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00:00Let's go now to the athletics here.
00:01A lot of people like this team.
00:03I'm one of them, and it seems only going to get more exciting.
00:06Let's talk.
00:08Yeah, look, I know everyone's sick of us talking about Nick Kurtz,
00:11but you know what?
00:12Nick Kurtz just keeps hitting home runs.
00:13He's got seven now through Friday's games, 16 games he's played, 22 RBI.
00:20He's got an OPS of 1134, and he's a superior defender at first base, too,
00:26to what they have in Soderstrom.
00:27And the problem is Soderstrom has been fantastic,
00:30and I'm not trying to knock him,
00:33but I know that the athletics want to be careful.
00:36I understand he was just drafted last year,
00:38but sometimes some of these kids are just ready,
00:41and it looks like Nick Kurtz is just a guy that's just ready.
00:43He is ready to rock and roll.
00:45And the athletics, I still think in an American league,
00:48and we were just talking about this in the break,
00:50that I think is a little weak overall, why not the athletics?
00:54Why can't they bludgeon teams to death in that ballpark?
00:57Why can't they just score eight runs a game and get enough pitching to get by?
01:02I think you can.
01:03I think it's really possible.
01:05Now, I don't think you can get to a World Series that way,
01:07but you might be able to get to the playoffs that way,
01:09especially when you consider the rest of this division,
01:12you know, the inconsistencies of that Seattle lineup continue to rear its ugly head.
01:17I don't know if any of us really believe in the Angels necessarily,
01:20so why not the athletics?
01:23And I think the athletics should be aggressive.
01:25I think it's a really interesting time as they're transitioning out of Oakland
01:30and eventually into Las Vegas that they have some ready-made stars
01:34that they can really sell here to the new market.
01:37And I think Kurtz could be one of those guys.
01:39He is still available in 40% of leagues on CBS.
01:42That's, again, stunning when you consider how many dynasty leagues are over there.
01:46So in a lot of redraft, he's still floating around.
01:49Before he gets the call, this might be your last Sunday to pick him up
01:52and stash him because I can't imagine it lasting too much longer, Matt.
01:55So in a minute, I'll see you next time.