Fantasy Baseball Today - Weekend Recap; Interesting Waiver Wire SPs! (09/07 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: September 7, 2020

Happy Labor Day! For our OMGG weekend waiver wire add, Scott is a fan of Tony Gonsolin (1:32). Should you drop Frankie Montas or German Marquez for him? Frank is a fan of the Tigers hitters, specifica...lly Victor Reyes who has been leading off. ... On to news and notes, Justin Verlander is throwing off a mound, Jose Altuve was placed on the IL, and the Astros plan to be cautious with Alex Bregman (12:03). Also, Dallas Keuchel and Matt Chapman left Sunday's action plus we have Yankees updates. ... We have waiver wire hitters (26:02)! Is it time to drop Gary Sanchez for Joey Bart in a one-catcher league? How good is Rowdy Tellez? ... There was no shortage of waiver wire starting pitchers this weekend (30:22). Who are Scott's favorites from Trevor Rogers, Dean Kremer, Dane Dunning, Keegan Akin, Justin Dunn, Tarik Skubal, Seth Lugo, Justus Sheffield, Deivi Garcia, and Tejay Antone? ... Should you start or sit these fringe starting pitchers in Week 8 (42:22)? ... Who were the rest of this weekend's studs and duds (48:05)? ... We also have bullpen notes (57:50). Add Kevin Ginkel if you're desperate for saves. ... Email us at fantasybaseball@cbsi.com. Subscribe to our new YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday 'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @CBSFantasyBB, @AdamAizer, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday 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/ Download our printable Draft Kit from CBSSports.com/draftkit! 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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Starting point is 00:00:00 Welcome to the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast from CBS Sports. I drive, center field, and swing. This is magnificent. Got a fantasy question? Email Fantasy Baseball at CBSI.com. Get ready to win your league. Well, fantasy becomes reality. Now here's Frank Scott, Chris, and Adam.
Starting point is 00:00:24 Howdy and welcome to Fantasy Baseball today, not just on any Monday, but on Labor Day. September 7th, Frank Stanfield, alongside Skins. Scott White, and do people say happy Labor Day? This is something that I've been pondering. What do you think, Scott? I feel like I've never heard anyone say that before. Is that how I should greet you today?
Starting point is 00:00:41 Happy Labor Day, Scott. I'm not sure I've heard anybody say that before either. I don't believe it's a somber occasion, so that seems fine to me. I mean, most people in the world have a day off. It feels like something we should be celebrating. So yeah, let's go. And we're here.
Starting point is 00:00:59 Welcome to the show. Scott, how was your weekend? It was good. It was good. What about you? Fantastic. I know. One of your favorite questions. How was the weekend? It was good. Basically everything I said. I had a ton of fantasy football drafts. Had some barbecue food.
Starting point is 00:01:15 We are recording this Sunday night. I just ate a huge chocolate chip cookie and I feel disgusting. So I'm just going to throw it to Scott and let him do a ton of the work like I always do. But let's kick things off with our, oh my goodness gracious, waiver wire. stand out of the weekend. Oh, my goodness gracious. All right, Scott. What do you got?
Starting point is 00:01:38 I'm going with Tony Gonselin, who is still available in more than half of CBS sports leagues, even though his rotation spot for the Dodgers is secure at this point, and his numbers are beginning
Starting point is 00:01:53 to look fairly ridiculous, fairly ridiculous. He went six innings in his start on Saturday, So, you know, a good, hefty workload for a starter. Only through 75 pitches, though, and got 17 whiffs on them. His slider splitter combo has been ridiculous all season long, getting whiffs with those two pitches especially.
Starting point is 00:02:19 And he's now at a, in five starts, a 0.76 ERA, a 0.72 whip. I think it's pretty obvious those numbers are unsustainable. And yet, in 16 major league appearances now, 11 of them starts, he has a 212 ERA and a 0.91 whip. He was really good in a swingman role for the Dodgers last season two. Obviously, most of his outings are short. He hasn't been tested too many times the second or especially the third time through a lineup.
Starting point is 00:02:54 but there definitely seems to be some skills here. And because the rotation spot's secure, I don't know why you'd leave him available, especially now that he stretched out to six like this. Yeah, he looked fantastic over the weekend. The one problem is that he's going up against the Astros this week. Maybe that's not a problem after all. What do you think, Scott?
Starting point is 00:03:17 If you pick up Tony Gonson, would you be willing to use him in this matchup against Houston? Well, I don't have him as one of my 10s, leper starters for this upcoming week. I don't think, like, if you don't have obvious choices to play over him, I wouldn't, like, I wouldn't let that Astros match a be the reason I said him.
Starting point is 00:03:38 I think that makes sense. I'm looking at Wobah versus right-handed pitching this season, and the Houston Astros ranked 21st in baseball. So it's not like they've been great. And they also lost Jose Al-Tuvae over the weekend, something that we will talk about when we get into the news and notes. So I agree. I think, you know, in deeper leagues,
Starting point is 00:03:55 if you need a starting pitcher. I don't know in a head-to-ed points league that he'll be one of your five best matchups or one of your five best pitchers that you want to use. But I do think he should be higher rostered than 47%. And I'm not completely scared off by the matchup against the Houston Astros. I'm going to throw a few names your way, Scott,
Starting point is 00:04:10 and you tell me whether or not you would drop these players for Tony Gonsolin. Frankie Montas. I would. I'd do that. Although he is in line for two starts now this week. I will point out, remember on Friday show we weren't sure how the athletics were going to line up the rotation coming back from their
Starting point is 00:04:30 quarantine period. But we now know Montas is getting two starts next week. And yet that just gives him room to do twice the damage based on how he's pitched recently. That's exactly what I was to get you too. I was like, man, two times for Frankie Montas to blow it up. It's sad. I wish that wasn't the case. but the matchups for Montas are against Houston and at Texas. So again, I mean, Houston hasn't been great. Texas is a good matchup. But I think as of now, if you're just chasing upside for the last couple of weeks, I'm okay dropping Montas for Gonslyn as well.
Starting point is 00:05:06 How about Lance McCullors, who got hurt over the weekend? Would you be okay dropping him for Tony Gonson? Yeah, he got put on the IEL. So I think anytime anybody goes on the IL at this point, and you're talking likely a season-ending injury, considering there are three weeks left. So that's an easy call to make, too. How about Hermann Marquez, who did bounce back over the weekend,
Starting point is 00:05:30 seven innings of two-run ball? And I brought his name up last week. I said that I'd be willing to drop him. Made me look foolish over the weekend. But, of course, it was a road start in Los Angeles against the Dodgers. And Marquez's final three starts, two of them are at home against the Angels, against the Dodgers, and then his final start
Starting point is 00:05:48 is projected to be at San Francisco. Would you drop him for Gonsolin? I don't think I would. Is it a very precarious spot? Precarius spot, Armand Marquez is in my rankings where I feel like he's too good to drop and yet not quite good enough to call him a start.
Starting point is 00:06:10 I think I'd hold on to him, though. All right, last name I'll bring up Madison Bumgarner if you were holding on to him or if you picked him up just to see what he did. Get him out of there. Get him out of there. Bombing like Joe West
Starting point is 00:06:22 throwing Mike Rizzo out of the game. Did you hear about that? I did not. What happened? Please fill me in, Scott. I haven't read up on it completely either. Apparently, Joe West saw Mike Rizzo Nationals GM up in the stands
Starting point is 00:06:38 at the Braves Nationals game. And it wasn't clear on the broadcast why he was throwing him out if he heard him yelling something or the fact he wasn't wearing a mask or I don't know. But yeah, that happened. It was kind of amusing. It's not the first time.
Starting point is 00:06:54 I know that there's been like players thrown out of stands. I think it happened to like Steven Strasberg earlier in the season as well. But he was like way up high. That's crazy. You know, obviously an empty stadium. So I guess he stood out still. Well, that's the thing. In the empty stadium, you can hear things a lot clearer.
Starting point is 00:07:11 So if he did say something, it's much easier to, you know, and figure out who's the one saying it, right? So, uh, interesting. All right, I am going to point to some Detroit Tigers, Scott, and you know what they say about the Tigers? They're great. How many times can I possibly use that? We'll figure it out.
Starting point is 00:07:29 But the Tigers hitters, it's not just Victor Reyes. And we can talk about a few names, but the main one that I would like to highlight is Victor Reyes. Uh, but Willie Castro performing well, Jamer Candelario, a name that we have mentioned. Victor Reyes had two more hits on Sunday. He is now batting 318. He has four home runs, six steals, and has been leading off consistently for the Detroit Tigers,
Starting point is 00:07:50 and he is widely available. He's one of the most added hitters from over the weekend, Victor Reyes, is, but still just 30% rostered, Scott. What do you think that number should be? Oh, it should be higher. He should be rostered probably in all Roto leagues, assuming, you know, roto being a five outfield format, outfielder format. Yeah, he is shaping up to be what I had hoped.
Starting point is 00:08:14 Robbie Grossman might be earlier in the year when he got off to that hot start as somebody who's going to make a modest but relevant contribution in both home runs and stolen bases. And then in Reyes' case, Victor Reyes' case, it looks like batting average as well. Yeah, that's probably his best contribution, in fact. So doesn't have to be owned yet in three outfielder leagues? 12 team had to head points leagues Yeah I would say he's pretty fringy in that format They do play eight games this week
Starting point is 00:08:50 The Tigers play eight games so if you want to add them for that If you don't if you have a hole in your outfield I would be okay using him I actually have you know he didn't make my 10 sleeper hitters list for this week Just like Gonsland didn't make my 10 sleeper pitchers And let me look at what the actual matchups are for the tigers Yeah they're not the greatest matchups but eight games is obviously good and he'd be an okay starting a three outfielder league.
Starting point is 00:09:20 Would you drop Dylan Carlson for him, Scott? I would. Yeah. It's kind of tough to wait out Dylan Carlson at this point. Yeah, and Carlson's been sitting quite consistently for the Cardinals recently as well. Would you drop your boy J.D. Davis for Victor Reyes? I might if I was specifically looking to make up ground. in stolen bases and batting average. The data still looks strong for J.D. Davis, I'll point out. So I think, you know, obviously we're well past the trade deadline, I'm sure,
Starting point is 00:09:54 in most leagues. But if that hadn't passed, I'd be calling him a buy-low candidate. So, where possible, I'd prefer to hold on to J.D. Davis. Ramon Luriano, would you drop Luriano for Victor Reyes? No. Would you drop? Last name I'll mention. And it might be crazy.
Starting point is 00:10:11 or is it? Chris Bryant. I don't know quite what to do with Chris Bryant either. Yeah, that's a really tough one. Doesn't feel like you can start him, and yet if you drop him, you know, it's just going to come back to bite you. So, yeah, I guess it depends how urgent your need is there, because I don't feel like you can start Chris Bryant right now.
Starting point is 00:10:35 Chris Bryant kind of feels like the Hermann Marquez of hitters, right? Like he's straddling the fence. It's like you don't know exactly what to do with him. But look, if you really need help now, I guess it is something that you should be considering. The other Tigers names I just wanted to quickly mention. Again, Willie Castro and Jamer Candelario, Willie Castro, two for five with a home run on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:10:57 He has multiple hits in five of his last six games. He is just 3% rostered on CBS. He has third base and shortstop eligibility, batting 301 last year in the minors. He hit 301 with an 833 OPS. Again, this is Willie Castro. 11 homers, 17 steals. Your interest level, Scott.
Starting point is 00:11:18 It's higher in J. Mer Candelaria than it is in Willie Castro. Candelaria has like a 28% line drive rate and an XBA approaching 290. He's generally been a guy who's walked a lot too. I know the rate is down this year. And look, maybe he was too patient in the past. don't know, but he looks like he looks like somebody who could be a halfway decent contributor, Candelario
Starting point is 00:11:46 does. So you, okay, you would rank them Reyes, Candelario, and Willie Castro in that order? Yep. Fair enough, so if you need some hitters for this week, all the Tigers hitters have eight games. So those are some names for you to go check out on your Waverware. News and notes, Dallas Keikel left Sunday's game
Starting point is 00:12:06 against the Royals with lower backstim and is day-to-day. It is also worth mentioning that on Monday there are four day games, including two games that start at 1 p.m. Eastern time. So make sure to set your lineups, but you're going to have some decisions to make regarding some of these players who are day-to-day and questionable heading into the week. So just keep that in mind.
Starting point is 00:12:29 Astros GM James Click said during a pre-game interview Sunday that Justin Verlander has progressed to throwing off of a mound. Scott, does this matter? Or is it going to be too late by the time he returns? It's probably going to be too late. Okay. Obviously, if you have an IEL spot, it doesn't hurt to stash him. Maybe he'll give you one worthwhile start at the end of the season,
Starting point is 00:12:52 but you shouldn't be counting on much. Lance McCullors, we mentioned, was placed on the 10-day I-L on Sunday with neck nerve irritation. If you do need the roster spot, I think with all the pitchers that are emerging, you can drop Lance McCullors. Dusty Baker said Sunday that, he hopes Alex Bregman, who is returning from a hamstring injury, is ready for the team's upcoming series against the A's.
Starting point is 00:13:15 Dusty Baker added that the team is going to be, quote, pretty cautious with Bregman and his hamstring. Scott, if you have him, would you start Bregman when you hear a quote like that? I think in most cases I would. I would. I mean, it sounds like it might be a situation where they give him a couple days off here this first week back. So, you know, if you've got another stud at third base,
Starting point is 00:13:38 or shortstop. Maybe you play it safe and sit him. But I know, I'm somebody who benefited from starting Ronald de Konya this week, even though he missed the first half with an injury. He then came back and did Ronald Kuhnia like things immediately. And Regman is certainly capable of making that kind of contribution in less than a full week himself. The Houston Astros do have seven games scheduled for this week. So even if he sits out a few, you might still get five games out of Bregman.
Starting point is 00:14:12 Of course, in the middle of a pretty, pretty good lineup there in the Houston Astros. Jose Altuve was placed on the 10-day I.L. retroactive to September 4th with a right knee sprain, so make sure to get him out of your lineups. Davey Garcia is likely to be activated again to start Wednesday against the Blue Jays in Buffalo. Eric Boland of Newsday Reports. What do you think of his start on Friday?
Starting point is 00:14:38 This was Davey Garcia, Scott, who went up against the Baltimore Orioles and allowed four in runs over four and two-thirds with six strikeouts. What do you think? I mean, it wasn't so bad. Obviously, it wasn't good enough that when he comes back, you're going to automatically put him in your lineup. But you definitely see the potential there with the stuff, the curveball, you know, got some.
Starting point is 00:15:08 He got some whiffs with that. The control has actually been better than I thought it would be looking at his minor league track record. So there's definitely something to work with there. I don't know that he's ever going to, if there's enough time for him to, A, gain the Yankees trust
Starting point is 00:15:24 and then B, even meet the higher threshold of gaining our trust with our fantasy lineups. Again, that is Davey Garcia, one of the most added starting pitchers in CBS this weekend. We'll get into the way of wire a little bit more coming up. Yankees updates. John Carlos Stanton dealing with a hamstring has been performing baseball activities and running up to about 80%. Don't know if I believe it. Aaron Judge dealing with a calf injury
Starting point is 00:15:49 could begin a quote, more aggressive progression of baseball activities on Monday. Glebert Torres was activated and in the lineup Saturday for the Yankees. He was not in the lineup Sunday. Scott, if you had Glebert Torres, would you start him this week? I think so. I think so. Yep. Fair. Marcus Semyon was not in the starting lineup again Sunday. Semen swung the bat Thursday and reported continued improvement with his left side injury. He has not played since August 29th. Manager Bob Melvin said earlier this week that Semyon was likely to avoid the IEL. That sounds like maybe we shouldn't get him in the lineup.
Starting point is 00:16:28 That sounds a little bit more pessimistic. Yeah, it sounds sketchy, and obviously his performance has been sketchy for the whole season. He started to show some signs of life right before getting injured, but it wasn't enough. And obviously, the lack of track record was caused for concern even before the season started. So, yeah, you had that injury risk on top of it, and it just seems like it can do more harm than good to activate him. Jay Bruce and Roman Quinn were both placed on the aisle for the Phillies over the weekend. It looks like Teasca Hernandez is going to miss, quote, serious time. with this rib injury, which is unfortunate.
Starting point is 00:17:08 He hit his 14th home run of the season over this weekend, and he's really been one of the surprises in fantasy baseball to this point. Again, that is Tay Oscar Hernandez. Renato Nunez, another surprise this season is considered day-to-day because of a sore hamstring. He played on Friday. He played in both games of the Orioles doubleheader, but was out on Saturday and Sunday.
Starting point is 00:17:29 The Orioles also placed Anthony Santander on the 10-day IEL with a right oblique strain. Nelson Cruz was scratched. from the Twins lineup Sunday due to a minor hip tightness. Scott, starter sit, Nelson Cruz. Hip tightness, it's the coolest injury you can have. I would say, gosh, man. Gosh, probably in a roto lineup,
Starting point is 00:17:53 as many hitter spots as you're having to fill, you can't afford to sit him. But I imagine in those head-to-head lineups, there's some really good hitter who you just can't slot at DH, because that's the only place Nelson Cruz can play. and the safe approach would be to sit them if you're in that scenario.
Starting point is 00:18:11 Yeah, definitely risky. Let's see if we get some more news on Monday morning regarding Nelson Cruz. The Twins Place Max Kepler on the 10-day IL, retroactive 2nd September 3rd, with a left adductor-strain prospect, Brent Rooker was called up and has started three games in a row last year in the minor leagues.
Starting point is 00:18:28 282 batting average 928 OPS with 14 home runs at AAA. Brent Rooker, any interest got. Yeah, there's power here. I just don't think there's the playing time, how consistent it'll be. I'm not sure you can count on that. And it's a high strikeout profile and how that transitions to the majors can obviously be. You know, you just have to wait and see.
Starting point is 00:18:56 I think a similar profile who you can count on the playing time and is still widely available as Bobby Dahlbeck of the Red Sox. who's played pretty much every day since they traded Mitch Moreland. And he homered twice over the weekend. Has been striking out a ton. But might be starting to pick it up. I think if you're looking for cheap power, that's a better place to go than Brent Rooker.
Starting point is 00:19:18 Three pitchers getting ready to return from injury. Ryan Yarbrough, 62% rostered, Mitch Keller, who is 38% rostered, and Carlos Martinez, 56% rostered. Scott, how would you rank those three names getting ready to return? Yarbrough, Mitch Keller, and Carlos Marlore. Martinez. I think I'd go Yarbrough number one because he didn't miss that much time. You don't have to worry about him stretching out again. Carlos Martinez. It's kind of surprising they're putting him back in the rotation. I wonder if it would have happened if they hadn't lost Huang Yan Kim to a blockage, a kidney, a kidney obstruction. He had to go on the aisle with that. So yeah, I don't know that Carlos Martinez is going to give him much more than two or three innings.
Starting point is 00:20:05 so he would probably be second. Keller, remember at the start of the season, his velocity was way down, and obviously he's the least proven of this group, so he'd be third for me. Bob Bichette took batting practice on the field on Saturday, and we'll repeat that exercise. Apparently, he already did on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:20:24 Sometimes I take these notes very early in the day. Blue Jays manager, Charlie Montoyo, said that Bichette is close to returning, but that he still needs at bats and reps in the field, so you probably shouldn't expect him back on Monday? Scott, would you start? Boba Shett? Probably just in a deeper league. Matt Chapman has been diagnosed with a right hip strain.
Starting point is 00:20:44 He's headed for an MRI, and there should be more clarity about the severity of this strain. Come Monday morning again, that is Matt Chapman. So pay attention to the news on him before you set your lineups for the week. The email of the day from Ben. He actually sent this in for our mailbag podcast, which we're actually going to record right after.
Starting point is 00:21:05 this one. But I wanted to make sure we answered this because his lineups are going to lock and he is in the playoffs. So this one's from Ben. Playoff start for my 14 team head to head points league this upcoming week. We can start a max of eight starting pitchers per week. After my top four studs, I can only start four out of the following five. Which one should I bench or drop? Dylan Cease at the Pirates? Dane Dunning, who is either at the Pirates or at home against the Tigers, Tony Gonsolin against the Houston Astros, Tariq Scouble at the St. Louis Cardinals, who, don't look now, Scoobel has had two pretty good starts in a row.
Starting point is 00:21:46 Dakota Hudson against the Reds. Which one of those would you bench, Scott? I think, given that it's a points league, I would start Dakota Hudson, and that would make the low guy for me, Tariq Scouble, who, yes, did have a very good start over the weekend. Six innings. 78 pitches, it was the most he's thrown in a start,
Starting point is 00:22:10 which, you know, is still a low number. If he wasn't super efficient, obviously he wouldn't have gotten the six innings. I don't know that they're ready to let him go 90 plus yet. I don't know. So he gave up one run on two hits in six innings, six strikeouts, 14 swinging strikes. You know, it was a good start for Scooball against the twins,
Starting point is 00:22:26 especially. It wasn't, like, it was the first start where afterward I could at all see starting, him the next time, you know? And it wasn't like 10 strikeouts in six. Like it wasn't quite enough to a race to overcome the mediocrity when you have such good alternative. So the four I would slot in, especially given the matchups. I mean, Dylan Sees at Pittsburgh. Actually, he should be in line for two starts, Dylan Seas, Pittsburgh and Detroit, I think. So that's even better. Definitely.
Starting point is 00:23:01 Dan Dunning at Pittsburgh, Tony Gonsland versus Houston, and Dakota Hudson versus Cincinnati. Those would be the four I started. And Dakota Hudson on Sunday at the Cubs, five endings of three-run ball. He has now allowed three runs or less in five straight starts. So Hudson has looked pretty good.
Starting point is 00:23:21 And he's a solid option for points league. I think he's a very similar player to like Brad Keller, for example. And the way that the Reds have been ice cold, I think it does make sense. to start Dakota Hudson in a points league over Tariq Scouble. Another email that I just wanted to update people on because we looked into the offense at Oracle Park last week on Friday's podcast, and a couple of different people emailed this in and tweeted at us,
Starting point is 00:23:43 and I really do appreciate it because these are some of the tidbits that you can really only get if you are watching the Giants or listening to their radio broadcast and you can pick up on little things like this. And this one came from Ray West. He said, the seven arches in right field have always been open to the promenade on McCovey Cove. They are one of the cooler features of the park because you could watch the game from there without a ticket
Starting point is 00:24:08 or watch batting practice before the gates opened. This year, the arches are closed off. Not sure why. Maybe a COVID thing. It was discussed by the broadcasters during one of the first games of the season. They were astonished by how the ball was carrying. It was evident when Dwayne Kiper called a fly ball that seemed to be routine and it carried out
Starting point is 00:24:26 to right field for a home run. So this is just a very interesting kind of addition to our look at Oracle Park and how offense has been up this season. And I think something, I don't know how accessible it will be to get this information next year, but it would be nice to know that
Starting point is 00:24:41 heading into draft season because then, you know, if those, if that's closed again, then that means it's probably going to help hitters heading into 2021 and it will downgrade pitchers a little bit, Scott. So I thought that this was really interesting and a couple of different people pointed us, pointed this out to us, which I appreciate.
Starting point is 00:24:59 Yeah, yeah, they seem to be. Giants fans obviously who were watching the game and heard it on the broadcast. It's apparently come up a few times. But that would be more transformative than the slight amount they moved into fences. And so it makes sense. It does make sense to me that we're seeing more offense based on that. It also sounds like if it is such a cool feature for fans, I would suspect it won't.
Starting point is 00:25:30 carry over into next season and this will just be a one year blip. But, you know, it probably depends somewhat on how strongly the players voice a preference there. And we'll just have to wait and see. But hopefully, hopefully it is discussed over the off season because there really has, like, I tried Googling it when the first person tweeted it out and I just couldn't find anything written about it, you know? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:25:57 So it sounds like other than on the broadcast, it hasn't been to. discussed much. Let's head back to the waiver wire here, Scott. Talk about a few hitters from the weekend that could be available in your fantasy baseball leagues out there, a mix of names. Some players who might be available in some 10 or 12 team leagues and then also some names that you can look at in deeper leagues. Edwin Anconasioen hit another home run on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:26:21 He is hot. And you know what happens when Anconasio gets on a roll. He's one of these guys that could just hit. He could just hit a bunch of home runs at once. But the problem is the White Sox only have five games this upcoming week. He is 63% rostered. Rowdy. Roddy.
Starting point is 00:26:38 Tales, it's not his real name. Rowdy Telles. Three straight games with at least three hits. Two home runs during that span. He has an 804 OPS against left-handed pitching, which I found interesting because he's a left-handed batter. And that means he's holding his own. He has 19% rostered on CBS.
Starting point is 00:26:55 Randy Arosa Rana, a name that we brought up last week. He had three hits and a double-donged. on Sunday. Again, a name that I am definitely interested in five outfielder leagues, deeper leagues. Andrelton Simmons, multiple hits in six of his last eight games. It's not really hitting for power, but the batting average
Starting point is 00:27:12 has been there for Andrewton Simmons. 30% rostered, six games this week with three of those in Colorado. Joey Bart, multiple hits in three of his last five games. He is now batting 265, 52% rostered. And then DJ Stewart, who is a former prospect,
Starting point is 00:27:28 former top-ish prospect for the Baltimore Orioles. He had four hits over the weekend, including three home runs, 2% rostered. Scott, Ancarnacion, Rowdy Tellez, Randy Rosarena, Andrelton Simmons, Joey Bart, and DJ Stewart. Where is the interest level on these names? The only one it's high on is Bart because potentially impact offensive player at a position where there's been no offense. So it's kind of surprising he's as available as he is.
Starting point is 00:28:02 I have him in my top 10 catchers rest of season, so probably need to make a play for him if you're not satisfied with your catcher's situation. I might have some interest in Tellez. I mean, the power seems legit. He's struck out at only like a 15% rate this year, which is great. But he literally plays just against right-handed pitchers. So that limits his usefulness. Aeros Arena
Starting point is 00:28:27 seems like there's going to be a playing time issue there though he did Homer twice on Sunday it was only his third time starting I believe in the last six games yes third time and six so obviously unless he earns more playing time by getting hot
Starting point is 00:28:44 it doesn't sound like he's going to be particularly useful either yeah Simmons we know that's a low impact bad he's always made a lot of contact so he'll have stretches where he gets a lot of singles like he is right now. But that's pretty low on performer at what's become a star-studded position.
Starting point is 00:29:02 Yeah, I'm a little more interested in Routi Thales. I think the injury to Tiasca Hernandez might actually help Routi Teles get in the lineup more consistently, maybe even against left-handed pitching. So 19% rostered on CBS, Routi-Tales. The Blue Jays play six games this week. So, you know, again, there's three teams with eight games.
Starting point is 00:29:22 That's the Tigers, the Rangers, and the Cardinals, and then nine, there's three teams with nine games. That's the Phillies, the Oakland A's, and the Miami Marlins. So I don't know if you want to play the, you know, how many games does this player have game for fantasy this week? But it's something that you do want to keep in mind. Scott, you mentioned Joey Bart, the name that you're probably most interested in,
Starting point is 00:29:44 would you in a one-catcher league drop Gary Sanchez for Joey Bart? Not quite there yet, but I could understand if somebody is. Gary Sanchez just All he does is strike out and then hit the occasional homer That's how things have been going for him this year And Like if you drop him
Starting point is 00:30:07 Somebody's going to pick him up Because there just aren't enough Good catchers to go around Might as well take a shot on the upside I think I'd stick with him But I wouldn't blame anybody who didn't The pitching waiver wire A little bit more interesting
Starting point is 00:30:24 than some of the hitters, at least for me, that stood out from the weekend. And we can run through this list. Trevor Rogers at the Tampa Bay raise on Sunday, six innings, three runs, 10 strikeouts. He is just 10% rostered going up against the Phillies this week. Dean Kramer. Yeah. True story, Scott let out one of those yelps before we started recording,
Starting point is 00:30:48 and I was like, that was awesome. You need to just randomly throw one in the middle of the podcast. That's the second time I've ever done. attempted the Kramer, yeah, in my life. The first time was with you just before the start of the show, yeah. Oh, man, I'm having an internal debate right now. Should I say what I am thinking, or will people hate me for it? Ooh, no. What do you think I should do, Scott? I think you got to say it now. I assume that's a Seinfeld reference. It is a Seinfeld reference. Okay. I've seen maybe like three episodes of Seinfeld in my life. Yeah. And I don't.
Starting point is 00:31:27 I have not enjoyed it. There was, since he was going up against the Yankees in this start, Dean Kramer was of the Orioles. There was a Kramer-Frasier matchup in it. And I was just like, I was taken back to the early days of lockdown when people kept coming out with these TV character brackets, you know, Kramer versus Frazier. And Kramer ended up slicing him up like Dr. Van Nostrand.
Starting point is 00:31:55 So it all turned out. well for Dean Kramer, who just allowed one hit in these six innings against the Yankees, a very Ian Anderson-like debut, seven strikeouts. For a guy who two years ago in the minors let all minor leaguers in strikeouts, Dean Kramer did. Really good curveball, especially. That's what he's known for anyway.
Starting point is 00:32:21 It is a nasty curveball. Yeah, yeah. And the fastball isn't particularly high velocity. but it's at least the scouting report say it has a high spin rate. I haven't seen actual data on that yet. But a couple words of caution. I mean, obviously he's not like a big name prospect. He wasn't on top 100 list.
Starting point is 00:32:41 He was 10th, I think, according to baseball America, in the Orioles system coming into the season. Dean Kramer was, I think some list had him as high as like sixth. But, you know, we're talking second, third tier prospect, not top tier guy, despite him leading the minors and strikeouts two years ago. took a step back last year statistically at AA. He only had eight swinging strikes on his 88 pitches, less than a 10% rate for getting those seven strikeouts,
Starting point is 00:33:08 and he only threw 53% of his pitches for strikes, which is not a good percentage. So just keep that in mind. Anytime a pitcher turns in this kind of start in this season and, you know, has any... there's any inkling of potential there. I think it's probably worth a flyer. You can never have too much pitching help.
Starting point is 00:33:34 But just kind of temper expectations here a little for Kramer as compared to some of the others who came up and had great debuts like Ian Anderson and Tristan McKenzie. Scott, where would you rank Seinfeld on the sitcom, greatest sitcoms of all time? I think number one. I think I go ahead of the office. I never get tired of watching it.
Starting point is 00:33:59 I know you love the office. I do love the office. And Seinfeld number one, huh? I love Parks and Rec. I love a lot of sitcoms. But I think I'd go Seinfeld number one. Yeah, it never gets old. I can rewatch it constantly.
Starting point is 00:34:20 And it never fails to entertain me. Interesting. All right, well, if anyone needed another reason to dislike me outside of, of all the movies that I haven't seen, all the classics. I also have not seen Seinfeld. And I don't really want to watch it, so there you go. Kegan Aiken, also in Orioles prospect, was pretty good over the weekend.
Starting point is 00:34:42 Five and a third shutout. Three hits, four walks, and eight strikeouts against the Yankees. 16 swinging strikes on 91 pitches. Justin Dunn, going up against the Rangers on Sunday, six innings, two runs, four strikeouts. That is three straight quality starts for Justin Dunn. Therick Scuba, we mentioned. He was at the Twins on, I believe it was Friday. Saturday. It was Saturday. Six endings, one run, six strikeouts. That is now two solid starts in a row for Scuba. Seth Lugo was going up against the Phillies on Saturday. Five innings, eight strikeouts. One run allowed.
Starting point is 00:35:18 He got up to 81 pitches, so slowly getting stretched out. Still 64% rostered, but the strikeouts were very interesting to me for Seth Lugo. Dane Dunning on Friday against the Royals. two-thirds, three earned four walks. Not used to that from Dunning thus far. 14 swinging strikes, still very good. Justice Sheffield bounced back, seven innings two runs. Tony Gonselin, we mentioned. Davy Garcia, we mentioned as well.
Starting point is 00:35:42 And then T.J. Anton, who is a pitcher for the Reds on Sunday against the Pirates, five innings, one run, six strikeouts. This guys, I don't know what it is. It's like a slurve. And, you know, rest in peace, but just watching it, like I actually thought of, like, Jose Fernandez a little bit when I saw this. It was like, this is a sweeping slurve pitch for T.J. Anton And a 96 mile per hour fastball, 11 swinging strikes on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:36:07 So Scott, I got a bunch of names here. We got to figure this out. We got to sort this out. Trevor Rogers, Dean Kramer, Kegan Aiken, Justin Dunn, Tarek, Stubel, Seth Lugo, Dane Dunning, Justice Sheffield, Tony Gonselin, Davy Garcia, and T.J. Anton. Give me your three favorite from that group. Oh, we got to include Gonsolin, even though he's my pickup of the week.
Starting point is 00:36:31 Actually, scratch that. He was your waiver-wire pickup of the weekend. You're three outside of Tony Gonsoling. All right. Okay. Well, I've got to have to go four even beyond Gonsolin. So forgive me. Forgive me.
Starting point is 00:36:45 But I'm going four. I will go Trevor Rogers one because it's three good starts in a row. Obviously six innings this time. That was the first time we've seen him go that length. and he delivered 10 strikeouts. Really good fastball. We know that the change-ups been really good for him, too, getting most of his swings and misses on that pitch.
Starting point is 00:37:05 So good minor league record, kind of like Kramer, and that doesn't have a high prospect standing, but the minor league track record, some impressive numbers down there. So Rogers is one. Kramer's two hasn't been around as long. Shoot, I got to start over. No, there's a lot of names, and they're all pretty interesting. That's what makes this tough.
Starting point is 00:37:29 Okay. Because I, yeah, I forgot Dane Dunning was here. I'm not backing off of Dunning. All right. It was a disappointing third start, but he still got the 14 swinging strikes on 88 pitches. The walks run characteristic. Super favorable scenario with all those central matchups.
Starting point is 00:37:45 So Dunning is one. Two is Seth Lugo, who has just transitioned so perfectly into the starting role here. up to 81 pitches in this start, and the strikeouts have just been coming like they were in, like when he was pitching in relief. Well distributed, the swinging strikes among four pitches,
Starting point is 00:38:08 like definitely looks like a starter's arsenal. So I think this is going to go very well for Seth Lugo. I think he's a must. Trevor Rogers, then third, Dean Kramer, then fourth. I don't want to miss my chance to talk about T.J. Anton, though, because... Very interesting.
Starting point is 00:38:27 here. Now, he wasn't much of a prospect coming in either. Barely made the top 30 for the Reds coming into the season and you look at the minor league production. It's not very good. But the scouting reports made him to be a guy who throws 93.
Starting point is 00:38:44 He's been throwing 95 in the major. So it seems like he's gotten a velocity bump. Also, scouting reports don't really talk about his slider. You mentioned it reminded you of Jose Fernandez seeing it. It's actually the pitch he throws most often.
Starting point is 00:39:02 So in between gaining some velocity, it looks like, and maybe developing a better pitch than he ever had before, I think we can kind of throw the scouting reports out the window for T-J-A-N-O-N-O-N-O-N-E. And that's spelled T-E-E-J-A-N-Y. That's T-J-J-J-N-E. I think we throw the scouting reports out the window. He spent most of the season in relief for the Reds, but
Starting point is 00:39:29 23% swinging strike rate, you know, really good. Like league leader type is like 16%. Right? And he's got a 23% swinging strike rate on the year. A batting average against of like around 160.
Starting point is 00:39:47 Like you just, you go to his stat cast page and it's just red. Like upper percentile of everything. And that probably goes down if he sticks in a starting role, but it still shows there is definitely talent here to work with. If he can stick in the rotation. And, you know, right now they're going six-man
Starting point is 00:40:05 because of double-headers and stuff. Maybe he's able to bump Descliffeani. But he would be fifth on the list for me. I'm really intrigued by that potential for T.J. Anton. Okay, so let's just remind people. You had... Dane Dunning was number one.
Starting point is 00:40:21 Dane Dunning one. Seth Lugo number two. Trevor Rogers. Even Seth Lugo should be number one. come to think of it, but we'll keep going. Trevor Rogers is third. Trevor Rogers three, Dean Kramer, four, T.J. Anton, five. And somewhere in the middle of that, Tony Gonsalindwood's slot.
Starting point is 00:40:39 Probably third. All right, so look, there's no shortage. There's a lot of interesting pitchers, and I will just throw out Justin Dunn. He's still walking a lot of guys. Not getting a ton of strikeouts, but he is at Arizona this week. So in a deeper league, if you just need a pitcher to stream, I don't hate it with Justin. and done, the diamond backs are without, they are without Starling Marte now.
Starting point is 00:41:02 So I think that they are an offense that you can attack. But lots of, lots of interesting names, especially regarding the pitchers on the waiver wire. All right, let's take a quick break. When we come back, I have fringy pitchers who bounced back over the weekend, studs being studs. I have studs being duds. Some weekend leftovers, some bullpen notes.
Starting point is 00:41:20 We'll do that here. Fantasy baseball today. Welcome back to fantasy baseball today. some fringe starting pitchers who either bounced back or stayed hot over the weekend. What do we do with these guys? Are we starting them heading into week eight? Let's find out. Randy Dobnack, bounce back on Friday against the Tigers. Five shutout with four strikeouts. He is going up against Cleveland this week. Starters sit.
Starting point is 00:41:42 Def, probably start him. I don't think he's must start if you're somebody who has a great pitching staff and don't need to bother with a Randy Dobnack, but I think he's a safe start. Rich Hill. Let's cue the Undertaker gift here, back from the dead on Sunday against the Tigers. Five innings, two runs, five strikeouts. He is also against Cleveland this week. What do you think, Scott? It's a fine matchup, and so I could understand starting him if that's just where your needs are.
Starting point is 00:42:11 But five whiffs in this game, and a swinging strike rate for the years like around, I think it's less than 6%. It's kind of scary. So I'd rather not have to start Rich Hill. Well, what about Garrett Richards, who was at the Oakland A's this weekend? Seven innings, three runs, nine strikeouts. He's going up against the San Francisco Giants this week. That is, Garrett Richards.
Starting point is 00:42:35 Very impressive start from Richards. I'd hoped he would have these kinds of starts back when the season was beginning. His previous three addings he combined for four and a third innings. So I'm hesitant to plug him back in. based on this one outing. All right. Is he back? Is Matthew Boyd back?
Starting point is 00:43:00 He's staying hot on Friday. He was at the Twins. And he actually started off this game allowing, I believe it was back-to-back home runs in the first inning, which... It feels like he's done that three different times already this season, which is crazy. But against the Twins, Matthew Boyd,
Starting point is 00:43:13 six innings, two runs, zero walks, eight strikeouts, 17 swinging strikes, seven on that change-up, which he has been using more, and four on the slider. Scott, would you start Matthew Boyd this week? And I should have wrote down his matchup, but I didn't.
Starting point is 00:43:27 So I'll find it for you while you talk about Matthew Boyd. Yes. I think, I know it's a good matchup. He's in my top 10 sleeper pitchers. I think it's the Brewers. Yes, he's going up against the Brewers. The Brewers offense is terrible. Has been this year anyway.
Starting point is 00:43:44 So, yeah, I mean, three good starts in a row. The change up coincides with his increased use of the change up. He did allow two home runs in his most recent starts. It was the only damage he allowed. So, you know, that's always a potential concern for Boyd. But it seems like he's... It seems like he's really settled down with increased use of that change-up. So I think he's...
Starting point is 00:44:08 I think he's somebody had gamble on against the Brewers. Sean Mania was at the Padres on Saturday, five innings of one-run ball with five strikeouts. He averaged 92 miles per hour on his fastball in the start, which was a season high, the first seven starts. He averaged just 90.1 miles per hour on the fastball.
Starting point is 00:44:26 Sean Mania has allowed two runs or less in four straight starts. He doesn't go very deep into his starts, however. He is at home against the Astros this week. What do you think, Scott? Sean Mania. Yeah, all four of them,
Starting point is 00:44:39 I think five innings, maybe one was five in a third. And that's still a matchup I'd consider on the tougher side. So I'd rather not start Mania. I noticed the velocity increase though too. That's encouraging. We'll see if he can keep that up.
Starting point is 00:44:56 Sandy Alcantara bounced back at the Tampa Bay raise this weekend, six endings of one run ball with eight strikeouts, 65% rostered. So might actually be available. This week he is at home against the Phillies, starter sit Sandy Alcantara. I don't want to say start
Starting point is 00:45:13 because I'm not eager to start him, but I don't think it would be such a bad situation if you had to start him. Like two of his first, like obviously the first start came at the very beginning of the season before he got put on the IL. But, I mean, two of the three, he's looked fantastic. Getting more, missing more bats than we saw him do the first couple years in his career.
Starting point is 00:45:37 And we know he's a good ground ball pitcher. So he may be on the verge of turning the corner here. It's just we have so few instances that we can point to. Zach Davies was at the Oakland A's on Friday. Seven shutout innings. I don't know how he does it. He throws like 88 miles per hour. He is using his changeup and his cutter and board this season.
Starting point is 00:45:58 Again, that is Zach Davies. He is at home against the Colorado Rockies this week, starter sit. I'd sit. It's pretty much a perma sit for Davies, except maybe in a two-start week in a points league. I don't trust it at all. I do think he's made some changes to his arsenals that have made him better.
Starting point is 00:46:21 I just don't trust that he's this good. And last but not least, your boy, you keep defending him. Does that mean you're going to get him in the lineup? Hermann Marquez, he is at home in Corse Field going up against the Angels this week, Scott. Start or sit? It's not an automatic sit. But I'd like to have somebody better that I can start. The Angels this season against right-handed pitching have the fifth high-handed pitching have the fifth high.
Starting point is 00:46:54 I guess Wobo. And it's in Coors Field. Yeah, I mean, I would try to get them out, but I've made my feelings about Hermann Marquez known to this point in this season. Studs being studs, pitcher edition from the weekend. Jacob de Grom against the Phillies on Sunday, seven innings with 12 strikeouts. His ERA is 1.69.
Starting point is 00:47:14 35 swinging strikes, which apparently, if I read this correctly on Twitter, is tied for the most in a game ever. Probably since, like, they've been recording swinging strikes, but Jacob de Grom is on a different level. You Darvish as well over the weekend, seven innings of one-run ball with 11 strikeouts. Scott, who do you think wins a Cy Young
Starting point is 00:47:32 in the National League? Jacob DeGromm or you Darvish? I've heard Max Fried mentioned in that discussion too. I think DeGrom and Darvish are definitely better. I say that as a Braves fan. I think probably Darvish wins if the season ends today, but I think there's enough time left
Starting point is 00:47:52 that DeGrom passes. him because the guys won two Sy Youngs in a row and this is the best version of him we've ever seen. He has just been unbelievable this year. His stuff has been better than ever. And like it's so rare to see a 30 swinging strike game, obviously 35 setting the record or tying the record there. He's had two 30 swinging strike games in a row.
Starting point is 00:48:19 It just, it even sounds crazy. Like just saying it out loud, Jacob de Grom is fantastic. Spoiler, we're going to record another podcast right after this, a mailbag where we're going to do a first-round mock draft for 2021. I'm interested to see which pitcher goes first off the board. Is it going to be Jacob de Grom or Shane Bieber? You're going to have to listen to that.
Starting point is 00:48:40 I'm very interested. Also over the weekend, some studs being studs. Dylan Bundy against the Astros, seven innings of two-run ball with eight strikeouts. Shane Bieber on Sunday, only five innings, but 10 strikeouts. Lucas Gielito at the Royals on Saturday. Six innings, three runs. Nine strikeouts.
Starting point is 00:48:58 Luis Castillo bounced back on Friday at the Pirates. Six innings, two runs, eight strikeouts. Corbin Burns at Cleveland continues to dazzle. Six innings of one-run ball with seven strikeouts. He is at Detroit this week. Love that matchup. And then Adam Wainwright, I don't know if the guy is a stud, but he's pitching like a stud.
Starting point is 00:49:15 So I put him in this category. Another quality start on Saturday. Six and a third. Two earned runs. two runs or less in five of six starts, and he's got at least six innings in five of six starts as well. Is there anything you wanted to add to these names here, Scott? Bundy, Bieber, Gielito, Castillo, Burns, and Wainwright from the weekend.
Starting point is 00:49:34 I wonder if Wainwright is becoming... I don't think he's going to become a stud again, but I wonder if I've been too dismissive of him up until now because the strikeout rate is low for the season. It's been better as last three-star. He's, I think, over a strikeout per inning, his last three starts. And his swinging strike rate for the season, it's by far the highest of his career. And this is a guy who used to be a perennial Cy Young contender.
Starting point is 00:50:05 So he may have figured out something new here that explains why he's enjoying this late career renaissance. you know, he's still worse than everybody else on this list. But he may be somebody you can count on down the stretch. Yeah, if you added Adam Wainwright a couple of weeks ago for whatever, a two-star week, you might have found a gem on your hands here. The old man, Adam Wainwright, getting it done. Studs being studs hitter edition, Marcel Azuna. Three more hits on Sunday, including his 13th home run for RBI.
Starting point is 00:50:40 Paul Gulchman, a three-run homer off John Lester. he is now batting 327. That probably changed since I wrote this down. Dom Smith, four hits on Sunday, three RBI. 327 batting average with an OPS over 1,000. Dom Smith has been fantastic this season. A. E. E. E. Hennio Suarez, a triple dong on Saturday. The batting average still very low, but just like that,
Starting point is 00:51:00 he is up to 12 homers and 27 RBI. Ronald de Cunia was back, Scott Manchin earlier in the show. He hit four home runs over the weekend, and J.D. Martinez, two hits, and a homer on Saturday. as well. Sorry, Scott. I'm not going to give you the opportunity to talk about those names
Starting point is 00:51:16 because we have a lot more to get to. Studs being Duds. Austin Meadows went over four with three strikeouts on Sunday. He is batting 220 with a 694 OPS. Would you start him this week that Tampa Bay Rays are playing
Starting point is 00:51:28 six games? I think so. I think so. I can understand how maybe in a three outfielder league if you were just had way too many good outfielder's, he might be the odd man out. But in a normal situation, I would start Meadows.
Starting point is 00:51:44 It's funny you bring that up because in our podcast listener league, I have Michael Kinfordo, I have Randall Gritchuk, I have Fran Mulraeis, I have Austin Meadows, and I have Alec Bome. Would you start Bome over Austin Meadows this week? Nine games? I think so. I think so. Though I got to say, Bome had the hat trick with the strikeouts on Sunday.
Starting point is 00:52:10 He has nine strikeouts to know. walks in his last three games. So, Bomes ratios suddenly look a lot worse. But I still think I've seen enough positive from him that in a week where the Phillies have the best matchups for hitters,
Starting point is 00:52:26 nine games, like you said. He feels pretty automatic. Patrick Corbyn was at the Braves on Sunday. He allowed five earned runs with four walks over five and a third. His ERA is now 4.34. He goes up against the Braves again this week, Scott.
Starting point is 00:52:42 Would you start Patrick Corbyn? I probably would, but I'm getting... I'm getting kind of concerned here. His velocity's down this year. The swing and strike rate is still good, but it's also down. Strikeouts are down. His XERA, which is the stat cast ERA estimator XERA, so it takes into count more quality of contact.
Starting point is 00:53:12 It's over five, his expectations. expected ERA. Now is real ERA is over four. So not all hope is lost here. It's not a Madison Bumgarner situation, but like there's some discouraging trends here for Patrick Corbyn, a guy who is 31 years old.
Starting point is 00:53:34 Yeah. Especially going up against the Braves too. Like the Braves' offenses all of a sudden mashing again. Everyone is healthy. Acuna. Who's mashing without Acuna? Right. Like, Adam Duvall.
Starting point is 00:53:48 They hit three home runs. I don't know how many home runs Marcel O'Zuna had this week, but it was a lot. Yeah. Gansby Swanson. That's tough, man. Like, if you have a stacked pitching staff, you only need to start five pitchers. I can see a team where you are not starting Patrick Corbyn this week. Brandon Woodruff, seven earned runs over his last two starts.
Starting point is 00:54:09 Hasn't been quite the same recently. He is going up against the Cubs at home this week, Scott. Would you start Brandon Woodruff? of there. Yeah, his biggest problem is just he keeps
Starting point is 00:54:20 running into trouble around the fifth inning. So he's not pitching deep into games like we saw him do
Starting point is 00:54:28 last year. He was, he was really establishing himself as an innings eater last year. The pitch
Starting point is 00:54:36 counts always kept them low. I don't know if it means there's not enough diversity in his arsenal. And so,
Starting point is 00:54:42 you know, you get to the second or third time through the lineup and you start giving up some hits. But the stuff is the same as last year. The swinging strike rate about the same. The strikeout rate about the same. So I'm inclined to hold the line with Brandon Woodruff, even though there have been a lot of early hooks recently. All right, for the rest of these names, Scott, just tell me whether or not you would start
Starting point is 00:55:06 these players heading into this week. Chris Paddock. Talk too much. Nah, it's just the weekend's crazy, man. There's always so much to get to. And there were a lot of really interesting waiver wire names too. So, all right, let's power through. Chris Paddock is going up against the Giants at home this week. He allowed four earned runs again in his most recent start. Would you start him? It's been wildly inconsistent, but I would.
Starting point is 00:55:31 Framber Valdez on Sunday against the Angels. Blown up. 11 hits, eight earned runs. He is at the Dodgers this week. Start or sit, Framber Valdez. I would start him, even though it's the Dodgers. He had 10 run runs in his previous six starts. Keep that in mind. Even after this outing, it's a 320 X-FIP. And I think three of these eight-urn runs, he gave up in the eighth
Starting point is 00:55:59 inning when Dusty Baker let him come out for the eighth inning. So that's partly on Dusty. I think you let it slide this outing. It is worth mentioning the Dodgers have struggled a little bit more against left-handed pitching this season. Jack Flaherty was at first. the Cubs this weekend and allowed three runs over two and two thirds only 69 pitches we just start them against the Tigers
Starting point is 00:56:24 this one looks like a blip too and obviously that matchup is fantastic so yes Pablo Lopez allowed five runs to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday he is also at Atlanta this week a team that is number one in weighted on base average against right-handed
Starting point is 00:56:41 pitching starter sit Pablo Lopez it's not an automatic sit for me but I would hope I had better options. All right. Some bullpen notes from the weekend. Scott, you tell me, I'm going to just run through some stuff and then you tell me what matters most and
Starting point is 00:56:56 who you might be trying to add if you are still desperate for saves at this point in the season. Gregory Soto blew a save on Friday in a one-run game. And then Jose Cisnero blew the game on Saturday with Soto pitching in the seventh inning. So not really sure what's going on with the Tigers. Tyler Rogers had a save on Sunday. with Tony Watson pitching in the 8th,
Starting point is 00:57:18 and that was the exact opposite on Saturday, where Tyler Rogers pitched in the 8th, and Tony Watson got the save in the 9th. Trevor Rosenthal also had a save on Sunday. Drew Pomerant's pitch in the 8th. This is Trevor Rosenthal's first save as a member of the Padres. Yoshihara had the save for the Mariners on Sunday, but did allow a home run to Ronald Guzman.
Starting point is 00:57:39 Felix Pena, who I was gushing over last week, came into the seventh inning on Sunday. Sunday, up 5 to the 5-3, promptly allowed two runs. I believe he also had an appearance where he gave up three runs this weekend. Ty Butchery was used in the ninth inning on Sunday with the Angels up 9 to 5. And then Kevin Ginkle, once again, used as the closer for the Diamondbacks on Friday. He looks like the guy 7% rostered. So the Tigers, the Giants, the Padres, the Mariners, the Angels, and the Diamondbacks bullpen.
Starting point is 00:58:15 Scott. biggest takeaways well by far the best option here is Trevor Rosenthal who we had a suspicion would take over as the Padres closer there hadn't been an opportunity for them to put it to the test yet
Starting point is 00:58:28 and the first time there was they used them 77% rostered so not sure you can do much about that anyway I think okay so Felix Pena so he gave up runs today you said
Starting point is 00:58:44 or no butchery pitch the ninth with a four-run lead and Pena had the day off. So it was... No, Pena did pitch. You're right. Two run runs. Okay, yeah.
Starting point is 00:58:54 That probably takes Pena out of the running. Man. I'm trying to figure out who among this group. Like, it's just... Yeah, Pena allowed runs on Saturday and Sunday. It's probably Kevin Ginkle. Mm-hmm. Second priority here.
Starting point is 00:59:13 Just because there are no alternatives. It's like even Yoshi Hirono for the Mariners. A save instead went to Johann Ramirez on Saturday. So I'm not sure how firmly Hirono has that, a grip on that role. Ginkl, we all liked him coming into the season. And, you know, he's been terrible this season. The numbers look bad, but they need a closer, and they seem like they're counting on him.
Starting point is 00:59:42 So he's probably up there. I'm not ready in deeper leagues to give up on Gregory Soto yet, since the snareo came in and blew to save the very next day. A guy by the name of Brian Garcia got the save for the Tigers on Sunday, but it was a situation where they came back from behind late, and I think probably Soda needed a day off anyway. Soto's young enough that a rebuilding team like the Tigers, it seems like they'd want to establish someone like that in the role,
Starting point is 01:00:17 and I still think the numbers look good overall. And it wasn't like a super ugly blown save. So I still think Soto could land in that job if it's a league where saves are scarce, and you don't want to give up on a potential save source. All righty. That will do it for our weekend. Recap. Good luck to everybody heading into week eight of your fantasy baseball leagues. And reminder that tomorrow's podcast that you're listening to,
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