Fantasy Baseball Today - Garrett Crochet Got CRUSHED! 9 Hitters With Double Dongs! (4/14 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: April 14, 2026

Garrett Crochet was CRUSHED by the Twins (2:30)! ... Justin Wrobleski had a great start but we're not buying it (12:23). ... Angel Martinez continues to hit (15:45). ... News (22:35): Jeremy Peña and Tatsuya Imai were both placed on the IL. ... We had nine hitters with double dongs on Monday (33:21). ... What's going on with these pitchers (46:06)? ... We saw good signs from these three pitchers (54:38). ... Who were the most dropped players on CBS this weekend (56:30)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates, streamers and Team Name Tuesday (1:03:20). Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sptfy.com/QiKv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow our FBT team on Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@FBTPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CPTowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. If you hate pitching but love homers, you came to the right place. Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, April 14th.

I am Frank Stamphle, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers today on the show. The sky is falling on Garret Crochet. What happened? We had nine hitters with double dongs on a 10th game slate. Pretty impressive stuff. We'll also address the most dropped players on CBS from this weekend. But let's jump in. I could not believe it either.

Garer Crochet was destroyed by the twins. Chris, he's your player of the night for all the wrong. reasons. Yeah, 10 earned runs over 1.2 innings of work, nine hits, three walks, zero strikeouts. That is the first time and I believe 67 career starts that Gary Crochet has failed to record a single strikeout. His velocity was down about a mile and a half per hour across the board. I don't think it matters. It probably doesn't matter. It might matter. Maybe it matters. I don't know. I genuinely have no idea. This is one of those things where it's like, you know what my first thought was when I saw this start?

This is a good argument against rotisserie scoring. Because in a head-to-head league, you just shake it off. And like if Garrick- You flush it. Like the players say, you flush it. The rest of himself, the rest of the way, who cares? You're not going to remember this start. He's going to be awesome.

The rest of the way. And you'll be happy you spent a first round pick on him. In a Roto League, I do think this start probably means. that Garer Crochet will not end up being worth a first round pick that you spent on him in your drafts. And that's not to say that I think Gary Crochet is doomed or anything. It's just I did a thought exercise. I took his fourth start. This was his fourth start of the season.

I took his fourth start of last season and just did nothing else but replaced the fourth start from last season with this one. It took his ERA from 259 to 307, his whip from 103 to 111, and his strikeouts down from 255 to 244. That's still a good pitcher. You know, you'd still be happy with a 307 ERA and a one-one whip, but that's not a first-round pick. Probably a second-round pick, right?

Yeah, it's an ace. And so... Yeah. Depends how many wins he gets. Yeah, he would have had 17 wins instead of 18. Okay. So you factor that into. So, like, he's still awesome.

Like, it still would have been an awesome season, but it does, like, it does materially impact the amount of value you will get out of Gary Crochet the rest of the way just because it was such a disastrous start. You might look at the game log and realize that he went seven and a third innings, gave up one run, and struck out 11 in that start. And it's like, yeah, that was one of his best starts of last season. It's the worst start of his career.

But like, that's what you expected Garer Crochet to do against the twins, right? I don't know. The twins all of a sudden are crushing the ball. and in the past week, they have hit Terrick Scouble, for Amber Valdez, and Garry Krochay really hard. So not exactly...

Three dominant lefties. Not exactly sure what to make of that. The twins are fifth in run scored so far this season. Yeah, I saw some speculation that maybe Crochet was tipping his pitches. Yeah. It seemed like it only amounted to speculation. I didn't see any video evidence of it.

I think it could very well be because, yes, the velocity was down one and a half miles per hour in this one from last year. So that's not an insignificant drop, but it's not the sort of drop that would raise... It's not the sort of drop that takes you from the best pitcher in baseball,

arguably, to a disaster. To the worst, or that in an isolated start would raise huge red flags. It was, I think, 61 degrees there, which isn't cold, but, you know, you need to take a light jacket with you. It was that kind of weather. So not usual baseball weather.

biking in a t-shirt and shorts in 61-degree weather today. Wasn't 61 degrees where you are? No, it was like 75 today. It was like a big difference. It was when I left the house. So, you know, there was a small issue there, a small issue with the velocity. Maybe a bunch of small issues just added up to a big issue for crochet. Maybe it was just one of those days.

I mean, his previous two starts were great. So I don't think there's reason to. freak out. Sometimes I feel like that's what people want us to do. It should be comforting that your big investment coming off a terrible start is probably going to be okay. And I'm not just saying this. I'm not just like blowing smoke or anything. Like I have Garrett Crochet in a couple leagues. And you know, what I plan to do is start him next week. Unless, unless he goes on the IL tomorrow. You know, obviously it won't start him then. After the start, both Crochet and Alex Corr said he's healthy.

Yeah. The only trade scenario that would make sense is if you get another first round pick for him. But even then, like, I turned down an offer of Junior Commonero for Garrett Crochet just today. And it's not like I'm regretting it. It was a points league, so Commonero isn't as valuable there. But part of it's just, you know, I built my team expecting Garry Crochet to be my top pitcher. and I already had another plan for third base, and you can't just rip up the whole plan

because something went horribly wrong in the fourth week of the season. So I think, you know, it makes me sad. I'm not the sort who gets angry when things go wrong in sports, which seems to be how most fans are. I just get sad. I feel sad if kind of a knot in my stomach talking about Gare Crochet, like I wish didn't happen. but the rational response to it is to flush it like the players always say flush it.

Now, I will say two things. One, I just decided to do a stathead search of like other great pitchers to see if this has ever happened. Jacob de Gromman never had a 10-ur-run run start. Clayton Kirshall had never had a 10-earned run start. Justin Berlander had never had a 10-earned run start. Max Scherzer had two, including one in a season where, he had of top five Syung finish.

After that 10 earned run start, I think his final 18 starts, he had like a 258 ERA. You could look at Hazer's Lazzardo, clearly a different caliber of pitcher, but he had the two starts last year where he was tipping his pitches, gave up 20 earned runs in like four innings

or whatever it was. He had a 357 ERA and was a must start pitcher the rest of the way. The one thing I will say about Gary Crochet is, he talked pretty openly about how frustrated he was this spring specifically with his foreseamer which was not like it's not like it was just like oh his four seamer was bad today he got crushed on everything you know it wasn't he wasn't good his crud his cutter

had a 97.7 mile per hour average x velocity today he just wasn't good um but he had a bad spring it was like eight strikeouts to six walks or something uh gave a lot of hard contact. He had the bad first start. Now he's had two bad starts in his first four. There's something here. There's, I don't know if it's mechanical or he's not a hundred. He's like 97%. I think there's probably something going on with Garrett Crochet just because he had talked about, you know, not being right during the spring and how frustrated that was. But there's usually, something behind everything. Yes.

And that, I think the key thing is, what is that thing here? Yeah. Is it an injury? Well, okay, then if it's an injury, then it's going to sort itself out. But I think it's extremely unlikely that Garry crochet is just fundamentally broken forever. I still view him as a must-star pitcher. I still view him as a top three starting pitcher the rest of the way. Maybe another bad start might scare me off a little bit, but I, yeah, I don't really have, like, my concern level is.

not zero, but it's not 10. It's not five. It's probably two. That was the only other thing I had is that this is compounded by a bad spring training where he talked about those things and his velocity being down and just his fastball shape has not been the same this year and in spring training as it was last year. So those things again being compounded. And look, some people have brought this up before. It's, it is a fact. He has jumped up a lot of innings over the past couple of seasons from, you know, 2023 where he basically threw nothing to 2024 where he got up over 150 with the White Sox and then last year you know well over 200 innings if you include the postseason. So it is a lot of innings that he is compounded over the past couple of years and maybe that is something that is kind of affecting him

right now. But you know I think we just kind of have to take them at their word for it right now that he's healthy and maybe it's like a little bit of a dead arm thing like pitchers go through this early in the season, but I mostly agree with everything that you guys said. I understand why people are frustrated again. It's like your first or second round pick. Like minus 23 fantasy points on CBS today. Like you'll be pretty lucky to climb out of that and win your week. It's definitely annoying. But I think it's like the clearest by low situation right now if you wanted to try and look at it the other way. It doesn't help you if you have them, but you could try and take advantage of it if someone in your league is freaking out about garr crochet. So yeah, I think that's- Yeah, I would do that.

I did happen to notice his arm angles down five degrees after a three degree drop last year. So from his breakout season now, it's gone from like a 40 degree angle to a 30 degree angle. That's something mechanical that we can see. Yeah. All right. Let's continue on. How about some positive, Scott? Your player of the night.

Well, positive-ish-ish. Results-wise. Justin Robleski had a great start, guys. Eight shutout innings. He did. Two hits. He two hit the Mets over eight innings and then was relieved by Tanner Scott. So I guess we can't call it a two hitter so he didn't complete it.

But, you know, eight innings, that's a lot of innings for a pitcher to go and a start, particularly one named Justin Robleski. Good for him. I'm proud of him, you know. This is something nobody can take away from him. He had two strikeouts in those eight innings. He had four swinging strikes in those eight innings made through a, fastball and slider a combined 91% of the time,

neither of which was getting many whiffs, obviously. And it's not like he's still down from last season. Yeah, fastball velocity down. I hate when we do this. And I know the audience hates when we do this. I'll never forget when Reed thatmer's through a no-hitter. And we just came out here. Well, he stinks.

And we were just like, oh, he's terrible. And everybody got mad at us. And I hate when we do this. But. But we have to keep it real, right? Like you're right. We were right about Deadmers. It's like two weeks later he was sent down to the minors that year.

And like it's succeeding in baseball is not just getting strikeouts. You can succeed by commanding the ball well and inducing swings on bad pitches and all that. Like that it's just not a sustainable way to make your living. Six strikeouts to five walks in 17. Yeah, that's what I was about to say. You can, you can, you don't have to be, it's hard. It's hard to get to succeed in baseball without being a good strikeout pitcher. But you don't have to be a good strikeout pitcher.

You can be an average strikeout pitcher. You can be a low average, a below average strikeout pitcher. If you're consistently good at getting weak contact, throw a ton of strikes, usually that means getting ground balls at a great rate too, though sometimes it can be weakly hit fly. balls like in the case of Andrew Rabbit. But Rebleski doesn't really check all those boxes, you know. So I did last year. I thought he was pretty interesting last year in that like kind of hybrid role that

the Dodgers used him in. It was a 432 ERA, but a 27% striker. Like I don't think he's totally hopeless. I don't think he's not useful. Not a major league caliber pitcher. But sure. His current level of success, especially in this start, is not. I don't see him ever breaking free of like streamer territory and probably, probably swing man to territory.

And I do think the other part of this is the Mets offense has just lost right now. They have not scored for 20 consecutive innings and they're on a six game losing streak. So, I mean, their offense without Juan Soto is just in the toilet right now. It's looked really, really bad. So I know it sounds like I'm taking something away from Robleski, but I think you just have to kind of, you need a little bit of context with this start for him as well. So it was a great start, but fantasy-wise, I don't think you need to go out and, like, must-ad. If you want to use him as like a SPARP on CBS while he's in the rotation in a points league, like, sure, something like that. Okay, but I don't think he's like

a must-ad after a start like this or anything like that. My player of the night is going to be Anheel Martinez. And Chris, I know you kind of poo-poot him yesterday. I don't know, man. I dug in a little bit more. Obviously, this game was really impressive. Two-for-five with his second home run. He had five hard hits in this game. Home run was 105.2 exit velocity. He had a single that was 108.9 exit velocity. His last six games. He has 12 hits, two homers, five runs, seven RBI, three steals.

And he has hit first or second in five of his last six games. And I think that's just like a really valuable spot in this Guardian's lineup, right? Like right between Stephen Kwan and Jose Ramirez. Not that it's a great lineup, but obviously should see some good pitches to hit. He only has an 11% strikeout rate so far, and he is pulling the ball in the air a lot. 30% pulled air rate so far for Anhele Martinez. So he's not someone that's going to stand out with exit velocities. Like 88.2 average EV is fine for a middle infield type player or something like that.

But the fact that he's pulling the ball in the air as much as he is and making as much contact as he is, I'm intrigued. So 47% rostered, second base, and outfield eligibility, I think that number should probably be higher. No? Maybe. Like, he was in the majors all season last year. He had 11 homers and eight steals. He hit 224. That's not nothing.

But this is a scenario where, like, if he was a good hitter, he would have been a good hitter at some point, you know? Like, that's not to say players can't change. but we're talking about a career 768 OPS at the minor league level. 10 homers in 100 games at AAA. He wasn't old, certainly, but he was 22 at AAA. That's, I guess that's young-ish, but it's not so young that you think, ah, let's tack on 50 points of OPS when he gets, like it's just the kind of thing where it's like, yeah, he's probably a major league caliber.

player and lots of major league caliber players go through stretches where they are productive. Does that mean that we need to add them when they have those stretches? Maybe. Yeah, you might mean, it could be a hot-hand approach and then, you know, see if it turns into something sustainable. Sure. Yeah. Like, I'm not totally disinterested if he had a stretch like this last year and it ended up not being real and it probably will end up not being anything again. Is Anhele Martinez to the point where he should be picked up in 15 team five outfielder leagues? Probably. Probably.

I remember when Cel Perez early last year had a stretch like that, you pick them up, you see if it goes anywhere. You use them in the meantime. You don't blow a lot of fab on him, hopefully. I'm not to the point where I'm that interested in picking up Martinez in 12 team leagues, five outfielders or not. But it's to the point now where if I see him get a couple hits in the box score, I see him hit a home run. I'm digging a little deeper every time I see that. Yeah. I think in 12 team roto leagues with like five outfielers spots and a middle infillard.

Like someone could probably use him right now. Obviously the way he's hitting, I don't think he's going to keep this level up. And his skill set is one that would play well in a points league. I'm not saying you need to get there yet. but if he maintains a strikeout rate, you know, sub-15%, and he's pulling the ball in the air this much, and again, just hitting towards the top of that lineup between Kwan and J-Ram, I think it's a good spot for him to be in.

So hot hand for now, but could turn into more. Let's see if he can maintain some of these things that Anhele Martinez is doing early on this season. Before we hit our first break, just have to mention another night, another homer for Jordan Walker. It's his league-leading eighth home run of the season. And how about this? He hit it to the pull side.

I'm telling you. Were they in Arizona? Once he starts... Oh, no. Got it. Yep. I got it. No.

No, it was still the left side of the field, Chris. But 84% rostered on Yahoo. So slowly creeping up. I guess that's... We spoke about it yesterday. It was 77%. So Jordan Walker. One of the best to ever do it.

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I wouldn't blame me for that either. But like and subscribe if you haven't already. Let's take that break and we'll be back right after this. Welcome back in fantasy baseball today. Let's hit the news and notes. And we had a bunch of injury updates for the Astros. Both Jeremy Pena and Tatsuya Imai were placed on the IL, Pena with a grade one right hamstring strain and IMAI with that right arm fatigue.

The Astros called up Colton Gordon and JP France, not Spencer Arrogetti, which is pretty annoying. Colton Gordon expected to start here on Tuesday. I saw JP France pitched in relief here on Monday. I guess there's still a chance like Arrogati could fit in somewhere just because there have been so many injuries on that staff. So maybe it's coming later this week, but it's not yet, which is a little annoying. Some Yankees updates, Garrett Cole through three simulated innings and 42 pitches in a live session on Sunday. It sounds like he could be ready for a rehab assignment soon.

Carlos Rodan threw a 50 pitch live BP on Monday. The next step is to either throw one more live BP or begin a rehab assignment for him. And Anthony Volpe will begin a rehab assignment at AA here on Tuesday. So if you are in a deeper categories league, I guess you can look to stash Anthony Volpe. Yeah, I would say don't forget about him. You know, he's been a useful option in Roto leagues.

He's not a great one, but I don't think Jose Caviero has taken that job. Oh, no, they've already said once Volpe is back, he's just the starting shortstop. And I think that that lineup makes a lot, or that roster makes a lot more sense with Caballero, just fitting wherever they need and they don't have to keep starting. Randall Gritchick against lefties in the outfield. Yeah. I think you started against the right year. No, it was a lefty today. Ben Rice, by the way, has sat out three of four games against left-handed pitchers this year. Kind of knowing. Yeah.

Aaron Boone. You liar. Lies. Paul Goldschmidt hasn't been totally worthless. He said he was going to catch when Paul Goldschmidt played first. Yeah. I think he's only caught like three innings. since the spring. Boisius by Esteros has caught more than Rice. Yeah, I think Ben Rice caught like one game in spring training and then has not caught at all so far this season. And look, if there's one thing Paul Goldsmith is still good at,

it is hitting lefties. Like last year he had an OPS over 900 against left-handed pitching. But Ben Rice was, I mean, adequate. I think it was like a 775 OPS against lefties or something last year. So that's probably better than Austin Wells. So why not do that, you know? Can Drankarlo Stanton play the outfield at all? No, no, no, no, no.

I guess not. But yeah, it's, that's, that's really the, that's really the complicated factor. Drops into the horrified oxen there. Yeah, I mean, that's the reason why Jason Dominguez is not on the roster either. That, that, that Stanton is just a D.H just makes the whole roster really tough to make sense of. But it's definitely frustrating to see Ben Rice. You know, he sat, was it Saturday that he came off the bench for a monster home run? And then sat again here on Monday.

He did enter as a pinch hitter, I think, in the fifth inning, so he still got like, whatever, two or three at bats in the game. I think he walked and scored a run or something like that, but it's, you know, we just, we need volume. We need him to play every day. It's a little frustrated. And I think he's talented enough to do it, right? It's just, you look at what he's done overall. He's been really good so far this season. Dave Roberts said that he expects Edwin Diaz to pitch during this upcoming series against the Mets.

Diaz said that he feels great despite the velocity being down so some good news for now the Red's option Nelvi Marte to AAA and are expected to recall Reese Hines Nelvi Marte, spoiler alert the most dropped hitter on CBS

right now. That number is down to boop boop boop it is playing half the time 52% should that number be even lower well yeah he's a minor leager

I mean, he deserved to be dropped because he was playing mostly just against lefties, so not even the strong side. Which is weird because he's not even good against lefties. He has reverse splits, right? Yeah. Well, mostly against lefties. They had only faced three lefties, but, you know, against all the lefties and then half the time against righties, Noel V. Marte was playing clearly not enough to be of much use in fantasy. And he just, I know.

Terry Francona had a comment the other day about how he's like swinging at 2-0 breaking balls. So they really weren't happy with the approach Noel V. Marte had at the plate. In addition to there being defensive concerns that we know came up in spring training. So he goes back down. Hopefully it's a short stay, get his head on straight. But does he need to be stashed in the meantime? Not in most leagues. I think he was clearly the most overvalued player,

misvalued player in drafts this spring, because he was like a ninth, tenth, round pick in most drafts. Top 150 ADP. Yeah. And you were on it, Chris. I mean, I remember you texting us throughout spring training, kind of like, hey, there are whispers

that he might not play every day, and they're worried about his defense. So you were on that one. Look, I still think in deeper leagues, if he gets dropped, he's just a name to watch because it wouldn't surprise me if he has value at some point this season,

but obviously not now while he's in the minors. Any deep league interest in Reese Hines who is getting called up here by the Reds? He's got power. He's off to a great start at AAA. I imagine he is going to step into a part-time role himself, and I imagine there are going to be significant contact issues there. He just strikes me as like a right-handed slugger

who probably never finds his way into an everyday role and the majors probably bounces between AAA, you know, that kind of quadruplea type. That's what Rees-Hine strikes me as, which doesn't mean he could never have a stretch where he matters in fantasy. It just means probably not a big deal for fantasy purposes. They do need to get something out of their corner infield or outfield spots

because right now it's Spencer Steer with like a 570 OPS and Will Penson, with worse than that. I believe T.J. Friedel's been pretty bad, too, so just their outfield in general. Yeah, so they, I do think there's at least a chance Reinhine's just mashes his way into a role, but he'll have to do that first. You know what it reminds me of? Probably, I don't know, six, seven years ago, I didn't do that on purpose.

Aristides Aquino, the Punisher for the Reds, he came up and just hit like 15 home runs in, like a 30 game span or something crazy like that, or 40 games, whatever it was. but he was pretty fun to watch. It just did not last very long. Max Muncie of the Athletics left Monday's game after getting hit by a pitch on his hand in the fifth inning. He was diagnosed with a bruise, so hopefully nothing more than that.

He's off to a nice start. Wyatt Langford was out of the lineup again Monday due to that right quad strain. It was his third game missed in a row. Matthew Boyd is on track to rejoin the Cubs rotation early next week against the Phillies. Ryan Pepio threw a 25-pitch bullpen on Sunday. He could be cleared for a rehab assignment

later this week. Orioles manager, Craig Albernaz, said he doesn't anticipate Jackson Holiday being activated from the aisle this week. He's still working his way back from hamate bone surgery. Did you guys see, by the way, Craig Albernaz got hit in the face in the dugout by a foul ball? Yeah, like, it's this huge bruise and he just came back out. It was a little scary.

Bryce Miller. Jackson Holiday has been awful. It's very small sample size, but he has not looked like he's up to speed yet. Yeah, this is basically a spring train. right, so it's probably going to take some time. And as we'll talk about a little bit later on, Jeremiah Jackson just had a huge game. So probably buys him a little bit more time as well.

Bryce Miller threw a bullpen on Sunday that apparently went very well. He'll be re-evaluated by the training staff this weekend. Jared Jones made use of all of his pitches during his most recent live BP session. He's working his way back from elbow surgery. The Blue Jays acquired Lenine Sosa from the White Sox in exchange for outfielder Jordan Rich and a player to be named later or cash. And I guess Sosa could factor into the DH mix as long as George Springer is out.

Any deep league interest in Lenin Sosa? I think he's a decent player. I'm kind of surprised the Wysaw should give up on him for nothing. Yeah, more than 20 homers last year. Poor on base skills, but he can play a lot of different positions. I doubt the role's going to be that different with the Blue Jays than it was with the white socks. But he'll fill in all over the diamond at times,

maybe start at DH while Springer's hurt. Yeah. Could matter in deeper leagues. Kate Povich was option to the miners after a strong start on Sunday. Dean Kramer was called up, and he started on Monday against the D-backs, five innings, four runs, two of those earned, nine strikeouts to zero walks,

15 whiffs on 80 pitches, leaned on his splitter, in this first start and seems like a good idea. That was a really good pitch for him last year. Any interest in Dean Kramer, who's 10% rostered? When the matchups are right, he'll show up on my sleeper pitchers list for the week. Doubtful he ever graduates from that list with rostership over 80%. He's been around for a while, and I don't think that's ever happened before. I can't imagine has.

Yeah, so a day when his. His splitter is especially good. He gets a lot of whiffs. I don't think is the start of a trend of that. So I think in most leagues you can probably leave Dean Kramer alone for now. Ryan Malkassel was placed on the 60-day IL due to a fracture in his left foot. As a result, the Orioles acquired Christian Encarnacion Strand in exchange for cash. I don't think that he'll matter, but let's just see what happens.

Another name to watch here. Braxton Garrett through six no-hitting, no-hit innings at AAA on Sunday, striking out six. Like you said, Chris, he is probably ahead of Robbie Snelling, which hurts me as someone who is stashing Robbie Snelling in a few spots. But, you know, Garrett's off to a nice start in the minors this year. Nine hitters with double dongs on Monday on just a 10-game slate. The ball was flying. The weather was nice and warm in many places here on Monday. Josh Naylor is...

a light jacket weather. Yeah, 60, 65 degrees. It's still not bad. Josh Naylor is alive. Wow, it's about time. His first two home runs of the season, he had 5 RBI in this one. Even after that, he is betting 127

with a 436 OPS. You guys pointed out before we started that zero steals on the season for Josh Naler after his 30 last year. But he also just hasn't been on base. Right. And even though he had a big game, he circled around the base.

twice. So there were no steal opportunities then either. Jury's still out on that. And the fact he has zero steals this far into the season doesn't mean he won't have three next week. You know, that's just the way, just the way that goes at times.

Same with home runs. So it's good to see Josh Naylor get back on track with the homers. He had been making a ton of contact. I don't really think there's anything wrong with them. And hopefully this will put everyone's minds at ease. Concern level very low. The overall numbers are still really bad. So if you can buy low on Josh Naler,

but a two homer game, it kind of slams the buy low window shut there. Cotell Marte is starting to pick things up. Two home runs for him as well. Both home runs over 106 miles per hour off the bat. One of them was 443 feet. He's off to a bit of a slow start himself, but starting to pick things up.

No concern there. He just needs to stay healthy. Cotel Marte. Kyle Schwaber, big game for him. Two homers, four runs, three RBI. He's up to six home runs on the season, doing his usual awesome counting stats so far. His batting average is down lots of fly balls,

61% early on in the season. So we don't need that many fly balls from Kyle Schwerber. That's what caused his batting average to be down whatever it was, like three, four years ago. But I'm sure that will regulate as the season goes on. Nolan Aronado is on the board. His first two home runs with the debacks. Even after this game, he's hitting 204 with a 540,

OPS. He has just one walk to 14 strikeouts. A 25% strikeout rate last year. It was 11%. Does this matter at all? Nolan Aronado, 44% rostered? I mean, it matters all the bad stuff. I think matters. He's he's whiffing a lot in the zone specifically, much more than we're used to seeing from Nolan Aronado. 44% roster rates way too high. Yeah, I think he's pretty much cooked. even though he just had a two-homer game. Of course, the two-homer game is the only reason why we're bringing him up, and it's a good opportunity to say what we haven't said yet, which he looks like he's cooked.

Yeah, the quality of contact is way down, lots of infield pop-ups, his five-ball rate is up. It kind of feels like he's trying too hard to lift the ball right now, which is something he usually does, but not to this extent. Jeremiah Jackson, what do we think? Could there be something here? Three-for-four with two home runs, 5 RBI in this game.

He has started seven of the last eight games for the Orioles, and he's up to an 871 OPS. Obviously, two home runs will help that tremendously. Had a very high ground ball rate entering this game. Last year was like solid in a small sample size, but he's virtually available in every league. He's only 3% rostered. Any deep league interest in a Jeremiah Jackson?

In 15 teamers, there's some pop there, but I don't. I don't think there's much there. I think he's exactly what he looks like. Not a journeyman, I guess, but kind of just above organizational filler type. Yeah. And eventually he's going to get replaced by Jackson Holiday. It doesn't seem imminent.

But eventually. So as a hot hand play, Jeremiah Jackson at least registers. Yeah. I don't see a lot. of potential here. I think in the same way you brought up Carlos Cortez yesterday, Scott, obviously a very deep league name, but last year in the miners, Jackson did some nice things. It was only 85 games.

He hit 313 with 15 home runs, 11 steals, and an 879 OPS. So he did flash some upside in the miners last year, and then he was like okay in the majors. So I think it was just a deep name for now. It was a bit isolated, not that there's never been pop in the minors before, but certainly the 313 batting average. And if you look at the plate discipline numbers, how often he chases. I don't think it's going to work in the majors, not in the long run. Jake Burger!

Double cheeseburger here for Jakey Boy, two for four, two homers, four RBI. And this is really all he's done since that first weekend. Another one we were talking about beforehand, it's like, oh, he hit two home runs in the first series, and then nothing since, and then hit two home runs here as well. 48% rostered. I don't think that needs to be higher for Jake Berger, right? He's about as one-dimensional as a streaky slugger can be. Yeah.

Even after this game, 31% strikeout rate, only two walks to 21 strikeouts early on in the season for Jake Berger. Trent Grisham came off the bench and hit two home runs in the game. Had five RBI, including a game-tying home run in the ninth inning. He has not started against left-handed pitchers so far this year. and he does have a ton of walks. 13 walks to 10 strikeouts so far. His underlying number is actually really good.

Really good. He's hitting the ball really hard again. His expected stats say he should be a lot better. 69% rostered is probably fine just because he's not going to play against lefties. It's tough because his skill set looks so good for a points league, but he's just not going to play every day. Which you especially need in a points league,

unless it's daily lineups, but I don't think you see that very, often with points leagues. But either way, right? Like someone who has Grisham in a daily lineup league would have benched him today. And you wouldn't have got the two home runs anyway, right? That's a good point.

I think the overall analysis, and you put it, you basically already said it, Frank. Trent Grisham looks like he deserves better than he's gotten, which bodes well for his future here. But if he's never going to play against lefties, his utility is very limited in fantasy. Just playing against Lerciam against Lerner.

Lefties. Like what? It may happen eventually. I think the numbers were really bad against lefties last year. Yeah, I don't know. They're choosing to play like Randall Gritchick over her Trent Grisham. Yeah, like that's the thing is that I just it may not runo Gritchick has nothing. Yeah. Gritchick might get DFA at some point. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Yeah. Does he need to be, it's only five outfieler leagues, right, for Grisham? Probably not the three outfieler leagues. Uh, yes. Okay. And then the best for last year. I mean,

This was just really fun to watch. Aaron Judge versus Mike Trout, like two former MVP's, like, you know, best players of their generation, just putting on a show here on Monday night. Per Opta Stats on X, this was the second time in MLB history where two, three-time MVPs

each hit multiple home runs in the same game. The other time that happened was in 1956 with Stan Musial and Roy Campanella. So Judge, two homers, three RBI, one of them, 116. point two miles per hour off the bat. He's, you know, off to a bit of a slow start, but he's, he's picking things up here. And then Mike Trout hit his two homers, five RBI,

including a game-tying home run, and then a go-ahead home run in the eighth inning. And then, of course, in like classic Angels fashion, just like their pitchers can't close it out. But, yeah, his underlying stuff this season, Mike Trout, like his zone contacts, way up, his whiff rate, way down. 15 walks to 15 strikeouts, quality of contact looks great. Like, nobody knows if he can stay healthy, but this looks like a better version of Mike Trout than we have seen in years so far.

Yeah, the contact especially is encouraging to me because that had been an unfortunate trend that for all the injured years you could dismiss his ass small samples, probably nothing to it. But then last year he stayed mostly healthy, struck out 32% of the time, which was, far beyond what we were seeing from Trout and his primes,

down to 20% so far. Now, strikeout rates can also be skewed by small samples, so it's not definitive, but it's what you want to see. You're seeing from Trout so far this year about as much as you could have hoped for, and hopefully it continues. Sprint speed also back up to 90th percentile after it was 62nd percentile last year. Yeah, and he already has two steals. So he's he's not dead yet. I'll spare you the Monty Python impression, but just imagine I said it like the guy

You know the guy yeah. I guess there ever seen that movie No My trout I guess there is a cell high you know people have been really angry with me lately for like not They're more vocal about it this year than ever before. I don't know if it's just come up more frequently, but We're just getting like emails and like reviews on Apple podcast, it's like, Frank doesn't know anything. It's partially true. He doesn't know all these 30-year-old movies, 40-year-old movies.

Monty-Pythons, I got 50-year-old movie. 55-year-old movie? Yeah. In that case, yeah. But, you know, I wonder if 30, 40, 50 years from now, there are going to be any movies that people hold in the same regard, or if the library of, of classics is kind of plateaued. Yeah.

They'll just be talking about, oh, man, do you remember that classic TikTok from 30 years ago? It's kind of scary. It feels like. I mean, I'm not scary to think about. The movies I feel like I have to, my oldest is 11,

so I'm very much in a, oh, I want to show them all these movies phase because I feel like you can handle more. But it's, it's all the same kind of movies I was being shown when I was 11, you know? For the most part, I'm not saying there's nothing that's more from later on, but the majority are from that same time period.

Maybe we should do some kind of virtual watch-along where I just watch classic movies with you and your kids, Scott, and I can finally learn about everything I've missed out on. Show them to him and you at the same time. Just two birds with one stone. Let's take our final break. When we return, what is going on with these pitchers? Yuri Perez, Michael Burroughs. We'll talk about it right after this.

Welcome back in fantasy baseball today. What is going on with these pitchers? Yuri Perez, not great at the Braves. Four plus innings. Four runs allowed. Seven hits, two walks. Only two strikeouts. The whiffs were actually okay.

But Chris, what have you seen from Yuri Perez? Are you concerned about anything with him? The command's not there. I think that's the long and short of it. It's just five watts per nine so far. Yeah, the most undefinable and ineffable quality that a pitcher can have, he doesn't have it right now. If you're watching him, he's really not throwing any of his pitches consistently where he wants them to.

He's getting backed up on sliders a lot. That was a problem in the start over the weekend when he gave up a couple of homers. even the foreseamer he doesn't seem to be commanding all that well i think the stuff is still awesome you know he's sitting 98 with the fastball all the bendy pitches look super bendy it's just a matter of getting them to the right places and i have faith that talent will win out and he'll end up being a very very valuable pitcher but you know i this was one that i had him on all my breakout list coming into the season. I was, you know, I'm still very confident that Yuri Perez will end up being a very good pitcher in the long run, but I ended up only drafting him, I think, in one

league because there was always someone else who was more confident that Yuri Perez was going to be great immediately. And my case for him has always been, I think he's going to be great eventually. But I'm not 100% sure. And, you know, you look at the, you know, pitcher list has these PLV cards, out there, they're really cool, and they break things down into stuff. They gave him a B today. Locations, they gave him a D-minus for versus lefties, which I think was the predominant hitter he faced in this start. It was an F.

So yeah, I think that kind of sums it up. He's just, he hasn't quite tuned it in, but I certainly wouldn't be dropping Gary Perez. I think there's any pitcher out there who has, anywhere near the kind of upside he has. But if you want to sit him for his next start, I can't necessarily argue against it. I probably wouldn't myself, but I think it's reasonable.

It's, you know, in shallower leagues, deeper pitching staffs, I don't think Yuri Perez is automatic right now, but most cases, you'll probably start him. I think he's an aggressive by low. He entered this start with a 14.7% swinging strike rate

and an 88.3. mile per hour average ex of velocity like you can you can have bad control and still be a good pitcher with numbers like that uh and and obviously it's just been walks and home runs yeah i mean and in a small sample like i've seen worse aprils from talented pitchers let's put it that way and i do think the home runs are going to be an issue yeah but this like Justin Verlander has had issues with home runs. Max Scherzer has had issues with home runs. Those are extreme fly ball pitchers as well.

You have to limit walks. You have to get a lot of strikeouts. He gets the strikeouts, and I think he will continue to get the strikeouts. The home runs will be an issue. He needs to make sure they're solo home runs. That's the biggest thing. And that's what I was worried about coming into the season.

The only thing is like, yeah, he walks guys and he gives up a good amount of barrels. With guys like Verlander and Scherzer, it was, you know, it's easier to stomach because they didn't walk anybody. So a lot of times it was like solo home runs. It doesn't really hurt you all that much. But if you have a couple guys on base, boom, three run home are like, yeah,

that kind of, that ruins the line right there. So just to back up what you're saying, Chris, entering this start, Yuri Perez led all qualified pitchers in Stuff Plus at 118. He also has an 88 location plus, which is the second lowest among qualified pitchers ahead of only Joe Boyle, who we know has famously awful control. I love when the I test matches up with the stats. Yep.

Because that is exactly what I would have said about watching Yuri Press. Next up we have Michael Burroughs who had another rough outing. This one at the Mariners, six innings, 11 hits allowed, six runs, two homers allowed in this one. Did have 17 whiffs on 98 pitches, so you like to see that. But Scott, through four starts, the 655 ERA. It's a 182 whip. Someone we liked this season.

as a sleeper slash breakout type. Lots of people asking if they could drop Michael Burroughs, who is 60% rostered. What are you doing with Michael Burroughs? Before I get to Burroughs, I just want to clarify because, you know, Joe Boyle has a long history of never throwing strikes all throughout his minor league career.

This is a recent development for Yuri Perez, which is part of the reason why I'm thinking, eh, he'll get past it. Can I add one more thing? Sure. He turns 23 tomorrow. Yeah. He turns 23 years old tomorrow.

Let's try to keep that in mind. He turns 23 years old tomorrow. As for Mike Burroughs, I know people are kind of over it. And I am too. I mean, there hasn't been a good start yet this year. He's given up nine hits or more in three of his four starts. And the most strike, as he's gotten at six, three now, just three in back-to-backstarts.

So there isn't a lot here to hold your interest. And I don't think there's anything wrong with dropping Mike Burroughs in most league context. I thought before I dug in, it would be easier for me to say, yep, let's just move on from this guy. And I found that it wasn't. His change-up is so good.

Like, it had nine whiffs in this start. 17 whiffs total, even though it wasn't a very good start. 17 whiffs, nine just on that change up. And it's got a whiff rate approaching 50% for the year. Like, you see the potential for strikeouts here from Burroughs. It's just the fastballs, both versions of the fastballs, have been getting crushed. The addition of that sinker that was supposed to take him to the next level, I don't think it's helped.

Entered this start with a batting average over 500 against the sinker. And, you know. Four seamer 421, so that's way better. Pretty much all the hard contact came on those two pitches. Yeah. So it's, you understand given that, why they thought, okay, introduce this sinker to help offset the not very good fastball. But now it's just like he has two not very good fastballs. And I'm not sure, I'm not sure the approach is going to work.

But there is still potential here, totally fine cutting burrows. you know, if he starts to figure things out, we might be rushing to pick him up again. Last name I had on this list was Grant Holmes, who was taken out after his four innings and 59 pitches. I actually saw afterwards from Mark Bowman that Grant Holmes is healthy. Walt Wise said he had a short leash on Holmes because he had been taxed in his previous start. So that's kind of annoying in a two-start week. One of the most added pitchers on CBS right now. Scott, would you hold on to Grant?

Holmes or is he not someone that you know is he a must roster player or can you move on for like whatever someone who has more upside no i want to call a must roster i this isn't like an insta drop i don't think he was necessarily somebody you were only rostering for the two-star week because he can be a pretty good source of strikeouts as good as his slider is but there's there are clear limits to his upside the whip is probably not going to be very good the outings are going to trend or Trent tend. I was trying to add the R in there. Tend.

The outings are going to tend to be on the shorter side for Grant Holmes. So if you want to, I don't know that there's any pitcher today worth dropping them for, but Noah Schultz. Yeah, Noah Schultz. If he's still out there, sure, I would have said that even before the start for Holmes, drop Homes for Schultz. Yeah, Schultz is up to 73% roster on CBS, but, you know, still could be out there in some league. So I think that would be a fine move if you wanted to make that. Good signs from these three pitchers. The window to buy low on Nathan Avaldi is now closed.

He was at the Athletics, seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts for him. George Kirby had himself a strong start against the Astros, seven and two-thirds innings, two runs, six strikeouts. Nice to see the whiffs up a little bit here. We still need more from his slider, but I think a positive step for George Kirby. And not that it was ever in doubt, but Paul Skeens, a strong outing here against the Nationals, six innings, one hit, one run, six strikeouts.

He has allowed exactly one earned run in each of his last three starts after that opening day fiasco. Chris, anything that you saw here from these three positive signs from Avaldi, Kirby, and Paul Skeens. I mean, Skeens, there was never any concern. That was O'Neo Cruz misplaying two batted balls. We talked about that on opening day. That was the one bad start.

And then Avaldi and Kirby, I never really had too much concern about them. Kirby, it was more just not quite knowing what kind of pitcher he is at this point. And I still feel that way a little bit. It's been a weird start. It's been a successful start, 325 ERA.94 whip. That's all awesome. But strikeout rates way down. I would like to see more whiffs.

But I don't really have too much concern about either him or Avaldi. So all systems go across the board here, I think. The one thing with Avaldi that I'll point out is he has been giving up a lot of hard contact so far this season. Even in his start, it was a 91.2 average exit velocity against. And entering the start, it was 92.2 miles per hour. So eventually that number needs to get better for Nathan Avaldi, but obviously got a good amount of whiffs and a great start here at the athletics in a tough Sacramento ballpark to pitch in. Quick mention of the most dropped players on CBS from this weekend.

And a look at the hitters, the five most dropped hitters. Noelvi Marte, Jordan Beck, Addison Barger, Colton Couser, and Carson Benj. I think the first four make a lot of sense. We haven't talked about Benj because he had, you know, that those first good couple games and he has been running, but the batting average, he's just not hitting. So what do you guys think about Carson Benj, dropping below 70% roster on CBS?

You know, this is one where the metrics were really good at AAA last season and the production was really bad and it was definitely a, yeah, it was like two weeks at AAA to be fair. He spent most of the... He spent most of the year at AA. 24 games last year for Bench.

Okay. Three weeks. Right in the middle of what we said. And then now, We're, you know, two weeks into his major league career and it's very similar where the, you know, you can, there are metrics you can talk yourself into. The play discipline, you know, he's got a decent approach at the plate. He's straying out a bit much, but like he's not whiffing much. He's not chasing much. His swing decisions have been pretty good. 90.5 mile per hour average eggs velocity. Like, there are things to to point to, but results stink. And it's. Lots of ground balls too. It's concerning, but I would think his roster rate can naturally fall in a CBS league pretty quickly in a way that I wouldn't think changes how I view him too much just because a lot of the CBS leagues are three outfielder leagues. And I think he was already fringy in a three outfielder league anyway. So if he's not hitting, I think it's okay to drop him.

I think the fact he's stealing so many bases keeps him. Keeps you wanting to hold on at a five outfielder league. Tend to be roto leagues, obviously. Three outfielder leagues. I don't see why he'd hold on to him. He's sat against three lefties already. So just from that standpoint, I think a drop to 69% makes sense. I'd hang on to him in five outfielder leagues for sure, though.

Things could get a lot better still. Yeah. Yeah, I agree with that. Overall, the most dropped pitchers this weekend, the starters. Shane Smith, Max Scherzer, Eric Lauer, Tatsuya I Mai, and Jacob Lopez. Just with Shane Smith and Imani, just names to watch. I think it's probably, it's okay to drop Shane Smith. I think I might I would try to hold on to if you can.

I might just kind of put you in a tough spot. Not getting added to the IL until Monday. You probably had to make that decision on Sunday night. And there are so many injuries right now. Like if you play in a league where you only have three IL spots, you probably have some tough decisions to make. So it's, I get it, but I still think Emi has a lot of upside. Shane Smith, I think, has some upside.

So just a name to watch in case they're dropped in your league. When people were asking me who they could drop for Noah Schultz, Tatsuya Ima, Tatsuya I was the name that came up most. And yesterday I said I wouldn't do it. Well, now it's a little bit tougher to say that because he can stash them in an IL spot. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah.

The relievers that were most dropped this weekend. Brian Abraeu, Robert Garcia, Cole Sands, Griffin Jacks, Ryan Walker. I don't really have any defensive keeping those guys. Abraeu, a 48% actually feels way too high, just because the whole argument was, well, Josh Hader's not going to be there for a month. You thought, oh, maybe I could get a handful of saves, you know? Yeah, you thought, like, I'll get six saves and really good ratios. He's a really good pitcher, and his velocity has been down, what, two miles per hour so far this season?

he's been awful. He has a 20 ERA. I don't see any reason to hold on to Brian and Ray. Because even if he turns it around, okay, what's he going to be the closer for two more weeks? Yeah. The one that's frustrating to me is Ryan Walker. 66% is still pretty good for a bottom tier closer

as far as CBS roster rates are concerned. So, you know, it's not like everybody's abandoned him. But I just don't know what the plan is here for the Giants with their entire bullpen. They're off to, they haven't had many save chances. So we haven't really seen who they intend to use. But the way they're using Walker would suggest it's not him. I think he's the closer when everybody pitches except Robbie Ray. If you look at his usage, anytime Robbie Ray has pitched,

he has come into the game right after Robbie Ray. That is just too cute pie, at least half, if not more. And that was something Tony Vitello said, right? I think you brought this up, Chris, that the kind of differing arm angles and coming from the left side versus the right side, they like using Ryan Walker right after Robbie Ray for whatever reason. But I think when he's not on the mound, my guess is he would get a save. I think, but I don't know that to be sure. It's just like it seems like it would be hard to, because obviously you don't know when the save is coming.

And so, you know, what if what if the save chance happens the day after he followed Robbie Ray? What if it's the day Robbie Ray pitches and the day after? Like what somebody, like at best it seems like that's a recipe for getting 50% of the team saves, maybe a little more. So who else is there? Keaton Wynn is somebody we talked about, but it's not like his usage is strictly high leverage. So I have no idea what's going on here. So I've seen some people bring up Caleb Killian. I think his velocity has been up, but.

They also have a guy who was going to be in a high leverage role. He got hurt, I think just a hamstring thing. Joel Paguerreau. Yeah, yeah, yep. I think he's a lefty though, right? No, he's a righty. And he's on a rehab assignment now. I don't know that he's amazing, but he might factor into this mix soon, too.

But that might just be a headache all season. and with their weird, weird coach. It might be just he's being too clever for his own good right now. It's like Gabe Kapler, Gabe Kapler 2.0. Which is weird because like Buster Posey's, I don't know, seems like one of the most traditionalist by the book GMs in baseball.

So I don't know. The vibes in San Francisco are super weird right now. Oh yeah? In a lot of ways. Some hitting leftovers. Brandon Lau. off to a great start with the Pirates, three for five, with his sixth home run and five RBI in this game.

Really good plate discipline to start the season as well for him. Somehow only 78% rostered on Yahoo. So if you play on Yahoo, just check to make sure Brandon Lau is not available. Augustine Ramirez is on the board. He hit his first home run. Can I point out with Brandon Lau off to a tremendous start, obviously? I don't know what to make of the fact that his average, bat speed is down three miles per hour, a huge drop despite his exit velocity

way down too. Yeah, average exit velocity you'd expect. But with the lower average bat speed, you'd expect to drop in average exit velocity too. But I would feel better about the drop in exit velocity if there wasn't a corresponding drop in bat speed. And I don't have enough experience, honestly, with average bat speed to know if that should be a concern. I think given the state of second base and Brandon Lowe's history, I'm just not going to worry about it, but it would be inconsistent not to point it out. Agostin Ramirez is on the board with his first home run. He went three for four in that game. Jose Caballero is picking things up.

Two for five with a sock into shoe, his first home run, his sixth stolen base. But my guess is Anthony Volpe is probably back before the end of April. And Andy Paez continues to dominate hit his fifth home run. First hitter to 20 RBI this season is Andy Pahez. So could be looking at a true breakout. Let's see if he can maintain what he has done so far. Some pitching leftovers, Christopher Sanchez, a quality start against the Cubs. Six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts there.

Ryan Nelson did the thing. Do I have it loaded up? Yeah, I do. 60% of the time, it works every time. Yeah, it does. the fastball over 60%. Solid start for Ryan Nelson. Gavin Williams was okay at the Cardinals. Five plus innings, five hits, two runs, four strikeouts. It's got anything that stood out on Gavin Williams, Ryan Nelson, or Christopher Sanchez. I mean, I was going to beg you to play the clip if you

did it for our pal, Ryan Nelson. Uh, me, I mean, Gavin Williams wasn't as good this timeout as the previous two, clearly, but he did, he did manage to put together a decent start after a bumpy beginning. Through the sweeper a ton in this one, after hardly throwing it all in the first start, and probably throwing it just the right amount in the second and third start about a quarter of the time. So that may have been too much of a good thing. But overall, I would like what I've seen from Gavin Williams. The one thing I'll point out with Christopher Sanchez, Look, I think he's a stud, but 139 whip early on, it's just something to watch because... Sinker's getting hit hard.

That's the only thing I worried about him is that last year it was a 106 whip. The year before, it was 124. So we have seen seasons where Christopher Sanchez does give up a lot of hits or, you know, if the command isn't there, that his whip could be higher. So hopefully that does not remain. Does this one matter at all? Bailey Ober picked up the win against the Red Sox, six innings, four runs, strikeouts, but had 13 whiffs on 95 pitches.

Velocity was up a little bit, but still averaged like 89.4 on his fastball. Doesn't matter at all. I actually dropped over in a 15-team league, so I hope it doesn't matter. I'm not particularly moved by it. The fact that he still averaged less than 90 on the fastball. Doesn't bode well. The call to the bullpen. Just two here to mention for the Orioles.

Ryan Helsley struck out two for his. his fifth save. And for the Angels, well, the Jordan Romano explosion, it happened. He entered the ninth inning with a two-run lead. He allowed three runs without recording an out. In his defense, he did not pitch since last Monday. So that's kind of weird. Just not pitch it for Cilbert. Yeah, a little weird about how many places I dropped Kirby Yates this week, because I had him in a couple of spots. Well, I was going to say, it's bad timing for Romano because Yates is on the verge of returning. Yeah.

It's, I don't think he's going to lose his job based on this one appearance. He had been so good before then. He didn't allow a hit on the season before this out. Right. Should have allowed a home run, to be fair. That was one of the ones Joe Adele stole. But even so, I mean, the swinging strike rate was 17%. That was the highest since his last All-Star season in Toronto.

So kind of weird because his velocity is down two miles per hour from those years. But like it was working. It was working. No hits. All the whiffs. So I'm not going to, I don't think Kurt Suzuki is going to pull the plug based on one ugly outing. But, you know, if he gets another one of these or two in his next four or five appearances, you know, things could be looking pretty dicey all of a sudden for Mr. Romano.

To stream or not to stream on Tuesday, we have Mitch Keller up against the Cardinals, Max Meyer at the Braves, Ronaldo Lopez against the Marlins, Mick Abel against the Red Sox, Joey Cantillo at the Cardinals, Noah Schultz in his debut against the Rays. I'd be fine starting Schultz. Somebody pointed out to me that the forecast calls for thunderstorms in Chicago tomorrow night. I don't think it's a certainty. It's going to rain out. but it's it's a possibility and so you know that that might cause me to hesitate particularly since the Schultz's debut having said that probably go with Joey Cantillo and Reynaldo Lopez over him at the Cardinals and against the Marlins respectively

I think Mitch Keller could be okay against the Cardinals I think that one's fine I could still I still remain intrigued by Mick Abel I'm not sure I would want to use him against the Red Sox, but I do want to see what he does in that start. Not that they've been good. Yeah. No, they have not. It's just been a weird start to the season.

Lots of big-name teams with expectations that are off to really, really bad starts. Then on Wednesday, we have Eduardo Rodriguez at the Orioles, Tyler Malley in a revenge game at the Reds, Rhett Louder against the Giants, Bryce Elder against the Marlins, J.T. Ginn against the Rangers. I really don't like any of these guys Not a great day I think Malley could be fine

But I don't love the ballpark I think Bryce Elder could be okay That's mostly a Miami thing Yeah elder and louder Miami's kind of a pesky team though man there Yeah they're weird We'll say you know

We talked about Augustine Ramirez earlier Watching him to put on my eye test glasses He's been hitting the ball really hard. It's just been a lot of foul balls. Like he's been on top of everything just a little in front. I think his bat speed's been up this year. I'm not surprised that he broke out because I think he's been putting together good at bats and just hasn't quite been there yet for him. I would probably say elder and Elder Erod and Malley, but it's risky business on Wednesday, man. Yeah, I, I, I,

I really don't like any of the Wednesday guys. All right. Let's wrap up with Team Name Tuesday, and these are from Ben since it's WrestleMania week. Stone Cold Gunners. Yeah. Roman Anthony Raines. Sure.

Love that Brady-Hausen. I don't get that one. Chris, if you haven't... Just look up after the show, Dan Housin. He's just this goofy wrestler that doesn't ever wrestle. And he's got this fun face paint. And he just does like these funny skits behind like it's, he's ridiculous. But yeah, he's a funny guy.

The Madamil Haptista. Sure. And Wobah Femi. I don't get that one. It's, yeah, it's all good. I don't know. The wrestling ones go. This is, see, this is my, this is my domain.

It's the best. That's your wheelhouse. Yeah. Wrestling in Adam Sandler movies. Frank is all over. Hey, we got them. Two categories are right in Frank's wheel. We got some Pokemon.

one's coming too. Oh yeah. A couple of non-wrestling ones from Ben. Wits above replacement and Kishal about the base. Yeah. This one, these two are from Ryan. Why do it today when you could do it

I'll do it, I like that. And she-Hannigans. Or she-Henigans, she-Henigans. These are from Dave and their Pokemon themed Ashcraft Ketchum. Pikachu. Yep. Bell Sproat.

Who is Pikachu referencing? I guess any other than Pikachu. Shinsu Chu? I was thinking Shinsu Chu, I guess. I'm always here for a Shinsu Chu reference. It's a little outdated. Yep. Nito King.

That's just the name of Pokemon. I just want to go back. Bell Sproat was, that's a good one. That's good. That's one of my favorite little Pokemon freaks. I like that guy. Blaze Aiken. Yep.

Bobby Wittily Tough. Chris, you used this one before. Jackson Merrill. That was my team name in one of our leagues. Because Merrill is a Pokemon for those who don't know. Spencer Torcolson. See, now, Frank, are you old enough to remember that, like, people when the Merrill Pokemon first, like, leaked online, people thought it was, like, a Pikachu alternate,

like a water Pikachu. They used to call them Pika Blue. That sounds right. Are you old enough to remember? Because that was a big deal on, like, the... The AOL Pokemon message boards in 2002. I think Merrill was supposed to be kind of like the face of Pokemon. Or, I don't know.

You cute little dude. Yeah. Robbie Ray Quaza. Yeah, that's good. And Solerbeam. Yeah. From Sean, it's an oldie but a goodie. Here's my Humber for Cal me, Maiden.

I like that one. That's pretty good. All right. From Chris, team names, courtesy of Chris Perry, aka the Quadfather. Yes, I have quadruplets. That's a lot. We are praying for you, Chris Perry.

Honeynut Cheerios. Yep. Blade gunners. That's good. Betts Cemetery. I like that. X's and Otanis. I like that.

Crusaders. I don't know if I got that one. I guess it's just like, is it a movie? Crusaders? But I guess it's... Oh, okay. Yeah. And then it came up earlier today.

Monty Python and the Holy See. sale. There you go. It's very good. And this last one is from Brian. I'm pretty sure we said this off the podcast last week, Scott, for Shane Drohan when he got called up, but you don't mess with a Drohan. There you go. That's a movie Frank has seen. Yes. Too many times. I think Scott, you said you haven't seen it, right? I have not. It's actually, it's kind of a good thing. I have only seen it because I was working in a movie theater when it was released. What did you think? not good it's goofy it's you know it's an adam sailor movie

but there's some funny parts we are going to wrap there for Scott and Chris I am Frank thanks as always for tuning into fantasy baseball today please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify and we will be back again tomorrow bye Mount Podcasts