Hello, welcome episode 965 of the Sleeper in the Buzz. It is Friday, August 6th. I'm your host, Paul Spore. Join this afternoon by Justin Mason, Justin. How are you, sir?

I'm doing well. How are you doing? Not too bad. Not too bad either. We've got a good bit to talk about. Baseball is kicking. We got a day game today because the cups are at home. So there's lots of lots of good in the air right now. So why don't we just dive right in? Let's do it. The bad news. Oh, no. I just I just promoted it like it was going to be happy. And we're starting with two bits of bad news. But we have to, quite in Gershaw, expect them to be out until September.

You're cutting them anywhere. So I'm not going to ask you that. I guess what I would focus on as far as a question would be, what are your expectations for September? Do you think you get the normal September? Or does it get like kind of a Dodgers protected one, gearing up for October?

I think it's protected at least at the first, maybe two times through the order, but they've also got to make sure he's got first two starts, you mean? Yeah, sorry. Yeah, first two starts back, but you've also got to make sure he's ready for the playoffs. So I'm going to be able to go six in the season.

So I would be kind of surprised if they didn't just try to build him up pretty quickly for five innings those first two, then reigns off for the last two or three, depending on exactly when he comes back, whether he gets four or five starts. Yeah, exactly. So I'm not super worried. I'm super bombed is on both my main event teams. So.

And I was correct that you're not cutting him anywhere, right? No, I'm not. Not even 10 teamers. No, no, you got to hold it out. He's had a good season 339 ERA 0.98 Whip for Kersh 127 strikeouts in 106 and the third innings with nine dubs on top. Now this one's an easy cut. He's out for the year. And boy, was he a disaster. One of our favorites, a sleeper in the bus favorite. Anthony Rendon is going to undergo surgery on his right hip impingement in the 58 games he played 243 29.

And 382 with just six homeers never really got it going because of the limitations of the injury. So again, easy cut. Then the focus becomes next year.

What are you thinking goes outside the top 100? It'll be 32 coming off this year.

I don't know that he's going to go outside the top 100, but it's going to be somewhat close. And he's outside top 75.

I think I think there's a good chance he does. You know, we got to see how I guess the the 2021 risers take over things. But you know, 32.

Always been a little shaded. Like there's always been a little fantasy shade on him with Rendon. He was the 44th pick this year.

You know, but I feel like it gets a bit underrated because I don't really know why. Actually, I was going to say because I don't know. I don't know the answer.

Average power runs ribbies, you know, chip in steals are really getting these days. The double digit days are over those ended in 2016 can't imagine that they're going to come back in 2022.

But yeah, he's inside the top 100. If it's at the back end, I'm still in if it's outside the top 100, I'm going to have way too many shares of Rendon bottom line. It's going to be tough for me to quit him.

I think he's an excellent player. And I think I think part of the reason that he's shaded is the idea of like severe injury proneness that I don't think carries a lot of merit. Yes, it's 147 136 146 from 17 to 19.

But the production is always so good that at some point.

Looking out about the handful of extremist games over maybe maybe a guy or two around him. I don't think it's worth doing that. So I would always still take him.

Yeah, and not to mention he gets so many played appearances. You're not super worried about it.

Exactly. 605 597 646 in those three years for Rendon. Obviously 52 games last year was essentially a full season and then only 58 this year. So a big injury this year, but it's really the first time that he's had substantial mistime that hurt your team since 2015 when he played 80 games and was not very good either.

We're talking about two years, six seasons apart. I don't think there's room to be calling him to be calling Rendon some sort of injury prone must avoid. So that's why I wouldn't do that. But I think there will be people that do.

Okay, you and I love love him. So we're going to be back in fighting for a league together for him.

Currently in this three sports draft in about 50 baseball players have come off the board through where we're in the middle of round 18.

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