Fantasy Baseball Today - Add O'Neill and Skubal!? Weekend Dropometer! (5/31 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: May 31, 2021

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! How is Zack Wheeler getting all these strikeouts (1:54)? Are Tyler O'Neill and Tarik Skubal must-add players? ... News and notes (13:37)! Marcell Ozuna was arrested for domestic violence, Trevor Story went to the IL and more. ... Let's fire up the DROPOMETER (23:32)! Where are we on Blake Snell, Luis Castillo, and Madison Bumgarner? ... Which starting pitchers should you target on the waiver wire (34:30)? Yusei Kikuchi or Skubal? ... What about waiver-wire hitters (40:32)? Ty France or Nick Madrigal? Should you add Mike Zunino in one-catcher leagues? ... What happened in the bullpens this weekend (47:28)? ... We wrap up with the weekend leftovers and pitchers to stream on Monday and Tuesday (53:32). ... Email us at [e-mail]. 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank, @AdamAizer 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

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Now here's Frank Scott, Chris and Adam. Happy Memorial Day, everybody, and welcome into fantasy baseball today. Frank Stamphill joined by Scott White here to recap another great weekend of baseball. fire up the dropometer. We've got some waiver wire ads to talk about and get you ready for week 10 in fantasy baseball. But first, what's up, Scott?

How you doing, buddy? Oh, I'm doing great. Doing just fine. That is a welcome site. Great to hear because I don't know who I pissed off, Scott. But the sports gods, they're mad at me. I did something wrong

because between the Knicks and the Yankees, I had an awful weekend. It was, my gosh. Oh, man. Yankees swept by the Tigers. Credit to the Tigers. I mean, we'll talk about some of their pictures here early on.

And then, of course, your hometown Atlanta Hawks, man. They're really sticking it to my Knicks. Mm-hmm. It's rough. Yeah. I wish I could celebrate that, but I haven't been paying attention to be perfectly honest. But, yeah, go Hawks. It's a rough scene.

It is a rough scene up there. There are times in my life when I made an earnest effort to be. a Hawks fan, but I'd be lying if I said that time is right now. It's a good time. It's a good time to be a hawksman. Maybe I'll jump on the bandwagon if they get to the finals or something. You might as well. I mean, they got a lot of young, up-and-coming talent, but no one wants to hear about basketball. Let's jump right into some standouts from the weekend. Oh, my goodness gracious.

All right, Sky, where would you like to start? I would like to start with Zach Wheeler, who has been dealing, wheeling and dealing and 14 strikeouts in his start over the weekend. It was his third straight start with double-digit strikeouts and like we've never seen this

from Zach Wheeler before. He's 31 years old and remember our take on him coming into this season as well look he's finally become reliable. It's a little boring but you know he's safe and now he's striking out 11 batters per nine innings. His K per 9 is higher than Trevor Rodgers. at this point as good as a start as Rogers got off to.

I mean, it's genuinely elite. And, you know, even before this stretch of double-digit strikeout efforts for Wheeler, his swinging strike rate was way up. You know, he's the guy you look at the swinging strike rate over the years, but pretty bland, pretty vanilla. Wasn't getting it done by missing bats, was really getting it done more by weak contact. So where did this come from for Zach Wheeler?

Well, in his own words, he's learned to pitch to his strengths. He's learned to pitch to his strengths. And what that seems to mean is more first pitch strikes, first of all, getting ahead in the count. His first pitch strike rate is 65.6% this year compared to 58.3% last year. That's a pretty big difference. Now, he has been closer to 65 in the past, but still, getting more first pitch strikes. and really reconfiguring his arsenal so that the swing and miss pitch

are being used more. Basically, he's faded the sinker in favor of more four seamers, which in his case is a good swing and miss pitch and more sliders, which is his best swing and miss pitch. And I don't know, he's saying everything is shaped like it's supposed to, so I think he feels better about how the pitches are, you know, the kind of path they're taken to the plate

in addition to the choices he's making, in addition to throwing strikes. I just think he's found another gear here that nobody saw coming. And I think it's time we treat him like a true ace. Yeah, it's been an awesome season thus far for Zach Wheeler. And we did, one of the podcasts we did preseason was

who have you wound up with most at each position? And Zach Wheeler was actually the starting pitcher. I wound up with a lot of shares just because he was boring for the reasons you mentioned. seemed like he was reliable, pitches deep into games consistently. And I was not expecting anything close to this that we've gotten from Zach Wheeler as far.

He is the SP4 in Points Leagues. He's SP9 in Roto. It's a pleasant surprise, yeah. And I'm still not, I'm not ready to move him inside my top 12. But, you know, I think he's right there with Lance Lynn. Maybe I'd put him even ahead of Lance Lynn. Yeah, I think he's kind of doing what we hope Lynn would do, right?

Yeah, I made that swap already last week. I moved Wheeler ahead of Lynn. so I have them at SP15, just behind names like Flaherty and Bueller and Kirschaw. So I don't know if we can do that yet, but a couple more outings like this, and I think we can start to see Zach Wheeler climb up a little bit higher. So he's been great, throwing his slider a little bit more this year,

25% of the time. That's a career high for him and has a really good whiff rate on that slider as well. So shout out to Zach Wheeler. He's been great. I'm going to cheat a little bit here, Scott. I'm going to give two standouts from the weekend because I do think that they might be the most, exciting players that are available on waiver wires right now,

one hitter and one pitcher. And we'll start with Tyler O'Neill, who has seven hits in four games, including three home runs since returning from the IL. He's now up to 11 home runs and four steals on the season. The good news is he is crushing the baseball this season. Like, he's always hit the ball extremely hard, but even more so now than ever before.

His expected Wobah on contact this year, so basically it just measures, your quality of contact. 98th percentile, his barrel rate, an expected slugging percentage, are both the best in baseball. That's Tyler O'Neill.

So the downside to him is that he has a 2% walk rate and a 34% strikeout rate. So I'm not sure how long he can maintain this type of production, Scott, but he's 58% rostered. He's got seven games this upcoming week, including facing two lefties.

Is Tyler O'Neill a must add in all formats the way that he's playing? No, I wouldn't say, say must add in all formats. I would hesitate to add him in a points league as bad as that plate discipline is. And even though the expected stats line up

with his well I mean, the expected stats are even better than the actual stats. Is it expected batting average 300 expected slug 682? You know, his actual batting average and slug are good, but not that good. But you mentioned

how high he ranks in barrel rate. And his barrel rate coming into Sunday's game was 22.7%. Like half of that barrel rate would be considered good. So it just seems too good to be true. You know, like barreling up the ball that consistently, I just, I think that, I think that's like the embodiment of a hot streak. And I don't, I don't think he can sustain this and with the plate discipline that bad.

I don't know how he looks coming out the other side. I'm open to the idea that he's breaking out, but I need to see more evidence. Fair enough, yeah, Tyler O'Neill. So he should be added in all five outfielder leagues. You're all right with that? Yeah, yeah, all five outfielder leagues. And, you know, category league,

even a three outfielder category league, I'd prioritize him probably more than I am in a points league. But, you know, as somebody who had to add an outfielder in a couple of three outfielder points leagues this weekend, obviously three outfielder leagues you're talking the shallower end of the spectrum but I was looking at Tommy Fam over Tyler O'Neill

who's rostered in 67% of leagues versus O'Neill's 58%. So similarly available I want to say there was even another other outfielers I was looking at over O'Neill in those points leagues but you know O'Neill was on the radar

but he was further down for me in a points league Fair enough. Yeah, Tyler O'Neill, he's mashing, but the plate discipline is really, really tough to swallow in a points league. How about Terrick Scuba, who up against my Yankees? Six shutout on Sunday with three hits, three walks, eight strikeouts, including 15 swinging strikes on 95 pitches. And he basically went back to his changeup that he was throwing last year. He ditched a splitter as of May 14th on. In four starts since then, he has a 3.27 ERA. he's 30% rostered. So Tyler O'Neill was not a must-ad. Scott, how about Terrick Scuba?

Is he a must-ed? Well, he's closer. You know, obviously it depends on how much pitching you need. But I feel better, I feel more confident in the direction Terrick Scoobo's heading. That change-up, you know, I liked Scooboble as a breakout coming into the year in part because he developed this new change up with driveline baseball. It's kind of a split change, whatever. it seemed like a sensible move.

But if you go back and look at last year when he began throwing his change up more late in the season, he was getting a lot more whiffs. It was not looking like a completely ineffective pitch for him. And now he's getting those whiffs on the slider too. Like he's gone from being mostly just the fastball last year to it looks like three legit pitches now. With a fastball still being the best,

but nonetheless on Sunday, scuba his swing. he got three on the slider, he got four on the change out of 15 total whiffs on the day. So they were all contributing to that total. And his previous two starts, both just five innings, but he had nine strikeouts in each. So, you know, there's a three-start stretch

where Scoobel has looked like a really effective pitcher, if only in short, you know, short starts there. Seeing them go six innings in this one, obviously, makes me feel even better about picking, him up and I think there's a good chance he keeps it going. Which Detroit Tigers starting pitcher, Scott, do you like most that might be available? Casey Mai is 71% rostered. Spencer Turnbull's 63% rostered.

Obviously, Scuba available in many more leagues. He's only 30% rostered on CBS. How would you rank those three tigers starting pitchers? Yeah, and I think Scoobble definitely has to be at the top of that list. Definitely, even though he's the least rostered. Obviously, Turnbull's roster rate jumped up a lot this week because he was in line for two starts two very favorable matchups. And he pretty much

came through. I actually like what Turnbull did on Sunday. No, it wasn't Sunday, obviously. It was Saturday, right? Saturday when Turnbull started, he got 13 whiffs in five and two-thirds inning. So that's three out of his

past four starts where Turnbull's had double-digit wifts. And that's not something we've seen a lot from him in the past. So I'm not saying if he picked up Turnbull for the two, two-star week, you have to dump them now. There may still be something there, but I would rather have Scoobel,

and, you know, I'd probably still have Turnbull outside of my top 75 starting pitchers. All righty. Scubel, ahead of all the other Tiger starting pitchers. Lots to be excited about right now with Terrick Scoobel. Lots to be excited about with who? The Mountain. Alec Manoa, we spoke about him a ton on Friday.

I just like calling him the Mountain. So any excuse that I get to say that, I'm going to go for it. I wanted to know how much he went for in your Fab League, Scott, if you have that readily available. In my 15-team Roto Leagues on Sunday, he went for $318 out of $1,000 budget in my 15-team, 5-5-Mate-League over at the NFBC.

I actually had the backup bid at $289, but I'm already under $500 in that league, so I couldn't be as aggressive as I wanted to. And then he went for $223 in. my TGFBI, which is also a 15-team Roto League. Yeah, he was, I think he was like 282 and 284 in, in TGFBI and the main event league that I share a team in. So, yeah, over 208. And that's about what we were saying, right?

25, 30% of the budget. It always feels like more when it's out of 1,000 as opposed to out of 100. Yeah. I don't know why that is, but it does. I think on Friday, we said that we'd be willing to go as high. is 35%. And technically, if we did that, we would have won him in all leagues where he was available. But it's just, it's hard. He spent too much money already.

Yeah. That is the problem. It's tough. Before we get to some news and notes, just want to remind everyone that you could follow fantasy baseball today and FBT and 5 on Spotify, not just an app for music, of course, has all of your favorite podcasts from CBS Sports. I've been using it more recently. When I listen to podcast, you can listen at virtually any speed that you can imagine.

I'm a big 1.5x speed guy, kind of guy myself. And again, yeah, just make sure to listen and follow this podcast on Spotify. Thanks as always. Some news and notes from the weekend. Just an awful, awful story coming out of Atlanta this weekend as Marcelo Zuna was arrested on charges of aggravated assault by strangulation, a felony that carries a minimum of three years and a maximum of 20 years in prison and misdemeanor battery. it's, look, it's, it's completely egregious.

It's a tough story. It's a tough story if you read anything about it with Marcel Ozuna. So he has the injury on top of that. I don't know that we will ever see him play baseball again. And rightfully so. I would definitely say we don't see him play baseball again this year. I dropped them in all the leagues where I had them. So I would advise everyone else to do the same.

Yep. Go ahead and drop. Marcel O'Suna. Trevor's story went to the IL with right elbow inflammation as a precautionary measure and it looks like Dan Schneier who copy and paste the rundown just deleted my rundown for a second. I was freaking out. I was like where did everything just go? But it's back so thanks Dan. Trevor's story went to the IL oh my god I almost had a panic attack with right elbow inflammation he will undergo more testing on more Monday or Tuesday.

Kevin Gosman was removed from Sunday start due to... The downside of Google Sheets here, I think. We just discovered it. Yeah, this isn't the best idea. I think I'm going to have to make some Microsoft Word documents moving forward. But Kevin Gosman was removed

from Sunday start due to left hip tightness as a precaution. He slated to undergo an MRI as well. Michael Brantley went to the aisle with right hamstring tightness. And Max Kepler also went to the aisle with a left hamstring strain. And Scott, Trevor Larnick, it looks like he's going to be sticking around a little bit longer.

And now that we don't really have as many concerns about playing time, at least for the short-term future, I think he needs to be rostered in more than 17% of leagues. He hit another long home run this weekend, and through 20 games, Trevor Larnick is batting 228, which is not great, admittedly. But that comes with a 16% walk rate, 26% strikeout rate. His X-Lug is 547, and his max exit velocity is in a netherly. 98th percentile. This is Trevor Larnick we're talking about from the Minnesota Twins. He plays seven games this week. I'll throw a few names your way, Scott. You let me know if you

would drop any of these for Larnick. Andrew Vaughan. No, I don't think any of the names you list here. Just spoiler alert. I don't think I'm going to say drop any of them for Larnik. That would include Jorge Saler and Dominic Smith. Yeah. Though, I mean, I like, you know, I think I said last week on one of the shows that 17, I'm surprised Larnick is down at 17% and not, you know, closer to like 50% given the caliber of prospect he is and that he hasn't looked overmatch. I mean, play discipline's been great. He had that 461 foot home run to center field last week where, you know, you watch the

highlight of it and you're like, you know, they have that, that batter's eye that's basically like a bunch of shrubs in centerfield. and you're like, okay, how far up there is it going to land? And then it lands above them. And like this, I don't know, these luxury boxes or something out there. Real easy power. That's what I'm noticing right now with Trevor Larnik. So if you do need power in a five outfielder league,

those are typically category leagues. Larnik is someone that you can look at. Kenta Maeda is past his groin issue, but is managing a sore right arm, which doesn't sound great and maybe contributed to some of his struggles. somebody recently requested Scott that we take a look at players who are banged up and decide whether or not to leave them

in our weekly lineups. So I don't have a name for this segment, but it's debuting right now. Ramon Lurie. It's always hard to give a firm yes or no to any of these. Yeah, because it depends, obviously, like who you have on your team. But Ramon Luriano missed this weekend series

with groin tightness. How are you feeling about Ramon Luriano? I think in five outfielder leagues, probably stick with them, but otherwise not. Yerdan Alvarez has missed four straight with right wrist soreness and is unlikely to play on Monday. This one sounds a little bit more grim, Scott. Yeah. Yeah, I would lean against it.

His teammate Yulee Gureel was out of the lineup for a second straight day on Sunday with inflammation in his left middle finger. Anything on Yulee Gouriel? Yeah, I mean, this doesn't sound like a big deal. I added, you know, in a league where you have to make moves overnight, I made one for an alternate first baseman in the league where I have Guerrille. So I'm just waiting to the last minute, but I guess if you don't have that luxury, I would lean toward starting him. You know, obviously if you have a great alternative at first base,

you can play it safe, but if you don't, I'd lean toward starting Gurriel. Jazz Chisholm has missed four straight with a mild right ankle sprain, and I think in any category league scout where you have a middle infielder, it's probably going to be hard to get Chisholm out of your lineup. But I think in anything shallower where you don't have a middle infielder, if you're playing a points league, you probably could find someone who'll play it safe and keep Chisholm on your bench. Yeah, that's, I would agree with that mostly.

I know I have him in a Categories league, though, where I think I could move Brandon Lao to second base and put another outfielder in. And my plan has to do that unless I hear something optimistic. So, you know, maybe I'm a little more cautious than the average person. But that's what I'm leaning toward with Chisholm. Anthony Rizzo has now set out five straight games with back tightness. This is another one where I don't feel great about it. And I should have mentioned earlier that there's a ton of early games on Monday.

So, you know, probably going to have to make these lineup decisions earlier in the morning and with all these early games on Memorial Day. So Anthony Rizzo, I think it's kind of similar to Jazz Chisholm where if you play in a league where you have a corner infielder, it's probably going to be tough to get them out of your lineup. But anything shallower. If I play in a points league, the podcast points league that I share with Adam, he's currently on my bench because I just, I don't know when Anthony Rizzo is going to play again. And obviously, backs can flare up and they can be annoying. The last one is J.D. Martinez, he missed Sunday after fouling a ball off of his left foot on Saturday. I'd lean yes on that. All righty. Kyle Gibson is likely to be activated this weekend. Jose Urania went to the aisle with a right forearm strain.

Jorge Soler left Saturday's game with right groin discomfort. The Royals promoted Edward Olivares. On Sunday, he went two for four and is only 3% rostered. Olivaris was batting 395 with five home runs and seven steals in 20 games at AAA Scott. Any interest in Edward Olivares of the Royals? Not in rushing out and picking him up other than like an AL-only league. He was interesting last year though, and as we've discussed before,

I was year early on a lot of players. Let's keep an eye on him. Miles Michaelis received a stem cell injection in his right flexor tendon and will be re-evaluated in four to six weeks. Wade Miley is set to return on Monday and will be a two-start pitcher, I believe. Tony Gonsolin could return after one more rehab start with the Dodgers. Pete Alonzo is

expected to be activated on Monday for the Mets. Davey Garcia was not here for long. He was demoted after Saturday start where he allowed five runs over four and a third. So continues his struggles. Yeah. He was not good in AAA. He's Davey Garcia just looks lost right now. So I think he's got to work on some things in the minors. Luke Void is expected to miss at least a few weeks with that grade two oblique strain, so we'll not be back after the minimum time. Jose Orkidie is rejoining the Astros rotation on Monday. Cabrion Hayes, good news man, finally expected back on Thursday for the Pirates. Victor Robles began a rehab assignment on Sunday, and we had a bunch of people return this weekend. Framber Valdez went up against the Padres. He allowed one run over four

innings with four strikeouts. Cody Bellinger returned. J.C. Real Mutu. John Carlos Stanton, Starling Marte. Tim Anderson had four hits with two. steals in two games this weekend. Jake O'Dariz. Returned on Saturday against the Padres, five and a third, one earned, one walk, four strikeouts. Christian Walker is back for the Debex. Trey Mantini returned and Hazus Lazzardo returned and will be used exclusively as a reliever for now with the Oakland A's. He missed nearly a month with a broken finger. Should we continue to hold on to Hazes Lazzardo, Scott? Yeah, I think you should and I suspect he'll be in back in the rotation at some point, you know, they don't really have anyone obvious to remove right now.

That'll change. And, you know, gets a chance to build up in the meantime. I kind of hope he sticks, I guess it's a long time, but I kind of hope he sticks in the bullpen to get the 10 appearances so that he can be RP eligible, but that might take a while. So maybe, maybe I shouldn't hope for that. We do have one prospect update from the weekend. Mackenzie Gore, the Padre's top pitching prospect is dealing with a blister issue at AAA, and he has been dealing with a bunch of performance issues as well. He has trouble repeating his delivery. He's walking a lot of batters so far. So that's why we've seen names like Logan Gilbert and Alec Manoa potentially surpass McKenzie Gore as the top pitching prospects in baseball because he's struggled big time. Let's take a look at some players

who you might want to drop. Scott will fire up the dropometer. These are actually all starting pitchers, I just realized. So let's do it. zero, not dropping this player at all. Ten, get rid of them. Don't need them on your fantasy team. Blake Snell, what's happening, man? We talk about Blake Snell every week. Same thing with Luis Castile, we'll get to him as well.

But Blake Snell at the Astros this weekend. He allowed seven runs with three walks over just three innings pitched. The ERA now stands at 5.55. The walks per nine, 5.94. Blake Snow has really gone down this Robbie Ray rabbit hole from like a couple of years ago and it's something you really don't want to do. So Scott, where are we on Blake Snow?

The dropometer. Can you drop him anywhere? Maybe like a three. I've been losing faith in him. Really for years I've been losing faith in him, but especially this year. And remember, it was just two outings ago that he had the six innings for the first time since 2019

and 11 strikeouts. and this is his best start in a long time. But then the two starts since then have been really bad. You know, before that six-inning start, it's not like he was terrible. It's just he was inefficient and not giving you what you thought you were getting. But these last two starts, it's been bad. Now, Jace Tinkler, his manager, pointed out this start on Sunday.

He was facing the Astros, and he's like, the Astros don't chase anything. Like, you can't get the Astros to chase stuff. So I think he was pointing out that Snell was not being aggressive enough in the strike zone. And, you know, just looking at the numbers as a general rule, that's probably true. But the matchup didn't help him this time. You know, definitely a sip for now, but we know what the upside is and the whiff rate is still great. Even in the first of these two starts, I think he had like 16 whiffs in less than four innings.

So you know the stuff is good. the stuff hasn't been compromised here. So I'd hold on to Snell for now. And if you are a believer in the underlying numbers, ex-fip is something that we call out quite a bit here on this podcast. He has a 5.55 ERA, but that is with a 3.57 X-FIP. So it says that Blake Snell is deserving of better numbers so far the season. Luis Castillo, not so much.

At the Cubs this weekend, he allowed four runs. Only two of those were earned, but four more walks. only goes five innings, only gets three strikeouts. And I saw you point out, Scott, this is ridiculous. Luis Castillo has 13 fantasy points on the season. That is so bad. Yeah, to put that in perspective, if he was averaging 13 points per start, standard CBS scoring,

if he was averaging 13 points to start, that would be disappointing. That would be less than you hoped for from Luis Castillo. I have 13 points total. How many starts in? 9? 10? 11 starts. He's averaging under 2,

under 1.5 fantasy points per start, which is just utterly ridiculous. So where are we, are we closer to dropping him? Where are we on the dropometer with Castillo? We're closer. I think if I went 3 on Snell, I got to go 4 on Castillo.

I'd still look for a way not to drop him. I actually have him in one of my shallowest leagues. A 12-team points league where only 252 healthy players are rostered. And I've managed to hold on to him, but it's been hard. But obviously, you know, he's scored 13 points all year. Why not give up on him? But of course, all that matters from the day you're making the decision is what happens here forward. And as we've been saying for Castillo, it could just turn on one day, like flipping a switch, you know?

and yeah, you'll feel really bad that you dropped him if that were to happen. How about Madison Bumgarner, Scott, who the velocity remains up, and he went up against the Cardinals this weekend. He allowed seven runs, six of those were earned, and now this is a few clunkers in a row. I know that he left recently with an injury in one of those starts, but he hasn't been as good as we saw earlier. So he's 84% rostered, whereas Madison Bumgarner on the drop-o meter?

Probably like a six. I'm not ready to abandon all hope here, but I realize roster space is limited, and you're kind of relying on what his season-long numbers look like, what the perception was on him coming into the season. It wasn't just like a start or two, where he looked transformed, you know. It was five starts.

The numbers were amazing. And even in the rough starts since then, he's still averaged more than 91 or right around. 91 on his fastball. It was still, you know, returning to his former velocity. So I don't really know what's gone wrong for him, but it was a five-star stretch

where he was, like, given him no hits. Oh, it was. Okay, so yeah. So in those five starts, he had a .9 ERA. And, yeah, the hit rate was really low. So, yeah, I mean, I'm not ready to just give up on Baumgarner, but I do think he's semi-droppable.

How about Anthony DiClyfani, Scott, who at the Dodgers this weekend, he wasn't terrible or anything. Four and two-thirds, two earned, four walks, three strikeouts. He's just kind of meh.

His last time out before this, I think it was his last time out. He got destroyed. He allowed something like 10 or 11 earned runs. He is still 84% roster. The overall numbers this year still very good for Anthony Deescoffani. So where do you add on him

on the drop-o meter? I'm actually higher. I'd put him at seven. Say the overall numbers are still really good. That's what you're telling me. I mean, 8K per 9. The X-FIP is 411. Yeah, I is 356.

Okay. I was never totally on board with them anyway. I was keeping an open mind because it's the Giants and they've done some interesting things with pitchers over the past couple years. But I don't think Desclifani deserves your undying loyalty. How about Patrick Corbyn's got up against the Brewers this weekend? Four and runs, five strikeouts, five innings pitch.

He's still 87% rostered Patrick Corbyn is. The ERA stands at 6.23 with a 1.52 whip dropometer. Patrick Corbyn. I'll put him with Bumgarner at a 6th. Some interesting things going on with him and velocity, like with Bumgarner, isn't the concern anymore. He did kind of cut back on the sliders in this most recent start. you know, one of the encouraging signs was that he was going back to emphasizing the slider like during his best years and it was getting some whiffs.

But, you know, that's just one start where he kind of changed that approach. I still think there's a chance he turns out pretty good this year, but yeah, I'll go six on the drop of beater. Dallas Keikle has basically turned back into the Dallas Keikl of Old, where he is, I mean, he's really not getting any strikeouts at all. I'm not going to say that 2020 was a complete fluke because he was great, but that is not the Dallas Kikeko that we've seen so far this year. No. He has a 4.53 ERA and a 1.3-2 whip. What's the drover meter on him, Scott?

Eight, I just think he's fringy. I just think there are too many strikeouts out there, and he's not giving you any, so you're really depending on him winning, which, you know, the white sex help with that, but he hasn't even been pitching deep into games consistently, like he has in years past. Frankie Montas was up against the Angels

this weekend he did allow four runs over five and two thirds though they were not earned. Zero earned runs in the start. He is at a 4.45 ERA however with a 1.41 whip the dropometer on Frankie Montas um

five I'll say five let me see what I had I had Bone Garner is six to have a four yet I guess Castillo was a four yeah so yeah keeping things keeping things calibrated here. We got a five for Frankie Montas.

That splitter has just started getting a ton of whiffs again. Kind of reminds me of two years ago. And so I'm reluctant to move on from him, even though the ERA is bad. I think there are some positive signs. The ground ball rate is still really low, which is not what he was doing two years ago. But I think he's moving the right direction,

and he gives you volume. So five for Frankie Montau. Last name here, Scott, is Cole Irvin up against the Angels this weekend. He allowed four earned runs over six innings pitched. And kind of like Deis Scalphani, you know, the surface numbers are okay, 3.92 ERA, but the underlying numbers are pretty bad. So I was never buying into Irvin. I wrote him as a hot, like, I wrote him just because he was a hot hand play

in leagues where he, where I could take advantage of his relief pitcher eligibility. But, you know, in the long run, that came back to buy me because now there's three starts in a row with four and runs or more. He might eventually be the opening created for Jesus Lazzardo. So I go 10, Ervin, on Irvin. I don't think, you know, maybe in just such a deep league

where there's no interesting pitchers available, there's no reason to drop them. But if there's anybody else you want more, Irvin is, you can move on. All right. So some players, you can drop Colette Irvin at the top of that list. We're going to take a quick break. But when we return, if you're dropping people,

who are you adding? We'll talk about it next. Fantasy baseball today. The top Waverwire starting pitchers from the weekend. Obviously, Terrick Scoobel was one of them, and we spoke about him at the top. But how about his teammates, of course, Casey Mize and Turnbull, and then a few others from this weekend. Scott, Adbert Alzlai, 5 and 2 3rd shutout against the Reds.

It's surprising to me that he's still only 64% rostered. He's been really good. John Gray was not good at the Pirates this weekend, but he faces the Rangers at home, and for some reason, John Gray is really good at home this year. He's got a 2.36 ERA in seven home starts. And the other name is J.T. Brewbaker, who tossed six shutout against the Rockies. He's 54% rostered.

He was placed on the bereavement list on Sunday. But his next start is still lined up for Friday against the Marlins, obviously if he comes off the bereavement list. So between Mize, Alzely, Gray, Brubaker, Turnbull, Scott. Who are your one or two favorites from that group? Oh, it's easily Alzala and Mize. easily. I like the Zs. Anyone with a Z in his name all about that.

Now, Aalai, yeah, I agree with you, 64% rostered. It hasn't been moving up for some reason, but he's been, he's been pretty impressive. Now, I have noticed the whiffs are down in May, even though he's still featuring

that slider, like his primary pitch, basically. So that kind of has me scratching my head, but the results have been good. And, I think it's very, very likely the whiffs come back. So as I'd be my top choice, my is actually the,

this last start of the whiffs were actually pretty good. But he's, he's thriving on weak contact anyway, and obviously has a great pedigree. So, it wasn't this last start, the whiffs were good, but they've been better in May overall. Still not great,

but giving you innings. We're worried that they, We're worried about how much longer he'll be giving you earnings, but he's giving them to you for now. And just being good enough that I think he's, you know, not must roster, but I think he's a decent player to roster. And would you put Scuba

ahead of both of those names you mentioned, Scott? I think so. Al-Zaline Scuba are probably pretty close for me, but I'd have Scuba ahead of Mize, like I said earlier in the show. And if anyone's in shallower leagues, you say Kikuchi, 75% rostered, so it might be out there in some, 10 team leagues, but he's been pretty good recently. Up against the Rangers on Sunday, 6 and 2 thirds, 3 hits, 2 runs, 5 strikeouts,

16 swinging strikes on 104 pitches. So it seems like Kukuchi is hitting his stride right now. Yeah, so his last six starts for Kikuchi, 270 RA.85 whip. That's awesome. 9.5K per 9 and a 15.8% swinging strike rate, which would be, you know, like a top five in baseball swinging strike rate. 96.3 is what he averaged in his fastball on this most recent start.

He's hit 98. It seems like Kikuchi just keeps getting better. And you would put him ahead of Skubel and Alzali? Yes, I would. Me too. So let's do it. Get you say Kikuchi on your fantasy teams. That number should be closer to 100% rostered.

Some deeper starting pitcher ads, part one, because there was a lot. lot this weekend. Martin Perez was up against the Marlins, five innings, two runs, four strikeouts. Chris Bubich was at the twins, six innings, one run, five strikeouts. Logan Webb returned, and he went up against the Dodgers, five innings, two runs with seven strikeouts. Alex Cobb at the Oakland A's seven shutout with eight strikeouts. Where did that come from? And then Justin Dunn up against the Rangers, five and two thirds, one run, eight strikeouts with 16 swinging strikes.

So, Scott, between Martin Perez, Boobich, Logan Webb, Alex Cobb, Justin Dunn, who's your favorite from that group? I'm not wild about any of them. I haven't put in a bid for any of them in any league I'm in. I have to pick a favorite.

It's probably Boobich, because I think his change-up might be the best pitch that any of these pitchers have. I mean, Alex Cobb's splitter, but he throws it so much. And Boobich has a great ground ball rate this year,

which is also something I appreciate. So Bovich would be my number one choice. All right. Some deeper SP ads, part two. And if you didn't like that list, Scott, I mean, we're going pretty deep here.

But Mitch Keller tossed five shutout against the Rockies. He basically alternates terrible starts with decent starts. So if you follow that trend, he might get blown up his next start. But he is going up against the Marlins this week. So that's what's

out to me. 13% rostered is Mitch Keller. Mike Fultenevich, smoke and mirrors. I don't know how he continues to do it, but seven innings, two runs, only two strikeouts. Ross Stripling,

this is now two appearances in a row where he's looked pretty good. Five innings, one run, three strikeouts. Matt Peacock, don't really know much about the fellow, but six endings, two runs, six strikeouts.

He plays for the Diamondbacks, if you didn't know, he went up against the Cardinals this weekend. He's not Brad Peacock, I'll tell you that much. And Vladimir Gutierrez for the Reds. He was called up on Friday. He pitched against the Cubs.

Five innings, one run. Three strikeouts got, of course, deeper leagues. But if you had to choose one between Mitch Keller, Mike Fultenevich, Ross Stripling, Matt Peacock, and Vladimir Gutierrez. I think he could take a flyer on Stripling, just given his history. At this time last year, we were all pretty excited about him. If only he had a spot in the Dodgers rotation, you know. So, yeah, stripling would be the guy. I'm not saying in standard mixed leagues you need to make a move for him yet, but

I got to pick someone because that's the exercise. That is the exercise indeed. Let's talk about some hitters. And Ty France, since returning from the IEL, he has nine hits in seven games. He's 60% roster and he plays seven games this week. If you remember, in 23 games before he got hurt, he was batting 325, three homers,

eight doubles, 9% walk rate, 23% strikeout rate. Scott, I kind of feel like people are forgetting how good he was. And I think his roster rate should be higher than 60%. This is Ty Frantz. Well, yeah. I mean, the thing that is not obvious

just from looking at his numbers and from the experience of rostering him was he got hit by a pitch in the forearm. Basically, the injury he went on the I.O. for. But after getting hit, he played, you know, like three weeks. So his numbers collapsed. Yeah. Yeah, I had a good feeling after a period of rest to let that injury heal.

He'd come back. You know, he's been such a consistent 300 hitter in every context. And now he's, what, three for 10 since coming back? Exactly 300? Three for nine? Like, three for nine or three for ten? Yeah, I think Ty France is going to be worth a second look. If not already, then soon.

Would you rather have him or Nick Madrigal, who has multiple hits in four of his last six games? he's now batting 300. He's 71% rostered. So you might have to make a decision on those two in shallower leagues if you need a second baseman. Yeah, I think France clearly has the more upside. If Madrigal was going to be a big base stealer,

that might be different, but one steal so far. So Madrigal is looking a lot like what we thought David Fletcher would be, and maybe what David Fletcher will still be eventually. But lack of strikeouts being his, main strength. There's some interest there in points leagues maybe, but overall I'm not that interested in Madrigal.

It's pretty weird that the White Sox won't let Madrigal run. I don't know if it's just something to do with him or what the reason is, but he's in the 81st percentile in sprint speed according to Stackass, and they're letting Tim Anderson run. I guess they're not really letting anyone else run, but yeah,

I think he's capable of it. They're not letting Nick Madrigal run for whatever reason. Mike Zanino over the weekend. He continues to crush it on I believe it was Sunday. He went two for four with his 12th home run, and he is up there in terms of barrel rate this year. He's actually number one.

I think I said Tyler O'Neill was number one earlier. That is false. It's actually Mike Zanino. I think I mixed those two stats up. But Mike Zanino, number one in barrel rate among all hitters, not just catchers, and he's doing that with a 37% strikeout rate. So, Scott, he is 53% rostered.

Do you need to get Zanino in one catcher leagues? I don't have a lot of trust in Zunino, but there aren't 12 catchers that I have a lot of trust in. So if you're at the back end of that group in terms of filling your catcher spot, I think you just work with him until he runs out of steam until maybe that barrel rate normalizes.

Yeah, I have him in one league where I've been doing that, and so far, so good. Would you drop any of Gary Sanchez, Mitch Garver, or James McCann for Mike Senino. Not Garver. Look at Garver's May stats. They're really good.

He seems to be gaining steam. The other two, look, rest of season, I think McCann and even Sanchez, I bet on them being better from today forward. But if it's, you know, if it's a one-catcher league,

I'd swap him out for the hot hand. I don't think is wrong necessarily. Yeah. I mean, it's weird because it's coming out of time where Sanchez actually has looked a little bit better recently, five hits over his last three games. Finally, has his playing time gone up? Has he been, is he kind of back in the predominant catcher role for the Yankees? I know that he was playing more because of all their injuries. So they were just playing him at DH and they were having Kyle Hachioca catch.

But it looks like Sanchez has played. He's only sat. one time since May 23rd. Is it what it looks like? Well, there was a double header on the 27, but yeah, he's been playing more. Yeah. I don't know. Yeah.

I still think it's pretty interchangeable. You can probably just ride the hot hand, like you said. Last name I wanted to bring up here, Scott, Brad Miller. He went two for four with an RBI on Sunday. He is now batting 304 with five home runs and three steals. He's 22% rostered and figures to play pretty consistently as long as Bryce Harper is out. first, second, third, and outfield eligibility on CBS, and he plays six games this week.

So where, if anywhere, do you think Brad Miller needs to be rostered? Anywhere, you need a fill-in bat at one of those positions. I'd be fine picking them up in any format. I don't think there's longevity here, really. People who played last year might remember, I think, was he with the Cardinals at the time? But he had a really productive stretch last year, where he did a lot of damage in a short period of time for fantasy teams.

And I think he's capable of doing that again while he is getting the playing time. And I like his matchups this week. So, yeah, I'd be fine with Miller as a fill-in. All righty. Some deeper waiver-wire hitters, Scott, that let me know if you have any interest. Again, these are deep names. Josh Reddick went three for five on Sunday. He's betting 324.

He's now with the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's been playing pretty consistently. He's 2% rostered. They have seven games this week. Edmundo Sosa, who is playing shortstop for the Cardinals. He's filling in for Paul DeYoung. He's batting 309. He has two steals.

He's 7% rostered. And Freddie Galdas, he has three home runs over his last four games. And he's now up to nine home runs. Freddie Galvis, every single year. Nobody wants to roster him. He's boring. But it just kind of produces as a middle infielder in a deeper league. So it's not exciting.

But Reddick. Sosa Galvis. Anything here? I mean, I think of the leagues where they're worth rostering, it'll be pretty obvious. Like, in a 15-team league where I just lost Nico Horner as my shortstop after already losing Corey Seeger as my shortstop. Edmundo Sosa was the best shortstop to pick up

and there really was no other choice. So, I mean, he did have interesting numbers in the minors two years ago. But that was obviously with the Juice Ball and the PCL. He had 17 home runs in 400. 53 games. So I don't know.

I don't think you're missing anything if you pass them over. And I'd rather have had Freddie Galvis if that was an option. Let's sit the calls of the pen a little bit earlier, get you some bullpen updates from the weekend. And for the Cardinals, Daniel Ponce de Leon, picked up two saves on Thursday and Friday. And it just kind of caught my eye. So I wanted to let everyone know that Alex Reyes was unavailable for that, for, I believe it was Friday. and the Thursday one went into extra endings

where Alex Reyes actually had already pitched. So Reyes also picked up his 15th save over the weekend. I don't think there's anything to see there, but maybe Ponce de Leon is the next man up behind Alex Reyes. So for the Giants this weekend, Jake McGee was using the eighth inning on Friday. Tyler Rogers allowed three runs and took the blown save but wound up with the win.

And then on Sunday, Jake McGee was used in the ninth inning and he allowed a home run to Albert Pools. but did lock up his 12 save. You had your chance. You had your chance, McGee. You could have gotten it back. That's what I think. That's what I think of this situation.

I think they'll go back to Rogers next time. Yeah, I think so too. For the Mariners, oh my. Always fun times here. Kenan Middleton was using the eighth inning on Friday. Eric Swanson recorded four outs. He picked up his first safe. Raphael Montero was unavailable.

He had pitched three of four days entering Friday. And then Raphael Montero allowed to run. but picked up his seventh save on Saturday, and Keenan Middleton got his fourth save on Sunday. So three saves this weekend for the Mariners, three different Mariners relievers picked them up. It's a mess. You know, remember the like the shruggy shoulder emoji

that was just made with like a bunch of text, you know, the one, you know what I'm talking about? Yeah, I actually do. Yeah, I know you're talking about. Yeah. I did pick up. That's what's going on. Just wait for Graveman to get back.

Yeah. And Graveman, I saw that he is still quarantining in San Diego, which is one of, they had one of their previous series there, but he either tested positive or he was a close contact for, for COVID. So that's why he's currently on the IL. I did pick up Keenan Middleton in a few very deep league,

15 team roto leagues, but yeah, we're scraping the bottom of the barrel in those. I have yet to drop Montero and the 15 teams. Rotel League where I have them. Though I did drop them in my 2014 Dynasty League, apparently prematurely. I don't know.

I don't think so, Scott. I don't think it was premature. I think it's a save. I think it's perfectly fine. For the Tampa Bay raise on Saturday, Diego Castillo was using the eighth inning. JP Fire Eisen got his second save. He's 11% rostered, Scottard.

Are you a little bit more interested in Fire icing? He's now has... Fire Eisen? Backs. Backs. A song of Fire Eisen. Yes. back-to-back saves for the race

Yeah I'm interested I mean who knows what the race is doing ever right But it seems like he's at least on equal Terms with Castillo And the numbers are good this year for J.P. Fire-Eason Who I mean

That's a nice name I like the name It's a pretty cool name I think the name yeah Put out the fire He's got ice running through his veins Like you could just do so much

much with that. Send in some team name Tuesdays. We'll hook it up. No, I mean, look, I'm not blowing the budget for him. In those 15 team roto leagues we play in, where obviously anybody who shows signs of getting saves gets scooped up, I was prioritizing fire icing over, like, Lucas Sims,

who T.J. Anton came back in and got a four-out save on Sunday with Sims working earlier in the game. but Sims got the previous two saves. And I don't think Anton's ever going to become just a true closer because he's too versatile. So I think Sims is a kind of, I think among the true relievers, Sims has emerged as the frontrunner in Cincinnati,

but obviously it's not going to be a 100% situation, at least not yet. So I went fire icing over him. And I went both over somebody like Kenan Middleton. Amir Garrett pitched in the sixth inning on Sunday. Lucas Sims was used in the seventh. For the Twins on Saturday, Hansel Robles allowed a run in the eighth. Taylor Rogers allowed two runs in the ninth.

It was actually a home run to Adelberto Mondesie, his first of the year. But Taylor Rogers did get his fourth save of the season. For the Blue Jays on Sunday, it sure looks like Jordan Romano is back, baby, as the closer. He picked up his third save. He's 55% rostered. I think that number needs to be higher. Rafael DeLis was used the inning before. Romano now has their last three saves.

Tyler Chowardwood did get a chance for us. save Sunday, but he walked five, and it was bad. I assumed Romano just needed a day off. Yeah. For the Royals on Sunday, oh, always great times with the Royals as well. Kyle Zimmer used in the sixth and the seventh. He recorded four outs.

Scott Barlow was using the seventh and the eighth. And who gets the save? He's back from the dead, baby. Greg Holland, his first save since April 18th. And I should have solved this coming, Scott, because I actually dropped Craig Holland in a 15 team league last Thursday, four. Kyle Zimmer.

Yeah. What a mess. Serves you right. I was prioritizing Holland after Fire Ice and Sims both because I don't think

it'll be a lump. First of all, I'm not confident he'll be getting all the safe chances for the Royals while Stamont is out. And it doesn't sound

like Stamont's absence is going to be a lengthy one. Yeah. For the White Sox on Saturday, Liam Hendricks, he picked up saves in both games of the doubleheader. He also picked up one on Sunday, so now he

he has 13 saves total. Ryan Presley allowed a three-run, home run to Fernando Tatease on Saturday. That was his first blown save of the season. Reiseli Glacius picked up his ninth save. Craig Cambrough got his 12th, and Lou Trevino got his seventh on Friday. We'll quickly wrap up

with some leftovers from the weekend, some starting pitcher studs being studs. Lucas G. G. Lido up against the Orioles. Sure looks like he's just back and he's great. Seven innings, one run, three walks, 12 strikeouts for Gialito. Freddie Peralta at the Nationals this weekend. Seven innings, one run, seven strikeouts.

I'd like to see some length there from Peralta, so that's nice. Brandon Woodruff at the Nationals as well, seven shutout with 10 strikeouts, and Max Scherzer up against the Brewers on the other side of that game. Six innings, two runs, one walk, 10 strikeouts, 18 swinging strikes on 89 pitches, Scott. Anything you would like to add on Gialito, Peralta, Woodruff, Scherzer? Well, I'm still a little hesitant to say Woodruff is now the best pitcher in the world,

but in 8 of 11 starts this year, he's allowed three hits or fewer. And one of the three where he didn't allow three hits or fewer, he allowed four hits. That's crazy. Yeah. It's very impressive. Some things to pay attention to for starting pitchers that just stood out to me a little bit. Junjun Riu at Cleveland on Friday. He allowed two runs over five inings with six strikeouts,

but he averaged 86.5 miles per hour on his fastball. Not that, you know, Ryu is blowing the ball past anybody, but he averages 89 on the fastball on the season. Apparently it was really cold in Cleveland on Friday night, so I'm sure that affected it. I actually read that that's exactly what he said. But still, I mean, for it to be down two and a half miles per hour, just pay attention there.

Shohei Otani, speaking of fastball velocity, was back. The velocity was back a little bit. He averaged 94 miles per hour in his most recent start. That was closer to the 95 he's averaged on the season. If you remember, it was now the start before this one, he averaged like 91 and 91.5 miles per hour on his fastball. So nice to see Otani's velocity bounce back. Have you noticed how with Otani lately,

it seems like they just decide the day before that he's starting? there's no. It's not like he starts every sixth day. So he seems pretty unusable as a starter as long as they're going to do that. Just surprise, Otani's starting today. Yeah. Just keep him in your

lineup as a hitter from a fantasy perspective. It's fun to watch and pitch. There's no doubt about it. He's talented, but still much more viable for fantasy as a hitter. You Darvish up against the Astros this weekend. Five innings, five runs. Four of those were earned. But I did notice

after this start, his swinging strike rate is down to 12% this year. Last year, that was 14.3%. And he also has a career high, 49% fly ball rate, which is not really like Udarvish at all. Last year, that was 31%. So we'll be watching. Swinging strike rate and fly ball rate for U.Darvish. And Trevor Rogers, the last one,

at the Boston Red Sox. He was fine, six innings, two runs, six strikeouts, but he has now averaged under 94 miles per hour on his fastball for, I believe, I actually think it's three straight starts. I think I meant to write three. So Trevor Rogers. Still good.

Philosophy down a little bit. Interestingly, what day was that that Rogers started? I believe it was Saturday. Saturday? Yes. Got to find this. Okay. Yeah, I got to.

So he threw 13 sliders. Remember we were worried he was fading the slider. He threw 13 sliders in this game and got seven whiffs on 13 sliders. So that was an encouraging sign. although, you know, there's still a little reason for hand-wringing over Trevor Rogers just worrying about

if he's trending the wrong direction here. The other shoe has yet to drop and hopefully it never will, but I don't know. I think the jury's still out on Trevor Rogers. Some hitting leftovers from the weekend. Jared Kelnick is now batting just 123 with a 443 OPS, Scott.

Should we leave Kelnick in our lineups this upcoming week or wait for him to show some signs of life? Well, I really liked the Mariners matchups these past weeks, so he did it a home run. I mean, could have been better. I'm not ready to sit him yet. A. E. E. E. E. Heneos Juarez has now led off the last five games that he has started for the Cincinnati Reds.

He has three home runs during that spend, not really doing much else. Adelberto Monase is betting 318. six games into his season with one homer, one steal, one caught stealing, and in monosy fashion, zero walks to 10 strikeouts. So, uh, Whitmeryfield.

This one I found interesting. He's batting just 2.30 in May. The plate discipline looks fine. Uh, he's got a 247 babb with a 51% ground ball rate. So normally Babbitts is very high for Whitmeryfield and batting average because he hits a lot of line drives. The line drive rate has been down in the month of May. So I think that's why he's struggling right now.

And Charlie Blackman went three for four with two doubles and a triple on Sunday. He is now batting 310 in the month of May, and he's up to 250 overall. So some signs of life here for Charlie Blackman. Scott will wrap up with to stream or not to stream. And we'll start with Monday. Dylan Bundy at the Giants,

James Caprillion at the Mariners, Merrill Kelly versus the Mets, Wade Miley versus the Phillies, Mike Minor versus the Pirates, and Johnny Quato versus the Angels. I like Caprillion. at Seattle. That's the team he just faced,

so it'll be interesting the second time, but obviously he could throw a no hitter because it's Seattle. Minor against Pittsburgh. I think it's pretty good. I don't love any of the others, I guess Bundy at San Francisco, but obviously that's take it a chance.

Merrill Kelly, man, versus the Mets. Although we can't pick on the Mets anymore, man. They're in first place. They're finding ways to win, so good for them. I mean, their lineup is still not good. in my opinion, but... No, that's a pretty good one.

I might prefer that to Bundy. I just, I don't really like Merrill Kelly, but he's on a nice run, and it's a good matchup. Well, what do he do to you, Scott? Why don't you like him? I don't like his numbers. All right. Let's take a look at some streamers for Tuesday.

Garrett Richards at the Houston Astros, Luis Garcia versus the Red Sox, Brady Singer versus the Pirates, David Peterson at the Diamondbacks, Andrew Heaney at the Giants. And, of course, The stud, John Gant, at the Dodgers. Well, hopefully in that big park at San Francisco,

we won't see three home runs off Andrew Heaney. So, I'll go Luis Garcia over him versus Boston. I mean, obviously, that's not a tough match. That's not a good matchup, but Garcia did have his best start against the Dodgers last time out. But then I'll also go Heaney and I'll go Singer against Pittsburgh. All righty. For Scott, I and Frank.

Thank you all for listening. watching fantasy baseball today. We'll be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.