WEBVTT - Yankees Need a Change and NFL Week 1 is Here 0:00:00.120 --> 0:00:03.840 Hello, and welcome to Waken Jake. The night before football 0:00:03.880 --> 0:00:08.480 and all through the house. It's Wednesday, September fourth, Summer 0:00:08.600 --> 0:00:12.840 is over, Labor Day has happened. There's real football games 0:00:12.880 --> 0:00:19.120 that count Tomorrow night and Friday in Brasil football season. 0:00:19.120 --> 0:00:21.479 You guys know, I like to preview the weekend for you. 0:00:22.040 --> 0:00:25.120 I'm also going to open with kind of I don't 0:00:25.120 --> 0:00:28.040 want to say a Yankee rant because that sounds kind 0:00:28.040 --> 0:00:31.000 of clicky, But I also want you guys to reach 0:00:31.040 --> 0:00:33.879 out on comment kind of about your front office and 0:00:33.920 --> 0:00:36.680 some of the decisions that have been made or haven't 0:00:36.720 --> 0:00:39.480 been made that it frustrated you about your team, because again, 0:00:39.560 --> 0:00:43.680 being locked into the Yankees every day for the past 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:47.960 seven years, there's things that frustrate you and call up 0:00:48.000 --> 0:00:51.600 this guy, don't call up that guy, make that happen. 0:00:51.720 --> 0:00:54.280 That you guys know on your team better than me. 0:00:54.360 --> 0:00:56.080 I know a couple from around the league that I 0:00:56.080 --> 0:01:00.800 want to use as examples. But and then that will 0:01:00.880 --> 0:01:04.600 lead into this football weekend and I'll give you, guys 0:01:05.160 --> 0:01:07.480 just some of my thoughts on teams or players that 0:01:07.560 --> 0:01:12.360 I've bought into going into this season, or something I'm 0:01:12.400 --> 0:01:16.039 about or I'm not about So with that, let me 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:19.839 start off by saying, we were live on the YES 0:01:19.959 --> 0:01:24.920 Network all stream Yankees Entertainment and Sports Network. We are 0:01:24.959 --> 0:01:29.440 friendly with them because of where we have ended up 0:01:29.560 --> 0:01:31.959 as a company, and we've partnered with them and it's 0:01:32.000 --> 0:01:34.320 been pretty cool. They put our best of Talking Yanks 0:01:34.319 --> 0:01:36.360 show on there. A lot of good people, a lot 0:01:36.360 --> 0:01:40.120 of passionate Yankee fans. A couple times we we've felt, 0:01:40.880 --> 0:01:43.119 you know, a couple tweets or different things that they 0:01:43.120 --> 0:01:47.319 weren't the biggest fans of because we're not YES Network, 0:01:48.280 --> 0:01:52.880 we're John Boy Media that on the live stream last night, 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.600 Clay Holmes gives up a walk off Grand Slam is 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:02.080 eleventh blown save of the year. Uh and Jimmy, Jimmy, 0:02:02.120 --> 0:02:04.120 let it eat a little bit. I mean again, nothing 0:02:04.120 --> 0:02:07.200 over the top and nothing wrong to be frank, and 0:02:07.280 --> 0:02:10.240 we tweeted out all that and we didn't we again 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:12.280 to be fair to Yes, like they didn't come at 0:02:12.320 --> 0:02:16.960 us for this, but it's just they've said nothing there. 0:02:17.200 --> 0:02:19.400 I think a lot of the YES people have similar thoughts. 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:21.960 They just don't really have a platform to put it 0:02:22.000 --> 0:02:22.320 out on. 0:02:23.160 --> 0:02:25.760 This's is not what you would hear on like the broadcast, 0:02:25.800 --> 0:02:31.200 but's also the point of thet out outcasts. 0:02:31.480 --> 0:02:36.320 Outcasts exist, so and you know we're sitting there, the 0:02:36.400 --> 0:02:39.280 Yankees just gave up first place to the Baltimore Orioles. 0:02:39.600 --> 0:02:41.919 But again, think of the first world problem that is. 0:02:43.680 --> 0:02:49.160 But it's just highlighted for us. You know, we've we've 0:02:49.200 --> 0:02:52.040 had our questions about the front office or different philosophies 0:02:52.080 --> 0:02:53.800 on the way. And you do have to check yourself 0:02:53.880 --> 0:02:57.880 sometimes because it's being a fan and you can't just 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:00.520 cut every player after a bad series. That's not how 0:03:00.520 --> 0:03:02.919 the world works. I get that. And baseball is unique 0:03:02.960 --> 0:03:05.400 in its own way. Like you know, we see it 0:03:05.480 --> 0:03:08.480 every year. Guys have awful one month or two months 0:03:08.520 --> 0:03:12.079 and then go nuts. Look at Ajohenio Suarez. I mean 0:03:12.200 --> 0:03:16.240 the Arizona Diamonbacks were very ready to move on from 0:03:16.320 --> 0:03:18.679 him if they needed to, if he didn't kick in 0:03:18.680 --> 0:03:20.920 in the next couple weeks or whatever. And then he 0:03:21.000 --> 0:03:23.720 did and he's been like a one dot ops guy 0:03:23.800 --> 0:03:26.160 for them. And that's kind of where the Yankees are 0:03:26.160 --> 0:03:29.760 at with Glabor Torres. Glabor Torres, who the Yankees had 0:03:29.800 --> 0:03:34.280 rumored to trade a year and a half ago, year 0:03:34.320 --> 0:03:40.480 ago of Pablo Lopez, it fell through. Looking back, that 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:42.680 would have been probably a great trade for the Yankees. 0:03:43.240 --> 0:03:45.080 Glabor Tor has hit really well last year, is the 0:03:45.080 --> 0:03:47.680 most consistent on the team hitter on the team not 0:03:47.760 --> 0:03:50.640 named Aaron Judge eight hundred ops like numbers vary in 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:54.720 line with his career numbers for second baseman. It's a 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.280 good ask final year of his contracts. The defense has 0:03:58.360 --> 0:04:01.080 never been there, which I was having a laugh about that. 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.000 He struggled with defense at second base when the Yankees 0:04:04.000 --> 0:04:06.080 thought for a while he would be a shortstop, which 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:10.200 that's like a scouting error. Anyways, Glaboratories has kicked in 0:04:10.240 --> 0:04:11.880 the gear. They put him in the leadoff spot in 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.320 front of Soa and Judge. He has been great lately 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:17.880 and it's a it's a great example of like how 0:04:18.320 --> 0:04:21.479 the baseball gods can work and sticking with players. And again, 0:04:21.520 --> 0:04:24.279 I would love to know your team's examples of this 0:04:24.440 --> 0:04:28.760 and we can cross check them and compare uh. On 0:04:28.800 --> 0:04:32.000 the other side, Alex Verdugo, the left left fielder for 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:35.680 them one year, one year Yankee traded from the Red Sox. 0:04:35.720 --> 0:04:38.120 The Yankees and Red Sox don't do a lot of business. 0:04:39.120 --> 0:04:42.760 Alex Verdugo is traded for Greg Weisser, a triple A 0:04:42.880 --> 0:04:46.520 reliever for them, who's been solid for the Red Sox 0:04:46.560 --> 0:04:49.360 this year. Happy for Greg. More built for the Red Sox. 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.599 Looks like a Red Sox nice mustache. Times have gotten 0:04:52.600 --> 0:04:55.839 to check it out. It looks right fits the vibe. Man. 0:04:56.960 --> 0:04:58.880 But think about that, the Yankees and the Red Sox 0:04:58.920 --> 0:05:01.560 traded a star, daring left fielder, a piece that they 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:05.800 originally traded for for Mookie Betts. The Red Sox were 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.640 ready to let whatever happened with Alex Verdugo happen with 0:05:08.680 --> 0:05:12.320 the Yankees. He came up and he started pretty solid 0:05:12.360 --> 0:05:14.760 for the Yanks. He actually took over the cleanup spot 0:05:14.800 --> 0:05:18.320 for a little bit, was playing great defense in left field. Sure, 0:05:18.839 --> 0:05:21.000 and then Yankee fans, you were looking at the numbers 0:05:21.040 --> 0:05:22.880 and you're like, I think there's more in there. Looking 0:05:22.880 --> 0:05:25.280 at his baseball card, you think there's a little more 0:05:25.320 --> 0:05:29.839 in there. It's gone the opposite direction. We got numbers 0:05:29.880 --> 0:05:34.880 from Katie Sharps. We do sharp stats every week, you know, 0:05:35.000 --> 0:05:37.920 basically saying he's been the worst left fielder in the league. 0:05:38.080 --> 0:05:41.000 World Series teams don't have players putting up the stats 0:05:41.040 --> 0:05:46.240 he has in the last ten days he's contributed a 0:05:46.279 --> 0:05:51.320 little better, but it's brought up some questions. With Jason 0:05:51.360 --> 0:05:54.520 de Mingez their top prospect in the minor leagues, they've 0:05:54.560 --> 0:05:58.160 seen Austin Wells take off this year. Anthony Volpi's been 0:05:58.200 --> 0:06:00.839 with the big league club for two years now, enrolling 0:06:01.839 --> 0:06:04.560 that the thought of having Jason Dimingez on the team 0:06:04.640 --> 0:06:08.760 and Alex Verdugo, and the thought of them even platooning 0:06:08.839 --> 0:06:11.800 Hey every two days. Alex Verdugo has always been bad 0:06:11.880 --> 0:06:15.520 verse lefties. Hey, we've got a We've got a lefty 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:18.200 and ariety. Today we're gonna give Diminga's two games, see 0:06:18.200 --> 0:06:20.520 what he's got, and then we'll give Dugo two or 0:06:20.520 --> 0:06:22.960 three games, see what he's got. The thought of competition 0:06:23.080 --> 0:06:25.479 freaks them out, and it doesn't feel right. I get 0:06:25.480 --> 0:06:28.040 that it's baseball, uh, and that you need to let 0:06:28.080 --> 0:06:30.640 the season run a little bit, but it's not May, 0:06:31.600 --> 0:06:35.560 it's not June, it's not July, it's not August. And 0:06:35.680 --> 0:06:40.479 for whatever reason this front off is is either scared 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:44.839 of the media or they're so into player confidence and 0:06:44.880 --> 0:06:48.440 belief that they get themselves in trouble, which leads to 0:06:48.480 --> 0:06:52.839 the Clay Home situation. Clay Holmes Blues eleventh save. He's 0:06:52.880 --> 0:06:55.640 a guy that they got in a trade as kind 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:59.839 of a reliever project. They didn't give up really anything 0:07:00.160 --> 0:07:03.440 prospect capital, and they tapped into them. And it's a 0:07:03.480 --> 0:07:06.280 credit to Matt Blake and it's something the Yankees one 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:09.400 thousand percent can pound their chest and say they're good at. 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:11.280 They have tapped into a lot of guys in the 0:07:11.320 --> 0:07:13.920 bullpen and they've pushed the envelope on it this year, 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.320 and that's part of the give and shove of baseball. 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.840 Like the Yankees traded for Wan Soda, they got Won Soto. 0:07:20.920 --> 0:07:22.520 They had to give up a lot of pieces for that, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.480 but credit to them on doing that. They had to 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:28.360 give up those pieces for mon So too. They're paying 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:30.240 him for this year. Hopefully they're paying him for a 0:07:30.240 --> 0:07:34.080 lot more years. But in that it seems they pushed 0:07:34.160 --> 0:07:38.680 their relief to the extreme that Clay Holmes was kind 0:07:38.680 --> 0:07:40.960 of the only lock coming into the year Tommy Kinley, 0:07:41.240 --> 0:07:44.000 but he got hurt before the season. That it really 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:47.080 has been I do hate to say ragtag bunch about 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:49.720 a bunch of major league relievers that have pitched well 0:07:49.800 --> 0:07:52.040 this year. But it's a lot of projects. 0:07:52.080 --> 0:07:55.640 But literally several of them. The Yankees acquired them off waivers. 0:07:56.400 --> 0:07:59.640 Michael Tonkin, who Yankees just waived themselves. They got him 0:07:59.640 --> 0:08:03.160 off way on the team all year, with Jake Cousins 0:08:03.200 --> 0:08:07.040 off waivers. Tim Hillton the weaver off weavers last season, right, 0:08:07.040 --> 0:08:10.240 he changed some things, and that's a that seems to 0:08:10.240 --> 0:08:11.600 be another w for them. 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.480 So again it's it's the strength of their organization and 0:08:14.520 --> 0:08:16.640 they've leaned into that a lot. But now you are 0:08:16.640 --> 0:08:18.720 in a window where you've paid Aaron Judge a ton 0:08:18.720 --> 0:08:20.480 of money, You've paid Garrett Cole a ton of money. 0:08:20.480 --> 0:08:24.760 You traded for Juan Soto. Their bullpen looked and felt vulnerable, 0:08:25.080 --> 0:08:27.800 and just to be honest, and I know the world 0:08:27.800 --> 0:08:30.960 doesn't work this way anymore. Clay Holmes on the closer 0:08:31.080 --> 0:08:35.600 vibe train, so three out of ten. He's a massive human, 0:08:36.800 --> 0:08:38.680 So that gives them some points. When you see that 0:08:38.720 --> 0:08:42.160 coming out of the bullpen, you're like, Okay, not a swagster. 0:08:44.040 --> 0:08:47.760 His best pitch is a fastball, like a sinker, a 0:08:47.840 --> 0:08:51.400 contact sinker. His slider has developed and become a better 0:08:51.440 --> 0:08:54.600 pitch for them, But I think now that he's been 0:08:54.679 --> 0:08:57.800 seen around the league, he doesn't hold runners he doesn't 0:08:57.800 --> 0:09:02.040 have good control. There's just not enough weapons in there 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:07.040 to be a lockdown, consistent closer, especially when you're infield 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:10.960 defense this week, which got highlighted on the main stage yesterday, 0:09:11.240 --> 0:09:14.600 including a play by DJ Lemayhew thirty six years old 0:09:14.640 --> 0:09:17.320 playing first base and has been one of, if not 0:09:17.440 --> 0:09:20.640 the worst player in baseball this year. Meanwhile, if you 0:09:20.679 --> 0:09:25.640 look at other teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers, they let 0:09:25.679 --> 0:09:30.000 Amedrozario Go who they traded for was hitting three hundred 0:09:30.000 --> 0:09:34.079 on the season, is super versatile, but they grabbed him 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:36.920 his insurance for the rest of their team, and they 0:09:36.920 --> 0:09:39.920 had other teams and trades come through. Tommy Edmond is 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.080 now back in playing for them. Their whole bench is 0:09:42.240 --> 0:09:47.160 veteran Leyden with guys that at least have oskill or 0:09:47.200 --> 0:09:50.840 guys that have given them like huge playoff moments, Chris Taylor, 0:09:50.960 --> 0:09:57.600 Kei ke Kevin Kiermyer like he has his skill. The 0:09:57.640 --> 0:10:04.320 Houston Astros earlier this season released Jose Abraw with thirty 0:10:04.360 --> 0:10:10.119 million left to pay twenty mil this year, maybe fifteen 0:10:10.320 --> 0:10:11.840 mil next year, something like that. 0:10:11.920 --> 0:10:14.880 In the neighborhood whatever, whatever the exact number is. 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:19.080 Former MVP Jose Brew. They when that contract came out, 0:10:19.120 --> 0:10:21.760 everyone thought it was a year too long. They made 0:10:21.800 --> 0:10:25.160 the move former MVP, well respected guy. 0:10:25.280 --> 0:10:27.320 Fal number on him, but he had left thirty point 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:27.840 eight million. 0:10:28.080 --> 0:10:31.560 He also like had a bad year last year, but 0:10:31.720 --> 0:10:35.520 kicked in in the postseason, so you know that's a 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:40.400 tricky game. But he's an older player. An exercise I 0:10:40.400 --> 0:10:42.800 did the other day and now I'm starting to wander 0:10:43.000 --> 0:10:45.440 just a little bit before I get to football season. 0:10:46.040 --> 0:10:49.800 DJ Lemayhew's thirty six. I'm starting to deal with father time, 0:10:49.840 --> 0:10:54.080 even though I still look I got some early twenties. Often, 0:10:54.600 --> 0:10:56.880 oh how old? Let me guess how old you are? 0:10:57.040 --> 0:10:58.960 Why does that happen to me? Either way, the fact 0:10:59.040 --> 0:11:01.960 people are doing that to me means they know I'm 0:11:02.000 --> 0:11:06.040 older than I look like. The fact that someone else 0:11:06.080 --> 0:11:07.880 would bring that up to me in a conversation means 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.840 the math is off anyways. 0:11:10.480 --> 0:11:13.200 Because that's even come up, you have to kind of 0:11:13.240 --> 0:11:14.720 not know the person that well. 0:11:15.240 --> 0:11:17.400 So if you go to Baseball Reference, you can pick 0:11:17.440 --> 0:11:20.000 when a list of player's birthday, you can list players 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:23.400 that are born a certain year. E. J. Lemayhew was 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:27.040 born in nineteen eighty eight. You're really close to mine 0:11:27.480 --> 0:11:32.839 nineteen eighty nine. These are the players that played this 0:11:33.000 --> 0:11:38.480 season that were born in nineteen eighty eight. I'll skip 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:44.160 the pitchers for you. Kurt Casally uh picked up off 0:11:44.200 --> 0:11:46.720 the streets from the Giants because they needed a catcher. 0:11:48.040 --> 0:11:52.360 I believe he is. He's point two war, but that's 0:11:52.480 --> 0:11:55.960 all defensive, uh, my guy. Kurt Casally has a four 0:11:56.040 --> 0:12:01.400 eighty six ops a forty four ops plus. Okay. 0:12:01.640 --> 0:12:01.920 Sure. 0:12:03.320 --> 0:12:06.960 Adam Duvall, who's put together a couple good seasons recently, 0:12:07.720 --> 0:12:10.080 he has a negative one point three war this year 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:14.959 a fifty seven ops plus. Okay, now looking good? Yes? 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:19.319 MONI grandal you titsman or a yas man? He has 0:12:19.320 --> 0:12:22.840 a negative war. He has an eighty one ops plus 0:12:23.040 --> 0:12:26.000 a six fifty six fifty six okay? 0:12:28.080 --> 0:12:28.440 Uh? 0:12:28.600 --> 0:12:33.480 Dj Lem Mayhew negative one point six war, a fifty 0:12:33.520 --> 0:12:40.199 ops plus a five twenty seven ops. No, why no? Uh, 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:46.440 Tommy Fam obviously Tommy Fam is on this list. Tommy 0:12:46.440 --> 0:12:49.080 Fam does have a negative war this year, zero point 0:12:49.120 --> 0:12:52.599 three with a ninety six ops plus. Tommy Fam is 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:56.520 still fight in the fight verse, lefties, my guy. The 0:12:56.720 --> 0:13:02.200 only offensive player that bucks the eighty eight trend at 0:13:02.280 --> 0:13:06.000 all is Starling Marte, who has been hurt for a 0:13:06.080 --> 0:13:08.559 chunk of this season, is one of the most in 0:13:08.760 --> 0:13:13.880 shape baseball players I think we've ever had, and Starling 0:13:13.880 --> 0:13:16.520 Marte has a one zero four ohps plus, so I 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:20.600 want to say he's exactly taking down the world is 0:13:20.720 --> 0:13:23.560 zero point five war. So I think if you added 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:27.800 up the war from the baseball players born in nineteen 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:36.120 eighty eight position players, it would be negative. The Yankees 0:13:36.160 --> 0:13:39.320 have continued to roll DJ Lemayhew out there. It's almost 0:13:39.320 --> 0:13:41.840 become route to DJ Lemayhew. It feels like he's a 0:13:41.840 --> 0:13:44.079 shell of himself. I know he's a two time batting title. 0:13:44.120 --> 0:13:46.440 I know he was a light in a couple of 0:13:46.440 --> 0:13:50.200 those Yankee years where he was just as electric as 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.959 a player like DJ Lemayhew could be. It was awesome 0:13:53.000 --> 0:13:55.400 to watch. It forced the hand of the Yankees to 0:13:55.480 --> 0:13:59.120 re sign him that they did, and they extended it 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.680 to a longer come tracked because they were worried about 0:14:01.679 --> 0:14:03.360 how he would age and they would hope it would 0:14:03.360 --> 0:14:05.360 turn into a bench roll eventually where he would be 0:14:05.400 --> 0:14:10.080 a backup first baseman, third baseman, maybe second base. It 0:14:10.240 --> 0:14:14.199 just hasn't happened. And having him in the field late 0:14:14.240 --> 0:14:17.440 in the game. He misses not even a routine ball, 0:14:18.400 --> 0:14:22.640 less than routine like a chopper, basically a game of catch. 0:14:23.160 --> 0:14:25.040 Like an easy play. 0:14:26.880 --> 0:14:30.640 The office makes that play. Joseph Solano makes that play. 0:14:30.960 --> 0:14:33.200 There might have been some lights involved. I get it, 0:14:33.280 --> 0:14:35.640 you're not supposed to do that, But when you put 0:14:35.640 --> 0:14:37.400 it with the offensive stats, you put it with the 0:14:37.400 --> 0:14:41.600 fact he was never really a first baseman, and you 0:14:41.680 --> 0:14:47.600 have your a guy that could potentially be the fourth 0:14:47.720 --> 0:14:51.560 best player on your team in your minor leagues, but 0:14:51.680 --> 0:14:54.640 you don't know because you haven't played them, because you 0:14:54.720 --> 0:14:58.400 have another veteran for one year that you're not committed 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:02.920 to that the Red Sox traded you. The Red Sox 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:06.520 willingly traded you because this guy's had his stuff going 0:15:06.520 --> 0:15:10.560 on and you're not willing to get your top prospect 0:15:10.760 --> 0:15:15.080 in the mix. When you're in an al's pennant race 0:15:15.160 --> 0:15:17.600 with the Baltimore Orioles, they could put you in a 0:15:17.640 --> 0:15:24.960 three game wildcard or not. Unserious has been a word 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:29.920 thrown around a lot. I mentioned some of the moves 0:15:29.920 --> 0:15:33.760 that the Dodgers and Houston have done. The Baltimore Orioles 0:15:34.200 --> 0:15:36.800 have sent down Jackson Holliday when he came up and 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.720 he didn't contribute the Yankees. When Volti came up, they 0:15:39.720 --> 0:15:43.960 gave him a full extended leash. Yet other prospects, Jason Dimingez, 0:15:44.000 --> 0:15:48.200 they can't get anything Clay Holmes. They tried to convince 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:52.360 themselves he was the best closer in the league. For 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:54.760 for what I think it was a month or like 0:15:54.920 --> 0:15:58.400 three weeks. Every time a player did an interview, they 0:15:58.480 --> 0:16:01.160 went out of their way to say that Clay Holmes 0:16:01.560 --> 0:16:03.040 is the best closer in baseball. 0:16:03.640 --> 0:16:07.240 There's clearly like an organizational line. 0:16:06.960 --> 0:16:09.600 Like a memo went out, and that's kind of how 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.040 they do it. By the way, go check out what 0:16:12.160 --> 0:16:14.440 Emmanuel class A is doing this year. So if you 0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:17.520 really want to get into that kind of argument. Anyways, 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.960 they basically tried to will the fact that Clay Holmes 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:26.760 is a good closer into existence. And he started off 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:31.000 the season great, and Clay has some it's nasty. I 0:16:31.080 --> 0:16:35.400 used to call him robot horse because he has the 0:16:35.480 --> 0:16:39.560 legs of a horse and he was throwing strikes. That 0:16:39.640 --> 0:16:42.560 was his big problem in Pittsburgh and guys couldn't find it. 0:16:43.120 --> 0:16:45.560 Guys have started to find it. They've seen Clay Holmes. 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:49.840 It's a sinker slider, and I think with the stuff 0:16:49.880 --> 0:16:52.200 around the league these days, and with having seeing a 0:16:52.240 --> 0:16:56.360 pitcher multiple times, it's just not as good as it 0:16:56.440 --> 0:16:58.840 needs to be to hold on to that closer spot. 0:16:59.080 --> 0:17:01.560 He also gives up a lot of weak contact with 0:17:01.640 --> 0:17:04.840 a bad defensive infield. He cannot field because he's built 0:17:04.880 --> 0:17:08.520 like a robot horse. That the Yankees were in denial 0:17:08.640 --> 0:17:10.480 about his struggles because it was a lot of weak 0:17:10.520 --> 0:17:13.600 contact and oh it's a hit, it's it's an infield single, 0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:15.520 it's a walk, and then there comes the big hit. 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:19.000 Karon Boone, It's a line he kept using, and it 0:17:19.040 --> 0:17:21.560 didn't make me mad until it made me mad that 0:17:21.680 --> 0:17:24.600 Clay Holmes last year he had some serious control problems, 0:17:24.920 --> 0:17:27.840 Like you would watch his first two pitches and you'd go, 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:28.560 oh my god. 0:17:28.960 --> 0:17:31.000 He would have days that you would like, know, we. 0:17:30.920 --> 0:17:33.240 Could he doesn't have the zone today. He couldn't find 0:17:33.240 --> 0:17:35.320 the zone. He'd start getting the bullpen up instantly and 0:17:35.320 --> 0:17:37.840 that's whatever. So Boone and his press conferences would say like, 0:17:37.880 --> 0:17:40.560 you know, Claysman, he hasn't had any of the wild 0:17:40.680 --> 0:17:43.080 the control issues this year. And I was like, okay, 0:17:43.600 --> 0:17:46.560 you know you're right, Boone and then when you take 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.480 a step back and you realize what he's doing now, 0:17:49.920 --> 0:17:54.159 because after an incredible start to the season, which I 0:17:54.200 --> 0:17:56.639 want to get my stats right here, he opened up 0:17:56.640 --> 0:18:00.480 the season on a scoreless streak his first twenty appear apearances. 0:18:00.520 --> 0:18:07.520 We're scoreless. That's good, incredible, incredible until May nineteenth he 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:11.919 was scoreless. Uh since then? And does may matter in 0:18:11.960 --> 0:18:17.480 your team season right now? No, it's over. It's September. 0:18:17.640 --> 0:18:21.280 A whole summer has happened. In thirty five innings, he 0:18:21.320 --> 0:18:30.000 has a five to one four EERRA with like a 0:18:30.080 --> 0:18:32.720 two seventy nine batting average against a three forty eight 0:18:32.760 --> 0:18:35.600 obps seven sixty two oh ps. If I bring those 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:37.840 numbers in a little more, they get worse as the 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:42.639 season goes. So when my guy, Aaron Boone, who we 0:18:42.720 --> 0:18:45.240 talked to once a week, says, yeah, but Clay's not 0:18:45.320 --> 0:18:48.720 dealing with the control issues, okay, then that means he's 0:18:48.760 --> 0:18:52.679 just getting beat at regular baseball. What you thought was 0:18:52.760 --> 0:18:57.640 his flaw isn't happening, and now he's getting beat at baseball. 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:01.320 So by trying to blindly con vince themselves that he 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:06.040 was a lockdown, elite closer, they now have not given 0:19:06.080 --> 0:19:09.000 anyone else a try it closing this year, which maybe 0:19:09.000 --> 0:19:11.680 it wasn't the right move. Maybe Luke Weaver's not ready 0:19:11.680 --> 0:19:13.840 for it. Maybe Jake Cousins is not ready for it. 0:19:14.040 --> 0:19:16.520 I don't fully believe the Yankees wanted to get someone 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:19.440 more impactful. At the deadline, we saw the Padres add 0:19:19.440 --> 0:19:24.239 two significant arms. Aj Puck Again, I don't know if 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:26.840 that's Yankees guy, but for how good he's been for 0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:28.520 the Diamondbacks. 0:19:28.000 --> 0:19:32.840 Yo, could you could have gotten someone. 0:19:32.960 --> 0:19:39.960 Instead of a guy like Piaza is a big was 0:19:40.040 --> 0:19:42.480 a big prospect for them. He's now kind of down 0:19:42.760 --> 0:19:45.000 and out on it on their prospect pipeline. We'll see 0:19:45.040 --> 0:19:47.399 if he gets in the mix next year. But I 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:50.200 would have loved to find out him playing more baseball 0:19:50.240 --> 0:19:54.000 in the last couple of years that between Vulpi and Glaber, 0:19:54.080 --> 0:19:55.960 there would have been different moments. You could have played 0:19:55.960 --> 0:19:58.159 that guy more and you could have known what you 0:19:58.240 --> 0:20:01.480 had and maybe he's an option come the postseason. Maybe 0:20:01.480 --> 0:20:04.560 he's not, and that's okay because his value. Know that 0:20:04.840 --> 0:20:07.840 his value at Triple A is doing nothing. They close 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:12.080 off doors to themselves and it gets them in more 0:20:12.200 --> 0:20:16.720 trouble than they think it's helping by saying, bolp, he's 0:20:16.760 --> 0:20:19.680 locked in at shortstop every day. Well, he's really struggling. 0:20:20.400 --> 0:20:23.280 Get him some help, all right, Clay Holmes is our closer. 0:20:23.760 --> 0:20:27.440 He's struggling, Get him some help. They try other options 0:20:27.480 --> 0:20:27.920 with Clay. 0:20:27.960 --> 0:20:31.159 They've in previous years that he's been the Yankees closer. 0:20:31.200 --> 0:20:34.240 They've put him in timeouts for two weeks like they've 0:20:34.240 --> 0:20:37.760 they've done it with him before at the deadline. Look, 0:20:37.920 --> 0:20:40.800 obviously we don't you don't know exactly how any conversations 0:20:41.119 --> 0:20:43.520 went and what moves were closed and just didn't work 0:20:43.520 --> 0:20:47.320 out for X y Z. But Cashman said closer wasn't 0:20:47.760 --> 0:20:50.280 at the top of his you know, priority list whatever 0:20:50.320 --> 0:20:54.679 exactly he said. And they but but even in the 0:20:54.720 --> 0:20:58.240 world that they've drawn up, and I'm and I like Clay. 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:00.480 I think he's a good reliever that is capable of 0:21:00.520 --> 0:21:05.160 closing some games. But even in that world that they've 0:21:05.720 --> 0:21:08.160 drawn up that he's the best in the world, Even 0:21:08.200 --> 0:21:11.439 if that's true, why didn't they go about the deadline 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:13.920 prepare for like, okay, well what if he gets hurt? 0:21:14.400 --> 0:21:18.720 Like they since April we've been saying we'd love a 0:21:18.800 --> 0:21:22.040 reliever that can like day one, you feel good about 0:21:22.320 --> 0:21:26.280 eighth inning or later like just they needed depth back there, 0:21:26.359 --> 0:21:28.400 just just anyway every team does. 0:21:29.080 --> 0:21:31.199 Hey, half of you are listening and your team's out 0:21:31.240 --> 0:21:35.320 of the playoff mix and you can't believe this again, 0:21:35.440 --> 0:21:37.920 I would love to know what your teams are going through. 0:21:39.240 --> 0:21:43.240 As we're in September. This is the final run. Orioles 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:46.280 also demoted Craig Kimbrel, a historic closer, from the closer 0:21:46.359 --> 0:21:48.560 role this year. And there is no problem because it's 0:21:48.560 --> 0:21:51.760 baseball and that's how it works. They've gone too far 0:21:51.800 --> 0:21:55.480 away from competition and it feels weird. The other thing, 0:21:55.520 --> 0:21:57.840 I'll say Jazz Chisholm, who has been awesome for the 0:21:57.840 --> 0:22:02.000 New York Yankees. One dotting the Common conversation yesterday. He's 0:22:02.080 --> 0:22:06.600 the most athletic Yankee since Blank. We said Brett Gardner. 0:22:07.040 --> 0:22:09.880 He has a conversation. A young Brett Gardner could fly 0:22:10.000 --> 0:22:13.879 around the bases. You know when I say athletic, especially 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:16.360 when it comes to baseball, like arm strength I think 0:22:16.720 --> 0:22:18.879 becomes involved in it a little bit. And just like 0:22:18.920 --> 0:22:22.440 how you move, like how fluid are you around the bases? 0:22:22.440 --> 0:22:26.000 How well can you feel different positions? I think peak 0:22:26.080 --> 0:22:28.800 Jazz would take on peak Gardy, depending how you do 0:22:28.840 --> 0:22:31.920 your baseball athleticism. The name John throwed out and I 0:22:31.960 --> 0:22:34.120 would love to get any other names along the way 0:22:34.200 --> 0:22:37.480 is Alfonso Soriano, which we're going back twenty years now, 0:22:38.880 --> 0:22:41.800 so I realize, you know, baseball kind of gets laughed 0:22:41.800 --> 0:22:45.800 at for its athleticism. Sometimes the Yankees sign free agents, 0:22:45.800 --> 0:22:47.919 which that brings you into the later part of your career, 0:22:47.960 --> 0:22:52.200 which makes you less athletic. But it could be something 0:22:52.200 --> 0:22:54.320 else that Yankee fans look back at and they're like, wait, 0:22:54.359 --> 0:22:58.679 why didn't we have more athleticism on the field. Labor 0:22:58.760 --> 0:23:03.080