The Yankees’ Trent Grisham Problem Has a Simple Fix

Evan & Tiki

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Evan Roberts and Tiki Barber revisit their preseason deadline for evaluating Trent Grisham, and the verdict is more complicated than expected. With the Yankees winning, Jason Dominguez hurt, and Spencer Jones still waiting for his shot, the debate shifts from benching Grisham to fixing his role. The conversation breaks down why Grisham’s glove still matters, why his bat no longer belongs at the top of the order, and why Aaron Boone has obvious leadoff alternatives in Aaron Judge and Ben Rice. Evan and Tiki also touch on roster ripple effects, the Mets’ coaching changes, and how managers handle loyalty when front offices shake things up.

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0:00.0	Today is April 30th. Today is the final day of April. And I don't know if you remember this conversation, Tiki, but at the beginning of the baseball season, I think on the eve of the baseball season beginning, I was trying to calm down Sean because Sean was still very angry about Trent Grisham. And the fact that Trent Grisham had been made the qualifying offer. He had accepted the qualifying offer. Yes. And he was just like, and I'll drink Grisham. They were pretty good. So we declared to him, look, let's give him a shot. He's coming off a really good year. Let's give him a shot. And let's pick a date. And on that date, if Trent Grisham isn't performing,
0:38.9	we will reevaluate it. And Tiki and I could potentially join you in using the microphone as a bully
0:45.6	pulpit to convince this manager that maybe it's time to no longer play Trent Grisham.
0:51.3	So I'd like to take you back to that brief conversation. This was on March 24th
0:55.8	in trying to figure out how much time should we give Trent Grisham. How long would it take before
1:02.3	you say, you know what, he's not hitting, I got two guys in the minor leagues. We can bust
1:08.0	onto the scene a month. I completely agree with you.
1:12.0	May 1st, right?
1:12.8	Yep.
1:13.3	May 1st?
1:13.9	May 1st? Totally with us. On May 1st. May the 1st be with you? On May the 1st. And it's not about DFAing him. It's not because you're not going to do that. Not even saying you should. It's about saying you're no longer my everyday center for you.
1:28.1	Well, here's the good news.
1:30.1	Tomorrow's May 1st.
1:31.2	Yes. you should. It's about saying you're no longer my everyday center for you. Well, here's the good news.
1:30.1	Tomorrow's May 1st. Yes. The Yankees do not play today. So we are men of our word, Sean. Since it's
1:36.6	basically May 1st, Tiki Barber, are you ready to bench Trent Grisham? Not what Jason Doming is now
1:42.7	hurt. That's the X factor in all this.
1:44.9	The X factor, it's the biggest factor. It is the only factor. We were about to get a determination on whether Dominguez was going to have run or not. Yeah. Yeah. Now, the thing that is helping the Yankees not be forced to make this decision. Is they're winning? Is it they're winning? Right. And so it hasn't mattered that Trent Grisham is hitting 150.
2:04.6	And... to make this decision? They're winning. Is it winning? Right. And so it hasn't mattered that Trent Grisham is hitting 150 and only has a couple of home runs.
2:06.8	But he is still a great center fielder.
2:09.0	Like you see him make amazing plays out there almost every day.
2:11.9	Yeah.
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