 Brian Caseman met with the assembled media toward the end of the Yankee 6-2 victory over the rays and revealed that Dell and Potensis was suffering from inflammation and an impingement in the back of the right shoulder. So what does that mean? Well it means you're going to start the season on the IL, that's not called the DL anymore, and all the great plans that you have can be derailed when it comes to injuries. Louis Severino signs a four-year contract extension. He's got inflammation of his right rotator cuff. Tomorrow he starts to try to throw the ball again. Aaron Hicks signs a seven-year, $70 million contract extension. He's had two cortisone shots in his back. He will not start the season on the 25-man roster. And now Dell and Potensis, who was part of on paper, if not the best bullpen in the history of baseball, certainly in the discussion, now he starts on the IL. And according to Brian Caseman, what happened was that you've got a situation where because of his wife's impending birth of the couple's son, he did not throw the way he normally threw during off-seasons. And he probably is not in the position that he usually is as a pitcher at this point. So that being said, that could have led to this, where he's trying to rush it. He wasn't getting full extension on his arm. So a guy that throws 98 miles an hour, usually 99, sometimes 100 miles an hour, not able to do it. And the Yankees finally asked him, well, what's the deal? And he said, and he finally admitted to them, I just don't feel like I can extend. And just like that, one of your strengths is now still a strength, but not as much so. So you added an autovino and a Britain, and you think, wow, this is the greatest bullpen who ever lived. And a guy who's the eighth inning pitcher that pitches before Chapman is not going to start the season with the team. So you don't want to make too much of it. But I always get a little hinky when I hear stuff, inflammation in the shoulder. What does inflammation happen? And I keep being told, well, pitching is why inflammation happens. But we'll see. We'll see if he's okay. We'll see what happens. Let me figure this is going to happen every bullpen, right? Somebody's going to go on the DL. Somebody's going to have inflammation. It's just happening to the Yankees here. Looks like it'd be the year. And maybe that's helps them that where he stays healthy the rest of the year, they do have an easy schedule early. As you said, there's a lot of depth there. So I don't think there's any reason to panic. But Peter brought up a great point. At one point, does the pile high enough where you start to get a little concern? Ceci, Severino, Hicks. Now you throw botanists in. So what, where's the line of demarcation on when you begin to panic? I don't know if they've hit that, but I guess you're getting closer. Well, you know what? You can't, hey, listen, I'm not going to put lipstick on a pig here. You can't lose players of this import and not be adversely affected. So how long will you lose them? Is it just going to be a month? Well, you could suck that up because as we've said over and over the first month of the Yankee season, they're playing fairly easy teams for the most part. Yeah, the Red Sox are thrown in there for a couple of games. I get that. But, you know, you got the White Sox, you got the Tigers, you got the Orioles. I'm sorry. Those are wins for you if you play the, if you play the game the right way. So we'll see if they can, they can hold the fort so to speak. But it's, it's not a good thing to lose these players. And again, the seriousness of it will be dictated by how long they're in fact out.