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you fought well yesterday your style is an [Music] orthodox Scorpio [Music] good morning good morning Yankees Universe welcome back to another episode of the Yankees morning Brew on this Tuesday September 3D I am your guy Hector always joined by my lovely co-host my compera grace Monroe and all you Yankee fans wake up and get your coffee Grace how are you doing bestie I would sing the the welcome back Conor theme song but y'all I Hector can tell you I have been sick as a dog going on two weeks um I'm going to do my best today I'm losing my voice a little bit and one of my eyes super swollen so I've got my glasses on don't look at my eyes y'all don't look at my eyes I'm here because I love you I love the Yankees I want to talk um but please forgive me um I am still sick so I'm going to try my best but I love all you guys I miss you so much and Hector I missed your gorgeous face it's so good to see you again yes definitely Grace i' I've missed you I missed the chat I miss having these conversations um I'm just making sure the Instagram is going up but you know I I appreciate everybody who has reached out to us we've been off for I want to say a month we're going through a Rebrand here with the channel no more morning blue Sports it is Uptown sports TV um and on top of it you guys know what's been going on with like my father his health and stuff like that well my father pass away last week Monday and that's the real reason why we didn't come back on the show um and again like I said don't mean to don't need to get crazy into it but like I said I do appreciate those who have reached out those who have sent their messages so it is appreciate it but let's get back into this conversation because we got some Yankee stuff to talk about so I want to shout out to chat and also shout out to my girlfriend in the chat these are the guidelines right this is a safe space no hate speech or bull will be tolerated no breaching of the YouTube terms and services will be allowed if you violate those terms and services of our guidelines of YouTube and the chat you will be booted no warnings Point Blank period we're here to have a good time and we're here to talk Yankees baseball so we got Jacob puszi in the building Jacob how you doing my guy knows bed section he said my hair grew gray while you were gone JK nose bed I hope all is good my guy Jonathan is in the building Tina's in the building how you doing Tina of course my guy Rich Rivera at Empire State of baseball Richie boy how you doing salute salute salute my guy Old Sarge is in the building sge how you doing FL dive is in the building how you doing Joey M how's it going salute to you my guy ghost salute to my brother ghost this is somebody that he's been reaching out to me during this whole time and he's been loyal he's been by my side so shout out to my brother ghost if you guys aren't following him on all social media platforms what are you doing make sure you follow my guy ghost my friend Erica Garcia who is celebrate well belated birthday because Erica's birthday was yesterday Erica happy birthday to you 34 years old welcome to the club um and Erica another Virgo yeah another Virgo and talk about viros my birthday is this Sunday coming up September 8th your boy will be turning 35 years old Absol oh wow looking good feeling great I'm trying to I'm trying to I'm trying Sunday I'm going to make a note for myself so I don't forget hect Cruz is in the building Hector how you doing I appreciate the condolences man Mano appreciate you Eddie snaps is in the building Eddie how you doing Richie Martinez is in the building 01 LS1 Z2 a d a BX is in the building my guy how you doing Sean brownie my good friend salute salute salute three Capital S's and yes throw the throw the happy belated throw the throw the happy belated birthday for our friend Erica Garcia in the chat viros unite Virgo Squad is in the building we gotta talk about our Yankees right because it's been a month that we've been on right the last episode we had shout out to my good friend Keith mcferson he was on the last time we was on and one of the topics we were talking about was the Martian Jon Dominguez and September 3rd is here September 1st came and it went and there is no UFO sightings in the Bronx there is no Jason Dominguez wearing the prince Stripes at the major league level my friend Desa who is works for sport Fox Sports she puts it out there the Yankees are being softed check out my column from M Mo on Fox but their stubborn reluctantness to call up Jason Dominguez it's a mistake that paints a clear picture of the lack of urgency when it comes to the Yankees winning a championship Grace I know you got something to say about that so talk to the people because the people want to know how you feel you know Jason Dominguez is my future Favorite Yankee I love him so much I feel like he's my son in some ways do you do you remember that movie Cool Runnings about um the Jamaican bob sled team okay do you remember that one scene when they're at the Olympics and then they show like the bar at home in Jamaica that where everybody local has gathered to watch them on TV and the mother of the main guy Darice the mother says everybody shut up my boys on TV that's how I feel every time I see Jon dingz when they called him up for the MLB uh for the uh Little League game I kept saying that my husband was like shut up stop saying that and I was like everyone my Bo is on TV I love him so much I cannot wait for him to come up and the fact that he was not called up on Sunday honestly I was devastated I was devastated I was like it's Martian day I was ready I was going to celebrate and then nothing obviously nothing now thankfully I've had a few days to calm down that should be our theme for this show has Grace had a few days to calm down yet okay no she hasn't so I started thinking about it okay guys I'm upset I'm upset like everyone else should Json Dominguez be up yes yes he should yes he should period however I'm gonna say I've had some days to think about it I've had some days to calm down I still believe that he will be called up in September they are just waiting a Le maybe like a week week maybe 10 days to ensure that he will not hit that that batting minimum that's going to activate his uh arbitration year so we have to make moves like this to save money in the long run so that we can sign Juan sto if we don't sign Juan sto and we squandered this postseason and blah blah blah then I'm going to be more angry but right now this is what I'm telling myself we have to make concessions where we can to extend the roster with cheap players especially good cheap players for as long as we can so that we can sign Wan sto that's what that's the lie that I'm these are the lies I tell myself so that's what I'm telling myself right now he needs to be up ASA freaking P um but I I I'm trying to calm myself down and say you know we're still in first place you guys we are in first place we have the best record in the American League these are the facts these are facts um and do we really need him yes but also we're still in first place we have the best record in the American League so I I so there's my answer Hector I don't know I'm feeling conflicted listen I'm I'm I'm feeling the same way like you're feeling and I know folks in the chat are feeling as well I'm going to put pull up some of your chats shout out to Alana in the building Alana Roser in the building says hey I love this show appreciate you um Sean brownen says cool running Jamaica has a bob slet team you know it's funny when I was um when I was flying when I was yeah same it was one of my favorites as a child but when I was flying to Florida um it was on the flight it was one of the movies that was listed with Delton so I like I watched it for like 10 minutes I was like all right I got to change it you know it has an age but it was one of my favorite movies growing up but when it comes to Json Dominguez right shout out to Catt Chris MCM mono he's been a friend on the show he's come on uh once before last year I'm G reach back out to him but he was talking about it last night on WFAN if you guys aren't listening to it and that's why I want to give him his credit I never still anyone takes I always give them their credit when they make a great point but what he said was Jason Dominguez he's not he's not going to be eligible for the Rookie of the Year award next year because he was up last year and the time he spent last year with the Yankees after fat check that I'm just going off with what he said but if that's the case and your argument is you want to make sure that this young man he gets everyday time he gets everyday rest oh yes you you see you see the production with getting out of Alex foule credit to Alex foule God bless him he's been a solid Major League player but over the past two months he has not come through he started the season on fire right he looked like he was pushing Jon Dominguez out the door I know some some Yankee fans was saying let's let's extend Verdugo and trade Dominguez away but now reality has set in in these past two months Alex Verdugo has been one of the worst left fielders in all of Major League Baseball when you look at the production from the left field position the Yankees are in the 20th right when it when it the 20th percentile the 20th rankings when it comes to every other team this is no the production you're getting out of out of Alex vugo is no difference than the production you got out of Joey gall it's no different than the production you got out of Aaron Hicks maybe he gives you better defense than the both of them but it's not really that much right so when you look at this and when you look at this team I just think that it's negligence not bringing up Jon Dominguez a young guy who can help you out let's see what he could do am I expecting him to be the Jason Dominguez that we saw last year no absolutely not but whatever he can give you is better than what you're getting out of Alex fouo who's struggling to hit over 220 right now let's be frank he's hitting 220 to 230 at the moment and he's just struggling to do that he's putting the ball on the ground at a higher rate than he has ever in his career and I don't want to put that slowly on Verdugo right there's other things that that are a part of that equation one this is the first time first year on a new team right yes it's the American League East but he's going from Boston to the Yankees that's one thing second thing it came out that he's allergic to the batting gloves that he has to wear so that right there alone shows me that he's not comfortable at the play I still believe that Jon Dominguez like you said Grace will come up it's just we need him sooner rather than later and I think it's front office negligence that we have this kid at the in Triple A it'd be one thing Grace if he was hitting 200 down there at Triple A over his past 15 games the kids hit hitting over 350 this gu he's over 350 he's killing it down there he is such a special special ball player I mean I don't I don't know if we maybe forgot or something but this kid has all the potential in the world to be an absolute Superstar and the did you see Brian Hox tweet you know I love Brian hul I saw when I saw when you re when when you reposted it I reposted it and he just he's not that emotionally opinionated this is a a professional reporter who presents the facts you know he keeps it as you know neutral as he can obviously he's a Yankees fan but he keeps it professional this man came out and was just like basically I'm going to sum it up I'm going to paraphrase so you you can go look up the exact tweet if you want to see it um but basically paraphrasing he said every day that Json Dominguez is not up on this MLB roster the Yankees are not put put putting their best players on the team period and that and that's it and that's the fact it wasn't opinionated it wasn't emotional he was just saying these are the facts as long as Json Dominguez is down in Triple A you don't have the best players available to you on the team so are we trying to win or what are we trying to do you know I totally agree I feel that way however that being said you guys we're in first place yeah you know so I think he'll be called up in 10 days that's what I think 10 days he'll be called up they want him to get regular at bats when the Triple A season kind of w you know winds down he'll be up here he'll be getting regular at bats and and I do think that he'll be playing in the postseason that's why I'm telling myself that rich put it in the chat earlier right he called it September 9th he said September 9th is going to be the call up date for Json Dominguez when you look at it September 9th to September 15th is the Yankees next homeand I will be at Yankee Stadium on the outside doing a lot of interviews for Latino Sports and also one of those days I will have my first 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mark that in on your calendar and as well September 23rd we rescheduled the Bernie Williams interview they messaged me this morning confirming but we just got the confirmation the Bernie Williams interview will be rescheduled September 23rd mark it on your calendars it's just this past month has been crazy but we got a lot of good things right so mark it on your calendars support us support Latinos sports.com support Uptown sports TV followers on all other social media platform and again appreciate all you guys in the chat Grace let's switch topics okay because I know we could talk about Json Dominguez for a long time right because this is a topic that we have to talk about but let's talk about before we get into gck Cole and and Torres and stto let's talk about Anthony Rizzo because that cowone Anthony elone has returned the Riz Meister is back in the Yankees lineup and he's been productive right he has come through we've gotten more production uh like my guy Addison said Anthony Rizzo has done more in the last two days than DJ lameu did in the last three months if he can manage to be just a League average player that would be huge for the lineup and I want to say this right now God bless DJ lameu right he had amazing run with the New York Yankees I think we have seen the last of DJ lahu on the field maybe maybe against lefties when you have to sit Rizzo maybe the uh uh Day game after night game but I don't think I don't think DJ lahu is going to be in critical situations in the postseason if DJ lameu Grace I'll tell you this right now if DJ lameu is is is batting in critical situations in the postseason back us up and send us home we ain't going far on the postseason I don't think we're seeing uh DJ lameu anymore I couldn't agree more it's so hard because he's so beloved and I think that's why he's not getting incessantly booed because the the the fan base loves DJ and remembers the things that he did and and um everything but um he's he's performing worse than Josh Donaldson he's performing worse than Joey Gallow and this is not over a small sample size this is over you know 200 ad bad 200 games you know I mean like if you take the last 200 games you take I mean like you could take a huge sample size he's not performing y'all and it it's sad it's hard and there was a time and I've said this before on the show there was a time when bottom of the ninth two outs runners in scoring position who do you want at bat I would have said DJ lahu over anybody else on the team I mean he was the most consistent reliable batter that we had who was going to get up there work along at bat see a bunch of pitches figure it out put a ball in play and score the run I mean he was that guy and thank you so and um but the the fall of him has been so depressing it's been hard we all wanted it to end differently you know unfortunately it's just it's really it's really you you have to be honest we love you DJ you know we thank you DJ but at the end of the day we're trying to win ball games were trying to win our division and we're trying to go deep into the postseason and say it again Grace and it's not about if we love you or not my guy it's about you can't do it anymore and it sucks I would leave him off the postseason roster period it's unfortunate that in sports not only New York because I know this gets thrown on to New York sports fans we got Damien backstage because this is a fecta I'mma bring up Damian right now but as as New York sports fans we get labeled as we look we look through the lens of what have you done for me lately yes that's big in New York but that's big in sports in general and when it comes to DJ lahu what he has given us lately is not the best version of DJ lameu especially if this team is trying to be serious contenders if we're trying to contend for a postseason win a championship to convince Juan sto to resign with us if we're if we're planning and if we're trying to do that DJ lahu he can't be the Difference Maker in that equation I'mma bring up my guy Daman s to join us we we got over 70 people watching us right now 50 of You Beautiful People are watching us on YouTube If you guys don't mind smack that like button and interact with the Emojis it's felt like a long time since I said that but we're sitting on 28 likes smack the like button to help us grow this amazing and beautiful Community uh without further Ado my Damen Sano the Fly Guy himself Dave good morning I miss all yall what's going on chat heck Grace what's going on man it's been a while but I tell you what I KCK on my Yankees um I've had my pissed off moments my good moments uh it's been a roller coaster but you know we here so let's go Damian looking great as always so good to see your smiling face thank you thank you listen yes DJ lame you right is that what we talking about DJ oh yeah we talk we we talk about DJ go uh go but J Dane before you go I just want to answer something in the chat real quick my guy Joey M he says is everyone calls him Jason why are you guys saying different well if if you listen to interviews of him speaking Joe and this is not towards Joe this is for everybody else he pronounces his name Jon right so respectfully if he pronounces his name Jon I'm going to pronounce it that way I have a very weird last name my last name is BOS right I used to grow with people making fun of it calling it and and not pronouncing it properly so I try to make a conservative effort to pronounce people name the way that they they pronounce it that's just a pet peeve that I have Joe again not towards you because I've seen different content creators and different Yankee fans calling Jason when his name is Jon so I just wanted to clear that up real quick go ahead uh go ahead Dame sorry about that he tough DJ to hang it up um man listen he's he's done he's done wonders for us um 19 and 20 was great but father th is caught up and ohar I love you ohar been a minute um but yes it's time for DJ to uh to hang him up you know the other about a week ago Boone said you know we're keeping DJ in because of his track record and I thought back and I'm like listen his track record yeah it was good three four years ago his track record as of the last three three four years has been terrible um mostly because of injury but at the end of the day we are looking to win aamp Championship feelings have to be put aside and this one thing with the Yankees is they're constantly worried about players feelings whether it's trino um whether it's DJ Los what's up brother Los what's good baby so many you know this blind loyalty to players and which has got me questioning the Yankees mentality as far as winning you know a winning mentality um there's been so many examples of it this season with the DJ lameu part of it um you know the blind loyalty to Clay Holmes you know that should be a closer by committee um my Lord Lord have mercy there there so many different situations with the Yankees where I'm like listen you guys are not serious about winning and don't get when I say that it's not the players on the field but it's the front office it's Baron Boone um you guys are showing that you're not serious about winning uh Verdugo continuing to be out there the last two months when you have Json Dominguez uh sitting in the wings uh wait waiting to come up um so are we serious about winning a chip are we looking to so Soto that was serious about winning so far so so far they really haven't in my in my view um so they gotta they gotta really Step It Up DJ cannot be on the playoff roster um if he wants to be there for support great I mean you know obviously emotional support is great um but DJ should not touch the field you know defensively he's been a liability as well first base he's been atrocious at first base um meanwhile you got Oswaldo Cabrera who deservedly so deserved a chance and time to be at that first base you put him in for one game why couldn't you put him in for the rest because it wasn't like DJ was playing better at first and playing Top Flight defense I mean at least if DJ was playing Top Flight defense you can say all right we understand but he wasn't so you have Oswaldo Cabrera whose game is step up this season every time he comes in he's a spark plug he's full of energy full of positivity somebody who's a winning player and you have him sitting there rotting on the bench so uh again not not winning not winning mentality it's it's a lot of head scratching decisions that that that happens right and us as fans we get frustrated right because one of the things that I I always preach when it comes to Yankee fans 98% because we have that little small major minority of 2% of Yankee fans that are just out there but 98% of Yankee fans are smart Baseball fans we've been watching this game for many years we've been watching it since we've been little kids we was watching it before YouTube before Wi-Fi before all of this stuff we've been watching baseball games and we understand the game and there's no way that you can lay it out there that DJ lameu is a better option than Oswaldo Cabrera at the time because of a track record when if you want to talk about track record cool let's talk about his recent track record and his recent track record does not support him being out there over Cabrera now you got rizle back but at least with Cabrera he gives you speed he gives you hustle if he puts the ball on play if it's a double play ball he could beat that out DJ lameu is not going to beat that out sorry about that it's good but but now that you know focusing on Anthony Rizzo I'll throw it over to Grace but I got this little video that I want to play say the Yankees made some uncomfortable decisions bringing back Anthony Rizzle and sending back Ben rice Jesse how have you been I've been great I'm back and you're fir yes yes Grace lead the cono you know you know shout out to Ben rice and amazing amazing guy shout out to my guy Los from Yankees farm another dope great Yankee content creator you guys aren't following Los please go and follow Los and everything he's doing over there at Yankees farm Los you already know you family over here baby my guy Austin Cruz BX Sports Jedi is in the building Austin I'm glad to be back as well and I'm glad you're in the chat uh go ahead Grace lead us off with the Anthony Rizzo combo I did not know what Anthony Rizo was gonna look like coming back and I was nervous um Anthony Rizzo was my favorite Yankee for you know a year and a half solid I mean I absolutely love him I love his production on both sides of the ball his consistency his leadership qualities his attitude his personality I just I love him so much when he got the concussion I mean I was devastated we all were it was a horrible thing that happened when he got injured on that run of the first Baseline oh my God I was like what but the production hadn't come back we didn't know what we were going to be getting and after this extended per period of time on the iil and with the maybe residual concussion symptoms we don't we we didn't know we didn't know it's only been a couple games but Anthony Rizzo looks good he looks I'm gonna say he looks better than he did before he went away yes now is he the Anthony Rizzo of the past you know I don't know is he better than Ben rice yes is he better than DJ lameu very much yes is he I I mean last night Gaber threw a ball over you know threw made a throw over to First and Rizzo picked it and I was like oh we're back baby we're back because that was a bad throw um DJ would have missed it 100% um rice would have struggled probably come off the bag trying to get it um Rizzo made it look easy this is a gold this a platinum glove winning a first baseman um with defensive experience in the World Series it's important experience is important postseason experience is so invaluable especially when you have a team of a lot of young kids um no disrespect a lot of young men um it's it's so important so I'm glad he's back I I think you know we we have lowered our expectations of what we expect out of him after having an entire season with Ben rice and um DJ lahu covering first base we've now lowered our expectations so he's exceeding those expectations right now um which is great we don't need him to to hit 30 bombs you know um he's not that type of player he's never been that he's not anymore I mean he did hit over 30 a few times I mean yeah twice okay well anyway no no I'm sorry I'm sorry TW when he was a Yanke I mean I didn't follow him when he was playing for the freaking Cubs who cares but uh but yeah so um I'm excited I hope that you know he continues to have that Improvement and um that we have a solid corner there because um it's so important when you when you look at this lineup right Grace and again I wasn't going back and forth over Anthony rzo come at you but you're a Virgo in Virgo season it's fine list that's all it is when you look at when you look at this lineup Anthony Rizo being the cleanup hitter is not a good thing right it's never a good thing right at the start of the season and going back to last year they had him at the cleanup hitter he wasn't that Austin Wells has stepped up and it's been phenomenal we'll get into Austin wells in a second but when you have Anthony rizle who is moved down in the lineup and is now your seventh hitter that's something I can deal with because Jaz Chism if you guys don't know Jazz Chisum since becoming a Yankee is hitting over 320 Jazz Chisum has hit in 19 out of the 25 games he has played for the New York Yankees right so shout out to Brian Cashman when it comes to that that's gotta get flowers when flowers is we could beat him up when it comes to Jon Dominguez but there was a lot of Yankee fans screaming that they did they didn't want Jazz Chisum on this lineup saying he's not made to be a Yankee he he he's uh he's uh uh how can I say it he's he doesn't have the mentality just just talking from the sideline he's not mature enough to be a Yankee he's a locker room problem great Point Grace but you see him and it's the total opposite of it right shout out to Derek Jeter and CC Sabathia who was preaching for this guy to be a Yankee also Cameron Cameron maban as well was saying he should be a Yankee as well but when you when you have Anthony Rizzle as your seventh hitter it just lengthens the lineup and it just helps us out tremendously we've seen we've lost the uh before Tech the game in Texas our last two series against Nationals and against the Cardinals we lost those series why because Juan stto didn't get a hit against the Nationals because uh um Aaron judge didn't uh he um hit poorly against against St Louis right so when other guys aren't stepping up in the lineup we're going to lose games we can't just rely on Aaron judge and Juan sto to take us out of the hole whenever we're down by five runs that that's that's that's just a recipe for disaster no absolutely um you know unfortunately for Ben rice he didn't adjust to the adjustments that the made on him um you know League figured him out and he didn't adjust so unfortunately you know he has to go back Triple A and and work on it but um listen whatever we can get out of Anthony Rizzo is way better than what we been getting out of uh out of uh DJ and also uh on Rice so uh again Hector to to your point you know Rizzo at the seventh hole extends that lineup makes us a much better lineup and his leadership alone in the playoffs is going to go a long way and we already seen you know first base was a hole with those two guys um and the plays that he made listen it's going to make everybody in the field 10 times better it makes a terrible infield that it's been the last couple months it's gonna make it a much better infield let's face it outfield's been great our infield has been absolutely terrible the big reason for that is was first base was DJ lameu was Ben rice um so now now you got a competent infield those errors that we've been dying on a lot of those are going to go away now pitchers are going to be a lot more secure they're going to feel a lot more confident on the mound all around defensively makes the Yankees a much better team and whatever we get out of him offensively is GNA be 10 times better than what we got our DJ and Ben rice literally put together um so listen welcome back RZ he looks great he looks like he got a a a mental a mental break you can even tell it on his face he looks completely refreshed on the field um so I think him coming in now um is going to be a huge boost to the playoffs because he's got fresh legs fresh eyes fresh everything he's not beat up same thing with G Cole gck Cole coming in when he came in fresh arm fresh legs fresh everything besides a crap last night um so um at the end of the day listen the Yankees are in a really good position um especially with guys coming back from the uh Ian Hamilton of the world when he comes back Clark schmi when he comes back listen come to playoffs you got a lot of fresh players compared to guys who were playing against who are already drugged down through Dog Days some so listen the Yankees are in a real good position if boom doesn't get in the way yeah uh my guy uh ghost just put it in the chat great Point Ben rice did a great job at the start of his call up he began to struggle at the end and I know he will be back next season more determined to work harder and be our first baseman I want to take a second to get flowers to Ben rice right because when he came up he was a spark to this offense this offense was depleted outside of Judge and outside of Soo this offense wasn't giving you nothing and Ben rice was the only player that was giving us something um when it comes to being in that lineup right the Yankees were moving him up they had him in the cleanup spot they had him in the leadoff spot they was just moving this kid around musical chairs so I don't blame Ben rice for his struggles I think again the Yankees mismanaged him wrong he's a young kid that was just thrown into the fire and credit to him he was able to survive for the first few weeks and then the league like you said Damen the league adjusted he never made those adjustments but it it comes in time so credit to Rice you know I I think he will be back with the Yankees next year or the Yankees may make use this as a chance to trade him away in the off season we never know but one one thing I can say is that Ben rice he belongs at the major league level he belongs at the major league level getting every day at bat Stone not once a day or not once every two days or once a week twice a week he needs every day repetition and every day at bat so he can make to make those adjustments at the big league level so I don't blame Ben rice I give him his flowers and now we got Rizzle back now we gotta see what we get now we gotta keep going the mission is to still win a championship go ahead he must be a part no you're good he must be a part of the the future because the Yankees refuse to trade him uh in the package this uh this trade deadline so they must see something in him um obviously you know Rizzo um he has a 17 million option are the Yankees going to pick it up um if Rizzo finishes strong I don't think they pick it up but I think they might restructure that deal so we'll see what happens on this in a stretch run with Rizzo but Ben rice is absolutely unfolding like you said if not he's a great traiter yeah definitely definitely Grace what are you feeling ultimately about Ben Rice's future before we shift gears into the next topic I mean there's no shame in in going back down in Triple A and and came up he had a long extended look at the league he played a lot of teams he he got some seasoning you know and and like Damen said the league adjusted to him and he was delayed making his secondary adjustment and that's common there's no shame in that he's going to go back down to Triple A he's going to work on some things next time he comes up it's going to be different it's going to be better I'm sure if we don't trade him off season we'll see him in spring training and um you know he's a great player he is part of a formula that helped the Yankees to stay in first place this year if we didn't have someone like him to go to in Triple A you know he was in double A he got moved up to triaa less than a week and he got called up to the major league level and he stepped in and he did his best and yeah it it it you know trailed off there because you know the league is really good and really hard but his contribution to this season will be you know thought of as you know invaluable as we go forward he he filled a hole we needed him to fill he did his best there's no shame in him going back down so thank you to Ben rice you know he's a great player um I'm sure we'll see him again yeah and great great with the kids shout out to our friend Frank Luna who's been on this channel multiple times Frank Luna done done did events with Ben rice you know shout out to the folks at at Woodbridge Brewing Company they've done events with Ben rice as well so I know Ben rice he will be back whether that's at the big league level or whe whether that's autograph signings in New Jersey with these kids and Frank Luna we will be seeing Ben rice again so shout out to Ben rice hopefully he puts things together at the major league level and we'll see him in spring training um let's see Johnny B says how do you explain the Yankees having have difficulty to come back in games that they fall behind early listen we've seen it over this past month right our starting pitching is the key to our game if our starting pitchers could give us six to seven Innings I feel comfortable saying that we're in a position to win the games it's when will Warren only gives you three to four Innings and we have to go to the Journeymen relievers that we have in our Bullpen that we can never hold the league credit to the offense they've been fighting back right that St Louis series that was fighting back the series before against the Nationals they were fighting back it's just the bullpen not coming together and I know this it's more than that you got Klay Holmes who's not reliable in the bullpen as well so there there's other things but I have confidence that this lineup now the lineup we see now can come back right at the beginning of the season the first two months of the season the first three months of the season if we're down by three runs in the seven Finning I don't have confidence but over the past few weeks I've seen this lineup lengthen you see Jazz Chisum growing into himself Anthony Rizzle is back I have confidence that this team if we're down by runs we can still make a run back and that's important in the postseason because from years before if you if you go back if you play Replay history it hasn't been our pitching that has hurt us in the postseason it's been our hitting our hitting and our offense has not come through specifically Aaron judge has been the big culprit and Aaron judge is gonna have to have himself a Barry Bonds top of postseason Alex Rodriguez 2009 so he could get those credits off of his pack what you guys thoughts on that I mean we have the number one offense in baseball that's that's this is what I'm saying y'all this is what I'm saying I'm not trying to be like a Defender I'm not trying to get the chat mad at me but I just got to say that this year in baseball is crazy no team no team is without flaws no team is running away with their division or running away with postseason odds the Yankees are right up there so yeah we have problems don't get me wrong we've got problems but I think as a fan base what what what is not advantageous for us is to compare this team to past teams we we got to stop doing that y'all because it's making us miserable it's making us crazy we don't compare this team a Richie you remember um we can't compare this team to the 2009 Yankees and the 1998 Yankees and the freaking 1927 Yankees like whatever you want to say because we aren't that okay if this team could not shine their shoes okay no offense but I mean kind of offense but no offense but we are still the best in the American League right now and that's crazy right because we're looking at them thinking this is the weirdest team we've ever seen right but like of the field this year we are the best in the American League yeah that's a fact we have the best record in the American League even with all of our struggles even with being basically 500 since June 1st even with our Ace being out even with first base being played by a AAA rookie even with I mean I could go on and on and on and on with cl home blowing double digit saves go ahead keep cooking the most blown saves in Major League Baseball let me tell you we have a closer who pitches the contest with those shaky freaking infield defense what are we doing and yet we're still in first play you see what I'm saying like this year is crazy nobody is gonna nobody's gonna win a 100 games probably like it's crazy so like with those glasses on with our 2024 glasses on you know what I mean that's how we have to to judge this team Corbin Burns is on The Struggle Bus y'all I don't know if you heard but Corbin Burns has been on the Struggle Bus for the Orioles they are freaking out the the struggles that they've had with their closer um what's his name I can't think of his name right now well Batista is injured the closer right now is Kim he he the his struggles have been well documented I mean they are freaking out the Dodgers have their own problems right they've got injury concerns and they're freaking out we have our concerns the Astros like everybody has their own you know problems but I'm just saying like the 2024 Yankees are still the best team in the American League that is a fact that's not my opinion yeah we're the most offensive production we walk more than any other team in major league baseball which tells me that we're seeing the ball we're working long counts we're making the pitchers pitch to us we're playing the game we're getting on base we have the two best hitters in Major League Baseball and I will not be accepting any any arguments at this time we have a possible Triple Crown winner we have two MVP candidates we have two Rookie of the Year candidates we have the current sa young winning pitcher who's pitching under a two erra since the beginning of August okay and he's coming back from injury okay so since the beginning of August this man is pitching under a 2 erra we have John Carlos Stanton batting out of his mind let me talk about him five home runs in this last last 10 games five home runs in his last 10 games did you hear what I said he has hit last home runs in 10 games thank he has hit 427 home run last night tying Mike Patza I don't know if you ever heard of him say it ever heard of him this is my man John Carlos Stanton okay he has hit five extra base hits in his last four games five extra base hits in his last four games and five of the last 10 games was home runs and he was he was he was this close away from tying the game up too and I'm not even talking about my my new man Austin Wells okay like we are we're gonna go y'all I'm feeling good now I'm feeling good I'm gonna HDE myself up I want to add I want to add on to your points and I'll throw it over to Damien right because you talk about Corbin Burns and his last five appearances check this out Corbin Burns he his record is one and three he has an erra of 7.36 and 22 strikeouts in those five appearances and you know what's been the biggest issue for Corbin burns his fast ball velocity has dipped it's not the same and in the off season Daman what was I saying what was I preaching I said look at Corbin BG's stats over the past three years and his decline his erra has gone up his walks has gone up and his strikeouts has gone up to start the season he was solid he is what the Oreos needed he needed they needed a ace he was solid but the same thing that happened to Marcus strowman happened to Corbin burns the fatigue of 162 games finally sat in and you see it right now hopefully Corbin Burns can can can fix it up for the orios if you're orios fan out there hopefully he puts things together because you're going to need him if you want to make a run in the postseason but what do they say Damian numbers lie I mean people lie but numbers don't lie absolutely and numbers don't lie when it comes to Corbin Burns one and three with a 7.36 erra that's alarming if you're a Baltimore oreo fan especially when you gave up a third base Prospect who is an everyday third baseman for the Brewers right now yeah not only that but don't you know don't be surprised if Boris has another another uh repeat of what he went over this summer with uh with Corbin Burns this coming up Summer um now you know Grace you talked about where we're at right and I think about that and I think about where actually we would be if the Yankees would put their best foot forward and put their best team on the field right if you didn't have DJ lahu taking that Bas from oswal Caba if you didn't have Jose trino platooning with Austin Wells um if you didn't have Klay Holmes as your everyday closer where would this team be probably five six games up instead of where we're at right now and that's my fear with this team as well as look great we're we're ahead we're best Al record right uh we're in first place a half game ahead so on and so forth but my fear again is Brian Cashman and Aaron Boone the hold holding the team back Jason Dominguez again Austin Wells when when when Travino came back it was supposedly you know this is Austin wells's team we're not going to platoon and Wells had to force himself into that number one spot because for a minute there it became a platoon as soon as trino came back yes Klay Holmes is still doing what he's doing DJ lemu taking that bats you know against the Nationals you had Oswaldo Cabrera sitting on the bench and mind you DJ lameu came up to bat did what he did popped up Aaron boom said oh well the closer he's a he's he's a killer against left he's a killer against lefties that's why I didn't go ahead and uh and uh bring in Oswaldo what happened to the next game he brought his Oswaldo against finnean the very same pitcher so as long as the organization can get the heads out of their asses and put your best foot forward put the best team on the field because listen at the end of the day our fans fill the pockets our fans deserve the best on the field I don't mean to be the wbie downer as far as where we're at but at the end of the day facts are facts and the Yankees are not applying their best team putting their best foot forward on that field every single night if they can do that especially during the playoffs I think the sky a limit I think we absolutely have an opportunity to make that World Series but it's about the front office it's about Cashman and his damn his his damn process whatever that may be and boom listen I I get it Cas probably gets on him C's probably like no you're not going to do this but boom this is your technically you don't have a contract coming into next season so die on your sword go out on your Shield do what you feel needs to be done because you're a baseball guy bro as you like to say get the best players on the field and let's let's get that Championship no 100% I want to shout out to some people um got to pay some bills got to do some capitalism let's shout out the people in the chat um my girl Alex says thank you to everyone in the chat for showing up and showing love today we definitely appre the support absolutely this is our first show back with the Rebrand Uptown sports TV make sure you guys follow us on all social media platforms on Twitter on Instagram on Instagram we just broke 1K the Rebrand has been just this past month I've been I 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Torres is batting over 300 he has an on base percentage of 439 he is getting on base he is scoring runs he has a WRC plus of 100 60 so Yankee fans we are sitting here Tuesday September 3rd 11:52 in the morning and we're going to have a conversation about Mr jeo and Mr high and that's glaber Torres Grace Monroe how do you feel about El glaber that's why I'm laughing just so you know why is he laughing cause Grace is is eating you up cuz you to throw some flowers so go ahead flowers is everybody sitting down okay everybody ready I'm gonna say something crazy right now glaber is off my [ __ ] list y okay for now for now but let me say one thing oh man glaber has really really done wonders for himself and the team by focusing on one thing and what is that thing getting on base as the leadoff hitter as we well know that is your job your job is to hey get extra base hit if you can but like your number one job is to get on base for Juan stto for Aaron judge for Austin Wells for John Carlos Stanton okay and when J when uh glaver first was put into the leadoff spot earlier in the year he wasn't doing that his whiff rate his strikeout rate he was swinging at everything he was being too aggressive we called him out for that on our show and now it's different he is watching the pitches he's being more selective he's not expanding The Zone he is focusing and he's working walks and he is doing what he can shortening his swing when he needs to just to get something so he can get on base it is great he's not swinging for the fences he's not trying to pull every freaking ball to to try to be a home run and with warning track power okay sorry I went off a little bit he's off my [ __ ] list Grace he's off my [ __ ] list okay okay so he is doing that so well he is getting on base he had a streak where he had I think four or five games where he reached base in the first inning 22 game on Bas streak 22 game on Bas streak but there was a streak where he did it specifically in the first inning which we know um judge has a high um production rate in the first inning I mean it was huge it's it's been huge for the team him being able to solve that problem not only just for Aaron Boone but for the rest of the guys in the lineup to add some stability at the top of the order has been absolutely huge I got to give him his flowers for it it's been absolutely amazing and his defense hasn't been as bad which is really you know not saying that much but nevertheless it hasn't been as bad um I think you know when you start having some success on one side of the ball maybe you know you have more confidence on the other side of the ball and it and it's all you know kind of connected obviously with having jazz in the Hot Corner that's that's been helping glaber feeding him you know obviously wulfy has been whatever and then um we've got Rizzo back now I mean let's keep going glaber let's build on this let's get you a fat contract in California after this year's over I don't want to see back no no no let's not go too far but he's off my [ __ ] okay that's all I can tell yall I I guess I guess we got to take it however we can get it right shout out shout out to Samantha T that's in the chat I also wanted to let you guys know I was just checking tsunami.gov like it's a non-governmental website that like tracks tsunamis because Grace is saying glaber is off for shitless so I just had to make sure the world is still together and it's not the end of times and hell's not freezing over at the moment right um but no I I gotta agree with everything that Grace said right at the beginning of the Season not even at the beginning of the season going back into spring training gabo Torres came into spring training and we all saw it a different approach at the plate a different batting stance a different um a different way of going up the middle and going to right field something we saw in this rookie season in this second season right but then the season started and he struggled against Houston he wasn't able to find any hits then the struggles just ke kept on coming and he reverted back to his dramatic leg kick and if you look at Gabba Torres right now Gabba Torres he has a happy medium between his batting stance he had in spring training and the dramatic leg kick it's not as dramatic as it was in the middle of the season when he's struggling he still has a leg kick but like I said he has tampered it down just a little bit Gaba Torres right now like Grace said he's giving you everything you want from a leadoff guy he's getting on base he is drawing pitches he is giving Juan sonto and Aaron judge extra pitches to see from the starting pitcher before they go into the lineup and the proof is in the pudding right we said it men lie numbers don't lie and glab Tores numbers do not lie he definitely warrants being in that leadoff spot yeah but I'm just worried right because this is the thing I'm just worried because at any moment G can do glorus things right so it could be during the game during a game in September during a game in the postseason I'm just nervous that glava Torres if a ground balls hit to him he may boot it and that mental mistake May translate or may carry over to him in the into his at bats and he may struggle coming through when we need him to come through in a big time situation no facts um you like you said men lie Lumbers don't lie one thing labor has going for himself beyond anything and more importantly is the guys our second best hitter in the playoffs again the numbers back it up numbers don't lie they don't Jean carosan is our best hitter in the playoffs right gaber's second right behind him um so us getting this version of glaver now is again is gonna is so key to our playoff run because if Aaron judge can be Aaron judge and turn around what he's been in the playoffs um and glaver can continue to be who he is now Big G jazz Chism so on and so forth this team TC my brother TC my brother this team is is on a path to do some big things um defensively last night gator in the ninth inning that play listen Jesus Christ I thought that was a gold Glover and then I realized that's not vuli that's that's clav um so he's forming and he's he's building his contract value right back up yeah he's uh he's working to getting that contract that everybody thought uh he was going to get at the beginning of the season and um listen I don't I don't believe that the Yankees are gon to resign them I don't think it's possible uh just for the fact that stto obviously that's the number one that's the number one get that's the that's going to be all the money is going to pretty much go to that priority yeah absolutely but at the end of the day glaber's um glaver listen uh Steve Cohen I know you're not I know you're not going to get Soo so go ahead get glaber you got seie you got everybody else from the Yankees go ahead and take glaber too uh you probably need a second basement so Jeff mcneel probably gonna be gone but um listen we can get glaver continuing to play the way he is he's going to be so vital for this team in the playoffs um he's on the team now again we root for the team the Jersey we don't necessarily we always root for the player but we do root for the the team ultimately and glaber was so steady he reserved all the criticism he got at the beginning of the season but he also deserves his flowers for what he's doing now so flowers to glaver continue to do your thing um as long as it continues we have one of the biggest problems on this team solved and that's leol yeah I I want to I want to shout out Samantha T in the build and Samantha says hey hect that I'm not mad anymore I never thought M oh oh mod oh okay okay listen for everyone right that that's out there like I said we're going through a Rebrand at the moment right so a lot of people's mod status got taken away moderators will be coming back as as we go through the Rebrand we just had to clean house we had to do some stuff backstage and stuff like that so hopefully nobody takes it personal um again Samantha T you know I always appreciate you the chat everybody I appreciate you with the chat but like I said we are going through a Rebrand at the moment things will be coming out just Mark some dates on your calendar like I said earlier September 23rd Bernie Williams our interview will Bernie Williams will happen that will be at 12:30 p.m. so what we'll do with we have the Regular Show in the morning from 11: to 12 to about like 12:15 we'll shut it down and then we'll come back with the Bernie Williams interview live so everybody could watch it while we're live so just again Samantha and everybody else out there if you guys see that your mod status was taken away don't take it personal it's just a part of the Rebrand that we're doing over here make sure you guys followers on all other social media platforms let's see grace any uh go ahead throw it over to you wa matter of fact yeah go ahead oh um yeah it I don't know what to say what are we talking about yeah neither do I I I lost my train of thought I don't know what talking I'm on cough medicine okay I my thoughts are all jumbled glaber yes my favorite subject yeah no no no no no no no not not glab because we we we finished it off you kicked it off with glaver I just want to I just want to touch on two more uh one more thing and then we'll get ready to wrap this up the gar Cole right gar Cole Yankee fans were losing their minds after he exited the game Talking baseball put it out there he exited with a train with a trainer before the seventh inning but it was just a cramp I saw people losing their minds on Twitter my guy Al Centron shout out to Theo Al on WFAN he was on the show late night and he was going oh Yankee fans are nervous Yankee fans gar Cole and his Achilles do calm down all right my guy you know relax but shout out shout out to Theo Al he's been been doing an amazing job over there at WF um coming from this channel you know um doing the med show on our Channel he was already with WFAN on the weekends but he's filling now on the weekdays so shout out to Theo Al appreciate him always love him and and the work that he does but with gar Cole it's just a cramp so Yankee fans you know don't jump out the window calm down daddy Co is AOK the Rangers stole the bananas Rangers stole the bananas out of the out of the uh Dugout so Rangers give us the bananas back we need to test you with or without the bananas uh gar Cole was absolutely carving his way through the Texas Rangers last night I mean he was putting on a absolute master class he looked like and this is why I'm saying he looked like he was barely trying it didn't he he was throwing like this whatever like he was like I mean he was really pacing himself I thought he was gonna give us eight Innings he would have yeah Daman he he would have and he could have I mean it's just I it's unfortunate that he had that cramp I'm not worried about it um G I mean Daddy Cole in is a Virgo in Virgo season doing Virgo things we love we got the same birthday Gary Cole and I we have the same birthday September 8 we have the same birthday I was want to say congratulations to Samantha T getting a new job Samantha appre oh love you Samantha shout out to you Samantha congratulations on the new job um hopefully you get some new daos hitting your bank accounts uh but Samantha appreciate you like always shout out to you for your new job and Erica Garcia garole has a 1.85 erra in his last six starts he is so back absolutely that's what I'm saying so good 30% strikeout rate 29% strikeout rate I mean he is cold blooded yeah no yeah shout out to Gar Cole stepping up I know he had some rough starts and he got beat up by the Mets and everybody thoughts that it was the down this this is when gar Cole starts going downhill but no gar Cole show you why he's gar Cole why he's prob why he is probably the best pitcher in all of Major League Baseball he had a hiccup this year because he started the season on the iil but it's good to see gar Cole back I my last thing I just want to say and that's we'll close it out is to Damian's point when he was talking early about Klay hols and about the lineup and stuff like that and Austin Wells Daman I agree with everything that you said everything 100% the only thing that I that I may push back a little bit on is the Klay Holmes thing right and this is not me defending Klay Holmes because he he does have more than 10 blow sades and stuff like that this is how I'm viewing it right from the Yankees front office perspective because we know Brian Cashman is not just going to come out and say well Klay Holmes suck we're just going to replace him I think when it comes to Klay Holmes and and also when it comes to Jason Dominguez injuries happened right Jason Dominguez we was expecting him to get called up in the middle of the Season he got injured he struggled John caros Stanton was on the iio a lot of people were injured at the time and then Big G came back and now it's now they're trying to it's hard to find the spot for Jason Dominguez but when it comes to Kay Holmes I think his backup was was supposed to be John lasagna Jonathan Alisa was supposed to be clay Holmes's backup he was supposed to be the next era parent when it comes to a closer and what happened to Jonathan Aliza his elbow blew on him his arm went what happens every year exactly every night pinky quick go ahead D really quick when doie was holding his side last night was it only me that was like is it an O I hope so you're wrong for that you're for that Daven you you're not the only person you are not the only person I saw have that thought there was a lot of of saying that can it please be an oblique no I'm playing you got immunity you got a immunity I'm playing but not playing yeah listen um again I just want to say thank you Grace thank you Damian appreciate you guys I I know this past month has been a roller coaster appreciate all you guys that's in the chat like I said um my father passed away right so so it's it's you go through emotions right this this is not easy life is not easy you don't get to choose the cards that you're dealt with you just have the cards that's in your hand and you have to play them to the best of your abilities right so so everything happens for a reason with the rebranding that we're going through over this past last month started working with latino Sports everything happens for a reason life comes and life goes people come into your life that you meet and then people exit out of your life life just like that they as soon as they come in it's as fast as they go out so I appreciate all of y'all in the chat Grace I appreciate you bestie Damian I appreciate you my brother from another mother I will be down in Florida in a couple of weeks when I got to go and handle my father service so I will be hitting you up but folks in the chat I love all of you guys that are in the chat I appreciate all of you guys that are in the chat that are respectful that aren't out of pocket that do not bully people and who aren't mean to one another that's the one thing that I like to preach you guys know me I just want to be respectful and I just want to respect everybody and show love to everybody and I appreciate everybody that's in the chat that did the same thing but until next time I'm Hector that's Grace that's Damien this is the new Rebrand when it comes to Uptown sports TV and we will see you back this Thursday Deuces you fought well yesterday your style is an orthodox [Music] hey