1 00:00:01,480 --> 00:00:02,759 Speaker 1: Want to talk. It's all. 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:06,360 Speaker 2: All right. 3 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:09,720 Speaker 3: Welcome back, everybody. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 4: Welcome back another off season episode of Pinstripe Territory, a 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 4: hot stove voicemail show, and we have our first signing 6 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 4: of the winter by the New York Yankees. 7 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: We got Ryan Yarborough back. Welcome back, mister Ryan Yarbro. 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 4: I like the Yarborough move and I'll talk more about 9 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,680 Speaker 4: that in just a minute, why it makes sense, why 10 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,280 Speaker 4: I like it. In this episode, we're also going to 11 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:48,320 Speaker 4: talk a little bit about Anthony Volpi. How short is 12 00:00:48,360 --> 00:00:52,520 Speaker 4: his leash going to be? You know, he's had the surgery, 13 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,520 Speaker 4: it's gonna be a while before he can swing, probably 14 00:00:55,560 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 4: not until early February if there's no setbacks, and then 15 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 4: it's gonna be longer until he can dive on it. 16 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 4: So there's gonna be multiple questions. One will he begin 17 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 4: the season on the il that's a real possibility. And 18 00:01:09,720 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 4: number two, how short is his leash going to be? 19 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:15,800 Speaker 4: If he comes back and he's not one hundred percent healthy? 20 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:18,839 Speaker 4: We can't have this guy hitting one thirty eight through 21 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 4: June right now. Cabalaro seems to be the backup plan, 22 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:24,680 Speaker 4: But what happens if cab I Arra gets hurt. The 23 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 4: Yankees do not have a lot of options. Oswaldo Cabrera 24 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 4: could come back, but how reliable is his ankle gonna be? Anyway, 25 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:34,920 Speaker 4: we're gonna talk all about that. Also, I just finished 26 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:39,120 Speaker 4: episode two of A Rod Versus Alex or Alex versus 27 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 4: a Rod. I forget which what they call it. It's 28 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 4: the new documentary about Alex Rodriguez, and it is, you know, 29 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 4: pretty good. It's not the Captain, right, it's it's one 30 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:58,640 Speaker 4: of these documentaries that it's fun to watch the highlights, 31 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 4: but I just don't think that there's a ton of 32 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:04,520 Speaker 4: substance there. They kind of skip over a lot of, 33 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 4: you know, big stuff, I think. But you know, it's 34 00:02:06,960 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 4: not in my top ten of baseball documentaries. But we'll 35 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 4: talk about it, and we'll talk about a Rod and 36 00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 4: his time with the Yankees for a few minutes, and. 37 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: We'll take your voicemails. 38 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:18,600 Speaker 4: The one thing about that documentary that I hate, and 39 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: that I hate about all those documentaries is having to 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 4: relive the four collapse when the Yankees were up three 41 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,639 Speaker 4: games to nothing on the Red Sox and ended up 42 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 4: blowing that series. That was very, very difficult and it's tough. 43 00:02:33,160 --> 00:02:36,919 Speaker 4: It's tough to watch it, like even in highlights, that 44 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:40,519 Speaker 4: was I mean, if you weren't around during that time, 45 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 4: I don't know if I can even articulate how devastating 46 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:48,000 Speaker 4: that was. That was the worst that a sports fan 47 00:02:48,080 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 4: could possibly feel unless it happened I think in the 48 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 4: World Series, you know, but the fact that it happened 49 00:02:55,040 --> 00:03:01,880 Speaker 4: in the Championship Series against our arch rivals in a 50 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,920 Speaker 4: year where we were pretty much expected to go all 51 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 4: the way, and the way Game three went, I mean, 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:11,720 Speaker 4: that was the toughest. But anyway, let's go and talk 53 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:18,760 Speaker 4: about Ryan Yarbrough. So the Yanks brought him back for 54 00:03:19,320 --> 00:03:22,079 Speaker 4: one year two point five million dollars, and I'll tell 55 00:03:22,080 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 4: you what, I liked what he did with the Yankees 56 00:03:24,760 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 4: until he got hurt. Now he is thirty three years old. 57 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 4: He appeared in nineteen games, eight of which were starts, 58 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:36,560 Speaker 4: and he had a three to one record with a 59 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 4: four point three six ERA and sixty four innings pitched. Now, 60 00:03:41,760 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 4: from May fourth through June first, he was three and 61 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:49,200 Speaker 4: oh with a two point zero four ERA, and during 62 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,920 Speaker 4: that stretch he was unhittable. I mean, he looked fantastic 63 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 4: and he wondered how he was doing it, how he 64 00:03:55,480 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 4: was getting guys out with such soft stuff. But it 65 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 4: really comes down to he's a pitcher, not a thrower, right. 66 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,400 Speaker 4: He proves that you don't need to throw one hundred 67 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:07,880 Speaker 4: miles an hour to get guys out. You can spot 68 00:04:07,920 --> 00:04:11,960 Speaker 4: your pitches, you can mix your pitches, you can vary 69 00:04:12,040 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 4: your delivery and your times. He is the epitome of 70 00:04:16,720 --> 00:04:19,680 Speaker 4: Jim Cott's philosophy on pitching. And Jim Cott said that 71 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 4: the purpose of pitching the purpose of a pitcher is 72 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 4: to disrupt timing for the hitters, and I agree with 73 00:04:27,160 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 4: that one hundred percent. 74 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:28,760 Speaker 3: He does it really well. 75 00:04:29,240 --> 00:04:33,600 Speaker 4: Action VJ says, smart move to bring Yarbs back. 76 00:04:33,839 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 3: And this helps out the rotation. 77 00:04:35,880 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 4: Let's go and take a look at the Yankees starting 78 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:42,479 Speaker 4: pitching as of right now. So obviously we've got Max 79 00:04:42,520 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 4: Freed coming back. He's healthy, nineteen and five with a 80 00:04:45,680 --> 00:04:50,160 Speaker 4: two point eighty six ERA. This will be his age 81 00:04:50,240 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 4: thirty two season. He made thirty two starts, one hundred 82 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,440 Speaker 4: and ninety five innings, just everything you could have possibly 83 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 4: asked for. And then Carlos Rodin now he is going 84 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 4: to be thirty three this season and You know, here's 85 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:10,919 Speaker 4: the issue I have with with Carlos Rodin. I'm not 86 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 4: sure I can trust him in a big game. You know, 87 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:22,280 Speaker 4: he is He's so full of emotions that I feel 88 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:27,320 Speaker 4: like sometimes the moment is over, it overruns him right. 89 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 4: But during the regular season, he's been much more effective 90 00:05:31,240 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 4: than I thought he would be over the last couple 91 00:05:33,040 --> 00:05:36,160 Speaker 4: of years. Last year eighteen to nine, three point h 92 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 4: nine ERA, Cam Schlitzler. This will be his age twenty 93 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 4: five season. He showed me that he's an ACE in 94 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:45,719 Speaker 4: the making, and I can't wait to watch him pitch. 95 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,880 Speaker 4: This will be the year of his emergence. When I 96 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 4: think back about this season, he went four and three 97 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 4: with a two point nine to six ERA and a 98 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 4: two WAR in just fourteen games, seventy three innings, eighty 99 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 4: four strikeouts, thirty one walks, eight home runs allowed. Louise 100 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,119 Speaker 4: Heel it's hard to believe this is his age twenty 101 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,000 Speaker 4: eight season. Seems like he's still pretty young. But really 102 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:09,640 Speaker 4: he's had some injuries and took him a while to 103 00:06:09,640 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 4: get up. He's had trouble harnessing his command. He was 104 00:06:12,720 --> 00:06:15,119 Speaker 4: four and one with a two point nine to six. Actually, 105 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,080 Speaker 4: I think I got that era wrong. I think it 106 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,559 Speaker 4: was three point something. Hang on, let me just double 107 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:23,840 Speaker 4: check here. I think I edited his No. Three point 108 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 4: three two was his era. That's my bad. I copied 109 00:06:26,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 4: it from Schlittler. But he everything else there is right. 110 00:06:33,400 --> 00:06:36,280 Speaker 4: He is one of these guys that once he figures 111 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 4: out his command, I think he's gonna be unhittable. But 112 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 4: the command has been kind of an issue for him. 113 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,040 Speaker 4: One thing that alarmed me this year about Louis Heel 114 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 4: only forty one strikeouts in fifty seven innings. He's always 115 00:06:47,720 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 4: been a guy who struck out more hitters than innings pitched. 116 00:06:50,960 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 4: I mean, go back to his rookie season twenty twenty four, 117 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:55,360 Speaker 4: one hundred and seventy one strikeouts and one hundred and fifty 118 00:06:55,400 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 4: one to two thirds innings. Even his initial cup of 119 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 4: coffee in the Major League twenty two one, he made 120 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 4: six starts, he had thirty eight strikeouts and twenty nine 121 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 4: and the third innings. So the strikeouts a little bit down. 122 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:09,400 Speaker 4: It's got to be a little bit. Concerning Garrett Cole, 123 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,080 Speaker 4: He's gonna be thirty five this year, coming back from 124 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 4: Tommy John. He's expected back in May. We'll see what 125 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 4: he is able to put together. It's not a guarantee 126 00:07:18,360 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: that he's gonna come back full strength, but watching him 127 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 4: in the bullpen, he's getting his work in. He looks 128 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 4: healthy to me, healthy ish. So we'll see Will Warren 129 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 4: this will be his age twenty seven season. That's hard 130 00:07:28,640 --> 00:07:31,040 Speaker 4: to believe because he was a rookie nine to eight 131 00:07:31,080 --> 00:07:33,840 Speaker 4: four point four to four ERA, zero point six war 132 00:07:34,240 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 4: one hundred and sixty two innings, one hundred and seventy 133 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 4: oh Man, one hundred and seventy one strikeouts. I've I've 134 00:07:41,720 --> 00:07:44,480 Speaker 4: got some stat issues happening here I got to fix. 135 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,280 Speaker 4: So I'm sorry I didn't review this well enough. That's 136 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,760 Speaker 4: my bad. And Chase Hampton coming back, he had Tommy 137 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,800 Speaker 4: John surgery, so next year he could be a factor. 138 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 4: And then Ryan Yarborough adds to that, so you know, 139 00:08:00,120 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 4: we'll see how it shakes out. 140 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,160 Speaker 3: But I like the move of bringing Ryan Yarborough back. 141 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 4: It adds, you know, to the stable of arms here 142 00:08:08,240 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 4: who all right now, Anthony Volpi, I feel like not 143 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 4: enough people were talking about the Yankee shortstop situation. Obviously 144 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 4: he was somebody who got a lot of attention during 145 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:20,600 Speaker 4: the year because he had such a bad year, just 146 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,360 Speaker 4: a two twelve average. You know, he did have nineteen 147 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 4: home runs, he had eighteen stolen bases, so he was 148 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:28,320 Speaker 4: almost twenty twenty, but the defense took a step back. 149 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 4: He just had surgery. He's not gonna be swinging until February, 150 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 4: and he's not gonna be diving on it until like 151 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 4: March or April. So it would not shock me if 152 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,839 Speaker 4: he opens the season on the injured list. I'd be 153 00:08:40,880 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 4: surprised if he's still out, you know, in mid May 154 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,680 Speaker 4: or early June. I think he'll be back relatively early. 155 00:08:47,360 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 4: But when a guy's coming back from an injury like 156 00:08:49,400 --> 00:08:51,560 Speaker 4: that and he doesn't really have a full spring training, 157 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:54,920 Speaker 4: it's tough to get into a good rhythm. And this 158 00:08:54,960 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 4: is a guy who already kind of lost his job 159 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:02,960 Speaker 4: down the stretch. You know, he was struggling so much 160 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,280 Speaker 4: that they went out and they got cabal Row. And 161 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 4: then there were days where Volpi was healthy and rested 162 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 4: and Cabaliro's still started. So Volpi is gonna be a 163 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,559 Speaker 4: problem if he doesn't come back and hit right away. 164 00:09:16,240 --> 00:09:19,160 Speaker 4: And I wonder what kind of patients Yankees fans are 165 00:09:19,160 --> 00:09:23,680 Speaker 4: gonna have with Caballero. Because he's a guy who you know, 166 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,680 Speaker 4: is a sub seven hundred ops hitter. He is not 167 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 4: a big time hitter. Now, he can play a little 168 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,160 Speaker 4: bit of defense, he can run the bases, but he's 169 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:34,959 Speaker 4: gonna get picked off a lot. That's gonna piss off 170 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,240 Speaker 4: Yankees fans. So this is just a situation that it's 171 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,240 Speaker 4: gonna be interesting to watch Steve. The Yankees maybe pick 172 00:09:40,280 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 4: up a veteran shortstop that they can use in the 173 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 4: event Volpi is not ready and cabal Row is not 174 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 4: good or gets hurt, and it's it's worth thinking about 175 00:09:49,320 --> 00:09:51,600 Speaker 4: Oswalow Cabrera, you know, will he be able to play 176 00:09:51,600 --> 00:09:55,320 Speaker 4: shortstop coming back off that ankle. They have McCann now 177 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:57,199 Speaker 4: at third base. It doesn't seem like they're gonna need 178 00:09:57,640 --> 00:10:00,200 Speaker 4: Oswaldo to play much third base, but maybe he can 179 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 4: play short All right, let's talk about Alex. Alex Rodriguez 180 00:10:05,720 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 4: two ninety five career hitter, six hundred ninety six home 181 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 4: runs and practically no shot at the Hall of Fame. 182 00:10:11,640 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 4: I do think he's done a nice job rehabilitating his 183 00:10:14,320 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 4: image in the last couple of years. I enjoy watching him, 184 00:10:18,120 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 4: you know, on on all the baseball coverage during the postseason. 185 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 4: I like watching his banter with Jeter and Poppy. And 186 00:10:25,280 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 4: you know, some of his Yankees years were not great 187 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 4: by his standards. I mean, two thousand and six, he 188 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:34,760 Speaker 4: hit two ninety and he had thirty five home runs, 189 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:38,079 Speaker 4: and he called that like the hardest year of his career. Right, 190 00:10:38,480 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 4: his first year with the Yankees, he hit two eighty 191 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 4: six and he had thirty six home runs, and he 192 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 4: had over one hundred RBIs adjusting to a new position, 193 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 4: and people said that he was a bust, that that 194 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:52,160 Speaker 4: was an adjustment year. That's a career best year for 195 00:10:52,320 --> 00:10:55,800 Speaker 4: more than more than almost everybody in the league. Very 196 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 4: few people could ever put up those kind of numbers, right, 197 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,280 Speaker 4: And then he won MVP in two thousand and five 198 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 4: and two thousand and seven. He made a point to 199 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,040 Speaker 4: say that it was like every odd year he seemed 200 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,640 Speaker 4: to have something great happen. So the MVP and O 201 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,160 Speaker 4: five two thousand and seven, he gets off to that 202 00:11:11,240 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 4: amazing start where he gets fourteen home runs in April 203 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:18,480 Speaker 4: and hits over fifty home runs for the year, wins 204 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,720 Speaker 4: the MVP again. Two thousand and eight kind of an 205 00:11:21,720 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 4: offish year for him, and then two thousand and nine. 206 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 4: You know, he gets thirty in one hundred. He gets 207 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:33,800 Speaker 4: seven RBIs and two home runs in his final game 208 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 4: of the season in one inning to get to that 209 00:11:36,440 --> 00:11:38,840 Speaker 4: thirty and one hundred mark. And then he goes off 210 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:40,680 Speaker 4: in the World Series, in the playoff in the World 211 00:11:40,760 --> 00:11:44,120 Speaker 4: Series to you know, lead the Yankees to a championship 212 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,559 Speaker 4: and probably if not for Matt Sue would have been 213 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:50,040 Speaker 4: World Series MVP. So I'll always love him for that. 214 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:53,760 Speaker 4: I'm a big a Rod fan. But you know, the 215 00:11:53,800 --> 00:11:58,079 Speaker 4: steroids suspension, longest suspension in the history of baseball for steroids. 216 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:00,160 Speaker 4: I think it's gonna keep him out of the Hall 217 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:03,000 Speaker 4: of Fame. Spend it all of the twenty fourteen seasons. 218 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,439 Speaker 4: So if you have a chance to watch the documentary, 219 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:06,839 Speaker 4: let me know what you think about it. 220 00:12:06,920 --> 00:12:09,280 Speaker 3: But let's do it and take some voicements just to reaction. 221 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 4: Well, let's see, you got a call about that from John. 222 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 2: Hey, Derek, this is John from Florida. Hey man, just 223 00:12:17,320 --> 00:12:20,560 Speaker 2: looking at this a Rod document and even looking at 224 00:12:20,559 --> 00:12:22,679 Speaker 2: the Jeter document that had I think came out a 225 00:12:22,679 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 2: couple of years ago, that aura of the Yankees no 226 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 2: longer exists. If you see the documents and how they 227 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:31,559 Speaker 2: and how the Yankees moved and how the Yankees used 228 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 2: to just find these flayers and even with a rod. 229 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,800 Speaker 2: I'm looking at the Arrow document and Kashmir was aggressive, 230 00:12:37,080 --> 00:12:38,880 Speaker 2: you know with these type of players. Is now he 231 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: wants to be cheap? What the hell is going on? 232 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 2: What happened to the freaking Yankees? What happened? What is 233 00:12:44,520 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: going on? 234 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:45,679 Speaker 5: Is it? 235 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:48,240 Speaker 2: How is it really? How we have to do something? 236 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 6: Man? 237 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:51,840 Speaker 2: I don't want this or to lose if it's really 238 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,559 Speaker 2: frustrating just seeing these old guys and how we used 239 00:12:54,600 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 2: to be aggressive, and Jesus just find these guys out 240 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 2: of nowhere. We were the most hated franchise. Now we're laughing. 241 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:02,760 Speaker 2: This has to start, man, all right, man take here, 242 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 2: all right. 243 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:06,439 Speaker 4: So, first of all, I love your call. I hated 244 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 4: how you said documentary as documentary English mother, God do 245 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 4: you speaking? But in terms of aura, it's interesting that 246 00:13:16,120 --> 00:13:18,560 Speaker 4: you mentioned aura because the teams that had all of 247 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:21,120 Speaker 4: that crazy aura, you know, I think about the two 248 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 4: thousand and three team, I think about the two thousand 249 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 4: and four team, I think about the two thousand and 250 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,720 Speaker 4: five and two thousand and six teams that had the 251 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 4: most star power, but none of those teams won the 252 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 4: World Series. When I think about teams that are constructed 253 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:38,200 Speaker 4: the best, that's when the Yankees did their winning in 254 00:13:38,280 --> 00:13:41,559 Speaker 4: nineteen ninety eight. I mean, that team was just ruthlessly 255 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 4: constructed of winners who would do anything on any given 256 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 4: night to win the game. If getting a guy over 257 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:51,200 Speaker 4: a base, if it meant getting a sack fly, you know, 258 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:54,720 Speaker 4: if it meant you know, laying down a bunch taking 259 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 4: the extra base. You had perfect role players. You had, 260 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:01,400 Speaker 4: you know, Homer Bush right in ninety six. You had 261 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 4: guys like Mike Aldretti, you had Andy Fox that you 262 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,240 Speaker 4: had role players that contributed. They didn't stink. Yeah, big 263 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:11,760 Speaker 4: bats off the bench, like you know, Tim Rains and 264 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 4: Darryl Strawberry, veteran guys. 265 00:14:14,760 --> 00:14:15,040 Speaker 3: You know. 266 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,719 Speaker 4: Once they started going for all the star power with 267 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:24,040 Speaker 4: like Giambi and then a Rod and Sheffield and you know, 268 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 4: you know, you name it, all, all these huge stars 269 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 4: in the you know, two thousand and five, two thousand 270 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,720 Speaker 4: and six, Jose Contreras, they became less of a well 271 00:14:33,760 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 4: constructed team, tons of aura, tons of star power, but 272 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:39,240 Speaker 4: didn't get it done in the playoffs. So ultimately, I 273 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:41,040 Speaker 4: want the Yankees to find a way to get it 274 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,520 Speaker 4: done in the postseason by constructing a team kind of 275 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,680 Speaker 4: more like the Blue Jays had this year. We got 276 00:14:47,760 --> 00:14:52,360 Speaker 4: to chat here about Otani. 277 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:52,800 Speaker 1: Derek, Steve collinsor Maan. I have something that I'd like 278 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:57,240 Speaker 1: you to debate with your fellow hosts and even and 279 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:01,480 Speaker 1: the people listening to your show. I'm kind of hearing this. 280 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: Otani the greatest baseball player ever, and in fact, if 281 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,200 Speaker 1: he was still in the American League, there's an argument 282 00:15:10,400 --> 00:15:13,760 Speaker 1: to be made that he would have two fewer MVPs 283 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: and maybe even finished third in the last two years 284 00:15:18,800 --> 00:15:24,600 Speaker 1: behind Cal Rawley and Bobby Wood Junior. A little bit 285 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: premature with the greatest player ever. I know he's supposed 286 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 1: to be a great pitcher. Do he is a great pitcher, 287 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:33,040 Speaker 1: but he pitched thirty innings this year. Let's see him 288 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 1: do this a little bit longer before he annoint him 289 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:37,200 Speaker 1: better than Babe Ruth. 290 00:15:38,320 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 4: First of all, I love the call. That's a great call. 291 00:15:47,200 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go ahead and dissent a little bit. Of 292 00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:55,280 Speaker 4: the players that I've watched in my life, I've never 293 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 4: seen anyone do what Shohey does. There was a game 294 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 4: in the I think it was the NLCS where he 295 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 4: went six innings on the mound of I think one 296 00:16:06,040 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 4: hit ball, struck out like ten guys. Andy had a 297 00:16:09,160 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 4: multiple home run game. I think he might have even 298 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 4: hit three home runs. It was insane. Is he the 299 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 4: best at both? No, he's but he's an awesome hitter 300 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:21,440 Speaker 4: and he's an awesome pitcher. Is he as good a 301 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 4: pitcher as he is a hitter. No, but he's had 302 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:27,880 Speaker 4: two Tommy John surgeries. Best player ever, I don't know 303 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 4: if I've ever seen a more talented baseball player. 304 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 3: I don't. 305 00:16:31,400 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 4: I mean, but you're not wrong that he you know, 306 00:16:34,120 --> 00:16:37,760 Speaker 4: Judge might have beat him for the MVP last year 307 00:16:37,880 --> 00:16:40,760 Speaker 4: and maybe this year. I do think he would have 308 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 4: finished ahead of cal Raley, you know, because him being 309 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 4: a pitcher and a hitter kind of like, you know, 310 00:16:46,640 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 4: it's kind of like saying, oh, cal Rawley did so 311 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 4: great offensively, and he's a catcher, right, Well, you know, 312 00:16:52,080 --> 00:16:55,680 Speaker 4: Otani hit fifty plus home runs. Andy's a pitcher. At 313 00:16:55,680 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 4: thirty innings, there was a lot to pitch. I mean, 314 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 4: he ate some valuable innings. I think he's great. I 315 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 4: don't know about greatest ever, but I haven't seen every 316 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:06,879 Speaker 4: single player ever. Other players I've watched, Bonds was in 317 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:11,879 Speaker 4: a league of his own. Judge is incredible offensively and 318 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 4: as a complete player. Otani's amazing. 319 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 3: Here's Brian, what's. 320 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:21,239 Speaker 7: Going on, Derek. Brian just had a quick question for 321 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:26,200 Speaker 7: what you think the Yankees should do concerning their starting 322 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 7: rotation for the beginning of next year. Looks like with 323 00:17:31,400 --> 00:17:35,679 Speaker 7: Carlos Rodon getting like loose bodies or whatever removed in 324 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 7: his elbows, like some bone spur or something in his elbow, 325 00:17:39,359 --> 00:17:40,879 Speaker 7: he's not going to be ready for the beginning of 326 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:47,120 Speaker 7: the season. I believe someone I remember seeing. Anyway, it's 327 00:17:47,119 --> 00:17:48,920 Speaker 7: been a while looking book, I don't think Cole is 328 00:17:48,960 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 7: going to be back for at least a month or 329 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 7: two to start the season. Clark Schmidt Boon. I don't 330 00:17:55,359 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 7: think they're expecting to be back until the second half, 331 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,879 Speaker 7: so that would leave three, you know, top of the 332 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 7: end rotation spots open. Are they going to gamble kind 333 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 7: of like what they did with Will Warren last year 334 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:13,640 Speaker 7: and bring up some of these younger arms seeing. 335 00:18:14,200 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna go ahead and chime in. 336 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,399 Speaker 4: I think that you're you're definitely gonna see Max Fried 337 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:23,760 Speaker 4: at the top of the rotation on opening day, assuming 338 00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 4: he's healthy. Cam Schlitzler, assuming he's healthy, is a lot 339 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 4: for the opening day rotation, as is Louise Heal unless 340 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 4: they trade him this winter, which is a non zero possibility, 341 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,760 Speaker 4: but I think they'll hang on too. I mean, this 342 00:18:35,800 --> 00:18:37,719 Speaker 4: guy Rookie of the Year a couple of years ago. Okay, 343 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 4: and right now it looks like Will Warren and Ryan Yarborough. 344 00:18:41,240 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 4: Is that the greatest starting five in the history of baseball? No, 345 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 4: but at some point you get Carlos rodon back, you 346 00:18:46,600 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 4: get Garrett cole back, and then you know, if somebody 347 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:52,240 Speaker 4: gets hurt, then maybe you see some of the younger 348 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 4: guys come up. The Carlos Lagron Hey, you know, the 349 00:18:55,520 --> 00:18:59,080 Speaker 4: Elma Rodriguez Cruz. I don't know if we're gonna see 350 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,320 Speaker 4: Clark Schmidt year. If we do, it'll be kind of 351 00:19:01,359 --> 00:19:03,720 Speaker 4: like that Jordan Montgomery situation a couple of years ago 352 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 4: where he came back in September, pitched a couple of 353 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,920 Speaker 4: innings but really didn't contribute a whole lot other than that. 354 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 4: Here is Marvin. We got two calls about the same things. 355 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:14,359 Speaker 7: It was good. Derek. 356 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:16,280 Speaker 6: This his Marvin calling it from Columbus. 357 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:18,919 Speaker 3: Yeah, I just had an idea. 358 00:19:18,960 --> 00:19:19,120 Speaker 5: Man. 359 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,280 Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people are talking about. 360 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:23,440 Speaker 6: This for the Yankees, but I just saw your episode. 361 00:19:23,480 --> 00:19:25,160 Speaker 6: I loved it about and Paul Kains. 362 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:28,440 Speaker 1: I feel like I think Castiza is a solution. 363 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 4: In the sense of we have a lot though there 364 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 4: already now and Judge, we played for Tatis and we 365 00:19:35,080 --> 00:19:36,280 Speaker 4: can put him in the shortstop. 366 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:37,760 Speaker 5: That's the solution. 367 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:38,199 Speaker 6: I was. 368 00:19:38,240 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 5: I was like talking to some padre stancy. 369 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: He told me, you know, Tatis was never that shortstop, 370 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:43,480 Speaker 1: you know. 371 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:44,919 Speaker 5: I mean like, I think he's gonna love that. 372 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:47,080 Speaker 6: He's gonna love the fact that little New York and 373 00:19:47,119 --> 00:19:49,760 Speaker 6: play and be the bether Yankee starting shortstop. 374 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 5: Was just looking at the Bernando Tatis trade rumors. What 375 00:19:56,240 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 5: about getting rid of Anthony Vope and Ndoma is getting 376 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 5: Tattos and then having Tasties play short again. This is Marcos. 377 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:11,840 Speaker 3: I didn't California appreciated Marcus. 378 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:13,719 Speaker 4: I think it's interesting we had two people call in 379 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:17,399 Speaker 4: on the same day about, uh, Fernando Tatties possibly playing 380 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 4: short I hadn't even thought about that. He has played 381 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:24,359 Speaker 4: some shortstop in the past. Uh, but that's an interesting thought. 382 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 4: I hadn't I hadn't really considered that. I don't think 383 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 4: Tatis is gonna play shortstop for the Yankees. I think 384 00:20:31,520 --> 00:20:33,160 Speaker 4: if they get him, they wouldut him in left field. 385 00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 4: And I don't think you need to trade Volpi and 386 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:38,600 Speaker 4: Domingez to get him because you're picking up so much 387 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 4: of a of a big contract. If they decide to 388 00:20:41,119 --> 00:20:43,840 Speaker 4: unload him, it's gonna be basically a salary dump. Here's 389 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 4: Brian Bashman says. Will Warren is twenty six years old 390 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 4: and has improved every year. Warren had good runs and 391 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 4: it was a reliable starter last year. Why does he 392 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 4: get no respect? I think it's recency biased. He struggled 393 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:56,359 Speaker 4: in the second half. You know, he gave up you know, 394 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,160 Speaker 4: think how many home runs Carlos Rodin gave up? Okay, well, well, 395 00:21:00,160 --> 00:21:01,880 Speaker 4: Will Warren gave up the same amount of home runs 396 00:21:01,880 --> 00:21:04,320 Speaker 4: in about thirty last innings, more than thirty last innings. 397 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 4: So he was kind of a meatball factory. And I 398 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 4: think I have I think I have something to say 399 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,160 Speaker 4: about that. 400 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:12,080 Speaker 3: Somewhere. 401 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 4: Where is it, I've got some, I've got some. Oh, 402 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:18,880 Speaker 4: I don't know where it is I had the meatball 403 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,480 Speaker 4: thing ready to go here. It is time to stop 404 00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:27,480 Speaker 4: throwing these. I've got this new uh set up here 405 00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:29,400 Speaker 4: I've been trying to This is my first test run 406 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,520 Speaker 4: with the new setup. So I've got a big iPad 407 00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 4: here and it's got all this stuff programmed on. So 408 00:21:34,280 --> 00:21:38,320 Speaker 4: I've got buttons where I can like show different ViOS 409 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 4: is what we call them, you know, so like Domingas 410 00:21:42,160 --> 00:21:46,560 Speaker 4: versus Jones or or or you know, Bellie versus Tucker, 411 00:21:49,200 --> 00:21:51,639 Speaker 4: where you know, I can display all this stuff and 412 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 4: have a lot more options of things that I can 413 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 4: show you guys. But I haven't quite figured out where 414 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 4: everything is yet. I knew this was gonna happen. 415 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:07,960 Speaker 3: That is destiny fulfilled. Richard C. 416 00:22:08,320 --> 00:22:10,840 Speaker 4: Says, we do have a history of trading with the 417 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,200 Speaker 4: Padres Soto with taking Manny's contract help with the cost. 418 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:17,879 Speaker 4: Chase Headley was a San Diego third basement we traded for. 419 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:21,480 Speaker 4: I don't know if I want Machado at this point. 420 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 4: I mean, he's aging fast. But let's take a look 421 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 4: at Machado's numbers last year, just out of cure curiosity. 422 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 4: I'm interested to see what he did, all right, hang on, 423 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:39,639 Speaker 4: so last year he hit two seventy five at twenty 424 00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:42,800 Speaker 4: seven home runs and ninety five ribies thirty three years old. 425 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,080 Speaker 4: A lot of mileage on him though, you know he 426 00:22:45,160 --> 00:22:47,359 Speaker 4: did come up at nineteen. He's been a really good 427 00:22:47,400 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 4: player for his career, three hundred and sixty nine home runs, 428 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 4: pretty consistent. That's a second year and a Roways hit 429 00:22:52,160 --> 00:22:54,680 Speaker 4: two seventy five, year before that, two fifty eight, year 430 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:57,400 Speaker 4: before that, two ninety eight. I mean, he hits her contact. 431 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:58,240 Speaker 4: He's got power. 432 00:22:59,520 --> 00:22:59,719 Speaker 3: You know. 433 00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:01,800 Speaker 4: I don't think that the Yankees would get them now though, 434 00:23:01,800 --> 00:23:03,440 Speaker 4: because they you know, they had a chance to get 435 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 4: him years ago and they passed. So let's take a 436 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 4: quick word from our sponsor. Then back to wrap things up. 437 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:12,920 Speaker 8: AJ, We're going to do things a little bit differently here. 438 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:16,959 Speaker 8: I am wearing the perfect Gene and I remember seeing 439 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 8: ads for the perfect gene, like most comfortable fit ever, 440 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:24,880 Speaker 8: perfect fit on your body, and I was like, I'm 441 00:23:24,880 --> 00:23:28,879 Speaker 8: not buying it. 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Vjas's Manny's contract is atrocious. 468 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,520 Speaker 4: I'm gonna go ahead and say I agree with that. 469 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:47,080 Speaker 4: We got to call here about the Guardians in Kwan. 470 00:24:47,280 --> 00:24:48,160 Speaker 2: Hey it, what's up, Derek. 471 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 6: I don't know if you saw a report that came 472 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:54,600 Speaker 6: out today of the Guardians being open to trading Stephen Kwang. 473 00:24:55,680 --> 00:24:58,119 Speaker 6: They mentioned that the Guardians are looking for a better 474 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 6: center field option and looking to add power. I find 475 00:25:02,160 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 6: it funny that what was it like a few weeks 476 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 6: ago someone, I think it was y N why I mentioned, 477 00:25:08,880 --> 00:25:12,160 Speaker 6: you know, straight up Jones for Kwan, and now thinking 478 00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:14,359 Speaker 6: about it because of this report today, it makes sense, 479 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:20,600 Speaker 6: you know, centerfield option, power, cheap and controllable like Jones. 480 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,040 Speaker 6: But the only thing that kills me is that, Okay, 481 00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:25,239 Speaker 6: if you get Kwan, which that'd be great if it 482 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 6: was possible, just straight up, what do you do with Domingus? Like, honestly, 483 00:25:30,840 --> 00:25:33,119 Speaker 6: you've made me such a fan of him that I 484 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:34,920 Speaker 6: can't give up on the kid, Like I'd rather put 485 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,800 Speaker 6: him in center field and let Bellinger walk for kwants 486 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 6: to be on left fielder than trade Domingus. Like, I 487 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,440 Speaker 6: really can't give up on a huge I would rather 488 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,639 Speaker 6: take a few years of Jason Domingus four to five 489 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 6: years than Cody Bellinger. 490 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 3: That's an interesting call. 491 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,840 Speaker 4: Look, I'm a believer in Jason Dominguez, and I'm still 492 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,680 Speaker 4: a believer. He showed me a lot of the things 493 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:56,840 Speaker 4: this year that made me a believer. In the first place. 494 00:25:56,880 --> 00:25:59,320 Speaker 4: You've got a slow heart beat. You know, he takes 495 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,640 Speaker 4: close pick, he's patient at the plate. Remember he got 496 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:05,200 Speaker 4: to the major leagues very fast. And when he got 497 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 4: to the major leagues, he was comfortable right away, and 498 00:26:07,119 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 4: then he got hurt, and I think he struggled a 499 00:26:08,840 --> 00:26:11,240 Speaker 4: little bit since you know, getting hurt. He's not a 500 00:26:11,240 --> 00:26:14,760 Speaker 4: good outfielder. Okay, he is not a good outfielder, but 501 00:26:15,359 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 4: I think that give him time, he will hit, especially 502 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 4: if he goes down to the Dominican League and hits 503 00:26:21,440 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 4: from the right side, like it sounds like he's going to. 504 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:26,919 Speaker 4: But you know, I think he's going to be a 505 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 4: good player, and I want to stick with him. But 506 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,320 Speaker 4: also that thing I was saying before about a perfectly 507 00:26:32,359 --> 00:26:36,200 Speaker 4: constructed team, right, you don't always need the highest war players. 508 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:38,560 Speaker 4: You don't always need the biggest stats. You need the 509 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 4: right mix of guys, and Kwan is a guy who 510 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 4: makes contact, who puts the ball in play. He could 511 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 4: be somebody that helps his team out, but again, the 512 00:26:46,880 --> 00:26:50,399 Speaker 4: metrics don't love him, although I think he's a pretty 513 00:26:50,400 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 4: good player. So if the Yankees miss out on Bellinger, 514 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:57,320 Speaker 4: Kwan maybe for center field. I could see that, but 515 00:26:57,400 --> 00:26:59,639 Speaker 4: I think the Yankees are ready to roll the dice 516 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:04,760 Speaker 4: with mister Spencer Jones. All right, ladies and gentlemen, that 517 00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 4: is it for me. I'm gonna try my new outro button. 518 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 4: Make sure it works again, like subscribe all that good stuff, 519 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:14,359 Speaker 4: and i'll see probably Thursday night. 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