Fantasy Baseball Today - 🚨Carlos Correa to the Twins! Kenley Jansen to the Braves! - Emergency Podcast (3/19 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: March 19, 2022

What!? Carlos Correa signed with the Twins (0:40). What does this mean for his value? ... Kenley Jansen signed with the Braves, which means bye bye to the Braves (11:50). ... Nick Castellanos is saved (19:39)! He's headed to the Phillies lineup. ... Luke Voit has been freed (26:35)! What's his value with the Padres? '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 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

Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. We had a bunch of moves on Friday. Let's break them all down. Welcome into a slightly delayed emergency edition of fantasy baseball today on Saturday, March 19th. I am Frank Stanfield, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers, Carlos Correa to the Twins. What? How did this happen? We also had Kenley Jansen signed with the Braves, Nick Castiano signed with the Phillies,

and one of Scott and Chris's favorite sleepers. Luke Voight was traded to the Padres. He is free. Frank. that. Wow. I'll take it. I moved them up into the profit pocket. We'll talk all about it. Let's start with Carlos Correa, who signed a three-year, $105 million deal with the Minnesota Twins. He has opt-outs after each of the first two years. So it's a very interesting deal. I don't know if you guys want to touch on the financials of it. You can in your analysis, but I thought it was very

interesting. Overall, Scott, we'll start with you. What do you think about this move for Correa's fantasy value to the Minnesota Twins? You know, it's obviously a huge real-world development the I think what most you know when you look at the free agent trackers I think most had Carlos Corray at the top is the very best free agent this off season which obviously is taking into account as defense and other things we don't care about in age yeah yeah so you know for the real world consequences of this are huge nobody saw it coming the twins they came up with this very clever deal to get it done where they pay him a ton of money for minimum of one year, maximum of three years, and he's able to hopefully go out and get the mega contract he's looking for after any of those years, whatever he wants, and that's what it took to get him on their roster.

And so it's, yeah, very interesting from that perspective. From fantasy, though, I don't know that it changes that much, which is often the case. like the biggest splashes in real life often have the least fantasy implications because you already know who the player is and he's of a caliber that's basically going to translate anywhere

that's the key difference that's probably the key difference between like the off season for football and baseball where like football players take away from each other not like a quarterback being added to an offense is different but like if a team signs a wide receiver that generally means worse things for the wide receivers on the other teams or worse things for that player.

In baseball, everyone's pretty much additive. You know, like you fill a spot, but you're, you know, Carlos Correa is not taking an opportunity away from someone that we were really interested in. Yeah. Overall, I mean, the ADP is interesting on Correa all offseason. He's going 85th overall. Last year, he finishes the 46th overall player in Roto. He averaged 3.3 fantasy points per game. He hit 279 with 26 home.

runs. Stackass says he actually should have been even better than that. 2.96 expected batting average. But Chris, I have to think the park shift, you know, it's a little bit of a downgrade, the lineup, a little bit of a downgrade. So, you know, do you actually factor those things in? Are you going to lower Carlos Carey at all? I mean, so looking at where I have him ranked, shortstop's obviously a quite deep position. And I've got him 10th at shortstop, 59th overall in Rodo. And I don't know. I guess I could move Wander Franco ahead of him. I don't know.

Like, it's just, he's about 10 spots clear of Wander Franco and Javi Baez in my Roto rankings. I don't think that's really going to change because I don't think this changes his outlook. Like if Carlos Correa is as good as we hope he will be, it doesn't really matter where he's going to play. And then players own most of their production lineup context and park contacts and all that stuff. matters. But generally speaking, like if Carlos Correa hits 290 with 30 home runs, in a bad lineup, you're looking at 95 to 100 runs and a really good one, you're looking at 110 to 115. Those change. And we're probably not talking about that kind of gap. Right. Between the Twins and the Astros lineup, although the Astros lineup is clearly better. Yep. But I don't think it

changes now that he's gone. Right. Yeah. I mean, yeah, that's fair. I don't think it changes Carlos Correa's value very much. much. I agree. You mentioned, so Chris actually has him a lot higher than ADP, about 30 spots higher than ADP, and has him ahead of Wander Franco, even though he's behind Franco and ADP. You know, if you're just, if you're thinking in terms of ADP, that should this affect him, like, who should he go behind?

Willie Adama's? I'm not willing to do that. Like, he was already ranked, not necessarily by Chris, but universally ranked in a, in a modest way. Right. And lower than he finished last year for sure. Yeah, much lower. Yeah, I mentioned 46th overall in Roto.

And he, you mentioned he underperformed his expected stats last year. And I just think the skills are legit. And we just don't have to worry about that park shift, which is only a modest park shift anyway. So I think maybe it changes Carlos Correa's best case outcome. but I also don't think we've seen his best case outcome yet. So it's not something anybody was really targeting him for anyway. Yeah, he has to stay healthy. That's a huge part of his value.

Last year he did that, he played 148 games. His last three full seasons before that, 75, 110, 109. So he's got to stay on the field. And if he does that, he should be very good. It is worth noting he hasn't been on the IL since 2019. For sure. Obviously 2020 is a shorter season. He had fewer opportunities to get hurt.

and he wasn't particularly good in 2020, although he had an awesome playoffs that, you know, kind of if you included that in his numbers, you know, made them look a lot more normal. He was ridiculously awesome in 2020 playoffs. And so,

but yeah, he hasn't, he hasn't been on the aisle in three years. So that's, that's in the past two years, I guess would be the better way to phrase that. So, you know,

I don't know how much the injuries are a concern here. Yeah. No, it's a positive sign for Carlos Correa. Scott, I want to ask you the ripple effects of how, how this might have, prospects involved here.

Jose Miranda, someone you mentioned the other day who you said might get more of an opportunity with the Josh Donaldson trade. Obviously, Correa coming back in. Gio Orshella, expected to play third base for the team. Both him and Jeremy Pena the other way. So Jeremy Pena is now expected to be the starting shortstop

for the Astros, assuming they don't sign someone like Trevor's story. So how do you think this move affects both of those players, Miranda and Jeremy Pena? Yeah, I'd say Pena is more likely to make the opening day roster than Miranda. However, I would still rather draft Miranda than Pena because I think the upside is significantly higher there.

And he's clearly on the verge, and when you have a prospect on the verge, at some point that door is going to open. Maybe Giorchella is terrible at the plate again. Miguel Sino has issues like he tends to do. There will be a door opening for Miranda sooner than later. Penae still has to win the job. They could go with like Nico Goodrum if he doesn't.

But beyond that, I'm just not that confident that Pena is of a caliber, is the caliber of hitter that's going to be impactful in fantasy. He did up his power output in a short season for him last year. It was a very small sample because I think he got hurt or something. Yeah, he had a 122 of bats. He had 10 home runs and there's 122 of bats, which is definitely a career high by three. A career high, yeah, with, yeah, definitely the most. power he's ever shown. He doesn't walk much at all.

He does appear to have a little bit of Steele's ability, but it's not like he's going to be a burner or anything. Great defensively. So, you know, that'll make him more valuable in real life, even if the bat doesn't play up in fantasy. But just generally speaking, I'm going to be more guarded with prospects, at least in the near term. of what we saw with the new ball being implemented last year.

Like, we went through a stretch of a few years there where it felt like any prospect who got called up had a chance to become an impact player in fantasy. And I'm not confident that's true anymore. Certainly not with a borderline top 100 guy like Jeremy Pena whose best skill seems to be his glove. Yeah, and he's a tough player to make sense of because he's only played 182 games over four seasons.

Now, partially that's 2018. He was drafted. Most guys don't play much in their first season. So you can't really hold that against him. 2020, didn't play at all. Minor Leaks, you know, didn't happen. Last season, he has this wrist injury, doesn't only place 37 games total, but did show some potential development as a power header.

And if that was real, the prospect profile changes. Because then you're talking about a guy. who could potentially be 20-20. You know, he's got 29 steals and 182 career minor league games. Like, even at a stacked position like shortstop, if you can hit 260 and hit 20 homers with 15 steals, like that's going to make you a borderline starter. It's just we don't know if the power's real last year from last year.

And it becomes... Remember, Vidal Bruhan last season. You know, if you just took his first 30 games of last season, he probably looked like he made a, a leap as a power hitter. Yeah. And then he didn't hit for any power after that. Yeah, that's a good point.

So it becomes a question of, do you want to take a late round flyer on Jeremy Pena or O'Neill Cruz or Nikki Lopez? Or, I mean, let's say even later, like a Kyle Farmer who had a pretty solid year last year. If it deep enough league where you're looking at a Kyle Farmer, do you go with him or Pena? And I kind of feel like Pena. Pena is at the bottom of the group for that for me. I'd rather take the chance on Peña than Farmer. Yeah.

But, you know, O'Neill Cruz, it's not even a question for me. I have O'Neill Cruz as a top 150 player. But, you know, you probably do have to go. Like, I think I'd rather take the chance on Jeremy Payne than Gavin Lux at this point. You know, Gavin Lux is 232 overall. I'd rather take the chance on him than Audra Jimenez or is there kind of Philefa's interesting because I might prefer him. Yeah, I would take a chance on Pena over Jimenez at this point. And, of course, a big spring could change things.

Like, if Pena is showing a lot of power this spring and given us more reason to believe that that small sample breakthrough last year was legit, then of course, it changes the math. Yeah, when you're talking about those, like, corner infield options in 15 team leagues who are going to get drafted, like Joey Wendell and David Fletcher and J.P. Crawford, like, definitely rather Pena than those guys. and probably over Josh Rojas. But even looking at ADP at NFC, Brany Crawford's outside of the top 200. O'Neill Cruz is outside of the top 200. And those are the 25 and 26 shortstops, shortstop eligible players.

So I don't know if I could go any higher than that, but he should probably be in the late round discussion. Yep. For those in deeper leagues, ALE only for sure, but deeper mixed leagues named to pay attention to Jeremy Paney Let's move over. Kenley Jansen to the Braves.

I wrote Dodgers on the rundown. What? Okay. Braves. On a one year. They can't have everybody, Frank. Right. One year, well, the Braves apparently can.

Apparently. Yeah, that's true. One year's $16 million deal for Kenley Jansen. The team has confirmed he will be the closer. He's being paid like a closer. Say bye bye to Will Smith. And I am sad because I, look,

you shouldn't draft as early as I was drafting anyway, but I had a few Will Smith shares in Deberra. rhodo leagues. And obviously, I am crushed right now. It's not a great feeling. And obviously, it looks like we're saying hello to Blake Trinon with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The other day, Dave Roberts said he wants the ninth inning to be fluid, but obviously, Blake Trinon has the experience. We'll get to him in just a second. Scott, you're the Braves fan. What do you think? Kenley Jansen with your Atlanta Braves. Yeah, so Will Smith was one of 11, 11 relievers who we thought, Okay, this guy is clearly locked in as the closer.

He was in the role from start to finish last year, which very few relievers can say. And so those early drafts that were done, you know, especially with the value of those confirmed closers being elevated, people paid a pretty significant price for him. So that's obviously disappointing for them, as you said. Kenley Jansen is an upgrade. I mean, just look at his track record.

Last year he got his velocity back up a little bit after it had been declining the previous couple years. So all the numbers improved across the board, except for the walk rate, I guess. But he looked like an ace reliever again, did Jansen. And obviously is going to be closing for a team that projects to win a lot of games. So I have him, I think I have him sixth. I move him ahead of Ryan Presley, just behind Edwin Diaz, which I think makes him sixth in my first. relief pitcher rankings, they don't have them pulled up. But, you know, one of the higher priority targets at the position for sure.

All right, Chris, did you move Kenley Jansen up at all? And I would assume Will Smith is just not worth drafting at all at this point. No. No, I mean, even like maybe a safe plus holds league. You know, he's still a good pitcher. But. And I did notice, it's a good point you bring up because the Braves had a ton of holds last year. They had a lot of guys.

Yeah, I think. Ranked inside the top 10. It was, you know, Luke Jackson led the league in holds last year. Yeah. That's a good point. But there aren't that many of those leagues. Kenley Janssen's number seven for me. I do have him behind Ryan Presley ahead of a Roldest Chapman.

So, you know, he's, I guess the good news here is we didn't necessarily, well, I guess we did lose one of the 11. I guess it is a net loss because we were assuming Kenley Janssen was in that 11 wherever. There was no chance Kenley Jansom was going to sign somewhere where he wasn't the closer. Yeah. So we didn't, we didn't rank him in the 11 because we didn't. know where he was signing yet, but it's, it's a, you know, it's just, you swap one out for the other. You swap Will Smith off for Kenley Jansen. So, and we thought we were going to have 12, though. Right. Exactly. And that's the worst part too. And you want to feel good about Blake Trinin,

potentially being the closer of the Dodgers. I still think that he'll see the majority of the save opportunities, but, you know, you have to take what Dave Roberts is saying for now. And they do have another reliever in the back end there who has closing experience, Daniel Hudson. So, Scott, how do you think? They've got an awesome bulb. I mean, Bruce Dar Gatterol, Gratterol didn't look amazing last season, but he's got a ton of potential. He has nasty pitches, but doesn't get strikeouts. It's so weird. Yeah, he's got a little bit of that like Jose Alvarado, like the pitches look ridiculous. And he's going to be incredibly hard to hit.

You know, so he could be like an Emanuel Class A type of reliever. Okay. Alex Vescia, the lefty. And even Jimmy Nelson was quite good for them out of the bullpen last season. They just resigned him. And so that's a team with no shortage of options. The one thing that's hard to know is whether, like, they've never been a team that shuffles closers. The fantasy community has kind of like at times been screaming for Kenley Jansen to lose his job.

And it's never happened. Like it hasn't even been like he's had rough patches and there haven't even been those moments like a Rolls as Chapman's had where they've gone away from him. It's basically just been Kenley Jansen. And so was that a product of Kenley Jansen? or is that a product of they kind of just want that stability? It's really hard to say. But Blakrin sure looked like an elite reliever again last season. Yeah.

He was ridiculous. And he's, he had that amazing year with Oakland that got him, that made him the second relief pitcher drafted last year. So he certainly has a track record as not just a closer, but as an elite closer. Top 15 MVP. Number six in Siam that year.

That year, yeah. And it seemed to get back to that form last year. So, you know, I don't think it's going to be a longstanding committee, even if it starts out that way. I pretty much never think that unless an organization has a history with it like the rays do. Or they just don't have good pitchers. Right. Like the Orioles, yeah. That's fair too.

But usually, even if it's never declared, this guy's the closer, the manager develops routines. It's impossible not to. It's such a long season, so many games. And it's just like... Look, if Blake Trinanthor's 74 innings with 85 strikeouts and a 199 IRA again like he did last season, he's going to end up with 35 saves. I just... Unless they trade for Craig Kimbril or something.

I have a really hard time seeing how it doesn't work out that way. My only concern... My concern is less that Blake Trinan shares too many saves than that... Dave Roberts likes him so much in like a versatile role that Daniel Hudson actually ends up becoming the actual closer there instead of Trinin. But I'm not going to let that prevent me from drafting Trin. Like right now I have him ranked ahead of other undeclared closers like Giovanni Gallegos and Camilo Duval. Trinin is right there pretty much after the confirmed closers, which, including. includes Aroldus Chapman.

And of course, I have Trinin ahead of like Mark Balancin, too, who's one of those confirmed closers, but Trinan is just better. Yeah. So, yeah, he's the top of that tier now for me, is Trinon. Yeah, the top of that undecided tier, but the upside is massive. Because if he works into the role, again, it's one of the best teams in baseball with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Let's move on to maybe one of the best lineups now in baseball.

Nick Castiano signs with the Philadelphia Phillies on a five-year $100 million deal. The top five in this lineup, is absolutely loaded. Kyle Swarber, Nick Cassiano, Bryce Harper, J.T. Relamuto, Reese Hoskins. Down on the bottom, they got Gene Seguera, either D.D. Gregorius or Bryson Stott.

So a prospect coming there who has a ton of potential as well. This is a really, really strong lineup. Chris, we'll start with you this time. Nick Castellanos, we were kind of worried, or at least I was, because the numbers last year at home in Great American Ballpark were great.

They were not so great on the road. But this is probably the best. the best landing spot outside of, I guess, Coors Field that he could have wound up with, the Philadelphia Phillies. I mean, assuming the Cincinnati Rads weren't going to resign him. Right. But it's a very similar situation to Cincinnati. Great blanking on what Philadelphia's Park is. Citizens Bank.

Citizens Bank. Yeah, that's one of the ones that hasn't changed. Citizen Bank Park. It's not quite the bandbox that the Great American Ballpark is, but it's a very, very good hitters park. It's got friendly power alleys, which is key for Nick Castellanos, because he's, He's not Nolan Aeronado. He's not pulling the ball just inside of the foul pole or whatever. He's hitting to the power alleys.

And yeah, it's a great landing spot. That lineup looks awesome. It's Nick Castiano's taking the one-year deal last year paid off tremendously for him. He gets $100 million. So, yeah, this is all positive. It's much better than the Marlins who were rumored to be after him. although given that he signed for five years, $100 million, I don't know, it feels like some reporters were doing a favor for the Marlins front office

and mentioning them as often as they did because there was no way they were going to match that. Yeah, this lineup's awesome. This is a really good lineup. And pray for the Phillies pitchers because this is, man, this is going to be a problem on defense. It's too much being made of that because it's not like Schwerber. It was already a problem last year. So it's probably like they were the fifth worst in out above average or whatever that stat is.

OAA. So there's only so far they can go down. Yeah. No, they were bad. They were bad. Corius is a pretty good defender, right? Yeah. Was he hurt for part of last year?

He was. He's lost a step though. He's lost a step too. Yeah, he's lost a step. But the defensive ratings are still okay. Boehm is bad at third base and their left fielder, whether it's Castellanos or Schorber, is going to be bad.

Harper is bad. Odubill Herrera's defensive ratings, I think, are pretty good. He's been a negative the last couple of years, but small sample sizes. Yeah. It's probably going to be really bad. Okay.

Yeah. So pray for Aranola and Zach Wheeler, assuming health there. That's a way that Aranola could disappoint. And, you know, if Zach Wheeler goes back to not being quite the bat misser he was last season, especially. Like, if, if Zach Wheeler regresses to anything close to 2020 strikeout levels, I mean,

it could be a really bad season for him because he was a well below average strikeout pitcher in 2020. So, I mean, Nolan Wheeler should miss enough bats that it won't affect them that much. But, you know, it does add some tail end risk on the low end of their outcomes for sure.

Like, I think it makes the, the lower end of their, a bell curve or whatever, a little fatter. And that's, you know, it's just a little additional risk. Not enough to move them down, I don't think. Yeah, no, I mean, it's worth talking about it. I personally have elevated Cardinals pitchers this offseason because their defense is amazing.

They have, I think it's three or four gold glove defenders on their team. So it helps guys like Adam Wainwright who don't miss a lot of bats and, you know, even potentially someone like Stephen Matt. So, you know, talk about defense on one end. You probably should talk about it on the other as well. Scott, what do you think about this? Go ahead. Yeah, I was going to jump in myself.

I wanted to mention for Castellanos that when we talked about busts in the past, I included him among them. I obviously don't anymore. In fact, I think I even used Philadelphia as an example of a place where he could go where I wouldn't be able to call him a bust candidate. That's exactly where he ended up. So, you know, his number, his splits last year were amazing. at home and not so great on the road and obviously it's not like all the places he was playing on the road were as bad as Camarica Park where he used to play but I just I don't think like you look at that half season with the Cubs you know and he was amazing too I think more than anything Camerica Park just held it back because it has an especially deep right center power alley and as you mentioned Chris that tends to be where Castellanos lives I hope he hits third. I hope it's Shorber, Harper, Castianos.

115 plus RBI is not out of the question for a guy who makes as much contact as Nick Castianos does and puts the ball in play the way he does. So I think it doesn't change how I view him particularly, but there's more upside now with Nick Castianos. Yeah, I think it's more likely they go left, right, left right, Chris, to start. Schwerber, Cassiano's, Harper, and then Rio Muto after that. So yeah, quickly rank these four outfielders. Scott, Springer, Cassiano, Buckson, Eloy. They're all going between six spots of each other in ADP right now.

I think it just ranked them for me. Springer, Castiano, Buxton, Eloy. Let me double check that. I'm not sure. I debated whether I move them ahead or behind Buxton, because Buxton clearly has the higher ceiling. I ended up putting him behind Buxton, at least in Roto leagues where you can benefit from Buxton steals. But yeah, that's, I mean, either way, it's a tier jump for Castellanos for me.

He's now back among that near elite tier that not only includes Springer and Buxton like you mentioned, but also Jordan Alvarez and like Cedric Mullins. All right. Yeah. I think Elo is a tier behind the rest of that group. Yeah, I agree. But yeah, I would go Springer, Bucks, and Castellanos, but they're now separated by nine spots in my overall rankings. Man, I mean, you guys are dunk in on Andres Jimenez. Now, Elo, Jimenez. It's not a good day to be frank, right? I apologize to the Jimenez. I apologize to the Jimenez out there. That's right. All right. Let's wrap up here with Luke Void. He has been freed.

traded over to the San Diego Padres for right-handed pitcher Justin Lang. This is obviously, a ballpark and lineup downgrade, but he should play every single day as he designated hitter for the San Diego Padres. Chris, we will start with you. How far did you move him up the rankings? I know this is a player. You really like this season.

So in the interest of full transparency, I have been holding off on moving Luke Voight down. It's one of those things where every time we draft and I'm going off my rankings in the draft room, Luke Voight just sits there for like nine rounds because I've had him in like the 140 range the whole time. And nobody ever takes him there. And so I'm just leaving him there now.

I have him. He was my number 14 first basement at the start of this process. And I have really like in recent, like the last week especially, I've been like, oh God, I have to move him down, don't I? And I'm glad I never did. Yeah, he's the kind of player that if he's right and if he's hitting the ball the way he has, in the past. Where he plays doesn't matter so much. I mean, obviously San Diego is a downgrade from Yankee Stadium.

But I'm not particularly worried that he's going to have this huge downgrade. Like, you look at the expected numbers from Stackass by Park in 2020 when he led the majors in home runs. It would have been 22 at home, 22 in San Diego. Last season, 14 at home, 12 in San Diego, 2019, 18 at home, 20 in San Diego. So it doesn't seem like as much of a downgrade for him. He's a right-handed hitter too. So obviously that that factors in. But yeah, no, this is great.

You know, it would be better if Fernando Tatis was healthy. But if Luke Void himself can stay healthy and hits like he has whenever he's been healthy, really. I mean, he's been a 900 OPS bat since he became an everyday player for the Yankees, basically. It's like 88. So, yeah, I think he's. one of the best hitters at the first base position when he's healthy, and 14th might end up being too low if he plays 140 games. Yeah.

I don't know where you, what day you point to where he became an everyday player with the Yankees, but just in his parts of four seasons with the Yankees, Luke Void, is it 271 with a 901 OPS and is homered at a higher rate than Matt Olson? And that's even with those numbers being suppressed. by the sports hernia that he tried playing through in 2019. And then last year, all the knee stuff hampering his numbers. And yet those of the numbers he had for his stay with the Yankees. I mean, he's played 281 games.

You just cut that in half. Let's give him 140 games. His 140 game pace since joining the Yankees would be a 271 average, 83 runs, 34 homers, 91 RBI. and arguably those counting stats are pretty low because that comes out to about 560 plate appearances. Whereas if he plays 400 games, he probably gets closer to 600.

Yeah, I think 35 homers, 90 runs, 100 RBI is not an unreasonable expectation for Luke Voight. And because he's had health problems in recent years, you know, he never got to play DH that consistently with the Yankees. That's primarily what he's going to be for the Padres. So that's encouraging too. I moved him up to the same range. He's 133rd in Rodo for me now

in between Jared Kelnick and Jorge Saler, so now I'm targeting Voight ahead of Salair. You know what? I'm moving him into the top 12 at first base. Okay. I have him 12th. I have him 12th at first base. I had him 14th behind Croninworth and

Thai France. And like, I like those guys and the multi-eligibility obviously changes where they're ranked, but I'd just much rather have him than those two guys. I'm keeping him behind Croninworth, but obviously it kind of depends on what your team build is and what you need and all of that. So I have him ahead of Ryan Mountcastle and Jared Walsh, who I don't think any of us like. So yeah, that's, I mean, so he's basically top 12 for me now is Luke Voight, but it's worth noting he has he has top five potential at the position.

We've already seen him demonstrate it. And I don't think you can say the same for like a Reese Hoskins, who is going to stay a ranked ahead of him. for me. But yeah, Void is probably the higher ceiling player of the two. Do you guys think it's okay to add Luke Voigt to the profit pocket? I kind of feel like maybe I'm turning my back on the other four.

If I add somebody else in, it's like adding someone to a band. Can you do that? If half the positions in the profit pocket, then it kind of defeats the purpose of the profit pocket. But that's true. No, I think he absolutely belongs in that range. Yeah.

We talked about it recently, but the fact that Ryan Mountcastle has remained stubbornly ahead of that group, I don't understand. His ADP is one of the most difficult to understand of any player because I don't feel like anybody actually likes him. Like, I never hear people like, I see a lot of people crapping on Ryan Mountcastle. Someone's drastic it. I don't see a lot of people like, actually.

And so I'm surprised that him and Jared Walsh remain, you know, a clear round ahead of that group. Okay, I mean, yeah, I've moved him, he's basically in that tier with the profit pocket. So again, you know, Joey Votto, Reese Hoskin, C.J. Crohn, Josh Bell. Those are first baseman that I feel like we've all been targeting. They seem like they provide excess value at the first base position. And Luke Voight to me, just behind those guys. He's, I moved them up to like 138 overall. So the ADP is 240. If you're drafting this weekend or the upcoming weeks, I think that it's going to take a while for this to be reflected in the ADP and, and, and the ADP is, you know, rankings probably on other sites. So take advantage and draft Luke Void if he lasts anywhere past, you know, 150th, even then. All right, we're going to wrap there for Scott and Chris. I am Frank.

Thank you all for listening and watching this emergency edition of Fantasy Baseball today. We'll be back again on Monday. Bye.