Swanson Monster Day, Worry-O-Meter & Trade Candidates! (6/25 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Welcome to the fantasy baseball today podcast from CBS Sports Got a fantasy question email fantasy baseball at CBSi.com Get ready to win your league Now here's Frank Scott and Chris what's up and welcome in to fantasy baseball today on Thursday June 25th I am Frank Stample. He's got white today on the show. I pointed that way it's supposed to be that way He's got white today on the show Warrior on the third day Thursday seven players six being pictures got one hidden there four trade candidates in Fantasy not players. I think we'll be traded in real life But two players you might want to buy two players You might want to sell right now and then dance be swatzing just had one of the best fantasy days of all time We'll get into all of it and let's start with the players of the night brought to you by stitch fix If you're like me and close shopping isn't your thing stitch fix has you covered get $20 off your first order at Stitchfix.com/baseball How about Dan's B. Swanson Mike if there was ever a My goodness gracious player the night Scott or day or day and night. It's this guy Hmm. Yeah, Dan's base swanson a huge day Split between two games it's worth noting that the meds had a double header Against the Cubs. I don't know why I said the meds first when swanson's a cub, but it was double header and Between the two games he drove in 11 runs In all he went five for nine had two home runs both of those came in in game one Two home runs a triple a stolen base It brought his batting average up to two oh two So finally finally over the Mendoza line his dance be swanson here after Gosh the last time he was he finished a game batting over 200 was May 10th So like a month and a half ago. It's been a rough it's been a rough time for swanson this year, but It's not just isolated to this day to these two games in the double header on On on Tuesday, right? Yeah, Tuesday Swanson went two for three with a home run into double had four RBI in that game So in the three games set against the meds. He had a total of 15 RBI three home runs and You know final game with the previous series two for three with a double so He's now had a stretch here of four games where He's gone nine for 15 with three home runs two doubles a triple a stolen base and Of course all those RBI 15 of them so He was due I think it's fair to say given how bad his numbers looked before then Given how bad they look even still now But for as much as he was struggling I Never got the impression that he was Like like that this was the end for dance be swanson that he was broken that he he He had Decline to a point where he couldn't get back to being the player. We've known him to be in fantasy I mean the exit velocity readings basically where they've always been both average and max The plate discipline at least in terms of walks and straggots better than ever The biggest issue seems to be that his barrel rate is very low By far the lowest of his career or I not of his career, but lowest since 2018 2018 Yeah, and that's There is a strong correlation between barrel rate and how a player actually performs It's not the stickiest number. It's certainly not the stickiest number over the course of the season I've often said that barrel rate It to me is a reflection of just how well a player is going how hot he is and obviously dance be swanson and be very cold but the more core Aspects of his profile as a hitter were intact and so it seemed inevitable to me that there was going to be a resurgence at some point a four game stretch or a massive double header isn't enough to say it's happening But if it were to happen this is kind of the how the start of it would look and so I'm hopeful right now that dance be swanson is turning the corner That he is going to be of some value in fantasy shortstop being in such a weak position I don't know how many people are out there holding their breath on a dance piece wants to turn around but certainly a roto leagues where you have that extra middle and field spot to fill He could be he could be of He could be of real use to you. Did you mean to say shortstop is a weak position Scott or did you mean to say strong position strong position? I think I think I meant to say deep position right and the assinance got me. Yeah, so there There's definitely a lot of high-end talent That's been a lot of injuries at the shortstop position as well, but we know it is a position that it is loaded with a ton of talent here and yeah digging in it's really just His contact profile is just out of whack this season if you look at his expected robot on contact this year 307 is a is just an abysmal mark last year it was 442 the year before that it was 392 for his career It's 399 MLB League averages 369 again his 307 entering today So basically his contact profile was just all jacked up his line drive rate has been way down this year fly ball rate is up a pop-up Surrop and sometimes that happens to major league hitters where you know it could take a half a season or you know in this case a month where he's It's been terrible to kind of you know figure things out and get back on track So and he's kind of a metronome for fantasy - right like you know what to expect year in and year out It's he's gonna hit around 240 he's gonna eat you around 20 homers probably 15 to 20 steals Gonna play every day because he plays really great defense for the Cubs So I I didn't really have doubts that we would get there But if you still think he's going to get there his batting average just being at 200 that means he's probably gonna hit something like 272 80 the rest of the way that's not a guarantee but if you think he'll get to his normal 240 mark Then he's probably gonna hit pretty well the rest of the way and this could be the start of that so Yeah, I mean Chris likes to say that you know you don't You don't count on that correction app. I forget how Chris puts it exactly, but you don't count on the correction happening like That additional those additional batting average points to compensate for the lag earlier on you just count on him hitting his normal amount the rest of the way 240 But even then I mean you're not going to um If he's just normal dance be swatzi going forward that's a win Yeah, you know obviously there's no undoing what's already happened. There's no point in And obsessing over that because you can only worry about today forward and fantasy But I also wanted to stress That it's really just the batting average where he's fallen short because we're about halfway done now We're slightly less than halfway, but let's just say for simplicity say we're halfway done with the season Well, dance be swanson now has 11 home runs. He has 10 stolen bases. He has 47 runs. He has 46 rb i So he's on a 2020 90 90 pace right which is fantastic and You know kind of what we're used to saying actually on the higher end of what we're used to seeing from swanson But to be fair the batting average that he has thus far he has deserved it's a you know 195 expected batting average so he has deserved that to this point that barrel right but yeah, I do think uh that His overall bad at ball distribution will kind of even out as the season goes on here He's 67 percent rostered so he's available in some shower shower leagues and obviously You can't get the production that he just put up You can only get what he gives you moving forward. Uh, there are four short stops that are rostered In more CBS leagues just ahead of swanson right now Brian rocio Jose Caballero Brooksley Xander Bogart's they don't all play shortstop but they're shortstop eligible Would you take swanson over any or all of those names again rocio Caballero Brooksley zander Bogart's Yeah, I like swanson more than all of them and I will Comment as I update my rankings for the first time in a week If you look there now you'll see I had swanson ahead of all of them even prior Yeah to this huge performance this this big series All right my player the night is gonna go to I think for I don't know the second or third start in a row Gage jump another strong start here at the giants five shut out innings nine strikeouts to one walk Not as dominant as the last time out but look nine strikeouts to one walk you'll definitely take that 11 whips on 97 pitches here fastball continues to play up very well had six of his 11 whips on that fastball Pretty normal pitch mix and velocity in this start for gage jump. Just just wanted to highlight once again He's made six starts He is pitching for the athletics, which is you know obviously not a great environment home ballpark to pitching Uh, but so far he has a a 204 ERA and a 0.96 whip. He's right around a strikeout per inning. The control has been okay so far. And okay. I'd say it's been phenomenal. 68% strikes in this one. 68% strikes overall. That's two point six walks per nine is what I was looking at. Yeah. Yeah. But I mean, he's been a strike thrower of, it doesn't get much higher than 68%. You're 70% you're basically leading the league. Last two starts. It's 12 shut out in 16 strikeouts to four walks here. Four gauge jump 78% rostered. So could be out there in a few shallower leagues. Just wanted to highlight the matchups for next week's God. Are you? Are you definitely going to use gauge jump? Two home starts in Sacramento again. Tough Park to pitch in. He gets the Dodgers and the Marlins. So kind of jekyll and hide matchups there. What do you think about a gauge jump in those matchups? Yeah. Since that second one's against the Marlins and with the kind of run he's been on. I imagine everyone will use them. I mean, at points leagues, it's no contest because the at least in CBS at least in CBS points leagues. Points leagues actually can vary a lot to determine based on the exact scoring and even the default scoring on different platforms. I talk a lot of times how it's the more forgiving format for pitchers and that there's a less damage can happen from a disaster start in points leagues than Roto. That's not exactly true in every single point league. But CBS, you know, I work for CBS. I write for CBS. So I default to that format and in that format, it's an overrainer. But since we're talking about gauge jump, one of the hottest pitchers in Bayes-Bonds is one of those matchups or is actually pretty good. I think everybody's going to start and regardless. I do think some regression is inevitable here. He is. And that's partly why I brought up how good he had, how good of a strike thrower he's been. This is, this kind of, goes back to something Chris and I were talking about earlier in the week where when a guy is pitching as well as jump is and it's often reflected in how many strikes he's throwing or how well he's locating to be more precise about it, how precise he's been with his pitches. It's hard to know how sustainable that is when there's not much of a track record and when it's going to end. Just looking at jumps history in terms of strike throwing in terms of walks, he had a stretch in the miners last year. I kind of referred to this the last time we talked about it. We talked about it and going to specifics. He had a stretch in the miners last year. Yeah, it was a four-starth stretch early last season where he had one total walk and then he walked a bunch of guys for about a six, seven-starth stretch and then he went back to walking nobody again. He's going through a stretch here with great control but he hasn't proven that he can sustain that he's at his core that kind of strike thrower and I think once that slips up the fact that he's kind of just an average bat misser, it's going to come back to bite him and particularly in that home environment there could be some rough patches here for gauge jump. I think he's an asset. I think he's a good pitcher in fantasy but if somebody thinks they have the next chase burns on their hands or let's say you have gauge jump and somebody is coming after him like you have the next chase burns then I think you need to listen to that and be open to it because I don't think jump is near the caliber of burns in the long run or somebody like him. I think that's all fair if someone in near league is kind of overvaluing him early on but if not and if he's just out there and available in you know 22% of CBS leagues and I would imagine even more on Yahoo let me quickly look that up. He is only 54% rostered on Yahoo. I updated my pitcher rankings earlier today and all these names I'm about to mention are rostered in more leagues than gauge jump and I would rather have gauge jump than this pitcher. So Taj Bradley, Robbie Ray, Noah Cameron, Eduardo Rodriguez as good as he's been and I still rather have gauge jump. Tanner Bible. Looking up and down. I moved them just ahead of Connolly early. Not that I would want to drop early but I mean if he's the worst pitcher on your roster. Yeah, I'd rather have jumped in early at this point though I think they're I think they're basically in the same category. I think Connolly early is pitching about as poorly as we've seen him pitch in the last couple of years. Majors and minors included while jump is a pitching about as well as we've seen him pitch the last couple of years. Yeah, so it sounds like we're pretty much in lockstep here with gauge jump who performing very well since he got called up. 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Once again here on Wednesday and making that five straight, we're just kind of in a weight and C mode right now with Bobby with junior. But hopefully if you're playing a weekly lineup league, you benched him this week because it did always kind of feel up in the air with him. Juan Soto was out of the lineup for both games here on Wednesday, after leaving Tuesday with tightness in his left side and the left side of his back, excuse me, he could still wind up on the aisle. I guess some good news for the match here is that Francisco Lindoor returned for the second game of their double header. He went 0 for five in his first game back. Probably going to take him a little bit of time to get going. You know, he hasn't played since late April, I believe it is. So if you play on the NFBC, you can change your lineup this weekend, get Lindoor back in your lineup. If not, you'll wait till Monday in weekly lineup leagues and you can get Lindoor back in there. Hunter Green will make one more rehab start at Triple A on Sunday and if all goes well, he will make his season debut with the Reds late next week. Scott, assuming that my early rehab start is OK, would you be all right using Hunter Green as first time out next week? - I mean, he is an ace, I think, unquestionably. So if the velocity seems fine in the rehab start, I think I lean yes on that. I have already updated my starting pitcher rankings, rest of season, I've moved Hunter Green up to 17th. And obviously, room to climb from there, I'm being a little cautious since, yeah. Now we haven't seen him in so long. - Yeah, I did the same thing, let's see here. I moved him up to 26. So I'm a little bit behind you, but it's the same kind of, just playing it cautious. Let's see how the first couple starts go, but if he looks like Hunter Green and his first couple outings, then he's easily like inside the top 15 starting pitchers, rest of season. As expected, Kyle Tucker was out of the lineup again on Wednesday with a back issue. CJ Abrams returned to lineup after missing Tuesday with left side tightness. Jeremy Pania returned to the lineup after missing Tuesday with a hamstring cramp. Conor Griffin went two for two with a homer and three RBI in his rehab game at AA here on Wednesday. And there was some talk that he won't need much time and actually could be activated as soon as this weekend. So let's pay attention to that with Conor Griffin. Mick Abel, some bad news here. We'll undergo arthroscopic surgery on his right elbow. He is without a timeline, but we'll learn more once he has the procedure. I guess there are a few kind of minor things where he could be back again this season, but I'm not really holding my breath on that. - No, you shouldn't hold your breath on it. Obviously, once we know what the surgery is, we can, we can gauge it more accurately, but either way, like even if it is one of the minor things that puts them on a shorter timeline, the possibility of a setback is so high that unless you just have free IEL space, ample IEL space, you can cut bait on Mick Abel, I'd say. Now, it's not like he was a sure thing even when healthy. - Corey Seeger is trending towards returning Thursday against the blue jays. He was on the concussion IEL out of nowhere, Ben Brown, who has been a big breakout this season, was placed in the IEL with a next-rain and Brown returned to Chicago to have his neck examined by specialists. And anytime you start the year, specialists get involved, you get a little nervous about the severity of an injury. I guess some good news for the Cubs is that Matthew Boyd will start Thursday against the Metz. So he is back. He's 80% roster. It could be out there in a few leagues. Scott, do you think Matthew Boyd should just be a, must roster or pitcher. - Yeah, I think probably must roster. I don't think his, I don't think he's so established and has such a perfect pristine track record that I can guarantee he's gonna be must roster rest of season. I mean, the little bitty pitch this season, it was a struggle, but he was coming off arguably the best year of his career. And before he got hurt, his draft status was pretty high. So I think he deserves another look here coming back from injury. I don't know that I'd be in a hurry to start him like with Hunter Green, but starting pitcher at this current state of it, there's not enough depth that I think you can afford to cut Boyd loose right now. - Kyle Sworber was out of the line up again on Wednesday with lower back tightness that's two games in a row, did see that he got a pinch hit appearance in the ninth inning. So hopefully he's back in there. I don't know what the Phillies play on Thursday, but whenever they play next, Blake Snow will throw a 15-pitch bullpen on Friday, his first actual bullpen session since he underwent surgery in mid-May. Luis Arise was out of the line up after fouling a ball of his right foot on Tuesday. Nick Lidolo's X-rays were negative and he has minimal swelling on his wrist. And as of now, it looks like he will make his next start on Monday against the Brewers. Chris Boobitch resumed his rehab at AAA on Wednesday and he only threw one inning. No hits, no walks, one strikeout, only eight pitches. I don't know, Scott, did you read anything? Was this the plan for Chris Boobitch because he actually had a bulk reliever work after him. So just kind of confused by this usage. I don't have anything to add on it. I did not see anything beyond what you saw. I would also consider it to be strange, but maybe they're just doing a really gradual buildup with him. I don't know, I could do a quick search here to see if anything comes up on Chris Boobitch. I'm sure you already did it, but maybe something new has come out. Yeah, eight pitches. I don't know, I think we need to find out more here. Part of me wonders if they might be thinking both pen with him, but that's wild speculation. Yeah. Let's see, their rotation has now Lugo, Colec, Waka, Luinda, Avila, and Noah Carrot. Like, yeah, like, if Chris Boobitch is himself, he has a spot in the rotation, I would imagine, but yeah, well, we'll see where this one goes. Zach Gelloff was out of the lineup after leaving Tuesday with a laceration on his right hand. Roman Anthony hasn't made any substantive progress in his recovery from that partially torn tendon in his right ring finger. Brent Rooker still has not participated in baseball activities as of Tuesday. He is on the aisle with a bone bruise in his left knee. The brewers are moving Robert Kasser to the bullpen for now. That means Shane Drowin and Brandon Sprote will stay in the rotation for now. So if anyone lets up, perhaps Robert Kasser is back in the rotation. The Braves option, JR Richie back to Triple A, Caleb Durbin left early with a dislocated pinky finger. The mitts are moving code, I sang it to the bullpen, that Jack Flarety expected to return Sunday, I could see Astros. The angels were called Josh Low, who was hitting well at Triple A. He hit 299, nine homers, six steals, and OPS over 1,000 decent barrel rate. But I looked like zone contact, swinging strike rates to look pretty bad for him. This is a very deep league name, Scott, but do you have any interest in Josh Low's return? Can't say that I do. Can't say that I do. What's dead may never die, but he's got to prove it. He's got to prove he's not dead after so many years of seeming so. We all have our guys, man. Josh Low is one of those guys for me. I can't quit him and Lars Newbar. It's going to take some time. We'll have to see something from Josh Low. I think in 15 team, 5 out of field or roado leagues, like if he's playing, he's probably going to be on your radar, but let's see what he could do. We had a trade. The Cubs acquired David Peterson from the mitts in exchange for first base prospect, Cole Mathis. David Peterson has been terrible this season, but the Cubs have a really good defense behind them. So I don't think it matters right now, but perhaps it could matter in like a streamer type of sense in the future. And we also had a trade in the Scott White dynasty league involving Scott White. 20, 2014 head Ted points league. It's very convoluted. It's kind of it's hard to explain everything. So I won't do that. Yeah, there are financial considerations. There are salaries and dedicated minor league prospect spots. It's kind of confusing. So it's not just like the names you hear. There's a lot of like numbers involved, but I'll just throw it out there because it was a really big trade. And maybe you just wanted to shed some light on it here, Scott, but you gave up trade turner, Ian Hap, Max Muncie of the Dodgers, Marcus Semyon and Grant Holmes. And you received three prospects, JoJo Parker of the Blue Jays, Johnny Farmello. Is he with the Cardinals now? Mariners. Mariners. Mariners outfielder. I was thinking of a different prospect. They traded, but Johnny Farmello with the Mariners, Jason Turio, the younger brother of Jackson Turio. And then you got Danzby Swanson. We just had this monster game. So would you like to shed some light on your massive dynasty league blockbuster? Yeah, I mean, you're right. It's kind of hard to contextualize for the average fantasy player because almost every deal made in a dynasty league is an economics base deal. And this one is too. I wasn't going to be able to keep turner at trade turner at his price. I wasn't going to be able to keep Ian Hap at his price. I might have been able to keep Max Muncie at his price, but he's obviously pretty old and doesn't have much longevity left. And so I saw it as a last opportunity to get something of value for those three. And I'm kind of trying to clear the deck in terms of salary, except for a couple of high priced guys that are well worth their salary. So that hopefully I can make a splash in free agency next year. And part of the reason why I'm at a point where I could do that is because I had so many prospects, minor leakers who could graduate and be basically free for the first couple of years, you know, a dollar or two, not literally free, but virtually free. And those include South Stewart, Colson Montgomery and AJ Ewing. I promoted all three of those. So what it basically amounted to was I gave up, I swapped out trade turner Marcus Simeon Max Muncie and Ian Hap, all players in this deal for dance B Swanson who I got back. South Stewart, Colson Montgomery and AJ Ewing just, you know, Swanson, I got back in the deal. And I promoted and I was able to restock my farm system with some of those prospects. You mentioned JoJo Blake it on his last name now. Parker, Parker JoJo Parker. Thank you. The biggest prospect of three Johnny Farmello and Jason Cheerio. So that was the rationale behind it. And part of my thinking there with getting Swanson back, you know, I just kind of wanted to fill out my lineup. But I was considering how I think he's undervalued right now. And if it turns out, you know, this trade makes me uncompetitive for this year, I'm currently doing fine. And I think I'll continue doing fine since I had those pieces ready to go on the miners. But if it turns out it makes me uncompetitive, I think Swanson's value will improve enough between now and the trade deadline that I could potentially flip him for another solid return. And 2014 league. So he holds value if he's himself. I didn't even realize at the time he was having this monster days. So I don't know if that trade would have gone through tomorrow, probably because, you know, got to think bigger picture than that. But it's already off to a good start there with Dan's B. All right. That's how it's done folks. You want to make a blockbuster in a dynasty league? Looks, looks something like that. Let's for let's fire. I don't know what I was going for there. Let's fire up the worryometer here. One to 10. One you are not worried at all. 10. You are extremely worried. You couldn't even be more worried. And you'll start with Nolan McLean. Another rough outing here against the Cubs. Six innings, six runs. Did have nine strikeouts had 19 whiffs on 104 pitches. But I think this ground ball raping down this year, it has just led to some blow up starts where home runs are an issue. He gave up two home runs in this start. And over his last seven, there have been a few starts there that have been a lot of looked okay. But overall just has not looked himself last seven starts 559 ERA 135 whip 42 strikeouts to 19 walks. That is a lot of walks during that stretch. Scott, where is Nolan McLean on the worryometer? Yeah, he's been he's been hovering right about that of four for me. Which means I'm nowhere close to dropping them. Obviously, I don't think that needs to even enter the discussion. There's too much upside there, but he's clearly having to figure things out. And we've discussed it before how. And this isn't just coming for me. This isn't just my own observations. This is coming from the meds. He has all these great expansive arsenal of pitches, but there's such a variety there and so many of them and do so much chase that he doesn't have to be in the strike zone with them and major league hitters have kind of figured it out. And so he's got to be able to throw a strike with something other than the fastball or else they key in on it and he gets knocked around. I think he will. I think I'll figure that out, but it's part of the league catching up to him and then him having to adjust back and it's taken a while. And you still see the upside within these rough outings and not all of them have even been rough. They've been less dominant than we were seeing from McLean before, but he's managed to compete in spite of that. And I think that's a very good sign. But he has been slipping in my rankings from his high point where I think it was in the top 15 rest of season at his high point and now he's barely inside the top 30, I want to say. - Yeah, I think I had him up inside the top 10 and earlier today I put it, I lowered him down to 21, which is still, you know, I'm still, I'm trying to guard against like the upside we saw earlier in the season and then that's just kind of a weird range of the rankings as well. Like he's back to back with Hazus Lazardo who kind of has like his own warts. We think Lazardo's really good, the underlying numbers love him, but of course he just goes out and has these blow-ups starts every now and then. So I would say they're pretty similar frustrating pictures right now. Looks like he's in line for two at the Blue Jays at the Braves next week. Is that just a leave him in there, said it and forget it? - I think so. - Yeah, I would lean that way for sure. I mean, the Blue Jays have been a favorable matchup Braves or looking like a favorable matchup right now. And like I said, even though he hasn't been very sharp lately, Nolan McLean, there's still been, he's still done a nice job of limiting damage if you look at the game lock. - Let's talk about Jose Soriado who has just nearly given all of it back at this point. Another rough one here against the Orioles, three innings, five runs, two homers allowed in this one. And his first six starts, we know, incredible. 0.24 ERA, a 0.82 whip, 10 K-Pronine, 3.1 Wax-Pronine. His next 11 starts including this one, 549 ERA, 164 whip, 9.3 K-Pronine, 5.5 Wax-Pronine. So he's still 93% or awesturdy, he's 55% started at the Mariners next week. Scott, where are you, Jose Soriado, Woriometer, and do you play him next week at the Mariners? - I think this one's pretty worrisome because he's, unlike Nolan McLean, I don't see how you could use Jose Soriado with the way he's going right now. He's just doing too much damage to your ERA and your whip. His ERA for the season is still pretty good because that's the kind of start he got off to. It's taking a long time for it to pull it down. The whip is now over 1.3. And even at his best, I didn't think the control issues had gone away for Jose Soriado. He was looking like a much better bat misser having expanded his arsenal, countering the sinker with four seamer bringing in that splitter to go with the curve ball for two swing and miss offerings. And like his overall swing and miss is still great. I think I still think this is, I still think Jose Soriado is a better pitcher than he had been in previous years, but he has major warts still. And right now the warts are kind of overwhelming everything else. I don't think it'll always be that way, but I do think he's a pretty firm sit right now. - Yeah. - Outside of maybe point sligs if he has a two-star week, but I think that's the only situation where I'd be using Soriado. Can't drop him. I don't think he can drop him. - I wouldn't do that either. - But I'd be sitting on. - Yeah. Chris has mentioned this earlier a lot to season. You have bench spots for a reason. So I think you should bench Jose Soriado for now. We saw his upside earlier on. Now we're seeing that regression. I moved him outside my top 50 starting pitchers earlier today. Just outside the top 50. So he could climb back up, but we need to see something. We need to see something very soon from Jose Soriado. Brian Woo. Struggled on the road once again at the pyre. It's four innings, five runs allowed. Still had 13 whiffs on 86 pitches here. 10 of those coming on his fastball. It's got these home road splits are just insane for Brian Woo. He has a lot of four plus earn runs in each of his last four road starts. And it's now a two-erad home, 638 on the road this year. Good news. Two starts next week. They're both at home. So you're using Brian Woo. But where is he on the worryometer? Oh, I would say like a two and a half. Not that worried. I am taking a look here to see how those splits looked last year. He is definitely a better home, but still 340 ERA 104 whip on the road. So it's not like he's immune to pitching well on the road. It's not like he's just a creation of that favorable environment in Seattle. But it's at least for this year, it's a clear enough trend that I could see giving some credence to it. If you're in a situation where you really need to safeguard ERA and whip, I think it'll long run. It's going to even happen. But there has been enough consistency to it that it's worth commenting on. It's worth maybe responding to. Next week, I think it'll be fine. I don't see any obvious concerns apart from that home away split. So I still would be treating Woo as a top 15 pitcher overall. But it has been frustrating the road starts. Yeah. And I just don't know if there's anything we can do with it. Like, are you going to bench him in his next road start? I mean, this is probably your SP one that you drafted. Unless you just somehow wound up with a loaded pitching staff and you kind of have that luxury where it's a real decision for you, I just don't really see how you could bench him. One other thing that stands out to me just on his season, his strand rate this year, last year was 80%. This year, it's down to 62%. So that's a pretty wild swing from year to year league average around 75%. I would think there's some positive regression coming here. Just his ability to pitch with runners on base and stranding more of those as the season goes on. You know, that was a stat, El Melchio. You still love strand rate. I never really worked with it myself. Yeah. It's just something that typically regresses to the norm over the course of the season. But yeah. And he allows so few base runners that I wouldn't imagine it would be as big of a concern for him as for most anyone else. But it's still a one oh one oh four whip to your point. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Let's talk about Treyis Savage who has not looked very savagely up against the asterisk. It was an okay start just on the surface, but five more walks here for Treyis Savage. He now has five or more walks in three of his last five starts. And if you go back to his last six starts overall, again, some starts in there have been okay, but the walks are a major problem. Five 35 year a 125 whip, 22 walks over 35 and a third innings during that time. And he's 79% started. He's in line for two next week against the Mets and at the Mariners. Scott, where is Treyis Savage on the worryometer? Are you just firing him up as a two star pitcher next week? So to answer your second question first, which is the way that normally goes? Yes. I am just firing him up as a two star pitcher. This was a good start for fantasy. I understand he walked five and you're not going to get away with doing that very much, but it was a good result. It is three of his last five starts now with five or more walks, which is definitely concerning. His previous start, the one just before this, no walks in seven and a third innings. So it is a head scratcher. It's not unprecedented for Yes, Savage. If you looked how he did in the minors last year, I mean, obviously huge performance tons of strikeouts that got him promoted to the majors late the year, but the control issues could be pretty extreme at times. And it what I've observed from Treyis Savage between his three starts in the majors last year, his time in the postseason, where remember, he had two monster starts, double digit strikeouts in the postseason last year. And now this year, what I've observed is that he beats himself. He is kind of untouchable with that over the top delivery, the splitter, another great swing and misoffering in the slider. And he's on when he's in the zone, he's pretty much not going to say impossible for hitters to be, but like. He's definitely going to keep the team in the game. It's just when his control gets away from him. He's his own worst enemy in that way. And I think that's a good indicator overall for his upside for the kind of picture tray as savage as ultimately going to be. But it's a little worrisome in the meantime. I don't think enough to sit him. It's certainly not in a two-star week. In fact, I came out with an article earlier this week, Six By Low Pictures. Trey is savage was on it. Was Brian Wu on it? Brian Wu was not on it because I didn't really think you could buy low on him. But if you can buy him as less than a top 15 picture, you should. Yeah. I would agree with that. Let's talk about Shota Imanaga who struggled with the Long Ball once again at the Met's five and a third innings, four runs, three homers allowed. How crazy is this? He allowed just three hard hits in this game. All three of them were home runs. Like, dude, Shota Imanaga, if you didn't have bad luck, he wouldn't have any luck at all. Look, part of it is he gives up a lot of fly balls. He gives up barrels. So it's not entirely just luck. But 1.96 home runs per nine. Basically the same as it was last year at this point. And it just kind of worries me with this juiced ball conversation going on right now. One who would be affected most is somebody like Shota Imanaga. So Scott, where are you at? Shota Imanaga on the worryometer. Do you use him next week home against the Padres, which on paper should be a good matchup. Yeah, it should be. So probably yes. But man, these home runs. And it's not like it's a new development for him. Obviously they were an issue last year. There were an issue in his rookie season, which is why a lot of us had him as. I can't it. It's a regress. Though maybe not as hard as he actually did last year. Started out great with the extra velocity this year. But now it's 15 home runs in his past seven games. It's hard to imagine the pace is going to remain that high all season long. And in his previous two games, both home or list, but they were short. They would neither of them six innings. So even when he's avoiding the home runs, he hasn't been as valuable as you'd like. And they were against the Rockies. Yeah. So I think you started with that matchup, but Imanaga's clearly not must start moving forward. Terrick's Google perhaps we can move pretty quickly through this one, but he did struggle with the long ball against Yankees four runs over six innings, three homeers allowed Paul Goltchmit, tag them for two homeers. Apparently Goltchmit just owns Terrick's Google. Don't say that with that tone of surprise as if Paul Goltchmit hasn't been a monster since rejoining the Yankees lineup. He has. I remain so skeptical, but he keeps doing it, man. And he he destroys lefties like legitimately in OPS over 1300 against last year. He is he's so good against lefties. I did something I never do with my sleeper hitters article, the, you know, hitters to stream for the upcoming week. The Yankees were among the teams with the worst hitter matchups. And yet I put Goltchmit on the list, not just on the list at the top of the list. And that's because they were scheduled to face five lefties. The last 25 games now Paul Goltchmit is betting three 37 with nine home runs in those 25 games every day player. He's been amazed. Not a roster to hit her in fantasy, but this isn't a Paul Goltchmit segment. This is a Terrick's Google Terrick's Google. Yes. I'm going to talk about three starts since returning a 496 ERA six homeers allowed and he is coming back from surgery. So any concern at all. I'm not going to say zero, but I'm going to say one. It is one of Terrick's Google's superpowers is how the little bit of contact he allows is a week and mostly on the ground. He is not somebody who has home run issues pretty much ever. In addition to all the missed bats and the incredible control, he keeps the ball on the ground too. So the six home runs in the last three games very strange. Everything else seems normal. I think it's just kind of a fluke. Maybe not literally a fluke, maybe some command issue going on there, but a very small one that's going to be sorted out here and very quickly. The lone hitter on this list is Spencer Steer who actually hit his 13th home run in this game. He went two for five, but in his previous 16, he was four for 53. That is an 075 batting average. Three of the four hits were home run. So that's good. Yes, a lot of ground balls, a 30% strike out rate, quality of contact, way down, expected stats, way down during that stretch. 81% rostered should he be Spencer Steer? Yeah, I think so because he's outfield eligible, because he's second base eligible and first base. Hard to imagine that many people need him at first base, but those other two positions quite possibly. I remember when we talked about him when he was at his highest and I thought even though the underlying numbers said otherwise, I thought he was going to regress closer to typical Spencer Steer. And I think we've seen that, but there's still a lot of value in that, you know, and if he's starting to come around again, I think it justifies holding on to him. Yeah, I think I was on the other side of that too. I think I was maybe sipping the Spencer Steer Kool-Aid a little bit too much a couple of weeks ago and now has come back down to earth. But we'll see Ellie DeLaCruz back in the lineup. Hopefully they can get going. Still a really great home ballpark. And yeah, that flexibility really good for fantasy there with Spencer Steer. Let's take our final break. When we return, I've got some waiver options, some potential trade candidates in fantasy. We'll talk about those right after this. Welcome back, fantasy baseball today and let's quickly run through some waiver options from Wednesday's action. We just spoke about the man Paul Goldschmidt who apparently owns Terrick's Google. He had two home runs in that game. The first player to hit two home runs off scoobl in a game since Paul Goldschmidt in August of 2020. How about that? Yeah, he's hitting over 400, a 1300 OPS against lefties. He's 67% rostered, six home games next week, two lefties on the schedule and he gets Terrick's Google once again. I think the Yankees have faced the Tigers three weeks in a row now. This is kind of a weird setup, but yeah, you said earlier, Scott, you think Goldschmidt is the most under roster player in fantasy. And I kind of get it. Obviously, we had written them off. He was old and nobody wanted him in free agency and he was the Yankees signed to be in a platoon role. But even now, the eggs of velocities are not quite what we're used to seeing from Goldschmidt not when he was at his best. But there's such a track record here and he's been performing so well for so long. He's in a good lineup. Yeah, I, you know, how many first baseman do you need? That's part of it too. I understand because it's a struggle to get every good first baseman in my top 25 at the position. But still, Goldschmidt. It's got to be rostered right now by someone in your league. Is there anything we could do with this one? Scott. Yeah, he's a junior. He has quietly had a great junior. He is 13th home running. Now it's eight home runs in the month. And he was actually solid in May as well. So since the start of May 45 games, 270 batting average 12 homers, 33 RBI, 92 mile per hour average EV, 11% barrel rate. He still does not play against lefties, although he has been okay against them in a small sample this year. 61% rostered. Is there anything we could do with this? Will we start to see a junior? I don't know that it really needs to be much higher than that because there are so many limitations here. The biggest being like you said, almost never starts against lefties. And they have three lefties on the schedule next week. And he hardly walks either. So this makes him basically useless in points leagues where first base, second base, the two positions where he's eligible. There's more than enough to go around in a points league. So leagues fine, but even there, it's not like, it's not like he's a game changer. He's just like a, just in a talent evaluation sense. Lewis Garcia is a fine hitter. Solid hitter. Expect a batting average 279. Expected slug 459. They were even higher last year. And obviously, we don't remember him being of much value then. He's hot right now. Okay. He's as a high hand. I get it, but I don't think it the long run. You'd be missing out on much here if you passed over Luis Garcia. Here is another reminder to add as many Rockies as you can right now. I am very interested in Scott to see how many of them will be on your sleeper hitters because it's finally happening seven games at home. Oh, next week. We've waited all year for this. We have waited all year. And so two names I wanted to highlight up top who had good games again here on Wednesday, Willie Castro, three for five with two runs and his sixth stone base. He's had a really good June. He's 46% rostered. He's eligible everywhere except catcher and Cole Carrick, two for four with a double three RBI. He's looked really good. since getting called up, he's got three homers, 11 RBI, OPS over 900. He's 55% rostered. Those are only two names, but I can imagine T.J. Rumpfield might be on that list for next week. Jake McCarthy might be on that list for next week. So, uh, yes, load up on your Rockies for next week. I believe they're facing the Marlins and the Giants. So those are the teams. Yeah, we're looking at it now and obviously subject to change. But seven games only one lefty. So that's good news for Rumpfield and especially McCarthy. Yeah. Yeah. I think I think they're going to be a lot of Rockies on the list. All right. Uh, since I mentioned cold carry, let's uh, rank these young Outfielder's once again, Braden Montgomery went one for four with his second home run does have a bit of a flare for the dramatic. His two home runs have come in the ninth inning against very good closers like Kate Smith and rice, hella glaciers like those are the two home runs that Braden Montgomery has hit. He's 60% rostered. AJ Ewing big game two of their double header against the lefty and Emanaga. He went two for three with a walk and his third home run. He has monster home run too. He has what you expect. He's picked things back up in June. He's having actually a very solid month here. AJ Ewing and Jason Dominguez one for fourth, his third home run. This one off of Terrick Scoobal. The big talking point, at least among like Yankees fans and everything coming into the season. Can Jason Dominguez hit lefties and he actually has been really good against them in a very small sample so far this season. So Scott, how would you rank those four? Karig, Braden Montgomery, AJ Ewing, Jason Dominguez. I think I go. Karig. I got to take a closer look at Dominguez. I'm a client to put him last right now, but Karig Ewing. And then Montgomery and Dominguez. I don't know. I might lean to Minguez over Montgomery. Montgomery. It's been it's been pretty underwhelming so far for Montgomery. I think I would lean that same order that you threw out there though. Montgomery over Dominguez. What is going on? Montgomery. Yeah. It's close between those two. I think I think Karig's the clear number one. And then Ewing, you know, he's been kind of up and down. But as you said, he's he's looking better in June again. He brings that speed element that that certainly Montgomery lacks. And and Dominguez has that too. That's part of the reason why I like him more. I just obviously not as much job security there. Yeah. I don't know. Is Montgomery's job that secure hard to say? It's really just contingent on him hitting while Dominguez. That's less the case. Chandler Simpson is starting to run again. He had two steals on Wednesday. He has five steals in his past five games. He's 70% at roster. I don't think you outside of a category is league. If you need speed, I don't think you need to read Adam, especially in a point. So you're anything like that. But if you held on this long, this is just, you know, okay, he's starting to pick things back up, which we needed to see. I mean, he was in a very bad slump there with Chandler Simpson. I have some catchers. I want to mention here. Francisco Alvarez. He has been he's been pretty hot lately. Two home runs here and three home runs that has passed two days. 13 games since returning. He's hitting 319 with four homers. He has 42% rostered. I think in one catcher leagues, if you lost the Will Smith or Adley Ruchman, I think he kind of vaults to the top of the replacements. The way that Alvarez is playing right now. And then Andy Rodriguez. I just wanted to highlight. He's been hitting really well. Ex of lost. He's a really good playing time is starting to pick up a little bit here. And he's only 18% rostered. So it's only for two catcher leagues. Andy Rodriguez, but Scott, anything else to add on Alvarez and Andy Rodriguez of the pirates? Yeah, I agree that Alvarez is emerging as a prime target in the one catcher leagues where he's still available. We know he has a lot of upside. He's struggled to live up to it and part because of injuries. But anytime he gets hot, it's fair to wonder, is this the time? Might be the time. He's still very young. Andy Rodriguez is interesting. I mean, there was a point where he was considered a top prospect. It was a few years ago injuries have really set him back. But there's still that latent talent in there. And I think in two catcher leagues, now that he appears to be emerging as the pirate's primary choice, I think it's a good call. I didn't want to follow up on that Chandler Simpson thing because you mentioned five steals in his past five games. He had gone 30 games without one. Yeah, and I five and five. His steal pace is so different from last year. He had 44 steals at 109 games. This year he has just 1975. So it's a very different pace. I mean, that's the nature of stolen bases. I mean, home runs are kind of like this too, but I think especially stolen bases, they can come, they can be so fragmented like that. And that's not to get into format wars here, which everybody hates because they love their own format. And that's fine. You do you. But that is one of the frustrations with head to head categories leagues, right? It's like you draft this supposed elite base dealer and then he goes weeks where he doesn't contribute in the category at all. And that's that's all he's supposed to really be doing. I am curious to see if they've worked on his technique because it's not like he wasn't trying to steal bases during that 30 game drought. He's getting caught a lot. But I think he's five or five in the last five games. So hopefully he's figured it out. All right, a quick look at some waiver wire pictures here and not too many names, but Griffin jacks. We know he won't throw more than five innings, but he is pitching well this time against the royals five innings to unearned runs seven strikeouts to two walks, 13 whiffs on 88 pitches and moving away from the four seam fastball in the start. I think that's a good recipe for him. And in the 11 starts, he's made the season some even shorter when he was first getting transitioned. But overall, it's a 240 ERA, a 120 whip, 40% rostered in line for two at the royals at the Ashows next week. It's got I think jacks needs to be rostered in all points, leagues. And even some category leagues with those matchups next week at Kansas City at Houston, I could definitely see using him in that scenario. Yeah, the one frustration is that he has yet to go beyond five innings. I don't think it's going to happen either. You know, they is ever going to happen. They've just they've shown no inclination. Do it. I kind of think like because he hasn't been a starter in so long and you know, the aiding accumulation over the course of the season, I just don't really see it happening, but I could be wrong. I think it is going to happen. And that's kind of what I'm clinging to here. So in his last eight starts, no more than five innings, 250 ERA 125 whip right out of strikeout per inning. But also, you know what I don't think this is updated with the latest start, but it would only go up 14.1% swing strike rate, which is phenomenal. I mean, that would be among the very best pitchers in baseball if Griffin jacks qualified. And again, that's as a starter. So I think there's a lot more strikeout upside here than he's even showing in this role. And yeah, he's been very stable in terms of run prevention. So I think I think the arrow is pointing up here for Griffin jacks. Oh, right. I have three other names here. I don't think they matter much, but I'll ask about them anyway. Tyler Malley pitched well in his return. It looks like he gets to at the debacks at the Rockies next week. Wolf Mike burrows solid outing at the blue jays, but he's mostly been terrible this year. Just his first quality, fourth quality start of the season. And JP Sears, very deeply named solid in his return. He was getting crushed in the miners. Yeah. I don't think they matter, but it's got any, any interest at all. And Tyler Malley Mike burrows or JP Sears. Definitely not Sears. Not really for burrows because even with this good start, he's got a 548 ERA and June. It was kind of interesting. Malley ditched his cutter in this return. It was a pitch. He was throwing 15% of the time, but it was his worst pitch with a 333 batting average against. So, you know, he leaned more on the fastball, the splitter, the slider, velocity was up on all three. Got a good result. First start in a month coming back from a hamstring injury. He's been, he's been somebody we've cared about in fantasy and then not too distant past. So I would just say keep an eye on it, but I want to call Tyler Malley a huge priority off the waiver wire. Oh, right. Continuing on. I did just want to mention like, Martin Perez, as soon as we bring him up as a streamer, like this was always going to happen. Martin Perez a bad start against the Padres. This, yeah, fantasy. Four trade candidates. I wanted to quickly mention here two potential buys, two potential sells. So I wanted to mention on the on the buy side William Contreras had a big game. Three for three two walks is eighth home run. And I just wanted to highlight that his ground ball rate is down a lot this year. He's hitting more fly balls, more line drives. His pulled air rate is up from 11% to 18%. I think we might be due for a really big summer here from William Contreras. If he can maintain that, you know, bad ball distribution, I think we could get a big power summer out of him. So it's kind of like a buy high, a buy medium, like he's been pretty good this year. But I think he could actually ascend to it. So even a higher level. Um, and then Mookie Bet. So we've mentioned his name a few times. I'm going to play it to flag here. I actually think he's going. I think we're starting to see it. I think better days are coming for him. He went three for four with his ninth homer. Last 11 games hitting three 78 three homers. Ten runs, a steal, lots of line drives. And the expected stats have set all season that that he has been unlucky. I know he's older, but in the middle of that Dodgers lineup, I think better days are coming for bolts. Scott, what do you think about trying to buy on William Contreras and Mookie Betts right now? Yeah, I can't really say anything to counter that. I don't think buying high on Mookie Betts. All right, I'm sorry, buying low. I, I, I, I rephrase that. I think you can buy low on Mookie Betts while still not expecting him to perform like the Mookie Betts of a couple years ago, where you're going to get second round production or whatever. I don't think that's realistic. I would agree. But even not expecting that, I think there's a good chance you could, you could buy low on him. Think of him as more like a fourth, fifth round performer. Then I, you know, I think that's a wise choice. William Contreras is interesting because he is one of those players where if, if you take the micro view of watching him on TV a few times, you will come away, depending on which games you catch, you will come away thinking this guy has monster power. But then when you take the 30,000 foot view, you know, sometimes he eeks out 20 home runs, sometimes not. He's been a good hitter overall. But like he, he hasn't delivered the big home run totals that I feel like he has the capacity to do. And with that improved pull air rate, you know, it's always been so low in his career. Maybe it could happen. I do think he's become a bit underrated in fantasy because there have been so many emergent studs at catcher and he used to be the top guy. Nobody thinks something is the top guy anymore, rightfully. So, but he's not that far off. Yeah. And yeah, I think, I think if you could get him in any sort of discount, good call. All right. Two other names here. You might be looking to sell right now. And I believe you guys brought up this name last week where if he had a couple of good starts in a row, look to do this, but Ryan Weathers, a strong start here at the tiger six innings, two runs, one of those earned six strikeouts. But he gave up a lot of hard contact in this one. I was watching this start like line drives, long fly balls that were really good catches in the outfield. So I think he's a little bit fortunate in this one. It's back to that quality starts. We don't know what's going to happen once Max Fried returns again, like anything can happen. Someone else could get hurt. But you know, if everyone is healthy, a month from now does Ryan Weathers have a rotation spot. I think that's a real question. And then the other one, let me just emphasize the sell high part of this. It's going to get me in trouble. Auto Lopez. I'm just going to throw it out there because he's been so ridiculous. He just hit his six-tone run. He's having his best month yet. He leads Major League the all baseball in hits the season. I said in three 40s got 51 runs 16 steals. He is vastly overperforming his expected stats. So I think auto Lopez is really good. I don't think you have to sell him like, oh my god, the bottom is about to fall out here. But if you can cash it on him for like a, I don't know, like a second or third round player. Like, it's probably not realistic. But you know, I might just look into it. That's all saying. Scott, your thoughts. 40 batting averages just don't happen mathematically anymore. Not in the modern game. I mean, you say he's vastly outperforming his expected batting average. And he is by 50 points. Yet it's 93% tile that expected batting average. It's about a good of an expected batting average you can get. He's good. He's legit good. Like, I think he's good. But it's great. You know, like this. Yeah. Yeah, that's fair. I don't think there's any harm in holding on to auto Lopez as your second baseman or shortstop. I don't think you lose in any way by doing that. But if you can, if you can get a monster return, particularly, I think the likely scenario would be in a categories league or roto league where somebody is really desperate to improve their batting average situation, they might pay out the nose for the guy hitting 340. And that's that's I think the scenario you're talking about. Yeah. And that's it. Like again, I think he's a legit good hitter. But it's, you know, you would have to really, really get a big return. Ryan, whether I think you you're on board with trying to sell high there, right? I took the degree. It's possible. I mean, it does have a 395 year. I true. I don't I don't know that people are going to be jumping at the chance. But I did come out with an article six pictures to sell high. And, you know, it was guys like Justin Reblesky, who else was in there at Wardo Rodriguez. Guys who are like, they've been some of the top pictures of fantasy this year, Spencer Eragedi. And yet people who listen to this podcast, Emerson Hancock will born. They don't listen to podcasts. But I'm just thinking of more. Yeah. Yeah. People who listen to the podcast, what already know, you know, they know they're pretty fake. So that was that was a criticism I got for that article is like, who's actually buying on these guys. And I think maybe Ryan Weathers might fit fall into the same category even more. So because this year is actually high. Quickly run through some leftovers here. And on the pitching side, Yuri Perez made his return. And he was okay against the Rangers. Four and two thirds, one run, only one strike out to zero walks here. Got up to 68 pitches. Scott, would you think of the return? And he's only 24% started. Lined up for two at the Rockies at Athletics next week. So pretty, pretty tough matchups. Yeah. I could see doing it in a point slig. But even then, it feels dangerous. I think Yuri Perez is going to be fine in the long run. I didn't see any obvious red flags here. But even prior to the injury, still seemed like he was figuring things out. And those are the two worst environments to pitch in next week. So definitely dangerous. The rest of the pitching leftover is Jacob DeGrom, a tough loss at the Marlin six innings two runs, eight strikeouts did have 24 whiffs on 91 pitches. Whiffs have not been the problem. Ranger Suarez, a quality start in course field six innings. Three runs, two of those earned had nine strikeouts to one walk, Braxton Ashcraft, yet another gem this time against the Mariners six innings of one run ball, 10 strikeouts to zero walks. And Shohei O'Tani, another quality start. This one at the twins six innings, three runs to earned eight strikeouts. I don't know what happened here, but his velocity was way up his basically all of his pitches are up between like two and three miles per hour in the start for O'Tani. And he had 20 whiffs on 89 pitches. Sky anything to add on O'Tani, Ashcraft, Ranger Suarez, and Jacob DeGrom. O'Tani is one of those pitchers who I've decided it's not really worth digging into the pitch selection or the characteristics of the pitches. It's just he can kind of do whatever he feels like doing that day. And it always he always comes out smelling like roses. It seems like so. I just try not to think about it. Let's see DeGrom even though he took the loss. I think he he relieved some of the concerns I was having about him, which were always minimal. But you know, it'd been kind of shaky that he R.A. was trending up. Just looked looked dominant despite not getting a win out of it. Suarez and Ashcraft, I mean, I feel like they just continue to do their thing. Not much to add there. On the hitting side, Wyatt Langford, another home run, his seventh and an 18 game since returning 306 batting average six homeers two steals 978 OPS. But as you and Chris pointed out earlier in the week, the underlying numbers, not really supporting what Langford is doing right now. Sam Bassade, it started to look better. I will point out. So his average exit velocity now during his last 12 games, not even including the big performance Wednesday. It's up to 89.2. And he has a great pull air rate during that time. So 89.2, it's not impressive on its own, but it's workable, especially if you're pulling the ball air in the air as well as Wyatt Langford is. I was starting to, it's starting to feel more promising to me. Sam Bassade, two for five with a double-dong four RBI, one of the homers 112.5 exit velocity. Bassade was really good in April and May. He has struggled here in June. I know he's been battling some injury things too as well. So perhaps that has contributed. Ryan O'Hern keeps doing his thing four for five with three doubles, two runs and three RBI. Boba Shit, he keeps on hitting three for eight with his 10th home run across the two games and updated June numbers for him. 349, five homers, 17 RBI, 979 OPS. It's got anything to add on. But shit, Ryan O'Hern, Sam Bassade. No, not really. I guess it just wanted to surprise me if Bassade. went off here. I traded him away in a league. The podcast for the people league this past week. Actually in a deal, then included, Ian Hap, me getting Ian Hap. I traded Ian Hap three times, or I made three trades involving Ian Hap over the past week, once getting him twice trading him away. I don't have strong feelings about Ian Hap. It just feels like he's, I don't know, an easy player to trade right now. People without field needs, you don't feel like you're giving up too much, though. Yeah. But I did that in part because I have been rice who I could move from first base to catcher. I had eldrige and goldsmith who I could slot at first base. So it just seemed like the side was expendable to me, but I do feel like we're going to get a big summer from him, especially with Rushman Herding. Call to the bullpen for the Marlins. Pete Fairbanks got the ninth with a three-run lead. He allowed a solo homer of a picked up his 12th save. For the Rockies, Antonio sends a tele through two perfect innings across the seventh and eighth. It was Jimmy Hergett who got the ninth, and he struck out two for his second save. Jaden Hill also went on the aisle. So perhaps Hergett is next up for the Rockies. It probably doesn't matter outside of NL Only Leagues. For the Guardians, Kate Smith got the ninth with a two-run lead. He allowed two solo homers to tie it. He took his third blown save. For the White Sox on the other side, Grant Taylor got the top of the tenth inning with the game tied. He allowed two hits, and that meant the Manfred Man came into score. He took his first loss. For the Yankees, David Bednar allowed a hit, but picked up his 16th save. That is now 11 straight scoreless appearances for David Bednar. He has looked much better as of late. For the Nationals Orlando Rebalto got the ninth with a one-run lead. He got the first two outs than a walk. He was relieved by Richard Love Lady, who gave up a two-run homer to Derek Hill. The Nationals do not have a closer, and he never will ever again. For the Phillies, Yoan Duran struck out the side for his 19th save. For the Astros, Josh Hader picked up his sixth. He has looked very good since returning. For the Cubs in game two, they had a two-run lead going into the top of the ninth. They tacked on three more runs. It was Jacob Webb who pitched a bottom of the ninth. So I think if it remained a save, he probably would have just been there in there to get the save. I don't know that he's very good, but we need saves. Cubs bullpen. It's kind of wide open right now. For the Dodgers, Tanner Scott picked up his 11th save. For the Padres, Mason Miller was unavailable. He jaced an Adam picked up his second save. For the athletics, Elvis Alvarado got the ninth with a one-run lead. He instantly gave up a game tying home run to Rafael Devers. And then later gave up a walkoff homer to Victor Better Cotto. So Alvarado took his first blow and saved. He has looked pretty shaky as of late. Couldn't get it done. Come on, man. Who's next for the athletics? Save the line. They do not have a closer and they never will. Ever again. But if I had to guess, I would probably say Hogan Harris gets the next save. Maybe. Yeah. Yeah. I think he leads the team, but he's never the first choice at any given moment. To stream or not to stream on Thursday, we have Seth Lugo at the raise. Ian Seymour, bulk reliever against the Royals, Papa Chandler against the Mariners, Landon Rupp against the athletics, Tatsuya Imi at the Tigers, Troy Melton against the Astros, Kate Cavali against the Phillies, Michael McGreevy against the D-backs. Not a bad day. Roup. Landon Rupp, I like him in general and I like him for a home start against the athletics. I want to see what his home was splits look like. And he's actually worse at home. That doesn't make any sense. Ignore it. He gets a lot more strikeouts at home. Let's see. So Roup and also. I think yesterday I said Roup Cavali McGreevy. I don't mind Lugo at Tampa Bay either. But yeah, Cavali's probably second choice. I am interested to see what Imi does as a follow-up, but there's no way I would trust him. Troy Melton is kind of like on the fringe, but he doesn't miss enough bats. I could see it with Troy Melton. He's kind of, you know, just on the outside looking in. On Friday, we have Andrew Abbott at the Pirates, Trevor Rogers against the Nationals, Joey Cantillo against the Mariners, Walbert Arania against the athletics, Walker Bueller, Revenge Game against the Dodgers. This is a little harder. Maybe Cantillo. Yeah, the Mariners struggle a lot against lefties. Okay, that helps. And was it just that last start where Cantillo. Yeah, it's only been one. But he was amazing. It's only been one. Yeah, but he went eight innings, struck out nine. I think I would go Cantillo, Arania Abbott on Friday. I like it. Let's do it. Log it in. We are. That's the lock-in sound. I hit the button. Coulda rat there for Scott. I am Frank. Thanks as always for tuning into Fantasy V baseball today. Please make sure to follow and leave a five-star rating on Apple or Spotify. And we will be back again tomorrow. Bye-bye! Paramount podcasts. Now streaming on Paramount Plus. Beth and Ripper back in Dunn Ranch. This life hair is gonna work, isn't it? We'll make it work. 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