 time to hear from his manager, Aaron Boone. The manager's report is brought to you by Geico. Aaron, what stood out to you about the way Corey Kluber was thrown the ball this afternoon? His change up. I mean, that's as good a change up as he's flashed. And he had it all game, obviously, with a lot of lefties and switch hitters in their lineup. It's something that really played well for him. I thought the depth on it was excellent, the feel for it was excellent. And because really, it probably took him a few innings to really get that feel with the breaking ball. And the change up served him really well today. But just on the attack, off the barrel for the most part. And obviously, I mean, that's about a good innate outing performance as you can have right there. Kyle said on the field that Corey Kluber had been working on that change up a lot. What's different about the way that pitch is playing? Well, I just think the consistency of it today and that he was able to lean on it as much as he was. I mean, if you go back and look at some of the swings and misses on it, and I mean, the arm action, but the depth of that pitch was excellent. I think that's been a pitch that over the years for him has been a little in and out, not something that he leans on real heavy. But today, it was really a special pitch for him, I thought. And just how encouraged are you by what you've seen from the rotation last turn? Yeah, it's been really good. It squares with what we've been seeing. Look, I know it wasn't perfect necessarily out the gates, but we're still seeing it from really all the guys behind Garrett. I felt like we're really close to stringing together some really strong outings, and we're starting to see it now. And it's really cool to see Corey go out there and pitch that well and pick up his 100th win. That's pretty neat. Tom Merriam, please unmute. Darren, your feelings of getting the first speak with the season? It was good. I mean, it's always good on getaway day, or you're going into an off day, obviously, to play well and win. You know, we started to play better. I'll say it again. We're not where we think we're going to get to. We think we can still play much better baseball, but some things are starting to square up. The bat quality, the defense, obviously the pitching is kind of leading the way for us here. But we knew, obviously, we were scuffling a little bit and coming into this 13-day stretch to play some winning baseball definitely feels good. And hopefully now we can enjoy this off day. But knowing we got a really good Houston team coming in and got to get after it again starting Tuesday. Go next to Ken Davidoff. And yeah, similar to what you said, things are starting to square up. I mean, just your curiosity overfacing a team as good and accomplished as the Astros. Yeah, they're playing really well. They're pitching really well. Obviously, we know about their lineup and what they're capable of. So, you know, we look forward to them coming in and know we're going to have to go play good baseball to keep this thing rolling. And you're aiming much higher, as you said. Is there any stabilizing factor for you in getting back to 500 in a few weeks? It's better than being under, that's for sure. But I don't know. Look, even I think we're the most down and things aren't going great. I do know our group at its core has a lot of confidence. And we know we're going to start getting it going. And we're definitely moving in that direction now. But we also understand we've got to, you know, keep the pedal to the metal. Sorry. Brian Hope, please unmute. And you've been around Corey now for a few months. You know, just what would you describe its light to watch him operate on a game day, just seeing him in the dugout? You know, it's quite consistent with who he is all the time, obviously he's a little understated and quiet and methodical and workman-like and very routine oriented. But he's very similar in and out of game day, frankly. He's a very nice guy. But he's not, he doesn't go into a different character all of a sudden when he's pitching on game day. He's fairly approachable and, you know, very consistent in who he is every single day. Were you able to get a smile out of him after this one? Yeah, you get some smiles out of him. Yeah. Okay, thanks. Laura Albanese, you have the next question. Go ahead. Hey, Aaron, just two things. I know you had limited opportunities, but what did you think of Joe O'Shella at shortstop? And do you foresee using him there in the future? I thought he was really strong. Probably two or three plays out there, you know? Handled him like I expect. Gio too, you know, he can pick up a grounder. So that's something that comes easy to him. Yeah, I mean, on occasion, you know? He'll, you know, obviously I plugged him in there today with Glaber down. So, I mean, I don't have any reservations about moving him over there in a, you know, for a game here and there when I'm giving GT a rest. And I guess the second thing, this is the first time the Astros are coming back since everything became official with their scandal. Did you feel like there's any residual resentment there? And what do you think the reception is going to be like? I don't know. I mean, we're, look, we're trying to win ball games. You know, we're trying to play really good baseball and we know we've got a good team coming in and, you know, we're starting to play better and move the needle about where we want to get to and we've got now six more home games on this home stand. And, you know, we need to go out and play well and not really get caught up in all that stuff. Going next to Brian Clark. Yeah, Aaron, you mentioned how good Corey's changeup was. Did you see anything that was almost like it had followed up from how impressive he was in Baltimore? Like did that build on what we saw today and just sort of continue that way? I thought he was better today. You know, I think in Baltimore, while he pitched really well, you know, he's still, you know, that, you know, I think he, what he pitched into the seventh in Baltimore, I believe, you know, they, they squared up some balls pretty good on him that third time through the order. Today it was, it was complete command from Jump Street. You know, other than walking Ramos, you know, where he lost the zone for about, you know, four or five pitches there, he was just in command. He was locating, he had, you know, four pitches going with the sinker, the cutter, the breaking ball and the changeup. And, you know, when they were able to put the ball in play, largely with the exception of a couple balls off the barrel, he was, he was off the barrel. Like, so that was, you know, that was a guy that was in control of the outing. Take a couple more. Greg Joyce, go ahead. Aaron, he was at, I think 93 pitches after seven innings. Was it any debate that you would get the eighth or was the command just, you know, telling you everything you needed to know? There was a little debate, but, you know, once he got good room out, you know, and kind of trying to stay away from low and not having greeny today. You know, obviously we had our lefties down there ahead of Chappie. I definitely wanted him to at least come out and face Ramos to start that inning. And then, you know, I was kind of going batter to batter at that point. And, you know, he just, you know, he kind of, he just really pitched his way through that, you know, final two innings where I was probably a hitter away from going to the pen, but, you know, he just kept staying off the barrel. So, and I felt like wasn't losing anything at that point either. Take a final one from Randy Miller. Aaron, on the Astros, Dusty Baker a couple weeks ago pleaded for visiting fans to stop heckling the team. Some things were thrown on the field. Do you understand why Yankee fans and other teams haven't let this go yet? That there were no fans last year and that fans are still angry? Do you get that? I know that you guys have to focus on winning the game, but from a fans standpoint. I mean, fans are going to heckle and, you know, there's obviously there's no place for, you know, throwing things on the field or, you know, anytime you're putting anyone in danger, that's there's just no place for that. And hopefully, you know, that not only doesn't happen, but certainly will not be tolerated. And so, you know, fans are, you know, they have the right to come and, you know, cheer and say what they want. But, you know, anytime there's stuff going on the field, that's very much crossing the line.