Aaron Boone Breaks Down the Yankees Wild Card Plan | 1415

Today is September 23rd and the Yankees are not winning the division We talked with Aaron Boone all about preparing for the postseason. Let's talk Yanks Hello and welcome to talking Yanks, thank you very much for joining us today. My name is Jimmy. His name is Jake BBD producing Aaron Boone will be joining fanatic sports and casino Presenting and it's my parents 42nd wedding anniversary. So happy anniversary to them Jake we chat with Aaron Boone all about the mindset of just preparing now because the vision not one James Davis everyone tuning in. Yes, the Rays won the division at Yankee Stadium. Not a great feeling And yeah, our our fate that we thought was our fate is our fate. This is our Odyssey you know, we tried to fight it for a little bit and And we're gonna wake up next week and hopefully Calypso stops feeding us that flower and we sober up and we beat the hell out of the Red Sox or whoever shows up at the stadium, so Here we are and it's a it's fine-tuning season, which we didn't get last year Jim We did not get that last year Calypso feeding Otis Otis is the Lotus the Lotus flower the Lotus flower. Yes Yeah, we asked Boone about What does he do now that he has five games to prepare are they gonna try other people at third base Are they gonna try the you know was Warren gonna be in the bullpen what relievers are gonna get action Are the starters gonna pitch in games just to get you know healthy What does he have locked up in his brain or how many questions are open and that's that's the conversation I also asked about the bunt defense So you'll see you will see you'll see is more aggressive. You'll see Yeah, you'll see is aggressive. It's also a little more confident. We'll see. It's all a little more like I have a plan Well, that's cuz I know that's I know and I don't yeah, but he should mix that in every now and then Like, you know, will this happen like you'll see cuz that at least I at least yeah feel like oh he knows We as we're in it together. Yeah, you'll see is we're not we'll see means I don't know either man We're all just floating say yeah, like I might be a you'll see guy This episode is sponsored by SeatGeek the Yankees and MLB are getting ready for the playoffs plus the NFL is back in NBA season is rapidly approaching one app handles it all it's SeatGeek with over 35 million downloads SeatGeek is the number one rated ticketing app more than 70,000 events sports concerts festivals everything and SeatGeek is MLB's official ticket marketplace So Yankees tickets are fully guaranteed and instantly fulfilled Every ticket backed by their buyer guarantee and rated 1 to 10 So you always know where you stand and we have a code guys Yanks 2026 10% off your next set of MLB tickets at SeatGeek 10% off any MLB tickets with promo code Yanks 2026 click the link download the app have the code automatically added. Thank you SeatGeek Welcome back to banter and with Boone presented by T-Mobile happy frog week Aaron. How are you? I'm all right. How are you? Good, man. Yeah, we're doing good good weather's changed to fall Last night Fried had the mock neck on it felt it was fun to look at For the first half of the game, and then I was like yeah, yeah, I was out of it How about you Boone obviously things are? somewhat wrapped up Playoff wise for the Yankees you're gonna be the top wild-card team. You're gonna be hosting a team Odds are it's the Red Sox, but that's not official yet Obviously you want to win the division Pushing that disappointment aside. Is there any? kind of relief or Excitement that you have these next five games Free where you're not chasing something and you can set yourselves up However you want yeah, yeah, I mean obviously you want to win the division to get that by me, but Now that that's done like at least being able to you know use the next five days You know because there's some guys that can use a blow get off their feet a couple days. You know Obviously bullpen guys we can use them To get ready now for next week as opposed to you know Pushing them in some areas, so You know I think those parts are okay, and you know good about the next five days, but You know we also want to go play well, and you know hopefully we can do that and you know Maybe get some guys in different positions and things like that Yeah, last year it came down to like the final game he still had a chance to win it final game, so you didn't have this little window of Preparation I guess and you mentioned guys playing in different positions You had been asked and somewhat talked about third base a little bit will we see Volpe get some reps at third or jazz or anyone new Yeah, yeah, I'll probably I'll probably put both over there here at some point he's gonna probably do his work there, you know a little bit this week and Hopefully get him in a game there and see what that looks like just in talking to him. He felt comfortable with it down there So yeah something I'll probably look at what about Lombard we heard he looked great at third and triple-a. He's obviously ups and downs at shortstop He's been on a nice stretch recently is there. Do you want to see him anywhere else? No? I'll keep him at short, okay? Who was the other like better like rice? We would try to get him some reps at first base Yeah, I'll probably get Benny in at first a couple times You know, I got Caballero in the outfield just because he hasn't played a lot of outfield and he's He is good at it out there But you know with just depending on how our final roster is going in the postseason having that position Flexibility because you might find yourself where in the fifth inning sixth inning boom, you know, he's out there So, you know just want to be mindful of that kind of stuff here these final days Now you had said Rodin wasn't gonna start again in the regular season after his outing yesterday Will we see some of the starters have throw days, you know freed or Freed pitches today and whoever's gonna get game two It it kind of match up to that We might they might have a throw day in the middle like well We see any of these starters just get some innings against Baltimore. I doubt it I haven't gone through that part with the pitching group yet of how they want to handle You know, they're in between their next start so I'm not sure of that and I yeah What about Warren cuz I Warren it's been projected. He'd end up in a bullpen roll. He's supposedly as one He'd be lined up for Friday. Is it worth having him come out as like a Bulk guy opener timer. Yeah, I mean we'll talk about it, but he's scheduled to start Friday And that's kind of how I'm looking at it Okay you get a lot of guys racing to get healthy and obviously you love to see that with Trent with Stanton with Judge still vying to get in if you guys get deeper into the playoffs and he can is there part of you? That's like guys You're gonna make my job really hard if you're all healthy. We don't have the spots like well, I mean that sure that's possible Well, we'll take that though Yeah, Grishin Grishin John Carler are going over to Somerset today to get live at bats with the stay ready group You know and Aaron Boone and the stay ready group hmm, huh, so it's a good backing band name. Yeah You know judges gonna work to you know, the only I've ruled out with him is the is the regular season so, you know, we'll just You know see how he how he heals and where we're at As hopefully we we go into each round you didn't rule. I thought there was a quote yesterday About the wild card getting ruled out for judge or maybe it was just we have to prepare as if he's not Yeah was a sentiment that I think we're preparing is if not, but I'm not ruling now who gets the final vote Is it the medical staff is a judge is a you is it? I think the medical staff and and we'll see where he is as we hopefully, you know go into several different rounds and Clark Clark came out of the game. He felt sore didn't go for imaging is what the last update I remember is he fine when we see him getting some reps, so he's gonna he's gonna throw again today early And we'll get an idea like if he's not already if he's not available probably today, then we got to do something Okay, and the other guys weathers he's not gonna make it back for the regular season, but he's still Getting ready and preparing and he's not ruled out for the wild-card roster last I heard Yeah, I haven't ruled anything out there, but you know, he threw another side yesterday You know, he's up against the clock a little bit So we'll see and did Cruz throw it all we heard he was clear did okay. Yep, and he's doing well So he's had a touch and feel on on the mound his first bullpen, so He seems to be responding pretty well, but I don't have any Timeline on him either and just for my heart and this is a heart verse brain battle for me Look Iran. Hey, hmm came back from injury his first outing. He was averaged 100 on the fastball My brain says he's still recovering from injury. It would be ridiculous to rush him into a debut and then postseason Adrenaline but my heart says I want I want to see him throw a hundred. Is there any? Never know. Okay, so that's not That could be Something never know you never know. That's a big we'll see Popular popular line recently What about I feel like around the league and it like the Brewers clinched I know Mizorowski Well, it's a different same same but different but he threw like three innings the other day with with Cole Schlittler a couple of These guys what do you have a pitch number in mind or what? What will that look like? Yeah, I'll lean on the pitching group with for that like what we want to do You know in these starts what is our number ideally to try just set them up for success in their next one So I don't know what that is yet. I will kind of obviously Garrett goes tonight so, you know, that'll be something that Maddie and Desi and Preston and I kind of Obviously finalized before we go in tonight with but I'll lean on the pitching guys for that like in What's our number tonight and and I'll be pretty strict with that with such a platoon heavy Roster and so many options they were talking about this on the broadcast like on one side. It's great on the other side it leads to a lot of Second guessing from people you care don't care about if they second guess but it just leads to it because there's every night you have Options as this, you know as we go We're five games away from the postseason and I feel like fans think there's so much up in the air Do you feel like there's a lot up in the air of who's gonna be in there? For you in this wildcard series, or do you feel like you know on your end? You're like no, I I know, you know my option. No. No, I think it's fair I think it's it's a little day-to-day to me and it again. It doesn't always come down to left, right? like yes, that is this guy thing, but again every lefties different every righties different so It'll be game to game You know, there'll be some guys probably in there on in left on left situations But there'll be some guys that fall in the platoon because we have obviously those capable people You know ready and with Schumann going down For jazz, is he able to? Is there a timeline on him coming back up if you wanted him to be part of the wildcard roster? Oh, yeah, only if an injury, okay Make sense. Um, I I guess I'm jumping back positionally. Like is there anything else? I you know I know Ramos had some run in left field and Jones can move around like it is Are those guys gonna be in the mix to see just different positions because you you don't really know what a playoff series could Throw at you. Um, yeah, but I feel like they've done that though, you know Spencer since he's come up other than obviously the last You know Week two weeks, you know That's played a ton of left played a ton of right and kind of bounced around each and every day and did a really good job with that Same with Ramos and I think Rob Ramos has done a good job in the corners You know, he's and and I'm comfortable like if he's in left or if he's in right Now obviously with belly I like having him in left You know, so there's gonna be that scenario. I'm sure that presents itself at some point this Postseason where he could find himself in center on a given day or some given innings but generally speaking I think with You know with Spencer You know, it's somehow Caballero ended out there in a game or or Grish comes back into the fold. I got a fun one Let's Garcia at second get that Yankees Fanfiction going we'll say okay. I saw some fanfiction that was It's like judge DH rice first base Garcia second base Lombard short jazz third now you didn't say jazz was gonna slide around jazz is staying at second this year Yeah, we'll see. Yeah, that's kind of my plan. But okay, we'll see Okay, put your hat back on Meredith and Meredith and Jack Curry both hit a we'll see in unison yesterday. It's becoming a very fun you You've started like two memes. It's just we should just combine this like we'll see and then equals win well, the reason I say we'll see a lot I guess is because you know you get asked speculative questions and if You give give them a little bit which you do then it's like Who said this and it's like well, but there is a we'll see component to that. I get it You know, you want to talk we we defended a judge the other day because he was they asked him Schlittler MVP And he says essentially a throwaway line for him. He's like, well the pitchers, you know, they have their award And yeah, yeah, if sometimes if you get a little too much meat to chew on you can chew on it Especially this time of year. Yeah, that's yeah, that's fair. Thank you. Mm-hmm. 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Find out how baseball hits different with T-Mobile at T-Mobile dot com slash MLB Fastest based on analysis by Ucla of the speed test intelligence data of national speed score results 2h 2025 best based on analysis by Ucla of speed test intelligence data 2h 2025 The last couple games that game in Arizona and then last night The bunt is back Bunts are back in baseball for some teams Obviously the Rays or you're in the middle of a series right now but more than any other day have more bunt hits and sack Bunts than any other team 40 they have 49 on the year Milwaukee is second with 32 Yeah on that on that play. Is that I'm genuinely is that a Whatever is that a misread is jazz supposed to be covered first. Yeah, we got to be covered covered first Okay. Yes, and it's that's the play we work on because of the Rays all the time Yeah, like we do our bunt coverages We're prepared for safety squeeze and last night like we feel like that's a hundred percent Taylor walls in that situation is gonna put down a so our biggest thing is if we can defend it Tremendously and the bunts not perfect. You might have a chance at the plate But the biggest thing is let's let's get it out because if they execute that especially with speed on third It's tough play to defend but we need to get it out. So where's the breakdown there? Is it just you know communication within the infield? before that No, it's not before. It's just I think Jazz read it as right back to the pitcher and thought Garcia would slam on the brakes But we're playing that we're playing that aggressively. Yeah, because no, it's coming where Garcia's You know on the dead run. It's hard for him to slam on the brakes and get back So we got it. We got to cover that up with second base and In Arizona, obviously can't cam bobbled the bunt back to him but errors happen. There's that's not anything Yeah camps cam does a pretty good job Handling this position, you know, he's not max Uh-huh, or but you know, he does he does a good job there and yeah Yeah, it's a ball the other one in Arizona was a two-strike punt that kind of went behind the man Which obviously a two-strike punch a little more difficult because so that that was the one that Mac didn't get a good handle on it. If you if you watch how it happened That was Perdomo Cut kind of hit it high and on the turf. It kind of hit and Spun and checked so it's hard for him to get so we got his glove and then just couldn't get it out So, you know, that's a two-strike one that You know, he wasn't bunt on the prior two-strike one so he had a couple two-strike situations So that's just a kind of a good execution Tough play that we didn't get a handle on but yeah, and you're not gonna sell out for bunt defense on two strikes I don't mean there's certain situations certain guys that you go still might do it. So we're gonna honor it. There's a Relations, there's only been three successful this year. Yeah sacker hit bunts on two strikes I did have a former manager. Tell me that versus a Hall of Fame Yankee, he would switch to two-strike He would he would switch to bunt defense on two strikes because he felt like he got all of his hits Just tapping breaking balls down the line and I was yeah, that's fun Yes, I would say You know, one of the challenges with that Nowadays is just because the stuff is generally speaking You know so good that it's a little harder to You know When I was playing most of the guys I fit, you know, it wasn't Carrie Wood with two strikes It was oh, no, he was saying that the batter would bond He was like his hits are tappers because he's just to strike protecting. Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yes With McMahon last year he comes over you said it was like slipping into a warm bath at third base We've seen him make good plays, but we've seen a fair share of mishandles do you think you know and I know it's tough to speak on this because he's in the clubhouse, but is it do you find it's tethered to the offense or Is there anything to look at because it has not been the same level as last year. I think that's fair to say Yeah, but I think overall it's been good. I think I'm guessing the numbers would back that up But there's been a couple misplays no question, I don't think it's tethered to the offense Because I feel like he's a very confident defender But I will even the knowledge a couple misplays of late That that our place he normally nails down for you in your brain He's still your best third baseman end of a game your best third baseman with freed on the mound who induces grounders to third Oh, yeah, but I have it like I think Caballero is really good over there. So to You made a couple nice plays in game one yesterday. Yeah, Caballero is really good at third so But you know as is Mac and and I feel like I feel like Rosie's played a good third his lap this last month But the you know four or five times he's probably been over there in the last month, you know I feel like it's been solid which has been good to see because I feel like he went through a little stretch where you know He struggled a little bit I've been encouraged with his and you know, his pregame stuff has been really good to his Tough stretch at third a lot of the balls were double play opportunities that it felt like he got ahead of the first play You know, there was a I remember doing a video. Yeah, he gets going fast out there sometimes. Yeah But he's got arm strength He's got athleticism And I feel like if you watch him over the last again Try four or five starts feel like he's done a nice job over there It talked about the double play on the broadcast yesterday And I've been talking about it a lot all year because the first part of the year was lots of double plays happening And I think it was O'Neill talked about how well with Lombard's range and his arm strength He's playing deeper and him and jazz now have the ability to just turn so many Double plays like the double play has been a big part of the Yankees game this last two weeks or so obviously will Warren used to bond max freed even Rodon got a couple is it feel you know, it's almost feels like a Party trick like, you know get a runner on first I almost get excited of like we're gonna we're gonna turn to on your ass instead of being worried about it I feel we're very capable. Yes We've got to play at that level though, you know all the time so we have Guys that are capable of turning really good ones and and the routine but we got it. We got to handle the routine There's there is one pitcher as we were trying to do the dance with you on the way through that You know arguably had one of the best pitching not the pitching performance of the year yesterday. I mean Carlos Rodon Drops it on the table. My goodness What? I'm trying to find the right way to phrase this without Ghana. We'll see I for the playoffs, we obviously have a lot of starting pitchers is Like well Rodon be looking to come out of the bullpen and in a wild-card round. I don't know We will say yeah, I bet definitely. That's fair. I bet again. We can ask it again Boone and Some ways, you know, obviously last night kind of ended the chase a little bit and now it's about Getting lined up and doing what we think's best. So the good thing is like Man, I feel like Carlos is in a good place and man. He threw the heck out of the ball yesterday You know, so got a ton of confidence with where he's at and you know, I knew I knew this last time coming back Obviously we had to still build him up when he got to us But I knew physically he was probably in the best place. He'd been all year even going back to spring training You know, that's what the pitching guys were telling me They really liked where he's at and that's played out like he looks looks good and the strike throwing over the last couple's gotten really good where that's been the one little bit of bugaboo for him this Year because the results have been excellent, you know, he's had that sub three most of the year I feel like you know, but he has had some deeper counts and walks that have kept him from you know Getting deeper in the games and then yesterday the strike throwing was great. The stuff was great You know the profile in the heater all day was really good He was kind of sitting in that 94 range But then had 97 98 in the tank to when he needed it the change up in the slider been good So Lowe's is throwing the ball. Well, man, it's good to see if you're up for it. What we can do is Started like a whisper campaign and I'll ask you who do you think starting the wild card and you just give the wrong answer and Then we'll post that clip and and geo locate it just to the greater Boston area and they'll prepare for the wrong pitchers Yeah Well, all right, if you think about it just we can always you know, fire the cameras up Yeah, you know, that's like the Patriot way you see them with their audience right now Okay, we'll put it there too. Yeah, you know We can do that. Yeah, Chicago just in case I don't know. What else you got Jimbo. I feel like we did a lot of like news You know, it's an interesting area of the season prepare I Don't know What do you got Boone? What's what's one thing that uh, is there like a checklist? How do you guys approach these five days? Is it like a great regrouping amongst the coaches like okay now Do you have a does someone have a calendar ready? Now it's the reset calendar or you know as an understanding a Little bit like like our pitching group will now start to really map some things out So I'll lean on them even more heavily than I already do as far as okay, who do we want to prioritize? today like in the bullpen like You know, are we staying away and probably being a little more disciplined on certain days to staying away? But I'm sure they're gonna want these guys throwing Somewhat regularly, but really more controlled than obviously Not pushing guys too much. So trying to keep that sharpness and Obviously, it's big league game So there's the competitive edge that comes with coming in that wanting to perform and wanting to win the game but you know our job and making sure that you know Physically, it's putting them in a good spot Heading in the next week Okay, I asked you beforehand. You said you like Kermit the frog. What do you like about Kermit? Is it just his general presence? Is it the iconic Ness? He's got some sense of humor to him I guess what attracted you to Kermit? Well, I guess iconic. Okay, well sets of humor Garrett Cole voice When when Cole's riled up He gets lonely he gets a little croaky we have a unique voice no doubt I wouldn't say Kermit That's your ace Carlos Legrande hasn't pitched since that first outing. So now I feel like I'm deflated my hopeful bubble Yeah, but he's in Somerset. He's scheduled for a live today. He's with the stay ready group Yeah, who else is part of that Who else is in the stay ready ensemble? I don't have a full list. We'll see. Come on Well, we got Stanton Trent Stan the trainer going down there. Come on. Hey, what about Weathers? Is he part of the stay ready group? Well, he's with us right now. Okay cruise But JC JC will be up with us as I'm taxi today Is minor league baseball over pan or Della Cruz, I mean Della Santos Yeah Triple A's over I'd like an invite to that next year. I know we don't ask for a lot of requests, but I'd like to stay ready Well, Jake could be like the driving range. He could just be running around the outfield as target practice for the BP session With your frog outfit. Yeah leaping hopping. Yeah, you're getting it. Okay Binding contract. All right Thanks booty. I think that's it. Appreciate you. Yeah. 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I don't know I'm also I I obviously wasn't gonna there's nothing to escalate at this point of the season where we're in it But like, you know what? Okay, if if Volpe has one good game at third base and we're facing a lefty starter Does that mean he's the starting third baseman in a playoff series like against the left? You think so? And if he has one bad game, I think it's for them It's gonna be way less about what happens in the game, but he said he's gonna be working out at third this week Yeah, so a lot more. How does he look there and all that stuff? I Did have a little tick of optimism and now I am hunting for it right now with judge being out that just it just you know, I believe they can win they had a whole stretch against the NL teams after the all-star break where they They won without judge and without even hitting at all But my little uptick was last year they didn't have this window to prepare and they had to play until 162 and throw their best relievers and they lost the first wild-card game Which means they have to go three You don't want to go three because that means you burned all three starters, which means the first two games you know, it was Hill and then Then they went back to freed I guess but you you know Bad as you think last year was bad cuz I was back his heel was done was a drop-off and he was done where wrote on Pitching the best having four starters does help them in the wild-card and having a chance But you still want to win it in to get an off day for your relievers Not you know, cuz that's the other thing the relievers were Pitching a lot in that wild-card last year yeah and that's I don't know as everyone starts to daydream and If you're a someone who follows ball around the league like Sandy Alcantara got a save on his throw day The Yankees and how they're going to navigate Whoever they play in the wild-card probably Boston. It's gonna be interesting if you start thinking about how are they? How do they sneak Rosario and at bat because that's probably his role if he's on the team How would they handle a game one? Like is that and is that their best opportunity to throw road on and you you know and that would still have him okay to go for a game one of a post it like there are a lot of Fun ways to go about this with just a reminder Use those fun exercises to distract yourself from the hell that is a three-game play out wild-card play. Let's do that fun exercise Okay, we have that Website that BBD made for us to play around So let put all four starters on there for now, right yes, they have to be an option yeah And Warren too, so put Warren on there as well. Yeah, well he's our third or Their fourth best guy as a bullpen option right now, so Bednar Hedrick Blackburn and there's on Hedrick's on Blackburn's on Tim Hill will be on I think so Clark we don't know we don't know I would pause there for a second yet He seemed hesitant on that I would I would I would come back seems like in the next 48 hours You might have a better idea about Clark again. How many pitchers did they bring last year? I think I believe in the past or last year in the wild card. They had 15 position players 11 pitchers I think that's been kind of the norm and how many do we have here in nine right? Yeah, I mean Stryber and Fulmer probably remember that one game feel pretty confident about Shriver I think Shriver's got him. Maybe not for maybe RB over. I don't pause pause on there We'll have at least one more member Chevy Chevy. He is nasty Sent him yeah, okay, let's go put Wells at catcher. Yeah pause LGJ Garcia rice at first base Goldie really Goldie at first base Yeah, Ben Rice at DH second base jazz Lombard at short jazz at second do Volpe Yeah, do that for now and do Caballero at third with McManus Yeah, just to lay out Jones in center field belly and left field Ramos and right field Rosario Beyond the T. Yeah We have Dominguez. I think he's gonna be on the team as a pinch runner a wisdom as a right no Schumann Fine injury, so we keep him off for now. Yeah, no judge. No Schumann. No Trent, so we need one Stanton I mean we need one catcher and one pitcher Ali Sanchez You'd assume it is We did have a JCS guard discussion and hey kind of don't care for the purposes of this Last year they took 12 pitchers Two catchers for infielders for outfielders and for utility. I mean honestly as I look at this it's Clark if he's healthy and Then if not, it's Yarborough just to eat a game if it goes awry, right? I mean or Fulmer But I'm saying like Yarborough you can throw 60 and not feel like you're killing a guy's career When I yeah, yeah when I thought about like what they might like Fulmer more than we think they like fool I don't know. They've been giving him looks in spots when I think about Yarby getting mop-up time which he is good for that role and I think in a like CS or on the table, but like how you're gonna be more desperate in wild card situation and you have Rodan and Warren on the team already to be kind of length guy should also look at Handedness of the Red Sox and all that like they're mostly righty on their their bench is all righty They have three lefties and three switch hitters. Yeah, they're they're pretty balanced, but as far as like Pinch-hitting and stuff. Yeah, they like their verse left platoon lineup our guy Jamie Jones Yeah IKF buckle up people who's uh, let's say the They get ready with me crew baseball edition stands good traject bang is It I don't know if I'm ready for that Rosario Yeah But Dominguez Dominguez Dominguez or Rosario But uh, oh it's almost it's Rosario because if stands on there you need Dominguez more like you need to pick a runner With Stan comes a pinch runner. Yeah It's like one guaranteed spot. You earn a pinch runner Yeah Or want to save one? Trent I Just those three third baseman. You don't need that. Like I don't see McMahon McMahon and Rosario Especially if they're testing Volpe on a third and they like it right is really the caviar is also your backup. Yeah caviar We could put and I get sure but I'm saying if Volpe moves over If they like Volpe there and jazz is gonna start there I Guess it's effectively same cousin Essentially put there. Well, I know he'd be viewed as a he's or outfield like he'd be viewed as he's everywhere Yeah, there could we could have a util spot on this page and he would be the guy Well, and we put Rosario there even though he's not Yeah You like this Yeah, so we got Wells Yeah Who's gonna be game one for the Red Sox do they know so that's what I'm looking at right now it looks like Sonny's supposed to pitch today Suarez tomorrow. So I'm guessing totally Sonny Suarez That's what people I saw people predicting which I think that's how it's which by the way We should do this because we all kind of just did uh, all right. Are the Yankees going all game one? It looks like hole Schlittler We'll see. I don't know if people are ready for is it is it Fried Schlittler? I don't think it's Fried Schiller The way it's laid out, right? I couldn't use the off day to lay it out. I think the Red Sox are good against lefties That's what I read Yesterday that way the way they've currently like space it it would line up for Cole Schlittler games one and two with an extra day of rest and they've in the past done an extra day of rest before playoffs start for guys when they can and I think we've laid it out, but there is a there's a Well, I guess what gets more interesting. There's a wild-card theory You save your best starter for game two because that's either a clinch or eliminating game I guess what also gets interesting with the Yankees is you know, you don't have the if you advance that but if you Do have the if you advance that I guess you're delaying Schlittler by a day potentially I believe if he's game two and I've counted right he'd be available to do games two and five So you'd still get him twice in the DS But it is it is potentially delaying starters. Yeah, it's interesting and I don't if you do game one are they Max and I were trying to do this yesterday. I don't remember if you do if you do game one I don't remember if there's enough time for them to be ready for game one I Don't think so. I think there's like a game missing there that yes, but game two is still fine to do game two with the extra off day, right Let me look at this Red Sox as a team Since the break extra off day their offense has slowed down pretty hard this month Since the break as a team and this is like everyone I'd rather Do this and delete players that aren't on the playoff roster, which we'll do later 229 batting average 311 on base percentage 395 slug that's against the lefty starters against righty starters since the break 258 batting average 336 432 slug so better versus righty since the break could be freed game one, but Reed Is on a pitch count still but has been floating through it Cole's on a pitch count to but floating through it. I think Cole's on a Permanent governor That's for this season. Yes. Yes for this season where McFreed might still be that's not it. It's 97 pitches. Yeah. Yeah and Call doesn't break 90 He's raised. I don't think they let him throw a 96 pitch. He's probably thrown 70 today Yeah, but part of the strategy of having Schlittler behind him is you maybe can be more aggressive behind We start happening or whatever gonna trust 7 no matter what Cole emptied the tank challenge Let me uh whoo All right, we can end the show, but I'm I'm now interested if I just do like the guys on the Red Sox that will play right How they fare? They love to guys which is tricky Yes Yeah, you want to do it against starting pitchers too, right? Because then it takes away the scrub relievers that come in But I'll get this to you next step. I guess or in the in the preview if This comes to fruition right which it looks like it will maybe you'll be inspired man, and we'll make a short app Yeah, get out this will get out there some way yes, all right. Thank you guys very much Tuning in enjoy five games of preparation hmm. Tell me what you're checking off Yeah, Oh Yanks Tell him grams Oh Yankees