00:00Before this season even started, I brought up the fact that the Yankees should make Ben
00:07Rice their catcher, they should trade Austin Wells, and they should sign a first baseman.
00:13They ultimately did not end up doing that.
00:15They could have had Murakami at first base, Ben Rice could have been their catcher.
00:18Can you imagine that lineup of Murakami, of Rice and Judge in the middle of that order?
00:21And they could have got Murakami for a song and a dance.
00:24They ultimately did not end up doing that.
00:26Ben Rice is now off to this MVP-level start.
00:30He has been just terrific along with Aaron Judge, and that duo is going to set records all summer long.
00:38You could just tell right out of the gate here they are tremendous and a tremendous Yankee duo
00:43of the likes we haven't seen perhaps in a while.
00:45Like, it gives you Mantle Maris vibes.
00:47That's how good they've been in the first, you know, six, seven weeks of the season.
00:52Ben Rice is not a good defensive first baseman.
00:56But he does have another position he can play, and that is catcher.
01:01And I said it in the offseason, and I'm going to say it again.
01:04Ben Rice needs to be the catcher.
01:06Austin Wells is just not cutting it.
01:08He's just not good.
01:09He has been bad for a while.
01:12Ben Rice should be the catcher of the Yankees.
01:14He should be the starting catcher.
01:15He would give the Yankees a major advantage offensively at that position.
01:19Plus, Wells gives you nothing.
01:20And now you have the opportunity of playing Goldschmidt, perhaps bringing in a lefty they
01:25can platoon, or going out there and making a big splash trade or something like that.
01:29But for now, because that's down the road, for now, make Rice your catcher, and then you
01:34can platoon first base.
01:35Or have Goldschmidt just be the first baseman.
01:38He's a borderline Hall of Famer.
01:39I trust at-bats with Polschmidt.
01:42Wells has just been awful.
01:45And I said it for months leading into the year.
01:48Ben Rice should be the catcher.
01:49Ben Rice should be the catcher.
01:50Ben Rice should be the catcher.
01:52Wells ain't it.
01:53Well, the Yankees have an opportunity to make this move.
01:56Put Ben Rice a catcher and either find a new home for Wells or just leave him on the bench.
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