 Thanks Bob day two of the winter meetings and the story continues to be Aaron judge a lot of things going on throughout the Course of the day a lot of buzz as to where he is going to land so Tim I'll ask you what's it been like in that room today. You know, it's It's the wait-and-see game. Obviously Aaron judge coming off an unbelievable year tremendous human being Obviously has a lot of options in front of him. So it's wait and see I mean we're trying to do a lot of different things We're meeting with different organizations. We're talking about different free agents But as we all know a lot of things that we are or are not going to do depending on what his decision will be so we're waiting patiently and and there's a lot of guys that are locked in on Twitter and every Every other thing just trying to find out what's going on But you know, we'll wait to see what how and Brian tell the room We know that judge is the number one story and something that the Yankees would like to get done One thing you already have gotten done this season or this offseason was Resigning Anthony Rizzo. You played the infield at the Major League level. How much value is it to have a guy like Rizzo at first base? And also in the clubhouse. Yeah, no doubt. I mean he's been a leader. He's been that left-handed bat When I was scouting the National League, obviously had a chance to see Riz play quite a bit So, you know the swing the one thing about it is swing plays in Yankee Stadium because obviously the short porch But he also brings contact Changing of approach opens up the field can go the other way. He's very good against left-handed pitching So there's no splits that you know, we can attack a line up against us with but when it's all said and done The biggest thing that I think he brings is defense at first base and when you start looking at bringing up younger Prospects middle of the infield prospects whether it's Paraza, Volpe, Cabrera And now you have a plus defender over there that can turn a potential mistake into an out Means a lot to me and the Yankee organization Tim I spoke to you during spring training about some of those young middle infielders and one guy that you kept mentioning was Paraza, what was it about him that told you that you thought he could get to the major league level last season? And what is it about his game that you like? Yeah, I mean I think what's interesting is we continually try to develop at least one impact guy each year that can come up and Eventually be an impact type of guy on a roster for a long time I watch Paraza play and I see upside on both sides of the ball I see a guy that has power potential playing a premium position in the middle of the diamond has range has a plus arm Great kid goes about it the right way Does he have a lot of things that he's going to continue to develop? Absolutely. I think he controlled his own I can I think he can probably control his aggression But again when you're a young man coming to the big leagues He wants to hit so to me it's a matter of you know control the zone a little bit Control the aggression a little bit and I think we have big upside coming You talk about controlling the zone Brian Cashman Aaron Boone, even how Steinbrenner have talked about Cutting down on strikeouts more contact. I know it's easier said than done But what or some things the organization can try and do to make that happen I mean, you know, it's it's a Yankee problem. It's a problem across the game I'm sure fans are tired of watching swing and miss. I can tell you being inside The industry it's it's hard to watch at times, but to me it's about What can you do to hit with two strikes? It's approach. It's swing mechanics I was talking with Aaron Boone last night and the one thing I think is very important is at some point You turn an eye at bat into a team at bat and the way you can do that is basically master your b-swing You go up there with a situation where you watch like labor Taurus for example There's times when you see him with a high leg kick You see him with a with a little bit bigger swing And then you see him at times control is lower half and adjust the sites the right center So to me it's a change in swing mechanics a change in approach Both of which can help at the ball skills as a whole has the philosophy the approach as a team Evolved and changed over the years well, I think one thing that I've seen from Growing up watching the game the big red machine to eventually playing the game then being in player development and now in the scouting in front office world the one thing that I Think has changed a lot is Hitters one through nine have the ability to hit the ball in the seats For a long time there was only the three hole the four hole the five hitters that had the power So a lot of times the analytics say hey if you can hit it in the seats stay with that type of approach and As guys, you know have gotten bigger and stronger and the ballparks have maybe got a little smaller And maybe the ball was flying a little bit more, you know more guys have the ability hit in the seats That's why we've seen the approach stay the way it has been the last three four five years Tim thanks for stopping by and you're gonna Texas right if anything goes on in that room You guys will probably know before I will I hope you're right. I hope he's right time will tell Bob Wilson affects you