DeGrom Hurt... Again, Mid-June Standouts & Rankings Updates (6/17 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
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00:25Now here's Frank, Scott, Chris, and Adam.Happy Yudan Alvarez has outfield eligibility day.Welcome into Fantasy Baseball today on Thursday, June 17th.I am Frank Stamphill.joined by Scott White. Apologies for the super late start here on YouTube. I was actually drying upmy tears for the past hour after Jacob de Grom got hurt again, Scott. Is it ever anything but asuper late start on YouTube? I guess not. You're right. Yeah. This is just normal. This is midday for us.It's 1227 Eastern time for those who aren't watching live and are listening the next morning.
01:05It's late. It's late night.the Mountain Dews worn off.We need to get the show on the road, Frank.Let's get the show on the road.We will have a Jacob de Grom update right here at the top.And a few other things on today's podcast.Of course, some mid-June standouts.We are at that point, halfway point of June.
01:23Some rankings updates.Scott made some very aggressive moves that I'm excited to talk about.What is going on with Trevor Story?He just had a great game.But before that, his season has been kind of mess.So we will talk about that as well, Scott.but let's start things off with good old Jacob de Grom who struck out eight of the nine batters that he facedand then he left with right shoulder soreness that is now three pretty major injuries that he's dealt
01:49with this season and he's returned pretty soon from all of them but that would include an obliqueflexor tendonitis in his right elbow and now right shoulder so my question to you scott isat what point do we just try and sell him based on his neckname value because all these injuries are building up and it's it's likely that you had de grom and jackflerity or de graham and shame be able not in shame beber uh de graham and tyler glass now somethinglike that or these injuries are just piling up and obviously he's got that name value best pitcher inbaseball we know that when he's on the mound but just another injury that we're dealing with herescott so would you entertain selling jacob digrom while you can no
02:35Scott just rolled his eyes at me.He hated that question.Well, I mean, maybe this is the time.This is the time it finally ends up being something seriousthat puts him on the aisle for a long time.But like, it's just so scary, Scott.He keeps suffering these fairly serious injuries.They must not be fairly serious if he's coming back.
02:56And today he came back after leaving his last startwith something that sounded kind of scary.He threw the next day.And he came back today.he struck out all eight batters he faced,averaging 99.6 on his fastball.And even prior to this year,de Grom has a history of this.
03:13You know,he leaves with something looking totally dejected,and then they do imaging,and he's fine.And,you know,a lot of people like to say the Mets,oh,
03:22that's the Mets training staff.They're not being careful enoughwith their star player.But like,the other shoe would have droppedat some point if that was the case.I kind of wonder if,if it's DeGrom himself,
03:34he's just,really proactive when he feels something a little off.They did a strength test after removing him from this game and it came back fine.They're going to do imaging tomorrow.Yeah, I mean, it doesn't make sense to put offers out there before the imagingbecause you're going to either end up underselling him or, you know, I don't know.Maybe if it ends up something serious, then maybe it makes sense to do that.but I just think the risk of giving him up for less than he's worth
04:05far outweighs the reward,especially since early indications are it's probably not a big deal.Of course, I said that after Glassnow got hurt,and we saw how that went.I hear everything you're saying, Scott,I will not dispute.He is the best pitcher on a per pitch, per inning basisthat I don't know if this is hyperbolic that I've ever seen.
04:27I mean, at least this season,the guy is absolutely ridiculous,but he's turning 33 in two days, June 19th is his birth age.Saw that on Fangraphs, actually.He's throwing the hardest he ever has in his career.He's averaging over 99 miles per hour.And these aren't just like, oh, he has a blister on his finger.This is shoulder soreness for his right arm, his pitching arm.
04:48Well, yeah, but a blister is something demonstrative, you know,like everybody can see the blister on your finger.It was just an example.Shoulder soreness.No, but no, my point is,Like the kinds of things he leaves with.It's just scary, Scott.Like, to me, it's the, like, at some point,
05:05I feel like something bad is going to happenwhere he's going to have a lengthy IEL absencebased on these are core injuriesand injuries to his right arm,his pitching arm, that are pretty serious.Well, they could be, but they're pretty vague.And they've always been pretty vague.And my point is just that, yeah, it's scary.
05:27You keep waiting for the other shoe to drop.but I feel like it's been like that for three or four years with DeGrom,which is why I've always been kind of lower on him than the consensus, actually,because it just seems like the experience of rostering him in fantasy is pretty scary.And here we go again.Maybe I'm not.I don't know what's going to happen this time.I want to stress that.
05:48Like, maybe it is worse this time.But, you know, we've been here half a dozen times before.Maybe I'm just not remembering it happening as frequently in past,years. I know that it's happened for sure, but that has also come with him throwing 200 plusin three straight seasons from 2017 to 2019. He still made 12 starts last year. He threw 68endings last season. So it hasn't really affected his ability to give us a good amount ofendings since the start of 2017. But I just feel like it's happening every single start now. Soit sounds like Scott does not want to sell low. And it could come out tomorrow. Jacob de Grom's
06:28perfectly fine and I don't sell low.I'm just saying if you can sell...Who's going to pay full price right now during this waiting period is the thing?Somebody might just because his name is Jacob de Grom, right?The MVP chance.People know how good he is.He's having a historic season at this point already.I'm just saying if you can get a Jacob de Grom hall for him,
06:50I would float it out.I would float the idea out there because to me,this is scarier territory than we have ever dealt with,with Jacob de Grom. So I will just leave it at that. On the other hand,Garrett Cole, I feel like we should talk about these two in conjunction becausehe made a start at the Blue Jays and it was a very good start. Eight innings, two runs,only four strikeouts, but still had 15 swinging strikes on 104 pitches. Hisfastball velocity was actually up a tad and spin rates on his four seam fastball and his
07:21slider were down right around 200 RPM and he was very dejected again after the gamepost-game interview press conference.You know, he's talking about trying to figure something out with MLB,as many other elite starting pitchers are.So it's very clear that he stopped using whatever he was using,but it really hasn't affected him because back-to-back quality starts gotsince he had that one bad outing against the Tampa Bay raise.I still think Garrett Cole is fine.
07:49He's a top, I think he's probably the top pitcher right nowjust because he's completely healthy,but I don't know if there's anything else you want to add on Garrett Colebecause people are concernedbecause of this wholeforeign substance policy thing.Yeah, I mean,just reiterate what we've been saying,
08:05the spin rate continues to be down for him.He continues to maintain high whiff rates.I know he only struck out four in this start,but struck out nine last time, you know?So I think,I think the reduced spin rateswill have a small effect on his effectiveness.I don't think they'll have
08:26a huge effect on his effectiveness.Like going back, he's suddenly going to be who he was with the pirates or anything like that.But, you know, the league as a whole is dealing with this.And we still don't know much.We still don't know much about how, about what the impact is going to be.Yep.But at least with that, Garrett Cole is still pitching very well.So there you go.
08:50The two, I would say best starting pitchers in baseball.There's your update on DeGrom and Garic Cole.Let's talk about some other players.in baseball that are not from New York.Oh, my goodness gracious.All right, Scott.Your standout from Wednesday.My standout, I'm going to go with Tyler, Tyler Malley, of the Cincinnati Reds,
09:11who had his first double-digit strikeout effort of the season, went six innings, gave upone run on three hits, struck out 12.It's a very fine start.And what's notable beyond just the stat line in this.one, 19 whiffs. He had 19 whiffs. He had 14 in each of the previous two starts. So,you know, good, good with totals, three starts in a row for Tyler Malley. And of course,that's what we're expecting from him coming into this season. The entire month of May,six starts. He didn't have a single double digit swinging strike start. It was,
09:48it never came up on the podcast, but I was starting to get a little concerned. It's starting toget a little concerned. So relieved to see him put together three straight double digit swingingstrike efforts here to begin the month of June.It looked like the slider specifically,which was, that was kind of the pitch that kind of brought together his wholearsenal last year, right?Yeah.And it seemed like it lost some of its bite in May, just looking at the numbers.
10:15But, you know, it seems to have it working again.So Tyler Malley hopefully stock up for him.Yes.And I looked at his last five starts, actually, Scott,since he got ripped back on May 20th.I think he allowed seven runs over two innings pitched.He has a 2.16 ERA over his last five startsthat Tyler Malley does.
10:35And specifically over his last three,which he talked about with the swinging strikes,he has gone six plus endings in each of those.So I think you're right.I think he was dealing with something in Maybecause he wasn't going deep into his starts.The control looked off.He was hitting a lot of batters,
10:48which I noticed, which was weird for him.He actually hit two batters in this start as well,but still wound up with the 12 strikeouts,19 swinging strikes.great performance there for Tyler Malley,who is just inside our top 40 starting pitchers ranked on the site,which you could, of course, find at CBSports.com slash fantasy slash baseball slash rankings.Lots of slashes in there.
11:10Scott, for me, I am going to highlight Ross Stripling,who is going up against my New York Yankees.And he had a career high, 18 swinging strikes in this start,six and two thirds, three hits, three runs, two of those.were earned, finished with nine strikeouts in this start. He had at least five swingingstrikes on each of his four-team fastball, his slider, and his change-up. And over his last fivegames, I say games, because one of them was a relief appearance where he went seveninnings, so that was interesting. But a 2.47 ERA with 29 strikeouts, over 29 and a third
11:48innings pitched for Ross Tripling, Scott. And I think that we can beat the waiver wire on this one,even before your sleeper pitchers come out on tomorrow's podcast.Ross Stripling is 20% rostered.He has two starts next week.He's up against the Baltimore Orioles and at the Marlins.What do we think?Those are good matchups.He is on a good run here.
12:11I don't really think Ross Stripling is a thing again.No.I don't.Scott, we had him on the podcast.Come on, man.I know.It was a lovely conversation.He seems like a fine gentleman.
12:22Although I will, I tweeted this out.He did have a play.I think it was Joe Panic at third base.Oh, he was so mean to him.I kind of panicked, ironically enough, and rushed to throw.Is that what he was upset about?Is that what Stripling was upset about?Panic rushed to throw to first base.
12:40They didn't have to, and so it ended up being a wild throw.That was.Yeah, so that's what happened.Stripling was very visibly upset.It took me back to my PE days when I always seemed to notcome through in the moment and thenmy entire team would yell at me.Scott, send me names. Send me names.
12:58Send me numbers, addresses. I'll find these peoplefor you. We'll handle them. Get the businessgoing there. I didn't play youth sports.See, I think that was the problem.And, you know, yeah, anyway.Yeah, so I don't think stripling is the thing again.If he can, like,if this was the start of, you know,
13:17getting the 18 swinging strikes,if that is the start of something new for him,okay, we'll reassess.but it was only like a 10% whiff rate for the rest of that streak that you referred to,which was, you know, he was more like a 12% swinging strike rate guy those good years with the Dodgers.And obviously, he isn't getting the same kind of strikeout rate he had then.I pointed out that the ex-fip is high.The X-E-R-A is even higher.
13:41It's near five.So don't have a lot of trust in stripling yet.I'm sorry to say.All right.Last thing I'll add is on the season against right-hand.pitching, the Baltimore Orioles have the worst weighted on base average in baseball. They are 30th,and the Miami Marlins are 22nd. I'll leave it at that, but I kind of like the matchups forRoss Tripling next week. The other name I wanted to highlight was, excuse me, if I am pronouncing
14:11this wrong, but I didn't catch any of the Twins and Mariners game on Wednesday. But Bailey Ober,who pitched against the Mariners for the Twins, four shutout endings with six strikeouts,one hit and zero walk, Scott.He is widely available.Is there anything to see here with Bailey Ober?Maybe.Maybe he's very tall.I believe he's 6-8.
14:37Big boy.And his minor league track record is pretty good.I mean, the reason he didn't get much tractionas a prospect is he didn't throw very hard.like his fastball was like 89ish.It's more like 91.92 now.But because of his size,and this was,
15:00this contributed to him being so effective in the miners as well.Because of his size,it releases it so close to the platethat it appears much more effective,it is much more effective than the velocity would have you believe.So between three levels in the miners two years ago,he had a .69 ERA.a 0.81 whip, 11.4K per 9.
15:24So clearly a good control guy, too, with that low whip.He had nine walks and 78 and two-thirds innings.So yeah, nearly 80 innings two years ago.He had a .69 ERA in the minors.AAA this year was a 281 ERA,but still 21 strikeouts and 16 innings.It's pretty impressive.You know, I don't know that he'll be able to stick in the rotation for long.
15:47Paneda's been in and out with injuries.and I also don't know how likely he is to start going six plus inningslike you need him to for him to be a real asset and fantasy.But Bailey Ober is pretty interesting.I'm definitely keeping an eye on him.Yeah, interesting is a good way to describe him.He only had four swinging strikes in this start on 63 pitches.He's 4% rostered on CBS.
16:12And the minor league numbers, you pointed out 2019, overall,they're pretty good.His entire minor league career, 2.41 E.A.96 whip, 244 strikeouts in 197 and two-thirdsinnings pitched for Bailey Ober.So I don't think he's going to give you much volume,but definitely a name in A.O.Only to pay attention to, well, at him, obviously, in A.O.
16:32only.But if you play in 15-team, Roto Leagues,maybe anything shallower, throw him on the scout team.That's what we'll do with Bailey Ober for now.And before we get to the news and notes,if you're watching us live on YouTube right now,subscribe. Hit that big old red subscribe button.Tap the notification bell.
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17:45give me a regular, or give me a plain slice,we might say, right?Oh, plain, plain, sorry.I said the wrong word.Plain or regular.That's what I would say.But other people say cheese slice,I mean, that kind of,
17:58a regular slice of pizza is a cheese slice, isn't it?That's what, oh, that's what I think.I mean, I think I'd understand what you meantif you said regular slice,but that's just not, it's a cheese pizza.Like Kevin McAllister,says a plain cheese pizza just for me.Yeah, he's not a real New Yorker.
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18:40but you're Don Alvarez.I was very surprised to see.that he has made five outfield appearances in the month of June alone.So maybe more are coming,but that means he will have outfield eligibility on CBS, Scott.And I'm going to put you on the spot in just a second,ask you where you're going to rank him in your outfield ranks.No, you're not.
18:59If you want to look that up, do it now.But he's batting 301 with nine homers.I was a little surprised to see the power was not where I thought it was for Alvarez.I don't have him anywhere, which I don't know how that happened because I really liked him.He's got an 866 OPS.The quality of contact is down a little bit,but the weather heating up a little bit,foreign substances going away.
19:22I'm still pretty excited about Yerdon Alvarez's rest of season, Scott.So where is he going to slot into your outfield rankings?So I'm trying to see where he is in points per gainbecause the strikeout rate's kind of high, right?It is, I think it's exactly where it was two years ago.It's like 25-ish percent.It's not bad.But what I notice is the walk rate is way down this year.
19:47So obviously that will affect him in points leagues.Yeah, so a 26% strikeout rate.Back in 2019, it was 25.5%.So negligible.But back in 2019, he had a 14% walk rate this year.It is 5.2%.So that's kind of weird.Yeah.
20:05I'm thinking maybe 17th.Right ahead of Christian Yellich there.Does that sound too aggressive?That's a pretty nice spot right there.I like that.Yeah.Yeah.Right behind names like Trent Grisham and Ketel Marte and Jesse Winka,
20:27Kyle Tucker.I think that, yeah, that makes sense.I think he's definitely ahead of Austin Meadows and Mitch Hanigar and Trey Mancini and JaredWalsh and that whole group.We'll see what happens once Short Springer returns,but I think that's probably a similar range to be in.So, yeah, I think in the third.15 to 20 outfield range for Yerdon Alvarez makes a lot of sense.
20:47So we will throw him into the rankings starting Thursday.Some other news and notes, Alex Bregman left Wednesday's game with a left quad injury, Scott.And you said before we started that you think he's probably going to land on the IL.Pure speculation, but.Well, yeah, I mean, just the way it looked.Yeah. Yeah. It seems like that's going to put him out for a little while.Someone else who's probably going to land on the ILis Josh Jonathan because he left with right calf tightness
21:15which is the same calf that landed him on the ILearlier this season so...Oh, and in the past.This has been an old bugaboo.Basically, basically every time he's gone on the ILthe past few years, it's because of that dastardly calf.Zach Allen will be activatedand will start Thursday for the Diamondbacks
21:36against the Giants.He last pitched on May 7th, beforebeing sidelined with a right UCL sprain in his most recent simulated game, Gallen,only through 46 pitches.So someone asked me on Twitter, Scott, what we think the pitch count might look like inhis first start, 60 to 70 pitches maybe?Yeah, maybe, something like that.I would, especially given that the kind of injury he's coming back from, I would prefer to
22:05see him make a start before I activated him in fantasy.the diamondbacks are about tobreak some kind of record rightI know that they are losing now against the Giantsand I think they are about to lose like22 straight games on the road or something like thatso maybe Zach Allen can help himKyle Tucker
22:26Kyle Tucker was placed on the COVID IL on Wednesdayhe hasn't necessarily tested positive for the virusbut it's unclear when he is expected to rejoin the active rosterCorey Seeger, dealing with a fractured right hand, is expected to hit in Arizona this weekend and begin his rehab assignment late next week.Jack Flaherty played very light catch on Wednesday, so step in the right direction.Cody Bellinger is hoping for a minimal stay on the IL.Gene Segaro was placed on the IL with a left groin strain.Reenter Brad Miller, who is batting 270 with six homers and three steals on the season, though the strikeouts have really inflated since the early part of the season,
23:07he was performing quite well.Juan Mankata, who's been dealing with an illness,is expected to return on Thursday.Adelberto Monasie and Ramon Luriano,each homered in their first game back,so a very welcome sight there.Michael Conforto began a rehab assignmentat AAA on Wednesday.
23:23Luke Voigt hopes to return to the Yankeeson Tuesday next week.Carlos Carrasco has resumed his throwing program.He recently received a PRP injectionto deal with some lingering painin his right hamstring.George Springer said that he felt greatafter appearing in his first rehab game
23:40on Tuesday, sodefinitely can get him back.A lot of people use a top 50 pick on himin fantasy. The Blue Jays lineup, you think they're scary now?Wow. If George Springer is healthy, that isthat you would think trade from excessand maybe try and acquire some starting pitching, though.Plus Kevin Vizio looks like he's bouncing back.
24:01Yes, we will talk about Kevin Bizio in just a little bit,but he hit a home run off of Garrett Cole.on Wednesday. Sunny Gray is likely to missat least two more turns in the rotation.Mike Mustakis' rehab was shut downafter he experienced renewedsoreness in his heel. It's beenquite the lost season for Mike Mustakis to this
24:18point. Ian Kennedy is backfrom the IL and he allowed a home runin his return, so...All right, Ian Kennedy, bye-bye. JossBoers as the closer there. Brady Singer waspulled after just three endings on Wednesday. He saidhe felt something in his shoulder after his last startand apparently the Royals wanted to keep him
24:36on a pitch limit.Would have been nice to know that beforehand.Tucker Davidson, who was placed on the aisle with a forearm strain,will be shut down for 10 days before he is re-evaluated.And Scott, Kyle Muller has been promoted by the Atlanta Braves.Is there anything to see here?Well, I mean, he's pretty decent prospect.Baseball perspective specifically likes him a lot.
24:59They've had him around 60th in their preseason rankings the past couple years.had 41 strikeouts and 31 in the third innings at AAA Gwynette this year,though with a lot of walks.It doesn't look like they called him up to start, though,because he followed Ian Anderson today against the Red Soxand got a lot of swinging strikes on his 25 pitches.I think it was eight swinging strikes on those 25 pitches,but gave up a couple runs, a few hits.
25:27Yeah, I'm not sure what the plan is for him,but he pitched in relief today.few news items here. Ryan Weathers was demoted to AAA by the Padres. They planned tostretch him out as a starter in the minors. And Michael Kopeck's return date is still unclear forthe White Sox. Some mid-June standouts. And take a look at the leaders at each statistical category.And for batting average, Cedric Mullins entering Wednesday's action was batting 452 for theBaltimore Orioles Scott. And I know that he has recently climbed inside your top 40outfielders rest of season.
26:05It's been an awesome season for Mullen's where he's lowered the strikeout rate,he's put together some power and speed.I don't know that he's going to keep this level of power up for the rest of the season,but hitting in Camden Yards definitely helps.Yeah, I mean, I question the batting average most of all.You look at the expected stats, and he's greatly outperforming those.I wonder if he's going to lose 50 points in batting average.But he's running a lot.
26:32he's hitting for more power than we previously thought he had.If he's a 2020 guy who hits 270,that's going to be a must start outfielder still.So I have my doubts about him sustaining quite the level he's performed at so far,but overall I am coming around to Cedric Mullins,and I actually have him 34th in my outfield rankings.He said top 40.It's actually 34th.
27:00And his bad-up is high this year.it's at 3.74. It was 350 last year. I really like the distribution of his batted ball data.21% line drive rate, 40% ground balls, 40% fly balls. It's very balanced. And he's really cut down on the pop-ups,the infield fly balls. Five percent this year. Every other season, it was up over 21% last year. It was25%. So he's just making more solid contact. And even if he hit 270 the rest of the way, Scott,that would mean his batting average probably finishes somewhere around like 280 to 85with his power speed combination.That's a great year for Cedric Mullen.
27:41So he's been a very welcome surprise here.A few other standouts in terms of batting average.Nelson Cruz is hitting 417 in the month of June with three home runs.I was getting a little worried there for a second with Nelson Cruz because he was banged upand he was hitting a lot of ground balls, but it seems like he's bouncing back here in June.So I really like to see that.The other name here is Scott, Max Stasi, who is hitting 389 with four home runs in June.We've talked about him quite a bit, but his roster rate still remains very low, Scott.
28:12So if you are in need of a catcher in a one-catcher league, he's 40% rostered.I feel like that number should be higher.Yeah, I agree.I'd rather take a chance on the guy who is blazing hot at the plate.after looking like he broke out last year,it was only a 30 game sample for him,but it looked like he broke throughand he's red hot now and
28:35you know, there are probablyjust five irreplaceablecatchers. Maybeseven if you includeGary Sanchez and Omar Narvaez.It's possible.Somebody might want to include Yadhi or Molinabut I don't think I would.
28:51So, you know, even like a 12team, one catcher league,I'm kind of fine just chasingin the hot hand if I'mif I'm one of those peoplewho doesn't haveyou know those top five to seven catcherswould you drop someone like Carson Kelly
29:07or Christian Vasquez for Max Sassiein a one catcher leagueVasquez I'd be fine with Kellyyeah I probably should have mentioned himhe's been he's been pretty badsince coming back from the IL but I'm still intriguedby him so they'reprobably about at the same level I might stick with
29:25Kelly all right in the 14team for the People Podcast League.I just dropped Sean Murphyfor Max Stasi over the weekend.So that's a move I would also endorse making.Your home run leader for the month of June.I updated this.I skewed this a little bit to include today's action
29:41because we got to talk about Jose Altuve,who just hit his eighth home run in June.And wait for it.Scott moved him to his number one second basemanin fantasy baseball in both head to head pointsand in Roto.Scott,explain yourself.
29:59I don't think I should have to.Doesn't he look like Jose Altuve again?I mean, he's not the base stealing Jose Altuve,but he's at least 2019 Jose Altuvewhen he set a career high with 31 homers,I believe it was,hitting for average again.Last year looks like a total aberration.
30:18Meanwhile, you gotMerrifield nursing a sub-700 OPS,and Ozzie Albiz has been pretty goodsince April, butyou know,he's not really a standoutat any particular thing.Cattel Marte,
30:34batting average is still high,but since coming back from the IL,he hasn't really set the world on fire.Marcus Simeonhas an argument to be number one.I have him fifthbehind those other guys I mentioned,because he's greatly outperforming
30:51his expected stats too.I'm not saying he's going to regressall the way to them,obviously,happen fifth, but it does make me wonder if he's performing over his head a bit. So, yeah, I thinkprocess of elimination, basically, Altuve has to be number one for me. Why do you disagree, Frank? That'sreally what we should be asking. Oh, I just wanted to hear your analysis. So I was playing devil'sadvocate. But in points leagues, I can get behind it. He was averaging 3.7 fantasy points per game
31:22entering Wednesday and then obviously hit two more home runs. So that number is only goingto go up. In Roto, I think I favor the steals a little bit more still with Whitmerryfield.I hear you on the OPS. The batting average, he's had a couple of multi-hit games recently,so he's back over 270. Not going to give you much power, but the Steals advantage that Whitmerifieldgives you in Roto. I think I would still favor him. And Ozzie Albies has stolen a goodamount of bases this year as well. So just because of the steals, Al-Tufe only has two this year.I don't think he's going to run very much anymore. But yeah, I think he's,easily top three second baseman in Roto,
31:59and I'm okay with him being number one in head-toed points leagues.The other name who's hitting a ton of home runs in June,Salvador Perez.He hit his seventh home run in June on Wednesday,and he now has 17 home runs overall,which is crazy from the catcher position.He's batting 328 with a 1095 OPS in June as well.So Salvador Perez is red hot.
32:22Looks like he's carrying over what he did from last year,and I think that year off in 2019has helped Savino-Perezbasically reinvigorate his career.So I'm not going to arguethat he needs to be ahead of J.C. Real Muto,but he's just very clearly the number two-tas.I mean, there's a case to be made.
32:41Yeah, I mean, if you just want powerand batting averageand you don't really care about steals,then you could make the case.We're talking aboutpretty insignificant number from Real Muto.He does have, what, four steals so far?but it's not like he's ever been a double-digit's deal guy.
32:59Yeah, I think it's close.I mean, Real Muto has only hit six home runs.You know, I'm expecting Perez to get a little worsefrom this point forward and Rio Muto to get a little better.But it's, I think they're the clear one and twoat the position now.Yes, in some order.For sure.
33:17The RBI leader entering Wednesday was Anthony Rendon with 16,and he was batting 313 in June as well.He's missed a few games.recently here with this triceps injury. Scott, real quick, do you still endorse trying tobuy low on Anthony Rendon or age catching up to him, dealing with these nagging injuries?What do you think? So I finally moved him down quite a bit. I have him ninth in my at thirdbase rest of season, which is ahead of like Brian Hayes, Isaiah Kiner Folefa. But it's, you know,it's behind somebody like Max Muncie who's currently on the IL.
33:54It just depends how low you're buying, I guess.I wouldn't give up anything that it would really hurt to give up to get rent down.I don't see myself doing that right now.All right.Your stolen base leader was Ronald Kuna.It still is, actually.He has seven steals.But Tommy Pham is a close second.
34:14He has five steals.And he went one for four with a walk and two runs scored on Wednesday.And he is batting 318 with two homers as well to go along with those.steals in the month of June, he's 80%rostered, so it might still be layingaround there in some shallower leagues.But someone asked me on Twitter, Scott,why don't we have Tommy Fam inside of our top 40
34:34outfielders? AndI didn't really have a good answer, soI kind of feel like I need to move him inside my top 40.Yeah, let me see if I can find an answer,because I, you know, I've beenpretty high on Fam lately.I'm 45th.Tommy Fam has also let off 19 of the last
34:5220 games that he's played for,what's supposed to be one of the bestlineups in baseball,though the Padres are struggling herein the month of June.Did you give this stat here?Let me see what you had here in the notes.I wasn't listening to you, Frank, basically.
35:06It's my giveaway.So 24 games prior to today,prior to Wednesday,321 batting average,four home runs, eight steals,a 452 on base percentage.Yeah.That's awesome.
35:21He's been straight fire.since May 19th.Let's see.Who do I have ahead of him?Tyler O'Neill.I can get them inside the top 40.I mean, I have...Yeah, I mean, I could too.
35:33I have Joey Gallo right at 40, Alex Kiroloff.Yeah, I don't know what to do with Gallo.The Pirates guys, I do struggle with, because I like Brian Reynolds and Adam Fraser quite a bit.They're boring, but they get the job done.Pham probably has a little bit more upside than each of them, so I'm all right doing that.I can move Pham.I have a 45th.I can move them up as high as 35th, I think, right behind Cedric Mullins.
35:53there. It's arguable.In Roto, I think I would still take Tyler O'Neill in a points league.I would take Tommy Fam. Will Myers, I have to move way down because the guy just looks absolutelylost a season. But there you go. Random person on Twitter. We're going to get Tommy Fam insideof our top 40 outfielders. Let's just look at some pitching stuff from June.And 11 starting pitchers, Scott, have an ex-fit below three. And a few that I wanted tohighlight here. Robbie Ray, Marcus Stroman, Pablo Lopez, Aaron Savala.who just as soon as Scott moves him inside of his top 30 starting pitchers,
36:27puts up a clunker against the Baltimore Orioles.Framber Valdez, Austin Gomber, and Frankie Montas.So again, that group, they all have an ex-fit below three in the month of June,and they've either made two starts or three starts,so it's obviously a very small sample size.But do they still, Savale specifically?Yeah, he might not after the start today.So that's not updated at this point.
36:51Scott, have you come around more on Pablo Lopez?But you've always kind of been skeptical.You don't think he has much upside on him.I think he's reliable.I think he's Jose Berrios like.I don't think he's ever going to be contendingfor a Cy Young Award or anything like that.So I have Savale 27th, Pablo Lopez 28th.
37:12A lot of that was just dragging out other guyslike Ian Anderson, like Charlie Morton,who it was overdue to move down.Jun Riu, I moved behind them.because he's looking pretty ordinary of late.Zach Allen with, you know,Zach Allen might move back up.We'll see how he does on Thursday.
37:35Blake Snell obviously moved him way down.So, you know, it just kept moving those other guys up,guys like Savali and Lopez,who I think are, I think are part of the middle class at the position,but the middle class is moving on up.Moving on up in the world.As they should.And specifically Robbie Ray,
37:57who leads all starting pitchers with 32 strikeouts,or at least the last time that I looked.That's before updated numbers here.But Robbie Ray, Scott, you moved up to SP 30.I haven't met SP 31.Chris has him at SP 28.So very excited about Robbie Ray, as we should.Looks like a completely different pitcher this year.
38:16The other thing I wanted to mention was the saves leaders.Craig Kimball has six in June.Josh Hater and Liam Head.Hendricks each have five. And I did want to point out that normally, in years past, paying up forthe elite tier of closers, elite tier, right, if they don't lose their job, has been very, what's theopposite of profitable? I don't know. Not profitable? I don't know what the word that I'm lookingfor there is. But it is not been great doing that the past couple years. Josh Hader and Liam Hendrickshave been great this year.
38:49And they have basically paid offwhere you drafted them.So I just did want to highlight that.Chapman too.Yeah, Chapman for sure.Edwin Diaz has looked really good as of late,picked up his 14th save on Wednesday.So yeah, along with Craig Campbell,
39:02who's just been, wow.Otherworldly.A few other June standoutsthat I wanted to highlight,Matt Olson went three for fourwith a run and an RBI on Wednesday.He's batting 431 with five home runsin the month of June.
39:15Scott, you moved Matt Olson up to your number three,first baseman. Yeah, if he's going to strike out 17% of the time without any, without his powerbeing compromised, I don't know. I find it hard to argue against that. I also made the notable moveof Freddie Freeman no longer my number one first baseman. Vladimir Guerrero is ahead of him. Sorest of season I, at first base I go Guerrero one, Freeman two, Olson three, Bellinger, stillhanging in there at number four. But who deserves that number three spot overall?Olson.Not a Brayu.
39:50I mean,Bray was betterthan May than April,but I'd rather haveOlson.DJ LeMay,he was obviouslyout of that mix now.
39:58You got Jared Walshkind of up there,Uly Guriel kind of up there,Tray Mancini in that discussion.Oh,I see you have Chris Bryantthird at first base.I didn't notice
40:09he got first base eligibility.That's,there's a case to be made there.Maybe go Bryant instead of Olson,but I think they're neck and neck.Yeah.No,I think, yeah, that makes a lot of sense
40:19to have them both inside the top five medalsand having an awesome year.He's crushing left-handed pitching as well.Josh Bell went two-for-three with his ninth home run.Oh, do I have it loaded up?Let's see.Yes, I do.Josh Bell, in the month of June,
40:40super small sample size.I think it's only 13 games.He's betting 282 with an 887 OPSand a 29% line drive rate.The ground balls are still right around 50%,so I don't love that.But I would say since like mid-May,Josh Bell has looked better.
40:57He's not 2019, Josh Bell.I'm not good, but better.I'm trying to make the case from Scott,because I have him on my NFBC made event team,and I just want him to be good so bad.Oh, I want him to be good so bad, too.It's super shredder.But he is playing better in June,
41:13so I thought I would highlight that.As is Gary Sanchez,who came up as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning on Wednesdayand hits a go-ahead-to-run,his 10th home run of the season.He's now batting 3-20 with four home runs,over his last 15 games. Scott,if you play in a one-catcher league,
41:28is Gary Sanchez a priority ad?I think he's right around 83% rostered,so still might be available.Yeah, as I mentioned,the five catchers that I said were irreplaceable.I didn't have him in that group,but if you expanded it to seven,he was in that group.
41:46So he's definitely seems on the right track,and the playing time, it's back.He's clearly their number one catcher againin terms of playing time.You know who else looks like he's back? That would be Jorge Polanco, who is batting 302 with four home runs so far this month. He's 81% rostered, so still might be out there in some shallower leagues. And Scott, I wanted to ask you, who has the most upside of this group? And they've all either been really good recently or for the entirety of this month. Jonathan's scope. C.J. Crone has now homered in two of his last three games. There you go. He's finally paying off as one of your sleeper hitters.Finally, gosh.Dominic Smith went one for threewith another home run,
42:23his sixth home run.His average exit velocityis up in the month of June.It's to the same pointthat it was last year.So I don't know.I think something's happening hereat Dom Smith.
42:33He's 62% rostered.Ryan Mountcastle.You can tell, like,the players that I have endorsed,I talk them up morebecause I want them to be good.That's probably a flaw in my analysis.But he is playing better as of late.
42:46As is Ryan Mountcastle,who in the month of June is batting 333, OPS over 1,000,four homers, 15 RBI.The strikeout rate is down to a 27% rate,which is much more manageable.And then Brandon Belt, who's been very goodover his past couple of games, Scott.So Scope, Cron, Dom Smith, Mountcastle,
43:06Brandon Belt, rank them in order of most upside to least.Well, in terms of upside,I think I still have to go Dominic Smith number one,not as confident in him meeting it anymore.number two, C.J. Crone, given where he plays his home games.I'll go Mountcastle 3.Did you have Brandon Bell in here too, right?Yes.
43:30Branded Bell 4, Scope 5.You just don't like Jonathan's scope.It's not going to happen.Well, I mean, he's a guy who hits 20 to 25 homers and not anything else.That doesn't seem like high upside to me.I'm just saying, maybe he's turning back the clocks here, Scott.Maybe he's getting back to that hitter he was.It was just one random year.
43:51I think it was like 2018 or 2017 where he was awesome.Last 33 games for Jonathan's scope, 348 batting average with nine home runs, the averageeggs of velocity way up, right around 92 miles per hour for Jonathan's scope.So got to show him some love here on the podcast.We got to take a break.I realize I haven't done that yet.So before we do that, just a reminder, subscribe to fantasy baseball today and five.That's our five-minute podcast.
44:16Scott or Chris and myself.We do it every weekday here.We talk about a lot of the same things that we do on here,just in a really condensed version.So FBT and 5, make sure to subscribe to that podcast.We're going to take a quick break.When we return, we're going to recap the rest of Wednesday's action.I have a few more things from Scott's rankings
44:33that I want to point out.We'll do that next here on Fantasy Baseball today.All right, so let's tear apart Scott's rankings.Not really, though.Dylan Cease, I know you like him, Scott.You moved them up to SP29.It seems kind of crazy.I don't know.
44:49No lies detected.Why does it seem crazy?Why?I guess everyone else.I guess everyone else in that range is not great.He has a 338 ERA, Frank.Maybe I'm not giving him enough credit.The whip is kind of high.
45:03But, you know, his numbers basically April 29th on.We saw the spin rate ratchet up.We've seen the whiffs ratchet up.And from that point on,Let me see if I can calculate the whip here real quickbecause baseball reference doesn't do that.But last nine starts, a 310 ERA for Dillon C's.And the whip, during that time, it's going to shock you, Frank.
45:29It's going to be low.1-1-1.That is very good.You're like a 17% swinging strike rate.That's insane.17% swinging strike rate in those nine starts.The K-per-9.is 11.9.
45:50Come on.Don't act like I'm a weirdo.You're making a good case.You're making a good case for it.I would still have Robbie Ray ahead of him.I like what I've seen from Robbie Ray more.I'm surprised you don't have Framber Valdez higher than you do.You have him at SP 35 and I know you loved him before the injury.
46:05So he's been, he's been awesome since he's returned.He's got like a 75% crowd ball rate.He's not going to be a guy who gives 1112K per 9 the way C.and Ray aretrueI think still canbutI you know
46:23I questioned myselfalso having Framber Valdezonly 35th becauseI have Ryuahead of him stillI talked about moving Ryu downI have Luis Castilloahead of him still
46:34with the turnaroundyou know I could go as high as31 probably for Framber Valdezand maybe if hisif his next start is as good as the lastthree wereI will.Oh, right.
46:48A few others that you moved down.You mentioned Hyun Jin Ryu.Down to 32.I still have him ranked inside my top 20 starting pitchers.I probably need to move him down a little bit.He's not pitched as well in the month of June.His last three starts, the walks are up.He has had some tough matchups.
47:03It was the Astros, the White Sox, and the Yankees.Because I was looking into him and I was trying to figure out what's going on with him.But the whiffs have been down a little bit.I think those matchups have really factored into what's going on with him.So I still trust him a lot as like a borderline SP2, SP3.Blake Snell, the other one, Scott.You moved him down to SP 39,and I guess you can argue that he should be even lower than that
47:25after his start on Wednesday.It was at Cores Field, so I don't know.You want to give him a pass, sure, whatever.Three and a third, nine hits, seven earned runs,5.72 ERA, 1.57 whip,5.4 walks per 9, 20% home run to fly ball ratio.Just tell me when I could stop.When, you know, what do we do?
47:44just bench himhe still started in 68% of CBSleaguesI mean 68% of peoplewho play in our site Scottdid not get the memoto not start Blake Snell in Coloradoyeah I think he's a matchups play
48:00at this point andeven prior to today's startwhich was awful and it wascourse field okay so kind of give him a passfor that but last 47starts prior todayso a season and a half47 starts.
48:16It really covered a three-season span, but, you know, obviously last year was short, there were some injuries along the way.47 starts over the past three years.A 423 ERA, a one-three-one whip.The K-per-9 is great.K-per-9's 12.3, but in addition to having that bad ERA and whip, two quality starts that whole time?Or I guess there was probably more in 2019.But he has two quality starts this season.Right.
48:47Well, yeah, he's going to have any last season.For what it's worth.He did have a few in 2019.But the point is, it's,he rarely goes the minimum required for equality startswith a bad ERA, with a bad whip.I mean, he's kind of what Robbie Ray used to be, right?Yeah.
49:07Yeah.No, that's fair.And like his control has always been questionable,but the walks per nine are over five,so the Tampa Bay raise,they strike again,they know when to trade away Blake's Nell,but I don't know,
49:20you cannot start.I want this number,I want this start percentage to bebelow 10% by next week,because Blake's Nell should not bein anybody's lineup.I don't care if he has two starts.He could be facing the Orioles and the Marlins.
49:33Should not be starting him.What is up with Trevor's story?He just had his best gamesince coming off the aisle.He went two for three with two doubles,two RBI, two walks, and two steals.A lot of twos and three runs.So I thought I would throw that in there for you.
49:47But oddly enough, Scott, Trevor Story only has one home runsince May 4th, but does have 11 stolen bases on the season.So that's good to see.I notice his BABIP is way below his career mark.It's 311 this year.Hard hit rate, you know, this might factor into it,but 35%, that's been 43% for his career.And his home run to fly ball ratio is only 8%.
50:08That's 18% for his career.So I wonder if, I've been making this excuse for him that early in the season,they were playing through like snow and stuff and really cold weather in Colorado,but we're way past that now.So are you actually worried about Trevor Story?I'm really not.I have moved him behind like Zander Bogartson and Bo Bouchet in my shortstop rankingsjust because they're playing so well.
50:35It's hard to justify keeping story ahead.But I don't see any red flags here.I mean, you point to the hard hit rate being down.That's kind of a chicken or chicken and egg thing, though, as far as I'm concerned,like, if you're not getting as good results as you're used to,of course your hard hit rate's going to be down.But there will come a point where you start hitting the ball harder,and it'll go up is my thinking there as you turn your season around.
51:00So I expect him to.I think he's still the same Trevor story as always,and it's going to be a red-hot summer,a summer for the for the,story books.I was wonderingwhere you were goingwith that.
51:14It was probablya better wayto work his name inbut that's fine.He's the never-ending story.He will never end.You're right.Actually, his career in Colorado
51:27might end pretty soon actuallybecause hehas said basicallyopenly that hedoes not plan to resignin Colorado.So maybe he's traded away.I saw some rumors about Oakland.
51:41Obviously, there's a bunch of teams that can use Trevor Story.People have brought up the Yankees.I don't really see that.Yeah, good point.Other thing that I wonder if that's weighing on him.That's, you know, look, these guys are human and he's worried about where he's going to be playing next.It's probably something that's playing in.He also on the season has an 8-11, 817 OPS at Cores Field for his career.
52:04That's 978.So he has underperformed in Colorado.so far this season. Overall,if you go buy low on Trevor's story, I think it's something that you should look into doing.Some names in deeper leagues.Abraham Almonte went two for three with an RBI, a run, and a walk.He's betting 297 across his first 15 games here with the Braves.Chaz McCormick now has multiple hits in three of his last four games.
52:27He had a double dong on Wednesday.Dan Vogelbach, who we've talked about quite a bit recently,went two for four with a double and a run scored.He's batting 273 with four home runs in the month of June.Akele Badu, I just wanted to point out his last 22 games,he's betting 333, only one homer,but with five steals, 24% strikeout rate,and a 19% walk rate.
52:51So the plate discipline is much improved for Akil Badu.He's not playing every day,but I think throw him on the scout team.Let's see if this goes anywhere for Akil Badu.John Bertie has 12 hits over his last 10 games.He's started each of those.He's 8% rostered.He's probably going to start running soon, I would imagine.
53:07so if you need steals in a deeper categories league.And then Willie Castro, two for five with his sixth home run on Wednesday.And in June, he's batting 261.Three homers and a steel, 40% rostered.He's got second base and shortstop eligibility.So Scott, anything that you would like to add on Almonte, Chas McCormick,I'm going to skip Vogelbach because we talked about him a lot.Akeel Bedou, John Bertie, and Willie Castro in deeper leagues.
53:33I don't really see much to like about Chaz McCormick.It doesn't play that regularly.I know the home run rate's been good.The fly ball rate's been really high,but he also strikes out a ton.He just doesn't play enough.Abraham Mount Monte has been,just like he was at AAA,
53:50surprisingly productive so far,and highly skeptical that'll continue.Getting on base a lot,for base hits,and that was something he was shown at AAA as well.Clearly,let the left field job is all hisfor the foreseeable future,
54:05probably until they trade.for somebody, which maybe they won't.I mean, they're still under 500.I don't know if the Braves are going to get back in the race.So they may just ride it out with Almonte.And still a deeper league to pick up right now,but worth putting on the scout team.I have picked him up and started him
54:27in a 15-team league with five outfielderers this week.It's really desperate, and so far he's playing pretty well.So again, the name there, Abraham Al-Monte.Some studs.hitter edition from Wednesday. FernandoTatsis is enjoying Corres Field. He has homeredin back-to-back games. He actuallyhas a home run in four of his last five games.
54:45Shohei Otani went two for fourwith a sock and a shoe.That's now 19 home runs and 10steals on the season. His 150game pace, please stay healthy, O'Tani.45 home runs,23 steals, 104 runs scored111 RBI.
55:03Ridiculous.Whitmeryfield has seven hits over his lastthree games. He gets that batting average up over270. Trent Grisham went two forfour with his eighth home run and three RBI.He's batting 289 with an890 OPS. Grisham.As long as he's been healthy, has been
55:19really, really good for the San Diego Padres.And this home run actually came off of a lefty,so I'd like to see that from Trent Grisham.Jose Ramirez went two for fivewith his 15th homer andFreddie Freeman, this can't be right.I wrote two for three with his 11th home runof the season. He has to have more than 11 home runs.
55:36I think that was number 15.Yeah, it was either 15 or 16.It was 16.You know who I was looking at?Danesby Swanson, who hit his 11th home run of the season.Let's wrap up here, Scott, with the call to the pen for the Tigers.Michael Fulmer allowed two earned runs, but picked up his fifth save of the season.Gregory Soto got the save for the Tigers on Tuesday night.
55:59So, again, this is the Detroit Tigers bullpen is a mess.Cleveland, James Karenchak pitched in the eighth with a one-run lead.facing the top of the lineup.Emmanuel Class A was used in the ninthand he picked up his 11th save.I'm pretty confident saying right now, Scott, that...Yeah, they flip back.Yeah, they're gonna go to Class A.
56:17No, no, they have flipped back, yeah.Yeah, so Class A is the guy for now, basically.Yeah, I mean, Karen Chacklooked like he had claimed the role from Class A,but then he fumbled it away.So it's appeared basically all of June,like Class A's back in the closer role.with Karen Chack's setting up.
56:38Maybe they're just going to flip-flop by months.Every month.So yeah, Karen Chack will be the closer in July,Class A will get it back in August,so on and so forth.For Tampa Bay with the game tied,JP Firecin pitched in the eighth inning,Diego Castia was used in a ninth,
56:52and then Pete Fairbanks took the loss in the 10th.For the Reds, Lucas Sims was awesome.He recorded the final four outs,all via the strikeout,and picked up his seventh save.He's still only 48% rostered is Lucas Sims.I think even in points leagues,you know, if you don't want to
57:10roll with these crappy sparks like Cole Irvin,you can actually pick up Lucas Sims.Yeah, I got a lot of faith in Sims now.Actually, T.J. Anton is supposed to returnfrom the I L this weekend, I think I saw,from his forearm issue.Okay.But that actually bolsters Sims claim to the closer role
57:27because I read the reason he workedthe sixth inning randomlythat one time during the stretch is because Antonwasn't available. It would have normally been asituation where they used Anton, they didn't have them, so they went to Sims instead.And that was the one interruption to this stretch where he's gotten six of these seven saves,I believe, in his past eight or nine appearances or something like that.All right. So in any categories leagues, please go out and get Lucas Sims. A few others here. Brad
57:58Han got his 13 save. Our oldest Chapman got his 14 save. He actually allowed the first tworunners to, first two batters to reach in the ninth.They were on second and third, and he worked out of it in a one-run game.So quite the Houdini act there for a roll to Chapman.And then for the Mets, Edwin Diaz got his 14 save of the season.To stream or not to stream, Scott.And I am doing this on the fly because I didn't have enough time to write them in.So let's do it.
58:24This is going to be fun.For Thursday, let's see what we got.Matt Manning at the Angels.Justin Dunn versus the Tampa Bay Rays.Wade Miley at the Padres.Who else do we have here?John Gant at the BravesCould never forget John Gant.
58:40Elijah, who is this?Elijah Morgan, I think.Is starting for Cleveland.He's going up against Baltimore.Baltimore's actually been a little bit betterin the month of June.And then Michael King at the Blue Jays.So not really much has changed since yesterday.
58:51No, no.Wade Miley at San Diego was the only oneonly what I could bring myselfto recommend on any level.I wonder if Rich Hill's roster ratehas dropped because of his recent struggles.And he is still 90% rostered,so he is not eligible as a streamer.
59:11Yes, Wade Miley is the only one that we'll go with.And then let's take a look at Friday.What do we have here?Tony Santion at the Padres, Vince Velasquez at the Giants,Alex Cobb versus the Tigers, good matchup, bad pitcher.Who else do we have here?Nick Povetta at the Royals.He probably doesn't qualify.
59:32He's probably rostered in too many leagues.Carlos Martinez at the Braves.No thank you.Man, this is so bad.J.C. Mejia.See what I'm saying? It's tough to find good pitchersunder that roster should threshold.It might be easier on other sides.
59:48I don't know.Yeah. J.C. Mejia at the Pirates.Chad Kuhl is opposing him against Cleveland.Joey Lucchese at the Nationals.James Caprillion at the Yankees.I actually don't hate that one.No.You know, he's been walking too many.
01:00:02but revenge game.Yankees strike out quite a bit.So I don't know if there was anyoneelse there, Scott, that caught your attention.I mean, John Carlos Mejia against the pirates,I don't think he's gone five innings yet,but he's been pretty effective.He had one ugly start.
01:00:22Which is obviously a good matchup.I don't actually want to do it.I never want to do anything.They have pitchers are dropping like flies, Scott.People are trying to stream their way to victory.Alex Cobb versus the Tigers, would you do it?Or it's just too bad.All right, we're going to wrap there.
01:00:38For Scott A and Frank, thank you all for listening and watching fantasy baseball today.We'll be back to get tomorrow.Bye-bye.
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