Hour 2: Cam Schlittler Took the Critics Personally Like MJ

**Chris McMonigle** (0:00)
Signs to Delivered is a Stevie Wonder song. I just can't help it. I love it. Can't stop doing it. Can't stop, won't stop. 888-808-1019. All right. So we focused on the Anthony Volpe, Jose Caballero part of Last Night and Today. But last night, clearly, if you watch the Yankee game, even more than the three-win home run, which was a weight off the shoulder. There's no doubt about it. Like that, he hit that home run and immediately you just, they're getting no hit. The two walks in front of him, good at bat by Dominguez, good at bat by Jazz. He hits that three-win home run and the weight comes just off of your shoulder because you recognize, all right, they have a chance to win with the way that Cam is throwing the ball. Because you thought up until that moment, they were going to lose the game while Cam is pitching this incredible game. And he was from the jump. And the fastball was far better than it was against Detroit. He was locating it much better. He's getting swing and miss.
Just everything about the performance. You could tell the body language was different. I remember Ricky was in here yesterday to end the show. And he talked about the last two games and the body language from Cam. Last night, the body language was on point. He seemed pissed off. There seemed like a little bit of an extra force in that fastball, a little bit more grunting. He went out there with a purpose. And that's what you need. You need one of these players, someone to step up to go into that series. We talked about it. The mindset needed to change.
And the mindset that he brought to the mound and to the game last night is even just as impressive as the performance of eight innings. He's economical as well. He doesn't mess around. He threw a couple of breaking balls, which you have to throw just to show it to them. I only think he threw one or two in the strike zone. Most of the breaking balls he threw in a position where they can't hurt him. He just wanted to show them that he will throw the breaking pitch, threw a couple of back as well, just to keep that in the back of their minds as well. But didn't really throw them the strikes, didn't really want to get hurt with them, just showing the hitters, but he was pounding the zone with that fastball. Just an utterly brilliant ace-like performance that they needed. And again, like I said, the performance that you hope him along with at least two others in Freed and Cole can bring into a postseason. We'll get as we get closer to the trade deadline, we'll get more into like what the possibilities are. And I just feel like we could have the should they trade for Scubal debate every single day. We don't have to have it today. But I think it's more on the table now with the Rodin injury than prior to today or prior to that injury. But it's the mindset of this kid. And we first really learned it in the postseason last year. We first really learned it in the postseason last year against Boston, where he's from, the issues that he had with the people, the fans in Fenway and the fans in Boston and all that stuff.
We recognize that he's not only the ace starting pitcher, he seems to be the guy with that mentality who embraces that the Yankees are the Yankees, or at least should be the Yankees. And that they're the villain and everybody's coming after him and he's talked about having a chip on their shoulder against the Blue Jays. He's talked about having a chip on their shoulder against the Red Sox. He's talked about, obviously, championships and everything like that, but then he's gone and done something.
That it's a main mentality held by one of the greatest athletes we have ever seen in this country.
Cam Schliitler makes up reasons to be pissed off, just like someone else we know. And I want you, in the post game, last night, in the post game last night, and it's bleeped out because he was on Yes and he curses. But in the post game last night, when asked about bouncing back from his performance against Detroit, he literally talks about people said I was blanking, regressing because of one bad start. And I want you to hear that part's bleeped out, but this is the second part of what he said in the question about asking him whether or not it was important to him to bounce back off of his performance in Detroit or against Detroit.