Fantasy Baseball Today - 07/27: Best Playoff Schedules; Judge Replacements; Week 19 Help (Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Episode Date: July 27, 2018Aaron Judge could miss a month, so who should Fantasy owners turn to for help (2:20)? And who are our favorite free agent two-start pitchers for Fantasy Week 19 (8:40)? ... Talking J.A. Happ (10:20), ...Cole Hamels (13:00) and new closers who may emerge due to MLB trades. Then it's on to Thursday's standouts including Dereck Rodriguez (17:00), Kyle Gibson (18:45), an infielder who may be turning things around (20:40) and more ... The latest on top prospects (27:00), comparing Juan Soto vs. Bryce Harper (29:35) and an in-depth look at which players and teams have favorable schedules in your Fantasy playoffs (34:25). Also, which SPs could be shut down due to innings limits? Plus a deeper look at two-start pitchers (52:00), Grade the Trade (55:31) and today's matchups (58:20) ... Your emails at fantasybaseball@cbsi.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
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Domingo could miss a month.
What a bad way to start Kokomo Friday,
but we do have some juicy trades to talk about,
some excellent starting pitching performances.
Why is Kyle Gibson only 69% own?
Welcome to the show.
This is fantasy baseball today.
And fellas, I'm excited to talk about something that we never really talk about.
Upcoming schedules and who has good playoff schedules.
Are you excited?
I thought you meant Greg Bird.
No, I'm not in.
No.
Are you excited to talk about?
playoff schedules. Yes, I love it. Absolutely.
It's the time. Are we all going to
be in the playoffs in a lot of our leagues?
Well,
I mean, you know I only ask that because my answer
is yes. Yeah, I think so. I'm in the editorial
playoffs. I think I'm going to make it
in the dynasty playoffs that we're in.
My home league.
Kreeh is going to make it, right?
Kreeh is probably going to make it. We've
sputtered a little bit. So
yeah. Yeah. It's
Scam is not going to make it, but I think I'm in three other head-to-head leagues,
and I have a good chance to make the playoffs in all three.
You're leading our division in the podcast list.
Yeah, well, we have the worst division ever, so any of us could win with our crappy teams.
But, yeah, we have a chance.
The podcast league this year has been like just a lot of seven and seven, eight, eight and seven.
It's been a lot of 500-ish teams, so it's a free-for-all.
Can I make a confession?
Because I often talk about my teams that are doing really.
really well.
And I just glossed over the teams that aren't because that's me.
I've never made the playoffs in our podcast listeners league.
And I think I've only missed it once.
So that's usually a good league for me.
This is one of my worst teams, but I can blame Chris Bryant.
You weren't here.
What do you mean?
For last week.
When?
Chris Towers did not set a lineup in the podcast listeners.
Oh, yeah, that's pathetic.
All right, let's move on.
Let's move on.
We've got to do better than that.
Arrid Judge.
So originally I read, I think everybody read out three weeks with a chip fracture in his right wrist.
But just reading the New York Post this morning, they say he'll likely miss at least a month.
He won't be able to do baseball swinging or swinging in a game or something for three weeks.
Yeah, that was the report was he was going to be reevaluated in three weeks.
You never see reevaluated in three weeks and then you go to the doctor.
And it's like, all right, you're playing in baseball games today.
It's always going to be a ramp up period.
Okay, well, Yankees will be without Sanchez and Judge for the next month,
which could influence how we think about them as a matchup.
But what do the Aaron Judge owners do right now?
They need outfielders.
They can't have Jesse Winker.
He's out for the year, by the way, with shoulder surgery.
So what do we do?
I have two for you that I just wrote about in Waverwire.
One of them is a guy I've had a hard time coming back around on
because I was so excited about him as a sleeper at the beginning.
of the year, and he was miserable until June.
That's Cole Calhoun, and he's on fire in Fuego.
I believe he has a 965 OPS since he came back from the disabled list,
10 home runs and 7 doubles.
He's just crushing the ball.
He's leading off against right-handed pitchers and playing against lefties
because he's a better option against lefties and Joey Otani is.
Well, unfortunately, he's batting 1-13 this year against lefties,
but I'm not sure it matters with how good he's been Cole Calhoun against Rite.
He's the last 28 days.
Cole Calhoun is the number 13 outfielder in points, number 8 in Roto.
He's batting 266 with eight home runs and one steal, which I believe he got yesterday.
We actually got an email from Brian who said, can you talk about Cole Calhoun?
He changed his batting stance, and that is true.
He did change his batting stance.
Mike Socher's very excited about it.
The results have been good.
So that is one guy that Heath says go out and get if you are the Aaron Judge
owner, and you might be able to do a little better than that.
because he's only 32% own.
I'm sure there are some like 70, 80% owned outfielers that we'd like better,
but that's for shallower leagues.
Right.
And then in deeper leagues, he's also on your double-dong list.
Nick Williams has been very good for about a month and a half now.
And if you look at his career, he's played about 170 games in the major leagues.
He has an OPS over 800.
He's got acceptable plate discipline, not good, but acceptable.
He's got acceptable bat at ball data.
I think in a five outfielder league, you could do a lot worse than Nick Williams.
And he's having a very un-Nick Williams stretch here in July.
Hitting 333 with a 357 bad.
But that happens.
But he's only struck out 14 times in 85 plate appearances.
And he's walked nine times.
The previous three months of the season, he had never walked more than five times in a month.
So he's playing really well right now.
I don't know if he can sustain it.
This is a guy who has never really had great plate discipline.
especially when it comes to drawing walks.
But he's playing right now.
He played 177 games in the majors.
He has an 806 OPS, 26 home runs.
Yes, he did just say that.
I said those exact words.
You got to keep an eye on.
He played 177 games the other eight o's.
I was looking at other things, Heath.
You got to keep an eye out Eloy Jimenez.
He might get called up soon.
Stephen Piscotti, 67%-0.
Would you rather have Steven's Piscotti than Cole Cahoon?
Or is that pretty close, I bet?
Yeah, I think I'd rather have Calhoun.
I think I'd rather have Piscotti.
I mean, Calhoun is hitting higher in the lineup,
but I think Piscotti's just a better hitter.
And this doesn't necessarily have to be an Aaron Judge replacement segment here.
We can just talk about these outfielders that are relevant.
You've got Avi Garcia who hit another home run,
and his plate discipline is beyond terrible.
He never hit home runs like this.
I mean, last year he had a great batting average.
He had 18 home runs.
he's on a crazy home run pace right now, so I don't get it with Garcia.
But now let's compare Avi Garcia to Piscati and Cole Calhoun.
I would take Calhoun over Avi So Garcia, and that might be to my detriment because I didn't believe in Avi Sal Garcia last year, and I still don't believe in him this year.
Yeah, I mean, I believe in certain things about Avicada Garcia.
I do believe he exists and plays for the White Sox, and I think he's a slightly above average hitter.
But, like, last year, we all know, wasn't real.
So, and he doesn't walk at all.
I would rather have Cole Calhoun.
Okay.
There's also Jake Bowers, 57% owned.
Well, obviously, Jake Bowers over everything.
He's a good one.
J-B-O-E.
Yeah, you should be able to find a serviceable outfielder.
Max Kepler's hitting pretty well lately.
He's 36% owned.
So those are some options for you.
Jesse Winkered off of the season, as I mentioned.
So that clears up their logjam.
Although, Scott Shebler's on the DL2.
So I forgot about that.
He's coming back.
He began his rehab assignment on Wednesday.
There was some thought that he may not need a rehab assignment,
but I would expect he'll be back by the beginning of next week.
I did see an update from CBS Sports from yesterday that he has started his rehab assignment,
but only as a designated hitter.
He's not throwing in the minors yet.
So that's weird.
Because I thought he was pretty close to being back.
Yeah, I mean, from what I understood, the expectation was that he was going to be back on Wednesday in the majors.
And so.
Yeah, Shevler has a shoulder injury and has not thrown yet.
And Chris Bryant on the deal with shoulder inflammation.
And Nick Williams, in his career, has an OPS over 800.
In 170 games.
It was 22 home runs.
By the way, that does happen a lot.
I mean, I do it.
I start looking things up.
I don't pay attention to specifically Heath, I'd say, because I always pay attention to what Chris says and writes.
And then, yeah, you know, you end up repeating things.
So I forgive you, Chris.
Favorite two-star pitcher for Fantasy Week 19, you know, a guy that might be available as a free agent.
Favorite two-start pitcher for Week 19.
We usually go 70% or below, right?
Or 75% or below?
I'll say 70.
Okay, so because there's two pretty good ones at 75% in Annabel Sanchez, who has the
Marlins and Mets and Shane Bieber, who has the twins and angels, although Shane Bieber coming off.
A couple of pretty bad outings.
It's not a great week.
I mean, Dan Strayley has been pitching well lately, but he's got the Braves and Phillies.
Yeah.
What about...
Go ahead.
Maybe Matthew Boyd?
No.
What about Tanner Roark?
Yeah.
Okay.
I had scrolled past him.
Yeah.
Roark's 68% on.
Yeah, and his ownership's only gone up, you know, a couple of points since that huge start.
So that's surprising.
Yeah, he's probably the top one under 70%.
But go ahead.
What is, well, and I struggle a little bit with the two-start thing, especially when it comes to the Dodgers.
And he's 86% owns it.
It doesn't matter.
Walker Bueller is a two-start pitcher next week, I think.
Right now he is scheduled to be a two-star pitcher, yeah.
Milwaukee and Houston.
Yeah, it's not a great week.
So Irvin Santana does get Cleveland at home, but he also gets the Royals at home.
So he's 62% owned.
And then, yeah, the two guys that Chris mentioned 75% owned, Annabal Sanchez, great matchups with the Mets and Marlins.
Shane Bieber at Minnesota, home against the Angels.
We'll talk more about two-star pitchers, but I don't know how much more we have to talk about them because it's just not a great week for two-star pitchers.
So let's talk about trades instead.
The Yankees acquired Jay Hap from Toronto for Brandon,
jury and outfielder Billy McKinney.
They like HAP's career numbers against Boston.
He's 7 and 4 with the 290-80-R-A.
He is currently the number 12.
Actually, as of yesterday, the number 28 starting pitcher in points leagues, J.Hap.
Value up down to the same for Hap.
I think it's mostly the same.
Yeah.
I don't, and I don't have, I'm not looking at the numbers right now,
but I don't know that there's a huge difference for a left-handed pitcher,
pitching at Yankee Stadium versus pitching at the Roger Center.
assuming that's what they still call it.
So I think it's pretty close to the same in terms of environment.
He's in the same division.
The Yankees will win more games in the Blue Jays, so maybe a slight boost, if anything.
Yeah, and he doesn't have to face the Yankees now.
He'll get to face the Blue Jays instead.
That's not a bad thing.
He's also been exceptional against the Red Sox over the last four seasons, I think,
for whatever that's worth.
Really?
You're joking, right?
No.
You're doing a thing.
Did you say that?
Adam said it.
He gave his stats against the Red Sox and cited it as one of the reasons the Yankees may have acquired him.
Wow.
It's the chair.
It's Coco Bois Friday.
We got new chairs in the office and it's just throwing me off entirely.
So what about Brandon Drury and Billy McKinney, but specifically Drury?
And the Yankees had some hopes for him, but I guess not that many hopes.
Will he play?
You know, I could see.
him being like a Jan Hervis Solarte type player.
What do you guys think about Drury?
I agree with that.
Unfortunately, they have a Jan Harvich Salarkey type player.
They do.
Is he going to play?
Do we know?
I don't.
That's what I'm not sure of.
He's healthy right now, right?
He is healthy.
Yeah, I just, I don't know if he has a spot.
He's a versatile guy.
Is he an AL only or a deep mixed league pickup, Brandon Jerry?
I think he could become mixed league viable.
there are some people who really, really like Brandon Jury.
I'm not sure I buy it, but he does have prospect pedigree.
And he is someone who, before this season,
there was a lot of talk about him changing his swing.
And he has an 850 OPS in AAA this season.
So, you know, really good plate discipline,
which has been not a strength of his.
So maybe he's developing into something more.
I just wonder if he's done some work to work on his plate discipline,
because in the minor leagues,
his plate of this one has looked a lot better
than it ever had before.
Okay, move out next train.
Have the Cubs officially acquired Cole Hamels yet?
I've still seen it reported as reports
and not officially.
I think it's been reported.
Yes.
Cole Habels has been so much better on the road.
He has a 293 road ERA, a 641 home ERA.
I don't own any quote.
Hamill's, but I think he's basically hands off right now the way he has been pitching.
137 whip, 472 ERA.
I mean, quite frankly, I probably wouldn't even want to own him.
But does this change things for Cole Hamels?
You must, in any NL-only league, go put a big bit on him.
Yeah.
So that's the first thing.
It was interesting because Scott tweeted out last night, and it's not just the ERA.
At home, he has a 151 whip, only eight strikeouts per nine innings, and two point.
home runs per nine innings. On the road, he's striking out almost 10 batters per nine innings.
Of course, the weird thing is he's got a 312 bad bit against it home, 277 on the road.
68% strand rate at home, 77% on the road.
I don't know how much of the split is the park and how much of it is just some weird things with he's had better luck on the road.
I mean, yeah, he's pitched better on the road.
He has, not enough to make up for a 6-4-1 to a 293.
Right, and he has a 418 FIPP.
So I don't want to make it sound like Cole Hamels has been good on the road.
He's been maybe more of a league average starter,
and I would guess that's what he'll be moving.
This is a slight boost because he gets to pitch to pitchers sometimes.
Cole Hamels or J. Hap rest of season?
I'll go Hap.
I'll go Hap.
Cole Hamels or Shane Bieber.
I might go Hamels.
I think Bieber has more upside
Cole Hamels or
Derek Rodriguez
We were talking before the show
That Derek Rodriguez
Needs more
Needs more love
I started him
We said sit him
Yesterday
I started him
Don't put that evil on me
So I want to make sure
That I understand correctly
You told all of our listeners
You told him
You told all of our listeners
Not to start him
And I did some research
And I saw the Brewers
Were 15th in OPS
Against Rite
and it was a home game for Derek Rodriguez.
And I wanted, I just wanted to start him.
I wanted to have fun and have some investment last night.
So I started Derek Rodriguez, and he pitched well.
Yeah, I think I was Chris listening when you asked me whether to start Derek Rodriguez.
I thought we said no.
But he does deserve a little bit more love.
The strikeout rate's not great.
We'll talk about him a little bit.
We'll get to him.
Derek Rodriguez is like 50-something percent owned.
All right, moving on.
The Brewers acquired Joachim Soria from the White Sox,
Who do you want in the White Sox bullpen now?
It has to be Jay's Fry.
And I don't know that the White Sox agree with that, but I don't, there's no other good options.
I believe he is the only relief pitcher that is on their active roster that has thrown at least 20 innings and has the ERA below four.
Yikes.
You get 11 strikeouts per nine.
His fifth is actually like 2.3 or something.
So it looks like he's even been better than his ERA.
I think it has to be Jace Frey.
Atlanta acquired Johnny Venters from Tampa Bay.
The Rangers are shopping Keone Keller, Jose LeClerclerc.
Got a save chance two nights ago.
And the Astros acquired Martin Maldonado for some defensive help, defensive catcher, got him from the Angels.
All right, moving on to Thursday's games.
I'm very excited to talk about schedules.
We'll get to that in a second.
Also, I'm going to ask you, Bryce Harper or Juan Soto, rest of season.
And then when you say Bryce Harper, I'm going to question you on it.
We're going to give you a quick prospects update, even though Scott is not here today.
Let's do Thursday standouts.
Chris Towers, nominated standout.
It's your turn.
third to nominate a player.
I was looking at something else.
I'm sorry.
He's coming.
What is wrong with you?
It's the chairs.
Okay, so I think that the two, really, I'm going to go ahead and say, can we do Derek Rodriguez now?
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Because I think the two best hitter standouts we've already talked about, it's Nick Williams and Cole Calhoun.
I understand why Derek Rodriguez is not universally owned.
because he doesn't have really a lot of upside because of those strikeouts.
But he has five consecutive quality starts now.
And he has very good control.
He pitches deep into games.
He pitches in a good pitcher's park.
I think Derek Rodriguez should be probably closer to like 75% owned.
And right now, Derek Rodriguez is 54% owned.
He has a 275 ERA.
1-15 whip.
And so it's 47 strikeouts and 59 innings.
In his last seven appearances, six of them starts.
He's basically been at a strikeout per inning in all but one of those.
He had a six-and-two-thirds inning, one strikeout game against St. Louis.
That's kind of dragging it down.
And if you want to just play the matchups, play week to week at this point,
you're just trying to win a week, get into the playoffs.
Derek Rodriguez is at the Padres next week.
So 54% own could be a good guy to add.
I watched him last night because I just wanted to see.
you know, I was, like I said, I was invested.
There's really nothing.
You don't look at Derek Rodriguez, be like, oh, damn, he's nasty or anything like that.
There's not a lot of upside, no.
That doesn't mean he can't be good, especially in that park.
Like, would you rather have Kingham or Rodriguez?
I'm moving Rodriguez ahead of him.
I think that's okay.
All right, but if Rodriguez is a pitcher stand out, he's got to be second behind Kyle Gibson, right?
Eight innings, one run, seven strikeouts, 120 pitches,
17 swinging strikes at Boston.
He is the number 31 starting pitcher in points leagues.
Kyle Gibson is 69% owned.
He has had two good starts against Boston, six scoreless innings with 10 strikeouts at the Yankees,
two good starts against Cleveland, who he gets next week.
Actually, he's tripped up a little bit on the easier matchups at times.
But Kyle Gibson is 69% owned.
What are your thoughts?
People are too caught up on what Kyle Gibson was before, really about a year ago.
He's been doing this since the start of the All-Star break last year.
His last 32 starts over the last calendar year.
He's 119 and 3-46 ERA.
He's starting 192 in the third inning, 185 strikeouts, 1.22 win.
He's been good.
He hasn't been an ace, but he's been good.
And I think he is pretty good.
And I think he deserves more love than he, like 69% owned,
was too low before this start
and it should have been too low
and it will be too low moving.
He's got to reverse Cole Hamels.
People are more excited about Cole Hamill
because his name's Cole Hamill's.
Yeah, sure.
Who would you rather own Gibson or Hamels?
Gibson without question for me.
Easily.
Gibson or Sean Newcomb.
Chris.
Gibson is more useful.
And at this point in the season
that probably matters more than chasing upside.
I would rather have Sean Newcomb.
I tried to make a trade for Sean Newcomb last.
night, but Chris wouldn't negotiate it. I fell asleep.
It was the chair. Too comfortably. He just fell asleep. All right, Chris, this is your last
chance. Do you have any Thursday standouts? I have a couple of Thursday standouts, Adam.
Thank you for asking. I'm guessing they are Derek Rodriguez and Kyle Gitson.
Yeah. I don't know if you guys heard. No. All right. Ahmed Rosario has turned things around
and looked more like the player that we were hoping he would be in the month of July.
cut his strikeout rate, 11 strikeouts in 69,
played appearances, four stolen bases,
he's hitting 270.
I think he could have a nice second half,
especially as a speed guy.
I think, you know, you look at the next two months.
If he stole 12 bases and hit 280,
that wouldn't surprise me,
and that's a valuable player and someone that I think we should probably be more excited about.
And he's let off the last five games, I think.
And so I wrote about him today as well.
I think in categories leagues where you need a middle infielder, he could be a three-category contributor.
Ahmed Rosario, good call.
26% owned.
Only eight steals this year, 96 games, but two of them in his last five games.
And the leading off thing is huge.
Just want to note that Ronald Ocuna is also leading off lately, which, and he's playing very well.
And that is leading me toward dropping Ender and Ciarte in a three-out-fielder league.
I think that's fine.
A quick aside.
Who's your other standout, Chris?
So I have a couple, one, who didn't have a great.
statistical game. Garrett Hampson only had one hit yesterday. I think it won't one for three. But
there was one thing I noticed in the stat cast data, which was that he hit a triple yesterday and had a
max sprint speed of 29.5 feet per second. That's not quite elite, but it would be about the 15th
highest average sprint speed in baseball. And that's just highlighting what we talked about the other
day when he got called up, which is that this guy has a really, really good speed. He's a great
base stealer.
Hasn't attempted a stolen base yet, but he's someone who has, I think, quite a bit of
upside playing in course field.
What do you think your average sprint speed is?
Slow.
Seven?
On a scale of one to ten?
No.
Miles per hour.
Oh, no.
I could get to 10 miles per hour.
I might trip.
But I'll reach double.
digits when I get humming. There's a lot of momentum. It takes me a while to get going,
but once I do, you know, the second law of physics is just caring.
I feel like sprint speed might be the one thing where Adam might be at the top of the podcast.
Yeah, I'm not bad. I could get down the line when I was playing kickball back in the day.
I just have this image in my head of Adam running like he's never run before. And I don't know if
that's fair. Oh, his arms would be going side to side.
I'm a much more graceful athlete than you guys might think, believe it or not.
Do you have long arms?
No, I've long nothing.
I'm a very short person.
Rich Hill is a standout to me.
86% owned Rich Hill, seven scoreless innings, eight strikeouts at the Braves.
Since coming off the D.L. on my birthday, June 19th,
Rich Hill is a 247 ERA, 52 strikeouts of 12 walks in 43 and 2 thirds.
He made a slight change in his delivery that has improved.
proves his curveball.
Is Rich Hill back?
No, he's Rich Hill.
What does that mean?
This is what Rich Hill does.
Remember, he was awful at the beginning of last season, too.
This is what Richel does.
So he's back.
So he's back.
If Rich Hill starts, I start Richel.
That's how I feel about it right now.
Yeah.
Double Dongs from yesterday.
Jose Ibrahim.
Good job, Jose Ibrayu.
Two home runs.
You are now the number 11 first baseman in points, number 13 in Roto.
Daniel Polka, 4% O and two home runs.
Got seven homers in July.
Reese Hoskins.
Oh, my goodness.
Reese Hoskins is red hot, six homers in his last six games.
Mike El Franco and Nick Williams, who has an OPS over 800 in his career,
which is just 100-something games, I don't remember.
So actually it was only two teams that gave us five players who hit two home runs yesterday.
The White Sox and Phillies.
Abreu, Polka, Hoskins, Franco, Nick Williams.
other than Nick Williams, is there anything you guys would like to highlight here?
Michael Franco's been pretty good.
We talked about that earlier in the week, I think,
and I'm not sure if I buy it.
He's a weird player.
The bad at ball data does not suggest that he has the kind of raw power that we still,
the scouting report still think, and that he shows from time to time.
To repeat what we said earlier this week, I think he's just inconsistent,
but when he's locked in, he's pretty useful.
Over the course of the season, Mikel Franco is the number 27 third baseman in points, number 22 in Roto.
So he just hasn't been that usable, but right now he's hot.
Second two-homer game in his last four games, 64% own.
That's probably a playing time thing.
He's come off the bench quite a bit, so he's appeared in 91 games, but I would guess he's only started.
He started 79, so he's well below.
But he's an 807 OPS for the season all of a sudden, and he's a year.
He's starting to look like the guy that we hoped he would be.
And, you know, you put his current stats over a full season,
and it's 34 homers, 104 RBI.
He's a victim of the Scott Kingery experiment.
Yeah, a little bit.
Anything else, guys?
Hoskins?
Stephen Matt.
Oh, sorry.
Stephen Matt did not have a double dong.
He did not have a double dong.
You were talking specifically just about double dongs,
not any other standout.
Yeah, I think that means we're done with the double dongs.
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All right, what's going on with the top prospects, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Eloi Jimenez.
Are we going to see them?
I'm still of the opinion that we're not going to see Vladimir Guerrero this season.
I would expect we see Elohimenez pretty soon, maybe by the end of this month, now that he's back from the DL.
Vlad Guerrero, I just, if he was going to be up, he would have been up.
And the fact that he's not tells me that they don't want to call him up yet.
And that makes sense given the incentive structure that the Toronto Blue Jays have.
They have no reason to call him up.
Right.
What about Jimenez?
You said he might be up by the end of the month.
You mean like by the end of July, four days?
No.
No, I think shortly.
Shortly after the end of July.
I think shortly after the trade deadline, I think we'll see a low of him.
Maybe in August.
He's really destroying it.
He's got 950 OPS.
And pretty good plate discipline, one walk for every two strikeouts.
And like 80 grade power, you know, raw power.
He is one of the best power prospects in baseball.
And he's started to improve his plate discipline this season.
So I think he's ready.
It's just a question, you know, Scott White wrote in his,
prospects report, the first time he's had Elo Jimenez or anyone except Ronald Acuna above
Vladimir Guerrero as the top stash. And he noted that Rick Rentaria was kind of giving some
mealy-mouthed comments about, well, he's got to work on his defense, which that means they're
going to call him up. Anytime the manager of a major league team starts talking about a prospect's
defense, that means they're just looking for an excuse to not call him up. He'll be up soon.
why can't it mean that they actually have to work on their defense?
That's part of the game.
Because it doesn't.
Because it doesn't.
You can work on your defense in the majors.
His defense being bad in the Chicago White Sox Alfiel is not going to cost them anything.
It's the same thing with Vladimir Ra.
That's not the same.
If there were no financial incentive to keep him down, they would have called him up.
Because the coaches are better in the majors.
And if they're not, what are you doing?
Well, the coaches in the minors are designed to teach.
Yeah.
coaches in the majors are designed.
That's not true.
Yeah, I don't know that it's fair to tell your starting pitchers.
Hey, we're putting this guy behind you.
You can't play any defense.
Oh, weep for Dylan's cease.
I am looking forward to using mealy mouths in the future.
Like, like moving on, moving on, moving on.
We don't have to carry water for these guys.
Move it on.
Move it on.
Moving on.
Moving on.
Hey, real quick, Bryce Harper or Juan Soto.
Bryce Harper.
Bryce Harper, obviously.
There's nothing you can say.
Oh, really?
Well, since Juan Soto's promotion, his debut on May 20th,
he's the number seven outfielder in points leagues, number 13 in Roto.
He has a 975 OPS.
In that same time span, Bryce Harper is not even a top 30 outfielder.
Soto's seventh in points, 13th in Roto, Harper is outside the top 30 since the promotion of Juan Soto.
There's nothing not to like about.
Juan Soto. Why should I take this overrated, overhyped, soon to be overpaid,
Bryce Harper over the wonderful Juan Soto?
Because he's going to be on the Yankees next year.
Oh, I forgot about that. Maybe they're going to trade from right now for the next month.
This is a really interesting dynamic that's at play with Bryce Harper, and it's starting to
feel like 2016, again, where he got off to a really good start and we're like, yes, Bryce Harper's
good and then it was like well he's still good but he's had some bad luck he had a 194 babbip in
may one two 19 in april and march babbps kind of normalized in june and july it's still low 275 and
273 over the last two months he just isn't hitting for power and he's striking out a ton he has
strike out 31 times and 85 plate appearances in the month of july and um i don't know it's so tell me why
Why Harper over Soto?
And I would take Harper over Soto too, but I don't know why.
I mean, maybe you shouldn't.
It just feels stupid to say that.
I mean, what I is with Harper, we know that Harper when he gets hot, he's arguably the best player in baseball.
And we've seen him be the best hitter in baseball.
But it's happened once.
There was another season where he's in the discussion.
And beyond that, his career's been good, but not great.
It's a more fair question than it seems.
I think there's a more interesting Juan Soto question, though.
Or Ronald Ocuna?
Yes.
Like both the rest of the season and long term.
I've had him ranked ahead of Ronald Ocuna
since about a week after he came up.
I think Ronald Ocuna has a better fantasy upside.
If he becomes that 30-30 guy.
But I also want to say...
Juan Soto is so good.
Like, there are just no flaws in his game.
It's incredible.
It does look like possibly the home run derby helped Bryce Harper.
He does have two home runs and a double since the home run derby.
That's great.
And a 948 OPS, and he's stolen two bases.
Oh, wow.
That is great.
The hot streak may be coming.
I hope so.
Yeah, so who would you rather have in a long-term keeper league, Akunia or Soto?
Okunia has more fantasy upside and he also has a much more glaring weakness.
Juan Soto, like, his plate discipline is like...
Just give me an answer.
He's like a... Soto!
Just say a name.
Soto.
I've said both names.
Soto.
Soto, thank you.
Chris, you don't even get the answer.
You're done.
Chris, get your...
You know what?
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All right.
I did a lot of fun research for this one.
For our email of the day, it's from Trent.
Could you please do a segment for those of us prepping for the postseason, looking for players
whose value in the last month of the season will be significantly higher than their value in the season
leading up to this point, whether due to injury, underperformance so far, et cetera.
Gary Sanchez might be an obvious one, but you get the point.
Maybe also add players who will be less valuable in the playoffs, like a pitcher who has an innings limit.
So let's prep people for the stretch run of their season, let's say the last month or two,
which is coming up, but really the last month.
It doesn't really matter.
I've taken this email off the rails.
Let's prep people, though, for the future and look at good schedules, look at innings,
limits, things like that.
Who comes to mind for you as players that can gain or lose value?
All right, so innings limits, that's a tricky one because we don't necessarily, we say limits,
but we don't actually know.
I could see Andrew Suarez being limited.
He threw 156 innings last season.
Maybe, you know, he's starting to get to, you know, the 130.
inning mark, so maybe he gets stopped and he's been pretty interesting.
I wonder if we could see something similar for Luke Weaver, who only threw 138
innings last season.
Carlos Rodan, do we think there's an innings limit for him?
He only threw 86 innings last season.
But I don't think he's thrown very many yet this year.
That's fair.
He's at about, I think, 60, 65 between the majors and the minors.
I would guess they don't want to go over 120 with him.
Yeah, he's at 63 and a third right now, including the miners?
Yeah, okay.
A 68 and a third.
I said a guy yesterday, Walker Bueller.
Yeah, Walker Bueller only through, I think his career high is 98.
Yeah, and I don't know that he's going to really exceed it,
but they just have so many guys that they can easily remove Walker Bueller from the rotation.
Yeah.
So that's the guy that came to mind.
Freddie Peralta only through 120 innings last season
He's already up to about 100
Let me give you another guy that you actually put in my head
When you said Andrew Suarez
What about Andrew Heaney
Andrew Heaney is 108 in a third innings
So far
He's been really injured throughout his career
He's going to eclipse his career highs
And they're pretty much out of it
That's
The Tommy John guys are always tough
because like Andrew Heaney in 2014 through about 165 innings between the majors and the minors.
And he's at 114 so far this season.
If they go by what his previous career high he was, he's got a lot left.
If they go by what he threw last season, which was 49 and a third, he's well past that.
It's really tough to say with Tommy John guys.
And you can say the same thing for Tyler Skag.
who threw 95 innings last year is already up to 110
and hasn't had more than 116 innings since 2013.
Yeah, so I think it's a little inconclusive there, right?
All right, so unless you guys have more, like, really juicy names,
I'd like to move on and talk about schedules.
Yeah, I already looked at the schedule just a little bit,
and the first name that popped out to me was Madison Bungarner.
Oh, what about them?
Their schedule in August and September has a lot of podrays.
It has six games.
believe with the Mets.
It's got a lot of, the Rangers come to San Francisco.
They're not a very good lineup when they get to use a designated hitter, much less when
they don't.
I think Madison Bumgarner should have some pretty juicy matchups in the fantasy playoffs.
You want to hear something that's going to make you sick?
Sure.
I just want to say that I am not really a sunny gray believer.
I have started him three straight times because he has faced Baltimore, Kansas City, and
who's the other one, Detroit or something like, the Mets?
I only will start Sunny Gray when he has like an amazing matchup.
If he stays on his turn and pitches every five games,
Sunny Gray has almost nothing but amazing matchups rest of season.
Orioles at the White Sox, Rangers, Rays, at the Marlins, at the Orioles, and Detroit.
He got hit by a comebacker yesterday.
He's expected to make his next start.
I can't believe it.
He's basically a two-pitch pitcher now.
He's just throwing his fastball and his curveball.
And I don't like that.
I don't buy what he's done the last three starts.
slider supposed to be his best pitch.
He's gone back to the drawing board and just the pitches he's comfortable with.
And, yeah, not a Sunny Gray believer.
I'm really not, but I can't believe the upcoming schedule.
Now, if he gets off turn even a little bit, like he'll face the Red Sox next week.
But there's a chance that Sunny Gray's got great matchups going forward.
All right.
Yeah, looking at that schedule, I think I'd start him in all of those games except for Texas and Tampa at home.
here's one that depends on when your league finishes because the Rockies have 33 of their next of their final
no the what's the they have five more home games than road games remaining whatever the specific number I think it's 30 33 versus 28 um
but they close out with seven straight games at home if your season finishes before then they close out with
nine straight games on the road.
So it really just depends.
Like if your season ends in the middle of September,
they've got a ton of home games left.
And that might be an opportunity to go add Carlos Gonzalez,
who's been really good at home.
It might be an opportunity to go add Garrett Hamson.
It just, it really does depend on when your season ends
because things could be really good for them.
And buy high on Trevor Story or something like that.
Sure.
Cleveland has an unbelievable schedule.
Beginning on August 24th, their last, no, that can't be right.
Maybe it's beginning even sooner than that.
Their last 11 series, eight of them are against teams in the bottom 10 and run scored.
So the Indians, you're talking the Royals, twins, twins are okay,
rays, royals at the Blue Jays, at the Ray's, Detroit, the White Sox, the Red Sox, at the Royals.
I mean, you could not, I would love to own Indians pitchers going down the stretch.
Well, and the thing about those teams is it's not like you just named a bunch of teams with great pitching steps.
Sure.
What do you mean?
I think there are a pretty good matchups for their hitters as well.
Oh, yeah, you're right.
It's a great point.
The Nationals, just in the playoffs, their last four series are at Miami, home against the Mets, home against Miami, and then unfortunately had Colorado.
But three great series in their last four.
the Blue Jays have a...
I was looking at this for Stroman purposes
because I don't really trust him against the Yankees or the Red Sox.
I don't know that there's anything conclusive here because he does get like the White Sox,
the Rays, the Royals, the Marlins.
Oh, did you see the rumor yesterday?
He may never have to face the Red Sox and Yankees again.
Well, that's not true, but maybe once a year.
Sure.
The Braves are hot after Marcus Strom.
I would love for him to go out.
That would be great.
Yeah, that would be great.
So that's all I got.
I was also looking at like trading Chris Archer if he stays with the raise because he's,
I don't trust him at Yankee Stadium or at Fenway Park, but I didn't think there was enough there.
And I trust Blake Snell in tough matchups.
Maybe.
We'll see.
We'll say it comes back with the shoulder issue.
I'm concerned.
There are some guys that I wrote about in Waverwire earlier this week that I think could make big impacts relative to what
their current value is in the second half,
and it was not so much about matchups,
but what they've done lately.
Michael Conforto is looking a lot more like last year Michael Conforto
over the last couple of weeks.
I think I'd be very interested,
because he was still available last I looked in 35% of leagues.
I'd be very interested in at least putting him on my bench
and seeing if this is real.
Carlos Rodon is a guy who has three good starts in a row,
but the really weird thing about Carlos Rodan is he has been remarkable in the last two months of the season over his career.
He's a 2.85 ERA when you combine August and September.
So to recap, Bumgarner, Indian starting pitchers, to a much, much, much, much lesser degree.
Sunny Gray has a good upcoming schedule, but, you know, he's sunny gray.
Michael Conforto, Carlos Rodon, these are guys that could help you out down the stretch.
the Rockies, depending on when your season ends.
One more.
Yeah, go ahead.
In points leagues as a reliever, Yanni Sharinos.
He came back and had a good start against the Yankees.
He's got an ERA under a four and a fifth that's even better than his ERA.
And I was pretty encouraged that he was able to go six innings in his very first start back.
All righty.
News and notes, Noah Sinigard expected back next week.
Brandon Belt is on the DL.
Evan Longoria is back.
Stephen Strasbourg's MRI was clean.
The Brewers called up Orlando Arcea.
Any interest?
No.
He was really good at AAA Colorado Springs, but it's one of the best hitting environments,
maybe the best hitting environment in baseball.
I still believe there's talent here, but not based on what he's shown.
He went 0 for 5 with 3Ks yesterday.
Orlando Arcia.
Ozzie Albiz returned.
Jake Lamb left with a shoulder contusion.
Francisco Cervelli's back.
Like a week or two ago, I read a report that they were considering no longer using Cervelli as a catcher
because of the concussions.
and now he's back.
So that's great news.
Joe Panic started a rehab assignment.
Brian Johnson, going back to the bullpen for the Red Sox,
as they added Nativaldi.
Javier Baez day-to-day with a bruise
and the Oakland A's are 27 and 7 in their last 34 games.
They're good.
Yeah, yeah, gone.
Sorry, Chris.
That's it.
They're good.
And also, Nativaldi might move to the bullpen himself at some point.
The Red Sox talked about that.
Really?
Yeah.
I could find the quote, but there was.
was a mention that at some point he could be in the bullpen.
Let's do this quickly here, guys.
Two other guys from yesterday that don't fit in any categories.
Well, when we already talked about Avi Garcia, how about Zach Godley?
What did you make of this start?
Five and two-thirds, seven hits, four runs, one walk, six strikeouts at the Cubs.
Zach Godley.
I've got to say I felt about Zach Goddly for a while now.
Almost good.
Yeah, right.
He was almost good.
And I think there's a chance that he is good the rest of the way, but it's really hard to trust
Who are your favorites on this list of fringy starting pitchers?
Annabal Sanchez, two starts next week.
Kyle Gibson, one start.
Stephen Matt's, one start.
Nick Kingham got crushed yesterday.
Bad week for rookie pitchers.
Derek Rodriguez, great week for rookie pitchers.
Trevor Cahill, Tyler Malley, Dan Straeli.
Annabawall, Gibson, Gippson, Matt, Kingham, D.
D.Rod, Derek Rodriguez.
Cahill, Malley, Staley.
Gibson, and then a pretty big gap,
and then San Diego.
Sanchez and Matt's.
And then I'm not really that interested in anyone else.
I guess I could still stash kingdom, but he's dropable.
Gibson, D-Rod, and then Matt's and Sanchez.
Okay. Bullpen.
Do you think there's a chance Corey Knable could lose his job?
Because Jeremy Jeffred's, it really has been amazing this year.
And Knable has struggled.
Last eight appearances, he's given up six earned runs on 13 hits.
You guess it makes me wonder if he's not healthy.
But this is the risk in buying into relievers when they have one really good year,
is that it's starting to look like last year wasn't real.
And he's kind of turned back into, and I know he had the hamstring injury,
but he's starting to sort of turn back into the guy he was before last year
when he got a bunch of strikeouts but just didn't do enough else well.
But do you think that there's a reason to stash Jeremy Jeffer?
for us.
In a rotissary league, yes, because you can use his ratios anyway.
I'm not stashing him somewhere like a points league.
No.
How about Brad Boxberger?
He had eight scoreless appearances going into this terrible outing yesterday.
I'd like to apologize to everyone for picking up Brad Boxberger.
Yeah, I think he's probably going to keep the job.
He's fine.
And for some reason, Sergio Romo did not get to save yesterday.
He pitched in the seventh and the eighth.
Austin Pruitt pitched one out in the eighth
and then three in the ninth for a second save.
They needed a third basement.
I wanted to read a couple of emails here.
Andrew in Canada, dear Wiggins, Luck, and McCutcheon.
Those are Andrews.
They are.
You have convinced me that John Gray has ace potential.
Would you be willing to drop any of these guys for John Gray?
Marco Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Shane Bieber, Walker, Bueller, Jack Flaherty.
Canadian Andrew, who is not, he may be Andrew Wiggins, should drop Gio Gonzalez for him.
Anybody else, if he's available, I'd be fine dropping Shane Bieber or Joe Gonzalez for him.
I think there's a chance John Gray is better than Marco Gonzalez, Walker Bueller.
Probably not Jack Flaherty, but I wouldn't want to drop them.
You probably have a worse pitcher than Marco Gonzalez.
All right.
And Doug from Atlanta owns Aaron Judge in a Dynasty.
in a dynasty league, 16 teams.
He's in second place.
So given last night's news on Aaron Judge,
some last place teams are offering me the following for him.
I think there's really interesting in a Dynasty League.
Springer and Fam for Judge.
Would you do that?
Springer and fam for his Aaron Judge.
I might.
I think Judge is better than George Springer,
but I don't think it's a giant gap.
And it may not be a Tommy Fam size gap.
I'm trying to, has Springer come around at all lately?
Yeah, a little bit. Maybe just a course field.
Like if it was George Springer, George Springer, then, yeah, I would do that because
flights fly forever.
But we don't have any reason to think he's not George Springer, George Springer, George Springer.
Yeah, we do. Why?
His manager has talked about how banged up he is.
He's not been hitting the ball well.
He's always banged up, too.
I'm just putting two and two together.
Right, but the peripherals look like what we want them to look like.
for George Springer.
They aren't quite George Springer, George Springer
peripherals.
So...
Pretty George Springer, George Springer.
All right. Next.
He could give up Aaron, Judge.
Remember, this is Dynasty.
For Charlie Blackman and Ian Desmond.
I would not do that one.
Not in Dynasty, because Blackman could fall off.
And this one's juicy.
Judge for Severino and Conforto.
I would not.
I might rather have Severino than Judge
in a dynasty.
Yeah.
Yeah, because he's a, I think Severino might be a more valuable fantasy player, but he's a pitcher.
So that's where it gets really risky.
But if Comforto gets hot, that could be a championship winning move.
So I don't hate it.
Okay, we've got, well, a quick look at the most added list to make sure I'm not missing anything here.
Robert Gazellman is the most added player.
He didn't even get the last save for the Mets.
Yeah.
Daniel Pons delione is number two.
Does he have a spot in the rotation?
He's 26% owned.
He doesn't have a spot secured, but one could open up.
Kirby Yates is 60% owned.
A.J. Minter is 50% owned.
And I...
I think I'd rather have mentor.
Right? That's what I was going to say.
I'd rather mentor than Yates, Heath?
I think I'd rather have Yates.
Mike Fires is on the most out of list.
He's 35% owned.
We didn't add Mike Fires.
Yeah, we don't regret it.
No.
There's good old Garrett Hampson that Chris has been talking about, 14% own.
Yeah, I think we pretty much covered it.
Jace Frye, a lot of closers here.
Robinson Canoe, 59% owned.
Should we be stashing Robinson Canoe?
That's fine.
Yeah.
He's due back next month, right?
He's going to play every day,
and what was it, an 80 game suspension?
Yeah.
Okay, let's see.
Canoe's last game was on May 13th.
So, yeah, I would say...
Oh, okay, so just 80 games from then.
So, well, let's say three months from them...
That sounds like mid-Aug.
August 10th-ish for Robinson Canoe.
Sorry, I don't know.
Oh, August 14th.
August 14th.
There you go.
Yeah, he's 59% only.
He's going to play every day when he gets back.
So that's a good idea.
And here we go, two-star pitchers for Fantasy Week.
What was it again?
19.
19.
For all of us.
It's not different for anyone else.
Nobody's in Week 18 or 17 or 20 this week.
David Price has two starts at home against the Phillies and the Yankees.
We know what happens to him when he faces the Yankees.
You start him.
I am going to use David Price as the barometer from this point forward.
Okay.
We've got, let's see, Jack Flaherty against Colorado and at Pittsburgh.
Start Jack Flaherty over David Price.
Robbie Ray, Texas and San Francisco.
Yeah, I'll start him.
I'd rather start Robbie Ray than David Price.
Danny Duffy at the White Sox and at the Twins.
One of those starts will be after the All-Star break.
Or maybe both.
I think both will be after the All-Star break for sure.
The All-Star break is already.
The trade deadline.
Oh, yes.
I would rather start any deafie than David Price.
Wow.
Don't forget, the Yankees don't have Sanchez or Judge.
Yeah.
The Phillies are really good, too.
So, Julio Taran, Miami and at the Mets.
I would rather start Chris Towers than Julio Taran.
With those matchups?
And with how slow Chris is?
I might be able to hit 60 miles per hour on the stack cast.
No.
No chance.
You can throw a ball.
I think I can. I don't think you know how hard it is to throw baseball 60 miles.
I think I can do it.
No chance.
I've done it before.
I believe that.
Off a mound.
Yeah, I believe that.
I've done it off flat ground.
So.
We have talked about Annabal Sanchez being a good start.
James Paxson coming off the D.L.
No issues.
Houston and Toronto.
I'm not going to say no issues.
I'm nervous about it.
But I'm starting him.
Yep.
Tyler Anderson at St. Louis and at Milwaukee.
I'll start him.
Yeah.
And same matchups for John Gray.
Yep.
Freddie Peralta at the Dodgers, home against Colorado.
I'll start him.
I know it's been rough lately, but.
Very nervous.
Sure.
Heath, what do you think?
I'm going to leave no on Peralta.
I'll put him behind David Price, but I could see starting him in a point lead.
Shane Bieber over Peralta?
No.
No.
Wow, okay.
Walker Bueller over Peralta.
Yes.
We like Tanna Roark, Mets and Reds.
I mean, it should be noted that Tanner Roark has basically been terrible until his last start.
Yeah, but I love the matchups.
Are the Reds a good matchup?
Without Winker.
Potentially without Shebler.
That's true.
They don't have Shebler, too.
Yeah, but then again, I mean, Aeohono Hsuarez is legitimately amazing.
They do have, like, one of the worst number three hitters in baseball in Joey Vado.
So just wanted to get Chris angry there.
We've got Irvin Santana, Cleveland, and Kansas City.
And then after that, it's Dan Straeli, Edwin Jackson, James Shields, Matt Boyd, Eric Lauer, Ryan Burrucky.
So I do want to point out Matt Boyd, his velocity is up over the last couple of starts.
I think last night was, or his most recent start was the hardest he's thrown all year.
He's getting a few more swinging strikes.
So something to keep in mind, I don't, the matchups are middling next week, Cincinnati,
at Oakland.
So in a deeper league, I think he's worth a flyer.
Matt Boyd.
And pay no attention to Louis Sessa.
He will not be making two starts because they have J.Hap now.
And that's all I've got to say about that.
I wanted to grade some trades because we're getting so many grade the trades and we don't read enough of them.
So let's do it.
This is from Jack.
Hey, Lloyd, Glover, and Danza.
Tony Danza, Danny Glover.
Is Tony Glover a thing?
Is Tony Lloyd a thing?
Chris
Had it
I have no idea
I have no idea
I don't either
12 team
Lots of categories
Give up Lester and Castellanos
Get Charlie Blackman
A minus
B plus
Oh that's the
cast of angels
In the outfield
Oh
Wait who's Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd
He's in it
He's the head angel
Oh by the way
A on that trade
From Felix Dynasty League, 8-Team Dynasty.
All right, a lot of names here.
Get this, ooh, juicy.
Give up Muncie, Chris Bryant, and Schwerber.
Muncie, Bryant, and Schwerver.
Get back Bregman, Dozier, and Trey Turner.
C plus and B?
B. B minus.
This is from...
Do, do, do, do, John.
Kevin, dear Kevin, Buzz.
and Uncle Frank.
Oh, we all know that one.
Home alone.
12 team head head categories league.
I give you Darbish, I get Gary Sanchez.
A.
Yep.
Gray, the trade from Trent in Dallas.
Ten team league.
Seguura is killing me at shortstop.
I traded Corey Kluber for Francisco Lindor.
B plus.
I think it's an A trade.
I don't know why Gene Seguer is killing you at shortstop.
Yeah, I think he's been a little cold lately.
Yeah, July hasn't been good, but Sigur's had a nice.
year.
He's good.
He's a good player.
How is Kluber for Lindor
an A trade?
Francisco
Lindor
might need to be
a top six pick next year.
That means it's like
a B trade.
There are real
concerns about Corey Kluber right now.
We talked about this a couple days ago.
And like,
he might
still be a very good starting pitcher,
but there's a chance
that he's more
of the 2016 version
that Adam
Azer famously said is not an ace.
He's good.
He is good. But like if
Francisco Lindor, who over the last
calendar year, has 42 home runs and
29 stolen bases,
and like 138 runs and 110
RBI... Just an A? An A
is like a rip-off.
Cory Klooper is... No, that's by your chart.
That's your Adam Azer way of thinking.
Wait, no, I... I wasn't
able to trade
Danny Duffy for Luis
Severino, it can't be an A.
Hey, no, no, no. Look, see is average.
Let's finish the show here.
Let's finish the show.
Take a look at today's matchups.
Chris Archer at Andrew Cashner.
Start Archer.
Jason Vargas at Yvonne Nova.
Start Nova.
I think I'd start Nova.
Brad Keller at C.C. Sabathia.
No.
It starts to Bathe.
Nick Pavetta at Anthony Deisclavani.
Start Pavetta.
Yep.
Carlos Carrasco at Mike Fires.
Start Carlos Carrasco.
Yep.
Max Scherzer at Pablo Lopez.
Start Max Scherzer.
Yep.
Lance Lynn at Chris Sale.
Start Chris Sale.
Clayton Kershaw at Mike Fultenevich.
Start both.
All right, Fulte.
Yeah, I'm not starting Fulte.
Marcus Strowman.
Yes, you are.
I am not starting Fulte.
Yes, you are.
I didn't give up 15 runs in his last three starts.
You've given up 15 runs in your last three starts.
Marcus Stromen at Rinaldo Lopez.
I'll start Marcus Strowman.
Yep.
Yovani Gallardo at Dallas Kichael.
Start Kikel.
Yep.
Mike Montgomery at Luke Weaver.
I'll start Montgomery.
I will not.
Shaw Mania at Kyle Freeland.
I will start neither of them.
I will not either.
Wade LeBlanc at Andrew Heaney.
I will start Heaney.
White LeBonk is so weird.
I'll start Heaney.
Zach Grinke at Luis Perdomo.
I will start Zach Grinke.
I will too.
Are we going to get the first game today where everybody's starting both starting pitchers?
Chase Anderson at Madison Bumgarner
I don't love starting
Chase Anderson but it's a good place to pitch
So I'm yeah
Let's go out on a limb
Dortem both
How about that
That's today's matches
I'm sorry we didn't get to weekend streamers
Thank you very much for listening everybody
Have a great weekend
We'll come back on Monday to recap the weekend
For Heath Cummings and Chris Towers
I'm Adam Azar
See you later
