1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:04,680 Speaker 1: We are less than one week from opening day, and 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: we got your key spring training takeaways. Ben Rice has 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,959 Speaker 1: been tearing the cover off the ball. So has Jason Dominguez. 4 00:00:13,160 --> 00:00:16,239 Speaker 1: Juan Soto sounds like he could be having second thoughts. 5 00:00:16,440 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: I guess that's too bad. We'll get to all of 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:20,800 Speaker 1: that and more. We've got Terrence Kama on the show 7 00:00:21,200 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: State of the Yankees. This is Pinstripe Territory under cook 8 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: at all. I probably should have mentioned that Austin Wells 9 00:00:32,760 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 1: is also tearing the cover off the ball. Terrence tonight 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:40,360 Speaker 1: against the Detroit Tigers in a spring training matchup, three 11 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:46,120 Speaker 1: for four with two home runs and four RBIs pretty 12 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 1: good night for mister Wells. 13 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 2: Hey doing, I'm doing pretty well, as you can see. 14 00:00:51,440 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 2: I'm in a little bit of a temporary situation, but 15 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 2: we made it work. I'm staying with my parents in 16 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 2: South Carolina for a little bit, but we got This 17 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 2: used to be Robinson Cano, but now it's the Martians, 18 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:04,039 Speaker 2: so we gotta go. We got for you guys. 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 1: That's the one great thing about not having names on 20 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 1: our jerseys is it gives our jerseys that we buy 21 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:13,520 Speaker 1: decades of use. Like if you yeah, if you just 22 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,760 Speaker 1: don't change your uh jersey number three or four different 23 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,000 Speaker 1: guys aware, now you know there was a time where 24 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: that was a Gary Sanchez jersey, that was a Tino 25 00:01:22,280 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 1: Martinez jersey. Who else wore twenty four? I can't really 26 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:29,200 Speaker 1: think of anything anybody else but uh, Ricky Henderson were 27 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 1: twenty four for Yeah, Ricky Henderson, Kevin Moss where I'm 28 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: growing back, going back aways. But yeah, So what we're 29 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 1: gonna do is a little bit different tonight. Usually we 30 00:01:37,520 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: have the ticker on the side, but we're gonna go 31 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:42,600 Speaker 1: a little bit different tonight, uh and just cover a 32 00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: bunch of different items because there was more items than 33 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: we have for the tickers. So we're gonna start with 34 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:51,960 Speaker 1: some news. Terrence actually sent me this. Juan Soto in 35 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: Sports Illustrated says the Yankees were number one from day one. 36 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 1: I know the Yankees are gonna be good for the 37 00:01:58,320 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 1: next five six years. We don't know after that, t K. 38 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 1: I kind of did this a little bit of a revolt, 39 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:07,840 Speaker 1: like a throwp in my mouth kind of thing when 40 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: I saw this. Look, I feel a little bit like 41 00:02:11,440 --> 00:02:13,280 Speaker 1: a jilted lover in that I just don't want to 42 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,959 Speaker 1: hear about the guy anymore, Like, I don't like it's 43 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:17,760 Speaker 1: like he broke up with us, and now he keeps 44 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:20,160 Speaker 1: going around to every reporter he can find telling people 45 00:02:20,200 --> 00:02:21,200 Speaker 1: how nice our tits are. 46 00:02:21,520 --> 00:02:28,640 Speaker 2: Like, come on, dude, that's that's you knocked it out 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: of the park. I'm sorry. That was a really funny 48 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 2: analogy there, that kind of copy off card. But uh, dude, yeah, 49 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,600 Speaker 2: I mean he he left, and I feel like he 50 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: I was telling you this before, Derek. But the article, 51 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: so if you guys didn't see, Sports Illustrated had the 52 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 2: Mets as the cover the of the of the magazine 53 00:02:44,760 --> 00:02:46,040 Speaker 2: and a bunch of guys on there, and they had 54 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 2: this article with Soto and he was basically saying all 55 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 2: this stuff in the in the in the interview, and 56 00:02:51,320 --> 00:02:53,360 Speaker 2: I was kind of telling Derek like it feels like 57 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: he's having second thoughts, like subconsciously, but he's just almost 58 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 2: in denial about it. And again, I'm kinda with Derek 59 00:03:00,560 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: where I'm like, all right, yeah, move on. Was I 60 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 2: bitter when he left? Originally? One hundred percent. He's a 61 00:03:05,400 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: great player. He's a generational talent. Do I think that 62 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:11,440 Speaker 2: the Yankee interlocking and why took a little bit of 63 00:03:11,440 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: a hit. Yes, I think the brand took a little 64 00:03:13,520 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: bit of a hit, but it's it's clearly to me 65 00:03:17,520 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: it's it's the little brother behavior. This is this is 66 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: Met's little brother behavior. Stop talking about us, man, It's 67 00:03:23,200 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 2: you know that meme I keep saying, seeing with the 68 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 2: the the there's the the chum Bucket and the Krusty 69 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: krab and then Planklin's got this huge, like magnifying glass. 70 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,840 Speaker 2: It's that. It's definitely that to leave us alone. We're 71 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:36,440 Speaker 2: doing our own thing. We're in a different league. 72 00:03:36,680 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: You know, he went to a new team and he's 73 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,160 Speaker 1: experiencing spring training and it's just not quite as nice, 74 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: I'll bet. I mean, I know Cohen has a lot 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 1: of money, but the Yankees are a world class like 76 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 1: put together organization for the facilities, the food like everything. 77 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 1: I know, his uh, his people couldn't get into the 78 00:03:54,640 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: kitchen get a special meal made or whatever. But I 79 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: don't know. I just I'm tired of hearing about the guy. 80 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: Just shut up and play baseball. Go hit your fifty 81 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 1: home runs or draw you one hundred and fifty walks. 82 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:07,440 Speaker 1: I don't care. So potential good news here. Carlos rodon 83 00:04:08,760 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: I think a lot of Yankees fans would agree that 84 00:04:12,080 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: he's got a lot of hard stuff that moves in, 85 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: you know, the fastball, the cutter, hard slider. He does 86 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:20,560 Speaker 1: have a nice roundhouse curveball that I don't think he 87 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:22,920 Speaker 1: throws enough. You said in a text a little while 88 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:24,440 Speaker 1: ago that he should throw it more than one hundredercent. 89 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: Agree with you there, But apparently it's from our guy 90 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:31,360 Speaker 1: friend of the show, Ryan Garcia. He's working on a 91 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: sinker ninety two miles an hour, twenty one hundred rpm 92 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 1: and then six inches of vertical break and then fifteen 93 00:04:38,160 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: and a half inches of horizontal break. So he says 94 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: it's got too much spin to be a change up, 95 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: not enough ride to be a four steamer. This is 96 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: where the analytics guys like Ryan have an advantage over me, 97 00:04:48,440 --> 00:04:50,600 Speaker 1: because I wouldn't even notice that. I'd be like, he's, 98 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:52,600 Speaker 1: you know, he's getting a little bit of extra sink 99 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,160 Speaker 1: on his fastball today. But yeah, I mean looking at 100 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:58,279 Speaker 1: the vertical break. I mean, if this is if this 101 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 1: is an tod to keep the baseball in the ballpark 102 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 1: a little bit more, I'm all for it. 103 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,480 Speaker 2: TK Yeah, one hundred percent. This kind of sounds like 104 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,880 Speaker 2: every every spring training, every season, there's kind of the 105 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,920 Speaker 2: the new sexy pitch. It was the sweeper a couple 106 00:05:13,960 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: of years ago. You hear about the kick change, this 107 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 2: sicking the kick change where they're kind of holding the 108 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:23,919 Speaker 2: ball with their their they got like their their ring finger, 109 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: their pinky kind of up as like a knuckleball, and 110 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,600 Speaker 2: then they're like pushing down on the ball as they 111 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: release it, and it's basically too hard to be a 112 00:05:31,760 --> 00:05:34,719 Speaker 2: change up, and uh, they're getting this like incredible break 113 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,760 Speaker 2: on it. I think Schemes is looking into learning that pitch. 114 00:05:37,760 --> 00:05:39,760 Speaker 2: It's gonna make him even more filthy. But to me, 115 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:42,039 Speaker 2: that kind of comes off as that Matt Blake is like, hey, 116 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,280 Speaker 2: how about you trying this kind of kick change sort 117 00:05:44,279 --> 00:05:46,960 Speaker 2: of thing here, and it's kind of turning into this 118 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 2: this arm side break sinker. It looks nasty. I'm fine 119 00:05:50,960 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 2: with it. This is the time of the year to 120 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 2: try things out like that and kind of experiment. But 121 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 2: I think with him right, he was throwing the slider 122 00:05:58,160 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 2: a lot last season, which was fine. It was to 123 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 2: pitch for him, but sometimes he'd hang it. A guy 124 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,240 Speaker 2: would nuke it, Carlos or don for me. If he 125 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,440 Speaker 2: really fine tuned that pitch, that kick change pitch there 126 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: or that sinker whatever he's gonna call it. And he's 127 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 2: got like the heater to go at the letters and 128 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: keep it. Give me that twelve six throw that way 129 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 2: more because they like that, like coming out of his armslot. 130 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:21,840 Speaker 2: I think you would do a lot better with that man, 131 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,320 Speaker 2: especially coming out of that Like they're all gonna come 132 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:26,159 Speaker 2: out around the same area, and it's really hard to 133 00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:28,240 Speaker 2: pick that up. If you're gonna throw, you know, a 134 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:30,880 Speaker 2: tel six twelve six curveball with like I don't know, 135 00:06:30,920 --> 00:06:32,719 Speaker 2: eighty three eighty four miles an hour on it with 136 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: a lot of break and then you go ninety five 137 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 2: at the letters that looks like one hundred and four. 138 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: All let me let me interject. I think that the 139 00:06:40,200 --> 00:06:43,960 Speaker 1: change of speed is just as important. And you know, 140 00:06:44,080 --> 00:06:46,280 Speaker 1: I think that he should go to the breaking ball 141 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: earlier in the count too, like get ahead with the curveball. 142 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,720 Speaker 1: You know, Andy Pettit used to backdoor the curveball, remember 143 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 1: that back in like the nine World Series. He would 144 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:56,360 Speaker 1: start off guys with it, or a front hip curveball 145 00:06:56,400 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: to lefties. You get that first strike on something slow 146 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,919 Speaker 1: and now the hitter has less opportunity to time you right, 147 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:09,120 Speaker 1: so you know, if you're pumping fastball after fast off 148 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: to fastball, they're going to catch up to it eventually. 149 00:07:11,800 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: Or if you throw a slider and you hang it, 150 00:07:13,400 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: you speed up their bat and that's why you give 151 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:17,760 Speaker 1: up so many home runs. I think he should throw 152 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: more off speed stuff early in the count, pitch backwards 153 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,040 Speaker 1: a little bit because his fastball has so much ride. 154 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: But good to see that he's making adjustments. Good to 155 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:26,440 Speaker 1: see he's making adjustments. 156 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, his fastball, I mean when he's on it is 157 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 2: for electric electric and Peter right there. His release is 158 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: perfect for twelve six right on the money man, right 159 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,480 Speaker 2: on the money. He really releases it on top, and 160 00:07:35,520 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 2: I think I think it'd be pretty nasty for him 161 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,680 Speaker 2: if if you really concentrated more on that pitch. It's 162 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: not entirely hard to throw. It doesn't ruin your arm. 163 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 2: You just got to release it kind of like this 164 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 2: and then hook it a little close to your body. 165 00:07:46,480 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 2: But I would really like him to throw that, I 166 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: think like twenty percent of the time this season. 167 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: Little tip for the people out there trying to learn 168 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: a curveball. I'm going to demonstrate. So you really want 169 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: to snap your fingers off like when you're it's wrong 170 00:08:00,480 --> 00:08:02,080 Speaker 1: where you don't snap your fingers off, but you want 171 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:04,400 Speaker 1: to snap your fingers when you're throwing a curveball. So 172 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:07,880 Speaker 1: just practice like this, snap in your fingers and try 173 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,400 Speaker 1: and get the ball to go straight up, straight up. 174 00:08:10,440 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: Then you got that nice, tight vertical break something. I 175 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: used to have a prettyastic curveball. But all let's talk 176 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: about the main event of the night, and that is 177 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 1: Ben rice slide for me, Derek, when I was building. 178 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: When I was building this show was before Austin Wells 179 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: hit two more home runs and Ben Rice was still 180 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: in the team lead with five home runs this spring. 181 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: But he does have five home runs in fifty three 182 00:08:36,400 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: spring at bats. He's got a three to fifty six 183 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: on base percentage. He's hitting two eighty three nine sixty ops. Now, 184 00:08:42,920 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 1: I know spring training stats are basically irrelevant, and the 185 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:49,120 Speaker 1: reason that is is because every year there's a few 186 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:53,280 Speaker 1: guys who will get some of those wind guided pop 187 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,840 Speaker 1: flies in Florida that carry out of the ballpark. The 188 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,120 Speaker 1: fields are hard as a rock in spring training, and 189 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: so a lot of choppers and stuff like that will 190 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 1: get through and that can elevate batting averages that can 191 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:08,360 Speaker 1: hurt Eras you know, pitchers aren't necessarily working to scouting reports. 192 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,199 Speaker 1: They're working on stuff. But Ben Rice, we can look 193 00:09:13,240 --> 00:09:16,360 Speaker 1: at the measurables, like how hard he's hitting the ball. 194 00:09:16,559 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: He's not hitting high pop ups, he's not sneaking choppers 195 00:09:21,559 --> 00:09:24,240 Speaker 1: through a hard infield. He's hitting one hundred and five 196 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,320 Speaker 1: one hundred and ten mile an hour shots at least 197 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:30,520 Speaker 1: once or twice a game. He's showing power to all fields. 198 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 1: He's having patient at bats. He might be the guy 199 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,240 Speaker 1: that's really captured my attention the most the spring in 200 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:40,360 Speaker 1: terms of an optimistic feeling. I mean, we know Bellinger 201 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: is gonna be great if he's healthy. I've been super 202 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,520 Speaker 1: psyched at what he's done. And Austin Wells, I mean, 203 00:09:44,520 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 1: he's you know, he's getting to that next level. It 204 00:09:46,520 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: looks like he's he looks like Judge in twenty seventeen. 205 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's gonna have fifty home runs, but 206 00:09:51,080 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: taking that next step. Ben Rice is that guy who 207 00:09:54,360 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: seems to me like he could be coming out of 208 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 1: the woodwork and get ready to have a big year. 209 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, definitely. First of all, John, welcome from the Philippines. Man, 210 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:04,400 Speaker 2: that's far away, and thank you Donna. But I will 211 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 2: say with Rice, I think the ten to fifteen pounds 212 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 2: of muscle that he put on the off season really 213 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 2: really seems to doing really well for him. He's hitting 214 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,600 Speaker 2: the ball harder, he's hitting the ball farther. I saw 215 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 2: that Bellinger had some comments on him, so he looked 216 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: really good. I see why the Yankees always loved his swing. 217 00:10:20,160 --> 00:10:22,880 Speaker 2: He always had a pretty nice swing, pretty clean mechanics. 218 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,640 Speaker 2: And I like him. And this is going to be 219 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:27,840 Speaker 2: a funny thing, Derek, but he went to Dartmouth, so 220 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,160 Speaker 2: he didn't go to like a I guess you can say, 221 00:10:31,200 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 2: like a traditional big time baseball school where he went 222 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 2: to Texas or you know, Clemson where I went, or 223 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:41,240 Speaker 2: Chapel Hill, Vanderbilt, whatever. And usually what I found is 224 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 2: that when I was playing baseball and stuff, I had 225 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:46,440 Speaker 2: a guy, my coach and a scout tell me like 226 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:48,440 Speaker 2: a lot of times, those major league clubs don't like 227 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 2: to take chances on the minor league guys, on the 228 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 2: ivy league guys in the later rounds because they always 229 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,480 Speaker 2: feel like they can come right out of school and 230 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,680 Speaker 2: make pretty good money coming out of Nihiley College, and 231 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,120 Speaker 2: they don't want to make what you would make the 232 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:02,679 Speaker 2: minor leagues. Right, So this is a guy, if you're 233 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 2: gonna read the tea leaves right there, this is a 234 00:11:04,960 --> 00:11:08,599 Speaker 2: guy who who chased after a dream and in a 235 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:12,040 Speaker 2: weird way, I guess feels maybe like he shouldn't be here. 236 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 2: And I think he's going to take every opportunity he 237 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:16,160 Speaker 2: gets man and runs with it. So we're TRD in 238 00:11:16,200 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 2: the offseason. Put on some weight swing looks great. Uh. 239 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:21,439 Speaker 2: He to me should be the d H on the 240 00:11:21,480 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 2: team until Stanton gets back, and I would probably platoon 241 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: him Derek between d H first and catcher. I would 242 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:29,719 Speaker 2: like rotate through those three, those three spots there, and 243 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 2: you could give Goldschmid a DH, you can give Wells 244 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:33,839 Speaker 2: a DH, whatever you want to do. I think it 245 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 2: makes the line up really versatable, really flexible, something you 246 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 2: don't have with Stanton. 247 00:11:39,120 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: Uh. 248 00:11:39,280 --> 00:11:42,480 Speaker 2: He's more athletic, younger, and he needs at bats. He 249 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,200 Speaker 2: just needs that bats because, like you said, spring training 250 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:48,679 Speaker 2: is kind of smoking mirror sometimes. Remember hagash Yoka had 251 00:11:48,679 --> 00:11:50,920 Speaker 2: that huge spring and you know everyone was excited and 252 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:51,199 Speaker 2: all that. 253 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:52,400 Speaker 1: So that's great. 254 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 2: It's all well and good, and you want to play 255 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 2: well in spring and take that into the season, right, 256 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 2: But he's got to show it, obviously, But he I 257 00:11:58,960 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 2: think with the Yankees, give him the lane, man, give 258 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:02,960 Speaker 2: him the app bats, get him, get him in the lineup, 259 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:07,040 Speaker 2: whether he's catching, whether he's playing first. Dhing, I kind 260 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,319 Speaker 2: of crazy idea would have thrown him in the outfield 261 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:11,840 Speaker 2: this spring, just to see what he looks like else, 262 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 2: what he want to do with there. 263 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, we know he's got an arm, but I 264 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,280 Speaker 1: like that he's gonna be mostly Dhing gives him a 265 00:12:18,360 --> 00:12:20,679 Speaker 1: chance to just work on becoming that hitter that a 266 00:12:20,760 --> 00:12:23,640 Speaker 1: lot of people think he can become. Another guy who's 267 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: really been turning it on as of late is Jason Dominguez, 268 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:30,599 Speaker 1: the Martian. He had a couple of hits yesterday. His 269 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:33,040 Speaker 1: ops was up to eight fifty. I watched the game. 270 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:34,719 Speaker 1: I don't think he had any hits today, so it's 271 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:36,680 Speaker 1: down to eight oh four. He does have a double, 272 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,320 Speaker 1: a triple and three home runs in fifty four spring 273 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 1: at bats. He's fifteen for fifty four. Last year in 274 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 1: the minors three fourteen average, eleven home runs eight eighty 275 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 1: ops minor league career average or a career career OPS 276 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:51,560 Speaker 1: of eight sixteen and this will be his age twenty 277 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:55,040 Speaker 1: two season, and TK it's time to find out if 278 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: the hype is real because he looks he looks good 279 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 1: right now. He is hitting the ball hard. And one 280 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 1: thing about spring training is that I watch a lot 281 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,720 Speaker 1: of games that aren't on the Yes network because they 282 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 1: just happened to be on like one of the other 283 00:13:07,080 --> 00:13:09,760 Speaker 1: sports networks. Like I have the direct TV package that 284 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:13,319 Speaker 1: has you know, the Florida Network, the Whoever, the you 285 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:16,800 Speaker 1: know Atlanta, all these different networks, and so you catch 286 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 1: these broadcasts and they'll hear Dominguez he rip a line drive, 287 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: like and they'll be like, wow, did you hear the 288 00:13:24,160 --> 00:13:25,800 Speaker 1: sound off of that guy's bat? Like they don't really 289 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: know who he is. They're like, man, i'd watch out 290 00:13:27,960 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 1: for him. He's hitting the ball hard. And that happened yesterday. 291 00:13:30,679 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: I was actually I was working on something and I 292 00:13:33,200 --> 00:13:35,679 Speaker 1: wasn't looking directly at the game. I had it on 293 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,079 Speaker 1: my iPad and I heard crack and I was like, 294 00:13:39,520 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 1: who hit that? And I saw the ball like going 295 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:44,520 Speaker 1: into center field and then they flashed into with Domingaz 296 00:13:44,559 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 1: and then they started talking about him, and so I 297 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: tweeted about it. He hit a piss missile, but he 298 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:53,200 Speaker 1: has been stinging the baseball and another guy not hitting 299 00:13:53,520 --> 00:13:56,559 Speaker 1: choppers that are aided by a hard, dry ground. He's 300 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,839 Speaker 1: hitting one hundred and ten, one hundred and twelve mile 301 00:13:58,880 --> 00:13:59,800 Speaker 1: an hour line drives. 302 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:03,240 Speaker 2: Okay, oh yeah, I think if I were a scout 303 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:04,719 Speaker 2: i was scouting him, the one thing I'd have in 304 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,000 Speaker 2: my notes would just be hits the shit out of 305 00:14:07,040 --> 00:14:10,160 Speaker 2: the ball, because playing simple that that's what he does. Man, 306 00:14:10,240 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: he just hits tanks. When he first came up, Remember 307 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 2: he was electric when they first brought him up in 308 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,000 Speaker 2: the Houston series. It wasn't his first at at He 309 00:14:19,040 --> 00:14:22,360 Speaker 2: went deep to the Crawford boxes, which Judge did that too, 310 00:14:22,560 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 2: just saying, so did Tyler Austin. That's different. 311 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 1: But and then to the Crawford boxes, Judge hit his 312 00:14:28,640 --> 00:14:31,240 Speaker 1: four hundred and fifty eight feet off the restaurant. That's 313 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 1: a very different home run, very different. 314 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: But but the Martians, when he was hitting a lefty, 315 00:14:37,040 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 2: he hit a bomb to right field in Houston. I remember, 316 00:14:40,120 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 2: I was like the swing was so like violent, he 317 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:45,320 Speaker 2: was like swinging out of his shoes, but he nuked it, 318 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 2: so it just like looked really cool. But he's he's 319 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,880 Speaker 2: literally nicknamed the Martians, so he's got a lot of hype. 320 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:53,200 Speaker 2: He's he's gonna he's gotta see if he lives up 321 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 2: to him. The one concern, the one question mark, and 322 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:57,840 Speaker 2: you know this Derek is the defense. What's the defense 323 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,840 Speaker 2: going to look like? But offensively, I really have no concerns. 324 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be a really good player. I 325 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:07,000 Speaker 2: have him winning Rookie of the Year. Bias aside, maybe 326 00:15:07,160 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 2: there's a guy in Baltimore or like a surprise that 327 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 2: could maybe take that, or a Roman Anthony if he 328 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: makes the team with the Red Sox, could be a 329 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: name in the rookie of the year conversation. So I 330 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 2: think he's winning Rookie of the Year. And I think 331 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,880 Speaker 2: when he's you know, maybe this season, but I think 332 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,840 Speaker 2: he's like a thirty thirty guy year in and year 333 00:15:25,920 --> 00:15:26,680 Speaker 2: out pretty easily. 334 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:30,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you. I'm I'm just so glad 335 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,320 Speaker 1: that the hype is finally going to be judged. Right, 336 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 1: We're gonna We've been following this guy since the channel started. 337 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: He's had all these injuries. We haven't really gotten the 338 00:15:39,280 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 1: look this year. He's ready on opening day, it looks 339 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:46,120 Speaker 1: like he's healthy. On opening day, he's feeling good. He's 340 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,640 Speaker 1: got the job. Now, it's just let's do it. He's 341 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: got the beard, he's comfortable. I would love to be 342 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:54,920 Speaker 1: showing you highlights right now of all of his accolades, 343 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 1: but MLB likes to claim it if we do. But 344 00:15:57,040 --> 00:15:58,960 Speaker 1: I do have that highlight, and that's the home run 345 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: right there on your screen. But that's the still picture 346 00:16:02,120 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 1: of it. But MLB always giving us a hard time 347 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:07,239 Speaker 1: just breaking the balls. 348 00:16:07,840 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 2: And breaking say, the one thing about the Martian two 349 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: is like he looks like a manchild. He's twenty two. 350 00:16:15,560 --> 00:16:18,440 Speaker 2: He looks like he's about, you know, twenty seven or something, 351 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 2: just the way that he's built. But yeah, I'm very 352 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 2: excited for him. I I do think he's gonna be 353 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 2: end up being a really good player. 354 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 1: All Right, it's time to get your take. TK. This 355 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:31,840 Speaker 1: is your moment of glory here. You have a chance 356 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:35,640 Speaker 1: to outdo me and Kratz and Frankie. So we've got 357 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: I believe it's what nine or eight two, three, four, 358 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: five six eight over unders that we went over so 359 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:46,640 Speaker 1: just for the audience who's listening, the over unders are 360 00:16:46,680 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: on the screen and I'll just run through them real quick. 361 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,200 Speaker 1: So I had Krats on the other night, and Frankie 362 00:16:51,240 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 1: behind the scenes is doing it with us. This year. 363 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: We'll have him on and we'll do kind of a 364 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:57,280 Speaker 1: reveal show at the end of the year, and we're 365 00:16:57,280 --> 00:17:00,400 Speaker 1: gonna find out who did the best with their over under. 366 00:17:00,480 --> 00:17:02,920 Speaker 1: So we got Wells nineteen and a half home runs. 367 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,560 Speaker 1: Kratz took over. I took under just to be contrarian. 368 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,360 Speaker 1: I think I picked nineteen, but I really think he'll 369 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,280 Speaker 1: probably hit over them that I'm regretting that choice. Frankie 370 00:17:11,320 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 1: took under Max Fried three point twenty five e Ra 371 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: Kratz took over. I took over, Frankie took under. So 372 00:17:17,560 --> 00:17:20,520 Speaker 1: Frankie thinking Freed's gonna get even better than last year. 373 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: Dominge Is twenty three and a half home runs. Kratz 374 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 1: took under, I took over, Frankie took under Stanton fifty 375 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:30,520 Speaker 1: nine and a half games. That's sad. Kratz took over, 376 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 1: and Kratz knows him. Kratz has his phone number, so 377 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 1: you know he knows I took under, Frankie took under, 378 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,560 Speaker 1: Goldie seventy four and a half, RBIs Krats took over. 379 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 1: I took over, Frankie took over, and then all three 380 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 1: of us took under on VOLTI four point zero four. 381 00:17:45,880 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: That's Fangraft's version of War Judge forty nine and a 382 00:17:48,800 --> 00:17:51,560 Speaker 1: half home runs, we all took over, and then Yankees 383 00:17:51,680 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 1: ninety and a half wins, we all took under. So 384 00:17:55,000 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: what you got, my man, Let's start with Austin Wells 385 00:17:57,119 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: nineteen and a half home runs over under. 386 00:17:59,240 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: I'm definitely taking the over on that for sure. I'm 387 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:04,240 Speaker 2: gonna try to ignore what you guys did and go 388 00:18:04,359 --> 00:18:06,920 Speaker 2: with myself what I'm just feeling. But I'm definitely gonna 389 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:08,280 Speaker 2: go Do you want me to just kind of run 390 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 2: through them, Derek? If you want to kind of got it? 391 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, let's do it. Let's go over under. You 392 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:16,919 Speaker 1: take that, you steer the bus for a bit. 393 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:19,800 Speaker 2: All right. So for Wells, I'm definitely taking the over 394 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 2: on the nineteen and a half there. I think he 395 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,879 Speaker 2: probably hits twenty five, to be honest, it's just with 396 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:26,639 Speaker 2: the feel Max Free three two five era. If he 397 00:18:26,720 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: did that, I'd be very happy and I think that's 398 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 2: a really good season. But I'm actually gonna take the 399 00:18:30,720 --> 00:18:33,560 Speaker 2: under on that just because I think that he will 400 00:18:33,680 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 2: live up to the pressure of losing Garrett Cole and 401 00:18:36,520 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: become the ace of this team, and I think that 402 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 2: they're gonna kind of be somewhat careful with him and 403 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 2: not overpitch him over like with innings in terms of 404 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:46,840 Speaker 2: the start of the season, and then probably go deeper 405 00:18:46,880 --> 00:18:49,159 Speaker 2: as the season goes on. Dimingo is twenty three and 406 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,399 Speaker 2: a half home runs. I am taking the over on that. 407 00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:54,440 Speaker 2: I think he can hit thirty. Derek. I think it's 408 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,000 Speaker 2: in the cards. That would be a great season, but 409 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 2: I think it's possible for him to go thirty. Stanton 410 00:19:00,640 --> 00:19:04,320 Speaker 2: fifty nine and a half games. Ooh, I am tempted 411 00:19:04,359 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 2: to go under, but you're saying Kratz knows him, He's 412 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:08,760 Speaker 2: got the phone number. He maybe feels something there. I'll 413 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:12,639 Speaker 2: go over, but not by much. Goldie seventy four and 414 00:19:12,760 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 2: a half RBIs I'm probably gonna take the over on 415 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: that just because he's gonna hit in the middle of 416 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 2: the lineup. I think that he's gonna go gap to gap. 417 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 2: He's a good veteran hitter. I think he's got a 418 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 2: little bit left in the tank. I think he can 419 00:19:24,720 --> 00:19:28,240 Speaker 2: definitely do it. Vulpi four point zero war. You guys 420 00:19:28,280 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 2: all took the under. I am also tempted to go under, 421 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:34,240 Speaker 2: but I'm gonna go over on this one. I'm gonna 422 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 2: say that Volpi has a pretty solid season and takes 423 00:19:37,119 --> 00:19:39,680 Speaker 2: a step forward. But if he has an over, it's 424 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:41,439 Speaker 2: gonna be like a four point four. I don't think 425 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,440 Speaker 2: he's beating it by much. Judge forty nine and a 426 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,760 Speaker 2: half home runs. I've already said this, but I think 427 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,720 Speaker 2: he's gonna challenge his own record. I know that he 428 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 2: lost Soto, I guess in the lineup, and maybe that'll 429 00:19:52,119 --> 00:19:54,280 Speaker 2: affect him, but he was protecting Sodo, not the other 430 00:19:54,320 --> 00:19:56,440 Speaker 2: way around. So I'll go the over on the forty 431 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:59,240 Speaker 2: nine and a half home runs. And with the Yankees 432 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,359 Speaker 2: ninety and a hal half wins, that's gonna be a 433 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 2: tough one, but I think it's right. It's gonna be 434 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 2: probably ninety, So I'm forced to take the under on 435 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 2: the ninety and a half wins. I see the Yankees 436 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 2: this season, unfortunately, with losing Coal, I see them as 437 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,680 Speaker 2: a wild card team, and I hate to say this, 438 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 2: it makes me want to throw up in my mouth. 439 00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,679 Speaker 2: I think the Red Sox take a huge step forward 440 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 2: this season and win the Al East. 441 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,879 Speaker 1: There you go, all right, Well, there you have it. 442 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: TK appreciate it. Frankie log these for posterity. We're gonna 443 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: take a quick break a word from our sponsor tonight, 444 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: True Classic visa v me playing golf in my backyard. 445 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 1: Then we're gonna talk about the Yankees starting rotation and 446 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:45,880 Speaker 1: give our spring standouts as we wrap up this episode 447 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:49,199 Speaker 1: of State of the Yankees back in about in ninety seconds. 448 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,359 Speaker 1: How's it going, guys. I'm getting ready to hit my 449 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: seven iron, but I wanted to take a few minutes 450 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,399 Speaker 1: to talk about True Class. A few of you have 451 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: mentioned that it's looked like I've lost some wait this winter, 452 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: and that is absolutely one hundred percent correct. I lost 453 00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,640 Speaker 1: about thirty two pounds and that's great. I feel great 454 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,080 Speaker 1: all that stuff. But the one downside is that a 455 00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 1: lot of my clothes don't fit anymore. So it's a 456 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:14,240 Speaker 1: good thing that True Classic came along. They make extremely 457 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:19,120 Speaker 1: comfortable clothing that's great for walking, it's great for practicing 458 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 1: your seven iron. Like I'm getting ready to do. It's soft, 459 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 1: you can wear it for all seasons. 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Nice contact though all of 469 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 1: my True Classic. 470 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,840 Speaker 2: All right, dude swinging with swing was pretty good. And Derek, 471 00:22:07,840 --> 00:22:09,959 Speaker 2: where do I get that awesome beanie Dude? That thing 472 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:11,720 Speaker 2: was sick wearing. 473 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,840 Speaker 1: So that was the old Nyy Recaps hat which right 474 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,480 Speaker 1: now the store. I've pulled it down for maintenance and 475 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:20,879 Speaker 1: I've been meaning to get to it, but I've been 476 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,640 Speaker 1: just so busy that i haven't gotten to it. I'm 477 00:22:22,640 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: hoping to have the store back up at some point 478 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:26,919 Speaker 1: by mid season. If not, I'll do it after the season. 479 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,240 Speaker 1: It kills me on taxes anyway, so but we will 480 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,919 Speaker 1: have stuff for sale again. But I had too much 481 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 1: old stuff, Like I had all this Nestor quartet shit. 482 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 1: I had a whole bunch of shit, Jilly Gallow, I 483 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:40,200 Speaker 1: had a whole Wan Soto section, and I was like, 484 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: it's more work to just like fix all this, then 485 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 1: this is just take it down and rebuild it. So 486 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,040 Speaker 1: I took it down, and we're rebuilding. Change. 487 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 2: You gotta change the Martians number. I think you had 488 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 2: eighty nine up there. 489 00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah, all the all the reasons you're pointing 490 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: out now precisely why I took it down because of 491 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: the constant comments like hey, all right, So looks like 492 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 1: we're gonna have a rotation that consists of Carlos Rodin 493 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 1: in the number one spot opening day, followed by Max Freed, 494 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:09,800 Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman all the way up to number three, possibly 495 00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:13,320 Speaker 1: Carlos Carrasco, and Will Warren probably going to be in 496 00:23:13,359 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 1: the rotation to begin the season, and then Clark Schmidt 497 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: probably gonna be on the il to begin the year 498 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:18,720 Speaker 1: because he's not going to be built up. At some 499 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: point he'll step in and probably force either Will Warren 500 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: to the minor leagues or Carlos Carrasco to a DFA Land. 501 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: But how are you feeling about this rotation to begin 502 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:29,880 Speaker 1: the season? Man, all I can say is, it looks 503 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:30,919 Speaker 1: like we're going to have to hit. 504 00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:34,480 Speaker 2: It looks like we're gonna have to hit. It's obviously 505 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:36,800 Speaker 2: not ideal. It's what you want. It's not what we 506 00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 2: thought it was going to be earlier in the offseason. Obviously, 507 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 2: Carlos Carrasco is definitely making the team. Jack Curry was 508 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:47,440 Speaker 2: talking about this, but Will Warren has an option, so 509 00:23:47,640 --> 00:23:49,760 Speaker 2: you're definitely going to see him kind of floating between 510 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:52,440 Speaker 2: the show and the and Triple A kind of back 511 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,840 Speaker 2: and forth and Carrasco. You would lose him for nothing, 512 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:56,800 Speaker 2: so instead of having one picture, you could have two. 513 00:23:56,920 --> 00:23:58,679 Speaker 2: So I think they like what they've seen from Carrasco 514 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,639 Speaker 2: and he'll definitely be in the rotation. And then if 515 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:02,800 Speaker 2: Schmid comes back one and if I think Warren will 516 00:24:02,840 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 2: probably get bounced and they'll put Schmid in that spot. 517 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:07,359 Speaker 2: I mean, it's not it's not ideal, but I think 518 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:10,720 Speaker 2: it's I think it's doable. I'm always pretty confident with 519 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,520 Speaker 2: with Matt Blake. I think he's a great pitching coach. 520 00:24:13,560 --> 00:24:14,880 Speaker 2: I think he's one of the best in the game, 521 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: and I think our bullpen is absolutely lights out. And 522 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:20,240 Speaker 2: if you look at the Dodgers last season, their entire 523 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,200 Speaker 2: starting rotation was basically hurt and they won the World Series. 524 00:24:23,680 --> 00:24:26,239 Speaker 2: As long as you can get solid starts that can 525 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 2: give you, you know, four or five innings in today's 526 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 2: game and you don't even have to go that deep 527 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,920 Speaker 2: into games, I think that our bullpen is really that good, 528 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,680 Speaker 2: and I think that they can carry the load a 529 00:24:37,720 --> 00:24:41,399 Speaker 2: little bit and basically just just be just be okay 530 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: until Louis Heal gets back in around the All Star 531 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 2: break hopefully. I think, like I said Fernando Cruz, I 532 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: think he's gonna be a real weapon. 533 00:24:48,760 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: Man. Yeah, he looks good. I like his splitter. I 534 00:24:51,880 --> 00:24:55,320 Speaker 1: saw Devin Williams pitch couple of times this winter. I 535 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 1: really hadn't watched him much with the Brewers. I just 536 00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,920 Speaker 1: don't watch a lot of Brewers stuff, but he is 537 00:24:59,040 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: absolutely all right. Let's go to our spring standouts and 538 00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:05,840 Speaker 1: finish things off here. Final thoughts, So I'll just go first, 539 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 1: TK knock out my two. We didn't want to do 540 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: like the standouts of like the guys who had obvious 541 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:13,600 Speaker 1: you know wells or Bellinger or whatever, kind of under 542 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: the radar guys that probably won't be on the team, 543 00:25:16,080 --> 00:25:18,440 Speaker 1: but to keep an eye on. I really liked what 544 00:25:18,520 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: I saw from Yorbert Vivas. I know he already got 545 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:23,280 Speaker 1: optioned down a Triple A, got centiminal league camp. I 546 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:26,159 Speaker 1: like what I saw from him. Good patient bats, really 547 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 1: really good swing, very level swing. Probably won't lead to 548 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,439 Speaker 1: a lot of home runs, which I'm sure the Yankees, 549 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 1: you know, don't love. They want to. They they love 550 00:25:34,040 --> 00:25:35,560 Speaker 1: guys to hit the bottom of the ballpark. But to me, 551 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: he looks like a contact guy. Yeah, and Ben Hess 552 00:25:39,440 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: we saw him in the spring breakout game. I was 553 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:44,680 Speaker 1: really really impressed by his arm. He's got a really 554 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: good arm. And weird to see a rookie making his 555 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: pro debut with the Yankees with a goatee. 556 00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:52,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, no, for sure, it's honestly, it's weird for a 557 00:25:52,119 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 2: lot of guys. Devin Williams Marsha, they got the rock 558 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:59,200 Speaker 2: and the beards. For me, I'm gonna pick George Lombard junior, 559 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 2: ten years old, look like a season pro already. I 560 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,760 Speaker 2: think that this spring training, if anything, it's kind of 561 00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:07,760 Speaker 2: given the Yankees the inclination that he might be the 562 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,960 Speaker 2: starting everyday third basement for twenty twenty six coming out 563 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:13,200 Speaker 2: of camp. I think that is on the table. And 564 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 2: if he rakes Derek, if he rakes this year, I 565 00:26:15,800 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 2: think September is on the table to see him and 566 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: when the rosters expand, why not just to see what 567 00:26:20,640 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 2: he looks like. I don't I Juan Sota was nineteen, 568 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 2: Bryce Harper was nineteen. Some of these phenom guys, man, 569 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:28,520 Speaker 2: they make the league when they're nineteen twenty years old. 570 00:26:28,520 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 2: I think Guerrero Junior was as well, So I think 571 00:26:32,000 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 2: that that's definitely on the table. He's a guy who's 572 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 2: been around the game a long time, so he kind 573 00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:39,600 Speaker 2: of already knows how to conduct himself. And the other 574 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:41,800 Speaker 2: guy that I had Derek was a scar j c 575 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,959 Speaker 2: Ascar twenty nine years old, bounced the round a lot 576 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:48,520 Speaker 2: of minor league systems basically, and we picked him up 577 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 2: so he'd be a rookie as a twenty nine year old. 578 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 2: But I really like what I saw from him. I 579 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:54,119 Speaker 2: think that he's kind of got a stranglehold on that 580 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,960 Speaker 2: backup catcher position. I do think he's making the team. 581 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 2: I think he deserves to make the team, and I've 582 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:01,200 Speaker 2: been really with the way swinging on the Batman. 583 00:27:02,000 --> 00:27:04,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, some guys are just late bloomers. It just clicks 584 00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:07,239 Speaker 1: for them late, like Jose Batista is one of those 585 00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,400 Speaker 1: guys who kind of never really put it together until 586 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,439 Speaker 1: one year it just clicked. And Escarro was a guy 587 00:27:12,480 --> 00:27:15,600 Speaker 1: who you know, he broke out and won the batting 588 00:27:15,680 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: title in winter Ball. He had a really good back 589 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:20,520 Speaker 1: end of the year at Triple A. Maybe he just 590 00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: figured it out. You know, he's hitting the crap out 591 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:25,040 Speaker 1: of the ball. So hey, we got a week till 592 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 1: spring training or until regular season is kicking off next Thursday. 593 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,120 Speaker 1: Obviously we'll be live with postgame shows after every single game, 594 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,680 Speaker 1: and Terrence will be joining for more of these State 595 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:39,159 Speaker 1: of the Yankees type of shows throughout the year. I 596 00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,800 Speaker 1: convinced him to, you know, put off his Paris trip. 597 00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: Now I'm kidding, You're still going to Paris, right. 598 00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, go to Paris in like a week. But hey, 599 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:49,680 Speaker 2: doing a show from Paris maybe on the table. 600 00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:52,159 Speaker 1: I think that could be fun. First show from the 601 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 1: Eiffel Tower. All right, ladies and gentlemen, thanks for watching. 602 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: We're back of the post game on Sunday, and then 603 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:02,480 Speaker 1: after that next stop regular season. We'll see you next. 604 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:07,040 Speaker 2: Let's do it, see you hey. 605 00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:09,080 Speaker 1: While I've got you here, be sure to like the 606 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:13,280 Speaker 1: video and subscribe to the channel. Pinstripe Territory is the 607 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 1: official Yankees podcast of the Foul Territory Network. 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