 first of four big games and you look at this they're gonna be some big star names missing but number one through 25 on each roster it's crucial for them still the best rivalry in baseball and as you already said Bob the two best teams in baseball actually in 83 of the last 91 days the Yankees and the Red Sox have shared the two best records in baseball shows you how long these two teams have been at the top and if you're the Yankees as this rivalry is renewed you're looking at this four game series as an opportunity yes there's a lot of baseball up but when you go head-to-head with the team that you're chasing you have to take advantage of those opportunities that's why I think this series is more important for the Yankees than it is for the Red Sox and the Yankees feel comfortable having CeCe Sabathe on the mound since the start of 2017 he's 12 and 0 after Yankee losses they had an ugly loss yesterday they'd like to rebound in Boston and Bob I've got to slip in this Boston Globe headline I love the headline in their sports section today it's a clash reunion no doubt about it we're gonna talk more about that now as we get out to Fenway Park Meredith Morocco it's standing by with the clubhouse report brought to you by your tri-state four dealers big news in terms of a handful of pitchers today in the Yankees finally answered the question Meredith what to do about sunny gray Bob you really felt as though this was just a matter of time until it happened after yesterday's disastrous performance against the Orioles sunny gray last to just two and two-thirds innings allowed seven runs in the process and then to make matters worse for sunny gray Lance Lynn came in and proved that he was a capable option dominating for four and a third so the move was made today sunny gray is heading to the pen and Aaron Boone gave his insight on why now was the time I think it's the best thing for everyone involved right now you know obviously Lance Lynn has you know been starting all year has been a very consistent starter so you know him being in the fold obviously makes this possible and hopefully this is something for sunny that you know it can help jump start him a little bit and my you know one of my messages to sunny is so really important role on our team so you know and obviously we're in a very important part of the season so you know we really need to go him to go down there and get after it and hopefully provide us with quality length on those days when we need it but frustrating because obviously you know we certainly expected more and better and he did too and as I said the more frustrating is the fact that we thought he had turned the corner and until yesterday and so it is what it is and we just have to continue to make tough decisions some of them become more obvious by the performance because it is a performance oriented situation and so I guess it makes it that much more valuable that we were able to acquire Lance Lynn and you know we'll continue to look at what we have a triple A and lean on that when necessary sunny gray just hasn't pitched to his potential this season of 5 5 6 e r a in 103 plus innings while he has shown at times flashes of dominance he has just not been able to pitch with any type of consistency this year earlier today I sat down with sunny gray who reacted to the news of being sent to the pen I could maybe see it coming a little bit but at the end of the day I told Booney and he told me to stay positive you could you could be back in this rotation you know whenever you never know how things are gonna play out but it's a little disappointing but at the end of the day I know that in order to be starting pitcher and on this team in the middle of a pen race that they've got to perform and I I need to I need to do a better job on the field in order to stay in to stay in the role that I ultimately want to be in but at the end of the day I'm gonna go down there and try to learn a new a new role and and try to and try to succeed in it and and do whatever I can to help help this team and and ultimately help help help us win how do you go about riding the ship in the bullpen a place that you have not spent a lot of time in at all a lot of questions there's a lot of questions I've talked to I've talked to D Rob a lot I've talked to Greenie a lot already just just trying to come up with a routine trying to come up with a with with a mindset with a game plan and you know just just just everything like that but maybe simple simplify some things on the mound and you know you know see where it goes from here this year is far from over for you what would you like to accomplish this last two and a half months plus hopefully playoffs this season for me I just like to you know I would like to try to to stay in the moment stay continue to try to compete continue to every time I get out there to put my best foot forward and and ultimately do whatever I can to help these guys win whether it's on the field whether it's in the clubhouse whether it's you know whatever whatever needs to be done I'm gonna you know continue to try to you know you know continue try to get it done and and move forward from here setting great went on to say he does not believe that his time as a starting pitcher in this league has come to an end he is looking at this as a bump in the road he hopes that he comes back stronger because of it but for now as we know he will be in the pen also noteworthy Jay Hap has officially been placed on the disabled list with hand foot and mouth disease because of that the Yankees called up Louise Sessa from Triple A Scranton Wilkesbury Boone did say that half was feeling a little bit better today but the virus has not run its course they do not want him in the closet in the clubhouse until it does so Tyler Wade also optioned to triple A and Luke Voight has been recalled he is in the lineup DHing this evening I spoke to