 Thank you. So we've heard Brian Cashman, Hal Steinbrenner kind of talk about the meeting you had in Southern California. Can you kind of take us inside the room and what stood out to you and maybe to Garrett about the Yankees pitch? I think you know how those meetings go is that the players and there's a lot of communication that goes on but in the end you know I asked Aaron questions about what the clubhouse would be like and and then Garrett kind of went through and talked about his experiences with other teams and and how it works with the Yankees but Andy Pettit I think through a nine inning shutout in that meeting he was I had some questions about what it was like to pitch in Houston versus New York and really how he described as a player about his life you know his wife coming to New York young his ascension as a becoming a star player what it was like to be a young player the intensity the feeling of the New York fans and as humble as he was he brought up his losses and Garrett of course knew every win he had he knows every stat and the dialogue between them was was really you almost wish you had it you know had it film because the portrayal of what it is to be a Yankee from a Yankee great and and being really a relatively current player it it it's just something that couldn't have been better and I think Cash's statement they asked what Garrett and Amy's goals were and their goals as a couple were we want to win a world championship that was their first thing and he said well we're franchising we're going to give you that opportunity every year you play here and and I think from there it was really just an acclimation process but one of the things I think that that meeting you came from it where Garrett clearly understood from a player's perspective about what it's like to be in New York and and to grow a career here and I think he gave him great insight Scott we've all seen him pitch we all know why he is such a dominant pitcher you've known him since he was a teenager what gives you the utmost confidence that he will embrace all the pressure and all the expectations that New York has to offer you know when you're around youth athletes that are dominant many of them because their skills so great and it overwhelms them and Garrett was like that because he was always the the hard thrower the all games as a youth were relatively easy for him but that was not something he ever really shouldered in a way that said I'm successful he always knew there was more when he went to UCLA it was always about growth he is relentless about always trying to pursue the latest and newest information to be better and that that drive his ability to learn and plus a skill level that's what makes these great ones so rare because they have that unique skill but they also have a desire to never ever not believe that they can't be better tomorrow he mentioned how he's always wanted to be a Yankee but beyond that how much did not only his legacy as a player but the chance to achieve over the next nine years potential Hall of Fame career in pinstripes matter to him you know in free agency when you go through this and you've got in his case 10 12 teams I just told him we have to limit this I'm going to have you in a hotel room for six hours a day for two weeks and you and so we kind of designed it where he could a good feel and listen and understand and go through things and you have a couple rounds of the economics to really give him a place of where everyone's at and essentially what he said there today when he held up that sign you really realize the the history of him and his father the Yankees are a part of Mark and Garrett Cole his father and son and all of that comes about and when he came to me and said you know I kept that sign I said you kept that sign and he goes yes and I go well you know it had been kind of nice to know before I went and met with all these teams because I said that's kind of an important fact that it's it was a thing goes yeah I get it and so it was once he gave me the direction to pursue with how and cash to move to negotiating the final elements of this it was clear to me that he wanted to know everything but in the end he he really felt that you know this is where the the history of the Cole family was and his father and son relationship and frankly where his dream originated from well it's a great day for Cole for you for the Cole family as well and certainly for the Yankees Michael K. Meredith Marokovic standing by with general manager Brian