MLB: Leading Off May 5th, 2022 (Ep. 504)

The Brewers, get rowdy, let's play ball. What's up? Everybody?

Is ce Joey p joe Piezopia and welcome to leading off right here on Fantasy Pros, brought to you not bought by you, but brought to you instead by our good friends at bet MGM, the King of Sportsbooks.

The Welsh is back. Mike Mayor's negativity is gone. After yesterday, boyle boy, thank god?

What was negative?

And let me tell you, in the words of the Red Bee, who hurt Mike Mayor? That's what I want to know. All I know is he was a negative Nancy yesterday. But today we've got mister positivity. The Welsh is back. Welsh. Are you feeling better because you look more like yourself?

Do I? Yeah? Sure, yeah, let's go with that. I'm feeling better. Sure, I'm here though, I actually it actually always boosts my spirits a little bit when I'm doing the show with you and hanging with the peanuts and cracker Jacks.

Well, it's always nice to have you here. And of course we're gonna get through all of the news and notes and latest things going on in Major League Baseball. The start with the headlines here, Rowdy to Les Holmers twice drives in eight runs. He is on fire. He's rostered in less than fifty percent of leagues right now. Yeah, pick up the big boy, don't you Welsh and just ride a wave. I think I do.

Yeah, Roddy Rowdy absolutely my friend, big, big fight. I mean, if there was a player, by the way that was built to play with the Brewers, I don't know if there's a better connection, I mean, like Vogelbach in him, but Rowdy is definitely set to be there in big,

I'm looking at Rowdy Telez stat wise, I'm thinking that even with this hot start, thirties, definitely in his realm anyway, in this three home Yeah, there is definitely within his realm with the hot start, and also on top of that, if you look at the bottom feeder pitching in Cincinnati, in Pittsburgh, in that division, you know, outside of the Milwaukee Brewers were great the Cubs. I mean, there's a lot of opportunity here for him to continue to be

Yeah? Vello is coming back up. I mean something we talked about short sample sizes April, freaking out about really really well performing players that just haven't you know, haven't you met their mark yet? And Vlo came back up. That was the big thing. You wanted the spin numbers to be there. Vello is a little bit back up. You're getting closer into the spring months. It was a by There are by opportunities that are still out there.

The shoulder injury in the spring was a bit of my issue with Wheeler, so I dropped him significantly because they just didn't want to take the risk. And I don't know if we're out of the woods, but certainly so far, last two starts seemed to at least turn to corner. So we'll see if it's sustainable. You say, a key Kochi goes six innings, allows just one earned run, So my stack against him with the Yankees did not work out for very will Cory Klueber fire six score

Well, I'm a little torn on that because the Reds are just atrocious and they're not even making the pitchers who have good stuff like serviceable at this point with their three wins. Yeah, I'm with what you're saying. I think the buy could be. Here's the only problem though, is he hasn't been here to struggle, so I don't feel like there's any I don't know, discount that's going on.

The only difference is with him and a rookie is I've seen the ceiling at the major league level, and I know what he can be.

The excitement, looky hype.

Yeah, but this is the only difference is if you're buying, you're buying more of a proven entity. And I know there's been some bad moments for Casto, there's also been some really high points too. I think he's a very polarizing picture, and I think right now there's every reason to believe that if he lands in the right environment, you could at least roll the dice and get a good one. So if you if you're already struggling for pitching, to me, this is a this is a roll of the dice I would take.

Also, I don't say, but what is the roll of the dice? But just in the LAist Castillo front, like the but like what does that mean.

Like Los Angeles? No, no, no, no, no, like Atlanta?

Okay, no, no, I'm not saying that. I'm saying, like the roll of the dice of like what like you're trading for him, like he's not available on a wire or anything like that. So this is this actually kind of your trading. Okay, so you are wanting to go and acquire Luis Castillo for what do you think? What does that look like?

Well, I mean, right now, I bet you can get him for hazeleus Lozardo, Right.

I would think that's that's that's a good one you pulled, because I was like, all.

Right, because he's got issues, potentially, he's gotten off to a good start. There's part of you that wants to believe that everything is going to be roses, but he is on I don't care what anybody tells me. I don't care what the Marlins record. It's not a great baseball team. So that's exactly the kind of guy that's gotten off to a really good start that I think has value, that I think has cachet, that I think is a name that people recognize and are excited about,

I don't like it's a good name you pull. It's a good name you pulled. The funny thing is is I think you would be excited if Castillo is doing what Lozardo was doing right now, and that's theronic.

But can Lozardo do this in August and September? We have to look, we've already gotten April into May out of him less.

That's why that calculated trade, the trade you presented, which great job on the spot like that's probably a really good one if someone wanted to do that. I think it's hard to find like pitcher for pitcher type of trades like that, but that is a solid name that I think would get both parties thinking a little bit.

So all right, taosk Gernandez expected to return on Thursday, So that's good for the Tiascar owners and boil Boy that Blue Jay's lineup continues to get better and better. Nelson Cruz back was held out of the NATS lineup. Nico Lodolo is going to be back though in the rotation. On Saturday for the Reds, Blake Snell made another rehab start, so Nick Clevenger Black Snell is on his way. Nick

I want to peek.

Did you text Blake Snell see how he's doing. What's going on?

Man, I'm excited to get back to the Major's baby. I gotta get that money, getting the ridey buses out here in the minor leagues. You're crazy. I ain't doing that. Get me out of here, give me to the Mages I live.

That's like Snowboys. It's my favorite thing. So let's talk about this because, much to the chagrin of Mike Maher, I got a text for Mayor about, like, I don't know, six thirty seven o'clock yesterday evening, and he was yelling at the sky that we're still talking about this Aaron Judge home run ball that the guy gave the kid and then the kid and the guy get to meet Aaron Judge. I know, right, this feel good moment. Mike Mayor could not be more of an angry old man on the porch.

What will you tell me about how could you be mad about the kid giving the ball in the happy story?

I don't know, but he was. You'll have to take it up with him, but I just wanted to bring it up again. Let me know what annoys him. So nice job there for everybody, obviously getting to meet Aaron Judge. I think it's great. I think it's I think we all needed a feel good story. Madison Bumgarner need to feel good story too, because he got injected. What's going on with the umpiring right now in Major League Baseball? Welsh, I know we've kind of touched on Angel Hernandez, but

Yeah, I kind of went off on it on in this league this week because I don't see how this is good for baseball. I don't see how throwing players out is good for baseball. It's another there's so many things that baseball is doing that's bad for itself, and the refereeing, the police of baseball are one of the worst entities of it. They're bad at their job, hands down, not arguable. There's one or two that are okay, but as a whole and if you're judged by your winks link,

Justin Mason posted on Twitter like the slow motion of it, which made it ten times creepier.

Yeah, that's what Well, Bally's tweeted that out everybody. Yeah, Bally's put that out. I think he put music to it, which made it funny. But Bally's put it out which made it like an eighteen second clip, and it is I'm telling you, I'm saying that. We've seen birds explode on television. We've seen animals come on to the field. We've seen uh, you know, foul balls ruin someone's life.

Yeah, it puts the lotion in the basket right or else it gets the hose again. All right, let's move on.

That's what I'm involved. I'm gonna edit that song onto that videode.

This is a fun little piece. I want to see if you agree or disagree or maybe you have another name. Let's rapid file. Let's put a little little game. You're ready for a little game. Somebody on MLB dot com wrote this, and I thought this was an interesting piece. Uh the MVP for each team so far, So you tell me I agree, or you give me the alternate name for yourself. You don't have to have a breakdown. This is just for fun so far. Let's start with

Yeah? Sure, okay?

For the Orioles, Bruce Zimmerman yesterday, I did whatever.

Sure one for.

Era over twenty four and the third innings.

Just saying maybe Horay Lopez saves closing the games out? Yeah, sure, whatever, all right?

For the Rays, Wander Franco MVP so far, the Rais, Yeah, okay, Red Sox, this one was fascinating. Garrett Whitlock, who I've got a ton of shares of. Oh yeah, yesterday?

Yeah.

Is he the most valuable Red Sox right now?

Right now? Yeah? I think so. Absolutely. They're closing situations all wacko and yeah he from that being that fire hose, he's the guy all.

Right, Aaron Judge. I think we can all agree with the Yankees. Obviously, with the Guardians, Jose Ramirez. We agree with the Royals. They had Zach greenk with his twenty eight innings two five seven ERA and what like three strikeouts?

It was he up to this year I wanted to do. Yeah, I don't know if I have an argument, because that whole team has been like the guys you would expect, have been kind of disappointed. So yeah, Sureanky, that's fine.

All right? The Tigers Michael Fulmer is the one they have here, which I don't love this one. But is there another one for the Tigers that you could think of? I mean, is it Hobby bias?

Is it? You know?

You want to put three scuobl in there? I think Schooble is worthy of.

Maybe Schooble. I don't like the Michael Fulan. I'm gonna say no on the former one. But they also don't have Yeah, maybe Schooble. I mean I like school today and Betts too, So.

All right, dare I ask this? The Twins, it's obviously Byron bucks in right, Okay, move on Bucks. The White Sox Andrew Vaughn is who they came up with, which is fascinating because he's the slash has been really good. I know he's got the hand issue right now. But two eighty three, three sixty seven, five sixty six slash for Andrew Vaughn. Uh in a time where they've lost a lot of guys to injury, I would say, Dylan cease. So I kind of disagree with this one. But what are your thoughts?

Yeah, I mean I think you could still throw Robert in there. I know he got injured, but when he's out there, he is the lynch pin. H. I think Cease has been phenomenal. Yeah, I would go see silber Von, though Vaughn has been so valuable in how he is able to like mainstay the roster as it is like falling apart. But no, I guest sees with you.

All right, let's move on to some of the guys in the rest of the west. Here, my trout, I think we can all get behind that one Verlander of the Astros. The athletics is an interesting one because this guy is rostered in probably less than half of leagues of Sheldon Noose. He's in three twenty nine and it's got twenty five K's already on the ear. He's got

I have been I've added him in multiple spots. Qualifies at a couple of different positions. He was a prospect with the Twins, and he's got huge power. I remember I was in the AFL setting behind him and he hit some of the biggest moonshots in BP that I've seen before. He's got insane power and he runs for a big dude. Yeah, I'll go with Sheldon Noisy.

All right, is it noisy?

I saw Sheldon Noisy? Oh it's oh yeah, he says it noisy noisy. Oh. In a minute, I saw his name in the minor leagues. I was like, well, I'm gonna need help with that.

So well, well then I'm gonna have to re record a video. Then probably all right, let's go to the last ones here and then we'll do the National League tomorrow. They have JP Crawford for the Mariners, which, look, I know, he's been pretty good. Yeah, Logan Gilbert, Hello, how was Logan Gilbert not?

Yeah? Yeah, good point, good point.

Really, And then Corey Seeger of the Rangers, which I guess, you know, I mean Garcia has been okay, I mean Corey Seeger hasn't been great. I mean, I don't know if this is an MVP for the Rangers period. But I thought that was kind of provocative. So I got to learn to say Sheldon noisy noisy. It sounds very Sheldon noisy lady. All right, let's go this day in Major League baseball history in nineteen seventy five. You're gonna love this one, Welsh. This is the specialization of baseball

Well, like they have like a long snapper too. They had like an NFL they got like a long snapper just for punts and stuff. I mean, Billy Hamilton is one thing. Ellie Hamilton could probably do that right now, was kind of that for a little bit. I actually I'm actually surprised because I thought you were being like, yeah, I thought you were like joking that I would like this and that would really be annoyed by it. I actually love it so much, so like I want to

So he stole thirty one bases and he scored thirty three runs. Now, I don't know about you Welsh, but that's like if you need a run and you can get a guy out there that's got you know, forty yard dash beat of four to three, right.

Because that's Billy Hamlon. You're talking about Billy Hamilton right now. I just want to point out.

Why wasn't Billy Hamilton used in this way?

He kind of was for a little bit, but a little bit.

Nobody committed to it. I think if some team committed to it, where well, I guess it's I guess it's difficult because you want that guy to be able to go in the field and play. But nowadays too, where in the National League you don't have to worry about the pitcher spot and all these other moving parts all the time. I kind of wonder, I just wonder a little bit if this is something that, you know, with all the heavy specialization, maybe we should re examine the mate.

Well, if you look at go cards, I think that's kind of the point right there, as Gokard says, not unless they expand rosters. It's there's only so many roster spots, is the big thing. Tim Lecastro has kind of done that where he has been like the primary, you know, kind of base runner, and I think he had a grip of stolen bases that were just off of being a pinch runner. But they can't have specialization like that anymore.

I think that's a specialization coming for Atlberto Mondes. I think that's the only way he might be able to stay on the field. You've got to be like ridiculously fast. All right, here fun trivia question. Which two brewers, and this is an honor of rowty to Les big Day, which two brewers in the history organization have a pair, not one, but two seven RBI games. I'll give you a hint, modern day Milwaukee Brewers. So I know sometimes you throw some old ones on.

Say it again. I'm not even looking, by the way, I haven't looked at it yet.

Well, the answer is not in the sheet today, so I okay.

So say it again. It was modern day Brewers.

Which two players in Brewers' history have a pair of seven RBI games? So two guys recent memory Brewers. Let's go if you got the answer? And no, if you not Prince Fielder, and no it is not Ricky whet Hi' is not Ricky Wee. All right, let's get to the stat hero as well. You guys marinate on that trivia question Adam Wayne Right yesterday, just two k's but seven strong scoreless innings. Frankie Montas bounced back six k's, no

So Ryan Bron is the other goofy one is the other one that's a catcher catcher?

Nope, no it is not. No Brewers, they had one that was very fantasy relevant for a short window of time.

Uh.

His name is reminiscent of a of a Seltzer that hipsters like to have. That's got your other hint. Come on, now, you know everybody likes that Seltzer. Jonathan Jona seven he did, he had seven RBI And I'll tell you the game to five to twelve. Jonathan Lucroy in eight thirty twelve. It happened in the same season and Ryan Braun. Actually I'm sorry for him, for LUCROI and Ryan Braun we did it in twenty fourteen and twenty and sixteen, so.

Right in the heart of him being a big fat cheater, gotcha.

Yes, big fat cheater. But one heck of a producer, no doubt about that. Here are the stat zero's the guys that spit the bit. Dylan Bundy eleven hits against the Orioles, nine earned eleven hits against the Orioles. Vladimir Gutierrez gave up seven earned runs and four innings. Lucas Simms two thirds of an inning, five earned runs, salud to you, Alasier Hernandez, bad start for him, five earned

Yeah, I mean I the minute he had his big first start, I kind of put out the war each a little bit because it wasn't even so much about the lack of command and the wildness. It was that when he didn't get that you know whatever they designated slider curveball and knuckle curve, when that thing wasn't going, his fastball was getting beat, and then you get him. He came out and admitted like it is not he's

All Right, some of the hitters Alec Boem over five two k's, but we knew that was gonna come down to Earth Wander. Franco Mayor put this in just to hurt me with his over five. Sal Perez another four three more strikeouts. This is getting ridiculous. Thirty one percent strikeout rate for him over twenty three games buck fifteen. I know he's got some home runs, but what's going on with Sally p.

I mean, he's nazieing the ball. Well, that's a big thing, but it's it's it's systemic to the team. The Royals have been like the roads are like this in the miners. By the way, they had this over a couple different seasons where it was like all of the big prospects were struggling. MJ. Melndez is up in the majors, Nick Prato, all of these guys just could not hit. And it seems to be happening at like a major league level. And I'm not one hundred percent sure Witt has struggled.

You just got a kind of nothing you can do, and you had so much draft capital. He's probably a third round pick in most of your leagues. You have to just eat it and hope that it gets better. Is nothing is no, it's the way you're treating him and getting good value, a return for what you spent on it.

And I think it's the investment that you put in on him.

Yeah. Some guys in the double header range yesterday Jonathan Scope Oh for eight with three K's Hobby Bayez Oh for eight, Trent Grisham Oh for eight, Brian Hayes Oh for seven, spendertoricals and Oh for six. Look gross, terrible. All right, let's check the home run board for the day and see how things are shaking out. And uh, it's still the night. King of the North with twelve. All I do is win an eleven. JP at thirty four with eleven, I'm still sitting at two. Just a

There you go.

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Six, one of my favorite. I just want to point, I mean, interrupt you with it like it is. It's one that when I wasn't looking at yours, I was going through the strikeout props and it immediately jumped out to me as one that I really like today.

Yeah, plus one o six there you get a nice number on it. Jan Soto has two that I liked. Total bases on DK at one and a half, you're gonna get minus one twenty. But you're also getting plus one thirty five on point five on DK on the RBI, so all he's do is driving one run at the plus one thirty five show i Otani on FANDLE the strikeouts are at six and a half. The juice is minus one ten on that one. And Josh Bell for total bases again in Colorado this afternoon one and a

I got two that I like. Probably no shaker want to bring it up at Buckston Buckston total bases one and a half over and I think the projections, even on the cheat sheet are quite a bit higher, and he's had some success. One of my favorites, though, is back on the pitching market. It's Shane mcclanahan's strikeouts and it's at six and a half. The system doesn't push

Great question here. Before we move on from Mike, Mike want said, Okay, we dropped Justin Turner. At this point, I say, no, Welsh and I have so I have Justin Turner. I just think he'll turn it around. He's been too good of a hitter for too long. The age is always a concern. Uh, But to me, I would still hang in there with Justin Turner. What are your thoughts if someone dropped him, I'd pick him up immediately. Uh, I don't know.

I mean I think he will be okay. It just depends what's out there. Like, let me throw this at you. If you're in a twelve man league and there's some roster, you know, there's some guys out there. I mean, would you drop him for Sheldon Noisy like pick up the hot bat and Sheldon Noisy for stolen bases and homers? I think, long term, when you look at the grand scope of noisy versus like a Turner, Turner's gonna he's gonna make out with it. But I think I might

Yeah, all right, let's move on here to DFS tonight. I gotta say Tree Schooble at six point five love him over on DK. It's super cheap for him. I know it's a tough matchup against the Ashros, but look, they're not gonna have Altuvey in that lineup. Probably fouled the ball off of his groin. Was pretty uncomfortable looking. Shane McClanahan at nine point seven going up against the Mariners. I know it's Robbie Ray on the other side. You got a lot of you know, dueling pictures tonight, which

Gone i'm gonna point out a little controversy. Here when the sheet was put, UP i Took Kyle. Schwarber i'm Taking Kyle schwarbi's who has a very good. HISTORY i believe all of his hits versus this pitcher have Been. Homer's BUT i noticed somebody else has changed their bid to the exact same player as, Mine, joe THAT i didn't know we were playing this. Game that looks Like Mike mayer has changed his To Kyle schwarber as, well

Schwarber lots of, shenanigans no doubt about. That, also let's talk About Mike mahyer at The Kyle schwarber home run. Here so if you guys both go home run, today is it a LITTLE i don't, know does it bring it down a little? Bit?

Like, oh, yeah it did. Own that's What i'm. SAYING i Picked Kyle. Schwarber he had another name on, there and THEN i just looked back at the sheet And Kyle schwarber's on, there so he kind OF i feel like my thunders taken a little. Bit it's a little, sad all.

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