David Cone reacts to Ohtani Vs Trout + Yankees roster meeting 

i came back watching baseball again because of Ohtani!

I’m Dominican born in New York however grew up most of my life in Dominican Republic, you guys are so right we love baseball soooooo much that every kid growing up wants to be in the mayor league and we feel so proud that our small island has made an impact in such a beautiful game, I’ve loved the WBC since it’s inception .

One thing that people have forgotten is that Ohtani signed with the Angels despite much more money being offered him by teams like the Dodgers and Yankees. Remember that Japanese baseball still honors loyalty and respect, something that's been disappearing in MLB. The Angels have a better chance at keeping Ohtani than most people give them. I wouldn't be surprised if he signs with an unexpected team for less than $600 million.

Let's be honest Shohei Ohtani is the main reason the WBC was as popular. Me and many other casual baseball fans probably wouldn't care if he wasn't in it.

David is spot on about the opportunities the WBC gives to non-US countries

This is a real world championship !!!!… now we have 5 months of boring mlb games that dont matter, I’ll be back in November to watch the mlb NATIONAL championship playoffs

Mookie got bailed out by Trout. Nobody will remember that double play

Connie is really a national treasure with all his baseball wisdom. His wisdom of baseball for every different Country, such as Japan and all Latin America is always on point. Everything he said about Latin America's baseball is true. The fact that he played in Puerto Rico really helped him understand the way baseball is loved and played in the Caribbean. I'm really not surprise that Connie highlighted the high energy and emotion during the Puerto Rico (PR) vs Dominican Republic (DR) game. For those unaware of it, in Latin America, PR vs DR is the closest rivalry to NY Yankees vs Boston Red Sox, without the ill will of the players and/or fans. It is a huge party with all the players and fans going all out and expecting the other team to do the same. There is a lot of brotherly love and respect between players and fans, but during the game they go all out back and forth shouting and teasing each other. However, there is so much respect between them that after the game, they will all hang out, drinking, eating and having fun. That includes players and fans. Finally, I do have to make a comment that I believe the reason that USA baseball tends to showcase less emotion than in Latin America and the rest of the world is because the MLB season is 162 games, which is a marathon. Latin America mostly play Winter ball with a season of 50 games, so it is easier to go all out and show emotions. Hard to do that for 8 months during an MLB season. If I recall correctly, only Japan has a long baseball season with 144 games. It may not look like it, but those additional 18 games in MLB do take an even greater toll in players' body.

You guys have a great show here. ++New sub!!

My boy David. Its funny the other day I was trying to think of an elite pitcher I have seen play throughout my life that was also good at hitting and the only player I could think of was David Cone. Not only was cone an elite pitcher but he had a good bat. He wasn't a slugger like ohtani is but I remember he was such a good hitter that he came in to games to pinch hit a pitcher.

The household view rating in Japan for WBC final was near 50%. Wow

They love their countries. And, these players who partake are all passionate about representing their homeland and wearing their flag on their uniform.

With the addition of Tyler Anderson and Rendon healthy, and Drury, most definitely the Angels are a better team than last year

Volpe has been the best shortstop on the team this spring, by far. He should start shortstop opening day

Dude, don't forget about Freddie freeman playing for Canada

The tournament was awesome, injuries can always happen, players get injured while on spring teaining

They can get injured in spring training so what's the difference?

When the heck did “sweeper” become a thing

If Diaz got injured during Spring training instead, would he not regret for the rest of his life that he had stayed behind instead of going to the WBC?

I don't actually see Peraza as further along than Volpe. Volpe's approach at the plate is truly phenomenal, he has as good or better speed, and all I've seen indicates he can play the SS position competently and confidently. Peraza has a nice high floor given his defense and speed and has a good ceiling offensively. But between Peraza, Volpe, and Gleyber in middle infield, Peraza is the man out for me. My infield plan would be Rizzo everyday at 1B and DJ everyday at 3B with JD spelling both (DJ move to 1B on Rizzo rest days). Then play Volpe at SS and Gleyber at 2B. I think both can provide very competent defense at those positions and both are much better floor and ceiling bats than Peraza. However, Peraza has a higher trade value than Gleyber, so we could use him as a centerpiece to trade for Reynolds/Happ/? at LF or for a starting pitcher. In the short term, Volpe SS and Gleyber 2B is excellent offensively for the next 2 years while providing quality defense from both and elite speed from Volpe. If we like what we have with Gleyber, we can extend. If not, there is an higher ceiling, but similar floor SS propsect in Arias who has the same type of elite defense/speed tools as Peraza (arguably even better - his defensive and arm grades are insane) with an even higher ceiling as a hitter + he is a switch hitter. He is only 18, but what I've seen and read about him indicates a Volpe, Jasson level ascent - excellent walk rate in first year in US, great patience, can handle breaking balls. If Gleyber isn't in the future plans, then let him go, move Volpe to 2B and bring up Arias at that point to take over SS.

アーロン・ジャッジがwbcに出てなかったのは、大型契約結んだ直後だったからなんだ

I definitely think Imanaga could pitch in the US, but he wouldn't be a 3 in the Yankees rotation. All of our top 4 pitchers are better than him when healthy (obviously going to be a problem for us this year). I want Yamamoto when he comes over to MLB next year. He has excellent stuff, is a complete pitcher that looks like he can out stuff and out think hitters, has won 2 straight POY awards with an ERA around 1.60 or lower both years. He just looks excellent. And he has pitched almost 200 innings back to back years in only 26 starts (which based on that being his number both years, I'm guessing that is the typical starter start count for a season). Sevy doesn't deserve an extension - I love him and he is so fun to watch, but I don't trust him with our money. He can't stay healthy at all. Cole, Rodon, Yamamoto, Nestor is such an incredible top 4 with such a variety in styles, deliveries, stuff. You could destroy any team in a playoff series with that top 4. And then have Clarke, German, a prospect that breaks out, or a value sign (someone in the Wacha type vein) as the number 5 starter. And then sign Murakami in 3 years when he comes over to take Rizzo's place at the end of that contract. Would be perfect. I would also be very game to sign Lee (Grandson of the Wind is an awesome nickname too) from KBO when he comes over this year if we don't trade for a LF in Reynolds or Happ (Judge and Jasson have 2 spots locked up for next year - have to figure out what we do with the last spot).

Yamamoto is available in 2023 as is Jung-Hoo Lee from KBO as a CF/LF. Murakami won't be 25 until 2025, so we won't see him for 3 years unless he wants to take the Ohtani route and leave potentially $100 millions on the table in the early years of his time here. Sasaki won't be 25 until after the 2027 season, so we won't see him for a really long time unless he wants to take the Shohei route as well.

That is such a misleading number from James on pitches 100+ mph. You can't just spit on US pitching like that. We didn't send a single ace pitcher and only 2 elite relievers who are flamethrowers. We might not have sent a single number 2 pitcher. We send an idealized rotation of Burnes, deGrom, Cole, Rodon, Kershaw, Verlander, Scherzer, etc. and add in Hader, Helsley, King, Holmes, etc out of the pen, we'd easily have the most 100+ mph pitches. Helsley makes any other pitcher look like they are throwing underhand. That isn't even counting guys that could be on the team next time like Strider, Greene, etc. If Greene had pitched for us this tournament, I wouldn't be shocked if he threw more 100+ mph pitches than entire teams in the tournament (just like Roki and Shohei are capable of). Our pitchers just didn't see this as a tournament worth investing their efforts. I hope that the success and praise and attention the WBC got will encourage more to do it next time. This tournament certainly has WC and Olympic level potential, but it never will reach that bar if the most talented baseball nations (mostly USA, but even PR, DR, and Venezuela were missing some of their most talented players) don't send their top talent. I love how much Japan, Korea, Taiwan care about this and it is obvious how much it means to each of the Latin nations. But until the absolute top talent is there (like you see in WC and Olympics), it can't reach that level.

Justin is very LONG WINDED, dude talks waaay to much..my god

Was pretty selfish for the Americans to only care about themselves and not representing their country. Thought Americans were the most patriotic but it's all about me myself and I while guys like Ohtani gave it his all and didnt give a shit about the money. Sums it up pretty much Ohtani is playing for legacy, those other guys were playing for a paycheck.

Tired of hearing how Trout is the greatest players ever - I would take Derek Jeter over him in a heartbeat -- Trout is often injured and his teams have won nothing even with Ohtani on their roster -- Jeter has the 6th most hits of any player ever - won 5 rings - was Mister Clutch in crucial game on the line situations -- I GUARANTEE - OHTANI does not strike out Jeter in that situation -- the manager sucked he should have had Witt steal or Betts bunt him over to second base to avoid the double play - you got to tie the frigging game

バツタア、が、ピッチや、で、出てくるなん、か、信じられない、脳ゲエム、再試合、フロリダ、２、再度、集合、わあるど、しりいず