Analyzing the Bo Bichette Booing

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You may not like the fact that we're picking a net negative off of a three-game sweep if they have one later this season or a star of the ser ies af ter the team gets s wept. But let's rip the band-aid off on Bulbachette. But before we do, let's just remind you, the Mets won the series. And because they won the series, we should celebrate. Give me one second. Hold on. There we go. Let us celebrate because one of our great sponsors is back. Celebrate your highlights with Mio sparkling sake. A true crowd pleaser. Light, bubbly, and easy to enjoy. Whether you're at City Field or your favorite spot, ask for Mio Sparkling Sake by name. It is a new tradition served chilled, imported from Japan. It is the official sak e of Rico Brunia. True story. Enjoy responsi bly. So we can celebrate. I mean, the Mets won the series. We do need to remind ourselves of that. I should display this better. Maybe I display it like right here, next to my Rico and Balls, for those that watch the podcast on YouTube. For those that consume this on Spotify or the Odyssey app, wherever you download your podcast, I've got a beautiful background. Uh Rico spelt out in baseball s. That is true. And one of these days, maybe a Rico off day, I'll go through the baseballs because they are autographed. So I'll tell you a story about each one. But the net negative of this series is clearly Bo Bach et. Bo had a very difficult time in this series. The defense was scrutinized early. He didn't have an issue on Sunday, but that's because no ball was really hit to him. No, I'm just kidding. He made the 5'4 fielder's choice to end the ninth inning against Brian Reynolds. So he did do that. But no, for the most part, he wasn't really tested in Sunday's game. So the defense was early. The defense was on Friday, on Thursday on opening day. Obviously, he committed an error on Saturday that did not cost them. He's had a few throws to Jorge Polanco that were wide in the first two games of this series. But it comes down to the offense. In the finale of this series, he went 0 for 5 with three strikeout s. He came up with a runner on sec ond and one out in the fifth, and he grounded out. He came up with runners on second and third, two outs in the seventh, and he struck out. And then obviously made the second out of the bottom of the tenth inning with the tying run on second and one out. So clutch, which is an appealing part of Bobach ette, that didn't h appen. He was atrocious. So let's do the math here. Over five with three strikeout s. One four five with two strikeout s. So I think we're up to five strikeouts at this point. And then on opening day, he went 0 for 4 with three more strikeouts, including that 13 pitch at bat that we marveled at. We loved it. So that would be eight strikeouts in the first three games of this series. I mean, it's it's an open and shut case. I know you could name other candidates. Uh up until Sunday, you could have said Lindor, but I thought Lindor bounced back on his first two hits of the se ason. I guess you could have said Luis Garcia for as shaky as he's looked out of the bullpen. You could kind of say Dickie Lovelady for the finale of this series, but not Saturday. Those are the other candidates. Jorge Polanco didn't do much offensively, but it's open and sh ut. The net negative for the inaugural series of the 2026 season is Bob . The Rico I'm the man right now, star of the ser ies. I'll tell you, that one is easy. That that's as easy as the Beaupachette one. Usually, these are complicated, these are debatable. I would wait for Pete Hoffman to be done with dinner so that I could just make sure we have this right, but there's no need to do that. Bo Bachette is the net negative, and the Rico, I'm the man right now star of the series is clearly Luis Robert Jr . I have heard he does not like to be called Lou Bob. That is something he personally does not like, so I am not gonna go with Lou Bob. You know what I'm gonna go with? LRJ . LRJ. We called Obel Odell Beckham Jr. OBJ. We called Lyndon Baines Johnson underrated, by the way. LB J. So why not? LR J? What's wrong with that? The world moves fast. Your workday? Even faster. Pitching products, drafting reports, analyzing data. Microsoft 365 Copilot is your AI assistant for work. Built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft 365 apps you use, helping you quickly write, analyze, create, and summarize. So you can cut through clutter and clear a path to your best work. Learn more at Microsoft.com slash M365 Copil ot. But Luis Robert Jr. was really, really good in this series. Obviously, hits the walk-off home run in game two on Saturday, even in this game, on base three more times. I guess the only negative was the caught stealing, but I like the aggressiveness. The Mets were very aggressive on the base pass in this series. We saw that. Uh to the chagrin at the end of Lindor being thrown out at the plate, but we saw a lot of first to thirds, even Lindor's triple, and even this stolen base attempt by Luis Robert J r. But he was great, man. He played a really good center field, which was not easy, as we saw with the struggles that O'Neill Cruz had. But he went two for three on Sunday on base three tim es. He went two for four game-winning home run and a walk on base two more times. And then in the opener, he went two for four with another walk. So th ree plus two, five, plus three on base eight times in this three game series. He was great. There are some other honorable mentions that you can certainly point out. Luke Weaver appeared in a couple of games and pitched two scoreless. Uh Juan Soto ended up hitting quite a bit, including the RBI double that came close, I guess, to tying the game. But I shouldn't say that because I didn't want to send him. He came close to sending up a great inning in the bottom of the tenth inning. So I think Soto deserves a little bit of love. I thought Brett Beatty was okay, had a bunch of hits. I thought played a good first base. But those are just all honorable men tions. The winner is Luis Robert J r. So it's interesting. First series of the year, get to know you, get to know the new players. And we've got a new player on the good side, and we got a new player on the negative side. I did see that Bo Bach et was asked about getting boo ed. And here's his quote: If anything, I thought it took too long. I get it. I thought my at-bats were terrible to o. I commend you, Bo. I commend you, Bo. And I'm not surprised. Uh if I had a chance to guess, hey, how is Bo Bobashek gonna respond to the questions about being booed, I would be confident he'd give a good answer. Maybe it's because he's the son of a major leaguer that that hel ps. But that's part of this business as a part of playing in New York, is when you're new here, it doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter if you're Bobette, Jean Carlos Stanton, Juan Soto, Carlos Beltron, Roger Clemens. It does not matter. You're going to get booed if you don't per form. It normally isn't this quick, three games into a seas on, but you gotta handle the question right. Some guys have, some guys haven't. Lindor struggled in his first year here, did not handle it well The thumbs down thing was dumb and it didn't work. Kevin McReynolds didn't handle it well. Bobby Bonia didn't handle it well. But what you gotta say is exactly what Bobachette said, which is, dude, I suck. I'd boo myself. Giancarlo Stanton on the other side of town, I think, has been kind of a guy to look up to when it comes to how to handle being booed. I think Juan Soto handled it well last year as well. Don't fight with the fans. Don't say they're stupid. Don't say it's early. Own it . And Bo Bachette has to own it. This was a terrible series . If you're asking me, but Evan, it's three games. He gets four hits on Monday. His batting average is great. Don't you think it's nuts to boo a guy through three games? Yes, I think it's nuts. I didn't boo bobette. I was at all three games this weekend. But I also under stand. I understand for three reasons, because I'll answer this for someone who would ponder. Maybe it's a non-Met fan checking in on the Rico, a non-New Yorker. How do they boo? Like, why would they boo a guy this quick? And I think the answer uh there's more than one ans wer. Let's start with he comes here making a crap ton of money. Let's start with the money. Wanna go wanna I'll start there? We'll start there. I mean, he's making an absurd amount of money. Fans know that. They have high expectations. You get booed. Number two, his defense is under a microscope. I think that microscope is way too close right now. We are three days into a baseball se ason. I got emails. I'll read them asking when are we dh'ing him? When are we taking him off th ird? It's way too early to do that. We can criticize his defense. I'm going to, but do not construe that with me saying get him off third base. We are three games into a baseball season. But I believe that that microscope on his defense plays a role in this. Number th ree, this matters. I remember Sean Morash said this to me about Stanton. So when Giancarlo Stanton was booed, uh, well, the first time he was booed, was opening da y. Not the third game, opening day. Now, it was after a road trip, but he performed on the road trip. I think he had a few home runs in Toronto in that opening series. He comes to Yankees Stadium. He has a terrible day. But what Sean Morrash told me, and this is so true, I give him credit because he's right. Uh not defending, just explain ing. He said it was cold, it was rainy, we had been in the ballpark for three hours, half the crowd was drunk, we were frustrat ed. Well, I was in the ballpark for these two games. Now, granted, they're not four-hour games, but in this day and age, three hours is long. They were two, three-hour games. It was cold outside. People get liquored up and they get frustrat ed. That that's a factor in this. With that said, if if anyone wants me to use the bully pulpit to say don't boo, uh don't boo. Or I'll phrase it this way, I don't bo o. I'm just one gu y. I am cold. I dropped a lot of money for tickets. I ain't boo ing. But if you want to boo, fine, whatever. I think it's good that the Mets are going on the road for seven g ames. Because now Bo Besheck can relax. He doesn't have to think about the booze. Just go per form. I think also who you're replacing matters in this too. You may not look at it this way. I've always looked at it this way during this offseason. Bull Bachet is the one replacing the big bat that they lost to Bal timore. It ain't Jorge Polanco. It's B ob So that's my answer. It's five reasons, I think. I think I ended up getting the five reasons on why he's hearing the booze. But he is. And luckily the Mets are about to begin a seven game road Where he can relax and hopefully perform. And then when he comes back a week from Tuesday, so ten days from now, Bob Shed will get cheered. But it's a good answer to say what took him so long. I like that. answer I actually actually like that answer. What took them so long? I would have booed myself on opening day. These suckers waited till Saturday and they really didn't get into it until Sunday. What's wrong with them? But they need them to be better. Cause it it isn't just the one for twelve or whatever it turned out to be. I think a lot of it's the strikeouts and the quality of the at b at. I think that's a big part of it too.