Fantasy Baseball Today - Josh Jung Promotion, Max Scherzer Replacements & Joe Ryan Struggles (9/8 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: September 8, 2022

Do we need to hold on to Joe Ryan (1:00)? ... Is Eduardo Escobar worth adding (6:35)? .. Max Scherzer went to the IL (9:40). Who can we add to try and replace him? ... Do we need to hold Michael Kopech in redraft leagues (20:20)? ... Josh Jung and Alec Burleson are being promoted by the Rangers and Cardinals, respectively (21:40). ... News (33:43): Justin Verlander is throwing off the slope of a mound. ... Do Seth Brown or Isiah Kiner-Falefa matter in Fantasy (41:16)? ... Both Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole were awesome Wednesday (46:22). ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (49:22). Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Get 20% off Fantasy Baseball Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-baseball-today?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-baseball-collection 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 lead. Where fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. Get hype, Scottie. We've got more prospects coming.

Welcome into fantasy baseball today on Thursday, September 8th. Frank Stamphill joined by Scott White. Today on the show, we do have prospects. but unfortunately the bad news. Max Scherzer officially placed on the IL. We'll try and look for replacements. No guarantees there. We will get to Josh Young and Alec Berluson

getting called up in the next coming days. The New York Aces showed up and much more. But let's jump in. Oh my goodness gracious. Oh my goodness gracious, Scotty. Where would you like to start? I'd like to start in a bad place if we can, if you'll allow it.

I will. That bad place is Joe Ryan. Joe Ryan is the bad place. The Yankees messed them up here on Wednesday, four runs and four innings, gave up a home run. Uncharacteristically had four walks. So, you know, that obviously contributed the bad line, more than the home run did.

But the home runs are a problem for Joe Ryan. I was looking at this because he is an extreme flyball pitcher. Among pitchers with at least 110 innings, Joe Ryan has the second highest fly ball rate. I believe first highest is Christian Javier. So a ton of fly balls that would seem to make him vulnerable. That would presumably make him vulnerable to the home run, right? At the beginning of the season, when he looked like a world beater,

he wasn't April and May. Joe Ryan had allowed, he allowed, he allowed, just 0.6 home runs per nine innings in April and May. Really good home run rate. Since April and May, he has allowed 1.9 home runs per nine innings. Really bad home run rate. And if you'll remember, Frank, the listener, April and May is when nobody was hitting much of anything,

home run or otherwise. So as the environment improved, as the weather heated up as the humidors stopped suppressing, production so much, Joe Ryan became vulnerable to it in a way that's explained by his fly ball rate. So I don't want to throw him in the trash. He still has good starts pretty often, too. Two bad ones in a row here, the previous three were all good.

But when things go wrong for him, it tends to put up a crooked line like this. And it's pretty frustrating. I don't think you can rely on him down the stretch. I think you'll want to, I think you'll want to, I think you'll want to implement him cautiously. And if you don't use him at all, that's fine. I still think it's a bad idea to drop him because it could come back to bite you

if your opponent picks him up. But, yeah, my faith in Joe Ryan right now is not particularly high. I mean, look, he still has a good whip because it keeps the walk right down. Still more than a strikeout burning. Yeah, kind of dangerous. Yeah, he sure is, Scott. I mean, you read my mind. When you were talking about the home runs going up from June on, basically,

that coincides with the weather heating up. And really, we thought offense would go up because of the humidors that were installed in all the ballparks. And they did. Offense did go up. And as a result, Joe Ryan has not been great over his last 15 starts. There is a 10-urn run start in there. I mention that every time I bring this up. But during that time, he's got a 501 ERA over a strike-hopper,

is good, but now 17 homers allowed nearly two home runs per nine, Scott, which you mentioned. It's like 1.9. It's, it's really tough. So he's still 94% rostered. His next two starts are against the Royals and at the Guardians. Starting against the Royals. Yeah, I mean, you know, in a deeper league, I'm probably still rolling with Joe Ryan against the Royals at the guardians. All right, it's a little bit tougher, not the worst matchup, but yeah, against the Royals, I think that's okay. Well, is that, are both of those matchups in the same way? Is that a two-star week we're talking about next week? I think Joe Ryan was in line for two-starts this week,

but clearly that's not going to happen because he started on a Wednesday. Yeah, he got pushed back because of the double-header today. Okay. So, yeah, that's probably a two-star week next week for him. Probably. Which case, Eileen, yes. I mean, it's not automatic, but two-starts, one of them is against the Royals. Yeah.

Yeah, the twins have seven games next week, too, so it's going to be two-star week. Yeah. Yeah. One thing I wanted to mention, we didn't bring this up when we talked about that slugfest in Oakland yesterday where Kyle Wright got bombed, specifically gave up, what was it, three home runs, two home runs. Oakland is one of, according to research that, you know, Saris did, Enosaris of the Athletic prior to this season, Oakland was one of the venues that was going to see the biggest increase. due to the effect of the humidor, the biggest home run increase during the summer months when it's most humid.

And it's been especially hot in that area, like right now, that's going on right now. And it's turning Oakland into kind of a launching pad, which is not good news for Cole Irvin. No.

Or really any age, but you're really, yeah, I mean, it's going to change the thinking of players who are traveling there, specifically this time of year, if they keep, and that'll be an ongoing thing, if they keep the current setup with the humidor, if they keep using them the same way they're

using them this year. Yeah, just imagine if the Oakland A's actually had good hitters, then, you know, maybe we would be more excited to pick them up and start them, but. Seth Brown, four home runs and three games, buddy. Hey, buddy, we'll get to him in just a little bit. Oh, my goodness gracious for me, Eduardo Escobar. Kind of feels weird to talk about Eduardo Escobar in this sense because he was really, really bad earlier on in the season. But, you know, as recently as last year, the year before, like, there have been fantasy relevant seasons from Eduardo Escobar.

And since returning from injury, he has played 11 games. He's batting 3.94 during that stretch. This includes Wednesday where he went 6 for 9 across the double header with a home run. 11 games since returning 394 batting average, four homers, putting the ball in the air a ton. 52% fly ball rate, a 14% barrel rate during that time. 47% rostered is Eduardo Escobar. He's second and third base eligible.

Those are the two, I guess, outside of outfield, the two shallowest positions in fantasy baseball. And Escobar has seven home games next week. So I'm kind of interested in streaming him if you need one of those positions. Scott, what do you think about Eduardo Escobar? Yeah, I mean, he certainly looked better since coming back from this oblique injury.

Of course, he was a fringe starter in 12 team leagues entering this season. So not far removed from being something of a fantasy asset. So he had been especially bad against right-handers, I should say, this year from the left side of the plate. He's a switch hitter.

And so Brett Beatty was called up to at worst, platoon with Escobar at third base, whenever Escobar got healthy again, Beatty being a full-time left-handed hitter. Obviously, Beatty's out for the year now. I had wondered if that would mean Mark Vientos, big power hitter who also plays third base, has been a AAA all year,

but of great numbers, too many strikeouts, but tons of power. I'd wondered if Beatty's injury would precede a Mark Vientos promotion, but that might be hard to justify with Eskabar. playing as well as he is now doesn't help that Viantos is right-handed hitter. So if they wanted to continue sitting Escobar against right-handed pitchers, it wouldn't make as much sense to platoon him with a right-handed hitter. So that kind of gets in the way.

I want to see Viento, so I guess I'm rooting against Escobar. It looks like he's contributing now. And obviously, people need a lot of help at third base. he might be of some use again. Yeah. Mark Vienzos, by the way, I saw he was dealing with headaches the other day, and he was scratched from whatever game he was getting ready to play. People thought he was about to get called up, but it was headache.

Yeah, so that is Mark Viantos. Eduardo Escobar, more of a high floor play than anything. But if you're looking at streaming hitters this time of year, again, seven games next week, 47% rostered, pretty widely available. And I'll compare him to a prospect getting called up. What's up? What's up? I was going to say

summer's day comparing him to something. What else do we have here? Let's talk about Max Scherzer. He was placed on the aisle with left side fatigue. So we know he left his previous start and he dealt with an oblique injury

earlier on in the season. So I guess the writing was on the wall here regardless, but people are looking for replacement, Scotty. And we did get this email from Steveo. Who do I pick up to replace Max Scherzer? Trevor Rogers, Hunter Brown, David Peterson, who I assume will stick in the rotation now, or Bailey Falter. And two of those names did pitch here on Wednesday.

Trevor Rogers turned in a quality start at the Phillies. He went six innings, three runs, eight strikeouts to zero walks. He has just one walk in two starts since returning from the IL. And Bailey Falter was solid on the other side. He went five and a third, seven hits, two runs, zero walks, three strikeouts in the that one, he's got a 2.72 ERA in four starts since returning to the Phillies rotation. So what do you think are those four names, Scotty? Trevor Rogers, Hunter Brown, David Peterson, Bailey Fulter.

Well, I wish I could tell you I have a great deal of confidence in one of them. I don't. It's not a great time to be trying to replace Max Scherzer. Trevor Rogers, I mean, he just, since coming off the I, he's delivered his second and third quality starts of the season, which is more a statement about how poorly his season went before the IL stent than anything. The quality of contact against him since returning has been kind of eh. And he only got two whiffs on the change-up in the second start

when it looked like it was, it looked like maybe it was going to get back to being a big batmissor for him in the first start. I don't know. He just hasn't quite He's been good, but he hasn't been so good that I'm confident he's fixed, you know?

Still, by process of elimination, he's probably the top choice here. Hunter Brown, I like what he did in his debut, but how long is he going to stick in the rotation? David Peterson. How long is he going to stick in the rotation? And even if he does keep this turn for a while,

he hasn't been quite as impressive as he was before losing his spot to Jacob de Grom in early August, late July, something like that. A lot of walks and not featuring a slider as much. And then Falter, it's been fine. He had three quality starts, his first three turns since rejoining the rotation where quality starts came up a little shy

in this fourth start here on Wednesday. but the numbers were still decent. But again, how long is he going to stay in the rotation? Because Zach Wheeler, I believe last report as he was throwing again, I think I'd rank them in the order you listed them here, which is Rogers, Brown, Peterson, Fulter, close between Brown and Peterson.

But, like, I'm not picking up any of these four to put in my lineup if I can help it. You know, not unless the lineup, the matchups happen to be especially good. For Trevor Rogers, his next two matchups are against the Texas Rangers and at the Washington National. So those aren't terrible.

Bailey Falters, the next start is against the Marlins. If Zach Wheeler doesn't- Do you know against the Marlins for Falter? Yeah. That's who we faced today. Yeah. Or Wednesday, I should say.

Look, if Zach Wheeler is not back by next week, Falter I believe will be a two-star pitcher but he gets to Marlins and he's at the brave so Jekyll and Hyde matchups there for him yeah don't love that you'd rather I'm just to have the one-star almost right yeah so I mean the matchups for Rogers are pretty good Rangers and at the nationals yeah Rangers have become pretty tough matchup yeah that's fair but you know this is what we're dealing with at this time right so like we're trying to find replacements there's just so many pitcher injuries Shane McClainaner Verlander Tony Gonslyn

Wheeler, Scherzer, it's, you know, dog days of summer, but geez, I mean, this is really rough right now. So we're trying. I want to add someone like Hunter Brown, Scott, but, you know, for the reasons you mentioned, I just don't know that he's going to stick around in the rotation. Our buddy, Stivo, in the rest of this email, he did add that Craig Kimball uses Let It Go as an homage to his daughter, which I guess we could have deduced that, but some confirmation. And also includes Jack Peterson used Dancing Queen. as his walk-up music for most of this season.

He knows a lot about songs that players enter to. Yes, especially on the West Coast. Not even on the same team. That's right. So for anyone who listened all the way through the podcast yesterday, when we were talking about bullpens, we were talking about Craig Kimball walking out to let it go and all these other kind of crazy walkout songs recently.

But there you go. In case you were wondering. Let's talk about a few other waiver-wire pitchers. Again, still trying to find some replacements. Patrick Sandoval, 75% rostered, so only in shallow leagues he might be available. He was okay. I mean, I was pretty underwhelmed by this start, Scott. He was up against the Tigers, five innings, one run, four strikeouts, 13 swinging strikes on 87 pitches. That's a really good ratio,

but personally, I was just expecting more. I started him in a head-to-head playoff matchup, so really was depending on him. He used a slider a ton in the start, 47%. That was only 27% usage entering this one. You think that'd be a good thing. Yeah. And look, it wasn't a bad start, but I agree for facing the tigers you had hoped for more. The most encouraging thing, well, the slider uses encouraging, but the other encouraging thing is four total walks in his last four starts.

Yeah, for sure. And if he can get the walks under control, then there are good times ahead for Patrick Sandefall. But as I said for that previous group, I do like Sandoval more than anybody in that previous group before, but he's still in the same category of, I'm probably only playing him if the matchups are right. Unless, if the matchups are right or I'm desperate. His next two matchups are at the Cleveland Guardians and at the Texas Rangers. And Sandoval will not have a two-start week because the angels go with six-man rotation. So just one start at Cleveland next week for him.

Domingo Hermann turned in a quality start up against the Minnesota Twins, six innings, seven hits, three runs, six strikeouts in this one. He had 12 swinging strikes on 90 pitches. The ERA remains solid for Domingo Hermon. The underlying numbers just don't really match up. He's not getting whiffs.

The ex-fib is 4.5, so not great for him. He's 60% rostered, and his next start is at the Red Sox. A few other names here. Zach Granky returned with a quality start up against the Guardians. He went six innings, one run, strikeouts and he is 35% rostered.

His next two starts are both against the Minnesota Twins. And then Ken Waldichuk was solid. That's the word I'll use against the Atlanta Braves. He went five and a third, three hits, three runs allowed, only two strikeouts. But he survived, which is, you know, half the battle. He is 22% rostered. He's at the Rangers and at the Astros, his next two starts. Yeah, I feel like solid is a little strong.

I was going to say passable against. the brave. He kept his head above water. Yeah, that's probably more accurate. But are you, I'd assume you're not excited to really add any of these three. What do you think? Domingo Hermann, Zach Rankie, Kenwald, Chuck. I mean, Hermann continues to get it done, but in a way that doesn't inspire much confidence.

I'm not really seeing what makes him good. So, yeah, this is by and large a pretty unattractive group right now. I do think there's upside for Waldichuk, keep an eye on him, but he hasn't demonstrated enough yet to deserve a roster spot. Okay. And of all the names you mentioned, Scott, it's Sandoval and Trevor Rogers up at the top, right? Yes, those would be the top two. Okay. So again, if you're looking for shows of replacement, and then just one more name I wanted to mention in deeper league, Scott, Cody Morris, who is a prospect for the Guardians. He put together a strong start, but it was a short start. He only went four. innings, four shutout with two strikeouts. He had eight swinging strikes on 61 pitches.

That's a 13% swinging strike rate. And he's only 8% rostered. I just don't know if he's going to go deep enough into his starts. Yeah, he's kind of still building up. He missed most of the season with injury. Good minor league track record for Cody Morris. Another guy more in to keep an eye on him territory. I do want to mention, because he's only 60% rostered and I know he didn't pitch recently. He pitched his last start was over the weekend. Nick Lodolo, I think would be a more attractive

Max Scherzer replacement than anyone we've mentioned. I put him ahead of Sandoval and Trevor Rogers. In part because of I looked ahead at his full remaining schedule and all of the starts are favorable matchups. The toughest one is the Red Sox

and then the other four especially favorable for Nick Lodolo. And, you know, he's, he's just been kind of been rounding into form here recently. So he would be, he would be a good pickup. Whether you need, whether you need a Scherzer replacement or not. We did get this question from T-Bone on YouTube, and he asked who to replace Gonslyn, Ladolo, Lazzardo, Hunter Brown. You just spoke about Lidolo, but I think I would take Lazzardo over him, Scott. What do you think? Yeah, that's my knee-jerkery.

action is Lizarro's the best choice there. I am curious about his remaining matchups. Let's see. They're probably going to be tougher. So he started, when did he start? He started Tuesday? Yes, their day. Yeah, Tuesday.

So he's got the Mets, followed by the Nationals, and then either the Cubs are the Nationals, and then the Brewers. So, yeah, those are pretty good matchups for Luson. I agree. Lazzardo over Lodolo. One more pitcher to ask about. And should you hold onto this pitcher? Michael Kopeck made his return, but he struggled at the Mariners.

He went three and two thirds, four runs allowed, four strikeouts in this one. He had seven swinging strikes on 74 pitches, lots of hard contacts, nearly 93 mile per hour average exit velocity against. And the ERA is 3.78. The underlying numbers are much worse than that for Michael Kopeck. he's still 80% rostered Scott before I throw this your way his next two starts are at the A's

and at the Tigers Is it in Oakland Because that's a launching pad right now It is in Oakland I mean I could see holding on to him in a points league as somebody could slot into a relief pitcher spot for the two start week

but overall I have not been impressed with Kopec this year The metrics on his pitches have been bad to begin with. And in his first start back, the spin was down on his fastball. Not as much as I thought it was more now than I'm looking at it again. Not that much, but still. I just don't think he's been that good.

And not as good as the ERA suggests, as you pointed out already. All right. So let's get into those prospects, Scotty. We've got more coming here. And Josh Young is apparently getting called up by the Rangers on Friday that's spelled J-U-N-G. for anyone trying to find him on the waiver wire. And so far in the minors this year,

he's only played 31 games. He suffered a shoulder injury back in February, which required surgery. So he didn't return until August. But in those 31 games, he's sitting 266, nine homers, 866 OPS, 28% rostered, 24 years old, first round pick back in 2019. And the Rangers do have seven games next week, Scott.

So what are your thoughts on Josh Young, the player? Is he a must add? And would you rather have him or Eduardo Escobar? Oh, young, definitely. Yeah, he's pretty close to must add, especially when he consider third base is where he's eligible. You mentioned those numbers prior to his promotion this year. He got off to an incredible start

and had fallen into a slump recently dragging down those numbers. But Josh Young last year between double and AAA hit 326 with a 990 OPS, and the numbers were even better. a AAA than double A. So he is he's been a highly productive player in the minor leagues, a disciplined hitter,

a guy who projects to hit for average and power. He was going to be, all signs pointed him to being the Rangers opening day third baseman this year before he tore the laborman his left shoulder in February. And it's a delayed arrival

but he's here now and I expect him to play close to every day. I'm kind of thinking people have prospect fatigue right now because I'm looking at the most viewed players on CBS. And Josh, so I don't even know how many names are in a column. I think it's like 50. Yeah, 50 names in a column. So he's not among the 50 most viewed players right now on the day that his promotion is being reported. Come on, fantasy baseball players.

What are you doing? I guess that's why we're here. But usually, like, usually we can choose who to talk about based on who's most viewed, you know? Usually, like, it's actually pretty easy. We just look at who everybody's looking at. Oh, I guess we need to talk about them. You don't even really need to listen to us. You can just go look at the most viewed players.

That's who you need to focus on. Don't say that. Come on, Scott. That's true. But, no, people aren't interested in looking at Josh Young's player page for, for whatever reason. You should be. He's a big deal.

Well, with all of that being said, Scott, I probably should use the most viewed tab on CBS more often than because I don't ever use it, frankly. I use most added. I use most rostered a lot, but... That's how I go through and put in my waiver claims. I look at...

I look at most added first. It's not as up to date as most viewed, but obviously it's telling you different information than most viewed. Right. I look at most added. Scan through those names. okay, I don't need any of those guys. Look at most feuds, scan through those names, okay.

And then look at most rostered, just to see if somebody dropped, somebody notable that I need to pick up, you know? No, it's a good heads up because I, basic, I do that for most added and most rostered, but I don't do it for most viewed, so I probably should. It'll take you three times as long. Find some diamonds in the rough there, hopefully. All right, so very excited about Josh Young.

Scott, are you excited enough to add him instead of, Joey Menesis right now. Yeah. I'd add Josh Young over almost anybody who's available right now. I'd add him over Tristan Casas.

If Gunner Henderson's available in your league, I think I'd stick with Henderson over Young. Henderson's going to be eligible at third base soon enough as well as second and a short. And he contributes some speed possibly that that Young won't.

But yeah, I'm excited about Young. He was, remember, I don't know, people who've been listening since we were doing draft shows in February. Like, Young was one of those players I was targeting in every draft. Yeah.

Because third base looks so bad, and it's like, okay, this might be my lottery ticket there. A lot of people were too, Scott. Like, he was set to be a popular sleeper-slash-breakout candidate before injuring his shoulder. That is Josh Young, again, getting called up Friday, 28% rostered, widely available if you do need a third baseman or a corner infielder.

Alec Berluson is the other name getting called up by the St. Louis Cardinals. He is an outfielder, and the reason he's being called up is because Dylan Carlson was placed on the aisle with a left thumb sprain, and Berluson was having a great minor league season. 331 batting average, 20 home runs, a 904 OPS. He's 23 years old, a second round pick back in 2020. He's even more widely available. He's 9% rostered.

If you've listened to our FBT and 5 podcast over the weekend, then you've probably heard this name already. because Scott, I know you've been writing about him for a while. What do you think about Alec Berluson and where are you looking at him, if anywhere? It's funny because he was in my five on the verge in my prospects report, which is like the five prospects that most need to be stashed

in redraft leagues. He was in there for like months. And then I took him out for the most recent one Monday saying if they haven't called him up by now, it's, you know, they're probably not going to do it. And sure enough, this happens. Take that. It wasn't counting on the Dylan Carlson news, but still.

Look, he's not the caliber of prospect Josh Young is, but to maintain a batting average near 3.30, basically, all year, AAA, and with improved power from past years. He's a guy who really knows how to hit, and that's the thing we care about most in fantasy. How much is he going to play? Is my main question? Because Lars Neupar has obviously made himself an,

integral part of the lineup. Albert Pooholz has earned more playing time recently. They are playing Corey Dickerson a lot right now. At last I looked, he'd been kind of hot. Yeah. So I don't know how motivated they'll be to sit him. Brendan Donovan has been playing a lot too, and he's heated up after disappearing there in the middle of the season.

So I don't know. I don't see full-time bats in the cards for Burleson. I think in five outfielder leagues it's not a bad idea to take a chance on him but my expectations for him are lower than for somebody like Josh Young so you brought up Lars Newbar Scott and I'm not ready to jump ship yet

but as soon as we every podcast we're just hyping him up he has come to a screeching halt so his last five games he is 0 for 17 that is Lars Newport Bar. But, you know, it's baseball. There's peaks and valleys. I get it. And, you know, he was really hot before that. So now he's cooling off a little bit. But I just thought it was interesting,

right? Like, we keep talking them up. And there you go. Boom. O'417 is last five games. But obviously still hold on to Lars Neubar if you can. Scott, would you rather add Alec Berluson or Michael Tolia of the Colorado Rockies who hit another home run here on Wednesday. He went two for four. It was his second homer. He added four RBI, two runs scored. And in his small sample so far, He's striking out quite a bit, 29%, but he's putting the ball in the air. He's hitting it hard, and he's only 13% rostered.

What do you think about Tolia versus Berluson? In theory, I like Berluson more. I like Burleson more as a dynasty asset, but we're not talking in those terms. We're just talking about how much he can help right now. I trust Tolia to play more. He's been playing. I don't think he's missed a game since being called up.

He's picked up outfield eligibility in the process. And obviously he has course field, which will help mask some of his deficiencies. The problem. So totally is the answer. Yeah. Next week, he has five games and they're all on the road. So it's a pretty ugly schedule for Michael Tolia next week.

Let's see what Burleson has. He's got seven home games, but again, how much is he going to play? Yeah. I mean, if he ends up playing a lot the rest of this week, then that obviously changes things. But my expectation right now is that it'll be pretty sporadic how much he plays. Looking at the Rocky schedule in general. So following the five road games next week,

he has seven home games the following week. And those are the last home games of the year. So the week of September 19th through 25th, You're not a bad time to play Michael Tolia. Pick him up and stash him for next week. That's basically it. Two weeks from now. Yeah, two weeks from now.

A much lower level prospect, Scott, a pitcher for the twins. Apparently their 10th ranked prospect in the organization, according to MLB pipeline. Louis Varland made his debut. I don't know if he's going to stick around. He was the 29th man for the double header, but he looked pretty good. And his numbers in the minors are also pretty good. So this season, 306 ERA, 126 whip, 146 strikeouts, over 126 in a third innings pitched. And at the Yankees in his debut, five and a third, two runs allowed, seven strikeouts.

He had 11 swinging strikes, average 94-ish miles per hour on his fastball, through four different pitches over 13% of the time. What do you think, Scott? Anything here for Louis Varland, or you think he's getting sent back down after this one? I don't think he's getting sent back down because remember they just had to put Tyler Malley back on the IL. So I think there's room for Louis Varland to stick around. And this was an impressive debut and those minor league numbers are pretty decent. But in addition to the 306 ERA, as you pointed out, there's a 1-2-6 whip in the minors.

It's given up a lot of hits. And maybe the defense behind him had something to do with that. but I look at the arsenal for Louis Farland and that's with the V. I made it sound like an F. Louis Varland. I look at the arsenal for him and there's not really a standout pitch.

He also has a really high fly ball rate. So I don't know that he profiles is more than like a back end rotation type despite the line here at the Yankees. I'm not especially eager to pick him up. All right. Let's take a quick break. and when we return, we'll get to the news and notes here on Fantasy Baseball Today.

The news and notes, Justin Verlander threw off the slope of a mound on Wednesday. He does not yet have a timeline to return from his right calf injury. Good news for Hunter Brown, I suppose. Juan Soto left Wednesday's game after getting hit by a pitch in the middle of his back, and I saw something after this game. He said he's okay, he should be good to go. but Scott, the masses are angry. They're very angry with Juan Soto.

They want us to talk about him, talk about how bad he's been this season, how terrible he's been since joining the San Diego Padres, which I can't deny. All of that is true. He's played 28 games, well, now 29, but entering Wednesday, 28 games with the Padres. He's hitting 2.35, three homers,

21, 20 runs scored. That's good. Six RBI. That's not so good. he's walking a ton OPS is 773 yeah he's been a letdown there's no doubt about it he's got 24 home runs

on the season six steals he's hitting 243 he's been a bust I don't know if that's what people want us to want to hear at this point Scott but he has been disappointing there's no doubt about it he's been the third best outfielder in points leagues this year

I think that comes with the caveat that outfield has just been really terrible okay And I suspect he ranks much lower than that in categories leagues. Obviously, he is, he's always going to fare better in points leagues because his plate discipline is so good. But just to put things in perspective, he has been the third best outfielder in points leagues this year behind only Aaron Judge and Buckey Betts. So every outfielder drafted ahead of Juan Soto this year, in that format at least, has been worse than Juan Soto.

So I don't know why we're picking on him specifically. but I want to bench him, would you? No. I mean, unless you play in a 10-team three outfielder categories league and your outfield is absolutely stacked, I can't imagine that being possible based on how bad the position is. Yeah, I mean, my only advice really is to start him and hope he performs better because that's,

I only haven't in one league, but that's what I'm doing with him in that league. He is the 17th ranked outfielder in Roto this season, the 72nd overall player in 5 by 5 leagues. So, you know, based on being a first round pick, he's been very disappointing in that format. Points Leagues, a lot better. A lot better in points leagues. Yeah, I mean, when you have a bad 243 batting average

and not many stolen bases, yeah, no, that makes sense. Big disparity between the two formats. Let's move on to Teasca Hernandez, who was placed on the paternity list. And as a result, Gabriel Moreno was recalled by the Blue Jays. his last 13 games at AAA, he was hitting 370 with one homer, five doubles, and he is just 26% rostered. I don't know how long he's going to stick around, Scott.

Maybe he's just here for the rest of the season, I don't know. But Gabriel Moreno, are you looking to add him in, let's say, two catcher leagues? In a two catcher league, yeah, I would add him there. I don't think there's a ton of room for him to play. Alejandro Kirk certainly has carved out a spot in the line and mostly is the DH but they're going to want to give them starts a catcher occasionally and I don't think they're just going to bench

Gennie Jansen so I don't know that I don't I'm not looking for a big splash from Gabriel Moreno to close out the year Gabriel Moreno can you play the outfield No I don't think so Stalling Marte-Miss both games of

the doubleheader on Wednesday, and it turns out that he's dealing with a partial non-displaced fracture of his right middle finger. He was hit by a pitch on his hand on Tuesday. So that's the official diagnosis. The Mets are listing him as day-to-day, and they don't believe that a trip to the IL will be necessary for Starling Marte. John Carlos Stanton also missed both games of his double-header with a foot injury. That one looks a little more scary.

I think he'll land on the IL, but that's just me speculating. Brandon Lau was reinstated from the IL. The Dal Bruhan was sent down as a result. As expected, Luis Robert was out on Wednesday after getting hit by a pitch on his hand on Tuesday. Eric Lauer was removed from his start due to left elbow tightness and will miss at least one start in the Brewers' rotation.

Sunny Gray will start on Thursday against the Yankees. He left his most recent start with hamstring tightness. Jeffrey Springs was pulled after just three innings pitched against the Red Sox. He was at 39 pitches. I didn't see anything about an injury, Scott. I searched on Twitter. I couldn't find any quotes.

I think this is probably the raise just managing Jeffrey Springs' innings and his workload. Yeah. Well, Yanni Chorinos came back from the IL and so they used him to piggyback with with Jeffrey Springs. Torinos was one of their, a regular part of their rotation

before missing all of 2021 most of this year, first with Tommy John surgery and then a fracture in his elbow. And he's, you know, he's kind of interesting. He, he was successful with the raise before, even though he didn't get a lot of strikeouts. So in 2020, he had a 385-year-R-A-105 whip 7.7K per 9. And, you know, came back three shutout innings with four strikeouts. The velocity looked good. The pitch selection, very similar to that 2020 season.

might just pick up where he left off. But if they're splitting a rotation spot, Springs and Cherinas, neither is going to be of much use, obviously. I'm not ready to dump springs based on this, but it's not a good sign. Yeah, that was my next question. Springs is still 83% rostered, but you're still holding on. Yeah, I mean, the rays make it so difficult to play fantasy. You know, in every aspect of the game. Yeah.

Like, they're, they're not going to let us know when Springs is making his next start until, you know, probably the day of. And then not going to let us know if it's going to be a true start or not. I think I would drop him for Ladolo, Sandoval, and Trevor Rogers. For Ladolo, yes. I'm not sure about the other two. Okay. Josh Donaldson was placed on the paternity list. Isaiah Kinderflefa started both games at third base.

Reid Detmer's will have his start pushback from this weekend to Monday, which means he'll face the Guardians instead of the Astros. If you start him in a weekly lineup league, I'm sorry. Anthony Rendon has been participating in defensive drills and hitting in the batting cage, opening the door to a possible return by the end of the season. All right, well, we haven't heard this name in a while. Anthony Rendon, 24% rostered, Scott, do you think there's a real chance he makes it back?

I mean, they're saying there is. They had ruled him out for the season back when he had the surgery in June. Yeah. I'm not counting on it, but if you have a free IL spot, it's somebody else you can potentially stash there. Sure. Tyler Wells was reinstated from the IL on Wednesday, which normally wouldn't matter,

but the counter move was that Spencer Watkins was optioned back to AAA as a result. Let's jump into some waiver wire hitter, Scott. Do any of these actually matter? We'll start off with two corner infielders, let's say, even though Seth Brown has outfield eligibility to. Luke Voight went three for four with his 19th home run. He is 46% rostered, only has five home games next week. Seth Brown, as we mentioned earlier,

now has four homers over his last three games, and he's 31% rostered, six road games next week. So I never thought we would want hitters to be playing in Oakland, but unfortunately, Seth Brown will not be in Oakland next week. Do these matters, Scott? Luke Voight, Seth Brown. And deeper rotisserie leagues, if you're chasing home runs, they matter.

If you're looking at Corner Infielder specifically, I would prioritize Josh Young, Joey Meneses, Tristan Kossis. I would prioritize them over Voight and Brown because all Voight and Brown are going to give you his power if they give you anything at all. But they might give you pretty good power. Yeah. If you had to choose one, who are you taking? Between those two?

Yep. Voight. Yeah. I think Seth Brown's been a little bit hotter recently, so I guess I would go with him, but not overly excited. You can play him in an outfield too, where you probably need him more, frankly.

Yeah, that's true. Do either of these Yankee middle infielers matter? It was a huge day for Isaiah Kiner-Flefa across the double-header. He went three for nine with a grand slam and two steals. could be motivated with Oswald Parraza getting called up or maybe not.

He's 31% rostered, IKF, he's got five road games next week. And then Oswald Paraza, the name I just mentioned across the doubleheader, he actually started both games. Wow, good for you, Yankees. He went four for eight, four for eight with two doubles, a walk, two runs scored. Pretty impressive stuff based on what I was watching. He's 23% rostered.

Does either one matter, Scott, IKF, Oswald Parza. Oswald Parraza has good upside if he can continue to get playing time so yeah he matters he matters more than even the previous group Luke Voight and Seth Brown do but that's only if you can carve out a regular role

and obviously Josh Donaldson's only going to be on the paternity list so long if Isaiah Kiner Falafas heating up too that doesn't help Parazza's case So that's a tricky one But I do like the skill set Yeah, I'm not so confident in the playing time either So

I'm a little torn on this one I picked up Paraza and a few real deep leagues this weekend 15 team Roto leagues with a middle I'm trying to get them in my 15 team Roto leagues Yeah, so if you play in a league that deep It's worth taking a shot and But it's more just like putting them on my bench

Until right You can find regular playing time the, not the last name yet, but a catcher. Eric Haas went five for five with his 10th home run here on Wednesday and has been starting pretty consistently for the Tigers. I get it. The tigers are pretty bad, but... Yeah, well, he's catcher eligible.

He's a catcher, and he plays. He had a lot of home runs last year, and, you know, the overall stat line doesn't look great this year for Ericas, but had this five-for-five performance, and since the end of May, he's hitting 281 with eight home runs in about 200 of bats. It's pretty good for a second catcher.

Would you take Eric Haas or Gabriel Moreno if you need a second catcher? I think Haas, because he's going to play more. Yeah, I think so, too. Lastly, Scott, do either of these double dongs matter? David V.R. went two for three with double don't, two homers. He has started five straight for the Giants.

And then Aristides Aquino, the Punisher. He went three for four with a double dung as well. He added three RBI. Looks like he's sitting every third or fourth game. Over his last 15 games, he's hitting 250, three homers, 13 RBI. What once was, Aristides Aquino. Do either of these names matter, Scott, deeper leagues? I don't think Aquino does.

VR may be. I mean, as he pointed out, he started five straight, which is rare for a Giants player. and two hits and three straight with three home runs during that time? Yeah. And this is after a AAA in 84 games, roughly half a major league season,

it's worth of games. David VR hit 275 with 27 home runs and a 1022 OPS. It's PCL and all. And it's not like he's some highly rated prospect, but that kind of production is hard to ignore if he starts to do similar things in the majors, third base eligible player.

Kind of interesting, David V.R. All right, let's move over to some pitching. The New York Aces Showdowne out here on Wednesday. Jacob de Grom makes it five straight quality starts. He was at the Pirates, where he went seven shutout innings with eight strikeouts in that one. He had 16 swinging strikes on 91 pitches.

Actually changed up the pitch makes a little bit. he's normally just fastball slider. Frankly, he doesn't need anything else. But he did mix in his change up in curb ball a little bit more. And obviously, Jacob de Kahn was really good once again. His ERA is now down to 1.66. He has 63 strikeouts to four walks. Over 43 in a third innings pitch.

Just bananas. The same thing we say every time he starts. And then Garrett Cole posted a season high, 14 strikeouts up against the twins. He went six and two thirds. He allowed one run. Those 14Ks, as I mentioned, 23 swinging strikes on 118 pitches, 11 on the fastball, 9 on the slider.

He drops his ERA to 3.20, and he leads all of baseball with 218 strikeouts. So I know I'm hard on Garrett Cole. It's because I'm just like a jaded Yankee fan, so don't listen to me when I talk about him. But for what it's worth, I mean, 218 strikeouts, that is just a massive total, Scott. So he's been good. I mean, there's been a little bit more ups and downs.

this year, but he's been still really, really, really good. I have a new, I updated my rest of season rankings today. I have a new number one pitcher in Roto Leagues. It's Jacob de Grom. Ooh, okay, so I finally moved Sandial Consra up to SP1. He's my number one in points leagues. Yeah, but Jacob deGrom is in Roto leagues. I mean, I can't argue with it.

He's the best pitcher when he pitches, right? I'm just kind of, I don't know, I guess I'm sticking to my guns what I said earlier on where I'm just not going to move him up because he can get hurt at any point, which I still believe is true. But sure, I have no problem. I mean, when you're talking about five starts left in the season, though, I don't think it's worth worrying about at this point. Yeah, that's fair.

You know what's fun, Scott? And I say fun, trying to rank Shane McClainahan, Scher, Verlander and Zach Wheeler while they're hurt, it's, you know, I have no idea where to put these guys. So I just, I just left them all in the top 12 and hopefully they're back soon. I don't know. That's at some point when you're talking rest of season rankings, I'm just going to have to stop spending so much time on it because it's like, yeah, I made this point last week. The less rest of season you get, the more radically you can adjust the rankings. If you're treating it literally, rest of season rankings.

Oh, you know. Yeah. Anyway. But hey, that's why you listen to the podcast, right? Because we break down these nuances and these rankings and all these kind of things. Other pitching standouts from Tuesday, Chris Bassett posted his second double-digit strikeout start of the season. He was at the Pirates as well. Seven innings, one run, 10 strikeouts in that one.

Spencer Strider got off to a rough start. It's like, what's going on? Strider in Oakland, this should be a great start. but he did settle down and he was very good. Six innings, two runs, nine strikeouts in that one. Clayton Kershaw recorded his first quality start since July 15th. He was up against the Giants. Six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts for him.

Alec Manoa matched a season high with eight innings pitched at the Orioles. He allowed just one run, striking out five. And the last name here, Jordan Montgomery was great. Once again, turns in another quality start. Six and two thirds, one run allowed, six strikeouts up against the nationals. And now seven starts with the Cardinals, a 1.46 ERA for Jordan Montgomery. Anything Scott that you'd like to add on him, Manoa, Kershaw, Strider, and Bassett? Montgomery has been great with the Cardinals,

but the swinging strike rate hasn't been nearly as impressive as it was with the Yankees. He's changed his pitch mix, as if you pointed out before, more four seamers. It's hard to complain. I mean, for the season, his ERA is barely over. over three now. So he looks like a better asset than he was with the Yankees. I just wonder about the lack of whiffs there because that was the most impressive thing about him before the baseline or the forward-facing numbers, I guess, became so good.

And Chris Bassett, I wanted to mention this for him since I bothered to look it up. past 14 starts Chris Bassett has a 232 ERA. It's been good. He's been really good. And I was going to say, basically what he's done is what I was expecting Sean Mania to do this year, just be rock solid.

And obviously that has not come true. But Chris Bassett, yeah, he's been as advertised, in fact, even better than the past couple of seasons with the New York Mets. Some hitting standouts, Aaron Judge hit his 55th home run in game one of the doubleheader. I have no idea why teams are still pitching to Aaron Judge,

but I'm all for it. Keep doing it, please, because he's the only Yankee that can hit right now. Danesby Swanson went two for five with his 18th home run. He also has 17 steals on the season. Vaughn Grissom stays hot, went two for three with his fifth homer. He is batting 347 with a 956 OPS. He has been amazing. Mike Trout went two for four with his 32nd homer.

He has homered in four straight games. Max Muncie went three for five with his 19th homer. He's got three homers over his last two games. Justin Turner, I did not realize this, Scott. Over his last 49 games, he has quietly been very, very good. So he went two for four with his 11th home run. During that stretch, he's sitting 371 over a 49 game stretch. Seven homers, 28 run scored, 39 RBI, 90 mile per hour average

exit velocity, putting the ball in the air. This is basically the Justin Turner we try to draft every year where he's hitting for batting average, solid power, good counting stats. He's been that player basically over the last 50 games. Yeah, if he keeps it up, the Dodgers are going to end up exercising his option for next year. I want to see it. I want Miguel Vargas in my life. We all do. We all do. But either way, I mean, Justin Turner is probably going to wind up playing somewhere if he's playing at this high of a level. Eloy Jimenez went three for four with his 10th home run. He added three RBI.

He's now betting 305 overall with an 854 OPS. Paul Gulchmidt went one for three with his 35th homer. And Corbyn Carroll is on the board. He went two for four with a double and his first career home run. He actually attempted a steal as well, but he got caught stealing. So that would have been fun. Nice little sock in a shoe for Corby and Carroll. An impressive homer too.

you know, a little bit opposite field. It was mostly tradeaway center, but, you know, just a little bit oppo. And against you, Darvish, fastball up in the zone, it's pretty impressive stuff. Yeah. Darvish gave up three home runs in that game. Including two to Dalton Varsho. Oh, who we are about to talk about right now, Scott. I like doing this segment.

I don't know why, but I'm going to have you grade the season for two hitters. Dalton Varsho went two for four with that double dong. batting, we'll pull up the batting average, but he has 23 home runs total, and I will admit completely that I was totally wrong about Dalton Varsho this year. I just was not convinced that he was actually a good hitter, and he has proved me wrong. Batting average is not great, 243, but he's got those 23 homers. The counting stats are great for catcher eligible player, 66 runs, 64 RBI. He's also got eight steals. Six caught stealing. You don't love that. But how would you grade this season, Scott, Dalton Varsho?

This is a tricky one. I was much higher on Varsha than you were. It may have been the single player we were furthest apart on. He hasn't totally lived up to my expectations. I thought he'd be more of a base dealer. I thought he'd be of help in batting average.

And yet he's been a must-start catcher-eligible player. He's played a ton, which was part of what I was hoping for. The most interesting part of this is that 23 home runs he's up to now with this two homer game that's the most of any catcher eligible player he's led the position at home runs which I which is not something I was expecting for him

so all in all I mean just relative to where he was drafted I don't think you could go any lower than B you could maybe even give him an A I'm going to give him a B though factoring in my own expectations for him coming into the year I was going to say B plus. Maybe that's because I don't have Dalton Varsho anywhere, so I haven't really felt his production.

But he's still the third best catcher in Roto leagues this season behind J.T. Real Muto and Will Smith, I believe. Yes. And the 86th overall player. That's probably around where he was being drafted. So I don't know. It was a little later than that. A little bit later.

Okay, fair enough. It's been a good season, regardless, for Dalton Varsho. It has also been a very good season for A. Eugenio Suarez, who had a double dung here. He's now up to 27 homers. Batting average, not great, 233. But it has been a big bounce back campaign, Scott. And I don't think it's one that we expected, especially from the move from Cincinnati to Seattle. That's a huge negative park shift. But alas, you know, this is the best he's looked in years since 2019. He's not that good, obviously. But, you know, he's back. Yeah, he has, to a degree. I mean, considering he had hit $199 the previous two seasons, combined batting average $199. So hitting over $2.30, I mean, it's a big increase from that.

His dragout rate has actually gotten worse this year, too, which is interesting. I mean, I kind of just want to give him the B2. Yes, our expectations weren't very high and he's exceeded those. We've seen him be even better. in the past though. Yeah. So A feels like too high. I agree. No, I think B is a good grade.

Okay. Maybe B. He'll be the B plus. Yeah. We'll go B plus on A. Eugenio Suarez. His ADP coming into the season was 209.6. And I would imagine he is ranked much higher than that.

And I can let you know right now, he is the 94th ranked player in Roto leagues this season. So a top 100 player, I guess. I'm guessing, because it sounds like everybody is really high in Roto, except for Wanzotto, I guess. Basically. And I think a lot of it is just saying, players who've stayed healthy all season are going to be helped by that

because they're running an RBI production is higher than players who haven't. So if it was like a per game, like I tend to think of players more in terms of how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, how, good are they? You know, if you're setting your lineup today, how much do you want them in your lineup? And that would be better reflected, I think, if there was a per game measure versus a year-to-date measure of production. The counting stats are massive, Scott.

You're right. Like, if you stay healthy and hit 27 home runs in a solid lineup like the Mariners, you know, the counting stats are just going to be there. So that has been a huge factor for Eh, Eugenio Suarez. The call to the bullpen. We'll start with the White Sox. Hendricks struck out the side for his 31st save for Tampa Bay they had a one-run lead Jason Adam pitched in the eighth inning facing the top of the Red Sox lineup and then Pete Fairbanks came in in the ninth and he picked up his sixth save that is

now two straight saves for four of six for Pete Fairbanks the numbers are ridiculous like his 1.45 ERA 28 strikeouts to just two walks over 18 and two-thirds and he's pitched. Basically as good as Jason Adam. Yeah, he's 35% rostered Scott. Would you rather take a shot on Pete Fairbanks or Jose LeClerc if he need saves? Probably Fairbanks just because of what he's doing,

what he's going to contribute in the other categories, more than my faith in him having more saves than LeClerc the rest of the way. It's not like LeClerc is rock solid in the closer role, though. We just know, We just know the rays are going to keep mixing it up. I'm not going to... I got so excited about Jason Adam a couple weeks ago,

and then that's about the time Fairbanks entered the fold. For the Phillies, Connor Brogden allowed a run in the ninth inning, but picked up his second save. Both David Robertson and Brad Hand pitched yesterday, so on Tuesday. So I assume that they were unavailable. For the Blue Jays, Jordan Romano struck out two for his 31st save. For the Nationals, an epic implosion.

by Kyle Finnegan, who entered the game with a four-run lead, proceeded to give up five runs on four hits and two walks, and he took his third loss of the season. For the Guardians, a manual Class A. I think we could just give him a pass. He's been so awesome all year long. He comes in in a one-run game. He gave up two runs on three walks and one hit.

His third blown save is fourth loss, but I think even after this one, he has a 1.39 ERA on the season, so it's been amazing. And then for the Padres, Nick Martinez pitched in the eighth inning with a two-run lead. He faced the top of the D-backs lineup. And then who got the ninth? Who was it?

Josh Hater, once again. He pitched a clean ninth inning, did not strike anybody out, but picked up his 31st save. Do you think we're getting closer, Scott, to Josh Hater taking over once again? He's gotten each of the team's last two saves. Last three appearances have all come in the ninth

to finish a game. Yeah. So I think so. I think Nick Martinez's stay in the role may be a short one because Padre seemed to be turning to Hader again. All right. To stream or not to stream, we will start with Thursday, which is Baron, Adrian Sampson versus the Reds,

Jacob Junis at the Brewers, and James Caprillion. That is no longer happening. He's pitching Friday. So, all right, I'm just going to skip Thursday. Friday, we've got Drew Smiley going up against the Giants. We've got Rwanzi, Contreras, up against the Cardinals, Brian Beaux at the Orioles,

Austin Voth versus the Red Sox, Nick Ladolo at the Brewers, and Hermann Marquez versus the Diamondbacks. However, that game is in Corse Field. So it is. So it is. Not loving any of these

if you're forcing me to pick one. Oh, well, Nicololo against the Brewers is the obvious one. I do like that one. The Brewers are bad against lefties. Did you mention him? Yep. Okay, yeah.

That one's good. If you're forcing me to pick one more, and I don't feel great about this, but it would probably be Austin Voth against the Red Sox with that game being in Baltimore. I was going to say Bayo. He's pitched pretty well recently

at the Orioles, not entirely worried about it. Yeah, I just think he could implode with a bunch of walks, even in a favorable pitching environment like that. There was one other name that emerged on Thursday, Scott. J.P. Sears,

up against the White Sox. What do you think about him? On Thursday? I mean, that's the best option for Thursday. Yeah. Best streaming option. But it's, it's probably a low risk move. It's just also a low reward move and maybe not worth forfeiting a roster spot. And that game is in Oakland, the launching pad. So I don't know if you want to do it. And plus the left, uh, the white Sox are really good against left-handed pitching. We are going to, that's surprising. Yeah, they are not good against righties.

but against left-handed pitching, they have the fifth best weighted on base average in all baseball. We're going to wrap there. For Scott, I am Frank. Thank you all for listening and watching fantasy baseball. Today will be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.