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Laura Albanese

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659 total appearances

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Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Now go into the scrap heap and being like, OK, Jorge Polanco has played exactly one major league game at first base.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

I bet you he can play there next year and hoping that it works out.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

You know, like Devin Williams, who, again, I love the signing.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

I think I think last year was anomaly.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Devin Williams, though.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Hey, you know, his two greatest career failings happened in New York or around New York.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Pete Alonzo hitting a home run off of him in the wild card and that absolutely disastrous year with the Yankees.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Let's go back to your house of horrors and see if you can close out games and flushing.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

And you have to rely on that.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

They're saying, you know, Carson Bench can play the outfield, which, yeah, sure.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

But he's never played a major league game.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

He started last year in double A. You need an outfielder.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

You need a first baseman.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

If it's Jorge Polanco, that's fine.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

But he slots in more as a DH right now, considering, you know, like playing first base is hard.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

I don't care what anyone says.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

It's difficult.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Um, and then you have, again, your multitude of second basemen.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

You need, you need a starting rotation.

Baseball Isn’t Boring
West Coast Bias: Laura Albanese Discusses What's Next For The Mets After Losing Edwin Diaz And Pete Alonso

Um, and you need, you need pitchers.