1 00:00:00,880 --> 00:00:02,679 Speaker 1: Forty one games are in the books. 2 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:06,440 Speaker 2: The Yankees are twenty six and fifteen, roughly twenty five 3 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:09,360 Speaker 2: percent of the way through the season. They're a game 4 00:00:09,400 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: and a half out of first place, and with a 5 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:14,840 Speaker 2: quarter of the season in the rear view mirror, I 6 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: think we can kind of gather some opinions on what 7 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:20,599 Speaker 2: we've seen so far from the twenty twenty four Yankees squad, 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,320 Speaker 2: identify a few trends, and make some predictions about the 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 2: next seventy five percent of the season. Happy Mother's Day, 10 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:30,840 Speaker 2: We're gonna go position by position. Let's get started. 11 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: We couldn't you dude that can stake him just when 12 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: they go away, pull me back. 13 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 2: Let's begin with the catching situation. Austin Wells former first 14 00:00:46,240 --> 00:00:48,519 Speaker 2: round draft pick. He was number twenty eight overall in 15 00:00:48,560 --> 00:00:52,159 Speaker 2: the twenty twenty draft. Just twenty four years old. He 16 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:55,320 Speaker 2: came up last season and he showed some impressive power 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:58,320 Speaker 2: down the stretch. He had seventy five played appearances. 18 00:00:58,360 --> 00:00:59,520 Speaker 1: He had four home runs. 19 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: This year, he's had eighty plate appearances, sixty five at bats. 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:06,400 Speaker 2: He's got thirteen hits. That's good for a two hundred average. 21 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: He's got a three twenty five on base percentage, just 22 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:12,399 Speaker 2: one home run and a six forty eight OPS. But 23 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:14,840 Speaker 2: if you look at his stat cast numbers, he's been very, 24 00:01:15,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 2: very unlucky. Recently, he started to run into more hits, 25 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: but if you look at the stat cast metrics, he's 26 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,759 Speaker 2: near the tops of the league in pretty much everything 27 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 2: but in limited plate appearances, so he doesn't qualify. 28 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 1: If you look at. 29 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,200 Speaker 2: Framing, he's in the ninety third percent TILE and in 30 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: fielding run value he's in the seventy second percent TILE. 31 00:01:34,520 --> 00:01:36,720 Speaker 2: All we heard about him when he was coming up 32 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:38,440 Speaker 2: was can he stick at catcher? 33 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 1: And I think he can. 34 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 2: He's looked really, really good behind the plate, and as 35 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: the weather heats up, some of these long fly balls 36 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,279 Speaker 2: that he's hit that have been caught on the warning 37 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 2: track or come up just short in the first half 38 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 2: are going to start going out of the ballpark. He 39 00:01:51,800 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 2: had his first home run against Baltimore last week, and 40 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: he's hit some doubles recently. I feel like Austin Wells 41 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:01,360 Speaker 2: is really a nice for first round pick for the Yankees. 42 00:02:01,360 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: I think he's going to pan out, and so far, 43 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,360 Speaker 2: I'm pretty impressed with what he's done on both sides 44 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,680 Speaker 2: of the ball been a little bit unlucky, but I 45 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: think he's going to turn it around. 46 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,040 Speaker 1: Jose Travino also off to a pretty good start. 47 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: Now. He's not thought of as being the offensive threat 48 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:19,079 Speaker 2: that Austin Wells is in terms of power, but he is. 49 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 1: Hitting two to eighty two. 50 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 2: He's got two home runs, a three thirty three on 51 00:02:22,360 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: base percentage, and a six ninety nine OHPS heading into 52 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: today's game. So he's got better overall numbers than Austin Wells. 53 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,200 Speaker 2: If you look at his stat cast percentages, he's in 54 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 2: the ninety third percentile in fielding run value, he's in 55 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: the one hundredth percentile of framing, and he's pretty good 56 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: at not striking out, with percentage and strikeout percentage among 57 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 2: the best in the league. Again, not a lot of 58 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: great offensive numbers otherwise in the stat cast metrics anyway, 59 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 2: but his traditional numbers look pretty good. 60 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 1: So I think he's going to. 61 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,079 Speaker 2: Continue to get a lot of playing time and hopefully 62 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:00,079 Speaker 2: Austin Wells can learn some things from him defensively and 63 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,360 Speaker 2: continue to develop. All right, let's move around the rest 64 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 2: of the infield, shall we. One of the big questions 65 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 2: coming into this season was whether Anthony Rizzo would bounce 66 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 2: back from that post concussion syndrome that held him down 67 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,160 Speaker 2: for the second half of last season and caused him 68 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 2: to miss so much time. He suffered a concussion in May, 69 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 2: it went undiagnosed, he went months where he couldn't make contact. 70 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:27,760 Speaker 2: He had just one home run after the concussion against 71 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 2: the Royals, and this year the question was would his 72 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 2: reaction time be back, and so far it has been. 73 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 2: He's got seven home runs in his first one hundred 74 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 2: and sixty seven plate appearances. He's sitting two sixty with 75 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 2: a three thirty five on base percentage headed into today's game. 76 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,160 Speaker 2: His batting run value, according to Statcast is in the 77 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 2: ninety first percentile. Now the range at first base and 78 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 2: outs above average is in the sixty second percentile. But 79 00:03:55,200 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 2: I think every Yankees fan who has watched Rizzo this 80 00:03:58,280 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 2: year would say he struggled a little bit different defensively, 81 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 2: at least early on in the season, though he has 82 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 2: turned it around a little bit lately. Barring another injury, 83 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 2: I think Rizzo is pretty much a twenty five home 84 00:04:09,480 --> 00:04:11,920 Speaker 2: run guy who's going to hit between two point fifty 85 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 2: and two seventy this year and play adequate defense, which 86 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,159 Speaker 2: is really all you can ask for from him. 87 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:20,200 Speaker 1: You know, guy is thirty four years old. 88 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: I'll be interested to find out if the Yankees bring 89 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:25,400 Speaker 2: him back or if they have some other plans for 90 00:04:25,440 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 2: the first base position. Now, we do have a log 91 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 2: jam of outfielders, obviously, Judge Soto. 92 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:33,440 Speaker 1: I don't know if you. 93 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: Can really count John Carlos Stanton. He's clogging up the 94 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 2: DH spot. He has not played outfield yet. We'll talk 95 00:04:38,640 --> 00:04:41,560 Speaker 2: about him more later. You got Demingez, You've got Spencer 96 00:04:41,640 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 2: Jones coming up. You got Verdugo who's been excellent. They 97 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 2: might have to move one of these outfielders to first 98 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:50,640 Speaker 2: base if they feel that they're a better long term 99 00:04:50,640 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 2: option than Rizzo at first base, and this can be done. 100 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 2: Bryce Harper has become one of the better first basemen 101 00:04:57,480 --> 00:04:59,799 Speaker 2: in the league after moving from the outfield last season, 102 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 2: so I'll be interested. 103 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 1: To see how that shakes out. 104 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 2: But if Rizzo stays healthy for the rest of this season, 105 00:05:05,080 --> 00:05:06,719 Speaker 2: it's not something the Yankees are going to have to 106 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 2: address until the offseason. Glabor Torres has undoubtedly been the 107 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: biggest disappointment in my mind. He's coming off of a 108 00:05:14,200 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 2: season in which he was very good. Last year. He 109 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,440 Speaker 2: hit two seventy three with twenty five home runs, thirteen 110 00:05:19,480 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: stolen bases, and an eight hundred OPS, but all of 111 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: those numbers have fallen off significantly. So far through the 112 00:05:25,839 --> 00:05:28,880 Speaker 2: first quarter of the season, he's hitting just two oh seven. 113 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 2: He's got one home run, he's got a two to 114 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,760 Speaker 2: ninety on base percentage, and a five forty three OPS. 115 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,479 Speaker 1: So he's been pretty much miserable. 116 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:40,240 Speaker 2: If you look at his stat Cast numbers, there's some 117 00:05:40,440 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 2: positive signs. His fielding has been above average. Somehow, he 118 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 2: doesn't seem like a good fielder, but according to stat Cast, 119 00:05:48,720 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 2: he is. And I don't get the base running thing. 120 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 2: They list him as a base runner who is in 121 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 2: the seventy fifth percentile, so top quarter of the league. 122 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 2: But every time I see him on the basis he's 123 00:05:59,320 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 2: getting thrown out doing something stupid. 124 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: So I don't get it. 125 00:06:01,680 --> 00:06:04,599 Speaker 2: Now, because the Yankees don't have a long term commitment 126 00:06:04,640 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: to Glaber Torres, I think he's in danger of losing 127 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 2: some playing time or losing his job completely if he 128 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 2: doesn't start hitting. Yankees need some more offense out of 129 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,920 Speaker 2: that second base spot. You can't carry a five forty 130 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:22,279 Speaker 2: three ops, especially when you've got guys like John Birdie 131 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 2: and Oswaldo Cabrera who've been playing pretty well so far. 132 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:28,839 Speaker 2: Glabor Torres needs to get going and fast or he's 133 00:06:28,880 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 2: going to be out of a job. Anthony Volpi off 134 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 2: to a much better start this season than he had 135 00:06:33,760 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 2: last season. Last year, he finished at just two zho 136 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 2: nine with a two eighty three on base percentage. This year, 137 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: those numbers way up. He's hitting two sixty eight. He's 138 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,120 Speaker 2: got a three point fifty four on base percentage. He's 139 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: got five home runs, so he's on pace for the 140 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:51,320 Speaker 2: same kind of power, but raising his average over fifty points. 141 00:06:51,360 --> 00:06:54,720 Speaker 2: He's got eight stolen bases, so headed into today's game, 142 00:06:54,800 --> 00:06:58,200 Speaker 2: he's on pace for over thirty this season. And if 143 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: you look at the stat cast numbers, he is well 144 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 2: above average in terms of batting run value, base running value, 145 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 2: and of course fielding run value. He won the Gold 146 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 2: Glove last year, and I think he's having an even 147 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: better defensive season this year. You see the range there, 148 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 2: ninety ninth percentile arm still not the strongest for shortstop. 149 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 2: He's in the thirtieth percentile. Sprint speed, eighty six percent 150 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,960 Speaker 2: tile We know he's fast. You see a spray chart. 151 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: He hits the ball all. 152 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 2: Over the ballpark. He's showing more power to the opposite field. 153 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:32,040 Speaker 2: I want him to continue to hit line drives. I 154 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,440 Speaker 2: want him to grow into that leadoff spot that means 155 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:38,680 Speaker 2: getting on base any way. You can continue to draw walks, 156 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 2: less of a focus on home runs, more online drives 157 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 2: and bass hits, and I think he will eventually become 158 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 2: one of the best leadoff men in all of Major 159 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 2: League Baseball. Twenty five year old Oswaldo Cabrera has been 160 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 2: getting a lot of reps at third base in the 161 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 2: absence of DJ Lemayhew and thankfully the absence of Josh Donaldson. 162 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: Two fifty two average so far, four home runs, the 163 00:08:02,880 --> 00:08:05,440 Speaker 2: Yankees are four and oh when he homers, he's got 164 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 2: a two to ninety five on base percentage, so you'd 165 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 2: like for him to get on base a little bit more. 166 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,760 Speaker 2: Ops is at six eighty five, so after that hot start, 167 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,760 Speaker 2: he's kind of come down to earth a little bit. 168 00:08:15,120 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: But I've loved what he's provided to the Yankee so 169 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 2: far this season. The stat cast numbers tell the story 170 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:24,120 Speaker 2: of a guy who struggled defensively he's in the seventh percentile, 171 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 2: arm strength in the twenty seventh percentile range, or out's 172 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,079 Speaker 2: above average in the third percentile, so obviously not doing 173 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:36,080 Speaker 2: the job Defensively, according to the metrics, he hasn't seem 174 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:39,040 Speaker 2: that bad to me just from the eye test, but 175 00:08:39,559 --> 00:08:43,040 Speaker 2: the rest of the number is not terrific Offensively. You 176 00:08:43,080 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 2: see a lot of blue there. That means that his 177 00:08:45,640 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: offensive numbers are well below league average. But in the 178 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: fifth percentage and strikeout percentage, he's been making more contact. 179 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: As a role player, he's done a decent job. But 180 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,800 Speaker 2: I think what we've seen from John Birdie, who we're 181 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:00,000 Speaker 2: going to talk about next, is that he's getting ready 182 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,680 Speaker 2: to take over that third base job for the rest 183 00:09:02,720 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: of the season. John Birdie was a late acquisition for 184 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 2: the Yankees. They got him just before the season started. 185 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,360 Speaker 2: He hit two ninety four last season with the Marlins. 186 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 2: He stole forty one bases two years ago with the Marlins, 187 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 2: and this year he's hitting two ninety four again. He's 188 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 2: only got two stolen bases, but he's only had thirty 189 00:09:19,559 --> 00:09:23,000 Speaker 2: seven played appearances, thirty four at bats, three thirty three 190 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:25,640 Speaker 2: on base percentage. He's not a power guy. He hit 191 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 2: seven home runs last year. I don't expect him to 192 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 2: hit many home runs this year, but he is hitting 193 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:33,880 Speaker 2: line drives and he is dangerous on the basis. He's 194 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: got very few stat cast metrics because of the sample size, 195 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,640 Speaker 2: but they do have him in the ninetieth percentile of 196 00:09:39,720 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 2: sprint speed. 197 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,000 Speaker 1: So keep an eye on John. 198 00:09:42,040 --> 00:09:44,320 Speaker 2: Birdie is somebody who could have a really good and 199 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:47,640 Speaker 2: really impactful second half for the Yankees. All right, next, 200 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,880 Speaker 2: we are going to move from the infield onto the outfield, 201 00:09:50,920 --> 00:09:55,080 Speaker 2: and we're gonna start with Alex Verdugo offseason transaction. They 202 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 2: got him just before they picked up Juan Soto, and 203 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:00,640 Speaker 2: he has been exactly what the Yankees had needed for 204 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 2: a long long time. A good defensive outfielder who makes contact, 205 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,040 Speaker 2: who has a little bit of pop, who's got some energy, 206 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: who plays hard. When I look at Alex Verdugo, I 207 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:16,760 Speaker 2: see a gamer, a guy who gets up for big games, 208 00:10:16,800 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 2: for big moments, who draws energy from the crowd, who 209 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:23,320 Speaker 2: plays hard, who is not afraid to get dirty. Look 210 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 2: say what you want about all the different necklaces and 211 00:10:25,840 --> 00:10:28,400 Speaker 2: all the tattoos and whatever. I don't care what the 212 00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:31,240 Speaker 2: guy looks like. I care what he plays like, and 213 00:10:31,720 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 2: you know he's not afraid to lay down a bunch. 214 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,319 Speaker 2: He'll hit you a big home run. And Statcast has 215 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 2: him as a very good defender eighty third percent tile 216 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 2: in the league, chase percentage, fifth percentage, strikeout percentage, all 217 00:10:43,320 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 2: things the Yankees have struggled with in recent years, and 218 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 2: he is near the top of the league walk percentage, 219 00:10:48,240 --> 00:10:51,400 Speaker 2: He's in the top quarter of the league range. He's 220 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:54,720 Speaker 2: above average eighty fifth percentile. Now, if you look at 221 00:10:54,720 --> 00:10:57,640 Speaker 2: his average exit velocity and barrel percentage, hard hit percentage, 222 00:10:57,640 --> 00:11:02,000 Speaker 2: sweet spot percentage, they're not great, but that's because he's 223 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 2: trying to make contact and he doesn't really care that 224 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:07,640 Speaker 2: much about smoking the ball somewhere. He just wants to 225 00:11:07,640 --> 00:11:09,679 Speaker 2: put it in play. And I know that as a 226 00:11:09,720 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 2: fan of the Yankees. That's something that I have missed 227 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: from this offense for a while. Guys who are just 228 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 2: up there to put the ball in play and make 229 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: something happen. I get tired of watching the strikeouts, and 230 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:19,960 Speaker 2: he's been a breath of fresh air. Ext We're going 231 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: to talk about the captain, Aaron Judge, who is recovering 232 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 2: after a tough start. He leads the Yankees in home 233 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: runs with nine and one hundred and forty nine at bats. 234 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:31,880 Speaker 2: Usually in about one hundred and forty nine at bats 235 00:11:31,920 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 2: he would have thirteen or fourteen, so he's a little 236 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:37,559 Speaker 2: bit behind his pace. He's hitting two twenty eight three 237 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:39,840 Speaker 2: sixty three on base percentage. We know that he's a 238 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 2: four hundred on base percentage guy. Two years ago it 239 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 2: was four to twenty five. Last year it was four 240 00:11:45,320 --> 00:11:48,240 Speaker 2: h six. And the power's coming back. I mean, he 241 00:11:48,280 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 2: had a four hundred and seventy three foot home run 242 00:11:50,320 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 2: the other day. He was struggling on fastballs early in 243 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:56,199 Speaker 2: the season. Now he's matching up with those fastballs that 244 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 2: are ninety six ninety seven and he's driving them, not 245 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: just making contact, he is driving them. As we dive 246 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 2: into the stat cast numbers batting run values, seventy fourth percentile, 247 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 2: he's usually in the top one or two percent So 248 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 2: you got to think that that's going to progress as 249 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:11,200 Speaker 2: the season goes on. 250 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 1: You look at the average exit of velocity. 251 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,560 Speaker 2: Ninety five point eight miles an hour, one hundredth percentile 252 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:20,640 Speaker 2: best in the league. Walk percentage, he's in the ninety 253 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,720 Speaker 2: seventh percentile in the outfield. Playing center field, he's almost 254 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 2: in the top quarter of center fielders. He's in the 255 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 2: seventy third percentile, and obviously the arm strength in the 256 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:34,120 Speaker 2: seventieth percentile. I think Aaron Judge is a fine center fielder, 257 00:12:34,160 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 2: but I do kind of want to get him out 258 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 2: of centerfield eventually. I think either Spencer Jones or Jason 259 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 2: de Megez more likely. Spencer Jones is the long term 260 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:45,440 Speaker 2: option in centerfield, but it'll be interesting to see if 261 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: they play him in center field for this entire season, 262 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,920 Speaker 2: And if they do that, what will happen next? Surely 263 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 2: Aaron Judge is not a long term center fielder. Will 264 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 2: he move back to right field? Will the Yankees re 265 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:02,280 Speaker 2: signed Juan Soto? If they Juan Soto, does Judge become 266 00:13:02,320 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 2: the DH? If you do that, then what happens to 267 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:08,040 Speaker 2: John Carlos Stanton? Will Judge move over to left field? 268 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,560 Speaker 2: That's pretty much like playing center field for most teams. 269 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:13,640 Speaker 2: That means you don't re sign Alex Verdugo, which I 270 00:13:13,640 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: think a lot of Yankees fans want them to do. 271 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,480 Speaker 2: So it'll be interesting to see how all that shakes out. 272 00:13:19,520 --> 00:13:21,160 Speaker 2: But it's gonna be a while before the Yankees have 273 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,440 Speaker 2: to make that decision. However, they do have Dominguez coming back, 274 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 2: and he could factor in because he plays center field, 275 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 2: which is where Judge is patrolling at the moment. 276 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 1: Till Detroy Field. 277 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: Juan Soto, in his first year as a Yankee, has 278 00:13:39,160 --> 00:13:43,040 Speaker 2: been outstanding. He has been the team MVP so far. 279 00:13:43,120 --> 00:13:46,080 Speaker 2: He's hitting three sixteen as of the time of this recording, 280 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 2: with a four to nineteen on base percentage, which is 281 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,640 Speaker 2: right in line with his career on base percentage of 282 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:54,520 Speaker 2: four to twenty one. He's got nine home runs already, 283 00:13:54,559 --> 00:13:55,679 Speaker 2: so he's on pace for a. 284 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Career high thirty six. 285 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:01,319 Speaker 2: He's got forty nine hits already, he's stolen four bags, 286 00:14:01,520 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 2: he's got a nine to sixty seven ops. He's been clutch, 287 00:14:05,559 --> 00:14:06,920 Speaker 2: and he's in the middle of a little bit of 288 00:14:06,920 --> 00:14:08,599 Speaker 2: a slump right now. And if you look at the 289 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:13,040 Speaker 2: stat cast numbers, they're just stupid ninety ninth percentile in 290 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,240 Speaker 2: batting run value, seventy ninth percentile in fielding run value. 291 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 2: So he's taken a nice step forward defensively, and then 292 00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,520 Speaker 2: if you look at the individual metrics, almost everything is 293 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:26,680 Speaker 2: ninety ninth percentile or one hundred percentile. Even his arm 294 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 2: is way better than I expected, ninety first percentile in 295 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,760 Speaker 2: the league. His range has been good. The only thing 296 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: is that he's not super fast. Thirty eighth percentile in 297 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 2: the league in sprint speed and twenty third percentile in 298 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 2: base running value. 299 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 1: But I don't care. I don't care. 300 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:46,160 Speaker 2: Get on base, hit home runs, catch the ball, get 301 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:48,880 Speaker 2: clutch hits, do all those things, and I don't care 302 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 2: if you're slow. 303 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: He's done a great job. 304 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 2: I hope the Yankees re sign him, but it is 305 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: going to be expensive, and given the season that he's having, 306 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 2: you know, sky is the limit five hundred million, six 307 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,760 Speaker 2: hundred million, seven hundred million. He could break show Hayes record. 308 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,920 Speaker 2: I don't know if he will because he doesn't pitch, 309 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:10,040 Speaker 2: But in terms of higher average annual value in present 310 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 2: day dollars, there's no question he's gonna get more than 311 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,680 Speaker 2: show Hey because his agent is Scott Boris, and the 312 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:17,160 Speaker 2: Mets are gonna be willing to give it to him. 313 00:15:17,200 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: It's just a question of whether or not how is 314 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 2: gonna antie up. I hope he will. We should force 315 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 2: him to. Let's make our voices heard. Juan Soto should 316 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:29,400 Speaker 2: be a Yankee for life. Trent Grisham has been the Yankees' 317 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:32,160 Speaker 2: fourth outfielder. He hasn't had a lot of playing time. 318 00:15:32,600 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 2: His first hit as a Yankee was a big three 319 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:37,440 Speaker 2: run home run, but other than that, he really hasn't 320 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 2: done much. And when he gets on the basis he 321 00:15:39,120 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 2: tends to either get thrown out or get picked off, 322 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 2: So not gonna spend a lot of time on him. 323 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,280 Speaker 2: Wouldn't be shocked if he's gone by mid season when 324 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,680 Speaker 2: Dominguez comes back. Let's finish off the offense by discussing 325 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 2: the designated hitter John Carlos Stanton, who is doing pretty 326 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:54,240 Speaker 2: much what he always does. I'm not gonna show you 327 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 2: his fielding run value because he has not played the 328 00:15:57,000 --> 00:16:00,640 Speaker 2: field yet. He is still hitting monster home and he's 329 00:16:00,640 --> 00:16:05,000 Speaker 2: still hitting unbelievably fast exit velocity home runs. He's got 330 00:16:05,040 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 2: the fastest couple in Major League Baseball once again, he's 331 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 2: got the fastest bat speed in Major League Baseball. 332 00:16:11,080 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: But he can't run anymore. 333 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: He doesn't play the field, he doesn't walk, he strikes 334 00:16:14,840 --> 00:16:17,560 Speaker 2: out a million times. But he has been pretty clutch 335 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 2: and he's been one of the yankees better hitters with 336 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 2: runners in scoring position. This season, he is using the 337 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: whole field. He is running a little bit better than 338 00:16:25,440 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 2: he was last season, although he's still unbelievably unbelievably slow. 339 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,040 Speaker 2: He is in the sixth percentile of base running value, 340 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 2: he's in the sixth percentile of sprint speed. And he's 341 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 2: pretty much given the Yankees what he always gives. The 342 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: Yankees win, healthy occasional pop and a threat in the 343 00:16:43,680 --> 00:16:46,880 Speaker 2: middle of the order. But I think his best baseball 344 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,480 Speaker 2: days are probably behind him, as his legs have kind 345 00:16:50,480 --> 00:16:55,400 Speaker 2: of gone out from under him over the last few years. Now, 346 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: let's talk about the pitching. I know everybody doesn't join 347 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 2: the baseball season right when begins. It's a long season. 348 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 2: And in case you've missed it, Garrett Cole, the Yankees ACE, 349 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 2: has been out all season with idema in his elbow. 350 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:11,360 Speaker 2: But he is beginning to ramp up and the hope 351 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,960 Speaker 2: is that he can return sometime in June, a little 352 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:16,480 Speaker 2: over a month from now. But they have had some 353 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 2: positive signs in the rotation in his absence. 354 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:21,439 Speaker 1: Let's begin with Carlos Rodin. 355 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 2: Carlos Rodin is another guy who needed a bounce back season. 356 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: He signed that mega six year deal before last season, 357 00:17:28,119 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 2: but posted a six point eighty five ERA this year. 358 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 2: The breaking ball has been very good. The velocity's back. 359 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 2: He's touching ninety seven ninety eight. We've seen a couple 360 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 2: of ninety nins. He's got a three point five to 361 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 2: six ERA through his first eight starts. He's averaging a 362 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 2: strikeout per inning. He's got forty three innings pitched and 363 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: forty three strikeouts. The whip continues to drop. It's at 364 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 2: one point two toy six. He's three and two, and 365 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:53,880 Speaker 2: if you look at the stat cast numbers, they're not overwhelming. 366 00:17:53,920 --> 00:17:56,840 Speaker 2: But his fastball continues to be an excellent pitch in 367 00:17:56,920 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 2: the ninety first percentile of run value. Breaking fall run 368 00:18:00,880 --> 00:18:03,760 Speaker 2: value and off speed run value are both well below average. 369 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:06,560 Speaker 2: But we have seen some much better sliders from him 370 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 2: in recent weeks and that's been part of the climb 371 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 2: of his strikeout total. He's seen the ninety eight mile 372 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 2: an hour fastball there backed up by a great slider 373 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 2: down and end. So I think that Carlos Rodin has 374 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,280 Speaker 2: made major strides. I don't think he's the pitcher that 375 00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: he was when he was with the White Sox or 376 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 2: with the Giants, but he's done a fine job. Luis 377 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:28,480 Speaker 2: Heel has been, in my opinion, one of the most 378 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: exciting pitchers in baseball this year. He's made seven starts, 379 00:18:31,800 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 2: he's got a two point nine to two ERA. Now, 380 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 2: don't forget in twenty twenty one when he debuted, he 381 00:18:37,960 --> 00:18:39,800 Speaker 2: made six starts and he had a three point h 382 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,440 Speaker 2: seven RA and he had thirty eight strikeouts in twenty 383 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 2: nine and a third innings. And he's basically done the 384 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:45,680 Speaker 2: same thing. 385 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:46,200 Speaker 1: He's back. 386 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,240 Speaker 2: He's three to one, he's got thirty seven innings pitch 387 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:52,119 Speaker 2: to career high and forty five strikeouts. And if you 388 00:18:52,119 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 2: look at the stat Cast numbers, it's a lot of 389 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,400 Speaker 2: red there. This guy is the real deal. And that's 390 00:18:57,400 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 2: why I've been calling him that since he made his 391 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,400 Speaker 2: major league debut. Pitching run value in the ninety third 392 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 2: percent tile, off speed run value in the ninety fourth percentile, 393 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 2: and fastball run value in the eighty seventh percent tile. 394 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:12,080 Speaker 2: The guy just doesn't give up a lot of hard contact. 395 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,159 Speaker 2: He gets a ton of swings and misses, he's incredibly 396 00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,440 Speaker 2: difficult to square up, and he doesn't give up a 397 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:18,280 Speaker 2: lot of home runs. 398 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: This guy is the future of the rotation. 399 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:23,919 Speaker 2: Believe me, and he's been better with his command lately, 400 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:26,439 Speaker 2: although he has had some struggles with it throughout the 401 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: course of the season. I expected to improve as the 402 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 2: season goes on. He's been spending a lot of time 403 00:19:31,480 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 2: learning from Garrett Cole. Garrett Cole recognizes how good this 404 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:36,960 Speaker 2: guy can be, and he's been spending a lot of 405 00:19:36,960 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: time working with Matt Blake on those off speed pitches, 406 00:19:39,880 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 2: especially the changeup, which has been phenomenal. Clark Schmidt has 407 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 2: been another pleasant surprise. He had about an average year 408 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: last year. He was nine to nine with a four 409 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 2: point sixty four ERA and thirty two starts. This year, 410 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,240 Speaker 2: he's done an outstanding job. Through eight starts, he is 411 00:19:56,359 --> 00:19:59,639 Speaker 2: four and one with a two point nine to five ERA. 412 00:19:59,720 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 2: He's he got forty two and two thirds innings pitched. 413 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 2: He's got forty seven strikeouts, and his whip is at 414 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 2: one point twenty seven. 415 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 1: He's coming off of a fantastic. 416 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 2: Start against the Rays the other night, in which he 417 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 2: went into the seventh inning. His pitching run value is 418 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:17,760 Speaker 2: in the eighty third percentile, his breaking ball run values 419 00:20:17,760 --> 00:20:21,200 Speaker 2: in the ninety sixth percentile. He gets a ton of whiffs, 420 00:20:21,440 --> 00:20:24,480 Speaker 2: he gets a ton of strikeouts, hard hit percentages in 421 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,040 Speaker 2: the sixty fourth percentile. 422 00:20:26,600 --> 00:20:27,960 Speaker 1: Now, is he a perfect pitcher. 423 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:30,679 Speaker 2: No, he needs to get deeper into games, but he 424 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:32,479 Speaker 2: showed the other night that he can do that when 425 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: he pitches efficiently early in the game. Expect him to 426 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 2: continue to make strides in that area, because he's made 427 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 2: strides in all the other areas over the last year 428 00:20:41,840 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 2: or so, and he is becoming an excellent, excellent. 429 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:45,720 Speaker 1: Part of this rotation. 430 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,320 Speaker 2: I had supported sending him to the bullpen when Garrett 431 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:52,399 Speaker 2: Cole returns, but I think just recently he's made some 432 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:55,800 Speaker 2: strides that make me believe he should remain in the rotation. 433 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 2: Moving on, let's talk about Marcus Stroman. He was signed 434 00:20:59,880 --> 00:21:02,640 Speaker 2: to be a middle of the rotation guy, and he's 435 00:21:02,680 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 2: pitching like a middle of the rotation guy. He's two 436 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 2: and two with a three point eight zero ERA through 437 00:21:08,280 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: eight starts. He's thrown forty two and two thirds innings. 438 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:14,080 Speaker 2: He's got forty strikeouts, he's got a one point five 439 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 2: zero whip. 440 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:16,600 Speaker 1: Now, if you look at his. 441 00:21:16,520 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 2: Stat cast numbers, they don't love him except for two 442 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:24,360 Speaker 2: very important areas, hard hit percentage and ground ball percentage. 443 00:21:24,560 --> 00:21:27,080 Speaker 2: This is what you would expect from a guy who's 444 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 2: a ground ball pitcher, and he's a guy who throws 445 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 2: a heavy sinker, so he gets a lot of soft 446 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 2: ground balls, gets a lot of balls right back to him, 447 00:21:35,680 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 2: And if he continues to pitch like he's pitching, I 448 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,399 Speaker 2: think he's worth the contract. So far, I'm very satisfied 449 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 2: with Marcus Strowman, not only as a pitcher but as 450 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 2: a teammate. Everybody seems to love him. I think he's 451 00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 2: done a nice job adjusting to a crowd that could 452 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,400 Speaker 2: have been very hostile to him if he got off 453 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,440 Speaker 2: to a slow start. And finally, Nester Cortez, who's coming 454 00:21:56,440 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 2: back from an injury plagued season. He made twelve starts 455 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 2: last year a four point nine to seven ERA. This 456 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,959 Speaker 2: year he's been a little bit better. He's made nine starts, 457 00:22:04,960 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 2: he's got a four point two ERA. 458 00:22:07,880 --> 00:22:10,159 Speaker 1: He is one in four. He's thrown fifty three and 459 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 1: two thirds innings. 460 00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 2: He struck out fifty one, so he's got the most 461 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 2: innings pitched on the Yankees staff. He's got a one 462 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: point eight whip so he's pretty good at keeping runners 463 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 2: off base. But he's had some trouble giving up home 464 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:23,840 Speaker 2: runs as he did the other day. 465 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:26,199 Speaker 1: Time to stop throwing those f and meatballs. 466 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 2: But Nester Cortez is a guy who you're not counting 467 00:22:29,200 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 2: on to be your ace. You're counting on him to 468 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:35,160 Speaker 2: give you a solid outings And honestly, with the way 469 00:22:35,200 --> 00:22:37,720 Speaker 2: the other guys have thrown the baseball recently and the 470 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 2: way they've trended upwards and he's trended downwards, I think 471 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:44,560 Speaker 2: when Garrett Cole comes back, Nestor Cortez is probably the 472 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,240 Speaker 2: odd man out. You see some positives in the stat 473 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:51,720 Speaker 2: cast numbers, expected era, expected batting average, walk percentage, but 474 00:22:51,760 --> 00:22:54,719 Speaker 2: you also see some downsides. You see the hard hit 475 00:22:54,760 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 2: percentage is not great. You see he gives up too 476 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:00,440 Speaker 2: many fly balls. His off speed has a very low 477 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 2: run value. So master Cortez is a guy who's kind 478 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:06,280 Speaker 2: of hit or miss pun intended when he's out there 479 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 2: on the mound. Not seeing as much of the shimmy 480 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:11,320 Speaker 2: this year, and that's probably a good thing. Now, the 481 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 2: Yankees bullpen has had fourteen different pitchers make appearances, including 482 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 2: Jose Travino. So I don't have highlights for everybody that's 483 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 2: very rarely highlights on MLB Dot com for relief pitchers anyway. 484 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 2: So we're gonna go through and just kind of talk 485 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:30,000 Speaker 2: through the stats here. Clay Holmes obviously phenomenal stats. He's 486 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,679 Speaker 2: he's given us some heart attack moments, but he's always 487 00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 2: seemed to come through. He's already got twelve saves and 488 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,440 Speaker 2: a zero ERA. I think he's pitching like an All 489 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:41,120 Speaker 2: Star for sure. Seventeen and a third innings, twenty one strikeouts, 490 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: and a one point zero three to eight whip. Ian 491 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:46,720 Speaker 2: Hamilton has been a little bit up and down, not 492 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: as deadly as he was last year. He's got a 493 00:23:49,040 --> 00:23:51,399 Speaker 2: two point seventy nine ERA. I think he might be 494 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:52,400 Speaker 2: pitching hurt. 495 00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 1: You know. 496 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,400 Speaker 2: You see some signs from him that maybe the arm 497 00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:58,280 Speaker 2: looks a little bit uncomfortable. I'll be watching to see 498 00:23:58,280 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 2: if something happens there. Dennis Santana's been a nice find. 499 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 2: He's two and oh with a four point five eight ERA. 500 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,560 Speaker 2: Eats some innings, capable of the dominant outing, but also 501 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:10,080 Speaker 2: capable of imploding, as we saw yesterday. Caleb ferguson oh 502 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,160 Speaker 2: and three with a three point nine to five ERA. 503 00:24:12,280 --> 00:24:13,840 Speaker 1: He's picked better as of late. 504 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:17,560 Speaker 2: They've stopped using him in huge high leverage situations and 505 00:24:17,680 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 2: Victor Gonzalez two and one with a two point eight 506 00:24:20,840 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 2: four ERA. He's basically the new Joeli Rodriguez. Luke Weaver 507 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,240 Speaker 2: has been a guy that's gotten a lot of attention. 508 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: He's done great. He's pitching in more high leverage situations. 509 00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:32,840 Speaker 2: Three and oh with a two point five to nine ERA, 510 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,760 Speaker 2: twenty five strikeouts and twenty four and a third innings. 511 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: Nick Birdy was a nice find. He's got a zero ERA. 512 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 2: Jonathan Lwizaga out for the season, and Ron Marinaccio showing 513 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: some improvement this year one point four to two ERA 514 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,960 Speaker 2: after a tough year last year. So state of the 515 00:24:50,040 --> 00:24:52,760 Speaker 2: Yankees seems to be that they're pretty pretty good. 516 00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 1: As Larry David would say, Pritt Dirt fit Dirt pretty. 517 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,479 Speaker 2: Good, and they're on pace for roughly one hundred wins. 518 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,200 Speaker 2: I don't know what's gonna shake out when Jason Dominguez 519 00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 2: and Garrett Cole come back to the roster, but those 520 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 2: are storylines to watch. But I think overall this team 521 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:43,760 Speaker 2: is in very very good shape.