 We are back on BP TV and for the very first time this season we are ending the weekend with a conversation with our voice of the New York Yankees It's our first edition of Sundays with Kay Michael Kay, of course. Good morning, Michael Good morning Nancy and welcome to Sundays with me can't wait to get it going Let's recap yesterday first though and that wasn't so great to make a her mom He struggled from the start after a terrific spring too, but he hasn't had great stuff The loss not all on him the offense couldn't respond But following yesterday's game the Yankees did option him to the alternate site So I'm asking what's your take on the Hermann move and what are maybe some other moves that can't be made to bolster the Yankees pitching? Well first thing we have to look at is that this is not a demotion for Domingo Hermann What this is is a move to bolster the Yankee bullpen Kluber didn't give them length on Friday and then yesterday Hermann didn't give them length and when you're asking your bullpen to Get you that many outs. You can't keep doing that every single game So they bring up Albo to break you to do that now by sending Hermann to the alternate site You let him work on things and also if you look at it the schedule Nancy They're off Thursday. They are off on Monday. So you're not going to need that fifth starter for a while It's a smart move by the Yankees again It gives their bullpen a little oomph and I don't think there's gonna be a real problem with Hermann I think that the rust of not having pitched in so long in the big leagues is finally showing the command has not been there In spring training, it's a different animal. Obviously, you're not facing hitters that are locked in as much I think Hermann will be fine But it's a smart move by the Yankees a to make their bullpen longer and be just to take some pressure off Hermann kind of a reset button for him elsewhere What if Glaver continues to struggle? What do you do there? Do you stick with him until he settles in or do you juggle maybe? Well, I don't think that the move has to be made now And I think that the key with Glaver Taurus is you do not expect him to be Ozzy Smith He's not Ozzy Smith what you want him to be is almost what Derek Jeter always was with the Yankees The ball is hit to you feel the ball you throw the ball clean your first base He doesn't have to make the great plays He has to make the average plays and then his offense will take over now if he continues to struggle in the field The Yankees have some moves that they could make one of them is a little bit off-center They can move Geo or Shella over to shortstop and that would make Glaver Taurus go to second and you probably bring DJ Lamey who from second and put him over to third which is not his best position Another thing that you could do is you can move DJ Lamey who over to first and then you could put Glaver Taurus over at second And then you could bring Tyler Wade back from the alternate site you lessen the offense obviously But Tyler Wade is probably the best offensive shortstop on the Yankees 40-man roster You don't want to do that though because that last scenario that I just painted is you weaken the offense It's not as long with Tyler Wade and you also lose when he's supposed to come back Luke Voight so the best scenario for the Yankees Nancy is that Glaver Taurus gets it together Makes the regular play makes the regular throw and the Yankees don't have to think about this now in the long term Maybe they have to think about moving him to second base because he's a better second baseman But when you do that it does create log jam problems the best position for DJ Lamey who is at second base So if you move Glaver to second which is also his best position Then you've got to move DJ over to first and you lose that power back and Luke Voight over at first base That's not what you want to do again The best thing is for Taurus to straighten it out at shortstop so many moving pieces a move made today And we know it's Ruggedo door. He's going to make his first Yankee start He's starting at second. Is this any kind of permanent shift? And this is the key to the game presented by Kia Well, I don't know if it's a permanent shift, but it's going to be rolling until it doesn't work The thing that opened the door for this to happen is that Jay Bruce has looked lost at first base You know he had one that one home run at Yankee Stadium a ports job to right field But he has not looked good at the play that allows the Yankees then to move DJ LaMeju over to first base because Luke Voight still not available He's on the IL if Ruggedo door today get some big hits That'll be the lineup tomorrow if you get some big hits tomorrow that'll be the lineup on Tuesday So I don't think it's permanent, but it's going to be one of those things You do well you stay in the lineup and that's the reason that Jay Bruce is not in the lineup and open the door for this move Michael do you worry about a door? Defensively the Yankees do have him as a satisfactory defender, but he hasn't been consistent You know you worry a little bit because the Yankee defense has been somewhat compromised and that does worry me Maybe you know we just spoke about Glaber Torres. That's not a good thing. You want to be strong up the middle You know obviously Hicks could go get it in center I think that Gary Sanchez has done a nice job behind the plate, but right now they need some offense That's the bottom line. It's strange because I know the Yankees are going to hit Throughout this season that that's not a doubt in my mind and if they don't hit I think everybody in baseball will be absolutely shocked, but they need a jolt of offense right now And what they're hoping to get is that 30 home run guy that started his career with the Texas Rangers And they'll live with the defense of Odore at second base in the time being We're gonna do something today that we did with Jack yesterday And that is make you commissioner for a day and Jack's answer if he had one rule to change would be to Institute a Clock what would you change? Well, first of all if I was commissioner of a day for a day, I would say I'm commissioner for all time That would be the first move so then I could have lots of moves to make but I would agree with Jack That would be one of the first things you have got to throw the ball in 15 seconds now when people come and tell me Oh, you should just be happy. So what if the game is four hours? I don't care if the game is eight hours as long as there's pace But as you have batter step out pitchers walk around the mound that kills the pace of the game That's number one. So you said one thing I'm gonna give you a couple number two the clown show putting a runner at second base in extra innings That has to stop. It's ridiculous I understand last year when it happened if you're really committed to doing that so that you have 19 inning games And by the way, I used to love 19 inning games You couldn't turn away from them that world series that game that went 18 innings who turned away from that I would have the runner at second base start in the 12th or the 13th inning and finally there has to be a Universal DH why do we have to watch pitchers who haven't hit at all since high school try to hit in the National League It was a failure on both the players Association and on the owner side not to have the DH in the National League So those are the three things and then in the next 5,000 days that I'm commissioner. I'll come up with other ones as well Nancy bonus rules Fantastic, thanks Michael way to get off and running can't wait to hear your call. Thanks so much. See you soon. You got it