00:00Are the Yankees going to be big buyers in the trade deadline?
00:04We know they've got the money.
00:06Whether they want to spend it is a whole different world,
00:09but they need something in that line.
00:11They have to make a move, don't they, Craig?
00:14They always do.
00:15They're not a Stan Pat team.
00:17We know that.
00:18And they'll end up adding something.
00:19What?
00:20I can't really say for sure.
00:21But look, I mean, where would they be without Ben Rice?
00:24I mean, that guy has had an incredible season thus far.
00:27Jazz is getting hot here, maybe at the right time.
00:29And the other player, too, that we don't hear a ton about, Joe,
00:32and maybe he's just a postseason player at this point, is Giancarlo Stanton.
00:35Maybe they're just happy with that guy coming back in September
00:38and getting his five plate appearances and not playing the field at all.
00:43Maybe that's just what the deal is.
00:44And maybe that's what they're hoping for Aaron Judge,
00:46is just for him to come back in September
00:48and have a little bit of a pseudo spring training
00:50and get healthy in time for October.
00:52So we'll see.
00:53But yeah, I would expect the Yankees to make some moves.
00:55And maybe we'll learn more about what they do or don't do,
00:59which will tell us about the health of Aaron Judge moving forward.
01:02I would not anticipate seeing him at least for another three, four weeks,
01:06even if he is healthy, because that's how long it takes
01:08through coming back and rehab assignments and imaging and everything else.
01:11So I still think we're far away from that.
01:14But their pitching is definitely good enough, which is rare for the Yankees.
01:17Usually that's what they're adding at this time of the season.
01:19But they may need an extra bat or two to get through to the end of the postseason.
01:25But I do think they will cruise towards some sort of berth,
01:28whether it's wild card or a division win.
01:32They're going to do something here.
01:33Otherwise, it'll be interesting.
01:35Cashman's always got a lot of questions to answer on what he is or is not going to do.
01:41But the numbers don't lie.
01:43With Judge, they're one team.
01:44Without him, they are a completely other team.
01:48So we'll see what the Yankees do, if anything.
01:52But they've got a doubleheader now.
01:53Wow.
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