 And look at the last eight starts 8-0 2.57 58 strikeouts and 49 innings 18 walks and That's why I laugh when people talk about Well, who's gonna start who's gonna be the starter this guy could be the number one story Yeah, David Cole was talking about during the game yesterday, and he brought up a good point He says that's my number one starter. He said as much respect as I have for Tanaka I want him to start either game four or game five as well as game one I don't think he's gonna win us used for starters if they do Then you haven't gained five and the only thing that I brought up on the post game show with David I agree this guy is now pitching is one of the best pitchers in baseball How's he gonna be in October? We don't know how he's gonna be we know how to knock it. Thank you That's the thing and you do you want to rely on a guy to be your number one starter who's never pitched in the postseason before That that that that you do want a guy who has swing and no absolutely, but there's a couple of things that play here All right. He's had a hundred and thirty eight and two-thirds innings That's the second most of his career at a hundred and sixty innings last year So how many starts do you think you'll have left three? Let's see they have about 17 or 18 game your three starts all right, so three starts say he goes six That's another 18 innings. So he's still gonna be well below the 160 For this season, but as you get into the playoffs Michael he it might be in that rarefied air of not only Pitching in the postseason for the first time, but also pitching the most innings he's ever pitched in his career and That doesn't scare me off of him being in the rotation in the playoffs It might scare me off of him being my stopper my go-to guy my number one I still think that's reserved for Tanaka, but hey if he wins his next three starts You talk about a pitcher that's won 11 straight starts going in That I don't know how you don't do it But that that would might that would be my only thing do you want this guy deep in the playoffs pitching the most innings He's ever pitched before biggest games of his life at least Tanaka's kind of been there before right? But what Tanaka has been there before but Tanaka's given up a lot of home runs this year And he's a different pitcher than he used to but I know he won't be scared and that's the important thing But here's the thing with Paxton that should maybe allay some of your fears Dominated the Dodgers in LA Dodgers are really good offensive team dominated the Oakland Athletics Good offensive team shut down the Red Sox really good offensive team So I'm not saying those are plastered, but the closest to a plaster I believe was the game in LA against the Dodgers There was a buzz there. There was an importance to that series They just lost three in a row to the Oakland A's so he stepped up big in that game. His stuff is filthy now He's throwing 97 miles an hour. He's incorporating that knuckle curve, which keeps everybody off balance Aaron Judd said yesterday. He's the best pitcher in baseball right now. Now, of course He's a little biased but you've got to ride that pony. He has been unbelievable again You don't make that decision on September 10th, but at this point if you had to make a decision Here's how I would go and this will shock you too It would be Paxton. It would be Tanaka and then I would give Jay Hapa start and Then have the fourth game be a combination of Severino and Hermon Jay Hapa started to turn it around as well I mean and if you thought about it three weeks, so Jay Hapa would even been might not even made the roster You're probably right. I remember remember Jay Hapa was kind of Paxton last year They made the trade form and he was seven and oh, right And it went to the playoffs and in against the team that he owned throughout his career got beat up Yeah, so sometimes you don't know Michael I agree with you the atmosphere in LA was amazing. I was on vacation, but I watched that game You were back I was excited to be able to get you back and call in that series and and the building was packed And there was there was an atmosphere the two best teams of baseball playing each other It's not it's not really a playoff game. No, there's nothing really on the line That was all a measuring stick kind of thing because it was the two best teams going at each other The Yankees could have gotten swept in that series It wouldn't have mattered they got swept by Oakland the series before it didn't matter I mean the Yankees know they're winning the division I know they want to battle for the best record overall But it's hard to say the atmosphere in LA in game Whatever it was in late August is the same as pitching in October at Yankee Stadium in a situation where you lose The game your season might be over of course a different situation It's it's not the same, but it's as close as you can approximate to I mean it was a full house in LA The Dodgers are considered, you know, if not the best team of baseball right up there with the Yankees and the Yankees They just lost three in a row to Oakland Athletic. So it was a big game. Are you right? It's not a playoff game. It's a different animal Yankees now, but I think stuff will eventually win out