Fantasy Baseball Today - What's Up With John Means? ADD-O-METER & Schedule Analysis (8/18 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Episode Date: August 18, 2021

What is going on with John Means (2:40)? Can we drop him? Logan Webb looks like a league winner (8:28). What about Vladimir Gutierrez and Huascar Ynoa (8:28)? ... News and notes (15:55). Chris Bassitt is recovering from a line drive off his face, George Springer went to the IL and we have a bunch of superstar updates. ... Let's fire up the ADD-O-METER for names like Frank Schwindel, Daniel Lynch, Reynaldo Lopez and others. ... What do we need to know about rest-of-season schedules (40:25)? How many home games do the Rockies have? ... Jordan Montgomery, Sandy Alcantara and Marcus Stroman all racked up a bunch of swinging strikes Tuesday (42:43). ... We wrap up with leftovers, bullpens, and streamers (48:40).  'Fantasy Baseball Today' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Castbox and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Follow our FBT team on Twitter: @FBTPod, @CTowersCBS, @CBSScottWhite, @Roto_Frank Join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/fantasybaseballtoday Sign up for the FBT Newsletter at https://www.cbssports.com/newsletters/fantasy-baseball-today/ For more fantasy baseball coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Subscribe to our YouTube channel: youtube.com/FantasyBaseballToday You can listen to Fantasy Baseball Today on your smart speakers! Simply say "Alexa, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast" or "Hey Google, play the latest episode of the Fantasy Baseball Today podcast." To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Now here's Frank Scott, Chris, and Adam. John means meh? Welcome into Fantasy Baseball today on Wednesday, August 18th. Frank Stamphill joined by the infamous. Scotty Dubbs, Scott White. What is up, Scottie? I missed you. Infamous.

Infamous. I never know. Do you go with infamous or famous? Because you are kind of famous. Well, I don't know. Am I good or bad? I'd be infamous. You know, do I bring joy to people or do I bring suffering?

Is infamous a negative connotation at all times? I think it can be used kind of sarcastically. like, you know, the way you used it, I've heard used before. Now, you don't mean it's literal meaning. Yeah. This is a bad thing I'm introducing. But, you know, he's just kind of, he has a certain attitude maybe that makes you want to call him infamous. I don't know that I have that attitude necessarily.

Let's just go with famous. That's fine. The famous. Whatever. I'm not famous either. You're famous compared to me. I'm just a guy. You're a guy.

I missed you, Scott. We didn't talk for a whole day. How you doing? I mean, I probably talk to you more than anyone else on Earth. I had this thought a couple weeks ago, actually. Like, because, you know, how often do you really, like, converse with your spouse or your very young children? I mean, I don't have any of those.

They're around. You exchange words with them, but have prolonged conversations. Not often enough, I'd say. Yeah. But probably often enough with you. Yeah, no, that's, you're definitely up there for me too. It's like, I'm not looking, I'm not talking to anyone face to face very often. I've got too many group chats.

The texting is going off all day long. Anyway, today on the podcast, we've got, a lot of times we do the drop o meter. Let's do the addometer. I've got a lot of questionable players right now that I need to figure out where are we adding these guys for the stretch run? And speaking of which, rest of season scheduling, I know some people have asked about this, who has the best remaining schedules, who has the worst remaining schedules, how many games of the Rockies have left in Corse Field.

We'll talk about that. Wednesday recap and much more. But first, it appears the magic has run out for our guy. John Means. I don't think that he means business anymore. He was at Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Four innings pitched. Eight hits, seven runs.

Four of those were earned. Two more home runs allowed. He did have seven strikeouts to just zero walk. So you like to see that. 11 swinging strikes on 92 pitches. I had people in the Twitter mentions saying, The sticky stuff. He doesn't have the sticky stuff anymore. He can't pitch. The spin rates look fine. They're down a little bit, but it's nothing compared to what we were seeing from Garrett Cole

and Corbyn Burns a couple of months ago. So I don't really think that's it. Scott, what do you think is going on with John Means? How worried are you? Can we drop him? I think those are all questions we have to answer. Yeah. So I first want to point out that I don't think John Means has changed over the course of this season, I think the issue here is our failure, and maybe in particular my failure, maybe this is what makes me infamous, my failure to set realistic expectations for John Means,

because, you know, he threw that no-hitter early on, was having some early success, and I hyped him a lot leading into the season and was enjoying the attention it gave me. You know, it's hard for anybody to say, separate what you think will happen from what you want to happen, you know, especially when what you want to happen is happening and what you think will happen isn't happening, you know? Yeah.

I think I'm pretty good at it generally, but I'm flesh and blood. And, you know, I saw this crazy high fly ball rate for John Means, much higher. or let me put it differently. Not so much fly ball rate because fly ball drives, that gets sticky. But crazy low ground ball rate, let's put it that way. Crazy low ground ball rate for John Means. What would be the lowest ground ball rate in all of baseball if he had enough starts to qualify? I saw that.

I noticed it. I didn't like it. I noticed its impact on his ex-fip. X-FIP was well over four, even when he was pitching well earlier this season. but I hoped he would be an exception to the rule. I hoped he would be one of those exceptions that maybe his fly balls would be so hit so softly that it actually ends up being a good thing

that so many balls are put in the air against him as opposed to the negative thing it typically is. But since coming back from the I.L., John Means has allowed nine home runs and six starts. He was rolling in this start. I, you know, through into the fourth inning, I saw he had a bunch of strikeouts, he hadn't allowed to run yet.

I'm like, oh, thank goodness, I recommended people start John Means for these two starts this week. But then it all fell apart because he allowed five of the six runs, and not all of them weren't, by the way, but five of the six runs he allowed came on two home runs.

Yeah, I don't think he's changed. I think on days when he can keep those fly balls from leaving the yard, he's still going to be pretty useful but it's going to be hard to predict when that is the fly ball rate is caught up to me and I should also point out the ground ball rate

it's only like 30% this year that's how low it is it was like 43% last year so this wasn't an issue that came up last year but you know overall John Means is still throwing much harder than he did early in his career he still has a better swinging strike rate than he did early in his career

he's still one of the best strike throwers in all of baseball, really good at avoiding walks. And so that's going to lead to, in the long run, I think, a good whip. But, yeah, those home runs are an issue. Those home runs are an issue. So I've moved him outside of my top 60 starting pitchers now. For me, that's not quite to the point where I drop them. But I can see why others might.

I mean, it's not so far above that dropable threshold that I think it's crazy to drop him or anything like that. Yeah, you mentioned how many home runs he's given up since he's returned from the IL, those six starts, a 6.10 ERA that's after his start on Tuesday. The swinging strike rate is down around three percentage points. And I think you hit the nail on the head, Scott. Like, there was always going to be regression. He had a 2.28 ERA before he went on the IL.

That came with a 4.0 4x-fit. So given as many fly balls as he gives up, and pitching in Camden Yards, especially in the American League East, I mean, there was going to be natural regression there all along. So regarding John Means. I mean, that's the worst place for a fly ball pitcher to pitch. Exactly. Basically, every division is hitters parks versus hitters parks.

Four of the six divisions of baseball, more or less even out. The AL West is particularly pitcher-friendly, and the AL East is particularly hitter-friendly. So, yeah, not a good division for John Means to maximize his potential. Would you drop John Means? You mentioned outside your top 60, he's not a must-drop player. But if someone like Josiah Gray or Tristan McKenzie were available, would you drop means for either or both of those?

McKinsey or who was the other one? Josiah Gray. So I have him ahead of both of those two. I have means ahead still. But again, it's not unthinkable to drop him for either. I think Josiah Gray would be the one I'd be more interested in between him and McKinsey. but me personally I'd probably stick with Means just a little bit longer.

Well, would you drop John Means for your oh my goodness gracious player of the night? Oh my goodness gracious! Who is that player? That player's Logan Webb. Logan Webb, I was also very fond of prior to this season, though I came around more in spring training when there was a lot of hype building around his change-up.

The change-up hasn't been the difference maker for him. but he's been awesome nonetheless. He's been awesome nonetheless. Another great start for him. This one was against the Mets. Seven and a third innings, two earn runs allowed, eight strikeouts. He is now allowed two earned runs or fewer

and all eight of his starts since returning from the IL. His ERA is now below three. His ex-fip, as I've pointed out, for him recently, is just above three, it would be a top five ex-fip if he had enough innings to qualify. Logan Webb, he's become

Framber Valdez-like in that he's an extreme ground ball pitcher who nonetheless strikes out more than a batter per inning. You don't find that combination very often. Except unlike Framber Valdez, he doesn't have these glaring control issues. So I am very high on Logan Webb now. I've moved him into my top five.

50 at starting pitcher ahead of some names that might surprise you. If he's still available in your league, go get him and plan on starting him most every time out. Okay, so here we go. I move Logan Webb ahead of Carlos Carrasco,

Jungen Ryu, Kenta Maeda, Kyle Gibson, Zach Gowan, Sonny Gray. I want Logan Webb more than all of them. So pick him up if he's still available. The only name that, well, two names stood out to me there. Junjin Ryu, I kind of get it because he's been bad for now. Really like, we're going on two months now where he's been not great.

But Kenza Maeda's been pretty damn good since he's returned from the IL. And again, that's been kind of, I've probably close to a two months span now too. So Maeda's one that stands out there, but I mean, he laid it out. Logan Webb, he does everything that we want. About a strikeout per inning, good control, a ton of ground balls. And when we talk about comparing him to Franber Valdez, think about Framber Valdez from last year, the good Framber Valdez.

Yeah, you know, Framber Valdez is still universally rostered or close to it. So I don't know that his, I don't know that his star has fallen that much. But yeah, I mean, that's what I'm getting at, is what was good about Framber Valdez is also good for Webb, but with the addition of maybe,

we won't see the control come back to bite him the way we have with Framber Valdez recently. And Webb is 86% rostered, so this would have to be pretty shallow leagues, but if you play in a 10-teamer and you still have John Means, it's a move that you can look to make. I'm going to just marry all these starting pitchers together because I had some shallow league starting pitchers I wanted to mention along with Logan Webb. And I wanted to include Vladimir Gutierrez, who was up against the Cubs, six in a third, nine hits, two runs, seven strikeouts on Tuesday. He has five straight quality starts, and that includes a 2.02 ERA. His ground balls have been on the rise. So we were worried about Gutierrez

because it gives up a lot of fly balls in Great American Ballpark. That is a recipe for disaster, but 44% ground ball rate or higher in four of his last five starts. So that is encouraging when it comes to Gutierrez. And then Wascari Noah made his return to the mound. He was at the Marlins, five and a third shutout,

three hits, one walk, only four strikeouts back to his old ways, really just fastball and slider. They accounted for 94% of his pitches. I was surprised to see that he's already rostered in 74% of CBS leagues. So how would you, who do you like more between Gutierrez and he Noah Scott? Would you drop John Means for either of those?

Oh, definitely Noah. I probably wouldn't drop means for him. But I think they're basically in the same range. Yeah, I was very encouraged by Noah's return here. Granted, it came at the Marlins, so, you know, obviously not the toughest test. But it's important to remember this was a nobody coming into the season. This was not really a prospect on any real level. Didn't have much going for him looking at the minor league track record.

So it was shocking and suspicious how well he was performing earlier this season. I don't mean suspicious in the way he was doing something. like he was doing something wrong or something, just suspicious in that it doesn't seem likely he could keep this up. So for him to be, to disappear for three months, right, it was about three months,

and then come back doing basically the same thing, throwing that slider 50% of the time, and nobody can seem to square it up. Very encouraging. Gives me a lot of hope that he can maybe sustain something close to what he was doing before he got hurt in the first place. so you know it's pretty close to must-ad at this point I would say I still have a lot of concerns about Goodyeras

I mean I pointed out I pointed out that for John Means the fly ball issue the ex-fip what it suggested and the reason I cite ex-fip so often is because eventually for all but a few exceptions eventually it has it has it has its say.

And we're seeing it for John Means now. Vladimir Gutierrez's ex-fip is 524. That's about as bad as it gets. So, you know, I liked him as a sleeper pitcher this week because he's on this quality start streak and had two great matchups.

And look, he came through for the first one, so that's great. But even if, you know, the ground ball rate's been slightly better lately in four of five starts, I just, I don't find that particularly compelling yet. So overall, I'm not that motivated to pick up Vladimir Gutierrez. All right.

So we're ranking them Logan Webb, Wascarinoa, and then Vladimir Gutierrez. And the only one we're dropping... The only one we would drop for is Logan Webb. We would drop John Means 4. All right. Before we hit the news and notes, fantasy football today, draft prepping for charity month supporting St. Jude is underway. Throughout the month, the FFT crew will have various eBay auctions.

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News and notes from Tuesday, scary scene in Chicago as Chris Bassett got hit in the face with a line drive 100 mile per hour, of velocity on that line drive. Manager Bob Melvin said Bassett received stitches for a cut below his right eye and is undergoing a scan for fractures. He was conscious, so really good to hear there regarding Chris Bassett, who has just had a fantastic season.

So thoughts and prayers with Chris Bassett. George Springer finally lands on the IL with that knee sprain. He was batting 318 with 11 home runs and an 1133 OPS in the second half with the Blue Jays. any interest in Corey Dickerson in the short term while Springer's out? Very low interest level. Have to be a deep roto league, I think. Yeah, I don't blame me that. I don't think he plays against left-handed pitching either.

It's just exposure to a really good lineup, but again, it's Corey Dickerson. And I saw, let me see, let me double check this. I saw somebody mention it here in the comments on YouTube for a live stream that Kevin Smith is being called up. I'll double, I'll look into that. I shouldn't just rely on something a commenter says. I'm sure it's a very smart commenter. That's probably just a bad policy.

Just go with whatever they say. So I'll check that while you move on to the next thing. We had a few superstar updates or players that should be superstars this season. Some of them, a little questionable. Mike Trout took part in pregame work on Tuesday. It's the first time that Trout has been spotted doing on-field activities in about a month.

Joe Madden had this to say. When he does go through these kinds of movements, you have to wait until the next day to find out how he feels, and then you plan your next step. So we'll see how Mike Trout is feeling tomorrow. Mookie Betts is on track to resume baseball activities on Thursday. Shane Bieber tossed another bullpen session on Tuesday

about 25 pitches. It's the second bullpen session that he has thrown since landing on the IL back in mid-June. It continues to only throw fastballs to the, this point. So maybe we see him mid-September, last couple of starts, but we're going up against time here, Shane Bieber, if you want to help us out down the stretch. You Darvish has resumed playing catch. He went on the IL this past weekend. Francis Gouldendor faced live pitching on Tuesday against Noah Cindergarde, actually more on that in just a second. Chris Bryant was scratched

Tuesday with mild hamstring tightness. Dylan Carlson went to the IL with a sprained right wrist. our guy, Lars Newtbar, was in right field on Tuesday. Scott, any interest in the Newt Bar? No. No, not really. We've seen him get a chance already for the Cardinals. I am kind of interested in Kevin Smith here.

So I've confirmed, yes, it's being reported that he's being called up by the Blue Jays. Now, he's more of an infielder, but obviously they have some versatility in their infield. And Kevin Smith himself has made a couple appearances in the outfield. he's having a huge year at AAA. 286 batting average 19 home runs, 16 stolen bases and 82 games,

a 947 OPS. The strikeout rate isn't alarming. And he's walked a lot too. So a 25-year-old who doesn't really show up high on prospect rankings, but this is the second time in three seasons, four-year span, obviously, because there wasn't a season last year, that he's put up huge numbers like this, particularly the power speed combo.

And it'll be interesting to see how much playing time he gets. Because, you know, Marcus Simeon is a free agent this offseason. It seems like if the Blue Jays let him go, Kevin Smith could factor into the picture next year if he makes a strong impression down the stretch. I'm interested in him. Not saying you need to pick him up in 12-team leagues, but put Kevin Smith on the scout team.

He's 1% rostered. I guess like AL only, maybe in some deeper dynasty or keeper leagues. You can kind of take a speculative stab at Kevin Smith of the Blue Jays. And you mentioned that. It reminded me that yesterday, Jose Barrero got called up for the Cincinnati Reds in a corresponding move with Jesse Winker going on the IL. Obviously, that's very unfortunate because Winker's been awesome this season. Jose Barrero is somebody who's played shortstop,

a little bit of third base in the minors as well, and he was crushing it between AA and AAA, has some power, has some speed, and he hit a home run in the futures game too, which these are just the best prospects going up against each other. Game was in Corse Field, so obviously it's great park to hit him, but it was a mammoth home run. So he's another name, just pay attention.

I don't know how he figures in. I don't think he's going to play for the Reds, but... Yeah, the plan isn't for him to start right now, though, I mean, he's a higher-end prospect than Kevin Smith is. He's Jose Barrero. If you're not familiar, he used to go by Jose Garcia, which I just realized that was the same guy a couple weeks ago. It's just an embarrassing admission, but nonetheless,

he's like, who's this Jose Barrero guy? Where did he come from? And what happened to that Jose Garcia guy? Anyway, he's obviously the red shortstop of the future. Great defenders. Bat's really come around this year. And, you know, Kyle Farmer's going to slow down eventually. And if Barrero heats up at the same time,

certainly seems like that switch could happen. Don't be talking bad about my guy, Kyle Farmer, Scott. I picked them up in a lot of places. Jose Barrero, just to put some numbers there for you, 303 batting average, 17 home runs, 15 steals, a 9-10 OPS between AA and AAA this season. So remember the name Jose Barrero. Clayton Kirshaw played catch on Monday

and we'll continue to do so for a few days to see how his injured forearm responds. His situation is still up in the end. He might not return until mid-September, and even when he does, it might be as a reliever. Yasmani Grandal's rehab has been moved to AAA. He's 79% rostered for those of you in shallower one-catcher leagues. Austin Gomber was placed on the paternity list, which means he won't start on Wednesday against the Padres. He'll likely start later this week against the Diamondbacks, which is a better match-up, so that works out. Trevor Rogers was transferred from the bereavement list

to the restricted list on Tuesday. He's been away from the team for two weeks while dealing with an undisclosed private matter. Wishing the best for Trevor Rogers and his family. Obviously, we don't really know what's going on, but it's pretty severe. Luis Severino is still waiting on a second opinion

on his right shoulder, but will not throw for the remainder of this week. Speaking of the Yankees, both them and the Red Sox, sent down Luis Heel and Tanner Hauke, who made starts during the double header on Tuesday, and Heel, he was solid. wasn't as good as he has been, but four and two-thirds shutout, four strikeouts. He starts his major league career, 15 and two-thirds, scoreless endings to this point.

Scott, are you holding on to either of these guys? I don't know why the Red Sox don't just keep Howk in the rotation. They move Richards to the bullpen. It seemed like it made sense, so are you holding on to either Halk or heel? More likely, Halk, though I'd like to see him pitch deeper into games. I think there's more reason to be optimistic about Halk. and I think essentially the rotation spot is his. That was the point of moving Richards to the bullpen.

They're just taking advantage of, you know, it's a little, it's a little a ruster rigamarole going on there, sending him down, calling him back up, taking advantage of off days, players going on and off the I.L. I think that's what's happening with Hauk. And if I could trust him to go five innings more consistently, he'd be pretty close to him less dad for me. Heal, you know, it's nice that he still hasn't given up an earn run.

We did see the control issues finally pop up in his third major league start here, the ones that have afflicted him throughout his minor league career, especially this year. So, you know, and with Jordan Montgomery and Garrick Cole being back. You know, it helps that Luis Severino suffered a setback. I doubt this is the last start we've seen from Luis Heel, but there are, there's more. more pitchers to overcome for him than there are for Hauk. I believe that's the second time in the past week that you've used the word

rigamarole. Yeah. I like the alliteration there, roster rigmarole. I think that's going to be a phrase I use a lot going forward. So I hope you like it. I like it. Every time you say it, it reminds me of Rick Roll. So the famous Rick Astley, never going to give you up.

Yeah, so keep using it. And then I'll just sing that song in my head. Manager AJ Hinn said he's very, Optimistic, Akil Badu will return from the seven-day concussion aisle. Sometime this week, the Tigers are targeting their August 27th through August 29th home series against the Blue Jays for Matthew Boyd's return from the IL. The Blue Jays seem like a perfect matchup for Matthew Boyd to return to. Ryan Malkassel was activated off the IL Tuesday, was hitting cleanup for the Orioles.

He is 78% rostered for those in shallower leagues. Joe Ross won't pitch again this season, but will not require Tommy John's surgery. Noah Cinderguard faced hitters in a live batting practice session on Tuesday. Lindor was one of those. The Mets have already stated he'll return as a reliever at some point this season. We're going to take a quick break when we return the addometer next on fantasy baseball today. Let's fire it up. Time for the ad o meter.

A lot of times we're talking about the drop o meter. Let's stay positive. Talk about players that we want to add. We'll give you a number. One to 10. 10, obviously a must add one. We're not adding this guy anywhere. And along with that, Scott, why don't you tell us the depth of the league that you would add any of these players in, if you want to add them.

Frank Schwendell does it again. Two for four with a double and an RBI. He's now betting 320 with a 973 OPS in 24 games. This season, he's 15% rostered. The addometer. I did include him in the latest edition of Waver Wire or the Monday edition. So it's not zero. would put it maybe at a four.

Okay. Not really a 12 team league ad yet, I would say, more of a, you know, deeper than 12 teams. But I'm pretty interested here. High fly ball rate, fairly low strikeout rate, and a guy whose minor league track record is very strong. Now, I mean, it's 29 years old. So you would expect a guy in his late 20s who's still playing in the minors to put at big numbers in the minors, I guess.

But there have been a couple springs, a couple spring trainings in the past where Frank Schwendell you know, kind of did it up, kind of lit it up. So I'm it's nice to see him get this chance and it's nice to see him make good on it. I'm not confident it'll last that long. But

I think there's enough of a possibility that, you know, I wouldn't mind picking them up if I had a roster's about to play with. Yeah, I don't think we're there 12-team standard leagues yet, but if you play, even in a 12-team Roto League, if you need a corner infielder or a utility bat, I can see maybe adding Schwendell there because usually the waiver wire there is a little bit more scarce. So he's hot right now. I think probably deeper than 12-teamers, but maybe some

roto leagues if you do need some pop in the lineup. Daniel Lynch up against the Houston Astros debated making this guy my, oh my goodness gracious player, because it's a pretty damn good start. seven innings pitched, one run, three walks, five strikeouts, 11 swinging strikes on 98 pitches. The swinging strikes don't blow you away, but the Houston Astros are a team that really does not swing and miss all that much. Five starts since returning from the IL for Daniel Lynch. 2.38 ERA, only 24 strikeouts over 30 and two-thirds innings pitched.

A swinging strike rate over 12%. He's 22% rostered. It looks like he might have two starts next week. He's, they're going with a six-man rotation, but the Royals do have seven games next week. So that would be at Houston and at Seattle. The addometer for Daniel Lynch. Yeah, that's probably more like a seven.

He's looked a lot better since coming up from the minor. Some inconsistent control, and I'd like to see him put the ball on the ground more. But Kansas said he's a good place for a fly ball pitcher. So maybe that'll work out for him. Obviously, the stuff has played better. You mentioned the swinging strike rate. And it's pretty high.

prospect to begin with. So with four of his five starts since returning, being pretty darn good. I'd say he's up there with like Tuki Toussaint, maybe even a little higher, maybe as high as Tristan McKenzie

as far as my interest in adding him. Nice. Yeah, so if you need pitching help, he's widely available. Only 22% rostered is Daniel Lynch. How about Tyler Anderson at the Texas Rangers, six innings, one run, zero walks, four strikeouts, on Tuesday, 13 swinging strikes on 83 pitches in this start.

In four starts with the Mariners, Tyler Anderson has a 2.97 ERA, but three of those four starts have come against the Texas Rangers. You can't make this stuff up, man. Just start all your pitchers against the Texas Rangers. He's 38% rostered, and it looks like he's going to face the Royals next week, which is actually a pretty good matchup as well.

So the addometer on Tyler Anderson. Yeah. Uh, maybe only like a three. All of his starts since joining the Mariners have been good. This is the first that's actually been a quality start. And, you know, other than preventing runs, I don't feel like he's done anything particularly well. So, you know, he's not going to be able to face the Rangers every time out. I would, I don't mind him as a matchups play next week against the Royals.

That's fine. But I would not put a lot of faith in Tyler Anderson rest of season. season. Did I just give you one of your sleeper pitchers for later in the week? Maybe. Maybe. All right. That'll work. Let's talk about Josh Rojas, who has recently returned for the Arizona Diamondbacks. Three more hits went three for four on Tuesday. And since returning, he is just absolutely lighting it up. It looks like he has 13 hits in 25 at bat. So, yeah, that's a pretty good ratio here. He is 50. 22% rostered Josh Rojasi at Ometer.

I will put him at about a six. It's one of those where, like, any league that uses roto lineups where you have 14 total hitters to start, he probably needs to be rostered. Any league that uses a head-to-head lineup where he only start nine hitters, it's not a definite no, but probably getting squeezed. I think he's about who he's.

he's about what his season line looks like. So not as good as he's shown since coming back from the I.O. He's been very hot, as you point out. But good enough that he's startable at any of the three positions where he's eligible. Yep. Second base, outfield shortstop eligibility for Josh Rojas. He's 52% rostered.

Seven games next week going up against the Pirates and the Phillies. That'll work. That's not. bad there. So I agree mostly in categories leagues, but, and if you're hurting in a points league and you just need a streamer with a good amount of games and some solid matchups, Josh Rojas is a name there. Evan Longoria went three for three with his 10th home run. We know the stat cast numbers. We've referenced them for a lot of the season, though he's missed a lot of the season with injury. They're very good for Evan Longoria. He's 36% rostered. The addometer,

Evan Longoria. I'll go seven with him. I think, as we saw with Joey Votto, there are some underlying changes that have led to him having such impressive stack cast numbers, and I'm hopeful, as with Votto, that the production follows. And, you know, the production hasn't been bad, as it is. It's just he's missed a huge chunk of the season. So he started three games of four since returning.

The Giants have a lot of usable infielders, so that's something that concerns me. I'm not nearly as interested in Longoria if he's not going to be an everyday player, but presuming he is, I think he needs to be rostered in a lot more leagues than he is. He has started three of four games since returning from the aisle, so that's what I just said, Frank. Oh, man.

You're so busy looking it up, you turned off your ears. No, I was actually pulling up third base roster percentages to see if there's anybody we could drop for Evilongoria. You know, I would have said Matt Chatman, but again, this guy is all of a sudden he's hot. So every time we bash this guy, he goes off. Ehuehino-Swarza is 79% rostered. That guy can go.

You could drop him for Evan Longoria. Yep. Brian Hayes, 75% rostered. What do you think? I wouldn't mind it. What about Mike Moustakis? He's 71%. Yeah, I think I'd rather have Longoria.

Isaiah Kinearfelefa? 70%. Give me Longoria. All right. So Longoria, someone that you can look to add. We've got a few more names here. Rinaldo Lopez, they laughed, at me, Scott. They, I don't know who they are, but someone in your Dynasty League laughed at me. The voice is in your head. When I spend $7 on Ronaldo Lopez. But he was very good against the

Oakland A's five shutout, one hit, two walks, four strikeouts, only seven swinging strikes on only 66 pitches. So that's actually a pretty good ratio. He's just fastball and slider now, Ronaldo Lopez. He's ditched a change up, two pitch pitcher, probably going to work out more as a reliever in the long term. But three earned runs allowed over 25 innings pitched. It's pretty good, Scott. He's 14% rostered the addometer anywhere for Ronaldo Lopez. All right.

I'm trying to keep my calibration straight here. I think I'm going to say five. So that's more addable than Frank Schwendell, but less than Josh Rojas. Yeah, I think that sounds about. right. I don't have a lot of faith in Ronaldo Lopez sustaining this as a starter. I mean, generally, two

pitches isn't going to fly in that scenario. As compared to his 108 ERA, he has a 372 X-FIP. Hasn't been a huge bat misser. Generally puts the ball in the air. So, you

could see things going wrong for him pretty quickly. But, you know, I don't mind taking a shot on him. If you need a spark, if he's going to get multiple turns in the rotation. Let's see. Whose spot did he take?

How did he wind up in the rotation here? Carlos Sordaun. Oh, yeah. So he probably won't. All right, I'm lower on my score. It's lower it to three. Sorry about that. You made me feel so good about my Bernal-Lopez.

If he remains in the rotation for next week, it looks like he is scheduled to face the Chicago Cubs at home. So that is a good matchup for those of you in deeper leagues. and I've been intrigued by what the White Sox had been able to do with these reclamation projects the past couple of years. I mean, they got Carl Sordaum back on track, Lucas G. Alito.

Obviously, Dylan Sees was young, so, I mean, he probably just worked some things out on his own. But, man, Renaudela Lopez. I'm intrigued. Three, Atometer. That's fine for now. Eli Morgan, he was at the Minnesota Twins, six shot out with eight strikeouts.

He had 10 swinging strikes on 90 pitches. He has a quality start in three of his. last four starts. The only one where he didn't was obviously the one where I started him in one of my 15 team leagues. So thank you. Eli Morgan or Elijah Morgan on CBS. He is 5% rostered.

It's got Atometer. Anything? Two. He's had two big strikeout games recently, but now with a lot of swinging strikes. Too many fly balls, way too many fly balls. And don't have a lot of faith in our guy, Eli Morgan. This one is from Monday. Anything to see with Stephen Bralt,

five and two-thirds, shot out against the Dodgers. He had four strikeouts in that game. In three starts since returning from the IL, he's got a 1.84 ERA, 0.89 whip. That comes with a 4.10 X-FIP and a 6.57 expected ERA.

According to Stackass. 5% rostered is Stephen Bralt, the addometer. He was decent last year in 11 appearances. 10 starts. He had a 3.30-8 ERA. Eight strikeouts per nine innings.

And I believe, yeah, a high ground ball rate. So home run prevention had a lot to do with it. This was an interesting start, for sure. Only his third start. All of them have been good. This was the first start where he showed bat missing ability. I'd be willing to go as high as

three on Stephen Brawl. Probably thought I was going to say a higher number than that. but I there may be something here. I just don't know that it's worthy of a roster spot yet. Yeah, I would take him over Ronaldo Lopez. I mean, as much as I've talked up, Ranolo Lopez, Brault we know is going to remain in the rotation for the pirates

for the rest of the season. We can't say that for sure when it comes to Ronaldo Lopez. All right, last one here. Would you drop Casey Mize for any of these? Casey Mize, four innings, two runs, four strikeouts on Tuesday. He has gone less than five innings pitched, in seven of his last eight starts.

And we've said you could drop him before. But he's still 79% rostered, is Casey Mines. So would you drop him for Daniel Lynch, Tyler Anderson? I would drop him for Daniel Lynch. I would drop him for Josh Rojas, Evan Longoria. Okay. Are those the three, the main three?

I think so. You know, if it's, depending on the circumstances, is if if, you know, it's a shallow enough league that Mize has just taken up space on your bench and you want to take a flyer on Ronaldo Lopez or Frank Schwendell. I don't think it's the craziest thing in the world.

But I would definitely, just in terms of pure rankings, put Daniel Lynch, Josh Rojas, and Evan LaGorea, all three of those ahead of Casey Mize. And you, I assume you would drop him for Trissa McKenzie? Yes. And Elie is a Hernandez? Yes. And Tuki Toussaint.

Yes. And... Well, by the way, you know, we didn't do a podcast Monday night. He was pretty good. Yeah, he was... It was, what, his second best start, I think. Yeah. I think it was...

Six and a third, two-run, seven strikeouts. Yeah, it was good. Tuki, so nice little start there for the Atlanta Braves. All right, rest of the season's scheduling. I'm not sure how much this stuff actually matters, but that's why we have you here. Scott, the famous, Scott, not infamous. after this week

the Rockies have 21 home games remaining to go along with 21 road games remaining. Their last full week in Corse Field is definitely not week 21 because I'm pretty sure

this is week 21 right now but it's the week of September 21st through the 26th so I think it's like the second to last week of the season that's the last full week of Corsefield action they will go up against the Dodgers

and the Giants So if you want to keep that in mind, I know some people have tweeted at me, oh, the Rockies don't have that many home games left. Well, they have just about as many home games as they do road games. So it's pretty even at this point. According to Tankathon, the five teams with the easiest remaining strength of schedule. And this is a little wonky because it just uses winning percentage, opponent winning percentage.

So do with that way you will. But these are the teams with the five best schedules. The Phillies, the Reds, the Astros, the Blue Jays and Cleveland. So if you're looking to add any of those hitters or pitchers, could make sense. And then the five teams with the toughest remaining schedules are the Padres. The Padres, by the way, they're in like free fall right now.

What is going on with them? Padres, A's, Tigers, Orioles, and the Diamondbacks. Those are the toughest remaining schedules. And if you're just looking for volume, there are only five teams that have 45 games left. every other team has between 41 and 44, so it's not a huge advantage, but I know for points leagues,

I usually like to chase volume. The Blue Jays, Cleveland, the Royals, the Cardinals, and the Orioles. All five of those teams have the most remaining games in baseball. Scott, everything that I just said, does it matter? It's a little early for me to look into it, to be honest. But it doesn't hurt to know it.

Yeah. So go back, rewind about a minute, and write down all those teams with the best and the worst schedules. If we're looking forward to playoff schedules here. And I'm sure we'll do more about that in the next coming weeks. Swinging strike delight. These three starting pitchers had a good amount of those on Tuesday. Jordan Montgomery made his return against the Red Sox. Four and two thirds, three runs, six strikeouts.

He had 17 swinging strikes on 78 pitches against a really good Boston Red Sox lineup. It's got it. it's always been so weird for me that Jordan Montgomery gets all these swinging strikes, but for some reason, he just hasn't been that great. He's, he's mad. He's mediocre.

He's, you know, right around a four ERA, maybe a little bit below that, but he gets a lot of whiffs. Does this matter in the starting against the Red Sox? Doesn't matter that he got a lot of whiffs? Yeah. No, I mean, because as you said,

his season-long rate is good, and his career rate is good. And it's nice that he came back from his absence for COVID and did typical Jordan Montgomery things. You know, obviously this was a tough matchup against the Red Sox, and he didn't embarrass himself in it.

I never have a problem starting Jordan Montgomery, you know? It's, yeah, he's not like a stud or anything, but he genuinely doesn't hurt you. And sometimes he does really well. So I think that's where I put him. He's kind of in that, I guess, like Tyler Malley class. You know, I'd probably put him a little behind Malley.

But that's in terms of how startable he is. That's how I think of Jordan Montgomery. 75% rostered is Jordan Montgomery. He is scheduled to face the Oakland A's next week. And how good are they against lefties? They are 17th and weighted on base average. So it's a nice park to pitching. It's an okay matchup for,

Jordan Montgomery. The other two names, Sandy Alcantara. He was up against the Atlanta Braves, five innings, one run, one walk, seven strikeouts with a season high, 22 swinging strikes on 105 pitches for Sandy Alcansara. This is the guy that we need down the stretch. Oh, boy. His last two starts, 15 innings, one run, 14 strikeouts to just three walks, and his slider usage, I noticed, is up over 33% in each of the last two starts. His sliders usage for the season is 21%. So he is relying on that pitch more, and it has done wonders for Sandy Alcansara.

Sandy Alcantara is like a pitcher after my own heart, I feel like because the swinging strike rate is high, higher than you'd expect, actually, given the strikeout rate. The ground ball rate is high, and he goes deep into games with great consistency. So the three things I'm always harping on. He checks those boxes. Of the 56 earned runs, he's allowed this season 18 have come in two starts.

So, I'm not going to be able to do the math quick enough, but take those two starts out of the equation. One of which was at Coorsfield and one of which was at the Dodgers. I was just about to say one was in Coorsfield. Yep. Yeah. And Sandy Alcantara's numbers probably look pretty amazing. He's as close as you can get. to being a fantasy ace without quite being a fantasy ace.

Yeah, I think he's ranked inside of each of our top 20 starting pitchers and he deserves to be there. There was a lull there where the swinging strikes were down a little bit, but he has gotten back on track, leaning on that slider. Marcus Stroman, he was at the Giants, seven innings, three runs, nine strikeouts, 16 swinging strikes on 114 pitches for Marcus Stroman in this start. He lowers his ERA on the season to 2.84. everything lines up 3.5-4-fip, 3.60 X-Fip. It's been a really, really good season for Marcus Stroman.

Still gets a good amount of ground balls. Not a lot of strikeouts, but he's, it's like a borderline workhorse, I would consider Marcus Stroman. So he's had a very fine season. Yeah, he's been good. I'm kicking myself because I was calling him Alcantara again. It's a pitcher after my own heart, and I can't even say his name right. Alcantara?

It's Alcantra. Yeah, I always get it mixed up because there have been other players that have gone by Alcansara and then Sandy goes by Alcantra. So it's tough, man, sometimes, but you're right. You are right. Some signs of life from these hitters. Jean-Carlo Stain hit his 19th home run over his last seven games.

He's batting 2.92 with two dingers. So nice to see you there. Christian Yelich has eight hits over his last five games. Baby steps, baby. Baby steps for Christian Yelich. And two angels in the outfield. Brandon Marsh has multiple hits in four of his last six games. He's only 21% rostered.

I don't think we need to make any moves here, but definitely an aim to watch, Brandon Marsh. Only has five games next week. And then Joe Adele's first homer of the season is a go-ahead grand slam off of Gregory Soto in the ninth inning. He's batting 231, 29% strikeout rate. It's not egregious. It's obviously much better than what it was last year.

but he also has a 50% ground ball rate. So anything to see here, Scott, with Joe Adele and Brandon Marsh or just watch him for now. Well, definitely, just watch, just watch, just watch, just watch, just watch, because he's been pretty awful overall. Yeah. Yeah, I've been mostly encouraged by what I've seen from Adele since he got called up. The strikeout rate is high, but it's basically right in line with what he was doing at AAA. and obviously he was able to work with it down there.

I think the fear was more that it would get worse at the majors. And so far it hasn't. Not enough games to really tell where it's going to go from here. But I think it's too early to give up on Joe Adele in a five outfielder league. Some Tuesday leftovers. Luke Voigt has three home runs and nine games since coming off of the IEL. He also has 14 strikeouts during that span. Once Anthony Rizzo returns, we do have a potential logjam here.

they could go with Luke Voided, DH, Stanton, Judge, and Gallo in the outfield. Stanton has been playing more recently. In the outfield, Scott, do you think that's what happens? The Yankees like to manage these guys a lot. Yeah, I don't think it's going to be an everyday alignment, no matter what it is. I'm hopeful that judge is in center field more often than not,

which allows all four of those big boppers into the lineup. But I, I'm not confident that's how it's going to play out. I'm just hopeful. Yeah, if I had to make a guess, I would say if they're playing six games in a week, Stanton might sit one out, and Luke Voight might play three or four of the games.

And again, this is once Anthony Rizzo is back. So we'll see what happens, but it's a good problem to have for the New York Yankees. Kyle Hendrix was at the Red's bounce back performance, six innings, one run. Only three strikeouts. He had a 53% ground ball rate in this start, which you like to see.

that has been an issue for him this season. Nick Castellanos went one for four with his 21st home run in 24 games since the start of July. Castellanos is batting 2.14 with five home runs and a 30% strikeout rate. He had an IL stint in there with a wrist injury, so it might be lingering for Nick Castellanos.

I'm not overly worried, but that's probably why. Randy and Rosarina went four for five with a double and two runs scored off of our good friend John Means. Nelson Cruz, he went boom. Boom. Double Dome. Now up to 26 home runs. Cruz since coming over to Tampa Bay, Scott.

He's batting 195 in 20 games with them. His strikeout rate is right around 30%. That was 18% with the Minnesota Twins. But I think regardless, you got to leave Nelson Cruz in there because of games like this. Yeah, I didn't in two leagues. In two of my shallowest leagues, only start nine hitters. Yeah.

I bumped him to stick somebody else in the utility spot. So, kind of regretting that now. Maybe you should have just stuck with him. Austin Riley went two for four with his 26th home run. He's betting 294 with a 903 OPS overall. Just a fantastic season for Austin Riley. Much like to Oscar Hernandez, who hit his 21st home run.

In the second half, he's betting 360 with 10 homers. His fly ball rate has gone from 31% in the first half. to 42% in the second half. So putting the ball in the air has definitely benefited Teoska Hernandez. It has not benefited Alec Manoa,

at least in this start. It didn't. At the Washington Nationals, three innings, six hits, seven runs, six of those were earned. He only had two strikeouts. The slider velocity was down 2.4 miles per hour

in this start, so something to pay attention to... And fastball was down 1.6, I think. Yeah. And the whiffs were way down. Similar to Patrick Sandoval in his most recent... outing and in each case it's just one start. So, you know, they could bounce back and look totally normal next time out.

But something to keep an eye on now that we're in late August, you know, the innings may be catching up to these younger guys. Corbyn Burns at the Cardinals, six shutout with only three strikeouts. The ERA is down to 2.13. He has 175 strikeouts in 127 in 207 innings pitch. Corbyn Burns is awesome. William Wright delivered another quality start. He now has 16 quality starts on the season. He's tied for fifth in all of baseball. Jose Ibrahim went one for four with his 25th home run. He's batting

317 with seven home runs in August. Bryce Harper hit his 22nd home run. His OPS is nearing $1,200 in the second half of the season. And then the Padres hit three home runs in a four-batter stretch, which included Fernando Tatis hit his 34th home run. Jake Croninworth hit an inside the park home run. He's now up to 18. He's been great. by the way. Like, we barely talked about him because he's just, he's just going along, doing his thing, Jay Kronoworth. 3.2 fantasy points per game

is tied for six, both at first base and second base this season. He's the 60th overall player in Roto. Jake Kronoward is, so. I just thought of this, but he kind of feels like the new Ben Zobrist, right? Where he sneakily delivers

a lot of fantasy points at a variety of positions. Yeah, I'm going to go with that comp. Ben Zobrist. And that's no slight, because Ben Zobras had some really awesome seasons back in his heyday. And then the other home run was Tommy Fam, who hit his 13th. It was a 486-foot home run in Cores Field. We obviously didn't have a podcast yesterday, but I did want to mention a few Monday standouts.

Garrett Cole made his return against the Angels, five and two-thirds, one run, nine strikeouts. Velocity was fine. Spin race were fine. He had 16 swinging strikes. So status quo there for Garrett Cole. a double dong for Brandon Lau, who's now up to 28 home runs, and an 835 OPS. Chris Bryant also had a double dong. He's up to 21 homers.

He was out on Tuesday with a hamstring injury. We had a sock in the shoe for each of Bradley Zimmer and Luis Robert. It was really Luis Robert's breakout game since he's returned. But I've brought up Bradley Zimmer a few times, Scott. Anything yet? Any interest? No. Nope.

All right. Not going to happen. Bradley Zimmer, it was his fifth home run and his ninth steal of the season. And then Joey Votto, shout out to the guy. He joined Johnny Bench as the only two Reds players in their history to have 2,000 hits and 300 home runs. The call to the pen some bullpen updates from Tuesday. The Yankees, Jonathan Loisiga, had a two-ennings save in game one of their doubleheader.

It was his fifth save of the season. Chad Green got the save in game two. He also got the save on Monday. So he has two of their last three. saves, I'm telling you, every game that the Yankees win, there is a save opportunity. It's, it feels like this has been the case for the past two weeks. It's, every day, it's a different guy getting a save, but Chapman should be back soon. If he's not, Chad Green looks like the guy for now. For the Braves, Will Smith got his, oh, no, Scott? I'm not sure about that, but it's probably

irrelevant. Like, Chapman could literally be back any day. Right. For the Braves, Will Smith got his 26th save for the Tigers. I mentioned Gregory Soto. entered the ninth with the game tied. He gave up six runs, including that grand slam to Joe Adele. For the Royals, Jake Brent got his second save. He is a left-hand of reliever. Scott Barlow was used in back-to-back games before Tuesday, as usual, the Royals. Kind of a mess with their bullpen and their closer usage. For the Mariners, this was kind of interesting. Diego Castillo was using the eighth inning to face eight, nine, and one in the lineup for the Rangers. Paul Seawald comes in the nine to face the heart of the order,

gets his fifth save of the season, 28% rostered. What are you thinking here, Scott? I'm thinking you should pick up Paul Seawald. I mean, the way Scott's service has managed his bullpen all season, and certainly since Kendall Graveman was moved,

I don't have a ton of confidence, Seawald's going to get the next save chance, but I do think he's the most talented reliever in their bullpen. I don't think Diego Castillo is really in the saves mix because I think only one of his appearances since joining the Mariners

has been in the ninth inning all have come earlier than that so you know I actually speculated in Tuesday's bullpen report a column I do semi-regularly that Drew Steckenrider was looking like the frontrunner for saves

and he worked the seventh inning in this game so I can't say for sure who will get the next save. I think it's least likely going to be Diego Castillo, and at this point, Seawald's looking... I mean, Seawald, I want just for the ratios anyway, if it's a Categories league. So if he starts

getting saves too, I mean, yeah, that's... That would be pretty exciting. For Cleveland, James Carincheck was using the eighth inning, as usual. And Emmanuel Class A got his 17th save. For the Brewers, Josh Hader got his 24th. The Cubs, Cody Hire.

Hoyer? Cody Hoyer. Why did I say it like that. Cody Hoyer, two-ennings save. It was his first save of the season. Three different Chicago Cubs relievers have saves since Craig Kimberle left. So, it's kind of gross. This game snapped a 12-game losing streak for the Cubs. Yep. Their last save came in their last win. So, you know, they don't have much left after trading everybody away. And I would be surprised if any Cubs reliever you picked up got more than three saves. The rest of the way. I think you'd be pretty lucky to get that many for many Cubs reliever. For the Giants, Jake McGee was unavailable. He's been used a lot recently. Harleen Garcia,

got the first two outs in the ninth inning. Then Dominic Leone came in for the final out. It was his first save of the season. Tyler Rogers was used in the eighth. For the Diamondbacks, Tyler Clipper got his third save. He did give up a run. He's 15% roster. The Diamondbacks are a pretty bad team. I'm not overleaks. Look, if you need saves in deeper leagues, sure, go out and add Tyler Clippard, but...

The thing is, like, they have no one else. Right. That's even worth considering for that role. So I'm more interested in Clippard than anybody in the Cubs bullpen or anyone in the Orioles bullpen or the Royals bullpen. But, yeah, I mean,

they're obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel at that point. And the Dodgers are currently in the ninth inning. Dodgers. They're up four to two. Kenley Jansen is in for the save. He just gave up a lead-off double to Yoshi-Sutsugo. We are probably not going to be around for the end of this game because it is taking forever. What a long game. Dodgers and Pirates there. To stream or not to stream, we'll start with Wednesday. Tyler McGill at the Giants, Marco Gonzalez at the Rangers. Mike Fultenevich versus the Mariners, Rangers Suarez at the Diamondbacks, and Jesus Lazardo versus the Braves.

going to go with Ranger Suarez at Arizona. I'm very excited about him. He went past 80 pitches in his last start, so hopefully he's ready to go at least five innings here with this great matchup. But Marco Gonzalez at Texas, he just threw a complete game against them last time, so that's not bad either.

And if I had to pick a third, it would be Tyler McGill at San Francisco. Yeah, I agree with that. So McGill, I don't feel as good about, obviously. San Francisco, they're a pesky bunch. For Thursday, Patrick Sandoval at the Tigers, Dane Dunning versus the Mariners, Zach Thompson at the Reds,

Michael Waka versus the Orioles, Mike Minor versus the Astros. Obviously, we keep telling people to add Patrick Sandoval, but I throw him in here because he's only 66% rostered. Oh my gosh, come on, guys. I mean, he didn't help his cause last time. It was, his stuff was down, as I mentioned earlier in the podcast,

but it was to this point an isolated incident. So at Detroit, I think that's a pretty easy play. Patrick Sandoval. Not loving these others here. If I have to pick one. No, don't do it, Scott. I don't know what you think I'm going to do.

Zach Thompson? Whatever you're about to do, just don't do it. Just don't do it because they're all bad? Yeah, these are bad, man. So if you need one, it's Patrick Sandoval. I mean, I guess super desperate, Zach Thompson, but in Cincinnati, do not love that. We're going to wrap the air for Scott. I am Frank. Thank you all for listening and watching Fantasy Baseball today.

We'll be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye.