WEBVTT - Yankees Top Baltimore behind Rodón & Grisham 0:00:01.280 --> 0:00:08.719 He wanted to cook as ald. All right, Welcome back, everybody, 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:11.680 Welcome back Game one hundred and twenty five. In the books, 0:00:11.720 --> 0:00:14.800 Yankees take this one three to one. Here to talk 0:00:14.840 --> 0:00:18.640 about it with me is Ryan Garcia of Fireside. Yankees 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.720 were also gonna take a deep dive into the injury 0:00:21.960 --> 0:00:25.160 to Max Freed, and we're gonna talk about Carlos Rodon 0:00:25.360 --> 0:00:28.360 coming back tonight he was pretty good. And we're gonna 0:00:28.400 --> 0:00:31.000 talk about the two rookies, both of whom had pretty 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.680 good games tonight, Spencer Jones and George Lombard. So Ryan, 0:00:34.760 --> 0:00:37.120 another offensive explosion tonight. 0:00:38.000 --> 0:00:39.800 I mean, I feel like whenever they get a hit 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:42.000 with Frances scoring position at that point, it's like you 0:00:42.159 --> 0:00:45.720 just think, whatever, a higher being allowed it to happen, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:46.800 like it's a miracle. 0:00:47.080 --> 0:00:48.480 It really is at this point, right. 0:00:49.320 --> 0:00:52.840 Yeah. But I mean, hey, Trent grisham redeeming himself. I mean, 0:00:53.360 --> 0:00:56.080 the guy got off to a tough start, he got hot, 0:00:56.280 --> 0:00:59.120 he got hurt, he got cold, and now it looks 0:00:59.160 --> 0:01:00.240 like he's getting hot again. 0:01:01.520 --> 0:01:04.080 Yeah, And I will say yet bad he had in 0:01:04.120 --> 0:01:06.520 the seventh was really good at bat. I thought he 0:01:06.600 --> 0:01:08.800 was tracking pitch as well. He looked like he was 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:11.800 up there to hit. It wasn't this very passive, weirdly 0:01:11.880 --> 0:01:14.320 taking everything in zone approach that we've seen a lot 0:01:14.319 --> 0:01:17.120 of Yankee hitters fall into. I think he is a 0:01:17.160 --> 0:01:19.319 big part of this team because he is one of 0:01:19.360 --> 0:01:21.560 the lower strikeout rate guys in the squad right now. 0:01:21.800 --> 0:01:24.040 And Derek, I think you and I we've watched enough 0:01:24.080 --> 0:01:26.080 games over the last few months where it's like it's 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.800 just strikeout after strikeout after strikeout. So if he can 0:01:28.840 --> 0:01:30.920 be productive and keep putting the ball in play, you're 0:01:30.959 --> 0:01:32.560 gonna have a different profile on your offense. 0:01:33.760 --> 0:01:38.440 All things considered, you'll take the win. But the offense, man, 0:01:38.600 --> 0:01:42.080 I mean, this has been the most boring summer maybe 0:01:42.400 --> 0:01:45.240 of my lifetime. I mean the early nineties. I don't 0:01:45.240 --> 0:01:47.920 really remember being bored by baseball because I was so 0:01:48.000 --> 0:01:50.520 into baseball when I was, you know, ten years old, 0:01:50.520 --> 0:01:54.520 eight years old. But as an adult, this might be 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:56.000 the most boring offense that I've seen. 0:01:57.160 --> 0:01:59.080 Yeah, I'm gonna pull up a stat for you that 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:00.680 is going to just blow your mind. 0:02:00.680 --> 0:02:02.560 Mind dude. This is before today's game. 0:02:02.600 --> 0:02:04.160 I know they haven't they had a hit with runs 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:06.680 score position, but I think they finished a day, I 0:02:06.720 --> 0:02:08.919 think it was one for five, so they're batting averages 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:11.120 two hundred on the day, they're hitting one ninety. 0:02:10.840 --> 0:02:12.200 Six with runs in scoring position. 0:02:12.280 --> 0:02:15.920 Since Aaron Judge went down, they have the worst average 0:02:15.960 --> 0:02:21.280 WRC plus OPS, on base percentage slugging percentage with runners 0:02:21.320 --> 0:02:25.280 in scoring position since June first. It's kind of an accomplishment. 0:02:25.360 --> 0:02:27.040 I feel like at that point, right like, you're kind 0:02:27.040 --> 0:02:30.200 of impressed that you can be thirtieth in all of. 0:02:30.120 --> 0:02:33.239 This triple slash lines. So yeah, it's been rough, man, 0:02:33.680 --> 0:02:34.360 it is, it is. 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:37.880 We'll take a look at the scorebug here yarydl Lil 0:02:37.960 --> 0:02:41.600 Sentos got the win tonight. David Bednar with the sage 0:02:41.760 --> 0:02:44.800 got nuts. Trent Grisham with a good night two for 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:47.880 four with home run number seventeen, three RBIs and a 0:02:47.960 --> 0:02:50.680 run score. George Lombard had a multi hit game and 0:02:50.760 --> 0:02:54.760 he shined on defense, So a good night for the 0:02:54.840 --> 0:02:57.920 Yankees overall. Let's zoom in a little bit. This is 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:00.600 a segment Ryan, if you're new to the show, for watching, 0:03:00.919 --> 0:03:05.359 this is called good, Bad, and Ugly. Hermie, take a 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:08.760 look at every result and we great everybody with emoji. 0:03:08.800 --> 0:03:11.680 So Tran Grisham gets the gold Star. Tonight, Luis Garcia 0:03:11.760 --> 0:03:16.200 Junior gets the Do Do Jazz oh for four and 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.960 a tough error. I mean, uh, at some point, Ryan, 0:03:20.000 --> 0:03:24.320 you gotta consider possibly swapping out Jazz with cab i Ara. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:25.000 What are your thoughts? 0:03:25.639 --> 0:03:28.440 Oh, I mean, I fully agree. Right, it's not just 0:03:28.480 --> 0:03:31.960 the not good baseball. It's like the lack of focus. 0:03:31.960 --> 0:03:33.960 I mean, you make that error. I kind of need 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.240 you to get that ball right. Let's say a runner 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:38.440 on third in this scenario is a little more attentive 0:03:38.480 --> 0:03:41.280 and is sprinting to the plate. They're gonna score. He's 0:03:41.320 --> 0:03:42.640 gonna pick up the ball and have to rush the 0:03:42.720 --> 0:03:45.040 throat to the plate. Not an easy throw, mind you, 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.720 that throw could go offline. There's a lot of problems 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.680 that could go there. It's not the bad play only again, 0:03:50.720 --> 0:03:53.720 it's the lack of focus. He is so off right now, 0:03:54.160 --> 0:03:56.400 you gotta consider it. Honestly, you have to do it. 0:03:56.440 --> 0:03:58.360 You just have to start playing copy Era more and 0:03:58.480 --> 0:04:01.680 let them fight out the play appearances, what happened to. 0:04:01.640 --> 0:04:04.520 Gunner Henderson man Dude's in two twenty just he has 0:04:04.600 --> 0:04:06.240 fallen off a cliff bro. 0:04:06.960 --> 0:04:10.120 It feels like he kind of mirrors the Orioles in 0:04:10.160 --> 0:04:12.040 the second half and twenty four he fell off. He 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:14.320 was right in the mix of that al MVP race. 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:16.640 And then ever since that point in time where it 0:04:16.680 --> 0:04:20.200 was like, Oh, this is the next star offense, defense, 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.359 whole nine yard shortstop, He's just not that guy anymore. 0:04:24.400 --> 0:04:27.000 He's not as strong as a defender. He doesn't hit 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:28.520 for as good of an average. He hit two eighty 0:04:28.560 --> 0:04:30.480 one in twenty twenty four, it's down in two twenty two. 0:04:30.560 --> 0:04:33.279 So the hit tools completely collapse, the quality of contacts 0:04:33.360 --> 0:04:34.279 completely collapsed. 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:37.720 Maybe it's just injuries, but man, it's this. 0:04:38.000 --> 0:04:40.560 I've I've never seen a shortstop go for being that 0:04:40.600 --> 0:04:42.839 good in their early twenties this bad by twenty five. 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:43.960 I just I don't see it. 0:04:44.560 --> 0:04:47.120 Yeah, baseball has been so weird the last few years. 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:49.840 With the offense and the pitching becoming so good. It 0:04:49.880 --> 0:04:52.120 really has separated the men from the boys in a 0:04:52.160 --> 0:04:54.880 lot of ways. Max Freed's got a package. Let's talk 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.720 a little bit about Max Freed, who I have not 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.200 been live since he went back on the end Your 0:05:00.240 --> 0:05:03.120 List last time he was out two months. A reporter 0:05:03.240 --> 0:05:05.320 asked him that tonight. I asked Aaron Boon that tonight 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:06.720 he said, hey, he's been out. He was out two 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.520 months last time with this elbow injury. Do you really 0:05:09.520 --> 0:05:11.640 expect him back this year? And he said, well, maybe 0:05:11.680 --> 0:05:15.520 fifteen days. It's not as bad. My question to you is, 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:16.440 do you believe it? 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:21.240 I think this was an Iel placement because he was 0:05:21.600 --> 0:05:25.240 not like he probably felt discomforting the elbow, painting the elbow, 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:27.400 and he's like, yeah, we're just not there's no reason 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:29.080 to push this. I don't think it's a fan of 0:05:29.080 --> 0:05:32.000 Miel to clarify. You don't fantom al your second or 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.240 third best starter when you're trailing in the division. You 0:05:34.320 --> 0:05:36.560 just don't do that. But I do think the fact 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.320 that he's still throwing is encouraging. Usually this is a 0:05:39.360 --> 0:05:42.719 shutdown from throwing and then we get the bad news. 0:05:43.640 --> 0:05:45.920 There's still time for us to get bad news, so 0:05:46.080 --> 0:05:48.640 I don't want to completely tell everybody everything's fine and 0:05:48.680 --> 0:05:50.400 he's one hundred percent going to come back this year. 0:05:50.440 --> 0:05:54.360 But I think for now we avoided the dreaded three 0:05:54.440 --> 0:05:57.120 letter phrase that I think everyone thought of when we 0:05:57.160 --> 0:05:58.279 saw elbow injury again. 0:05:59.240 --> 0:06:02.680 Yeah, I'm hoping he'll be back. If it's two weeks, 0:06:02.720 --> 0:06:05.520 if it's fifteen days. You'll sign up for it. But 0:06:06.400 --> 0:06:08.080 you know, I just worry that he's gonna come back. 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:09.920 He's gonna throw a couple starts and we're gonna lose him. 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:11.640 But I guess there's no point worrying about if we 0:06:11.680 --> 0:06:14.080 can't control it right now, it's out of our hands. 0:06:14.120 --> 0:06:15.880 Just wish him the best. But five and five with 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:19.159 a two point eight to one ERA, and hopefully he'll 0:06:19.200 --> 0:06:21.000 be back soon, get well, soon to Max free. All right, 0:06:21.040 --> 0:06:27.160 let's get to the game. So another low scoring game 0:06:27.360 --> 0:06:29.320 for six innings and then a late rally. It's been 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:32.839 kind of the Yankees modus operandi recently. We had some 0:06:33.000 --> 0:06:36.279 nice things from the young guys, who will talk about 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:37.760 in just a little bit. We had a good start 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:41.040 from Carlos Rodin, didn't go deep but four innings and 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.240 basically what was a rehab start in one run. You'll 0:06:43.240 --> 0:06:45.520 absolutely sign up for that. I thought the slider was wicked. 0:06:46.279 --> 0:06:48.520 Trent Grisham with an absolute tank. 0:06:50.120 --> 0:06:51.679 We used the building up little. 0:06:54.800 --> 0:06:58.200 But my question for you, Ryan is, how do you 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:01.240 explain this bullpen? Brent Hedge, Paul Blackburn, how do you 0:07:01.279 --> 0:07:03.320 explain what the Yankees have unlocked with these guys. 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:06.479 I mean, so we'll start with Hedrick here, because last 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:08.080 year I thought there were a lot of exciting traits 0:07:08.120 --> 0:07:10.480 from a swing and miss standpoint. He was near top 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:12.680 of the league in swinging mis rates, and that was 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.640 something that I thought would pop in twenty six. Blackburner 0:07:15.760 --> 0:07:17.840 was not high on at all. I didn't really see 0:07:17.840 --> 0:07:20.480 this coming. But credit to the Yankees. They've made the change. 0:07:20.480 --> 0:07:20.840 It better. 0:07:20.960 --> 0:07:23.520 The kurpball and sweeper are swinging miss pitches for him. 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.280 He's using his fast balls, which have increased in velocity 0:07:26.360 --> 0:07:28.640 to keep the ball on the ground. We're talking around 0:07:28.640 --> 0:07:30.960 a sixty percent ground ball rate. And it's a credit 0:07:30.960 --> 0:07:32.600 to Blackburn as well. Who I mean, this is a 0:07:32.600 --> 0:07:36.360 guy who was not like Luke Weaver was a heralded prospect. 0:07:36.360 --> 0:07:37.800 He was traded for Paul Golchman. I think a lot 0:07:37.800 --> 0:07:40.320 of people forget. People thought Luke Weaver was going to 0:07:40.320 --> 0:07:42.560 be a good starter. Paul Blackburn was a guy who 0:07:42.680 --> 0:07:46.320 was thirty two years old, had spinal fluid surgery or 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:48.880 something of that regard. In twenty five and a year later, 0:07:48.960 --> 0:07:50.880 he's the eighth inning guy for the Yankees, and he's 0:07:50.880 --> 0:07:52.040 doing a pretty darn good job. 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:55.440 Yeah, he's looking great. He's looking great. I think the 0:07:55.680 --> 0:07:58.400 uh player of the game is not much of a 0:07:58.440 --> 0:08:00.080 mystery tonight. I think we got to go with the 0:08:00.360 --> 0:08:01.400 mustachioed one. 0:08:01.400 --> 0:08:04.720 What do you say, Yeah, it's got to be Grisham. Right, 0:08:04.760 --> 0:08:06.880 you have three RBI, you pick up a two out hit. 0:08:07.280 --> 0:08:16.760 Absolutely Trent Gresham with the go ahead three RBIs he 0:08:16.760 --> 0:08:18.440 had a home run and a go ahead two run 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.840 single and that is seven belts for him now this 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:26.160 year on the unofficial list. I don't know how many 0:08:26.160 --> 0:08:28.680 he has in the actual clubhouse, but he's on our list. 0:08:28.720 --> 0:08:30.800 He's right there behind Cody Bellinger, who hasn't played in 0:08:30.800 --> 0:08:32.040 a while. That tells you what kind of year Cody 0:08:32.080 --> 0:08:34.760 Bellinger was having before he went down. And that's with 0:08:34.880 --> 0:08:37.440 a hot with a cold month built in. I can't 0:08:37.480 --> 0:08:40.679 wait for him to get back. But anyway, good night 0:08:40.760 --> 0:08:43.439 for Trent Grisham. We got a chat here that I 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:47.120 want to read DFA Jazz cab I arrow at second, 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.920 Trent with the belt, iron balls bed and close it again. 0:08:50.200 --> 0:08:52.920 Bring Domingos back up and bench Ramos. I have a 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.160 question so to actually, I have two questions for you. 0:08:56.240 --> 0:08:59.120 What do you see in Ramos? I mean, I don't 0:08:59.120 --> 0:09:01.440 see much out of this guy. And two, what are 0:09:01.440 --> 0:09:03.360 your thoughts on Domingez from what we saw this year? 0:09:04.160 --> 0:09:08.280 Okay, so for Ramos, the glove is is a real problem, right, 0:09:08.320 --> 0:09:10.760 Like it's visually, man, it's visually bad. 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:12.280 And that's not even getting into the offense. 0:09:12.360 --> 0:09:12.560 Right. 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:15.880 But I think the big, the highlight issue for me 0:09:15.960 --> 0:09:17.840 is it's possible he's in a slump and you know, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:20.520 you put him against lefties and it's better, but he like, 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:22.640 I can't trust him to catch a ball in the outfield, 0:09:23.160 --> 0:09:23.520 can you. 0:09:24.080 --> 0:09:25.520 I genuinely I. 0:09:25.440 --> 0:09:29.160 Feel my heart start squeezing when the ball hits a 0:09:29.240 --> 0:09:32.760 left field, even the routine plays. It was blued on 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:36.160 Sunday against Toronto, and then for Domingez, I thought the 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.400 defense actually did start to look better. I think the 0:09:38.440 --> 0:09:41.880 throwing decisions are rough, but from like just a route standpoint. 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.080 And then offensively, I just think he's trying too hard 0:09:44.080 --> 0:09:44.640 to pull the ball. 0:09:44.760 --> 0:09:45.200 I really do. 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:46.200 He's chasing a ton. 0:09:46.600 --> 0:09:48.719 I think he doesn't have the bat speed he had 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:51.240 pre Tommy John surgery and he's just still trying to 0:09:51.320 --> 0:09:53.959 chase it. And hey, man, I don't need you to 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:55.960 hit twenty five thirty home runs. You get on base, 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.120 you're gonna play in this league. How many guys can 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:00.400 get on base in the league nowadays? Right, so hard 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.520 against good pitching. Again, I think it's an approach change 0:10:03.520 --> 0:10:04.600 for him that he needs to get back. 0:10:05.080 --> 0:10:09.040 Yeah. I miss the pre Tommy John Jason Dominguez. I 0:10:09.040 --> 0:10:12.640 mean that seven day stretch. I was like a pig 0:10:12.640 --> 0:10:15.439 and shit man because I was the biggest Dominguez supporter 0:10:15.520 --> 0:10:18.120 as he was coming up and then he goes berserk, 0:10:18.280 --> 0:10:20.760 and yeah, you're right. Ever since the Tommy John, he 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:22.920 just has not been the same. Somebody said that his 0:10:23.000 --> 0:10:26.160 extension quite hasn't been quite as good. Maybe he's a 0:10:26.160 --> 0:10:28.600 little bit more muscle bound. He looks a little bit 0:10:28.600 --> 0:10:31.760 more muscle bound as he's gotten older. But I hope 0:10:31.760 --> 0:10:34.360 that he turns around. I still like Jason Dominguez. All right, 0:10:34.400 --> 0:10:36.040 let's before we get to the young guys. Let's cover 0:10:36.120 --> 0:10:39.920 Carlos Rodan real quick. I'm gonna bring Ryan back here. 0:10:41.080 --> 0:10:43.680 So four innings, two hits, one run, two walks, four 0:10:44.000 --> 0:10:48.920 strikeouts solid. I mean, he had what nine whiffs tonight, 0:10:48.960 --> 0:10:51.640 that's pretty good for four innings. The six whiffs on 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:55.000 eleven swings on the slider was really good. When you 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:56.960 look at the pitch data, and I know you looked 0:10:57.000 --> 0:11:00.720 at the pitch data. Did you see the same old Rodan? Yeah? 0:11:00.800 --> 0:11:03.319 I mean the slider had two more inches of lateral 0:11:03.320 --> 0:11:05.400 movement and had three more inches of drop today, so 0:11:05.440 --> 0:11:06.720 it was really working for him. 0:11:06.960 --> 0:11:07.680 He didn't have. 0:11:07.600 --> 0:11:10.600 The deep mix as usual, wasn't as many sinkers, change 0:11:10.640 --> 0:11:12.960 ups and curveballs. But I thought that was more of 0:11:12.960 --> 0:11:15.040 a fuel thing, which is the thing that takes longer 0:11:15.080 --> 0:11:17.920 to come back. Velocity usually shows up pretty early, actually 0:11:17.960 --> 0:11:20.920 after injury. So I was happy to see ninety four 0:11:20.920 --> 0:11:22.000 point six in the fastball v. 0:11:22.080 --> 0:11:22.280 Low. 0:11:22.720 --> 0:11:24.240 I again, like, I'm. 0:11:24.040 --> 0:11:26.040 Really I think his stuff looks better than it did 0:11:26.040 --> 0:11:27.959 in twenty five. The question is can we get the 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.480 command to somewhere where it was last year, where we're 0:11:31.520 --> 0:11:34.680 at least having closer misses out of zone. And I 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:39.960 think once that happens, man, this rotation is filthy, filthy man. 0:11:40.440 --> 0:11:43.160 Yeah, I agree with you. If we could get the 0:11:43.200 --> 0:11:47.440 top four guys all healthy going into the playoffs with 0:11:47.600 --> 0:11:50.120 Aaron Judge back, hey, I'll take it. I'll sign up 0:11:50.120 --> 0:11:51.280 for that right now. I don't care if you got 0:11:51.280 --> 0:11:53.080 to play a wildcard series. You can win a wildcard 0:11:53.080 --> 0:11:56.560 series with that pitching. Okay, let's talk about the young guys. 0:11:56.600 --> 0:11:58.560 You want to start with Spencer Jones or George Lombard. 0:11:58.760 --> 0:11:59.600 Who you got on your mind? 0:12:00.160 --> 0:12:02.160 Man, I want to start with George Lovar Junior. 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:04.720 I think he's it's just come on, man, it's it's 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:06.280 it's incredible what he does. 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:09.319 Huh yeah, I mean two hits tonight. But the thing 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:12.480 that gets me excited is the defense. Man, I Free. 0:12:12.640 --> 0:12:15.720 It's weird how when you watch baseball every day you 0:12:15.760 --> 0:12:17.800 get used to stuff, right, and we got used to 0:12:17.840 --> 0:12:22.640 having a subpar shortstop. No offense to Anthony Volpi, no 0:12:22.679 --> 0:12:25.600 offense to Cabiro. You know, they both I think put 0:12:25.600 --> 0:12:28.320 in all the effort that they should have put in. 0:12:28.480 --> 0:12:31.440 I think that they did everything they could do. It 0:12:31.520 --> 0:12:34.280 is clear that Lombard is just better. He's just a 0:12:34.280 --> 0:12:39.200 better short stop defensively, much better arm. He looks loose 0:12:39.240 --> 0:12:42.960 and athletic and nimble out there, and he's always got 0:12:43.000 --> 0:12:45.040 his head in the game. You talk about the baseball 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.560 lineage that goes further than people think when it comes 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:50.439 to baseball IQ because he's been around the game. Obviously, 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.960 you don't have you know, a brother that's a professional 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:56.079 baseball player, first round pick and a dad who is 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:58.360 a major leaguer and as a current coach, without being 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.280 consumed by baby. And if you're smart at all, by osmosis, 0:13:02.320 --> 0:13:04.439 you're just going to develop that baseball IQ, which is 0:13:04.440 --> 0:13:06.480 what we're seeing from him. I like that he's not 0:13:06.559 --> 0:13:09.040 committed to home run or nothing. He hits I get 0:13:09.040 --> 0:13:11.520 groundball single through this shift tonight. You know, they shifted 0:13:11.559 --> 0:13:13.240 him up the middle. He said, you know what, Tay, 0:13:13.320 --> 0:13:16.160 I'll you know what here you I'll take it right 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.600 through the right side. And I mean, I just love 0:13:18.600 --> 0:13:19.600 the kid. I love the kid. 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:20.760 Yeah. 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.280 I mean he's just way more physical than Vulpi and Cabierro. 0:13:23.360 --> 0:13:25.600 Like that's the first thing you see where again, he 0:13:25.640 --> 0:13:29.240 can It's not that Vulpi can't attempt to play in 0:13:29.280 --> 0:13:33.360 the hole. It's not that Cabiro can't, you know, occasionally 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:36.040 get around on the slider. It's just that it's easier 0:13:36.040 --> 0:13:39.120 for Lombard. It's easier when you're six foot two, one 0:13:39.160 --> 0:13:42.080 hundred and ninety pounds with some of the bat speed 0:13:42.160 --> 0:13:44.400 and arms stringthly we've seen so far. I mean, think 0:13:44.400 --> 0:13:46.640 about what he's going to be when he's got a 0:13:46.679 --> 0:13:48.720 full off season after being a major leaguer. 0:13:48.760 --> 0:13:49.920 He's twenty one years old. 0:13:50.080 --> 0:13:52.360 You know, average exit velocity, you tend to pick up 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:55.080 another tick or two before you turn twenty four. If 0:13:55.240 --> 0:13:59.440 this guy adds another, you know, another great in raw power. 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.520 I don't don't think we're gonna see a degradation the 0:14:01.600 --> 0:14:03.080 hit tool. I don't think we're gonna see him try 0:14:03.120 --> 0:14:05.199 and chase the home run ball necessarily. I think we're 0:14:05.240 --> 0:14:07.240 just gonna see a very well rounded hitter who has 0:14:07.360 --> 0:14:10.400 ninety eight percentile sprint speed and a really good arm 0:14:10.440 --> 0:14:12.000 and incredible mechanics. 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:14.680 And it's just like you check all the boxes. I 0:14:14.679 --> 0:14:15.280 think he should. 0:14:15.559 --> 0:14:17.559 I think he should have been a top ten prospect 0:14:17.600 --> 0:14:21.280 universally when he graduated. And I'm seeing it. I'm seeing 0:14:21.320 --> 0:14:23.720 it like this is I'm so excited, Derek, I really am. 0:14:23.720 --> 0:14:25.680 I can see it in your face. It makes me 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:29.520 excited to see you excited. So okay, I just want 0:14:29.520 --> 0:14:32.120 to throw this out there. And this is just a 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:35.400 baseball tradition as you compare players to other players, right, 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:39.160 everyone's saying, oh, Jeter this year, he's not Jeter. Who 0:14:39.200 --> 0:14:41.320 does he remind you of because to me, he looks 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:42.560 a little bit like a young Korea. 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:46.440 You know, I think physically you see Korea because of 0:14:46.520 --> 0:14:49.040 the again, the size, and I also want to just 0:14:49.080 --> 0:14:51.640 point out with these big body shortstops, I think the 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.720 most talented shortstops of the last twenty five years are 0:14:54.760 --> 0:14:57.400 tall guys or tall for the position. The most talented 0:14:57.400 --> 0:15:00.200 short stop I think is a Rod Right, He's the 0:15:00.240 --> 0:15:01.760 most talented player to play the position. 0:15:01.840 --> 0:15:02.120 I think. 0:15:02.320 --> 0:15:04.040 Then you look at the guys after him. 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.160 To Lwitzky who without the injuries, surefire Hall of Famer 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:11.080 Correa who tortured the Yankees in the postseason, big time player, 0:15:11.440 --> 0:15:13.320 Seeger who I think is one of the best hitting 0:15:13.360 --> 0:15:16.920 shortstop short stops I've ever seen, if you can. I'm 0:15:16.920 --> 0:15:19.880 not saying he's going to be those those three players, obviously, 0:15:20.360 --> 0:15:23.320 I think an outcome where you can get you know, 0:15:23.480 --> 0:15:25.880 you get a one ten ops plus you get great 0:15:25.920 --> 0:15:27.880 defense is a really strong outcome. 0:15:28.200 --> 0:15:30.160 I want to throw out the Auto Lopez comp. 0:15:30.200 --> 0:15:32.040 It's a weird one because he's not like the body 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:36.200 types aren't the same, but in just stylistically, the Auto 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:38.760 Lopez is a three forty three on base one sixteen 0:15:38.840 --> 0:15:42.640 ops plus guy with really good defense. I think that's 0:15:42.640 --> 0:15:44.840 the kind of player you hope that Lombard can become. 0:15:45.240 --> 0:15:49.520 If if he provides you those markers right there, you've 0:15:49.560 --> 0:15:51.600 got a franchise guy you just do. And I think 0:15:51.640 --> 0:15:53.880 there's even more power upside here. All the Lopez I 0:15:53.880 --> 0:15:55.600 think doesn't hit it in the air as much because 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.040 that's just the park he plays, and there's not a 0:15:57.080 --> 0:15:58.640 lot of there's not a right field to hit the 0:15:58.640 --> 0:16:00.960 ball out too. So it's a weird but it's one 0:16:01.000 --> 0:16:03.960 that I think is way more enticing than I think 0:16:03.960 --> 0:16:05.120 people would give it credit for. 0:16:05.680 --> 0:16:08.800 Lumb Sorry, Lopez was at the very top of my 0:16:08.960 --> 0:16:12.080 trade wish list. I mean, if this guy was actually available, 0:16:12.120 --> 0:16:14.720 I would have done anything in the world to get 0:16:14.760 --> 0:16:18.040 this guy. But twelve point nine percent strikeout rate will 0:16:18.040 --> 0:16:20.760 take that. So okay, let's move on to Spencer Jones. 0:16:20.760 --> 0:16:23.520 I'll tell you what I'm seeing from Spencer Jones. I 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:27.080 see a guy who is a freak athlete, not a 0:16:27.120 --> 0:16:35.400 good athlete, a freak athlete. I see speed, power, size, agility. 0:16:35.440 --> 0:16:38.560 Tonight he started the rally and he's got this thing 0:16:39.440 --> 0:16:42.520 that I think is an actual tool that you might 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:45.520 debate me on I think he's a guy who drives 0:16:45.560 --> 0:16:48.800 in runs. I think there is a actual skill to 0:16:49.000 --> 0:16:51.040 driving in runs to guys who pick up a lot 0:16:51.040 --> 0:16:53.920 of RBIs because RBIs, I mean, I get it. It's 0:16:53.920 --> 0:16:56.400 an It's a stat that is relant on people getting 0:16:56.400 --> 0:16:58.720 on base, for you, but over the years you see 0:16:58.760 --> 0:17:01.840 guys that are just naturally better at that. Right, Juan 0:17:01.880 --> 0:17:03.640 Gonzalez is the guy who comes to mind for me. 0:17:04.000 --> 0:17:05.920 He was a guy who just drove in a ton 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.560 of runs, right. Luke Grrick drove in an insane amount 0:17:08.560 --> 0:17:10.600 of runs. Obviously he had a good lineup around him. 0:17:10.760 --> 0:17:13.080 But I think Spencer Jones is gonna be a guy 0:17:13.080 --> 0:17:14.920 that if you give him five hundred bats, he's gonna 0:17:14.960 --> 0:17:17.040 drive in minimum eighty five runs and maybe up to 0:17:17.080 --> 0:17:19.040 one hundred and twenty runs if he learns how to 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:20.400 make a little bit more contact. 0:17:21.000 --> 0:17:22.560 You know, I don't. I don't disagree with you at all. 0:17:22.560 --> 0:17:24.199 I actually think you're spot on. And the reason I 0:17:24.240 --> 0:17:27.720 say that he is very aggressive in zone, but not 0:17:27.880 --> 0:17:31.000 like not in a way that's I would say unpolished. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:33.240 So there's a stat out there that measures swing decision 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:35.400 quality by weighing how often you swing in zone at 0:17:35.400 --> 0:17:37.920 and at pitches to hit versus how often you chase. 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:40.160 He's in a ninety third percent on that stat right 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:41.879 now in the big leagues. And the reason for that 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:45.680 is ninety seventh percentile in terms of taking hitable pitches. 0:17:45.760 --> 0:17:48.360 He never lets a pitch to hit go by. And 0:17:48.440 --> 0:17:49.960 that is a trade of a guy who does put 0:17:50.000 --> 0:17:51.879 up a lot of RBIs because Derek, think about it. 0:17:51.920 --> 0:17:53.919 How many times you see a run around second and 0:17:53.960 --> 0:17:56.600 a guy walks and it's okay on paper, yes, it's 0:17:56.640 --> 0:17:59.560