1 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:02,720 Speaker 1: Just wanted to cook at sol. 2 00:00:05,400 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: How's it going, everybody? It is Thursday, August fourteenth, off 3 00:00:11,800 --> 00:00:14,960 Speaker 2: night for the New York Yankees, and perhaps they need 4 00:00:15,000 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 2: it as they head to Saint Louis. The younger fans 5 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:23,720 Speaker 2: will occasionally ask me what it was like to watch 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 2: the nineties Yankees every single night. A team that won 7 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: three championships in the nineties, ninety six, ninety eight, and 8 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 2: ninety nine. They also won in two thousand, pretty damn 9 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,360 Speaker 2: good in ninety seven and in ninety five. They had 10 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:41,000 Speaker 2: this special chemistry down the stretch. They had a killer 11 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: instinct that I think that even this team lacks. And 12 00:00:45,760 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 2: what does a killer instinct even really mean? What does 13 00:00:48,479 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 2: that look like? 14 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 3: Right? 15 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:52,680 Speaker 2: I think the ninety eighteen probably had it the most 16 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 2: of any of those teams. Honestly, it's difficult to put 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 2: into words. It's really it's an energy, it's a vibe. 18 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 2: It's a chemistry between the players, it's an alignment with 19 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 2: the mission and unselfishness. You'll see teams get insanely hot 20 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:14,279 Speaker 2: from time to time. Right, the Athletics had that twenty 21 00:01:14,319 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 2: game win streak. The Indians broke that win streak in 22 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: twenty seventeen before they were the Guardians. The Rockies went 23 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 2: about twenty and one down the stretch in two thousand 24 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,720 Speaker 2: and seven and route to getting to the World Series. 25 00:01:26,680 --> 00:01:29,240 Speaker 2: You don't have to be an all time great team 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,160 Speaker 2: to put together a great, great stretch or to have 27 00:01:33,200 --> 00:01:37,240 Speaker 2: that chemistry or killer instinct that helps you go on 28 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: a red hot run, which is what the Yankees really need. 29 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,240 Speaker 2: If you go back and look at those teams, watch 30 00:01:45,240 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 2: their games, some of these win streak teams, or even 31 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: some of the ninety five Yankees teams or the ninety 32 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: eight team, for sure, what you'll see as they do 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:56,200 Speaker 2: a lot of the little things right. And it's not 34 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,880 Speaker 2: just doing them, they have pride in them right. They 35 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,120 Speaker 2: take pride in moving a guy from second to third 36 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:06,200 Speaker 2: with less than two outs right or with nobody out 37 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:08,840 Speaker 2: to get the runner over. They take a lot of 38 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: pride in getting that run in from third with less 39 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: than two outs, sacrifice flies or productive outs, the little 40 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,120 Speaker 2: things running the base as well, you know, not making errors. 41 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: They took a lot of pride in that, especially in 42 00:02:21,880 --> 00:02:25,240 Speaker 2: ninety six. I remember when Joe Torrey took over, all 43 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 2: the talk was, oh, the Yankees are playing a national 44 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 2: League style of baseball right where it was bunting and 45 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 2: hitting and running and playing a really cohesive team game. 46 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:41,720 Speaker 2: That's not something they do anymore, right, And we hear 47 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:45,200 Speaker 2: O'Neill and Girardi talk about it all the time on 48 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 2: the broadcast about how everybody was on the same page, 49 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 2: everybody did the little things and knew the little things 50 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,760 Speaker 2: it took to win. Because I think it was a 51 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:59,680 Speaker 2: collection of winners. I think it was a collection of 52 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,240 Speaker 2: guys who knew how to win, who were scouted and 53 00:03:03,280 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: brought in by a team of executives in front office, 54 00:03:06,720 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: people who wanted to win as bad as anybody. George Steinbrenner, 55 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: he used to be great at finding winners. Okay, he 56 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 2: could spot them. Geen Michael could spot them. Gary Denbo 57 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,800 Speaker 2: could spot them. Now Steinbrener didn't always have the patience 58 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 2: to let them develop. Gene Michael, did you know Gary 59 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 2: Denbo could turn a guy into a hitter and keep 60 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 2: him hitting. I think this modern Yankees team sees numbers 61 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 2: on a stat sheet more so than competitive DNA, right, 62 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 2: because winning isn't just a skill, it's an attitude. It's 63 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 2: a refusal to accept mediocrity. It's a refusal to accept 64 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 2: losing as an option. It means that you'll fight in 65 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,440 Speaker 2: claude to scratch for that extra inch, like they say 66 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,320 Speaker 2: in that movie Any Given Sunday, right football movie. But 67 00:04:02,400 --> 00:04:09,040 Speaker 2: the message still resonates and people forget coaches and managers 68 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: have to have the same killer instinct, the same winning mentality. 69 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: You can't expect players to have focused if the coaches 70 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,599 Speaker 2: aren't focused, Like, where was that coach when Jazz was 71 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,320 Speaker 2: wandering off of first base the other day? Where was he? 72 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 2: And that's why he got shooed out? I think you 73 00:04:26,560 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 2: need more winners, people who have won past tense involved 74 00:04:32,400 --> 00:04:36,160 Speaker 2: in the organization, in the front office, on the coaching staff, 75 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 2: and yes, probably the manager's chair. Championship managers have a 76 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 2: cutthroat edge to them. They're not afraid to bench a 77 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:52,160 Speaker 2: guy if he's not hustling. Executives aren't afraid to pull 78 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 2: the trigger on a trade that ruffles a few feathers. 79 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 2: Yankees fans back in the day did not want to 80 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:04,160 Speaker 2: trade Eric Milton for Chuck Knoblock, Right, That's a move 81 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: that Cashman had to make. And then Milton got off 82 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: to a really good start with the Twins and I 83 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,560 Speaker 2: feel like Cashman since then has been really hesitant to 84 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: trade his top prospects. He traded Jesus Montero, but at 85 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,839 Speaker 2: that point it was pretty much clear that Montero wasn't 86 00:05:18,080 --> 00:05:20,479 Speaker 2: gonna fit in. There's a guy who eventually threw an 87 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,120 Speaker 2: ice cream sandwich at a man. He was just not 88 00:05:22,240 --> 00:05:27,480 Speaker 2: a good guy. But Cashman, you know, could have gotten 89 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 2: Verlander at the right time. He could have traded for 90 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 2: Garrett Cole at the right time, and he didn't because 91 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 2: I don't think he has that killer instinct that some 92 00:05:36,640 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 2: gms have. Aj Preller I think has a killer instinct, 93 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:44,840 Speaker 2: and they're ahead of the Dodgers last I checked. You know, 94 00:05:45,160 --> 00:05:49,559 Speaker 2: I thought bringing in Brian Sabian might be the help 95 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 2: that this team needed with team building. It is not. 96 00:05:54,120 --> 00:06:00,200 Speaker 2: It is not. You know, he I don't know what 97 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 2: his job is, but it hasn't made much of a difference. 98 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 2: This team still feels corporate to me. It still feels sterile, 99 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 2: even with beards, Even with guys like Jazz Chishom sprinkled 100 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 2: into the mix, the Yankees still feel like a corporate, 101 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: sterile entity. They need a manager who has already won, 102 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:20,640 Speaker 2: who knows how to win. In the modern era. Same 103 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 2: with the GM. They need a GM who has won 104 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:26,800 Speaker 2: in the modern era, who understands how to marry analytics 105 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 2: with people. Joe Madden and theo Epstein in Chicago, right, 106 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 2: those guys didn't just crunch numbers. They built a culture. 107 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 2: That's what's missing here. Coincidentally, I think both those guys 108 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:40,800 Speaker 2: could be available at the right price. You gotta have 109 00:06:40,880 --> 00:06:43,520 Speaker 2: the guts to make the right moves and to know 110 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 2: which moves to make. You know, it stunned people when 111 00:06:47,880 --> 00:06:51,719 Speaker 2: the Yankees traded Roberto Kelly for Paul O'Neill, a center 112 00:06:51,760 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 2: fielder for a right fielder or at that a left fielder. Possibly. 113 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,200 Speaker 2: You let Mike Stanley walk, a guy who at twenty 114 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:02,800 Speaker 2: home runs three home runs in a game, fan favorite 115 00:07:03,640 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 2: for Joe Girardi, and you know what, Both of those 116 00:07:10,320 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 2: moves worked out. Paul O'Neil became an essential part of 117 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: the dynasty. Joe Girardi got the big hit. You got 118 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: to hire the people who know how to find these guys, 119 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:24,680 Speaker 2: and I don't think that's something that Steinbrenner has done. 120 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 2: And until you clean house both the manager and the GM, 121 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 2: I don't think there's gonna be a lot change that changes. 122 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: You can't spread your sheet your way through it to 123 00:07:34,560 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: a dynasty. If you could, the Yankees would have done 124 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:40,320 Speaker 2: it by now. You win with people, and I think 125 00:07:40,360 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 2: the Yankees have the wrong people in place. Let's take 126 00:07:45,280 --> 00:07:46,080 Speaker 2: some voicemails. 127 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: It's just a reaction. Here's Chang, Hey, Derek, it's chain. 128 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 3: I think all of us Yankee fans know why Milwaukee 129 00:07:56,480 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 3: has the best record in Nature League Baseball right now. Well, 130 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 3: because sometime they're in December about the start of the 131 00:08:06,480 --> 00:08:09,160 Speaker 3: owners meeting in Dallas. As a matter of fact, I 132 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 3: was in the area at the time of the meetings. 133 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 3: They traded that Devin Williams to the New York Yankees 134 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 3: and got the cancer out of their bullten. I think 135 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:23,880 Speaker 3: the Yankees need to do the same, Fluctulator. 136 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:28,920 Speaker 2: I appreciate the call. It should be noticed that Devin 137 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 2: Williams was actually pretty good for the Brewers. He was 138 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 2: one of the best relief pitchers in baseball for the Brewers. 139 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:40,600 Speaker 2: Now with the Yankees, I feel like he has folded 140 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 2: from day one. I feel like he has completely imploded 141 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:47,760 Speaker 2: under the pressure. And hey, that's not a knock on 142 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 2: the guy. I mean some guys just don't handle pressure. 143 00:08:49,880 --> 00:08:53,199 Speaker 2: We're all different types of human beings, right. You got 144 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 2: to be in the job that works for you. Not 145 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:58,880 Speaker 2: everybody wants to work in a high intensity job night 146 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 2: after night. And Devin Williams has shown that the moment 147 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 2: is too big for him. A lot of times he 148 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:09,080 Speaker 2: loses command of the strike zone, he serves up home runs, 149 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,959 Speaker 2: he gets down on himself. And that's why when you 150 00:09:11,960 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: put him in with a big lead, well, I mean 151 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 2: our big deficit and there's no pressure, he dominates. It 152 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: happens time and time again. It's clear as day. Here's Jerry. 153 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:22,000 Speaker 4: Derek. 154 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:26,880 Speaker 5: My name's yes Derek. My name is Jerry. I watched 155 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 5: you all time on YouTube. What I'm trying to figure 156 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:36,480 Speaker 5: out here is, I mean, how does this guy manage 157 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:40,480 Speaker 5: He used the santos yesterday now the bullpen had fresh 158 00:09:40,559 --> 00:09:42,640 Speaker 5: arms only he's two relief that she is just very 159 00:09:42,679 --> 00:09:46,840 Speaker 5: believed the day before yesterday, Okay, And what I don't 160 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:49,960 Speaker 5: understand is why would he bring the santism when he 161 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 5: has all fresh arms sitting there. I mean, he literally 162 00:09:54,480 --> 00:09:57,200 Speaker 5: doesn't understand the game of baseball. For someone who's been 163 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 5: in his family that's been baseball, I don't know understand 164 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,240 Speaker 5: how this guy is the manager. It just doesn't make 165 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 5: any sense. 166 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 2: That's what we were going back to with feel for 167 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 2: the game versus spreadsheets. Right. You look at the spreadsheets 168 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:13,439 Speaker 2: and you see that dal Santos had a one point 169 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:17,160 Speaker 2: five to seven ERA coming into the appearance. But if 170 00:10:17,200 --> 00:10:19,120 Speaker 2: you're going by feel of the game, it's a tight game. 171 00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,320 Speaker 2: You're not doing anything against Ryan. You're gonna have to 172 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,199 Speaker 2: hold it for a couple of innings. Who do you 173 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 2: trust to do that? That's when you go to one 174 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,119 Speaker 2: of your high leverage guys. I think maybe Devin Williams. 175 00:10:30,679 --> 00:10:33,319 Speaker 2: I mean not, I'm sorry, not Devin Williams. Wow, you 176 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:38,200 Speaker 2: can Luke Weaver. I think maybe Luke Weaver would have 177 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 2: been the guy there, not Devin Williams. What am I thinking? 178 00:10:40,520 --> 00:10:42,400 Speaker 2: What am I saying? What's coming out of my mouth? 179 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 4: Hey, Derek, this is well young from Florida. So I'm 180 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 4: just paying attention to the to the standing and to 181 00:10:51,360 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 4: the schedule that the team has left. We technically six 182 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:01,800 Speaker 4: games back from the East. We are third in the 183 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 4: wild Card, one game over the Guardians, and we are 184 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,600 Speaker 4: behind Boston and Seattle. Now we do have forty one 185 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:16,559 Speaker 4: games left, seven verses Boston, three verses Toronto, and combined 186 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 4: we have twenty games versus the Nationals, White Sox, Baltimore, 187 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:24,200 Speaker 4: and Minnesota. The other team that we will face in 188 00:11:24,280 --> 00:11:29,280 Speaker 4: that stretch will be Houston and Detroit. My question to 189 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:37,079 Speaker 4: you is, does this Yankees team have a miracle run 190 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:39,000 Speaker 4: in them left for this? 191 00:11:39,640 --> 00:11:41,520 Speaker 2: I don't think that they have a miracle run. But 192 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,280 Speaker 2: I don't think they need a miracle run to make 193 00:11:43,320 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 2: the playoffs. I think they need to play slightly better 194 00:11:45,760 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 2: than they're playing now to make the playoffs. But do 195 00:11:50,080 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: we really get excited about being the third wildcard team? 196 00:11:52,559 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 2: Is that what this franchise has fallen to now? A 197 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:58,560 Speaker 2: miracle run? That would be winning the division, that would 198 00:11:58,559 --> 00:12:01,079 Speaker 2: be coming back from six half down or six down, 199 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,719 Speaker 2: whatever it is. I don't see him doing it. I 200 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 2: don't think that they have the personnel. I don't think 201 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:11,079 Speaker 2: that they have the pitching. I don't think that they 202 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:15,559 Speaker 2: have the energy. It's call about Yankees that could be gone. 203 00:12:16,960 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 3: Hey, what's up, Derek. 204 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: I know it's probably pretty soon you'll do you know 205 00:12:21,360 --> 00:12:24,000 Speaker 1: ten Yankees who won't be back next season. It might 206 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:25,839 Speaker 1: be a little early, but I just wanted to give 207 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:28,800 Speaker 1: you some of my predictions on that. I really think 208 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: that we shouldn't go for Kyle Tucker. Honestly, if you 209 00:12:32,559 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: look at his numbers and Bellinger, I'd rather want Bellinger 210 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 1: back to see to be cheaper. He can actually play 211 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:41,640 Speaker 1: all the outfield plus first base. You know, he's already 212 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 1: done it with the Yankees. And the other thing I 213 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,160 Speaker 1: really think we shouldn't do is re sign Trent Grisham. 214 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:50,160 Speaker 1: I'm not saying because I don't like him. I just 215 00:12:50,240 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 1: think a lot of players, when it's their contract here, 216 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: they send to play up. We don't know Trent could 217 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,480 Speaker 1: keep this up. And I feel that also it's gonna 218 00:12:57,520 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: stunt the growth. 219 00:12:58,240 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 4: Of Defencer Jones. 220 00:12:59,679 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: Like Essa Jones should be in the outfield next season 221 00:13:02,960 --> 00:13:06,680 Speaker 1: with Jasons and Mingaz, with Aaron Judge, Bellinger should play 222 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: first and Rice attached. That would be at least the 223 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: line up for next year. 224 00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:13,679 Speaker 2: And look, I'm gonna go ahead and agree with him, Sap, 225 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 2: You're right there, because it goes on for a little 226 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 2: bit longer. I think that's a pretty solid lineup. I 227 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:19,920 Speaker 2: want to see what Spencer Jones can do. I mean, 228 00:13:19,960 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 2: given thirty home runs this year so far, I mean 229 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:25,880 Speaker 2: it's August fourteenth, so he might hit thirty five or more. 230 00:13:26,200 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 2: If he goes on another run like he had, might 231 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 2: get close to forty. But I want to see what 232 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:34,840 Speaker 2: he can do. I think maybe we'll see him in September. 233 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:40,359 Speaker 2: But if the Yankees are trying to make the playoffs playoffs, 234 00:13:41,240 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 2: you're not gonna be able to play him that much. 235 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:45,559 Speaker 2: It's not gonna be the time to get rookies, and 236 00:13:45,600 --> 00:13:48,200 Speaker 2: they we're seeing right now Domingez isn't being allowed to develop. 237 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:50,520 Speaker 2: I do want to see the young guys play every day. 238 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 2: I want to see Domingez in there and left field 239 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:57,040 Speaker 2: every day. I also want them to retain Bellinger. I 240 00:13:57,280 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: think he's the exact type of player this team has lacked, 241 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 2: and that they need a guy who shortens up his 242 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 2: swing with two strikes, who avoids strikeouts, who run the 243 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,640 Speaker 2: bases well, who hustles down the line. I mean he 244 00:14:08,720 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 2: beat out that ground ball the first the other night, 245 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,200 Speaker 2: who comes up with big, clutch defensive plays, who can 246 00:14:15,280 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 2: hit you the big home run and put one in 247 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: the right field second deck and get the stadium going. 248 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:23,360 Speaker 2: We got to keep that guy. If he plays first 249 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:26,120 Speaker 2: base and Rice catches. I can get on board with that. 250 00:14:26,880 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 2: If that means Austin Wells loses his job, Hey, play better? 251 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,920 Speaker 2: Should it hit better? This is the major leagues. Buddy, 252 00:14:33,320 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 2: got a call here about Jazz. 253 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:40,280 Speaker 6: Hey, Derek, this is Jordan from Orlando, Michall kind of 254 00:14:40,320 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 6: focuses around Jazz and especially his offenses approach lately. He 255 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,360 Speaker 6: mentioned a while back he was doing a se effort 256 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 6: kind of thing. It was working, it was great, we 257 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,760 Speaker 6: all loved it. But I feel like he's lost that 258 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 6: a little bit since. You know, I see him up 259 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:58,680 Speaker 6: in big spots, swing on his shoes and it's just 260 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:02,280 Speaker 6: not it's a strikeout. You know, a single double will 261 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 6: take a single double obviously. So I think if he 262 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 6: could start adaptling that back again, and if he could 263 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:13,239 Speaker 6: also add Cody Bounder's too strike approach, he'd be unstoppable. 264 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 6: He'd be on the base all the time, being a 265 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 6: pest heeialing bases and the facturing runs back to the 266 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 6: team needs, and I think it can start with Jazz. 267 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:21,280 Speaker 3: All right. 268 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:21,560 Speaker 6: Thanks. 269 00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: I like Jazz as a player. I know he's kind 270 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:27,480 Speaker 2: of polarizing because he's flashier than most Yankees have been. 271 00:15:27,680 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 2: I don't mind it. I mind it when you're not 272 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: playing well. When he was hitting one to eighty and 273 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,840 Speaker 2: had all that swag, I didn't love it. But I 274 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,360 Speaker 2: think that after he got to nineteen home runs, he 275 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 2: started pressing to get to twenty. For whatever reason, he 276 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:43,480 Speaker 2: just it looked like he started swinging for home runs. 277 00:15:43,520 --> 00:15:47,040 Speaker 2: His swing got a little bit loopy. Over his last 278 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 2: twenty games or so, he's in about two hundred with 279 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,280 Speaker 2: minimal power. Matter of fact, I think I wrote down 280 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: his numbers here because it's part of my next segment. Yeah, 281 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,560 Speaker 2: over his last twenty games he's hitting two oh three 282 00:15:56,640 --> 00:16:00,200 Speaker 2: with three home runs. I think he's due. I think 283 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,720 Speaker 2: he's starting to iron it out, and it wouldn't surprise 284 00:16:02,760 --> 00:16:06,200 Speaker 2: me if he hits it this weekend in Saint Louis. 285 00:16:06,200 --> 00:16:06,720 Speaker 2: Here's Brian. 286 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,600 Speaker 7: What's going on? Derek Man? There was a tough loss 287 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 7: last night. I thought they actually had a chance there. 288 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:17,480 Speaker 7: But goes back to the old saying, which I think 289 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,400 Speaker 7: I think Booten wears this hat very well. When somebody 290 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:24,880 Speaker 7: shows you who they are, you trust them. And Boone 291 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:28,720 Speaker 7: is a dog shit game manager. He is a bad 292 00:16:28,840 --> 00:16:32,360 Speaker 7: bullpen manager, and he makes terrible decisions time and time. 293 00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:32,840 Speaker 6: A Ken. 294 00:16:34,200 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 7: Whenever he picks up that the Penn Folt. It's just 295 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 7: it's always almost a nightmare with this guy. I think 296 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 7: he's a bad game manager, a bad ten manager. It's 297 00:16:46,520 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 7: time to move on from here. He's consistently getting outmanaged 298 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 7: by people that have left teams than him, including Alex Cora. 299 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 7: I don't know, man, I just want to hear your thoughts, but. 300 00:17:02,720 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: I agree with you. I think that he is a 301 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: bad game manager. I think the bullpen. In the past, 302 00:17:09,240 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 2: he's been better at it, but this year it's been 303 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: a disaster. I thought he pushed a lot of the 304 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,200 Speaker 2: right buttons last year on the way to the World Series. 305 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 2: I thought he relied on Luke Weaver, maybe a little 306 00:17:18,440 --> 00:17:20,280 Speaker 2: bit too much, but Luke Weaver got it done and 307 00:17:20,320 --> 00:17:22,960 Speaker 2: he kept going to him. But I agree with you. 308 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:24,560 Speaker 2: I think he's a bad game manager. I think, like 309 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: people said, he doesn't have a feel for the game. 310 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:28,199 Speaker 2: I think he's a spreadsheet guy. I think he's a 311 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 2: people guy. I think he's got a good feel for 312 00:17:30,280 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 2: people and what makes people tick. But I don't think 313 00:17:32,840 --> 00:17:35,920 Speaker 2: he's got that competitive killer instinct that we talked about. 314 00:17:36,040 --> 00:17:38,320 Speaker 2: Here's Mary beth Hey. 315 00:17:38,440 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 8: Derek gets Mary Beth and you know me. You do 316 00:17:41,520 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 8: know me. I'm here in California. I'm hiking. You should 317 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,640 Speaker 8: come out hang with t K, stay with him, see 318 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 8: some of these fabulous hikes that we have. My dogs 319 00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:55,639 Speaker 8: are so happy. The Yankees. Okay, it's really disappointing they 320 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,440 Speaker 8: didn't win yesterday. I actually love the Yankees. I am 321 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 8: a fan. They're not I don't believe they're going to 322 00:18:02,760 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 8: do anything this season, and I and I do think 323 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 8: that they don't work as a team. They're are very 324 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,120 Speaker 8: good athletes, honest, and I do think it's because the 325 00:18:11,160 --> 00:18:16,479 Speaker 8: manager doesn't have the wherewithal to get them to play 326 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 8: as a team. 327 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 2: We should first of all, on your comment about going 328 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,119 Speaker 2: to stay in TK, the last thing in the world 329 00:18:23,160 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 2: I want to do is sleep on tk's couch. I 330 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 2: would definitely get a hotel if I go out there. 331 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,240 Speaker 2: But second of all, my back can't handle it. I 332 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 2: can't sleep on a couch anymore. It's nothing against tk's couch. 333 00:18:34,720 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 2: I'm sure it's I'm sure it's wonderful. But the manager 334 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 2: does have the job of getting these guys to play 335 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,320 Speaker 2: cohesively as a unit. And you're not wrong that Boone 336 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:50,640 Speaker 2: has struggled to do that. All right, quick word from 337 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: our sponsor. I'm going to do our weekend picks here. 338 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:58,520 Speaker 2: So first of all, if you want to play along 339 00:18:58,560 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 2: with me the Nostra Derek Picks, download the DraftKings sportsbook app. 340 00:19:02,920 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 2: Use the code foul. That's code foul for new customers 341 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 2: to get five sorry to get two hundred dollars in 342 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:11,480 Speaker 2: bonus bets instantly when you bet just five bucks only 343 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:14,240 Speaker 2: on DraftKings. The crown is yours. So I'll walk you 344 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 2: through my picks right now. Put yours in the chat, 345 00:19:19,040 --> 00:19:21,399 Speaker 2: and when I finished going through mine, we'll put some 346 00:19:21,440 --> 00:19:24,160 Speaker 2: of yours on the screen. I think John Carlos Stanton 347 00:19:24,200 --> 00:19:26,679 Speaker 2: is hitting a couple of home runs this weekend. You 348 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:29,560 Speaker 2: know what's interesting is he almost got traded to the 349 00:19:29,600 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 2: Saint Louis Cardinals before he came to the Yankees. He 350 00:19:31,440 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 2: actually had to reject the trade. But over his last 351 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:39,040 Speaker 2: thirty games he's he's crushing the ball. He's hitting on 352 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 2: the season now two ninety nine, which is when was 353 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:43,360 Speaker 2: the last time we saw it, Stanton hit anywhere near 354 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 2: three hundred. Not since coming to the Yankees. I think 355 00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 2: he hit about two eighty one year maybe a couple 356 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:55,480 Speaker 2: of times, but one fifty nine ops plus this year. 357 00:19:56,640 --> 00:19:59,040 Speaker 2: The other night he went four for five with a 358 00:19:59,040 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 2: home run, a double, ONEI, three RBIs in that nine 359 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:04,240 Speaker 2: to one win over the Twins. That's the best night 360 00:20:04,280 --> 00:20:08,280 Speaker 2: he's had at the dish in two years. Two years. 361 00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:10,680 Speaker 2: Fastballs are getting destroyed. He's one of the few guys 362 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,880 Speaker 2: on this team that I think has that killer instinct, 363 00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:15,240 Speaker 2: and you can see it in the playoffs. Jazz Chisholm, 364 00:20:15,280 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 2: I think he is going deep. I think he's gonna 365 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 2: run into one again. Over his last twenty games, hitting 366 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 2: two oh three to fifteen hits, three home run, seven RBIs. 367 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,720 Speaker 2: I think he's better than that. I think he's gonna 368 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,520 Speaker 2: come out of it soon. He's starting to iron out 369 00:20:26,520 --> 00:20:28,679 Speaker 2: the swing. We're seeing it get a little bit less loopy. 370 00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 2: The last couple of nights he hit some balls hard, 371 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,119 Speaker 2: made some outs. I think he's going to hit a 372 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: home run this weekend, Max Free, He's going to pick 373 00:20:37,359 --> 00:20:39,720 Speaker 2: up win number thirteen. I know his last time out 374 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 2: he was not great. He's been mostly an average pitcher 375 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:45,560 Speaker 2: for the last few months, and over the last month 376 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,320 Speaker 2: or so he's been even worse than that. He's had 377 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:50,240 Speaker 2: a six cra since the beginning of July, so he 378 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:52,720 Speaker 2: has got to pitch better. I think that's gonna turn around. 379 00:20:52,720 --> 00:20:55,560 Speaker 2: He's pitched many, many times against the Cardinals. He is 380 00:20:55,640 --> 00:21:01,080 Speaker 2: going to dominate on Saturday, and then Louis Heal. I 381 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:03,320 Speaker 2: think Louis Heal is going to pick up his first 382 00:21:03,359 --> 00:21:06,760 Speaker 2: win of the season. Five and a third innings, two runs. 383 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 2: Last time out, he had seven strikeouts, just one walk. 384 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 2: I thought that he started to kind of put it 385 00:21:15,800 --> 00:21:18,240 Speaker 2: together and feel like the Louis Heal that we saw 386 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 2: so many times last year. You saw him with the confidence, 387 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 2: shaking his head yes as he was going off the 388 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 2: off the field. But I think that Louis Heal is 389 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,880 Speaker 2: going to dominate tomorrow night. So I've got the Yankees 390 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,760 Speaker 2: actually taking two out of three in this series. 391 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 7: Uh. 392 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 2: And those are my picks, Get yours and the chat, 393 00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 2: we'll put them up. We're gonna wrap things up. But first, 394 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 2: a quick little bit of business from DraftKings. 395 00:21:43,320 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 9: Gambling problem called one eight hundred gambler in New York 396 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:48,240 Speaker 9: call eight seven seven eight hope and why or text 397 00:21:48,320 --> 00:21:50,320 Speaker 9: hope and wy in four six seven three six nine 398 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 9: in Connecticut. 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I actually used to 406 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,360 Speaker 2: like sleeping on futons in college, and then we had 407 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:19,840 Speaker 2: one for a little while that we put in our 408 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 2: dog room just for the We had a puppy for 409 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: the puppy to kind of like hang on, and I 410 00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:26,880 Speaker 2: tried to sleep on that one time. 411 00:22:27,119 --> 00:22:27,720 Speaker 6: We had like a. 412 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,640 Speaker 2: Little backyard camp out and I dragged it into the tent. 413 00:22:32,359 --> 00:22:35,439 Speaker 2: And I've never woken up in so much pain in 414 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 2: my life. This is not that long ago, four or 415 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 2: five years ago, and my back was like stuck in 416 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:43,600 Speaker 2: the same position for days. It's just just not right. 417 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 2: But Zachary says the three home runs in the Derby 418 00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:54,879 Speaker 2: miss Jazz. Yeah, I mean I was worried that he 419 00:22:54,880 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: would come out of the break and be in a 420 00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 2: slump if you tried to hit home runs. But you know, 421 00:22:58,440 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 2: he was probably practicing for the derby by trying to 422 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:05,200 Speaker 2: lift balls and you know, take that uppercut swing. If 423 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 2: he goes back to that short line drive contact swing 424 00:23:08,520 --> 00:23:11,040 Speaker 2: at you know, the seventy percent of his max effort, 425 00:23:11,119 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 2: I think he'll get back to hitting like he was 426 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 2: when he was really cooking. I am off. I'm gonna 427 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:20,679 Speaker 2: go see Nobody to the new Bob Odenkirk movie. And 428 00:23:20,720 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 2: I've been fasting all day, so this theater has food. 429 00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 2: I'm gonna eat like a total moron. I'm just gonna popcorn, milkshake, 430 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:30,920 Speaker 2: maybe a little personal pizza. I'm just gonna go nuts. 431 00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:35,120 Speaker 2: But anyway, thanks for watching. Be sure to like subscribe 432 00:23:35,160 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 2: all that good stuff, and we'll be back tomorrow after 433 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 2: the game Yankees Verus Cardinals. We'll see then. 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