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MLB DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Wednesday, 09/16/26 · Daily Fantasy Sports by Ship It Nation

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  Speaker 1: All systems go.
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  Speaker 2: Clear for lift-up. What's going on, Ship It Nation YouTube station?
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  Speaker 2: We got us a Wednesday slate of some baseball. Seven
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  Speaker 2: games on DK. FanDuel added a few extra. Four games,
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  Speaker 2: I believe, with the start at 640. So 11 over there.
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  Speaker 2: But I got my man Matt with me here. Excited
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  Speaker 2: to break this down. I know last time we were
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  Speaker 2: talking pre-show, we were supposed to be on together. And
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  Speaker 2: some pretty bad weather came through and wiped me out,
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  Speaker 2: wiped the power out. So I appreciate, I think Ham
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  Speaker 2: kind of filled in for me last minute there. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that was an interesting day for sure. That is always
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  Speaker 2: scary when some kind of weather like that's real. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it was pretty nasty. But either way, Matt, pretty excited
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  Speaker 2: to get you back in here, talk some baseball. We're
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  Speaker 2: winding down here at the end of the season. But
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  Speaker 2: how's it going? How's everything been going? Hey, I saw
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  Speaker 2: your name up there in a few of the showdowns.
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  Speaker 2: I think you took a portion of the first place
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  Speaker 2: the other night. So congrats on that. Looks like you've
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  Speaker 2: been on a nice little heater some recent times.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, appreciate it.
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  Speaker 3: Man, after we talked last week, I'm just happy that
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  Speaker 3: you're sitting across from me because that storm seemed nasty.
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  Speaker 3: And I know how it gets because we live in,
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  Speaker 3: you know, probably a couple hours away from each other,
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  Speaker 3: similar weather. When it gets bad, it gets bad. We've
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  Speaker 3: had a couple of those storms, and they're no fun.
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  Speaker 3: So happier back, internet working. We got some MLB to
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  Speaker 3: talk about, and we're not going to have that much
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  Speaker 3: more MLB to talk about. So I'm enjoying it while
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  Speaker 3: it lasts. We talked a little bit pregame. Cleveland in
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  Speaker 3: the pennant race. Big win today. So, yeah, the Tigers
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  Speaker 3: hopefully can take care of business against the White.
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  Speaker 1: Sox in the next series. I think they start that tomorrow.
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  Speaker 1: So go Tigers.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, four-gamer, I believe.
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  Speaker 1: Big one.
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  Speaker 2: In the division. I mean, the Tigers are crawling in it.
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  Speaker 2: They haven't been put out to the pasture yet, but
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  Speaker 2: they need some help, that's for sure. But, yeah, that
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  Speaker 2: is always fun. But, yeah, we got football rolling here.
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  Speaker 2: As we know here, I saw some of the people
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  Speaker 2: here in the chat, Extra on 29, ready to win
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  Speaker 2: some tickets tonight with the Shippen Nation. Gang Green won
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  Speaker 2: a 555 ticket last night. Congrats on that. Ready to
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  Speaker 2: lose a bunch more money in some football tonight. You know,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, football is what, 17 weeks, regular season. You know,
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  Speaker 2: like if you, like when you're playing tournaments, if you're,
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  Speaker 2: if you're cashing in like even a third of those,
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  Speaker 2: you're doing super, you're doing really well.
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  Speaker 3: So football is like DFS crack. I compare it to,
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  Speaker 3: cause it's like compared to every other sport or the
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  Speaker 3: other main two sports, which are every day, NBA and
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  Speaker 3: MLB that Sunday NFL just, it's different, right? You don't
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  Speaker 3: have that many opportunities. So you feel like you got
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  Speaker 3: to take advantage of the ones that are there. showdown
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  Speaker 3: is fun and i like to play it and i
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  Speaker 3: actually it's one of the only things that max enter
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  Speaker 3: because it just is much easier with no late swap
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  Speaker 3: stuff involved with showdown but still it doesn't compare to
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  Speaker 3: real nfl sunday and uh there's something about that that
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  Speaker 3: just hits.
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  Speaker 2: Different man i i uh i couldn't believe how many
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  Speaker 2: points i scored in week one i mean that was
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  Speaker 2: crazy you said a record since since like the 80s
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  Speaker 2: or something. And then I hear Ben Johnson come out
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  Speaker 2: with the Bears, the Indiana Bears, and he said, man,
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  Speaker 2: we're going to try to set the point record and
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  Speaker 2: beat the Broncos. So, I mean, shit, they already put
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  Speaker 2: up a 60 spot, 59 points. So off to a
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  Speaker 2: good start. I think it was like 600 and some
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  Speaker 2: points they got to get to. So, I mean, shit,
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  Speaker 2: they got like a tenth of it in freaking one game.
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  Speaker 1: You know who wasn't a big part of that scoring?
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  Speaker 1: All the receivers? No, the Browns.
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  Speaker 2: The Browns, it's going to be funny. Isn't Deshaun Watson
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  Speaker 2: starting this week? Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, there's, you should have heard what he just
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  Speaker 3: said in his press conference today, talking about the media
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  Speaker 3: expects him to throw for, you know, they're not going
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  Speaker 3: to be happy until he throws until he throws for
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  Speaker 3: 514 is a game.
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  Speaker 1: He's so out of time. It's I can go on.
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  Speaker 1: It's there's no point in you talking about him. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Good, good times. I mean, it's, It's fun. I love
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  Speaker 2: some football time, that is for sure. College and pro,
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  Speaker 2: that's always fun. Because, you know, you get to that
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  Speaker 2: time of the year with baseball. I love baseball, but
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  Speaker 2: it's just like, all right, I'm ready for a little
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  Speaker 2: change of scenery here. But, yeah, like we said, we got, what,
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  Speaker 2: seven games here tonight? Looks like we got really not
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  Speaker 2: any weather to worry about. Of course, we got that
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  Speaker 2: Coors Field game with that whopping total of 11. Then
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  Speaker 2: we got a couple game totals sitting at seven and
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  Speaker 2: a half. We talked a little bit, wind blowing in
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  Speaker 2: a little bit in Wrigley. Man, these pitching options today, man,
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  Speaker 2: it's not pretty. FanDuel a little bit better because you
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  Speaker 2: got Jones, Henderson, Wheeler, Snell that you could look at.
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  Speaker 2: But man, when you get down to DK, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we're looking at George Kirby. Then we see Angels and
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  Speaker 2: everybody I know, everybody thinks, oh, righty against the Angels.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do that. But, man, Kirby has not been very
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  Speaker 2: good here in recent times. So he's kind of scary.
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  Speaker 2: He's not even been very good outside of Seattle, which
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  Speaker 2: is kind of concerning. And then you've got Mackenzie Gore,
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  Speaker 2: who in recent times has been about as bad as
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  Speaker 2: you get. So, I mean, I see he's going to
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  Speaker 2: get some ownership. I mean, but overall in the season,
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  Speaker 2: he's been good. But recent times, Mackenzie Gore's numbers have
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  Speaker 2: not looked good at all. So I'm a little concerned
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  Speaker 2: about Gore. But Imamaga, with the wind blowing in a
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  Speaker 2: little bit, I don't mind that. I mean, Robbie Ray
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  Speaker 2: and Coors. man, get me the whiskey bottle out for that.
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  Speaker 2: Kikuchi and you got a Javier guy, you know, like
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  Speaker 2: they're pretty much, you know, one in the same, you know,
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  Speaker 2: kind of high risk start. So, I mean, we don't
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  Speaker 2: really got much to work with if you ask me.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think you can poke holes in about anything, Matt.
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  Speaker 2: So for me, the one thing that does stand out,
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  Speaker 2: I do not like Mackenzie Gore. I just, I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to leave that alone. So probably throw an eight, you know,
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  Speaker 2: eight inning, one hit shutout here tonight. But Mackenzie Gore,
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  Speaker 2: I just, I mean, he's not looked good at all
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  Speaker 2: here recent times. So nine earned runs in his last
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  Speaker 2: few innings. Hasn't been getting any kind of strikeouts his
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  Speaker 2: last four starts. He hasn't even been over 4Ks. So
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  Speaker 2: I'm a little concerned with him. But other than that,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, you can poke holes in everybody. There
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  Speaker 2: isn't anybody you're going to feel safe about. So obviously
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  Speaker 2: you can play about anybody you want tonight as far
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  Speaker 2: as pitching. There's no really spend-ups. But yeah, I think
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  Speaker 2: it's pretty tough here tonight. I mean, for me, I
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  Speaker 2: think like in the manga and then maybe go down
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  Speaker 2: to Kikuchi, maybe Javier somewhere I'd go. I'm not even
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  Speaker 2: really a fan of playing George Kirby. What do you think?
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  Speaker 3: Man, it seems like one of those slates where the
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  Speaker 3: chalk pitching, you know, just isn't that much better than
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  Speaker 3: the other guys.
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  Speaker 1: Kirby on the road, much worse.
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  Speaker 3: Stadium than Seattle going to get a lot of love
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  Speaker 3: because of the matchup and like the name, but I'm
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  Speaker 3: with you. Like, I'm not excited about playing Kirby here
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  Speaker 3: at all. I think I don't like Gore. And if
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  Speaker 3: I'm playing one lineup, I'm not playing Gore. So I
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  Speaker 3: want to just make that clear, but I do think
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  Speaker 3: I like him a little more than you just because
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  Speaker 3: of what we're working with tonight. And he is a
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  Speaker 3: lot better at home. That said, like I got no
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  Speaker 3: confidence in it. So if I'm playing one lineup, I'm
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  Speaker 3: not playing him in Managa. I can't remember the last
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  Speaker 3: time I used a pitcher against the Braves. They haven't
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  Speaker 3: been amazing lately, but that lineup is just really hard
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  Speaker 3: to pick on. But in this spot, You know, he's
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  Speaker 3: a guy that really plays into this ballpark when the
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  Speaker 3: wind is blowing in. Like the Braves are good and
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  Speaker 3: they might get him a little bit, but I don't
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  Speaker 3: think he gets rocked here. So I feel best about Imanaga,
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  Speaker 3: even though I don't think he's like an amazing player.
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  Speaker 3: On a lot of slates at 8,800, I'd be like, no,
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  Speaker 3: thank you. But on this one, I feel pretty good
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  Speaker 3: about it. And then the other guy, which, I mean,
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  Speaker 3: this whole slate is full of guys you could play
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  Speaker 3: and then full of guys you could stack against in
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  Speaker 3: the same vein.
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  Speaker 1: And Kikuchi is number one example of that.
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  Speaker 3: At 6,600 against this lineup, yeah, he's got to be
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  Speaker 3: one of the top options on the slate. The other
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  Speaker 3: side of the coin is that it's Kikuchi, and we've
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  Speaker 3: read this book before. He can get killed by anyone
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  Speaker 3: if he doesn't have his best stuff. He puts guys
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  Speaker 3: on base. He's had a weird career. At times, he's
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  Speaker 3: been an amazing pitcher. At other times, he's been a
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  Speaker 3: gas can. You never know what you're going to get
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  Speaker 3: with him right now. I think the other guy I
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  Speaker 3: would say is in play is Jake Bennett. I haven't
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  Speaker 3: felt great about him coming off a bad start, but
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  Speaker 3: in general, he's been pretty good and I don't hate
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  Speaker 3: the matchup. I guess it'd be remiss not to mention
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  Speaker 3: Robert stock also 5,300, not that I'm excited about him,
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  Speaker 3: but no one projects well, and he's dirt cheap. I
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  Speaker 3: can't play Christian Javier, even though I know why people will.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. I just, I was checking with Kikuchi while you
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  Speaker 2: were talking. I mean, uh, I like to. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's usually around the 90 pitch range. You know, he's
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  Speaker 2: going to get his he's going to get his work in.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you're sitting at a game total sitting at
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  Speaker 2: seven and a half. You mentioned his walk issues. I
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  Speaker 2: was concerned with us. That's pretty patient bats. You know,
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  Speaker 2: they got Crawford and Canzone. big dumper, thumper, whatever he is,
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  Speaker 2: is pretty patient as well. So if Kikuchi can keep
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  Speaker 2: his control in check, I mean, I think that's what
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  Speaker 2: we're really looking at here for him. So for me,
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  Speaker 2: I think I feel probably best about him just because
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  Speaker 2: of his price. And then I'd probably go show that
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  Speaker 2: just because, you know, I, I, I like him. I,
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  Speaker 2: like you said, with the Braves, but the Braves do
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  Speaker 2: have some strikeouts in that, in that lineup, which I
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  Speaker 2: do like. I mean, you got a Cunha at almost 24%,
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  Speaker 2: Olsen 26. And the bottom of that lineup, Riley Murphy
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  Speaker 2: and Kim are all 30 percenters. So he's got a
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  Speaker 2: handful of bats here that he could definitely get after.
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  Speaker 2: The only ones he's probably not going to get is
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  Speaker 2: Albies and Dubon. But after that, I mean, he's got
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  Speaker 2: some potential there. I just, You know, I see someone here,
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  Speaker 2: is this a slate you'd fill in your bats and
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  Speaker 2: then pitchers? Yeah, for the most part for me, it
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  Speaker 2: generally would be. I would see what I have left
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  Speaker 2: just because pitching is so cheap. And you don't really,
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  Speaker 2: you're not really losing much if you're dropping, you know,
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  Speaker 2: down from a Gore at 7,800 or even showed it
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  Speaker 2: at 8,800. And then to me, drop into a Kikuchi.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't feel... Like you're really sacrificing much. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: I think today's a day that you could build on
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  Speaker 2: some bats. Now, with that being said, Matt, and his
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  Speaker 2: pitching being so cheap, moving as we move into some bats, like,
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  Speaker 2: do you feel like more people are going to go
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  Speaker 2: to like, you know, that Coors Field game? And then
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  Speaker 2: they're going to end up with like Kikuchi. So could
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  Speaker 2: Kikuchi get steamed up as the day goes on and
• 11:32
  Speaker 2: the night goes on just because people are going to
• 11:35
  Speaker 2: be looking at and the optos are all going to
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  Speaker 2: take everybody to the Padres and Rockies. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: do you think Kikuchi could get steamed up?
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  Speaker 1: I definitely do. I mean, definitely.
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  Speaker 3: He's so cheap. Seattle strikes out a lot. And Coors
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  Speaker 3: is uber expensive. The San Diego side. I mean, Tatis
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  Speaker 3: is 7,200. I can't remember the last time I saw
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  Speaker 3: someone over seven K maybe Otani's creeped. Right.
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  Speaker 2: Not named Otani.
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  Speaker 1: Right. You know what I mean?
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  Speaker 3: Like maybe Otani, that's the last guy I can remember even,
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  Speaker 3: but he hasn't been much higher than seven K. So,
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  Speaker 3: you know, you got Uber expensive tags there that are
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  Speaker 3: going to get played. It just makes sense that Kikuchi
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  Speaker 3: has played with them. That said, like, it's not like
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  Speaker 3: the other guys are expensive either. So you can pretty
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  Speaker 3: much fit what you want with who you want. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: Kikuchi's tag stands out, no doubt. I think he's going
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  Speaker 3: to get steamed pretty heavy.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I see there Andrew and Aaron in the chat
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  Speaker 2: are mentioning Stock is out. Is Curry in play for
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  Speaker 2: the Mets? Curry, from what I, you know, just off
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  Speaker 2: the top of my head, his pitch count is going
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  Speaker 2: to be around 50. So I think that is very concerning.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I wouldn't put too much in.
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  Speaker 1: To Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Curry, but yeah, I think there's better options. I would
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  Speaker 2: rather just go up to six, you know, the 66
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  Speaker 2: and get, have somebody like Kikuchi. I mean, Chris Bassett too,
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  Speaker 2: maybe if you wanted to look at, you know, Chris Bassett,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't really want to do so, but
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  Speaker 2: I mean, if I'm playing a larger, you know, bunch
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  Speaker 2: of teams, I think Bassett, I would probably leave in
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  Speaker 2: my pool as well. So, But, yeah, pitching overall for
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  Speaker 2: me is kind of ugly. If I had to rank
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  Speaker 2: them all, Matt, I think I would go probably Imamaga first,
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  Speaker 2: and then I'd probably go Kikuchi, and then I'm probably
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  Speaker 2: going Bennett, and then I'd probably go Curry, and then
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  Speaker 2: maybe Javier Bassett. Yeah, it's some tough sledding here tonight.
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  Speaker 2: How do you feel about how you got them ranked?
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  Speaker 1: I'm out on Curry.
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  Speaker 3: I just can't do it. He's an old Cleveland guy
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  Speaker 3: that's just not good. I mean, I'm with you on
• 13:47
  Speaker 3: the pitch count. I like Baltimore more now against him.
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  Speaker 3: So I'm out on Curry.
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  Speaker 1: I think if I were ranking them, it's got to
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  Speaker 1: be Imanaga, Kikuchi, and then, man, if there's no one
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  Speaker 1: I really want to play.
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  Speaker 3: Like, honestly, we didn't even talk about him, but maybe
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  Speaker 3: Merrill Kelly, 6,900 against the Marlins. This slate is full of,
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  Speaker 3: like I said, guys you can play and guys you
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  Speaker 3: can stack against.
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  Speaker 1: He stinks.
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  Speaker 3: I know you probably like the Marlins a lot.
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  Speaker 2: The lefties, for sure.
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  Speaker 1: That's what we're working with on this slate. So, you
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  Speaker 1: know what I mean? Like, I don't know.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's some thin pickings. That's definitely for sure. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think there's anybody that's going to be overwhelmingly chalky. So,
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  Speaker 2: but the ones, you know, I just say I definitely
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't play. I definitely am not playing Gore. I don't
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  Speaker 2: like Gore.
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  Speaker 1: He'll get ownership too.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I believe so too.
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  Speaker 1: Like he'll be like third highest owned, 25%-ish in my opinion.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't even think I could go any Robbie
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  Speaker 2: Ray either. So I'm not looking for any Robbie Ray. But,
• 14:57
  Speaker 2: I mean, those are the times it kind of seems
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: like to play Robbie Ray when nobody expects it. But
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  Speaker 2: it's still, like I said, get the whiskey bottle out.
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  Speaker 2: But yeah, pitching's definitely pretty thin. If anybody out there
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  Speaker 2: has got any other suggestions or whatever else or anything
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  Speaker 2: before we move on to bats, I know we only
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  Speaker 2: got seven games, so don't want to leave anything out.
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  Speaker 2: But hey, while I'm thinking of it, we got to
• 15:23
  Speaker 2: keep the boss man happy. But I know over on,
• 15:28
  Speaker 2: I was just trying to find it. Of course, I
• 15:30
  Speaker 2: can't find it because I never can find what I
• 15:32
  Speaker 2: freaking want on here. But either way, go over to
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: the Ship It Nation. Of course, we have the Ship
• 15:40
  Speaker 2: It Games. So get over there and check out the
• 15:44
  Speaker 2: Ship It Games. I know what, Tambo throws out a
• 15:47
  Speaker 2: message in Discord. You get in there, you sign up.
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: If you're one of the first, I don't remember how
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: many it was. I watched the video, but it was
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  Speaker 2: 199 or something like that. But top three, you get
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  Speaker 2: a $ 5. 55 ticket, and then you get entered into the
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: Shipping game. It's pretty cool. So make sure you guys
• 16:05
  Speaker 2: are checking the Discord, guys and gals. Make sure you're
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: checking all that out. And, yeah, get you some extra
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  Speaker 2: bonus money. No other site is doing that, which we've
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  Speaker 2: done here for now two years in a row over
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  Speaker 2: here at Shipping. Pretty cool thing they do here, Matt.
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: I think that's pretty cool. Give back to the community.
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  Speaker 3: It's awesome, man, like giving away so much money throughout
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  Speaker 3: the year, you know, gives people incentive to stay involved.
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  Speaker 1: And it's a really nice community that's been built up.
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: So a lot going on over here.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely. But, hey, let's talk some baseball here real quick.
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: I know we got this first game here at 7-10. And,
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: you know, honestly, as a baseball fan, seeing what Alonzo
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: did in that ninth inning, tied the game, hit a homer,
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: that wasn't a bat flip, dude. That was a bat throw,
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: like in your ass, man. Like he was like, that had,
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: that was a lot of emotion that dude let out.
• 17:04
  Speaker 3: That's for, how do you feel about bat flips in general?
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: I feel like you don't like them in general.
• 17:08
  Speaker 2: In general. I think, I don't mind them, but I
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: think if you do it too much, it just becomes like,
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: save it for that moment. You're like, right. Like what
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Alonzo did. I got no problem with that, but if
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: you just want to be a Juan Soto and flip
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: it every time you're up and like that, then it
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: kind of gets old. But like, man, if it's a
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: special moment, playoff game or to win or a tie, man,
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: have your fun, man. That's what baseball, that's what it
• 17:32
  Speaker 2: should be. Let them be kids like that. They're playing
• 17:34
  Speaker 2: a kid's game. I love every bit of that. So
• 17:36
  Speaker 2: him throwing that bat like that, I was like, damn,
• 17:39
  Speaker 2: he's mad as hell at them fans. And then to
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: see the interaction with the fans that caught the ball,
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: and it was a pretty cool thing to see, man.
• 17:46
  Speaker 2: He hooked them up with some bats and some balls,
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: signed balls and jerseys, and they're all wearing Mets shit,
• 17:51
  Speaker 2: and they're signing. He was signing for, you could tell
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: he was kind of bummed the Mets got rid of him.
• 17:56
  Speaker 3: Yeah, how do you feel about the fans, like, giving
• 17:58
  Speaker 3: him a standing ovation, like, against their squad?
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: I feel like, honestly, they stink. So they don't have
• 18:05
  Speaker 1: anything to root for really.
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: And if they were like in the playoff hunt, like
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: it would be different in my opinion.
• 18:11
  Speaker 2: All I know is, is I saw the craziest shit
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: in sports of all time when Chris Chelios became a
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: Detroit Red Wing and the Chicago fans still cheered for him. Like,
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: you know, like that don't happen.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: Like you're going to see the exact opposite next week
• 18:25
  Speaker 3: in Cleveland when Deshaun Watson starts, it's going to be
• 18:28
  Speaker 3: a spectacle because the fans hate it. You're never going
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: to see a player booed more at their home stadium
• 18:35
  Speaker 3: the next week if he's starting.
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, I can see that. I mean, there's a lot
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: of controversy surrounding Mr. Deshaun Watson taking a lot of money.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: I mean, he runs his– I mean, yeah.
• 18:44
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: A lot working against him.
• 18:47
  Speaker 3: Cleveland's a lot like Detroit, as you know. So you
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: know how the fans can be. It's a blue-collar city,
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: and he is far from that.
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: Yeah. But, yeah, that was a pretty exciting game. Now,
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: with that being said, in this game here tonight, we
• 18:58
  Speaker 2: got– Obviously, we got the Mets pulling out Curry here.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: Stock is not in there. We have the Orioles. Man,
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: I think Pete Alonso is a pretty good play again, man.
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: I think he could definitely do some damage again to
• 19:15
  Speaker 2: this Mets team. So I don't mind him. It seems
• 19:18
  Speaker 2: like he's got a reason to get after the Mets,
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: as excited as he was when he hit that bomb.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: So I think Alonzo would be in play for me
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: as a one-off. I'm not looking to play any Mets
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: here today against Bassett, even though I don't mind attacking them.
• 19:38
  Speaker 2: But yeah, I just can't really get on board with
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: any of these Mets today. But yeah, I think you
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: could definitely run uh run Mr. Alonzo out there and
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: maybe hope for another big night from him.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah I kind of like the Baltimore stack a little
• 19:53
  Speaker 3: bit more I mean not that they weren't in play
• 19:55
  Speaker 3: against stock but Curry someone I don't mind.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: Picking on now they're going to a guy that wasn't.
• 20:00
  Speaker 3: Expecting to start today you know stretches things out their
• 20:04
  Speaker 3: bullpen like just provides for a You know, pitchers, as
• 20:09
  Speaker 3: we've talked about often, are creatures of habit. Now everyone's
• 20:12
  Speaker 3: off their routine today in the Mets bullpen. So going
• 20:15
  Speaker 3: after that, I don't think is a bad idea, in
• 20:18
  Speaker 3: my opinion. Like there are other really good stats, but
• 20:20
  Speaker 3: it's a seven-game slate. Not the best ballpark, but I
• 20:24
  Speaker 3: don't hate the Orioles. The Mets, Bassett, we didn't really
• 20:27
  Speaker 3: talk about him. Yeah, they've been good enough. I think
• 20:31
  Speaker 3: you could play them. Bassett himself, I don't really like
• 20:34
  Speaker 3: I don't see any reason why you couldn't play the Mets,
• 20:36
  Speaker 3: even though they don't.
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: Stand out to me. Yeah, I just I'm kind of
• 20:40
  Speaker 1: indifferent towards them.
• 20:41
  Speaker 3: I wouldn't be shocked if they're on the winner, but
• 20:43
  Speaker 3: I'm not going out of my way to play them.
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Bassett, I mean, it's just a low K,
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: you know, K rate pitcher, you know, maybe, you know, Soto.
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: maybe Young, Batty, I mean, if you wanted to look
• 20:59
  Speaker 2: at something like that. But I think maybe I'd look
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: at it as more like minis or maybe some one-offs.
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: But I do think Alonzo. I mean, you can't even
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: argue that. I mean, maybe even bet on him tonight
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: to get a double dong tonight. Like, I mean, he
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: seemed to be pretty locked in when, you know, they
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: were interviewing him yesterday. You could just see that fire
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: in his eyes. So I actually thought yesterday, I'm like, dude,
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: I'm going to bet on him every damn day of
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: this series that he's over there in New York to
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: hit a homer. I mean, I got a decent feeling
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: he's probably going to hit another one.
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: I don't hate it.
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: What was that?
• 21:34
  Speaker 1: I don't hate that call.
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, shit. Dude's got 300 homers. He's, like,
• 21:39
  Speaker 2: one of nine players that had 300 homers that fast
• 21:43
  Speaker 2: in his career. Like, some of the players they group
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: him with, it's like, you're thinking, like, damn. And then
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: I see here, Justin, like 30-year miserable Mets fan. I
• 21:52
  Speaker 2: can understand. I kind of was a Mets fan myself
• 21:55
  Speaker 2: as a 13-year-old was when the 85 Mets were. kicking ass.
• 22:00
  Speaker 2: And I think I must have had a stack of
• 22:02
  Speaker 2: Dwight Gooden rookie cards that was probably about eight inches high,
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: which are now basically worthless. I thought he was going
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: to be the greatest pitcher of all time. And who
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: didn't like Darryl Strawberry then, too? And then, you know,
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: you see the videos and all that and kind of
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: didn't understand what was going on behind the scenes there, which,
• 22:19
  Speaker 2: you know, hey, makes for a great story. But still.
• 22:22
  Speaker 2: Either way, like he said, the Knicks won. Michael said,
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: the Knicks won. So relax a little bit. No, I
• 22:28
  Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know how that works. Knicks, Rangers, Mets, Yankees.
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: I don't know how it all makes up with everyone
• 22:33
  Speaker 2: over there. But either way, good times. But we got
• 22:38
  Speaker 2: another game here, 740. So we got two 940 games.
• 22:42
  Speaker 2: We got a couple 7 o'clock games. We got three
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: games in the 8 o'clock window. But this one here,
• 22:47
  Speaker 2: Atlanta and the Cubbies, we got– Richie against Imamanga, like
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: we mentioned. We got a little total of seven and
• 22:55
  Speaker 2: a half. Covey's a minus 160-ish or so favorite. Wind
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: blowing in a little bit here. I think Shota is
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: at a pretty good spot. I don't really want to
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: play any of these, any of the Braves. I guess
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: maybe if you were looking so, I mean, you could
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: always play Acuna if you wanted to go there. But
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: as far as the cubbies go against jr richie uh
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: man richie just coming back i mean i.
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: Think he threw a no hitter in the minors his
• 23:26
  Speaker 3: last start did he yeah i'm pretty sure.
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: He did yeah did he go the whole inning did
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: he go the yes yes okay okay okay yeah.
• 23:37
  Speaker 3: I know right like that's so rare in the minors
• 23:39
  Speaker 3: to let them go though i know i'm with you.
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: Right it's just thinking okay but uh either way i
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: mean uh Miners is a hell of a lot different
• 23:49
  Speaker 2: than facing PCA and the rest of this crew. Wind
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: blowing in a little bit here. I don't know if
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: you want to full stack them. I don't like going
• 23:59
  Speaker 2: against that Braves bullpen, for one. So that usually takes
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: out usually any kind of offense that I'm even thinking
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: about against a Braves pitcher. So I'm going to definitely
• 24:09
  Speaker 2: move them back a little bit. But, I mean, PCA
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: has been hitting the shit out of the baseball. So
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: I don't know if you want to look at him
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: as like a one-off. I don't love it just because
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: that Braves bullpen, but yeah. And Hey, Richie threw a
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: no hitter.
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: Maybe he's a little worn out a little bit. Yeah.
• 24:23
  Speaker 3: I don't know where I got that, but now I'm
• 24:25
  Speaker 3: seeing that that's wrong. So forget that. And he hasn't
• 24:27
  Speaker 3: been good in the majors anyways. If the wind weren't
• 24:29
  Speaker 3: blowing in here, I'd like the Cubs a lot. And
• 24:31
  Speaker 3: I think that they're in play. But man, it's just
• 24:36
  Speaker 3: always hard to go to this park when the weather's
• 24:38
  Speaker 3: not conducive to hitting, especially on a slate with cores,
• 24:40
  Speaker 3: et cetera. You'll probably get the Cubs real low on
• 24:43
  Speaker 3: though against the, not good MLB pitcher. So I think
• 24:47
  Speaker 3: that's intriguing and they've beaten some of these bad weather
• 24:50
  Speaker 3: spots before, but man, it's tough when we've got other
• 24:53
  Speaker 3: good spots.
• 24:54
  Speaker 1: Like I know like the Miami Arizona game, much better
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: for hitting.
• 24:58
  Speaker 3: We just talked about Baltimore and the Mets. So I
• 25:00
  Speaker 3: think there's better spots, but yeah, Richie's a pitcher to
• 25:03
  Speaker 3: pick on in general.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: Yeah.
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: That's what title and I were talking a little bit yesterday.
• 25:08
  Speaker 2: I mean, we're getting into that time of year where,
• 25:10
  Speaker 2: you know, the Midwest and the East coast is going
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: to start getting a little bit colder and than the
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: West Coast, especially the L.A. games and the Arizona games
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: and so forth. So, yeah, we're getting to that time
• 25:23
  Speaker 2: of year. But moving on, we got Boston and Texas
• 25:30
  Speaker 2: sitting here looking at Jake Bennett against Mackenzie Gore. Both
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: pitchers look like they're going to be getting some ownership. Now,
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: I don't mind picking on a little Mackenzie Gore. Maybe
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: Contreras would be interesting. Jumaane Jones, a pinch hit risk, though,
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: has ever since couldn't hit freaking lefties when he's on
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: the Tigers. He gets over to Boston. All of a sudden,
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: he's hitting lefties like he did last year. But definitely
• 25:56
  Speaker 2: a pinch hit risk. But you got any interest in
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: any of these righty bats on either side?
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: I think the Boston bats against Gore are interesting, especially
• 26:05
  Speaker 3: with him getting ownership.
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: He hasn't been good. Yeah, I get that.
• 26:10
  Speaker 3: And then Texas against Bennett. Bennett was not good. His
• 26:12
  Speaker 3: last start against the Angels gave up a few home runs.
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: Maybe he's regressing. And if that's the case, Texas isn't
• 26:20
  Speaker 3: going to get much love. Yeah, I think both these
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: offenses have roles on this slate. If I'm playing one lineup,
• 26:25
  Speaker 3: I'm probably not stacking either. But Boston is in consideration.
• 26:29
  Speaker 1: I like them here.
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, like we said, Gore has not been
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: very good lately. His K percentage has been down. His
• 26:36
  Speaker 2: walk percentage the last 30 days to righties is at
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: almost 15%. So that's alarming. A lot of stuff trending
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: downward for Mr. Gore here as we wind down the season.
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: I got to imagine, too, these elder players, as Gore is,
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: they get worn down a little bit, tired here. as
• 26:59
  Speaker 2: they get into the season, especially if you're not really
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: playing for much. But, all right, we'll move on. We
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: don't really care for either of these offenses. But now
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: in the next game here, I do have some interest.
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: We got Kansas City Lynch against the Astros, which I
• 27:16
  Speaker 2: really like some Astros here against Lynch. especially some of
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: the righties I think I'm going to get after. I'm
• 27:25
  Speaker 2: with Parides. I think Christian Walker is a pretty good play.
• 27:29
  Speaker 2: I think you could look at Cam Smith. So Lynch
• 27:33
  Speaker 2: has not looked good here in recent times. So I
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: think we can definitely pick on him. His K percentage
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: to righties in the last 30 days is down to
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: like 8%, 16% to lefties. So, yeah, I think we
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: can definitely get after some Lynch. And then that bullpen, too,
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: is something that we want to get after. I put
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: the Astros up there at the top of my ranks
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: here today. I wouldn't say number one. But they're definitely
• 27:59
  Speaker 2: up there. I think they definitely could compete with potentially
• 28:02
  Speaker 2: like a Padre stack. I think that opportunity is pretty
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: good here against Lynch.
• 28:07
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I like Houston too. I like both offenses in
• 28:10
  Speaker 3: this game, honestly. Javier is someone I don't mind picking
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: on ever. And the slate is no different. I don't
• 28:15
  Speaker 3: think Kansas City gets any love. So I like Houston,
• 28:19
  Speaker 3: similar as you do, but I also like Kansas City
• 28:21
  Speaker 3: a lot as like a low-owned upside stack. Houston stands
• 28:25
  Speaker 3: out for sure. They look like one of the better
• 28:26
  Speaker 3: stacks on the slate. Lynch, this bullpen. But then, man,
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: Javier is a classic. He's been okay recent, and the
• 28:35
  Speaker 3: slate is off of our pitching, and he's cheap, so
• 28:37
  Speaker 3: he's in play. But if he's off, he gets hit hard.
• 28:40
  Speaker 3: So I like Kansas City against him in tournaments.
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: Yeah, last 30 days, Javier's been getting barreled up 19%
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: by righties with a very high fly ball percentage of 52%. So,
• 28:52
  Speaker 2: That's pretty alarming. So definitely, I mean, I just wish
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: the Royals, you know, had a little bit more pop,
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: but I mean, you could obviously play Bobby Witt, Perez,
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: if you want to go there, Garcia. So yeah, I mean,
• 29:05
  Speaker 2: I think definitely could get after Mr. Javier here, but yeah,
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: I think both sides, but I do prefer the Astros
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: over the Royals. Now moving on to the big one, the, the, the,
• 29:18
  Speaker 2: The showcase game of the slate, obviously, sitting out there
• 29:21
  Speaker 2: in Coors Field. We got the Padres you talked about. Man,
• 29:26
  Speaker 2: Fernando Tatis, 7,200. I mean, that's ridiculous against the Rockies.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: And then you got Robbie Ray on the other side,
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: who the last 30 days, his K percentage has been
• 29:37
  Speaker 2: down to the right side. His walk percentage is... at 18%.
• 29:41
  Speaker 2: So Robbie Ray, another elder. starter has not been looking
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: good against righties in the last 30 days at all.
• 29:48
  Speaker 2: So Connor Norby, I think is interesting. Goodman's interesting. Carrick
• 29:52
  Speaker 2: yesterday hit that bomb after a long at bat. So yeah,
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: I mean, we've seen Ray struggle in recent times. He's
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: been getting barreled up by righties too. So I think
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: the Rockies are in play. Yesterday I just said screw
• 30:06
  Speaker 2: out full fading, both sides of that game. Today I
• 30:10
  Speaker 2: think I'd like the Rockies a little bit more than
• 30:12
  Speaker 2: the Padres, who are a pretty big favorite at minus 170. But, man,
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: I think the Rockies for me are somewhere I want
• 30:20
  Speaker 2: to go, especially with Ray's recent struggles. I think I
• 30:23
  Speaker 2: like them a little bit more than I do the Padres,
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: even though the Padres will grade out as the best staff.
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I like the Rockies yesterday and I like them today.
• 30:32
  Speaker 3: The only reason I like them slightly less is the
• 30:34
  Speaker 3: Padres' bullpen is more rested now because yesterday, like the
• 30:38
  Speaker 3: day before yesterday, they.
• 30:39
  Speaker 1: Had worked a lot of their guys and a lot
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: of their guys had pitched like three out of four.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: Most of them got the day off yesterday because it
• 30:44
  Speaker 3: was only Bueller, Peralta, and Vasquez.
• 30:46
  Speaker 1: So their main arms will be back here.
• 30:48
  Speaker 3: And I don't know if they let Ray get smashed,
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: but I got no problem picking on Ray. And if
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: they get to Ray, they're not going to see the
• 30:57
  Speaker 3: best arms out of the Padres pen anyways. So yeah,
• 30:59
  Speaker 3: Rocky stack high upside Padres. I mean, I like them here.
• 31:06
  Speaker 3: Obviously they're in cores and their offense usually plays in
• 31:09
  Speaker 3: San Diego. So it's about as big of a ballpark
• 31:12
  Speaker 3: upgrade as you can get.
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: That said, obviously the price tags are what they are.
• 31:18
  Speaker 3: And Adams has been like, I don't know their best pitcher,
• 31:23
  Speaker 3: which isn't saying a lot because most of their guys
• 31:26
  Speaker 3: stink and I'm not.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Buying it, but he's striking out a bunch of guys.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: So if you can leave guys off base, then like,
• 31:34
  Speaker 1: I don't know.
• 31:34
  Speaker 3: It's an ownership fade, but you know, I don't think
• 31:37
  Speaker 3: Adams is like a true gas can gas can.
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: He's not good.
• 31:41
  Speaker 3: And the Padres have the highest team total, but it's DFS, right?
• 31:45
  Speaker 3: Like obviously if we're doing a draft and just drafting
• 31:48
  Speaker 3: the best hitters on the slate, a lot of the
• 31:50
  Speaker 3: first and second round guys would be Padres, but we're
• 31:52
  Speaker 3: playing an ownership game. And I think that there's other
• 31:54
  Speaker 3: stacks that also look good that won't get nearly the love.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: I'm with you.
• 31:59
  Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, Adams, you look at him, he's, he's
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: been having some control issues to the left side so
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: far this year. He's only had 77 plate appearances, 41
• 32:09
  Speaker 2: to the left, 36 to the right. And he's got
• 32:11
  Speaker 2: a almost 15% walk percentage, which that's not going to
• 32:16
  Speaker 2: do you any favors and, in Colorado. But like you said,
• 32:19
  Speaker 2: it's been striking a lot of people out. I mean,
• 32:21
  Speaker 2: he's got a 30% strikeout rate to the right side, 26,
• 32:24
  Speaker 2: almost 27, the left side. So if he can keep
• 32:27
  Speaker 2: the ball over the plate, you may, you may see,
• 32:31
  Speaker 2: you know, you may see some trouble at the beginning for,
• 32:35
  Speaker 2: for the Padres, but I think I just prefer the
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: Rockies to be honest with you, just because like you said,
• 32:39
  Speaker 2: the ownership. So Rockies for me are actually my favorite
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: stack here today. All right. We're moving in that late window, 938, 940.
• 32:49
  Speaker 2: We got Seattle and L.A. We're looking at a game
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: total of seven and a half, so probably not going
• 32:55
  Speaker 2: to go after too many of the offenses. Now, that
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: being said, I think we're going to see two of
• 33:00
  Speaker 2: the chalkier pitchers in this game. So is this anywhere
• 33:05
  Speaker 2: that you like some one-offs, you like some minis, maybe
• 33:08
  Speaker 2: to get a little leverage on the field? And if
• 33:12
  Speaker 2: you don't overly love it, which one would you rather use?
• 33:16
  Speaker 2: Which pitcher would you rather attack? Would you rather go
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: after Kikuchi? Or do you think we'd just rather go
• 33:21
  Speaker 2: after Kirby, who, as we mentioned, has struggled mightily on
• 33:24
  Speaker 2: the road, and the Angels do have some pops. So
• 33:28
  Speaker 2: both pitchers, I think, are not safe by any means.
• 33:32
  Speaker 2: So obviously that means that there could be a potential
• 33:35
  Speaker 2: for some offense. So I guess which way would you
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: lean here?
• 33:39
  Speaker 1: So a couple of things. I lean the Mariners and
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: I like them a lot.
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: Like even though Kikuchi's in play and I get it,
• 33:45
  Speaker 3: he's your favorite pitcher and it makes sense because he's
• 33:47
  Speaker 3: so cheap, but he's only your favorite pitcher because he's
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: so cheap. Not because he's like so good. He's got
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: strikeout upside and he's really cheap and the pitching slate sucks.
• 33:56
  Speaker 3: So I think the Mariners have a really low floor here.
• 33:58
  Speaker 3: I think their upside is some of the highest on
• 34:00
  Speaker 3: the slate and I don't think they get owned as such.
• 34:02
  Speaker 3: So I'd like Seattle a lot here. They're in consideration
• 34:05
  Speaker 3: for me at power playing single entry. The Angels in
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: the same vein.
• 34:09
  Speaker 1: Like I'm with you.
• 34:10
  Speaker 3: I think both offenses look good for similar reasons. I
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: prefer Seattle, but I get why you would like the
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: angels more, which I think you do. And I just
• 34:19
  Speaker 3: want to comment on Andrew Martinez said just by Mason,
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: Andrew Mason Adams against the chalk Padres.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: I don't hate that. Like pitching is awful.
• 34:29
  Speaker 3: He's striking out 29% of hitters and the Padres are
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: going to be Uber chalk. So if you're not playing them, like,
• 34:36
  Speaker 3: Why not consider Mason Adams? I don't think that that's
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: like a ridiculous call at all. And then lastly, Jake Swales.
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: I cannot believe Tatis really got into the 3K pricing
• 34:46
  Speaker 3: earlier this year.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: That's wild.
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: I don't remember ever seeing someone like double their price
• 34:51
  Speaker 3: besides like a random 2K hitter throughout the course of
• 34:53
  Speaker 3: the season.
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: So that's where we are.
• 34:57
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Boca, if we had like four or five,
• 35:01
  Speaker 2: like even the FanDuel pitching slate, I think you'd be
• 35:04
  Speaker 2: kind of willing, you know, with four or five more
• 35:05
  Speaker 2: better arms, like you wouldn't even be talking about Kirby
• 35:08
  Speaker 2: and Kikuchi as much as now. So, yeah, I know
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: like a really deep pitching slate. I think these would
• 35:15
  Speaker 2: be guys we might be going after if it was all,
• 35:18
  Speaker 2: you know, like opening day kind of thing here. These
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: are two guys we'd be attacking. So, yeah, that's how
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: bad I think kind of pitching is in a whole anyway. So,
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: all right, one more game left. We have Miami at Arizona.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: We got Mr. Gusto against Merrill Kelly. Merrill Kelly has
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: not been very good against lefties. His walk rate has
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: been very high the last 30 days. He has 17%
• 35:47
  Speaker 2: walk rate, 13% K rate. He's been getting just hit
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: pretty hard. Both sides is fly ball percentages. or a
• 35:56
  Speaker 2: little higher than they normally are. So ground ball percentage
• 35:59
  Speaker 2: is a mid-ground ball lean type pitcher. But I think
• 36:02
  Speaker 2: they could get after Merrill Kelly here. Conine, I think,
• 36:04
  Speaker 2: is a pretty good play. Stowers, I think, is a
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: pretty good play. Marcy, I think I'd look at some
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: of the lefties here are the Marlins. As far as
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Arizona goes, I got them ranked up pretty high as well.
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: Newt Barr, obviously, top of that lineup, is still pretty cheap,
• 36:20
  Speaker 2: is a decent play. I think all of the D-backs
• 36:24
  Speaker 2: would be in play for me here all the way
• 36:26
  Speaker 2: up and down. So I don't mind that at all.
• 36:29
  Speaker 2: I mean, he's been getting beat up by righties. So,
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: you know, I think we could definitely look at some
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: of the righties here of the D-backs. I probably have
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: them around maybe in my top three today. But for me,
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: overall on offense, I think the Rockies are my favorite.
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: I also like some Astros. And then I probably look
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: at some Marlins and then I probably look at some
• 36:51
  Speaker 2: D backs, but yeah, for me, I think, I think
• 36:54
  Speaker 2: you could look at both, both sides of this game
• 36:57
  Speaker 2: if you want to, but even not a bad game stack,
• 37:00
  Speaker 2: if you want to look at that. But for me,
• 37:03
  Speaker 2: I think, I think the D backs are in a
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: pretty interesting spot against Mr. Gusto.
• 37:08
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, honestly, I know you like Kelly stinks.
• 37:11
  Speaker 3: He's not good, but I do think that the beginning
• 37:13
  Speaker 3: of the year for him was way worse than he's
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: pitching now. Like he hasn't gotten blown up a ton recently.
• 37:19
  Speaker 3: Not that he's been good, but, you know, I don't
• 37:22
  Speaker 3: hate the spot, but in the same vein, like, yeah,
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: the Marlins are definitely in play against him. If he's
• 37:27
  Speaker 3: off at all, like he can get crushed by lefties.
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: Obviously a ballpark upgrade for Miami. I can't imagine they
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: get any love here. So yeah, full stacking Miami. I'm
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: intrigued because I'm not going out of my way to
• 37:39
  Speaker 3: play Merrill Kelly.
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: I just don't like pitching. So he's in play.
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: And then Arizona also with you. Yeah, Gusto's not good. Yeah,
• 37:49
  Speaker 3: I mean, the bottom of the Arizona lineup drops off
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: in a hurry, but it's really cheap, and it's a
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: small slate, and there's, you know, outside of cores, like,
• 37:58
  Speaker 3: we don't have any of the other premier hitting spots.
• 38:01
  Speaker 3: Wind is blowing in in Wrigley, no Sacramento, no Cincinnati. So, yeah,
• 38:09
  Speaker 3: I get it for sure.
• 38:11
  Speaker 2: Yeah, interesting slate we have, as we mentioned. I think
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: I would, you know, start with some bats. and then
• 38:17
  Speaker 2: see what I got left for some pitching. But, Matt,
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: let me have your favorite three pitchers. Give me a
• 38:25
  Speaker 2: couple of your favorite stacks, and let's throw a home
• 38:27
  Speaker 2: run call and see if we can get the Ship
• 38:31
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• 38:34
  Speaker 2: this week.
• 38:36
  Speaker 3: Let's go with my favorite pitchers. We'll go Imanaga. I'm
• 38:43
  Speaker 3: just going to roll with it. He's kind of expensive
• 38:47
  Speaker 3: is the only thing about Mason Adams, so I can't
• 38:49
  Speaker 3: do it.
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: But I'll go Imanaga. Man, this is an awful pitching slate.
• 38:59
  Speaker 3: Kirby and Bennett, but I don't feel good about any
• 39:03
  Speaker 3: of them outside of Imanaga, kind of.
• 39:06
  Speaker 1: Favorite stacks, we will go with, I'll leave Coors off.
• 39:11
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go with the Orioles.
• 39:14
  Speaker 1: I'm going to go with the Royals. Then I'm going
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: to go with the Astros.
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: I like it. I like the Orioles call. I think
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: that one is definitely interesting. That's for sure. Like I said,
• 39:28
  Speaker 2: I like what I saw. out of Pete Alonzo yesterday.
• 39:32
  Speaker 2: That's for sure. As far as a home run call,
• 39:39
  Speaker 2: I'm going to say Cam Smith on Houston hits a homer.
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: I think for me, that's somebody like Christian Walker, Cam Smith.
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: I like both of those guys here today. But you
• 39:49
  Speaker 2: got anybody throw a homer on that at us?
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: Let's home run call. Let's go with, let's go with
• 39:59
  Speaker 1: Jackson holiday.
• 40:01
  Speaker 2: Jackson holiday.
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: Like it.
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: Peter Alonzo seems too damn easy.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: Like I said, I couldn't do it after you talked
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: him up the whole show. Yeah.
• 40:07
  Speaker 2: I think, you know, I think that seems a little
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: too easy, but definitely, I think I'm going to throw
• 40:12
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• 40:15
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