Fantasy Baseball Today - Muncy & Strasburg Return, Week 11 Sleepers Plus Two-Start Pitchers (6/10 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
Episode Date: June 10, 2022Max Muncy returned with a bang but what should we do with him in Fantasy (1:48)? Stephen Strasburg's velo was way down in his return. ... Shane McClanahan was awesome once again but could he be limite...d later in the season (10:45)? ... Corbin Burnes and Gerrit Cole both had rough starts (15:10). ... What is Miles Mikolas' value after a strong start (17:20)? ... Both Dylan Cease and Tyler Anderson struggled on Thursday (20:52). ... News and notes (25:32): Mike Trout has now missed two games in a row. ... Which two-start pitchers should you target for next week (33:22)? ... Which sleeper hitters have the best matchups (43:45)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpens and streamers (50:20). Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Get 20% off Fantasy Baseball Today merch: https://store.cbssports.com/collections/fantasy-baseball-today?utm_source=podcast-apple-com&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=buy-our-merch&utm_content=fantasy-baseball-collection Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Come into fantasy baseball today on June 10th.
Frank Stamphill joined by Scott White.
Today on the show, we had some returns.
Max Muncie, Steven Schrosberg, Shane McClanahan was awesome.
Once again, Week 11 preview, two-star pitchers, sleepers, and much more.
But let's jump right in.
Oh, my goodness gracious.
You know, actually first, Scotty, the Atlanta Braves.
They are hot, my friend.
Eight in a row.
They are hot.
Let's go.
Thanks for noticing.
Yeah, they're hot.
They're playing good ball.
Not that bad ball.
Lineups getting hot, too.
You love to see it.
Yeah, no, they, yeah.
I mean, they are, the ball seems to be jumping more,
and they are taking advantage.
And, yeah, things are pretty,
the bats still have a big lead, but, you know, there's a lot of time.
Hey, there's a lot of wild cards, too,
so that could work out for the brives.
I brought this up to Chris, I think yesterday.
Matt Olson leads either,
all of baseball or the National League in doubles.
Just like a very weird stat,
and I would imagine many of those will turn into home runs in the near future.
All right.
Oh my goodness gracious, Scott.
Who do you have from Thursday?
I have Max Muncie.
I have Max Muncie, who I have been skeptical of from the beginning of the season.
He was one of my bust candidates pre-season,
and then had a terrible spring,
had a terrible first two months,
went on the IL with inflammation in that same elbow
that made me skeptical of him in the first place
because he has UCL damage in there
that he's never had surgically repaired.
And even on his rehab assignment,
he went two for 14 with six strikeouts.
So in every scenario,
Muncie hasn't looked right.
So, of course, activated from the IL today,
it's a double a homer drives in five runs,
was a good performance.
And he said that
one of the Dodgers hitting coaches
went with him on the rehab assignment to work on his swing
and they made some mechanical adjustments.
He feels like he had a chance to get healthier.
I don't know.
Beyond the off season, what a couple weeks was supposed to do.
That's what he said.
So that's the positive way of looking at it.
On the other hand,
I will note that aside from that double and home run,
Muncie struck out three times.
I will also note that the double and home run were both hit 100 miles per hour,
which especially for a home run isn't particularly hard.
And, you know, he had hit balls that hard before this season.
The home run traveled only 362 feet.
So it wasn't like a moonshot.
It wasn't like a blast.
You know, moonshot, I guess would be a high home run.
But you know what I'm saying?
wasn't this monster dong.
This is getting worse.
Anyway.
Anyway, I still have some skepticism.
I still have some skepticism.
No, I do want to point out because, like,
I think people get the impression that I'm rooting against Max Muncie.
I want Max Muncie to be good.
I mean, I came up in the time of Moneyball.
Max Muncie is like,
my type of player, okay?
But I, you know, that
that elbow injury he suffered was so traumatic
and if it's not right,
it's going to impact a swing, obviously.
It's the main, it's in the main elbow he uses in the swing,
the left elbow. It doesn't affect him defensively
because he throws right-handed, but it would impact the swing more
than his throws, which is why he hasn't been limited on defense.
And I just think, you know, it's easy to look at the stat line from today's game and say, oh, Max Muncie's back.
I'm not ready to jump the gun on that.
Hopefully he is.
But I think there's reason to be skeptical still.
And we know what the upside can be when he's going right.
Last year was the 44th overall player in Roto.
He averaged 3.4 fantasy points per game, which is, frankly, his better format just based on that plate discipline and his ability to hit home runs in one of the best lineups in baseball.
And, you know, I kind of hate starting the podcast with the negativity, Scott,
but we have to be realistic.
And the situation says that this is a pretty scary one for Max Muncie.
So I guess if we're going to do anything actionable, do you maybe try and capitalize on this first big game back and say,
hey, Max Muncie's back.
Do you want to acquire him from me in fantasy?
Like, is that something you'd be trying to do?
Yeah.
I mean, it's not a bad idea.
It's not about if you have doubts about Muncie,
like I do.
But you have to do that understanding that the deal you're,
you want to accept a deal so that even if Muncie turns out to be back
and has the season we're used to seeing from him,
you're still happy with what you got in the deal.
It can't be a cell low situation.
If it's a cell low situation,
let's just hold out and see where this goes.
Because Muncie's a very handy player to have.
He's right.
He's eligible third base, second base,
first base. Yeah. No, I mean, that versatility is awesome too. Let's say, all right. So when he's
going right, Scott, he's like a top 50 player. Baking the injury risk. I mean, what are you
realistically trying to ask for and return a top 75 player? Yeah. Yeah, something like that.
Something like that. Yeah. Obviously, if you can fill a need, that's not a bad idea. It's easy
to compare to like pitchers because there's so many of them, obviously. So I don't know. If
If, and there's not that many people out there who have pitching as a greater need than third base, for instance, where Muncie's eligible, as I just mentioned.
But let's say you did, I mean, what sort of pitcher would I accept in return for Muncie?
I would say, if you could turn him into Jose Barrios right now, would you do that?
I mean, that's the name that immediately first came to mind for me, but I don't think so.
I don't think that's high enough.
Okay.
I think the other
buy low pitcher clear,
if you believe in him, is Robbie Ray,
but I don't know if I believe in him.
Yeah, I don't know that you need to buy low necessarily.
I don't know.
I guess Jose Brieus is about the right area.
You've got like Kyle Wright, in my rankings anyway,
Kyle Wright, Logan Gilbert,
a little further up,
I have Julio Arias and Max Fried.
So, you know, I would want,
and this is just using pitcher as an example,
obviously you could trade Muncie for something else if you need it more.
But that's kind of the range of player I'm thinking.
And if you can't get it, then just keep your fingers crossed.
Because there is a chance Muncie was able to cure what ailed him.
Maybe it was as much mechanical as anything else.
And now he's going to get back on track.
Yeah.
You could try.
I think realistically you probably won't get that type of player in return for Max Muncie,
just based on his overall numbers this season and his injury risk.
But you can try.
It doesn't hurt.
Of course, I just said I don't like to.
start the podcast with negativity and who is my oh my goodness gracious player
Steven Straussberg he makes his return and I mentioned multiple times like I am rooting for
the guy I want to see him back on the mound he is one of the best pitchers over the last
decade really and it's been awesome to watch him pitch but unfortunately this did not go very
well he allowed seven runs over four and two-thirds innings at the marlins which frankly
is one of the best matchups in fantasy baseball and his fastball
Wait for it. 90.3 miles per hour in this start. Last year, that was 91.9 miles per hour when he was
pitching through injury and when he was not even in his prime. If you look back at his last
full season, 2019, he was still awesome. He averaged 93.9 miles per hour. So we're talking about,
I mean, this was down almost four miles per hour from where he was at back in his heyday. And
there's a chance that he builds up over time. You know, maybe.
that velocity jumps a little bit, but
Scott, he's coming off of a
really rough injury for
pitchers, thoracic outlet, and
that coupled with this velocity,
I would say
it's looking pretty grim right now for Stephen
Strasbourg. Yeah, I said last time
we talked about him, you know,
announcing his return,
that I was surprised he was 80%
rostered that it seems like
people in general had more confidence
in Steven Strasbourg than I did.
prior to this start, I had him
89th in my rest of season starting pitcher
rankings. Somebody tweeted me today,
oh, I need to activate Stephen Strasbourg.
Should I drop?
Should I drop? I don't know.
He had a whole list of pitchers and included like
Martine Perez and I'm trying to remember all of them.
But I told him, no, I think the one to actually drop
if you have to is Strasbourg.
And so I'm glad for that reason
that he didn't go out there and dominate,
because then I feel like an idiot.
But yeah, I don't have a lot of hope for him.
And this first start back gave me even less hope.
All right.
Yeah, so.
So it's a difficult procedure to come back from Thoracic Outlet Syndrome,
particularly for a guy who's had a lot of trauma on his arm already
in his mid-30s.
You know, the odds are against Strasbourg, for sure.
It looks like he is in line for two starts next week, Scott,
but I can't imagine starting him anywhere.
He's going up against the Braves and the Phillies.
Maybe that makes him a
Fortune favors the brave pick.
I may be.
I wouldn't do it.
There's some brave people out there.
And fortune, I've heard, favors them.
All right.
You're jumping ahead in the rundown,
but I'll let it slide just this one time.
All right, that is Steven Schroxberg.
Let's talk about some pitchers
who are actually awesome here on Thursday.
Shane O'Mac, Shane McClan.
Come on, my man.
Here comes the money.
Here we go.
Money Talk.
Here comes the money.
Sixth quality start in a row.
This time, a season high, eight innings pitched where he allowed one under and run,
nine strikeouts to just one walk.
Twenty more swinging strikes on 94 pitches.
Again, spread out on those pitches.
11 on the fastball, six on the changeup.
Three on the slider, had everything working, now has seven plus strikeouts.
In 11 of 12 starts a season.
Leads baseball with 98 strikeouts, lowers his ERA to 1.87 on the
season.
Scott, I mean, even if you look at the underlying numbers, swinging strike rate, ground
ball rate, K-minus walk rate, everything is just amazing for Shane McClanahan.
The only concern we have is that he's a second-year pitcher.
Are his innings limited at any point in the season?
I think if Tampa really is trying to, like, compete and go for it, I don't see how
they can limit him, but I guess it's possible.
Have you taken stock?
of recently of how many innings he threw last year between everything,
majors, minors, playoffs.
No, but I can calculate that while you're talking.
Yeah, I'll talk for a little bit.
So Shane McClanahan is first in swinging strike rate among qualifiers.
I believe he's second and fit behind only Nestor Cortez,
but he is first in ex-fip by a lot.
He has a 187X-FIP.
Next closest is Kevin Goss.
at 258.
So like 80 point difference
between number one and number two
in terms of XFIP.
And so like he's been the best picture this year.
I think it's fair to say up to this point.
That doesn't mean he'll be the best pitch of the rest of the way,
but it certainly means he's well equipped to be.
And I agree.
The main, the lingering question here
is how many innings he has left,
how, which, you know, I don't imagine
there'll come a point where the rays just shut him down,
but will they do like what the Brewers did
with Freddie Peralta down the stretch last year
and just, you know, give him these four-inning starts
among the, down the stretch over the last couple months,
a lot of short starts for Shane McClanahan,
maybe some skip turns here and there,
because that would obviously hurt his usefulness and fantasy.
But just in terms of how good is he?
I mean, I think he's at least among the best pitchers in baseball.
Yeah, I think on a per inning basis, right now he is probably one of the three best starting pitchers in fantasy baseball alongside Garrett Cole and Corbyn Burns.
I mean, not to discount Justin Verlander, he's been awesome, but the strikeouts have just haven't been as great for him.
The innings last year for Shane McClanahan, 129 total.
He did not pitch in the minors, so he had a 100.5.5.5.5.5.
23 and a third in the regular season, 5.2 in postseason play. So 129 last year. And then in
2019 in the minors, 120.2 for Shane. So he's already at 72 and a third now, even though we're
only about a third of the way through the season. So they the raise have not been the least
bit careful with as an XRDS four starts of seven plus. So I, you know, he's going to
have to slow down from that pace
because that's, you're talking over 200
innings. Yeah.
Could he get to 170?
I could see 170.
180 might be even pushing it though.
My optimistic.
They're,
you know, they're probably going to be anticipating a
playoff run. Yeah. My optimistic
projection coming into the season
was like 160. Like if everything
worked out and he's pitching well, he goes 160
innings. This is Shane McClanahan.
So that is, yeah.
I think that's what holds us back, or at least
me, Scott, I mean, look, obviously Cole and Burns, they have longer track records, but if someone
tweeted at me, they're like, he's the SP1 and fantasy. He doesn't have the track record, obviously,
so I'm not ready to say that, but.
We both have him sixth. Yeah. That's pretty good. Yeah, it's like, how much higher do you want us
to get, Shane McClainhan? Speaking of those aces, by the way, Corbyn Burns and Garikull,
not the best days for those fellas. Corbyn Burns has gone less than five innings, two
starts in a row. He gave up three runs over four and a third. Shuggled with control in this one,
had four walks, but also had eight strikeouts and 22 swinging strikes up against the Phillies.
And then Garrett Cole, man, just a brutal outing, allows a career high, five homers at the
Minnesota Twins. Every time he made a mistake, the Twins hitters were there to capitalize. So
good on them. Hat tipped to the Minnesota Twins. But Garic Cole gives up seven runs total,
over two and a third innings pitched.
His previous eight starts before this,
he had a 2.03 ERA.
It's got any actual concerns here with Burns or Gerich Cole
or just rough days for both.
I think just rough days for both.
Recently we saw Justin Verlander give up four home runs in a start
and he's bounced back just fine from that.
I expect Garrett Cole to do the same after this five home runs start.
Burns, you know, it's two bad outings in a row,
but they're bad in different ways.
he gave up some hits in the first of the two starts,
had the four walks in this start,
still had 22 swinging strikes.
His velocity on his primary pitch,
the cutter was actually up more than a mile per hour.
So I don't think he's like losing it or anything.
I would still treat these like the number one
and two pitchers in fantasy.
The only thing I'll point out with Garrett Cole
is during that recent eight-star stretch
where he was, again, amazing.
Really favorable matchups.
He faced the Tigers, the Orioles twice, the Royals, the Rangers, the White Sox struggle against
right-handed pitching, and the Cleveland Guardians.
So some good matchups there.
I still kind of feel the same way I did coming in, Scott, where I don't think Garrett Cole
is the super ace that he once was.
Can he pitch to a three-ish ERA with a bunch of strikeouts and still a very good whip?
Yeah, I think that's doable.
But is he going to be this low-toos ERA kind of pitcher that we've seen in the past?
I think those days are probably behind us.
Yep.
All right.
I don't want to gloss over what Miles Michaels did in that on the other side against
Shane McClanhan.
I also heard this game was less than two hours.
So that's what happens when you have two pitchers that are just dealing on both sides.
It's like an hour and 54 minutes.
Bonkers.
But Miles Michael is awesome.
After two rough outings in a row, he gives up two runs over eight innings pitched,
nine strikeouts against Tampa Bay.
the innings and the strikeouts were both season highs for Miles Michaelis.
He drops his ERA down to 2.93, and he's done a great job this season, limiting hard contact
and limiting the walk, Scott.
Yeah, I think he's, you know, we know who Miles Michaelis is when he's going right.
This is what it looks like.
But I do think that he is much more trustworthy than we've seen the past couple of years for
Michaelis.
Well, it's easy to say that after a start like this.
the previous two starts were pretty bad.
But he is at a 293 ERA overall.
It's a difficult profile for me to get behind because not a big strikeout guy,
not a big ground ball guy.
What does he do to prevent runs?
And, you know, you could say, oh, it's weak contact.
Well, his ex-ERA, which is primarily a reflection of that, is not that low.
He's greatly performing his expected ERA.
And, you know, I think Miles Michael's best this season is already behind him.
That doesn't mean he can't occasionally turn in a great start.
But I don't know, maybe now is a good time to sell high on him.
I don't have a lot of confidence that he's going to be much more than a streamer type over the long run.
I would agree that if you can try to cash out and sell high on Miles Michaels, I would.
Chris said something recently where, look, if you don't get strikeouts, you have to find a way to excel somewhere else.
And 1.8 walks per 9.
I mean, that is elite level control.
So that's something that I think stands out.
And you mentioned the XERA entering Thursday was 3.61.
even if he was a 3.61 ERA pitcher, Scott,
I mean, that's pretty serviceless.
Yeah, well, that,
a non-strikeout guy with a mid-to-high three ZRA
is a streamable pitcher, you know?
Yep.
Merrill Kelly-ish.
Merrill Kelly.
The ultimate streamer pitcher.
We'll talk about Merrill Kelly a little bit later on.
Michael is in line for,
it looks like two starts next week,
the Pirates and the Red Sox.
I assume we start them there, right, Scottie?
Yeah.
Do I have him on my two-star pitchers?
list?
You don't, but CBS does.
So I'm going to trust you more, Scott.
Well, that's the idea.
Yes.
Either way.
If he is a two-star pitcher, sure, go with Michaelis.
If he's not, then...
I think even if he doesn't have two starts,
his one start will be against Pittsburgh.
Yeah, that's what I have him for.
Yeah.
Yep.
Yeah, it's a weird situation with them having a double-header Tuesday.
So that's why there's some disagreement there.
But it would be against the pirates.
So, yeah, I mean, I want to go as far as to call Michaelis must start,
but most people who have them will probably want to start him.
All right.
I do want to mention a few other pitcher struggles behind Corbyn Burns and Garrickal.
Obviously, these guys are not quite aces, but, you know, they're still very good pitchers.
Dylan Sees gives up six unearned runs against the Dodgers, where he did have eight strikeouts,
three more walks.
The walks are just getting out of control for Dylan Seas.
Four point seven walks per nine on the season now.
that is, that's just rough.
That is, that's, it's hard to be a serviceable fantasy pitcher when you walk that many.
But he still had 20 swinging strikes against one of the best lineups in baseball.
Again, all those runs were unearned.
There was an error made by Jake Berger, which snowballed into a bunch of hits and runs after that.
Tyler Anderson on the other side proves that he is human after all.
He gives up four runs over three innings pitched in this one and just didn't really have the change-up.
which has been his best pitch all season long.
Anything here, Scott, Dylan Sees and Tyler Anderson in this start?
This wasn't Tyler Anderson's first bad start.
So, you know, the improvement we've seen from his change-up
and him getting a lot of swings and misses that he's never gotten before.
I wouldn't abandon him based on this.
It was a really favorable matchup, and he didn't come through,
and that happens sometimes.
But I'm not going to abandon ship on Tyler Anderson.
And, yeah, Dylan Cee's.
I mean, it's still 314 Aura, a ton of strikeouts.
He's erratic, but you kind of knew that going in, right?
I was hope he'd take a step forward this year.
Doesn't look like he's ready to do that yet.
So, you know, you just kind of have to take the good with the bad with him.
And I think the good still outweighs the bad.
I agree.
I, this is probably unfair to say, but kind of reminds me of a young Robbie Ray, Dylan
Seas.
What do you think, Scott?
Yeah, I think that's fair.
I mean, at one point, Robbie Ray just fell off a cliff.
And so that, you know, we're going back to Robbie Ray first starting.
Well, I think he technically started with the Tigers,
but he first became a fantasy entity with the Diamondbacks.
And yeah, he had a few years there at the start of his career
where he was good but not great and got a lot of strikeouts.
And I think that's probably where Dylan ceases to.
So, yeah, I think that comparison makes sense.
I'll point out for Tyler Anderson, just kind of beware when you have left-handed pitchers going up against the White Sox because overall, their lineup has not been great this year, but they have the second highest weighted on-base average against left-handed pitching this season. They struggle. I think they're second or third lowest against righties. So just keep that in mind for the White Sox. Before we hit the break, I want to remind you that fantasy baseball today is here to help you dominate your league all season long, but now you can represent your favorite podcast with official,
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The news and notes.
Mike Trout has now missed two straight games with left groin tightness
but isn't expected to require a trip to the IL.
I'll believe it when I see it.
White Sox GM Rick Hahn said that Eloy Jim
had his rehab assignment paused due to quote,
normal leg soreness.
Normal leg soreness.
Okay, he'll start up a new rehab assignment next week.
And Scott, you know, I'm just starting to get frustrated
with Eloy Jimenez.
I can never quit.
This is another one of my guys.
Eloy, Nathaniel Lowe, Andres Jimenez.
I just can't quit him.
But I'm getting frustrated with all these injuries now.
It is frustrating.
Yeah.
It is because he keeps getting hurt
while rehabbing the initial injury.
Yeah.
But what are you going to do other than wait it out?
That's a good question.
Tyler Stevenson left Thursday's game
after a foul ball went off his bare right hand
and then we find out afterwards
that he's going to miss four to six weeks
with a fractured right thumb,
which means if you have Tyler Stevenson,
you probably want to go add Gabriel Moreno right now
because he is, I believe, still widely available.
Scott, your thoughts on Gabriel Moreno.
You weren't on the podcast yesterday.
Yeah, it's exciting.
You know, we've seen a big influx in talent
at the catcher position recently,
so there's not as much need there
as there might have been a month ago,
you know,
between M.J. Melendez and I guess William Contreras's playing time has kind of dropped off a bit,
so I don't even know whether to include him anymore.
But obviously, Alejandro Kirk took a big leap forward.
And now a guy who a lot of publications had is the top 10 prospect overall gets the call.
Only one home run in the minors this year.
He hit for more power last year, but a great hit tool.
I mean, it's a lot like Alejandro Kirk.
Alejandro Kirk's numbers were a little more comical
in terms of how low the strikeout rate was in the minors
and has continued to be in the majors.
But Moreno is another catcher who should hit for average
with enough power that he'll be must start.
If it all goes right.
I mean, obviously we've seen Adley Rushman,
who's, you know, as good as a catcher prospect gets,
and he struggled in the early going,
and we've seen a lot of high-end prospects
struggle with their first chance recently.
So there are no guarantees here,
but enough that I'm going to rank him as a top 12 catcher.
I mean, there aren't many useful catchers,
so I think that's easy to do right now
in the hopes that Moreno makes good right away.
And I don't worry about the playing time situation with Kirk
because they had already, there was already,
he and Kirk and Danny Jansen themselves,
where it managed to coexist
and get enough playing time between the two of them.
So the Blue Jays already have a blueprint for this.
Yeah, I agree.
I don't worry about playing time.
I think they'll find enough creative ways
between the D.H. and Catcher
to get both Moreno and Kirk in the lineup consistently.
I was going to save MJ Melendez for later on
when we talk about Waverwire hitters,
but he went one for two with two walks,
hit his fifth home run on Thursday.
he's 62% rostered.
So if you lost Stevenson,
if you play in a one catcher league,
MJ Melendez could be available for you.
And I would go for him over Moreno.
I agree.
Yeah, that's exactly what I was just going to say.
So I agree.
We're in agreement there, Scottie.
MJ Melendez over Gabriel Marino.
Brandon Woodruff resumed throwing off a mound on Thursday.
He's currently on the IL with an ankle injury.
Dave Roberts said on Thursday that Clayton Kershaw could start Saturday against the Giants.
The other day, I think they said Sunday,
but either way, it sounds like Kershaw is going to return this weekend.
Andrew Kittridge was placed on the aisle and needs surgery to remove a loose body in his elbow
and is expected to miss at least one month.
And I believe this is the same injury that Shane Boz had.
And it took him much longer than a month to return.
Yeah, starting pitcher versus relief pitcher.
But month is the most optimistic timetable for Kittridge, I would say.
And who knows what could change between now and then?
We saw Jason Adam get his second save following Shane McClanahan.
McClanahan took the first eight innings.
Adam took the last one.
And Jason Adam, you know, he didn't get a single save chance when Kitchard was out previously.
But he has been the Ray's best reliever this year.
0.72ERA, 0.64 whip, 10.9 strikeouts per nine innings.
So I hope he gets the majority of the chances, but who knows?
With the way Kevin Cash manages that bullpen.
The raise already have seven different relievers with a save this season,
including four who have three or more.
So it's been the race.
It's been tough to figure out.
Colin Poshay is someone they've been using.
He's a lefty.
Doesn't get a bunch of strikeouts,
but the numbers look pretty good so far this season.
I agree that I think Jason Adam is their most talented.
Reliever right now, but I'm sure they're going to mix and match a bunch because that's what Tampa Bay does.
The Baby Goat is back.
Tyler McGill will be activated to start Friday against the Angels.
Let's say you play in a daily lineup league, Scott.
Would you throw McGill out there his first start back?
I generally advise against that.
Yeah.
Who did you say the matchup was?
The Angels.
The Angels.
Could be without Mike Trout.
Yeah.
Yeah, I'd try now.
not to. Well, you said a daily lineup league, right?
Yeah. If Mike Trout is out of the lineup, I would say yes. Go for it.
Yeah. Yeah, that's fair.
Christian Walker was diagnosed with a facial contusion after getting hit in the head by a pitch on Thursday
and hope he's right because he's been pretty awesome. Not batting average-wise, but lots of power.
A roll of his Chapman is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Saturday. He's on the aisle with
Achilles tendonitis and Clay Holmes picked up his ninth save of the season on
Thursday. Andrew Heaney allowed two hits and struck out five over four and a third
scoreless endings at AAA on Thursday. Noah Cindergarde will not start this weekend against the
Mets, opting to give him extra rest. And Scott, this is a real issue. You know, we don't really talk
about it much. We mentioned it a few times with Otani and if you're ever thinking about using him as
a pitcher. But the Angels pitchers just rarely get two starts in a given week. And it's
frustrating for fantasy. Yeah, they're probably the team the most
consistently goes six man because of Otani.
And look, they just replaced their manager.
So tendencies could change.
But I think,
I don't really think that's going to happen.
So they do have an off day in the middle of next week.
So they may actually go around without a six,
just with five guys.
But now they're skipping center guard.
So I don't know.
That throws, that throws,
my work I've done here
this table of all the probable pictures that throws it
into chaos Frank
I'm sorry Scott by the way the angels
they have done it they ended their 14 game
losing streak on the back of Otani I mean what
more can you ask a player to do he goes seven innings
and he also hits a two-run homer he is amazing
what else do we have here sunny gray we'll throw an extended bullpen
session on Friday he's on the aisle with a right
pectoral strain and Eduardo Rodriguez through
four squirreless in a rehab start at AAA on Thursday.
Let's get into week 11 and we'll start with the schedule,
which is pretty spread out for next week.
One team with five games, that is the Dodgers.
Obviously, they have a lot of awesome players.
So I think for the most part, you'll get your Friday Freeman's,
your trade turners in there.
What about Muncie, Scott?
Would you use Muncie in a five game week?
Well, let's see how the weekend goes.
It's more home runs and doubles.
Then yes.
If he looks like Max Muncie, then yes.
If he struggles, then, you know, probably have,
probably want to be one of those rhodo leagues,
one of those deep lineup leagues where you could even think about sitting him.
But if you play in one of those, then, you know,
and he has, and he looks bad over the weekend,
and they have this five-game schedule,
then you could think about sitting him.
I think Justin Turner and Cody Bellinger are probably pretty fringy as well.
Yep.
Five games on the schedule next week.
I would agree.
They have 17 teams.
They? Who's they? I don't know. Major League Baseball.
17 teams with six games next week.
Nine teams with seven games.
And three lucky teams have eight games.
That is the Phillies, the Mariners, and the Nationals.
Before we get two-star pitchers to add, let's take a look at some fringy options.
Go rapid fire with these.
Obviously, we're starting Shane Bieber, Scott, but I just wanted to point out he's at the Rockies and at the Dodgers.
I mean, can it get worse in a given week for a starting pitcher?
which probably means he's going to throw like seven innings, 10 strikeouts, you know,
eight innings, four or six strikeouts.
Two great starts.
That's what I'm predicting.
Bold prediction.
Shane Bieber dominates this week.
Fortune favors the brave.
Shane Bieber, by the way, Scott, you look at the overall numbers.
He kind of looks like Shane Bieber all of a sudden.
I mean, he's been really good again recently.
Yeah, the strikeouts have not been where they were for Shane Bieber in his prime,
But more recently, we've seen them tick up, and he's over, a strikeout per inning again, and everything else looks great.
So not a lot of concerns there about him rest of season.
We've said before, I've been saying basically since his first start that he may not be top five anymore, but he's still probably top 15.
And I think that's playing out, like we said.
All right.
Let's take a look at Chris Bassett.
He's going through a rough stretch right now, Scott.
He's got the Brewers and the Marlins next week.
The Brewers and the Marlins for Chris Bassett, I mean, yeah, you start him.
All right. What about Cory Klobber who, one good, one bad?
He's at the Yankees, at the Orioles.
Eileen, yes on that one. He's been pretty reliable this year.
How about Blake Snell at the Cubs and at the Rockies? Yikes.
I would leave him for points leagues. I think there's too much potential for damage to your team's whip in any kind of category.
categories league. All right. I wrote Stephen Trosberg here, but we'll just skip him for now.
Adrian Howser at the Mets and at the Reds.
No. And you say Kikuchi, who I think is still over 60% rostered. He's not been good,
and he's going up against the Orioles and the Yankees. I could do it in points leagues,
but I wouldn't recommend it anywhere else. All right. Let's get into some two-star pitchers to
add and stream. Who do you have, Scottie? So Zach Eflin, who
pitched on Thursday and wasn't his best.
He went four innings, allowed one run, three walks, two strikeouts.
It was okay.
He had eight shutout innings last time.
Of course, a couple turns ago, he had that 12 strikeout effort against the Dodgers.
He's been kind of up and down this year.
But the matchups for Zach Eflin this week, he gets the Marlins and the nationals to favorable
matchups. And so hopefully he can deliver two of those good starts in a row. Even if they're just
okay, I think it'll have been worth your while in a two-start week. Alex Wood, who we saw
finally deliver a good start. Underlying numbers have been decent all along, but too many
base runners and short outings. That's kind of been what Alex Woods been doing this year prior
to Wednesday start. Well, he gets the Royals and Pirates this week.
Can two very, very favorable matchups.
I think that makes him worth using.
Merrill Kelly, coming off a good start.
He gets the Reds and the Twins.
So-so those matchups, but to get that extra start in there, I'd go for it.
Josiah Gray, he's been getting a lot more Wiss recently, using a slider more.
Matchups aren't great, Braves and Phillies, and of course he's vulnerable to the long ball.
But I would still recommend him this week.
If you want to go a little deeper, Alex Fayido,
He is only 17% rostered.
He gets the White Sox and Rangers,
so you got to like those matchups.
And, yeah, I'll leave it at that.
Alex Fayetteau, those matchups, I agree, Scott.
Rangers 27th in weighted on base average against righties.
The White Sox are 28th against right-handed pitching.
So I really do like both of those matchups for Alex Fayetteau.
Fortune favors the brave.
You probably should not use this pitcher or pitchers.
that we're about to mention.
But if you just,
if you need a little extra something next week,
you want to take a shot,
then you should use this pitcher.
But actually don't.
I am debating a veteran pitcher, Scott,
and a younger pitcher who has,
his underlying numbers, I'm looking at them now.
They're kind of interesting, actually.
Yeah, let's go with him.
Brady Singer,
fortune favors the brave.
He's got to make.
it through the Giants start. His first start at San Francisco, obviously a good venue to pitch in,
and then he's at Oakland. So if he can just be okay against the Giants, you really love that
matchup against the Oakland A's. I don't think Brady Singer is actually good, but if you're
feeling bold and you're feeling brave, Singer is my pick. Who do you have? Fortune favors the
braid. I don't know why I said that. Sorry. So I'm actually not going to pick Steven
Strasbourg, although I think he meets the spirit of this exercise.
Sure.
I am going to go with the guy who I resisted saying just a minute ago when I was giving my
two-starred sleepers.
Oh, I know who it is.
I know exactly who it is.
Is Mitch Keller.
Yep.
I knew it.
I knew it.
I don't know how much you guys gotten to Mitch Keller yesterday.
Completely changed his pitch mix.
Yeah.
He's.
and in a way
that sounds very encouraging
so he
it's been like
three or four starts now
where he
started throwing a sinker
and has actually made it
his primary pitch
you know there was all the
the hoopla
and off season in this spring
about that work he did
with tread athletics
or whatever the workout facility was
and getting his
velocity in the high 90s
and
okay that was going to allow him to take off.
Didn't work out that way.
He still walked too many guys.
The contact he allowed was still too damaging.
But this sinker is not something he just started doing on a whim.
This was an analytical decision.
The properties of the pitch were analyzed by Tread Athletics
and signed off on by the pitching coach,
and he gets a lot of movement with it.
It's been a more difficult pitch for hitters to square up.
He still needs to be in the strike zone with it,
but he was in his most recent start against the Tigers.
On Wednesday, it was an impressive start.
He got a lot of swinging strikes with the slider,
which itself is a new pitch this year.
It's that sweeper that everybody was talking about at the start of the year
that a number of pitchers are turning to.
and his matchups this week
aren't actually that great,
the Cardinals and the Giants,
but yeah,
if you're feeling brave,
you want to take a,
you like that narrative I just gave you?
Want to take a shot on Mitch Keller again?
You know,
could work out.
We'll see.
All right, Mitch Keller for Scott
and Brady Singer for me.
How about some single-start streamers?
Okay, single-start streamers.
Jeffrey Springs is,
still only 74% rostered.
So he's, that rate is rising to a point where we can't really name him in this section
anymore.
But it's not there yet.
And he gets the Orioles this week.
So that's a pretty easy call.
Spencer Strider, I'm going to keep beating the drum for him.
I think he gets a start this weekend.
So, you know, maybe, maybe if that one's bad too, I'll back off him a bit.
But there were some extenuating circumstances in his first two starts.
The stuff still looked really good.
And he gets the Nationals.
That's a favorable matchup.
Tyler Malley, at the Diamondbacks, he has three quality starts in a row.
He looked particularly good here on Thursday, striking out 10 over six innings against the Diamondbacks.
He faces the Diamondbacks again.
So it's a good matchup.
I don't love that he's, you know, the same lineup gets to see him twice in a row.
But Malley's looking like he's back on track.
And a couple more here, Ranger Suarez against.
against the Nationals coming off a good start,
and Graham Ashcraft against the Brewers.
So-so matchup there, but he has been dominant
without getting a lot of strikeouts,
getting a lot of ground balls instead,
and hopefully that continues.
All right.
The one thing I'll point out with Malley,
obviously in his career,
he's been much better on the road
than pitching in Great American Ballpark.
So that start is at Arizona,
so I think that's one more.
feather in the cap if you want to start
Malley next week. The
hitter matchups, let's take a look. The best ones
for next week. We've got the Padres,
the Mariners, the Phillies, the Blue Jays,
and the Tigers, the worst
hitter matchups, the Dodgers, Mets,
Orioles, Yankees, and
the Angels. I don't know why I just
flip those two. The Angels are fourth.
The Yankees are fifth.
All right, Scott. Some sleeper hitters
for next week.
So it turns out a lot of
those
potential pickups we've been
potential pickups we've been talking about this week
happen to have the right matchups to make this list
Bryson Stott
he you mentioned the Phillies have the third best
matchups I like him for this week
Luis Garcia with the nationals being
one of those teams with eight games
I think it's a good time to get him in the lineup
as well as Lane Thomas
who I don't think has as much upside
but he's been red hot so take advantage
of those eight games
and unlike last year
in most of his career, he's actually hit righties better than lefties this year, has Thomas.
So that makes it less of a matchups concern.
My favorite sleeper overall this week, though, might actually be Santiago Espinall of the Blue Jays,
who has been piling up multi-hit games recently.
High-line drive rate has been hitting for some power, too.
And obviously, good lineup context there with the Blue Jays who have the fourth best matchups this week.
The Rockies are at home for the whole week.
So, of course, Connor Joe, Randall Gritchick are on this list.
As always happens when the Rockies are at home.
The Reds aren't among the teams with the most favorable matchups,
but they're pretty good, the matchups.
Only six games, which is why they didn't make the cut.
But facing some weak pitchers.
So Brandon Drury, who was back in the lineup after,
dealing with a minor injury on Thursday.
He was back in the lineup Friday.
And Tommy Fam are both good options.
Let's move on to some other waiver wire hitters.
I was going to mention Gavin Lux,
but they only have five games next week,
so I think we will probably stay away from that.
But he has quietly gotten the batting average up to $290.
That is Gavin Lux, just kind of empty.
You know, there's no power, runs a little bit.
Eh, eh, it's Gavin Lux.
Hazer Sanchez, I wanted to mention, Scott.
He went two for four, hit his eighth home run on Thursday,
and he is heating back up.
His last 18 games, 2-96 batting average,
five homers, strikeouts down a little bit.
He's barreling up the ball.
I kind of just think this is who Hayes-Hu-Sanchez is going to be.
He's obviously still young.
Maybe he develops more consistency,
you know, the more experience that he gains.
But I kind of just think he's going to be a streaky hitter.
And by season's end, like, he's probably going to have around 25 home runs.
But right now, he's,
is in one of those good
streaks. He's 52%
rostered. Yeah, I wish
his matchups were better
than they are
because it'd be nice to take
advantage of that hot streak.
Let's see, every pitcher...
All righties next week.
Yeah, all righties.
The Marlins are scheduled to face.
So that helps too,
because he's done nothing against left.
He's five for 38 against left.
He's all the damages come
against righties.
So, you know,
it's still not a bad time to star
Hesio Sanchez,
particularly in those five outfielder leagues.
But I agree.
Just he's not a disciplined enough hitter to be steady,
at least not at this stage of his career.
Stephen Kwan, showing some signs of life last two games,
five hits, two steals,
that's where Stephen Kwan can have value.
He doesn't hit the ball very hard.
He does make a lot of contact.
Maybe he turns out to be a 270 hitter.
But if he's starting to run more on a team that typically runs in the Cleveland Guardians,
then he might have some value in doing that.
So I don't think you need to add him yet, but let's see if Stephen Kwan continues to run.
Oscar Gonzalez, someone we've talked a lot about recently.
He went four for four with a double.
He's now batting 404 early on on the season.
He's 14% rostered.
I think in deeper leagues, 15 team leagues, five outfielder leagues,
Oscar Gonzalez is kind of interesting.
I do like him.
The other name here, Scott.
Yeah, he opens next week at Corse Field too.
Oh, that's awesome.
Yeah, let's do it.
Oscar Gonzalez, I'm all about it.
Let's go.
Jack Swinsky is quietly doing things for the Pirates.
He now has an eight-game hitting streak.
He's got three homers over his last five games.
He's only 5% rostered, so widely available.
He has a 13% barrel rate.
I thought that was kind of interesting,
and it's probably going to go up after hitting another home run.
And last year in the miners, 262 batting average,
19 homers, 11 steals, 868 OPS.
What do you think, Scott, about Jack Swinsky?
with the Pirates?
He's interesting.
He's interesting.
I think the odds are against him being an impact player.
Even coming off those numbers that he put up in the minors last year,
he barely made the cut in the Tigers top 30 prospects for baseball America.
Pirates?
Yes, the Pirates.
Pirates top 30 prospects for baseball America.
And it's, you know, it's, it's, it's.
It's just, if he got on base a lot last year, he hasn't been doing it in the majors this year.
So it does seem like maybe there's, you know, if he's going to be somebody who gets on base,
then obviously that makes his path much easier.
A corner man who doesn't get on base needs to hit for a lot of power or a lot, even more contact,
to carve out a regular role in the majors.
so I'd like to see Swinski start walking more.
Also, overall, he hasn't hit the ball hard that consistently.
But he bears watching.
And I don't think he's a priority pick up off the waiver wire.
I'd certainly rather take a flyer on somebody like Oscar Gonzalez instead.
But there's a chance to Winski makes something of himself.
The home run that he hit on Thursday was off of Max Free, lefty-on-lefty.
And against right-handed pitching, I noticed Swinski.
His past two games was batting third in the Pirates lineup.
Not a great lineup, but could present more RBI opportunities for Jack Swinsky.
Just the name in Deeper Leagues.
Some pitching leftovers.
Let's take a look at Trevor Rogers, an okay start.
He was kind of cruising and then it fell apart in the fifth inning.
But he gives up two runs over five innings, had five strikeouts.
14 swinging strikes.
You like to see that.
Seven on the fastball.
Seven on the changeup.
he only allowed three hard hit balls.
The roster rates got for Rogers
down to 72%
which I understand he's been very bad.
He's at the Phillies next week.
I don't think that I would start him in that matchup
but I think if someone dropped Trevor Rogers
in my league, I would want to add him
just to see where it goes.
Yeah, the changeups looked a lot better.
Well, there's a course field start
where basically nothing went right,
but eliminating the course field start.
The changeup has looked much better
in his last two outings
50% whiff rate in this one.
Even last year, I think it was more like a 33% whiff rate,
which is still good, especially for how often he throws the change up.
But remember, that pitch just had nothing going forward early on.
So if Trevor Rogers has reclaimed that,
then the rest of his season could go well.
He needs to start going deeper than five innings into his starts.
but if he was all the way back,
then he wouldn't be as affordable as he is.
All right.
A trio of pitchers I wanted to highlight,
Max Freed now has nine quality starts
over his last 10 outings.
This one up against the Pirates,
where he gives up one run over six innings
with eight strikeouts to zero walks.
The ERA is down to 2.64.
Nick Povetta posts a season high,
11 strikeouts over five plus innings at the Angels.
And Shohei Otani gets back on track.
he had a few rough starts.
He allows one run over seven innings
against the Red Sox.
He had six strikeouts,
18 swinging strikes on 100 pitches.
Scott,
anything you would like to add on
Freed, Povetta, and Otani?
Povetta got all those strikeouts,
but it was his worst start in his last seven.
He had allowed to combine six earned runs
in the other six,
and then he gave up...
How many wasn't in this one?
Two?
Oh, it was just two.
It was a lot of base runners, though.
You know what?
It might have been three.
He left allowing two runs, and then I think...
Yeah, okay.
Actually, yeah, it was four because he left.
Yeah, I thought...
Yeah, I was relying on your notes, Frank.
No, I thought it was worse than that.
Yeah, so it wasn't a great start overall for Povetta.
And only 11 swinging strikes to get those 11 strikeouts,
so I don't think he's, like, unlocked anything.
I think he's...
Kind of like I was saying for Michaelis,
he's been on a nice run to begin the year,
but it's ultimately going to be...
like a streamer type, I think.
And, yeah, a lot of swinging strikes for Brubaker.
That tends to happen against the Braves.
I've noticed.
I don't have exactly where they rank in terms of swinging strike rate as a team.
But I noticed pitchers,
kind of like,
underwhelming pitchers enjoy a significant bump in swinging strikes against them.
The Braves have the highest K percentage against right-handed pitching this season.
There you go.
That will help, yeah.
Brewbaker's 16 swinging strikes in this seven-ending outing against the Braves.
He's 9% rostered.
Don't think you need to add him, but someone to watch.
Some hitting leftovers, no Joe Girardi, no problem.
The Phillies have won seven games in a row.
Bryce Harper and Kyle Swarber each hit their 15th home runs.
And Kyle Swarber, his last nine games, he's betting 3.43 with five homers.
So you'll love to see it.
The beefcake.
He's almost back.
Charlie Blackman went three for five with,
two doubles, and he is now batting
260 overall. His last
13 games, Blackman
is batting 363, three
homers, 12 RBI.
I don't think that there is a lot of
upside anymore, Scott, but
Charlie Blackman has kind of
rekindled a little bit of a power stroke
here. I notice his isolated power is back up.
He's already got nine homers,
and he's just on pace for
I think over 20 homers again,
which would make him fantasy
relevant.
Oh yeah, I mean he's 92% rostered.
So I'd say he's, he already is fantasy relevant.
And you've got to like him with the full week of home games as well.
For sure.
Jazz Chisholm went two for four, but, you know, I felt like I looked down for a second, Scott.
And Jazz's batting average is down to 255.
And I just looked into what's going on with him.
His last 14 games, he's batting 140, with a 34% strikeout rate.
the average exit velocity is down to 87 miles per hour during that time
and he's hitting a lot of ground balls.
So now is where we find out what is jazz chasm made of.
What does he make the adjustments, you know, to put the ball in the air again and make contact?
So it's going to be interesting to watch.
Yep.
He's that guy this year where I'm skeptical, I'm skeptical, I'm skeptical, I'm skeptical.
I'm skeptical.
You move them up.
Finally, I'm like, okay, it's the real deal.
and then as soon as I do that,
he does what I expected him to do in the first place.
Jasm is who I thought he was.
I'm sorry, Scott.
Joey Gallo.
Now let him off the hook.
Joey Gallo hit a double dong.
He's now up to eight home runs.
There are some signs of him coming around,
but if you listen,
you know how I feel about Joey Gallo.
I lowered Byron Buxton in my rankings yesterday, Scott.
And what happens?
He hits a double dong today.
And all of a sudden,
he's got four homers over his last six games.
and he's coming back around.
So maybe he's getting healthier.
I hope so.
Bobby Witt Jr. went two for three
with two more steals.
He's now up to 10 steals for the season.
And I have moved him up to my sixth ranked third baseman, Scott,
in both Roto and head-to-head-to-head points.
He is ahead of Alex Bregman,
and I think it's warranted because Bobby Witt has been pretty good.
I'd keep Bregman ahead in points.
Myself.
Because that strike-out-to-walk ratio is so good.
for Bregman, he gets so many points just off that.
But yeah, on Roto, I can understand wit with all the steals.
He's a hundredth percentile in sprint speed,
which I think means he has the top sprint speed.
He's the fastest guy in the majors, according to Stackast.
He is ridiculously fast.
He is a blur on the screen.
It's crazy.
And I think he's also 96th percentile in max exit velocity.
So that combination of power and speed is,
just awesome.
Carlos Santana,
I don't really want to highlight
Carlos Santana,
but he's doing his best
to keep Vinnie Pasquantino down
because in five June games,
he's betting eight for 17
with one home run.
Yep.
Pasquantino is kind of cooled off too.
It doesn't help.
He'll get hot again.
I know, I know.
But it's just,
you know,
bad timing.
What are the Royals doing,
Scott?
I mean,
they have the worst record in baseball.
It's,
come on, man.
Like,
let's see.
They usually,
They've usually been pretty aggressive about promoting prospects too.
So I'm surprised.
But for the end of the month, pass Guantino will be up.
Bold prediction.
All right.
The call to the bullpen.
Let's start with the Diamondbacks.
Mark Melanson pitched in the eighth inning with the D-backs down three to one.
And then they took a five-three lead in the ninth inning.
Ian Kennedy comes in.
He pitches the ninth, and he gave up a run himself, picks up his fourth save.
Scott, what I think happened.
happened here was they wanted to get Melanson work. They were down in the game. They
pitched him in the eighth inning. I don't think that this is like a changing of the
closer role, but maybe I'm wrong. I agree. I don't think so either, but maybe I'm wrong.
I don't have much more to add there. All right. For the Rockies, Alex Colmay picked up his
third save. Daniel Bard had worked back-to-back days. For the Marlins, Tanner Scott struck out
two for his third save. Cole Souser pitched on Tuesday.
and Sunday.
So I think he would have been available
but he just hasn't been good.
So I'm thinking
in deeper category league, Scott, Tanner,
Tanner Scott is only 2% rostered.
Yeah, and I put in some bids for him
this weekend in those 15 team roto leagues.
Got him in one.
Tau Wars.
Happy for that.
Because I had a feeling
the Marlins were leaning this way.
He got their previous save too.
He has both of their saves in June.
does Tanner Scott.
And his last four appearances all in June,
he has been the last pitcher to pitch for the Marlins,
twice for the save and twice for a win.
He entered in, I think, a tie game.
Each time Marlins scored when he was the pitcher of record.
So they've been using him like a closer all month.
And he certainly has the strikeout rate of a closer.
Walks too many guys.
Yep.
but, you know, ultimately we care about the usage more than anything,
and Tanner Scott is, I think, emerging as the front runner there.
I think he's, rather than speculating on anybody in the raise bullpen,
you should put in a claim for Tanner Scott if you're looking for saves.
I agree.
For the Braves, Kenley Jansen had two strikeouts, picked up his 16th save.
For the Royals, Scott Barlow recorded the final four outs for his sixth save,
And then for the twins, Yuan Duran entered in the seventh with the game tied.
He gave up two runs on four hits, and I believe he took the loss in that game.
To stream or not to stream for the weekend, let's start with Friday.
Spencer Strider versus the Pirates, Rwanzi Contreras at the Braves,
Bruce Zimmerman at the Royals, Glenn Otto at the White Sox,
and Jacob Junis versus the Dodgers.
Come on, Spencer Strider.
This has got to be the time.
Got to be the time for him
After that trip to Cores field last week
And I think the first star was against the diamond backs, right?
Man, we knew he wasn't going to go that deep first start
Coming out of the bullpen
After coming out of the bullpen previously
So yeah, Strider, bet on the upside there
My second choice here would be Glenn Otto
Against the White Sox
Just because the matchup is so favorable
All right, yeah, Concheris, look, the Braves are hot right now
He could get some strikeouts, but I think I would pass
Swingy strikes, if nothing else.
Yeah.
For Saturday, we have Madison Bumgarner at the Phillies,
Tyler Wells at the Royals, Michael Waka at the Mariners.
Not many options for Saturday.
Don't like that.
Nope.
Pass.
I agree.
And there are some interesting names for Sunday here, so let's go there.
Cole Irvin at the Guardians,
Ross Stripling at the Tigers,
Brad Keller versus the Orioles.
Edward Carrera at the Astros,
John Gray at the White Sox,
Graham Ashcraft at the Cardinals,
and Dakota Hudson versus the Reds.
So the good pitchers have bad matchups.
Yeah.
I like stripling at the Tigers.
I could get behind that.
I don't know.
I don't know.
I would say from this list, I prefer
Edward Cabrera,
Graham Ashcraft.
Those are the two with the not-so great matchups,
but I just think they're good pitchers.
And a bad matchup,
I mean, a good matchup for a not-so,
Not so good pitcher is Brad Keller against the Orioles.
I think I prefer all three of them to stripling.
Maybe even Dakota Hudson against the Reds.
Yeah, I think Hudson's kind of interesting too.
So not bad.
Sunday is a solid streaming day if you need it.
We're going to wrap there for Scott.
I am Frank.
Thank you all for listening and watching Fantasy Baseball today.
We'll be back again on Monday.
Bye-bye.
