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One Leg Up 7-16-24 -Julian Guilarte of SI and Latino Sports Oficial Talks Yanks and Mets at All Star Break · OneLegUpAlex Sports

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Here's your host, Alex Garrett. Well, I've got a journeyman journalist now
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he's all over the place. My friend actually, Julian Gulardi. Julian,
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I've known you for a few years. It's great to have you back on
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this All Star Week. What an important conversation to have this All Star Week.
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How you been Alex, Thank you so much for having me back.
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And it's uh, they've been a crazy year, all the stuff happening with
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the Yankees and all the other levels of baseball. But like yesterday's game,
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like you think they're gonna have first back and then you get another play homes
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some defensevenelt down put into one. So I mean, I'm good though.
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It's good. You've been writing some great articles on on on various things.
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I mean, you're a Yankee fan, but I see that you're writing on
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the Mets, and I want to go there because this this year's All Star
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Game participant at Holman Derby participant, Pete Alonzo, you know he's been in
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the rumor mill and you've talked about this. I want to start there is
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there a chance that that first basement could be traded at the deadline? What
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are your sources say in the beginning, like I thought that it could happen
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when I first wrote that piece, but I didn't really say the Yankee.
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I think the Yankees were a great possibility. I mean it would be cool
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because they ne to't need it for the Rice call. But I think he's
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gonna stay now because Comessa playing the ball and they're gonna try to race for
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that wild card. I think the guys have been saying that his name's kind
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of in all the market. You know, the Astros are interested from I
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understand because Jose Bray, but I think that Alonso is gonna stay with the
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Mets. I think so too. I mean it's it's it was a touch
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and go there for a bit because obviously it's this contract year. He's not
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had the best one. All of a sudden, he's got nineteen homers,
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and you know, he and Judge of really picked up the pace. And
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of course Aaron Judge is gonna be the All Star for the Yanks this week.
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And what's your thoughts on him? Because in April Twitter thought he should
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be Bencher sent down and now he's literally under thirty home runs to sixty three.
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I mean, this guy is on another record pace. What do you
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see him from him? I just can't believe it's happening again. It's thirty
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four home runs. Last time it was less than it said the break because
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I know Judge just cracked a list of like the most Tom runs before an
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All Star break with some of the people on eipons at thirty nine. But
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Aaron Judge is an incredible force. You look at what he thoughts for the
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lineup, and he just continues to get better somehow, like playing better in
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the twenty twenty two season. Twenty twenty three was on his way, but
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he got injured. He's still had forty home runs like comes one hundred games,
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So it's just a stretch he's been on the past few years. Is
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really like solidifying his as the best player in the game. You mentioned Ben
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Rice and I know you probably covered him at Somerset. Any any interaction with
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him and are you surprised that he's been off to this hot start. Look,
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it was a low slow there, but then he picked it up.
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He had the three home runs as a rookie first time ever in a game.
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Did you see that potential when he was at Somerset? Yeah, there
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was some chats with Rice been had. I saw the potential for a great
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bat. I wasn't sure about where it's defense he stood because I didn't really
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feel like he was the best catcher Yankees. Of a bunch of catchers first
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base kind of seems like a better fit. He's doing all right defensively for
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now. A bat's been really good, has some good contact too, besides
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just the home runs. And I was starting to tape Broth a little bit.
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But it's the Pigs and Valley's being a rookie, so we'll see how
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he looks going forward. I just thought that Rice was like very happy with
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what was going on. He's thankful for the opportunity he has been given.
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So I think they'll keep working hard and that batch sticking the lineup, and
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we'll see how what happens if the one results turned so. So, are
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gonna get to see him again at Woodbridge? Because I'm I'm debating when they
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go down there. I know it's so out, but you never know,
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are you going down to see him? No, I'm not going to be
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there to see him this week, but I am gonna look at that Jack
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Cory have been with Jose Trevino, Tommy Kinley, and there's one more I
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forgot. Maybe it's Wall of Cabrari. I will try that one though.
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And they had a Clerk Schmidt too. If I'm not mistaken on Luke Weaver,
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it's gonna be a big deal on Monday, August fifth. That being
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said, you know, you mentioned last night the Yanks and New York City
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Field, and I'm like, wait a minute, Yanks are six, you
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know, five three high. They lose six to five. I see them
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highlights. I can't blame Bolty entirely. I also, you know, for
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what it's worth, Holmes has not been able to be in a safe situation
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quite often towards the July and June months, so I feel like in that
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role he's a bit rusty in it. But it doesn't excuse the fact he's
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now blown two saves. But my question to you is, Yanks have now
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missed two sweeps the Royals and the Orioles due to all of this Ninth Inning
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chaos. How do they recover from it after the break? I feel like
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they can't recover. They didn't recover in Boston, right, and they of
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course lose to Boston in that ninth in that ninth inning on the Friday night,
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But how would how should they recover from your eyes in the second half
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from that those misweeps. They need to make deals because you can't rely on
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Clay Homes to close it out. He has like six blown saves. We
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yeah, we mentioned three of them right there. He's just been a wreck.
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Everything starting fast, and yeah, it's events is at fall, but
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again, play Homes doesn't miss any bats really, and he also walks too
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many guys like the guys he shouldn't walk, and that's what gets them in
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trouble in these situations. I mean, yeah, it's offensive. Plays have
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to be made by both the Ambers who going the Yankees should win the game.
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But he they need, he needs to be a lot better and he
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just hasn't been. Man. They need to make some trades. And I'd
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also look to call up Jack Neely, but he hasn't pitched a little while,
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so now I'm wondering if it's her too, which the other guys down
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there. But yeah, and Luke Weaver, you know, Luke Weaver has
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been a candidate for closure. They just haven't haven't been able to get that
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going, should they? In the second half. No, I don't want
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we were closing because I need him to go multi inning sometimes they need we
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were in the row is in now, so I would not have him close.
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I think I broke my role exactly the second part of the seasone.
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I broke my role there, Julian, it's not the second half, it's
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the second part. But that's another story. It's really funny, Like I
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used to always think it was halfway, but like now it's just been like,
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well more towards the first half being over. You know the thing about
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these these two teams, the Mets and the Yankees, are despite all the
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chaos and the and the craziness in this first half, first part of the
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season, they have ended pretty well to get to the break. And I
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didn't think that was possible. Like I didn't think the Mets would recover from
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zero to five. I didn't think the Yanks would be able to go to
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Baltimore and and and I would say dominate in a sense. Even they lost
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yesterday, they finally won a series. I didn't see that about a week
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ago. Is this baseball? Or what did they change up both teams to
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get into the groove they have heading the All Star break, I think the
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Mets found a lot of belief and a lot of the players. I think
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the offense looked good there. Starting rotation has been ben but its own break.
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Their bullpen's been a wreck, but they've gone some big out so,
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like I think the Mets are just their runs are performing to begin the year,
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so I think there was some correction on that, and then they've gone
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some excellent performances. And the likes of the Antils like Ose Glaciers, like
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guys who wouldn't expect before season started, which helps when Door has been pretty
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solid, Nemo has been great, have Alpas his goos. Whenever he plays,
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they seem to win. So it's like a lot of good stuff clicking.
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When the Yankees, I'm not fully satisfied because I was surprised they won
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the series too, But that's the point that you have to finish the job
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and actually sweep the team, especially to get first place and like have the
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season series be tied. Like the first two games are really good. I
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think you just got good pitching and you've got timely hitting, and the Orioles,
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let's be honest, they're not playing too good either, and they got
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lucky to even win one game. They got swept by the Cops. So
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I mean the Yankees got lucky at the Orioles kind of went through it at
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the same time. Now, of all the rumors going around, what is
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what is solid? What is just rumor? What? What do you see
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going down at the deadline? Are the who theanks? Who are the inks
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in line for in the running for Okay, I'm trying to process all this.
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I think, like, I think Tanner's got to real it's the target,
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but the problem is there's a bunch of people going for him. But
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I think that's the guy they should try to pick up for the bullpen.
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And then I think Carlos Sevens from the Angels, another reliever lines up.
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I think they might want to get what wes from Fingo with him two maybe
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a little bit of tornament and Fingo like he does something as well, but
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I don't know how sustainable it is. But they too need a better option
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at their base, so I wouldn't be opposed to that one. Maybe maybe
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Jack Flaherty from the Tigers if they want extra starter, that would be a
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nice little deal potentially, So that's what I would say. I mean,
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they need at least like two bullpen arms, hopefully infields are maybe a starting
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pitcher? All right, Julian, I know you are a frustrated fan,
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and I know that that frustration bleeds into the Labor Torres camp as well.
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So are you hoping he goes to the deadline? Do you want him to
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shape up his contract year? Like? What are your thoughts on Labor?
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I think the Yankees gotta ride it out. I think they just gotta see
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if he can get it together in the second because he's a good hitter.
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When he's on point, he is an extremely helpful part of this team.
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Can we say that absolutely? And it's all a good sign if I'm like
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starting a hill with better of these past few games too, I thought he
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always says decently, came to the yards, he has some hits against the
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race. I think he definitely will be a lot better in the second half.
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I think there's zero purpose in trading him because there's two reasons why I
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wouldn't do it. The first one is that its value is gonna be terrible,
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Let's be honest about that to start. And then the second thing is
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that I don't want to create another hole making new position opening, because like,
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who's gonna play second base if you trade him? What about on the
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match? I like that we're having this balance competitions by both teams, so
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that you do cover both teams. And I see that you're with fan Nation
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and Latino Sports. I know you cover basically the ground of of yank Citium
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and city Field. So let's go with the Mets as well here. I
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don't I know people were knocking Tyrone Taylor, but he ends up being a
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good piece to this lineup. What changes would you make? I mean DJ
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Stewart is on and off? Is that is a DH spot at so a
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weak spot for them? No? Because they got J D. Martinez,
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So I don't know, yes, Martin for them. I think that the
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line is basically fine if you want to add it that maybe in the I
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guess outfield. The infield seems a little bit full, unlest they want to
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try to like do something that second with Jeff McNeil because he hasn't been great.
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I think that they need bullpen help. The men's need bullpen help,
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bullpen help and more bullpen help, and maybe a starting pitcher, but I
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don't know if they necessarily need it. And is retiring, but bull Pen
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is their main co All right, Now you mentioned JD Martinez. Here's a
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guy that came up a little later, but from injury and everything like that.
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But he's provided the spark that I don't think, you know, Met
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fans were expecting because he's a little older. Right, So what goes into
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that that magic of JD MARTINZ? What has he changed for JD? Is
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so good? I mean the team really rallies around JD too, Like he
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has them take extra meetings, like he's working with all the guys hitters like.
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So, JD's been a big leader of mensa over the Mets, and
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you know, he's very professional, is at bats, doesn't get cheated,
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doesn't take it bad at bat, always quality with him. Even though he's
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thirty seven, he's still getting the jobs on he's saying. Well, So
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he's another anchor for that Mets team and the clubhouse is really rallying around those
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guys. The leaders of the team with the Lindors and Martinez is it's everything
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is something operate and the fact that they have a third wildcard spot after being
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eleven games under five hundred. Who would have thought, right, yeah,
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no, that is so true. I mean they are. They are in
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the thick of this now after all of that, And of course the host
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Glacious. Ever known an active player to put out a song mid season,
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I've never seen that before. That was the first. I absolutely love that
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story. And he's a good guy too. I spoke to him a little
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bit. I know there's artists that have made songs before that play baseball and
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other sports, but like, I can't think of something quite like the post
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game constant that actually had results like that. Uh yeah, it was really
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cool. I wish I was there for that one with a fun day,
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but I saw all the videos and the stadium was going nuts. Good times
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in Queens right now, Yankees ends on a sort of good note. But
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in the last game, just like in twenty twenty one when the Yankees got
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walked off against the Astros and they were up like six to two night inning
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going into the second half. Well, let me let me ask you this,
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Julian, because you've also seen a couple guys make their rehab starts in
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uh in Summerset, right, Garrett Cole made his way down there to rehab
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and DJ You am I wrong to say they might have brought Garrett a little
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too soon? Or did you think when you saw him in summer set?
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Okay, he looks ready. What were your thoughts on all that? And
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DJ? Two, I want to ask you about him as well. Okay,
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Garrett, I I think they could have maybe did one more rehab,
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but when they sent him out of Triple A, he was looking good at
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get like ten K's and around five innings, I was like, all right,
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I mean, I guess that works. I mean it's not the same
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obviously to what three rehabs starts to, because maybe to four. I saw
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you definitely saw some rough Pactice in the beginning against Baltimore the first time the
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Mets got him really good. Austin wasn't great, but you saw, look
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Gerrett gold can do against Toronto. He saw he could do against the Oriols
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this weekend. So I think everything's fine. Now it counts like where it
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should be. So I guess it was all good. Maybe they could have
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do one more, but I don't think it's too bad. And then DJ,
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I mean, look, DJ is finally finding his swing. But that
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was a guy who had to go through this rehabbing as well. And when
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he first got called, you know, first got back in the majors that
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we're so excited. He has struggled since he came back up, but the
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signs are there. I mean the fact he's going the opposite way with that
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baseball in the batter's box. You know, hitting the opposite way for him
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is a big part of his game. Yeah, it is, But I
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don't really I'll be honest with you, and he might know already, but
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I don't share the same optimism you do with Djo and Mayhew. I think
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the Yankees really need to find at their basement quickly. I'm just not sold
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on anything with him anymore, and his powers now existing, I think his
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better days are well behind him, honestly, really, all right, I
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want to talk about the other JD because I gotta be honest, and yeah,
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I think I voiced this maybe on X or whatever, But I know
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that Trent Grisham in the lineup kind of irks me sometimes because it feels like
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he's not conjuring as much as he could or whatever. He's just struggling a
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lot of the time. Yeah, he has his highlights, but he's struggling
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a lot. Why aren't they playing guys like Waldo and even you know,
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you get JD. Davis and he sitting on the bench. I mean,
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why not give him a few at bets as well. Well, there's a
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couple of things here I would say. First of all, I think Grishiam's
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arrow is actually pointing out yesterday he basically put the team on his back.
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He's been hitting a lot better considering how bad he started the season. That
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one play against the Reds was awful. I don't know what the hell that
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was other than that, his defense has been great, it always is.
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His bat is pretty aggravating. I understand he takes a lot of pitches.
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Man, he really doesn't like swinging that much, so like that's another problem
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with him as well. But considering how poorly he started, I think he's
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actually been swinging the bad relatively well. And then what about playing waldollmore?
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Because I know that people want like Madison, I know there's Waldoll to play
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more. Nithan, our mutual friend Nithan, just play Waldomore. What are
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your thoughts on that? I was about to get to that, So I
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think, like, yeah, I'd like to see him more in DJ for
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sure. But the thing is, like, I don't know if he can
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just be your starring throw base. I don't know if it's seen enough on
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offense to just like Canton the keys the job fully, but I would like
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to see some more actions. JD. Davis went down to Summer Folis.
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Why I didn't see him this weekend, But I'm very aggravated the fact that
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they called Vivas and the only men use him like. I thought they could
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have gave him some shots out there, especially without bad we've been hitting,
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but that was just the holes of bench spot. I get, so there's
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that. But yeah, I mean, I'm alright with Walls though, but
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I need to see him hit a little bit better if he's gonna play like
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more. But with that being said, the attitude on him and then one
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DJ, yeah, I know, the stomach flu thing was really weird because
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you know, it was just an odd thing to go down with, but
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that's what it was. Now. In talking about Vivas, I know everybody
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was excited to see him play, you know, call him up. What's
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it like for you though, to get to know all these guys at the
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double A, triple A level. I mean, is there sort of a
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privilege you feel or pride you feel that you get to interview all these guys
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before they get called up. Yeah, I mean I do enjoy some of
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it. It hasn't been a fun ride, like saying that we could talk
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to some of the people before they go all the way up like the Rises
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of the World, the Hole Bees maingas well. But like, yeah,
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it's a little bit tough because, like you want the guys to get called
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up, take a while. Sometimes sometimes it doesn't happening. They get trade
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to other teams because now it's deadline season, so a lot of guys are
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gonna be going that we like. So it's gonna be a little bit tough,
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but we'll love to see what the returns bringing them. It's actually worth
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it. It's definitely been very hither the mess since last few trades headlines for
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sure, So a lot of stuff's gonna go down and hopefully it's the right
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moves to get them towards the World Series. Yeah, that's the thing.
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Everybody still says Cash should be fired and Boone should be fired. But I
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mean, what are your thoughts on that. I am not in that camp.
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I think we gotta let the season play out. What are your thoughts
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of the thoughts I need to see something different super sooner around away. They're
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like, yeah, let it go now, don't do anything right now,
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But like I want to see the team needs to make the World Series in
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the minimum but not win it. And I can't see another early playoff exit.
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And it's the same with all like get into the al Yes, does
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nothing for me at this point? Well right, and to me, the
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only thing I would say, as I mentioned before, I know Grisham was
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picking up with that was a week spot which frustrated me. But you know,
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if he can produce, that's all we want. We want these guys
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to keep hitting and whatnot. Julian, who was your favorite interview You've done
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this whole first part of the season. First part of the season. I
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did just talk with Dustin Brown, Who's gonna get drafted. He's Kevin Brown's
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son, So I'll just give you that one. Well, I was gonna
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ask you about the draft because now you got a whole new selection to cover
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down in the miners. Who is the best draft pick? Lass? You
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know? Over on Sunday night for the Yankees, I just was looking at
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some of the stuff. I think Cunningham was maybe a better pick than has.
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I was a little surprised with S. I think Cass will be all
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right. Probably felt like it was the word the twenty six pick. Like
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I'm not going to be an expert and say like, definitely not, but
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like I was a little surprised. I thought they'd look towards third base maybe
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even though some reports came out they wanted a lot of pictures. But I
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think both guys have high upside. Though apparently they could both be like two
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to three stars if everything goes well. So we'll see how that looks.
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I think they want to replace some pitching, the pitching and the system taking
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a little bit of behay recently, so I understand it from that standpoint.
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But to me, like and I think you're gonna groo me too, and
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we're talking about it's team desperately needs a future third basement. They have no
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answer for someone to play third base going forward. Yeah, that third base
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slot is going to be, uh, you know, a competition everyone.
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Now, you mentioned college and I just remember this. You were down at
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the SEC Tournament for that crazy game, right if I'm not miss taken,
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tell us about your time covering the SEC tournament this year. I covered ACC
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and Charlie acc that's right, Sorry about that. Yeah, no, so
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the crazy game I le so I can edit it cleanly, okay in three
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two one Now, Julian, Now, I asked you your favorite interview,
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but the favorite game you covered might not have been from the Major League Baseball
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right you got to cover the a SEC tournament this past spring. Yeah,
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I think the favorite game I covered this year was probably UNC versus Wake Forest.
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I saw Chase Burns throw six show scoreless, came up maybe one run
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actually, but like fourteen k's my one run of fifteen k's. But regardless
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of the point, he got the second overall by the Reds last night and
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for good reason. And then there was a battle North Carolina xtraining some North
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Carolina came back and after being down for nothing, then wake Forest ties in
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the night and then wake Forest an extra. So it was a crazy game.
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This guy Nick Cruin who was picked by the eight's fourth overall, and
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like a big home run and a big double, so all the big players
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ended up playing really well with Dan Suny from North North Carolina. So that's
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why it was a really special game, Like you got a marquee matchup with
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like the top end talent playing really well and it was for the best game
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by far. Now in your college coverage, But is that always fun to
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see these guys perform and then get called up? I mean, do you
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ever maintain connections with them after get called up. I've never had a guy
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go I knew in college, like go all the way through. Like most
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times, it's been like I'll meet them after they get drafted. I never
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religiously followed someone's college career like all the way through. But that will change
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this yere. But we'll we'll see how long it takes these guys, because
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like it's gonna be a little bit probably, but on everyone's skiings so love
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to see. However, that is amazing your thoughts on Skiens getting in there.
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He's a rookie, he hasn't played the amount of time. I mean,
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is the exception to be made, though, I feel like it is
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for him to be in the Alcar game tomorrow night. I actually thought they
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handled this great. I'm really surprised he ends up getting a nomination. I
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didn't think they were gonna. I thought they were too dumb to do it.
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So they actually got out of their own way. They made the right
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decision that would everyone know early. I think it's good for the game.
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The game needs starts just exactly what he is, and we're gonna get to
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see him try to mow down the best hitters on the planet with like one
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hundred mile an hour stuff, and it's gonna be great. I think he's
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only gonna throw anything probably, I would guess maybe too if the person's really
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light. But it's gonna be special to see him pitch and guys of the
24:48
unique talent, and I think he deserves all of And honestly, he's a
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rookie that's hit no hit a couple of teams here through seven. Now that's
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the big part through seven. Why are they taking out early? I mean,
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is there a lot of babying going on that you are pissed up it
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as a baseball fan, Yeah, there is a little bit. I would
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have liked to see him go get it too. I mean, I guess
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they say he'll have plenty of chances to get more. I mean, I
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guess he probably will, but it's like he'll be had ninety nine like they
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could. But the thing is like, if they decided to go a little
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bit, they probably would have had to go like all the way. So
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maybe they just didn't want to like put themselves in that position to like have
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to pick a weird number. By the way, people are so excited about
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Skins, judge, or aren't you. I'm excited to see that matchup.
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I think it's gonna happen the first thing tomorrow. But I'm not mistaken.
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You know it should happened. I'm sorry for it. Maybe so of those
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schemes too, that'll be interesting as well. Skeens is really incredible. I'd
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like to see him pitch live two. I've never about to see anything from
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him. Guy's electure splinker like he's got a million pitches shrugs out about the
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eleven Brewers the other day with seven to zero innings as a robot. I'm
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excited to see what he's gonna do. Yeah. Sometimes LSU doesn't miss with
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their talent, that's for sure. I mean, luk Wels came out of
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that college organization one Joe Burrow, right, so they don't miss with their
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Now their football is ridiculous. Their baseball's getting pretty good too, Honestly,
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I'm very Now here's a good question for you. So you want the Yankees
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to take a shot at Tommy Tags. So you you know more about the
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draft than I do. I just followed from the journalists perspective, but you
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know, I always think it's amazing how they're able to draft and then you
26:36
know, guys do make make it to the bigs. But I haven't followed
26:41
that closely. But tell me, tell us more about Tommy Tanks. He's
26:44
a big power hitter. He's really not a third basement per se. He's
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probably more of a first basement of the h which might even start of the
26:52
problem. But Tommy Tanks is a great hitter, and he has like a
26:55
bunch of home run records. Now let's he's and he actually hits for average
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well, so I don't think it's k rates so bad, and I think
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he walks a decent amount. But like I guess, we'll see how it
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translated and at the next level as he goes up. I felt like this
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College World series, this whole playoffs thing with the College World was most watched.
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I mean a lot of people were watching this, more so them before.
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What what do you think the change has been to get more people involved
27:22
with college baseball. I think they're showing it more they'll give you more options
27:26
to watch it, which is good, Like you can stream a lot of
27:30
the games on your phone. Like back in the day, there was no
27:33
coverage of like the other games. I just remember like College World Series.
27:37
Maybe they did like Super Regionals, but they never did regional coverage. But
27:41
now you can watch all them on your phone ESPN plus. I think people
27:45
are getting more excited. I think there's two things. I think it's because
27:49
you've got the correlation of the prospects, probably more in the minors. People
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are playing way more attention to that. And with that, people want to
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know like how they're getting there from college and like high school and all that.
28:00
So like that's like making people watch college more to see like who the
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the prospects are going to be. Yeah, it's it's and especially for me
28:11
with Saint John's a half mile from my queen's home, you know, seeing
28:15
them go far and then the go to some of the I'm guessing you went
28:19
to some of the baseball games. I wish. I was actually in Port
28:23
Washington most of the the spring, you know, working like a hospitalized in
28:27
May, so it was a little bit of a challenge. But I'm trying
28:32
to strike up a connection with them, because you know, there are sort
28:33
of a hometown baseball team and to see them do well. I don't know
28:37
if you saw. I did the play life play a little bit when they
28:40
were down in uh in Virginia because I felt no one else could listen to
28:42
this, so let me do a little bit. I tag one of the
28:47
guys and now I got a Saint John's baseball guy followed me, So there
28:49
you go. It just it happens like that. Yeah, I want to
28:55
check out some John's ball to next year, maybe in Rutgers. Like Rutgers
28:59
wasn't great, but they have all right players, so I want to see
29:03
some more local college ball. For sure, it was Ruvera Johggies because we've
29:07
been a local team. Like I wish we could get a super regional regional
29:11
peers and how that's never going to happen because like to be like a top
29:14
sixteen team to get that, we just don't have the animal a peer.
29:17
I mean, that'd be great. I think City Feel will be a great
29:18
venue or Yankee Stadium to do something like that, you know, that would
29:22
be kind of special. But that being said, I want to sort of
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wrap with a couple more questions here. Yeah, firstly, is one sort
29:30
of the culture change that I thought he was going to be in April after
29:34
you made that incredible throw to nail down, you know, at third and
29:38
all that on opening Day or home? Rather, is he the culture change
29:42
that we thought or what I feel like his second part of the first half
29:47
of the season has been, you know, since the Artist's Forum, a
29:49
little a little slower. But what are your thoughts on him? Is he
29:52
a culture change with his team? That's actually a very good question. Like
29:56
I'm torn, I'm going to wrestle with this. I'm going to give you
30:00
two sides to the snake gear. But like I would say, I wanted
30:04
to say yes in the beginning and I was fully on blurred with that,
30:10
And the second half of this beginning hasn't been in this goal. But he's
30:14
still getting into He's still Homer. The other night, I know we won
30:18
that game six to one, but like I think it's tough to say it's
30:22
fully change the culture because of all the stuff we just still happened as bad
30:26
stretch, Like I thought that was something we would get away from. But
30:29
I'm not going to fully put it on him. But like there's issues with
30:32
the team that go way deeper than him, Like I'm not sold them,
30:36
like the structure of how they do things still, and like you see the
30:40
pitching problem was there's nothing to do with him, and then the injury bove
30:44
that continues to go over the team, and you have all these guys injuring
30:47
the minors that no one even fully knows about. So I don't know.
30:51
I can't say it's fully changed it, but I think he makes the team
30:53
a lot better, if that's we'll say. You wish this team was the
30:57
first pitch hitting team that the other Christmas I have heard of this team that
31:00
if I'm hitting in the first picture taking their pictures, you know, the
31:03
nineties teams are able to ground down all these pictures. But is this a
31:07
different game where they have to swing it that first pitch. Sometimes I don't
31:11
hate this first pitch hacking, but like again, like I need people who
31:14
are more selective as well. The nineties teams they wore you down. The
31:18
early two thousands team soons in a win, but those guys walked a lot
31:21
too. I remember watching the guys grind and be a bat like the Giomis
31:26
and the shares of the world, never really swarming a pitch the ain't like
31:30
and that's you see what wants so it as well. I think if you're
31:34
on the lower half of the batting order, you should be looking to jump
31:37
the first pitch is more probably And on that note, uh, who will
31:45
lead off in the second part of the season is going to go back to
31:48
Bolpi? Is it going to be for Dugo? What are they gonna do?
31:52
That's the problem as well, And I think they need to address that
31:53
turn a trade deadline because I don't see anyone on this roster it's actually earned
31:59
the right off. I mean ben Rice has been solid, but you don't
32:02
put up probably not really honestly, he's probably better in the middle of the
32:07
lower part of the order, within the five if you actually Ben Rice is
32:10
hitting like in the six or seven hole, like that's why better way you're
32:14
seeing Now. This is no discredit disrespect to him, but he's a rookie.
32:16
You've been he's hitting first, it's hitting four, Like what are we
32:20
doing out here? Like we need standing back? Like this isn't how it
32:22
should be, all right, And on a person of your goals as a
32:29
journalist, this entire rest of the season. Any big names you want to
32:32
land to interview, either through your podcast or blog you're writing. What's your
32:37
goals for the second part of the season, Yeah, I mean I want
32:42
to get some more rain content on, some work to do later today and
32:47
then like, yeah, interviews, like sure, yeah, I don't know
32:51
the exact people right now, but like I definitely want to try to get
32:54
some decent names for the show and all that, see what we could do.
32:58
But like we'll see how that goes. I don't really happen anything to
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reveal right now. All right, well, we'll keep our eyes keep both
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your Twitter and your Instagram. On X you are mister Julian Guillardi g U
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I L A R T E one and on on Instagram it's eleven, right,
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Julian gard eleven. All right, Well, thanks again for your time
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as always, and let's catch back up in September when the call ups.
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So maybe to know some of the guys they're gonna make the forty man roster.
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Yeah, bro, I mean, I'm always down. Uh, I'll
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share it when it comes down all that. Thanks for having me on.
33:37
I appreciate you, and hopefully I can play a second half a lot better.
33:42
I came yesterday off, but know what are you gonna do? Live
33:46
to see another day? That's all. Now, hopefully you and I get
33:50
to see each other at the stadium this summer. We got a whole have
33:52
to go, so let's let's link up this year. Yeah, let me
33:54
know, Well, you know what games I go, So I haven't been
33:57
going after as much so being a little bit busy by h when they try
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to do more in the second half. We'll see Julian Gallardi on the Alex
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Gartt Podcast Network. Thanks again, Julian, thank you. Have a good one.