 If you could just wait for the mic. Thank you. Same. Here at being with the Astros the last couple of years, I'm guessing you still, you know, have relationships over there, just in general, what are your thoughts on what's happened with them in the last month or so? Yeah. Well, I had addressed it previously when I first signed a contract in New York and I mean, my feelings really haven't changed much. There's nobody's getting a win out of this. And it doesn't look, you know, very good. And I guess I'm just unfortunate to be able to be here and move past it. And I guess, you know, get to experience all the great things about coming to a new team and all that kind of stuff. So, Andy. When you see some of your former teammates today deny the use of any buzzer in 2019. Do you accept that? Completely believe that there was none of that going on? Sure. I wouldn't have seen it or been privy to that information anyway, but I believe my team, my ex teammates, I believe those guys so. Kenny in the front row. Okay. Rob Bamford's report, the focus is on 2017, but they did say that they use some sort of system at least for part of 2018. Understanding your picture. Were you aware at all of any of that? No, I wasn't. I wish I could elaborate, but no, I wasn't. Bruce to the left. Garrett, do you have to talk to your teammates here in any way about just clearing any type of air because you were a member of the Astros and the Yankees are not happy in general about what transpired? I haven't gotten any vibes like that. I mean, certainly, you know, these are my teammates. So we're on many conversations along the way. And if that happens to be one of them. I mean, I'll just give him an honest answer, which is I had no idea of any of it going on and I didn't see any of it. And so I don't certainly really don't think I have much to apologize for. So I don't know how you would. Yeah. Who else? Meredith, you've been rather quiet the last couple of days. No questions. Garrett, you mentioned some of the excitement when coming to a new team. What were your expectations heading to spring training and what was it like just walking into the clubhouse and seeing some of your teammates for the first time? Yeah, I mean, my expectations. I've been chomping at the bit quite a bit. This off season, just excited to get down here. Amy and I, I've just thrilled for this new adventure. I remember how much fun I had meeting new teammates a couple of years ago in spring training. And I'm kind of doing the same thing here. And so it's always, you meet new people, you learn new things. It's just kind of an exciting time in your life. And you get to play baseball again, which, you know, at some point during the off season, you start looking forward to doing that. So just a lot of good vibes, a lot of excitement and just throwing bullpins and having a good time. Otis, back right, Garrett. Garrett, we saw you yesterday throwing bullpins, also talking a lot with whoever was around, you know. Is that something that you're really big on sharing your craft and taking on a leadership role? Well, I'm just going to try to fit in wherever I can. But I mean, I'm new here. So like the only way to get familiar with things is to communicate. And, you know, I just want to make sure everybody's on the same page as soon as you can and just articulate my thoughts. So we can speed that process up and get into more gamesmanship and, you know, kind of get these introductory kind of processes kind of over and done with just trying to be efficient in that sense. But I do like to talk. So I guess maybe a little bit of that too. Brian, right here in the front row. And then Tina. Garrett, during that conversation, it seemed like you were kind of animated talking with Boone and the coaches. What were you trying to get across there? What take us inside that? We're just talking about, well, a handful of things. I guess to kind of summarize it, it would be like how I try to see the zone. And then, you know, what my intent is with different pitches, for example, you know, positioning, positioning of the catcher to kind of give me a better idea of where the strike zone is. And then also, you know, communications with the catcher or communication in just in general as a staff, like, what is it going to be our priority when we're throwing a fastball into a left hander versus a fastball way to a right hander? Where am I going to, you know, kind of guide my miss if I'm not going to hit the spot in the right location? And some of those things are just kind of core principles to like, you know, my stuff and how to get the best action out of my pitches. But, you know, there are, you know, you start to kind of dive into like, well, what's the catcher seeing? And then is this miss in this location a comfortable spot to miss to this hitter specifically? So we're just kind of, like I said, generally trying to help me identify like where the zone, what I like to see, and then where I like to miss with my pitches. And that was kind of the gist of it. Tina, in the middle. Garrett, I know we've only been here two days and there'll be more fans as it comes along. But have you sensed their just excitement, the buzz about you being here because this is a fan base with high expectations and it's gotten even higher, you know, from your time in New York. What have you noticed about the way they've accepted you immediately? I haven't had too much interaction with them like you alluded to, but for some reason there's this this buzz that's just like permeating through my life, whether I'm like looking forward or not. And it feels really good. And so, you know, I'm here doing press conferences and things like that, which are going to be a new thing for me, but I'm enjoying it. I appreciate the fan base obviously being a Yankee fan as a kid. You know, the relationship that this team has with his fans is one like based on accountability and honesty and trying to win a championship every year. So I'm just excited to, you know, be able to try to live up to that every day, I guess. Jack in the back, right? Jared, one of the narratives that surrounds the Yankees is they won 103 games last year. They went out and got Garrett Cole. They should win a World Series this season. How much do you embrace being right in the middle of that buzz and what you just talked about there? Yeah, I love it. In a sense, like from a player's perspective, it really doesn't get much more simple than that. Like, right, it's the dream to like go out there every day and try to win every single time. And it sounds very simple, but, you know, you guys know better than I do being around this organization. Like there are a lot of moving parts and there are a lot of people that pour a lot of time into just kind of simplifying that one theme. We need to win a World Championship. And so, you know, you're thankful for all that hard work and you're thankful like for the opportunity to be surrounded by that mindset. Because like as a player, when you're pushing through pain or you're making sacrifices for your family or you're doing the mundane stuff in the off-season or the stuff that people don't see, like that drive to win is what fuels you ultimately to stay focused during those times. And, you know, so to be surrounded by like-minded people always just reinforces that. To the left, Sweeney, front row. Gary, your arrival here comes with an implied leadership role. Is that hard to do when you come here not really knowing anybody and trying to establish that part of it? Well, yeah, it's probably hard. I mean, I'm just trying to be myself. So if I can help somebody in some way either by example or by talking to them, like I've always kind of done that. So I just don't really plan on changing in that sense or trying to be somebody that I'm not. And there are people that have played here a lot longer than me and know the ropes of this organization and this division better than me. So probably more often times than not early, I'll be leaning on someone else for some leadership in terms of that sense. But Aaron this morning talked about bringing energy and bringing like a positive vibe and focus into the clubhouse. And so essentially I think he was kind of really calling on all of us to be leaders in that sense. And also take the opportunity to learn from your teammates that excel at doing that too. So just trying to be myself and slide right into that dynamic. All the way to the right, Ryan. Garrett to kind of piggyback off at that point. Luis Severino and some of the guys were talking about learning from you on the mound when it comes to pitching. Have you embraced that role in the past in your role now as the ace here on this team? Well, I feel like it's less of a role for me personally and more of just a more of just I'm searching for the word. Like everybody should be doing that essentially, right? Like all of us should be communicating and talking about what we're feeling and what we're reading because you know, that's just the way the game is structured. You're facing the same team three or four different days in a row and then in a couple weeks. So any information or any edge you can get from your teammates or any perspective that they can lend you to help you have more success. So I personally don't want to be doing a lot of that. But I would like my goal would be to try to help facilitate that kind of relationship amongst us pitchers and really our team as much as possible. And the teams that I've played on that have been really successful. That's been that's been, you know, it's kind of free flowing right kind of a natural natural characteristic of the team. And so that's what I try to contribute to. Take a few more James to the left. Might sound silly, but like which teammates that you might have known and past stops are like, you know, new of like have been helpful in this transition. Even as silly as far like where to live or like what to do like where to hang out like come over like we'll show you around or whatever. So it's nice that I played that happen. I were catch play partners in pit. So I have a partner there. That's nice. I didn't have to, you know, you'll be the odd man out today. And as far as, as far as like, you know, getting to know some of the city, like I really have only talked to or corresponded with guys that I have like a bit of a past with already like James or have because I'm waiting for like to just make an in person kind of introduction first. But, you know, just two days in everybody seems to be like really welcoming and and trying to just help facilitate like comfortability and like where's the video room in the weight room and and how we do things around here and what we wear out to stretch. And and then I've gotten to know Tommy pretty well too just from hearing him a lot so far. Buster. Tanaka said the other day was looking forward to learning from you. Is there anyone on the staff that knowing that they were going to be your new teammate that you were looking forward to learning from another picture? Yeah, I mean, yours question specifically I would like to learn from everybody but specifically I really admire Tanaka I think how can you not I mean he's been just like the quintessential professional here in New York for his entire stay and you know he dealt with a lot of challenges coming from Japan in the middle of his career to, you know, completely different side of the world. So there's probably some perspective to be gained there. And then, you know, his style is a lot different than mine and James and savvy and, you know, half in terms of, you know, true fastball kind of attack. So pitching with like Greg and Dallas last couple years, you know, you can always learn from the flip side perspective a little bit. I think his delivery is really consistent. So I'm really looking forward to learning like, you know, how he how his thought processes on the mound and like maybe some drills that he does to keep himself just so centered and so consistent over his over his delivery. And watch how he carries himself around here because he does he does a really professional job at it. So Eric and Lindsay. Oh, Dan, did you have a question? Okay, whoever. It's all good. All right, I'll just just a quick one. You said it packs in that you just know from the air west. He used to train in Newport Beach. When him and his wife were first dating you come down there spend some time so we trained together a little bit through Boris. And yeah, you just you can't help but really like the guy because he's really good person and he's really hard worker. So it's Canadian. Yeah, he's Canadian. My main question was what was your typical spring training workload and will that be impacted by the fact you pitch so deep into last October? Yeah, my typical workload is I think Matt and I drew the schedule up this year really and kept it the same as last year except for like one day. So we were fortunate and be able to do that. My build up is just kind of like 123456 and then repeat going into first, first start. So I anticipate just trying to get on a five days quick as I can and then just kind of roll into that progression. And then as far as the 250 innings like I feel pretty recover. I feel pretty good. I feel really recovered. If anything, I feel like I have more feel at least for where the ball is going now, which I guess, you know, that continues to improve with more experience and the more energy throws. But as far as any ill effects, I have nothing. I'm really feel good. Here, Garrett, you are on a team that lost in the seventh game of the World Series last year. How much does that drive you to get back to that point and ultimately? Yeah, it's the last. Yeah, it's drives me a lot. I mean, it's been really easy to stay driven this year in terms of, you know, the free agent process got done really, really quickly. And so you mix that excitement with that disappointment or that bad feeling that you have from losing. And you get like, you know, you get somebody that's really like shopping to like ready to go right now and take care of business. So it drives me. It drives me every year. But specifically last year coming so close. It's just it's just made the opportunity this year, you know, just so much more exciting. So take a last one, Lindsay, to the right. And when did you start really working with Matt? And then when did you get down here and start kind of working with your new coaching staff? So Matt and I have corresponded Matt, Zach, and I don't know last name spread. We corresponded a couple of times over the off season to go over how I like the scouting reports, what I'm looking for from the analytic team and then specific, you know, their evaluation of my repertoire and what I may be benefit or what I may benefit from moving forward. And we kind of haven't gotten too deep on the surface yet because there has been not as much time like eyes on eyes on each other. So there are some nuances that can be picked up. But we've laid a little bit of groundwork to try to facilitate those conversations in spring and kind of get a jumpstart. I think he's been really helpful communication wise. He's been really diligent. I like his thoughts so far. And we're on the same page a lot. And so and I've only been here for two days. So, you know, I've thrown in front of him twice. So there's a lot of work to be done from that standpoint. But we have kind of gotten a head start on on some of the other stuff that that maybe might help facilitate, you know, the part that comes with actually taking the ball and getting some work done. So. Garrett, thanks for the time. Thank you. Everybody have a good evening. Thoughts from Garrett.