Nationals Promote DYLAN CREWS! Waiver Wire ADDS & Start or Sit Decisions! | Fantasy Baseball Advice

Intro [Music] what's up and welcome into fantasy baseball today on Monday August 26th I am Frank stanfold joined by Scott White and Chris towers for those watching on YouTube if it looks like I'm in a weird place that is because I am I moved to New Jersey over the weekend that is why that's not a nice thing to say about New Jersey all right I don't think New Jersey is a weird place at all I just want to go on the record that that is not the official position of anyone else on this podcast that is just Frank that thinks that the Garden State is weird well yeah I guess we're about to find out it looks like I'm in a room where I'm being held captive I haven't had time to hang stuff up yet but can you hold up a newslet a newspaper a new we can make sure you're okay here's something that I'm gonna hang up eventually it's pretty coolon judge we'll talk about Aaron judge my goodness uh today on the show we've got waiver wire moves from the weekend starter sit decisions the Nationals are promoting Dylan Cruz and much more but let's jump in in a year that has been so improbable The Impossible has happened well neither of these guys wanted to talk about bow and Francis so uh I will the olive Carden FR stick of the weekend Bowden Francis because he took a no hitter into the ninth inning up against the Angels where he allowed a solo home run to Taylor Ward to lead off the inning and that was the only blemish of against Francis where he had 12 strikeouts 15 whiffs on 117 pitches and in four starts since being moved back into the rotation it's a 133 ra a 44 whip 11.3k per nine barely walking anybody I don't know that like look obviously he's not going to continue to do this the underlying pitch characteristics I don't know that it lines up with him getting away with starts these good but they are happening right now and he's only 55% rostered so scottt I will throw it to you what do you think about this recent run from Bowden Bowen excuse me Bowen Francis he at the Red Sox this week bow down to bowed in that's my new pneumonic device so I don't accidentally call him Bowden like you just did and it's fitting right now with the way that he's pitching that comes I I know you gave the the whip that comes out to five hits in 22 Innings since he returned which is of of course unsustainable but he is good at hit prevention and I I gave his numbers between the majors and minors last year B in Francis 204 .98 whip 10.9 ker n of course part of what makes him good at hit prevention is that he tends to put the ball in the air but it's it's interesting because what's uh at least the last two of these three starts for bow and Francis he's been emphasizing a splitter he's thrown it about twice as often about 34% of the time in each of those last two starts and that's helped to elevate his ground ball rate a little not enough that he's like a ground ball pitcher now that it's changed his whole profile and I don't know that we'd want it to uh I do wonder if pairing that pitch with the fast ball so 15 of his I'm sorry 10 of his 15 whiffs in this latest start against the Angels over the week and came on the fast ball so he was he was racking up with with the fast ball and if maybe the splitter helps to make that pitch more effective just the contrast it creates with it movement wise um I don't know but what I've been saying about Bowen Francis all along is I clearly he has dominated at times in the miners so this if if he were to find success in the majors it wouldn't be the most surprising thing I can't totally explain it I don't think it's totally legit because how could it be but I do think it's to a point where bout and Francis has to be added of course yeah I mean you look at his AAA numbers for his career and it's 256 in a third Innings a 460 ra that's pretty bad 12 1.26 whip not as bad as the ER relatively speaking and it's most because his biggest issues 1.7 home runs per n this is at Triple A and I think that's splitter you know that's a brand new pitch for him this season it wasn't something he threw before this and that could just be the answer that you know this is a guy who had decent strikeout skills had pretty good control but just got clobbered on contact and all of a sudden he has a pitch that has been really good at suppressing hard contact and has been really good at creating ground balls something that he didn't have before this so I I know like we're talking about a 28-year-old with a career 460 ra at triaa so I don't want to like paint this picture that uh bow and Francis is a boning Ace or anything but I I think he's about as interesting as any pitcher on the waiver wire right now I I think it's funny because we're having trouble like explaining B and Francis and I feel like our analysis just contradicted each others like you know so like we have we have different explanations for what could be going onh uh but it's not even really like to the point that you emphasized his career minor league stats which are very bad and I emphasized this one year in the minors that was very good I I like to think we're we're they're concentric circles okay that are that Nestle in with one another yeah but yeah I look I I think being skeptical of B Francis is probably the right move but when you look at like I think I wrote about six pictures on the waiver wire uh column on Sunday afternoon and like I would rather have Spencer arag Getti he's more widely rostered than bat Francis so that that doesn't really help anyone I mean if you need a pitcher for the next two weeks I I'd rather have Bowen Francis than Jacob deg Grom like if you're in a head-to-head points league and you might not make it to when Jacob deg Grom is healthy I'd rather have B Francis I think I'd rather have Francis than Ryan Nelson who I'm sure we'll talk about later yeah I think I'd rather have Bowen Francis than Andrew Heeney although he does have a good TW start week coming up so that's a little tougher so like I I think bow and Francis is probably as interesting as anyone on the waiver wire Bowen's Francis next Bowen francis's next start I have trouble saying his name as a possessive uh is the Twins or is it the Red Sox looks like at at Boston yeah tough yeah neither but I think I'd rather roll the dice on bow and Francis than Bobby Miller yeah and we we'll get to Bobby Miller in just a second I I think the bigger Point here is that we've kind of been starved of waiver wire pitchers for a while now I think arag Getti you're right Chris to kind of put him at the top of that list but after that I think bow and Francis is the most interesting one that's come along in a while so obviously just gotten at him I don't know that you want to throw right out there at Boston in a head said points League he's a spar too so that obviously helps in that format uh but yeah he should be more than he's up to 57% roster now again that's B in Francis Chris you just mentioned the name Bobby Miller he is your player of the weekend Bobby Miller yeah this was uh Bobby Miller's First Quality start since his first start of the Season back in May um he was still getting hit really hard but it was look we'll start with the good six innings nine strikeouts zero walks that's phenomenal got a decent amount of whiffs 18 whiffs had the curveball change up working really well for him three earned runs on seven hits 96.9 m per hour average exit velocity it's it's not a sign that Bobby Miller is all the way back but we have literally had like zero good starts between the majors and minors from Bobby Miller basically since that first now we have a second pretty good start and so if you were looking for a reason to be optimistic he gave you one and if you were looking for a reason to not drop Bobby Miller he gave you one is this enough to go out and add him he's 51% rostered right now I think I like I said I think I'd take Francis over him after that if aret is available I'd rather have him but putting Bobby Miller against like Ryan Nelson and DJ hers and zie Matthews and some of the other Matthew Boyd uh some of the other waiver wire pitchers if I didn't need to start one this week I I think I'd rather have Miller for the upside because I'm pretty sure the other guys are just streamers one one more nine strikeout outing for Bobby Miller might be enough to convince me he's more than just a streamer well I I remember too what stood out about Bobby Miller last year other than performance and that was that even as a rookie pitcher hard throwing rookie pitcher he had a really diverse Arsenal MH and threw his fast ball only 29% of the time last year well he had been throwing it 41% of the time this year got it back down to 31 so very close to that 29% uh in this start over the weekend here's what he had to say about it leading up to the start I was focusing a lot on curveball change up mixing in a little bit of Sliders but you know focusing on getting my strengths back that's what I showed tonight I was really able to focus in after uh those mistake pitches referring to a couple of bad hits early on but he was stressing there that yeah he was trying to get back to leaning more on that secondary Arsenal instead of on a fast ball that while it has good velocity isn't that effective and I think I don't know that that explains entirely the the bounce back here for Bobby Miller because at er previously but it can can only help yeah and I don't want to downplay this start but it was against Tampa Bay and they do swing and miss a lot so the 18 whs on 96 pitches are fantastic he also allowed 10 hard hits and a 96.9 average exit velocity although tell that to Taj Bradley who also has been giving up lots of hard contact recently uh I do agree with your analysis Chris I think it's all about utility if you need a pitcher for this week I am am not putting Bobby Miller near the top of that list but if you want to play I guess how do we say the long game now yeah I mean I think it's more just like a roto versus head-to-head right because like almost every head-to-head points League now is you win this week or your season's done so it's like it doesn't really matter if Bobby Miller might have more upside in three weeks you know but you're right if he has another really good start against the Orioles next time out I think I might feel good about starting him after that that's exactly what I was gonna say is it probably only takes another start like this given our uh our expectations for Bobby Miller coming in who would you guys rather add just in a vacuum right now Bobby Miller or bow and Francis probably Francis I agree Francis yeah but like it's much more likely if you're in a roto league with what five weeks left that like if you were going to regret not adding one of them Miller feels more likely to be the one you regret right I I think that makes sense it's the upside play but I'm not sure the way I worded it made sense yeah a lot of double negatives in there you know all right Scott let's go over to you your player of the weekend all right I'm gonna go with another upside play here junior Junior Caminero konero who is I think I think having the the breakout I think it's come I think it's happening this weekend three- game series against the Dodgers he went six for 13 with two home runs and two doubles but it wasn't just the production that stood out for junior konero he had seven of the nine hardest hit balls in that series seven of them belong to this rookie Junior konero and a series that sh Otani was playing in mind you and had a couple home runs himself uh so I mean that's what we always heard about Junior commoner on the minors he hits the ball harder than any M minor Leaguer and unlike some of those guys that have come up in recent years Cruz uh Ellie DEA Cruz it's not like there are strikeout issues here for junior commero I just think I just think he's has so much upside as a hitter and is closer to meeting it than anybody is giving him credit for uh just because we got a glimpse of him last year and it's never as exciting the second time around when the prospect comes up but Junior konero needs to be rostered everywhere and he might just be a mustar player down the stretch how Scott give me a percent chance that we are drafting Junior cierro ahead of these players next year Jackson holiday uh 50% I was gonna say like 75% he's he's slowed down quite a bit himself well Jacks uh I'm gonna say like 20% Jackson Merill 15% okay James Wood uh what did I get what did I say for Jackson 20 and 15 I I am gonna say 15 also for James Wood I would think just because of the speed Factor there's no chance that cero would go ahead of those other three wood Chio and Merill I there's still a month left to go I I feel pretty good saying I think cero will be drafted ahead of holiday next year I think so yeah yeah there's a long way to go but I don't know I think you guys are maybe uh maybe fading holiday a little too fast there it's I'm not even saying that's how I would rank it I just you know if if cero plays to his potential and holiday continues to be a bit more All or Nothing than expected I think it'll be easy for folks to talk themselves into Camero ahead of him okay I I do a little psycho analyzing yeah and I should specify those percentages were for Roto leagues I think it'll be closer in points leagues where you don't have to weigh the factor in the steals disparity as much yeah before we hit the break I mean obviously we just have to mention what Aaron judge and Otani are doing right now is just it is not human it they are so amazing these guys like we are uh privileged to be able to watch them right now judge three more home runs this week including two on Sunday that brings him to 51 on the season and my condolences to anyone who faced judge in a head-to-head League this week like I did in the Scott White Dynasty he put up like 55 fantasy points so great um oh man would have been great if he put up 99 well you know what it's a two- we period right Scott so there's a chance he could get to 99 by the end of it uh Otani two for five with a sock in his shoe on Friday added another home run on Saturday he's already at 4040 with a month left to play and just to be clear because I'm sure a lot of our listeners don't quite have a context for what points are worth uh 55 in one week if you score 550 points over the course of a full season as a hitter you're probably close to a first rounder that's basically two hitters in one 55 like yeah that's two good hitter weeks a 27 28 point week that's like a really good week for him so 55 is pretty insane um I I have a couple things I want to mention here so show Otani earliest in the season anybody's gotten to 4040 and it's not close he could get to 50/50 uh I mentioned two weeks ago that Aaron judge had hit 375 since the end of April it's actually gone up since then Aaron judge is hitting 376 since the end of April so it's not just power and I I also want to say I think I think both MVP races are already decided like if these guys get injured tomorrow and I'm certainly not hoping for that but if they do I don't I I still don't think anybody could overtake them for MVP got to mention of course with Otani he left Sunday after getting hit by a pitch in his left wrist forarm area X-rays were negative before we hit the break reminder to support our fantasy football counterpart the fft podcast as their usual uh their annual excuse me draft ofon is this Wednesday August 28th they'll be live all evening on uh this Wednesday getting you ready for your fantasy football drafts while raising money for St Jude Children's Hospital they're currently auctioning off some cool experiences at tinyurl.com drafton 2024 if you're watching on YouTube you can scan the QR code and that will uh take you right to the website where you could find some of those items all the money from the auction items uh and the donations will obviously be going to St Jude so it's a great cause it's lots of fun make sure to support those guys as well let's take our first break when we return Dylan Cruz is getting called up we'll talk about that right after thisum into this week's Unforgettable moments electrifying action and pure football passion with the inside college football team welcome back in news and notes the Nationals are expected to promote Dylan Cruz on Monday against the Yankees and Nationals promote Dylan Crews this season in the minors he was batting 270 with 13 homers 25 steals a 793 Ops but he was heating up last 15 games at triaa 313 four homers five steals 939 Ops he is 54 4% rostered Chris do you think Dylan Cruz is a must ad across the board not just five every single League yeah yeah okay it's not a 100% guaranteed that he will be worth starting even in a five outfielder league but this is as Scot and I talked about on uh Friday's episode this was one of the most productive College hitters ever who has held his own he hasn't been James Wood or Wyatt Langford or or but he hasn't been bad in the miners and there's a lot of reason to think that this is still a potentially impactful fantasy player in all formats so yeah so I just I just said five outfielder leagues he was must add I I only got him up to 46th in my Outfield rankings I think which would put him out of the three outfielder range not that he's unrustable there and obviously there's a case to be made for for taking a shot on upside in any format but I know somebody asked me on Twitter would you drop Elliot Ramos for him and I was like no yeah I wouldn't do that no yeah so who so what do you did you did you have a chance to rerank Dylan Cruz yet uh I'm I'm I'm looking at it right now and I think 40 to 45 makes sense so somebody asked me Lawrence Butler I said that was that was about a coin flip and I might lean Cruz just because Butler's sometimes sitting against lefties but that's the range of Outfield outfielders where I I I think you could talk about uh chasing the upside of Cruz you know just given all the all the struggles that firsttime Prospect Cups have had this year and really over the last few years yeah you just got to be I'm trying to be a little more Discerning when these guys get called up but not just Dr for anybody and I agree but like your specific team talking to every individual listener here your specific team maybe there's no room for Dylan Cruz that's possible there are 10 12 14 15 teams in every League one of them's got a crappy outfielder that you could drop on the chance that Dylan Cruz is one of the guys like if you're in a head-to-head like Starling Marte is probably rostered in in most head-to-head points leagues Cedric Mullins like even like a guy who's like Michael tog toglia in a points League I think I'd be fine dropping him for Dylan Cruz he's he's only 50% rostered or thereabouts so seven games in cores this week too yeah seven games in cores yeah yeah yeah I'd rather take I mean it also might depend on your situation again yeah every single person out there this may not be applicable to your team it's applicable to somebody's team okay I can go along with that I just I I just wanted to contextualize it a bit more so that yeah nobody did drop Elliot Ramos for the likest outcome might be that Dylan Cruz isn't very good yeah that certainly been the track record for these types of prospects but i' it's just mostly I'd rather take the chance on these unproven guys than the guys who are likely available in your league sure here are some names that are rostered in more than 80% of leagues would you drop any of them for Dylan Cruz here's a fun one drafted right next to each other why Langford yeah so I I I do have W Langford a few spots ahead of Cruz in my rankings still but I I I think that's basically a coin flip rest of season who's better too and Chris you mentioned Cedric Mullins he's 81% would you be gu would you guys be all right with that yeah I Dro Mullins for Cruz sure Lane Thomas still 80% yep yeah I'd be fine with that yeah I'd be good with that move as well rough weekend for catcher injuries and it's been a bad luck season just overall for News: catcher injuries Wilson contras I know you could point to his career and say he's missed a decent amount of time but he suffered a fractured forearm earlier in the year on a batter swing and this weekend he suffered a fractured middle finger on his right hand because of a hit by pitch um also Joey Bart is expected to be placed in the is with a left hamstring injury so we do have some catchers that are dropping uh over the weekend and the Cardinals are expected to recall Ivon Herrera on Sunday could be an option in two uh deeper two catcher leagues but if you play in a one catcher League it feels like these names are probably the most exciting uh Shay langers is 68% Austin Wells is 43% and Adrien del Castillo is 35% Scott how would you rank langers Wells and delesio I believe in my rankings they they're ranked langers Wells and D Castillo but of course as we've often said when we've talked about catchers for one catcher leagues they're very interchangeable at a certain point and just go after whoever you think is the hottest or has the best matchups for the upcoming week uh if you wanted to go Wells over langers I'd have no problem with that let me see that one might just depend on what the upcoming schedule looks like because Wells has been sitting against a lot of lefties and it seems like he's not going to catch Garrick Cole yeah I think for this week the best choices langers and I have him ranked best rest of season anyway I I I will say Ivon Herrera has some really interesting skills he's been really good at Triple A over the past two seasons an Ops near 900 uh if not a little above actually um he's been very good down there this season hits the ball really hard I don't know if he's going to play more than Pedro pahas with uh conteras out but I remain very intrigued by Herrera and it wouldn't take many good performances here to move him up my rankings in deeper two catcher leagues uh Alejandro Kirk has been hitting well he's 16% rostered Miguel Amaya had a big weekend as well Chris would you take uh Ivon Herrera ahead of Kirk and Amaya I think I'd probably still take Kirk and Amaya I just don't know how much Herrera is going to play Given that they sent him down yeah I think I would agree with that as well if you play in like 15 team two catcher leagues where you know guys like Kirk and Amaya are not even available I was trying to add like Nick fortez and the Rockies guys just because they have and cores this week so Jacob Stallings is only like 2% rostered if I remember correctly so like that maybe that one yeah it could be yon Alvarez has missed three straight due to neck discomfort what are you guys doing with Alvarez this week probably starting him just because he's Jordan Alvarez yeah I would hope so Astro GM Dana Brown said Friday that he hopes Kyle Tucker will be able to return in early September while Tucker has been upping his baseball activities he still feel feels soreness in his right leg Tyler glass now played catch from 60 feet but Dave Roberts admitted glass now will be out longer than expected they still expect glass now to pitch again during the regular season Yoshi noou Yamamoto will begin a rehab assignment this Wednesday with an i to return in mid-september Pirates GM Ben sharington acknowledged Sunday that there is a rain of innings that the Pirates do not want Paul sches to surpass this season which could lead to more abbreviated starts over the final month and we spoke about this last week it kind of feels like we're headed down a Garrett crochet path here for Paulk I wouldn't say that dramatic but yeah I I wouldn't expect a 100 pitches every time but like he's only thrown he's two innings over what he yeah like right what he did last year between college and the you know handful of he made so like yeah maybe if he's 80 pitches in through five innings they probably say okay that's the day but I I would be surprised if it was like four Innings and done unless he was really inefficient I think he's gonna get to around 90 pitches most times out okay so you guys are good starting schemes this week against the Cubs yeah yes all right Jazz Chism returned from the iil on Friday and he started all three games for the Yankees hunter green is is confirmed to be dealing with inflammation in his right elbow after an MRI revealed no UCL damage Michael Harris left Sunday with hand sess after you guessed it another hit by pitch which those are just not going away again it happened to Otani it happened to wil contras Michael Harris on Sunday as well Robbie Ray exited his start on Sunday due to left hamstring tightness Jacob deg Grom will make his next Rehab start at Triple A on Tuesday he made his first Rehab start uh last Thursday he allowed one run over two innings with three strikeouts de Grom is 71% rostered if you want to stash him for the final couple weeks of the Season Tory lavulo said Friday that he wants to get Paul seaall back to being the team's closer lavulo also added that he's pleased with what Justin Martinez has been able to do Martina has also picked up a save on Sunday I don't know I mean how are you guys uh handicapping the Dbacks Bullpen right now uh I don't I think Justin Martinez is the closer right now yeah I just I don't know there's six weeks left I think Justin Martinez is pretty good I think Paul Sea's probably better when he's right so like it given a long enough time I do expect Paul seaal to return to the closer role for the Diamondbacks is there enough time for that this season there might be but I don't think it's a guarantee oh it's not a guarantee and and just because that's what Tori uh lavulo would like to do in an ideal scenario doesn't even mean it's going to happen see Walt hasn't been locked down since he moved out of the closer rle and the the longer Martinez succeeds in that role the the harder it's going to be to remove him Carlos kareah who's been out since July 20th due to right plantar fasciitis will not return before the end of August his return keeps getting pushed back due to soreness after running Shane BOS was scratched from his start Sunday due to the flu Xavier Edwards left early on Friday due to lower back discomfort he underwent Imaging which came back negative Edwards is considered day-to-day and this is a tough situation because Edwards has been awesome for the past month the Marlins have games in cor field this week but we don't really know when he's going to return so what do you guys think about Edwards it wouldn't surprise me if he wound up on the I I'm not saying he will but this is a sore back that's the kind of thing that can linger uh so I would I would try not to start him this week even though you love the series at corfield and yeah he's been must start since he got called up basically I try to avoid it though UD Darvis was activated from the restricted list Friday after dealing with a personal issue but this was then shifted to the 15-day iil Darvish said he's feeling good and his placement on the iil was just a matter of ramping up the Dbacks have moved Jordan Montgomery to the bullpen opting to keep Ryan Nelson in the rotation instead Nelson had another strong start this weekend we'll talk about him with waiver wire pitchers uh Joey Bart as we mentioned is likely to go on the I jack lighter could be called up to start Wednesday against the white socks and lighter last nine starts at AAA a 257 ER 124 whip 133.5k per nine with all that said he made three starts in the majors this season and they were pretty awful 21% rostered any interest in Jack lighter I have some interest I can't say in like a 12 team points League that I look to add him anywhere but yeah I think he's clearly at least pretty talented and it might be you know Scott I think we were talking about it in Thursday's podcast like he might still be too fastball dependent and you know when you when you look at some of the underlying numbers that seems to be the case and if the fast Ball's not really really working for him he tends to get hit pretty hard so yeah it can go wrong as we've seen but I think there's some upside here sure I'm seeing he was less Homer prone during that nine start stretch still a lot of walks yeah there's definitely talent for Jack lighter I just you know there's talent for Joe Bole too yeah so I I think it I'm to a point with lier where I gotta I gotta see it actually begin to take shape before I get excited about him in fantasy agreed the only thing I'll add is if you are desperate in deeper League he gets the white socks so uh could go well anybody could look good against the white socks so uh even Jack ligher I think that's a possibility somewhat related to this with Jack ligher likely getting called up to the majors Kumar rocker has been promoted to Triple A and he has been awesome in his return from Tommy John surgery it's a 203 er a 090 whip 37 strikeouts over 26 and 2/3 Innings it's a really small sample he hasn't completed five innings in a start yet but this is a former you know top pitching Prospect in all of college baseball before he got drafted so I think there still could be some Talent here and you know if you held on in a dynasty League there might be something there yeah kind kind of screwed up that they didn't let them be teammates again yeah right as as soon as one gets called up uh the other one takes his place on the team other players who went on the I this weekend Andrew Abbott with a left shoulder strain Alex call with a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his left foot Javier bayz due to lumbar spine and hip inflammation and Paul Blackburn due to a right and contusion let's get back into waiver wire pitchers and again I think Waiver wire pitchers we're mostly going to focus on matchups from here on out uh but the first group included bow and Francis who we spoke a lot about uh Bobby Miller as well Bobby Miller gets the Orioles this week two other names that are um pretty highly rostered at this point Ben Lively turned in another quality start this weekend and he gets the Pirates this week that's a great matchup and Cody Bradford continues to pitch well his last four starts is a 263 ra a 104 whip and he gets the Oakland A's this week uh Scott how would you be ranking uh I guess if we're just going based on matchups Bradford Ben Lively Bobby Miller and Bowen Francis well I don't know that I'm ready to go just based on matchups you know how do you just rank the group okay yeah no Francis and Bobby Miller clearly one and two here most exciting I I don't know that I'm ready to start either of them next week but there are weeks Beyond this week unless your league just happens to end early uh if you need somebody for this week Cody Bradford is at the top of the list and uh I'm starting to come around to him as being a respectable not much roster type in fantasy but he has he has strengths he has strengths his fast his his flyball rate is close to 50% his walk uh well walks per nine is 1.5 so he is on two fronts really good at preventing base runners and has been pitching deep into games I believe this is was his third straight start of six Innings or more over the weekend Cody Bradford and yeah pretty good match up upcoming against the Athletics and Cody Bradford is a spar so if you play in a points League you can use him in a relief pitcher spot the next group includes Ryan Nelson who turned in another strong start up against the Red Sox six Innings two runs seven strikeouts last nine starts for Nelson 276 ra a95 whip David Peterson also continues to pitch well he was at the Padres seven and a third Innings one run with two strikeouts five starts in August it's a 171 ER and 107 whip Javier Assad turned in a quality start at the Marlins and zebie Matthews a solid outing up against the Cardinals five innings one run seven strikeouts I'll just quickly mention the matchups uh Matthews gets the Blue Jays Assad at the gats David Peterson at the white socks that's great and uh Ryan Nelson gets the Mets Chris how would you rank this next group probably Nelson Matthews Peterson Assad but if you wanted to give Peterson The Edge over Matthews because I would rather start him this week I think that's perfectly fine but I think Nelson is the most interesting of this group I just it doesn't feel very sustainable to me like he's got a pretty good fast ball like it gets good results on balls in play but even in this stretch where he's it's not just throwing the fast ball more he's throwing high in the zone with the fast ball more his whiff rate since the start of July is about 20% with the for seamer which is pretty run-of-the-mill so I don't think he's suddenly you know the 276 ra since the start of July I think it's pretty unlikely he sustains that but you know I'm fine rolling with the high hand for for Ryan Nelson all right let's move on to the next Group which includes DJ heris who had another solid start at the Braves five shutout Innings with eight strikeouts 18 whiffs on 92 pitches last seven starts for hers it's a 262 ra and a 117 whip Albert Suarez has been pitching well lately he was up against the Astros five and two-thirds Innings two runs with three strikeouts last four starts for him it's a 77 ER and a 0 94 whip Luis Ortiz uh had a strong start up against the Reds six shutout Innings with five strikeouts and Jose canana is um had a quality start at the Padres six in a third shutout Innings zero strikeouts why am I talking about Jose canana well he faces the white socks this week so I wanted to mention that Ortiz is at the Guardians uh Albert Suarez is in Coors Field and DJ hers is home against the Cubs uh Scott how would you rank that group well this is a group where I might just look at the coming week who has the best matchup and it's canana he's the only one of these pitchers who is among my sleeper pitchers for next week and uh yeah I guess I'd put him number one I do think DJ hers and Albert Suarez there's something there with hers I think so too so it's he has started to mix it up more not relying so much on on the fast ball hers has MH which could be a good thing it could be a bad thing but the the last two well clearly more than just the last two starts have been good but even more recently he's he's begun to to mix in more change ups and Sliders and and had 18 swinging strikes in the start against the Braves I I think he's going to be the kind of pitcher where when it goes wrong it goes really wrong and so you're you're always going to feel like you're playing with fire with DJ heris I'll also mention that of the 14 starts he's made in the majors this year only two have gone six Innings so he's not giving you a lot of volume and that makes it extra scary Suarez I'm mostly just interested in because his Supporting Cast and I I have even less explanation for for why he's pitched well when he's pitched well but uh I I do think he's back in the discussion at least but again of of these I I think uh I think canana had prioritized just because of the match up next week against the white socks if you are a believer in the Revenge game DJ hers was drafted by the Chicago Cubs and he gets to face them this week so I had to dig a little bit deeper for that one I I I almost said Revenge game for Jose canana but he he'd have to Harbor he he'd be have been harboring that ill will for like a decade at this point yeah that's true some names in deeper leagues Andre Palante had a great start at the twins seven innings one run with five strikeouts he gets the Padres this week Julian agar of the Reds had a strong start at the Pirates six Innings two runs with four strikeouts he gets the Brewers this week Joey esis turned in a near quality start up against the Brewers five and two thirs two runs five strikeouts the numbers in the second half have looked pretty good but does not look sustainable at all the the underlying statistics do not buy it he's at the Rangers this week and Matthew Boyd a quality start up against the Rangers six Innings one run four strikeouts he gets the Pirates this week Chris these are pretty deep League names but um any interest in Boyd Estus Julian agar and Andre Palante um no not really um if I had to be interested in one I guess it would be Matthew Boyd yes who looked good in his AAA rehab assign has gotten good results I don't think he's been particularly impressive so far and obviously we know Matthew Boyd not a pitcher you have wanted in the past to rely on for too long because eventually there's a three Homer game lurking somewhere um maybe DJ hers is the new Matthew Boyd but I like the slider hasn't really been there yet I yeah I don't I don't have much excitement for any of those guys all right fair enough let's take our final break and when we return we'll hit the waiver wire hitters right after this America service kick off their Seasons right here on CBS Sports Network welcome back in waiver wire hitters and we are taking a look at some third basemen Junior cero probably not Waiver wire hitters out there maybe 10 team leagues he's 78% rostered but it's not 100% so just check to make sure aeno Suarez had himself a huge weekend in Boston three for five with his 19th home run on Friday then four for four with his 20th home run on Sunday Last 42 games for Suarez he is betting 309 with 45 home runs uh so he has been awesome for the past two months basically Colt Keith is picking things back up as well he had a big weekend six hits one Homer seven RBI and one steel Scott how would you rank cero Suarez and Colt Keith I would rank them Camero Suarez and Colt Keith I think that's yeah though I do think Suarez 68% rostered is way too low at this point for as long as he's been performing like he has two months basically at this point of an Ops near a thousand batting over 300 uh people are people are sleeping on Suarez a bit I think think yeah I think so as well uh some names in five outfielder leagues two more homers this weekend for Jean Kenzie Noel who has started 10 of the past 12 games for the Guardians he's now up to a 965 Ops in 41 games played and Pak Crow Armstrong has quietly turned things up lately last 25 games he's betting 289 with four home runs 12 runs scored 14 RBI five Steals and an Ops over 900 he also is playing every single day uh Chris who do you like more in five outfielder leagues John Kenzie noell or Pete Crow Armstrong you said you didn't specify points versus Roto right well you can but I don't think man this is this is tough because like Noel is starting to play pretty much every day including against righties which he wasn't doing early on and he's not been good against righties uh 687 Ops 26 strikeouts and 75 played appearances he has eight home runs in 49 plate appearances or seven home runs in 44 pled appearances against lefties so far this season he has a 1216 Ops against lefties so Noel seems to have some pretty obvious limitations but I think the power is legitimate and I I do like adding him quite a bit peer Armstrong is probably the better Roto option though the speed is legitimate and he's one of those guys that like if he can just be a decent hitter he might be an All-Star caliber player and maybe he just never gets to much more than decent maybe he's just Kevin kerm and he maxes out as like a 1515 guy I think the speed's a little better but the last 100 plate appearances for p Armstrong xwoba is up to 344 League average is 315 if he could be even a a slightly above average hitter I think he's a a star caliber player in real life and a really good fantasy option because the the speed is truly Elite and he's running a lot so I'll give Pete Crow Armstrong the The Edge there so Crow Armstrong I hadn't noticed until this big weekend how much less he was striking out this year only 22% MH uh when last year he was striking out a ridiculous clip that's part of the reason I was down on him um in the majors I mean it wasn't so bad in the minors there are some underlying plate discipline issues there if you want to look at the Zone contact rate and that sort of thing that you know there there are reasons Beyond strikeout rate to wonder if Pete Crow Armstrong strong is a is uh H what's the word I'm looking for a stable enough hitter maybe to to find consistent success in the majors but the arrow is pointing up for sure especially since he's playing every day and and just to underscore the point about Noel you think the power for Jean Kinsey Noel is legit only 17 Major Leaguers have hit a ball harder than him this year and and that's you know Noel hasn't been in the majors that long only 17 players have hit a ball harder than him and that does not include Juan stto and Kyle schwarber they're right behind him in terms of hardest hit ball so yeah that is legit power for Noel he's hot right now I I think he I think I think they're both probably must add in five outfielder leagues pick up Dylan Cruz before them of course but uh but they're definitely making Making Waves for sure when he got called up my my first thought looking at his stats and looking at him is this was frame Ras 2.0 yeah it's kind of looking like it yeah yeah so far we'll see again that was Jean Kenzie Noel that we were talking about two names if you need a middle infielder Conor Norby has been raking since being called back up he had two home runs and a steel this weekend uh six games since being recalled he's got nine hits total two homers one steel he has let off two games in a row with Xavier Edwards hurt uh and Norby 18% rostered he's got seven games this week four of those in Kors field the other name here is Heraldo Perdomo who is having a big August 325 batting average three home runs four steals a 925 Ops Scott if you're just looking for a middle infielder you know 12 team Roto or deeper uh who do you like more Conor Norby or Heraldo Pomo Norby Norby there's I I I understand perdomo's had a big August I don't think there's a lot of offensive upside there and Norby I'm not sure there is either but he was very productive in the minors he has a swing that's Geared for home runs that I didn't think would work in Baltimore but there's a chance it'll work in Miami and after the big weekend he just had I think Norby is deserving some looks of some looks and leagues yes and he gained Third Base eligibility on CBS so I had a league where I hadn't had a good Austin riy replacement yet and I think I'm just going to throw Conor Norby in there especially with those matchups this upcoming week two names in much deeper leagues Addison Barger is making some noise for the uh Blue Jays lately he's got two home runs this weekend he started eight of the past nine games he is a player that formerly had some big Prospect pedigree as well he's only 3% rostered and Jose t who plays for the Nationals he actually came over in the lane Thomas trade he went three for four with his first career home run on Saturday and in 11 games so far with the Nets 359 one Homer one steel 852 Ops Chris anything here 15 team Roo leagues are deeper uh Addison Barger and Jose Tana Jose Tena is kind of interesting maybe uh I like him a lot he's played 120 games at Triple A in his career he's at 298 decent amount of strikeouts so I don't think the batting average is is all that projectable but 23 homers 15 steals in that stretch 865 Ops I I think there could be a useful player here and I've said it a few times but one thing that I think the the Nationals deserve some credit for is during the midst of this tear down they have done a good job of like mixing and matching these guys who in other organizations might be viewed as kind of quad a type talents and they're just giving them opportunities and sometimes they flop but they've gotten decent you know partial Seasons or full seasons out of like Joey manessis they you know Lane Thomas is someone they turned into a little bit of a prospect Hall so I like the way they've handled this and Jose T Tena I think is a pretty interesting name in a deeper Roto league so at least during his time with Cleveland which was 90% of his games his AAA games this year Jose Tena average velocity 91.5 milph and Max of 112.1 that is that is legit and he he wouldn't know it by looking at him because he's kind of smallish but uh I think I think there's legit Talent there with Tena and I'm glad he's getting a chance with the Nationals that he didn't get with the Guardians I did just want to mention for Barger I I had some bids in on him in deeper leagues just because the Blue Jays have seven games this week they're all against right-handed pitching so I do think maybe he sits out one game but it plays the majority if not all of those games that's Addison Barger with the Blue Jays starters H Start or sit SP decisions these pitchers this upcoming week and these are names that are kind of fringy you know they've had some ups and downs we'll start with Carlos rordon who had a great start against the Rockies six shutout Innings with five strikeouts and over his last six starts he has a 267 ER and a 107 whip 79% started and at the Nationals this week Chris what do you think start or sit Carlos hon so I I think we seen enough from Carlos Ron this season to not endlessly Chase whatever the most recent stretch of X number of games that's good or bad like it clearly has not been very predict predictive and the overall production low fours ER you know maybe he's more like a high threes but I think you probably just leave them in there and you stop worrying about it especially against a matchup like Washington that that feels like a fairly easy call to me having said that if he struggles don't blame it on me blame it on him again that was Carlos sdon how about Joe Musgrove who was awesome up against the Mets seven shutout Innings one hit nine strikeouts had 12 whiffs on 75 pitches and in three starts since returning from the I it's a0 57 ra a0 57 Whip and he is at the Cardinals this week only 41% started Scott how do you feel about Joe Musgrove uh yeah I'd be willing to start him he's been so this was the first start of extended length seven Innings but he's been great you mentioned the numbers there great since returning he's thrown 70% of his pitches for strikes he's at a 133% swinging strike rate uh I I was concerned since he's still pitching with this bone spur that put him on the iil and there was some talk of him tweaking his delivery before coming back to to to be able to pitch through that injury and I don't know if he did or not it was months ago that we heard those reports but Joe Musgrove looks like the best version of Joe Musgrove and so matchup like the Cardinals that'd be fine starting him what about Zack Allen who bounced back with a strong start at the Red Sox six shutout Innings with nine strikeouts he had 12 whiffs on 99 pitches and he finally got that great curveball working again it was dominant in this outing uh his previous nine starts before this he was pretty bad 524 ER and 166 whip 65% started he gets the Dodgers this week what do you think Chris I was really hoping you wouldn't go to me on this one because I think starting gallon versus The Dodgers is legitimately a coin flip um I think I'd rather start muser and rhon this week than gallon it's been such a weird stretch since coming back from the hamstring injury a lot of walks even in this one four walks in six Innings so I if he goes out and dominates the Dodgers I would not be surprised I can't say I'm expecting it I I'll put it this way you have a good excuse to sit Zack Gallen if you're looking to get another if if if there's some pitcher you're trying to fit in your lineup and you're like ah I can't figure out how to do it you it's justifiable to sitck Zack gallon but I was encouraged by this return to form over the weekend he still walked four in six Innings so it wasn't great but the strikeouts were back up in the movement profile and his C ball was different specifically uh he was looking to get it a little less vertical and a little more horizontal and the vertical movement was improved by an inch so and and he got better results so it seems like he might have a a grasp on what's gone wrong for him which is encouraging but yeah it's the Dodgers so yeah would you start someone like Andrew Heeney who has those two great matchups the A's and the white socks over Zack Allen uh I I think I wouldn't points yeah I guess that's fair uh it's but that's like a coin flip which goes to show what it what my sleepers pitcher list actually means because Andrew heene is pretty high on it and I'm not sure I want to sit Zack Allen against the Dodgers for him all right let's move over to Sunny gray who continues to struggle over his last 10 starts a 586 ER and a 139 whip the biggest difference between this year and last year is home runs he did he was the best pitcher in baseball at suppressing home runs last year and this year he has been quite the opposite he is home against the Padre's this week what do you guys think about Sunny gray so that's tough because the Padres are the least strikeout pro team in baseball and the one thing you expect from Sunny gray as strikeout so I I think I lean towards starting him but can certainly understand if you don't want to what about Rangers ranger Suarez was solid in his return from the iil at the Royals five innings one run six strikeouts and he is home against the Blue Jays this week I would start him okay what about Taj Bradley who had another rough outing this time at the Dodgers you almost want to give anybody a pass against the Dodgers lineup when they're completely healthy it's Freeman and Bets and Otani and M's hitting again uh but Taj Bradley has been bad over his last five starts of 96 ra and a 162 whip he is home against the Padres again that's a tough match up I I think you have to sit him what about dropping him can you drop Taj Bradley I wouldn't go that far because he was so good for so long and I think the the upside is pretty clear but he does seem to have unraveled here for whatever reason and until he shows signs of pulling out of that I think you need to sit him Clayton Kershaw had a rough outing on the other side of that start five innings five runs five strikeouts still had 15 whiffs in that one but he is at the Dbacks this week they are second in woba against lefties that's it all right what about Ronaldo Lopez who has looked good in two starts off the ilil he was uh home against the gats on Sunday six Innings one run seven strikeouts and he is at the Phillies this week yeah go ahead and keep him out there seemingly be gone ice cold so we're good with that Ronaldo Lo they what two games in a row of 11 ear 11 runs for the Phillies this weekend um so maybe starting to back to figure it out but yeah I I'm I start Ronaldo Lopez he did Ronaldo Lopez did just see the Phillies earlier this week so two weeks in a row that generally favors the offense but uh I'd be more likely to start raldo Lopez than Zack Allen I think yeah I think so too Kevin Gosman had a dominant start up against the Angels seven Innings one run 10 strikeouts 20 whiffs on 94 pitches and he changed up the pitch mix in this one he actually threw more sinkers and Sliders which is not something we normally see from Kevin Gosman he is at the twins this week what do you think about Gosman I I mean I'm I I guess it's good that he's trying something different even the good starts he's had recently the strikeouts have been l so that he got away from his bread and butter and and that's when the strikeouts ticked up again 10 of them in seven Innings is a head scratcher and I I don't know that it's it's going to be Revitalize him long term I think he's startable but I'm not I'm not eager to start Gosman yeah okay what about Seth luga who looks like he's getting hit with some regression right now five in the third Innings 11 hits six runs this weekend and last eight starts he has a 558 ra and a 132 whip he is at the Astros this week yeah you s him I think uh you I I I don't know I don't know if if uh if lugos used up his start ability for this year I think if the matchup was good enough I'd do it but it seems like he's uh seems like all the regression that's coming right now and this last name on the list is not a pitcher but he's someone we mentioned earlier on Jackson holiday is slumping once again his first 15 games after being recalled he hit 286 with five home runs 14 RBI a 940 Ops and a 27% strikeout rate his last nine games he's batting 074 with a 34% strikeout rate are you guys okay benching Jackson holiday this week he does have three games in course field yeah I'm starting him with the three games in course field field even as bad as he's been yeah it's a it's a roto versus Head to Head thing and and and more specifically it's a does your league have a middle in field spot or not because if it does then I think you have to go deep enough into the middle in field pool to to that it you have to go so deep that it turns holiday into a starter but if you don't have those middle end field spots in your league uh it's not even 100% roster B I would say let's get into the rest of the leftovers from the Leftovers, bullpens, streamers weekend and just want to highlight Brian woo continues this awesome run seven Innings two runs seven strikeouts to zero walks he had 16 whiffs on 94 pitches five starts in August of 159 ER 68 whip he has gone at least six in a third innings in five straight he's thrown 85 Plus pitches in each of those it's wild because the first through the end of July he was averaging 70 pitches per start and fewer than five innings per start he had like a 19% strikeout rate and he had like a two something ra and I was like completely out on Brian woo he was getting hurt every other start like it just didn't seem like there was anything sustainable there and then all of a sudden August rolls around he's averaging like 90 plus pitches per start he's going deep into his games consistently he's going less fastball heavy and finding success it's not a question of talent uh the fastball Elite but he's throwing other pitches and still finding that success he's finding more success he's pitching deep in games seems to be healthy I yeah I think Brian wo looks like a must start pitcher as long as he's healthy right now all right some other pitching leftovers Hunter Brown continues to rack up quality starts he was at the Orioles six Innings two runs six strikeouts there shot to imaga turned in a strong start up against the Marlins seven Innings two runs with three strikeouts Pablo Lopez was great against the Cardinals seven shutout Innings with nine strikeouts he had 21 whiffs on 96 pitches and over his last 11 starts a 265 ER and a 101 whip Gavin Stone had himself a monster two start week he faced Tampa Bay this weekend seven Innings one run with seven strikeouts and in those two starts 14 Innings one run 17 strikeouts for Gavin Stone Scott anything to add on Stone Lopez imanaga and Hunter brown man I wish I had Gavin Stone higher in the the two star pitcher rankings for this past week would have been nice to get credit for that but he he was so bad prior to these two starts and and they both were good matches but I mean his third start prior to these last two was pretty good okay yeah it was decent the very last one but it was like pretty horrible before that I don't think he had gone six innings in a start since that complete game he had at the end of June and I'm not really seeing what's changed for the him obviously the results are a lot better his change up has been up a little in veloc slider a little bit isn't he a little bit more he did in the first of the two starts but it was kind of back to normal in this one and it's not like it was a huge difference even even in the one where he threw it more he mentioned something about crediting uh Mark Prior and the Dodgers coaching staff for helping him fine-tune his delivery and so maybe there's some kind of small mechanical tweak that that helped set Gavin Stone back on the right path I I don't really know uh but it was really good these last two starts what's his matchup upcoming search that up real quick looks like the Diamondbacks so I'm not sure I'm ready to plug Gavin Stone back in except in deeper leagues but I was I I was I I would have been dropping him prior to the two star week frankly and now that's obviously not the case yep and one bad outing worth highlighting he's prone to a clunker I I think that's all right because he's been so good for so long but Blake Snell at the Mariners obviously we were looking for a great start in a great matchup he did throw three no hit Innings but he also walks in this one objectively the funniest pitcher in baseball like I just I love this he goes on like a historic run of dominance after a historic run of futility and then is the only pitcher so far this season to have a game where he started gave up multiple earned runs without giving up a hit he's just he's hilarious I I I think Blake Snell is just a Marvel and I I love that for him some hitting leftovers from the weekend Brent Rooker continues his breakout three for four with his 30th home run SE Suzuki had himself a huge game on Saturday three for five with a double dong for RBI he was slumping a little bit before that so nice to see him get back on track JT real Muto had himself a bit a huge game three for five with a double dong seven RBI on Saturday overall it's been a Down Season For Real Muto he missed some time earlier this year uh to have surgery on his miniscus he also has just one steal on the season wouldn't surprise me if that is due to the knee injury that he had earlier on Francisco Lindor continues his great season as well two for four with a double dong RBI on Saturday and Elliot Ramos is picking things back up last seven games 346 with three home runs anything to add here Ramos Lindor real Muto Suzuki and Brent Rooker all right two things one really rooting for Elliot Ramos to get 10 more home runs because the Giants have not had a 30 home run season since Barry Bonds and that is one of the wildest stats in professional sports right now especially when you consider they won three world time it's it's crazy um and Scott did say shotani is running away with National League MVP just want to point out Francisco Lindor now leads the national league in winds above replacement according to Fan graphs so I I hope we all agree to not have the memory of a goldfish next April if he starts out hitting 170 for two weeks and people stop freaking out about it well chis the people that need to hear that don't listen to the podcast anymore at this time in the year so that's why they're always freaking out they they they stop paying attention to baseball too early that's exactly right I I will also mention sh Otani well ahead of Francisco Lindor in baseball reference no that's that's fake numbers fake numbers watch a I like bball reference get your head out of the spreadsheets yeah yeah I don't know the difference between the two but I do no I I think OT is clearly the MVP yeah I think we could all agree on that some Bullpen updates for the Pirates on Friday David bnar got the ninth inning with a one-run lead he gave up a hit and a walk but he picked up his 23rd save for the Orioles on Friday Craig Kimbrell got the eighth inning with the Orioles down five to2 he gave up two hits but got out of it and then the Orioles scored five runs to take a two-run lead Sir Anthony Dominguez picked up his fifth save and then on Saturday they went back to Dominguez with a one-run lead he struck out one for his sixth save of the season I think at least for the time being we are still looking at Sir Anthony Dominguez being the closer for the Orioles for the angels on Friday Ben Joyce got the eighth inning with a one-run lead facing three four and five in the Blue Jays lineup he pitched a clean inning and then ranzi contras got the ninth with a one-run lead he gave up back-to-back home runs took his second blown save and second loss look the obvious thing is hey use Ben Joyce in the ninth inning to get saves but he was technically used in the highest leverage spot in this game he has not gotten a save while working a ninth inning right like just a ninth inning both of his saves both of his saves have been multi- ining yeah yeah five and four outs so then use that way 20ns I I don't there the usage of him has been weird but it it's clearly not just closer usage you know it seems more like fireman usage but maybe after this it leads to more traditional closer usage I I would hope so Y for the Cubs on Friday Porter Hodge entered with two outs in the seventh the game tied Runners on first and second he struck out Derk Hill the Cubs took a one-run lead Hodge stayed out for the eighth he struck out two more and then Jorge Lopez then got the ninth inning with a three-run lead he struck out two for his fourth save who do you guys think gets the next save for the Cubs is it Lopez or Porter hodj I think Lopez I was I was dropping more Fab dollars on him than on hodj though I was I was putting in some bids on Hodge too hey it was it was a Revenge game they had to get Lopez to save is that true he was on the Marlins for like three weeks last year oh I I didn't not remember that at all for the Royals on Friday Lucas EG pitched a clean ninth inning for his seventh save for the Tigers on Friday Jason Foley picked up his 17th save for the Giants on Saturday even with Camilo Deval back with the team Ryan walker uh got the ninth inning with a one-run lead he struck out two for his third save for the Dodgers on Saturday Michael copek got the eighth inning with a two-run lead facing seven8 and N in the Rays lineup he gave up a run on a walk and two hits and then Evan Phillips got the ninth inning with a one-run lead he gave up a solo home run took his third blown save and the Dodgers would eventually lose an extra innings and then on Sunday copc and Phillips were both unavailable and it was Lefty Anthony Bond who pitched a clean ninth inning for his second save seems like Daniel Hudson is completely out of the mix because he hadn't pitched since Tuesday and they didn't even give him a look on Sunday y so yep yep y I still think cop's the one to have here but it's pretty messy and then for the Dbacks on Sunday as we mentioned Justin Martinez uh picked up his sixth save of the season to stream or not to stream on Monday some options Jameson tyion is at the Pirates uh Kyle Gibson gets the Padre's I don't like any of these guys Tai Madden was kind of a pitching Prospect for the Tigers he's had a terrible season he's making his major league debut it's at the white socks I think we've just reached a point where it's really hard to justify anyone in this roster ship range unless you're just desperate yeah which is what I keep saying for the weekly streamers too so for the desperate I will suggest Kyle Gibson against the Padres no no no no no no no I'll I'll suggest Jameson tyion at the Pirates okay sure uh worth mentioning the schedule on Monday I should have mentioned this earlier during the news and notes but um there is an early game there's a double header at one p.m. it's the Royals and the Guardians and then there's a suspended game which starts at 2:00 I believe need to I need to clarify something here uh the suspended game is going to be close to a full game because it was supended in the second inning that's between the Blue Jays and the Red Sox and I saw Nick pavetta is pitching in that game so Nick pavetta is not going to be a twar pitcher because you're not going to get credit for that suspended game in head-to-head leagues uh Roto leagues you'll get credit for it but only for how your lineup was set way back in June when the game started and to highlight the more important news I believe Danny Jansen will be taking over at catcher in a plate appearance that he began on the opposite side of the game back in April or May or whatever it was it's so crazy man first time that's ever happened in major league history it's phenomenal I love that baseball has existed for 8,000 years and they play four million games per season and there are still things that have never happened before crazy crazy stuff to stream or not to stream on Tuesday we have Jeffrey Springs at the Mariners y Eduardo Rodriguez gets the Mets Andrew Heeney at the white socks Tobias Myers gets the Giants Woods Richardson gets the Braves I think it's Springs Heeney Rodriguez Gavin Williams and Lorenzen are facing each other uh yeah Springs moved up to my top sleeper pitcher for the week even with just this one start Tuesday is against the Mariners but I since we talked up Kyle Harrison as a two start sleeper for this weekend show I need to mention also he's no longer a two star pitcher for the second straight week he looked like he was going to be a two star pitcher but he is not a two star pitcher just one start for Kyle Harrison this week against the Brewers so consider that when setting your lineups but back to the segment at hand daily streamers Tuesday yeah Springs at Seattle Heeney at the white socks and who's the third one you said Chris Tobias Myers against the Giants uh I think I said rguez I like to bias Myers more all right we are gonna wrap there for Scott and Chris 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