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right, so the ages go three and

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three on their road trip. They

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take two out of three against

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Pittsburgh. They lose two out of

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three against the Tigers. And, you

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know, over, like I said, it's just

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12 games. So, you know, they're

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right there with everybody

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else. And

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there are a couple of things

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I've seen about the team that

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I think are somewhat concerning.

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One of them is the way

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the roster is constructed. Everybody

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wants to blame the manager

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for things. And I believe

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that after yesterday's game, the

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Yankees have faced more

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left-handed pitches from

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left-handed pitchers than any

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team in baseball. So it's

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not a nuclear secret. that

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the way you combat the Yankees

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is not necessarily to

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throw a left-hander as a starter

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because a lot of teams don't

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have lefty starters, but load

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up your bullpen with lefties

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because Aaron Boone does not

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have answers at his disposal.

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So if you look at the way

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the outfield is configured, you

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got a lefty baton bellinger

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and you got a switch hitter

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in Dominguez who's much better from

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the left side than he is

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from the right. So when you bring

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in, or if a team starts

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a lefty, or brings in a

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lefty, there are no answers for

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Boone. The only backup outfielder

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you have is Trengrisham, who

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guess what, is a left-handed

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batter. Now let's go to the

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infield. You could slow down

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chism with a left-handed

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batter. You've got Volpi who

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didn't get a hit. against

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Detroit but he's played well so

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far and then you have a

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switch hitter at third base who's

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better from the left side than

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he is from the right although

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Oslo Cabrera has hit okay from

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the right side the times he's

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gotten a chance. So what's Boone's

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answer there? He doesn't have one

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because the guys on the bench

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that are right-handed are not scaring

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anybody. Pablo Reyes and Oswald Peraza.

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Now let's move to catcher.

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They're thrilled with Austin Wells

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and they should be. But

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when you rest Austin Wells,

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you're going to rest a

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left-handed hitting catcher against what?

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Left-handed starter. So who's your

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backup catcher? Should be a

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right-hander, right? No. It's a

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left-hander. So you're not getting

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any advantage. When you go

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your backup and you give

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Wells the day off once

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every five days against a

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lefty starter, you're bringing in

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a scar who's a good

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player, but he's left-handed. The

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team is too left-handed. The

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roster is a little bit

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lopsided. It's not put together

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the right way. Now I

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know a lot of it

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changes if you get back

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standing. When that's

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going to happen, don't know.

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But he's not an outfielder.

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Still, your backup outfielders should

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be a right-handed hitting player.

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And it's a left-handed hitting

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player. Your backup infielder should

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be a good right-handed hitter.

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It's not. You have two

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lower-level right-handed hitters. And your

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backup catcher in a perfect

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world should be a right-handed

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batter when your starter is

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a left-handed batter. It's not.

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And even when Stanton comes back,

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one of the big bats off

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the bench that's done a nice

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job is Ben Rice. Who's left-handed?

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Remember a couple of years ago

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the Yankees are two right-handed? Well

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now they're two left-handed. So that's

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something to be concerned about. So

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you're looking for Boone to press

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the right buttons and in fairness

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to him the buttons are not

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available. He could make up the

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lineup whichever way he wants and

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stack lefty right, he left the

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switch hit or whatever. and you're

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still going to be victimized by

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left-handers out of the bullpen. That's

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something that has to be corrected.

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Again, it's early and it could

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be corrected. But the perfect solution,

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you got to have a right-handed

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hitting third baseman. And I know

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the three years kind of scared

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them off Aronado who's gotten off

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to a pretty good start, but

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if you had Aronado this year

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and you don't worry about the

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next two years, you'd be in

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better shape. And

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the other thing that scares you

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a little bit about the team,

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they don't have enough starting pitching.

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I'm sorry. I'm not going to

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sit here and make happy talk

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and put lipstick on a pig.

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Max freed yesterday in an extraordinarily

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important start for them, where an

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ace has to step up and

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deal. He was great. Eleven strikeouts,

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no walks, seven shutout innings. He

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pitched just like an ace. Now,

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unlike many of you out there, I

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still have a firm belief in Carlos

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Rodin. I think Carlos Rodin could still

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pitch, and I think he could be

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dominant. He makes a mistake every now

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and then in a game that cost

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him. That's what happened in the first

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game in Detroit. But they needed innings.

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He gave them six that reset the

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bullpen. I'm not concerned about free, who

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I think is great. And Rodin who

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I think it could be a really

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nice starter for them. Three through five.

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is very scary. Under no circumstances, Marcus

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Roman a number three starter, he's just

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not. His stuff is not... dominant enough.

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He doesn't throw hard enough so if

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you watch him he throws strikes at

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the beginning of it at bat. He's

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always ahead in the count. 0212 and

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then when you look up it's 3.2

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his stuff is not good enough for

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him to throw it over the plate

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so he's always trying to nick the

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corners and he ends up throwing a

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lot of pitches and the last game

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he pitched and he's gonna pitch tomorrow

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against the Giants. He got knocked out

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after four innings. Will Warren to me

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still not. Major League ready. He could

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give you a really good start and

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he's going to make mistakes. And

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Carlos Carrasco, he is what he

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is. He had about a six-year-old

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last year with Cleveland. Team that

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knew him really well. Pitched well

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as first start, pitched poorly a

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second start. Yankees don't have enough

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starting pitching. It'll get better when

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Clark Schmidt comes back, which would

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be April 15th or 16th. And

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then you gotta cross your fingers,

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because he's starting to throw now

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down in Tampa, that Louise Heel

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gets back in a couple of

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months. That fleshes out the rotation,

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but right now, they have one

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great starter. One starter, I think,

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is pretty good in Rodon. And

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then after that, that's not a

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rotation that scares anybody. Those three

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guys don't scare anybody. They don't.

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Because they're all finesse guys. Strowman

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is a finesse guy. Will

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Warren doesn't throw hard. He's

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a finesse guy. And Carlos

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Carrasco cannot leave a ball

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out over the plate like

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he did against the Tigers.

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That's why he gave up

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three home runs in that

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one inning. He can't leave

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a ball out over the

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plate. His stuff isn't crisp

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enough anymore. Losing coal hurts.

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Imagine freed is your number

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four. I was saying before

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the season that they're starting

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rotation. Was outstanding. It's not

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outstanding anymore It's freedom Rodin

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and then really tightly cross

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fingers. And one quick thing

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about the torpedo bats. Haven't

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heard much about them, have you?

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You got to hit the ball. The

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Tigers ran out three outstanding

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starters. Tigers are a good

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team. Casey Mize, Tarrick

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Schouble, and yesterday John

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Flyer, Jack Flyerty. Good

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pitching stops torpedo bats.

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Sorry, you got to make

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contact to actually have the

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torpedo bat going to effect.

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One eight hundred nine one nine

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three seven seven six how

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about the uh... uh... blad guerraro

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contract five hundred

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million dollars for fourteen

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years right and they are paying

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him a three hundred and

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twenty five million dollar bonus

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imagine getting that check and

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the reason they're doing

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that first of all his

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permanent residence is florida So

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he will get that 325 million

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in a state that doesn't have

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state income tax. That's going to

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save him tens of millions of

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dollars. And it's also a

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hedge everybody for possible work

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stoppage in 2027. And the other

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thing that he did, because he's

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going to make over $35 million

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a year, he has reset the

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first base market. Much to

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the delight of Scott Boris and

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Petelano. Because

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Peter Lanzo, essentially, is making 30

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million this year and if he

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doesn't opt out, 24 next year,

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which would average out the 27

9:36

a year, nobody was going to 30

9:38

million for a first baseman. No

9:40

one. Freeman doesn't make it.

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Olson doesn't make it. No one.

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But now that's the new, that's the

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new benchmark. So if Pete opts out

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and has the season that so far

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he looks like he's going to have,

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going to be joy in a Lanzo town.

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Because now 30 million is

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not off the table because

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the best first baseman at least in

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terms of money makes 35 a year

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for the next 14 years so the

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first base market has been reset let's

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go back to the phones one eight

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hundred nine one nine three seven six

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mark in Staten Island mark hey Michael

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how you doing good mark how you

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doing I'm doing all right I just

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had a quick question for you so

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with Devon Williams with the Yankees with

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the Yankees a little bit of a

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concern. I know it's early in the

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season. I know the guy has great

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stuff, but he's proven this over the

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years. But my only concern with him

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is if this continues and he doesn't

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perform well and playing in a place

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like New York, you know how Yankee

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Stadium can get, do you think that

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something like that will affect him and

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maybe have Boone having like a different

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position so that's maybe like a setup

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role rather than a closing guy? Well,

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it's it's a two-prong question mark. Can

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it affect him? Yes. I don't know

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if he has the makeup to withstand

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the abuse that he's gonna get if

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you know he got I was talking

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to the Milwaukee I saw an opening

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day He got booed after a 17th

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pitch 17th pitch They end up throwing

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a lot more and ended up saving

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the game, but he made people bite

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their nails down to the nub He

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never got booed in five years in

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Milwaukee So this is a different world.

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So I don't know I don't know

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him that well whether or not he

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has to make up to withstand that

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Now the other question is would they

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make him a setup guy? I Don't

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see it At least for a very

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very very very long time. I mean

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if he continues to blow games, they're

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not going to continue to run him

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out there as I said They'll try

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to get him right by pitching him

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in lower leveraged situations But he's a

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closer. He's not a setup guy He

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was a set up guy to hate

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her and then he took over the

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role and he did very very well

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as a closure. They didn't get him

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and they're not paying him over nine

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million dollars a year to be a

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setup guy. But can I tell you

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that there's no way that they would

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go to that? No I can't. I

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can't I can't lie to you if

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he continues to fail the Yankees have

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to win games. I mean you're not

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in the medals for trying business they

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would they would have to move him

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out of the closes roll for a

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while. But I mean their main intent

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is to make this guy be the

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closure that he was Milwaukee. Joe and

12:26

West Harrison, Joe. Hey Mike, co-ball as

12:28

well, your family and so on. Can

12:30

you imagine if these fans, you hear

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me? Yeah, I gotcha. Sorry I apologize,

12:35

I'm here too, I'm coming. Could you

12:37

imagine these fans who are around with

12:39

Goose Gossip? I mean, how many times

12:41

we're on the edge of our seats

12:43

when he was called? True. Yeah, I

12:45

mean, they were, they were suicide hotline,

12:47

right? But, and your very great point

12:50

on the Yankees is so lefty, loaded,

12:52

it's crazy. And I don't even know

12:54

if they shouldn't try to find a

12:56

medical buyout for Stan. I love him.

12:58

He's a great Yankee, great in the

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playoffs, but I mean, injury after injury

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after injury, something's got to be done.

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And I'm a little disappointed in Chism.

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I mean, great athlete, fast is all,

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you know what, great fielder. But we

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never, again, I know it's analytics, we

13:13

never play small ball. That guy, I

13:15

mean, he's got to run a couple

13:18

times a week or something, get on

13:20

base, make things happen. When you have

13:22

bad games, remind me of last year

13:24

at the Yankees, all in, either big

13:26

games or no runs scored. I mean,

13:28

and he's a little bit of a

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goofball, as we all know. I just,

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I'm not a big fan. He's kind

13:35

of a free spirit. Now, he hasn't

13:37

been able to run, because he didn't

13:39

been able to run because he didn't

13:41

get a hit against a hit against

13:43

the Tigers. He's also leading, I think,

13:46

the major leagues in strikeouts. That's a

13:48

guy that I could look at and

13:50

say, playing in the cold affects him

13:52

adversely. He has four

13:54

home runs and

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nine ribbies. And also,

13:58

I think he

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has one and a

14:03

half defensive run

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saved at second base,

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which tops in

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the majors at second base. He's

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a great defender. I mean, what an upgrade

14:15

over Glaver. I'm not

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worried about Chisholm. I'm

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not. I think as the weather gets

14:22

warmer, this guy's gonna play better. He

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even said, I don't like playing in cold weather. A lot of

14:27

guys don't. I talked to a judge about it the other

14:29

And he said, you know what? We can't complain though. He

14:32

said, the other team's also playing in the same weather. So

14:34

he has it the right way. Now, you could say

14:36

that, but sometimes you don't play well.

14:38

And I don't think that Chisholm is comfortable playing

14:40

in that weather. And I think it shows. Now,

14:45

medical buyout for Stan, no way.

14:48

Because when the guy's healthy, he's a

14:50

productive player. I know he freaks everybody

14:52

out that he misses 60 games a year. And

14:54

this year it's gonna be more than that. But

14:57

when he does play, he's a factor. Not

14:59

giving him away. They still have a lot of years

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left at that contract and a lot of money. And

15:03

he's not taking less than the money that he's owed. So

15:06

you got to buy him out completely, whether it's

15:08

a medical exemption or not. They don't, you

15:10

know, it's not like they have insurance on them. They

15:13

have insurance on coal. They do

15:15

not have insurance on Stan. And

15:17

Stan is not walking away. The guy wants to get to 500

15:19

home runs. And when he's healthy, the

15:21

ability is there. So no, medical

15:23

buyout is not happening.

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And if anything, what we've

15:28

seen from the Yankee

15:30

team, how just bad, they're

15:32

not giving him away. They're not. Steve

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and Booten, what's up Steve? Hey

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Michael, thanks for taking my call. You got it.

15:39

You must have been reading my mind

15:41

in the beginning there. What everybody's talking

15:43

about the Mets getting Alcantra. What do

15:45

you think the Yankees would have to

15:47

give up to get him? Because his

15:50

three years, what is it? 17, 17

15:52

and 20? I mean, would you give

15:54

up a decent package for him? Maybe

15:56

one of the younger pitchers if they

15:58

wanted them because I'm sure they... They

16:00

don't want Strowman, and that's my second

16:02

point. How can we get rid of him

16:04

and get him ready back? Well, you know

16:06

what? You know what? I'll answer all your

16:09

questions. Just hang with me. Strowman's tough

16:11

to deal because of that 140 inning

16:13

threshold. If he gets a 140, then it's

16:15

another 18 million next year. No team wants

16:17

to do that. So the Yankees are going

16:19

to have to assume it. Let me ask you

16:22

this Steve. You're talking about young pitcher.

16:24

They would give up young pitching. I

16:26

don't know how much they had

16:28

that's Major League Ready, but they'd

16:30

also have to give up George

16:33

Lombard Jr. You ready to

16:35

do that? Beryl Kontra for three

16:37

years at 17, 17, and 20?

16:39

Probably. I like Cabrera. And you

16:41

know, and back to the, you

16:44

know... What about the money that we

16:46

had from coal? Why don't we get

16:48

to use that $12 million to go

16:50

get righty back? We need a righty

16:52

back. And if Shroman, so are we

16:54

going to shut down Shroman at the

16:56

end of the year so he doesn't

16:58

get to his innings? I don't think

17:00

he could do that. I don't think

17:02

he could do that. I don't think

17:05

he could do that. I don't think

17:07

he wanted to pitch five or six.

17:09

So if he gets to 140, it's

17:11

a very, very expensive $1. because it

17:13

kicks in another 18 million dollars for

17:16

next year. I don't think he's going

17:18

to get a better fastball as he

17:20

gets a year older. It's, you know, you can't

17:22

just so easily say, yeah, I'll give up

17:24

George Lombard Jr. Around Majorly Baseball, I

17:26

think this guy's going to be

17:28

a superstar. And the Yankees look

17:31

at him is he could be the third baseman

17:33

of the future. But if you think you're

17:35

one picture away, then you know what, you

17:37

got to swallow hard. Because the Marlins

17:39

are going to get a kings ransom.

17:42

for our country? A former Sigh Young

17:44

Award winner who signed at a very reasonable

17:46

price. Yeah, and the Mets have

17:48

a lot of youngsters in their former

17:51

system. Would they give up a sproat for

17:53

him? Would they give up a jet Williams?

17:55

Probably. Would they give up a

17:57

koonya? Probably. Would they give a

17:59

baitie? It's going to be that sort

18:01

of package everybody. Look at what the

18:03

Red Sox gave up for Crochet. They

18:05

had to give up one of their

18:08

top prospects and teal. But when you

18:10

have a lot of prospects, you could

18:12

do that. I think the Yankees' best

18:14

prospect right now is George Lombard Jr.

18:16

And I'm sure teams are going to

18:18

ask for Spencer Jones. I think the

18:20

Yankees would part with Jones. Because they

18:22

think they're set in the outfield. I

18:24

don't know if they would part that

18:26

easily with George Lombard Jr. It's a

18:28

really tough call everybody. You can't just

18:30

say, yeah, do it. It's not that

18:33

easy. It's going to Tessa and West

18:35

Caldwell. Tessa. Hey, Michael, thanks so much

18:37

for taking my call. I appreciate it.

18:39

What's up, my friend? You've made, you

18:41

had so many good points today. If

18:43

I may, I just wanted to make

18:45

a quick comment on the Lakers and

18:47

then... focus back on the Yankees. I'm

18:49

gonna be honest, you know how long

18:51

I bashed my head against the wall

18:53

when we traded Saquan. But I have

18:55

family in Dallas and I'm not joking

18:58

Michael. They don't even watch, they can't

19:00

even stomach the game. They like, they

19:02

can't even do it. And it's like

19:04

just to see that with Luka yesterday,

19:06

because you know, I'm a Lakers fan

19:08

with the 45 and the Tribune, it's

19:10

very confusing. underlining that me we may

19:12

never know but i don't care what

19:14

it is if we can have look

19:16

at healthy and doing his thing for

19:18

five years he already looked like he's

19:20

in game time cheap i really do

19:23

think LeBron is going to make a

19:25

positive positive like impact on him and

19:27

i i still can't believe that let's

19:29

let him go but i'm very happy

19:31

we have you know what i think

19:33

too about the tribute video tessa It's

19:35

almost like you didn't like the guy,

19:37

you traded him, it's almost like you

19:39

broke up with your girlfriend, the next

19:41

time you see you give her a

19:43

beautiful album of all the great times

19:45

together, what are you doing? You either

19:48

like him or you don't, if you

19:50

like him, so much like a tribute

19:52

video, then don't trade him. Do you

19:54

think they did it because the Lakers

19:56

did it for Anthony Davis? I don't

19:58

think it was sincere at all. I

20:00

think it's like, oh my God, they

20:02

did it for Anthony. We can't let

20:04

Lucas come back and not do something

20:06

for him. But you understand as a

20:08

Lakers fan, the Lakers liked Anthony Davis.

20:10

The only way they would trade Anthony

20:13

Davis. was for somebody like Luka, but

20:15

they traded Luka for, I don't get

20:17

it. That's really basic, you know, that's

20:19

exactly because Anthony Davis, you can cost

20:21

the wrong way in his obliqueest strength.

20:23

You understand what I'm saying? You know

20:25

how many times I've called and complained

20:27

about him. So it's just like, I

20:29

understand what you said about defense, but

20:31

not, this is not football. Defense don't

20:33

win champions, you need offense, you need

20:35

offense, and I can't believe they let

20:38

him let him let him, but for

20:40

me. LeBron is a freaking phenomenon. A

20:42

unicorn is just nobody will do what

20:44

that man do. So of course, you

20:46

know me, I'm a LeBron fan. He's

20:48

more my age, my era or whatever.

20:50

So I always, I will go with

20:52

that. He's better than Michael. But even

20:54

if you don't want to go with

20:56

that, his work ethic. Did you hear

20:58

what he said, Michael? He's insane, Michael.

21:00

We will never get another, he's definitely

21:03

one of one. You know, you said

21:05

that earlier, he's one of one, we

21:07

will never get someone like him again.

21:09

You understand what I'm saying? Never, never,

21:11

never, never. But, um, okay, so with

21:13

the Yankees, I'm gonna be honest with

21:15

you Michael, like, they're so interesting to

21:17

me this year. You know, with all

21:19

the injuries that we always get is

21:21

brain training, you know how I complain

21:23

and I'm all scared. like look how

21:25

l.a. got all the um japan um

21:28

pictures and stuff i understand it's a

21:30

little cold over here but wait a

21:32

new yanke like i feel like we

21:34

can never get like more than one

21:36

great well like how we got cold

21:38

we can never get to it's almost

21:40

like they well they have but but

21:42

but but but what testa they got

21:44

they got freed i mean freed's a

21:46

great player so you're not going to

21:48

sign two big money free agents you're

21:50

not going to sign Corbin Burns and

21:53

freed because you already had coal, so

21:55

he was the best free agent out

21:57

there, they got him for a nine-year

21:59

deal, 36 million dollars a year. They

22:01

got Max free for eight years. So

22:03

they got two great pitchers to take

22:05

their money. Now the Japanese issue, that's

22:07

a completely separate issue. the same amount

22:09

of money as the Dodgers did for

22:11

Yamamoto. Yamamoto wanted to play with Shohay

22:13

and wanted to play in LA which

22:15

is a closer flight to Japan. And

22:18

Suzuki wanted to play with both of

22:20

them. Yankees didn't have a chance. No

22:22

other team had a chance. You can't

22:24

battle the LA weather. You can't. You

22:26

can't battle the location. And right now

22:28

all the Japanese players want to seem

22:30

to play like they want to play

22:32

for the Dodgers. I don't know how

22:34

you combat that. But to say they

22:36

don't get big time pitchers, they got

22:38

one of the best pitchers in baseball

22:40

and Garrett Cole. And they got Max

22:43

Freed, you saw what he could do

22:45

yesterday. Guy won a World Series, pitched

22:47

great in the World Series for Atlanta.

22:49

So no, no, they get pitching. They

22:51

got Rodin. Rodin was heavily recruited by

22:53

a lot of teams. And they offered

22:55

him a lot of money. He came

22:57

to the Yankees. Freed came to the

22:59

Yankees. Cole came to the Yankees. The

23:01

Japanese thing, that's a completely different story.

23:03

That's not like getting great, great pitching.

23:05

There's other factors in play. Yankees offered

23:08

as much money as a dodger for

23:10

Yamamoto. That was a location decision. And

23:12

Suzuki, also, he wanted to play with

23:14

the other two great Japanese players. All

23:16

right, we've got some good stuff going

23:18

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I love the people I work

27:14

with I really do So, if

27:16

you go to the ESPN New

27:18

York site on Instagram, they have

27:21

this cute thing where they have

27:23

figurines of all the people on

27:25

the air. Rick and Dave and

27:27

Peter and Don and Bart and

27:29

Chris and Alan and Dan and

27:31

me. I am so offended by

27:33

the figuring they have of me.

27:35

I have worked so hard during

27:38

this winter. Where I've lost 32

27:40

pounds I've gotten to the point

27:42

where some people actually think I'm

27:44

ill, which is what I was

27:46

aiming for Oh You okay? Yeah,

27:48

I'm fine If you look at

27:50

the figurine they have of me

27:52

and If you get a chance

27:55

look at it if you're driving

27:57

don't do it now The figurine

27:59

of me I'm

28:01

obese. My figurine is

28:03

so fat that it's bigger

28:05

than Chris Carlin. I'm

28:07

not saying Chris is fat,

28:10

but you say that Chris is

28:12

a little heavier than me.

28:14

I mean, Chris and I were

28:16

talking, I think he's over

28:18

three bills. I'm at 215,

28:20

and this is the figurine

28:23

they have of me. It's really

28:25

hard to accept. I'm hurt.

28:29

I feel like maybe I

28:31

have to lose another 20

28:34

pounds if that's the way

28:36

they see me. A gray suit

28:38

and it makes me look like

28:40

I'm a 70 year old 300

28:43

pound man. It's awful.

28:45

It's just awful. I'm

28:47

so embarrassed and I

28:49

won't have it. Now one

28:51

more thing about the people

28:54

I'm talking about that

28:56

I work with. So I

28:58

heard that Peter Rosenberg, my

29:00

formerly good friend, took me

29:02

the task for my K-Eats Tendis site

29:04

on Instagram, which was

29:06

made by Meredith Morakovitz. And it's

29:09

become kind of a thing. And

29:11

he said it was a cry.

29:13

I didn't even hear the segment,

29:16

but people have told me, essentially,

29:18

cry for attention, stealing from Dave

29:20

Portnoy, whatever the case may be.

29:23

That is some high comedy. from

29:25

a guy who can't walk

29:27

past an electronic device without

29:30

posting something. Can't walk

29:32

past a phone or an iPad

29:34

or a computer without doing a

29:36

podcast. And he's saying it's

29:38

a cry for attention. It's having

29:41

fun. And the first one

29:43

that I did was actually

29:45

an homage to Portnoy's one

29:47

bite pizza reviews. I even

29:49

used one bite undercarriage.

29:51

The whole deal, no flop. all the

29:54

stuff that he says and I said

29:56

it was an homage to him. So

29:58

Peter Rosenberg has the onion. to criticize

30:00

me. Unbelievable. I'm glad that

30:02

I still exist. So Don

30:04

Hahn and Rosenberg have segments

30:06

of content where they could

30:08

rip me. Unbelievable. Now I

30:10

did have a Mayakopa post

30:12

yesterday because the second post

30:14

I had reviewing the tenders

30:16

in Detroit. of Comerica Park

30:18

was standing two feet for

30:21

me, beaming that he had

30:23

made these tenders just for

30:25

me. I'd buy Meredith for

30:27

that. It should be done

30:29

anonymously, somebody should go to

30:31

a stand and get the

30:33

tenders, they're selling the fans,

30:35

so that's what we're reviewing,

30:37

not special tenders they might

30:39

make for me. And I

30:41

gave those tenders a seven

30:43

nine. And I'm embarrassed by

30:45

that score. It was more

30:47

like a six one. I

30:49

got intimidated, I'm gutless. I

30:51

don't have the courage to

30:53

actually insult the poor guy

30:55

that was standing next to

30:57

me. And I want you

30:59

to believe in me because

31:01

people come to me for

31:03

tender reviews and they want

31:05

me to be that guy

31:07

to tell them the truth.

31:09

And I didn't. And I

31:11

apologize for that. For that

31:13

one I should be non-tendered.

31:16

I will be honest going forward

31:18

and we will not have anybody from

31:21

said stadium standing next to me because

31:23

again I don't have the guts to

31:25

insult somebody. That's the beauty of day

31:28

Portnoy. Sometimes the pizza shop owners are

31:30

standing right next to them and

31:32

they'll stop them with a five nine

31:34

or six one. That takes guts. I

31:37

don't have those guts. I don't have

31:39

them. And for that I apologize. So

31:41

I will make sure that every chicken

31:44

tender review moving forward. at every single

31:46

ballpark that we go to will

31:48

be done without the influence of somebody

31:50

from that said ballpark. You have my

31:53

word on that. And thank you for

31:55

supporting the Keats Tendies site. It is

31:57

blown up. Much to the chagrin obviously

32:00

of Peter Rosenberg, who doesn't like anybody

32:02

getting any kind of attention other

32:04

than Peter Rosenberg? You're supposed to be

32:07

my friend. What a bad dude. Let's

32:09

go to Anthony in the Bronx. Anthony.

32:11

Hey Mike, how you doing? Good Anthony,

32:14

how are you? I'm doing all I

32:16

had to turn up my phone. So

32:18

I just want to rattle off some

32:21

numbers for these LeBron James and

32:23

Michael Jordan. So here is Michael Jordan,

32:25

Mike that played 1,072 games, which is

32:27

equivalent to 13 full season. There was

32:30

a guy that won six championships, that's

32:32

perfect in the finals. Here was a

32:34

guy that won six MVP in the

32:37

finals. Here was a guy that

32:39

won 10 scoring championships. Here was a

32:41

guy that averaged 30.1. per season the

32:43

highest in NBA history. 33.1 in the

32:46

playoffs the highest in NBA history. What

32:48

does the blonde James do that tops

32:50

Jordan? I don't understand these guys. He

32:53

doesn't do anything that tops Jordan.

32:55

Well I think that what he does

32:57

Anthony, I think we know this is

32:59

the extraordinary longevity to be great for

33:02

that long. That's what he does. And

33:04

he does get to the finals. He

33:06

got some more finals in Michael. Now

33:09

he's lost a lot more. Michael didn't

33:11

lose any. So I agree with

33:13

you. I think Jordan was better. But

33:15

I don't think it's so outrageous to

33:18

consider LeBron in that conversation and Kobe

33:20

should be considered as well. I think

33:22

we sometimes fall into the trap of

33:25

recency bias. And we look at him

33:27

and go, well, look at what

33:29

he's doing, you know, he has most

33:31

points of anybody in the history of

33:34

the game. past Karim and he's going

33:36

to put a lot of distance between

33:38

he and Karim by the time he's

33:41

done and he's playing at such a

33:43

high all-star level at the age

33:45

of 40 it's it's really phenomenal and

33:47

it's hard to ignore I think that's

33:50

why people want to bring up the

33:52

comparison I think Jordan's better I agree

33:55

with you I think there's Jordan's better

33:57

but I I don't think it's that

33:59

outrageous to have the conversation. Wayne

34:01

and Durham, Wayne. Yes, Michael, always forget

34:04

to tell you, you're the best and

34:06

I enjoy it when you have your

34:08

already on with you, great analyst. Thank

34:11

you. What I wanted to say is

34:13

I'm definitely on board with you with

34:15

the pitching situation and where we stand

34:18

there. We're the need to bite

34:20

the bullet, Michael. Even when Stanton comes

34:22

back, they need to go ahead and

34:24

get another right-handed batter, bite the bullet,

34:27

and spend the money. You made $100

34:29

million more in revenue than the Dodgers

34:31

last year. Go ahead and get Aeronauta

34:34

while you can still get him.

34:36

And, you know... And then you saw

34:38

your third baseball problem and you balanced

34:40

your roster. One quick other thing too.

34:43

I don't know why they don't leave

34:45

judge betting third. He's hit two home

34:47

runs this year. There were three run

34:50

homers when he's batting third. He's

34:52

batting second. There's two run homers. I

34:54

mean, I know he gets more bats.

34:56

Yeah, but you got more people in

34:59

front of him in most cases. And

35:01

did you check on why the Yankees

35:03

still have not done anything with the

35:06

banner? or up there. Is it the

35:08

George's or how a thing or

35:10

is it the George's thing that George's

35:12

honor them and how he's just on

35:15

the back and leak. Wait a minute,

35:17

where are the banners for 2001 and

35:19

2003? Check, they're in the corners of

35:22

Yankee State and now I haven't seen

35:24

them but a friend of mine,

35:26

but they don't, first of all, they

35:28

don't even have up World Series banners

35:31

up around the stadium, they don't. So

35:33

I don't think they're going to have

35:35

a big Ceremony to lift a 20-24

35:38

American League pennant Because what you're doing

35:40

is say hey we lost in

35:42

the World Series So I don't think

35:45

they're ashamed of the fact they went

35:47

to the World Series But they're not

35:49

going to celebrate it if you throw

35:52

that banner up you're celebrating the fact

35:54

that you lost a World Series. I

35:56

have never seen a banner for

35:58

2001 or 2003 I've never seen it.

36:01

I've absolutely never seen it.

36:03

You say they're in the corners. The

36:05

corners where? They don't even have the

36:07

World Series banners up. The only time

36:09

I've ever seen World Series banners up,

36:11

and I haven't seen it, the new

36:13

ballpark, is I used to put it around

36:16

the facing of the upper deck. They used

36:18

to put all 27 World Championship

36:20

banners. But they haven't done that

36:22

in years during Old Timers Day. So

36:24

if they don't want the World Series matters

36:26

up, why would you celebrate 01 and 03

36:29

and then you want them to celebrate 24?

36:31

I just don't see it happening. I

36:33

don't think money is an issue. I don't think

36:35

money is an issue. I don't think money is

36:37

an issue with getting a third baseman. I

36:39

just don't think that they believe that they

36:42

can depend on Aronado for two more

36:44

years after this. I said it before.

36:46

If Arnold had one year left on

36:48

this contract, at the money that he's

36:50

making, they would make that, they would

36:52

try to do it. Now, the Cardinals

36:54

got off to a decent start, calm

36:56

down of late. I don't know how ready

36:58

and willing they would be to trade that

37:00

contract and how much money they

37:02

want to eat. They want to get rid

37:04

of that contract and how much money they

37:07

want to eat. They want to eat a lot

37:09

of the money. So I don't think that

37:11

dealers are going to eat a lot

37:13

of money. in the second year and

37:15

the third year, why give yourself another

37:17

Josh Donaldson situation? Doesn't make

37:20

sense. I'm going to come back, talk

37:22

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you get your podcasts. I

39:03

mean, people are starting to

39:05

get behind me on X.

39:07

The figurine of me. It's

39:09

indefensible. How bad it is.

39:11

They may be a 300

39:13

pound slob. I

39:17

want another person who thought

39:19

that this was a good

39:21

idea. Terrible. I'm guessing that

39:23

Rosenberg's behind it. All right,

39:25

so the Knicks are playing

39:27

Detroit tonight, and then tomorrow

39:29

to be Cleveland at the

39:31

Garden. Then they'll finish up

39:33

with a game against Brooklyn

39:35

at Barclays Center. So those

39:37

are the three games remaining.

39:39

and it'll be the playing

39:41

tournament. The Knicks don't seem

39:43

like they care about winning

39:45

these games. O.G. Anobes is

39:47

not playing tonight. Josh Hart's

39:50

not playing tonight. Mitchell Robinson's

39:52

not playing tonight. So there's.

39:54

chance that by having Detroit

39:56

win, then Detroit will move

39:58

ahead of Milwaukee. I still

40:00

don't think that's going to

40:02

happen. Then the Knicks would

40:04

play Milwaukee, but the Knicks

40:06

still have to hold off

40:08

Indiana. They lead them, they

40:10

have to win one more

40:12

game, Indiana has to lose

40:14

one more game. But the

40:16

Knicks could lose to Detroit

40:18

tonight with that light lineup.

40:20

They could lose to Cleveland,

40:22

then you never know what's

40:24

going to happen in Brooklyn.

40:28

Vienna goes to Cleveland. I think there's

40:30

a loss in there somehow, but Cleveland

40:32

has nothing to play for. They have

40:34

nothing to play for against the Knicks

40:36

either, but we shall see. But be

40:38

careful what you wish for. Gee, I'd

40:41

rather play the bucks than Detroit. Well,

40:43

if the Knicks are as good as

40:45

we think they are, and I think

40:47

they're really good, other than they can't

40:49

beat the Celtics and they can't beat

40:51

the Cavs. You should be able to

40:54

beat Detroit. I know they're young legs,

40:56

I get it. But Milwaukee

40:58

presents some problems too. Then one of

41:00

the greatest players in the world and

41:02

and Ted a kupo So I don't

41:04

know if you you prefer to play

41:06

the box Wouldn't you prefer to play

41:09

the young team that's experienced a playoffs

41:11

for the first time? Bottom line, I

41:13

mean, there's an issue if you can't

41:15

beat either of those teams So I'm

41:17

not maneuvering at all To try to

41:20

make it that we play Milwaukee rather

41:22

than we play Detroit either one to

41:24

me is a win And if you

41:26

ask me, well Michael, you have to

41:28

make a choice. Okay, I'll make a

41:30

choice. I'd rather play Detroit. I'd rather

41:33

play a young team that's never been

41:35

there before. I'd rather play a young

41:37

team that's to play four games in

41:39

Madison Square Garden. That's what I'd rather

41:41

play. And I'd know that they handled

41:44

them during the season, and the Knicks

41:46

handled the Bucks. Get it. Bucks have

41:48

the best player. So if you play

41:50

the Bucks, they had the best player

41:52

on the court, including the Knicks players.

41:56

If you play Detroit, the Knicks have the

41:58

best player on the court. And

42:02

if you did a draft of

42:04

the two teams, most of the

42:06

top five picks would be Nick

42:08

picks. So don't play that game,

42:10

let's let Detroit win. I think

42:12

he's just resting people now, which

42:15

is smart. And then they have

42:17

all next week to rest. And

42:19

then we'll see what they got.

42:21

But choosing between Milwaukee and Detroit.

42:23

First of all, Clint's three. Gotta

42:25

win one game to Clint's three.

42:28

Let's go to Louis and Stan

42:30

Allen Louis. Yeah,

42:33

hello? Hello, Louis. Yeah, how you doing? Oh,

42:35

you? A caller called, yeah, how you doing?

42:37

First of all, before I even say what

42:39

I say about the Jordan LeBron thing, you

42:42

give Peter, you give Peter kind of a

42:44

hard, a hard way and Peter, Peter looks

42:46

up to you. And sometimes he says things,

42:48

because I've been following your show for a

42:50

long time, like a lot of years, all

42:52

the way back. So when I called in

42:54

about, um. About taking a knee at football

42:56

games with very much. I've been I've been

42:59

I've been I've been I listen to you

43:01

guys all the time and Peter kind of

43:03

looks up to you and when he does

43:05

certain things that come off wrong and you

43:07

you like I'm not going to say you

43:09

take it the wrong way but when I

43:11

listen later and hear Peter's part of this

43:14

like later on he's going to have his

43:16

side of the story and it always seems

43:18

like he means well with what he does

43:20

And you like, I don't know if you

43:22

put one on him or whatever, but he

43:24

don't mean, you don't mean, I love you

43:26

for being such a good guy. And I

43:29

did not hear it, but I was told

43:31

by several people that I respect, he just

43:33

ripped me the shreds because of the chicken

43:35

tender account. That's all I know. Unsolicited, I

43:37

didn't bother him. I've been great to Peter,

43:39

I love Peter's family, but the bottom line,

43:41

he went out of his way to rip

43:44

me for no reason. I'll give

43:46

you credit for being

43:48

a good guy and

43:50

looking for the good

43:52

things of people for

43:54

a guy who looks

43:56

up to me He

43:58

certainly says a lot

44:01

of bad things about

44:03

me, and it's hurtful.

44:05

I'm very sensitive. Louie.

44:07

What's your other point?

44:11

Okay, I finished on that. Um

44:13

Sometimes sometimes like like he does

44:15

say things But it's because he

44:17

got he got he got balls

44:19

to say certain things that that

44:21

um that that Logreco won't say

44:23

even though the record look like

44:25

is your true friend or whatever

44:27

but Peter will say something that

44:29

look wreck is thinking and You

44:32

know it comes out it comes off

44:34

wrong because look look record doesn't say it.

44:36

Yeah, but no In fairness, I mean

44:38

so discretion is the better better part of

44:40

valor and that's what friendship is all

44:42

about too So if Lou Greco has something

44:44

nasty to say about me, maybe he

44:46

checks himself So you know what Michael's a

44:48

really good friend. I'm not gonna say

44:50

that Peter will say anything for a fact

44:53

and He goes off on me from

44:55

a chicken tender account that I didn't start

44:57

that I didn't want to do that

44:59

I was going into doing by Meredith Marokovits,

45:01

who's a close friend and it's become

45:03

a fun thing to do But I don't

45:05

need the attention. I

45:07

Mean really I'm doing it for the

45:09

attention Now I really don't need any

45:11

more attention sometimes attention is overrated as

45:13

I would tell Peter Let's go to

45:15

Griffin in Connecticut. He's gonna defend Peter

45:17

too I'm

45:19

not trying to defend Peter But what

45:22

I'm saying is he never said

45:24

anything like that yesterday on the show.

45:26

I know at the end of

45:28

the show We were trying to Meet

45:30

me up with the guy from

45:32

San Diego if you got if we

45:34

went down to San Diego this

45:36

year He and he was saying how

45:39

how Meredith set you up. He

45:41

never said anything Well, that was no

45:43

it wasn't yesterday Griffin. It was

45:45

the day before I heard it was

45:47

the last segment Of the first

45:49

hour of the show where he absolutely

45:51

eviscerated me that I was copying

45:54

Dave Portnoy and that I was looking

45:56

for attention and stuff like that

45:58

really He's a bad guy. I said

46:00

comes down to. I'm a big fan of Don,

46:02

big fan of Han, used to be

46:04

a big fan of Peter, but if

46:06

he's going to turn on me, I'm

46:08

going to turn on him. Rippin me

46:11

for no reason, for something I

46:13

had nothing to do with. Nothing. We'll

46:15

see how this plays out. Have a

46:17

big show tomorrow, big Friday show. I'm

46:19

looking forward to it. So glad to

46:22

be back with you after all the

46:24

delays and the changing of the game

46:26

times, but we're back again. and that

46:28

is going to be on the ESPN

46:30

New York app and also 880 ESPN

46:33

and the words of Billy Joel, life

46:35

is a series of hello and goodbyes,

46:37

I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again.

46:39

See everybody, have a great, great night

46:42

and enjoy Don Honda Rose. Thanks for

46:44

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