1 00:00:01,400 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: He wanted to pull up Kitchell. All right, Welcome back, everybody, 2 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:14,720 Speaker 1: Welcome back. We got some news. The Yankees have initiated 3 00:00:15,200 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 1: Planed B, and it begins with left handed pitcher Max Freed, 4 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,440 Speaker 1: who is coming to the Yankees on a massive contract, 5 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 1: eight years, two hundred and eighteen million dollars, slightly bigger 6 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,880 Speaker 1: than the contract that the Yankees gave to Carlos ro 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 1: Don that was one hundred and sixty two million dollars. 8 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:37,159 Speaker 1: Might have won sixty one. But my phone is blown up. 9 00:00:37,479 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 1: People are excited about this. I'll try and get one 10 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:43,880 Speaker 1: of the Braves writers from Hammer Territory on the show 11 00:00:43,960 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 1: to kind of break down Max Freed from a a 12 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 1: perspective of somebody who watched him a lot this year. 13 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 1: But we've been talking about this for days. I wouldn't 14 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: say he's an ace, but he's a solid you know 15 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:02,840 Speaker 1: one B. He's like a secondary ace. We'll look at 16 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 1: the numbers real quick for stat Cast, and then we'll 17 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:09,320 Speaker 1: go to his career numbers on Baseball Savant. This year 18 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 1: he went eleven to ten with a three point two 19 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,399 Speaker 1: five ERA twenty nine starts. You look at the stat 20 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: cast and anybody who looks at stat cast data will 21 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:22,280 Speaker 1: tell you that Red is good. Right, So he is 22 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,560 Speaker 1: very very good, and a lot of the metrics that 23 00:01:26,600 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: you see here, pitching run value, baseball run value, breaking 24 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:33,080 Speaker 1: ball run value, and off speed run value all in 25 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 1: the top quarter of the league. His average exit velocity 26 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 1: is almost as elite as it gets. Ninety fifth percentile 27 00:01:40,080 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 1: barrel percentage, hard hit percentage, and ground ball percentage all excellent. 28 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: And the reason for that is the style of pitcher 29 00:01:48,080 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 1: that he is. He's a guy who throws the sinker, 30 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 1: he throws the cutter. The fastball is about, you know, 31 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: ninety four miles an hour, but he's got a change up, 32 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 1: just a really good pitch mix. He is got a slider, 33 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 1: and you know he will pound the strike zone. He'll 34 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:10,840 Speaker 1: work out a jams. He's a really crafty lefty who 35 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 1: can get the big strikeout. Now for his career, he's 36 00:02:13,639 --> 00:02:16,679 Speaker 1: averaging almost a strikeout per inning. Over the last few years. 37 00:02:16,720 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: It's kind of dipped a little bit back. In twenty 38 00:02:18,760 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: twenty two, he had one hundred and seventy strikeouts and 39 00:02:21,800 --> 00:02:24,680 Speaker 1: one hundred and eighty five and a third innings. Twenty 40 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:27,360 Speaker 1: twenty three, Y had some injuries. He made fourteen starts. 41 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 1: He was eight and one of the two point five 42 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 1: to five ERA, and then this year twenty nine starts, 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:35,600 Speaker 1: eleven and ten, one hundred and sixty six strikeouts and 44 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,520 Speaker 1: one hundred and seventy four innings. I've heard some concerns 45 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: and seen some concerns in the various comment sections about 46 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: him being injury prone, but that's really not true. He's 47 00:02:45,360 --> 00:02:49,079 Speaker 1: made twenty eight or more starts in three out of 48 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:50,720 Speaker 1: the last four seasons. We're gonna go ahead and take 49 00:02:50,720 --> 00:02:53,680 Speaker 1: a look at his career stats. Now he came up 50 00:02:53,720 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: in twenty seventeen. He's been with the Braves for his 51 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 1: entire career, parts of eight seasons. Back in twenty twenty 52 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:04,959 Speaker 1: seven and oh during the COVID season, and then twenty 53 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: twenty one fourteen and seven three point oh four EER 54 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 1: A really good year there a six war so his 55 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:15,359 Speaker 1: best season in twenty twenty two, fourteen and seven two 56 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: point four eight ERA, and then as we mentioned eight 57 00:03:19,480 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: and one last year, eleven and ten. This year. You 58 00:03:22,800 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: look at the hits per nine less than a hit 59 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:28,520 Speaker 1: per inning. The whip is always pretty solid one point 60 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: one six four for his career. Again, really great year 61 00:03:32,200 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty two. This is one of the reasons 62 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:37,320 Speaker 1: I like whip. It's basically an evaluation of how many 63 00:03:37,320 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: base runners you allow, walks and hits per innings pitch. 64 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:43,800 Speaker 1: It doesn't really take into account errors and things like that. But, uh, 65 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: you know, the lower your whip, typically the less base 66 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: runners you have on base on the you know, less 67 00:03:50,120 --> 00:03:53,880 Speaker 1: runs you can allow that are not via the home run. 68 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: So I really like this signing. I think he's sloss 69 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,440 Speaker 1: In probably number two in the rotation. Garrett Cole is 70 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:03,960 Speaker 1: your number one still. Obviously number two is gonna be 71 00:04:04,200 --> 00:04:07,720 Speaker 1: Max Freed. I think number three is Carlos Rodon. So 72 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 1: you got back to back lefties there, although you could 73 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,400 Speaker 1: split them up with Clark Schmidt, who was off to 74 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:16,479 Speaker 1: a phenomenal start last year before he had an oblique strain, 75 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,760 Speaker 1: had to miss a few months, ended up coming back 76 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 1: late in the season, made a few starts in the playoffs. 77 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 1: I think he's going to take a big step forward, 78 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: So it wouldn't surprise me to see him be number 79 00:04:25,080 --> 00:04:28,679 Speaker 1: three in the rotation and then Carlos Rodin at number 80 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: four in the rotation. Number five, you know, probably still 81 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: Marcus Stroman at this point, you would think that Nester 82 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: Cortez with the elbow injury, is either on the trade 83 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: block or ticketed for the bullpen. He had the flexers 84 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: strain late in the season. One thing that we've said 85 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,560 Speaker 1: the Yankees need to do more and more of, you know, 86 00:04:49,040 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: is to count out guys basically who've had injuries. Don't 87 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:56,279 Speaker 1: rely on guys who are dealing with injuries to give 88 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:57,919 Speaker 1: you a full season. And I'm glad to see that 89 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: the Yankees, despite needing offense in the wake of Juan 90 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,720 Speaker 1: Soto leaving, are focusing on getting a little bit of pitching. 91 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: I think that, you know, the more pitching you can have, 92 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,000 Speaker 1: the better. There's that old phrase, good pitching always beats 93 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,359 Speaker 1: good hitting. And you know, quite frankly, I'm not sure 94 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:17,800 Speaker 1: that the Yankees can count on a full year of 95 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,200 Speaker 1: healthy starters again. They had kind of an anomaly this 96 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: year where they entered the playoffs with six healthy starters, 97 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:26,000 Speaker 1: and so much to the point that Marcus Stroman had 98 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,039 Speaker 1: to move to the bullpen. Now, one thing I've been 99 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: advocating for the Diamondbacks are considering dealing Jordan Montgomery. I've 100 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: been saying that the Yankees should try and swing a 101 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,719 Speaker 1: deal Marcus Stroman for Jordan Montgomery, bring many back. MONI 102 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: makes a little bit more money, but the Diamondbacks are 103 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:44,360 Speaker 1: willing to eat it a little bit. I'm not sure 104 00:05:44,360 --> 00:05:47,640 Speaker 1: that Marcus Stroman can really be a force in the postseason. 105 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: Although he's pretty great for the first few months of 106 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:52,279 Speaker 1: the season, the last two years he's worn down in 107 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 1: the second half. So you know, Max Free just pushes 108 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 1: everybody back a slot after Garrett Cole. I think Garrett 109 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,080 Speaker 1: Cole is still your number one, and he's thirty years old, 110 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:04,480 Speaker 1: so he signed through his age thirty eight season. I 111 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: think you hope for six good seasons and you count 112 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: on a couple of tough ones down the back end. 113 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,800 Speaker 1: But one thing that makes me optimistic about Max Free 114 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,520 Speaker 1: is that these lefties, these crafty lefties, can pitch for 115 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 1: a long time if they stay healthy. You know, Jamie 116 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 1: Moyer had a really successful career changing speeds and cutting 117 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,719 Speaker 1: the ball and sinking the ball. Late in his career, 118 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 1: C C. Sabathia, long after he was a power pitcher, 119 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: was still putting up decent numbers because he learned to 120 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:35,120 Speaker 1: cut the ball in on guys' hands to sink it low. 121 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:38,240 Speaker 1: In a way. Max Fried already does all that stuff, 122 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: so he's already a very accomplished and polished starting pitcher. 123 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:47,160 Speaker 1: So I like this move. Initially, I think that eight 124 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,159 Speaker 1: years is a little bit longer than you would like 125 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:53,400 Speaker 1: to go. But as Brian Cashman said when the Yankees 126 00:06:53,440 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: handed out seven years and one to twenty to Masihrotanaka, 127 00:06:56,279 --> 00:06:57,960 Speaker 1: who had never thrown a pitch in the major leagues 128 00:06:58,000 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: at that point, he said, that's the cost of doing 129 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: bis this right, the Yankees didn't want to go more 130 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,520 Speaker 1: than five years. They ended up going I believe it 131 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 1: was seven one pint fifty five. Actually, now that I 132 00:07:05,880 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: think about it, and I feel like, you know, this 133 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:11,720 Speaker 1: is just the cost of doing business. You hope to 134 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:14,120 Speaker 1: get six good years and then maybe the last couple 135 00:07:14,160 --> 00:07:16,520 Speaker 1: of years. He's a crafty back end of the rotation guy. 136 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:20,080 Speaker 1: He'll probably have some injuries along the way. Uh. And 137 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: I know people are gonna scream always injury prone every 138 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:24,600 Speaker 1: time he has a little thing, But you know, that's 139 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:27,040 Speaker 1: just what pitching is these days. Guys get hurt. You 140 00:07:27,160 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: hope to get five or six good years of mostly 141 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:33,880 Speaker 1: healthy pitching, and then you count on the back end 142 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: of the contract being a little bit rough. Oh yeah, 143 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: I forgot about Louis Hell. Louis, he'll probably slides the 144 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: number five, so that that really empties out Marcus Strom. 145 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 1: Unless the Yankees are considering Louis Hill for the bullpen, 146 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: I don't know why he slipped my mind, Rookie of 147 00:07:47,360 --> 00:07:51,560 Speaker 1: the Year. He also, you know, didn't pitch a lot 148 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:54,880 Speaker 1: in the postseason, didn't pitch at all in the Division series. 149 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:58,760 Speaker 1: You know, Louis Heell is a guy has electric stuff. 150 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: Would not show me if the Yankees are trying to 151 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:03,320 Speaker 1: save a little bit of money on the bullpen by 152 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: slotting him into the closer position, you know. Brian Cashman 153 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 1: said yesterday that there's a lot of creative ways that 154 00:08:11,880 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: the Yankees can figure out their way around the Sodo 155 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: situation and the budget situation. You know, having lost Sodo, 156 00:08:21,000 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: you do have some money to spend. But I don't 157 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,560 Speaker 1: think it's realistic to sign like five guys, right, I mean, 158 00:08:25,560 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: you've got to, you know, kind of play with things 159 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:31,560 Speaker 1: a little. You got to kind of get creative. You know, 160 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 1: maybe they deal a Clark Schmidt or a Louis Heal 161 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,400 Speaker 1: for a bat, you know, a young controllable starter who's good, 162 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,120 Speaker 1: has a lot of value, and you know that's what 163 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,160 Speaker 1: they were willing to do. Michael King to San Diego 164 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: as part of the Juan Soto deal, so you know, 165 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:52,920 Speaker 1: things can get a little bit creative. Jay Paul says 166 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 1: Freed has unbelievable stuff. I watched him in Florida during 167 00:08:56,040 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 1: spring training. His stuff is amazing. The stuff is really good. Again, 168 00:09:00,559 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: we will put up the stat cast stuff and if 169 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,560 Speaker 1: you look at his movement profile, it kind of that's 170 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 1: one of the great things that Baseball Savant has put up. 171 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: You see the color coordination and it shows you the 172 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:16,880 Speaker 1: pitch and how much it moved. So you know his 173 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: you know, sinker eight and a quarter inches of vertical 174 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 1: break and ten inches of tail. His cutter, you know 175 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 1: it's sixteen inches drop right. That can't is it. They're 176 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:34,080 Speaker 1: really saying his sinker is going up. That doesn't make 177 00:09:34,080 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: any sense. It's just a two steamer, I guess. But 178 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 1: he gets ground balls on it and then the four 179 00:09:41,160 --> 00:09:47,520 Speaker 1: seemer I guess. This is looks like he mostly mostly straight, 180 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 1: all right, So you know, you see the the the metrics. 181 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:53,959 Speaker 1: It looks good. Let's get some comments. Go and see 182 00:09:54,000 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: how you guys are feeling about Gregory mccantsons get Burns 183 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:00,680 Speaker 1: to Well, we're already stock full of starting so maybe 184 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 1: if they move somebody they can do that. But I 185 00:10:02,440 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: think it's time to focus on hitting. Richard Manson Kaine says, 186 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,720 Speaker 1: get Crochet and Bellinger. I think this rules the Yankees 187 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,679 Speaker 1: out for Crochet. If you're gonna expend, you know, bullets 188 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 1: in a trade, you're gonna try and get a bat. 189 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: Now that you've got man, so many people still want Burns. 190 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:24,840 Speaker 1: I really don't think that this that that's likely. I mean, 191 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 1: they're not gonna spend They're gonna spend on hitting. You 192 00:10:27,720 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: can bet that they're gonna go after Cody Bellinger. It 193 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 1: wouldn't shock me if they went after somebody like an 194 00:10:33,679 --> 00:10:37,559 Speaker 1: Anthony Santander. But again two thirty five hitter, I think 195 00:10:37,559 --> 00:10:41,200 Speaker 1: they want a little bit more production production there. We're 196 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 1: going to talk about Kyle Tucker later tonight. Ethan Ahern says, 197 00:10:44,520 --> 00:10:47,840 Speaker 1: are you comfortable trading Luis heel now for Kyle Tucker? 198 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 1: That's a good question. One year of Kyle Tucker. I 199 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 1: mean maybe if he if he signed an extension. Okay, 200 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 1: if you get a window to negotiate with him before 201 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: the trade, and he agrees to like a six or 202 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: seven year deal and avoids free agency, so you don't 203 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:08,800 Speaker 1: have to go through this bidding war again. It was 204 00:11:09,080 --> 00:11:13,800 Speaker 1: a comment by Ken Rosenthal this afternoon. He said, it's 205 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,840 Speaker 1: the perfect replacement for Juan Soto. He's a left handed hitter, 206 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:21,079 Speaker 1: he's a good outfielder, he's fast, he's young, he's athletic. 207 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:24,560 Speaker 1: Plays for Houston, though, and reportedly the Cubs are also 208 00:11:24,679 --> 00:11:27,640 Speaker 1: interested on Kyle Tucker. They're in on him, and so 209 00:11:28,760 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: it would make sense that Houston would rather deal him 210 00:11:32,080 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: out of the league rather than trade him to a 211 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 1: potential ALCS opponent. Right the Astros are still trying to win. 212 00:11:42,880 --> 00:11:47,960 Speaker 1: If they move Kyle Tucker and possibly Framber Valdez as 213 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 1: has been rumored, then you know, that means they're probably 214 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: taking a step back for a year or two to 215 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 1: kind of reset things. And once you take a step 216 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 1: back and reset, I mean, there's no guarantee that you're 217 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:03,440 Speaker 1: gonna get, you know, back out on top. So it'll 218 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: be interesting to see what happens. I'm definitely interested in 219 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker if he's really available, but the price will 220 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: be absolutely nuts. So Jesse Gonzalez is freed will get 221 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 1: cooked in the AL. Also, not everyone is made to 222 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: pitch in New York. Well, I mean that's just your opinion, man. 223 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:25,560 Speaker 1: You know, in the words of the dude, the AL 224 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 1: and the n L are really not that different anymore 225 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:31,080 Speaker 1: because the NL has the d H right. So there's 226 00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,400 Speaker 1: there's a lot of really good lineups in the National League. 227 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:36,200 Speaker 1: It's not like it was back in the nineties where 228 00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 1: there was a huge disparity in offense between the National 229 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: League and the American League. I'd agree that there's still 230 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:45,560 Speaker 1: some better offensive players in the American League. But you know, 231 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:49,760 Speaker 1: he's gonna get to pitch, you know, against the Rays 232 00:12:49,800 --> 00:12:51,760 Speaker 1: in the Division a few times. They're not really an 233 00:12:51,800 --> 00:12:54,920 Speaker 1: offensive juggernaut, you know. I think he would match up 234 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: well against teams like the Guardians, who we might have 235 00:12:57,679 --> 00:13:01,120 Speaker 1: to face. I think I think this is a good 236 00:13:01,160 --> 00:13:03,960 Speaker 1: signing for the Yankees. My initial reaction is very positive. 237 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 1: Franklin Lopez says, great first step. Hopefully Cashman doesn't just 238 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: stop with this move. Also, Kyle Tucker would be a dream, 239 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 1: but I believe the price is too high. Again, we're 240 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:14,840 Speaker 1: going to do a live show in two hours and 241 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:19,199 Speaker 1: fifty five minutes. Tonight, we are going to talk about 242 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 1: Kyle Tucker, among other topics. There's also been some news 243 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: that the Yankees have reopened negotiations with Christian Walker. First basement. 244 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: I had a conversation about a week ago with Robert Murray, 245 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:39,360 Speaker 1: who is a national baseball writer out of Arizona, lives 246 00:13:39,400 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: about ten minutes from Citizens Bank Park and got to 247 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,000 Speaker 1: see a lot of Christian Walker, and he said he's 248 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 1: one of the most underrated players in baseball now to 249 00:13:49,040 --> 00:13:52,880 Speaker 1: be fair, gonna be thirty four years old. The Yankees 250 00:13:52,920 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 1: have seen this movie before and its title was DJ Lemayhew. 251 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,440 Speaker 1: DJ was great until he fell off a cliff, and 252 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: in today's game, the modern game, that can happen. Also, 253 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,280 Speaker 1: you've got to consider the fact that he was playing 254 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,079 Speaker 1: in a dome where the conditions are, you know, a 255 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: little bit more easy during the summertime, and being older, 256 00:14:15,640 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: the heat will wear down on you a little bit 257 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,000 Speaker 1: more so. Also, he'd have to shave his beard, which 258 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: you might not want to do. So I do think 259 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,440 Speaker 1: it's interesting that the Yankees are at least looking at him. 260 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 1: Ben Rice obviously still waiting in the wings. He had 261 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 1: some good moments. He had the three home run game 262 00:14:31,520 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 1: that prompted me to shave my head due to a 263 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,880 Speaker 1: poorly thought out tweet. But look a lot of positives 264 00:14:38,920 --> 00:14:42,360 Speaker 1: about this. Hopefully the Yankees will take some steps to 265 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: address the offense in the near future. I don't see 266 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: Burns coming. I don't see any major starting pitching other 267 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: than this. It's gonna be bullpen, It's gonna be offense. 268 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:56,840 Speaker 1: I think Bellinger is probably the next move. That would 269 00:14:56,840 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 1: be my prediction. The Yankees need a left handed bat. 270 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: You've I've talked about this ad nauseum, but you had 271 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,360 Speaker 1: three left handed bats that you were counting on last 272 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: year that are now gone. Anthony Rizzo, who didn't do 273 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:12,680 Speaker 1: much anyway, Alex Verdugo who got off to a good 274 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: start but again didn't do much anyway, and then Juan Sota, 275 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: who of course was incredible. So I'm counting on Jason 276 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: Dimingez coming back and replacing Alex Verdugo's spot in the 277 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: lineup right as a. He might not play left field, 278 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: They'll probably play center now that Sodo's gone and Judge 279 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 1: moves back to right. But I think Diminga is going 280 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:34,080 Speaker 1: to be a twenty five to thirty home run guy 281 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,520 Speaker 1: with potentially thirty stolen bases. He hit three fourteen of 282 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 1: the minors. He doesn't hit lefties very well, but he's 283 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: deadly from the left hand side of the plate against 284 00:15:42,040 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 1: right handed pitchers. So that will help you account for 285 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 1: the loss of Verdugo at a much lower cost. Now 286 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,600 Speaker 1: you got to figure out what you're going to do 287 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:55,160 Speaker 1: to replace Soto's offense. You know you could add more 288 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: power at first base, right, you know you're getting forty 289 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:00,120 Speaker 1: one home runs out of the right field spots, so 290 00:16:00,200 --> 00:16:03,760 Speaker 1: maybe you know you take that spot, it becomes judge 291 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 1: and now you slide Domingus to center. Now you got 292 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 1: to fill in home runs and production from left field 293 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:12,720 Speaker 1: and first base right, So maybe you get Bellinger for 294 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:18,120 Speaker 1: left field. That's fifteen home runs. Maybe you get Christian 295 00:16:18,160 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: Walker for first base. That's twenty five to thirty home runs. 296 00:16:22,640 --> 00:16:24,720 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, you're up there back around 297 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 1: forty and it's a negligible loss of power. You're still 298 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: gonna miss the on base percentage in front of Judge. 299 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:34,440 Speaker 1: There's no way around that. He's an elite on base 300 00:16:34,480 --> 00:16:38,160 Speaker 1: percentage guy, and you're gonna miss that now, But the 301 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,360 Speaker 1: Yankees did the smart thing. The price on pitching is 302 00:16:41,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: always very high. They went ahead and got a left 303 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,000 Speaker 1: handed pitcher for the rotation. Lefties typically do very well 304 00:16:47,040 --> 00:16:50,440 Speaker 1: at Yankee Stadium, and the type of pitcher he is 305 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:55,080 Speaker 1: fits with long term success as long as he stays healthy, 306 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,280 Speaker 1: and I think he will. His stuff translates into a 307 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: guy who can become crafty even as his velocity continues 308 00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 1: to drop. It's already down to ninety four miles an hour. 309 00:17:05,640 --> 00:17:08,000 Speaker 1: I could see him succeeding at ninety one miles an hour. 310 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,120 Speaker 1: We've seen Nester Cortes do it. He's a big guy. 311 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:14,480 Speaker 1: He's six four, one hundred and ninety pounds, he's wiry, so, 312 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,720 Speaker 1: you know, a good move for the Yankees. Interesting move. 313 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,399 Speaker 1: To take a few more comments here, El Nino says 314 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: Freed is better than Blake Snell. I don't know if 315 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:28,120 Speaker 1: I would go that far. I mean, Blake Snell when 316 00:17:28,160 --> 00:17:30,800 Speaker 1: he's on top of his game is amazing. The Yankees 317 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:36,639 Speaker 1: reportedly had interest in Blake Snell. They opted to not 318 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: make a further offer because they were waiting on Juan 319 00:17:39,320 --> 00:17:42,199 Speaker 1: Soto and Blake Snell. You know, after the offseason he 320 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: had last year where he got basically left at the 321 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,359 Speaker 1: altar and ended up having to sign a deal late 322 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,760 Speaker 1: in the late in the winter and basically missed the 323 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,119 Speaker 1: first part of his season and really didn't put it 324 00:17:55,119 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 1: together until the second half. He wanted to get locked 325 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,840 Speaker 1: in quickly, and so he went to the Dogs. He's 326 00:18:00,840 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 1: going to be part of a probable division winner, probably 327 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:07,800 Speaker 1: gonna pitch in the World Series again. I think the 328 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: Dodgers are still the team to beat out West Padres 329 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:12,640 Speaker 1: are going to be very good, but they're gonna lose 330 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: Tanner Scott. I think via free agency they might lose 331 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,320 Speaker 1: Jerks in Profar. But then again, they're going to get 332 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,359 Speaker 1: better too. Jackson Merrill's going to be even better next year. 333 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:27,159 Speaker 1: So very interesting things happening all over baseball right now. 334 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 1: Yanks Praud's says, how about Rokie Sazaki. Well, Sazaki is 335 00:18:33,280 --> 00:18:35,679 Speaker 1: somebody that it sounds like wants to pitch in a 336 00:18:35,840 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: medium to small market. On foul Territory today they did 337 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,439 Speaker 1: a little bit of a discussion about how his agent 338 00:18:43,520 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 1: said he might want a soft landing because of some 339 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,680 Speaker 1: of the media issues he's had in Japan, and if 340 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 1: the Japanese media is given you a tough time. Imagine 341 00:18:52,800 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 1: what it's going to be like, you know, in America, 342 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 1: in New York, the media capital of the world. I 343 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:01,040 Speaker 1: think it would be a good fit for him to 344 00:19:01,080 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 1: go someplace like Kansas City. Air Kratz threw that out there. 345 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:07,680 Speaker 1: They're a contender. Actually it might not have been Crait, 346 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,920 Speaker 1: might be somebody, but it was. They're a contender that's 347 00:19:10,920 --> 00:19:12,520 Speaker 1: gonna be in the playoffs. But they're kind of like 348 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:16,160 Speaker 1: a small media market. They're a good team. They could 349 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:18,840 Speaker 1: use a picture like him, who's like a bona fide 350 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:21,639 Speaker 1: ace level pitcher that doesn't make a lot of money. 351 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 1: So I could see Roki Sazaki ending up in KC. 352 00:19:25,600 --> 00:19:28,200 Speaker 1: I could see him going someplace like the Texas Rangers. 353 00:19:28,480 --> 00:19:31,960 Speaker 1: I could see him going someplace like the Cubs. Maybe 354 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:38,800 Speaker 1: even someplace like Cleveland, although you know, I just I 355 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:40,760 Speaker 1: don't think anybody ever really wants to play in Cleveland. 356 00:19:40,800 --> 00:19:43,000 Speaker 1: I think when he tells his agent, oh, yeah, Cleveland, 357 00:19:43,119 --> 00:19:45,920 Speaker 1: I think he's gonna let's avoid Cleveland. No no offense 358 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 1: to Cleveland. But yeah, nobody likes Cleveland anyway. So Bob, 359 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:51,920 Speaker 1: you could used to tell stories about how like nobody 360 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:54,960 Speaker 1: ever wanted to go to Cleveland anyway. B X Kid 361 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: says thoughts on giving Labor Torres a one year deal 362 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 1: not gonna happen. Sounds like Toronto Blue Jays are in 363 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,080 Speaker 1: on Glabor Torres. The Mariners I've always felt would be 364 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,200 Speaker 1: a good fit for Glabor Torres, but I just don't 365 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 1: see him coming back. Richard C says Cliff Lee two 366 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:20,760 Speaker 1: point zero. That would be nice, that guy would be sope. 367 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: Kean Pateel says that Andres Himen has just got traded 368 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 1: to Toronto. Is that true? I did not see that, 369 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 1: but that's a big deal. That guy is a Platinum 370 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,520 Speaker 1: Glove winner at second base, so I guess that if 371 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: that's true, then that means no Glabor Torres in Toronto. Interesting. 372 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 1: Sinkerballer says Fried Chicken. Well, I think we have a 373 00:20:43,480 --> 00:20:47,600 Speaker 1: sponsor for the chicken buckets now, don't we? Right, we 374 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 1: just stamp Max Fried's picture on there. I wonder if 375 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: they gave him a cut of that, give him a 376 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: nickel per bucket. Eric Coach says Stroman is not a 377 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:01,200 Speaker 1: bullpen arm at all in his mind. I agree. I 378 00:21:01,240 --> 00:21:03,360 Speaker 1: think that's one of the reasons now that Louis heel 379 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:05,399 Speaker 1: could be considered for the bullpen. I mean one hundred 380 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:11,480 Speaker 1: mile an hour fastball, good slider, devastating change up. He 381 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,440 Speaker 1: could be an outstanding closer you pair him with Luke Weaver, 382 00:21:14,960 --> 00:21:17,480 Speaker 1: but the control has been an issue. I still like 383 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,440 Speaker 1: him as a starter, even though I forgot to mention 384 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:25,040 Speaker 1: him earlier when I was rapidly firing off names. But yeah, 385 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: I mean number five starter. Who was what is he? About? 386 00:21:29,119 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 1: Fifteen to nine this year with a about a three 387 00:21:33,440 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: point five era something along those lines. Not too bad. 388 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:40,840 Speaker 1: The more I think about it, I really think that 389 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:44,320 Speaker 1: there's a possibility that the Yankees could deal either a 390 00:21:44,359 --> 00:21:46,359 Speaker 1: Clarksmid or a Louis Heil to get a bat, just 391 00:21:46,400 --> 00:21:49,159 Speaker 1: like they did for Juan Soto. I wouldn't do it 392 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 1: for Tucker though, unless you got an extension out of him. 393 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,879 Speaker 1: But hey, we got three thousand watching between YouTube and Twitter. 394 00:21:56,920 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 1: We got two thousand watching here live on YouTube. So 395 00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:02,600 Speaker 1: go ahead and hit that like button for me. Go ahead, 396 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:04,800 Speaker 1: smash it out. Pause. I'll give you a second. Go 397 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: ahead and hit that like button, hit that subscribe button. 398 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 1: We are cruising towards forty five thousand. We are the 399 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 1: official podcast of the Foul Territory Network for the Yankees. 400 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 1: If you look at the bottom right hand corner, that's 401 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,400 Speaker 1: a little Foul Territory Network logo. We got that new 402 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,479 Speaker 1: little bug and then pinstripe Territory on all your favorite 403 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: podcast platforms. So go ahead and like and subscribe. Bobby 404 00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:31,720 Speaker 1: Takio says, we need to tighten up our defense. That's 405 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:34,560 Speaker 1: one of the reasons I like Bellinger and Walker. Bellinger 406 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: is a good outfielder and a good first basement so 407 00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:38,560 Speaker 1: no matter where you put him on any given day, 408 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,000 Speaker 1: and they like versatile guys who can move around. He's 409 00:22:42,040 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: a plus defender. Christian Walker one of the more elite 410 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:47,959 Speaker 1: first basemen in the game. I'll go ahead and pull 411 00:22:48,080 --> 00:22:53,359 Speaker 1: up his numbers real quick. Just hang on there, Christian Walker. 412 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 1: I'll pull up his stat cast for you so you 413 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 1: can look at it now. The thing that concerns you 414 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: is the age, but you look at the defense, tiny 415 00:23:00,240 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 1: first percentile at first base. The other thing that concerns 416 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:04,840 Speaker 1: me a little bit about him is a little bit 417 00:23:04,880 --> 00:23:08,160 Speaker 1: poll happy. I mean, he hits the ball really far 418 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: when he hits it, so some you know, he's some 419 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:13,520 Speaker 1: of these home runs wouldn't be home runs at Yankee Stadium, 420 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:16,160 Speaker 1: but some of them clearly would be He does have 421 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,440 Speaker 1: some pop to right field. You see this one out 422 00:23:18,480 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 1: here at the Diamondbacks Park. That's a double but Yankee Stadium, 423 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,960 Speaker 1: that's in the bullpen, so are these And these are 424 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,159 Speaker 1: obviously in the bullpen too, So he has some opposite 425 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 1: field power. He obviously sprays the ball all over the field. 426 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: He's got hits the right field, right center, and when 427 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,639 Speaker 1: he connects to left field, it's in the air and 428 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:40,399 Speaker 1: he crushes it. You look at the bat speed. The 429 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 1: bat speed is a big indicator of power. You know, 430 00:23:44,080 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 1: John Carlos Stanton has some of the best bat speed 431 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: in baseball still actually the best if you look at 432 00:23:50,560 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 1: the statcast data. And he also has, you know, among 433 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: the highest exit velocity every year, and he hits some 434 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: of the furthest home runs. You know, force equals mass 435 00:23:58,359 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: times acceleration, right, So if you're big dude and you 436 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:04,240 Speaker 1: can whip that bad around fast and you connect, you're 437 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: gonna have some real force and distance on the baseball. 438 00:24:07,520 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: So Christian Walker could be a guy who helps out 439 00:24:09,840 --> 00:24:11,879 Speaker 1: on both sides of the ball. We'll see how it 440 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 1: works out. But let's take a few more comments. The 441 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: Knickerbocker says he likes Walker if he comes relatively cheap. 442 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: I think his age will help with that. Also, he 443 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: wants to be on a contender. He played in the 444 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,280 Speaker 1: World Series a couple of years ago. I'm sure at 445 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:28,919 Speaker 1: this point in his career he wants to play in 446 00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:33,000 Speaker 1: it again while he's still somewhat in his best years. 447 00:24:33,880 --> 00:24:37,520 Speaker 1: Ray Rard says Alonso Pete Alonso is an old strikeout machine. 448 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:39,960 Speaker 1: We don't need any more of them. I agree with 449 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 1: you one hundred percent. You a smart mother, that's right. 450 00:24:48,119 --> 00:24:50,960 Speaker 1: Devin Matteo says Oswaldo Carbrero would be a great starter. 451 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: He produces when he's playing. Start him at second. I 452 00:24:54,640 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 1: like Oswaldo, but I think with the Yankees, seeing Oswaldo 453 00:24:57,760 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: is a guy who plays lots of positions, who's extreme versatile. 454 00:25:01,480 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: That's the value that he brings, right, So I feel 455 00:25:04,280 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: like they're probably gonna leave him in that utility role. 456 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: But anyway, this podcast is about Max Freed. Welcome to 457 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 1: the New York Yankees, mister Max Freed, eight years, two 458 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:19,520 Speaker 1: hundred and eighteen million dollars. I will be back at 459 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,919 Speaker 1: nine PM for a show focused on Kyle Tucker and 460 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:26,400 Speaker 1: Christian Walker. We'll talk a little bit more about Max FREEDO. 461 00:25:26,400 --> 00:25:28,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure, but we're gonna do another show in about 462 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: two hours and forty minutes. I got to run and 463 00:25:31,760 --> 00:25:37,080 Speaker 1: finish my subway sandwich. But congrats to Max freed on 464 00:25:37,280 --> 00:25:40,280 Speaker 1: his new contract with the Yankees. Brian Cashman, I hope 465 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:45,119 Speaker 1: you continue to work and the Yankees finally execute the 466 00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:48,040 Speaker 1: beginning stages at least of Plan B. We'll see you 467 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: in a couple hours. Stay tuned. Okay, if you enjoyed 468 00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,679 Speaker 1: this video, please drop a like and give us a subscribe. 469 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,720 Speaker 1: It helps other Yankees fans find the channel. We're also 470 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: on all your favorite podcast platforms and social media. Join 471 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 1: the community, have some fun. We're here after every game. 472 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: This is Pinstripe Territory.