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00:03 - And it will be Brian Bayo.
00:06 Now this staff to me, John,
00:07 I really want to hear your thoughts.
00:08 I really like Cutter Crawford a lot.
00:10 I think he's a K-pop darling.
00:11 People are gonna sleep on that.
00:12 Tanner Hauk has always been serviceable.
00:15 But it's, was it Giolito Pavetta
00:17 and then Bayo as your three?
00:18 Bayo as your three is much different
00:21 than if Bayo has to be your two,
00:22 or dare I say, your one.
00:24 Thoughts?
00:25 - 100%.
00:26 You mentioned Cutter Crawford too,
00:27 which I think is another guy
00:28 people should not be sleeping on.
00:29 He's ADP is even lower than Brian Bayo's.
00:33 Pavetta looked very sharp yesterday in spring.
00:35 Giolito still a work in progress.
00:37 You mentioned, you know, before during the break
00:39 about they should be signing toward Montgomery.
00:41 And if they do, what a great situation
00:43 this would potentially be for the Red Sox,
00:45 where all of a sudden they would really be
00:46 right back in the thick of things.
00:48 We'll see what they do,
00:49 if they make any sort of movements like that.
00:51 But Brian Bayo last year, 157 innings,
00:54 did have 12 wins.
00:55 Honestly, you know, that 12-11 record
00:57 is indicative more of the Boston Red Sox than anything.
00:59 Now the strikeout rate a little bit behind there,
01:01 132 in 157 innings.
01:03 So you're looking something a little bit under
01:05 where 9K per nine is what we wanna be.
01:08 The RA at 424, 134 whip.
01:10 But if you're looking at some of the deeper stats on him,
01:13 especially towards the end of the season,
01:14 you saw Bayo make some improvements.
01:16 I think that's something that's very important.
01:18 Can this guy take a step forward?
01:20 You mentioned Cutter Crawford.
01:21 That's another guy too,
01:21 that I think you should pay very close attention to.
01:23 But if you're looking at a guy
01:26 that innings aren't gonna be an issue, right?
01:27 He already had 157 last year.
01:29 If we're talking about progress, potentially,
01:32 this is another dude that you wanna see him in spring.
01:35 Look strong, look like he is starting
01:37 to get confidence and figure out.
01:39 Because if he does, again, any pitcher going outside
01:42 the top 200 overall picks that you can count on
01:45 for somewhere around a four ERA and 150 strikeouts,
01:49 that's a pitcher you want at least on your bench,
01:52 if not in your five spot.
01:53 And I think that's something that Brian Bayo can give you.
01:56 Brian Wu can give it to you as well.
01:58 And I think those are two pitchers
01:59 that you should have your eye on.
02:00 Because again, you think you have enough pitching?
02:03 Guess what?
02:04 You don't, you never do.
02:05 This is what fantasy baseball is in 2023.
02:08 And understand that.
02:09 And also keep in mind Matt's point too.
02:11 If the Red Sox do go out there
02:12 and add a Jordan Montgomery, which again,
02:14 that's just speculation on our part,
02:15 just saying, "Hey, wouldn't it be interesting if?"
02:18 All of a sudden, I think that does
02:20 slightly move things around.
02:21 I'm not saying Jordan Montgomery
02:22 is a dominant pitcher necessarily,
02:25 but he's another one of these guys
02:26 you can count on for 180 innings.
02:27 And guys you can count on for innings become very important.
02:31 And hopefully Gialito can turn things around.
02:33 I'd like to see him have a better spring,
02:34 but Bayo is another one of these guys to keep an eye on,
02:36 because if he has a good spring,
02:38 that I think gives us some good feelings going into 2024
02:42 for the full season for him in fantasy.
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