Full Show: Giants QB Jaxson Dart on Leadership and Staying Out of the Blue Tent

**Craig Carton** (0:04)
It's The Carton Show with Big Mac on a gorgeous Wednesday afternoon in New York City. Phone number to join, as always, 888-808-109, about an hour or so away from the starting quarterback of the New York Giants. Jaxson Dart's gonna join us exclusively here on The Fan today. We're gonna find out, is Jaxson Dart gonna start to get any snaps in the final preseason game against the New York Giants on Friday? Or is he gonna go into this season with a grand total of 14 snaps from January through mid-September?
Dum-da-dum-dum-dum! We're gonna find out, but good to have the big fella back from a three-month vacation. Good afternoon, Big Mac. How are you today?

**Chris McMonigle** (0:51)
I'm doing fantastic.

**Patrick Ricard** (0:53)
Great.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:53)
Glad to be back.

**Craig Carton** (0:55)
Good to have you back.

**Chris McMonigle** (0:56)
Thank you. It was a fun week, week and a couple days, not three months.

**Patrick Ricard** (1:01)
A week and a couple days is my rear end.

**Chris McMonigle** (1:03)
A total of two weeks.

**Craig Carton** (1:05)
You got a nice tan. You got a great haircut, by the way.

**Patrick Ricard** (1:07)
Very short.

**SPEAKER_5** (1:08)
It's hot there in Florida.

**Craig Carton** (1:09)
You come back on the Prescott Piss, of course, of the Jets and Giants final preseason game. Obviously, Geno Smith looked great. We have not seen a lot of Jaxson Dart, but you also come back to an interesting New York Yankee team. All right. Now, after last night's loss, but it wasn't because of the offense. Obviously, the pitching wasn't great. Bullpen wasn't great. And there was a big debate on the show yesterday, after the day off two days ago.
Why would Garrett Cole not start yesterday in regular rest? Why would Will Warren pitch? And that where you get Garrett Cole last night, and you get Garrett Cole Sunday against the Boston Red Sox.
I'm assuming you're going to defend the Yankees because what's just one day is not that big of a deal. It was a big debate among some Yankee fans that the off day they got could have been used to their advantage if you're concerned, as you should be, about the four games set with the doubleheader on Saturday against the Boston Red Sox. Why not take advantage of Garrett Cole, let him pitch last night, and then let him pitch Sunday to close out what is a huge series against the Boston Red Sox?

**Chris McMonigle** (2:24)
Yeah, I mean, I guess that's a debate. I could see that, sure.

**Patrick Ricard** (2:27)
Yeah, but you're going to go with the Yankees. No, listen. Well, listen.

**Craig Carton** (2:30)
That obviously didn't work out because the picture wasn't good last night.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:32)
I honestly think this plays into what we saw last night, too, right? Because the New York Yankees, sure, it's a divisional push right now. We saw Tampa Bay. They've shortened this lead down, Craig, since I've been gone.

**SPEAKER_6** (2:44)
Seventy-three.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:45)
Down to, you know, down to four in the loss column.

**Craig Carton** (2:47)
It was three before the loss yesterday, by the way.

**Chris McMonigle** (2:49)
Right, so four in the loss column still. We said they need to be close before that final four game set, obviously the Red Sox won last night in extra innings. They've made it close. It's about making the playoffs, obviously, and you want the best position once you get there. But what you're seeing with this pitching staff, you're seeing now, weather's down, you've seen Fried, who they're hoping to be back for the doubleheader on Saturday. You've seen the bullpen just be kind of, like, not be able to make it down the stretch of the season. This was part of the reason I was complaining at the trade deadline for not adding more bullpen arms. You saw, you know, you saw Hedrick last night have his first implosion. He's been money good, right? We've seen Cruise kind of faulting down the stretch. And here's the question the Yankees have to have. And what their answer is, I kind of understand it.
Yes, you want to be in the best position. Yes, I've been on the record. You do not want to have to go to Fenway. But you look at where they are. You look at what this team is. You got Judge coming back. You got all these injuries to the pitching staff. What's more important, winning every single game down the stretch? Or is it more important to do what you think is necessary to be in the best position you can be once the playoff starts?