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00:00Let's troll the waiver wire.
00:06We talked about needing some players at first base in outfield.
00:09We have two of them here.
00:11Let's go.
00:12We'll start in Cleveland.
00:13What do you got?
00:14Oh, Kyle Manzardo has been a slugger down there in the minor leagues.
00:18Again, there's going to be ups and downs with these young players, but you want them on
00:21your roster.
00:22He's available still in about 40% of leagues.
00:25He's got real power.
00:26He can hit for average.
00:27Again, there's nothing left for him to prove a triple a.
00:28We said that last week we talked about him and guess what?
00:30He got called up this past week.
00:32So very exciting.
00:33Right?
00:34Unfortunately, the results haven't been mind blowing yet, but he is going to DH.
00:38He'll play some first base.
00:39Josh Nailer has been terrific.
00:40Jose Ramirez is terrific.
00:42The Cleveland guardians, despite losing Shane Bieber at the top of this year, are still
00:46very much in the thick of things.
00:47So it seems like this Manzardo push is a good thing where they're saying, Hey, we're going
00:51to in this, we're going to compete.
00:53Manzardo is a guy that, again, there might be some ups and downs.
00:56You have to take that with a grain of salt, but you have to play the long game and be
00:59patient.
01:00Give him may give him June.
01:01If he's not hitting by July, you send him down, but I'm not saying you Adam and you
01:05play him right away.
01:07I am saying you want to Adam and stash him at the very least just to see what he's got.
01:11And frankly, if he does start to hit and you don't believe in the player, you could package
01:14him in a trade for something.
01:15You do believe in that.
01:16It's a little bit more proven track record.
01:18Maybe the upside of Kyle Manzardo brings you back a struggling Nick Castellanos.
01:22It's a trade I'll make every single day of the week.