Fantasy Baseball Today - Mookie Betts & Yamamoto Replacements! Plus Start or Sit Decisions (6/17 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: June 17, 2024

Mookie Betts has a fractured bone in his wrist (3:55)! Who are the top replacements? ... Yoshinobu Yamamoto has a strained rotator cuff (12:05). ... The Braves lineup got it going this weekend (17:55). ... DJ Herz struck out 13 against the Marlins (21:22)! ... Hunter Brown has completely turned his season around (26:15). ... News (30:24): Corbin Carroll is going for an MRI on his left side. ... Kyle Gibson and Miles Mikolas continue to pitch well (44:04). ... Hurston Waldrep and Drew Thorpe both got rocked (49:23). ... J.D. Martinez is really heating up (52:17). ... Start or sit pitchers like Jared Jones and MacKenzie Gore this week (58:17)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (1:08:21). Fantasy Baseball Today is available for free on the Audacy app as well as Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday Download and Follow Fantasy Baseball Today on Spotify: https://sptfy.com/QiKv Get awesome Fantasy Baseball Today merch here: http://bit.ly/3y8dUqi Follow FBT on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fbtpod?_t=8WyMkPdKOJ1&_r=1 Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @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/ You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your lead. With fantasy! Now here's Frank, Scott, and Chris. Hey there, welcome into fantasy baseball today on Monday. June 17th.

I am Frank Stamphill, joined by Scott White and Chris Towers. First and foremost, happy Father's Day to you, Scotty, and to all the great dads out there. How'd the weekend go? Did you celebrate with the family? I see the shirt. Best dad ever. Yeah.

Let's go. I got a new shirt. Best dad ever. And it's like Braves branded. Ah. So, you know, best dad ever. I think there may be, I will allow that there may be a certain about amount of hyperbole there. We don't keep precise.

They only think that because you're their dad, right? Right. They don't have any other dad. Well, we don't keep precise ranking. of these things to be perfectly honest. I could be, but, you know, probably, probably there's some. You're in the glove. I will say, in the glove, yeah.

I will say without certainty, with complete certainty, I mean, that I am the best dad on this podcast. I don't think either if you could dispute that. Yeah, that makes sense, I think. I don't know. I mean, Chris is a pretty good cat dad, at least from what I'm true. That's true. That's pretty true.

Good. Anyway, today on the show, tons of big injuries to talk about looking at those Dodgers, Unfortunately, we have all the waiver wire moves, starter sick questions, and much more. But let's just get right into it. Rip the Band-Aid off because it was a rough weekend for the Dodgers. At least on the injury front, Mookie Betts suffered a fracture on a bone in his left wrist

and does not need surgery, but will be out, quote, for some time, according to Dave Roberts, who also said Miguel Rojas is expected to see the majority of starts at shortstop while Mookie Betts is out. and Betz entered Sunday as the 17th overall player in Roto, seventh best hitter and head dead points. Universally at top, I would say,

five or six player drafted in every draft this year. So obviously this is a really, really big loss for fantasy. And especially from a versatility perspective, I mean, you're playing this guy all over the place. It's outfield, second base, shortstop. So I guess let's just hit on the replacements right at the top. And Scott, some of your sleeper hitters for the week, this upcoming week in the outfield,

pretty good group of outfielers at least. Andy Pahes, Ian Hap, Alec Berlison, Jacob Young, and Charlie Blackman, I believe. Three of those names will have some amount of games in Corse Field this week. Yeah, and Charlie Blackman and all of them, which is why he's even on the list.

And he was a replacement for Jesse Winker. Remember when we talked about this Friday, Winker was on this list. But he suffered a knee injury of his own. Doesn't sound serious, but it's not worth gambling by calling him a sleeper hitter when he could miss some of this week. So yeah, I mean, among those available enough

in CBS Sports Leagues to qualify for this list, I would say those are your best choices for this upcoming week. And maybe you should play week to week. I don't, you know, broken bone, no surgery. I'm hopeful four to six weeks. Like maybe right after the All-Star break,

we could see Moogie Betts back in the Dodgers lineup. So maybe it won't be, maybe it won't feel that long. If you don't want to resort to the waiver wire, like, you know, the chances, even over a four-week period of a waiver wire outfielder delivering you, giving you anything close to Muky Betts type production is pretty low.

Nolan Jones just came off the I. He's only 81% roster. That's, if you're in one of those leagues, I think he's the obvious choice, right? Well, yes, if you can pick them up, yes, that's somebody who could emulate Moogie Betts production over a short period of time, obviously got off to a horrible start,

before the injury. But we didn't lose faith in him. And I think he struck out only once since returning. It had three hits today. Twice. Twice in three games. Yeah, four for eight with a stolen base, five walks to two strikeouts in three games since returning.

So he's already looking better. I wasn't even talking about from a pick-em-up perspective. I was just saying if you want to play the trade market, I think Nolan Jones would still qualify as a pretty good buy-low candidate. And you could probably get him. for dirt cheap too. I thought it was encouraging that coming back from both back-in knee injuries, he's already out there running.

Stole a base this weekend, so I thought that was pretty encouraging for Nolan Jones. How about some of the other positions? You might be using Mookie Betts at second base or shortstop. At second, Nick Gonzalez is 71-Rostored. Joey Ortiz is 65%. Willie Castro, you could play all over the place. He's 64% rostered.

And Luis Garcia does have the six games this week, three of those in Cores Field. He is 40%. And then at shortstop, also Willie Casher, who I mentioned, Mason Win, is 60%. David Hamilton, who just stole four bases on Sunday night baseball. The Red Sox in general just went wild, career high. Franchise record, excuse me, nine steals in one game against the Yankees on Sunday night baseball. Chris, is there anyone there that specifically stands out in the middle infield?

Names like Gonzalez Ortiz, David Hamilton. Yeah, I mean, a couple weeks ago, we were talking a lot about if Mason win is hitting leadoff for the Cardinals. well, he has let off every single game in the month of June so far. So that is one that, you know, I think he can hit 280 with 10 homers and 20 steals over a full season, possibly more. So I think he's a pretty good one. David Hamilton kind of just a steel specialist doesn't really play against lefties. So, you know, limited utility there. I throw out Paul DeYoung, who I certainly don't expect to continue this hot streak,

but that's what seven homers over his past 15 games strikeout rate has been down in that range of dates barrel rate and quality of contact is okay for him so i like him i'll throw he hasn't done anything yet and we don't expect him to be off or up for long but adele ademador is that how we pronounce his name i haven't i don't think i've said his name out loud yet i believe it's adele amador Adela Amador. He's got seven games of course this week. So, you know, if you want to take a chance at that, and then at second base,

I really like Spencer Horowitz. You know, I don't necessarily think he's going to be a difference maker moving forward, but strong contact skills leading off against Ritey's for the Blue Jays right now. He's a sleeper hitter for this upcoming week, too, because they're facing nothing but Ritees. Yeah, I think that's a pretty good one. Yeah. So for the middle infield, can I throw out a couple more outfielders?

Sure. Jared Kelnick let off for the Braves at least once this week, right? Did he lead off twice? I think the plan is for him to lead off against righties. Against righties, yeah. Michael Harris. He let off both Saturday and Sunday and Homer'd both Saturday and Sunday. And I might have done this wrong because I have him hitting 300 since the start of May.

That doesn't sound right, does it? His batting average is pretty good. He's just not hitting for much power. until Saturday and Sunday. Yeah, that sounds wrong. And his last, so this is the number I wrote down for Kelnick in his last 18 games, 305 with three homers. Okay.

Also, this one's kind of a long shot because he's not actually in the majors right now, but Tiger's got to be close to calling Parker Meadows back up. He was a guy that a lot of people liked coming into the season. Frank, I think you had him as a sleeper. He's hitting 287 with like a 930. OPS since going back to AAA, Tigers have some offensive woes. So I mean, don't ask Spencer Arrogetti about their offensive woes, but ask the other Astros pitchers.

And they will tell you. So I think Parker Meadows as a stash in deeper leagues makes sense. He's 9% rostered. Again, if we're talking about upside and chasing guys who could get hot for a month and help you avoid losing too much with Mookie out. I think Parker Meadows makes some sense there. I got another trade target too for shortstop. Dan Svyswanson, who I've seen dropped in some shallower leagues.

If you're getting dropped, if you've reached a point where you're getting dropped in shallower leagues, then you can probably be had pretty easily in a trade in deeper leagues. And, yeah, it's having a miserable season so far. But good track record. We've been there before, yeah. For a month at a time. We've seen Swanson put up bets-like numbers before. So, you know, obviously you're not getting a sure thing unless you're giving up half your roster for it.

So you just have to recognize that to a certain degree you're going to be gambling no matter what direction you go. That number I had on Calnick, it's since the start of June. Okay. Yeah. Don't want to spread misinformation on the internet. So, yeah. A couple of their names in deeper leagues. I know you brought up Paul DeYoung, Chris.

I think Miguel Rojas, again, this is like 15 team roto. And the only league. Might be more interested in Miguel Vargas. Just maybe he gets an opportunity. Perhaps. Yeah, I know, look, the Dodgers have good matchups this week.

So I think Rojas could make some sense. Nixon Zell. They have three games in Cores and the aforementioned Charlie Blackman. Again, all of the replacements you could possibly ask for for mooky bets. Unfortunately, out with a fracture on a. bone in his left wrist. Let's talk about the other big injury, and Yoshinobu Yamamoto left Saturday start with right triceps tightness.

He was then placed on the 15-day IL on Sunday, and we later found out that he's dealing with a strained rotator cuff, and it's not season ending, but we'll take time to heal. Yamamoto was ranked as a top 10 starting pitcher for each of us. Chris, I need you to throw on those scrubs. The fantasy doctor is here. Do you have any idea how much time Yamamoto? Motto might miss with this injury. I am not at all,

any kind of doctor, but I do have a baseball prospectus subscription, and they have something called the recovery dashboard that tracks how long it took for players to come back from various injuries. And if you sort by rotator cuff and take away contusion, because I don't think that's really relevant here, it's not great. So of the 20 players in their database since 2017,

pitchers who had rotator cuff strains. Five of them were back within 20 days. Another one was back within 21 days. Eight were back within 30 days. And then 8, 9, 10 were out at least 55 days. So it does seem like there is a chance that this is just a short-term thing. And look, everything the Dodgers have said so far, eight hours after we learned about the injury, is that it's not.

not considered serious. It's not season ending is what Dave Robert said, although that feels like it's not season ending yet, but one setback is the concern there. So I'm not saying drop Yoshio

Nobi Yamamoto. I'm not saying his season is over. I'm just saying there is probably a wide range of outcomes here that stretches from he's in their rotation on July 10th. Or I do think there's a possibility that things just go wrong enough, as we've seen with Kodi Senga, right?

It's a different type of injury, but still the shoulder, still a serious injury. If Kodi Senga's injury had happened June 17th rather than, you know, March 10th or whatever it was, you know, you start to do the timetable there in your head and it's pretty close to bumping up against the end of the season. So that's my concern is that while it's not necessarily. certainly certain at all, there's definitely risk that this wrecks Yamamoto season. But if I track those numbers you gave, I was just doing quick math in my head. It was like 65 to 70% of the cases were back within a month? No, it's about 45% within a month. The median is right around 50 days missed.

Okay. Again, that is Yamamoto, who is dealing with a rotator cuff injury. I guess the one good news item the Dodgers got this weekend is that Bobby Miller will return from the IL to start Wednesday in Colorado, taking the spot of Yamamoto in the rotation.

That's a pretty easy bench, right? First start back and it's in cores, so... No thanks on Bobby Miller, right? Rather not. Yeah. All right, let's take our first break, and when we return, we will get into some of the players of the weekend. We'll get into some Waverwire pitchers for Yamamoto

replacements. We'll do that right after this. Welcome back in. Let's get into the players of the weekend. Oh my goodness gracious. All right, Scott. You got the best dad ever shirt on. The Atlanta Braves logo.

Mm-hmm. Where are we going? I mean, I think the biggest story of the weekend was the Braves lineup because it seems like right at the point we noticed they were a good matchup for pitchers, the Braves lineup. They stopped being a good matchup for pitchers.

So we had three pretty highly regarded fantasy pitchers go against them this weekend in that Ray's series, Zach Lattell, Ryan Pepio, and Zach Eflin. And they all got knocked around pretty good. And specifically for the Braves hitters. Well, we talked about Kellnick, Jared Kellnick, being moved into the leadoff spot and what he did. He had three hits Saturday in addition to that home run. By the way, Austin Riley, guy we hadn't heard from all year. year he homered in all three games of the series and was hitting the ball very hard overall,

went six for 10 for the entire series. Matt Olson, he homered on Saturday and went three for three with a double on Sunday. And now in his last 33 games, so pretty long stretch. Matt Olson is batting 332 with seven home runs and OPS near 950. Still waiting for Ozzy Albiz to heat up. but overall this lineup appears to be trending the right direction. I don't know that I'm as comfortable. I don't know that I was ever comfortable starting two-star resource

in White Sox and Braves, but those were looking like two pretty good matchups on Friday. White Sox remains a good matchup. I'm not so sure that Braves matchup is good anymore. And, you know, and this turnaround for the Braves lineup kind of presents hope for the entire league. I believe the Braves were still, even throughout their struggles, they were the class of baseball in terms of exit velocities.

And so that made them a crystal clear case of, okay, if league conditions improve, these guys are going to go off. But, you know, we're just talking about Dansby Swanson. A bunch of other hitters with well-established track records are still performing well below expectations. and it is heating up. It was, I know in that game, Ryan Pepio started in Atlanta.

It was 94 degrees, and he talked about how he just got gassed. Plus the ball travels better and hotter, and carries better, I should say, and hotter and more humid weather. And, you know, hopefully this is an example of what could be to come for the hitter class in general.

You know, the one that I was most encouraged by was Austin Riley. The fact that it's been, you know, he was three home runs entering this weekend on the season. He doubled that in one weekend's worth of action. So hopefully this is the start of the turnaround for Austin Riley. And hopefully you bought low while you could because it looks like that window has slammed shut. If I could say one more thing real quick, I'm not sure. Are we going to talk about Zach Lattell later in the show?

I have him as part of a dropometer, but I can talk about it now if you want. Yeah, I think he's pretty droppable because now, in this month he's pitched 14 innings giving up 12 run runs on 26 hits and nearly twice as many hits as innings pitched only seven strikeouts in those 14 innings he just does not seem to have enough

all right Chris let's go over to you player of the weekend DJ in your box scores unless you play on CBS Sports.com then he's David John Hertz John is a single name single one word named David John.

Why? His mama named him David John, so I'm going to call him David John. Why is it Joseph Ortiz, Frank? These are not questions we're meant to know the answers to. Nathaniel Lowe versus Joshua Lowe. Who knows? Either way, DJ Hertz, David John Hertz was phenomenal this weekend. It was against the Marlins.

There were a lot of pitchers who did really well against bad lineups this week. But he did better than just about anyone. 13 strikeouts over six innings of work, gave up one hit, no earned runs. You got 25 swinging strikes, 21 swinging strikes on 84 pitches, 13 of them with the fastball, six with the change up. This is a dude who has a 33.5% strikeout rate for his career at the minor league level. Do not ask about his walk rate. David John Hertz does not like to talk about his walk rate.

It's 15%. That's really, really bad. Yeah. I think this is probably a blame the Marlins situation. But this guy has pretty good stuff. I mean, the strikeout rate in the miners kind of speaks for itself, but he's got this like crossfire delivery. I'm trying to figure out who he reminds me of.

there's a little bit of like McKenzie Gore, but he's more sideways and not quite as big. But either way, the fastball for only averaging 92.8 miles per hour was really impressive. The changeup played really well off of it. In all likelihood, I think DJ Hertz is probably not going to matter for fantasy.

I think the walks are probably going to be too big of an issue. And he will just kind of be a guy who occasionally blows up but for the most part is not very good. But I mean, we had to talk about him, given how good he looked in this one. And I've put in a few waiver wire claims for him. I actually don't love that I added him in Tow Wars, where I have to start him at Colorado.

That might go poorly, but I need to make up ground in the non-relief pitcher categories. So, you know, we'll see. But yeah, I think he's worth adding just in case. You show this kind of upside. We're going to add you. I mean, for those 15-team leagues, Roto leagues, where every,

normally any time you get a breakout start for a pitcher, that's the number one pickup when waivers run Sunday night. I did not put particularly big bids in on DJ Hertz. And I won him in two of my 315 Roto leagues because it just seemed like everyone was so disinterested. You know, he's done a better job with control in the majors so far. You know, we're talking about three-stitching. starts, but it wouldn't be unprecedented for a pitcher to come up and start walking fewer batters.

It's not like his control was quite Joe Boyle level in the minors. But it wasn't good. Remember, Luis Heel. I mean, I'm not saying he's going to go Louis Heel, but Louis Heel had an 18% walk rate in April. He's an unconventional pitcher, D.J. Hertz. You mentioned the low velocity, but I was reading the scouting report on baseball America. Hitters say it's a deceptive fastball that catches up to them quickly and plays beyond its velocity, and then he has a great change up to go with it.

So you could see that working out if he's able to throw enough strikes. And, you know, we were complaining about Mitchell Parker's walk rate in the minors for the nationals, and he's come up and been a control artist, and Jake Irvin's made huge strides with control for them too. So I don't know if there's something going on with their development program there that might help address this issue for DJ Hertz. Remember that sign everybody was making fun of in spring training? They had a sign in their bullpen that said it doesn't make.

matter how hard you throw ball four. Where are you at, nerds? In your face. I don't remember that, but that's maybe something to that. You know, when you mentioned that the fastball plays up for DJ Hertz, I wanted to look into the extension, and it turns out he's 74th percentile through his first three starts. So that's pretty good for a guy who's six two.

Yeah. It's not huge. Yeah, I think it's something that obviously could help with that. And I think long term, he probably needs like another, another pitch, a third pitch that's reliable. but I mean, a good extension fastball up in the zone with a really, really good change up. Yeah.

He can probably, he can surprise, I think, with some decent starts here, they're moving forward. So just wanted to throw that out there with DJ Hertz. For me, it's going to be Hunter Brown, who has turned his season around. And this is a name much more so for shallower leagues compared to someone like Hertz,

who's only like 14% rostered. But Hunter Brown, at home against, the Tigers this weekend through seven shutout innings, five hits, zero walks, had nine strikeouts, 15 whiffs on 96 pitches. He continues to tinker with that pitch mix. He's gone away from the fastball. He threw a lot more sinkers in this start. He added more cutters and sliders as well.

He's got like five or six different pitches that he can mess with. So I think whatever is working that day is something that Hunter Brown can continue to go with on a start-to-start basis. And over his past five starts, it's a. 174 ERA, a 0.84 whip, 10.2K per 9, 59% ground ball rate. And I think most encouraging for me is 83.2 average exit velocity during that time. He was getting crushed earlier on in the season. Even last year, lots of hard contact that has completely turned around for Hunter Brown,

who is 75% rostered and he's at the White Sox this week. So might only be out there in like 10 team leagues, 12 team points leagues, but I think. You mentioned. To the top of the waiver wireless. Well, not quite to the top. Him versus Tosh Bradley. Todd Bradley's rostered in basically the same number of leagues.

I think Brandon Fott's right in the same range. I would go, Fott had a very nice start this weekend as well. All three safer pitchers for next week. I think I'd go Bradley Brown fought. Bradley Brown, Brandon, in that order. Yeah, I agree. But you mentioned the sinker.

He didn't throw that pitch. before May 5th. And since then, he has a 258 ERA with 52 strikeouts and 45 innings with only 15 walks. It's like a 8% walk rate. So that's really good production from Hunter Brown over, you know, a month and a half now where he made a significant change to his approach. So I think it's potentially significant. And that four Seamer was the main pitch getting crushed. The average eggs of velocity on it this year is 93.

per hour almost. It's still his most thrown pitch for the season, but he's been fading that four seamer throughout this good stretch, only through it 17% of the time in this last start. So yeah, a talented pitcher seems to be trending the right direction through a deliberate

arsenal change. I think those check a lot of boxes. I want to give an honorable mention to the Red Sox, who I already kind of mentioned earlier, but a franchise record with nine steals against the Yankees on Sunday night baseball, Jaron, two for four with two more steals, he's now up to 17.

David Hamilton, four steals in that game. He's up to 18 and just 47 games. He's 41% rostered, and I think the top option, if you're looking for speed right now, is David Hamilton. Sadan and Raphaella is, you know, quietly doing some things. Three for four with his ninth steal. I believe he had another three hit game this weekend. He's got seven homers, nine steals on the season, has that triple eligibility.

Raphael. And then Bobby Dalbeck and Dom Smith also. swiped a bag each. One more shout out to the New York Mets, who are 5 in O since grimace throughout the first pitch on Wednesday. That's right. That grimace, the big purple blob from McDonald's,

threw out a pitch, and the Mets are undefeated since. I absolutely love it. It's so funny. It's great. I genuinely love Mets fans because they hate their team and they're right to do so.

but they embrace weird stuff like this. That's the kind of fan base I can get behind. Quick reminder to sign up for the FBT newsletter if you haven't already. If you're watching us on YouTube, you can scan that QR code that will take you right to the website where you click on the FBT logo,

you punch in your email address, and it's easy as that. You'll get an FBT newsletter delivered right to your email inbox every weekday for free. Let's hit the news and notes, and another big injury that came out on Sunday. Corbyn Carroll left,

with left side discomfort and will undergo an MRI in Phoenix on Monday. And I haven't seen anything else, but the fact that he's going for an MRI, probably should plan to be without Corbyn Carroll this week, I would imagine. And you're probably welcome the excuse to sit him. Yeah, yeah. I mean, he was kind of turning it around a little bit, but not like with homers.

Yeah. As we mentioned earlier, some potential replacements in the outfield for this upcoming week, Andy Pahez, Ian Hap, Alec Berluson, Jacob Young, and Charlie Blackman. Michael Harris was placed in the IL Saturday with a grade two left hamstring strain. Does not have a timetable to return. Ramon Luriano had his contract selected from AAA. And as we mentioned a few times, Jared Kelnick was moved up to leadoff.

I think in five outfielder leagues, that's a pretty natural replacement. If you were relying on Michael Harris, you can look at somebody like Jared Kelnick in his place. Kyle Braddish, this is pretty scary, was placed in the 15-day IL with a right UCL sprain, the same UCL that's already damaged. And it was either last week or the previous week before that, he had his start pushed back, and they didn't really give any reasoning why.

And perhaps this is something that was surfacing, you know. And then he came back and threw an absolute gem. That's what's crazy is he's pitched so amazing. Yeah. Kyle Bradish. Yeah, I mean, that was the thing that was always, tough about ranking him since he came back as he's looked like a

significantly better version of himself but it always felt like a sort of Damocles thing where it was just hanging above his head and now it now it dropped. Yeah I got good references guys I'm on my game tonight of all the injuries that happened

this weekend the Kyle Braddish one like that feels like the potential season ender to me I'm kind of operating under that assumption. Yeah. I haven't dropped them in the leagues where I have them. I mean,

the leagues where I have them, I can put him in an I L spot. But I was, I was tempted to just to pick up another IL stash instead. Yeah. It probably is good news for Kate Povich, who will stick around in the short term, as long as he's pitching well at the Yankees this week.

It's tough matchup for him. But he looked really good in his last start out. Speaking of the Yankees, Garrett Cole made his third rehab star Friday at AAA. He allowed one unearned run over a four. and a third innings. He struck out 10, and he could make his debut this Wednesday against the Orioles. The Yankees announced that Nestor Cortez will pitch Tuesday. Luis Heel will pitch on Thursday. Wednesday is currently listed as TBD, which makes sense to be Garrickle.

And who else is coming back this week, Frank? Who else? I'll tell you who. Max Scherzer made another rehab start on Saturday at AAA. He allowed three earned runs over four and two-thirds innings. He struck out eight, and that is expected to be his final rehab start. Are you guys good throwing both of these guys out there? First start back. This is where I stormed my way to the top of the Tout Wars standings. Waited half a year for this. Just wait till Kodai Senga joins them. I'll have the best pitching staff ever. And I mean, I'm for sure activating them in that 15-team league. Yeah, you know what? I'm probably going to start Garikol. and everything where I have him.

Do you guys see what the pitching matchup was at the Round Rock Express versus Tacoma Rainier's game on Saturday? Couple of Cy Young winners, Max Scherzer, Dallas, Kichel. Sorry, I'm just looking up the stack cast data. Scher's fastball velocity was significantly down, which it has been throughout his rehab assignment. He's coming back from back surgery. He average 92.1 miles per hour.

with his four-seem fastball. That's 1.6 miles per hour down from last year. You got 12 whiffs on 79 pitches. That's decent, but against AAA players. It's pretty much what you'd expect. So I can't say my expectations. I wrote about all the IL stash pitchers last week.

I realized I forgot Shane Baas that that was on me. He's not on the aisle anymore. Oh, that's why I didn't. Okay. That's why I was looking at the IL and he, okay. He's just optioned. Yeah, he was okay. Scherzer was not in the, I'm expecting an impact.

I'm expecting Garrett Cole to make an impact. I'm hopeful, but was the heading I had Max Scherzer under, just because he's 39. I think it turns 40 in a couple months. The velocity's down. I'm not, I'm hoping. That's after how many starts, though. Like, I assume he's not totally built up yet.

Yeah, I mean, he's made, I think, four or five starts over the course, but obviously that was with the shutdown from the thumb issue. So, okay. Yeah. He's probably, you know, in mid-March form. And so maybe he gets back. And obviously, Max Scherz is a aggressive and competitive fella. And so I'm sure pitching in the majors will probably get him a little hyped up.

And, you know, it's. He made two since coming back from the thumb injury. He's made two starts in the minors. Again, that was Max Scherzer, who will be back this week. Trey Turner will also be back and expected to be reinstated from the IL Monday. He's been out since May 4th with a left hamstring strain. Get Trey Turner back in your lineup. So William Contreras was evaluated for a concussion after Sunday's game.

He took a shot to the head on a collision at home plate. That's pretty worrisome. The fact that it happens here on a Sunday, concussion is not really anything to play around with. So I would say just make sure you have a backup. If you have, well, you can trust. And let me tell you who your backup plan should be. I'm just kind of fitting in player takes all over the place here

so we can skip them later. Tyler Soder Strong. Absolutely. Should be. And CBS leagues in anywhere else, he's catcher eligible, which isn't everywhere. But he is eligible in CBS Sports Leagues.

He has started, he's become a fixture in the athletics lineup by merit. So he went three for four with the home running game two at Minnesota Sunday, double header, three for four with a home run of game two. Been playing every day since June 6th. And during that time, Tyler Soderstrom has hit 342 with four home runs, struck out 19% of the time, average exit velocity of around 93 miles per hour.

So we may be witnessing the Tyler Soderstrom. I finally reached a level of comfort against Major League pitching and I'm ready to just live up to my potential. now that may be what we're seeing here for a catcher eligible player who's playing every day. Yeah, and I'll also throw out Mitch Garver's been actually the batting average has continued to be pretty bad, but he's on like a 28 homer 90 RBI pace since the start of May, and I did make sure that that was correct. So it's been a disappointing and frustrating season for Mitch Garver, but I still think there's a useful player there. Zach Allen threw a 37 pitch bullpen on Friday and is slated to throw a SIM game on Tuesday. He's been out since May 31st with a right hamstring strain. Bobby Miller will return

Wednesday in Colorado. We spoke about that. Do not start him this first time, first start back. Boba Chet has missed two straight with right calf soreness. And I saw on Sunday, they reported some improvement, but calves can be tricky. I think this is kind of similar to Corbyn Carroll, where you just have a good excuse not to play Boba Chet right now. Yeah. Yeah, if you get if you can If you can fit an extra shortstop on your roster, it's a good idea to sit Bichette. Mike Trout has yet to progress to performing on-field activity. He's been out since late April with a torn meniscus in his left knee.

Clayton Kershaw will make a rehab start at Singale on Wednesday. Definitely someone you should be stashing. I think he's still out there in like 40% of CBS leagues. Kodai Senga threw a two-inning bullpen on Saturday. He's expected to return shortly after the All-Star break. Brian Wu is expected to start Wednesday. Day against the Guardians. He missed his previous start due to right forearm discomfort, but the MRI came back clean. Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Saturday that

Devin Williams is expected to be cleared to throw off a mound soon. Williams remains on track to return just after the All-Star break and I did not see his roster rate. What do we have on Devin Williams? That is someone we could stash right now and he is 58% Yeah. That makes some sense. It's higher than I thought it'd be. Do we expect him to just be the closer again? I would think so.

I would hope so. He was one of the best closers in the world. Sure. But Trevor McGill's been really good, and I hate to lose him. Yeah. Jordan Romano through from 90 feet Friday. He's on the IL with right elbow inflammation. Wilson Contreras is likely to begin a rehab assignment Tuesday with either

AA or AAA. He's 78% roster. could be out there in some shallower one-catcher league. So I would say if you have the ability to stash a catcher, now is the time on Contreras. Josh Young started a rehab assignment at AAA Sunday. He's been out since April with a fractured wrist. Nolan Jones made his return.

We already spoke about that. The Rockies have seven games this week, so if you have Nolan Jones, I would say get him back in there. Padres manager, Mike Schultz, said Friday that Joe Musgrove is getting closer to picking up a ball and starting a throwing program. Musgrove was diagnosed with a bone spur in his right elbow in early June. You Darvish threw a bullpen on Friday. He said he expects to be that to be sufficient ramp up

and will eventually rejoin the rotation without a rehab assignment. Justin Verlander was scratched from his start Saturday due to neck discomfort. He played catch Sunday and his manager Joe Espada left the door open for Verlander to return this week against the White Sox. That's so tough, man. Tough situation because it's a great match. up Furlander hasn't pitched that great recently. And now he has this injury on top of it.

But I think it's been like two bad starts in a row. And he had been pretty good before that. And he mentioned that this has been bothering him for a couple of starts. So hopefully this is something that is relatively minor and helps explain why he had, you know, gone from a stretch where he looked really good and was starting to get swings and misses and strikeouts again to, I think it's nine runs over his last two starts.

So hopefully, um, this is just a. short-term thing. Max Muncie is at least a week away from swinging a bat and doesn't have a timeline for return. He's been out since mid-May with a right oblique strain. Merrill Kelly is expected to be held out through the All-Star break. He's been out since late April with a shoulder strain.

Jesse Winker left Saturday with a right knee injury and then was out of the lineup Sunday. Winker said an MRI showed no structural damage. Anthony Rizzo left Sunday night baseball after a collision at first base. DJ LaMahue moved over to first and Oswaldo Cabrera at third. and the Astros officially released Jose Abraeu on Friday. Expect John Singleton to get most of the starts at first base moving forward. Maybe Joey Loporffito can work his way back into that mix as well. Some of their players who went to the IL this weekend,

Kyle Harrison with a right ankle sprain, Elias with a left calf strain. I think his replacement, Jacob Stallings, could be an option in some deeper two-catcher leagues. Henry Davis was placed on the seven-day concussion IEL and a few high-profile prospect injury. Jackson Holiday went on the triple AIL with right elbow inflammation, and Jason Dominguez went on the aisle with left oblique soreness.

Let's take our final break, and when we return, we will talk about waiver wire pitchers, some Yamamoto replacements right after this. Welcome back in. Let's talk waiver wire pitchers from the weekend, and the first group could be out there in some shallower leagues. Matt Waldron is a name we've talked a lot about over the past month or so. he was at the Mets. He allowed two runs over seven innings. He is still 75% rostered the problem

at the Phillies this week. Don't love that. Hunter Brown we already spoke about. Kyle Gibson continues to pitch well. He was at the Cubs. He threw seven shutout innings, two hits, one walk, six strikeouts, and over his last 11 starts, it's a 264 ERA 119 whip for Kyle Gibson. And his teammate, Miles Michael is also pitching well right now. Six and a third, one run, five strikeouts to zero walks. Last seven starts, a 276 ERA, and a 0.83 whip. Scott, how would you rank these for Michaelis, Kyle Gibson, Matt Waldron, and Hunter Brown? I have Waldron ranked highest rest of season, but given that we're talking about a shallow

league context, Bernie, these guys are available. I might lean Hunter Brown with the superior matchup against the white socks this week. and I really like Kyle Gibson's matchup against the Marlins. We have a pretty good idea who Kyle Gibson is, and it's not somebody you need to be. You need to hit your wagon too necessarily. But he's been reliable so far this year, getting whiffs with that sweeper,

I think a good matchups play. So he's a clear third on this list. I'll say Hunter Brown, Matt Waldron, basically one in one A, then Kyle Gibson, Miles Michael is a disson. and fourth. I think Michael S and Gibson are kind of the same guy.

Gibson gets a few more strikeouts maybe, but they're both fine when things are going well and totally fine to get rid of when they're not. So like if you had Kyle Gibson and for some reason Hunter Brown was available in your league, I'd be fine dropping Kyle Gibson for Hunter Brown. If you had Kyle Gibson and DJ Hertz was in your league, it probably just depends on if you need to start someone this week. If you don't, I think I'd just take the flyer on Hertz.

If you do, Gibson's got the much better matchup, so I'd rather just take that chance. All right, Weaver Wire pitchers. I'd prefer Gibson to Hertz either way, but fair enough. Weaver Wire pitchers part two. Mitchell Parker turned in a quality start against the Marlins, six innings, one run, four strikeouts, and he's lowered his ERA down to 306 on the season.

We already spoke about DJ Hers, and Tyler McGill, solid start against the Padres, five innings, two runs, five strikeouts, had 12 whiffs on 92 pitches. He is at the Cubs this week. Mitchell Parker, also at Colorado, so not great. Chris, how would you rank that group of Parker, Hertz, and Miguel? Yeah, ideally I would want Hertz as a rental just to see.

Oh, gosh. Sorry. I was wondering when you were going to do it. You don't want to use him against the Rockies this week, so I think it's fine to pass on him, but it's Hertz, McGill, and Parker for me, I think. All right, WaverWire Pitchers, part

three. These are, I would say, not the most enticing options, but you know who they are. James and Tyone, quality start against the Cardinals. Six innings, two runs, three strikeouts, has a quality start in three of his last four. Colin Ray turned in a quality start against the Reds. Six innings, three

runs, two of those earned with six strikeouts. He did throw more sweepers and splitters in the start, which is exactly what we want from Colin Ray and Jose Cantana a strong start against the Padres six innings one run six strikeouts he is also

at the Cubs this week Scott do any of these names matter for fantasy no I mean you may have to stream one on occasion but you don't feel good about it James and Tyone actually has a 3080 on the year yeah I don't know if you said that but it's it's like we've been

we've been speaking poorly of him speaking ill of him but you know he's pitched to a 308 ERA so there's that none of the ERA

estimators like it he has actually has a career low K per 9 rate his XERI is actually like 370 so it's not abysmal but

yeah that requires you know pretty outlier quality of contact stuff given his low strikeout rate so yeah I'm

I guess he's the best of the bad options here James and Tyone two names in deeper leagues. Keaton Wynn, who pitches for the Giants, was up against the Angels this weekend. Six innings, three runs, six strikeouts, had 17 whiffs on 91 pitches, 11 of those coming on his splitter. And Ryan Nelson turned in a strong start against the White Sox. Six innings, one run, eight strikeouts were a season high for him, had 13 whiffs on 95 pitches. Deep League stuff here,

Chris, but either of these names matter. Ryan Nelson, Keaton, win. I've been interested in both of them at various points in the past. Wynn has a really great splitter. Nelson has a slider that occasionally looks really good, but I think you'd have to be honestly really just NL only. Yeah. It was a rough Sunday

for the rookie pitchers who one week ago today, we were hyping up. We were excited for the promotions, but Hurston Waldrop of the Braves got crushed by Tampa Bay, three and a third, six runs, four walks had two strikeouts, two homers allowed. He was demoted after the start. and Drew Thorpe got clobbered at the debacks,

three and a third, eight runs allowed, seven of those earned, five walks to zero strikeouts. He only threw 53% of his pitches for strikes. Just pretty weird for someone who had such great control in the minor leagues, and as we spoke about earlier in the week, if Drew Thorpe is going to succeed throwing 90, 91 miles per hour, he has to have pinpoint control. There's no doubt about it, so just a really, really bad start all around here.

but Scott, if you picked up either of these rookies in redraft, do you just drop after these outings? Yeah, Waldrop, I think you can pretty easily because the Braves dropped them to the minor leagues. Drew Thorpe, you know, I'm not saying you have to hold on to him. He does have a good matchup against the Tigers. Do you really trust him for that coming off an abysmal start? I don't.

No. The change-up wasn't working in this one, and that's kind of his everything. He didn't throw it nearly as much as the first. start. The thing about the control, you know, it seems like there have been a lot of instances of this. Like we, the control is the pitcher's selling point coming out of the miners. And then he comes up and just walking everybody inside. I mean, to a certain degree, Tanner Bybee's been that over the past couple years. But to a greater extreme now,

you have Drew Thorpe doing it. You have Adam Major doing it. Yeah, he has 13 walks and three starts. He had 14 and 18 starts last year. Yeah. So if I have to hold on to one of Thorpe, major wall drip, it's probably Thorpe. Yeah. But like I'm dropping him for Kyle Gibson.

I'm dropping him for Mitchell Parker. Yeah. You know, Mitchell Parker doesn't have a good matchup coming up. You drop all those for Hertz? Yeah. And I drop Thorpe for Hertz at this point. Sure. Yeah.

The one thing I will say about Thorpe is his zone rate was 47%, which is fine. You know, most pitchers are, within a few percentage points of 50% one way or the other. He garnered two swings on pitches outside of the strike zone. He threw 32 pitches outside of the strike zone. He got two swings on them. Both of them made contact.

That's the problem. Nobody's going to throw 70% of their pitches in the strike zone. Kyle Hendricks doesn't do that. But you got to be able to get chases. And you got to be able to get whiffs on those chases or weak contact. and Drew Thorpe didn't do either of those. And that's my promise. It's just a, it's kind of a one pitch profile.

And the margin for error there is going to be really, really slim. Let's talk about some waiver wire hitters from the weekend. And JD Martinez is heating up. He went three for three with a double dong on Saturday. And over his last four games, he has eight hits, three homers, eight RBI. He is up to a 293 batting average, 881 OPS, 67% rostered. If for some reason, Mookie Betts was in your. utility spot. Probably not, but I think J.D. Martinez could be a decent replacement. We've seen

him obviously have great fantasy value in the past. Some other outfielders that are out there, Jorge Saler, hitting much better in June. He went two for four with his eighth home run on Sunday, and so far in June batting 313 with two homers and a 900 OPS. That is Jorge Solair. Tommy Fam returned this weekend, had a great game on Sunday. He went three for four with a walk, a double, a run, and RBI. J.J. Bladay had himself a big double header on Sunday. He went six for nine with his 10th home run. Jared Kellnick, we spoke quite a bit about.

He homered on both Saturday and Sunday. And Jock Peterson had another big game on Friday. Two for four with a sock in his shoe. His ninth home run, his fourth steal. Chris, five more outfielders here. Who are your, let's say, two or three favorites? So Lear, Fam, Bladay, Kellnick, and Peterson. I would say it's probably

Soler and Kellnick Bladay I don't really buy it but he's been pretty good for long enough this season. We're talking about a month and a half almost two months where he's been really solid so I'll put him third but it's a decent amount behind

Jorge Salern Gerald Kalnick. I just think there's a bit more sustainable upside with both of those guys. I noticed. Jock Peterson is only 21% rostered on Yahoo. Lots of daily lineup leagues on Yahoo. And Jock Peterson just fits that format to a T.

Not that, you know, he's not amazing, but a 904 OPS, whenever he's playing against right-handed pitching them, that's a pretty serviceable player. So I would say, if you do play in a daily lineup league, Jock Peterson is probably one of the more valuable players in that format. If I could give an honorable mention here,

he's over 80% in CBS leagues now, but Elliot Ramos, Went seven for 14 with two home runs this weekend. So he is not cooling off. Yeah. I think he has something like 31 RBI in how many games here? I didn't write down how many, but 30 RBI with a 965 OPS for Elliot Ramos so far. Yeah, he has been awesome.

If you're looking for a corner infielder, one of Scott Sleeper hitters for this week, Carlos Santana, had a huge doubleheader on Sunday. He went three for six, a sock and his shoe, his 11th home run, his second steal. And so far in June, batting 3-26, three homers, 13 RBI, an OPS, just over 1,000 for Carlos Santana, has six games this week, three against Oakland. So really good matchups there for Santana. Some names in deeper leagues, P.

Peacrow Armstrong has a steal in five of the past six games. He's only started four of those outings. He's got two lefties coming up. this week, but he is running if you're looking for speed in five outfielder leagues. He is basically the fastest player in baseball. I think him and Ellie de la Cruz are like one tenth of a second in sprint speed behind Bobby Witt Jr. for fastest player in baseball. So the speed is real there. A couple of their names in deeper leagues, Daniel Schneeman is he plays for the Guardians. If you were wondering, he had a huge game on Sunday.

three for four with his first career home run. Addison Barger was recalled by the Blue Jays on Saturday. He went one for three with an RBI, and then on Sunday, two for four with a run, RBI, and his first steal. Tyler Locklear has looked pretty good for the Mariners since getting called up in eight games, batting 222, but has two homers and one steal.

And Mickey Moniac over his last seven is batting 381, one homer, six RBI, one steel. Deep league stuff here, Scott, but does anyone stand out? Crow Armstrong, Daniel Schneiman, Barger, Locklear, and Mickey Moniac. So I had not heard of this Schneeman guy until today. That was Jack Black's character in School of Rock, right? Schneebley.

Pretty impressive numbers for Daniel Schneeman and the minors, 294 with 10 home runs this year, 984 OPS. But not just that. Average exit velocity 90.6, max exit velocity 110.6. So he was genuinely hitting the ball hard. And the Guardians have done this with a few players. Certainly David Fry stands out, just kind of nondescript minor leaguers who put up solid numbers,

and then they come up to the majors. And while all the stud hitters fall on their faces, these guys continue to produce. So we'll see how much playing time Daniel Schneeman get. but if it ends up being fairly regular, it wouldn't surprise me if he was somebody who became of interest in fantasy. And, you know, also, Tyler Locklear, off to a pretty good start too.

I'd still think he's more of a deep league option, but people need quarter infield helping those leagues. Sounds like Thai France might be back really soon, which is surprising. Yeah, he was like running the bases and did batting practice today, so. I would speculate that they can keep Locklear around, but Mitch Garvey,

is basically the team's D.H. So probably not. But they need offense. Any way they can get it, the Seattle Mariners do. Yeah, but Locklear only has like eight, nine games above AA. So I would assume their preference

is to send him back down. Let's wrap up with some starter sit decisions and some leftovers. And some of these pitchers, I think, are kind of fringe start options at this point. It's crazy to say, but Jared Jones, a rough outing.

It was in Corse Field, but he has struggled even outside of this start. Four and two-thirds inning, six runs loud, had six strikeouts, and over his last four starts, it's a 585 ERA, 160 whip, over five walks per nine in his last four. Chris, Jared Jones is 60% started on CBS, and he's home against the race this week, which is actually a good matchup. So what do you think about Jared Jones? Yeah, so the last time I looked into Jerry Jones, I did a deep dive about a week ago, maybe more,

and the biggest issue was lefties were hitting him really hard, especially his four-seem fastball. That doesn't seem like it would be much of a concern against the race. They don't have an especially worrisome left-handed core. So I'm still going to start Jared Jones. I know it's been a really frustrating stretch, but I still believe the talent level is super high. And I think he can get back on track this week.

McKenzie Gore was awesome against the Marlins. Seven innings, one run, 10 strikeouts, had 25 whiffs on 103 pitches, and this was his third start with double-digit strikeouts this season. He's only 55% started on CBS, gets the debacks this week. They are second in Wobah against Lefty, so a tough match up there. Scott, starter sit, McKenzie Gore this week. I leaned towards sit.

It was the Marlins that he did this against, and it was like he was just blowing them away with his fastball. It had an unusual profile in terms of vertical movement and horizontal movement. It was uncharacteristically dominant for Gore. It's usually his worst pitch, but he was able to just throw a 53% of the time. It got half the whiffs on it on that fastball.

So I don't know if that's going to be normally a formula for success for McKinsey Gore. And obviously, this is a must tougher matchup. Deep leagues where you don't have many choices, okay, you're probably starting Gore every week. But shallower leagues where you do have choices, I would lean against it. Kevin Gothman's velocity was way down again.

He was facing the Guardians this weekend. Five in a third innings, three runs allowed, had six strikeouts, only 10 whiffs, and he has just six quality starts in 14 outings this season. Chris, what do you think about Gosman? He is home against the Red Sox this week there, seventh in Wobah versus Ritey's. I'm probably starting him,

but I'm kind of reaching the point with Gosman where I just wonder if, like, he's just fine. Like he's just decent. He's going to have these stretches. Like we've seen several stretches from Kevin Gosman now where it's like, ah, okay, he figured it out. He got 10 strikeouts.

And then the next start. Yeah. And then the next start is whatever. And I think that might just be what he is right now. And I'm not saying it's what he is forever, but I'm probably not going to fall for the next 10 strikeout start. We'll see. I may. But at this point, I'm thinking no.

Freddie Peralta continues to struggle. He was up against the Reds this weekend. Five and a third, 10 hits allowed, six earned two home runs allowed in this start. And over his last 10 starts, that's now the majority of the season for Freddie Peralta. It's a 550 ERA, a 139 whip, and he is 72% started at the Angels this week.

Scott, do you start or sit Freddie Peralta? against the Angels You start him Yeah I probably start him And I know it's been frustrating This might just be part of the Freddie Peralta experience Because if you look at Like the underlying ratios

They're all pretty similar to last year But remember Last year I think on this date He had a 473 ERA And a 485th Yeah His ERA was even worse At this time last year

Than it is now Yeah I think that's just what he is I felt a little stupid about calling him a bust after the first four or five starts. But this has all consistency has always been inconsistent for him. Jack Flarity pitched well in his first start back after suffering that back injury. He was at the Astros, five shutout innings, three hits, one walk, six strikeouts. And he is home against the White Sox. I think it's a slam dunk, right?

Jack Flerty. Yes, start him. His fastball velocity was down a bit. this. I think it was his lowest of the season coming back from the back issue. I should have read more about it, but I gathered he was still kind of pitching through that from some tweets I saw out there about the start. And so that might explain the reduced velocity. But he managed to gut it out in this start. And then the white socks are obviously. Yeah, that's the thing. How many matchups would you sit Jack Flaherty against right now? Yeah, I think at Cors at New York Yankees.

I think he's mostly a must-star pitcher. It's just the fact that the Vila was down a little bit in the back. Yeah, I can get it. But I think he's earned the benefit of the doubt. Charlie Morton pitched well against Tampa Bay, six innings, one run. Eight strikeouts had 22 whiffs on 105 pitches. And he has been pretty inconsistent from start to start the season. He's at the Yankees this week. 49% started. I think Charlie Warren is firmly in, if you can't start him in his next start,

you can drop him territory and his next starts at New York. So I, I'm not saying you have to drop him, but I think he's totally dropping. It was so good in this start. Yeah. No, and that's the thing is that when players get, he's 40.

When players get to this point in their career, they can still have those moments. It's just they can't do it consistently. Like I think about Dwayne Wade talked about he could still dunk at the end of his career. It was the landing that was a problem. That's kind of where Charlie Morton is at his career. I think he needed orthotics. I think he was just old.

Dunking's hard. Listen. It's pretty hard. Listen, I'm the only 40-year-old. I'm only dad on this podcast. I'm only 40-year-old on this podcast. And you can't even dunk. I can't dunk.

I thought I thought I was getting old and I was just getting these like old getting old kind of pains and then I got orthotics in my shoes changed everything changed everything guys I'm a big believer in orthotics love it love to hear it all right couple other quick starter sits hazos lazardo the velocity was way down it turns out I watched an interview afterwards he woke up with a sore back the team was aware and he just was pitching through lower velocity He's home against the Mariners this week. I mean, even against that matchup, it's hard to go away from him. But boy, like he, his fastball has been bad all season. And it was like averaging 95. And that was a down about a mile. 0.3 per hour from last year.

So I'm pretty low on Hazel Sozardo moving forward. I'm pretty worried about it. I think I'd sit him. It strikes me as he's, like he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, he's, like he's hurt, right? He's pitching hurt. We don't know he's pitching hurt, but like this is what it would look like if he was pitching hurt. Yeah.

And so I'm worried he's hurt. Now, I said that about Max Fried earlier in the year, and he got a lot better all of a sudden, but I'm worried, too, about Jesus Luzardo. Dylan Cs got crushed at the Mets, three and two-thirds, seven runs, two home. is allowed in this start. His last seven outings, it's a 627 ERA and a 150 whip. And Dylan Sees is home against the Brewers this week.

They are fourth in Wobah against right-handed pitching. I'm starting. Yeah, me too. I think I missed this game. Yeah, well, I'm glad Dylan Sees. So we walked some guys in this start, but his struggles recently haven't been walk-related, which I take is a very good sign, actually.

Yeah, I mean, his walk rate for the season is 6.9%. That's, like, three percentage, points better than his career best. Yeah. He is giving up some harder contact and more barrels than we're used to seeing, but for the most part. Because he's throwing more strikes. It could be. Bailey Ober looked much better against the Oakland A's, six and a third, one run, eight

strikeouts, had 17 whiffs on 96 pitches. He leaned a little bit more on his fastball and changeup. Changeup was really good in this start. And he is at Oakland again this upcoming week. How do you guys feel about Bailey Ober? So Bailey over the biggest thing for him this season is the fastball's been getting crushed. And he gave up six balls in play with an average X velocity of 95.8 miles per hour with the fastball today or this weekend. So that was today, right?

So that wasn't great. But at Oakland, at Arizona versus Detroit at Chicago White Sox at San Francisco is his next five starts leading up to the All-Star break. I kind of think I'm just starting him for all of them, unless, you know, obviously if he goes out against Oakland the second time and struggles, then the conversation changes. But that's a really good schedule the rest of the way. So I think the tenor of the conversation is going to be different about Bailey Ober at the break. I think my approach to him would be a little different. I think I would consider him as sleeper for all those good starts, but I wouldn't consider him an automatic start.

So, like, if you have a, if you have, you're not, you're not sitting a stud for him regardless of how good as matchups are. If you got a good two-start option, you're starting him over over still. But he's in, he's in the mix there with a mostly favorable schedule coming up as somebody you can use if, if you need to. Some other quick leftovers on the pitching side, Ronell Blanco threw seven no-hit innings against the Tigers on Sunday. You remember he threw a no-hitter earlier in the season. So to go seven no hit again, eight strikeouts, 15 whiffs on 94 pitches. And they were talking about not starting him this weekend. They wanted to push him back.

I think the Justin Verlander injury is why Renel Blanco pitched today. And he was awesome. I still think he's a cell high, but really good performance. Yeah. He's down to a 243 ERA and a 0.97 whip for Renel Blanco. Logan Gilbert was awesome against the Rangers. He threw eight shutout. innings, two hits, zero walks, nine strikeouts, had 21 whiffs on 101 pitches, and did change up

the pitch mix in this one. He leaned on the slider. It was his most used pitch, and it was really good. He also threw a few more splitters, and that pitch was really good. So I think this is an encouraging development for Logan Gilbert. And if you'll remember, his previous start where he also pitched well, it was the cutter that he threw about twice as often as usual. And we've seen this from George Kirby in recent starts with a lot of success.

he's been throwing more sliders less fastballs. So it's weird. Like the Mariners went from having a very fastball-heavy approach with their entire pitching staff. And suddenly it's like they decided it wasn't working anymore. They're pivoting all the once here and finding success with secondary offerings, which is especially encouraging a Kirby's case because we didn't even know if he had that kind of secondary arsenal to turn to. Lastly, on the pitching side, Zach Wheeler, got crushed by the Orioles on Sunday, four and a third,

eight runs allowed, a career high, four home runs allowed in one start. Even after this, it's a 284 ERA and a 101 whip. Anything that actually stood out concerning wise for Zach Wheeler or just a really bad start. He only threw his splitter twice, so he just didn't have the feel for. He usually throws about 10% of the time, but I don't know. It's Zach Wheeler. Okay. Some hitting leftovers, anywhere that,

you want to just jump in, feel free. Julio Rodriguez, hitting much better in June so far, batting 281, three homers, two steals, 815 OPS. Jose Altuve had himself a game on Sunday, two for three with a sock and a shoe, his 11th home run and 10th steel. L.A. D.A. La Cruz had a big game on Sunday as well. Two for three with a sock and a shoe,

his 12th homer, his 36th steel, and an awesome play at second base where they tried to pick L.A. D. LaCruz off. threw it into center field. He scored from second on a pickoff attempt, which is crazy. The play he made with Snoop Dog in the announcer's booth on Saturday?

I heard it, yes. That was, look it up. It's really fun. It was funny. He doesn't have an arm for that, no way! And he just, like, made the throws. It's like, yeah, I guess Snoop Dog didn't read the scouting report. L.A. Dela Cruz has the strongest arm of baseball, you know?

Yeah. So Hey, Otani went off on Sunday as well. Two for three with a double dong. He's up to 19 home runs, 15 steals. Carlos Correa is on fire. On Sunday, he went 5 for 10 across the double header with two homers and four RBI. His last 11 games, he's betting 511 with four homers, 12 runs scored, and 13 RBI. Royce Lewis launched.

So hang on. So overall 308 with an 87 OPS for Correa. Yeah. And he's got more head to head points per game now than than Anthony Volpe. Wow. I mean, he's probably not far behind Francisco Lindor for points per game now.

It's not updated with the Sunday stats. That's why I'm kind of having to guess. But yeah, he's looking must start. Royce Lewis launched two more homers on Sunday. He went three for seven with two homers across that double header. Lane Thomas has homered in three straight in 20 games since returning from the IL. He's betting 299 with five homers.

and five steals. Anthony Santander continues his hot stretch. He went two for five with his 15th home run on Friday, added two more homers on Saturday. He's now up to 17 on the season. Jackson Merrill, all he needed was a little inspiration from this podcast. This feels potentially meaningful, yeah.

Yeah, he hit that double dong on Wednesday, and then he followed that up with two more home runs this weekend. And now Jackson Merrill is up to seven homers and nine steals while batting 282. Jamer Candelario stayed hot, two for five with his 12th home run, and in June he's betting 356 with six homers and a 1090 OPS. Wyatt Langford in 16 games

since returning from the IL, betting 271 with five steals. Still no power, but he's doing some things. Riley Green had himself a huge game on Saturday, four for five with a double dung, and Alex Verdugo, big game Friday, his first time back at Fenway, three for five with his ninth home run,

and four RBI in that one. Some bullpen updates on Friday for the Mets. Edwin Diaz allowed a hit, but he struck out two for his sixth save, and that was his first save since coming back off the IEL. They'd just thrown them back in, and so far so good. For the Dodgers on Friday, Evan Phillips was unavailable, and so it was Alex Vesia who picked up his third save, and then on Sunday, Phillips was back in action.

He walked one but picked up his 10th save of the season. for the Mariners on Friday, Andres Munoz got the eighth inning with a one-run lead facing 9-1-2 in the Rangers lineup. He gave up a walk, but struck out three. Ryan Stannick gave up a hit in the ninth but picked up his sixth save. And then on Saturday, Stanik got the final out for his seventh save. And it feels like since Munoz kind of dealt with that back injury, like right before that he was getting all the saves.

And now they're kind of moving him around, like leverage situations again. so it's just kind of frustrating for Andres Munoz. And for the Blue Jays on Sunday, Yemi Garcia, got the ninth inning with a three-run lead. He gave up two runs on four hits. He was relieved by Nate Pearson, who got the final out for his second save. And it turns out that Garcia left with elbow soreness,

Jordan Romano, already out with elbow inflammation. Are you speculating on anybody in the Blue Jays bullpen right now? I think you can put a low dollar bit on Chad Green for this week if you want to, you know, potentially pick up a save or two. I think that makes sense. To stream or not to stream on Monday. We have, ooh, Reese Olson at the Braves now. I don't know if it's a good matchup anymore.

Jose Soriano against the Brewers. Tough matchup. He's coming off a great start. John Gray against the Mets. Braxton Garrett against the Cardinals. Yeah. I think Garrett against the Cardinals and John Gray against the Mets. He might only go for.

innings, but I think there'll be four good innings, and maybe he'll stretch it to five and get a win. On Tuesday, we have Lance Lynn at the Marlins, Albert Suarez at the Yankees, Spencer Schwellenbach up against the Tigers, Lorenzen against the Mets, he's pitched well, Tobias Myers at the Angels, pretty good matchup,

Alec Marsh at Oakland. Who stands out? I mean, Marsh coming off that Star versus the Yankees, I think, has to be in the discussion. I don't think. Like Lance Lynn against the Marlins could be good. It's great matchup, good park,

but I don't really buy him being particularly good. Kind of the same with Lorenzen. Like the results have been good lately, but I don't buy it. But any of those three could be fine. I will say for the weekly leaguers, Albert Suarez at the Yankees Tuesday, okay, obviously not a good matchup. Not great for a one-day streaming.

situation, but he does line up for two starts now, and he didn't when we did that segment on Friday. I have him pretty high up the sleeper pitcher rankings in sort of the Jake Irvin way, where it's like two not great matchups, but he's earned the right to be an automatic start in a two-start week, has Albert Suarez. And I think with the injury to Kyle Bradish, you can be pretty confident he's actually going to get two starts. Is he RP eligible? I don't think he made enough relief appearances this year to pick that out. No. Yeah, I don't think so either. Quickly we'll pull that up.

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