Best of the Yankees on WFAN: Opening Day Preview & Season Outlook
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Speaking of Ford, Ford and Major League Baseball have entered into a special partnership for the 2026 season, and they are everywhere from the big leagues down to Little League. And joining us on behalf of that partnership is former Yankee fan favorite, World Series champion Nick Swisher. Nick, good morning. How are you? Good. Yo, good morning, fellas. What's going down? Hey, there he is. Where the hell are you, Nick?
I'm doing absolutely amazing, man. Good to talk to you, fellas. What's happening? It is, but where are you right now? Oh, I'm actually sitting on the Today Show green room right now, getting ready to go out and do a little hit here.
Wow.
So being able to cruise up with y'all and catch up, man, really quick before we go out there, it's going to be awesome, man. They got all the kids here right now. Should be an absolutely wonderful set, man. I can't wait to get out there.
Yeah, you know, damn, you haven't changed a bit, man. Which is great, which is why he's such a popular player here for the Yankees in 2009. All right, let's real quickly open up the season. They're in San Francisco. They ran it back with essentially the same team. Now, Gary Cole will be a big part of that. Cam Schlittler will be a big part of that. What are your predictions for the Yankees this year, Nick?
Yeah, great. Listen, I've been able to be around the guys for spring training this year. And yes, you're right.
What insights does Nick Swisher provide about the Yankees' pitching depth?
There is that narrative of kind of running it back. And why would you want to run back the same team? Now, if we want to talk about that, then we can talk about some of the good things. I mean, they did earn the Silver Slugger Team Award last year, which means the best offense in the regular season. So I think there's nothing to sneeze at. Now, what I am very interested to find out about is how well our staff is going to be this year. The depth that we have with Garrett Cole waiting in the wings, getting himself back, it just seems like it's the calm before the storm. It seems like this is kind of the setup for the boys to go out and get the job done. One of the things that I've been really excited about, Boomer, you know this from just being on certain teams, the conversations that are happening in spring training this year have
been completely different than in years past. There's a lot more attention to detail. There's a lot more attention to enjoying the moment. And I think that's really going to do well for the boys. I'm really, really excited for them to get going. Obviously, tomorrow night. In San Fran, Netflix jumping into the game. Can't wait to see how it's off. I know they've got a ton of activations out there. I mean, come on, man. This is Netflix's first show for us in the baseball world. So I'm really, really excited. I think it's going to be a wonderful season. Can't wait to get this kicked off. 26 is going to be an awesome year, boys.
Yeah, when you talk about the staff, what are the realistic expectations for Garrett Cole coming off that injury in his mid-30s right now? I mean, there's a lot of Yankee fans that think they're just going to plug him back in when he's ready to go and he's going to be a Cy Young award winner again. I mean, is that realistic?
Yeah, I mean, it's hard not to say so. I think we've been able to see him from some of his starts that he's had in spring training, some of his lives that he's had. I don't necessarily know when the exact timetable is going to be. I think Garrett would know his body better than anybody. But once again, when you do have a reigning Cy Young champ that is the leader of your staff, getting him back in that rotation is absolutely crucial. You know, I'm interested to see what's going to happen with Louis Hill. And I know the boys are starting off with a little four-man rotation to start the season off. But the fact that we do have that sort of depth... And we do have those arms at the front end of our rotation.
I'm feeling really, really good about that because it seems like if we can just go out and the offense can do just enough that we're going to get ourselves to another one of those divisional titles so we don't have to play in that wild card game again this year, you know?
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:18
2
What insights does Nick Swisher provide about the Yankees' pitching depth?
1:18–3:39
3
How does Nick Swisher view the competitive landscape of the AL East for the 2026 season?
3:39–5:40
4
What predictions does Nick have for the Yankees' performance this year?
5:40–8:47
5
What factors contribute to the Yankees' ongoing lineup debate?
8:47–11:41
6
How do injuries impact the Yankees' starting rotation decisions?
11:41–14:40
7
What changes have been observed in team dynamics during spring training?
14:40–16:26
8
How does the Yankees' approach to analytics affect lineup decisions?
16:26–42:22
Speakers
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