 You know, there were, you know, good healthy part of the process. It was a great opportunity to get to, you know, clearly it's very public. We met with Garrett Cole and Strausberg while I was on the West Coast. At least that's what you all are aware of so far, who knows who I met with. But anyway, it was a good opportunity to meet, you know, some amazing competitors that we've seen do great things from afar. So, so got a chance to give him the opportunity to get to know us. And, and get a chance to get to know them a lot better too. So very impressive personnel. Did you meet with anybody else? Wouldn't say. Just throw that out there and keep you guys all, that guys and gals all guessing. As far as your contingent was you, Aaron, Matt Blake and Andy Pettit? Is that right? And Mike Fishman. Okay. Yeah. When you met with them, did you get any gauge of a timeframe on what the process would be with them? No. No. And so, you know, again, it was, you know, I think it was an important part of the process for them. It sounds like they've met with many, many of teams. And, you know, so obviously I can't predict the future and the timing of their futures. Only really they control that. So, but again, it was, you know, hopefully it was a trip at the very least, you know, you know, I'll cross pass with them if there was somebody else down the line and, and, you know, be in a position at least to, you know, say hello. But at the very most it might lead to something. So, you will be in their neighborhood next week. Was there any setting up of meeting them again next week or at any time? Wouldn't, wouldn't say. But obviously I'll be flying back out after this event. And in the meantime, staying engaged like, you know, I took the red eye back and put in the office all day yesterday and, and we'll stay connected today through the weekend and then on a plane I'll be in San Diego by early morning or late morning on Monday. And, you know, I'm open to do clearly whatever, you know, as always is important for the Yankees. If there's certain steps that need to be taken, conversations on the phone, you know, you know, like any club, you know, we're, we're fully prepared to do what's necessary. Text, phone, in-person meetings would have you. But it's very volatile circumstances as everybody knows, you know, with 29 other clubs, you know, looking for ways to improve themselves. It's very hard to predict timing of anything. And, and certainly, you know, when, when agents and players are doing their job, the best of their abilities in this negotiating market, they never tip their hands about what really is going down and how, you know, it's going to go down and just, you know, sometimes you're forced to land, you know, what you're looking for and other times it doesn't work out. So we're just not sure what category we will fall in on this. What's the sentiment? Cole is from Southern California. There's two Southern California teams interested in him. And Strasburg has spent his whole career with the National Association. Has been very content there. Do you sense you have a geographic disadvantage or either of both of these guys? It's really a question for, you know, it's not from my end, you know, I think it's not, it's hard for me to gauge that. You know, I think that the players from their perspective are really, you know, they've worked hard to get to free agency. They spend a lot of time and effort to put themselves in a great position, which, which in their cases, they've done, you know, a great job putting themselves in an enviable position. And so ultimately, I think they just like all players in free agency, they want to really gauge the pure landscape and all the opportunities that really exist. And then, you know, they're going to give whatever weight to location, league, team, teammates, you know, that they want to give. You know, whether it's West, Midwest, East, you know, there's so many factors that are going to, I'm sure, their decision making. And, you know, it creates an amazing opportunity, but it's also, you know, I'm sure it's stressful times for them and their families too, because, you know, obviously the better you are, the more choices you really have and you can, you know, kind of go anywhere at times. And so, you know, I think they're, I'm sure, going to be very thorough with their process. So, but I think, you know, the Yankees have a lot to offer. I'd like to think that this is a place that, that, you know, if you're, you know, you love playing the game of baseball and you want to be in a competitive environment. You know, I think those ingredients, you know, should put us on anybody's list of places to be interested in considering. And I think, I think at the very least, you know, we qualify for that. So, you mentioned getting to know them better. What did you learn about Cole or Strasburg that you didn't know previously? Well, I mean, you just see what they, how they carved lineups up, but you never get a chance to know better the person. So, in both of those cases, they're really good, genuine people and good family people. And so, despite their, you know, competitive nature when they've had the ball on them, on the mound every five days. They, you know, you walk away going, realizing that they would fit in anybody's clubhouse in a real positive way, not just because of performance, just because of the type of people they seem to be in. And Strasburg, obviously, our franchise doesn't know very well, but in Garrett Cole's case, there's various members of our franchise. You know, Damon Oppenheimer is our scouting director still. Him and a number of his staff members, they obviously got a chance to know Garrett Cole because we drafted him way back when we weren't unable to sign him. So, some of our people know Garrett Cole already, you know, on a personal level, him and his, his parents and stuff, but they're not, you know, not me. So, in my case, that was the real first, you know, sit down, you know, where I got a chance to know Garrett Cole. But both, you know, people are very impressive people and not surprising why they're successful. You see the ability, but when you get a chance to get to know the makeup a lot better and the people, you could just, again, they're going to be very productive members of any organization. So, we'll see what happens. You meet with the family at all too, or just the players? You know, Garrett's wife was there, and, but that was in that one meeting in Stevens Strasburg, meaning it was Stephen. When you see activity like Zach Wheeler signing, you know, this week, you see Mestaca's get a deal before the winter meetings. What does that say to you about what the market is going to be like this year compared to the past two? It's hard to say. I mean, I don't really compare the markets, you know, it's hard to recall some years things move faster than others. Some years it's a little slower, you know, you know, I think it's all dictated by, you know, what's available in the marketplace. If there's a lot of players flooding the market via trade that are easily accessible via trade, then I think it slows down the free agent market. If there's, you know, if, you know, the matches in free agency and with demand lineup, things are going to move fast. You know, depending on the talent level and how deep the pools are in various categories and if they match a lot of needs, things can move quick. And thinking if there's not a lot, it's going to move slow. And if the demands are, you know, off and it's going to move slow, it's every, everyone's, you know, unique in its own right. And I, you know, it's a hard time for me to kind of measure what globally, how things play out in the industry. And just know from our end, our focus is obviously always trying to improve the club, but, you know, if we can improve the front of the rotation even more. And I like our rotation. I say that and I do say it though with all due respect with, I like to remind people that we do have Tanaka and Severino and Paxton and, you know, and obviously the Vermont situation isn't resolved yet. You know, it's in the hands of Major League Baseball and the Players Association, but he's obviously an extreme talent. And then you have Jay Hap and you got Montgomery coming back. So our rotation is really strong and we've got kids pushing up to the bottom that are hungry to take a spot, whether it's Michael King or Debbie Garcia or a whole bunch of other guys. So we'll see. We just love to add to it if we can because it's a long season and so you feel always better in putting your head on the pillar when you can run out one of the premier starters in the game to add to that crew that's already formidable in its own right. So what is the sentiment from Helen from the ownership about potentially laying out a huge or potentially record breaking contract for a pitcher? I mean, I'm not here to talk finances and, you know, so that's not something, you know, all I can tell you is the obvious. Of course, we're interested in players at this level and it's not that we haven't been in the past. We always have. That doesn't guarantee anything. We went through the process last year and talked to a lot of high end quality, talented, premier, top shelf. Free agents and when the dust settled, you know, we signed DJ LaMahew and Zach Britton and Ottavino and extended some of our internal cannabis. And so, you know, I think the public narrative was covering things that we were considering and talking through and walking through and competing for it at some degree. But you can't predict how the winners play out. You can't predict how, you know, how things present themselves in the course of time. So, so again, the winner of the last year started with with a lot of speculation on, for instance, Manny Machado and Patrick Corbin and for good reason. And then he wound up with Troy Tulaewitzky and and DJ LaMahew and Britton and Ottavino and an extension and money left over for extensions of Seve and and Hicks. So, so I don't know what this one is going to bring. But but we are playing the the all encompassing game where it's just, you know, continuing to stay engaged with 29 clubs about what might be available, what they're looking for, trying to see if we have matches. And at the same time, you know, engaging free agents both high and low. And but pulling back and recognizing that we have a really great team period right now, even if we did nothing. And so with each with all that being considered, we're taking all the steps necessary and making sharing that information above. And hopefully see if we can find a way to improve the club now. And if we can't, you know, we'll wait and try to improve it later and just have to wait and see how it shakes out. What do you think, Stan, with your internal free agents, partner, DD, Tansys? We, you know, staying in touch with their agents, obviously free agency to get a lot of considerations clearly and opportunities. But, you know, certainly, if I can wave the magic wand, we love to have everybody back if possible. But but if not, it's my job to line up alternatives, whether it's fall back to what we have or or or adjust and and try something new. So but I've, you know, Joe Bick is the agent for the Guardi, I've stayed in touch with Joe. You know, obviously Jim Murray is the agent for DD and Tansys, we stayed in touch there. You know, obviously Billy Rose is the agent for Romine. And so so it's just, you know, doing the dance that you have to do. And in each of these cases, obviously they're really talented, quality, unbelievable people that that, you know, opportunities is going to be presenting themselves, you know, both here and elsewhere. And so, you know, I managed to see what happens. So I just can't, again, just like, just like anything in free agency, I don't know what and how it's going to play out. But we're making sure we're part of the process and sharing our content to them and their representatives and ultimately decisions get made. A couple of years ago, when you were here, you were wrapping up the DD tree. Are you that close on anything today? Any, uh, doing any work on going down the building? No, unfortunately, like, you know, I think the DD tree we had done and he was going through medicals while I was going down the building. So, uh, and then at some time that weekend, I think I remember, uh, holiday, I got done coming off the building. Um, so Matty holiday was a guy we signed to one year. So, I mean, I can't predict how these things play and how fast they speed up and, but am I going to be breaking news? If I was right now, I'd be breaking it at this moment, you know, and but I don't, I'm not going to be coming off that rope with. And I'm not going to get a text at six or seven or eight a.m. this morning saying deal. So, you know, it's not, you know, that's not going to happen here in the next hour or so. But, but I certainly, you can't predict how the world spins here. And, you know, at some point today, you know, we're open for business when, when, you know, we find mutual common ground with, you know, clubs or players and their representatives. You know, so we're, you know, we're ready to rock and roll at any time. But it just takes time, unfortunately. And sometimes, you know, even though you go through the process with the time frames, it doesn't necessarily guarantee clearly that you get where you want to go.