Yankees THIS IS MASSIVE!

The New York Yankees desperately needed this, and this is a recipe to go out and win a championship. It is. I'm not saying that they will. I'm just saying they have the pieces together. They have the recipe right there. They just got to throw it in the oven and make the damn thing and go win a title. That starting rotation, Cole, Freed, Schlittler, top three in the playoffs. This lineup, now they're hitting. Garcia, you guys wanted him to wake up? He woke up. Luis Garcia's hitting. He's knocking the piss out of the baseball. In his 19 games with the Yankees, he has a 9.23 OPS. His last few games, he's been hitting, hitting, hitting. Looks really good. He's playing a pretty good first base two for the Yankees. I love how he picks the ball over there. I love how he plays that position. I think he's impressive over there. He's impressed me anyway, because my expectations were kind of low for him defensively. I mean, he's held his own over there and he's looked pretty good, but now offensively he's doing what the Yankees needed him to do when they traded for him. You love seeing that. This Yankee lineup has looked anemic throughout the season. They don't look that way anymore. Their last three games, eight runs against Toronto, seven runs against Houston, yes and a loss, but the offense did their job. Then last night, nine runs against Houston. With this starting rotation and this Yankee lineup hitting the way they're hitting, this is the time when you, when you get, this is one of the perfect times of year during the season to get hot. When you get hot late August, early September, that could carry into the playoffs. And when that carries in, you could go on an absolute tear. You could go on an absolute run. And I've said it time and time again, this Yankee bullpen is their weakness. You have Fernando Cruz, God bless him. I pray that he's, could come back fast, but probably going to get Tommy John. Sucks, 36 years old, getting Tommy John, not what you need, especially him. Not even about the Yankees, just him. Feel bad for him. He plays with so much passion. When he's on, he's on. He hasn't been on lately and I guess we know why. But this Yankee bullpen needs to be good with his Yankee lineup right now. That's what we're talking about today. This Yankee lineup right now has been awesome and Garcia has been ripping the cover off the baseball. In 19 games for the Yankees over 923 OPS, well, over 920 OPS. His OPS is 923, as I said. He's got five home runs with the Yankees. His last two games hitting the crap out of the baseball. But Jaz Chisholm, over his last 15 games, Jaz is hitting 313 with an 858 OPS. He's hitting the ball too. We've been begging Jaz to do this all season long. He's waking up. Perfect time to wake up. Perfect. It's when we need you. We're three and a half behind Tampa Bay. We're going and facing Boston next. We need him. And he's doing it. He's doing his job well. Ben Rice, past week of play, heating up. As I said earlier, his last 30 games has a 164 batting average. But over his last seven, hitting 280, well over 900 OPS, Rice is heating up. He's waking up, especially when Aaron Judge comes back. Judge is going to come back at some point this year, whether that's a couple of weeks or a little later. He's going to come back. And you just insert him in this lineup. His sheer presence alone is going to make this lineup better. Cody Ballinger comes back and the Yankees start to hit. Bellies look pretty good, too, since he's come back. But he comes back. It makes the lineup deeper immediately with the addition of Garcia as well. And then imagine putting Judge in there. I just wonder how they're going to finagle it with Garcia, Judge, Rice, because now Jazz is hitting. Do you move Jazz to third? And when McMahon comes back, does McMahon ride the bench? Use him as a late inning defensive replacement? I guess you could. So then you move Jazz to third, you move Garcia to second, which he's not a very good second baseman. He's been playing well at first base. He's impressed the heck out of me at first. But last year for the Nationals over there at second base, he wasn't very good. Would you sacrifice defense for offense? I mean with this pitching staff, you might want to. Now Trent Grisham, this year defensively, negative six outs above average. Not good. He misplayed a ball last night, which is typically a ball he usually gets to. Elmer Rodriguez tossed in a really good game. Went six innings. He impressed the heck out of me, looked really good. But put Spencer Jones in centerfield. Put him in center. I know the kid swings out of his shoes a lot, but we also have to understand this too. He showed us a lot of good stuff offensively, and he's shown us so far, shown us so far really good stuff defensively. Just put Jones, stop, just stop. You don't want, I'm sorry, but you don't want centerfield, you don't want Grisham to lose you a game in the playoffs. Put Jones in center. I think right now Jones is better. Put Jones in centerfield. Just my take. If Grisham is as good of an outfielder as everybody says he is, which I think he is, put him in right field. Like who cares? Jones has the range, he has the glove, the speed, put him in center. That's your best option. Put him in centerfield. Then when Jones hits, you feel it, and it's great. Same with Grisham. When he hits, you feel it, and it's great. So I don't want Grisham out of the lineup. I just want the alignment to be different, and Aaron Boone, as we know, was on Talking Yanks a couple weeks ago mentioning, oh, Grisham's my centerfielder, he's the best centerfielder on the roster. I think Spencer Jones is the best centerfielder on the roster, personally. That's my opinion. Now with Fernando Cruz going down, Michael Fulmer, big opportunity for him, former rookie of the year award winner back in 2016, with the Tigers when he was a starting pitcher. Man, fall from grace, huh? But hopefully he can find some success over the next month and a half, maybe more, if you include postseason baseball. George Lombard Jr., I want to talk about him. Five Evers over his last five games. Has a lot of Yankee fans up in his-y. And listen, it is a little weird, I'm not going to lie to you. I talked about it the other day. I said, I want to be too nervous about it. Well, a couple of five Evers over his last five games is a little strange. I think that's very fair to say. It is a little weird. I wonder what's going on up there. Maybe he's feeling pressure all of a sudden, I don't know. But even offensively, he's not hitting as well. His OPS was like in the 800s at one point. Now it's 688. Struck out three times last night. Jones struck out three times last night, but he went one for four. 737 OPS. I'll take that. From a rookie, I'll take that. But I wonder what's happening with George. I hope he's OK. I know he's OK physically. I don't think the kid's hurt. He's not hurt. I hope not, anyway. I hope he's OK mentally. Because as soon as he came up, he was playing well, played well defensively. Offensively, he was hitting. Maybe he's feeling a little bit of pressure. And that's why he's performing the way how he's been. Could be. 21 years old. He's a kid. And yes, he's a kid. So I just think this is a rookie being a rookie. He's shown a lot of promise, guys. I'm not too concerned about him. But it is a little weird how he's been playing defensively. I'm going to say that. It is a little weird. But listen, this Yankee offense has woken up. They've woken up. Luis Garcia, some of you guys were complaining about him. Don't complain about him anymore. He's hitting. This guy is red hot right now. And you'll love to see it. Let me know what you guys think down in the comments. Thank you guys so much for watching. I'll see you next time. Take care.