1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: What this is is a testament to their culture and 2 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,600 Speaker 1: what they have built over the years. It starts without Tuve. 3 00:00:06,120 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 1: Joe Spoda and his coaching staff also deserve a ton 4 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: of credit. Welcome everyone to the Monday edition of Fair Territory. 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:17,959 Speaker 1: We are coming off a rather interesting Sunday, expected developments 6 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: with of course the All Star announcements and unexpected developments 7 00:00:22,680 --> 00:00:27,080 Speaker 1: from the Washington Nationals, who fired their president of based operations, 8 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 1: Mike Rizzo, as well as their manager Davey Martinez. And 9 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:34,520 Speaker 1: as I wrote last night in The Athletic, the move 10 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,560 Speaker 1: itself is not so odd. The moves, I should say themselves, 11 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:40,480 Speaker 1: are not so odd. National since winning the twenty nineteen 12 00:00:40,520 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 1: World Series, have the second most losses in the majors 13 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 1: second most. But the timing is rather odd, and not 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: just because this announcement was made on the day that 15 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: two of Mike Rizzo's prize acquisitions, James Wood and Mackenzie Gore, 16 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 1: were named to the NL All Star Team. A third 17 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 1: acquisition from the Jan Soda Trade cj Abrams a worthy 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: candidate as well. No, the timing was odd because the 19 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:11,680 Speaker 1: draft at the time was one week away. The deadline 20 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: was less than a month away, and general managers presidents 21 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:19,280 Speaker 1: of baseball operations just generally do not get dismissed at 22 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: this time of year. I looked it up. The last 23 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,600 Speaker 1: time I think it happened was in twenty sixteen. The 24 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:31,399 Speaker 1: Minnesota Twins dubbed Terry Ryan in July twenty sixteen. But 25 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,240 Speaker 1: back then the draft was in June, so we had 26 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: already gotten through the draft. He just had the deadline 27 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 1: to go. A couple of years ago, the draft was 28 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: moved to July, So now it's the draft and the 29 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: deadline that the interim general manager, Mike de Bartelow is 30 00:01:45,080 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 1: going to have to account for it. Now, the draft 31 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:52,600 Speaker 1: boards this close to selection day are in relative order. 32 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: It's not like the Nationals don't know who is at 33 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:57,520 Speaker 1: the top of the board. The only difference this year 34 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: from previous years as far as the national are concerned, 35 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: is that they might want to do some strategic operating 36 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,920 Speaker 1: with the draft. When I'd say that, what I mean 37 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: is when you have the top pick, or a top 38 00:02:09,960 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: five pick, top ten pick, even you can offer that 39 00:02:13,440 --> 00:02:17,520 Speaker 1: pick a lower bonus value, lower slot than he would 40 00:02:17,560 --> 00:02:21,240 Speaker 1: be normally getting below slot. It's called and then maneuver 41 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:24,639 Speaker 1: with the rest of the draft give other players more money, 42 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,480 Speaker 1: so that way your bonus pool is spread out a 43 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:30,720 Speaker 1: little differently. The Nationals under Rizzo did not do that 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 1: with Dylan Cruz in twenty twenty three, did not do 45 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: it with Elijah Green in twenty twenty two. Those were 46 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:41,760 Speaker 1: top five picks. They got slot value. Now the Nationals 47 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,400 Speaker 1: with the Bartolow can negotiate and they can figure out 48 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 1: some things and operate strategically if they want to. There's 49 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: no clear number one pick, so maybe that's the way 50 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: they want to go. It's not rocket science. But again, 51 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:56,800 Speaker 1: this is a major upheaval one week before the draft, 52 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,200 Speaker 1: less than a month before the deadline. The deadline for 53 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,080 Speaker 1: the Nationals doesn't figure to be very active. Kyle Finnegan, 54 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,480 Speaker 1: their closer, would likely be the one guy on an 55 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 1: expiring contract to go. But again, they made this move. 56 00:03:10,720 --> 00:03:14,040 Speaker 1: Now they made this move, and as I mentioned, it's 57 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: not without justification. Nationals record this season and the last 58 00:03:19,200 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: six seasons is horrible. And I know Rizzo did some 59 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 1: things in the front office a couple of years ago 60 00:03:24,639 --> 00:03:27,400 Speaker 1: to kind of try to improve their player development in 61 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:31,800 Speaker 1: international and amateur scouting, but those failures in those areas 62 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:36,800 Speaker 1: player development, amateur scouting, international scouting. Three pillars. They go 63 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:40,120 Speaker 1: back more than a decade, and as I wrote over 64 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:44,720 Speaker 1: a month ago, yeah, the Nationals remain among the Nationals 65 00:03:44,760 --> 00:03:48,680 Speaker 1: among Major League Baseball's bottom feeders, despite a lengthy rebuild 66 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 1: and the trade, the great Soto trade could not mask 67 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: all that. So this move, these moves do not come 68 00:03:57,640 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: without again, some justification. The problem here, the biggest problem here, 69 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: as it's often the biggest problem with franchises, is that 70 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: the issue starts at the top. When Mark Lerner issued 71 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:15,680 Speaker 1: a statement yesterday announcing these dismissals, he made no mention, 72 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,039 Speaker 1: of course, of ownership's culpability. How they used to run 73 00:04:19,080 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 1: top ten payrolls and no longer do. That's part of it. 74 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,279 Speaker 1: And part of it also is this ownership. As I 75 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: wrote today, they've been indifferent, they've been apathetic, they've been disconnected, 76 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: and then all of a sudden, yesterday they wake up. 77 00:04:34,800 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: It's just odd, just odd timing. 78 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 2: Overall. 79 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 1: They're going to name an interim manager today. We'll see 80 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 1: how their draft goes, and we'll see how their deadline goes. Now, 81 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,440 Speaker 1: continuing on the All Star announcements yesterday, the rosters filled out. 82 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: Of course, we had some snubs. We always had some snubs, 83 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,839 Speaker 1: And as Chad Jennings writes in The Athletic wrote in 84 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: The Athletic last night, to the nature of it, there 85 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:00,719 Speaker 1: are always good players who are left out. But of 86 00:05:00,760 --> 00:05:03,120 Speaker 1: course I want to focus on some of those players, 87 00:05:03,120 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: and I want to start with the player's ballot. Now, 88 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 1: as you know, the fans elects, the players elect some, 89 00:05:09,680 --> 00:05:13,719 Speaker 1: and then MLB fills out the rosters. The players their 90 00:05:13,760 --> 00:05:16,080 Speaker 1: ballots were due on June twenty ninth. That was a 91 00:05:16,120 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: week ago Sunday. They had five days to vote. They 92 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,640 Speaker 1: made some curious choices. To me, the most curious perhaps 93 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 1: Alex Bregman. This guy's been out since late May, and 94 00:05:26,920 --> 00:05:29,839 Speaker 1: the players name them to the All Star team. Here's 95 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: another curious choice. George Springer left off the team, Julio 96 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:37,320 Speaker 1: Rodriguez on Let's look at their stats just to start 97 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: this discussion. Julio Rodriguez is not even close to George Springer, 98 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:45,200 Speaker 1: way below in batting average, on base and slugging slightly 99 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 1: below in home runs. They're not the same player. Now. 100 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 1: I know Springer has come on of late, but again, 101 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: the ballots were due a week ago. Sunday. It's not 102 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: as if George Springer was kind of invisible out there. 103 00:05:58,000 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: So let's get into some other ones as well. Now, 104 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: not all of these snubs were accountable or related to 105 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,480 Speaker 1: the player ballot. They're just something that happened kind of naturally. 106 00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:14,080 Speaker 1: Trey Turner, Philadelphia Philly shortstop, outstanding offensive season, much improved defensively. 107 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: I had him on my team and he did not 108 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,040 Speaker 1: get picked to the All Star team. Now, Trey Turner 109 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:23,599 Speaker 1: could have been the third shortstop with Lindor and Elie 110 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 1: Dela Cruz, but instead MLB in this particular case, named 111 00:06:28,600 --> 00:06:32,240 Speaker 1: Matt Olsen as a third first baseman. Now, Matt Olson 112 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:34,800 Speaker 1: was not good through May fifteenth, but has been really 113 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:39,919 Speaker 1: good since thousand ops or neo thousand. That said, I 114 00:06:40,000 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 1: know Matt Olsen is a hometown guy going to play 115 00:06:42,279 --> 00:06:46,080 Speaker 1: in Atlanta. But Trey Turner arguably should be the starting shortstop. 116 00:06:46,240 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: Fans didn't elect him that way, of course, but he's 117 00:06:49,000 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: a guy who if you look at his f war 118 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,840 Speaker 1: compared to the other shortstops, he is way up there 119 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:57,760 Speaker 1: and the other guys are not. So Trey Turner he 120 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 1: gets snubbed. I'd like to see him on there the 121 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: Matt Olsen selection. If you were going to go to 122 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: a third first baseman, well, that also accounts for another snub. 123 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,880 Speaker 1: And this is one that Cubbs fans are screaming about, 124 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,480 Speaker 1: and rightly so. They screamed at me when I left 125 00:07:13,480 --> 00:07:17,600 Speaker 1: this guy off my team nationally. First base admittedly is 126 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: a very deep position. I got all kinds of guys 127 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 1: Freeman and Alonso and Bush and Olsen others as well. 128 00:07:25,880 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 1: But Michael Bush has really come on. And let's look 129 00:07:28,440 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 1: at his adjusted ops compared to some of the other 130 00:07:31,160 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: players in baseball, because right now it is way up there. 131 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: If you were going to choose a third first baseman, 132 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 1: this is the guy you would have chosen. Let's take 133 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: a look at this. This is updated through yesterday's games. 134 00:07:43,200 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: Judge of course at the top, followed by Raleigh Smith, 135 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 1: o'tani Michael Bush fifth in adjusted OPS. Yes, I should 136 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,280 Speaker 1: have had my mind team too. I'll concede that one 137 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: won't concede many others. And even if you go down 138 00:07:56,840 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 1: that list further, there's Juan Soto also off the All 139 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: Star team. Now, it's interesting to me that the players 140 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 1: did not vote one Sodo on he wasn't good through 141 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: the end of May, but he had an incredible June. 142 00:08:09,680 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: And I'll say it again. The player ballots were due 143 00:08:12,160 --> 00:08:15,200 Speaker 1: June twenty ninth. The players had five days to vote. 144 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 1: It wasn't as if Juan Soto was invisible in June, 145 00:08:18,920 --> 00:08:22,400 Speaker 1: second highest OPS for a calendar month in Mets history, 146 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 1: but the players left them off. That's their choice. That 147 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 1: wasn't as egregious as some and some that we've already mentioned, 148 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,040 Speaker 1: some that we'll get to right now, say a Suzuki. 149 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: This is another guy Cubs fans of screaming at me 150 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:39,679 Speaker 1: about and screaming in general about and understandably so seventy 151 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 1: seven RBIs leads the Major leagues. Problem is he's a DH. 152 00:08:44,679 --> 00:08:47,320 Speaker 1: Chey Otani was the leading vote getter. He is the 153 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: DH of course for the National League. The starting DH 154 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 1: Kyle Schwarber. Now he doesn't have the RBIs, but the RBIs, 155 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: of course are dependent on your teammates to a large extent. 156 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: When you look at ops, yes, Schwarber is way ahead 157 00:09:02,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: of my sayas Zuki, way ahead, and it's like forty 158 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: points something like that, not even close. So Schwarber was 159 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:15,840 Speaker 1: in my view, the more deserving selection, says Zuki. However, 160 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:20,600 Speaker 1: also deserving. And once the injuries start happening, once the 161 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:24,640 Speaker 1: players start dropping off and finding their excuses, some legitimate 162 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: some not so legitimate, then I will expect a number 163 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: of these players will get named to the team, but 164 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,040 Speaker 1: certainly not all of them. And I want to give 165 00:09:33,080 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: you one more before we go. I could do this 166 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: all day, actually, from Bervaldez. From Bravaldez pitched brilliantly in 167 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: the Fox game, actually not so brilliantly in the Fox 168 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 1: game on Saturday, but he was good. He hung in 169 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 1: there despite allowing four runs for the season. I want 170 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: you to look at from ber Valdez. This guy has 171 00:09:50,960 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: had a really good year for a outstanding Astro's team. 172 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:59,120 Speaker 1: Valdez is eleventh in the American League in ERA, he's 173 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:01,440 Speaker 1: second in innings by one third of an inning to 174 00:10:01,440 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: Garat Crochet, and he is sixth in F four. The 175 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: guy's an All Star. He should be on the team period. 176 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: So those are the All Star snubs of note. There 177 00:10:11,440 --> 00:10:13,880 Speaker 1: are others as well, And I just want to say 178 00:10:13,920 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 1: this before I move on to the Toronto Blue Jays. 179 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:19,719 Speaker 1: When I publish my picks, fans gave me a lot 180 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:21,680 Speaker 1: of heat. That's just the nature of it. That's the 181 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,320 Speaker 1: fun part of it. But if you look at my picks, 182 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:29,000 Speaker 1: outside of a few misses, they're looking pretty good. That 183 00:10:29,160 --> 00:10:32,040 Speaker 1: column was published last week. All right, Before we end 184 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:34,640 Speaker 1: the lead segment, I want to talk about the Toronto 185 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:37,400 Speaker 1: Blue Jays, and I've said this before, and maybe Blue 186 00:10:37,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: Jays fans will start acknowledging that I do not hate 187 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:43,520 Speaker 1: their team. I do not hate any team. I have 188 00:10:43,559 --> 00:10:46,320 Speaker 1: hated at times the way the Toronto Blue Jays have operated, 189 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 1: the way their front office has gone about it. But 190 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:52,240 Speaker 1: credit where credit is due. My goodness, the J's are 191 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 1: a rocket ship right now. Eight straight wins. They have 192 00:10:55,720 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: taken a three game lead in the American League East, 193 00:10:59,520 --> 00:11:02,600 Speaker 1: largely fueled by, of course, that sweep of the Yankees 194 00:11:02,679 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: last week in Toronto, the four games sweep. And they're 195 00:11:06,200 --> 00:11:11,800 Speaker 1: doing this so surprisingly without major contributions from their offseason editions. 196 00:11:12,040 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: Santanderra is out, Jeff Hoffman hasn't been great. Andreas Jimenez 197 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,839 Speaker 1: has been on the injured list, I believe twice now, 198 00:11:20,000 --> 00:11:23,800 Speaker 1: and he hasn't been good. But they're getting really good 199 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 1: contributions from guys like Nathan Lucas Addison, Barger I pronounced 200 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 1: his name wrong last week, and Ernie Clement the bit guys. 201 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,760 Speaker 1: And of course there's George Springer right there. He has 202 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: had an incredible comeback season, just playing the way he 203 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: used to play in Houston. So the Blue Jays have 204 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 1: done a lot of really good things, and they're doing 205 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:44,920 Speaker 1: a lot of really good things now as we get 206 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 1: to the deadline, they're going to be aggressive. Ben Nicholson 207 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: Smith on Sportsnet this morning wrote an article about how 208 00:11:51,679 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: this front office mark Tapyro Ross Atkins has generally been 209 00:11:55,640 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: aggressive when they are buyers at the deadline. What do 210 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 1: they need starting pitcher, controllable starter, preferable sures there is 211 00:12:03,320 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: a free agent after this year. Bassett is a free 212 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: agent after this year. Gossman and Burrios could lead after 213 00:12:08,480 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: next year. So yeah, controllable starter would be, of course 214 00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:15,240 Speaker 1: the priority. They could also use perhaps one impact bat. 215 00:12:15,520 --> 00:12:17,760 Speaker 1: They've got a good offense. They don't necessarily need a 216 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: particular position, but if they could find a significant upgrade 217 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:24,160 Speaker 1: good and also was mentioned to me by someone in 218 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: their organization last night, a high leverage reliever. Every team 219 00:12:27,600 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: wants high leverage relievers. The good news is they are 220 00:12:30,960 --> 00:12:33,640 Speaker 1: an ample supply, so the Blue Jays. Good for them. 221 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,960 Speaker 1: They've had a tremendous run. Here, a city is alive, 222 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 1: the fan base is alive. Toronto Blue Jays in first place. 223 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,920 Speaker 1: I don't know that any of us expected that. All right, 224 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: that is it for the lead. 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Now, 253 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:12,080 Speaker 1: the Yankees, of course, have lost sixteen of twenty three. 254 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:16,199 Speaker 1: This has been a June swoon extending into July. I 255 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: wouldn't say it's for the ages, but it's certainly been 256 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 1: a significant downfall. Yankees were swept four games by the 257 00:14:22,840 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 1: Blue Jays last week in Toronto, lost two of three, 258 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,120 Speaker 1: and the first two to the Mets this weekend when 259 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 1: the Mets had virtually no pitchers of any repute on 260 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: the mount. So here are the Yankees again, losers of 261 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:39,120 Speaker 1: sixteen of twenty three, Aaron Boone tells the players after 262 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:42,120 Speaker 1: the four games sweep in Toronto, according to Jash Chisholm Junior, 263 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 1: that were the best team in the league. And fans, 264 00:14:46,120 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: as they often do, are going nuts about that comment 265 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:53,520 Speaker 1: and about Boone in general, as they have in the past, 266 00:14:54,080 --> 00:14:57,200 Speaker 1: because the perception of many Yankee fans is that Boone 267 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:01,000 Speaker 1: isn't tough enough, He isn't a guy who holds players 268 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:04,640 Speaker 1: accountable enough. At least that is true in his public comments. 269 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: When you're looking at this from the outside, what is 270 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: going on in the inside, we don't know. And I 271 00:15:10,200 --> 00:15:13,040 Speaker 1: want to focus on this today because when fans talk 272 00:15:13,080 --> 00:15:15,880 Speaker 1: about getting a new manager, we want a new manager, 273 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 1: we want a more fiery manager. Well, okay, but guess what, 274 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: those managers don't really exist anymore. Think about this for 275 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 1: a minute. Name a manager right now who holds players 276 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:34,120 Speaker 1: publicly accountable. I can't think of any who do that. 277 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,320 Speaker 1: Ron Washington and the Angels when he's managing, and he's now, 278 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: of course on medical leave, is probably the closest to that. 279 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:44,480 Speaker 1: But other than that, they're pretty much all the same personality. 280 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,640 Speaker 1: And the reason they're like that is because if you 281 00:15:47,760 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: rip players publicly, you lose players. And when you lose players. 282 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 1: Then as a manager, you are in big trouble. The 283 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 1: best managers, what they do is they keep their teams 284 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,760 Speaker 1: going and they keep them playing and playing hard. Now, 285 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 1: the Yankees have a playing crisply problem. They don't play crisply. 286 00:16:07,040 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 1: This goes back to the World Series, it goes back 287 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,280 Speaker 1: to last season. That is the fairest and best, biggest 288 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 1: criticism that you could have of Aaron Boone. This team 289 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:20,000 Speaker 1: does not play in a crisp fashion. Now there are 290 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,640 Speaker 1: reasons for that, and we'll get into those reasons. But 291 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:26,080 Speaker 1: you tell me who that fiery manager is that you 292 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: want to replace Aaron Boone, Earl Weaver, Billy Martin, Jim Leland. 293 00:16:31,560 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: They're not walking through that door. That's not the modern manager. 294 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 1: Now you see Boone, he argues with umpires pretty well. 295 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:39,640 Speaker 1: He has some pretty colorful arguments with them, and that 296 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: is only That is the only time with Boone and 297 00:16:42,960 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: with other managers, you really see them get excited, You 298 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: really see them publicly vent their frustrations. Obviously they have them. 299 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,600 Speaker 1: So it's a different time. It's a different era in 300 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:59,040 Speaker 1: the game's history. When I came up, late eighties early 301 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: nineties were for lack of a better term more often 302 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:06,679 Speaker 1: hard asses red asses is the baseball term. In fact, 303 00:17:07,280 --> 00:17:11,320 Speaker 1: that's for a hot tempered individual. And it wasn't unusual 304 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: for reporters to get yelled at by managers. It wasn't 305 00:17:13,800 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: unusual for managers to take off on players once in 306 00:17:17,320 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 1: a while publicly and privately. This kind of thing happened. 307 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:23,919 Speaker 1: Game is less colorful now, I would admit that it's 308 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:28,679 Speaker 1: less lively in some ways, but when you're dealing with players, yeah, 309 00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:30,679 Speaker 1: this is kind of the way it has to be. 310 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:34,639 Speaker 1: And you saw dave Martinez. He had some comments a 311 00:17:34,640 --> 00:17:36,560 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago how the owners is never on 312 00:17:36,640 --> 00:17:39,440 Speaker 1: the coaches, it's on the players at some point, and 313 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:42,800 Speaker 1: look what happened to him didn't go so well. So 314 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: you don't rip players. You do that, you're in trouble. 315 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:48,640 Speaker 1: You might be in trouble with ownership, as Davey Martinez 316 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 1: seemed to be. You probably would be in trouble with 317 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:54,240 Speaker 1: your own clubhouse. So you don't want to lose your clubhouse. 318 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 1: And the best way to judge a manager, again is 319 00:17:57,600 --> 00:18:01,159 Speaker 1: not by the way he us his pinch hitters, or 320 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: not by the way he uses relievers, line up construction, 321 00:18:04,800 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: all that stuff is yes, subject to debate, and the 322 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: reason we all love the game because we can talk 323 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:14,520 Speaker 1: about this stuff. But it's also outcome based, and outcomes 324 00:18:14,560 --> 00:18:17,520 Speaker 1: often can go either way. How you judge a manager 325 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: is whether he keeps his team going, and the Yankees 326 00:18:20,440 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: under Boone have generally done that. They had a crazy 327 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: swoon last year when five and sixteen in June, and 328 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:29,720 Speaker 1: they somehow got through it, won the Al East, got 329 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,800 Speaker 1: to the World Series. The one hundred and sixty two game. 330 00:18:32,840 --> 00:18:38,120 Speaker 1: Grind is a real thing, and players, managers, coaches, they're 331 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:40,240 Speaker 1: going to have issues with each other from time to 332 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:45,440 Speaker 1: time during that, but generally speaking today they are handled 333 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:48,159 Speaker 1: behind the scenes. And it was interesting. I was talking 334 00:18:48,200 --> 00:18:50,200 Speaker 1: with a Mets official a couple of weeks ago about 335 00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 1: Carlos Mendoza. He, of course, was Boone's bench coach for 336 00:18:53,320 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: a number of years. The Mets named him and their manager, 337 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 1: and he has done an extremely good job as Mets manager. 338 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:02,800 Speaker 1: And what this person with the Mets said was that 339 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 1: Mendoza is really good at demonstrating urgency while maintaining consistency, 340 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 1: demonstrating urgency while maintaining consistency, and he does that behind 341 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:19,080 Speaker 1: the scenes. Carlos Mendoza doesn't rip players publicly, he but 342 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:23,879 Speaker 1: he I'm sorry. Behind the scenes, though, is someone who, definitely, 343 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:28,000 Speaker 1: according to this Mets person, is holding players accountable. We 344 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:30,240 Speaker 1: don't know if Boone is doing that or not behind 345 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,159 Speaker 1: the scenes, I would imagine that he is, And in 346 00:19:33,240 --> 00:19:37,480 Speaker 1: fairness to Boone for all the Yankees' problems right now, 347 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,880 Speaker 1: he has some players out of position, Justism Junior at 348 00:19:40,880 --> 00:19:43,720 Speaker 1: third base. Most notably, he has some young players too. 349 00:19:44,280 --> 00:19:47,439 Speaker 1: Austin Wells is twenty five, Volpi's twenty four, admittedly with 350 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,679 Speaker 1: almost seventeen hundred played appearances in the big leagues. Jason 351 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: Domingo's twenty two, So it's a younger group. Guys get 352 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: rushed to the majors now when they make mistakes, it 353 00:19:56,560 --> 00:19:59,399 Speaker 1: shouldn't be that much of a surprise. Again, Volpi has 354 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:02,920 Speaker 1: been around the world while so what you can hold 355 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: Boone responsible for, in my opinion, is the general sloppiness 356 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,439 Speaker 1: that we've seen from the Yankees over the past two years. 357 00:20:12,040 --> 00:20:16,639 Speaker 1: That is a manager's responsibility in the end, that comes 358 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:21,160 Speaker 1: back on him. Now again, players out of position, young players, 359 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: that's going to come into it, and that certainly has 360 00:20:23,119 --> 00:20:25,679 Speaker 1: come into it. But there has to be a level 361 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:30,520 Speaker 1: of accountability by the players shown by the manager for 362 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:33,639 Speaker 1: this kind of play. And the Yankees were good early 363 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 1: in the season, and they are improved defensively this year, 364 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,679 Speaker 1: there's no question about that. But they've slipped in this 365 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 1: swoon now again. They had that five and sixteen swoon 366 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:46,160 Speaker 1: last year. They came out of it. Okay. I suspect 367 00:20:46,200 --> 00:20:48,359 Speaker 1: they're going to come out of it okay. Again. This 368 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:51,440 Speaker 1: is Aaron Boone's eighth season. This is Brian Cashman's. I've 369 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,920 Speaker 1: lost count of how many seasons. Cashman, another target of 370 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,040 Speaker 1: fan criticism, has never had a losing season. I know 371 00:20:58,080 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 1: there are some things that you can rightly complain about 372 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,680 Speaker 1: with the Yankees right now. Roster construction. That's on Cashman. 373 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:07,879 Speaker 1: The job of Cashman now is to fix that at 374 00:21:07,880 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 1: the deadline. The job of Boone now is to come 375 00:21:11,119 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 1: out of this and come out of this in a 376 00:21:13,359 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: way where the Yankees are again what he called the 377 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:19,439 Speaker 1: best team in the league. We haven't seen it in 378 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:22,080 Speaker 1: a couple of weeks. Now. If we don't see it again, 379 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,399 Speaker 1: and if the Yankees somehow missed the playoffs or in 380 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:28,520 Speaker 1: this season of disappointment, then we can have a discussion 381 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: about Aaron Boone, but I just want people to keep 382 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:35,359 Speaker 1: in mind that no manager, none is out there ripping 383 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:39,000 Speaker 1: players publicly. And when Davey Martinez tried, didn't work out 384 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:41,520 Speaker 1: so well for him. All Right, that is it for 385 00:21:41,560 --> 00:21:43,560 Speaker 1: the Inside Dish. We will be back with Will and 386 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: Ken right after this Kratz. 387 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:48,760 Speaker 3: We talk about Hello Fresh a lot, but in the 388 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,760 Speaker 3: same fam is another option for you. 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All right, let's 415 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 1: get to your questions. Got some good ones? Say? Oh, 416 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,359 Speaker 1: here's a good one. Henry Thusses are the Astros the 417 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: runaway favorite to win the Al? Henry, I won't call 418 00:23:28,720 --> 00:23:31,959 Speaker 1: them the runaway favorite, but what they have done this 419 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:37,080 Speaker 1: season is nothing short of amazing. Remember they lost Bregman, Tucker, 420 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,280 Speaker 1: and Ryan Presley during the offseason traded or free agent 421 00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,840 Speaker 1: loss one or the other during the season. They've been 422 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 1: without Juradan Alvarez since about May fifth. They've had six 423 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: pictures starting pitchers go on the injured list, six and 424 00:23:50,960 --> 00:23:54,479 Speaker 1: yet here they are commanding the Al West, just swept 425 00:23:54,480 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. They're doing it with some unexpected contributions. Cam 426 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,399 Speaker 1: Smith was not even on their radar as a significant 427 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:03,919 Speaker 1: contributor at the start of spring training. He might be 428 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:07,080 Speaker 1: the rookie of the year even over Jacob Wilson Izak 429 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,439 Speaker 1: Parades came over in the Tucker trade. He's done a 430 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: tremendous job for them. But overall, what this is is 431 00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: a testament to their culture and what they have built 432 00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 1: over the years. It starts without Tuve. Joeespota and his 433 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: coaching staff also deserve a ton of credit. Kudos to 434 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:26,640 Speaker 1: the Astros. All right, next question. This one comes from 435 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,600 Speaker 1: Elvis Santoya, who asked, it's becoming evident the Saint Louis 436 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:33,240 Speaker 1: Cardinals are going to be competitive leading to the trade deadline. 437 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 1: Do you think they will trade anyone of value and 438 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: if they do, how will the fans react? Elvis, I'm 439 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: not so sure that the Cardinals are going to be 440 00:24:41,119 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: competitive leading to the trade deadline based on the performance 441 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,919 Speaker 1: of their rotation in Chicago this weekend. And as I 442 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 1: was talking about, I don't know a week ago, two 443 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:54,399 Speaker 1: weeks ago. You gotta wait, wait until the end to 444 00:24:54,440 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: see where these teams are. Wait until the end of July, 445 00:24:57,640 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: and then they will decide what they're going to do. 446 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:02,280 Speaker 1: Cardinals right now are not in a position to say 447 00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 1: where buyers. They're not in a position to say we're sellers, 448 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 1: though I would suggest they're leaning toward the ladder. This 449 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: is not a team that's going to go to the 450 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: World Series in John Mozela's last year of President of 451 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,720 Speaker 1: Baseball Operations. 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