 Definitely a surprise, you know what when it happened, but at the same time I got super excited knowing that I was coming to the city What is it that excites you about this opportunity and how do you think you'll fit in? Definitely come into a to a winning team, you know a team that's in it on its way to make the playoffs You know, and that's why we play, you know, we play to win Who else so we need to the right and when you spend a few years in this division does your familiarity with pitchers ballparks things like that help you? Yes, I think so. Yeah, I Play here a lot of years. So That gonna benefit me Who else? back to Meredith When you were first treated did you reach out to anyone in that clubhouse that you've had previous relationships with if so, what did they tell you? Yes, I know a couple of those guys Latin player here and even in the American guy that I know But I reached Severino and that's the first guy. I Told to learn about it and he was very excited to Edwin We know you can hit a lot of home runs. This team has Aaron judge and Shawn Carlos Stanton coming back soon, too What do you think it's gonna be like to play with those guys and be in the same lineup? I? Can't wait to see that. He's gonna be fun. He's gonna be fun. I know We we're gonna hear a lot of homers And I know we're gonna win a lot against to D. D said this he thinks this is the best lineup He's ever been a part of how do you think with him adding and cross you know once you get obviously all the guys back How do you think this lineup will compare to the last year? Right? I mean look potentially it's obviously a Great lineup we have a lot of great players but now it's got to go play out and You know obviously Got some guys Starting to make their way back, you know, John Carlo tomorrow Judgy potentially later in the week, so Getting two more, you know elite level hitters It has a chance to be a special lineup, but that's all it is right now We got to go out there and continue to perform and but certainly excited about the possibilities of it When the international trade became official Aaron Boone said Edwin would slide in as the Yankees primary DH And as we check out tonight's starting lineup, we see he is batting fifth right between Gary Sanchez and DD Gagorias Both of whom were given the day off yesterday Aaron Hicks was also off on Sunday is in the outfield with Brett Gardner and Cameron may been The trade deadline is still a month and a half away But Brian Cashman struck early by acquiring a hitter and Edwin in Carnation Who could have inspired a bidding war had he remained with Seattle as the deadline moved closer today? Cashman talked about the trade providing our sound of the day brought to you by your local Volkswagen dealers We've you know, obviously been involved in the available market for a while and We had known that Edwin and can actually own was gonna be Available ever since he got traded over to Seattle this winter and so we kind of kept in touch We've seen what he's done to us over the course of time. I mean he's a very patient powerful impact that and You know his makeup, you know is it off the chart. He's very well like this teammates So, you know if there was ever a need as you remember this winter Why to reinforce he was someone that we at least kept in mind was there was a question mark coming in the camp You know whether Greg bird or void is void real his bird gonna be healthy so and then you look at potential alternatives your Insurance policies you have in-house your your potential targets from outside the franchise obviously Luke voids done a fantastic job, man. So we're lucky to have him and you know birds been injured So he was on the verge of being traded, you know, so we've been playing on if we could get the right Fit in terms of a cost of acquisition You we stayed in touch with Hal Steinbrenner and men blood our case of why we felt there was a Lane for him to Pass easy into it would push obviously stanton to the corner With judge and right him and left ticks and center Guardi, obviously, you know is you know then becoming the the Extra player so to speak but again with the interest in arresting people I think there's a viable way of get everybody consistent playing time of waiting and Edwin would be playing off a first in DH We already see what we've got going on with the infield We felt it was a real impact bat Not an area of need but an area that does it upgrade us it does does it? Give us a lot us was more importantly Aaron Boone a lot of flexibility for coverage on a day-in-and-day-out basis I kind of feel like every day Aaron Boone comes to the park has a chance to arrest somebody of importance that will benefit benefit us moving forward has a We have a chance to be covered injury-wise because we have alternatives He can play match-up a lot of different ways too. So I I really felt if the cost of acquisition could come in line with you know We something we could live with it would be a move It would be prudent to recommend and make and thankfully you know how agreed Then it just came down to us versus whoever the field was in the competition for the player And you know kind of went through the weekend until we were able to complete it and and you know Hopefully it'll be impactful for us. We're excited to have them and you know We got a long long way to go. So hopefully, you know, he'll be a good addition