Hour 1: Stanton Can’t Open Chips, Jets Get “Beef,” and Giants QB Durability Panic

It starts in the Bronx with a sentence you never want to hear about your DH: Giancarlo Stanton says his elbow pain is so bad he “can’t open a bag of chips,” yet he’s still talking about a full season. The guys react to Stanton’s “mentally tough” framing, Aaron Boone’s comments, and the bigger question Yankees fans can’t shake: if this is what they’re telling us, what aren’t they telling us? From there, the Yankees’ roster dominoes come into focus. Randal Grichuk arrives, the Domínguez vs. Spencer Jones conversation heats up, and the debate turns to a practical plan: should the Yankees slow-play Stanton early, keep him out of cold weather, and treat him like an October investment while the kids get real runway? Then the hour swings to football. The Jets make a major defensive statement by flipping Jermaine Johnson for massive nose tackle T’Vondre Sweat, signaling a scheme shift and a clear vision for Aaron Glenn’s defense. Calls pour in on what it means for the draft, the front seven, and whether the Jets should build an elite defense now and attack the quarterback position later. And yes, we hit baseball’s ABS strike zone chaos too, plus a Giants caller sparks the latest debate: is Jaxson Dart’s durability a real concern, or is New York just traumatized by the “availability” conversation at quarterback?