 I'm not convinced they can win a world series the way they're playing despite the fact that they lead the league in scoring and runs per game but they also give up the most runs per game of any playoff team or any contending team so what usually happens right what's the old adage right defense wins championships right well the issue is for the Yankees is that they might score a ton of runs but they also compared comparative to other playoff teams they give up a lot of runs and what's what usually gives when you get to the postseason yeah usually it gets a lot harder usually it gets a lot harder defense defense has a tendency to rise even more more important to keep the yeah right keep the other team off the scoreboard as much as you possibly can it's a dangerous formula last night's game felt like one of those as you watched it it made me worried like I do not want to play Oakland in a division series I don't want to play like in that building where they don't play well and also a team like that like there's certain teams you worry about facing them like like Cleveland's bullpen we saw last night against the Mets is you know got everybody's bullpen has issues this year though but they're starting pitching on other teams that just feels better than what you have is the Yankees and if I'm going to nitpick because I can because I have six weeks before it's going to matter that's the thing that continues to hang over this team and I know I can get slapped around by Yankees fans who are saying hey idiot they're 40 over 500 they have the best record in baseball why are you talking that they can't win a world series it's just what I see and what numbers show me tells me that I am not 100 confident this team is a world series team they're a playoff team and they're a great team but are they a great regular season team that's what worries me so Hermann pitched yesterday if the playoffs were starting tonight who are you trotting out there Tanaka is my number one okay regardless of Hermann's record because again his innings you know his lack of experience but also the fact that I think they'll they'll try to control his innings Tanaka still the guy go with in game one my opinion and how do you really feel about that relative to other starting pitchers in the playoffs oh you mean comparison to everybody else yes I'm pretty confident with Tanaka on the mound you feel good yeah I'm pretty confident when I have him out there I'm as good as anyone in the league it's it's see again now my argument could be if I'm and I expect to have games one and two at home I might go Hermann in game one to give me Tanaka to make sure I get one of those games like that could be the other argument starting at home maybe you go Hermann and go with your your bullpen thinking that Tanaka is more of a guy that can if you have to get a game two if you don't get game one he's a guy you can trust to lock it down so if you want to go strategy wise that's how I'm feeling um second worst eRA of Tanaka's career this year worst record of his career everybody because of the way the ball's flying out of the stadiums everybody's dealing with this I you know he's given up home runs and I know early in games he's given up home runs I understand that but I also know in a big spot when they need a most he generally shows up so he asked me who I trust I trust him yeah I mean Tanaka's a solid player and then who would get young though he's young and you don't know what you're gonna get in a you know who is Chris Candy always called to the high leverage moment who would get uh game two I said Hermann right now yeah yeah and you know and one of the arguments in the notes for the show is interesting too is what do you do with some of your other starters that you don't trust especially early on James Paxton's terrible early in games first inning's horrific so you can't you can't afford horrific starts in the playoffs no of course you can't so what do you do there do you do you use Paxton almost as if Hermann doesn't have a good start and you just go right to him you you basically just need three guys you know and and and how Severino going to look as he they start ramping him up and he's going to be part of this this argument there's a lot of uncertainty it's amazing again for a team that has the best record in the sport they have a lot of question marks don't they it's it's like am I am I crazy to think this you from the outside am I crazy to look at this team and watch them on a daily basis and enjoy watching them and yet still feel I really don't know about this team I am not a hundred percent confident about this team no that's not that's not a weird thought at all you have your your eight I want to sit back with my feet up and say this is going to be easy they're gonna you know like 98 you just felt like they were going to crush everyone it still wasn't easy but you still felt like that team was so good well 99-200 they were just so good you knew they'd figured out this I just even for what you said at this very moment if Tanaka's your ace let's be clear I mean Tanaka isn't across the Major League Baseball and ace and he's their ace right now yeah he's not an ace oh no no no Tanaka yes oh yeah he's an ace oh he's an ace hold on hold on I think if you if you go into categories of pitchers right and in the top category of pitcher the highest tier pitcher is Degrom and Scherzer which one is Tanaka and third second highest he's not in first he's not in the highest category of pitcher and that's your number one pitcher I take a look right there what yes just provided for us those on radio I'll read it to you post season five starts for Tanaka three into a 150 e r a and 30 innings that's a really 17 hits right hits the innings walks a strike a seven to 25 the whip is point eight zero that's why I trust him right there those numbers you know regular choosing those numbers over this year's regular season I'm choosing what I know what do I know I know you know the post season numbers as well in the post season I've said high leverage that's Chris can he phrase I love it he is a guy you can rely on that's ace kind of stuff