Is Aaron Judge only a Yankee great if he wins the World Series? | Baseball Today

INTRO it is Monday August 26 2024 this is another edition of baseball today it is presented to you by Five Hour Energy that is my man Trevor ploof I am Chris Rose producer Dan along for the ride as well we are back in our respective homes we are gearing up we've got five weeks left in the season or so how you doing dude I'm doing great Chris I am so happy to be home yesterday I I sat watched some baseball I did a whole a whole chicken roast um inside then we ended up grilling later on in the day made some shrimp and some salmon and corn on the grill it was just a marvelous like pool day at home there's just nothing better man little end of summer leading into Memorial Day love it yeah that's awesome that's awesome you deserve a little down how you doing I'm great I'm great you know we took Brady to college so that is that is done um he's off and running we're excited for him trying to give him his distance while still checking in occasionally there's always an interesting balance with that but uh we're very proud of of who he is and um me too yeah he's a good good kid he needs if he needs some you know words of wisdom you know he can call Uncle Trev any did that's that is true and he he idolizes you so I think in um virtually every facet of life that is a good thing that is a good thing so you know we are at the end of August school is starting for a lot of kids maybe you're a little down in the dumps you need a little pickme up well that is where our friends from 5H Hour Energy lend more than just a helping hand they have shots that are packed that'll help you feel alert and energized it also is chalk full of vitamins and nutrients and about as much caffeine as the leading premium coffee also this is nice for guys like Trevor ploof it contains zero sugar so you drink it in seconds You Feel It In minutes and it lasts for hours they've got a wide range of flavors across their regular strength and extra strength varieties as well so I want you to head on over to 5our energy.com and use at code word johnboy you'll save 20% on your first order that is the number five our energy.com code is johnboy you'll save 20% and don't forget end of the week Five Hour Energy question of the week you guys have been killing it get that in by Thursday night so we can use it on Friday show start off with an amazing tip of the cap over the weekend Tip of the cap in Baltimore where Jose Altuve has now a lifelong Orioles fan in his fold kid named Chris said hey hosie will you give me your bat if you hit a home run so you see it he took poic deep lived up to it gave him his Bat here's the kid right after he called me into the Dugout and gave him give me the bat he's my idol plus and now it it was my favorite my favorite thing of my life I was excited I was I was I was crazy could you believe it when he was calling you over no I was shocked what does it feel like holding this bat right now I'm I'm like shaking right now he's my idol plus it's amazing uh look Jose Altuve is one I've said this before I gave him an award on talking baseball before about just how good of a guy he is and we need to like I wish that was back in like the baseball world he still gets the booze and all these things but he's one of the good guys throughout the sport he's a hell of a player hell of a person and when you get stories like this you kind of understand and again I'll say it again say this all the time if you're a baseball player or anybody in that position just do simple stuff like this it Mak your day you don't got to pay for those bats somebody's pick somebody's flipping the bill for those things man you can you can hand them out you could end up being somebody's Idol plus yeah that was awesome end day cool yeah it was just Fant and that kid Chris was great with juliia Morales who doesn't have standing job on the Astros broadcast good for them and I mean if you're not smiling after listening to little Chris you better go check yourself because then you are just not a happy person at all because that was awesome Shohei Ohtani joins the 40/40 club with walk-off grand slam uh dude we got so much to cover here a weekend full of milestones and none bigger than the way that sh Otani walked into the club first pitch Fly ball right center field Siri going back he's at the track he's at the wall 4040 walk off Grand Slam no way what a moment history hey you nailed at Joe Davis as you usually do because I mean no way history like it was awesome to see him become the sixth member of the 4040 club with a walk-off Grand Slam but my question to you is do you think people are appreciating this achievement that the way they should be I I think so the only thing I think about with show is he's just so good that people are like just expect it now which is crazy you know and I don't want to call it show hey fatigues I I believe everyone's still just understands what we're seeing but he does stuff like this all the time it's crazy and again to go into the 4040 Club fastest guy to ever do it during a season or least amount of games I guess you should say um walk-off awesome Grand Slam are you kidding me like he just has he just has the flare for the dramatic and I think I don't even think it's that actually Chris I don't think he has a flare for the dramatic I think he's just really good so whenever he gets a chance he just comes through and then people say oh he's got the flare for the no he's just he just comes through all the time he's got the flare for every situation he's the man I do have to shout out my guy Tony who dropped the ball this guy's a super fan from Minnesota I've got to know him very well oh no he's doing a West Coast trip I saw him in San Diego he told me he was going to LA that ball hit off the heel of his glove he had it and missed it can you imagine having Show's 4040 ball oops Jose SE ended up throwing into the stand somebody got it I don't know if he ever got the story about what that guy did with it uh but my guy Tony Ah that's rough that's rough I don't know Trev I I think people do underappreciate it you like okay think I do like when if he gets to 50 and he's got a shot at it I know he's on Pace for it but still you don't know if he's going to end up hitting another you know he'll get the bags he'll get the bags for sure because he'll yeah he'll just steal he wants that number it's if he can hit you know 10 more homers yeah I just I hope he can because I want to see him get to 5050 like that is that's certifiably insane now people say well okay you know what he's had he's had only hitting to concentrate on now I want to stop you right there for a second what do guys who are rehabbing Tommy John's surgery do they rehab Tommy John's surgery like that is their job nobody Chris nobody's saying he only has hitting the focus on that's what every person in the big leagues does except for Shad I know but don't you I mean people are like well but he's only hitting this year so he should people who are recovering from Tommy John surgery that is their only job that is it we will see you next season that's all right like Shane Bieber is recovering from Tommy John surgery he's not out there doing anything else for the Cleveland Guardians he is working on getting himself better so that he will be ready for maybe late season 2025 at some point sh Otani is possibly setting records on the year that he is rehabbing think about that for a second no he's it's it's nuts man I think he's I really think he's still appreciated like he's just he's that good and we're seeing two of like the best seasons we'll ever see you know historically between him and the guy we're going to talk about next Clayton Kershaw quote I can't say enough I don't know what else you can say it's just every night there's something special he does all the while rehabbing and trying to get ready to pitch it's pretty remarkable go do it he threw off the mound didn't he the first time he did he threw off the mound let's get ready it close out the World Series this year sh time you heard here first stop if that were to happen that would be that would be it it's not happening and I still am going to live by this stance that the Dodgers got a deal for 700 million I still believe it I firmly believe it not only just what he does on the field the business he is bringing in via the Far East yes I don't know exactly what the numbers are we have some idea that they've latched on with you know at least a half dozen businesses that they wouldn't have had sh not signed on the dotted line I firmly believe the Dodgers got a decent deal on uh meanwhile across the country Does Aaron Judge need to win a WS to be a true Yankee great? uh those managers who were intentionally walking Aaron judge and in some cases with the bases empty they might have been on to something because of this highfly ball deep left Center Doyle back see you boarding flight 50 50 home runs Aaron judge has done it again amazing you nailed it as well Michael K on yes um so that's his third career 50 Homer season but this year he's putting together one of the greatest Seasons that we have seen in the last several decades you know and perhaps ever he's on his way to becoming a Yan Legend but plof can he really become one if he doesn't win a World Series yeah yes yes you can I I understand like Jeter came out with the quote this weekend you know the only thing that matters is October and all these things to that I'll say I don't want to go I don't want to make this like a thing about that I won't even get into what I was gonna say because why not that's the question I understand what he's saying and it's easy to say that when you won how many titles you wion four or five five five yeah it's awesome and I'm maybe I'm a little bit jealous of Dar Jeter but you get drafted into an organization like you have to play there I think Derek Jeter was very lucky to get drafted into the Yankees organization he could have went fifth overall to the Cincinnati Reds and things probably would have worked out a little bit differently for him so you have to get put in the right situation then obviously he had a Hall of Fame career stud he was one of the reasons they won all these World Series but you have to be surrounded by I mean they had Hall of Famer after Hall of Famer no no no no no hold on here Trevor that's not necessarily Fair because when when Jeter got drafted by the Yankees they were he was the sixth overall pick they were kind of at their low they surrounded him with some real deal talent but they yes because they were all they all came up together right the core four came up together and then some of the guys they sprinkled in were not superstars in the I don't want to take anything away from I'm not don't make this me bashing Jeter but I think the point is is that Aaron judge didn't join the freaking Pittsburgh Pirates Aaron judge was drafted by the New York Yankees and he has had a ton of talent around him and extremely high payrolls so the point is is that yeah okay Yogi bar was winning 10 World Series when you only had to win one playoff series right yes and there weren't the same number of teams that there are today with 30 and all that sort of stuff but when Mickey Manel wins seven when L garri wins eight and Joe demaggio wins nine can we really say that Aaron judge is a legendary y there is a there is a huge difference between l g I'm yes you can yes you can say that why because you got the most home runs ever by a nonsteroid guy in a single season and he's gonna do it again this year and he's putting up 10 War Seasons like this guy is incredible like yes you can say that who's another Yankee Legend that didn't win a World Series with Don madingley right yeah yes is he a Yankee Legend but he is looked at differently I don't care what you say now he is not on the on the ilk of a um of a lug garig right a Joe demaggio and guys like that but he was a I I watched his entire career he was a freaking baller dude I'm getting away from like the main point here but like how how many Hall of Famers has Judge been surrounded by in his career I could say Juan Soto's on Pace to be it possibly Garr Cole I don't even know I hav't even looked into that but we talk about John Carlos Stanton maybe like look it's I don't know I don't know if he's been surrounded by a ton of crazy Talent has he Trevor the whole point of the Yankees organization is to win World can't you can't do it on your own we've seen it time and time again with Mike Trout dude dude his Ops in the playoffs is under 780 he has that's a legitimate argument right there you can talk about that if you're asking me if Aaron judge is already a a Yankee Legend and can he be without winning a World Series my answer is a resounding yes Chris and I don't I think if you were to ask Yankee fans I think the answer would be no I think the way I would see him would be a legendary Yankee but I think if you ask most Yankee fans I think it would be the opposite if you ask him right now you think they're going to say no to that question I think you're crazy oh I I think it's a resounding no oh my part they just had they just celebrated the 2009 Yankees every single one of those guys that came out of the Dugout whether they were a really good baseball player or just a guy on the team will always have a spot because they helped hang that Banner always and do you think I guarantee it probably scares the hell out of Aaron judge to come back to the Yankee Stadium in 15 years from now and just describe him as several time MVP 587 homers whatever the number is going to end up being but no World Series moniker when they introduce him obviously he'd want to be called a World Series champion a lot of people go throughout their career and don't win one I understand that he wants to be a World Series champion without a doubt if you ask me if he's going to be embarrassed of his career get announced at Yankees Stadium I think you're crazy I think that part will bother him in part because he's created this to a degree and this isn't a shot at him it's what makes him so laser focused after every game when he's talking about his own accolades with Meredith morovitz he goes well I'm just thankful it came in a win like he has set this up right this is the way he goes about it he has followed the Jeter line to Perfection that all else does not matter unless the team wins and at the end of the day if you're not winning that last game at the end of October then it is deemed a failure but I just I get what you're saying I understand that I love the mentality that he takes love that this is the most team oriented sport there is you cannot dominate this sport single-handedly you just can't it's impossible starting pitcher yeah you can dominate one game but you can't dominate a series you can't hitters you only get four chances five chances Max during a game you can't you just can't do it what you said about the postseason numbers yes you can point to that but I am I think you're crazy if you don't think he's mentioned with some of the all-time Yankees great just because he hasn't won a World Series yet he is mentioned with them the problem is he can't be put on the same plane he just can't when you're talking Mount Rushmore of greatest Yankees of all time if he does not I we I think we need to really rethink the landscape of baseball because there's a lot of things you I could point to right now about those Yankees back in the day things they didn't have to face okay I don't know like a like a Dominican slider how about that for one okay I get I understand fully integrated game like let's get real here people um I want to move on okay let's move on love I love you dog you know why I always feel like I'm bashing Jeter love him do you think he really gives a about what the two of us are saying no he doesn't he has no idea uh Little League World Series Williams Port Pennsylvania another Is the Little League World Series too much? amazing finish the kids from Florida come back to take the title against Chinese type they bunt Alexander with the runner at second base Norton he gets it down oh it's perfect Lake Mar's going to win the Little League World Series Championship heartbreaking for Chinese Taipei amazing for Florida and the United States afterward the pictures truly tell the story we do have to remember these kids are 11 and 12 is it too much too much what pressure seeing these kids like walk off in tears or do you just say Hey listen this is what's getting them ready for competition when you get older it's a lot and I think this is obviously probably the Pinnacle of you know 11 12 year old baseball like you know there's Cooper's Town there's all these things but the fact that it's on ESPN the fact that there's cameras the fact there's so much leadup you have to win so many games to get here and really like when you play Little League Baseball up until you know your 11 and 12 year old season all you ever think about is a chance to go to Williamsport so there is a ton of pressure and you start these these leagues start to realize okay these hey nine and 10 these guys are pretty good maybe we're gonna have a shot all these things happen so it's a lot of pressure but I think you know I don't know I'm on the fence about it actually Chris now that I'm really thinking about it it might be a little bit too much but in the end I think it's good for for people to be in those situations I even think it's great for people to lose in those situations you really got to learn how to take an L in your life and you got to learn from it and maybe it drives you the rest the rest of the way you use that fuel all these things so it's sad as it is to see these kids I mean the the youth team that I'm part of they're emotional after almost any loss like it's I think it's just part of growing up so I guess to answer your question is it too much I don't think so because the rest of the time that they're there they're having such an amazing time like there's so many Pros about all of this you know the chance to get to meet Major Leaguers to play in those parks to be on TV to get these highlights to have these times with your team I think those kind of outweigh you know the loss and again I think that I think more people need to lose I think losing is okay sorry Jets is not gonna like me saying that well but here's we talk about it all the time Chris like the guys that like just go straight from amateur ball to like the big leagues and never fail like I I almost want to put if I'm a GM running a team I'd almost want to put my top prospects in some situation where I know they're going to fail if I would say like you got to take two strikes and just and see them lose a lot so just they get that feeling they know how to deal with it think that's important in life Chris yeah it is uh I am all for this there's been a lot of discussion back and forth why does ESP why does Disney put it on ESPN ABC and make these this is where the parents lend a huge helping hand because you can teach these kids that it's okay like it's all right to have that happen and that poor kid that threw the the bunt all the way down the line is he's going to have to deal with that great bunt by the way it is a great bunt and he made the right play and there just wasn't anybody covering first and it stinks like that happens I will tell you this about my little league time as a as a coach I would I stink at sports like I'm really I'm a bad athlete I couldn't hit well I could not throw well but one thing I always felt like I did was use teaching moments like we had one time where kid this is the first year second year of kid pitch and for parents that have lived through this you know it's it can be brutal yeah we had the last batter up it's a timed game at this point last kid we had a base open the kid could have walked we could have walked the kid intentionally and ended up in a tie game and I went out to Ryan sofman I said Ryan pitch to the kid pitch as though the bases are loaded right now because I want you to go get this out because you got to have this moment you have to have this moment he ended up giving up a base hit and we lost the game and all the parents are sitting there going why did you and I said happy you're asking I said I wanted him to know this feeling because there's going to be a time in a high school game or middle school game where he's not going to be able to intentionally walk a kid because we're not GNA have a timed game so this was the time to either succeed or fail and if he failed that's okay because he's really succeeding because he's using something a lesson that he'll take into the next opportunity so that's what these coaches should be impressing upon the kids is that use this because it doesn't feel great to turn it around and it will feel great the next time that's all I think it's was really good I love that stuff 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sports are Gap baseball today $5 you get $200 in bonus bets instantly at the draftking sports book awesome good work is always poof More great moments from the weekend and is clutch real? big fun weekend around Major League Baseball Bowden Francis was this close to a no hitter Taylor Wood took him deep in the ninth inning and then said I didn't really see anything super impressive anyway out of the kid but whatever uh so I wanted to give him a shout out I thought you were pretty good keep up the good work out there um but I want to focus on a guy who was a little Leaguer just a few seasons ago he of course is the buding star in San Diego High Drive deep rightfield Merill Madness walked off at Petco Padres win it 32 I know that last week we talked about Jackson Merrill but he has this uncanny ability that was his sixth either game tying go ahead or walk off Homer in the eighth inning or later this year Far and Away the most in the bigs do you believe in a clutch Gene uh I don't know if it's a gene but I think you get into these moments where you're just seeing the ball extremely well and then uh success beget success so once you are seeing the ball well in one of these moments and you have success you start to feel like hey I'm always gonna have success here once you get that confidence like it just kind of snowballs I think that's what we're seeing with Jackson Merill here uh he's been so good all year long at a bunch of different times of the games but you know he you mentioned the six homers game time go ahead like once you do the first two you're like oh I I love these situations it's so fun to to be successful and then you start to kind of like expected like oh when I get up hey I done it before I can do it again and I think that's just what we've seen with him he's just getting more and more confident with his ability um he's I mean he's becoming a star I mean especially in San Diego my goodness he's out there Roman center field young kid goodlook dude he's he's doing it I do want to mention by the way the Diaz Bros same day both giving up walkoff homew you think they call each other like dang man how was your thought when we were young playing cats in the backyard this would have happened how was your day bro because mine kind of sucked can I tell you about mine no I'm gonna go first here you don't mind um so there is a stat for late and close yeah in Major League Baseball that is defined as a plate appearance in the seventh inning or later with the batting team tied ahead by one or the tying run at least on deck and his stats Jackson Merill over a one Ops and seven homers I guess I believe in the clutch Gene I I don't know you tell me do you get more nervous let's say if it's uh if it's a ninth inning and you're down 43 and there's a tying run on second and there's two outs do you feel differently than the first time you come up in the second inning of a scoreless game there's just more adrenaline there's just more juice if you will I love those situations like that's what you want you want to be in those situations guys will tell you that um and it is the truth like that's every single big league baseball player has a little bit of an ego shocker I don't know if you know that but like you want to be the guy and you wouldn't get there to that position if you didn't want to be the guy and so you get put in those positions and you just you're thankful that you're in those positions there are sometimes you might go up there saying like man like I'm probably overmatched here but heck yeah like this is awesome I I I loved um I love those moment moment and I think I don't think you'll find a guy that's in the big leag that says I don't really want to be up in those moments and they truthfully mean that I don't think they're just saying that either were you ever scared in it bat like were you ever like not scared of like the picture I'm talking about the moment no look again I think about this every day it haunts me people so go ahead and mention never played in a playoff game right who knows maybe I would have been really nervous for that and I think I probably would have been um but I would have loved it I would have loved every second of it I know that for a fact um so was I ever scared in a bat no I think you know what probably my f your first ever at betat you know first ever ground ball that's when you're that's when you're nervous got it leading up into your first game but once you get past that where you're like okay like this is the big leagues after that no I don't think I was ever scared okay Dan I know that Can Francisco Lindor steal MVP from Ohtani? we were going to do the Francisco Lindor stuff but we're gonna save that for later in the week I just want to want to don't worry Mets fans I know that we you feel like we've been short changing Francisco Lindor we've had some MVP talk recently oh he was Unreal down there in San Diego defense you want to do that here you tell me what do you want yeah let's talk about real quick okay he did Homer from both sides of the plate the other day the Mets and he just is he has been killing it he actually has taken I still believe he's got the F4 lead over sh in the National League is and he he did a great column with Jeff passon of ESPN our buddy and he said MVPs are not won in June or July they're won in August and September which means that he still has plenty of time to perhaps take the MVP away from Shi Otani do you think that happens I I don't I think shohi is going to get 5050 I think he's gonna win it I don't think he's gonna win it unanimously though if he goes 5050 I think it'll be hard for voters not to vote for Shi but I know some will just because he is a DH and Lindor is doing at the premium position and if he is leading in War uh because of that I think that's going to be taken into account so I think he might he might get some first place votes especially if shoh does not accomplish 5050 say he ends up 4950 I bet you Lindor gets a few first place votes um but I don't think he's going to win MVP doesn't mean he's not having an incredible season and like one of if not the biggest reason the Mets are where they're at within Striking Distance in the wild card so um no he was he's a menace man he's been having a really really good year Well people who know me know that I'm a huge Francisco Lindor fan just enormous I I love everything about him um I'm surprised that he never finished higher than fifth in the MVP voting when he was in Cleveland I do think him being in New York will obviously be a help people will say well he's actually he's having better season well he's not having better Seasons I can tell you I saw every you guys did people who say that did not pay attention and don't just go look at the numbers I'm telling you he was just you played against him in Cleveland he very good incredible right he could do everything he could run he could you know he still does he still does he looks he he when he was in Cleveland and still this way you know when you play baseball you notice guys that just stand out on the field can kind of like oh that guy's better than everybody he's one of those he is one of those guys and I think that you know the first year was tough for him because it was the first time where people were going to strictly see him as a contract and not as this lovable player and I think it took him a little while to kind of adjust to that whether it was the Jeff mcneel incident the thumbs up thumbs down BS that went on but he has grown and is now comfortable with exactly what he is so he's going to to finish second or third depending on what happens over the next five weeks he will not be the National League MVP I would not vote for him to be the National League MVP and that is not a slight on Francisco Lindor it's always funny when we talk about the PE you know if we say oh you you hate him you know how think about this think of how few people we talk about on a Daily Show we do this every day during the season and there are hundreds of baseball players we don't mention on this show hundreds so the fact that we are talking about Francisco Lindor and then you're like oh you're a hater because I'd put him second on my MVP bout hater no one says that they don't really mean it Chris no no but some people just think that way and it bothers me like your your thought process is flawed now you might think that I'm wrong to put him second instead of first but ain't a hater hater was the year that Pedro Martinez got left off the ballot that's a hater yeah don't do that stuff but Francisco Lindor is an amazing baseball player I'm happy for him I'm proud of him and he you know what he posts every damn day true that he has played every game this year I think he played like 162 years ago 161 last something like that he plays every day he does it freaking love that about him Jordan Montgomery says Scott Boras butchered his free agency all right the Diamondbacks boy they are on a roll again they have end of the week we're going to be talking up a big Diamondbacks dodg we're going to get into that later in the week um as for now they're the Wild Card leader they've won six in a row they sweep at Fenway they're great meantime uh while in Boston Diamondbacks pitcher Jordan Montgomery was asked about his last off season where he thought he was going to get a big deal he had to settle oneye $25 million contract with the Diamondbacks Monty said quote I had a zoom call with the Red Sox that's really all I know it went good I don't know obviously bores kind of butchered it so I'm just trying to move on from the offseason and try and forget about it so Montgomery's now out of the pen he has been uh he's working out of the pen instead of the rotation do you think that his offseason contractual issues have at all affected him on the field this season uh yeah probably you know like this guy um first of all you know signs late doesn't pitch till late whatever it is I think that speaking specifically on the contract you go and you feel like you're in this position that not many guys get to be in in a in a walk year you put up a good year you expect to just all of a sudden get your massip Payday the big one and then you don't get it it's gota it's got to wear on him a lot similar to the guys that like turn down contracts at the end of a year and say no I'm gonna bet on myself then things don't go well like it definitely it wears on you so do I think that's the main reason why he's now in the bullpen like no I don't but if you're asking me has it affected him yes and I'm actually okay with him saying by the way that Boris butchered his free agency um you know maybe like the tact isn't there whatever you want to call it but I think that it's okay to be critical like everybody wants like you know Boris has been praised so much you know from a bunch of different people like I think that there has been some misreadings of the free agency uh in the last couple years and I think it's okay to be criticized you know when you're if you're going to take the praise you got to be able to take the criticism as well he's not with Boris anymore by the way that's kind of a reason why he's probably said that or felt like he could say he's with the washerman group now so um yes I think it has affected his performance I don't think it's the main reason though uh I I think there's no question about it um in fact I I I had to go dig a little bit like why is he saying this and then I remember that his wife was doing some either work or studying up in Boston and he felt like Boston would have been a good fit we don't know what sort of contract the Red Sox offered him Scott bores by the way just released a statement saying Hey listen I'm a lawyer I can't say anything unless Jordan Montgomery even though he's no longer my client unless he gives me permission and if so I'll speak freely about it so you know he's doing the right thing there um I would say this is that Jordan Montgomery is not a a business business man right so he does need to get good advice the best advice possible but at the end of the day because I have an agent too I'm not dealing in $25 million contracts but I've had contracts over life of what I do and he you know my agent says here's what it is here's what we're looking at and I I would say well what do you think and there was one time where I got screwed now that's on me at the end of the day cuz I could have said no no no I'm more comfortable with this situation instead of that one and at the end of the day I can't sit here and say well that was so and so's fault cuz it wasn't it was on me so I don't know obviously I'm not privy to Montgomery and Boris conversations behind closed doors but you I wish he would have said it's at some point hey he gave me these things I asked for his advice what no keep going keep going what what are you laughing at come on what are do you oh never mind we're good we're good you sure yeah okay I was just looking look I mean going back this guy wins the World Series last year 188 Innings a 3-2 ER I understand his frustration dude he was he was going like this in his career and was he in his early 30s yes but other than that like everything was going the right direction I thought that he has a player option that vested a 10 game started and I thought for some reason they ki him the bullpen he wasn't going to get he already got or 19 or something yeah yeah but he is also at his lowest strikeout rate and highest walk rate since becoming a full-time starter so he's I hope it works out for him I felt badly for him I was shocked he didn't get a better contract in the offseason shocked he was the one I circled and said I can't believe that as it is people are saying well he's still got one year 25 million everything is relative when we're talking also 20 million player option for next year think what do you think he does about he's got to take that he has to take that and reestablish himself that's what he has to do well he's on a good team why wouldn't you want to be on this team yeah unless he's just having a miserable time we don't know that I hope he doesn't because I like Tory lll I like Mike ha I think they do a good job uh last thing let's OUTRO do this quickly Salvador Perez we've all seen the video of him going to play now our Buddy Aaron from the Blitzball world says those are Blitz balls that he's hitting out there and if so he's he is more than welcome to join us in the warehouse but he actually just was driving along and he stopped and saw some kids playing he was like Hey mind if I join you we got a day off I'm going to hang here how freaking awesome is it that Salvador Perez just played at some kids house it's amazing another example dude like look how much run this is getting and like we already know that s's a good guy and he wasn't doing this for PR purposes like this is just he wanted to have some fun but look at what this does for you man everyone's talking about this how awesome is it those kids are so happy they're going to tell everybody it's it's going to be something they remember forever I I love it dude yeah the stories about Willie Mays you know when he would walk home from the ballpark and go play stick ball or legendary but now when you see stuff like this it is just I would dice Sal Perez up in Blitz ball don't you dare come in the warehouse that's mine it hasn't been yours if he wants to be on my team you can be on my team hasn't been yours for a while oh my god well I'm just saying I'm a facts guy okay blissfall battle five you I'm not I'm not a warehouse Legend and neither is Aaron judge for the Yankees sure wait a second you've one you have two banners keep thinking that you have two banners you have two banners all right uh this was a fun show ton going on in the weekend this is great I love being back and talking about it it is awesome all right so um we are back 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