Fantasy Baseball Today - Giolito No-Hitter! Final Trade Targets (08/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: August 26, 2020

Forget about the Oh My Goodness Gracious player of the night, Lucas Giolito is the OMGG player of the season! Giolito throws a no-hitter and has now been ridiculous for two straight starts. ... For ou...r other OMGG players of the night, Frank owes Tyler Glasnow an apology (3:45). Should you try and sell-high on Glasnow or Giolito? Kyle Tucker was also a Tuesday standout and has been awesome recently. ... On to news and notes, Mike Clevinger is starting on Wednesday (10:16)! Do we continue to stash Zach Plesac? The Yankees and Braves were postponed but before it was, Clint Frazier was out of the lineup. Is it time to drop him? ... Our email of the day asks about keeper trade philosophy and the Top-5 starting pitchers for the 2021 season (20:05). Who were some values this season that might be good keepers? ... With the Fantasy trade deadline also approaching, here are our final buy-low targets, led by Eric Hosmer, Matt Olson, and Chris Paddack (24:46). Also, is it time to sell-high on Cristian Javier? ... He gone (34:59)! Can you drop Ohtani, Bielak, Chatwood, and Votto? ... Is the roster percentage too low for Andrew McCutchen, Jonathan Schoop, Brandon Belt, and Roman Quinn (37:09)? ... What do we do with names like Adalberto Mondesi and Seth Lugo (41:20)? ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @CBSFantasyBB, @AdamAizer, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Download our printable Draft Kit from CBSSports.com/draftkit! To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. I drive, center field, and swing. This is magnificent. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your lead. Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, Chris, and Adam.
Starting point is 00:00:24 Two words. Lucas Gialita. Welcome to Fantasy Baseball today on a Wednesday, August 26th. Frank Stamphilley. alongside Scott White, and we have our first no-hitter of the season. Lucas G. Alito was tremendous. He's not just the, oh, my goodness, gracious player of the night. How about the season?
Starting point is 00:00:43 I'll just press a bunch of buttons right now, and we'll congratulate Lucas Gialito, because that's how awesome he was. How about this? Mercy! Yeah, I got to get a little hawk in there. It's a White Sox night. And of all the dramatic things I've ever seen. This is one of the most dramatic things that I have seen,
Starting point is 00:00:59 at least so far this season, Scott. So if there's any way to get us started, we'll just press a bunch of buttons, have some fun. And Lucas Gielito. Wow. Yeah, it was a dominant performance. I didn't catch all of it. I tuned in toward the end, but like even deep in the game, he was just mowing down pirates hitters. Like they not even working deep counts that third time through the lineup.
Starting point is 00:01:25 It just they had no chance against him. And second straight start with both 13. strikeouts and one walk for Lucas Gialito. So I mean, clearly the changeups back. But really, I mean, he was dominating with all of his bitches today. 31 swinging strikes, 30 swinging strikes. Well distributed between the fastball changeup and slider.
Starting point is 00:01:49 I happened to catch, because I also watched part of the previous start when he had 13 strikeouts. And the broadcasting team was talking about how the white socks are going to try and consciously pairing him with James McCann now. And that seems to be working out pretty well because this is, you know, he was a little slow out of the gate, Lucas Gialito,
Starting point is 00:02:11 and since that, you know, there was a case to be made? Oh, was he a one-hit wonder in 2019? I was never really that worried about that. But, I mean, these last two starts have obviously turned things around dramatically. And now he's in the discussion. Is he a top five pitcher in fantasy?
Starting point is 00:02:29 because he is just even better than he was for most of last year. Yeah, he was ridiculous on Tuesday night. The no-hitter just one walk, 13 strikeouts. Scott, you mentioned what he's done over his past two starts. 17 innings pitched three hits, two walks, 26 strikeouts for Lucas Gialito. Let me remind you that two years ago. Gileado led all qualified starting pitchers with a 6.13 ERA. So this is just a fantastic story.
Starting point is 00:02:57 and I was watching the broadcast tonight as well, and they talked about him and James McCann talking a lot recently and working together. And shout out to Jason Benetti, I think he's done a fantastic job on the White Sox broadcast. But yeah, I think he is right in that conversation. He's worthy of being back inside the top 10 starting pitchers. The past two matchups have been very good.
Starting point is 00:03:18 It's been the Tigers and the Pirates. But look, this is what you're supposed to do against those teams. And I don't see anyone else throwing no-hitters. So I think Lucas G. Lito is, is worthy of that top 10 praise and could potentially be working on the top five, seeing how he closes out the next month or so of the season. But yeah, he was absolutely fantastic.
Starting point is 00:03:39 But let's move on to the actual, oh my goodness gracious, players of the night outside of Lucas G. Leto. Oh, my goodness gracious. All right, Scott. I'm just going to take this away, and it seems like every podcast now, I have an apology for someone.
Starting point is 00:03:57 apology for fantasy owners, and this time it's for Tyler Glassnow. And I had a few tweets come my way on Tuesday night, and rightfully so, because just on yesterday's podcast, I said, you know what, in a points league, I would take Aaron Savale over Tyler Glass Now. And you know what Tyler Glass Now did? Boom! Right in my eye, seven innings pitched, five hits, two earned, one walk, 13 strikeouts for Glass Now, 24 swinging strikes against the,
Starting point is 00:04:27 Orioles on 96 pitches. He used his kerbill, 50% of the time in this start. That is the most of his career. But I think the biggest takeaway for Glassdown in this one, and this is what will correlate with his success moving forward, is the command and not walking people, because he had just one walk in this start, 17 first pitch strikes to 27 batters that he faced.
Starting point is 00:04:54 Glassnow was great, Scott, and this is exactly what we needed to see from him. Yes, it's good that you're now seeing the glass full on glass now. I wish I had a, I don't have the drum roll sound board anymore, but. That's okay. I regret it already. But, no, I mean, that's the thing that we all have to try to remember just how, how small a sample one month of time is in a baseball context.
Starting point is 00:05:28 And why you have to remember that, like, I understand Tyler Glass now had been a disappointment to this point. His longest start prior to the seven-inning effort was five-and-two-thirds-innings last timeout, and I think that was his first five-inning start. So he hadn't even gone the minimum for a quality start yet. But what you have to remember is, is like, if you believe the skills are still intact, then you should trust that the production will come over time.
Starting point is 00:06:02 Eventually. Eventually it'll come. And you can't say exactly when eventually is, but it's sooner than later. And it's come now for glass now. And shouldn't really have any thoughts about removing him from your lineup. I think from this point forward, I'm not sure who's who had quite the pitching depth to consider removing him prior to this,
Starting point is 00:06:26 but now I think it's it's definite that that shouldn't be something you consider. Today on the show, by the way, we're going to reveal our final trade targets. I know the trade deadline in real baseball and in fantasy baseball is approaching. So some by-low, some sell high candidates, top five starting pitchers for next season, some Tuesday standouts and a whole bunch more that I doubt that we'll get to because that's what I always do here on the show. I mean, I think most people, whenever they see performances like this, and I think we've already received a few emails today,
Starting point is 00:06:56 are going to ask, should I try and sell high? Like, is this the time where I should be looking to move a player like Glassnow or Gialito? And to that, you would say, blank? No. No, I don't think, I think given how dominant they have the potential to be at a position where you really can't have enough, because there aren't enough to go around and it's basically half the game in fantasy. I just don't think you're going to find a return
Starting point is 00:07:29 that's to your satisfaction. Like to trade a pitcher of this caliber, you have to get a pitcher of this caliber back. And like, I just don't see many people making that trade. If they're trading for, if they're going to go crazy for a pitcher who just had an amazing start,
Starting point is 00:07:44 it's probably because they're really desperate for pitching and they're not giving up a pitcher that's anywhere close to that. It never hurts to try. I just don't think it's especially realistic. G. Leto, top 10, is where he's going to be in my rest of season rankings. Glass now. I think I moved him up to 19.
Starting point is 00:08:03 So, like, it's, it's, they're legitimately high end at a position where that, like, a high end pitcher is the most valuable thing in fantasy baseball right now. Fair enough, Scott. So we had Gileto. we have Glass Now your oh my goodness gracious player your standout from Tuesday who would you like to highlight Scott
Starting point is 00:08:23 I would like to highlight Kyle Tucker Kyle Tucker Kyle Tucker doing big things oh I just realized they played a double header today so this math probably isn't totally right but I can adjust on the fly
Starting point is 00:08:39 okay so in the second game of that double header he went two for three with a triple that makes him 12 for 24 with three home runs now in his last eight games. And you look at his full season numbers, they're looking, they're starting to look pretty good. They're starting to look pretty good. A slash line now for Kyle Tucker of 262, 328, 551.
Starting point is 00:09:06 The expected stats look even better than that. And it seems like now that the playing time, like there's really no reason to question how much he's going to be in the lineup. He's found that stability in a major league lineup finally after, you know, this is year three of us begging for it. It seems like he's starting to settle in and look like the guy we were seeing in the minors, and that could be a very productive player in fantasy. So things are looking up for Kyle Tucker.
Starting point is 00:09:39 They definitely are. And you know what? If I'm going to apologize to everybody for Tyler Glassdown, I'm going to get myself a little bit of pat on the back for Kyle Tucker because I believe it was last week, once Yurdan Alvarez went down and we knew he was having season-inning surgery. I said, you know, I think Kyle Tucker's just about to take off. And last four games in particular, he's batting right in the middle, the lineup,
Starting point is 00:10:02 fourth or fifth, and he's getting it done, man. So you hit on it, Scott, too. Triple slash looks good. He's batting well against lefties. Kyle Tucker looks like that stud. We all thought that he could be now that he is getting. some playing time. News and notes. All right, finally, Mike Clevenger will be recalled and we'll start on Wednesday for Cleveland. It'll be his first start since August 5th, and I'll assume he might be
Starting point is 00:10:27 on a pitch count as a result of that. I guess we'll see, and he's going up against the Minnesota Twins, so not really the greatest matchup. The people are asking again, what do we do with Zach Plesack? Yeah, so the GM or president of baseball ops, I can't remember who officially went title their front office leader has, but he had a conversation with him about how they just don't have a spot in the rotation forum right now, Zach Plesack, which, you know, if they're rolling with Tristan McKenzie, it is true because, you know, everyone else in their rotation, Bieber, Carasco, Savale, they're obviously not coming out. So that's true. Now, I think Plesack is 10 days into what would be an 18-day stretch.
Starting point is 00:11:17 If he's down for 18 days, they get that extra year of service time. I don't know why they wouldn't follow through on that at this point. So I would suspect he'll be down for at least another week thereabouts. I'm sure there will be an opening at some point for him. It's more likely than not that something will happen to create an opening there. and as good as he's been, and I believe in terms of head-to-head points per game, he's top five or definitely top ten
Starting point is 00:11:50 among all starting pitchers Zach Plesek is this year. I'd continue to stash him. Yeah, like that's the main question. People are trying to figure out should they drop him? It's tough to hold someone this long. I get it, and you can't even stash him on the IL. So, yeah, he's third right now in fantasy points per game behind only Bieber and Trevor Bauer.
Starting point is 00:12:11 So, but that's, that gets back to what starting pitcher looks like right now. Like, we keep taking all these shots on starting pitchers off the waiver wire, just in the hope they can become something halfway stable. And, like, please I give a pretty good reason to believe is, is good, maybe even very good. And I think in any league where there's a bench, given, given how. impactful, a pitcher of that a player of that caliber can be at that position specifically.
Starting point is 00:12:49 I think it definitely makes sense to continue to stash him. You're playing a man down, I get it. But that's kind of what the bench is for is for stashing upside. Yeah, keeping upside plays in reserve like that.
Starting point is 00:13:05 Yeah, and there's been some speculation that the Indians could trade Mike Levenger. if they're showcasing him for Wednesday start, they trade him before the deadline, then after those 18 days are up, we could see PLEASC as soon as next week. Again, just speculation,
Starting point is 00:13:22 but we'll see what happens with the MLB trade deadline. I have my doubts about that. The Indians are good. They're good. They have one of the best pitching staffs in the league. He's, you know, their offense is not very good. A couple more years of control with Clevenger.
Starting point is 00:13:39 They could win the World Series this year. could be a big part of that. So I'm skeptical that's a trade situation, but I suppose time will tell. The Yankees in the Braves game was postponed Tuesday, delaying Ian Anderson's debut. The two teams will play a doubleheader on Wednesday. It's also worth noting that before the postponement,
Starting point is 00:13:58 Aaron Judge was activated for the Yankees and Clint Frazier was not in the lineup. Scott, what would you set the drobometer at for Clint Frazier if he's not going to play every day? Yeah, that's an unfortunate situation. because they lost that weekend of games against the Mets and it just destroyed his momentum and, you know, Judge is back.
Starting point is 00:14:22 It's pretty high. Dropometer. You know, like a 15-Team 5 outfielder league, probably keeping them around, but anything shallower than that. Looking at like an 8 or 9 for the drop-o-meter, as deep as outfield has become. Yeah, it's a tough situation,
Starting point is 00:14:38 but I just don't see how he's going to play. The original lineup had Mike Talkman batting 4. So we'll see what happens regarding the Yankees. Ronald Le Cunia and Nick Marcagakis were both activated off the aisle on Tuesday as well, which meant Christian Pache was sent back down to the Braves' alternate site. Ozzie Albi's hit from both sides of the plate without incident Tuesday and is getting closer to a return. David O'Brien of the athletic reports, no official timetable,
Starting point is 00:15:03 but this is obviously positive news. Keone Kella, who is dealing with a forearm injury, was available Tuesday for the Pirates. obviously was not used because his team was no hit. I'd still hold Richard Rodriguez in deeper leagues because I wouldn't be surprised if the pirates try and trade Keone Kella with the trade deadline approaching as well. And I think Richard Rodriguez would probably be the next man up.
Starting point is 00:15:26 Justin Turner, who was dealing with a hamstring injury, was back in the lineup for the Dodgers. Charlie Blackman was also back in action for the Rockies. Josh Donaldson is playing in Twins' inter-squad games, which sounds like he's close, but there is no formal timetable for his return yet. Manager Rick Rintreya said Tuesday that Nick Madrigal requires, quote, at least a few more days at the team's alternate training site
Starting point is 00:15:50 before returning. James Fegan of the athletic reports still sounds like he could be back in the next week or so. Again, that is Nick Madrigal. Nathan Avaldi's start was pushed back from Wednesday to Saturday this week. The only thing that really changes is that Avaldi will now not be a two-start pitcher for next week. which is unfortunate. Charlie Morton threw another successful 25-pitched bullpen on Tuesday, which is a good sign, but there has been no official timetable for Charlie Morton,
Starting point is 00:16:20 at least that I haven't seen. And then Anthony Bass was unavailable Monday when Jordan Romano got the save, but was available Tuesday against the Red Sox, and manager Charlie Montoyo said he is comfortable with either pitcher saving games. So, yay. Bullpen, Scott. And Ken Giles might not be more than a couple weeks away to... He's been throwing some bullpens as well.
Starting point is 00:16:45 Yeah. So that's... Yeah, I still think Jordan Romano is the one I want of that group for now. And I probably rank Bass 3rd behind Giles. But it's... Yeah, we're going to see a few different guys get saves there between now and the end of the season. Speaking of bullpins, by the way,
Starting point is 00:17:03 we know how fun the Tampa Bay raise always are. And a gentleman named Edgar Garcia picked up the save on Tuesday. The other day, it was John Curtis. So moving forward, whenever the Rays pick up a save, we're going to have a new segment here on the show.
Starting point is 00:17:19 Send us your name in an email. Put Rays Reliever in the subject line. Next time someone gets a save for this team, I'll either say the reliever's name or the Fantasy Baseball Today listener. Scott will try and figure out which one it is, whether it's a fantasy baseball today listener or an actual Rays reliever
Starting point is 00:17:36 because the past two saves, I have never heard of these relievers in my life, and those are the gentlemen who are picking up saves for this Major League Baseball team. Getting back to the Blue Jays, though, Travis Shaw exited Tuesday's game against the Red Sox with right knee discomfort. He should be considered day to day.
Starting point is 00:17:53 Bobeshet was cleared for baseball activities this weekend, so we may see him early to mid-September, and Nate Pearson was diagnosed with a flexor strain. Scott, is this, uh-oh, time for Pierce's. in Dynasty Leagues? I don't think so. No, I mean, I wonder about his availability for this season, but... Oh, yeah, no, I think I already saw something that said he's done for this year.
Starting point is 00:18:20 Okay, yeah, no, I imagine he'll be rested and ready to go by next year. I mean, do you have concerns? No, no, I just hope this doesn't, like, preclude a bigger injury, because we see, like, these... Sometimes these flexor strains could be precursors for, like, Tommy John, but God forbid, let's not have that happen to Nate Pearson. I think that there's still a lot to be excited about. And you know what makes me say, uh-oh, Scott?
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Starting point is 00:20:32 if you look like you're out of it this season, the deadline is approaching, you don't think that you're going to make the playoffs, you're starting to plan for the next season, do you have a problem with fire-sailing your team this year to help someone else, but in order to get keepers to help you for next year and years to come? Is that something that you would condone doing,
Starting point is 00:20:54 and who are your top five pitchers heading into next year at this point? Oh, yeah. Yeah. You've got to do within the framework that the league provides, you have to be a good steward of your team. You have to do what's in its best interest. And if you're clearly out of it for this year, that means going all out for next year.
Starting point is 00:21:19 Now, I can understand how onlookers in that league might be like, you know, see you trading some stars that you're not going to keep, some really good players anyway, that you're not going to keep to a team that's in contention and being like, you know, that's not fair. Why does this competitor of mine get a big influx of talent, you know, because this guy's going all in for next year? But, like, that's a rules problem. Like, if it's really egregious,
Starting point is 00:21:55 that's a problem with the league's rules, not a problem with the person who's looking out for his team's interests. and like you can set up a keeper league so that, you know, like, obvious three-for-one trades, I'm not going to keep these guys, so I'll get this one that I will keep. Like, you can set up the rules so that that's not going to cause too much mayhem. So as for the top five pitchers for next year, I mean, the obvious top three are Bieber, de Grom, and Cole, right, in some order.
Starting point is 00:22:32 I agree. That's three. Yep. I mean, as of right now, I'm still inclined to believe Scher. We're going to think of him as number four heading into next year. He doesn't have a lot of long-term keeper value because of his age. And so I'm not sure the exact setup of your league, how much that matters to you. But I would suspect he'll be in the top five still.
Starting point is 00:22:55 And I would still put Walker Bueller in the top five. Probably the leading candidates, if you wanted to bump out Scherzer, would be Aeronola. maybe Lucas Gielito Trevor Bauer Boo I'm just kidding Jack Flaherty is probably still candidate
Starting point is 00:23:15 you know especially especially if your league incentivize long term I mean Jack Flaherty's very young Lucas Gialto's very young Bowers you know he's getting up there in age so you know
Starting point is 00:23:28 that's something to keep in mind but I would say just from a strict who are your top five pitchers in a redraft league heading into next year? I would right now say Bieber de Grom, Cole, Scherzer, and Bueller. Yeah, I don't think that's crazy. I might put Aranola ahead of Walker Bueller,
Starting point is 00:23:49 but we'll see how Walker Bueller finishes out the season this year. He was phenomenal in his last start. Sonny Gray is a name that I also think is on the cusp here. I think he's inside the top 10. U. Darvish, the name that has been fantastic as well. And then some younger pitchers who you might want to target in a keeper league if they went at a discount this year and that affects their keeper status four years to come. Zach Galin, Max Fried, Jesus Lozardo, Denelson Lemette,
Starting point is 00:24:17 and of course Aaron Savale, who I'd rather own over Tyler Glassnow. Remind everyone of that. Why don't you say Glass Now then? Yeah, I guess Glass Now is in that mix too. I was thinking more so like guys that went a little bit later in drafts that, you know. Yeah, now that makes sense. If it's the round that you keep them the next year, you keep them for an option value.
Starting point is 00:24:37 I got you. I got you. Yeah, but last now is very good, clearly. So, yeah, but those are some of the pictures that you can look at heading into next year. The fantasy trade deadline is approaching as well, Scott. So some final buy-low options, some sell highs. You know, who's, who are you personally trying to go out there and acquire for this stretch run, Scott?
Starting point is 00:25:01 Well, it's interesting that you bring this up because I was just thinking today seeing Eric Hosmer hit a home run for the Padres. Things are still looking awfully promising for Eric Cosmer. He had that issue with the stomach that had him in and out of the lineup, even put him on the IEL for a while. And it hasn't been kind of cold since then.
Starting point is 00:25:29 But the way his batteball profile has changed and the way he's impacting the ball is still very strong to the point that his expected batting average heading into Tuesday was 303. His expected slug was 639. Like, he's underachieving his bat-a-ball profile. So, like, there was a lot of hype on him early. It's kind of cooled off.
Starting point is 00:25:56 And because of his history as this marginal fantasy option, I think Eric Hosmer is very attainable. And I still think there's a good chance he, is just a stud the rest of the way. I also like actually, I wrote an article on CBSSports.com went up Monday, five players who I think are on the verge of stardom
Starting point is 00:26:21 and included another Padres hitter who we talked about recently, Jake Croninworth, who's triple eligible, first, second and short, and his expected batting average is over 400 coming into today. Distant first in that. category and and and yet like you look at the bad at ball profile and there's nothing that
Starting point is 00:26:46 screams other than that number itself there's nothing that you're like okay so he's obviously going to regress here you know it's not like he's in the 99th percentile and hard hit rate or or average exit velocity his strikeout rate is low his bab hip well high i mean it's like in the 370 range. It's not, you know, it's not 420. It's not something where you're like, obviously, this is going to come way down. So like Jake Coroninworth seems like he might be on the verge of being a stud. Others in that column included Jesse Winker, Framber Valdez, who you'd be buying high on at this point, but I think it might be worth it. Corbyn Burns and Giovanni Gallegos. I think, you know, my number one target, and this was kind of,
Starting point is 00:27:34 my philosophy heading into 2020 is I feel like the players and I prefer to it already twice in the show but the players who have the most value by far, the ones who matter the most make the biggest difference for your team winning and losing are starting pitchers,
Starting point is 00:27:51 quality starting pitchers, having guys you can really rely on to set you apart at that spot. So in all my leagues I'm always looking for more high in starting pitchers any way I can get them. And obviously some are going to be more attainable than others. Jack Flaherty owner might be kind of frustrated with him at this point because he's been unavailable for so
Starting point is 00:28:10 long and he's having to build up again. But there's no reason to think Jack Flaherty isn't going to be great the rest of the way. Carlos Carrasco still have a lot of faith in him. Honestly, I don't think Chris Paddock is a bad by-low. It's not. Or Jose Burrios, who's kind of, you know, they look like they're very similar pitchers at this point. But I think they're both going to be bankable going forward. Even Mike Clevenger. I could see making a play for him. Scott, I will just say, just regarding this article, I'm sure it's a fantastic article,
Starting point is 00:28:42 but visually, the one thing that I took away from this was your use of a Golden Girls GIF. Yeah. You have Blanche splashing water on her face. Oh, yeah. I had to cool myself down after getting amped up over Jake Cronenworth. So, yeah, it demanded the use of a GIF, I feel like, in the article there. Yeah, I mean...
Starting point is 00:29:05 I'm not sure who else would be considered a buy low among the starting pitcher class that has genuinely earned my trust. Because that's really what it comes down to. Who can I actually trust at this Uber important position? And I think those are probably the prime targets. I don't know how attainable Blake Snell would be at this point, but I'd take him. I don't know. Do you see anybody else there? Or do you have any other candidates otherwise?
Starting point is 00:29:34 I have some by lows, no pitchers, though. I think the ones that you hit on Carasco and Paddock, if you trust that they are going to be better, and that means, you know, you trust the stuff being, you know, better moving forward, obviously. Carrasco. And I'm telling you, you should. You should.
Starting point is 00:29:50 Shut. Carrasco has struggled with some walks. He's allowed some hard contact this year. Paddock, do I think he's this bad? No, I don't think he's this bad. I think, I don't think last year was just a fluke. I think he has fantastic command. But we might have some rough stretches coming for him
Starting point is 00:30:08 because that third pitch again. So I worry a little bit more about Paddock, but those are probably the names that, the high-end names that are worth looking into as by-low options. Some hitters that caught my eye, Matt Olson, he did hit his 10th home run on Tuesday, but he was batting 164 entering that game with a 427 slug.
Starting point is 00:30:30 His expected batting average was 244, which is probably what we were expecting out of Matt Olson, and his expected slug was 514. So he is vastly underperforming his expected stats, and he's actually performed really well against lefties this year, which is something that has always hampered Matt Olson, and he's struggling against righties. So eventually I think that that's going to even out a little bit.
Starting point is 00:30:51 Maybe he starts to perform a little bit worse against lefties, but he will 100, not 100, you can't guarantee anything, but I think he will be better against righties. Vlad Guerrero, and I've mentioned this before, I think he's starting to heat up, and I think that we just, we're not noticing because he's not just hitting a bunch of home runs or anything, but one for four with two RBI on Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:31:10 He's batting 278 with an 881 OPS in August. The ground ball rate this month is down 17%. And the line drives are way up. And he's another one that he's underperforming his expected stats to this point. So Vlad Guerrero was a name that I was interested in. And if you could pull it off, Christian Yelich and any of the other first round names, but specifically Yelich stood out to me.
Starting point is 00:31:31 He has a 30% strikeout rate. That's just not like Christian Yellich, and he's still impacting the ball very hard. He has a 222 Babbib, whereas he's a career 356 guy. Like, I think we have enough of a track record. I think Christian Yelich is going to be better over the next month of the season.
Starting point is 00:31:49 So if you can pull it off, that's something that I would look at. Yeah, there are a lot of by-low opportunities ahead of a lot. I'm not sure there's a single hitter that I liked coming into the season that I've, like, given up on that I've done with. So, you know, I'm thinking somebody like Marcus Simeon who now is... He's started a heat up, too.
Starting point is 00:32:10 He's had a second straight three hit game. Right. On Tuesday, he has three strikeouts at his last six games. Maybe he's starting to turn it around. Even if not, like, there's a good chance the guy who drafted Marcus Simeon is on the verge of dropping him. So with that in mind, you could make a pretty weak offer for him and maybe pull it off. Like, I'd be happy to do that for, like, a Simeon or a Josh Bell.
Starting point is 00:32:29 you know, certainly somebody like Nolan Aeronado looks like a by low. I don't think the Nolan Aeronado guy is on the verge of dropping him, but I think you could buy him at a discount and such a stable track record. I'm very confident this next month is going to go better for him. Pretty confident in J.D. Martinez too. Really just about any hitter, I believed, in coming into the season.
Starting point is 00:32:52 If you know what a buy low is and you trust that you're genuinely doing it for them, I think that's a wise move. Yeah, the JD Martinez won. Remember the split that I brought up right before the season, Scott, that he struggled big time against right-handed pitching last year compared to left-handed pitching. That is kind of carried over this year. So that's something I really don't like to see out of J.D. Martinez.
Starting point is 00:33:14 I still think that he'll be better, but we now have a two season, not really because it's like a month into the season. But we have a bit of a sample of him struggling against right-handed pitching now, dating back to last year. And some of the trade offers I've seen for Nolan Aronado that people are sending in are definite by-low situations. So I think some people are worried about Aronado and that's one that I would look into acquiring as well.
Starting point is 00:33:39 The panic is always high early in the season. After a few weeks, people get ahead of themselves and think this is just who he is now. And so much of my job at that early stage of the season is to talk people off the ledge on players. but like the panic has got to be higher than ever when a month in the season is halfway over. So that seems like a really good opportunity to exploit people's
Starting point is 00:34:08 emotions, their sense of panic, and do some truly heinous things to them. My maybe most obvious cell high candidate right now is Christian Javier who went up against the Angels on Tuesday, five and two thirds, three hits, three earned, two walks, five strikeouts. Did have 11 swinging strikes on 89 pitches. I think somehow if you can turn him into Carasco or Paddock,
Starting point is 00:34:32 it sounds crazy. But last week, we laughed when Scott said, you know, you could trade away Zach Wheeler for Luis Castillo. And then someone emailed us that they actually did it. So crazy things happen in league. So I would try to sell Christian Javier if you can. It just, he's not getting a lot of swinging strikes. He's really a two-pitch pitcher.
Starting point is 00:34:49 Fastball isn't a great pitch. I think we're going to see some regression from Javier over the next month or something. so. So he's someone I would be trying to sell. All right, Scott, the rest of Tuesday, let's kind of run through a lot of what happened. And I want to ask you if these guys are worth dropping. So he gone? Question mark? He gone. He gone. He gone. He gone. And he gone. Shoah Otani, who is someone I wrote in here because he had a terrible game one of the double header. And then he had a great second game where he had two hits, two RBI, and picked up his
Starting point is 00:35:23 third steal of the season. Otani, the hitter, Scott. Where are we at on him? Would you be alright dropping Otani? I think in a traditional head-to-head points line up, three outfielder spots, one utility. I mean, obviously
Starting point is 00:35:41 there's only the one spot you can play. I'm in utility, but there's going to be a lot of competition for other players you want to put in that spot. And he doesn't quite play every day, though. You know, it's gone up since he stopped pitching. I think he's dropable in that format. I think in Categories leagues, especially since he's
Starting point is 00:35:59 capable of stealing some bases, you probably need to hold on to him. Yeah, this is a nice game here, but I tend to agree, and I've told a few people that they could drop him already. The injuries just might be affecting his ability to hit as well.
Starting point is 00:36:14 So I don't really mind it. Awesome real-life player. It'll probably be great next year again, but I'm a right dropping show Hey, Otani. How about Brandon B, Black and Tyler Chatwood, Scott, these guys, not so great on Tuesday. Chatwood could not escape the first inning. He allowed four runs. Belak, rather, could not escape the first inning. He allowed four runs.
Starting point is 00:36:35 Three of those earned with three walks. He is 47% rostered. Tyler Chatwood just returned from the IL against the Tigers, and he walked five. He allowed two earned, recorded just four outs. He is 59% rostered. Would you drop either or both? They go on. That was easy. Joey Votto. haven't talked about him in a while. I assume most people have dropped him already, but you don't see this often from Votto. O'4 with a golden sombrero on Tuesday. Scott, he go? He go. All right, Joey
Starting point is 00:37:06 Votto, we have no problems dropping as well. Is the roster percentage too low on these names? And I brought this guy up before. I used to love Andrew McCutcheon, by the way, Scott. He was like one of my favorite players. I have a few Andrew McCutcheon shirts. He stole two bases on Tuesday. He has 11 over his last eight games. He is 66% rostered. How does that roster percentage sound to you, Scott? Too high. It seems too high.
Starting point is 00:37:32 Ah, man. He's just such a points league specialist now. The main thing he does is get on base. He's not, doesn't, hit for the power he used to, run like he used to despite the two steals today, doesn't hit for the batting average he used to. It gets on base a lot.
Starting point is 00:37:48 And he hasn't been getting on base a lot this year. And of course, points of leagues, there's a much higher threshold to meet to be a startable outfielder just because there's fewer spots to fill across the league. So it surprises me that he's still rostered in that many leagues.
Starting point is 00:38:05 I think it should be probably below 40. Oh gosh. Come on, Scott. I will say, we play in a 12-team points league together, our podcast league, and he's available.
Starting point is 00:38:17 So I know it's only three outfielers, but someone has to have injuries. Like, Andrew McCutcheon's got to be owned. in this league. I mean, he's just, he's so good in points leagues. He's heating up. I don't, I'm a little bit more optimistic on Andrew McCutcheon, but again, I have a history with him. Jonathan Scope, low key, he's, he's kind of crushing it for the Tigers right now. One for three with a grand slam and a walk on Tuesday. He's betting 288, 36% roster percentage. Is that too low, Scott? It's not very high, so I guess it could be higher. He's certainly hot right now. I, I,
Starting point is 00:38:54 nothing in his batting ball profile has changed from a year ago when he was pretty forgettable he did hit 23 home runs but the thing about Jonathan's scope is he walks so infrequently and you know such a large
Starting point is 00:39:11 percentage of his hits are home runs that he's kind of all or nothing in terms of when he's helping your team and when he's not and you know you're usually chasing the all and end up with the nothing with Jonathan's scope.
Starting point is 00:39:26 So I still seem as more of a deep league option. The kind of only really worth rostering in the kind of league where you know your alternatives are so few that you're just going to leave them in that spot. I have a few more deeper league names here for you and they are both rostered in less than 10% of CBS leagues. Maybe for good reason.
Starting point is 00:39:44 We're about to find out. Brandon Belt. I was going to bring his name up the other day. I was toying with it. I'm like, eh, it's Brandon Belt. He has multiple hits in four of his last seven games. he had a three-run homer off a lefty. Julio Arias on Tuesday,
Starting point is 00:39:58 he, last I saw, was batting 286. And then Roman Quinn, look, if he needs steals, he's fast. He had two steals on Tuesday. He now has five total and has started four of the last five games for the Phillies. So deeper league, Scott. Brandon Belt, Roman Quinn, any interest? It depends how deep you're talking. I mean, Belt has basically been sitting against lefties,
Starting point is 00:40:21 which disqualifies him for most. most standard mixed leagues. But, you know, he's always had an interesting bat, and I'm interested in seeing his home away splits. He's been crushing it at home, obviously a tiny sample, but you wondered how much changing the layout of their outfield would affect a hitter like him, who's always had much better numbers on the road.
Starting point is 00:40:48 I've got to look into that, too. I'll do it on one of these next couple podcasts. look into offensive production to Oracle because I think it has gone up the season. But continue. I'm mostly interested in monitoring how Brandon Belt's playing time changes if he stays out because that could be a difference maker for him.
Starting point is 00:41:05 Quinn, I just don't think, is very good. He is fast and steals are obviously a need in categories league. But that's... You're just chasing steals if you go after him, which you may have to do, but it's never something to get too excited about. What do we do with these guys? Originally, I had Chris Paddock in this little segment here, this cluster of players,
Starting point is 00:41:28 but you lean towards Paddock is a by-low candidate. You think he is going to be better. Yeah, I think he was overhyped coming in. I think maybe people assumed improvement when regression was more likely. But I still think he's good. I still think he's basically must start. you know, obviously he's going to have
Starting point is 00:41:53 the occasional bad start as every pitcher does. But yeah, I'd call him by low. Adelberto Mondesie. He is now batting 206 on the season. It's just like,
Starting point is 00:42:09 what do you do with this guy? This is exactly the point of this cluster. It's like, what do we do with Adelberto Monasee? Excuse me, he's batting 213. He did pick up a hit and he stole another base
Starting point is 00:42:18 on Tuesday. So he has now seven steals does not have a home run on the season. I think you could drop him in a points league, Scott, but... Oh, yeah. Points league. You should hold him in a Rotel league? I mean, he's certainly helping you in steals.
Starting point is 00:42:33 He's delivering on that, which was the one thing you could count on him to deliver coming in. I think two things that are important to remember for Adelberto Mondece before we write him off for good as a hitter is that he's 25 years old. so still young, and he's coming off shoulder surgery. So you don't know how that's impacting him at the plate. Jesse Winker, who now is a hot thing in fantasy again. I mean, his skills basically declined last year. I think the first year coming back from that same shoulder surgery.
Starting point is 00:43:11 So that's, you know, he has much better bat skills than out Alberto Mondesie to begin with. But it stands to reason Mondesies struggling. in part because of that. But his bat skills are pretty poor. And I think there's a good chance he's just never going to be offer much in the way of hitting. And yet we'll always remain a fan. Like he'll be,
Starting point is 00:43:33 what do we call him another Billy Hamilton? Is that taking it too far? I was thinking that earlier. Potential than Hamilton did. But there's a chance he becomes something like that, where he stays in the lineup because he's such a good defender. And anytime he's on base, you know he's going to run a lot. and that gives him some value, but never as much as we're hoping for.
Starting point is 00:43:54 I think it's a great point that you bring up, and I forgot actually until now that he did have shoulder surgery because it happened so long ago, and then we didn't know if he was going to be ready for the actual start of the season back in March, and then I just assumed with all this time off that, like, he was just going to be good to go, but Chris has brought that up before as well regarding Winker, regarding Michael Conforto, who had shoulder surgery in his first year back, he wasn't as good.
Starting point is 00:44:18 so maybe this creates a buying opportunity for next year for Edelberto Mondesie in drafts. Yeah, it'd have to be pretty low. I am, I'm, you know, I just compared him to Billy Hamilton, which I guess says it all right there. That's obviously looking more glass half empty on Mondesie, but I am running out of confidence in him. Scott, who are you more likely to pick up? Spencer Turnbull had a bounce back game, five and two-thirds shut out with five-stri-stri. strikeouts against the Cubs. Seth Lugo returned to the rotation.
Starting point is 00:44:53 Three perfect innings with five strikeouts against the Marlins. Lugo is 64% rostered. Spencer Turnbull is 56% rostered. Oh, Lugo, for sure. Give me mystery box. I mean, this was a good start for Turnbull recovering from a couple clunkers, but there's not really anything he excels at. There's too many walks.
Starting point is 00:45:14 There's not enough miss bats. He's not really this great ground ball pitcher. any pitchers for the Tigers. So where's the upside for Turnbull? I don't see it. That is fair. A few other notable pitching performances from Tuesday.
Starting point is 00:45:29 Luis Castillo, six innings, three runs, two of them are earned, four walks, nine strikeouts, 16 swinging strikes on 113 pitches. The opposition in that game was Brandon Woodruff, who actually looked very good.
Starting point is 00:45:42 Six innings, two earned runs, eight strikeouts, 22 swinging strikes on 96 pitches. The Cincinnati Reds offense is ice cold right now. So if you see them on the schedule for your starting pitcher, don't be scared away by that. Rich Hill with a bounce back game, five innings of one-run ball, Shane Bieber on the other side there,
Starting point is 00:46:00 six innings, two runs, three walks, which is not what we're used to seeing out of Bieber with 10 strikeouts. Castillo, Woodruff, Hill, Bieber. Anything you want to add there, Scott? Castillo was almost there, right, to having the start. It's just those four walks.
Starting point is 00:46:16 Four walks. There's always something. taking the loss because Woodruff was so good. So I'm sure it didn't feel great for the people who have Castillo. But keep the faith. Keep the faith. It is coming. Better days are ahead.
Starting point is 00:46:28 I can promise you that. Yeah, that's probably the biggest one for me. I mean, it was a good start for Hill. And I think if he got dropped in your league, better days are ahead for him too. So make that pick up. I'd be willing to call him a buy low too, provided the cost was next to nothing. Yeah, his roster percentage was 73%. So, you know, not nearly as low as some of those other names.
Starting point is 00:46:54 We mentioned Turnbull and Seth Lugo. He might be lying around in some 10-team leagues, but yeah, I tend to agree. I mean, the swinging strikes weren't really there today, but the fact that he bounced back and looked good, I think he'd kind of give him a pass for his first start back last time out when he wasn't nearly as good. Let's just do a shout-out to Trevor's story. I feel like we haven't mentioned his name at all this season.
Starting point is 00:47:16 He's basically just doing what we expected, so there's not really much to say about him. But he's hitting 297 with nine home runs. He picked up his sixth steal on Tuesday. He has a career low 18% strikeout rate. He is absolutely crushing the ball. He is a top five hitter in both formats. Yesterday we spoke about Juan Soto,
Starting point is 00:47:35 moving into the top five potentially in next year's drafts. I don't think Trevor's story is far off from that either. He's been fantastic, Scott. I don't know if there's anything that you really need to add regarding story. There isn't, though, I mean, right now the biggest, the biggest consideration when I'm imagining how the start of next year's draft is going to look is where you slot the pitchers relative to the hitters. Because I feel like even more people are going to be on board with going hard after those guys
Starting point is 00:48:10 early in the draft and it may push them up. So even in like a roto league, we see four or five starting pitchers taken in the first round. which might push story down more to the end of that round. I don't know. But that's obviously a different conversation, a conversation for a later time. You know, I'm kind of looking forward to talking about next year already. I'm getting giddy thinking about drafts next year.
Starting point is 00:48:35 But what I've thought so far is, I think at least the first round is going to look somewhat similar to this year, where we're going to have three or four hitters at the top, you know, whether it's Trout, Juan Soto, Muki Betz, Fernando Tatis is going to be in that mix. Then I think we see, you know, those three starting pitchers in the middle of the first,
Starting point is 00:48:56 Bieber, Cole de Grom, and then I think we start to get back into like Acuna, which might even be inside the top five as well. Acuna, Yelich, Trevor's Story, I think those are all kind of like mid-first-round picks as well. But it's going to be fun. It's going to be fun to talk about in the off-season as well. All right, we're going to take a quick break here.
Starting point is 00:49:12 When we come back, we're going to answer some of your questions, and we've got to get back to stream or not to stream for Wednesday starters. We'll do that here on Fantasy Baseball today. Welcome back to Fantasy Baseball today. And Scott, I know that there was a Marlins prospect who made his debut on Tuesday that we potentially overlooked. Trevor Rogers was pretty good in his debut. What do you have on him?
Starting point is 00:49:34 Yeah, I mean, kind of a mixed bag. Four innings. He walked five, so he wasn't able to pitch much more than four innings. But he struck out six, 12 swinging strikes on 87 pitches. And he allowed only one hit in the four innings. And he's a prospect, like he's not a, he wasn't on any top 100 lists, but he's one of those pitching prospects who,
Starting point is 00:49:57 because there's, because the sea of pitching prospects is so vast and because the ones who actually amount to something, you know, is a puddle by comparison. It's, it's really hard for anybody, I think, anybody to sort out which of those pitchers are going to become
Starting point is 00:50:14 part of the puddle, which is what part of the sea is going to perform that puddle when all those pitchers arrive. And like Rogers looking at his minor league numbers, especially at high class A last year, 253 RA, 110 whip, 10 strikeouts per nine innings,
Starting point is 00:50:31 a good walk rate. Struggled in five starts at double A after that. But like I was, I was monitoring pretty closely last season because those numbers really stood out on the minor league leaderboards. He has a really good fast a secondary arsenal that's a work in progress but shows some potential.
Starting point is 00:50:50 And off and on, he's had some control issues, as we saw on his debut here. But the Marlins have, the Marlins, I think, we don't like to give them credit for anything, but I think they're developing a reputation for being good at developing pitchers.
Starting point is 00:51:06 I think that's fair. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, Pablo Lopez wasn't much of anything. Caleb Smith wasn't much of anything. None of the stallions were really like these high-end prospects. And frankly, Zach Gallen, before they got him from the Cardinals, wasn't much of anything.
Starting point is 00:51:22 Now they traded him, so maybe they don't really know what they're doing. They can't get out of their own way, Matt. Look, I hope Jazz Chisholm turns into a great player, but my God, like, it's a tradeaway Zach Gallen. It's really hard to develop pitching. The Indians seem to be better at it than any other organization. The Dodgers, Astros, and Rays are both. are all great at developing players just in general.
Starting point is 00:51:49 But, you know, they've done a pretty good job with pitchers. But the Marlins, I think, might be starting to develop a reputation for at least the pitchers as well. And Rogers, I just, you know, I'm not rushing out to Adam, but I think he's somebody to keep an eye on. That's what's the first name? Trevor. Trevor. Rogers.
Starting point is 00:52:05 Yeah, there's a lot of T. Rogers in the leagues right now, kind of like the D. Murphys of 10 years ago. But Trevor Rogers is the Marlins guy. Not to be confused with former stallion. Trevor Richards. Yes. It's very... The names are way too close there.
Starting point is 00:52:20 All right, Scott, let's answer as many questions as we possibly can right now. From A banter, our head-to-head categories playoffs starts next week. The Cardinals play seven, eight, ten, and eight games in September over the next four weeks, or the final four weeks, whatever it is.
Starting point is 00:52:36 Please rank in order who you would want from this team. Matt Carpenter, Tommy Edmund, Colton Wong, Dylan Carlson, Brad Miller. I think it's Carlson 1. I think I'll still go Edmund 2, even though he's done basically nothing. I don't think he's stolen a base yet.
Starting point is 00:52:53 He is getting the playing time. And, you know, obviously his sample is smaller than most players up to this point. So I'll go Carlson 1, Edmund 2. I think Wong's still 3, but that's more for the Steel's potential in Roto. Carpenter Miller basically tied, just whoever's the hot hand between the two of them.
Starting point is 00:53:12 These are from our Apple podcast reviews. Continue to send those in. We really appreciate it. From Mo Stats. I wonder if that's like Mo Baseball. I don't have the thing ready either. All right. He says,
Starting point is 00:53:24 My League has been going back and forth on this SPRP dual eligibility issue. A couple of teams in my 12-te-to-head points league have put relief pitchers like Matt Foster, True Pomeranz. At the time, this was a couple of days ago. And Chad Green in the starting pitcher position, they would pick up seven or eight points.
Starting point is 00:53:42 here or there and would add 15 to 20 points every night. Total. Our commission has banned this strategy, but I feel like it's cutting out some players you can add on your team like Tommy Malone or a Taylor Clark. They aren't charged with a start, but they also go three innings and accumulated enough points where it seemed unfair. Let me know what you all think is a good way to handle this thanks. So it sounds like you're putting actual relief pitchers in your starting pitcher spots. But if there was no rule about this before the season, I don't think that you should be allowed to just change it
Starting point is 00:54:16 mid-season. Yeah, I don't know why. Like, it's not so advantageous, at least if it's traditional points league scoring, that I'd even understand why you'd be compelled to ban it. You're basically punting on the idea I can get a lot of production from a starting pitcher in this spot, you know, because a really, a multi-inning out from one of those relievers might get you a assuming there's no win, no save. It might give you six to eight points. And if they do that two or three times a week, okay, it's a respectable point total from an SP spot,
Starting point is 00:54:52 but it's only respectable. And they're not going to do that every week. And so it just seems like, like the spark, the really good starting pitcher and a relief pitcher spot compared to the average closer, that was more advantageous than this seems like it is. This seems like making the best of a bad situation.
Starting point is 00:55:12 and I don't see the rationale for banning it. And of course, there's the issue of why do it mid-season too. But I think, frankly, it's secondary to why do it at all. Yeah, and it's probably a daily lineup league. That's why I would think that you have all these relief pitchers in your starting pitcher spots. And if it's not and I'm wrong, then so be it. But I would imagine in a league like that
Starting point is 00:55:37 where you can just have these relief pitchers playing every single day and racking up some kind of points for you, then that's probably why you would do it. Yeah, but the daily lineup league, yeah, I understand. Like, I don't think that's the most effective way to tackle that issue, but that's, like, I, I, I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I feel like the easiest way to get around obsessive pitcher streaming in a daily lineup league is to have fab or waivers run just once a week.
Starting point is 00:56:11 And then you don't have to worry about this. That's, that's all right. by me from Moose Ram Prof. My first season isn't going great. I'm in a 12-te-to-head points league. Where four make the playoffs, and I'm 0 in 3. The only bright spot is that this is a keeper league with three keepers for up to three years per player
Starting point is 00:56:28 at original auction price. Would it be a good idea to, quote, sell the farm on anyone that wouldn't be considered a valued keeper and overpay for someone looking into next year? Who are some keepers that might have been good values from this year's draft? We mentioned a few of these names a little bit earlier on, but some names that stood out to me when I was looking through
Starting point is 00:56:47 the league leaders were Luke Voigt, Dom Smith, Brendan Lau, Corey Seeger, Kyle Lewis, Kyle Tucker, Sonny Gray, Lance Lynn,
Starting point is 00:56:56 Kent and Maida, Zach Gallin, Max Freed, De Nelson Lemette, Aaron Savale. Anyone else that was going deeper in drafts that you might want to look at as a keeper? Mike Yosremski too.
Starting point is 00:57:12 There probably are. It would be difficult for me to, to match them up against this list and pull them out of the blue. But I would just stress going after the pitchers hardest in this because there are going to be many more new hitters that emerge off the waiver wire for cheap next year than there will be pitchers. And you just want to have,
Starting point is 00:57:31 you just want to give yourself the best chance of having a strong pitching staff from the start of things as you can. From Eve Gottsky 115. Grade the Trade, Freddie Freeman and Casey Mize for Zach Gowan Tyler Glassnow, Kesson Hiyura, and Daniel Murphy. I am dropping Murphy for Luke Voigt. It's a points keeper league. So that turns into Zach Callan, Tyler Glassnow, Kesson Hiura,
Starting point is 00:57:55 and Luke Voight for Freddie Freeman and Casey Buys. In a league where Voight is still out there, I'm not sure anything you do even matters. But I will say, yeah, that's a good trade even before, considering the Voight aspect of it. I'm not sure if there are, you know, there are keeper considerations, but it doesn't tell us what they are. So I will give this trade an A minus. I'll give it an A. I like it a lot.
Starting point is 00:58:23 From sub-Alar, 12-to-head category league, should I trade to Nelson Lemette for George Springer and Miguel Sineau? My pitching consists of Lamette, de Grom, Darvish, Fried, Maida. Ooh, you hate to give up pitching, but that is a mighty fine return. unless you were just crushing it in the hitter categories, I don't see how I could say no to this. Yeah, the only thing I'll say is, like, Springer's been in and out of the lineup. I think he only played one of the two games,
Starting point is 00:58:57 or maybe didn't play any of them at all. Just make sure he's healthy. I think if he's fine, like, that is a great return. I will also say if it's obvious Springer and Sunnoe would be starters for you. If you're going to trade for the two of them, just to have one sit on your bench, it's probably not worth it to give up a high-end pitcher in Lament
Starting point is 00:59:16 just given the state of pitching right now. To stream or not stream for Wednesday let's run through some of these names. Trevor Williams at the White Sox, Scott? No. How about Dallas Kikele on the other side? That's a no-brainer. Ian Anderson going up against the Yankees
Starting point is 00:59:31 in his debut. No. You don't want to do it. Masahiro Tanaka against the Braves. I better not. Max Fried is a, Is he a must start against the Yankees? Probably, right?
Starting point is 00:59:43 Yeah, I would say so, yeah. Aronola is a must star. Patrick Corbin is a must start. This person's name is Brewer for the Red Sox, so I assume he's bad. Asher Wojikowski at the Rays. No. How about Trevor Richards on the other side against Baltimore? No.
Starting point is 01:00:01 Okay, I mean, I kind of thought about it. John Lester at the Tigers got blown up his last start. I think the last two starts. Decent matchup. The Tigers. stink. I don't know. Somebody called me out for making fun of the Tigers today. I don't feel like I make fun of the Tigers. I'm just, they stink. They do. But they're trying to stink. That's their game plan right now. So that's, you know, you shouldn't be offended by that as a Tigers fan. That's how you got Spencer Torkelson. Yeah, that's a sit for me. Jose Barrios, I assume we're still starting against Cleveland. Clevenger first game back. You start him, Scott? I think I do. Yeah, even. against the twins.
Starting point is 01:00:44 Yeah, I probably do in most circumstances. Eliezer Hernandez at the Mets. Yeah, I'd do that. Jacob de Grom is must start. Mike fires at Texas. No. Colby Allard versus Oakland. No.
Starting point is 01:00:58 Sunny Gray is a must start. Adrian Houser at home against the Reds. Sure. As I mentioned, that lineup is ice cold. Jake Junis at the Cardinals. No. Dakota Hudson on the other side against the Royals. I had a points league scenario I would
Starting point is 01:01:15 If I was looking for a win specifically I would Worry always worry about the whip a little with Hudson Taiwan Walker who apparently is on the trading block at the Padres Nah To Nelson Lemette is must start John Gray on the road oh this is going to be a fantastic game to watch John Gray against Robbie Ray What can possibly go wrong? Oh my god like
Starting point is 01:01:40 Skip. Clayton Kirshaw is a must start. Kevin Galsman at home against the Dodgers. If I was chasing strikeouts, I'd do that. Otherwise now. He is Scott. I am Frank. Thank you all for listening and watching fantasy baseball today on our YouTube channel. We'll be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.

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