Fantasy Baseball Today - Pujols Hits 700th Home Run! Dean Kremer Shutout & Start or Sit (9/26 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: September 26, 2022

Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run this weekend (2:55)! ... Add Jose Quintana for his final two starts (5:20). ... Dean Kremer threw a shutout against the Astros (10:12). Does it matter? ... Add Braxton Garrett or Cody Morris (12:50)? ... Joey Meneses and Oscar Gonzalez keep raking (19:12). ... News (31:51): Tyler Glasnow is back this week but Shane Baz needs Tommy John surgery. ... Start or sit these banged up/struggling players (40:45)? ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpen updates and streamers (51:15). 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

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. Where fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. Albert Poolhole's did it. 700 home runs for the machine.

Absolutely love to see it. Welcome in to Fantasy Baseball today on Monday, September 26th. I am Frank Stamphill, joined by Scott White. Today on the show, the latest waiver wire ads for the final week and a half. Starters sit decisions. Some big names went on the aisle. Unfortunately, we'll get to all of it. But how's it going, Scottie?

How was your weekend, bud? Pretty good. Pretty good. We had my younger son's fifth birthday party. Nice. And it was a small affair. But it was, you know, it was a good time. Cake, presents.

The usual things kids get excited about. And, yeah, it's a lot of fun. I can't, I can come on here and complain about fantasy football for a third straight Sunday, but I don't think I'm going to do that. Hey, you wound up with the dub, man. That's all that counts. I am getting a dub. It is a very ugly dub, one of those dubs where it would have been an L to most anybody else in the league.

So I can't take much joy in it. I also dropped Alexander Madison last night. Now Dalvin Cook is hurt, of course. So, you know, I have a feeling if I was 2 and 0 instead of 0 and 2, I wouldn't have done that. Kind of low on confidence and flailing and spiraling out of control. And here I am complaining about it when I said I wasn't going to. So sorry about that. All good.

I wonder what the crossover is. I'd imagine most people who play fantasy baseball also play fantasy football, but I'm sure there's a segment of the audience that does not care about fantasy football whatsoever. Yeah. Yeah, definitely. Yeah, I remember that becoming a thing where you could tell the audience was beginning to branch in two different directions instead of being in lockstep. You know, oh, okay, so baseball's over. I'm going to transition to football.

It became people more devoted to baseball, people more devoted to football. But, you know, a lot more people just play fantasy football in general. So you're always going to get some cross over there. Well, it was a good weekend for Scotty, mostly. And it was a great weekend for Albert Poolels, as you mentioned as well. I mean, before we even get into, oh, my goodness gracious, this guy, I think the headline of the weekend and one of the truly awesome stories of the season, 42 year old for age 42 season for Albert Poole's puts up 20. 21 homers this year, batting 265 and 863 OPS, and gets himself all the way up to 700 career home runs, just a fourth player in MLB history to accomplish that feat.

It's awesome, Scott. You know, he is the premier hitter. He is the hitter of this generation of the past 20 years. You know, as long as I've been playing fantasy baseball, Albert Poole says was basically a mainstay. But, you know, it's awesome. Yeah. Well, I mean, coming into the season, I didn't think he had a chance. No, I think... To reach 700.

Yeah. 21 home runs and only 291 at bats. I mean, just paints that out over a full season. It's not what you're expecting from Albert Pooleis at age 42. I can't help but wonder, though. I mean, obviously, historic accomplishment, I mean, history, saying it's historic doesn't even really do it justice because fourth player ever to get to 700 home runs.

And then, of course, one of the three people liked to, to dismiss it. It obviously happened. Barry Bonds is the all-time home run record holder. But, you know, people have problems with that. People have issues. So Albert Fuhlis is the fourth to reach 700. And yet, even as amazing and rare of an accomplishment as that is,

I kind of have the same feeling with him that I did with King Griffey Jr. who, I mean, King Griffey Jr. got to 630 home runs. And a very rarely reached total in its own right, exceeding 600 like that. And yet, for both Griffey and Poohoes, like, once they got over 30, age 30, I mean, their production just fell off a cliff. And you can't help but wonder in both cases if they just age normally, like, what might they have accomplished? Yeah, that's a great question.

I mean, one of the sweetest swings in baseball history, Scott, with Ken Griffey there. I know a lot of injuries throughout his career, too, so that definitely did not help things for him. But, yeah, no, it's a good point that you bring up. But, yeah, guess the 700 for Albert Pujols, which, again, we are very excited for the guy. Let's get into the rest of the weekend's action. Oh, my goodness gracious! Oh, my goodness gracious, Scott. Where would you like to begin?

I'll begin with Jose Cantana. You know, it's kind of hard to come up with players you can talk about in an actionable way because it's just kind of rehashing the same list of starts and sits that we gave on Friday show. Obviously, there's one scoring period left in most leagues. You know, maybe in some roto leagues you might be able to reset your lineup again next Monday. But, you know, for the most part, it's just those same players we're talking about. Well, one of them, I think, kind of made himself an advisable start with the, you know, he kind of underscored it, underscored how recommendable he is for this upcoming scoring period.

And that's Jose Cantana, who on, let's see, which day was it? It was Friday. Jose Cantana, at the Dodgers, no less. six and two-thirds shutout innings. This was after throwing eight shutout innings in his previous start. And I think what

what's so encouraging about that, you know, obviously the fact he did against the Dodgers, that's great. But he'd so rarely been go, like he, it seemed like he'd been struggling to go even five innings before that. You know, it kind of rendered

him unusable. Even though the ERA, he sustained a low ERA in the low threes, Kintana just wasn't going deep enough into games for it to matter. And so for him to do this back-to-back starts, combined 14 to two-thirds innings, heading into two matchups against the Pirates, got to feel really good about that. So I can't imagine, like even in like a 10-team league, I would think I'd probably try to find a way to get Kintana in my line.

If it's possible, particularly if you're playing in your league's championship game, your pitching staff so loaded and there's so many pitchers in line for two starts over a 10-day period, okay, you might not be able to make it happen. But I think Kentana is more than just the, the, you can start him with even more gusto than the usual sleeper pitcher, heading into this final scoring period. Yeah, he was tremendous this weekend, Jose Cantana against the Dodgers, as you mentioned, Scott. and I have them in like two or three spots, and I bench them in all of those,

and it doesn't feel good right now. It made sense, yeah. Some of those are head-to-head, you know, championship matchups right now, but in the leagues where I can change my lineup, obviously I'm going to get Hosey Katna back in there against the Pirates for two more starts. And if you play in a points league,

he is SPARP eligible on CBS. So starting pitcher who has relief pitcher eligibility. He's 67% rostered. And Scott, I know you had John Gray ranked higher. than Kintana on your sleeper pitchers list. But I don't know, have you rethought it? Just because I feel like Kintana's pitched better recently.

Like John Gray was fine this weekend, he only gave up one hit, but he also only had one strikeout. He only had four swinging strikes. And I think his matchups are a little bit tougher, the Mariners and the Yankees. It's not the Pirates. Yeah, of course.

So I'm saying I would take Kintana over John Gray. Have you like re-empt that? Like I still think John Gray is a better pitcher, so that's a tough call. I'll also point out that the second of those starts for Kentana, provided your league is going through the final day of the season, October 5th. The second of Kentana starts would be on that October 5th. So if pirates insert anybody else, you know, just to, oh, we want to give this,

we want to give this guy a spot start. Then it's possible Kentana doesn't make that second start against the pirates. That's fair. At this stage of the season, that would not be surprising at all if that happened. So you have to account for that. Let me see when John Gray starts. So John Gray's second start would be on the second to last day of the season, which gives a little more cushion there.

And actually, he's part of a double header, which that much more cushion, I would say. So it's a close call. If you start a Kintana instead, I wouldn't blame you. I think between the two, I'd still be more likely to start gray, but it's a close call. All right. Oh, my goodness gracious. That's John Gray specifically, not obviously not Josiah. Right.

Don't get it confused. Do not start Josiah Gray, whatever you're doing. Like, even in the only leagues, if you can get away from him. Geez, I mean, you know, there was a nice stretch in there throughout the season for Josiah Gray and then just completely unraveled for him. Oh my goodness gracious for me is another pitcher and another Orioles pitcher who dominated the Houston Astros. So it was back-to-back days. It was Kyle Braddish on Thursday night. And then Dean Kramer on Friday night,

who put together a four-hit shutout against the Houston Astros. He allowed two walks, six strikeouts and that one, 15 swinging strikes on just 106 pitches. So he was incredibly efficient, again, against one of the best lineups in baseball. Velocity was up a little bit across the board here. Cutter up 1.3 miles per hour.

His curve was up 1.2 miles per hour. And over his last seven starts, Dean Kramer has a two. 2.29 ERA, 1.1-2 whip, well below a strikeout per inning. So it seems like getting ground balls is helping him and limiting hard contact during that time. He's 33% rostered and it looks like his final two matchups at the Red Sox home against the Blue Jays. So very clearly behind Jose Cantana and John Gray for me, Scott. But what do you think about Dean Kramer, the way he's pitched really over the past month and a half and in those final two matchups, Red Sox and Blue Jays?

Yeah, I mean, I'm skeptical of it. Obviously, he's gotten an assist, as has the whole Orioles pitching staff from the new dimensions of Camden Yards and turning it into kind of a pitcher's paradise. So there may be more legitimacy to it than some of the usual metrics I look at would indicate. Those matchups, a bit shaky, kind of scary, Red Sox and Blue. Jay's not not the not the most awful matchups but not great

all right where does so well I I do want to say though like I am finding in some of my deeper rotisserie leagues that specifically I'm seeing wins as a category I can make up ground in this final week of the season so I'm selling out a little more for volume

in those leagues where wins or strikeouts if you feel pretty good about where your situation in ERA and WIP, then maybe you do have to gamble a little more on somebody like Dean Kramer. So I'll mention that. I think it's a really good point to bring up about Roto leagues too.

I mean, you know, you should have been doing this over the final month of the season, uh, if you could have, but especially the final week, if you see categories where you can make up ground, whether it's strikeouts or saves or wins,

whatever it might be, just tweak your pitcher lineup to kind of, to align with the needs of your, your rosicistory team. So, uh, just make sure to look at those things. endings before you set your lineups here on Monday.

Where does Dean Kramer rank up against this group of Waverwire pitchers? Saw Aaron Savali with another solid start here over the weekend. Five innings, two runs allowed, seven strikeouts, just zero walks. And over his last six starts, Savali, 3.48 ERA over a strikeout per inning, 48% ground ball rate, 10.6% swinging strike rate. He's been solid. The problem is he only has one start, but it's against the Royals. So it's obviously a very good match up there.

No. With all the two-star pitchers, I'm not going to do that. Savale does still have a 519 ERA on the year for what it's worth. And that good stretch you cited, obviously, there was an aisle stint, like a month lost during it. So I don't know. He's a low-ceiling pitcher to begin with, and I just think there are better options. All right. Well, what about these other names?

Braxton Garrett had a strong start against the Nationals. He went six innings of one run ball, six strikeouts, zero walks in that one, and his final two matchups at the Brewers and home against the Braves. And then Cody Morris, Scott, who I know you did have as one of your sleeper pitchers. He was solid, once again, at the Rangers this weekend, five innings, two runs. One of those earned with five strikeouts. He now has a 2.18 ERA, 1.45 whip. It's kind of inflated because he had a five-walk outing,

so the walks per nine are pretty high for Cody Morris. far. 13% rostered. He is up against the Rays and Royals. How would you rank Kramer, Braxton Garrett, Cody Morris? I would rank them Cody Morris, Braxton Garrett, Dean Kramer. All right. How excited are you about using Braxton Garrett? It's kind of matches are kind of scary because, you know, the Brewers struggle against lefties, but I feel like they've been a little bit better offensively recently. And then obviously the Braves are really good against lefties. So what do you think about? Garrett? Yeah, it's kind of bipolar matchups there, but he has been, he's been really solid,

even since, you know, he missed that stretch with an injury and then got demoted for a little bit because the rotation was full and now is back because Trevor Rogers is out for the season. It's been really solid now, basically since, you know, right before the All-Star break. right? And if again, if it's a situation where you're chasing wins, chasing strikeouts, I think he's capable of providing both. He goes deep

enough to get wins. He's, you know, a solid strikeout pitcher. The Braves, on the whole, have hit lefties well, but they're a lineup that strikes out a lot. I mean, Kyle Gibson got 25 swinging strikes against him. He didn't pitch particularly well,

but Kyle Gibson just got 25 swinging. He strikes against them on Sunday. So it wouldn't be surprising if they knocked Braxton Garrett around, but it also wouldn't be surprising if he had like seven, eight strikeouts in that game. So I think he didn't quite make the cut for my 10 sleeper pitchers. So, you know, I'm not saying everybody should rush out and pick up Braxton Garrett, but specifically those people who are looking to meet specific category needs, I could see how Braxton Garrett might be useful to them.

Speaking of those Miami Marlins, I saw Don Mattingly will not be back to manage the 2023 season. I kind of felt like maybe it's run its course a little bit. So we'll see what the Marlins do in the offseason. Again, huge problem, offense. I think that's something they really need to focus on. And hopefully find a way to keep Jazz Chisholm healthy. He was there for a long time. Yeah.

Yes, he was. Yeah. That's a long time, especially for a team that's mostly not been great. Is he the longest tenured manager for the Marlins ever? I would have to be my guess. See if I can find that real quick. Okay. I am.

I'm going to present three other Waver wire pitches, Scott. These are more so for deeper leagues than anything else, but three names that have showed some upside here, have some prospect pedigree, and they're looking pretty good. Luis Ortiz, pitching well for the pirates. He just didn't go very deep into the start. He was up against the Marlins.

He went four and two-third. He allowed just one hit, one run, seven strikeouts in that one. Drey Jameson, another solid outing here on Sunday. Five-and-a-third shutout with five strikeouts against the Giants. And Brian Beow, a strong start on Sunday night baseball against the Yankees before it was rained out. Six innings, two runs, one earned with four strikeouts for Brian Beow. His last five starts, a 1.65 ERA, 1.3 to whip. Lots of ground balls.

lots of whiffs. Really like what I'm seeing from Brian Beaux. He's 29% roster, Jameson 13%, Luis Ortiz, 6%. It's gotten deeper leagues. Do you have any interest in adding any of these three names, Ortiz, Jameson, Bayo? I mean, in an AL-only league,

I'm going to go ahead and start Brian Beow because it's specifically a situation where I'm trying to get as many chances for a win as I can, but that's a really deep league. Having said that, I'm getting pretty excited about him as a potential breakout for next year. based on the way he's finishing this season. I just think it's still a little too risky

to advise using him in most leagues. Dre Jameson kind of in the same boat. Let's see. What would his matchup be? Well, I guess anybody who started Sunday wouldn't be in line for two starts next week. So that's why? Well, Bayo didn't start Sunday, right?

He started Saturday. No, he did start on Sunday, but I think the Red Sox have 10 games left. Yeah. It's... Okay. So anybody with 10 games, there are,

teams with 10 games and so if they had somebody go Sunday they might still be in line for two starts next week yeah it looks like the matchups are blue jays and at the raise yeah dray jameson has just the one start so even more reason not to use him it would be against the giants correct and then Luis Ortiz you know he's looked good but he's not giving you much volume and he only has one start at the cardinals so probably going to stay away from that one as well let's talk about some waiver wire hitter scotty I have a bunch of names here who could be available for the final stretch and we're just going to, I don't know,

rank all of them. So let's start. Let's start with some corner infielder. Patrick Wisdom had a sock and a shoe on Sunday, his 25th home run, his eight steel and he now has three home runs over his last five games. 70% rostered with nine games left. Eduardo Escobar, one for five with a grand slam on Friday. He picked up three more hits on Sunday. 72% rostered with eight games left. Vinnie Pee. Then he passed Guantino. Six hits, including a homer this weekend. In 14 games since returning from the IL. He's hitting 354.

One homer, five doubles, 969 OPS. And he's 68% rostered. Also saw that he got engaged this weekend. So shout out to you. That's a bit, baby. Yeah, getting it done. And then Joey two hits. That's Joey Meneses.

He had three more homers over his last four games. And just continuing to crush it. He's batting 326. He's got 12 homers, 943 OPS in 46 games played. Scott, how would you rank these for Joey Meneses, Vinnie P, Eduardo Escobar, and Patrick Wisdom? I mean, Joey Menesis is basically Babe Ruth at this point. So I don't know.

I don't know. He's not slowing down even when the matchups are pretty tough. He's now batting 326 with 943 OPS. And the Nationals are one of those teams with 10 games. in the final scoring period. So I think you've got to go. Join Manessus number one. Do like Vinnie Pesquantino for this upcoming week also.

So he's number two. And then Wisdom and Escobar, they of course are eligible at third base, which is, of course, a position of greater need. I don't have either among my sleeper hitters for this week. I think I would give, I mean, Escobar's just been so hot. He does have the lesser matchups of the two, but I'll go Escobar over wisdom still for that final spot. I want to talk about an embarrassment of riches, Scott.

I have Joey Manessus on my bench in the podcast listeners league in the championship. And in the lineup, I have Michael Harris, Stephen Kwan, Hunter Renfro, who had a massive weekend, and Yordan Alvarez in my utility. So I just can't really find a way to get Joey Menesis in my lineup. So yeah, that's what happens in those head-to-head lineup leads, the nine, the nine-man hitter rosters, three outfielders, only one first base spot, no extra corner infield spot. So yeah, that happens sometimes.

Yep, it's true. Got some outfielders here for you, Scottie. Oscar Gonzalez had a double dong on Saturday. Surprise me that he was just 64% roster. Like, it's been climbing. I mean, I'm sure there's a lot of leagues that are either over or people aren't paying attention, whatever it might be.

But I know the Guardians have the fourth best hitter matchups, according to your sleeper hitter article. Taylor Ward had a double dong on Friday, and he's having a big September. He's batting 325, 4 homers, 925 OPS in the month. AJ Pollock also having a nice September. He's hitting 291, 5 homers, an 838 OPS. And Seth Brown had a big weekend.

He had five hits, including two home runs. Also a massive September, 297, 8 homers, 1064 OPS for Seth Brown. Scott, how do you rank those for Oscar Gonzalez, Taylor Ward, A.J. Pollock, and Seth Brown. So, Gonzalez and Ward are both among my sleeper hitters for this week. I do think I give the slight edge to Gonzalez, but pretty encouraged by the way Taylor Ward September is going. I kind of thought he'd just be a flash in the pan. You know, the first six weeks or so of this season, he looked like the best player in baseball. I wonder if it's a situation where, you know, you can date his drop off back to an injury he suffered.

It didn't seem like a major thing. Didn't keep him out for a long time, but he just was never the same after that. I think it was a shoulder. Yeah, his shoulder in mid-May, or mid-late May kept him out for four or five games. But he was just totally unproductive after that until September. In September, he's starting to look like the guy we saw at the beginning of the season.

So I think that's going to put him on the radar again next year, at least in five outfielder leagues, provided the Angels still want him as an everyday player. So he'll be second. Oscar Gonzalez and Taylor Ward, both on my sleeper hitters for this week. Between the other two, Seth Brown and A.J. Pollack. They each have nine games remaining. Yeah, but let me double check this. I think the athletics are facing five lefties in those nine games. Oh, geez. Otherwise, I'd be inclined to say Seth Brown over Pollack, but let me double check.

Oh, it doesn't look so bad anymore. Now it just looks like two. That changed a lot from when I put this together on Thursday. Okay, so let's say Seth Brown over AJ Pollock. All right. I do have two catchers here. Obviously, for shallower, one catcher leagues. William Contreras, he's back.

He's playing once again. He went three for four with his 20th home run on Saturday. He has started 11 straight games. I know Ronald Lucuna has been out of the lineup for them. And during those 11 games, he's hitting 325 with three home runs. So again, 10 team, 12 team, one catcher leagues. Just check to see if William Contreras is out there if you need a catcher. And then Cal Raleigh is someone I'm interested in as well.

He had two more homers this weekend, which brings him to 25. He's second to only Dalton Varsho at the position in terms of where they rank with home runs. And Cal Rale is 52% rostered. and the Mariners have the best hitter matchups the rest of the way. So someone I am quite interested in, I would clearly take Contreras over Cal Raleigh. Some deeper outfielder to Scotty.

Will Brennan looks pretty good so far. He went one for three with a double and two steals on Friday. He's 2% rostered. Somebody named Connor Capel or Capell. Not a good job by me. I meant to look up how to say his name, but I just a lot going on here on Sundays.

I don't blame you. I'm trying to figure out who this guy is too. I don't know anything about him, but he had a pretty big weekend for the Oakland A's. He went, he had five hits. Capell. Yeah, Connor Capell. Kpel. All right.

He had five hits, two homers, seven RBI this weekend. Minor league numbers were pretty pedestrian. I didn't really see anything too interesting with him. And then Brian Dela Cruz, I brought him up recently. He's just red hot. His last seven games, he's hitting 41, two homers, impacts the ball pretty hard. He is 6% rostered. Scott obviously very deep leagues.

you know, we're probably looking at like 15 team Roto, five outfielders, any interest in these names, Brennan, Capel, and De La Cruz. Capel. Yeah, I think that's right. Because, okay. Sorry. Yeah, Connor Capel. Okay.

I would say Will Brennan's the most interesting. He has kind of that Stephen Kwan profile, as we talked about last week. But the Guardians legitimately do have five left-handers on the schedule. and Brennan is a left-handed hitter. So I'm going to guess he doesn't play so often against him.

So that might be tough to do. So I guess the best choice among these three, and it is just for deeper leagues, Capel. Cable himself is a left-handed batter. I don't know. Maybe Brian De La Cruz, but it's, I don't say that with a lot of, a lot of gusto. It is indeed, Connor Capel.

I just listened to one of the calls for his home runs from the weekend. So good call on you there, Scotty. Do you have some deeper middle infielders as well. Ezekiel Tovar, one of the top prospects in the game. He plays for the Rockies, made his debut on Friday. He went two for four. Didn't do much else this weekend, but he has started three straight games. He's 16% rostered.

The rest of his nine remaining games are all on the run. road. So unfortunately, we'll not get any course field. Oswaldo Cabrera has four home runs over his last 12 games, has been playing much better for the Yankees. A 16% rostered for him. He's got 10 games remaining, second base in outfield eligibility. And then CJ Abrams had six hits this weekend, including two steals on Sunday, which is what we need to see, Scott. As, you know, we've said it all season. We've got to see this guy run and, you know, maybe he's starting to do it here down the stretch. He is 34% rostered. How do you rank those three? Again, deeper leagues.

Tovar, Cabrera, Abrams. I guess I will go Tovar, number one. I will say that Oswaldo Cabrera has the best matchups. And what's rough for the Rockies is not only are they on the road, they have the worst hitter matchups of any team this week. Damn. So the fact that I'm saying, Ezekiel Tovar, number one, I think just goes to show you how I feel about Oswaldo Cabrera and C.J. Abrams.

Because I don't really want to start Tovar either. Yeah. Cabreras look pretty good. He puts the ball in the air a lot. Obviously, Shore Porch in right field in Yankee Stadium. Looks like a game is slowing down a little bit for him. So I don't know that he's ever going to be an impact player, but he's looked good over the past couple of weeks. I do have two.

For what it's worth, the Yankees have 10 games this week, and seven of them are on the road in Toronto and in Texas. Okay. Well, Toronto is still a pretty good place. hit. Texas is kind of neutral. So, yeah. All right. Could have been better with more games than Yankee Stadium. Do have two corner infielders here, Scott.

Again, these are for deeper leagues. Juan Yappez has had five hits this weekend. Getting back into some playing time here for the Cardinals. Hit his 12th home run on Friday, has started four of their last five games. He's 19% rostered with eight games left. And then Tristan Kossis has two home runs over his last four games. He likes hitting against the Yankees. I'll tell you that much so far.

34% rostered and 10 games left for him. Again, we're talking deep leagues here, Scott, but any interest in Ypez or Kossis? I don't have a ton of interest in starting either of them, no. But I do like seeing the big weekend from Kossis. And what may have been most impressive to me is that, you know, all the walks versus the lack of strikeouts. You know, so he hit, he did hit the two home runs in his past four games,

but he also had six walks versus three strikeouts during that stretch. And I think that's going to be a big part of his game moving forward. All right. That is, those are all the names that have quite a bit. But I wanted to remind everyone before we hit the break, the schedule for this week. Obviously, we're live here on Sunday night and podcast on your feed on Monday. We will also be live on YouTube on Tuesday night, Wednesday night and Thursday night. audio podcast in your feed,

Wednesday morning, Thursday morning, Friday morning. So Monday night, we will not be around. You will not have a podcast on Tuesday morning. Let's take a break and we'll hit the news and notes here on fantasy baseball today. The news and notes. First we will start with the good news for Tampa Bay, which is Tyler Glassnow,

scheduled to start Wednesday in Cleveland, but will be limited to about 45 pitches. And I believe he would line up for one more start after that, Scott, at the Reds. socks. And I know someone in the YouTube chat was asking us about Tyler Glass now. Obviously, he's a big name, big talent. Someone will like for next year. But I can't imagine we're looking to add him if he's going to be that limited. Right. Yeah. I mean, if he doesn't have a chance to get you a win, but not a serious chance anyway, I don't think I'd be looking to use him.

All right. The bad news for Tampa Bay, Shane Buz will undergo Tommy John surgery and will not pitch during the entire 2023 season. Scott, let's say that you are a rebuilding team in a Dynasty League. You're pretty far out. Would you maybe look to acquire Shane Bosz because I think you'll be able to get him at a discounted price? Yeah, I think that's always a good idea. Tommy John surgery has a good track record. Obviously, pitcher of that talent level. I like to accumulate as many of those guys as I can because they tend to get hurt so often. I know in one of my dynasty leagues

when Justin Verlander succumbed to Tommy John's surgery, I was able to get him for very cheap, and this year I did the same thing with Walker Bueller and one of them. Basically, in both of those cases, if I'm being honest, it was less about me being proactive and coming to the guy with him and saying, hey, do you want to trade him? I feel like those out of the blue

like cold calls rarely amount to anything for me. It was more them being like, hey, I'm interested in shopping this guy and me just jumping in right away and saying, all right, what do you want? And being able to work something out. So I think it's usually worth doing. Obviously, it depends how many keepers you're allowed to keep.

But the cost is to keep the particular player, of course. But in a lot of circumstances, it makes sense. Some big names went to the IL this weekend. Spencer Shrider with a left oblique strain, Julio Rodriguez with a lower back strain, Luis Robert with a left wrist sprain, something that's really hampered him for the past month or so. He will not play again in 2022.

Pretty disappointing season. I will personally apologize because I was all over Luis Robert, and I thought it was going to be a big year. But just kind of weird season overall for the White Sox. I don't really know where they go from here or what's going to happen with Tony Larissa, but just a very, very weird season for the Chicago White Sox. Dustin May went to the IL with lower back tightness as well.

So a few big outfielers, a few pitchers on here. Obviously, if you need replacements, you can refer to the Jose Cantanas of the world and John Gray and Cody Morris, or if you need an outfielder, Joey Meneses, Oscar Gonzalez, names like that. What else we have? Craig Kimball was removed from the closer roll on Friday.

So we now have the Dodger. and the Yankees who say that they're basically going closer by committee. And it seems like the names that could be involved here, Scott, Chris Martin, Evan Phillips, Grustardol, Gratterall, and I don't know, maybe even Kimbril kind of works back in. Is there anyone that you're looking at? I mean, I think these would probably have to be deep league plays this late in the season, but how do you feel about the Dodgers bullpen? Yeah, you have to wonder how many safe chances they're going to get with nine games on the schedule,

obviously, and if they're dividing it between a few different guys, it's a low probability play on your part, singling out any one of them. I'd be most likely to pick up Evan Phillips, I think, just because he's been the best. But Chris Martin did get a save over the weekend, Bruce Dark Ratterol. He's recently off the IAL,

but he had kind of been serving as the backup closer earlier, so it wouldn't surprise me. If he got the majority of the saves, whatever that ends up being two, you know, So I would say I would rank them Phillips, Gratterol, and then Chris Martin. And, you know, just keep your expectations in check because it's very likely, whoever you pick up, it's going to amount to zero saves, you know. Byron Buckson will undergo season-ending arthroscopic knee surgery on Tuesday.

Luis Castillo signed a five-year, $108 million contract extension with the Mariners this weekend. and he has a 3.35 ERA intense starts with them. Oddly enough, he's been roughed up by the Royals and the Ahe's in his last two outings. So, not great timing, unfortunately, here, Luis Castillo. DJ Lemayhew remains unable to play because of his toe injury, and it's unclear when or if he'll be able to return this season.

Nick Castiano's will not need a rehab assignment and is expected to return sometime between Tuesday and Thursday. I'm assuming that means we want to stay away. right Scott? How do you feel about Castellanos? I would rather not have to use him. I mean, it's not like he was having a great season anyway. Yeah. Fair enough. Horne Palanco is still feeling issues with his left knee and may not return this season as well. Drew Smiley will not start this upcoming series against the Phillies. He's dealing with left shoulder fatigue. Chris Bryant

confirmed on Saturday that he will not return the season and he played just 42 games in his first year with the Rockies. Brandon Lau has been ruled out for the remainder of the season as well with back inflammation. Jesse Winker was removed Sunday with a bruised left wrist. It's been a pretty bad season for Winker regardless. You probably do not want to play him. Edward Cabrera left Sunday start with a low grade ankle sprain and he looks like he would only have one start left anyway. So I think we can comfortably drop Edward Cabrera, Scott. Oh, I don't trust him anyway.

Yeah. Feel bad too because he was one of my guys. Like, I was pretty excited. And I still think that there is a lot to be excited about moving forward, but yeah, he's got to clean up the walks, man. Like, the walks have just been a huge issue for him. Yep. Tyler Malley is officially out for the rest of the season with that shoulder injury.

Mackenzie Gore will make another rehab start at AAA on Monday. He got up to 65 pitches in his previous outing. but it sounds like he will not have value in redraft leagues the rest of this season. Dane Dunning will undergo season-ending arthroscopic surgery on his hip. Madison Bumgarner will not pitch again for the debacks this season. We did have a few prospect notes. Pirates second base slash outfield prospect, G. Juan Bay was promoted on Friday,

and he picked up two hits and two steals this weekend. And he does have some speed. 30 steals in the minors this season. This would have to be, obviously, he's got a very, deep league play. Do you have any interest in it? G. Juan Bay. No, not of this juncture. Kind of a light hitter, even if he can,

steal some bases, and you know, who knows who knows how things are going to go with the pirates, especially. And this one's going to get you hype, Scotty. Cubs first base prospect, Matt Mervis, will have a chance to win a roster spot in spring training next year,

and he had just a sick season in the minors, where he hit 309, 35 homers with a 986 OPS. So just file that name away, late round sleeper for next year, breakout candidate, whatever you want to call him. Matt Mervis, a first-based prospect with the Cubs. I do like him. I do like him.

Not only was he productive across three levels, I think he and one other Cubs prospect, Kevin Alcantra, I think. They were the first Cubs prospects since Chris Bryant to hit 30 homers. in a minor league season. And what's most impressive about Matt Mervis to me is not only was he productive, but once he got to AAA, which is where he spent the majority of his season, or he spent more time at AAA than any other level, I should say. Strike out really was 14.2%.

It was, he's not a guy who strikes out like a, like you would expect someone with his power to. So kind of reminiscent of Anthony Rizzo that way. And internally, some of the Cubs organization have made that comparison. I believe it was Alexander Canario, Scott, the other 30 home run hitter in the Cubs organization. Yeah, I get him and Kevin Alcounter confused. So yeah, that makes sense. But Alcantra is actually the higher ranked prospect for the Cubs. It's just, yeah, Canario, more of the power guy for them. Starter sit these banged up players, Scotty. Ronald de Cunia just feels like there's always something going on this season for him. Unfortunately, he has missed four straight with midback tightness. Do you start or sit this week?

I mean, it's a nine, well, it's a 10-day scoring period, obviously. I mean, it may not be in your specific scenario, and so that makes it easier, I think, to roll the dice on him if you get another chance to then remove him from your lineup later on. But if you don't, I mean, certainly I wouldn't do it in three outfielder leagues. In five outfielder leagues, I think you just have to gauge how much damage it could cause you if he takes a goose egg all week, which is, possible. Not likely, but it's possible.

All right. Wanderfranco was removed Sunday with an apparent left hand injury, and I know what you're thinking, but it was previously his right hand that Wander Franco had issues with. So how do you feel about Wander Franco, Scott? Have you seen anything else on him? I think I'd be fine sitting him. I haven't seen anything, but I don't, doesn't feel like you're losing much by keeping him out of your lineup. He's just been kind of blah. Yeah. He's an interesting one to figure out to

don't ever want to write off one of the top prospects in the game or anything like that. And that's not what I'm doing, but I just wonder if he has enough pure power in this environment. Is he going to be able to live up to being a 2530 home run hitter? I don't know. I just, I really don't know. Obviously, kind of a lost season here for Wander Franco, but it's going to be an interesting one to discuss in the offseason. Tony Gonsland will return to the majors after just one

have start on Tuesday at AAA. And it seems like he would return for just one start next Sunday against the Rockies, Scott. So home against the Rockies. It's a good matchup. How do you feel about Tony Gonsolin for this long period? Yeah, I don't trust it. It's mostly about getting him ready for the postseason and I don't know how long they're going to stick with him. It's a good matchup, but with all the two start options out there. I probably wouldn't use Tony Gonsolin unless, you know, I could, I can see maybe in like a daily lineup scenario. You'd rather have them in the non-in, you know,

but like if you're limited in how many pitchers you can start over the course of the entire week, probably going to sit Gonsolent. Scott, you know, I was on the fantasy football today live stream earlier on Sunday morning. Adam said that he, Adam Azer, by the way, said he likes the actual Oreo cookie part more than the cream. I agree with him. That's a take. That's an azer take.

I guess now it's a Scott White take too. Yeah. I find that I agree with, maybe I shouldn't admit this. Don't do it. I agree with more azer takes than not. Oh, boom goes to dynamite. Some of them are really bad.

But yeah, of course the cookie part of the Oreo cookies better than the cream. I mean. Ah, come on, Scott. You can't say it like it's a definitive statement. Of course it is. If you could eat just either one independent from the other, which would you choose? The cream makes no sense.

It's just sugar mash. You know? What's wrong with that? Don't you like peeps? How is it different? Oh, that's marshmallows. It's different. Kind of the same thing.

And by the way, I like the cookie part of an Oreo better than I like peeps, I would say. Like, there's more, what's the word? My brain's kind of foggy tonight. Like there's more complexity to the cookie part of the Oreo cookie than there is to the cream. Okay. I will have you notice, Scott, that since our spirited discussion about dipping cookies in milk, tipping Oreos specifically in milk, I have just gone on a binge recently of doing that, especially after I finish this podcast.

It's like a midnight snack. I just go and just like dunk a bunch of Oreos and it's been great. And you think of me every time, don't you? I do. I'll tweet out a picture when I do it. Show that guy. Take a show that guy people can do this. Yeah, I'm gonna send out a picture of just the cream filling right after this soon We'll do that start to sit these pitchers who

Frankly were not great over the weekend and Carlos Hardin I know it might be ridiculous that I'm even asking this But he was not effective. It was that course field and the velocity was down quite a bit once again So he allowed four runs over four and a third Fastball Velo down 1.7 miles power the curve down 1.8 Final two starts home against the Rockies, home against the Diamondbacks. Are you starting Carl Sorda?

Yeah. All right. Jordan Montgomery got, has been getting roughed up recently. His last three starts. He has an 8.16 ERA, 1.74 whip. I mean, what a great trade

by the Yankees, Harrison Bader, playing great defense for the Bronx bobber. But seriously, Scott, Deirda Montgomery's kind of getting kind of getting banged up recently and he only has one start. But as it gets a, the Pirates. So what do you do at Jordan Montgomery?

I probably wouldn't start them. I mean, again, it kind of is your daily lineups, is it weekly lineups? Weekly lineups, I think I definitely wouldn't start them. Because you could find guys with multiple matchups. Daily, you know, maybe size it up

on the day, see how much you need wins and strikeouts versus ERA and WIP. But you might help an ERA and WIP too against the Pirates. Yeah. The trend continues for one, Charlie Morton. Terrible on the road once again. He was at the Phillies where he gave up

six earned runs over four and two-thirds innings pitched. That brings his road ERA to 5.72 with a 1.39 whip. The good news is this week he is at home but it's against the Mets, a team he has struggled against the season, Scott, and there's only

one star left, so how are you feeling about Uncle Chuck? You're out of there. Get him out of here! Shane O. Mack, clearly is not right right now. Unfortunately, when we need him most. He gave up four runs over five innings pitched, three being home runs,

and he is now giving up nine earned runs over his last two outings. He only has one star left at the Houston Astros, so don't feel great about that. That's a tough one. Yeah. I mean, I will say, if you're in, if you're in the championship game, right, if you have a shot at the championship game,

and if, you know, why are you listening if you don't? Shane McClanahan is the main reason why. You have that shot, right? Yeah. Are you really not going to play him? So I have him in the podcast

Points League. He has one start against the Astros. I have Chris Bassett on my bench against the Nationals and the Braves. I have Jose Cantana for those great matchups. I have Stroman against the Phillies and the Reds.

I have Michael Waka against the Orioles and the Blue Jays. I'm probably going to start Basset or Jose Cantana over Shane McClanahan and this is a head to head points league so that makes sense I don't think I'd start WACA and who is the other one Marcus Stroman oh yeah I definitely wouldn't start Stroman over I definitely want to start the two start stroman over the one start McClanahan walk I guess is a

closer call but even then I think I lead one start McClainahan I just realized I have Zach Wheeler on the IL too so I to activate him and get him in my lineup. Yeah, because he's making two starts, and I think one is against the... Yeah, Cubs and Nationals. Cubs and Nationals. Oh, yeah.

All right, so, yeah, this is looking pretty good so far. One of our listener leagues, going up against Jamie Campbell, who had a great season, great record in the regular season. I'm up 68 points, Scott, with the 10-day period to go. So I feel okay, but, you know,

60-point leads, they can go. they can go away in a week. That's another reason why I feel like a loser today. I keep feeling like a loser, Frank. Because I am in two championship games, had the head points championship games, and halfway through them,

they're two periods long. I'm losing both. I'm losing both badly. Oh, dude. In one of those leagues, I was on like, I began, in one of those leagues,

I began two and six, and then I reeled off like 14 straight, wins to close out the season. Damn. So I thought I was going to cruise in that one, you know, but apparently not. And so if I fail to come back in these two head-to-head points matchups, that just leaves one AL-only roto league where I'm nursing like a one-point lead. That might be my only championship this year in the...

So I'm in like 10 redrafts of leagues, you know, and I might win. win one or zero or three, but it's not looking good for two of them. All right. Well. And that would suck. I wouldn't like that very much. And here's the frustrating part. I think I'll finish second or third.

If let's say I win none of them. That means I finish second or third in eight of the ten. Wow. Yeah. Don't like that. Yeah. I mean, that's just like, you know, a few different things could have went your way throughout the course of the season. And, you know, you're, you're within striking distance of winning those leagues potentially.

So, yeah, we can't have you go for the clean sweep, Scotty. So hold on to that AL only. I win them all. Oh, gosh. I won't be the very best. No one ever was. I don't know if you know this, Scott, but I am a big Pokemon fan. I know.

I don't mean to, like, rub it in or anything or pour salt on the wound. as they would say. But I do have a 70 point lead over Greg Jewett and Tau Wars too. Going into the final way. You went Towers and back to back years. Back to back? Just podcast by yourself from now on. Oh, come on, Scott.

But let's see, man. Greg Jewett has a really good team. So trying to hold on to that one as well. Let's get into some leftovers from The Weekend. Brian Reynolds hit two more homers and is now up to 26. It's, I think maybe it's been a letdown of a year for Brian Reynolds because you probably specifically drafted him for batting average and he's you know he's hitting like 260 but the power has been a pretty good surprise you know 26 homers for

Brian Reynolds like to see that what it was one of the players you had me grade the season right did and that was before this recent power binge I don't know if I did I don't know if Brian Reynolds was part of it I think I gave him a C plus yeah it wasn't one of the higher grades because he's like he's lived up to his draft pick I would say but I think the he didn't live up to he hasn't lived up to last year because of the you know the batting average has

been a little behind but yeah so in September Brian Reynolds is batting 315 with five homers in a 907 OPS and I think his I can't remember I feel like his whole second half spent good let me check that not as good as I was

remembering. It's really August and September combined. You look at Brian Reynolds' stats, and they're really good. You're right, though, Scott. He basically has lived up to expectations. He's the 22nd ranked outfielder in Roto. He's the 87th overall player. Maybe he was drafted a little bit higher than that, but that sounds about right.

Adley Rutchman had a huge game on Friday. He went three for three with a sock and a shoe, 12 homers, four steals on the season, Scott. What have you thought of Adley Ruchman's rookie year? Thought it's been pretty solid. I think it has him in contention. He's one of the, we talk about the depth of catcher

that we're going to be looking at next year where there's seven, eight potential stud bats at the position. Seven or eight guys who could potentially finish number one at the position. And Rushman will be among that group. The plate discipline in particular has been impressive for him. And that's,

that's always a good sign for a guy just, breaking into the league. I think the power continues to get better. And, I mean, there's a good chance in a couple of years. We'll think of him as the no questions asked, best catcher and fantasy. He is somebody I absolutely want to draft in one catcher head-to-head points leagues next year because I just think he's so clearly going to be amazing in that format.

You mentioned the plate discipline. He has 32 doubles on the season in 104 games played. So I think he's going to de-h quite a bit So you'll get the plate appearance volume I think some of those doubles could turn into home runs Like if he hits 18 to 20 homers with 40 doubles And great plate discipline he absolutely is in the running For being the best catcher in a points league

So just think he's really really gonna excel in that format Randy Rosarana had five more hits this weekend Including his 20th home run He also has over 30 steals It's been just a furious finish for Randy Rosa Rana Michael Harris picked up up another home run and another seal. He's now up to 19 and 19 through 106 games.

Scott, how much does this worry you about Michael Harris? He's been bad against lefties. Actually, I don't want to say, should I say bad? He's batting 252, so like that's adequate, but his OPS is quite bad. It's 675 against left-handed pitching. That's not good. And I think like two of his 19 home runs, so how much does that worry you when you're probably going to have to use a third or fourth round pick on Michael

Harris next season. Yeah, I don't, I probably would not use a third or fourth round pick on Michael Harris next season to be honest. And you're probably right with the, you know, the fact he's going to, he's a 1919 right now, home runs and stolen bases. So if he gets to 2020 after not debuting until, uh, to late May, so basically playing two-thirds of a season and goes 20-20. Yeah, I mean,

that's batting 300. Yeah, he's probably going to go that high in five-by-five leagues. Will he go that high in points leagues? Well, there's more of an emphasis on pitching and he doesn't walk a lot. So maybe not. Maybe he'll slide a little in that format and he'll be more likely to draft Michael Harris there, actually.

But there are a lot of worrisome aspects to Harris. Brown ball rate is very hot. as I mentioned, the walk rate is very low, and now you're bringing up his performance against same-handed pitchers. That's probably the least of those three worries for me, but it's another worry. The minor league track record is strong.

Didn't hit for much power down there, but he's hitting for power. That's not a question. He was a great hitter in the minors in terms of average, and I think my concerns are mostly tied to that. Can he continue to do what he's done this year? Well, minor league track record says he can't. But those red flags for a 22-year-old, I think I'm going to go another direction in the early rounds, most likely.

All right. Bryce Harper is scuffling here to the finish line. He's hitting just 204 with three homers and a 676 OPS in 26 games since returning from the IL. I don't know if he's completely healthy. And we have to find out whether or not he's going to need Tommy John in the offseason or maybe some kind of elbow surgery. So that's a big storyline for sure with Bryce Harper. Whitmeryfield has started five straight games, and he has six hits, including three homers during that time. He is still 83% rostered and 59% started, Scott.

The Blue Jays have the fifth best header matchups. If you held on to Whitmeryfield, is this a time to get it back in your lineup? Yeah, I mean, he's starting it on all of a sudden after not even getting consistent playing time early. The Blue Jays have good matchups this upcoming week. So it's not the craziest thing. I just do they shelve them again all of a sudden? No, I think Santiago Espinall is in the IL now, so that's why Maryfield's playing more again. Yeah.

Yeah. They do have Kevin Bigio, right, who they try and mix in from time to time. It's true. So, I don't know. Like, he's not one of my 10 sleeper hitters for this week, Maryfield. But, you know, it's a span of. Not 10 days, so anything could happen. Eloy Jimenez is having himself a big second half, batting 345, 13 homers,

a 1,000 OPS on the nose. That is in 58 games, which is a 38 homer pace over 150. It's just, can he stay healthy? That's the biggest key for Eloy Jimenez. Big weekend for Hunter Renfro, he had six hits, including three homers, and that included a double dong on Saturday. Kyle Swarber, double dong on Sunday. He's now up to 42 home runs.

George Springer, Double Dong, also on Sunday. He's now up to 23. Mike Trout hit his 37th homer. Stephen Kwan just had an absolute monster game on Sunday. He went 3 for 5 with a grand slam and two steals. He's now up to 6 home runs and 19 steals on season.

And Pete Alonzo went 4 for 5, hit his 39th homer and he's up to 128 RBI. That's tied for the league lead with Aaron Judge. A few pitching standouts, part one. Aaron Ola. He went six shot out with eight strikeouts. We had Brady Singer, seven innings, one run, eight strikeouts as well. Chris Bassett dominated in his return to Oakland.

He went eight innings, two runs, only two strikeouts. And Kyle Wright became the first and only 20 game winner this season. And I don't even think anyone else has a chance. I think next closest is 17. So Kyle Wright will likely be your only 20 game winner this year. It's been a great season for him. At the Phillies, five and a third, two runs, six strikeouts there. Anything on these four, Scott.

Wright, Bassett, Singer, Nola. And 20-game winners are, you don't see many of them anymore. There was one last year, Julio Arreus. Obviously, there wasn't any in 2020. Who would have guessed Kyle Wright coming into the season? Like, he went unroastered in the Scott White Dynasty League, a 2014 league that emphasizes starting pitching. You know, like everybody with a rotation spot is,

is so highly valued in that format, just because it's hard to find enough guys to go around in a 2014 league. And Kyle Wright, I picked them up off the waiver wire at the start of the season, and he's the major's only 20-game winner. It's crazy.

Yeah, I think you should have just given to me, Scott, because my team stinks, and I deserve him. Not going to do it. Sorry. Pitching standouts part two. Alec Manoa, another great start at the raise. He went seven shot out with eight strikeouts.

True Rasmussen, six and a third, one run allowed, five strikeouts up against the Blue Jays. Sandy Alcansara posted his sixth double-digit strikeout effort of the season. Up against the nationals, he went eight innings, one run, 11 strikeouts in that one. All but locking up the National League's Sayung, I would say. And Corbin Burns got back on track, quality start at the Reds, six and a third, two runs, eight strikeouts for him. Burns, Sandy, Rasmussen, Manoa. Anything on these?

and not a lot of interesting things to say. Yeah, I mean, obviously, Sandy Alcantra and Corbyn-Burns, there had been some shakiness there recently. Alcantra kind of got back on track in his previous start, complete game effort. But I think this is a reminder that even, you know, even at the stage of the season we're, like, running out a calendar and everything,

every start matters all the more. This is kind of why I made a case to start Shane McClain, even though his previous two starts were bad. Sometimes good pitchers have bad starts, and then they come back and look like great pitchers again, as we saw over the weekend with Alcantra and Burns. Sandy, by the way, ninth in Major League Baseball in strikeouts, despite being 26th in K-per-9,

and that is due to his volume, how deep he goes into his starts soon. Well, and when you say 26th in K-per-9, That's like of 50 total qualifiers, right? So there aren't many pitchers who actually qualify. I would say if you were ranking every starting pitcher who, you know, through 120 innings this year, San Diego O'Conra would be pretty far down the list in K-per-9, and it still has all those strikeouts.

Yep. Pitching standouts, part three. Darvish, another quality start in Corse Field. He went six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts in that one. Merrill Kelly, strong start up against the giant. seven innings, two runs, six strikeouts for him. Clayton Kirshaw, up against the Cardinals, six innings, two runs, seven strikeouts. And Christian Javier, dominant once again at the Orioles,

six shutout, one hit allowed, eight strikeouts for him. Javier, Kershaw, Merrill Kelly, you Darvish. What you got? Not much for them either. They just, they keep doing their thing. Combined, here's an interesting staff for Christian Javier, and his past three starts, thrown 17 innings, has allowed a combined four hits.

That is a good stat. I wish you had one for you. You! Ah, soldier boy. Pitching standouts part four. Nicola Dolo puts up a strong start up against the Brewers, six innings, one run, six strikeouts. And that one, Dylan Sees,

up against the Tigers, six shotout with five strikeouts. Max Scher looked like Max Scherzor at Oakland, six innings, one run, seven strikeouts. And Nester Cortez, another great start. He went six shot out. He allowed just one hit, five strikeouts. And I saw this stat per Katie Sharp on Twitter. Nestor Cortez has four games with five plus innings pitched,

and one hit or fewer allowed this season. That is the most by any pitcher in a single season in Yankees history. So just pretty interesting stat there for Nesser Cortez. Anything on these got Cortez, Scherzer, Cis, Lidolo. Just a reminder for Lodolo, he's going against the Cubs in his final start this upcoming week. It's only one, but he's a one-star pitcher I might actually consider if you're setting your lineup weekly, just because he's, apart from that hiccup against the Red Sox two turns ago, Lodolo has been pretty consistently dominant here over the past few months.

The call to the bullpen, just a few names that could be available if he need saves for the Marlins' Dillon Florero picked up two saves this weekend. He's 17% rostered. For the Yankees on Friday, Scott F. Ross gave up a hit, but did pick up his third save. The Yankees are going by committee, so I probably would stay away from all of them, but Scott Fross in deeper leagues. For the Mariners, Paul Seawald pitched in the seventh and eighth in eighth inning on Saturday, Andres Munoz did pitch to ninth and picked up his fourth save. Munoz, numbers, Scott, are nasty. I kind of, I, there's just so much upside if they if he would be the closer for like years to come I I just don't think the

Mariners are necessarily going to do that so that kind of stinks yeah he was built as a closer and waiting Munoz was when he was with the Padres still and you know even though Seawald set up for him in this outing on Saturday Seawald had gotten each of the Mariners previous three saves so I don't know that it necessarily signals the changing at the guard as as you were saying the Mariners, you know, they don't, they don't really commit to anyone, but I think the main guy is still Seawalt. For the D-backs on Saturday, Reyes Maronta struck out two for his second save. Ian Kennedy hadn't pitched since Wednesday, so he should have been available.

I don't know if you want the Diamondbacks closer anyway, Scott, but do you think Reyes Maronta is now the guy? I mean, maybe. I don't, I don't think that's, That's going to amount too much, though. Agreed. For the Cubs on Sunday, Brandon Hughes recorded the final out for his seventh save. He's only 15% rostered. And for the Reds,

Alexis Diaz struck out the side for his ninth save, and he is only 38% rostered, if you do need saves. To stream or not to stream, for Monday, with only four games on the schedule. Chase Anderson at the Pirates, Rowanzi Contreras versus the Reds,

Jordan Lyles at the Red Sox, Connor Seabold versus the Orioles. How'd you come up with four names with only four games on the schedule? Oh, you know what? They're all pretty bad. I got one you missed. You ready? Here's the best streamer for Monday.

What you got? Bryce Elder against the Nationals. All right, because I'm seeing undecided right now for the Brave. So that, oh, now I just refreshed. I like that one too. All right. So Bryce Elder at the Nationals on Monday. And then on Tuesday, we have Hunter Green at the Pirates.

Mitch Keller versus the Reds, Zach Rankie at the Tigers, Joey Wentz versus the Royals, Kyle Braddish at the Red Sox, Bailey Ober versus the White Sox, and Patrick Sandoval versus the A's. Hunter Green at the Pirates definitely want to do that.

Patrick Sandoval against Oakland, okay. I mean, they did just knock around Jacob de Grom this weekend. Crazy. But it's versus Oakland, so it won't be at the launching pad. So Patrick Zandoval,

that might go okay. And my third choice would be Bailey Ober again. against the White Sox, that's not bad either. But definitely Hunter Green, the other two, I'm Ifian. All right, we're going to wrap there for Scott. I am Frank. Thank you all for listening and watching. Fantasy Baseball today will be back again on Tuesday.

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