Tigers' Strategy with Reese Olson and Key Players for 2025

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00:00Joe, where do you sit on the Tigers here, and how do you think they're going to fare?

00:04I really like Reese Olsen, he's their SP3, if that's a sleeper from this team, I would

00:09offer that.

00:10Joe, what do you like?

00:11Yeah, I think Olsen can give you some innings and be pretty decent, again, a good finisher

00:14guy that picked up off a lot of waiver wires, a guy we talked about on this show.

00:17I remember on a waiver wire segment more than once, where he just kept floating around there

00:21and said, hey, pick up Reese Olsen, because this Tigers team is really putting things

00:24together.

00:25And it's been such a long wait for the Tigers to be good.

00:28They've had so many years of losing, and so little to show for it.

00:32Some of the can't miss guys haven't really hit necessarily, right, we're waiting for

00:35Matt Manning, eventually we got Casey Mize, and Torkelson hasn't been as advertised necessarily

00:40a lot of up and down for him, more down than up, unfortunately.

00:44But it is intriguing that the Guardians are, as our producers pointing out, the third on

00:49the board right now for this division.

00:50The Tigers are at second, plus 240, the Twins at plus 200, which is laughable.

00:55Again, it's like, I mean, if the Twins could say healthy, you know, it's a steal.

01:00That never happens.

01:01If, if, if, if, if we show it to me one time, and then I'll invest in it.

01:05I can't get there.

01:06But the Tigers, on the other hand, you look at this team, you look at what they have to

01:09offer offensively.

01:12I think Torres, even though the ballpark factor is not going to be as favorable to him.

01:16Maybe the ballpark factor of this, the change of scenery and getting out of New York is

01:20good for Gleyber Torres.

01:21I feel like the Yankee fan base and Gleyber Torres was just not a good mix.

01:26And it seemed like he was just constantly under scrutiny, no matter how good he was.

01:31It just didn't matter.

01:32And I think getting out of there is good.

01:34Kerry Carpenter, a player you mentioned, I really like a lot.

01:36And Riley Green, too.

01:37These are two very good young outfielders.

01:39You're getting a discount on fantasy drafts on both of them because they play on a small

01:43market Detroit Tigers team where people just still aren't aware of how good they can be.

01:49And both of them need to put in a full, very good season, I think, for people to start

01:53to buy in.

01:54But I'm buying in now on the cheap on Carpenter and Green.

01:57Torkelson, we'll see.

01:58Colt Keith, on the other hand, was moving from second base to first base, bumping Torkelson

02:02to DH.

02:03Makes this lineup deeper.

02:05But Colt Keith is a very strong contributor.

02:09He's a guy that's going to give you a decent average.

02:10He's going to steal a couple bases.

02:12He's going to drive in runs.

02:13He's going to hit for some power.

02:15I like Colt Keith a lot as a versatile player that can qualify at second and second isn't

02:20very good.

02:21But he's going to be playing at first base.

02:22So if you're looking for a guy in that middle infield spot late, might I recommend Colt

02:26Keith to you?

02:27Try the Colt Keith.

02:29It's delicious.

02:32The rest of this lineup, though, is where things kind of fall apart for me.

02:35Sweeney, Perez.

02:38You have Rodgers.

02:39Like, it's just not a spot where you want to be.

02:40The rotation, too.

02:42Really good at the top with Schuble.

02:44Jack Flaherty.

02:45I know you had your issues with Jack Flaherty last year.

02:47He kept waiting for the wheels to fall off.

02:49Obviously, they did not.

02:50He ended up going to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

02:52Ended up going back to Detroit, which I don't know about you, Matt.

02:56I think that's the best case scenario, right?

02:58Where you had your big breakout success after years of toiling and wondering in St. Louis,

03:03where did the good Jack Flaherty go?

03:05Well, he found himself in Detroit.

03:06Now he's back there.

03:07So now that he's back in Detroit, does that make you want to invest more in Jack Flaherty

03:11this season?

03:13I think he's insulated between Schuble and Olsen.

03:16I have a cardinal fear, being a cardinal fan, for those that are new to the show, seeing

03:21some of the things that Jack Flaherty has shown on the mound, kind of has left me with

03:24some mental scars.

03:25But now I think he's insulated and I think he can pitch better.

03:28I think he's more mature.

03:29I think he can pitch with a different lineup.

03:31And depending on what happens with the back end of that bullpen, that's going to really

03:34dictate how far these guys go.

03:36Again, we're in a time now, especially from a wagering perspective, just look for guys

03:40that are going to go six and turn it over to a pen.

03:42Give them a quality start, catch a win, get a few Ks along the way.

03:46All right.

03:47You mentioned despair, and it's a perfect segue into this final team.

03:51As I understand it, our TD Jake is actually a legitimate and admitted Chicago White Sox

03:56fan.

03:57So let's have this conversation.

03:58I don't know any other show out there that's spending any time on the White Sox here.

04:03Some young names that came back in some trades, some familiar names as well.

04:09Joe, what do you say to someone that wants to wager, wants to invest, wants to be on

04:14a fantasy side of the White Sox?

04:16Where are we looking?

04:17Oh, geez.

04:18Is he wearing his Bobby Jenks jersey right now?

04:22Is that what he's wearing?

04:23Just that.

04:24Nothing else.

04:25There's a name you haven't thought of in a long time.

04:27Remember Bobby Jenks?

04:28Remember that guy?

04:29What's he doing?

04:30That's well done, Joe.

04:31I wonder.

04:32Watching the show?

04:33He's it.

04:34I don't know.

04:35There's a lot of names in my brain that will pop up when you say White Sox.

04:38Probably got a Mark Burley jersey.

04:39That's probably more likely.

04:45It was historically bad last year.

04:48Might be historically bad this year.

04:50I just got in our e-mail just waiting two minutes, and I'm just like, oh, geez.

04:57Here's the thing.

04:58Luis Robert, extreme value because the team is so bad.

05:01He is a guy that can hit 30 home runs, steal 25 bases.

05:05Those guys are hard to find, and he's coming in at a discount.

05:08Draft him.

05:09That's the only guy that I'm drafting on this team.

05:11That's it.

05:12It's the only guy that I want to draft on the White Sox.

05:14The win total for this team, 51.5, 52.5.

05:18I mean, I want to say over because it's so low, but I don't know if I can.

05:21I am out on the White Sox completely.

05:24I'm sorry.

05:25It's that bad, but the good news is this division still has some breakouts and some sleepers

05:29in it.

05:30I already mentioned him.

05:31It's Kyle Manzardo, who, once again, we talked about the spring training he is having.

05:35It has been absolutely spectacular, and I think when you're looking for post-hype prospects,

05:42which is something oftentimes we get, especially guys who bounce around in organizations, right?

05:47You started off in one, and then you move to another.

05:50He was with the Rays, and they're like, okay, well, that didn't work out, and now we're

05:54going to be over with the Cleveland Guardians.

05:55Sorry.

05:56I misspoke earlier about the Cubs.

05:58Manzardo, you're in a position here where, right now in spring, he is showing you maybe

06:04he's ready.

06:054'12 batting average, 460 OBP, 735 slugging, three homers in 34 at-bats.

06:11That's the Kyle Manzardo we've been waiting for, and then there's David Festa, who last

06:15year came up with the Twins, had two awful starts, and then was absolutely fantastic

06:22for the rest of his time.

06:23Now, will he make that rotation?

06:25They're probably going to give Simeon Woods, Richardson, and Paddock the first crack at

06:29those four and five spots.

06:30I'd be stashing David Festa, because at some point, he's just too good to not take over,

06:36and I do think he is going to be a guy that, by the end of this season, we're going to

06:40look back and say, probably one of the guys that was most added that helped people win

06:44leagues.

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