 you know one thing that I look at when I see Aaron and I saw the team just pour out on the field when he hit that home run as far as I could tell certainly you know much better than any of us I don't think anybody begrudged him that no one was jealous nobody I don't think was rooting against him he seems like he's universally respected and adored in that clubhouse which you know you've been in the game your whole life I think that's rare for a superstar am I right yeah I mean I don't want to say rare but I mean he is look nobody's perfect so I don't want to you know you know put him on this hill but he's such an awesome teammate and like you know and I've said it to you guys I've been saying in the bunch the last couple of months when people asked me about like and why I think he's was so good at handling it and dealing with it and why I say he's cut out for it is he really at his core you know just wants to be a great teammate and win and I think as a result that it really does simplify things for him and he lives that every day that I've known him is like man I want to be a great teammate and it's it's so awesome getting to manage a player of his caliber that cares about his team as much as he does and it's and it's frankly unselfish as he is when it comes to you know the season and everything and I just you know work we really are lucky to have him Peter and I talked about it game one of the doubleheader on Tuesday when he threw his helmet he swung at the first pitch and for the five at bats and the Michael came on after the game and said it as well that to me from a far look like the first game where it really the stress showed would you agree with that I don't know I honestly just living it every single day it just it didn't you never saw that from him so like in the there never seemed to be this added pressure you know yes when you get in there and obviously he wants to get it done so but he shows those every now and then you just you don't you're not micro it's not in a microscope as much as it is these last few weeks so he comes back to the dugout and shoves his helmet in there it'll say something every now and then so yeah he wanted it but honestly I even even in hindsight I don't think it was weighing on him that much yes a little bit and he wanted to get it done for everyone and you know obviously the following around and the ball change out and just all the hoopla around it of course he wanted to get it over with but honestly I don't think it was weighing on him that that much now you kind of made news a couple of questions back because on the show and then on the show with John Aiman and Joel Sherman you said that Gary Cole was your number one starter that was like a week and a half ago now you're not announcing it yet so what has changed are you considering not having him as your number one starter well I mean I think when I said it on there it was kind of like you know is he you're yeah yeah but you know you guys always that's why you get vague answers sometimes because you want to pin us down two weeks ahead of time a month ahead of time I mean the the reality is is we got a ton of great choices now and I feel like you know where Seve is where Garrett is where Nestor is like I feel good walking into the series like I said earlier about anyone you know I think I know which way I want to go but I want to at least you know kind of you know sleep on a little bit talk to different people you know before ultimately making the decision and again I'm leaning towards making that decision sooner rather than later so I can get these guys lined up and get them into there when they throw their sides if they're going to throw alive how much and those kind of things so I lean doing it announcing it early but but I'm also you know I want to make sure that I have the right discussions it and sleep on it properly is Garrett Cole standing as your highest paid player does that come into play and is doesn't make it tough if you say okay I want Nestor of course that's our game one where you got explained to the media and explained to Cole okay you're not the game one starter although you're the guy no I think all our guys are well are on board and will be on board you know with whatever way we go I think this is a really focused group right now I think you know what we went through and in the second half and in the month of August and then really rallied there in the month of September to pull away and win the division I think we're we're as a group of singular mind and it's about winning and and trying to win a championship and try and get 11 more wins now and I think we're all on board with that and I think whatever way I go those conversations will be easy to have and and I'm gonna do what I think is best for us as a team moving forward and the reality is we'll get to the end you know the three guys we're talking about are all gonna play an enormous role these last three games for Stan Aaron is that enough of a sample size to believe he's starting to come around I sure hope so encouraging to see it and you know the one thing about G is he does you know he knows what he needs to do he knows where he needs to get he knows you know where he was looking you know as far as getting himself in the best possible position to to be ready to go in a few more days here so I do feel like he's moving in a really good direction I feel like physically he's in as you know continues to be in a better spot and we started to see that timing start to sync up a little bit in the last few days which is really encouraging they'll work really hard you know getting live looks here in these next several days and when he's right we know we obviously know what what a difference maker he is and and and you know he's he's one of those guys that can change a series just with his his presence and his ability do you plan on a starting judge is a lead-off guy are you leading him off all that time to get a more batch for the home runs no it got to be a little bit of both at the end but but in the mouth I think it kind of depends on who we all get back you know Ben attendees gonna be you know maybe probably at best here so you know we'll see what's all available to us as a team but I probably lean him in the lead-off spot you know it depending on how many lefties I'm able to have also in the lineup can let me just play devil's advocate on that so the bottom of your order is not it's not you know the offensive fulcrum of your team and when you look at the numbers and the slug that Aaron judge had and he had 130 ruby it almost seems like he should have had 160 rubies are you taking RBI opportunities away from him by batting him first he's getting that extra at bat but sometimes he's coming up with nobody on base yeah I mean you can't have it all Michael yeah but you want it all don't you you want it all of course I mean DJ LeMay he was getting on at a 400 clip in the first right before he got injured and it was a he was an easy guy to lead off we had Andrew Ben attending who's a you know 380 390 on base guy that's a real lead-off option at the top you had that benefit as well so if all of a sudden who do you lead off then you know do you put Rizzo in the lead-off spot you know if you put a left-handed batter in the lead-off spot now all of a sudden probably the next seven out of eight hitters are right-handed so you have no no semblance of balance at all you know and the reality is if John Carlos you know swing the bat the way he's starting to show and obviously the way we know and if Riz and Labor Torres continued you know obviously Glabors in such a good spot now despite this in a few games there with the illness the last few days if they're swinging the bat the way they're capable of then we got something and I'll take Aaron judge being on base for those guys a ton now if if all of a sudden like a Ben and Tendi comes into play or whatever and you're able to create some more balance or man I got a real lead-off option maybe I do slip them back to second or even third now do you believe that yesterday it was reported in the paper that after the game LeMay look like he was limping do you think he's a viable option for Tuesday or are you worried we'll see we'll see he's getting some more treatments done now through this through these next few days so we'll see I do think he's compromised you know I even said that in the game he got two hits and a wall you know it's like man he's he's compromised and you can see that so we'll just have to you know that'll be something that we obviously see and see how the treatments go here over the next four or five days and make a call there how about carpenter carpenter I think I think is gonna be an option I think I expect him to be on the roster you know maybe not a real option in the field in the first round but definitely I think a bullet off the bench it's certainly trending in that direction all right now to down to business Colts getting three in Denver tonight this is big you're three and one on Thursday night picks by the way oh yeah okay so I don't have to deal with the no no I don't really love this game Taylor's out for the cold yeah I'd like to think that we get some momentum gone for Russell Martin is a receiving core I lean the under in this what's the total Russell Wilson Russell Wilson Russell Martin no because you're a baseball no he's allowed to make that I'm not mad because he's in a baseball you right now he's in a baseball space yeah we don't we don't do totally over here but he could do what he wants it's his show what is the total I don't know I can guess I was gonna get it 42 you know what no hook let's go with the home team we're taking the Broncos this week one more a baseball question did Chapman show you enough to be on the roster tell everybody on your show yeah gotta Michael we got five days yeah five days are we gonna have 12 we have 13 pitchers you know we gotta decide on that you know gotta make sure want these good homes is good all you know these guys that are in the mix and you know we'll have those roster meetings you know in earnest you know over the next couple days but then you know as we get into Sunday and Monday and we know the opponent you know that's that's gonna factor in so I don't want to reveal anything yet because because I honestly I don't know know quite yet all right so let me get deep into the strategic baseball weeds here let's say that LeMay you is on the roster I know you love the way Donaldson plays defense and the possibility of slug there Labor's been your hottest player other than Aaron judge and it looks like Stanton can only d8s can't play the outfield so how would you get him in would he just be a pinch it off the bench yeah DJ yeah I mean yeah probably initially as a bat off the bench it's again it depends it depends four days from now might be a lot different because we've been holding back on some treatments that you know we've been waiting on so I gotta see where we're at I mean it could be everything from not on so on as an option off the bench do a real option as a starter I hate to be really vague but like we're days away from that honestly Aaron let me ask you a question you can actually answer yeah what what did you say to Savvy when you took him out of the game how tough is that when when someone's bringing stuff like that and playing that well you could see he didn't even want to make eye contact with you what was that conversation yeah it was man it was an easy decision for me because it was after the seventh inning had it been after the eighth inning that's where it would have been a tough decision for me because I basically said look and he kind of knew he was in that 90 pitch range 90 was kind of where we're going the other day and I think he ended up going to 94 at the end of that any song I got kind of thought that's heavy I know you want to be out there and he goes up you know he tells me I want to die out there and I said hey we got much bigger things to come we need you I said if I if I send you out there for this and you get too worried we're talking about 120 25 130 pitches there's no way I'm letting you go there you know it'd be irresponsible of me to do that so nice going and then you know it but but still you make that decision and the guy's throwing the way he is right there it's still weighs on you and after the fact I felt like it man it just kind of hurt me to do it but it was a fairly easy decision for me and actually I appreciated Sevy swinging back by me like five minutes later and said hey man I understand and so I was appreciative of that but yeah anytime a guy's throwing the ball like that it's our decision but had it been the eighth inning then it would have been a real difficult decision to me and I would have actually probably sent him out for the ninth had it been the eighth if you let him roll though I mean his stuff was so filthy he probably does get to know it or he said a thousand percent he would have yeah a thousand percent so yeah I would have been like yeah might have might have turned it into a perfect game at a thousand yeah well he just had that one walk he did face the minimum batters he was amazing will Stan be able to play the outfield for you I don't know I think I think there is a chance that that's in play but just with would not being able to do it at all you know it's hard for me to think that I would you know start them in a game out there but you know as an emergency option possibly before we finish up people should know this I'm a huge sports fan not just a manager the Yankees this is an unbelievable sports weekend you've got the four wildcard series you've got your beloved us e Trojans playing you've got your beloved Philadelphia Eagles playing what game are you most excited about man that's a great question I always go USC first because that's the heart watching Cleveland and camp yeah that's my heart Cleveland and Tampa will be will be paying close attention to but you know we'll be at the ballpark for a lot of these so we'll be kind of in and out on them and then of course the Eagles in the desert kind of kind of those orders so let's just make like a scintilla of news on your show who do you want to win guardians raise who would you rather play Aaron are you gonna tell us that you know what I'm always careful what you wish for so we'll we'll get ready for whoever we got and try and put our best foot forward now we broke a new ground on this show I'll tell you that we did get the Broncos out of you which is good but a good friend doesn't ask that question right right I can't say that I'm gonna do it in 24 hours I said a good friend doesn't ask that question you know what you know bring me out on Monday you know we'll try and reveal you know a lot of stuff on the show beautiful get the cough better enjoy your weekend all right thanks guys sorry sorry to not reveal much you know if your show you know your show it's got to get big ratings you got to reveal stuff on it