Fantasy Baseball Today - Jasson Dominguez Injury Reaction! Waiver Wire Adds & Start/Sit Questions (9/11 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: September 11, 2023

Jasson Dominguez has a torn UCL and will likely miss part of next season (2:38). ... Cole Ragans walked six on Sunday (5:45). ... Michael King continues to pitch well as a starter (10:55). ... Let's rank waiver wire pitchers from the weekend (14:15). ... Pablo Lopez just had the best start of his career (21:10). ... Is it okay to drop Cristian Javier and Hunter Brown (28:17)? ... Is Bryan De La Cruz worth adding (30:20)? ... Start or sit names like Andrew Abbott, Chris Sale and others (36:06)? ... News (44:37): Shohei Ohtani has missed seven straight. ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (56:13). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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. What's up and welcome into Fantasy Baseball today on Monday. September 11th.

I am Frank Stamphill, joined by Scott White. Hope everybody had a great weekend. Enjoyed some football. You're Atlanta Falcons, Scott. You want to know? We'll see what my New York Jets can do. Everybody's mad at the Falcons, even though they won. Everybody's mad at them. And frankly, I don't blame them.

I don't imagine they're going to win too many games with that game plan of hardly using their best three players. But yeah, they did win. We'll see how the Jets do. I predict a loss. That is the most likely thing to happen. They are underdogs as of now, but no one wants to hear about football. Let's see what's on the show today. Pablo Lopez just had the best start of his career.

Trey Turner will not stop hitting home runs. He is on a crazy run right now. We got starter sit questions and a big, unfortunate injury. Before we get started, help us out by liking this video and subscribing on YouTube if you haven't already. And if you're listening on the audio side, download, follow, and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. Scott, why can't we just have nice things?

Big injury from the weekend. Pains me to say this. Jason Dominguez, who we've been so excited about. He was the cover boy for your sleeper hitters this week. Diagnosed with a torn UCL. No surgery is scheduled as of yet. And for some perspective, I don't know how much we could put into this because Bryce Harper kind of feels like he's superhuman.

He returned just five months after having just a little. over five months, the fastest return from Tommy John surgery ever. But Harper didn't really start hitting and playing like himself until this August. So it took, what, three more months past that for him to actually get back on track. I've seen nine to ten months thrown out there as like a recovery timetable for Jason Dominguez. But this sucks no matter what way you want to look at it. If you picked him up for this year and you were kind of riding that hot hand or you were excited about keeping him in a Keeper League next year, or you want them on your roster for Dynasty to start the season,

no matter which way you look at this gut, it sucks. Yeah, it does. It's not as bad as if it happened to a pitcher. True. There are worse injuries that could happen to a hitter than this. So, you know, I want to keep it in perspective, too. If it happened to a pitcher at this point in the 2023 season, we would say, okay, see you in 2025.

and we're going to see Jason Dominguez in the majors next year. And, you know, for added perspective, we didn't know as, you know, even when he was healthy, we didn't know exactly when we were going to see him next year. It seemed reasonable to conclude based on his hot start that it would probably be opening day. But, you know, there's still three weeks where he could have fallen off a cliff and then had to fight for a job next spring and maybe not win it.

So in terms of the impact to the fantasy game and his availability for fantasy, it may not be that different. Maybe he misses April, May next year, and we see him in June. And that may have been how it went all along. So it is unfortunate, but I think we don't have to worry about it impacting his long-term prognosis or anything. And hopefully we see him sooner than that. later next year. That's why I need Scott around. The glass half full, the optimistic approach here on

Jason Dominguez. I went to the Yankee game on Friday night. That was the game he hit a home run and stole a base. It's just really, really fun player to watch early on. So yeah, from a Yankee fan perspective, it sucks. But hopefully we see him in June or July of next season again. That's Jason Dominguez dealing with a torn UCL. Speaking of those Yankees, by the way, they were no hit through 10 innings on Sunday. They eventually would go on to win the game, which is, I don't know, I guess pretty miraculous if you don't have any hits through 10 innings. But yeah, not much going right for that team right now. Let's talk about some other teams and some other players.

Unbelievable, Scott, was the walk rate for your boy, Cole Regans, on Sunday. Well, it wasn't even so much the walk rate. The walk rate was just a side effect of what happened to him in the sixth inning, where was it three consecutive pitches? I think it was three consecutive pitches. he airmailed to the backstop allowing two runs to score. So he walked six in all in his six innings. Three came in that one inning, his final inning.

Five and two thirds innings is what he pitched in total. Three in that final inning of work. And we had, he does have a history of control issues. He had walked a combined one in his previous three starts. So we hadn't seen much of them during this streak he had been on. but he certainly had trouble throwing strikes in this one. And really beyond that, he had trouble pitching once we got to the sixth inning.

And it was hard watching that not to think of Rick Ankeel, which I understand is almost a 25-year-old reference at this point that maybe not everybody even gets. But Rick Ankeel was a phenom pitcher for the, the Cardinals back in 2000 and then in a playoff series actually against the Braves

something similar. He just lost it. He couldn't find the catcher much less the strike zone. He tried to come back and pitch again the next year. Didn't work out. He had to give up pitching and spent a few years as an outfielder in the majors.

You may actually remember him more as the outfielder. So obviously that is the worst case scenario and probably unreasonable to think about that now. I was reading about what happened to him after the fact. Apparently, so if you look at, if you, if you find the video online,

you watch the sequence of these three pitches from Cole Reagan's, the first one that goes to the backstop, he like falls down, he lands on his chest. So something, it wasn't just a typical throw. Something happened there. The second one that he air,

airmailed. It was high. I thought it was catchable. Like he clearly crossed up the catcher and 97 mile per hour pitch. The catcher didn't catch it. But the catcher could have caught it. The third one, he kind of fell down again, did Cole Reagan. And so reading about it after the game, the two where he fell down, he said he caught his spikes

on the mound. And it was a weird thing that he's never had happened before. So it wasn't just like he threw a pitch and that's how it came out. There was an issue both with his equipment and the playing surface that contributed to two of those three bad pitches in a row. So that does give me some reassurance that, okay, it was just kind of a fluky thing that happened,

but I'm going to feel a lot better if he goes and throws a clean inning to begin his next start, you know? I really, hopefully it's not a Yip situation. It probably isn't. a Yip situation, but you can't help but seeing that sequence, you can't help but think that. And he still did do some good things in this start. Oh, he was dominating until the six strikeouts, 16 swinging strikes on 105 pitches.

He only allowed one hard hit in this game. Again, this is Cole Regens that we're talking about. He hadn't allowed a run since August 18th. That's how dominant Cole Regens has been recently. And maybe this isn't even fair scout, but I had him part of the start sit segment for later on, Only because, A, how he ended this start today, and B, he's facing the Houston Astros this week who are second in Wobah against left-handed pitching. So how do you feel about Cole Reagan's this week? Or is he just a must start from here on out? I think I'd have to start him. Because if it's not a Yip's situation, then it was a fluky thing that happened.

Then he's fine. If it is a Yip's situation, then maybe we'll never start him again. but I'm going to lean on the more likely scenario of his spikes got caught on two of three pitches there and then the pitch in the middle just happened to be kind of high and get by the catcher and just like a series of unfortunate events that led to two runs being allowed that otherwise wouldn't have been allowed and I would start Reagan's. I mean, the fact that it's a tough matchup, based on what we've seen from Cole Regans,

prior to that series of three pitches, I don't think the matchup really matters. So, unless you're just so scared of what happened on those three pitches that you can't stomach whatever small risk is associated with that, then I think you have to start Regans. I think it's worth mentioning the previous three matchups for Cole Regens, the White Sox, the Pirates, the Oakland A's. So obviously those were really favorable matchups,

but just the way he's dominated. I think I lean with you too. I think you got to get them in your lineups this week, even against the Houston Astros. Let's talk about Michael King. I guess I got my little Homer pick here going on, but he's pitched really well since transitioning into a starter here. Career high, nine strikeouts on Saturday against the Brewers.

He allowed two runs over five innings, only one walk. He had 11 swinging strikes on 79 pitches. Fastball was up 1.5 miles per hour in this start, and Michael King has made five starts so far this season. a 193 ERA, a 107 whip, 24 strikeouts, over 18 and two-thirds innings. He's built up to a season high, 79 pitches, so maybe he can get, you know, up over 80 his next time out. The problem is that he's at the Red Sox this week.

He's 35% rostered. Not the best matchup, Scott, but he is pitching well. Your thoughts on Michael King? Yeah, I think he is, he's earned a pickup at this point. All his starts have gone well. and the pitch count has been increasing, got up to 79 in this one. It was 69 in the previous one, I think 61 before that.

So he's basically stretched out to handle a starter's workload. I'm going to be writing a waiver wire column when we're done here like I do for every Monday morning. And I imagine he's going to be prominently featured in that. But it does get awkward this type, time of year because we're beginning the third to last week of the season. So why recommend

anybody off the waiver wire that you can't start right away? And you said his matchup this week was against Boston, right? Yep. And they're fifth in Woebug against Ritees. So I probably wouldn't want to do that. However, I believe the following week would line up against Pittsburgh and the Yankees face Kansas City as their last series of the season.

So there may be opportunities to start King, even if you don't want to do it against the Red Sox. Gotcha. I was going to quickly pull it up here and look at the schedule to see how that looks. So one, two, three. It looks like he would face Toronto. And then one, two, three, four. This is riveting.

Riving podcasting. But it looks like he would face Toronto twice after Boston. If it just lines up. If it holds up. Yeah, every fifth day. So, yeah. Are you probably going to want to start? Well, I don't know.

We'll see how the Red Sox start goes, obviously. And as much as teams are mixing in six starters this time of year, like the alignment could certainly change there so that he gets the more favorable matchup. So I want to completely dismiss Michael King. I feel like King saying it alone is, easy to miss here. So, Michael King, right? Sounds a little like Michael Kane, Scott.

Oh, it does. It sounded like you were setting me up for something there. Yeah, anyway, we're at a point in the season where the waiver wire can only help you so much, I guess. Long story short. Right. The top two most added starting pitchers right now on CBS are Jose Kentana and Ryan Pepio. Would you take both of those over, Michael? Michael King. Yes. Let's talk about some other pitchers from The Weekend and compare these names to Michael King. The first group includes Mike Clevenger, who had a bounce back start at the Tigers,

seven shutout innings, seven strikeouts, 17 swinging strikes on 90 pitches. He is home against the Royals this week, so a pretty good matchup for him. Kyle Hendrix continues to do Kyle Hendricks things, five and two-thirds innings, two runs allowed, four strikeouts. He's at the debacks this week. and Christopher Sanchez, a solid start against the Marlins, five shutout innings, four strikeouts, 12 swinging strikes on 82 pitches.

The problem for him is that he faces the Atlanta Braves. Scott, how would you rank these four, Clevenger, Hendrix, Sanchez, and Michael King in that group? I would probably go Hendricks King, Sanchez Clevenger. Obviously, you're not going to start Sanchez, though, next week against the Braves. So it gets back to that same issue of are we just strictly going week by week from this point forward? Clevenger has the best matchup against the Royals.

Clevenger, I feel like, is the worst pitcher of these four, though he did have a really good start against the Tigers last time out. Notably, because you might be thinking, oh, Clevenger, well, if he was that good against the Tigers, why wouldn't he be good against the Royals, too? he's shown he's capable of coming through in the favorable matchups. But Mike Clevenger's previous start was also against the Tigers, and he allowed eight runs on 12 hits and four innings. So he just seems like a random number generator, and is, you know, I'm a little scared of using him even against the Royals. I'd be more likely to start Clevenger against the Royals

than Christopher Sanchez against the Braves, but I don't know that I'm that eager to start either. All right, let's move on to the next group here that I have written down. Ranger Suarez had a great start against the Marlins on Sunday. Six and a third innings. Three runs allowed 10 strikeouts with 12 swinging strikes in that one. His velocity was down quite a bit, so it's kind of weird that he was as dominant as he was, you know, with that velocity down, but worth noting.

Jameson Tyone had a great start against the debacks, six shutout innings, one hit, one walk, nine strikeouts for him. Reese Olson has turned in back-to-back quality starts, both against the White Sox, six and two-thirds innings, two runs allowed, five strikeouts, 11 swinging strikes on 104 pitches, and Logan Allen had a solid start at the Angels, five innings, one run, six strikeouts, 14 swinging strikes on 90 pitches. Let's see the matchups here. Logan Allen at the Giants, Reese Olson at home against the Reds,

Jameson Tyone at the Rockies. Just forget about him. Rangers Swares is, I didn't write down his matchup. So good job. What do you think, Scott? Anyone stand out here? Rangers Suarez, Reese Olson, and Logan Allen. Ranger Suarez looks like the Cardinals.

I think you're right about that, yeah. Which is not a bad matchup. But the one of these pitchers is featured in my 10 sleeper pitchers for this week. He is number 10 on the list. And that's Logan Allen. who faces a Giants offense that has the fourth lowest OPS against lefties. So I guess he would be my choice. But again, he's 10th among my sleeper pitcher.

So I'm not wild about starting any of these guys next week. My second choice would probably be Ranger Suarez, followed by Reese Olson and Jameson, Tyone. All right. And then four names in deeper leagues, very deep leagues. Alan Wynens with the Atlanta Braves. He turned in a quality start against the Pirates, six and a third innings, two runs allowed,

eight strikeouts to zero walks. I don't know if he's going to make another start, but you might know more than I do on that front, Scott. Nope. The Tigers, I don't know. The Tigers called up 25-year-old starting pitcher. Sawyer Gibson Long.

Interesting name. The Gibson Long is hyphenated if you're looking for him. And it's Gibson with a P, not Gibson with a B. Right. Interesting name. Five innings, two runs, five strikeouts for him. 11 swinging strikes on 73 pitches. He had a five-pitch mix.

Actually leaned on his secondary stuff more to change up in the slider. Those were his two most used pitches. Jake Irvin turned in a strong start against the Dodgers of all teams. Six innings, one run, four strikeouts for him. And then Keaton Win, who pitches for the Giants. He had a great start on Sunday night baseball against the Rockies. Six innings, three runs, nine strikeouts to zero walks. 22 swinging strikes on 80 pitches.

Got anything here, very deep names. Keaton Wynne, Jake Irvin, Sawyer, Gibson, Long, and Alan Wynens. I mean, my thinking is it's probably too little too late for all of these guys. I can't help but appreciate the irony that the one start, the one time I really got behind Alan Wynens as a recommendation on some level in fantasy was when he allowed seven runs to the Mets. I missed the seven shutout innings with nine strikeouts against the Mets. I missed this great quality start against the Pirates with eight strikeouts.

I got the one bad one. You know, he had pretty good numbers in the miners and has a great offense backing him. But as you point out, we don't even know when or if he's going to start again. Kyle Wright sounds like he's going to be back at some point this upcoming week, maybe even Monday for a double header. So other than the mainstays in the Braves rotation, there's a lot up in the air there. Sawyer Gibson Long has a pretty interesting profile.

Got a lot of strikeouts, a lot of swinging strikes in the miners, had a very high ERA, 433, I guess it could be higher, but not a good ERA. And if you look at the game log, a lot of ups and downs for Sawyer Gibson Long there. So I do think he's, you know, I am interested in seeing what he does down the stretch here, but not really interested in seeing what he does from my starting lineup. Irvin's just a guy. Keaton Wynn

Impressive number of swinging strikes Of the 2218 came on a splitter Which he's always thrown a lot He only had one start With double digit swinging strikes Prior to this one I'm not even sure if it was a start He had one appearance

Because you know the way the giants are Like they hardly have rolls Starters versus Relievers Yeah But he wasn't getting a lot of whiffs Prior to this start Again it was the Rockies on the road I'm guessing that had more to do with it.

So I'm not that interested in pursuing Keaton win further either. All right, let's do some quick, oh my goodness gracious shoutouts because, man, Pablo Lopez, awesome, awesome start on Sunday. He said a new career high with 14 strikeouts against the Mets, eight shotout innings, two hits, zero walks, 25 swinging strikes on 106 pitches, 13 on the fastball, six on the sweeper, four on the changeup, one on each of the curve, and the sinker just absolutely dominant, had everything working here for Pablo Lopez.

And it kind of feels like all season long, we've been waiting for just his numbers to get closer to like his FIP and his ex-FIP, it just seems like he's been pitching better than like his ERA actually indicated. So it was awesome to see this start here from Pablo Lopez. I just looked this up in that mock draft that we were doing way too early 2024 mock draft with 14 other Tout Wars participants, Pablo Lopez went in the sixth round as the SP21. Does that sound appropriate?

It does. Yeah, SP21. That's about where I have him in my rest of season range. Probably I'm a couple spots higher, but you factor in pitchers coming back from injury and everything. That's probably about right. You know, within, give or take four spots, let's say. Okay.

Anything else who want to add on this start? It was amazing. Yeah, I mean, it was amazing. I noticed you had a note here that his previous three starts of 476 ERA 194 whip. It's like most of that was one really bad start. And so I'll give you a different number here. His previous 13 starts, counting those three,

a 268 ERA for Pablo Lopez. Yeah. So I think he's, I think people should be pretty satisfied with what he's given him. This was his 11th win. So it's not like those were in particularly short supply. He did win this one, right? I don't think he did actually. Oh, okay.

So he's stuck on 10 wins. So you could be mad about that. Right. But he's pitched well, man. You read off those numbers in the second half. I mean, I don't know if we could say league winner, but not far off. I mean, Pablo Lopez has had a really, really strong second half here. Yeah, the Mets actually wound up winning the game two Zips.

So there you go. Great run support from those Minnesota Twins here. If it gets two more, I feel like in the modern game, if you get 12 wins from a starting pitcher, any starting pitcher, you probably did okay. Yeah, especially he's going to wind up with 230, 240 strikeouts, something like that. He's already at 2.13 with what, like two or three starts to go. So yeah, he's probably going to get up over like 230 strikeouts, which is awesome for for Pablo Lopez. Finally, that potential realized with the Minnesota Twins, the velocity up this year, throwing that new sweeper. You know, it's been rocky at times, but, you know, especially lately, it's been pretty awesome with Pablo Lopez.

Trey Turner also has been pretty awesome here. It's getting out of hand, Scott. What's happening right now with trade Turner? Two for three with a sock into shoe on Friday. his first game back from the paternity list, and then two for four with another home run on Sunday. The updated numbers since getting that standing ovation in Philadelphia on August 4th.

Trey Turner, 31 games, 376 batting average, 13 home runs, 30 runs scored, 36 RBI, 5 steals. Amazing. He's like Tinkerbell. The clapping powers them. in a very literal sense. Yeah, yeah. So I think he's kind of playing himself back into...

Probably the turn, I think. Like, at the one-two turn, that's... I think people are going to talk themselves into it again. Yeah. I don't know. I'd rather have Corey Seeger. Yeah, it's probably just your draft philosophy. Like, if you just want to get speed early on,

some people just really like to lock up power and speed together in the early rounds, then obviously Seeger's not going to give you anything. He gives you a great skill set. There's no doubt about that. He should bet over 300, you know, 30, 35 plus home runs. But yeah, if you want those 25 or 30 steals, then I, you know, I could see. It's kind of like a coin flip between those two. I think they'll be ranked very similarly. And points leagues, it'll be a landslide, right? I think so. Yeah. I don't know if it's like a landslide, but I think it's by a whole round, at least.

Yeah. I think Seeger will probably be like a late first round pick in a points league and Trey Turner will probably be like a mid to late second. So almost a whole round, yeah. I think you can say that.

All right, let's take our first break when we return. I've got some pitchers that I think are just, I think they're too rostered right now like Christian Javier, Hunter Brown. There's not much to add, but we'll quickly run through some of those names. We'll do that right after this.

All right, let's fire up that dropometer for the starting pitchers. Christian Javier, he's still 91% rostered. He gave up four runs to the Padres this weekend. He's got a 478 ERA and a 129 whip. He is at the Royals this week, but there's no way you could start him right now, Scott. And I don't even think we're just talking about

keeper and dynasty leagues here. I think if you actually need pitching help, like you should feel all right dropping Christian Javier at this point. Yeah, I don't think you should let his name value stop him from dropping. him if you need that roster spot. But because he is facing the Royals next time out, what if he strikes out 10? Like what if, because we have seen the swinging strikes

tick up a little bit on his fastball, which is his best pitch. And what if that good matchup is what sets him back on the right path? And then you've let him go to your competition. So I don't think you have to drop him. but I agree it's pretty unlikely he's going to help you from this point forward. I think the same thing could be said about his teammate Hunter Brown who had another rough outing.

Also against the Padres, six earned runs allowed over four in a third innings. He's now up to a 478 ERA on the season, a 137 whip. Also a great matchup this week. He's facing the Oakland days, but no way I could trust in there. Still 85% rostered.

Do you have the same feeling for a Hunter Brown? I mean, there's a chance he could have a good start against Oakland, but it's different because we haven't seen his upside at near the level of Javier's, you know. So he's had some good starts this year, but I don't think it's a, I don't think your stomach is going to drop if he,

if he has a good start against the A's after you let him go. And somebody else picks him up instead. I don't think it's going to be the same situation as for Javier. All right. Let's talk waiver wire hitters. And Nolan Jones, we've talked about him a lot recently. Number two in Scott's sleeper hitter list on the site right now. You could go find it.

And we talked about him on Friday. Two for four with a sock and a shoe on Friday. He's up to 15 home runs. 13 steals now. 72% rostered. Seven games in Cores this week. The only hitter that he is behind is Sayas Suzuki heading into week 25. The other name I have here is Brian Dela Cruz,

who is heating back up in September. Nine games in the month. He's hitting 286, three homers, an 867 OPS. Overall, he's got 19 home runs now on the year. He's been fine. I don't know that he has, like, crazy upside on a week-to-week basis, but I just feel like there's been a lot of outfield injuries recently. Adoles Garcia, Riley Green, Jason Dominguez.

So you might be desperate in some of those three outfielder leagues. Brian Daler Cruz, seven games this week, 63% rostered. Any interest, Scott? Yeah, it's not bad. he didn't make the sleeper hitters list this week. Like I'd rather go for Nelson Velasquez, who's available in far more leagues than Brian De La Cruz. And there's probably a couple others from that sleeper hitter list

that I would look into instead. But you could do worse than De La Cruz. Sure. Yeah, a few other outfielder's on that list. Sal Freelick, he's 52% roster, Charlie Blackman, 55%. Again, he's got those seven games in Corus Field this week. so. I actually remove Sal Freelick from the sleeper hitters because the brewers had a couple left-handers

added to their schedule since we last talked about them on Friday. Gotcha. So instead, Max Kepler was added as a sleeper for next week, another twin who could take advantage of their righty-loaded schedule, which also includes Matt Walner. If you're on the subject of outfielders, you could pick up. I actually just picked up Matt Walner in one of my 15 team leagues. He was available, which, you know, that's, I goes pretty deep. And the fact that he was available, I was kind of surprised. So yeah, 930 OPS against Ritey's this season. And the twins, as I said, have a week full of them, barring changes, which are bound to happen. Okay. Let's talk about some outfielders and deeper leagues. Five outfielder leagues. Again, we just gave you some names, Walner and Nelson Velasquez. I think Markana is kind of sneaky right now, too. You mentioned they've got some lefties on the scale. schedule and he's played 34 games with the Brewers. He's batting 302 with three homers, 20 RBI. And he's got seven home games this week. I think Marcana's kind of interesting.

Evan Carter made his debut on Friday, top prospect with the Rangers. He was batting ninth for them. He went one for three with his first career steel, was not in the lineup on Saturday. And then he was back in the lineup on Sunday. Aaron Hicks had a solid weekend. Six hits, one homer, six RBI. And he has started six straight games. for the Baltimore Orioles.

Wiliare Abrae had a huge game on Saturday, five for five with two runs, three RBI, and his first career steel. He's played 13 games with the Red Sox batting 3.42, one homer, one steel, 931 OPS. Jerks in Pro Far, he is now with the Padres. He's had back-to-back three hit games. Luis Matos, in four games since returning,

eight hits, three runs, two RBI. The Giants have seven games this week, and four of those are in Kor's field. So I think that's kind of interesting. And then Willie Castro, seven games since returning to the Minnesota Twins. He came off the IL, batting 476, one homer, and two steals. Lots of names here, Scott. Give me your, let's go with three favorite.

Mark Kana, Evan Carter, Aaron Hicks, Willie Arabreu, Jerkson Profar, Luis Matos, Willie Castro. Where did that list start with Nolan Jones? It started with Mark Kana. Okay, so not with Nolan Jones. too high end. Okay, my three favorites from that group that began with Mark Kana are, look, I'm probably not starting anyone, any of them,

except in the most desperate of circumstances, but I think Willier or Brayu would be number one, especially since the Red Sox have only two lefties on the schedule next week. He actually reached base six times in that game Saturday, because in addition to the five hits, he had a walk. and all the balls were hit pretty hard. In fact, I've been pretty impressed with Williur Brayu to probably Evan Carter, just giving him the benefit, he has the appeal of the mystery box.

We talked on Friday about how we don't really think Evan Carter is quite developed enough to take advantage of this opportunity, particularly with regard to power. but he is a high-end prospect who's getting a chance to play for the Rangers so he's number two, number three I guess Jurexon ProFar the Jerkson store called it'd be funny if

like is this going to be another player who leaves Colorado and gets better because we have seen that occasionally and ProFar has a history with the Padres that was successful that's kind of why we thought at the beginning of the year he was going to do great with the Rockies because he was decent for the Padres last year

He's third, not very exciting, but none of these players are very exciting. All right, yeah, I think I would agree with the top two. I might take Marcana. I don't know, it just feels like a, I guess a high floor play for this upcoming week. I picked him up in Tout Wars, five outfielder league. So again, it's, you know, for deeper leagues, I guess, at this point. Let's get into some starter sit questions. And I got some pitchers that have been kind of fringy recently.

We'll talk about Andrew Abbott first up here, continues to struggle. He gave up six runs over four innings, three walks, three strikeouts, and his last eight starts. Andrew Abbott has a 651 ERA and a 166 whip 4.8 walks per nine. He is at the Tigers this week, though. So on paper, a pretty good matchup. Scott, what do you do? Start or sit Andrew Abbott? Um, this feels like a no-win scenario. I think I lean toward starting him

if it's at all a question. If your pitching staff is so good that like, why would I bother with this guy who has a 651 ERA and his last eight starts, then fine, don't start him. But if you're hard-pressed to fill out your starting five or whatever it is, then I think the matchup would steer me toward Abbott.

Would you use your number one sleeper pitcher, Jose Cantana, over Andrew Abbott? Yes, because he's, He's making two starts. Okay. So I guess you would say the same thing about Dean Kramer and Gavin Williams and Edward Cabrera? No, I think Kintana is the only one of those. I'd start over Abbott.

Okay. Do you disagree? I think I would use Gavin Williams, but I think he's the only other one. Okay. So you'd rank those guys in a different order than I even rank them. Yeah. Yeah, I think I would go Kintana, Gavin Williams, Abbott, and then, I don't know, probably Kramer and Edward Cabrera after that.

Okay. I mean, Williams has a lot of talent. He just hasn't shown it recently. True. Mitch Keller got crushed at the Atlanta Braves. Obviously, it's a super tough matchup. Five innings, 12 hits allowed, eight earned runs. Did have 12 swinging strikes on 95 pitches.

His velocity was down nearly two miles per hour on like multiple pitches in this start. And I've noticed his fastball velocity has been under 94 miles per hour, four starts in a row. So even though like he's kind of, it pitched well in some of these starts recently. The previous four starts for Mitch Keller, a 138 ERA and a 112 whip. And then obviously he runs into the Atlanta Braves lineup. Do you start him against the Nationals this week? I think so.

I think so. I mean, the velocity doesn't worry me that much because it's, we've seen that for a few starts in a row. And, you know, he was on a great three-start run prior to this last month. It was four starts. And he had four good starts in a row prior to this. bad start against the Braves, in which he allowed fewer hard hit balls than his opponent, Bryce Elder, who gave up two and runs in 70s and struck out nine.

And the average exit velocity off Mitch Keller, and this one was 87.6 miles per hour by the Braves. So they kind of, they were kind of fortunate against him, I would say, and considering the nationals are a much better matchup, I would lean yes against. I would be more like. to start Mitch Keller against the Nationals than Andrew Abbott against the Tigers, let's say. But I'd start Jose Kentano over both. I'm not sure what it is, but the Baltimore Orioles absolutely have Chris Sale's number this season. He's made three starts against them. He has a 13.5 ERA, and he gave up seven runs, six earned over four innings against the Orioles this weekend.

Six starts since returning from the IL. Chris Sale has a 553 ERA and a 123 whip. He is 86% rostered, 45% started. So only started in about half the leagues where he's rostered. And he's facing the Yankees in Fenway this week. What do you think? Oh, man. It's so hard this time of year to go against what you just saw, right?

Because you don't have the luxury of making up for a bad choice. You know, like it's, you have to get this choice right. And so I like the matchup. I think the stuff has pretty well played for Chris Sale since he got back. His swinging strike rate since returning is 14%. He's really good. He has, you gave the ERA, which is over 5, but 11.4K per 9. So he's missing bats the way we're used to Chris Sale missing bats.

It's just, you know, he's had a couple of rough outings like this. And all of the outings have been on the shorter. side. That last point might be why I'd prefer to sit Chris Sale, but I guess okay, so let's just stick with this theme. Chris Sale against the Yankees or Andrew Abbott against the Tigers.

I think I'd lean sail there if it came down to it. I think so too. The Yankees are between lefties and righties, they are better against lefties, but yeah, I think Chris Sale, I think there's been a little bit of bad luck here too because he's not giving up

a ton of hard contact. 85.8.8. eight average exit velocity in these six starts since returning. And as you mentioned, getting all these swinging strikes and the Yankees swinging miss quite a bit. So I'm not saying I'm rushing out there to start Chris Sale, but, you know, if you're kind of in a pinch here and you're trying to figure out, you know, Chris Sale or a, you know, other not so appealing option, I think I would probably lean with Chris Sale. Another bad start for Aaronola, who is trying his best to fulfill the prophecy, Scott, of having a terrible end to the season and driving his cost down for next year.

Yes, sir. Four and a third innings, four runs allowed. Did have six strikeouts to zero walks on paper. Should be a great matchup against the Miami Marlins. Gave up some hard contact here, 93.3 average exit velocity against. Aaron Nola has allowed four plus earned runs in more than half of his starts this season. 15 of 29 starts. That is almost unfathomable.

A 464 ERA now on the season, giving up a lot of home runs. Do you bench him at the Cardinals this week? Yeah. Yeah, I think you have to. And what's frustrating is amid all those starts with four plus earned runs, more than half, you said? Yeah. He also has a start where he gave up one earn run and eight innings.

He has a start where he got 10 strikeouts and seven innings with only two earn runs allowed. He has a start where he gave up no earn runs in seven innings with 12 strikeouts. He has another start where he gave up one run runs in seven innings with 12 strikeouts. He has another start where he gave him. one and run in seven and a third with 12 strikeouts. He has another start very recently, one hit in seven innings with nine strikeouts. So, like, he's either terrific or terrible,

and you'd hate to miss out on the terrific, but, like, you can't afford, like I was just saying, you really can't afford a miss right now. That's what's so annoying and frustrating about Aranola. You know he has the talent, but my gosh, he's, when he gets hit hard, it just kind of snowballs on him. Speaking of getting hit hard, Bryce Miller at the Tampa Bay Rays this weekend,

five innings, five runs allowed. The ERA is up over four, and he is home against the Dodgers this week. I think I try my best to get away from it. That's an easy now. All right. Hunter Green had one of his best starts of the season against the Cardinals, six innings, one hit, one unearned run, nine strikeouts to four walks, 17 swinging strikes on 109 pitches.

And he is at the Mets this week. your thoughts on Hunter Green? A pretty good matchup. Two starts in a row where he appears to be back on track after two abysmal starts fresh off the IEL. So you hate that it's been that, you know, that either really bad or really good situation. But I think since the last two starts

were of the really good variety and it's a pretty good matchup, I lean yes on Hunter Green. When is that start scheduled to happen? Is it going to happen on Friday? That would be, yeah, I think so. Because I am going to be at the game, Scott. I'm going to the Mets and Reds this Friday, so I'm pretty excited.

I want to see L.A. De LaCruz in person, so that's going to be awesome. And then I'll get to see Hunter Green. And it'll be all great. Let's hit some news and notes. Shohay Otani has now missed seven straight games with inflammation in his right oblique. And I assume he's a bench this week, unless we hear something different on Monday. I don't know if we're going to see Otani again. Well, they were talking like he might be back Monday,

but I don't think in a weekly league that's enough to convince me. It would depend maybe on how shallow it is. But yeah, I mean, I can't afford to miss another whole week of Otani of Bats because I already did that in the leagues where I had him. And it wasn't ideal. In our podcast Points League matchup, are you going to bench Otani there? Yep. I don't think you should.

I think you should leave him in, Scott. I'm leading halfway through. I'm beating you, even with the big goose egg from Otani. And I lost to another team that started Otani against me. So maybe it doesn't matter. Otani's just a good luck charm. But, no, I think you should, I think you prefer to get points from your utility spot. I think Hunter Green's not going to start until Saturday, Frank.

Is that true? I think so. Unless they go forward. Four, like, they have four games. Friday is their fourth game for now. So I think, I think Saturday. Ah, so I'll just miss out. Yeah.

Oh, well, whatever. L.A.D. La Cruz better be in the lineup. I'll tell you that much. Mookiee Betts was in the lineup Sunday after missing two straight with a left foot injury. So sounds like things should be all good for this upcoming week. Spencer Shrider is dealing with an illness and had his start move from Monday to Wednesday this week. Obviously, you're still starting him. Bo Bichette made his return from the IL on Friday.

That's good news. Felix Bautista. Okay, kind of surprising. Played catch for the second time Friday and has not been ruled out for a return this year. Again, that doesn't mean that it will happen, but there's a chance. And here's what manager Brandon Hyde said, quote, we're going to see how he feels. We are just kind of monitoring it day to day.

I mean, it's weird that he's throwing. I'd like if they thought he had real you know real Tommy John situation there I doubt he'd be throwing right weird stuff uh Christian Yellich has missed two straight with a back issue which is pretty scary given his history what do you think for this upcoming week got say I don't know we don't really hear much information your thoughts on Yelich I mean look if we're if we're talking a head-to-head scenario this time of year you can't afford to miss so I think I think I'd lean against starting him. John Means will make his season debut on Tuesday, which might make him a two-star pitcher this week.

There's also a chance Kyle Wright returns on Monday for one of the doubleheader games. Yeah. Scott, is there any league scenario where you would consider starting either or both? I haven't both in the Scott White Dynasty League, which is of course 24-te-to-head and applicable to very few. I'm leaning towards starting him that. I'm playing for third pick in the draft next year, which is critical. That is a critical cutoff in my mind

because there are three of this year's draft class that stand head and shoulders above the rest. I am H.O. So I really need to win. I think it's the possibility of that second start for each of them that's going to ultimately lead me to slot them in means and right we still don't know that right's going to be pitching in that double

header but if he does in the Braves have seven games next week and if they just go with a five-man rotation then presumably Wright would start again on Sunday or if not Saturday probably Sunday because he was the one coming back from injury so I don't know I'm going to wait fortunately you know because it's a doubleheader the Braves have the first game tomorrow

or today, depending on when you're listening to it, first game on Monday. So hopefully we'll hear something before the lineup block more certain about whether or not he's pitching. He did only go three innings in his last rehab start, so I don't know that we could trust him to go five, but again, there's a chance he makes the second start. Would you start either of them in anything shallower than a 2014 league?

I mean, it depends. What else you have? somebody presented to me on Twitter, I forget who it was, they asked me, they need to start two of Ryan Pepio, John Means, Kyle Harrison, and trying to remember who the fourth one was. Let me see if I can find it real quick. The fourth one was Lance Lynn. So he needs two of Ryan Pepeo, Kyle Harrison, John means Lance Lent. I said Pepeio for sure

against the Padres. Strangely means feels like the safest of the other three. I don't know. Kyle Harrison's been a little up and down. His start this weekend wasn't a good. It was like the previous start. It wasn't a good result, but there were some encouraging signs

within that make me think, okay, this guy's worth keeping around. So he allowed four runs, three earned in five innings against the Rocky. He struck out five, walked two through 64.4% of his pitches for strikes, which is really good. And what we want to see from Kyle Harrison. And he's facing Cleveland this week. Yep, good matchup. So it's between Means and Harrison.

I think how much risk do you want to take there? I say that for Harrison's sake, because he seems like the risky one. Is it stupid to say John Means himself isn't risky? Coming back from Tommy John's surgery? It certainly feels risky intellectually, but in my gut, Means feels less risky than Harrison. I think I would go with Pepio and Kyle Harrison from that group.

Okay. Personally. Up next, C.J. Abrams is dealing with a knee injury. He suffered on a slide Saturday. manager Davy Martinez did say he expects Abrams to be back in the lineup on Monday. Catele Marte was out Sunday with left knee soreness after being hit by a pitch, so make sure to monitor that. Andres Munoz has been battling some minor left hip tightness but through without issue before Sunday's game. Isok Paratus was out of the lineup Sunday after getting hit by a pitch on his hand on Saturday.

Alex Cobb said he expects to return to the rotation Monday against the Guardians. Mason Miller is scheduled to start Monday against the Astros, though he'll remain on a pitch count. He only threw 27 pitches in his relief appearance last week. So I'm assuming we don't have interest in Mason Miller, right, Scott? Yeah, I mean, I don't, I'm not confident he's going to work deep enough. I'm not confident how they handle their rotation the rest of the week. I mean, in theory, he could be a two-star pitch or two. But he would be a lower priority starting him, I think, than even.

it means and right. Walker Bueller will not pitch for the Dodgers this year. They're shifting their focus to 2024 instead. Now that raised an eyebrow with me, because why do you bring them this far along in rehabilitation, a team that's obviously going to the postseason, only to say, eh, never mind. That seemed curious to me.

And not in a good way. I don't disagree. You know, my mind immediately goes, to the negative side of things. So hopefully that's not the case, but yeah, it doesn't really make much sense that they would rehab him all this time and then just kind of shut it down. Speaking of 2024, Ray's pitcher Shane Baas said he's on track

to be a, quote, full go in spring training. He had Tommy John late last year. Marcus Stroman will throw a session of live batting practice Monday and could be soon cleared for a rehab assignment. J.D. Martinez was activated Friday. Michael Bush was sent back to AAA. Clayton Kershaw had his start. pushback from Monday to Friday. Gavin Stone will start in his place on Monday against the Padres.

Would you bench Clayton Kirscho now that he's just a one-start pitcher at the Mariners? A one-star pitcher who's dealing with injury and just got pushed back and has yet to go five innings since returning from the aisle. Yeah, I think I'd sit. Clayton Kirshaw. Jordan Lawler was out of the lineup Sunday after getting hit by a pitch on his right-hand Saturday. Noelvie Marte suffered a fractured nose after being struck in the face while playing catch on Saturday. It looks like he'll avoid the IL. But I feel like Marte and even Encarnacian Strand, they could lose some playing time as both Jonathan India and Joey Votto were activated on Sunday.

India's first game back, one for three, a sock and a shoe, his 15th home run, his 13th steel. Do you think that those, the Reds kids could lose some playing time now? Well, they could They managed to find a lot of playing time for Incarnazion Strand Even when Vada was healthy But India was still out at that point, right? I believe so, yes Yeah, I mean, it's probably better to sit in Carnacian Strand

and Nuel v. Marte for now to see how it shakes out Okay Henry Davis began a rehab assignment with AAA on Saturday Michael Kopec has been moved to the White Sox bullpen and will be used in a multi-enning role. Two players that went to the IL this weekend, James Paxton with right knee inflammation, Luis Severino with a high-grade left oblique strain,

Luis Renhifo with a biceps tendon rupture, McKenzie Gore with blisters on his left hand, and Joey Gallo with a left-foot contusion. Lastly, there is a game at 1 p.m. Eastern time here on Monday, so whenever you're listening to this, just make sure you set your lineups. Braves at the Phillies. Make sure you got everything set up and rent-off.

to go on Monday. Let's take our final break. When we return, we'll hit all the leftovers from the weekend here on Fantasy Baseball today. Welcome back. Let's talk about some pitching standouts from the weekend,

and this first group includes Zach Gallen, who turned in the second complete game shutout of his career. He only allowed three hits. He had nine strikeouts, 11 swinging strikes, on 107 pitches.

Kyle Braddish has allowed two earn runs or fewer in six straight. This weekend, six innings, two runs, nine strikeouts to zero walks, and in his last six starts, he has a 208 ERA and a 101 whip. Kyle Bradish has been very good.

Bryce Elder said a season high with nine strikeouts against the pirates, seven innings, two runs allowed, and Blake Snell turned in another quality start. Tough matchup two at the Houston Astros, six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts, 16 swinging strikes on 103 pitches.

Blake Snell has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 20, straight starts. I don't know how he's doing it with all these walks, but he's like a magician right now. It's crazy. Blake Snell, Bryce Elder, Kyle Braddish, and Zach Gowan.

Any thoughts? Well, Zach Gowan is a perfect example of why you don't want to overrate recent performance when setting your lineups this time of year, even though it's tempting because you feel like you can't miss. His previous two starts, 11 earn runs in 10 and 2 thirds innings. I mentioned him as being part of that

uninspiring Sy Young race in the NL right now and some people were riding them off because oh look how his reason starts have gone and he comes back and throws the three hit shutout against the Cubs and that's what can happen.

Just because a pitcher has a couple of rough starts doesn't mean he's broken and irredeemable. Pitching standouts part two. Scott's nemesis, Justin Steele continues to dominate he was at home against the D-Pags, seven innings, one run, six strikeouts, and that one.

He now leads baseball with a 249 ERA, the best in the league. Kevin Gosman had one of his best starts of the season against the Royals, eight innings, one run, 10 strikeouts with 18 swinging strikes. Terrick Scuba racked up the whiffs against the White Sox five shutout with nine strikeouts and 19 swinging strikes. Logan Webb turned in his first scoreless outings

since July 9th. He faced off against the White Sox. a rocky six shutout with four strikeouts there. Any thoughts on Logan Webb, Terrick Scoobel, Kevin Gosman, and Justin Steele. So Terrick Scubal, you know, the fact he allowed two hits and struck out nine, it was still, I think, pretty satisfying start for everyone who used him. But he didn't only go five innings after going six plus in his previous four. But it seemed to be a pitch count issue. He threw 95 in this one, which is similar to what he thrown into his previous five

starts. So it has to be pretty efficient to go six, but it's not like they pulled them after five because they don't want him to go more than five. That's not my read on it. And now in his last five starts, the four, six plus, and then this five-inning start, a 270 or a 0.90 whip, 11.7K per nine for Terrick Scuba. He's so good. He's good.

Yeah, I agree. And he's facing, who's he facing this week? The Angels? Yeah. Pretty good start. Yes, indeed. All right. Last group of pitchers includes Jose Barrios,

who had one of his better starts facing the Royals, seven innings, two runs, seven strikeouts with 15 swinging strikes in that one. And Tanner Bybee, back on track at the Angels, seven innings, two runs, eight strikeouts, zero walks, 19 swinging strikes on 90 pitches there for Tanner Bybee. Anything on Barrios or Bybee? Bibi.

Okay, let's just forget. Kodai Senka, because obviously, technically a rookie, but slightly different situation. So leaving him out of it, Bibi's been the most impressive rookie pitcher, hasn't he? I think on a per inning basis, I would probably say Yuri Perez, but I mean, consistency sake, who's been there week in and week out, Tanner Bibi has a 303 ERA and a 119 whip. That's great. It's fantastic for anybody, but especially for a rookie, yeah. Yeah. I mean, the main issues with, I mean, the walk rate's been higher than we thought it was going to be.

And the innings have been inconsistent. And really the strikeouts have been a little inconsistent from start to start too. But just in terms of run prevention. And his last 14 starts, Tiener Bybee has a 2.3080 RA 110 whip, a little high relative to the IRA, but still not bad. And 9.3K for 9. So, yeah, he's been great. His matchup this week. is the Giants who are bad against left-handers. So I would say start him as well. I think there's only one problem with your analysis, Scott. Not against the Giants. Tanner Bybee is a righty.

Oh, you're right. Sorry. I'm not even seeing him against... Yeah, I see it against Texas on the site. Okay, sorry. I'm having trouble reading my notes here. Yeah, okay. Yeah, it's Texas. Maybe not. Maybe not. Hasn't he kind of cemented himself as a must-star pitcher?

I kind of feel like he has. Against Texas? Yeah, but their lineup has been pretty inconsistent, I feel like, in the second half of the year. It has, and it's without Adolice Garcia now. I think I would still use him. I would use them ahead of any of the names we mentioned in the starter sit segment. You use Bybee against the Rangers over Andrew Abbott against the Tigers? Yeah, I would, yeah.

Yeah, I think so too. All right. Let's talk some hitting leftovers. Corbyn Carroll picked up five steals this weekend. He's now up to 47 on the season. Also batting 284, 24 homers, 103 run scored. Just a truly awesome season here for Corbyn Carroll.

Wilson Contreras has homered in three straight, and he's having a pretty good second half, batting 290 with nine homers and a 924 OPS. Hassan Kim went two for four with three steals on Friday. He is now up to 17 homers and 34 steals on the season. He is the fifth best second baseman in Roto and the eighth best in head to head points leagues. George Springer went three for four with a double dong on Saturday. He's now up to 19 homers and 19 steals.

The last 30 games for George Springer, he is batting 319, six homers, six steals, 934 OPS. It's been a great bounce back here for George Springer. Julio Rodriguez hit two more home runs this weekend. in the second half, batting 340 with 16 homers, 14 steals, and a 1025 OPS. Kyle Swarber has 13 home runs in his past 21 games, yet somehow he's still batting under 200. He's batting 198 on the season with 43 homers, 95 runs, 94 RBI.

The counting stats are great, but, and in a points league, he's still awesome because he walks a lot, but man, 198 batting average, wolf. I know. I know I did not envision a scenario where Kyle Schwerber was just as productive with the home runs as last year. Remember, his 46 were second to Aaron Judge's 62. And yet his batting efforts went down. Like 218, we'd be thrilled with Schwerber hitting 218 again.

And that seemed like it was a total outlier in a bad direction. going to have to get that up to 230, 240, something like that. And it's been even lower. He's been hitting for average during this streak where he's hit a lot of power, hit a lot of home runs, probably just because there's so many free hits among his at-bats there.

He's hitting over 300 during this stretch with all the home runs. But yeah, overall, still below 200. The expected batting average for Kyle Schwerber is 225. That would be awesome. Well, he underperformed his expected batting average last year too. Yeah, I wonder.

Part of the reason I thought he was going to come around with the batting average. Yeah, especially with the new rules too, right? Yeah. It's weird. But maybe there's just something in his profile where he will consistently underperform his expected batting average at least with Kyle Schwerber. I don't know. But hey, the power has been awesome.

Matt Olson, speaking of power, has multiple hits in six of his last seven games. He's got five home runs during that stretch. Leeds baseball with 48 homers on the year. Jose Ramirez had a big weekend, five hits, one homer, two steals. He is up to 22 homers and 24 steals this year. And Marcus Semyon looks like he is finishing the season out strong. He went four for five with a double dong on Sunday and nine games in September. Marcus Semihani batting 368 with four home runs and one steal.

You know what it is for Kyle Schwerber? What's up? A lot of pop-ups. Yeah, the second highest rate of. his career I'm seeing. Yeah, last year was a lot, and this year is even more. Yeah. Seems like he's selling out so much for fly balls, right?

And probably just leads to him getting under a bunch of pitches. I don't know. Yeah, something like that. Yeah. Let's talk some bullpen updates from the weekend for the Marlins. Tanner Scott picked up two saves this weekend. He's now up to 7. He's 48% rostered for Oakland on Friday.

Trevor May picked up his. 19th save. For the Tigers, Alex Lang picked up two saves this weekend. He's now up to 23 total. He's 59% rostered. For the Cardinals on Saturday, Ryan Helsley struck out one for his eighth save. For the Rangers on Saturday, Will Smith recorded four outs across the seventh and eighth innings. Aroldus Chapman got the ninth with a one-run lead. He did walk two, but converted his fifth save of the year. For the Mets on Sunday, Adam Ottavino struck out two for his ninth save. he is widely available and let's see we've got one two three

four six names here Scott give me your three favorite from this group Tanner Scott Trevor May Alex Lang Ryan Hellsley Aroldus Chapman Adam on Avino

I will I will say Aroldus Chapman over Tanner Scott because he closes for the better team but I think they're the clear one and two in some order so Chapman Scott

third, I will say Alex Lang, just because I feel like you know he's getting the Tiger saves right now. So that gives him the edge over Ryan Helsley, 4th. Then Adam Ottavino and Trevor May, 5th and 6th. All right, let's wrap up with to stream or not to stream. And we'll start with Monday. Lots of games this week.

So I guess we're going to have lots of opportunities to talk about streamers. And on Monday, we do have John means in his season debut, it seems a little risky against the Cardinals. You're not Tuesday? It's Monday? Oh yeah. I don't know why I wrote that down. Actually, now I'm confused because I think ESPN wrote, had him going on Monday, but I think MLB.com has going on Tuesday. And I think they're... MLB.com is the most reliable I've found. They leave a lot of blanks, which is annoying.

but, you know, when they fill in those blanks with an actual name, they mean it. It looks like, yeah, John Means is on Tuesday, so. Yeah. Scratch that. Jose Cantana against the D-backs. Because if it was Monday, it'd be an easy two-star pitcher. Right. Okay.

Go ahead. I think Cantana against the D-backs on Monday. No one else I really love. Read Detmer's at the Mariners. That feels really risky. Yeah, he's among my sleeper pitchers for this week because his second matchup is good, too. Let me make sure I look it up correctly. It is against the Tigers.

But when we're taking it just to start at a time, it's a little different. I might prefer means to him. Okay. I don't know why I'm putting so much faith and means with so much on the line. I'm not really. You're asking me to choose among bad choices here. I would not start John Means over Andrew Abbott this week. But on Monday, I do prefer him against the Cardinals to read Detmer's at the Mariners.

Do you like any of these other names, Clark Schmidt at the Red Sox, Cutter Crawford against the Yankees, Dakota Hudson at the Orioles? Not really. No, I don't think so either. Monday, not too great. I would say just go with Jose Cantana. on Tuesday Yeah, I remember looking at this list

It wasn't great either On Tuesday I think Brian Wu against the Angels Is all right Cal Quantrell has pitched pretty well He's at the Giants Uh huh I think that's probably fine

I mean I like the previous days More than this days I think Yeah Anybody else on Tuesday I mean Yohan Adon is at the Pirates Junon Rio against the Rangers Zach Lattel at the twins. Adon against the Pirates could go okay.

I think Wu would be my number one choice, followed by Adon, followed by... Nick Pavetta against the Yankees might work out. It might. It's... I mean, I hope... I hope if you're still alive right now,

you're not having to do this because your pitching is so good. Yeah. Again, as we've said all year, this is mostly for daily lineup leagues where people are constantly streaming and they're just playing out the, you know, they're just churn and burn on the streamers. But, you know, most of the time, it's not very inspiring names. We're going to wrap there for Scott. I am Frank. Thanks as always for tuning in some fantasy baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify.

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