 Welcome to another edition of Yes, we're here on Meridith Morocco. It's alongside Yankees hitting coach Marcus Tims. Marcus, how have you and your family been getting by during this crazy time? Been doing okay. The weather's been nicer in Tampa and we've been trying to keep the kids busy. They've been doing having virtual schooling and then try to get them in the pool and get them out in the yard, play some ball and just do some family activities. But it's been it's been good. It's been good for so far. I've noticed there've been some tiktok videos too. Are you an expert yet? No, no, no, not even not even close. The kids they try to trick me on there, but I try to stay out of it. Have you been helping out with the virtual schooling? A little bit and then they get mad at me. They think my schooling days are over. They're rather at their mom doing. Well, we'll leave that to her. I know you've been busy even though baseball technically isn't going right now. You've been going to the facility for quite some time. Are there a lot of guys working out right now? What's the protocol in going to the facility? Just trying to make sure we stay safe. Listen to the health officials and the guys are trying to get some work trying to get as much work in as possible. So it's been breaking up the monotony just being at home all the time. It's like a chance of going three days a week and we try to keep our business outside only with the guys. But it's been good so far with the guys. You mentioned the safety aspect. That's first and foremost that everybody is protecting themselves. But I imagine for somebody that's been involved with baseball their entire life, it has to be a little different to take some of those safety precautions just based on what you are used to doing on a daily basis. Whatever it takes for us to ourselves healthy and safe. We're all for so we get a little baseball. Well, everyone's hopeful that baseball will be back and hopefully back soon. What do you have the guys go through right now? Not really knowing when a second spring training could be starting or when the actual season could be starting. And the guys aren't here. They sent me a video of them swinging just doing the same routine they've done during the season just making sure they're staying staying a little bit up up the beat. And the guys here we get out on the field takes a BT get off the machine. Guys are trying to do as much as possible to just make sure they're ready to go. If the bill is if we get ready to go again. For those guys that aren't down in Tampa and there are a good number that aren't down here. You talked a little bit about looking at their swing trying to stay connected in that regard. But has that been difficult that correspondence of trying to just make sure you're on top of everything? Yeah, I mean I try to give them their space to because I know they got families and everybody's going through different things. So I try to give them their space and we have a really good group of guys so they I know when to connect with them and whatnot too. So I get a FaceTime call here there but myself and my assistant PJ we try to stay connected in contact with all of us. Now as far as the guys that are at Steinbrenner Field or at the facility coming in and working, what can you tell us about some of those guys? John Carlos Stan in particular who Aaron Boone said a week and a half ago should be ready when baseball gets going again. How's he been looking in the cage? He's been looking good. I mean I think his swing is where it needs to be and we've been hitting off the machine and hitting BP on the field. He's a pro. He comes in and get his work in and trying to make sure he's healthy and ready to go and I think his teammates are excited about that. What's the general vibe been like at the facility? It's different. It's weird not having all the guys here bullies back home with his family. Just not having everybody here but we just try to keep music play music. Just try to keep it loose as possible and try to stay positive and guys are really hoping that we can get a chance to get back on the field. Now I know Aaron Judge is still recovering from that fracture in his rib. Has it been difficult to keep him out of the cage Marcus? Because he's a guy that I'm sure is dying to get in there and start taking some hacks. Yeah it's been tough. He walks about a cage. He comes in to help the guys pick up balls and he really wants to get going but we just try to stay safe and and when the doctor's led and turning loose he'll be ready to go but he's talking at the best to to get out there and start working hard on his swing. From a hitting perspective what are going to be some of the biggest challenges in starting a spring training stopping for a while and then getting things ramped up again in a very quick fashion. Timing. Hitting is timing. I think guys just got to get their timing back. You know pitchers going to be coming in and throwing pretty good. I'm sure I know our guys have been throwing plants and playing cash but I'm just trying to get that timing back and then get back going again and hopefully two or three weeks into it will be ready to go. Have you already had discussions as an organization as far as how you are going to bring guys along knowing that this second spring training if and when it happens will likely be much shorter than the first one. We haven't talked too much about it because we just don't know what's really happening but if we get somewhere close I'm sure we'll start talking as a staff to make sure we get our guys prepared. Marcus you talked about the not knowing what is the anticipation like right now knowing that everybody is just missing baseball. You know everybody like you know our coaching staff we have a have a conference call with each other and everybody's ready to go. We just don't know what's going to happen but we're just hoping that that both sides can get together and we can get back out there and just make sure everybody's safe. But we're all chomping at the best to get going again. We miss it. That's all we've done for a long time. So I think everybody in the country and in New York and Tampa and all over the place needs some baseball. And Marcus I can tell you everyone at the Yes Network is missing it as well. So thank you so much for joining us. Please stay safe and hopefully I see you at Stein Brenner Field soon. Me too. Thank you.