Fantasy Baseball Today - 09/18: Worryometer and More from Tuesday (Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: September 18, 2019

Worryometer Wednesday! John Didn't Means Business, but how worried are we about his next start? Does Will Smith ring the Worryometer and justify a cut? Scott and Chris review Severino, Snell and Correa's return. We're looking to Wednesday and Thursday pitchers, hitters to add and answering some 2020 questions.   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. One, one pitch, basketball pulled and fast. Alboros and twilight. Get 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.

Fantasy baseball today starts right now. I am Chris Welsh, and back in the driver's seat is Scott White, fresh off of like a crazy, raucous, hangover, like wedding tour. What all did you do, Scott? Did you end on a roof with a mattress and people are looking for you for three days? I ate tacos.

Yeah, then what else? Then, like, you had to get broken out of jail because there was a car in the middle of the road. No, I got some, like, sauce on my tie. Did you hang out with, like, Mike Tyson and, like, take his tiger or anything? I hugged my cousins. Well, that's pretty close to Mike Tyson and a tiger.

guess. So, okay, so it sounds pretty ruckus. Yeah, it was a wild time. Yeah, it was. It was a good time. We missed you. We all missed you. Our buddy, pitcher list, Nick Pollock. He filled in a very, very good response. Shout out to everybody on the good response. As I said before, it was like the teenager being left home alone without the parents. I kind of missed you. I was just like, I feel like we've got a good vibe, and I'm used to my time with Scott White, and I'm glad to have you back. He was, he was destroying your flow, I'm sure. Yeah, of course. That's easy to do with me. course. So it is good to have you back. A lot going on in the world right now. I was actually out at the Salt River Fields out here in Phoenix for all you baseball people that might care. I interviewed

Royce Lewis, top prospect that you might see next week or next year, maybe next week. I don't think you'll see him. I'll see him. I'll see him. Check out prospect one if you want to hear that interview. And only three more shows till the end. Tear drop, tear drop, cry emoji. Only three more, Scott. Yeah, third to last show of the regular season. Now, we, I don't know who exactly we is going to consist of, but certainly a lot of me, will be, you know, making weekly appearances in the offseason, keep you up to date on offseason happenings, a little foretaste for 2020 preview stuff, I'm sure.

Much more open-ended conversation in the off-season shows. I think that makes them more fun in a way. So stay tuned throughout the offseason if you're somebody who likes fantasy baseball or baseball or just us. Yeah, there you go. Those are great sales right there. I'm all for it. And we are going to attempt to get to some 2020 talk today. We're going to see how it goes every time.

There's so much to talk about. And, you know, I've heard a lot of good response. You guys are getting your help in winning your championships right now. And I know you guys value it. So I want to make sure we cover as much as possible to help you in that. But I have got a nice locked and loaded set of emails for 2020 conference. But let's kick the show right off here because we were reunited and it has felt so good. Four guys, four relatively top name players have all returned on Tuesday led by Luis Severino,

who we've been waiting on the entire year. Luis Severino returned with the Yankees, went four innings, two hits, no earned runs, two walks and four strikeouts, 67 total pitches. And from Brian Hodge, I got this info from his tweet through six, uh, 67 pitches generated 13 swing and misses, average 96.6 miles per hour on his fastball maxed at 98.8 through 37 fastballs, 19 sliders, and 11 change-ups.

How you like, dim apples. It was oh, so close. Luis Severino was my cover boy on the two-star pitcher rankings column for this week. The guy, yeah, kind of like it worked out for Johnny Quedo last week, fresh off the IEL. hurried rehab assignment. Could we trust him right away?

Well, he had a big lead. He pitched great. Through about as many pitches is in his last rehab start, but they didn't let him throw anymore. He was just an inning shy of qualifying for the win, which makes it not such a success. Not such a success.

Obviously, he helped ratios, so that's good. And it looks like he is in line to make a second start Sunday. Who knows what could change between now and then. in which case I would think he'd be allowed to throw 67 pitches, I would hope, more than that. Would you put him out there, though? Like, if he's under the same restraints, though. I know, Toronto, but if it's under the same restraints, he's got to be relatively as effective.

I mean, unless he pulls an ultra-effective Johnny Quedo start is supposed to go five. I guess all I'm all I'm alluding to is ratios are good. The matchup looks pretty solid, but if you're really vying for that win, I mean, you feel, I guess, guess if the start isn't worrisome enough, you just play it out. And then, you know, if everything goes well, maybe you get five innings and you get the win. I'm just not so hopeful he's going to get there. Well, do they want them in their postseason rotation or not? I would think they do. I mean, he's a healthy Luis Severino is the best pitcher they have. They're already kind of committing to not having Domingo Hermon in their postseason rotation, who's probably been their best pitcher with

Severina sideline this season. So are you talking like, so you're talking here stretching out. Yeah, stretching them out. Like, that's why I was surprised they kind of cut them off at the same point that as his last rehab start. Like 75, 80 pitches next time out. You know, unless they explicitly say they're not going to do that, I think this was enough of a success that I would be, I would feel good about starting Severino against the Blue Jays next time out. Yeah, and I agree with that. And I think the big comment after the game was he like he walked away from this start good. There were no issues.

and there would be no reason to halt him back. So as long as he's effective, going five seems very, very obtainable. It's a pretty good start. And he mixed his pitches, hit top velocity. I mean, he's checking all the boxes for us to feel fantastic. It just, it's unfortunate. It's the second week before the year ends, or the second to last week. Yeah, and of the pitchers coming back, I think he's the only one with a real chance of making a fantasy impact

because he actually had a rehab assignment. He was actually able to go for his first start. back. Unlike Blake Snell, unlike Blake Snell, who tonight went up against the Dodgers. You know, and I had really harpened that like, I don't want any part of this start. I think I said it with Nick on the last show. Now, the positive is he did nothing to hurt you outside. He only went two innings.

He got four strikeouts, but no walks, no one runs, none of that stuff. But he only hit 26 pitches. And then he was out. He was out after the second inning. So any feeling of positivity. on the back end of this or do you think it's let's have Blake Snell be an opener the rest of the way through

because this feels opener-ish. Well, I would imagine he gets two more of these over the rest of the season. Right? I don't, maybe he'll be built up to five innings by that second start. If the race

do advance to the postseason, obviously I mean, you could say the same thing. It's just he has further to go than several Reno to be built up to go that far. And I don't think it's going to happen. And even from like a ratios perspective, I don't know that it makes a lot of sense to use Blake Snell versus some high leverage reliever who's more accustomed to that role

and has a longer track record of pitching well in that role than somebody likes now. Yeah, and you're right because Snell's also not going to get the opportunity if he fumbles at all early on. He's not going to get the opportunity to get right. So it has the potential to blow up your ratios. Sure, that's great if you get two or three innings with a couple strikeouts, but it seems a little bit more. I don't know if you would risk it for the biscuit, as they would say. Yeah, I'm not sure either.

And then the third guy, the third starting pitcher making his return is Brandon Woodruff. And it's the same thing for him, two innings, four strikeouts, only one walk. Look great. In fact, but of Severino, Snell, and Woodruff, only Woodruff. only Woodruff Velocity was in mid-season form only he was throwing pitches as hard as he was before

well the last time we saw him but 37 pitches again didn't have like a an actual minor league rehab assignment kind of like Snell so it's the same situation there where I don't think there's just going to be

I don't think there's just going to be a chance for you to use him and expect him to make a real impact for your fantasy team and it's important because I know a lot of you We were going to probably be asking these questions, post these starts. I was looking Woodruff was interesting on CBS. On 71% overall, but only started 12%.

So maybe people not realizing, maybe people worried, whatever it is. I know you're going to have the questions. There you go from Scott. Snell and Woodruff, probably not worth it. Severino would be the fourth player, though not a pitcher, who returned on Tuesday, maybe a little bit of a shock that he actually did get back, was Carlos Correa. Two notes, 0 for 4 with three strikeouts, not great. but also they hit him seventh.

So, you know, I don't know where you can really take this. This isn't a guy, Scott, that you're going to say, hey, bench him until he gets right. You're going to probably put him out there unless you had great options. It's just don't love to see him, like throwing him at seven. And he's a little bit rusty, obviously, 0 for four with three strikeouts. Yeah. But, yeah, everyday player, obviously there's, it's not the same situation as a pitcher

because there's no need for like a buildup. And obviously it's day after day. that they're going to be able to play him. I think with some of the players, some of the high-end players that are now having to bow out for the rest of the season, Carlos Correa is going to be a pretty easy start for most people. I mean, it's a deep lineup,

so it stands to reason they're batting him seventh. You know, he's behind Jordan Alvarez and Yuleiguriel. I mean, it's star-studded lineup there that Astros have. And, you know, I don't think he's going to be fixed at seventh spot for the final week and a half of the season. season necessarily. Hate to do it to you, Scott, but Jordan Alvarez. Oh, yeah.

Ding, hate to do it. See, that's been a contentious one. So I kind of guessed which way we were leaning with it at this point. But Jordan Alvarez, fair enough. That one does hurt. Every time I look at it, I'm like, yeah, Jordan. The other interesting note, how much do you buy into this? Yankees manager, Aaron Boone said Jean-Carlo Stanton could be activated Wednesday.

Yeah, that's obviously good. now I would expect a higher level of rust for him than for Carlos Garrea and as many options as the the Yankees have between the outfield and in D.H. In a daily league, I'm not sure

I'm going to be a Russian standing back out there. But you know, weekly league, he finishes out the week strong. I think there's certainly a chance. He's like a top 30, top 20, potentially even outfield or the rest of the way. So it probably is already owned

and if you happen to be a playoff team or a team that's still participating and have him in your IL spot I don't think you drop him I think you make room for him on your bench and see how this week plays out and then make a lineup decision based on that and they said if he's not there Wednesday

for sure he'll be there Thursday so everybody marking Jean-Carlo Stanton back for that final week at least and last I saw Joey Gallo is supposed to return Friday, right? I didn't see the no. You know, I didn't go to look to Joey Gallo,

but that is a good one and something we will check back in with for the Friday show, for sure. But be on the lookout for Joey Gallo. Some power hitters coming back, which is a nice little, you know, the Lord of Baseball takeeth, and sometimes they giveeth back, like Jean-Carlo Stanton and Joey Gallo.

We've got a couple games that are in progress as we're recording this. This is close in to actually to Midnight Eastern. We have got a couple that were in an extra innings, I'm only noting a few of these Diamondbacks Marlins. You've got Royals and A's, Dodgers, and Rays. But Cattell Marte was taken out of the fifth due to back stiffness with a Diamondback. So that's going to be something to monitor.

I don't know how severe it could be. You'd have to imagine next game he's going to sit. But this could have some impact for your weekend lineup. So you may need to take some aggressive offensive actions as far as players go. But as far as Tuesday go, you got any stand. that you would like to target. We've got a ton of stuff we're going to be covering lots of pitchers. We've got some more hitters, tons of emails, but who would you like to highlight is your standout? Probably have to start with Kevin Biggio, who hit for the cycle. And not only that,

he stole two bases. So we're talking one of the best single game performances for any player this year. What do you call that, by the way? Because they say a Homer and a stolen base is a combo meal. Did he supersized his combo meal? I don't know. I'm not sure I didn't hurt the combo meal before. I'm going to call it a happy meal. That's what it is. They say combo meal is the

Yeah, combo meal is the homer and stolen base combined in a night. This is going to be a happy meal cycle with two stolen bases. Pretty, pretty awesome. Also had four hits in his five previous games. It was hitting 265 during the month of September with only one homer and two stolen bases. So he literally doubled his output in the, this one single game. Because he had been struggling.

Oh yeah. He'd been struggling. He hasn't really lived up to, I think, the most optimistic projections for him. And, you know, I'm not necessarily thinking this changes that for the final week and a half that he's somebody you need to look into. But, yeah, he's done some things really right. The home run pace is good. He's 13 for 13 in steals and basically half a season's work. his walk rate is near, well, it's like 17%.

It's tremendous. It's just strikeout issues and launch angle issues, maybe selling out too much for the home run, are really holding back that batting average. Those are things that could change. I mean, I don't think he's somebody who we should necessarily dismiss heading into Nexia.

I mean, I think there's a good case to be made for him as a potential sleeper or breakout or whatever you want to call him. And, you know, a game like this is a reminder of just what kind of impact he could have. There were some interesting pitching matchups that are actually going on right now. And I just want to note Alex Young, who we've talked a lot about, the Diamondbacks are losing five to four in the bottom of the six, but he walked out only giving up one earned run with four strikeouts in five in five in innings as he left the game.

He, him going up against Caleb Smith, who went five but gave up four earned runs and four strikeouts. And then in the Tampa game, we talked about how Blake Snell came out after two innings. They had a weird thing where they like scratched Ross Stripling from starting the game. Yet he came in, and it looks like the fourth inning and went two innings striking out three and the Dodgers are losing. So he would have been in line for a save. So they implemented just an entire, you know, opener situation with Caleb Ferguson.

and stripling and just a whole setup there. So just a couple notes as far as the guys that are going on. A bullpen game with former starters. Yeah, a Dodger game. Yeah, sure. Just an actual Dodger game. All right, let's take a quick break here, and then we got a whole bunch to cover. And this break is our friends over at ZipRecruiter, because hiring can be a slow process.

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slash strike. ZipRecruiter, the smartest way to hire. All right. So I know that everybody's top of mind right now has got to be what to do with starting pitching. In fact, What are the daily asks we're going to get? Should I start this guy on Wednesday? Should I start this guy on Thursday? Well, I know we've been Monday, Wednesday, Friday. So I figured with only a week left to go, and we're always going to talk about the performances of the night.

We want to hit on two starting pitchers, the two starters. But I want to focus on tomorrow. I want to, as you guys are listening to this, on today on the Wednesday pitchers and some Thursday pitchers. So I went and took a look at the probable starters, and we actually have some decisions that we can go out and make. So Wednesday starting pitchers that are around 50% owned. I've got three for you, Scott.

Homer Bailey, 58% versus Kansas City. He's got six straight starts of not giving up more than three earned runs. Four wins in that time. 13 and 8 record with a 476 ERA on the season. Sandy Alcantara. Alcantara. Alcantara. 51% versus Arizona coming off of two straight quality starts,

one earned run in those with a complete game. 5 and 13 record, though, just under 4 ERA. And his last up against Arizona, though, he did go six, three walks and four strikeouts, and then Mike Leak. 54% own going up against Miami. Four straight quality starts. In 26 innings, though, the last,

he's only got 11 strikeouts. So all these 50% own guys, Homer Bailey, Sandy, Mike Leak, where are you going on Wednesday? As long as I can not say Sandy's last name is what I'm trying to do. That's why you're laughing. I said it wrong, too. It's Alcantara.

Alcantara. Yes. Yes. Yes. I think if I'm choosing between those three, I go home or Bailey, I'd be fine with, like honestly, Sandy Alcantara, the way he's finishing the season. I mean, he might show up on my breakout list next year. I'm very encouraged by this, but he does pitch for the Marlins.

It makes getting a win difficult. We can't. We've come so far too. I just remember, you know, just like a little baby, like a month ago. We were just hating on Sandy, and it's turned around. He really has been magnificent in our time. He's grown together with you and I. He has.

He has. It's like he wanted to bring us together. He wanted to be, he wanted to forge that bond. So, so right. Yeah. Now,

I mean, I should point out, and maybe this goes without saying, but, like, obviously the first place you should be looking for pitching help isn't the waiver wire. This is,

this is strictly, I have a need, oh my goodness what am I going to do okay here's the here's the best of a bad here's the way you make the best of a bad situation you go get Homer Bailey you go get Sandy Alcantara

I don't trust Mike Leak at all I understand it's the Marlins but I you know that's that's getting really desperate I think yeah I mean and we are to reiterate we are at that point of the year the long term plan is you want to set yourself up so you're not quite in this type of a

situation but anybody's regardless of the pitching situation you have. I have a situation in the league I'm vying for a championship in right now. I have a good team, a very good team, really strong starting pitching. But I had all of my guys go to start last week, which put me over. I was in a huge hole coming into the first three days of the start of this week because a lot of my good pitchers, they weren't going. This other guy not only had some decent options, but he was doing the streaming. So sure, ERA and WIP can get ahead of him.

So I needed to counter. I did counter. Actually, I picked up Trent Thornton. And it didn't work, but it was okay. It got me some innings and it did some stuff. But it wasn't exactly what I was looking for. But it kept me in so I didn't get really, really behind in strikeouts. I was still, you know, working out with ERA and stuff.

So just saying that we have a bigger plan, a lot of people might have gotten blown up in the first couple days or they might see how far they are behind and they have got to reach for these and Homer Bailey feels like a fantastic option to go with. Do you see Alcantra is like the same value as Homer Bailey as far as a starter goes for Wednesday? I mean, Bailey has the better matchup and he certainly has the better win potential. So you have to factor those in, but Alcantara, he's gone seven plus innings in six of seven. And he had that late game start two starts ago. He's gotten seven plus strikeouts and four of those seven. That's like that's really what's changed for him is he started to get strikeouts.

And I mean, that could be a total game changer for a guy with, who, you know, has a knack for pitching deep into games. And for the most part, keeps the ball on the ground as good at home run prevention. He's definitely somebody to watch. I think there's little chance that Alcantara hurts you too badly in this start. I just don't think there's the potential for him to be. quite as helpful as Bailey. So if Bailey is sitting out there for anybody

and you're looking to make a play, there's your play, Sandy's not a bad option. What about some fringeier options? There's two here. Danny Duffy, who's only 23% on CBS leagues, he's going up against Oakland. We just talked about what a good play that Homer Bailey is,

but Danny Duffy does have three straight quality starts, five earned runs and 14 strikeouts in those starts, with a four and a half ERA, six and six record on the season. And then I'm just throwing this one out here to get your take on it, but C. C.C. Sabathia, who's only 22% own.

He's got the Angels. He hasn't gone five since July 16th. And there's still a question, will they continue to kind of play around in an opener type of a situation? Opener or no opener is the question. And he's going up against the Angel. So is Sabathia at all an option?

And what about Duffy versus Bailey? I'd prefer Duffy, who's looked good since coming back from the IL, three straight quality starts. but obviously going against Oakland that's not a great matchup. Sabathia, I mean, yeah,

they've been piggybacking him a Domingo Hermann with him and, you know, I don't trust that to change. I think between these two, I would go Duffy, but this is getting, like, really toward the bottom of the barrel here.

Like, you have to understand you're sacrificing certain things to get ahead in others if you're turning to Duffy or certainly if you're turning to Sabathe. the ad, like just pursuing strikeouts at all costs. And sometimes you have to do that.

Sometimes you have to make that play. Sometimes you do. How are you doing, by the way? Any championships we're vying for? I know you had a whole bunch. Are you in the thick of it right now? The same five that I was still in the hunt for last time we spoke. No big deal.

Yep. Still, still in contention for those. Two of them are, wait, two of them, or just one. I think just one is a roto league that, you know, I feel pretty confident I'm going to win. And then three head-to-head leagues and a Sim League where anything could still happen there. But I had the best regular season team in two of those three head-to-head leagues. So I feel pretty good about my chances in those too.

Well, our friend, Mike, in New York, said, Hey, guys, you wanted to hear some of your listeners or how some of your listeners are doing. I don't remember asking that, but I'm cool with that. I always like to hear from people. He says, I only play in two leagues, a 15-team Dynasty League, where I was locked into third. That's in the money, but 20 plus points behind the leader. Still good this year because I joined the league late and inherited a garbage team.

And he's very happy. He picked up Nico Horner, my guy, Nico. He said, I made some good pickups in Quato and Alcantra. Thanks for this one, as he wasn't someone I was considering. I'm up 140 points going into the final week of the two-week championship and I'm feeling really good about winning my third title. I like this line here. He goes, I sometimes disagree with you guys, but I've been listening daily for several years now,

so I'm sure that you have helped me. I'm sure. It's just seeped in while I was disagreeing. Those are my favorite. It's like a backhanded compliment. It's like you guys probably did something, but I disagree with you guys. I'm really glad I stuck it out with Darvish and Flaherty for this year. And I'm glad that my move for the future didn't prevent me from potentially winning this year.

Let's get them ships. I just thought that was funny and interesting overall when you have those compliments. Like, I disagree with you guys. I listen, but you probably helped. I bet. I mean, I would think everybody listening disagrees with us sometimes. Definitely me. That would be normal. Yeah.

So, I mean, especially since not everybody talking on the show agrees on the talking points all that often with each other. Yeah. And disagreement is good. I mean, and there's no way you guys haven't learned stuff. I mean, I've been doing fantasy baseball podcasting for five plus years. It's not obviously what Adam and Scott have been doing. but I'll tell you right now, I've learned a ton being on with you guys. It's a different way to approach some of this stuff too.

And it's been a positive for me as a host. And I've been analyzing fantasy baseball for a long time. And being on here has helped me. So I won't say it's, you guys have probably helped me. You guys have definitely helped me in doing the hosting. But I know it was a nice compliment. That's what you were going for, Mike. And I can appreciate that.

I wanted to kick over to the Thursday starting pitching ads because we're not going to be here on Thursday. So there's only two. And I'm just interested in your take on these because there's a lot of guys that you would expect. And you can tell me I don't like this. I absolutely love this. These are must starts. And the two are Joe Musgrove, who's 66% owned. He's going up against Seattle.

His last three starts, gone 17 innings, five run runs and 18Ks. And they very often talked about Jordan Lyles, who is 69% owned versus San Diego. And he's given up two run runs or more only once in his last five starts. seven innings and 12Ks versus San Diego this year. So Liles and Musgrove are relatively high-ish-owned, but they still might be sitting out there and people might have questions if they want to put them out. So what do you think about Musgrove and Liles on Thursday?

Well, I don't really trust what Liles has been doing because there haven't been a lot of missed bats along the way, and I'm just afraid that's going to blow up in our faces if we put our faith in him now. so I can't I can't fully get behind that one but there may be a situation where there's you know

it's the best you can do so if you were like really skimming along really nice good ratios wins you got some starters this weekend Lyles is someone you're sitting yeah yeah I think most people listening wouldn't want anything to do with Liles

it's more if you just need you just need to take a shot on anything you can. Whether it's to catch up in certain categories or to catch up in an overall scoring, then yeah, Lyles is maybe somebody you could turn to. What if he was listening? You're like, nobody wants to, nobody would ever use Lyles. And he's like, hey, I'm sitting over here.

I'm starting. I'm good. He's going to pitch a gym now just to spite you. I promise you. Well, good for him if he does. I mean, clearly some people, I mean, he's 69% own. That's some people are buying into it. It's been a nice stretch with the brewers.

It's just not in a way that. I think is sustainable. And then from Musgrove, I wanted to confirm because different sources are saying different pitchers are going that day. And it's always going to be

a day-to-day thing this time of year. But assuming Musgrove is going, it's always scary to recommend Musgrove because it's often gone very poorly this year. Even versus Seattle? Well, yeah. I mean, anytime. There have been so many blowups

from Musgrove this year at inopportune times just when you think he's turning things. around. But this has been a, you know, a stretch of five starts, a stretch of six starts, where only one of them's bad, a 3-89 ERA overall during that stretch, right at a strikeout per inning. And it's Seattle, like you said. So I feel much better about that one than Liles. Who'd you rather hear Joe Musgrove or Homer Bailey, if you had to do your Wednesday start or your Thursday start? I would say Musgrove.

Musgrove. Okay, so there's a little bit of concern, but you're confident overall then? No, I'm not confident in any of these bitches. At least over, I'm sorry, you're confident over Baylor. Because I felt like we talked kind of swimmingly about Homer Bailey. We're talking negative on Musgrove, yet he's over Homer Bailey. So I'm just trying to parse out what the next two days look like. Right. No, I get that.

And that's, that's good. It's good to put everything into context. I would say, you know, there's more about the history of Musgrove that makes me speak fearfully of him in terms of just personal history, him. Yeah, just so many times this year. I thought it was going to go well and it went very poorly instead. And it's just kind of one of those pitchers who's prone to the meltdown. I think he's better.

I think he's a better pitcher than Homer Bailey. So when things are going well. And look, Seattle's a better matchup even than Casey, who Homer Bailey's facing. So that helps contribute to it too. How about some two-start first starts here? I got four names for you and give me, I mean, just, you know, give me a thought if you feel really confident, if your lack of confidence is seeping through here.

The two-start first starts, Andrew Plutcoe, who took over for Plessack. He went six, gave up tour and runs, six strikeouts. This was on Tuesday. Vince Velasquez went five, two-er-and-runs with eight strikeouts. He's got Cleveland up next, not that we've really talked about him, but it was a good night. Martine Perez, four-and-two-thirds inning, ten hits, but only three-earned runs with four strikeouts. He's got Kansas City next. And Mitch Keller, who is a Nick Pollock special here, first start was good, went five,

give up six hits, two and runs, two walks, and seven strikeouts, and he's got that Yelich-Lis Milwaukee start later in the weekend. So where does your confidence lead you to in whatever two-start confidence sits with these guys that I know you're actually not confident about? Yeah, if, yeah, they're all below Musgrove and Bailey for me. I think Plectco is probably the place I'd look first, but I don't really buy the skill set. Other than limiting walks, I don't see what it is.

He does well. And I think he's been pitching over his head, and Philadelphia is a tough matchup. And no, I just don't want to do that. I mean, Mitch Keller, great that he pulled it out today. Good for Nick on that call. Three of his previous four were awful, and even without Yelich, at Milwaukee,

for a pitcher who's had so many ups and downs. I don't trust that at all. So all of these guys are, I mean, not that any of these were swimming two-star guys for you anyways. I was kind of into when it was police sack and then it turned into Plutco. He looked really good,

but Philly, I guess Philly and Cleveland, Velazquez's matchup, those two are less than ideal. It's just Perez with Kansas City looks really good and Keller is there. But the two-star, it just doesn't mean anything for you for the weekend. No, I mean, two-start is only interesting in weekly leagues where you're getting both the starts, I feel like. Beyond that, obviously, there's not any significance to it. And Perez, I mean, it was the White Sox today, right?

That he gave up 10 hits in four-and-two-thirds innings. And there hasn't really been a lot in, you know, other than that great start to the season he had, there hasn't been a lot to get excited about from him. I mean, if you're mashing together two great matchups, you cross your fingers, one of them is going to be good. but when you're down to just a one-for-one shot, which is what that second start is in a league where you're setting daily lineups, no. All right, let's take a quick break.

You guys thought I forgot about something. I didn't forget about it. We're hitting the Worryometer when we come back from this break. You betcha. It is a Worryometer Wednesday. I just didn't say it at the top of the episode. But you guys know, it's implied. It's Wednesday.

Who are we worried about? Well, how about the very talked about, John did not means business in his first start in those two starts five and two-thirds inning, five earned runs, two walks and three strikeouts. He has got Seattle coming up next

as his next start here. So, what do you think? Where is the Wuriometer on the second start for John Means? He's a two-start pitcher that I got behind more at the start of the year. I actually picked him up. to use him in a relief pitcher spot

in a head-to-head points league's one of those that I'm playing, I'm vying for the championship in. And obviously it hasn't gone well. He's not a pitcher whose skill set I buy into completely, but contrasting him with somebody like Adam Plutko or Julio Turan or another one of those pitchers who isn't really showing the skills but is getting the results.

It seems like means quality of confidence. contact is superior from a pitching standpoint. His ex-Wobah and ex-batting average are lower than those other pitchers and just low in general. So I would put it at like a five. I'm not immediately yanking him from my lineup if I still have a chance to. People are gun-shy. I just want to throw that out. We got some tweets about nothing harmful, nothing crazy.

I think the majority of everybody, Pollack was with. this on this. Everyone was kind of weird that like, hey, listen, John Means is near the top of the list of good matchups for a pitcher that has performed at a relatively high level. It just doesn't always work out. I mean, skill sets, you know, sometimes implodes a little bit. He had been coming off of, what was it, five straight starts where he hadn't given over, given up over two earned runs. Strikeouts were there. He was getting some wins. And he gets the best matchup of maybe these had in his last seven starts outside of Kansas City. And he gets blown up a little bit. And he gets blown up a little bit, but there's a lot of people that feel gun shy. You have a

Worryometer 5, but you're still, you are still going to put him out there this weekend. He's not an automatic sit, is what I'm, like, it depends what you need. If your needs are mainly ERA and WIP, probably not. If your needs are strikeouts and wins, probably. If it's a points league and, you know, that's generally not the kind of leagues where you're setting daily lineups, but then I think it's a yes. I would put my, wariometer around six or seven because of what's left here. And trying to determine is John means this Seattle start truly better than some of the stuff that we've already talked about? I'm not so sure. If you had John Means at the beginning of the week, you're probably somebody

that is looking at Al Contra. You are probably looking at Plutka later in the week or maybe even a Homer Bailey. You're probably in that territory now. So if you're able to write the ship a little bit, I would feel very concerned about John Means taking me out at the end. But it's circumstantial. You guys see where you're at on the back end of the week. It is a really good matchup. And if you're trying to catch back up with ratios, you put them out there.

If you're holding tight, I don't know. I can't imagine you're holding tight because he probably blew you up a little bit. So maybe you do start him no matter what. Well, I mean, I would probably rank Bailey, well, Musgrove, I guess first. Musgrove and Bailey ahead of him if we're if we're ranking one start sleepers I guess at this point is what we're calling them that's where we're at now yeah um I would probably put between him between means and Alcantara that's a tough call I like Sandy I don't like him against Arizona but Catelle Marte is going to be probably be out for that start which helps it even a little bit more yeah I'm gonna go Sandy okay I'm with you on On that. Yeah, we'll go means fourth here in the pecking order. I like it. All right, number two on the wariometer. I was digging around and I was going through a lot of the drops and the views. And this was a really interesting name if I can keep stalling for time to find my place again. I'm doing the Scott White. I'm just trying to find my place. All right. Was this catcher, Will Smith? Yeah, I know. I was just like, keep talking into you. That's my thing. Yeah. Will Smith was the most dropped hitter on CBS.

that didn't have an injury currently, as I went and looked. Only three hits in September. His average, which walked into September, was at 2.92. Sure, he doesn't have a million net bats or anything like that. But still, he walked into September with a 292 batting average. It is down to 250 coming into Tuesday. A lot of catching options are out there. We've talked about guys like Sean Murphy.

Some other guys are catching fire. So Worryometer at this point in the year on Will Smith, who was also 0 for 2 as the day. Dodger Tampa Bay game is going on right now. Yeah, Worryometer for Will Smith, I would put about a... I'm going to put it at a six. I was debating between six and seven. I'm putting it at six because I feel like your alternatives at catcher are still pretty

limited, though Sean Murphy is a good one. I don't know. I assume you and Nick talked about him on Monday. And how suddenly, I guess it started with the two-homer game, but he looks like the athletics primary option behind the play, as he should be, because he's a great defender who's made huge strides offensively the past two years, remind you of anyone else, it should remind you of Will Smith. But the strikeout history isn't nearly as pronounced.

I mean, it's non-existent. I mean, even when he wasn't a good hitter, Sean Murphy wasn't a guy who struck out. So I could see making that switch. I don't have either team's matchups pulled up for the next week. but that would be worth knowing. And I pull it up right now. So Dodgers have six games against Padres and Giants. That's pretty good.

That's pretty good. Oakland has six games against the Angels and Mariners. That's even better. Even better. Yeah. So I could see making that switch. And more than that, I mean, Will Smith, part of what got me excited about him

and what got everybody excited about him, I'm sure, is... Would you say you getting jigggy with it? Sorry. No. Sorry. I'm very apologized. And I shouldn't have laughed at that. No, you shouldn't have.

I apologize to everybody. That probably ended my CBS career right there. If I'm not back, you know why. It's because of I did the getting jiggy with it thing. Yeah. But, but what was I going to say? Oh, yeah. I mean, the strikeout prior to this year were terrible for Will Smith.

And then he really seemed to overcome that AAA this year. I mean, here in September with the struggles, he's striking out like 35% of the time. It's been really bad. And, you know, maybe he's going to overcome that in the near future. But I'm kind of worried about Will Smith in terms of next year, too, because I kind of, I mean, I'd written the column previewing catcher rankings for next year. I'd penciled him in there in the five spot. I was about to say, yeah, it was top five, wasn't it? Yeah.

I mean, if he doesn't turn things around in a significant way, and I'm assuming he'll have all postseason to do that, too. But. assuming he's going to be given the full-time opportunity, if he keeps hitting like this, they might bring out those alternative options. Really good defender. But as things stand now, I think I'd have to move Mitch Garver ahead of him for fifth.

I don't see myself dropping Will Smith lower than six, but that kind of depends how things play out for Sean Murphy, too, because he has a lot of upside himself. And I think that is a good spot for it, seven on the Worryometer, and there are droppable options out there if you are dealing with the worry of Will's. Smith. What else is going around the league? Well, Mookie Betts, ailing left foot showed inflammation as he had an MRI on Monday. It's good news, but ultimately, I feel a little troutish here because it's like, what do I do with it? I don't know. I mean, you know, if you're locked into a lineup, you're good to go. If you've got alternative options, you need to kind of keep going with that. But it's just another, I mean, how many MVP's can we have knocked out of the end of the year? I'm not saying he's knocked out because we just don't.

know, but it's unfortunate that this is happening on this run right here. Yeah, and it's going to certainly lend credence to the argument. You just need to end your season early in fantasy baseball and not even worry about this. So, I mean, these are all injuries that would sideline players for, well, certainly in the case of Trout and Yelage, injuries that would sideline players for weeks. it just so happened to happen in September, but it could have happened in August, you know, August 1st and the same situation probably.

Could have. Coulda, wouldn't. I'm a big proponent for September 1st being the end of your playoffs. Yeah, I think it's just, you know, the bad timing as opposed to the timing of it contributing to the prognosis of the injury. Now, Mookie Betts case might be different because Mookie Betts,

might be a day-to-day thing that they just run out of days with. Or at least, you know, if you're talking setting a weekly lineup, you have, he has what, he has five days to get back in the lineup, four days to get back in the lineup. If you're really going to trust him for that final week. And I'm not confident that's going to happen. If he does, I mean, once he's good, you put him back in. There's no worries that go along with him.

It just is he going to get back there? Another one that we lost. We actually lost a couple guys for the rest of the year, at least getting shut down. We got Lucas G. Alito, who shut down for the rest of the year after he was diagnosed with a mild right lat strain. And the other one, as I had him in a different area, was Chris Paddock. Chris Paddock is officially done for the year after going on Tuesday, five innings, one and run and nine strikeouts. Finally. That's done.

But, I mean, I kind of got you there. I got to say, I mean, it, all year. Since the first whispers of him potentially making the opening day, or the first rotation at the start of the year for the Padres, we've talked about, okay, he's not going to make it all season. Just understand that if you're going to invest in him. He may not make it through August, right? I didn't think he would make it through August.

It turns out, all but the last week of the season, you were able to start him. He did take, I guess, he didn't miss that turn, what wasn't in June, July, something like that. He missed a turn. Got sent to the minors where he didn't make a start. That's how you manage a young pitcher like this, though. That is, to me, that's the prototypical, especially for fantasy owners. If we had more teams committed to treating these young pitchers like that, we would have much more confidence in moving along with him.

Though not all the young pitchers do anything remotely close to what Chris Paddock did this year. Well, any, you know, here we are nearing the end of September and he threw only 140. Part of that was also they kind of basically went six-man rotation with just him and so that meant few two start weeks for him this year and obviously that made a difference too

and how you used him but next year I mean the fact he managed to go 140 innings I think I think he's just going to be free to pitch not maybe not entirely free but I think 180 innings is certainly on the table and apart from

proven aces you don't expect more than 180 innings from anybody. So, especially the way Paddock finished this season is final four starts, one earned run in the total combined between the four starts, 32 strikeouts to four walks and 23 in a third innings.

And it's just a very impressive season and he's going to be in the discussion I think for top 25 up there with guys like you Darvish I think heading into next year. I think so. Now, this was dicey. I need to go into what the deal is,

but I just want to bring this up, and if there's something quickly you want to drop with it, Felipe Vasquez with the Pirates is done. He is done as a pirate. I think he's done as a baseball player, and he might be done as a free civilian with some pretty horrific allegations that are out there. Allegations, of course, but Felipe Vasquez, it's nasty stuff. But we also had people asking, clearly you drop him, what does the situation in Pittsburgh look like if you're just trying to deal with it for the rest of the, you know, the rest of the week and a half that's going on? Because Felipe Vasquez will not wear a Pirates uniform again. Yeah, that's a good question. And I hadn't really, I hadn't really, I guess, looked beyond the headline to that aspect of it. We had a couple emails about it that, I mean, everybody is kind of with the narrative of like, you know, talking about what the stuff is because it's bad. But then also being like, well, what exactly do I also do? I mean, Keone Keller kind of maybe seems like the, would that be the guy? I mean, their bullpen is riddled. I mean, ironically.

the Kyle Crick thing, him and Vasquez and Crick getting into a whole thing, but Crick is out for the season. So Kellis seems like the, I don't know, he seems like the likely guy. And he has closing experience. He was the Rangers closer for most of last year. He's pitched well since coming back from the IEL.

I would guess he's the guy. I'm not sure. Speculating on a Pirates closer is something I'm that interested in doing this time of year, but Kell is a good reliever. And yeah, I mean, he may turn in a surprising

saves total in this week and a half. I guess a surprising saves total would be like four, right? Yeah, yeah, exactly. You can look for it. Just some other quick notes here. Delipatansis diagnosed with a partial tear of his left Achilles tendon out for the year and might miss 2020 time. Craig Kimbril tossed a 16 pitch simulated game on Tuesday in Wrigley Field. There's a thought process he might come back this weekend. Maybe you can save a save or two. We'll have to monitor that. Philly's place Corey Dickerson on the 60 day with a fractured left foot. Your guy, Joe Kipp.

Jason is done for the year with a fractured hamlet bone in his right wrist. Yeah, that one made me sad. Yeah, it does. Orio Faroe, day to day with a left hand contusion. Looks like Piscotti might not return. And in two positive notes, the Mariners activated Domingo Santana from the 10-day IL. And Kested here, a return to the starting lineup going one for three. So those are some positive hitter notes for people.

Anything we need to know or digest on any of those guys, Domingo Santana coming back, here or back in, anything of relevance? I mean, Hira actually being back in the lineup is a pretty big deal. He's been getting a lot of industry buzz in early mock draft contexts, people really high on him. And I kind of understand, but no, like, everybody's overlooking this crazy high strikeout rate he's had as a rookie. Maybe just because, you know, he wasn't that kind of strikeout guy in the minors. Maybe that's fair. But I don't know.

It concerns me some. I'm also not sure how much Domingo Santana is actually going to play. He wasn't in the lineup today. Obviously, Kyle Lewis, I mean, between he and Nico Horner, you know, my dismissal of both is looking pretty horrible. Which, by the way, oh, no, sorry, you finish, and then I'll tell you about the most added hitters because there's relevance to the players you just mentioned.

Yeah. Now, I did make Kyle Lewis the cover boy in my top 10 sleeper hitters for this upcoming week. Excellent. I was giving Kyle Lewis. Strikeout four times today, though. Right after I gave him kind of the front run of being like, Kyle Lewis is a guy that you pick over some pretty serious names right now.

He's the hot bat. Kind of you almost take the, I think I was saying it with Nick, kind of the Aquino approach that it's like sometimes these guys with the higher strikeout profiles, you know, that catch fire with their bat. You know, Aquino is kind of the backdrop for what Kyle Lewis could be the rest of the year. We just didn't know when it was going to end with Kyle Lewis. Hopefully it's not the top of it, which, by the way, the top four hitters, added on CBS right now.

Kyle Lewis at the top, up to 33% owned, four homers, nine RBIs in his last six games. Sean Murphy was number two who he talked about, a guy to take over Will Smith, up to 32% owned, four homers, eight RBIs in 10 games, Nico Horner, number three most added up to 30%. He was one for four on Tuesday,

and I thought this was interesting. Trent Grisham was a fourth most added, up to 30%. He's got hits in four of his last five games, and I feel like you look at all those outfields, injuries. People lost Yelich. You're losing Mookiee bets. Mike Trout is out. Grisham kind of seems like the guy I think that a lot of people have moved to. And I think it's for the most part paying off. Though Kyle Lewis would have been the play. Yeah. Gresham actually was also in my top 10 sleeper

hitters for this upcoming week. It's a righty loaded schedule for the Brewers. I haven't fully vetted this yet, obviously, but it's looking like another righty-loaded schedule for them next week. So that would be good news for the left-handed hitting Grisham. who, let's see, is he batting, he's in the lead off spot today, has that been the norm for him? Because that's also a pretty big deal. And it looks like it has been the norm for him.

So yeah, another reason to get behind Grisham. So how about this for you? Someone that we've talked a lot about, like 20 seconds ago, Aristides Aquino, hit his 16th Homer on Tuesday. But he went one for four.

He's still, he's a lot of what, like I think we're figuring out exactly the type of player that he is as he's starting to level out, would you want Kyle Lewis or Trent Grisham over Aquino for the last week and a half of the season? Well, that would be largely matchups based, I feel like. And I say that, yeah, I understand it's been an awful September for Aquino. This was only his second home run for the month. And he's batting like, he's 156 in his previous 18 games before tonight, but it hasn't been like Will Smith

because he's striking out every third at bat. It hasn't been that. And so it doesn't concern me quite as much. I think obviously he's not a must start anymore. That's certainly in three outfielder leagues. That's fair to say. But the strike rate's higher than I thought. It's less than 30%, though.

So that's not as bad as Will Smith, but it's not good. It would be matchups-based, I would say, just to sum it up. So maybe they're all in the same line, though. They're even. Yeah. That's the key. I mean, I would break. Aristides would, Aquino, would still be a tie breaker for me.

And looking at the Reds matchups, they got the Brewers and Reds next week. Well, they don't play this. I'm sorry, they are the Reds. The Brewers and Pirates next week. That's pretty good. That's pretty good matchups. Some good starting pitching performances on Tuesday. Patrick Corbyn

struck out 11, no-run runs and 6. Justin Verlander, 8, 6 with no-earned runs. Marcus Stroman with a really good start. Really been good since I was questioning him on the back half of this playoff runs. Seven, no-urn runs with seven strikeouts. Gonzalez, Mike Gonzalez went out there,

seven no-and-runs with four strikeouts, and we already talked about Paddock. But what about these good pitchers, but runs given up? We had three of them. You, Darvish, who went seven, gave up one walk, 13 strikeouts, but four earned runs,

Sonny Gray gave up four earned runs, but he went six and two-thirds with nine strikeouts, and Lance Lynn went seven with four earned runs and eight strikeouts. All performances you're going to take, but none are quality starts. So good pitchers, but what's with the runs, man? Well, you Darvish, his previous 11 starts, a 244 ERA, 0.78 whip, 12.6K per 9. that was his previous 11. Sunny Gray, his previous 14, 175 ERA, 0.92 whip, 10.8K per 9. Nobody's worrying about them. Lance Lynn, I could see how people might worry about him.

It's been a six-start stretch now. I think this one moves his ERA during that stretch over four. But it was three home runs in this game, a combined two in the previous five. So it's not like he's giving up a lot of home runs. Four of the six, he's allowed five hits or fewer. The swinging strike rate has been great. The strikeouts have been great. I don't see any reason to actually worry about Lance Lynn,

even though the results have been worse. I would just stick with him. I've got a couple emails, I swear we're actually going to hit just like, let's hit two or three. These are 2020-based. I've been teasing it for a week. But guys, we got so much to talk about that we can't take. away the stuff that's winning people championships right now.

But fantasy baseball at CBSI.com, you send them in. Maybe this last episode, the Monday episode, we'll try to really get some of these in and get a good little 2020 in. First up, dear lucky, dusty, Ned, and El Guapo. Do you know what that's from? That is the three amigos. Adam Azer. Let me tell you something about this Azer.

He had the audacity to send me this email and then go, hey, do you know the reference? And I said, do I know the reference? And he's like, Are you kidding me? He's like, well, you only know Nick Schwartson. And I said, all right, you have now guns have been drawn here.

You guys have never seen the jerk. Don't tell me about Steve Martin movies. I replied to him within seven seconds of this email. El Guapo gives it away one of the best movies of all time. Sorry. Deeper question. Seven by seven league with runs. Homer's RBI doubles and triples,

stolen base average in OBP, forever keeper. Hira or Lux at $1. That's from Brendan in Thunder Bay. I'm sure Hira's going to get drafted first next year between these two. And he may be the safer play. He may be.

He's been hyped as, you know, elite bat from the day he was drafted. I feel like Lux's, at his best would have more to offer. Because Hira, I mean, I don't think the strikeouts are going to continue necessarily, but the walk rate, he's not a guy who's going to get on base much aside from the hits. So I would go Lux. I think this one is really, really close.

I'm going to go with Hira by a very, very small margin. Though, if you're talking in redraft context, it's funny, I have all the shares of Lux in every early mock draft I'm doing because nobody is valuing him where he should be. But I think they're pretty close. and that's a pretty good value. Let's see, who is this from? Hey, guys, thanks for keeping the podcast going

as we're winding through the playoffs. Great stuff. That said, however, I want to plan for 2020. 16 team can keep one hitter in pitcher. The catch is you lose, they have to have been drafted after round five. Who would you keep from the following? The hitters are Boba Chet,

DJ LaMayhew, Joey Gallo, and Gallow, and Gio Orshella. That would be Joey Gallo, right? I'm going to say Joey, though. I want to take Bichette. Yeah, oh man. It's definitely not Urshala. No. I don't think we should,

we could dismiss LaMayhew out of hand either, but. I don't think it's about dismissing. I think it's just like clearly got to be Gallo or Bichette, not to say that DJ isn't close. I mean, this is one hitter, one pitcher. You're playing this one year to the next. This isn't like the last question to keep forever scenario. Exactly.

I think you go Gallo. It's just whoever's going to get drafted or released next year, and I think it's Gallo. I agree. Pitchers, he has Brad Hand, Kirby Gates, and Lucas Gialito. Yeah, it's clearly going to be Gialito. And he said he was leaning, Bichette, and Gialito, but we are going to go with Gallo and Gialito. Chris from Nashville, longtime listener, and love the new Chris. Would you look at that? Thank you, Chris. I traded away my postseason hopes for keepers. Keep up to 10 players.

I've got seven players I know who to keep. I'm having trouble picking my last three. Help me, Obi-Wan, Kenobi. He's got Eduardo Escobar, Tommy Fam, Zach Gallin, I believe that's Caleb Smith, Brantley, Heaney, Dahl, and Woodrofe. Those are the seven he's keeping. Oh, no, no, those are the to choose from. He's got Otani, Soto, Modese, Paddock, Snell, Corbyn, and Alonzo. So he's got three pitchers, Otani, if a four. So this is, this is Gallin Fam and Eduardo Escobar pretty easy.

Do you agree? Alan Fam and Eduardo Escobar. Would you replace Caleb Smith? Yeah, would you replace Caleb Smith or Brantley with any of those three that I just listed? Gallin, Fam, or Escobar. Are these prices that he's keeping them for next to them? I think they're rounds. It's not clear.

A round number. I want to say that they're round. I mean, Woodruff at 22 is pretty nice. Honestly, I think Bramley is the top keeper of all of them. Michael Brantley. So then who gets knocked? Escobar, Fam, or Gallon? Considering it's a categories league, I would say Gallon.

Yeah. Yeah, okay, I'm with that. It's kind of a bummer. Oh, you know why also? it's clearly that too. Let's point this out. He only has Soto as his other outfielder. So I'm assuming, and he says this is a five outfielder league. So get another one in there.

Brantley clearly is that. So I think that is a good one. And real quick one, hey real quick, Sean says, will Carlos Carrasco be a SPRP guy next year or fall short on appearances? That's a good question. I'm not sure how many relief appearances he's made. I can look it up real quick. He is at, he's at six.

He needs to make 10. So that's, I think, unlikely, but possible. It's within a reach. So monitor if you get four more in the next, what, seven, eight days. I think that's possible. He has been going a bit deeper. But it's not likely. Oh, he appeared today.

So it's five. All right. We're getting there. Let's go. Let's go Carlos Carrasco. All right, good stuff. Send those emails in, Fantasy Baseball at cbsi.com. And we will try to answer your stuff, whether we can help you out in the final week of this season

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