00:00The Yankees have a new lineup here tonight, Greg.
00:03You had mentioned they're going to try to mix it up
00:05because you had said, right, all sorts of records being broken
00:09with the futility here that the Yankees have approached offensively
00:13in back-to-back games in this series.
00:17Where's the spark coming from, do you think, here tonight?
00:21Because I don't think Rice can be any better than what he has been.
00:24Nah, Rice has been amazing.
00:27No, you tell me.
00:29Luis Garcia?
00:32Maybe?
00:34I mean, the lefties have to get it done, right?
00:37Although it's so weird with Martinez because he's got the reverse splits.
00:41He's been better against lefties as a righty than he has been against righties.
00:46Righties have been better than lefties, which is strange,
00:49but that's what's been going on here right now.
00:53And by the way, the Yankees 5-for-58 with 19 strikeouts in this series.
01:01That's how terrible it is.
01:02If it wasn't for Ben Rice, they would not have scored a run in this game.
01:06It's just shocking.
01:07He's been as advertised.
01:10Is Stanton available at all?
01:11Like, what's the story with Stanton?
01:13Why is he on the – I'm with you.
01:15Like, he just pinch hits and strikes out, and that's it?
01:18Once every three games?
01:19Like, that's the deal?
01:20Yes.
01:20So we're just not even – we're not even going to entertain the idea
01:23that there could be something, I don't know, of value,
01:26any value there by maybe putting him as the –
01:29although the problem is, who's at third in this game?
01:34So McMahon's going to play third?
01:35He's supposed to be your defensive guy?
01:37I mean, Amad Rosario's not on the roster, I don't believe.
01:42So, I don't know, a lot of very questionable decisions here by the Yankees.
01:49He doesn't want to play Goldschmidt.
01:51But ultimately, Lombard Jr.?
01:52He doesn't want to play Goldschmidt, it doesn't look like.
01:55I know he doesn't, and yet he was one of the better hitters for the Yankees.
01:59Don't want to play him at first.
02:01You're not bringing Rice in to play first, right?
02:05You're not – because he's certainly not catching.
02:09No, probably just DH.
02:11So, he's just – he's your DH.
02:13That's the problem, because you don't want any of those other guys having to –
02:16So, Stanton is just a pinch hitter.
02:18Yeah.
02:19Yeah, that's it.
02:20That is it.
02:21I would love to see the rookie get it going here and making it –
02:26you know, we saw a rookie shortstop of the Yankees long ago
02:32that made his presence felt in the month of October.
02:35I don't know.
02:36What did you think so far from what you've seen this kid
02:39once they called him up?
02:41He did great offensively, and then he went to, like, in a defensive funk,
02:45and I don't know that he's ever really fully gotten out of it, Joe.
02:47So, I think he's going to be a really special player for them.
02:50But he's a rookie, and he's going to make mistakes.
02:53And he made a couple of defensive errors,
02:55and I don't think he's, you know, really bounced back from that.
02:58Mind over matter.
03:00Yep.
03:00Yep.
03:01Mind over matter.
03:02That's the problem there.
03:04Yes.
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