1 00:00:02,640 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: You know, it seems like for the past few days 2 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:08,440 Speaker 1: Yankees fans have been pretty melancholy. I can't imagine why. 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,640 Speaker 1: So today I wanted to inject a little bit of 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: optimism as we're two weeks out from opening day and 5 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,239 Speaker 1: there's a lot of positives going on with this Yankees 6 00:00:17,280 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 1: team that I feel are worth discussing that can maybe 7 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: help bring you out of the dumps. This is pinstriped territory. 8 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: Just wanted to cook. 9 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:26,799 Speaker 3: It's a. 10 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:35,920 Speaker 1: Welcome back, everybody, welcome back. Like I said, I'm going 11 00:00:35,960 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: to try and keep this episode positive. Although we did 12 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,240 Speaker 1: just get some news that Oswaldo Cabrera was scratched from 13 00:00:44,320 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: the lineup today in Lakeland. However, good news. Aaron Boone 14 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:51,240 Speaker 1: said that he is just sick. He has not hurt, 15 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 1: probably just has explosive diarrhea, so nothing to be too 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 1: concerned about. I feel like we're in the dog days 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: of spring. Everybody knows about the dog days of summer 18 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:07,959 Speaker 1: August into early September, and there's no trades left to 19 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:12,679 Speaker 1: be makee made. The deadline has passed. It's just about baseball. 20 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: It's just about gearing up for the playoffs, trying to 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,040 Speaker 1: win the division all that stuff. I feel like we're 22 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,960 Speaker 1: in the dog days of spring right now, where teams 23 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: are getting ready for opening Day. There's not a lot 24 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 1: of transactions, rosters are pretty much set other than the 25 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 1: position battles, and most of the news that we're gonna get, honestly, 26 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:32,920 Speaker 1: is going to be of the negative variety guys getting injured. 27 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: The time where injuries happen the most is spring training, 28 00:01:36,280 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 1: when guys are gearing up for the season. So you know, 29 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 1: what we're gonna do is just kind of talk about 30 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 1: some of the positives in camp that are happening right now. 31 00:01:47,440 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 1: I want to highlight some things that you can be 32 00:01:49,080 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: excited about, because I've a feeling like a lot of 33 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: Yankees fans are just kind of down in the dumps 34 00:01:54,400 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: after the Garrett Cole news. So I wanted to kind 35 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,920 Speaker 1: of go over some of the things that you know, 36 00:02:00,960 --> 00:02:03,040 Speaker 1: I've picked up on and that a lot of you 37 00:02:03,080 --> 00:02:05,440 Speaker 1: have noticed. But maybe if you haven't really been tuned 38 00:02:05,480 --> 00:02:08,320 Speaker 1: into baseball that closely, or maybe you you know, have 39 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: missed a couple of podcasts, you just want to get 40 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:13,840 Speaker 1: everything here in one spot. This is the spot for it. 41 00:02:14,080 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: So let's first talk about Cody Bellinger, who looks absolutely 42 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: tremendous so far in spring training, and I want to 43 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 1: spotlight Cody Bellinger. This is our new player spotlight, which 44 00:02:26,600 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: we can do part of the new computer. I can 45 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,680 Speaker 1: build all this stuff more into single scenes now. But 46 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people forget about this guy's resume, 47 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:37,480 Speaker 1: so I put it up there. Rookie of the Year, 48 00:02:37,680 --> 00:02:42,080 Speaker 1: MVP comeback Players a couple of years ago, and this 49 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: guy who's hit forty seven home runs in a season, 50 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 1: He's hit over three hundred in a season, and watching him, 51 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: you can tell that he's healthy. The swing looks as 52 00:02:51,760 --> 00:02:55,960 Speaker 1: good as it ever has to me. He's incredibly smooth 53 00:02:56,120 --> 00:02:59,280 Speaker 1: in the outfield. He's hitting five hundred this spring with 54 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,239 Speaker 1: an OPA of over thirteen hundred, A couple of home runs, 55 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:05,960 Speaker 1: a couple of extra base hits. Now, anybody who's been 56 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 1: watching baseball for a while can tell you that spring 57 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:14,679 Speaker 1: training stats are essentially meaningless. For instance, Kyle Higashioka a 58 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,960 Speaker 1: couple of years ago led the Grapefruit League and home 59 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:20,160 Speaker 1: runs and then then NIT one for like two months. 60 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:24,280 Speaker 1: But I don't want to focus on the stats, okay. 61 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: I want to assign some value to the eye test 62 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 1: with this guy, because right now he is passing the 63 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 1: eye test. He looks like an athlete. We have a 64 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: comment here, Hang on, we just had a great comment. 65 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: Somebody took the words right out of my mouth. Oh 66 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:44,600 Speaker 1: I lost it. Oh yeah, Brian and why says he's 67 00:03:44,640 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: an athlete. Yes, he is an athlete. He has been 68 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:53,240 Speaker 1: smooth in center field. He has been sculpting the baseball 69 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:57,560 Speaker 1: with his swing. MLB the show comes out tonight at 70 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 1: midnight if you've got early release, the digital Deluxe package 71 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 1: or whatever. And in that game, there's always been multiple 72 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,600 Speaker 1: types of swings. There's a contact swing where you're just 73 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: trying to put the ball in play, and then there's 74 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: the power swing where you're trying to hit the ball 75 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:15,120 Speaker 1: out of the ballpark. And then there's just the normal 76 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: swing where it's about, you know, half in half. And 77 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 1: I feel like the same thing used to exist in 78 00:04:21,440 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: Major League Baseball, where some guys would have, you know, 79 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 1: contact swing, some guys would have a power swing. But 80 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: it seems like in recent years pretty much every player 81 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: is just going power swing ninety five percent of the time. 82 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: Right you might see the emergency hack in a big 83 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,320 Speaker 1: situation trying to foul off a tough pitch or whatever. 84 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: But for the most part, guys just have the power swing. 85 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger is different. Having watched him, he has got 86 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,720 Speaker 1: a swing that he can just put the ball in play. 87 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: Right when he's trying to drive the ball out of 88 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:53,400 Speaker 1: the ballpark, you might see him get a little bit 89 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:55,479 Speaker 1: more loopy, might get a little bit bigger with his swing, 90 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,159 Speaker 1: but you can also tell that he's got a swing 91 00:04:58,200 --> 00:05:01,400 Speaker 1: where he's trying to harve the ball to left field, 92 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: or trying to find an open hole on the right 93 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,680 Speaker 1: side of the infield, or trying to basically hit it 94 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 1: where they ain't, you know, an old baseball term trying 95 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 1: to move runners. And the way he plays defense in 96 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: center field is basically I think on par with Trent Grisham, 97 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 1: who's our you know, been our best defensive outfielder last year, 98 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: but not a starting outfielder. So he looks tremendous out there. 99 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,279 Speaker 1: Got a good arm, he gets good jumps, he's very smooth, 100 00:05:28,360 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: he got a good athletic stride. He runs the bases well. 101 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,720 Speaker 1: So Cody Bellinger is someone who I think you can 102 00:05:35,760 --> 00:05:40,160 Speaker 1: be extremely bullish on in terms of like your fantasy 103 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:43,080 Speaker 1: picks and things like that. I really don't know if 104 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: he's gonna be the MVP guy forty seven home runs 105 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 1: ever again. But I can see him being the guy 106 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 1: from two years ago with the Cubs who hit over 107 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: three hundred, who had close to thirty home runs. I 108 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:59,359 Speaker 1: think he's gonna be that guy this year. And you know, 109 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: I'm kind of anxious to see a situational hitter. It's 110 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: been a long time since we've had somebody who's a 111 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: real situational hitter. I was hoping that Verdugo would be 112 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 1: that guy, because he's got contact in his past, but 113 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 1: it wasn't you know, he didn't you know, he got 114 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,159 Speaker 1: into launch mode and ended up rolling over a bunch 115 00:06:16,160 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: of ground balls to second base. In first base last year, 116 00:06:18,279 --> 00:06:20,400 Speaker 1: I think he led the league in ground balls to 117 00:06:20,440 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: the right side. I was hoping that Volpi could maybe 118 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: be that guy, but up to this point in his career, 119 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:29,880 Speaker 1: he's kind of been a mixed bag offensively. Occasionally he'll 120 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 1: be on fire and occasionally he'll be swinging out of 121 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:36,040 Speaker 1: his shoes for home runs. And while spring training statistics 122 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:39,520 Speaker 1: don't mean much, the eye test can tell you a 123 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:41,840 Speaker 1: lot of what you need to know in spring and 124 00:06:41,920 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger is something that this team has been missing, 125 00:06:45,560 --> 00:06:51,680 Speaker 1: a contact ability having lefty right now. I know Sodo 126 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 1: is Soto was the guy last year who was, you know, 127 00:06:54,279 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 1: hit for contact to hit for power. He's a superstar. 128 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:00,400 Speaker 1: He's obviously not with the team anymore, so we're just 129 00:07:00,440 --> 00:07:05,080 Speaker 1: gonna remove him from the from the formula. But I 130 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: feel like he was more power driven than contact driven. 131 00:07:08,320 --> 00:07:10,000 Speaker 1: He would get his walks and home runs like a 132 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: true moneyball player. He would get hits. But I feel 133 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 1: like Bellinger's a guy who's not gonna walk quite as 134 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:16,920 Speaker 1: much as Sodo, but he might get more hits. I 135 00:07:16,960 --> 00:07:18,520 Speaker 1: don't think he's gonna hit as many home runs, but 136 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: I can see him hitting thirty plus. He won't replicate 137 00:07:21,200 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: what Sodo provided in terms of war He's not gonna 138 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 1: give you eight war but he could give you five. 139 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:30,520 Speaker 1: He really can. I'm gonna project between two ninety and 140 00:07:30,560 --> 00:07:33,720 Speaker 1: three fifteen for Bellinger this year OBP of around three 141 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 1: forty to three sixty, between twenty five and thirty five 142 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:41,160 Speaker 1: home runs. Big big season coming for Bellinger. The only 143 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 1: downside to him having a big year is that if 144 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:47,160 Speaker 1: he does, the Yankees are gonna find themselves in the 145 00:07:47,280 --> 00:07:50,480 Speaker 1: exact same contract situation that they saw with Sodo, where 146 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,560 Speaker 1: other teams are bidding for him, and with Kyle Tucker 147 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 1: out there next year as a free agent, there's gonna 148 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:59,200 Speaker 1: be teams that want Tucker but identify Bellinger as their 149 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,040 Speaker 1: backup plan. Honestly, could be the Yankees too, But personally, 150 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 1: if I'm the Yankees, I would try and extend him 151 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:08,400 Speaker 1: the minute he gets off to a good start. You know, 152 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 1: give him a three year extension. You don't need to 153 00:08:12,080 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 1: give him ten years. He's not that type of player. 154 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:15,680 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna even ask for that much. 155 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:17,360 Speaker 1: Give him three to four year extension if he gets 156 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: off to a good start. If June rolls around and 157 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: he's hitting two ninety with decent power and looks comfortable 158 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: in New York, give him a deal overpay by a 159 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: few million dollars a year if you have to. You'll 160 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 1: save in the long run, trust me. But bottom line, 161 00:08:32,920 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: I feel great about what we've seen from Cody Bellinger 162 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: so far. Some other guys that I want to talk about, 163 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 1: Paul Goldschmidt. I think Paul goldschmant has looked really good 164 00:08:44,920 --> 00:08:46,959 Speaker 1: he's a guy whose stats don't jump off the page. 165 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: This spring, he's hitting two fifty nine and twenty seven 166 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:52,880 Speaker 1: at bats eight forty two ops. But again, the eye 167 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: test is what I look for with veterans in spring training, 168 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 1: and I'm seeing a guy who hits the ball harder 169 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 1: than anything that we've seen. I've seen from Anthony Rizzo 170 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: the last few years. I see an extremely competent defender. 171 00:09:07,000 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: His throws are really good. We've seen him make a 172 00:09:08,800 --> 00:09:11,880 Speaker 1: couple of throws to second base. He makes accurate on 173 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:14,839 Speaker 1: the money throws, and he's got a very quick transfer. 174 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 1: And now you may remember that Anthony Rizzo had a 175 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:22,360 Speaker 1: lot of defensive accolades before he came to the Yankees, 176 00:09:22,400 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 1: but I never felt like he was really a great 177 00:09:24,640 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 1: defensive first basement with the Yankees. He made a lot 178 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 1: of errors, He made a lot of bonehead moves, especially 179 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: post concussion. Now, last year, after he came back from 180 00:09:33,640 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 1: the latest injury, I thought he stepped up his defense 181 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:41,199 Speaker 1: a little bit, but his offense completely fell off the table. 182 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: He had no power, he had no pop whatsoever. We're 183 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 1: actively seeing Paul Goldschmidt work on things, specifically tailoring his 184 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: swing to drive the ball to right field, something that 185 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,520 Speaker 1: he's always been able to do, but that has never 186 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 1: really been his primary game. I think this he's gonna 187 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: put a little bit more emphasis on the right side 188 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: of the field, taking advantage of the short porch. His 189 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: bat speed looks really good to me. He runs the 190 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 1: base as well. I think he's gonna be a good pickup. 191 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:15,560 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna be one of Brian Cashman's more 192 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 1: clever pickups. And physically he's an incredible shape. The eye 193 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 1: test is especially good for things like athleticism, right. I mean, 194 00:10:24,679 --> 00:10:27,000 Speaker 1: you look at DJ Lemayhew and you can tell that 195 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: he's got nothing left in his legs, nothing left in 196 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 1: his feet. You look at John Carlos Stanton and you 197 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,560 Speaker 1: see him he looks like a physical specimen, but he 198 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,240 Speaker 1: moves like Frankenstein. Paul Goldschmidt is loose. Cody Bellinger is 199 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: loose in the same way that Trent Grisham is loose. 200 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:44,680 Speaker 1: These guys are athletes. You want loose athletes who aren't 201 00:10:44,679 --> 00:10:47,240 Speaker 1: gonna break down with muscle strains all the time. Even 202 00:10:47,280 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: Bellinger's injuries, a lot of them have been hit by pitches, collisions, 203 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,960 Speaker 1: that type of stuff. They haven't been like groin hamstring, 204 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:57,120 Speaker 1: you know, obliquey. He hasn't had a ton of that 205 00:10:57,160 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: type stuff. He said some gold sman. It plays one 206 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty games a year. The guy is a 207 00:11:02,240 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: physical specimen. He's built for first base. I'm not saying 208 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:08,520 Speaker 1: he's gonna win an MVP, but he's gonna be a 209 00:11:08,679 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 1: damn sight better than Anthony Rizzo was. He's gonna get 210 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:14,839 Speaker 1: some big hits for this team in big spots. As 211 00:11:14,840 --> 00:11:16,800 Speaker 1: far as the other guys go, the new editions, I 212 00:11:16,840 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: haven't seen much out of Devin Williams. He's only thrown 213 00:11:18,840 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 1: a couple of innings, but from what I've heard, thrown 214 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:24,360 Speaker 1: the ball well. He's healthy. He had a back injury 215 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 1: last year that seems to be in the past. Max 216 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,480 Speaker 1: Freed threw the ball really well the one outing I 217 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,560 Speaker 1: saw him fatigued a little bit. He's pitching today. The 218 00:11:32,640 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 1: Yankees are not gonna alter his routine to allow him 219 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:37,480 Speaker 1: to start on opening Day. I'm fine with that. I 220 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 1: don't give a shit who starts on opening Day. It's 221 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: I mean, you want to win the game, but it's 222 00:11:42,280 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 1: of equal importance to every other game. Sure, it can 223 00:11:44,600 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 1: set the tone. I mean last year when you beat 224 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,080 Speaker 1: the Astros in that big comeback win and Opening Day 225 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 1: it kind of set the tone for that whole series 226 00:11:52,760 --> 00:11:55,800 Speaker 1: where the Yankees swept and it allowed for some guys 227 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: to get off the hot starts Oswaldo Cabrera, Juan Soto 228 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,800 Speaker 1: and so forth, and the Yankees got off to a 229 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 1: pretty good start again. You want them to get off 230 00:12:04,559 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 1: to a good start, but honestly, it doesn't matter who 231 00:12:09,480 --> 00:12:11,640 Speaker 1: starts Opening Day. I mean, you just want to win 232 00:12:11,679 --> 00:12:14,040 Speaker 1: the game. Carlos Rodond it sounds like it's going to 233 00:12:14,080 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 1: be your opening day starter. I can see him being 234 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,120 Speaker 1: amped up. It's going to be a packed house against Milwaukee. 235 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 1: Milwaukee does have some good right handed hitters like Jackson Shurio, 236 00:12:23,040 --> 00:12:25,920 Speaker 1: who is dangerous. So the Yankees got to be careful there. 237 00:12:26,640 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 1: But honestly, as long as the rotation as it is 238 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:35,520 Speaker 1: right now, stays mostly together and mostly healthy. I mean, sure, 239 00:12:35,559 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 1: losing Garrett Coles a big hit, but we can survive this. 240 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:40,760 Speaker 1: We can still make the playoffs and then you know, 241 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:43,880 Speaker 1: maybe you pick up somebody at the trade deadline. So 242 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,200 Speaker 1: new guys, new pickups looking good, and we've had some 243 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 1: guys taking steps forward. To me, the big step forward 244 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:56,360 Speaker 1: so far that I've seen is Austin Wells. Since the 245 00:12:56,400 --> 00:13:01,439 Speaker 1: moment he was drafted, Yankee scouts and front office personnel 246 00:13:02,280 --> 00:13:06,360 Speaker 1: have said, Austin Wells is going to hit, and Austin 247 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: Wells has a great swing. It's very compact. Last year, 248 00:13:09,960 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 1: when he finally got the opportunity to make the team 249 00:13:11,720 --> 00:13:14,240 Speaker 1: out of spring training, he struggled for the first couple 250 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:18,480 Speaker 1: of months. He really wasn't getting full playing time. He 251 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:20,800 Speaker 1: was still kind of sharing with Jose Travino. It's tough 252 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:23,400 Speaker 1: to get into a rhythm when you're doing that. This year, 253 00:13:23,559 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: the job is his. He knows the job is his. 254 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: He had that stretch last year where his OPS was 255 00:13:29,720 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 1: over nine hundred. After that he was not yielding the 256 00:13:33,080 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 1: catching position again, not with how good he is defensively 257 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:42,839 Speaker 1: as well. I think fatigue kind of got him, you know, 258 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 1: late in the season, he got a little bit tired, 259 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: you know, playing all those games, first full season in 260 00:13:47,760 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: the major leagues. I hope that this year, you know, 261 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 1: he's able to you know, adjust a little bit more 262 00:13:54,559 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: and maintain that peak offensive performance a little bit deeper, 263 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: hopefully throughout the whole season and hopefully the playoffs. But 264 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: he's been leading off this spring. He's been showing good power, 265 00:14:07,800 --> 00:14:11,520 Speaker 1: he's been showing comfort in the leadoff spot. His swing 266 00:14:11,559 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: looks even more compact than it did last year. He's 267 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:17,680 Speaker 1: pulling the ball in the air, which is good for big, 268 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 1: strong lefties at Yankee Stadium. And like I was saying again, 269 00:14:22,000 --> 00:14:25,760 Speaker 1: with the eye test, you can identify confidence. You can 270 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: identify when a guy is seeing the ball well and 271 00:14:29,200 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: feeling comfortable and he knows that the starting job is his, 272 00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:34,320 Speaker 1: that he has the full faith and confidence of the 273 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 1: pitching staff, and that he can just go out and 274 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: do his thing offensively. And I think that's gonna lead 275 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 1: to a much bigger year. I think we're looking at 276 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:42,400 Speaker 1: twenty five home runs from Austin Wells. I don't know 277 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: if he's going to hit two eighty, two ninety. I mean, 278 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: he hit two thirty something last year, but to sixty 279 00:14:46,640 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 1: maybe with a three p forty on base percentage, and 280 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 1: I think there's a good chance that he becomes an 281 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 1: American League All Star. Cal Rowley and Adlie Rushman are 282 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,400 Speaker 1: going to be his main competition for that, but he's 283 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: definitely one of the top catchers in the Area League 284 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 1: right now. Steve Rojas says, Austin Wells is our leadoff hitter, 285 00:15:05,520 --> 00:15:08,400 Speaker 1: and he says it in all caps, and it appears 286 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:11,040 Speaker 1: that that's what's gonna happen. It appears that that's the 287 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 1: way that Aaron Boone is gonna go. I don't hate it. 288 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: I don't love it. I'd rather take advantage of his 289 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: power with more guys on base. But maybe he'll get 290 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,400 Speaker 1: some pitches to hit in front of Aaron Judge. He'll 291 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 1: work to count a little bit. Anthony Vopie also hitting 292 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: the ball harder this spring and swinging the bat faster, 293 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: according to his metrics. I'm not gonna lie. This is 294 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:36,960 Speaker 1: a big, big year for Anthony Vopie. The training wheels 295 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 1: are off in a year in which the expectations are now, 296 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: you know, full steam, you know they're they're When he 297 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 1: first got called up, he didn't have a lot of 298 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:51,680 Speaker 1: time in Triple A, so I kind of gave him 299 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:53,200 Speaker 1: a pass. A lot of Yankees fans kind of gave 300 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: him a pass. Some people were hard on him. He 301 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:57,280 Speaker 1: took some strides. Last year, he raised his average about 302 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: thirty points, power went down, defense was fine, But this 303 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: year you want him to put the whole package together. 304 00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:06,440 Speaker 1: You want the defense and you want the offense. You 305 00:16:06,440 --> 00:16:10,280 Speaker 1: want two seventy out of Opie with eighteen to twenty 306 00:16:10,320 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: home runs, thirty plus stolen bases, and his usual solid defense. 307 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 1: Now he has not played great defensively in Tampa. Uh, 308 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: I'm not super worried about that because he has the 309 00:16:24,520 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: track record of being a good defender. Is he Bobby Witt, No, 310 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 1: he's not Bobby Wit. Is he Gunner Henderson? No, he's 311 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:33,000 Speaker 1: not Gunnar Henderson. But he looks like a top five 312 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 1: shortstop in the American League. So I think we're seeing 313 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,080 Speaker 1: some nice steps forward from a few guys. We've also 314 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 1: seen some young guys take steps forward ever since. Pereira 315 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,480 Speaker 1: looked really good this spring. He got sent down because 316 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: he's recovering from Tommy John surgery. They want to give 317 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: him more time in the outfield. You know, we saw 318 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 1: George Lombard really really step up as a blue chip prospect. 319 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: I have him Pennsylvan as the Yankees third basement next year. 320 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:04,160 Speaker 1: I should say as soon as next year, but at 321 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: some point next year, I think he's the Yankee starting 322 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: third basement. He's got the athleticism. He's got the power, 323 00:17:09,359 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: he's got the speed, he's got the arm. The defense 324 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 1: is terrific, But most importantly, he's got a great head 325 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 1: on his shoulders. He's got that Yankee vibe, that factor 326 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 1: that Aaron Judge has, that Derek Jeter had that Jorge 327 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:27,639 Speaker 1: Posada and Andy Pettitt and Mariano Rivera had that quiet 328 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,520 Speaker 1: kind of confidence where you're comfortable in your own skin. 329 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,800 Speaker 1: That's what we're seeing from George Lombard Junior at nineteen 330 00:17:35,880 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 1: years old. Kid's gonna be an absolute stud. I would 331 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:40,960 Speaker 1: bet every dollar in my bank account on it. He 332 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: stays healthy, he's gonna be a big time impact Major leaguer. 333 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:48,680 Speaker 1: And over the last few years, we've seen a lot 334 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:52,359 Speaker 1: of people pining for the Yankees to give kids the 335 00:17:52,359 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 1: opportunity to play, and I'm with you. I love seeing 336 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 1: kids get the chance. I know we've had our issues 337 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: with Jason Dominguez on defense, but I'm absolutely about his 338 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: offensive potential. He's been swinging the bat better the last 339 00:18:03,760 --> 00:18:05,800 Speaker 1: week or so. He's off to a bit of a 340 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: slow start, but he's had some really good at bats, 341 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:11,080 Speaker 1: really professional at bats. He's hitting the ball harder he's 342 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:14,160 Speaker 1: hit for power. Saw him hit one out to center 343 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:15,840 Speaker 1: field the other day from the left side of the plate. 344 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 1: I still want to see a little bit more from 345 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 1: the right side of the plate. He's shown the speed, 346 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 1: He's beat out some ground balls to shortstop. He hustles, 347 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,760 Speaker 1: he plays hard. I think you stick him in the 348 00:18:25,760 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: seven hole. You know, I was gonna hit him lead off, 349 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 1: but Yank's not gonna do that. They're not gonna put 350 00:18:29,680 --> 00:18:31,359 Speaker 1: that kind of pressure on him. Stick him in the 351 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 1: seven hole. You say, go be yourself, go play every day, 352 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 1: do your thing. And I think he's going to improve, 353 00:18:37,680 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 1: not only defensively, but offensively as well. I still think 354 00:18:40,760 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 1: he's a Rookie of the Year candidate. We'll see. I 355 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 1: was watching Francesa yesterday and it was great. Great to 356 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: have Francesa back. He had a couple of weeks off 357 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:50,399 Speaker 1: and he was talking about how he would move to 358 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,480 Speaker 1: mingas to the DH spot for the time being. I 359 00:18:52,520 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 1: had Ray Fonseka on the other day and we were 360 00:18:55,280 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 1: talking about that. You know, some people think it'll stunt 361 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: his growth defensively. Look if you want to use him 362 00:19:02,800 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 1: at the DH for a couple of months and have 363 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,119 Speaker 1: him work on the side. I'm not opposed to that. 364 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:11,680 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, he can make some strides 365 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:15,520 Speaker 1: without really having to play every day in the field. 366 00:19:15,560 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: You can work on things during BP, taking balls live. 367 00:19:19,080 --> 00:19:21,960 Speaker 1: Anybody who's played the outfield can tell you that as 368 00:19:21,960 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 1: far as third base goes, it's gonna be either Oswaldo 369 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 1: Cabrera or Oswald Parazza or some combination of the two. 370 00:19:29,800 --> 00:19:33,959 Speaker 1: As we mentioned, Oswaldo out today, probably diarrhea. But if 371 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,120 Speaker 1: he ends up being healthy, I think people are excited 372 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,359 Speaker 1: to see what Oswaldo can do given the chance. He 373 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 1: showed some great moments last year. He showed some clutch ability. 374 00:19:43,080 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 1: I was hoping he would get more bats in the 375 00:19:44,520 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 1: playoffs because he seemed like the type of guy who 376 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,919 Speaker 1: would step up under the big spotlight. But maybe he 377 00:19:49,960 --> 00:19:54,320 Speaker 1: breaks out this year. Maybe he breaks out. And Oswald 378 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,600 Speaker 1: Parrazza looks as good defensively as any third baseman that 379 00:19:57,640 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 1: I've seen the Yankees have in the recent memory, every 380 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 1: bit as good defensively as Josh Donaldson. He really does. 381 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 1: The question is is he gonna hit? And I guess 382 00:20:06,760 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 1: we'll find out over the next couple of months, and 383 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 1: it'll be fun finding out and if he doesn't, maybe 384 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: we go out and make a trade, because this is 385 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,200 Speaker 1: gonna be one of those years where the Yankees are 386 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 1: active in the trade market. Some years they sit tight, 387 00:20:19,000 --> 00:20:22,120 Speaker 1: some years they're very active. I was anticipating this being 388 00:20:22,119 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 1: one of the seasons where they don't do much. But 389 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,679 Speaker 1: given the injury to Garrett Cole and the other injuries 390 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:28,600 Speaker 1: that are likely to pop up along the way, the 391 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,000 Speaker 1: Yankees are probably not a ninety five win team anymore. 392 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:33,960 Speaker 1: They're more like eighty nine to ninety wins. So to 393 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: get over that hump and to win the division, they're 394 00:20:36,040 --> 00:20:39,160 Speaker 1: gonna need some people from the outside. But like Brian 395 00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:41,480 Speaker 1: Cashman said, they're just not available yet. Nobody's trading. They're 396 00:20:41,480 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 1: starting pitching right now. Nobody's trading any big bats right now. 397 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 1: You're gonna wait for guys or for teams to fall 398 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,400 Speaker 1: out of it. But it's not too early to start 399 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 1: thinking about who we could add, you know. I think 400 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:55,760 Speaker 1: they're gonna focus on pitching. Dylan Cees or Michael King. 401 00:20:55,840 --> 00:20:57,520 Speaker 1: I expect one of them or both of them to 402 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 1: be Yankees by the end of the season. On Carlo 403 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:03,919 Speaker 1: doesn't come back and Domingo's play is fine, in left field. 404 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 1: I expect Luisa Rise to be somebody the Yankees consider. 405 00:21:09,480 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: I think they're going to be very aggressive. Last year, 406 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 1: Arise was traded from the Marlins to the Padres in May, 407 00:21:17,240 --> 00:21:20,800 Speaker 1: and that's earlier than you typically see trades happen. A 408 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 1: lot of times, trades don't happen until you know, right 409 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,520 Speaker 1: around the trade deadline, the week's leading up to the 410 00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,199 Speaker 1: trade deadline. But Cashman might have to be aggressive in 411 00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,439 Speaker 1: the same way that aj Preler is usually aggressive. If 412 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 1: you're trying to win this year, you're gonna need some 413 00:21:37,280 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: help from the outside. And I think that the Yankees 414 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 1: this year are going to be aggressive. So that will 415 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 1: be something fun to look forward to, something that we 416 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: can discuss on this channel on a daily basis, because 417 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,400 Speaker 1: we're gonna be here every single day. I'm looking forward 418 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: to all your voicemails and all the different things that 419 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:58,800 Speaker 1: pop up with this season. But right now, obviously lots 420 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: of reasons to be Melancho without Garrett Cole, without John Carlow, 421 00:22:03,040 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: but plenty of positives as well. Gonna take a quick 422 00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:09,520 Speaker 1: ad break to hear about Hungry Root from the guys 423 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:11,560 Speaker 1: at foul Territory, and then I'll be back. 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We 455 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:43,840 Speaker 1: got one guy here defending OJ and comparing him to OJ. 456 00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: So let's go and go through the bower emails or voicemails. 457 00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,960 Speaker 1: We've got three of them real quick, and I'll respond to. 458 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:53,320 Speaker 5: It to it on, Derek, I just wanted to really 459 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:56,640 Speaker 5: quickly talk about I know you had the show recently 460 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,119 Speaker 5: about Bauer potentially, and I just I know that you 461 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 5: don't think this either. You never said you do, but 462 00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 5: I don't even think it's worth talking about personally. It's 463 00:24:04,320 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 5: not gonna happen. No team's gonna sign him because of 464 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 5: all the baggage that he comes with, and like a 465 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:11,520 Speaker 5: lot of people are saying we probably don't even know 466 00:24:11,680 --> 00:24:14,439 Speaker 5: a lot, you know, like he was found you know, 467 00:24:14,680 --> 00:24:17,520 Speaker 5: not guilty or whatever in his trial, but we don't 468 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 5: There's so many things that we probably don't even know 469 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 5: that these other teams do know. Also, it's just really 470 00:24:23,200 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 5: hard to be optimistic about this season. I mean, what 471 00:24:25,520 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 5: who was heard at Stanton Heel, Cole, the May Heel, 472 00:24:31,359 --> 00:24:36,160 Speaker 5: Elizaka Brubaker, Mastick, Schmid, I think is gonna be late 473 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 5: to the season, Cousins, Beater, I think I got them all. 474 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 5: Maybe Mastick is on there. I mean, it's so ridiculous 475 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:45,840 Speaker 5: that this happens a year and a year out and 476 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 5: at this point the team is inarguably substantially worse than 477 00:24:51,040 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 5: it was at the sort of last year. 478 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 1: Well, I wouldn't say substantially worse. Uh, don't forget we 479 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: didn't have Garrett Cole at the beginning of last season 480 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: in either. So I mean that that is what it is. 481 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: I agree that the Bower thing is not going to happen. 482 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,280 Speaker 1: He has reportedly signed with the Bay Stars of Japan, 483 00:25:09,359 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 1: But from what I understand is that a lot of 484 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:15,560 Speaker 1: times with those Japanese contracts, if an American team comes 485 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:17,520 Speaker 1: along and wants to bring back an American League player. 486 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:21,159 Speaker 1: The two teams work something out financially so that that 487 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: won't be an obstacle. But I think just his general 488 00:25:24,080 --> 00:25:26,680 Speaker 1: who he is, is going to be an obstacle. 489 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 6: There, excure old pal Jason. With all the Trevor Bauer 490 00:25:31,920 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 6: talk amongst the fan base, you know, I safe tigned 491 00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 6: the guy. You know, I think it's a no brainer, 492 00:25:40,280 --> 00:25:42,880 Speaker 6: you know, especially if it's for the league minimum. He's 493 00:25:42,920 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 6: still got his stuff, He's got a great personality if 494 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,879 Speaker 6: he asked me, not in terms of like, you know, 495 00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:51,480 Speaker 6: I necessarily want to be best friends with the guy, 496 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 6: but I want that dogging him on my team, you know, 497 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,439 Speaker 6: and especially with the amount of pitching that we have 498 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 6: going down, the amount of uncertainty. You know, OJ Stimpson 499 00:26:02,040 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 6: got acquitted, you know, And there's so many guys out 500 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 6: there that, you know, get accused of doing shitty things, 501 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 6: and hey, A're probably guilty of doing shitty things. I 502 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,760 Speaker 6: can't tell you how many baseball players are in the 503 00:26:13,800 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 6: Hall of Fame that are liars, cheaters and thieves. 504 00:26:16,200 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: But you know, you know, first of all, O J. 505 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 1: Simpson killed everyone in that driveway. He wrote a book 506 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 1: about it, where he basically admitted to it. He said 507 00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:28,080 Speaker 1: it was hypothetical. He also got found liable. I don't 508 00:26:28,119 --> 00:26:30,159 Speaker 1: care that he was acquitted. He got acquitted because the 509 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,119 Speaker 1: prosecution screwed it up and they had him try on 510 00:26:33,160 --> 00:26:36,040 Speaker 1: the gloves which were you know, they didn't fit. Because 511 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:38,679 Speaker 1: he stopped taking his arthritis medicine. He killed his wife 512 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: and that woman. He did it, no question. Absolutely, His 513 00:26:43,760 --> 00:26:48,919 Speaker 1: DNA was mixed with their DNA inside of his locked 514 00:26:48,960 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: car while he was out of town. Hey, give it 515 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:57,040 Speaker 1: get over that he did it as far as Bauer, 516 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: not as bad as what OJ didn't obviously, but I 517 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:01,720 Speaker 1: think his career is over. 518 00:27:03,240 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 2: Hey, Derek, great show you at your podcast. But my 519 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,560 Speaker 2: my name is Able. I've been a long time Yankee 520 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,199 Speaker 2: fan since i was ten years old. I lived uh In, 521 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 2: you know, near Yankee Stadium, and me and my dad 522 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:17,520 Speaker 2: always went and attended a lot of games when I 523 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:20,680 Speaker 2: was a teenager. My question to you, and I've been 524 00:27:20,720 --> 00:27:23,040 Speaker 2: a long time Yankee fennist, and at the moment, I'm 525 00:27:23,080 --> 00:27:27,160 Speaker 2: not really happy what's going on. Jason is not really 526 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 2: doing too well on the outfield. DH is available. 527 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:31,680 Speaker 3: Put the guy that can swing. 528 00:27:31,480 --> 00:27:34,639 Speaker 2: The bat both directions, you know, left, right doesn't matter. 529 00:27:35,119 --> 00:27:37,440 Speaker 2: Let him swing the bat. DH is for that purpose. 530 00:27:38,040 --> 00:27:39,720 Speaker 2: We don't know how long Stanton's going to be out. 531 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:42,679 Speaker 2: That's take care of d h Uh, third. 532 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 1: Base appreciate it. So let's talk about tamingas first. Look, 533 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,639 Speaker 1: we still got a couple of weeks left in spring 534 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,640 Speaker 1: training season done beginning for two weeks. If he continues 535 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:56,359 Speaker 1: to have problems, and I haven't seen any problems recently, uh, 536 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,719 Speaker 1: then I think that that's an opportunity for the Yankees 537 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 1: to get him some more at bats at DH. But 538 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:05,600 Speaker 1: you know, if you're trying to add more run prevention 539 00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 1: right because you've lost Garrett Cole, one way you do 540 00:28:11,000 --> 00:28:15,120 Speaker 1: that is you add in, you know, a defensive whiz 541 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 1: in centerfield that is Grisham, and that allows you to 542 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,520 Speaker 1: put Bellinger and left Judge and right deming is at DH. 543 00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:24,080 Speaker 1: But I don't see the Yankees doing that quite yet. 544 00:28:24,280 --> 00:28:27,240 Speaker 1: If it becomes a real problem during games that matter, 545 00:28:28,040 --> 00:28:31,800 Speaker 1: you might see that change. All right, everybody, thanks for 546 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:36,400 Speaker 1: watching first episode here with my new computer and everything, 547 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:40,880 Speaker 1: like the comments seem to be going. You know on 548 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: the screen, you know at you know, a faster pace, 549 00:28:44,200 --> 00:28:46,440 Speaker 1: which was a main objective. We've got, you know, the 550 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,720 Speaker 1: different player profiles and stuff that we can add on 551 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: the screen. Now, things like that, I'm able to add 552 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:53,880 Speaker 1: more stuff, So I think we're gonna have a lot 553 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: more a lot more bells and whistles this year. But 554 00:28:57,520 --> 00:29:01,800 Speaker 1: thanks to everybody who joined Yankees today in Lakelan Max 555 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:03,840 Speaker 1: Freed on the Mound. I'm try and do a postgame 556 00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:07,120 Speaker 1: show tomorrow night, but again a couple of weeks out 557 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: from opening day. Stay tuned. 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