00:00Because the Yankees, they loaded up their bullpen.
00:02It looks like they made it actually worse in the past couple of days, if that's possible.
00:06But the savior is coming back tonight.
00:08And also, the MVP candidate who was a favorite of minus 20,000, who was an underdog price,
00:13now a favorite to win it once again, that's Aaron Judge, because Kyle Raleigh can't hit
00:17his way right now out of a paper bag.
00:18But I need the encapsulation right now of the New York Yankees.
00:22What's the deal?
00:23When do they break out of it?
00:25When's Boone gone?
00:26What changes are being made?
00:27Because it can't stay the same, Kevin, or can it?
00:30No, it can't.
00:32I mean, the whole thing is ridiculous.
00:34You have Aaron Judge, who is arguably the best player in Major League Baseball.
00:39Who is the second best hitter on this team?
00:42Is it Stanton for postseason pedigree?
00:44Is it Jazz Chisholm, who half the fan base once benched and ran out of town?
00:50Like, they didn't add a star in any capacity for that lineup.
00:54The idea was we've attacked the bullpen, which is why Aaron Boone keeps running out
00:59a closer with a 5 ERA, who lost the job and only got it back because of other injuries
01:05that took place.
01:08They're in third place in the division.
01:11They nearly have top three odds to win a World Series.
01:14Who's betting that?
01:16Who is possibly betting the New York Yankees at these numbers?
01:20If you doubled the price, I'd be interested.
01:25I probably still wouldn't make the bet.
01:28What's their case for every single Yankees case is basically, ah, but they have Aaron Judge.
01:36And unfortunately for Big 99, when the postseason starts, that's not as simple of a case to make.
01:43So the Yankees odds, again, would need to double for me to even take them somewhat serious.
01:49Does it make more sense to bet them not to make the postseason, Kev, at this point?
01:56What are we thinking?
01:58Well, so they're now deep in this wildcard race.
02:02Seattle is set up, I think, to go on a nice little run here because the pitching is, for the most part, healthy.
02:10And, you know, we've all been waiting for, you know, the Mariners pitching to lead to a ton of success.
02:15And I think that they were being, you know, in being so aggressive at the deadline, they're set up to actually connect on that.
02:21So you have this Rangers team whose offense is totally uninspiring.
02:26You know, Adolis Garcia was probably a one-time thing.
02:29Marcus Simeon looks very washed.
02:31Corey Seeger's, you know, a little up and down.
02:34Wyatt Langford not ready.
02:35And yet, the Rangers, if they finish off this series against the Yankees, I believe will supplant them for the third wildcard spot in the American League.
02:45So, like, I don't think the Blue Jays are all that good, quite frankly.
02:48Like, I think the Blue Jays are fraudulent.
02:50And I know that could be sacrilegious to say in some corners of this network.
02:54But the Blue Jays probably should have better World Series odds than the Yankees because the Blue Jays are definitely going to the postseason where you have this situation with the Yankees.
03:05Like, Judge coming back doesn't mean he's going to come back and be, you know, hitting .340 in a home run every other game.
03:12He's injured.
03:13So I don't think it's a guarantee that Judge is going to be fantastic right away.
