1 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: It happened. Hal Steinbrenner finally had his yearly meeting with 2 00:00:06,360 --> 00:00:10,719 Speaker 1: the media, and his comments are raising some eyebrows. Plus, 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: the Yankees are going to play a different brand of 4 00:00:13,280 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: baseball this year, but it could be pretty fun. Also, 5 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:20,279 Speaker 1: there's been some smoke around a possible Nolan Aronado for 6 00:00:20,520 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman deal. I'll tell you why. It really doesn't 7 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,280 Speaker 1: make sense to me. I'll also make my yearly World 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: Series prediction. I think the Yankees are going back, but 9 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:33,879 Speaker 1: I think they'll be playing somebody different. Welcome to Pinstripe Territory. 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 1: One to talk. 11 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:36,440 Speaker 2: It's all. 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:45,080 Speaker 1: All right, Welcome back, everybody. Welcome back. January twenty ninth, 13 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: and we are officially two weeks from pitchers and catchers 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: reporting to spring training. I don't know about you guys, 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 1: but every year around this time, after the twenty twenty 16 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: tobacco where we began spring training and then they basically 17 00:00:58,840 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: shut down half the season, I always get nervous. Is 18 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,520 Speaker 1: something gonna mess up baseball? I worry about that, But 19 00:01:05,480 --> 00:01:07,560 Speaker 1: everybody's focused on the Super Bowl. But we got some 20 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 1: Yankees news and notes. Steinbrenner met with the media today. 21 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: I've got a whole lot about that to say, Tommy 22 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: Kinley to the Tigers, and now I mean you look 23 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,760 Speaker 1: at the Yankees, who won't be back score We got 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,320 Speaker 1: five out of six. Soto was the only one who 25 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: was wrong. Unfortunately, Baseball America Top thirty Prospects released Jason 26 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:34,080 Speaker 1: Dimingez remains number one. Also gonna try and have one 27 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,000 Speaker 1: of those guys on next week to talk about it, 28 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:37,800 Speaker 1: and I'll have more on that later. We got special 29 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,319 Speaker 1: promo for those guys, and then Aaron Boone announced that 30 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:45,160 Speaker 1: Bellinger is most likely going to be the Yankee centerfielder 31 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 1: and Domingez will play left. Hopefully he does a little 32 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: bit better job adjusting to Earth's gravity than he did 33 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:55,120 Speaker 1: last year, but I'm confident he's gonna have a good year. 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman unsubscribed from the Yankees on all the social 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,760 Speaker 1: media stuff, you know, seems kind of petty, but it 36 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: also seems indicative of a move that is coming soon, 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 1: so keep your eyes peeled for that. And Tommy Kinley 38 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: will be next to Glabor Torres in the locker room 39 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:18,119 Speaker 1: in Detroit. So I just wanted to say we'll miss 40 00:02:18,160 --> 00:02:24,399 Speaker 1: your never ending string of change ups and Tommy good 41 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: luck out there in Detroit. But tonight the main story 42 00:02:29,200 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: is about how Steinbrenner. I want to talk about how 43 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,280 Speaker 1: he obviously did his meeting with the Yes Network yesterday. 44 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 1: I said in my introduction his yearly appearance, which it 45 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,839 Speaker 1: seems like he has. Basically, Steinberner's schedule is like this. 46 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:52,600 Speaker 1: Before spring, he'll do this sit down interview with Meredith Morokovitz, 47 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 1: and then when the Yankee struggle at some point in 48 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:59,920 Speaker 1: the season, he'll release a short statement about how it's unacceptable, 49 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 1: we expect better from our fans, and you'll see improvements soon, 50 00:03:04,120 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 1: but how everything's actually good and you know, hunky dory 51 00:03:07,919 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: behind the scenes, and you know, will turn it around. 52 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 1: Players are there, and then if the Yankees go deep 53 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 1: into the postseason, he'll release a statement. Last year he 54 00:03:18,400 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 1: had a statement. He was on field when the Yankees 55 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: went to the World Series. They won in Cleveland. He 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: was on field celebrating all that stuff. But he really 57 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: avoids the media, you know, and I feel like that's 58 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 1: part of the root of how people feel about him. Look, 59 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 1: when Hal Steinbrenner took over with the Yankees, it it 60 00:03:43,520 --> 00:03:48,120 Speaker 1: was a continuation of the Steinbrenner legacy, but he's been 61 00:03:48,160 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 1: a much different guy than his father was. And briefly, 62 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,920 Speaker 1: Hank Steinbrener was actually in charge after George Steinbrenner. He 63 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 1: was the guy who handed out the second a ride 64 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: contract or whatever. So then he turned it over to How, 65 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: and How immediately signed CC Sabathia, Mark tschera AJ Burnett, 66 00:04:07,040 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: made all the big new move signed off on some 67 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 1: really smart trades. Wilson bed to meat for Nick Swisher, 68 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:17,719 Speaker 1: and the Yankees delivered on that amazing first offseason that 69 00:04:17,760 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 1: he had in twentyh eight nine by winning the nine 70 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 1: World Series. It wasn't a perfect team, but still one 71 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 1: of the better teams in baseball over the last fifteen years. 72 00:04:29,800 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 1: And as a fan like you, I had this feeling 73 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:36,400 Speaker 1: probably that you had, which was, hey, this House Steinbrenner 74 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: regime is going to be pretty fun. But now fifteen 75 00:04:39,600 --> 00:04:41,359 Speaker 1: years later and that's our only chip. We have been 76 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,280 Speaker 1: back to the World Series one time, but we're one 77 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:49,040 Speaker 1: and one in the House Steinbrenner ownership era. I'll get 78 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: back to How in just a second, but to frame 79 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: his tenure properly, I feel like I need to talk 80 00:04:57,720 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: about his dad a little bit first. George Steinbren in 81 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: my opinion, an imperfect owner, but he seemed to care 82 00:05:06,400 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 1: in the same way that fans cared. Right, he seemed 83 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 1: to care in the same way that I cared. I 84 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:14,960 Speaker 1: remember during his tenure there was a point when the 85 00:05:14,960 --> 00:05:19,120 Speaker 1: fans hated him at the end of the eighties early nineties. 86 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: I remember the stadium burst into applause the night he 87 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: was suspended from baseball his second tenure as Yankees' owner. 88 00:05:29,360 --> 00:05:31,840 Speaker 1: After he got reinstated, I feel like he did a 89 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 1: lot less meddling with the roster, a lot less meddling 90 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 1: with the manager and the coaching staff. He was still 91 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: a tyrant behind the scenes, but he didn't disrupt the 92 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:46,919 Speaker 1: club that Geen Michael and to some extent his assistant 93 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: Brian Cashman was part of that, but it was mostly 94 00:05:49,600 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 1: Gene Michael built while George was in exile. They won, 95 00:05:56,560 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: so naturally, George was becoming more popular and he was 96 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,280 Speaker 1: continued to spend, and he brought back some of his 97 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,880 Speaker 1: own players, you know, big contracts for Bernie and for Jeter, 98 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,560 Speaker 1: kept those guys around. You know, he went out and 99 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 1: got the big stars that we wanted, you know. David 100 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:16,000 Speaker 1: Cohne in ninety five, Cecil Fielder in ninety six. He 101 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 1: gave second chances to Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden. You know, 102 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: he was driving force behind you know, Chuck Knobloch and 103 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:27,520 Speaker 1: Roger Clemens coming to the Yankees, vital Coggs in the 104 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: system that won several championships, and then he began to 105 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: tinker with the roster a little bit more after oh one. 106 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:38,000 Speaker 1: You know, Giombi was definitely a Steinbrenner move. He went 107 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:42,359 Speaker 1: with Sheffield over Laddie Guerrero, which probably a mistake. But 108 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: you could have given the Yankees to any number of 109 00:06:45,200 --> 00:06:48,159 Speaker 1: wfan callers and they probably would have run the team 110 00:06:48,360 --> 00:06:50,920 Speaker 1: in pretty much the same way that George Steinbrenner did, 111 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:57,400 Speaker 1: vocal out front, demanding both excellence and perfection, one often attained, 112 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 1: the other often unattainable. But flash forward to Hal Steinbrenner 113 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: and despite maning maintaining a top three payroll for all 114 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 1: these years, he hasn't been the same type of owner, 115 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 1: the same type of visible presence as his dad was. Right, 116 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: we want to see our owner care about the team. 117 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: That's why people loved Mark Cuban. Right, If Mark Cuban 118 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: was just some billionaire owner who stayed away from the team. 119 00:07:28,240 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: I don't think he would be as popular with the 120 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:35,600 Speaker 1: fans of the Mavericks. You know, Steve Cohen definitely involved 121 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:39,280 Speaker 1: with the Mets, and that makes the fans endear him. 122 00:07:39,520 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: Hal Steinbrenner, every time he gives an interview, says, oh, 123 00:07:42,040 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: I'm a fan. I watched the TV. Sometimes I have 124 00:07:44,040 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: to shut the TV off with my shoe or you know, 125 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: whatever it is he says. But I don't believe him 126 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:53,120 Speaker 1: because I don't see him at the games. I just 127 00:07:53,120 --> 00:07:55,400 Speaker 1: don't see him. I mentioned earlier that he was doing 128 00:07:55,400 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: his yearly interview with Meredith Morokovitz, and that's exactly what 129 00:07:58,440 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: I meant. He does pretty much one interview per year 130 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: and a couple of statements. You might see him on 131 00:08:02,680 --> 00:08:04,880 Speaker 1: the field off the Yankees make it to the World Series, 132 00:08:06,400 --> 00:08:08,960 Speaker 1: but you never see him in the box. George Steinbrenner 133 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,040 Speaker 1: used to be up in the box, always visible to 134 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: the cameras when the Yankees were playing poorly, arms crossed. 135 00:08:17,680 --> 00:08:24,400 Speaker 1: You know, that's who he was, and he was behind 136 00:08:24,400 --> 00:08:27,040 Speaker 1: the batting cage, he was in the doug alley. How 137 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:31,840 Speaker 1: many times did we see him give interviews on MSG 138 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,400 Speaker 1: back before the s Network, before the game, on the 139 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: Yankees pregame show, where he's sitting in the dugout taking questions. 140 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: You never see how Steinbrenner do that. Ever, he's not 141 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,560 Speaker 1: his vocal he doesn't do interviews all the time, he's 142 00:08:45,559 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 1: not on camera. That doesn't mean that he doesn't want 143 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:50,360 Speaker 1: the Yankees to win. I think that's a fallacy that 144 00:08:50,679 --> 00:08:54,320 Speaker 1: Yankees fans make. He spends a ton of money. He 145 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,040 Speaker 1: spends three hundred million dollars a year in a year 146 00:08:57,080 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: out roughly. But the biggest problem I have with Steinbrenner 147 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: is that he trusts Brian Cashman too much. And I'll 148 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: come back to that. I'll come back to that. I'm 149 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: not finished talking about George the way George would have 150 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: done things. And this is where I wish how was 151 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,480 Speaker 1: a little bit more like his dad. When the Yankees 152 00:09:18,480 --> 00:09:21,560 Speaker 1: were having their most important negotiation of the past decade, 153 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:26,600 Speaker 1: Aaron Judge Hal Steinbrenner was on vacation in Italy. To 154 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: his credit, he got on the phone and you know, 155 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,000 Speaker 1: he sealed the deal. He paid the money, he paid 156 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: what he had to make to pay. But you can't 157 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 1: tell me that George Steinbrenner wouldn't have rented out a 158 00:09:38,840 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: restaurant in Tampa and had Aaron Judge sit there and 159 00:09:43,720 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: hammer it out eyeball to eyeball, man to man, like 160 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 1: he did with you know Sheffield and so many other players. 161 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: I think the fact that hal Steinbrenner isn't as vocal, 162 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:57,000 Speaker 1: isn't around the team as much, causes a lot of 163 00:09:57,040 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: fans to think that he doesn't care as much as George. 164 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: Maybe that's true, but also maybe it's unfair. But my 165 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:07,120 Speaker 1: problem with how isn't that he's cheap. It isn't that 166 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:09,640 Speaker 1: he doesn't care. He spends a lot of money on 167 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:12,280 Speaker 1: the team. My problem is that the money has been 168 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 1: poorly spent because he's not a good executive. He trusts 169 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:20,680 Speaker 1: in Brian Cashman too much. The guy keeps getting his 170 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 1: contract renewed, got one championship in the last twenty four 171 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 1: years with almost infinite payroll. You know, he screwed up 172 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:38,960 Speaker 1: the roster multiple times. He passed on Bryce Harper. So 173 00:10:39,040 --> 00:10:42,680 Speaker 1: my major gripe with hal Steinbrenner is actually one of 174 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 1: his positive human traits, and that is that he is 175 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:51,680 Speaker 1: loyal to a fault. It's not a good business trait. 176 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: He's loyal to a fault. He likes Brian Cashman. He 177 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 1: keeps him around. It's like on Entourage, when Vince wouldn't 178 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: Turtle or whatever. It's like, you know, he's you know, 179 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: he's obviously not qualified for whatever. Maybe not Turtle, but Johnny, 180 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 1: you know. Anyway, the one comment that he made that's 181 00:11:11,200 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 1: been most dissected on this interview is that the Yankees 182 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:18,280 Speaker 1: and other owners can't do what the Dodgers are doing. Actually, 183 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,920 Speaker 1: that's that's imprecise. What he said was it's difficult for 184 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 1: us owners to do what the Dodgers are doing, to 185 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,280 Speaker 1: spend like the Dodgers are spending. He didn't say impossible, 186 00:11:27,840 --> 00:11:31,840 Speaker 1: he said difficult. What would have been more truthful to 187 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 1: say is that it's difficult for us to spend as 188 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: much as the Dodgers do and make as big a 189 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: profit as we've been making. I wish that Baseball had 190 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:43,320 Speaker 1: one of those policies where the owners had to disclose 191 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:46,160 Speaker 1: their books, because we would know exactly how much every 192 00:11:46,160 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: team is making. And I bet the Yankees would make 193 00:11:49,320 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 1: an enormous amount compared to most teams, way way more 194 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 1: than most teams. They're worldwide brand. They've been raking in 195 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 1: money for decades. It's true that the Guggenheims are probably 196 00:12:01,320 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 1: more well positioned financially, and so is Steve Cohen with 197 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,079 Speaker 1: the Mets, because that's what they do. They're financial gurus. 198 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: But to say the Yankees couldn't go out right now 199 00:12:10,960 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: and sign somebody is ridiculous, As Jeff Passon said, But 200 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 1: I don't think Hal's being cheap. I just think that 201 00:12:18,320 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: maybe he's clamping down on Cashman misspending his money, and 202 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,320 Speaker 1: instead of getting rid of Cashman and getting someone competent, 203 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,200 Speaker 1: he's clamping down on money, which is the wrong approach 204 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 1: because he's not a great executive. He's a loyal guy, 205 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:35,920 Speaker 1: you know, something that needs to be fixed. And honestly, 206 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:38,640 Speaker 1: one of the reasons that I was okay with not 207 00:12:38,679 --> 00:12:42,880 Speaker 1: signing Juan Soto is that Cashman has handcuffed us roster 208 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 1: flexibility wise for the better part of a decade in 209 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: ways that you know, George never did. Although the luxury 210 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 1: tax thing is fairly new, they didn't have that under George. So, 211 00:12:58,120 --> 00:12:59,920 Speaker 1: you know, we shouldn't have to be paying for Aaron hit, 212 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:01,679 Speaker 1: We shouldn't have to be paying for all these guys 213 00:13:01,720 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 1: who are not even with the team anymore. And it's 214 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: probably gonna be like that with DJ Lemayhew too, So 215 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 1: you know, Hal also said that the Yankees are a 216 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: better baseball team this year than they were last year. 217 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:15,400 Speaker 1: I think there's some truth to that. We'll talk about 218 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 1: that in a second. I really do believe the Yankees 219 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,760 Speaker 1: will win more games this year, but it's gonna be 220 00:13:19,760 --> 00:13:24,040 Speaker 1: a different brand of baseball. Dell nineteen ninety four says 221 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: Yankees can spend more, but no need for bad contracts. 222 00:13:28,400 --> 00:13:31,679 Speaker 1: I agree one hundred percent with that. You've got to 223 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:34,360 Speaker 1: get better at spending the money that you have that 224 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: you use, and the Yankees have not spent well for 225 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,719 Speaker 1: a while. But I do think they're gonna have a 226 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:44,160 Speaker 1: pretty good ball club this year. You know, when Joe 227 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 1: Torrey took over the Yankees in ninety six, they didn't 228 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 1: have a slugging roster. You can win without a slugging roster, 229 00:13:50,559 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: at least you used to be able to. I know 230 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 1: that the Dodgers won this year they got a slugging roster. 231 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:57,880 Speaker 1: The Rangers won with slugging the year before that. The 232 00:13:57,920 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 1: Astros always slugged pretty good. But the Yankees when they 233 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 1: were at their best, they just played really good baseball, 234 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:07,120 Speaker 1: and I'm excited to see that again. Tino Martinez, you know, 235 00:14:07,160 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 1: the year before Tory got there, hit thirty one home 236 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:11,680 Speaker 1: runs with the Mariners that would have led the Yankees. 237 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: Bernie Williams was in his jazz chism phase about to 238 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,160 Speaker 1: break out with the power. I believe he had twenty 239 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:20,440 Speaker 1: nine home runs in ninety six. But the Yankees were 240 00:14:20,440 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 1: not a slugging team. They were built around defense. Joe 241 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: Girardi replaced Stanley, Mariano Duncan was terrific at second Jeter 242 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:33,240 Speaker 1: was fabulous as a rookie at shortstop. Bogs Hayes could 243 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:38,200 Speaker 1: both pick it over there at third base. You know, 244 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: Bernie out there in center was tremendous, Paul O'Neill in 245 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: right field tremendous. They made contact. They had a strong rotation, 246 00:14:47,880 --> 00:14:52,880 Speaker 1: Jimmy Key and Andy Pettitt. And you know, Kenny Rodgers 247 00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 1: wasn't great. He had his ups and downs, but he 248 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: still went twelve and eight with a four point five 249 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 1: ERA or four point six ERA, which for the time 250 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,960 Speaker 1: not great. Nowadays looks a lot better. It looks like, 251 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 1: you know, Carlos rodon ish kind of numbers, but you know, 252 00:15:08,840 --> 00:15:11,920 Speaker 1: then an unbelievable bullpen. I'm seeing the same type of 253 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:15,560 Speaker 1: thing from the Yankees this year. Strong starting, pitching, strong bullpen. 254 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,400 Speaker 1: I know we have Judge fifty eight home runs and 255 00:15:19,440 --> 00:15:22,400 Speaker 1: a three hundred batting avery, just a monster offensively. The 256 00:15:22,480 --> 00:15:25,000 Speaker 1: ninety six through ninety eight teams didn't have that type 257 00:15:25,040 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: of player. But you know, we got some young guys 258 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: on the rise, and I expect bigger power numbers from 259 00:15:30,800 --> 00:15:34,800 Speaker 1: Jazz Chisholm. Maybe Stanton hits thirty, maybe Chisholm hits thirty, 260 00:15:35,160 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: but a lot of the other guys are gonna hit 261 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 1: fifteen to twenty five home runs because power isn't their game. 262 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 1: I expect a lot better defense from the Yankees this year. 263 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 1: I expect a lot better pitching out of the bullpen. 264 00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: You know, Clay Home's not there to blow thirteen save. 265 00:15:49,400 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: It's gonna make a big deal. We know what Volte 266 00:15:52,160 --> 00:15:54,880 Speaker 1: gives you at shortstop. Again, I'll put up the depth 267 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 1: chart one more time. Bellinger's an improvement over Judge in 268 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: center field. By swapping Soto and Judge in right field, 269 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 1: you can prove that position defensively in an immense way. 270 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: And on the corners, Goldschmid's a Gold Glove winner, and 271 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: you've hopefully got whoever wins a third base job right now. 272 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: I've got Oswald Perozza as my guy, a premium defender 273 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: as well. My only concern on defense is Jason Dominguez, 274 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: who is quite frankly not as good as Verdugo and left, 275 00:16:20,120 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 1: but should be a massive offensive upgrade over Verdugo if 276 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:27,640 Speaker 1: everything goes according to plan. The rotation, I mean, you 277 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: see that right there, Cole Freed, Rodin, Heel, Schmidt and 278 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,880 Speaker 1: for the time being, Stroman, who I expect to be 279 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:37,240 Speaker 1: gone soon. The rotation could really be the Yankees' best 280 00:16:37,320 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: rotation since those dynasty teams. In two thousand and three, 281 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,240 Speaker 1: they had a really good rotation, Messina, Pettitt, Clemens, Wells. 282 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: That team had four fifteen game winners, back when wins 283 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: were an important stat. Messina had seventeen, Wells had fifteen, 284 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 1: Pettit had twenty one, Clemens had seventeen, And I mean 285 00:16:56,400 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: they were just they were just solid, right. The eras 286 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,840 Speaker 1: were higher, but that was a different era. But this 287 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:06,000 Speaker 1: rotation has a potential to be every bit as good. 288 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 1: Four or five guys who win ten to fifteen games, 289 00:17:09,400 --> 00:17:11,440 Speaker 1: assuming they rack up innings, and I think they'll get 290 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:14,439 Speaker 1: more wins because the bullpen won't blow as many games 291 00:17:14,440 --> 00:17:16,840 Speaker 1: as many leads. It's about getting that lead early. We'll 292 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:18,679 Speaker 1: see if they have what it takes to do that. 293 00:17:18,800 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 1: Like I said, they're gonna have to play more baseball. 294 00:17:21,000 --> 00:17:23,400 Speaker 1: It's gonna be a different game this year. And we're 295 00:17:23,400 --> 00:17:26,400 Speaker 1: really gonna find out a lot more about Aaron Boone 296 00:17:26,440 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 1: who he is as a manager managing some of these 297 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,679 Speaker 1: tight games. I'm really excited to see Cody Bellinger. I 298 00:17:32,720 --> 00:17:34,560 Speaker 1: think he's gonna be a lot of fun. We're gonna 299 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 1: talk about all of this stuff tomorrow on Foul Territory. 300 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:41,119 Speaker 1: I'll be on as a guest, so tune in for that. Also, 301 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:45,119 Speaker 1: another thing that hal Steinberger said is that Aaron Boone 302 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:49,080 Speaker 1: is working on an extension with the Yankees. It's a 303 00:17:49,080 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 1: little bit surprising to me because the Yankees don't always 304 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:55,440 Speaker 1: resign guys, even their managers. They let Joe Girardi go. 305 00:17:55,560 --> 00:17:57,040 Speaker 1: They took it right down to the wire and it 306 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,879 Speaker 1: was apparently a decision made over the final couple of months. 307 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:05,119 Speaker 1: But you know, I'm surprised that they give him an extension. 308 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,240 Speaker 1: I have mixed feelings on Boone. I'm not one of 309 00:18:07,280 --> 00:18:10,439 Speaker 1: these guys who hates Boone or thinks that Boone is incompetent. 310 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: I feel like there have been a lot of communication 311 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,359 Speaker 1: issues under Boone. I feel like the fundamental play or 312 00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:22,880 Speaker 1: the lack thereof, falls under his umbrella of responsibility. He's 313 00:18:22,920 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 1: made some real bullpen blunders. The Nester Cortez thing in 314 00:18:26,680 --> 00:18:29,879 Speaker 1: Game one of the World Series still bothers me. Had 315 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 1: a nightmare about it the other night. I think he's 316 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 1: too loyal to guys who are clearly struggling. You know, 317 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:38,760 Speaker 1: there's no way that it should have taken thirteen blown 318 00:18:38,800 --> 00:18:41,280 Speaker 1: saves or whatever it was for Holmes to be pulled 319 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:43,480 Speaker 1: out of the closer role. There's no way that Dj 320 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 1: LeMay who should have gotten as many at bats as 321 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 1: he did, or Rizzo or Aaron Hicks. Although I did 322 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,560 Speaker 1: see a report today, I don't know if I should 323 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:52,919 Speaker 1: call it a report. I saw a tweet from Hubbs 324 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,440 Speaker 1: Air Hubbs, who's not a reporter, but you know, has 325 00:18:56,480 --> 00:18:58,639 Speaker 1: some sources, and he said that the Yankees were ready 326 00:18:58,680 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: to release DJ Lemayhew last year, but Aaron Judge stepped in, 327 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,000 Speaker 1: so that's that's interesting. I do like that Boone fights 328 00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:09,239 Speaker 1: for his players. I like that he'll get into an 329 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:12,560 Speaker 1: umpire's face. I find that fun. I think he's funny. 330 00:19:12,600 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: I think it's it's good to have a manager who's 331 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 1: got a little bit of personality. But personally, I would wait. 332 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: I would let his contract unfold, expire, see how he 333 00:19:23,040 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 1: does this year, see if he earns it. Like I said, 334 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 1: a lot of tight baseball expected this year. I want 335 00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:33,959 Speaker 1: to see how he manages under those situations. As they 336 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:36,320 Speaker 1: say in moneyball, it's hard to manage under the cloud 337 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,520 Speaker 1: of a one year contract. But I wanted to see that. 338 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,159 Speaker 1: So we'll see. I think they're gonna probably give him 339 00:19:41,160 --> 00:19:44,280 Speaker 1: the extension. It just seems like, you know, to what 340 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,240 Speaker 1: I spoke about with how before, he's loyal to his guys. 341 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 1: So let's talk a little bit about a rumor that's 342 00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 1: been floating out there today Aeronatto and Stroman a potential trade. 343 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:56,840 Speaker 1: This was floated on social media. I saw a few 344 00:19:56,840 --> 00:19:58,919 Speaker 1: people posting about it. A lot of times, I think 345 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: people see a rumor on so social media or a 346 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 1: graphic that somebody makes and assumes that it's a real thing, 347 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:06,960 Speaker 1: that it's a real rumor. I don't think there's anything 348 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 1: to this at all, and I wouldn't love it if 349 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 1: there was. I don't think it makes a lot of sense. Sure, 350 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:15,040 Speaker 1: it's two bad contracts for each other, two thirty four 351 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 1: year olds for each other, but Aeronauto's owed seventy five 352 00:20:18,119 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: million dollars and at most Stroman's owed thirty six. And 353 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:26,960 Speaker 1: I just don't see the excess value there. I would 354 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,800 Speaker 1: much rather see Perraza get a shot and then deal Stroman. 355 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,439 Speaker 1: You know, for anybody, he'll just take the salary, you know, 356 00:20:33,560 --> 00:20:37,360 Speaker 1: maybe even eat some of the salary, and just get 357 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 1: out from under it, right. I knew a guy one 358 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 1: time who had a who wanted to sell his car, 359 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 1: and I was like, what are you What are you 360 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:47,320 Speaker 1: selling it for? He's like, I just want somebody to pick 361 00:20:47,320 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 1: up the payments. That's kind of how I feel about 362 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,919 Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman. Just pick up the payments. But you know, 363 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: Nolan Eronato obviously elite defense, but I think the Yankees 364 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:02,040 Speaker 1: could probably get elite defense out of Parazza also, I 365 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,439 Speaker 1: really do. And offensively, Paraza hasn't done a lot, but 366 00:21:05,520 --> 00:21:08,719 Speaker 1: who knows if he gives a full season, he probably 367 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,639 Speaker 1: hits the fifteen or eighteen home runs that Aeronato would hit, 368 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: and Aeronauto, if you look at his spray chart, doesn't 369 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 1: hit the ball to right field, which doesn't bode well 370 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,399 Speaker 1: for Yankee Stadium. So just don't think that move makes 371 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:23,960 Speaker 1: a whole lot of sense. All right, let's go ahead 372 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: and get to the final topic tonight before we get 373 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,800 Speaker 1: to your voicemails. Every year I put out a World 374 00:21:30,880 --> 00:21:34,679 Speaker 1: Series prediction. I don't always to predict the Yankees to 375 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 1: be in it. I try and be honest. I try 376 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,880 Speaker 1: and have perspective. You can't be in it every year, 377 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:42,359 Speaker 1: and you lose your credibility if you predict, predict the 378 00:21:42,440 --> 00:21:45,920 Speaker 1: Yankees will be in it every year. Last year, I 379 00:21:45,920 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 1: thought they had a really good chance with the addition 380 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,159 Speaker 1: of Soto, I thought they looked really good. Back in 381 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 1: twenty twenty, I predicted him that year. They didn't make it. 382 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,760 Speaker 1: That didn't work out too well. They really underperformed and 383 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 1: COVID messed things up. But I don't think there's a 384 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: better team than the Yankees on paper in the American 385 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: League right now. In a playoff series, obviously, anything could happen. 386 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,359 Speaker 1: Garrett Crochet could shut them down a couple of times 387 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: for Boston. If the Mariners get in, their pitching is 388 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 1: strong enough. You know, good pitching beats good hitting, and honestly, 389 00:22:15,400 --> 00:22:18,480 Speaker 1: the Guardians gave us everything we can handle last year. 390 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be hurting a little bit without 391 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:22,920 Speaker 1: Josh Naylor. I think he added more to that team 392 00:22:22,960 --> 00:22:26,000 Speaker 1: than they think. There's no quit in that team. You know, 393 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 1: the Royals are gonna be tough, the Tigers are going 394 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: to be tough, Orioles are gonna be better offensively, but 395 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,440 Speaker 1: I think they're gonna take step back pitching wise because 396 00:22:34,480 --> 00:22:37,280 Speaker 1: they lost Corbyn Burns. The Astros I think have taken 397 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 1: a step back. They might change if they get Bragman. 398 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 1: But I see a very similar path to the Yankees 399 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: getting to the World Series in twenty twenty five as 400 00:22:46,800 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: they did in twenty twenty four. Win the Division, do 401 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: your best to get home field advantage, and then ride 402 00:22:52,840 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: a good bullpen and a couple of big bats hopefully 403 00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,400 Speaker 1: through the playoffs. Hopefully John Carlo gets hot again. Maybe 404 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:02,399 Speaker 1: you get Judge hot this year. In the National League. 405 00:23:02,520 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: I know everybody's saying the Dodgers, but I'm not going to. 406 00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,320 Speaker 1: I am not going to. I think there's an under 407 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:10,639 Speaker 1: the radar team that's ready to win it all right now, 408 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: and that is the Philadelphia Phillies. I think the Padres 409 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 1: are taking a step back, and especially if they trade 410 00:23:17,480 --> 00:23:20,360 Speaker 1: Dylan Ces and Michael King, it's like they're not competing 411 00:23:20,359 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 1: to win the NLS at that point. Diamondbacks are getting 412 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: a little bit better. They got burns. They won eighty 413 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:26,480 Speaker 1: nine games last year. I could say m win in 414 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: ninety four to ninety five games. You know, Jackson Merrill 415 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 1: is gonna be better. But it's clear to me that 416 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:35,640 Speaker 1: the Phillies have been on the brink for the last 417 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,560 Speaker 1: couple of years. They have great pitching, they have great chemistry. 418 00:23:39,560 --> 00:23:42,080 Speaker 1: Every time we have somebody from the Phillies on foul territory, 419 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: they just sound so hungry. And I think this is 420 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,159 Speaker 1: year that Bryce Harper has his Michael Jordan versus the 421 00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: Pistons in ninety two kind of playoffs against the Dodgers. 422 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,200 Speaker 1: I think that everybody's gonna be gunning for the Dodgers, 423 00:23:54,520 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 1: and the Phillies are gonna get it done. Braves are 424 00:23:56,800 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 1: gonna be tough too, I think the Phillies are the 425 00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,520 Speaker 1: two to beat in the National League. They've got great pitching, 426 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 1: They've got a great pitching prospect coming and Andrew Painter. 427 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:09,120 Speaker 1: They're hungry, they've had two flameouts in a row. There's 428 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,840 Speaker 1: a Storylines video about them on foul Territory today, so 429 00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:15,800 Speaker 1: check that out. 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If you want to check 467 00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:08,440 Speaker 1: that out, use the promo code Pinstripe thirty get thirty 468 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: percent off the first year of your annual subscription. I'm 469 00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:14,359 Speaker 1: hoping to have one of the guys, either JJ Cooper 470 00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:19,640 Speaker 1: or Jeff Pontison next week, probably to talk about, you know, 471 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,640 Speaker 1: the fast risers and things like that, what could be 472 00:26:23,000 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 1: coming up for the Yankees prospects in the system. But 473 00:26:25,960 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: let's go ahead and fire away at some voicemails you what's. 474 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:30,480 Speaker 2: Going on, Derek. 475 00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 4: Obviously, I've seen the news today Tasa. I'm Kim signed 476 00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,280 Speaker 4: with the Rays, so we're going to be seeing him 477 00:26:37,400 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 4: a few times this year. And a pitcher that I 478 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 4: was actually kind of interested in, unfortunately, is another righty reliever, 479 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,960 Speaker 4: Stevez just signed with the Royal. Curious to know if 480 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 4: you think they got any moves left in them at 481 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,040 Speaker 4: this rate. I'm going to assume that we're probably going 482 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,400 Speaker 4: to hold firm with when we have position wise, and 483 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 4: I'm hoping we at least at one or two more 484 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 4: lefty relievers in the pen. I'd like to see Chapin, 485 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:08,240 Speaker 4: possibly Hill, some combination along those lines come back as 486 00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 4: a return. I just want to know what you thought 487 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,200 Speaker 4: about it, and if you think we're gonna still try 488 00:27:13,200 --> 00:27:15,360 Speaker 4: to get any any more position players. 489 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:16,720 Speaker 1: I'm a twoman. 490 00:27:16,880 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 4: We're probably also gonna hold on to Stroman at least 491 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,520 Speaker 4: through the parts of spring training here and just to 492 00:27:23,560 --> 00:27:26,680 Speaker 4: see if any other team becomes desperate enough to take 493 00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 4: more of his contract than what we want to eat 494 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,359 Speaker 4: part man, want to hear your thoughts. Take it easy, brother, 495 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,320 Speaker 4: only but two weeks or so leftil pitchers and catchers. 496 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: Let's go two weeks. 497 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:37,400 Speaker 2: Can't wait. 498 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 1: We're gonna be doing post games after every game, you know, 499 00:27:40,200 --> 00:27:44,439 Speaker 1: probably three to five voicemail shows every week during the 500 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,439 Speaker 1: morning hours, and obviously breaking news all that good stuff. 501 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: So gonna be another fun season here on Pinstripe Territory, 502 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,320 Speaker 1: first full season of Pinstripe Territory. As far as moves go, 503 00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:56,200 Speaker 1: I just don't know at this point, man. I mean, 504 00:27:56,960 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: I do feel like they're trying to move Stroman. I 505 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 1: think it could happen sooner rather than later, considering he 506 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,320 Speaker 1: just unfollowed everybody. It's like the Yankee said, Hey, we're 507 00:28:03,359 --> 00:28:05,360 Speaker 1: gonna try and move you before spring training. Don't don't 508 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,920 Speaker 1: buy a flight yet, right so, uh, you know a 509 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 1: lot of times pitchers, you know, they start packing and 510 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:11,880 Speaker 1: stuff right now. We've got a couple of weeks out. 511 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,880 Speaker 1: So the fact that he's unfollowing and basically cutting ties 512 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:18,800 Speaker 1: with the Yankees, uh, it it says something. I'm not 513 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:21,640 Speaker 1: sure exactly what, but I think a move is coming soon, 514 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,280 Speaker 1: and I do think that there's some chance that Tim 515 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:28,000 Speaker 1: Hill could re sign. Uh. We saw some relievers come 516 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: off the board today, as you mentioned, Tommy Kinley, Carlos Estevez. 517 00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:35,240 Speaker 1: You know, I I think that Tim Hill is the 518 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,719 Speaker 1: perfect guy. I mean, as long as he's healthy, Uh, 519 00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: get him before somebody else steps and you'd hate it 520 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: if the Red Sox or the Dodgers swooped in and 521 00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:43,360 Speaker 1: picked him up. 522 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:49,640 Speaker 2: There. Hey, Derek, this is Cayden a little bit on Stormbrunner. 523 00:28:49,920 --> 00:28:52,080 Speaker 2: I mean, he gives us a three hundred million dollars 524 00:28:52,080 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 2: payroll to go stand every year. I don't know. I 525 00:28:57,120 --> 00:29:03,040 Speaker 2: don't like knocking Stormbrunners so much. Now. When I saw 526 00:29:03,120 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 2: this video coming out of I immediately thought the chef passion. 527 00:29:07,760 --> 00:29:12,080 Speaker 2: I thought, what he said was absolutely ridiculous. And that's 528 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 2: where I'm gonna end it. I think it's ab third. 529 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:16,080 Speaker 2: Thank you. 530 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: Yeah. Look, I don't know how much Passon knows about 531 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:24,640 Speaker 1: the Yankees finances, Like I don't know what I know. 532 00:29:24,680 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 1: He's the newsbreaker for MLB, for ESPN. I don't know 533 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 1: how much insight he has to the financial workings of 534 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:36,840 Speaker 1: the team. I'm trying to get David Samson on. I 535 00:29:36,880 --> 00:29:39,600 Speaker 1: don't know if he'll be on, but he's a guy 536 00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,680 Speaker 1: who has been an executive. He was an executive for 537 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: the Marlins. He really understands, you know, the intricacies of 538 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: baseball finances, and he says the Yankees don't clear a 539 00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:50,280 Speaker 1: lot of money, which I'm interested to ask him about. 540 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:53,000 Speaker 1: I want to just have a discussion to flesh that out. 541 00:29:53,080 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: So if you're watching, David, come on the show, let's 542 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:59,400 Speaker 1: talk about it. One more voicemail here and then we 543 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:00,640 Speaker 1: will call it a Monday. 544 00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 2: Or when they love the show. I had that Boone 545 00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:10,840 Speaker 2: is roomed to get an extension. All that might come 546 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:13,720 Speaker 2: the next couple of days. One of your thoughts and on. 547 00:30:14,080 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 2: I don't really like it, but I mean, there's nobody 548 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,360 Speaker 2: else to get it you have anyone else in mind. 549 00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 2: I love the show Devik, you know. 550 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:25,640 Speaker 1: To be honest, I hadn't spent a lot of time 551 00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:29,360 Speaker 1: thinking about who could be a possible replacement. I pretty 552 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,520 Speaker 1: much figured the Yankees were gonna stick with Boone this 553 00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: season anyway. Like, let's say Boone fell off a cliff 554 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,720 Speaker 1: or got hit by a bus and you had to 555 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,080 Speaker 1: replace him. I would love to see somebody from the Dynasty, 556 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:42,960 Speaker 1: But I just don't, you know, like I don't know 557 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: who wants to do it. Like this side has got 558 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,640 Speaker 1: no managerial experience, but he's the right kind of mind. 559 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: You know who I think would be a great manager, 560 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,680 Speaker 1: And I swear to God I'm not biased because I 561 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,000 Speaker 1: work with him. Eric Kratz. I mean the guy when 562 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,240 Speaker 1: he first made the major leagues, they called him coach Kratz. 563 00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:01,440 Speaker 1: I think Kratz would be in a amazing manager. I'm 564 00:31:01,440 --> 00:31:04,880 Speaker 1: surprised nobody's hired that guy yet. But you know, ex 565 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 1: catchers tend to know the game very well. They're viewing 566 00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: the whole field from They're the only person who's got 567 00:31:11,200 --> 00:31:13,720 Speaker 1: a view of the whole field, right, So I think 568 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:18,400 Speaker 1: that you know, catchers have a unique perspective on the game. 569 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:23,560 Speaker 1: Man understand pitching, they understand hitters, so maybe a catcher. 570 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:26,880 Speaker 1: I don't know, you know what, what's Girardi doing these days? 571 00:31:27,400 --> 00:31:30,120 Speaker 1: I really liked him. All right, Ladies and gentlemen, that's 572 00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: gonna be it for tonight. Thanks for watching. Reminders like 573 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: and subscribe all that good stuff. Check out foul Territory 574 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,320 Speaker 1: Tomorrow I will be on the show again. 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