YANKEE EMPIRE CRUMBLES! BT & Sal UNLOAD!

YANKEE EMPIRE CRUMBLES! BT & Sal UNLOAD!

We do this dance every single October and it’s exhausting. It’s the same music. It’s the same steps. It’s the same complaints. See, it’s one thing to lose and not win championships and and that’s unacceptable based on their standards, right? But every time the Yankees get knocked out in the playoffs recently, they look like the grossly inferior team. It’s never close. It’s never like you watch three games or five games or seven games and say, “Man, the better team, boy, it was tight.” Flip a coin, they got a little blue base hit, Yankees went home. 22 Astros, miles better. 24 Dodgers, miles better. Now, I didn’t think that Toronto was miles better. I thought that Toronto may have been better, but the way the Yankees play, it’s the same stuff. The Ks, the untimely errors, there’s not enough home runs because the pitching gets better. And and here’s what I’m going to do today. I I already tell you the script. This is what’s going to happen for basically four hours or the entire day on the fan. All the calls, fire Boon, fire Cashman, all the complaints. All right, fantastic. Even if they did that, right, which they won’t because nothing’s going to change. But even if they did, nothing is going to change because too many people, here’s the problem, s too many, and Alex said it last night as well. Too many people in the front office who don’t know a damn thing about baseball. They have Juice and they have Cashman’s ear and they have Hal’s ear. So I I know that there’s a lot of layers. Who do you hold on to? Who do you let go in terms of the players, the free agents, the mechanics of the game? I understand that. But the frustration, even though I’m sounding frustrated, which I am, the frustration dissipates each year because you almost become desensitized to losing the same exact way. Yeah, but to me it is not the same exact way. I thought last year they beat themselves and they were kicking the ball over the place, fumbling the ba baseball all over the place, whatever. Maybe sloppy on the base pads, running into outs, just not being a fundamentally sound team. And mistakes are going to happen. Last night that happens with Jazz, obviously it’s not good. It’s a big spot and Jazz plays, you know, half the time with his head up his rear end. His 3030 season, you could take that and throw it in the trash because you watch him in a big spot and that’s what he does. Like, give me Clement all day long over I don’t even know what Clement’s season season numbers were. He’s a baller. I’ll take him over. But then Jazz has the athleticism and the 30 home runs and the 30 stolen bases and everybody falls in love with him, but then he does that. But this is bigger than just one error. So, we could focus on that and say, “Well, the sloppy Yankees.” That to me would be not reading this situation the right way. This team was built to mesh. The one thing they didn’t do in this postseason was hit consistently enough. Like there’s no excuse. We I said it Toronto was a better offensive team than Boston. So we knew that coming in. What I didn’t anticipate was twofold. The Yankees starters which are getting paid a ton of money. The Yankees starters with Freeden Rodon in particular not doing the job. And even more than that, the Blue Jays pitching shutting down the Yankees. Like you want to say one thing with you Savage. Okay, fair enough. Didn’t know about this kid. Nobody knows about him. Here he is bursting on the scene. was as nasty as they come first time they see them. How do you excuse a bullpen game shutting down the Yankees at Yankee Stadium? That can’t happen. This big bad Yankee lineup with 30 home run hitters up and down the order. They they can’t even score runs. That can’t happen. So to me, it’s not the same way. Now that has been something that has plagued them in the past. Yes. Not this version of the Yankee team, though. Last year, their issue was the fundies, the little things. People mocked them for it. They cleaned that up with plan B. They didn’t hit in the postseason this year. To me, when I talk about like the the repeated offenses, if you will, it’s it’s the empty at bats. And listen, yes, the Yankees became a better defensive team this year. Bellinger with a great play. That was a very tough play. And he’s obviously a very good outfielder. But I’m talking about obviously the Jazz double play and Jazz keeps running his mouth. We’re the best team. We’re this. And then he’s got a chance. He’s swinging like he’s Reggie Jackson. He had a buck 60. Had the biggest error of the playoffs so far in in ter Well, not so far, but had the biggest error of the playoffs. the Yankees consistently, whether it’s this year, whether it’s last year, whether it’s 2022, we can just keep going backwards and backwards and backwards. The Yankees sent too many guys up there who are mash or whiff. Yeah. You know, and and to me, so I’m what I’m talking about. That’s the right. That’s the philosophy of the organization that clearly like you saw it headon. Their philosophy versus the complete opposite. And you saw which one works. Oh, there’s no question. And and listen, it’s funny because a lot of people still tell us, well, you know, some of these stats don’t matter. It’s antiquated. I understand that there’s an emphasis on other aspects of baseball, whether it’s the OPS, the on base stuff. Understood. Clearly, you give me a team that puts the ball in play or fouls all five or six pitches. Even if they make out, they are forcing the opposing pitcher to labor. They are seeing more pitches. So, their next at bat, if that pitcher still in, they’ve got a better read. the guy who’s on deck and when you see them looking at the iPad, when you give a seven eight pitch at bat, you have a better chance to have success when you step in the batters box. Last night, bases juiced. Austin Wells first pitch he swing. I mean, what is we texted about that? I don’t. But that’s what I mean. I understand that baseball is hard. I understand that baseball is random, but the Yankees make baseball look harder for a really good They’re not a great team. for a really good team, their low points are lower than any really good team. Now, I’m not sitting here watching every pitch of the Padres’s or the Cubs or some of the other series, but I would almost venture to guarantee that there’s no really good team that looks one way during the season and then just has a complete drop off. Dude, they’re lucky they beat the Red Sox. If Durant doesn’t kick off, drop that soft liner with Judge and the play down the line with the popup. Like, they are lucky that they beat the Red Sox. The Red Sox just don’t have the lineup, especially being banged up. But they still could have lost that series. Yeah. Well, understood. But they didn’t. I mean, they won that series. You got to give them credit for that. I will say though, at their high points, and this is where people like myself got sucked into this, the Yankees high points, like the the appeal of the Yankees is that the lineup at any moment, one swing of the bat, and we’ve seen it like we’ve seen it a million times over for years, especially at Yankee Stadium. Even last night, like honestly, I did not give. I was texting with buddies. I was texting with you a little bit. I still did not believe the Yankees were going to lose that game. Even being down 5-1 in the ninth inning, five, whatever it was 5-2 in the ninth inning. At that point, I felt a rally was coming because I know it’s just one swing away. It’s a walk, a bloop base hit. All of a sudden, the crowd gets into it. The the Blue Jays pitcher soils himself and boom, a blast from Austin Walls changes everything or whoever it may be. That’s where they’re elite is that they’re dangerous in the batters box where one swing can change the game. So, when they’re on it looks like, oh my god, here we go again. Yankees mashing home runs. when they’re off, that’s what you see. And far too often, you’re right, in the regular season, it’s different. Look at the numbers. Than it is in the postseason, and that can’t happen. I did think it was going to be different. I didn’t think Toronto had the pitching to quiet the Yankees. They shut them down. Toronto dominated this series. The old Yankee teams would have absolutely destroyed this Toronto pitching staff. They would they would have whacked them because you would have gotten better at bats. I mean, what did I hear coming? I think it was Jerry or maybe maybe it was with Boomer and Gio. I don’t know which one said it, but you know, Toronto was like second fewer strikeouts in baseball. We talk about the number one batting average with runners in scoring position and the Yankees were like 29th or 30th in strikeouts. That stuff matters. That matters. And they just keep rolling out the same stuff. And the bottom line is this too s like era judge phenomenal. I mean, he he can’t blame him anymore. Like the excuse of well judge hasn’t carried them. Nope. That’s out the window. What he’s done. so often during the regular season, even 2023 when the Yankees didn’t make the playoffs. We’ have ran into the wall in Dodger Stadium, he may have won the MVP that year maybe or finished second. And I believe if he doesn’t miss 60 games, whatever was Yankees would have been a playoff team that that year as well. I don’t think they would have gone anywhere, but they probably would have made it. The point is is that Aaron Judge has masked so much wrong with this team. You don’t have a leadoff hitter. I don’t want to see Trent Gisham on the team anymore. I don’t care if Trent Gisham, unless he’s the fourth outfielder. If Trent Gisham said, “I love it here. I want to come back on a one-year deal. I know if I want him back. And listen, by the way, he wouldn’t be the worst thing, but you can’t have him back off your You want to bat him six, you want to bat him seven, you want to bat him eight, that’s fine. I’m not saying there’s no value. You can sit him against lefties, tough lefties, but the flailing at at soft stuff away. I I don’t know how Aaron Boon didn’t pitch it for Anthony Vulpi. I don’t know how Anthony Vulpi was allowed to hit not the last time when Rosario stepped in and got a hit for him. Not uh the second to last time. Listen, the Yankees have a major problem with their shorts stop and center and other spots. And you know what? They deserve to lose. Here we go. Well, look, I mean, we have four hours to get to this and we will get into it. It’s to me the same thing that I was saying in season. I don’t like the way that they’re constructed and that is exposed when you play a good team in a short series. But but they keep getting away with it because the regular, you can’t argue the regular season success. I said it last year. I didn’t think they were good last year. They still won the division and got to a World Series. Now, what happened was the other teams got better and the Yankees didn’t change their philosophy. They also don’t develop the young players probably. Like there’s a million things to get into with the Yankees. They could push back and say, “Yeah, well playoffs are crap shoot. We won 94 games.” But then you look at the true disparity between the Blue Jays and the Yankees. And they were dominated in the series, the Yankees by Toronto. BT Sal on the fan. Our friends at Town Fair Tire reminds you that at Town Fair Tire, you always get the guaranteed lowest price on name brand tires from Connecticut to Maine. Nobody beats Town Fair Tire. Nobody. David is calling from Brooklyn starting us off. What’s up, David? Good afternoon, fellas. Good morning, guys. How you doing? What’s up, Dave? I was I was listening to BT’s rant to start the show, and it just compelled me to call in because the Yankee standard is no longer winning a World Series. Their standard is basically pick on the bad teams well enough to make it to October, fell out the stadium for as long as you possibly can, and then get eliminated. And Cashman just wants to get to the Hall of Fame on that resume alone. His resume is basically, “We make the playoffs every single year. How can you possibly hate me?” Dave, hold on one second, Dave. Dave, let me let me get this out. This is really important to me. So, I I hear a lot of people say that. And And I don’t I don’t think that you’re fully wrong. I think the bigger issue is that when they go in two seasons, they actually think that they have a World Series team. So, I I know that people, you got five home games, you made some money, how’s fine, he’s not George. I know there’s elements of that that are very true. I think the biggest problem is they don’t know how to build the championship team. It’s proven. I agree. And all and it’s the same thing every single year. They keep beating their heads up against the wall with the same philosophy of launch angle, hard contact rate, and and terrible defense. But what good is hard contact rate if you’re not making any contact? Yep. It’s it’s not good, David. It’s an excellent point. Thank you for the call. It’s why we’ve been saying the same thing for years. Look, we’re not saying that the Yankees had the best team that they’ve had since 2018. Aaron Boone said it. Boone said himself as the manager of this club since 2018. This is the best Yankees team that I’ve had to work with. We saw what they put up numbers-wise in in the regular season with the offense. You know who the pitchers were with Rodon having a terrific year, with Max Freed being a legitimate ace, with Schlitler taking over as a dominant young rookie and still they got manhandled by Toronto. like they got to be they think and and I do think that there were points in the season where hierarchy at least acknowledged that maybe it wasn’t going to be their year. Remember there was talk about halfway at the trade deadline whatever maybe they tried but they didn’t really believe that this was it. My question then would be well what are the answers because you said Dominguez was going to be great he was a bust. You thought Vulpi was going to be great at tier three he’s been a bust. Well Austin Walls did not live up to the expectation. The pitcher that you paid a ton of money failed in the biggest spots. your lineup outside of Aaron Judge failed in the postseason while they mashed in the regular season. Like there are a million different issues here. Oh yeah. But that’s why I just think it’s a roster construction thought process, organizational fundamental flaw in what what it takes to win in the postseason. It’s so much bigger than Aaron Boon. I mean, it really is. And that now listen, that doesn’t mean you have a job for life. And I’m sure there’s people going to call us up and say you got to move on from Boone. Do I think that would change anything if they don’t like really overhaul the inner the guts of the franchise? I don’t think it would change a damn thing. But think about this now. He was very good last night. Not as he didn’t hit 100 once. I I didn’t see a 100. Uh but in some ways it was almost more impressive than his dominance against the Red Sox because Schlitler really had a battle. Uh and and he kept the Yankees in the game, right? And it’s a better lineup number. Much better lineup. Not even close. There’s no doubt they make you work. He couldn’t put hitters away. So the pitch count got up there, whatever. But the Yankees have a top three payroll. and their season was hanging in the balance in and giving the baseball to a a kid who nobody knew anything about before the season. Now, this kid was ready to answer the bell. And I think that Cam’s going to be an outstand if he stays healthy. I mean, I think he could be an ace. I think he could be an all-star. I think he could be terrific. He can be outstanding. But just think about that, guys. Like, and then the season comes down to, well, you know, should you should you pinch hit for the shortstop? Should you pinch hit for, you know, who’s playing first base? Is it the the soon to be 40-year-old righty who’s basically done nothing for two months except little blue base hits to first base? Is it the promising young lefty masher who can’t catch a ground ball and looks horrible to first base? Yeah. I mean, it’s it shouldn’t be it shouldn’t be that like I I don’t know. I They’re lined. I can’t I can’t stand the way the Yankees are built. By the way, the excuse early on was well, it’s Garrick Crochet or thinking about well school could be nasty. Those are the best pitchers in the game. So you could at least be like, “All right, well, if Crochet goes eight shut out against you, eight eight innings, allows one run, you tip your cap, nothing you can do.” Okay, Yankees, much like everybody else, can’t get the best pitching. The Blue Jays throw 15 guys out there last night out of their bullpen at home in a must-win game. And the Yankees can’t muster a hit. Couldn’t get a guy in scoring position like that. To me, losing the game. All right, you could have made a case somehow someway, an error, the Yankees bullpen implodes, Schlitler not as dominant. You could have made a case for the Blue Jays scoring six, seven runs and maybe win winning this game. I did not think under any circumstance the Yankees wouldn’t be able to hit against the Yankee the Blue Jays bullpen. And they got a couple of cheap ones late. Although Dominguez hit that pretty well, but they got a couple late. I mean, for the most part, they’re sitting on three knocks for the entire game. Yeah. Without getting in scoring position until Jazz was Jazz was up in the eighth inning, whatever it was. Gross. I don’t have another word for it, but gross. I mean, and and tiring and at this point predictable. The empty at bats are just a joke. Alex is in East Quag. What’s up, Alex? Hello, Al. Good morning, guys. Uh, the the team needs an organizational reset, including Cashman and Boone, in my opinion, but they’re not it’s not going to happen as you said. So, let’s move on past that. You know, I I have to bring this up, guys. I was listening to you yesterday morning after they won game three. You’re like, “Oh, and I forget which one of you said you said, “It looks like the Yankee Bats are waking up.” Well, when you start in any game six players who are hitting 250 or less and three of them are hitting 210, you’re not going to be seeing many waking ups, you know. So, I’m not totally I’m not surprised by the way this went down. And you’re right, it’s it’s it’s home run or nothing. That’s like a dinosaur. Now, look at this. The Blue Jays were slapping the ball left, right, center, everywhere. It’s an organizational It’s an organizational reset that that’s needed. But when you put out, look at the batting averages of this starting team. And that’s going to that’s going to destroy Aaron Judge, too. You wonder why he gets so many intentional losses. And you’re you’re right. Gisham at leadoff is insane. So, you’ve got nobody getting on base ahead of him. And behind him, you don’t really I mean, Bellinger had a really good year, but Stanton is another hit or miss guy. Yep. So, you don’t really have enough. They That’s the point, Alex. We talked about it yesterday. But the but the problem is that they still have as bad as they were in the postseason and thank you for the call. They still have the potential to wreck a game once they step up there. That’s the lore. That’s the appeal. Not because it’s made up out of somewhere. They they did it this year. How many runs did they score in Major League Baseball this year? Where’ their offense rank? You go over the numbers all the time. They were number one in OPS, number one in bombs. Look at the power up and down the order. Other teams don’t have that. 28th in whiffs. Trent Christian guy with 34 home runs and was a lethal bat in front of Aaron Judge all year long was as easy an out as there was in the postseason. Forget about the names and forget about the stats for a second. All right, close your eyes and just try to juxtapose the the difference between the at bat for the at bats plural for Toronto and for the Yankees, right? Toronto grinds, gets ahead of the count, foul ball, keeps it a favorable hitter count. The Yankees strike one, strike two, ball one out. That’s the And you saw that all series. You miss a fast ball, you flail at something soft, the pitcher throws a show me ball to maybe get you to jump. So, it’s one of two. Bang. You’re out the next pitch. 70 strikeouts. 70 in this series. It’s the same thing. You’re right. It’s the same thing we’ve been talking about forever. Philosophy, organiz like they needed a change four years ago and they just refused to do it. And I don’t understand like I don’t understand what more they need to see. The push back is always going to be well 94 wins in the regular season, always in the playoffs. That’s great. This is the longest drought. I saw that. I know. Since they’ve won a World Series, since they were the Yankees. Yeah, I saw that. 1903 from the Highlanders to the Yankees until they won their first one. Since they won their first one. We are now living in the midst of the longest drought between between championships in Yankees history. And guess when the second one was from the time I was like seven all the time up to my early 20 79 to 96 obviously correct unbelievable.

Another October, another heartbreak. BT & Sal unload on yet another Yankees playoff collapse the same song, the same dance, the same painful ending. The guys rip into the Yankees’ lifeless bats, embarrassing strikeouts, and clueless front office that refuses to evolve. From Jazz Chisholm’s brutal mistake to the team’s broken philosophy of “home run or bust,” nothing escapes their wrath.

They ask the big questions:
🔥 Should Boone and Cashman finally go?
⚾ Is this the most lifeless Yankee lineup of the modern era?
💸 Has the organization become numb to mediocrity?

Judge mashed, but it didn’t matter the rest of the team folded again. The calls are coming for change, but will anything actually happen?

Chapters:
00:00 Same old October collapse
01:00 Yankees look grossly inferior again
03:00 Toronto’s bullpen shuts down New York
06:00 Yankees’ highs vs. playoff reality
08:00 Roster flaws exposed — Volpe, Grisham, Stanton
10:00 The philosophy problem: home run or nothing
12:00 Front office arrogance and stagnation
15:00 Fans sound off: time for an organizational reset
17:00 The longest World Series drought in Yankees history

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