 What have you seen so far this spring in terms of guys like Tyon and Kluber answering some of the concerns that you might have had going in at least three weeks and what have they shown you? Still kicking. I answer early, you know, everybody is getting their work in and and you know so so far so good I guess is all I could say you know we're it's such a early stage of the game you could this is all we could hope for at this stage right now which is you know for the most part everybody but Clark Schmidt has taken the ball and getting their work in and and you know working on areas of deficiency as well as building up their their you know their strength and endurance as they prepare for a start of a season and in some cases where they might slot you know whether it's in our pen in our rotation or waiting in the wings at the alternate slight alternate sites slash spring training so but you know it's good to you know get to know I think from the staff's perspective and then some of the teammates perspective you know it's good to obviously start to you know introduce you know the Kluber's and the Jameson Tyons into the the Yankee network and allow them to find their their way and you know the early returns are are are good but you know um you know the standing the records in the standings are still the same where we've got no wins we've got no losses obviously because the season hasn't been started yet so we're just hopeful that they're all the work eventually will pay off when when it's lights camera and action ready to go come April take another from Sweeney Murdy hey Cash Aaron kind of joked about the idea that you'd really be lost without Carlos Mendoza I know he had a chance he was under consideration for some managerial openings in the offseason you what do you think basically just his skill set how important he is to you and what his future might be as a manager yeah I think I think the industry recognizes who Carlos Mendoza is you know we started getting a number of manager requests on him and and obviously you know he took his his shot at you know the managerial spots up in you know Boston as well as Detroit and they went other directions but Carlos is extremely talented extremely organized bilingual you know the players trust him you know he's a superior candidate for the next chair you know within the industry and and we're fortunate right now that he's here and he's served us well every step of the way in every capacity he's served us and you know he's obviously you get nervous when you have somebody you know I remember I've been around a long time now so when Mark Newman was was running major league spring training you know for essentially being our camp coordinator under you know back in the day for Joe Torrey you know then we transitioned to Rob Thompson for an extended period of time after Mark Newman and when we transitioned from Mark to Rob there was a great deal of trepidation and when we transferred from Rob to Carlos there was a great deal trepidation because those prior people were so good at what they did and and camps ran seamless and and it's a real you know you know a real fortune for the New York Yankees that obviously Mendy allowed that transition to to go without without skipping a beat clearly he is organized he is extremely knowledgeable you know I don't know if anybody works harder than Carlos Mendoza and his ceiling is extremely high so I was bracing myself if we lost him it's one of those situations where it's almost like you put one of these players on the waiver wire and you're like man I like and when I called Greg Allen and told for assignment for instance and so like listen we acquired you this was not the intent but selfishly hoping that we retain you but I know privately you're hoping you go somewhere else and same thing when you deal with these coaches at interview for higher positions and like you brace yourself for losing somebody like a Carlos Mendoza because they're almost impossible you know quality talent to replace and then you thankful selfishly when they're still here but his day is coming without a doubt he is going to manage a major league team and I think he's going to be really good at it we go next to Marley Rivera my gosh just a quick one on Aaron how hard is it to keep your manager out of the dugout well you know he doesn't even sit in the dugout right during the games a lot during spring training all these guys sit along the side you know but um you know I guess it's really hard for him probably you know it's not something he's used to uh I can tell you this though I was he FaceTimed me uh might have been seven ten you know I couldn't tell you uh maybe you guys know I don't know when the exact time of his procedure was that afternoon whether it was four was four thirty five five thirty all of a sudden we have that night game starts at six thirty day of his procedure uh and at seven ten range I get a FaceTime and it's Aaron Boone and I my oh my gosh I pick up and the the energy uh how good he looked uh the personality was so vibrant he's like hey what are you doing I'm like how are you feeling and he's like I feel great and I'm like wow it was just again uh a real tip of the cap to the the expertise in the medical field and what these exceptional doctors and their specialty or areas are able to do for for uh for people it's just incredible and um you know for him to be you know to have to go under have this procedure and within an hour or so next to him he's he's back up and running as if nothing really happened at all it was a it was incredible so I know he's chomping at the bit to get back into that dugout back into the Yankee uniform uh frustrated with the COVID intake process but he understood that going in and uh but the greatest thing is that he just feels amazing uh and uh you know he's shared with me how uh how amazing he feels now kind of in retrospect you know uh made him realize how how unamazing he was really feeling over the wintertime so thankfully he he acted on you know his impulses and had it checked out but he you know the newer version of him is you know I'm good I'm happy for him and happy for his family and happy for us we go next to Pete Caldera and Brian did you give us an idea where Luis Severino is in his rehab and uh if he has a date to throw his first bullpin yeah I'm sorry I uh I don't have I I don't want to give a wrong information it's going really well I know that uh you know he's been doing his flat ground throwing program and I believe he's due to get on the mound here shortly but I can't I don't want to give you the wrong information I wasn't prepared for that I apologize um you know obviously Matt Blake will have that Aaron Boone will have that um I do get his rehab program and follow it but I I don't have the exact uh bullpen date I'd rather tell you after he does it rather than he's supposed to do it on this date just in case he doesn't do it on that date so it's probably a safer way to go anyway we go to Dan Martin Dan please unmute Brian it seems like you were able to uh to slide in Gardner Justin Wilson in no day uh after the trade of autobino is that kind of what your mindset was when that trade was made and what do you think of the the depth that you were able to acquire there towards the end of uh I guess free agency or like the four camp yeah the autobino deal was difficult um we wanted to buy some flexibility so obviously taking a talented pitcher that I know is going to do really well I remember when I had to talk to Otto on the phone and and give him the surprise news that not only were you traded or or being traded but you're going to our our tribal and as we all know we we're a very we're completely right handed lineup for the most part and so and we play obviously Boston you know within our division you know more more times than you want so uh you know it's going to create great lanes for him um and he's going to have the hell of a year for them I'm sure uh so that wasn't an easy situation but like again if you get a focus when you make these type of decisions of what's in it for you and what kind of benefits you know will this potentially create no guarantees uh and we were able to redeploy uh some of those uh funds that created that flexibility and and haven't manifest itself ultimately in a dare no day uh and Justin Wilson and and uh and obviously Gordy and and you know that was the ultimate hope but there was no guarantee as you enter the process because free agency is a very fluid situation so you know the method to that madness was to buy flexibility you can utilize either an hour later and uh you know it you know we decided to you know with the conversations we had with the various players uh in free agency that we were able to to utilize it now uh and hopefully we're better served for that um but you know it was not easy to to make those type of decisions because I think Otto obviously is going to have a a terrific year I think as I've discussed whether it's a Gary Sanchez or other people that did not have the type of years that in a 60 game season I think that short sample size not a good reflection of of you know what Otto was I think what really Otto is is more like the year before the COVID season last year and and I think you're going to see that obviously re-emerge you know in Boston but we are excited about O'Day and we're excited about Justin Wilson and we're excited about you know obviously having Gordy return as well and and we're hoping those players uh you know can help you know Aaron Boone and our staff uh you know hit that wind column a lot we go next to Brendan Cuddy Brendan Hey Cash thank you for taking the time what are the early reports you're getting on Glebert Torres from coaches, teammates? Good you know I uh everything uh he's in good shape um you know I I believe everybody here in camp you know is reported in and top shape and uh and you know ready to get after it so that's a really encouraging circumstance that's you know that's the way you want it from you know uh from you know the starting gate which is what you're working with and then uh and then go from there and it sounds like everybody here for the 2021 spring training showed up uh you know ready to go and um I think another year of Eric Cressy uh and his staff uh you know getting to know the players uh you know kind of sell um you know programs for instance uh you get some buy-in or a lot more buy-in a lot more trust to it so uh so we're a little bit more integrated than we were at this time last year and I think obviously that's that's a good thing as we search for higher ground of preventing injuries and having players in the consistently best position to to perform to their to maximum so all the information I get is really good and you know the the height surrounding your your top overall prospect Jason Dominguez has been deafening throughout this offseason could you tell us what your early plan is for him he's not obviously not here again obviously he's you know he's like everybody else in the non you know in the minor league population waiting for you know a minor league spring training report time and and then see where it takes him so I don't have a plan to articulate publicly on him other than the fact that you know he hasn't played his very first he hasn't played a minor league game yet um you know he'll go through despite obviously his name the notoriety the signing bonus he's now one of many that will be competing for a spot on a roster and and uh and what roster that turns out to be remains to be seen but um that all those evaluations get I mean it will take place when we have the collection of all the talent and including himself so so we need to get his career going just like a number of the other prospects that we have that they're you know uh seasons or their development has been stalled because of COVID and we look forward to getting um minor league baseball back so you know obviously there's no way to get better unless you're playing games so it's vitally important that that starts sooner than later thank you we can move to Andy Martino Andy please unmute I speaking of the turnover in your bullpen I mean are you confident Brian that the bullpen that you have now has the upside uh that you've had over the past couple years and it's really been a major strength of the team being down not just out of you know but keenly uh between the guys you brought in and the internal options you have do you still think that will be the strength of your roster that it has been I just hope I never feel confident about anything I think it serves me best in the position I'm in I certainly hope that it's a strength for us uh you know I think we've lined it up for it potentially to be a strength for us and can and maintain a strength for us but at the end of the day baseball is a very very bumbling you know circumstances we have all lived through so uh anticipated strengths you know have a chance to become weaknesses and and areas of weaknesses and I have a chance to become strengths and it's just uh managing through that over a course of a spring training in 162 is you know what defines your season and so I think on paper it looks good but uh but then you have to prove it and so I think we have you know we have a very strong bullpen on paper but you know we got to wait and see how it plays out and certainly hope it isn't if it's not then we'll have to make adjustments along the way like any team fighting for something you know it has to do and uh but I think I feel like we're in a good place starting out but uh you know like anything else we'll just have to pay attention to it every step of the way of all the veteran options that you had what what appealed to you guys about O'Day in particular you know I feel like he uh he wipes out right handers he can get left handers out um you know the makeup you know we had a lot of you know great feedback on his makeup from players that played with him you know obviously Britain had him in Baltimore um always heard great things uh you know regarding Darren O'Day from Buckshaw Walter and um you know so his his leadership his mentorship his experience as a veteran you know clubhouse presence has always been you know very strong uh and uh but the fact that you know he continues to you know have a lot of success coming out uh from a you know different arm slot you know um is something that we haven't been able to you know we can't deny and the fact that the the price point was was workable for us we felt he could be a viable member of this uh um this bullpen you know and despite his age he's he's still going strong so uh certainly we hope that he can hold up for us and I think you have to manage him you know a certain way you know as you follow his career to make sure you get the best results out of him and I know he's in good hands with Aaron Boone and Matt Blake and Mike Harky um but uh but that experience that veteran leadership uh the makeup you know he should fit right in and hopefully he stays healthy for us and can do the job that we expect thanks we'll take a couple more Ron Blum go ahead hey cash despite how good your offense looks does part of you get concerned that being that right handed you could be vulnerable at some key points of the season yeah I mean it's uh you know there's going to be lanes for uh for other managers to to navigate with if they have a you know a starter slash reliever that you know is really difficult than right handers that you know can make things difficult there's no doubt about it and and of course that's an area of of weakness the you know the fact that we're so right hand uh and don't have um as much mix and match uh there so it's definitely something that that we're aware of um and we'll continue to to remain aware of and and if things present themselves that uh that makes sense to swap something out for something else uh but it just has to make us better by doing so if it I'm not going to do it if it makes us at least perceived cases if it makes us worse I'm not not interested in that was important of getting for this year just to have I mean it's certainly a quality that uh has but ultimately he is just still a very reliable uh really an everyday player uh you know in most respects on the offensive side and defensive side and then the leadership you know is unquestioned too he's he's one of the the the blues in that clubhouse um you know I certainly like what he brings to the table um from the clubhouse standpoint but but that's secondary to what he actually does on the field of play I mean he really impacts this team uh and he would impact any team that way he plays hard he plays right um and uh you know he's successful on on the defense and the offensive side so he's he's definitely a difference maker and and that's certainly you know he was always someone that we wanted to have back and and we tried to articulate it you know through his agency throughout the winter which is you know it's something we have to wait for because you know uh we have other areas that we want to dress first and foremost but that doesn't you know dismiss or dilute how important guard Brett Gardner has been to this franchise and we didn't bring him back as a reward for what he's done in the past we we brought him back because we think he's going to impact us in the present and uh we know he can and we know he will as long as like any other player under that definition as long as they stay healthy you know he's going to help us a lot and uh so we're lucky that he loves being here because I guarantee he had a chance to go elsewhere and probably makes more money than we had in terms of flexibility so uh so I'm glad we're still you know working together thank you take the last two in queue Max Goodman go ahead hey Brian hope your family's doing well say Max speaking of the the righty heavy lineup you also brought in guys like Derek Dietrich and Jay Bruce this off season some moves that made a little bit of noise now that they've had a couple weeks under their belt at camp what have you seen from them and and what do you envision with those two guys this year yeah they were brought in to get a legitimate shot to try to find a way to make this roster and it's a strong roster but they're going to you know so far the early returns are strong they they they look you know they look like they are going to make us to have decisions and that's what we want we want to have we want to be in a position to make tough calls you know and and you know so ultimately you're talking about two players that have different skill sets but but could impact us in a positive way and and if camp continues to go the way they were going for both of those players so far then at the end of the camp we're going to have some tough calls to make but you know they've integrated themselves within the the group really well they're demonstrating in the early portion of this thing and we are in the very early portion of this thing but they're demonstrating why we had had interest to bring them in and and so we'll see what what transpires obviously we have a number of players that that are here from the past whether it's a mic forward amongst others that are left-handed some of the you know whether it's Dietrich with the viability he has on the infield side or you have Jay Bruce and what he provides potentially at first in the outfield and so there can be some interesting conversations to continue to have and and the quality of the people seem really good and and so I thought that you know our office of Mike Fishman for instance and and others Matt Ferry and Tim Nairing and you know Jim Hendry and Matt Daly and and Dan Geiss and David Grabner amongst others Gene Afterman have done a really nice job of of you because again you have to you have to delegate and a lot of some of these guys are negotiated directly by by some of these other people I just referenced as non roster invites and I think that we have a very deep strong group of people to consider here over the course of the six week of a spring training and and that's a good thing I think our staff did a good job of lining some alternative options up and protecting us as insurance policies of injuries hit or hey if everything goes perfect which you knock on what you hope it always does trying to force their way into the mix and I'm thankful that we have the depth that we have some considerations like that Heather you have the last at bat of the zoom session please unmute Yes I'm just curious if you guys have received any guidance from Major League Baseball or anything on vaccine distribution how that may work and how um how has that become available throughout the season that may sort of change what the season looks like No I haven't you know I do get offended when I get asked if I've been vaccinated yet because I feel like that they're implying I'm older than I am so I have not been vaccinated but I haven't gotten any uh any guidance on if you know there is anything on the horizon I mean I I wake up every morning and watch the today's show and and uh and listen to the you know what's next and you know for the country in terms of uh you know you get excited when you hear things are moving along and speeding up and and more shots and arms for for the population here in the United States and that's obviously uh you know exciting news for for us all um but where I where we all slot in that assembly line obviously take care of the people that need it the most first and and uh and then you know at some point you know our numbers will come up you know uh and so anyway we're just waiting uh waiting on it but I have had I got no inside information that anything's on the horizon for us but uh but taking good care of us regardless right now we're doing testing you know uh the tier ones and tier twos we're getting tested every few days for the tier ones and every four days for the tier twos and and I think everybody's uh you know really complying with the masks and and being very careful uh you know you know within the the confines of our facility and then obviously uh when they're outside of our uh facility when they go home after work is done so um so far so good