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The New York Yankees Lollipop Gate W/ Cam Belden of Yankees Pod · Yankees Pod

• 0:32
  SPEAKER_00: We are back on Yankees Pod today.
• 0:34
  SPEAKER_00: We have a very special guest, social media guy for Yankees Pod.
• 0:38
  SPEAKER_00: He's been with us since 2022, the Cam Beldon.
• 0:41
  SPEAKER_00: Cam, how you doing tonight?
• 0:43
  SPEAKER_01: I'm doing great, Jimmy.
• 0:44
  SPEAKER_01: Doing great.
• 0:45
  SPEAKER_01: You know, it's a it's a great night.
• 0:46
  SPEAKER_01: Yankees won, so always get to go to bed with a smile on my face.
• 0:51
  SPEAKER_01: It's been a great four years, you know, from starting, you know, with the the great judge home run chase to to today chasing that World Series.
• 0:58
  SPEAKER_01: So happy to be a part of it of the team and cheers to many more.
• 1:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely.
• 1:03
  SPEAKER_00: And listen, I wanted to get my feelings out tonight.
• 1:06
  SPEAKER_00: I wanted to get my feelings out.
• 1:09
  SPEAKER_00: No interview, none of that.
• 1:11
  SPEAKER_00: It's about lollipopgate.
• 1:13
  SPEAKER_00: Let's start with lollipopgate.
• 1:15
  SPEAKER_00: Yesterday, Jazz Chisholm is seen with a lollipop in the field.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: And then we hear on talking Yanks from Aaron Boone that he said he doesn't know.
• 1:29
  SPEAKER_00: What did he say exactly?
• 1:31
  SPEAKER_00: He said, um when he heard about it from John Boy and Jake, he said it pisses him off.
• 1:39
  SPEAKER_00: So that's what happened.
• 1:42
  SPEAKER_00: Fast forward to before the game, we have Greg Joyce talking about it, and Jazz responded, we're gonna keep that private.
• 1:52
  SPEAKER_00: So then we go to the game tonight.
• 1:55
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, also, by the way, Jazz has also had a lollipop in Boston when it was cold out a couple months ago, or whatever.
• 2:05
  SPEAKER_00: So that's the whole promise, premise of it.
• 2:07
  SPEAKER_00: The Yankees are down today.
• 2:09
  SPEAKER_00: Jazz Chisholm hits a home run.
• 2:13
  SPEAKER_00: Round in the bases.
• 2:14
  SPEAKER_00: No, everybody's going berserk on Twitter.
• 2:18
  SPEAKER_00: And what does he do?
• 2:20
  SPEAKER_00: He grabs the lollipop gum, bubble gum, that is from the dugout.
• 2:27
  SPEAKER_00: Now we have all this evidence now.
• 2:29
  SPEAKER_00: Because Jazz isn't bringing his own lollipops, the lollipops are at the dugout.
• 2:38
  SPEAKER_00: What are your thoughts on this?
• 2:40
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, um, I think it's it's it's it's a little ridiculous, uh, personally.
• 2:47
  SPEAKER_01: Uh like maybe slow news day type of thing, you know, we we gotta rub up some drama because Yankees have been playing well, but they're on a little bit of a skid.
• 2:56
  SPEAKER_01: We need a a reason to maybe trash a player or something in this New York media.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_01: But I I think you know, it's it's a little ridiculous on both sides.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_01: I think, you know, we we've got guys that eat sunflower seeds, they've got chewing tobacco, bubble gum, you know, candy, whatever they're eating.
• 3:18
  SPEAKER_01: They're all somebody's always eaten something on the field, um, whatever it may be.
• 3:22
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think lollipop's that big of a deal.
• 3:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um as long as he's just not constantly fiddling with it, you know, with his hand.
• 3:30
  SPEAKER_01: His hand's gonna get sticky, maybe a little wet from you know the saliva and all that stuff.
• 3:35
  SPEAKER_01: Um but it's also Aaron Boone is not responsible for what snacks are in the dugout.
• 3:43
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, um, it does feel like it does feel like a little bit of like kindergarten-esque right now, because he's got the lollipop.
• 3:52
  SPEAKER_00: And you know what?
• 3:53
  SPEAKER_00: I'm fine with the tobacco in the mouth.
• 3:55
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I just don't like that he's holding something.
• 3:58
  SPEAKER_00: And also, we had a lot of comments on Twitter, and somebody reached out to me and said, as a mother, I don't want my son playing with a lollipop in his mouth while he's trying to swing a bat or field.
• 4:11
  SPEAKER_00: So that's one side of it.
• 4:13
  SPEAKER_00: Is it a little bit overblown?
• 4:15
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely.
• 4:16
  SPEAKER_00: It's June.
• 4:18
  SPEAKER_00: Aaron Judge is in here.
• 4:20
  SPEAKER_00: We're talking about lollipops, and that's perfectly fine.
• 4:23
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so it is what it is at the end of the day, but I remember tweeting the Yankees Pod group, and I was, of course, I needed to get your opinion on it, and you're saying to kind of lay off jazz.
• 4:34
  SPEAKER_00: So I've been trying to, I've been trying to lay off of jazz and take the approach that like should we allow lollipops?
• 4:42
  SPEAKER_00: No.
• 4:44
  SPEAKER_00: But is it a big deal?
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: No.
• 4:46
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, if it was October and he had a lollipop in his mouth, I might blow a gasket, but like it's June, whatever.
• 4:53
  SPEAKER_00: Jazz is jazz, but the lollipops were in the dugout.
• 4:59
  SPEAKER_00: So that changes everything.
• 5:00
  SPEAKER_00: All right, enough lollipop talk.
• 5:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't want to really uh get too much into it.
• 5:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um, all right, let's start at the top.
• 5:08
  SPEAKER_00: So the Yankees won, what was the score again?
• 5:10
  SPEAKER_00: Four to three?
• 5:11
  SPEAKER_00: Four to three.
• 5:13
  SPEAKER_00: So now their plus-minus differential is a plus 111 that leads the American League by a landslide.
• 5:21
  SPEAKER_00: Uh Seattle is at plus 17.
• 5:25
  SPEAKER_00: We got Tampa at plus seven.
• 5:28
  SPEAKER_00: And then the entire rest of the American League.
• 5:31
  SPEAKER_00: The entire rest of the American League has a net negative in run differential.
• 5:38
  SPEAKER_00: So that's really honestly where we're at with this American League.
• 5:44
  SPEAKER_00: Honestly, at this point, it's world getting back to the World Series our boss.
• 5:49
  SPEAKER_00: Like big time.
• 5:51
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, what are your thoughts on that?
• 5:52
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you're you're 100% right.
• 5:55
  SPEAKER_01: Um I don't think that means we we slide it into neutral and you know, take this team into October just as is.
• 6:05
  SPEAKER_01: I know we'll get Judge back, we'll get Max Fried back, we'll get Trent Gershham back, and those are extremely key pieces to this roster.
• 6:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but we still need a couple moves, you know, the trade deadline.
• 6:18
  SPEAKER_01: I we we need bullpen help desperately.
• 6:21
  SPEAKER_01: I do think we need to invest in a right-handed catcher.
• 6:24
  SPEAKER_01: Ali Sanchez has done great.
• 6:26
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think he's a permanent solution.
• 6:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and I wouldn't even be surprised if they try to get a really big bat uh from the infield.
• 6:34
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I know you know teams like the Giants are in full sell mode.
• 6:38
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I know you are very keen on School Bull.
• 6:43
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think we can get a guy, maybe not obviously not as good as School Bull, but pretty decent for a lot cheaper, especially in a package deal, say with the Minnesota Twins.
• 6:55
  SPEAKER_01: We could maybe get Joe Ryan and Ryan Jeffers in a deal and just get mass prospects and players that play like a Max Schumann or even Volby, something like that.
• 7:07
  SPEAKER_01: Um and then may take an Elma Rodriguez Cruz or I I think LeGrange and Lombard are pretty untouchable at the moment.
• 7:18
  SPEAKER_01: Um and that's what's what it's gonna take to get Scuble.
• 7:23
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'm just very hesitant on Scoobyl because it's it's such a high price for such a low you know time frame.
• 7:32
  SPEAKER_00: What is the price right now?
• 7:33
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna take Lombard and Le Grande, right?
• 7:36
  SPEAKER_01: At least, yeah.
• 7:37
  SPEAKER_01: They they are the Tigers are in love with them.
• 7:40
  SPEAKER_01: Um I I think it will take more.
• 7:42
  SPEAKER_01: He's a two-time Cy Young winner.
• 7:45
  SPEAKER_01: Great pitcher.
• 7:46
  SPEAKER_01: I know he got hurt.
• 7:47
  SPEAKER_01: I think that does also affect the price, but he's pitching.
• 7:50
  SPEAKER_01: We'll we'll find out tomorrow how healthy he is.
• 7:53
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, it's we're we we need some moves.
• 7:59
  SPEAKER_01: I think we're still a great ball club, but there's a couple moves that need to be made for us to be an actual World Series contending team because the Dodgers are just still a wagon right now.
• 8:07
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no, it's fair.
• 8:09
  SPEAKER_00: I I want to add strength with the strength.
• 8:12
  SPEAKER_00: I don't think, even though the Yankees didn't win the World Series in 2024, I'm still okay with what we gave up.
• 8:21
  SPEAKER_00: Now, the real question really goes to concern with the George Lombard Jr.
• 8:27
  SPEAKER_00: Because if you're taking LeGranhe and a couple other pieces, I'm I'm here for that.
• 8:33
  SPEAKER_00: I'm honestly here for that.
• 8:35
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I'd almost be here to give them away.
• 8:38
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I don't want to be talking out of my ass right now, but like, God, could you imagine the rotation?
• 8:45
  SPEAKER_00: Just those four guys in the postseason, and like judge is getting older, Cole's getting older, but you are, you know, we were talking about trading Cam Squittler for Yuanio Suarez last year, and now look at that.
• 8:59
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, like you know, it really is a guessing game.
• 9:03
  SPEAKER_00: It's like Yahtzee, you're just throwing the dice, you don't really know what can end up where.
• 9:08
  SPEAKER_00: And um, but I do think that if Scoobaul is on the team that they they they gotta be in the World Series.
• 9:18
  SPEAKER_00: Like that, like I feel like that would just propel them.
• 9:21
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, again, Seattle and Tampa are the two teams we should be worried about right now.
• 9:27
  SPEAKER_00: The only team I'm actually even remotely concerned with is Toronto.
• 9:31
  SPEAKER_00: I know they're you know, they've been playing, haven't been playing great ball, but like they're still a good ball club, even though their their you know their record doesn't show it.
• 9:42
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but yeah, no, I mean we'll see what the Scooba stuff.
• 9:45
  SPEAKER_00: Again, George Lombar's not in that deal, and it's Legranhe, and I don't know, a couple other guys.
• 9:53
  SPEAKER_00: I'm here for it.
• 9:54
  SPEAKER_00: Um, but yeah, uh we'll see, we'll see about that.
• 9:58
  SPEAKER_00: I do think the name that everybody's coming to is Ryan Jeffers, the the catcher, like you noted.
• 10:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um I don't know too much about him if we're being honest.
• 10:11
  SPEAKER_00: I've been trying to do my due diligence and I know his stats, but I don't know if it just depends on what we're gonna give up for him.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah.
• 10:21
  SPEAKER_00: Because, like, are you really gonna give up LeGrange for well how what's would do we even know what uh Jeffers contract looks like?
• 10:31
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I can look it up quick.
• 10:32
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, look it up.
• 10:33
  SPEAKER_01: Um, kind of the big things that I've heard around, like, I mean, Yankees love Ryan Jeffers.
• 10:39
  SPEAKER_01: We hired our current catching coach because from the twins, because of the work that he did with Ryan Jeffers, um, turned him into basically an all-star catcher.
• 10:48
  SPEAKER_01: He's been hurt most of the year, um, so that should lower his price a little bit.
• 10:53
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think it'll take any of our top guys um realistically.
• 10:59
  SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, I mean, we'll see.
• 11:05
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, check out the stats real quick.
• 11:07
  SPEAKER_00: Um, other things I wanted to have to talk about the three-game losing streak, because that's over.
• 11:13
  SPEAKER_00: Um one thing I wanted to talk about, I mean, Anthony Volpe.
• 11:20
  SPEAKER_00: Coming into the night, last 10 games, 433 average, 13 hits, five RBIs, two runs scored, gets two hits tonight.
• 11:30
  SPEAKER_00: So, I mean, he's batting what, 278?
• 11:34
  SPEAKER_00: I did a really terrible job uh printing this stuff out.
• 11:37
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, 278, I believe.
• 11:39
  SPEAKER_00: Um and yeah, he's I almost wore the Volpe shirt.
• 11:44
  SPEAKER_00: I almost came in here with the Volpe shirt.
• 11:46
  SPEAKER_00: I didn't do it, but yeah, I mean, the kid's playing well.
• 11:50
  SPEAKER_00: Um, and what I like to see from him, I don't want to see home runs from Anthony Volpe.
• 11:56
  SPEAKER_00: I want to see singles to the left, singles to the right, stolen bags, good defense.
• 12:03
  SPEAKER_00: And listen, maybe he's not our short stop, but that doesn't mean that Anthony Volpe cannot be a contributor to this roster.
• 12:13
  SPEAKER_00: Can he, you know, listen, maybe in two years he's playing the Tyler Wade role, but that wouldn't be the worst thing in the entire world.
• 12:22
  SPEAKER_00: So, you know, we have to respect Anthony Volpe a little bit, and uh yeah, because we all know what's gonna come, he's gonna start slumping, and then people are gonna tweet in all caps how much Anthony Volpe's struggling this, that and the other things, but he continues to produce, and honestly, I think right now, like having Caballero, I know uh McMahon was sick tonight, so he wasn't in the lineup, but I like kind of I do like uh Volpe and Caballero more than I do like Volpe, I mean uh Volpe and McMahon or Caballero and McMahon.
• 13:00
  SPEAKER_00: I think they're just the shortstops are just a little bit better than Ryan McMahon, and I know that's really not saying that much because he's a glove and he's not an offensive bat, but I don't know.
• 13:10
  SPEAKER_00: What are your thoughts on the whole shortstop situation?
• 13:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, you know, I'm a huge fan of Caballero.
• 13:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um I think he does play great defense.
• 13:20
  SPEAKER_01: He at one point had the highest DRS among shortstops qualified, I think, up until his injury when he hurt his finger.
• 13:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um so he was great defensively.
• 13:32
  SPEAKER_01: I think he is an absolute pest when he we're on the offensive side.
• 13:37
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's great.
• 13:38
  SPEAKER_01: He gets in the pitcher's heads, um, both when he's in the batter's box and when he's in on the base bats.
• 13:45
  SPEAKER_01: Um, because he's stealing the bit, he's stealing bases, he's being extremely aggressive, he's getting in the scoring position constantly.
• 13:52
  SPEAKER_01: He's he's extending, you know, he's taking great secondary leads, so he makes sure he's gonna be safe at home on uh you know bloop single.
• 14:01
  SPEAKER_01: Um he's taking those extra bags, he's he's extremely aggressive.
• 14:04
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and that's what I like.
• 14:06
  SPEAKER_01: He he's a guy, he's when he's on your team, you love him, but when he's not on our your team, you hate him because he's just so aggressive and he he gets in everybody's head.
• 14:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um and I just I like that in in a player in general, and if if he's your shortstop kind of commanding the infield, um, I think that's great.
• 14:26
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's he's extremely smart at baseball.
• 14:29
  SPEAKER_01: Um, and not saying that really Anthony Volpe isn't smart at baseball, but he's just he's he was he's a extremely young kid.
• 14:38
  SPEAKER_01: He's a pass um he's a pass, he's a pass.
• 14:41
  SPEAKER_00: And honestly, it it's honestly it's getting harder and harder uh the more Volpe is playing right now, and like I just in the back of my mind, I'm like, what if Cashman is right?
• 14:56
  SPEAKER_00: After like, what if like he's probab there's a 90 90% chance that Anthony Volpe is a miss.
• 15:04
  SPEAKER_00: There is, but there's that little glimmer that when I'm seeing him hit the single to the opposite way, I'm like, there's still something there.
• 15:15
  SPEAKER_00: So I agree with you.
• 15:16
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, caballero, like, I understand why you're on the caballero, ban what like why you're on the fence with caballero, and I totally understand it, but I do think the two short stops are better than Ryan McMahon.
• 15:27
  SPEAKER_00: I really do.
• 15:28
  SPEAKER_01: Um, yeah, yeah.
• 15:30
  SPEAKER_01: With Ryan McMahon should not be playing shortstop.
• 15:32
  SPEAKER_01: He's a gold glove third baseman.
• 15:34
  SPEAKER_01: We shouldn't even think about putting him at shortstop.
• 15:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'd rather have Jazz be at short and we put Max Schuneman at second or flip-flop that.
• 15:44
  SPEAKER_01: Um Ryan McMahon's a great, he's a plus bat.
• 15:50
  SPEAKER_01: I know he had a rough skit in the beginning of the year, but I mean, so did Judge.
• 15:54
  SPEAKER_01: Um, so I think we just need to keep keep on with Ryan McMahon.
• 15:58
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's a great hitter.
• 15:59
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, really?
• 16:00
  SPEAKER_01: He's he's figured it out.
• 16:01
  SPEAKER_01: I yeah.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_01: Wow.
• 16:02
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah.
• 16:03
  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: All right.
• 16:04
  SPEAKER_00: All right, fair enough.
• 16:05
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, listen, the Yankees are doing, they are moving down.
• 16:10
  SPEAKER_00: We see everyone's saying the Yankees are moving differently this year.
• 16:13
  SPEAKER_00: They are, but they kind of are because listen, maybe, you know, Anthony Volpe and Ryan McMahon and all these guys, Ali Sanchez, they're you know, they're not gonna give you 30 home runs, 40 home runs.
• 16:27
  SPEAKER_00: But they are starting to be like the like starting to feel like championship pieces, and I don't know if that's just rubbing off from the Knicks parade last week or what it is, but it does feel a little bit different this year, and um I I like I I really like what they're doing.
• 16:45
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I really don't have that many complaints, and I'm a bit I like listen, I've been complaining about the New York Yankees because all that matters is number 28, but like they're really doing a good job this year.
• 16:58
  SPEAKER_00: Um I want to put the chips in for Tariq Scuble.
• 17:01
  SPEAKER_00: I really do.
• 17:02
  SPEAKER_00: I I really do.
• 17:03
  SPEAKER_00: Um I I feel like we can, you know, it it I know it I hate to say, but like if George Lombard is gone, like who knows what George Lombard will.
• 17:14
  SPEAKER_00: He's a name that everybody knows because you know, we've been seeing this kid for the past four years now, too.
• 17:22
  SPEAKER_00: And he's been playing, he's been playing really good baseball and you know, is as the pedigree.
• 17:29
  SPEAKER_00: But at the end of the day, like we can go out and buy a shortstop if we need to.
• 17:35
  SPEAKER_00: Like, we're you know, we're not this team that needs to hug prospects.
• 17:38
  SPEAKER_00: Don't hug your girl.
• 17:40
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, hug your girl, not your prospects.
• 17:43
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, but yeah, I don't know.
• 17:45
  SPEAKER_00: I that's just my thoughts on it.
• 17:47
  SPEAKER_00: And then other things I want to talk about.
• 17:48
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, Paul Goldschmidt's been absolutely unbelievable.
• 17:51
  SPEAKER_00: You could argue that like we're not even missing Jan Carlos Stanton right now because we've been being uh we've been getting a lot of uh production from Goldie, Cam Schlitler, 13Ks, his last um outing.
• 18:06
  SPEAKER_00: He was unbelievable.
• 18:08
  SPEAKER_00: And I I really wanted to get the quote.
• 18:11
  SPEAKER_00: I really wanted to get I don't know how I messed this up, but he basically was like, statistics don't matter.
• 18:17
  SPEAKER_00: The statistics don't matter at all to me.
• 18:19
  SPEAKER_00: All that matters is winning, and that's what you want to hear from your ace.
• 18:24
  SPEAKER_00: Potentially, you know, he might be getting the ball game one right now, the way he's pitching.
• 18:29
  SPEAKER_00: 8-3, 1.71 ERA.
• 18:33
  SPEAKER_00: Um, he has like 95 strikeouts, I think.
• 18:37
  SPEAKER_00: Or he has 105 strikeouts and 95 innings.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_00: I don't need the notes.
• 18:40
  SPEAKER_00: I don't even need the notes, but he's been absolutely um incredible.
• 18:45
  SPEAKER_00: And then yeah, we're just we're just biding our time for Max Fried.
• 18:49
  SPEAKER_00: We're biding our time for Aaron Judge, but I do tend to agree with you.
• 18:54
  SPEAKER_00: We do we could really use an upgrade at catcher, although I do like what I'm seeing from um Ali Sanchez, and um I mean we gotta give him the baby bump too, right?
• 19:06
  SPEAKER_00: Right when he gets back, first first game back, we gotta bet Ali Sanchez at home run.
• 19:12
  SPEAKER_01: Oh, for sure.
• 19:13
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, he'll have to be the t-shirt guy for sure.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, I don't know.
• 19:16
  SPEAKER_00: Any other thoughts that you had um on the team so far?
• 19:21
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like we got a lot of it, but uh anything else you want to clean up?
• 19:25
  SPEAKER_01: Um no, yeah, I think Cam Schlotler is an absolute stud.
• 19:32
  SPEAKER_01: I think credit to the Yankees, you know, farm system, pitching staff, um, the shove system is what I like to call them.
• 19:40
  SPEAKER_01: Just turning a seventh-round kid who could barely throw 85 miles an hour into a three fastball mix pitcher, all topping out mid to high 90s, is pretty ridiculous.
• 19:54
  SPEAKER_01: And he's by and by far and away the Cy Young favorite in the American League.
• 19:59
  SPEAKER_01: He should start the all-star game.
• 20:02
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I don't think he will just because John Schneider is the American League manager, and after Cam Schlittler's comments towards the Blue Jays this season, I just don't see it happening this year.
• 20:16
  SPEAKER_01: Um good point.
• 20:18
  SPEAKER_00: That's a good point.
• 20:19
  SPEAKER_01: Yeah, I still think he should um at least get in an inning in there.
• 20:24
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I wanted to say about the all-star game, because I love that they took the home run derby, they changed the format, thank God.
• 20:36
  SPEAKER_00: It's gonna be like 20 swings in the first round, 15 in the second round, something like that.
• 20:43
  SPEAKER_00: Personally, I would just go back to when Ken Griffey Jr.
• 20:46
  SPEAKER_00: and Frank Thomas and Tina Martinez were playing when you know there was 10 outs, but I do like that we're getting in the right direction, especially from your viewing on television.
• 20:58
  SPEAKER_00: It just looked absolutely insane.
• 21:00
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so I'm happy about that as we do gear up.
• 21:04
  SPEAKER_00: Um, so I think I mean Aaron Judge will be uh all-star, Ben Rice will be an all-star.
• 21:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um Cam Slitler will be an all-star.
• 21:16
  SPEAKER_00: Am I missing anybody?
• 21:18
  SPEAKER_00: Uh, I think Belly was up there.
• 21:21
  SPEAKER_00: Belly.
• 21:22
  SPEAKER_00: Um yeah, we're pretty top-heavy when it comes to all-stars.
• 21:28
  SPEAKER_00: And you know what?
• 21:29
  SPEAKER_00: Like, I I've and I love the all-star game.
• 21:33
  SPEAKER_00: I've been to like 11 all-star games.
• 21:35
  SPEAKER_00: Absolutely love it.
• 21:37
  SPEAKER_00: But just so focused on like winning now.
• 21:41
  SPEAKER_00: Like, and you know, and the pantry is so good, and I'm gonna sit down and watch the home run derby, and I'm gonna watch the all-star game.
• 21:48
  SPEAKER_00: But at this point, like, all that really matters is you know winning.
• 21:54
  SPEAKER_00: And as I sit here with Babe Ruth behind me, I'm just thinking, like, listen, it really and the death.
• 22:00
  SPEAKER_00: Derek Jeter shirt on and nothing really.
• 22:03
  SPEAKER_00: You don't be able to print this shirt that says two legend without winning.
• 22:08
  SPEAKER_00: And I don't want to hear any nonsense talk about Jalen Brunson being better than Derek Jeter because he has one title with the Knicks and Derek Jeter has five.
• 22:19
  SPEAKER_00: Listen, Derek Jeter has five.
• 22:21
  SPEAKER_00: Jalen, you go back to back.
• 22:23
  SPEAKER_00: You want to revisit this conversation?
• 22:26
  SPEAKER_00: I'm here for it, but like let's give the captain some grace.
• 22:30
  SPEAKER_00: And he also did pretty well off the field as well.
• 22:34
  SPEAKER_00: Just an absolute stud, uh, Derek Jeter.
• 22:36
  SPEAKER_00: So I wanted to say that real quick.
• 22:38
  SPEAKER_00: But yeah, that was just dumping all my thoughts out.
• 22:43
  SPEAKER_00: Um, I don't know if we want to touch anywhere else.
• 22:46
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, let's talk about the bullpen.
• 22:48
  SPEAKER_00: What are your thoughts?
• 22:49
  SPEAKER_00: Because I've talked about it with Keith and John Diskremsky and everybody who's been on.
• 22:55
  SPEAKER_00: Greg Joyce, it's been a topic of conversation.
• 22:59
  SPEAKER_00: Where are you with the bullpen?
• 23:03
  SPEAKER_01: You know, every player I think has their bad days.
• 23:07
  SPEAKER_01: Some of them have more than others, like Camilla Duvall.
• 23:10
  SPEAKER_01: He can't figure out how to pitch to a lefty.
• 23:13
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I think it's okay.
• 23:15
  SPEAKER_01: There needs to be some improvement, though.
• 23:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um I want to see a guy who can pound 100 in the zone.
• 23:22
  SPEAKER_01: I know that's kind of what Camilla Duvall is supposed to be, but I mean if he can't throw to lefties, he can't be on this playoff roster because as soon as he's coming into the game, uh the opposing manager is going to flip for three lefties in the lineup, and he's gonna have to face three lefties and try to figure out how to get him out.
• 23:42
  SPEAKER_01: Um, which will be very tough.
• 23:46
  SPEAKER_01: So I I I obviously there there needs to be some improvement.
• 23:52
  SPEAKER_01: I think you know, Brett Hedrick has surprised me.
• 23:55
  SPEAKER_01: I think he's doing great.
• 23:56
  SPEAKER_01: Um you know, uh aside from you know those two, three outings where he got shelled shelled around a little bit.
• 24:03
  SPEAKER_01: He he still is locking it down with runners in scoring position.
• 24:07
  SPEAKER_01: Um, you know, David Bednar is finding a groove.
• 24:11
  SPEAKER_01: He just pitched he just got a four-out save tonight, which is phenomenal.
• 24:17
  SPEAKER_01: Um I would like to see less of that.
• 24:20
  SPEAKER_01: I I don't like up and downs for relievers.
• 24:23
  SPEAKER_01: I think they need to just as soon as the inning's over, they're done.
• 24:27
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I'm a huge Fernando Cruz guy.
• 24:29
  SPEAKER_01: I think Fernando Cruz should be our setup man.
• 24:32
  SPEAKER_01: Um, he's got the most ridiculous splitter, I think, in the entire game of baseball.
• 24:37
  SPEAKER_01: Um, but yeah, I think we just need maybe one or two more pieces.
• 24:41
  SPEAKER_01: Um, I saw something that uh would make our boy CK happy, and that uh the Mets might trade Luke Weaver away.
• 24:50
  SPEAKER_01: And I think low-key Luke Weaver would be great for this uh bullpen.
• 24:55
  SPEAKER_01: I don't think he'd be like our setup man or closer, but a good like sixth inning, seventh inning guy would be awesome.
• 25:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, yeah.
• 25:02
  SPEAKER_00: I don't hate that either.
• 25:03
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, no, it's great.
• 25:05
  SPEAKER_00: Um, all right.
• 25:07
  SPEAKER_00: I feel like we did 20 minutes.
• 25:08
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, we'll check in.
• 25:10
  SPEAKER_00: Really appreciate you coming on.
• 25:12
  SPEAKER_00: Um we'll we'll we gotta do this a little bit more often.
• 25:15
  SPEAKER_00: Just get thoughts from you know the social team.
• 25:19
  SPEAKER_00: I mean, Cam knows ball, people.
• 25:21
  SPEAKER_00: Cam knows ball.
• 25:22
  SPEAKER_00: So um, yeah, follow follow Yankees Pod everywhere.
• 25:27
  SPEAKER_00: Where you're running Instagram right now.
• 25:29
  SPEAKER_00: We got the Twitter, we got the TikTok.
• 25:32
  SPEAKER_00: Obviously, we are on YouTube as well.
• 25:35
  SPEAKER_00: Cam, appreciate you coming on today.
• 25:37
  SPEAKER_00: Any final thoughts?
• 25:39
  SPEAKER_01: No, just uh thanks for having me on.
• 25:42
  SPEAKER_01: Um, it it's always great to talk ball, especially talk Yankees ball.
• 25:47
  SPEAKER_01: Um, congrats on the Knicks.
• 25:48
  SPEAKER_01: I know it's it's been a long time coming for Knicks fans and just a long time coming from for New York in general, being kind of deprived and starved for a long time.
• 25:58
  SPEAKER_01: So it's it's good to see New York finally on top again.
• 26:01
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, absolutely, man.
• 26:02
  SPEAKER_00: It there is a different feel in the air with this win.
• 26:07
  SPEAKER_00: Like everyone's happy, everyone's like, I don't know what's going on in New York, but it's gonna be a great summer in New York City for sure.
• 26:15
  SPEAKER_00: Uh all right, Cam, thank you so much for coming on.
• 26:18
  SPEAKER_00: This was Yankee Spod.
• 26:20
  SPEAKER_00: We'll talk to you next week.