 Welcome back to Yankees batting practice today presented by Audi. We are happy to welcome back to the show screen. Wilkesbury Railrider's manager Doug Davis Doug. We once again appreciate the time before your squad opens up a six game set with the Red Sox Triple A affiliate. And we talked last time you were here a couple weeks back about how cool your job is to let these guys know when they're down there in Triple A. They got the call up to the big club. So what was Louise's reaction when you told them. Yeah Louise is extremely excited about this opportunity. Obviously you know that's something for a young kid gets his first shot to go to the big leagues and actually get a start in a big league game. He's extremely excited about that opportunity. And I think looking forward to the challenges that come along with it. And we've seen his growth throughout the year in Somerset in Scranton as well. Back on July 21 six innings. He started that combined no hitter against Rochester. What made him so successful in that start Doug. Well Louise just pounded the strike zone. He located his fastball very well. He threw sliders off of that pitch. His velocity was up. He dominated that lineup. And you know he went right at guys. He was able to manage his pitch count. And get through six innings which can be a little bit of a difficult thing for some of these guys because we are a little bit limited as to how many pitches that they have. But you know he was able to stay on point. And each inning he sort of built off in the last one and it all just kept getting better and better. So you know you hate taking guys out of line up when they have no hitters. But you know I think the circumstances dictated that and it was great for the rest of the guys to be able to finish it off. Absolutely. I mean that was just tremendous to see that. And even though it was a combined no hitter it's still a no hitter. His last start though with you against Syracuse just one in a third two hit six earned four walks and two hit batters. That's a stark comparison to that previous outing. Just what about that game had him struggle a little bit. Well I think Luis he he hit a couple guys and that seemed to throw him off a little bit. You know he tried to make an adjustment to get back. It's you know not necessarily stuff but get back into the strike zone and be able to throw where we wanted to. And he just used up an awful lot of pitches in that first inning. And then the second inning it was kind of you know it was a similar thing. He was just struggling to command that baseball. And that's been the thing for him. A young guy at this level. And I think those inconsistencies you see at times until they are able to you know gain enough experience where they're able to work their way through a game when they may not have their best stuff. And I think that was the case in Syracuse. He didn't have quite the stuff that he had the outing before. And it was a struggle for him to be able to try to adjust and get himself situated. So it was a short one. But again I think you know because of his age you know you're going to see that with the inconsistencies. And I think tonight he's rare to go and he's going to as long as he stays in the strike zone he's going to be very effective. Yeah he's pretty much rare to go where in those Yankee pinstripes for the first time you could guarantee that. But Doug what did you tell him what advice did you impart with him before he left to come up and play with the Yankees based on those last two starts that he had with you especially being that he's a young kid. What did you tell him what advice did you give him. Well I think the biggest message was that you know you just continue to do the things that you've done here. But it was all about preparation. All of these guys are here preparing on a daily basis for for a call you know and then we go through stretches where those calls come quite often. So I think that was the biggest message to him was just you're prepared for this. You've been preparing for this whole season whether it be in double air triple A. And now you're just going to a different level. You're still facing the same hitters. You just need to continue to go out there and do the things that you normally do and prepare for the game. And he's going to have a ton of help there. We know that he's going to rely on that help. And I think that's going to be a big thing getting him through this game tonight. Doug he has an electric fastball. We've seen it down in Scranton with you. What what else does he feature and what could Yankees fans expect. Give us a little scouting report on him. Well he does have an electric fastball and he's able to you know pitch up in the strike zone. He's able to command it at the bottom of the strike zone. And I think that's one thing that if if he's doing that that's going to set him up then to go to a slider which the slider has been a little bit of a work in progress for him but it continues to improve and get better. The command and location of that pitch is a big thing for him. And then over I would say the last three weeks his change up has gotten remarkably better. He's been able to use that pitch. It's got a little bottom to it. It's still firm because he throws his fastball firm. I mean it's going to be a high 80s low 90s change up. But with the action that he gets on that pitch it'll help I think help him face some of those left handed hitters and guys it'll get off that fastball.