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00:00so boy this this is a tough one here because the talent is there but you just never know what
00:04you're gonna get with Robbie Ray easy matchup against Milwaukee at home you would think
00:08but I mean can he get out of the first inning without walking seven guys I mean it's always
00:13the issue with him and then he faces off with Texas of course that's a little bit more difficult
00:17on the weekend but I mean there's nothing left to say here I mean he's not only he's not disowned
00:22although some people may want to do that in fantasy leagues it's pretty much you gotta start
00:26him I don't know that there's a lot of other options here but what's his whip gonna look like
00:30at the end of the year I mean that's a great question we saw like as everyone likes to say
00:34the full Robbie Ray experience the other day when they were in Philly like the strikeouts can be
00:39there but we're also gonna see four walks we're also gonna see home runs so I would say like
00:45if we're gonna put a saying on this like lukewarm like he can probably get it done versus Milwaukee
00:50he can probably strike out eight versus Texas but he may also give up five runs and walk five hitters
00:55so uh it's okay if you need it it's like certainly not the best option all right next pitcher is
01:01someone that it feels like we're like running on year two of still waiting for uh this guy to
01:06will be at the front of a fantasy rotation I mean the numbers are there sometimes but
01:12I mean Tom I'm still sort of waiting on Gavin Williams here I feel like we mentioned him on
01:16the show every week and you know every once in a while it's a really good start sometimes a step back
01:21I don't know what to make of Boston that's the second start it seems like Boston can either put
01:25a 10 on you or nothing and then he faces off with the Yankees and another player that's pretty heavily
01:31owned in fantasy but I would say that you know my thing with this guy is I'm still sort of waiting
01:37for him to turn into the old Bieber or Bibby or one of these front men in Cleveland's rotations
01:42really good pitcher you know a three starter a four starter haven't seen ace yet though
01:47yeah you haven't seen ace yet and the question is like do you want to trust that versus a great
01:54lineup and one that can be great with Boston so you know I'm I'd say I'm probably out on it this week
02:00for Gavin Williams the strikeout rate has dipped compared to last year the walks are up this year
02:04the home runs are up this year you know is he going to give up a tremendous amount of hard contact
02:08no but the fly balls are concerning especially against those offenses I'd probably play on the safe
02:14side and probably wait a week all right Detroit has a really good defense behind Reese Olsen and
02:21behind all their starting pitchers it'll score a ton of runs generally and Olsen's a little bit of a
02:26hit or miss type guy this week the matchups are as follows against the Padres on the 22nd and then at
02:34home against the Orioles on the 27th I guess I could say the same thing for the Orioles as you mentioned
02:38earlier you just you know general or no here Padres that's a tough matchup for him but as long as
02:44they're playing good defense he gives you a shot he gets enough swings and misses but another one of
02:47those guys that's putting a lot of guys on base whip I think one and a half to start here yeah and
02:53it really comes down to what type of performance we're going to see from he has a 44.1 ground ball
02:58rate and a 54.2 medium contact rate so if he can keep the ball down you know he can kind of take away
03:04the things that the Padres and the Orioles specifically like to do is hit home runs so if he can limit the home
03:09runs limit the amount of free passes there's a chance he has a good week I'm not going to say it's
03:14great it's not like we're going to be talking about him or you and George will be talking about
03:17him next week as your ace of the week putting up 20 strikeouts over these two starts but there's a
03:21chance he has a chance he has a good week