1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: Good morning everybody. Did you guys see this news story 2 00:00:03,320 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 1: about how a member of the Brewers organization was uncovered 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: to be an assassin? I gotta say I wish the 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:13,480 Speaker 1: Yankees had this kind of killer instinct. 5 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 2: Hey, Eric, thanks from California. 6 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 3: Love your program. 7 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 4: And I'm not sick of anything, but. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 2: Maybe a little disappointed. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 3: With all the the boo birds. 10 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 4: I mean, all these comments Yanks is homesucks. 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: Blah blah blah. 12 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:39,880 Speaker 3: Yankees had the best record of baseball. 13 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 4: Loose skills going on the hill tomorrow were game and 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 4: a half of. 15 00:00:45,560 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 3: Every game. 16 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 2: Council, I realized that, and we just got to just 17 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 2: start being a little more pro positive here. 18 00:00:53,159 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 1: How's it going, man? I understand the desire for positivity 19 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: and the desire to see fans be positive about their team. 20 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 1: But right now, the Yankees bullpen is awful, and Jose 21 00:01:07,280 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: Travino can't throw anybody out behind the plate. Clay Holmes 22 00:01:11,080 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: can't be trusted in a close game. He's had about 23 00:01:14,600 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: three or four clunkers in the last month. The Yankees 24 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,080 Speaker 1: have some serious problems that they need to address. They've 25 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: got the best record in baseball because they're starting pitching 26 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 1: went on a historical streak at the same time that 27 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: Judge and Soto we're both having MVP caliber months. We 28 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: simply can't count on that all the time. And it's 29 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:38,520 Speaker 1: becoming more and more evident every day that the Yankees 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,720 Speaker 1: need to address this bullpen or they're not going to 31 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:42,679 Speaker 1: be in first place anymore. That's just how it's going 32 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:42,959 Speaker 1: to be. 33 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 5: Hey, Derek Nick, I want to start off with something 34 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 5: that's really bothering me over the last several games. The 35 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,720 Speaker 5: Yankees pitchers. It's long overdo they employ this live step. 36 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 5: This is something you're taught from middle league or high 37 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 5: school onwards. So it's just ridiculous that these guys are 38 00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 5: not employing a slive step to make a quicker to 39 00:02:04,680 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 5: the plate. You know, A full leg pick like that 40 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 5: is just way too long. Trevino's arm is also just 41 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 5: not strong anymore. I don't know what happens to it. 42 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 5: No zip on his throws on AIRMANIL one today and yeah, 43 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,560 Speaker 5: not good. Cainley might be a naked mole rat by 44 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 5: the end of the time went through with this guy 45 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:30,800 Speaker 5: is elas the head right now, still no saves, so 46 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,120 Speaker 5: we need some of the bullpend to stuff that step. 47 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:35,760 Speaker 5: It up, I give it to you. Clay Holmes can't 48 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 5: control that thinker most of the time, doesn't even throw 49 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 5: a four steam anymore, and his command just keeps off. 50 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 4: For weeks at a time. 51 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 5: And you know, we can't have that being the playoffs. 52 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,640 Speaker 5: So I hope we trade for a good bullpen arm, 53 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,720 Speaker 5: someone who's a flame thrower, like you say, and uh yeah, 54 00:02:53,760 --> 00:02:56,320 Speaker 5: we need the Yankees to get right. Hopefully Judge gets 55 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 5: healthy and we'll see how many more batters get plunked 56 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 5: in this series tomorrow. 57 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: One thing the Yankees bullpen did well was they drilled 58 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:11,119 Speaker 1: Colton Kowser and Gunner Henderson. Look, the pen is extremely 59 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: weak right now. This is gonna be the theme of 60 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,919 Speaker 1: the episode. We've got a lot of calls about this. 61 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:20,880 Speaker 1: I mean, there's just nobody down there who strikes guys 62 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: out consistently. That's what every world champion has. You gotta 63 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:30,079 Speaker 1: have somebody in the bullpen who blows guys away. And 64 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,960 Speaker 1: if that means you got to go back out and 65 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 1: get eraldis Chapman, even then you do that. I don't 66 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 1: like eraldis Chapman, but at least he strikes guys out. 67 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:43,600 Speaker 1: You know, he's wild, you know, David Robertson from the 68 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,240 Speaker 1: Texas Rangers. He's thirty nine years old. The Rangers are 69 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:49,840 Speaker 1: not having a good year. Their offense is trash. You know, 70 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 1: maybe we can get David Robertson back. Got to be 71 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 1: creative here. If you're Brian Cashman, you can't keep running 72 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: out the same garbage and just hope it improves because 73 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:01,680 Speaker 1: it's probably not going to. 74 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:08,640 Speaker 2: I think that holiday Trabino had, like the Wars arm 75 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 2: and Baseball. 76 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: It's definitely not good and his pop time is slow. 77 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: They mentioned last night on the broadcast he's got a 78 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,000 Speaker 1: little bit of a hitch. And then Kratz last night. 79 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:21,480 Speaker 1: You know, he's obviously going to defend the catchers. He's 80 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: a catcher. He said that the Yankees' pitchers could be 81 00:04:24,640 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 1: a little bit quicker to the plate. That's probably true too. 82 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,279 Speaker 1: You know, we had the call about the slide step 83 00:04:29,680 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: being used. There's a lot of factors leading into this 84 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,560 Speaker 1: right now, and there are ways that the Yankees can 85 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,960 Speaker 1: improve this, whether it's controlling the running game better with 86 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: the pitching, you know, throwing over slide step, you know, 87 00:04:44,400 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 1: occasional pitchouts, but a lot of it's gonna come down 88 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: to Travino, and if he can't get it together, Austin 89 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,359 Speaker 1: Wells is going to start getting more reps because at 90 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 1: least Austin Wells has pretty good pop time. 91 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 3: Listen, I told you eight weeks ago we will never 92 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 3: win a chanceampionship with Homes as the closer. 93 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 4: I know you responded as, Hey. 94 00:05:04,279 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: You never know how you're going to say that. You 95 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 3: could tell by his face he has no confidence. The 96 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,840 Speaker 3: guy's bought. When he's wild, he's really wild. 97 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 4: And even the stags he had he. 98 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:20,120 Speaker 3: Gives up one to two runs. It's never a clean space. 99 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,880 Speaker 3: This man will never never get us a championship. The 100 00:05:25,960 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 3: Yankees need to jump on this right away. That game 101 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,600 Speaker 3: we lost yesterday was so bad. The only thing he 102 00:05:34,680 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 3: needed to do was have one clean any. 103 00:05:38,520 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 1: I'll admit my patience with Clay Holmes was probably a 104 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:44,680 Speaker 1: little bit more lenient than it should have been. But 105 00:05:44,920 --> 00:05:49,240 Speaker 1: I'm coming around to your side, man, Look, just too 106 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,520 Speaker 1: much contact. We've got to get more strikeouts down there, 107 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:56,200 Speaker 1: and especially when you can't throw guys out if they 108 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 1: reach base, you've got to do a better job at 109 00:05:59,279 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: run prevention late in the game. I think you're one 110 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 1: hundred percent right. You can't win in the playoffs with 111 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 1: that setup because so many games in the postseason are 112 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 1: decided late, and right now, the Yankees don't have any 113 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:15,320 Speaker 1: shut down relievers in the bullpen. They need to go 114 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: out and do what it takes to go out and 115 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,200 Speaker 1: get some arms. If that means trading some prospects, that 116 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,640 Speaker 1: means trading some prospects. 117 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,120 Speaker 2: Hi, Derek, this is Dennis against from Pennsylvania. Oh, the 118 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: Yankees are never gonna make it with Buddhism manager. That's 119 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,040 Speaker 2: all I can say. They have a great team, a 120 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 2: lot of good players. 121 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 4: But they have no leadership. 122 00:06:36,920 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 1: Again, I don't know about never with Aaron Boone. I 123 00:06:40,040 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 1: think the players will dictate the championship. However, there have 124 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,480 Speaker 1: been a lot of questionable decisions from Boone over the 125 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,279 Speaker 1: last few years, and even last night pinch hitting Jami 126 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: Jones instead of Oswaldo Cabrera. I don't get it. I 127 00:06:55,080 --> 00:07:00,880 Speaker 1: don't get it, but I understand the frustration. There's a 128 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: lot of people that are just ticked off right now 129 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,160 Speaker 1: because the Yankees blew a close game to the Orioles. 130 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,640 Speaker 1: But if you come out and you win today, that 131 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: changes the whole feeling around the team. And you'll take 132 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:13,920 Speaker 1: a series from the Orioles. You got Luis Heel on 133 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: the mound today. He shut down the Orioles last time 134 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:19,320 Speaker 1: he faced them. He has not been as strong the 135 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: last couple of times out. I think he's starting to 136 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 1: get a little bit fatigued. But if you can win today, 137 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 1: you at least send a message to the Orioles. But 138 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:29,320 Speaker 1: if you lose today, I think the Oriols send a 139 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:32,280 Speaker 1: message to you because they have won now three out 140 00:07:32,320 --> 00:07:34,320 Speaker 1: of four in Baltimore, and that would be two out 141 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: of three at Yankee Stadium and they would regain the 142 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 1: division lead. So this is a very very important game. 143 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,600 Speaker 4: Hey, Derek's caller from New Jersey calling again, love your show. 144 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 4: Just saw that game. It was a thriller. So pissed 145 00:07:48,840 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 4: that the Orioles one though again because of play homes 146 00:07:52,840 --> 00:07:55,360 Speaker 4: have to get a new closer. Man, who do you 147 00:07:55,360 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 4: think are the best options to get I know you've 148 00:07:57,600 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 4: talked about them a little bit. Plight. Oh, just so 149 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,280 Speaker 4: just shought about that loss, because there really was a 150 00:08:04,320 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 4: game we should have won. 151 00:08:06,440 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 1: Garrett Crochet, Tanner, Scott, Michael Kopek, maybe David Robertson, probably 152 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:16,640 Speaker 1: not Mason Miller, even though you know he's obviously got 153 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: lights out stuff. The issue is that the asking price 154 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:23,440 Speaker 1: for him is just gonna wipe out your farm system. 155 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: And I'm not convinced that his elbow is gonna basically 156 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: stay together in one piece. So I'd be a little 157 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:33,360 Speaker 1: bit tentative to trade top prospects for a guy who's 158 00:08:33,400 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 1: a ticking time bomb. But if you can get him 159 00:08:35,920 --> 00:08:39,560 Speaker 1: for a reasonable price, which you can't, then that's the move. 160 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 1: But look, there's a lot of guys out there that 161 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,920 Speaker 1: Brian Cashman should be looking at. And every day that 162 00:08:46,040 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: goes by without a solid strikeout guy in that bullpend 163 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:54,240 Speaker 1: is another chance that you're gonna blow a game late 164 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:57,240 Speaker 1: because there's too many runners on base, there's too much 165 00:08:57,280 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: contact late in the game, and when Judge and Soto 166 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,640 Speaker 1: or whoever are out of the lineup, you're just not 167 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,520 Speaker 1: creating that separation. When you're not getting that great starting pitching, 168 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 1: you're not creating that I guess room for error for 169 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: the bullpen, and they're going to implode. And I have 170 00:09:15,520 --> 00:09:18,880 Speaker 1: zero confidence right now in Clay Holmes. 171 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:24,040 Speaker 4: Hey, Derek, this is Tom from Barefoot Fee, Florida. Yeah, 172 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,560 Speaker 4: just calling, you had made a comment about Clay Holmes 173 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,320 Speaker 4: that he makes you nervous with the body language. I agree. 174 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:33,319 Speaker 4: He almost looks like he's hyper. 175 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 2: Almost fastic, and he hears some rush and yeah, I'm not. 176 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 4: Comfortable with him either when he comes up. 177 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: Yeah, you can really tell a lot about a picture 178 00:09:46,760 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: by their body language. And Clay Holmes does not inspire 179 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: confidence with the way he carries himself on the mound. 180 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,720 Speaker 1: We had another commenter that used the word mound presence, 181 00:09:56,840 --> 00:10:00,719 Speaker 1: actually the words mound presence, and I think that's applicable. 182 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,959 Speaker 1: He doesn't have a great mound presence. He's got great stuff, 183 00:10:04,160 --> 00:10:08,720 Speaker 1: got a great sinker, but he doesn't inspire that, you know, 184 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:14,920 Speaker 1: ruthless killer that you want as a closer. All right, 185 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: we'll see you after the game, Luis Heal on the 186 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 1: mound as the Yankees try to take two out of 187 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,120 Speaker 1: three from Baltimore. I'll see you around six forty five 188 00:10:22,200 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 1: seven o'clock. Catch you next time.