1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:01,600 Leash are you listening? Can you hear me? 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,480 This is unleashed. Are you listening? 3 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:05,480 Can you hear me with your home? Unleashed Are you listening here 4 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:06,680 to hear me? This is unleashed. 5 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,480 Can you hear me? Hear me, hear me. 6 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:11,920 Well, not everybody BT unleashed in the house. 7 00:00:11,920 --> 00:00:14,800 Welcome back on this Tuesday. Got a really good show for you. 8 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,240 Fun show a lot of baseball today. 9 00:00:17,320 --> 00:00:19,960 Obviously the trade deadline is on Thursday. 10 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:21,360 So we have a couple of days for that. 11 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:24,960 And that is the Yaddis watch. We wish we will continue to 12 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,920 monitor J Rods. Got eyes on that? 13 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,240 I don't think that the Knicks wind up getting Yanis. 14 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:31,480 I know they're going to make a push. 15 00:00:31,480 --> 00:00:34,440 You get you do get conflicting reports. 16 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:37,920 Ian Begley says the Knicks are going to make a strong move for 17 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,000 him. And Winhorse basically said the 18 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,160 exact opposite, that they're not even going to make a move for 19 00:00:43,160 --> 00:00:45,280 him, not make a real push. I don't think that they get 20 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:48,800 them, not for a lack of want or a lack of try. 21 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:51,760 I think it's going to be very complicated as I've chronicled 22 00:00:51,760 --> 00:00:53,840 here on the show. If you missed it, go back, check 23 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,960 out some of the previous shows, lot of Knick content obviously 24 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,000 where I, I just think it's going to be very complicated to get 25 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:02,720 that third team, which is going to be a necessity and maybe even 26 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,840 a fourth team, which would be, you know, which would increase 27 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:07,000 the odds of the Knicks getting him. 28 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,840 I think what it's all said and done, especially since they're 29 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:11,520 playing better. Not that I think that this 30 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:12,800 team's going to win a championship. 31 00:01:12,800 --> 00:01:15,360 I don't, but they have played better. 32 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,800 They almost have played some pretty bad teams during the six 33 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:19,880 game stretch. But you know, if they were like 34 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,440 losers of five of six or sixth straight rather than winners of 35 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:26,080 sixth straight, you know, you might have a a different 36 00:01:26,080 --> 00:01:29,200 motivation. I get the sense, you know, not 37 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:32,680 as a report, just as you know, whatever kind of connecting dots 38 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,560 here. I think that they think that 39 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:38,000 it's worth one swing with this team, which I kind of did as 40 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:39,720 well at earlier points in the year. 41 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,480 I know they've modified the defense a bit, which is pretty 42 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,480 interesting. It's kind of a, you know, it's a 43 00:01:44,480 --> 00:01:47,960 schematical thing where and then I'm going to jump right into the 44 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:50,160 baseball, but it's a schematical thing and it's actually working 45 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,000 out. I'm very curious how it works 46 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:53,960 out against better teams. Again, they played some bad 47 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:57,520 teams here, so they've kind of stabilized and gotten fat on 48 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,360 teams that they're absolutely supposed to be. 49 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:02,400 But basically the concept that they used to do was they would 50 00:02:02,400 --> 00:02:05,080 funnel everybody in from a defensive point of view and 51 00:02:05,080 --> 00:02:08,280 those I think they're giving up. I think I saw the stat like 91 52 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:10,759 1/2 points per game over the six game win streak. 53 00:02:10,759 --> 00:02:13,240 And again, you've got to temp for that in terms of who they're 54 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:16,480 playing, whatever some circumstances, but still, 91 1/2 55 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:18,960 points a game in 2026 is ridiculous. 56 00:02:19,200 --> 00:02:20,600 So you got to give him credit there. 57 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:25,000 I think that the the slight alteration, I think it's been 58 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:26,760 better for Cat. I think it's been better for 59 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,760 Jaylen Brunson from a defensive point of view. 60 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:32,680 And basically the old philosophy was, as I said, funnel everybody 61 00:02:32,680 --> 00:02:35,120 into the middle. Now they're basically funneling 62 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,600 everybody to the baseline, which has worked out. 63 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:41,000 We'll see if it's if it's got some legs behind it or if it's 64 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,680 just a little, you know, a little pop here that it seems 65 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:45,960 like it's cheap fix. But by the way, it's intriguing. 66 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,560 By the way, tomorrow 1st guest of the show, Sal's going to come 67 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:53,320 by looking forward to it. So me and Sal will will chop it 68 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:54,600 up. He's going to join about 15 69 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,560 minutes into the show, and I'm really looking forward to that. 70 00:02:58,560 --> 00:03:03,400 So tomorrow, Sal at 10:15 here on Unleashed. 71 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,080 OK, that's going to be awesome. Spread the word, let your 72 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,320 buddies know, obviously, like and subscribe. 73 00:03:08,640 --> 00:03:11,520 J Rod's going to pump in a bunch of texts, the good ones. 74 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,360 Now listen to what I wanted to do today. 75 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:16,880 And it's funny, sometimes something just hits you and 76 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,440 you're like, OK, this is it. Because when you structure a 77 00:03:19,440 --> 00:03:23,000 show, just. Being quick, the Giants made a 78 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:27,320 hire of a coordinator, Matt Nagy. 79 00:03:27,320 --> 00:03:29,840 Matt, Matt Nagy from the former league Chicago Bears. 80 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,440 I actually kind of like that. OK, Matt Nagy. 81 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,400 All right, so that is I like it. I think it's pretty solid there. 82 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:39,880 I think anytime you bring in somebody with with head coaching 83 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:44,000 experience, which Matt Nagy has. And by the way, you know, Matt 84 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:47,240 Nagy when he was with Mitch Trubisky in Chicago, I know it 85 00:03:47,240 --> 00:03:49,600 didn't really work out in Chicago, didn't really work out 86 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:53,360 with Mitch Trubisky, but Mitch Trubisky's best years were under 87 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,200 Matt Nagy. So I do. 88 00:03:55,320 --> 00:03:56,800 I don't know if I'd say it's a home run. 89 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:58,560 I like it. I think it's very excuse me, I 90 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:01,520 think it's very solid. Good job with that J Rod, by the 91 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:02,520 way. You see, that's what I'm saying. 92 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:05,160 That's that's why J Rod makes the big Bucks theory. 93 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:07,880 He's got to, you know, make sure you're missing anything on 94 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:09,880 social media. So we scouring that if anything 95 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:12,400 happens with the Knicks, with Giannis, anything with The Jets, 96 00:04:12,400 --> 00:04:15,800 OC J Rod knows he's got the green light, he's got the 97 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,120 latitude. Just pop in, let me know what's 98 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,279 going on, I'll react and then I'll get back to what's going 99 00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:22,160 on. Now, if it's a massive, massive 100 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,240 move by something like if it's Giannis, what I have prepared 101 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,000 today is going to be pushed to the side and we'll do all 102 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,720 Giannis. I don't think I need to do that 103 00:04:29,720 --> 00:04:33,000 with Matt Nagy. The big hire is John Horribaugh. 104 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:35,640 I gave you a little little background on Nagy. 105 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:36,760 I like him. I do like him. 106 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:39,480 I think anytime you get some head coaches in the building, 107 00:04:39,480 --> 00:04:42,720 which is why to me, Frank Reich is pretty appealing. 108 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:45,360 I don't think he's a home run either, but pretty appealing for 109 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,120 The Jets. Although it doesn't seem like 110 00:04:48,120 --> 00:04:50,360 The Jets are very series with Frank Reich, and it seemed like 111 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,520 they were. It seems like it's more Roman. 112 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:55,720 I don't know. I know they had the two 113 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,680 interviews yesterday, but I I just think that that's good now 114 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:01,240 that horrible doesn't need it. Like Aaron Glenn needs it. 115 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:02,920 I mean, Aaron Glenn needs everything. 116 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:06,000 I mean, jeez, I mean, yeah, you got to get this guy a clue and a 117 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,160 road map just to get this team out of the abyss. 118 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:13,040 But if John Horrible trust John. Matt Nagy, I think I think first 119 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:14,920 of all, you lean on that. You trust his instincts. 120 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:17,920 She's not bringing in somebody who's not good at his job. 121 00:05:17,920 --> 00:05:20,800 I think it there's got to be you know, there's got to be some 122 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,440 some concepts and and some philosophies that they share. 123 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:26,680 There's got to be an ability to work with each other. 124 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:27,840 So I like it. I do. 125 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:29,160 I think it's a good job by the Giants. 126 00:05:29,160 --> 00:05:32,400 All right, there you go some real time reaction to the giants 127 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,760 new OC All right, and now the giants staff is just about done. 128 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,040 Now The Jets will hopefully follow suit, get off their 129 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:43,600 behinds, get off their asses and find a way to get somebody to 130 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,320 take this job that, let's face it, you got to be pretty nuts to 131 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:48,800 take or you got to be pretty desperate. 132 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:52,440 Because the one thing contrary to the giant situation compared 133 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:55,440 to The Jets, like if you're going to work for John horrible 134 00:05:55,440 --> 00:05:58,960 #1 there's a, a real conviction that you're going to win right 135 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:01,280 away and that you're going to be very competitive right away. 136 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,960 Whereas if you sign on to be on Aaron Glenn staff, you know, if 137 00:06:04,960 --> 00:06:07,840 he's one and five or if he's 2 and 8 and the optics are awful 138 00:06:07,840 --> 00:06:10,440 and they're getting whacked like they were in December, Aaron 139 00:06:10,440 --> 00:06:12,640 Glenn is going to get fired. And then you are going to be 140 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,440 Elaine Belk and then the new coach, presumably somebody like 141 00:06:15,440 --> 00:06:18,960 Gruden or or, you know, make a make a big swing from Mike 142 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:20,760 Tomlin. You're going to be left on the 143 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,680 side of the road and you're not going to be valued and you're 144 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,440 going to be fired. Now you'll make the money. 145 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:28,080 But, you know, still, there's logistics, uprooting family and 146 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,000 moving across the country in some cases. 147 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:33,160 And, you know, putting the kids in school like that is the one 148 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:35,520 thing that does get lost a little bit when you talk about 149 00:06:35,520 --> 00:06:37,880 coaches. And, you know, yeah, these these 150 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:40,600 guys do make pretty good money. I mean, Harbaugh's basically 151 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:44,400 making 20 mil and an offensive coordinator of value is going to 152 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:47,200 make millions, not, you know, 67800 thousand. 153 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:48,840 He's going to pick, he's going to make millions. 154 00:06:48,840 --> 00:06:50,280 He's going to have a guaranteed deal. 155 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:53,680 I don't know if the terms will be as long as John, but that is 156 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:57,160 a, a, a basically a guaranteed safety net to join somebody 157 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,920 that's one that you trust, that you've got rapport with that 158 00:06:59,920 --> 00:07:03,080 you've got belief in. And the Giants building has been 159 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:06,120 stabilized because they brought in a winner and they brought in 160 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,280 a culture guy and they brought in somebody that everybody's 161 00:07:08,280 --> 00:07:10,080 lauded. Whereas with Aaron it again, 162 00:07:10,080 --> 00:07:11,640 it's it's pretty much the antithesis. 163 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,240 Not a knock on Aaron. I mean, he had an awful first 164 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:15,160 year. That's the knock. 165 00:07:15,160 --> 00:07:17,400 But it's just a very different evaluation. 166 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:21,240 So I think anybody that The Jets get, it's kind of out of 167 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:26,200 desperation or somebody who's trying to reignite a career 168 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,080 which could be laced with desperation. 169 00:07:28,080 --> 00:07:30,160 So there you go, that that just crept in and there you go. 170 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,840 So I dropped off my son how to work out last night. 171 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:34,360 I drive. It's funny the way I structure 172 00:07:34,360 --> 00:07:37,600 these shows, like when you're doing a show on the Fan, you 173 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,280 know, you know, you're going to get a ton of calls and you're 174 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,440 going to, you know, have a, a main topic or, or, and, and then 175 00:07:42,440 --> 00:07:45,880 obviously a secondary topic. And of course, we got lucky. 176 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,240 There were a lot of stories when me and Sal were on the air, like 177 00:07:49,240 --> 00:07:51,840 it was like, for whatever reason, they just they 178 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,440 parachuted into BT and Sal like that's, that's the show that 179 00:07:55,440 --> 00:07:58,520 that got all the breaking news, which was a lot of fun and we 180 00:07:58,520 --> 00:08:01,560 got to get that live reaction. Now some days are easy. 181 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:05,360 You know, Monday after a jet giant game coach gets fired. 182 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:07,160 I mean, those are layups. You come out and Give your 183 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:08,280 opinion. I mean, you hammer the phones 184 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:09,560 for four hours, you call it a day. 185 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:12,400 It's a little different with a, with a, with a YouTube show. 186 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,640 There's got to be a little bit more structure and some days 187 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,520 it's a little less obvious what I'm going to talk about. 188 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:21,760 So I dropped my son off at the at the workout. 189 00:08:21,760 --> 00:08:24,200 As I said, I'm like, what do I feel like doing tomorrow? 190 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,520 Like, all right, we did Yanis the other day. 191 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,200 We're not going to get news tonight. 192 00:08:28,200 --> 00:08:29,800 I don't think, I don't think we'll get news today. 193 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:32,120 This was me thinking last night. I don't think we'll get news 194 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:34,799 today. You know, obviously the Giants 195 00:08:34,799 --> 00:08:37,400 situation is fairly resolved, although we just got that nugget 196 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:39,760 right there with the OC. You know, I'm not going to get 197 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:42,039 on the air and talk about mix in terms of the winning streak. 198 00:08:42,039 --> 00:08:44,039 I'm not going to lead with St. John's, although I will give you 199 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:47,320 a little bit of of St. John's game tonight and more 200 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,280 importantly, UConn on Friday at the Garden. 201 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:51,840 Like, what do I want to do? I say I want to do baseball. 202 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,720 What do you think I want to do? So I have constructed a list 203 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,360 right now. This is both for the Yankee and 204 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,680 the Mets fan. I've got the 10 burning 205 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:03,080 questions, the questions, the most pressing issues that will 206 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,560 face the Yanks and the Mets coming into the season. 207 00:09:05,560 --> 00:09:09,240 Now, just a little Full disclosure here there. 208 00:09:09,240 --> 00:09:12,720 I very easily could have added to the list like, you know, will 209 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:14,920 the Mets were the Yankees and I think more the Mets at that 210 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,880 point because I think they've got a better farm system by a 211 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:20,920 mile and they've probably got more of an appetite to to pay 212 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,200 school whatever he's going to demand when he is on the open 213 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,640 market. But I didn't incorporate things 214 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,280 that could happen or I think should happen or maybe could 215 00:09:30,280 --> 00:09:32,960 happen. This is basically as, yes, I 216 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:34,280 know Booty's already down to Tampa. 217 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:37,440 He got there yesterday. And I'm sure Mendy's in the 218 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,080 vicinity as well, Port Saint Lucie. 219 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,080 So this is more like what the teams have already done. 220 00:09:42,280 --> 00:09:44,800 Who's already on the team. It's not a projection of what I 221 00:09:44,800 --> 00:09:47,640 think they will do. It's currently as currently 222 00:09:47,640 --> 00:09:50,760 constituted, all right, as currently constructed, both 223 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:55,600 rosters, the 10 most pressing issues for the Yankees and the 224 00:09:55,600 --> 00:09:56,920 Mets. And we'll go in descending 225 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:58,480 order. And it's a total list. 226 00:09:58,480 --> 00:10:00,800 So I think there's six Yankees. I think there's four Mets or 227 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,560 maybe even 5 and 5. I actually think or might be one 228 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:06,800 more Yankee item. But we started #10 #10 is a bad 229 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:09,600 issue and #10 starts with Sean Manaya. 230 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:12,240 All right, So is Sean Manaya going to bounce back? 231 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:15,400 That that to me is number 10 #10 will Sean Manaya bounce back? 232 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:19,880 Now, to be clear, Sean doesn't have to, you know, re establish 233 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:23,640 himself as the staff base that he was the final eighteen starts 234 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:27,280 of the season back in 2024 where the Mets almost made a World 235 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:28,680 Series run. Well, I mean they made a real 236 00:10:28,680 --> 00:10:30,480 run, almost got to the World Series. 237 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:34,320 And that obviously with Sean coincided with the tweak in the 238 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:37,360 wind up, obviously coming more from the outside, a little bit 239 00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:40,840 more deceptive and everything just married and and he really 240 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:43,160 did look like an ace. And I've never thought even when 241 00:10:43,160 --> 00:10:47,680 Sean was a young ascending interesting picture. 242 00:10:48,600 --> 00:10:51,640 I never viewed him as a guy who had top shelf a stuff. 243 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,480 And and you know that that's fine because I think in this 244 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,760 situation, I don't think he has to be with Peralta One, I would 245 00:10:58,760 --> 00:11:00,760 imagine McClain too. I mean, sure, if you want to 246 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,000 protect McClain, you can even throw you could put Manaya 2 to 247 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:08,760 start the year and McClain 3 or even Peterson 3, McClain 4 Homes 248 00:11:08,760 --> 00:11:10,760 5. There's a lot of different 249 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:13,640 variations as to how the Mets can structure their their 250 00:11:13,640 --> 00:11:16,480 starting rotation. Obviously it's gone. 251 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:19,840 I believe Tong at some point, not to start the year, but I 252 00:11:19,840 --> 00:11:22,840 believe at some point Tom will be in the mix and get the and 253 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,240 get the baseball with with decent frequency. 254 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:27,560 I think at the end of the year, Tong's probably going to be in 255 00:11:27,560 --> 00:11:29,200 the rotation. I like him. 256 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,880 I like him, so I'm a fan of his. I'm a massive believer in 257 00:11:32,880 --> 00:11:37,480 McClain, but #10 for me is Will. Sean and I have bounced back to 258 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:41,000 the point of maybe some middle ground. 259 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:43,840 Not the ace that he was for those final eighteen starts, as 260 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,920 I said, back in 2024, but certainly not the guy that was 261 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,160 getting bamboozled left and right and was an absolute 262 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:53,320 floundering mess who the Mets could not trust. 263 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,280 I mean, his ERA was almost five. I think it was slightly over 5 264 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:58,840 1/2. I think it was actually 5.64. 265 00:11:59,160 --> 00:12:01,280 So if you get that, you have problems. 266 00:12:01,280 --> 00:12:05,160 If you get the 2024 version of Shawn Manaya, which I don't 267 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,080 think that you will get, then you win the division going away, 268 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,400 in my opinion, with the added sticks and the other elements 269 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:15,560 we'll get to but #10 will Shawn Manaya bounce back? 270 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:18,560 All right #9 But, you know, I should have done a little. 271 00:12:19,160 --> 00:12:20,600 Yeah. I should have put J Rod to work 272 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:22,680 last night, right? You know, how about a little 273 00:12:22,680 --> 00:12:25,160 music, a little #10 a little theatrical president. 274 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:26,360 What? We'll start adding those bells 275 00:12:26,360 --> 00:12:27,240 and whistles. We will. 276 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,480 That one is, I'm thinking about that. 277 00:12:28,480 --> 00:12:30,440 I'm like, why didn't I do that? Number 9. 278 00:12:30,760 --> 00:12:33,600 All right, Now, this will not be answered right away. 279 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,200 This will be answered, I would say April. 280 00:12:38,280 --> 00:12:42,800 Let's get into May and then you got to give him some runway, see 281 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:45,320 where he's at. I would imagine that by July 282 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,200 1st, we're going to have the answer as to how long of a leash 283 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:50,680 the Yankees are willing to provide Anthony Volpe at this 284 00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:52,200 point. I mean, you're, you're really 285 00:12:52,440 --> 00:12:55,400 when you look at Anthony Volpe and you, you look at the draft 286 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,000 status, which is the first round pick, you look at the local 287 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:01,920 angle, which obviously adds to the noise, both the good noise 288 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,360 when he does well, like when he hit the grand and I was in the 289 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,400 stadium when he hit the Grand Slam in the World Series against 290 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:09,240 the Dodgers. I'm sure, you know, like if Soto 291 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:12,560 would have done that or obviously Judge or you know, 292 00:13:12,560 --> 00:13:16,240 Verdugo, how do you do like somebody like that? 293 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:18,760 It would have been nuts because it's a Grand Slam of the World 294 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,480 Series, but there was like just a there was a personalization. 295 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:26,840 I it just New Jersey kid Grand Slam World Series. 296 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:28,960 Wow. And then last year he really 297 00:13:28,960 --> 00:13:32,040 fell apart and didn't take any steps forward in terms of things 298 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,680 he's got to correct. We're no longer at the point of 299 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:37,520 well, you know, he's young and you know, we still figuring 300 00:13:37,520 --> 00:13:39,240 things out. Let's play three seasons here. 301 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:44,560 And the thing about Anthony is that what he's not good at is is 302 00:13:44,560 --> 00:13:47,800 very hard to justify running him out there on a daily basis. 303 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:50,320 Now I do. And Aaron pushes, Baron Boone 304 00:13:50,320 --> 00:13:52,040 pushes back on this, this one aspect. 305 00:13:52,040 --> 00:13:54,480 And I agree with him. Like there was a point for a 306 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:57,480 month where he was a mental mess. 307 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,880 He was a catastrophe defensively at shortstop. 308 00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:05,040 Now as a rookie when he won the Gold Glove, he was really good. 309 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:09,720 He wasn't Ozzie Smith, you know, he wasn't, you know, Viscal, 310 00:14:09,720 --> 00:14:12,120 somebody like that. But he fielded the position 311 00:14:12,120 --> 00:14:15,000 really well and he was about timing because he doesn't have a 312 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:16,360 great arm. So everything's got to be In 313 00:14:16,360 --> 00:14:19,360 Sync and he's got to be technically sound and perfect 314 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,040 and he's got to have the range, which he does. 315 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:24,760 But the disintegration of the season a year ago, like it's one 316 00:14:24,760 --> 00:14:29,000 thing is we watch Volpe and he's not getting on base with any any 317 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:33,280 any real frequency, high strikeout rate, low walk rate. 318 00:14:33,280 --> 00:14:37,560 So the tools of Anthony Volpe are not really on display 319 00:14:37,760 --> 00:14:40,880 because what he's bad at, he's statistically among the worst in 320 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,320 baseball AD like you can't be getting on base 2829% of the 321 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,080 time. You just can't. 322 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,280 You can't have an OPSI know it crept over, got a little bit 323 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,000 higher last year, but you cannot consistently have an OPS in the 324 00:14:52,000 --> 00:14:56,400 six changes or an O or an on base percentage between 285 and 325 00:14:56,400 --> 00:14:58,040 2 99. You just can't have it. 326 00:14:58,320 --> 00:14:59,880 It's untenable. Like you can't do it. 327 00:14:59,880 --> 00:15:02,360 You I don't you can't do it for the Pirates and you sure as shit 328 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,680 can't do it for the New York Yankees when you try to win a 329 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,560 World Series and there's other issues that you've got to worry 330 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,000 about. I don't know. 331 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:10,920 I don't know what to expect from Anthony Volpe. 332 00:15:10,960 --> 00:15:17,080 My, my fear with Anthony is that he's really got to go through a 333 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:22,760 major mechanical overhaul. And part of it is philosophical 334 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:24,720 in terms of what he's looking to do. 335 00:15:25,080 --> 00:15:28,680 And the other aspect it is, is really just getting the bat on a 336 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:32,120 certain plane that will allow him to do what I think he's best 337 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:34,280 equipped to do. You know, now, I don't know if 338 00:15:34,280 --> 00:15:35,320 he's ever going to hit this height. 339 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,480 A matter of fact, if I had a bet on it at this point, I'd 340 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,000 probably say more no than yes because there's just too many at 341 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,240 bats, too many empty at bats of, of evidence where I'm like, man, 342 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:49,440 I, I just, I, I, I can't, I can support him and I could root for 343 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:52,400 him, but the conviction has really waned. 344 00:15:52,400 --> 00:15:54,880 It just has. And you know, he's got a little 345 00:15:54,880 --> 00:15:58,080 pop and he can run, but when you're not on base, that speed 346 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,840 is, is marginalized. So that's a big problem. 347 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:05,480 If Anthony, if Anthony Volpe was just a 260 hitter instead of 348 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:09,320 hitting 2:12 and 2:10 and 2:13, whatever it might be in that 349 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,640 neighborhood, which is just unacceptable for a first round 350 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,880 pick. If he's A26262265 guy and 351 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:22,120 instead of being on base 2829% of the time, 3/12, 3:15, you 352 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:24,880 know, just kind of even, not even 3:20. 353 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,160 But you now couple that with a, with a batting average that I 354 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:31,360 know it's an antiquated stat, but for him, I think it's really 355 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:34,480 important to his development and to his long term viability 356 00:16:34,720 --> 00:16:36,480 because if he's not on base, he's not running. 357 00:16:36,680 --> 00:16:40,480 And if he's not running and he's striking out a lot and he's not 358 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:42,640 a pure power guy, he's got, you know, he's got a little, a 359 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:44,760 little sneaky power here and there, but that shouldn't be his 360 00:16:44,760 --> 00:16:48,120 game. So #9 for me is what's the 361 00:16:48,120 --> 00:16:50,280 length on the leash for Anthony Volpe? 362 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:53,240 Because he's not going to be ready to start the season and 363 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:55,920 all these things. I told you I was texting with 364 00:16:55,920 --> 00:16:57,720 his dad the other day and I know that the Yankees gave a 365 00:16:57,720 --> 00:17:00,400 favorable update as well. I know Boonie said that that 366 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,200 he's coming along a little ahead of schedule. 367 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:03,200 He's not going to start the season. 368 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:04,359 It's not going to be ready in April. 369 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:06,359 So Caballero is going to get run there. 370 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,079 I don't I I know they don't trust Rosario to play shortstop 371 00:17:10,079 --> 00:17:12,480 defensively. So it's going to be Caballero 372 00:17:12,480 --> 00:17:15,680 show. I mean it really is and during 373 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:19,280 that point, I I think the more Caballero plays, I think the 374 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:21,720 more he's exposed. So I think it's going to be a 375 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:23,520 welcome return for Anthony Volpe. 376 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:26,760 And then you get Caballero back to that super sub spot, little 377 00:17:26,760 --> 00:17:29,280 third, a little second, a little short, a little left, a little 378 00:17:29,280 --> 00:17:30,480 right. You want to get judge off his 379 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,400 feet, whatever. But then it's that it's 380 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:37,640 evaluation time that if it's the same stuff swinging for the 381 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:41,680 fences, you know, missing balls by a mile, you know, having AK 382 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:46,160 rate that is in the, you know, the higher percentage of Major 383 00:17:46,160 --> 00:17:48,840 League Baseball. You know, the whiff rate, the K 384 00:17:48,840 --> 00:17:51,600 rate, you know, the walk rate, the raw, all the numbers that, 385 00:17:51,600 --> 00:17:55,400 that that I that, that I know matter that some of you laugh at 386 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,440 what I reference. Hey, if he's not on base, he 387 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,680 ain't going to play. I think this is the year, 388 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:05,360 really, where the Yankees have more of a hard line and a more 389 00:18:05,360 --> 00:18:09,080 defined stance as to how long they run Volpe out there. 390 00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:11,680 So #9 is the length of the leash on Volpe. 391 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:17,200 Boom. 10 Ken Manaya return to somewhat, it's a loose 392 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:23,200 approximation, 70% of what he was at the end of 2024 #10 #9 393 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:27,720 Volpe #8 This one's going to be very interesting. 394 00:18:28,360 --> 00:18:32,920 Ken, can you fully trust Devin Williams as the closer? 395 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,160 You know, you're talking about a guy and I'm not just going to 396 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:36,720 bombard you with numbers here, I don't have to. 397 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:40,000 But if you're a baseball fan, you knew before he went to the 398 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:43,720 Yankees, he was, he was untouchable unless you're Pete 399 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,440 Alonso touches them up in the biggest spot. 400 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,720 But you know, in totality, Devin Williams that he wasn't didn't 401 00:18:49,720 --> 00:18:53,440 throw as hard as Mariano, but he was kind of in the neighborhood 402 00:18:53,440 --> 00:18:56,000 of being that dominant where you just couldn't touch him. 403 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:59,640 And three years in a row the ERA was sub to you know, didn't put 404 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:03,200 guys on base, didn't walk guys just an automatic boom lights 405 00:19:03,200 --> 00:19:07,480 out punch you out quick, effective, dominant and really 406 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,960 no hiccups over his career in Milwaukee superstar. 407 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,800 We're to the point where you can really make the case like those 408 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:17,880 three years that he put up if Devin Williams and that last 409 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:21,400 year was awful. But if Devin Williams had three 410 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,680 more or four more years like he had those three years and and 411 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,880 even before that where they were really good, it's just not quite 412 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:29,920 as dominant. David Williams putting up Hall 413 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:33,400 of Fame stats, like, I know that that sounds crazy, but he really 414 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:35,360 was. Now, you don't need him to be a 415 00:19:35,360 --> 00:19:40,520 Hall of Famer with the Mets, but it can't be Armando Benitez, he 416 00:19:40,520 --> 00:19:43,840 can't be Braden Looper, He's not going to be Edwin Diaz. 417 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,280 Understand that. But this is where it becomes 418 00:19:46,280 --> 00:19:49,160 really interesting for me, the emotion that's going to be in 419 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:52,840 Citi Field because, you know, we still don't know if this guy's 420 00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:54,680 built for New York. I mean, just because you left 421 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,000 the Yankees, you still in New York, you're only 9 or 10 miles 422 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,040 away. And the expectations, while 423 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,520 historically it's different, obviously the Yankees brand is 424 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:06,600 different than the Mets, but the Mets expect to win this year and 425 00:20:06,600 --> 00:20:08,360 I think more importantly, the Mets. 426 00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:12,240 Fans expect to win this year. So if Devin Williams, and I'm 427 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:14,560 going to give him credit here, you know, there's been a lot of 428 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:17,520 guys and like these are old names like Eddie Whitson. 429 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:19,680 I'm just throwing out some guys who Carl Pavano. 430 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:23,920 There were certain dudes that came here, Sonny Gray or Rabu 431 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,280 that just got off to such a bad start. 432 00:20:26,280 --> 00:20:29,080 They couldn't stabilize it and it's off the tracks and it's 433 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,080 they got to go like first they got to stop pitching and or 434 00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,920 playing in meaningful spots. And then eventually they got to 435 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:37,640 go like they got to be banished from the Yankees or the Mets 436 00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:39,880 because New York is swallowing them up. 437 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:43,360 What I do believe that Devin Williams is going to be really 438 00:20:43,360 --> 00:20:44,960 good. I believe that he's going to 439 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:47,080 recalibrate because he did last year. 440 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:50,760 And while the the stats for Devin Williams compared to his 441 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,360 Milwaukee stats were heinous, it was largely hijacked by 442 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,520 certainly an awful April and then one other bumpy month. 443 00:20:58,520 --> 00:21:00,720 Like he had a couple of months where he was really good. 444 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,560 So the fact that he was able to kind of gained control of his 445 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,800 own narrative, which was spinning off the road tells me 446 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:12,680 that I do think, I do think I think that Devin Williams is 447 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,800 built for this. I do. 448 00:21:14,200 --> 00:21:18,160 But if he stumbles early, especially with the exodus of 449 00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:22,200 Diaz, who you guys love and he's he's the best closer in 450 00:21:22,200 --> 00:21:26,360 baseball, he better start well because and the other thing too, 451 00:21:26,360 --> 00:21:29,760 if he doesn't, there's no other options, at least immediately. 452 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,880 Like when he didn't pitch well for the Yankees, the Yankees 453 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,520 were able to mess around and and and have some other arms, then 454 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:39,320 eventually go and make a pivot and go out there and get Bednar. 455 00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,240 He is the guy Diaz is with the Dodgers and they're going to win 456 00:21:42,240 --> 00:21:44,640 105 games. So if he doesn't pitch well 457 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:48,400 early, that sound and you know, that's like, it's one thing to 458 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,720 Boo a guy, right? It's one thing to react to a 459 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,880 guy's poor performance. But there's a different sound. 460 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:57,040 It's kind of it's really, it's only like New York and Philly. 461 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:00,120 They even Boston's not quite like the New York and Philly 462 00:22:00,120 --> 00:22:04,440 baseball vitriol machine. There's a little word of warning 463 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:07,320 to Devin Williams. Flush that nonsense out fast and 464 00:22:07,320 --> 00:22:09,160 start well. That's number 8. 465 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:14,440 So #10 if just tuning in, the most pressing concerns and 466 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:17,000 questions for the Yankees and Mets heading into the season. 467 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:18,760 And again, I'm not throwing in there. 468 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,760 Will the Mets get school ball? Will the Yankees get a righty 469 00:22:21,760 --> 00:22:23,480 bat, which I know they're going after? 470 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:26,840 Will they add another arm for April and May like a back of the 471 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:28,360 rotation guy? There's other guy. 472 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:31,720 There's other things that can happen and that very like more 473 00:22:31,720 --> 00:22:33,320 ancillary things. I don't think there's any big 474 00:22:33,320 --> 00:22:35,040 ticket items. I keep saying trade for Nico 475 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:36,680 Horner. I don't think the Cubs are going 476 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:38,880 to do it and I just don't think he's going to be here as much as 477 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:40,800 I want him here. So I guess I got to stop saying 478 00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:42,440 that. It's more about how much do they 479 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:44,760 trust Dominguez? Does Jones make the team? 480 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,560 Do they make a little trade that on the margins here and there 481 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,280 like a Rosario Caballero move like they did a year ago? 482 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:53,400 So there you go. Manaya length of lease for Volpe 483 00:22:53,720 --> 00:22:59,040 #8 is Devin Williams truly, truly built? 484 00:22:59,280 --> 00:23:02,280 I'm talking about from April to October for New York. 485 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,720 I don't mean sporadically grade and then intermittently awful. 486 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,360 That's not going to fly. And if it does, he is going to 487 00:23:08,360 --> 00:23:11,160 be punished by the fans in Queens. 488 00:23:11,320 --> 00:23:16,600 And it should be all right #7 This one really excites me. 489 00:23:16,920 --> 00:23:20,680 This one really excites me. Is Ben Rice on the precipice of 490 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:25,200 being a star? Is he on the beginning part of 491 00:23:25,200 --> 00:23:29,560 his journey where he's going to be a great Yankee hitter? 492 00:23:29,920 --> 00:23:32,200 I believe he is. To the point where I know the 493 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:35,800 Aaron won't do this to start the year, to the point where I trust 494 00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:38,720 him so much that I would actually have Bellinger bat 495 00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:42,800 first, Aaron Judge bat 2nd, and I would put Ben Rice 3rd. 496 00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:46,240 And now even if they bring back Goldschmidt, whatever, get one 497 00:23:46,240 --> 00:23:48,720 year, $10 million. He made 12 million last year. 498 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:51,680 If they do bring him back, he's going to play less even than he 499 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:53,760 did a year ago because it's the season went on. 500 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,000 You saw, you know, how his role was diminished. 501 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,440 You know, platoon against the lefty once or twice a week. 502 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,520 It was pretty much Ben Rice's show at first base. 503 00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:03,400 And it should be, you know, he's 26. 504 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,400 He's got blossoming power and he's got things that you really 505 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,760 can't teach, I think, and that's, you know, plate 506 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:09,960 discipline and all that other stuff. 507 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:11,680 I mean, you're talking about somebody, right? 508 00:24:11,840 --> 00:24:15,440 Who when you, I'm going to reference Savant here without 509 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:17,520 hitting you with a ton of numbers, but just know that red 510 00:24:17,520 --> 00:24:22,080 is good, blue is bad. When you look at the first seven 511 00:24:22,360 --> 00:24:27,920 offensive categories on Savant, the 1st 7, he is in the 90 512 00:24:27,920 --> 00:24:33,320 percentile on the 1st 7. So, you know, people who laugh 513 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,200 were like, dude, why do you reference these? 514 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,280 I'm going to tell you why, because there's context to 515 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:41,200 hitting and there's circumstances more than anything 516 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:45,840 to baseball. Like if you are a 33%, which 517 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:50,160 sucks, a 33% shooter from downtown to the NBA, you're just 518 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,400 not a good shooter. Not I mean your first year, like 519 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:56,640 if you're a year three-year 4 and you're shooting 3233% or 520 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:00,120 4142% from the floor, if you're a guard, like those numbers are 521 00:25:00,120 --> 00:25:02,360 hard, right? You're just not a good shooter. 522 00:25:02,360 --> 00:25:04,360 Now, maybe you might take up a little bit in your in your 523 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:07,440 absolute prime, but you're never going to be an elite shooter. 524 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,200 You're never going to be an above league average shooter in 525 00:25:10,200 --> 00:25:12,560 my opinion. But when you look at baseball 526 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:17,320 specifically, right, I do think in that sport, more than any 527 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:19,920 numbers lie. And you can have a guy who's 528 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,920 hitting 290, whatever, but it's a soft 290. 529 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:24,840 And I know it's an antiquated stat, but it's still a point of 530 00:25:24,840 --> 00:25:26,800 reference. You can be a you can have a year 531 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:31,200 where you hit a soft 290 couple balls drop, you know, whatever 532 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:33,440 any ball you hit. That's why they have expected 533 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,160 average expected on baseball. That's expected slugging, all 534 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:37,920 those geeky stuff. You know, those are some of the 535 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:41,880 1st 7 stats, by the way. It's just to me, a road map to 536 00:25:42,120 --> 00:25:47,440 #1 how hard do you hit the ball? And Ben Rice absolutely hammers 537 00:25:47,440 --> 00:25:50,440 the baseball. Quantifiable by every baseball 538 00:25:50,440 --> 00:25:54,240 metric, trust me. So it's not as like always, is 539 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,880 Ben Rice, what was Ben Rice, just a cute little story last 540 00:25:58,880 --> 00:26:01,160 year? No, to me, it's 7 layers past 541 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:04,840 that and #7 for me on the 10 most pressing items for New York 542 00:26:04,840 --> 00:26:07,640 baseball coming into the season is very simple. 543 00:26:07,640 --> 00:26:11,440 Is Ben Rice going to be a star? And I believe he is. 544 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:14,360 I mean, you know, he didn't even play all the time last year, hit 545 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,000 26 home runs, had at 8:30 OPS. Now you look at his K rate, 546 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:22,800 which is right around 18%. And that's in the 65 percentile. 547 00:26:22,800 --> 00:26:26,000 So that's actually pretty good. If he shapes, and I think he 548 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,880 will because I know he's a, he's a, he's a, he's a gym rat, you 549 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:31,920 know, went to Dartmouth, played Ivy. 550 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:34,120 You know, he's got the brain power. 551 00:26:34,120 --> 00:26:36,080 You know, he's putting in time. You know, he's gotten bigger. 552 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:37,720 They talked about that last year. 553 00:26:38,080 --> 00:26:40,360 And and the ball just sounds different off his bat. 554 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,320 It's not quite Stanton. But outside of Stanton and 555 00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:47,960 Judge, there is nobody, not even close on the New York Yankees 556 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,440 that hits the ball consistently as hard as Ben Rice does. 557 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,200 And I'll put it a step further. When you go throughout baseball 558 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,560 and you have the Stantons and the Judges and a few other guys 559 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:01,960 that really do barrel up the ball with great frequency, Ben 560 00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:05,120 Rice is right there in terms of like average exit below. 561 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:07,840 That's not by accident. That means when the ball's in 562 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:11,000 the zone, whether it's a fastball, A curveball, a change 563 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:15,520 up, Ben Rice is smashing it. Like you don't have an 830 OPS 564 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:18,280 the first time you really play and be in the 90. 565 00:27:18,280 --> 00:27:21,520 And some of those percentiles, by the way, are like 9697 566 00:27:21,520 --> 00:27:26,560 percentile, have the 1st seven, first seven truly important 567 00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:30,000 hitting stats and hitting measurements in baseball on 568 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:34,760 baseball Savant and be north of 90 percentile if you're not the 569 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:37,240 real deal. So is Ben Rice going to be a 570 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:39,880 star? That is #7 for me. 571 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,640 All right, number six, you know, I like this player not quite as 572 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,400 much as Ben Rice. But what is, what is Brett 573 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,200 Beatty's ultimate role here? What is it going to be for the 574 00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:52,000 Mets? What is his role? 575 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:56,520 I don't know, I think it depends on how Polanco does it first and 576 00:27:56,520 --> 00:27:58,880 I think it'd be fine. I think it depends on how you 577 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:00,600 know. I know Simeon likes to play 578 00:28:00,600 --> 00:28:02,080 every day, but did they give him some rest? 579 00:28:02,720 --> 00:28:06,160 I think it depends on well, less dependent on this because 580 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,440 Bichette's going to play third base no matter what and I think 581 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:10,680 it'll be fine over there defensively, but you might give 582 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:12,040 him a rest here and there, whatever. 583 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:14,160 If he if he's scuffling, you know, kicking the ball around 584 00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,080 for a minute. So maybe he'll get some time at 585 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,200 3rd. I know Ben just going to get a 586 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:19,800 look in left field. So is Beatty. 587 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,920 So you're talking about a player to me who's going to get some 588 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:26,080 run at first base, at second base, at third base and in left 589 00:28:26,080 --> 00:28:27,920 field and at DH against lefties, right. 590 00:28:28,360 --> 00:28:33,120 That is that is a lane to to borrow S term, by the way, Sal 591 00:28:33,120 --> 00:28:34,960 tomorrow 10:15 here on BT unleashed. 592 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:37,400 I'm pumped. That is a lane for the Mets to 593 00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:41,040 pencil in the name Beatty a lot this year. 594 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:44,800 Now, is he going to hit first or second or third or fourth? 595 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:46,360 No. Is he going to hit fifth? 596 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,960 Probably not. I think to start a good spot and 597 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,680 it really depends a lot on on on on Louise Robert, like if Robert 598 00:28:53,960 --> 00:28:57,000 is more like the earlier White Sox version, because I think 599 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,800 right now Roberts probably toward the bottom, you know, 600 00:28:59,840 --> 00:29:02,720 Alvarez somewhere in that seven spot, something like that. 601 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,600 And then if Benj makes the team, maybe you have Benj 9 because he 602 00:29:06,600 --> 00:29:09,800 could run. So Benj 9, Robert eight, who 603 00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,160 could also run. I mean, there's there's 604 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:13,120 tantalizing possibilities with this Mets lineup. 605 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:15,080 I'm not bad at it. I kind of like what the Mets 606 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:18,080 did, as you know, And then maybe Alvarez 7. 607 00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:22,560 I could see Beatty Sweet Spot being 6 and I can see if Baby's 608 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:24,320 really rocking, which I think he will. 609 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:26,880 I can see him maybe being elevated to five with certain 610 00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:29,680 matchups after a while. But he's got to play like he's 611 00:29:29,680 --> 00:29:32,800 got to play and the challenge for a young player and not 612 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,400 everybody can like there's not many players in and he did this 613 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:38,240 a year ago. That's why I'm really bullish on 614 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:39,840 his future. Number one, I always thought 615 00:29:39,840 --> 00:29:43,520 he'd be a hitter and he is. And once you saw him play third 616 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:47,160 base regularly and then remember latest in the season, and this 617 00:29:47,160 --> 00:29:50,320 is a big mistake by Mendoza, he was running Vientos out of third 618 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:52,800 base. The disparity in defensive 619 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:56,320 prowess between Beatty and Vientos is night and day. 620 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,520 Vientos is awful and Beatty's fine. 621 00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:02,320 I mean, it's that simple, right? So the challenge for a young 622 00:30:02,320 --> 00:30:06,240 player when you're not penciled in the same spot, whether it's 623 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,160 in the three hole or the 2 hole or the five hole, and I think 624 00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:14,000 more importantly, the same defensive position, it's you're 625 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:18,320 juggling a lot because your preparation for that night, not 626 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:21,360 to mention every day in spring training, it's just busier than 627 00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,680 everybody else. I mean, if you're Lindor, you 628 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,880 got your routine, you know you're hitting first, you know 629 00:30:26,880 --> 00:30:28,120 you're playing short and that's it. 630 00:30:28,480 --> 00:30:31,200 You know Roberts going to be in center field to his fungos and 631 00:30:31,200 --> 00:30:34,120 center all day, right? Benj is going to learn to play 632 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:35,920 left a little bit. Soto's going to be in right. 633 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:37,200 They know where they're playing now. 634 00:30:37,200 --> 00:30:38,880 Polanco's got to get some work at first base. 635 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:42,120 But if you're Brett Beatty, you know you are, You're taking 636 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,400 balls at second, you're taking balls at 3rd and it's a totally 637 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:47,960 different spin and it's a totally different timing 638 00:30:47,960 --> 00:30:50,080 mechanism. Ball gets on you with third 639 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,720 base, you got to be quicker. Second base, you got more time. 640 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:54,520 And he's not a great, great athlete. 641 00:30:54,520 --> 00:30:59,680 So, you know, positioning and anticipation and all the really 642 00:30:59,680 --> 00:31:02,400 the mechanics of the position for somebody like Beatty at 2nd 643 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:06,160 or Paramount, Like he's just not, yeah, he's a, he's a, he's 644 00:31:06,160 --> 00:31:08,400 fine athlete, but he's not Robbie Alamar. 645 00:31:08,480 --> 00:31:11,640 Not not Robbie Alamar, the Mets version, the real Robbie Alamar, 646 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:14,760 Toronto, San Diego. So he's never going to be that 647 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:16,360 guy. But think about what's going to 648 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:18,600 be on his plate. And Oh yeah, by the way, he's 649 00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:21,480 still learning to hit at the Major League level. 650 00:31:21,480 --> 00:31:25,480 So I'm a big Beatty fan, you know that I think he's going to 651 00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:27,960 play a lot this year. He's going to play all over the 652 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:29,960 place. I mean, what do you have, 18 653 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,360 home runs? Yeah, eighteen home runs and he 654 00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,720 had 393 at bats. I mean, I'm not saying he's 655 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,240 going to 35 or 40, but he's not going to be a 212 hitter at 656 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:42,400 2:55. You know, he's going to be AI 657 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,160 would think this year, if I had a guess, I think Beatty's going 658 00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:50,000 to be the neighborhood low end, 775 OPS high end. 659 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,520 That could be higher, but I think it's going to be the 660 00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:55,240 neighborhood of 775 to 820. You know, maybe 8:30. 661 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,200 Last year was was good and last year was promising. 662 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:00,800 So I'm a Baity fan and that's number six. 663 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:04,080 What is his role? It's got to be defined and then 664 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,600 he's got to deliver, which I think he will. 665 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,280 All right, what's this one say here? 666 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:09,840 Yeah, good job Jay Popham in here. 667 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:11,800 You guys want to react to this year. 668 00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:15,080 Let me know what you're thinking at Jason 7638. 669 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:19,040 Hey, is there a golden chance? Is there a golden chance the 670 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:21,760 Mets starting rotations so good they make the bullpen elite by 671 00:32:21,760 --> 00:32:24,880 adding Holmes back to the pen to join Weaver and Williams? 672 00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:26,000 It's a really good question, Jason. 673 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,120 I appreciate that. I mean, I'm not going to give 674 00:32:28,120 --> 00:32:30,200 you an odds on that, but I I listen, let's just play the 675 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,800 numbers game, right? So right now Clay Holmes is a 676 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:35,440 starter. And by the way, at the end of 677 00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:36,760 the season, he was your best starter. 678 00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:39,040 So you don't just discard him. All right. 679 00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:44,800 But let's just say Peralta, definitely one, let's say just 680 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,440 to protect him, Manaya too. And then and then you get to 681 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:49,600 McClain. Peterson's obviously going to be 682 00:32:49,600 --> 00:32:52,600 in the rotation. If you get to a situation where 683 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:56,400 Tong, who I believe is going to start in AAA Syracuse and then 684 00:32:56,400 --> 00:32:59,400 dominate and then quickly get the call back up and eventually 685 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,400 be in the rotation before it's all said and done, that's 5. 686 00:33:02,880 --> 00:33:05,160 And that's not even counting Sanga, who I know many of you 687 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:07,800 are ready to move on from. But when Sang is healthy and 688 00:33:07,800 --> 00:33:09,720 Sang is right, Sang is pretty good. 689 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:12,520 Now the problem with Sangra is I think he's a little soft, you 690 00:33:12,520 --> 00:33:14,520 know, very slow to recover from injuries. 691 00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:17,680 Like he's one of these guys, I call him like a humidor guy. 692 00:33:17,680 --> 00:33:19,120 It's got to be perfect temperature. 693 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:23,080 You know, if you're, I'm not a big cigar guy, I've tried just 694 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:25,720 not, I don't know, like, you know, you playing these golf 695 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:28,680 outings or you go to a wedding and they hand out cigars. 696 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:33,360 I don't, I don't love them. It could be a, a $4550 Cuban. 697 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,960 It doesn't hit me the way I, I wish it did because I would 698 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,160 really enjoy it, you know? But if you have a good cigar, 699 00:33:40,160 --> 00:33:42,160 it's got to be in the humidor. Otherwise it's going to get dry, 700 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,400 it's going to start to crack off, whatever, you know, it's 701 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,240 got to have perfect a little moisture, a little perfect 702 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:50,240 temperature. And to me, he's a humidor 703 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,480 pitcher. If it's 1° in the wrong 704 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,320 direction, my hamstring, my shoulder, oh, I need 6 days, an 705 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,560 extra day off. Like it is annoying. 706 00:33:58,560 --> 00:34:02,880 I understand and it's a lot to juggle, but back to the question 707 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:05,960 there, I do think that there's a chance that that's possible. 708 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:10,199 And if it does happen and and what's worth from the 9th inning 709 00:34:10,199 --> 00:34:13,400 backwards because I gave you the rotation, let's go Williams. 710 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,880 At that point, I would go Holmes and then I would go Weaver. 711 00:34:16,120 --> 00:34:18,239 Like I would trust Holmes more than I would trust Weaver. 712 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:24,080 So, you know, and then it's it's, it's a, it's a very 713 00:34:24,080 --> 00:34:27,280 appealing possibility. Now we can wake up tomorrow and 714 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,239 they trade sangha like they just don't want to put up with it 715 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:31,320 anymore. Whatever they get somebody, they 716 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,719 get a, they get a bullpen arm, somebody needs a starter. 717 00:34:34,040 --> 00:34:36,400 You know what he signed five years, I think was five years, 718 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:39,320 $75 million, couple of years already lopped off. 719 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,000 So he doesn't have much left on the term. 720 00:34:41,360 --> 00:34:44,920 So if you have a team, a small market team that views him, all 721 00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:47,000 right, I got two years to go, whatever it might be. 722 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:48,960 Maybe the Mets will buy out some money, maybe not. 723 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:51,639 Let me put him in the rotation, hope for the best, because when 724 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:54,239 he's good, he's good. And, you know, that would be a 725 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:59,160 pretty plausible move or a possibility for a team that's 726 00:34:59,160 --> 00:35:01,360 still going to take a shortcut, roll the dice and somebody with 727 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:03,120 some upside who's not making a ton of money. 728 00:35:03,400 --> 00:35:06,360 And it's not a long term commitment, but I do think that 729 00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:08,200 that's possible. I think that's a that's an 730 00:35:08,200 --> 00:35:10,640 astute observation on your part. Good text right there. 731 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:12,000 Keep them coming. Hit me up. 732 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,600 I'll jump in, you know, to the text as I see them. 733 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:18,120 All right, so in descending order real quick, the 10 most 734 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:22,240 pressing issues facing the Yanks and Mets entering the 2026 735 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:24,760 season #1 Desean Manaya bounce back. 736 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:29,640 Pardon me #10 My bad #10 Does Manaya bounce back #9 What's the 737 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,480 length of Volpe's leash? How much do they keep running 738 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:34,960 them out there? When he comes back and he gets 739 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:37,760 some chances to really play every day, gets Caballero back 740 00:35:37,760 --> 00:35:40,440 to a super sub spot. If he's not performing, what are 741 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:43,760 they going to do #8 can you fully trust Devin Williams? 742 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,600 That's a big one. Number seven is Ben Rice a star? 743 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:48,240 You know, I love the kid. My answer is yes. 744 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:51,400 Number six is Brett Beatty. You know, what is his role when 745 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:53,920 it's ultimately defined and do they run them out there enough 746 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:59,320 for him to, I think, fulfill a a fairly high end hitting or 747 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:04,560 profile as a hitter? Charlie, F6675 Mets issue last 748 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:05,760 year. Thank you for that, Charlie, 749 00:36:05,760 --> 00:36:08,080 Appreciate it. Buddy was more their starting 750 00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:09,880 pitcher than their core, in my opinion. 751 00:36:10,480 --> 00:36:13,320 Perolta trades aces. Now Stearns needs to finish by 752 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:16,000 getting top closer. Williams was a disaster last 753 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,640 year, far from a guarantee. Well, he's your closer, so don't 754 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:21,360 expect somebody to come, you know, down to Port Saint Lucie 755 00:36:21,360 --> 00:36:24,040 magically out of thin air. Devin Williams is the closer. 756 00:36:24,040 --> 00:36:26,440 Whether or not he remains the closer, Well, that's the 757 00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,440 evaluation. Because think about and there's 758 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,640 always a way to pivot guys, you know, think about the Yankees 759 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,920 bullpen. Last year it was Devin Williams 760 00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,960 and then it was Bednar, you know, and the year before Weaver 761 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:42,480 was a beast and then he wasn't, you know, so Clay Holmes was 762 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:43,840 really good. Then he was gone. 763 00:36:44,240 --> 00:36:47,200 You know, it it it's such a revolving door and such an 764 00:36:47,200 --> 00:36:50,800 unpredictable position. I don't get no, I'm not talking 765 00:36:50,800 --> 00:36:54,160 about closer as much as I am that that 7th, 8th in and even 766 00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:58,160 high ish leverage 6th in They like in a in a tight game. 767 00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:01,200 Those other guys, I mean, they just fluctuate wildly. 768 00:37:01,200 --> 00:37:04,680 So you're not going to invest a ton of money or a ton of terms 769 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,280 in a 7th or an eighth inning guy. 770 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:09,960 You will do with your closer. Williams does not have a long 771 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,400 term. It's in and out. 772 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:14,080 If it doesn't work out, boom, see ya, which is part of this 773 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:17,640 Mets at least Stern's pitching philosophy as they groom some of 774 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:22,600 the young guns there. So I I think that it's I do 775 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,800 think it's a good question, but I would also push back in the 776 00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:27,920 regard that or good point that I also think that the Mets core 777 00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,720 was not good yet last year and even in the year before. 778 00:37:30,720 --> 00:37:33,560 I don't need to do that again. We've talked about it. 779 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:37,400 We all know who was proven right ultimately, you know, so they've 780 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:41,000 moved on and they saw what what several of us saw. 781 00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:43,640 They just didn't say it. They did something about it 782 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:45,240 because it's their team and that's what you got to do. 783 00:37:45,240 --> 00:37:48,200 So I, I think it's fair. I think you're partially right. 784 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,720 I would partially put push back on the other stuff. 785 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:56,200 OK #5 It's just something about this guy that bothers me and I 786 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,560 don't know why. I mean, I do I'm going to 787 00:37:59,560 --> 00:38:02,920 quantify why in a minute. But on the surface, like if I 788 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:05,960 said yo, Yanks going to have a guy in center field who's going 789 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,840 to hit 34 home runs, 240 something, 250 almost, right? 790 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:11,320 He's going to be a good center field. 791 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,160 They're not great. And I know the metrics took a 792 00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,160 step back, but he's going to hit 34 home runs in center field and 793 00:38:17,160 --> 00:38:19,120 he's going to have pretty good range and he's going to have a 794 00:38:19,120 --> 00:38:21,640 decent arm and he's going to go get most of the balls out there. 795 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:24,480 He never going to embarrass you in center field, you know, 796 00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,160 wouldn't you take that? And by the way, the Cashman did 797 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:28,840 say this and I do agree with this. 798 00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:30,680 You know, I don't agree with Cash, but too much. 799 00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,400 By the way, I haven't heard back on the invite. 800 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,280 Brian Cashman, the challenge that he levied to I guess 801 00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:39,120 seemingly everybody the other day challenged us to talk about 802 00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:41,680 that the Yankees weren't running it back and that was definitely 803 00:38:41,680 --> 00:38:44,000 a World Series team. Is that I challenge anybody. 804 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,920 Well, I challenge him to come on the show yet to hear back. 805 00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,240 So he's yet to accept the challenge. 806 00:38:48,240 --> 00:38:52,040 Hopefully that changes. I'm not expecting it too, but I 807 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:53,280 would love to challenge him on that. 808 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,960 Respectfully, of course. But if you think about if you 809 00:38:55,960 --> 00:38:59,480 take away the name and the qualifying offer and this 810 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:02,480 thought, which by the way, is not incredibly correct, like 811 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,680 there's still some of you that think because Grisham accepted 812 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:07,080 and I was surprised that he accepted it. 813 00:39:07,080 --> 00:39:09,080 I was, I don't even know if I would have offered it. 814 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:10,560 Like I didn't really want Trent Grisham back. 815 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,480 I'm I'm on the record with that. But when you look at some of 816 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:16,640 these other contracts now, Kyle Tucker is a whole hell of a lot 817 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,520 better than Trent Grisham all the round. 818 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:22,440 But I mean, is he $30 million better or whatever that more 819 00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:23,840 than that? Is he really? 820 00:39:24,240 --> 00:39:27,680 No, I I don't think that he is not, not night to night. 821 00:39:27,680 --> 00:39:30,920 I don't not that kind of money. So when Cashman said the way the 822 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:36,920 market's gone unpredictably so that at $22 million for one year 823 00:39:36,920 --> 00:39:39,600 and he still basically approve it deal because once this year 824 00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:43,480 expires, he's back to where he was pretty much this year, you 825 00:39:43,480 --> 00:39:45,800 know, minus the QO. And he's either going to be a 826 00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:47,360 free agent and stay or he's going to bounce. 827 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,920 And the reason why this is so important here, and I don't 828 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:53,680 really know the answer, I'm going to talk through it, but 829 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:58,000 I'm not really sure. Is last year's Grisham the new 830 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:01,000 Grisham Like that's that's number five on the most pressing 831 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:04,800 issues facing the Yanks and the Mets this year, which Grisham is 832 00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:06,680 showing up. You know, please stand up. 833 00:40:06,680 --> 00:40:09,800 Please stand up. See if he had had better years 834 00:40:09,800 --> 00:40:13,000 prior to coming here. I think I love Trent Grisham. 835 00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:17,000 The problem is before he got here, he batted $1.84, he batted 836 00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:23,240 $1.89 and he batted $1.90. And his OPS in all of those 837 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:29,280 years was in the six hundreds. So it's very hard to believe 838 00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:33,800 that what we saw last year is real and that you could just all 839 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:37,680 right, pencil him in Grisham going to hit 245. 840 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:41,880 He's going to hit 30 to, you know, 30 to 35 or 36 home runs. 841 00:40:41,920 --> 00:40:43,520 I, I don't really know the answer to that. 842 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:48,320 Listen, I do think to be fair and he had an 811 OPS, which is 843 00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:53,320 terrific. I, I don't, I think it's 844 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,120 probably somewhere in between. You know, he's obviously the one 845 00:40:56,120 --> 00:40:58,560 80s, one 90s. I mean, that's just mystifyingly 846 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:00,640 pathetic. I mean, how the hell could he be 847 00:41:00,640 --> 00:41:03,360 a Major League player and hit 189 the three years in a row? 848 00:41:03,560 --> 00:41:06,240 I mean, they should tell you to pack your bags and get lost to 849 00:41:06,240 --> 00:41:09,480 find the new profession. That's just so disgustingly bad. 850 00:41:09,920 --> 00:41:13,880 But when you play center field and you're still in your 20s and 851 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:15,880 you're pretty good defensive player up until last, you were a 852 00:41:15,880 --> 00:41:18,680 really good defensive player and you're a lefty and you're 853 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:21,280 showing a little pop, you showing a little little sizzle 854 00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:24,400 in that barrel, you know, and then all of a sudden you put 34 855 00:41:24,400 --> 00:41:27,040 on the board and you know, judge loves you. 856 00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,120 You're a gamer. You fit in the clubhouse. 857 00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:31,920 My problem with Grisham is really twofold. 858 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:34,920 The years before he got here and even the year when he was here 859 00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:37,440 with Soto didn't didn't really do a ton, didn't play much, 860 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,400 didn't like him. But as a player, but also that 861 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,960 they have them batting lead off and that and that I can't. 862 00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,280 I hate that. I absolutely hate that because I 863 00:41:48,280 --> 00:41:50,240 don't want him. Think about this, if the Yankee, 864 00:41:50,240 --> 00:41:55,040 whether it's up in Boston in June or in Toronto in August or 865 00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,600 September, or against whomever in the playoffs or against 866 00:41:58,600 --> 00:41:59,960 whomever in the World Series, right? 867 00:42:00,600 --> 00:42:01,920 Do you really want Trent Grisham? 868 00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:05,280 Like when the Yankees are trying to mount the rally and let's say 869 00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:08,160 they've got 891 in the 8th inning, they're down a run or 870 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,600 two, Do you really want to see Christian's name there? 871 00:42:10,840 --> 00:42:16,080 You know, do up wells. McMahon Grisham, I, I don't like 872 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:17,480 that. I don't think it's World Series 873 00:42:17,480 --> 00:42:20,720 caliber, which is why, until I'm proven wrong, I don't think the 874 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,360 Yanks won in the World Series this year because he's in the 875 00:42:23,360 --> 00:42:27,920 wrong spot. And if you tell me that he's in 876 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:31,040 the seven hole and the Yankees make an adjustment now, my 877 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,040 perception of Trent Grisham changes. 878 00:42:34,400 --> 00:42:38,240 But when you don't have a a true #4 hitter that is physically 879 00:42:38,240 --> 00:42:42,680 reliable, which they don't, and a true lead off hitter that sets 880 00:42:42,680 --> 00:42:46,680 the tone and is scrappy and has long at bats and you know, 881 00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:48,680 isn't, you know, isn't going to strike out a lot. 882 00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:50,880 There's just too many empty at bats there with Trent Grisham. 883 00:42:51,280 --> 00:42:57,040 And the last thing I want myself is Trent Grisham in the way of 884 00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:00,560 Aaron Judge getting up with guys on base with a chance to win a 885 00:43:00,560 --> 00:43:05,240 game or, you know, close the deficit, whatever my add to the 886 00:43:05,240 --> 00:43:07,040 lead. Just don't want them up there. 887 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,960 And I don't think any Yankee fan does. 888 00:43:09,360 --> 00:43:12,520 And I love Boone, you know, that I have a, he is a good friend at 889 00:43:12,520 --> 00:43:14,800 this point. But I don't know how Aaron Boone 890 00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:16,880 wants that or why they think that. 891 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,040 I don't know. I fundamentally disagree with 892 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,920 that assertion. Like, I don't think we have it 893 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,520 wrong with Trent Grisham. I think they have it wrong with 894 00:43:26,520 --> 00:43:28,600 Trent Grisham. There's just too much evidence 895 00:43:28,600 --> 00:43:30,760 to the contrary. So listen, I've been a sucker 896 00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:33,360 with a lot of things, you know? Oh, Zach Wilson's going to be 897 00:43:33,360 --> 00:43:34,320 great. And this, you know. 898 00:43:34,320 --> 00:43:35,960 Oh, yeah. All right. 899 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,040 You know, all the moves that some of my teams have made, I've 900 00:43:39,040 --> 00:43:41,280 taken the bait with some that they made over the years. 901 00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:43,720 I take it the bait sometimes. It's called being a fan. 902 00:43:43,720 --> 00:43:45,480 It's called being a little disillusioned here. 903 00:43:45,720 --> 00:43:48,240 But one thing I'm not is a dope. Like, I might have some 904 00:43:48,240 --> 00:43:52,000 erroneous takes here. I'm not an idiot and I do lean 905 00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,360 on evidence. I do lean on, you know, 906 00:43:54,360 --> 00:43:57,440 consistency and up until last year, the only thing that Trent 907 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:00,920 Grisham was consistently bad, consistently erratic, 908 00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,880 consistently below league average, has one really good 909 00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:08,560 year, one very interesting year, and suddenly he's the one he's 910 00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,640 he's in the one hole and he's going to be the table setter for 911 00:44:11,640 --> 00:44:13,040 team that's going to win a World Series. 912 00:44:13,480 --> 00:44:16,840 When I saw Derek Jeter do that or Nabi do that or Willie 913 00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,400 Randolph do that back in the day. 914 00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:20,280 What? No. 915 00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:23,560 Or Dykstra and Backman doing that in 86 for the Mets? 916 00:44:23,840 --> 00:44:25,400 No, I know the game's changed a lot. 917 00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:30,160 Or Otani doing it for the Dodgers, you know, or Bichette 918 00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:31,600 type. It's not that guy. 919 00:44:32,040 --> 00:44:33,200 I just can't have him batting first. 920 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:36,160 So if that's adjusted, I'll feel better. 921 00:44:36,360 --> 00:44:41,280 But that is a big question, you know, Is last year's Grisham the 922 00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:45,360 new version of Grisham now? I will leave the door slightly 923 00:44:45,360 --> 00:44:49,360 open that it could be because there are players who go to 924 00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,320 different teams that get a chance to play more and there's 925 00:44:52,320 --> 00:44:55,440 a little bit of a different philosophy hitting or pitching. 926 00:44:55,440 --> 00:44:58,520 But in the case of this hitting and there's a little mechanical 927 00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,960 tweak and there's a little favorable, whether it's 928 00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:04,440 dimension like a short right fuel ports 314 feet away. 929 00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,240 I know that that all plays into it. 930 00:45:06,440 --> 00:45:08,880 And obviously when you got Aaron Judge behind you, they're going 931 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,080 to try to get you out with fastballs for the most part 932 00:45:11,240 --> 00:45:14,040 because they're terrified of of Superman coming up and in the 933 00:45:14,040 --> 00:45:17,640 two run bomb instead of a solo shot, you know, so they're going 934 00:45:17,640 --> 00:45:19,720 to groove some fast balls and you're going to run into some. 935 00:45:20,160 --> 00:45:23,560 But that doesn't mean that you're equipped to be in that 936 00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,200 high pressure situation, you know, in the lead off spot 937 00:45:27,360 --> 00:45:31,280 against a good pitcher, a good team in a must win spot or a 938 00:45:31,280 --> 00:45:33,560 must have moment. That's my push back. 939 00:45:34,280 --> 00:45:37,040 I'm I'm willing to be proven wrong because I got no choice. 940 00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:41,040 You know, if it was up to me, and I said this the other day, I 941 00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:43,320 said this to boot at the BT and sound live show in the green 942 00:45:43,320 --> 00:45:44,480 room. I said, why don't you Pat 943 00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:49,280 Bellinger first once you go, Bellinger 1, Judge 2, Ben Rice 944 00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:52,760 3, lefty righty, lefty, Stanton four. 945 00:45:53,120 --> 00:45:55,680 And then you want to put, you know, you want to put Jazz, you 946 00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:58,920 want to put Grisham 5%. OK, start figuring things out 947 00:45:59,360 --> 00:46:01,640 that would be more suitable for me right now. 948 00:46:01,640 --> 00:46:04,400 He's a lead off hitter. Don't love it, Not buying it 949 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:06,480 fully. Definitely not bullish, but he's 950 00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:07,880 that's who he is. So we got to see. 951 00:46:08,320 --> 00:46:12,600 All right #4 #4 actually, I'm going to look for a couple of 952 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:13,720 things here. Let me just stretch this out a 953 00:46:13,720 --> 00:46:17,080 little bit. Anything jumping out? 954 00:46:17,080 --> 00:46:18,560 Let's see. All baseball. 955 00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:20,360 Yeah. Grisham's a perfect nine here. 956 00:46:20,360 --> 00:46:21,920 Obvious. There's no doubt about that. 957 00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:27,200 Yeah, absolutely. And Cashman did say the other 958 00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:29,040 day and this one thing that I do agree with, I started to say 959 00:46:29,040 --> 00:46:32,200 this, but just to finish the thought, like he did talk about 960 00:46:32,200 --> 00:46:35,680 how the the market exploded in a way where you know, these got 961 00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:39,720 40, fifty, $60 million a year, you know, for a couple of years, 962 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:42,960 but opt outs and all that stuff. When you really do like if Trent 963 00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:47,720 Grisham hits 34 home runs this year and as an OPS of 811, even 964 00:46:47,720 --> 00:46:50,520 though we might not like it now and we didn't like it when we 965 00:46:50,520 --> 00:46:52,680 found out he was going to be signed, that he was going to 966 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:53,800 stay. I didn't think he was going to 967 00:46:53,960 --> 00:46:55,000 do it. I thought some dope would give 968 00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,680 him three years, whatever Yankees would say, OK, And then 969 00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,000 the Yankees would pivot in my mind, all right, go get Tucker, 970 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:01,760 go get Bichette, go do something real. 971 00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:04,520 And that was the source of my consternation early. 972 00:47:04,720 --> 00:47:09,000 But if he does put up 34 bombs with a, with an above our 8800 973 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,400 OPS and he's making $22 million in the process, then nobody's 974 00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,840 going to complain about that. And there would be no complaints 975 00:47:14,840 --> 00:47:19,120 really, if he's not batting first there. 976 00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:21,960 You know, that's that's one of the things now this is also one 977 00:47:21,960 --> 00:47:24,720 of the issues here at D rod 123. What up D Rod? 978 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:26,960 Appreciate the text there. All right, so who's playing 979 00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:30,000 center field if not Grish and Belly's OK, then who plays left 980 00:47:30,000 --> 00:47:31,280 field Dominguez again? What? 981 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:36,040 But that's yes, I would, I think that Bellinger is not many more 982 00:47:36,040 --> 00:47:38,440 years left in center field, but I think he could certainly get 983 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:41,760 away with Bellinger playing center field once for another 984 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:44,840 year or two. I got no problem with that. 985 00:47:44,960 --> 00:47:47,480 I like if Ben Rice is a disaster at first base, which I don't 986 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,960 think he will be, there's the option to put him back there at 987 00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:52,160 first base. Bellinger, listen, you talk 988 00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:55,480 about Dominguez and and I'm actually much more impressed 989 00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:57,640 with Dominguez than many of you. I think he's going to be a 990 00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,720 player like a lot of times the Yankees hype their guys up and 991 00:48:00,720 --> 00:48:04,080 they they tell us things that we just don't match what we've seen 992 00:48:04,080 --> 00:48:06,760 or what we believe. I believe in Jason Dominguez. 993 00:48:06,760 --> 00:48:09,320 Now, to what extent, I'm not sure, but I'm pretty damn 994 00:48:09,320 --> 00:48:11,680 confident Jason Dominguez is the Major League Baseball player. 995 00:48:11,680 --> 00:48:13,160 Like nobody's going to tell me he's not that. 996 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:17,080 When you steal 20 bases and you hit 260 and you barely play, 997 00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:18,720 you're a Major League ball player. 998 00:48:18,720 --> 00:48:20,320 You just are. And you're on, you're on base 999 00:48:20,320 --> 00:48:23,520 percentage is actually pretty decent and you're OPS is pretty 1000 00:48:23,520 --> 00:48:26,280 deep considering the infrequent playing time. 1001 00:48:26,280 --> 00:48:29,080 Now, I mean, if you can't handle left field, you certainly can't 1002 00:48:29,080 --> 00:48:30,960 handle center in spacious Yankee Stadium. 1003 00:48:31,280 --> 00:48:33,480 So no, you're not going to put Dominguez in center. 1004 00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,960 Spencer Jones is not going to make the team in my opinion. 1005 00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:40,400 So that's a problem. Like if Jones was ready, I think 1006 00:48:40,400 --> 00:48:42,480 Jones profiles more defensively in center. 1007 00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:44,640 So I think one of them is going to be sent down and it's going 1008 00:48:44,640 --> 00:48:46,800 to be Dominguez is not starting the year in the minors. 1009 00:48:46,800 --> 00:48:48,520 There's no way he could be dealt. 1010 00:48:48,520 --> 00:48:53,280 Jones could be in the minors, but I, I, I, I'm not saying that 1011 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,360 there's an abundance of options. I'm just telling you about 1012 00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,320 Grisham. I mean, ideally if, if Dominguez 1013 00:48:59,320 --> 00:49:02,800 wasn't a wasn't a disaster in the outfield, it's a very easy 1014 00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:05,000 answer. You put him in center field and 1015 00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,800 then they have Bellinger left. But I think if they would have 1016 00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:12,120 had great confidence even even though they are confident, but 1017 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:15,120 that next level confidence in Dominguez, you know, and he 1018 00:49:15,120 --> 00:49:17,640 proved that he could play center a year ago, maybe they wouldn't 1019 00:49:17,640 --> 00:49:20,080 have gone after transgressor. They wouldn't have offered the 1020 00:49:20,080 --> 00:49:21,600 the $22 million qualifying offer. 1021 00:49:21,600 --> 00:49:26,240 I don't know at Avery summit Dominguez for Beatty trade why 1022 00:49:26,600 --> 00:49:29,560 McMahon can't hit Jazz won't be extended so likely dealt. 1023 00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:31,400 Yep, I agree with that. Yanks are not going to extend 1024 00:49:31,400 --> 00:49:33,000 Jazz. Trust me, not happening. 1025 00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:35,120 Stick Beatty at the same position every day. 1026 00:49:35,120 --> 00:49:37,600 Dominguez prime change of scenery candidate who says no. 1027 00:49:37,880 --> 00:49:40,280 I think both of them say no honestly. 1028 00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:43,840 I mean, first of all, J Rod put that back up. 1029 00:49:43,840 --> 00:49:45,440 There was one thing I wanted. Do you have that in front of 1030 00:49:45,440 --> 00:49:46,200 you? Can you put that back up? 1031 00:49:46,400 --> 00:49:51,040 Thank you very much. All right, so if it's just 1032 00:49:51,040 --> 00:49:54,760 Dominguez for Beatty straight up, I'm not saying that wouldn't 1033 00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:57,400 help both teams there. Although I do think the Mets are 1034 00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:01,640 really married to giving Benj a long runway to prove that he 1035 00:50:01,640 --> 00:50:03,520 could start as their left fielder. 1036 00:50:03,520 --> 00:50:06,080 Right. So McMahon can't hit. 1037 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:07,560 All right, then. Well, what do you do with 1038 00:50:07,560 --> 00:50:10,200 McMahon as we know the Yankees from the Yankees port of you say 1039 00:50:10,200 --> 00:50:12,000 like, who says no? Well, first of all, I think 1040 00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:13,880 House says no. I don't think how. 1041 00:50:13,880 --> 00:50:15,920 You're not gonna have Ron McMahon as a bench player. 1042 00:50:16,960 --> 00:50:19,440 He's, he's just not that kind of like his values, playing defense 1043 00:50:19,440 --> 00:50:20,640 every day. You're not going to have him as 1044 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:23,000 a pinch hitter because you don't trust him with the stick like 1045 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:25,720 you do with the leather. So he's not going to be on the 1046 00:50:25,720 --> 00:50:30,120 bench playing once a week #1 he's got 16 this year, 16 next 1047 00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:31,280 year. You think Hal's going to buy 1048 00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,240 that out? Buy that out. 1049 00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:35,800 I took him forever to buy out Aaron Hicks and Gallo and some 1050 00:50:35,800 --> 00:50:38,640 of these other guys, you know, So I don't see him doing that. 1051 00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:40,360 So who says no? I think Hal says no. 1052 00:50:40,680 --> 00:50:43,840 And then quite frankly, just a, let's just, let's just pretend 1053 00:50:43,840 --> 00:50:47,920 the Mets were in Cincinnati. They're the Cincinnati Mets and 1054 00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:50,280 it's the New York Yankees and it's the same players and it's 1055 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:51,760 Dominguez for Beatty straight up. 1056 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:54,040 Well, I'm going to answer it from my point of view. 1057 00:50:54,120 --> 00:50:57,480 If I'm the Cincinnati Mets, I'm not giving up Beatty for 1058 00:50:57,480 --> 00:51:01,480 Dominguez right now. I think there's more day-to-day 1059 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,960 value in Beatty now. He's not a he's not Brooks 1060 00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:09,280 Robinson, he's not Greg Metals. He's not he's not Ryan McMahon 1061 00:51:09,280 --> 00:51:10,640 catching the ball third base, right. 1062 00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:13,560 He's pretty good. So value with third base. 1063 00:51:13,680 --> 00:51:16,160 Like I don't love him at second based on and you can get that 1064 00:51:16,160 --> 00:51:17,080 down. J Rod, thank you. 1065 00:51:17,440 --> 00:51:20,640 I don't love him at second lack of lateral burst, but he's 1066 00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:22,800 functional play. Like you put it this way. 1067 00:51:23,000 --> 00:51:25,360 I think Beatty could play second base at this point better than 1068 00:51:25,360 --> 00:51:30,160 Dominguez could play left field. And if Dominguez remains as bad 1069 00:51:30,160 --> 00:51:33,080 as he's been in left field, then I think Beatty could actually 1070 00:51:33,080 --> 00:51:35,320 prove to be a competent left fielder, maybe more so than 1071 00:51:35,320 --> 00:51:37,320 Dominguez. You can also put Dominguez at 1072 00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:38,520 first base. I don't think you'd put 1073 00:51:38,520 --> 00:51:39,960 Dominguez there. Beatty. 1074 00:51:40,040 --> 00:51:42,000 Beatty at first base. Dominguez is never going to see 1075 00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,440 the infield. So who's not going to do it? 1076 00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:48,200 I think everybody. You know Now, if you asked me, 1077 00:51:48,680 --> 00:51:51,640 would I trade? Not from the Yankees point of 1078 00:51:51,640 --> 00:51:53,360 view. I own the Yankees. 1079 00:51:53,480 --> 00:51:56,320 I run the Yankees. What? 1080 00:51:56,320 --> 00:51:58,600 I trade Mets. Call me up. 1081 00:51:59,200 --> 00:52:02,400 Hey, we want Dominguez. We'll give you Beatty and 1082 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:04,040 there's nothing else that's going to get thrown in there. 1083 00:52:04,040 --> 00:52:06,880 There's no like money. There's no like, you know, top 1084 00:52:06,880 --> 00:52:10,000 10 prospect because they're both kind of the same guy. 1085 00:52:10,200 --> 00:52:12,040 If anything, Beatty's got a little bit more on the 1086 00:52:12,040 --> 00:52:14,360 professional resume, obviously, because he had eighteen home 1087 00:52:14,360 --> 00:52:17,080 runs and he played a little bit more than than Jason Didier go. 1088 00:52:17,080 --> 00:52:20,160 But to me that's kind of just a a player for player swap. 1089 00:52:20,440 --> 00:52:22,760 And if I'm running the Yankees, would I do that? 1090 00:52:28,120 --> 00:52:32,000 I probably would I like Brett, I like Brett Beatty. 1091 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:35,720 I probably would, but I'm also, you know, not as down on on the 1092 00:52:35,720 --> 00:52:38,160 biggest as some of you are. So all right, let's get back to 1093 00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:40,040 the list. Good question so far just to 1094 00:52:40,040 --> 00:52:43,080 reset it big questions, pressing questions facing the Yanks and 1095 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:46,400 Mets going into the season again, not calculating trade 1096 00:52:46,400 --> 00:52:49,080 school ball. Any other things that we might, 1097 00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:52,920 you know, that might come across our, our, our team's desks in 1098 00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,880 the next month or so? Bullpen arms, 4th outfield, the 1099 00:52:55,880 --> 00:52:57,640 righty stake, what they currently have. 1100 00:52:57,640 --> 00:53:01,560 Both teams #10 through Sean and I have bounced back #9 What's 1101 00:53:01,560 --> 00:53:03,200 Volpe's length of? What's the leash? 1102 00:53:03,200 --> 00:53:04,760 How long do they give him to figure it out? 1103 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:06,000 It's going to be different this year. 1104 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,280 It has to be #8 Can you fully trust Devin Williams? 1105 00:53:09,440 --> 00:53:14,320 Just don't butcher two or three saves early in Queens because 1106 00:53:14,320 --> 00:53:17,720 you will not recover. You have to start well, don't 1107 00:53:17,720 --> 00:53:20,920 think you will, but you have to #7 Is Ben Rice's star. 1108 00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,960 Is he on the precipice of becoming an offensive star? 1109 00:53:24,120 --> 00:53:27,520 I believe he is number six. What's Beatty's role told you? 1110 00:53:27,520 --> 00:53:32,520 That number 5 is last year's Grisham, the new grisham #4. 1111 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:39,320 Let's move up here on the list. Key #4 #4 will Cole get back to 1112 00:53:39,320 --> 00:53:42,880 being Gerrit Cole? Will Gerrit Cole get back to 1113 00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,680 being his former self? Now, the last full season that 1114 00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:48,640 Gerrit Cole pitched, he won the Cy Young. 1115 00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,560 You know, people forget that not last year didn't pitch at all. 1116 00:53:52,600 --> 00:53:59,000 Year before he was a, he was a Cy Young winner in 2023. 1117 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:02,560 So he won in 23/20/24. I think he had 18 starts. 1118 00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:04,920 Remember, he started late, it was good, like good. 1119 00:54:04,920 --> 00:54:07,320 Still more strikeouts in innings, not not quite as 1120 00:54:07,320 --> 00:54:10,160 dominant, but good because that there was something wrong. 1121 00:54:10,480 --> 00:54:12,840 And then last year didn't throw a single pitch. 1122 00:54:13,080 --> 00:54:15,360 And now he's on the comeback, he's on the mend. 1123 00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:20,360 And listen, you have to start with a couple of things #1 even 1124 00:54:20,360 --> 00:54:23,200 at his apex now, like he could dial it up to 98. 1125 00:54:23,200 --> 00:54:25,200 Like we've seen that very often from Gary Cole. 1126 00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:29,040 But he's not so reliant on the fastball that if there's a 1127 00:54:29,040 --> 00:54:32,400 slight diminishment in this fastball, which by the way, when 1128 00:54:32,400 --> 00:54:35,320 he's fully healthy and back in the groove, I don't think there 1129 00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:37,560 will be like that doesn't really happen with Tommy John. 1130 00:54:37,560 --> 00:54:40,320 You come back, you throw as hard as you used to, maybe it tick 1131 00:54:40,320 --> 00:54:41,680 more. It just doesn't happen 1132 00:54:41,680 --> 00:54:42,240 overnight. All right? 1133 00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:43,280 So it's going to be a learning curve. 1134 00:54:43,280 --> 00:54:46,080 He's got to learn to trust his body, snap it off, that nasty 1135 00:54:46,080 --> 00:54:48,000 secondary stuff. It's not going to happen right 1136 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:50,960 away. But eventually, will Gerrit Cole 1137 00:54:50,960 --> 00:54:53,960 get back to being Gerrit Cole? That's the important question. 1138 00:54:54,280 --> 00:54:58,280 And my answer is yes. And even if it's 85 to 90% of 1139 00:54:58,280 --> 00:55:02,160 Garrett Cole, well, that's OK. Because when Garrett Cole was 1140 00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:05,000 shouldering the burden of being the staff ace for the Yankees 1141 00:55:05,040 --> 00:55:08,160 all those years when they got him right, there was really 1142 00:55:08,160 --> 00:55:10,760 nobody behind him that was even close to measuring up to Garrett 1143 00:55:10,760 --> 00:55:12,760 Cole. There was a fairly precipitous 1144 00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:15,400 drop. Garrett Cole to #2 to #3 right. 1145 00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:19,600 Well, Max Fried's pretty much as good as Garrett Cole, you know, 1146 00:55:19,960 --> 00:55:23,000 And if he's not as good at as Cole was at at Garrett Cole's 1147 00:55:23,000 --> 00:55:25,520 absolute best. He's in he's in the zip code, 1148 00:55:25,520 --> 00:55:26,160 man. He's not. 1149 00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:28,520 He's not too many miles away. He's phenomenal. 1150 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:32,760 So you're going to have a you to be a little less dependent on on 1151 00:55:32,760 --> 00:55:37,000 Gary Cole pitching every big game and relying on him to win 1152 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:39,320 every big game because if he doesn't, the Yanks are the whole 1153 00:55:39,640 --> 00:55:42,160 now I know Freed got shelled in Toronto like it's baseball. 1154 00:55:42,240 --> 00:55:44,760 I mean Maddox has gotten shelled, Clemens has gotten 1155 00:55:44,760 --> 00:55:47,160 shelled. Randy Johnson shilling Pedro, 1156 00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:49,480 you name a baseball and all time great. 1157 00:55:49,680 --> 00:55:52,280 Tom Siever had a couple of stiffs, you know, stiff outings, 1158 00:55:52,440 --> 00:55:55,240 Steve Carlton, Nolan Ryan, it's baseball. 1159 00:55:55,240 --> 00:55:58,160 You know, you want to overreact to some things like the Red Sox 1160 00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:00,560 wild card game couple of years ago when she when Cole got 1161 00:56:00,560 --> 00:56:02,760 rocked. Go for it Freed last year. 1162 00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:04,960 Go for it. I look at you in totality. 1163 00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:07,000 You know, how many pitches do you have? 1164 00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:11,160 You know, how comfortable are hitters against you and myself? 1165 00:56:11,160 --> 00:56:14,520 I, I think really one of my favorite stats, like you could 1166 00:56:14,520 --> 00:56:16,640 look at now ERA WHIP, blah, blah, blah. 1167 00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:20,640 To me, and I've said this for a while, I think the best stat 1168 00:56:20,840 --> 00:56:23,320 because it tells you everything that I need to know as a as a as 1169 00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:26,520 a former player, not at that level, obviously, but opponents 1170 00:56:26,520 --> 00:56:30,200 batting average against, if you got a dude who's, you know, 1171 00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:36,000 opponents batting average against is 198 or 212 or 219 or 1172 00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:39,760 220. I mean, even if the WHIP in the 1173 00:56:39,840 --> 00:56:43,240 ERA is a tick higher than like, you know, Cy Young stuff, That's 1174 00:56:43,240 --> 00:56:45,120 the guy that I want out there taking the baseball because I 1175 00:56:45,120 --> 00:56:46,760 know it's an uncomfortable at bat. 1176 00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:49,480 You know, you don't hit 212 against somebody if you're 1177 00:56:49,480 --> 00:56:53,280 comfortable, You just don't yet 270 or 300 or 320. 1178 00:56:53,640 --> 00:56:59,440 So when Garrett Cole comes back with Freed shouldering a lot of 1179 00:56:59,440 --> 00:57:03,200 that burden, with Cam Schlittler taking that next step, which I 1180 00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:07,840 absolutely believe he will, you've got it's time for Gerrit 1181 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,760 Cole to figure it out. And provided that he does, which 1182 00:57:10,760 --> 00:57:14,440 I believe that he will, I think the Yankees will have the best 1183 00:57:14,440 --> 00:57:16,760 rotation in baseball. Firmly believe it said it for a 1184 00:57:16,760 --> 00:57:18,320 while. Yankees will have the best if 1185 00:57:18,320 --> 00:57:20,960 those things happen. Yankees rotation in terms of 1186 00:57:20,960 --> 00:57:23,840 high end dominant stuff, in terms of depth. 1187 00:57:24,120 --> 00:57:28,120 Because you very well might have a situation where Carlos Rodan 1188 00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:32,320 is number 5 at the very they might be #4 You know, and Carlos 1189 00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,480 Rodan and you can complain about them all you want. 1190 00:57:35,120 --> 00:57:38,760 He was pretty good last year. I still, I'm not all in on him 1191 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:40,400 because you can't fully trust him in the big spot. 1192 00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:43,160 We've seen that. But Carlos Rodin's good. 1193 00:57:43,480 --> 00:57:46,120 And if Carlos Rodin is going against the opposing teams 4th 1194 00:57:46,120 --> 00:57:49,920 best pitcher, like 4th in their rotation, Rodin goes from good 1195 00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:52,880 to really good. So that's a big question. 1196 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,960 Will Garrett Cole get back to being Garrett Cole? 1197 00:57:56,400 --> 00:58:00,240 I think it's less about, you know, will he and a more like 1198 00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:03,200 when will he be that guy? Because I believe that he will 1199 00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:07,400 #3 All right, let's stick with pitching here. 1200 00:58:07,800 --> 00:58:14,280 This is a joint Yankee Met one. Is Schlittler and McClain the 1201 00:58:14,280 --> 00:58:16,200 real deal? Are they for real? 1202 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:20,880 Are Schlittler and McClain blossoming superstars? 1203 00:58:20,920 --> 00:58:22,960 And for me, the answer, no doubt. 1204 00:58:23,160 --> 00:58:25,560 Yes, they are. Now, that doesn't mean one of 1205 00:58:25,560 --> 00:58:26,960 them might not get up to a rough start. 1206 00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:29,040 It's funny, I was talking to my Buddy Guy who played a lot of 1207 00:58:29,040 --> 00:58:33,720 baseball, too. He's like, you know, the the 1208 00:58:33,720 --> 00:58:37,200 league now has a book a little bit here on on Cam Schlittler 1209 00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:40,160 and McClain. Yeah, understood. 1210 00:58:40,160 --> 00:58:43,160 It's a two way St. They also have a book on the 1211 00:58:43,160 --> 00:58:44,520 league. They also have a bit of a 1212 00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:47,440 familiarity a little bit, but they've got some Intel they 1213 00:58:47,440 --> 00:58:49,240 didn't have before. They came up to the bigs and 1214 00:58:49,240 --> 00:58:52,480 pitched and made a real mark for the Yanks and Mets about, you 1215 00:58:52,480 --> 00:58:55,800 know what certain umpires, you know, even it's going to 1216 00:58:55,800 --> 00:58:58,320 automate it eventually. But you know, like strike zones 1217 00:58:58,320 --> 00:59:01,320 and you know what players can't handle, backed up by analytics, 1218 00:59:01,320 --> 00:59:04,920 but also backed up by being on the bump, looking 60 feet, 6 1219 00:59:04,920 --> 00:59:07,400 inches away and knowing what somebody can handle and what 1220 00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:08,440 they can't. All right. 1221 00:59:08,840 --> 00:59:11,080 And when you're in the minors, it's a theory. 1222 00:59:11,200 --> 00:59:13,200 When you've done it in the majors, even if it's if it's a 1223 00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:15,480 small sample, it's a real tangible thing. 1224 00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:20,200 So to me, that's one of the big parts of both of these team 1225 00:59:20,200 --> 00:59:22,720 seasons. Like if McClain is the horse I 1226 00:59:22,720 --> 00:59:24,640 expect him to be, I love him, you know that. 1227 00:59:25,120 --> 00:59:28,640 And Schlittler is the horse that all Yankee fans, I think all 1228 00:59:28,640 --> 00:59:31,480 baseball people, and McClain as well, not just Met fans, 1229 00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:34,040 baseball people expect those guys to be. 1230 00:59:34,400 --> 00:59:37,720 Now the the elevation for what the Yanks of the Mets this year 1231 00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:41,760 could be is absolutely through the roof from a pitching 1232 00:59:41,760 --> 00:59:44,600 perspective, from a team accomplishment perspective. 1233 00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:48,480 You know, think about this guys. The I mean, I know we get a 1234 00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:51,440 little worked up with the hype. You know, I remember I was on 1235 00:59:51,440 --> 00:59:53,560 the Louis Hill train. You know, it was first couple of 1236 00:59:53,560 --> 00:59:56,880 months couple of years ago and you guys took me to task for 1237 00:59:56,880 --> 00:59:58,560 this. But of course you hijacked it, 1238 00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:00,400 whatever. And I was bringing up a loose 1239 01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,840 comparison. Louis Hills first X amount of 1240 01:00:02,840 --> 01:00:05,920 starts a couple of years back. It really wasn't that different 1241 01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:08,560 from. Hear me out from young Dwight 1242 01:00:08,560 --> 01:00:10,200 Gooden. You know some of his early 1243 01:00:10,200 --> 01:00:13,240 starts there and I backed it up with numbers and of course, all 1244 01:00:13,480 --> 01:00:16,800 B TS on the fan saying Louis heels the next Dwight Gooden. 1245 01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:19,240 Never said that, you idiot. Never said that, you dope. 1246 01:00:19,560 --> 01:00:23,080 What I did was I created a statistical thread that I 1247 01:00:23,080 --> 01:00:26,280 provided to you just to give you something to think about and you 1248 01:00:26,280 --> 01:00:29,600 can either accept it or not. And some of you did, some of you 1249 01:00:29,600 --> 01:00:31,640 didn't. And if you did, you're 1250 01:00:31,640 --> 01:00:33,720 ultimately proven wrong, like I was right. 1251 01:00:34,080 --> 01:00:36,800 But they look different. It looks like they have 1252 01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:39,800 different makeups. I think they've got slightly 1253 01:00:39,800 --> 01:00:42,400 different stuff. In the case of Cam Schlitter, 1254 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:46,680 he's so long, the ball is on you so fast, that long wind up, 1255 01:00:46,680 --> 01:00:50,640 those long levers, and you watch McClain like both of these 1256 01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:53,360 dudes. But focusing on McClain for a 1257 01:00:53,360 --> 01:00:55,800 second, I don't know, man. There's something about, and I 1258 01:00:55,800 --> 01:00:57,280 feel the same way about Cam here too. 1259 01:00:57,600 --> 01:01:01,840 But you look at McClain and to me, he's just he's got the look 1260 01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:05,680 of the guy of the kind of guy that you give the baseball to 1261 01:01:06,080 --> 01:01:11,160 and it's like a must win game and it's like 46° out and it's a 1262 01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,280 full house, whether it's in Queens or LA. 1263 01:01:13,280 --> 01:01:14,920 And you know, like it'd be 46 in LA. 1264 01:01:14,960 --> 01:01:18,320 But you know what I mean? You know, out in Philly in a big 1265 01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:21,280 playoff game or a big Pennant race in September. 1266 01:01:21,640 --> 01:01:24,200 And you know, he's got the turtleneck on, he's got the 1267 01:01:24,200 --> 01:01:27,520 goatee and he's got the glove here and he's just dealing, 1268 01:01:27,680 --> 01:01:31,080 punching people out. Very few hits, impeccable 1269 01:01:31,080 --> 01:01:33,760 control, just buzzing through a batting order. 1270 01:01:34,120 --> 01:01:36,760 I would be stunned. Now, I don't mean that both of 1271 01:01:36,760 --> 01:01:40,760 these guys are going to go 23 and seven, you know, with a 2 1272 01:01:40,760 --> 01:01:45,160 point O1 ERA and a sub one WHIP. I'm, I'm not saying and 279 1273 01:01:45,160 --> 01:01:48,640 strikeouts, they're young, all right, There's going to be 1274 01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:52,200 bumps, but I've been watching New York baseball a long time, 1275 01:01:52,280 --> 01:01:55,240 long time. And you know, I didn't see, I 1276 01:01:55,240 --> 01:01:58,360 saw old Seaver at the end for a minute when he came back in 83. 1277 01:01:58,560 --> 01:02:01,880 I do remember that a little bit. That was so obviously. 1278 01:02:01,880 --> 01:02:04,880 So Doc didn't really see Pete Guidry in the 70s. 1279 01:02:04,880 --> 01:02:08,240 He was more in the 80s for me. Obviously Yankees brought in a 1280 01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:11,880 ton of studs, but like Pettitte didn't have that that stuff. 1281 01:02:12,240 --> 01:02:14,360 Even when Clemens was here. I don't know that he quite had 1282 01:02:14,360 --> 01:02:17,720 that high end stuff that he had when he was with Boston or even 1283 01:02:17,720 --> 01:02:20,480 Toronto when he won the couple of Cy Young's there. 1284 01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:24,040 These dudes are different. It's more it's more in line with 1285 01:02:24,040 --> 01:02:27,560 like a Matt Harvey type and you just get the sense that McClain 1286 01:02:27,560 --> 01:02:30,120 and Cam Schlittler are wired differently. 1287 01:02:30,120 --> 01:02:33,160 No disrespect to, you know, to him, but I'm I'm, you know, 1288 01:02:33,160 --> 01:02:35,280 let's face it. I mean, part of the reason why 1289 01:02:35,280 --> 01:02:38,760 he melted is because he couldn't handle the Super stardom and the 1290 01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:40,520 trappings of New York just couldn't do it. 1291 01:02:40,880 --> 01:02:42,840 And he fell in love with being a superstar. 1292 01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:45,760 And, you know, before you know it, that party and, you know, 1293 01:02:45,760 --> 01:02:47,800 I'm sure it's fun, you know, hanging out with models at the 1294 01:02:47,800 --> 01:02:50,640 clubs every night, whatever you doing, but you're not, you're 1295 01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:52,600 not focusing on your job as much as you should be. 1296 01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:54,360 And it eventually derailed his career. 1297 01:02:54,360 --> 01:02:56,040 And he's talked about that. I'm not trying to talk out of 1298 01:02:56,040 --> 01:02:57,080 school. And I'm going to try to diss 1299 01:02:57,080 --> 01:02:59,480 Matt Harvey. But like, Matt Harvey had that 1300 01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:02,320 stuff. Obviously degrom had that stuff. 1301 01:03:02,320 --> 01:03:03,480 Mets couldn't score runs for him. 1302 01:03:03,840 --> 01:03:08,160 These guys, they're, they're in the ballpark of having that same 1303 01:03:08,160 --> 01:03:10,480 stuff. And I think that their makeup is 1304 01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:14,200 more like degrom than Harvey. And that's a great thing. 1305 01:03:14,200 --> 01:03:18,880 So #3 are Cam Schlittler and McClain, are they for real? 1306 01:03:20,440 --> 01:03:26,480 I think they are #2 this one's been kind of pushed to the side, 1307 01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:30,960 and I'm not so sure that it should be the number 2. 1308 01:03:31,520 --> 01:03:32,800 I think a lot of you disagree with this. 1309 01:03:32,800 --> 01:03:34,720 That's fine. I think the number 2 most 1310 01:03:34,720 --> 01:03:40,400 pressing issue item on the Yanks and Mets checklist this year 1311 01:03:40,400 --> 01:03:44,240 entering the season. Does Mendi's seat get hot again? 1312 01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:51,160 Does Carlos Mendoza feel the heat like he undeniably and 1313 01:03:51,160 --> 01:03:52,920 rightfully so, felt the year ago? 1314 01:03:53,400 --> 01:03:58,040 Now all that noise and all that, that smoke has dissipated 1315 01:03:58,360 --> 01:03:59,680 because they've changed the team. 1316 01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:04,960 And to me, last year, Carlos Mendoza had a horrendous season 1317 01:04:05,040 --> 01:04:08,760 as manager of the Mets. I said it in real time, he 1318 01:04:08,760 --> 01:04:11,520 couldn't stop losing streaks. They weren't playing buttoned up 1319 01:04:11,520 --> 01:04:14,400 baseball. There were definitely some some 1320 01:04:14,400 --> 01:04:18,000 inconsistencies in terms of effort and players being locked 1321 01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:19,720 in. There were some tactical 1322 01:04:19,720 --> 01:04:22,600 mistakes that I'm not going to reset now, but pinch hitting and 1323 01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:26,960 bullpen moves that I absolutely addressed on the fan the next 1324 01:04:26,960 --> 01:04:28,040 day. I'm like, you can't make that 1325 01:04:28,040 --> 01:04:28,960 mistake. You can't. 1326 01:04:29,200 --> 01:04:31,080 It's not your first year, it's your second year now. 1327 01:04:31,080 --> 01:04:34,400 It's your third year. And now a lot of the components 1328 01:04:34,400 --> 01:04:38,400 that we perceive maybe to have been a little bit of a have an 1329 01:04:38,480 --> 01:04:41,200 that have a negative effect on the chemistry. 1330 01:04:41,400 --> 01:04:44,200 It's a whole new clubhouse. And a lot of the guys you 1331 01:04:44,200 --> 01:04:47,880 brought in or gamers and winners and good clubhouse guys. 1332 01:04:48,080 --> 01:04:53,640 Peralta, A+ clubhouse guy gamer, but shit, A+ clubhouse guy 1333 01:04:53,760 --> 01:04:55,400 gamer. Don't really know enough about 1334 01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:58,880 Louise Robert. I get the sense this could be a 1335 01:04:58,880 --> 01:05:01,280 good thing and a bad thing, bad thing because if you do this, 1336 01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,800 it's not a great thing, but a good thing because you might be 1337 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,360 able to flip the switch. I think he's one of these dudes 1338 01:05:06,360 --> 01:05:09,880 that when he's in a a toxic, losing environment like it was 1339 01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:12,760 with Chicago, I think he just kind of coasts and he kind of 1340 01:05:12,760 --> 01:05:14,680 males it in a little bit. I think efforts a little 1341 01:05:14,680 --> 01:05:16,720 optional. I don't think he's really dialed 1342 01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:18,240 in. I don't think he's really ready 1343 01:05:18,240 --> 01:05:23,920 to go, and I think he's got enough pure physical prowess to 1344 01:05:23,920 --> 01:05:26,840 still be viewed as a very enticing option around baseball. 1345 01:05:26,840 --> 01:05:28,760 He was always talked about at the trade deadline. 1346 01:05:29,280 --> 01:05:31,240 You know, I know the Yankees actually were sniffing around 1347 01:05:31,240 --> 01:05:33,480 Louise Robert, if they didn't get Bellinger back, saw that 1348 01:05:33,480 --> 01:05:35,400 earlier today, which I wouldn't have loved. 1349 01:05:35,440 --> 01:05:39,040 But you know, the fact that they were looking at him tells you 1350 01:05:39,440 --> 01:05:41,960 that there's a desire like a desirable skill set. 1351 01:05:42,360 --> 01:05:46,640 So I think when you get him in a winning situation, or what 1352 01:05:46,640 --> 01:05:49,440 should be a winning situation with a better culture, I think 1353 01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:51,680 you're going to get more of the early Louise Robert than the 1354 01:05:51,680 --> 01:05:53,880 later Louise Robert. But I don't know what kind of 1355 01:05:54,640 --> 01:05:57,240 clubhouse guy he is. I think Soto was fine. 1356 01:05:57,240 --> 01:05:59,800 I think he's to himself. I don't think he's bad. 1357 01:05:59,800 --> 01:06:01,240 I don't think he's good for the club. 1358 01:06:01,240 --> 01:06:08,160 I think he's just so immersed in his hitting lab like his his 1359 01:06:08,160 --> 01:06:11,000 preparation that he's kind of a lone wolf. 1360 01:06:11,040 --> 01:06:14,000 Again, not not a bad guy at all. I think he's a good guy and I 1361 01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:17,800 think that he he wants to win, but I know he's just intensely 1362 01:06:17,800 --> 01:06:20,920 driven in his mind to be the best hitter that ever lived. 1363 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:22,880 Now he's not, but he's tremendous. 1364 01:06:23,040 --> 01:06:27,040 All right. But I do think that, you know, 1365 01:06:27,040 --> 01:06:33,600 like the Lindor and certainly Soto's presence offensively. 1366 01:06:33,880 --> 01:06:37,880 But now the Polanco comes from a good Seattle team, a good 1367 01:06:37,880 --> 01:06:40,120 Seattle vibe. So Polanco's in the mix. 1368 01:06:40,320 --> 01:06:42,520 He got some youth from Bait. He was going to play a lot. 1369 01:06:42,880 --> 01:06:45,160 Alvarez has some good energy. If he could ever hit and stay 1370 01:06:45,160 --> 01:06:48,240 healthy, I think Alvarez will be a good asset for this team. 1371 01:06:48,520 --> 01:06:51,760 Interesting components. But don't get this thing twisted 1372 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:53,760 like the Mets aren't punked it on this year. 1373 01:06:53,760 --> 01:06:56,560 You know, when you when you trade for Peralta and you get 1374 01:06:56,560 --> 01:06:59,840 Robert and you do what they did and they might not even be done 1375 01:06:59,920 --> 01:07:02,360 all right, you're expected to be a playoff team. 1376 01:07:02,480 --> 01:07:05,840 Vegas expects it. I expected projected win totals 1377 01:07:05,840 --> 01:07:08,520 by everybody, every sports book. We all project it. 1378 01:07:08,840 --> 01:07:12,240 So if that doesn't happen and the Mets are playing sloppy, the 1379 01:07:12,240 --> 01:07:14,680 fingers are going to go to the manager and rightfully so. 1380 01:07:15,080 --> 01:07:19,120 You know, the Carlos Mendoza that I watched last year. 1381 01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:21,560 And you know, I've said this before. 1382 01:07:21,560 --> 01:07:25,520 I watch these post game shows like I watch the games, but then 1383 01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:27,040 I watch Mendy. I watch Boone. 1384 01:07:27,240 --> 01:07:29,400 I watch Boone on yes, I watch Mendy on S&Y. 1385 01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:32,880 You know, I want to see what they're saying and I want to see 1386 01:07:32,880 --> 01:07:35,600 what they're projecting. I want to see what the message 1387 01:07:35,600 --> 01:07:37,600 is. And there was a point and again, 1388 01:07:37,600 --> 01:07:40,080 I also said this on the air. It's all you can all find this. 1389 01:07:41,640 --> 01:07:43,720 I I was one of the first to get on Mendoza. 1390 01:07:43,720 --> 01:07:46,400 Like, dude, you're not having a good year, you're not having a 1391 01:07:46,400 --> 01:07:48,040 good year. You don't have a great control 1392 01:07:48,040 --> 01:07:50,160 over this team. I don't see great effort. 1393 01:07:50,400 --> 01:07:55,080 You know, the the day-to-day buttons that you're pushing 1394 01:07:55,080 --> 01:07:59,400 aren't working. And then watching him on SNY, I 1395 01:07:59,400 --> 01:08:00,880 felt like he didn't have the answers. 1396 01:08:00,880 --> 01:08:03,320 Like I thought his messaging was, I don't want to say soft, I 1397 01:08:03,320 --> 01:08:05,480 don't mean that. But it wasn't hitting the mark 1398 01:08:05,480 --> 01:08:10,680 like when he spoke as the Mets were just drowning loss after 1399 01:08:10,680 --> 01:08:14,760 loss after loss and inability to get past the third inning. 1400 01:08:14,760 --> 01:08:18,040 Every night from your starting rotation, your bullpen, coughing 1401 01:08:18,040 --> 01:08:20,200 up leads. Just a a circus. 1402 01:08:20,200 --> 01:08:23,720 The Mets were, I never really thought that I heard a guy 1403 01:08:24,040 --> 01:08:26,479 project conviction and confidence that they was going 1404 01:08:26,479 --> 01:08:28,960 to get stabilized. That's your job, Mendoza. 1405 01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:30,960 It's your job. That's your job. 1406 01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:32,359 It's your job to write out the lineup. 1407 01:08:32,560 --> 01:08:35,640 It's a job to get a sense of, you know, go with some gun 1408 01:08:35,640 --> 01:08:38,560 calls, which the Mets will let him do and not all analytically 1409 01:08:38,560 --> 01:08:40,359 driven. And it's your job to figure out 1410 01:08:40,359 --> 01:08:44,160 a new roster. And if you don't, if you don't, 1411 01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:47,439 if the Mets start really sloppy, unless he's get get fired in 1412 01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:49,560 April. But if there's an element of 1413 01:08:49,560 --> 01:08:54,359 underachievement and it's palpable, it's identifiable, his 1414 01:08:54,359 --> 01:08:57,080 seats going to be hot and rightfully so. 1415 01:08:57,240 --> 01:08:59,279 So to me, that's the second biggest story in New York. 1416 01:08:59,720 --> 01:09:03,160 Let me get this text here at Willie Laverde 1664. 1417 01:09:03,160 --> 01:09:05,800 Willie, what's happening? Stearns's pitching staff was the 1418 01:09:05,840 --> 01:09:07,880 issue last year. Agreed. 1419 01:09:07,880 --> 01:09:09,560 But also the Mets didn't really hit when you had to. 1420 01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:11,200 So that's partially that's kind of the easy way out. 1421 01:09:11,560 --> 01:09:13,560 Mets were, yeah. Mets were top 10s in run scored. 1422 01:09:13,560 --> 01:09:15,640 I get that Stern gets too much credit. 1423 01:09:15,640 --> 01:09:17,680 How many World Series did the Brewers win during his tenure? 1424 01:09:17,680 --> 01:09:20,080 Well, I don't know anybody's anointing him in the hit. 1425 01:09:20,080 --> 01:09:21,800 The executive of the century, will he? 1426 01:09:22,200 --> 01:09:25,279 I I think what I speak for myself, which I always do. 1427 01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:28,000 All I'm saying is he was born here to do a job. 1428 01:09:28,399 --> 01:09:31,240 And when you get here to do a job for a team that's a 1429 01:09:31,359 --> 01:09:34,960 franchise that is basically shit forever, you got to evaluate 1430 01:09:34,960 --> 01:09:36,160 what you have. All right? 1431 01:09:36,439 --> 01:09:37,720 The first year, that's what he did. 1432 01:09:37,760 --> 01:09:40,200 He evaluated. He we walked in, he inherited 1433 01:09:40,200 --> 01:09:42,200 what he inherited. The Mets overachieved. 1434 01:09:42,200 --> 01:09:45,120 And when you overachieve, you're not going to really do anything. 1435 01:09:45,319 --> 01:09:48,479 There's no real need to, especially when that 1436 01:09:48,479 --> 01:09:51,479 overachievement is is is partially punctuated by 1437 01:09:51,720 --> 01:09:54,120 homegrown players that the fans love. 1438 01:09:54,400 --> 01:09:58,280 Like there was no reason to disband the 2024 Mets. 1439 01:09:58,480 --> 01:10:01,800 Now, maybe you could have been a little bit more astute with some 1440 01:10:01,800 --> 01:10:03,400 of the pitching additions starters. 1441 01:10:03,400 --> 01:10:06,880 Yeah, because it was awful. It worked this first year that 1442 01:10:06,880 --> 01:10:09,560 that Mets pitching lab, which by whatever the hell that means, it 1443 01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:12,320 worked the first year, didn't work the second year. 1444 01:10:12,480 --> 01:10:13,960 Now we start splitting the difference. 1445 01:10:14,200 --> 01:10:17,400 But once you get past the first year, then the second year went 1446 01:10:17,400 --> 01:10:22,040 sideways in in many different ways, energy, chemistry, 1447 01:10:22,120 --> 01:10:26,520 production, pitching, clutch hitting defense, Lindor 1448 01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:30,360 regressed defensively. You know, Soto's Soto out there 1449 01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:33,640 and left Nimmo was A and got a rag arm in left field. 1450 01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:36,160 You know, the Antos is a disaster wherever you put them. 1451 01:10:36,680 --> 01:10:41,320 So those are all baseball items here and stern Sterns addressed 1452 01:10:41,320 --> 01:10:42,920 them. Now, when you say, well, what, 1453 01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:45,120 what did he, what World Series did he win? 1454 01:10:46,240 --> 01:10:47,520 Don't take this the wrong way, will they? 1455 01:10:47,520 --> 01:10:49,800 But you're the kind of fan that frustrates me. 1456 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:54,040 You're that bottom line fan who doesn't allow himself to think 1457 01:10:54,040 --> 01:10:58,000 3-4 levels beyond and haven't and and and and and really 1458 01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:00,720 inject all of the context into the conversation. 1459 01:11:01,160 --> 01:11:04,800 Let me ask you this. His baseball acumen based on 1460 01:11:04,800 --> 01:11:07,960 what he built in Milwaukee has proven to be better than 1461 01:11:07,960 --> 01:11:11,520 whatever the Mets have done in Lord knows how long in terms of 1462 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,360 a continuous 5 year window, right? 1463 01:11:13,720 --> 01:11:16,280 Brewers, pretty good. The Brewers won more games than 1464 01:11:16,280 --> 01:11:18,800 the Dodgers did a year ago. There were four or five teams 1465 01:11:18,800 --> 01:11:21,560 that won more regular season games than the Dodgers. 1466 01:11:21,560 --> 01:11:24,160 Yankees were one of them as well, obviously, tied with 1467 01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:26,520 Toronto. Brewers had 97 or 98. 1468 01:11:26,600 --> 01:11:28,960 They won more. All right, So that doesn't mean 1469 01:11:28,960 --> 01:11:30,680 they're better than the Dodgers, obviously. 1470 01:11:30,960 --> 01:11:34,120 And you got to win eventually if you want to be hailed as a great 1471 01:11:34,400 --> 01:11:35,880 executive. He's young. 1472 01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:39,440 He just got here. You try to fix the Mets, which 1473 01:11:39,440 --> 01:11:42,440 is not an easy job, especially now when there's this 1474 01:11:42,440 --> 01:11:44,840 deconstruction and now we're rebuild. 1475 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:48,280 So you got to give them time. But you're also kind of the guy 1476 01:11:48,280 --> 01:11:50,520 I think will be again. Don't take it the wrong way. 1477 01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:51,800 I know you watch the show, you text. 1478 01:11:51,800 --> 01:11:54,600 I got love for you, but you're a frustrating person to have these 1479 01:11:54,600 --> 01:11:57,920 conversations with because it you're you're so linear. 1480 01:11:57,920 --> 01:12:01,600 It's not always a straight line. You've got to incorporate, at 1481 01:12:01,600 --> 01:12:06,120 least you should, the other items that I think matter and 1482 01:12:06,320 --> 01:12:08,520 all the winning that he did in Milwaukee, short of a World 1483 01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:11,240 Series, if he had another 100 and something $1,000,000, you 1484 01:12:11,240 --> 01:12:12,960 don't think that he may have had a better chance to win a World 1485 01:12:12,960 --> 01:12:14,960 Series? Like that's the whole point. 1486 01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:17,480 You're bringing in Stearns, who built the hell of a team in 1487 01:12:17,480 --> 01:12:21,600 Milwaukee in a small market with financial limitations, and now 1488 01:12:21,880 --> 01:12:24,960 you're giving him a chance to build a similar team. 1489 01:12:24,960 --> 01:12:27,680 Could run, could play defense, run prevention, all that stuff. 1490 01:12:27,680 --> 01:12:30,400 Get some better players. Focus on, you know, not long 1491 01:12:30,400 --> 01:12:33,280 contracts outside of soda, which is totally justifiable for a lot 1492 01:12:33,280 --> 01:12:35,720 of reasons. And now you accent that 1493 01:12:35,720 --> 01:12:38,960 eventually with, you know, a payroll that will not 1494 01:12:38,960 --> 01:12:40,040 eventually. It already does. 1495 01:12:40,280 --> 01:12:43,960 That reflects those teams that spend the most and reinvest 1496 01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:45,800 money the most of any teams in baseball. 1497 01:12:46,120 --> 01:12:47,680 Got to get this guy a chance to do his job. 1498 01:12:48,120 --> 01:12:50,560 It's like saying Dan Marino is not a top quarterback 'cause he 1499 01:12:50,560 --> 01:12:53,400 never won the Super Bowl. That's what I mean about the 1500 01:12:53,400 --> 01:12:57,000 frustration, right? Like I give you Super Bowl week, 1501 01:12:57,000 --> 01:12:58,240 right? So I'll give you an example. 1502 01:12:58,680 --> 01:13:01,560 So obviously in terms of accomplishment, Tom Brady's to 1503 01:13:01,560 --> 01:13:03,000 go. He's not the, he's not the best 1504 01:13:03,000 --> 01:13:06,120 quarterback of all time. You know, he's not, not my, not 1505 01:13:06,120 --> 01:13:08,680 for me, He's not, he's not the most talented quarterback of all 1506 01:13:08,680 --> 01:13:10,480 time. He's the greatest winning. 1507 01:13:10,520 --> 01:13:13,200 He's the greatest winner, all right, And I know the stats are 1508 01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:15,720 there as well, but he is just the greatest quarterback winner 1509 01:13:15,720 --> 01:13:17,520 in the history of the sport. Go with that. 1510 01:13:17,880 --> 01:13:22,480 You know, are you telling me that if Dan, I know, yeah, Dan. 1511 01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:23,760 Yeah. Chula, who was who was also 1512 01:13:23,760 --> 01:13:25,320 really good. But you know, if you had 1513 01:13:25,320 --> 01:13:28,800 Belichick and Marino had those defenses and the ability to run 1514 01:13:28,800 --> 01:13:32,560 the ball like the Pats did at times during the Brady era and 1515 01:13:32,560 --> 01:13:34,600 some of those other coaches that they had on the staff, which 1516 01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:37,600 were phenomenal, that Dan Maria would have won a championship. 1517 01:13:38,200 --> 01:13:42,240 I I believe that he would have. So that's just frustrates me. 1518 01:13:42,560 --> 01:13:45,800 Same with Ewing, same with Barclays, same with Stockton, 1519 01:13:45,800 --> 01:13:48,240 same with Malone. Same with those guys that don't 1520 01:13:48,240 --> 01:13:51,160 have any or the dudes who have one that we get on for not 1521 01:13:51,160 --> 01:13:54,280 having two or the guys that have two that we railed on for not 1522 01:13:54,280 --> 01:13:58,360 having three. Like understand guys, yeah, I 1523 01:13:58,360 --> 01:14:01,200 understand what we want this fans, we want to win, want to 1524 01:14:01,200 --> 01:14:04,240 win a championship. But I I think the failure to 1525 01:14:04,240 --> 01:14:07,720 incorporate everything and pertaining to this with Sterns, 1526 01:14:07,720 --> 01:14:12,000 with Willy's, with Willy's text where they were what they're 1527 01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:15,280 trying to be consistent consistently not. 1528 01:14:15,400 --> 01:14:17,080 Oh, wow, that was an amazingly fun year. 1529 01:14:17,080 --> 01:14:20,640 We almost got to the World Series, 83 wins, no playoffs, 1530 01:14:20,840 --> 01:14:22,720 dismantle the team. Can't have that. 1531 01:14:22,960 --> 01:14:24,400 Like that doesn't happen to the Yankees. 1532 01:14:24,920 --> 01:14:26,880 We can complain all we want about the Yankees, but the 1533 01:14:26,880 --> 01:14:29,160 Yankees are always here. Maybe the maybe the year they 1534 01:14:29,160 --> 01:14:32,160 get to the World Series, they do here, then they come back here, 1535 01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:36,360 but they're always kind of here. Even the year and Aaron Judge, 1536 01:14:36,520 --> 01:14:38,840 who I think 38 home runs that year when he ran into the wall, 1537 01:14:38,840 --> 01:14:42,440 those stupid moron Dodger dopes had that concrete slab from 1538 01:14:42,440 --> 01:14:44,600 1968. They still had like a 1539 01:14:44,600 --> 01:14:46,680 representative competitive season. 1540 01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:49,120 They didn't win 75 games and go in the toilet. 1541 01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:53,000 It wasn't anarchy in the Bronx. They had a shit team who Aaron 1542 01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:56,680 Judge elevated, and with Aaron Judge, they're a playoff team. 1543 01:14:56,680 --> 01:15:00,080 He got hurt, basically missed months of the season and they 1544 01:15:00,080 --> 01:15:02,920 weren't able to recover. I promise you, if Aaron Judge 1545 01:15:02,920 --> 01:15:05,640 doesn't run into that concrete slab in LA, they're a playoff 1546 01:15:05,640 --> 01:15:08,840 team and that and he's the MVP. And that's what I mean, like, 1547 01:15:09,120 --> 01:15:12,040 you just can't have you. You just can't have this. 1548 01:15:12,040 --> 01:15:13,800 You can't. You can't. 1549 01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:16,240 That's why we get annoyed and frustrated. 1550 01:15:16,240 --> 01:15:19,160 Like, all right, what's the next level for the Knicks, right? 1551 01:15:19,480 --> 01:15:21,040 But at least right now, the Knicks are. 1552 01:15:21,040 --> 01:15:22,680 I know they lost 6. Now they won six. 1553 01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:25,600 But the last couple of years, Knicks have been on autopilot, 1554 01:15:25,920 --> 01:15:28,320 being consistently in the conversation of a team that's 1555 01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:30,080 got a puncher's chance to win a championship. 1556 01:15:30,320 --> 01:15:32,600 Like, even if they don't get Yanis, and I don't love this 1557 01:15:32,600 --> 01:15:34,000 team to win, I don't think they will. 1558 01:15:34,360 --> 01:15:36,560 But I mean, they got a real chance to get to the Eastern 1559 01:15:36,560 --> 01:15:39,240 Conference finals and beyond. I just think they'd lose to a 1560 01:15:39,240 --> 01:15:40,720 team out West. I'm not even sure they beat the 1561 01:15:40,720 --> 01:15:41,960 Pistons. Like if the Pistons make a 1562 01:15:41,960 --> 01:15:44,320 sneaky trade, there's problems with the Pistons. 1563 01:15:44,320 --> 01:15:46,680 There might be problems already because they ain't they ain't 1564 01:15:46,680 --> 01:15:49,520 afraid of the Knicks. But the point is, is that, you 1565 01:15:49,520 --> 01:15:51,720 know, the last couple years Knicks have always been here. 1566 01:15:51,880 --> 01:15:54,880 Give you chance top seed home games, win a couple of rounds, 1567 01:15:55,000 --> 01:15:57,680 He got a shot. Yankees here, you know, make the 1568 01:15:57,680 --> 01:15:59,800 playoffs, win a couple of rounds, have a shot. 1569 01:16:00,640 --> 01:16:03,480 That's the point. Now the Giants, the belief is 1570 01:16:03,480 --> 01:16:06,520 that the Giants will eventually get back to their here comes 1571 01:16:06,520 --> 01:16:08,040 John Horbaugh. All right, maybe this year's 1572 01:16:08,040 --> 01:16:11,120 only eight or nine wins. But eventually, once they fill 1573 01:16:11,120 --> 01:16:13,960 in the gaping holes on the roster, which they will and once 1574 01:16:13,960 --> 01:16:16,720 they're better coached, which they will and better run, which 1575 01:16:16,720 --> 01:16:18,800 they will be. Now the hope is, you know, 1576 01:16:18,800 --> 01:16:21,760 especially if Jackson Dart is the guy for a long time and 1577 01:16:21,760 --> 01:16:24,240 stays healthy. You know, you're looking at kind 1578 01:16:24,240 --> 01:16:27,560 of being in the mix every year as the Eagles start to break off 1579 01:16:27,560 --> 01:16:29,800 and who knows about the Commanders and Dallas is a mess 1580 01:16:29,800 --> 01:16:30,960 with that. You'll never win. 1581 01:16:31,280 --> 01:16:34,200 They're not going to win. So you hope that the 1582 01:16:34,200 --> 01:16:36,760 stabilization of the Giants, like the Knicks, like the 1583 01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:40,680 Yankees is on their way. And you know, it might be a 1584 01:16:40,680 --> 01:16:43,360 modest pop this year. Maybe you're in the hunt for the 1585 01:16:43,360 --> 01:16:45,440 wild court in December. Maybe you fall short. 1586 01:16:45,720 --> 01:16:48,560 But guess what? There's no like nine wins like 1587 01:16:48,560 --> 01:16:52,280 they did win a road playoff game, win 345 games, draft, you 1588 01:16:52,280 --> 01:16:56,840 know, 2345 in the draft and then stay down there for a couple of 1589 01:16:56,840 --> 01:17:00,120 years and then oh, maybe have one good pop and then right back 1590 01:17:00,120 --> 01:17:02,440 down to the basement. So you've got to give him a 1591 01:17:02,440 --> 01:17:03,880 chance. I know that's a long answer, but 1592 01:17:03,880 --> 01:17:05,160 that's a really important question. 1593 01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:07,560 When you say, well, what has he done? 1594 01:17:07,600 --> 01:17:10,320 He never won a World Series. Well, to me, that's lazy 1595 01:17:10,320 --> 01:17:14,080 evaluation, much like those and this number has dwindled, right? 1596 01:17:14,080 --> 01:17:17,200 Because now think about the the complete opposite here and how 1597 01:17:17,200 --> 01:17:23,400 we use that mechanism of, of maybe chastising Stearns, but 1598 01:17:23,400 --> 01:17:26,760 some of you choose to use that to defend Cashman. 1599 01:17:27,000 --> 01:17:28,560 Oh, look at all the World Series he's won. 1600 01:17:28,760 --> 01:17:31,960 Shit, if if I'm going by what Willie just texted, then I then 1601 01:17:31,960 --> 01:17:33,640 I would be Brian Cashman biggest fan. 1602 01:17:34,200 --> 01:17:38,320 You know, even though Watson won it 96, but you know, 98992000 1603 01:17:38,320 --> 01:17:41,200 get back, get back in O1, get back in O3, win it in O 9. 1604 01:17:41,200 --> 01:17:44,480 I mean, Cashman's the best. No, no, Cashman's a Hall of 1605 01:17:44,480 --> 01:17:47,360 Famer, but Cashman has not done the job that I think he's needed 1606 01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:50,200 to do these last couple of years, maybe more than last 1607 01:17:50,200 --> 01:17:52,560 couple. Hence I'm all over him. 1608 01:17:52,960 --> 01:17:55,960 You know what I mean? But even with that, I recognize 1609 01:17:56,160 --> 01:17:59,680 there's an element of stability. Like you go into every season 1610 01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:03,760 saying, all right, Yankees should be really good this year. 1611 01:18:04,360 --> 01:18:07,160 And there's elements of varying elements of really good. 1612 01:18:07,440 --> 01:18:09,280 You know, like when they had Judge and Soto, I'm sitting 1613 01:18:09,280 --> 01:18:10,920 there saying they're going to win the World Series. 1614 01:18:11,080 --> 01:18:13,680 They didn't. They got there this year. 1615 01:18:14,160 --> 01:18:16,720 I think they're a playoff team. I think they're low 90s right 1616 01:18:16,720 --> 01:18:18,720 now. And I I'm a little bit worried 1617 01:18:18,720 --> 01:18:21,280 about the start of the season because of the young pitching 1618 01:18:21,280 --> 01:18:23,280 that they'll rely on as guys get back. 1619 01:18:23,280 --> 01:18:27,000 But, but that's the thing anyway #2 Mendy's hot seat. 1620 01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:28,920 All right, let me give you this again. 1621 01:18:28,920 --> 01:18:31,080 If you guys just tuning in real quick, I'll get to #1. 1622 01:18:31,080 --> 01:18:35,640 I think you guys are going to find this interesting #1 #10 how 1623 01:18:35,640 --> 01:18:39,560 does Sean and I bounce back? Does he bounce back #9 How long 1624 01:18:39,560 --> 01:18:41,240 is Volpe's leash with the Yankees? 1625 01:18:41,240 --> 01:18:44,440 It's got to be different this year #8 can you truly trust 1626 01:18:44,440 --> 01:18:47,400 Devin Williams? Number 7 is Ben Rice's star. 1627 01:18:47,400 --> 01:18:52,400 You know my answer? Number six is Brett Beatty, you 1628 01:18:52,400 --> 01:18:54,440 know, is seeing there every day. What's Brett Beattys ultimate 1629 01:18:54,440 --> 01:18:56,400 role? How much do they trust and how 1630 01:18:56,400 --> 01:18:57,880 much do they run Brett Beatty out there? 1631 01:18:58,080 --> 01:18:59,320 I'm running them out there every day. 1632 01:18:59,320 --> 01:19:03,920 I'm a big fan of the kid #5 Is last year's Grisham, the new 1633 01:19:03,920 --> 01:19:07,880 Grisham is this Grisham 2.0 and he's going to remain 2.0 for a 1634 01:19:07,880 --> 01:19:11,560 little bit. We'll see #4 is Cole back to 1635 01:19:11,560 --> 01:19:13,440 being Gerrit Cole? We'll see. 1636 01:19:13,600 --> 01:19:16,400 I think eventually, yeah. But you got to see it #3 1637 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:20,400 fascinating. Or Schlittler and McClain for 1638 01:19:20,400 --> 01:19:21,920 real. Are they for? 1639 01:19:22,200 --> 01:19:25,000 Are we looking at two guys for the next how many years? 1640 01:19:25,560 --> 01:19:28,080 When they take the baseball, you're going to have 7-8. 1641 01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:30,800 Ten 1001 Yankees always sell out, but for the most part, even 1642 01:19:30,800 --> 01:19:33,600 on a Tuesday against whomever. So you know more about Queens, 1643 01:19:33,600 --> 01:19:37,720 but when you look at, you know, the, the, oh, Schlittler's all 1644 01:19:37,720 --> 01:19:40,600 right, you know what? Instead of 37,000, this is 45 on 1645 01:19:40,600 --> 01:19:43,480 a Tuesday night against the A's, or instead of 19 against the 1646 01:19:43,480 --> 01:19:46,960 Reds on a Wednesday, oh, Mcclain's going, there's 30. 1647 01:19:46,960 --> 01:19:49,120 Like there's that pop, like that wrestling pop. 1648 01:19:49,320 --> 01:19:52,360 There's a pop in ticket sales. I think that I think there's a 1649 01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:53,720 really good chance that there is. 1650 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:56,680 And while I don't really care about ticket sales, I care about 1651 01:19:57,080 --> 01:19:59,680 the potential greatness of these young players, keep them 1652 01:19:59,680 --> 01:20:02,640 healthy, keep it moving. And I think they both got a 1653 01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:06,600 chance to be. Must watch for a long time #2 1654 01:20:06,600 --> 01:20:09,240 Mendy's hot seat. I gave you a lot on that, number 1655 01:20:09,240 --> 01:20:16,400 one. Number one, will Aaron Judge 1656 01:20:16,400 --> 01:20:20,240 still be Superman? Will they still be Superman? 1657 01:20:20,840 --> 01:20:25,800 You know, you'd never know when the like that little downturn is 1658 01:20:25,800 --> 01:20:27,960 starting. And let me just be very, very 1659 01:20:27,960 --> 01:20:29,520 clear. I don't think it's this year. 1660 01:20:29,520 --> 01:20:35,760 No, I think that I would have to say that Aaron's got at least 1661 01:20:37,520 --> 01:20:40,800 two more and maybe three all time years. 1662 01:20:40,920 --> 01:20:44,200 I really if he's healthy. And when I say old time flirt 1663 01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:48,240 with 60 bombs OPS well over 1100, you know, stay with 1664 01:20:48,240 --> 01:20:51,680 another batting title or or being clearly and and very 1665 01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:54,760 comfortably over 300. But you got to think about this 1666 01:20:54,760 --> 01:20:56,320 guys. I mean, you were talking about 1667 01:20:56,320 --> 01:21:00,840 somebody who has four straight years with an OPS over 1100 and 1668 01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:05,800 three of the last four years had a WAR of 10 or higher. 1669 01:21:06,200 --> 01:21:09,840 And we're talking Babe Ruth. You talking Babe Ruth, Ted 1670 01:21:09,840 --> 01:21:12,600 Williams, Hank Aaron, Willie, Willie Mays. 1671 01:21:13,120 --> 01:21:15,760 And you're not talking Don Mattingly, you're not talking to 1672 01:21:15,760 --> 01:21:18,160 Reggie Jackson, you talking to Lou Gehrig. 1673 01:21:18,160 --> 01:21:21,800 You talking those kind of years from a Yankee perspective and 1674 01:21:21,800 --> 01:21:25,320 those kind of years from an all time baseball perspective. 1675 01:21:25,840 --> 01:21:27,840 Three of the last four years, a WAR of 10 or more. 1676 01:21:28,080 --> 01:21:31,160 And by the way, the one year where was it was like 10 1/2 or 1677 01:21:31,160 --> 01:21:34,360 6, whatever, 5 1/2 or 6. It's because he missed a couple 1678 01:21:34,360 --> 01:21:36,640 of months with the Dodger Stadium incident with the with 1679 01:21:36,640 --> 01:21:42,240 the wall in the outfield. And I say, will Aaron Judge 1680 01:21:42,240 --> 01:21:45,600 still be Superman? I'm asking the question. 1681 01:21:45,760 --> 01:21:48,800 I fully expect him to win the MVP this year. 1682 01:21:48,800 --> 01:21:52,520 Or, and how unfair is that? I expected to win the MVP. 1683 01:21:52,520 --> 01:21:55,360 You know freaking hard it is to do what this guy's doing. 1684 01:21:55,760 --> 01:21:59,680 You know how hard it is to hit 270 in the majors with 1820 home 1685 01:21:59,680 --> 01:22:03,520 runs and an OPS over 800? This guy's playing wiffle ball 1686 01:22:03,880 --> 01:22:06,320 against 9 year olds. Like it's not even fair. 1687 01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:10,680 It's not even contestable how much better he is than everybody 1688 01:22:10,680 --> 01:22:12,600 else. And that includes Olpani. 1689 01:22:12,800 --> 01:22:15,600 That includes everybody. All right. 1690 01:22:17,040 --> 01:22:22,040 But the first year that he's not Superman, I don't think it'll be 1691 01:22:22,040 --> 01:22:23,960 this year, nor do I think it will be next year if there is 1692 01:22:23,960 --> 01:22:28,360 baseball next year. But a slight downgrade in stats 1693 01:22:28,840 --> 01:22:31,720 is going to be a big problem for the New York Yankees, which is 1694 01:22:31,720 --> 01:22:34,960 why I asked the question. I don't mean that he's going to 1695 01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:39,480 go from what he has been to basically a little bit more than 1696 01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:46,320 1/2 a decade, 70% of a decade to 237 with 17 home runs and 68 1697 01:22:46,320 --> 01:22:49,040 RBI's and an 88-O1O. I'm not talking about that. 1698 01:22:49,640 --> 01:22:56,320 I'm talking about that drop from 55 to 60 home runs, 310 to 330 1699 01:22:56,320 --> 01:23:01,160 batting average and OPS well over 1100 and $1.30 ribbies to 1700 01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:11,440 41 home runs, 289111RB is and an OPS of 929. 1701 01:23:12,080 --> 01:23:15,520 Like if that happens and I again, I don't think it's 1702 01:23:15,520 --> 01:23:19,680 happening this year, but if it were to happen this year and if 1703 01:23:19,720 --> 01:23:22,720 it listen, it's baseball. So it could actually happen. 1704 01:23:23,120 --> 01:23:25,200 And it's not even because he's out of his prime. 1705 01:23:25,520 --> 01:23:28,600 Sometimes you have bad luck. Sometimes you have an off year. 1706 01:23:28,840 --> 01:23:30,280 Sometimes you get off to a rough start. 1707 01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:31,640 You never recover. Yep. 1708 01:23:31,760 --> 01:23:33,080 Sometimes you get off to a hot start. 1709 01:23:33,080 --> 01:23:35,560 You ride it all year like Grisham did a year ago. 1710 01:23:35,880 --> 01:23:39,560 You know, that's why he's on the list is this is Grisham 2O now 1711 01:23:39,560 --> 01:23:41,800 I've got far more faith than Aaron Judge to keep this up. 1712 01:23:41,800 --> 01:23:45,840 Then I do Grisham. But if there is a downgrade in 1713 01:23:45,840 --> 01:23:50,640 stats for Aaron Judge, I don't know that the Yankees could 1714 01:23:50,640 --> 01:23:54,360 recover because part of the reason why the Yankees win so 1715 01:23:54,360 --> 01:23:58,280 many regular season games is because Aaron Judge masks so 1716 01:23:58,280 --> 01:24:01,320 many deficiencies now. I think Ben Rice goes forward 1717 01:24:01,320 --> 01:24:03,480 this year. I could see Austin Wells going a 1718 01:24:03,480 --> 01:24:09,080 little forward this year. I could see Dominguez going 1719 01:24:09,080 --> 01:24:11,320 forward this year. Obviously the pitching, which 1720 01:24:11,320 --> 01:24:14,600 I've talked about a lot, but that year that Aaron Judge no 1721 01:24:14,600 --> 01:24:17,960 longer has the Cape around his, you know, on his shoulders, on 1722 01:24:17,960 --> 01:24:20,560 his back. And instead of being Superman, 1723 01:24:20,720 --> 01:24:23,720 he's merely one of the superheroes hanging out at the 1724 01:24:23,720 --> 01:24:26,120 Hall of Justice. So he doesn't have that massive 1725 01:24:26,120 --> 01:24:30,520 separation from the others. It's going to be a big issue for 1726 01:24:30,520 --> 01:24:33,200 the Yankees because the Yankees are not good enough in the other 1727 01:24:33,200 --> 01:24:37,520 spots to absorb that kind of statistical down tick from Aaron 1728 01:24:37,520 --> 01:24:40,480 Judge. So maybe that's number one 1729 01:24:41,120 --> 01:24:43,440 because Aaron Judge is the guy who keeps them floating. 1730 01:24:44,160 --> 01:24:47,920 You know, the last time, knock on wood, we don't see this for a 1731 01:24:47,920 --> 01:24:50,120 long time. The last time Aaron Judge missed 1732 01:24:50,120 --> 01:24:52,160 a lot of time, Yankees didn't make the playoffs. 1733 01:24:52,720 --> 01:24:55,480 You know, now they, they kept it together. 1734 01:24:55,480 --> 01:24:58,760 They were a representative team. They weren't they weren't a 1735 01:24:58,760 --> 01:25:01,640 playoff team. And you know, if Aaron Judge 1736 01:25:01,640 --> 01:25:07,440 misses time or if Aaron Judge has an off year between the 1737 01:25:07,440 --> 01:25:10,680 American League East being stacked, I mean, you can't tell 1738 01:25:10,680 --> 01:25:12,600 me that it's not on the table that the Yankees don't miss out 1739 01:25:12,600 --> 01:25:14,600 on the playoffs. Now, they wouldn't resort to a 1740 01:25:14,600 --> 01:25:17,560 70 something win team. But you know, could they win 1741 01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:22,400 8788 and just narrowly miss out or just get the wild card play, 1742 01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:25,280 play a game and you know, basically a quick wild card 1743 01:25:25,280 --> 01:25:28,640 exit? Sure, it's possible, and I think 1744 01:25:28,640 --> 01:25:31,920 many of you are still kind of living in a little delusion Bill 1745 01:25:31,920 --> 01:25:35,240 here, because there there's this expectation Judge can do it 1746 01:25:35,240 --> 01:25:36,640 forever. Well, number one, we all know 1747 01:25:36,640 --> 01:25:38,480 he's not. You ain't got old. 1748 01:25:38,480 --> 01:25:40,960 Messier got old. You know, Lundquist got old. 1749 01:25:41,560 --> 01:25:47,040 Guys get old, get old. So if Aaron Judge is not the 1750 01:25:47,040 --> 01:25:51,080 absolute best player in baseball again, and that's what I mean by 1751 01:25:51,080 --> 01:25:55,480 Superman, even if he's an All Star, but he's not quite what 1752 01:25:55,480 --> 01:25:59,400 he's been, it's a problem. I mean, this massive gap, like 1753 01:25:59,560 --> 01:26:01,920 he's not going to fall off the face of the earth this year or 1754 01:26:01,920 --> 01:26:05,160 next year or the year after. But how realistic is it? 1755 01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:07,120 Like we expect again, think about what I said. 1756 01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:10,560 I just said it like just as within conversation, yeah, 1757 01:26:10,560 --> 01:26:12,840 expect him to win the MVP. I expect Aaron Judge. 1758 01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:16,920 Think about that. We didn't say that about any. 1759 01:26:16,920 --> 01:26:20,720 What other great. I'm just thinking out loud now, 1760 01:26:20,720 --> 01:26:23,200 what are the great New York athlete in my lifetime? 1761 01:26:23,920 --> 01:26:28,000 Did we say that about the old? There's one, but it wasn't even 1762 01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:29,560 a WAR driven. It was Mariano. 1763 01:26:29,840 --> 01:26:33,440 Like Mariano was the one guy with like, I expect Mariano to 1764 01:26:33,440 --> 01:26:36,080 be untouchable this year. No one's touching him. 1765 01:26:36,080 --> 01:26:39,520 I expect Mariano to be Mariano and he basically always was. 1766 01:26:39,520 --> 01:26:42,720 But you know, Patrick Ewing wasn't a league MVP. 1767 01:26:42,760 --> 01:26:44,560 The Hall of Famer want to win MVPS. 1768 01:26:44,640 --> 01:26:47,360 You know, Jalen Brunson is not winning MVPS yet. 1769 01:26:47,440 --> 01:26:50,200 You know, fit in the mix a little bit hell of a player. 1770 01:26:50,200 --> 01:26:52,760 But no, you know, lunch was never won the Cup. 1771 01:26:53,680 --> 01:26:56,520 He won some goaltending trophies, but never won the cop, 1772 01:26:56,520 --> 01:26:59,600 you know, Lawrence Taylor ruptures the Achilles. 1773 01:26:59,880 --> 01:27:02,400 He eventually got old. You know, football that that 1774 01:27:02,400 --> 01:27:04,720 that bounce, that burst that dissipates over time. 1775 01:27:04,760 --> 01:27:08,640 You know, even Tiki retired. But you know, if Tiki would have 1776 01:27:08,640 --> 01:27:11,920 kept playing, he still had at least I think two more awesome 1777 01:27:11,920 --> 01:27:13,800 years in the bag. But if he would have kept 1778 01:27:13,800 --> 01:27:16,000 playing and and chasing more numbers and just chasing the 1779 01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:17,560 Hall of Fame, which he didn't, which I respect. 1780 01:27:17,880 --> 01:27:19,520 And if he did, by the way, he'd probably be in by now. 1781 01:27:19,520 --> 01:27:21,560 But and eventually he will be and he should be. 1782 01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,600 But you would have seen, you know, decay and and Tiki's game 1783 01:27:25,040 --> 01:27:27,400 just like you saw decay and Michael Strahan's Strahan's 1784 01:27:27,400 --> 01:27:29,640 game, different side of the ball, but you're going to see 1785 01:27:29,640 --> 01:27:31,720 decay. Derek Jeter got old. 1786 01:27:31,880 --> 01:27:35,480 You know, his range was a massive issue with shortstop Tom 1787 01:27:35,480 --> 01:27:38,280 Natty Lee's back. When, you know, Ron Guidry got 1788 01:27:38,280 --> 01:27:40,440 old, you're getting old. You're going to get old. 1789 01:27:40,800 --> 01:27:42,320 You're not going to be what you were. 1790 01:27:43,520 --> 01:27:47,640 And the moment that that happens, the entire profile of 1791 01:27:47,640 --> 01:27:51,040 the Yankees changes, which is why to me, it's number one on 1792 01:27:51,040 --> 01:27:53,960 the list. Now, in terms of like order of 1793 01:27:53,960 --> 01:27:57,840 fear, it's not #1 but it's just order of importance. 1794 01:27:57,840 --> 01:27:59,800 Like, I'm going to go through the scan, go one through 10. 1795 01:28:00,040 --> 01:28:01,840 I'm going to go assign a level of fear. 1796 01:28:02,120 --> 01:28:04,240 All right? Is there a judge still Superman? 1797 01:28:04,240 --> 01:28:08,120 I'll give you short answers. Yes, men, Mendy's hot seat is, 1798 01:28:08,120 --> 01:28:10,960 is Mendy's seat hot? I think Mendy's going to be fine 1799 01:28:10,960 --> 01:28:12,680 this year. I'm not incredibly alarmed. 1800 01:28:12,680 --> 01:28:14,760 It's a big storyline. If it goes sideways for the 1801 01:28:14,760 --> 01:28:16,280 Mets, I don't think it will. I think the Mets will be a 1802 01:28:16,280 --> 01:28:18,960 playoff team. So I think very minimal fear 1803 01:28:18,960 --> 01:28:20,600 about that. But it's something you got to 1804 01:28:20,600 --> 01:28:23,400 watch out for. Schlitter McClain, are they the 1805 01:28:23,400 --> 01:28:25,520 real deals? I got great confidence they are. 1806 01:28:25,880 --> 01:28:28,320 Is cold back to being cold. You know this one. 1807 01:28:28,320 --> 01:28:30,400 I believe he will. But this is where I've got to at 1808 01:28:30,400 --> 01:28:32,240 least show an ounce of trepidation. 1809 01:28:32,240 --> 01:28:36,120 Be fair to the surgical procedure he had, the aids that 1810 01:28:36,120 --> 01:28:38,560 he is and the the innings and the miles he's got on the 1811 01:28:38,560 --> 01:28:40,600 odometer. But I do think he will be not 1812 01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:43,160 the confidence like I have with Judge or with maybe maybe even 1813 01:28:43,160 --> 01:28:47,360 Schlittler and McClain, but confident, but not overly 1814 01:28:47,360 --> 01:28:52,360 confident #5 Is last year's Grisham the new Grisham? 1815 01:28:52,800 --> 01:28:54,080 Yeah. I mean, I guess I'm gonna have 1816 01:28:54,080 --> 01:28:56,560 to get over this at some point. Again, what chaps me is him 1817 01:28:56,560 --> 01:28:57,960 batting first. Do I think he's gonna hit thirty 1818 01:28:57,960 --> 01:28:58,800 home runs? I do. 1819 01:28:58,800 --> 01:29:00,560 So I think I got pretty decent confidence there. 1820 01:29:00,920 --> 01:29:03,120 Brett Beatty's role. I think the Mets know what they 1821 01:29:03,120 --> 01:29:05,480 have in Brett Beatty. I think that they know. 1822 01:29:05,920 --> 01:29:08,760 I don't think they value Vientos the way they once did. 1823 01:29:08,920 --> 01:29:11,400 They shouldn't value Mauricio all the way they once did. 1824 01:29:11,400 --> 01:29:14,680 I'm not a huge Mauricio fan. They already got rid of Acuna. 1825 01:29:14,960 --> 01:29:16,720 You know, I think he's the guy that they look at. 1826 01:29:16,720 --> 01:29:19,720 They're like, he could hit, he's a pro, he could play a lot of 1827 01:29:19,720 --> 01:29:22,000 spots. So I do have great confidence 1828 01:29:22,000 --> 01:29:25,120 that Beatty play well and Blade and Beatty will get a lot of 1829 01:29:25,120 --> 01:29:27,280 run. Is Ben Rice going to be a star? 1830 01:29:27,360 --> 01:29:29,160 Yes. I've got basically supreme 1831 01:29:29,160 --> 01:29:32,400 confidence in that. Not no doubt, no trepidation. 1832 01:29:33,680 --> 01:29:35,520 Can you fully trust Devin Williams? 1833 01:29:36,760 --> 01:29:38,800 I trust him. I don't know if I'm running to a 1834 01:29:38,800 --> 01:29:42,120 casino to place a big wager on that, but I do trust him. 1835 01:29:42,960 --> 01:29:45,560 But of all the things so far, like that's the thing that could 1836 01:29:45,560 --> 01:29:47,760 get really, really ugly. I'll circle back to that in a 1837 01:29:47,760 --> 01:29:50,880 minute. Volpe, how long they run him out 1838 01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:55,120 there, I don't know. I think I've got, I think I've 1839 01:29:55,120 --> 01:29:59,880 got supreme confidence this year that the Yankees handle it the 1840 01:29:59,880 --> 01:30:01,760 right way. For the first time since Volpe 1841 01:30:02,280 --> 01:30:05,960 has burst on the scene. You got Caballero and they know 1842 01:30:06,040 --> 01:30:09,120 you just can't keep expecting different results. 1843 01:30:09,200 --> 01:30:13,160 This, you know, in Year 4, if there's not some visible signs 1844 01:30:13,160 --> 01:30:16,880 early that he's transforming into not a star, but just a more 1845 01:30:16,880 --> 01:30:19,560 buttoned up player with with fewer deficiencies. 1846 01:30:19,560 --> 01:30:22,480 So I've got confidence that they'll treat him differently. 1847 01:30:22,560 --> 01:30:24,800 Definitely. I've got less confidence he'll 1848 01:30:24,800 --> 01:30:27,520 grow into the player that we really, really thought he would 1849 01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:30,280 when he was drafted first round. This. 1850 01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:32,040 Does Minaya bounce back? Yeah. 1851 01:30:32,040 --> 01:30:33,640 Middle of the road confidence. I think he does. 1852 01:30:33,920 --> 01:30:36,720 Again, not like the 18 starts in 2024, but enough. 1853 01:30:36,720 --> 01:30:39,240 I think it'd be fine. And with Peralta, doesn't have 1854 01:30:39,240 --> 01:30:41,560 to be an ace with McClain, doesn't have to be a top two 1855 01:30:41,560 --> 01:30:43,640 guy. The one thing of all those 1856 01:30:43,640 --> 01:30:46,360 storylines, I do think the one that has the potential to get 1857 01:30:46,360 --> 01:30:50,080 the ugliest here, like if Beatty scuffling, if Volpe scuffling, 1858 01:30:50,080 --> 01:30:51,680 Bill Bencham, so you won't even hear about it. 1859 01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:54,640 You know, Ben Rice is going to be shielded by Judge and 1860 01:30:54,640 --> 01:30:57,040 Bellinger to a lesser extent. So even if he struggles, no 1861 01:30:57,040 --> 01:31:00,560 one's going to go nuts early. Cam, same thing with him and 1862 01:31:00,560 --> 01:31:05,840 McClain. If Devin Williams has a rough 1863 01:31:05,840 --> 01:31:10,040 run in April, that is going to be that that that ominous sound 1864 01:31:10,480 --> 01:31:13,880 that we all know it is very detectable because it just 1865 01:31:13,880 --> 01:31:16,360 sounds different. It sounds different than any 1866 01:31:16,360 --> 01:31:18,320 other Major League stadium, maybe with the exception of 1867 01:31:18,320 --> 01:31:23,080 Philly and that New York sound, when not only do you lose trust 1868 01:31:23,080 --> 01:31:25,480 in somebody and it takes a little while to get there, 1869 01:31:25,480 --> 01:31:27,600 right? But when you lose that trust in 1870 01:31:27,600 --> 01:31:33,320 somebody and then the team continues to run him out there 1871 01:31:33,640 --> 01:31:37,240 and that trust is not rewarded, well, now the bridge is burned 1872 01:31:37,240 --> 01:31:39,320 and we're done with you. Now, when we're done with you 1873 01:31:39,720 --> 01:31:42,000 and that team keeps running you out there because there's either 1874 01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:45,360 a dearth of options or they're they're defiant, all right, for 1875 01:31:45,360 --> 01:31:48,640 whatever reason, little pigheaded, then we let loose. 1876 01:31:48,640 --> 01:31:53,640 That is of all the things that could sound ugly, especially 1877 01:31:53,640 --> 01:31:56,640 with Diaz now with the Dodgers. So there's some stuff for you. 1878 01:31:56,640 --> 01:31:58,720 Top 10 storylines coming into the season. 1879 01:31:59,080 --> 01:32:01,600 J Rod, what's going on, brother? How you feeling today man? 1880 01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:03,360 You good. How we doing? 1881 01:32:05,080 --> 01:32:08,200 Great episode. Love the questions, love the 1882 01:32:08,200 --> 01:32:10,800 engagement from the fans. Good stuff today. 1883 01:32:11,200 --> 01:32:14,160 Yeah, great stuff today. And, you know, super excited for 1884 01:32:14,160 --> 01:32:16,240 tomorrow's episode going. To be, yeah. 1885 01:32:16,720 --> 01:32:18,640 Going to be huge. Gonna have a little fun with Sal 1886 01:32:18,680 --> 01:32:21,320 tomorrow so if you guys just jumping in just joining in, Sal 1887 01:32:21,320 --> 01:32:24,960 will join the show tomorrow and we'll do a little a little BT 1888 01:32:24,960 --> 01:32:27,600 and Sal reunited here on BT at least it's going to be a lot of 1889 01:32:27,600 --> 01:32:30,160 fun here. Let's see here. 1890 01:32:30,160 --> 01:32:33,760 What is this at with Drew? When you were on WFN you wore a 1891 01:32:34,200 --> 01:32:39,040 blue hoodie that said oh established 1923 had a water 1892 01:32:39,040 --> 01:32:41,280 wheel logo on it. What is the hoodie from? 1893 01:32:41,280 --> 01:32:44,800 It's from my old Country Club, Golf Country Club that has now 1894 01:32:44,800 --> 01:32:47,480 since closed. I mean of all the years to to be 1895 01:32:47,480 --> 01:32:50,120 open, you couldn't be open. Now when I'm a shit golfer, I go 1896 01:32:50,120 --> 01:32:52,320 out there every day and that actually get into the, you know, 1897 01:32:52,320 --> 01:32:55,480 get the handicap to at least like a consistent 1415 where I 1898 01:32:55,480 --> 01:32:57,560 know I'm not going to embarrass myself. 1899 01:32:57,720 --> 01:32:59,440 That's the thing. Like I go out there to play 1900 01:32:59,440 --> 01:33:00,440 golf. I don't know if I'm going to 1901 01:33:00,440 --> 01:33:01,400 shoot. I don't know what I'm going to 1902 01:33:01,400 --> 01:33:03,120 shoot. I'm going to lose 9 balls, 1903 01:33:03,600 --> 01:33:05,720 possible. Am I going to hit you know, 3 1904 01:33:05,720 --> 01:33:10,480 toppers off the tee possible Am I going to play well chip the 1905 01:33:10,480 --> 01:33:14,120 lights out putt wish I I usually do putt well, chip and putt well 1906 01:33:14,160 --> 01:33:17,600 hit the fairways bang some 5 irons 200 yards yeah that could 1907 01:33:17,600 --> 01:33:20,800 happen once in a while. It could also be that I can get 1908 01:33:20,800 --> 01:33:23,440 that version of the front 9 and get the exact opposite on the 1909 01:33:23,440 --> 01:33:24,800 back 9. So yeah that's good memory. 1910 01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:27,760 That was my it's called Greenbrook Country Club. 1911 01:33:27,760 --> 01:33:29,440 It was at it was around over 100 years. 1912 01:33:29,440 --> 01:33:31,960 It used to be an old water not distilling. 1913 01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:34,120 What's the terminology? The water, I don't know what 1914 01:33:34,120 --> 01:33:35,680 water farm. I don't know what it was, 1915 01:33:36,720 --> 01:33:38,880 whatever, whatever you call it, but it was a cool logo. 1916 01:33:38,880 --> 01:33:41,360 It was a great golf course, very, very beautiful. 1917 01:33:41,640 --> 01:33:43,720 That is no longer around. So that's what that was. 1918 01:33:43,720 --> 01:33:44,800 Yeah. I don't wear, I don't wear that 1919 01:33:44,800 --> 01:33:46,640 too much. So for you to remember that that 1920 01:33:46,680 --> 01:33:48,920 that tells me you really dialed in to beat the and Sal. 1921 01:33:49,160 --> 01:33:52,480 I probably only wore it once, I don't know, once or twice. 1922 01:33:52,480 --> 01:33:56,080 What is this all about? At Rod Power 78 Juan Soto equals 1923 01:33:56,080 --> 01:33:58,120 Bobby Bonilla. 2 point O. What? 1924 01:33:58,840 --> 01:34:00,920 I mean, honestly, that dog wasn't so cute. 1925 01:34:00,920 --> 01:34:02,560 I would just shit all over you. What are you What? 1926 01:34:02,560 --> 01:34:05,560 Are you kidding me? Bobby Bonilla 2 point O. 1927 01:34:05,680 --> 01:34:07,160 What? Rod, what are you talking about? 1928 01:34:07,600 --> 01:34:11,000 Can you please expand on that in another text? 1929 01:34:11,680 --> 01:34:13,880 Yeah. I look at Juan Soto and I see 1930 01:34:13,880 --> 01:34:18,840 Bobby Bonilla now. I mean, listen, he ain't never 1931 01:34:18,840 --> 01:34:20,320 judge. You're never going to put those 1932 01:34:20,320 --> 01:34:23,400 numbers up. And I do really believe that 1933 01:34:24,760 --> 01:34:29,080 eventually Met fans will lament the will lament the presence of 1934 01:34:29,080 --> 01:34:30,840 Juan Soto. I don't think he's going to age 1935 01:34:30,840 --> 01:34:32,400 great. He's already got that thick 1936 01:34:32,400 --> 01:34:34,440 body. He's already an average to 1937 01:34:34,440 --> 01:34:36,600 slightly below average right fielder. 1938 01:34:36,600 --> 01:34:39,840 Same on the bases. So as he gets a little bit 1939 01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:43,240 older, a little bit slower, and I'm not saying this year or even 1940 01:34:43,240 --> 01:34:46,600 next year, but I actually think, by the way, I think that there's 1941 01:34:46,600 --> 01:34:49,360 a chance depending upon where they are, I think that there's a 1942 01:34:49,360 --> 01:34:51,920 chance that the Mets let him opt out like when he opts out. 1943 01:34:51,920 --> 01:34:53,640 Many of you know this. Thanks for the text there. 1944 01:34:53,640 --> 01:34:55,360 I'd like to hear some rationale as to why. 1945 01:34:55,360 --> 01:35:00,480 But as the as the Mets get deeper into Soto's contract 1946 01:35:00,480 --> 01:35:05,760 here, like, I don't know if they win a World Series or, or if or 1947 01:35:05,760 --> 01:35:09,280 if they fall apart. I think that there's an Ave. 1948 01:35:09,280 --> 01:35:12,680 there a possibility for the Mets to say, you know what, it was 1949 01:35:12,680 --> 01:35:14,280 the right move at the right time. 1950 01:35:14,480 --> 01:35:17,280 And rather than lock into at that point, what, 10 more years 1951 01:35:17,280 --> 01:35:20,800 when he's in his 30s, early 30s and not quite the same athlete, 1952 01:35:20,800 --> 01:35:22,840 maybe not quite the same hit or whatever it might be. 1953 01:35:23,240 --> 01:35:25,920 Why are you going to why are you going to not allow him to opt 1954 01:35:25,920 --> 01:35:27,280 out? Because they've got the power by 1955 01:35:27,280 --> 01:35:29,200 adding five more $1,000,000 into those years. 1956 01:35:29,520 --> 01:35:32,760 Give him more money and ride out the length of the terms if 1957 01:35:32,880 --> 01:35:37,360 you're not winning with him or you're seeing a little a little 1958 01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:40,880 bit of baseball attrition. So I don't necessarily think 1959 01:35:40,880 --> 01:35:43,360 that he's here for the full length of the contract. 1960 01:35:43,360 --> 01:35:45,880 That's I've always thought that. But it was a move that the Mets 1961 01:35:45,880 --> 01:35:48,520 had to make for a lot of reasons that we all know. 1962 01:35:48,840 --> 01:35:51,960 You know, it just gave the Mets a different cachet, a little 1963 01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:53,640 equity. You know, Cohen needed to do 1964 01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:56,800 that and kind of change the perception of the LOL Mets. 1965 01:35:56,800 --> 01:35:59,200 All the things we've talked about, you got them, you had 1966 01:35:59,200 --> 01:36:01,480 them for one year, you didn't make the play offs the year 1967 01:36:01,480 --> 01:36:03,660 before you had you didn't have them, you did make the play 1968 01:36:03,660 --> 01:36:05,400 offs. So if there's anything that we 1969 01:36:05,400 --> 01:36:07,800 really can't predict and and this list that I came up with 1970 01:36:07,800 --> 01:36:11,360 this whole list of of the 10 things, right, the 10 most 1971 01:36:11,400 --> 01:36:14,440 pressing issues facing the Yankees this year and the Mets 1972 01:36:14,600 --> 01:36:18,560 coming into the season. I could probably do, you know, 1973 01:36:18,680 --> 01:36:22,800 after April, a list of 10 things that we didn't really really 1974 01:36:22,800 --> 01:36:26,440 expect, you know, and maybe Dominguez is playing more, maybe 1975 01:36:26,440 --> 01:36:29,640 Polanco's hitting 310, maybe Alvarez Fult really true. 1976 01:36:29,640 --> 01:36:32,520 I'm just throwing stuff out really fulfills what used to be 1977 01:36:32,720 --> 01:36:36,040 the number one prospect labeled not in the Mets system in all 1978 01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:38,520 the baseball. I think will Warren's a high 1979 01:36:38,520 --> 01:36:40,240 strikeout guy. Now, I don't look at him as like 1980 01:36:40,280 --> 01:36:43,280 a Schlettler or McClain, but somebody like Will Warren, who's 1981 01:36:43,280 --> 01:36:45,600 going to get a lot of run and had a lot of good starts a year 1982 01:36:45,600 --> 01:36:47,480 ago. The two or three that he had 1983 01:36:47,480 --> 01:36:50,120 where he was awful. One was against Boston, really 1984 01:36:50,120 --> 01:36:52,760 skewed his numbers. Maybe Will Warren takes a 1985 01:36:52,760 --> 01:36:56,600 massive step forward this year. I, I don't know, maybe Bednar, 1986 01:36:56,600 --> 01:36:59,080 despite looking really comfortable with the with the 1987 01:36:59,080 --> 01:37:01,120 Yankees year ago, maybe he implodes. 1988 01:37:01,120 --> 01:37:03,080 Maybe he gets off to a rough start like David Williams. 1989 01:37:03,080 --> 01:37:06,360 Like it's just always stuff with baseball that you don't know, 1990 01:37:06,520 --> 01:37:09,080 that you don't know. Maybe you know what the Yanks 1991 01:37:09,080 --> 01:37:10,640 are trying to feed this, which I'm not buying. 1992 01:37:11,160 --> 01:37:12,880 Maybe they do. Maybe they are right. 1993 01:37:12,880 --> 01:37:15,560 Maybe there is more in Ryan McMahon in terms of an offensive 1994 01:37:15,560 --> 01:37:18,840 profile, fewer strikeouts, higher average, higher on base, 1995 01:37:18,840 --> 01:37:21,400 higher OPS, all that stuff. I don't know, Like there's a 1996 01:37:21,400 --> 01:37:23,360 million things that could happen in baseball. 1997 01:37:23,640 --> 01:37:25,360 There really are. Because think about where we 1998 01:37:25,360 --> 01:37:26,880 were at this time. Think about this, guys. 1999 01:37:27,160 --> 01:37:28,840 Think about where where we were last year. 2000 01:37:29,040 --> 01:37:31,640 Did anybody think Brent Griffith would hit 34 home runs? 2001 01:37:32,360 --> 01:37:35,600 No, nobody did. Did you think that Brett Beatty 2002 01:37:35,600 --> 01:37:38,320 would prove to be at least a competent, versatile defender 2003 01:37:38,680 --> 01:37:39,800 everywhere? No. 2004 01:37:40,320 --> 01:37:43,800 Did you think, I think you probably had a sad inkling that 2005 01:37:43,800 --> 01:37:46,960 that could be Pete's last year with the Mets, But did you think 2006 01:37:46,960 --> 01:37:49,720 that defensively and the numbers backed us up that Lindor would 2007 01:37:49,720 --> 01:37:51,200 take a big step back defensively? 2008 01:37:51,200 --> 01:37:53,520 He kind of took a big step back. I think it's going to be 2009 01:37:53,520 --> 01:37:55,720 stabilized easier. But he took he took a step back, 2010 01:37:56,000 --> 01:37:58,240 Like don't get that twisted. Did you think that down the 2011 01:37:58,240 --> 01:38:00,360 stretch, the guy that you got from the Yankees who was a 2012 01:38:00,400 --> 01:38:03,920 relief pitcher and converted to a starter would be your best 2013 01:38:03,920 --> 01:38:06,760 starter down the stretch, your most reliable starter when the 2014 01:38:06,760 --> 01:38:09,000 Mets were hemorrhaging and trying to, you know, stabilize 2015 01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:11,080 their season? I mean, I'm, I don't even have 2016 01:38:11,080 --> 01:38:13,520 that stuff written down. I'm just remembering in real 2017 01:38:13,520 --> 01:38:16,240 time what happened. You know, no, you didn't think 2018 01:38:16,240 --> 01:38:19,800 that. And why should you baseball 2019 01:38:19,800 --> 01:38:21,680 Susan, It's highly unpredictable. 2020 01:38:21,920 --> 01:38:25,600 And this is just a road map to big storylines for the Yankees, 2021 01:38:25,600 --> 01:38:29,600 big storylines for the Mets. And I hopefully, hopefully you 2022 01:38:29,600 --> 01:38:31,320 guys enjoy that. Now tomorrow I'm going to wrap 2023 01:38:31,320 --> 01:38:32,320 it up here. Get bouncing. 2024 01:38:32,800 --> 01:38:34,880 So J Rod, good job today, brother, good job. 2025 01:38:35,840 --> 01:38:39,680 We are going to have Sal tomorrow. 10:15 So I'll start 2026 01:38:39,680 --> 01:38:41,440 the show. I'm I'm kind of riff on whatever 2027 01:38:41,440 --> 01:38:43,600 I'm going to riff on for about 15 minutes. 2028 01:38:43,600 --> 01:38:46,440 Pop them in, bounce around, have a little fun. 2029 01:38:46,480 --> 01:38:50,120 You know, I've, I obviously saw him with the BT and Sal live 2030 01:38:50,120 --> 01:38:51,520 show. Obviously tech. 2031 01:38:51,520 --> 01:38:54,040 I was texting him this morning about something else, text him 2032 01:38:54,080 --> 01:38:55,360 yesterday about coming on the show. 2033 01:38:55,720 --> 01:38:57,720 So we text quite a bit. You know, we're just starting to 2034 01:38:57,720 --> 01:39:01,920 get the framework next for the next BT and Sal live show with a 2035 01:39:01,920 --> 01:39:05,680 focal point on Long Island, and that's going to be the next 2036 01:39:05,680 --> 01:39:07,840 destination. You know, there's a lot of 2037 01:39:07,840 --> 01:39:09,800 things to button up. I mean, you know, we had to put 2038 01:39:09,800 --> 01:39:13,000 together the first one, which took time and it was awesome. 2039 01:39:13,280 --> 01:39:16,440 And the next one will be awesome and will be sold out as well. 2040 01:39:16,640 --> 01:39:19,600 But it's not like hey, snap a finger showing up at a venue 2041 01:39:19,600 --> 01:39:21,920 near the near the old Coliseum and then we're on Long Island. 2042 01:39:21,960 --> 01:39:25,360 BT S 2O like you got to sell stuff, you got to sell tickets, 2043 01:39:25,360 --> 01:39:27,880 you got to sell sponsorships, you got to connect dots, you got 2044 01:39:27,880 --> 01:39:30,440 to get a big guest, whatever. So we'll do that and the other 2045 01:39:30,440 --> 01:39:33,600 thing and I, he's excited about it. 2046 01:39:33,720 --> 01:39:36,080 I'm going to look into this and I'm going to try to get this 2047 01:39:36,080 --> 01:39:39,520 thing going and I don't see any reason why, honestly, why we 2048 01:39:39,520 --> 01:39:44,480 can't do this. A BTN Sal golf outing, How sick 2049 01:39:44,480 --> 01:39:47,200 would that be? All I have to do is find the 2050 01:39:47,200 --> 01:39:48,840 vent now. It would have been a Greenbrook, 2051 01:39:48,840 --> 01:39:51,320 which is where I was a member, hence the question with the 2052 01:39:51,320 --> 01:39:53,440 sweatshirt. I would have done it in my club. 2053 01:39:53,680 --> 01:39:57,120 My club is no longer around, so can't do that. 2054 01:39:57,120 --> 01:39:58,640 So I've got to lean on some contacts. 2055 01:39:58,640 --> 01:40:01,000 I've got to try to get. A good deal. 2056 01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:03,680 You know, a lot of people have reached out and invited me and 2057 01:40:03,680 --> 01:40:08,320 Sal to play over the years and I got to see if there's a 2058 01:40:08,320 --> 01:40:12,040 valuable, you know, venue where the price makes sense and things 2059 01:40:12,040 --> 01:40:13,680 that I've got to worry about that I will. 2060 01:40:14,040 --> 01:40:16,240 But how about that? How about a little BT and Sal 2061 01:40:16,240 --> 01:40:18,240 live? Little golf outing there, You 2062 01:40:18,240 --> 01:40:20,800 know, how sick would that be? Bunch of foursomes. 2063 01:40:21,200 --> 01:40:23,880 Just ride around, have a couple beers, have a little something 2064 01:40:23,880 --> 01:40:27,880 to eat, have a little banquet after it that I just thought of 2065 01:40:27,880 --> 01:40:29,840 that last night. I texted him today. 2066 01:40:30,240 --> 01:40:32,320 So I'm starting to get those wheels in motion in my head. 2067 01:40:32,320 --> 01:40:34,720 We'll see. Generally when I have an idea, I 2068 01:40:34,720 --> 01:40:36,360 don't give up until it comes to fruition. 2069 01:40:36,360 --> 01:40:38,720 So I would think that there's a pretty damn good chance that 2070 01:40:38,720 --> 01:40:40,520 that's going to happen. All right, I got to roll 2071 01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:43,960 cleaning ladies here, vacuums waiting to get in the office. 2072 01:40:44,720 --> 01:40:46,560 Daddy's got to get a house for a little bit. 2073 01:40:46,560 --> 01:40:48,400 Daddy. Daddy's got to find a place to 2074 01:40:48,400 --> 01:40:50,720 go. Hit some balls is what that is 2075 01:40:50,720 --> 01:40:55,920 going to find soon because it's one thing what it's 19° out and 2076 01:40:55,920 --> 01:40:57,200 I love my home. I I really do. 2077 01:40:57,240 --> 01:41:01,720 And I, I, I, I, I love my family, obviously, But there's, 2078 01:41:01,720 --> 01:41:05,400 there's a point where you got to just you got to get out And you 2079 01:41:05,400 --> 01:41:08,680 know my saving grace, even though I had did I don't play 2080 01:41:08,680 --> 01:41:11,640 well. I would love to go to Greenbrook 2081 01:41:12,640 --> 01:41:16,640 on like after a practice, you know, wreck softball for my 2082 01:41:16,640 --> 01:41:19,800 daughter, travel for my son, you name it, during the spring, 2083 01:41:20,040 --> 01:41:22,600 after it, right, You know, when the sun's going down, like 8:00, 2084 01:41:22,600 --> 01:41:25,560 whatever it might be, 830, just go to the range, put in the 2085 01:41:25,560 --> 01:41:29,440 earbuds, the wireless ones, put on some tunes that just hit 150 2086 01:41:29,440 --> 01:41:31,960 balls, right? Can't do that, you know, And now 2087 01:41:31,960 --> 01:41:35,680 I got more time so I have to find out where the hell I'm not 2088 01:41:35,680 --> 01:41:37,800 going to join another club. It's not worth it. 2089 01:41:37,800 --> 01:41:40,360 I don't have enough time, too busy with the kids and the games 2090 01:41:40,360 --> 01:41:43,440 and and watching and coaching and transporting and school. 2091 01:41:43,680 --> 01:41:46,240 But I got at least find a place, even if it's like a semi 2092 01:41:46,240 --> 01:41:49,520 private, where I could just go and bang some balls and let's 2093 01:41:49,520 --> 01:41:52,120 get out of here once in a while. So that's I got to hatch that 2094 01:41:52,120 --> 01:41:54,080 plan. All right, man, let me go Sal 2095 01:41:54,080 --> 01:41:56,480 tomorrow with 1015 looking having a looking forward to 2096 01:41:56,480 --> 01:41:59,760 having salve on the show. Spread the word like it, guys, 2097 01:41:59,760 --> 01:42:03,320 subscribe, get that traction, the comments, the hits, the 2098 01:42:03,320 --> 01:42:06,400 likes, the hypes, all the stuff that you guys do on YouTube to 2099 01:42:06,400 --> 01:42:08,760 get the word out there. Trust me, the more it hits, the 2100 01:42:08,760 --> 01:42:11,080 more the algorithm says, Yup, we like this. 2101 01:42:11,280 --> 01:42:13,720 Let's you know, let's dispense this and disperse this all 2102 01:42:13,760 --> 01:42:16,720 around you get more clicks. I could do more things, I could 2103 01:42:16,720 --> 01:42:18,280 do more things. We have more fun. 2104 01:42:18,480 --> 01:42:21,520 But tomorrow we'll have a last so S tomorrow, J Rod good work, 2105 01:42:21,520 --> 01:42:23,600 brother. We'll see if anything happens 2106 01:42:23,600 --> 01:42:26,280 today or tomorrow. Bed line would goddess in the 2107 01:42:26,280 --> 01:42:28,400 NBA trendline trade deadline this Thursday. 2108 01:42:28,680 --> 01:42:32,400 Giants got their OCI like it Matt Nagy jets still looking for 2109 01:42:32,400 --> 01:42:33,520 theirs. It's going to be somebody with 2110 01:42:33,520 --> 01:42:35,040 experience, which I'll be fine with. 2111 01:42:35,400 --> 01:42:38,120 And you know, we're never too far away from something 2112 01:42:38,120 --> 01:42:39,280 breaking. That's really interesting. 2113 01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:41,160 So have a great rest of your Tuesday. 2114 01:42:41,160 --> 01:42:44,600 Check out the shorts again like it subscribe it and I will catch 2115 01:42:44,600 --> 01:42:46,440 you guys tomorrow at 10. Peace, this is. 2116 01:42:46,720 --> 01:42:48,720 On Please Are you listening? Can you hear me?