Fantasy Baseball Today - Kerry Carpenter Breakout, Luke Weaver Injury & Fun May Stats! (6/3 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: June 3, 2025

Kerry Carpenter FOR THREE (2:42)! ... Parker Meadows is back (4:45)! ... It's time to say goodbye to Max Meyer (7:30). ... News (12:40): Luke Weaver is going on the IL with a hamstring injury. ... Thairo Estrada is a name in deeper leagues (23:30). ... It was a big night for outfielders (27:22). ... Anything to see with these deep-league waiver wire pitchers (30:07). ... Did you know? Fun stats from May (33:18). ... Let's fire up FANTASY JUSTICE (45:12). ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (49:46). ... Oh, and Team Name Tuesday (57:50)! Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://sptfy.com/QiKv⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CPTowers⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@CBSScottWhite⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@Roto_Frank⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Join our Facebook group at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 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. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Not one, not two, but three homers for Carrie Carpenter. Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, June 3rd.

I am Frank Sample, joined by Chris Towers. Today on the show, we had a light slate of games, so we've got some other things to talk about. Fun stats from May. I have a fantasy justice dilemma for Chris and much more. But let's jump in. Yeah! That is a new one that I heard tonight, and that was after a Mike Trout home run. Yes, I did enjoy the very timely Austin Powers reference during Mike Trout's Mammoth Home Run tonight.

Yes. And Mammoth Home Run, it was indeed. Let's start things off on the right foot here, Chris, before we get to potentially a fantasy funeral. But Kerry Carpenter had himself a huge game. Three for five with a triple dong, five RBI. He was pretty cold before this game. Previous 13, 170 batting average, one homers, 4801 OPS. So he was due.

He was facing the White Sox. Obviously, that helps. You know what? Now it's four home runs in his last 14 games. That's pretty good. It's pretty good. 276, 13 homers, 822 Ops. P.S. He's hitting the ball hard. He's barreling it up.

Expect the stats look pretty good. I mean, the only drawback here, Chris, is that he doesn't play against lefties. He played a few games against lefties early on this season. He hasn't been good. I don't think it's going to happen. Like, he's a platoon bat, but he's also a platoon bat that can hit 275 with like 25 to 30 homers, which is still a very good player. Yeah, I still think he was probably being overdrafted. coming into the season

just because he was always going to be a platoon bat. On the other hand, I think we all mentioned, like, hey, there's not that much difference between Kerry Carbiner and Jack Peterson, and we look like dummies for saying that. Because Carrie Carbender's been pretty good, and Jack Peterson's been maybe the worst hitter in baseball so far this season.

So I win for the Kerry Carpenter people. He is a really good hitter against Ritey's. He got off to an absolutely bonkers start. The expected numbers in April were, like people were jokingly referring to him as Barry Bonds and it wasn't like far off. He has not been quite that good since. But overall, 349 expected Wobah, that's still very good. He's cut the strikeout rate.

He's not, he's probably never going to be able to hit lefties well. But that just puts a ceiling on how valuable that he can be. Not, it doesn't wreck his fans. about you know. Yeah, I would agree with that. While we're talking about the Tigers here, you know what to do with Kerry Carpenter. You start him, you leave him in your lineup.

You know, he's not really available. Someone who is available is Parker Meadows, who made his season debut here on Monday. He went two for four with a steal, a double, a triple, two walks, and three runs scored. It was an awesome first game for him. And just a reminder that the final two months of last season,

he hit 296 with six home runs, five steals, and an 840 OPS. And that was part of the reason. And I believe both you and I, Chris, had Parker Meadows as a sleeper coming into the season. He dealt with like, it was like a nerve injury, right, or something? Yeah, it was right. A nerve injury in his tricep or bicep or something like that. Yeah, like right at the end of spring training maybe.

So it delayed him all the way to this point. Obviously, it was a major injury that kept him out. But widely available, 33% rostered. I think five outfielder leagues for sure. For sure. I'm not sure where they're yet on three outfielder leagues, but yeah. Grays Leagues though. I think he's worth a look because did you mention the numbers after he came back last season? I said the final two months of the of last season. What was really frustrating was he got a month and a week last year at the start of the season. He was terrible. And then they sent him to AAA and he was amazing. He was really, really good at AAA. He gets called back up at the beginning of July, gets three games. I think he has got five hits in the first three games and suffers a hamstring injury or.

an oblique or something. I think it was hamstring, yeah. Misses a month, comes back and he's awesome for the final two months of the season. Hit 299 with a 344 OBP, 513 slug, seven homers, six steals

from his return in July. So those three games plus, I think it was 45 games after that, or 46 games, something like that. 21% strikeout rate. He's a good athlete. Has held his own against lefties,

so I don't know if Platooning is going to be an issue. And he's actually better against lefties than right. He's in his career. And first game back, he's hitting leadoff. Yeah. That's really big. For a sneaky line up too, Tigers, yeah.

Yeah, so I think Parker Meadows is at least in five outfielder, anything 12 team or deeper, probably even 10 team five outfielder league should be rostered. And, you know, 12 team three outfielder categories leagues. I do think he might be a 2020 guy who doesn't kill you in batting average. So I'm not sure how much value there's going to be in points, but frankly, if he hits 275 and is hitting lead off and playing every day, he's probably going to matter for points leagues too. So I think Parker Meadows is severely under-rastered at 33% right now.

All right, Chris, let's go over to you for your player of the night. Max Meyer. I think, I mean, we got to be done with him, right? I think you said it yesterday. If you can't get it done against the Rockies in Miami, it's just, look, I wouldn't be surprised if at some point this season,

we have a stretch where we're looking back into Max Meyer, but it's just, it's been happening for so long now. It's seven starts, a 701 ERA 173 whip. It's, there's no way you could start them with any level of confidence right now. I have mentioned a few times that I had looked at,

like, all the pitchers who had had at least 14 strikeouts in a game. over the past five years. And it's like basically all the best pitchers in baseball plus Lance Lennon in 2023 when he was terrible. And Tristan McKenzie, the one year he was good before he got hurt. I decided today to just let's get a bigger sample size. I looked at the last decade and 44 different pitchers

have had at least 10, at least 14 strikeouts in a game at least once. And it's like, Garrett Cole has done it nine times. Jacob deGroms seven times. Jose Fernandez did it three times. Steven Strausberg, like everyone awesome. And then you start to go to the one, the guys who've done it once. And that's where you do see like Vince Velasquez in 2016 and Tanner Rourke in 2016, although he was actually awesome that year.

I don't know if you remember Tanner Rook having a sub three ERA for like 190 innings. But like Dan Strayley did it. And Rinaldo Lopez in 2019 did it. And Lance Lynn in 2023 and Dylan Bundy in 2018. And that's the one that, like really stood out for me with with Max Meyer. Big prospect gets, gets called up, gets hurt, always had the good slider, never really had anything else to go along with it.

I'm not saying that's necessarily the case. And again, most of the guys who have had at least 14 strikeouts in one start are really good. It's like a 90% hit rate of like you are a must start fantasy pitcher. and so it just seems like he might be one of the exceptions I don't know I don't know what happened his slider he threw it a lot today they threw it what like 38% of the time and it just it was okay in this start it actually wasn't bad yeah it wasn't bad but it wasn't great you know only

only six whiffs that's fine um but when the rest of the arsenal is not doing anything really it's just it's not enough. And so I think we have to I think we have to drop Max Meyer. Yeah, 78% rostered still. I mean, there's a few names out there.

This is your last chance for Yuri Perez. We mentioned that yesterday. He's up to 74%. Definitely rather have him. Obviously, you know, you make that swap. But really anybody else that pops up, that's interesting, take a shot on Mick Abel. Let's see what happens there. So unfortunately, Max Meyer. He gone, he gone. He gone.

And he's gone. And he's gone. He go. He gone. He gone. He gone. He gone. That is a really long compilation of He gone's from Hall Carrollson there, but just needed to belabor the point that Max Meyer is gone.

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Let's hit the news and notes. And this one, not so great for my Yankees. Per Jeff Passon, Luke Weaver injured his hamstring while warming up Sunday night and could miss four to six weeks. An official timetable will be determined on Tuesday. But obviously this is a big loss for the Yankees, big loss for fantasy as well. and Devin Williams, now's your chance, man.

You're getting another opportunity here. Last 11 appearances for Williams, a 180 ERA, a 0.80 whip, 15 strikeouts to two walks, 75% rostered, Chris. So if Devin Williams was dropped, he could be out there in some shallower leagues. That feels like a pretty easy swap here, pretty easy replacement. Yeah, I mean, there are enough, like, functional sparts that in points leagues, which I would guess are most of the leagues where he's available, it's hard to say, Devin Williams is a must roster player.

But if he's back to being himself, and I think for the most part, he's looked like it, he was that kind of pitcher, and he's going to get the saves for the next month at least. So, yeah, the weird thing is the change-up is still not quite where it needs to be. I think the whiff rate for the season is like 33%, which is the lowest. It's been, first time it's been below 40%, I think since he was a rookie. And so obviously, I mean, that pitch is everything for Devin Williams. And it was a he did get it up to 39.6% in the month of May. So that's a good sign.

It was much improved from from April. So maybe he's just right now. I hope so. Yeah. Some other replacements for Luke Weaver. If you're looking, Camilo Doval, obvious one, he's 72% rostered. And, you know, he's just the closer for his respective team. You might want him over Devin Williams straight up.

So I don't, if you feel that way, sure, you could go with Camila Duval. I don't know about that one. The strikeouts haven't been there for Deval. I think I'd rather have Williams, I guess, could have a timetable where he's not the closer anymore. Although, if he's awesome, then he probably is just a guy. Yeah, he probably just stays in the closer all the rest of the way. So I know teams are hesitant to have guys lose a job because of injury, but, you know, it's not like Luke Weaver has had that job for a long time.

Some other names here, Daniel Palencia, who we've mentioned a lot recently, and Robert Garcia, who looks like he might be taking over the Rangers bullpen as well. Mookie Betts has missed four straight with that fractured toe, but said he hopes to return on Tuesday. L.A. Dela-Cruz will go on the bereavement list after Wednesday's game following the death of his sister in the Dominican Republic. Obviously, a very tough loss there for L.A. Dela-Cruz. Marcelo Zuna is playing through a hip injury that he'll likely need to manage throughout the season.

and we got this quote from GM Alexanthopoulos. It's one of those things he's going to have to manage and get to the off season. So it looks like it's a torn ligament or something in the hit. That's concerning, yeah. It hasn't affected his production thus far. I mean, I guess there is a chance it could at some point, Chris. And, you know, maybe there's a couple more injury management days

that he might need throughout the season. But he's hitting 284, 10 homers. We were expecting, I think, a little bit more power at this point. But a 901 OPS, he's still hitting the, the ball extremely hard. So, I mean, he's still really good. He's just, you know, not as good as the player he was last year. That is Marcelo Zuna.

Zach Wheeler won't start in the upcoming series against the Blue Jays as he awaits the birth of his child. Christopher Sanchez is now a two-star pitcher this week instead. Blake Snell could resume throwing off a mound early next week. He has not done so since he experienced a setback with his left shoulder in late April. Tyler Glass now continues to play catch, but body soreness has, slowed his progress. This one was funny because for a while,

it seemed like Glassnow was definitely gonna come back before Snell and now, maybe not. Emmett Sheehan might be back before both of them. I cannot draft Tyler Glassdown anymore, Chris. I was thinking about it earlier today. I have him on like two or three teams.

Every sprint, I just kind of talk myself into, but man, per start, you know, per start upside and he was really good last year and he's on a great team, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. It's just, it's so frustrating to just wait for him to come back every year. I just, I don't want to do it. It just can't be a top 100 pick again, you know?

Yeah. It's just like, we know how awesome he is. We also know he misses time every single year. And it's usually a lot of time. Yeah. So. Remind me of this in March, next year, please. Last year we got lucky and the injury didn't happen until like, what, August?

Yeah. But if that had happened in June, he probably misses three months. Oh, yeah. It's not what you want. It's tough, but he's awesome. So it's like, no, he is, but it's just, it is such a foregone conclusion with him. It's, he's out there. You're like, why would anybody not draft this guy?

Yeah. Yeah, that's the tough thing. It's really, I think it just has to not be a top 100 pick. But if he, if you picked him like 150th and you get three awesome months out of him, who cares? Michael King has begun playing light catch. He's on the I.L with a pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder. Christian Yelich was back in the lineup Monday after getting hit by a pitch on his right hand

this weekend and he hit his 13th home run in that game and he remains red hot. Shane McClanahan is expected to throw his first bullpen on Friday. He's been out all season with nerve irritation in his left triceps. We had two outfielders activated

for their respective teams. We already spoke about Parker Meadows. The other one is Colton Couser with the Orioles and the Orioles did not play here on Monday so expect him to be in the lineup on Tuesday. 68% rostered.

I think I asked you this a couple of weeks ago, Chris, and you said straight up, you would take Meadows over Kouser. I can't imagine that has changed. Yeah, I think it's pretty close. I think both should be like 85% rostered. So if Kouser's out there and Meadows isn't for some reason, go ahead and add him, yeah.

Sean Mania threw 29 pitches in a live bullpen on Monday. The Mets will see how his body responds before determining if he's ready for a rehab. assignment. Jason Dominguez underwent tests on his left thumb Monday. He injured it on a slide on Sunday, so I guess we'll find out more about that on Tuesday. Philly's manager, Rob Thompson, indicated recently that it's unlikely pitching prospect Andrew Painter will make his major league debut prior to the All-Star break. So he is a name that you can

stash if you have a minor league spot and an N.A. spot or something like that, but just don't expect Andrew Painter until the second half of the season. last week Alex Kora said that they were going to try Christian Campbell at first base didn't happen and then on Monday he said first base is quote nothing that we're planning on doing now so well I mean he needs to focus on hitting I think more than fielding Christian Kempel yeah that might just be a the the desire to or the urge to get his bat in the lineup is a lot less strong now than it was a couple a couple weeks ago. He's really falling on hard times. I still have some faith that he will figure it out. Obviously, he showed a lot upside in the first month of the season. But yeah, June was, or May was pretty bad.

And he's got to really turn it around very quickly. Or I do think there's going to be some talk about setting him down. Apparently the White Sox, their catcher prospect Kyle Teal has been working out at first base recently. and this season at AAA, he's hitting 289 with a 394 on base, eight homers, seven steals, and 885 OPS, and he's catcher eligible on CBS. And that would make him very fantasy friendly, Chris, if he got called up and started playing first base every day. Yeah, I remember when the Reds or when the White Sox made the trade to acquire

Teal and the Garrett Crochet trade, and he was like the big centerpiece of it, there was a lot of like, why would they trade for him if they already have one of their their top prospect is a catcher. And it's like, this is not something this team should be worried about. Just get the most talented players you hand and figure it out. If Kyle Teal is their best first base option by the time he's ready, cool. Let's just get those bats in the lineup.

I don't think we really care where they're going to play. This is not a team that needs to be worrying about positions right now. Just get these guys in the lineup. And I think at this point, Kyle Teal's probably ready. Jamie Candelario began a rehab assignment in the Arizona Complex League on Monday. He's been out since late April with a back issue. Miguel Anduhar was placed in the aisle with an oblique injury. J.J. Blade was recalled.

Gunner Hoagland also landed on the aisle with a left hip impingement. Yohan Moncato was placed in the aisle with right knee inflammation. And there was a report that the Padres have interest in trading for Jaron Duran. And I'm not sure if there's any traction at all. But seeing as how the Red Sox do have a glut of out. outfielders. Not that they should just give Jaron Duran away because he's an amazing player. I mean, they would have to ask for a lot in return

and rightfully so. But they also have Roman Anthony, so I mean, it does make a little bit of sense here. I mean, there could be a trade match between the Red Sox and Padres. I just don't know what the what the Rains would give up to get him.

DeVries or Salas. I don't know if Salas has really struggled. So I don't know if they'd want to do that. The Red Sox. I can't see them giving to rise up for anything really at this point. Yeah, 28-year-old who's already, you know, making 3 million. Yeah, that's that's the problem with Duran as a trade target is he, he's probably more valuable to the Red Sox,

even though the Red Sox have a glut of outfielders that they have to figure out. But he is 28. He's already, I think, had an arbitration season. So there's only two years of service left, I think. So it's like how much our team's going to give up? I just, I worry he might not be as valuable in trades as, as you might think.

And look, we talked all off season. We thought that it was a pretty high likelihood that the Red Sox would try and sell high on Jaron to try and bring some pitching in. And it's not like the Padres have much pitching to offer either. And I'm looking at their top prospects here. Honestly, I thought they had more,

but I guess they really have kind of. No, it's just those two guys and then... They've kind of cleaned... They've cleaned it out over the past couple years. I mean, the Tanner Scott and Luis Arias trades last year alone were a big deal. And then cease, obviously. Yeah, yeah, for sure. All right, let's talk some waiver wire hitters from Monday's action.

Mostly names for deeper leagues here, but Tyro Estrada, three for four with the RBI. He also attempted to steal, but he was caught in this one. He's hit fourth or fifth in all three games with the Rockies. 29 years old. He was awful last year. Not sure he was ever. healthy, but he was very useful in both 2022 and 2023. Estrada 15% rostered.

Jesus has been doing some things lately. He had three hits in this game. Last 25 games, he's hitting over 300, three homers, four steals, OPS over 800, 23% rostered. It's probably not going to play against lefties, but, you know, a name for five outfielder leagues. And Joe Adele making some noise. Last seven games, 409 with three homers. And, uh, six. RBI. Mostly deep league names here, Chris, but any of them stand out.

Estrada, Hazu Sanchez, Joe Adele. Yeah, I think Estrada's probably the only one who matters in, or potentially matters in more than just the deep leagues. Because if he can get back to what he was in,

uh, 20, 22 and 2023 when he hit like 270 each year, uh, 20-ish stolen bases, 15-ish home runs. If he could do that, but with course field bumping the batting average up a little bit, say he hits 280, 285, that could be really valuable because he's going to have a chance to play every day.

And he's, you know, like you said, he's been batting in the top half of the lineup every day so far. So that's potentially pretty useful. Yeah. Wanted to mention Hunter Goodman, who is having this breakout season here. All while struggling in Corse Field. It's very weird. Three for four with a double dong. Both of these in Miami on the road in this game.

He's hitting 274. He's got nine homers, 783 OPS from a catcher. Awesome stuff. I hadn't noticed this, yeah. Yeah. So at home, he's hitting 252. Two homers, 683 OPS on the road. 2.92.

7 homers 870 OPS, which, honestly, those two should probably just be reversed, right? Yeah. It's very weird. I want to say that, oh, as he begins to pick things up in Cores Field, like, maybe the numbers just get better. But he's probably not an 870 OPS guy in a neutral environment. There was a, I want to say it was a like baseball prospectus book from the early 2000s. This is baseball between the numbers or something, I think is what it was called.

And they did a, there was an essay in there about one of the Rockies players. It might have been Larry Walker in one of his very. good seasons where he was actually better on the road than at course field. And it was like, well, how much better could he have been? It's like, well, that's not really how it works. You know, like the 683 OPS that Hunter Goodman has at home still happened in coursefield. So that might be a 600 OPS if he had done everything else the same on the road. And it's just that it just happens to be that he has been better on the road than at home. but I don't think you should just assume that that means he's going to be an 870 OPS guy on the road and, you know, a thousand OPS guy at Coorsfield.

If he was, well, then we're probably talking about the best catcher in fantasy. I don't think Hunter Goodman is the best catcher in fantasy. I guess I can't say it's not happening for sure. He's been very impressive. Still not even 90% rostered, I think, which is a little surprising. but I guess, you know, in those one catcher leagues, he does strike out a lot. But he's, I think, definitely in that top 12 discussion at this point. All right, it was a big night for outfielders.

We got Mike Trout three for four with his 10th home run. And we mentioned how far it went. I mean, 454 feet, 112.1 exit velocity. He has three hits in two of three starts since returning. Lawrence Butler quietly turning things up here. Two for two with his ninth home run. and last 14 games for Butler, he's hitting 364, three homers, three steals, and OPS over 1,100 during that time.

Byron Buxton, I mean, please, just please, stay healthy for as long as you possibly can. I know you missed some time with the concussion, not his fault, but he went two for five with a double four RBI in his 10th stolen base. He has 10 homers and 10 steals in 44 games this season. And T.J. Friedel, who's just been racking up the hits lately over his last 13 games, he's batting 426, and he's got the overall batting average up to 305. Chris, anything to add on Trout, Lawrence Butler, Byron Buxton, and T.J. Friedel. I think Trout's going to be very good as long as he stays healthy,

and let's hope he stays healthy for longer than a month this time. Obviously, we have no real reason to expect that, given that it's been recurring knee injuries for the past year plus now, which is, you know, it's concerning when it's different injuries every time when it's the same injury. I think it's even more concerning. Very good to see Butler starting to turn things around because his, you know, his season has not gone the way we had hoped.

He's still been hitting the ball hard, but not at all. Optimized. Strikeout rate had been up a little bit. Does not pull the ball in the air very much. So that's been holding him back especially. But, yeah, the underlying number is starting to turn around. He's got a 363 expected wobo over the past 50 plate appearances that was entering today as well. So that's a good sign.

Hopefully he carries it over. And then I just want to point out with Buxton and Correa, who have both hit really well since coming back from the concussion. That is not always a guarantee. And in Buxton's case, I think he has had at least one, maybe two concussion. before this that he's missed time with. So yeah, remember 2019, I think he had a couple of run-ins with the outfield wall and started playing shallower in the outfield to avoid that issue. And so it's never a guarantee when guys come back from concussions that they will, you know,

be able to see and track the ball. And it's a really good sign for both Carlos Correa and Byron Buxton that they have been. All right. Anything to see here for these Waverwire pitchers, and they are mostly deep league names here. Aaron Savali is solid outing at the Reds, five and a third inning, two runs with five strikeouts. He did have 12 whiffs on 86 pitches. Stephen Kolek, solid outing at the Giants, five and two-thirds shutout with three strikeouts for him. Paul Blackburn of the Mets pitched well in his season debut at the Dodgers, five shutout with three strikeouts,

and Hunter Dobbins pitched well as the bulk reliever. for the Red Sox up against the Angels, five innings, one run, four strikeouts. Pretty much deep league names, Chris, but do any of these matter for fantasy? I have Steve, Stephen Colick, I think, in two leagues because he is a spark. That's basically the only reason I have any interest in him.

He gets a ton of ground balls, 59%. The rest of these guys, I think, are low, low-end streamers. Like, they'd have to have really, really good matchups to even consider them. And even Kolek is not much better than that. It's just the spark eligibility. Yeah, I'm trying to figure out why Blackburn was actually starting here because now they have a six-man rotation and they have guys that are returning soon.

They have Montas and they have Sean Mania eventually too. So it's, I don't know, it might not be a, it might just be like a short stint here for Paul Blackburn. Maybe he's more of like a sixth or seven starter fill in. replacement kind of guy. All right, let's take our final break. And when we return, Did You Know Fun Stats for May? And we'll do that right after this.

Welcome back in Fantasy Baseball today. Did you know May edition? Some random fun stats here. And first up, Chris, Juan Soto was second among all hitters with 19 barrels in May. That was behind Shohei Otani, who had 22. And by the way, Otani basically just led every statistical category in May. But Soto, remember, I mean, he had a down month. He hit 219.

He only had six home runs. And the conversion rate for barrels is usually 60% of barrels go for home runs. It's not always perfect. Sometimes it's more. Sometimes it's less. But, I mean, based on that, he should have deserved something like 11 home runs for May. And he only had six. And the expected stats are still tremendous for Juan Soto.

So I get that people are frustrated. It has been a slow start. But everything still says, if there's any possible way for you to buy, you should be looking to do so. Yeah, I mean, even for his career, Soto has turned barrels into home runs at about a 54% clip, so lower than average, which I think makes sense, given what we know about how he has underperformed his expected stats throughout his career by about 20 points of expected Wobah. He's underperforming by about 90 points right now. It just, I hope it goes without saying that,

Wans Soto is going to be a monster And I don't like We can do like I've seen a lot Oh he wasn't happy and he's not happy with the Mets Definitely not definitely not happy I just like We don't have to try to psychoanalyze these guys You're not you don't know them you're not talking to them

Like the Mets have like actual like doctors on their team that are talking to these guys presumably Like we don't need to do this from the outside we can just say that like Wonsoto has had a kind of slow. start, certainly relative to expectations, an incredibly slow start. I have no concerns about Wantsoto whatsoever. I brought up a new nickname for him last week. Scott was not impressed. I don't think you will be either.

Juan Soto for four. Sure. That's probably happened a few times. It happens a lot because every time it happens, I bring it up and hit a group chat with my Mets fan friends. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Yeah, he's gone 0 for 4, like 12 times this season. Yeah, sure.

That's right. Let's talk about Matthew Boyd, who was second among qualified starting pitchers in K-minus walk rate in the month of May, 28.6%, which was a distant second behind Terrick Scoobel. It was like scubel first and everything on the pitching side. Otani first on everything on the hitting side. But for Matthew Boyd in May, he had a 354 ERA, a 104 whip, 34 strikeouts to just two walks in the month. And I think he's legit, Chris. I know, like, we've kind of done the Matthew Boyd experience for like a decade now. And lots of ups.

Well, mostly lots of downs and a little bit of ups. But if you look at the pitch makes the change up in the slider are legit. The fastball gets widths. It also gives up some hard contact. But I'm in. I like what we're seeing. I moved him up to SP 50 last week, which I realize is very aggressive. But pitching on a good team, I like what he's doing.

I'm in. I'm in on Matthew Boyd. Yeah. I am not as in, but I also am realizing I have him way too low and he should probably be a top 75 pitcher. But I'm going to be honest. I don't really get it. I don't understand how this is happening. Because like you say the slider and change up are, I believe legit was your word.

And they're good pitches. Like the expected Wobah is below 275 on both. That's very good. with rate 33.6, 34.6%. Those are his only two pitches of 20. It has two pitches that are that good though. I mean, it's like they're good in terms of quality of contact and they get a good amount of whiffs. But I don't see like, I guess I'm struggling with where are the, where's the above average strikeout rate supposed to be coming from?

And that's the thing I'm struggling with, right? Like he doesn't really miss a lot of bats on pitches in the strike zone. doesn't generate. He's slightly above average in chase rate. I just, I don't quite see, like it all adds up to what should be more like a 22, 23% strikeout rate. And he's at 25%. So, you know, that's not far. And maybe, you know, he does a good job of pounding the zone and stealing strikes. And maybe that explains it. But I just, I think it's probably more like a high three ZRA, um, which is beautiful. You know, it's not, I'm not saying Matthew Boyd shouldn't be rostered or anything.

It's just I, I'm having trouble getting excited about it. And maybe that's a me thing. Maybe I'm just, I'm missing something obvious about Matthew Boyd. But I just, I don't quite see it right now. All right. Well, let's see if you like this one, Chris. Matt Chapman was sixth in average exit velocity in May at 95.1 miles per hour. And just a name we have.

really talked about at all of the season. And in the month, he hit 284 with five homers, 16 run scored, and in 859 OPS. And he's still, he's vastly underperforming his expected stats on the season. So I, I kind of like Matt Chapman as a by low right now. Yeah, he does have a 374 expected well, but it's actually a career high mark. I had not realized that about Matt Chapman. I'm not sure, like, this is another one where you like look up the aggregate part. And it's like, yeah, I guess he's been a little better on contact. His average X velocity is up a little bit from last year. And his barrel rate is actually down slightly.

It's actually his lowest barrel rate since 2018, which is weird. But yeah, I think Matt Chapman is probably a relative by low candidate. Obviously, less so after a solid May, but I don't think anybody's like super enthused about Matt Chapman right now. I guess a big part of it is 16% walk rate, which matters for points leagues, not so much for Roto, especially because he's not scoring many runs. So yeah, I don't know. That's an interesting one. Maybe a better buy low in a points than a Roto league. All right. I tried with one Cubs pitcher. Let's try with another. Ben Brown had the second best Sierra among qualified pitchers in May behind only Terrick Scuba. Won't surprise you.

But he had a 546 ERA, a 112 whip, 40 strikeouts to five walks over 31 and a third innings. The problems still gives up hard contact. The bad that was high, left on base percentage was low here for him. Only 36% rostered, Chris. Do you think that should be the case for Ben Brown? Yeah, he's not without talent, certainly. And on days when the four seamers working up and the knuckle curve is working, down. I think Ben Brown, we've seen several instances of him being very, very impressive.

The problem is, has he gone? He wants six innings in the relief appearance this week, which is unfortunate because you don't get the quality start for it. And then he did have two quality starts earlier in the season, but that's it. He's very much a five-inning pitcher for the most part, which makes sense. It's a, he'll throw a very occasional change up, but it's a 3% usage pitch for him almost entirely to lefties. So I just think there are some inherent limitations to Ben Brown's game that are always going to be there.

And another thing is, you know, his FIP, X FIP, Sierra are all very good for the season. XERA is much worse. It's about a run worse in XERA, which accounts for quality of contact in a way that those other ones don't. The other stats largely assume similar abilities on contact. And it might just be that because Ben Brown only has those two pitches and he has to pitch so much up in the zone with the four seamer, he might just always be, he might always struggle with hard contact allowed.

Yeah. And, you know, look, bringing up Ben Brown, I actually, you know, I was surprised to see the stat, but I actually don't think he should be much more Ross than that. He feels like just a one pitch pitcher, Chris. I mean, the curveball is filthy, but his fastball gets hit so hard. The fastball's just okay. The ex-well was around 400, and I mean, maybe the change of could be something. He just barely uses it. So I think there was some talk of him throwing like a kick change this spring, and it just never, it never really developed. That's, that's tough. Yeah. All right, next up, Luis Roberts 521 OPS was the fifth lowest among qualified hitters in May. In the month, he hit

195, only one home run, 31% strikeout rate. Still hitting the ball hard, barrel rate looks okay, 276 Babbitt, maybe a little bit low here. Oof, I mean, he has more steals than RBI on the season, which is like just a confounding stat for Luis Robert. Do you consider him a by-low, Chris, or is it just kind of stay away from the headache? I do think he's a buy low. His expected stats are not great, but they are better than what he's done, which was not the case last year. It's worth saying. Like last year, his underlying numbers were exactly as bad as his top line numbers.

And this year, the underlying numbers, it's a 312 X Wobah. That's not great. But like, if Luis Robert was hitting 240 with, you know, seven or eight home runs in the stolen bases he has, it wouldn't be great. but it would be fine. I think he's going to hit 240-ish, the rest of the way. At least I'm hoping. And I'll buy into the underlying numbers here,

even though they're not great, they are better. All right. And the last one that I have, Bailey Falter had the third best ERA of 0.76 and the fifth best whip. 0.84. Six starts in May, brought up the ERA and whip, but it also came with a 4.8K for 9

a 3.3 walks per 9. So just wanted to bring this up because in case people are wondering, why haven't you talked about Bailey Falter? Well, he has almost as many walks his strikeouts in the month. And it's a 163 BABIP, a 91% left on base percentage. So it feels like

he got really lucky in the month. Yes. Strikeouts matter because they have individual value in fantasy. They are one of the 10 categories in Roto. They give you points in points leagues. They also matter because they help you avoid runs.

Every strikeout is necessarily a ball that's not in play. And he has been absurdly reliant on outs and balls in play. A 163 babbip is obviously unsustainable. There's nothing a pitcher can do to sustain a 163 babbitt, especially not Bailey falter. So I understand that he has had a really good run of starts lately. I have no interest in chasing that. Yeah, I agree with you as well.

I have been in an NL only league, so, like, sure, anyone who has a pulse there. Maybe you stream them in, like, a deeper mix road like 15-team, but even then, I'd just, yeah, I'd be staying away from Bailey Falter. All right, Chris, let's get into a little fantasy justice here. This is something we used to do, and kind of similar to what Adam Azer does with, like, the fantasy cops and regulators back. in the day. It's harder to work stuff like this in-season, but, you know, only seven games on the schedule. So let's get to it. I got this question Sunday on Twitter, and it caused quite the stir, Chris. At 7.10 p.m. Eastern Time. Somebody tweeted me, a trade in my league was made. Corbyn Burns for Dylan Sees. The deal was accepted before the game today, should it be voided?

And me without thinking, I just wrote, yes. People did not like that. Remember, Corbin Burns left that game with an elbow injury. So, look, I understand both sides. Things happen. Injuries happen. If you want to take the approach that, you accepted the trade, this is legally binding, like, blah, blah, blah, okay, I get it. Like, by the letter of the law, yes, the trade went through.

There's nothing you could do about it. That's fine. But it's really the timing of everything here, Chris. I mean, it was merely hours before Corbin Burns got hurt. Personally, I would not want to win that way. plus it just it just kind of feels like the right thing to do like I don't know being empathetic you know it's like doing the right thing but uh that's why I would say void it but yeah people people did not like so I get that I would not ask for the trade to be voided if I was the one who

traded for carbon burns if you were the one who traded for Corbyn Burns like that that is not how I would approach like that that's just bad luck the what I thought you were going to set up was trade was accepted immediately after the injury, in which case it's clear that that trade had been sitting out there for a while. And the person saw Corbyn Burns got hurt and immediately accepted it. That, I would say it's okay to feed him. That is a rare instance where that person is acting in bad faith and I would be fine with that. I know that you can say, well, you shouldn't leave trade offers out there.

it could have been sent earlier that day. Like I would be okay walking that back. I'm not saying you have to. In this instance, if someone really throws a fit or if the guy who got Dylan Cease wants to is okay walking back, okay, like if you think that's better for the league,

but like everything was above the board. Nobody got shafted. Nobody got taken advantage of. it's just bad luck. In that instance, I'm, it sucks for the person who traded for carbon burns, but with the information you had, they were both healthy.

I don't think you undo this one. And I see that side of it too. I mean, that's what people were bringing up to me. And I do think it comes down to the people that made the trade too. Like if they're, you know, bringing up how this is unfair or like, come on, there has to be something that can change about this. Like, surely you can't let this thing go through.

Then everybody, you cut Dylan's season half. And everybody gets, they alternate starts. Home road starts. Yeah. One gets home. One gets road. One gets Monday, Wednesday, and the weekends. Yeah.

No, I, like, I just, I do think vetoes should be limited to situations in which someone's acting in bad faith, taking advantage of. someone and that's not what happened here unfortunately i i think it's just crappy luck and if they made the trade and corbin burns gets hurt in his next start are we also going to ask for that like that that no no like that's the thing if it and yeah but they made the trade with the information that they had and that's all you can ask that's all you can do yeah i mean it's just to me like the fact that it's the same day and it's a couple hours later i totally i get what you're saying like look if it's a day or two later then i'm like all right i don't know why that matters so much to me that it's

the same day. I think it's, I think you just got to let it go. I hear you. I hear you. I would not want to keep the trade. If I accepted the trade and I got Dylan cease, I would say,

let's walk this thing back. I might be open to that discussion. It depends. You know, how much, what kind of entry fee we got in this book? Yeah, fair enough. So I don't know if we've actually decided this, but I think most people

will probably side with you on this one. So with that fantasy justice, I think has been served. All right, some pitching standouts from Monday. Logan Webb was awesome up against the Padres. Nice little bounce back. Last couple starts were a little shaky here, but eight shutout

innings with seven strikeouts for him. I had 10 whiffs on 102 pitches. Jack Flaherty, a quality start at the White Sox. Six innings, one run with four strikeouts. And Dustin May turned in a quality start up against the Mets. Six innings, two runs, five strikeouts. Only had five whiffs on 88 pitches. I quickly mentioned Joe Ryan just because, you know, he's a pitcher of, you know,

fantasy relevance. He's a top 20 pitcher, but did not have his best stuff at the athletics. Five innings, four runs, four strikeouts here. But did anything stand out for Joe Ryan, Dustin May, Jack Flaherty, and Logan Webb? Interesting, Ryan's velocity was actually way up in this start, about a mile and a half per hour on

everything, which his velocity's been a little down this season, but it hasn't really affected his performance. So I don't know what to make of that, except that he's been really good and I'm not going to worry about it. Um, Dustin Mays has been getting a lot of strikeouts lately.

Uh, and then he, you know, got his normal ish amount of strikeouts. Was it five or six today? I wrote down five, but it was five. I wrote it wrong on my notes.

Um, but he only got the five whiffs. He's not a strikeout pitcher. Like, I would take the under on his, I think his current ERAs 409. I would take the under on it, but not,

I don't think he's a mid three ZRA guy. And at some point, they're going to have to limit his innings. Someone's going to have to stay healthy and allow them to limit Dustin May's innings, I guess. So that would be my concern with Dustin May moving forward. I do want to point out with Logan Webb. I've said it several times this season.

I think this is the best version of Logan Webb we've ever seen. I think the trials and tribulations that he went through last year, like losing the feel for his change up, have made him a better pitcher. And I think one thing really highlights that. He threw three, four seamers in this game, which does not sound notable. all three of them were with two strikes and two of them generated strikeouts. He has 19 strikeouts with his four seamer. He has ended 19 strikeouts with his four seamers so far this season.

His previous career high is 20 with his four seamer. So he has shifted his usage of that pitch. He's throwing it more into strike counts to Ritees especially. And it's been another weapon for him. and he has now four different pitches that I think he has at least 19 strikeouts this season. Last year, 52 with the sinker, 57 with the change up, 40 with the sweeper, and only 20 with the four seamer. He's never really had four pitches that he can end at bats with. And now he does.

I think is Logan Webb a 255 ERA pitcher? Probably not. Is he a three ERA pitcher right now? yeah, I buy that. I think we're seeing the highest strikeout upside for Logan Webb that we've ever seen. And I think it's made him a better pitcher. All right. Some hitting leftovers here.

Just want to mention from that final game that went final, the Mets and the Dodgers, Lindor, two for five with a sock and a shoe, his 14th home run, his 11th steal. And I saw this tweet from Sarah Lange. The Mets have won 27 consecutive. regular season games when Francisco Linder homers.

That's the second longest streak of wins when homering for a player since 1900 behind only Carl Furio.

Furillo, Furio. Yeah, I've seen this stat going around. I like to think I have a pretty good sense of baseball history.

And Carl Ferreio is not a, yeah, I don't know how you would pronounce that, actually. My first thought when I saw was Carreux. Rio, but he's from Pennsylvania, so I don't know if he's Latino. Carl Ferrillo.

Ferrillo? Yeah, I guess Farillo. Never had more than 26 homers in a season, only had 320 homer season. That's just a, that's a weird stat. And on the other side, France, Chohei Otani, excuse me, hit his 23rd home run of the season, which ties him again for the league lead with Cal Raleigh. Really good piece on baseball prospectus today about Cowrally and just what he's doing. The pulled air rate is bonkers.

I think it's 40% we said yesterday. It's depending on how you define it. Either way, no matter what definition you use, he has the highest in baseball by a large margin. Call to the bullpen for the Rocky Zach Agnos got the ninth inning with a two-run lead. He allowed a hit but picked up his fourth save. And just like that, the Rockies have made it to 10 wins. on the season. For the brewers, Trevor McGill got the ninth with a one-run lead. He struck out one-for-his-safe. For the Angels, Kenley Jansen got the ninth with a one-run lead, and he struck out one-run for his

12th save. In that Mets and Dodgers game, we had relievers galore all over the place here. Edwin Diaz got the ninth inning with a one-run lead. He gave up a run on two hits and took his first blown save, but he wound up with the win because on the other side, Tanner Scott entered in the 10th inning. He allowed two hits, two runs to score. Only one of those earned. Also added a walk here. And now for Tanner Scott over his last seven appearances, six innings, 12 runs allowed, 13 hits, two homers, three blown saves. This wasn't a blown save, but he's... Tanner Scott's throwing too many strikes. That's a weird thing to say, but he is, his walk rate is down to like 3%. His in-zone pitch rate is like 58% last year.

it was 52. That's an absurdly high mark. And I think it's made him a little more hitable. So I'm not too worried about it, but he hasn't been as good. I think I saw that Michael Kopeck is close to being activated. And so I don't think that they would throw him right into high leverage situations, but maybe he could work his way up there or Alex Vescia, maybe on the back in there. He was up in his most recent outing, I believe. So, yeah. Yeah. And I know he picked up a save recently.

It's just everybody else that we thought could have made an impact. Blake Trinen is hurt and Kirby Yates is hurt. So there's just not many other names. That's why they traded for Alexis Diaz. We'll see. To stream or not to stream for Tuesday, we have Lance McCullors at the Pirates. Kate Horton is at the Nationals. Brian Beo home against the Angels.

Shane Smith, home against the Tigers. Tomoyuki Sugano at the Mariners. Landon Rup gets the Padres. and Clayton Kirshaw home against the Mets. McCullors, Horton, and Beyo would be my three. Mm-hmm. I could see Sagano, I could see Rupp, but I don't love either. Yeah.

I think I would go McCullors, Horton, and Sugano of those names. And then on Wednesday, we have Luis Ortiz at the Yankees. Clark Schmidt is facing the Guardians, Jose Soriano, at the Red Sox. Lucas Julito is home against the Angels. Mick Abel at the Blue Jays Noah Cameron at the Cardinals Kyle Harrison Home Against the Padres Zebby Matthews at the Athletics

Zebby Um pitchers in Sacramento kind of scare me Yeah it's a little scary Especially with the early hooks that he's gotten But I would go with him And then Abel would be my two favorites Soriano and Gilead are okay

But I don't love either I would go with Noah Cameron I'd go Mick Abel And I think Clark Schmidt against the Guardians is fine. Let's wrap up with Team Name Tuesday and these are from Jason the judge sentenced

you to Holmes arrest. Yeah, sure. Or Bome arrest if you want to go ahead. Yeah, neither's great. Judge Yuri and the executioner. Sure. Yeah, that's good. The judge springs you loose. I don't know if that's how the law works, but sure.

These are Bob's Burgers themed which I haven't watched I haven't really watched Bob's Oh, all right. So somebody out there might appreciate these. Bob's Burgers versus Jimmy Vestos. Jimmy Vestos. Sure.

Jimmy Jr. Caminero. Sure. Mr. Fish, Ober, and Felix Bottista. Yeah. All right. I hope our Bob's Burgers fans enjoyed those. These are from Kevin. Kwan with the Wind.

Yep. Breakfast at Junghulis. I don't get that one, but I believe it. Casas Blanca. Yeah. I think those were all old film related, but I don't know

what the breakfast at Junghulis would be. Breakfast at Tiffany's maybe? Yeah, that's what maybe I was thinking that. That's a stretch, but yeah. From Brian, don't hassle the Hoffman.

Sure. And he says, this one's terrible, but Betts call Sal Freelik. Is that like a better call Saul? I don't know. Yeah, I guess, yeah. From Jeff,

spin rate doctors. Sure. 10,000 Moniacs. Yeah. The Velvet Underground and Nico Horner. Yeah, 10,000 Moniac is really good. That's what, 10,000 maniacs? Is that a band or something?

That's very good. All right. These are from Mateo's Scoobel Milk Hotel. Yep. Sunny Gray Real Estate. Sunny Gray Real Estate's a classic. I've used that one before, yeah. My Birdie Valentine.

That's good. And vampire weems kend. Sure. From Casey, the amazing Strider Man. Yeah. Strider Man, no woo home. Yeah. Smooth torpedo jazz.

I don't understand, but sure. And Woo Topia. I guess smooth jazz? Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, and Woo Topia. Okay. And this last one's from David. I am a lawyer and I have been stashing Jordan Lawler in my fantasy league for three years to make a pun on a lawyer team name.

I added hated Birdsong, Hayden Birdsong last week for a team, Bird Lawler. And that's, and it's always sunny in Philadelphia reference. I don't get it, but I believe it. Bird Lawler. I watched maybe the first couple seasons. And it was funny. I don't know why I stopped. I watched a bunch of episodes I just haven't watched it all.

I'm right there with you. All right, we're going to wrap there for Chris. I am Frank. Thanks as always for tuning in fantasy baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. And we will be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye. Paramount Podcasts.