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00:00All right, Joe, it's time to get into the injury report.
00:02And what I like that we're gonna do here
00:03is we're gonna talk about guys that are injured,
00:04talk about how long they'll be out,
00:06but then we're also gonna talk about some options.
00:08Where can I go if say, I've rostered Freddie Freeman
00:11and all of a sudden he quote unquote slips,
00:13getting into the shower.
00:14Sure, we've all done that.
00:15And now he's on the 10 day IL with a right ankle sprain.
00:18What to do?
00:20Yes, but I don't think Freddie Freeman
00:21was having shower beers.
00:22I'm just saying, I'm pretty sure.
00:24I could be wrong.
00:25I don't know.
00:26Just saying.
00:27But yeah, look, Freddie Freeman is 35 years old too.
00:31And I think this is something you have to understand.
00:32Last year in the playoffs,
00:34you saw him just warrior battle
00:37through a bunch of injuries, right?
00:38And somehow get on the field
00:40and have just a huge moment too in that World Series,
00:41which was really cool for Freddie Freeman.
00:43But this is not surprising to think
00:45he's going to have some more of these issues
00:46as the season goes on.
00:47So having depth at first base is important.
00:49Now, the good news is this is just retroactive
00:51to last week.
00:52So you're gonna get him back late next week.
00:55Problem is in weekly leagues,
00:57do you wanna wait all the way to Friday
00:58or even Saturday to activate him?
01:00That's probably a hard no.
01:01So you gotta look for some temporary replacements.
01:03So these are some of the names
01:04that are on the waiver wire.
01:05Nathaniel Lowe is a guy that's out there
01:07for the Nationals who's available in a lot of leagues.
01:09He is a very easy pickup.
01:10He's gonna have a decent batting average for you.
01:12Got some decent matchups this week.
01:14I know Wilmer Flores has had a ton of power
01:16to start the year.
01:17He's got four homers, but he's only hitting 250
01:19and the OVP is under 300.
01:21I would avoid him.
01:21This is something he does all the time
01:23where he has like a hot week.
01:24This is what happens.
01:25This would be the first week in the season.
01:27And then you end up picking Wilmer Flores up
01:29and you end up dropping Wilmer Flores.
01:30It's a whole thing.
01:31Gavin Sheets of the Padres, first baseman outfielder,
01:34depending on the depth of your league.
01:36They're hitting 380 so far this year, a 619 slugging.
01:40He's put up some pretty good numbers here as well early on.
01:43Nolan Chenal, also of the Los Angeles Angels,
01:47pretty decent again.
01:47The power right now, a little slow to things,
01:50no homers yet, but the batting average here are 290.
01:52So those are some names that can help you
01:55right away off the waiver wire.
01:56Carla Santana, a veteran too, that's an easy pickup
01:59where you can just add him for the week.
02:00I.L. Freeman, and then just make that swap
02:03and for a buck, just drop him back down again next week.
02:06So that's an easy fix to me,
02:08or those are some of the names at least
02:10that you can patch things together.
02:11But I think keeping one of these guys on your bench
02:13might be smarter.
02:14If I had to pick one, Lowe would be the guy
02:16that I think has the most long-term, you know,
02:18upside and stability.
02:20If you do end up having Freddie Freeman miss time again,
02:22Matt, that's a real question.
02:23You might have him miss time again at this age
02:26and the way his body may be starting to break down
02:29a little bit after all these years of productivity.