistency when

it comes to Discofani. We go through these stretches where it looks really good and then he reminds you that he's Anthony Discofani and that he pitches in the great American small park lady. Absolutely, Yeah, I'm Frankie Mantas. If you're playing like in Dynasty or Keeper, I would try and get him. Maybe the owner is just really piste off and you know, furious that he's out for the year. I would be all over him for next season. I think that split is real, and you know that that's

a pitch that's gonna further him on. Yeah. I agree with Matt here too. You know a lot of people are gonna say, oh, well, the reason why he was pitching so good was because he was using performance enhancing drugs. If you look at his career numbers, he's someone who always threw the ball hard, and I think the fact that he worked in this splitter this year was what

helped him get to this level. I mean, sure, you know, p might have had some kind of influence here, Greg, but I don't know that they're the only reason that he was pitching as well as he was. I agree with you. We'll take a break when we come back, we wrap things up with Modica, we go to the two star pitchers, and that comes your way. Next. Lose weight now got a fat one hundred dot com. Lose that unwanted belly fat today and get free information at

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and gearcam Resent discount Today Daily Roder dot com. The promo code is f n t S. And why you mentioned before, Frank, when you're saying the stuff that happened this weekend, Bobby Bradley got called up. He went for eighty eight bucks in r G S T League, three bucks in g d D, two bucks in your home league. And tell us about Bobby Bradley. Who's gonna play? Who he is, what he does well when he doesn't do well? Who is Bobby Bradley? Yeah, he's the big power prospect.

I think the power is legit. He's got a sixty grade power and you know, you have twenty four home runs in Triple A so far this season. The batting average is a little bit, uh misleading. He had a two batting average and at the minor league level, but over the past two years of Triple A he's had an in a strikeout percentage over thirty two per cent.

So I think he's gonna struggle for batting average. But the pop is legit, and especially this year, where you know, the ball is just flying out of the yard, I expect him to hit somewhere in like the middle to lower end part of the Indians lineup, anywhere from like five to seven probably, but yeah, he can. He can be legitimate power power source here, and um, that's what

I'm expecting. You know. It's eighty eight dollars in G S T three dollars in G D D, so I think anywhere from like I think eight eight dollars is probably a little bit too much, but anywhere from like a three to six percent bid next week when he's available in NFBC, I think makes a lot of sense. Matt, what do you think about Bobby Bradley. Look, yeah, I think you said it perfect you're you're you're buying him for power. When he makes contact, the bull is gonna

go really far. But when you're striking out a third a third of the time in the minor leagues, that's not a good indication for what's gonna happen to you in the majors. So you know, I would take the risk. I'm with you three D six percent, I think is fine. Uh, if you're really desperate, I don't. I don't think you're getting you know, I'd rather I'm more happy you're having a guy like Garrett Cooper, who are I picked up a couple of weeks ago. Ah, He's been tremendous and

a much more consistent bat. But I will say this about Brandy, He's got like Peter Alonso type power or something close to that. So shall I pick him up? That's a big question here, Gregg. Do you need a first baseman? Greg? Do you need home runs? If the answer to those questions are yes, then yes, you fry to pick him up. Who you're dropping is the other question. I guess. I say, usually make a move in the pit league and then like all my players get hurt,

so it's a disaster. So like I have currently five players on the disabled list or the injured list. It's called the Yao Corey see your hunter pants, Yanni Diaz, Byron Buxing, and Pablo Lopez. It's like a drop somebody loves. Yeah. I mean there's not really any timetable for Pablo Lopez and yeah, with everyone else hurt on your team, I think he's probably a casualty there unfortunates coming back to sweet probably, so I check them that. So when's uh,

Yandy says he could come back on Thursday. That'd be good, all right. So I kind of want this guy. I wouldn't drop Yandy Das for him. I want to drop newon Has for him. Yeah, I think that makes sense. That's fair. But I don't want to wait to pick up yet too early, all right, So I'm gonna pick him up right now. You not, please, I'm trying. I first come, first served, Gregory, sorry, and I love the first come first survey. I don't want you to do that at the moment because I want this guy. I

don't need him, alright, cool. I got Freddy Freeman, I got Max Munsey, all right, So your boy Matt Garrett Hampson got got called back up this weekend. Is he to be the guy that short was Brendan Rogers to be the guy? I don't know. I put in a couple of small bids to try and get some carrot hits and you won't quit. I love it, you know, just because for fantasy he has speed. Oh he's been atrocious on the major league level, but his speed is topic.

There's no denying that. Brandon Rogers, I don't know if he's ready yet. Maybe his future he's going to be a impact player, but so far what I've seen, he's not ready for prime time at the moment. So I won't be shocked if Hampston was to hit a little and startch deals and basis we can see. I don't know how long this story is supposed to be out there, that's my questions. I've seen conflicting reports. Yeah, so Trevor story originally was going to be out for weeks. That

was the report. I remember on Friday, we're all doing Gloomwar Floria and I and then he said yesterday, Hey, I expect to be back my ten days. Arerong Like what I I Yeah, that doesn't seem smart for Trevor story or the Rockies organization. I know that they played a little bit better recently and they were expected to at least compete for a wild card spot this season, but um, they need to they need to be smart when it comes to Trevor's story. Again, you gotta almost

protect him from himself. Uh. And we've seen, you know, guys come back from injuries, especially to like fingers are like parts of their hand like this can easily slow down his production too, So I'd rather them just give him the proper time that he needs. And it is worth mentioning that since he's gone down, Brendan Rodgers has started every game at shortstop. They've been playing Garrett Hampson

in the outfield. Uh. This is really the It seems like this is the Colorado Rockies worst nightmare because now they actually have to play their young players and we know that they hate to do that for whatever reason, and it's very very frustrating. Um. But yeah, I do think as long as Trevor stories out, Brendon Rogers probably gonna be the uh majority of the time starting at shortstop, and and Garret Hampson either maybe you know, they'll work him in there against lefty, they'll use him in the

outfield or whatever it might be. But I'll throw a few other names out there. I like Chris Taylor. You know, I had Trevor Story in a in a twelve team league and I lost him. I picked up Chris Taylor. Dodgers played seven games this week with I believe either three or four those in corps fields. So I like Chris Taylor a lot. I do like Brendan Rodgers, just because again seven games this week, and then I'll just throw you know, Kevin Newman's name out there again. It

just seems like he's not getting the proper respect. Greggy. Yeah, the respect needs to be there. We'll see if he converts and earns about of respect. All right, Um, anybody else you want to mention Maddie before we get the two star pitchers for this week. I'm trying to think. I mean, somebody who's played really well over the last month, Uh, just give him some love is Todd Fraser. I've never really been a Todd Fraser fan, but he's done very

well last month or so. So if you need a corner help in a deeper league, he's a guy that you know you should be looking at. Yah, throw a few lower end outfielders out there, if you know you're struggling in a five outfielder league. The Giants play seven games this week. Alex Stakerson is playing well for them, so is Mike Yastremski as well. And uh doesn't play for the Giants anymore, but Maddie mo our guy, Mac Williamson, he's playing every day again. Greggy out there in Seattle,

Let's go fantastic. I've been burned that up man so many times. What's dead will never die for you? Be back well, segre All right, it's gonna do start pitchers for this week. I mentioned a Florio about it, so now I want to ask you about it, Matt as well. My favorite to start pitcher this week was Adam Pluco for the Cleveland Indians. He's facing Kansas City and he's in Baltimore. When did you Pluco this week? Look, he's

that straight out to walk great is pretty astonishing. He's really only had that one blow up start this year, and I know everybody's got him for the two start. I'm of the thinking that the Indians keep Biber on his normal rest, which would give Biber that second start. But let's say that Pluco gets to start. I still have some reservations here. Uh my choice and Frankie's pole was Bassett. I went with the hound, though I'm not very confident in that one neither, be honest with you.

But look, Pluco has been a pleasant surprise all things considering from his past. Yeah, I put up the pole before the show. Greaty, And as of right now, the options were Adam Pluco, Brad Keller, Chris Bassett, and Aaron Sanchez. I mean these are really, you know, bottom of the barrel here, and that's why I included in the tweet.

Death is not an option. But fifty of the vote is going to Adam Pluco right now, and I think it's just because a large majority of that is because of the matchups here versus the Kansas City Royals and at the Baltimore Orioles. So I think that makes a lot of sense. Look, Chris Bassett one start against the Cardinals. That could work out well because we know they've been struggling mightily in the month of June. But then at the Los Angeles Angels, you know, a team that does

not strike out at all, Shohyotani's coming around. Mike Trout is red hot as well. I don't really I don't really like starting hitter pitchers against the Los Angeles Angels right now, just because they don't strike out and their offenses is really hot. Greg, so um, I could see it, and maybe a deeper league for Chris Bassett. But you know, anything any shallower thin like a fifteen teamer probably out

on all these guys. To be honest, they're probably there no like their fifteen team like two starters, but in twelve teamers, I think, you know, there might have been guys that were available that were better. I played in a twelve team league where Trevor Churs was a very available and I picked him up for his two star week this week. So that's disappointing to me. I like PLUCO even even in the twelve team leagues. Well, you know you've been, uh, you've been a little bit more

currazeus with these two starters. I know, like two weeks ago you used Brett Anderson was last week and it worked out well for you. So it worked at the first start he bombed yesterday. Alright, I did, But because I'm in a Daily Transaction League. I mentioned him yesterday and it was and it was. What was even better was I took a risk because I was trying to play the match out and see what I wanted to do.

Um Brett Anderson and I picked up Shawn Anderson because they both pitched at four o'clock yesterday, so I had them ready to go. I can make him maneuver during the day to see if I want to bench them or leave him in. And given our my situation, my matchut I started my first start at one o'clock and it was Marcus Stroman against the Red Sox. Well that worked out very well, incredibly well. Yes, six shot in things from Marcus Stroman. Let's go, should see him in

pinch stripe soon future New York Yankee. Let's go, Maddie, I'll throw it. I'll throw four other names here at you that we have on the rundown. They're kind of fringe e ish, they haven't pitched well recently. Zach Davies versus Seattle versus the Pirates, Andrew Heaney versus the Reds versus Oakland, Stephen Matt's at Philly versus Atlanta, and Marco Gonzalez I mean, these matchups at Milwaukee and at Houston, any four of those guys pique your interest. Yeah, Marco

Gonzalo's that ship has sailed like long ago. He's got a five over five b r A five x fit is walked per nine. He's like almost four or something, so he's definitely out of that one. Stephen Mats. Interestingly enough, as those crazy home road splits, he's got like a low to e r A at home, a six r A on the road. He's giving up eighteen runs in thirteen first innings this season with eight homers. So you know, I don't know about Max Neither. He needs the guy

for me. Uh, he's home for both starts. He gets the reds uh swinging miss availability there. Uh, you know, and they got some platoon players and that's a nice split for him. And then he's home versus Oakland. He needs the guy, Zack Davies. You know, if you want to press your luck, I get it. But Andrew Hiney for me, it's just not really a great crop of two star pitchers this week. Greg. It rarely is no. I mean, sometimes we find some guys that were yeah

that we feel right that that's that's the guy. I could be your guy. That's the guy. The matchups makes sense. And you know what, Matt, I was looking at Brad Keller and I know he's been really in consistent. It seemed like he was starting to write the ship. I believe, like three of his last four starts like he was actually pitching well. But he's always like, do for like one of those blow up starts. So you know, the matchups on paper against the Indians and the Blue Days

don't seem so bad. But Brad Keller is just one of these guys where I mean he could just completely crush your your E r A and your whip if he if he gets blown up, and he has shown a propensity to do that. Yeah, it's just fift team team only option in in uh my consideration, it's the matchups that make him a person of interest. I know how Monkey wrote a piece on his his air density piece, which is you know, pretty much above my pay grade figuring out stuff out and seeing all that. But you

have some interesting nuggets that. But for me Keller is it's an option based choice. In a deeper league. You know, you can either win or you can get blown up with that we're gonna say about a Maddie Moe for this week. Matt It's been a pleasure and we cannot wait to do it again next week. You guys, you guys rock Thos, love doing it. See you next week, by the way, next Monday, probably the last baseball when we do with Maddie mon digital football. After that, there

you go. July coming soon, Yeah, July eighth, ma'am. I'm preparing you right now, two weeks from today, returning our attention to football. I gotta get ready. I don't know who Maddie Moeguys are beside Sammy Watkins. Obviously, what is old may never die. You go that Moodie can follow him at CCM baseball and of course read everything he has and listen everything he has over at the Athletic.

With that, Frankie, say goodbye to YouTube for today. Sean Washtamakia and at the window come your way next making sure you listen to Sean each and every day, especially today here on at the window. Frank it's now time for our best bets forever. It's a brand new week. Things to go well. I give two picks out on Twitter to somebody that you requested I lost both of them the weekends, and I lost on Friday. On the weekday, I lost with Florio on Friday to barely. I got

screwed on Friday, so hopefully I don't get screwed again. Frank, I feel like we're gonna go. I have to go back to the tape. I don't remember. I remember liking the Marlins on Thursday for Zach Gallant's debut, and the Marlins won that game nice, So I won one of those. I think I gave out two picks. Though it's a new week, nobody cares, but last week anymore, I want to know you want to hold myself account. I was

talking to Sean earlier this morning. There's one pick that stands out extremely to me, and that's Lucas Giolito plus one if the six in Boston that you know what. I tried that last week, Greg, and he made me look like a fool. So you won't be fooled again. I will Gelto's numbers only so high this week because he got they lost in Chicago on the on the other side of the home runs were flying out of Wrigley. They won't be flying out of Boston tonight and what

Aiguez donna let up some runs? He will tonight give me gelto plus one fifty six and the White Sox against Boston. Alright, so I know that I if I include the Marlins pick, I went one for three, one in three last week, and you said you got something wrong on Friday, Greg, Yeah, I would say you had three and two. That's good. Still making money there, take one. I know I took one extra pick, so I was four and two alright, So yeah, yeah, you get rich

doing that. Um, I like I was looking at this earlier, the Rockies and Giants tonight, John Grey against Drew palmerans and ugly going over. Yes, yes, I know I'm not a John Grey guy. I understand this game is in Oracle Park, it's in San Francisco, which is a bigger ballpark. But I just don't trust either one of these starting pitchers. And you know, if the Giants are actually playing better, you know they're playing better as of late with MIKEA.

Schremsky and Alex Dickerson spoke about them a little bit earlier. Greg, totally in this one's only seven and a half. I think we could get over this. That seems you'd be way over that number for John Gray versus Drew Palmer Rance two pitchers over getting bombed. Obviously, Frankie mentioned it. It's in San Francisco, is a big pitchers park. Their ear as combined are over eleven. The terrible John Grade four point one eight, Drew Palm ran seven point zero nine,

seven and a half. Right if John gre If Drew Balmer ranchers, as we always does, the average average a good This is to be a four or three game probably something, all right, So jeeldo, we're riding them again, and we're going over the Giants and the Rockies. Greig, Yeah, fair enough, Okay, so they have it. Uh, those are the best bets forever for today. About a minute left here in the program. Uh, Yankees' finally lost the game yesterday, frank Yeah. Look, they're not gonna win any every game.

And you know, if they you know, if they would ended up sweeping the Astros in four games, I mean that would have been miraculous. So I think they were due for one of those clunkers, and of course they were because Jay Happen was on the man. Greg, what do we have only you know, two more years of this after the season about. So yes, it's gonna be a lot of fun. I think they do. What do you think the Yankees do? What is your prediction Stroman? Are they gonna trade for Stroman or do you think

it's someone else? And Clint Fraser is gonna kill us for the next decade or so. I don't think they trade Fraser for Stroman because they're saying they won't trade Fraser for a rental, but Stroman's not a rental. So I saw under control from next year as well. Tomorrow on the show, what were doing? Yeah, baseball? I mean, hey, you want to talk football? You want me to know next week we're coming all right for Frank's naval. I'm Greg Suman at the window, coming up next to Seanstamki.

I want to thank Nat Moodia for joining us freak and I will be back tomorrow. We hope, y