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You don't want no puppies unless that puppy has please In turn Luke's late today like super late must have slept in like 42 42 minutes late and I could really use a coffee You're trying to call her block I think he's ignoring my calls because he just wants to like show up and not have to deal with that But right I want like I want to be like him make sure you bring a coffee Has he brought you a coffee the past two days? Yeah, so I think he's doing that, but you're spoiled coffee world. I Know I was gonna make myself a hot coffee, but I'd rather the cold coffee he's been bringing me Oh, you know what I'm doing today, Jake. I'm posting I'm posting my day by day on My yeah, so I got to post you now. So just can you say okay real quick? No, I'm just intense. Okay All right, so sorry. This is a bad start to start awful start I we had such a great start. You said I got everything right and then you came in and You're intern Luke in this whole thing. Wow. He's not gonna like that well Well, hey guys, just go Tell us about baseball. Tell us about anything Yeah, we got we got the going for the sweep today razor trying to save face They came to the Bronx and shit themselves. They're so embarrassed. Hmm. What an embarrassing group of rays anyway Line up is pretty interesting today. I Guess if you it all it all makes sense in my head, but I think that first look you'd be like, huh So let's go through that DJ LeMay who's leading off playing second base Luke Voight number 45 is playing first base batting second Gary Sanchez is catching Jake This is big because he's playing the day game after the night game. Usually they don't do that There's a reason why we'll get into it Edwin and connoisseur Which I don't want to talk to you about it right now, but we're gonna have to talk about John Stirling's call for him on the Yeah, we're gonna have to talk about that on Our series recap today. He is DHing and in the four hole Aaron Hicks slides down to five Glaber at short Cameron may have been four home runs in his last four games He's in right field Gio the god or shella comes back to line up at third base Brett Gardner is playing left field and C. C. Sebasti of the big man Thick C. C is on the bump trying to redeem himself because it's been a two bad outings in a row So this big shocker We're not shocker. No stand no DD They told us DD was gonna sit one game every series for like the first couple weeks Coming off injury and they've been true to their word. So you can't really get mad about it Well, you can like you can't get mad about it if you want I think that's actually fair, but you can't be shocked. They they told us this Stanton just came back from minor leagues He had only played one complete game Jake in the in his rehab process. He only played one complete nine inning game So he did it again yesterday. That's a second time Yeah, okay, they brought guardian for the for the final. Okay. Yeah, I forgot about that. So They're gonna ease these guys in and you know what? This is still a good lineup. So we can we have so many He doesn't and it's not bug bothering me like playing playing Cameron Maiden is Not the same as when we were playing Shane Robinson Neil Walker in right field and judge just got back But judge had to rest so we had to do this. No Cameron may have been in home runs like crazy. So this is no DD no Stan I still think this is a fine. Yeah, we I Said a couple episodes ago that we went from saying that hey every every game There's no excuse our top six shouldn't be strong This is is still a similar case because I mean Cameron Maiden's batting seven then he's homered in four consecutive games So, I mean we're technically seven deep with DD Gregorius and Jim Carlos Stan on the bench Which is pretty nuts. So Yeah, and it's it get used to the off days if they're if they're gonna bother you I got bad news for you because it's it's it's going to continue to happen Like I think is this Hicks's first complete series played That's good question. And when did he come back? I think it is Yeah, it may be yeah I mean, that's a really good point if you're still getting upset about the off days for guys coming back from injury then That's a you problem not the Yankees problem Just accept it because otherwise you're fighting something that you can't change or whatever Acceptance key part of life Whoa, whoa the rays we got to talk about the pitching matchup, but the rays are throwing out Travis Turner I was leading off again Tommy Pham is DHing Austin Meadows back into the lineup playing right field Avastel Garcia DHing Willie Adamus at short Brandon Lowe at second Haredi at center field G-man Choi at first and Robertson at third Blake Snell on the bump I haven't noticed the rays this series Jake, you know like I Guess Tanaka held them to two hits They put some stuff together verse Hap and Kain Lee yesterday, but like Offensively some some series. I like you know you pick up on like Eloy and him and as is crushing us Hey, Tim Anderson is good. We've played the rays earlier this year and Austin Meadows was like, holy fuck Don't pitch to that guy. No, no, no to be fair Pham has almost been there I think Pham was five for seven at one point this series Okay, that's that just on me like I just haven't picked up on that Nothing's really jumped out like oh shit So and I think they're missing a couple guys, right? Because I mean when we saw them the first time we were like, yo, this yand ideas can really play And I just said yandie really weird, but he's he's hurt But yeah outside of him I mean they look like a team that could use Edwin and Carnation. Hey, oh And I guess there's some rumors in Ray's land that they might be trading for Jose Martinez the guy on st. Louis that was partially blocking Luke Voight But yeah, I mean moving Darno to first base and having him bat lead off it You know, sometimes it feels like the rays outthink themselves a little bit And you know, they're an organization that has to think a little differently. So I get it But speaking about thinking yourself I mean when they took Yarbara out of the game yesterday, but again, that's uh, that's that's Wandering down another another avenue Yeah Blake snails on the mount. He's a little better than Stannock and co. He's a little better than Chorinos Blake smells pretty good. It's not is his houses year shaping up I know it wasn't impressive for a while, but he's still like has the goods. It just wasn't really coming together But I don't know why actually I have it right here Blake snail Now is 75 innings of 37 era so really not his not his level his fit People love a good fit is lower than that But yeah, he's um that I mean I think we saw it in that first start against the Yankees I mean 5.2 innings ton of strikeouts He ends up getting the loss because he gave up a few runs, too Yeah We've he's faced the Yankees twice He's always been going against Tanaka last two times the Yankees have won both those games Despite decent performances from him This lineup has some good firepower versus snout. Jay, can I give it to you? I tweeted it out on give it to me on boy account to let the people know And I'm actually gonna go to that tweet because I organized it much more better over there Here it is. It's a great graphic. I really banged out this graphic go to my Twitter. Look at it All right Collectively these nine guys Jake have a 361 on base percentage versus Blake now 19 walks and 19 hits in 104 plate appearances. That's pretty good. Yeah leading the way with on base percentage is Gary Sanchez a 474 on base percentage versus now and right under him Edwin Edwin doesn't have a lot of hits He's actually only one for nine, but he's got five walks 429 on base percentage now if you want guys that actually hit Blake's now like Edwin doesn't hit him Gary Sanchez has three home runs versus Blake's now and a 286 batting average DJ LeMay you has a 375 batting average nine appearances not as many as Gary's at 19 and Aaron Hicks doesn't have a lot of hits versus Blake's now, but as a 353 on base percentage And Brett Gardner has a 294 batting average five for 17 versus Blake's now For a picture of that caliber. Those are good numbers. I do think they're skewed a little bit Like Brett Gardner. I don't know when those hits came They may be, you know, we saw Blake's now as a rookie and we knocked him around A lot before he became Cy Young Blake's now. So I don't know how much skewed they are Gary's home runs I think a recent DJ is recent But those aren't bad numbers versus a picture of his caliber Yeah, and I mean you mentioned Guardi. I mean he's he's batting nine hole playing defense today This is again our righty stack which a couple couple conflicting things We've got a ton of righties our righties haven't been super great against lefties this year If you listen to our sharp stats episode go check that out because that was that was impressive and Again ties into them taking Yarborough out yesterday But um, yeah man, and I I mean edwin He just he stretches out the middle of this lineup so much that you know, if if lamehu or void gets on or even Gary, I mean you're you're you're instantly in a thread of going down to oh With one swing um with with so many guys in this lineup I mean Hicks Hicks is you know still figuring it out, but Glaber may been Six and seven today In geo or shella in the eight holes. Oh, yeah, man. I mean they're they're gonna put together at bats. I think um Snell I'd have to see more about his approach, but uh like we saw him in his earlier games. He's he's not pitching for length Um, and I think they probably tell him to do that because the rays also heavily believe in their bullpen They tell him to kind of empty the tank. They're not really asking him to go seven. They'd they'd rather him go Six innings with 11 strikeouts instead of seven innings with eight Um, and I I think uh against the Yankees where you take a lot of pitches and work at bats That can easily turn into a shorter outing and then I mean once snows out it feels like there's blood in the water Yeah, because I mean as good as their bullpen is it's not snell when he's on Yeah, and he we've also seen him gas himself the first game was the Yankees He went way too fast their bullpen. They yard bros probably Unavailable 42 pitches yesterday Kidridge 35 yesterday Chasrow and Oliver drake both through 28 yesterday Which really leaves like Pagan and I think I don't know if he's been good lately, but he's like a A real reliever like your classic reliever type Hunter would I think they use him as the same way and who's that other dude? Is he not on the team anymore that throws the like the 90 92 seamer? kind of chunky uh alvarado alvarado looks like he's not around right now I thought we saw him warm up. I don't know. Um, I mean the rays use their guys They're they're not shy to use the triple a bus. They're they're gonna have guys ready to throw it at them Yeah, so I looked I was curious, uh bread gardeners one for two offs now this season and he was one for two off him last season So look at this. Well, would you like that? Well, would you like that and then what else did I want to look up? I think that's all we got cc going for us jake and that's a That's a horseshoe, but not a cutter He has been struggling karsten, uh Karsten charles senses little d l stint. Um I mean we we thought because right before he went on the il Um, he he had a bad starter too and we're like, oh, yeah, cc's gonna get his knee drained. He does this every year He'll come back and look sharp Um, I mean jimbo and his last four starts Uh pitch into the tune of a seven e r a over 20.2 innings. Yanks are one in three in those games Which makes it sting ever more, but hitters are hitting 353 Uh with a 1.068 o p s. So, yeah, uh, you turn every hitter into mike trout. That becomes problematic baltimore boston cleveland and the white socks um We've talked about how baltimore and the white socks can be tough match ups on lefty and boston cleveland are Kind of solid. They're good teams. They're solid teams. Um So I I don't know maybe maybe it was just a little column a little column b His last good start jim six innings pitch one earn run against the race five starts to go on may 17th So, um, that's back when he he lowered his e r a that game to 297. So, uh, maybe maybe a little tamper magic Is all he needs to to get it back going because as as we've mentioned here and on the podcast if if he doesn't soon I mean the yankees nation is going to get loud on cc Which um could get ugly when you're talking about someone who's going to be a hall of famer and is in You know a legend of the game And beloved in the clubhouse and then you get the people that you know are nasty about that and People are just mean but like you said much like tenaka Cc has enjoyed pitching to these rays of late. He's got two games versus the rays so far this season Five innings pitched two earned runs. That's what hap gave us yesterday if cc gave us that today I think I'd be like, okay, great. That's what cc like And the game after that six innings pitch one earned run if he gave us that I'd be ecstatic I'd be really happy and then it goes back to last year jake Five innings pitched zero earned runs and he got ejected that that's for you bitch moment He probably could have went deeper only had 55 pitches through five innings Before that five point one one earned run and then before that seven point two Three earned runs, which I'd even take that today. I even take seven point one three Actually, I'd probably take six two Over that but he does like hitting pitching versus this rays team So maybe this is the cure all which is kind of weird Because the rays are a really good team but tenaka kind of cured himself first them So maybe cc can do the same thing. We have had a good string since that opener day Chad and nester set the tone Paxton had a good outing to knock out a fantastic outing I'm counting hap what he did as a good outing. It's not I don't want that every time from hap I'd like up like that six innings, but I'm not going to say that hap helped us lose that game And anyway helped us win the game. I like that Let's look at who's got numbers versus cc here. It's uh avi say Yeah, dark sea actually has a Bad numbers. I thought they looked good, but they're bad. He has a homerun kevin kiermeyer's popped him twice Maybe long gory. I gave kiermeyer all his Skills versus cc. That would be shitty Other than that There's not much going on um Joey wendell one for Still watch out for him jake huge um and to know actually has decent numbers Yeah, I think he does well against lefty. That's why he's gone lead off back to back days. Um, yeah, I mean, it's going to be on c It's it's on c like you said the these rays haven't shown us a ton of life Cc needs a good start. I mean Do do or do not there is no try All right, do you have something else you're honing it on that we haven't talked about yet? Um, it's it's just going for the kill. It's what you mentioned with gary Um gary starting to catch her first time day game after night game Um, we're playing the rays who you know our current Current team we're racing in the division. We we've stretched our lead to two and a half boston down to six and a half I mean a win today and we're sitting here mid june With a three and a half game lead in the east. That's that's kind of where you want to be And you know you start to factor in all these injuries and everything and I I think the thing I'm interested to see I mean if we can get to snel early or or if we just get to snel at all Um, we saw it in the cleveland series gym. We saw that cleveland And we heard that they played their best series of the season It comes and goes as a baseball team You know, we we saw it on that yankees road trip when they went to toronto and they were kind of down like that You know, what what were the what was talking jays saying about the yankees then, you know They just saw one piece of the yankees bad week and a half stretch Uh, the rays could be in a little lull here and we could kind of do a mini step on their throat and by throwing gary out there It's a clear sign that the yankees think they they need to and can do that. So that's that's what i'm looking out for All right, I like that One home run in the first three innings Okay I don't even care if it's a solo shot. I think you just got to pop snel before he gets through nine Before he gets through your nine someone pop him Okay, i'm right in the top nine hitters. Yeah a little bit I think that's a I think that's a sting That maybe they can't come back from Hopefully someone's on base and i'm looking at gary my dude Since we're talking home runs. Let's go straight to Homer draft. It's the Homer draft Popping for me I had a you did it. I had a fantastic day yesterday. You did it first time ever First time ever. Oh first time ever I got both guys. Yeah Not my first time getting two homers in one game. No But jake, I'm up on the series score. Hey jimmy if you remember yesterday I complimented you and said it was your best Homer draft picks since mid april You did I think you said may I said april Eight to seven is the series score. I've won eight. You've won seven. We have tied five and the total score jake I'm now within striking distance. It is 23 to 22 You but I just I just put two on the board yesterday with edwin and maven I get to go first today Which is exciting news for me if anyone doesn't know I cannot pick Gary Hicks edwin or maven I also think this is now my good luck charm jake Just gonna throw the hats on again, okay Because it's the best I've ever done in a homer draft. Okay Here we go. I can't choose Gary Hicks edwin maven. I got to play defense a little bit here and look at what jake has already chosen He's already chosen void. So I shouldn't use void as my first pick same with deedy But he's not playing stands not playing and I can't take Gary So void will be my second pick since jake cannot have him my first pick will be You have a lot of good options on your plate, huh? Yep. Yeah. Wow. Okay. I'm gonna go. Um, dj lemay you Nice pick jam Playing defense for you was kind of pointless because you have a lot of good options. Yes. Yes. It was still a pretty nice segment there There's some nice. Um, give me edwin and carasio. Um, he's obviously obviously Um, and you know what let's let's go nuts with it go Cameron maven. I mean, yeah It worked it worked for you might as well work for me Yep, and I'm taking void with my second pick Yeah All right, you need two to tie this series Yeah, I'm kind of punting this series if we're being honest. I went through a little cold streak I just talked about it with the yankees. I was hot. I went through my week and a half cold streak You know, we had some extra extracurriculars going on And I'm just gonna get it going again for the games that matter houston boston coming up the big guy Yeah, you're 0 for your last nine games. Wow. Yeah, how do you get out of a slump like that? You're you're the only guy. I know that's been in a slump like that. I don't know if I've ever been in a slump that bad Yeah, I went 0 for nine and then I got a homer. So yeah, I don't know What's your tip? Uh, pick gary where this was pre hat. Okay. Okay. What do you what do you got on the over under here james? I think they're set in the over under It's kind of interesting because you have snell on one side cc on the other They did nine and a half with half in bullpen day. I think they're just gonna run nine and a half back out there again I uh, yeah, I'm going nine. I'm going nine. They believe in snell not in cc Nine on the nose nine Every game this series has been under and we've gotten that correct. Both of us have guessed under both times Um Makes me lean over. Yeah, give me the over I don't know in which fashion either cc is getting bombed Snell is getting bombed or it's like a six to five win Yeah, uh, but yeah, I'm gonna give me the own. Oh, I'm gonna give myself the over are you taking over Yeah, what's the chat taken? all right Nice next up. Let's see what the chat wants to talk about. Jake your favorite segment chat Love the chat when they're good You don't like the chat. No and they're good. I love them, but I can see the yanks trading the red hot maven I still don't think as good as he is. He has much Value in a trade. No Right, especially other teams know the roster crunch. There's no value. Yeah, okay um Any thoughts on edwin? I like that he He hit up that short porch yesterday. Yeah, good at bats. Yeah, it's kind of funny. We you obviously we we don't know What a ton of edwin home runs look like you picture him in the box um But yeah, if he can if he can find that short porch That that'd be nice That would be yeah, I mean it looks like he fell in love a little bit because he swung it was like oh, shit I popped up home run. Welcome to yanks stadium. Yeah um My padre is taking series versus the brewers last night on a great logan allen debut made me happy Do you know who logan allen is? I don't know that name yet Yeah, i saw him. He had a big uh big family crowd there. I think he might have scored the first run of the game It was it was nice Ah, sounds like a furniture company to me If maven gets two hits today, then they have to consider a 12 man pitching staff Yeah, we're gonna talk we've been talking about that on our podcast and we will continue Uh, because yeah, he I keep joking that he's holding them hostage What she kind of is How can I donate any way if you like this question from peter rabbit? How can I donate money to you and ask for a video? I love your content Yeah patreon com slash jamboy media if you want to support Everything we're doing if you guys are if you guys are tuning into these shows then you're pretty aware that It's non-stop the youtube's been non-stop. Which good. They should sweep them. I agree But it's it's not easy to sweep teams. It's not easy to sweep bad teams in the mlb It's very if the Yankees we didn't say this Jim if the Yankees go down early This could turn into a punt day really quick. Yeah, it's not easy to sweep bad teams in the mlb The stats back that up and the rays are a good team. So it'll be tough to sweep them, but we are in They are in a situation to do so. So let's do it um Am I going to do a video on a twins game last night? Did you catch any of that jake 17 innings or 18 innings? Yeah 17 Cora got mad. I haven't seen anything yet, but I know I'm going to try and look it up and do some breakdowns Yeah, I tapped out in the 14th Peter rabbit just joined. Thank you. Peter appreciate that Joe your stories um Go Ray says game time See Yankees pregame show This guy says he's struggling to get his 250 win. That's oh jaden. He's around Do you think there's anything to that? Do you think like that may be on his mind too much? Or do you think it's all physical? I think it's all physical and like just doesn't have his stuff because 250 is He did say that the 3000 strikeout, which I know that's a much bigger He did say that was on his mind. So maybe um You think David Ortiz is going to come back to the league? Yeah, see that's where I get lost with the chat um Why is it John boy and not Jim boy? Good question There's a real good question Tune into John boy and jake radio to find out. We normally record them before these but we're going to record it after All right Yeah, in like 10 minutes, we will be live on this very same youtube channel doing national news and weird Weird sports news tune in. We'll see you guys then. Thanks for hanging out with us