 I would just say it's been excellent during the interview process and just in these initial conversations being with the Yankees to see how aggressive they're making some pretty aggressive moves in their player development system with some really influential hires and just really enjoyed talking to Kevin Reece and Andrew Wright and Dylan Lawson who will be my direct boss with the Yankees. So I think it's really just about what I'm seeing in player development from them and also just the initial conversations with my direct reports just pretty encouraging. How impactful was Dylan Lawson in bringing you here and getting you to the Yankees? Pretty much everything. Like he's starting actually way back when he was mentoring me with the Astros you know just really taking me under his wing in every area of you know not only hitting but even just more so like mindset and coaching philosophy and how he operated on a day to day basis both on and off the field. This mentorship and this like relationship kind of the Boston employee probably started like several years ago so it's been pretty natural like flow and I'm excited to work for him. You had talked about going back to school really diving into biomechanics how do you think that has helped prepare you for this particular role? Oh man hugely going back to school was an opportunity in the classroom to learn more about like the technical side of biomechanics but also provided me opportunity to kind of get my feet wet with being a hitting coach and working for the Netherlands national baseball and softball team in the cages as opposed to what I had been doing which was more in the weight room. What do you view as perhaps the biggest challenge in taking on this new role? Throwing batting practice. No just honestly it's more so I feel pretty confident in like the body and that's something I've done for a long time and understanding mechanics however I definitely am looking forward to diving more into like game strategy and approach at the plate and kind of the more mental aspect of hitting that'll be something that I'm looking forward to being mentored in. What is your message to the players when you start working with them? It's probably more from like a mental side of things of just like when they step into the box or even like more so in a practice setting being prepared for that and so for example like it's really easy to go through the motions really easy they're they're at such an elite level even at the minor league level they're already at such an elite level by the time they're even in lower levels of minor leagues and how to come every day especially when it is every single day in professional baseball with a fresh perspective and also challenging themselves and so obviously how we create that environment as coaches is really important but then how they show up every day I think is the most important thing to really any coaching situation. Spring training is right around the corner it'll be here before we know it what are you most looking forward to? Oh gosh just in this situation just meeting the people and also like starting to develop relationships with the players and you know getting to know them as humans is probably my my thing I'm most looking forward to.