 and there is no doubt these past couple days there at that offense it's been very tough for them there's no doubt about it and bob really what a difference a week makes last weekend the Yankees swept the white socks they won their sixth in a row and they had the best record in baseball over a five-week span they've now last lost four out of their last five you mentioned the offense which is spiraling they're hitting just 197 with runners in scoring position and they've managed just two earned runs or less in seven out of their last 10 games and I asked Aaron Boone about the struggling offense last night look anytime offensively you don't mount much or you know you struggle to score runs you know it always has that look to be in flat I mean that's just as long as we do this if it kind of has that look so I know these guys are preparing I know how much they care I know I know what they expected themselves so I know there's a level of frustration that it's not happening so we just got to keep working at it right to be consistency and the last few games we don't control too much I guess we always try to attack but I feel like we attack on bad patient we we've managed too many ridiculous patients and too many with opportunities but I think it's just to gain tomorrow is another day and in fact win and Aaron Boone continued to remain positive on this morning zoom when he was asked about the offense saying he is incredibly confident that this group is going to hit now flash you mentioned shaking up the lineup this is actually the 52nd different lineup the Yankees have used this year in 53 games they do have two guys playing in somewhat unfamiliar positions Tyler Wade gets the nod in center field it's his first major league start in center he did start 13 times in the minors in center field and Miguel and Doohar will make his second start at first base I asked Aaron Boone about the decision to put Wade in center field certainly someone that I feel comfortable putting anywhere on the field defensively and yeah you know obviously can't can't run Guardi every single day and you know hopefully he can provide a little bit of a spark for us at the bottom and and run around do this thing on defense Brendan Cutty you have an extra question Aaron and Doohara first today yeah do you see any chance where he can get a regular reps at that position or do you think that's more just a fill-in spot for him we'll see I mean obviously with the lefty going today want to get a lot of righties in there you know an opportunity there to create it for him to get in there so we'll just see you know it's it's definitely fluid for us right now and just kind of play some matchups there's opportunities out there for people to take advantage of and we'll see how it unfolds the Yankees will turn to Michael King to lead the way today it'll be his first start of the season we've seen him come out of the bullpen with a lot of success so far this year I asked King yesterday how much his preparation changes when he's starting actually not too much it's I feel like a little bit easier because I don't need to pay attention to the picture before me but for the most part I feel like my role would be to flip a lineup a couple times anyways so I kind of have to have that same preparation as to how to get a guy out multiple times and it's going to be the same same kind of approach how much are you looking forward to the opportunity to start a game yeah I can't wait I know I got a couple opportunities last year and felt like I didn't really capitalize on it so I'm hoping to capitalize on my first one this year and when you look at that Tigers lineup what stands out to you what do you think could potentially be a challenge for you yeah a lot of lefties and I definitely feel more comfortable with righties and I've had better numbers in my career hits righties but I just kind of get that change up working and get that glove side sinker working and I feel like I'll have some confidence and that's some success obviously he's got the sinker that played well and the change has been something he's had in his back pocket throughout the progression through the minor leagues he's always been kind of looking for a third pitch whether it's a curveball or a slider and he kind of developed that cutter this offseason and we weren't sure where exactly it would fit in or how well he'd command it but it's something that right out of the gates and spring training showed some confidence in both on the arm side and the glove side depending on the hitter he's facing but it's definitely a nice mix in with the two seamer where it gives him a chance to X you know the side of the plate on the arm side you know inside the righties or backdoor to lefties so that's definitely a nice encouraging progress for him. You heard Matt Blake talking about King's newly developed cutter he's thrown that pitch about 28 percent of the time this season now King is pitching on four days rest last time out he threw 54 pitches I asked Aaron Boone how far they would push King today and he said he probably has north of 60 pitches there were some roster moves Davy Garcia and Albert Abreu are optioned back to triple A after the game last night and they brought up Nestor Cortes Jr as well as Nick Nelson to