 what Aaron Boone said today on the Zoom call with the media about DJ LaMahieu and what the Yankees think of him. There's not much more to say about DJ other than you know I think if we look over 2019 through 2020 and did a two-year MVP in the American League it's probably him. His play completely speaks for itself you know and then you couple the fact he's this really great teammate that's been despite his quiet reputation a tremendous leader for us and an influential just person by the way he goes about things so I think it's no secret that he is probably our number one priority to bring back this winner and I know Cash is working on that and hopefully at the end of all this DJ is a Yankee for a long time. When you hear the manager speak like that and you heard previously what Cashman said the Yankees don't do anything by accident they don't say anything that's off script for them to say that done I'm gonna go out on them and go there's no way they don't sign them. No there's no because they would have incredible ego in their face for trying to come out and say you know he's the MVP the last two years he's great in the club well I think that they lose some leverage and that DJ LaMahieu go okay if I'm that great and even though I want to come back well I want top money because I know for fact the Blue Jays want them the Giants supposedly want them the Dodgers are sniffing around outside corner could be the Mets as well and there's other teams out there that probably are stealth about it and just laying back because of the Yankees but if their agent or DJ's agent starts to go out and say listen we want five years and the Yankees are stuck at four and then starts to solicit bids maybe Hal Steinbrenner doesn't go to the fifth year but again when I just being around this organization for 35 years I have never seen them that publicly effusive about a player and then look they they simply can't lose them they would look terrible to lose them so for every Yankee fan that's tweeting me at all hours of the night why haven't they signed LaMahieu yet I can't see them not signing him the way they're talking about I think they are willing to go to five but they are not going to go to five until somebody else is willing to go to five and that can't happen until LaMahieu starts talking to other teams so they're going to sit back they're going to stay at four and then maybe nobody offers them a fifth year and they think they can get LaMahieu back at four if somebody goes to five if the Giants go to five the Mets go to five then they'll go to five so they know they're going to do that so they're not going to lose them Michael it's just a matter of waiting until he gets that other offer but he hasn't gotten it yet but eventually the longer you wait he's going to those other teams are going to start making offers and when somebody goes to five being then the Yankees go to five what would be interesting if somebody else goes to six and I don't think they'll do that no so I don't think the Yankees want to go to five I mean they might go four with a vesting option where if you do this on the fourth year but that's all fine right you don't have to do that until somebody offers him a fifth year right