00:00Ben Rice has an opportunity to show that he can be the guy.
00:04The guy.
00:06It's one thing to be in the lineup with Aaron Judge
00:09and have the success that Ben Rice is having.
00:11Now with Judge out of the lineup,
00:13and he's going to miss, you figure, a month and a half,
00:16two months, bare minimum,
00:19Ben Rice now has an opportunity to be that guy.
00:22And I think he will show the world that he can be.
00:25And he will be.
00:27I think that highly of Ben Rice and his abilities.
00:30I said he would hit 40 home runs this year.
00:33He's well on his way.
00:36And it's a totally different animal
00:39when Aaron Judge is out of the lineup.
00:41Not just the protection that Judge provides in the lineup,
00:43but also the attention with the media,
00:46with pitching staffs, opposing pitching staffs.
00:50When Judge is gone,
00:52it's now all on your shoulders, Ben Rice.
00:56It's your team.
00:57This is Ben Rice's team.
01:00He's been the MVP, not only in the Yankees,
01:03but in the American League so far.
01:06That's how great he's been.
01:09But it's a totally different ballgame
01:11when you are hitting in front of Judge,
01:15when Aaron Judge's presence is there,
01:18in the locker room, in that lineup,
01:19meeting the media after the game.
01:22That's now gone for a while.
01:23You're not seeing Judge for a few months.
01:27So now it's on Ben Rice and his shoulders
01:30to be the guy.
01:31And I am fully confident that Ben Rice
01:34is going to show everybody
01:36that he can carry the win.
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