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00:00All right, a couple of years ago, our next subject here was one of the very best in baseball.
00:04I mean, that's just the truth.
00:05Robbie Ray, you know, looked like a superstar as a pitcher, and then it's just one thing
00:10after the other with the injuries, George, and the performance, too, my gosh.
00:14But he's back again here and starting to get drafted again in fantasy baseball, which is
00:19not something that we had said last year.
00:2214 innings, 19 strikeouts, 1.26 earned run average is just kind of hard to ignore the
00:28struggles and the injuries that he's had the last couple of years.
00:31But I also don't want to ignore what he used to be.
00:35Exactly.
00:37Which guy are we getting?
00:38I don't think you want to get the Cy Young guy.
00:40All right.
00:41I think that's a little bit too nuts to look for, but he should be much better than he
00:44was last season.
00:45Last season wasn't awful.
00:46He had the 4.7 ERA, but the whip was 1.14, which isn't, isn't awful here.
00:51And he still had over a strikeout per inning, you know, so let's know his stuff was still
00:55there here.
00:56My biggest worry here, Greg, last two years combined, he's thrown 34 innings.
01:01How many innings are we getting out of him this year?
01:05Can he get 100, 120?
01:06I mean, how much do they want to blow past that, you know, that whole four innings thing
01:09from year to year?
01:10So that might be a worry, what happens as the season goes along.
01:13But I don't think I'm afraid to draft him.
01:15I'm not paying a premium price for him, but I don't think I'm afraid to draft him, well,
01:18I don't know, double digit rounds here.
01:20And then, you know, if I have to move on, you know, I'll move on here.
01:23If he's a guy you want to trade in June, if you're having a good year, because you're
01:26worried about how that innings is going to build up here, you move on from him to get
01:29somebody that can help you for the stretch.
01:32Christopher Sanchez, back end of the Phillies rotation, which is super strong here at this
01:37point.
01:38I mean, I guess that's the only worry is that any struggle, they'll just replace you there.
01:41My gosh, they are so good going into the season.
01:43Chris Sanchez has been great too, shouldn't be a surprise.
01:47Could be the next superstar there, but they do have, of course, a fronted rotation with
01:54Aaron Nola.
01:55He's the second starter.
01:56Wheeler is the first starter.
01:57Suarez.
01:58I mean, they got Lazardo too.
02:00Georgia's one spot left.
02:02That's it.
02:03Yeah, there's a loaded team.
02:05I think the second best team in baseball outside of the Dodgers here.
02:09Once again, no issues with Sanchez, you want me to be negative about it, I can let you
02:14know.
02:15Listen, they do play in a band box here, and as Sam has said, he has no painter who is
02:19a top prospect.
02:20They're bringing him along slowly, and they can afford to do that because Craig just told
02:23you all the pictures they have.
02:24They don't have to rush anybody here.
02:26So a painter could be there at some point, especially, as you said, if one of these guys
02:30struggle, okay, let's put a painter, you know, and they'll be fine here.
02:34Phillies are going to be a team to be reckoned with, but should be a loaded National League
02:37East.
02:38Braves, we just talked about.
02:39Mets, we'll talk about shortly here.
02:42Sam's Nationals should be better than they've been here.
02:45So yeah, I'm on board.
02:47Once again, I'm on board with any Philadelphia Philly.
02:51Yep.
02:52Finally, Hayden Birdsong, San Francisco Giants, fifth starter potentially in the rotation,
02:58George.
02:59Giants play in a great environment there, but I can't draft based on that.
03:02It wasn't really great last year either, so not really sure if this is legit.
03:07I'll draft Logan Webb.
03:09I'll draft Robbie Ray later.
03:12Probably not drafting Birdsong unless, listen, we're around 22.
03:15He's there, fine.
03:16You know, like I said, every pitcher and their mother is going to be drafted because I said
03:20that they're all fooling.
03:21All right.
03:22So I'll take a shot.
03:23You said it.
03:24He does pitch in a very good pitcher's ballpark here, especially if it's a left-handed batter.
03:28So I don't mind giving him a shot, but I'm not expecting huge things.
03:32He's that guy, once again, you draft, and I'll move on from him in mid-April for the
03:36hot guy that's on the way of a wire.