Pirates Promoting TOP PROSPECT Paul Skenes! Rankings Risers & Fallers! | Fantasy Baseball Advice

The Pirates are promoting the top pitching prospect in all of baseball, Paul Skenes! Frank Stampfl and Scott White break it down and then discuss their biggest rankings risers and fallers!

0:00- Intro
0:30- Pirates promote Paul Skenes
6:25- Ranking Paul Skenes
15:28- Langeliers & Brent Rooker
23:02- The Bronx Bombers
25:50- News: Yelich is back
35:13- Cease & Sale are studs
38:12- Rankings Risers
44:05- Rankings Fallers
48:34- Waiver wire pitchers
53:13- Waiver wire hitters
56:00- Leftovers, bullpens, streamers

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finally the Pirates have promoted Paul skin welcome into fantasy baseball today on Thursday May 9th I am Frank stanfold joined by Scott White today on the show we’ve got rankings risers and followers two pitchers who may have rediscovered their stud status a bunch of waiver wire options honestly there was way too much going on today but there’s only one place to start and that is with Paul skin who is the top pitching Prospect in all of baseball arguably the best pitching Prospect since Steven strawberg the Pirates plan to promote Paul skines this weekend he was the first overall pick in last year’s draft he’s 21 years old a huge right-hander 6 foot6 in seven starts at tripa a this year A99 er a 0.91 whip 45 strikeouts over 27 in the third Innings he throws five different pitches but it’s mainly a fast ball which averages 99 miles per hour a Wipeout slider and a spinker you heard that right it is a 94 95 mile per hour splitter Sinker hybrid it’s I think not far off from the one that like yoan Don throws even though it’s it’s kind of just like some tacked on to his Arsenal it’s really the fast ball and slider right yeah mostly the fast ball and slider Scott yeah throw it over to you which look as soon as we start you got some internet stuff going on here so hopefully you are here with me I I I see you do you see me I do see you now but there was a little glitchy there anyway almost one o’clock okay what are your expectations what are your expectations for Paulk what does the workload look like and where did you rank him okay so you said this is maybe the most highly anticipated pitching Prospect since Steven strawberg and that is that is my gut feeling as well however I will point out that at the time of his promotion Paul skin was already rostered in 90% of CBS sports leagues which by that metric probably makes him the most highly anticipated pitching Prospect because rarely do you see any minor Leaguer rostered that widely across Fantasy Baseball so everybody on board with this gu and they have been for a long time uh whether or not to Adam is not even in the discussion so we have to go a step further here when talking about Paul skes realistically what kind of impact can he make in Fantasy is the question because right now there’s all the hype all the Fanfare it it’s his his value is already at a very high High Point which makes for potentially a selling opportunity I I know that’s sacriligious or whatever to to have waited this long for this guy and then before he even throws a pitch for your team you think about selling him but let’s consider what he’s actually worth right now because it may surprise you so Paul skin is really good as we saw in the miners but it’s important to keep in mind his outings were all very short there was one six inning outing two turns ago and then he went back to four and a third innings in his his his latest turn in that six inning outing he threw 75 pitches so his Arsenal hasn’t been tested over like what we would consider a full starish workload and I think what happened to him in his latest start when he went four in a third Innings there’s some reason for concern there because Paul SK his appeal is so much built on heat you know like he is maybe trending toward being the hardest throwing starting pitcher ever at least in terms of consistency hitting triple digits he threw he had 98 pitches of 100 miles per hour or more at Triple A that is more than any major league starting pitcher any major league pitcher of any kind but any major league starting pitcher has had this year uh triple digit fast balls and remember skem is doing this in very short outings relatively speaking so he’s in a category of his own as far as velocity goes and that’s a key to his success what happened in his last start when he went four in a third Innings it was his first time starting on four days rest which is typical if you’re in a fiveman rotation he was doing it for the first time the velocity was a little bit down it was a little lower than we had been seeing it previously and he got into a little bit of trouble for the first time he ended up allowing two runs in those four and third Innings he allowed his first home run of the Season it was on his second slowest fastball of the season so I wonder if he’s really been properly built up to take this on and I also wonder if the Pirates will I guess the way I phrased it in the article I wrote my my my concerns for schemes are twofold is he truly ready to handle a major league workload and to what extent will be he will he be allowed to try I think the skills you know the just the sches is so good that on an inning for inning basis I think you know it’ll be high quality but if he’s not going six Innings consistently or or even five innings necessary for a win and again he only reached that once during his entire time in the minors uh how impactful can he possibly be in fantasy so it’s not like my concerns are zero for skem again a very talented High upside pitcher having said that I’m ranking him 25th to start out Scott I don’t know how you just did the breakdown you did and you ended it with but I ranked Paul sk’s sp25 all right well here’s here’s my rationale for that there are a lot of interesting start like starting picture feels deep right now we’ve talked about this a lot because of how many interesting options have emerged this year but how many of those interesting options are like stable WorryFree no questions mark no question marks kind of guys not that many like that the the starting pitcher position is full of interesting pitchers with question marks so if the question marks are going to be there anyway why not shoot for maximum upside which skin provides I mean skin could be a top 10 pitcher the rest of the way I don’t I don’t think that’s out of the realm of possibility um he certainly has the stuff for it so 25th you know I was looking at my rankings I didn’t want to rank him as high as 25th but you get to 25th in the starting pitcher rankings at least for me uh 26th is Joe Ryan and behind him you know maybe maybe Joe Ryan isn’t the best test case because he’s kind of just a weird pitcher that’s hard to evaluate for a number of reasons and you’re gonna see a wide variety of opinions on him but after Joe Ryan you get into the injured group of Jesus lazardo Grayson rodrig and Bobby Miller so that’s kind of a cut off for me where I tend to slot a bunch of injured guys and then behind them I have Tanner BBY I have nickol Lolo I have bayy Ober I think I’d pretty easily take Paul skin over them like if somebody offered me Paul skin for bayy obber right now you want to take that I’d take that uh Joe Ryan again maybe that’s I I put I have him just ahead of Joe Ryan and maybe that’s a little more questionable but you don’t have to go that far behind Joe Ryan to run into pctures who have their own issues like Paul SK does and not quite the same upside because who has quite the same upside do do you get what I’m saying does that sound seem disagreeable to you because a lot of people had a lot of problems with this uh with my ranking paulines 25th I agree with the logic completely I disagree with the ranking also completely because I have Paul skin at SP 49 and I think I had him around 70th or 75th he gets called up I’m like okay I’m gonna move him into my top 50 I thought that was pretty aggressive clearly you are ranking more with the mindset of his ceiling which I totally get me I am ranking more with an eye on what the floor could be here for some of the reasons that you brought up the fact that his first start pitching on normal rest he wasn’t as dominant in that outing uh the fact that we have already seen the Pirates limit Jared Jones in a few starts already this season as well a few starts but he’s he’s mostly been allowed to go and I think there’s a chance that we could see that from Paulk as well and then on top of that he is a rookie and I think there was a chance that he could struggle there’s a chance there’s also a chance that he could be amazing I put him at SP 49 and I have him just behind names I mean guys that have done it for a while look I’m not going to doubt that Paul SK has higher upside than these guys but like I have beros at 42 Basset at 43 Kikuchi has been really good for like almost a year now hunter green has turned it on recently Garrick crochet he’s had some hiccups but by all the metrics that we like to use kada walk rate underlying ra estimators he’s been really good as well so that kind of a range where I thought we were starting to get into pitchers with lots of question marks and that’s why I put Paul skes where I did but I’m looking at some of the pictures you have ranked ahead of Paul by as many as 10 spots you’re telling me you would not trade Justin Verlander for Paul skines right now you would not trade Jose BOS for Paul skin right now I had have a hard time believing you on that Frank yeah there’s an argument for it I mean I was thinking like realistically yeah how high could I get him and I looked at that like mid-30s range you brought up bayy obber Tanner BBY who we’ll talk about has just been like very unreliable so far this season I have Ranger Suarez at 34 that might be too high I put I think Kyle bratus is a really hard pitcher to rank right now I put him 35th I could make the argument of moving paulines as high as as there but I also want to make it very known that like if he comes out and he pitches really well I have no problem moving him up further from yeah okay you may have missed your chance to buy on him but to get back to the buy or sell question here um well well first let me say I think part of the disconnect is that the your evaluation of skines relative to a Bailey Ober or uh Justin Verlander type I think it it can depend largely on the kind of League you play in and in the the Deep 15 team Roto leagues that are very popular within the the fantasy baseball commentariat you can’t afford to sacrifice a bayy oer you know you’re you’re going to be ruined if that trade doesn’t work out but in a shallow League which our rankings are built on because far more people play in those leagues you know if if you if you trade bayy over work out you’ll probably be able to replace him decently enough on the waiver wire if not with a starting pitcher on your bench it’s just the loss isn’t is is far more manageable so you can afford to take a bigger risk for upside and you know we build our rankings for 12 team leagues we don’t build them for 15 team leagues so that’s part of the reason I’m putting them that high but to to get back I’m still with us right yeah it was a little laggy there but you’re here to get back to uh the question of whether you sell on him or not um so I put this to the test on Twitter I put out a poll Paul skes or Joe Ryan rest of season so my 25th ranked pitcher SK 26th Joe Ryan 60% people took skin over Ryan so the main reason I’m ranking skines where I do is because I’m trying to properly assess his value so that people can make trade determinations off of that if you don’t think skines deserves to be in the top 25 60% of people who responded to my poll disagree with you and that presents you with a tremendous sell opportunity that I wouldn’t necessarily discourage you to take advantage of uh myself Paul sk’s the hype where it is with him just being called up you know if I could combine Paul with a lesser piece and turn them into Kevin Gosman or turn them into Pablo Lopez I’d take advantage of that myself because there’s there is a good chance as you talk about Frank that skem loses value from here that he goes three in a third innings in his first start and gives up four in runs and then people are kind of squeamish at that point so you know his his value could changed significantly after one start I think me slotting him in the top 25 accurately represents his value now and you’ll have to decide if the reward is worth the risk and and make I it’s a good time to make a decision right now um because yeah he he could end up losing a lot of value after that first start yeah I don’t know maybe I’m in the minority of uh your Twitter audience Scott but if that’s the way people are actually Val paulines I would absolutely be looking to sell and get top 25 starting pitcher value in return obviously for redraft like I don’t want to talk about this like I’m a Paul Skin’s hater I’m very excited to watch him pitch but I think we do have to be realistic from a redraft perspective Dynasty obviously keeper leagues were much more excited about him again he’s the top pitching Prospect uh in baseball and maybe one of the top pitching prospects of all time uh that is Paul SK we do have to keep the show moving uh but yeah let us know in the comments or or tweet at us uh who do you agree more with should he be closer to sp25 or closer to sp50 I would be interested to uh know what the people think let’s take our first break when we return ah we’ll get into everything else that happened here on Wednesday there’s a lot going on we’ll talk about it right after this golf’s brightest stars head to the Bluegrass State for the second major of this season the PGA Championship May 18th and 19th on CBS welcome back in and let’s finally get into the players of the night holy Toledo the element of surprise brings Supreme holy Toledo a call from the Oakland A’s because Scott both of our players of the Night play for the Oakland A’s hopefully people don’t shut off podcast yeah okay so I’m gonna go first I guess I’m gonna go with Shay langers who came within a single of the cycle on Wednesday he went uh sorry I lost his name here in my notes he went three for four with his eighth home run his second triple his fourth double and he’s been hitting pretty well lately especially with those power numbers like I said eight home runs that’s an impressive number for a catcher to this point Shay langelier obviously plays a lot and it caused me to take a second look at how this season is going there’s a lot to like we were just talking yesterday about potential replacements for uh for Wilson conteras I don’t think Langer’s name even came up he’s only 30% rostered he’s out there in a lot of leagues he’s actually underperformed his expected stats so far his his expected batting average is 247 which for a power hitting catcher is you know you you you’d take a batting average around 250 for sure and his X slug is 530 and I I think the most encouraging change from one year to the next he was striking out 29% of the time last year uh a strikeout rate that I would say is difficult to overcome unless you’re just a massive exit velocity guy so 29% last year it’s down to 22% this year it’s it’s Improvement a notable Improvement for hitter in his second full season now and it’s the kind of growth that we shouldn’t find terribly shocking I it was top prospect back in the day he was the key piece in the Matt olssen deal and if nothing else he’s delivering big Power numbers so I’m not saying Shay langers is a top 12 catcher in fantasy but he deserves to be rostered in more than 30% of leagues and uh I think is in a broad sense good you mentioned the roster rate 30% seven games next week all on the the road for sheay langers and we are looking for catcher Replacements with the injury to Wilson Contreras we had some other big games too alas Diaz went two for four with his third home run he’s batting over 300 so far this season Mitch Garver starting to wake up a little bit he went two for three with his fourth home run over his last 11 games he’s batting 263 with three of those four home runs Scott if you are I guess just planning for next week who would you take between Diaz Garver and L leers Diaz is on the road so probably not him yeah probably not him I obviously haven’t looked at the matchups yet because I will do that tomorrow but uh I would say I would lean langers I think between him and Garver now rest of season I’m gonna rank Garver higher but unless you’re in a two catcher League you can you can go week to week with catchers pretty easily all right my player of the night is going to be Brent Rooker who you know he gets in these zones you could say this about a lot of power hitters and he is just rocking the ball right now five for n across the double header with his ninth home run added four runs three RBI since returning to the A’s I believe he was on the iil before that on April 19th his last 18 games Ren Rooker is betting 313 with seven homers 16 runs and 19 RBI again he done that in only 18 games in his past 18 games so 56% rostered seven Road games next week he popped 30 home runs with the Oakland A’s uh last year and again there were times where you know you ride the hot streak and then I think you know there were other times where he was droppable in child leagues just because you know that’s the kind of player who Brent Rooker is uh but Scott would you be looking to add Rooker in three outfielder leagues that was a question I was getting here on Wednesday I mean I wouldn’t trust him to be a fixture in my three outfielder League lineup but if you’ve been like it’s it’s alfield is the thinnest position if you’ve been struggling to fill that third spot I don’t see why Rooker wouldn’t be a candidate for you right now I mean the guy has a 992 Ops for the season and yeah I don’t think it’s going to end up there he just happens to be really hot right now but he hit 30 home last season uh the power is legitimate I think he’s a fixture in that lineup at this point and he’ll have his cold stretches I’m sure but I wouldn’t mind I wouldn’t mind using him in a three outfielder league right now if if I thought he was as good as I was gonna do I’m looking at the matchups for Oakland next week since we already talked about Lang leers uh Astros for four games Royals for three so a nice full seven game week a mix mixure of good pitchers and bad pitchers but overall it doesn’t look like an imposing slate there for the Athletics lineup so yeah I think Rooker would be a fine choice to use I gave you four outfielders yesterday that we spoke about off the waiver wire Verdugo Brian De La Cruz who actually hit another home run here on Wednesday he’s up to eight homers now Lars nupar and Max Kepler would you take Rooker over all of those names again it was Kepler Newar De La Cruz and Verdugo I would take Nar tops of that group regardless of format I would take Rooker second in a roto League I would take Verdugo second and a points League I would take TJ fredel over all of them that was my next question two other names who performed well here on Wednesday TJ Fredo went two for four with an RBI and his first steal and Joe Adell went two for four with his fifth home run it sounds like you would take fredal ahead what about Brent Rooker versus Joe Adell I’d rather start Rooker right now uh but it’s it’s kind of an upside versus it’s kind of a ceiling play versus a floor play notice how carefully I said floor and uh Adele is the the the obviously the ceiling play so if if it’s for a bench spot I’d probably take him though he had been he had fallen into a deep dark slump prior to this performance Wednesday he had begun the month of May this is Joe Adell we talking about one for 20 prior to this two for for performance Wednesday so uh you know hardly an open and shut case yeah I I think I would take Rooker ahead of Joe Adell I move Rooker up in the rankings inside of my top 60 I believe so he absolutely needs to be rostered in all five outfielder leagues and B on his roster rate that he probably already is want to give an honorable mention to the Bronx bombers because they are doing exactly that right now Juan stto is off to an awesome start with the Yankees he went three for five with his ninth home run added five RBI he’s betting 338 with a 437 on base percentage Aaron judge is coming around he went three for five with his eighth home run and over his last 11 games he’s batting 385 with four home runs 11 RBI and one Steel and John Carlos Stanton in the past two days has hit two of the three hardest hit balls in all of baseball uh his eighth home run here on Wednesday the hardest hit baseball uh this season 11 19.9 miles per hour and then yesterday it was 11 18.8 exit velocity he is up to eight home runs he’s got 20 RBI it’s something like a 35 home run Pace I think he’s kind of a similar player to Brent Rooker he’s probably in that range I don’t I think you you wrote him up as like someone who doesn’t need to be roster right now Scot are you with that Stanton yeah I mean in three outfielder points League Stanton doesn’t need to be rostered he’s gonna strike out too much he hits balls very hard this has been going on for this is I think the fourth year of this with very high quality of contact but just terrible numbers apart from the home runs which are you know it’s not like he’s delivering League leading home run totals it’s just fine okay so it’s the fourth season of him doing this I’m I’m sorry the third season of do him doing this not the fourth um yeah it was the fifth hardest hit home run in stat cast history too wow I will point out so it was it was a serious poke if there’s one thing that Stanton is still good at it is yeah hitting the ball extremely hard yeah we just need him to stay on the field long enough to continue doing that not just that he doesn’t get enough hits apart from home runs like he’s he wastes it’s kind of funny because these balls both of the balls you were talking about two of the three hardest hit of the Season were home runs but it’s hard to hit a home run as hard as 118 119 miles per hour so he kind of like wastes his exit velocity on home runs if that makes sense yeah I mean both of them didn’t you know they weren’t like High Majestic home runs they were Frozen Ropes to the Outfield and they just kept traveling and that and that was I don’t know it’s it’s it’s been hard to Fig I mean the strikeouts are an issue but usually you hit the ball that hard you can overcome a a high strikeout rate so I don’t know why Stanton has fallen into this three-year rut but at this point I don’t really expect him to come out of it all right let’s run through the news and notes Christian Yelich was activated out of nowhere and was in the lineup as the DH batting third for the Brewers Tyler black was option back to Triple A Scott if you added Tyler black this past weekend is he someone you need to hold on to or Dro now that he was demoted I guess it depends on the format if it’s one of those 15 team Roto leagues where you probably dropped a pretty penny into him in in the hopes of getting a nice speed contribution I’d be reluctant to drop him I I think he’ll be back sooner than later but if you’re in something shallower than that if you’re in the sort of League where Brent Rooker is available for instance I I don’t think you need to cling tightly to to Tyler black Pirates director of sports medicine Todd tomchi said that uh said ankle concerns will likely be something O’Neal Cruz has to deal with throughout the season he suffered a fractured left ankle in April of last year and it might explain why Cruz has struggled so far this season didn’t really sound like this is something that’s going to go away at least not not this year worth mentioning that Cruz went two for four with a double and three RBI on Wednesday and uh shout out to Malik Armstrong tagged me on Twitter that um over the past 15 games O’Neal Cruz is betting 327 with a 510 slug so he’s been coming around but it was just interesting timing to reveal this report about the ankle are you concerned Scott longterm with O’Neal Cruz well I don’t think the ankle is causing him to strike out 35% of the time and that’s my biggest gripe with what Cruz is doing so far have you ever tried to swing a bat with a bad ankle Scott come on I mean no but given that given that you know 35% strikeout rate isn’t exactly outside the norm for Cruz I I don’t know I if you told me coming into the season that he was going to strike out 35% of the time I would say he’s doing about what I thought he’d do and um I I I I say that I guess with him having a sub 700 Ops right now or maybe it just got over 700 with his performance today and okay so technically he could I would expect him to do a little better than that but uh I don’t think he’s I i’ I’ve kind of written off the possibility of him performing like a top five short stop this year top 10 still think that’s possible and even likely but not top five again that is O’Neal Cruz let’s keep it moving Blake Snell will throw a bullpen Thursday and begin a rehab assignment at single a on Sunday Grayson Rodriguez threw 15 pitches off the mound on Wednesday his first time doing so since landing on the iil with right shoulder inflammation Christian and Carion strand was placed in the I after tests revealed a fracture in his right wrist and he’s expected to miss four to six weeks so ah I think I jinxed him I thought I thought I saw six to eight four to six it might be it yeah let’s say four to eight I guess got worse I think I have jinxed andar on Shand I gave him a bold prediction that he would per he’ be this year’s Austin Riley that has not worked out he had an opportunity to seize with noeli Marte suspended and now by the time he’s ready to return noeli Marte is getting ready to return as well so it’s it hasn’t worked out for en carosio trand the red started jamer candelario at first with Santiago who’s been terrible candelario himself has been terrible I I think no LV Marte is gonna have an easy time regaining a job one way or another yeah and I think he’s eligible to return what early June right I think it’s I think it’s like June 21st but but I will say the article I’m looking at here is it does say four to six for incarna strand not six to eight okay so you had that right maybe you’re right about the Marte thing too maybe I’m just wrong about everything maybe maybe you’re right about Paul sches and maybe no uh 80 games probably is closer to like mid to late June though that makes more sense uh this I mean the thing is incaran strand was playing with this injury for like the last week because they thought it they thought it wasn’t a fracture and you missed just a few days and was back in the lineup so that’s kind of the weird part of this story um but in any case we’re not going to see him for a while he was also on that article those 24 players that you’re okay to drop in a shallow league in carosan strand was it’s a gimme now that you’re not gonna see him for close to two months uh obviously in those 15 team rooto leagues you have to hold on all right Max sherzer will remain shut down from throwing for the next few days due to a right thumb and a forearm issue I believe this is the first time we’re hearing of a forearm and I’ve got to say for a pitcher as old as Max sherzer don’t love it don’t love a forearm don’t love hearing that uh bo bashet was moved down to sixth in the Blue Jays lineup he finished one for four with an RBI and run scored he is batting 191 on the season with a 1.9% Barrel rate he’s been very bad Brian Woo is expected to rejoin the Mariners during their upcoming home stand Emerson Hancock was optioned back to Triple A Zack gof has been cleared for a rehab assignment at triaa this weekend sea Murphy has progressed to hitting in the batting cage he’s already missed nearly six weeks with a left oblique strain Ryan pepio was placed in the I with a left lower leg contusion retroactive to May 6th it doesn’t sound like it’s going to be a long stay on the iil Edward cabero was placed in the Isle with that recurring right shoulder impingment the Marlins also reinstated Braxton Garrett who is set to make his season debut Sunday against the Phillies Shane BOS will make his second Rehab start at Triple A on Friday he only threw 39 pitches in his first rehab outing and Shane BOS is 47% rostered I’d like to say BOS is a mustache Scott but there are already so many injuries I don’t know if that’s possible he’s not a mustache he’s a person ah and I think he yeah I mean all the injuries it would be hard to say you know it I I doubt there are many people out there with an open I spot that just makes it an easy decision but I did and we’re going to get to this segment soon I did move Shane BOS up in my rankings into the top 80 uh which puts them between Brady singer and Eric fety so it it’s time to be on alert for Shane BOS who a couple years ago was the closest thing to paules that a couple years ago had to offer and yeah lot of upside all right Dane Dunning was placed in the iil with a right rotator cuff strain retroactive to May 5th Chaz Chaz mccormic could begin a rehab assignment this weekend he’s on the iil with hring soris Jorge Solair was placed on the iil with a right shoulder strain Elliot Ramos was recalled from Triple A Taj Bradley is slated to make his season debut Friday he is 53% rostered Scott what’s your interest level in Taj Bradley less than boss okay uh Tyler Sodom was recalled by the A’s and started the second game of their double header at first base he went two for five with his first home run added to RBI he did have seven home runs at Triple A this season and I think again we’re we need catchers in deeper two catcher uh leagues sodam is a name that could matter so he fortunately he’s eligible at catcher in CBS Sports League uncle uncle Scott looking out for you on that one because he isn’t D he’s DH only on on a lot of other sites and I could I could walk you through the methodology but it’s probably not worth the time investment uh I do wonder is this going to impact Shay Langer’s playing time after I talked up langers you would think the the A’s would want as much offense as they could get in the lineup and langers presents more than a lot of their choices but I doubt they brought up Soder Strom to it he could play mostly first base I guess yeah the fact that he played first base in his first game up you know it’s not a great lineup I’m sure he could play DH as well so I wouldn’t worry too much about it affecting langers but I could be wrong I’ve been wrong many times before let’s take our final break when we return two pitchers that look like they’ve discovered their stud status and that will lead us into our rankings risers and fallers we’ll do that right after this and they started to get in the groove so impressive block your schedules aces are coming CBS Sports [Music] Network welcome back in and two stud pitchers I think they’re back Dylan CE was ridiculous at the Cubs he threw seven shutout Innings one hit two walks 12 strikeouts with 24 swinging strikes on 113 pitches fastball velocity is up so far this year 97.3 miles hour in this start last year it was 95.6 so uh the fast ball is closer to where it was in 2022 and that might just make all the difference the fact that he isn’t walking as many batters obviously helps as well and Chris Sail has looked great he got his revenge although I don’t really think there’s Revenge here I think he should be happy that the Red Sox traded him to the Atlanta Braves but you know just for the uh we’ll do it for the storytelling uh six shutout Innings six hits one walk 10 strikeouts for sale 20 swinging strikes on 103 pitches he has been awesome so far this season that slider specifically had 13 whiffs in this start and it has been really really good so far uh Chris Sale a 295 ra a 098 whip Scott I moved Chris S up to uh he’s inside of my top 20 starting pitchers and Dylan CE is now inside of my top 15 what do you think boom I’m higher on both than you are a ah darn it yeah I moved up I moved CE up to 14th and Roto 16th in points because in points leagues I have Logan web and Aon Nola ahead of him uh because strikeouts aren’t as important in points leagues and that’s what CE is best at so you know I’m I’m buying to a certain extent uh I I I certainly think he has Ace potential we saw it two years ago go I’m I’m not really sure why he’s so much better the walks are down the walks are the lowest they’ve ever been but he’s still throwing just 61% of his pitches for strikes that’s not good it’s not any better than last year he’s just making the strikes count I guess could it continue I I think it could continue or he could start walking more guys and maybe drop outside of the top 15 but there there’s enough reason for Hope here that uh I’m with you and putting him in the top 15 and s’s been in my top 20 for a while he you know I talk about those pitchers who show a lot of potential a lot of reason for optimism but have question marks that uh that hold us back performance-wise I don’t feel like sale has any question marks the question marks are is he just gonna get hurt again but yeah it was such a the the sort of injuries he was suffering the last few years were just kind all over the place so it it there was a degree of Randomness there that makes me less concerned about that question mark for him than whatever question mark we have for for bayy oer for instance all right let’s get into the rest of our rankings risers and fallers Scott we’ll start with the risers feel free to mention all the names but if you’re going to go in depth maybe just focus on like one or two of those alrighty so some of the risers that I sent to you include Ryan Jeffers let’s start with that one because people have been clamoring for us to move him up in the rankings got him in the top 13 last week here’s where I have Ryan Jeffers now you ready for this eightth and Roto seventh in points at the catcher position I mean I moved them up to ninth in both yeah there say I got you beat again beating you on everybody um so that puts him ahead of Jonah Heim and Luis campusano and Logan ohappy and frankly that seems like a pretty easy call I also have Jeffers ahead of Cal Raleigh in points leagues where the strikeouts hold back Raleigh a bit Jeffers has been great with the strikeouts Jordan Westberg who I famously question mark said I didn’t think would had the potential to be a top 12 second baseman early this season well I now have him seventh at second base yeah yeah I’ve moved him ahead of Xander Bogarts and glabber Torres and a lot of those struggling second baseman who I don’t feel like have stud upside anyway uh I think Jordan Westberg might have them beaten the upside department and um yeah it’s not like it’s not like you’re feeling too good about Bogarts and tours right now anyway so he’s had of them he’s head niik horer Andre s menz Etc let’s see here ter scoble Chris brought up La after Terk sco’s last start that maybe he should just be the number one pitcher in fantasy well I made him number two I I went almost all the way there Zack Wheeler I have number one because you know he’s just such a Workhorse and with the additions to his Arsenal this season he looks like the best version of Zack Wheeler we’ve ever seen and just seems like an ace among Aces so I had to keep Zack Wheeler at the top but Terk sco’s number two now um I me mentioned earlier I move sh moved Shane BOS into my top 80 I moved Brian woo into my top 65 I moved Braxton Garrett into my top 85 just getting ready to like anticipating the return of these IO players who are woo and Garrett especially they’re they’re gonna start next time through for their respective teams I move Christian Scott into the top 50 let me see if I can provide you with a little context for that who he’s ahead of so I moved him ahead of Nick pavetta who did not look so great in his return today Mitch Keller how about that got Christian Scott ahead of Keller somebody offered me that in the podcast League Keller for Scott straight up I thought about it but I said no three spots different in my rankings I got him ahead of Carlos rodon who looked good today we’ll talk about him later I got him ahead of walker buer uh so Christian Scott I have about where you have Paul SK Frank Paul SK or Christian Scott I actually thought about that today and and uh yeah I got skin at 49 I think I have Scott at 56 so he’s just behind I would prefer Paul skin yeah sure okay those are my risers okay uh some risers for me I moved Christopher Morell inside of my top 16 third baseman and inside the top 30 outfielders will adamus is now my number 13 shortstop in both formats I moved him ahead of both Anthony vulpi and willia uh willia damas that is who I’m talking about I moved him ahead of Xander Bogarts so Bogarts is off to rough start bu’s come back down to earth adamus is playing for a contract he’s someone we really liked last year as well so really like what I’ve seen from him so far uh three outfielders my 19th 20th and 21st ranked outfielders in head-to-head points Tyler O’Neal Riley green and Brandon nmo Scott I just saw that you have Riley green 40th in your Outfield rankings yeah that needs to change I haven’t I haven’t I’ve updated everything but Outfield and relief pitcher I ran a Time the told me beforehand I wouldn’t have called you out I should have you’re right no I still need to update Outfield but but yeah Riley green needs to get up into the top 30 I would imagine where did you say you put him I I moved him up to 20th and head head points I don’t know that I’ll have him quite that high but yeah needs to be higher than fourth for sure and then another riser for me was uh Kyle bradish he’s a name I mentioned earlier I I think he’s a little bit difficult to rank right now because as we mentioned after his season debut last week he was a pitcher I really liked coming into the season before we knew about the injury I think I had him ranked as a top 24 starting pitcher the idea of this tor like sightly torn or sprain UCL is still in the back of my mind and I think it presents a lot of risk but so far he’s pitched really well and he’s he pitched well again here on Wednesday he threw five innings one run nine strikeouts with 12 swing swinging strikes on 90 pitches velocity has been fine so far in each of his first two starts I move bradish up to uh SP 35 I I can see the argument for him being lower based on the risk but he’s a guy that I liked a lot and he’s healthy for now so I moved him up that high yeah I don’t mind it I have him 49th which sounds like a big difference 14 spots difference but it’s a really really elastic group yeah certainly is uh you know I I could have Paul skes in that group uh after his first start this weekend who knows uh let’s get into some of the followers Scott who were some of the players uh sliding down your rankings sliding down for me uh okay so may probably the most notable I guess let’s start with Trey Turner who’s who’s sliding for obvious reasons he’s out for the next six weeks how does that impact his value in a practical sense I moved him to a in my rest of season shortstop rankings which same drops him behind some obvious names like uh like gunar Henderson and Cory Seager and Francisco Lindor but also CJ Abrams somebody came to me today offering CJ AB Abrams for Trey Turner I am buying into CJ Abrams enough that I think i’ do it obviously it depends somewhat on who else I have filling in for Turner blah blah blah but generally speaking I’m gonna take Abrams over Turner right now Paul goldshmid might be might be the struggling stud bat who I’m most worried about and I’m pretty close to just saying phito uh oh so yeah I got him I got him down to 11th and Roto 13th and head-to-head I could go lower uh so that that moves him the reason he’s lower and head-to-head is because I moved him behind Yanti Diaz and Vinnie pasquantino they got the great plate discipline and so you know I value the [ __ ] points leagues I I have Goldman ahead of them still it gets tricky with guys like Alec B and ESO peretz who have been great so far obviously but I don’t think have close to the upside of gold Schmid am I ready to move gold Schmid behind them not yet but boy if somebody offered me a Paul Goldman for ESO Petes right now I’d really have a hard time with that I don’t think I would take it either gold was one of those names and there were a few of these when I was doing that the rankings where I I thought about lowering them I couldn’t do it yet but I am close to that point and Nolan arado was another one like that Alex bregman was another one I thought about coming down but ultimately I did not lower any of those names glaver Torres was another one but I’m let me give them a few more weeks and see what happens I’m totally cool with bregman I think he’s going to be fine kind of worried about Nolan Aon a but very worried about gold Schmidt obviously okay so Michael Bush I’ve had to come back to reality with him and I’ve moved him behind Alec bow and isach peretz which may seem obvious I also moved him behind Christopher Morell at third base I moved him behind Jake cronenworth at second or I’m sorry at first base and Cronin worth continues to climb the rankings for me uh at second he’s now 13th and it seem looks like you have him there too um and then finally Eric fetty I I referenced him earlier he’s back outside of the top 75 for me which puts him in very droppable territory you know it was it was a disappointing followup to those two great starts and there’s just not Marg much margin for error when you’re pitching for the white socks I I think on a good team Eric Fetti might be a top 60 pitcher for me but on the white sock he’s out outside of the top 75 all right some followers for me and the rankings I moved my 17th 18th and 19th ranked first baseman right now are Yandy Diaz Spencer toolson and Michael Bush I have lowered all of them down and just ahead I have ESO paradus at 13 Jake cronenworth at 14 reys Hoskins at 15 and Nate low at 16 so those are the names just ahead they’re guys that have performed well it’s pretty much backed up by the statcast data as well so uh yeah I’m starting to move some of those names down like the Yandy the AES of the world Nolan Gorman he is outside my top 20 at second base it’s been a struggle he’s not playing against left-handed pitching I move Verlander outside of my top 40 he’s I think SP 41 and uh deur who I struggled recently I moved outside of the top 50 starting pitchers he’s right behind Paul skines he is my sp52 some of the underlying stuff is still good for Demmer so I don’t want to just bury him yet I think there’s a chance he could bounce back but the obvious you know the service level numbers have not been there recently for Reed Demmer let’s get into the rest of Wednesday’s action and uh o we got to zoom on by Scotty waiver wire pitchers we had uh three names perform exceptionally well here reys Olsen turned in a quality start at the Guardians six Innings two runs only one of those was earned with four strikeouts he is down to a 252 ER and a 112 whip Chris Paddock continues to have these interesting starts I want to say good because he had 10 strikeouts but I can’t really figure Chris Paddock out right now five in the third Innings one run 10 strikeouts 19 swinging strikes on 99 pitches and in four starts since giving up nine earned runs Paddock has a 193 ER and a 116 whip so doing something right and uh Gavin Stone has been turning it up recently seven Innings one run four strikeouts against the Marlins he’s down to a 355 ra a 126 whip the only problem is when I look into to the pitch mix and the data the change up is great and that’s kind of it that’s where it ends for Gavin Stone I just don’t know that he has much else outside of that change up uh Scott what are what is your interest level in stone Paddock and REE Olsen well I was pretty optimistic about Stone because the swinging strike rate you know was 14.4% last year and it was about that early on this year that’s a Lee but it’s been sinking like a stone even as he’s performed well in his last couple outings and yeah he’s he’s he’s right around the Eric fety range of my rankings is is Gavin Stones so I wouldn’t I wouldn’t say he’s part of that really interesting group of starting pitchers that I keep referring to uh Olen is though he’s on the lower end of that group getting a lot of whiffs on both the slider and change up still I wish there were more strikeouts to go with it but for the most part olssen is performing well he’s my favorite of this group Paddock is my least favorite but Paddock is obviously trending the right direction I just wish I knew what what was going on with him because okay two amazing starts in a row 35% Sliders in the first that was a significant change in Pitch usage and and might explain why he was so good in the previous outing but it was back down to normal in this one he mostly got the whiffs with the fast ball which is different we’ll see if it continues I’m I’m mostly just confused about Paddock right now but there’s obviously reason to be encouraged uh would you take any of these names over Patrick sandal who we spoke glowingly about yesterday I would take Olsen over him uh the others are Bas they’re all basically in the same C category where I’m I I see the potential for them to be good but I’m I’m not especially convinced they’re gonna get there I’m trying to see who I have ranked the highest of them I have Gavin Stone ranked the highest so the only one I would take sand of all over is Paddock okay and uh we’ll mention just the matchups quickly Reese olssen gets the Marlins next week obviously that is fantastic Chris Paddock looks like he might line up for two against yanes and at the Guardians he also is a spar which helps in points leagues and Gavin Stone looks like he has the Reds and at the Giants next week uh in a two star week but we’ll talk more about two star pitchers on tomorrow’s podcast some names in deeper leagues Hayden wineski turned in a quality start against the Padres six Innings three runs three strikeouts Ryan weathers had a quality start at the Dodgers and look if you could turn in a quality start against the Dodgers I feel like that is a win the way that they’re l lineup is hitting right now six Innings three runs three strikeouts there uh Mitchell Parker was solid against the Orioles five and two3 innings two runs three strikeouts he quietly has a 267 ER and 107 whip so far in in his five starts so he’s pitched well uh and Chris flexon yeah oh yeah he’s at Tampa Bay six Innings one run eight strikeouts but he’s Chris flexen uh any any interest in these in deeper League Scott uh Mitchell Parker weathers and weski uh flex’s fastball was up like two miles per hour which was interesting yeah I don’t really want to have to talk about this group and I know we’re running out of time I think they’re pretty uninteresting my favorite of them is Ryan weathers but that’s not saying much all right let’s get into the waiver wire hitters we spoke about the outfielders earlier with Rooker De La Cruz Fredo and Joe Adell uh two Corner infielders that could be of interest Willie Castro has really stepped up recently two for three with a triple and his third home run aeno Suarez had a big game two for three with a sock and a shoe his third home run his first stolen base he is only batting 226 with a 641 Ops Castro 61% rostered Suarez 54% do either of those numbers need to be higher uh Suarez might need to be lower than 54% yeah I’d have to see how it compares to other third basemen but outside of those really deep Roto leagues I don’t think Suarez needs to be rostered Castro maybe could go up a little from 61% but I think his main contribution is gonna be as a versatile steel specialist in standard Roto leagues so maybe 61’s about right I don’t know I do want to quickly look up yeah Castro is 64% rostered on Yahoo which most of their leagues are daily head-to-head categories I think that is a great format for Willie Castro so if you play in a format like that whenever he’s in the lineup he’s been playing a lot recently obviously does have a lot of uh stolen base upside that is Willie Castro some names in deeper leagues leody taras we spoke about yesterday he had a big day across the double header went two for eight with his second home run three runs to RBI last 12 games betting 357 with two homers and 13 runs scored I missed this one over the weekend but the White Sox promoted one of their prospects Brian Ramos who is a 22-year-old third baseman he went two for four with a double a run and an RBI and just interesting timing that they called him up after 24 games in double A where he was not hitting well he had a 182 batting average and a 572 Ops but he’s going to play a lot for a bad team with the white sock that is Brian Ramos uh and Eddie Rosario is coming around two for four with his third home run last four games he has two homers and two steals very deep League stuff Scott but any interest CH Rosario Ramos and Taris who we spoke about yesterday yeah I mean Taris is the most interesting of them and I don’t think he’s all that interesting as we talked about yesterday so it’s that’s really just a comment on how uninteresting Brian Ramos and Eddie Rosario are Ramos I think the white socks hand I I forget who went down but they lost somebody and they just had to call up Ryan Ramos out of desperation yeah I don’t think he’s ready to he was ready to be promoted or is going to really do much with it I think he’s pretty safely ignored let’s get into the leftovers and Famous Last Word Scott I’m starting to believe in Carlos rodon quality start against the Astros six in the third Innings two runs seven strikeouts to zero walks he had 16 swinging strikes in this outing eight of those came on the slider he now has seven plus swinging strikes on the slider specifically in three straight starts uh he’s leaned on that pitch more I I haven’t read this but I kind of think the Yankees told rhodon hey let’s try out the cutter and the change up early in the season and if it doesn’t work go back to the slider and that’s what he’s done and the slider has the effectiveness has slowly crept up the season I really like what I’m seeing the control has improved as well just three walks total over his last four starts it’s a 356 ra a 126 whip I’m not saying this is the Carlos Ron of old but I really like what I’m seeing Scott what do you think yeah I I think I’m gonna eat my words anyone who actually listened to me when I said I dropped Carlos rodon a couple weeks ago because things have turned on a dime since then and his slider is the whiff rate on I think after this start the whiff rate on the slider for the year is going to be about where it was in 2021 and 2022 which were the sa young contending seasons for Carlos rodon that doesn’t mean he’s going to be contending for assai young this year but it does mean he’s probably gonna be pretty good if his slider playing that well and he’s kind of um paired down his Arsenal to to what we know is most effective for him uh let’s get to Tanner BBY we mentioned him earlier he’s been pretty unreliable so far this season he continues to struggle he was up against the Tigers he L four runs over four innings did have five strikeouts to zero walks gave up a good amount of hard contact 91.5 average exit velocity against and the fast ball continues to get crushed it had a 105 exit velocity in this start and a 441 expected woba entering this start so it might actually get worse uh he’s only completed six Innings once in eight starts he’s got a 491 ra a 136 whip looks like he’s in line for two starts next week against the Marlins and at the Rangers I I guess you got to throw him out there but I really do not like what I’ve been seeing Scott well it’s it’s kind of a good news bad situation good news bad news situation for Tanner BBY who has walked one batter over his last three starts and that’s more what we were promised when he was coming up through the miners an Elite control pitcher uh and it seemed like the walks were the main thing holding him back coming into this year but yeah he’s just throwing the fast ball too much to to use a stat everybody’s heard of batters are hitting over 400 against the fastball and he’s throwing at 45% of the time so probably needs to stop doing that and like he’s in a good organization to figure things out the Guardians are about as good as any at at maximizing pitcher outcomes and this is as talented of a pitcher as they’ve developed and uh I I don’t know I guess Gavin Williams is on the same level in terms of Talent level but it’s a really really talented pitcher and I think they’re going to figure it out I I mentioned earlier he was still pretty high in my rankings Tanner BBY and uh I would consider him a by low I heard that di in there Scott I heard what you said I’m not sure I know what I said because I said he has a 441 X wiba on his fast ball and you’re like to use a stat everyone has heard oh yeah I mean I just it’s I heard it I heard it it makes the same case in a way that’s very familiar to people not that you know people listening to this podcast probably know xwoba well enough but everybody knows batting average yeah the point is the fast ball has been bad for Tanner B that is a that’s the bigger Point hitters that are quietly getting it done Bobby wit has been ridiculous he went two for three with a walk and his fifth home run he is batting 327 five homers 13 seals 36 runs scored in 38 games he is on a near 160 run Pace this season Bobby Wht has been awesome tasar Hernandez also quietly been great two for three with his 10th home run uh he’s got 26 runs 29 RBI he entered the day as the sixth best outfielder in Roto the ninth best outfielder in head-to-head points leagues Marcel Ozuna uh two for three with a double dong for RBI he’s up to 12 home runs on the season I believe that leads all of baseball 38 RBI did did I say that 12 home runs 38 RBI and a 1042 PS uh Jeremy Peña three for four with his fourth home run Bryce terang continues to impress three for four with three doubles a walk a run and an RBI his his first time leading off this season I think I got to rang inside of my top 15 or 16 at second base so uh he’s slowly been moving up and I’m starting to buy in a little bit more anything else on this group Scott I don’t think I’ve moved to rang quite that high but it’s getting harder to justify keeping him out I mean there’s there still isn’t a lot that’s impressive there under the hood his strikeout rate is considerably improved from his rookie season and he’s putting the ball on the ground more which we normally don’t like but when you don’t have much raw power which is thre to rang’s case it’s it’s probably better to put the ball on the ground when your main tool is speed you know um so between the the lack of strikeouts and putting the ball in the air less and yeah the exsit velocity readings are improved some they’re still not great maybe maybe he’s just good now in a niik horer sort of way and is actually running like we thought niiko horer would and that would be that would be good news for his fantasy outcomes Peña Jeremy Peña I love what he’s doing I think this is I think this is a true breakout for him I’ve struggled to get him into the top 15 at shortstop but I basically value him like a top 15 Short Stop uh ouna my gosh one of my biggest regrets I was drafting like our earliest mock drafts I was getting Ozuna in like every single one and then I didn’t get him in a single League that mattered just because I I don’t know I got distracted by other things at that point I thought he was a great value but I also thought well oloy Jimenez looks like a great value in JD Martinez and Byron buckon to an extent and I’ll just wait for them and you know what I shouldn’t have because Ozuna is the one of them who’s actually good not that I’ve lost hope for JD Martinez but it’s not gonna do what Ozuna is doing and I think more or less will continue to do not that he’s gonna sustain these exact Paces but he’s going to be he’s gonna be a stud just like he was last year let’s run through the bullpen updates because there was a lot of Bullpen happenings here for the Angels Estes got the ninth with a one-run lead he struck out two for his sixth save for the Blue Jays Jordan Romano got the ninth with a three-run lead he gave up one run on three hits but picked up his fifth save of the season for the Tigers uh oh what’s going on here J Jason Foley got the seventh inning with a two-run lead he got two outs he gave up a hit and he was relieved by Joey Wentz it was then uh Andrew Chaffin who started the ninth with a one-run lead he gave up a solo Homer to David fry Alex Lang then came in to get the final out of the ninth he started the 10th where he gave up a walk-off single uh this was Jason Foley’s first appearance since blowing a save against the Yankees last Friday I’m not ready to make any declarations Scott but this kind of feels like a mess in the Tigers Bullpen and if you seen his whip it’s bad it’s bad too many walks too many hits like that’s this is not this is not a closer C caliber performance for Jason Foley and uh you know uh Andrew not Andrew Lang that’s a former Hawk Center but Alex Lang he uh he’s walking too many guys still but he’s been effective overall and he was the presume closer going in he was the closer last year he’s not the only option that AJ hinch could turn to but AJ hinch has options and I I’m a little worried about Foley so I agree with you on that one yeah let’s keep going for the Royals Tyler Duffy started the ninth with a four-run lead he gave up a run on two walks and a double he was relieved by James MacArthur who got the final two outs for his eighth save and that is one day after James MacArthur blew a save so they went right back to him he he had thrown 60 pitches the previous three days wow so good for him good for you James MacArthur all right well he’s he got done for the Padres Robert forz struck out one for his 12th save he is tied for the league lead for the Dodgers Daniel Hudson got the ninth with a two-run lead he struck out one for his second save it was uh Alex vessia who got a save the other day I still think it’ll be Daniel Hudson more often than not as long as uh Evan Phillips is out but wouldn’t surprise me if they mix in match for the Dbacks Kevin gingle got the ninth with a two-run lead they didn’t want to use Paul seaall two nights in a row Fresh Off The iil GLE gave up a run on two hits he only recorded one out and then Joe mantiply got the final two outs for his first save of the season for the White Sox Michael copc got the ninth with a three-run lead he gave up a hit but picked up his third save for the Orioles uh Craig Kimbrell got the ninth with a two-run lead he got two quick outs and then gave up a solo Homer followed by two walks he was relieved by Keegan Aken who gave up a game timeing single to CJ Abrams the Orioles eventually won in 12 Innings and all of a sudden Craig Kimbrell has been a little shaky recently a little shaky I don’t know if it’s due to the injury or whatnot but it’s a fullblown like he’s blown three of his last four save chances and it should be four of five he got bailed out in one of those replaced mid inning or it would have been four five that’s that’s rough like you eight so that’s like half a blown save season total in the span of five appearances um here’s what Brandon had to say after the game we’re going to stick with him this guy’s got a big time track record he’s a Hall of Famer and we need to get him right he’s big for us it’s important that we get him right so pretty strong vot of confidence there from Brandon Hyde and we’ve seen in recent years Kimbrell have stretches like this where he just can’t do anything and then he gets past it it’s it’s like these control lapses that he has um that really started late in this time with the Red Sox so if if heyes committed to sticking to him I I think we should be too if you have the option to bench him that’s fine but I think in the long run he’s still going to get a lot of saves for the Orioles for the twins yoan donon got the ninth with a three-run lead he struck out one for his third save and for the Rangers Owen white started the ninth with a four-run lead he gave up three straight singles he was relieved by Kirby Yates who allowed three runs in only one was charged to him uh but picked up his seventh save of the season to stream not to stream on Thursday we mentioned yesterday not a great slate I do believe Eric fetty has been added to this list so we could do fety against the Guardians Ben Lively at the White Soxs Michael Waka against the angels I I don’t know I’d more likely do Keaton win at Colorado than Waka probably though I’m not so keen on either I’m not keen on any of those guys but fetty Lively win would be my top three on Friday we have Jameson tyion at the Pirates there is who else Christian Scott 70% rostered look he should be just rostered he’s not a streamer I don’t know that I want to play him against the Atlanta Braves if I’m being honest but I’d pick him over anyone on this list yeah I think so I I would go Scott then tyone and then I think Blackburn at the Mariners blackburns pitch well yeah okay fine you’d rather you’d rather not have to resort to streamers I will point out again probably not for the last time certainly not for the first time why do we even you’re forced me to do this segment and I don’t like it I gotta give the people what they want Scott and they want streamers we’re going to wrap there for Scott I am Frank thanks as always for tuning in to Fantasy Baseball today please make sure to follow and leave a five star rating on Apple or Spotify and we will be back again tomorrow bye-bye