Fantasy Baseball Today - Michael Harris Signs of Life, James Paxton Resurgence & Rookie Updates (6/13 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: June 13, 2023

Michael Harris has had some big games in June already (2:37). ... The Big Maple is back (5:57)! ... Shohei Ohtani smacked two homers and JT Realmuto hit for the cycle (10:00)! ... Where should these hitters be rostered (12:20)? ... What's the latest on Brett Baty, Matt Mervis and Anthony Volpe (23:37)? ... How do we rank Hunter Brown, Tanner Bibee, Taj Bradley and Bobby Miller (34:39)? What did we think of Bryce Miller's latest start? ... News (41:17): Ryan Helsley went on the IL. ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates, streamers and Team Name Tuesday (46:05). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. What's up and welcome in Tough Fantasy Baseball today on Tuesday, June 13th. Frank Stamphill joined by Scott White, and today on the show, we raved yesterday about

Corbyn Carroll and Gunner Henderson. Let's talk about the other rookies. The ones we haven't mentioned in a while, what should we be doing with those players? Big Maple is back. Team name Tuesday and much more. Before we get started, please like this video and subscribe on YouTube if you haven't already.

And if you're listening on the audio side, download, follow, and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. Quick shout out to our Colorado audience. Your Denver Nuggets are the NBA champions. Scott, I am sorry. The Miami Heat lost. I know you're probably heartbroken. Heartbroken and unplugged because I didn't hear much about,

I heard a lot about the semifinals against the Celtics, but I didn't hear much about the finals. So, yeah, I don't know. I don't get out much. I don't leave this room much, you know. When you came and visited me, we were in this room, right? Like, I don't get out much. Hey.

I don't know. I don't know what's going on. outside these walls. It's a great room. Plus, I'm more of a Hawks fan anyway. Let's be honest. It's a great room. Great couches for those who are wondering.

I know you've seen the couches for years behind Scott. How do they feel? Well, they used to be different couches, and I thought replacing them would stop the grandmother's living room comments. This is not my grandmother's living room that I broadcast from. This is my own living room. I bought it with my own money. Thank you.

I'm not the decorator. My wife handles that for the most part. I did have the final say on the sofa. So if that's your issue, then I guess I have to take the blame for that. Well, Scott, you just earned yourself five more comments about it being your grandmother's living room because for some reason, that's just the way that YouTube works. Anywho, let's get into it. My oh my, Scotty, who is a player you'd like to highlight from Monday? Well, it's one I highlighted recently, but I think it's worth revisiting because he was so.

bad for so long and it takes more than just one game to write the wrongs of his bad start. And that is Michael Harris. Michael Harris had another great game here on Monday. He went three for four with his fourth home run of the season. All four of his batted balls were hit 101 miles per hour or more. So that is consistently hard contact he's making. Now, since he had that last great game that three for four performed, with a home run.

That was, let's see, that was June 7th. That was Wednesday. So almost a full week ago. He had gone four for 15 with only one extra base hit. So was it just a fake out?

Was it just a fake out? Well, now two of his last five games have been great. And I'll point out that it's having some really bad luck during that four-game stretch in between as he has quite a bit this season. So, for instance, in Sunday's game, Michael Harris went only one for four. But two of the batted balls that resulted in outs had an expected batting average of 8.50 and 530 respectively.

And really, you go through, like if you're playing, if you're paying close attention to Michael Harris on a day-by-day basis, you see a lot of that. If you're watching the games too, it's like, wow, he hit that ball hard. it was right at somebody. So he's starting to get some results now. I think the underlying numbers suggested all along that he was bound to snap out of it. And it appears he is. It appears he is because now, you know, counting that game last Wednesday and counting today's game, he is now 10 for 23 with two homers in his last.

six games. So that's pretty good. Yeah, I was looking just at the month of June so far, which is, it spans 10 games. And overall, it's a 297 batting average with two home runs, two doubles and a stolen base for Michael Harris and entering Monday's action. Wait, hold on. I am watching the Phillies and Diamondbacks game. And I think JT. Real Muto just hit for the cycle. Yeah. Good for him. Yeah, he did. He's been kind of underwhelming so far this year. We haven't talked about it. Oh, he absolutely has. And I had him up at the top of the rundown here

and was watching closely because he was leading off the 9th and I know that he was, I think he was a double short of the cycle. I'm waiting to see if like a graphic pops up on the screen. But yeah, I think that is a cycle for JT. RealMuto. Anyway, Michael Harris, what I wanted to mention is in the month of June, entering Monday.

His average exit velocity was 97 miles per hour. So just confirming what you saw Scott with all the hard contact. And then on Monday, he has the big game. Four more hard hip balls. He actually had a ball that turned into an error that was 110 off the bat, 110 miles per hour. So Michael Harris, hopefully you held on. I know you invested a lot in him, but if he gives you second or third round production from here on out,

I think you'd be pretty happy with that. Oh my goodness gracious for me is going to be James Paxton. For those who don't know, say you just started playing fantasy in the past couple of seasons. You might not know this about James Paxton, but his nickname is Big Maple. And back when he was in his prime and he's pitching with the Mariners and even with the Yankees,

he would strut around and, you know, some people would call him that. I don't know that everyone did. But it kind of looks like he's back to just being prime James Paxson. It just comes down to a matter of health for him. So this time he was going up against the Rockies in Fenway, six innings pitched,

one unearned run, eight strikeouts over one inning pitched, eight strikeouts to one walk, excuse me. 16 swinging strikes on 98 pitches, 7 on the curve, four on the cutter, three on the fastball, two on the changeup. So getting swinging strikes on all different kind of pitches here. He has allowed a good amount of hard contact so far,

but he mitigates that Scott with all these swinging strikes that he's getting. And he's well over a strikeout, for ending 12.4K per 9 so far for James Paxson. He's up to 88% rostered. And obviously that's a good thing. People are listening. I think as long as he's healthy, he can, it looks like he can pitch like a top 50, maybe, like,

I don't know, maybe even like a top 40 starting pitcher. As long as he's healthy, that's kind of the caveat with him, always. Top 25, I would say. I mean, it's a big caveat. If we're going to presume health for him, that's, that's how we were regarding him basically from, what was it, 2015 on. It wasn't safe to assume, because we weren't talking, him up as like a sleeper or anything coming into the year,

even though it looked like at some point he'd be back from Tommy John's surgery finally. It had been a long time since we had seen him pitch consistently. It had been since 2019. And so I don't, and now he's 34 years old. And I don't think anybody, I think it was right not to assume that Paxton would just be who he was before having all these health issues of the past few years. But he has been. He actually entered today's game with the best swinging strike rate of his entire career

and had another good swinging strike game, and this one's 16 on 98 pitches. So that rate's only gone up. It's not like he just caught everybody by surprised in his first outing or two. His last two starts have been his best two yet. We call offenses it's worth pointing out in those two starts. Cleveland in the first and Road Rockies here in the second. but still, I mean, James Paxton looks great. He looks like everything we remember him being from his Mariners days.

And it's worth pointing out, Big Maple, of course, is a derivative nickname referring to the big unit. Also a tall left-hander for the Mariners, Randy Johnson. James Paxton's from Canada. They're thus Big Maple. Yeah, he looks great. And I don't think we can presume health going forward. But I'm not saying I am ranking him as a top 25 pitcher. But in that alternate reality where we can,

I think that's what the performance is going to be like for him. Yeah, you mentioned all the injuries. James Paxson hasn't hit even... He's already thrown more innings this season than he has in any season since 2019. So just to put that in perspective, right? So hit through 150 and 2 thirds back in 2019. He's now up to 32 innings pitched this season. And last point on him, the velocity.

You love to see that the velocity has our main. He's averaging around 96 miles per hour. It's actually the highest fastball velocity he's averaged since 2016. So James Paxson doing some great things right now. I guess you can make the case, Scott, that James Paxson is a cell high, but I don't know how many people are buying in and are willing to give up a legitimate asset for James Paxton, right? I mean, given that injury history.

So look, if no one's willing to pay up, which I highly doubt, I'm just going to hold and let's see where this goes, because he's looked great so far. A few shoutouts here. I want to mention Shohei Otani up top. I mean, this guy is off to a scorching start in the month of June.

He went two for four with a double dong, including a go-ahead home run in the 12th inning of that game. And so far in 11 games in this month, he's betting 391 with five homers, two steals, and ups his season total to 20 home runs. Also has nine steals and a 291 batting average.

J.C. Rilumuto did indeed hit for the cycle, so good job for him. Six home runs, nine steals. It has been underwhelming Scott. Someone pointed out to me recently. I think I'm the only one who has Real Muto still ranked as my number one catcher in Roto.

And the reason I have that is because he got off to a slow start last year, really the first two months of last year, and then he just turned it on and he was ridiculous. Yeah, as good as we've ever seen him. I'm going to give him that point forward. JTR the benefit of the doubt. I'll wait until whatever.

All-Star break. If he's still kind of slump in, all right, I'll make some changes there. But like, I've just seen this story play out too many times. So I'm going to take my time on, on J.C. Real Muto. But man, hits for the cycle. Awesome job for him. Let's get into some. Anything you'd like to add in perspective real quick. So if we do head to head points per game for catchers this year entering today, you got 3.63 for Will Smith. You got 3.4 3 for Sean Murphy. 3.10 for Jonah Heim, 2.87 for Adley Rushman, 2.85 for Salvador Perez. J.T. Real Muto was way down at 2.27. So, like, you know, he looked more like, from a point per game perspective,

Danny Jansen had more this year than Rio Muto did. But hopefully he'll get rolling now because we all know he's better than that. And I already had him, I had Will Smith ahead of him and had Ted points, but in Roto, I still have Real Muto 1 because, look, nine steals, a little over a third into the season. He's, you know, he's on pace for like 25 steals. It's, we need more power and we need counting stats from JT Real Muto. Let's talk about some WaverWire hitters, Scott, and where should these hitters be rostered?

You could tell me league size, format type, maybe, you know, where they might specialize most. and start off with Taylor Ward, who is all the way up to 75% rostered. So he's really not out there unless it's a shallow 10 or 12 team league. He went two for five with a double and two runs scored. And over his last 11 games, he's now batting 3.41 with four home runs, three doubles and a 93 mile per hour average exit velocity. Scott, where should Taylor Ward be rostered? Should this number be 100%.

No, it shouldn't be 100%. I think 75's pretty much spot on. It includes all the five outfielder leagues where I would say he's must roster. And it includes a certain percentage of three outfielder leagues. I think that's right where he is right now is sort of a fringe contributor in a three outfielder league. Somebody you can play matchups with somebody you're not afraid to drop if something more exciting comes along. Even though he has picked up the pace and I'm hopeful that he can continue that, there is still a playing time issue.

I mean, he sat out two of the team's last six games. So the angels are working with kind of an abundance of outfielders there, trying to get Mickey Moniac involved. And of course, they have Mike Trout and Hunter Renfro and Otani's fixed in that DH spot. So it does make for less than every day a bat's reward. But if he gets to doing what he did early last season or late last season, then of course it's not going to matter and you will be playing every day. We'll see the roster rate rise.

But as thanks Dan currently, I think 75% is spot on. All right. Ezekiel Duran is the next name up here. He went one for three with his eighth home run. He added three RBI. And now on the season, he's batting 310 with eight homers, three seals, and 884 OPS. He is 69% rostered and is triple eligible. Third base, shortstop and outfields got, does this number sound right as well?

again, should he be closer to 100%. Well, I almost brought it up on yesterday's show when Chris mentioned Ezekiel Duran as somebody he's interested in. I had already talked about Lamont Wade is maybe the most under-rastered hitter. Ezekiel Duran is definitely in that conversation as well because it's not just, you know,

normally when you see a guy like him, you know, kind of an under-the-radar name who doesn't have a clear position, hitting 310, you're like, okay, well, he's been hot, whatever, he's going to regress. And it's probably like a 260 hitter in real life. No, his expected batting average is 297. His expected batting average, that's 94th percentile. And his expected slug is 90th percentile.

So the data backs up everything Ezekiel Duran is doing, and he's triple eligible, as you mentioned. He provides speed. 69% rostered is way too low. And also worth pointing out because he doesn't have a dedicated position, they're still finding ways to get him in the lineup. Some left field, some DH, some shortstop with Corey Seeger playing DH. So I think people need to stop sleeping on Duran. The one hesitation may be in points leagues where steals aren't as valuable.

And if there is one knock on Duran's game offensively, walk rate's only 4.8%. So that holds him back. back in points leagues. But I can pull up his point per game average real quick to see exactly what it is. Because that may be overstated as well as he's hitting. Maybe we shouldn't worry so much about his walk rate.

So 2.73 is what he's averaging per game. That's pretty middling. Yeah, I can see him being pretty fringing points leagues. So maybe that's what's restricting that roster. great, obviously. There are a lot of points leagues on CBS Sports.com, but still plenty useful in that format. Again, that is Ezekiel Duran. 69% rostered has triple eligibility, third base shortstop, and outfield. Speaking of eligibility, Brendan Donovan is someone who has four different

positions, first base, second, third, and outfield. He went two for four with a run scored in over his last 18 games. He's betting 295 with three homers, two steals, 10 walks to six strikeouts, which definitely helps in the points league format, and a 91 mile per hour average exit velocity. Scott, I know Donovan was someone who got off to a great start, and then basically hit a wall, did nothing for like a month. And now he's coming back to life. 62% rostered.

Your thoughts on him? Well, I'm not wild about him. I bought in early this season to, you know, he was showing improved pass. in spring training and had his hardest hit ball of his entire career on opening day. And I thought maybe he had turned over a new leaf and had added an element of power to his game. But it hasn't been enough. I mean, even during this hot stretch, I don't know. I feel like I need to see more.

And his playing time we've already seen is pretty tenuous. He's been playing more because he's been performing more because he's been performing. performing well, but his playing time comes at the expense of somebody, comes at the expense of Nolan Gorman at times, it comes at the expense of, at times Tommy Edmund, though not as much recently because Edmund's been playing center. Lars Neupar's working his way back. Tyler O'Neill is going to be soon to return after that.

It's just going to be hard to keep everybody fed, and unless Donovan is reaching base at a 380 clip reliably, probably more likely than not to be the odd man out much of the time. So I'll leave it where he is. Three outfielders, Scott. I want you to rank this group and let me know where they should be rostered as well. Jose Siri went one for three with his 12th home run. 110.9 exit velocity, 427 feet.

He's got a, he's only batting 224, but an 819 OPS also has six steals. T.J. Friedel went two for five with two doubles, two rubles, two, and an RBI was leading off for the Reds on Monday. He is batting 314, only three home runs, but an 848 OPS. And Lioti Tavares, 3 for 5 with a double end of walk. He's batting 302 with five homers, six deals, and an 833 OPS there, Scotty. How would you rank this group? Siri, Friedel, and Lioti Tavaris.

I'm going to put Siri last because he's a batting average liability and has the usual playing time issues that so many of their the raise hitters have. So he'll be last for sure. Between Tavares and Friedel, I think I'm going to lean Tveris. Certainly the data is better for him. His expected batting averages 91st percentile to 90.

He's striking out much less than we've seen in the past. He's a very fast runner. T.J. Friedel, meanwhile, has a third percentile average X of velocity. He's somehow, he's made, good on it. He has a very high line drive rate, but I don't know how long he's going to be able to sustain that. I just think there are more tools there for Tavares. It's a better lineup, obviously. I'm going to go with him one, Friedel 2, and then Jose Siri 3.

Okay. The last two names on this list are both corner infielder. Spencer Torkelson went three for six with his sixth home run added three RBI. Hit a two-run homer off Ryssel Iglesias. That was 440 feet. And it's weird, Scott, because I keep waiting for it to happen. for Torkelson. He's hitting the ball harder this year. He's putting it in the air. He's pulling the ball and he has improved plate discipline. Yet I look at his full season line. He's batting 2.32 with a 686 OPS. So it's weird that the data and the plate discipline looks pretty good, but it hasn't really amounted to much for Spencer Torkelson. The other name is Emmanuel Rivera, someone we spoke about recently, two for three with two runs and two RBI. He is batting 364 with an eight-scent.

72 OPS, Scott, your thoughts on Torkelson and Rivera. Well, you're right, and I agree that the individual data components look pretty strong for Torkelson, but there must be something we're missing in the data itself because the expected batting average is 259. That's decent, but the expected slug is 424. I mean, he's slugging less than that. He is underperforming his expected slug, but even if we grant him his expected slug, slug and say Torkelson is going to slug 424. That's still not enough, probably, to make him a useful fantasy option in most leagues.

So I kind of feel about Torkelson the way I do about Kim Brian Hayes, where there are a lot of things we could point to to say, this guy is a breakout waiting to happen. But I'm almost to the point where I have to see it to believe it, because for whatever reason, it hasn't happened. and that's been going on for a very long time now. So that's my take with him. Rivera. He's been playing consistently Emmanuel Rivera. He's been playing consistently a little more than recently.

He's interesting. I talked about him a week or two ago and how he's striking out much less and was in the minors too this year. So I feel like he's changed something that could allow him to be more useful in fantasy. But for now, I'm going to exclude Emmanuel Rivera, except in the deeper leagues.

I feel like for both of these guys, Torkelson is you probably need a Roto-sized lineup Scott with a corner infielder and, you know, those extra spots to get him involved. And same thing with Rivera. You're probably looking at 15 team leagues for now, but two names to pay attention to and let's see where it goes from here. Let's take our final first break, rather. And when we get back, we'll talk about the other rookies, the names that we haven't really mentioned in a while.

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This is a battle for regional bragging rights. USA versus Mexico this Thursday at 10 p.m. Eastern, streaming live exclusively on Paramount Plus. Try it free at Paramount Plus.com slash live sports. Let's talk about those other rookie Scott names. We haven't really mentioned in a while and wanted to check in on Jordan Walker and see what he's up to since returning from the minors.

He went two for four on Monday, got caught stealing. I like the fact that he was trying to run. I don't like the fact that he was obviously caught. But in 11 games since returning, he's batting 3.14 with two home runs, three walks to four strikeouts. So plate discipline looks pretty good there. 97 mile per hour average exit velocity, but also comes with a ton of ground balls right around a 56% ground ball rate. Your thoughts on the revamped Jordan Walker since he's returned? Well, it was up over 60 before getting sent down.

So 56 is still very high, but it's not absurdly high. And, you know, we're talking a small sample, obviously, so it could go back up, it could continue to go down. We don't really know where it's going to end up, obviously. But the production has been good. And I think that's, you know, the strikeouts have been low, the exit velocity, as you point out, very, very high. I'm encouraged.

I got him active everywhere I had them for this week, which is quite a few leagues. actually. And I'm not going to go so far as to say he must start yet, you know, if we're counting for all those shallow leagues out there. But he could get there very quickly because we know the upside is huge. And in every respect, but the ground ball rate, he is delivering on that upside in the 11 games since he returned.

Yeah. Again, 97 mile per hour average EV. He is crushing the ball. It's if we lift a little bit more than I can. think we could start to see some extra base hits, the home runs, so on and so forth. Jordan Walker, up to 88% rostered. He's 66% started. So I think most people agree with you, Scott. Not a must start yet on Jordan Walker. Two corner infielders, Brett Beatty and Matt Mervis will start with Beatty. He is batting 228 with four home runs and a 6663 OPS. For the most part, the

plate discipline looks fine. He hits the ball hard, but a good amount of ground balls is well, 50% ground ball rate. He is down to 55% rostered. And Matt Mervis, my guy, it's not looking very good right now. Batting 165 with three home runs and a 33% strikeout rate. He is hitting the ball hard. The expected numbers look better. Only three for 19 against left-handed pitching scots.

So your thoughts on Brett Bady and Matt Mervis, do we need to continue to hold on to these guys? Or do we drop and then pick them back up? What do you think? Well, it's funny, in the Scott White Dynasty League, you have Brett Beatty. I have Matt Mervis. I keep trying to get Bady from you. You keep trying to get Mervis for me.

So I don't know what that says, but obviously we still have some interest in these fellas, despite their lack of production so far. I think with Bady especially, what he most needs is consistent playing. time. He has been playing a decent amount, but they faced a lot of lefties recently, and they just always sit him against lefties. So I don't know that he's, I don't know that he's had a chance to really settle in, but given how hard he hits the ball and given that he has a pretty discerning batting eye,

his strikeout rates below 25%. I like his chances to have a, to be. for it all to click here sooner than later. And I think in any league where you have a corner infield spot like traditional roto, you probably should hold on to him.

As for Mervis, I have held on to him in those same leagues. I was able to get him in more of those leagues than Bady actually. And I have yet to drop Matt Mervis in a league where I picked him up.

I didn't bother in the shallower leagues, the head-to-head leagues. So, you know, obviously I would have moved on already if I got him there, but I didn't bother in the first place. And in the corner infield leagues, the Roto leagues,

I still have all the shares of Mervis that I started out with. But I've been more discouraged by him, in particular the strikeout rate, because that was one of the most interesting things about him during his breakthrough in the minors last year. As he moved up the ladder, that strikeout rate got better and better. It was less than 20% for one of the best power hitters in all the minors. And that seemed like a great combination of skills. and yet so far in the majors, Mervis, as a 25-year-old, I'll point out, so not an especially young guy,

has struck out exactly one-third of the time, and that's just too much. And it's cost him playing time. He's playing even less regularly than Beatty now. I've held on to him because I still believe in the profile and the upside, but he needs to start showing it soon, or that belief is going to falter. And last point on Beatty, I agree.

I wish they would just play him every day. It's a small sample size, only 28 at bats against lefties a season. But he has seven hits. He's batting 250. One of his four home runs have come against lefties. So I wish the Mets would just kind of, you know, let him go and let him play every day and see what Brett Bady could actually do. But he has been a little, not a little.

He has been underwhelming. There's no doubt about that. I really hurt my trade chances with that assessment of both those players. I feel like. I talked down my guy and talked up your guy, so. Yeah. You are leaving out a big detail, Scott, that Brett Beatty is in my minor league spot, which obviously has a huge value.

None of these deals have been one for one. Right, right, right. Let's talk about Anthony Volpe, another player who's actually on your Scott White Dynasty League team. the batting average is down to 186. The power and speed has been helpful for fantasy. Nine home runs, 14 steals on the season, but a 605 OPS, a 31% strikeout rate for Anthony Volpe.

The expected stats don't look great. You look at his breakdown versus different pitches, fastball, breaking off speed. All three of them have been pretty rough. And we know Oswald Paraza has played well in the minors this year. Down at AAA, he's batting three. 11 with 10 homers, seven seals, and a 980 OPS. Scott, Volpe is still 84% rostered.

Do we continue to hold on? How long do you think the leash is for the Yankees? What do you think of Volpe? Well, I guess I'll stick to my original line from very early in the season when Volpe was struggling that until the Yankees give up on him, I don't think we need to give up on him because the Yankees have even more incentive to get. give up on him, especially with the way Oswald Parraza, who remember entered spring training as the

favorite for the shortstop job and was considered the better defender on paper. Volpe's been fine defensively, but Paraza, the scouting reports say he's even better as a defender. And so it would be very easy for the Yankees to make that swap at this point. I know last time we talked about Anthony Volpe on here,

I was fairly optimistic. downright bullish and you told me if I dropped them in one of our shallowest leagues, the podcast listeners league, head head points league, if I dropped him in that league, he's on my bench, but if I dropped him, you'd pick him up. And so I haven't dropped him basically because of that, because I didn't want to risk losing him to you. I finally did put in a bid to drop him heading into this week because somebody else had dropped Carlos Correa and I figured, okay, I'd rather have Correa as my backup shortstop than Volpe. Didn't end up going through.

Somebody else been more on Correa, but that's, you know, I'm back to considering that with Volpe. Now, again, that's one of my shallowest leagues, and it's not a league that puts a heavy emphasis on stolen bases specifically. Volpe's 14 for 14, and those is the thing he's done best. But, you know, the fact he's batting 186 with a 605 OPS, you've got to wonder how long. the Yankees are willing to let him take his lumps.

Especially while Aaron judges out and they really do need help offensively. Yeah, I don't think you're there yet, but I think by the end of June, by the end of June, they might have decisions to make here on Anthony Volpe. So he's got to pick it up. I think he's even been like losing playing time here and there too. So we'll see. But Volpe's still 84% rostered at this point. Move a little bit further down, Scott,

in terms of depth of league and two middle infielders, one that we were very excited about coming into the season, and one was actually a surprise call-up. Zach Netto on Monday actually went two-for-five with two doubles. He had two batted balls over 107 exit velocity. He also had two home runs on Sunday, and he's batting 257 with five homers and five steals on the season. The other name is Ezekiel Tovar,

who's batting 248 with five home runs, three steals, and a 692 OPS. has played much better over his last 24 games, batting 300 during that time, Scott. I would say these are more for probably the rhodo leagues with the middle infield spot, but what are your thoughts on Netto and Tovar? Who would you prefer between the two?

Well, I'm not particularly high on either right now. I guess I would prefer Tovar because of, well, the obvious he plays half his games at Coors Field. so it makes it pretty easy to use him when the schedule lines up that way. Netto keeps having these big games, and I go check out his game log when he has a big game to see, oh, maybe he's really picking it up. And it's just so isolated.

Like, I'll have a big game, and then it'll go into hiding again. And so I've actually seen him out there in some of those deeper categories leagues. And unless I specifically had a need up the middle at shortstop, I haven't bothered to pick them up. So I guess I prefer Ezekiel Tovar, but, you know, it could change very quickly if Nettoe does go on a real hot street. I think I prefer Netto over Tovar. I know Tovar has Corr's field, but Neto makes a good amount of contact, 19%

and a 90 mile per hour average exit velocity for a middle infielder, That's pretty impressive. So it's close between the two, but I'll take Netto by a hair. Let's take a look at some of the rookie Pissor Scott names we haven't talked about in a while. Hunter Brown, yeah, he wasn't one of these names that got called up early in the season.

He just started in the Astros opening day rotation, and he's been really good. 3.69 ERA, a 1.21 whip, 10.4K per 9 for him. Tanner Bybee in 8 starts, a 305 ERA, a 1.13 whip. 8.5K per 9 for him. The swinging strike rate a little bit underwhelming there. Tage Bradley in five starts since returning from the miners.

A 4.63 ERA and a 1.5 whip there. Still getting lots of strikeouts, but lots of walks and lots of hard contact for Todge Bradley. The other name I wanted to mention, Bobby Miller in four starts, a 0.78 ERA, a 0.83 whip, right at a strikeout per inning, a 54% ground ball rate, and an 11.8% swinging strike rate. It's got your thoughts on this group, and how would you rank them rest of season? Well, I would rank them. I'll start with that, I guess. Rest of season, I'll say Hunter Brown.

I think I'm going to put Bobby Miller ahead of Tanner Bybee now. So Hunter Brown, Bobby Miller, Tanner Bybee, Tage Bradley. A lot of B names there. I'm just now noticing. Hunter Brown has been very impressive of late, and he has that rare combination. of elite ground ball skills and also pretty good bat missing ability, sort of like his teammate Framber Valdez,

though not quite to that extreme with the ground balls. And I think that's a pretty attractive package. It's part of the reason why I like Brian Beow to break out. Hunter Brown already appears to be breaking out. And he's RP eligible if that matters in your league, so even better. I think the ones who've surprised me most, both in a positive way and a negative way, Bobby Miller, in a positive way

because both this year and last, the minor league numbers just weren't that impressive. And I was a little overwhelmed by the results in his major league debut. I wasn't sure if he was going to stick around long, but I think he's definitely made a place for himself in the Dodgers rotation. His fastball, though he throws it hard,

isn't a big batmissor on its own. So that was part of the reason I was underwent. But he has a deep secondary arsenal, and he relies on it a lot. So I think he's just really fleshed out as a pitcher. And, you know, he has good groundball skills himself. He's been getting more swinging strikes the more he's pitched. And I think he's probably legit. He looks really good.

And then the disappointing, the one who surprised me in a disappointing way is Taj Bradley. I mean, for all the lamentations when he got sent down by the Rays, Turns out we weren't missing much because he's just been really underwhelming since returning and was awful during his time back in the minors. I still blame the race, Scott. I'd say they ruined his season by sending him down. They messed him up. I don't know.

Who knows? Maybe he would have struggled regardless of what happened. But yeah, he does not look like the same pitcher as the one we saw in the first two or three starts earlier this season. We had two more rookies pitch on Monday. Bryce Miller, we needed to see a bounce back. in a big way and that's, I think for the most part, that's what we got.

Six innings of one run ball, only allowed one hit, had six strikeouts to three walks, 12 swinging strikes on 89 pitches, all 12 of those coming on the fastball, so just kind of sticking with that same pitch mix and the same theme that we've seen over and over again. He threw 72% fastballs, so he didn't leave himself a chance

to get swinging strikes on much of anything else. Yeah, he did throw his slider more in the start, he used it 22% of the time, but did not get a, single whiff on the pitch. So I think it's still he's still kind of a confusing pitcher to evaluate Bryce Miller

is a 406 ERA and a point 92 whip at this point. Matthew Libertor was the other one. He got back on track as well. Up against the Giants six innings of two run ball with five strikeouts, only seven swinging strikes. And his fastball velocity has now been down two starts in a row

averaging below 94 miles per hour on the pitch. Your latest thoughts here, Scott, on Bryce Miller, is he back? And Matthew Liberator, does he need to be rostered? Well, you still see the vulnerabilities for Bryce Miller, even when he had good results in this start. So he lives and dies by that fastball.

And is it good enough that he can, he'll live more than he dies? I don't know. I mean, his ERA is over four now. It was a great start. It was against Miami. Worth pointing out, if he had a bad start against Miami, after the two, you know, after allowing a combined 15 earn runs in the previous two starts,

I think we would have been dropping them everywhere. I think it would have been over for Bryce Miller at that point. But he earned himself the right to stay on rosters with this good start, and he has another favorable matchup coming up later in the week. We'll see how that one goes. As for Liberator, I have no confidence in him whatsoever. I'm pretty much out on Liberator. He got us interested again primarily because of a jump in velocity,

but it's just been steadily dropping during his time in the majors. To the point now, his average velocity and his fastball in this start was basically what it was last year. So he's gone from, you know, he's lost almost two miles per hour on it since he first got called up. And unless he reverses the trend, I have no reason to think Liberator is going to be worthwhile. Liberator, 36% rostered. You can leave him on waiver wires for now. Scott, last question on Bryce Miller. Would you take him over any of the names we previously talked about? Maybe Taj Bradley? Yeah, take him over Bradley. Okay. But not Brown, Bobby or Bibby. All the B names. Bryce over Bradley, but not Bobby and Bivey. I agree with you, by the way,

in terms of the order that you ranked them. I would take Bobby Miller now second on that list moving ahead of Tanner Bybee. Let's take our final break, and when we return, we'll hit some news and notes. I've got some leftovers. We'll do all of that right after this. Welcome back, and thank you to all those watching us live.

Please hit the like button and subscribe to the channel if you haven't already. The news and notes, the biggest of the day, was Ryan Helsley being placed on the aisle with a right forearm strain. Tess came back negative, but he will be shut down for the next few. few days and expect Giovanni Gallegos to take over as the Cardinals closer in the meantime.

And he is 49% rostered. So if you need a reliever in a points league or even any type of categories league where you're chasing saves, Giovanni Gagos absolutely should be added. John Gray was scratched from his start on Tuesday due to a blister. The hope is that it's a minor issue and Gray should be able to avoid the IL. Marcel Ozuno was removed Monday after getting hit by a pitch to the hand slash wrist area. He initially remained in the game, but was later pinch hit for. And I think I saw an update that he's day to day.

It doesn't sound like it's too bad there for Ozone. X-rays were negative, yeah. Yeah. Lars Newbar took batting practice and did some sprints Monday. He's on the aisle with back discomfort. Pete Fairbanks is scheduled to throw a second live BP at the Florida Complex League. and if all goes well, could be back with the raise soon. Trevor story, go ahead.

At this point, I'm hoping they just leave Adam, Jason Adam, in the closer role, because they keep reinstalling Fairbanks and he goes down again. And Adam's fine. Like, he's been great filling in for Fairbanks. And I just don't know why they'd want to jerk everybody around like that. I'm more hopeful than before. I mean, if you're in favor of Adam as opposed to Fairbanks, I'm more hopeful than before that he'll just keep getting saves for the race.

But we'll see. Just a guess. Trevor's story offered August as a rough timeline for when he'll be able to play shortstop. It remains possible that he returned sooner as the designated hitter. John Means recently said he feels great and suggested he could be back in August. He's recovering from Tommy John surgery and an upper back strain. Scott is John Means Business, a name that we should be stashing. Well, I can tell you I just put together my latest round of IL stashes, top IL stashes.

It's a rank list, the top 40. He did not make the top 40. Didn't miss it by much. But 40 goes pretty deep, of course. He didn't make it. All right. Well, it doesn't sound too great there for John Means. Luke Voight signed a minor league contract.

with the Mets and could get some playing time with Pete Alonzo on the IL. Brewer's outfield prospect, Sal Freelick, began a rehab assignment at the Arizona Complex League Friday, and he's been out since late April after undergoing surgery on his left thumb, but is a name to watch and remember. The Angels signed, wait for it, Daniel Murphy to a minor league contract. He has not played since 2020, but was betting 331 with the long, Island Ducks in the Independent League. So man, that would be something. I know their first base has been kind of an issue there. Jared Walsh isn't doing much and I guess

think it's slide Brandon Jury over and you know move some players around. But who knows maybe Daniel Murphy will get a shot at some point this season. Former former MVP runner-up Daniel Murphy. Oh yes. How MLB trade rumors reported the news, which made me do a double-take. But yes, he finished second in MVP voting in 2016. Yeah, he had a crazy season that year. Speaking of crazy, some crazy speed. The Royals selected the contract of outfielder Diron Blanco.

I'm probably saying that wrong. I think it's Diron Blanco, who started in left field on Monday. He's a 30-year-old outfielder. He was betting 3.47 in the minors with three home runs and 47 steals in 49 games at AAA. he actually attempted a steal in this game. He ran so fast. He overslid the bag by like 10 feet and he almost wound up in left field.

It was crazy. I really never saw anything like it. Scott, if we're looking for a speed, does this name matter? Diron Blanco. Diron Blanco. Well, fast. Super fast.

I, I'm skeptical. I'm skeptical. I would leave him for the really, really deep roto leagues for now. We'll see how much he plays. We'll see if he can sustain the hitting. But, you know, as a speed first guy who was in the minors until age 30, I think skepticism is warranted. All right.

Some leftovers. Let's start with the pitchers. And we've got too good and too bad. Charlie Morton, a solid outing at the Tigers, 5-2-3rd shutout with eight strikeouts and 17 swinging strikes. The ERA is down to 3.60, but a 1.44 whip for Uncle Charlie. Logan Webb has turned in a quality start in nine of his last 10 outings. He was at the Cardinals, seven innings, three runs, six strikeouts to zero walks. He allowed 13 hard hits in this game with a 97.1 average exit velocity,

and velocity was down around one mile per hour on his sinker and slider. So let's pay attention. regardless, Scott, it's another quality start and in what has been a great season for Logan Webb. Any thoughts on him and Charlie Morton? Not a lot of thoughts. Charlie Morton, I'm kind of getting tired of all the base runners. His whips over 1.4 now.

Even though the ERA is respectable, the strikeout rate's respectable. He's just been so blah. And probably worth rostering still. but yeah just getting kind of over Charlie Morton the walks are just a massive problem he's up to four walks per nine on the season he has three or more walks in six of 13 starts this season for Charlie Morton and he's got a three 32 Bavib so those two things together obviously going to lead to the high whip but lots of strikeouts and still does pitch for a great team so uh yeah you'll keep morton around but he obviously is not the pitcher that we remember from a couple of years

ago. The two bad pitchers, Hazos Lazardo hit hard at the Mariners. He gave up six runs. Five of those earned over four innings pitched. Still had 12 swinging strikes, but lots of hard contact. I watch a lot of Lazzardo starts. He has great

stuff, but just cannot command all of his pitches. And it seems like once every start, he just leaves a slider up or a change up up, and it winds up getting crushed, and that's exactly what happened in this start. And Zach Eflin, Surprisingly enough, Scott, we talk about how far we moved him up the rankings,

and then he gets beat up by the Oakland A's of all teams. Hey, the Oakland A's who have now won six games in a row, I might add. Pretty surprising, but they're hitting the ball right now. Zach Eflin goes four in two-thirds, four runs loud, six strikeouts with 13 swinging strikes. Anything you'd like to add on him and Lazardo? Yeah, not really worried about Eflin. bad starts happen even against

ostensibly bad teams Luzardo and I'm glad you're able to watch a lot of Luzardo starts you're making up for my lack of watching Luzardo starts because I can't watch Luzardo starts because they're blacked out locally so I never get to see Luzardo

but I mean all the underlying numbers look a lot better than the overlaying numbers or whatever we want to call them The fact is the ERA is over four. The results have been very inconsistent, but a great swinging strike rate. The ERA estimators are all mid-threes. And so I think more likely than not he's going to regress to that,

but he's kind of a frustrating pitcher right now. Yeah, the Babbat against Lazzardo 335 this season, but he allows a good amount of hard contact, a lot of barrels too. So he's probably someone that's going to live in, high threes, ERA range, and give you lots of strikeouts. That's a good pitcher. It's just not maybe the breakout pitcher I thought he was going to be earlier on in the season. I don't think this matters, but one name's got Connor Seabold turns in a strong start at the Red Sox,

six innings, one run, six strikeouts with 10 swinging strikes. He's got a 4.7 ERA, a 1.38 whip. Does this start matter at all? I see nothing to get excited about there, and I looked. Okay. hitting leftovers, Nolan Aronado went two for four, and since the start of May, 36 games. He is betting 314 with 11 home runs and 31 RBI, and all of a sudden, the season-long line looks exactly like it should for Nolan Aronado. Mike Trout went one for three, and actually, it might have wound up being better than that.

I think I wrote this earlier on, but I know he stole a base, his first seal of the season. His batting average is down to 255, Scott. I thought that was just kind of caught me off guard there for Mike Trout. I know since the start of May, he's batting in the low 200s, lots of strikeouts, lots of pop-ups. This isn't the player from a couple of years ago that's hitting all the home runs and stealing bases, but I don't know. Are we getting to the point where he's not a batting average contributor either? Well, I've wondered that myself out loud on this podcast,

Thanks for listening. His strikeout rate has been way up going back to 2021, and it's actually the worst of his career right now, 28.3. It's expected batting average is still 270, though. I mean, I guess it depends on what you mean by a batting average contributor. Like, is he going to hit 300? I would definitely bet the under. Is he going to hit higher than 254?

Yeah, I would say so. I would say so. So, like, he's just kind of a, like, clearly his main attribute now is power, Mike Trout. He's basically a zero for steals. And he's just kind of pretty good for batting average, not great like he used to be. So I think that's another justification. Like, we were talking about how high do we move, Corby and Carroll, who do we move him ahead of? I think, I think Trout's somebody I'm comfortable moving him ahead of, for sure.

I did want to look up his pace numbers. He is on pace for, wow, only 33 home runs, 94 runs, 87 RBI, and the batting average is low too, so I don't know. This might be the beginning of, not the end, but I guess the end of Mike Trout being a consistent top two-round player in fantasy baseball. But, you know, still long season left. Maybe he'll go out and prove me wrong the rest of the way. Salvador Perez went two for five with his 14th home run.

he's betting 275 with an 823 OPS. Tiasca Hernandez went two for four with a double, a run, and RBI. And in nine June games, he's betting 394 with two homers and eight RBI. So that's good. Signs of Life from Tiaska Hernandez. And Cotel Marte, your boy, Scott.

He went three for five with a double and is betting 280 with an 823 OPS. The call to the bullpen, some updates here. Scott, you might want to go for a walk. check on the laundry, go to the bathroom if you need to. For the Braves, Rysel Iglesias, just a nightmare of a ninth inning. He entered with a three-run lead. He gave up three runs on five hits to the Tigers of all teams, took his second blown save, now has a 402 ERA and a 121 whip. The velocity was actually up across

the board, so I didn't really see any issues outside of just, you know, he left some pitches around and he got hit. Yeah, he didn't throw was fastball much at all, which is kind of weird. A lot of changeups and sliders. I noticed it was actually kind of cold in Detroit. It's mid-June, and we're still talking about the temperature of games. It was in the 60s, and I've noticed, like, when Reisel Iglesias has struggled, it's been cold weather. This is only the third time all year he's struggled.

So there may be nothing to that at all. I know historically he's, well, I'm not even sure. about this. I didn't confirm it. I seem to remember him getting off to slow starts. Bottom line, I'm going all kinds of which ways with this. But bottom line is I'm not concerned about Ricell Iglesias. He's worked a lot lately. It's mostly been very effective. And we'll give him a pass for this one. For the Giants, Camillo Duval recorded the final four outs for his 17th save for the Royals Scott Barlow entered in the ninth with the game tied. He gave up one run on a hit and a walk. And on the other side,

for the Reds. Buck Farmer got the final two outs in the eighth inning with the game tied at the time. Then they take the lead from Scott Barlow. And Buck Farmer stays in for the ninth because Alexis Diaz is unavailable. They've been using him a lot recently. Buck Farmer gave up a solo homer to Salvador Perez. And then later on, somebody named Ricky Carcher would eventually pick up the save for the Reds in extra innings. For what it's worth, yes. Riesel Iglesias is ERA very stable.

month by month for his career. August and September are the best two, but April to July, pretty much the same every month. So there's probably nothing to what I was saying about the temperature. Okay. For the Rockies, we're paying close attention to see who might be the closer moving forward.

Pierce Johnson entered with the game tied and two outs in the eighth inning at the time. He walked one and then did get Raphael Devers out. Daniel Bard pitched in the ninth inning with the game tied. He gave up a double and a walk, but got out of it. And somebody named Matt Caraceti would eventually get the save in the extra innings. But, you know, if Daniel Bard pitched in the ninth, maybe he gets the next save opportunity. We'll see.

I'm still vetting on Justin Lawrence. He had worked back-to-back days and was probably unavailable for this one. Yep. All right. For the Oakland A's, Ken Waldichuk pitched the final three innings with a one-run lead. He gave up two hits and struck out five. He actually looked very sharp. His first save of the season,

and that came against Tampa Bay. And as I mentioned, the A's have won six in a row, so good for them. Unless you're an A's fan. Maybe you want them to continue losing because you hate your owner or whatever it might be. Let's wrap up with to stream or not to stream, Scotty. And we'll start with Tuesday.

I think yesterday we said, Edward Cabrera at the Mariners and Cutter Crawford versus the Rockies. Yeah. I'm still going to stick with those. How about James and Tyone? I know he's been bad. But he's going up against the Pirates.

No. Former team. The first place, pirates. That's true. They are. I think they're still in first place. Yeah. But not good offensively.

Yeah. They're just barely in first place for Pittsburgh. Actually, when the Reds called up L.E. Daler Cruz, I bet on the Reds to win the division. So I am now officially fully on. the bandwagon for the Cincinnati rides. On Wednesday, I know we were underwhelmed last time out, but AJ Smith Chauver at the Tigers. I think that one works. Yeah, it was one of my 10 sleeper pitchers for this week. I think Garrett Whitlock versus the Rockies. Yep. And who else? I was looking

at Ben lively for the matchup at the Royals, but he's gotten hit hard his last two starts. Yeah, I'm not sure about that. There are some pictures I kind of like, but the matchups aren't good. Like Ranger Suarez at the Diamondbacks and Michael Lorenzen against the Braves and Kyle Bradish against the Blue Jays, Reed Detmer's at the Rangers. Yeah, I don't. I kind of lean no on all of them.

I don't like any of those. Maybe Descalfani at the Cardinals. His last start was good. Yeah. Not a lot of strikeouts recently. No, no. If I have to choose a third one, I'll say Deis Cofani, but I do like Smith-Shawver and Garrett Whitlock

a lot more than him. Team name Tuesday, Scotty, let's go to this one from Patrick. I said, boom, boom, boom, let me hear you say, Bayo, Bayo. I'm glad you sort of sang it so I could get the reference. Yeah, because if I just...

I think there's a lot of me. musical once today too. I guess. It would be nice. If Christian just pop in for Teen Name Tuesday and then just go back to doing whatever he's doing. Love that. This one's from Bill. I'm Oberit.

Okay. From Felix, how Stefan got her grove back. Who's the Stefan in this scenario? I think it's Trevor. I guess it's Stefan then. Trevor Stephan. How Stefan got her Grove back? Nah.

Not feeling it, Felix. Try harder. All right. From Morgan, yippy Kai. Yay, Matt McLean. Okay, sure. I tried to convince one of my friends recently that Matt McLean was the son of Bruce Willis

and see if they would pick it up. It didn't work very well. This one's from Rain. Every Beatty Huang Young tonight. It's kind of a reach. If you see the way that it's spelled out, too, it's all over the place. Yeah, it's crammed four names in there.

and not even like famous players. So, all right, no. Yeah. Not feeling it rain. Try harder. From Paul. I don't think you're ready for this Ellie. Okay.

Do you know what that's from Scott? I don't. It's from Bootylicious by Beyonce. Or I guess it might have been Destiny's Child at the time. Okay. You should check it out. I actually thought it was pretty good. From John Mac on Twitter.

I don't practice renteria Yeah I mean Is there a renteria In baseball right now I can look up some minor league players This is a great team name 15 years ago

Hey man Shout out to Edgar Rentaria Looks like there's two minor leaguers Marcel Rentaria And Omar Rentaria So that's clearly who he's talking about Scott From Kaz Beber, Bibi, Bady, Bome.

I smell the blood of an Englishman. What does he actually say? What's the actual line? I think this is Fifi Foh Fum. I think that's what it is. No, this doesn't work. This is a Heath team nickname. Or team name.

Yeah, I don't know. All right, we got a lot left. From Brett, Rookslin 99. Rookslin 99. I have a lot of rookies, Lance Lynn and Spencer Shrider, wears 99. God is upset.

Stride for greatness. Okay. Halklandor and Winker. This is supposed to be hook line and sinker. Thanks for putting it in a parenthesis, because there's no way I would have gotten it otherwise. Yeah, that's why I left it there too. It's a fought bummer.

I don't know. Did Heath submit these? Maybe. Maybe he's trolling us. I appreciate it. And the last one is. Senga Genesis. It's simple enough, and

that's the best of them. I'm not saying it's amazing, but that's the best of them of this batch. From Uncle Maddie, Winker, Nailer, Solair, Smy, Lee. Okay. Yoshida known better. Yoshita known baiter. That's not bad.

It's not bad, but it's not good. I didn't Benintendi to offend you. That's so bad. It's almost good. Yeah. Frailies Comet. Okay.

Steer the wheeler to Turner the Carlson. What? I don't know. All right. The last group is from Neil. Steer the wheel to turn the car. Is that what it's supposed to be? Like, that's not.

I guess. All right. From Neil, Bayonaze. Bayonets. Okay. Sure. Do you like mayonnaise?

Scott? No. Me neither. I'm out. In fact, in high school, I wrote a paper all about how I didn't like mayonnaise. And it became kind of a thing. Nice. People remembered about me.

I was the guy who didn't like mayonnaise somewhat famously, though nobody I'm sure remembers that anymore but me. I'm with you, Scott. I also don't like mustard, but we'll save that for another day. The Cabret necessities. I don't know. I like cram and sire. That was the only way that was going to work.

Okay. Aronado, Kwan, Dance, Kwan, Marelle, time for I go. Aronado, Kwan, Marell, time for I go. I don't want to dissect it anymore. That was bad.

Okay. Painter like Kwan of your France, girls. That's pretty good. That's the best one to do. Oh gosh, this is a reach. Eucana Stanton, Younger, my Ucbrelli, Ellie, Ellie, hey. Oh, my gosh. I'm just going to move on.

I mean, just use Ellie's name in that team name with the actual lyrics, and it's probably fine, but this is trying too hard. Try less hard, Neo. Ellie, Alejandro, Ellie, Alejandro. All right. Pupp-p-p-puck-ur-face, Pup-pup-pucker face. All right.

And that's all we've got. We're going to wrap there for Scott. I have Frank. Thanks as always for tuning in to fantasy baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. We'll be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.