Hello, welcome up episode 968 of the sleeper in the bust. It is Friday the 13th and I'm your

host Paul Spor and joined by Justin Mason. I just realized it was Friday the 13th, Justin. What's up?

It's so scary. I'm so afraid. So spooky. I was like, it's Friday. Oh, it's Friday the 13th.

Are you, are you, are you terrified right now? Um, should I be? I don't know. It's Friday the 13th.

Doesn't it always spooky? I thought it, yeah, I guess it may be. I don't know. I mean, it's Friday.

Sometimes somewhat recently, which could be like within the last five years because that's how

my dumb brain works. Um, there was a Friday the 13th and October. Yeah. And that, you know, that's

extra, that's extra spooky. I feel like you're not spooked out enough. I think, yeah, they might

have to don't murder you. Wait, what? What? I didn't, I didn't say that. You're not recording.

I'm sorry. I'm leaving that in just just in case I end up murdered in that way. And when they,

when they like, you know, search out, listen to the sleeper and the bus and I like to travel.

Is that convincing? All right. I think it is. We're off, we're off to a rousing start. Let's,

let's talk some baseball. We got some, uh, some news and notes. A couple of guys put in focus

in some waiver pickup suggestions for the weekend. Let's start with you, Darvish.

Justin, I know you, you included the kid bit about his back in the road or right up. Um, and he did,

you know, he did leave with a back issue, but his struggles continue and you can pretty much

draw the straight line from the, from the crackdown to his issues. And you wonder if a big component to

him finding the command that he did was getting some sticky stuff. Now it didn't happen instantly.

So I guess you can't draw a straight line. There might be a little squiggle to it. Because I think,

I think the crackdown was June 22nd. June 21st and like June 21st, he started that day was

excellent against the Dodgers. You, Darvish did started five days after that. Actually six days after that,

um, dominated the diamond backs. But since then, it's been a nightmare. So is it the crackdown?

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