 All the easy questions out of the way. What are you guys doing? Break some news here? What's going on behind closed doors that we don't know about? Who do you want? Who are you close to getting? Yeah, not much so far. I mean, we're we're obviously In cash and is engaged in a lot of conversations bouncing a lot of different ideas concepts off other clubs off All of our guys in the room as we kind of brainstorm and continue to kind of keep up the conversation Frankly, we have all winter long where we're talking about ideas to to try and make us better and You know It's been slow. I would say for the most part so far today, but those conversations those text messages those those Ideas are are getting ramped up a little bit now that we are here Is the conversation with regard to DD a shortstop is that you feel that solvable solvable from within or do you have to go Get some help it's absolutely solvable from within you know that said that is an area where I know cash is working really hard to kick Every kind of option through the trade market through free agency So we're certainly trying to upgrade that and and trying to at least get somebody from a stopgap to a long-term solution In in there, but we feel like we have really good options internally, too We saw Glaber move over to shortstop for a few weeks last year It's a position he played throughout his minor league career. So we feel like Glaber's Versatility gives us some flexibility where we go as far as do we need a shortstop do we need a second baseman those kind of things? Hopefully give us greater avenues to go acquire somebody one of those solutions could be Manny Machado Obviously one of the marquee names on the free agent market You're smiling because I'm sure any manager would love to have Manny Machado penciled into the lineup But he also has to fit within the parameters that the Yankees are comfortable with What's your thought process on Machado and how he could or would fit in with the Yankees? It feels very early in the game You know, I know cash is spoken to to to their representatives but I would say it's very early in the game and and I don't even know if in the end we we go down that road or not, but You know, that'll something that'll kind of unfold over the private next week or a couple weeks Where you know, we start to have those conversations and if it seems like to fit then I'm sure we'll be involved But I don't think we've as an organization made that final decision if we're gonna be all in on something Brian Cashman has been very clear. He wants another starting pitcher I'm sure you win another starting pitcher as well Do you expect that to come via the free agent market or more so a trade situation? I wouldn't be surprised either way, honestly I mean those are even today the conversations that we're having with other clubs about trade options Obviously we're engaged with with guys that are free agents that that could impact our staff. It's certainly a big time priority for us and something that we're Involved heavily in with I would say right now, but I would would not be surprised sitting here if it came from either one It's funny because people looking at the Yankees will have to do something because the Red Sox won the World Series But as Jack said earlier, you guys want a hundred games. I Don't think you're that far off and you know the president the Yankees Randy Levine said a week ago I think we're just as good as the Red Sox if not better the way we're presently constituted So is that a delicate balance? We like what we have here because we want a hundred games Do we have to do that much I? Think that's fair We do feel like we're one of the elite clubs in Major League Baseball and I think there's no arguing that The Red Sox were obviously a little bit better than us a little bit better than everyone in the season that they had But I think hopefully Hopefully, you know in years that we just had hopefully When we win a championship You're always going to be tinkering with things You're always going to be trying to make improvements and that's gonna happen Hopefully when we climb to the top of the mountain as well because it's inevitable that things change and evolve and and I think you've Got to constantly be Making little moves that that help help let you grow I guess Aaron