 Sup yo afternoon everybody We got the wireless mics again who would like to ask Aaron a question Aaron are you aware of Jim Crane's comment that he does not believe a steering science necessarily impacts games and right and give any thoughts on that Look it. I mean I think that's That's that's quite a stretch. I think You know clearly on what level did it impact things? You know, I guess we'll never know and then that's for people to draw their own conclusions on but I think clearly when we're talking about some Of the things that that went on those those things have an effect on on on games clearly fellow post writer Dan more now AJ Hinch released another statement last night's Kind of clarifying his statement about the buzzers that he wasn't aware of anything and then Korea today Right us it pretty forcefully said they didn't use anything Does that change anything that you think about what happened in last year's ALCS? Um, not really I mean, you know It at least feels like, you know, there's a lot of coincidental things and a lot of smoke and But can I say one way or the other what went on? Absolutely not So, you know, the the question that was asked to me was am I sure nothing and my answer was no and I don't at this point It's hard to I think be certain of of of particular things so Lotta coincidental Coincidental things went on that that certainly from my standpoint, you know over the last several weeks, you know Have made me think a lot about it and You know, I draw a lot of different conclusions, but in the end I don't really know either You're talking about the explanations. Sure different guys. Sure They you know, they seem overall pretty vague Buster just with Crane's comment being the context for the question. Yeah, someone who spent a lifetime in baseball How much of an advantage? Potentially how much of an impact to use his word? Could it be to if the hitters know what pitch is coming in the middle of a game if I know what's coming as a hitter? That's it's hard to put a how big of an advantage that is but it's If everyone in you asked every hitter if they knew a hundred percent certainty what's coming I'd feel pretty pretty pretty good about my chances or certainly a lot better, you know, it's why us and Every team is always working to try and gain an advantage if we can spot something Within a team that you know allows us to have a really good idea. What's what's coming? That's that's a comfortable feeling for a hitter Kenny Right And Garrett was on the 2018 Astros not the 17 Astros. He's a pitcher obviously right not a hitter But I mean there's so much anger and tension out there about this issue Do you think is there any bridge for him to cross just because of his association with the Astros just just to fully integrate himself With you guys here. I absolutely think there's that bridge You know, I think a lot of the things obviously that we're talking about Are clearly 2017 things when you know in the last couple years more rules have been in place You know and and I think pitchers overall are a little different when it comes to some of the things we're talking about So Yeah, I think there's that bridge. I'm sorry just to clarify. So you think he does have to kind of make Cross I think that bridge to the contrary. Okay. He's crossed. He's crossed James over the left Did because I know that you guys met with him and signed them before yeah The mission report came out Did he like feel the need to talk about that stuff with you bring it up and and not even just like being Being a pitcher being part of not part of it But like seeing maybe something go wrong that he should have spoken up. I know some people know that none of that Came up or or has come up and I don't think it it's necessary that it needs to you know, I think You know, he was there after a lot of the the specific things that we know we're going on so No, I don't I don't view it as Anything we've we've got to address with with Garrett damn Given cranes less than fourth right Explanation of what happened, you know that they've made changes to their management, but he's still the one in charge Do you do you think that that's in the past now? Or are you still concerned because he's the one yeah in charge and he hasn't really said anything, you know That's that's now for them to deal with and and obviously that's going to be judged by a lot of different people and You know at some point here very shortly You know, I'm not even interested anymore. I'm really focused on as we started today You know the first full day of pitchers and catchers It's like that's my focus and I'm Kind of past and over this stuff There's going to be people that draw their own conclusions speculate Have opinions make judgments, you know, that's for everyone to personally do now. I don't really You know one way or the other Care what's in place? I do feel like the game has done a good job and and with You know the heavy hand that has happened I do feel like it'll positively impact our game or moving forward and the fairness of our game moving forward Bruce to the left So how would you assess the first day overall and what you were trying to accomplish and just to see this group all together? Yeah, it's it's it's an exciting day, you know We have obviously big expectations and You know, we we embrace those expectations You know, we look forward to the long process now of of trying to chase a championship But those foundational pieces start to really get laid and earnest today and You know, it's good to see guys as a group as a team on the backfield You know working on on their defensive things and the pitchers fielding practice to see a number of guys throwing their first pens You know for me getting my eyes on some of our young guys for the first time in a bullpen session This is frankly exciting and You know, I got a good glimpse of why we're so excited today from you know, a lot of our guys that I felt like had a really good first day Sweeney to the left Aaron one of the things that Gary Sanchez said yesterday was that you guys went through a great deal of things last year to conceal your Signs and when things pitches still got hit. He was more like what more do you have to do? Now that all this has come to light. Mm-hmm How does it impact the whatever system you guys are employing to go through your signs? Well, I mean, I think you we're still gonna be guarded and and vigilant and you know We try to you know, kind of control our house and you know Monitor our you know pitchers as far as any tipping things that are going on You know the way we sequence our signs the system we use in make making changes to our signs You know, I don't think much changes in that regard because it's something that's a priority and something that we Are very vigilant about already You know, hopefully some of the you know Illegal things that may have been going on over the course of the last few seasons get cleaned up to a degree and and and ultimately hopefully we can Solve things between the lines. I think like everyone would would like Ryan Aaron your thoughts on major league baseball's new reliever rule having to face the minimum three batters And how much different will it be managing under those new rules when it comes to strategy during games? You know for us, it's I don't think much changes Especially during the regular season, you know, and I've addressed this with some of you, you know, I Don't like to use especially our high-leverage guys that you know when they get up and get in You know Because we don't typically pitch our guys, you know, three days in a row four out of five days very often those kind of things When I get a guy up and in Unless it's a unique situation. I'm not doing that a lot during the regular season for a hitter and most of our pitchers Especially our relievers have a skill set that's more designed to get out both handed anyway. So I feel like we're Probably more so than most clubs equipped to Transition to this rule seamlessly And I don't expect it to have a huge effect I mean, there's going to be a game that comes up when it's not ideal when you'd like to You know a guy's finishing off an inning and you'd like to have him out of there after a batter too And but but that's something that we're all gonna have to deal with but Overall, I feel like it's something that hopefully should benefit us a little bit And did you have a hand up just following up on that in the postseason, especially you do use those And narrow lanes to put relievers in yeah, I think that'll have to impact the way the Yankees is organization Look at bullpen use especially in a big Postseason you're doing a lot with guys like out of you know Yeah But still I mean you just got to make that bit of an adjustment, you know with the idea that you know Guys in and everyone's dealing with the same set of rules. So I don't think it'll be that big of adjustment Especially hopefully if we're talking about a playoff scenario, we've we've spent a year under those rules You know, we know the situations that I want to bring a guy in and and Put him in a lane that he can be successful But I don't see it as being something that's his major adjustment frankly James to the left I don't know if you've been asked this but you saw MLB's proposal about like expanding the playoffs And I'm just curious like what you thought of it going to 14 teams if that happens and yeah, you know picking your opponent and the idea expanding the field right It's interesting Not to ride the fence on you too much, but I'm not sure exactly what I I'm open to it I'm open to you know, I think go back to the you know course of history I think a lot of people balked initially at the first wild card and then the second wild card and you know, I Think it is important to protect the integrity of our season because the 162 is is So meaningful and You know our sport more than others you got it's special to get to the postseason So if there's some way to continue to reward Teams that that have an excellent regular season I'm open to that and and I think you know Sometimes we got to be reluctant to to to move a little bit sometimes in our sport Anyone else Bruce last one Chapman accepted responsibility for throwing that pitch to L2. They what do you think of your players? essentially taking the high road and that type of thing I Think our guys do a really good job of being accountable You know, I think Chappy like many of our players have have Processed all this that's going on, you know, it's been a lot But you know, I think our guys you know are very accountable in The way they perform and the way they pitch or play or whatever it may be and and I think that's not surprising to see our role this Taking accountability despite, you know, what's probably a little bit gray and a little bit of a question in a lot of people's minds Okay, thanks everyone. We'll have Garen here about one