 dreams came true for a host of youngsters this past Sunday when Major League Baseball held its first year player draft. The Yankees used the 20th overall pick to select shortstop Trey Sweeney out of Eastern Illinois University and he joins us right now. Trey first and foremost what was your draft experience like and also what was your first reaction when you found out the Yankees drafted you. Yeah so I was in Denver at the draft and it just it didn't feel real the whole time I was sitting there but I mean it was just a crazy experience. It was really nice to share it with my family and friends and to be on that big stage so just thankful to be invited there and to be able to attend but you know I don't think you can really put in the words what it what it feels like when the Yankees call you and tell you they want you to play for them but just full of emotions in that moment and so are my parents when they found out as well so walking up on that stage with the pinstripes on was a special moment and so I'm going to remember forever for sure. That's great that you got to share that with your family because as you said they meant so much to you along the journey you grew up in Louisville Kentucky that's where your journey began. What was your favorite baseball team back then and your favorite player growing up. I actually didn't didn't have a favorite team in Kentucky. We don't have any professional sports so everybody's pretty big on the college teams but yeah I was more and more into players and my favorite player ever is King Griffey Jr. and you know one of my other favorite players is a pretty well-known Yankee who's name is Derek Jeter so definitely pretty cool. Now we're going to turn you from player to scout for a second. For the benefit of Yankees fans hearing you maybe for the first time give us a scouting report of Trey Sweeney. Yeah I mean I feel like overall I'm just I'm just a reliable player on both sides of the ball. You know I can hit the ball over the fence and hit some doubles for power but also I just feel like I'm a reliable hitter who's going to get the job done at the play whether it's I'm hitting a lot of drives thing to get someone in or moving a runner or just putting the ball on play so I feel confident being able to do my job at the play and that's what I promise so far. You played shortstop in college are you okay with any part of the left side of the infield would third base be comfortable for you too? Absolutely I would love to keep playing short for as long as I can but yeah I have a lot of experience with travel ball in high school and also college summer ball as well playing third base so you know I wouldn't be an issue for me at all. Let's go back to you in the batter's box your calling card is your power what adjustments do you think you'll need to make to succeed at the levels before you? Yeah I mean I think there's definitely some adjustments that could be made and just because there's always room to improve but I know I think I'll kind of find that out when I get to work with some professional hitting coaches and see what they have to say but you know for now I feel comfortable and the way I hit and gonna see how far it can take me. Do you have any BP scheduled at Yankee Stadium in your future? I think so I know I'm gonna do my absolute hardest to work to that point and you know get to be able to do that someday so first part of my dream of getting drafted has come true and you know I'm not gonna stop until the second part of my dream has come true where I get to play in the big league so I'm excited to try to make that happen. Alright let's go back to your last year at Eastern Illinois what you hit 382 with 14 homers and 46 rebies and 48 games what are some of the factors that you could attribute to all of your success this past season? Yeah I think it's just an experience I was fortunate enough to walk in the Eastern Illinois and start playing from the get-go and you know freshman year didn't go nearly as well as this year did but using that year of experience in the half year last year I just learned a lot of things about myself and what I needed to work on and and what I needed to do to be to be able to belong at the division one level and like I said I just realized what I needed to work on and started focusing on that and it just helped me take that next up. Trey what about some coaches in your past who are some of your biggest influence on the coaching side? Yeah I mean I think everyone at EIU was a huge help to me and part of my development and my head coach actually Jason Anderson played with the Yankee so I know he's really happy about this and happy that we get to share another thing in common but yeah I mean they're all super helpful as soon as I got there and realize what type of player they wanted me to be and how I could help the team the most and they