Waiver Wire MUST ADDS! Quinn Mathews Impressed (08/03 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)

Let's talk latest waiver wire ads up next on fantasy baseball today express months of it's a pt express on Monday, August 3rd. I am for example joined by Chris Hours and we had some big prospect promotions this weekend and it was a nice debut for max Clark three for four with two runs and an RBI on Friday, two for five, his first career home run on Saturday added another hit, another run scored on Sunday. I'm sure you and Scott spoke a bunch about max Clark last week, Chris, but 66% rostered and a debut weekend like this. I feel like he is close to must add must roster. I mean, I thought he was must add must roster basically anyway before the debut, just because you're talking about a top 20 global prospect who was very productive at AAA and especially over the past two months. He hit nine of his 11 homers between June and July. That's the one big knock on him. There's some concerns about how much power that will be well. It's going to make a lot of contact. The strike area was about 16% at AAA. That's actually, you know, we've made the comp to Asia, you know, a lot. You know, was closer like 19 20% in the minors. So Clark is going to be going to probably make better contact. He's got big speed. He's got enough power. I think that's going to be the key. Can he be a someone that hitters don't that pitchers can't just pump fastballs by, you know, he's got to be able to make them pay so far, you know, the last couple of months and then early on, it's looked like it works. And I think he's someone who's going to move up that line up pretty quickly. And there is, you know, full season pace, 15 homers, 30 steals to 75 batting average kind of upside. I think he could be a really good player. So yeah, I think this is a profile. If it works, it's going to work anywhere. It'll be better in Roto, but it should work in points. And the cardinals called up Quinn Matthews. He made his first career start at the blue jays and the overall line doesn't blow you away. Five innings, six hits, two runs, three walks, three strikeouts, but under the hood, 12 whiffs on 97 pitches. He limited heart contact. He threw 65% of his pitches for strikes, which wasn't issue at times in the minors. 39% rostered. I think there's upside long term. He has a great defense behind him as well. And specifically for this week, he gets the Rockies in St. Louis. So I am all over this one. Chris Quinn Matthews. Yeah. I think, you know, it wasn't a great start, but it wasn't a terrible one. And I think it's a good one to build on because the three walks and five innings. Yeah. That's a little concerning. But he threw a lot of pitches in the strike sound. His control wasn't as bad as that. I think the biggest thing watching this start, he just wasn't putting hitters away very well. But I don't really think that's going to be a huge issue. His slider should be a great pitaway pitch against lefties. His curveball has some swing and miss potential. The changeup looks like it can be a left a righty stable a righty. What's the word? I can get right is out neutralizer neutralizer. It's been a long day. And I think the four seemer looks really good. You know, 94 95 from the left side with good physical characteristics beyond the velocity. I think this is going to. I think this is going to go well. I'm pretty excited about Quinn Matthews. Obviously has a great defense backing him up as well, which will only help. I think he could be someone. You know, I don't think he's going to be as good as Nolan McClaim, but it's a similar situation where I think he's a good pitcher control problems in the minors a little bit worse from athletes. But sometimes these guys pitch better in the majors with the benefit of better coaching, better catching. So I think he's someone to get pretty excited about. All right. So we are both excited about Quinn Matthews. Let's put that to the test. Would you take him over either Shane Drowin or Walbert Arania who both had quality starts this weekend as well. That's tough because Drowin and Walbert Arania are kind of already doing what we hope. Yeah. Matthews will. I think I would put him third on this list, but it's very, very close. Part of this just Arania and Drowin are already rostered like in 65% of leagues roughly. So you do have to account for just it's going to they're going to inflate a little bit more quickly. But that's not a knock on Matthews. It's just that Drowin's missing a lot of bats. He's talented pitcher in his own right. He pitch for the brewers, which really helps. And then Arania just I guess he's just been under rostered for a long time. I know the command is bad and the whips never going to be great. Obviously his team doesn't help a ton, but he's just really hard to barrel up. And while I don't think a 254. He already is real. I think something in the mid threes is pretty realistic for Walbert Arania. So yeah. I think he's pretty good. All right. Let's take a quick break and we'll be back right after this. Welcome back FBT Express. Let's head back over to the waiver wire hitters and Royce Lewis. Guys, it's been rock solid two for four with his 12th homer three RBI on Sunday. He also homered on Friday. His updated numbers since being recalled to the twins in 47 games, 254 nine homers, seven steals OPS over 800 first, second and third base eligible. I think you probably want to use him at third base. 57% rostered. I feel like we've talked about him a lot Chris, but I just I still think that number is too low for Royce Lewis. Yeah. It you see this happen occasionally when you know a guy who's been around has gotten hyped a lot and has led a lot of people down. You just reach a point where everybody in the leagues been burned by him and nobody wants to buy in again. But I think you know Royce Lewis is not the potential MVP candidate. He looked like in some of those partial seasons a couple years ago, but I think he's good. And his pace since getting called back up is like a it's got to be close to 30 30 at this point. And so I'm not sure it makes sense to buy him as a 30 steel guy, but a 30 homer 15 steel guy who doesn't kill you in batting average and is triple eligible. That's a pretty valuable player. So I think Royce Lewis 57% rostered, especially with third base eligible. That's way too low. There are definitely not. There are definitely not more than 12 third base. I definitely think are better than him. There might be you might be able to get to 12. You like more, but it's going to be a pretty close call once you get to like a a Colson month, Gumree or an Eastock Paradeist types who are on the fringes of that position. Yeah. A middle infielder who is emerging is Cooper Pratt with the Brewers and post all star break 14 games. He is hitting 349 with two homers, four steals a 932, PS. He's 47% rostered. Chris, I think in any leagues with the middle infiel spot, I would be very interested in adding Cooper Pratt. Yeah. I think this is one of those profiles where he's better in a points league format because he walks a decent amount. Doesn't strike out, but obviously there aren't a lot of points leagues where there's middle infielder's, but I think the biggest thing with Cooper Pratt when he was coming up as a prospect was, can he be a non-zero power hitter? He was a pretty bad hitter across most of his minor league career. And a large part of it was, he's a pretty big dude, but he just doesn't hit the ball particularly hard. And you probably need like, it's like a 90 ISO before you start to like, if you can keep it above 90 and you do enough other things, you can be a viable major league or it's really hard to be good if you're under 90 ISO. And he's above it right now. I think it's like 104. That'll play with the rest of his skills, especially the speed. I've been pretty skeptical of Cooper Pratt, but the way he's played so far has been very impressive. I'm buying in a little bit. Couple outfielders in five outfielder league Spencer Jones of the Yankees. He's picking things up. He homered Friday and Saturday both off of lefties. And then he was moved up to the clean up spot on Sunday against the righty. And last five games, he's got six hits, three homers and two steals still strikes out a lot. And Jake Mangum, a big game Friday, two for four with a stock in the shoe. Another two hits on Saturday. The playing time seems pretty clear. Ryan O'Hern is hurt. O'Neal Cruz still not back from the injured list. He is 26% roster Jake Mangum. Chris, if you had to choose a very different skill sets, but in a five outfielder league, you go and Spencer Jones or Jake Mangum. I suppose depends on what you're looking for, but I lean strongly towards Mangum. Certainly if you need a starter right now, I don't think there's any question. I'd rather have Mangum than Spencer Jones. If you want to make the case that Jones, because of his really, really prodigious power and pretty good speed is the higher upside option to stash. Okay, I can see that case, but I just think if you're asking me who is more usable right now, it's pretty clearly Mangum. I don't buy him as a 300 hitter moving forward, but a guy who hits 280, he's hitting towards the top of that lineup. He's running a bunch. I think he's a legit at least two and a half, probably three category contributor. There's a chance Spencer Jones is just helping you in home runs and is hurting you actively in batting average with the 38% strikeout rate. So more upside, sure, but Mangum's more useful. The latest name to emerge if you need saves is Brandon Garcia in the D-Bax bullpened Paul Seawold has been removed from the closer role. And Garcia has the last two saves for the D-Bax. Justin Martinez is working his way back from injury. He is a flame thrower. They signed him to an extension. So they really like him. But Garcia has been really good in a small sample size here, Chris. So he is the latest name that if you need saves, I am, I would be attacking him pretty aggressively. don't attack him. He's probably a nice guy, but I'd pick it up. It's new. There's not much of a track record here. It's basically 30 innings that he's been good here. He wasn't great in the minors. Had him in great in previous major league stops, but his control has really been impressive so far this season really improved. And if that proves sustainable at all, then it's pretty easy to talk yourself into what Branding Garcia is doing right now. The only thing is Justin Martinez is starting his rehab assignment. He's coming back from Tommy John surgery. He looked like the diamondbacks closer of the present and future about 14 or 15 months ago when he before he got hurt. And so it is, you know, they signed him too long to him extension last year that there's a lot to like there. If he bounces back, the problem is, you know, it's probably going to be a couple more weeks. He's starting a rehab assignment this week. There might be enough runway for Branding Garcia to just take this job and run with it on a pretty good team. So I think you got to prioritize Branding Garcia. If you need saves, he's the top option. Clearly, I think right now, but don't forget about Justin Martinez. You know, it could be a couple of weeks, but wouldn't be surprised if we get to September. He's the closer for the diamondbacks gets like five or six saves. And there's a lot of helium around him for 2027. All right. For more extensive fantasy baseball coverage, listen to our full length podcast fantasy baseball day on Spotify Apple podcast or anywhere else podcasts are found. Thanks for listening to fantasy baseball today. Express and we'll be back again later this week. Bye.