 the manager of the New York Yankees Aaron Boone always nice enough to spend a little time with us Aaron how's it going good how are you guys doing good Aaron we didn't get a chance to talk a whole lot on the field before the game but I asked you one thing about Garrett Cole in the clubhouse and your eyes just lit up and what you saw this afternoon was obviously pretty special but just tell me about your impressions overall yeah I mean you know I think anytime you make the level of commitment that that is an organization we made you know you you got to check boxes outside of just being you know one of the game's great pitchers and you know everything we've heard everything and getting to know him in the offseason and you know lend itself to this is this is just a special guy you know outside the lines to and just the way he engages teammates the way he engages conversations and wants to talk about his craft but the game he's just been he's been everything we we could have hoped so far and today was another good step towards the regular season for him yeah let's talk about today you got him into the third inning what did you like just the efficiency I thought he was really crisp with his fastball stuff again was good you know coming off his his first start where he went one inning and that was coming out of a live batting practice where he went basically two innings so you know the stuffed-ins ticked down at all you know I thought his secondary pitches especially the slider that he finished that left you with you know look looked really really efficient you know he was only gonna go two pitches or two innings today and you know 30 35 pitches but he was so efficient those first two innings kind of decided to send him back out we're gonna send him back out for a batter and there was a one pitch so so we gave him even one more so just just really good in the fastball life and command I thought it looked like it was really good today yeah following him up Aaron and Louise says I kind of lost in the shuffle look like he had good stuff today and I know he was so good in the bullpen for you kind of established himself especially in the second half of last year do you I know are you comfortable him in that role or do you still see him in the mix is potentially you know filling in some starts for you yeah I mean you know especially early you know there's a chance we're gonna need some starts from guys so I think he could potentially push himself into that mix we'll kind of build them up from a pitch count so that's was gonna go two innings today as well with with Garrett spilling over into the third he ends up going an inning and a third was real efficient so he's actually gonna go throw probably another 15 pitches in the bullpen just to get him up to 30 35 pitches as well today so we'll build him up with that potential in mind because we feel like you know you know Sess can be a valuable and a lot of different roles for him if we need him to start a game if we need him to open something we need him to give him length us length out of out of the bullpen or or in certain scenarios where where he becomes a higher leverage guy if we're staying away from somebody thought he was really efficient today as well Aaron let's switch gears a little bit your right fielder has been a little banged up early in camp can you give us an idea of where Aaron judges updates no updates you know just going through some testing and you know still a little banged up so we're trying to kind of get get some answers and get to the bottom of everything and hopefully you know won't be too long obviously it affects everything with the Giancarlo Stanton and now Aaron judge and the whole roster construction and the 26 man and the whole outfield depth situation I mean that that's got to impact you on your choice making down the road whether that's Tyler Wade who can be versatile or McGill and do harsh bat speeds obviously yeah looking pretty good that rocket he hit the last inning that's probably the thing that jumps out the most and getting him up to speed as quickly as possible especially now probably has become paramount in your mind yeah and and maybe he's really taken to the outfield so far you know he's he's been working at it now for probably about four or five weeks now going back a few weeks before spring training started and the early returns have been really good he's he's he's taken to it he's he's looked you know fluid and natural out there and now he's getting some game experience getting that game experience that you know he's kind of keeps passing all the tests so far and he's like being out there so if he can give us that option that would be that would be huge too as we just create a little bit more versatility especially as we're a little banged up you know Aaron we we always come down to spring training and there are opportunities that kind of present themselves for certain players judges down Stanton is down now a guy like Clint Frazier gets off to a good start and maybe sees that there might be a chance to make this roster I just noticed that and clean up today in the split squad one for one with the double already so what have you seen from Frazier early on Clint's been really really good I mean you know his his his focus his work you know he's continues to work really hard in his defense and I feel like continues to make strides in that area but just his at bat quality here early on in spring his at bats you know in the back field just just how the concentration and the focus and the professionalism I feel like it's been really good with with Clint and we're excited about what what he can do for us you know obviously he played a big role for us last year at different times of the year when guys were down he got his opportunity so we know we have a very talented player and we certainly like where he's at right now at this point in camp is that really all it comes down to with Frazier is the growth in the outfield of me you know he can swing the bat I mean I think it's just growing at the whole part of the game I mean you know as much as obviously the the defense got a lot of attention last year and I know with the game and post game and not talking to media and stuff the thing is if you really kind of strip your emotion away from me he did a lot of good things even defensively at last year in the outfield and there was growth and we're talking about a player that has a lot of ability a lot of athleticism a lot of talent to be very good out there you know he runs well he throws really well he works hard at it and you know we we've seen some bumps along the way that have been you know kind of talking points for people but we've also when you strip the emotion we've seen some some extended periods where he's actually been very good out there and we continue to see that growth comes in to two from out of Vino that big breaking ball misses down and away a chance to sneak one more in Aaron and you know every year there's a surprise in camp and you know the Yankees obviously in Brian Cashman the whole entire front office has done great jobs of finding players is there a sleeper that you've seen so far I know it's early but anybody that jumps out at you know well I think a lot of our pitching now is starting to jump out that 15 to 30 in camp you know on the depth chart if you will like those guys are starting to be really eye opening and exciting like you know we've been hearing about a lot of these guys in the lower minor leagues and now those guys are on the 40 man roster or at their first spring training and they jump out at you I mean there's there's a lot of guys that you can really dream on and get excited about and probably have very bright futures you know I take a guy in this game Roselle Herrera third base force who can kind of play everywhere on the field he's he's been really solid here in his first game action he's first handful of games just swinging the bat he's switch hitter he's played well on the left side of the infield force he's going to play the outfield tomorrow so he's been a guy that I think has done a really nice job here early in camp well Aaron we're going to let you go we thank you for your time and good luck the rest of the way all right guys thanks