WEBVTT - State of the Yankees: First Impressions 0:00:01.680 --> 0:00:02.360 Going to cook. 0:00:02.440 --> 0:00:02.840 That's all. 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:09.600 Welcome back, everybody, Welcome back. It is Thursday, August sixth, 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:12.640 and the Yankees have an off night. Hope your off 0:00:12.720 --> 0:00:16.239 day is going well for fans. An off day for 0:00:16.280 --> 0:00:19.520 the team is also kind of an off day for us, right, 0:00:19.600 --> 0:00:22.800 I mean, this is the first time in thirteen days 0:00:23.320 --> 0:00:26.160 that I'm not doing a postgame show, and it's weird. 0:00:26.200 --> 0:00:29.000 I don't know what to do with my hands. I've 0:00:29.000 --> 0:00:33.760 been playing the new Madden It's okay, but I'm ready 0:00:33.760 --> 0:00:36.960 to talk some baseball. I just saw, actually a trailer 0:00:37.840 --> 0:00:41.319 for a new John Taturo movie which is called The 0:00:41.360 --> 0:00:43.920 Only Living Pickpocket in New York, which I can only 0:00:43.960 --> 0:00:46.160 assume is about John Carlos date. 0:00:47.720 --> 0:00:48.680 I kid John Carlo. 0:00:49.200 --> 0:00:51.280 Something I like to do time from time to time 0:00:51.320 --> 0:00:54.000 on this channel is I like to take a step 0:00:54.040 --> 0:00:56.120 back and look at the state of the team, because 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:59.920 I know not everyone is as psychotic as a lot 0:00:59.920 --> 0:01:01.880 of us, as the people in this chat, as me. 0:01:03.000 --> 0:01:05.840 Not everybody watches All one hundred and sixty two, especially 0:01:05.840 --> 0:01:08.080 when the Yankees are getting three or four hits in 0:01:08.120 --> 0:01:11.480 a game, scoring one or two runs most games, and 0:01:11.640 --> 0:01:16.120 even when you know the people who are watching probably 0:01:16.120 --> 0:01:20.280 aren't watching every single pitch. I like to kind of 0:01:20.360 --> 0:01:23.840 just reiterate some of my thoughts, just some of the 0:01:23.920 --> 0:01:26.360 storylines so that everybody can kind of just stay on 0:01:26.400 --> 0:01:28.920 the same page and know what's going on with the team. 0:01:28.959 --> 0:01:31.080 So every once in a while, I like to walk 0:01:31.120 --> 0:01:34.720 through where the team stands, the recent storylines, what's coming next, 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:38.039 just to set the stage, you know, for what might 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:40.720 be coming down the pipe here. And we're entering a 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:43.920 pennant race and for a lot of the diehards out there, 0:01:44.720 --> 0:01:47.000 some of what I'm gonna say might feel redundant because 0:01:47.000 --> 0:01:48.600 we talk about a lot of these things on the 0:01:48.680 --> 0:01:51.000 channel all the time. But I want to give some 0:01:51.080 --> 0:01:53.520 of my first impressions of the new players that the 0:01:53.600 --> 0:01:56.120 Yankees acquired at the trade deadline. I want to talk 0:01:56.120 --> 0:01:58.920 about our new rookie shortstop, George Lombard Junior, who has 0:01:58.960 --> 0:02:02.600 been nothing short of sensational. I want to take a 0:02:02.680 --> 0:02:05.040 look at the state of the American League East end 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:08.760 of the wild Card, because it seems like the Red 0:02:08.800 --> 0:02:11.560 Sox are coming. They are right on the Yankees heels 0:02:11.639 --> 0:02:15.080 right now, and I want to figure out exactly how 0:02:15.120 --> 0:02:18.760 they're doing it. Also, we got some voicemails to get to. 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:25.080 But let's begin with the summer of George George Lombard Junior, 0:02:25.639 --> 0:02:29.200 because he has taken the city by storm over his 0:02:29.240 --> 0:02:32.120 first couple of days of his career. And look, it's 0:02:32.160 --> 0:02:36.320 only been a couple of games, but he's been impressive. 0:02:36.360 --> 0:02:38.760 Nobody should be fitting him for a plaque and monument 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:42.240 park yet. But you can see why the Yankees are 0:02:42.240 --> 0:02:47.239 so excited about this kid. It's instantaneous to recognize how 0:02:47.240 --> 0:02:50.000 good he is at shortstop. I mean, he is just 0:02:50.080 --> 0:02:53.160 smooth as soak, already too defensive run saved which is 0:02:53.160 --> 0:02:55.320 half as many as Volpi had. And there's been a 0:02:55.320 --> 0:02:58.480 lot of talk on social media about, oh, we shouldn't 0:02:58.480 --> 0:03:03.079 compare Lombard to Volpi. He take it easy on Volpee. Guys, 0:03:03.240 --> 0:03:06.920 can we be real. This isn't daycare, This is a 0:03:06.960 --> 0:03:12.600 professional baseball team. This is competition at the highest level. 0:03:12.639 --> 0:03:15.560 Of course we're gonna compare the shortstops that are available 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:16.400 on the roster. 0:03:16.480 --> 0:03:17.280 Of course we are. 0:03:17.560 --> 0:03:20.359 And so far, George Lombard Junior seems like the best 0:03:20.360 --> 0:03:22.359 shortstop defensively that we have. 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:23.880 Bar Nutt. 0:03:25.000 --> 0:03:29.880 The arm strength is clearly elite, clearly elite the athleticism 0:03:30.160 --> 0:03:34.000 jumps off the screen, the diving play last night. I mean, 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:37.040 there were some legitimate, legitimate concerns about whether or not 0:03:37.120 --> 0:03:38.840 he would hit major league pitching. 0:03:39.720 --> 0:03:40.920 But he already has a home. 0:03:40.840 --> 0:03:45.000 Run and a hard line drive single, so he's looked okay. 0:03:45.320 --> 0:03:47.680 He's only twenty one years old, he has not had 0:03:47.720 --> 0:03:51.080 a lot of experience at the upper levels of the 0:03:51.120 --> 0:03:54.440 minor leagues, but he has not looked overmatched through the 0:03:54.480 --> 0:03:56.280 first couple of games. The first thing I look at 0:03:56.280 --> 0:03:59.600 with a young player, and I'm not expecting these guys 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:01.480 to come up and hit three hundred or hit for 0:04:01.520 --> 0:04:03.160 a ton of power. I want to see if the 0:04:03.240 --> 0:04:05.520 moment looks too big for them right. I want to 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.360 see if they're chasing pitches that are nowhere near the 0:04:08.360 --> 0:04:12.400 strike zone. I want to see if they're taking close 0:04:12.440 --> 0:04:15.520 pitches right and trying to work the count with some 0:04:15.640 --> 0:04:19.240 kind of a situational awareness. And so far, he's looked comfortable, 0:04:19.240 --> 0:04:22.960 and he looks like he's doing that, and he keeps 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:24.800 getting on base. He had a nice stretch at thirty 0:04:24.800 --> 0:04:26.360 games in the minor leagues, and he's been on base 0:04:26.360 --> 0:04:28.719 in each of his first two major league games. 0:04:29.240 --> 0:04:33.680 So very impressive. We haven't seen enough. 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.440 Yet to know exactly what kind of offensive player he's 0:04:36.480 --> 0:04:40.640 gonna become. There's gonna be adjuntments by both Lombard and 0:04:40.680 --> 0:04:44.760 by the league's approach to him. And there's gonna be 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:49.039 stretches where the pitchers are finding weaknesses. They're attacking those 0:04:49.040 --> 0:04:52.520 weaknesses trying to exploit them over and over and over again. 0:04:53.640 --> 0:04:56.640 But I feel confident that he's got the baseball IQ 0:04:56.800 --> 0:04:59.200 and he's been around the game long enough that he 0:04:59.279 --> 0:05:02.400 will recognize is that it's a chess match and occasionally 0:05:02.440 --> 0:05:06.160 you have to adjust. And that's the thing about great athletes. 0:05:06.880 --> 0:05:09.719 They're able to adjust. And he is a great athlete. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:15.480 He comes from an athletic family, and the athleticism just 0:05:15.560 --> 0:05:19.400 jumps off the screen. They clearly believed that he could 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:22.240 step up as the shortstop, and that's why they didn't 0:05:22.279 --> 0:05:24.920 trade for anyone at the deadline. Now, a lot of 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:27.360 people were upset that the Yankees didn't really do anything 0:05:27.360 --> 0:05:30.400 to address the middle of the infield that the deadline, 0:05:32.040 --> 0:05:34.640 and that's because they knew this kid was coming. But 0:05:34.760 --> 0:05:37.839 I wish that they had called him up before the deadline, 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:41.120 because when you wait till after it makes it feel 0:05:41.120 --> 0:05:45.599 like the move was a response to not improving the roster. 0:05:45.760 --> 0:05:48.080 In other ways, it's like, well, we didn't get an infielder, 0:05:48.120 --> 0:05:51.279 so let's give him George Lombard. And I don't think 0:05:51.279 --> 0:05:54.560 that's fair to him, right. He's not some consolation prize. 0:05:54.960 --> 0:05:57.880 He's one of the best young players in the game. 0:05:57.920 --> 0:06:01.640 He was the top twenty prospect Baseball according to MLB Pipeline, 0:06:02.240 --> 0:06:04.720 and he deserves to be evaluated on his own merits. 0:06:05.920 --> 0:06:08.120 One of the things we've heard about the Yankees recently, 0:06:08.480 --> 0:06:10.680 and it's become obvious to those of us who are watching, 0:06:11.760 --> 0:06:16.000 is that the offense is boring. It's slow, it's predictable, 0:06:16.240 --> 0:06:19.240 it's waiting around for somebody to hit home runs. Lombard 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.760 at least could bring some energy, could be a base 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.920 hit guy, could be a guy who runs the bass 0:06:23.960 --> 0:06:25.919 as well. That's something we've seen with some of the 0:06:25.920 --> 0:06:30.039 younger players is they have speed. Lombard is fast. Spencer 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:33.200 Jones is fast. Now Spencer Jones strikes out too much, 0:06:33.200 --> 0:06:34.800 he swings and misses too much, and we'll talk about 0:06:34.839 --> 0:06:37.440 him later, but he has got all the athletic talent. 0:06:37.640 --> 0:06:42.359 I mean, he is truly remarkably remarkable athletically, both of 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:47.799 these guys. But Luis Garcia Junior, the other Yankees pickup 0:06:47.920 --> 0:06:50.799 or one of the other Yankees pickups at the deadline. 0:06:51.200 --> 0:06:54.280 He was brought in via trade from the Nationals. Through 0:06:54.320 --> 0:06:56.520 the first couple of games, I see some positives. You know, 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.760 he's had some really good at bats. He had an 0:06:58.760 --> 0:07:03.760 eleven pitch walk yesterday. He has looked comfortable. You know, 0:07:03.839 --> 0:07:06.000 some guys get to the Yankees and they look uncomfortable, 0:07:06.000 --> 0:07:09.960 and you can tell right away they look uncomfortable. Devin Williams, 0:07:10.000 --> 0:07:12.680 for example, never looked comfortable as a Yankee. I mean 0:07:12.680 --> 0:07:14.400 he always looked like he was about to throw up. 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:14.600 Right. 0:07:14.640 --> 0:07:16.280 You ever seen that movie The Scout where the guy 0:07:16.320 --> 0:07:17.880 throws up on the mount. I always thought that was 0:07:17.920 --> 0:07:21.080 gonna be Devin Williams. Garcia, he's just kind of loose 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.360 and relax, like, bring it on, let's go. But he's 0:07:23.360 --> 0:07:27.280 a New Yorker, and New Yorkers they have that you know, 0:07:28.040 --> 0:07:29.240 gusto right he is. 0:07:29.440 --> 0:07:30.840 He is not afraid of the big moment. 0:07:30.920 --> 0:07:32.800 He's got titanium nuts. 0:07:33.520 --> 0:07:35.880 I already hit a big, two run, go ahead home 0:07:35.960 --> 0:07:38.240 run in his debut. They lost the game, but that 0:07:38.280 --> 0:07:41.480 was a huge moment. He also got picked off, and 0:07:41.480 --> 0:07:44.200 that's been a recurring problem for the Yankee, So clearly 0:07:44.200 --> 0:07:48.880 he understood the assignment immediately. But putting that aside, there's 0:07:48.920 --> 0:07:51.760 a couple of things that have impressed me with him. One, 0:07:51.840 --> 0:07:56.480 he's a pretty good first baseman. He is only ranked 0:07:56.480 --> 0:07:58.840 in the fifty ninth percentile, but he's got a really 0:07:58.840 --> 0:08:02.120 good arm for a first base baseman. His foots, his 0:08:02.960 --> 0:08:06.560 what's it called footwork looks incredible around the bag. He 0:08:06.560 --> 0:08:09.640 looks like a real first baseman. The other thing is 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:13.280 his bat speed. He has got very very good batspeed. 0:08:13.360 --> 0:08:14.960 Now it only shows him to be in the seventy 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.360 second percentile, but that's still basically top. 0:08:17.200 --> 0:08:18.000 Quarter of the league. 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.760 You look at the MLB percentile rankings, a lot of 0:08:21.760 --> 0:08:23.720 red on that screen man, and he gets a lot 0:08:23.720 --> 0:08:26.000 of hits to all fields. He's got over one hundred 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:30.280 hits this year. You know, I think he's gonna be good. 0:08:30.320 --> 0:08:33.520 Just going by the eye test, I think he's gonna 0:08:33.520 --> 0:08:37.319 be pretty good, you know. And the thing about guys 0:08:37.320 --> 0:08:39.200 with bat speed is they can let the ball travel, 0:08:39.679 --> 0:08:42.199 they can swing late and still do damage. Is a 0:08:42.280 --> 0:08:44.200 bat yesterday the eleven pitch at bat that he had 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.400 where he ended up drawing a walk. It reminded me 0:08:46.480 --> 0:08:49.360 a lot of that seven or eight pitch at bat 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:52.200 that Juan Soto had against the Guardians in the Pennant 0:08:52.200 --> 0:08:54.240 where he hit the home run. And there's already been 0:08:54.280 --> 0:08:58.760 some comparisons between Luis Garcia and Soto, not from me 0:08:58.960 --> 0:09:01.920 or from really any of the Yankees people that I've heard. 0:09:02.080 --> 0:09:03.480 They might have talked about it a little bit on 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:05.760 the broadcast, but it was really from the Nationals. They 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:07.720 saw him as a Wan Soto type when they got him. 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:10.680 He got up to the major leagues really young. He 0:09:10.720 --> 0:09:13.480 didn't take off like Soto did. He's been kind of 0:09:13.640 --> 0:09:16.319 a later bloomer. But he's still just twenty six years old, 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:19.400 and he's a big dude. Six one two, sixteen, got power, 0:09:19.520 --> 0:09:21.800 bat speed, hits for contact. 0:09:22.040 --> 0:09:23.800 Two years ago he hit two eighty two. 0:09:23.760 --> 0:09:25.840 In five hundred at bats, and he stole twenty bases, 0:09:26.280 --> 0:09:30.160 you know, twenty two bases. He's not stealing as much anymore, 0:09:30.360 --> 0:09:32.920 fourteen last year, only four this year, but he's hitting 0:09:32.960 --> 0:09:34.720 for more power twenty four home runs now. 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:35.240 Already. 0:09:35.920 --> 0:09:37.880 He looks like a guy who's going to be consistent. 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:41.440 Maybe not an MVP caliber hitter, but a legitimate threat, 0:09:41.640 --> 0:09:42.640 and you can see why. 0:09:42.480 --> 0:09:44.160 The Yankees picked him up. 0:09:44.920 --> 0:09:49.000 Well seriously, Elliott Ramos the other guy that they picked up. 0:09:49.840 --> 0:09:52.040 The easiest way I can describe what I've seen from 0:09:52.080 --> 0:09:54.160 Elliott Ramos so far is that he feels like a 0:09:54.360 --> 0:10:00.319 more mature and more developed version of Jason Dominguez. That 0:10:01.520 --> 0:10:04.160 he's got a lot of physical tools, but he's a 0:10:04.200 --> 0:10:07.800 little bit shaky in the outfield. I'm not entirely sure 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:11.560 that he's got a lot of baseball since he's not 0:10:11.600 --> 0:10:14.800 gonna run down every ball or suddenly turn the outfield 0:10:14.840 --> 0:10:18.120 into a strength. But you know, according to stat Cast, 0:10:18.160 --> 0:10:21.120 he's in the thirty fourth percentile defensively. But I think 0:10:21.160 --> 0:10:23.960 he's gonna hit. He's got a good swing, he's got 0:10:24.000 --> 0:10:27.120 a right field approach. He's got kind of a level swing, 0:10:27.240 --> 0:10:29.680 even though he strikes out a lot. I think he's 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:33.240 maybe a little bit late on pitches from what I've seen. 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:36.800 If he can intentionally drive the ball more to right field, 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.640 I think he's gonna do some damage. He did make 0:10:39.679 --> 0:10:41.400 the All Star team a couple of years ago. He 0:10:41.440 --> 0:10:43.319 hit twenty two home runs in twenty twenty four to 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.240 twenty one last season. This year, he was hitting two 0:10:45.320 --> 0:10:47.920 sixty with nine home runs when the Yankees picked him up, 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:49.960 but he had an il trip, so his numbers could 0:10:50.040 --> 0:10:50.439 be better. 0:10:50.720 --> 0:10:52.120 His average exit. 0:10:52.000 --> 0:10:54.800 Veloci this year is just under ninety two miles an hour, 0:10:55.559 --> 0:10:58.360 so he has been a guy who hits the ball 0:10:58.400 --> 0:11:01.560 hard when he hits it. So those are some real 0:11:01.600 --> 0:11:04.120 indicators that there's damage in his bat, even if the 0:11:04.120 --> 0:11:09.280 overall numbers aren't spectacular, and he's definitely an upgrade from 0:11:09.280 --> 0:11:12.800 somebody like Max Schumann. Schuman was with the Yankees for 0:11:12.800 --> 0:11:14.920 a while. It doesn't mean he can't contribute in a 0:11:15.120 --> 0:11:17.960 utility role, but Ramos really gives you a much better 0:11:18.040 --> 0:11:20.600 chance at getting some offense out of that spot. He 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:23.240 also seems to play hard, he runs balls out, he 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:25.240 seems like he's got a good attitude. He seems like 0:11:25.240 --> 0:11:28.760 he's a good clubhouse guy, which is super important. And 0:11:28.800 --> 0:11:30.320 when he got traded here, I saw a lot of 0:11:30.320 --> 0:11:33.560 Giants fans that were very, very sad to see him go. 0:11:34.679 --> 0:11:37.480 But now by my count, he is zero for three 0:11:38.000 --> 0:11:42.000 in challenging But outside of that, I like the way 0:11:42.040 --> 0:11:44.960 he has carried himself and using the right side of 0:11:44.960 --> 0:11:49.800 the field is gonna be successful for him in Yankee Stadium. 0:11:49.880 --> 0:11:53.439 All right, So big series coming up, Yanks will take 0:11:53.559 --> 0:12:00.280 on the Braves. He uh, he's a funny comment here. 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:00.640 Sorry. 0:12:00.720 --> 0:12:03.920 Collaborative film says Ramos swing reminds him of Cecil Fielder. 0:12:04.280 --> 0:12:06.840 That's interesting. I don't think he has quite the hitch 0:12:06.880 --> 0:12:10.400 that Big Daddy had. Big Daddy had almost a Gary 0:12:10.440 --> 0:12:14.240 Sheffield level hitch in his swing. I don't think Ramos 0:12:14.320 --> 0:12:17.880 quite has that. But I loved Cecil Fielder. That's a 0:12:17.920 --> 0:12:20.440 great flashback memory. I actually watched an interview with Cecil 0:12:20.480 --> 0:12:23.400 Fielder not too long ago that you mention that, but 0:12:23.679 --> 0:12:24.320 very good interview. 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:25.120 I recommend it. 0:12:25.640 --> 0:12:30.040 So the Braves first in the National leaguee sixty nine 0:12:30.080 --> 0:12:33.199 and forty five, the Yankees sixty four and fifty one. 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.880 Braves have scored more runs. The Yankees have allowed three 0:12:37.000 --> 0:12:40.760 fewer runs. The Braves have a better run differential. I remember, 0:12:40.920 --> 0:12:42.400 like a month and a half ago, the Yankees had 0:12:42.440 --> 0:12:46.120 a run differential of about one thirteen, and it's fallen dramatically. 0:12:47.040 --> 0:12:49.520 Braves hit for almost a twenty point higher average. They 0:12:49.600 --> 0:12:51.640 get on base more, they have a higher ops The 0:12:51.720 --> 0:12:54.120 Yankees have hit more home runs, but a lot of 0:12:54.160 --> 0:12:56.559 that obviously, you know, you take Aaron Judge out of there, 0:12:56.600 --> 0:13:01.439 that's the difference. Right, Judge has seventeen homer The Yankees 0:13:01.440 --> 0:13:04.640 have out homered the Braves by eleven, you know, so 0:13:05.160 --> 0:13:07.480 I think the Braves probably have more power than the 0:13:07.559 --> 0:13:11.000 Yankees at this moment. We'll see how Garcia impacts that. 0:13:11.000 --> 0:13:13.640 We'll see if Rice gets his swing back. Spencer Jones 0:13:13.679 --> 0:13:16.800 could always run into one. Yankees have a lower team 0:13:16.840 --> 0:13:19.560 ERA by you know, about a third of a run, 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.160 and they have a lower whip. We're gonna see three 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:24.840 pretty good pitching matchups in this series. Max Freed versus 0:13:24.920 --> 0:13:28.040 Tyler Mally. Now Freed is starting to get it together. 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:30.320 I'll talk about him more in second. Mally doesn't have 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.680 great numbers this year three to nine, five point one three, 0:13:32.679 --> 0:13:35.079 but that doesn't necessarily mean a lot against the Yankees. 0:13:35.320 --> 0:13:37.760 Chris Sale in Game two against Garrett Cole. We're gonna 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:40.160 need Garrett Cole to be a stud in that game. 0:13:40.679 --> 0:13:43.840 Garrett Cole has been pitching better. He is now five 0:13:43.920 --> 0:13:45.719 hundred five and five with a three point four two 0:13:45.720 --> 0:13:47.600 ERA and sales twelve and six with a two point 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:50.360 oh eight. What a career resurgence he has had. And 0:13:50.360 --> 0:13:52.120 then Grant Holmes who is seven and four with a 0:13:52.160 --> 0:13:55.680 three point six seven ERA in Game three against Cam Schlitler, 0:13:55.720 --> 0:13:58.480 who had a tough night. Let's talk about Max Freed 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:02.840 real quick, because his first time out he was spectacular, 0:14:03.240 --> 0:14:05.640 His next time out not quite as good. Obviously, his 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.080 third time he was a little bit better. 0:14:07.160 --> 0:14:08.000 And get a sip of what. 0:14:10.400 --> 0:14:12.280 I think we can start to expect Max Freed to 0:14:12.280 --> 0:14:15.319 be pretty much full strength, either this start or next start. 0:14:15.360 --> 0:14:19.800 I think he's basically fully back. The velocity is there, 0:14:19.880 --> 0:14:21.920 the command is there. It's just about getting deeper into 0:14:21.960 --> 0:14:25.760 the game. And you know, he's dominated lefties to a 0:14:25.760 --> 0:14:27.760 one point fifty six average. Right he's only hitting two 0:14:27.760 --> 0:14:29.760 to eight. He's only allowed one home run this season. 0:14:29.880 --> 0:14:31.960 So Max Freed having a very good year. I'll be 0:14:31.960 --> 0:14:34.320 interested to see what he gives the Yankees on Friday 0:14:34.400 --> 0:14:35.440 Night at the stadium. 0:14:35.600 --> 0:14:36.400 He has not been as. 0:14:36.320 --> 0:14:38.840 Good at home four point four to three ERA on 0:14:38.920 --> 0:14:42.040 the road two point five to six. Garrett cole going 0:14:42.080 --> 0:14:44.520 in Game two. As I mentioned, he's been throwing the 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:48.760 ball a little bit better lately, seventy eight strikeouts in 0:14:48.800 --> 0:14:51.600 seventy three and two thirds innings since coming off the 0:14:51.640 --> 0:14:54.240 injury list from Tommy Johns. So obviously the swinging misseduff. 0:14:54.240 --> 0:14:57.880 There's nine point six strikeouts per nine. He's on pace 0:14:57.960 --> 0:15:00.000 to strike out one hundred and ten over one hundred 0:15:00.080 --> 0:15:03.080 in three innings. And we've seen the velocity back, We've 0:15:03.080 --> 0:15:05.880 seen the command coming back. I think Garrett Cole is 0:15:05.960 --> 0:15:08.200 hitting his stride at just the right time. Lefties do 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.160 have nine home runs, but they're only hitting two o three. 0:15:10.160 --> 0:15:13.600 If he fixes the long ball problem, if he fixes 0:15:13.640 --> 0:15:22.480 the meatball problems. 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:20.280 Then I think he'll be okay. 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:20.920 Uh. 0:15:21.000 --> 0:15:22.080 And then Cam Schlitzler. 0:15:22.400 --> 0:15:25.320 You know, I am very interested to see what Cam 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:30.120 Schlitler does in this game because he has had a 0:15:30.160 --> 0:15:32.880 couple of bad starts and turned it on in the 0:15:32.880 --> 0:15:35.320 following game. He seems to treat that as a real motivation, 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:38.240 you know, motivator, motivator, motivational. 0:15:37.920 --> 0:15:38.880 Uh, motivator. 0:15:39.320 --> 0:15:42.000 Easy for me to say, but Camp Stiller in the 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:44.520 race for the cy Young, Dylan c seems to be 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:49.720 the other main car, main contestant for the cy Young. 0:15:50.200 --> 0:15:52.560 We'll see if he can build on his case. Right 0:15:52.560 --> 0:15:54.720 he's hitting just one ninety two against him left, he's 0:15:54.760 --> 0:15:57.240 hitting just two O four. I do think he's been 0:15:57.240 --> 0:15:59.560 overworked a little bit. And at home he is two 0:15:59.600 --> 0:16:01.280 and four with four point three to two on the 0:16:01.360 --> 0:16:03.600 road eight and two with a one point one zero. 0:16:03.760 --> 0:16:08.880 That is a stark, stark difference. So we take a 0:16:08.920 --> 0:16:14.280 look at the division. Here, White Sox beating the Red 0:16:14.320 --> 0:16:16.320 Sox four to two in the bottom of the fourth. 0:16:16.600 --> 0:16:20.120 Let's hope that score holes holds. I'm starting to run. 0:16:20.280 --> 0:16:23.320 My mouth is getting tired. I usually have a break 0:16:23.400 --> 0:16:25.320 by now, but there's no ad read. I have to 0:16:25.320 --> 0:16:27.720 do an ad read myself, so my mouth is a 0:16:27.760 --> 0:16:31.840 little bit tired. I'm sorry, guys. The Angels up four 0:16:31.840 --> 0:16:34.000 to one on the Orioles and the Cubs beating the 0:16:34.040 --> 0:16:39.680 Blue Jays three to two. So what to watch coming up? 0:16:39.960 --> 0:16:43.960 Cam Schlitzler turn it around. Also, is Austin Wells beginning 0:16:43.960 --> 0:16:45.600 to heat up. He's had a couple of good weeks 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:48.280 where he's been basically the Yankees' highest rate to hit 0:16:48.320 --> 0:16:51.720 it for the last couple of weeks. And Trent Grisham 0:16:51.760 --> 0:16:54.680 has been awful. We've got a number of calls about 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:57.640 Trent Grisham. Matter of fact, let's take a few calls 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.080 right now. You're Stephen from Maine. 0:17:02.080 --> 0:17:05.520 Yes, I Derek Steve calling from Maine, broken record warning, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:10.200 I am so tired of seeing Grisham fumble around out there. 0:17:11.240 --> 0:17:15.040 Even the great plays he make, he makes should be 0:17:15.080 --> 0:17:17.280 easy plays because it takes so long to get to 0:17:17.320 --> 0:17:20.800 the ball. Ninety percent of the center field is what 0:17:20.960 --> 0:17:23.399 have had that ball over his head. He has cost 0:17:23.440 --> 0:17:26.119 the Yanches so many games. You can see the difference 0:17:26.160 --> 0:17:28.680 a great field of makes by watching the new kid 0:17:29.920 --> 0:17:34.600 of Lombard. What a difference when having a great shortstop is. 0:17:35.000 --> 0:17:37.520 And it would be just as big a difference if 0:17:37.520 --> 0:17:39.600 we had a great center fielders. We should have gotten 0:17:39.680 --> 0:17:42.520 Jose Siri. That guy's a center fielders. He would have 0:17:42.520 --> 0:17:43.400 been easy to get. 0:17:44.280 --> 0:17:45.400 Get Grisham out of there. 0:17:45.359 --> 0:17:45.800 Good day. 0:17:46.480 --> 0:17:49.240 Appreciate the call, Stephen from Maine. So, Trent Grisham having 0:17:49.280 --> 0:17:52.119 a tough year. And it's interesting because there's a big 0:17:52.160 --> 0:17:56.080 dichotomy between his metrics would show him as mostly positive 0:17:56.119 --> 0:18:00.800 and his actual results to eleven average, twelve homers, three 0:18:00.840 --> 0:18:04.840 to ten, on base percentage six eighty nine ops. Last 0:18:04.920 --> 0:18:07.600 year his numbers were good. He had thirty four home 0:18:07.680 --> 0:18:10.440 runs eight twelve ops, not a great average, but he 0:18:10.600 --> 0:18:14.040 sort of split the difference between the previous two years, 0:18:14.520 --> 0:18:17.639 which is kind of what we figured would happen, which 0:18:17.800 --> 0:18:22.080 in my opinion, was not worth what twenty two million bucks. 0:18:22.160 --> 0:18:23.320 Here's another call about Brisham. 0:18:23.760 --> 0:18:28.040 Trent Grissom can't be in there, not at all. We 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:32.159 need Spencer in there, and Cashman's off set that he 0:18:32.200 --> 0:18:33.840 ain't doing nothing, but he. 0:18:34.600 --> 0:18:37.240 I'm gonna leave him in there because he I told 0:18:37.240 --> 0:18:38.120 you he's gonna be good. 0:18:38.200 --> 0:18:41.680 He's gonna be good. We need the young young guy 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:44.640 out there. That's it healthy. 0:18:45.000 --> 0:18:45.840 Get them balls. 0:18:46.160 --> 0:18:48.960 Nothing's gonna drop behind them. 0:18:49.320 --> 0:18:54.439 Griffom really sucks. Appreciate the call. Tell us how you 0:18:54.480 --> 0:18:59.960 really feel, all right, Spencer Jones, We'll see how much. 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:03.520 Here's more playing time he gets if Grisham continues to struggle. 0:19:04.119 --> 0:19:07.119 I think the problem with Spencer Jones is always going 0:19:07.200 --> 0:19:10.160 to be strikeouts. To me, he does everything else well. 0:19:10.280 --> 0:19:14.280 He plays good defense, He runs well, he gets down 0:19:14.320 --> 0:19:17.480 the line, he hustles, his power is immense when he 0:19:17.520 --> 0:19:20.400 makes contact, he hits hard. He runs every ball out 0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:25.840 I mean defensively, I think he would do a better 0:19:26.000 --> 0:19:29.440 job than Grisham, which, just as Steven mentioned, was important, 0:19:31.000 --> 0:19:35.359 but he might just strike out too much. Now, my 0:19:35.520 --> 0:19:38.600 hope for Spencer Jones over the next year or two 0:19:40.080 --> 0:19:42.240 is that he can become Joey Gallow. And I'm not 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.440 talking about Joey Gallo with the Yankees. I'm talking about 0:19:45.480 --> 0:19:48.360 Joey Gallow when he was good. There was a time 0:19:48.359 --> 0:19:52.320 where Joey Gallow was a pretty valuable player despite the strikeouts, 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:54.440 because he would hit forty home runs. 0:19:55.920 --> 0:19:57.600 But once he got to the Yankees. 0:19:57.400 --> 0:19:58.840 It was like he could only hit home runs in 0:19:58.920 --> 0:20:02.600 a certain spot on a certain speed. Spencer Jones I 0:20:02.600 --> 0:20:05.760 think will be a decent hitter because when he hits 0:20:05.800 --> 0:20:07.679 the ball, he hits it so hard that he's going 0:20:07.720 --> 0:20:11.240 to get some hits just on exit velocity. Like Paul 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:15.680