1 00:00:01,200 --> 00:00:06,240 Speaker 1: All right, but tip to feel you. Oh wow, it's 2 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:10,960 Speaker 1: all It's finally here Opening Day twenty twenty four, and 3 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: we got a lot to talk about, not only the 4 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:18,160 Speaker 1: Pinstripe debuts for Juan Soto and Marcus Stroman, but also 5 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,439 Speaker 1: Jonathan Lewiserga headed to the shelf for about two months 6 00:00:21,480 --> 00:00:25,040 Speaker 1: at least. My recap, your reactions coming up next. This 7 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: is then, why why recaps? Due that staying your money? 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, just when they go away, pull me back. 9 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody, Welcome back. Happy home opener to those 10 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 1: of you who celebrate. I know a lot of people 11 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: take the day off of work to watch the Yankees 12 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,720 Speaker 1: home opener. Uh, tough day for the Yankees. They obviously 13 00:00:52,800 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: lose three to nothing, shut out for the first time 14 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:58,040 Speaker 1: since I believe they said nineteen sixty seven in the 15 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: home opener. You know, good to see the the Pinstripe 16 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: debut of Juan Soto, but he had a tough day, 17 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 1: oh for four, couple of strikeouts. Marcus Stroman home debut 18 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:11,040 Speaker 1: was pretty phenomenal for Dugo was making his home debut. 19 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 1: John Birdie to Bertie actually played pretty well. Outstanding performance 20 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:20,440 Speaker 1: from Marcus Stroman, who has been absolutely phenomenal as a Yankee, 21 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 1: but the offense just did not help him out. Tonight 22 00:01:23,319 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 1: came up short. So let's go ahead and put up 23 00:01:25,440 --> 00:01:29,800 Speaker 1: the full game highlights. There's not a lot of great highlights. 24 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:33,520 Speaker 1: There's no offensive highlights, really, but there was an earthquake 25 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium before the game, in case you missed it, 26 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 1: I saw it reported by the Weather Channel's Twitter account, 27 00:01:39,480 --> 00:01:44,319 Speaker 1: which made me wonder, is an earthquake really? Weather? Is it? 28 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 1: If you believe Creeden's Clearwater Revival? I guess it falls 29 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: under the same category as lightning, and that category is 30 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: bad times today, which definitely applies. I'm always trying to 31 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: open up the voicemail show with a joke, and yesterday 32 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:06,520 Speaker 1: I had Billy Joel as part of it, and so 33 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 1: I feel like I feel like most people would know 34 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,120 Speaker 1: who Billy Joel is if you're a Yankees fan. He's 35 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:17,800 Speaker 1: an iconic New York musician. And so today we go 36 00:02:17,919 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: Creton's Clearwater Revival. I feel like that might go over 37 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,160 Speaker 1: a few people's heads, but it's my podcast, and I 38 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: can make obscure references if I want to. Croissant says 39 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 1: his house shook. I was through one earthquake. I believe 40 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 1: it was twenty fourteen, twenty fifteen, something like that, maybe 41 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 1: a little bit earlier. I was outside and there was 42 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: a giant spider on my window, and I was looking 43 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:43,120 Speaker 1: at the spider and trying to identify what kind of 44 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,000 Speaker 1: spider it was and whether or not I wanted to 45 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: or how I was going to get rid of it, 46 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: or if I was going to squish it. I usually 47 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: don't squish them, usually just move them. And then I 48 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 1: noticed that the window was shaking, the window was rattling, 49 00:02:53,560 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 1: and I was like, oh, man, winds blowing my window. 50 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: I gotta get that window fix. And then when I 51 00:02:57,360 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: went inside, I saw that everybody was texting me, did 52 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: you feel earthquake? YadA, YadA, YadA. Anyway, before we get 53 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: to the recap, few things that we got to talk about. 54 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:11,800 Speaker 1: Breaking news before the game. Jonathan Lowiseaga off the menu. 55 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,800 Speaker 1: No more Lasagna until at least June. He's out with 56 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:18,880 Speaker 1: another elbow injury flexer strain. I'm of the opinion that 57 00:03:18,919 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: the guy's just too small to throw as hard as 58 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: he does, and the Yankees need to stop relying on 59 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,359 Speaker 1: him every season. Usually he gives us a few good 60 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 1: outings before he gets injured, but he always ends up 61 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: getting hurt. So look, some guys aren't built to execute 62 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: the skill set they possess. He's like the pitching version 63 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:44,480 Speaker 1: of Byron Buxton. Immense talent, but his body just will 64 00:03:44,600 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: not hold up. Terrence actually texted me today he predicted 65 00:03:50,760 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: Johnny Tommy john surgery and then he said, you know 66 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:55,840 Speaker 1: he's gonna be a free agent. So you know, have 67 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:01,640 Speaker 1: we seen the last of Johnny Lasagna. We'll see it's possible. 68 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:05,200 Speaker 1: Yankees also signed rugnet o'dor to a minor league contract 69 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 1: before the game. You wonder, why is it just because 70 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: of Yorbert Vivas's injury? Orbert Vivas has a fractured orbital bone. 71 00:04:15,560 --> 00:04:17,320 Speaker 1: It's gonna be out for a while, so he need 72 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 1: some infield depth. But rugnet o'dor really, we're gonna try 73 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,200 Speaker 1: that again. Also, since it's opening day Yankee Stadium, I 74 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: wanted to share a few of my opening day memory 75 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,159 Speaker 1: since there's not a lot of offense to talk about today. 76 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 1: Ninety six was the snow game. We had Andy Pettitt 77 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: on the mound pitching. Johnny Damon was a young Royal 78 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,320 Speaker 1: in that game, and it was snowing. It was crazy. 79 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,960 Speaker 1: Ninety eight Yankees won seventeen to thirteen against the A's, 80 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 1: so thirty combined runs. That was outstanding. Two thousand and three, 81 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,640 Speaker 1: Hideki matsuiy in the freezing cold, hit a grand slam 82 00:04:51,720 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 1: against the Twins into the right field bleachers. My buddy 83 00:04:54,160 --> 00:04:57,680 Speaker 1: aj Prizinski behind the plate on that one. In twenty 84 00:04:57,680 --> 00:05:02,159 Speaker 1: oh three, Hideki Matt Suey. Sorry I'm repeating the same note. 85 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: In twenty oh five, it was a rematch between the 86 00:05:04,760 --> 00:05:08,919 Speaker 1: Yankees and the Red Sox from the four Alcs, and 87 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,000 Speaker 1: Randy Johnson was on the mound for the Yankees, pitching 88 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:14,560 Speaker 1: against David Wells for the Red Sox. That was interesting, 89 00:05:14,760 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: and for some reason, nine was big for me. That 90 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:20,359 Speaker 1: was the three run home run from Luke Voight to 91 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: center field, and I enjoyed briefly. The briefest part of 92 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: Josh Donaldon's Yankees career was when he walked off Opening 93 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,960 Speaker 1: Day a couple of years ago. So anyway, a couple 94 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: more items before we get to the recap. 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Great through by 125 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:17,080 Speaker 1: Alejandro Kirk who had three hits. So I don't know 126 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: if the Jays have a version of this where they 127 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: give away a belt, but he would probably get it 128 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,360 Speaker 1: if I were handling that podcast. Very nice piece of 129 00:07:24,440 --> 00:07:28,640 Speaker 1: hitting by Volpi though today I actually a couple of 130 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,640 Speaker 1: them Jiterian hits. Jeter had about fifteen hundred of those 131 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,400 Speaker 1: hits exactly like that. About half his hits were to 132 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:38,200 Speaker 1: the opposite field. Birdie made a nice defensive play at 133 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:40,720 Speaker 1: third base on a slow roller from Guerrero in the 134 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,600 Speaker 1: top of the third. He also made a couple of 135 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: nice plays on other slow rollers. I feel like he 136 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: comes in on the ball very well, got a good arm. 137 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,720 Speaker 1: He also made an air so good with the bad 138 00:07:51,040 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 1: interesting that Carbrera was out of the lineup. Today's hottest. 139 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: He's been swinging the bat, but with a lefty on 140 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: the mound, probably not a great matchup if he's not 141 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: good at hitting right handed. And you know, I like 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: what I see so far from Berdie. He had a 143 00:08:02,440 --> 00:08:05,880 Speaker 1: base hit, got good speed, good compact swing. I think 144 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: he's gonna be a good player. Yankees threatened in the 145 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: bottom of the third inning, but John Carlos struck out 146 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 1: with two runners on base. It was the second strikeout 147 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:16,600 Speaker 1: of the game for him, and that gave him thirteen 148 00:08:16,680 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 1: strikeouts in twenty five at bats to begin the season. Football, 149 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:25,680 Speaker 1: that's all three. I know he's a slow starter, but 150 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 1: that is really bad. That is Joey Gallo territory at 151 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 1: this point. Hard to imagine that he's still hitting clean up, 152 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,360 Speaker 1: even against lefties. The main takeaway for me today was 153 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:40,319 Speaker 1: to site despite the offense sucking, Marcus Stroman was phenomenal. 154 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,679 Speaker 1: He pitched great once again. The Blue Jays offense has 155 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,960 Speaker 1: been ass this year, but still he wax that ass 156 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 1: six shutout innings. I've been nothing but impressed with him 157 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: as a pitcher. As a competitor, I love the shimmy 158 00:08:54,920 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 1: after a big strikeout. I love the glove pounding. I 159 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,800 Speaker 1: want guys to pitch with emotion. It gets me hyped 160 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 1: up as a fan watching whether I mean the ballpark, 161 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:05,640 Speaker 1: are watching on TV. It's clear from watching him that 162 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:08,040 Speaker 1: he knows how to pitch. He threw six different types 163 00:09:08,080 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: of pitches today and he was hitting his spots with 164 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,800 Speaker 1: all of them. Tons of movement, tons of downwards sink, 165 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:16,200 Speaker 1: you see, lots of soft contact. He kept volte be 166 00:09:16,280 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 1: busy and on the season two games, zero ERA. That's 167 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 1: twelve innings with no earn runs. Now, he did allow 168 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:25,960 Speaker 1: a couple of unearned runs last time out, but no 169 00:09:26,240 --> 00:09:32,600 Speaker 1: earned runs. Seven hits, three walks, and ten strikeouts, and 170 00:09:33,120 --> 00:09:34,439 Speaker 1: you know you can see the late move and he 171 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 1: gets so far, so good for Marcus Stroman. Let me 172 00:09:36,960 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: know what you think of Stroman so far in the chat. 173 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,319 Speaker 1: But I'm loving what I'm seeing from mister Marcus. I 174 00:09:42,320 --> 00:09:44,120 Speaker 1: think that's a great pivot from Blake Snell if you're 175 00:09:44,120 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: not going to sign Blake Snell. Unfortunately, Caleb Ferguson came 176 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,439 Speaker 1: into the top of the seventh and immediately served up 177 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:53,080 Speaker 1: a solo home run. Hey try not to give up 178 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:56,559 Speaker 1: any home runs and I'll wait through the parking lot. 179 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: That gave the Blue Jays a one nothing lead. They 180 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:01,280 Speaker 1: got a couple of more runs on pass balls or 181 00:10:01,320 --> 00:10:06,240 Speaker 1: wild pitches, just bad pitches. I thought Dennis Santana pitch 182 00:10:06,280 --> 00:10:09,880 Speaker 1: pretty effectively out of the bullpen today, and Birdie was 183 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,720 Speaker 1: a little bit wild. So you know, tough day if 184 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: you're a Yankees fan. They drop the home opener three 185 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: to nothing. Good day, thirt you ain't first your last. 186 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:31,960 Speaker 1: Brian Cutler says, I can't do another season of no offense. 187 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: Let's pray. Also, stanton struggles hurt so much to watch. 188 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: It is difficult to watch Stanton right now. You know, 189 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:41,679 Speaker 1: we had high hopes that the increased flexibility would be 190 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,400 Speaker 1: good for his overall game, but being more flexible doesn't 191 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:48,360 Speaker 1: help you identify a slider better. He still can't hit 192 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: a breaking ball. Charlie Moore says, Kirk gets three hits 193 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: just a punch in the stomach, pretty much pushing itself 194 00:10:56,160 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: into the strike zone. Travino was horrible catching number two 195 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 1: from here on. Yeah, Travino didn't have the great greatest day. 196 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: He was ozho for three with a couple of strikeouts, 197 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: tried to throw a ball that was way too late. 198 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: Let some balls get by that probably could have been blocked. 199 00:11:11,000 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm in favor of Wells getting the bulk 200 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,599 Speaker 1: of the playing time just because he's got more offensive upside. 201 00:11:19,360 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: Champagne Athletes says Stanton and Jose need to kick Rocks, 202 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:30,079 Speaker 1: and then Brian Cutler says, bad pitching by Bertie or 203 00:11:30,120 --> 00:11:33,280 Speaker 1: bad catching by Travina, who is more to blame. Well, 204 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:36,360 Speaker 1: I don't think they were great pitches, but having not 205 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,319 Speaker 1: studied them closely, like frame by frame, like the Zuppruiter 206 00:11:39,480 --> 00:11:41,679 Speaker 1: from film, you know, I can't tell you who's necessarily 207 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 1: at fault. I believe that they were called wild pitches. 208 00:11:48,120 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 1: So and Bertie had an error. So Bertie had no 209 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: idea where the hell he was throwing the ball. Today, 210 00:11:54,200 --> 00:11:59,840 Speaker 1: Bertie had three wild pitches. Hey, congrats, congrats three wild pitches. 211 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,720 Speaker 1: So tough day for the Yankees. On their home opener, 212 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: William William Kelly wants to fire Boone already. I'm gonna 213 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: be over here like winning. Javier Valez says Wells needs 214 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,960 Speaker 1: more playing time. I am one of those people who's 215 00:12:24,080 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: very much of the opinion that if you call up 216 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: a young player, you should let them play. You should 217 00:12:29,280 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: let them get as much playing time as you can 218 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:34,600 Speaker 1: possibly give them. Now, sometimes that's a little bit different 219 00:12:34,600 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 1: for a catcher, because some top pitchers have their personal catcher. 220 00:12:38,000 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: Like you know, last year Garrett Cole wanted to throw 221 00:12:42,040 --> 00:12:45,200 Speaker 1: to Ben Rohtfett, you know, so he didn't get Wells 222 00:12:45,200 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: has made chances back there. But you know, Wells is 223 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: one of your two catchers. He's got a lot of 224 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,040 Speaker 1: offensive upside. He's only going to get better if you 225 00:12:53,120 --> 00:12:55,760 Speaker 1: keep playing him. And now's the time where you want 226 00:12:55,840 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 1: him taking those lumps, getting those learning you know, learning 227 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,120 Speaker 1: pains out of the way, growing pains, I should say, 228 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: out of the way before the season gets too far along. 229 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,160 Speaker 1: You know, you don't want him struggling in July and 230 00:13:09,280 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: August when everybody's supposed to be in mid season form. Now, 231 00:13:12,440 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: today was a tough day to hit. It was cold, 232 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: you could tell everyone was frigid. But uh, you know, 233 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:20,400 Speaker 1: blue Jay's got a home run. Yankee should be able 234 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:28,080 Speaker 1: to do it anyway. Red Hawk Mitchell says, as a Canadian, 235 00:13:28,600 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: I hate when the Yanks lose to the Jays. I 236 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: do too. I agree with that not just because they're 237 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: a division rival, but I find their fans to be 238 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:48,960 Speaker 1: especially annoying. I hardly agree. Charlie Moore says, wells please, 239 00:13:49,000 --> 00:14:01,439 Speaker 1: and we are in agreement. Uh Simmon says, need judge 240 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: to kick off. He is the tailsman and the boogeyman 241 00:14:05,120 --> 00:14:07,240 Speaker 1: for the opposition. You saw what he did in the 242 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 1: final game in Arizona. He pretty much won the game 243 00:14:10,200 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 1: by himself except for for Dougo. You know, he had 244 00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:14,560 Speaker 1: the two run home run and then he had the 245 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 1: RBI double. I think he accounted for three of the 246 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: yankees six runs. When he's red hot, nobody can stop him. 247 00:14:22,480 --> 00:14:25,240 Speaker 1: But he's notoriously a slow starter. Even the year that 248 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 1: he hit sixty two home runs, he got off to 249 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 1: a slow start. He's somebody that definitely heats up with 250 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: the weather. I feel like it's a big, muscle bound guy. 251 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 1: And this applies to John Carlos Stanton too. In the 252 00:14:37,360 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 1: cold weather, you're just a little bit more stiff. You know. 253 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: It's the athletes who play really well in cold weather. 254 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 1: That's just my observation over the years. I don't have 255 00:14:48,840 --> 00:14:52,480 Speaker 1: any scientific data to back that, but if you look 256 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: at let's just take a look at the team. Volpi. 257 00:14:54,680 --> 00:14:57,760 Speaker 1: Volpi's not a big, muscle bound guy. He's a pesky 258 00:14:57,800 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: little athlete. Alejandro Kirk a muscle bound guy. You know, 259 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: these are guys that just nice and loose. So anyway, 260 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:12,040 Speaker 1: Rotana says Gallo Hicks Stanton, so like he's saying that 261 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 1: Stanton is the new Gallo and Hicks only making a 262 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: lot more. Elliot Johnson, not concerned, says Soto and Judge 263 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:27,000 Speaker 1: are both notorious slow starters. Don't worry, Yes, and I 264 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 1: agree they are slow starters. But you know, we're at 265 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:34,680 Speaker 1: the point now, we're about ten games in time to 266 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: get going. You know, that's about forty fifty at bats 267 00:15:36,960 --> 00:15:41,520 Speaker 1: pretty soon. How many bats does Stanton have? Let's see, 268 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 1: Stanton's maybe a little unfair because he's sat down a 269 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 1: couple of times, but MLB dot com is showing him 270 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:53,880 Speaker 1: as three for twenty four, hitting one twenty five, So 271 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 1: another twenty five at bats maybe for Stanton. Unfortunately, Judge, 272 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 1: I feel like he's close. He's got thirty at bats 273 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:06,240 Speaker 1: before he really gets going. So you know, hopefully they'll 274 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 1: get going as the weather heats up over the next 275 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:10,960 Speaker 1: couple of weeks and the Yankees can sneak out some 276 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: wins in between there. So Jared Green says they can't 277 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: hit if they don't play. I would apply that to 278 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 1: Austin Wells too. I appreciate that. Robert Ryan says Stanton 279 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: does look stiff at the plate. He's looked stiffer in 280 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 1: more recent days. In spring training, I thought he looked 281 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: more flexible. He saw a lot of those low pitches, 282 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 1: and he was bending those legs and going down and 283 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,560 Speaker 1: getting that pitch, which he hadn't been doing for a 284 00:16:38,600 --> 00:16:42,400 Speaker 1: long time. But we saw it more in spring. Now 285 00:16:42,440 --> 00:16:44,600 Speaker 1: he's just missing. I mean, he's just missing the ball. 286 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:52,360 Speaker 1: I mean, what are you gonna do? Steve says, Kirk 287 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: plays well for an ewok. You're a funny guy. I'm 288 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: funny how I mean funny like I'm a clowney ju 289 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,960 Speaker 1: Andrew Calabrias says, we either win or get shut out. 290 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,600 Speaker 1: There's no in between. Yeah, the Yankees in their loss 291 00:17:05,680 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 1: is no runs either game. That's got it. That's a 292 00:17:08,680 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: statistical anomaly right by the way. Volpi two for four today, 293 00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 1: continues to hit and made a couple of nice defensive plays. 294 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:19,080 Speaker 1: He's now hitting four to twenty three on the season. Look, 295 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: if we sit back and look at the team as 296 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,720 Speaker 1: a whole lot of positives, a lot of positives. So far, 297 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:29,600 Speaker 1: Volpi looks like a completely different player. This John Birdie 298 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 1: guy looks pretty good. Couple of really nice, snazzy plays 299 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,240 Speaker 1: on defense. And then if we're talking about pitching, I mean, 300 00:17:37,320 --> 00:17:39,760 Speaker 1: once again, we gotta love what we got from Marcus 301 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: Stroman two starts zero era. And as we look through 302 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 1: his stuff today, you see the low and d sinker. 303 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,399 Speaker 1: I mean, this is the nastiest move. And look at 304 00:17:51,400 --> 00:17:56,240 Speaker 1: the spin on that baseball, diving low and in, spotted 305 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: down in corner. Here's another pitch outside, just another downward sink. 306 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 1: Can't get on top of it. He's gonna keep the 307 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: ball in the ballpark. He pitches in the bottom third 308 00:18:04,560 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 1: of the zone and almost everything is moving and moving downward. 309 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:10,640 Speaker 1: See the soft ground ball to Vopie. There you see 310 00:18:10,680 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: the Greg Maddox inside two steamer to drop to a 311 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 1: lefty for a strike, and then he hits the bottom 312 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:23,240 Speaker 1: of the zone. There, terrific slider gets popped up, keeping 313 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 1: guys off balance. He is a pitcher. He is a 314 00:18:25,840 --> 00:18:28,400 Speaker 1: veteran pitcher who's been around a long time, and he's 315 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: still got good enough stuff to get guys out. The 316 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 1: question is can he stay healthy for a full season. 317 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: He did not last year. If the Yankees can figure 318 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,200 Speaker 1: out how to do it this year, he's gonna be 319 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 1: really good. Eighty nine on the outer black right there, 320 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: and that's just pinpoint. That's beautiful. And I gotta say 321 00:18:46,480 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 1: the slider was filthy. Gets Guerrero with it right there. 322 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:53,360 Speaker 1: You love the little shimmy, So nice job by by Stroman. 323 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 1: All right's get a few more comments in here and 324 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 1: then we'll all kind of go off and do our 325 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 1: thing and come back and get at it tomorrow. I 326 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 1: gotta get out of here. Andrew says, you got. I 327 00:19:10,080 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 1: would say Stroman would be a cy young candidate, but 328 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:14,600 Speaker 1: this guy only seems to fall apart in the second 329 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 1: half of the season. And Charlie Moore with the Trafecta says, 330 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:26,480 Speaker 1: hope he has arrived. Game over man, game over. I agree, 331 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:30,199 Speaker 1: and and and Gito says Stroman's gonna be special. I 332 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,800 Speaker 1: think he's got the right temperament to be a success 333 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,960 Speaker 1: for the Yankees. And you know, we'll end on a 334 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:42,159 Speaker 1: down note because it's that kind of day. Ethan Leonardo says, 335 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,919 Speaker 1: the Yankees have two games in which they have scored 336 00:19:46,200 --> 00:19:49,240 Speaker 1: zero runs and they've only played eight, so only twenty 337 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 1: five percent of their games are getting shut out. Lauris says, 338 00:19:58,200 --> 00:20:01,040 Speaker 1: sorry about the dog. Yes, we lost thes. You've probably 339 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:03,600 Speaker 1: seen her in the background a lot. She's been in 340 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: the real today. Tough day, tough morning. We knew it 341 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:09,600 Speaker 1: was coming. We made the appointment last night, and honestly, 342 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:11,879 Speaker 1: it's been one of the toughest days in my life. 343 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: You know, we lost one of our cats during the 344 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:20,720 Speaker 1: ALCS a couple years ago, and the Yankees got shut 345 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,800 Speaker 1: out by the Astros that day, and that was a 346 00:20:22,800 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: beloved cat of mine. You know, the longer you do something, 347 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:31,199 Speaker 1: the more time you know, things like that come up 348 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 1: in life where you you have to keep functioning even 349 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: though you're not in the best mental space. Pendulet's my 350 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:42,520 Speaker 1: favorite podcaster. He's also a great magician, and he talks 351 00:20:42,560 --> 00:20:44,399 Speaker 1: all the time about how he had to do shows 352 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: the night his mother died, the night his sister died, 353 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,919 Speaker 1: and how you know, working is a good way to 354 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,640 Speaker 1: kind of, you know, focus on something else for a while. 355 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 1: So that's what I'm trying to do today. So sorry 356 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: if I was a little bit down, tried, down trodden 357 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: and uh, you know, tough, tough day for the Yankees. 358 00:21:02,840 --> 00:21:05,480 Speaker 1: But I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully in better spirits where 359 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,520 Speaker 1: the Yankees win. Until then, I'll see you next time.