Austin Wells Shines as Yankees' First Leadoff Catcher

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00:00is Austin Wells. They made such a big deal. I was watching MLB Network when he was coming

00:06up to bad. They were talking about Austin. Well, I can't believe this catcher leading

00:08off and he proceeds to go yard. So Austin Wells, not only a magnificent mustache, can

00:13we get a look at the mustache? I mean, it's magnificent. This is throwback. It's great

00:16stuff here. You love seeing this, but the Yankees have played more than 18,000 games.

00:22This is the first time ever that they've had a catcher in the leadoff spot. Now Rick's

00:25Sarone wasn't very fast. Butch Weininger, not a guy you hit at the top of the lineup.

00:31There were a couple other catchers in Yankee lore, Bill Dickey, Yogi Berra, Thurman Munson.

00:36Those guys were pretty good. But I mean, think about that. That's pretty stunning that in

00:41all those years, not one catcher for the New York Yankees. Rory Posada, not a leadoff guy.

00:46But that is kind of interesting. 18,000 games and it never happened just once by accident.

00:51The structure of baseball has changed. And when I was a kid, I remember my parents, Matthew,

00:57you need structure. That was my mom and my impersonation. As a father now, it's important

01:01structure. Structure of the game is completely blown off the doors. It's not the speedy guy

01:06at the top of the lineup. It's not your contact guy at the two. And then this guy, that's

01:09not what it is anymore. Now it's, hey, Kyle Schwab or Aaron Drudge are leadoff guys. Austin

01:13Wells, why not? Your hit tool works. Go right ahead. Does that portend the absolute chaos

01:19that's coming for the game? That I can't speak to, but it does say about just sometimes

01:24the old way of doing things is just that old.

01:29You know, you know, it's funny. I just Googled greatest leadoff hitting catcher and AI told

01:34me Austin Wells. Yeah. Good job, Grok. I just want to say, I don't, I think AI is broken,

01:41everybody. I just, I just, I think it might be like, come on, Austin Wells has got to

01:47be somebody. Oh, didn't Craig Bezio hit lead off. I feel like a little bit. That's somebody

01:51else out there. Yeah. I mean, come on. Okay. I got to go back and look, but you're, you're

01:57a hundred percent right. The game is, is this the structure that your mom was talking about?

02:00By the way, is that why we've done this show for six years?

02:02It's a structure of having a show format where we go from topic to topic. No, but at the

02:07end of the day, having structure is important. Then being able to color outside the lines

02:11is also important. I don't want to go off on a rant here, but as a wagerer, having structure

02:16in April and March and April is so important. But then when you see something being okay

02:21to color outside the lines with the house money is what we're just trying to do here.

02:25Joe, I'm still looking for Russell Martin. There's a guy, he hit off a little bit. Russell

02:31Martin. I found one. Thanks Google. Anyway, let's get back to some more stuff here. Let's

02:37talk about the Orioles, man. Oh man. Like next year, I'm going to learn my lesson. Bet

02:40on Tyler O'Neill to hit a home run. Doesn't matter. I mean, six, seven dates. It doesn't

02:45matter. Tyler O'Neill opening day home runs. The other thing is the Orioles on opening

02:48day, the over the team total over at the very least, because my God, the Orioles streak

02:54unbelievable. 10 plus runs, three straight season openers. That ties a major league record

02:59shared by the reds in the 1890s. And then the brewers from 94 to 96, the 1890s. But

03:06you didn't have that on your bingo card today. Also basking is greatness. Ladies and gentlemen,

03:12the most games with at least one home run and a walk in the same game before turning

03:1627. Look at this list here. Mickey Mantle, 115. Jimmy Fox, 114. Eddie Matthews, 106.

03:23Mike Trout, 105. Melot, 101. And Juan Soto, 26 years old, 100. Matt, that's a pretty good

03:31group of company, don't you think? It speaks to Juan Soto's eye and his discipline. I'll

03:36bring it back to having structure and then being able to color outside the lines, right?

03:40Look, Juan Soto can look a pitch into a catcher's glove and work a count and get a walk the

03:45same way he can recognize what pitch is coming next and take it 400 plus feet. And that to

03:51me is how I want to be as a wager. I want to be able to look at pitches most of the

03:55time, know who I am. But every so often when I see that meatball, I'm going to take it

03:59yard.

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