 It's a constant evaluation every time a game is played. How did the starting pitcher do? Who is gonna be the ace of the staff? Who is gonna come up in the postseason and help this team win? Somebody's gonna have to pitch well. Who is it gonna be? So tonight it's Paxton. We'll see how he does. Because they're not gonna get caught. They're gonna win this division. The only thing I think the regular season has to offer for the Yankees is trying to get the best record. If not in baseball, it's certainly in the American League. But it's trying to get as healthy as you can and time for these pitchers to start performing. Because even if Severino comes back, Peter, the other guys have to do well. One starting pitcher's not gonna be enough. Only means one win. If you don't, in the best of five series, if you end up losing the other three, then you lose in four games instead of getting swept. So let's see these guys. It's an audition now. Who's our guy? Because to me, ace of the staff right now is still in audition. I don't think there's an ace. You might say, I believe Tanaka's the ace. You might believe that he hasn't pitched like an ace. And if Severino comes back and he's better than Tanaka's no longer the ace. But to your point, if Severino comes back and he's not good, how's he your guy? Who's my game one starter? That's what I, if I was Aaron Boone and I'm talking to my team going into these games, I'm having a pitcher's only meeting and I'm saying, guys, the rest of the season is an open audition for who's starting game one. And everybody's in it. Herman, you're in it. CC, when you come off the IL, you're in it. Heck, I think an opener's in it. Why wouldn't it be? They never lose when they use an opener. That might even be inconsiderate to you. I can start Tanaka, he's got the history. He's probably pound for bound the best healthy pitcher that we have. But he hasn't pitched well, especially recently. Maybe the opener's on the table. Chad Green, get ready, you're gonna be our starter. You're gonna pitch the first two winnings. Holder, like he did yesterday. You know what, you're gonna pitch the first two winnings. And we're gonna go that way. And I am right now having an open audition for my game one starter. You think he's not gonna have to mess with the wild card? They're gonna either play, depending on how it all shakes down, if they finish with the best record in baseball, they're gonna wait and see who comes out of the wild card for a best of five series. Okay, gentlemen, who's our number one starter? Go. And whoever loses out on it, all right, now you're auditioning to see who our game two starter's gonna be and who our game three starter's gonna be. And then you're gonna be auditioning to see if you're even gonna get a start in the postseason. That's what I'm telling these guys. And I think the opener's on the table. I know the Yankees don't wanna do it, but isn't it out? What are they, nine and oh now with openers? Maybe that's on the table. I think it should be. That'd be something, wouldn't it? New York Yankees, best team in baseball, going with an opener in game one, not because analytically it makes sense, but because that's their best option to win, that they don't have a guy that can go game one. How crazy is that? Does that tell you how great this offense is? I'll say it, nobody else will say it. Over the last month, six weeks, their starting pitching has stunk. It has, and it has not affected them on the field one Iota. It's crazy. That's what's amazing. It is really great, between that, think about this, if I were to tell you, we talk about like making predictions and where the Mets still alive and all that. If I told you on opening day that the Yankees on August 7th would be decimated by injury, where almost every single significant player on the team would be hurt, to the point where LaMahieu would be your best player, he would be the MVP of the team and you're starting pitching stunk. Where would you have them? Where would you think they were in the standings? 500? Yeah. Third place, 10 games back of the Red Sox or the Rays? Isn't that where they are? No. Oh, where are they? They're battling to be the best team in baseball. Right now, as we take a look at the standings because I don't know if you know this or not, it changes every day in baseball. Standings? Susan. They have a 655 winning percentage. By the way, there are two wins behind the Dodgers. Dodgers are 76. But the Dodgers and the Yankees have both the best winning percentage, it's 65.5. That means the Yankees have won over 65% of their games, decimated by injuries. Yes, again, just showed the injuries. It's like the end of a movie. The credits? They're like, credit, the credits are rolling. The end of a Star Trek season. It's incredible. And their starting rotation is awful. And they're tied for the best winning percentage in baseball and the best winning percentage in the American League. And they are tied for the most wins in the American League with Houston at 74. They're just the percentage points better. Houston's 74 and 40 and the Yankees are 74 and 39. It's incredible.