Yankees Struggle in Miami: Analysis & Implications

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00:00Always fun to catch up and talk some baseball here.

00:02And Justin, thanks for coming on the show.

00:04I know it's going to be a busy week.

00:05And of course, we'll start off with the busy week for the New York Yankees.

00:09I mean, I feel like, you know, we should be talking about the Marlins here.

00:12I mean, that to me is really the story, but everybody wants to talk about the Yankees here.

00:16So look, I mean, I was at the game, so I certainly, you know, could kind of speak more to this,

00:22I believe, than maybe most people, Justin.

00:24And is that you never know, like if the Yankees pull off that first win in Miami,

00:28you know, with the crazy game that they had there, maybe the next two games go differently.

00:32But it just seemed to me in watching those games that after that, they were so defeat-adjusted,

00:38like they didn't score a run on Saturday.

00:40And it felt like once that was at the home run on Sunday, they were done too.

00:44Maybe the best thing possible for New York is getting out of there,

00:46because they just looked awful this weekend.

00:49I think it was a pretty tough mental spot.

00:52You know, you make all those moves, you try to fortify the back end of your bullpen,

00:56and everyone sort of, everyone you brought in in that first game absolutely fumbles one part or another,

01:03whether it's the Caballero error, you know, in Florida still for him not really having to go too far,

01:09still can't get settled, or every single pitching condition, Bird, Bednar,

01:13all imploding and giving away what felt like it could have been that win.

01:18And yeah, I think they got to go reset.

01:20Baseball, you know, when you get into those clubhouses, is very series to series.

01:24So hopefully a new page, a fresh start, Max Freed pitching today, start the week off.

01:29Just forget those first couple of days happened.

01:32The Yankees have been one of the more unlucky teams this year in baseball by a lot of the estimations

01:37of, you know, lucky or unlucky hits.

01:39So a lot of that research that goes into how pitchers are actually pitching

01:43and how hitters are doing against it can show us the Yankees are still,

01:47and the metrics, you know, the on-the-paper metrics show this too.

01:49They're still one of the most potent offenses with some of the most dangerous pitching weapons

01:54in baseball, and that's why the odds still show them as the favorite to make the playoffs,

01:58even if they cede current position to the Red Sox, which is crazy to say the least.

02:04It's awesome.

02:05I love it for baseball, even if I am, at heart, a Yankees fan.