Fantasy Baseball Today - Abbott vs. Smith-Shawver, Phillies Huge Game & Hitter Fun Facts (6/6 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: June 6, 2023

What did we think of Andrew Abbott's debut (1:19)? ... Abbott or AJ Smith-Shawver (7:17)? ... Aaron Nola and Trea Turner both had huge performances Monday night (10:00). ... What's next for Alek Manoah (14:30)? ... Brayan Bello has pitched well (20:06). ... Let's talk fun facts about Vinnie Pasquantino, Dansby Swanson and other hitters (24:15). ... News (40:55): Jacob deGrom was moved to the 60-day IL. ... Do any of these waiver wire hitters matter (48:39)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates, streamers and Team Name Tuesday (52:15). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Where fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Hey there, and welcome into Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, June 6th. I am Frank Sanfell, joined by Scott White.

Today on the show, we're going to break down Andrew Abbott's debut. Pretty good one. Two Phillies had huge games. Alec Manoa face planted once again, and did you know, I've got some random hitter facts on a smaller Monday slate, so came up with an extra segment here. We'll get into much more, of course,

your team name Tuesday as well. Before we get started, please like this video and subscribe on YouTube if you haven't already. And if you're listening on the audio side, download, follow, and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. Let's jump in. Oh my goodness. Gracious!

There she goes. Our girl, Susan. Scotty, you're up. Oh, my goodness, gracious player of the night. Well, I'm going to go with Andrew Abbott, who threw six shot-out innings in his major league debut, six-one-hit innings in his major league debut, walked four, which isn't great, but struck out six. And, you know, all in all, it's pretty successful to debut, I'd have to say.

How many pitchers allow? How many pitchers throw one six hit in their debut? It can't be that many. But in a way, this debut was kind of a microcosm for all of Andrew Abbott, because I'm of two minds with it. Like, on the one hand, yes, you could point to what makes it a very impressive debut. It's rather obvious. On the other hand, he was facing a Brewer's team that is a Brewer's offense

that's the worst against left-handed pitchers in terms of OPS, and by far the worst in terms of strikeout rate. They're striking out almost 30% of the time against left-handed pitchers. And he had less than a 10% swinging strike rate against them, 10 whiffs on 105 pitches, including 7 on 61% fastballs. Now, we talked yesterday about how he, He's sort of like a left-handed Joe Ryan in that he doesn't have a lot of velocity on the fastball, but it's been a very, very good swing and miss pitch for him in the minors

because of vertical approach angle and hitter swinging under. And, you know, there's just a deceptive quality to it that makes it effective in the minor. So he threw it 61% of the time, got most of his whiffs on it. But that's still a 21% whiff rate that he had on the fastball, which is, kind of uninspiring, especially given, again, he was facing a Brewer's lineup that is by far the most strikeout-strikeout prone against left-handed pitchers. I'll also point out he only had one swinging strike on a breaking ball. And the breaking ball is supposed to be pretty good, too. It's supposed to help round out his arsenal, have given more than just this fastball to work with.

So the positives are pretty obvious, and yet I'm still a little underwhelmed, especially given that this is a guy who had, again, 15 strikeouts per nine in the minors this year. And just watching him, and I felt this way, you know, watching some of his minor league video too is, like watching him is kind of underwhelming too. It's not just that the fastball is, you know, it's not a high-powered fastball with a lot. lot of velocity, but it doesn't seem to have any, like, just to the naked eye, it doesn't, there's nothing that seems special about it. It doesn't have, like, an extra zip to it. This rising effect that it supposedly have isn't, isn't that apparent in the way it is for, like, a Spencer Strider who does throw very hard, but, you know, you can, you can see more

to his fastball than just the pure velocity in Strider's case, and you don't really, I don't really see that when I watch Abbott. I mean, I don't have necessarily a trained eye for these sort of things. But watching him to me is a bit underwhelming. So I still don't know how it's going to go. As I pointed out yesterday, he was very home run prone in the minors, especially after getting to AAA. And we didn't bring this up on yesterday's show. So Andrew Rabbit, 15K per nine, on the whole in the minors this year, as I pointed out, it was closer to 12 per nine at AAA. And that's

also where the home run rates biked. And specifically, the three starts he made at double A before the promotion to AAA were just flat out ridiculous. AA for him is in the Southern League and the Southern League is experimenting with pre-tacked baseballs this year. So he had more grip on those baseballs at AA where he put up the most ridiculous numbers. Then he had a AAA. Then he's going to have in the majors.

So that kind of changes the perspective of everything too. It introduces a new variable that we don't really know how to account for. So I know that's kind of That analysis is kind of all over the place with Andrew Abbott But that's kind of where I am with him Like obviously the way that this debut went You pick him up if he's still available You see what happens next

But I remain a bit skeptical about him I think that's my overall takeaway as well I watched this entire first start of his Obviously it's a successful debut It's only allowed one hit over six shutout endings You obviously earn the win there in your debut six strikeouts. So all in all, the surface level numbers, everything there,

it was a successful start. And just the way he battled, too, the first couple of innings, I think he was at like 50 or 55 pitches through two innings. He was very inefficient early on. You could tell he was kind of anxious and throwing his fastball over the place. But then he settled down. And his final four innings of work, he looked much better, much more confident.

And while he only got one whiff on the curveball, he had eight called strikes with that pitch. and he was able to just kind of lay it in there whenever he needed to kind of steal a strike and I thought that was pretty impressive for Andrew Abbott in this one but yeah, you dig a little bit deeper, Scott, I agree with most of what you said,

average 92.9 miles per hour on that fastball which is supposed to be really good and very clearly his most used pitcher in this one. Again, that's Andrew Abbott. He's up to 51% rostered. He was the third most added starting pitcher on CBS. Who was ahead of him?

Tommy Henry and Braxton Garrett. just because I guess those guys weren't rostered very much over the weekend, and people wanted to pick them up for the two starts. So I assume that's why they were the most added pitchers. But there's one name that's right below, Scott, that I want to ask you about in comparison. A.J. Smith Chauver, because yesterday we were talking about Mike Soroka and how he has to reinvent himself and he doesn't look like the pitcher that he once was.

Lo and behold, on Monday, he gets sent back down to AAA, and there's a report that AJ Smith Schaver could start this weekend for the Braves, either Friday or Saturday. And we saw what he did in his debut. On Sunday, he threw two in the third, no-hit innings with three strikeouts in a relief appearance. It was, again, his first appearance in the majors. And you referenced the numbers that he had in the minors this year, Scott. We talked about it when he got called up.

A 109 ERA, a 0.94 whip, 45 strikeouts over 33 innings for A.J. Smith-Shawver. who would you rather have? You saw the debut for both technically. Would you rather have Smith Chauver or Andrew Abbott? Well, somebody asked me this earlier Monday when we first learned that Soroka was being sent down and that Smith Schaver potentially could be replacing him. Oh, do I go ahead and drop Abbott now and pick up Smith Schaver?

And my response then was asked me tomorrow because it depended how Andrew Abbott's major league debut when. And again, I mean, it was a very successful debut. And if you don't have Abbott, you have to pick him up now. And so I would say you can't drop him for AJ Smith Schaver. Yeah, who has his own issues. I mean, he's not a flawless prospect himself. He's a more conventional pitching prospect, a real power arm.

His fastball has good characteristics beyond just velocity, but he does have the velocity that Abbott lacks. I think control is going to be more of an issue for AJ Smith-Shawber. And just the fact that he's come rocketing up from A ball over a month-long period, basically, introduces a lot of uncertainty to his profile. But an exciting pitcher, and the fact that the Braves organization, who I would say has a pretty good track record with development and identifying talent, particularly prospects that the prospect industry as a whole kind of overlooks.

You know, I think there's reason for optimism with AJ Smith-Shawver for sure. And if you can afford to roster both him and Abbott, great. But between the two, I would prefer to have Abbott. Okay. Yeah, I think that's where I'm at as well. It's close because the team context obviously is much better with AJ Smith-Shallver and the Atlanta Braves. But kind of what I want to see what he does this weekend. If you have the ability to roster both, I do agree with you, Scott.

Go out and add both of those names. Oh my goodness gracious for me, the Phillies. All of them. Well, specifically two of them that I want to highlight here. Aranola and Trey Turner. We needed to see something. You know, Aranola kind of off to a slow start this year. Trey Turner definitely off to a slow start.

Let's start with Aranola, who was masterful. He took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in this one, Scott. The final line, seven innings, one hit, three unearned runs. He did give up a three-run home. in an inning that got extended because of an error, so that's why they were all unearned runs. 12 strikeouts to three walks, 21 swinging strikes on 108 pitches for Arandola.

He had 19 swinging strikes two starts ago against the Atlanta Braves, so it's nice to see those whiffs are finally starting to come around here. And the really positive sign of the fastball velocity, up 1.5 miles per hour in this start, which is closer to where it was last year. actually was his average fastball velocity was 93.4. It was 92.8 last year, and it's been down a little bit this season.

So that was an encouraging sign for Arandola. He did something to his pitch mix, too. He ditched the cutter, which, you know, he usually uses it around 10 to 15% of the time. It really hasn't been a good pitch for him. 306 batting average against. He went very four seam and curveball heavy in the start, and obviously it worked for Arandola. Scott, your thoughts on this start.

and look, we needed to see it, right? I mean, this was like a top 10 starting pitcher that was drafted, and he really was not pitching like that for most of the season. Yeah, and it was, it was, it went just beyond the ERA, which he's had problems with before, being too home run prone and the ERA spiking because of that. It was reflected in some of the underlying numbers to specifically strikeout, swinging strike rate, the real, the ones that are probably the clearest indicators of pure stuff.

And so I think it was reasonable to ask, given that we've asked the same thing with Dylan Sees and Shane Bieber, if Aaron Nola had lost something if he was in decline. And I remained pretty confident in him just because we've seen him overcome similar stretches throughout his career. and he's just kind of been a difficult pitcher to pin down in that way. And he's not dominant. He hasn't been dominant in the most conventional sense anyway because he's not a particularly hard throw himself. He tends to succeed with impeccable control and that sort of thing. But now, but now it's three of his last four starts

where Aaron Nola has looked like a big bat misser again, three of his last four. So he's clearly trending the right direction. I think he's turned the corner. and I would trust him. I never lost trust in him as an ace, but I would be even more confident in him as an ace going forward. Again, that is Aeronola, and of course we know the story about Trey Ternor entered this game

batting 236, I think it was, or 232. Whatever it was, it was much lower than we expected to be here on June 6th. But a monster game for Trey Turner, he went four for five with a double dong, three runs, three RBI. He had five hard hit balls in this game. Three of those over 105 mile per hour exit velocity. And hopefully, Scott, this is a game that can catapult Tray Turner. We all know what he's capable of.

He's like 29 years old, 30 years old. So I don't think he's just kind of hit a wall or he's too old to be really good. I think he just kind of needed something to regain that confidence. And hopefully this game was it. So I took him eighth in the redraft of the first two rounds that I did last week. I took him eighth overall, Trade Turner. Where did he go in the redraft you did with the Welsh and Scott Bogman on their podcast? I think it was in a very similar range.

It was between six and eight, somewhere in there. Okay. Yeah. So you guys showed the same faith in him that I did. Yep. And again, look, this whole kind of Philly's lineup has been a letdown. Nick Castellanos, Bryce Harper got back recently, but like J.T. Real Muto. kind of a let down, Kyle Schwabber, the batting average is really bad, although the power has been there.

So hopefully they could all kind of get things going together here. I know it would help a lot of my fantasy teams and hopefully a lot of other people as well. Scott, I don't know if there's anything else to say about Alec Manoa. I feel like I can read everything that happened today and we're just going to kind of come to the same conclusion is like, yeah, we don't. We don't know what to do with Alec Manoa. I guess he's still 91% rostered. So I'll ask you just the same question. the final line, by the way, he recorded just one out.

He allowed six earned runs. I think his ERA jumped a whole other run in this start. And he's now up to a 6.36 ERA, a 1.9 whip. And I thought something that was like kind of telling, I guess, of the season he's had. Did you see this bunt that was against him, Scott? He was literally trying to blow the ball foul. He got down on the ground and was trying to blow the ball foul. That is how desperate this guy is to not give up a hit.

Like, it is rough right now. And who knows, there's a chance he can be back in the minors by tomorrow or later on in the week. When asked about it before the game, Blue Jays manager, John Snyder said, quote, we'll see. We haven't brought it up. We're talking about a really good pitcher who's going through a little bit of a tough time. Yeah. I would say more than that. We're willing to do anything that we feel like we need to do to help him.

So I guess that includes the possibility of Manoa getting sent down. He's still 91% rostered. Are you closer to dropping him now, Scott? Well, you know, I was thinking about that before we came on. I don't know why I didn't think to see what his roster rate was, 91%. Because, you know, I think the turning point for me is going to be, can I safely drop him without anybody else picking him up? The fact, he's still 91% rostered, at least in CBS Sports League,

suggest that I can't. You know, the shallower of the league, obviously the more justifiable it is because you only have so much roster space and, you know, again, the shadow of the league, the more players are out there that look interesting that you'd want to swap Alec Manoa out for. So,

you know, if we're talking like a 10-team context, I totally get if you want to drop Alec Manoa at this point. And, you know, otherwise I'll just say the same thing we've been saying. There's no guarantee he ever figures it out. But if he does figure it out,

it's going to happen very suddenly, I think, all at once, like a light switch flipping back on. And so you can't necessarily guarantee that you'll be able to anticipate it and go out and get him again, which is why if you like the idea of capitalizing on his upside, probably better just to hold on to him. But there's obviously no predicting what happens from here. Alex Manoa, I mentioned 91% roster on CBS, still 79% rostered on Yahoo. So a little bit lower so far there. Brought off the possibility again of Manoa getting sent down to the miners. I just don't know where else the Blue Jays can go, Scott.

They really don't have great pitching depth at AAA right now. Their top pitching prospect, Ricky Teeteman, is currently hurt. So he's not ready to contribute anytime soon. Mitch White, who is on a rehab assignment recently, has been converted into a reliever. He's not going to start for them anymore. Junjin Ryu won't be back until the second half of the season. And, you know, some people brought up Nate Pearson to me,

but he's only pitched in relief this year. And it would take some time for him to, you know, get sent down and get stretched out and all that stuff. So I just don't see an obvious replacement here, even if the Blue Jays wanted to make a move. I just don't really see much there for them. One way you can look at it is no matter who they put there, he couldn't possibly be any worse than Alec Manoa has. So they don't, if they think that the best way to help Manoa work on things and potentially get right again is to send him down,

I don't think they're going to worry so much about the quality of the pitcher they're replacing him with. So, you know, as long as they have another starting pitcher on the 40-man roster, and I'm looking right now, okay, they have Zach Thompson, on the 40 man roster, he's made 11 starts at AAA Buffalo, has a 689 ERA. So like, he's not going to be good, but again,

like, it can't get any worse than what Alec Minow has been. So I, you know, I'd kind of like to see them send him down because it'll take a lot of the pressure off, free him up to experiment a little more, and maybe that'll help get him back on track. I do also wonder if them sending Manoa down would be the impetus for people to drop him widely in fantasy

and maybe give you an excuse to drop him as well, which wouldn't be such a bad thing. So, yeah, I mean, I'm kind of hoping it happens, really. Let's say Alec Manoa is the worst pitcher on your roster. I guess statistically, how could he not be the worst pitcher on your roster, right? Would you make the swap for Andrew Abbott or AJ Smith-Shawber if you have Manoa? Well, okay, so it depends what you mean by the worst pitcher on your roster. because statistically he would be for sure.

But it's like, you know, do you have a Kyle Gibson on your roster? If you have somebody fringy on your roster that you could drop instead, I would rather do that than drop Menoa. But, you know, in that shallow league context where you don't, where there's nobody you could justify dropping except maybe Menoa, then I do think it's worth it, at least to get Abbott. I'm not willing to say that for Smith-Shawber yet. Okay. I have a couple other names here. Waverwire pitchers quickly run through some of these.

Brian Beow turned in a quality start up against the Tampa Bay Rays. Six innings, three runs, five strikeouts. He did not have 12 strikeouts. He had 12 swinging strikes on 100 pitches. He's been solid. His first two starts were rough. His last seven starts since 2.84 ERA, 1.29 whip there for Brian Beow. Exactly a strikeout per inning during that time. I'm not quite sure how. Julio Taran is doing what he's doing, but he just turned in another quality start. Six and a third, two runs allowed, five strikeouts at the Cincinnati Reds.

Braxton Garrett, not as good on Monday. Five innings, four runs allowed, six strikeouts, but had 17 swinging strikes on 75 pitches, 10 of those coming on the slider. So I remain pretty interested. You know, don't just go out and drop them if you picked them up. I think I want to hold on Braxton Garrett. And Johann Oviedo, seven innings, three runs,

two of those earned five strikeouts up against the Oakland A's. Scott, how would you rank this group? Brian Beow, Tehran, Braxton Garrett, and Johan Oviedo. I would rank them Brian Beow. And he's a distant first for me.

I think he's really the only one of these four that has a chance to find another gear and really take off and become a true fantasy standout. So Brian Beahe is the clear number one. I like you remain intrigued by Braxton Garrett. The biggest issue for him is he rarely makes it even six innings with a bad Marlins lineup backing him. So even if some of the underlying numbers look good,

what is his potential for impact really? Plus, he'd probably be the first one out once some of these injured Marlins' starting pitchers start making their way back. But Garrett would be number two. and third, third, I guess, would be Ovi-80. So Tehran is three-for-three right now

in terms of delivering strong outings, 156 ERA. He has 10 strikeouts in 17 in a third inning. Got zero in the second of three starts, so I guess we can't be too surprised by that. I mean, he's probably bad, but, like, he was supposed to be, So he was the Braves opening day starter six years, six times.

And probably for the last three or four of those times, he should have been bad then two and managed to, he managed to string together several seasons where he was still a useful fantasy option, even though the underlying numbers screamed, screamed to regression. So he might just be, Julio Tehran might just be one of those pitchers

who is difficult to get a handle on. But I remain highly skeptical. of them nonetheless. Okay. And we're taking Andrew Abbott ahead of all of those names, right? Yeah. Yep. How about AJ Smith-Shawber versus Bayo?

I feel like that might be closer. It is. I'm inclined to say Bayo over Smith-Shawver. I mean, maybe Smith-Shawver's first start will change my mind. But Braves are asking a lot of him. Guys been pitching for three years. And as I said earlier, began this year in A ball.

So it's, the odds are against him, even if he looks like, you know, prototypical pitching prospect. All right. Let's take our first break. And when we return, we'll get into some random hitter fun facts here on fantasy baseball today. Welcome back. And this Saturday on CBS, one of the most celebrated soccer tournaments in the world is down to two clubs.

Manchester City meets Inter in the UEFA. Champions League final. Our world-class team will be on the pitch with live coverage beginning Saturday at 1.30 Eastern on CBS. All right, Scott, so this little segment I have drawn up for us. It's just called, did you know? I've got some random stats, fun facts, and that'll just lead us down a discussion talking about these players. Frankly, I just wanted a reason to talk about some hitters that we haven't really talked about very much this season. Did you know, Vinnie Pass Guantino is currently ranked outside the top 180 players in Roto this season? I didn't know, but it doesn't surprise me, given where his numbers are right now. Well, let's talk about those numbers.

He's batting 255 with nine homers, 24 runs, 26 RBI. The plate discipline still looks great, a 10% walk rate, 12% strikeout rate for Pasquantino. Average exit velocity is down a little bit this year. It's down to 89.5 miles per hour. That's not really a standout at that point. Expected numbers still look pretty good. Scott, buy low or heck no on Vinnie P. Do I still have it loaded up?

Let me see. Baby! Yeah, Vinnie Pee! Yeah, I'm going to buy low. I think we're catching him in a cold streak. Hopefully the tail end of a cold streak. As recently as May 10th, he was batting 298. And so it's been a rough few weeks here.

we saw him we saw him street hot and cold last year as a rookie even in the minors he had a tendency to run hot and cold so this may just be kind of the way he is but in the long run I expect I still expect a high average in an OPS closer to 900 than 800

with as good as his plate discipline is so yeah I'd buy low I guess the one concern is does his home park restrict his power? Are the expected stats always going to look better than the actual ones just because of where he plays his home games? That's a possibility.

But even so, I think we're going to be pretty happy with where the numbers end up. I just want to quickly pull up those splits and see if you're on to anything here. Let's see. At home, he is batting 225 with a 700 OPS. Yeah, that is not going to do it. On the road, 290 batting average, 886. So, all right, we need that weather to heat up

and balls to start flying out a little bit in Kansas City. But you might be right about that, Scott. Just looked at our first base rankings. We both still have Vinnie P. ranked ahead of Yandy Diaz. Do you think it's about time we make that swap? Well, I've had a difficult time ranking Yandi Diaz all along because obviously we've never seen him contribute this sort of power

lengthy career. He's in his 30s. and this is new. So, you know, I've been expecting the power production to tail off and have not wanted to get out ahead of my skis with him in the rankings. Same. I think we're in the same exact spot. But it may be time.

I don't know. I just know the moment I decide, okay, I'm going to treat him like the study's been so far. That's when he'll cool off. I just know it. I don't want to tempt fate in that way. You might be right, but I mean, Yandy Diaz is smacking baseball this season, raising the launch angle.

I usually update the rankings on both Tuesday and Wednesday, and I think we're about there. I think I'm going to get Yandy Diaz ahead of both Vinnie P. and Nate Lowe. Next up, Did you know, Danesby Swanson has the second highest barrel rate among qualified shortstops.

13.9% entering Monday's action, and he's batting 272 with 6,000. homers, four steals, a career high 12 and a half percent walk rate. He's hitting the ball hard, 90.6 mile per hour average exit velocity. And the expected stats look really good, Scott. Swanson is someone I was fading coming into the year, but I like what he's done, you know, the underlying numbers so far. And, you know, if anyone's been underwhelmed by him, I think I would be looking to buy Dansby Swanson as well. Well, I don't know that I entirely see it that way, because if he does have the second highest barrel rate among qualified short stops,

my next question is, well, why aren't his numbers better? Because usually that goes hand in hand with good production, a high barrel rate. I've said before that oftentimes if a guy has an inordinately high, an uncharacteristically high barrel rate or an uncharacteristically low barrel rate, that might just be an indication of, oh, he's hot right now, oh, he's not right now. And the fact Dan Svonson has a career high barrel rate, and yet his production's been kind of underwhelming.

More likely than not, that barrel rate's going to come closer to his career norm when all of a sudden done. I think from today forward, he's more likely to have a worse barrel rate than a better barrel rate than what it is right now. so I don't know I mean he's fine but yeah I'm not expecting a huge turnaround

well would you say the same thing about the expected numbers because his slugging percentage is 427 his ex slug is 520 he's nearly 100 points lower than what's expected at least based on how he is yeah well that that's largely tied to barrel rate yeah so I think I think that goes those go hand at hand but it just feels like he's I see

I see the career high barrel rate as a sign of regression. A sign of, well, regression, I guess is a confusing term. I see that as a sign that he's overachieved so far, even though you could compare it to the expected stats and say, oh, he's underachieved so far. Yeah. It's not a clean thing, but, you know, obviously, obviously players don't always just,

players don't always normalize toward their expected stats. Yeah, no, that point is definitely fair. You know, we've seen that countless times where we'll cite expected stats and those things don't always come true. But, you know, for the reasons that we use it, it's an extra data point to find

whether or not a player has been lucky or unlucky. And so far, it feels like Danesby Swanson, his power production has been. He may have had some bad luck up to this, point. Yeah. But I'm saying, I'm saying like he's probably not going to barrel balls as consistently as he has so far. So even if he's had bad luck up to this point, it doesn't mean that the luck's going to even out. Yeah, he might not. Again, it's these numbers are more descriptive, I guess, than predictive. Like he would have to continue to barrel balls at this rate to see these

numbers get better. But I think the fact that, you know, he is making optimal contact is a good thing for him. So Scott looks at it one way. I look at the other. I think if you're in need of a shortstop, Swanson overall I think has been a little bit underwhelming. I would be looking to buy on him right now. Among qualified third baseman, did you know, Raphael Devers has the third biggest difference between his actual numbers and his expected numbers.

So back to the same conversation we were just having, Scott. Entering Monday, a 241 batting average for Devers, 273XBA, a 486 slug, 544 expected slug. I think it goes without saying we expect Devers to, hit closer to like that 280 mark than where he's been at so far the season. And I don't even know how realistic it is for you to buy low on Devers. But I guess the point here is if you have them on your team, you should feel better that the batting average is going to improve moving forward.

Yeah, I feel that way about a lot of studs who, okay, their numbers happen to be at an underwhelming point right now. But earlier in the season, they were getting along great. there were a few hitters hotter than Rafael Devers the first two weeks of the season. And a lot of the metrics still look great for him. So I think here in early June, if you're looking at one of your stud players, he's only hitting 240, what's going on, unless he's just been in the doldrums all season long, which isn't the case for Devers, isn't the case for Pasquantino.

I think the answer, my answer is probably going to be, he's due for a hot street. There are peaks and valleys throughout the baseball season and production isn't linear. And you can expect Devers to get hot sooner than later. Let's move over to a few points league players here. Did you know, Masataka Yoshita is averaging 3.7 fantasy points per game. That is more than Juan Soto and Mike Trout. Not combined, but obviously separately, Yoshita has performed like an elite level outfielder in points leagues this season.

Batting 312 with 7 homers, 3 steals. The same number of walks to strikeouts, 23 walks to 23 strikeouts, just a 10% strikeout rate. And he's held his own against lefties as well. 281 batting average, 792 OPS. I don't think that you can buy high on Yoshita in a points league. I think whoever has him probably realizes

he is a special player in that format. But this is just more of, again, pointing out that, yes, he is an elite level head-to-head points league player. Yeah, and my rankings have reflected that for several weeks now. It's been harder to rank him for for rotisserie leagues because obviously he doesn't get, he doesn't get extra credit for the plate discipline in that format the way he doesn't points leagues. And meanwhile, his home run pace is modest and his steals pace is.

is pretty low and so how much work does the batting average the run production how much does it do for him so I'm pulling it up now in roto leagues he is

18th it's pretty good that's pretty good yeah that's higher than I haven't ranked so yeah I mean still pretty high end in that format as well so we both have Yoshita ranked

18th in head to head points league among outfielders. And then you have them at 28 in Roto. I have them at 27. So we're in a similar spot. But maybe it's time to, I guess, move them up in both formats the way that, you know, Shida has played. I mean, obviously some players who happen to have performed worse so far,

I'd still take over him. So I don't know that I have to move him up to 18th just because he's been 18th so far. But the point is, like the production's translating in that format too. Yep. Entering Monday, did you know? Both Tyler Stevenson and Alejandro Kirk were averaging less than two fantasy points per game.

And then on Monday, they both went out and they hit solo home runs. It was the third of the season for Stevenson, also the third home run for Alejandro Kirk. Stevenson batting 238 with a 671 OPS. His strikeout rate is up this year. You know, you compare his quality of contact, basically the same as last year.

it's never really been good. He just took advantage of playing. Like he was destroying the bowl at home last year, Tyler Stevenson, and that hasn't been the case this year. And then with Alejandro Kirk, it's kind of the opposite. His quality of contact has taken a huge step back. His average exit velocity is down nearly five miles per hour

compared to last season. So it's been a huge problem for both here, Scott. You know, we get questions about, can I finally drop these guys? You know, and the question is for who? right? Like Francisco Alvarez is 77% rostered. Sure, I do that if he's still available, but he might not be. And then you get into M.J. Melendez, who's been a letdown.

Grandal, 56% rostered. Eh? Cabr Ruiz and Gabriel Moreno, both 45%. Eh? I don't know. So if you have... B.S. Diaz may be out there in some shallower leagues. I saw he's...

I think he's up to like 82% rostered. So he might not even be out there anymore. It's basically these... guys both stink, but I don't know who you're going to drop them for. Well, I think it's more justifiable for Kirk than Stevenson, which, you know, I like Kirk a lot more coming into the year. I've been a pretty big Kirk fan ever since he got called up before then, really. But, you know, first percentile average exit velocity this year. And his max exit velocity is down like four miles per hour, too. So you can't even point to

that is see he still has that power it's still in there and I do wonder if if Kirk's situation is a bit a bit of a self-fulfilling prophecy in that like the Blue Jays haven't been nearly as committed to playing him this year as they were last year they have more DH options branded belt specifically so that's had Kirk out of the lineup a lot more and is that in consistent playing time contributing to his spiral at the plate? Does he just need more consistent looks to snap out of this? I think ultimately if the Blue Jays believed in the Kirk's bat,

if they saw him as a building block, they'd let him work through these issues in the lineup. The fact that they're not tells me they view him as more like a supporting piece. And that's not encouraging. I know Dandy Janssen's on the IL right now out with a groin injury, He should be back soon. But even when he's been out, they've only been starting Kirk like two of every three games.

It hasn't improved his playing time dramatically. So because of that playing time issue for Kirk, I'd be more likely to drop him than Stevenson, who's still playing a lot. And it doesn't help Kirk that Brandon Belt has really turned it on over the past month or so. I think he's batting over 300. Not lots of power,

but he gives them another left-handed bat in the middle of that lineup, which the Blue Jays do need right now. And then I got one more for my deep league players here, Scott. Did you know that among qualified hitters, Luke Rayleigh is seventh in barrel rate, and Ryan Noda is 18th. Luke Raleigh, one for four with a double on Monday. He actually got robbed of a home run.

He's batting 252, a 19% barrel rate. He's absolutely crushing the ball. Ryan Noda plays for the Oakland A's, if you didn't know. Not you, Scott. Anyone else listening? Two for three with two walks, a run, and an RBI on Monday. He's batting 242. with a 19% walk rate, also 34% strikeout rate.

So three true outcomes abundantly clear here for Ryan Noda. Any interest got in, you know, we're talking deep leagues, 15 teamers with a corner infield. Luke Raleigh, Ryan Noda, big power. I'm more so Raleigh, because Raleigh has the speed element too. And when you're talking about the sort of leagues that are deep enough to consider these guys, you're usually talking about Roto leagues where, of course, you need. steals where you have five outfield spots to fill normally. And I think I'm to the point with Rayleigh.

Let's see. The playing time has been even less consistent recently. Yeah. He started just two of their past five games. Yeah. And that's been the frustrating part all along. I mean, he's been producing, but you just never know when he's going to be in the lineup.

So when do you want him in your lineup? I think he probably needs to be rostered in five outfield or Roto leagues, even if he's not, you know, a fixture in your lineup necessarily. Noda, I think, is much harder to use because it's going to be a low batting average. There isn't that speed element. And deeper points league's fine, but there aren't as many of those. Yeah, it would have to be a pretty deep points league to get Ryan Noda in there. But both him and Luke Raleigh, hitting the ball with authority so far this season.

Let's take our final break scout. When we return, we'll hit some news and notes. Do any of these waiver wire hitters matter? We'll do that right after this. Welcome back and a big thank you to all those watching us live right now. 550 people here hanging out. We do appreciate you. Make sure to hit that like button and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already.

Let's get into the news and notes. Jacob de Grom was transferred to the 60-day IEL, which means the earliest he can return is now June 28th. I don't think that's very surprising, but... Well, you don't? When he first got hurt, I wasn't expecting it to be a 60-day IL situation. So, I don't know. I forgot. Three weeks till June 28th.

We did a podcast before the season, Scott. I think we set the over under at like 100 or 120 innings. Yeah. I think we all said under for Jacob de Grohl. Yeah, no, I get that. But, you know, there's, there's, I didn't necessarily expect it all, him to lose it all in one IL stint. There's still a long way to go after he returns

and who's to say he's not going to get injured again. Yeah, that's fair. Bax Fried was also transferred to the 60-day IL to free up a spot on the 40-man roster. Freed isn't expected to return until July anyway, so I think that one makes a little bit more sense. We're also waiting on the results of Aaron Judge's

testing on his toe. We'll know more on Tuesday when the Yankees are scheduled to play again, but I had a few people tweeting, asking me, have I seen anything? Yeah, there's nothing out there yet. We're all kind of waiting together anxiously. And hopefully it doesn't wind up in an aisle stint, but we shall see. Brandon Lau was placed on the IL with lower back inflammation.

Vidal Bruhan was recalled from AAA. Jose Altuvae has missed three straight with oblique tightness and is not expected to play on Tuesday either. Dusty Baker did say Altuve is feeling much better and hopes to return on Wednesday. I don't know why they want to just hold them out until Friday at that point. Yeah, it seems weird. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know.

Day Thursday. Yeah. It wouldn't surprise me if that's actually what happens here, Scott. Jazz Chisholm remains in a walking boot as he recovers from turf toe, but has a follow-up appointment with a foot specialist on Wednesday. Zander Bogartz has missed two straight with left wrist soreness, but hopes to return Tuesday against the Mariners. Jorge Soler was out of the lineup Monday due to a sore right thumb. X-rays came back clean, so hopefully he's fine. Jose Alvarado will make what is expected to be his final rehab appearance on Tuesday.

And if that goes well, he'll be activated for this weekend series against the Dodgers. Scott, your best guess as to who sees the majority of the Phillies' safe chances moving forward. Well, it's not a guess I'm making with a lot of confidence. Because, I mean, Jose Alvarado was a knockout reliever before he got hurt and should have been the closer. Appeared to be trending that way for a while, but then they seemed to kind of pull back on it right before he got hurt, which is why my best guess as of today is Kimbril.

Same. And I'll point out that Kimbril in his last 10 appearances has a 180 ERA, a 0.5 whip, 16 strikeouts in 10 innings. He's starting to look like good Kimbril again. Eduardo Rodriguez will visit a Finger Specialist on Tuesday, the initial expectation is that he would be sidelined for six to eight weeks. I guess we'll get an update after that meeting.

Red Sox manager, Alex Cora, said that Trevor Story could be activated from the 60-day IL to serve as the DH before he's ready to play the field. He's now five months removed from undergoing an internal bracing procedure on that elbow. And he's 51% rostered, Scott. Would you be looking to stash Trevor's story right now? Sure. If you have IL space. Well, they don't really give an estimate, do they?

So it's going to be sooner if they're willing to play him at DH. I don't know that they necessarily, like, it's not Bryce Harper, you know. He was kind of a, he was not such an amazing offensive player the last couple years that they, that they should be that anxious to get him back to fill the DH spot. I don't know. That's a little weird to me. Yeah. It's hard to contextualize this exactly, but sure, if you have IL space, you should stash story.

The Mets reinstated Omar Narvaez from the 60-day IL. Tomas Nito was designated for assignment. The hope is that Narvaez doesn't steal too much work from Francisco Alvarez, who has been awesome over the past couple of weeks. I don't think he will. I don't think it will. I don't know, Scott. Buck Showalter, not very trustworthy so far this season, at least not for fantasy.

Adam Duval expects to be activated when first eligible on Friday. Do you think Jaron Duran will get sent down when that happens? Well, he gets, I mean, I think that's a possibility. He's cooled way down, obviously. They're not going to have a spot for him in the lineup anymore because certainly they're not removing Verdugo or Yoshida. And Justin Turner, of course, is occupying the DH spot. It's possible they could move Turner to first base and send Tristan Kossis down instead.

but that would kind of surprise me. I guess I lean against them sending down Duran. They could send down somebody else instead, but bats might be harder for him to come by. Trevor Rogers threw five scoreless endings with five strikeouts in his latest rehab start Sunday at AAA. He is 48% rostered if you want to look to stash him right now. So I want to clarify something,

because I just called him Duran. Jaron. Duran is the Red Sox player. Ezekiel Duran is the Rangers player. Duran and Duran. It's hard to keep him straight. Duran Duran. Yeah.

Kind of like Lowe and Lowe. Great band, Scott. That's not what they're called, though. It is not. I was just talking about Trevor Rogers. He's 48% rostered. And you mentioned earlier that you think Brex and Garrett would be the first one out there.

I guess whenever Rogers is healthy, which sounds like soon. But I mean, who else would it be? They're not going to send Yuri Perez back down. I hope not. Edward Cabrera has been much better of late. I think it'd have to be Garrett. Yeah.

I wonder if they would go six-man. Were they going six-man earlier this season? They might have. I don't remember. Sometimes if they have a stretch with few off days, teams will go six-man for a while. Right. We'll see.

But yeah, Trevor Rogers. Stash him if you could. Mariner's reliever, Andres Munoz is expected to return Tuesday. He's been on the aisle since April 9th with a right deltoid train. Paul Seawald has been great this season, and I assume we'll hold on to the closer roll. Is that how you feel as well? I mean, it's the Mariners, so I don't think he's going to get 100% of the saves, but I think

Munoz will have a tough road to reclaiming a spot in that timeshare. Nixon Zell was scratched due to right knee irritation. Cutter Crawford is expected to start Wednesday against the Guardians. And in 33 and two-thirds innings this season, Crawford has a 348 ERA, a 0.95 whip, 14% swinging strike rate. I'm kind of interested in deeper leagues here, Scott. I want to see what Cutter Crawford could do. Yeah, I've always kind of liked them.

I'm curious too. Okay. And one prospect update. Orioles prospect, Heston Kierstadt, a former first round pick, second overall pick, was promoted to AAA after hitting 300 with 11 homers in AA this season. Scott, do any of these hitters matter? Let's start with this group of four. Nick Prado went two for five with his fourth home run.

He has let off eight straight games for the Royals is betting 298 with an 856 OPS. He's walking a ton. He's also striking out a ton. And he's actually held his own against left. He's betting 314 so far this season. Joey Weimer went 2 for 3 with 2 doubles, and over his last 9 games is betting 321, with one homer and 4 steals.

Jake Myers went 4 for 5 with his 6th home run. He had 4 hard hit balls in that game, has 3 homers over his last 7 games, and Kevin Kiermeier went 2 for 3 with a walk, a double, 2 run scored, and is betting 302 with 4 homers, 5 steals, and an 840 OPS this season. Do any of these names matter, Scott, Kiermeyer, Jake Myers, Joey Weimer, and Nick Prado.

For the average listener, probably not. I have, I've liked a lot of what I've seen from Joey Weamer. He hasn't struck out nearly as much as I thought he would as a rookie, nearly as much as he did during most of his minor league career. And I've tried to hold on to him in most five outfielder leagues just in case he has a light switch moment mid-season. I haven't always succeeded in holding on to him, but I've tried to.

So he's the one I'm most interested in, but a nine-game stretch where he's hit 321 isn't, it doesn't necessarily mean it is the start of something. I do want to comment on Nick Prado also because I keep waiting for him to cool off. He's striking out so much, and the exit velocity readings are really bad. 20th percentile average exit velocity,

26th percentile, max exit velocity. He's had a very up and down minor league career. And I just don't see enough good in the data for me to think he's somebody to care about in fantasy. But hasn't cooled off yet. In those deeper two catcher leagues got three names have emerged recently. Nick Fortez of the Marlins went two for four with an RBI. And over his last 14 games, he's betting 3.41 with two homers and two steals. He was a standout in the second half last season as well.

It was pretty good there for the Marlins. Yainer Diaz with the Astros went four for five with a run scored. He is up to a 284 batting average and a 786 OPS. He's not starting that much, but big numbers in the minors. I wonder if his role will grow as the season goes on. And Gary Sanchez went one for three with his third homer in six starts with the Padres. It's got deeper two catcher leagues here. Any interest?

Nick Fortez, Yainer Diaz, and Gary Sanchez. I'm given an eye on Yiner Diaz at least because I think if he can't overtake Martin Maldonado as the primary option there, no indication that he will. But if he can, then I think he could be very productive. I think if you had to add one of these three right now to start, I think I'd pick Gary Sanchez. Padres need him behind the place.

He's already homer twice with them. And, you know, he might struggle to hit 200, but he's got pop. I think I would take Nick Fortez. I like that power speed. He stole some bags last year, too. And it seems like he's getting more of the playing time recently for the Marlins as well. I think all three are, you know, kind of interesting in leagues at deep. But it would be Fortez for me.

Some hitting leftovers, Brian Dela Cruz went one for three with a walk and his eighth homer. And since the calendar turned to May, 32, games. 336 batting average, six homers, 20 runs, 18 RBI, two steals. Brian Dela Cruz has been awesome. He's the most added outfielder on CBS this weekend, 77% rostered. And it wouldn't surprise me if that number continues to grow. I think even in three outfielder leagues, if you need some help, Brian Dela Cruz is the guy. I added him in the podcast league, a three outfielder points league to start him over air and judge this week. How dare you? Now, it's

totally makes sense. Yeah, Brian De LaCruz has been awesome. As has Luis Arise. He went three for four with a double and two RBI. He is now betting 399 on June 6th. That is pretty awesome. With a 945 OPS. I actually made a bet before the season, Scott,

for Luis Arise to lead all of baseball and hits. So, come on, baby. Let's go. Keep it going. Yurdon Alvarez went two for four with his 16th home run, 110 miles per hour off the bat, 452 feet. Yordaun Alvarez, he's pretty good. Kyle Tucker went three for five with his eighth home run.

He had four hard hit balls in that game. And Mani Machado, some signs of life, went three for four with a double and three runs scored. So you were saying in your muck with Welsh and Bogman, you went Freddie Freeman for. I had Freddie Freeman fifth in mine with Yorden Alvarez four. Did Alvarez go fifth in yours? Or was he lower? I think, so we were alternating every three picks. I think I got Alvarez with my next pick, so that would have been seven.

Okay. Yeah. I think you can, you know, you're kind of splitting hairs in that top eight to ten range anyway. So, yeah, I think the difference between like four and seven for Alvarez is not huge, but either way, he deserves to be in like the middle of that first round because he's been really good. Some pitching leftovers here, Shane McClanahan. Here we go. Here comes the money.

Here we go. Money talks. Here comes the money. That's exactly what he's been. Money this year. Picked up his ninth win at the Red Sox, six innings, one run, five strikeouts with 13 swinging strikes on 92 pitches. Martin Perez turned in one of his best starts of the season up against the Cardinals.

Seven innings, one earned run with five strikeouts to one walk. And I don't know. know if it's happening, Scott, but this might be the start of it happening. Blake Snell, back-to-back quality starts, his fourth quality start of the season. He was up against the Cubs in this one. He went six shutout with eight strikeouts, 17 swinging strikes on 109 pitches, 10 of those coming on the change-up, and his fastball velocity was up one mile per hour to exactly what he averaged last year.

So some really good signs in this one, I will point out. I was watching this start pretty closely. the home plate umpire Phil Cousy had a massive strike zone Cubs manager David Ross actually got tossed because he was arguing balls and strikes but Blake Snell earned multiple third called strikes

with the advantage I guess of Phil Cousy behind the plate so just something that I noticed here what do you think Scott the latest on Snell McClanahan and Martine Perez yeah and so if he does take an ace turn

at some point this season as has happened the last two seasons We don't know exactly when it's going to be. It was the second half the last two years, but it's not like that's hardwired into Blake Snell or anything. So it could be happening earlier. What's weird about what he's done his last two starts is this start. He got 10 of the 17 whiffs on that change-up,

and the change-up is the pitch he faded the last two years when he took off. He went very heavy fastball slider. Like the change-up was a problem for him, and he got rid of it. And that was his best pitch in this star. It was weird. In the previous start, he leaned heavily on the fastball. He didn't throw many sliders at all, either of those two starts. He's been fading the slider, which is supposed to be his best pitch,

and allowed him to take off last year. He's been fading the slider in these last two starts. So I don't know. That just adds to the confusion. Yeah, and absolutely does. I think that's kind of where we're at with Blake Snell and why we got here is because his slider hasn't been good, and it's supposed to be his best pitch.

And he still didn't trust it in this start. He only threw 10 of them. It's, you know, normally he throws it like 20, 25% of the time when everything's working for Snell. And yeah, he still does not trust that slider. So it is pretty confusing for him. The call to the bullpen, some updates for Tampa Bay. Jason Adam struck out two for his ninth save.

And he is 53% rostered. We're not sure how long Pete Fairbanks is going to be out. But as long as he is, Jason Adam is that guy. for the Marlins, Dylan Floro got the final two outs for his seventh save. For the Reds, Alexis Diaz struck out the side for his 14th. He's been awesome this here too. Shout out to Alexis Diaz. For the Pirates, Bednar was unavailable.

Colin Holderman picked up his first save of the season. And for the Cardinals, Hennesses Cabrera, got the ninth inning with the game tied. He gave up a run on a walk and two hits, took his first loss of the season. To stream or not to stream, let's start with Tuesday here, Scottie. And what did we see yesterday? Louis Varland at Tampa Bay. Tough matchup, but he's pitching well. I think I said, Zach Granke at the Marlins, I think is fine.

And I think you like Tommy Henry at the Nationals. Yep. Okay. Let's stick with it. Yeah. And I'll remind you, I like Matthew Liberto of the pitcher, but at Texas, no thanks. I'm not going to mess around with that. on Wednesday

Edward Cabrera up against the Royals I think we're both in there that's a must a must I'm saying a must must start Edward Cabrara Dean I think Dean Kramer

at the Brewers I think he's earned it he's pitched well over the past like month or so I mean not a must but he might be the second best choice here

there's not much else I wouldn't I wouldn't bother with any of these others I'm intrigued by Reese Olson, but I don't want to start him. Jaime Berea has been okay. Maybe. He might be my third favorite on this list, but, yeah, it's mostly Edward Cabrera and Dean Kramer for me. Team name Tuesday, Scotty.

Let's wrap up with this. These are from Zachary, three Mets, and a little baitie. It's a stretch. I don't think Little is in the title of the movie either. I think it's just three men and a baby. Unless he's referring to something else. Might be. The next one, the Kokomo's.

And I guess this is because he has Sandy Alcansara, Soroka, Luis Castillo, just need to trade for Connor Joe. They're all mentioned in the song? I think so. It's a different take on Team Name Tuesday, but I like it.

Sure. Baby Kangaroos for Joey Bart, Joey Meneses, Joey Weimar, and Joey Lucasey. Ugh. Ah, that must be a deep league.

Yeah, that's awesome. Also a different take on team name Tuesday. Yeah. And last one here, Nolan Trinity. Aaronado, Gorman, and Nolan Jones. Okay. Yeah, he did, he did, he had a whole different take on the whole thing.

So that's good for it. This one's from Chase, young like a bibi. And young spelled like J-U-N-G. Correct. From, I really like this one. From Josh, double low seven. Has bold Josh Lowe. and Nate Lowe, not Brandon Lowe.

Okay. The brothers, brothers low. Yeah, I like it. From Nick, a burnsing sensation. Okay. Honey Nut Burrios. It's a classic. One of my favorite team names of all time.

One of my favorite entries to team name Tuesday of all time. Oops, all burrios. I love that one. This was serial theme too, so his name's versatile in that way. And the last one, A Song of Bryce and Fire. Okay. From Ryan, you're a wizard, Harry. Do you have a good Hagrid voice, Scott?

I don't think that I do. You're a wizard, Harry. I don't know. Nice. Finding Nimmo. Classic. Okay. And go Shrider.

but it's actually like Ghost Rider Yeah that works Not bad From Neil to start to handle It's like Bradhand I guess Yeah there's a hyphen between the hand and the L.E Like he's got Bradhand on this team Yeah

Yikes Sunny that I used to low Hmm Okay you had to read it for me to get I had to hear it you know That's a song right somebody that I used to know. Yeah.

Okay. McKindistry, Bibi. Is that just putting the word industry into McKinthry? McKindistry Bibi? Industry Baby?

I don't get that one. Yeah, I don't get it either. Sandy Beaks. Okay. Like Jalen Beaks. And Couser Steer- Relevers.

Couser Steer Turnbull Moogie. Okay. Do you know what it's supposed to be for? I don't know. No. Not really. All right. I see four names listed and I think of Tinker Taylor Soldier Spy.

But I don't think that's what he was going for here. I don't know. We need Chris. By the way, Chris is Chris Towers is still part of this podcast, but he's very busy right now. I thought a good team name would be Mason Miller Soldier Spy. I thought that works, but. These last couple from KJ. Taj Morel. Okay.

From Dimitri, cease to be good. Okay, I guess. It makes sense. Nothing else. And from Matthew, all bets are Kirillov. Sure. Cool story, Brasso. Kind of like that.

I like it too. Fleming fought Cheetos. Okay. And finally for Scott, Freeman and a little baity. So he put little in there too. Do I have that wrong? Freeman and a little baby? It's just three men and a baby, right?

I guess it must be. I don't know. Yeah. Three men and a baby. It's the same guy send these as the other ones. Oh no. It looks like there's another movie called Three Men and a Little Lady. A 1990 flick.

That's what I got on IMDB here, Scott. So there you go. That's not nearly as well known, is it? Freeman and a little baity. A little lady. Who's in this? Eve Gutenberg. Oh, it's the same people.

It must be a sequel. It came out three years later. That would make sense. All right. I wasn't aware of the sequel. All right. We're going to wrap there for Scott. I am Frank.

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