 All right, we'll talk more about this in just a bit. Brian Cashman is with the team in Buffalo. Earlier today, he addressed the media, and Meredith Morrocovitz had the chance to go one-on-one with the Yankees general manager. That is the focus. Our Clubhouse report presented by your local Ford Stores. Thanks, Bob. Brian, you guys are now 65 games into the season. You're nine games back in the division, just a game above 500. How do you assess what's been happening with this team? That's obviously frustrating. We are nowhere near where we need to be. So the only thing I'm thankful for is we have enough season left to self-correct. But if this is a horse race, we're starting in a much worse pole position than you want. But we're going to have to make up the ground for it. We do have the talent. We just got to tap into it. And I think clearly I'm going to have to do some roster adjustments along the way. If I can run into some things, certainly as always, Hal Steinbrenner and his family has charged us to find a way to fix what ails us. And so we'll be certainly looking out there. And we started that process already. You mentioned roster adjustments. What do you look at as the biggest need right now? Well, clearly the offense has been a real struggle. You're always going to try to address your pitching whenever you possibly can. But the offense has been a real, obviously, surprise this year. It was not supposed to be anything but a strength. And it's been everything but a strength. And so trying to find a way to bring something else into this environment that will help revitalize it, that's certainly our intent. When you look at that offense, is it the approach that needs to change, the general philosophy that needs to change? Why do you think they have struggled so mightily with some of the talent that you have? Yeah, I mean, I think ultimately I'll just stay general on it. I don't think it's necessarily approach driven. But for some reason, clearly, we're hitting a lot of ground ball this year. I don't understand how and why that's occurred. What people are doing to us to create that is it's certainly bad luck. But it's just gone through so long, so much. It's odd, we've got almost the same crew that's usually an offensive juggernaut. And it's been everything but that. But we still lead the league and most balls impacted 100 miles an hour. We got the most outs 100 miles an hour. But we're also generating the most ground balls. We're not getting the ball in the air enough. We're certainly making mistakes in the base pass. So between the ground grinding in the double plays and running into outs, it's diminishing what already is an underperforming offensive team. So but I'm confident in the players that we have and the staff we've got. But the results just haven't followed. But nobody wants to hear that. All they want to hear is that success story at the end and the winning that comes with it. So we've got to find a way to get that back on track. You mentioned mistakes on the base pass, 31 outs on the bases this season. That's the most in the majors. What do you attribute that to? And who's ultimately responsible for those mistakes that are happening? Well, I attribute to pressing. It's the same play. Listen, these players have played this game for a long, long time. And last year, the same crew was some of the we ranked as the fewest, one of the fewest, not the fewest, but one of the fewest outs made on the bases. And this year, the same crew comes back as the most and by a lot. And I think it's attributed to the fact that we're playing all these one-run ball games and there's desperation that you've got to find a way to, all right, I'm on second base. Got to score on this to tie this game. Or if I score this, we're going to win this game. And all of a sudden, you just get out of your element and you get in your own way. And I think we're guilty of a little bit of that without a doubt or too much of that. And so just relax and play. And I know it's easy, but listen, these guys care so much. And when you get wrapped into that scenario of trying to have the success that you're expected to have and you're not having it, you can get in your own way sometimes, and I think that's happened more than a few times to see your folks up. You were asked about Aaron Boone and the coaching staff earlier and some of the scrutiny surrounding them. You said we are all in this together. What makes you believe that the coaching staff is the right group to get this team back on track? Because I've been there before. I mean, we've had a lot of success with these players with this staff. And listen, the team, I'm responsible in the top end. And I'll speak from the general manager's chair because I have people above me that are obviously more powerful than I am, so I can't speak on their behalf. But I can speak from my behalf. We're in this thing together. We all felt good about the roster. We've seen it excel under the guidance of this manager and these coaches. But right now, in this timeframe of April, May, and the beginning of June, it's underperformed. And so we're in this together. We're going to fix it together. And that's the message I've got. I know and no one cares. They just want it fixed now. And so that's ultimately all I can tell you is behind the scenes is a lot of hard conversations with players, with staff, with ownership. But again, the only thing that's going to matter is putting those Ws up. Nothing else is going to matter. And that's what people care about. Do you feel like there's a sense of urgency in that clubhouse? Yeah, I do. And I mean, I am starting to see. I'm starting to definitely see some good signs from certain players that that we're part of maybe the problem of below average performance for them. And now they're coming out of it, it looks like. So hopefully we can get more of that from the group. Because ultimately, it's going to take the entire roster to do what they're capable of. And so far, this roster got us here. But most of this roster, I won't say all of it. But most of this roster is going to get us out of here. Major League Baseball sent out a memo today and how they intend on enforcing pitchers using sticky substances the rest of this season. What did you think of that memo? And how do you think that could affect your pitching staff? Well, I mean, obviously, it's been a topic that's been talked about for quite some time now. Major League Baseball sent the bat signal earlier in the year, I think, in the wintertime as the approach spring training, that this was going to be an issue, and it was going to be addressed. They took time from March, April, May to study a lot of different things, and they came up with some conclusions that they certainly didn't like. And so there's been a role in the books for quite some time that has not been enforced for generations on generations. But because the evolution of the development of pitching and how certain substances could really enhance their abilities to navigate hitters and offenses, MLB is clearly trying to find higher ground to create an even playing field for both offense and defense. And so this memorandum is obviously a manifestation of that, and a clear warning sign to everybody involved that enough's enough. And this rule now that's been on the books forever is now going to be enforced in its entirety. So things that people are used to having like Pine Tar, for instance, with the ability to just get a grip is no longer going to be in play. But that will eradicate anything above and beyond, which is things like spider tech and other stuff like that. That's increased spin rates that has just decimated offenses. So we'll see. Obviously, we're all going to be playing the same rules, so how are it going to affect our pitching versus other people's pitching? It doesn't matter. It's all designed to protect the game. What do you do as an organization to make sure that you guys are not only educated, but that it's not happening in that clubhouse? Oh, everybody's educated, trust me. That message has been sent, it's been sent clearly from the highest level, which is Major League Baseball as the commissioner's office. It's been sent through the union to the players. So the players have gotten it through their union. They've gotten it through the clubs. So from the Yankees, the general manager, to the manager, to the pitching coaches, et cetera, all throughout the entire organization. So all the way down through player development and stuff. So that's going on throughout the game. The message has been heard. It's clear. It's direct. And it will be enforced. And Aaron Boone said today, Luis Severino, about a month long setback. Just how big of a blow is that? And do you expect him to definitely be back this season and back in that rotation? It's definitely a setback. I mean, you're looking anywhere from four to six weeks. I always give a worst case scenario, but before he's clearly back, is a legitimate choice for us. But it was a definite blow, an unexpected circumstance. And he's one healthy. People forget how good he really is. I mean, he would fit really nicely, obviously, at one point in the future behind a Garrett Cole, for instance. And I look forward to that day coming. And anything new with Corey Kluber? He's currently in his flat ground throwing program, which will start at 60 feet. Then they extended to 75 feet, then to 90 feet. So he's in the beginning of his flat ground throwing program and currently without issue, which is good so far. Brian, thank you so much for the time. Thanks for having me, Meredith. Bob, we'll send it back to you in the studio.