1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:08,000 Speaker 1: Welcomes. Well, it's becoming an annual tradition here on Pinstripe Territory. 2 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 1: The Yankees didn't improve the team enough during the winner, 3 00:00:10,960 --> 00:00:13,160 Speaker 1: and so we're going to talk about which players need 4 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:17,480 Speaker 1: to improve for the Yankees to improve in twenty twenty six. 5 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 1: This is mission improvement and this is Pinstripe Territory wanted 6 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: to talk at sol. 7 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: Alright, let's go get it going. 8 00:00:27,840 --> 00:00:33,760 Speaker 1: How's it going, everybody? Welcome back, Welcome back. And first 9 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: of all, I got to say congratulations to two former 10 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:39,720 Speaker 1: Yankees who have been elected to the Hall of Fame, 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: Carlos Beltron and Andrew Jones, two guys I really enjoyed 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: watching play with the Yankees. I know Beltran's first year 13 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 1: wasn't so great, but Andrew Jones had some big hits 14 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 1: for the Yankees, and beltran His second year was much better. 15 00:00:58,320 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: It is no secret that Theankees have not done much 16 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: this winter. So if they want to be competitive in 17 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: a very tough American League East and a very tough 18 00:01:08,800 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: American League at large this year, then they're gonna have 19 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:16,160 Speaker 1: to count on some of their own guys to take 20 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 1: big steps forward. That is right. It is time for 21 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:22,440 Speaker 1: the annual well, I guess it is the second year, 22 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:27,119 Speaker 1: so it's officially now an annual thing mission improvement episode. 23 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: Guys who need to get better, Guys who will get better. Also, 24 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:35,200 Speaker 1: because we don't want to be too positive, gonna mix 25 00:01:35,240 --> 00:01:38,360 Speaker 1: in some red flags. And I agree one hundred percent 26 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:41,080 Speaker 1: with Brian Bashman here, just to go back to the 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:43,120 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame topic, Pettitt should have gotten in. Pettitt 28 00:01:43,120 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: deserves to be a Hall of Famer, one hundred percent. 29 00:01:44,840 --> 00:01:48,440 Speaker 1: I will ride that to my grave. So does Bernie 30 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,160 Speaker 1: Williams for that matter. They don't talk about that in 31 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,960 Speaker 1: another episode. Anyways, we're gonna talk about first of all, 32 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: who I believe will get better. You know, this is 33 00:01:59,240 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 1: one of those episodes that hardcore fans are not going 34 00:02:02,920 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 1: to be surprised by. This is more for the people 35 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,440 Speaker 1: who might be wondering, you know, why haven't the Yankees 36 00:02:07,480 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: done anything this winter? 37 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:09,240 Speaker 2: Right? Hey? 38 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: Why are they standing pat Well? Maybe they believe in 39 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: their own guys. You know, and I think a lot 40 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:17,920 Speaker 1: of times we look at the stats sheet and the 41 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,080 Speaker 1: metrics sheet and we forget that these are human beings 42 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: and that they're not static, right, and that human beings 43 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 1: get better at things over time. That's how we went 44 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:29,359 Speaker 1: from living in caves and you know, trying to learn 45 00:02:29,360 --> 00:02:32,519 Speaker 1: how to make fire to flying rockets into outer space 46 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,520 Speaker 1: and walking on the surface of the moon. Humans learn 47 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:39,359 Speaker 1: from their mistakes, some of them. Anyway, I wouldn't have 48 00:02:39,400 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 1: traded for Hobby or Vasquez two times, but whatever. Anyway, 49 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: these are guys that don't spend the whole winter playing 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,320 Speaker 1: video games and eating cheetos. These guys are in the gym. 51 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:54,160 Speaker 1: They're working on their craft, they're trying to get better. 52 00:02:54,480 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 1: They're trying to, you know, eliminate flaws in their game. 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,640 Speaker 1: And the Yankees do have the abilities from time to 54 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:05,320 Speaker 1: time to unlock certain skills and players. Now it tends 55 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: to be players that come from out of the organization, 56 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: guys like Luke Weaver, you know, Clay Holmes, they broke 57 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: out after adjustments that they made after coming to the Yankees. 58 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:18,720 Speaker 1: But you know, they do unlock your low level draft picks. 59 00:03:18,720 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 1: I mean, look at Ben Rice the year he had, 60 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,400 Speaker 1: and he's gonna be one of those guys that I 61 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: think takes another step forward this year. But anyway, in 62 00:03:27,760 --> 00:03:29,800 Speaker 1: this episode, I'm going to go through several players that 63 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: I think might take a step forward next year in 64 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:35,040 Speaker 1: terms of production. Why I think so, And also we'll 65 00:03:35,040 --> 00:03:37,119 Speaker 1: take a look at a few guys who might take 66 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 1: a step or two backwards. Let's get it going. Let's 67 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,960 Speaker 1: begin with Cam Schlitler. So for those of you who 68 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: were watching during the first spring training post game last year, 69 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:57,400 Speaker 1: you might remember I was gushing over Cam Schlitler. I said, 70 00:03:57,400 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 1: this guy should be in the rotation. And you know what, 71 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: He went into dominated in the minor leagues. He got 72 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 1: called up in July. He was okay his first couple 73 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,120 Speaker 1: of starts, but then he really turned it on. He 74 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 1: had a one point six to zero e er in August, 75 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: and of course he had that amazing start against the 76 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:13,920 Speaker 1: Red Sox in the postseason. He was a guy that 77 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: not only got better, he added velocity. He was touching 78 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:20,159 Speaker 1: one hundred hundred and one after throwing ninety six in 79 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 1: the minor leagues. And what you saw from him was 80 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: something that you like to see from young players. You 81 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: like to see rapid improvement. Not only did his fastball 82 00:04:29,160 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: get faster, his breaking stuff got better right away. You 83 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:37,120 Speaker 1: remember his first couple of outings. The breaking stuff really 84 00:04:37,160 --> 00:04:38,920 Speaker 1: wasn't that good. And I remember saying on the air, 85 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:41,640 Speaker 1: and I remember, you know, people commenting, well, he needs 86 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,000 Speaker 1: another pitch, he needs to get more swings and misses 87 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 1: with his breaking stuff. And you know what, he developed 88 00:04:48,360 --> 00:04:50,320 Speaker 1: it quickly and by the time he got to the 89 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 1: postseason it was deadly. And would it shock me if 90 00:04:54,279 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: he had a breakout season this year? If he was, 91 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: if he's healthy for the whole year, I I think 92 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: he's a three ERA pitcher with sixteen or seventeen wins 93 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:09,920 Speaker 1: at minimal cost. I think that's huge. I think he's 94 00:05:09,960 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: got the stuff to have a great year, not a 95 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: good year, a great year. So, by the way, let 96 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:18,840 Speaker 1: me know in the comments how you feel about these guys. 97 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,279 Speaker 1: If you agree, if you disagree. I know watching Cam 98 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:25,520 Speaker 1: Schlitler throwing baseballs again is one of the things I'm 99 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 1: most looking forward to in twenty twenty six. All right, 100 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:35,320 Speaker 1: So next we got Jazz Chisholm. Contract year, contract year, Jazz. 101 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,880 Speaker 1: Need I say more. This is a guy who started 102 00:05:38,920 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 1: off the season with tons of power but wasn't hitting 103 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: for much average. He came back after the injury, missed 104 00:05:44,040 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: about five weeks, came back and said, you know what, 105 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:50,359 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna do everything at one hundred percent anymore. 106 00:05:50,360 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: I'm gonna let the game come to me anymore a 107 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: little bit. Look, he hit won fifty one in April, 108 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 1: but then when he comes back, he stops swinging his hard, 109 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,440 Speaker 1: he starts playing at what he says, seventy percent. And 110 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:04,320 Speaker 1: not only did he keep him healthy, he kept him productive. 111 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,280 Speaker 1: He's much better at home to seventy seven average, and 112 00:06:08,320 --> 00:06:10,320 Speaker 1: he's to get better on the road. I think he will. 113 00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:11,400 Speaker 2: Uh. 114 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 1: And you know, this is a guy who went thirty 115 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 1: thirty despite missing all those games in a contract year 116 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 1: with potentially a couple one hundred million bucks on the line. 117 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 1: What if he goes forty forty? What if he goes 118 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:30,279 Speaker 1: forty four? Now, contracts may be in a different spot 119 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 1: next year because of the potential lockout. So maybe he's 120 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,719 Speaker 1: playing for an extension with the Yankees. Maybe he decides, 121 00:06:35,760 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 1: you know what, I'm not even gonna get the free agency. 122 00:06:37,760 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: I'm gonna force the Yankees to bring me back. If 123 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: you go forty forty, if you hit two eighty with 124 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 1: let's say forty home runs, forty five stolen bases, which 125 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: is not out of reach for him given how much 126 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,080 Speaker 1: time he missed and how electric his tool set is. 127 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:02,160 Speaker 1: He's gonna get enormously paid. I really think so. So 128 00:07:02,360 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: keep an eye on jazz Chism taking a big step 129 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,160 Speaker 1: forward next year. Another guy who I think is gonna 130 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: take a step forward is missed A Ben Rice. Watching 131 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: him improve last year was one of the more enjoyable 132 00:07:13,280 --> 00:07:15,720 Speaker 1: parts of the season. I was reading today again about 133 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 1: how he hit into more unlucky outs than anybody in baseball, 134 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:21,640 Speaker 1: and he did the same thing during his first cup 135 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: of coffee with the Yankees. And I think when you 136 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: consistently unlucky, I think it points to something a reason. 137 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:31,480 Speaker 1: I think it points to a reason why you're unlucky. 138 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: It's not just luck. And to me, the reason was 139 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:37,000 Speaker 1: his launch angle was too low. He was hitting a 140 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 1: lot of hard line drives, right at the right fielder, 141 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: right at the second baseman. He was hitting hard ground balls. 142 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: Once he started to get under the ball a little 143 00:07:45,120 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: bit and hit the ball in the air, those balls 144 00:07:46,960 --> 00:07:50,240 Speaker 1: started going out of the ballpark, and that's why he 145 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 1: ended up with twenty six home runs. He went deep 146 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:56,400 Speaker 1: in the playoffs eight hundred plus ops last year. I 147 00:07:56,440 --> 00:07:58,360 Speaker 1: think if he gets better at hitting lefties, I think 148 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:02,120 Speaker 1: he hit about two oh seven against lefty, and he 149 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 1: can learn to pick the ball a little bit better 150 00:08:04,440 --> 00:08:07,440 Speaker 1: at first base, which shouldn't be that difficult for him. 151 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,680 Speaker 1: You know, playing first base is easy. Tell him, wash Uh. 152 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: I think that he is a potential All Star. This 153 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:19,200 Speaker 1: guy hit two eighty three in August, three to sixteen 154 00:08:19,240 --> 00:08:21,240 Speaker 1: in September. He got better as the year went along 155 00:08:21,320 --> 00:08:24,040 Speaker 1: June one eighty one, July two thirty two, and then 156 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: two eighty three and three sixteen, so he had he 157 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 1: got better as the season went along. He became more dangerous. 158 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: Nineteen home runs versus righty, seven versus lefties. He was 159 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,000 Speaker 1: two fifty at home, two fifty nine away. He learns 160 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: to hit the ball in the air a little bit 161 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:41,800 Speaker 1: more at Yankee Stadium. I think he's running into a 162 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:48,440 Speaker 1: minimum thirty home runs minimum, with again forty being a possibility. 163 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 1: This kid is a stud, and I think you're gonna 164 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,400 Speaker 1: see big things from him next year. Jason Dominguez. I 165 00:08:56,520 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: defy anyone to be more optimistic about Jason Deminus than 166 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:03,400 Speaker 1: I am, but I genuinely saw some things last year 167 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: that I really liked about him. First of all, he 168 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,760 Speaker 1: hit like fifty points higher than Anthony Volpi, and Volpi's 169 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:12,000 Speaker 1: been in the league three years. He had higher than 170 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 1: Austin Wells. A get can hit for average, you know, 171 00:09:13,960 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: and he's another guy got better as the year went along. 172 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,679 Speaker 1: We'll take a look at his monthly stats again as 173 00:09:17,720 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: they roll around. Clearly much better against righty's two seventy 174 00:09:21,280 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: four with a seven to sixty eight ops two h four. 175 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:26,480 Speaker 1: Versus lefties, he was about equal home in Away, didn't 176 00:09:26,559 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: hit for much power at Yankee Stadium. He did have 177 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:32,560 Speaker 1: that big walk off runs the bases very well. His 178 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: problems were one that he was terrible. He was an 179 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 1: abomination of an outfielder. Now, early on in the season 180 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 1: he looked better and you could see him gaining confidence. 181 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:45,440 Speaker 1: But I felt like he took a step backward in 182 00:09:45,480 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 1: the second half. I just felt like he was making 183 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:50,959 Speaker 1: more bad routes and things like that. In the second half. 184 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 1: I thought his arm was good. I thought his speed 185 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:57,520 Speaker 1: is great. But defense is something you can genuinely work on, 186 00:09:57,600 --> 00:09:59,640 Speaker 1: especially as an outfielder, and get better at. You can 187 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:03,800 Speaker 1: teach routes right you can work with great defenders and 188 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:07,240 Speaker 1: become a better outfielder. You can't teach the physical tools 189 00:10:07,280 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: that he has. You can't teach them. So I'm looking 190 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,720 Speaker 1: forward to seeing what he does with a little bit 191 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 1: of experience under his belt. As hard as he hits 192 00:10:19,240 --> 00:10:21,439 Speaker 1: the baseball, I'm surprised he didn't hit for more home runs. 193 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:24,599 Speaker 1: He only had ten home runs. He's more of a 194 00:10:24,640 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: gap hitter, and I'm okay with that, but I think 195 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:30,680 Speaker 1: there's room for another ten or fifteen home runs in there, 196 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,120 Speaker 1: you know, another one or two a month. And I 197 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 1: mean when he first came up, he had four home 198 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 1: runs in his first seven games. He can do it. 199 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:45,000 Speaker 1: He's another guy that launch angle and directional abilities. Like 200 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 1: as they lefty at Yankee Stadium, he would sometimes drive 201 00:10:50,000 --> 00:10:51,559 Speaker 1: the ball the other way, which you want guys to 202 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:52,960 Speaker 1: hit the ball the other way, but when you would 203 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:55,720 Speaker 1: hit it in the air the other way, a lot 204 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 1: of times it would get caught. And if he learns 205 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: to pull some of those ball and maybe lay off 206 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: the pitches away when he's at Yankee Stadium, I think 207 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: he'll do a lot better. It looked like he was 208 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,320 Speaker 1: gonna be a great slugger. I don't think he's gonna 209 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,880 Speaker 1: be a great slugger. I think he's gonna be a 210 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: good player. I think he will get better on defense 211 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: because he works hard. No one will tell you this 212 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 1: kid doesn't work hard. I've also seen a lot of 213 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 1: comments on here, people that just crap on our young 214 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 1: players when they struggle, and I don't get it. Just 215 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,880 Speaker 1: twenty two years old, not even close to being done developing, 216 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:31,000 Speaker 1: and you know, really hasn't had a ton of minor 217 00:11:31,040 --> 00:11:33,200 Speaker 1: league experience. And I think a lot of people look 218 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:35,360 Speaker 1: at young players and they think they're a finished product. Right, 219 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:40,560 Speaker 1: you have to take into account age and experience and capability. 220 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,079 Speaker 1: I think he has all the tools to get better. 221 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 1: I don't think he's gonna be Mike Trout, but I 222 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 1: think he could be a two and a half to 223 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: three win player this year, which the Yankees are gonna 224 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:55,320 Speaker 1: need if Cody Bellinger doesn't come back, which you know, 225 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:58,120 Speaker 1: it's looking like not such a sure thing right now 226 00:11:58,679 --> 00:12:03,160 Speaker 1: from what we're hearing. So Jason Dominguez looked. 227 00:12:03,000 --> 00:12:04,080 Speaker 2: For him to improve. 228 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 1: Will Warren. Will Warren surprised me last year. I was 229 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,800 Speaker 1: expecting practically nothing out of him. He went nine to 230 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 1: eight with a four point four to four ERA, one 231 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: hundred and seventy one strikeouts, and one hundred and sixty 232 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:19,720 Speaker 1: two innings. I figured he would be back in Triple 233 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: A by May, just from what we saw of him 234 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 1: last year. But he was mentally tough and he made 235 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,160 Speaker 1: the adjustments and he got off to a good start. 236 00:12:27,200 --> 00:12:28,959 Speaker 1: Now he wore down a little bit in the second half, 237 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: for sure. Left he's hit him pretty hard at two 238 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:36,679 Speaker 1: sixty six, but you know, he was pretty good at home, 239 00:12:36,800 --> 00:12:39,280 Speaker 1: especially seven and four with a three point five zero ERA, 240 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: ninety six strikeouts and eighty seven and a third innings. 241 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,199 Speaker 1: I think if he takes the same step forward this 242 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: year that he took last year, you know, I think 243 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:53,800 Speaker 1: maybe he's a four ish ERA, maybe slightly lower. Maybe 244 00:12:53,840 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 1: he wins twelve games, Maybe he's you know, twelve and 245 00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 1: nine instead of nine to eight. You know, he win 246 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:02,319 Speaker 1: a few more games, get deeper into some games. Again, 247 00:13:02,600 --> 00:13:06,880 Speaker 1: just twenty six years old, won't turn twenty seven until June. 248 00:13:07,760 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: So I'm looking for a big step up from Will 249 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: Warren Ryan Weathers. Yankees picked up Ryan Weathers because they 250 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 1: saw something in him. I think the metrics told them 251 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:23,679 Speaker 1: that he throws his fastball too much, and I agree. 252 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 1: You know, he's throwing the fastball forty five percent of 253 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,040 Speaker 1: the time with his pitch mix. He should be mixing 254 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: those pitches up and picking better spots to throw the fastball. 255 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,600 Speaker 1: You know, do what Carlos Rodon did become a complete pitcher. 256 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 1: If the Yankees can get him to pitch a little 257 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: bit smarter, I think he can turn him into a 258 00:13:43,480 --> 00:13:46,920 Speaker 1: big time pitcher. Think about it. They have done practically 259 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: nothing this winter, practically nothing, but one thing they did 260 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,160 Speaker 1: pull the trigger on was Ryan Weathers. He fits a 261 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: very specific thing that Brian Cashman is always looking for. Young, 262 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:04,560 Speaker 1: controllable pitchers with upside. Don't be shocked if Ryan Weathers 263 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:10,040 Speaker 1: has a good year, and then, make no mistake, Garrett 264 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,920 Speaker 1: Cole is back. The Yankees have their horse coming back. 265 00:14:14,000 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's not gonna be one hundred percent of 266 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: what he was in his prime, but just him being 267 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:23,760 Speaker 1: on the pitching staff makes them better. He's gonna help 268 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 1: the other guys out. He's going to basically stabilize the 269 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: rotation when he comes back. Now, it might take him 270 00:14:33,960 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: a few starts to get back to being who he is, 271 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,120 Speaker 1: but he'll get there. I have one hundred percent faith 272 00:14:38,120 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 1: he will get there. And you know that the sour 273 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 1: taste of his in his mouth, Like the last game 274 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 1: he pitched was the World Series Game five. You have 275 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 1: to believe that's sitting with him. Don't be surprised if 276 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 1: he comes back and does put together that dominant rested 277 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,680 Speaker 1: you know, second half. You know if he goes if 278 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,960 Speaker 1: he goes ten and two this year, I would not 279 00:15:01,040 --> 00:15:03,360 Speaker 1: be shocked. And we'll see how it shakes out. Now 280 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:06,080 Speaker 1: here's some guys who I think have room to get 281 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 1: better and need to step it up. This is the 282 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:17,600 Speaker 1: semi after class list. Let's start with Luis Heal. He's 283 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: the first guy that comes to mind when I think 284 00:15:19,120 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: of untapped potential as a pitcher. Last year, fifty seven innings, 285 00:15:23,360 --> 00:15:25,440 Speaker 1: four and one, three point three two era, guy who 286 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 1: throws one hundred miles an hour, began his rookie year 287 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: ten and one with a sub to era, won the 288 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: Rookie of the Year. Maybe overextended himself a little bit 289 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: by throwing more innings than he ever had before, and 290 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:37,840 Speaker 1: then last year he was hurt and when he came 291 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:42,040 Speaker 1: back he wasn't really the same guy. He was decent, 292 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:49,560 Speaker 1: but his strikeout numbers were down and his control just 293 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: hasn't gotten there. You've got to be better at throwing 294 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:58,040 Speaker 1: strikes in this league. And I'm not one hundred percent 295 00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,720 Speaker 1: certain that he's all that coach. I want to see 296 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,440 Speaker 1: more more out of him. Let's talk about Austin Wells. 297 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,840 Speaker 1: Austin Wells is another guy that has a lot of 298 00:16:07,920 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: room for improvement. I think we all like his swing. 299 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:13,680 Speaker 1: He's got a perfect swing for Yankee Stadium. He drove 300 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 1: in seventy runs. As a catcher, he had twenty one 301 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: home runs. But the on base percentage got to get better. 302 00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: You got to do better than the two seventy five 303 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 1: on base percentage, and you got to hit better than 304 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: two nineteen or two twelve or whatever it was he hit. 305 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: I don't have it in front of you. This is 306 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: a guy who needs to be an offensive force this 307 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: year because the Yankees are losing some offense, especially if 308 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:38,000 Speaker 1: Bellinger is gone. He hit two fourteen at home with 309 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: a six point eighty five ops. You can't be a 310 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: left handed hitter at Yankee Stadium and hit worse at 311 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:47,680 Speaker 1: Yankee Stadium. That's just not acceptable. He's also got to 312 00:16:47,720 --> 00:16:51,360 Speaker 1: do a better job behind the plate, and with the 313 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:54,760 Speaker 1: ABS system coming, his ability to steal strikes is not 314 00:16:54,800 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: going to be as important because some of them are 315 00:16:56,280 --> 00:16:58,760 Speaker 1: going to get overruled. So I want to see more 316 00:16:58,800 --> 00:17:01,480 Speaker 1: out of Austin Wells this year. All right, here we go, 317 00:17:01,640 --> 00:17:06,400 Speaker 1: Here we go. Uh, Ryan McMahon, this is another guy 318 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 1: we got to see more out of two fourteen average. 319 00:17:09,800 --> 00:17:12,960 Speaker 1: He did have twenty home runs, six ninety three OPFs. 320 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:17,440 Speaker 1: No one doubts his ability with the glove, but the 321 00:17:17,480 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 1: guy didn't hit after coming to the Yankees one sixty 322 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:24,240 Speaker 1: seven in August, one ninety seven in September. That just 323 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 1: flat out stinks. It's stinks. We gotta get him to 324 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: step it up. And yes, I can say McMahon this 325 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 1: year McMahon, look at me, WNBC. Another guy we need 326 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 1: to get better Camillo Dovall, whose widget is not popping 327 00:17:46,200 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: up for whatever reason. But Camillo Dovall is a guy 328 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:55,200 Speaker 1: that was practically unusable after coming to the Yankees. He 329 00:17:55,240 --> 00:17:58,680 Speaker 1: had a three point five to eight ERA on the season, 330 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,239 Speaker 1: four and three record, seventy two strikeouts and sixty five 331 00:18:01,320 --> 00:18:03,200 Speaker 1: and thirty innings, but the Yankees couldn't really throw them 332 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:05,560 Speaker 1: in the important games down the stretch. Again with the 333 00:18:05,600 --> 00:18:07,840 Speaker 1: Yankees four point seven to sixty RA in August four 334 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 1: point nine to one in September. That is not acceptable 335 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: with his kind of stuff. When hitters Hitt won sixty 336 00:18:15,320 --> 00:18:17,440 Speaker 1: nine against you as lefties and two twenty one is 337 00:18:17,520 --> 00:18:20,679 Speaker 1: Righty's throw more strikes. He's got to get better at 338 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: throwing strikes. It's just that simple. And hopefully this is 339 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: one of those areas where you know, having a dynamic 340 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 1: pitching coach like Matt Blake and having a winter to 341 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,600 Speaker 1: work on some stuff, he'll get there. Next was that 342 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: cabal Row. Now cab i Row is going to be 343 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:42,280 Speaker 1: filling in for Anthony Volpi while Volpe's out one hundred 344 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:49,520 Speaker 1: percent and he can't be at six eighty six. Ops, guy, 345 00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:53,440 Speaker 1: we need him to start the season hot and stay 346 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: hot for at least a month. Just just come out 347 00:18:56,840 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: of the gate with a good start. We know he 348 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 1: can pick it, we know he can run. We got 349 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 1: to get some offense out of him this year. In general, 350 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 1: we have got to get We've got to raise the 351 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,600 Speaker 1: level of the offense on this team. And if look, 352 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: I don't know, I Volpi's gonna come back and be, 353 00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:12,840 Speaker 1: you know, the guy we saw the last couple of years, 354 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 1: or if he's gonna have that fully reconstructed shoulder and 355 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: feel good. We'll talk about him more in a minute, 356 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,400 Speaker 1: but Cabiro has a chance to be the starting shortstop 357 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:23,920 Speaker 1: for the Yankees if he plays well, and I expect 358 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:29,280 Speaker 1: him to make an effort to get better and to 359 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:31,720 Speaker 1: not take that for granted and to seize that opportunity. 360 00:19:32,240 --> 00:19:40,560 Speaker 1: So let's talk about some other red flags. As I mentioned, 361 00:19:40,640 --> 00:19:44,560 Speaker 1: Anthony Volpi is one of these guys who you never 362 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:47,479 Speaker 1: know what to expect. Two twelve hitter last year, six 363 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 1: sixty three ops, nineteen home runs, two seventy two on 364 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: base PERCENTA. He's been in the league three years, really 365 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:56,920 Speaker 1: hasn't improved all that much. I want to see more 366 00:19:56,960 --> 00:20:01,480 Speaker 1: improvement of his game across the board. I want to 367 00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: see him get better across the board, not only offensively, 368 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 1: but defensively, throwing the baseball right. I want to see 369 00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:11,280 Speaker 1: him he's a good base runner. I want to see him. 370 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,800 Speaker 1: I mean that's not necessarily true. He's no K base runner. 371 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,520 Speaker 1: He's fast. I want to see him run the bases 372 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: more aggressively. I want to see him make some runs 373 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: with his legs. And I want to see him really 374 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:28,919 Speaker 1: step up this year when he comes back from that 375 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,480 Speaker 1: surgery and there's no guarantee that he will come back. 376 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,440 Speaker 1: There's no guarantee that he'll be anywhere near one hundred percent. 377 00:20:36,640 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 1: He had major surgery, so it's gonna be interesting to 378 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,080 Speaker 1: see how this shakes out. I'm just keeping an eye 379 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: on this. Here's Trent Grisham. This is a red flag 380 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:49,000 Speaker 1: for me because his defense took a huge hit last year. 381 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 1: Now you could argue it was the hamstring, and we'll 382 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: find out if the hamstring is feeling better. He had 383 00:20:54,880 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: a career year. He had a career best season. Will 384 00:21:02,359 --> 00:21:04,040 Speaker 1: he revert to the guy who hits one to eighty 385 00:21:04,560 --> 00:21:06,959 Speaker 1: That's what I'm curious about. Didn't hit lefties at all, 386 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,280 Speaker 1: one eighty two average against lefties and still and on 387 00:21:11,320 --> 00:21:13,160 Speaker 1: base percentage of three or three. This is the guy 388 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:15,520 Speaker 1: who had a ton of walks. He was top five 389 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 1: in the league in walks. He has become pretty good 390 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: at controlling the strike zone. We did get a call 391 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 1: about him that I will play when we get to 392 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 1: the voicemail section. But this is a guy who has 393 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 1: some red flags. I want to see the offense get better. 394 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,480 Speaker 1: I want to see the defense get better. I'm not 395 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:38,640 Speaker 1: comfortable giving him twenty two million dollars. I think there's 396 00:21:38,720 --> 00:21:43,320 Speaker 1: untapped potential, but you got to hit better than two 397 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: thirty five. I'm sorry, fans just want to see guys 398 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 1: who pick up hits, rack up knocks eight twelve ops. 399 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:52,520 Speaker 1: Nobody's complaining about that. I'll take seven or eight less 400 00:21:52,520 --> 00:21:56,240 Speaker 1: home runs for fifteen or twenty percent better in batting average. 401 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: Another one, big g John Carlos Stanton. If you think 402 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 1: that John Carlos Stanton is going to be healthy for 403 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:13,359 Speaker 1: the whole season, I want whatever drugs you were taking, 404 00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:19,240 Speaker 1: because they are good. I And look, he had his 405 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 1: most productive season as a Yankee in a while twenty 406 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 1: four home runs ops over nine hundred. Do we really 407 00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,960 Speaker 1: think that he's gonna continue to produce like that as 408 00:22:31,000 --> 00:22:31,520 Speaker 1: he ages? 409 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 2: I just. 410 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: I'm skeptical. Red flags there. I think he's gonna be 411 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:43,159 Speaker 1: on the io by May again. And I think the 412 00:22:43,200 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 1: more injuries he has, the harder it's gonna be to 413 00:22:46,560 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 1: justify him taking a bats from other guys. Another red 414 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 1: flag Carlos Rodin. He is having shirt surgery. He's gonna 415 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,600 Speaker 1: miss a lot of spring training or at least not 416 00:22:58,720 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: be ready to begin the season. The last time that 417 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:04,320 Speaker 1: he didn't have a full, strong spring training. He got 418 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:08,480 Speaker 1: rocked all year long. And this is a guy who 419 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: not necessarily the best starter start. I don't want to 420 00:23:13,080 --> 00:23:15,399 Speaker 1: say starter because he is a starter. He's not the 421 00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,879 Speaker 1: greatest beginner of a season. 422 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 2: You know. 423 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 1: Last year, Remember he was serving up all the three 424 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 1: run home runs before he got into a rhythm. I 425 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 1: worry that he's going to not have a full spring 426 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 1: training and be the guy that we saw a couple 427 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:35,040 Speaker 1: of years ago. So just a dose of cold water 428 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 1: on the optimism. But there are some guys that I 429 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:42,440 Speaker 1: think the Yankees have and they are riding that are 430 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 1: obviously super important to this team and need to maintain 431 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:56,480 Speaker 1: excellence Max Freed. This team does not go anywhere unless 432 00:23:56,520 --> 00:23:58,600 Speaker 1: Max Freed has another good year. You could not have 433 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:00,600 Speaker 1: a better first season with the Yanks than he had 434 00:24:00,640 --> 00:24:03,119 Speaker 1: last year. Nineteen and five two point eight six, one 435 00:24:03,160 --> 00:24:05,640 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety five innings, one hundred and eighty nine strikeouts. 436 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 1: He pitched well in his first playoff game, didn't pitch 437 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,320 Speaker 1: as well in the second playoff game. He stunk in 438 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:14,399 Speaker 1: July and August era over five, but he got it 439 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,199 Speaker 1: together in time to finish strong in September, and he 440 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,440 Speaker 1: was really good to begin the season. I expect him, 441 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,879 Speaker 1: if healthy, to have a very similar year, if not 442 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: a better year. You know, we see guys adjust to 443 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,680 Speaker 1: New York and get better. And when you start out 444 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: that strong, I mean, obviously whatever he's worked on with 445 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:35,240 Speaker 1: Matt Blake has worked. I mean, he was already a 446 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:39,280 Speaker 1: great pitcher. It's a gold Glover, got a great pickoff 447 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 1: move All Star. If he has a good year, with 448 00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 1: the addition of Garrett Cole, the arrival of Cam Slitler, 449 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 1: Hell Yankees could have a pretty good rotation. And let 450 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:58,400 Speaker 1: us not forget the New York Yankees have Aaron Judge 451 00:24:58,800 --> 00:25:02,439 Speaker 1: on their team. Three time MVP, future Hall of Famer 452 00:25:03,440 --> 00:25:06,840 Speaker 1: batting champion by twenty points last year with fifty three 453 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:11,560 Speaker 1: home runs, tallest batting champion ever hit four sixteen four 454 00:25:11,720 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: fifteen in April. The guy first three months of the 455 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:20,200 Speaker 1: year was practically hitting four hundred. The guy is an 456 00:25:20,320 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: absolute nightmare for pitchers, and we need him to stay 457 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,240 Speaker 1: healthy and we need him to maintain his excellence for 458 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,240 Speaker 1: at least one more year. 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Love the show, long time listener. 485 00:26:46,240 --> 00:26:49,040 Speaker 4: I just want to remind everyone of the whaling and 486 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:53,040 Speaker 4: gnashing of teeth that occurred when Frank Grisham accepted the 487 00:26:53,720 --> 00:26:58,440 Speaker 4: offer for twenty two million to stay with the Yankees 488 00:26:58,480 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 4: and play center field this year. With this Beellinger debacle 489 00:27:02,600 --> 00:27:05,399 Speaker 4: that we've experienced so far, in the possibility, if not 490 00:27:05,480 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 4: the likelihood, that Bellinger is going to sign with another team, 491 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:13,000 Speaker 4: are we feeling a little bit better about having Grisham 492 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 4: regardless of the cost. He took the qualifying offer for 493 00:27:16,119 --> 00:27:19,080 Speaker 4: twenty two million, regardless of the cost. So we're feeling 494 00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,960 Speaker 4: a little bit better to haver Grisham in center field 495 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:25,000 Speaker 4: in twenty twenty six rather than looking at somebody like 496 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 4: Harris in Vader. I think we are all the best. 497 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 2: You're not wrong. 498 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 1: You're not wrong. If the Yankees lost the thirty four 499 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 1: home runs from Grisham that twenty nine home runs from Bellinger. 500 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:44,440 Speaker 1: I mean, where you're replacing those fifty bombs from? 501 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:45,439 Speaker 2: Actually it's like sixty. 502 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:52,440 Speaker 1: Where are you getting those from? So I still think 503 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,880 Speaker 1: there's hope that Bellinger comes back. I'm not feeling super 504 00:27:54,880 --> 00:28:00,600 Speaker 1: optimistic about it, but yeah, having Grisham, you know, they 505 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 1: maybe that's the reason they picked up Grissoms option or 506 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 1: offered him the the qualifying offer just in case, because 507 00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 1: they knew what Belly was going to be asking was 508 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 1: going to be above what they were comfortable going to. 509 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 2: Here's another Mat, Hey, Dereg. This is Matt, I mean Colorado. 510 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,879 Speaker 2: You know, I'm watching this Foul Territory video with the 511 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,040 Speaker 2: guys who I love to do an amazing job all 512 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 2: you at the foul Territory family or fair Territory which 513 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:28,440 Speaker 2: everyone I can never remember which one it is anyway, 514 00:28:28,480 --> 00:28:31,360 Speaker 2: And watching this video and they're talking about the Enchi 515 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,240 Speaker 2: is believe they've made a fair offer to Tody Bellinger, 516 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,159 Speaker 2: and the Yankees aren't going to get into a bidding 517 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,600 Speaker 2: war for Cody Bellinger. And the Yankees aren't going to 518 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:42,440 Speaker 2: do a panic TI if they missed out on Cody Bellinger. 519 00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 2: And I'm just sitting here thinking this is what's wrong. 520 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,440 Speaker 2: And I don't expect the Yankees to do crazy stuff. 521 00:28:49,480 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 2: I don't expect them to give him a ten year 522 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,600 Speaker 2: deal for a bazillion dollars a year. I get it. Whatever. 523 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,680 Speaker 2: We're not the Dodgers. The Dodgers are in a whole 524 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 2: different category. But we used to be the Yankees, and 525 00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:04,000 Speaker 2: we used to do what it takes to get things 526 00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,920 Speaker 2: done to give us the best chance at winning. And 527 00:29:07,960 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: what has happened now is what we get is fed 528 00:29:10,640 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 2: this narrative of well, the Yankees think that Boone is 529 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:16,120 Speaker 2: doing a great job, or well the Yankees think the 530 00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 2: Cashman is doing a great job because they're keeping it up. 531 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 2: So the Yankees must think this and that, and the 532 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 2: Yankees think that they've made a fair oppertunity, right, the 533 00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:26,960 Speaker 2: Yankees think is the problem. The Yankees are a good team, 534 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,880 Speaker 2: and they're a good organization, but they have not elevated 535 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 2: to the place of champion for various reasons. 536 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, great call, I got to give you a round 537 00:29:37,320 --> 00:29:39,680 Speaker 1: of applause on that one. I had to cut it 538 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: short the time, But yes, they're a good organization, but 539 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: it's been a long time since they've been a great one. 540 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: And I disagree with people who say how is cheap? 541 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:53,560 Speaker 1: How puts three hundred million dollars into the payroll yearly. 542 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: I think it continues to be an allocation of funds. 543 00:29:58,560 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: Right we're paying dead contract, you know. Extending Lemayhew is 544 00:30:02,600 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 1: not a good, good, smart move, you know, trading for 545 00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:09,320 Speaker 1: Stanton when you could have signed Harper Machado like you 546 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,880 Speaker 1: could have gotten younger guys. I think I think a 547 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: lot of this falls on cash Man unfortunately, and he 548 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 1: knows that he knows that. All right, ladies and gentlemen, 549 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,360 Speaker 1: like subscribe all that good stuff. It's been a fun 550 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,200 Speaker 1: thirty minutes. 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