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Yankees Files
by Yankees Files
Will and Alec from YankeesFiles.com provide their weekly assessment of the Yankees in ways that will get them accused of being "shills," "apologists," or (if they're lucky) "Brian Cashman's burner account."
Episodes
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Episode 197: Pain
Will and Steve are back, but the Yankees aren't. -Coping with playoff failure -Explaining randomness -Aaron Boone's future -Finding meaning -Why do we do this at all? -Thank you listeners All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 196: Holy Schlitt (feat. Not Another Sox Podcast)
Will and Steve are joined by Ian from NASPPod to recap a dominant performance by the Yankees in the Wild Card series. -Cam Schlittler's dominance -Ben Rice's heroics -Starting pitching is off the charts -What is Chad Tracy doing? -Analytics: good or bad? -Previewing the ALDS All that and more on...
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Episode 195: We Hold The (Wild) Cards
Will and Steve are back, and hopefully the Yankees have more than one series remaining this year. -Reacting to the end of the season -Wild Card starters and roster projection -Will Grish, Stanton, and Judge be back? -How do you use Rodon, Weathers, and Warren? -How are we feeling about the Red…
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Episode 194: Judge Sentenced
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees are confronting the possibility of a postseason without Aaron Judge. -The meaningless last week of the regular season -Lining up the pitching for the playoffs -Is Cam hurt? -How much does Judge matter for winning the World Series? -Volpe, Jazz, Cabby,...
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Episode 193: Yankees Exceptionalism (feat. Dad Take or Bad Take)
Will and his dad are back, and it's a barn burner as always. -What makes the Yankees different? -How to get your kids into baseball -Building the roster more aggressively -Answering YOUR questions -Cole vs Rodon All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 192: Hot At The _____ Time?
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees had a really good week. -Aaron Judge is back, but he hasn't been good -Cam Schlittler's place in history, and the AL MVP race -Spencer Jones vs Roman Anthony (pure stupidity) -Appreciating Carlos Rodon -Where does Volpe fit? All that and more on the latest...
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Episode 191: Here Comes The Judge
Will and Steve are back, and so is the captain. -Aaron Judge returns -How productive will he be? -The pitching continues to dominate -A tennis tangent -How badly we want to win a championship All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files
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Episode 190: Score Like Hel(l)iot
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees had a great weekend. -Taking 3 of 4 from Boston -Jazz's resurgent month -Handling the roster when Judge returns -What is Anthony Volpe's future? -What about Spencer Jones? -Elmer's new arsenal All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files
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Episode 189: Your Questions, Answered
Will and Steve are back, and we gave the audience what they want for once. -Building the playoff roster -What do we make of Ryan Yarbrough? -What is the role for Spencer Jones? -Do we like Luis Durango? -How would we structure the bullpen? All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 188: Can You Teach An Old Dog Old Tricks?
Will and Steve are back, and this time Steve has a new dog. -Will the offense ever get better? -Could Ben Rice be turning it around? -Longing for offense or celebrating dominant pitching? -Gerrit Cole and Ryan Weathers are awesome -Heliot Ramos and Luis Garcia are not as awesome All this and more...
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Episode 187: Fits and Starts
Will and Steve are back, and surmount technical difficulties to bring you another show. -Is Heliot Ramos a bad fit? -The worst offense in baseball -How long can the pitching go on like this? -Who needs to be better? -Underestimating reliever prices All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles
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Episode 186: En Aquel LuGar (feat. @WillPesek_)
Will is back with @WillPesek_ for a final trade deadline episode. -What we're hearing -Reacting to the Luis Garcia news -A winning week while injured -Playoffs are a crapshoot -Our ideal upgrades All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 185: Weather(s) The Storm
Will and Steve are back, the Yankees are down another MVP, and the deadline is approaching. -Bellinger is hurt, what now? -What are the areas of need? -Who is going to hit? -Deadline targets -Josh Hader Please All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 184: Bastille Day (Eh Oh)
Will and Steve are back at long last, and there’s much to discuss. -Time away from baseball -Breaking down the July Slide -Is Cody Bellinger ok? -Paul Blackburn is actually good -Appreciating Trent Grisham All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 183: Four Games at Fenway (feat. NASPPodcast
Will is joined by Ian and Jack from Not Another Sox Podcast and no stone is left unturned. -Who won the Rafael Devers trade? -Did Alex Cora matter at all? -Craig Breslow and John Henry hate winning -How the Yankees have survived their injuries, and how the Red Sox have not -Boston's elite…
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Episode 182: Flying Solo (In First Place)
Will is back with no cohost, and this one is a trip. -Can the Yankees trade for Skubal? -The best team in the AL (still) -Evaluating the 3B and catching options for the deadline -What to make of Spencer Jones -Jose Caballero's utter nonsense -How is Anthony Volpe doing? All that and more on the...
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Episode 181: Road Warriors
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees had a terrific week on the road. -Winning in Cleveland and Toronto -Beating Kevin Gausman -Paul Goldschmidt’s renaissance -The roster’s insane depth -The Yankees are the best team in the AL All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 180: Captainless Ship
Will and Steve are back, and Aaron Judge is not. -The Yankees need guys who will slug -Should Trent Grisham change his approach? -Jazz Chisholm surging -Cody Bellinger keeps getting better -Carlos Rodon is giving us reasons to believe -Understanding Camilo Doval All that and more on the latest…
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Episode 179: Ring My Bell(i)
Will and Steve are back, and so are all the aging Yankees. -Paul Goldschmidt has been a revelation -Gerrit Cole looks 30 again -Cody Bellinger has the best MVP case of any Yankee -This team is better than the Rays All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 178: Telling The Future (Or Not)
Will and Steve are back for a holiday edition of Yankees Files, and the sky is still up there! -How do you interpret past performance? -What predicts future results? -How do we assess the Rays? -When xwOBA lies to you -Celebrating Gerrit Cole's return -The best rotation since...? All that and…
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Episode 177: Let's Get Trivial
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees are NOT playing well. -A brand new trivia game! -Jazz is struggling -Volpe is the root of all evil? -Max Fried's injury -The Austin Wells Conundrum All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 176: We Got Options (feat. @WillPesek_)
Will is joined by Will Pesek and it's a barn burner. -Yankees win 13 of 15 -Anthony Volpe gets optioned, but is it a mistake? -The Run It Back Yankees rule -Trent Grisham will be fine -Player development successes All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 175: In Which Luis Gil Gets Everyone Fired
Will and Steve are back, and Luis Gil is on a rampage. -Luis Gil pitched well enough to get Alex Cora fired and badly enough to get himself fired -Jake Bird is the man -Camilo Doval is the man too -Jazz is starting to hit -Do managers matter at all? -Scapegoating -How great is it to beat your...
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Episode 174: Rice is Nice
Will, Whipple, and Steve are back and the Yankees are 5-2 in the last week. -Celebrating Ben Rice -Warren, Weathers, and winning -xwOBA movers -Some Yankees are walk monsters? -The Jazz Chisholm problem, and how he can solve it All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 173: Identity Crisis
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees crashed back down to earth. -Believe in the bats? -Praising the pitching (again) -Ben Rice rules -What should bother you? -What should you not worry about? -The Jazz Chisholm Situation All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 172: Days Off, Yanks On
Will and Steve are back for their first podcast of the regular season! -The beautiful, glorious, first-place Yankees -Cam Schlittler's dominance -Shaky relief pitching -Concerns about Ryan McMahon -Longing for Anthony Volpe All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 171: Hot Start (feat. Bobby Greaser)
Bobby "The Grease Ball" Greaser makes a spot start to join Will to recap the first series of the year. -Guards ball makes you yearn for home runs -Ted Williams' correspondence with Rosa Parks -How should we think about evaluating players? -Bullish on Ben Rice -The fair take on the Yankees'...
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Episode 170: 2026 Season Preview
Will, Steve, and WHIPPLE are back, and it's finally time to preview this year's baseball season. -Awards -Bold Predictions -Over / Unders -Trent Grisham and Jasson Dominguez discourse -Planning the bullpen -Lagrange and Elmer All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles
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Episode 169: Dad Take or Bad Take Returns
Will and his dad are back, and it's a ton of fun as always! -A custom trivia game -The genius of the 70s Yankees -Evaluating the lineup -Payroll and competition -Concerns about pitching All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 168: It's Baseball Season!
Will and Steve are back, and baseball discourse is exhausting. -Did the Yankees do enough? -Relievers who move the needle -Interpreting playoff results -Why does Steve Cohen exist? -The Kyle Tucker Question All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 167: Air Travel Bonanza
Will is back without Steve (again) and two now-recurring guests join him to discuss all things air travel. -Best and worst airports -Southwest Airlines has betrayed us all -BWI Supremacy -What is wrong with American Airlines? -Top air travel experiences All that and more on the latest from...
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Episode 166: Former Yankee Greg Golson (The Death of Baseball Reference)
Will is back with a VERY special guest as former MLBer Greg Golson joins the show! -Changes in player development -The Death of Baseball Reference -His electric double play in Tampa -Experience versus data -Playing for the Yankees, Phillies, and all over baseball -Scouting for the Dodgers -What...
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Episode 165: We Planned the Offseason
Will, Steve, and WHIPPLE are back, and there's an entire offseason to plan! -How does Trent's return affect the Kyle Tucker situation? -Pitchers to watch out for -How much will Hal spend? -Is Jasson Dominguez on the team moving forward? -Filling out the bench All that and more on the latest from...
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Episode 164: On To The Next (Season)
Will and Steve are back, and the season is over. -Analyzing a series loss -What do the playoffs mean? -What made Toronto effective? -Are there things the Yankees should change? -Initial offseason plans -Bellinger vs Tucker
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Episode 163: Yankees ALDS Preview
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees are alive! -Vanquishing their rivals -Comparing managerial prowess -Cam Schlittler's dominance -Previewing the Toronto series -The need to #HBOF All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 162: Yankees Playoff Preview
Will and Steve are back, and there's only one thing to discuss. -Previewing the series with Boston -The importance of beating Crochet -Please hit home runs -The Juan Soto of it all -How did this team improve from 2024? All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 161: What It All Comes Down To
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees still have a shot at the division. -Celebrating the season's bright spots -Setting the playoff rotation -Preferred opponents -Small sample nonsense -Appreciating Devin Williams All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files
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Episode 160: CROSSOVER (feat. @NASPPodcast)
Will and Steve join Jack from Not Another Sox Podcast on the latest episode. -How much does a three game series matter? -What does this mean for the playoffs? -The inevitable crash course -Should Aaron Judge be the MVP? -Should the Red Sox trust their pitching? All that and more on the latest…
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Episode 159: Goalposts
Will and Steve are back after weeks apart, and the Yankees have handled the first half of their gauntlet well. -Winning series against the Astros and Blue Jays -What does it mean to beat good teams? -Devin Williams, generally -Looking ahead to Detroit and Boston All that and more on the latest…
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Episode 158: Dad Take or Bad Take Returns
Will and his dad are back, and it's a banger as always. -How much of baseball is determined by luck? -Thoughts on various Taylors from Nashville -Can the Yankees compete with good teams? -Pitchers who don't throw strikes -Old guys, new guys -The Anthony Volpe Problem All that and more on the…
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Episode 157: Taylor From Nashville (#HBOF)
Will is joined by a very special Taylor from Nashville on the latest episode! -Become a Yankee fan in Tennesee -Obscure favorites -The Yankees Files Difference -Confidence in a confounding team -The importance of a manager All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 156: Past and Present
Will and Steve are back, and for the first time in months, so is Whipple! -The gang is back together -Reacting to Aaron Judge, Ben Rice, Max Fried, and more -Sample sizes -Trivia All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 155: Sample Size
Will and Steve are back, and we'd be lying if we said the vibes are great. -When are good players a bad team? -Exploring the causes of futility -How can the Yankees bounce back? -Previewing the Houston series All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 154: The Deadline Cometh
Will and Steve are back, and there's much to discuss -Falling confidence -Ryan McMahon plays a nice 3B -How do they approach the deadline? Who's even available? -The Martian's trade value -The Spencer Jones question All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 153: After A Short Stop
Will and Steve are back after a brief hiatus! -An analysis of Anthony Volpe, with some defense -Pitching needs -Trade deadline archetypes -The Suarez question -The weight of expectations All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 152: A Lesson in Patience
Will and Steve are back, and so is the Captain. -Aaron Judge isn't broken -Will Warren is a marvel -Credit to Carlos Rodon -It's ok to be patient -Fernando Cruz is better than you think All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 151: Where There's A Will
Will and Steve are back, and we wish the Yankees would stop losing. -Will Warren is terrific -Rice and Grisham are back -How have our opinions changed? -What makes a good pitcher? All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 150: Cause for Celebration
Will and Steve are back, and the Yankees are frustrating. -Swept in Boston -Declining offensive profiles -What gives with Ben Rice? -Lineup now that Stanton is back All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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Episode 149: Reasons to Believe
Will and Steve are back, and the demise of the Yankees has been greatly exaggerated. -Jazz is an all time acquisition -Jasson has been solid -Appreciating Cody Bellinger -Aaron Judge continues to find new levels of greatness -Bullpen trade targets All that and more on the latest from YankeesFiles!
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Episode 148: Past Performance
Will and Steve are back, and they have words of caution for you. -Overreacting to overreactions -The Yankees are World Series caliber -Ryan Yarbrough saves the day -Ben Rice is amazing -30 WAR Summer All that and more on the latest from Yankees Files!
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