 He kind of gives Hal Steinbrunner some cover because We did a Twitter poll the other day about 5,000 people voted 51% of Yankee fans said don't sign him 49% said sign him so it's almost right down the middle, but you know the the comments to Rosenthal are Agitating the Yankee fans so by saying this he does give the Yankees some cover if in fact they they want to sign him and I Don't know if you believe this but I truly believe the Yankees are very in on this And I believe that they there's a good chance they would sign him I think that's where he goes personally I said it before the before the season before the off-season. I think this is the guy You know everybody was talking about Harper Harper Harper for years But the last couple years Machado is the guy who I thought really had a better chance to be Be a Yankee. I think you know the the the infield was a bigger need obviously the DBS You know injury certainly made it a different situation As well as Andrew Hart's emergence this year, but that said he is a free agent next year You can always try to move into hard of first base or trade them I mean even after next season that guy's gonna have four years of control left and be very valuable to a lot of teams Assuming he has another good year So there is a lot of flexibility both roster wise and now financially with them getting under the luxury tax threshold That you know, they're the Yankees they they go out after stars. That's what they do You know Michael you're not calling games of triple-a guys on yes You're calling games with Aaron judge and John Carlos Stanton and big stars many which I would fit that mold very well So, you know, I think I think the Yankees this reminds me a lot of 2008 But the way that we're hearing this this off-season go where it's you know, every time you hear cash talk It's pitching pitching pitching and they made the Paxton trade and they brought CC back And now they're talking about a Corbin or a Hap and they're gonna do all the pitching that they want Just like they did with the Bathia and Burnett in 08 and then all of a sudden a week later It was oh by the way, we're signing mark to share also So even if they signed Patrick Corbin or Hap or out of you know, or whoever else it may be It wouldn't surprise me if the cherry on top, you know, sometime in December was Machado I guess what's interesting to me is in 2009 they were coming off a year in which they had missed the playoffs for the First time in forever. They won a hundred games last year mark And I think that if DD and judge stay healthy all year, they probably would have won more So how odd is it to make these vast amount of changes and these big splashes for a team that was Outstanding and really only was dwarfed by the fact that the Red Sox had this historic season that they're probably not going to be able to Duplicate you're right But when you you know think about the fact of the Red Sox, you know One eat more games in them and won the World Series that whether they want to admit or not that puts some pressure on them It has to right so you know that and then Brian Cash was always looking at his team and saying where can it get better? No matter how good it was. I mean I'm sure after the 98th season. He looked at his roster and said where can we get better? Because you know guys leave you have guys move on And I just you know you look at it. I mean if they bring back half. Well, that's a guy who was there last year So even though that's gonna cost them a lot of money It's it's what they had last year. You're just bringing back the same You know, you've got to replace Robertson and Britain whether it's bringing them back or bringing in new guys You know and as far as Machado goes well, you've lost DD for a half a year So, you know, are you gonna go sign a stopgap sort of you know low-level shortstop to play for the Yankees? That's not that's not how they roll typically You know, maybe for a guy with a long-term deal I mean when Alex had his hip surgery in 2009 and they went with Cody ransom Alex said nine years left on his contract So you weren't gonna go out and sign a big big free agent to play third base But you know by the time DD comes back He's gonna have three months left on his contract and you know Who knows sort of how he comes back and is he the same hitter and does it take him some time to get back and you know Who knows and the Yankees are not a team that just sits around and goes well We'll see and we'll hope for the best that's not their way