00:00What do you got?
00:00Fernando Cruz on the IL.
00:01Oh, that's not bad news.
00:02That is bad news.
00:03I know he hasn't pitched well to do the game last night.
00:05He was awful.
00:06Listen, he hasn't been great for the last couple weeks.
00:10He was having a phenomenal year.
00:12He's an important piece of a short pen.
00:14They need him.
00:15They need him.
00:16They need him to be better than he's been.
00:17At least they gave up three consecutive home runs, I guess, so he's getting better.
00:21No, I mean, listen, he's struggled as of late.
00:23He's been awful for a little bit, but he's been a huge part of his pen.
00:27Would you trust him in a wild card game?
00:29Yeah, I wouldn't.
00:30I mean, for certain situations, to get in and out of jams and get strikeouts,
00:34it's what he's done all year.
00:35It's what he's done all year.
00:36I don't love giving him an inning, but they had no choice.
00:39That's the part.
00:39Like, where are they going now?
00:42Yeah.
00:42Who are they bringing up?
00:44They're bringing up Michael Fulmer.
00:46Former Met?
00:46Former Met traded to the Tigers all those years ago.
00:50So he's coming up.
00:51He hasn't pitched much at all as of late.
00:53I mean, I don't think he's long served, but it's probably just the roster spot quick reaction.
00:58They're waiting on Clark Schmidt.
00:59They're waiting on Luis Hill.
01:02One of those two are going to have to be major impact arms for this Yankee bullpen.
01:07They're in desperate need of it.
01:09In desperate need of it.
01:10I mean, you're talking three outs.
01:11You're talking like seventh inning, sixth inning.
01:13Yeah.
01:14Right?
01:14I mean, that's what we're looking at.
01:15Right now, who do they have?
01:17They have Bednar, Blackburn, and Hedrick.
01:20Hedrick's been, take out last night.
01:22Last night was awful.
01:22Hedrick's been arguably the best middle reliever in baseball.
01:26Yeah.
01:26He's not even a middle reliever anymore.
01:28He's a back end of the pennant reliever.
01:29He's your eighth inning guy now, don't you think?
01:31No doubt.
01:32Yeah.
01:32It's him into Bednar.
01:34It's him and Blackburn, the righty lefty.
01:37I mean, Bednar can get four outs if he had to.
01:39Yeah.
01:39No, but it's Blackburn, the righty, him, the lefty, and Bednar.
01:42Right.
01:42I agree.
01:42That's it.
01:43Right.
01:43You don't trust Hill anymore, really, to get big outs or give an inning to.
01:47No.
01:47He's not pitching in October.
01:47If he gets a lefty, I mean, he'll have to pitch in October.
01:50They only have three, four arms.
01:52He's pitching in October.
01:53They're trying to shorten the games, old school style.
01:55Yeah.
01:56You're going to have to rely on your starters and push them more, no doubt.
01:58Starters give you a six, then you're pretty locked in.
02:00Crue's going down.
02:00Whatever you think about how he's pitched over the last, however you think about how he's
02:04pitched over the last few weeks, they needed him.
02:06This is a devastating.
