1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: Going to cook. 2 00:00:02,240 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 2: It's all. 3 00:00:04,960 --> 00:00:10,160 Speaker 3: How's it going, everybody? How's it going? We are approaching 4 00:00:10,240 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 3: the trade deadline now, just ten days away. I saw 5 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,280 Speaker 3: a report today. This came from Ricky Ricardo, the Yankees 6 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 3: Spanish broadcast announcer. He apparently has some inside information. He 7 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,840 Speaker 3: thinks that the Yankees have an offer out there for 8 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 3: Uhennio Suarez and some others, and that they are not 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 3: including Spencer Jones in the trade package. Apparently the Yankees 10 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 3: believe that Spencer Jones might really be turning a corner. 11 00:00:42,080 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: He is on fire right now, and we've got a 12 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 3: bunch of voicemails with some different takes on that. I 13 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 3: will preview the series coming up, but I just want 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 3: to talk a little bit about Spencer Jones because I've 15 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,639 Speaker 3: always hated the comparison to Aaron Judge. There's only one 16 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 3: Aaron Judge. Dude, at fifty two home runs as a 17 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:07,160 Speaker 3: rookie should have won MVP Gold Glove outfielder. Amazing human being, 18 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 3: but he is an anomaly. He's a Barry Bonds level hitter. 19 00:01:12,200 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 3: And to expect Spencer Jones to be that guy just 20 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 3: because he's tall and big and athletic, was never a 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:28,120 Speaker 3: reasonable expectation. But there is one thing that Aaron Judge 22 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 3: did that I think compares to what Spencer Jones has done, okay, 23 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 3: and that is tweaking his mechanics after the twenty sixteen 24 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 3: season led to a rapid and dramatic increase in production, 25 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 3: which has really gotten my attention. Look when Judge made 26 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 3: that adjustment, he had fifty two home runs the next year. 27 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: Spencer Jones, a couple of like a month and a 28 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,720 Speaker 3: half back, went into an unbelievable crouch, wide open stance 29 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 3: and he almost is mimicking Aaron Judge's stance and some 30 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: of that early leg kick stuff that he did, and 31 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 3: since then he has been unbelievable. So the turnaround following 32 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,040 Speaker 3: a and my cat is saying hello, the turnaround following 33 00:02:18,040 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 3: a mechanical switch is something they both have in common, 34 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,720 Speaker 3: and I find that very interesting. So let's take a 35 00:02:23,720 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 3: look at Spencer Jones so far this year. He began 36 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,639 Speaker 3: at double A. He hit two seventy four, three eighty 37 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:33,359 Speaker 3: nine on base percentage, sixteen home runs, nine eighty three 38 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 3: ops and a five ninety four slugging percentage, and then 39 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 3: he went absolutely ballistic since getting called up to Triple A. 40 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 3: Sixteen games at Triple A, he's already got ten home runs. 41 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:48,640 Speaker 3: He's hitting four to twenty six for eighty one on 42 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,239 Speaker 3: base percentage, fourteen twenty two ops and a nine to 43 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: forty one slugging. That, my friends, is absurd. It is 44 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:03,400 Speaker 3: absolutely absurd, and it's got me sort of leaning into 45 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 3: the Judge comparisons. It's so absurd because of the change 46 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,440 Speaker 3: he made. If this was just a random occurrence that 47 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,440 Speaker 3: he happened to be getting hot at the right time, 48 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 3: you know, I might think, well, you know, maybe it's 49 00:03:16,520 --> 00:03:19,400 Speaker 3: just a hot streak, it's an anomaly. But the fact 50 00:03:19,400 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 3: that it corresponds with an intentional change in his approach, 51 00:03:25,080 --> 00:03:28,079 Speaker 3: I think is something to keep an eye on. He's 52 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 3: hitting opposite field home runs on low and away breaking balls. 53 00:03:31,520 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 3: At any level, that's impressive. I don't care if it's 54 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 3: Triple A. Now. I'm not here to say he's the 55 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: next Judge, but I will say this, the Spencer Jones 56 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:43,400 Speaker 3: we're seeing right now is not the same version that 57 00:03:43,440 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 3: had me rolling my eyes a couple of months ago 58 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,800 Speaker 3: and talking bust. This is a different dude. He is 59 00:03:48,960 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 3: re engineered. He has shortened up the load he has 60 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:58,080 Speaker 3: gotten quicker through the zone, and he is hunting baseballs 61 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 3: with a purpose, and that's what hitters figure out to do, 62 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 3: that's what pros do. And this sudden surge changes everything 63 00:04:07,840 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 3: because it changes his trade value. It changes the yankees 64 00:04:11,720 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: leverage at the deadline, and it might change his timeline 65 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:19,159 Speaker 3: to the Bronx from never to maybe now soon. But 66 00:04:19,240 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 3: the problem is they STI don't have anywhere to give 67 00:04:20,720 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 3: him at bats, which means, you know, potentially a trade 68 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 3: could happen, right, But if you're cash man and you're 69 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,600 Speaker 3: watching him light up radar guns with his exit velocity 70 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,599 Speaker 3: and hit ball's four hundred and fifty feet a couple 71 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 3: times a day, you don't want to trade that. You 72 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 3: don't want to move that. I could see him moving 73 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,520 Speaker 3: somebody like Cam Schlitzler, who moved up quickly through the organization, 74 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 3: one hundred mile an hour fastball, major league ready pitcher. 75 00:04:50,080 --> 00:04:51,920 Speaker 3: I don't want to move him. You're gonna have to 76 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 3: move somebody to, you know, bring in the talent that 77 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,680 Speaker 3: the Yankees want to get. A thirty five home run 78 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 3: guy in Suarez or you know, a number three starting pitcher. 79 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 3: So if he keeps this up, we might be looking 80 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:11,279 Speaker 3: at another freak of nature in the Yankees lineup. I've 81 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,279 Speaker 3: got a bunch of voicemails here on Spencer Jones, So 82 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:14,599 Speaker 3: we're gonna go through that and then we'll talk about 83 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 3: the series coming up. 84 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:21,680 Speaker 4: Hey, Derek Thomas, Spencer Jones four for five yesterday with 85 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:24,720 Speaker 4: two homers at double and I think a single. 86 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: I mean, he's batting like over. 87 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 4: Four hundred, like twenty six bombs, over a thousand ops. 88 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 5: Yankees need to find room to bring this guy up. 89 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 4: You can't just. 90 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 3: Trade problem is. I mean, you got Trent Grisham in 91 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 3: center field, you got Cody Bellinger in the outfield, you 92 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 3: got Jason Dominguez, who's gotten marketedly better throughout the course 93 00:05:45,360 --> 00:05:49,360 Speaker 3: of the year. I mean, you just don't. And nobody's 94 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 3: taking Judge the spot. Stan's heating up in the DH spot. 95 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:55,080 Speaker 3: You got Ben Rice still trying to get at bats, 96 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 3: hitting the ball as hard as anybody in the major leagues. 97 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,440 Speaker 3: The only way out of this is to make some trades. 98 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 5: I think man Spencer Jones pretty interesting. He's played himself 99 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:11,479 Speaker 5: into a conundrum here. He's probably either gonna have to 100 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:15,760 Speaker 5: be traded or get played at some point here. In 101 00:06:15,839 --> 00:06:18,520 Speaker 5: the in the in the show, when you look at 102 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:20,919 Speaker 5: his FanGraph numbers and some of the some of the 103 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:25,880 Speaker 5: stats there, it's it's it's pretty incredible. Are I think 104 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:31,719 Speaker 5: fielding in running are almost topped out as well, So 105 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 5: he's an elite defender. This this would be pretty interesting. 106 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 5: I think this smart. 107 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I appreciate it. Brian, Brian always with great takes. Look, 108 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:44,840 Speaker 3: the fact that he can play defense and he can 109 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,920 Speaker 3: run only adds to his value both in a trade 110 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:51,280 Speaker 3: and to the Yankees. And if he's figured out how 111 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:54,640 Speaker 3: to hit and how to drive the ball in the 112 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 3: air with his natural power and strength, that is a 113 00:06:57,279 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 3: game changer. Got Sam from Miami to. 114 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: Him from Miami's year really interesting with this whole Spencer 115 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: Jones issue because we don't really like where's he gonna go? 116 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: You know, I mean, I don't think we can call 117 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: him up this year at all. Who are you gonna 118 00:07:11,520 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: send down? We already have too many We need more infielders, 119 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 1: we don't need more outfielders. We don't need more dhs. 120 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 1: He's not gonna take Tom away from Dominga's or Judge 121 00:07:21,600 --> 00:07:23,840 Speaker 1: or probably Grishamer Bellinger And the next year we have 122 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:27,720 Speaker 1: Dominga's judge and still here, so he's gonna be the DH. 123 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:30,480 Speaker 1: Rice is gonna be first based on we hope I 124 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: think Bellinger opts in. I don't think we and if 125 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 1: we don't it, if Bellinger doesn't sign and I think 126 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: we try to resign him, I don't think we trust 127 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 1: a rookie over it. But I don't think they're gonna 128 00:07:40,400 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: trade him because he's great value. 129 00:07:42,640 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 3: Yeah. We had an interesting comment just to Mandigo that 130 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 3: I want to bring up, which was trade Ben Rice 131 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:52,320 Speaker 3: and give Spencer Jones a first basement. Interesting, interesting thought. 132 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:54,160 Speaker 3: You know, they do have some depth at the first 133 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 3: base position now they've got Goldschmidt, they've got Rice. You 134 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:00,280 Speaker 3: could probably do that. You could probably eventually moved to 135 00:08:00,320 --> 00:08:02,000 Speaker 3: first base if you want. Guys gonna be thirty four 136 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 3: years old next year. He's an enormous target. Now, obviously 137 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:09,480 Speaker 3: he's a fantastic right fielder, but he's an athlete. Yeah, 138 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 3: you have no doubt that he could play first base. 139 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 3: I mean, Mickey Manilm moved the first base at the 140 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 3: end of his career. If I were the Yankees as 141 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 3: a way to keep him healthy, I would be looking 142 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 3: at judge eventually as either a first baseman or a DH. 143 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 3: But I think their plan is to have him play 144 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 3: the outfield until John Carlow is out of the picture 145 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 3: in a couple of years, and then slide over to 146 00:08:27,920 --> 00:08:30,480 Speaker 3: beer DH around age thirty five and just keep his 147 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 3: bat in the lineup and hope he becomes, you know, 148 00:08:32,559 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 3: a Nelson Cruise type of hitter at the end of 149 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 3: his career where he's just dhing and hitting forty bombs 150 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 3: a year. Got a call here about the Michael. 151 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 4: Kay Derick first time calling. 152 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:47,240 Speaker 5: With Spencer Jones. 153 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 4: Michael k had a really good point on his show today, 154 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,240 Speaker 4: saying that the competition from TRIAA to the major leagues 155 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,920 Speaker 4: is a very big jump and skill set it is. 156 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,760 Speaker 4: I don't know how he might translate to the MLB, 157 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:07,679 Speaker 4: but he's definitely gonna have to adjust, and I wouldn't 158 00:09:07,760 --> 00:09:10,360 Speaker 4: like to call him up if he's just gonna sit down. 159 00:09:10,400 --> 00:09:13,240 Speaker 3: He actually needs to play one hundred. If you call 160 00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 3: up a rookie and they've made this mistake with so 161 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 3: many players, you gotta play him. You gotta let him 162 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 3: play every day and play through their struggles, and right 163 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:26,520 Speaker 3: now they're independent race. I'm not sure you can afford 164 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 3: to take on a struggling player. By I mean he's 165 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:31,680 Speaker 3: tearing it up a triple A. I mean, maybe you 166 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:33,800 Speaker 3: also ride the hot hand for a little while. Maybe 167 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 3: you call him up and he hits five home runs 168 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 3: in two weeks, you know, and plays great defense. I mean, 169 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 3: guys have burst on the scene before. It happens all 170 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,560 Speaker 3: the time, like almost every year, somebody comes from out 171 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,880 Speaker 3: of nowhere and plays great down the stretch or plays 172 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 3: great for a couple of weeks or a couple of months. 173 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 3: You know, maybe Spencer Jones gonna be one of those guys. 174 00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:57,319 Speaker 3: And that's what makes this so difficult. 175 00:09:58,120 --> 00:10:03,559 Speaker 2: Here's Willie I got said before it they trade Spencer Jones, 176 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 2: n I've been a Yankee fan for sixty eight years. 177 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 6: I will drop them like a bad happy cool And 178 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 6: if I was Aaron Judge, I would ask to be 179 00:10:17,520 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 6: traded because they would just show that the Yankee organization 180 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 6: is not serious about winning Aware of Series. 181 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 3: I mean, Spencer Jones, really, what's going to keep you 182 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,520 Speaker 3: from getting the World Series? I mean, maybe he's the 183 00:10:32,559 --> 00:10:35,080 Speaker 3: missing trade chip to get you the piece that puts 184 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:38,599 Speaker 3: you in the World Series. But yeah, I wouldn't I 185 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: wouldn't dump the Yankees just for trading Spencer Jones. Come on, 186 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,719 Speaker 3: you've been a fan too long, all right? So we 187 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 3: got a big series tonight, grudge match. The Yankees are 188 00:10:47,920 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 3: trying to get some revenge here against the Blue Jays. 189 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:58,040 Speaker 3: Go ahead and put up the stats here. I mean, 190 00:10:58,520 --> 00:11:02,840 Speaker 3: you look at the numbers, and the Blue Jays have 191 00:11:02,840 --> 00:11:04,679 Speaker 3: a better record, but the Yankees are better in a 192 00:11:04,679 --> 00:11:07,400 Speaker 3: lot of other areas. Yankees have more home runs, they 193 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 3: have a higher OPS plus, they got a lower team ERA, 194 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:15,080 Speaker 3: they got more runs scored. But the Blue Jays have 195 00:11:15,120 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 3: one head to head, They've been better head to head. 196 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 3: So you know, I'm not sure what the deal is. 197 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:29,160 Speaker 3: Just got to figure out how to beat him. Yankees. 198 00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:31,960 Speaker 3: Actually I have Yankees listed his first place. Yankees are 199 00:11:31,960 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 3: in second place. I am sorry, that was a copy 200 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:36,480 Speaker 3: and paste air. Oh my goodness, that is embarrassing. Yeah, 201 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:38,520 Speaker 3: so Yankees are in second place. Blue Jays are in 202 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 3: first place. Yankees three games out, and I just don't 203 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 3: know how you solve this problem of not winning against 204 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,719 Speaker 3: the American League East. Yankees have been crap against the 205 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 3: American League East. And unless you can figure out a 206 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:57,480 Speaker 3: way to beat the Blue Jays and beat him at home. 207 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:02,040 Speaker 3: It's gonna get worse. Gotta figure out a way to 208 00:12:02,120 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 3: win this series. All right, let's move on. Something happened 209 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 3: to my screen here. My ecam has given me all 210 00:12:10,640 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 3: sorts of problems today. I'm gonna make this. I'm gonna 211 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:16,080 Speaker 3: fix this right now while we're live. Let's do it live. 212 00:12:16,160 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 3: You get to see how the sausage is made. We 213 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:22,079 Speaker 3: got this, so you see this this thing on the bottom, 214 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 3: it's called a lower third. And sometimes stuff just resizes 215 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 3: itself on these on these shows. So I'm gonna fix 216 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,720 Speaker 3: it real quick, and you get to watch it. It's just 217 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,640 Speaker 3: one of these buggy softwares. It's only for Apple and 218 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:39,720 Speaker 3: so it's what I have to use. And we're gonna 219 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,720 Speaker 3: make it bigger and you're gonna see in real time. 220 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 3: And sorry for the podcast audience that's listening. This is 221 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 3: extraordinarily boring. But here we go, all right, Yankee showing 222 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 3: more fight. So, yeah, the Yankees. They had a nice 223 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 3: comeback in Toronto a couple of weeks ago. Now, they 224 00:12:56,559 --> 00:13:00,600 Speaker 3: lost the game, but that was like the beginning of 225 00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 3: them showing a little bit of extra gusto, right, I mean, 226 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:08,880 Speaker 3: they had the comeback win against the Mariners, they had 227 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:14,640 Speaker 3: the comeback against the Braves. They're starting to show more 228 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,520 Speaker 3: fight than they have shown in recent years, and I 229 00:13:16,520 --> 00:13:20,720 Speaker 3: find that encouraging. Now it doesn't mean necessarily that they 230 00:13:20,760 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 3: are gonna win the East or that they're gonna charge 231 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 3: all the way to the World Series, but it says 232 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 3: that they've got a little bit of something in the tank. Now, 233 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,160 Speaker 3: you go back to two thousand and nine, that was 234 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:34,040 Speaker 3: a year of the walk off. That team was never 235 00:13:34,080 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 3: out of it. You always felt like they were gonna 236 00:13:36,760 --> 00:13:38,840 Speaker 3: be in the World Series because nobody could finish them off. 237 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 3: They would come back and get walk off wins. I 238 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,000 Speaker 3: remember there was that one series against the Twins where 239 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,000 Speaker 3: they walked off like three games in a row. And 240 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 3: then you go back to like twenty seventeen, another team 241 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 3: that I thought had that it factor and now they 242 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:53,800 Speaker 3: got stopped by the Astros obviously for reasons, but that 243 00:13:53,800 --> 00:13:55,680 Speaker 3: team had chemistry. You always felt like they were gonna 244 00:13:55,679 --> 00:13:58,760 Speaker 3: come back, especially after the trade that brought in like 245 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 3: Todd Father and you know Tommy Kinley and David Robertson, 246 00:14:02,320 --> 00:14:04,800 Speaker 3: who by the way, to sign with the Phillies. That 247 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 3: team had chemistry, right, and comeback wins can help build 248 00:14:09,520 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 3: chemistry and build that stick touitiveness, and I feel like 249 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:16,880 Speaker 3: this team has a little bit of that. They just 250 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,880 Speaker 3: need the bullpen, right, I mean, you gotta have a team, 251 00:14:20,320 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: a pitching staff that can keep you in the game. 252 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:24,320 Speaker 3: And I think that's why Brian Cashman is going to 253 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 3: prioritize the bullpen at the trade deadline. I've been saying 254 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,320 Speaker 3: that for a while. Just don't trust these guys out there. 255 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,080 Speaker 3: Lowizaga has not been the same even Weavers had ups 256 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 3: and downs. You know, Devin Williams is allowed runs in 257 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 3: the ninth inning in the last few nights. They need 258 00:14:39,840 --> 00:14:42,560 Speaker 3: some arms in that bullpen. Ian Hamilton has not been 259 00:14:42,600 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 3: the same guy. And I feel like if you strengthen 260 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:49,160 Speaker 3: this bullpen with the way this offense can now prove 261 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 3: has now proven they can come back on people, it 262 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,720 Speaker 3: makes you a much stronger team in the second half. 263 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:56,360 Speaker 3: And the Yangas have a kind of light schedule the 264 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 3: second half of the season, right, I mean, you get 265 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 3: through Philly and Tampa Bay, then you play Miami, who 266 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:07,720 Speaker 3: you can beat, and then you play Texas and Houston's good. 267 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 3: Minnesota is you know they're decent, but you can beat them. 268 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 3: The Yankees always beat Minnesota, Saint Louis is good, Tampa, Bay, Boston, 269 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 3: and then it's Washington, Chicago. I mean, you should be 270 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:23,240 Speaker 3: able to finish out August really really strong, and then 271 00:15:23,240 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 3: you got Houston on the road, and then Toronto at home, 272 00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,080 Speaker 3: Detroit at home. That's gonna be a tough stretch. And 273 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:32,000 Speaker 3: then you finish with Boston, Minnesota, Baltimore. You should be 274 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:37,080 Speaker 3: able to beat Minnesota thoroughly, Baltimore, and then Chicago and 275 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:39,760 Speaker 3: Baltimore again. So you should be able to finish off 276 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 3: strong in both August and September. But you got to 277 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,160 Speaker 3: get through the tough stretches, and one of them is 278 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 3: happening right now, kicks off tonight. So let's take a 279 00:15:48,320 --> 00:15:53,000 Speaker 3: few more voicemails. But first let's go over the lineup, 280 00:15:53,240 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 3: because it has been announced and we're going to pull 281 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:02,880 Speaker 3: it up real quick. Man. My ECAM is just being 282 00:16:02,880 --> 00:16:05,320 Speaker 3: shit today. There we go, all right, Trent Grisham in 283 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 3: the leadoff spot, Aaron Judge in right field, batting second, 284 00:16:09,040 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 3: Jazz Chisholm batting third at second base. John Carlow I 285 00:16:12,720 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 3: think he is gonna have a good night and my 286 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,920 Speaker 3: Nostra Derek pick tonight is a home run from John 287 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 3: Carlos Stanton. That's the pick. And then we got Jason 288 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 3: Dominguez batting fifth in left field, Paul Goldschmid batting sixth 289 00:16:28,400 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 3: at first base, Austin Wells behind the dish, uh, and 290 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 3: then Anthony Volpi and Oswald Perazza. I think it's funny 291 00:16:35,120 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 3: that the top comment is, dude, why is Perraza still playing? 292 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 3: Parraza not good offensively, but definitely can pick it and 293 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:49,520 Speaker 3: with a lefty rodin on the mound and astro turf 294 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: up there in Toronto. It's not technically AstroTurf. It's like 295 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 3: some other kind of like I don't know what it's called. 296 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 3: But man, this littwer third's pissing me off. I gotta 297 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: fix that anyway. Yeah, you want some good defense out 298 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:05,359 Speaker 3: there tonight. Quick word from our sponsor and then back 299 00:17:05,480 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 3: with your comments. 300 00:17:06,960 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 7: Time for a quickie break. Todd Father and I are 301 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 7: going to tell you about Huel, but it's mostly going 302 00:17:11,480 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 7: to be Todd Father because I'm going to take a sip. 303 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 8: Well, we're talking about HUEL twenty seven vitamins and minerals. 304 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,119 Speaker 8: It's a complete meal. Let's listen. We all have busy 305 00:17:19,119 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 8: schedules of Scott's sipping it down. It looks delicious, it 306 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 8: tastes delicious. 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I don't have a ton of confidence 326 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 3: in him, but you know, it is what it is. 327 00:18:27,400 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 3: I mean, there's not a lot of high leverage relievers 328 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 3: available out there, and then we got franchise. Jay says, 329 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,640 Speaker 3: would you trade for Hayes and ask for Mike Burrows 330 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:40,560 Speaker 3: with him? Look, I'm not excited about Hayes. I don't 331 00:18:40,600 --> 00:18:43,960 Speaker 3: think he can hit. I don't really want Hayes. I 332 00:18:43,960 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 3: would rather get Suarez, who at least it's going to 333 00:18:46,080 --> 00:18:47,439 Speaker 3: give you a bat, you know what I mean, Like 334 00:18:48,040 --> 00:18:49,920 Speaker 3: you can go to defense late in the game, keep 335 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,399 Speaker 3: Raz on the roster and fill in at third base, 336 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:55,800 Speaker 3: you know. Slack Wolf says, it's simple. Yankees are gonna 337 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:58,119 Speaker 3: give Grisham fifty to sixty million, and no, do not 338 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,480 Speaker 3: bring back Bellinger. Forgotten the Yankees like Murakami, who plays 339 00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 3: first base and third base. Urakami's numbers have fallen off 340 00:19:05,600 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 3: a little bit. And I don't think that they're gonna 341 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:10,040 Speaker 3: give Grisham fifty sixty million. I think when Grisham's contract 342 00:19:10,160 --> 00:19:12,240 Speaker 3: is up, he's out of there. Would not shock me 343 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:15,240 Speaker 3: in the least to see them trade Grisham anyway. Sorry 344 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:18,440 Speaker 3: for the technical glitches today, I gotta fix ecam. I 345 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 3: got some issues happen here, but I'll see you after 346 00:19:20,880 --> 00:19:23,680 Speaker 3: the game. We've got a Frankie Baseball on tonight, winner lose, 347 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:29,640 Speaker 3: but big game tonight, Yankees versus a Blue Jays. 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