4.6 • 945 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2025
⏱️ 53 minutes
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0:00.0 | Aaron Boone didn't know how to answer it yesterday. |
0:02.7 | I don't know if he's going to how to answer it when the season starts. |
0:05.1 | Who should be the New York Yankees lead off hitter? |
0:07.2 | And before we went to break, Sean said one of his concerns about using Aaron Judge as the lead off hitter, |
0:12.0 | which to me is the only option right now, is that it would never give anyone an opportunity to become the lead off hitter. |
0:18.5 | And that's not true. Anthony Volpe, who Sean suggests, and other Yankee fans may suggest, on paper looks like a |
0:27.0 | really appealing piece to be a lead off hitter. |
0:29.0 | He's got speed. |
0:29.8 | He can steal bases. |
0:31.0 | And in the minor leagues, he's had a high on base. |
0:32.7 | The problem is, in the two years he's been a major leaguer, it's just not good enough. |
0:35.8 | A 293 on base ain't going to cut it. |
0:37.6 | No. |
0:38.0 | If Vopi bats 9th, like I suggested, |
0:40.6 | and he's hitting 280, |
0:42.1 | and he has a 360 on base percentage, |
0:44.9 | I think there is absolutely a day |
0:46.8 | where you say, |
0:48.2 | now's the time to move him to the lead-off spot. |
0:50.4 | I don't think you're married |
0:51.4 | to where you are in the batting order just because you're succeeding. |
0:58.0 | I think in an idea world, Aaron Judge would be your second play setter. |
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