Yankees ‘Have Something Cooking’ 🔥 Derek Jeter, A-Rod & Big Papi react to Game 3 win vs. Blue Jays

Yankees ‘Have Something Cooking’ 🔥 Derek Jeter, A-Rod & Big Papi react to Game 3 win vs. Blue Jays

A-Rod Aaron Judge had his moment. We’ve been talking the whole postseason he’s getting plenty of hits. He had the moment. It was there for him. They’re down 6-1. He hits a three-run bomb off the pole and it’s a whole new ball game now. Yeah. And you know, I know he’s thinking about game one when he had the bases loaded and he struck out and here’s a retake and I know he was relishing his opportunity. The interesting thing about that is, you know, Snider’s had a done a great job of pitching around him all year and he pinned himself against the corner here and he had to pitch the judge 02 swings through the 01 fast ball 100 mph and then gets a hell of a pitch up and in and hits it a mile and that was a moment. Yeah, I tell you I would disagree with one thing. I don’t think he was thinking about striking out with the bases loaded in Toronto in that particular bat because I do think he has had a tremendous postseason this year. Now, he hadn’t hit the big home run until this time, but he was taking what they were giving him and he was getting his hits. He was getting on base. You could tell by his body language. The confidence is there. I don’t know how he hit the pitch. It was 100 at his neck inside. But, you know, Yeah, man. There’s there’s one person on the planet that can do it and it’s Aaron Judge. Hey, Todd told them who called a home run. We did. Hey, the different tonight with the Yankees is a 35 bat, six strikeout. They didn’t strike out as much. They put the ball in play more tonight. They they look more like the the the offensively team that they have all year round. They play the game the way it’s supposed to be. Even if things started a little crazy from the very beginning, they stay put and they came back and uh and offensively they show up. And Cap, to your point, he’s already having a great series. He was hitting over 500 before that at bat. But guess what? The postseason, we’ve said it over and over again is about moments and big moments. And this is one they’ll be talking about for many, many years. What does that do for the team? Well, let’s not lose sight of the fact we talked about it after game two. The way the Yankees swung the bat at the end of game two told you it could carry in because it woke them up offensively. They went from not being able to score runs till everyone contributed in the second half of that game. Now you look at it and you think, “Oh, they were blown out.” But they carried that momentum offensively and even today when they were down, they still look like they had a lot of confidence and they got contributions from everyone. Well, hear me out. Their problem haven’t been just their offense. is their pitching being able to stop the Blue Jays offense. Yeah. You know what I’m saying? The Blue Jays, they are capable of putting the ball in play a lot. They got momentum. They got action. They they force you to feel the ball. And being said, tonight the Yankees, they stay with the bullpen, did a good job holding the offense down. They came and attacked. The big man came through. I told you guys earlier that Aaron Judge is not the problem. and just he’s doing his job. Yeah, he’s doing his job. Oh, he’s not hitting for power. It It’ll come because hitting for power is not just that easy. You know, we all know that he’s a great power hitter, but they pitching to him. You know, they know that they have to pitching careful. KB, this is what makes baseball the greatest game in the world. And October baseball is incredible because G, to your point, it’s not just one game times five, right? Is a continuation. And you’ve talked about it momentum and narrative. And this is a great buildup, but notice that next time he came up, nobody on base, they walked him. Everyone always wants to focus who hits behind us. But it’s really about who hits in front of you. And with Gisham walking there, first to third, Blue Jays were pinned to a corner. They had to pitch him. Watch this pitch. 3-1 right here. This is winning baseball. He had no intention of swinging. 3-1. Boom. Ball four. Put the ball pass the baton to the greatest player in the world. And big boy, this is your moment. Can you deliver? and he did in a big way. Yeah, I we talked about Judge’s postseason. It’s been just sensational, right? I mean, you guys have been talking about it just before the home run, but he is hitting in a big way. You’re talking about uh this year 11 hits already. He’s hitting 500. His OPS is 1300. Okay. So, the only thing that was missing was the long ball and somehow he did that tonight. But, you know, it was even before that. You think about this Derek, it’s 6 to1 and I know you said before the game there’s going to be a lot of runs today, right? It felt but it’s six to one. Vlatty had has that slide home, that Pete Rose slide. You’re like, “Oh man, the stadium’s dead quietly. This this is not looking good.” But Judge in the bottom of that third inning got a double to kind of get him a little rally, get him a little closer. So even before the home run, he kind of got him back in the game with from out, you know, they were kind of feeling lifeless at that moment. He did and and you got to, you know, say thank you to the Blue Jays defense. Yeah, Blue Jays defense. They gave him extra outs. you know, it gave him a run there early and then uh obviously the drop popup led to Judge’s big home run. But, you know, you just anytime you get down, you all know it. Every time you get down, you can’t sit there and try to score all the runs at once. They were down early and you got to give it to the Yankees. Much maligned bullpen, right? Six plus innings, no runs. You know, we talked about before the game, you can’t just expect Rhdon to shut down the Toronto Blue Jays. It’s not going to happen. It’s going to fall back on the offense. But they keep plugging away, plugging away, plugging away. And now I’m going to tell you what, Toronto’s going to start answering these questions about blowing a two-game lead. I got to tell you, son, I always say this, playoff, the the spirits play a big role. Collectively, the Blue Jays let this game get away from them. And I’m talking about everybody was involved on letting this game get away from them. And this might cost them. I’m telling you, I mean, when you let a game like this walk away from you in a situation like this one, it can cost you down the road because you should win this game right here. And Papa, you know this, not all wins are created equal. I mean, this is a victory that really goes against the narrative of who the Yankees have been. They’ve been considered bullies. They beat up on bad pitching. But today they they hit good pitching. They show some grit, some personality, some backbone, and they showed up in a big way. They cannot wait to come tomorrow. And Kevin, I do have one question, fellas. Explain this to me. How do the Blue Jays have a bullpen game in game four when you have a buy in the first round? That may cost. That is state of some baseball teams nowadays, isn’t it? That’s the bottom line. So after Aaron Judge had his heroics to tie the game, the very next inning was Jazz Chisum to put them in front. He’s standing by with our Ken Rosenthal. Thanks Kevin. Jazz first Aaron’s home run. What did you think? I mean I feel like it was a momentum shifter, the game changer, you know, the whole series changer right there. Your home run obviously broke the tie. You’re three for 17 in the postseason going into that at bat. Circling the bases. What’s going through your mind? Man, I’m just happy I got to do something to help my team win. You know, I’m just trying to help my team as much as I can. That’s all I was thinking. You know, we just need to get this win and keep on moving forward. That bat flip, it was kind of a bat chuck. How would you rate it? I wasn’t even really locked in. You know, I just hit it and it just went out. But, I mean, I give it a 10. You’ve been saying since September this was the best team in the American League. The Yankees were the best team in the American League. You expect that that to be proven out the next couple of days? Yeah, we’re definitely trying to show you guys why we’re the best team in baseball and I mean it just shows when it’s time to go. It’s like it’s no give up with this team and we’re always here to battle until the last out. Jazz, thanks a lot. Yes, sir. Kevin, back to you. Kenny, appreciate it. Jazz, thanks. You know, one thing about Jazz is he really lacks confidence. Oh, man. Someone should really show him being confident about his ability. He’s great though. We love him. Um, we’re just busting chops a little bit. But I’ll tell you what, I just go back again. I got to go back to six to1 Toronto. Poppy, we’re we’re marveling at Vlagro Jr. who had already homerred off Rodon and then came around and scored on that crazy slide and, you know, just flying through the air and you’re like, man, oh man, this is like, you know, close to being done here. The way it felt, even though there’s a long way to go, how did the Yankees pick themselves up off the mat from that moment, did you think? because we all felt it watching that game at that point. I tell you what, Jazz is not wrong about saying that the Yankees might be the best team in American League. They show that tonight. They should have been playing like that from the very beginning. That’s the team that’s the that’s the New York Yankee team that dominate in that division for a long time. The thing is that when you have a team like that, you you you you have to think about the pieces that you have, how you can control and put it together. Especially the Yankees having the playoff experience. They playing against a team that has ser playoff experience. They walk into the playoff last year and they walk out. The Yankees fight all the way through the worst series. They know that the light get brighter and they know how to execute. Now you show me the New York Yankees team. in the past couple of nights in those first two game and it’s not the same. So they got something cooking right now. Hopefully they don’t let it get away. Was it hard for you to say that? No, they were playing terrible. What you want me to say? You just asked the question. I can say I can say that when they playing terrible. I just asked the question. Was it hard? I’m just being honest, Cap. Matter of fact, matter of fact, I think I motivate them. You may talking all the tries the past couple of days. Well, Poppy, all the ghosts you were talking about, Babe Ruth, Jordan Majou, L Garrick, Mickey Man, look at how they played today. They all showed up in the building tonight. They should show up every night like that. I mean, they had their biggest payroll in baseball. They got to show up like that. Come on, man. You’re in the back pages of the post. Poppy questions Yankees. All of a sudden, they explode. Social media is fun, right? What do we got today? Let’s have some fun and check out what people are saying. It’s always so positive in that environment. I just know Big Poppy is pissed right now. Big Poppy having a ball in Cancun. Rained on your parade. Hey, don’t get too loud yet. Hey, Kevin. Poppy’s a little quiet tonight. Cappy’s just a little not as well. Actually, I’m a little happy. You little happy. I’m a little happy. I think Look, we all know you’re a family man. That’s right. Deep down, you want to go see your aunt in New York. I am. I know. That’s what I’m saying. I am deep down. I was mad because uh it doesn’t seem like I was going to. Hey, by the way, the Yankees didn’t even need Alvare Espinoza tonight. No, they just judge. No. Hey, hey, listen. Listen. Easy, guys. That’s a long way to go. Still, don’t go too crazy. Can we just go back on one thing? I don’t know. We discussed this in the pregame and we know you love you are a family man and you’re the best and you’re going to go see your aunt in the tri-state area. Maybe. You’re telling me the only way you can see your aunt is on the Fox charter. that there’s no other way that you could possibly get to New York to see her. It’s as free as me. It’s as free as me. It’s as free as me. Oh my god, Poppy, you were the best. You were the best. Uh Yankee bullpen tonight. Think about this. It’s been such a bugaboo of their season, right? The whole second half, it’s been an issue even after those big trades. Um very quietly, Rodon gets knocked out of the game at 6-1. Their bullpen, every single guy was tremendous tonight. Yeah. And give Hill a lot of credit. give Cruz a lot of credit. Just got a couple big outs there. Uh they didn’t go crazy with their emotions, kept everything under control. And then obviously Williams has been great. And then they’re closed or closed it. But the other thing you got to keep in mind is you have Rondon available tomorrow on spikes. I would have them in spikes tomorrow. And if there’s a game five, I would have everybody in spikes. Jeter, how many did he throw today? 50. Anthony, how many pitches? 50. Six. Six and a third bullpen tonight. Uh and you know, they they allowed three total. six and two/3 scoreless three total hits. You know, the the thing is we were back in the green room trying to figure out, okay, who are the Yankees going to go to? They have who they have, right? And one thing I look, I I know Aaron Boon takes a lot of heat in New York, but the one thing that he does do is he protects his players and he always speaks very confidently about his players. Now, that rubs off on them, right? Everyone goes through it a little bit, but but Aaron has confidence in his guys and he’s going to go to him because that’s who he has, right? And and if they can build on what they just did tonight, the Yankees can go a lot further than a lot of people think. Well, I mean, his players pull him where he at right now. Y you have you have you need to have accountability on your guys that take you to where you are right now. I mean, I I I I wouldn’t appreciate a a manager that have my back, especially in the worst time because when the good time shows up, you don’t need nobody to have your back but yourself. He did. It was interesting because he did say in the game, too, when Ken Rosenthal was interviewing, he said, “Hey, we just we just need our guys to hold them so it gives our time off our offense time to work.” And that’s exactly what happened. Uh there you go. So, how about the Blue Jays, right? Had a chance to wrap it up tonight. They did not. Obviously bullpen couldn’t hold the Yanks. Defense not great. Let’s hear from their manager, John Schneider. Now, thought we did a really good job against Carlos. Um kind of just didn’t really play our our game really when you look at kind of things at a whole um or as a whole. Um just defensively, you know, you get extra outs and and things like that and they can they can do that in a hurry, you know. So, um it’s not one thing, you know, it’s it’s it’s a couple things. and um you know their bullpen did a really good job and and um you know we just we just gave them extra outs. Uh you know it is interesting and they did and Poppy you said something which I think really hits you know but the Yankees they didn’t strike out tonight. They put the ball in play and it led to Blue Jays mistakes. It’s not always how the Yankees play offensive baseball. Well, sometime Kevin in this situation you had to look at yourself in the mirror and be like, “Okay, where we at and what took us to this moment right here during the playoff. What are we doing wrong?” Well, you are fanning a lot. You are missing so many pitches. You have seven guys in the lineup that are professional hitters. Guy that hit over 20 homers. Guy that put the ball in play. There’s a reason why the Yankee they don’t have the best pitching staff but they are one of the best team in American League. There’s a reason why you guys are professional hit. You have to perform just like it. And remember the Blue Jays when they make mistake against a ball club like this one, they’re going to make you pay. They’re going to take advantage of. You got to play the game right so you can be able to beat these guys. There was a a turn somewhere on the third inning where the Yankees stole the Blue Jays playbook where they started making great contact, solid pitching, timely hitting and you know they played solid defense as well and that was a nice change if they can build on that. Game two, seven runs, big comeback today, momentum is all theirs tomorrow. Judge had a nice catch too after that home run to kind of keep that defensive momentum going. and the Yankees. The Yankees are alive after a big win here today. Yankees win. Okay. Changing. Changing your tune. I heard it. There we go. Pretty pretty hard not to hear it. Uh, welcome back. So, game four, the Blue Jays. Looks like it’ll probably be a blue uh bullpen situation. The Yanks going to go with the young Cam Sliter who was awesome the other day. We’ll get to that in a second. If you just I Poppy, I think I got it right, but we’ll see as the night goes on. Hi, I’m going to test you later. Highlights in case you just turned on the show. Aaron Judge and the Yanks. Could they stay alive against Vlad Guerrero Jr. Guerrero? He has annihilated Carlos Rodon in his career. Eight for 18 off him at that point with another home run. Blue Jays were off and running quickly. Two to nothing. Trying to silence that Yankee crowd. There was more. Ernie Clemen. He’s going to do his share. That’s going to be a base hit. Watch. Watch Vlatty here. Pete Rose round in third. The passion that was unbelievable. I mean to send him against Bellinger’s arm there was incredible. And that was the slide, the emotion, everything. So the Blue Jays feeling good there, right? However, Austin Wells will pop up. Think it’s harmless. Madison Barger not harmless. That’s the left fieldielder. Got a cold out ball right there. He was way out there. So miscommunication drop, however you want to call it that led to this two-1. Ouch. 100 damage. 100 in the end. How did he honestly keep that fair and not hook it? Don’t try that at home, people. So impressive. Get off me. High off the foul pole. Just crushed against Farland. He points to the camera, said, “Yeah, feel the double stare. I love it.” Then it’s Jazz with the bat flip. He graded it a 10 out of 10. Gives the Yankees the lead. And the Bronx is going nuts. Jazz was yawning earlier in the game. He knew his moment was coming. Huh? Wait. He was saving his energy. That’s the thing about him though, Mid, you know, you just never know. He’s He’s up for those big moments. That late coffee. Yeah, late coffee. That’s like what we all had. We’ll be up till 1 in the morning. Uh Aaron Boon said he needed guy time for his guys to come through on offense. They did. Let’s hear from the Yankees manager. It’s competition. You just, you know, playoff baseball, too. Anything can happen. And uh you know you just got to keep grinding away and and you know to get to get two back you know in that what was it the third you know to 63 there. It’s like okay settled back into it a little bit and and obviously Judgy hits the big homer and we’re able to tack on but just a just an awesome team win. So many guys playing a important role in some way shape or form. Uh makes it a lot of fun. Aaron Judge is pretty good. I I don’t know if you realize that, but uh he’s also got a lot of home runs in the postseason. 17 of them with today. He’s done a lot of everything. Now, can the Yankees take advantage and come back against Toronto? Actually, yeah, exactly right there. 20. See that? You’re a sad boy, man. See that? Very, very nice. You know, the Blue Jays actually had the fewest blown lead losses in the league. Uh so that was also impressive by the Yankees. Is that right? Yeah. How about that? Is that right? Got you, Poppy. How about tomorrow? Cam Schlitler, the young right-hander who was unbelievable against Boston, went eight innings, 12 strikeouts. What can he do for an encore tomorrow? He’ll get the ball to try to save the Yanks season. Well, KB, there’s a lot to like. I mean, this is a unique pitcher. This is one that they haven’t seen before. The way he throws, he’s unlike any other pitcher they have on the staff. Over the top, very top. He showed incredible poise against the Boston Red Sox. And look, I think tomorrow I think it’ll be very good. I think the Yankees will give him some breathing room. I think they’re gonna shellac the bullpen of the Blue Jays. So, I think he needs to be good, not great. So, I like him tomorrow. I tell you what, that Cam kid, he going to put up a show tomorrow. Really? He is impressive. I mean, I’ve been watching this young man pitch. Uh I I watch him in uh New York against the Red Sox. Wow. He has some life on that fast ball. I mean, and I’m talking about the fast open strike song, Kevin, which is hard to get on top of it. Aundre with a nasty hook. I mean, it’s going to be fun to watch tomorrow. It will be. Look, I I Let’s Let’s bring the expectation level down just a little bit. I mean, you can’t expect him to go out there and strike out 25 people like you did against Boston. You know what I mean? Just because Toronto’s a different type of team. Sure. But I fully expect him to go out there and and basically I don’t want to say shut him down, but come pretty close to shutting them down. I expect the Yankees to go out and win tomorrow night. You know, you know what happened? His body language his last outing says a lot to me. Yeah, that young man, his body language, he showed me like he he looked like he had been in the league for a long time. He he his confident level to me was the biggest thing plus his ability to pitch. I mean he he got it he got it going on. Pap I’m coming back to you but KB this reminds me of the only person I can think that reminds me of this type of energy for young pitchers. Doc Gooden in 1984 85. Wow. When he would just light it up. I mean the way that stadium was going off. Now again to Derek’s point let’s calm down a little bit. But the abilities there. I think he needs to be good not great. Are you jumping on the Yankees bandwagon? No. No. No, I’m just being real realistic. Oh, I like that. When you got it, you got it. When you got it, you got it. I I can’t wait to watch that kid pitch tomorrow. Hold on a second. You said you said a temper expectations like he just reminds me of Doc Gooden. I know. I know. I love the kid. Listen, nothing wrong with that. You’re allowed. You know, you know who he reminds me of, right? I mean, different types of pitchers, but he’s in a situation similar to Jared Wright with the Indians. Remember Jared came up at the end of the year. Cooko did an outstanding job in the playoffs. Actually pitched game seven of the World Series and did a great job against against Florida Marlins. So he reminds me of that. You know, he’s going around the league now. These guys are seeing him for the first time. He has outstanding stuff. I’m glad that the national stage gets a chance to see him once again after he pitched against Boston. And I think everyone’s eager to see how it goes. You know what would be interesting? And uh you know, he he’s allowed one run his last three starts, right? So, as good as his last start was, is really his last couple starts. I thought what was great, and I know you did too, is his last start. Even though he he wasn’t in a lot of trouble, still it’s, you know, it’s a got to have a game, is that Aaron Boon rode with him, right? His rookie, he didn’t panic and take him out in the fourth inning when a guy, you know, made good contact, he he let him eat. And I think tomorrow it’s going to be interesting. Now, obviously, we’ll see if he’s got good stuff, but does he have the same kind of rope with the rookie and let him kind of go if he’s got the good stuff going? Well, he he’s going to need to because that bullpin has been taxed a little bit and they threw a lot today. They’ve been throwing a lot. But I love what Aaron Boon did that game for him to trust his eyes and not go to the iPad. I saw him approach him after the seventh inning and say, “Are you okay? I’m gonna go with you one more.” I mean, kudos to Aaron Boon. He gets so much grief. I think too much. And I think he’s done a great job. And we need to give Aaron Boon some breathing room,

New York Yankees legends Derek Jeter and Alex Rodriguez, joined by Boston Red Sox legend David Ortiz, reacted to the Yankees’ second-largest postseason comeback. All three agreed: “They have something cooking” as the New York Yankees head into Game 4 of the American League Division Series tomorrow night.

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