 As we are with Matt Blake and Matt I'll tell you what you haven't even coached the game yet and you became a much better pitching coach No doubt about that. That was something that catch reiterated about taking advantage of my experience to give me some better tools So I appreciate for that. What was the process like in getting hired as the pitching coach? So obviously they you know with being with another club They had to call over and ask for permission and so it was you know Having a chance to sit down and talk to Chris Antonetti with the Indians about the opportunity and you know Obviously coming over here to learn more about the Yankees because I was in a you know nice situation with Cleveland But obviously this is you know a shiny object as far as you know one of the pinnacle positions in the game So just learning more about the vision they had for the organization and maybe what they were looking for in their next Pitching coach obviously being a you know non-traditional higher So it's kind of get a sense of like is this gonna work is it gonna work with Booney And I think that was one of the things that really click between him and I is just the vision We had for the type of culture we're trying to create I mean now Matt you were front and center in that four and a half hour presentation in Garrett Cole's home Take me in that room. What was your part of it? What did you talk to him about? I think it was just trying to help him understand where I might be coming from if you know This is gonna be you know 79-year partnership that he was gonna have access to the tools that he needed and the information that he needed to help Kind of just facilitate his process is his work on a daily basis And you know obviously he's in the prime of his career, but over the course of this contract There's gonna be time that we need to continue to keep him who he is So I think giving him comfort that we were gonna be on the same page about the things we value and kind of partner on Aaron Boone just said Garrett Cole obviously has been great throughout the course of his career But he thinks there might even be another level. Do you think there's another level for Garrett Cole? Yeah, I think you like to believe so obviously he's been at the you know The peak of his talent right now and you think there's another level we can get to is you know Want to spend some time and learn like what it is that he's currently doing and kind of help him understand like where some Efficiencies or inefficiencies might lie within that process, but I think the other thing to be mindful of is you don't have to do too Much with him It's more just keep him who he is and then you know our environment Hopefully that takes him to that next level now the pitching coach obviously is not the painting You're more the guy who puts the frame around it But is there a lot of stress to you now because you're being asked to put a frame around the Mona Lisa? Yeah, I think it could be you know if you let it get to you I think that's part of the deal you signed up for by coming out with Yankees There's always gonna be pressure and expectations to be you know one of the elite clubs around the league So I think like Garrett said it's a privilege to be in this position to be able to work with a player of his caliber And I think you know just that the conversations will be willing to have between him and I to make sure that he's Comfortable with the the work that we're doing and then I can give him feedback on his process I think it is gonna be a great partnership in that way What stood out to you about Cole when you were in that meeting with him You know it was an opportunity to kind of pick his brain a little bit on what he's learned about himself over the last You know maybe five or six years in particular the last two as he came over to Houston and I think just the his understanding of himself and what makes him successful was really impressive Sometimes guys are just good because they have talent He is obviously you know taking that to another level and learned a lot about himself and what makes him good So I think that combination is really important Take me inside your process because we need to know about Matt Blake as well You've never done this as a major league pitching coach Are you more a guy who deals with the mechanics or the mind or is a little bit of both? I'd say I'm probably a generalist in that sense I kind of get painted as an analytics guy Which is you know fair because I've embraced that in Cleveland But I think my background was more of a technician in the mechanics and learning about the body and then my background's in Psychology so I think I try and take all the pieces and just figure out You know where is our greatest window of adaptation with each player? Is it on his mindset? Is it on his delivery? Is it in his work? Is it in his analytical? Understanding so you know wherever that piece might lie with the pitcher we try and tap into that I'm interested though with the psychology aspect of it Do you believe that most mistakes made on a baseball field or mechanical or mental? I think there's probably a mind-body connection to some extent like if your mind is not in the right place to focus on the task at hand It becomes a mechanical issue, but there are also things that you are just physically unable to do So we need to work around those things So I think understand the combination of the the mind and the body and how the interplay works is Obviously really important. When do you start reaching out to guys? When do you get going here? Yep, so right after I signed on I started reaching out to a lot of the 40-man guys to at least open up the lines of communication and Get an understanding of where they're at and what they're thinking and you at least give them the opportunity to express anything They have on their mind and I'll first start to visit a lot of them right after the first of the year All right, Matt So if you ever get boring and you want to practice the psychological stuff, I'm the one believe me I'm the one. I'm very Chris. Yeah, I appreciate it guys. Thank you. All right. That's the