 They don't control other teams who would also have interest in the player who has been the Yankees best player for the last two years I still think the Yankees are optimistic They can get this done and I do believe that we will see LaMahieu as a Yankee. It just hasn't happened yet Yeah, Jack. I'm glad to use the word control because when I think of free agency and I think of players They employ their agents they technically control their agents and the agents job right now as far as DJ LaMahieu is concerned Go out there and get the best offer you can and then go back to the Yankees and say this is what's out there Can you match it or can you not and we know that the Yankees are going to be disciplined? So then the control part comes in for the player Do I love playing in New York and do I want to win a championship in New York if you think about LaMahieu? He's 32 years old. He's going to make a lot of money Will the money be the most important part or the great fit of playing for the New York Yankees? Which it seemed from the outside looking in DJ LaMahieu seemed to relish and love being a New York Yankee Will that be important enough that the most money isn't going to be the most attractive part? See, I think that's the thing it depends on how much money we're talking about right? I don't think LaMahieu comes across as a greedy. It's all about money person But if it's substantial, maybe that makes a difference I think it also Jack depends on who are the contending teams for him And does he think he's close enough to a championship that he's the guy that puts him over the top? Or is he more comfortable doing that with the Yankees, right? You could say the Mets you could say the Blue Jays the Dodgers are another Souter that has entered the mix somebody a team that could potentially play him at third to flash his point I always wonder about all of the other factors But I also know that quite often the player follows the money The team that makes the highest offer is the team that more often than not is going to get that player to sign Like you though John, I wonder about DJ LaMahieu because I thought he fit the Yankees the way a batting glove fits I mean it was just such a perfect fit. They signed him to a two-year twenty four million dollar deal You look at the output that he has given Fan graph says across the last four years. He's been a 95 million dollar player That's how much he has given back on the field. So those two years with the Yankees Obviously a big chunk of that I think the Yankees in any player that they pursue because they're such an analytically driven Organization there's a number. There's a number that they believe that that player is worth How high would they be willing to go above that number if DJ LaMahieu side said well, we'd like a little more than that We would like this amount Yeah, I always think about a player who comes to the New York Yankees and how they're going to react and Enjoy it right? I mean a lot of players and we've seen them You can go down the list that they've come to the New York Yankees. They haven't enjoyed being a Yankee They haven't enjoyed the big market DJ LaMahieu seems like he loved everything about it and thrived in that So the one thing about other clubs making offers financially, it's all great It's gonna be a ton of money But will he know that he's going to thrive in that environment him and his family they already know they love New York They love being a part of the New York Yankees You would feel like there might be a discount there But with anything else the players union is also a part of this There is some pressure on players to take the most amount of money to help the players that are going to come behind them again I don't see LaMahieu being that type of a personality, but we'll see how it plays out. All right