MLB: Leading Off April 3rd, 2024 (EP. 782)

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This is Leading Off Live, brought to you by that three six five. It is me, Joey p That of course is the Welsh, and it's you, and we have a fun day of baseball. We got some day games, we got some night games, we got some more weather here. The Mets are never gonna play again because it's just underwater in the New York City area. But I checked the weather yesterday, Welsh, before I made my home run call for the day. Mike Mayer, by the way, sat Bryce Harper yesterday in his league.

Can you imagine sitting Bryce Harper.

Oh, that must really hurt. In fact, maybe we should have a moment of silence here for Mike Mayor's fantasy team sitting Bryce Harper. Never sit your studs. I don't care if somebody on X says and you canna get the thing and I can to pay in the game today, don't worry about it. You check the weather report with Uncle Joe. He'll take care of you. But Bryce Harper was pretty good, Let's start there, Welsh, because he was good not once, not twice, but three times. And I

Yeah, And I was right. I was right.

Guess what's at the tippy top of our show. I wish you guys could see our show sheet. You know what the headline of the show sheet is, Joe's amazing. Joe was correct. By the way, yesterday I was like, I was gonna take Harper, but I went against it. Let Joey take it. My Suzuki call completely down the drain. I went four and oh on best four day hot streak. But the headline Joey, Bryce, it felt like you hit the home runs.

I thought you I felt like.

I hit the home runs. I like I hit by the way. I'm on a hot streak too. I'm looking on my betting pros right now. I'm on a three day streak, so I'm right behind you there on the streaks. We look collectively. We're a team Welsh. There's no eye here in Welsh. There is none in Joey p There's no eye anywhere there. But yes, Suzuki goes yard, Harper goes yard. I got the flin start I was looking for on the plus money. We nailed that one. We

Mookie, Well, i'll tell you what, Like he has been lock locked in. I had this big old conversation in the off season because I had Mooki over Carol and then I would like change it back and keep going.

I actually don't hate it.

It's not the time to bet him now because now one I'm looking at he's plus four to fifty. Akutney is at six to one, so it might be a coonie if you want to jump back in that market. But Mooki Bets has moved to the odds on favorite. The homers have been unreal. He's locked in. The RBI numbers are always kind of dicey because the guy's going to lead off, but he has been one of the most prolific hitters so far to start the year, and he's paying off fantasy owners at shortstop, maybe at second

Is oh yeah, now it's time to get back. Yeah, one hundred percent. I see the Peanuts and the Cracker Jacks here are a live and very excited Uh. Here's biz and Rizza saying Mike Marris should be forced to drop Harper as a punishedmle.

I agree.

I like that one a lot. Donnie c of course, cousin Donnie's saying Mets might not be able to lose if they don't play, that's true. Can't lose if you don't play, that's true. That's kind of like a w right there, And everybody wants to know where's that hat from that you're wearing today, because it is a very cool one.

Yeah, our boy Jesse, if you want to put put the comment of Jesse all, this is the Columbus Clippers. It's it's one of the variants. I thought it was called the like it was a Valero one. But he said the copa day whatever?

That copa day what Welsh?

Yeah, I just I'm not. I don't want to.

I already sound stupid, so I don't want to say diver Yeah, there you go, you say diversion.

Yeah, I don't think that's I don't think that's the name. I don't think that's the name.

I believe it is. I'm saying it properly. I mean, I don't know. I feel pretty good about that one.

It's just cool. It's a skull cool, but it is.

It's a it's a Cleveland Minor League variation hat.

You know who's cool right now? Well, maybe cold is the better word for it. Logan web tagged for five runs three and two thirds innings against the Dodgers. Now, look, it was against the Dodgers, okay. But but on the last episode we did, it was an audio only pod we did about the spring training risers and followers, and I threw Logan Web on there as my father and I I said, look, probably I'm overreacting to this. It's not a big deal, but man, he's getting hit around

Yeah, I'm gonna look this up.

Well, Man, for swing and whiffs, he had total he had a thirteen percent swing and whiff rate. He was just getting absolutely nothing on ninety six pitches. But CSW was still kind of there. That's called strikes and wiff. So he just wasn't getting whiffs in this. Here's what I'm gonna say.

For next week.

I will probably put Logan Web on this list because you are carrying over the spring worries to this season.

I'm gonna probably put him on the trade four.

List because this is the Dodgers't him going up against the Rockies and getting schalacked and not getting whiffs.

It's the Dodgers.

We just said the MVP front runner right now, Mookie Betts. I'm not really worried about it. The stuff is still your over year the same, no big crazy spin variations.

It's early in the year.

We give a lot of other people, you know, some leeway. I'm going to give Logan Web leeway. And these are the things I did the video about Zach Callen.

Listen.

Zach Allen performed well in his first but the underlying stuff stunk. He's kind of the same Last night against the Yankees, his stuff looked he looked off, but he performed well and the stats were there. So maybe that you know, up and down people scared is kind of moving away. This is going to create more of that worry for Logan Web. And these are the situations. The whole point of that is that I'm going to try to take advantage of and I will go buy Logan Web if people are selling.

I would agree. I mean that it's the Dodgers. I think that's what I keep coming back. Yeah, it's the Dodgers. So let's let's not get out of shape on that one. I think that's the way to go on that one. Michael Kopek, Remember we talked about him towards the end of the season of spring and we said, hey, moving to the bullpen not a bad thing. First career save and White Sox aren't gonna win a lot of games. But he did throw one in two thirds innings, so it was a little bit longer of an outing, but

I'm a little bit country and I'm a little bit rock and roll If I'm being honest here.

It's funny because actually, somebody I love about you. I know, that's what everybody always loves. That's what they think.

They're like, oh, this country and rock and roll guys. I had some people that didn't watch the video and that we're commenting online. They went at my buddies in CBS being like, hey, there's analysts that don't like Zach Gallen and are selling and then they tagged me and I was like, no, no, you didn't watch the video because I actually presented the video on both sides and then.

You did you pick?

And I said you picked in the comments it was me not taking a side.

Here here's the positive.

This start was good statistically, but the bad stuff is still there. You'll talk about Logan web for swinging whiffs for Zach Gallen, that's not good.

The velo is still down.

He did not get any whiffs again, they called strikes and whiffs were down.

He's not commanding this time.

Every single pitch did have a fifty percent zone rate, which was a little bit better, but he was getting away with you plays bad calls on Aaron Judge.

I am worried a little.

Bit about Zach Gallon, but I don't know if I'm worried that, you know, the stuff is going to come down and he's like, you know, the Bieber thing a couple years ago when he had like two miles poor loss. I don't know if I'm worried in that degree that he's falling apart as a picture these two starts. I'm worried that maybe that toll of the innings last year and going to the World Series really is playing something obviously, because he looks he looks lost.

All of that.

To say, I still would probably buy right now because this is what he does. He gets into these funks, he finds himself. He's a command based pitcher. He had a lot better command in this, but the stuff was kind of wonky and not Penguin. So I'm still like a bye on him. But I do think it's open for interpretation. You know what, I'm more worried about Gallon than I am Logan Web.

Okay, that's fair. I mean the two forty three, I can't it's the number I can't get out of my head for Gallen because I just don't know if he's built for that yet. And maybe I'm wrong, maybe he will be built for it. One guy who's been built for success so far, Garrett Crochet. Let's talk about him. Eight strikeouts, one run, seven innings against the Braves, Like that's not some punging Judy line. I's got another start later in the week coming up. So look, Crochet's got

Yeah, I think, well, I think any of these, like younger pitchers, you can always look at guys and you can say, you know what, what what is the crazy scope of it? Jared Jones is one that I put on there, like if people are going absolutely bonkers and you know, you could get logan web for Garrett Crochet and like a little other piece. Yeah, sure, absolutely. The thing I will say about Crochet I haven't quite decided yet is sometimes you'll see guys early on that have

That's not what Crochet is.

He's got an incredible fastball and he's got two secondaries that are continuously getting whiffs. I think Garrett Crochet can continue. The leg thing sometimes can be bad for some of these pitchers. We saw it happen with McKenzie Gore. The timing mechanism is perfect. He's been a starter at Tennessee when he did it. Actually think the stuff is enough

Even on the White Sox, I think with the run support, and if you were a brave, I think that stuff could be a top twenty as well. But he's not. He's a white Soze.

And that's why I said, like top forty like his stuff. Someone would probably argue with me, like what are you talk good about? Like if he continues this, he'll be blah blah blah. Yeah.

But to Joe's point, bad defense, bad offense, bad every day, a.

Lot of things, and that stuff piles up, and you say, well, how much is a pile up? Well, it's a difference between you going like, you know, six scoreless innings and looking really good and the difference of you going like five innings some days and getting no decisions because they don't score runs for you or there's an error in the field. The next thing you know, now there he's working.

And you're trying to sell it.

Sounds like you're trying to sell I would, I would sell high on him.

But what is that I'm trying to think of the name for you.

A good question, that's a good question. I mean, I don't I don't know if this is out of bounds, but I mean Verlander returning like people weren't wondering about when that's gonna be. Is it gonna be soon? Would you take this young hot picture right now? That's that's looking great for the old forty year old Verlander, you know what I think, which, by the way, is one of my favorite movies, four year old Verlander.

For forty year old Verlander, you're putting the Justin on the pedestal. That's always the problem. The problem is this.

I think we're I think we're in this like this like middle zone right now where he's really exciting. People are picking him up off the waivers. He's doing good stuff, but he's still like people are asking in the chat, how many innings he's a white SOX don't. Don't I get equations to you, just hold I don't think you can sell high enough yet, and I don't.

I just don't think it works right now.

If he pulls together two, a couple more starts, then we can start talking about like sure, oh believe me.

I'm not saying it today. I'm saying if you've got him at the end of April, you evaluate it and say, look, how good was he in April? Is that the best I'm going to get out of him? And if so, then you think about putting him together and see you can get something out of him. Look if you use great in April and you got Max Suers are returning to the Rangers June first, would you make that move and just kind of coast and go through May I

Who knows what's gonna happen in there?

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Will make you famous. Keep it clean, but we'll make you famous because we're gonna be putting this on the podcast feed on the audio only side. No video, I know, too much video, too much video. Yeah, we'll get to Noan Jones in a second. There, big dance, We see you before we do a little bit of fun off. You saw this yesterday by Buckson almost got killed by

No, I mean they just need depth. I think, God, who who the hell was them?

I think got Henry Davis, who was a catcher in a movie.

He's the guy, but they had a veteran backup. I'm completely drawing a blank of who they signed.

But he's injured. Yeah, no, I don't bet Tolly.

Penya could still catch right now. He's probably like sixty four years old, but he gets still catch it.

I think catching is I think one of the worst toll if you look at all of sports obviously, like I think like all of offensive linemen defensive linemen, like that's probably physical offensive limon getting just boom every single play is the worst.

But catching, I'm four, I've been down now one time and my legs are done.

Can you imagine you make a sound every time you be doing I'm like, yeah, there's always a grunt now.

And yeah, grand all that's the catch. He has many grands. He's been banged up, But no, Joey bart not.

For how about this fun in Pittsburgh. Yesterday we did get the conversation about snacks. Pittsburgh's got a new one. Have you seen this, Welsh? The pirates have a foot long Parogi pot roast hot dog. Oh so it's a hot dog with pot roast and parogis on top of it. And I gotta tell you, I think I would give this a shot. I love parogies, I love hot dogs. The pot roast I'm about burying.

The other thing on it is that are those pickles that are are those cucumbers that are just.

I don't know.

Those look like I would say, no pickles. That's where I draw the line. I'm not a pickle person. No pickles. But I want to know, is everybody want.

To eat that AI generated?

It's not this is not AI generated. This is the actual Nope, this is the actual thing here Perogi pot roast hot dog, which is just fun to say you're a Perogi pot roast hot dog Welsh. Uh, it sounds like an insult from the Sandlot movie, but anyway, it's real. Would you eat it? That's the question I want to know from the chats, so I don't know. Uh. Someone saying Scott saying too much, Mike saying, got to do it. Of course Angelo would grab one. We all know Angela

Your rainbow cookie in egg whatever I know looks awful.

Well, it's more of an Italian thing, the rainbow cookies, so I don't expect you to be familiar with them. It's more of the New York You know, they're delicious cookies. And now all of a sudden, it's like it's like a fried oreo basically.

You know, it looks great wrapped in eggs. So I'm being sarcathlic.

It's disgusting, Like I would love for these places just start making food that looks good. There there's a chef in there that's like, I hate my life and screw these people. And I'm gonna make a seventy dollars perogi, pot roast, pickled sand Make something that looks good. Show somebody show me. That's gonna be the test the rest of the week.

Show me something that you're gonna upset the Italians.

You already, cousin Donni's already upset about the rainbow rainbow cookies are a leak cookies.

Listen, that's finely.

I've never had a I'm not complaining about the rainbow cookie. I'm complaining it's wrapped in a Friday or in a Friday.

It's not a fright egg. It's a it's a it's in a wrapper, it's in a it's Come on.

Man, Why is all food discussed like making food that looks good? Everyone's some egg roll.

It doesn't have like my odd filled egg. You can right, look all it is. It's a facilitator. It's you could put buffalo chicken in there. You could put you know, sweets in there, savory things in there. All the egg roll rapper is is a is a vehicle to hold fun stuff. That's it. That's all it is. Just like just like Fantasy Bros. MLB channel is a vehicle to hold us.

That's where we go.

Or let's get to the rookie. Lookie, Mason Miller struck out four scoreless ninth and tenth in ing's there for the Red Sox against the Red Sox. Excuse me, I guess you're for the A's Jackson Cherio big hit for him in a big spot with the bases loaded, dude orbi single he is. Crowd was really hyped for that. It was a great moment. He's a great moment, great bit of hitting time.

He is so good right now. I text friend of the show, You're worried about him.

You were like, ah, maybe maybe you don't know.

Maybe, Well, I was drafting him and I had him really high, but yes, I was worried the contact would be an issue. I text our friend of the show, Dennis Sidler, who hooked us up with that the Corbyn Carrol helmet last year. He has Jackson Cherio as a client and I just text him and I was like, he's so good, Like he's making such pro decisions already in his hitting. Not over I thought he might overstep a lot of things and over press.

He's not.

He he deserves to be leading off, he deserves to be at the tippy top of the lineup, and he really might prove to be, uh, you know, a huge.

Get a huge, huge git this year.

I love that moment too, because he really went the other way with that pitch. It was a you know, just put the ball in play kind of moment right faces loaded, put the ball in play, get at least a run in there, and he did that and it was great and plus everybody, you know, and the crowd was very excited. It was a big moment there. You know, all that stuff worked, so that was all very impressive.

What are they gonna do? Dip it in in ketchup and barbecue sauce on.

It in Philadelphia at a Mexican place that was really good that had chocolate inside, so inside the church that's chocolate, and it was unbelievable, like the gooey kind of oh so good diabetes. All right, let's get to the three up and three down. Marcelo Zoona had two ho runs, but who cares because Bryce Harper at three. Justin Turner went three for three with two doubles in a walk, and Cody Bellinger two for five with a dinger and

Yeah, it would be development, you know, like develop players that you don't have to go and give hundreds of millions of dollars for them to fail like Chris Bryant, it would be lower level development, which you know they got guys coming. Jordan Beck looks really good, Ade Lamador both players you could see this year. Zach Veen might be fine. They're trying to get some pitching. Chase Dolander was a top pitching prospect from last year's draft. But

Signing Daniel Murphy when you have two guys who can't play the enfield exactly. Like, that's the kind of stuff that just it blows my mind, but they keep doing it. Here's a question from a new subscriber, Anthony, Uh, you guys really help you with by draft. You're welcome, thanks for subscribing. Was wondering who would you start today in the utail spot, Vinnie Pasquentino or torkl Sin And Anthony says, thanks, Oh, you're leaving that to me. Who's gonna give you first

I get at the not looking at the matchups.

I'm gonna say Paso's got Corbyn Burns today and Spencer Torkelsen has Adrian Hauser tours.

Yeah, and I said Torque was my default. I would go to.

I go with the better player regardless. But yeah, it's the horrific matchup for Vinnie, So Torklesen.

There you go, all right? Coming up next here. The injury report actually not so bad today, mostly positive stuff. Guys working their way back for a change. Walker Bueller makes another mind like rehab start on Saturday. Sonny Gray with the hamshring issue today, he's gonna make a double a star. He's gonna throw a simulated game. I should say not to start. Paul Seawald has the oblique issue he's dealing with. He's throwing from flat ground, so there

I almost did mine too, I almost mine, and I usually do.

I just got busy with stuff, kids home from spring break. But today we're back at it. Some weather in some games you gotta worry about, but I love this one here. Yesterday we nailed that Tampa Bay one to two. On the upset. We had the positive money on Zach Eflin Chef's kiss. It was beautiful Seattle minus one and a half on the run line versus Cleveland today plus one third two is the number you're getting plus money on

Well, yeah, I'm gonna say I'm gonna try to be picky today because I yesterday I came right out the gates with my Renoald Lopez strikeout prop that one smashed. I don't feel as confident on some of those because they got really straight. I think with some of these k props, some of the players you would love to get Kirby already moving would have been one that I would take. So if you can sign find four and a half, you definitely should. So I'm actually not in

Those are my three bets.

Yeah, tricky day out there for sure on the betting slate,

Today my, Friend, Well i've already kind of let that out of the bag with my. Bets it's.

Funny John stock for down, there says home run, Call, Manny i'm actually with. THAT i was thinking about, that AND i decided to go in the other. Direction i'm going With Fernando Tatis. Junior Zach, thompson who is on the, bump gave UP i think three homers in his first.

START i think The San.

Diego guys early on are pretty good. Bets might even be a first five bet in there For San. Diego many suffered and struggled a little bit hit around two. Thirty tatis, hasn't AND i think he's gonna drop one. TODAY i also like picking him at the top because maybe one extra potential at. Bat So i'm gonna go With Tatis junior from a home run call, today.

All, right very. NICE i decided TO i Had. YELICH i was going back and forth on that WHEN i THINK i found one a little, bit you, know Because Joey p's the slump. Breaker that's WHAT i did, yesterday, right broke the slump of One Bryce harper and you, know also slumping Mister alvarez In. Houston so let's go, him dang. It did you go? Out all of this is even.

Better he's THE bvp play of the.

Day by the, way if you if anyone wanted to, PAY i was gonna go him AND i pivoted.

Off so this is this is not.

Good alvarez going. Yard i'm breaking everybody out of the. Slumps that's WHAT i do here on the, Program Tatis. Alvarez if you want to make a home run, call now's the time to go do. It and, again our discord is. Free we just mentioned we're gonna be on right after This fantasypros Dot com slash Chat. Welsh if people want to join us for cleaning up right after the, show where.

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Be and to the room where it, happens just like In. Hamilton by the, way who's cleaning up this after you eat? This that's WHAT i, wanted so gross cleaning? Up trust you not Like parogi's.

AND i just don't like it just looks.

Great LIKE i, said it's it's okay to make food look, good not just like by the, Way i'm gonna HIT ai BECAUSE i don't.

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Silent vaudeville was theater back in the twenties and turn of the century time where they had all the like the song and dance. Acts that's.

What oh, yeah, YEAH i guess you're right.

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What it's definitely wearing one of those like white hats with the tricolor brim kind of, thing and it's like and wearing some sort of vest and a singing some sort OF i.

Bet it'll look better to eat than THAT.

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Place take this to cleaning. Up we'll talk about the sandwiches and, everything all, right.

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