Joe Adell's Struggles & Anthony Rizzo's Decline Examined

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00:00I really want to hear about what you have to say about Joe Adele.

00:06Oh, you know, I really was hoping that you had to say, Oh, here's the reason is that

00:14you start off gangbusters and it got called up and sometimes it just takes a little bit

00:18longer for some prospects right now.

00:19I will say this, Joe Adele is leading the angels at home runs this year.

00:23That's a fun stat.

00:24He's got 12.

00:25He hits lefties.

00:26Well, yeah.

00:27Look, the problem is he's also in a buck 91 and with a six 75 OPS.

00:32So you can take those and just throw them out the window.

00:33I just, I can't deal with it anymore.

00:35I just think you dropped Joe Adele and I think there's other pieces that are out there that

00:38are more exciting.

00:40And then of course there's the Yankees, Anthony Rizzo, which, you know, that's a big name.

00:44That's a name that people are really familiar with and feel warm and comfortable was is

00:49probably accurate as you are saying, but Rizzo is a player that at this stage in his career,

00:54I was losing that bats there at first base to DJ the Mayhew this week.

00:57It just feels like the end is here for Anthony Rizzo.

01:00Now whether or not the Yankees make a bigger move, Jose Abreu, you just got let go.

01:06They bring it to Jose Abreu and I don't even know if it's lateral at this point, but Rizzo

01:13is another guy.

01:14I think you can feel comfortable about dropping.

01:15You know, I think all three of these guys are probably drops.

01:18You know, Joe Adele is the tougher one because you keep waiting and waiting for something

01:22to click and find consistency and it seemed like he had found that earlier in the year

01:26and he brings power.

01:27He brings speed.

01:28It brings athleticism.

01:29But as Matt said, you know, when you're only hitting one side of the plate, well, you know,

01:33one side of that pitching rubber, well, it's a problem and you got to be a good everyday

01:37player.

01:38You got to hit lefties.

01:39You got to hit right.

01:40You got to do all of it.

01:41And so far, Joe Adele continues to struggle there and it's sad and he's going to be one

01:44of these guys that I think you look back on and you wonder what if and it's also one of

01:47those things to remember if you are in dynasty leagues, you've got a shot to win this year.

01:52It's okay to trade prospects that you think are can't miss because guess what?

01:55Plenty do miss at the end of the day and the one thing that cycles every year is you get

01:59new prospects that can't miss.