How the Yankees Can WIN the 2026 World Series | Offseason Overview

How the Yankees Can WIN the 2026 World Series | Offseason Overview

What is up everyone? My name is Ryan Garcia and this is Fireside Yankees. But we’ve got a really fun and awesome awesome panel here of not just smart baseball people. Very smart Yankees people who we I think are going to have a great conversation with the offseason outlook. I’ve got Chris Drew who you guys already know to my left and I’ve got and that’s baseball the one and only you know if you know fireside Yankees there’s a more than 80% chance you know who he is his work on YouTube speaks for himself for itself big time Yankees fan unfortunately a Net fan as well I’m sorry about that we share pain of being a Giant fan uh so you know I think we can all kind of relate on that front but we have the luxury the the luxury and the honor of being Yankee fans so we’ve got a big offseason show for you guys today. But before we do anything, I want to introduce the new guy, the new man, the man of the the man of the hour. Tell us how you’re doing, man. Well, I I was doing well, too. You brought up the Nets. Uh I think we’re like one and nine right now, and we we went 0 for five on draft picks, so yeah, that’s fun. Yeah, other than that, I’m doing well. Uh I’m excited for this off seasonason. I got plenty of thoughts on where the Yankees should be going. Uh, and yeah, I think you did enough glazing in the intro that uh I don’t I don’t know I don’t know much more what else more I should say. Chris, how you doing, man? Really good, Ryan. I appreciate you, man. Didn’t get that level of glazing, but I’m here for it. No, no, come on, Chris. You know, it’s not No, no. It’s the rule is the the rule is and that’s baseball that it’s not glazing if it’s the truth and it’s your homie. That’s a good point. That is a great point. That is a great point. We’re going to do a lot of glazing of a lot of players, I think, today because we all kind of have our guys that we’re locked into in the offseason. We’re deep enough into the winter where you kind of have your targets and you’ve had more than two days to think about it. I have a really bad problem where I’ll lock on on a guy and then a week later I just kind of forget about them and I I found my new player of the week, but I kind of solidify it a little bit. We’re going to have a lot to talk about. Outfield, rotation, bullpen, a Japanese free agent, who the Yankees are favorites for, all that and more. But before we do everything, like, subscribe, turn on that notification bell, and now let’s just jump right into it. The first thing, and I think the biggest conversation the Yankees are going to have this off season, and we’ll start with uh and that’s baseball here on this, the outfield. Where are we at with Cody Bellinger, with Kyle Tucker? I think that’s the big conversation. What are your thoughts on that initially? Well, listen, I loved Cody this past year. Believe me, he was one of the best players on the team. probably the second or third best player on the team after Judge. And I’m not opposed to bringing him back. I think it’s uh probably makes the most sense financially. Like the team the team doesn’t want to go all in on Tucker and compete with the other big time markets. I’m sure Ballinger is willing to stay. The park fits him perfectly and we have a a hole in center field that Tucker can’t fill. So, I think all the signs point towards Tucker being uh toward towards Ballinger being the option and Tucker we might be in on, but it’s probably less likely. And again, I like Ballinger, but I do have concerns with him long term, which I think we can get to in a few minutes, but uh I want to hear you guys thoughts as well. I am all about Tucker. I prefer Tucker. I think if you go Bellinger, it has to be Bellinger and um and that kind of is where I maybe take issue with because like for me like like Ryan knows this naturally like Judge is the man like all-time great like but obviously like probably on the back half definitely on the back half of the prime. I want to make sure there’s someone in place that can be the best player on this Yankees team when Judge does take a step down or two steps down. And I think like the obvious timeline match is Kyle Tucker. So, I’m I’m like 100% like Tucker over Belly. I do like Belly. Belly was awesome this year. Was he was a joy to watch. Um, and obviously like you said, the swing fits and Phil’s like a whole next year for center field, but if it’s Bellinger for me, it’s got to be Bellinger and and we’re going to talk about kind of some of the and options. So, I think like, you know, for the New York Yankees, I think the thing that makes the most sense, the thing that I think would make enough people happy is the the Tucker thing. And then also like like my deep inner like the thing that I really dislike. I don’t want to deal with Boris right this year. I I don’t want to like I’m I’m I’m cool on Scott. You know, it was it was an adventure last year with Sodto and Cole. Like like I just don’t want to deal with you right now. And uh and obviously Tucker’s not represented by Boris. So that’s kind of where I’m at. If it’s Bellinger, it has to be Bellinger and and for that reason, I would prefer Tucker. But I think all of us are kind of in the boat that we would prefer Tucker. Yes. But like we wouldn’t be mad at Bellinger. And that’s I feel like we’re a new a unique Yankee panel from that st stand standpoint. I mean obviously like we’re on Twitter a lot like we see a lot of people like just bring just bring back Belly, just bring back Belly, just bring back Belly and it’s like gang like like he opted out of a pretty significant contract. So like he’s he’s not really going to take any any pay cuts and Boris guys never do for better or for worse. So I’m I’m a Tucker guy just because it’s belly and and I don’t like trusting that with the age. Yeah. And I think it’s also fair to mention with Bellinger and Tucker. Look, it’s two good players. Bellinger, I think, is a step behind Tucker. I think Tucker’s the better player, both short-term and long term. Um, but there are reasons to want to date but not marry both players. Tucker, it’s the declining sprint speed. It’s the defense not being where it was early in his career. Uh, he’s not a great bat speed guy, and there are concerns about how that will age long term. But for Bellinger, the bat speed concerns, the bat speed concerns, excuse me, are there as well. Bellinger is older and will start from a worse standpoint in terms of bat speed going into this upcoming contract. And while he is a better athlete, has actually aged in terms of sprint speed pretty well for someone who’s entering his age 30 to 31 season, I don’t know how many years of excellent offense he has left. I don’t know if last year was the peak or what to expect moving forward. And if I’m a betting man, I would say I wouldn’t expect like a sharp progression, but I wouldn’t expect him to be better than he was last year offensively. Whereas with Tucker, I could totally see him putting up a 145 or 150 OPS plus in the Bronx. I think a lot of this depends on number one, do you need a center fielder? Do you want a center fielder? But I think number two as well, your trust in Jason and Spencer Jones because how you feel about those two players, one of those two players, I think is going to determine a lot about who you want and what is realistic. Chris, I’ll start with you here. What is your trust meter with Jason Dominguez and Spencer Jones? Each player out of 10, where are you at with both guys, both short-term or long-term? out of 10. I’m probably about like an eight out of 10 um with Jason. I I trust it long term and I’m probably like six out of 10 with Spencer, but for the immediate future, I think I would trust Spencer a little bit more just because I know that the floor is going to be at least really good defense and can control center field. Like I I’ I’ve talked to you about this plenty, Ryan. Like I really really really trust Spencer Jones in center field. And I know a lot of people may not, but he’s big. He’s got the sprint speed. He’s demonstrated good feel out there at every single level. He’s played center field, I think, at a pretty decent clip all the way up and there’ll be no movement when he gets up here because if he plays next year, it’s going to be in center. That’s where provides the most value. I do like Jason Dominguez’s hit tool a little bit more. Um, I am intrigued by the switch hitter that he has. I thought that his batting average, you know, was was good enough last year. The cont numbers were good enough and I think he’s got more power than his final numbers kind of, you know, reflected. But for next year, if I’m thinking about a team that I think should be pretty good on offense, my guess is is floor-wise next year, I like Spencer Jones. But overall, I like Jason Dominguez. I just I I just trust the upside too much. And you and I have joked about it a couple times, like we’re hoping that, you know, that final hit, you know, to kind of end the Yankee season is like the Steph Curry off the to the sideline like that that picture ends up aging like that. Uh yeah, and I have some thoughts on these two guys. I think the issue I have right now is it’s very tough to kind of it’s kind of tough to separate the conversation between whether or not Jason and Spencer can be good players versus do they fit on this roster. And I see someone like Jason, what was he aed 22 this past year? He showed a lot of things, a lot of reasons to like him. He he’s already a very good MLB hitter from the left side of the plate. He hits righties very well. And for that reason, like I don’t know how disappointed you could be with this past year because he did show that with the bat, but there’s so many question marks right now. And I feel like he’s so he needs a lot to go right and a lot of difficult improvements have to be made for him to be an everyday really good player. So I see someone who is bad on defense, flat flatout bad on defense. He’s not good against lefties. And we have a team that was over like it’s better. We have better lefties than we do righties. So if we can I don’t know. I I if I were to give him a a rating in terms of one out of 10, I’d probably say like a four or five right now. And I think Spencer Jones is probably around a four or five as well, just because I think the floor is so much better on defense, like you said. So I think it would be easier to find, let’s say we, and again, we have to discuss the other options. Who are we going to bring in externally now? because I don’t think we’re ever going to go into the season with Jones and Dominguez as the two starting options. So, you have to look at who’s available, right? If Tucker is a realistic option for left field, then Jason has no future on this team because they don’t want to have like there’s no way you could put any of those guys out in center. And if Tucker’s not realistic and Bellinger’s more realistic, I can see it go either way where you put Bellinger in center and Jason in left or you go Bellinger in left and Jones in center. And that probably depends on how the organization views each player. And I also think it’s it’s uh probably easier to find a good platoon with Jason out in left. Uh there’s a lot of good righty uh bats that are going to be available that can kind of mitigate some of Jason’s issues on offense. So, I don’t know. It’s it’s definitely as a player, I’d probably say in a vacuum, if I were the Reds, I think Jason would be a six or a seven. Uh, but on our team right now, I’d say probably a four, which it kind of sucks for Jason because he got all this hype, but that’s how things happen in this league. I think the other thing that’s it kind of sucks is if Jason Dominguez were a not great defensive center fielder. This wouldn’t be a conversation. We’d be penciling him at center field, dreaming about Khucker and saying, “This the lineup’s going to be sick. I don’t like screw the defense. This team’s going to be able to hit at a level that outweighs it.” But unfortunately, the Yankees don’t trust him to play center field. That seems to be how things are. And with with Spencer Jones, it’s not that he’s incapable of being a good big leager, but that floor, it’s not like the floor is, hey, he’ll be an 85 WRC plus hitter. That floor is unusable offense. It’s a complete zero at the plate. And people compare it to the Judge situation. I also think that’s disingenuous, but even Aaron Judge going into 2017, they could have had Ellbury, Hicks, and Gardner in the outfield. than Holiday at DH. They did not force themselves to put Aaron Judge in the 25man roster and that was also a different kind of year. They were going into it not expecting or not gunning for a World Series championship. So, Jones and Dominguez aren’t entering the kinds of windows that maybe some other top prospects would be entering and I don’t do think that hurts them as well. Uh, you mentioned external targets and I think this is a good way to segue into this as well. If the Yankees were to acquire a second outfielder, I’m going to give you guys two scenarios. So, in a Cody Bellinger scenario, um, and in a Kyle Tucker scenario, this could be a platoon guy, a starter. If you had to pick up a second outfielder for the Bellinger and Tucker situations, who would they be and why? We’ll start with And that’s baseball. All right. So, for the Kyle Tucker scenario, uh, you’re going to need a center fielder, right? And to me, you you’re going to, assuming we still have Jones, we don’t trade him or anything, Jones is going to be an option to gun for that center field position. So, I would bring in a righty bat because uh if if Jones does end up showing that he can make this team, then you could platoon him in center. So, my favorite target out of guys that are it’s not a big big splashy name. It’s not uh Luis Robert. I would like Luis Robert, but that’s going to be a little bit more expensive. I don’t know if that’s going to fit with a Kyle Tucker financially. So, I think that if we do sign Tucker, the center fielder on opening day should be Brentton Doyle, who’s currently on the Rockies. And I like him for a few reasons. The number one reason by far is the defense. He’s an elite center field defender in terms of range. He has an elite arm. He can really cover up some of the uh I’m assuming the hiccups that’ll be there with Tucker out in the big Yankee Stadium left field. And you look at the offense, he was a 65 WRC plus this year. So that it can be it can get really ugly when it’s ugly. But in his career, he hits lefties better than he hits righties. Uh he’s not the worst platoon option if that ends up happening. and his defense and base running is so good that if he just hits decently, if he gets up to an 80, he’s going to be a valuable player. And 2024, he hit close to league average level and he was a nearly four war player. So, he’s already shown it in the past. He’s not some feeble can’t hit a homer type of guy either. He can hit the ball pretty hard. He definitely needs more refining. He strikes out a lot, but in terms of what he does well, he kind of covers a lot of the bases that will be exposed if we do sign Tucker. What do you think cost would be out of curiosity? Uh, I’m not sure cuz it’s the you’re dealing with the Rockies. You don’t know what they’re thinking. Uh, assuming it I’m assuming it’ll probably be he has uh three years of control after this, I believe. Uh, it’ll probably be a little bit in the same range as the McMahon trade, maybe a little bit more. So, maybe like a mid-level uh pitching prospect or something. I don’t know. I’m not sure how the Rockies view our farm, but it probably wouldn’t cost a big time name like a Lrange or an ERC. So, I think we could get away with picking him up for guys that most fans don’t don’t know, which would be nice. Yeah. And like they’ll probably go through some change. I mean, like Deep Podessa just took the job there. Yeah. And from Cleveland. like he’s been a guy that’s kind of been like at least every stop it’s been like send everybody out and then like let’s rebuild kind of my way. So I mean if you could deal with the Rockies right now I think now would be the perfect time wouldn’t it be? Yes. And especially I think you from an analytics perspective for them they’re not going to be contending in the next two three years when he’s going to be on the roster and since he is a speed and defense first player they’d probably try to trade him sooner rather than later. So I’m assuming he’s on the block he’s going to be available. So if we do go with Tucker I think that’s my number one center field option. I’d also like to note with Rocky players, people note the home road splits. That actually doesn’t really matter for these guys because they’re going from seeing pitches move one way to playing 50% of the games with pitches moving differently. So, when you normalize that environment, that actually doesn’t seem to affect players who get away from course. Uh that is a common misconception. It is one that I just want to stamp out immediately. Like that is never really an issue for these guys once once they leave with an offseason. I think it’s an easier adjustment. It’s also like it’s the Rockies. If there were adjustments to be made, I would trust the Yankees to find them more than I would the Rockies. I don’t know if that’s Yankee fan arrogance, but actually, no, it’s the Rockies were such a bad organization and it’s they’re they’re that bad. They’re so outlier bad that if you acquire a player for them, you expect that that player is going to get better. Um, is there an outfielder you would acquire in a Bellinger situation or is Doyle still your guy for that situation as well? I mean, I’d still like Doyle, but I’d probably say uh if we do sign B if we extend Bellinger, we’d probably I’d probably prefer someone like a Luis Robert or a Taylor Ward, someone who’s going to cost a little bit more uh dollar-wise, but someone who’s got a higher floor in terms of offense. And because obviously Tucker brings more offense than Bellinger, if we go with a Bellinger, he’s probably more of a 115 120 WRC plus. So, I’d like to have a a solidified bat either in center or left next to Bellinger. And I think both uh Robert and Ward are those type of options. They’re both righties as well, which I’d like because I feel like we were a little bit too lefty heavy this year. So yeah. Yeah. I mean, I’m I’m of the view that like I think Robert should be a part of the plan. I am terrified guys generally speaking. Um about I think because I was telling Ryan, I think this will be the year that we miss Sodto’s offensive production because like last year we got a supernova year from Trent Gisham and then Cody Bellinger was really good and it kind of like made you not feel the sting of losing Sodto. like this next year obviously you’re going to have to find a way to replenish the offense that Trigger gave you kind of an outlier year and I don’t think it’s being talked about enough. So, I would like a big bat in center field. Um, you know, with big bat potential, and I think like Robert is my option, but I do know that that’s expensive because if you do, if you go Tucker, you could probably go Robert. You likely wouldn’t, but then you would probably not be able to add a starting pitcher that you would want. Um, with Belly, you probably could add Robert and a starting pitcher and kind of be up against that wall pretty tight and you’d have to make some like arbitration decisions. Um, but obviously you you you gave a well thoughtout answer in terms of defense if we do get Tucker. So, I’ll just leave it at that. I don’t I don’t want to I don’t want to ruin his masterpiece. He’s got it like up on the wall. I’ll take it. What about you, Ryan? Yeah, so Luis Robert, I’m all in on Luis Robert on the Bellinger side. Uh I think he’s great. I think the expected OPS of 761 this past year means that if realistically just play out the 2025 season again in 2026, if he is the same player, I think his OPS plus is above 100, at least at 100. And at that point, that is a very valuable player. Uh for center field, I’d get crazy in in center field if it was Tucker. I’m I’m throwing Lars Nar out there. He is probably an average defender if not a slightly below average one. But you had Tre Gisham out there and he was below average and so I’ll live with it. I think I’m just going to be so good offensively. I can also replace Nar with Jones if Nar is not good. The issue is and this is where Brent and Doyle I think is such a good fit and so is Luis Robert in the Bellinger scenario. If Jones is piping hot in Triple A, he’s awesome. all the uh key performance indicators are like you need to bring him up right now. He is a lot easier to fit on a roster with Robert or Doyle than he is with NAR. That is a huge advantage and that definitely is going to factor into the Yankee decision-m and it’s why in this conversation and the fact that center field would become a mustave for the Yankees if they get Tucker. I I don’t It’s not that I I I still prefer Tucker, but I do think I can see worlds where depending on the budget, Bellinger’s just the better fit. It It really depends on how. If Hal’s like, “Hey, it’s $55 million. No more no more than that.” Bellinger is the better fit. It’s It’s just the more it allows you to do other things. But if Hal’s like, “Dude, I’ll spend as much money as humanly possible. Let’s go all out u and we’ll worry about it later.” I don’t know if that’s the scenario, but then yeah, I would want Tucker. I think that’s kind of we all agree that we want to spend as much as possible to have Tucker and make the roster work, but we also have to factor in that, you know, realistically that’s probably not going to be the case. Yeah, I think I think we’re all on that uh train of thought of Tucker’s the number one. That’s the white whale. But more likely than not, it’s going to be Bellinger back in the lineup. Yeah, I would agree. I think that’s where we’re at with the outfield. Chris, any final thoughts you have on the outfield before we move on? Um, if we’re getting crazy, I like Angel Martinez a lot and I would love like, you know, I know that maybe we talked to him about Quan if we could sneak Angel Martinez some way as like kind of a super utility guy, can play short, can play second and can play center um with with enough upside. That’s just kind of my separate like if we’re getting crazy. I I I like Angel a lot. And I think they’re going to need to free up some space because they’ve got a uh a too many small players issue and they they need room in the outfield. So, they’re be looking to move off some guys. I think he could be one of them. Yeah, I think my my final uh uh funny like no one’s thinking about him pick would be Lane Thomas to platoon with Jason if we end up with Bellinger and center and Jason left. Lane Thomas uh very athletic. He’s coming off a I think it was a plantar fasciitis that kind of ruined this past year which is walkier which sucks but he should be cheap one-year deal and he’s a career 135 against lefties which I would love. So that’s that’s my darkhor uh left field platoon candidate. Hey, good steady player. Like good steady player when he’s healthy. Yeah. And I got to say, number one, height doesn’t measure heart in the case of Angel Martinez. And number two, with Lane Thomas, it’s going to be super cheap. I I’m I’m I I like the idea of when my I get a bench player, I’m buying low. There’s no reason to acquire a bench player and you’re buying high on them. You’re just they’re so It’s so hard to project what is it like 200 played appearances and say this guy will 100% put up these results over a third of the season essentially. Um and they need to clear room at outfield. like they they have too much going on. Yeah. Um and I guess like between the three of us like they’re they’re at a point where I was told by someone who would know that they’re likely going to try Bazen out in the outfield too. Uh just to try to like create some space because they’ve got the middle infield kind of taken care of. And there’s like a divide there between like Rochio and Arius and like they they need Banna up next year. And so it’s like they’re going to have to they’re going to have Bazanna, they’re going to have Quan, they’re going to I mean Lane Thomas obviously isn’t an option. And then um and then Angel Martinez is is there too. Like they need to kind of shuffle some things around. So, I think they’ll they’ll move some things. And they also have the lightest throwing minor league farm system in all of baseball. So, they are on the hunt for some guys that throw kind of hard. Take that for what it for what it’s worth. Hey, I mean, you know, with Rokio, it’s two cheeks of the same ass. So, uh, sorry. They both they both play drunk. It’s kind of absurd. I like Ras has like more power, but they just play they play like idiots sometimes. Those are those are some quintessential Cleveland Guardians baseball players. That’s all I can say about that. Yeah, they’re like those are guys that kind of need to be there for a little bit cuz I I don’t They are Guardians. I can’t picture like I don’t No, I don’t even think Arius is a guardian. Like Arius is like huge pop, huge power, but swing and miss in the zone at a ridiculous clip. Rokio is the guy that feels quintessential guardian. Like I only show up against the Yankees. I’m a switch hitter. I’m good for like three horrible errors and when you need me the very most I’m going to make a bad error. But if it’s the third inning, I’ll make a crazy Jeter jump throw from from, you know, shallow shallow left. He’s good enough that like in the postseason when you go into a preview matchup, they’re going to talk about how clean their defense is and everything. And then Brian Rochio is going to do what he did against us, which is drop a infield fly ball from Judge. And I think it was in game five made a big error. So play in game one, he dropped the Yeah. Yeah, he he did have the he did have the error too in uh in game five because I was that was game four. It was it was a game in which Verdugo reached because of him or something. Yeah, it was game four cuz I was there. I was there with my mom, dude. And everyone was tripping. But hey, that’s Cleveland baseball. Well, when they when they do it, it’s just a freak occurrence. When we do it, it’s a it’s a fundamental flaw within the Brian Cashman organization. Yeah, we don’t practice defense in the mind. Yeah, the Guardians didn’t practice as much as anyone, but they just got unlucky. Yeah. No, it’s just again playing Cleveland is fun cuz it’s just they’re they’re never going to beat us in a big game with with the way get clipped Ryan. What? It’s going to it’s going to come back to get you. Okay. CL Cleveland The Cleveland Guardians will never defeat the New York Yankees in their current iteration of we don’t slug. We put the ball in play. Guards ball. You’ll never win anything serious. You were a doormat. I was more scared of Kansas City than I was of them because it was a short series. Once we got to the ALCS, we in my mind we won the pennant. The question was in how many games. No one takes Cleveland seriously. No one should take Cleveland seriously. And if this gets clipped, the Yankees get knocked down the wild card round. Great. You’ll clip it and then you lose in the ALDS. No one cares about Cleveland. Cleveland’s irrelevant. No one cares about them. They’re insane strays right now. I I love Cleveland. Shout out to Cleveland for trading Josh Taylor for no good reason. Hey, shout out LeBron James. That’s really it. Shout out Shout out to the 90 Cleveland Indians who were who were really good back in the day. They actually had power back then. Hey, they had power in 16. They had power, you know, back then. Yeah, that’s that’s a decade ago. Um, damn. I don’t like getting old. All right, let’s move on. We’re getting old. Let’s talk about starting pitchers. Now, the guy who has just been linked to the Yankees is Tatsuya Imi out of Japan. And this is a topic I had almost circled on my on the dock, but I don’t know how to circle things on a document. I don’t think you can. Um, Chris, we’ll start with you on your thoughts on Tatsuya and then we’ll go to Annat’s baseball. So, let’s get started, guys. Dude, so it’s funny. You and I talked about him a little while ago um when I was re doing research for this obviously, but like he is pitch mix. He’s pitchability. The VO’s coming in. He’s only 27 years old. I mean, he’s a guy that like you think about pitchers who would be quote unquote perfect fits with Matt Blake. He’s that. He’s got a little bit of an alpha complex to him. He, you know, he’s definitely more um he shows a lot much he there’s a lot more emotion than we usually see from players over there. I mean, in the game against Roi Sasaki, obviously all the scouts went to go see Roki and he ended up putting up a ridiculous performance. He’s swinging miss. Um, and again, a guy that his timeline lines up. I I mentioned this with Tucker before. You want someone to kind of move into being like a potential one or two as guys fade out like Max Freed and Garrett Cole. I think his timeline being 27 years old if if you’re able to pay him and that would be part of my Bellinger and then you could kind of slide him into a a probable two um in the future and kind of his timeline lines up perfectly with Max Freeds and with Cam Schliters on the back end too. So I think he’s kind of the right age, the right stuff, swing and miss and it also gets you back into the Japanese market for baseball players. So I’m I’m all in. I love it. I’m I’m really hopeful right now. Um, but obviously like I’m I’m interested in your guys’ thoughts. Uh, yeah, I guess I’ll play the uh I’ll I’ll put a damper on things. Now, I do have a few concerns about not not that I’m saying he’s not a good pitcher cuz he is he’s a great pitcher. He had a fantastic season this past year, but as of right now against righties, he is a two- pitch guy. He’s a fastball slider guy. And I do not know if that fastball will work in Major League Baseball. That’s my number one concern. He throws it 50% of the time against righties. And I don’t know if it’s going to be a good pitch. The way I see it, he has a very low slot, very low release. He’s not that tall. Uh the fast ball is most comparable to like a Luis Castillo type. It it doesn’t get much uh vert. It it in the MPP this year, I think it was 13 inches of vert on average. And that’s with the MPB ball, which usually gets one or two more inches than the MLB ball. So, if he comes here and he’s getting 11 inches of vert at 94 95 miles hour, then I’m not sure how many bats he’s going to miss. And I think the best case scenario for him, uh, the very best 100% maxed out version of Tatsuya in my is Joe Ryan. Uh, he’s got a pretty similar pitch pitch mix. Uh, the fast ball is similar slot. Ryan’s fast ball gets a little bit more vert than I think it might will get. But who knows if he gets in the Matt Blake lab and he can get similar results as Ryan. So you’re paying for a guy that could be Joe Ryan at very best is more likely to be closer to Luis Castillo and could fall short of Luis Castillo because he still hasn’t mastered his offspe pitches. His change up and splitter have pretty pretty low usage compared to his other pitches. And uh he just kind of developed his command this past year. I have his his uh walks per his walk rate uh was 7% this year. Prior to that, it was 9.8%, 11.4%, 13.8%. So, his command has improved, but it’s still not great, especially for Japanese standards. So, I do think there is there are a few hurdles he has to clear before he really develops into a topofthe- line starter. I could see us signing him and spending nine figures on him, but there’s a chance he’s a he’s a three or four starter this year rather than a one or two. Yeah. And I think there’s so there’s two sides I look at this from. Number one is the upside. And I think if you are signing Imi and you’re the Yankees, it is because you believe you can make him better than he currently is. You that has to be part of why you’re signing him. If you’re signing him because you believe at his current form he will translate one to one with his results in the NPB to the major leagues, that is a poor reason to sign the player. But I believe the Yankees interest, and I’ll say this right now, from what I’ve heard, the Yankees are going to make an aggressive pursuit of Tatsuya Imi. That is a guy they’re they’re highly motivated to try and acquire this winter. They want to get back in the Japanese market, all of that. But in the case of Amay, they believe they can make the player considerably better. The fastball issue is a real issue. They he cannot be a 45 or 50% usage for seam guy. Joe Ryan can, but I also think Joe Ryan’s a different kind of pitcher in the sense he can move the ball laterally away from guys. So even the way that Joe Ryan pitches is different in my comparison to Castile because he’s going to have the limitation of I can’t move the ball away from righties. Yeah, just like Castillo really can’t move the ball away from righties. Could I develop a true two seam/sinker? I think it’s possible. But the biggest issue you run into with low slot guys who are more pronators and supernators is trying to expand their arsenal. That is really hard to do. Even a cutter, like can he move the ball? If you can’t move the ball laterally with your slider, can you do it with a cutter? That’s hard to ask. The Yankees are really good with this stuff. That’s why I I have faith here. And if he can add even a a crappy cutter and a decent sinker, it’s going to do him wonders. him being a two- pitch guy is both a concern for me and also a there’s something to work with here because I think the Yankees could get him to throw more uh different kinds of pitches and get him to be a four or five pitch guy and limit that four seam usage. But again, there’s there’s concern like there this is not Yoshi Yamamoto. I think a lot of people have to get that very clear. This is not Yamamoto where Yamamoto with a couple of tweaks became a top five pitcher on the planet. Immay is going to need tweaks to become a top 25 pitcher. A lot of tweaks. He’s going to need tweaks to be a top 40 starter. So again, a lot of it you’re taking you’re you’re paying for your player development. And I will say for the Yankees, I do think it’s time for them to give Matt Blake somebody that they believe he can make better that isn’t a prospect that is a free agent addition. I look at Shawn Maniah them the Mets signing him initially that was giving their player development a chance to show that they can do something and they did. Yes. And I would say I think the Yankees have better infrastructure because they have more continuity in who’s been their pitching coach and who uh has been at the top of their p player development infrastructure, who their manager is, who their ace is. I think a lot of the infrastructure the Yankees have is more consistent on a year-to-year basis. And that’s why I would take the Flyer into my eye. So, if someone’s like, I don’t want to take the flyer because I don’t want to rely just on player development, that’s fine. That’s totally cool. I’m I think there’s reasons to not want to sign him, but I personally I I trust I would trust Matt Blake with my life. I think I told Chris verbatim in our last time we recorded that if Matt Blake called him and said, “I need you in my bullpen.” Um, I think Chris is going out there and giving me 50 60 quality innings. I’m confident in saying that. Maybe that’s over trust, overpromise. Maybe I’m I’m I’m talking up Blake to a point where he can’t deliver on that, but I’m confident. I I kind of want to get your final thoughts though on contract projections. What’s a number that you think he’s going to get? And importantly, a number you wouldn’t go over. Yeah. So, I think that’s the big question, right? Cuz like I said, I think the median outcome is probably a number three starter or a really good number four starter, someone who’s going to be uh the back end of a playoff series. Uh and there the projection I think on MLB trained rurers right now is 100 six years 150 million which is it’s it’s steep but it’s not crazy. If it starts getting close to 200 million I don’t think the level of security is there for me to be willing to take that risk especially with someone like uh TKO going to be on the market next year. I think I’d rather spend 30 plus million per year on him than I would on MI. So, I definitely think if you can get him for 5 6 years, 25 million a year, that’s something that’s doable. And I think the upside is there for that. But I do think that we should proceed with caution here. I don’t think this is someone as s obviously like Yamamoto where where he came over and he was a finished product or even someone like Iano where you you really knew what you were getting when you signed him more so than you do with Amay. Yeah. I mean, I probably wouldn’t go over 27 a year for him. Maybe 28. I I could talk myself into it. Um I I guess like for me, I haven’t really considered what it would like. If it didn’t go well, how bad would it look? But I think like I I you’re right. Um in terms of like contract number-wise, like I probably wouldn’t go commit more than 160 for him just given kind of what’s coming up. Um and you should I mean as the year goes on, you will get healthier this year. So you don’t want to overspend too much just to kind of patch the early part of a year. But you know, we’ll we’ll see. I definitely would not go I I wouldn’t get up to that 200 number. Like I think that’s a little bit ridiculous. I’m out at I think 27 as well because at that point like see if Dylan C is willing to do a one plus one at 30 mil, right? And I think we’d all say would we all agree that if we’re going to make the argument of player development for Emi, you could make the argument of player development for Cease who has already proven to be a top 10 to 15 starter when he’s right. I mean maybe, but Cece was also with a really good uh development program in San Diego this past year. I think I think CE I think CE is more likely to be the guy who he is and I think who he is results-wise will be better than he was this past year. Uh but I also I also think CE is gonna get a lot of money this year because there he is one of the top starters on the market. I don’t know if who knows if he’s willing to take more of a pillow deal if that’s possible then I think we should be in on it. But if he’s going to be going for also five years 150 which is which is where his estimations are at right now I wouldn’t I’d rather have him than him at that rate. That’s fair. I I don’t I forget. I think it was a passing article I saw suggest that he might do more of a oneplus one, but early offseason reporting is just throwing at the wall and hoping it sticks. So, um that is that that’s fair. But I I would think at 27 it’s like, you know, I I mean Yamoto’s at 27 million right now. I know a longer term deal. I get it. Sega’s at 15 mil. Imanaga I think was roughly around the same. I don’t see why I imi should set a new precedent for annual average salary, right? He should he should be realistically closer to uh Neimanaga than he is to a Yamamoto. And I think that’s part of the appeal saying, “Hey, at the going rate of starting pitching if I play pay 21ish million dollars a year or 22 for six years or I would even consider giving him a seventh year because he’s so young and it would expire after age 34.” And I’d be willing to say lower the AEV, do whatever it is. That’s kind of the special. Um but but yeah, I think 200 million. I’m not touching that. I’m not touching 200 mil. And if someone wants to go there, um we can dream about what could have been uh a different time because I I’m good at 200 mil. For other starting pitching guys, is there anyone else that you’re kind of like, “Oh man, I really need this guy. This guy’s could be available and I think he’s either a a better fit than he might or b he’s just a really good option for this roster.” I’ll start with Chris. Um, I would have loved it if if Shane Bieber just decided not to not to resign. I I would have I would have loved that on on a cheap deal. I feel like him kind of committing early to kind of pick up that that option surprised me a little bit. I thought he could have got a little bit of a longer term deal, but I guess like if if you want the back half of that, I thought there was no way he was opting into that. So, that’s kind of where where I where I kind of started and finished with. I don’t really have anyone that that I’m obsessed over. I think that um for me it it all comes back to the the outflow conversation. It’s like like like right now like if it’s Bellinger then I’m going to want one of those frontline guys. And if it’s not then like we’ll see. I mean the dream for me is like trading for Peralta but obviously that’s a long shot going to cost a lot. Um but that’s not no one I’m really obsessed with right now. Ryan. Yeah, I’m pretty much in the same boat. Like I I was really big on Bieber for like a pillow type deal before he uh opted into his contract. Uh, I’m looking at the list right now and I feel like guys I was interested in like Brandon Woodruff, he got the qualifying offer. I don’t really want to waste a pick on that. Even Michael King. I love Michael King, but I don’t think I want to spend draft compensation on that either. So, I think my favorite uh on a like a pillow deal short-term type of guy would be Zack Efflin. I think he’s been hurt. He was hurt this year. His results were terrible and we obviously have good pitching development. If we can get him back towards where he was 2023, 2024 level for cheap, even if he’s half of that player he was in 2023, it would be good value. It would be just someone to a veteran guy to eat some innings at the back end of the rotation while we have injuries early on in the year. But it’s also it’s a risky deal because who knows if he’ll ever refine that stuff. Who knows if he’ll be that healthy going into next year and I don’t know if we want to add another veteran aging pitcher who has injury issues. So that’s what it’s going to come down to. Yeah. And I’ll also say in regard to some of the guys who I would have mentioned, it looks like Freddy Peralta being on the table is not a thing. I I think that logic number one after not taking my Yankee brain and kind of unplugging it and and you know not being the everyone’s a Yankee kind of guy, but also I think Bob Nightingo reported it that’s not in their thinking. And yeah, it was new just today I’m pretty sure. Yeah. I it just doesn’t for the Brewers that you’d have to kind of get a crazy offer and at that point could you take that crazy offer and get somebody else? I don’t really know. Sandy is someone I would look at because $17.3 million which isn’t crazy and it’s probably better than what you’re going to give out to most starting pitchers and you have a club option for 27. You could decline it and the Yankees had interest in him. So it’s not like we’re asking the Yankees to go after someone that they don’t like or that I know he’s a risk but they seem to like him. Time will tell. Um, yeah. I think Sandy’s also I think that’s a guy who I love, but I also we had a chance at him this past deadline and we didn’t get it done. And I feel like we might have missed our chance. The way that they’re going, they don’t have any financial commitments in the next couple of years. And I think they’re kind of in a spot where they do need to pay someone some money or else the the PA is going to be really mad at them and it’s gonna it’s going to really hurt their case during this impending lockout if they’re spending $50 million this year coming off a not bad season. So, I think it’s more likely than not Sandy will be on the Marlins next year. So, I even if if that’s possible, I would love it, but I I don’t think it’s likely. They won I believe it is 70 they won 79 games. They’re projected to win 78. So, I also don’t think they’re so bad to the point where they can’t make the postseason. That’s another factor in this. And so, if you’re the Marlins, ride it out with Sandy. Maybe he’s dominant and then you could get an insane hall for him if he if you’re having a bad year. or maybe he’s dominant and you’re a team that’s in the playoff fun. I mean, it took 83 wins to make the postseason last year and that’s the second 83 win team to qualify for the postseason in the National League in the last three years. So, and they were one of them, I think. So, uh yeah, not really hard to envision them making the postseason either. With that being said, I want to stay on pitching here and I want to talk about the bullpen. I think we can all agree they need a reliever and I don’t think it’s a debate. You can’t leave the bullpen unressed with Williams and Weaver being free agents. Um I I I guess the first t the conversation is are we interested in bringing back Williams or Weaver? We we’ll start with and that’s baseball. What are your what are your thoughts on those two guys? I’m interested in both. I think it’s going to depend on price point for both. Uh Devin especially like he had that blip in in right after the all right after the uh what do you call the trade deadline in early August where he just could not get outs and a lot of it was just bad luck and everyone was like oh this guy’s sulking around here. He doesn’t want to be here. But then by the end of the year, last six weeks of the regular season and then the postseason, he was excellent. He was the best reliever, maybe him and Benar, the top two relievers on the team, he was up there with in the conversation for him as being the best reliever that we had in the playoffs. And the quotes he’s given recently in the past month or two have been that he’s interested in coming back, that he’s he’s learned to love his his spot on this team. I don’t know, he’s been a setup guy before. I’m not sure if he’d want to sign somewhere to close full-time, but if he’s interested in coming back in a setup role and it’s not a ridiculous price point, then I would definitely be interested in having him back. As for Weaver, I definitely think his struggles last year, especially as he got worse as the year went on. Uh he would need to sign something a little bit cheaper. Uh something that we would have to it’s more of a reclamation project yet again with him. We have to figure out how to get that 2024 form back. So, I’m thinking like anything more than seven or eight million dollars a year, I don’t think I’d be willing to take that risk once you get up to double digit AAV. So, if you if you give me like two years $15 million total, I’d probably be okay bringing Weaver back. I’ve seen some projections that have Weaver at two years$18 million, would you be okay with that? That’s when it it gets a little bit up there. Yeah, that’s I’m not okay with that. Like, at that point, I’ I’d rather just like go bring in Kyle Finnegan. Like, there’s there’s better options for that plays. He’s going to be two years, $20 million. Like if if Luke Weaver is going to be around that $18 million, I’d rather bump it a little little bit and get Cal in two years. And I am very interested in Deon Williams returning if he wants to. I’m very I’m very into it. I think we’re three for three on wanting Williams back if that’s a possibility. And I think we’re three for three on open. The door is not closed to Weaver, but it’s it’s a selective open door. I’m at 15 closed. 15 closed for me. I agree. There’s a there’s a very clear and obvious walkway number. I’d also say in this conversation there are like guys who are very obviously gone and guys who aren’t very obviously gone in some Yankee years. Kaneley last year was an obvious gone guy. Holmes last year was an obvious gone guy, especially once it became public that people wanted him to sign as a starting pitcher. Dude, look, I I’ve said this on this podcast. Williams came in and I think we all thought, okay, this can’t be worse than what happened with Holmes last year. And it was in terms of results. Holmes never bottomed out to that point. And if we had to Klay Holmes, I I’d be very happy as a reliever and it’s it’s I’m sad he’s gone. But I think with Williams, they’re not this isn’t a home situation. They didn’t go, “All right, you can go now.” They they’re I think they’re open to it. I think Williams is open to coming back and and more importantly, like the Yankees can’t really be, you know, they can’t really be choosers here. They got to take the best value they can get in the bullpen market because they need a high leverage weapon. Um, Brad Keller, someone I like because he just throws hard and he keeps the ball on the ground and it’s a good strike out to walk great. Um, question is whether I think you floated this like he could try it as a starter maybe. Again, that’s definitely something we could see. I don’t know. Uh, but I also think that that ties into our comfort level with the current bullpen. Where are you guys at with this group? Like I I think I’m higher than consensus, but I kind of want to get your perspectives on this. I mean, I definitely think it’s uh it is fluid right now. I think Dval will probably be uh take a step forward next year once he has a full off season under his belt working with our uh development team. Uh he he looked better by the about playoffs anyway. So, I think he’s going to be more of a seventh eighth inning guy next year. Ben Nar is locked into that closer role. He’s really good. Uh Fernando Cruz is healthy next year. I think he’ll be really good again. Uh Mark Lighter Jr., who knows? I’m not sure how they how the organization views him. He could be a guy who gets a non-tender this year, but if not, that’s a solid middle relief option with a slightly higher ceiling. I think the main issue I have with the bullpen at large is we did not have a big time lefty arm to strike out lefties last year. Our go-to, like the best matchup for lefties was Tim Hill, and I didn’t like that. I don’t I don’t like having like Tim Hill’s good as a break in case of emergency type of guy, very specific situations, but he can’t go out there. There’s it’s very tough to give him a full lane of three batters that aren’t going to hit him hard because he can’t get righties out. I think we need to go out and get a lefty with a slider. We’ve been running this uh righty change up, righty splitter type bullpen for the last two years now. And I’m really interested in bringing back beloved Yankee Justin Wilson who had a really good year in Boston this season. Uh he’s probably gonna be on the cheaper end. He’s a lefty. Uh high whiff guy, fast ball, slider, cutter, and yeah, I want to hear your guys thoughts on him because that’s that’s guy a guy I’ve been looking at since 2024 trade deadline. I’ll defer to Ryan on this one. I’m in, dude. He his stuff looks good still. Uh you don’t have to make a long-term commitment with relievers. If it doesn’t work out, it’s very easy to make that replacement. I think you look at him and say, “All right, if that doesn’t work out, you have a nice backup in Hedrick as like your Yeah. Hey, he might be able to miss bats next year and fill that role as well.” Uh, but doesn’t put pressure on him to have to do that. I do think that when we look at this bullpen, they have some interesting guys who are staying and weren’t big factors last year, who could be bigger factors this year. Jake Bird to me is a pretty pretty significant part of that conversation. Hedrick as well. Um, I would love Justin Wilson. I think that it’s going to be cheap. Again, it’s not a long-term commitment. And for levers, I really don’t care about your past here. Like be there are a couple of guys that do care a little bit. Um, you know, there’s another lefty who’s in Boston, uh, who I would never want back on the Yankees and apparently doesn’t want to be here, which is fine by me. One of the best news I got, uh, this winter. That was like finding out the Yankee. That would be like if I found out the Yankees sat down and had a meeting with Kyle Zucker. Um, that was on that level for me of news. Uh, but one more name I want to float to you guys as a weird kind of I don’t know. Do we think that we could take one of Will Warren and Luis Heel and make them a reliever in 2026? Is that something that you would be pondering considering at all if you’re the organization? I’m in on the Will War as a reliever thing. I’m not sure I’m as in on Luis Heels reliever. He just bugs me a little bit too much. Um, and I think honestly like if you’re looking for that kind of style, I would prefer I I think this bullpin is fine as long as Duvall takes the step up. And I would be interested in kind of the uniqueness that Will Warren provides. I mean, you and I have talked about it, Ryan, like you know exactly what kind of day Will Warren’s going to have based on the VLOO. Um, and I think he’s got enough of a mix to like have a lane no matter where he pitches in a bullpen situation. So, um, I would I I’m into the Will Warren as a bullpen arm. Yeah, I think Warren very much he he’s very similar to where Michael King was his first few years with us where he could be in that swingman type of role. If we need him to start, we could start and if we need him if we have a rotation solid solidified, then he could be a nice uh one two inning guy out of the bullpen. Uh Luis Heel on the other hand, I feel like that would be that’s like a very vo dependent role he would have out of the bullpen. If he can go into the bullpen and be sitting 98 99 100, then I think that could work out. But if he’s sitting not mid 90s, I just don’t think it’s gonna work because he doesn’t have the command or the the whiff stuff. So, it’s going to depend on how healthy he is next year and where his VO is at. Yeah. And I’m glad that Dval was mentioned. I feel like a prick for as as a fellow fellow Dominican here, not mentioning my boy, my dog. Yeah, that’s my guy, man. We we love Duvall, dude. Or at least I do. I’m obsessed with Duvall. I was so happy when we traded for him. And he’s one of those guys where he walks a lot of people. So you would think I wouldn’t like him, but I’m so like, will you just take a guy who’s got that kind of stuff and you give him to Matt Blake? I’m going to almost ignorantly and arrogantly just believe he’s going to be good. I I you just can’t convince me he’s not going to be a good Yankee. And that might be arrogance, but you just can’t convince me. I have to see him be a bad Yankee for me to be convinced of that. Yeah. Um, any final bullpen thoughts before we uh cuz I’ve got a I got one final little thought experiment that I want to do before we round out. If Tyler Rogers goes for under$18 million, I’d be interested. Same. And that’s and that’s it. The projections to have him right around there at 2Y 18 million. I’d be in. Yeah, I don’t really have any more thoughts. Uh, I do think Hedri’s going to be a big piece of the bullpen next year though. Hey man, we’re big head guys. Big head guys over here in this podcast. Uh, final experiment here. We’re gonna do a little bit of a thought experiment. You’re going to name one outfielder, one starting pitcher, one relief pitcher in your in kind of like your final Yankee off seasonason plan. Um I obviously a degree of realism. You can’t say Paul Ske can’t say Scubble, whatever it may be. Can’t say like Fernando Tatis Jr. And yes, I’m going to consider that unrealistic. I don’t care what Bob Nightingale says about that. I I don’t He’s not getting traded. Nightingale said everyone’s getting traded today. He was like, “Oh, Catel Marte, uh Fernando Tatis, they’re all on the blocks.” Like, “All right, bro. Come on.” Fat is a no trade clause. So yeah. Um but he’s the only good value contract they have out of all their terrible contracts. They’re not going to trade him. They’re going to they’d be running a $200 million payroll either way. They’re not going to trade their best player. How are they going to generate revenue also and keep fans engaged? Like they get a lot of fan engagement. Kind of hard to keep doing that without Tatis. Like that would be inexcusable. You’re not getting a return worth it. And I don’t think the Yankees actually would be if Tatis was available. I don’t think they’re the first team the Pods are calling. No, we don’t. Well, we don’t have the package for that. No, we don’t. Um, and I’m Look, I I’m I’m not ignorant to that. I’m used to hearing I don’t have the package to do something, so I get it. Uh, but one outfielder, one star to one reliever. Chris, we’ll start with you. Give me your kind of last simplified offseason plan. Are we going like away from Kod Tucker for this experiment? You could go with Tucker. You could do whatever you want there. Well, like I I’m going to go like Robert Amay and then I’m gonna go Tyler Tyler Rogers or my three if I could and kind of stay under like all the thresholds. Um, that’s my that’s my fascinating three. I’m a uh I’m I’m a big weirdo when it comes to that one. But the one with Robert Jr., I just I think that he would really I we made it through a whole segment talking about Luis Robert and we didn’t mention Andrew Vaughn a single time. And I think every time I think about like outfielder upside and like what leaving Chicago would do for you, like that’s where that’s where I keep going. Um, and Ryan, you’ve pointed out like his expected slug and and expected OPS is, you know, way higher than this actual stuff. And it’s like not only if he gives you the same type of season, it’ll be better at Yankee Stadium, but he’ll probably see an uptick just based on focus, just based on like the the Yankees development staff, just based on maybe wanting to play every day um paired with with the elite defense in center field. So that’s that’s where that’s where I would go to start. So that’s that’s my three quick three, something simple. Yeah, I think definitely the most uh likely option there is right now is outfielder will be Bellinger. the starting pitcher will be a MI and then I think everything else is going to be more on the budget because of that because both those guys are going to be going for probably around 22 to $25 million per year. So if we get those two guys I’m thinking uh Lane Thomas platoon and left and then like a Justin Wilson like I said uh in the bullpen. I’m going to uh take I’m going to go with Bellinger as the outfielder. I think that’s what’s going to happen. I’ll say Sandy as the alternative. I think that’s the like the second most likely just off top my head. Um, maybe not something I can uh definitely say right now given how early we are in the offseason. And then for a lever, I’ll throw a little bit of a curveball. Hunter Harvey. I’m a Hunter Harvey guy. I think you take a flyer on that kind of guy. Um, I think he could put together a uh really strong bullpen. Good swing and miss stuff. And he has a splitter, which uh apparently the Yankees don’t throw splitters. That’s what Twitter told me. So um I guess we need a splitter guy really badly. I heard Matt Blake actually hates splitters. So yeah, there’s that. But uh any final thoughts before we wrap things up, guys? Anything you want to note about any offseason stuff before we uh say uh our goodbyes? Uh TK Scubble 2026? Yeah, I’m in. I’m in after 2026. Not this winter. Next winter. That’s that’s my favorite picture. So I’m in. Sounds good. Make it happen. I would pay him an irrational amount of money just because the look as a content creator, you know, it’s good for the business, but more importantly, the aura like come on, man. Come on. having Tariq Scooble like or excuse me, TK. Sorry, I get it wrong all the time. TK Scooble. Uh that would be Oh man. So yeah, I’m I’m willing to do things to like ensure I can I can sign him. Yeah, if I if I had a first born, I’m offering him up. Yeah, pretty comfortably. Dad, where you taking me? We’re going to get Scoob son. I want to name my be able to name my kid TK. That’d be tough. Like, hey, why’d you name me TK? Well, I’ll I’ll offer mine I’ll offer mine up so you could do that. All right, bet. That’s good with me, man. That’s good with me. Um, thank you guys so much for tuning in. Really appreciate your guys continued support here on the Fireside Yankees channel. We’ll have links to Ann That’s Baseball’s content as well, so you guys can check that out because it’s baseball stuff. Uh, and I want to throw Chris’s links down there as well. I realize I haven’t been throwing your college football stuff down there. So, I’m doing not do not. I will you. Nope. I I have I I can do that. And uh I can do that without telling you. That’s the best part. Uh, now I I also want to shout out the uh audio side. We have an Apple and a Spotify. So I can download the you guys can download it uh or just listen to it on the go in your car. And u yeah really appreciate your support. Fire Joe Shane. We’ll see you guys in the next one. Peace out everybody. [Music] [Applause] Perfect. Perfect.

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