The New York Yankees are having an offseason audit to find out what went wrong in 2023 and what can be done (if anything) to fix it. Captain Aaron Judge has some ideas. Stacey and Steve discuss this “audit” and the confusing language surrounding it and try to figure out what the heck the Yankees are talking about. Do we agree with what Judge has revealed about what he’s looking to change about how the Yankees do things and what else can be done? Then, some Yankees players in the Majors and Minors won some awards this week. Clay Holmes picked up the AL Reliever of the Month for September, which was a nice surprise but shouldn’t have been a surprise because he did perform well during the last month of the season. So good for him, and it makes Stacey and Steve a little more comfortable with seeing him emerge as the Yankees’ full-time closer in 2024. Then Minor Leaguer Drew Thorpe, star of many Minors Monday segments, won pitching prospect of the year. Past winners include Andrew Painter, Grayson Rodriguez, and Tyler Glasnow (who did it twice for the Pirates). Not too shabby. Thorpe also made the first All-MiLB Team. Danny Watson, a reliever for Somerset, made the All-MiLB Second Team while pitching to a 1.48 ERA in Hudson Valley and a 1.64 with Somerset. And finally, we talk about the playoffs. Jordan Montgomery pitched a gem against the Tampa Bay Rays and Texas is up in that Wild Card series 1-0. How did Stacey feel watching Monty? Find out by watching the show! 

Judge speaks on plan: https://theathletic.com/4918944/2023/10/01/aaron-judge-analytics-hal-steinbrenner/

SNY Clarifies audit misconceptions: https://www.sny.tv/articles/clarifying-misperceptions-yankees-audit-2023

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