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00:00And we'll do Braves and Rays.
00:02Braves playing at Steinbrenner Field this weekend against Tampa Bay.
00:07Here are the matchups.
00:08Saturday, A.J. Smith-Shar back into the rotation for Atlanta against Drew Rasmussen.
00:13And then Sunday is the premium matchup here, without a doubt, Joe.
00:16Chris Sale, Shane Baz.
00:17And it is an early game, so you know, again, a lot of swinging early, getting out of town type thing.
00:22So I think that may be one of the best matchups of all in baseball this weekend.
00:26Yeah, look, you're obviously starting Chris Sale.
00:28Shane Baz is an ERA round one, so they're definitely starting.
00:31I think Rasmussen actually is a guy that is a spot starter in this one, too.
00:34So if you're on the fence or you're looking for somebody to stream, Rasmussen against Smith-Schauver actually is a pretty good one.
00:40Red Sox and White Sox.
00:42Richard Fitz, Martin Perez, and then Sunday, Garrett Crochet.
00:47He's good.
00:48Shane Smith.
00:49Shane Smith of the White Sox.
00:51Okay, so we've reached an hour, 25 minutes in the show, where I've said a name for the first time in my life here on Fantasy Sports today.
01:00Shane Smith, Joe.
01:02There you go.
01:03I've been paying attention to Garrett Crochet.
01:06I know the ERA has been really good.
01:07He's at 1.45, but he hasn't looked 100% comfortable, and the velocity is not where it was last year.
01:11I will say last April, he had a slow start, too, 5 ERA, and I'm calling it a slow start only because he just does not look exactly as dominant as the last time we saw him.
01:21I'm not concerned.
01:21I'm not worried.
01:22It's a great start for him.
01:24So you want a big Garrett Crochet double-digit K performance here against his old team.
01:27That's what you're looking for.
01:28That'll make everybody that made big-time investments in him feel much better.
01:32Saturday in Miami, I'll be on the broadcast before the game, Nationals-Marlins, so I'll leave here and go do that today.
01:38Great. Trevor Williams takes on Sandy Alcantara.
01:41Sandy was on the paternity list, backstarting today, and then Sunday, Miami has their hands full.
01:47Mackenzie Gore has been one of the best pitchers in baseball.
01:49Really impressed there.
01:50He'll take on Cal Quantrill, Joe.
01:53Yeah, as you mentioned, Mackenzie Gore has been absolutely brilliant.
01:56The strikeout rate has ticked up.
01:57He was one of my favorite pitchers in terms of value going into the season.
02:00A guy going outside the top 280P, and now, as you mentioned, looking as a Cy Young candidate.
02:06Great to see Sandy Alcantara making his return, too.
02:09Sandy on the paternity list last week.
02:11Unfortunately, that rainout, that last game, kind of cost me a matchup last week, so I'm still a little worried about that, a little frustrated about that one.
02:18But it's only April, so I'm going to shake it off.
02:20And congratulations to the Alcantara family with the new addition.
02:23It's all forgiven, and we're moving on.
02:25We're on to this weekend.
02:26Good to hear it.
02:27All right.
02:28Royals and Guardians.
02:29Michael Lorenzen against Luis Ortiz.
02:32Ortiz has had a tough time at the start of the season for Cleveland.
02:34Cole Reagans, the ace of the Royals, goes against Ben Lively.
02:41Joe?
02:42Yeah.
02:43Look, Cole Reagans, last time we saw him, 11 strikeouts.
02:45Great performance from Cole Reagans.
02:47So I would be looking for him, yes, again.
02:50So far, you know, you look at the Cleveland Guardians.
02:53Kwan's gotten off to a good start here.
02:56You know that.
02:57We'd like to see, you know, maybe Jose Ramirez start to tick things up a notch as well.
03:02But Manzardo, also with the power, has been pretty decent.
03:05Cleveland so far is just kind of scuffling along a little bit.
03:09So we're looking for that hot streak from Jose Ramirez here and a little bit of help, I
03:12think, somewhere else.
03:14Unfortunately, the bottom of that order hasn't given them much.
03:16They made that trade for Nolan Jones.
03:18That hasn't worked out.
03:18He's hitting a buck 61.
03:20So the Guardians needs more offensive help.
03:22Hopefully they get it soon.
03:23It was also good to see Gavin Williams turn things around this week, too.
03:25That was another potential buy low.
03:28All right.
03:28We got Pirates and Reds.
03:29Probably runs at a premium, I would guess, in this series.
03:32I believe, is this the season debut for Andrew Abbott?
03:34I think so, against Andrew Heaney on Saturday.
03:38That's today.
03:39Carmen Mladzinski starts for Pittsburgh.
03:42He is up and going against Hunter Green.
03:45Is that the first time you said Mladzinski?
03:48I'm just curious.
03:49I've said his name previously.
03:50Okay.
03:51Yeah.
03:51All right.
03:52That seems like a hard one.
03:52The next guy, by the way, for Houston, I've never said his name.
03:56Oh, well, I can't wait to get to that.
03:57There's nothing to see here except Hunter Green, folks.
03:59Hunter Green's been great.
04:00Bet the over on the K prop.
04:01I'm sure it's going to be seven and a half or eight and a half.
04:03I'd still go over with Pittsburgh.
04:06Okay.
04:07Angels and Astros.
04:08This is a new name, too.
04:09Tyler Anderson against Ryan Gusto, who I do know because he pitched in the spring here
04:14in Palm Beach, so I am familiar with his name today.
04:17Hayden Wisniewski also looked good for Houston in the spring.
04:22Kyle Hendricks, I think, pitched really well for the Angels last time out.
04:27Yeah.
04:27Wisniewski is actually a guy that is still floating around in a lot more leagues than you realize.
04:31And with Spencer Arrogetti on the IL for six weeks with that broken hand, he's available
04:35in about 60% of leagues right now.
04:37So Wisniewski is probably going to stick in that rotation for better or worse.
04:40This is another streamer that you could probably make some money with.
04:43Also, consider that he qualifies at RP.
04:47So when you're in those mandatory RP leagues, he's also got some flexibility in there as
04:51well for fantasy.