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MLB DFS Process | DraftKings & FanDuel Picks, Plays & Slate Breakdown | Thursday, 09/24/26 · 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 off.
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  Speaker 3: What is up shipping nation youtube station we got a
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  Speaker 3: thursday night of some baseball i gotta apologize real quick
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  Speaker 3: too right off the bat i sound a little stuffy
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  Speaker 3: sinus man's kicking my ass all week but uh matt
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  Speaker 3: hopefully you've been feeling a little bit better than i
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  Speaker 3: have all week like i said i don't know about
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  Speaker 3: all this moisture and shit we have up here the
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  Speaker 3: it's like changing of the guard around here too with
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  Speaker 3: the seasons coming in and uh My sinuses have taken
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  Speaker 3: a severe beating.
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  Speaker 4: So, but hey. Good times.
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  Speaker 3: We got some baseball. We're getting down to nitty gritty.
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  Speaker 3: This is going to be our last show we're going
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  Speaker 3: to be doing together.
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  Speaker 4: This season here. Mr.
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  Speaker 3: Matt, I'll tell you what, hopefully baseball gets their shit
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  Speaker 3: together as we were talking a little bit pre-show and
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  Speaker 3: doesn't go on strike.
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  Speaker 4: If they do, man, maybe we can do some AAA
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  Speaker 4: or something. I don't know. We'll see what DFS ends
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  Speaker 4: up doing.
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  Speaker 3: But bringing you on in here, Matt, how was your week?
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  Speaker 3: And yeah, what do you think about this strike and
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  Speaker 3: basically season winding down?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, bittersweet last show. MLB winding down is always, I
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  Speaker 2: don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I love MLB, so I'm always a little depressed whenever
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  Speaker 1: it's winding down.
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  Speaker 2: Playoffs are coming, though. Cleveland should be in there. Cleveland
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  Speaker 2: is in there. It's just a matter of whether we
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  Speaker 2: can win the division. Tight race right now with the
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  Speaker 2: White Sox. Man, we were talking before, as you alluded to,
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  Speaker 2: I just hope they figure this shit out. Whatever it is,
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  Speaker 2: however they need to get it done, I hope they do,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm not holding my breath. So, I think it's
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  Speaker 2: very likely we don't have baseball for at least a
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  Speaker 2: part of next year, and that just sucks. So take
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  Speaker 2: advantage of it while it's here. We still got good slates,
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  Speaker 2: even with NFL going on. Yeah, man, excited to talk
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  Speaker 2: this one out with you. We got a small one
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  Speaker 2: to break down here.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, only six games. I believe there is five games.
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  Speaker 3: over there on FanDuel. But hey, before we do that,
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  Speaker 3: I need to just be sure, make sure everybody goes
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  Speaker 3: and checks us out.
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  Speaker 4: We got, what, all these other sports are rolling, Matt. Like,
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  Speaker 4: what do we got? Football definitely is in primetime season.
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  Speaker 3: I know my personal, like, season log fantasy team is
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  Speaker 3: taking a freaking beating. I got basically everybody who's heard already.
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  Speaker 3: That's my team, you know, basically. what's going on. But yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we got the shipping games going on. I
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  Speaker 3: know we got 45 K.
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  Speaker 4: I know all the members and subscribers know how it works.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, it's, it's, it's a lot to digest, but to
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  Speaker 3: go over there to the site shows exactly how it works, uh,
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  Speaker 3: different layers to it, but Hey.
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  Speaker 4: All kinds of money going out the door each and
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  Speaker 4: every week.
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  Speaker 3: I know Matt's, uh, been uh crushing some football i've
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  Speaker 3: seen them already uh pretty close up i think was
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  Speaker 3: it last monday matt like you were literally the second
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  Speaker 3: highest team in the in the million and title ended
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  Speaker 3: up winning at ferguson put them up but for a
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  Speaker 3: while like you're you're bad you were in the second
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  Speaker 3: group of teams for like late in the fourth.
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  Speaker 2: Quarter i'm tilted man i played like 30 dark who
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  Speaker 2: was 80 own and got hurt obviously and still didn't
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  Speaker 2: end up in the winner which was It's like if
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  Speaker 2: you don't get first in those tournaments, you're losing money
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  Speaker 2: no matter.
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  Speaker 1: What, you know?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. Yeah, they are tough.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I usually play, like, maybe four or five teams,
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  Speaker 3: and I'll put them in a bunch of the high-end, like, qualifier,
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  Speaker 3: you know, satellites, like the 1350, the 490, you know,
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  Speaker 3: and stuff like that. And, you know, hopefully maybe ship
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  Speaker 3: one of those. To me, that's, like, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: little easier. I get, you know, especially if it's the
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  Speaker 3: 1350 cube spot. That's always pretty fun. But sorry, but
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  Speaker 3: that's what I've been shooting for. And I always throw
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  Speaker 3: it in the high dollar one. Like you said, I think,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a couple of times I've been, you know,
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  Speaker 3: a lucky one to split it 50, 60, 70 ways, whatever.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, you hit one of those and
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  Speaker 3: you'd play like I'm basically playing. I mean, you hit
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  Speaker 3: one of those and you get your, you know, 10K plus.
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  Speaker 3: It lasts you a while to continue to play. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: but you're like you said, he's in the game, right?
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  Speaker 3: And I believe, not to, you know, make it worse
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  Speaker 3: for you, Tito literally said he played like 90% dark.
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  Speaker 1: We texted after.
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  Speaker 4: One of two teams he had that fucking he had
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  Speaker 4: with no dark.
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  Speaker 2: We texted after. I sent him the, you know, the
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  Speaker 2: gif of that kid. Like, congratulations. Nice job of him, like,
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  Speaker 2: all pissed. You know what I'm talking about?
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  Speaker 1: So, yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Congrats to him. That's how DFS plays out sometimes, man. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I've been on the other side of it.
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  Speaker 4: I was.
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  Speaker 2: Surprised to say the least to see him when i
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  Speaker 2: opened up when i opened up draft kings that night
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  Speaker 2: to see i was losing money with so much lower
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  Speaker 2: on dart but that's the way the cookie crumbled hopefully
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  Speaker 2: i get it tonight and uh i'm looking for there
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  Speaker 2: have been i don't think there's been a solo shipper
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  Speaker 2: on showdown yet this year so hopefully we see one.
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  Speaker 3: Of those soon yeah those are definitely tough to find
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  Speaker 3: i mean for those you got to leave like a
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  Speaker 3: bunch of money.
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  Speaker 1: They're so rare Especially the bigger the contests are. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they are, like you said, real hard to find.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, most definitely.
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  Speaker 3: But I will say, I think, you know, I like,
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  Speaker 3: you know, if I'm playing like a qualifier two for DraftKings,
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  Speaker 3: like the 490, I mean, to me, I feel like
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  Speaker 3: I do better in the showdowns than I do the
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  Speaker 3: overall Sunday. So a lot of times I play those
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  Speaker 3: 490 queues. So, yeah, I definitely enjoy the showdown slates.
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  Speaker 3: It's a lot of fun.
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  Speaker 4: That's for sure. All right, what do we got here?
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  Speaker 4: We got some baseball, six games.
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  Speaker 3: I didn't really see too much of any kind of
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  Speaker 3: weather that I needed to be concerned about. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: you look at the overall lineup of the pitching we got,
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  Speaker 3: you know, just look running down, you know, Schlittler, Glasnow, Wu, Seymour, Pavetta, Suarez, Molly, Cantillo.
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  Speaker 4: Lambert, Grace Rodriguez.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, you're like, hey, that's not a bad, not
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  Speaker 3: a bad group of pitchers there. But, I mean, you got, what,
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  Speaker 3: three guys, four guys, over 29% strikeout percentage on the
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  Speaker 3: slate tonight. But for me, Matt, I mean.
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  Speaker 4: It's pretty easy. You got Wu at the price we have.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, the only knock against him is it's on
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  Speaker 3: the road where he's kind of struggled a little bit.
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  Speaker 3: But you got Wu against the Angels, who obviously strike
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  Speaker 3: out the most. I mean, with his price, $ 8, 500, I see.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of people going that way. For me, you know,
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  Speaker 3: you got Schlitter and Glasnow. Both are very, very good.
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  Speaker 3: Been very good on the season. I think I just
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  Speaker 3: prefer the matchup that Glasnow has over the Padres and
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  Speaker 3: with the salary relief you get over Schlitter. But I
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  Speaker 3: think Schlitter is a pretty good pivot because I don't
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  Speaker 3: think he's going to be owned as much as the others.
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  Speaker 3: Seymour I worried about just because... I mean, they got
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  Speaker 3: a playoff run coming up. I just don't see– Tampa's been,
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  Speaker 3: you know, always they're just a team you worry about
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  Speaker 3: yanking their pitcher.
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  Speaker 4: So I'd be kind of worried about that.
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  Speaker 3: Molly seems to be getting some love against the Reds,
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  Speaker 3: which I'm not– I mean, he's pitched well here recent times.
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  Speaker 1: I got a real good tidbit on Molly for you
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  Speaker 1: that I think you'll like.
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  Speaker 4: So, yeah, I mean, I just– I kind of worry.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, they did let Chris Sale go quite a bit, which,
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  Speaker 3: you know, them being a playoff team, I get worried
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  Speaker 3: about these playoff teams wanting to just pull the reins
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  Speaker 3: back a little bit. You know, maybe these guys get
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  Speaker 3: in the 70s and then they start yanking them out.
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  Speaker 3: So because, you know, they got some playoff runs coming
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  Speaker 3: up and give their guy a little bit of break,
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  Speaker 3: but just kind of keep his arm loose.
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  Speaker 4: So I do. I am a little bit a little
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  Speaker 4: bit concerned about that. But, hey, why do you see pitching?
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  Speaker 4: I mean, I mean, I think.
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  Speaker 3: For me, Woo, I mean, we've been picking on Angels
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  Speaker 3: all year. So, I mean, that's usually where I start.
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  Speaker 3: If I see a righty, that's like a decent righty.
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  Speaker 3: It's like, all right, he's in. Pencil him in. Looks
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  Speaker 3: like a pretty good spot. But, yeah, I mean, I
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  Speaker 3: think Schlittler, I mean, against the Rays, I don't love it.
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  Speaker 3: But I think that's a pretty decent pivot off of, like, Glassnow,
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  Speaker 3: who I think would be probably a little bit more
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  Speaker 3: owned than Schlittler. But, I mean, I think Woo and Molly.
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  Speaker 3: And I always, when I'm playing Woo, man, I don't know,
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  Speaker 3: call me a kid. When he gets a strikeout, I'm
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  Speaker 3: pulling the rip flare like, Woo!
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  Speaker 4: You know, like, I don't know.
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  Speaker 3: I'm always, like, joking around with my team, having fun.
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  Speaker 3: But Brian Woo is definitely one that I do like
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  Speaker 3: to have fun. Because I'm Fandu, you only got one pitcher.
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  Speaker 3: But I do like to have fun with Mr.
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  Speaker 2: Woo. Yeah, Woo looks like it's lock here. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that price point against the Angels, I play it's on him.
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  Speaker 2: I played him in his last start.
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  Speaker 1: I played him. almost every start this season.
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  Speaker 2: So at home against the angels at this price point,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, the angels were fun the past couple of
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  Speaker 2: days in Sacramento, but now they're in Seattle. Woo looks
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  Speaker 2: like an elite play to me. He'll get owned as such,
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  Speaker 2: but I'm fine with that. And then I'm good with my,
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  Speaker 2: or with glass now or Schlittler. Glass has been a
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  Speaker 2: little up and down this year. He's coming off a
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  Speaker 2: monster start, but that was against San Francisco. Now he's
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  Speaker 2: facing a Padres team. That's fighting for their playoff lives. Like,
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  Speaker 2: I don't, I don't think I want to use glass
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  Speaker 2: now if I'm playing one lineup here and the same
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  Speaker 2: with Schlittler, like you get a Tampa team that just
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  Speaker 2: doesn't strike out a ton.
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  Speaker 1: That's really good. He's Uber expensive.
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  Speaker 2: I get like, I don't think he's a bad play,
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  Speaker 2: but if I'm playing one lineup, it's woo.
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  Speaker 1: And it's Molly. I love the matchup for Molly. Good
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  Speaker 1: price point.
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  Speaker 2: He's another guy I've used a ton, especially since he's
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  Speaker 2: come over to Atlanta where he's been rock solid. And
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  Speaker 2: then the, coup de grace for Molly here is he's
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  Speaker 2: got a million dollar incentive and needs to go six
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  Speaker 2: innings tonight to reach it.
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  Speaker 1: So I.
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  Speaker 2: have all the feeling in the world, the brave, let
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  Speaker 2: him get that if he's pitching at least decent.
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  Speaker 1: So that kind of answers my questions about his length here.
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  Speaker 1: So too cheap. I love the matchup.
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  Speaker 2: I'm hoping people kind of sleep on that.
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  Speaker 1: It's Molly and Wu for me.
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  Speaker 4: That's an interesting little tidbit too.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, uh, The Braves don't seem to be an
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  Speaker 3: organization that would rip that out of their hands. Like,
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  Speaker 3: if that was the Reds or, like, the Tigers even,
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  Speaker 3: I'd be worried about something like that, you know. But, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: say hi to.
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  Speaker 4: A few people. Michael W., the knee-braider. We got William
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  Speaker 4: in here laughing. G. Risen is off the Schuettler.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah. Just remember that life lesson I taught you
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  Speaker 3: all last year. Do not go underneath a ship in
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  Speaker 3: the ocean on a fishing charter to take a shit
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  Speaker 3: because it will not work out well for you. So
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  Speaker 3: I learned that lesson and that is not fun.
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  Speaker 4: It was awful.
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  Speaker 3: I felt like I was in a fucking snow globe.
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  Speaker 3: So it was shaking rapidly. It was not fun, man.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, that was probably one of the funnier stories
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  Speaker 3: I probably told. over the times on these shows, but yeah,
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  Speaker 3: either way.
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  Speaker 4: All right.
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  Speaker 3: We got some pitching here just to wrap up here.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, is there anybody cheap? So like, I know
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  Speaker 3: we got some of these guys up at the top, like,
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  Speaker 3: you know, what about like Lambert? You know, I mean
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  Speaker 3: he's not anybody. I think he'd be a guy like,
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  Speaker 3: I think I could maybe get, you know, maybe 15.
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  Speaker 4: Points out of maybe something around there.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I don't feel like it's, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: ceiling play, but if I'm just looking to get some
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  Speaker 3: points out of a cheap pitcher, maybe go there. Grayson Rodriguez,
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  Speaker 3: he's going to see, what, seven lefties. Hasn't been looking
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  Speaker 3: too bad. I mean, he has been giving up some power.
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  Speaker 3: Some of his strikeouts have been there. I mean, I
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  Speaker 3: don't know if I, for 5,500, I think that would
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  Speaker 3: be a guy that I could possibly leave in.
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  Speaker 4: But yeah, I mean, it's thin pickings tonight.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, maybe Lambert and Rodriguez, like I said, if
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  Speaker 3: you want to go that low, but for me, I
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  Speaker 3: think I'd stay up in the high end. Woo's the
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  Speaker 3: Molly's the glass. Now's the Schlitler's is probably where I'd stay.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you on Grayson.
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  Speaker 2: Like he's a guy I like to pick on. I
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  Speaker 2: think you can use some Seattle bats, but also like
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  Speaker 2: he gets the park upgrade. He's Uber cheap and Seattle's
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  Speaker 2: not good. So I'm with you there. I think he
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  Speaker 2: would be the one cheap guy that I would leave
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  Speaker 2: in there. And if you want to load up on
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  Speaker 2: expensive bats, I wouldn't be surprised if he, you know,
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  Speaker 2: has a clean five, six inning outing here and he's
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  Speaker 2: got K upside.
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  Speaker 1: So I'm with that call.
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  Speaker 3: And I think too, like just going out the gate to,
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  Speaker 3: if I'm sitting there thinking, Hey, I'm gonna, I'm gonna
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  Speaker 3: play them.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah. I'm going to play some Grayson Rodriguez.
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  Speaker 3: I might even actually say I'm probably in a, in
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  Speaker 3: a position where I may stack against them as well.
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  Speaker 3: So like, I'd want to, that'd be a play. I
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  Speaker 3: think I need to have a handful of guys. For me, or,
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  Speaker 3: you know, a handful of teams.
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  Speaker 1: It's tough to play him in, like, one lineup, no doubt.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. So, all right. Let's see what we
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  Speaker 4: got here. So, let's take your top three pitchers.
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  Speaker 1: I'm going to say Wu, Molly, and then, oh, man.
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  Speaker 1: I'm with you on Glass now over Schlittler.
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  Speaker 2: Just because of the price point, but I just don't
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  Speaker 2: love the matchup. But that said, there's really no one
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  Speaker 2: else for me. So it's Wu, Molly, Glasnow. I think
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  Speaker 2: you can make a case for Grayson, like we just
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  Speaker 2: talked about, just because I don't love the options and
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  Speaker 2: he's so cheap.
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  Speaker 1: But I'll leave it as Glasnow as the third.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think we're pretty much in lockstep on that.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we only got, what, six games. So I
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  Speaker 3: think there's enough offense. I mean, there's what, maybe– maybe
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  Speaker 3: a handful of teams, five, six teams.
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  Speaker 4: I thought we're in pretty decent spots.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think, I mean, there's two teams that stand
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  Speaker 3: out tonight that we'll get to, I think are going
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  Speaker 3: to garner some ownership and rightfully so because Brady Singer
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  Speaker 3: sucks balls. But you know, after that, I think it
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  Speaker 3: should be pretty interesting, but yeah, I think we're pretty
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  Speaker 3: close to in lockstep there for, for some pitching here tonight.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, Like we said, we got six games. We
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  Speaker 3: got the first one, 645 start. We got your squad
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  Speaker 3: down there in Cleveland in a game with a game
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  Speaker 3: total sitting at six and a half. We're getting to
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  Speaker 3: that time of year where these game totals are getting
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  Speaker 3: to be playoff-type numbers, six below seven. You usually don't
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  Speaker 3: see that until this time of year. But, yeah, sitting
• 14:41
  Speaker 3: here looking at Mr. Espino against– Ranger Suarez, Mr. Groundball
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  Speaker 3: Man himself, who we really didn't talk too much about there,
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  Speaker 3: who I don't... Man, Suarez for me is... I just
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  Speaker 3: think there's better strikeout upside today. I mean, I think
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  Speaker 3: if I was playing a multiple entry, a bunch of teams,
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  Speaker 3: I would leave Suarez in just because he's been decent.
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  Speaker 3: But I just think the upside we have with the
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  Speaker 3: other pitching options, for me, I don't have any interest
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  Speaker 3: in in, in using them.
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  Speaker 4: Do you have any interest in Suarez?
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  Speaker 1: Not really. He's not a guy I use that often.
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  Speaker 1: Like he's a good pitcher.
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  Speaker 2: I don't stack against him really, but he's not someone
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  Speaker 2: I've used a lot recently. I know he's been in
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  Speaker 2: better form, but I don't love the matchup. Cleveland's not great,
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  Speaker 2: but they don't strike out a ton. So I'm off
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  Speaker 2: on him for the exact same reasons.
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: It sounds like you don't love him either.
• 15:35
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 15:38
  Speaker 3: He's just, he's a great pitcher. I mean, When I
• 15:41
  Speaker 3: think ground ball pitchers, he'd be in my short list
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: of guys that probably would come out of my mouth. So, yeah,
• 15:48
  Speaker 3: definitely not somewhere that I'm looking to go for bats.
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: So, I mean, this one's six and a half total.
• 15:57
  Speaker 4: I don't really love it.
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: I can't even really recommend really too many one-offs that
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: I could say. Maybe if you wanted to look at
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: some Red Sox, you know.
• 16:07
  Speaker 4: Maybe you could do that if you wanted to.
• 16:09
  Speaker 2: But....
• 16:11
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I just, I don't see it. I feel like
• 16:13
  Speaker 4: I'm pushing it.
• 16:15
  Speaker 1: Yeah, same.
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: I mean, this game, just the weather's not great. Cleveland,
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: I'm not looking to pick on Suarez. This is a
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: must win for Cleveland. The White Sox won today, so
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: Cleveland's got to win to maintain their advantage in the
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: AL Central. Boston facing Espino and Cantillo is a little
• 16:34
  Speaker 2: bit interesting. Man, on another slate, I might have more interest.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: I will say, like, The slate is small, I think,
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: to your point. Houston and the Braves get a ton
• 16:43
  Speaker 2: of ownership for good reason. But Boston, like, Cantillo is
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: not amazing. He's not bad, but he can get hit.
• 16:54
  Speaker 2: So I don't think Boston's crazy. I don't love their lineup, though.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: This is mostly a stay-away game for me. You could
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: convince me on a lot here, but nothing I love.
• 17:04
  Speaker 4: And then we got... Let's see here. Next game, 7-0-5.
• 17:09
  Speaker 3: So, what have we got? 6-45, a 7-0-5, a 7-15,
• 17:13
  Speaker 3: and then we got the three games on the West
• 17:14
  Speaker 3: Coast out there in that late slate. So, we basically
• 17:18
  Speaker 3: got three games on the East side, and then we
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: got three games on the West side here tonight. So,
• 17:25
  Speaker 3: it can be a late one if, you know, you're
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: on a couple of them late games. But we got
• 17:29
  Speaker 3: Tampa and the Yankees, another one with a pretty low total,
• 17:33
  Speaker 3: sitting at 6th. We got Seymour, who's been pretty decent
• 17:37
  Speaker 3: here recently against Schlittler, who Cy Young potential. So I
• 17:44
  Speaker 3: don't see any need to try to push it and
• 17:45
  Speaker 3: play against either of these guys either. So I'll leave
• 17:48
  Speaker 3: this game total of six alone and move on to
• 17:51
  Speaker 3: something else.
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: I'd rather stack either of the teams in the last
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: game than this one. I'm with you. This is a
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: big cross off. I pussied out last night.
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: I like the Yankees and had a couple of lineups
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: with the Yankees and changed them.
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: Of course, they absolutely went nuts.
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: So is Not a fun night for me or my
• 18:08
  Speaker 2: wife for that matter. But we move on to a
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: new day. And, yeah, man, I don't like this game
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: at all. Like I just said, I'd rather stack Boston
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: or Cleveland, either of these teams.
• 18:20
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I got to agree. I got to agree with
• 18:22
  Speaker 4: that one.
• 18:23
  Speaker 3: But this next game, I think we're going to get
• 18:26
  Speaker 3: some ownership. Cincinnati going out there to Atlanta. Game total
• 18:32
  Speaker 3: sitting at eight. Braves a pretty big. favorite at minus
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: 225 Brady Singer has basically been like a softball pitcher
• 18:41
  Speaker 3: here in recent times I mean I was looking at
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: his game log I mean he's given up 21 runs.
• 18:49
  Speaker 4: In his last.
• 18:49
  Speaker 3: Handful of starts, which is not good at all. I mean, Braves,
• 18:54
  Speaker 3: I mean, I like the lefties, Olsen, Baldwin, Harris. I
• 18:59
  Speaker 3: would assume Yaz is going to be in there tonight.
• 19:02
  Speaker 3: Baldwin probably be in that leadoff spot.
• 19:06
  Speaker 4: Albies, I like. So yeah, I'd start off there.
• 19:09
  Speaker 3: And then that bullpen of the Reds isn't very good.
• 19:12
  Speaker 4: So definitely like attacking that.
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: Uh, as far as, uh, any Cincinnati bats against Molly,
• 19:19
  Speaker 3: I mean, I think you'd get a little bit of
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: leverage if you, if you wanted to go there. Molly has, uh,
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: struggled here in, well, let me just double check that.
• 19:28
  Speaker 3: So basically Molly's just, he's been good. I was going
• 19:33
  Speaker 3: to say he struggled a little bit, but that was.
• 19:35
  Speaker 4: A different chart.
• 19:36
  Speaker 3: I was looking at the wrong damn thing. But yeah,
• 19:38
  Speaker 3: he's been pretty good. Walk total been good. His strikeouts
• 19:41
  Speaker 3: have been down to lefties, almost half of what they've
• 19:43
  Speaker 3: been to righties. So I guess if I was going
• 19:45
  Speaker 3: to chase him with anything, it'd be a lefty. So
• 19:47
  Speaker 3: maybe like bladay ellie cruz i mean if you wanted
• 19:50
  Speaker 3: to go there if you want to get a little
• 19:52
  Speaker 3: leverage i'm just looking for a reason maybe to attack
• 19:54
  Speaker 3: a pitcher that's going to be probably fairly owned tonight
• 19:57
  Speaker 3: so yeah yeah i think i would do it with
• 19:59
  Speaker 3: some reds bats the.
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: Other thing is like what about you could use like
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: ellie with molly like ellie someone like that like someone
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: who's got speed short slate I don't think Jeremy Pena
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: plays tonight, so that's one shortstop option that's probably not
• 20:13
  Speaker 2: on the slate. So there are ways to get different
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: within using Mali. I don't love the Reds as a stack,
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: but I love that Mali. I expect him to go
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: six for that incentive at least. So I think we'll
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: get Link there, even if he's not amazing. So he
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: could get there based on his price point in strikeouts,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: and a couple Reds could get there too.
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: So just intrigued by that idea.
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: And then the Braves, yeah, I mean, they haven't been
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: great lately, and I hate the idea of playing them
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: into major chalk, but they look like the second-best stack
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: on the slate behind Houston, and we know their upside
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: is real. Acuna's back tonight, so their lineup's deeper. I
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: didn't mention him at all, and he stinks, but I'd
• 21:01
  Speaker 2: be mad at myself if I didn't at least mention
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: that Brady Singer I don't think is the worst play
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: on the slate because– He's not like that much worse
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: than Grayson Rodriguez, even though he's not as good of
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: a DFS pitcher. And yeah, the matchup and the ballpark
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: aren't as good, but Atlanta is going to be maybe
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: the highest owned team on the slate.
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: Houston maybe, but then Atlanta. So I don't know, man.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Like if I were playing enough lineups, I don't think
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: I would cross Brady Singer out, but obviously Atlanta looks good.
• 21:28
  Speaker 2: And if you're playing one lineup, I think you could
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: fully stack Atlanta.
• 21:34
  Speaker 4: Yeah, I like the fully stacking Atlanta idea.
• 21:36
  Speaker 3: Like you said, Houston and Atlanta are going to be
• 21:38
  Speaker 3: the two teams everybody seems to go to. But Singer,
• 21:43
  Speaker 3: his control has been awful. He's at 16% walk rate
• 21:47
  Speaker 3: the last 30 days, the righties. He's at 13% the lefties.
• 21:51
  Speaker 3: I mean, this guy's– Just not– he's just not been good.
• 21:55
  Speaker 3: His fly ball rates have been higher. I mean, he's
• 21:58
  Speaker 3: not been good at all. So, like you said, the
• 22:00
  Speaker 3: Braves haven't been– but, I mean, this is a guy
• 22:03
  Speaker 3: they can get right real quick, start feeling good about themselves,
• 22:05
  Speaker 3: rolling down to the end.
• 22:06
  Speaker 2: Look at the Dodgers last time against Singer. I mean,
• 22:09
  Speaker 2: they were, like, great either until they saw Brady.
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: Singer, you know.
• 22:13
  Speaker 4: Right, right.
• 22:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah, so, I mean– they're getting to that time of year.
• 22:16
  Speaker 3: You're going to want to start getting in your groove
• 22:18
  Speaker 3: going into, to the playoffs. So yeah, I definitely do
• 22:23
  Speaker 3: like some, some braids, but I, I like what you
• 22:25
  Speaker 3: said earlier too, about, you know, playing Ellie and throwing
• 22:29
  Speaker 3: them in your lineup against, you know, against a pretty
• 22:32
  Speaker 3: chalky pitcher.
• 22:34
  Speaker 4: In, in Molly.
• 22:35
  Speaker 3: So I don't, I don't mind that at all, especially
• 22:37
  Speaker 3: because of the, the stolen base upside. I mean, he's,
• 22:41
  Speaker 3: he's definitely going to try to swipe a bag if
• 22:44
  Speaker 3: he gets on. So, I don't mind that call at all.
• 22:47
  Speaker 3: I actually think that would be a good way to
• 22:49
  Speaker 3: get different on a short slate of games. That's definitely
• 22:54
  Speaker 3: a good point. But we got the first game of
• 22:57
  Speaker 3: the night slate, two games at 940. We got– let's
• 23:02
  Speaker 3: move it on down here. So we got 940. We
• 23:05
  Speaker 3: got the Astros and the A's. So we got Lambert,
• 23:10
  Speaker 3: who we talked about a little bit, and then we
• 23:12
  Speaker 3: got Barnett. I mean, we definitely like picking on the
• 23:16
  Speaker 3: A's in that bullpen, which is, you know, why I
• 23:19
  Speaker 3: think Houston, especially out in that Sacramento, we got a
• 23:22
  Speaker 3: game total of 10 and a half. It's two and
• 23:24
  Speaker 3: a half runs higher than the other two games that
• 23:27
  Speaker 3: we have at eight, which is the Cincinnati Atlanta and
• 23:30
  Speaker 3: then the Dodgers and Padres, which we'll talk about here
• 23:33
  Speaker 3: coming up. But Man, I mean, Alvarez obviously is going
• 23:38
  Speaker 3: to be a really good play.
• 23:40
  Speaker 4: The Astros are going to be fairly chalky here tonight,
• 23:44
  Speaker 4: along with the Braves.
• 23:45
  Speaker 3: But, I mean, I can't blame– I mean, you look
• 23:48
  Speaker 3: at it, I think there's plenty of different ways to
• 23:50
  Speaker 3: play either of the two teams and try to get
• 23:54
  Speaker 3: a little bit different. Barnett's not very good. That bullpen's
• 23:58
  Speaker 3: not very good. We like the park. I mean, you're
• 24:02
  Speaker 3: going to see a bunch of righties basically from, from
• 24:04
  Speaker 3: the Astros, but Hey, I think they're still a pretty
• 24:08
  Speaker 3: good play.
• 24:09
  Speaker 4: Alvarez would be one of the top bats on the slate, obviously.
• 24:12
  Speaker 3: But are you, who do you prefer more than I
• 24:15
  Speaker 3: guess with ownership and everything else, Matt, would you.
• 24:17
  Speaker 4: Just prefer the Astros? If you had one team, you
• 24:19
  Speaker 4: stack in the Astros, you stack in the Braves.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: I do think it's close, but it's gotta be the Astros.
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: It's this ballpark for me is the tiebreaker. Just like,
• 24:28
  Speaker 2: The A's bullpen also. I mean, you hit the nail
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: on the head. It'd be easier for me to answer
• 24:34
  Speaker 2: this if like the Braves were the team in Sacramento,
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: because I do think their offense is better than Houston's.
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: But I do think ownership is like kind of close
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: between them.
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: And I think Houston is the best stack, even though
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: Atlanta is the second best stack in my mind. Houston
• 24:48
  Speaker 2: gets the ballpark upgrade. They get the matchup and they're
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: not even priced up. We just saw the Angels like
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: crazy expensive in this ballpark. Houston is not that. I mean,
• 24:59
  Speaker 2: Alvarez is always expensive, so that's no different. But, like,
• 25:02
  Speaker 2: Altuve's 4K, they're going to have guys in the 3Ks
• 25:05
  Speaker 2: even cheaper throughout this lineup.
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: So, yeah.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: I mean, I don't think you're crazy to say Atlanta there,
• 25:11
  Speaker 2: but for me, it's Houston. If it's similar ownership, I
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: like Houston more, for sure. I think it should be
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: Houston is higher owned, and I don't know if it
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: plays out that way.
• 25:23
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we're sitting at a game total of
• 25:25
  Speaker 3: ten and a half compared to eight. So, I mean, yeah,
• 25:27
  Speaker 3: I mean, obviously a higher team total. The bullpen of
• 25:30
  Speaker 3: the Braves is just awful. So, yeah, I mean, when
• 25:34
  Speaker 3: you compare what you're looking at, I think, yeah, the
• 25:36
  Speaker 3: bullpen of the– it's got more to check off in
• 25:40
  Speaker 3: the box for Houston. So, yeah, I don't– The nine.
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: At-bats, too.
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: Like, you have more and more of a chance of
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: facing a position. I mean, you never know how stuff
• 25:47
  Speaker 2: is going to play out. But, yeah, I think Houston
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: is the higher upside.
• 25:51
  Speaker 3: Yeah. Yeah, that's our thing. You get the ninth inning
• 25:54
  Speaker 3: at bat guaranteed, too. So that's another thing. So especially,
• 25:59
  Speaker 3: you know, that just makes really the top, what, four
• 26:02
  Speaker 3: hitters on Houston could get that fifth at bat, right? So,
• 26:06
  Speaker 3: you know, that's what you're kind of looking for. So
• 26:08
  Speaker 3: that's why, you know, especially on the road, a lot
• 26:11
  Speaker 3: of people don't normally think about that. Like, a lot
• 26:13
  Speaker 3: of times I'm not worried about playing top of the
• 26:15
  Speaker 3: lineup guys if they're at home. Because, I mean, if
• 26:19
  Speaker 3: they're winning the game, that top of the lineup isn't
• 26:21
  Speaker 3: going to get, you know, potentially get that fit that
• 26:23
  Speaker 3: bat unless they just nuke it, right? So, to me,
• 26:26
  Speaker 3: you're kind of taking away the advantage of that top
• 26:29
  Speaker 3: of the lineup type hitter and get that fit that bat. So, yeah,
• 26:32
  Speaker 3: teams on the road, those top three or four hitters,
• 26:34
  Speaker 3: their chances of getting that fit that bat increase immensely.
• 26:38
  Speaker 4: So, yeah.
• 26:38
  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's one thing. Like, if I'm playing
• 26:41
  Speaker 3: one team, I think about that. Like, if I'm in
• 26:43
  Speaker 3: between a guy and they're in the top of the lineup,
• 26:45
  Speaker 3: what's the chances that fit that bat coming along? You know, like,
• 26:49
  Speaker 3: they're losing shit, you know.
• 26:50
  Speaker 4: So, yeah, either way.
• 26:54
  Speaker 3: Love going off on rants sometimes there, Matt.
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: No, it's not even a rant. I'm totally with you.
• 26:58
  Speaker 1: I think it's a great point.
• 27:00
  Speaker 4: All right, 9-4.
• 27:01
  Speaker 3: The other game we got, we got the Angels and Seattle.
• 27:05
  Speaker 3: We talked a little bit about– Grayson Rodriguez on the Hill.
• 27:10
  Speaker 3: We talked about maybe possibly using him here. But then
• 27:14
  Speaker 3: we got Wu against the Angels. I mean, another one,
• 27:17
  Speaker 3: if you're looking for a little bit of upside. Wu's
• 27:20
  Speaker 3: been struggling a little bit with lefties in the last
• 27:23
  Speaker 3: 30 days. His K percentage is down to 17%, where
• 27:27
  Speaker 3: it's normally at like 22%. His ISO is at 233,
• 27:32
  Speaker 3: a little bit higher. He's been getting barreled up a
• 27:34
  Speaker 3: little bit more. His BAB upside. So, I mean, you know,
• 27:38
  Speaker 3: For me, I'm just sitting here looking at, you know,
• 27:41
  Speaker 3: what do we got here with the lefties? Like Wade Meckler, Ballesteros, Lau.
• 27:46
  Speaker 3: You know, maybe I could maybe do something like that
• 27:48
  Speaker 3: if you wanted to pluck a one-off of something like that.
• 27:53
  Speaker 4: I guess that's where I'd look at the lefties.
• 27:55
  Speaker 3: I'm just not all enamored with the lefties that the
• 27:57
  Speaker 3: Angels are rolling out. And then as far as Seattle goes,
• 28:00
  Speaker 3: you know, obviously I don't like the park. But, I mean,
• 28:03
  Speaker 3: if you wanted to attack Grayson Rodriguez, I mean, you
• 28:06
  Speaker 3: can do that. He's been a little bit better, as
• 28:08
  Speaker 3: I said, with his walks here in recent times. But
• 28:12
  Speaker 3: if you want to get after Grayson Rodriguez, you get
• 28:14
  Speaker 3: after him with some lefties. I mean, you got Crawford, Canzone,
• 28:18
  Speaker 3: the big dumper.
• 28:19
  Speaker 4: You got Naylor. I mean, they got some lefty power. So,
• 28:22
  Speaker 4: you know, I wish the ballpark was better.
• 28:24
  Speaker 3: Maybe I'd go after some of these Mariner bats. But
• 28:27
  Speaker 3: I call the Mariners maybe a little bit sneaky getting
• 28:30
  Speaker 3: after Grayson Rodriguez. I think the park for me is
• 28:32
  Speaker 3: just kind of the flag.
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: We look at this the exact same way. I love
• 28:36
  Speaker 2: stacking against Grayson Rodriguez. He gives it up to lefties.
• 28:39
  Speaker 2: I've stacked against him. I think every slate he's on
• 28:41
  Speaker 2: this year and used him a little bit too, like
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: we talked about, but man, tonight, I think it's just
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: like the sneaky low ownership. Cause it's hard to, in
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: this ballpark think they're going to, outscore the Braves and
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: the Astros, even the athletics. And we didn't really talk about,
• 28:57
  Speaker 2: but the lefty powers there, they run a little bit.
• 29:01
  Speaker 2: I could see using them as mini stacks or yeah.
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: I mean, it's a small slate. Like the ballpark isn't
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: as big of a deal. There's no course here. Yeah.
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: You've got the Astros in Sacramento, but the Astros aren't
• 29:13
  Speaker 2: like bulletproof. They're not amazing. If you can get around Alvarez,
• 29:17
  Speaker 2: maybe you can quiet that offense down. So I'm with
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: you on Seattle. I think they're interesting. And then the Angels, nah.
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: I mean, they're not even that cheap. I really respect Wu.
• 29:30
  Speaker 1: And it's like, would.
• 29:31
  Speaker 2: You rather stack the Angels or the Reds here? As
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: much as I talked about Molly earlier, like it's gotta be.
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: The reds, right?
• 29:40
  Speaker 4: Yeah. I would say the reds.
• 29:42
  Speaker 3: It has, just because like, I got a problem with
• 29:45
  Speaker 3: the problem, the angels lefties.
• 29:46
  Speaker 4: Like if, The Angels had better lefties.
• 29:49
  Speaker 2: I was going to say, what lefties are you even
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: talking about?
• 29:52
  Speaker 1: Like what lefties are you talking about?
• 29:54
  Speaker 4: Right, that's the problem. Like I said, Meckler, Ballesteros, like
• 29:59
  Speaker 4: they don't have any. It's like that would be what
• 30:01
  Speaker 4: I'm going to attack them with.
• 30:03
  Speaker 3: So that's why I like Wu so much. Wu would
• 30:05
  Speaker 3: be a lock button for me against these Angels tonight,
• 30:07
  Speaker 3: especially with all the strikeouts they got. If I'm playing
• 30:10
  Speaker 3: 150 lineups, I'd have probably Wu 140 of them.
• 30:14
  Speaker 1: Angels are kind of expensive, too. So, like, you're not.
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: They're irrelevant to me on this slate.
• 30:22
  Speaker 4: Yeah, they are a little bit.
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: If they get to woo tonight and they win this slate,
• 30:25
  Speaker 1: I'll play again tomorrow. You know what I mean?
• 30:28
  Speaker 4: Right.
• 30:29
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 30:30
  Speaker 3: But, you know, that's freaking baseball. I mean, at least
• 30:33
  Speaker 3: we got some football to watch tonight.
• 30:35
  Speaker 4: That's for sure. We got what? We got the Packers
• 30:37
  Speaker 4: tonight against Atlanta. Yeah. Kind of looking forward to that.
• 30:41
  Speaker 4: I was this close, man.
• 30:42
  Speaker 3: I'm in this big suicide pool and they already got
• 30:45
  Speaker 3: cut down to like a third of the people. There's
• 30:47
  Speaker 3: like a thousand people. There's only like 300 left. I mean,
• 30:50
  Speaker 3: I was this close to taking the Packers today, but
• 30:52
  Speaker 3: I just had a bad feeling. So I'm just going
• 30:55
  Speaker 3: to ride.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: I do not like the Packers today and survivor stuff.
• 31:00
  Speaker 2: I mean, I get it. The Falcons have looked awful.
• 31:02
  Speaker 2: I like the Falcons a lot in this game tonight.
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: The Packers have not impressed me. And I do think
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: that Pennix is a, big upgrade over whatever they were.
• 31:11
  Speaker 1: Throwing out there last week and the week before, even
• 31:13
  Speaker 1: if you don't think he's great, he's not great, but
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: he's an NFL QB. Those other guys aren't.
• 31:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 31:19
  Speaker 3: I mean, they do have a very good running back
• 31:21
  Speaker 3: that being the Falcons too, you know, so that can
• 31:24
  Speaker 3: definitely help control a game. And really the NFL, you
• 31:27
  Speaker 3: get what, one or two big plays and then you
• 31:28
  Speaker 3: throw in a good running back. Any team can beat anybody. So, but,
• 31:33
  Speaker 3: and it's tough to prepare for them Thursday games too,
• 31:35
  Speaker 3: coming off short weeks.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: So, I learned that the hard way in survivor a
• 31:39
  Speaker 2: couple of years ago when the Rams were like, had
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: looked awesome and had a really good record and they
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: were playing a beat up 49ers team. The Rams were
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: huge favorites. This was like two years ago, maybe three
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: years ago. And honestly, this happened only two times I've
• 31:56
  Speaker 2: ever really played survivor. The Rams lost that game to
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: the 49ers. And the other time was like five years ago.
• 32:02
  Speaker 2: Also the Rams also on Thursday night football, uh, Against
• 32:06
  Speaker 2: Baker Mayfield. And what team was he playing on at
• 32:10
  Speaker 2: that one game?
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: The Rape.
• 32:12
  Speaker 2: I can't even remember. But it was a Thursday night
• 32:14
  Speaker 2: game that Baker Mayfield won. Maybe it was the Panthers.
• 32:18
  Speaker 2: I can't even remember anymore. But Thursday night, yes, I'd
• 32:20
  Speaker 2: stay away from it.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, I remember what he played for. I forgot who
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: he played for.
• 32:24
  Speaker 3: But, yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I mean, it's tough.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, those teams, they come in, right? If they're
• 32:29
  Speaker 3: division rivals, it's easier for them to prepare, right? Because
• 32:32
  Speaker 3: they already have all the notes and stats. When they're
• 32:34
  Speaker 3: like cross-conference rival teams, those are the games I generally
• 32:40
  Speaker 3: expect to be higher scoring because the offense is generally run.
• 32:44
  Speaker 3: They don't have the defensive skills. No, it's like those
• 32:47
  Speaker 3: division games, man. It's hard sometimes for them to. I
• 32:49
  Speaker 3: learned last week when I had a couple teams I
• 32:52
  Speaker 3: stacked up on Sunday that had the Bears and the
• 32:54
  Speaker 3: Vikings thinking that, you know, the Bears can't stop anybody.
• 32:58
  Speaker 3: And they're going to score a bunch of points because
• 33:00
  Speaker 3: Johnson's a madman.
• 33:02
  Speaker 4: And then, you know. The NFL, man.
• 33:04
  Speaker 3: You know, next thing you know, it's nine to fucking
• 33:07
  Speaker 3: six in the fourth quarter.
• 33:08
  Speaker 4: And I was like, are you shitting me?
• 33:11
  Speaker 1: So annoying. Yeah, actually, the game I'm talking about, Baker
• 33:14
  Speaker 1: was playing for the Rams. They won. He had just
• 33:17
  Speaker 1: signed with them. Remember that?
• 33:18
  Speaker 2: They beat the Raiders. I couldn't even remember what I'm
• 33:20
  Speaker 2: talking about. But to your point, Thursday Night Football has
• 33:23
  Speaker 2: beaten me both times. Both times the Rams, one time
• 33:25
  Speaker 2: on them, one time against them.
• 33:27
  Speaker 1: I'm with you. Stay away.
• 33:28
  Speaker 4: Yeah, Thursdays, yeah. Stay away, definitely. We got one game left, 10-10.
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: We got the Padres and Dodgers. I would assume they
• 33:40
  Speaker 3: could end up seeing each other in the playoff here
• 33:43
  Speaker 3: at some point.
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: We got Glass now going up against Pavetta.
• 33:49
  Speaker 3: I mean, I don't mind picking on Pavetta here with
• 33:52
  Speaker 3: some Dodgers. Dodgers are going to be pretty expensive. Pavetta
• 33:54
  Speaker 3: has not looked good his last 30 days. He's been
• 33:57
  Speaker 3: getting beat up by both sides of the plate. He's
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: even been giving up fly balls at a 42% rate
• 34:01
  Speaker 3: to righties in the last 30 days. up from his
• 34:06
  Speaker 3: normal 36%. So you got a fly ball pitcher on
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: the hill who's not missing bats, been getting barreled up
• 34:12
  Speaker 3: at least almost 5% more than he has on the
• 34:15
  Speaker 3: regular season this last month here by both sides of
• 34:18
  Speaker 3: the plate. Dodgers are going to want to stay in
• 34:20
  Speaker 3: tune here. Obviously getting rolling into the playoffs. They got
• 34:24
  Speaker 3: glass now on the hill. They've been hot recently winning
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: all kinds of games. I think I'd put the Dodgers
• 34:30
  Speaker 3: probably third tonight, maybe with the Mariners up there in
• 34:33
  Speaker 3: that same kind of bucket.
• 34:35
  Speaker 4: Mariners, Dodgers, outside of the Braves and Astros.
• 34:39
  Speaker 3: But I think the Dodgers, with all that power, would
• 34:41
  Speaker 3: be a pretty sneaky team that probably ain't going to
• 34:42
  Speaker 3: get any ownership outside because you're going to see quite
• 34:45
  Speaker 3: a bit on the Braves and the Astros.
• 34:49
  Speaker 4: So I don't mind.
• 34:50
  Speaker 3: I just don't like picking on that Padres bullpen, which
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: is a kick in the ass, which is not something
• 34:55
  Speaker 3: we really want to do or really that Dodger bullpen.
• 34:59
  Speaker 3: But yeah, I mean, we can get to Pavetta pretty early.
• 35:03
  Speaker 3: It's just the back half of that. I'm worried about
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: a little bit.
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 35:08
  Speaker 1: I mean, it's the Pavetta.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: I'm not scared of Pavetta at all. And I do
• 35:12
  Speaker 2: think the Dodgers are right. It's either the Dodgers or
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: the Mariners, right. As the third team. And I think
• 35:16
  Speaker 2: the other team's the fourth, but I do think Atlanta and,
• 35:19
  Speaker 2: Houston are so much better tonight that I'm not going
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: to play the Dodgers.
• 35:25
  Speaker 1: But to that point, like you were saying, I mean,
• 35:28
  Speaker 1: it's the Dodgers.
• 35:28
  Speaker 2: And they will be lower owned than Atlanta or the Astros.
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: I respect Pavetta still in that bullpen, man. I just
• 35:38
  Speaker 2: can't get there over Atlanta or Houston. The only reason
• 35:41
  Speaker 2: I would do so is ownership, and I think they're
• 35:43
  Speaker 2: owned enough.
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: So I'm out.
• 35:46
  Speaker 4: I did look here. I do remember. If Arizona, I
• 35:50
  Speaker 4: think the Padres need like one more game. And I
• 35:53
  Speaker 4: think of Arizona.
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: They play Arizona though. They play Arizona the last series.
• 35:58
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: Yeah. And Arizona won today. So the Padres are going
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: to want to get, get the job done tonight. And
• 36:03
  Speaker 4: you know, they got glass now on the Hill. So yeah.
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: If Pavetta is struggling, if Pavetta is struggling, my bad
• 36:09
  Speaker 2: to cut you off. Like they're not going to let
• 36:11
  Speaker 2: him eat it.
• 36:11
  Speaker 1: You know?
• 36:13
  Speaker 4: Good point.
• 36:14
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure. They're definitely not. They're going to want
• 36:16
  Speaker 3: to get that done and over with. They're not going
• 36:18
  Speaker 3: to want that pressure. of having to– at least they
• 36:22
  Speaker 3: get that series at home against Arizona.
• 36:26
  Speaker 4: But you don't want to give a team life.
• 36:28
  Speaker 3: I mean, if I'm Arizona rolling in there, I'm thinking,
• 36:32
  Speaker 3: you know, I'm in pretty good shape. But, yeah, so
• 36:35
  Speaker 3: that game definitely has some meaning here tonight. But, Matt,
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: who are your favorite stacks, sneaky stack? I know we
• 36:42
  Speaker 3: got Dodgers that are– we got some Astros and Braves
• 36:45
  Speaker 3: out there tonight.
• 36:46
  Speaker 4: But where else are you looking? And, hey, we'll just
• 36:49
  Speaker 4: throw a home run call out there for everybody for
• 36:51
  Speaker 4: shits and giggles.
• 36:52
  Speaker 1: So, Stacks, we will go with Houston, Atlanta, Seattle. Sneaky stack.
• 36:59
  Speaker 2: I'm going to go off the board and say Cleveland,
• 37:02
  Speaker 2: just because we've seen these teams, like the White Sox today,
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: needed a win. They pounded the Royals. Cleveland needs a win.
• 37:08
  Speaker 2: Boston's not playing for anything. So maybe we see Cleveland's
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: bats kind of go after it a little bit. Home
• 37:15
  Speaker 2: run call. Let's go with– man, he's just sticking out
• 37:21
  Speaker 2: to me. Jose Altuve going yard tonight.
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: Jose Altuve. I do like that one.
• 37:30
  Speaker 3: Yeah, for me, I'd like his Astros and Braves to
• 37:33
  Speaker 3: be up at top.
• 37:34
  Speaker 4: I think the Dodgers are really interesting.
• 37:36
  Speaker 3: I think even if I was playing one team, I
• 37:38
  Speaker 3: think I'd either be going– I think I would probably
• 37:42
  Speaker 3: go Dodgers, to tell you the truth. I'd probably end
• 37:45
  Speaker 3: up having part of them over on FanDuel tonight with
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: some Dodgers.
• 37:49
  Speaker 4: Stack them up. I don't know if I'm going to
• 37:51
  Speaker 4: go on the.
• 37:51
  Speaker 3: Other side of that, which two of the two between
• 37:54
  Speaker 3: the Astros and Braves I'm going to be looking at.
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: I do like some of them Seattle bats. As far
• 37:59
  Speaker 3: as a homer goes, I'll just say Matt Olsen. I
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: know it's pretty easy. But Olsen, for me, should be
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: in a pretty good spot to hit, I believe, his
• 38:10
  Speaker 3: 42nd or 43rd homer, I believe, which is a hell
• 38:14
  Speaker 3: of a season for Matt Olsen.
• 38:16
  Speaker 4: I mean, how lucky you get. You get rid of
• 38:17
  Speaker 4: Freddie Freeman. You replace him with Matt Olsen. Like, come on, man.
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: Why can't my team get lucky like that? Right. But, Matt,
• 38:25
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• 38:29
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• 38:37
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• 38:38
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• 38:40
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• 38:41
  Speaker 3: As the season goes through and I'm sure we'll do
• 38:43
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• 38:47
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• 38:50
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• 38:54
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• 38:57
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• 39:00
  Speaker 4: Let's ship it. Where is that?
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: Damn.
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: I do that every damn time.