00:00But the Anthony Volpe thing, that's a developing story.
00:02Oh, of course it is.
00:03Because as much as we're starting to very slowly trust him again.
00:08I mean, he's hitting?
00:09He's hitting.
00:10To his credit?
00:10He's still doing that whole knee on the ground with the ground ball,
00:13and it just worries me.
00:14He's more walking than hitting, but yes.
00:17Well, he had two hits last night.
00:18He had two hits the day before.
00:19He's had four hits in the last two days.
00:20He's over 300 now.
00:22Yeah.
00:22308.
00:23No, he's doing both, Sean.
00:24We have to be fair.
00:25He is doing both.
00:25That doesn't mean you're anointing him.
00:27It doesn't mean you're saying he's the starting shortstop.
00:29We have to say it like it is.
00:30His OPS is over 1,000, dude.
00:32Yeah, he's also had the worst at-bat in the last three days that cost him a game.
00:36Say it one more time.
00:37He's had the worst at-bat in the last three games that's cost him a game.
00:40Which at-bat was that?
00:40Saturday night against Luke Weaver?
00:42I don't remember that at-bat.
00:43Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:44Struck him out.
00:45That's right.
00:45That was great.
00:45So, again, let's see it more than two days here.
00:47No, no.
00:48I'm just – this is why I had to whisper it, Tiki, because people get offended.
00:51I'm not even an Anthony Volpe fan.
00:53I'm just describing what's going on right now, so I'll do it again.
00:56Have you seen Anthony Volpe lately?
00:57I have.
00:58He's getting on base a lot.
00:59I guess I'm not, like, screaming at him anymore.
01:01No!
01:02I think that right now we've calmed down from screaming.
01:04Here's what Anthony Volpe has on the line.
01:06To me, if he continues to play this way, he can gain a roster spot
01:11and not be optioned down when Caballero comes back.
01:14But when Caballero comes back, I would still say he should be the shortstop.
01:17I agree.
01:18I don't think he should lose his job based on a couple of good days from Anthony Volpe,
01:22but we need to be fair.
01:23We need to acknowledge that Anthony Volpe, starting with the Mets series,
01:27where they couldn't throw him a strike for some reason,
01:29is playing some pretty good baseball over a very small sample.
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