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Speaker 1: How's it going to everybody?

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Speaker 2: Good morning, Derek, coming at you live from the outdoors,

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Speaker 2: sitting on my back porch, can't tell, but my roses

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Speaker 2: why not get outside?

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Speaker 1: The birds are singing. You know what's that song? It's

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Speaker 1: a beautiful moonent. Sorry, singing is not my day job.

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Speaker 2: My day job is to wear a funny Uncle Sam

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Speaker 1: So here we go.

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Speaker 2: I got a couple of voicemails today, but not really

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Speaker 2: enough to make a full show out of it, but

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Speaker 2: I did want to address two of them that asked questions,

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Speaker 2: and sorry, I can't play the my computers inside, and

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Speaker 2: I figured I would just talk about them. So the

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Speaker 2: first question I got was do I think the Yankees

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Speaker 2: are better in twenty twenty five than they were in

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Speaker 2: twenty twenty four? And that's something we talked about a

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Speaker 2: lot all winter. And the second quest, which I got

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Speaker 2: was pretty easy, is do I think Judge can win

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Speaker 2: the triple Crown?

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Speaker 1: Which I absolutely do.

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Speaker 2: He came close in twenty twenty two, and last year

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Speaker 2: he made a run at it, and right now he's

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Speaker 2: obviously hitting for average he's hitting four or nine on

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Speaker 2: the season?

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Speaker 1: Four or nine? Isn't that another song?

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Speaker 2: Jeez real, find my four or nine? Isn't that like

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Speaker 2: a uh not Beatles?

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Speaker 1: Who is it? Monkeys beach Boys? I don't know. I

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Speaker 1: might not even have that right anyway.

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Speaker 2: So my cats are out here with me in the backyard,

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Speaker 2: so you may see them make an appearance at some point. Okay,

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Speaker 2: So let's get to the main crux of this episode.

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Speaker 2: Are the Yankees better this year than they were last year?

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Speaker 2: And you know, pitching is so important that I find

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Speaker 2: it hard to say yes without Garrett Cole and right

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Speaker 2: now without Louis Heel. But it's not about whether or

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Speaker 2: not they're better right now on April seventeenth.

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Speaker 1: It's about whether or not they're going.

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Speaker 2: To be better at the end of the season when

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Speaker 2: they're playing in the postseason. And that's entirely dependent on

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Speaker 2: a few other things. I mean, is Judge going to

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Speaker 2: be hitting in the postseason. If Judge is hitting in

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Speaker 2: the postseason, then absolutely they'll be better. Last year, it

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Speaker 2: was pretty much all on Jan Soto and John Carlos

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Speaker 2: Dan and right now neither one of them are a

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Speaker 2: part of this lineup. And John Carlos Dan is another

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Speaker 2: piece of this equation. What's he going to be like

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Speaker 2: when he comes back? Will he be the guy who

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Speaker 2: did so much damage in the postseason? You know, what's

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Speaker 2: he going to be like with the torpedo bat. He

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Speaker 2: said that he's going to use the torpedo bat when

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Speaker 2: he comes back to the Yankees. And what happens to

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Speaker 2: Ben Rice? You know, Ben Rice has been crucial to

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Speaker 2: this team, you know, much needed power while John Carlo's out?

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Speaker 1: Can he keep it up?

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Speaker 2: Looking at the lineup right now, I think the lineup

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Speaker 2: is deeper than it was last year. I think the

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Speaker 2: defense is definitely better. I know that Anthony Rizzo got

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Speaker 2: a lot of praise for his defense over the years,

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Speaker 2: but I just didn't really see it that much with

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Speaker 2: the Yankees. I never felt like he was in his

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Speaker 2: prime defensive capability state with the Yankees, and he had

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Speaker 2: already begun to decline a little bit. I mean, he

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Speaker 2: was better than Luke Void or Mike Ford over there,

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Speaker 2: but that's not really saying much. But Paul Goldsman, I mean,

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Speaker 2: made another great play last night. He's been picking the

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Speaker 2: ball like crazy. I'm loving what we're seeing from him

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Speaker 2: on both sides of the ball. I do want more

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Speaker 2: home runs out of him, but I could live with

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Speaker 2: a guy who just makes lots of contact, gets on base,

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Speaker 2: and plays d but it'd be nice to get twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty five home runs out of him as well. So

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Speaker 2: let's just kind of go around the team kind of

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Speaker 2: like we did the last time we had one of

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Speaker 2: these outdoor episodes, and see if we're.

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Speaker 1: Better at the catching position. Last year it was.

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Speaker 2: You know, Austin Wells as the primary catcher and Jose

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Speaker 2: looks better, even though the numbers aren't great so far.

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Speaker 2: He's hit into some really bad luck. He's had some

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Speaker 2: a double stolen. And at this point of the season,

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Speaker 2: when you have so few at bats, a couple of

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Speaker 2: a real difference in the numbers. You know, we saw

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Speaker 2: to go a little bit on the eye test, maybe

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Speaker 2: guys are doing. But right now, I think Austin Wells

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Speaker 2: is vastly improved from last year. I think he's going

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Speaker 2: to probably hit close to twenty home runs, if not more.

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Speaker 2: You know, I don't care too much about his average

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Speaker 1: But you know, maybe two fifty.

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Speaker 2: I think the on base percentage is going to go

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Speaker 2: the backup J C.

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Speaker 1: Escara. Honestly, I'll take him over Travino.

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Speaker 2: I know Trevigno is a good defensive player, but Escara

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Speaker 2: also seems great on defense, and I like his bat better.

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Speaker 2: I think it will play better in Yankee Stadium. A lefty,

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Speaker 2: he'll probably run into a couple of home runs at

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Speaker 2: first base. I mean, there's no question. Paul Goldschmid so

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Speaker 2: far looks great. But that brings me to, you know,

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Speaker 2: what is he going to look like? In September. You know,

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Speaker 2: at thirty seven, I've been there, right, that heat wears

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Speaker 2: you get a little bit tired. And now, obviously he's

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Speaker 2: a professional athlete. He should be prepared to last a

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Speaker 2: full season without you know, any serious detriment to his skills.

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Speaker 2: I still want to see it, but I like where

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Speaker 2: we're at. I think he's better than Rizzo. But Rizzo

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Speaker 2: got off to a decent start. Hey, Kitty, I told

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Speaker 2: today at second base. I mean, you look at what

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Speaker 2: the labor Torres did last year. He didn't really hit

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Speaker 1: Most of the season.

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Speaker 2: The average got going a little bit later in the year,

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Speaker 2: Jazz Chisholm puts up huge power numbers. So far, defensively

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Speaker 2: looked fine. He's got more range, he's got more speed.

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Speaker 2: You know, last night he scored from first on that double.

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Speaker 2: I don't know that labor Torres does that. Labor Tor's

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Speaker 2: a lot of outs on the bases that I don't

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Speaker 2: to be able to overcome some of those things with

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Speaker 1: Right now.

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Speaker 2: The numbers will tell you that Volpi's a better player

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Speaker 2: than he was last year or the year before. At shortstop,

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Speaker 2: he's getting better. Is he the player that a lot

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Speaker 2: of us dreamed.

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Speaker 1: He could be? Not yet? Not yet? But he's not bad.

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Speaker 2: I mean, he's obviously got some pop last night, a

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Speaker 2: big booming double night before that, a walk in a single.

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Speaker 1: Don okay, I'm tired of the Volpe hate and listen.

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Speaker 2: I will criticize his performance when it's due, and more importantly,

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Speaker 2: I'll criticize the approach because I think his approach could

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Speaker 2: be different, and I don't. I don't think his player

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Speaker 2: archetype is somebody who hits home runs.

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Speaker 1: I had somebody yesterday say, how dare you compare him

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Speaker 1: to Dustin Pedroia. Dustin Patroya was an MVP at batting

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Speaker 1: champion ya yoa yoda.

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Speaker 2: I wasn't comparing them as actual statistical models of one another.

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Speaker 1: I was comparing the player archetype.

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Speaker 2: Both archetype both kind of littler guys, stocky middle infielders.

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Speaker 1: Volpi's been great defensively.

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Speaker 2: That counts for something I'm gonna call shortstop right now,

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Speaker 2: undecided a push.

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Speaker 1: I want to see what he does over the course

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Speaker 1: of the full season.

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Speaker 2: It's too early for me to make that determination as

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Speaker 2: to whether or not we're better at shortstop, but just

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Speaker 2: recognizing that he's still getting.

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Speaker 1: Better as a player. He's still young.

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Speaker 2: I think there's potential that he could be better in

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Speaker 2: October than he was last October, even though he was

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Speaker 2: pretty good in October last year.

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Speaker 1: Third base, you know, how are we looking at the platoon?

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Speaker 2: Well, you know, Oswaldo Cabrera and oswald Perrazza both getting

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Speaker 1: Nobody's really seized that role.

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Speaker 2: You know, it's really hard to say, you know, the

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Speaker 2: bulk of the playing time last year, I'd say went

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Speaker 2: to what went to Oswaldo. I don't even remember who

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Speaker 2: played third base during the World Series right now, my

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Speaker 2: brain has drawn or blank. But I think third base

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Speaker 2: is the spot where the Yankees need to get better.

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Speaker 2: I know a lot of people wanted Aeronado. I'm still

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Speaker 2: not on board the Ernado train. I thought Bragman would

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Speaker 2: have been a nice pickup, but I get the baggage.

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Speaker 1: I get it. I'm just glad we don't have to

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Speaker 1: deal with like Chase Headley anymore. Those days are gone.

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Speaker 2: Left field, Dominguez, I think he's a better player than Verdugo. Offensively,

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Speaker 2: you know, struggling from the right side, but had his

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Speaker 2: first big hit as a righty the other day. Left handed,

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Speaker 2: much better. I mean, he's gonna hit for more power,

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Speaker 2: he's gonna you know, steal more bags. Defensively, he's not

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Speaker 2: as good as Verdugo yet, but he's shown improvement. He's

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Speaker 2: gotten better centerfield. Last year was Judge, this year it's

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Speaker 2: mostly Bellinger. That's a step backwards, but Bellinger is not

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Speaker 2: a huge step back. I mean, Bellinger is gonna be

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Speaker 2: a good player. He's off to a slow start. Last night,

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Speaker 2: he made that great catch in right field when he

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Speaker 2: slid over at the end of the game, and look,

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Speaker 2: he is going to be a guy that.

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Speaker 1: Gets better as the year goes along. I think, you know,

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Speaker 2: The food poisoning, got off to a little bit of

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Speaker 2: a rough start, but the athleticism is there, and honestly,

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Speaker 2: I think this could be a week where he really

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Speaker 2: breaks out and comes into his own as a Yankee

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Speaker 2: down there in Tampa at George Emsteinberner Field where he

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Speaker 2: had such a big spring, and in right field, Judge

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Speaker 2: is better than Juan Soto. I mean, we've had a

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Speaker 2: few calls like, hey, can you compare Judge's stats with

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Speaker 2: Soto stats?

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Speaker 1: Not yet, We're only a couple weeks into the season.

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Speaker 2: Not yet. When we get maybe two months into the season,

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Speaker 2: you know, let's say fifty games, then we'll start looking

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Speaker 2: at it. But I did see this morning. I just

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Speaker 2: casually checked, and Wan Soto's hitting two thirty one. He's

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Speaker 2: got three home runs. Judge of course hitting four or nine,

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Speaker 2: but that can change quickly. Like I said, with stats

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Speaker 2: you look at what John Carl Stanton did in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: and he was extremely dangerous. But Ben Rice is also dangerous. Okay,

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Speaker 2: let's go through the pitching. Obviously, losing Garrett Cole, I

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Speaker 2: He started a little bit clunky in spring training. We'll

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Speaker 2: I feel like the Yankees don't like playing in the

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Speaker 2: in all four games of this series. It's on grass,

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