Fantasy Baseball Today - 06/11: Weekend Roundup - Are These Players Good? (Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: June 11, 2018

The top players to add this week have spotty track records, which leads us to wonder if they are legitimately good players or just heating up at the right time. We talk Carlos Rodon (1:40), Max Muncy (3:36), Brandon Crawford (3:56), Hector Rondon (7:32) among other RPs, and more hitters (10:43) and SPs (13:04) including Leonys Martin and Frankie Montas ... Who we added and dropped (18:45), a look at the Most Added list (21:38), and some prospect talk (36:21) ... Buy low (41:00) on Zack Godley, Luis Castillo and Dallas Keuchel? Plus much more from over the weekend including a bunch of SPs to consider adding (48:40) and a look at today's matchups (59:40) ... Your emails at [e-mail] This episode is sponsored by www.ZipRecruiter.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email fantasy baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Well, fantasy. Now here's Adam, Scott Heath and Chris. Welcome to Week 12, everybody. It is Monday, June 11th.

I am Adam Azer. I got Scott White and Heath Cummings here. And, you know, sometimes we start a show. He says, hey, there weren't that many guys to pick up over the weekend. Not today. There was really a lot going on, especially in the bullpins around baseball. I hope everybody had a great weekend. Heath, you always had a great weekend.

Right? I had a phenomenal weekend. I went to a wedding reception that had an open bar, so great time. You weren't there for the actual ceremony? You just show up for the party afterwards? I wasn't invited to the ceremony, which is the very, very best type of wedding invite you can get. Because you were invited to this reception? Yes.

Pooltop. Or rooftop pool reception with an open bar. How did you pull that off? No invite to the boring part, just the fun part? That's and an open bar. Good for you. Pretty awesome, really. Just living the life.

Scott, how about you? Great weekend? Sure, it was fine. Okay, good. I agree. Thank you guys for asking. Mindless great. Let's start with a must-ad hitter, a must-ad starting pitcher,

and a must-add reliever. Heave, give me a must-ad hitter right now. How is Carlos Rodon 62-0-owned? Wait, did you just hear me say, I know you love Carlos Rodon. I said hitter. I said hitter. I don't care.

Carlos Rodon is the must-add player, period. Okay, fine. There's no hitter that's more important than him. There's no pitcher that's more important than him. He's 62% owned. He's a former top 20 prospect that's still just 25 years old. And people act like Carlos Rodon has been bad in the major leagues. Like, well, he's thrown 380 innings with an above average ERA and more than a strikeout per inning.

Yeah, what's that whip, though? That whip, he's never had a whip below 137. ERA matters, Adam. Yeah, so does whip. I agree, I agree. He's kind of where Blake Snell was toward the end of last year. He was Blake Snell and Sean Newcomb before Blake Snell and Sean Newcomb. This was a really good star for him.

Now, look, no mooky bets. The Red Sox have been hitting a little worse lately. They lost three out of four to the Tigers and White Sox. But he gave up two run runs with two walks, seven strike. This is really the walks I wanted to see at Boston on Saturday. Rodon is 61 or 62 percent owned. So, yeah, look, I would have added him, but I'm in a bunch of leagues with Heath. And Heath has Carlos Ron everywhere.

Are you going to start him this week? I believe they're either at or they're home against Cleveland, which is another tough match. I'm starting him. Fire him up. All right. One start against Cleveland. Fire him up. Coming off kind of a shaky start first time.

It was good. I like him more as a stash. I think he needs to be owned too, but I don't think we're up to the point of starting him in a one-start week yet. All right, that's Carlos Rodon. So, Scott, how about you? I'll stick with pitchers. Give me a must-ad pitcher. I was just looking at hitters, Adam,

because I was trying to follow your rules. Okay, that's fine. You can be a hitter. Yeah, I'll give you a hitter. All right. Well, first of all, I'm close to that point with Max Muncie. In those smaller lineup leagues, the standard head-to-head format with just the four infielders, three outfielders.

I'm saying he's must-add. Might be stretching it a little bit, though. We're close to that point. Brandon Crawford, the fact he's still 20% available as a shortstop with what he's doing, that kind of blows my mind. I don't know how every, like 12 team, maybe even a 10 team league. I imagine somebody's got to have a spot for him. But you know why.

I mean, this guy has not been a good hitter. And actually, I thought that was sort of a theme of the weekend. Well, two, three years ago, he was considered. Oh, great. Great, three years ago. But isn't the point kind of that he has been amazing, very, very good, and should be owned in most leagues. But we say somebody's got a spot for him in a 10-team league. He's not a top-10 shortstop.

No, that's what amazed me. Brandon Crawford is batting 3.38 with eight home runs this year. He's the 17th best shortstop in points. He's 11th in Roto. So Crawford was terrible in, you know, late, you know, March, whatever, and then April. But his last 31 games, he's betting 439 with six home runs and 16 doubles. But just to give the broader point that I was going to make, it's like the guys that you should really be adding right now, a lot of them don't have a good track record or have a bad track record.

I would say that Brandon Crawford is a bad track record as a hitter. I would say that Max Muncie has a bad track record as a hitter. And he had what – Yeah, he certainly does. Right? I mean, it's very surprising. I would say Hector Rondone. Actually, it has a better track record than I thought as a reliever,

because he's got to be one of them. There are a lot of relievers to add right now, but Rondon's definitely one of them. It's tough. It's like buying into small samples, but you've got to do it. I mean, that's kind of how you play fantasy baseball. You've got to add and drop as long as you're not dropping, you know, great players.

You've got to be flexible with your roster, get these guys on your team. Yeah. So I have a segment called Are They Good, and Max Muncie and Brandon Crawford were the headliners of Are They Good. So are they good, or are they good? Are they just good for now? What do you think?

Well, here's the thing. I mean, Crawford's Babbup is obviously high. He's hitting 3.38, so it would almost have to be. But his line drive rate is, you know, league leader-like. His hard contact percentage is as high as it's been in his career. It's always hard to know whether that's a cause or an effect. Like, does this mean he's a different better hitter or he's been hot? So, of course, his hard contact percentage is higher.

I think that could go either way. But, like, he's right around that range for me. Like, if you lost Andrelton Simmons, he's on the DEL, maybe that Jan Harvest Salarte group. Even like, even like Glaber Torres, I don't think Brandon Crawford's too far behind him right now. So I'm not for sure saying he's good, but I could see him being somebody who remains relevant all year.

Are you saying that Crawford's not that far behind Torres because of the plate appearances? Torres doesn't really get the fantasy point totals because he bats ninth? I don't, I mean, Glaber Torres hasn't done much but hit home runs. To this point, I mean, the plate discipline's been pretty poor. I just think he's highly unproven still. I'd rather have Torres for the upside, but I could see him going south, you know, I could see that being an outcome form, too.

Heath, who's the must-add relief pitcher? I don't really think there is a must-add relief pitcher. If we're talking about a league where saves are really scarce, then yeah, you go add Hector Rundone. The quote, the first quote that I see

when I'm looking for quotes about Hector Rondone is A.J. Hinch saying, moving forward, we'll see where it is. I think Kenny is going to get more opportunities. Rundone might get few opportunities. I just wanted to get the outs. Yeah.

I read one other thing, the Houston Chronicle, and let me just read that because I actually think there are a lot of relievers that are worth adding right now. But this is what the Houston Chronicle said. With Hector Rondone, effectively the Astros Closer, or the Astros New Closer, whether Hinch wants to announce that role publicly or not, and then dot, dot, dot. But, of course, the same thing occurred to me. I mean, they've been pretty fluid with the ninth inning. Yeah.

I think he actually said that we may set a record for the number of pitchers who closed games this season. Oh, great, thanks, AJ. That would be a great record to set. I think it's pretty clear that for the time being, Soria is back as the closer of the white sucks, I would probably wager that he gets more saves the rest of the year than Rondone does. Okay. What about Blake Parker? Blake Parker's like 58% owned or something.

Is he? Then he's the must own. Yeah, he's got to be the top of that group. Yeah. Okay. Parker keeps getting saves for the Angels. Jordan Hicks? Bud Norris.

So Bud Norris, I think there was a rain delay. And then he came back out. Something happened to interrupt his routine. And then he got crushed on Friday. But he's been struggling. And Jordan Hicks is really starting to pitch very well. Finally putting that 100 mile-per-hour fastball to good use. There's him.

I think Ryan Tepera looks like the closer for the Blue Jays. Yeah. I think Tepera looks like the closer for the Blue Jays. I'm questioning the Jordan Hicks thing just a little bit. I mean, his last four outings have been better. Five of his last six have been good. Strikeouts are finally there. They're finally there over this short stretch.

I'd like to see it a little bit longer before I say he's, Because, I mean, it was amazing how bad he actually was. He had good results. But, man, he wasn't making anybody miss. Okay. So Blake Parker, I guess, is the guy. Would you drop Ken Giles for Blake Parker? I would not.

I don't think I would. But I don't own any Ken Giles. I own a lot of Ken Giles. I'm not dropping him yet. But I'll give you a stat, according to baseball reference. Ken Giles has not allowed one run in a save situation. All of his struggles have been in non-save situations. So, yeah, let's just move him to non-save situations.

That makes a lot of sense. But I just thought that was kind of interesting. When he's had the lead in the ninth inning, he's locked it down. Yeah. All right. So let's play, Are They Good? And we can eliminate some of the guys from this list. I had four hitters.

I had four pitchers, I think. Brandon Crawford, Max Muncie. How about Leonis Martine? He's 38% owned. last 17 games, Martin is batting 281 with a 924 OPS with three steals in his last three games. So is Leonis Martine good? No. I think he's better than we've seen him in the majors before.

And I think he's usable. But I don't think he's going to be a fixture in your lineup. How about Ian Kinsler? He's the number one second baseman in fantasy over the last 14 days. Kinsler is 71% owned. Is Ann Kinsler good? I don't buy that he's like just fine and he's just had bad luck for a year and a half. But I do think that he's back to the point to where he's good enough that he should be started in the league with the middle infielder.

Kinsler, all right, 71%. I mean, I still think you underestimate just how relevant he was last year. He was a 22-Homer 14 steel second baseman. He scored 90 runs. Well, okay, he was bad and had those counting stats, but, like, yeah. He had a 725 OPS. He averaged, like, three fantasy points per game. Yeah, but, but in, yeah, fantasy points are different.

Which isn't good. Because, well. It's pretty good for a middle-hood field. But fantasy points are different, because he- I think Francisco Lendor average, like, 315, so. All right, all right, listen. So, so, you know, you always have to stay with a guy like Kinsler when you cite his fantasy points per game, he had great plate discipline.

So that obviously, that makes him valuable in a points league. Does it do much for you in Roto when he batted 236 last year? I mean, you'd rather him hit for a higher average, sure. But, like, again, he had 90 steals in 22, I mean, 90 runs at 22 home runs, 14 steals. Like, yeah, it's not bad. It's not bad. He has 52 RBI. He crushed you in two categories at least.

I don't like, I guess it depends what the standard for good is. He probably needs to be owned in more than. more leagues than he is. What's his ownership right now? You have that available? 71% Ian Kinsley. He probably needs to be owned it more than that. But is he a top 12 second baseman?

No. All right. These pitchers are they good? Rinaldo Lopez. Boy, this is confusing. His last seven starts, four of them? He's gone seven and a third or more,

two or fewer earn runs. And then on Sunday, or, yeah, Sunday, six and a third, one earn run at Boston. And he's had two absolutely terrible starts in those stretch.

Is Ronaldo Lopez good? He's 53% of it. No, he's not good. He's not good. Not good yet. I am... I still think there is a chance that he is good. He has good starts.

This one at Boston was a good start. Some of these that have had good results haven't actually been good starts. He goes seven innings against the Tigers and strikes out three and walks three. That wasn't good, even though he only gave up two runs. But he has just sprinkled in. these starts that make you wonder. Ten strikeouts at Oakland. Is that the only one with a big strikeout?

His strikeout rate is bad. His walk rate is bad. He's a fly ball pitcher who pitches in a hitters park who is somehow not giving up many home runs this year. He's got four or five really good starts. He's got a great fastball. He throws really, really hard, Bernaldo Lopez. He's been getting by with that fastball.

I don't know how good the secondary pitches is. I've been watching him the last couple starts. That fastball is damn good, and we haven't mentioned that, but he's got to be one of the hardest throwers among starting pitchers in the American League. Yeah, we haven't mentioned that. I kind of assumed that's why people thought he would be good in the first place, but maybe it shouldn't go without saying, so that's fair point.

But he hasn't done anything well. I feel like unless he figures out a swing and miss secondary pitch here in the next however long, like it's all going to come crashing down. All right. Well, I totally think if you just look at the season-long numbers and what he has done, I agree with that completely. It's just if there weren't these starts that are just really enticing. What was his second highest single-game strikeout total? He had eight strikeouts against the Rangers and eight shutout innings.

Yeah, that's a pretty good start. Yeah. But those are the only two. He's had three with his many strikeouts. out this innings. Guys, I'd like to move on from Rinaldo Lopez, if you wouldn't mind. We could compare him to other pitchers later. Is Frankie Montas good? I don't

think he's good. No. For a lot of the same reasons, I don't think Rinaldo Lopez is good. But obviously, the results through three starts have been very good. And he's another guy with a great fastball. Yeah. Is Clayton Richard good? Keeps going seven innings.

I'm starting to think he might be because he's always been an elite ground ball pitcher. And this year, he's been throwing his best swing and miss pitch more, the slider. He's been throwing it about 25% of the time. I think it's sort of about 15 is what he used to do it. And the strikeout rate's better. I mean, it's still not a great strikeout rate,

but for somebody who's an extreme groundball pitcher, it seemed like it might put him in that like Marcus Stroman cast class of results. When Marcus Stroman has been good, I understand Stroman was terrible when he was off the DL this year. but I think Clayton Richard could be kind of that Stroman-like pitcher based on the results he's shown this year. I think he's an end-of-the-bench guy that you will start depending on matchups and nothing more. And he usually has a really high whip because he gives up so many ground balls.

They get through, gives up a lot of hits Clayton, Richard. Dylan Covey, is Dylan Covey good? No. Like, he's... I don't think he's good. but I don't want to just dismiss him outright because he has that crazy high ground ball rate too. Okay, so how would you rank... I didn't realize that about him before this year.

How would you rank Ronaldo Lopez, Frankie Montas, Clayton Richard, and Dylan Covey? I mean, I'd have to go Lopez first. Yep. Then Richard. Yeah, then I go Richard, then Montas, then Kobe. I agreed completely. Lopez, Richard, Montas, Covy. All right.

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Start in quotation mode. Well, one of them's going to be an actual start, it sounds like today. And maybe if it goes really well, they say, hey, let's stop doing that with him. Maybe. But regardless, he's going to do it with everyone. I don't necessarily agree. But he's going to throw five plus innings in two games, so he will possibly accumulate fantasy points in that way.

I added Dominic Smith. Oh, yes. He got called up as Adrian Gonzalez's outy. So, yeah, and what kind of league did you add Dominic Smith for the Mets? It was a 14-team points league where I have Edwin and Carnacione, and I had no other first base eligible players. And I just wanted a little bit of safety in case we get some bad news today. Okay. Encarnacian sat yesterday.

It was, you know, it was presented as no big deal. But we'll see. Anything else, Heath, or you good? I dropped Michael Gnfordo. I just wanted to say that. He might get the moated, apparently. Yeah. Speaking of Michael Conforto, I added Randall Gritchick.

Oh, you love Randall Gritchick. I mean, he's been pretty hot since coming off the D.L. Richick has. Changed his batting stance. There you go. But, you know, that, you're Michael. Michael Conforto point, Adam, who I probably should have said was the must-ad hitter was Brandon Nemo. Because over the weekend, Mickey Calloway announced that Brandon Nimmo will be an everyday player even after Yonah Cesspit his returns.

And there are rumblings they could potentially demote Michael Conforto. Right. Yeah. So, I mean, Nemo looks like, as he should be. I mean, he's been their best outfielder this year, great on-based guy who's added some power. this year. He looks like he's here to stay, and he's obviously been protective for fantasy purposes. Would you rather have Brandon Nimmo or Jorge Soler? I would rather have Nimmo. I think I'll still say Soler, but it's really, really close. Okay. Would you rather have

Brandon Nimmo or David Peralta? Nimo. Nemo. Are we a Nimmo ahead of Austin Meadows now? Yeah, I mean, yeah, the playing time seems more assured that. And I'm assuming we'd rather have Nimmo than Jack Peterson. Yep. That beautiful. So I'm going to go ahead and make that ad drop right now. Thank you very much. Adding Nimmo, dropping Jack Peterson.

Yeah, so Conforto was my big drop. And for me, it was a lot of bullpen stuff. And there might be some more bullpen stuff to get to. Let's take a look at the most added list. And who the people are adding? They are adding a two-star Stephen Wright. A two-star Stephen Wright. A comedian that I thought was funny back in the day,

but I think now I know he's not that funny. Wow. Yeah, I don't think his stuff translates anymore. But he's at Baltimore and at Seattle. Baltimore is so bad against Ritey's. Remember I said, I asked you, should you stream Marco Estrada over the weekend? And you and Scott and Christian were like, no, you stupid moron. And I was like, they're really bad against Ritees.

And Estrada, I didn't stream him. Don't worry. Estrada was great. So Stephen Wright, that's his matchup tonight at Ball. Baltimore. He's the most added player. Others on the most added list. Clay Buckholz. So, yeah, we've been sort of throwing up the cautionary flag there for Buckholts, but he's got Pittsburgh and the Mets at home this week.

Those are not bad matchups. Who would you rather stream? Stephen Wright or Clay Buckholtz? Right. I didn't have either on the right side of the threshold and the two-star pitcher rankings this week, though. It's just going on too little information, I feel like. I really didn't. I understand they were added a lot, but what are their ownership up to? So Stephen Wright is 53% owned and Clay Buckholz is 73% owned.

I did not take Scott for a slots player. What do you mean? Stephen Wright. At this stage especially, Stephen Wright is a random number generator. He could give you two starts, where he goes seven plus and allows two runs over the entire week. He might give up eight runs in the first night. Why do you feel like he's, that has that much downside?

I think that most, well, his career, most. I mean, he was an all-star two years ago. Yeah, and then he had two months of giving up five-plus runs a start. And that was the only time he's ever been kind of good. I don't think with that pitch in particular, unless you are really at the very top of your game, you know what you have each and every day. It did see, I do feel like there were some weather issues

and some like grip issues. There were. Yeah, it was weird. When things went wrong two years ago, which, I mean, doesn't necessarily. Or for his entire career except for two months. Well, three months. I mean, he was hurt a lot of last year.

I don't think it's fair to assess him on that. His long relief appearances before he, his start, whatever. I agree it's too little to go on. I said he was below the threshold. I don't know why you're putting me on the defensive here. I don't know why you're on the defensive. Well, I'm going to go on offense.

Sam Gavillo is third on the most added list. Gavillo is 33% owned, and Stroman is starting to throw, but Gavillo is at Tampa Bay and home against Washington this week. He's been pretty good. So how would he rank with Buck Holtson-Right? He would rank below them both. I, yeah, I might, to be clear, I would, anybody I say something positive about in this section, I probably don't, like, I'd rather start Yarbrough than any of these guys. Yeah.

But I think I'd start, I think I'd start Valyo over, over Buckholton Wright. This is really a week for me. I'm totally fine having nothing but one-star pitchers. We talked about it on Friday. It's not a great week for two-star streamers. And Scott also mentioned that, I think that, what, five teams have five games this week? Yep. So, yeah, not a lot of two-star pitchers.

Yeah, there are only 34 two-star pitchers if you count the two rays who won't technically be making two starts, which is, I mean, it's worth mentioning because they can't get a quality start, obviously, in leagues where that matters. Right. But, but, yeah, I, like, most, and I think most fantasy owners, if you have a good enough team that you're still paying attention at this point, you probably have five pitchers who you feel comfortable starting in a one-start week if it comes to that. You don't need to bend over backwards to add these guys who are going to give you heart palpitations. Hector Rondo and Max Muncie, Chuck Peterson, Blake Parker, Frankie Montas. They are next on the most added list. I'm just going to give you a few more names and you tell me who you'd be most interested in adding. Derek Dietrich, Brian Anderson, Jurexon, Profar, Jake Bowers.

Derek Dietrich, Brian Anderson, Jurex and Profar, Jake Bowers. They're all deeper league guys. I actually have Anderson and Dietrich in the top 10 sleeper hitters this week. They both are one of the few teams with seven games, and they have good matchups. So they're usable, but I see them both as streamer options. They're not guys you're going to want to keep around all season. I'll say Bowers, and if Chris was here, he'd make fun of me because it's mostly just because he hasn't failed as much as these other guys have in other ways. I did add him in a 15-team Roto League.

It's just a speculative hope. I don't want to start any of these guys. All righty. Let's move on and talk about some prospects. We got some news to get to. We got a lot of pitchers on the DL. It was a really, really busy weekend. We got some by-low and sell high to get to.

Double-dunk quick. Paul Goldschman hit four home runs. We haven't even mentioned Paul Goldschmidt, guys. He hit four home runs. They were at Corse Field. Do you? Yeah, it's like, the good news is he hit four home runs. The bad news is they were at Corseman.

What does it mean to you? Well, here's the thing. Like, it wasn't just... He got hot before going to Coorsfield. He got hot at San Francisco, which is obviously, could it be further away from what Coors Field is

in terms of hitter-friendliness? It is five straight multi-hit games. He's 15 for 22 during that stretch, but the four home runs you mentioned, also six doubles and two triples, and a triple in a five-game span. And suddenly his season-long OPS is up to 873.

So I wish, like, I'd feel a little better about it if the four home runs didn't come at Coorsfield, but I think there's enough here. And there was enough even before this happened to believe he was going to bounce back. I think it's happening. All right, Paul Goldschmidt, good job. And I just want to say a controversial statement that we may or may not get to today. But I'm just going to throw it out there for fun. You know who sucks?

Who sucks? Who sucks? Who sucks? Chris Bryant sucks. Oh, yeah. He doesn't suck, but he is a fantasy disappointment with eight home runs. It is ridiculous. I think it's 22 games in a row without a home run for lead-off hitter Chris Brian,

although he was back batting third on Sunday. Looking forward to talking to that. He still has a higher OPS than Paul Gultchman. Yeah, well, if you draft, if they were your first two picks, you have a bad team. Oh, for sure. Yeah, you're done. No, I mean, I have, I'm in a league where Correa and Bryant were my first two picks, and I am not doing so hot in that.

So, yeah, I mean, it's fair to say he's been a fantasy disappointment. After a year where he already disappointed in home runs. Right. Like, he's a good player in real life. I mean, I think he was what, fourth in NLMPP voting last year? He's a great player. He's a great defender. But it seems like he's sacrificed power for other things in a way that hurts his fantasy value.

Yeah, start striking out a little bit. more. If you have to, Chris Bryant, just hit the ball out of the park. All right, some more bullpen notes real quick here. Jared Hughes got a two-inning save for the Cincinnati Reds. Iglesias struggled on Friday. I don't think there's nothing there, right? I don't think so. Chas Rowe got a save for the raise, but we cannot sit here and say they're closer, right?

Although he has had eight consecutive scoreless appearances. I believe that's now four different pitchers that have gotten a save for the raise. And no one has gotten to. I know Terry Frank. That's great, by the way. Terry Francona did not want to go to Cody Allen on Saturday, but he had to in extra innings, and Alan got roughed up. They're not making a change there.

Hunter Strickland got a save on Sunday. Mark Balanson pitched the sixth, so Strickland's still a closer. Tommy Hunter got a save. He got a one-out save for the Phillies. Luis Garcia got two outs to start the 9th. I also gave up two hits. So the only thing I can say is that it does not appear that it's Sir Anthony Dominguez as the closer.

Like, you like to use him for multiple innings. They're using him as their best pitcher. Yeah. So I think if, like, the meat of the order was coming up in the eighth, they may have brought him in the eighth and then pitched the ninth as well. But in this case, he went seventh and eighth. I think he, didn't he get their last two saves prior to yesterday? Oh, I didn't think so.

In a way that he's talking about, like pitching two innings. Oh, okay, okay. Maybe. He'll get some saves, but he's not going, but Dominguez, is not going to be used conventionally as a closer, it seems. They will not have a conventional closer. No. But I don't think Neres is either.

No. I think right now they're working with the true committee. And as stubborn as Kapler's been about other things, they may actually stick with it in a way. We haven't historically seen managers do. And Shane Green struggled on Friday, but got the save or pitched, you got the win, I think. I don't know, he pitched fine on Saturday.

but Joe Jimenez, I don't know if they trade Shane Green or something, maybe Joe Jimenez in deeper leagues of somebody to look at. All right, the big news. Masahiro Tanaka will miss several weeks with tightness in both hamstrings. He could return before the All-Star break. You know what? If you don't want to get rid of the DH, or if you don't want to institute,

if you do not want to institute the DH in the National League, I mean, personally, I think there should be one. Can we at least have the DH when AL teams play in NL Parks? Is that so hard? Yeah, I think that would not be okay Because the NL teams then would have one fewer hitter than the AL teams Let him call someone up I don't care, but these hitters, these pitchers are going to get hurt

They keep, uh, it's stupid He got hurt. Everybody should have the D.Hs the better way to play baseball. I don't know that's the better way to play baseball, but I think it's eventually going to happen. I hope. Shohei Otani is out at least three weeks with a sprained ligament in his elbow And he could need Tommy John surgery.

We're going to have to keep an eye on it. And I think the three, like, don't expect that he's coming back in three weeks. Right. Everything I've read is it sounds like they're going to check in in three weeks. I don't imagine we see him sooner than six. So you buy into Jhab and he has these terrible starts or one terrible start. You say Otani is a buy low. You just stop, please.

I'm trying to think of who, like, which Yankee? No, don't. That's not funny. It's not funny. Stephen Strasbourg's on the DL with shoulder inflammation. There's no structural damage. I had a feeling I'd be saying those words at some point this year. J. Rees Familia's on the DL.

Anthony Swarza got a save last night, but Familia could be back pretty soon. Maybe even this week. Yeah. All right, prospect stuff. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. We need to get into the Otani thing anymore because this is a really... I mean, he's not just going to miss three weeks, right? Definitely not

Oh I would Like if I had to Wager All the money that I own And I had to pick one number For how many more starts does he make It would be zero Yeah

Do they use it being a hitter That's I mean that's something I thought of I don't think they do Because if he make zero starts You're probably talking Tommy John surgery It's happened Which means you're not seeing him next year either Oh well you

You could see him as a hitter And you could see him as a hitter And you could see him as a pitcher later in the year. But, yeah, I mean, that's the thing. Obviously, the fact that he's a two-way player adds new wrinkles to this, because he doesn't necessarily have to be healthy enough to pitch to be healthy enough to play. And if he's hitting, presumably it'll be closer to full-time.

And maybe he becomes fantasy relevant in that way. Obviously, you have to hold on to him until there's more word here, but it's very bad news. Yeah, last year, Glaver Torres had Tommy John surgery. Similar time of year, it was mid-June when he got hurt, and he was obviously ready by spring training. So it seems like hitters only need about six to eight months

to come back from that when pitchers are more like 12 to 18 months. And he's not having the surgery right now. He's waiting three weeks to get checked. It's going to be July the earliest when he has it. I... And... No, it stinks. It stinks, man.

I mean, it's a good thing that he's on a bargain contract, but he had the elbow injury. Well, it's not a good thing for him. No, it's a good thing for the Angels, you're right? It's not a good thing for him. It sucks.

Has he done much as a hitter since the beginning of the year? I feel like he really hasn't. He's been fine, I guess. Yeah, he's been... I don't recall the time when he's been struggling. No, because he hits so infrequently,

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I think they're going to reevaluate him in four weeks. So do we need to stash him or can we drop Vladimir Guerrero, Jr.? I mean, you could probably drop them particularly if you're talking about a head-to-head lineup where you're going to have trouble fitting him in anyway. I had my initial thought was, okay, Aloi Jimenez becomes the top prospect to stash now. But, I mean, are we going to see him in a month? I would still bet against that, and I still think Vladimir Guerrero is the better prospect. So I don't know. I still think Guerrero is probably at the top of that list.

But he doesn't need to be 80% owned anymore. The Pirates sent Nick Kingdom to AAA as Yvonne Novas off to DL. The Mets released Adrian Gonzalez and called up Dominic Smith. Willie Adamas is expected to be recalled very soon, according to the Tampa Bay Times. Willie Adamas, hope you stashed him. And then much lesser prospect, but a guy who's playing first base for the Angels, Jose Miguel Fernandez, guys. Heath, any interest in Jose Miguel Fernandez?

I don't believe so. Okay. Start or sit for this week, based on some injury news. Are we starting Noah Cinderguard? We are not. We're not. No, too risky. Yeah, I think we made the line.

Sorry, I was just looking up Jose Miguel Fernandez. No problem. He's off to a good start. I think it's like 4'10. And he had great numbers at AAA, 30-year-old Cuban defectors. So, like, he had more of the walks and strikeouts at AAA, 10 homers and 203 of bats. I'm not totally disinterested, but it's obviously, it's more of a scouting team situation than that. Let's rush and pick a month.

All right, that's Jose Miguel Fernandez. Walker Bueller has bruised ribs, no timetable for his return, so don't start him. Rich Hill could be back this weekend, but heaven help you if you start Rich Hill. Chris Archer's going to pitch a simulated game on Tuesday, and then he could return after that, but I don't think that means he could even start. I mean, I guess Sunday's the possibilities, but no, we're not starting Chris Archer. Zach Britton is expected to return today, so you could use him. The Orioles will probably win 20 games the rest of season.

Are we starting Mike Soroka against the Mets this week? Not starting him, but I noticed he was available in a lot of my leagues this weekend, and I made a point to correct that. Mike Soroka. Carlos Correa and Justin Turner are both expected to return on Tuesday. I have them both in the same league. Should I start them? Corea Turner.

Start them both? All right. Yep. I think so. I will do it. Thank you, Heath. Yep. And Scott.

Kenta Maida could be back on Wednesday. Start or sit, Maeda. No. I'd rather sit him. Give him a chance to prove his health. Eric Thames could be back today. Start or sit Thames. Sid, I don't know how that playing time situation is going to shake out with Jose or Jesus Aguilar, obviously, crushing the ball.

Starter said Adrian Beltray. Scott, I think you talked about him in a video I saw. He might not play a lot this week. Yeah, because three of their five games are in the NL, and he's been playing a lot of DH since coming off the DL. So I'm not saying he won't play third base in any of those games, but I would be shocked if he played it in all three. Ned Yose said that's Adrian Beltray, by the way.

Ned Yose said Jorge Salere will probably start on Tuesday, so you could start him if you want. Other news and notes, all right, if you really want to be speculative, although in a league that deep, I'm sure Delon Patensis is probably owned. But a role as Chapman has been dealing with knee tendonitis for several weeks. So I'm not projecting he goes on the DL. He's pitching great, but Chapman's got any issue. Carlos Martinez has been holding back so he doesn't re-injure his lat.

How about that? He's throwing a little bit softer than he was before he went on the DL. He's pitch. Y'all playing scared Carlos Martinez. Yeah, I mean, if that's the way he feels, they probably just need to put him back on the DL. Well, do you feel comfortable starting Carlos Martinez? Martinez has the Cubs this week. I'm not comfortable.

No. Okay. Obviously, have major control issues, too. Yeah. Yohanna Cespitus had a quad issue during his rehab assignment, so there's no timetable for him. As Drewbaugh-Cabrera left with hamstring tightness. Not sure of the severity there. That was last night.

Elvis Andrews on track to return on June 18th, right before my birthday. Brandon Morrow is rested on Friday and Saturday. Saturday, but he's fine. You can start Brandon Morrow. And U. Darvish may not be back before the All-Star break. Joe Madden said, I don't know if Darvish will return before the break. I'm going to give you three pitchers. They were bad this weekend. They've been bad most of the year. Or much of the year? Are they by-low candidates? So by low or heck no. Zach Godley, Heath.

Zach Godley threw five and two-thirds and gave up two runs at Coarse Field and struck out eight. I know. It's as good as he's been in like three weeks. I know, but his previous start, he gave him seven runs and three and a three. Okay, so he was not all guys that were bad this weekend. This week, he was bad earlier in the week. Okay. Yeah, I would still be buying low on Zach Godley.

It would have probably been better to do it before this most recent start. But, yes. I mean, he's not back in the circle of trust. But, like, 19 swinging strikes is the most since the second start of the season, and 10 came on the curveball, which is his make-or-break pitch. and you wouldn't expect that the course field. Yeah. So definitely encouraging.

I'm going to start him against the Mets. I mean, they really cannot score. He's got the Mets this week. The Mets right now, one of the best matchups in baseball. Luis Castillo, 82% owned Bilo or heck no on Castillo. Bilo. Bilo. Elite swinging miss pitcher.

In fact, I think he's in the top five in baseball references measurement of swinging strikes behind. you know, the super elite guys like DeGrom and Sale. Okay. He's been, he's still has tons of upset. Dallas Keikl. I've been watching him the last two or three times out. This guy's just, he's bringing a knife to a gunfight right now. I don't know what the hell is going on.

Looks terrible. And he gave up a lot of singles yesterday. But he gave up 13 hits. Buy Lower Hekano on Dallas Keikle. Really weird pitcher that doesn't strike anybody yet. having bad badded ball luck. Bilo. Yeah, I'm concerned about him

because the swinging strike rate is among the worst of his career and the ground ball rate is also among the worst of his career. But it's still a by-low. He's outside the circle of trust, but he's by-low. So rank Godly, Castillo, and Keikl. In points of roto.

Half PPR. Kayakle, Castillo, Godlo. Yeah, I might go Kikele Godley Castillo. All righty. So hi. Or no thanks guy? John Lester. So hi.

Technically, I don't have a problem holding on to him. Okay, I mean, he keeps proving us wrong, but the peripherals are not good. But he's got a 22ERA. The peripherals are not great. Jake Arenda, did we miss our chance to sell high on Jake Arelletta? I don't think we missed our chance, but yeah, these last two, they appear to be some amount of correction going on. But, I mean, he still has a 297 ERA.

He's still Jake Garietta. He looks a lot like right-handed John Lester. I think his peripherals are worse than Lesters. I mean, the strikeout rate is much worse. His swing strikes are worse. Like, his fifth, X-fif, Sierra, all those things are better. Well, it's interesting because Arietta has thrown seven and a third fewer innings than John Lester, and he has 18 fewer strikeouts. So he's really not striking.

Yeah, they came for nine among the worst among qualifying pitchers, as is the swinging strike rate. John Lesters are down by his standards, but they're not in a different stratosphere like Arieta. And Lester has 35 strikeouts and 38 in two-thirds over his last six starts, during which he's got a 163 ERA. Would you rather have any of the three that I mentioned before, Godly, Castillo, and Keikle ahead of John Lester? No. No. I mean, I think Castillo and Godley have been – I think all three have more upside than Lester.

If things – like, if Godly's – if this was Godly turning on a dime and these other two, Castillo and Kikl have a similar moment. Like, they could surge ahead of Lester very quickly. But as things stand right now, Lester's the one I want the most. Yeah, I'm going to say I want all three. I wouldn't trade Lester straight up for any of those three pitchers because you don't have to. But if I had Lester, I would happily trade him for one of those guys and just a little bit extra. I'm going to run through some quick notes here.

Cody Bollinger stole two bases and Homer on Friday. So he continues to hit well. And he's got four steals now. And that's an underrated thing for Bollinger. last year. He's got four, so he's, you know, at least he'll help you a little bit in steals or Bellinger. There are two hitters who are owned in less than 20% of leagues, and I think that, well, one of them is getting the playing time right now, and one of them, I think, has a chance for more playing time. Alan Hanson is just better than Joe Panic, in my opinion. He's 17%

owned, and Jesse Winker is 18% owned. He's starting to come alive a little bit. Winker is batting 355-5-5-6 strikeouts and a double in Joe. So look, I mean, it's deep league stuff, I'm assuming. They're both, like I said, 17, 18 percent owned. But Alan Hanson, Jesse Winker, am I right to be a little excited about them? I'm not. I'm not really that excited about either because I can't imagine the Giants just benching panic. He's been good enough to keep starting, and he's obviously a big part of their nucleus there.

And, I mean, we're basing a lot on, what, 60, 70 at bats from Hansen? Well, I'm really basing it. on Joe Panic. I mean, he's just not a good hitter. I mean, he gets on base. He makes a lot of contact. And it doesn't get to other fields. Like, he's the kind of player

the Giants like. Well, they shouldn't. I'm with you on Jesse Winker, Adam. I really think the Reds should just be playing Winker and Shebler every single day and figure out Adam Duvall and Billy Hamilton based on some algorithm.

but Winker has had some pretty bad badded ball look from what I can tell. He's hitting the crap out of the ball. It's incredible that he only has three home runs, but that power has started to show up lately. Walking a ton, not striking out at all, hard contact, young. I like him. Okay. So Delano de Shields is bat batting second lately.

Michael Franco has sat four games in a row for J.P. Crawford, and he's been bad. So I'm about to drop Michael Franco in a pretty deep league. Max Stasse, he started Saturday and Sunday. Brian McCann came off the D.L. We'll see how that plays out. But McCann came off to D.L. started Friday. Then Stassie started Saturday at Sunday. John Peterson sat against a lefty.

And Adam Eaton started and let off and scored twice on Saturday with Michael Taylor sitting. And then Eden did get replaced late in the game for Brian Goodwin, and then Eaton sat on Sunday. Which wasn't a huge surprise. as they ease him back. Well, 48 minutes into the show, and about half the show is still remaining in terms of notes. Obviously, we're not going to get to everything. I'll save some stuff for tomorrow, which is not a problem.

So let's talk about more fringy starting pitchers, guys to add. Part 1, 65 to 79% owned. Vince Velasquez was terrible. Tenor and runs in three and two thirds against Millwood. Walkie. Michael Fulmer was great. He is a yo-yo, Michael Fulmer. Kevin Gosman was good at Toronto. Now, I recall saying, oh, he gave up nine hits. He's giving up a lot of hits this year, by the way, Gosman. He has a 140 whip. I remember looking at his schedule and being like, oh, boy, he's about to get the Yankees, and then the Blue Jays, then the Red Sox. Well, he's not getting

the Red Sox. He's getting the Marlins this week. So don't drop Gosman just yet. He gets the Marlins this week. Felix Hernandez was bad. Caleb Smith was pretty good, although they never really let him go six innings, or certainly not more. So Velasquez, Fulmer, Gossman, Felix Hernandez, Caleb Smith, top three, Scott. My top three are Vince Velasquez, Caleb Smith, and Kevin Gossman. Are any of them must own, in your opinion? They all need to be more owned than they are. The highest owned of those three is Velasquez at 78%.

they should be over 80. All right, Velasquez, Gosman, and Caleb Smith. Heath, let's look at part two of fringes starting pitchers. 50 to 64% owned. Do you see anyone here that needs to be owned in a lot of leagues other than Carlos Rodon? I'll remove him because he's the winner. Yeah, there were two of these guys I put in the waiver wire.

Danny Duffy, I've been a little skeptical when he had two good starts in a row because he was not getting any strikeouts or swinging strikes. 18 swinging strikes in this start, struck out 10 athletics. He's giving you innings. I would still rather have Rodon, especially in a Roto League, but Duffy should be higher than 62% owned. I would rather have Duffy than a few of the guys on the list you just mentioned,

definitely over Felix and Fulmer. And Duffy, you know, I don't think you want to start him this week against Houston. So that's the only issue there, but, you know, maybe he'll pay off down the road. All right, so it was Fernando Romero, Danny Duffy, and Rinaldoz. Would you rather have Duffy or Fernando Rameau? I'd rather have Romero. They're right in the same range. I'd probably rather have Romero.

All right, Fringie starting pitchers, part three. You've got a big group here. I'll give part one to Scott, part two to Heath. These guys are 30 to 49% own. We got Stephen Mats, Kyle Gibson, another good start for him. Frankie Montas, Yolice Chasin, Yolice Chasin, Lance, Gippson, and Lance Gibson, Montas, Chasine, Nova, Lynn. Top three.

Who do I want the most? I want Kyle Gibson, followed by Lance Lynn, followed by Frankie Montas. I did add Lance Lynn, and then I dropped him for Hector Rendon. Just a need thing. But, all right. Yeah, I mean, I'm surprised. He's a quality start machine when he's going right, and that's, he seems to be back on track now. Like, I'm not saying he's must start, but he's,

he's good enough at a frustrating position. I feel like he's reliable enough to own. One more thing about Lynn, he's got 21 strikeouts in his last 24 and 2 thirds. All four of those starts in his last four starts, 21 strikeouts and 24 and two thirds. All four of them are against teams that are in the top 11 in fewest strikeouts per game. In other words, they don't strike out.

Three of those four games were against teams that are in the top five in fewest strikeouts per game. So three of the four best teams, team's strikeout rate. So you look at the low strikeout totals lately, matchups had something to do with that. Heath, Part 2 of Fringy Starting Pitchers, Part 3. So this is Fringy starting pitchers part 3.2.

Chad Kool, Clayton, Richard, Domingo Arma, Marco Estrada, Jose Arania. Chad Kool, Clayton Richard, Hermann, Estrada, Arania. For the most part, this group kind of falls into who are they pitching this week? Hermon is the one that I would probably be most interested in having in my roster. He's got a pretty good matchup against the raise this week. He's SPARP eligible. He's just 32% owned. That seems a little bit low.

I don't think it's a terrible idea to stream Jose Urania at Baltimore this week. And in deep leagues, owning less than 30% of leagues, we have some more RP eligible players like Mike Montgomery and Brad Keller and Seth Lugo. We also have Zach Eflin, Mike Micell. Miner who's RP eligible, Dylan Covey, Deislafani, Mike Fires, Annabal Sanchez, Andrew Suarez, Chris Bassett. Suarez has a homecoming game against the Marlins this week, so keep an eye on that if you want a sneaky, sneaky play. I don't necessarily believe. Yes, you know what? I think Andrew Swares is going to pitch well with the Marlins this week.

But anyway, he's not the guy I'd want on this list. I'm not going to read the list again. Tell the owners that are desperate for a pitcher who they could look for in Super Deep Leagues. Miners way too underowned at 23% because of the SPARP eligibility. A home game against Colorado is not a bad place to use him. I was impressed with Seth Lugo, and he has taken some of the things that he was doing in the bullpen, having success in the starting rotation. I don't know how long he stays there, but at Arizona this week, not a bad option.

I don't know. I put that in the notes. I don't know that he's going to make that start. And that's actually, like Lugo would, I would have added him as a SPARP for sure. but Cinderguard could be back this week and Lugo could go back to the bullpen. But he has actually looked very good and his curb ball looked really good last night. So it's risky. He has a good curveball.

But, yeah, I mean, as soon as Cindergarde comes back, right? And we don't know exactly what the timetable is there. I mean, they could move Jason Vargas to the bullpen, I guess. I don't think they would. I don't think so either. Cindergarde could pitch this week. That's their hope. But, you know, that's the caution flag to throw up with Seth Lugo.

I don't love the matchup this week, but again, if we're talking the SPARP angle again, especially if it sounds like Darvish isn't on the verge of returning, I think Mike Montgomery is pretty good. All matchups being equal, I think I'd prefer him to minor at this point. He's another guy I could put in, is he good, Mike Montgomery? Because he wasn't good last year as a SPARP, and he has 25 strikeouts in 43 innings this year. That's not good.

But you're desperate at this point. Yeah, I'm just talking about from a SPARP perspective, and obviously good supporting cast. I think he's definitely usable in that role. Yeah, I mean, like, you know, we're talking deep leagues, so. All right, let's read some emails. If we have time, we'll take a look at today's matchups. But Nick says, hey, real quick, top two out of this group. Ian Desmond, Kevin Pilar, Leonis Marteen, Josh Harrison, Eric Thames.

Pilar, Martine, Harrison, Thames. Pick two. I mean, I guess Thames is the most ownable, but I don't want to start them right now. Harrison and Desmond. I was going to go, Martine and Pilar. It sounds like you're going to have to go with your gut, Nick. I was going to say, Martin and Thames.

Like, how, I mean, come on, these guys, Thames is so much better, so much more onable. Yeah, if there's playing time. I think there's almost no chance he plays against lefties now, at least for the short term. Yeah, that's true. All right, from Antoine, two-part question. Are Justin Turner, it's really a one-part question.

Are Justin Turner or Corey Canable dropable? And would you drop them for Muncie, Carlos Gonzalez, Brandon Crawford, Blake Parker, or Stephen Wright? No. Yeah, if that's who you have to choose from, then I would say they're not dropable. So you don't think that you would drop Canabel for Blake Parker? No. I would not.

Okay. John from Boston. Should I drop Ian Hap for Scott Kingery? No. Kingery is going to play more. Neither has played well. I don't think you're missing out on much either way. So I would probably make the move just for playing time, but it doesn't hurt my feelings if you don't. From Zach, dear Alex, Brendan, and Dansby.

Those are short stops. Were they like number one picks or something? I don't know. First round picks and Dansby... Wait, which Alex are we talking about? Bregman? Yeah, Dansby went one in that draft. Bregman went two.

I don't know what Brendan this is. Brandon Rogers, I would assume. That's not his name, though. Oh, it's not? It's Brandon Rogers. No, it is Brendan. Yeah, it's Brenda. Okay, you're probably right.

Okay. Moving on. 12-team Roto League. My fifth outfield the utility spot has been terrible. Please pick two rest of season. Jay Bruce, Michael Conforto, Beltray, Matt Chapman,

Greg Bird, Tayasca Hernandez. I would pick Bruce and... Bird. Bruce and Bird. Bruce and Bird. Yeah.

Yeah, I was going to say Beltray and Tayeolson. I think we need to talk more about to Oscar Hernandez on tomorrow's show. It's been pretty solid. And Jay in Brooklyn says, Dear Raleigh, Goose, and Eck. A's closers? Moustached closers. Yeah, and A's closers.

Right? Did they all have mustaches? Did Goose pitch for the A's? I'm not sure he did. I'll look it up. Here's the question. They're all Hall of Fame relievers. They are.

Chris Taylor. who's shortstop eligible in Jay's League, Brandon Crawford, Jung Ho Gong. How would you rank them? I would rank them. What, Taylor, I'm sorry,

what were the thing is again? Taylor shortstop eligible. Taylor Crawford, Gong. Okay, that's how I'd rank them. Taylor, Crawford, Gong. I will say the same ranking, but if Gong actually returns, I'm going to be pretty excited about it.

I've added him speculative being a couple leagues. And by the way, Gossage did pitch for the A's, but it was very late in his career, 1992, and 1993 at age 40 and 41. I'll see if there's any questionable matchups today on this Monday. Stephen Wright at Dylan Bundy. I would start just neither of them. I don't think I'd start Bundy against the run. I think I'd start Bundy. Yeah, without bets, it does help.

Gavillo. All right, you talk me into it. Yeah, you talk about it. Yeah, you talked me to do it. I think he gave up four runs at Fenway last time. Gavillo at Ryan Yarbrough. I don't really want to start either. I'm starting Yarbrough.

Like, when you're factoring into two starts for Yarbrough, he's startable, but when you're taking it one at a time, I'd rather not. Mattis the Bob, Garnet, yes, way, and Chen, no. Jose Cantani, yes. How about Junior Gera against the Cubs? No. Nope. Carlos Carrasco, yes, Lucas Gialito, no.

So Jordan Liles at Jack Flaherty. I would start Flaherty, and I don't think I'd start Liles. I don't think I would either. Joe Musgrove at Patrick Corbin. Start him. Yeah, let's start both. Andrew Hini at Wade LeBlanc. Fine with Hini.

Let's start, Wihini. But not LaBlan. No. Just he. Short slate tonight. We'll talk about it on the Sportsline DFS podcast. Thanks for listening, everybody. Thank you.