Fantasy Baseball 2020: Shortstop Rankings!

New Jersey. I am Gregg Sauceman joined inside studio thirty four B F F Frank Stamp. What's up? Frank? Ag? What's going on? Man? Excited to be here, obviously gonna talk about short stop today. We've got a few more injuries, Gregg, surprise, surprise. That's all we get throughout spring training is injuries. What's going on with you? How did you sleep last night? You mean you mean Chris Sale does not have the flu? Is that what you're telling me? Wait? Can the flu

really cause Tommy John? Because then I might need it? Is it too early to make a coronavirus joke? Probably that Christal's flu turned into it? Okay, cool? Try to make sure. I wasn't sure that wasn't the details on that, but fair enough, I won't. I slept fantastically though. I went to bed at eleven thirty ish and slept like a full amount of time for ones. And I was ready to rock this morning, looking at short stops, looking at first basement and prepare in preparation for that show

coming up later this week. And I just texted you there are literally sixteen first base what I like, and there's not a single other one that I want on my team. What about Danny Santana, Greg, Danny Santana, which qualifies that every position is still somebody that I don't want on my team. Ah, well, I guess that's your loss. No, I'm not on Danny Santana either. First base is not a great position this year, Greg, shortstop a little bit better. That's the one will be previewing today. It is, it

is solid. I also have to talk to you. I got a trade offer in my home league and I need your advice. Frank. I would be giving up my fourth overall pick for the tenth overall pick, and his third rounder is a keeper league. What do you think? I guess it comes down to who can you realistically get at four? And who can you realistically get a ten? But we'll talk about we'll talk about that more after this, Greig, all right, fair enough, So when we come back, we're

gonna get to the NBA tip drill for tonight. You'll hear more about my trade and of course these short stops that you should did you not be drafting here in Before all of that we begin today's program. Were the news update from our guys. Hi, I am Alex Passano with your sports grid news update here on the fantasy b ff s guys in the NBA New York Knicks super fans Spike Lee, well he won't be at his usual courtside seat for the rest of the season.

He appeared on ESPN's First Take this morning, and Lee said he's taking a hiatus from Madison Square Garden. A quote from Spike says, I'm coming back next year, but I'm done for the season. I'm done. Lee's comments come a day after a video circulated online showing Lee yelling at Madison Square Garden security about the entrance he used

to enter the game. However, Lee and Nick's owner James Dolan could be seen shaking hands and smiling at halftime, and Lee was in his signline seat at the second half during the Knicks defeat of the Houston Rockets one to one. In Major League Baseball, the Boston Red Sox left hander Chris Sale well he's having an m r R on Tuesday after experiencing soreness in his elbow. Manager Ron Rennicky acknowledged the concern as the team awaits results.

These results will be sent to doctor James Andrews for evaluation. Andrews saw Sale last August after the seven time All Star was shut down for the season with elbow inflammation. Sale had platelet rich plasma injection at the time, but avoided surgery. Uh Sale had already been notified that he will start the season on the injured list as he reported to camp with pneumonia sticking with Major League Baseball.

New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman said right fielder Aaron Judges feeling better, but we'll have more tests to determine the cause of his soreness in his right pectoral area. Judge was shut down from hitting a week before spring training with shoulder soreness. He experienced discomfort on Friday when he took batting practice for the second straight day in an indoor cage. A quote from Cashman says, he feels more now in the pack. It's moved down toward the peck.

We're just trying to figure it out and determine what's bothering him. You got a full slate of NBA, NHL, and college hoops tonight. Let's go to the Hockey League where the Montreal Canadians visit the New York Islanders. Islanders, you're going to half favorite the total five and a half. The St. Louis Blues visit the New York Rangers. Blues, you're going to half favorites. The total is six. And the Nashville Predators visit the Minnesota Wild. Wild? Are your

going to half favorite the total six? In this one. I'm Alex Pasano. When this has been your sports grid news update. Now back to Gregg and Frank. I'm a fantasy BFFs. All right, we're gonna get into the shortstop position today here on the Fantasy BFFs from a fantasy

baseball perspective. We'll talk a little bit more about Chris Sale, but before we do all of that, we'll like to give you a little snippet of our NBA tip drill, and earlier today, Sean Guastamakia spoke with Ricky Sanders of Daily Rhoda dot com about why he is getting scary Terry in his line of senight. All right, let's start with your players. A lot of great options at point guard.

You're going with Charlotte Cornet's point guard, Dario Rosier. Yeah, and I think people who played Terry Rosier the last time Davantae Graham was out maybe having nightmares, but look that was the nightmare scenario. Terry Rosier played eighteen first half minutes in that game, so he was on pace to play a ton of minutes, and then the team just got absolutely blown out. They were losing by forty

for most of the second half. In Indiana. They lost that game by thirty nine points, and tonight is expected to be a lot closer. They're playing at home, they're playing in San Antonio, team that's dealing with their own injuries, and it's the second end of a back to back for San Antonio. So we really do expect this one to remain competitive, and we see a lot of minutes and a lot of shots available for Terry Rosier without

not just DeVante Graham, but Malik Monk as well. So his price tag probably should be, you know, one to two thousand higher in this scenario, it is not. So we're loving the price tag for Terry Rozier tonight, and we don't think you'll be having nightmares for the second straight time without Graham. I think this game will be much better from him. All right, there you have it,

Terry Rosier the guy you gotta start tonight. And remember he got the three point uh contest over Fandual tonight, three thirty three thousand dollars on the line, and Frank, I'm gonna put on the line on the first time in a while because you if you have all nine of your players hit it three tonight in this contest was cost three dollars and three cents. You gotta share its twenty grand insite credit for Fandel kind of cool.

Oh I'm jumping in, Greggy. Let's make it happy. We'll get a few three point shooters out there, maybe even some scary Terry. Can I interest you in Terry Rosier? Greg? Of course, Ricky Sanders had to get as many nightmare puns in as he possibly can while talking about scary Terry. Did you notice that, Greig, It's kind of what he does and you have to just calling out on it because if you don't, like, I'm gonna call Alex Passon out on platelet rather than platlet. Uh, they will just

keep making the mistakes. Alex Pisano, great news update and of course the Knicks. Greg, one step forward and two steps back. Huge win last night against the Rockets. Now we've got some Spike Lee drama. This is ridiculous. The Spike Lee drama. Like I try to see bits and pieces of it. He he got pissed that he wasn't able to go in a certain entrance. Is that what's

going on? Break? Yeah, apparently that's what's going on. And the Knicks released a statement earlier today saying that Spike is laughable and he's causing drama because he wants to enter through the employee entrance and they have a v I P entrance for all of their celebrities and I don't know what's going on, Greg, So wait, so it's crazy.

So from when I was a member of the media, there was always an employee slash um employee slash media entrance right, and that's where all the celebrities went through. And that's where like I was in an elevator with like John Stewart right, like he was in that elevator with the media and the and the voye the v I P entrance, which is I believe for like if you're in like boxes and stuff, you could use that

entrance which is on um like thirty second Street. I want to say between some of the eight I'm like that things like going through there, those line didn't stop. It's happening very strange, very strange, indeed, Greg, But r J. Barrett look pretty good last night. But now when he's talking about the wind, because I was talking about Spike Lee, I'm talking about the wind. Greg, come on, that makes meat the Rockets. Let's go Leon Rose undefeated Texas. You

last night. I saw you on the bus this morning, and I'm like, what happened? Like r J. Barrett went off like, but so did Westbrook and Hardened. I don't know, man, I think they like outrebounded the Rockets by plus twenty. They had like a bunch of offensive rebounds. Hey, that's what's gonna happen with the buying him in the ass of the Yeah, there you go. Before the update, we

were talking about Chris Sale. I'll get back in my situation a moment, but we talked about Chris Sale, who now not surprisingly, m are I getting said to Dr James Andrews because he has some elbow stortis. Yeah, we knew this a month ago where he reported late because he had the flu, which hurted into pneumonia, which turned too he's not starting this season on time because he had pneumonia a month ago. Well, Frank, it looks like he's not starting this season on time, not because of pneumonia,

because his elbow still hurts him. Yeah, and shout out to you, Greg, because you were on this from the get go. You had him lower than anyone else that I saw in terms of starting pitcher ranks. And it makes sense, right, I mean, look, you're gonna put this guy in the i L a month before the season starts because he's dealing with a flu, He's dealing with an illness. It just never really made sense. So obviously last year visited with Dr James Andrews. Gonna do the

same thing again. Now getting test on, they're gonna send those results over to Dr James Andrews, and we'll see what happens with Chris Sale. I asked you this during the break up before we started started the show, is there anywhere that you would draft Chris Sale right now? And you said no, No, I'm not drafting Chris Sale. And I think that's the right answer, Greg. The problem is if we're drafted, yeah, all the starting pitchers around him are gonna get moved up the board like Corby Castillo,

Paddick more In. Those guys are all gonna become third round picks, like solidified third round picks. Listen, if we're drafting today, we're drafting tomorrow before we year. Ending from Andrews, you're not touching Cristal. You're absolutely not touching Grissell with ten foot pole. However, like if you're drafting in three weeks from now, and there's a planning in place and he could get better, then you draft him if the if the number is right, right, if the value is right.

But Chris Sale, man, he's not gonna be my top fifty at this point, Like I probably just x amount. I don't want to draft him. I know next week we haven't draft next Thursday, he will not be near our team Bronna have Gean Carlos Stanton the cristal and not saying something. Yeah at least Stanton um. You know we think he's gonna be back at some point, right, Aaron, Judge, there's a there's a plan. There's no plan of a cryssale. Sure, yeah,

all right, we're gonna come back. Let's dive into the shortstop position, Frankie, from top to bottom, and we gotta make sure everybody those with the top three short stops are and the sleepers and the bus and you also got to make sure that I know what we'll do with my trade, stick her out. We'll be abas next. I want to light the lamp on Draft Kings and FanDuel this NHL DFS season. Then joined Daily rodo dot com and learn from the best daily fantasy sports players.

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back here on the bf A scrument and Frank Staff. Well, Frank, I've an executive decision that I will take my trade talk off the air so we don't waste time instead of talking about short stops. Is that cool with you? Oh, it's perfectly I'm with me. Greg. It only took you about three years to figure out we shouldn't be talking about your team. We should rather be helping everyone out else draft their team. Greg, Well, you know, I hopeing me draft my team also helps with fuel draft their team.

So whatever. Alright, so yeah, I think so it does. Let's begin their short stop pree of you, Frank, and let's start at the top where we did this a couple of weeks ago. And don't I don't want to spend so much time here, but we really narrated down to three guys that should be in your top three, and those are Francisco Lindor, Trevor Story, and Trade Turner. Three first round short stops that are going in the you know, kind of six through twelve range. I have

ordered it Lindoor, Story and Turner. Do you agree I have it Lindoor Story, Turner as well. Greg and I like trade Turner. The upside of the stolen basis that he can provide Greg, but the other guys are going to give you a more consistent five category production. They're gonna give you more home runs out of Francisco Lindor, out of Trevor Story and more r bis as well.

So I just think that the five category production is going to be more consistent across the board from guys like Lindor, like a Trevor Story rather than a Trade Turner. Trevor Story Um has done something only he and Christian Yellich have done each of the past two seasons. Greg, and that's hit seventy home runs and steal fifty bases. Only Trevor Story and Uh Christian Yellich have done that

in the past two seasons combined. Obviously, Uh and Lindoor last year missed some time with the calf, but it didn't matter because it came back and he was still running and doing what he always does, and obviously entering a contract year for Francisco Lindoor. I still like Trade Turner a lot, Greg, but talk about him moving down in the order a little bit as well. If he moves down to three, Yes, we'll get an uptake in RBIs, but we'll lose some run score, will lose some stolen

bases as well. So because of all those reasons, I do have him third of the three. But I will also throw this out there, Greg, that Alex Bregman should probably in there as a fourth option now. So I don't have Alex Bergman at my shortstop rankings. Um, yes, Bregman is amazing and he would be fourth for me, but because we talked about him so much yesterday at third base, I just pulled it out of short stop. All right, that's fine. I mean, yeah, I still have

him in my rankings. I have him fourth at shortstop, but if you prefer to put him a base, or if that's where you want to use him, or because we spoke about him yesterday, I think that makes a lot of sense. But I will just throw it out there that in most leeks, Alex Bregman does have shortstop eligibility and I don't mind using him at that position. I would have him fourth of the top four that are going in that mid to late first round area.

Lindoor story trade turner Alex Bregman from me? Greg? Alright, So yeah, So we have it. We have the top four and I'm totally with you. Um. For me, it's lindoor story turner and then Bregmand Those four guys are all first round picks. And then you get to Fernando Tatis, who was our fifth shortstop for both of us. And Tatis is this guy that was amazing last year. We spent a lot of time on him over the past

couple of weeks. Tatis is going where right now, Frank and how comp and argue and him bringing MC value. So Fernando Tatis right now, over the past week over at the NFBC is going at pick sixteen, So in the middle of the second round in a twelve team league, in the deep fifteen team formats over at the NFBC,

he is a borderline first round pick going around the wheel. Uh. And when it comes to Fernando Tatis what he did last year, I understand a lot of people are gonna point to the babbitt, but he does make extremely hard contact. When he does make contact, the strikeouts are still an issue.

Twenty nine point six percent strikeout rate from Fernando Tatis last year A babbit over four hundred, a four ten babbit to be exact, led to a three seventeen batting average last year, twenty two home runs and sixteen stolen bases in only eighty four games played. Greg, if you take Fernando Tatis, you're someone who is willing to take risks. Obviously he is a second year player. That means that you know, our picture is gonna make adjustments to him.

Is he going to be able to make adjustments back? Is he going to struggle with strikeouts once again this upcoming see season. There's a lot of risk involved. I think that the floor is potentially a low one for Fernando Tatis. But Greg, he's being drafted where he is because people see a Ronald a kuna like skill set out of him, someone that can hit thirty home runs, steal twenty five bases, maybe give you a two seventy

batting average. I mean, if he cuts down on the strikeouts, maybe we're talking about a two eighty hitter similar to Ronald Dacunia. So I think people know that the floor is a little bit lower in this range than some other players, Greg, but they also see that very high ceiling, a Ronald A Kunia like ceiling, and it's kind of hard to argue against because Tatis has the pedigree. He is an incredible athlete. Greg he has speed, he has power,

he can do it all. It's honestly hard to argue with people if they said that Fernando Tatis does have Ronald Dacunia type upside. Yeah, I get it, and I get that Tatis is um that guy this season here going towards the end of the first round in those fifteen team leads at number sixteen, or going in the middle of the second round in the twel of team leagues. I understand the excitement around him. That's why he's at number five for me, because he does have that potential.

It's interesting San Diego lineup. I'm with you here, man with Bernando to at number five for us. For he's the number four because on Bregman in there. But up next Haber bias is Xander Bogarts. I have a Bogards bias. Obviously, you're a huge Hobby Bias guy. This year. You've been all about him. You like Bogart's too, We just have them for the flops. Yeah, I have Hager bias at

number five at the shortstop position. This is someone who was a borderline first round pick last year, Gregg and I don't really understand what's happened for him to fall into the third, sometimes fourth round of fantasy drafts um this season. He's been incredibly consistent the past couple of years between a two seventy three and two ninety hitter from nineteen. That's a five year sample size where he's basically hit between two seventy five and two nineties, so

you don't have a wide range of outcomes. He's very safe for his batting average. He's not, you know, gonna be a plus contributor in over three h hitter, but he's also not going to hurt your batting average. And last year Greg and hund in thirty eight games. Some of those games he also played hurt he was dealing with a thumb injury. Twenty nine home runs, eighty nine runs scored, eighty five ribbies, eleven stolen bases. I just

don't get it. I mean, if you don't like Javier Bias, maybe it's because you play in a points league, if you're penalized for strikeouts, or if you play in an ob P league. Yes, he is going to be devalued in those leagues. Greg And you worry about the plate discipline, but I've gotten past that because remember a couple of years ago, I tried to doubt Javier Bias because of the plate discipline, and he made me look like a complete fool. Greg. This is just who he is. He

swings that pisses out pitches outside the zone. He has incredibly quick hands, incredible bat speed as well, Gonna hit for power, gonna steal you a few basses, hit in the middle of that lineup in the prime of his career. I don't know what else you need to ask for when it comes to Javier Bias. I think he and Manny Machado are the biggest values going in there early to mid rounds this season thus far. Yeah, I'm with you, man. We always try to find these guys that have the

ability to be first round picks. Like you said, just a moment ago, Frank, Javier bay as Uh last year going around the first round and not much has changed. But Chado obviously had a bad year. But these are the type of players, and we've talked about this a lot, both on the on the air and off the air.

We could start our team javyer Bias, mana Machado. We have two guys that don't cost you a first round pick, don't cost you a first round value in an auction, but does potentially provide you that first round value back. It's a strategy that we saw others in the auction UH utilized last year and something we want to take advantage of this year. Well, Bogarts doesn't probably necessarily fit that first round of value that Javier Bias does. Bogart's

still really solid on his own end. Yeah, Zendra Bogarts is incredibly saved. Greg And I've said this before about Boguards. He reminds me of Anthony Rendon at the shortstop position. You know. I think he's someone that's not necessarily um you know, he's not going to excel at any one thing, but he's solid just across the board. I think the power comes back a little bit for Xander. Bogart's someone that might have been helped out by the juice ball

last year. Wound up hitting thirty three home runs. That teems a little high for me. I'd probably project anywhere from twenty to thirty. But the batting average has consistently climbed. He's gone from two seventy three to two eight eight to three oh nine. Each of the past three seasons gave you runs and RBI's last year still hitting in the middle of a solid lineup. No more mookie bats. I get that, but they still have Devors and they

still have J. D. Martinez and Fenway Park. As much as I know, Greg is still a great place to hit if you are a right handed hitter as well, so especially if you're playing a Points league. I think he gets a bump there. In the Points League. I would take Bogard's over Javier Bias. He's gonna hit a ton of doubles. He started walking more last year, about an eleven percent walk. Great for Xander Bogart's doesn't really steal many bases as he used to. You know, maybe

he'll give you a handful of steels again. Greg doesn't really hurt you anywhere, just solid across the board. To me, Xander Bogart's is the Anthony Rendon of the shortstop position, and you actually get him around later than Anthony Rendow. It's funny because I liked Anthony Rendon yesterday when we're talking about third baseman, and I just love that floor.

I love knowing what you were going to get. I love that comfort factor, and it is different in the Points League than it is in Rhodo and Asander Bogart certainly fits that build for me and getting him around later than Anthony Rendon here in the second or third round. I like it. Man Alexander Bogart. I think he's a really safe option at short stop position that as you mentioned at the top, it's unusually deep. We're both in

on Bogart's and we're in on Javier Bias. Let's get the full streams back up here, guys of our short stops, because now we differ a little bit. So I'm gonna go with mine. For me, I got Albrotomandacy. I want to get into Bobichette, Glaber Torres and then I'll move on to the next. Frank, you have a little bit differently because you don't have adalbert Zomondacy nearly as high as I do. Um let's pull Frank's up here for a second, because Frank, he's got adl Brozo Mondesty at

number nine, So it's a flip fup here. You got Gliber up there. I didn't put much Hotto on my list that's really difference, and Bobichette way lower for you at number thirteen. I've obviously been higher on the Toronto guys than you have, but why so low and sht?

And where do you see Adlbertomondas here? So with Adelbert Toomondacy, I have him as my ninth shortstop off the board, just behind Labor Torres, Xander Bogart's and Javier Baias, which means I'm probably not gonna have any Adelbert Homondacy this upcoming season, Greg, because he is somebody who is creeping up draft boards right now, starting to creep into that two three turn range. Borderline second round pick is Adelbert Homondasey. People just fall in love with the speed when it

comes to Mondessey, and I get that. But last year dealt with a major shoulder injury, head surgery in the off season, still has not participated in a spring training game. From all the reports that I've seen, he's going to be good to go for opening Day with the Kansas City Royals, but again, he hasn't been able to stay healthy in the majors. He's had injuries in the minor

leagues as well. There's no doubting that if he does stay healthy for a hundred and forty let's say a hundred and forty plus games, he's probably gonna hit fifteen tony home runs and steal you forty five to fifty bases. And if he does that, you probably won your Roto league if you drafted him in the third round. But I think that the floor is also you know, he gets injured, he's not running as much. With Mike Matheny

as the manager, the plate discipline just completely implodes. This is somebody who has a career thirty percent strike out rate, Greg and a four percent walk. Great. Maybe he's a similar player to Xavier Bias where he can maintain that, but Bias has a longer history of being able to do that than somebody like Mondescy. I understand the speed is enticing Greg, but I think that there's also incredible

risk when it comes to modesty. I love it. You're all about speed average runs, and now I have a guy right higher, and you know what the speed average runs. He doesn't hit average, Gregg. He's a two hit at some of the other guys. When we come back, I want to light the lamp on draft kings and FanDuel this NHL DFS season, then joined Daily roado dot com

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the Best Date one dot com. Hey, hey, hey, back here on the BFF, Gregmen and Frank Stafle for the Brant. Frankie got a little bit of a tussle there in regards to out of Romandessey. All I know is for weeks you and I have been trying to find speed to run out our lineups, and I bring up ad Albert Jomondacy. Dude only stole forty three bases last year, and I feel like you're out. Well, Greg, you mentioned

that he's gonna give you batting average. He's a two fifty career hitter in the majors and that's across two d and forty nine career games. Uh. He has terrible plate discipline, doesn't walk, strikes out, and he's an injury risk. The one thing I will say, Greg, is yes, I want stolen bases, I want runs, I want batting average in the early rounds. But if you've noticed, the players that I have been off have been players that come with significant injury risk, Guys like Aaron Judge, guys like

John carlos Stein. And now the same thing goes with Adlbert Homondacy. Last year, he actually hurt his shoulder sliding head first into a base. That's something he's likely going to do again this year while he's trying to steal bases and make plays happen with his legs. So I just I worry about that shoulder injury. I understand that he has incredible upside. And I have said this before. You know, obviously I'm gonna end up having like eight or nine leagues, which is his way too many because

I'm a madman. But I would like one share of edible to Mondessee in case he does go off. But outside of that, he's not someone that I am willingly target that I need to have on every single one of my teams. If I'm calling out who that player is at the shortstopposition that players have here biased for me, Yeah, I listen. I like bias. I like Bogart's out of a Albergo, Monessey's after those guys, And I just thought you would say when it came to him versus claiber

it's more of a roster construction type of thing. Yes, Claibor could go off, hit forty bombs, bat to eighty uh kind of rb i's and run scored. But those those stole basis forty three stole basis and just a hundred and two games last year. You we wonder as how quick you could get where is Mondes he going? I guess that's really the question we gotta ask ourselves,

right where is he going? Right now? So Mondescy is going over the past week at pick thirty five, so in the at the end of the third round and a tall teamer in the middle of the third round, in a fifteen teamer going just ahead of him, Greg, we have Ozzy Albi's Austin Meadows, Glabor Torres going just behind him, Javier bayaz Um, josel Tove Kettle, Marte, Jonathan VR, Like, like, what's the difference between Adam Bertoe Mondescy and Jonathan VR, Greg,

Jonathan VR is more proven that. Yeah, yeah, that's exactly what I was gonna ask you. Johnny VR going behind Mondescy. VR is ranked what a couple of spots behind Modesty in my rankings, And yeah, he has proven himself. We've also seen and the difference is like we've seen the bottom for Jonathan VR, and we've seen how inconsistent he

could get. I think with Modesty, the thought, the feeling is that he's still ascending, right, like all of these things can improve, but getting VR a little bit later kind of in captures that value um and that bottom out. VR for me is my number ten third attend shortstop all aboard. I didn't keep many of my childs On in this list. Alex Bregi was not in this list either. Um Jonathan Jonathan the R. I like the R and

he's in there in south center. Me. Yeah, Look, jon and VR is another one where not really a target of mine. And I understand Greg, he gives you stolen bases, but that's because I've been getting a lot of shares of Javier Bayaz, who is you know, going behind Adelberto Mondessey into my opinion, is someone who should be closer to a borderline second third round pick. So I think that there's good value on Javier Bias right now. And Jonathan VR. I have one spot behind mind to see. Greg.

I think you're right. We we've seen the floor for Jonathan VR and it involves too many strikeouts, potentially getting benched. And I think we have question marks right now with Miami right like he's gonna play center fields, something he's never done before. Greg, how is Jonathan VR going to respond to that? Is he someone that's gonna be shocked around the deadline. He's on a one year deal with the Miami Marlins. Is he gonna wind up on a

team where he doesn't play every single day? So I think that there are a lot of question marks when it comes to Jonathan VR. But it's hard to argue with the season he put together last year to seventy four home runs, a hundred Levin runs scored for a terrible Baltimore Orioles team, Greg, forty stolen bases. I think the speed is still gonna be there. Thirty five plus deals for for Johnny VR. The power likely comes back

a little bit going from Camden Yards to Marlins Park, obviously. Uh. And I think the runs, there's no way he's replicating a hundred and eleven. Maybe he gives you five ninety runs scored in that Marlins lineup. But I do think that there are some question marks regarding VR with the the playing time. I mean, he's probably gonna play, but just a new position on the potential to be traded maybe halfway through the season. Greg, Yeah, I think those are all fair, man. I think Johnny VR is a

guy that where he's going. We talked a lot about this. You don't want Johnathan v art this frist like, you know, ideal world. Yeah, you like the stolen basis, You like these are gonna be playing every single day. You like all of these things. But then you're like, so I really want to have Jonathan VR where he's going. No, you don't. And that's the problems, right he goes ahead of see he's going ahead of Bogus. It's crazy, It's it's absolutely crazy. Yeah, yeah, so you can't. I can't

do it. And that's the thing for modesty and four VR. I like the idea of them. I like what they will give your team, but there's no way I am using the type of resource it requires to draft either of those players. Instead, Frank, we need to talk about pivoting that two guys. I think you want to pivot too, potentially, or Tim Anderson or a man boat Bischette. Maybe I'm buying into the Bobichette hype here. I have very very high, much higher than you do. But what do you think

about Tim Anderson? And Yeah, I liked him Anderson a lot. I think he is a target of mind going in the middle rounds as a short stop if you opt to wait until that, you know, six seventh round range. Tim Anderson just entering his prime, twenty six years old. Greg, and you want to talk about batting average and soulen basis, that's exactly what Tim Anderson is going to give you, and he's not going nearly as high as some of

these other players that we're talking about. You see the projections at the bottom of the screen, you know, they haven't projected for two seventies six batting average, which in my opinion, Greg is a little bit pessimistic. Last year he had three thirty five. I understand it was on the back of a three babbit, But Tim Anderson is

someone who makes a ton of contact, Greg. He doesn't strike out all that much, um and last year he became a better hitter all around, starting using the entire field more, started hitting the ball at the center field more often, started hitting the ball to the opposite field more often. Tim Anderson, frankly, is just becoming a better player. He is progressing. Not someone who's going to walk. He's a lot like Javier Bias where he doesn't take walks.

He's in a very very aggressive swinger as well. But I would project him for you know, a two eight d plus batting average, potentially a twenty home runs and twenty stolen bases. And normally whenever we talk about players like that, Greg, those guys are going in the second third round range, because they're gonna give you home runs and they're gonna give you steals. Last year eighteen home runs and seventeen stolen bases in only a hundred and

twenty three games. The year before, in a hundred and fifty three games, twenty home runs and went the six steals for Tim Anderson. So I actually have him ranked one spot ahead of Bobashette. I understand Bobashette has more prospect pedigree and potentially more upside just all around than Tim Anderson. But Anderson has been doing this for a while now, Greg, I mean, we know he's gonna give give you home runs and stolen bases. Bobachette last year

four steals, four caught stealing. What happens if they put up the red light at some point. I like what I saw at a Bobachette last year. I think that there is some power in that bat could hit for some batting average as well. But I think that there is a downside to Boba Schette that people are not really baking into his price right now where he's going as like a fifth round pick. He's actually consistently going ahead of Tim Anderson, and that's something I can't really

get behind. I like both of these guys. As you said, Tim Manderson has been doing. He's twenty six, he's in the prime of his career. But then essention for Bobichette, Yeah, the floor is going to be lower, but I do think that upside is going to be higher. You look at the chett Man he had fifteen still Bason in Triple A last year in just fifty six game. You extravelate that to the major leagues, you're gonna get you're a very good shot of having at least player here.

I know what Tim Anderson did, I know how good he hasn't know. The average for Tim Manderson was awesome last year. You can definitely say that, why draft Bobichette earlier when you can get the same numbers potentially for Tim Anderson Anderson safer. I think the upside the ceiling Brouchette is probably higher. And I don't want to be you here, Frank, but doesn't it kind of depend on what you're looking for. You want the higher upside guy, you go with Bichette, you want to be a little

bit safety. Draft to Manderson, I see you're saying grey. But what if I told you the ADP the price difference was thirty spots in a DP right now with Bobichette going to pick sixty two and Tim Anderson going to pick nine five. If you can get Tim Anderson thirty picks later, you're telling me you're not gonna be interested in that. Great, There's no question. If you told me they were going back to back, I would say it.

But thirty picks later, that's two rounds uh. In the NFBC A fifteen team leagues, we're talking almost three round in your standard draft. Yes, one thousand percent. I'll go with you Anderson there. Let me move on, Frank to a guy that we're used to seeing much earlier on the list, and that's Carlos Correa, a guy that you swore off of last year. You were right. Where do

you have him here this year? I have him as my fifteen ranked shortstop, and I have a tear greg from eleven to fifteen as some middle round shortstop options. And that's here includes Manny Machado. We spoke about him a lot yesterday on our Third Base preview. Manny Machado,

Tim Anderson, Bobachette, Marcus Simon and Carlos Correa. And I understand that one of these years, Carlos Correa is probably going to burn me, Greg, But until then, I'm going to continue to rank Carlos Korea lower than everybody else because the guy just cannot stay healthy. He is a lot like Aaron Judge and Stanton. He is a phenomenal athlete. He is very strong, but he has dealt with a lot of injuries to his core, Greg, from the back,

the oblique, the neck. Last year he heard himself getting a quote unquote massage he landed on the I last year, seventy five games in a hundred and ten games, in a hundred and nine games in the guy cannot stay healthy. Yes, he hits the ball extremely hard. The stat CAS data is enticing. I understand all that twenty one home runs last year in only seventy five games. If the guy could stay healthy, he's probably going to hit you close to forty home runs and have a Glabor Torres type season.

But until I see that again and his ability to stay healthy, Greg, then I am going to continue to rank Carlos Correa lower than everybody else because, frankly, I just don't trust his health. It's interesting. I'm right there with you with Carlos Correa, Frankie, because he hasn't played a full season since seen that's a long time ago at this point, and I have career ranked here, which I guess is lower than everybody else. But this tier of guys, for me, I don't even think it's just

elemit of fifteen. When you go with like Carlos Correa, Marcus Simeon Kettle, Marte Corey seeger Ry blog, I'm Thesuria Ellis Andrews like that. This that like second column on this list on your screens. I like all of these guys. Like shortstop is really deep this year. And I really like almost all these guys inside the top twenty. Like we do this a lot of the players that hey we have to rank them here, we don't really want them for the most part on this list, frank I

like all of them. Yeah, I'm with you, Gregor, and that's why the shortstop position is deeper this year than ever before. I'm Corey seeger is someone who has incredible offside. Former top prospect in baseball. We've spoken about him a lot. At Rosario, a former top prospect with the New York Mets. You want someone that could give you a little bit of pop, some speed. I think Rosario fits that mold

as well. It seems like people are forgetting about names like Jean Sigura and Elvis Andrews because they're a little bit older. And we come back, we'll talk a little bit more about those players. But you're right, Greg, this position goes about twenty players deep where I wouldn't really mind getting any of those guys in my storting shortstop or maybe even targeting them as the middle infielder in deeper dress. Yeah, I'm in on them for sure. Man. We'll take a break, we'll come back. We'll rev up

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like Gregorious, Jean Siagura, even on med Rosario. I think it's a really nice value here this season, and you talked about which guys you want shortstop and who you made me target as a middle infielder. Why don't you bring that down for us. Who do you want and accept that you're starting shortstop and who would you much

prefer to have as a middle infielder. So I don't really mind any of these guys as a starting shortstop again, going twenty deep, Elvis Andrews, Jean Siagura, met Rosario, Jorge Polanco, Corey Seeger. I actually have a few leagues where deeper formats fifteen team leagues where I already have Jean Siagura and Elvis Andrews as my starting shortstops. So I don't really mind any of those guys, but I'll just start off with Corey Seeger as someone who I am targeting here,

and we spoke about him in the past. Greig last year in the off season coming off elbow hip surgeries, got off to a really slow start in April last year, where he hit two thirty six with only two home

runs a thirty seven percent hard contact rate. From May one on last year, he had to eighty two home runs a forty three point six percent hard contact And if he does that over the course of a hundred forty a hundred and fifty games, then we're probably looking at, you know, a two eighty hitter plus home runs, hitting in a really good Dodgers line up, where the runs and r BIS, the county stats are going to be there. He's not gonna give you anything in terms of stolen bases, Greg.

So this is the point of the draft where you really have to look at what you need. And if what you need is a good batting average, and you need a little bit of pop and you need some runs and RBIs, then Corey Seeger is your guy, and if you need some stolen bases, then perhaps you're looking in a different direction someone like Rosario, Jean Sigura, and

Elvis Andrews. I do have Rosario ranked the highest of those three just because he's the youngest, if we're being honest, right, like Elvis Andrews a little bit older, past thirty years old, still still thirty bases last year. I don't know that he's gonna come close to doing that once again. Probably, you know, I think a fair projection for Andrews ten to twelve home runs, twenty stolen bases. Uh. Jean Sigura I think could be a fifteen fifteen player, good ballparks,

still really good line up with the Phillies. Greg, I meta Rosario, he's gonna give you steals. The problem is, Greg, he plays for the Mets. And I'm not trying to be funny, and I'm not trying to just like, you know, poke holes here for the sake of it. But it's when it comes to a meta Rosario, he's gonna bat near the bottom of that lineup, and throughout straping he

has been batting leadoff a lot. But I just think if Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimo are healthy, that the Mets want those two guys at the top of the lineup because they are better O b P bets uh, and they're going to get on base. In a meta Rosario's major league career, he has a four point four percent walk creed and a three oh five O b P. Yes, the batting average is very good, but he's someone who

doesn't get on base very much. And if we're talking about the steals when it comes to Rosario, Greg, I get that he had nineteen last year and he really improved in the second half, but he had ten caught stealing inten he had eleven caught stealing in two thousand and eighteen. Greg, what happens if this guy keeps running into outs and they just tell him to stop running, then what is he gonna give you? What is the

med Rosario's value? Then? So he is someone that I do worry about potentially getting the red light at some point because he just gets caught stealing too much. Greg, Yeah, that's way too much. Man, ten ten times two years ago or ten it was last year, eleven times two years ago. It's simply way too much to get caught stealing but factly, twenty four steals two years ago and got caught eleven times. Eighteen he got caught ten times.

That's wild, and he just converts some of those into actual soul in bases, you're getting the guy that has thirty steals, which is obviously tough to come by. I am fine with him as my middle endfielder. I don't want him as my story short Stoff Cory Seger. You mentioned all the reasons why we think he could he could bounce back this season as he's some money healthy. Diego Greus is a weird one for me out there in Philadelphia because like he's like nobody likes him, right.

They moved him all around the dime and they want Scott carry in Uh or Jeane Sigurrett rather with the Philadelphia With the Philadelphia Phillies, They've moved him all around the diamond. And I'm just so confused by this Phillies infield king Gary Sigura and Ded Like, I don't know if I should want all of them not want all of them. And they're all gonna play every day. Who's gonna be the most valuable, Who's hitting at the top of the lineup? Can you help me out well, Gre,

I do think that Scott Kingery. I think all three of them are going to play quite regularly for the Phillies this upcoming season. Greg and Scott Kingery likely gonna play second. They have d D at shortstop. They have Jeane Scura slated to play third base right now, but it is worth mentioning that they have a top prospect with the name of Alec Bomb who is getting closer

and closer, and they really really like this rank. We're not on an airplane right now, Greg, we are on the air waves, but Alec Bomb is someone who they do like. Yeah, yeah, I got it, I got it, Greg. But Alec Bomb is someone they like. So if he comes up, then I think that's when we start to have some issues with playing time for these guys. But at least for the first couple of months, I think that everyone's pretty safe. The problem with d D Greg is I want to like him, but he doesn't really

excel in the areas that you need him to. Except it right, like, he's gonna hit twenty five home runs, which is fine, and you know he gives you some out of position power at the shortstop position, but he's probably gonna hit to fifty to sixty, not gonna give give you any stolen basis. And you know this is something I've said in the past, right, I do like to get some steals out of my shortstop, out of my middle infield position. Uh, and guys like Elvis Andrews

and Jean Sigura are going to do just that. While D. D. Gregorious is fine, he just doesn't really contribute where you need to need him to contribute. Graig No, he doesn't, Gregorious. We've talked a lot about the categories that you were looking for from your shortstop. Grigorious does not exactly give you what you need. We got about six minutes left. Let's get to our sleeper shortstops that we like this year, and we begin Frankie with our guy. Can't say bowing

an airplane, but you can't say come home. Carter Kiboon, he's back with the Washington Nationals. Could have a starting role Elier this year. He's like going let us down two years. Al all right, well, I hope not, greg After I spent all of my fat budget last year in the NFBC main event on Carter Key Boom fat, we both did it. We were all in on Key Boom. Yeah, keep Boom went our fat budget last year. Greg, it

did not work out very well. Uh, look, keep Boom another one where he's not really gonna give you any stolen basis, but could potentially give you batting average. Greg a career to eighties seven hitter in the minors with an eight o ps. Uh, someone that could provide you some power. There have been some whispers, some comparisons, uh, comparing Carter key Boom too in Anthony Rendon within the organization.

I don't know that he has that type of upside, and he still needs to get better as a fielder, Greg, because if he continues to commit errors, then he's gonna find himself on the bench once again. That is Carter key Boom. Uh. He's likely going to play third base for the Washington National so he'll have third base eligibility and short stop there. Greg. The two names that I'm looking at, we wanted them to be a thing for a while. That is Dan's by Swanson and Willie adamas

Dance by Swanson. Last year, Greg in eighty five games in the first three months of the season. Through June, he was hitting two sixty nine with an eight fifteen ops, fifteen home runs, and seven stolen bases. That was that about the midpoint of the season, so that would have put him on pace for thirty home runs fifteen stolen bases. He wound up hurting his foot, and over the next

forty two games. The final forty two games that he played, Greg he hit to thirteen with a six eleven o p s. I do think a lot of that was attributed to him getting hurt and potentially playing through some injury. Obviously, wouldn't project him to thirty home runs with fifteen stolen bases, Greg, But let's not forget the pedigree that Dan's by Swanson has. I don't think it's he is someone that, if everything breaks right, can hit two sixty give you twenty home runs,

maybe ten stolen bases. Obviously in a really good lineup with the Atlanta Braves, UH and then William Domains. Last year, Greg got off to a slow start from May one on hit two six five with nineteen home runs, fifty six runs scored, forty eight ribbies, and three stolen bases. So kind of gives you a little bit of a D D. Gregorious five, except you're getting him way literate later than Deeed Gregorious. If that's someone that you want to target as your middle infielder, greg Yeah, I think

that Carter Key, Boom, Gansby, Swansing, William Damas. All of these players have that sleeper pedigree, have that early round pick pedigree of former or current top prospects. I think all makes sense as middle infielders as late round picks. I also want to throw in our guy who are in Mateo now of the A's out of options, You're putting this out to me a lot. He's in the mix with Franklin Bruno at the second base position for

the A's. Moteto has got some speed as well. He cost you nothing, So if you were looking for a middle infielder or Mateo with the Oakland A's could make some sense. All good with that. Yeah, I like Jorgey Mateo, greg He's probably more of a reserve round of roster player where you know you take him in a deeper league and you just kind of stash him for now. He is out of options again with the Oakland A's. Is it gonna be him? Is it gonna be Burretto?

Maybe they play Tony Kemp at second base. There's a lot up in the air with the Oakland A's right now. I kind of wish that they would just d f a him, Greg and give him the opportunity to latch on with like the Detroit Tigers, where he'll just play every single day and probably give you like twenty five stolen bases. That would be awesome. I think that is within the range of outcomes last year. Or Hey, Mateo in the minors hit two eight nine with nineteen home

runs and twenty four steals. That's a valuable player. I get it, it's in the minor leagues. He hasn't done that at the major league level yet, Greig, But I think if you just gave this kid a shot somewhere, he'll probably hit you like to fifty with twenty stolen bases, which would be valuable in a deeper league. Al Right, should we play rocket short stops? I'll name a couple of you. Just give me a quick thought here the last minute and a half. Let's go all right, let's

play Jory Polanco. Y Polanco is somebody that I don't mind as a back end shortstop or middle endfielder going to give you a all ad batting average and runs scored. For sure, hitting a top one of the best lineups in the league with the Minnesota Twins, but outside of batting average and runs, not really going to contribute much else. Graig Luisaias. Luisa Rias is someone that I am interested in and I have grabbed in a few Draft champions

so far. Former top prospect with the San Diego Padres, now with with the Milwaukee Brewers, broke his hammate bone, but is taking batting practice this week. Should expect him back earlier on in the season. I think if everything goes all right with him, he's someone that can help you in the batting average department. Finally, Paul de Young, hold the young man. How do we go this whole show without talking about Paul de Young. He's having a

torrid spring right now, greg hitting. He already has three home runs, uh, and he's gonna give you power. He's a lot like add Gregorious, except I think he give you even more power than a DD right. He give you like thirty home runs and he started running last year too, had a terrible slump in the second half of the season, but if he rectifies that, I do think he's someone that can have a breakout ish season this year. Greg, tomorrow we move on to the second basement,

stick around for that. Next it's for rall coast to coast here at the Metal Lands. He s Frank Staffle, I'm Greg Souceman. We'll do it all going tomorrow. We hope I want to light the lamp on Draff, Kings and FanDuel this NHL DFS season. Then joined Daily rodo dot com and learned from the best daily fantasy sports players. Get updated fantasy hockey projections for NHL DFS, blind combinations, and build stacks for tournaments in the Daily Rodo NHL

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