 judge was one of many topics that Hal Steinbrenner was asked about when he recently sat down with our Meredith Morakovitz and as we continue on the Yankees hot stove we want to bring you part one of their two-part interview which was done shortly after one of the Yankees biggest rivals won the World Series. Hal has been three weeks since the Yankees have been eliminated from the postseason since then we watched the Astros win another World Series title having some time to reflect what does this organization do to get back to their winning ways. Well we're all disappointed needless to say I mean we had high expectations particularly the way we started out this this season more than half the season doing so well we're just gonna keep plugging away like we did last year we improved in defense we improved in other areas we're gonna have to sit down like we always do and see what areas we need improvement in who we're gonna bring back that was with us this year who were not you know we've got a couple of young kids three young kids actually that we're excited to see more and more of so we're just gonna we're gonna work unacceptable what happened I mean there's no doubt about it you look at the Houston Astros they have knocked you guys out of the playoffs four times since 2015 this last time decidedly so in four games in the ALCS when you look at that organization why do you think they're better I'm not gonna make excuses they did go into the playoffs a bit healthier than us but like I said they're a great team I don't believe they're doing anything that we're not doing they're taking a look at their roster and their team every every season and they're making changes they're letting guys go if they have a good young option below to come up and we're gonna be doing some of the same things too you know we're very excited about Paraza Volpe we saw what Cabrera could do so we're excited about some of our young people and you know they're gonna get playing time we'll see how it works out spring training but I don't think you know analytics I think they're very balanced between pro scouting and analytics as are we and but there's no doubt they've put together some some great teams and then this this year was certainly a great team when you talk about some of those young guys like Paraza like Cabrera that we saw we did not see Volpe how much of a factor do you expect those guys to play in next season well again we'll see how they do spring training how everything shakes out but as I said in March it's it's certainly my intent to see those two guys in the middle of the infield and now we have Cabrera as well that that came up this year when we needed him and did a great job overall have you been happy on the player development side in this organization I think so and I think a testament is the you know the last couple trade deadlines there's been a lot of our players a lot of different players have been asked about and and you know requested and we gave away a lot of pitching this trade deadline you know we really felt we need to do everything we could to take us over the top particularly since we did have a few injuries at that point and but you know the pitchers we give up a really good pitchers and I think they're gonna do great in the major leagues and of course we've got the process and the ball piece of the world and and people even below them so I think our player development is has come a long way in the last five years you mentioned areas where you need improvement what are the glaring areas to you where this team needs improvement I think we all have to realize that the team that we field at opening day the cash put together was one of the most dominant teams and all the baseball for months not weeks months then we got hit by a lot of significant injuries a good amount of significant injuries not pulled hamstrings I mean season-ending injuries in numerous cases and it affected us had we rolled into the postseason relatively healthy particularly with a couple players like Ben and Tandy and Lamehoo really good contact hitters I think we would have done better in the playoffs I think we would have scored more runs Houston's a great team not taking anything away from them but when you're facing great pitching you got to have a balanced lineup and with those two guys injured I think it affected us so you know we'll see we'll see who's going to be back that was with us this year and we're going to continue to try to be a very diverse lineup and hopefully stay healthier than than we did this year because it did have an effect I mean all teams have injuries Tampa had a lot of injuries so you know it hurt them in the playoffs too it's a fact of life Aaron Boone said during the season and even after the season ended he still believes this team is very very close do you think this team is close I think we're showed that we're very very close the first three and a half months of the season that was the team we wanted on the field and as I said it wasn't a team we had on the field and a lot of different bullpen and lineup towards the end of the season so yes I think if you look what we accomplished the first half plus the season that's the team we expected to be on the field the whole year