Fantasy Baseball Today - Michael Kopech Time!? Adds & Drops; Weekend Recap (4/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: April 26, 2021

Oh my goodness gracious! Is it Michael Kopech time (2:35)? Are buying in on Madison Bumgarner? Just how good can Dustin May be? ... News and notes (19:08)! Mike Trout missed this weekend's games with an elbow contusion, Christian Yelich got an MRI on his back, Deivi Garcia will start for the Yankees Monday and more! ... Have we been disregarding Jon Gray and German Marquez (25:53)? ... Let's talk about these players (30:52), starting with Andrew Heaney, Sonny Gray, and Kevin Gausman. ... Which waiver wire hitters should you be targeting (40:57)? ... Let's fire up the dropometer and find out which SP to add (48:39). ... We wrap up with bullpen updates and 'To Stream or Not To Stream' (55:15). ... Email us at [e-mail].  'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank, @AdamAizer 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. I drive, center field, and swing. This is magnificent. 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, Chris and Adam. Happy Monday, everybody.

And if you are watching us live on YouTube, welcome into a very late edition of Fantasy Baseball today. joined by Scott White and Chris Towers, a wild weekend of baseball. Michael Kopeck looks like a stud Madison Bubgarner through a seven-ending no-hitter. Does it actually count? And I should have to eat three hats based on how well Fernando Tatis is playing. So, oh my. The guy is just unreal.

So he's healthy. Hope you didn't trade him away. He looks ridiculous. He's Fernando Tatis. What is up, fellas? How was the weekend? Good. I had one of the best meals of my life.

life on Saturday night at Casa Enrique in Long Island City. If you're ever around, they don't do reservations, so you have to wait in line. It was about an hour. Oh, damn. The mole chicken was one of the best things I've ever eaten in my life. And I almost didn't get it because I was just going to go tacos. And then the waiter was like, well, the moly chicken is what we're known for. And I was like, you know what? Let's add that to the order. And I ate way too much. It wasn't instead of. No, no, that was just like my wife and I split six tacos and then I was like yes and I will also have the moly chicken please and I ate all of it and we had three rounds of desserts for our table of four it was a lot I couldn't move when I got home but the mole chicken is like out of this world good

if you're ever in Long Island City or New York in general even if you're in like South Jersey make the drive up cause Enrique we've become the podcast that talks about New York restaurants, apparently. We're that podcast. Did we talk about another one? People are going to hate us, but it's fine. It's fine. I've never been to New York, size.

You should come. It's a great city. Coming out, Scott. Yeah, come on. I got to, you can see how small my, my second bedroom is. This is, we can fit literally one mattress. Okay.

We got an air mattress for you. All right. Let's go. Probably not a good, Scott. We got a million things to talk about. Let's move on from the Mollay chicken, although it does sound phenomenal. I'll give you that, Chris. Oh, my goodness gracious.

That was my response to the Mollay chicken. Chris being wheeled out of the restaurant, a wheelchair, and just like loaded into a cab somewhere. Scott, what are you going to start? Oh, my goodness gracious, from this weekend. Well, I guess I should start in the most obvious place, certainly the most top of mind place. And that place is Michael Kopeck, who did something I wasn't expecting. to see, frankly, at all this year, and certainly not so soon.

He had a five-inning start for the White Sox. Second start he has made. The first, though, was only three innings. And the plan coming into the season was to keep him in the bullpen, to keep him in the bullpen, multi-inning reliever. He missed all of 2020. He missed all of 2019. They wanted to be extra cautious with him.

But they let him go five innings. They let him throw 87 pitches. He struck out 10. He looked really good. He looks better than Dylan Seas pretty clearly. So the question is, will he replace Dylan Seas? Because I think if we knew the answer to, like, if we knew the answer to that and it was yes,

then everybody would need to rush and pick him up, obviously, wherever he is, wherever he's still available. I think he's pretty widely available, actually. He's 66% rostered on CBS. I thought it was less than that. I know it was available in Tau Wars just two weeks ago, and that's a 15 teamer. But anyway,

it doesn't sound like that's in the plans. It sounds like with Lance Lynn expected back Friday, I believe. Kopex is going to have to return to the rotation. That's according to Scott Merkin, beatwriter for MLB.com. So you got to temper your enthusiasm because of that, but like it may only be, a matter of time. Dylan Cease

does not seem to I don't think he has it. I don't think he has it. Certainly not this year. No. And not any of the prior years either. So at some point probably he's got to call it. But probably Copac is just it's like

it's hard to see him having much value and a head-to-head points league. Right? Like, if he's going to go five. Yeah, if he's going to go five, but that's just one shy of six. Yeah, that is. That's true.

Six does come after five. Yeah. But like how many innings could he realistically throw this year? He hasn't thrown since 2019. And obviously last year it wasn't because of injury. It was because he sat out the season. But like could he realistically throw 120 innings this season? He's thrown 140 before.

Yeah, I think 120 would be the tippy top amount. but, you know, if they keep them out of the rotation until mid-May, let's say, and another month, late May, another month with suffering through cease, you know, they'll still have to be careful with them, but he could conceivably be starting the rest of the season, you know, skipping a turn here and there. That's possible. It's tough to say for sure.

Like, that's why, you know, people are asking us questions on Twitter, should I drop Luis Castillo for Copac. Copac looked amazing. There's no doubt about that. It's just hard to say one way or another is, is he going to remain in the rotation or is he going to be bouncing back and forth? And I think that's probably more likely is the latter there. And I actually saw a really interesting quote from this.

He had 14 whiffs on 87 pitches. 11 of those came on the fastball. And he said, I feel like right now I'm throwing a better fastball than I did when I had a 100 mile per hour fastball. I know what's going on in my body and in my mechanics every time that I throw a fastball. Whereas before, the goal was more so let's try to throw this. as hard as I can. So he's really maturing as a pitcher and I loved what I've seen from him. But Scott, it's like, is he a must add? Do you just do whatever you can to make sure he's on your roster in case he does remain in the rotation? Should this be closer to 80, 90% roster rate

on CBS? I don't think so. And I obviously I'm thinking of those 12 team head to head points leagues where you have five bench spots to mess with. And I'm thinking of how some of my benches look there and who I would have to consider dropping for Kopec. And that's in like a 12th team league, not even going as shallow as 10 teams. There are a lot of 10 team leagues out there. So who's a bottom of the bench guy for me in such a league? Would you drop Dylan Sees, his teammate for him? Oh, that's easy. Yeah. Okay. I don't think you're going to, I wouldn't expect to redeem anything from Dylan Sees. Would you

draw? What about a guy you were, what about a guy you were agonizing over before the show? What about Logan Webb? Yeah, I think that's easy too. I'm thinking shallower than that. How about Casey Mize? Who's allowed 11-Henor runs over his last two starts? You're giving me easy ones here. We need a hard one. All right, Jordan Montgomery, he's 77% rostered. He has a 6.23 ERA over his last three starts.

That's getting harder, but I still think that's a yeah. I could drop, I could live with, in a shallow league especially, where it's, this is just the last guy on your bench. Montgomery, I don't think there's a chance he figures things out and is awesome for this, but the odds are pretty low that you're going to miss him in a league that shallow. Patrick Corbyn. Yeah.

How about Jameson, 89% rostered? Hmm. You might be able to get away with it in a shallow enough league. I'd be hesitant. I still feel pretty good about Jameson Tyone. What about Madison, Bumgarner? I would rather pick up Copec than Bumgarner. Yeah, let me see if I can find.

I can't, I'm not, I'm not good at coming up with the top of mind here. Let's talk about Madison Bumgarner, who you just mentioned Chris, and seven no hit innings on Sunday, which it was a double header. So it technically was a no hitter. It was a no hitter. The idea that this shouldn't count as a no hitter is ridiculous. I don't care. Like, it's not like, well, it's less impressive than a real no.

And like, I don't care. We don't like look at a no hitter against the Marlins and say, well, if it had been a the Dodgers, it would have been a real note. Like, no, that's not how we do this. The game was scheduled for seven innings. He threw a complete game. It was not shortened because of rain. It was the game that was scheduled.

And he gave up zero hits while throwing a complete game. In a game that lasted the amount of time it was supposed to last. It was a no-hitter. It's stupid to think that it should. With an asterisk on the end, Chris. Fine, whatever. Who can? All right, let's just talk about his performance.

Seven strikeouts against the Braves. I mean, it was, I don't know what's going on with the Atlanta Braves offense. Zach Gallen looked phenomenal against him as well. But for Madison, Bumgartar, 10 swinging strikes on 98 pitches. And I noticed the velocity up on all three of the pitches that he used on Sunday. And the fastball in particular,

91.1 miles per hour he averaged. Back in 2019, which is the last time he was really fantasy relevant, he averaged 91.4 miles per hour on the fastball. So if Bumgarner is getting back to that level, then he might actually have some fantasy value. He's 47% rostered. And this week, he faces the Colorado Rockies. Chris, your interest level in Madison, Bumgarner.

Pretty low. Okay. So you just wanted to rant about his no-hitter, but you don't like him. Yeah, like, it should be a no-hitter. But that doesn't mean, like, I don't want to add every player who's ever thrown a no-hitter. You know, like, I'd rather have... Shout out to Phil and Pallumper.

Philip Humber. perfect game. I'd rather have Danny Duffy than Madison Bumgarner for sure. I'd rather have Domingo Armand. I'd rather have Christian Javier. I think I might rather have Alex Cobb and he has

not been great in his last couple of starts but yeah, I can't agree with that. I think there's more upside there. If Bumgarner sustains his velocity from today, I think he's going to be plenty useful. It's a big if. Obviously, it's just one start and this is the

hardest he's thrown all year. But it is back to 2019 standards. And really prior to that too, right? I mean, 91 on his fastball. He averaged that for a few years. That was, yeah, basically since the dirt bike accident, I think he's been

right around. Yeah, his best. So any two hits in five innings in his previous starts. So this was two good starts in a row for Baumgarter after three awful ones. The question that came up when I was just putting in three,

agent bids in my leagues. Patrick Corbyn was available in one of them, and Bumgarner was. And like, wow, which would I rather have of those two? Because Corbin... Corbin went right back to being awful. Yeah, I ended up having Corbin ahead, but it was a little bit of a debate there. A few other waiver wire pitchers that might be available

that I think are probably in the same conversation. Brady Singer through seven innings of one-run ball over the weekend. I would rather have him than Madison Bumgriner, though he's only throwing two pitches. his underlying numbers are really, really good right now. So Singer is one. Robbie Ray, I would rather have than Madison. Bumgarner had a really great start.

Six shutout with nine strikeouts this weekend. Kyle Gibson is another one where we've waited forever for him to be something. And so far, he's been great. He's throwing this new cutter and he just did it against the White Sox which is a tough matchup in Chicago. So Kyle Gibson is that last name. I would personally put ahead of Madison Bumgarner. But once you get past those,

I think if you're looking for a waiver wire pitcher, Bumgarner is a name that I would look at. Chris, your oh my goodness gracious from this weekend. Dustin May. I feel like if you had told everyone he was going to have like a 34%, 35% strikeout even through four starts. And we talked about this a little in the last,

I think it might have been Friday or Thursday. I think we spoke about it off the air, actually. Yeah, he's doing like everything you would have like, if Dustin made, the way I would put it in, I put it about Vladimir Guerrera in the same column. They were both rankings risers earlier last week.

If Dustin May were breaking out, this is what it would look like. He's throwing his curveball, and his cutter more and his sinker less. He's getting swings and misses on three different pitches now, whereas last year he was primarily, you know, 50% sinker guy.

He's got a really, he's got like a 15% whiff rate. He's got like a 35% strike rate. He's still not giving up any hard contact. he's still getting a ton of ground balls. Once per game, he seems to give up a home run where he looks like he's trying to hurdle as soon as he releases the ball.

It's a very funny reaction every time he gives up a home run. But again, if Dustin May were breaking out, it would look exactly like this. And I think there are still concerns about workload and how much the Dodger will let him throw, whether they'll pull him out of the rotation at some point. But he sure looks like an ace right now.

Yep, and he just did it against one of the best lineups in baseball against the Padres, six endings of one run ball, 10 strikeouts to just one walk. He has now 32 strikeouts in 21 and a third innings pitch. So it's been phenomenal for Dustin May. Yeah, I mean, the only thing I'd say about him looking like an ace is his innings. Sure. And six innings, four and a third innings, five innings, six innings. Yep.

That's, and that's what I worry about with him all. season long. I mean, obviously he can be a useful fantasy pitcher if he's striking out more than a bad for inning and has great... And he's at like 13 right now. Yeah, he has great ratios across the board. But I also don't expect him to make much more than 20 starts this year. Maybe a little more, maybe a couple dozen starts. But I don't think he's going to stay in the

rotation all season long. Classic buy, low, sell high situation. If you guys can, would you sell Dustin May for Luis Castillo? who we are getting a ton of questions about, who once again on Sunday, five innings pitched, four earned runs, only three strikeouts, two more homers allowed.

He has a 6.29 ERA and a 1.60 whip to this point in the season. I would. You would? Scott? Yeah. I mean, if Chris would,

I guess I would too. I'm getting a little worried about Castillo because the velocity is... Velocity... It's not down drastically, but it... And the fact that he's not getting as many swinging strikes with it being down. You know, he hasn't gotten pummeled since that first start.

It's just been kind of not good enough to win anything, you know? Yeah. And there was no whiffs on Sunday either. I mean, five swinging strikes on 85 pitches. So I'm getting a little concerned, but I would still rank him ahead of May. And I would still consider him a by low, but not. not when I'd be buying low with gusto, I guess. What do you do with Cassio this week?

He's at home against the Cubs. You start him there? I try to sit him. I try to. Let me see. Who did I sit him for? I want to cite these examples, but then I can't remember them. So I'll just point out in 2018, in March and April, he had a 785 ERA, 24 strikeouts and 28.2 innings.

But obviously, that was like a 17% strikeout rate. because he faced 131 batters in those 28.2 innings. He was really bad. And then the rest of the season, he had a 3570. All right. So, yeah,

I remember not being as worried about him then as I am now. Well, your expectations are higher now. And, like, I can get being worried that he won't be a top 12th or top 10 starting pitcher like we ranked him as. But I just,

I think it's worth not, not holding him to an unfair. standard and saying, well, if we thought he was going to be a top 10 pitcher, he's been so disappointing and your your expectations might be so much lower than that that now it's like,

well, you know, like I still think he's going to be a top 20 starting pitcher at this point. Like moving forward, obviously, I think it'd be a little surprising to be finished as a top 20 starting pitcher now. But I'm not worried. So I'm starting,

I'm sitting him in favor of Luzardo against the Orioles in one league. I also have Rodon against the Tigers in the lineup, Bundy at Seattle in the lineup. The team was pretty good pitching, but certainly like all the 10 teamers out there would be able to relate to this probably. Quick shout out to two of the best in the game.

I already mentioned Fernando Tatis, who was just ridiculous this weekend. That whole series with the Dodgers was just awesome baseball to watch. Seven hits for Tatis, five homers, six RBI, eight runs, two steals in that series alone. and Jacob de Grom, who I think is probably the number one asset in fantasy baseball right now. Complete game shutout, two hits, zero walks, 15 strikeouts against the nationals. He has 43 strikeouts over his last three starts.

He's the number one player in Roto. He's averaging 29 fantasy points per game. To put that in perspective, Garrett Cole is averaging 23.6. Shane Bieber is averaging 22.3. DeGrom is just built different. Before we get to the news and notes, I have to talk to you about the CBS Sports mobile. app. As you know, it's my go-to for live scores and breaking news, but it's NFL draft week, and I wanted to let you in on a little football fan hack here. If you don't have the app,

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News and notes from the weekend, Mike Trout missed each game against the Astros. Trout was hit by a pitch on his elbow Thursday. Joe Madden does not think Trout will land on the IL. Christian Yelich is currently on the IL. He was sent for an MRI for his back this weekend, which he did not have any structural issues. There is currently no timetable for Christian Yelich's return. Yung Jin Riyu was lifted from his start Sunday

due to a right glute strain. Manager Charlie Montoyo said that there is a chance Ryu could be ready to make his next scheduled start. There is a good chance. George Springer is activated Tuesday for the Blue Jays. Would you guys be all right just throwing them back in the lineup? Five outfield of league, sure. Yeah.

And Davey Garcia has been confirmed as Monday starter against the Orioles for the New York Yankees. Apparently, I've seen different reports. The Yankees are apparently transitioning to a six-man rotation. I couldn't confirm it anywhere. I couldn't find a clear answer on that. Just some speculation. Because of something Aaron Boone said back in spring training, basically.

If Garcia stays in the rotation, then Domingo Hermann is not going to be a two-star pitcher, Davy Garcia will. But for the purposes of my two-star pitcher rankings, I'm just assuming this is a one-shot deal for Garcia. And look, it may depend on how he performs. If he gets throttled, then it'll be pretty easy to send it back down.

If he doesn't, then not so much. I hope he sticks. Garcia is 38. I think is really exciting. He's 38% rostered, and that start on Mondays against the Orioles. And if he does have a second start, it would be against the Tigers.

So two pretty damn good matchups if it is a two-star week. Chris, how imperative is it that you add Garcia to your fantasy team? Oh, it's not imperative, but I might rather take a shot on him than Bumgarner. What do you think, Scott Garcia or Bumgarner? I'd go mad bum. I'm less confident that Garcia sticks, probably. But, you know, I might change my mind depending how the Monday start goes. I look at it this way.

I'm probably not starting either of them in any league. no matter what this week. And I think Rcia's got more upside. So I'd rather give him a shot this week if he gets sent back down. No harm, no foul. Trey Turner left Sunday's game in the eighth inning after he was hit by a pitch in his left forearm elbow area. Joe Madden said that Anthony Rendon will be activated either Monday or Tuesday. Max Stassee will also come off the IL any day now, according to Joe Madden. Ronald Cunia returned to action this weekend. He missed two starts with that abdominal strain last week. Noah Cindergarde threw one inning in an intra-squad game. He apparently hit 97 miles per hour with his fastball.

He won't be eligible to return from Tommy John surgery until the end of May at the earliest. We probably don't see Cindergarde until sometime in June, maybe even July. Steven Schrosberg has been throwing from 120 feet. He threw from 75 feet earlier this week. Reminder that he's dealing with shoulder inflammation. Rangers catcher prospect, Sam Huff, is out. Eight weeks after knee surgery, he hit three home runs in 10 games last year. He does have a lot of pop, but he's going to miss at least the next two months.

Christian Pache was reinstated from the 10-day IL and then option to the alternate training site on Saturday. Guillermo Heredia has remained in the brave starting lineup as their center fielder. Yadir Molina exited Friday's game with right foot soorness. He missed Saturday and Sunday's game. So pay attention for news on that on, I don't know if they play on Monday or Tuesday the Cardinals do, but I guess there's a chance that he could sit out a few more games. The Brewers placed both Brett Anderson and Josh Lindblum on the 10-day IL. Jordan Romano returned on Saturday, and his fastball velocity was down two miles per hour.

What is going on in the Blue Jays bullpen? Rafael Dolis picked up two saves this weekend. Yeah. Is he the guy? I imagine so. I mean, given the way they used Romano off the IEL, that they didn't save him for a save situation. They brought him in the eighth, and he struggled, and he wasn't throwing his hard. And then we saw Delees get a save the next day.

right? So, yeah, I would, I don't know if it's going to remain that way, obviously. But if you're picking one, Blue Jays reliever to roster right now, I think it has to be Deleese. Delees is 22% rostered on CBS, so he is out there in a ton of leagues. If you need saves in any type of categories league, you should be looking at Rafael Delees. Jago DeRizzi exited his start on Saturday with right forearm tightness. Corey Canable was placed on the IL and will miss multiple months with a lat strain. Zach McKinstree will miss more than the minimum time on the 10-day IL with a right oblique strain. Luis Patino was called up by the raise on Sunday.

Obviously, a very heralded prospect they received in the Blake Snell trade. He opened the game with two and two-thirds shutout with three strikeouts. Chris, is there anything to see here with Luis Patino? He's 22% rostered. I don't know what their plan, if their plans are to have him. make another start. I haven't seen anything like that. But, you know, if he was going to stick in a rotation, sure.

I think it's, you know, definitely someone who's worth chasing as a talented pitcher. I just, I would be a little surprised, I guess. Michael Fulmer. Michael Fulmer had another abbreviated start on Sunday because he was pitching on short rest. Scott, are we holding Michael Fulmer?

I don't think it's a must. It depends how badly you need pitching. In a 15 team league, I opted to drop him. Can't remember who it was for. I have not shared your

collective enthusiasm for Falmer. He was never that good when he was good. I hope he's good. Even if he's good, he's not going to get a lot of strikeouts. So if they're going to do this innings thing with him on top of it, yeah, I have a hard time getting enthusiastic about it. But velocity has been up for all three of his starts. Sliders

looked good like it did pre-Tommy John. So he does appear to be on the right track. He just feels more like a deeper league option right now. Again, that is Michael Fulmer with the Detroit Tigers. Aaron Hicks was out of the lineup Sunday due to back tightness. Brett Gardner started in center

field, Mike Talkman in left. Lorenzo Kane is nearing a return from the IL as he rehabs his quad. Mike Mustakis was taking reps at third base prior to Sunday's game. He was placed on the IL last week with a non-COVID-related illness. Jose Altuva is trending towards an early week return as he recovers from testing positive for COVID. Tommy Pham left Sunday's game against the Dodgers with left calf tightness and Mike Yistremski left with oblique tightness.

Email the day. This one's from Kevin. Subject line was, does John Gray exist? In five stars, John Gray is 3 and 1. He has four quality starts, 2.54 ERA, 1.09 whip, 27 strikeouts and 28 in a third innings pitched. And four of five games were at cores. All five opponents are top 10 in weighted on base average. That's the Phillies, Astros, D-backs, and the Dodgers twice. He might be traded John Gray, so things are very likely to get easier for him.

Moving forward, is it possible for a Rockies pitcher to get any respect? Any respect for John Gray? I thought about having him in a 15-league team league today. It's just so hard with Rocky's pitchers. And obviously, he has a track record. you know, we know when John Gray is good, what he looks like as a Rocky's pitcher. He might have a sub 4 ERA.

He'll probably have a whip over 1-3 with a little more than a strikeout per inning. He's not even at a strikeout per inning as well as he's done this year. And the walk rate is high. So, you know, I'm willing to say that the awful 2020 for John Gray was that looks like the aberration

and he's probably going to be an okayish pitcher. But I don't, you know, I don't think there's any need to bend over backward for him. I don't mind the match of this week. He's at Arizona to face the Diamondbacks. He's 60% rostered John Gray is. Chris, would you rather add Gray or Madison and Bumpgarner? Probably Gray. I feel like I'd be more likely to use him this week.

And so I'm not sure with either of those guys you should be thinking much longer than that. But, you know, I agree with everything Scott said. Like the best case scenario is he's fine. Look, if he gets traded, that should definitely help him. But, I mean, we're not going to add him now with, you know, the assumption that that's going to happen. You know, if you manage to have him on your team when it happens, and sure, I mean, his value goes way up.

And I was thinking the same thing for Herman Marquez. I don't know that he's as likely to be traded, but I don't, it's just a buy high, a by medium scenario because he now has three quality starts in five tries. Hermann Marquez is a 3.45 ERA. His whip is inflated because he had six walks on opening. day, but four of his five starts have already come at home. He's got a 60% ground ball rate, a 13% swinging strike rate. Those are pretty impressive numbers for Hermann Marquez. So I'm just

wondering if you can buy him for cheaper than he should be because he is a Rocky starting pitcher. I'm a lot more confident than Armand Marquez would, like, he might be a top 20 starting pitcher if he got traded. I really think Armand Marquez might be an ace. I mean, you look at his career away from course field, and it's a three. 53 ERA, almost a strikeout per reining 1.1 with, like that's probably a top 20 starting pitcher, especially because he goes deep into games consistently. And I have him on a lot of teams because, you know, I think even with the Rockies, I think he was probably being a little undervalued coming in, but I wouldn't trade for him expecting him to get traded. It would be smart of the

Rockies to trade him. But historically, you can't really count on the Rockies to do smart things. so he probably retires with them. That's very likely. Yeah, no, I just think if there's leagues where someone kind of drafted him and they didn't really know what to expect and you can get him for cheaper than he's worth, which is, I don't, like,

he's probably just inside the top 50 starting pitchers, which I think makes sense. Has Coorsfield really played like Coorsfield yet? It's been cold, right? It's been snowing for some of their games. Like, legitimately snowing. Yeah, but I can check. Yeah, let us know about that, Chris.

But we are going to take a quick break when we return. There's a few players that we need to talk about what is going on with these, either from a really good perspective or really bad perspective. We'll talk about it next here on Fantasy Baseball today. We already spoke about Luis Castillo, and I wanted to go to someone more positive. Andrew Heaney, guy's been ridiculous.

At the Houston Astros this weekend, six and a third, one earned run, 10 strikeouts to zero walks, 17 swinging strikes on 101 pitches. 67% rostered is Andrew Heaney. He's at the Seattle Mariners this week, which is a great matchup. I think he was actually one of your sleepers

this upcoming week, Scott. Based on the underlying numbers, I feel like we should be talking about Andrew Heaney. What do you think? Well, I mean, we've seen him strike out a bunch of just before, obviously. And his best ERA since, okay, 2015, he had an ERA below. three, but it's in more recent years where he's been

a big strikeout pigeon. The best ERA he's had during that time is 415. He seems to be really vulnerable to the long ball has only given up one home run so far this year. So I can't, I don't really see anything Heaney's doing differently. That makes me say, okay, he's turned the corner here. He's figured out how to get the most out of that strikeout ability. And this is going to be a breakthrough season. I think it might just be an issue if he's had good home run luck so far.

I would trust somebody like Danny Duffy over Andruini if you're talking rest of season just because I see him doing different things and having success we haven't seen him have before, at least not in a very long time because of it. Yeah, Haney does have a higher ground ball rate than he's had in a long time. He's a weird pitcher because he's primarily a sinker-thrower,

59%. It's always right around 58%. like clockwork. But he throws that sinker up in the zone a lot, which helps him get a lot of whiffs. I think he's got one of the highest whiff rates of any sinker throw. I think Stephen Mats is also kind of similar to that. But I think it also leaves him extremely susceptible to the home run, like Scott said.

And for his career, he is probably one of those pitchers for whom X-FIP really, really doesn't tell you the story about him because X-FIP assumes a neutral home run to fly ball rate. And for his career, he's at 15% with a 397 X-FIP versus a 444 ERA, which is actually a pretty big gap to have over, you know,

500 plus headings. So I think like he's interesting. I think him versus Danny Duffy's really interesting. I'd certainly rather have him than Bumgarner to go back to it, not to like, sure, you know. And I'd rather have him.

I don't want to make it seem like I'm crapping on Bumgarner, because, you know, obviously he's had a great career, and I hope he really is figuring something out here. But, yeah, like, Heaney, I still think is, like, a top 70-ish pitcher. Yeah, I'm 64th, so. Would you guys rather have Heaney or take a shot on Michael Kopeck? I think I'd probably rather have Heaney.

Yeah, that's interesting. Yeah. Depends how shallow the league is. Sure. Because a shallower league, I would drop Heaney. Like, you can find Heaney types every other. week, you know, whatever. Take a shot on the upside.

But if not, then I think you'd probably have to stick with Heaney. Sunny Gray, let's talk about it. He's only made two starts thus far. He was at the Cardinals this weekend. Three and two-thirds, five earned runs, three walks, six strikeouts. The ERA stands at 7.88 for Sunny Gray with a 5.53 expected ERA

according to stat cast. Buy low or heck no? Sunny Gray. By low. Yeah, if you're forcing me too, I'm not eager to go out and get him. His velocity's down. mile per hour. I think on both the four seamer and two seamer. And he just wasn't great at the end of last year. He had a very good first couple starts and then was pretty ordinary after that.

So, you know, I've had such an on and off again, off again relationship with Sunny Gray for his entire career, but I'm kind of off again right now. He's in a really interesting spot in my rankings. I don't know about you guys, but I have him 32nd, which is like right behind a couple guys who have moved up ahead of him, Sandy Alcantara, Dustin May. Pablo Lopez, and then right ahead of guys like Julio Arias, Hazluss-Lisardo, Dylan Bundy, Trevor Rogers, who I could move up over him, but I'm not sure I'm ready to do that yet with all those guys.

I've moved them ahead of Sunny Gray. I'm 37th. Yeah. Okay. I'm thinking about making that swap as well, just lowering him down a little bit in the ranks. I really like what I've seen from a lot of these younger pitchers who are performing well right now.

Dustin May is one of them. I definitely have to get ahead of. of Sonny Gray. How about Sunny Gray or Kevin Gosman? Who would you guys rather have? Gosman over the weekend against the Marlins, eight innings, one run, 11 strikeouts, 21 swinging strikes on 101 pitches. Fifty-seven of those 101 pitches were splitters, which is just an insane amount. He is a top 13 starting pitcher in both formats right now, Kevin Gosman is. Who would you rather have between him and Sunny Gray? Gosman. I'd rather have Gosman. I was waiting to see this kind of start from him

because he had been succeeding in spite of not having a lot of whiffs. Splitter usage is something we normally see go up over the course of the year. But, I mean, if he's already thrown it more than half the time, he's in a pretty good spot. It's still Gosman for me for now. You're saying it like you had you had Gosman ranked ahead of him before. Did you mean Sunny Gray, Chris? Sorry, sorry, still gray for me before. Okay, just making sure there.

Yeah, I think I'm going to move Gosman ahead of Sunny Gray. I was kind of skeptical on Gosman for the reasons you gave us Chris before the season started when he wasn't throwing his splitter in spring training. I was actually kind of worried about that, but I mean, the guy has been ridiculous.

I will say with the caveat, look, it's against the Marlins. And before we started, I said, I think the Marlins are the best matchup for a starting pitcher right now because without Starling Marte in that lineup, they just really don't have a lot of thump.

So I think they're kind of in that same category as the pirates and the tigers and those are probably the three best matchups for starting right now. Yeah, I'll just point out in 2019, that was the most

he'd ever thrown his splitter before this season. Actually, I think it might still be his slightly highest splitter usage. You threw it 37.7%

of the time in 2019. And he was pretty awful. You know, he had a 572 IRA in 2019. So, you know, hopefully he was obviously a lot better last year.

And yes, he already has more six-inning starts than he did all of last year, which I also see as an encouraging sign. Yeah, he's kind of developing into an ace, which is something I didn't think we would ever say. They paid him to be.

They paid him. What is it called when they pay the amount? I can't think of what the term is. But, you know, they could. Yeah. Oh, they gave him the qualifying offer. Yeah, yeah, the qualifying offer. They gave him the 17 million.

He accepted it. He accepted it. So they obviously gave it to him. he was the most borderline player that it was given to, and they were willing to pay him that amount to keep him around for a year. Let's talk about his teammate,

Alex Wood, who also against him Harlem, seven innings of one-run ball, seven strikeouts, 14 whiffs on 97 pitches. And I think the eye-opener for Alex Wood is obviously being able to throw this many pitches without getting hurt in a game

and obviously throwing this many innings. He's 34% rostered, and he is at home against a Colorado Rockies this week. I'm pretty interested in, Alex would at least for this match, but I think his next one after that is at Colorado, so you don't love that. But Chris, your interest level in Alex Wood. Any league where he's SPARP eligible for points and probably 15 teams. Okay. That's probably it, but yeah. Well, I was prioritizing him over Bumgarner,

but if if Byron Buxton is the player, Chris has never been able to quit, then Alex Wood is the player I've never been able to quit. I like that he's averaging 91.3 on his fastball, or around 91 in both of these starts. That's on the higher end of what he's averaged over the years. Not the very highest, but it's good for him. The last name I wanted to mention

is actually a hitter. We haven't talked a lot about hitters so far, but A. E. E. E. E. Hino-Swaris, man. What is going on with this gentleman? He is now batting 141 with a 38% strikeout rate. By-low or heck no? A. E. E. E. Hesniosw.

by low for sure yep you have confidence in him bouncing back Chris yeah I like I don't know maybe he's like taking his defensive you know maybe that's making it harder for him to hit you see that sometimes when guys are playing a different position um but he's been too good over the last couple years for me to to get off of him I know last year wasn't great but the underlying numbers were still very good But this year, like, he's, he's slumping. He's got a, you know, really high strikeout rate. He actually had a higher strikeout rate at one point in August and September of 2019. He had a 37% strikeout rate over a 27, 20 game stretch back in July of 2019, too.

So I just, that was the area of 49 home runs, right? Yeah. So it's just, it's important to remember that sometimes guys just slump. Yeah. Not every cold start is a something's wrong with this guy. Sometimes it's just like this is the natural ebb and flow of a season. And this will happen at different points of the season. And if it happens in September, you don't notice it really.

100%. I think that's a good thing to remind people who are currently concerned about proven players. Glaver Torres is one that comes to mind. Luis Castillo, we spoke about earlier. But, eh, E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. E. Horeno, Suarez, the strikeouts have been the real issue. It's 38% strikeout rate, a 16.6% swinging strike rate, which would be the highest of his career. But Chris has faith in him bouncing back. Let's talk about a few more hitters that might be

available on your waiver wire. And let's first talk about two middle infielders. We'll kind of do this by position. And Colton Wong returned on Friday. He has seven hits. He had seven hits over the weekend, including a home run and a steel. He's 61% rostered. And the other name, Nico Horner, who started all three. games for the Cubs this weekend. We spoke about him being called up on Friday's podcast, but he picked up four hits and two RBI. I will let you know his roster rate in just a second. But if you're just looking for one second base or middle infield type player, Scott, who would you rather have between Colton Wong and Nico Horner? Well, Nico Horner's playing time path isn't

nearly as clear. So that's something to keep in mind. But if you're just, if you're shooting for upside, I feel like he's the upside play. Wong does have a, a few things going for him that you could see how this turns into the best year of his career, batting lead off for the Brewers, playing in a smaller park than he ever has before. Of course, one that's

better for power. Stolen bases have been up and down for him over the years, and I think Horner, if he gets regular playing time, it's a pretty good chance of matching Wong in that regard. But I think there's a chance Horner turns into a must-start player, even like

a shallow 12-team league. and he has shortstop eligibility in addition to second. So I think I'd prioritize him of those two. A few outfielders from the weekend. Adelis Garcia, the guy just continues to crush it. He has eight hits over his last six games, including four home runs. He's 34% rostered.

Willie Calhoun has started three games in a row for the Texas Rangers. He has four hits in those games. He hit a game-tying home run off Liam Hendrick actually on Saturday on a pitch that was like high in a way, way out of the zone. and I was actually really impressed by the bat speed for Willie Calhoun there, but admittedly, I have a soft spot for Willie. I've wanted him to be a thing forever.

Willie Calhoun is 33% rostered. Ryan Maltapia is now on a seven-game hitting streak. He's betting 306, 52% rostered. And Alex Kirillov, who we spoke a lot about on Friday, was called up for the Twins. He is now rostered in 63% of CBS leagues, and he went a solid 0 for 11 this weekend. So, Chris, if you were looking for an outfielder,

among Adelis Garcia, Willie Calhoun, Rymaltapia, Alex Kirolov, how would you rank those four gentlemen? I think I would probably prioritize Keralov still.

I think the upside makes that worth doing. But it's possible that Alex Keralov will go unclaimed in your league. Obviously, we're recording this on Monday, so a lot of the waiver

and wire claims will have gone in last night. And I would assume Adoles Garcia will be higher than 34%. Probably maybe double that. but if he does go unclaimed after you're listening to this,

I think there's a better chance he gets claimed than Alex Keroloff at this point. So, you know, if you're trying to game that out, maybe Garcia should be the priority. But if we're talking about like which one I think is going to be better by the end of the season,

I would pick Karoloff. A few corner infielers wanted to mention Austin Riley has six hits over his last five games, including two home runs. CJ Crone had four hits on Sunday, including his third home run in five games.

So he is getting hot. He's 46% rostered. Jesus Aguilar, who has stopped eating, what was it, arugula? No more arugula. No more arugula.

She's just going to eat the Venezuelan stuff, is what he said. I got to go on that diet. Actually, I mean, I kind of already have, but talk about it later. Arugula's the worst guy.

It's so bad. You know, I like a little arugula salad, you know, you chop up some like sweet peppers, maybe a little cherry tomatoes, and do a little, like,

you know, olive oil, dressing. I try to eat a salad for lunch like three days a week. Get the spring mix from the grocery store, right? Whenever they sneak arugula into that spring mix, like you know it. You know it before you even bite into it. You get this whiff of it. It smells like wet dog hair and you're like, oh no, am I going to have to force my way through this plate of arugula and then you just make yourself a peanut butter and jelly sandwich instead.

Well, Hazus Aguilar, not eating Arugula, has helped in the power department because he is homered in three straight. He is now batting 284 with 17 RBI, 11 walks to 10 strikeouts for Jesus Aguilar. And J.D. Davis, Scott, maybe you were just off by a year, man. J.D. Davis, three for four on Sunday with his second home run of the season. He is 46% rostered. So, Scott, if you were looking for a corner infielder type, Austin Riley, C. C.J. Crone, Hazer's Aguilar, and J.D. Who is your favorite of that group?

Davis, I mean, I have to feel like his upside is still what we saw from him two years ago. And he is not hitting, he's not hitting a ton of fly balls, but he's hitting much fewer ground balls than he did last year, which is a good sign. He is striking out more. So I want to see where that goes. But, you know, even last year he was making hard contact. So I think there's, I think there's a chance maybe 2020. he was just the weird off year. He doesn't have many at bats yet to really get a good read

on it, but nobody has enough at bats to know what's coming. I do want to, just for the deeper leagues out there, Adoles Garcia, who was listed among the outfielders, and Paven Smith, he mentioned here Frank as a corner infield option, also

outfield eligible. They're both popular pickups in the 15th leagues I was in this weekend. Paveen Smith is batting leadoff for the Diamondbacks more often than not. They've faced a lot of right-handers recently. I don't know if he's going to literally play every day.

But a lot of hard contact for him, too, and not many strikeouts. So it also has elevation problems like Davis, but interesting player there, Pavin Smith. And Garcia, you mentioned four home runs in his last six games. I mean, he's just been low-plate discipline guy, but maybe a lot of power there. The minor league track record would seem to support that. regarding C.J. Crone,

sorry, they play every game on the road this week, and the Rockies have 75 games on the road left to 66 at home. So just something to keep in mind that they've played 15 of their 21 games so far at Coursefield. And actually, as Scott said, Corsfield is not playing like Horsfield so far. There's a, the ERA at Corsfield is 459, which is about half a run higher than the league average. And given that half those innings have been thrown by Rocky's pitchers, I think it's probably, you know,

we haven't seen the Coors Field effect yet, which may just be a sign of how bad the Rockies offenses. I did add Cron to my 10 sleeper hitters for this week because it's good matchup for the Rockies, but it's hard to know how to weigh that against not being at Corse Field, you know. Yep, yep, make sense there. Just want to quickly promote one more thing. Subscribe to our fantasy baseball today newsletter at cbsports.com slash newsletters.

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We will start with Casey Mize, who 11 earned runs over his last two starts, a 5.23 ERA, a 1.45 whip overall, 61% rostered, 1 to 10 on the dropometer for Casey Mize. 10. Yeah, 9. You say Kikuchi at the Boston Red Sox this weekend, 4 and 2 thirds, 5 earned runs. He now has a 5.70 ERA,

albeit with a 4.30 X-FIP. He is 55% run. rostered and at the Houston Astros this week. Five, I'd rather not, but, you know. Yeah, I'll go six. I would drop him in a 12-team league. I probably would drop him for Kopeck. Jordan Montgomery mentioned the name earlier.

He has a 6.23 ERA over his last three starts. He is 77% rostered at the Baltimore Orioles this week. I mean, if you're not going to start him at the Orioles, you might as well drop him. I'll go six. Six for... Jordan Montgomery. Dane Dunning, he got blown up this past weekend

against his former team. The White Sox five earned runs over two and two-thirds. He is 57% rostered. He's not really going deep into his stars. He's not getting a lot of whiffs. But all the ERA indicators kind of line up with his 3.06 ERA. So I don't know what to make of it. What do you guys think?

I'd say he's a five. I would say nine. I just don't think he's going to be that valuable in those shallower formats. because of the way they're using him as like a piggyback pitcher. Dylan Sees should have been a good matchup against the Texas Rangers this weekend, and he only went three and a third. He has not completed five innings in any of his four starts.

He is averaging 6.2 walks per nine, and he is still 56% rostered, but does face the Tigers this week. Where is Dylan Sees on the dropometer? 10. 10. All right. Griffin Canning. He was out to Astros this weekend, two and a third

innings of six-run ball. 41% roster. What are we doing? He's the lowest. I would say three. Really? Yeah. Because he's been dropped in all my 15 team leagues, too. So I was going to say 10. I like Canning. I like Canning, too.

I just don't... In a 12-team league especially, I don't see the need to roster him at this point. So I'll go 10, actually. I would rather keep Jordan Montgomery than Griffin Canning personally. Patrick Corbyn, I mentioned earlier. He was at the Mets this weekend, four innings, four earned runs.

The fastball actually averaged 91.6 miles per hour, which was up from 90.5 miles per hour entering the start. He faces the Marlins this week. You can't get it done there. I don't know what to tell you. Let me see. I'm more likely to drop them in Piccucci or Montgomery, so I will say seven. Oh, wow.

Four. All right. Tristan McKenzie. We talk about him a lot, but he's still 85% rostered. So I feel like we need to keep pushing people towards dropping him. Yeah, I'll go turn on that. Yeah, I'm fine dropping him. Last one I mentioned earlier as well,

Jameson-Tayone has only completed five innings once so far this season. This strikeout rate, strikeout to walk ratio, 21 to 2. It's been fine. He's just really not going deep into starts. And the Yankees are kind of babying him. So 89% rostered. Where are we at on James and Tyone? Yeah, the run to base runner ratio seems off too

in that a lot of people are scoring when they get on. And, you know, the home run rate is high, so I guess that makes sense. Well, we're talking about three, though. Yeah, only three home runs. Never mind. Yeah, I'll say four. I really don't want to have to drop Tyone, though.

Obviously, you can't be starting them right now. Yeah, I think looking back, there might have been a mistake in how we, collectively talked about James and Tyone, like as a fantasy industry. It should have been talked about as like, hey, this is a stash. You know, it might take him a little while to figure out. So I'd prefer not to drop him. I have a lot of, I have a bunch more names in terms of just waiver wire pictures and we've already talked about so many. But I will throw a bunch of names at you guys and you give me, let's say, your three favorite of this entire group.

Mike Minor was solid this weekend. He's only 42% rostered. He's facing the pirates this week. Brady Singer mentioned seven innings of one-run ball, 53% rostered. Wascar E. Noah, six-ennings, two-run ball, five strikeouts against the debacks. He is 62% rostered. J.T. Brewbaker and Jay Hat, they both put on a show this weekend going up against each other, and they are both rostered in about 40% or more of CBS leagues. Quang-Hun Kim, five-and-two-thirds of one-run ball with eight strikeouts. Robbie Ray mentioned him.

Sixth shutout with nine strikeouts. Chris Flexen has actually been solid. Seven innings, one run ball, seven strikeouts against the Red Sox. Kyle Gibson, really strong against the White Sox. Logan Webb, seven shutout against the Marlins. Adbert Alzely was against the Brewers. He had seven strikeouts over four and two thirds. So Alzali Webb, Kyle Gibson, flexen,

Robbie Ray, Quanghan Kim, Brewbaker, Hat, Inoa, Singer, Minor. Three favorites. I will go singer, Ray Gibson, and I'm kind of sad to leave some of these other names out. Yeah, there's a lot of pictures emerging that's, we've got to get to all of them. What do you think, Chris? Ray, Singer, you know, uh, uh,

I got to go to Noah over Gibson, sorry. Yeah, and I, yeah, that's, that's my top three. Yeah. So I guess if it was a, if it was a four. then we can go with singer E. Noah, Robbie Ray, and Kyle Gibson. Yeah, I know, but I hate leaving out Alzalai. I think J.T. Brewbaker's.

I think J.T. Brewbaker's getting kind of interesting, actually. And his name sounds like a Kramer alias on Seinfeld. So that's fun, too, J.T. Brubaker. I can't laugh at that joke. Like, I know what it means. So I'm just not going to laugh at it. Sorry, Scott. That's fine. Chris supported you with it, so it's cool there. Yeah, no shortage of starting pitchers to add from this weekend.

Some bullpen information. Jake Deekman picked up his second save of the season on Friday. So, Lou Trevino got the first two. Jake Deekman now has the last two saves for the Oakland A's. He is 25% rostered. Any read on this Oakland A situation? No, I thought, no, not really. I didn't look at the play-by-play to see if it was a bunch of lefties lined up for

Deakman and that that most reason one, I know it kind of, it was in the first of the two. Would you guys rather have Dekeman or Raphael Deleis? Delis. I'm leaning that way as well. I feel more confident he'll get the next save opportunity. But I'm not exactly sure Delees is good, is the thing. You did get five saves toward the end of last year.

I think Trevino and Dekeman both are good. And whoever pulls ahead, I do feel like one is going to pull ahead eventually. just because I feel like that's true for most every bullpen. I think I'd rather have either of the A's relievers than Doles. For the Red Sox, Matt Barnes allowed three-earned runs in a six-to-two game on Friday, but then bounced back on Sunday with a clean inning for his fourth save. Rollis Chapman got his fourth save of the season on Friday. Jonathan Loisiga was used on Saturday because Chapman had pitched three of the last four days.

For the Braves, Will Smith picked up his fourth save on Friday. Reiseli Glacius allowed three runs, took his second blown save on Friday, also bounced back on Sunday to pick up his third save. Hector Nerris allowed a walk-off home run and a tie game on Friday in Cores Field, and then he bounced back on Saturday and picked up his third save for the Royals. Greg Holland was activated off the IL Saturday. So he got placed on the IL Friday with, I guess he was like a close contact or something like that, but he was activated Saturday

and then Josh Stallmont picked up the save his first of the season. So I mean, did you guys see anything about this? Why Holland was activated but not used on Saturday? Because this is another frustrating situation. Well, and that one is the most frustrating. Yeah.

I would say because I think they actually set a record for the most different relievers to get a save or they tied it or something at the start of the year. So, like, there, Mike Mathini, I think, is being intentionally non-committal, and I'm not confident that they're ever going to settle on a guy. I still think the odds are better than not because we're, what, one-eighth of the way through the season.

So there's still a long time for roles to develop. But Holland was awful in his last appearance, three-runs, two home runs. His ratios don't look good this year. I don't I don't think he's going to end up being the guy I think Stomont has a better chance I'm trying to figure out today

they were up 2 O heading into the top of the 9th they scored two runs and then Wade Davis pitched the 9th but I don't know if Wade Davis was already up and was going to pitch the 9th or I can't see I haven't seen anything on that So I don't know. Okay, so according to the Elias Sports Bureau,

the Royals joined the 2019 Mariners, actually a team from two years ago. They're the only teams since the save became an official statistic in 1969 to have six different pitchers record a save within the team's first 19 games. Kelly Jansen picked up his fifth save of the season on Saturday. He was not used on Sunday,

I assume, because he's been used quite a bit recently. Jimmy Nelson came in in the ninth inning, and he went on to blow the save. for the Dodgers. The Cardinals this weekend, Giovanni Gallegos, had a two-enning save. That was his first of the season on Saturday. And then Alex Reyes got his fifth save

of the season on Sunday. To stream or not to stream? Wrap up here with... We'll start with Monday, and then we'll hit Tuesday as well. I'll give you guys... What do I have here? Six names. You give me your three favorite. Davy Garcia at the Orioles.

Brad Keller at the Tigers. Spencer Turnbull versus the Royals. Rich Hill versus the A's. Gombar at the Giants, Anthony DiScoffani versus the Rockies. Number one, Anthony DiSclafani versus the Rockies. They are last in the majors in weighted runs created plus right now. And it's the first game after a homestand at course field. Rocky's offense is going to stink.

Get Anthony Descofani in your lineups. I think he's pretty good. So there. A strong take for the first time in three years onto streamer, not to stream. I appreciate it. Anyone else that catches your eye from this group? I'll go Davey Garcia number two at Baltimore.

I think I'm actually going to go Austin Gomber at San Francisco's number three. Brad Keller, Detroit is enticing, but he's just gotten, he's just been rocked. Yeah, it's not worth the risk. On Tuesday... I think I go Keller over Gomber, but yeah, I agree with the

rest of that. On Tuesday, we have Jake Junis at the Pirates, Tyler Anderson versus the Royals, Adrian Howser versus the Marlins Michael Walker versus the A's Jose Cantana at the Rangers and Aaron Sanchez versus the Rockies I can't seem to manage

a strong opinion about this one think Junice is probably the most interesting yep Junice at Pittsburgh I'll go Tyler Anderson versus Casey is my number two and How's her if I have to pick a third I guess I'll go Aaron Sanchez

versus Colorado is the third All righty. For Scott Chris, I am Frank DeGel for listening and watching fantasy baseball today. We'll be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.