How aggressive will Brian Cashman be at the deadline?

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00:00Thoughts on the Yankees, John?

00:02Yeah, I mean, Ryan Cashman has said they're going to be all in.

00:05I was hearing out in the All-Star game that it feels like they're going to be doing something big.

00:10Then again, another general manager told me Cashman has never given up anybody good.

00:15I think that's probably an exaggeration, but he was praised for Cashman saying that he's very careful

00:20and does not take chances that end up bad.

00:23So I don't think they're going to give us.

00:26Now, Spencer Jones is killing it in the minor leagues right now,

00:28and they certainly could get a lot for him.

00:31There are a number of teams that could use somebody like that, and I do believe he will be a star.

00:37George Lombard Jr., not having a big year, but he is their number one prospect.

00:42I think they're going to hold on to those guys.

00:43I think he's going to figure it out some other way, whether it be with Schlittler,

00:47and that's a lot even for them.

00:49I do think, because he's come up and he's done pretty well to start,

00:53I do think that they would be willing to give up somebody of that ilk.

00:57I don't know about him particularly, but I do think that they need to be in it.

01:01They've got a lot of issues right now.

01:03Third base is an issue.

01:05Bullpen also an issue for them, particularly a left-hander, and they need another starter.

01:08I think that's clear.

01:10I don't think you can just hope that Heal was going to be great,

01:14and that Yarbrough was going to come back, and he's going to be as good as he was.

01:17I do think Freed's blister will be okay, but it's another bit of a concern.

01:21So I think they're going to figure it out to do something,

01:25because they're not going to get out of this deadline without getting a third baseman, right?

01:30It's basically a black hole at this point.

01:32I wonder if they need a shortstop.

01:35Well, based on their comments, they love the guy, right?

01:38I think they're sticking with that.

01:40But can they turn around after telling us how much they love him and say,

01:43yeah, we don't love him so much?

01:44Well, the question is, can they get somebody who has some shortstop skills and play him less?

01:49You know, like I'm throwing out a name you've mentioned a few times.

01:53I wouldn't put IKF back on the Yankee roster,

01:55and I wouldn't put him at shortstop if he was back on the Yankee roster,

01:58but I at least would give that overview.

02:01You know, John, he can play third, too.

02:02I mean, they might do like an IKF or a Renjifo as at least a placeholder at third,

02:07because I don't think you can go many weeks with guys hitting 149 at third base.

02:10You've got to, even if it's a placeholder,

02:12until you land Suarez or McMahon or Key Brian Hayes, I wouldn't be opposed.

02:18You just mentioned, so, like, I think they should do what they can to try to get Suarez.

02:23He so obviously fits their needs, et cetera.

02:26My fallback position is for Brian Hayes,

02:28and it's not because me and you are old enough that we covered his dad

02:31and enjoyed covering his dad.

02:33That's a piece of work.

02:34I ran out to win spring training, and he gave me an earful.

02:37About the Pirates, right?

02:38Like, the Pirates don't love having him around.

02:40It was kind of off the record, so I don't want to say it.

02:42Well, I think the Pirate people don't – like, it's an issue there.

02:45It's like – so let me just do my favorite, Charlie Hayes line.

02:49I think you were probably there.

02:50He was – the Yankees were having a spade of injuries his first time through,

02:53and Charlie was stout, right?

02:57And he's sitting with his shirt off in his locker.

03:00And if you go back and look, Charlie Hayes played 150 games a year,

03:03and somebody said, Charlie, how do you stay so healthy?

03:05And he grabbed his sides, and he goes, fat don't sprain.

03:08Exactly.

03:08So that was his line.

03:09Anyway, I love that line for Charlie.

03:10So I like Brian Hayes.

03:12I see a Scott Brocious there.

03:14First of all, I know I locked down the defense, right?

03:17I locked down the defense.

03:18He's as good a defensive third baseman as you will find.

03:21So I know I have that for a team that sometimes gets weird with the ball.

03:27And I just think, like, Brocious in Oakland, where it was like,

03:29oh, he was following the Bash brothers.

03:31He's going to be a middle-of-the-lineup kind of guy we need.

03:34And he failed, and it kind of got in his head and whatever.

03:36He needed to get out of a place and go back ninth on a good team.

03:40I think if Hayes moved to someplace else, you'd get more because you'd say,

03:45hey, hit 240 and play the hell out of defense.

03:48You know what 240 would be for the Yankees at third base right now?

03:51That would be a joke.

03:5290 points more than they got now.

03:52Yes, right?

03:53So I have my eye on him.

03:55He's had back issues, but I've talked to some people who know him over there.

03:59I guess he really dedicated himself in the offseason to a program

04:01that's keeping him on the field more this year.

04:04He's a player I have.

04:06The one thing I'll add about the Yankees is two quick thoughts.

04:12I said this, Ryan Sampson's sitting in here, one of our great producers

04:16who I do the Yankee webcast with, and I'm like, you know, three years ago,

04:20like if I mentioned to a friend of mine, Spencer Jones,

04:22he's like, you can't trade Spencer Jones.

04:23I said, you had that same reaction about Volpe three years ago,

04:26like when they could have gotten Luis Castillo

04:28and might have won the World Series if they had, right?

04:30Like there's these players you haven't seen.

04:33It's hard to play in the major leagues,

04:35and I know you want to take George Lombard and Spencer Jones off the chessboard,

04:39but should you?

04:39You're the Yankees.

04:40Like at some point, these guys come up, and you're like, oh, all right,

04:43they're okay, but maybe they should have traded them.

04:45The other thing is the Yankees are very good at indexing big arms

04:49that light up the imagination of other analytically bent teams.

04:54So guys like Schlittler, but also others,

04:56and their catching has done great in the major leagues when they've traded it.

05:00So a guy I would keep my eye on is Rafael Flores,

05:02who's catching for them at AA, who whenever I call somebody,

05:05they say, keep an eye on Rafael Flores.

05:07Yeah, I mentioned Cashman's never given up any good.

05:10Norvayas has actually played very well.

05:11And Josh Smith would be playing third base for the Yankees.

05:14But generally, the guys that he gives up,

05:16it was worth trading and getting bigger pieces for.

05:19He's generally done a good job trading.

05:22I'm with you on keep Brian Hayes.

05:23I think there's something there.

05:24Change of scenery will help him.

05:26Batting ninth, something like that for the Yankees.

05:29And if he hits 240, it's 91 points higher than they've got now, right?

05:32So I'll take that.

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